Hey guys and gals! Just as with Tender hands, those two stats courses and my research project took up all of my time last semester . Anyways, happy new year to everyone. I hope it will be blessed with great things for all of you :).
The chapters for this story may come a little faster than Tenderhands because they are almost one-half the length of a chapter of Tenderhands and so, these chapter are easier to write from a word count point of view.
Sorry for the long delay. I hope you all enjoy the chapter.
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Konoha Shinobi
During the week before the genin teams were to be assigned, Naruto took a lot of time to think about his life, all that happened and all that he learned from the Sandaime. He spent a lot of time reading about his father, the Yondaime, and he spoke to Sarutobi to get any information about his mother. Naruto spent a lot of time in the Konoha library trying to find any information about the Uzumaki clan. He found out about his clan's amazing chakra, longevity and affinity for sealing techniques. He didn't get any information about his father's clan, but he did find a lot of information about Jiraiya of the Sanin, his father's sensei. Naruto knew that if he could get the Sanin to take him under his wing then he would get a lot of information about his family and great training as well. He knew that if he was to keep his promise to Iruka and repay his dead sensei's faith in him, he needed to get serious about being a ninja. Thus he also read a lot about Konoha's history and the village itself, a lot more than he ever did when he still a notorious trouble maker.
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A week later, the class was filled with all the successful candidates from the genin exam. Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino and Hyuga Hinata, Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, Amakichi Chouji, Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura were all there. This was a very promising crop of graduates because there were many clan heirs in this particular group. However, there was a solemn atmosphere; their beloved sensei's death was still very fresh in all of the young students' minds.
Every step that Naruto took as he approached the academy grounds his heart became heavier. As he got closer to his destination images of past interaction with Iruka flooded his mind.
To his left he saw the tree that he almost skewered his dead sensei with kunai and shuriken during target practice earlier that year.
To his right he saw the window that he, Kiba, Shikamaru and Chouji used to escape through. He saw an image of himself and the others scurrying through the window with their sensei not too far behind screaming at them to come back to class.
Directly in front of him was the tree with the swing that he used to sit on looking on at all the other kids as their parents came to pick them up from school. It was also the swing where Iruka would usually come and pick him up for a treat of ramen.
As the boy neared the doorway of the classroom, he could hear the voices of a few students. It was totally different than how it used to be, filled with uproar and laughter and the screams of their sensei.
As he reached for the door knob, his hands felt as if they were made of lead. When his hand touched the knob it began to tremble; he was about to let it go and run away, but he couldn't. He had a promise to fulfill to his dead sensei and the only way to fulfill that promise was to go forward.
An audible click, told him that the door was open and that there would be no Iruka inside. No Iruka to scold him, to waking him up, or chase him as he tried to escape class. He opened the door and stepped into the room, his eyes instinctively searched for his sensei—hoping, praying, that somehow…in some way… it all a stupid prank.
Oh what he would give if this was all a ruse!
But it wasn't a ruse…Iruka was dead, and the tense cold glares he was receiving was testament to that.
"Wait…isn't that Naruto?" Kiba asked.
"What the hell is he doing here? The stupid bastard caused the death of our sensei and has the balls to show up in this classroom!" the angry Inuzuka said.
"Hey bastard, get out of here before I force you to!" Kiba demanded angrily.
Naruto didn't respond to the Inuzuka, he simply continued to walk across the classroom.
"Didn't you hear what Kiba said you loser?" Ino said. "You killed our sensei! You don't belong here! Get out!" the Yamanaka said.
Once again, Naruto didn't respond to the angry words directed towards him.
"He's definitely different. He's even worse off than us!" Shikamaru thought as the very perceptive yet lazy genin.
"Baka!" Sakura yelled out and tossed a text book at the blonde boy hitting him square on the head almost knocking him over.
"The stupid bastard has gone dumb!" Kiba said while getting up from his seat. He approached Naruto and held him at the collar and started to jostle the uncaring blonde.
Naruto made no move to defend himself in any way from the Inuzuka. He simply stared at the Inuzuka.
"This is going to be troublesome!" Shikamaru thought.
"Kiba, Sakura, Ino please leave Naruto alone!"
"What Shikamaru! You're defending the idiot who got our sensei killed?" Kiba asked angrily.
"Look at him Kiba! He already feels bad, even worse than us. Please just leave him alone." Shikamaru said.
