The Snake Reaching for the Moon

Chapter 5

After your match with Haku you were able to convince Kakashi to let you train with the Binding Snake Glare Summoning. At first you doubted that he would let you train since everything involving your dad had to remain a secret, but after seeing the potential in its use he let you train with the Naruto and the others as your partners.

The expressions Kakashi made while trying to decide on your training told you everything you need to know. He limited his body language and his uncovered eye focused on you as if he were trying to look through you. Eventually he ended up using you to help train the others with their Chakra control by having you chase them as they dashed through the trees while avoiding your capture.

The first one you captured was Sakura and she instantly started screaming once the snake you summoned had trapped her in its body. As usual she screamed for Sasuke to save her from you. She was far too noisy so you simply let her go if all she was going to do was scream.

(Pathetic, I feel sorry for anyone who has to rely on her during a mission.) You were too annoyed with her to hide how you felt and she decided to sit out the rest of the training even when Kakashi urged her to keep going.

It probably wasn't all her fault that she was so scared of the snake you had summoned. After all it did mimic your killing intent to help hold down its prey so seeing her react this way just showed how effective your summoning was. Naruto and Sasuke however kept training no matter what happened. Whether they fell from the trees or if you had captured them, they kept going until all of you were completely exhausted.

Even after Sasuke had gained control of his Chakra he still kept training with you. Compared to Naruto who kept slipping on the branches, Sasuke was much harder to catch from how well he was able to move through the trees.

After a few days of training you had reached the point where you could summon a snake on each arm and capture both Naruto and Sasuke. The only thing you weren't able to test was the strength and venom of the snakes. With your dad this wouldn't have been a problem as he would have supplied you with as many "Practice Dummies" as you needed until you had reached the level he wanted. If you had used either on your new teammates it would have caused trouble with them and Kakashi so the only thing you could do was practice capturing.

Spending so much time training left you and Naruto exhausted and barely able to move. Sasuke had stopped after it had gotten late and his chakra level was low, however Naruto kept begging you to keep training with him until the sun was nearly up so you were left in the same state as him.

The next morning you and Naruto were left behind at Tazuna's house with his daughter Tsunami and his grandson Inari while Kakashi took Sasuke and Sakura with him to protect the old man as he went to work on the bridge.

The clean ocean air near the old man's house was nice so you often slept outside on one of the trees while using the excuse that you were "keeping watch" while the others slept inside. It was the same today as you and Naruto were left to rest under the care of Tazuna's family.

As you slept on one of the trees next to the house, you woke up after hearing some noises from inside and soon saw the old man's daughter being dragged outside by two men. From what you could hear, they worked for Gato and were going to use her as a hostage to stop Tazuna from building his bridge.

(So annoying. I guess I have to do something or we might fail the mission.) You reluctantly stood up on the branch and stretched your muscles a bit before going down to save the young woman.

In an instant you had dashed from the tree, down to the small wooden bridge that connected the house to the forest in front of it and appeared behind the two thugs as they pushed the girl along. Before they could turn to see you behind them, you had already trapped both of them with your Binding Snake Glare.