Hello everyone. Sorry for the wait. I greatly appreciate your patience and hope my inexperienced story can somehow placate you. Still no flames! Some negative commentary, but very helpful for my writing. Also, is it just me or does uploading a chapter cause punctuation to disappear? I will go back and fix, but just asking.

Review reply time (if readers want to skip please go to copyright...I kind of figure I need to indicate there is one)

For Pairings (again):
Wow! Just wow! I know pairings are important and everything, but now that I am writing I story...I am just blown away. Sorry, but I officially realize there is no way I can make everyone happy and will try to meet some of the requests. It's weird too. Some people I read that they enjoyed a pairing before and then start hating it. Then again, that has not happened to me so probably why I don't understand it. Basically, when it comes down to it:
1. I will be realistic with the pairings (Naruto won't be able to change some fangirl's mind over night or something)
2. He will have companionship at least with the people he lives with (Konoha people who matter. Like any of us really care about the other villagers. It's all about the Ichirakus, Teams 7-10, Team Gai, some Anbus, and other main characters. Filler characters are still allowed of course. They rank in good levels of awesome.)
3. People outside the village that he can meet for prolonged periods and not just a single time in years (So yeah Iwa isn't looking good and Mizu/Wave/Sea is obviously story conditional)
4. I don't like people coming back from the dead (near death yes, dead no) so therefore anybody dead already is resting in peace (I do like femHaku and Kin pairings, but I'll make another story later for that)
5. As mentioned before, even though Naruto will be having connections with other characters due to this being an AU that does not mean they are instantly in the harem. Samehada is a sure thing (eventually) due to it being my wish. However, those I mentioned previously are up for consideration and I will being considering others not mentioned all the same of course. I personally consider my view of all characters to be unbaised since I don't hate any particular character (except maybe Kabuto and Madara. Those two are going down HARD...also eventually. Maybe Orochimaru too, but he already had it pretty bad as it was. You know, living and yet rotting at the same time and all. Sorry for those who are into angst and such. I don't do sad endings!).

For review from tstoldt:
Thanks for your honest review. I don't expect everyone to be saying good job and everything, after all. All the same, your review was still more than just a negative comment and I appreciate it. Who were the two girls you thought were okay though?

For review from unknow69:
I hear what your saying on the pairings and I intend to make the main pairing Samehada for sure. The only thing is that Naruto is one of the only mangas/animes that I feel can honestly get away with a harem. Most mangas/animes have the setting in our day and age which has obvious hate going on in harems (maybe some people still end up doing it though and that why some people cheat. To get that feeling). Past and future ones seem to be the only ones that don't have problems with it (reference Inuyasha and Tenchi Muyo). Naruto even has that trusty CRA (Clan Restoration Act) that they already use on Sasuke from the beginning more or less (I honestly don't remember them actually saying though. I pretty much heard that in fanfiction first). All the same, I also don't intend to make this fic smutty. Naruto won't be God's gift to women and he won't instantly undue years of girl pounding by only saying perfect things! Not to mention it might take some chapters (especially how this sight is hating on the maturity here). I am just leaving the option available if it feels right, which I think for some characters it does. As for your other questions, Same-chan will totally be able to turn back to her sword form. She will do it in this chapter and everything. She only gained a human for to her abilities. For the fusion ability, that won't come for a while since there are some things to figure out. Like I could stop it from happening though. It's going to happen! Just be a bit patient for it. Oh! Last thing, as per your suggestion, I made sure that this chapter was over 5K words before I started on these notes and the Author notes. Does this seem alright? I know it's longer but (for example) if you left the webpage and then came back to it do you think it would take you a while to get to where you left off?

For review from Phantom Dark-Knight:
And that is why I have this under Humor and Romance. I would have put in under adventure too, but it only lets me select to genres. There will be fighting of course. Still my main focus is this goodness. I'm going for something like the first half of Trigun where its fun and not all dramatic...yet.

For review from Inverness:
Yes! Yes, you have. You needed to after all. Through anime, mangas, and movies, we really do see everything. One day, we'll all see aliens or zombies outside and we'll all be set. Like, "Oh aliens/zombies, huh? Well. Let's do this!"

For review from BattleCharger:
Totally making is a Naruto x Samehada pairing! I'm kind of hoping through this story that they will add Samehada to the character list on the Naruto search. I couldn't even add her like how other stories say "Naruto & Someone". The moment she's there my story is totally saying Naruto & Samehada. I personally have a thing for the pairing that don't happen often myself. Who wants to read a story where the main character ends up with the same person from canon? Well...I still do at times, but only if it has a really good plot! Interesting pairing choices. I actually had to look up Shizuka since I haven't gotten that far in the series. I definitely want to see something happening with Fuu, but won't get anybody's hopes up (totally hate the deal she got handed in canon). As for Kurotsuchi, she may not despise all Yondaime related issues like other people in Iwa (need to read up on her character if she does) but the rest of her country does and that will make bringing her up a lot harder. So not to likely on her, but we'll see where this story takes us.

