I have several unconnected ideas for this fanfic, so I have no idea how many chapters it will have. Thanks for the reviews everyone, I wasn't really expecting more than one or two reviews. For the NaruHina fans, it will probably take a while for them to meet, but I promise it won't be anything that you expect!
I'd also like to thank my new beta reader Raizu, thanks for reading my work.

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They had been walking for a couple of hours now and Naruto had no idea where they were heading. He still didn't completely trust the man. He also wasn't sure that he was really any good. He claimed that he could make Naruto stronger than his wildest dreams, but he gave no indication as to how the hell he was going to do that. As far as Naruto knew, he was just bluffing. He'd find out either way soon.


They arrived at a small town on the edge of the forest. There was only one inn and that was where they were heading. "Naruto, we'll be staying here for a while. If we're lucky, the ANBU guys won't find this place for a couple of days and by then we'll be gone. Now, as for your clothing..." Hannoki said, inspecting Naruto's pants and vest, and shrugged. "Boy, you're just screaming 'attack me' with those things."
They arrived at the inn and Hannoki booked a room. "Let's get something to eat while we're at it." Hannoki said to Naruto. 'Finally, Ramen,' was Naruto's reaction. To his surprise, the man only served him a bowl of rice. "You're freeloading here, no complaints" the teacher said, guessing his student's thoughts.
After their meal they went over to a tailor shop and got Naruto a black cape, pants and vest. Hannoki decided that the shirt could still serve a purpose, since it was also black. He also got him a mask similar to his own. After Naruto put everything on, he looked like a smaller version of his new sensei. Except for the blond hair and blue eyes, which were also black on Hannoki. "Much better. Now that we have that taken care of, I'll explain your training program." And with that, they headed back for the forest, looking for a suitable training spot.


