The trio had been a team for about six months and Kushina was hoping to get them ready for the chunin exams in six months time.
Never would she allow Mikoto Uchiha to get the better over her.
"How was the mission?" Yugao asked. "Kushina-sensei has been worried ever since you left. She kept looking in the direction of the gate every five minutes trying to sense if you had arrived back yet."
"She knows I am a big boy and that I can take care of myself. Besides I had teammates with me."
"True but she still worries. I don't think she can help it since she is your mother." Hayate said before coughing into his hand while the other two nodded.
"Okay well I will see you guys later. I got some training to catch up on." He said as he said his goodbyes, jumped away, and headed towards the training grounds.
He sprinted past each training ground, watching the shinobi is some of them as they trained and practiced their jutsu.
Eventually he wound up at an isolated and far off training ground that Anko had showed him and quickly fell in love with. Training ground 44, currently known as the Forest of Death
Anko had showed it to him about a year ago and he was amazed he had not found this place before. It was the most dangerous of all the training ground because of the giant animals and insects that live inside it as well as all the natural hazards and natures' traps.
It was the perfect environment for training and he, Anko and Itachi went there as often as possible.
Approaching the fences that lay around the training ground, he quickly jumped on top of the metal beams and pushed himself forward and onto one of the giant tree's.
He leapt along the tree and braches when he sensed a large object heading straight towards him with quick speed.
Instead of panicking, Naruto just rolled his eyes before he halted and kicked his leg out with super strength packed behind it. When his leg went forward, it connected to a large spider four times the size of Naruto, sent it hurling forty meters into the air, and sent it far away from him.
'I think I might have kicked it to the other side of the forest.' He thought before shrugging knowing it was the spiders own fault for attacking him in the first place.
As he ran across the tops of the tree's and headed towards his normal spot, he stopped and frowned suddenly when he sensed a small chakra signature nearby and when he felt it and its emotions were on in distress and fear.
'That's odd, no one else should be out in this area. Only myself, Itachi and Anko train in here and I know for a fact Anko and Itachi would not get themselves into trouble….well Anko maybe.'
Turning left and running towards it at his top speed, dodging the branches and sharp edges of tree's that stuck out before he quickly landed beside a large plot of quick sand that was about ten meters long in length and width.
At first, he frowned because he could not see any one nearby but he still sensed a chakra signature nearby and wondered if he had just been sensing some kind of giant animal.
Looking towards the center of the quicksand, a small indent on the surface of the quicksand made him realize whoever it was, was already drowning in the sand and would meet their death in a matter of moments. It felt scared and helpless and Naruto had to help whatever it was.
He made a few hand signs before slamming his two hands together. "Wood Style: Wooden Pillar Jutsu!" He called out as wood shot out from the ground and made its way towards the center of the quicksand before it evened out and formed into a makeshift bridge.
Naruto ran across the small wooden bridge and channeled chakra into his arms to give him more strength before he dived his hands into the quick sand and wrapped around whoever was sinking.
With great strength, he fought against the quick sand and pulled whoever it was out.
He stumbled back a little and landed on his butt. He took a deep breath since he had to use more strength then he thought he would against the quicksand, something many shinobi hated since there were very few ways to get out of it.
Whoever it was in the quick sand was very small, so small in fact that if he squeezed them any tighter then they might have popped. He looked down to see the person he just saved.
Though who he saved was not a person at all.
Look down he saw it was a small cat, very small in fact that he could probably put her on top of his head. The little cat was completely white and had black stripes all over its body. It's paws were tiny, almost as tiny as a baby's hand. A pair of sharp teeth were protruding from its mouth. "Hey there little guy. What are you doing in a big scary place like this?" He said as the little cat opened its eyes to reveal big green eyes looking back at him with a cat slit like pupil looking back at him.
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