As it turns out accidently deleting a chapter updates the story. I was just going over some stuff in preperation of the future chapter when I deleted the first chapter... I have reuploaded everything. Unfortunaetly I saved the edits in docx format which can not be published, I copy&pasted the content in publishable format and hope there're no mistakes with the formatting... I'll go over it again to make sure but first wanted to have the story back online...
Sooo, it's been a while I guess. It's not really important why I haven't updated, so I won't make excuses.
However, desipte my absence I have not been idle. Big parts of the story have been changed rewritten and the chapters have been updated. I honestly suggest rereading it (fortunatley it's only ~40k words). I'm not certain whether I'm back for good, but I'll do my best. This is my shortest chapter to date, since I wanted to get the ball rolling and the stuff happening next chapter is rather heavy, so I wanted a clean cut. I probably forgot something I wanted to mention, but I'll just add it later. At the end of the chapter big A.N. with some info that was deleted from previous A.N.'s...
What happened last time
"Look at the bright side guys, you get out of the academy and can take the chūnin-exams right after it. They should be held in Konoha right then." Naruto said.
"Troublesome…"
The rest of the evening flew by, even though Emiko had to head home rather soon to put her baby sister to bed. Naruto himself fell asleep with a smile on his face.
Chapter 7
21. February 1300
The seasons in Konoha and Hi no Kuni in general had always been mild. It was a fact that carried over into the new century. Thus, it didn't come as a surprise to anyone, that early in February the first signs of spring were visible. Although the days were still short, daffodils and daisies reared their heads. The trees had had barely lost their leaves before they bloomed anew. It was a long-standing rumour, that the forests around Konoha were created by Hashirama Senju, the Shodai Hokage. Although it was truly only a rumour, the mere presence of the Shinobi no Kami had strengthened the plants around the village. The Shodai's chakra still lingered in the surrounding nature and made the forests even less susceptible to the short winters of Hi no Kuni.
Life didn't change a whole lot for Naruto after his promotion to chūnin. Sleep, eat, train, interlaced with meeting friends and some missions. In short, it pretty much stayed the same. Early in November Shikamaru had informed Naruto, that he was starting to attract fangirls. Apparently, word got around that a ten-year-old (actually nine, but that one day was ignored) was promoted to chūnin.
Unfortunately for his fan club and fortunately for Naruto, he didn't spend a whole lot of time in the village itself and after being informed of the threat, Naruto made even more liberal use of the shunshin. Although annoying, Naruto did feel some kind of accomplishment over the fact, that he got admirers. For him it meant, that either the villagers started to acknowledge him or that the younger generation stopped giving a shit about what their elders told them.
What made the situation even more hilarious – at least according to Shikamaru – was the emotional turmoil that had been flitting over Sasuke Uchiha's face when he heard about the young chūnin. On one hand the young Uchiha's mien showed gratitude for getting some of the girls off his back. On the other hand, he clearly resented Naruto for already being chūnin while he was still in the academy, even though they were the same age.
On another note, the chūnin-exams had been held in Konoha recently. While Naruto obviously didn't participate, he and a few of his friends went to watch the finals. Both of Hana's teammates were promoted in the aftermath and the Inuzuka heiress could finally pursue her dream of becoming a veterinarian. The little bets Naruto made in the finals bolstered his gama-chan too. He didn't have much to spend his money on and all the C-ranks and occasional B-rank led to Naruto accumulating quite some savings.
Naruto's skill kept improving steadily over the months. He had mastered the second step of water manipulation a few days ago. As planned, Naruto wanted to pick up kenjutsu training as soon as possible. However, neither Yūgao nor Hayate knew a style, that fit Naruto. Hayate used the standard Konoha-Ryū (Leaf-Style), which relied mostly on heavy slashes and was meant to overpower an enemy. As with taijutsu, Naruto opted for a more evasive and precision based style.
Yūgao's Gekido suru mizu megami no dansu (Dance of the raging Water-Goddess) incorporated those two characteristics. However, as the name suggests, the style required a female's elegance that Naruto could never hope to achieve.
