"Aw, come on Sensei…. Just ONE technique!!" Naruto begged his teacher for what seemed like the billionth time.

Sakura groaned, punching Naruto upside the head, "Come on Naruto! You're so stupid! Kakashi sensei's told you like a thousand times that he wasn't going to!"

Kakashi rubbed the back of his head nervously as Naruto shot his head back up after Sakura had clobbered it down, "But Sensei, you taught Sasuke Chidori! Why can't you teach me something cool?!"

The same reason he gave every time. Kakashi sighed, "Naruto, Sakura's right… Not today. Sorry. I don't think you're quite ready to learn Chidori anyway."

Now it was Naruto's turn to groan, "Oh, come ON! Are you totally serious right now? How could Sasuke be more 'ready' than me?!"

"Idiot!" Sakura said, rising her fist again. Naruto flinched, even though she didn't hit him, "Sasuke's way stronger than you!!" She turned to her love interest with a blushing face, "Isn't that right Sasuke?"

And he responded with his usual 'hmph', as Kakashi had expected. As well as some comment about Naruto being a loser, which still wasn't anything new. Kakashi sighed again as the three of them started bickering as usual.

"These guys…" He thought tiredly, "I really do think they'll drive me insane one day."

Deciding to take his life into his own hands, Kakashi interrupted their fights to tell them that training was over for that day. He wearily headed home, looking forward to reading Make-Out Tactics for… What was it? The 36th time? Ah, he didn't care. Kakashi wasn't counting. He just needed something to get his mind off his tiredness. Tsunade had him out on missions almost nonstop, so he hadn't had too much time to spend with his squad. Not that he minded TOO much; it was kind of nice to get away from their bickering every once and a while…

However, going on S-Ranked missions all day wasn't exactly the Jounin's idea of 'relaxing', and listening to Squad 7 bicker on one of his limited days off wasn't a very favorable thing.

"Sensei!" Naruto called after him, the sound of his sandals clapping excitedly on the pavement.

"Hm?" Kakashi glanced around, and saw his student running eagerly up to him. He was trying to mentally prepare himself for whatever Naruto would tell and/or ask (most feasibly ask) him, "What is it, Naruto?"

"Why won't you really teach me that jutsu, Sensei?" He asked, his expression surprisingly serious.

This question caught Kakashi off guard, "What do you mean?" He inquired, turning fully around to face Naruto.

"I mean, you keep on putting it off, but you've never actually given me a straight answer. Why? Why can't you teach me something new?"

"Well…" Kakashi started, "It's a little hard to describe… Your Rasengan. You would say that's your trump card, right? Your 'ultimate jutsu' of sorts?"

"Yeah, I guess. Why?" Naruto raised an eyebrow.

"Chidori's like Sasuke's trump card. Get it? So you two are pretty much even in that department. You both have an ace in the hole."

"Well, I suppose I get that…" The blond shinobi crossed his arms, "But why can't I learn both Rasengan and Chidori?"

"You're not ready yet Naruto," Kakashi sighed, shaking his head at the over-excited ninja. He pivoted around and started walking again when he heard Naruto let out a frustrated puff of breath.

"But Sensei? WHY? What do I have to do?"

Kakashi paused for a moment, "… When you've decided to be patient with the world …"

"Huh?" Naruto stood, confused, as his teacher walked away, "Patient with the world? What does he mean by that?" He mumbled.

Kakashi shook his head as he heard Naruto mumble. That kid still had a long way to go…

Though Kakashi had the utmost faith in all his students, sometimes- though it was actually most all the time –he worried about them. Most notably he worried about Naruto. It seemed that, even though he was getting stronger all the time, Naruto still had the mindset of a kid. Though that kid had a heart of gold, Kakashi was concerned that someday real life would smack him right in the face, and he wouldn't be ready for it.

"Oh well…" The Jounin thought tiredly, "He'll learn someday…"

Kakashi was surprised to find a note taped to his door as he approached his apartment.

"Kakashi –

Meet me at the training field as soon as you get finished with your students' training; it's time for another hot blooded test of our youth! See you there!

-Gai"

Kakashi unloaded all of the stress of his day into one long and drawn-out sigh. As if he even had to read the name of who left him such a note. Gai. Ugh. Just what this day needed. But…

He couldn't just ignore this. If he did, Gai would be bothering him about it for the rest of his life. That was one fly he didn't want constantly buzzing around his face.

"Well, looks like I'm headed to the training field," He mumbled ruefully, turning around for what he expected to just be another bother to his day.

Author's Note:

Hey guys! Thank you all for reading my stories, and if you review I'll love you forever!! Well, not really because I don't know you guys and that would be kinda creepy… But still!

Sorry this story starts out so slow! I promise the next chapter will pick up the pace!