For review from Raja-Ulat:
Approval appreciated! Same train of thought I had for Tenten. Nice! Also for Isaribi, totally agree there as well. Fellow hopeless fan here as well. High five! *Smack* Well, if you continue reading my mind as well as you are, you might have an idea.

For review from Shihouin Shunshin:
Yeah, I am getting that general consensus on Hinata. Still, I have yet to read a story that has done Hinata getting over Naruto in a proper way so until that is written, Hinata is still available for Naruto the same as any other girl. Although Ayame isn't a ninja, I still don't see how that makes them a fit. If the detail is about it being a shinobi pairing, there is the detail of Naruto giving her ninja related means to protect herself (and I don't mean teaching her. There are probably stories were Naruto PROPERLY teaches people, but he should know there are those that can do better and he is going to get better with seals so additional defenses there). Also, through her being a civilian, I am also hoping to include an issue that I haven't seen fully addressed yet and hope to make it add to my plot nicely.

For review from alchemists19:
Approval appreciated! Like was pointed out in a previous review of mine, Same-chan can be seem somewhat as another Haku (although I am totally not going for that). She was used as a tool and never really needed for major decisions. Now she has someone taking care of her all the same, but he will be bringing her out of her shell. After all, unlike Haku, Same-chan is pulling a bit of a Bleach by having an undeterminable age. She has been around for who knows how long and although she doesn't fully understand humans, she couldn't help but watch them. Just like humans who learn things from merely watching it for long periods of time, Same-chan has halfway decent grasps of humanity and the shinobi arts. So, she will be helping Naruto just as much her even more than he is helping her.

For review from ElektrikRage:
Approval appreciated! I got this idea in my head, saw nobody had written anything like it, and decided to put it out there. I do not feel disappointed in the least. If you have different ideas of the story, feel free to right yours though. I might be a pioneer of this pairing, but it is my first fic and I am far from perfect.

For review from darkerdeepdown:
Approval appreciated! Commentary vastly appreciated as well. Chapter is extended so hope its better. I understand what you mean about dipping into her psyche and will try to do so. Although I have some idea of the concept of sentience, I don't an having a bit of trouble contemplating the psychology of a sword. I will mention details of her past wielders though (I going with manga canon on that that has it that her previous wielders were Fuguki Suikazan, Mangetsu Hozuki [Suigetsu's brother], and Kisame [Thanks again Narutopedia!]). Her experience will mainly be from the life should lived through them and in Magatsu's case, he even had her sealed so not very much of love there. Still, there will most definitely be Naru/Same time. Such as in this chapter!

For review from Rickjames196:
Approval appreciated! No matter if your a natural, you can still do dumb things. Sunset genjutsu and clones...shiver indeed. Totally still has her sword form and yeah she's the best sword (pff even that lightning sword of the second Hokage got busted up so easily. No way Same-chan isn't the best sword). Confronting Kisame is definitely going to be interesting. While I don't intend to make Naruto weak, he will be training smarter of course as will be address in this chapter. Same-chan isn't blue because although she gained characteristics from Naruto/Kisame/Itachi/Kyuubi, Naruto and her would be the main sources of connection. Her being the actual fusion object and Naruto providing the initial chakra. Kisame/Itachi/Kyuubi where just there for the ride and there effects will show much later. Tsunade fanboy, eh? Well, I am definitely not giving her the easy out of "she is TECHNICALLY related to Naruto". Whatever! If she is, it's barely and I am not making that an easy out for her. Still, I will have her answer for something things here (just as Kakashi, Jiraiya, etc will answer for there parts too). Same opinion on Yaoi and Yuri here. We'll see how things go on lemons with the site being how it is lately. I never considered Naruto God-like period (then again, I didn't get to see nine-tail fox cloak mode). He showed us how hard he worked for everything he did. Not to mention how often they practically need to drag him home. Thanks for the Edo Tensei info! Same-chan will quite possibly be dealing with that language barrier for quite some time. BUT, Naruto and her will use it to there advantage at times and I didn't say other couldn't learn to understand her (suspense!). Interesting Naruto sword idea! You should consider making a fic out of it. Kyu and Same-chan (in my fic) don't really have genders. In Kyu's case, it kind of like it can choose. Did you want a male Samehada? Yay to Same-chan! Down with Same-kun! You know there is going to be some Same/Anko interaction up in here. When Kisame comes for Same-chan, you know he is coming with Itachi too. We'll see how that turns out. Still need to see Pein first. Sorry about the timeline, but need to work and such. I WILL always meet it unless I'm dead (or hospitalized. Give me a break!). I guess his being fish-like can be a bloodline. Hmm? I'll see what I end up doing with that. I don't really intend for her to learn elementalist, but others will be able to communicate with her. Anko is totally going to get more screen...uh...word time in my fic. I didn't see much of Yuugao I will probably involve her a decent amount. Someone has to make Anbu look good.

