Chapter 2

Naruto woke up with a start due to being shook awake. Naruto rubbed his eyes and felt a pile of cloth hit his lap. Opening his eyes he saw a pile of new clothes that looked to be made for ninja due to their sturdier stitching and heavy duty, high quality cloth. Naruto looked to the other person in the room and saw the Anbu from yesterday.

"Put those on and get me from outside when you are done."

"Yes sir, but what time is it, I mean it still looks dark outside."

"It is six in the morning Naruto, now I suggest you get dressed, we have a lot to do today."

Weasel left the room and closed the door, once the door shut Naruto jumped out of bed and pulled on the clothes as fast as possible. Once he was done he looked in the mirror and saw his all black outfit. He looked like an Anbu without the jacket or mask. He then turned to the door and opened it. Leaning against the wall was Weasel, waiting patiently.

"Done sensei."

Weasel placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder and they disappeared in a cloud of smoke. They reappeared in training ground forty-two, Naruto felt sick to his stomach for a moment before swallowing the bile that was building in his throat. Weasel the sat down and motioned for Naruto to do the same. Taking a seat on the ground Naruto listened intently.

"Now, Naruto I am going to teach you a great many things and I will be pushing you to your limits. The Hokage has given me a month to teach you. I intent to use that time wisely and to teach you as much as possible. First thing we are going to do is unlock your chakra. I want you to meditate while imagining a flame in the pit of your gut."

Naruto moved into position to mediate, with his legs crossed and his arms in a hand seal. He then imagined a flame in his gut and tried to calm himself as much as possible.

"Alright Naruto I want you to grab onto that flame and let its power spread through your being."

"I found the flame Anbu-san but there seems to be a second source which one should a take."

Without missing a beat the Anbu replied smoothly, "The one that is calmer and feels more natural. Without delay a blue shroud engulfed Naruto. Naruto felt amazing, power surged through his body and he felt like he could do anything.

"Naruto I need you to rein it in and suppress your chakra for now."

Naruto let go the flame and the power faded from his system but not entirely. Naruto then looked at his masked teacher, "Did I do something wrong?"

The Anbu shook his head and said, "No you did great, but now we need to move onto other things and teach you how to use your chakra instead of just letting it pour from your body. I also have to start teaching you how to hunt, fish and gather in the various terrains that you could encounter in the world."

"Sweet, so what are we going to do next?"

"Well as of right now I am planning to train you on survival skills, how to control your chakra and build up your physical abilities. Once I feel you could survive in the wild on your own I am going to teach you some combat skills and chakra applications in fighting. If we still have time I will add more but that really depends on how fast you pick this stuff up."

Naruto nodded his head in understanding before asking, "Okay but what are we going to do now as in right now?"

"Chakra control," Was Weasel's answer before he pulled a leaf off a tree and handed it to Naruto. "I want you to put this leaf on your forehead and use nothing but chakra to hold it there, if you use to little chakra the leaf will fall off, use too much and you will blast if off and tear it to shreds. It is a simple exercise that all academy students learn when they become a ninja."

Naruto took the leaf and placed it against his forehead and tried to channel chakra to that spot, once he was sure he had chakra to the spot he moved his had only for the leaf to rapidly fly off his forehead and tear into pieces. Naruto frowned and looked to his instructor.

"Can I have another leaf?"

Weasel picked another leaf and handed it to Naruto, "Try using a half of what you were just using and see how that works."

Naruto took the leaf and followed his teacher's instructions, moving his hand once again the leaf once again flew off his forehead and shredded into pieces, although a little less violently.

Weasel handed Naruto another leaf and said, "Try it again, using the same idea of halving the chakra you used, if we keep repeating this eventually you will find the range in which this will work for you. Then it is all about refining it to a point where you can hold the leaf without thinking about it."

Naruto took the leaf Weasel was holding out to him and tried to stick the leaf to his forehead with chakra once again. Naruto pulled the suggested amount of chakra to the spot he need to stick the leaf too and moved his hand to see if it had worked. Unfortunately like the last two times the leaf flew away from him and tore into pieces but this time the pieces were noticeably larger showing the process becoming less violent."

Naruto grabbed his head and said, "Damn it what is this so hard."

Weasel chucked a little before saying, "Well seeing as you have such large reserves of chakra for your age I am not surprised at this happening but it does show why you need to do this exercise. If you can learn to control your chakra you will be able to use a lot of high ranking techniques in battle with minimal chakra loss, this would make you an asset on the battle field and a scary opponent. All you need to do is keep trying Naruto, it doesn't matter how many times you fail as long as you keep striving to succeed."