Once they had found a large enough clearing, Hannoki began to speak: "First some rules. Rule number one: You are to get up at sunrise, every day, no exceptions. If you do not get up by yourself, I will resort to some of my own methods. Some of which are rather unpleasant" the teacher grinned. Naruto swallowed.
"Rule number two: in order to conserve time, we only have two meals a day. One in the morning and one in the evening." continued the man. 'Damn,' thought Naruto, 'there goes my daily Ramen breakfast, lunch and dinner.'
"Rule number three: this is a very important one. Always do what I say. Questions are allowed, but I will not tolerate disobedience." 'Man this might be harder than I first expected,' thought Naruto to himself.
"Rule number four, this is a special rule for you: you cannot use the Ninetail's chakra unless I tell you to. You shouldn't rely on it and only use it in emergencies. Got all that?" Naruto nodded.
"Now, I did tell you that you have great potential, but you'll still have to prove to me you are worthy of my training," Hannoki finished. With those words the man assumed a fighting stance. "Come!"
'Yes, the moment I've been waiting for, let's see how good this guy is.' Naruto drew a kunai and charged head on. He started with a punch aimed at Hannoki's upper torso, but he easily blocked it. He than performed a jumping kick towards the head, this time it was dodged by bending backwards. He threw a few more punches and kicks towards his teacher, none did any damage. 'I'm getting nowhere like this!' Naruto jumped back, making hand seals for his trademark jutsu. Suddenly Hannoki grabbed his hand.
"It's over." he calmly said to Naruto.
"Nani!?" Naruto exclaimed. "I'm holding your hand, you can't make any hand seals any more." It was true, he couldn't perform the Shadow Replication.
"This fight showed me your greatest weaknesses," Hannoki started to explain. "First of all, you shouldn't charge at an opponent without knowing any of his capabilities. I could've killed you before you could even blink.
Secondly, and this one was already painfully obvious when I first saw you, you're very lacking in stealth. If you have the element of surprise on your side, you can overpower a stronger enemy.
Third, you're slow. Dead slow, you need to speed up the hand seals in order to be able to do them effectively in combat. You're also moving too slow.
Finally, you're lacking on chakra control. You were molding a lot more chakra than you needed when you were focusing on your jutsu." Naruto was at least a bit surprised by what his new sensei had told him. "But how did I beat all these strong guys then?" Naruto questioned. "You also have some good points: you have quite a bit of stamina. You don't look the least bit tired after coming at me like that. Moreover, you have a large chakra supply, even without using the Ninetail's." Naruto understood.
"We've already partially taken care of the stealth part, so I won't come back on it right away. We'll focus on two things right now: chakra control and stamina. Have you done the tree climbing and water walking?"
Naruto nodded in agreement.
"Good, than we can move on to something a bit more interesting." Hannoki got a kunai out of his pocket and placed it on the ground. He than stretched his hand and the kunai started floating in mid air. He than move his hand slightly forward and the kunai flew away, hitting a nearby tree. 'Finally, something that could prove to be interesting,' the boy spoke in his mind. "This will be your first exercise. I won't expect you to do this instantly, so we'll do it in steps." He got another kunai out of his pocket and placed it on the ground again, laying his hand on top. "This is the first step." He then raised his hand, the kunai sticking to it. He than dropped the kunai again. "Once you get this, the next step is pretty, easy. You simply focus more chakra," he continued his explanation. The kunai that was on the ground suddenly flew up at his hand at high speed. "The third step involves using a precise amount of chakra so that the kunai starts floating." He demonstrated this, letting the kunai lose contact with his hand, the tool rotating slightly. "The finally step is to create a small chakra blast and propel the kunai towards your target. This is pretty easy to do but very hard to master, hitting a specific target requires lots of practice." He handed over the kunai, motioning for Naruto to try it. "Okay, I can do this. Just focus some chakra to your hand to make it stick, right?" Naruto said in excitement. He placed the weapon on the ground, placing his hand on top and focusing chakra. The first try failed miserably. Instead of attracting the kunai, it moved slightly away. "Man, this is harder than I thought," he said out loud. His sensei couldn't suppress a small smile. It had taken him a while to get it right too. "Well I still have some things that I need to do, I expect you back at the inn at sundown," Hannoki said as he slowly turned opaque. Naruto didn't notice that though. He was too busy trying to make the damn thing stick to his hand.


The sunlight started to decrease. 'Finally', Naruto thought, his stomach growling. 'It's going to take me a while to get used to this "two meals a day" thing." He didn't make much progress that day, the kunai wouldn't stick to his hand for more than a split second. 'At least I'm not pushing it away anymore', he happily said to himself. He than started walking towards the inn his teacher has reserved a room. When he got there, his sensei was waiting for him. "Right on time." Hannoki handed him another bowl of rice while saying that. Naruto quietly accepted, not doing much effort to hide his displease. While eating, Naruto couldn't help remembering what he thought had happened the previous night. He quickly shook the thoughts out of his head and continued eating. 'It sucks not having Ramen.' "Ne, sensei" Naruto directed towards the man besides him, "There is only one bed in the room, where are you going to sleep?" Hannoki looked at the foolish boy. Naruto understood, even more displeased. 'Damn, I haven't slept on the floor in a while. I knew this wasn't vacation, but at least he could've gotten me a decent bed.' "Don't worry, you'll get used to it," the teacher smirked.
When they walked towards the room, Naruto noticed his sensei was carrying a heavy bag. He hadn't noticed it before, so he must have gotten it today. 'I wonder what he's going to do with it?' He was planning on asking, but than decided not to. 'I probably don't want to know...'

Author's Notes:
That's it for the second chapter. I know I promised I would make it longer, but I couldn't think of anything else to fit in this day. Don't worry, I still have plenty of ideas for the next couple of days. This was just the easy training, it will get harder soon.
I also value your opinion, what do you think about the teacher? Should he be more severe? More like Kakashi? I'm kind of thinking of making him somewhere in between Kakashi and Gai. I don't like those "evil teacher" types.