For review from xNamikazeKyuubix:
Approval appreciated! As mentioned before, I see how things stand for others with Hinata. Can't say a definite no though. Sorry! Frankly, I thought yaoi stories with Naruto and Sasuke were the main overused ones around here. Hmm? Need to recheck that. If you have read a story that didn't kill of Hinata and didn't have her turn evil or something and she got over Naruto though, please let me know since I have yet to read a good one. On harem suggestions: Samehada is a definite, going to work with Mei and hope for the best, Isaribi is already for consideration (I was wondering for a bit there if you were totally into the older characters only), and Yuugao will also be worked with as well. About Tenten, it isn't so much about her falling for him but about her actually noticing him due to the new situation. Sakura wouldn't notice Naruto even after being saved from Garra by him (don't give me that moment she had where she was going to offer him a candy or something. She still totally bypassed Naruto to get to Sasuke when he got back.)

For review from IRAssault:
I still take weird as a complement since it still sounds better than common to me. As for your harem suggestions, some are already being considered. I do have a think for including Anko more in any Naruto fanfic since she is awesome and deserves more time on the show. About Ino, I honestly and not sure what to do with her yet. Frankly, I'm glad I unknowingly started the fic where I have time before he meets anyone. Still got to worry about Tsunade and Shizune, but I have time. By the way, Ino not out just so you know. Being considered. Frankly, nobody is out yet.

For review from zeynel:
Approval appreciated! Totally trying to figure out good time for Kisame reunion! There are going to definitely being funny reactions all around, but don't think they are instantly going to spill "she's a legendary sword" all over the place. Another plot point is how Tsunade will find out things about her human body that are unique (suspense!).

For review from sk825:
Approval appreciated! Letting a lot of this story flow so many things aren't set in stone. I do have a issue with rewriting canon exactly the same way so I kind want to have less Naru/Saku in there (if you can even call it that. Does her shooting him down count as Naru/Saku time?)

For review from WolfsDeath:
Approval appreciated! Samehada speaking issue is going to be addressed, but not easily fixed. Language barriers are a b!%#*.

For review from Shark Spartan:
Approval appreciated! Different is what I am going for too. If we wanted to see the same thing, why bother reading it here? Just watch the anime again.

For review from Koroby:
That's what I'm going for!

For review from jgreek:
I intend to!

For review from devilsmind:
Approval appreciated! Still working on that decent chapter length. It can be argued that I could just make it super long, but I had read stories like that and then lost my place. Didn't like it.

For all reviews:
Thanks for the reviews. I got some more direction here so let's see if I can direct it right. I also met the obvious barrier of the pairing issue and hope that although there will be some hate that eventually there is acceptance as well.

Copyright
Rickjames196 let me know that the true maker of Naruto has the last name Kishimoto. Thanks for that man! Totally didn't feel like looking it up. Do I need to but his first name though? If so, I think it rhymed with Kakashi or something. Kakashi Kishimoto...hmm? Nope don't remember the first name. This Kishimoto guy still definitely created it though. I didn't, but I am making this fanfiction and new chapter.

Also for writing style:

Information or Human speech (Unbolded and Unitalicized): Like "This"
For Same-chan speech (Unbolded and Italicized): Like This
For Human thoughts (Bolded and Unitalicized): "Like This"
For Same-chan thoughts (Bolded and Italicized): "Like This"

Chapter 03 - Festival and Friends

"That thieving son of a pervert!"

Naruto's newest and current yell was once again due to the fact of Jiraiya's actions...again. After going into a big spiel of the three worst vices of shinobi (women, drinking, and money), Jiraiya went to the process of snatching most of Naruto's own money with his wallet Gama-chan. He was only going to leave a few ryo, but decided to bring out a bit more to get his 'date' going right. He followed it with a quick dating lesson of how 'you shouldn't need to buy the world for a girl to be with you so try having a good date with this', and then took off to meet with some contacts before Naruto could get himself into his proper rant stance.

So here he is now, together with Same-chan in the middle of a festival...a festival with various figures of the human gender staring at Samehada's taller and bandaged female form in disapproval and awe (it was quite easy to notice the awe from men due to the drool or smack given from accompanied ladies). However, Naruto wasn't going to let this get him down. He was used to dealing with weird stares at home so he could totally handle them anywhere. It looked like Samehada wasn't uncomfortable so he would try to hope for the best.

He didn't know anything about dates other than he had been trying to ask Sakura for one and had yet to attend one. Despite everything though (and after Naruto calmed himself), he did find himself looking forward to the festival. Although he wasn't sure about considering it a date with Same-chan, he did cherish events that he attended with his precious people.

