Chapter 2: First Heart


Hello everyone! I'm back with another chapter of Master of Jiongu! Last time was a large flashback about how Naruto got the Jiongu, and now he's going to get the first heart that'll be assimilated into his being.

Now sit back and enjoy the show!


(Konoha-Four Years After Kyuubi Attack)

Naruto Uzumaki didn't live a good life. He was ignored by most of the kids his age, and hated by most of the adults. The only ones that didn't hate him were the Hokage, and the Ichiraku's who ran the ramen stand. He never understood what made him so unlikeable to many people. He tried to be nice to others, but they still ignored him. He used to think that it was because of the strange stitches on his side, but then realized that it would be stupid to hate someone because of that.

He learned that he would have to hide his sadness since he saw that people seemed to enjoy seeing him suffer. So he just gave everyone a big grin with closed eyes. He kept his eyes closed because he knew that no matter what he did, he couldn't hide the sadness that would show.

Currently, Naruto was on his way back to the orphanage after spending the day at Ichiraku. He ate as much ramen as possible without spending all his money. He snuck back in through a hole in his 'room' before covering it back up with a small rug. Naruto sighed as he climbed back into his rickety bed and closed his eyes.

However, before he could fall asleep, he was yanked out of bed by someone. He looked up and saw that it was the caretaker that was dragging him by his arm.

"Hey! Let me go!" Naruto cried as he started to struggle, only to get punched in the head by the woman.

"Shut up you little monster!" the nasty woman growled as she opened the door to the orpahnage. She then proceeded to throw Naruto into the cold winter night.

"You've overstayed your welcome here! Now leave and don't come back!" With that, she slammed the door in Naruto's face.

Naruto just sat there in shock, still processing what had just happened. When he realized that he was just kicked out of the orphanage. He stoodup and began to walk into the dark streets of Konoha.

The young Uzumaki kept to the alleyways since he knew that it would be a very bad idea to walk out in the open. He wanted to go to Ichiraku's but knew that they would be closed at this hour. He thought about going to the Hokage, however he decided that since he hasn't seen him in over a month that he was very busy.

Naruto eventually found a small cardboard box that was under an awning. Naruto decided to make it his new home. So the young boy crawled inside and curled himself into a tiny ball before falling asleep.

'Tou-san, Kaa-chan, please help me...' Were the last thought Naruto had before succumbing to a dreamless sleep.


(Hokage's Office)

'Curse this damned paperwork! Where does it keep coming from? How the Hell did Minato get it done so fast?' Hiruzen thought as he went through each paper, trying to finish up quickly so he could try to go and see Naruto. He and the clan heads weren't able to make another meeting after the one where Naruto was only one year old.

'Those damned council members on the civilian side are keeping me away from Naruto too much,' Hiruzen growled as he finished what he consdered the last paper for the evening. He sighed as he leaned back into his chair, thinking about how lonely Naruto might have been. He took out his crystal ball and used it to try and find Naruto. First he looked at his room in the orphanage, but it was surprisingly bare of everything.

"What?!" Hiruzen screamed as he shifted the view around the orphanage until he saw the caretaker throwing all of Naruto's stuff into a bonfire. Hiruzen growled as he desperately searched with his crystal ball for Naruto, the image kept changing to different places in Konoha, but couldn't find him.

"This is not good," The Sandaime said as he summoned and ANBU.

"Get me Hiashi Hyuuga, Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi, and Inoichi Yamanaka," Hiruzen ordered.

"Hai, Hokage-sama," the ANBU said as he vanished in a puff of smoke.

Several minuted later, the aforementioned men walkedthrougn the door and saw that their leader was in distress.

"You called for us Hokage-sama?" Shikaku asked.

"Hai, I wish it was on better terms, but I have some grave news," Hiruzen said as he sighed.

"What is it?" Choza asked.

"Naruto's gone missing," Hiruzen said. That shocked all of the clan heads to the core.

"What happened?" Hiashi growled. He had already lost his brother earlier in the year, and maybe the respect of his nephew. He wasn't going to lose the only connection with his best friend!

"I suspect that he was kicked out of the orphanage tonight, but I haven't been able to locate him at all, and I've been looking through the crystal ball for the past half-hour," Hiruzen said.

