Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto only my oc.

Warning: yaoi, don't like I don't care.

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Chapter 3

The rest of the week flew by, with me training and getting stronger, until it was time to meet with the Hokage.

As I was getting ready, I looked at myself in the mirror. In the last week, I grow up 6 inches (15 cm) and now stood at 130 cm tall. My body also become healthier thanks to Gai and with proper nutrition I even started developing muscles. I knew that my physical changes might make the third Hokage suspicious to the point he might refuse to teach me the kage bunshin no jutsu.

Because of this when I met Hiruzen at the ramen stand, I wasn't wearing my mask or hat but a big old orange shirt and black shorts with a little dirt on it. As I ran and hugged him while wearing Naruto's 'happy go lucky' mask. calling him jiji and all that.

"Well hello to you too Naruto-kun, how have you been?" He asked while putting my head.

I just smiled at him and shouted, "I'm great jiji! and guess what, guess what." jumping around him, "I started to read ahead on the academy books so this year I will be the best, dattebayo!" Stupid Verbal tic, note to myself to get rid of it.

The old man just smiled kindly and lead us to the ramen stand, ordering us two bowls of ramen while I rambled about this and that, and how great of a shinobi I will become.

After I finished my fourth bowl, I asked to go to an abended training ground to show him 'how awesome I am', putting the blue puppy eyes to use. He didn't have a choice but to agree to go after paying for our food.

As we walked there with me jumping all over the place and shutting nonsense, I absorbed Hiruzen from the side.

He really let himself go.

The so-called 'God of Shinobi' was nothing but a broken and depressed old man.

I did understand that the death of his wife must really hurt him, not talking about Minato and Kushina, who died that night and god knows how many shinobi. I knew people got depressed from such things but I also thought that after being a shinobi throughout his life and Hokage too, he will at least have some sense of responsibility and will not let his depression affect the village.

I mean Hinata's kidnapping that ended with Neji's father death or the Uchiha massacre a week ago, could have gone differently if hiruzen had grown a pear and stood for what was right or at least chosen a new successor to be Hokage.

But noooo… he had to take the Hokage sit, knowing his time was already up and every time something bad happens run away from the problem only to get miserable after that same problem blow up all over the place, ending with someone's death.

It was sad and I kind of felt sorry for him, but I really couldn't do anything about it right now, except use his pitiful state for my benefit.

When we reached the training ground, I started showing him the kawarimi and the henge jutsus, making sure to not make too great of display, just replacing places with a rock the size of his shoe and henge to a girl my age.

But when I made the clone, I made sure that hiruzen saw that it was solid when I got "angry" and kicked it.

"Jiji you gut to help me, no matter what I do the clone is always looks dead." and for good mager I throw my hands in the air and whined as well.

"Well Naruto I don't know, you will just have to keep trying." he said smiling wisely.

But I was not about to give up just yet "But jiji I read that this happens when you have a lot of chakra so the best way to fix it is if you will teach me a stronger bunshin jutsu."

Raising an eyebrow, "Really now? And where did you learned that?" he asked.

He knew what I wanted from him but he was making me ask for it, the old bastard. At least he didn't sound suspicious, so it was time to bring up the big guns.

"Well you see jiji I went to the library and read that there are different kind of bunshin." I said while shifting on my feet "But only two of them rely on chakra only and it's this one." pointing at the dead look alike "And the one called kage bunshin no jutsu but there was no information on how to do it, please jiji I have to learn how to do it so I wouldn't be the dead last this year please..." I clap my hand in front of me with sad desperate puppy dog eyes on the verge of tears.

I could see the old man braking under my stare and being defeated. I really deserve an Oscar for this.

"Ok Naruto-kun let me show you the hand seals."

After he shows me the hand sales, I try it a couple of times and failing on purpose by putting too little chakra into it.

Only when jiji leaves, after giving me the monthly allowance and promise to meet next month, do I go all out and make 50 clones and smile.

It was time to abuse the hell out of this jutsu.

For the start, I needed to learn all the basics so I told the 50 clones to start the leaf sticking and spinning chakra control exercise, and afterward made another 100 clones and order them to henge themselves to different people and go to the shinobi and the civilian libraries and have them read everything an academy student and a potential genin is allowed to read in order to increase my knowledge on Konoha and the other four villages.

Which reminds me that I need to buy a bingo book as it will help me explain how I know some of my future knowledge.

While my clones worked on chakra control and information gathering, I started to work physically. I made 30 more clones;10 did katas and another 10 practice throwing shuriken and kunai. It would not help me physically but the memory will let me know the do and don't when I will practice it myself. After I warmed up, I started to spare with the last 10 clones. It was no joke, they kicked my ass all the way to Sunday, but after quick recovery I went back to training.

It continued this way all week, waking up at 3:30am eating something light, at 4 am going to train with Gai on my taijutsu and weapons, At 9am going home to shower and eat large breakfast while sanding clones to the liberty and practicing chakra control, the academy's jutsus, weapons and katas. After resting and recovering going to practice taijutsu, weapons and ninjutsu.

I mostly worked on the kawarimi to get used to the feeling of it, and after one of my clones found shunshin no jutsu (body flicker technique), I was determined to master it too just the way Shisui Uchiha did and recreate his technique.

All in all, as much as the training was tiring, it brought a sense of satisfaction and hope for the future to get stronger. In two weeks since I remembered my past life, I managed to get from a 115cm, starved and abused 8 years old child, to an 137cm academy second year student with the strength of a genin. I was very proud of yourself.

So when I woke up to the day to go back to the academy, I felt a little disappointed to waste time learning things that I already knew. I knew I needed to be there and if I will get too bored I would just sent a clone instead I decided. With a sigh, I got out of my bed and went to the bathroom to clean up. When I was done, I got dressed and went to the kitchen to eat a light breakfast. After two apples and a cup of tea, I went to train with Gai, I told him the day before that I would have to cut our training time because the academy will be starting at 8am, he said he understand and would train 10 times more for the time I will be gone for my YOUTHFUL studying. I just smiled and didn't say anything.

In the second week of my training with Gai, he increased my weights from 10kg to 60kg on each arm and leg because of my fast healing and recovery.

He also helped me with my kunai and shuriken, how best to throw right on target, and when I asked him if he knew any kenjutsu because I wanted to learn to wield a sword, he started to train me with a pair of Shinais*.

It was no wonder Ten-ten became such a good weapon mistress. Gai was really a genius and the fact he was willing to help people that asked without prejudice only made me respect him more, not 'Rock Lee' respect, but in a the way a 'student sees a great teacher' respect.

When we were done training, it was 7am so I went home quickly, made one clone to make breakfast and a bento, and another one to pack up my school books in my bag while I was in the shower, I walked out of the bathroom just as the clones dispelled and I got to get dressed.

I put on black shinobi pants with black fitting sleeveless shirt, black fingerless gloves and a dark blue jacket. I decided to continue wearing my mask and gray hat to hide my very eye catching features.

The end result looked good so after putting one of my kunai pouch on my left thigh and the second one on my right back hip, I took my bento put it in my bag, wore my black shinobi shoes and left my apartment.

Shinai*- (竹刀) is a weapon used for practice and competition in kendo representing a Japanese sword.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

I hope you liked and enjoyed this chapter because it my present to you all.

DarkDust27 asked if in this story, Naruto will end up with a guy or if there will be just a gay pairing somewhere in this story, and the answer is yes for both. I have a reason for it that will be explained later.

Again, happy Christmas and please review.

See you next time.