A/N : Before I begin, I just realised that I've reached the 10th chapter - without a disclaimer. So nonetheless, here it is.

Disclaimer : I do not own Naruto.

How exciting, eh? Well, on with the story.

"We both have a problem." Jiraiya paced the small room in his apartment, rubbing his chin in the process. "And I think that's the only solution."

"Are you sure?" Kakashi asked, as he walked circles around the room. "It's a big risk."

"A risk necessary to take." Jiraiya replied. "It's the only option. Will you do it?"

"I guess so." Kakashi replied. "Yeah, I'll definitely do it then."

- -

"Train me." Naruto said, as he stalked Kakashi down the hallways.

"I'm busy." Kakashi said, scribbling notes furiously into his notepad. "The Hokage just appointed me with a new mission."

"So what, bring me along. I'm Chunin, you know." Naruto stated, but Kakashi's one eye was focused on the notepad.

"A mission is a mission Naruto. Train with Gai, or someone else." Kakashi said. "Sasuke is already training by himself, Sakura is training by herself as well, with Tsunade's subordiante - Shizune." A lightbulb sounded off in Kakashi's head, as he began writing more notes. "I'm going to have a chat with Sakura and Shizune."

"What about me?!" Naruto asked, as Kakashi quickly formulated a plan. "I still need more jutsu!"

"I have an idea. Meet me on Training Grounds 4, in two hours." Kakashi said, as he disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"Like you'll be there early." Naruto muttered.

- -

In exactly two hours, Naruto cursed himself for expecting Kakashi to show up early on Training Grounds 4. He yawned, as he opted to relax on the ground, rather than stay standing. As a Chunin, he was expected to take more missions, but he found himself being ignored, getting all the boring missions such as chasing cats, and gardening in backyards, jobs that were usually reserved for Genin. He was dressed in a simple black shirt with orange pants with his sword strapped to his back, as he found that his new Chunin vest got in the way when training, as did the weights that were still strapped to his body. He had almost forgotten he had weights attached to himself, as he had already gotten used to them, and had also gotten used to avoiding Gai, for whenever they met - he would add more weights to the toll.

"That's a big piece of metal." A voice from behind Naruto said, as he turned around to see Ino. "You've been gone for a while."

"Missions." Naruto replied, as Ino sat next to him. "What are you doing here?"

"Boredom. Chouji's out eating, Shikamaru and Asuma are playing Shougi, and the flower shop is being handled by my mother. So I'm bored." Ino turned to see Naruto, the usual loud-mouthed Naruto - quiet.

"How did we get here?" Naruto asked.

"Pardon?" She replied.

"To you being so kind? The last conversation we had before the Forest of Death was you yelling at me." Naruto said. "If I can remember properly."

"If you put it like that. I don't really know myself." Ino replied.

"I'm confused about it aswell. It seems so random.." Naruto said. "First there was the Forest of Death... And then the battle against Gaara... Since when were we even friends?"

"You know what." Ino said, as she began to stand up. "I think I'm suffering a memory blank. All I remember is me being angry at Sasuke and Sakura... And then..."

"It doesn't really make sense does it?" Naruto replied. "Sounds like a badly written story."

"By a screwed up author." Ino added. "So what now?"

"I guess we go out for some Ramen?" Naruto asked, and as if on cue to ruining his plans, Kakashi appeared behind Naruto, scribbling more notes into his notepad. "Or not..."

"Am I interrupting something?" Kakashi's eyes strayed away from his book, as he stared at a very confused and shocked Ino.

"I was just about to leave." Ino said, as she turned around. "I'll take up that offer Naruto. We'll have that Ramen."

"It's a date!" Naruto called out, as she just walked off.

"It's a date..." Naruto could here Kakashi speak whisper under his breath, as he wrote more and more.

"What is that anyway?" Naruto asked.

"I already told you, Mission from the Hokage." Kakashi said. "So about the jutsu you want to learn..."

"I definitely want to make my own Jutsu." Naruto said. "One that beats Sasuke's Rasengan." Kakashi smiled, Rasengan was already a powerful jutsu, and trying to create a better jutsu would prove to be difficult.

"Naruto, for your new jutsu, chakra control is important." Kakashi replied to the Chunin.

"I know that chakra control isn't one of my strong points." Naruto admitted, shrugging his shoulders. "So are you going to teach me it?"