"You know for a fact that Tsunade's going to thrash people for this when she gets back from that gambling fair," Choza said.

"Maybe we could blame it on Orochimaru, that'll take care of a problem for us," Shikaku muttered. They all shared a chuckle at that before turning serious again.

"Do you want us to go and try to find him?" Choza asked.

Hiruzen shook his head and said, "You should just send out your most trusted clan members, or in Hiashi's case, most trusted Branch members. It would look too suspicious if you were to go out and look yourselves."

"Yeah, but we're going to leave Tsunade to you," Inoichi said as he and the other clan heads rushed out of the room before Hiruzen could protest.

'I better start going over my will,' The Sandaime thought as he reached into his desk and pulled out a scroll.

"I, Hiruzen Sarutobi, hearby leave my entire Icha Icha Paradise collection to my son Asuma Sarutobi..."


(One Month Later)

Needless to say, Tsunade was royally pissed, and the Hokage didn't die. Though he was admitted to the hospital for a week after Tsunade put some strain on his old heart, and then making him completely better.

Naruto was found at this time. Tsunade was on another search for him when she heard crying coming from an alleyway. Inside the alley was everyone's favorite blonde (Besides me) crying in his sleep. Tsunade brought him to the Sandaime who, after managing to convince Naruto, got the young Uzumaki a small apartment. Tsunade wanted to adopt him, but that fell under the jurisdiction of the civilian council, who made it their life's mission to make Naruto's life a living Hell.

Currently, Naruto was in his bedroom asleep in his bed. His life had gotten somewhat better when the Hokage got him his appartment. It wasn't much, but it was more than he ever had. There were three rooms, his bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom, all of them being something that he appreciated when he started living here.

Naruto woke up to the sunlight managing to find its way to his closed eyes. The young blond rubbed his eyes and slowly got out of bed. He mad his way to the bathroom where he procceeded to splash his face with cold water to effectively wake him up. He then went back into his bedroom and changed into his black shirt with a red spiral on it, and some forest green shorts.

"Ahh, I'm hungry," Naruto mumbled as he walked into the kitchen and pulled out a bowl, some cereal, and a gallon of milk. After having a filling breakfast, Naruto then went out to his balcony and took in the fresh air.

"What a nice day! I think I'm gonna go and see how Jiji's doing!" Naruto said as he ran back inside and put on his sandals before running out and locking the door behind him. Naruto then procceeded to run towards the Hokage Tower where he knew the Hokage would be, especially since it was almost 10:00 in the morning.

"I wonder if I can get him teach me some jutsu today?" Naruto wondered as he walked down the street. He continued on his way until he felt the hairs on the back of his neck standing on end. He started to look around and saw that the people were either ignoring his existance, or glaring at him with pure hatred. Naruto just put on a smile and continued walking down the street. Deep down, those glares did affect him, but he had no other idea of how else to deal with it.

However, today was going to change Naruto's life, as soon as he passed an alleyway, he was grabbed and pulled inside. Before he could scream out, he felt a pain on the back of his neck before everything went dark.

Sometime later, Naruto groggily opened his eyes and saw that he was in a forested area tied to a wooden post. He looked around frantically and tried to get free of his bonds.

"So you're awake," a voice said. Naruto turned his head to see a young man with black hair and dark eyes. He was dressed in a regular Chunin's attire and had nothing standing out.

"W-what do you want?" Naruto asked, afraid of what this man wanted from him.

"I want my revenge, you killed a lot of my friends and I'm gonna avenge them," the Chunin said as he stalked forward, kunai in hand.

"B-but I d-didn't kill anybody," Naruto protested as he struggled harder.

"Yes you did you demon!" the Chunin shouted, losing all of his composure, "You crushed hundreds of people with your paws and ate the remains! You almost destroyed the village and it people! I'm going to make sure that you never get the chance to do it again!"

"No! Please! I'm sorry!" Naruto cried as he struggled harder, starting to get extremely desperate. The Chunin wore a malicious grin on his face as he raised his kunai in the air, ready to stab Naruto with it.

