LEGEND:
'thoughts of human'
'thoughts of biju/summon'
"speech of human"
"speech of biju/summon"

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...I dont own Naruto!


Beyond good and evil - Fate

Chapter 7

Hard working genius

by traCky skAAr


Weeks passed and Naruto grew strong. He was at level of low genin. His progress wasnt like should be, simply he had no one to help him in his training or tell him how should he train to get best effect. But it didnt matter he wont ask Hokage for help. Boy didnt want own him to much after all he done for him.

One day Hokage brought to boy clothes he asked for. Now Naruto wore black pants, shirt and sandals. He was simply whole black besides his blonde hair. With change of clothes he changed his hair cut. It wasnt big change, only his hair didnt spike anymore like on glue.

Its seems that nothing will happen in near future. Szu began to bore and decided to ask his friend for mission.

"I think I got something for you Szu-chan." Naruto thought about many things lately and decided he want some informations. He didnt want her to do it cause its long term task but if she really is boring... "Your mission is to do research and find out as much as you can about few things. First is to find out if there are some people like me with sealed demons and everything you can find about tailed demons. Second and last is to find as much as you can about Orochimaru. Understand?"

"Yep Naruto-kun. Later." Szu soft hit him in face with tail and ran off from Naruto to leave village. 'Now there is only me and training. I will miss her.'

And he really did miss his fox friend but it didnt change anything about his training. Everyday Naruto trained to exhaustion. He had to wore bandages on hands thanks to his punching log while thinking that its sneak sennin. What he didnt know is that for few days he was watched by someone...

Hokage drown in paper work. It was beutiful day in Konoha and he had to spend it in his office.

"What bring you here Gai-san?" Asked old man in moment he sensed him behind himself.

"Hokage-sama I see you are full with flames of youth even at your age." Greeted Maito what made Hokage to sweet drop. "I want to take someone under my wings." Old man was surprised and interest in who would he had on mind. Gai seeing nod went step ahead and placed hand on desk with sound. "I want Uzumaki Naruto to be my student before I will take team of genins."

"Why want you train that boy?" Hokage thought the reason must be curious.

"Well he is only six years and yet he is already better than most of students in academy. Only thing he do is train to exhaustion day by day. He need someone to lead him. Naruto is genius type, if you explain or show him how to do something he will do it for sure in no time. I saw him doing D rank earth jutsu. When he will be older he can even master high rank jutsu in only day or two. But he wont leave it just that he can teach something quickly but he will work hard to get better and better. He work hard for power and never give up just like me!" Gai did 'nice guy' pose.

"You can take him as your student but know that you will have some long missions and you wont be able to be here whole time. Remember that he is still little kid and he isnt able to do as much as you."

"I understand Hokage-sama. You dont have to worry that I will change him into taijutsu user only, that would be waste of his chakra." Gai vanished. 'D rank earth jutsu? How possible...' Thought Sarutobi 'Or maybe Im worrying to much...'

Naruto sat on ground tired from training with hands and legs covered in blood from punching log for only god know how many times. 'Wounds and pain only makes me stronger. I have to train more!' Boy began to make some laps around training zone when he bumped in someone and fall down. He looked up to see smiling Maito Gai giving him hand to stand up. Naruto took hand and stood up.

"Gai-san. I didnt thank you for saving me back there. Sorry if took your training ground. Im to leave now." Said Naruto and turn around to walk away.

"From today you call me Gai-SENSEI!" He shout with last word.

"Say what?" Naruto was surprised, he turned around with raised air brow.

"Hokage-sama allowed me to train you and now you are student under my flames of youth!" Boy didnt know if he should be happy or begin to worry. 'I got my own sensei, sure he can teach me a lot especially in taijutsu but... I hope he dont make me to wear that green suit.' Image of himself in green spandex shouting about something stupid that doesnt make sense ran through his head. 'Everything have price...'

"Okay Gai-sensei when do we start?"

"Of course from now! We will run ten laps around Konoha!" Naruto raised air brow and decided to ask.

"But Gai-sensei in north is Hokage mountain..."

"Of course it is and we will get on top and down using only our hands ten times!"

