"Fire Style: Burning Ash!" Haru flashed the handsigns then a stream of chakra infused gun powder from his mouth which surrounded the training field in a cloud of ash. Haru snapped his finger and ignited the cloud resulting in a massive explosion.

The dust cleared and on the other side of the explosion was a tall man with light brown skin, short, wavy hair, and brown eyes covered by dark, square shades, "So this is the new jutsu you wanted to show me, Haru?" he said.

Haru nodded, "Yeah Hiruko-sensei."

"How exactly did you learn it?" he asked.

Haru tapped the side of his head, "I saw Asuma do it and copied it. It took a few tries to learn how much chakra I needed, but it wasn't as much trouble as I thought it would be." He high-fived Yasei, "What do you think sensei?"

Hikaru walked to Haru and put a hand on his head, "Hmmm," Hikaru mused, "I don't like you using it," he said.

"What! Why not?"

"You build up far too much chakra for it."

"It didn't cause any problems before."

"You have very strong chakra, and you have a lot of it, but even your ridiculous amount can be wasted away if you're not careful."

Haru sighed, "If you say so sensei," Haru sat down and Yasei sat on his shoulder, "How strong am I?"

Hikaru stroked his chin, "You know this already. You're a jack-of-all-trades"

"You keep saying I'm strong, sensei. Everyone is saying it, but I don't feel any stronger."

Hikaru nodded, "What do you know about your parents?"

Haru's expression suddenly turned blank and despondent, "What about them."

"Where did they come from?"

"My father was from the Sarutobi clan, my mother was from the senju clan and she married in."

Hikaru bent down and put a hand on Haru's shoulders, "Exactly. Haru you have strength in your blood. Talent runs through your veins," he said encouragingly, "The jutsu you just did was a jutsu that even chunin have trouble with."

"Then why don't you want me to use it?"

"Simple," Haru stood up and followed his sensei, "You start everything with baby steps, Haru. You need to start simple."

"I'm past simple. I can already do more than most academy students."

"Yes, but you need to make your base strong. The stronger fundamentals you have, the more powerful you'll be. You understand that?"

Haru stopped to hold Yasei in his arms, "Fine, fine. I understand."

"I don't think you do," Hikaru said, "Use the wind jutsu I taught you."

Haru nodded and flashed the handsigns, "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" There was a sudden gust of wind that shook the trees in it's path. An admittedly weak jutsu; it was C-ranked afterall, "So I can make a breeze, I don't see your point."

Hikaru smiled and did the same thing, "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" The same thing happened but it blew Haru away, literally. The wind Hikaru summoned didn't just shake the trees; it knocked them all over leaving a path of destruction in it's wake, "That's the power of your fundamentals, Haru."

Haru snapped his fingers, "I get it now, sensei."

"Good," Hikaru stretched out, "Well then, that wraps up today's training then. I want you to work on your chakra control, Haru, it's lacking."

Haru held his fingr out to stop Hikaru's speech and held Yasei out in front of him, "I'm need to give you a bath," he said. Yasei chattered disapprovingly before forcing his way onto Haru's head and wrapped his tail around his neck like a scarf. Haru shook his head, "Sensei, what exercise is best for chakra control?"

Hikaru walked to a nearby, unfallen tree and began walking up the side of it and walked on the underside of a branch, "First, the tree-climbing exercise." He flickered over to the river where he stood on the water, "The water walking exercise is good too." He flickered back to Haru with a leaf in his hand, "And the exercise we did when we first met."

"Right, sensei," he said happily, "Last question. I was reading some scrolls and I learned the Shadow Clone technique. If I use a clone while I train I'll learn twice as fast right?"

Hikaru frowned, "Just where did you get research material for jutsu? It's not like they're available in the local library."

Haru shrugged, "Well, of course I'm not gonna look in the library. But when I heard about the archives I had to get in there."

Hikaru's eyes went wide, "What? How did you even know that place existed? There is very sensitive information in those scrolls!" Haru pointed to Yasei, who pointed back down at Haru, "You know what, nevermind. That's true, but don't overdo it, Haru. Yasei, make sure he's on the straight and narrow." The spider monkey stood and saluted, "Now then, till next time." With that he was gone, whisked away with nothing but a puff of smoke.