Naruto closed his eyes tightly and felt a strange sensation in his right shoulder. He felt it rip apart painlessly and felt like a part of him was darting forward. He heard a gasp of pain and surprise before he opened his eyes and saw something that shocked him to the core.

The Chunin was standing over him with the kunai raised, but that wasn't what shocked him. Coming out of the Chunin's chest were several crimson tendrils that were squiggling around. Naruto looked and saw that they were coming from where his shoulder was ripped off. The stitching was missing and his shoulder was about a foot away from where the rest of his arm was.

"Demon..." the Chunin gasped as the tendrils started to move within him. Naruto stared in shock as something wrapped in the tendrils came out of the Chunin's chest while it was still...beating. The Chunin then fell to the floor dead, but Naruto didn't know that, yet. The object was then pulled into Naruto where his arm came back to the rest of his body.

"AAAAHHHHH!" Naruto screamed as the weight of what had happened finally settled into his mind. He let loose a chakra pulse that covered the whole village.


(Hokage's Office)

"You should really make some law about Jiraiya's peeping habits," a blond haired woman with a green coat and grey clothing said. She had her hair in two pigtails and had her arms crossed underneath her impressive bust. She gave an annoyed stare into the Sandaime's eyes with her honey colored ones.

"I'd would love to Tsunade, but Jiraiya's books make a lot of money. Money that he uses to supply his spy network and himself. He also sends whatever he can spare to Konoha to help with our economy," Hiruzen said as he sighed.

Tsunade huffed and said, "Why couldn't he have just sticked to writing adventure stories? That first one was good even if it wasn't a bestseller."

Before Hiruzen could reply, the chakra pulse reached his office. Both his and Tsunade's eyes widened as they recognized who the chakra belonged to.

"Weasel, Mantis!" The Sandaime called out. Two ANBU in the aforementioned masks appeared before their Hokage and waited for his orders.

"Follow us and make sure that there are no interruptions!" Hiruzen ordered as he jumped out of his seat and lept out the window, Tsunade following him in a heartbeat. Both ANBU jumped after them and tried to keep up.

When they reached the source of the chakra pulse, Hiruzen's eyes widened and Tsunade gasped. Beofre them was a crying Naruto, still tied up to the post, and a dead Chunin at his feet.

"Mantis, make sure that we aren't interupted. Weasel, stay for a moment," the Sandaime ordered. Mantis vanished into the treetops and kept an watchful eye on the surrounding area.

Hiruzen then Shunshin'd over to Naruto and cut the ropes holding him in place. Tsunade rushed over to him and hugged him tightly as he cried into her shoulder. Tsunade began whispering comforting words into his ear until he cried himself to sleep.

"Weasel, do you know who this is?" Hiruzen asked as he turned over the body of the dead Chunin.

"Daichi Uchiha, not a member who stands out, but not weak either," Weasel said after taking a good look at the Chunin.

Hiruzen sighed and called Tsunade over, Naruto still clutching to her in his sleep. "Can you see if he still has his heart?"

Tsunade used her free hand to run a diagnostic jutsu on the body before pulling away. "No, his heart's not there. All of the viens connecting to it have been cleanly severed.

"Now I want you to check Naruto, I think that his Jiongu has activated," Hiruzen said. Tsunade nodded and started to check Naruto. After a couple minutes, she stopped the jutsu and faced the Sandaime.

"The threads are moving eratically, trying to move the stolen heart to an area in Naruto's body where it will cause little discomfort," Tsunade explained.

The Sandaime sighed and said, "Bring him back to my office. Weasel, you go and summon Hiashi Hyuuga and Inoichi Yamanaka to my office. Mantis," the ANBU appeared before him, "if anyone asks about what happened, tell them that a new way to dispel Genjutsu was being tested out before it went out. Speak nothing about what really happened here." the ANBU nodded before they disappeared again. The remaining two conscious people then lept for the Hokage's office.

After five minutes of waiting, Hiashi and Inoichi walked in with Weasel behind them. Weasel shut the door just as Hiruzen activated the Privacy Seals.

Upon seeing Naruto clutching to Tsunade, Hiashi asked, "What happened?"

"Daichi Uchiha atempted to kill Naruto after abducting him," Hiruzen started before both clan heads let out a blast of KI.

