Rika-chan94- Here is the 4th Chapter! I hope its ok, this chapter is more of a filler. Next chapter should be more exciting though. Again thank you for all the Reviews, faves and follows! I like reading the reviews. I hope you like it.
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It was early the next morning when Naruto walked into training ground 7.
"Since no one is here yet, I can train on my own for a bit." Naruto said to himself, before making forty clones. "Alright I want twenty of you to work on tree climbing. The rest of you work on cutting those leaves." Naruto instructed as he pointed to a tree full of leaves.
"On it Boss!" the clones replied in unison. Once the clones began working, Naruto started to stretch out his muscles, and started to think about his conversation he had with Kurama last night.
"If it's the three I am thinking of, then for now we should be ok. I need to make sure though. If I am wrong, then it will mess up everything."
"But if I am correct, then it will be an advantage for us. This is so frustrating. What if it was an enemy?" Naruto paused in his thinking.
"I need to stop freaking out. I am making it worse than it actually is. I need to calm down." Naruto thought. "That means for now I probably shouldn't tell Sakura or Sasuke." Naruto said out loud.
"Shouldn't tell us what?" Sasuke's voice broke Naruto out of his thoughts. Naruto turned around to find Sasuke and Sakura watching him. "How long had they been there?" "I must have been too busy with my thoughts to sense them."
"Oh I was just thinking how maybe we should bring in Team Gai earlier than planned." Naruto lied. Though he was thinking about that. Naruto didn't want to stress either of them out. Since three someone's possibly had come back with them. They already had enough to deal with right now.
"Maybe we should, both Neji and Lee are really good Taijutsu users." Sakura replied. "Tenten is really good with weapons too. If I remember correctly she was pretty strong."
Sasuke nodded in agreement. "It's not a bad idea to consider. I think we should at least go a few more weeks without them. It would be too overwhelming all at once. We can bring them in sometime before the wave mission. Which is in what a couple of months?"
"Yeah, I remember it was after a captured Tora, it was like our third time that week casing that cat." Naruto replied. The three of them shivered in unison. Every genin team hated that mission.
"So what's with the clones? I thought you said you didn't want to use them to much right away?" Sasuke asked.
"I know I said that, but as everyone knows my chakra control sucks. If I can get it high enough all of my jutsu will take less chakra." Naruto explained.
"Yes, because you run out of chakra all the time." Sasuke replied sarcastically. "You have enough chakra to equal a Kage at twelve, and your chakra capacity is still growing."
Naruto rubbed the back of his head. "I know that, it is why I can't learn certain jutsu as fast, because of my control."
"Alright guys that's enough for now. Let's just get to training before Kakashi shows up" Sakura interrupted them as she dug in her ninja pouch for a scroll.
With that in mind Team 7 trained for a few hours before Kakashi showed up. They were making a great headway in their training.
It was nearing Eight am, and the three members of Team 7 were taking a break.
"I bet you guys 10 bucks, that Kakashi will show up earlier than usual." Naruto suddenly said.
"You're on Dobe; there is no way Kakashi is showing up earlier. Why would he?" Sasuke replied.
"I am with Sasuke on this Naruto. There is no way Kakashi will be here in less than two hours. It's already been almost an hour."
A few minutes later Kakashi arrived.
"Yo! Sorry I am late a black cat crossed my path, so I had to take the long way around."
Sasuke and Sakura grumbled as they pulled out the money and handed it to Naruto.
"I always forget how extremely lucky you are with bets." Sakura mumbled.
"I should have known. That bet was so out of nowhere." Sasuke commented.
"Well now that we are all here. Let's go get our first D-ranked mission." Kakashi said as he began to lead the way, his book already out.
Sasuke and Sakura grumbled to each other all of the way to the tower. Naruto just grinned; they fell for it almost every time.
"Hey Jii-san! Iruka-sensei! Team 7 is here for our mission" Naruto shouted as he burst into the mission room.
Hiruzen chuckled at Naruto's antics. Naruto sure made everything brighter.
