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Naruto awoke with a start, he sat up and looked around only to realize that he was in his own bed.
He held his head in his hands as he thought about everything that had just happened... or what he thought had happened.
"Was all that just a dream? it felt so real." he muttered.
"That's because it was dumb dumb. You didn't forget everything we talked about did you?" Naruto heard a voice say.
His head snapped up towards his bedroom door and standing in the doorway was the same girl he remembered from last night.
"So its true, I really do have a kekkei genkai." He stared at his hands as if he could see this new found power flowing within him.
"Yup!" Chō exclaimed. "and your first day of training starts today!"
Naruto glanced at her and grinned, he had only known her for a short period of time but she was beginning to grow on him.
Naruto hopped out of bed to stand in front of her.
"So whats number one on today's to-do list?" Naruto asked.
"That would be for you to get some new clothes and take a shower. You really stink!" she said while pinching her nose and waving away the smell.
Naruto blushed. He hadnt noticed it before but she was right, he smelled really bad and his clothes were ripped and bloody. He dashed into the bathroom to clean up and put on some new clothes.
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A shower, a new pair of clothes, and 12 cups of instant ramen later, we find Naruto and Chō approaching an empty training ground.
"Here we are. So what now?" Naruto questioned.
"First I'm going to tell you some things that you absolutely need to know." Chō stated.
Naruto looked to her and listened attentively. "So, you remember the thing I showed you with hydrogen molecules?" At this Naruto nodded.
"What I didn't mention was that while you can control the molecule itself you cannot control the explosion. So what this means is that you can cause yourself serious harm or even death if you're not careful."
Naruto looked mildly surprised and asked "Ok... so how do I not do that?"
Chō smirked, but said nothing as she simply held up her fist. Naruto looked to see that there was something small on her hand reflecting the sunlight. He squinted to get a closer look and saw that it began to expand and spread across her fist.
Soon the entirety of her hand was covered by this crystalline material.
"Whoah what is that?" Naruto asked.
"This is diamond, the hardest substance known to man. It can be made with carbon, this is what will protect you from your more destructive abilities."
"How do I make it?"
"Sit down with me." Chō said as she took a seat on the ground. Naruto took a seat to her left.
"You know how to access your chakra right?" Naruto nodded, he had broken into the library once and learned as much as he could on chakra and jutsu.
Chō created a carbon molecule and placed it in his hand. "Can you feel what I just put in your hand?"
Naruto nodded. "It's super small but I can feel every tiny detail."
"Good, now I want you to mold your chakra into that shape and make as many copies of that as you can while simultaneously squishing them down into the shape of your hand after they've formed."
"This sounds way too complicated" Naruto complained.
"Just shut up and do it."
Naruto frowned, skrewed his eyes shut and focussed as hard as he could.
He focussed on the feel and shape of the molecule so that he could create new copies all the while bonding them together to fit like a glove around his fist.
He could feel each carbon atom link together until it was solid and he opened his eyes to see his work.
Glancing at his fist he could see a that it was covered in a hard black substance. It didn't look anything like what he had seen Chō create and he voiced these concerns.
"What'd I do wrong?" he asked
"You didn't add enough pressure, do it agan." she said as she slapped his hand to crumble the surrounding material.
Naruto frowned as he closed his eyes to concentrate and repeated the same process. This time he increased the pressure of his chakra and watched as small crystals began to form.
Suddenly there was a crack in the material and it began to rapidly spread and eventually his new carbon glove errupted into shrapnel sending chunks flying in all directions.
He looked to Chō wide eyed and dumbfounded. She laughed at his expression and simply said " You need to make sure the pressure is even all around"
"Don't you think you shoulda told me that beforehand!" Naruto responded.
Chō giggled and stated "The only way to learn is to do."
Naruto huffed and closed his eyes to focus once more. He began to create more carbon and slowly increased the pressure while ensuring that it was evenly spread. When all was said and done he opened his eyes to see his diamond encrusted fist.
Chō grinned, she was starting to like this kid, he learned rather quickly.
"YATA! I did it!" He turned and held out his fist for her to see. He had done a rather good job, all the crystals formed the way they were supposed to and they were as hard as they should be.
Looking at him she could see his world famous foxy grin threatening to split his face in half.
Chō couldn't help but smile back, his grin had a warmth that was almost contagious.
She blinked. She felt strange. She couldn't understand what it was though, this feeling was new.
She shook her head. Glancing down at Naruto's crystalized fist, suddenly her kind smile morphed into a much more devious one. She was about to get to the best part of the training session.
She said "Hey Naruto, I want you to follow my lead"
"Ok, what're we doing" he said while standing up.