"Where is the bastard?! I'll he'll be brain dead when I'm through with him!" Inoichi yelled.

Hiruzen shook his head and said, "He's dead, Naruto's Jiongu activated and stole his still beating heart."

Hiashi was confused, "Wouldn't his Sharingan warn him of any attack?"

"I suspect that he didn't have it activated, Daichi only used his Sharingan on foes who he considered worthy," Weasel explained.

"A stroke of luck then," Hiashi said.

"I suppose that Naruto is in shock because he saw the heart being stolen?" Inoichi asked.

Hiruzen nodded and said, "Yes, I want you to enter his mind and try to help him get over it. He should never have to go through this at such a young age."

Inoichi nodded and made a few hand seals before placing his hand on Naruto's forhead and closing his eyes.


(Naruto's Mindscape)

Inoichi opened his eyes and saw that he was standing in what appeared to be a dimly lit sewer.

'This isn't as bad as I thought it would be,' the Yamanaka Head thought as he looked around. The appearance of Naruto's mind was a little disturbing to him though since it reflected how Naruto felt. His own mind was a nice and peaceful forest, and his daughter Ino's was a field of flowers. Naruto's mind only showed that he was lonely and depressed. Inoichi then decided to walk deeper into Naruto's mind in order to find him.

After what felt like an eternity of walking, he reached a giant cage that had a piece of paper on it with the kanji for 'seal' on it.

'Is this what I think it is?' Inoichi thought as he peered inside. He was met with a giant red eye that lazily stared at him.

"Hmm? You're not my jailor," A booming voice said as Inoichi realized what he was seeing.

"K-Kyuubi," Inoichi gasped as he saw the Bijuu fully illuminated behind the cage. The only thing that confused him was the fact that he only had five tails and what appeared to be the stump of a sixth.

"I know what you're wondering, 'what happened to my tails?, right?" Kyuubi asked, to which Inoichi just dumbly nodded. "Remember the night I attacked? When your Hokage used that Kinjutsu to save the boy, it drew upon my chakra when you and your allies ran out. Let me tell you, I was left with two tails worth of chakra."

"Why are you being so civil with me?" Inoichi asked.

Kyuubi snorted and said, "Because right now, you're the only one who can make sure that my jailor doesn't become a brain dead idiot. If you want to find him, he's down that hallway." Kyuubi pointed a claw in the direction Naruto's consciousness had retreated to.

"Thank you," Inoichi said as he began walking down the hallway. The Kyuubi said nothing as he watched the Yamanaka go to help his Jinchuuriki.

Inoichi walked down the white hallway until he reached a door. Seeing that it was the only way to go, he opened the door and was blinded by a bright light. When he opened his eyes, he saw that he was at one of the training grounds.

"This must be where Naruto was taken to before," Inoichi mused as he walked and saw the events that happened when Naruto was abducted. Inoichi was then blinded by a bright light before he saw that the events were repeating themselves over and over again.

Having enough of this, the Yamanaka Head walked towards Naruto and cut the ropes holding him in place, stopping the memory.

"W-who are yo-you?" Naruto asked, shivering in fear.

Inoichi, seeing how frightened he was, knelt down in front of him and gave him a friendly smile, "My name is Inoichi Yamanaka, and I came into your mind to help you."

"M-me?" Naruto was confused, this stranger wanted to help him. Most strangers just hated him for no reason at all.

"Yes, I understand that you are feeling very scared right now," Inoichi said.

"I-I k-k-killed so-someone," Naruto said as he began shaking again.

Inoichi sighed and said, "Yes you did, and you're never going to get over it. But you have to understand, if you didn't defend youself, you would have been either seriously hurt or dead."

Naruto stared at him in shock as he continued, "People...never get over their first kill, but you have to find a way to move on. People make hobbies to try and do it. A person I know is always late to any meeting, do you know why?" Naruto shook his head. "Because that's how he copes with his problems."

"I th-think I-I understand w-w-what you're saying," Naruto said.

Inoichi smiled and said, "Good, now how about we go back to the real world. The Hokage's very worried about you. And I know you have some questiones for him." Naruto nodded and Inoichi placed his hand on his forhead and both of them closed their eyes.