"You killed our sensei, you stupid fool!" Kiba said before he hit Naruto a punch square in the face that sent him flying into one of the desks.
"You should say thank you to Shikamaru for saving your ass from a beating!"
Wordlessly, Naruto simply got to his feet, and wiped the blood off of his face and took a seat in a corner to the back of the class.
Hinata looked on but was too afraid to say or do anything. The Hyuga heiress had a huge crush on the blonde boy, and she the only person who did not immediately believe that Iruka's death was Naruto's fault. She longed to just hold the boy in her harms to comfort him and tell him that she was there for him and that everything would be okay. In the end, as always, her shyness completely overwhelmed her affections for the boy.
Not too long after Naruto took his seat, the new chunin instructor entered the class.
"Hello class my name Yashi, so you all can call me Yashi –sensei. I won't have you as a class. I am simply here to call out your team assignments. Understood?"
"Yes, Yashi-sensei" the class responded minus a few individuals.
"Good. Team 8 will consist of Aburame Shino, Inuzuka Kiba and Hyuga Hinata. Your jonin instructor will be Yuhi Kurenai."
"Team 10 will be Yamanaka Ino, Akimichi Chouji and Nara Shikamaru your jonin instructor will be Sarutobi Asuma."
Ino groaned for having been placed on the same team as the lazy bum and the eat-a-holic. "Oh kami!"
The Nara sighed "troublesome!"
With the announcement of the first two teams Sakura immediately knew she was going to be with her precious Sasuke-kun and jumped in victory. However, she wanted nothing to do with Naruto. Sasuke would lead their team to glory! She and Sasuke would make the perfect team and Naruto would just be along for the ride.
"Umm sensei I have a question" Sakura said shyly.
"Yes, what is it?"
"Umm can I change one of my teammates? I don't want to be teamed up with Naruto."
"No you can't switch teammates. It is customary for the dead-last to be paired with the top of the class. Those are the rules set by the Hokage. You are free to take the issue up with him if you so wish." The new chunin instructor said bluntly.
"No…no need Yashi-sensei" the girl said while sending an angry glare towards Naruto at the back of the class. The boy just looked at her with an impassive face.
One-by-one, the jonin instructors came to pick up their students, until team seven was left alone. Naruto was the back of the class all alone silently contemplating his future and how he was going to accomplish his goals, while Sakura was in full blown fan-girl mode trying to get a date with Sasuke. Three hours later their jonin sensei finally came. He was tall, slim, had silver hair, with a mask over his face and hitate over his eye—he was Konoha's top jonin Hatake Kakashi.
"Sensei you're late!" Sakura screamed out.
Kakashi simply looked at the three genin in front of him and said. "My first impression of you all is that I don't like you!" to the shock of both Sasuke and Sakura. "Meet me on the roof in 5 minutes." The cryptic jonin said and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
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Five minutes later as team seven gathered for the first time the Kakashi started off the conversation. "I want to know your likes, dislikes and future goals. You go first pinky." He ordered.
"Umm…Kakashi sensei, shouldn't you go first seeing that you're the jonin and everything?" the girl asked.
Kakashi looked at the pink haired fan-girl and said ok with an eye-smile. "Okay. My name is Hatake Kakashi. My likes and dislikes are none of your concerns and my goals for the future well…that's none of your concern as well and hobbies…hmm." the cryptic jonin said.
Looks of annoyance could be seen on the faces of Sakura and Sasuke and Naruto didn't seem to care.
"Hmm! He still seems deeply affected by Iruka's death. I will have to speak to him about it." Kakashi said.
"Your turn Uchiha" Kakashi said.
"The name's Uchiha Sasuke I like very little and there I much I dislike. My goal is to kill a certain man and to revive my clan!"
"As expected of the Uchiha" thought the jonin.
"Your turn blondie" he said pointing
"My name's Uzumaki Naruto. My likes and dislikes are not you concern."
"Cheeky bastard!" Sasuke thought.
"How dare he!" Sakura thought.
"Interesting!" Kakashi thought.
"Like the Uchiha I too, am on a quest for vengeance." At this everyone stood still and looked at the blonde.
His voice became cold and hard "I will kill the one who took my family away from me. I will not rest and I will not stop until my family is avenged and just like the Uchiha I wish to revive my clan as well. I will become the Hokage of Konoha." The boy said matter-of-factly.
