Ok well the response for the first chapter of this was so great that I decided to do the second chapter and here it is. This one is longer then the last and there are a few little timeskips, but it covers Naruto's academy days and the training he does on the side. Also this chapter he gets his Taijutsu style which some of you will know. It's called Hokuto Shin Ken. anyway enough with the wait here's the chapter.
"Hey Dumbass!"Human speech
I need to get some food- Normal Human Thoughts
"Shut up furball!"Human Thought Speech
"I will eat you."Summon/ Tailed-Beast Speech/ Spoken Jutsu
Why is he so dumb?-Summon/Tailed-Beast Normal thoughts/ Thought Jutsu
"Who you calling Furball?"Summon/Tailed-Beast Thought Speech
This is going to be NarutoXTsunade pairing.
Rated M for language and future Limes.
Chapter 2:Academy, Training Days, and Graduation!
Last Time
The giant Fox just snorts at that, "Tell me about it kit. I'd estimate that we're back about 15 years before the 2nd Shinobi War. Starting tomorrow your going to have to haul ass and start training to get back in shape and get a leg up on becoming strong enough to stop things from going pear-shaped. Also don't draw on my chakra when your around any Leaf Ninja, it will only end badly seeing as in this time I'm sealed inside of Mito." Naruto nods to that and yaws, "Alright well I'm going to actually go to sleep, talk to you another time Kurama." With that he disappears from his mind, getting his rest for the days ahead.
Now
Senju Main House
5am Next Day.
Our red-haired hero awakens with the sun, as he sits up in his bed he proceeds to rub the sleep from his eyes, then he stretches his arms over his head as he releases a yawn. After thats done he hops out of bed, his feet hitting the cold wooden floor softly as he goes over to the window and looks out side to see the sun just barely in the sky, and smiles. "Alright time to get to work on getting my skills back up to scratch. Hmm later on I have to go shopping with Mito-Oba so I think I'll just spam clones to work on Shurikenjutsu and Chakra Control. I myself will do physical exercises, have to see if Mito-Oba will by me some wrist and ankle weights to help make my body stronger and faster."
With that in mind he exits his room as quietly as he possibly can, careful to to wake anyone, and heads downstairs. Once he is sure he hasn't woken anyone he makes his way to the front door, puts on his sandals and heads out the door quietly, quickly making his way out of the Senju Compound. As he's walking through the village he's thinking of where he can go to train in private, where no one will see or hear him, when it suddenly comes to him, The Forest of Death, so with his training ground chosen he heads to the 44th training grounds A,K.A. The Forest of death. After 20 minuets of walking he reaches the Forest of Death which is a training ground made up of hundreds of tall trees, and is surrounded on all sides by a tall fence with multiple gates.
Naruto proceeds to put his hands in the ram sign and focus chakra to his legs, and when he feels he has enough he takes a huge leap and completely clears the top of the fence and lands inside the forest. He proceeds to run deeper inside till he finds a clearing with a river running through it, "Ok this will do nicely. Time to do this." He puts his fingers in a cross-shaped sign and calls out "Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu(Taju Kage Bushin no Jutsu)!" In a puff of smoke 50 clones appear, all looking identical to their creator, who clicks his tongue at the number but shakes it off and proceeds to give out orders. "Alright Listen up, I want you guys to split up into 2 groups of 25, the first group will work on chakra control, start with leaf balancing. I don't want to go through life this time with sucky chakra control. Group 2 your working on Shurikenjutsu. Since we have no Shuriken or Kunai to work with yet, use rocks and sharpened sticks."
The Clones all nod and salute at this and separate into 2 groups as ordered to go off and do what they're supposed to do. Naruto meanwhile decides to start his exercises, starting off with some stretching to loosen up the muscles, then after that he starts off with 20 laps around the clearing. He finishes his last lap 25 minutes after he back and is only mildly out of breath, so he decides to take a 5 minute breather, he goes over to the stream and takes a handful of water from it and drinks it down.
After his break he gets back to work, proceeding to do 50 push-ups, 50 sit-ups, 50 squats, 50 Jumping jacks, and lastly 50 chin-ups using a low hanging tree branch. When he finishes his work out he looks up at the sky and estimates the time to be around 7 am, so he decides now is a good time to head back to the Senju House and get a shower, have some breakfast and get ready for his day with Mito.
Before he leaves he tells the clones to dispel in groups of 5 2 hours from now, getting confirmation from the 2 groups of clones he proceeds to exit the Forest of Death and head back into the village proper. As he walks through on his way back to the Senju Compound he notices that all the shop's are now open or just opening, and he waves back to those who wave to him first. After another 15 minutes he gets back to the Senju compound and as he walks through the streets every Senju clansmen that sees him smiles and greets him kindly, to which he responds in kind.
Senju Main House
The red-head enters the house and takes off his shoes at the door and proceeds to head towards the stairs, however he hears a throat clear from the family room and turns to find Mito standing there with her arms crossed over her chest, "Where have you been young man?" Naruto chuckles nervously but answers, "I went out to train... My Tou-chan started training me to be a ninja before he died and he said that no matter what happened I should stick to my daily training. So I got up at 5am and headed out to find a good training spot. Once I found a good spot I started with some stretches, then did some laps around the training ground, then did 50 sit-ups, push-ups, jumping jacks, squats, and chin-ups. Then I worked on my Shuriken and Kunai throwing for a bit, and then finished off with Chakra control."
Mito's eyes widen at this news, though she is slightly surprised that he's doing such intensive physical training at 4 years old. Even Tsunade who's been having physical training from herself, Amaya, and even Itama here and there since she was 3 only does 20 of every exercise, and has yet to work on chakra control. She quickly shakes it off and scowls, "That's all good Naruto-kun, however you didn't have to leave the compound to train, we have a training ground behind the house. From this point on you will use those training grounds, I don't want to wake up to find you missing from the house and the compound ever again. I thought that you had run away."
Naruto's eyes widen at this as he steps off the stairs and walks over and hugs the older red-head, shocking her, "I'm sorry Mito-Oba... I didn't mean to cause you any fear or hurt. I promise from now on I'll use the training grounds out back for my morning training. Please forgive me." Mito just smiles kindly and wraps him in a hug, "You are forgiven Naruto-kun. Now march up stairs and take a shower, you stink. I'll have some fresh clothes placed on your bed for you, and when your dressed come on down to the dining for breakfast." The younger red-head smiles and nods his head, rushing upstairs to get freshened up.