(Sandaime's Office)

Both of the male blonds opened their eyes to see that they were back in the Hokage's Office. Naruto looked and saw Hiruzen speaking with the blond woman that found him when he was alone, a person with white eyes, and a teenager in a mask.

"We're gone for five minutes and you forget about us already?" Inoichi asked as he gained the attention of everyone in the room.

"Naruto-kun!" Hiruzen shouted as he appeared next to his surrogate grandson.

"Hi Jiji!" Naruto said as he gave the old man a hug. He then released the Hokage and saw that the blond woman before she scooped him up in a bone-crushing hug.

"You're alright!" the woman cried as she continued to smother Naruto.

"Breathing..." Naruto gasped out as his face turned blue. The woman realized that she was choking him and quickly let go. Naruto took a deep breath and got his breathing back under control.

"Hi pretty lady! I'm sorry I don't know your name," Naruto said.

Tsunade chuckled and said, "My name's Tsunade, don't you remember me? I was the one who found you when you were living in the alleyway."

Naruto scrunched up his face in thought for a moment before saying, "I think I remember you, you look familiar. Thank you for helping me get a home!"

"Naruto," Hiruzen started, "do you want to talk about what happened earlier."

Hearing this, Naruto's face fell, "Yeah, w-what were those things coming out of my arm?"

Hiruzen sighed and said, "To explain it clearly, I would have to talk about the day of your birth. We had just survived the Kyuubi attack and were recovering. We had discovered an enemy spy who was attempting to leave Konoha with the information that we were at our weakest. We had him on the run before he picked you up from one of my shinobi who was taking you to the hospital and used you as a hostage."

"We had confronted him and made a deal, you would be released and the ninja would go free. However, he had sliced you where your stitching was before dropping you and attempting to flee, but an ANBU was able to kill him. In order to save you, I was forced to use a kinjutst that the Shodaime stole from Takigakure whe they attempted to assassinate him."

"What kind of jutsu?" Naruto asked.

"It's known as Jiongu, it makes you the host of thread-like tendrils and gives you a wide range of powerful abilities," Hiruzen said.

"So when I become a ninja, I'll be a super ninja?" Naruto asked, sparkles in his eyes.

Everyone, except Weasel, chuckled at his statement. Hiruzen said, "Well, you'll be a strong ninja. Just think of yourself as someone who holds a unique Kekkei Genkai."

"So what can I do with Jio..Jin...whatever it's called?" Naruto asked.

"It's called Jiongu. Ji-on-gu. And you can do whatever you want with the tendrils since they respond to either your will, or they can act automatically when you're in danger," Hiruzen said.

"Wow! Can it do anything else?" Naruto was bouncing on his feet now.

The Sandaime sighed and said, "There's one more thing that was listed in the scroll, but I don't know if you'll like it."

"Why not? Is it really bad?" Naruto asked, getting a little scared now.

"No, it's just that you might be disturbed by this," Hiruzen said before explaining the last part of Jiongu. "You can take the hearts of your enemies and steal all of their abilities and elemental nature."

"Like I did before?" Naruto whispered.

"Yes, but this part of the ability has a positive effect for you," Hiruzen said. Naruto looked at him in confusion, what would be good about taking people's hearts?

"By stealing people's hearts, you can become like a cat, meaning that you will have multiple lives," Hiruzen explained.

"So...I could still live even if I die?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, but you will have to sacrifice a heart in the process. So you will want to be careful and try not to lose all your hearts," Hiruzen said.

Naruto then looked at him and smiled, "So can you teach me how to use it?"

Hiruzen smiled at Naruto's attitude and said, "Of course, that was what I wanted to do after I told you about this. And these people in the room are going to help you today."

Naruto turned and saw Hiashi observing him before he jumped behind Tsunade and screamed, "AAHH! It's another man with scary white eyes!"

'Another?' Was the thought that went through tha heads of most of the rooms occupants.

"Naruto, when did you see someone with 'scary white eyes'?" Hiruzen asked, sending an apologetic look at Hiashi who waved it off.