When Naruto learnt that the Kyubi was responsible for the death of his family, he was filled with rage and strong desire for vengeance. His desire for vengeance on the Kyubi was made even more intense knowing that the beast was stuck in his gut and was the cause of the misery of his life.
After Naruto's speech everyone stood still and not a word was made. Sakura was shocked into silence by Naruto's words.
Kakashi was definitely surprised "I definitely need to speak to Hokage-sama about this!"
Sasuke looked and the blonde with wide eyes. "He too knows my pain. He too wishes to right the wrongs done to my family. He is just like me—an avenger! Maybe team seven wouldn't be so bad after all?" the young Uchiha thought.
Broken out of his stupor Kakashi began to speak. "Ok then time's up for introductions. Meet me at training ground seven at 8am tomorrow and for your survival training."
"What screamed Sakura, we already did that already in the academy!"
"This is different Sakura. In this training, I will be your opponent." the jonin replied. "Don't eat anything or might throw up!" he finished then disappeared into thin air.
Naruto got up and started to walk off. Sakura began to babble about how great it was to be on team seven with Sasuke.
"Hey Naruto baka, you better not slow Sasuke-kun down and makes us all fail tomorrow." Naruto simply continued to walk back to his apartment—totally ignoring the girl.
With Sasuke…
Ever since the murder of his clan Sasuke never knew anyone who truly understood his loneliness and pain, but now with the dobe's shocking revelation everything turned inside out for the young Uchiha. They shared strikingly similar goals, but for some reason his blonde teammate became more sinister and blood thirsty. For Sasuke, he now had a kindred spirit that was travelling the same road as he was—the road of vengeance! However, their aims were also very different. For Sasuke revenge and the revival of his clan were all that mattered, but after those two were accomplished then what? The blonde on the other hand, had a third goal something else than the revival of his clan and vengeance, he had something more to live for.
"Maybe I am missing something?" the young Uchiha said to himself.
With Kakashi…
"What a team I have got, I don't know what to think about them!" The jonin thought to himself.
"The Uchiha and Haruno girl were expected to be as they are, but Naruto was a complete surprise and what's more was the boy's declaration of avenging his family. Does he know that the Yondaime is his father? Is he referring to the Kyubi?"
"I'll have to talk to the Hokage after their genin exam"
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The next day the three genin stood under the shade of a tree waiting for their sensei to arrive. Naruto was reading a book about ninjutsu.
Two hours after the appointed time Kakashi "Good morning guys!" Kakashi said with an eye smile.
"You're late!" Sakura shouted at her sensei.
Totally ignoring the girl's tirade Kakashi revealed two bells attached to a string as well as an alarm clock.
"Here are two bells. Your task is to get these two bells from me before the alarm goes off. You only have to get one bell, and the person who fails to get a bell will be sent back to the academy. Use all tools at your disposal and come with intent to kill otherwise you will never get a bell." He said to his students.
"This test is about team work!" Naruto thought.
At the jonin's proclamation Sasuke's eyes hardened with determination while Sakura's widened with fear.
"But you'll be in danger Kakashi sensei!" Sakura said.
"I'm a jonin for a reason Sakura" he responded dryly.
"Okay, the test begins now!"
In an instant all three genin disappeared.
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Naruto was trying to figure out a way of getting his teammates to cooperate with him to get the bells. The test was obviously about team work, but he wasn't sure the fact was noticed by his teammates. He knew that it would be difficult to get them to work with him. Sasuke wasn't a team player and Sakura would just follow Sasuke around.
"I have to at least try and get them to work with me to try and get the bells." the boy thought.
"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" the boy said as twenty clones appeared before him.
"Two of you go find Sasuke and Sakura and the rest keep Kakashi-sensei busy as long as possible." the boy commanded.
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"Hmm! They're well hidden, except for the Uzumaki?!" Kakashi said as he was faced down by twenty clones.
"Interesting, you can use shadow clones." the jonin said to the onrushing clones.
"Yes, and I am coming to kick your ass!" the clones said while launching kunai at their sensei.
Kakashi easily evaded the projectiles and started to disable the clones one by one.
"Huh!?" Naruto felt a sensation when a clone disappeared. He saw that he was down to five clones.
"What!? How can I know that I was down to five clones?" the boy thought to himself.
"No time to think about this I need to send out more clones!"
"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" he repeated yet again but this time he created one hundred clones.
As Kakashi was finishing up the remaining clones he was attacked by another mass of clones.
