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CHAPTER 4: TRAINING

A boy woke up at the sound of his alarm ringing. He groaned as he slammed the alarm clock hard, nearly breaking it. He sat up and yawned loudly and nearly passed out by his own bad breath. He had to stretch his body for an entire minute to get him awake and then he made his way to the bathroom to freshen up.

Brushing his teeth and taking a shower, it took him about seven to eight minutes. Once he was done, he walked into the kitchen and opened one of the cabinets and grabbed a cup of instant Ramen, chicken flavour. He cut up all the spices and poured it into the cup and then waited for the water to boil.

'Man, I hate waiting to boil the water. Hurry up!' Naruto thought.

After waiting for three minutes, he poured the hot boiling water into the plastic cup and without even waiting for the noodles to soften, started to dig in. Despite the heat, he was able to eat at record speed and in just two or three minutes, he has already consumed his breakfast and drank down the broth.

He looked at the clock which reads seven forty-five. "Shit, I'm going to be late!" Naruto said to himself, kicking himself off his chair. He opened and slammed the door behind him and locked it quickly. He ran off with insane speed.

Naruto ignored the glares that were given to him by the villagers. He fixed his goggles on his forehead as they were slipping down. It took him about five minutes when he finally sighted the academy. He then stopped running and then started walking, gathering back his breath. He still has about ten more minutes before class starts, so he decided to wait for Sakura for a while. He took a seat on a bench outside the school, humming a tune.

Sakura and Naruto has become very close to each other throughout the years. They have become best friends and some has rarely seen them not together when in school. The only time they are seperated is when school is over. They eat together during lunch, they play together and even sit next to each other in class.

Of course, the villagers have tried countless times to seperate Sakura from Naruto as they did not want the demon child to be with anyone, especially a girl. However, Sakura is persistent and also her uncle, Maki the replicator watches over them almost everytime. Even Kakashi the copy ninja watches over them so the villagers cannot do anything.

Naruto waved at a few friends as they passed by. The only person that Naruto has not befriended is the survivor of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Sasuke. It's not that Naruto never tried. Its just that he seems to be uninterested to have friends. The only thing that Sasuke seems interested in Naruto is his ability to be the only student in class to be equal in him when they have to spar against one another.

"Hei, Naruto!" A voice said and Naruto looked at the source of the voice.

He turned and saw Sakura waving at him with Ino next to her. Naruto smiled and waited for the pink haired girl to reach him. His heart beat increased as he watched her walk towards him as he seems lost in watching her laugh as she talks with her blonde friend.

"Good morning, Sakura-chan!" Naruto greeted Sakura when she finally reached him.

"Good morning to you, too. Have you waited long for me, Naruto-kun?" She replied back as Naruto raised himself from his seat.

"Not really, just a few minutes actually." He answered and the three of them walked into the academy.

Although neither has admitted to each other, Sakura and Naruto actually likes each other but are too shy to admit to one another. There have been occasional hints given but they either just take it as a friendly gesture or ignore it.

As they walked in the academy's hallway, Sakura turned to look at her spiky blonde haired friend. She just couldn't get enough of those ocean blue eyes and the whisker marks on his cheek makes him look cute. He actually looks better now ever since Sakura suggested he change his orange jumpsuit attire. He now wears a black shirt and dark blue pants. Also, he was given a white cloak by the Hokage, saying that it was his property. Naruto now looks almost exactly like the fourth Hokage now with that white cloak.

Naruto turned to face Sakura, looking directly into her green emerald eyes, "So, Sakura-chan. Are you ready for the test Iruka-sensei said he will give us today?"

Sakura nodded, "I have already studied them last night. The five chapters that Iruka-sensei told us to study are quite easy to remember."

"Five chapters?" Naruto said in disbelief, "I thought he said four chapters?"

Sakura sighed. Naruto could actually be one of the top students in class if he paid more attention. He has the brain but he just doesn't use it, "Yeah five chapters."

Naruto scratched his head, turning the corner, "What is the fifth chapter? I remember he said studying the chakra system, the great ninja war, Konoha history and types of ninjutsu."

"The last chapter to study is the history of Konoha's Hokage's."

Naruto sighed in relief, "That's fortunate. I know each and every detail of every Hokage. Especially the fourth Hokage."