Samehada was taking in the festival as her newest upclose experience since all events in her life (except for battle) had mostly been spent either on someone's back or someone's hip. She had no idea what to expect and would mostly allow Naruto to do a lot of the talking, but she found herself looking forward to the experience.

To say that their time spent together was fun would be an understatement. Despite the initial embarrassment of their time being considered a date, neither had experienced participating in one and therefore just treated the situation as another common experience. Naruto went to stall after stall while answering any questions Samehada had about the items provided or games involved. It seemed that most people came to some common decision to let Naruto deal with Samehada entirely when her conversations showed that he was the only one able to communicate with her.

Naruto and Samehada played fish scooping where Naruto's impatience was his downfall again while Samehada considered saving the fish she caught for dinner. Naruto gave it to a little girl and promised Samehada something special.

They both looked at a stand that had masks and each bought one. Naruto's mask was a duplicate mask of some Anbu he had seen and decided to pretend he was some genius genin Anbu. The 'genius' didn't take into account the problem of wearing a mask and walking which led to a spill moments later. Samehada's mask was highly recommended by Naruto due to his choice which was an Anbu mask that seemed to be very shark-like with a fin in the top center portion, jet black eye sockets, gills towards both sides of the bottom, and a creepy shark-like grin. Man! He wouldn't want to be facing that Anbu in a dark alley.

Both had been checking the stalls for a while and by this time where reaching the decision to get some food. Naruto somewhat searched for ramen since it hadn't had some in a while, but considered eating other food mainly since Ichiraku ramen was his main ramen squeeze. However, the search for food for Samehada would soon lead to a new addict in the world.

During their time together, they had made small talk with each other about their current circumstances and how both were adjusting to them. At some point it lead to the topic of food which Naruto plunged straight into his love of ramen. Responding back as would be predictable, Naruto asked what Same-chan liked to eat. She didn't really know since her main sources of food were either chakra or the occasional blood and flesh of attacked opponents. Naruto cringed and thought about seeing if she might have a thing for ramen, but for now would likely settle for some meat. He guessed that it could be more or less like 'flesh' to her. As they were passing by the various food stalls for sweets to get to the meat section, he was startled by a sudden grip on his shoulder.

Samehada had stopped and was smelling in the direction of a shop with a picture of a fish on it. Not just any kind of fish though.

"Taiyaki? Is that what you want, Same-chan? I kinda figured you would want something more...juicy?" questioned Naruto.

"I do like how the meat up ahead smells and especially the fish, but this fish smells strange. You promised me something special so I want to try this!" she argued.

"Sure, sure! Relax! Uzumaki Naruto doesn't go back on his promises. Let's get some!" Naruto exuberantly replied.

After waiting in line at the Tsukimiya Taiyaki stall and finally getting half a dozen, Naruto and Same-chan sat nearby to enjoy them. Naruto took a bite of the fresh pastry to get a taste and admitted it was pretty good. He informed Same-chan of his approval and stood by to receive her commentary.

Samehada was as a loss. This fish was warm! Mind you that none of her previous wielders went through the effort of feeding her anything but chakra (unless killing enemies was considered an effort to feed her flesh) and she had some instinctive memory of fish in the ocean being colder to the touch than this which led to her beginning confusion. After watching her current wielder bite into his fish, she saw that it appeared the bones had been removed without gutting the fish! Also, all of its blood had appeared to have under gone the coagulation process or something to that effect. They also called them something like a 'paste tree'. Did they somehow turn their insides to paste! Impressive! Finally, this smell...it...was...strange and...new. While consuming chakra had provided her with the feeling of fullness and warm, her desire to devour this fish was like something inside was being unleashed. Her eyes felt like they were dilating and her heart pounded. The morsel wasn't getting away and she could savor every scale without any currents or fellow predators taking it away.

Finally, she threw any further thoughts into the ocean and proceeded to chomp down on the fish's head like a bloody hydra.

The flavor wasn't cold STILL! IT MELTED IN HER MOUTH! IT WAS CRUNCHY, SMOOTH, CREAMY, TASTY! EAT MORE! MY FISH!

Naruto slightly backed away when Same-chan had...attacked her taiyaki seemed like the way to descibe it. She loudly chew it and kept her hands at her mouth to not allow any paste to come out. Naruto felt a momentary kinship and wondered if this was how others saw him when he ate ramen.

That thought rushed out of his mind as he now saw Same-chan's gaze on him or more accurately to say on his half-eaten taiyaki and the small bag with the others. Her gaze didn't lose any of its desire and Naruto instantly knew what to do since he would expect others to do the same if his ramen was in the wrong hands.

Naruto placed his taiyaki in the bag and passed it to Same-chan who continued her onslaught of ripping, shredding, and chomping.