Left with no other option, Naruto had once more made use of his parents' vast collection of knowledge. To his surprise, he found multiple scrolls regarding Yūgao's kenjutsu-style in the jutsu-vault. Interestingly, the scrolls were obviously written by his mother's. Naruto had read her last words to him often enough, to recognize her handwriting anywhere. Yūgao had once mentioned, that her style wasn't complete yet and that her former sensei had died prematurely. The presence of the scrolls answered another of Naruto's questions concerning his upbringing.
Of his three former ANBU guards one was the son of one of his mother's dearest friends. If not for clan traditions, Kushina would've been Itachi's godmother. The other had obviously been taught kenjutsu by his mother. That left only Inu of whom Naruto didn't know the connection to his parents.
Naruto didn't ponder long on the question of Inu's relation to him, as his eyes landed on a set of scrolls with the Uzumaki swirl on them. He had never had the time to completely scour his parent's collection of scrolls, whether ninja-related or not. There was simply too much knowledge. Therefore, he had only looked into the library or jutsu-vault when he needed something specific. In his own apartment, Naruto only kept stuff he was currently working on, like his taijutsu.
Reading through one of the scrolls, Naruto realized that he struck gold. It seemed, that his mother based her own style on the Uzumaki-Ryū. However, for the moment being, Naruto decided to keep the scrolls to himself, since he didn't exactly have an explanation as to where he got them. There was still enough for Yūgao and Hayate to teach him though. They put him through the standard ANBU kenjutsu training, which meant basic stances, elementary attack patterns and counters. It was the common practice for ANBU operatives to receive this kind of training, since they had to be able to handle a blade at least to a certain degree.
Due to the limited amount of time Naruto spent on kenjutsu, Yūgao also showed him an exercise to further his control of water. While his water manipulation was technically considered 'mastered', there was always things you could improve on. The idea was to infuse a small amount of water with your chakra and simply play around with it. For example, forming a ball and let it hover over your hand. It was said, that the Nidaime Hokage was capable of forming multiple, tiny water dragons and let them circle his body. The exercise not only improved his water manipulation, but also pure chakra manipulation and functioned as an introduction to shape manipulation.
While his water manipulation was nowhere near the level of Tobirama Senju, there was little sense in devoting all his time to that one goal. As such he started working on his minor air affinity. His ji-san had allowed him to use a few more Kagebunshin for his training and while being slower than with his water affinity, there was definite improvement.
In contrast he learned only one new jutsu that being the Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire style: Great Fireball Technique). After working on collaboration attacks with Emiko, Naruto realized he could do them with shadow clones as well. Due to his affinities, it was a rather hard task to learn a fire jutsu, but the advantages easily made up for it. The timing with his clones was still a work in progress however.
After reading Ninjutsu for dummies Naruto realised that the Hiruzen guy really knew what he was talking about. The name also felt familiar somehow, he was sure he had heard it somewhere before. The book talked a lot about ninjutsu mastery or rather how no ninjutsu ever is mastered. According to the book only a fool would call himself master of any ninjutsu.
There was always a way to make it better. To use less hand seals, to build the chakra faster, to mold the chakra faster, to use less chakra for the same result, to vary the density and speed of the jutsu. There were so many things that could be adapted to fit any situation with any jutsu, that there was always something new to be learned. As such Naruto made his mission to improve the jutsu he already knew. He was aware that it would be stupid to waste time for only tiny improvement on a single jutsu and it was a balancing act when to call it quits and be happy with the result. To this day his proudest accomplishment was bringing the hand seals for his Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu (Water style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique) down to 18 from previously 44 thanks to the added shape manipulation training.
Emiko was also making progress on her original jutsu and it turned out to be quite interesting. Inspired by Naruto's training to cut down on hand seals, she was trying to create a seal-less jutsu. She was rather tight lipped about it and Naruto didn't yet know enough about chakra- and jutsu-theory to understand her notes completely.