20 minutes later finds Naruto entering the dining room wearing different clothes. The outfit he now has on consists of dark grey pants that go down to his shins, a short-sleeved red kimono shirt under which is mesh armor, tied at the waist with a dark orange sash. All in all in the eyes of the entire Senju Family he looks alot more like a Ninja now. The first to greet him is the ever energetic Tsunade, "Good Morning Naruto-San!" He smiles at her and responds, "Good Morning Tsunade-san." Then he turns to her parents, "Good Morning Itama-san, Amaya-San." The two reply to him in sync, "Good Morning Naruto-kun/san." As he takes his seat which is right next to Tsunade and across from Itama at the table, with Tsunade being across from her mother and Mito at the head.
As they eat their breakfast of steamed rice, Miso soup, grilled fish, rolled omelets(tamagoyaki), Tsukemono pickles, and dried seaweed(nori), Itama decides to bring something up to Naruto, "So Naruto-kun, Kaa-chan says that you left at 5 this morning to train and didn't even leave so much as a note. Do you distrust us so much you wouldn't let us know where you are and what your doing?" The little red-head swallows his food as Mito glares slightly at her son, however before she can reprimand him Naruto responds, "Its not that I distrust any of you Itama-san... It's just that I'm used to getting up really early to train and I didn't want to wake anyone, plus it never crossed my mind to leave a note seeing as usually I'd be with my Tou-chan to train..."
Seeing the conversation taking a sad turn, Tsunade decides to try to lighten the mood, "Say Naruto-san what kind of training do you do? Maybe we could train together from now on." The red-haired boy smiles gratefully to the blonde girl as he responds, "Its nothing to major, I do 20 laps, then after a 5 minute break for some water and to catch my breath, I do 50 each of Push-ups, sit-ups, squats, Jumping jacks, and chin-ups. After that I work for an hour on Shuriken and Kunai throwing, and then finish up the last hour with chakra control training. I'm still working on the leaf sticking exercise." Even Itama and Amaya's eyes slightly widen at this, as thats quite the work load for a 4 year old, and can only wonder why his father would start him with something like that.
Tsunade however pouts, "You get to do chakra control training? That's not fair, Tou-chan, Kaa-chan, and Baa-chan said I have to wait until we start working on it in the academy." Naruto chuckles at this, "Well to be fair, my Kaa-chan started me on Chakra control training right after I unlocked my chakra. According to her because of my lineage I have way more chakra then most kids my age. I think she said I have as much chakra as a Chunin or something, so its pretty important for me to work on controlling it." All the adults not along to this especially Itama who decides to voice his thoughts, "He's right Tsu-chan, being a full Uzumaki as he probably is means that his chakra levels are MUCH higher then any other child, including yourself."
The blonde girl turns to her father about to ask how he knows that, however he's already anticipated the question, "I know from experience. Being Half-Uzumaki myself I have larger then average Chakra reserves, ofcourse being Half-Senju makes them even slightly larger, but helps me with control. When I was your age I had the chakra levels of a fresh Genin while everyone else in my age group had Academy level chakra pools. The only Non-Uzumaki or Senju that I've ever known that had a lot of chakra as a kid was the 3rd Hokage."
Mito nods along to this, remembering how much chakra the 23 year old had even as a child of 8, however she shakes her head and clears her throat, "Enough of this discussion. Tsunade-Chan since Naruto-kun is now a member of this household if you wish it and he agrees he can start helping you to learn chakra control training." The blonde beams at this and turns to the younger red-head who only smiles slightly and nods his head, which causes her to get excited and hug him tightly saying over and over again, "Thank you thank you thank you!" All he can do is slightly blush from the contact, and pat her back.
The adults all laugh at the two children, however Tsunade eventually lets go of Naruto and goes back to eating, allowing the red-head to do the same. Once breakfast is done Mito stands up and turns to the two children, "Naruto-kun, Tsunade-chan go get on your sandals, the three of us are going into the village to go shopping. Naruto-kun needs more clothes as even though Itama-chan's old clothes fit him ok, I don't want him to dress in his hand-me-downs. Also we need to get Naruto-kun the standard sets of Training Kunai, Shuriken, Senbon, and ninja wire." Tsunade Immediately heads for the door to put on her sandals, however Naruto looks shyly at the older red-head.
He rubs the back of his head and asks, "Say Mito-Oba can we maybe also pick up some wrist and ankle weights? I'd like to use them for training to help increase my strength and speed. I'd heard my Tou-chan talking once about how weights would help me to get stronger without keeping me from growing." Mito is surprised by his request but internally nods to his father's foresight, "Ofcourse we can Naruto-kun. Thats a very good idea, and infact I think I'll pick up an extra set for Tsunade-chan. Tell me Naruto-kun did your parents begin to teach you any Taijutsu style?"
The younger red-head shakes his head, "No. Though Tou-chan did show me his own style, he called it Dragon Fist(Ryuken). He said his style might not suit me, and that he had a little knowledge on other styles that he'd teach me next year." The woman nods along to this and comes up with an idea, "Ok well Tsunade-Chan is already being trained in the Senju-Style Taijutsu by her father. Most of the kids at the academy are either learning the academy style or have begun learning their clan's style if they have one. I'll take you into the Senju Archives later and we'll find you a Taijutsu style to learn ok?" The boy nods his head to this and then the two head over to the door to put on their sandals, finding an impatiently waiting Tsunade, and after apologizing to her they head out the door.
They spend most of the afternoon going from shop to shop, at the clothing store Naruto finds an outfit that he likes, retaining the red Kimono shirt and orange sash, but making the shirt blood red color to match his hair and adding the Uzumaki Swirl to the back in white. He trades out the grey pants for dark red ones, as well as changing his white sandals for black, and he gets multiple sets of this outfit. At the Shinobi Supply store he gets 2 holsters, 2 sets each of practice Kunai, Shuriken, and Senbon, as well as 3 spools of ninja wire. Mito also buys 2 sets of ankle and wrist weights, with the initial weight of the wrists being 5lbs each and the ankles being 10lbs each.