"No. But I have found a teacher for you that specialises in it." Kakashi said. "He's and expert in these sorts of things, and he'll be able to make you're new technique formidable. He's right behind you." Naruto instantly turned around, to see the familiar looking Konoha Shinobi.

"You?" Naruto gasped. "Sorry - I forgot who you are." The man was an ANBU, dressed in a grey shirt and black pants, with a black vest covering the shirt. The only item of uniform that identified him as an ANBU was his mask.

"My name is Yakushi Kabuto." He said, as he removed his mask. "As well as being an ANBU medic-nin, I am an expert in Chakra Control."

"Kabuto was one of the youngest ANBU nin, sent to inflitrate Orochimaru." Kakashi said.

"Didn't you fight him?" Naruto asked. "During the Exam? Wasn't he an enemy?"

"He also helped you during the exam aswell." Kakashi stated. "For a while we thought he suffered something like Stockholm Syndrome, but Jiraiya managed to clear it up afterwards. Well, I better leave you two together." Kakashi disappeared in front of Naruto for the second time that day, leaving Naruto with Kabuto.

"It seems you don't like the Chunin Vest either." Kabuto smiled, breaking the ice. "The vest isn't the only way of identifying your rank. There are other things, take skill as an example."

"The vest gets in my way." Naruto replied. "And I already am skilled. I just need a new jutsu."

"As do those weights. And Kakashi already told me you wanted to develop a new jutsu, so I'm here to teach you chakra control." Kabuto said, as Naruto nodded. "As a medic-nin, chakra control is one of the biggest demands. With it, I am able to match the speed of even the fastest Shinobi."

"Yeah, right." Naruto replied. "Prove it."

"Take off your weights." Kabuto said, as Naruto complied, removing the weights on his body.

"If I hurt you, I warned you." Naruto stated, as Kabuto just smiled cockily in response. Naruto began by taking off the giant sword on his back, followed by his weights. "This should be fun." Naruto immediately noticed the increase in his own speed, as he jumped towards Kabuto faster than even he expected.

"Shunshin No Jutsu." Kabuto said, matching Naruto's speed, much to Naruto's surprise, dodging his attack and getting under the body of the Chunin. Chakra formed around his hand, as he struck Naruto's ankles with his palms, following with the other vital points of his legs. Naruto immediately fell onto the ground, his legs rendered numb for a couple of seconds.

"That move was designed to mimic the Hyuuga's gentle palm style. Only a medic-nin, with chakra control and knowledge of the human body could do that without the Byakugan." Kabuto approached Naruto's body, leaning over the boy. "I wonder why Jiraiya chose Sasuke over you, you bear a striking resemblance to the Fourth himself."

"And I'm just as powerful." Naruto grinned, as he stood up.

"And just as cocky." Kabuto replied.

"You knew him?" Naruto asked, as Kabuto thought carefully about his answer.

"Something of that sort." Kabuto said. "Your movements are quick, but not very trained. Too wild and brawling, no precision at all. The only good quality about your fighting style is the unpredictability."

"And you're an expert on Taijutsu?" Naruto scoffed.

"I know enough to know that something else is blocking your Chakra pathway." Kabuto said, as he begun his diagnosis. "That seal on your neck I noticed earlier. You've used it. How many times?"

"Twice." Naruto replied. "And it bloody well hurt both the times." Kabuto smacked him on the head as soon as Naruto had finished speaking.

"Don't swear in front of me. Do you know why the Cursed Seal hurts so much?" Kabuto asked, as Naruto shook his head. "Orochimaru put a seal on your chest in the Forest of Death, right?"

"Yeah."

"The Cursed Seal, or the one you have, was built to unlock hidden chakra, as well as invoking a sort of mutation to change itself, and the user at the same time." Kabuto explained. "But since Orochimaru added another Seal to your body, that didn't allow you to get chakra from the Kyuubi, it remained 'hidden'. So, when the Cursed Seal was used, it extracted the 'hidden' Kyuubi chakra, from the seal, and bypassing the other seals on your body - furthermore, creating more pain."

"So all I have to do is unseal the first seal Orochimaru put on me and I wouldn't have to worry about the Cursed Seal?" Naruto asked, as Kabuto hid a hand behind his back, as each fingertip lit up with Chakra.