"Hmm! He's definitely stalling for time and he's probably figured out the secret of the shadow clones as well! Very interesting indeed!" Kakashi thought as he fought off the other waves of clones.
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Sakura was not too far away looking on at the fight between Kakashi and Naruto's clones. "Wow, how is Naruto able to make so many clones?" the girl thought as waves and waves of clones descended upon the jonin.
"Hey Sakura" the girl heard behind her that made her give a yelp.
"Quiet or you'll alert Kakashi sensei!" the clone muttered.
"Naruto sent me here to get you so we can work together in getting those bells from Kakashi sensei"
"No way, I am not working with you, the dead last. I only work with Sasuke-kun!"
The clone simply shook its head in exasperation and dispelled itself.
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Sasuke was also looking on at the waves of clones flooding Kakashi sensei and began to feel jealous. "How can the dead-last make so many clones? How is he doing it?"
However, he was brought out of his musings by a familiar voice.
"Hey Sasuke, let's team up and get the bells from Kakashi-sensei" the clone asked.
"Why should I? You seem to be doing the job by yourself without our help" the boy responded.
"No they are just distracting him to bide time for us to get together and work as team to get the bells"
"I don't work on teams, I work alone" was all the Uchiha had to say.
"Fine!" the clone said and dispersed itself.
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"As expected they won't work with me to get the bells."
Not too long after a shrill cry could be heard from the bushes. It was Sakura, and she was the first victim. A short while later Sasuke engaged the jonin in a taijutsu battle and came close to getting a bell. He did much better than the Haruno girl but still, he failed also.
"And then there was one." Kakashi said after capturing Sasuke.
Then he heard. "Tajuu Kage bunshin no jutsu!" and before Kakashi knew it, the field was full of clones.
"Let's go get those bells!" Naruto said to his clones.
"Yeah! Let's go!" a clone said as the mass of clones proceeded to dog piled the lone jonin.
"Sigh! This is going to take a while" Kakashi said as the clones descended upon him.
While the jonin was busy a few of Naruto's clones went to save Sasuke and Sakura from their respective predicaments, much to their chagrin.
During the middle of the mass clone attack the bell rang signaling the end of the test. The clones immediately stopped attacking their opponent.
"All right times up!" Kakashi said. "Disperse your clones Naruto and come out of hiding" the jonin commanded.
The three genin stood before their sensei waiting for the verdict.
"You all failed miserably!" he commented.
"I don't think so Kakashi sensei." Naruto commented.
"What do you mean?"
The boy put his hand in his pockets and pulled out the two bells.
"What, when, how?" Sakura and Sasuke asked in shock
"When I dog piled him with clones, I managed to steal the bells from him during the commotion. "My pranking skills are second to none" the boy declared confidently.
"You defeated Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura said in awe.
"No Sakura. There's no way a couple of hundred unskilled clones can ever hope to take out the top jonin of Konoha. If Kakashi-sensei was serious we would be dead before the exercise even began!"
"What!" Sasuke asked incredulously.
Naruto turned to Sasuke with a look on his face that showed the boy's ire at his teammate. "Sasuke, you really expect three fresh out of the academy genin to defeat the top jonin of Konoha after being a team for almost four hours?"
"Really?" the boy asked in an almost disbelieving tone.
Sasuke had no retort for the boy's logic although it was a blow to his pride.
"There is a reason the village has the standard three man team and that is teamwork! Teammates help cover each other's backs and make the success rate of missions higher. This exam was all about teamwork. The group working together towards a common goal, the two bells were meant to distract us from the true aim of the test. It was meant to separate us and it did its job really well" the boy said.
"He totally understood the aim of the test!" Kakashi said.
"So that's why you sent out the first two sets of clones. They were meant to bide time so that you can get the others to work as a team with you to get the bells right?" Kakashi said matter-of-factly.
"Yes, I tried to get them to work with me but Sakura was only interested in working with Sasuke and Sasuke was intent on working by himself. So when they refused my invitation I decided to try and get the bells by myself." The boy said.
"Okay well it seems that Sasuke and Sakura will have to head back to the academy and I'll have to find a team for Naruto since he passed the test."
"What! Go back to the academy! I can't go back to the academy, I must move forward!" Sasuke said in an angry tone.
"I have to get my vengeance!"
"What you want doesn't matter! I am the jonin and what I say goes!" Kakashi said in tone that broke no argument.
"But…but" was all Sakura could say, but before she or Sasuke could say anything two bells landed at their feet.
