Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of it's characters. I do own all of the characters I introduce and the storyline of this fanfic.

Thanks again for the reviews, I do read them. Most of the time I already have most of the next chapter finished when the current one comes up.
FlareOfDragon, I'll take them as questions and give answers in the progress. I haven't actually seen Naruto do the Ransengan, only Jiraya. When he demonstrated the technique, it's target was far from seriously damaged so I think it's possible. Furthermore, Naruto didn't actually hit him, he just blocked his attack. I'm sure Hannoki was impressed, he just didn't show it. He hasn't seen what the Ransengan can really do yet, either.
Sorry about the chapters being short. I'm trying to make up for the length by posting them frequently. Making them longer would mean longer waits and possible lack of interest from my part. I can simply write two chapters at once and merge them. It's fine by me either way.
He probably should have mastered the kunai floating earlier, but just imagine it's very different from the Ransengan. It does require fine grained chakra control to do right.
Hannoki didn't really make Naruto float for a long time, he just lifted him and dropped him to the ground. You're also seriously underestimating him. At risk of a small spoiler, Hannoki possibly has even more chakra than Naruto.

I was discussing some things with my beta reader and I came up with some cool techniques I wanted to use. I wanted to write about them, so I had no choice but to get another chapter up. You probably already guessed it, this will be mostly about fighting. I haven't written any extensive fights yet, so we'll see how it turns out.

Naruto didn't have any problems waking up in the morning anymore after some of Hannoki's "trainings". He had slept very well because this was the first time in a week he spent the night in a real bed. His teacher woke up a little after Naruto.
After they ate breakfast, Hannoki spoke with Tsuta's father. "Thank you for your hospitality, we will be going now. If we come by this village again, we will surely visit." With those words the two "brothers" left the inn.