"Hello Naruto, have you been doing well?" Iruka greeted from his spot next to the third.
"I have, thanks for asking" Naruto replied before turning back to Hiruzen.
"Hello Naruto, I think I have a few missions for your team. Let me see, there is clearing out a garden, painting a fence, and shopping for some villagers." The third hokage read from the list of D-rank missions.
Hiruzen could have sworn he heard a long sigh from every single member of Team 7.
"We will take all three and be back later!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Now Naruto did you even ask your teammates or Kakashi if that was ok?" Iruka asked.
"Well I know Sasuke and Sakura were ok with it." Naruto turned to Kakashi. "Can we do all three missions please. We can get them done faster this way." Naruto begged.
"Alright, we can take all three of them." Kakashi replied from behind his orange book.
"Yes! Hand them over Jii-san we will get them done in no time." Naruto declared.
"Calm down Dobe." Sasuke told his best friend, as the third Hokage handed Kakashi the mission files.
"I am calm Sasuke-Teme. I know you want to get these boring missions out-of-the-way just as much as I do." Naruto replied as Team 7 was leaving the mission office.
Once they were standing outside the tower did Kakashi talk. "Ok, which one do you guys want to do first?"
"All of them, with my Kage Bunshin, then they will be done in no time." Naruto explained.
"Naruto, these missions are designed to be for teamwork. You can't just do them all yourself." Kakashi replied.
"Kakashi, out team already has good teamwork. This is a way faster method in getting them all done. If we accomplish a lot of them, we can get higher missions sooner. We all know you don't want to be stuck watching us do boring D-rank missions" Sasuke said.
"Each of us can take one, and Naruto can send clones with Sasuke and I so that we get them done. In a way we are all still working together." Sakura added.
Kakashi sighed, his team really liked to be complex.
"Fine, that is what we will do then." Kakashi complied.
"Kage Bunshin no jutsu!" Naruto shouted as many Naruto's appeared. "Let's get started!"
It had been a long two weeks of boring missions and training. It became a sort of routine for team 7. Today though was another get together with the other genin they graduated with.
Everyone had already arrived and was doing their usual thing. Sasuke, Shikamaru and Shino were playing Shogi. At least for now, they normally joined in with the spars after a while.
Hinata was sparring with Ino and Sakura. Sometimes they would ALL switch partners up.
Choji, Kiba and Naruto under a tree, resting after a long spar, which Naruto won, once again.
"Hey Naruto, can I ask you a question?" Kiba asked when there was a long pause in their conversation.
"Sure, what's on your mind?" Naruto asked.
"Well, I just was wondering. How strong are you? I have seen you use elemental jutsu's already. My mom told me that most shinobi don't even start their element training tell at least Chunnin." Kiba explained.
"Well I guess I am not like most shinobi. I have tons of chakra." Naruto replied. "I am pretty good with Taijutsu already, and combined with my Kage Bunshin, that's already a good combination that works for me." "So I add in my elemental training to change it up."
Kiba nodded and paused for minute. "Do you think you could help me find out what my element is?" Kiba asked.
"Sure, I have a pack of chakra paper if you want to try now." Naruto answered.
"Hey Naruto, do you think I could find out what mine is too?" Choji interrupted.
"Of course you can Choji!" Naruto replied as he dug a scroll out of his pocket.
Naruto opened the scroll and applied chakra to it. A package of a cream-colored paper appeared.
"Hey anyone else want to know what their Element?" Naruto called out to the others.
"I have always wanted to know what mine is" Ino replied as she began to walk over to him with Hinata and Sakura not far behind.
"We should probably go over there too." Shikamaru stated. "They might cause mass destruction to the training grounds."
Once everyone gathered closer, Naruto handed each person a small square of paper.
"Now all you have to do is push your chakra into the paper. If it rips in half your element is wind. If is begins to burn away, then your element is fire. If it gets wet it is water. If it wrinkles your element is lightning and finally if your paper turns to dirt and crumbles away, your element is earth." Naruto explained to the genin.