Much like with his kenjutsu, Naruto was a little grumpy about his fūinjutsu. While he still made progress, it was annoying having to research lots of different things only to get one step further. Level four dealt a lot with elemental sealing and it required theoretical knowledge in all five basic chakra elements, so he had a lot of research to do. It also touched on chakra conversion so it required further study on how chakra gets converted into elements.
Naruto's other studies were progressing as usual, since he learned most of the things from his team, strategy with Hayate, genjutsu with Koji and of course his bunshin were often working on his chakra control.
-xXx-
"Halt, Naruto-kun!"
The blond ninja sighed. It was the third time Gai interrupted him. It was the first day Naruto was working on the Shio no ken-style. Originally, he should've started with it a few months ago, but Gai decided that he should first work thorough some of the more intense moves of his father's style. It was an odd experience to work on basic taijutsu again and his sensei seemed not content with his performance.
"We should've started with this style instead of the Hachidori," the spandex wearing ninja mused. "I thought it wouldn't pose a problem, since the style should come natural to you, with your elemental affinity and all."
"I don't what I'm doing wrong though," Naruto whined.
"It's your whole form, Naruto-kun. Although fast paced, the Hachidori is quite rigid. The Shio no ken is almost the complete opposite in this aspect. It's difficult to explain, since I don't have a lot of experience with it. The Shio no ken is more flowing. Don't try to force the stances, but instead let the movements guide you along. Imagine a river. The bed is your instructions and you're the water. The instructions guide you in a direction but leave space for adjustment. Don't be so rigid. Now, try again."
He seemed at least a little more successful with his next try but Gai still didn't look all to happy with his result.
"Alright Naruto-kun, stop," Gai said and walked towards him. "I don't know how to explain to you what you're doing wrong, you will have to experience it somehow. I suggest you try a little meditation exercise. Your water affinity should aid you in this task. I want you to sit on water and infuse it with your chakra, concentrate on how it feels, how it moves. It's important for you to internalize what it means to behave like water. To be smooth and free, to slowly chip away at your opponent and yet have the ability to crush anything in your way," he explained.
Naruto nodded and sighed. The two of them walked back into the village proper for breakfast before splitting up. Afterwards Naruto headed towards training ground 42 to meet with his team.
-xXx-
It was a rare occurrence that Naruto didn't spend his afternoon with his team. Following Gai's advice, Naruto went to his old home away from home, training ground 23. It held a decently sized river and was only rarely occupied, as such Naruto wouldn't be interrupted.
After a few minutes simply sitting on the water, he was getting impatient as he didn't feel anything except the gentle rush of water beneath him. Realising that he was getting nowhere, Naruto started expelling chakra into the water. As the minutes passed and the water around him became more and more infused with chakra, he started to understand what Gai meant. While the river was nowhere massive, it still felt powerful. The water was unstoppable and yet it still took the path of least resistance. It chipped away at obstacles while working around them. This is how is taijutsu should be. Always flowing and evasive, yet unstoppable when given no other choice.
-xXx-
18. March 1300
Unseen by most inhabitants of Konohagakure no Sato a small figure in black clothes with a mask covering its face was making its way through the shinobi residential district. The figure sneaked its way to a tall apartment complex and slowly walked down its walls towards a window, clearly showing itself to be a ninja. Pausing before a particular window the ninja stayed still before grabbing something from its pockets. After a few minutes the figure put a piece of paper against the glass and a moment later vanished within the apartment.
-xXx-
After five months Naruto's living situation had changed drastically. Due to the training and missions he didn't have all that much time to work on combining his newly bought apartments and hired a crew to help him. He obviously supplemented them with a group of shadow clones to speed up the process and keep the cost in check.
Since he had bought out the whole top floor of the building and with a little incentive to be nice from the Hokage directed at the owner, Naruto was free to do whatever he wanted. Unfortunately, every wall of the main hallway that previously connected the four separate apartments were part of the support structure. As such it was rather difficult to combine them. The leader of the crew he hired suggested razing them after building a new supporting wall right in the middle of the hallways from start to end. As such his new apartment would basically be split in half. The combined apartment was about 30 by 40 feet (9 by 12 meters), which was ridiculously big in Naruto's opinion.