They had to walk a bit in order to find a good training ground. It was a ninja village after all, and a lot of the places were already used. Once they found one, Hannoki started talking. "You know most of the basics right now. You'll need these in order to learn more advanced techniques. You came from the fire country, so we'll be learning some fire jutsu's first. The simplest is a basic Fire Blast."
Naruto was very interested, he couldn't wait.
Hannoki slowly performed the needed hand seals so Naruto could memorize them. "These are the seals, after you do them, you direct some chakra towards your lungs and blow it out in a blast. The more chakra you focus, the more powerful the attack." The sensei also demonstrated this.
Naruto tried it, but he didn't manage to form a flame yet.
"You have the basics down, now it's up to you to learn how to do it. It's something that can only be done through experience." Hannoki kept watching Naruto.
The boy slowly got the hang of it. At first he had to cough because he was only producing smoke. After a couple of more tries he finally managed to make a flame, although only a small one.
"Focus more chakra to make it bigger," the watchful teacher suggested.
All of a sudden, a man stepped out from the forest. Naruto instantly recognized him, it was the same one who attacked the three genins the day before.
"You managed to surprise me yesterday, but that won't happen today," he announced. "Now fight me, and show me how strong you are!"
Naruto had been waiting for a chance to get into a real fight. He was eager to attack, but he thought about what his sensei told him. He went into a fighting stance, waiting for the opponent to make the first move. 'I have to see what he's capable of first.'
The challenger started forming seals, preparing his initial attack.
Naruto then used one of his sensei's tricks. Taking advantage of his own speed, he punched his opponent in the face before he could complete his technique.
The man quickly recovered, preparing for close combat.
Naruto jumped back, doing some seals himself. He created 10 Shadow Replications, which he ordered to attack the man.
The assailant charged the clones, destroying them one by one using taijutsu.
'OK, it's time to try my new technique.' He formed some seals and shouted "Fire Ball!" The remaining replications quickly jumped out of the way, clearing the path for the jutsu.
The man managed to dodge the attack by jumping up into a tree. He threw some kunai and shuriken at the real Naruto.
They struck him full in the chest. Naruto disappeared in a puff of smoke. The remaining clones didn't wait and went at the unknown man again.
The man had more time now and was able to finish his technique: "Razor Wind!"
All of the remaining Naruto's now also disappeared. At that moment, Naruto showed up behind the challenger. "A Thousand Years of Pain!"
The man fell off the branch he was standing on, but managed to land on his feet. Naruto didn't see that the man was making hand seals in the progress. "Whirlwind Blast!"
The attack hit the surprised Naruto, knocking him out.
"Guess you aren't as though as you thought, kid," he said.
"Pretty logical, considering he's still a kid," Hannoki replied
"And who may you be?" the attacker asked.
"My name is Hannoki, and you have just defeated my student."
"You certainly didn't train him very well did you? If you're anything like him, I doubt you're much of a challenge."
"I don't mind you insulting my student, but I do take insults at my teaching methods seriously. Why don't you find out how strong I am?"
"Is that a challenge?" he said while getting into his fighting stance.
Naruto was already recovering and watched the two men getting ready to fight. He knew this was something he should stay out of and watch carefully.
"Now that my student is watching, I can't afford to loose, can I?"
The other man took the initiative: "Wind Blade."
Hannoki blocked the attack with one of his own jutsu, "Earth Shield." Although the attack was blocked, the wall was cut into two. The sensei charged at his opponent at high speed, planting his knee into the enemy's stomach.
The man flew back and did his next attack.
Hannoki recognized it and did the same. Both men finished the "Whirlwind blast" at the same time. "I've already seen it twice, do you think it would work on me?"
"Of course not, I was just testing you." he continued his assault with "Crushing Winds!" Two strong gusts of wind came towards Hannoki from each side.
Hannoki nullified the effect with the "Wind Barrier". "I'm not done yet, Earth Slide"
The ground under the opponent's feet started to move. He quickly jumped up. "Let's cut the toying! Forbidden Technique: Tornado Warp" A large tornado started forming around the man's body.
Hannoki realized what was coming at him and tried one of his strongest defensive techniques: "Absolute Earth Barrier!" In a split second a bunker of earth had formed around him, protecting him for attacks.
The assailant focused all his power on defense in order to break it.
The earth was quickly being blown away. "This is the end for you!" Hannoki made another set of hand seals, the symbol on his forehead started glowing slightly. "Kurodendou Ryuu: Claw!"
The ground where the man was standing was cracking. He tried to jump away, but a large black claw appeared out of the earth and grabbed him.
Naruto had been watching the fight in awe, he had never seen such powerful jutsu before.
The claw had completely immobilized the attacker. Hannoki approached him. "I've beaten you, and I have some questions for you which you WILL answer."
The man knew he wasn't going to get away easily, so he nodded.
"Good. First, what's your name?"
"My name is Kagai. If I may be so rude, what is yours?"
"I suppose there is no harm in telling. I'm Hannoki. Now tell me, why were you attacking those kids?"
"You're not from around I suppose. The grey haired girl is the daughter of an important merchant. I was going to kidnap her for ransom. A man has to eat, you know."
"I know some more legitimate ways to make money. I suppose I could hand you in to the authorities, but that would get me some unnecessary attention."
Kagai sighed in relief.
"No, I think I'll just tie you to a tree and wait for somebody to find you."
The man's eyes widened in disbelieve.
"Kid, get me a rope out of that bag. We're going to have to search for another training spot."
Naruto did what he was told. His teacher released the claw and hit Kagai on the back of his neck, knocking him unconscious. After that, he took the man to a training ground closer to the village. He didn't want the man to starve while being tied up.

When the job was finished, Naruto and Hannoki went back into the forest. It was already late in the afternoon and Hannoki prepared a meal.
"Ne, sensei. Why can't we stay in the village?" Naruto asked.
"We're way too visible there. Plus, it's good training for you to sleep in the forest. It keeps you sharp."
"Are you going to teach me that technique you used on that guy?"
"You'll learn it when the final stage of the seal has been completed."
Naruto sighed and quietly finished his meal.
'The boy has already become a lot stronger since I first met him. He just doesn't realize it yet...' Hannoki thought.

Author's Notes:
This chapter turned out a lot better than I had originally thought. The fighting part may not be so impressive, but you have to use a bit of imagination.
I'm still not sure if Naruto didn't learn the Fire Ball technique too fast. It only took him a couple of hours.