After she finished, Naruto proceeded to clean her up and get her calmed down. She seemed to come out of her dazed experience and apologized for her reaction that scared some people (yet seemed to cause the Tsukimiya Taiyaki owners to beem in pride and give Samehada a free dozen to go).

They finally decided to go find Jiraiya after Naruto got some food for the pervy sage and himself, not even trying to suggest that Same-chan offer some taiyaki. They heard his laughter coming from a brothel and went in. Naruto found the hypocrite surrounded by the three shinobi vices as well as his empty gama-chan wallet and decided to give the pervert a piece of his mind (or a kick in the b ?*$ whichever was easier). Samehada detested the feel of the place from the moment she walked in and wondered why she felt violated. She ate another taiyaki to calm her nerves.

As usual through sheer random circumstance, Naruto caused a confrontation (with a chunin this time). Said random-shinobi-who-needs-to-be-put-in-his-place arrogantly proclaimed that he be reimbursed for his ruined coat that had been 'ruined' due to some squid that slipped out of Naruto's hand and had barely touched his coat. He even made the suggestion of being offered the girl in their group. Samehada glared and although having been previously wielded by others, didn't feeling like letting this joke near her. She was certain that had she been in sword form and touched by his worthless hand that she would have skewered the guppy. Naruto naturally took this a lot more personal and was ready to start a reenactment of his night 'apprehending' Mizuki. This led to Jiraiya showing off before Naruto could complicate things (with the Rasengan this time) and saying that he would be teaching Naruto the shown technique. Naruto let the event slide due to a combination of the moron getting pulverized and the excitement of learning a new technique. Samehada felt no need to dwell on it as well since the nuisance was of no need of being brushed aside. She did feel grateful though that her wielder continues to show her importance to him.

The trio left to a quiet area near the city where they wouldn't be interrupted and Jiraiya began his instruction.

Samehada stood by to watch the proceeding. She may be 'experienced' in the shinobi world, but she only dealt with chakra in two modes: eating and...extending most likely. She was still new to her human form and contemplated the possibility of learning jutsus, but for now she would figure out her abilities.

'Maybe I should visit a forge or something? I have heard other wielders bragging about their weapons being tempered,' she questioned.

Naruto's thought processes were a lot more simplistic.

"A-RANK JUTSU! AWESOME! I'll have all of the these three steps down soon enough! Then, I'll beat down some more guys like Orochi-teme and the village will make me Hokage in no time! Let's do this, dattebayo!"

Yeah, he sure aims for the sky doesn't he?

Thus, began the first day of Rasengan training. Jiraiya left to do research, Naruto tried to pop a water balloon with chakra, and Same-chan spent the day figuring out the limits that she had with her limbs.

By the afternoon of day two, Same-chan had more of an understanding of the concept of pain from stretching and trying to bend her limbs beyond certain points. She also understood of surpassing her limits from continuously doing so. She had seen her previous wielders perform various movements which they had called training and now saw that it was to strengthen their forms. Apparently, after another chakra feeding courtesy of Naruto, she determined that eating his chakra made her instantly surpass previous limits but that it was temporary and made her hungry faster.

Deciding to take a break after her lunch, she watched Naruto's current struggle with the water ball.

'What were you trying to do again Naruto-san?' she asked.

Naruto decided to stop his training for a moment to take a break to recover from his exhaustion and talk to Same-chan as well. Even though she wasn't training with him, he was glad that she was there since Ero-sennin took off. There was the slight possibility that he really could be trying to find out where this Tsunade person was, but it still would have been annoying to be left alone to his training. Not to mention that he was there for hours and had she not been training it probably would be boring to watch him mess with a water balloon.

"Definitely a friendship that was going better than my beginning days on Team 7," he sadly thought.

"Well, Ero-sennin said that I need to make this balloon pop by moving the water inside of it with my chakra. Still trying though...wonder what I'm doing wrong?"

Same-chan asked if she could borrow the balloon to study it a little bit. After Naruto handed her said object, she held it and took in its features.

'Hmm? It feels weak and yet that it could stretch so it should have a limit before it breaks. I don't sense anything from it aside from Naruto's chakra so there doesn't seem to be any seals or jutsu being performed on it. Jiraiya-san didn't seem to need to use a lot of force or time to pop his balloon so it could be something involving chakra control.'

After her short study, she passed it back to Naruto and asked him to try popping it again in the same way he had been trying for a minute. Naruto renewed his efforts and rotated his chakra in the water balloon. However, in less than the minute she provided, she stopped him to provide a possible solution.

'Naruto-san, it would seem that you are putting a good enough amount of chakra to break the balloon, but you would either need more control or to change the approach.'

Naruto cringed on the words 'more control'.

