Sorry it has taken me a while to finish this chapter. The creative juices don't always flow and what I had before for this chapter was utter crap.
Just so we are clear, I haven't done much with internal dialogue(thinking), but there will be some in this chapter and hopefully more from now on.
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
I do not own Naruto.
It was now Friday. Just two weeks ago the Uchiha Clan had carried out their coup and the village had finally gotten back to normal. Earlier that week the funeral for the clan was held and all the other loose ends were tied up. In just a few more weeks the remaining Uchiha's would move back into the compound. Some people were still depressed from the events, but most were happy to be back to normal. Naruto, himself, was ecstatic to start his training with his father the next day.
Minato was feeling better after the two weeks. He could finally get a good nights rest in his own bed. He was still busy everyday; the piles of paperwork come in almost as fast they were done. Along with dealing with the Uchiha Clan matters, he had to take precautions because of Danzo leaving. He asked Jiraiya in his letter to keep an ear out for any news on Danzo. Along with that, he had to change all of the daily patrols along the village boarder and then he had to deal with the Anbu. He had to make sure none of the remaining Anbu were ones that were loyal to Danzo. Knowing the old war hawk any precaution he didn't take could be used against him.
Jiraiya also just returned to the village. In the letter he received it had asked him to return. Minato was worried that during the weak state of the village, the other villages or assailants would take advantage of them. True he was feared by the other villages, but some still dared to challenge him and if there was any chance, it was now.
He was sure Iwa wouldn't try anything, they learned their lesson in the last war. Suna and Kiri were too weak independently to currently challenge them, but Kumo was really the only village that worried him. The Raikage would be the only man to challenge him. Minato had clashed with A several times during the Third Shinobi War and the man was very fast. Unless you could dodge him you didn't stand much of a chance against his brute strength.
He knew A was also making grabs at anything to increase his village's power. He attempted years ago to get the Byakugan and he was lucky the last thing Minato wanted was war. He also searched for
any other Kekkei Genkai or forbidden jutsu that could make him stronger. That along with the fact they had a perfect Jinchuuriki; they were a force to be weary of.
But with Jiraiya of the Sannin in town nobody would even dare to try anything.
Jiraiya walked straight to Minato's office. He heard many rumors and many did not sound good. In his letter it was said only a portion of the clan would revolt, but the rumors said the entire clan was gone. It wasn't like his student to cause the genocide of an entire clan, so something else must have happened. Wondering, he slipped in through Minato's window seeing that he wasn't in a meeting with someone else.
"Welcome back, Jiraiya-sensei." Minato said hearing his window slide open and not looking up from his desk. After all, Jiraiya was one of the very few people that preferred his window over the door.
"Your as sharp as ever." Jiraiya said.
"Hardly. A few weeks without much sleep has gotten too me. Only last night I had a decent rest." Minato said as Jiraiya came in and closed the window behind him.
"Well you shouldn't push yourself. I don't need my student to drop dead before I do."
"The Sandaime did just fine and look at how old he is. I don't think I will have to worry about working myself to death. Anyways, enough about death, I'll fill you in on the situation." Minato said and then proceeded to tell Jiraiya about the entire incident. Jiraiya was shocked, however not surprised at Madara's move. After hearing the entire situation Jiraiya brought his own news.
"There are rumors of a new organization. They are a group of S-classed missing-nins called the Akatsuki. So far that's all we know, but because of the fact they are all S-classed they are going to cause a bit of trouble." said Jiraiya.
"A group like that will only cause trouble. We'll have to just keep an eye on them; we already have enough problems to deal with as it is." said Minato.
"Anyways, how is this godson of mine? I figure it's about time I meet the boy, now that he can do something besides cry and eat." said Jiraiya adverting to a lighter subject.
"Well, he still eats a lot and has the most energy I have ever seen. He does good at the academy, but from what I hear he has a lot trouble with his Bunshins. I started him with Fuuinjutsu a few years ago and has done amazingly well with learning the basics and he has started to learn about some of the more advanced techniques. I am sure some day he will be a master at sealing." said Minato in confidence.
"That's good to hear. Not enough people know fuuinjutsu now a days. I don't know why cause I find it to be pretty handy at times. Does he know about his package yet?" Jiraiya asked much more seriously.