The three of them reached the door of the classroom. They opened it and find that most of the students were already sited on their respective seats. As usual, Naruto and Sakura sat next to each other while Ino went arguing with the rest of the other fan-girls in an attempt to sit next to Sasuke.

Naruto frankly, is surprised that Sakura is one of the girls, other than Hinata to not show any affections towards the Uchiha survivor. Of course, the reason for that is because Sakura already likes Naruto so that isn't a problem.

At that moment, the door of the classroom opened and Iruka entered the room, carrying a stack of papers. Iruka walked to his desk and placed the stack of papers on his desk and placed his hands on his hips.

"Alright class," Iruksa said, his voice filled with authority, "I hope you have studied for your test. Once I have distributed the test papers to all of you, you can start your test. And no cheating!"

Iruka then started distributing the papers he brought in earlier. Naruto leaned close to Sakura's ear and whispered, "Good luck! Although you won't really need it."

Naruto then leaned back to his original position. Sakura giggled and slightly blushed but she was able to hide it thanks to her long pink hair. She received her paper, took out her pencil and started writing her answers.

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Three ninja's walked into the Konoha gates after finishing a three day A-rank mission. They had to deal with a couple of bandits that has been attacking a nearby village. The bandits were easily disposed of but the reason why it was rated an A-rank was because there were several bandit camps so they had to eliminate each and every camp.

They three Jounin's started to make their way to the Hokage tower to deliver their report. There was no doubt that they would complete their mission anyway. Two of the three Jounin's were the top ninja of Konoha and were given nicknames for their respective talents. The third jounin is Genma, although he is not as good as the three does not mean that he can be underestimated.

Maki fixed his long dark pink hair as it was starting to irritate his eyes. He sometimes wanted to just cut its length but decided against it. They took out the bandits with ease that Maki thought that it should actually be rated a B-rank mission rather than an A-rank.

Kakashi was reading his perverted orange book as usual. Maki wondered how he can still keep his eye on the road without colliding with anybody or object. As they finally approached the Hokage tower, the three Jounin's stared at each other, wondering who should do the honours to report their mission to the Hokage.

"I have to read my book." Kakashi simply stated, walking away.

Maki turned to look at the brown haired Jounin next to him, "I have to take the pay for my family. I hope you understand." He explained.

Genma gave an understanding smile, "Well, at least your reason is the truth, unlike Kakashi-san."

Maki smirked and he started to make his way to the hall where ninja's go to receive missions. That is also where they get the pay. 'Well, at least I get extra pay than usual. An A-rank mission. I should be able to support the family for five days at least.' He thought happily.

After he collected his share of completing the mission, he decided to make his way home. He has to give a certain amount of money to Suyuki for her to do the family's grocery shopping. As he made his way towards his house, he passed by the abandoned Uchiha compound.

'It's been what, two years since the Uchiha massacre?' He thought. Yes, two years has passed since one of the most powerful clan in Konoha was destroyed. And it was destroyed by one man: Uchiha Itachi. The man who unlocked his clan's weapon at the age of eight and became an ANBU captain at the age of thirteen. He was indeed at Uchiha prodigy.

Maki himself was also selected to become the Hokage's personal ANBU but he refused, stating that he wanted to serve Konoha rather than just staying around Konoha to watch the Hokage. He respected the Hokage but he loved his home.

When he reached his house, he opened his front door. He found his sister-in law sitting on a chair in the living room. Maki grinned when Suyuki turned to face him. She was actually expecting him to return today. They have really grown close throughout the years. He thought their relationship would worsen after Sakura entered the academy but Suyuki finally thought that it was best she became a ninja and forgave Maki. Although in his opinion, she didn't have to ask for forgiveness.

"So, how was the mission?" She asked him, walking towards him and putting her handbag on her shoulder.

"Oh, it was quite a waste of time. It was easy but the good side of it that it brought in extra money for us. So..." He started to take out a certain amount of cash he just received.

When he got the amount he wanted to give to her, he handed it to her. She took it and put the money in her purse. She kissed Maki on the cheek and walked out of the door, leaving the replicator alone in the house. Maki stretched himself and made his way to the kitchen for a quick snack.

He opened the fridge and found some cheese, butter and a quarter of chocolate kick. He opened a couple of cabinets and finally found what he was looking for in the third cabinet. He grabbed a piece of cheese and then took two slices of bread. He placed the cheese on one of the bread and covered the cheese with the second bread. After he finished making his quick sandwich, he placed everything back to its respective places.

