S-Rank Naruto

Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, if I did then Naruto would be able to fight his opponents without relying on luck and last second power ups.

Note: Changed Konohana to Konohagakure

Chapter 2: The Test

When Naruto arrived at training ground seven Sakura was already waiting for him.

"Hey! Sakura-chan are you here to watch my skill test?" Yelled Naruto as he waved at her.

"Not quite, Naruto, I'm actually going to take part in the skill testing too." Replied Sakura as she waved back.

"Really why would you need to be skill tested too? Haven't you been doing missions, and have your skill level noted from that?"

"No, after I was promoted in the chunin exams that took place in Sunagakure I started working in the hospital close to full time as part of my apprenticeship to Tsunade-sama. I haven't really had that many missions since you left either. Just filling in holes in other teams when someone is injured. Other than that I've been at the hospital or training under Tsunade-sama, although those do overlap fairly often."

"That's cool! So does this mean that we have to fight each other or what?" Asked Naruto as he started taking off his weights.

"I'm not sure. The test was not explained to me at all other than the location and the time. My guess is that we are both going to be tested by a jonin. Probably together to see how well we can work as a unit on missions." Answered Sakura, then she noticed that Naruto's weights were making indents on the ground and asked. "Those are some pretty impressive weights Naruto, but if they make indents on the ground when you set them down, why don't you make indents when you walk?"

"Well, the same way that you can walk on sand dunes without making footprints or walk on water. It's a simple chakra exercise, but it takes a lot less chakra than water walking because the ground is more solid than water."

"That makes sense I guess, but why doesn't Lee cause craters in the ground when he walks? I mean he can't use chakra."

"I asked Ero-sennin about that when I came upon the problem during my training. He said that Lee can use chakra, but he can't mould it. He said that Lee would be dead if he couldn't use chakra and beyond that getting to ninja levels of fitness require chakra running through your muscles. In addition to that the eight gates are a chakra based technique that requires you to open specific tenketsu in order to allow more chakra to run through your body allowing your muscles to work more than is normally possible. Lee has chakra and can use chakra he just can't mould it properly outside of his body, which stops him from using ninjutsu and genjutsu. However, it doesn't stop him from expelling it without moulding it, and tree climbing, water walking and the weight distribution technique do just that, allowing him to use them."

"Okay, I wonder how much chakra Lee has now. I'd look into finding a way for him to use his chakra more effectively, but with Guy's crazy drive to improve Lee and the fact that Tsunade-sama has already looked at the medical side, I don't think I'd find anything. So how do you think you're going to do in the test?"

"Well, Ero-sennin said that no matter how this test goes I won't be promoted, but beyond that my skill will probably be ranked somewhere around high jonin, but with the abilities that I'm not supposed to use in spars or tests I'm probably near kage level. How about you?"

"Wow, that's a lot more impressive than I was expecting. Though you do tend to exaggerate your prowess. I'm probably just a bit lower than that in combat abilities. Low jonin in spars going up to high jonin with other abilities."