"Here Naruto, Sasuke and I can demonstrate for you." Sakura said, as she lifted her chakra paper up so everyone could see it.
Sakura sent chakra through her body to the paper. After a few seconds the paper started to crumble away.
"So… you have… earth then." Hinata said, once Sakura's paper disappeared. Sakura replied yes, before nodding at Sasuke to go next.
Sasuke infused his paper with chakra. Sasuke's paper wrinkled before starting to burn away.
"If you are like me, then you might have two elements early. Most shinobi have their second element trained by the time they are jonin." Sasuke explained before turning to Naruto, to indicate that he could go next.
Naruto sent his chakra into the paper. Like it did the first time, Naruto watched his paper split in half. What shocked a few was when a few seconds later one side of the paper became wet.
"Wow, I didn't even know you had a second chakra nature. I though you just had wind." Sakura commented.
"Yeah it was a last-minute thing. I just found out recently." Naruto explained.
"I want to go next; I just know I am going to get two!" Kiba shouted as he sent chakra to the paper. A few seconds later Kiba's paper started to crumble away.
"Looks like you only got one, Dog-breath" Naruto joked once the paper fully disappeared.
"It appears Choji and I have the same as you, Kiba." Shino sated. His chakra paper was nowhere in sight. Choji looked pretty satisfied, and was now eating a bag of chips.
"I got Earth too," Choji simply said before reaching in his bag of chips.
"I want to go now!" Ino exclaimed as she sent chakra into the small paper.
Ino's paper began to get soggy. "Oh gross, that feels weird." Ino cried out as she dropped the paper.
Hinata followed suit, her paper did the same as Ino's. "I got water…as well." Hinata mumbled to the group. She was getting better at talking to everyone without shuttering.
"Ok, Shikamaru it's you turn." Naruto said, as everyone turned to the lazy Nara who had yet to do anything.
"Troublesome." Shikamaru sent chakra into the square paper just like everyone else had. It was only a moment later that the paper caught on fire.
"Well that's everyone, why don't we all train in elements for a while. I have a few water scrolls on me. I know Sasuke always carries a few fire, and Sakura just got a scroll that contains earth jutsu." Naruto explained.
"That's a great idea!" Kiba shouted. "Once I get a few jutsu down, I will finally be able to kick your ass."
"I don't think you could beat Naruto, even if your element could win over his. The first few times he fought you, he didn't even use any wind jutsu's." Shino explained.
"Thanks Shino, I really appreciate the encouragement." Kiba replied sarcastically.
"Don't worry about it Kiba. I am sure one day you will be able to win against me. You are really strong too." Naruto said trying to cheer Kiba up.
"Everyone has strength and weaknesses. Even me. Like for example, I totally suck at genjutsu. The most I can do it dispel it. Another weakness I have is that I always let my emotions get the best of me. Shinobi are not supposed to show emotion in battle." "Sadly I can't help it." Naruto explained.
"That's not all either. I like to save anyone I can, even if they are my enemy at first. I like to believe I can save anyone from the darkness and bring them into the light. I will always be willing to save anyone who needs my help. Even to those who does not want my help at first."
The training grounds were quiet. All anyone could do was look at Naruto, speechless.
"I have never understood how you do that. At least I know I was never the only one" Shikamaru's said, speaking out what he was thinking.
"Indeed, you always sound inspiring when you get like that." Shino commented.
Naruto turned to them, "What do you mean? This is the first time I have said anything 'inspiring' as you say."
Both Shino and Shikamaru tensed. Naruto's eyes widened, "he was correct. He knew who it was!" Naruto grinned, now all he needed was the third person. He was glad they were alright in the end. Thought the conversation will have to wait.
"No worries, I have probably have done this before in front of you guys. I must have forgotten." Naruto replied smoothly as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Hey! Why don't we start that training." Sakura's voice broke through the tense atmosphere, that had started to build up. Sakura quickly shared a look with Sasuke. Something was up, and they were going to find out, and soon too.
That's the chapter! Read and Review please! If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. :)