"No. I was hoping to wait a few more years yet. When he is ready I will tell him, I'm just worried about how he will take the news."
"Don't worry Minato. If he is anything like you, I am sure he will understand. Besides, I don't think anybody could come to really hate you." Jiraiya said assuring Minato.
"Thank you, sensei. Why don't you come over for supper tonight and meet him?" Minato asked.
"Sure, sounds great. I have a bit of business to take care of first, so I'll stop by later."
"Okay and before you go, the patrols around the hot springs have increased." Minato said as Jiraiya had a disappointed look; he stepped out before he could hear any more news that would ruin his day.
A few hours later, Naruto got out of the academy. It was another boring day where he had decided to take a nap in class. Iruka, of course, disrupted his nap and made him stay after again. Naruto tried to get Iruka to buy ramen that night, but apparently he already had plans.
So Naruto decided to walk around the village. He was excited to start some real training. Before he only practiced what he learned in school or got from his father's scrolls. Now he could get some real teaching from his Dad and the other shinobi. Of course, now that he would focus on training so much, he wouldn't have much time for the pranks he pulled. So he might as well get a few pranks in before he wouldn't have any time.
He decided to make his way to the hot springs. It was one of his favorite places to prank. The steam there made it easy to hide and nobody would expect a thing. Every once and a while he would catch a pervert there trying to take a peek and he figured he would get them. That's what they deserve for being pervy.
Naruto snuck in and brought with him some of his favorite seals. They were pretty simple ones; it was a seal that would activate when stepped on. Much like taking an item out of a sealing scroll; when activated it would unseal some paint. It could also be remotely activated if they didn't activate when stepped on. Really useful and nobody ever expected it, at least the civilians didn't.
He laid one down on the ground right outside the doorway. Anybody that wanted to go for a soak would come through here and it was guaranteed to go off. As he laid it down he heard an old man giggling. Today would be good, he could also get another one of those perverts. He went in the direction of the man and found an old guy with long, spiky white hair.
The man was crouched on the ground and had a notebook he was writing in. He was by far the weirdest of the perverts he came across. He was also so absorbed in peaking he didn't notice Naruto had come up and was standing near him. Getting impatient, he called the man out.
"Hey, you old pervert. What do you think your doing?" Naruto said condescending.
"Beat it kid, I'm busy. Why don't you go play in the road with all the other kids." Jiraiya said not looking from his peaking hole. He hated to be disturbed from his 'research', especially by a little kid who couldn't begin to appreciate the sight before him.
Naruto was now ticked off. He placed one of his seals right in the old perverts path and left him. If he wasn't so focused on being a pervert then he would have seen what Naruto did. Now Naruto decided to just take a seat at the edge of the place and wait for his seal to activate. Usually he couldn't sit still for long, but he wanted to witness this.
'I can't wait for the old perv to get what he deserves. Nobody treats me like dirt and gets away and besides, I played in the road yesterday.' Naruto thought in anticipation.
It wouldn't be long until Jiraiya wasted enough time with his infamous hobby. He stood up and headed for the exit. Taking two steps, he stepped on the seal activating it and was covered in paint. For a civilian to fall for such a trap was understandable. For one of the greatest ninja's alive, it was embarrassing. What if it had been a paper bomb there, that would have easily taken his foot off.
Besides his harmed reputation, he was covered in paint. He knew it had to be that kid from earlier. He was the only one who had come in besides him. Before he went in search of him he decided to clean up. He made his way towards the exit again and this time he saw it. He removed the carefully concealed seal from the ground and inspected it.
'Whoever made this obviously had experience with seals, but where would a child get one or get somebody to make one. This seal wasn't too advance, but it wasn't something you could make with just a basic understanding of them. I'm sure that little runt couldn't have made it, but I can investigate this later." Jiraiya said putting the seal away for later. It wasn't the time for him to worry about it, he went in and cleaned off. Seeing the time, he figured he better head off to Minato's.
But before he left the place he took another look around for the child that bothered him. Problem was, he didn't know what the kid looked like and it also looked like he was long gone.
Naruto saw the man get cover in paint. He had to force himself not to laugh. He saw the man looking around for him, but lucky for Naruto he had become an expert at hiding himself. Trying to evade the Anbu paid off yet again.
