[ Knowing that someone he can trust and count one, someone powerful like Saori will be on his side, willing to help out in this effort, makes things a little easier for Kakashi. Even though he has everyone from his village, he has few people outside of his own people whom he truly feels he can trust.

Saori just so happens to be one of those people. ]

You see, the idea is that should we gather enough combatants, we very well will be able to carry out large training operations, and perform maneuvers. However, without anything [ a beat, as he looks at her. ] or anyone to fight against, regardless of how much we train together, learn formations, and develop different battle strategies, we won't be able to test under duress.

I think you'd be able to provide that.