All In The Eyes

Chapter 19

"It has come to my attention that I've been lacking in training you." Kakashi said to his team, they were standing outside o Tazuna's house and in the woods that were next to his house

"Shouldn't you be resting sensei, with your injuries and all?" Sasuke asked, concerned for his sensei

"Hinata did something to help me heal faster so my injuries shouldn't be that much of a problem but back to what I was saying." Kakashi answered

"I'm going to teach you how to control your chakra for the jutsu's you use." Kakashi said

"But sensei, isn't it the point to just learn the jutsu?" Naruto asked

"For once, Naruto is right. We're already using chakra energy for our jutsu's." Sasuke agreed with him

"No, you barely scratched the surface of chakra. Even if you have a massive amount of chakra within you, it's useless if you don't know how to control it. You'll just waste chakra and then you won't have any left, you'll be at the mercy of you opponents." Kakashi said

"So how do we control our chakra so thay doesn't happen?" Naruto asked Kakashi

"We'll start with some simple chakra control exercises and perfect them."

"Which one do we start with first?" Naruto said with excitement in his voice

"We're going to... climb a tree." Kakashi answered

"With chakra... right?" Hinata asked nervously

"No completely without." Kakashi sassed. "Of course with chakra. I'll demonstrate."

Kakashi did a hand sign and focused his chakra to his feet before walking towards a tree. He put his foot on the trunk of the tree and walked up as if he was taking a stroll. Kakashi went further and walked on the underside of a branch.

"See? This is what proper chakra control can do." Kakashi walked back down the tree

Kakashi handed the trio a kunai each. "Use the kunai to mark your progress."

"I'm gonna get the farthest, believe it!" Naruto said

The tree stood side by side, then did the hand sign Kakashi did and then rushed towards their trees. Naruto got only a few steps up before his feet slid off of the tree and fell to the ground. Sasuke got higher than Naruto but his feet were blown off and a dent was made in the tree.

"This is harder than I thought..." Naruto mumbled

'I kinda expected this from Sasuke and Naruto, but where is Hinata?'

"Hey guys, up here!"

Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke looked up to see Hinata sitting on the highest branch on her tree with the biggest grin on her face.

"My clan specializes in chakra control and taijutsu, I could do this in my sleep!" Hinata said

"Well, it look like our Hyuga princess has the best chakra control." Kakashi said, which made Hinata rub the back of her neck and smiled bashfully

"Wow, that was amazing Hinata! You rule!" Naruto complimented her

"Impressive chakra control, I guess..." Sasuke complimented as well, turning his head to hide the pink in his cheeks

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It has been an hour since they started climbing trees and Naruto and Sasuke haven't made much progress. Naruto put too little chakra into his feet, while Sasuke did too much.

'This is going no where. They need something to motivated them.' Kakashi had an idea

"Hinata has had the best progress of all three of you. Someone said they wanted to become Hokage, right? Well it seems Hinata as the best chance at that." Kakashi said out loud