He then realized the man had disabled his other seal. This had been a first. No civilian would know how to disable it, so was the old pervert really a ninja? If that was true he was out of there. The second he went inside to clean up Naruto left and made his way home. He saw the lights on and figured his father was home.
"Hey, Dad." Naruto said as he walked in. His father was in the kitchen preparing supper. His dad had more food on the table than normal, so something was up. "What's with all the food?"
"My sensei has come back to town. I invited him over for dinner." said Minato finishing with the last of the food.
"You mean Master Jiraiya?" Naruto asked with interest.
"Yes. He should be here soon. He hasn't seen you since you were a few months old, so he wants to meet you." said Minato. Just then there was a knocking on the door and Minato asked Naruto to get it.
Naruto went and opened the door. He stood there in shock, mostly because the man before him was the same old pervert he pranked at the hot springs. He didn't know what to say, but Jiraiya spoke before he could.
"So you must be Naruto, all grown up now I see." Jiraiya said looking at his godson with a smile. Naruto was still surprised and finally got out of his stupor.
"WHAT!? YOUR MASTER JIRAIYA!" he shouted in shock.
"Oh sorry, I forgot to introduce myself." Jiraiya said as he struck his pose.
"From the lands of Mount Myoboku. One of the legendary Sannin. The man all the ladies love and all men want to be. I am the Great Toad Sage, Jiraiya!" he shouted disturbing the entire village, leaving Naruto dumbfounded.
"Are you sure? If I'm not mistaken, your just the old pervert I saw at the hot springs." Naruto said hardly impressed with the sage. Jiraiya was visibly disturbed by his disrespect.
"OH? So you were the little brat who got me covered in paint. I'll forgive you this once cause I was impressed by the seal you made." Jiraiya said stepping in and patting Naruto on his head to show he was forgiven, which annoyed Naruto.
"Good Evening, sensei. I see you met Naruto. I just finished the food, so we can eat now." Minato said and everyone went in and sat down to eat. Jiraiya and Minato mostly chatted between themselves. It seemed it was the truth, that this old pervert was his Dad's sensei. Minato always talked about how great Jiraiya was, but he seemed to forget the fact he was a pervert. Minato, noticing his son deep in thought, he brought him out.
"What are you thinking about, son?"
"Ah, I still don't buy it. You always said Jiraiya was this great ninja, but as far as I know, he is just a pervert. Which you never seemed to mention." said Naruto eying both Jiraiya and his father.
"Hey, watch it kid! I am not just a pervert." said Jiraiya.
"Really? Then what are you?" he asked. Jiraiya then let out a perverted grin.
"I'm a super pervert."
"Like that's much better." Naruto said even less impressed.
"That's enough, Naruto. I may have never mention Jiraiya's habits, but he is still the great ninja I always talked about." said Minato reassuring his son.
"Alright, then prove it...Ero-Sennin." said Naruto. Jiraiya surprised at his new nickname and Minato couldn't help not laughing.
"Fine then shorty. I'll show you how great I am and then you'll treat me with some respect." Jiraiya said as he walked outside followed by Naruto and Minato. He went into a big clearing, bite his finger, performed several hand signs, and then slammed his hand on the ground.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu" Jiraiya yelled as a big cloud of smoke appeared. From the cloud came the larger toad Gamabunta and Jiraiya stood on top leaning forward on one knee. "Is this cool enough for ya?"
"Whoa! That's awesome!" Naruto shouted as he ran around the giant toad in his childish manor.
"What's the meaning of this Jiraiya? Whose the runt?" Gamabunta asked Jiraiya.
"Hey! I'm not a runt; I just haven't had a growth spurt yet." Naruto shouted from the ground, pointing his finger at the toad.
"Calm down Naruto. Hey, Gamabunta." Minato said watching from a distance.
"Minato, I see, so this is your son."
"What? You know him, Dad?" Naruto asked.
"Of course. You know I have a contract with the toads."
"Well, yeah, but I have never seen you summon this one." said Naruto in protest.
"I haven't had a reason too. I haven't been in a battle where I needed his assistance and yes, Gamabunta. This is my son, Naruto. Naruto, this is Gamabunta, the chief toad of Mount Myoboku."
"Oh, so cool!" Naruto said.