"That won't be necessary Kakashi-sensei" Naruto responded as threw the bells to the feet of his would be teammates.
"Konoha shinobi protect always their own. We rely on team work because there is strength in numbers and each can member of a team can help cover the other's weakness."
"I don't like you all as much as you all don't like me. You dislike me because I was the cause of our sensei's death which is true and I rightly deserve all the blame. My stupidity caused him to die and that's why I won't make stupid mistakes anymore!"
Turning to Sasuke he continued.
"Sasuke, you believe that you are better than everyone and we're a burden to you. A day will come when you will have to choose between protecting the village and your own ambition and I am sure you will choose your ambition over the village and stab us in the back!" Naruto said bluntly.
He then turned to Sakura.
"You fawn over Sasuke's every word, but aren't much more than a really smart shinobi. Smarts alone won't cut it in battle. One day you'll meet someone who is smarter and stronger than you and then you will die!"
"You're being too candid Naruto!" Kakashi admonished.
"No I don't think so Kakashi-sensei. I just speaking my mind"
"I may not like you both much, but even if it was for a very short time we were teammates and shinobi of Konoha will take care of their own—even at the cost of his or her life. So, I made the sacrifice so you two can move on, you both might probably be better off without me on your team." Naruto said the quite crowd and then he began to walk off.
"I'm leaving now Kakashi-sensei. I will definitely pass the genin exam next year!" the boy said with conviction.
"He fully understands what it means to be a shinobi of Konoha! Only if the other two will get it as well!" Kakashi thought to himself.
Sasuke looked at the two bells before him and clenched his fists in anger. "Since when did the dobe get smart and serious? Talking of vengeance and he even killed a chunin! Right now he's ahead of me—the dobe is ahead of me!" Sasuke thought to himself.
"Wait! Where are you going? You just can't walk out on us and play hero!" Sasuke said.
"What about your dream Sasuke? You can't fulfill that dream as a genin and what about 'Mister I work alone!'" Naruto replied, taking a jibe at the Uchiha for snubbing his request to team up earlier.
"Neither can you!" Sasuke quickly retorted.
"I don't care. Even if I remain a genin forever that's not going to stop me from achieving my goals" the boy said as he continued to walk off.
"I am going back too then!" Sasuke said. "One more year isn't going to stop my training!"
"Hey you all aren't going to leave me behind!" Sakura said unwilling to be left behind.
"Sorry Kakashi-sensei. It seems that you won't have a genin team this year again." The girl said running off to meet her two teammates.
"They actually pulled together! Naruto pulled them together!"
"Who said I didn't have a genin team this year?" Kakashi said in somewhat amused tone.
"Huh!" The three genin said in unison.
"You all finally got it, or I should say Sasuke and Sakura finally got it…at least a little bit"
"What?" the two genin said.
"Naruto is absolutely right. Konoha shinobi rely on teamwork to survive. The time for the individual skills of shinobi being more important than teamwork is long gone. However, it doesn't mean that individual skill isn't important, it just means that you must be able to use your individual skills to the benefit of the team and the village."
"There is a reason why this test has a failure rate of sixty-six percent and my failure rate is, or was, one hundred percent."
The jonin's voice became somber as he continued to talk. "On this monument are engraved the names of those who fought and died to protect the village. While it may be true that those who follow the rules are trash, those who abandon their friends are worse than trash."
"My friend, whose name is also carved on this stone, taught me that"
With a more cheerful tone that jonin eye-smiled and said "Congratulations you are now officially team seven!"
"Woo hoo!" Sakura shouted.
"Humph!" was all that came out of Sasuke.
Naruto shook his head. "Didn't I say I didn't like you all?"
"You're stuck with us baka! Deal with it!" Sakura responded.
"This is going to be very interesting" Kakashi thought.
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Later that evening at the Hokage's office Kakashi stood before the Sandaime ready to ask his leader some important questions.
"Hokage-sama, I am here concerning my new team."
"Hohoho! So they did manage to pass your test?"
"Yes, the very first team for me to pass"
"So what do you want to speak to me about?" asked the Sandaime.
"Naruto" was the one word that came out of the jonin's mouth.
"Hmm what about him?"
"At our first meeting he spoke about avenging his family and reviving his clan. He's changed from the troublemaking prankster that whole village knows. He seems more focused and determined. He was the only one to figure about the true meaning of the test"
"What's going on Sandaime –sama?"