One entered the apartment right into the open living space / kitchen combination that took in slightly less than half of his apartment. The new support wall was built at the same spot as the previous only slightly thicker since every other wall was missing. Thus, the other half of the apartment was larger due to the original hallway being added to it. The workers had to build a new entrance as well, since he didn't want them to enter into his new library / office, which was right across his new living room. Across the kitchen was his new bedroom and between it and the office a big bathroom. Naruto was very happy how everything turned out.
He had however choked on his spit when he saw the cost of everything that had to be done and bought after the rooms had been built. Furnishing a new kitchen and bathroom was expensive as hell, not to mention the new floor that had to be built since there were gaps due to the walls that were no longer there. He also required new furniture to make it actually feel like home and not some empty room. He was reluctant to spend so much of his hard-earned money but it was worth it in the end.
-xXx-
It was 2 a.m. in the morning when Naruto entered his apartment and plopped down on his couch. He pulled down the facemask and smiled, 'mission accomplished', he thought. While the mission may not have been exactly given to him by the Hokage it was just as thrilling. Team Hayate had been off duty for the past four days and would be for another two. Yūgao had asked (begged) the Hokage for a few days off as well and then went on a little vacation with Hayate just the previous day.
Seeing an opportunity Naruto had gone to his parent's house and had taken the kenjutsu scrolls. Breaking into Hayate's and Yūgao's apartment may not have been legal but necessary. Yūgao would be receiving a gift upon their return and Naruto would finally learn his own kenjutsu style, the Uzumaki-Ryū. It had been disappointingly easy to break into their apartment to be honest. Admittedly it was only easy for someone well versed in fūinjutsu. While it was simple to copy a seal and activate it, actually countering a seal required real skill and it was one of the reason most shinobi relied on them when it came to the safety of their homes.
-xXx-
A short few hours later Naruto was as usual doing his morning routine with Gai. His sensei had noticed that he wasn't as energetic as usual but didn't ask him about it, everyone had an off-days once in a while. Technically Naruto should be taking time off, but since his mediation in training ground 23 he had made such quick progress in the Shio no ken (Tidal fist)-style, that he didn't want to miss his training. Gai was happy with his progress and was already thinking about how the combination of the two should look like.
"Ne, Gai-sensei, do you know anyone other than the Hokage with knowledge about fūinjutsu?" Naruto asked on their way back to the village. He had finally to made it to level five and this time truly needed help. Messing up with joint seals or advanced structures was disastrous he noticed, even when done by a shadow clone. He truly needed someone to mentor him at least a little.
"As you know, there're very few shinobi or kunoichi dedicating time to actually learn fūinjutsu instead of only applying it. There're some of the old guard that could teach you a thing or two about it, but they probably won't bother. Your best chance is Kakashi, he was the Yondaime's student and from what I know he picked up a thing or two," Gai explained.
Naruto's eyes widened slightly. He hadn't known that Kakashi was his father's student. How did no one ever mention it. Overcoming his surprise, he instead wondered why Kakashi never interacted with him, he probably knew of Naruto's existence. Pushing the issue into the back of his mind for later consideration, he instead turned to Gai again.
"You wouldn't know where I could find him sensei?" Naruto asked. Gai grinned at him before answering.
"Ah, Kakashi is a creature of habit to be honest. I'll ask him for you, it will be easier for me to convince him to help you."
-xXx-
14. July 1300
Thinking back on the past three months put a big happy smile on Naruto's face. Gai was so impressed with his progress in the Shio no ken (Tidal fist)-style, that they started preliminary trials in combining his two styles. It was going slow but it was finally happening.
His kenjutsu was coming along nicely as well, although he had yet to learn any chakra or ninjutsu moves with the blade. Much as with his taijutsu he needed to be secure in his forms before progressing into complicated attack- and defensive-patterns. Both Hayate and Yūgao had been suspicious at their unnamed benefactor who was able to break into their apartment. Naruto knew that they suspected him at least a little but there were more obvious possibilities, for example the Hokage.