After their shopping is done they head to a small restaurant for lunch, at which point Mito explains to Tsunade why she got the 2 sets of weights and hands one set to her granddaughter. After lunch they head back to the house, and when they arrive Amaya greets them with a slightly sad face, which concerns Tsunade and Mito, the second of which asks, "What's wrong Amaya-chan?" The blonde woman sighs as she answers her mother-in-law, "Itama is leaving on another mission. He promised me that he'd be home for a week after he got back from the last one, and it's only been 3 days. We got into an argument and he said that it was his Duty as the son of the 1st Hokage to show the strength of the Senju Clan."
Mito shakes her head at this and pats the woman on the shoulder, "He's so much like both his father and his Uncle. However instead of standing here sulking you should take Tsunade-Chan and the three of you should spend as much time together as possible till he leaves for the mission. I'll have a discussion with Saru-chan about not giving Itama any more missions for a month after he returns from this one." Amaya smiles gratefully to her for her words and takes Tsunade by the hand and leads her up to she and Itama's room to do just that. Mito then turns to Naruto, "Alright Naruto-kun I'll take you to the basement now. That is where the Senju Clan Archives are at, although its really just a big library filled with many scrolls on Tai, Nin, Gen, Ken, and even some Fuinjutsu."
The two red-heads go down to the basement, where Mito proceeds to take out a Kunai and cuts her finger with it, taking the bleeding digit and swiping it across the door, which then proceeds to glow as seals spread over it, then theres a click and the glow recedes. Mito smiles and opens the door leading him inside, "What you just witnessed Naruto-Kun is a piece of our Clan's specialty, Fuinjutsu, more over that was a Blood Seal. You will ofcourse be learning how to create blood seals, but not fore a long time. Anyway the Scrolls are arranged by type and the Taijutsu scrolls are second shelf on the left."
Naruto heads over to the Taijutsu shelf and begins to browse through the styles there. After looking for awhile he suddenly feels a pull towards a specific scroll, the scroll in question is blue in color with a picture of stars making up the Big Dipper, and the kanji on the front of it reads Hokuto Shin Ken(Big Dipper God Fist). As he reads the information on the style he begins to smile more and more, until eventually he's sold, he rolls it back up and heads over to Mito, "I found it! The perfect style for me to learn." He presents the scroll to her and when she sees which one it is she gasps, as the Style he wants to learn is said to come from before the time of the Sage of the Six Paths and originated in a foreign land, and was said to be the strongest Martial art ever.
She shakes it off and smiles at him, "Well you certainly shoot for the stars don't you Naruto-Kun? Well then you may have that scroll and learn from it. Now lets head back upstairs and get ready for dinner." He nods his head and with that they head back up to the main floor, and as they do He finally gets the memories from his clones. At dinner that night The discuss plans for tomorrow, including Naruto's first day in the academy, and then afterwards go to bed.
Leaf Academy
Next day
The Leaf Village academy is a large building painted in reds, on on the front of it is the kanji for fire. As the new school week begins you can find children of all ages milling about outside along with their parents, awaiting for the teachers to open the doors. However standing away from all the happy families are two boys, the first leans against the tree in the front of the building. He's a tall boy for his age, standing at 3'9, he has spikey white hair, with dark eyes, and he has red lines under the corners of his eyes, and has slightly tan skin. His name is Jiraiya, an orphan raised in the orphanage.
The second boy is leaning against the side of the building, he is normal height for a boy his age, standing 3'6, has long, straight black-hair which goes down to the middle of his back. He has pale skin and slightly delicate features, however the most striking thing about him are his eyes, they are a golden color with slits for the pupils, and around the eyes is what appears to be purple makeup which extends part way to either side of his nose. His name is Orochimaru Hebi, who was recently orphaned when his parents died during a mission.
Suddenly the two boys attention is taken by the fact that everyone becomes silent and stares in one direction. When they to look that way they see why, The Senju Family have appeared, however this time they have an extra person, a boy with short, spikey red-hair and blue eyes, with slightly tan skin, wearing an all dark red outfit. While most can only wonder at who the boy is, Jiraiya and Orochimaru each have differing thoughts upon seeing him, Jiraiya thinks, Tch another pretty boy, and he's probably a jerk like Orochi-teme. While Orochimaru thinks, Hmm He looks strong. Perhaps he'll finally be someone I can test myself against.
Everyone begins to talk quietly about who the boy could possibly be, and why he's with Mito-Sama and her family. Soon enough though the doors open and a couple Chunin come out and direct the children inside. Naruto bids farewell to Mito and Amaya as Tsunade grabs him by the wrist and drags him inside and to her classroom, leaving the two women to laugh. When they reach the classroom they find the teacher sitting there waiting and greeting all the students as they enter, when he sees Tsunade and Naruto he smiles slightly.
The teacher is an average sized man, standing at 5'9, with mousy brown hair, and grey eyes. He wears the standard attire for a Chunin which consists of an all blue Shinobi outfit, and some grey armor over his chest and back. The man's name is Ikuse Hachibana, and he's a 35 year old veteran Ninja. He looks down at the children, "Tsunade-san please head inside and take your seat. You young man must be the new student I was told about."
Tsunade smiles at her friend and heads inside as Naruto nods his head to the teacher who continues, "Now I've been informed that you are a member of the Uzumaki Clan and your unique situation. Know that I will not allow any kind of disruptions in my class room, and I don't care what clan your from or who your related to, in my eyes your just another student. Understand?" The red-head nods in agreement, "Understood Sensei. Trust me I'm not here to play around, I've come to learn to the be the best Shinobi I can be." His response makes the man smirk as remarks, "Good. My name is Ikuse Hachibana, but you can call me Ikuse-Sensei. Now Class is about to begin, I'll call you inside in a few moments and you can introduce yourself to the class."
He heads inside and Naruto hears him telling the class to settle down as he takes roll call then makes an announcement, "Alright class before we begin we have a new student joining us today. Please do your best to give him a warm welcome. Come In!" With that the red-head takes a deep breath and exhales it, then he opens the door and walks inside the class. Immediately his eyes scan the class to see if he can find any faces he recognizes besides Tsunade, and he finds both Jiraiya and Orochimaru who are on opposite sides of the room and both looking at him intently. Then he catches a face which looks familiar with a head of spikey silver-hair and immediately knows that's Kakashi's father Sakumo Hatake, as only a Hatake could have hair like that.
He walks up in front of the teachers podium, and smiles and wave shyly at everyone, as Ikuse says, "Now Introduce yourself, Just your name, likes, dislikes, and dreams for the future." The red-head nods and looks at the class as he does as instructed, "Hello my name is Naruto Uzumaki. My likes are Ramen, learning new things, training, and gardening. My dislikes are perverts, the 3 minutes it takes for the water to boil for ramen, and anyone who puts another down. My dreams for the future are to be a great Shinobi, bring ever lasting peace to the Elemental Nations, and to have a family."