'You see, while you hold the balloon from the bottom and top where chakra enters the most, it disappears as it gets away from them. If you could control the chakra to keep the same force or if you can make the chakra in the balloon turn in multiple directions so it would poke in different areas like Jiraiya-san's did, then you should be able to do it.'

Naruto was momentarily surprised that someone actually went through the process of completely explaining something to him without getting annoyed. He was so used to getting a small explanation and then being told to figure it out. Even his most recent senseis didn't provide such details. Iruka just told him to get more chakra control to fix his Bunshin no Jutsu, probably because he had to help other students though. Kakashi just left him and Sasuke in the woods after his demonstration of the tree climbing exercise to read his book. The temporary teaching of Ebisu purposely made him fall in steaming water to convince him to learn water walking. Jiraiya needed to be practically forced to stay with him to teach him most things. Same-chan sounded like she was trying to help him actually understand the process and different ways to make it work.

"Well, chakra control is tricky for me so let me try that other way. Multiple directions, right?"

'Hai!'

In another universe, Naruto would have eventually learned this by watching a random cat pop his balloon and being told by Jiraiya that he wanted him to figure it out rather than tell it to him. What Jiraiya apparently keeps forgetting to take into consideration is that Naruto doesn't learn the same way as others due to his shoddy childhood. After all, he really learned things when put on the spot, but training that isn't life threatening takes him forever apparently.

Lo and behold...

*POP*

"Yatta! I got it! Wait till Ero-sennin sees this! Thanks, Same-chan!"

Naruto then proceeded to hug Same-chan (who do to the current amount of chakra she had was the same height as Naruto with about B-cup breasts) which completely caught her off-guard.

'Ehh! Naruto-san, what are you doing?'

"Huh? Oh! Sorry, Same-chan! I didn't mean to surprise you. Please don't hit me!"

'Naruto-san, why would I hit you? I just wanted to know why you wanted me to carry you all of a sudden?'

"Carry me? I didn't want you to carry me. I was giving you a hug to show my appreciation. Hmm? Maybe I should stop doing that so randomly."

"I did end up hurting Iruka-sensei more after our situation with Mizuki and if Same-chan had been Sakura-chan I would probably have been punched good."

'What's a hug?'

Naruto froze and once again remembered the circumstances of Same-chan's existence. How would he treat a sword if he had one? So afterward, he spent the rest of the afternoon talking with Same-chan about all kinds of things. He showed her handshakes, bowing, high-fives, and hugs. He talked about his small circle of friends and stayed away from the subject of his much larger circle of problems, for now. He could tell her that later. He had to bring up a few of his 'genius' pranks as well which got a few laughs and impressed glances from Same-chan. He also got one of the most brilliant ideas of his young life.

"Hey Same-chan, you seem a lot smarter than me and you give awesome advice. You think you can help me get better at being a ninja?"

Same-chan smiled at the endearment and hope written all over Naruto's face. She had always been considered as an attachment to her last wielder in that she was strong because of him. She didn't really consider that fact that she could be just as strong or stronger without him.

"Sure. Why not? Let's see if I could pull off being an instructor. I might need something to do for a job sooner or later after all."

"ALRIGHT! So, should we spar, do laps, chakra exercises, or what? Come on, Same-sensei!"

"Calm down, Naruto-san. First off, probably no sparring for a long while since I don't really know taijutsu. Not really a skill most of my previous wielders bothered to train. Probably won't learn many new things doing laps or exercises with Jiraiya-san coming eventually. Hmm... Okay. Here's what we will do."

Samehada then proceeded to use her current amount of chakra to transform into her original sword form. Once the process was complete, Naruto moved to keep the sword from falling to the ground.

'Thanks, Naruto-san. Although I can take in your chakra in any of the forms I have been so far, I am the most comfortable in this one. Now what I want you to do is to try performing a jutsu through me. If you have a jutsu you can do without handsigns that's great, but go ahead and try one while carrying me.'

Naruto easily understood and prepared himself, once again believing that he had a teacher that was truly there for him. He wasn't able to do jutsus without seals or one-handed as he heard Haku had done from Sasuke, but it just adds to the future lessons he can get from Same-chan. It sounded like maybe that shark shinobi with Sasuke's brother would be good enough to do some. Back to his jutsu though, he decided to go with his trusty Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. Same-chan was kind of tall in this form so he decided to somewhat tilt her on his shoulder while keeping her steady with his arm. It was shaky at best and he knew he would need to find some better way to hold her, but this jutsu would just take a second. Placing his hands in the same cross as always he called up his chakra and performed his jutsu.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Naruto decided that summoning more than one bunshin might be called for and decided to go for just two. When they appeared, they also were carrying clones of Same-chan in the same way he was.

'Alright. That was interesting.'

"What was Same-sensei?"