"So this is Naruto. He doesn't look like much." Gamabunta said in disappointment.
"Hey! I'll show you. One day I'll be Hokage and the greatest ninja ever! Just wait, you'll see, Chief!"
said Naruto, not pleased by Gamabunta's observation.
"Yeah, right. The day you can summon me is the day toads can fly. Now if you excuse me, I was just in the middle of my meal." Gamabunta said and with that, he was out in a giant puff of smoke. Jiraiya was now on the ground and walked up to where Minato and Naruto were at.
"Can you show me something else Ero-Sennin, please?" Naruto begged the man. Just minutes ago he was barely impressed by the man and now he was begging to be shown more. Jiraiya let out a chuckle and smiled.
"I can show you later. It's been a long day." said Jiraiya to Naruto's disappointment.
"He's right, Naruto. Besides, Jiraiya will be helping you out in your training. He can show you then."
"Really? I can't wait! What will be working on first, Dad?" Naruto asked.
"Well, first we have to see where you are at and then we will likely work on just the basics. It will be a long time before you do anything advanced. So just be patient." Minato said. Knowing patience wasn't in Naruto's vocabulary. They went in and finished the meal. Naruto went to bed and Jiraiya had gone off to the place he was staying at. Minato got a few things together for their training session and went to bed himself.
Naruto was at the training field by one. He arrived early and was waiting for his father. He stood at the entrance to the training field waiting for them. He assumed his father would have been there on time, but apparently he was held up for some reason.
At a quarter after one, Naruto finally saw his father coming down the path. He was accompanied by Jiraiya and Kakashi. It was surprising they were only fifteen minutes late if they brought Kakashi. He saw his dad was carrying with him several scrolls, which must be for his training.
"Your late." Naruto said in disappointment.
"Sorry, Naruto. That would be my fault, I was kept longer than I planned." said Minato.
"So you mean Kakashi was actually on time for something." said Naruto doubtingly.
"Have some faith in me, Naruto. I can be on time if I want to." said Kakashi as he put away his perverted novel.
"Well, since were here now, let's begin. Can you show me the jutsu's you learned in the academy?" Minato asked.
"I can perform a Henge and Kawarimi with no problem, but I can't make a Bunshin yet."
"Well go ahead and try both." Minato said. Naruto perform a henge of his father with no problem. Then he performed a Kawarimi. He then tried to create a Bunshin, but nothing happened. Frustrated, he tried a second and third time. The third time nothing still happened and his father stopped him.
" Your hand seals are right, but how much chakra are you using, Naruto?" Minato asked trying to find discover the problem.
"Well, I started off with what I thought was right. Then I started using more and more." Naruto explained and Jiraiya started to think to himself.
"Try using the least amount you can and then work your way up each time." Minato said.
"Alright." Naruto said and then he ran through the jutsu several times, yet not getting it to work.
"Now I am using even more than I hand the first time." Naruto said in defeat and Minato had a wondering look. Jiraiya and Kakashi were also puzzled.
'If I remember correctly, the Kyuubi's seal was designed to let some chakra leak into Naruto's chakra supply. So it would make sense he has an abnormally large chakra supply. While that may be good, it also means he will have a harder time with chakra control.' Jiraiya thought about the seal and confident he had deduced the problem he turned to Kakashi.
"Kakashi, could you take a look with your Sharingan?" Jiraiya asked.
"Sure, Master Jiraiya. It's worth a try." Kakashi said revealing his Sharingan.
"Now Naruto, I want you to try it again with the least amount you can use." said Jiraiya as he watched Naruto try again. Again nothing appeared, but Kakashi had a surprised look on his face when Naruto performed the jutsu. Using his Sharingan he could see chakra and if Jiraiya was right, he could see how much he had used.
"From what I can see, it seems you are using at least twice as much as you need for a normal clone." Kakashi said as he covered his eye again.
"As I thought, you have a large chakra supply, Naruto. While this may seem like a blessing, it also means your chakra control is terrible. Unlike others your age, they have a small chakra supply and it is easier for them to draw out the small amount needed for this jutsu. Unless you can draw upon the small amount needed for a clone, you will continue to unbalance the jutsu and it will never work." Jiraiya said making the problem obvious.
"So what can I do, Ero-Sennin?"
