Alright, this is the first story I've ever written before. I'm looking for a lot of feedback telling me everything I've done wrong so I can work on fixing it.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything.

Naruto was walking down the streets of Konoha, deep in thought. He had just finished another day of training with Jiraiya and had yet to make any real progress on the Summoning Jutsu.

Naruto frowned.

'Maybe if he actually gave me some advise instead of peeping on girls all the time I'd be doing better.'

Naruto sighed and gave a mental shrug. 'I guess I shouldn't complain. Most people wouldn't help me to begin with.'

He had been pestering Jiraiya for advice on what he was doing wrong. All he was able to pry from him was some crap about how he had to use the red chakra.

Naruto frowned again. Why the heck does he have to use some weird chakra!? If Jiraiya and the Forth could summon without it then so could he! If Jiraiya wouldn't help him find a way then he'd find one on his own.

'Maybe if I increased my chakra control more. It's hard to focus that much chakra into one technique instead of spreading it out like in the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu.'

He continued to try to think up ways to improve when he noticed the Library of Konoha up ahead. He wasn't allowed to barrow anything from library because the librarians wouldn't let him get a library card, but he did take things from the Free Bin that sat next to entrance every now and then. The librarians threw books and scrolls in there when they were old, damaged, or had been replaced with a new version. A lot of it was real useful.

'I wonder if there's anything good in the box today. Maybe I'll find something I can use in the third exam.'

He made his way over to the box and moved aside a few old romance novels and a book of poems before finding a scroll on the most basic storage seal.

'Nice! With this I can seal all my old ramen cups into one scroll! They can't yell at me for overfilling the dumpster now!'

He quickly put the scroll in his pouch then went back to searching through the box. That's when he saw it...

"Orange!" Naruto breathed out excitedly.

He quickly pulled out the book. The cover showed a man in a bright orange gi and hair that seemed to defy gravity. In the man's hand was a small golden ball with four red stars in the middle. In large words above the man's head was "DRAGONBALL: Special Hardcover Edition".

This was a book worth reading. Naruto could just feel it. And it wasn't just because the main character seemed to like orange.

...

Okay, maybe it was but that didn't matter!

He tucked the book into his pouch along side the storage seal scroll and turned back to the box to continue his search. The only interesting thing he found was an old copy of Ichi Ichi Paradise. He tucked that into his pouch with a big grin on his face. Evil thoughts of burning it in front of Kakashi as a prank filling his mind.

'There were some pretty good things in there today' Naruto thought as he made his way from the library. 'Still, there wasn't anything that will help me with the Summoning Jutsu... I know! I'll go ask Iruka for help! He's got to know some chakra control exercises.'

He jumped to the nearest roof and roof-hopped to the Hokage Tower. Iruka handed out missions at the tower most days after classes were over.

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He got to the Hokage's office just as a genin team was leaving. He rushed pass them and threw open the door without knocking.

Both Iruka and the Third looked up from the mission scroll they had just begun to go over.

"Ah, Naruto. What can I do for you?" The Third asked, smiling at the boy.

"Hey Old Man. I'm actually here to ask Iruka-sensei something." Naruto replied.

"Naruto! Show the Hokage some respect!" Iruka shouted. He gave a sigh and in a much calmer voice asked, "Now, what did you need?"

"Do you know any chakra control techniques that you could show me? I'm learning a new jutsu and I'm having a hard time focusing so much chakra." Naruto said.

Iruka went into lecture mode. "Well, there are 3 main chakra control exercises that we use in Konoha. There's the leaf technique that I showed you in the academy. Then there is the tree climbing technique and the water walking technique."

"I already know the last two," Naruto said. "But um... How does the leaf one go again?" He chuckled and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

Iruka's brow twitched angrily as he turned and began walking towards an open window, muttering about annoying blonds that never paid attention. He plucked something off the window sill, turned, and threw it at Naruto.

Naruto's eyebrows rose as a small leaf stuck to his forehead. He remembered now. "That was a chakra control technique? I thought that was to make us concentrate."

The Hokage decided to join the conversation at that point. "That's one of it's uses, yes, but there's more to it than that. The leaf technique is an ancient training method that we've used in Konoha since it's founding. The tree climbing technique teaches you to move chakra through your body at a steady flow, while the water walking technique teaches you to constantly alter and adjust that flow while using a greater amount of chakra. The leaf technique is quite different though. It requires you to concentrate all your energy to gather at one point."

"Wow! That sounds perfect! I'll go start practicing right away!" Naruto ran to the door. Pausing there, he turned back and said, "Thanks a lot Iruka-sensei, Old Man." He gave them a big grin before he disappeared around the corner.

The two men smiled as they watched him leave.

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Naruto set himself down under a tree in a clearing not far from his apartment. 'I'd better get comfortable. Who knows how long this is gonna take.' He thought as he leaned his back against the tree. He picked up a fallen leaf from the ground and placed it on his forehead. After a few deep breathes to prepare himself he began focusing chakra into the leaf. The leaf slowly started emit a blue aura. As Naruto pushed more of his chakra into the leaf, the aura began to grow larger.

Naruto, seeing the aura, growled a bit and focused harder on containing the chakra inside the leaf. The aura grew brighter and shrunk down a bit, but it was still quite visible. 'This is gonna be harder than I thought.' Naruto thought with a small frown.

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Hours later, Naruto returned home hungry and mentally exhausted. He immediately began making a cup of ramen before dumping his jacket and equipment on the floor. He sat down to wait for the ramen to finish and thought about how the recent training went. He had made some progress keeping his chakra from escaping the leaf but only in small amounts and even then only for a short amount of time.

Naruto saw that his ramen was ready so he got up and finished preparing it before swallowing it down in record time. Feeling a bit better, he threw the empty cup into the large pile of ramen cups that was once his trashcan. Seeing this reminded him of the scroll he picked up earlier. 'I'll take a look at that scroll tomorrow. Hmm... better put it on the table so I don't forget about it.' He walked over to his bag and pulled out the scroll. After placing it on the table he pull out the book with the man in orange on the front. Just seeing it caused Naruto to grin.

'Dragonball! Even the name sounds cool, Dattebayo!' He quickly sat down and opened the book to the first page.