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The Paths they took.
Chapter 5:
The Path to Change
"So brat, what with that scroll of yours?" asked Kisame as the three of them began to travel to a new place.
Naruto thought for some seconds then replayed. "Well… I stole it from that teacher… It has some jutsu I want to learn. I was going to leave the village that night so I thought I have nothing to lose. So I took it with me."
Itachi did notice there was more to Naruto's story but for moment this was not the place to talk about.
"Ok then." Said Kisame, he was indeed curious as to what could be there but maybe it will be better for the boy to learn and show him when they fought in a fight.
He wanted to give him an advantage. He always liked to fight and to have some competition.
"So what do you mean back then about my clones?" Naruto asked Kisame, "I did have some strategy when we fought."
"You need to learn to think for yourself kid." Kisame said but Naruto didn't seems to fully understand.
"What he meant is that you show signs of being an excellent fighter, but you lack the ability to think things through. Now tell me what could you and three clones accomplish together in combat that you couldn't by yourself?" Itachi asked.
"Easy. We could attack from all sides at the same time. The enemy will never see it coming." Naruto nodded proudly to himself.
"This is what he meant." Itachi's words interrupted Naruto's self-appreciation, "You only think of the most obvious things. You don't look underneath the underneath. Your clones could do so much more. If you were in the air and kunai were flying at you and with no other way to dodge, a clone could grab you and throw you out of the way. You could also use your clones to get higher by jumping off of them, this would give your opponent an unexpected aerial attack. You could have clones brace you from a fall or intercept a hit meant for you. The options with your clones are limitless. But this of course depends on you." He Explained.
Naruto fell stupid. How could there have been so many things and yet he could only come up with one?
Itachi seemed to pick up on what Naruto was thinking. "You will eventually get better as the time passes. Now tell me. Do you want to change into a better Shinobi?" He asked the blonde.
Even if he wanted Naruto to act and think in a certain way it didn't give him permission to force him to do so.
"Oh course... I do." Said Naruto with a little hesitation.
"You cannot change if you fear and doubt yourself. You must trust yourself if you truly want to change." Itachi said.
Naruto repeated the words over and over again in his mind as he slowly grasped at what Itachi was trying to say.
"I don't fear myself, I just fear… um well it's not really fear, I mean..." Naruto eyes were going to his stomach were the Kyuubi was sealed.
Kisame didn't seems to understood but Itachi did.
"I want to change, what do I have to do?" Naruto said now with full confidence in his voice.
"You must train and last as long as you possibly can, then and only then will you begin to move along the path to self improvement."
"How would this help me?"
"By allowing you to realize that you must not fear, you must not panic, but focus on the task at hand. By realizing these truths you will come to understand yourself and be ready to be a Shinobi. You must remember to stay calm and determined."
"I will try."
"Do not try, do. Make it happened."
Naruto nodded.
He didn't needed to say what he was going to do unless he was asked directly. He just needed to do it.
"What's your elemental affinity kid?" Kisame asked.
Naruto just looked confused as he repeated, "Elemental affinity? What's that?"
Kisame sighed and explained, "There are the five elemental chakra natures, which are the foundation of all elemental ninjutsu. They are so vital to the shinobi lifestyle that each of the Five Great Shinobi Countries is named after one of the five. Each element is naturally weaker than and stronger than another and elemental affinity means which element you can use best. Many higher level shinobi can use more than one type of elemental jutsu. They manage that after lots of practice, but their main element, called their affinity, is usually only one. They practice and develop other affinities later in life."
Naruto nodded as he finally understood.
"How do I know what is my element?" asked Naruto getting very interested in elemental affinities. He had already read in a book about them but only the name was mentioned.
"There is a little test for that." Kisame grinned but Naruto gulped.
He had never been good at tests, "Is the affinity decided by the marks? If I fail the test, I don't get any affinity?" Naruto asked.
Kisame stopped walking followed then by Itachi.
Kisame stood still for a moment, then he began to laugh. He laughed for few minutes.
Naruto and Itachi waited as Kisame finally stopped, wiping tears from his eyes, "You really are one interesting kid." He straightened as he shook his head, "The test isn't a paper-pencil test, although a paper is involved."
"What do I have to do?" asked Naruto.
"You just have to mold your chakra and focus it on the paper. One's affinity can be determined using pieces of paper made from a special type of tree that is grown and fed with chakra." explained itachi.