"It's simple. You just need to practice your chakra control. It's something every ninja needs to know anyways. If you continue to waste chakra like you do on a jutsu you will run out very fast in battle. It won't matter that you have a large amount of chakra if you burn through it faster than your enemy."
"Maybe we can start with tree climbing then. For this you just need to accumulate chakra in your feet and use it too stick to the trunk of the tree. Too little chakra and you won't stick and with too much you'll launch yourself off of the tree. It is also harder to use chakra from your feet than your hands. It may be hard to get at first, but this is something most shinobi should know. Alright, try it now." Minato said as he climbed a tree with just his feet.
Naruto started to gather chakra into his feet. Once he had a decent amount he ran at the tree and put his foot onto the trunk. Once he brought his other foot up, he fell back onto the ground and bruised his head. Not wanting to hurt himself more, he turned to Kakashi with an idea.
"Hey, Kakashi. Could you tell me when I have gathered enough chakra?" he asked.
"No, Naruto. You can't use me just as a shortcut; you have to find the right amount yourself. It's obvious you didn't launch yourself off, so just use more." Kakashi said. It was true Naruto had to be self reliant, but it was also true Kakashi liked to see Naruto fall to the ground. For the next half hour Naruto continued to try and climb the tree. He found it a lot harder to use chakra from his feet. Once Minato called him away from that he had only started to get enough to stick to the trunk.
"That's enough for now, Naruto. You can work on that later. Let's see how good your taijutsu is. You are going to spare with Kakashi while me and Jiraiya observe." Naruto and Kakashi got ready to spare as Minato and Jiraiya watched.
Naruto only knew the style taught at the academy. He was able to use the style okay at best and he made up some moves along the way. Kakashi had no trouble holding him off and while his made up moves surprised him, they were still easy to dodge. Naruto had noticed Kakashi was surprised at his made up moves and tried to use them to create an opening. Kakashi noticed what he was trying to do, but he only had to put in a little more effort to keep himself covered. After twenty minutes the sparing was called off. Naruto was mad he couldn't get Kakashi, but there was no way he could take down a Jounin at his level.
"That's good you two. I brought these scrolls that I thought would fit you, Naruto. They revolve around using mostly speed to get at your enemy. It is also just a basis, so that means you will have lots of room to add in moves of your own. From what I could see, you seem to be able to make up moves on the fly and being able to surprise your enemies could win you the fight. Why don't we see what you can do with weapons now." Minato said as he indicated the two scrolls with taijutsu moves.
Naruto took his place several meters from a tree with a target on it. He took several shuriken in each hand and threw them at each target. Once he threw all the shuriken he was given, he could see his skill with them was above average. No doubt that his training with Sasuke had greatly improved his proficiency with the weapons. The same was with the kunai. Minato was pleased and didn't need to see anything more.
"Alright, how about we see what you can do with genjutsu. Do you know any?" Minato asked.
"No, I am the worst at genjutsu. I can't break through one either. Could it be the same reason I have trouble with making clones?"
"Possibly, but I'll put you under a simple one and see if you can break through this." Minato said as he put a genjutsu on Naruto. Naruto recognized that he was under one and tried to break through. After several attempts he still couldn't break it. Minato waited a few minutes and seeing he wasn't going to break through, he released him.
"Jiraiya-sensei will be able to help you with breaking through genjutsu's. I also doubt you will have any skill at casting them, but knowing a basic one can't hurt. Why don't we try this next." Minato said pulling out a small piece of paper. He handed it to Naruto who didn't have a clue what to do with it, so Minato explained.
"When you channel chakra into this piece of paper it will react and indicate your affinity. Every person has their own unique nature affinity. So just channel some chakra into the paper and we can see what your affinity is." Naruto did as his father said. The paper had just split down the middle into two, amazing Naruto.
"So what's my affinity?" he asked.
"Your affinity is wind. Very few people have this affinity." Minato said.
"Cool. What was your affinity, Dad? I have never seen you use an elemental jutsu." Naruto asked. Minato pulled out another piece of paper and held it in his fingers. Like it had with Naruto, the paper split in half.
"So, you have wind too, Dad. What about you Kakashi? Ero-Sennin?"
"Mine is lightning, Naruto." Kakashi said.
"And I have fire."