'By using your jutsu while carrying me your chakra goes through me and it gets...uh...filtered, I guess. For example, usually while my last wielder would perform his suiton jutsu through me, it made them easier to control and stronger for him. I can see how wild your chakra feels and although a lot of that may have to do with your massive reserves, it also could be affected by Kyuubi. It doesn't seem like it is always messing with your chakra, but because both of your chakras are in there it will make chakra control very difficult. If doing any and every chakra control exercise you find doesn't fix things, you might actually need to come up with some yourself.'

Naruto knew his chakra control was difficult (seriously can't anyone just back off on that!), but now it kind of hit home pretty bad.

'As for something that can help right now. I actually have a chakra exercise already for you that can help and will make carrying me a lot easier. While we do it, I can plan your future prospects.'

"Really? Alright, what do I do?"

'From the pranks you mentioned, you already know some exercises to stick to different surfaces right? Well, now you are going to do the opposite. My first wielder and last wielder used to do this before they decided to conserve their chakra for possible ambushes. I want you to make your chakra stick me to you. While say the tree-climbing exercise causes you to stick to a solid surface and you need to control the chakra properly, this exercise will require control for solid mobile objects. Although not very useful in the case of hiding weapons since seals are technically better, this could cause your opponents to actually need to disrupt your chakra while at the same time trying to disarm you. The only easier way to get you to let go would be cutting your arm off. *Sigh* If they just stuck to it, maybe I wouldn't be getting lost so often.'

"I think I get it let me try. Are you going to be fixing my chakra while I'm doing this or should I do it completely by myself?"

'Good question? I...think...we should try it together to get the feeling for it first. I don't feel like getting blasted who knows how far if things go wrong. With your chakra, I could probably be shot across Fire Country. Then, we could see about me letting my influence go more and more. Also, your bunshin jutsu is one my wielder and I have never faced before. If you don't mind my asking, what makes it so special?'

"Nah, it's fine. I read it off of a forbidden scroll and it was supposed to be for jounins only. Apparently the main thing it needs is a lot of chakra to make solid clones. Jutsu was practically made for me. Thank you who ever the creator was!"

Same-chan now decided that holding back information might be something to add to Naruto's training.

'Right...I think there should probably be more to it than that. How many hits can you take since they're solid?'

"I think pretty much just one. Let's see...if I punch one that can send them away, Zabuza flung them off him and that did it, Haku took them out with only senbon, Neji with his Gentle Fist, Gaara with his...anything, and I think that's about it. Man, now that you mention it, it's pretty much like some fancy Kawarimi and Bunshin combination. *Sigh*"

'Now don't get down Naruto, there has to be something extra special about it. If it was only about it being solid, it would probably be C-Rank or be B if generous. It does make a good distraction for Kawarimi, after all. You wouldn't need to carry logs all over the place if you could spare the chakra. Hmmm...how about jutsus? Can they use them?'

"Yeah, they can use them. I already created my Harem no Jutsu and my Uzumaki Naruto Rendan."

'I see. My last wielder's partner had a technique that maybe stemmed from your bunshin. He creates a bunshin that then proceeds to explode without the use of explosive tags. DON'T try it though. It is very dangerous to try some techniques with out taking various precautions. How many jutsus can they do?'

Naruto was excited with the idea of making explosive clones (the Shinobi world cringed), but it was something that he figured he didn't want to blow up in his face literally. Not to mention, he was pretty sure Sasuke's brother wasn't going to just tell him how its done.

"How many? Well, I don't know. They usually pop because somebody hits them and since they split my chakra evenly I don't think-"

'They split your chakra! EACH! There has to be something more to it! Split your chakra and then getting taken out in one hit would be a great waste.'

She then proceeded to ask her clone if she felt anything.

'I feel normal, Same-taicho. My chakra does feel like it is at a third of what it was before and I don't feel like one hit could dismiss me, but other than that nothing.'

'Same here.'

Samehada puzzled over the ability while Naruto became somewhat depressed. Maybe Kiba was right. If his best technique was flawed then even all his clone army wouldn't add up to much.

'Naruto, try dismissing one of the clones. I want to see if it still takes one hit to dismiss them and to check if maybe the chakra used can be returned to us or something.'

Naruto then proceeded to hold Samehada's sword form for the first time and moved to bash his bunshin. They dismissed like always and still only took one hit. It didn't feel like their chakra was being returned either. Samehada was perplexed about the usefulness of the technique until she felt an odd feeling in her mind. She was being carried by Naruto like she currently is, but it was as though she had stood by and watched the entire conversation from a different vantage point. She sent out her senses to see if they were being spied on, but didn't sense anyone. Where had that memory come from? It was like seeing from...the...outside.

'Naruto! After the clones were dismissed, did you feel anything?'

"Huh? I don't know. I wasn't really focusing on anything. Was I supposed to feel something? Did you feel something?"

'I think so. Let me try something.'