"And when this so-called Chakura Kannōshi is exposed to even the slightest hint of chakra, it reacts according to the chakra's latent element." Added Kisame then he took out a scroll from an inside pocket of his cloak. He opened it and summoned more scrolls from inside.
Naruto glanced at them as curiosity got the better of him. 'Wow so many things… I really have to learn how to do this.' He thought.
Kisame stood up and turned to the Naruto. He unwrapped a packet and took out a few old looking papers from it.
Naruto noticed happily that they weren't big enough to write on. He hadn't been fully convinced that he wouldn't have to write a test.
Kisame held out one to Naruto. "Here kid, try it."
Naruto accepted the paper. Then looked at the paper as he focused chakra on it.
The paper split into two.
Naruto dropped it in surprise. He turned to Kisame and Itachi.
Kisame looked at the pieces of the paper Naruto had dropped.
He picked them up. "This," he shook the paper pieces, "happens for the Wind type."
Naruto looked at the paper in Kisame's hands and grinned, "That means-"
"Yeah kid, it means you are a wind type." Kisame finished for the boy. Kisame was sure Itachi had copied a few with his sharingan.
"Wind chakra is very rare. It is also very dangerous in a fight." said Itachi.
Naruto became excited. "This is so cool!"
The three of them continued their road changing more words.
They have told him they were part of an organization and that they make missions for money.
Naruto didn't ask more on the subject but this made him wonder when he will be alone again what job could he find to make money.
And who would hire a kid… being a missing-nin was truly hard.
After a long travel they have found a cave as the night was coming.
Kisame left to relieve himself leaving both Naruto and Itachi into a cave.
"I wanted to ask you how do handle all of this… you know." Naruto said hoping Itachi understand what he meant.
He remembered the time Itachi had told him about his reasons for serving the village, about his philosophy about the duty of a shinobi.
Itachi saw the connections forming, "Time doesn't heal anything. It just teaches us how to live with pain." He said.
"Why did you have to choose this" asked Naruto. "This is not right-" he said but Itachi cut him off, "It's what I chose. My sacrifice is a small one, in the grand scheme of things. If this keeps the village safe, then I'll gladly pay it."
Naruto looked at him not sure what to say. He was wondering if the ends justifies the means.
"Sometimes we have to do what's right, even if it hurts the ones closest to us. Sometimes we have to follow orders that we hate, in order to protect what we love." Itachi spoke quietly, as Naruto nodded.
"But why are you so different when…like your…" Naruto tried to find a word how to describe but he couldn't.
Itachi understood what he meant and said, "Is a 'persona' I fabricated."
"A persona?" asked Naruto.
"Yes, sometime on missions you have to be someone you are not in order to complete the mission…"
"I still don't get it…"
"Naruto-kun, do you know why Anbu are so feared?"
"Because they are strong?" Naruto guessed.
Itachi shook his head. "Not completely, Naruto-kun. It is because the Anbu do not make a single wasted movement. In missions they sometimes have to be thinking like a machine. They will treat a genin the same way they treat a S-rank enemy. They make no assumptions. Every move made is made with the mission objectives in mind. Even if they know for a fact that their opponent is weaker than them, they allow no decrease in their own attacks or make the mistake of not taking a fight seriously. Those who do, do not last very long."
Naruto was surprised but he understood.
"Another factor is their reputation." He looked down to see Naruto hanging onto every word, "Their reputation precedes them everywhere they go. In a battle, the opponent tends to get intimidated and make mistakes."
"Wow." Naruto muttered.
Itachi smiled. "Remember Naruto-kun. It is always better to be safe rather than sorry. When in battle, always rely on the current situation. Do not allow yourself to be blinded by what you believe to be the truth. That is why Anbu are so feared. For them, there is no past, there is no future. There is only the mission."
"But then, shouldn't we all do that?" Naruto asked, confused.
Itachi merely smiled. "Living on the edge like that for long periods of time tends to be unhealthy, Naruto-kun. Also, it dehumanizes."
Naruto looked confused.
"It makes you care less and less even about the things you should. For example, helping someone in need. With that particular mindset, you decide that the effort of helping the person is not beneficial to you and hence, you do not. Understand?"
Naruto nodded, disgusted. "I would never do that. I'll help everyone."
"The persona I fabricate helps me in what I want to accomplish. Sometimes in missions you will have to create a persona like an Anbu if you want to accomplish that mission."