Everyone has different reactions, all the girls besides Tsunade and one dark-haired one swoon at his dream of having a family. Most of the boys think his dream of everlasting peace in the Elemental Nations is stupid, all except Jiraiya, Sakumo, and Orochimaru. After a few seconds Ikuse speaks up again, "Alright thank you for that Naruto-san. Why don't you have a seat next to Sakumo." With that he points to the boy in question who is sitting in the middle section, 3rd row, and Naruto nods and heads up there taking the empty seat to the left of the silver-haired boy. Thus begins his second stint in the academy.
6 Months Later
It's now been 6 months since Naruto came back in time, 6 months since he became part of the of the Senju Family, and 6 months since he joined the Academy, and it's been a hectic 6 months, he's been training like crazy. Everyday he gets up at 5am, goes to the forest of death, creates as many clones as he can, which is now 100, he then has them break up into groups of 10 to practice different things. The first group always works on chakra control, which they are now up to tree walking as they mastered Leaf Sticking, the second group works on Shurikenjutsu improving his aim, the 3rd group works on the first of the basic 3 the Substitution Jutsu(Kawarimi no Jutsu), the 4th works on the Transformation Jutsu(Henge no Jutsu), the 5th group works on the last the Normal Clone Jutsu(Bushin no Jutsu).
The last 5 groups have been working on new skills, the 6th group has been working on the Body Flicker Jutsu(Shunshin no Jutsu) which is a high-speed movement technique. The 7th and 8th groups have been working on the beginning stances of the Big Dipper God Fist, which has been going incredibly well. The 9th group has been learning all about human anatomy to help with his Taijutsu style, while the 10th and final group has been working on the Fuinjutsu that Mito started to teach him 2 months ago. As far as his physical exercise goes, he's getting more and more fit, especially with the weights on his ankles and wrists, which are now up to 10lbs on each wrist and 20lbs on each ankle, and he now does physical training with Tsunade in the mornings.
As far as the academy goes, he's quickly gotten to the top of the class, and has been classified as a genius alongside his new friend Sakumo, as well as Orochimaru. Thats another thing he's made friends with a few people in his class besides Tsunade, the first of which is Sakumo Hatake and hes found the boy to be alot more sociable then his future son, they even spar outside of the academy sometimes. The second person he's made friends with is Jiraiya who became his friend after he defended the boy from some bullies who were calling him dead-last due to his terrible grades and his lacking skills in every ninja field.
ever since the two have been great friends, and the red-head has even been helping the white-haired boy with his Shurikenjutsu and the basic 3. He's also become associated with Orochimaru, who see's him as a sort of rival, but has yet to take the step forward to becoming his friend, preferring to study and train alone. But he's made it his mission to break the young Sannin-to-be of that, thinking that if he can be a positive influence on the boy then he wont become a crazy pedophile in the future.
Another development in his new life is that it was recently learned that the Senju Family will be growing by 1 more member, as Amaya is 4 months pregnant. Tsunade upon finding out she was going to be a big sister was ecstatic, saying that she was going to protect her little brother or sister from any and everything that would harm them. Naruto just congratulated Itama and Amaya on their news while going back to his Calligraphy practice, which was a Pre-requisite to learn Fuinjutsu. As a result of Amaya's pregnancy Itama decided stop taking missions for awhile, instead taking up a job in the Torture and Interrogation Division, also giving him more time to train Tsunade and help Naruto with refining his new Taijutsu style against a superior opponent.
But today will be different, as today Naruto and the rest of the class will begin training in their elemental affinities, but for the red-head he'll start learning how to properly use his bloodlines after today.
Leaf Academy
Ikuse's classroom
The veteran Shinobi looks at his class, and can't help but to think about how much they've grown in the last 6 months, which is why he has no problem with starting them on today's lesson. He clears his throat getting everyone's attention as he speaks, "Alright class today we'll be learning something entirely new. Now as you all know we've been teaching you all 3 Basic Jutsu, those being the Substitution, Transformation, and Clone. Now those were to prepare you for more advanced techniques, and today is the true start of learning those more advanced techniques." As he looks around he sees that he has every one of their attention, and smirks internally at it.
He proceeds to take out two stacks of papers and continues, "Today we will be testing your Elemental Affinities. Now each Ninja in the world is aligned to a specific Elemental Nature, which makes using Jutsu of that element easier and Jutsu of opposing Elements harder. This paper I have here is called Chakra Paper and each of you will be receiving a piece, what it does it tells you your affinity. Now pay close attention to what I say next as I don't want to repeat myself." Everyone replies in unison, "Yes Ikuse-Sensei!"
He then goes into what Naruto has dubbed his 'Iruka Mode' and starts to lecture, "Now each of the 5 elements does something different to this paper, if your Affinity is Fire it will burn to ash. If your Affinity is Water it will get wet and turn soggy. If your Affinity is Earth it will crumble and turn to dust. If it is Lightning it will crinkle up into a ball. Finally if it is Wind the paper will split down the middle." He then takes one piece into his dominate hand which is his left and puts it between his fingers, "All you do is you place the paper between two finger of you dominant hand and channel your chakra to it and it will tell you what your affinity is."
After saying this he does just that and the paper burns down to ash, showing that he has a Fire Affinity, which causes all the now 5 year olds to stare in awe, before they start to talk excitedly about what their affinities could be. He stomps on the floor to get them quiet, "Alright when I call your name come up here, take a piece of paper and channel your chakra." At that point he begins to call names, and Naruto doesn't really pay any attention to most of them, as most of them get either fire, water, or earth, however he pays attention when his friends are called, first of which is, "Sakumo Hatake!" The silver-haired boy walks down the aisle and up to the teacher, taking his piece of Chakra paper he places it between the fingers of his right hand and applies his chakra, and surprisingly it crinkles up into a ball and emits sparks.
