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.