There was not much new when it came to Naruto's ninjutsu. He was still practising his repertoire of jutsu and trying to improve and slightly alter them. One of his bigger accomplishments was a seal-less Fūton: Reppūshō no Jutsu (Wind Style: Gale Palm Technique), which meant he could use the jutsu in the same movement as the actual kunai throw. He needed a little more time to get the aim correct but once that was done, it would be a nasty surprise for any opponent.
His first meeting with Kakashi had been disastrous. After being taught by both Itachi and indirectly the Nidaime Hokage, Naruto expected a certain amount of professionalism from his fellow shinobi. Kakashi was anything but. When he arrived three hours late to their meeting, Naruto lectured him about it and told him that he'd rather learn it all by himself even if it took him years, than not be taken serious by his potential sensei. For Naruto it was a clear sign of disrespect and while he could take such a thing from villagers who were virtual strangers, he wouldn't take it from a man who was supposed to teach him.
Kakashi had looked bored at the blond chūnin's rant, before realising that all around Naruto were books on fūinjutsu and different seal tags. At least the boy hadn't simply waited for him, but used the time for something useful. It was rather unexpected and Kakashi simply said that the next time they would meet three hours earlier. It took Gai to explain to Naruto, that he should just arrive at the same time and Kakashi was basically being punctual in this scenario.
During the actual teaching Naruto realised that Kakashi was quite competent when it came to fūinjutsu, if a little rusty. Kakashi had explained to him, that he had almost been done with level six when the kyūbi attacked and his sensei perished. He had not looked at a book on sealing since. Naruto also quickly put two and two together concerning Kakashi's alternate personality, that being Inu and he had quickly become another brother-figure.
Naruto and Gai were currently discussing the different possibilities how to counter attacks during one of the more rotational defensive manoeuvres the Shio no ken used, when they were interrupted by Yūgao wearing her ANBU gear.
"Naruto-san, Hokage-sama requests your presence," the words had barely left her mouth and she went up in smoke. Naruto had never thought about it, but it made sense, that ANBU would use Kagebunshin for such simple tasks, they were after all the elite and weren't prone to waste time.
"Go ahead Naruto-kun, I'll finish up here," Gai said and started to gather the scrolls with all their notes on. Naruto nodded and using the traditional Seal of Confrontation to concentrate his chakra, he vanished. Gai looked at the spot his student just left with a smile. It was not often that a shunshin was executed with such perfection. His student had become fast enough to leave out the smoke or leaves that were usually created for a slight distraction.
Naruto entered the Hokage tower a few moments later and made his way to his ji-san's office. Hayate was already waiting for him, but the rest of his team had yet to arrive. They only had to wait a couple minutes before Koji and Emiko came in. After a short greeting they all turned towards their Hokage.
"I have a mission for you, which you are rather well suited for. Our intelligence officers have heard rumours about growing unrest in Ta no Kuni (Land of Rice Fields). Since there are only a few ninja clans calling Ta no Kuni their home, many of their residents hired Konoha shinobi for missions. The mission requests have gone down in the last six months and by now have almost stopped completely. We have no authority to investigate in Ta no Kuni and it is not important enough to dispatch an ANBU team to gather some fresh intel.
"You will be sent on border patrol along our shared border for the next three weeks. Naruto will send his Kagebunshin into Ta no Kuni to find out what is happening. I suggest few clones but instead durable, in order for them to stay around for a few days and can act as travellers coming through a village. You will send the standard weekly reports. If the gathered information is not critical leave it out of the report and only inform me after your mission is complete.
"This mission while not of high importance will be considered A-Rank, due to the risk of an international incident if failure occures. Are there any questions?" The members of team Hayate shook their heads.
"Very well, you leave in two days," the Hokage said and handed Hayate the scroll that contained their mission directive.
-xXx-
16. July 1300
The last two days had been rather hectic for Naruto. Border patrol were always the longest and most tedious missions. You had to be alert at all times, but it was rare that something actually happened. Added to that, border patrol always lasted three weeks which was rather long compared to most standard missions. Not to mention he wanted his first A-Rank to go perfect.