"It was when I went to the park last week," Naruto started, "Ayame-nee-chan was sick so Ichiraku's was closed for the day. I turned the corner and bumped into a man with those eyes. He demand that I apologize and when I said that he was the one who bumped me, he poked me in the arm and I couldn't move it. I went to yell at him and his eyes grew BIG and he glared at me before I ran back home."

"Well, it seems like Naruto didn't have a good first meeting with the Hyuuga Clan," Inoichi said.

Hiashi sighed and knelt down to Naruto's level. "I hold no ill will against you Uzumaki-san, I can understand that members of my clan can be...difficult at times. I will take care of the issue when I find out who it was that attacked you."

Naruto stared at Hiashi for a moment before saying, "Okay. But I have a question, how are you going to help me with my Jiongu?"

"My clan possesses a Kekkei Genkai called the Byakugan, it allows us to see a persons chakra network and it lets us see far away and through objects," Hiashi explained.

"What about him?" Naruto asked, pointing at Weasel.

"You may remove your mask," the Sandaime said. Weasel reached up and took his mask off,revealing himself the the group. He had dark eyes like Daichi and had lines running down the bridge of his nose.

"This is Itachi Uchiha, a prodigy of the Uchiha clan," Hiruzen said.

"So he's going to use his Sharingan?" Tsunade asked.

"What's that?" Naruto asked as he listened.

Hiruzen turned to the young blond and said, "The Sharingan, like the Byakugan, is a Kekkei Genkai that is associated with the eyes. It allows the user to see chakra, cast powerful Genjutsus, and predict someones movements. A more noticable feature of the Sharingan is that it can copy any ninjutsu it sees, as long as it isn't associated with anyone else's Kekkei Genkai."

"That sounds almost as cool as Jiongu!" Naruto said.

"Almost?" Itachi raised an eyebrow at this.

"Well, if I took the heart of someone who had justu that you can't copy, that would make me better than you, right?" Naruto asked. Everyone was shocked, he had figured out the one thing that he could do that the Sharingan couldn't!

Itachi chuckled and said, "Yes, that would make you better than me."

"Now let's get started. Naruto, come here," Hiruzen said, beckoning Naruto to him. Naruto jogged over and stood before the Hokage.

"First, we're going to have you access your chakra," Hiruzen started as Hiashi and Itachi activated their Byakugan/Sharingan to observe the blond Jinchuuriki.

"How do I do that?" Naruto asked.

Hiruzen thought of the best way to word it for the boy. "Do you feel a...warm feeling in your gut?" Naruto nodded. "You need to try to grab that feeling and pull it to the surface. Try to make it flow through you. It becomes easier if you put your hands into this seal." He showed Naruto the Ram seal.

After correcting his mistakes in making the seal, Naruto attempted to draw out his chakra. He felt that warm feeling like the Hokage said and tried to pull it to the surface. The problem was that because he was a Jinchuuriki, he had FAR more chakra than a normal person his age, so it was like pulling a boulder out of a hole meant for a pebble.

'Come out already!' Naruto growled as he pulled harder. Surprisingly, that thought somehow made Naruto able to drag his chakra to the surface. When he finally got it out. Hiashi and Itachi had to turn off their Doujutsu because they weren't expecting there to be so much chakra.

"What's wrong?" Tsunade asked as she saw both males rub their eyes.

"Ugh, I wasn't expecting so much chakra. It mearly disoriented me for a moment," Hiashi said.

"As am I," Itachi said as he blinked rapidly to get the spots out of his vision.

"Uh, sorry?" Naruto said, uncertain of what to do.

"There's no need for apologies Naruto-san," Itachi said.

"Indeed, we just didn't expect you to have so much chakra," Hiashi put his two cents in.

"Is that a good thing?" Naruto asked.

"It's a very good thing, a ninja who has more chakra is able to perform more jutsu, maybe more powerful ones," Hiruzen said.

"HA! I knew I was awesome!" Naruto cheered.

'It's Kushina with Minato's looks,' were the thoughts of everyone except Itachi. Once Naruto calmed down, Hiruzen then tried to get him to do the next lesson.

"Now that you've got access to your chakra, we should try to get you to control your Jiongu to some degree," Hiruzen said. "But I don't think that it would be a good idea to try it here."