"Well, we'll see." By the time Kabuto had finished his sentence, he had already reached Naruto, and had his hand placed on his chest. "Gogyo Kaiin! (Five Elements Unseal)." Naruto fell over after being struck, but he found the pain left him rather quickly.

"Woah. That feels different." Naruto said, as he could feel the Kyuubi Chakra freely mixing with his own once again.

"Finally, we can begin the real training." Kabuto said, as he gently removed a card from his pocket.

"What's that?" Naruto asked.

"This card will help me define your element." Kabuto said, before explaining further. "There are five core elements when using chakra. Fire, wind, lightning, earth and water. Each weaker than the previous, though stronger than the next - fire is weaker than water, but stronger than wind. When creating a jutsu, you should know what element you are, as you will be stronger in jutsus of your element. So, touch this card." Naruto's hand streched out, as he touched the card. As soon as he touched it, it snapped in half, and fell to the ground.

"What does that mean?"

"Wind." Kabuto said. "The sharpest element. You'll have to master it before you use it though."

"That should be easy! What do you want me to do." Naruto said, overconfidently.

"Break that boulder in half." Kabuto pointed to the giant rock, as Naruto began to grab his sword. "With only chakra. Specifically, wind chakra."

"But..." Naruto protested.

"Wind is sharper than any sword. Learn that first." Kabuto said, as he walked over to a tree to rest. He knew it would take a while, and he would be surprised if he had managed to do it in a day.

- -

After an hour of testing out ways to break the boulder with just his chakra, Naruto was stumped. He had circled the boulder for what seemed like the thousandth time until he finally found a way to crack the surface. The boulder was about three metres long, and three metres high, and was - as a boulder usually is - rock hard. The only method that had worked for Naruto had barely managed to crack the surface, and had taken him 10 minutes to do. He placed his hand on the boulder, and focused all his chakra into his hand, imagining it as a thin blade trying to cut through rock. And it would crack.

"It'll take me years if I do this by myself." And then Naruto had an idea. The Kage Bunshin. Whenever he used the Kage Bunshin, anything he had seen or learnt came right back to him - and so and experience learnt when cracking the boulder would come back to him as well. So if he had 10 clones all working on the boulder at once, one of them would find a quicker way eventually, and in the meantime the other nine would continuously crack the surface. "Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!" Naruto called, as the 10 clones surrounded the boulder, all knowing the job they had to do. "I wonder when I got so smart." Naruto praised himself as they began their job.

It took another hour to figure out how to complete the job faster. He was pushing out his chakra first, and then converting it into wind, and found it would be easier to convert it to wind first, and once he had done that he could push out all the Chakra he needed. He made the clones, who did not know the information yet disappear by cutting off their chakra supply, and replaced them with more clones, who knew what to do. The 10 Naruto's pulled their hands back, focusing on converting their chakra.

"KAI!" The 10 Naruto's called, as they all pushed out chakra at the same time, slicing the boulder in half.

"That quick... This boy is getting smarter." Kabuto was woken up by the sound of the boulder slicing, and walked over to Naruto to congratulate him. "You did it." Kabuto smiled, as Naruto was catching his breath, as all his bunshins had already disappeared in chakra depletion.

"Kabuto-sensei." Naruto said, calling him his teacher. "I think I figured out what my new jutsu is. Give me ten minutes and I'll show you." Naruto said, with the added Kyuubi Chakra, he was able to regenerate his chakra supply, thus allowing him to show off his new jutsu once more. "I'll half the size of this boulder." Naruto said, as he faced the boulder, now only two metres tall, but still three metres tall. Mimicing the stance of Kakashi when he created a Raikiri, he faced the boulder with a determined look on his face. At first Kabuto thought Naruto was going to make a Raikiri himself, when he saw what was forming in his hand -

"White Lightning?" Kabuto said.

"It's not Lighting." Naruto said, as more formed into his hand. "It's wind, but it's unstable, so it looks like lightning." Naruto was right, as the wind wasn't kept in one circular form, it was untamed, thus making it look like lightning. "Fuuton : TENSHODAN! (Sky-Piercing Bullet)" Naruto called, as he thrust his palm forward onto the boulder. At first Kabuto thought nothing had happened, but then suddenly the right half of the boulder came apart, and that the boulder had suffered major internal destruction. Kabuto knew that if this had been done to a human, his body would've probably been destroyed. It worked more as an internal bomb than a "bullet" as it was thrust into the rock, before slicing outwards.