Ikuse whistles at this, "Well looks like we got our first special case. You have a Lightning Affinity and from the looks of it a strong one. Congrats Sakumo-san." Sakumo nods gratefully to the man and heads back to his seat with a smile on his face. The next person Naruto pays attention to is right after Sakumo, "Orochimaru Hebi!" As the pale loner makes his way down to the instructor and does as everyone else did, however his is shocking to, as when he channels his chakra to the paper it splits in half. Ikuse shakes his head at this, "Damn 2 for two on the prodigies and their affinities. You have a Wind Affinity Orochimaru-San, which for the Land of Fire is incredibly rare. I've no doubt you'll be a powerful Shinobi in the future."
Orochimaru smirks at this as he heads back to his seat, and Naruto once again tones out Ikuse-Sensei, that is until he hears another friendly name called, "Jiraiya No-name!" He watches as the white-haired boy scowls at the addition of 'No-Name' to his first name, but still heads up to the teacher to take his paper. When he does his paper burns to ash, showing he has a Fire Affinity, and after tossing away the remaining ash he heads back to his seat. A few minutes later he hears Tsunade's name called and pays close attention to see what her elemental affinity is.
The blonde haired girl excitedly takes the paper, hoping to have the same two main affinities of her grandfather, Water and Earth, so that she might also have inherited his Wood Release Bloodline. However she is disappointed when the paper in her hand crinkles up into a ball, indicating her main affinity is to Lightning. She scowls at the paper and tosses it in the trash as she turns on her heels and head back to her desk, pouting. After that Naruto just tunes out the names again, thinking about the basic storage seal he was taught by Mito and how to improve it, he just barely manages to tune back in when he hears the name Izumi Uchiha, seeing as Uchiha comes before Uzumaki.
The girl in question has the usual black hair and onyx eyes of the Uchiha clan, however her hair goes down to her mid back, and she has a kinder looks to her face then most Uchiha. Izumi takes the chakra paper and channels her chakra and unsurprisingly she gets a Fire Affinity, seeing as most Uchiha have it, though she seems disappointed she does, maybe she was expecting a different result. After she gets back to her seat he finally hears it, "Naruto Uzumaki your up!" At this he smiles and hops out of his seat, making his way excitedly down to the front of the classroom.
When he reaches the front he excitedly takes the paper and places it between the pointer and middle fingers of his right hand and channels his chakra, what happens next Shocks everyone, even the usually stoic Ikuse. His chakra paper cuts into four pieces and each piece does something different, one gets soggy, one burns to ash, on crumbles to dust, and the last crinkles up and emits sparks. Internally the red-head laughs at the faces everyone is making, however outside he tilts his head to the side confusedly and asks, "Did I do something wrong Sensei? What does this mean?"
The man quickly coughs into his hand to regain his composure and answers, "No you didn't do anything wrong Naruto-san, its just that I've never seen something like this before. What that means is that you have a Main Affinity to all 5 of the elements. You are without a doubt going to be a powerhouse when your older. You can take your seat now." Naruto nods his head and heads back to his seat and chuckles at the unbelieving face his friend Sakumo is making. After that class goes by as normal, even though most are wondering how the red-head got an affinity to all 5 major elements.
After the academy lets out, with Ikuse telling them that they'll all be given E-Rank jutsu of their elements to learn for then next 6 months starting tomorrow, Naruto heads home with Tsunade. However when they get to the house they find Mito waiting out front, but standing next to her is Hiruzen Sarutobi wearing his official Hokage robes and hat, which causes the red-head to tense up slightly. Tsunade however greets the adults with sourly, "Hey Baa-chan, Saru-Ojisan." Noticing this Mito looks concerned and asks, "Whats wrong Tsunade-chan? Why do you look so sad?" The little blonde pouts as she explains, "We had our elemental affinities tested today, and I have a Lightning Affinity."
Blinking at this The red-haired woman gives her granddaughter a confused look, "Whats so bad about having a Lightning Affinity?" Tsunade sighs, "I wanted to have the same affinities as Hashi-Jiji! I wanted to be able to use Wood Release like him, and prove that I'm worthy to carry on his legacy!" Sarutobi kneels down and takes her by the shoulders at that, "Tsunade-chan, you don't have to have Hashirama-Sensei's bloodline to continue his legacy. You ARE his legacy. You carry his blood and his Will of Fire. Never forget that young lady." This makes her feel much better as she rushes inside, leaving the two adults with Naruto, who upon seeing their looks chuckles nervously.
1 year later
Forest of Death
It's now been a year since the revelation that Naruto has all 5 Major elements, that day when he got home he had a conversation with Sarutobi and Mito who were both wondering how he managed it. However he stuck to his innocent act and told them he had no clue, and that he didn't know what elements his parents had as they had never used Elemental Jutsu infront of him before they died. Sarutobi then offered to allow him to graduate early so that he could get a jump on learning to harness his elements and what not but he declined stating that he'd like to graduate with his friends, something with the 24 year old understood.
Over the last year Naruto and his friends have all gotten taller and stronger. It's now a 3-way tie between Naruto, Sakumo, and Orochimaru for Rookie of the year, while Jiraiya despite Naruto's help is still the dead-last although thats only because his Taijutsu is abysmal, and he can't make a Bushin to save his life. Tsunade is by far the strongest Kunoichi in the class, and un-known to the red-head has begun to develop a crush for him due to his kind nature and drive to improve himself, also because of how he is with her baby brother. That's another thing, about 8 months ago Amaya gave birth to a healthy baby boy, with tufts of light brown hair and his mothers green eyes, they named him Nawaki Senju.
Today is a break day from the academy and Naruto can be found in his usual clearing in the forest of death, having left behind a strengthened Shadow Clone at the Senju House so as to keep them from being suspicious. The red-head takes a breath as he prepares to begin the next phase of his training, which is learning how to actually use the 3 bloodlines given to him by the Tailed-Beasts. He takes a breath, makes the cross shaped seal and calls out "Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu!" In a puff of smoke 200 clones appear, another great thing about the year is that his reserves have gone back up to ANBU level.
He decides to hand out his orders, "Alright guys break up into groups of 20. 1st group continue Chakra-control, combine the water-walking exercise with the leaf and Kunai balancing exercises." The first group salutes and heads over to the river to do just that. He turns to the second group, "Group 2 work on the stances for that Kenjutsu style I found in the Senju archives. Group 3 your on the next Kata for the Hokuto Shin Ken." The 2nd and 3rd group move off in different directions to do as they're told. The Kenjutsu style Naruto is referring to is called Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu(Flying Heaven Govern Sword-Style), and is another ancient style he found in the Senju Archives after taking an interest in Kenjutsu 6 Months ago thanks to his friendship with Sakumo.