Thanks to fūinjutsu his team would be better equipped than most others, since he was capable of adjusting storage scrolls to their desires, instead of just using the standard ones. For example, food often perished too fast even when stored in scrolls but with some adjustment to the temperature in the created pocket dimension, Naruto could make it last well over three weeks.
He had crafted a few other seals the last few months studying with Kakashi. While even before he had understood the theory behind most seals, creating them was not as easy as he first had thought. While everyone could write down a seal and use it didn't mean they did it right. There were certain unwritten rules on which part of a seal to start with and how you progress thought the writing, since certain parts were more volatile than others. Further doing it right increased the speed at which you were able to write down seals which was an added benefit.
Naruto had since carried a few barrier seals, elemental seals and advanced seal tags with him. They had proven useful more than once already and he was very happy that he soon would reach level six. Being able to apply seals directly to humans and influence their bodies was beyond amazing, even if it would take lots of study.
His team was set to head North towards Ta no Kuni at 6.30 a.m. With 15 minutes left he made his way leisurely towards the main gates of Konoha. He was the last to arrive, although it was still a few minutes before the appointed time. Naruto greeted his teams cheerfully, before turning his focus on his captain.
"Alright, as usual the current patrol is set to return to the village tomorrow. We will meet them tonight and receive a copy of their report. The border to Ta no Kuni is usually peaceful so let's hope for the best. We head out in standard formation, Emiko take the rear, Naruto to the right and Koji to the left, I take point. Let's make some good time and get a good night's rest."
Ninja – A how-to, Chapter 6 Ninjutsu
Ninjutsu is considered by many the most powerful and prestigious ninja-art. While it is beyond the doubt the flashiest, neither of afore-mentioned characteristics are true in my opinion. The power of any discipline lays with the practitioner and prestige is not something to be looked for in the first place, when dedicating yourself to any ninja-art.
Ninjutsu requires dedication that is unlike most other disciplines a ninja learns in his lifetime. Due to the popularity of ninjutsu, the amount of jutsu available to learn is staggering and unlike with other ninja-arts the different techniques can be completely disjointed from each other. Most other ninja-arts build up on each other, while ninjutsu more often than not can be learned independently of previously learned jutsu.
As such is important for every practitioner of ninjutsu to understand that quality trumps quantity in most cases. It is an interesting facet of ninjutsu, that their versatility not only lies in different techniques but also in the usage of one single technique. The amount of chakra used for any given ninjutsu changes its effect drastically and the same applies to the density of the gathered chakra.
Further, although obvious, it is important to note, that the change of a single hand seal changes the effects. This fact is important for the more learned user of ninjutsu, since often less hand seals are used, due to the fact that with enough experience in any given ninjutsu, chakra can be moulded correctly without the use of hand seals.
In conclusion, I advise any ninjutsu student, or even already learned practitioners, to seek versatility and perfection in single techniques instead of versatility due to vast amounts of techniques.
A.N. Reviews at the end, information first.
Short note: I didn't actually confuse the two books I mentioned. elemental ninjutsu for dummies would have more examples for changes to ninjutsu, while ninja - a how-to is more general information!
Elemental ninjutsu: For me, an affinity only means having an easier time at the element. Whether you have an affinity or not, you can use the element, just certain aspects change. Such as chakra input per intensity, the ease with which you learn, etc.
Fuinjutsu levels:
1. Kanji and basic Seal-structures:
Just basics and explanations for fuinjutsu, for example difference between seal arrays or how to actually charge seals etc...
2. Basic inanimate Seals:
Inanimate in the sense, that the seals are a
pplied to non-living things, i.e. simple tags, simple seals that can be used on weapons, etc. Example: Explosive tags, seals to keep weapons sharp as long as the seal is charged, stuff like that...
