The air tickled the nose of the Raikage as he stood at the top of the tallest mountain. Wrinkling his nose, Sanosuke had to hold his breath and sneeze internally so that it wouldn't cause him to knock him off of his balance he was maintaining. The mountain's tip was very small, as though it was a needle made out of earth. He used chakra at the bottom of his feet to keep himself steady and not fall at all. Currently he was about 5,000 meters from the ground. Pretty high considering that he was above a cloud now. Navi was far too cold and so she resided under Sanosuke's chest. Sanosuke was nowhere a new outfit apart from the usual red cladded clothing that he was used to wearing. One thing was different though, Sanosuke was no longer wearing his usually layered clothing.  He still, however, had on his black gloves that were secretly his gauntlets to summon his swords. This time, he was wearing something rather more loose. The upper garment of the wasp sages was remodeled so that it was now black with purple trimmings in the shape a V-neck short sleeved shirt. His pants were just black and baggy without any chains to hold any kunai. However there were still multiple belts and clothed restraints to hold his pants up rather easily. Around his neck was a blue scarf that had the kanji for lightning on each end of it. Finally there was a piece of armor that was onto the right side of his shoulder and going towards his right peck. On his back was the kanji for 10 that had two swords running through it diagonally.

This was the first time he had wore this kind of outfit. Ever since this trial by thunder, he had been working hard as the Raikage and doing many things with the village to keep it a float. He was doing a pretty good job in his opinion. But right now he had more pressing issues to address. Smiling to himself, Sanosuke remembered why he was here in the first place...


If Kaekio worked tirelessly without giving up, she would be at the top of the mountain next to him at sunset. But with those seals on her, it was going to be tough. The cold from climbing alone will challenge her will, but the girl knew katon so she can easily warm herself up and keep going. She'd be fine. Taking a deep breath, Sanosuke decided to check up on his student by lacing his vocal cords with chakra. "COME ON DIM WIT! DOUBLE TIME! LET'S GET A MOVE ON!" Sanosuke called after his student.

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Endurance Stat Training towards S Rank: 801/5000

Kaekio stood at the base of the mountain for a moment. did she really have to climb all the way up Kumo's tallest mountain... and with this weight... she really wasn't feeling much up to the task, but her sensei had given her orders and promised her dinner after, if she managed to complete the task at hand. she slipped on hand in her ryuzoji cloack that she had on, and began climbing the mountain. the cold stone against her fingers felt awful... she knew her abilities well enough to know that she couldn't simply just cover her hand alone in fire, and so she simply disregarded the coldness, and focused on the pain in her fingers. she had been permitted to use her feet but those weren't any real good for climbing except for to prevent her from falling.so one after another her placed a foot in a foot hold, then reached up to find another place to grab onto the rock, then found a foot hole for her other foot, and proceeded like that. Although the Sheer Steepness of the cliff didn't allow for Such easy access to these things at all times, but she kept struggling upwards managing to find a few tiny spots where she could continue to climb here and there.

At about Mid-day she was only a quarter of the way up the mountain.she was standing on a small ledge in the mountain looking upwards at the complete barren, completely Flat, 80 degree vertical slant that she was told to climb. Sano had told her to use only one and, however he didn't say anything about the supernatural walking practice... she wasn't going to cheat and simply walk up the Mountain, no sano would surely punish her for that little scheme, but if she didn't make it in time then there would be no dinner for her, and she couldn't risk the starvation. she placed her palm on the cold stone slab, and send chakra into her clam allowing her to cling to the surface of it as if she were a magnet. then she brought one shin up and did the same thing. then she pressed hard against the wall using it as leverage to bring her other leg up, then she sent chakra though that leg and had it cling to the wall. then she slowly inched her way up the wall moving one limb at a time to achieve her goal her Sensei had set for her to accomplish.

she moved that way, for hours and hours. until finally at about half way up the mountain her hand became so numb that she couldn't send chakra through it anymore. the wind had chilled her hand down to it's core, and now it was all blue and she couldn't move it at all. she had an idea, but it would take making some hand signs, and for that she would need both of her hands, and as of right now she couldn't use one of them. she pulled her right hand out from bhind her back and used it to tuck her left hand into it's cloak. she then waited for a minute or so as minor amounts of feeling came back into her hand. then she move it out of the cloak and made the hand signs for her guardian flames justu. Blue Flame Burst out of her in all directions, in made it look as if she was a tiny human in side of a much larger fire human...

She placed her hand now back upon the now warm mountain and sent chakra into it, as she did so with a single delay the Fire surrounding her did so. warming up the next little bit for her. now that her body was warm as well as the mountain, she moved much much faster. practically breezing through the next quarter of the mountain. then she was right at cloud level, she vision became minimal at best. she was hungry and thirsty and quite frankly tired, but she had been in Kumogakure her entire life and knew that she was almost there. it was that motivation of making her sensei proud of her that pushed her forward. she wasn't going to disappoint anymore people. she WAS going to make him proud of her, she needed too. Somebody some day had to be proud of her right? Her eyes started to become misty as thought of all of the times she had tried to make her parents proud of her by doing something extraordinary, and to no avail. then she thought of her sensei, and his smile, and she couldn't help but smile too. She enjoyed her Sensei and was surprised to find that even though he was the one who put her through this trial, that she was excited to see him after a long day of work.

Her body physically fatigued and not wanting to cooperate, made it difficult for her on the last step of the Journey, the weight sano had put on her seemed like it would pull her back down to the bottom with a sudden stop at the end, in mere moments. the clouds still obscuring her vision, and she wondered if she was wrong about how close she was to the top before. but she kept at it not wanting to give up, and just as the sun was starting to set, her Flame Guardian's blue head could be seen poking just above the clouds  and only about 10 meters from the finish line. grunting and Screams of agony could be heard as Kaekio slowly made her way up through the pain and through her muscles not wanting to go anymore, but she still kept at it still tried and soon her head as well peaked above the clouds. the last 10 meters seemed like an Eternity, but she manage to stand on the ledge that marked the top just as the last bit of the sun was going down.. her guardian flames had stopped about 3 meters away from the top. she stood there breathing heavily and with her eyes barley open, but with a smile upon her face knowing that she had made it! just then she collapsed on the ground and was out cold.

WC:1071 - 1k for Lightning Slash
Chakra used... ALOT

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