"Why not? I'm ready to go!" Naruto declared.

Hiruzen chuckled at the blond's enthusiasm and said, "That's why we have training grounds. Tsunade, can you take over trying to get his Jiongu activated? I'm afraid I can't since I'm behind on my...work." Hiruzen glared at the pile of paperwork that was mocking him with its height.

Tsunade sighed and said, "Alright sensei, I'll tell you about our progress later. You men follow me to Training Ground 27!" She then grabbed Naruto's shoulder and vanished in a Shunshin. The rest of them followed, leaving Hiruzen alone.

He then pulled out a little orange book and flipped it to a certain page before giggling pervertedly. "Oh Kanoko-chan, you're so dirty."


(Training Ground 27)

Tsunade appeared in a puff of smoke with a stumbling Naruto.

"Ohh, I think I'm gonna be sick...Urp!" Naruto ran over to a bush where he proceeded to introduce the shrub to his eaten breakfast.

Tsunade sweatdropped and thought, 'Maybe I should have just jumped here instead.' "You alright gaki?"

"Y-yeah, that was just...uncomfortable," Naruto said as he leaned on a tree for support.

"I remember when Jiraiya-sensei taught us the Shunshin. Minato was the only one who was able to keep his lunch down the longest," Hiashi said as he and the other appeared behind Tsunade.

"So how am I gonna do this?" Naruto said as he recovered.

"Well," Tsunade started as she pulled out a small scroll, opened it, and began to read from it, "first you have to gain control of the tendrils that are in your body. So just close your eyes and try to feel them as they move throughout you."

Naruto did as instructed and after a few minutes of concentrating, he opened his eyes and voiced his frustrations.

"I can't feel anything. It's just not there," Naruto complained.

"Try fluctuating your chakra," Itachi said as he activated his Sharingan. Naruto just gave him a funny look, not understanding what he wanted him to do.

Itachi, realizing his mistake, said, "What I want you to do is...make your chakra move around wildly to try and get a reaction out of the Jiongu."

Naruto nodded his head and closed his eyes, this time he made his chakra move around in an eratic manner before he felt it start to move to his right forearm. His arm then felt a little numb and heard a few gasps. He opened his eyes to see that several tendrils were moving in and out of his forearm without leaving any sort of mark that they had emerged when they went back in.

"Awesome!" Naruto shouted as he saw his progress.

"I didn't expect him to do it so quickly," Inoichi said.

'He's just like Minato, able to get the gist of any technique in only a few tries,' Hiashi thought as he watched Naruto make his tendrils dance through the air, making shapes or animals.

"I think I've got the hang of this!" Naruto said.

"Well, you can use what sensei wrote down as the basic control," Tsunade said as she read the scroll. "When you have a better control over it and are a little older, you can start on some of the complicated stuff."

"Aww, I want to work on it now!" Naruto whined.

'Yet, he's got Kushina's attitude. Always wanting to do the hard stuff right away,' Hiashi thought, silently chuckling to himself.

"I think that you've done enough work for today, now how about I treat you to some ramen?" Tsunade said the magic words.

"RAMEN!" Naruto yelled as he clung to Tsunade's leg. "To Ichiraku's!"

"Alright! Just get off!" Tsunade yelled.


I am finished! What a chapter! Don't you think that this one was good?

Now Naruto's starting his training with the Jiongu, and he got his first heart. Since it was an Uchiha, I don't think I need to tell you what element it was, if I do need to tell you, than you're not a real Naruto fan. Shame on you.

About Tsunade, this is my story, so I decided to have her and Shizune, even though we haven't seen the latter yet, return to the village earlier. I thought that it would make things a lot more interesting in the future.

Next chapter is gonna be a short timeskip, about a year, and we're gonna introduce everyone's favorite character-

Lighteron: Me!

What the f !# are you doing here?! You're supposed to be reviewing your script for KHIII! We've got a chapter coming up!

Lighteron: I thought I should come over and see how everything's going.

Get back to your own studio! We're busy making the next script.

Sorry about that. Anyway, as I said, everyone's favorite character is coming next chapter. Hinata! Yes, the Hyuuga heiress is going to make a formal appearance in this story. So be paient!

Please review! Ciao!