-Chapter 4-
And Up With The Curtain!
In his eager rush for the beginning for his training, Naruto woke up at 4 am the next morning, ready and waiting for his training. He donned his orange jumpsuit and made sure he had enough shrunken and kunai for the days training. As soon as he made it down the stairs from the bedroom he had been assigned night beforehand, he saw Koyuki sitting and drinking tea calmly at one end of the table and a prepared breakfast at the other end. Without looking up from his tea, Koyuki motioned for Naruto to sit at the end of the table where the breakfast was prepared.
"Good, your up, I was half expecting you to not to be up for another hour or two. The usual time for you to be up during will be at 5 o'clock rather then at this time, you will eat, and then proceed to training." Naruto nodded. "That was a hint for you to begin eating." Naruto continued nodding, as he began eating.
"During the first year of your training we will focus on your chakra control, which will be the most difficult thing to learn with size of the chakra reserves you have even now, we will also get you up to speed on your weapons skills and basic fitness so that we don't have to bother with them when we begin the three main disciplines." Naruto nodded in approval of what seemed like a well thought out discipline.
"The second year will be filled with perfecting your chakra control, we will also pick out a weapon for you to claim as your own. I will also teach you the basics of Fuinjustu so that you are able to create your own storage scrolls and exploding tags, both of which are an invaluable resource for any ninja, and can be quite expensive if you are forced to purchase them." Koyuki and Naruto continued working on their meals as Koyuki talked. "The third year of training is when I will introduce two of the basic academy ninjutsu, the Henge just which is used by ninja from Genin to Jonin as a means of disguise, and the Kawriami or replacement jutsu is arguably one of the most important jutsu and is used by ninjas of all nations and skill levels." Koyuki finished his cup of tea and motioned for Naruto to follow him as he walked outside.
"The fourth year will involve becoming proficient in the weapon you pick, as well as finishing any of the skills learned the previous years. I will also teach you the shadow clone jutsu in this year because at that point your reserves should be large enough for you to be able to use it for extended periods of time, there are two main benefits of the shadow clone jutsu, the first is that it creates solid copies unlike regular bunshin. The second advantage to the shadow clone jutsu is that it transfers memories when it disappears." The lightbulb in Naruto's head wen't off when he mentioned the memory transfer. "So could it work for training?"
Koyuki smiled at the little blond. "Exactly. The shadow clone will be the first thing I will teach you during the 4th year so that you can reach a high Chunin or hopefully low Jonin level of skill in all of the skills that I will have been teaching you before that, I hope to have you preforming the Kawarmi and Henge without seals by the end of the 4th year and before I move on to more difficult Jutsu." Naruto frowned at having to master jutsu that were standard at the academy but remained silent as they walked through more hallways then should have been possible on their continued walk to the outdoor training ground.
"The fifth year will be the start of your Tai-Jutsu training, because I want you to have connections with other Kohona shinobi before you graduate, I will be having you train with another Kohona Jonin, who by that time should hopefully have a team that you can bond with. During that time I will also be testing your elemental affinity to begin your elemental nin-jutsu training. The sixth and seven years will be when I introduce you to my particular set of jutsu, which I will expect you to have mastered by the time your apprenticeship finishes. During this time if you are progressing fast enough we will put all other training by the wayside." Naruto paled at the thought of losing any of the training that from what it sounded like could put him on even terms with any Chunin ninja in Kohona.
And as they arrived at the expansive training grounds for the Shoyu-Sha complex, Koyuki spread his arms wide and with a grin declared. "Let the torture begin!" Naruto frowned,
"Don't your mean let the training commence?" Koyuki's grin only got larger. "I know what I said."
CUE THE TRAINING MONTAGE!
As seven years pass imagine seeing small glimpses of the "training", Naruto being forced to run up and down sheer cliffs with only his chakra with a rock strapped to his back.
Koyuki burning every last one of Naruto's orange monstrosities masquerading as clothing, glimpses Naruto's new look which was the standard Anbu gear, (black shirt and pants with the sleeves taped) the only thing that remained of Naruto's favorite color was an orange Uzumaki swirl on the back of the shirt.
Next we glimpse a excited Naruto examining weapon after weapon with a bemused Koyuki looking on, until Naruto abruptly stops, and picks up a large knife with a sharp angle in the middle of the blade. Naruto listens intently as blade is explained to him and he learns that the kind of knife he is holding is called a kukri.
The next glimpse is of Naruto's chakra affinity test, which resulted in a paper sliced in half and both sides becoming damp, or in other words a wind and water affinity. The next glimpse is of Naruto being crushed in tai-jutsu spar by a boy his same age in a green spandex bodysuit as a larger clone of the man looks on cheering of youth.
The final glimpse we receive is of the start of Naruto's training in the arts of the Koyuki No Shoyu-Sha and the gruesome initiation he is forced to undergo.
-Shoyu-Sha Complex present day-
-Naruto's bedroom-
Today was the last day of his apprenticeship, and a month before Genin teams were to be chosen, after almost seven years of his sadistic and insane masters teaching, Naruto knew deep in his bones that he was ready, and there was only one thing standing in the was of his assumption of the title of Koyuki No Shoyu-Sha. He rubbed the patch covering the jade sphere in his left eye socket as he remembered how his master had explained both his title and unique eyes at the start of his sixth year of training.
-flashback-
After five years of training it was time to introduce Naruto to his Jutsu. And after a hard day of physical training, Koyuki motioned for Naruto to sit in front of him. Once Naruto was seated in front of Koyuki, he began to speak. "Naruto, do you know why I am referred to by my title, rather then my clan name or my given name?" Naruto shook his head. "I am named as such because when a ninja assumes the title of Koyuki No Shoyu-Sha, we give up everything else, family, our history, even our names. We do this, and we are granted the power of the eyes." Koyuki took of his sunglasses. Naruto started as he saw the sunlight glint of the jade spheres that looked like they had been jammed into Koyuki's eye sockets. "These eyes allow me access to the unique jutsu that I will begin teaching you. However, to even be allowed access to the energy to preform these jutsu, you are going to need one of these eyes."
cue knife gouging pain
AND DOWN WITH THE CURTAIN!
Author's note
Not totally sure how well I did with the training montage, Naruto will get the second eye in the next chapter.
And as always, R&R.