Weasel held out another leaf and wordlessly tired the exercise again following Weasal's advice about halving the chakra each time until the leaf started to show signs of sticking.

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It took a total of fifty-three tries before the leaf even began to start sticking to Naruto's forehead. But once Naruto had it down to a general range Weasel decided to move onto other topics, telling Naruto he could practice on his own time at home.

At this point it was nearing nine in the morning, Weasel decided it would be a good time to break for breakfast and took two bento boxes out of a seal in a scroll. Weasel handed one of the boxes to Naruto and said, "Eat up, a ninja needs to eat a healthy diet in order to function at peak performance."

Naruto opened the box and started eating after a quick prayer, Naruto didn't even care what he was eating as he was starving. Weasel ate his meal more slowly and managed to keep his face hidden as he ate. Once they were both finished Weasel stood up and collected the empty boxes and sealed them away. He then moved towards another part of the training ground that contained a training post. Weasel pinned a paper target on the post and then walked back to Naruto who had followed behind at a distance. Weasel used his head and drew a line in the dirt some a fair distance from the target and handed Naruto five kunai in a holster.

Alright, Naruto I am going to teach you how to throw kunai, this can be helpful for catching and killing animal or enemies so it is helpful to know how to do it well. Now watch how I throw it and try to copy my movements."

Weasel slowly went through the throwing motion to give Naruto a chance to see how he was doing it before letting the kunai fly, Weasel being an Anbu managed to hit a perfect bull's eye.

"Okay Naruto I want to try it while I watch, I am going to try to get your form correct then all you need to do is practice until you can hit the target consistently."

Naruto nodded and pulled a kunai from the holster, he went through the motion slowly once to get a feel for it before doing it again and letting the kunai fly. Unlike Weasel's kunai, Naruto kunai went over the training post and landed in the forest behind the post.

"Alright Naruto go get the kunai and when you come back I will tell you what you can do to improve."

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Naruto eventually found the kunai and after some minion tweaks and some practice Naruto was starting to hit the post. Weasel had Naruto run through the throwing motion a dozen time to make sure it would develop into muscle memory.

After a few hours of kunai practice weasel stopped them for lunch and handed Naruto another bento box. Naruto didn't complain and eat in silence. When they were both done Weasel collect the boxes once again and then said to Naruto, "Alright now we are going to start the physical portion of your training."

"What exactly do you want me to do?"

"Alright I want you to do a hundred push-ups, a hundred sit-ups and a hundred squats. When you are done with that I want you to run around the edge of this clearing as fast as you can ten times."

"Are you crazy? That might kill me."

"I do not expect you to complete it quickly as you are still young but I do expect you to do all of it. It will not only make you stronger but it will increase your endurance, which in a fight could mean the difference between a win and a loss.

Naruto nodded solemnly and got to work on the exercises he was told to do. After a few push-ups his arms began to give out, showing how badly he needed to increase his strength. Naruto decided to switch exercises whenever he got tire of doing one that way he could keep working but he would give that area of his body a break. Weasel observed Naruto as he worked and would correct Naruto on his form whenever his posture began to become relaxed.

It took a while but Naruto did manage to complete the exercises demanded of him. Once he finished he noticed that it was starting to get dark and that dinner time was approaching. Walking up to his masked teacher waited for his to direct him further.

"Alright Naruto, you have done well today and I expect you to be back here tomorrow morning. I also have a gift for you."

Weasel pulled out two books and handed them to Naruto. The first one was called, "The basics of survival" while the other read, "Traps and Snares: Hunting Tool and Ninja Weapon".

"Thanks sensei but why did you give me these books?"

"We are short on time so I expect you to read those in your spare time outside of training with me. The survival book will teach you the basic outline of living in the wilderness as well as some edible plants you might be able to find. The second book will teach you how to make simple ninja traps and hunting snares, something I imagine you will find extremely useful in survival and as a ninja."

Naruto nodded his head and said his thanks to his teacher, all the while promising to memorize the books.

"Alright then you are free to go, meet me here tomorrow and do not be late or I will have to hunt you down and drag you here. Am I understood?"

"Yes sir, I will see you tomorrow."

Naruto ran off after that clutching the books to his chest as he ran. Naruto ran straight to his apartment knowing that if he made any detour he might get the books stolen from him by a villager, once he got inside he locked his door and went to his bed. Flopping down on his back Naruto gently opened the book on survival and scanned the sections the book was broken into to get an idea of what he could look forward to, he then put the book down and got up to make himself a quick dinner of instant ramen. It wasn't as good as Ichiraku's ramen but it satisfied his hunger and that was what counted. After he had eaten, Naruto went back to bed and laid down and actually started to read the survival book. The Sandaime had taught him the basics of reading and writing when he had found Naruto living on the street, Naruto was extremely grateful as the matrons at the orphanage had denied him an education and reading material when he had lived there. Now Naruto was eager to learn, he was excited to finally have a person willing to help him and he didn't want to disappoint.