3. Basic barrie Seals
4. Advanced inanimate Fuin
Stronger tags, storage scrolls, elemental sealing. example: Fūka Hōin, and lots of other stuff that will come up later (like a seal that changes chakra into the desired elmental nature and stuff like that)
5. Joint-Seals and advanced Seal-structures
methods to combine differenct seals and advanced arrays. Example: Storage scrolls that release items at high velocity (like TenTen uses), instead of simple unseal. Explosive tags that also blind or defean enemies...
6. Basic animate Seals:
Seals that are applied to to others and interact directly with chakra. example: gravity seals (it's not canon, but...), chakra supression seals (like Kakashis' Evil Sealing Method), etc.
7-10: Novice, Journeyman, Adept, Master (in chosen field)
Fuinjutsu Fields (I'll probably add more later...):
Inanimate sealing (everything from weapon-advancement to chakra transformation seals)
Animate chakra sealing (everything from biju sealing to chakra surpression seals. It simply has direct influence on someone's chakra...)
Barrier sealing
Space/time ninjutsu
Bingo Book:
It's shown kind of weird in canon. Anyway, it works as follows. Every village sends its 'wanted-list' to the main bounty-office (yeah, just pulled that out of my hat), like we've seen Kakuzu at. The whole thing gets compiled and the bingo book comes into existence. There are not only nuke-nin in there obviously, as the example of Minato shows. If there's someone killing Iwa-nin, he's getting onto the Iwa wanted-list, whether he's a ninja from a village or a nuke-nin. The five million bounty equals ~425'000 Euro. According to wiki 1ryo=10yen. It's kinda crazy, but if you consider, that Asuma is worth 35 million, I kinda thought it fair...
Kagebunshin:
For anyone with knowledge how a computer basically works, shadow clones work the same. You give a command, the thingy does it. No thinking, no intelligence, no own personality (at least in this story). That means that they don't draw conclusions from the information they're gathering. For exmple they would be useful to study geography but horrible for maths (since you have to understand and not only know). Their ability are from start to end of their existence the same. There's a way around my 'nerf' and in time Naruto will find it. A cookie for anyone who figures out how to do it!
Sensors:
A sensor-ninja won't be able to discern between the chakra levels of ninja, when they're standing right beside him. Higher levels of chakra, simply means that they can be spotted earlier, but their 'signal' won't get stronger once it's in reach. I wrote that Koji has a range of half a mile. This range is based on average mid-genin reserves, since skilled jonin are able to surpress their chakra to such levels (again - in this story). The strength of chakra could be felt by that 'sixth sense' mentioned before, but as I said, that range is short...
Chakra-control: In this story I'll use three different steps or definitions for chakra control.
1. The standard at which Naruto is terrible. It's about the amount of chakra he can seperate from his whole pool in order to use it for jutsu or walk on surfaces, etc.
2. This could be called chakra manipulation. It's about the control over chakra once it's in use. In other words, the control he has over a portion of chakra, once it's seperated from his pool (this is important for genjutsu)
3. Shape manipulation. Rasengan, 'nough said.
Genjutsu: I'll seperate genjutsu in two branches. The first is the comonly used. Chakra is 'injected' into the victim's on chakra stream, fooling the senses. The second branch I'll call 'enviormental genjutsu'. It uses chakra to make the surroundings appear different. An example would be the Meisaigakure no Jutsu (Camouflage Technique). This will be the branch of genjutsu, that Naruto can use. He won't be good with it, but it's possible. This type of genjutsu uses more chakra and is the reason for me explaining the #2 of chakra control. How good a ninja can manipulate the chakra to change the enviorment would be chakra manipulation. Hope this makes sense, now on we go.!