Naruto wondered if to make a 'persona' could help him as well.
Maybe he could create a persona to, something to help him deal with his past or start to wear a mask could help as well he thought. But for now he should ask more.
"But if I do this… does this mean I always have to be that persona?" Naruto asked unsure of what he will do.
"No… but perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be."
Naruto nodded. He could do this but he should never forget who he is.
"Now tell me what is actually inside that scroll." Said Itachi as Naruto panicked.
"That teacher… he tricked me to stole it. And in that scroll there are more easy jutsu for me to learn. I know they may be Forbbiden jutsu but I will be careful when learning them."
"You do know even me or the Hokage will be forced to kill you if you let that scroll to fall into the hands of anyone else other then you. And not to mention that stealing is a crime itself."
"I… I promise after I learn more jutsu I will find a way to return it to Hokage-jiji."
"How exactly are you going to do that?"
"If I won't be able to, I'll give it to you when I'm done learning, I promise, please." Begged Naruto hoping Itachi will let him continue to learn from the scroll, "If I'm out here I need to be able to protect myself. Right?"
"Fine… I will teach you how to seal it into a smaller scroll. "
"Does that mean you will teach me Fūinjutsu?" asked Naruto excited to learn his clan speciality.
"I will teach you the basics of sealing jutsu."
Naruto nodded.
But this also made him wonder something else.
This scroll contains the secrets of the Kages of the greatest Shinobi nation ever. Right? If he could learn the jutsu inside this scroll...
This meant he was going to surpass them all. This could be something he wanted to accomplish in his life. Another goal that he could achieve it.
Naruto didn't bother looking at the section that contained the forbidden seals for moment, not knowing the tiniest bit about sealing. But after he learns about sealing he might give a look.
Next day
Since Naruto accepted to be trained by Itachi he know the days were no longer going to be the same.
But he didn't expect to be wake up at command.
And when he said 'Five more minute.' Kisame used a water jutsu on him! And the water was COLD!
It will take some time but at least this way maybe he will be a morning person.
Itachi know the boy needed discipline.
"Ok so what jutsu can I learn." Asked Naruto as they had finish eating and he was ready to start his training.
"How is your chakra control?" asked Itachi.
"Good I guess…" said Naruto, it was better then it used to be.
"Then that is what you should do for now."
"What but why… I've already spent many days with chakra control and other then walking on water or three I don't have what else to use it on."
Itachi didn't answer and just walked over to a giant rock close to them.
Naruto eyes were on Itachi who pushed his fist high and then a Chakra pervaded his arm, and clad it in a pale blue blaze.
Itachi's fist hit the rock and the rock was smashed making a high-pitched sound.
Naruto had his jaw dropped after he had seen this.
Shinobi's taijutsu weren't physical strength. But if you were able to use chakra you be able to smash even a huge rock.
"As you probably know Chakra can be use not only to walk on water or trees. There is more you can do as long as you can control it. Only once you've mastered the very basics of chakra and you are able to perform them under any circumstance the advanced techniques will make sense." Explained Itachi.
"I don't think we will have to worry about that." Said Naruto as he made 25 clones who started to training in chakra control, "Only 25 of my clones can mold chakra and when they dispel I get the training they did." He explained.
It was not bad at least now Itachi could focus on learning him something else.
It took some hours but Naruto started to get the hand on learning a better taijutsu.
Itachi had just finished a small spar with Naruto.
He stood and analyzed the blonde's weaknesses.
Even if the blonde could use a large number of clones, his technique was very rough. While the numbers might work against genin level ninja, any other ninja with a decent taijutsu or ninjutsu could manage to fight back.
That how the days went on, they spend some hours in the morning training a little on taijutsu and then continue their travel to an unknown location to Naruto.
In these days Naruto started to get a hand on taijutsu. He knew he needed to advance in all forms of combat if he ever wanted to become truly great.
He was not good with genjutsu but at least with the training he had, he could at least dispell it.
After these days they finally got to the destination.
"Here you can train without getting unwanted attention brat." Said Kisame.
''What is this place?'' Naruto asked Itachi and Kisame.
''Uchiha Clan hideout.'' Replayed Itachi.
The Uchiha Hideout is a former base of the Uchiha clan.
It is built into a terraced mountain with vast forestry growing on each level.
Two towers were also built on either side of the mountain connecting directly to it.