He turns to the next two groups, "Group 4 You get to read the intermediate Anatomy books. Group 5 Your job is to work on the new seals Mito-Obasan taught me." With their orders in place they go to do as told, even though the 4th group groans about having to read. He turns to the next groups, "Groups 6 and 7 your job is to split into 4 groups of 10, each sub group is to work on Earth, Fire, wind, and water Nature training using leaves." the two groups salute him and move off to do their jobs. He turns to the last 3 groups, "Alright Groups 8,9, and 10 your job is to begin training in our bloodlines. Group 8 you got Magnet Release, Group 9 Lava Release, and group 10 boil release. Get to it boys."
The three groups of clones move off to start their training, grousing about lazy ass originals. Naruto himself kneels to the ground and takes out a storage scroll, releasing weighted metal plates from on seal within it and proceeds to add 1 more plate each to his wrist and ankle weights. Doing this increases their weight to 50lbs per wrist, and 60lbs per ankle, after which he re-seals the remaining plates and puts away the scroll and begins to do his daily exercises, which have also increased to 50 laps, 100 each of push-ups, sit-ups, squats, jumping-jacks, and chin-ups.
Because of his work-outs and a healthy diet he's much taller and better fit then he was the last time he was 6 years old, now standing at 4'1 making him one of the tallest of his class just below Jiraiya who now stands at 4'3. After his physical training his done he checks the time to see that he has only a few minutes to get home from breakfast so he Body Flickers from the Forest and appears in his room after a few jumps, where his clone is already waiting for him and it looks as sweaty as himself, he dispels it and heads to the shower. While he's getting himself clean he can;t help but think about how graduation is only another 2 months away, and wonders who his teammates will be and who their Jonin Sensei will end up being.
When he finishes and gets dressed he heads downstairs for the usual family breakfast, as he enters he finds that only Amaya and little Nawaki are already present. He smiles at them, "Good Morning Amaya-chan, and a special good morning to you Nawaki-kun." He tickles the baby's tummy getting him to laugh and clap his hands, as the blonde woman smiles at him, "Good Morning Naruto-kun, did you have a good training session with Tsunade-chan and Tama-kun?" The red-head nods, "Sure did, though Tsunade-chan still can't keep up with me, although she comes pretty close, must be her quarter Uzumaki heritage." Amaya just giggles at this, and a moment later said girl comes walking in.
Tsunade has changed only a little in the nearly 2 years he's been living with them. She's grown taller standing now at 3'9, with a slender build for her age due to her training. Her hair is now kept up into a single high ponytail, and she now dons a light green short skirt kimono, tied tightly at the waist with a dark blue obi, the skirt has a slit in the left leg for ease of movement. Also you can see a hint of mesh under-armor over her chest. On her wrists and forearms is red arm warmers which covers her wrist weights, her feet are bare right now but she has bandages wrapped around her ankles and half way up her shins which cover her ankle weights.
All in all he can definately see hints of her future beauty in her features now. Seeing him staring at her she blushes slightly, but decides to mess with him, "See something you like Na-ru-to-kun~?" The red-head realizing he was staring blushes and shakes his head, "Sorry Tsunade-chan I was just thinking how much you've grown since we became friends." The blonde smiles at this and responds in kind, "You've grown to Naruto-Kun. I don't care what anyone says, to me your the best Shinobi in the academy. Orochimaru and Sakumo are 2nd best compared to you." Naruto nods his head in thanks as they take they're usual seats at the table to eat, and a moment later Itama and Mito enter and breakfast begins.
After breakfast Itama looks at the two kids, "Hey Tsu-chan, Naruto-kun how about we have a spar? The two of you against me." The blonde nods her head excitedly while the red-head smirk confidently, "You think you can take Tsunade-chan and I together old man? After all we are the best male and female student in the Academy." The brown haired man laughs loudly at this, "Hahahahaha! Confidence, I like that, after all I'd expect nothing less of an Uzumaki. Don't worry about me kiddo, I'll be fine, after all I received private instruction from 2 Hokages, as well as an Uzumaki Seal Mistress. Lets head outback." The three proceed to head out to the training grounds out back which is within sight of the back porch.
The two 6 year olds stand across from the 30 year old man, as they all proceed to get into their Taijutsu Stances. Tsunade and her father both take the stance for the Senju Style Taijutsu called One Thousand Branch Fist(Sennen Shibu Ken) which is a style that revolves around overwhelming your opponents with powerful and unpredictable strikes. Naruto however takes the stance for the Hokuto Shin Ken, he takes a strong stance with his legs spread apart and bent with his left leg leading his right. His hands are positioned in a specific way, with his right hand down low near his right thigh, and his left hand held up high in the air and both are open palmed.
At an unseen signal the two academy students and the Jonin Shinobi rush each other and begin their spar.
Leaf Academy
2 months later
Graduation Day
The day has finally arrived, today is the day that the students will take their first step to becoming real ninja and become Genin. Everyone arrived early for the tests and have been chomping at the bit for it to be over. The first part of the Graduation exam was a written test which had 20 questions that were meant to test their tactical thinking as well as their knowledge of history. The second part of the exam was Shuriken and Kunai throwing, in that test you got 10 Kunai and 10 Shuriken and each hit of the bulls-eye for the Kunai was worth 10 points, while the each hit of vital spots on the straw dummies for the Shuriken was worth 10 points each.
On that test most of the civilian born got a 60/100 for both, which is just passing for the Kunai and Shuriken, however the ones who did better were The clan kids who got 70 or 80/100 on Kunai throwing and 70/100 on the Shuriken. Only two Kunoichi got more, Tsunade got 90/100 on both, while Izumi Uchiha got 85/100 on Kunai as one of her Kunai was an inch to the left of the bulls-eye, while she got 90/100 on the Shuriken. After that Jiraiya ended up getting 85s on both, showing his improvement. Then the three Geniuses all got 100/100 on both Kunai and Shuriken, although Naruto had to show off and throw all his Kunai and Shuriken at once, blindfolded.
The 3rd test was a Taijutsu spar with a Chunin. The rules were that you had to last at least 2 Minuets to pass, and if you could last the full 5 without being KOed or knocked out of the ring then you'd get a 100 for the test. Most of the Civilian born kids just barely lasted the 2minutes before being defeated. The clan children each lasted 3 minutes before being forced out of the ring or forfeiting. Tsunade went against Ikuse himself and lasted 4 minuets and 25 seconds against him before he defeated her, while her rival Izumi lasted 4 minuets and 15 seconds against a Chunin Kunoichi. Then Jiraiya got his chance and actually lasted 3 Minutes and 50 seconds using the academy style before being knocked out by his Chunin opponent.