'Im done... my sensei is insane!' Naruto began his training under Maito Gai. While running jonin said about his training plan on five years. Uzumaki was glad after all about being his student. Gai was experienced shinobi and best taijutsu specialist in village, yet he want to teach him best he can.

Month passed and Naruto understood methods Gai did on him. He didnt have to change clothes. Methods of training were hard and harsh but really helpful. On the second day sensei brought his student weights in which he done everything but sleeping and washing. Usually Naruto slept about 6-7 hours. Someone could say that Gai is a freak but he gained Narutos respect. Boy remember day in which he asked his sensei why he want to train him. Maito said that he is someone new of his kind. After speech about two types of shinobi, that are prodigies and hard workers he called Uzumaki hard working genius. That was true but the reason Naruto wanted power wasnt that nice like it looks. Kyuubi vessel decided to not tell about his main goal in life cause Gai could stop training him or something else could happen.

"Naruto-kun! Your flames of youth shall never vanish! But for now they will be separated with mines." Boy knew what he had mean.

"So you are going on mission Gai-sensei?" He asked. Gai nodded in respond and said.

"Yep, I will be back in two or three weeks. You will do our normal training everyday! And when I back I shall start teach you taijutsu cause you are almost strong enough." Gai said and started crying. "Im proud of you young student! You are so young and yet strong!" And he hugged Naruto. That catch boy from surprise.

"Hmm... thanks I guess... Could you stop?" He asked embarrassed.

"Yosh! Good luck Naruto-kun and see you soon."

"Same here Gai-sensei."

Next day Naruto woke up with Szu sleeping on his stomach. He gently took her, stood up and placed her on bed. After shower and breakfast he went to make his morning training. When he get back to apartment fox still slept. 'Guess she is tired... or more lazy than before!'

Later that day at evening Uzuamki sat at lake and soon Szu joined him. They were silent and watched sunset. Like always that same person was returning to his house from training near lake. When night came boy finally spoke.

"Szu-chan Im glad you are back and all safe." He said and took her on laps.

"Im happy to be back too. And I have everything you needed." Szu stated proudly. "Mission completed." She added.

"Well tell me what you know and later I will tell you what happened here." Naruto proposed.

"Deal." Boy smiled. "Well Kyuubi is bijuu and bijuu are mythical demon beasts with tails. There are nine of them total, and they all have unique characteristics and powers. Each of them has a different number of tails. Each of them has a name that corresponds to the number of tails it has. The bijuu are essentially enormous masses of chakra." Szu paused waiting for nod to continue that she received. "I only found one person that is like you. Naruto-kun you are jinchuriki, host of demon. If you will die then Kyuubi will die also." She looked at Naruto and continued. "Gaara of the Desert like they call him is host of the one-tailed Shukaku. He is feared and hated by whole village but he seems nice to me. Also I know that the sanbi isnt sealed in anybody. Thats all I found out about first part." Naruto didnt say a word for a few minutes.

"Okay, thats for the first part what about sneak freak?" Boy asked with interest.

"I found out that he left village after not being chosen for Hokage. Now he is leading his own village hidden in sound in Rice Country. He is very dangerous sennin and his goal is to destroy Konoha. Nothing more." Naruto was pissed of. 'So he summoned Kyuubi to get rid of Yondaime and take Hokages sit for himself. But why?'

"Okay you did great Szu-chan. Lets go to apartment to eat something and rest."

"So what happened while I was on mission." Said lazy fox.

"Well you see after you..." And he told her everything about his new sensei and training. Szu was happy for his friend that he found someone to teach him.

Uzumaki thought many about how to get information he needed. 'Hokage must have something about him. After all 'he' was his student, wasnt he?' Boy decided that its another mission for Szu but this time he need to do something to help her. If someone spot her then they can recognize her next day and they will get in deep shit. Naruto realized that he read about Inuzuka clan in one of books Hokage gave him. They have many tricks that Szu and Naruto could use. Inuzukas used dogs in fight, they can talk with them as well. Naruto decided to infiltrate into their mansion and steal what they need.

"Listen up Szu-chan, here it goes operation..."


A/N: 7th Chapter done, please review. Here it comes operation... you want to know? Then wait for next chapter! Ya do realize that soon Naruto and Szu will be better in stealing than fighting xD! If their mission success? If Naruto will find a way to get Sandaimes private notes about his student? Just read...