Taking his sandwich, he walked to the second floor and walked to the balcony. He ate his sandwich while watching children with each other below. Watching the children playing with each other brought back memories of his childhood and his long time crush.

Flashback

A couple of children were playing in the busy streets of Konoha. It was the reign of the third Hokage known as the professor. There were two pink haired boys running from three other boys and about four girls. They were all playing tag and since that the two pink haired boys were the best in running, the group decided that they all have to try and catch the two of them.

Maki was laughing while running, "Hei, ni-san, can't you keep up?" Maki said to his older brother.

Hanaki, the older brother of Maki scoffed as he avoided a boy who tried to grab him, "I'm just getting warm up!"

The two continued running, jumping over dustbins and avoiding the citizens of Konoha as they ran by. When the two of them finally lost sight of their pursuers, the brothers ran into an alley to rest and catch their breath.

"Man," Hanaki said, leaning on a wall, "Those guys are really catching up. They seem to know how we work."

"Yeah," Maki agreed, "But we still lost them."

As if on cue, the two brothers were suddenly pushed on the ground as felt something heavy on them. Maki groaned in pain and looked up to find a girl with brown eyes. She has brown hair and had her tied in a pony tail. Despite being eight years old, Maki has a huge crush on her and his affections were pretty obvious.

He had constantly asked her on dates although she refused, saying that they were too young or she was too busy. Of course, Maki knew the truth. She was interested in another student in the academy. That guy was much more good looking and he was from the Nara clan. He is a freaking genius and Maki, despite studying and working hard could not keep up with him.

"Damn it, Himura!" Maki muttered, "You nearly scared me to death."

Himura giggled and got off of Maki, pulling him up, "Sorry. I guess we finally got you two!"

Hanaki chuckled as he dusted the dirt off his body, "I guess you guys finally caught us. So now we can play like normal, no more the two of us running from you guys."

"Yeah!" The group of pursuers cheered.

Maki however was looking at Himura the whole time. He always admired her. Even though her brown eyes are not green or blue, to him, it is the most beautiful eyes he has ever seen. If she unties her brown hair, he was even more mesmerized. He sighed as he knew that he can never have her. But that doesn't mean he can' try to win her affections.

The group of children then restarted the round, playing tag again and these time, Maki and Hanaki were the pursuers.

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Maki did not even realize he had finished eating his sandwich. He was so lost in thought that he didn't even know he finished his snack. 'Himura. Why did you have to leave Konoha?' Maki thought sadly.

She knew she migrated to the Sand village with her family. The main reason she left was that her long time crush, the Nara kid, had died in combat and she was depressed for weeks. Her family could not bear to take care of her like that and decided to move away. They claimed that Konoha has too many painful memories of her daughter's love so they moved.

Himura never even said goodbye to him. Maki and Himura were good friends, despite being in a different team. Himura was teamed up with that Nara kid and he knew that the two were dating but Maki never gave up. He still asked her on dates but not as much as he did. He was just happy that she was happy with her crush.

Still, at the age of sixteen, she left the village. Maki never saw her again but he still kept a special place of her in his heart. He had and will always love her. If he couldn't get her, no other will have him. He is, despite having a weird hair colour, good looking for his age.

That is one of the reason why he actually liked Ayame. He reminded her of Himura but he knew that she cannot replace her. That is the only reason why he has not asked Ayame on a date, despite her constant flirting.

Maki walked back into his house and walked into his room. He pushed away the thoughts of Himura and decided to rest. After all, he has to meet Naruto and Sakura today after they finish school. They were now ten years old and therefore, has to start the day that he had promised Naruto. And Sakura.

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Naruto and Sakura were glad when their last class finally ended. It was the end of the day and they can now go home. The two of them as usual walked next to each other, talking.

"So, how the test Iruka-sensei gave us earlier?" Sakura asked her blonde haired crush.

Naruto shrugged, stifling a yawn, "It was pretty easy for me. I think I can actually beat you this time."

Sakura scoffed, "Yeah right! That is like the fiftieth time you told me this!"

Naruto rubbed his hair and just laughed. Sakura watched as he laugh and couldn't help a small blush.

'He looks so cute.' Sakura thought inside her head.

'Yeah! Just look at him. Now, go and give him a full kiss on the lips!' Her inner said.

'Yeah, and... wait, WHAT??' Sakura was shocked. Her inner actually said that?