Inside, there was at least one, vast meeting hall which had the symbol of the Uchiha framing the doorway on either side. At the front of the room, elevated above the rest of the room by a platform was a throne of sorts a small table beside it.
The days seems to go fine so far…
Naruto taijutsu was getting better, his clones helped a lot at improving his chakra control and he was finally able to destroy a giant rock with his punch.
He had even learned the basics of sealing jutsu and could seal gears for now including the giant scroll.
Normally Naruto would be thinking right now at how much ramen and food he could store in those sealing scrolls he had.
But right now after another day of training Naruto was never sure if he admired or hated both Itachi and Kisame.
He could never pinpoint exactly what made him feel that Itachi and Kisame took a perverse pleasure in running him into the ground, but he was completely convinced that it was true.
Despite that, he also had to admit that he felt better than he ever had in life.
He had grown thorough pain. It hurt allot but after he got used, he become better.
He was making progress.
Itachi and Kisame pushed him harder than he'd ever worked in his entire life, but Naruto couldn't help but admit that he was starting to see why Itachi and Kisame trained him the way they did: It worked.
He was becoming stronger, faster and he was feeling better.
Itachi took notice that Naruto was talented as he learned thinks on his own when he was young, even so talent is no excuse for intellectual laziness, especially from someone as talented as the boy. That why he made sure to push him more every time he complained or was making excuses.
Itachi deliberately didn't praise him.
When people thought they were special, they got lazy.
Thinking that what you could do was only natural meant knowing your own insufficiencies. You still couldn't do everything, so you weren't particularly admiring of what you could already do. So you didn't think you were special.
People who thought like this would always keep pushing ahead.
Itachi felt a nice feeling in his heart.
Fate had given him a chance to contribute towards the building of the next generation. He had never thought he would ever teach after he had escaped from Konoha.
Training Naruto did bring back memories of when he trained Sasuke.
Back then he felt like he had to live up to Sasuke's expectations. He felt like he wanted to be the self who would not shame Sasuke.
These feelings become the power to propel himself forward. Sasuke always gave him a motivation that he certainly couldn't have managed alone.
He had nothing but gratitude for his brother.
Abruptly, he remembered what Shisui had once said: ' You've never blamed your fate on your clan, or given up.'
No one should blame their fate on anyone. And continue to move on.
Next Day
"I think your ready now to learn some jutsu."
"Cool." Said Naruto.
"Let's see what you have in that scroll." Said Itachi.
Kisame had left for a while so now he could watch what jutsu were contained in that scroll.
"Well there is one I had in mind." Said Naruto showing Itachi the jutsu.
Bunshin Daibakuha was a forbidden jutsu because it required high chakra reserves, at least Jonin level to use, and required the user to master the Kage Bunshin beforehand.
Bunshin Daibakuha let the user to create suicide bomber clones which can be detonated by the user or clone itself. It was considered nearly undetectable for non-sensors and Non-Doujutsu users.
"Interesting choice, just keep in mind that the chakra which would normally return to you after the clone is dispelled and the memory of the clone will not return to you."
Seeing Naruto's confuse face he tried to explain simpler, "This technique utilizes the volatility of chakra. Usually, the chakra we use in our ninjutsu is molded in a half and half ratio of physical energy and spiritual energy. Do you understand?" he glanced at the boy.
Naruto nodded. "Yeah, I read this in one book." or at least his clones did.
Itachi began again, "Do you know why?"
Naruto tried to remember for a few moments before shaking his head.
"Physical energy is pure, unadulterated energy. Individually, it needs to burn up the instant it is created. Too much of it cannot be created and stored without spiritual energy. That is why we can lift a hundredpound stone ten times, but can't lift a thousand pound stone one time, even though the work done is same."
Naruto nodded.
Itachi glanced down and was surprised to see that Naruto was jotting down notes in a small notebook. He hadn't thought Naruto to be a note-making kind of a person.
Whatever, Itachi didn't mind as long as Naruto understood.
"Spiritual energy, on the other hand," Itachi continued when Naruto looked up for more, "is control."
"So the better your control of spiritual energy, the better is the jutsu?"
Itachi nodded. "Yes. That is because the spiritual energy is the control factor of the chakra."