"What?" Naruto asked, looking at the look on Kabuto's face. "It's wind right? Cut right through!"

- -

"You two are here for a reason!" The Hokage said, to Tsunade and Jiraiya, who were currently standing in front of him. "Konoha is under crisis, and we need all our nins here to help out!"

"And you want us to be Hokage..." Jiraiya said.

"Quiet!" The Hokage said.

"Sorry sensei, I mean Hokage-sama." Tsunade corrected herself, as she felt like they were back to when they were younger.

"Now one of you has to take up the decision, I have already informed the village elders, and they agree that it has to be one of you, and they've already chosen that one." The Hokage said. "All three of us should already know who they've chosen, so you know what you have to do now."

"I already knew." Jiraiya admitted. "That's why I gave up my writing duties to Kakashi."

"You gave up researching?" Tsunade scoffed.

"Kakashi is my number one fan, after all. He knows where the book series was going anyway." Jiraiya replied, and for a second, Tsunade thought he had matured.

"So, Jiraiya, I take it you're accepting to become Hokage?" Sandaime said, as he removed the Hokage hat and handed it over. Jiraiya placed the hat on with a grin.

"Tsunade - I think the new Hokage needs a parade." Jiraiya grinned his immaturity retunring. "Oh and could you guys please excuse me? Me and the crystal ball need a little time alone."

"I really hope you made the right choice sensei." Tsunade whispered to the former Hokage, as they walked out of the office. Jiraiya opened up the windows of the Hokage office, as he yelled out the window.

"FOR MY FIRST ACT AS HOKAGE, BEER FOR MEN AND FAKE BREASTS FOR WOMEN! YEAH!"

"I'm going to kill him." Tsunade said, as she began to rush upstairs.

A/N : I feel like I typed the word "boulder" fifty times this chapter. And yeah, I took the advice of a reviewer - Final Kaenboshi - in doing something different. In this case going against what the majority of my reviewers said and making Jiraiya Hokage. Now I know some of you had problems - He Must Write! and the He Is Too Perverted! But I tried to clear that up. I got Kakashi, the number one reader, the one guy who should know where things are going in the fic to continue writing for Jiraiya - as I hinted in the first part of this chapter. And the chapter was a long and boring one in my opinion. And Jiraiya is fun as Hokage, he'll be the first head on the Hokage monument that actually smiles! He'll probably get them to do a whole body carving instead of the head, since Konoha will be renamed "Pimpsville". Jokes. It's actually going to be renamed "Jiraiya's Pimpsville." Double jokes.

Enough of my bad jokes and ranting because I have to reply to reviews - but before I do so, I'll tell you some stuff about the future of this story. This chapter is named "Plug In Baby", so it should be much easier to guess the band that plays the name of the songs. And also - the Valley of the End arc is coming soon. That's why I might've rushed into Naruto's new jutsu a bit quickly. And the NaruIno relationship, well as I wrote in this chapter I'm working on it. I even bashed myself in this chapter. So now for the replies...

Quathis - Yeah, I might have gone a bit OOC with Naruto there. But Naruto is more street-smart than books-smart, and I bet he's experimented with fire and explosives before, so he knows what happens when you add explosives/fire to water - it evaporates. I was actually crossing my fingers if I got that evaporation part right, because a 14 year old's knowledge of science isn't very reliable.
Sir MIDNIGHT The Dark Knight - Yeah, this week I've been repeatedly listening to Pearl Jam for some strange reason. I made the next band much easier, so most people should know what it is.
FatalWolf117 - FINALLY! I found out what the name of the sword was! And yeah, for everyone whose reading this, Karin, Juugo and Kimimaro play an important role. Well not really that important, but they play a significant role.
Allahee4life - Yeah, I'm creating the more jutsus for Naruto so he isn't that limited to the Kage Bunshin. This chapter, and the next will be mostly about training, so it should make Naruto stronger, and allow him to learn more Taijutsu/Ninjutsu and possible Genjutsu.
Kyu-kun - Close...
BakaHammerGirl - Yay for funny reviews! I'm going to try make Kimimaro's appearance, along with Juugo and Karin, as good as possible. But I also like "Kimmi-kun" so I don't know whether I should kill him or not.