Once again Naruto, Sakumo, and Orochimaru excelled in this test. The first one of the three to go was Sakumo who managed to last the full 5 Minuets and even managed to get his opponent down to his knees. After Sakumo was Orochimaru who also lasted the full 5 Minuets and even managed to beat his opponent at the last second by forcing him out of the ring. Naruto was last as usual and he unsurprisingly lasted the full 5 Minuets against Ikuse-sensei, but he used his Hokuto Shin Ken and hit the pressure points in the mans left arm, right leg, and spine to bring him make it so that he couldn't fight anymore until the damage was reversed. When it was over the red-head reversed what he did on the teacher gaining the man's gratitude and was told that his style was going to be dangerous when perfected.
Now they were waiting on the final test which is the Ninjutsu portion. From what he's heard the Ninjutsu test consists of the basic 3, as well as an E and D-rank Elemental Jutsu. Eventually Ikuse-sensei begins to call names to come to the back room, and one by one nearly every person comes back in wearing a shiny new blue or black headbands, ofcourse 1 or two of the civilian kids fail and don't get their headbands. All of the clan kids come back out wearing headbands, some over their forehead others around their necks or arms. Naruto really pays attention when his friends are called.
Tsunade goes inside and nails the Ninjutsu portion, first she substitutes with a fern in the corner, then she Transforms into her grandmother, after that she makes 2 perfect clones, and then Body Flickers from one side of the room to the other leaving behind leaves. For her E-rank Lightning Jutsu she uses the Lightning Release: Static Strings Jutsu(Raiton: Seiteki Suji no Jutsu) to create strings of electricity that connect to a practice dummy and delivers small shocks to it. Then for her D-rank Lightning Jutsu she uses Lightning Release: Lightning Bolt Jutsu(Raiton: Raikurai no Jutsu), which she makes the hand signs and releases a short bolt of lightning from her hand which strikes the dummy and leaving electrical burns on its chest.
Due to her perfect execution she receives her headband which she asks for a green cloth, and ties it around her head proudly. As soon as she walks out with her protector Naruto smiles proudly at her, causing her cheeks to heat up as she heads back to her seat. The next of his friends to go inside is actually Jiraiya, and the white haired boy looks nervous as heck.
Jiraiya once inside performs the Substitution with a chair, then Transforms into a perfect copy of the 3rd Hokage, he just manages to create 2 usable Clones, and Body Flickers about 100 feet which is the least amount required to pass. Then for his E-Rank Fire Jutsu he uses the Fire Release: Burning Leaf Jutsu(Katon: Tensho Rifu no Jutsu) in which he creates a small amount of burning leaves in his mouth and spits them out at the test dummy, causing minor irritation to the eyes and chest. Finally for his D-Rank he uses Fire Release: Flash Fan Jutsu(Katon: Senko Uchiwa no Jutsu) which allows him to take in a fair amount of air while making 3 hand signs and then breath it out in a short funnel of flames which lasts only a couple of seconds in a v-shaped wave which causes light burns to the dummy.
When he's done he receives his headband and walks out proudly, giving Naruto a thumbs up to show that his remedial lessons really helped out.
Next is Orochimaru who as usual is calm. He performs the first 4 techniques perfectly, going so far as to transform into a perfect reflection of his dead father. For his E-Rank Wind Jutsu he uses the Wind Release: Wind Clone Jutsu(Futon: Kaze Bushin no Jutsu) which allows him to create a clone of himself made of wind which he makes attack a dummy and it dispels right after in a gust of wind. For his D-Rank Jutsu he uses the Wind Release: Projectile Deflection Blast(Futon: Hassha-Tai Tawami Bakuhatsu) which allows him to build up a lot of air in his chest and the release it as a gust from his mouth strong enough to push back the dummy.
Once he's done he to gains his headband which he ties around his left arm, and walks back into the classroom and quietly takes his seat.
After that is Sakumo who performs the first 4 perfectly. Then for his E-rank Lightning Jutsu he uses Lightning Release: Lightning Clone Jutsu(Raiton: Raikou Bushin no Jutsu) which allows him to create a solid clone made of Lightning chakra, the clone the proceeds to attack the dummy and each strike delivers shocks, and then it dispels itself. For his D-rank he uses Lightning Release: Electron Jutsu(Raiton: Denshi no Jutsu) which after the hand signs are complete creates a crackling, sparking, sphere of electricity in his hands which he tosses at the dummy and when it hits it electrocutes it.
Sakumo comes out wearing his headband the normal way which just makes his spikey hair even spikier. The last one to get Naruto's attention is ofcourse the second best Kunoichi of the class, Izumi Uchiha who looks nearly as confident as Tsunade did before her. Izumi like all the rest preforms the 4 basic techniques perfectly. For her E-Rank she uses the Fire Release: Finger Flame Jutsu(Katon: Shushi Hono no Jutsu) which allows her to channel fire chakra to her finger and create a small ball of flame over it, which she uses to carve the word Idiot into the dummy. For her D-Rank she uses the Fire Release: Flame Knife Jutsu(Katon: Hono Naifu no Jutsu) for this technique she takes out a Kunai and channels fire chakra into it lighting on fire but leaving it unharmed and then she throws it at the dummy and it cuts right through it.
Izumi exits the room wearing her headband as a hairband, tying it around her hair.
Then Ikuse finally calls out, "Naruto Uzumaki!" The red-head stands up to head into the back, however he hears his friends all call out to him, first Tsunade, "You can do it Naruto-kun!" Then Sakumo gives him a thumbs up, "Crush it Naruto!", and Jiraiya crosses his arms, "Show up Orochi-teme!" Naruto just smiles at all his friends one last time before walking into the back room. Once inside he finds himself standing infront of Ikuse-Sensei and 2 other Chunin instructors, as the man who has taught him for the last near 2 years addresses him, "Alright Naruto-san, for starters you need to demonstrate the Substitution, then the Transformation, then the Clone Jutsu, and finally the Body Flicker. When thats done since you have 5 elements we'll need you to demonstrate 1 jutsu of each of them."