"We are gonna make full body armor. You got the basics down so you should be fine. Just do what I do."
She created a diamond glove the same way she had showed him before but this time it didn't stop at the wrist.
The diamond slowly crept up her arm to her shoulder, then it spread across her chest and so on untill everything but her neck and head was consealed behind this impenetrable armor.
"Wow" Naruto said in awe
"Give it a try" She said smiling.
Naruto's hand was still covered so he continued where he left off. The spread was slow at first, he was still getting the hang of it. Once it reached up to his shoulder it picked up speed, but it still took a few minutes and a lot of concentration before he was fully covered.
Chō smiled wide as she took a step back, held up her hand and said "up top!"
Naruto grinned and tried to move closer to her but he couldn't. The armor wouldn't budge! The very same armor he'd just created became his makeshift prison.
Seeing the look on Naruto's face made Chō burst out laughing. Naruto saw that she moved to hold her sides even though her armor was still intact.
He realized that she was playing with him by not telling him how to move with the armor on.
Naruto scowled, "yeah yeah laugh it up... now how am I supposed to get out of this?"
Chō, with maximum effort, slowed her laughter enough to speak. "Oh, I am sure you will figure that out" After giggling for a bit longer she turned and began to walk away.
"Hey wait! You can't just leave me here!"
She smiled and said "Watch me" and with that she just left.
Naruto began to struggle against the armor but he made no progress. So he decided to look at it simply, he had put all of the diamonds together, so he should be able to take them apart... right?
Naruto focused on trying to wedge his chakra in-between the bonds of the carbon atoms. He finally managed to isolate a part of the armor and cut all the bonds holding it to the main body.
Then he heard it hit the ground. "Ha I did it!"
He turned his head to look at the chunk he knocked off. He frowned when he saw that it was only slightly bigger than a quarter. He was going to be here for a while.
Naruto grumbled as he got back to work "Stupid angel girls and their stupid angel girl pranks... I'm gonna get her back just you wait"
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The sun had set in the west and rose again in the east, it was a new day. Chō had spent all of yesterday watching the sunset and star gazing.
Her time in heaven was nice and all but she'd forgotten the natural beauty of the Earth. It was just so... peaceful.
Her thoughts drifted to her blonde protégé. She remembered how she left him entombed in his own armor. Chō pictured a chibi Naruto trying to break out but falling over and cursing.
She giggled, it semmed that she was quite fond of him already. "I guess I should go check on how he's doing."
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While entering the training grounds Chō looked over to where she had left Naruto trapped last night. He had fallen over backwards and was sleeping.
Chō giggled and examined what was left of his armor. He had freed his right arm from the sholder down entirely. His knuckles were bloody, no doubt from trying to punch the armor apart.
He had also managed to break apart the diamond covering his knees. He was probably trying walk, but because of the unbalanced weight he fell over.
Chō, deciding to wake him up, grabbed one of the many diamond shards laying about and threw it at Naruto's forehead.
His face scrunched up and his eyes opened slowly. He looked around before settling his sights on Chō. Naruto stared for a moment taking in her features as his eyes were adjusting to the light.
He could see her grinning down at him and she jokingly asked, "Having a little trouble down there?"
Naruto furrowed his brow and frowned. "Yeah I am, all thanks to you." he responded.
"Aw c'mon don't be that way it was just a joke, here I'll even help you out."
Chō bent down and with a few taps shattered the remaining armor around Naruto.
She continued speaking while Naruto got up from the ground. "Plus it's not like I did it for no reason. It was to help you learn in the same way the kagaku clan taught it's shinobi"
"Well the Kagaku clan mustn't have been very smart then" Naruto was stretching with his eyes closed so he didn't see the frown that was plastered on Chō's face.
"What kind of baka decides the best way to train a ninja is to trap him in his own armor and then not even teach them how to get out of it?"
Chō's knuckles were white as she clenched her hands into fists.
Naruto looked as if he had an epiphany and began to laugh "Thats probably why they're not around anymore! Cause all their ninja could do in a fight is cover up and then fall over!" he said.
That was it, Chō lost her temper and let her fist fly. She threw a right hook that landed square on Naruto's jaw.
Next thing he knew he was staring up at the clouds. Naruto looked up, confused. When his eyes met with hers he froze. There was a fire in her eyes, a fire fueled by her fury.
Before he could say anything she vanished in a swirl of leaves. 'What the hell was that?' Naruto thought.
'She was so mad, but why? Oh man it must be because of something I said. Stupid Naruto! Stupid!'
Naruto sighed, he had a habit of saying the wrong things but he couldn't help it.
"I should go find her and apologize. I hope she forgives me, I thought we were becoming good friends."
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