'Oh come on. You know you want to?' Her inner said, giving Sakura images of Naruto and her kissing.

'Shut up! We are too young and...'

'Oh, so you DO want to kiss him?' Her inner interrupted Sakura.

'Will you just shut up? Besides, I don't even know if he likes me.' Sakura told her inner.

"Sakura-chan, are you okay?" Naruto asked, worried. He was waving his hand in front of her face.

Sakura shook her head to clear her thoughts. She cursed softly at her inner, "Yeah," Sakura replied, smiling, "I just spaced out for a while."

"Oh, okay. Well, you want to come and eat Ramen with me?" He asked as the two of them walked out of the school.

Sakura started to sweat. Even though Naruto asked it to eat as friends, she thought of it as a date. "Ye-yeah.. I... I mean... o-of course." She stuttered.

"Sakura-chan, are you really okay? You're stuttering!" He was now concerned. Sakura rarely stuttered. The only girl he knew that stuttered was Hinata.

Before she could answer, a man suddenly appeared in front of them. The two looked up at him and they instantly recognized him. Who could not recognize a person who has dark pink hair like his crush?

"So," Maki started, looking at the two kids, "How was school today?"

"Good!" The two answered in unison.

Maki nodded, "Okay, that's good. Anyway, I came here for a reason today."

"Yeah," Naruto agreed, "You rarely come to meet us at school. I was about to eat some Ramen with Sakura-chan."

Sakura blushed at the thought. She was so waiting to eat with him but her uncle had to interrupt. She had to be careful when talking to her uncle when Naruto was present as Maki told her that he did not want Naruto to know that he was Sakura's uncle. She never knew why but just agreed.

"So what is your purpose, Maki-san?" Sakura said, feeling weird calling her uncle by name although her uncle didn't mind.

"Naruto," Maki said sternly, "You remember the conversation I had with you five years ago? The one I said that I will start training you when you reach the age I specified?"

Naruto nodded, "Yeah, when I am..." Naruto now knew what Maki was trying to say. His eyes went big as the realization struck him.

"It's today, isn't it?" Naruto asked Maki, excited that he gets to be trained by Maki. He has, over the five years of his time at the academy heard teachers talking about Maki when he showed up. He heard that he is one of the top Jounin's of Konoha and had a nickname, though he never heard of it yet.

"Naruto-kun, what's he talking about?" Sakura asked the boy next to him.

Naruto look at Sakura with excitement, "Maki promised me that he will start to train me PERSONALLY when I reach ten years old. He's going to train me today! I'm sure of it! Unless I am not ten years old."

"Yes, I will train you today." Maki answered plainly.

Sakura just absorbed the information and tried not to show her sadness. Her uncle had always promised that he would train her and now he was actually putting her crush first before her. Unfortunately for her, Maki noticed this and smiled.

"Don't worry, Sakura. I will also be training you." Maki said.

Sakura looked up at her uncle and he was smiling brightly at her. She smiled back. She should have trusted her uncle instead of having doubts. After all, her uncle always said that he loved her. What reason is there to doubt him?

"Alright then, meet me at training ground number two. I will meet you there and if the two of you can complete my exercise at the time I expect, I will treat the two of you for some Ramen!"

Naruto actually jumped and cheered, saying that he will do that for the sake of Ramen. Sakura looked at him and shook her head. She wonders sometimes what was it that makes her so attracted to him.

Maki disappeared in a puff of smoke and he was gone. Naruto took that as a 'start' to get to the training ground. Grabbing Sakura by the wrist, the two of them started running towards the training ground.

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Naruto and Sakura reached the training ground in just three minutes but running the whole way really took away their energy. Naruto placed two of his hands on his knees and gasping for air while Sakura just sat down, breathing heavily. A shadow blocked the sun for them and they looked at the figure that was blocking the sun.

"Well, that was fast." Maki commented. Naruto just gave his foxy grin as a response.

Maki then gave them a gesture to follow him which they obeyed. He allowed the two kids to sit beneath a tree to protect them from the heat of the sun while Maki is standing a few feet in front of them. He had his hands on his hips. After they finally were relaxed enough and got back their breath, Maki started.

"Alright, today I will not be training you yet. I will ask the two of you to do a sort of training exercise that will allow me to determine what class you two belong."

"Class? What do you mean? We never learnt any of that in the academy." Sakura asked curiously.