"Okay, so what do we do now that I know my affinity?"
"Well this means that you are best suited for wind style attacks. It doesn't mean you can't use attacks of different elements, but it just means your wind ones will be the strongest and easiest for you to perform. Most wind techniques are short-to-mid range tactics. They can cause a lot of damage and can easily cut your opponents to pieces if strong enough. You can also channel your wind chakra into blades and it will make them sharper and much more deadly."
"When can I learn to do that?" he asked in awe.
"First you have to master your element, so that you can use it effectively. This process generally takes years. To master wind, just try to cut a leaf in half with just using you chakra. I'll show you." Minato said as he grabbed a leaf and placed it in between his palms. He channeled his chakra and then displayed a leaf cut in half.
"It's pretty early at the moment for you to be practicing elemental training, Naruto. So something like this can wait a while, your chakra control is the most important thing for you to practice at the moment. Why don't you show us what you have done with sealing and then we can call it a day."
"Well, over the last two years I have mostly solidified my understanding of the basics. I can make a simple paper bomb. Along with increasing its range and power. I have also created seals like paper bombs that can release smoke, poison, and even flashing light blinding the enemy. I am working on a design for one to release fire, but from what I have researched I just can't find a way to seal the fire yet. I have a seal that can be activated by stepping on or doing it remotely that could release anything. A seal I am working on now is a directional paper bomb. I don't think it's use will be practical, but it's just an explosion forced into one direction that should keep the user safe if he were right behind the seal. I can also make the seals for sealing scrolls and that covers most of what I have created so far. I have just started to look into some more of the intermediate techniques."
"That's impressive for your age, Naruto. Most Jounin's don't even know that much about fuuinjutsu." said Jiraiya appraisingly.
"If you keep up the pace you will pass me in no time, son. Now don't forget, you have training next Monday morning. From now on your mornings before you go to the academy will be spent on physical training and conditioning. After your time at the academy you can spend it on your homework and what I train you. I can't be available during the week so Jiraiya and Kakashi will be more than willing to help you out if you need assistance. In a few months, once you get your chakra control to an acceptable level, we can start on learning some jutsu's." Minato said proud of his son's progress.
"Don't worry, Dad. I'll have this chakra control down in no time." Naruto said with his usual confidence.
"I never doubted you." Minato replied. With that, the four of them headed off to Ichiraku's for dinner.
Monday morning came and Naruto was up for his training. His father didn't tell him his teacher for some reason and that only made him more excited. He made his way to the training field he was told to report to and found himself at the flight of stairs heading up to the field. On his way up he heard a voice loud enough to wake up the entire village.
"GOOD MORNING, NARUTO! I SEE YOUR FLAMES ARE BURNING BRIGHTLY THIS MORNING!" Gai yelled. Naruto stood there in fear and worry. Would his father really get Gai to be is teacher. Even he agreed that Gai was crazy. His exercises seemed to be humanly impossible, but he pulled it off with ease. He could only pray that he was running into Gai and that he wasn't his teacher.
"So, are you going to be training me Gai?" Naruto asked as he reached the top of the stairs.
"Yes, the Hokage asked me if I could let you join me in my morning warm up and I couldn't refuse, and from now on, it's Gai-sensei." Gai said in what he must consider an inside voice, yet alerting anybody near of his presence.
"Oh, great." Naruto said sarcastically. His worst nightmare's were nicer than what he imagined Gai's training to be like. He had the feeling he would be sore for weeks to come.
"Do not worry, Naruto. Today shall be easy; I first need to see where you are as of now. Then we will go into the training necessary for you tomorrow. Before we get started, do you have any questions?" Gai waited for Naruto to respond, but he just shook his head indicating his had none.
"GOOD! THEN LET YOUR FLAMES BURN BRIGHTLY AND SHOW ME THE YOUTH YOU CONTAIN, NARUTO!" Gai yelled yet again waking the entire village yet again.
"Do you have to yell, Gai-sensei?"
"What do you mean? I was only using my inside voice. Now let's begin" he said leaving Naruto dumbfounded.
Gai saying today would be easy was an understatement. By the end of two hours Naruto felt like he had gone to hell and back. Every single muscle twinged in pain at the slightest movement. Getting back home would take him twenty minutes instead of the usual five. Good thing most people were still at home. Naruto was drenched with his sweat and smelled like he had taken a bath in a trash dumpster. Just remembering the training he went through made him cringe in pain.