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Itachi sat in his room, he was in his civilian clothes and looking out at the night sky thinking about his day with an energetic young blond.

"Naruto is impressive, to be able to unlock and begin training his chakra in one day is impressive. Most kids take a few days to grasp at their chakra and even longer to be able to even direct it to specific spot. Naruto also seems to have unusually high stamina, no six year old should have been able to do those exercises without passing out from exhaustion at some point. He has potential and the Hokage was correct in saying Naruto would be a good student as long as I kept him busy."

Itachi smiled gently at the thought before he once again looked out at the night sky.

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Training became Naruto's life, every waking second was spent learning either by action or by reading. Weasel trained Naruto in tracking, scavenging, hunting, skinning, weapon throwing and chakra control. When he wasn't being taught one of these subjects he was being pushed to his physical limits by doing workout regimes designed by Weasel. When Naruto was allowed to go home, he read his books, memorized every word on every page. Naruto had been given several more books each explaining a skill he had been taught the basic the day before by Weasel. When Naruto had asked why he was being given a book each time he learned a new skill, Weasel had explained to Naruto that the books where to give him a more in-depth explanation of the skills he was learning and to hopefully allow him to learn some tips and tricks that would make him more proficient in all these skills. Weasel had also warned that while knowledge was useful it needed to be balanced with practice.

It was in that month that Naruto was pushed, he was pushed in every aspect that could be pushed by training. Naruto now was a capable woodsman that was at home in the trees. Weasel had taught Naruto archery as well as normal kunai and shuriken throwing to make hunting easier for the young boy. Naruto had also been taught and had memorized every plant in the area around Konohagakure. Weasel had also forced Naruto to hunt and kill several animals in the area, all tests to show his skill in hunting and skinning.

Chakra became an extension of Naruto's consciousness in a lot of ways, after mastering the leaf sticking exercise, Weasel had shown Naruto the leaf floating exercise. Naruto then mastered that and Weasel was forced to show Naruto the tree walking exercise which proved to be extremely useful for Naruto as he stalked his prey in the forest, and could know walk on any solid surface without consciously channeling chakra.

Physically Naruto had gained a lot of muscle and it showed in his graceful quiet movements in the forest. Weasel had pushed him hard and had increased the workout a little every day to make Naruto work a little harder.

On the last day of training Weasel had given his final test and had run Naruto through everything he had been taught and well as a physical test to see how he had progressed physically. After everything was finished, Weasel had Naruto sit down.

"Naruto I am proud to have been your sensei but after today I am being reassigned to a different task. I expect you to keep training and working towards being a ninja, you have talent and you have the will of fire with in you. It is due to that fire I see that I am going to be giving you this parting gift."

Weasel placed a scroll in front of Naruto and spoke again, "Inside you will find several simple jutsu scrolls as well as some more dangerous jutsu scrolls. I trust you to know when you are ready to learn them. You'll also find the next chakra control exercise and some gear I got for you."

Naruto sat in silence and nodded his head. Naruto then bowed and said in a thankful voice, "Thank you sensei, I will use these gifts wisely."

"Don't worry Naruto we will meet again, but after today I am no longer your sensei. Thank you for being a wonderful student. I must go now and I think you should go too."

Weasel got up along with Naruto, Weasel gave one final nob before disappearing. Naruto picked up the scroll and tucked it into a pocket, he then turned and ran for his apartment. As he ran Naruto heard a voice he had not heard in a while.

"Kit, it is almost time for you to leave this place, you have a legacy to uphold and it won't be long before the villagers are on you again. The Anbu humans have been guarding your den this last month, I doubt that will last for much longer so you need to prepare to leave and defend yourself."

Naruto nodded and thought back, "I know Kyuubi, I thought it was odd that the apartment hadn't been sacked but if Anbu were there that explains a lot. There is a new moon in a few days. That will give me the cover I need to leave the village and shake anyone that tries to follow. In the mean time I will be able to rest, pack up anything important and get my hands on a map so I have some idea of where I am heading once I leave the village."

"Very good kit, but remain on guard, I would hate to have to heal you again because some idiot human caught you by surprise."

"Aw, you do care you fuzz ball."

"Shut it human, we are not friends."

"Whatever you say buddy"