"Sorry," Maki apologized, "But these 'class' are my own personal creation. You won't learn in from the academy. I find it easier to analyze my enemies or allies by classifying them in to my 'class.'" Maki explained.

Naruto and Sakura now understood and Maki continued, "As I was saying, I said that you will be doing an exercise that will allow me to know what class you two belong. So let's get ready!"

"What's the class?" Naruo asked their new sensei.

"The two of you will be climbing a tree without using your hands." Maki explained the two young children.

"Climb a tree? Without hands?" Naruto asked in disbelief. That is impossible!

Maki sighed. He knew that the two wouldn't believe him. Well, he can't really blame them since he too, did not believe it when their sensei explained it to them. He gathered chakra to his feet until he got the desired amount and started to make his way to the tree that Naruto and Sakura are sitting under.

Just like he said, he is now climbing the tree without using his feet. He is climbing the tree like as if he is walking on the ground. Naruto had his mouth open and flies could actually fly in while Sakura watched in awe. She is not as surprised as Naruto as she once saw her uncle climbing a wall. At least now she can find out how he does it.

Maki climbed the tree until he reached a tree branch. He then sat on the tree branch and looked at the two kids, "Now, here is what you must do. You have to gather chakra to your feet to a specific amount. If you put too much chakra, you will be like jumping off the tree and if you put too little chakra, you will from the tree. Any questions?"

Sakura raised her hand. Maki nodded to signify to allow her to ask her question.

"So, just how does this help you determine our class?"

Maki simply grinned, "Just do as I ask and I will know."

The two academy students shrugged and started to gather chakra to their feet. Naruto let out a breath to try and calm himself and he ran towards the tree. He ran up the tree and he reached about half way to the branch where Maki sat when he accidentally put too much chakra. Just like Maki said, Naruto burst off the tree and landed on the ground.

Naruto scratched his head as he looked back at the tree. 'It's tougher than I thought.' Naruto thought to himself.

Sakura is next to run up the tree. To everyone's surprise, she is able to run up the tree easily and even ran higher where Maki sat. She reached the highest branch and sat there. She cheered on her success while Naruto is fuming.

'So, Sakura has better chakra control than Naruto. Interesting. Naruto was okay but he still needs to train more. Okay, now for my next exercise to determine their class.' Maki thought.

"Alright!" Maki said suddenly, catching the two students by surprise, "Now I want the two of you to continue doing this exercise. Even you Sakura, even though you are able to run to the top. I want you to repeat this exercise until you think you cannot go on." Maki explained.

So, Maki sat on that tree branch, watching the two young academy students running up and down repeatedly. Naruto is slowly improving while Sakura is running up with ease. After about twenty minutes, Sakura could not go further. Maki already knew where she belonged while Naruto continued on for another half an hour before he stopped.

Maki now stood in front of them with his arms crossed on his chest while the two academy students gathered back their energy. He is actually quite impressed at the two of them. They had completed his exercise quite fast.

"I have determined your class." Maki started.

Naruto and Sakura looked at Maki, waiting for him to continue.

"Naruto, I can see that your chakra control is average and you have high amount of chakra, given that you are still young. With your high amount of chakra, I can already tell what kind of techniques would be good for you. Your class is the offence and support."

Naruto nodded after Maki informed him his class. Maki then turned to his niece.

"Sakura, you have the best chakra control I have ever seen. I have never seen a ninja with such perfect control and at your age especially! However, you have a low amount of chakra and we will have to work on that. Your class is either being a medic or being a genjutsu specialist."

Sakura also nodded.

"Now," Maki said, "Naruto. With your high amount of chakra, I will teach you your first technique tomorrow. And this technique is also one of my favourites. It is how I got my nickname."

Maki formed a seal that is shaped like a 't.'

"Kage Bunshin no jutsu!"

There was a puff of smoke and then, an exact clone of Maki appeared next to him. Sakura and Naruto at first thought the technique is a simple clone but they realized that the clone is solid.

"Naruto, this technique does not need much chakra control, just high amount of chakra. You can increase the amounts of clone depending on how much chakra you put in. I, too have a high amount of chakra. Frankly speaking, I have the highest amount of chakra in the whole of Konoha. Of course, the Hokage USED to have more but now I surpass him."

Naruto nodded slowly. He is in awe. He can't believe he will be learning a technique that is Maki's favourite technique. He can't wait for tomorrow. He's probably going to have some trouble sleeping tonight. Maki watched as Naruto sat there trembling in excitement.