Timeline:
10. October
1200 A.S. Hasirama/Madara born
1205 A.S. Tobirama born
1228 A.S. Konoha founding Hashirama 28 y/o
1230 A.S. Itawa Senju born (Hashirama son, name from dead brother)
1240 A.S. Natsumi Senju born (Kushina's mother)
1243 A.S. Hiruzen graduation Hiruzen 10 y/o
1250 A.S. Tsunade, Jiraiya born
1255 A.S. End 1st shinobi world war Hiruzen 20 y/o
1265 A.S. Generation Minato born
1270 A.S. Kushina comes to Konoha Kushina 5 y/o
1271 A.S. Destruction of Uzu
Start 2nd shinobi world war
1272 A.S. Kushina becomes jinchūriki Kushina 7 y/o
Mito dies
1273 A.S End 2nd shinobi world war Minato 8 y/o
Jiraiya 23 y/o
Tsunade 23 y/o
Hiruzen 40 y/o
1275 A.S. Minato graduation Minato 10 y/o
Generation Kakashi born Jiraiya 25 y/o
1280 A.S. Kakashi graduation Kakashi 5 y/o (graduation after 1year)
Minato 15 y/o
Jiraiya 30 y/o
1282 A.S. Team Minato Kakashi 7 y/o (2years with different team)
Obito/Rin 9 y/o (graduation after 3 years)
Minato 17 y/o
1283 A.S. Start 3rd shinobi world war Kakashi 8 y/o
Obito/Rin 10 y/o
Minato 18 y/o
1284 A.S Yagura becomes Mizukage Zabuza 8 y/o (2 years younger than canon)
1286 A.S. End 3rd shinobi world war Anko 8 y/o (graduation, apprenticed by Oro 2y)
Kakashi 11 y/o
Obito/Rin 13 y/o
Minato 21 y/o (Hokage within months)
Jiraiya 36 y/o
Hiruzen 53 y/o
1289 A.S. Kyubii attack Itachi 5 y/o
Anko 11 y/o
Kakashi 14 y/o
Minato 24 y/o
1295 Kiyomi
1296 A.S. Story start Naruto 7 y/o
Itachi 12 y/o
Kakashi 21 y/o
1298 A.S. Graduation / Uchiha massacre Naruto 9 y/o
Hana 14 y/o
Itachi 14 y/o
Kakashi 23 y/o
1302 A.S. Rookie 9 graduation Naruto 13 y/o
Haku 15 y/o
Hana 18 y/o
Itachi 18 y/o
Hayate 23 y/o
Anko 24 y/o
Zabuza 24 y/o
Kakashi 27 y/o
Asuma 27 y/o
Tsunade 51 y/o
Jiraiya 51 y/o
Hiruzen 68 y/o
Jutsu-list:
Ninpou: Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Ninja-Art: Shadow Clone Technique)
Ninpou: Rasengan (Ninja-Art: Spiralling Sphere)
Ninpou: Shunshin no Jutsu (Ninja-Art: Body Flicker Technique)
Ninpou: Kage Kunai/Shuriken no Jutsu (Ninja-Art: Shadow Kunai/Shuriken Technique)
Ninpou: Bunshin Daibakuha (Ninja-Art: Clone Great Explosion)
Suiton: Teppōdama no Jutsu (Water Style: Liquid Bullets)
Suiton: Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu (Water Style: Water Clone Technique)
Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu (Water style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique)
Suiton: Suijinheki (Water style: Water Formation Wall)
Suiton: Mizurappa no Jutsu (Water Style: Trumpet Technique)
Suiton:Miwaku-tekina mizu no Jutsu (Water style: Captivating Water Technique)
Fūton: Reppūshō no Jutsu (Wind Style: Gale Palm Technique)
Fūton: Daitoppa (Wind style: Great Breakthrough)
Katon: Gōka Mekkyaku (Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation)
Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire style: Great Fireball Technique)
Doton: Doryūheki no Jutsu (Earth Style: Mud Wall Technique)
Doton: Moguragakure no Jutsu (Earth style: Hiding Like a Mole Technique)
Doton: Shinjū Zanshu no Jutsu (Earth style: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique)
Reviews:
paink1ller: They won't really meet until I hit canon time, so ~2years (at least in the story)
LordOfTerror: The interaction will come :)
Rayne Arianna Maranochi: The weapon vault got killed since I had a much better idea! Don't worry tho Naruto will get his badass weapon :)
kaiokenkaizer: Nope that was planned from the start. It won't be too long 'till you see what i plan