She then proceeded to privately speak with her clone who afterward was taken to the other side of the field by her request. Naruto watched and brought his guard completely as though he was going to be attacked. He watched as they seemed to have a conversation of some kind and then popped.

'Just as I though!'

"You think this jutsu can send the clone's memories to us?"

'I didn't say that Naruto-san. My bunshin did.'

"Right! Wait, what does this mean?"

'Well for now, it means that you can learn multiple things at once Naruto-san. We'll have to see how effective it is as we go along. In a way, you will already have a learning method that no other genin can copy without equally large chakra reserves.'

After hearing the new capabilities of his Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, Naruto was overjoyed and ready to jump right into some serious training.

'Whoa, hold on there Naruto-san! We still need to approach this cautiously. What good does this training do if you learn too much at once and break your brain or something? Let's keep to a small amount and see how things go. Let's start today with a couple of lessons that don't require you doing much and that we will practice while we wait for Jiraiya-san. First, I want you to create a clone of us who will be speaking with me about withholding information. Letting out information is very dangerous. If my last wielder who also has giant chakra reserves discovered our training, do you think it could lead to disaster if he was told the truth?'

Naruto paled at the thought of a super smart Shark guy.

'We'll save the weapon holding chakra exercise for another day. I want to see about having you practice chakra sensing. Even though it was confusing, when that bunshin dispelled something should have affected your senses. I don't know how well your studies in chakra sensing went, but let's see if we can pick it up a bit.'

Naruto could rightfully admit to that due to the lack of an insult. Certain guys have gotten the drop on him before. GAH! He totally owes that guy who jumped him while he was peeing in the Forest of Death during the second test of the Chunin Exams. He could have at least waited for him to finish! B $^*#&!

'I think we can practice with those lessons. My two bunshins will teach your two those lessons while we have some sword training. I can sense that you are completely new to handling swords. Mastering them can take a life time, but I don't see a reason for you to get used to swinging me steadily. So let's try one hundred sword swings for today, Naruto-san. Keep in mind if you don't swing properly that you will have to repeat the swing. I'll know after all since you're holding me, of course. So let's go! Rest of the day, my pupil.'

She giggled as Naruto called her sensei with a shout of recognition and then proceeded to do what she said.

She could get used to this!

"Kisame, is something wrong? You have been sneezing a bit," questioned Itachi Uchiha.

"Probably somebody talking about how deadly I am," answered Kisame Hoshigaki.

A short pause followed when oddly a tick mark seemed to appear on Kisame.

"Itachi," said Kisame.

"Hn," returned Itachi.

"You think I'm smart, right?" questioned Kisame in a sudden bit of randomness.

"You need to be to survive," was Itachi's response.

Kisame seemed pleased by the answer and nodded his thanks to Itachi.

Author Notes

Another chapter down and barely at the deadline I made for myself. Seriously, does having a deadline make people (or me apparently) more procrastinatey. I think so. Still, my deadline is my deadline and IT WILL Be MET. HOWEVER, I am excusing instants of extreme life-is-trying-to-mess-with-me-ness. I will make a note or something though. My deadline will also incompass all my stories in general as well. Sometimes I feel like working on one story more than another but this story will definitely have a chapter a month-month and a half.

That's right! I made Samehada a taiyaki addict! As far as I can tell, the legendary addictive foods of various animes are ramen, taiyaki, and melon bread. Ramen already has its mascot in this series and I don't know when melon bread was created, but I feel that it is more current so I decided to get Same-chan taiyaki's approval. Hope you like it.

The Kage Bunshin secret is out, but not quite. Naruto hadn't noticed before and Same-chan is treating the situation cautiously. They did have God know what almost happen to them with the FUBAR seal. Still, the complete secret will be figured out (or found out) eventually and Naruto is not going to be happy.

Rasengan training is a go and moving faster due to proper instruction. Seriously, Naruto's senseis suck! I feel that if he had Kurenai for a sensei (like some fics portray her) he would totally be better off since she actually and honestly works with her team. Does becoming more experienced make you lazier or something? Naruto figured out the first step of Rasengan after days from a freaking cat! Apparently it took a few days too. Jiraiya couldn't have taught something more beneficial or something. *Sigh* Naruto will be totally appreciating Same-sensei, but will that effect his relationships with his current senseis?

One final thing, I am currently making a change to a part of my writing. In this chapter (and the first two after I bring back there punctuation), I am going to be replacing major swears with Q-Bert style writing. I recently saw an episode with American Dad with the swearing censored and without it. Oddly, I found the censored version more amusing and want to try that out here. It's not like the words will be hard to figure out anyway.

Thanks for the reviews again everyone.

See ya next chapter!

06/23/2012 (Right on it. I blame this rating business going on that is messing with my enthusiam by removing awesome stories from this site. WHERE'S THAT PETITION! I am so in there!)