Itachi made a Kage Bunshin that walked a small distance away, "When you and I make clones, Naruto-kun, we make them entirely of chakra." Naruto nodded as Itachi explained. "Currently, the clone has a balance of both energies. But If you manage to separate the spiritual energy from the mix, while compressing the complementary physical energy, you can hold it for some time. Then just release it all at once." Itachi pointed at his clone who nodded and exploded.
"You can do this to!" Naruto was shocked. Itachi already know this forbidden jutsu!
It did start to make sense to Naruto why he explained it so well.
Itachi just walked up to the place where the clone had exploded. "When you release the physical energy suddenly, the chakra explodes."
Then he looked at Naruto warningly. "This is why, Naruto-kun, you must never try to do it in your real body." He explained. "You may accidentally blow your body up. While you won't blow like a clone as your body isn't totally made of chakra, your internal organs will be blasted apart, and you will die nonetheless."
Naruto gulped as he imagined himself blown up, on the ground with his insides fried.
He shuddered at the image.
He hastily promised himself to never try the technique on his body.
Night
Kisame was going through his own sword techniques when he sensed Itachi approaching.
Naruto was slung over Itachi's shoulder.
Kisame raised an eyebrow at Itachi.
Itachi decided that it would be best to avoid any misconceptions, "Chakra exhaustion." He explained, before Kisame reached the wrong conclusion.
"What were you doing, Itachi-san?" he asked, "I've never seen the brat run out of chakra before."
Itachi nodded. "Usually, he wouldn't have, but I learned him the Bunshin Daibakuha." He said.
"So how did it go?"
"Naruto-kun used at least a few dozens clones in his training." He glanced at the boy, still a little surprised himself.
He had known that Naruto had huge reserves, but to watch it in action was really something else.
Kisame smirked. "Yeah, us large chakra holders do have an advantage over the others."
"Before I can show him wind jutsu, he needs to be able to draw wind natured chakra freely."
"Hmm… Wanna spar?"
When Naruto had wake up this morning he notice he was alone so he run to the entrance.
As he walked out he meet Kisame, but he also noticed some changes in the landscape outside, "What happened here?" he asked surprised.
"Oh, nothing. I and Itachi-san had a little friendly spar last night." Said Kisame.
"Friendly?" asked Naruto still unsure if that was a friendly fight as he continued to examine the landscape.
"Yup, friendly." Kisame slapped him on the back, "Ok maybe we exaggerated a little, you know sometimes we are very competitive."
Naruto signed as he glared at the surroundings again.
"So," he asked, "What are we doing today, Shark-ossan." Naruto joked but A vein appeared on Kisame's forehead.
"How come you refer to Itachi-san with such respect and call me with so much rudeness?" he asked the blonde.
Naruto shrugged. "He taught me jutsu. When you teach me jutsu, I'll call you even sensei."
Kisame snorted, "It's not my fault you can't use water type jutsu. If you could, I could have taught you some jutsu. And you don't seems to be the type for Kenjutsu."
"Kenjutsu…" Naruto wondered for a while. He was not the type to use swords but he did want to be a great Shinobi and for this he needed to learn about every type of fighting.
At least a little.
"Can you teach me Kenjutsu?" he asked.
Kisame grinned at him. "I guess I could show you something but you don't have a sword."
"Oh…"
That true he didn't have one and he was sure no one will even sell him one. He was just a kid after all.
"Before you start learning something new you should at least finish with what you started learning." Said Itachi who had overheard their conversation.
"I know, I know but… I just wish at least I had a try with a sword." Said Naruto.
He didn't mean waiting but he wanted to see how is like to use a sword.
Itachi didn't say anything and just took out a scroll from his cloak.
Then to Naruto's surprise Itachi summoned a Katana.
This Katana used to be Itachi's Anbu Blade. He didn't use it since that night…
Itachi wouldn't have ever used that sword again but from his talk with Naruto he did thought for a while.
Maybe at least the Blade deserved to be redeemed.
Naruto could only watch amazed when Itachi offered him the sword.
"Well who know you had that to you." Said Kisame.
"Let's see what you can do Naruto-Kun." Said Itachi.
Naruto nodded and started to experiment with the sword.
Little did Naruto know, Itachi had just gave him the Uchiha Clan Slayer 9000.
Yeah… Naruto was not ready to use a sword until he was going to be older and more disciplined.
"I don't think I was that bad." Said Naruto.
"Uzumaki-Kun… why would you think… using my sword with Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu was a good idea?" Itachi asked.