"Sakura, your chakra control allows you to actually be a specialist in genjutsu. Even though genjutsu is just supposed to attack the mind and put the enemy in a state on unconsciousness, your chakra control can actually allow you to probably drive the mind until he loses his sanity. It can even maybe kill. Or, you can be a medic. I would suggest this as Konoha lacks medics. You need excellent chakra control to be a medic but for now, I will teach you what I know of genjutsu. I can give you scrolls on how to learn some basics in healing but I have no knowledge of anything on that."

"But Maki-san," Sakura protested, "Couldn't you get one of the legendary sannin? I heard one of them is a legend in healing."

Maki smiled. Sakura actually knows one of the legendary sannin is actually impressive. He looked at Naruto who showed confusion. Not many people know about them as they have never actually seen them. Some thinks of it as a bluff but Maki knows the truth.

"It is true that Tsunade-sama is the best medic known in the ninja world but unfortunately, I have no idea where she is. All three of the legendary sannin has left Konoha."

Sakura sighed in frustration. It seems that Sakura is more interested in being a medic. That is actually good if she can succeed. Konoha can probably train another legendary healer with Sakura's abilities. He has hoped that she will one day ascent to greatness with her hopefully one day husband, Naruto.

Maki himself has been trying to help them to reveal their feelings for each other but it is easier said than done. Pushing away those thoughts, he clapped his hands to get the two children's attention.

"Alright, training for today is over. Now, how about that Ramen?" Maki asked and the two kids cheered, running for the exit and to get to Ichiraku as soon as possible. Maki followed the two from behind.

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In a distant land, a lone woman stood looking out of her window at the city. This is her home now. Her home of ten years. Despite possessing such beauty, she is still single as her heart belongs to another but that person is dead. She sighed heavily. She missed her homeland but it brings in too much pain of him.

There is a knock on the door and the door opened. A man, with a cloth covering his left eye entered the room. He had a rough voice and is one of the top Jounin of the sand.

"Himura-san, we have to depart for our mission." The man said with a commanding voice.

"Understood, Baki-san."

Himura heard the door close and sighed heavily. She gathered her weapons and got ready to leave her mission but she still had trouble pushing off her thoughts of Konoha. She regretted leaving in a hurry with her family. She never got to say goodbye to her best friend. She knew that he liked her but she never returned it as her heart belongs to him.

She sometimes wondered if she should have given him a chance. He wasn't that bad looking and he is actually beat her crush in the Chuunin exam even when her crush had more support. His talents for the shadow clone were what helped him win. She knew that he is now a powerful ninja and had no doubt that he is the ninja known as 'The Replicator.'

She walked out of the room and muttered softly, "I'm sorry, Maki-kun."

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It was night time in Konoha and Naruto prepared for sleep. He knew that Kakashi is currently watching him to protect him from the villagers. Despite hating Kakashi, he is grateful that the villagers no longer attack him. After brushing his teeth, he walked into his room and started to prepare for bed.

He closed his bedroom door and looked out the window. He saw Kakashi on a roof. Kakashi nodded and created a shadow clone. He then left, leaving the clone to watch over him. Naruto pulled the blanket up to his chest and closed his eyes, dreaming of a certain pink haired girl with green emerald eyes.

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Maki kissed Sakura on the forehead as she shifted in her sleep. Sakura thanked Maki when they reached home for training her. Maki really loved Sakura. She always thought of her loved ones no matter who they are.

He left Sakura's room and walked into his own room. He's tired after that training with the kids, watching them running up a tree. He has to teach them their techniques tomorrow. He opened a drawer and took out a scroll. The scroll will teach Sakura some basic healing abilities and he can teach Sakura a certain genjutsu. The genjutsu is a B-rank and he has no doubt that Sakura will master it in no time.

The shadow clone technique will be easy for Naruto with his high amount of chakra. He can probably create at least maybe even fifty. And he's just ten years old! He chuckled. He can't believe he has such high amount of chakra.

He dropped on his bed with his face in the pillow. He turned to face the window and looked out the window. It is a full moon tonight. He sighed and closed his eyes, thinking of a certain brown haired girl that has his heart.

"Himura-chan..." Maki murmured before he fell asleep, clutching his heart.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please Review this chapter. Next chapter will be time skip upto their graduation so yeah.