Gai didn't make him do five hundred laps around the village or anything, but he made him go to his limit. He made him do as many push-up, sit-ups, and other techniques as he could. He was surprised he made it as far as he had; by the end he was ready to pass out. To his pleasure, Gai was also getting him some leg weights to wear from then on.
Seeing he finally reached his home, he walked in while moaning and sat at the kitchen table where his father was having his breakfast. He couldn't help himself from giving his father an evil eye.
"Good Morning, Son. How was your training?" Minato said as if nothing special occurred.
"Don't play nice with me. The second I can move without pain I'll get you back. W-why, why did it have to be Gai-sensei?" he pleaded.
"You wanted to get stronger, right? Well Gai-sensei is the strongest Jounin physically. By the time he is done with you, you'll be like solid steel."
"Unless I die first. By the time we were done I was ready to pass out and he said today was going to be easy."
"You'll get use to it. If it wasn't for the insane amount of energy you already have, you couldn't have lasted half an hour." Minato said with a slightly deranged form of humor.
"If I didn't have that going for me, would I have gotten somebody else?"
"No, it would just mean you would have a harder time." Minato said smiling to his son who just moaned in pain.
"I'm going to lie in bed."
"No your not. You have to be at the academy in just under half an hour. You should leave now if you want to make it on time."
"Fine, I'll go, but I'm going to sleep in class." Naruto said, dragging himself out the door.
The next morning Naruto went to training like usual. He now had leg weights that offered him more trouble when training. For the remainder of the week he focused solely on his homework and fuuinjutsu after the academy. Still adjusting to his new training, he couldn't get himself up to work on his chakra control.
It was something he really wanted to get down so he could move on. He understood the importance of chakra control and if he wanted to become a skilled shinobi, he would have to work on it. It was also better to learn it now, before he went on to master other techniques. Mastering a jutsu would only take longer if he didn't have the proper control for the jutsu.
The next time he trained with his father they worked on his tree climbing and other forms of chakra control as well. Now that he could move without feeling the pain from his morning training, he started to practice it himself at night. He also talked to Jiraiya for help in breaking genjutsu and he had offered him some helpful advice. He got an understanding of what he needed to do to break the genjutsu, but after several weeks of practicing it, he managed to do it a majority of the time.
After his first month of training he could see the growth in him physically. He had adapted to the weights now and he felt lighter and faster when he ran around without them. He manged to finally master the tree climbing exercise and he was then ready to move onto water walking, which Jiraiya would help him with at some point. He worked very little on his taijutsu and weapon skills seeing they were already pretty decent.
He had to admit this new training was like hell, but it was paying off faster than he had anticipated.
Author's Note:
This has been my longest and yet the chapter I have had the most fun with writing. It has gone under several revisions and I am thoroughly pleased with it.
While writing this I did a lot of research on fuuinjutsu, ninjutsu, and all the other skills a shinobi should have. I am trying to follow what the wiki says as closely as I can for the most part. Minato's affinity has never been shown as of current, so I just gave him wind.
I am also trying not to advance Naruto's skills too fast. Currently, he is almost nine, and there have been several people in the past that have graduated and even become Jounin at the age of ten. I am not going to have him advance that fast, but I think he could easily be Chunin level by the time he graduates at the age of 12.
I tried to see of this was true or not, but I couldn't find anything specific. I had in there that Kakashi was seeing how much chakra Naruto was using. I know the Sharingan can see chakra, but I'm not sure if that also allows them to see the amount a user molds for a jutsu. I am assuming it does, because I haven't found anything to really say it doesn't. I know the Byakugan can see the tenketsu and I believe that can see the chakra used for a jutsu, I think.
I could also use help with developing jutsu's. I am not the most creative person, so coming up with names and stuff for jutsu's doesn't come easy to me. Seals are what I am looking forward to the most personally, they are a favorite of mine and don't get enough love in canon. Also because of that there is a general lacking of information on it, but that also means I have a pretty wide range of ideas I could pull in.
Alright, enough talking. I hope you enjoyed and thanks for reading. Reviews are appreciated.