Naruto figures out he was a little angry from the way he said his name, "Well I thought that it will work better then with shurikens." Said Naruto innocently.
It didn't.
So Naruto come to the conclusion to work on what he was better until he would touch a sword ever again.
So he returned to his regular training.
Next Day
When Naruto wake up this morning he took notice Kisame and Itachi were meditating or something like that but it didn't last long as they opened their eyes.
"Morning." Said Naruto with a smile ready to start another day as it seems since he got use to wake up early he had more energy in every morning.
There was a little silence for some seconds until Itachi chose to broke the ice, "I and Kisame have to leave now." He said then watched as the expression on Naruto's faced travelled from curiosity to sadness.
"What? Why?" he asked.
Itachi reached out and patted his head. "We have a mission."
Naruto's mouth formed an 'O'.
Then he smiled. "So it's not like we're not going to meet again then?" His eyes making inverted Us as he grinned wide.
Once again, Itachi wondered at Naruto's optimism and positive outlook on life, "Of course, Naruto." He patted the blonde's head again, "Don't forget, it doesn't matter how many jutsu you know and to know how to use the ones you have at full potential and always remember. Battles are fought from here." He rested his fingers on Naruto's chest, over the blonde's heart. "But are won from here." He shifted his hand to tap Naruto's temple.
Naruto nodded, understanding.
"I wrote some notes on your notebook on what you should work on until we meet again."
"But how long will you two be gone… and what should I do until we meet again."
"It will be a long mission so we can't say for sure. You can stay here if you want or you can go in your own journey when you are ready. Just don't forgot what you learn and don't let your emotion control your actions."
Naruto nodded then said, "I think I will stay here some days and then I think I know a place I want to visit."
"Good luck brat. You will need it." Said Kisame.
Itachi and Kisame turned and began their own journey.
Author Notes (warning: potential spoilers)
Here is another chapter.
I finally had time to reread it and make sure it was ok.
I've added a joke or two to this chapter, at least when I mentioned Itachi's sword, I hope it's not a problem some little comedy in there.
Now there is something I think I should mention because I don't get it why but in most of the fictions I read for some reasons Konoha is made to be worst then Suna.
And in Suna, Gaara's dad only tried to kill him because he thought Gaara couldn't control himself and was a danger to the village. In other words, Gaara actually killed people so the villagers hating and fearing him makes perfect sense. But this logic does not apply to stories happening in Konoha.
In canon, Konoha saw Naruto more of a ticking bomb, the civilians at least. Yes, they probably should have felt more, sorry for him and they probably would have if he hadn't kept messing up the village. The people were already a bit scared of him and the fact that he was breaking things all the time and doing graphiti made him probably seem worse than he actually was. He only really showed people the worst side of himself so that's why the people still hated him. When he started to protect the village more people started to like him because he was proving that he was actually a good person. The protagonist was not perfect in the beginning but as the story moved on Naruto become better.
This is something I fell like I needed to mention because most of it is utterly ridiculous. It seems as if nobody can look beyond:
The abused Naruto bashed by a politically powerful [civilian] counsel at the heart of a NINJA village where the Uchihas are somehow held in high esteem despite them being blamed for the nine-tails attack with our blonde hero consequently getting a kekkai genkai/bloodline and the easy fellowship of a potent, demonic beast on his side hastily romanticized by his heroics along with his unrealistic harem heralding a change in the ninja world through morally paper-thin convictions along with unexplained hyperintelligence and deifying badassery. He gets the girl/ 'girls' of his dreams and recollects his unprecedented feats of bringing peace to the world on his lonesome leaving the pink haired banshee, the prideful Uchiha, and the copy-nin in the dust so they can think about the evils they have done to our young hero... and to think, the only thing that held him back, was his visibly colored attire and his diet consisting almost entirely of ramen even considering that he had a noticeable change in growth in shippuden.
I don't have a problem to read one or two stories like that but them being repetitive is not helping.
I hope I didn't annoy anyone by mentioning all of this. But this is how is see most of the fictions on this site and I wanted to remember that I will not do my fictions that way.
Naruto's current jutsu at the moment:
Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu
Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu
Bunshin Daibakuha = Clone Great Explosion (New)
Kokuangyo no Jutsu
Transformation Technique
Variations: Harem no Jutsu
Jutsu/Technique:
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu = Shadow Clone Technique
Bunshin Daibakuha = Clone Great Explosion