The red-head nods at this but asks, "Say sensei if I performed a different clone technique for the first portion like say the Earth Release: Shadow Clone(Doton: Kage Bushin) could that count towards my clone jutsu and one of my elemental Jutsu?" Ikuse and the other 2 Chunin blink at this before conversing together quietly for a moment. After their conversation is done Ikuse turns back to Naruto, "We've come to the decision to allow it. The point is to make sure you make clones, no matter what kind they are." The boy nods his head and proceed to begin the test, as he first Substitutes with one of the instructors before switching back, then he transforms into a perfect copy of the 1st Hokage, after that he preforms the Earth Release: Shadow clone as he said, and creates 2 clones of himself made from mud.
After he dispels the two clones they leave behind puddles of mud which he smiles apologetically for. Next he performs Water Release: Gunshot(Suiton: Teppodama) in which he makes a few hand signs and takes a breath as his chest swells and then he releases condensed balls of water from his mouth which move at high speed, hitting the dummy and puncturing holes into it. After the dummy is replaced with a new one he then performs Fire Release: Fireball Jutsu(Katon: Hidama) in which after making the three hand signs he takes a breath and releases a medium sized ball of flames from his mouth which burn orange in color and set the dummy on fire instantly.
After the Chunin put the dummy out with Water Release, Naruto moves on to his 4th element, preforming Lightning Release: Lightning Ball(Raiton: Raikyu) in which he raises his hands over his head and creates a small ball of Electricity between them, then he brings his hands down tossing the ball at the dummy. When it hits it covers the dummy in a swirl of electricity causing electrical burns all over it. Then for his final Jutsu he uses Wind Release: Gale Palm(Futon: Reppusho) in which he first takes out a Kunai and tosses it, then he claps his hands and releases a gale of compressed winds which speed the weapon up and causes it to sink deep into the heart of the dummy.
Once he finishes his last jutsu the Instructors congratulate him and he takes a blue headband and puts it around his forehead just like old times. When he walks out of the room Ikuse is following behind him, and as he makes up up to his desk Sakumo high-fives him. The Chunin clears his throat to get everyone's attention, "Alright everyone first off I want to say congratulations to all of those who graduated. You have taken your first steps on your road to becoming splendid Shinobi and Kunoichi. For those who failed, better luck next year. Now you have the next week off, but be back here at 10am sharp next Monday morning for your team assignments and to meet your Jonin-Sensei."
With that he dismisses them and everyone rushes out of the room, however Naruto's friends gather around him as Tsunade hugs him, "We did it Naruto-kun! We're one step closer to being real Ninja." The red-head chuckles at the blonde and pats her back, "We sure are Tsunade-Chan. But next week we'll find out who our Teachers for the foreseeable future will be, and I have this feeling that most of us will get someone powerful." Sakumo chuckles at that, "Well I just hope that I'm paired with you as a teammate Naruto. I think you and me together with a competent Kunoichi could be an unstoppable force."
Jiraiya shakes his head, "In any case how about we all go out to celebrate our graduating? Pretty Boy Hatake is buying." Naruto nods his head, "Alright sure, that's so kind of you to buy everyone lunch Sakumo." Tsunade nods sagely as well, "Yes. You have a kind heart Hatake-san." Said boy however just sits there with his mouth hanging open as he tries to formulate words. The red-head then notices Izumi and Orochimaru both by themselves and gets up and heads over to them, first the Uchiha girl. When she notices him she looks at him confusedly, "Can I help you Uzumaki-san?"
Naruto smiles softly at her and responds, "Just call me Naruto. I hate formality. No you can't help me, but perhaps I can help you. You see a bunch of us are going to lunch to celebrate graduating and I thought maybe you'd like to come along? Sakumo is buying." She proceeds to look at him incredulously, "Is this a pity offer? Because I don't need, nor want your pity. I may not be like others of my clan but I am still proud to be an Uchiha." The red-head shakes his head, "It has nothing to do with pity. Though I will admit there is another motive to my offer. The way I figure it is that we might get teamed up together and it's better to start to get to know a potential teammate now rather then later. Besides everyone can use friends, even an Uchiha."
As she looks at him trying to detect any lies she finds none, only honesty, and so she give him a gentle smile, "Well in that case then I would love to join you for a free meal." Naruto smiles at that, "Good, head on over to the group and introduce yourself, I have one more person to talk to." With that he heads over towards the loner prodigy, while Izumi walks over to the little group and properly introduces herself to them.
Naruto arrives at Orochimaru's desk just as the boy is getting up to leave, and when he see's the red-head he asks, "What do you need Naruto-san?" The red-head looks at him seriously, "You don't need to be alone Orochimaru. I know the pain you must be feeling deep down. Losing your parents at a young age, its the kind of thing you never quite get over. My parents have been dead over 2 years and I still haven't gotten over it." The pale boy looks at him surprised, but quickly bows his head and hides his eyes behind his bangs, "How do you do it? How can you be so cheerful despite the loss of your parents?"
Naruto pats his shoulder, "You take it one day at a time, and you realize that no matter what your parents loved you and they wouldnt want you to mourn their deaths forever. They would want you to live your life, make friends, keep moving forward and have great adventures. That doesn't mean you should forget them, you can still remember all the good times, just don't get stuck in the past, because that solves nothing." Orochimaru looks at him in astonishment, seeing the wisdom in his words and realizing that if his parents could see him now that his father would smack him upside the head and tell him to go play with other kids and have fun.
With that in mind he smiles softly and nods his head to the red-head, "Thank you Naruto-san, I will try to take your advice." Naruto just smiles at him and responds, "Well you can start by joining me and the others for lunch, our fellow genius Sakumo is buying." The black-haired boy stands up and says 3 words, "Lead the way." With that the 2 geniuses rejoin the group and the now 6 Genin leave the classroom heading for a BBQ Restaurant, not noticing Ikuse smile at the scene as the man thinks to himself, I have the feeling that group is going to change the world in the future. I look forward to seeing where their paths take them.
Annnd Cut! Well theres chapter 2 hope it was every bit as good as the first, if not then the next chapter should be better. Next chapter is team Placements, real genin test, and maybe the first C-Rank. all depends on how much i can put into the chapter, although I will say that there will be somemore training going on next chapter, though it'll be mostly teamwork exercises with a bit of Idividual skills thrown in. Also I think everyone will be surprised slightly by the teams. Anyway Read and review. Until Next time.