"As expected of you Kakashi-kun, you figured out what was going on"
"I told Naruto the truth about his heritage and the Kyubi"
"He knows that Minato-sensei is his father and Kushina is his mother?"
"Yes, I told him!"
"He also spoke of revenge on the one who took his family. Could he be referring to the Kyubi?"
"I would surmise so, since I told him I saw the Kyubi killed his parent with my very own eyes."
"But Sandaime-sama isn't that dangerous, what if he interferes with the seal and unleashes the Kyubi!?" Kakashi said in a worried tone.
"A very valid concern Kakashi-san, however I have already accounted for that concern. Jiraiya will be returning sometime around the chunin exams to report on Orochimaru's activities. I told him of Naruto and I have also requested that he meet with the boy. If he takes Naruto under his wing, then we wouldn't have to worry about the Kyubi" Sandaime said.
"He's a very different kid since the death of his sensei right before his eyes and he's killed the person responsible for his sensei's death. To kill and to see someone killed at such a young age will force any kid to grow up and change their view of life and death, especially for shinobi. Based on his actions on during our conversation I do not think that Naruto would do something that would endanger the village"
"Until then, take care of Naruto" The Sandaime told Kakashi.
"Yes Sandaime-sama" Kakashi responded and left.
XXX
Later that night Kakashi heard a knock on his door. It was Naruto.
"Can I talk to you Kakashi-sensei?"
"Yes Naruto, what do you have on your mind?"
"During the test, when you dispelled my shadow clones I experienced their sensation even though I was nowhere near the battle. Is there something special about shadow clones?"
"Ohh! So you did notice! I was wondering if you did!"
"Yeah I did and I thought it was weird" The boy replied.
"It' not weird, it's a side effect of the jutsu. Give me a couple minutes and I'll be out" the jonin said while he went to change.
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About fifteen minutes later came out fully dressed.
"Let us head to one of the training grounds"
"Hai!"
Not too long later the pair was in the middle of one of Konoha's many training grounds.
"Okay, so to begin the shadow clone is no ordinary jutsu. It's a forbidden jutsu because of the huge chakra requirements. Most jonin can only make a couple before their chakra is completely wiped out. On the other hand, your unique situation makes the drawback of the Kage bunshin null and void."
"So you know about the Kyubi?"
"All jonin know about the Kyubi and you probably know by now that I was your father's pupil"
"Yeah I read about it in the books in the library"
"Okay good. The Kage bunshin is different from the regular bunshin because it creates an exact copy of the person who created it. What's more, everything the Kage bunshin experiences is transferred back to the caster when the bunshin are dispelled"
Naruto's facial expression told Kakashi that he realized the immense training potential of the Kage bunshin and he moved to warn the boy about the dangers.
"I know what you're thinking Naruto…and it's true that the Kage bunshin is an immense training tool but need to heed my two important warnings!" the jonin said in a serious tone.
"Number one, training with Kage bunshin can lead to extreme chakra exhaustion and in extreme cases death and that's why it's known as a forbidden jutsu. Two, if you use too many clones too often you run the risk of losing control and that might cause a release of the Kyubi's chakra"
"But I can still use it though and that's more than enough for me"
"Just to be safe make no more than five hundred clones during training per day"
"Okay Kakashi sensei" the boy said gratefully.
"Oh and just a bit of advice, your chakra control is very poor because of your huge chakra reserves. However, if you improve your chakra control you will dramatically increase the power and quality of your jutsu!" the jonin said.
"Can you help me with my control?"
"Of course I can, that's why I am your sensei, but that has to wait until in the morning when I'll teach everyone together"
"Okay sensei!" the boy said before he became a little muted.
Knowing what the boy wanted to ask about his father Kakashi saved the boy from an awkward moment.
"Your dad was a great man, shinobi and teacher. He was loved by the entire village and he loved the village with his whole heart. He was a kind man, but he was also a ruthless and calculating opponent that stuck fear into his enemies. And most importantly, he would be proud of the young man you turned out to be." The jonin said with an eye smile.
"Thanks Kakashi sensei" Naruto replied gratefully.
"Don't worry about it Naruto. However, it's time to head back it's late and we have missions in the morning."
"Yes sensei" the boy replied.
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When Naruto got back to his apartment he opened a book and a small piece of paper, both of which had jutsu written on them.
"I am going to get stronger no matter what!" He said.
This was only the beginning…
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Valexander