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"No."
"Eh? But... why." Naruto asked, his face falling into a pouting look. He had just outlined his plan to them only to have it coldly rebuked. Sakura sighed and rubbed her temples, dimly aware that the fast runners were around their 50th lap. Sasuke started to explain.
"Its not that we don't want to do it-"
"It's that we can't." Sakura finished. She fixed him with a piercing gaze. "Naruto, having everyone punch me was about as much as I could do today, what you're purposing wouldn't be beneficial to our health-"
"Being ninja isn't beneficial to our health either." Naruto muttered, clearly not getting it. Sasuke growled.
"We are still recovering, baka! We don't have mad healing skills that you do, I would love to kick their butts and unfortunately I don't want to end up in the hospital again, get it? Sakura and I are just not up for it. Maybe next week."
"Doing it next week would defeat the purpose of doing it at all." Sasuke had to agree with that point, Naruto's plan was something devious. Suddenly Sakura grinned her evil smile and motioned them to come closer.
"Actually, we can improvise… we won't challenge the Sanin for now, but Naruto, you can still have fun….." and here she detailed her plan, with pointers from Sasuke. Maybe they wouldn't know what hit them after all.
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By now, only an hour had passed making it 8 in the morning with the rest of the world waking up. Jounin, Sanin and Hokage were all gathered once again after completing their laps in the frigid atmosphere their 'instructor' had created. But said 'instructor' was standing once again on his pole and grinning. But this grin wasn't playful, it had a certain malice to it.
"What now, oh great master of…. Of... blondness!" Anko, predictably. Naruto fixed her with his wicked eyes, no longer blue but purple. However this went relatively unnoticed by everyone as the red leaking into his eyes wasn't enough to change the shade noticeably. But his grin caused some of the hardened Jounin to shift slightly.
"Now? You get sorted."
"Sorted?" Orochimaru had asked this, causing Naruto to gaze to the back of the group. Perfect, most were unconsciously in the right positions.
"Sorted." He confirmed. He clapped his hands once and several circles lit up. Each circle was a ring of icicles, each generating a type of shield varying in color. There was one Circle behind the group, opposite to Naruto and his poles, and then 3 circles lining them, officially trapping them. People were instantly on guard looking around wearily, several were intrigued, Sandaime, Orochimaru and Jiraiya the most.
"Kanashibari no jutsu" Naruto said very softly, his hands forming only the last seal of the jutsu. He knew that Sakura and Sasuke had used the same jutsu, themselves hidden behind the 'cages' and the effect was immediate as everyone was frozen, unable to move. A lot of cursing could be heard.
"Tajuu kage bunshin no jutsu" Naruto said softly again, barely above a whisper. Hundreds of clones came to light and the Jounins looked on in horror. Even the Sanin were shocked.
"GO!" Naruto shouted. And the clones got to work. With kanashibari in effect, there was minimal resistance as the Naruto clones attacked, punching and kicking relatively lightly but enough to send each person into a certain cage. One Naruto clone was trying to send Gai into one of the cages with a green shield, but Gai was having none of it, and soon the real Naruto had to jump in as the clone was dispersed. Truth be told, he had expected more people to be able to resist kanashibari, but it appeared not. He made a mental note to have resistance training taught to everyone.
Gai was roaring something about betrayal before he was silenced with a quick genjutsu which Gai promptly fell for and advanced forward trying to attack an illusion of Naruto before the genjutsu ended and he found himself in one of the green cages.
The Hokage, the Sanin, Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi had also managed to escape Kanashibari, but not the all Naruto clones. They were all doing an ok job of destroying the clones, but when Tsunade's fist was caught by the real Naruto they all paused. Naruto managed a good kick, sending Tsunade into the yellow cage. While the others came at him, he used Suiton Kaihodan jutsu and shot streams of water at them, which froze in the air after Naruto did a second seal with his hand thus becaming ice projectiles and sending Jiraiya, Orochimaru and Kakashi, (who all had not expected the water to turn to ice) into the yellow cage, catching Sarutobi and Itachi on the way.
Now everyone was sorted into a cage.
The clones dispersed as Naruto released the jutsu and he observed. Sasuke and Sakura came out of their hiding places and glances around. The Shields prevented any noise from coming out, so it was pleasantly quiet.
"Not bad." Sasuke complimented, even now, compliments were rare from him. Naruto grinned.
"Eh, they were caught off guard and it's not perfect." He paused, clapped his hands again and the shields flared with their individual coloured lights.
"QUIET! Now, if you will allow me, I will explain. You have now all been sorted into categories based on your skills. For the last two hours or something, we have evaluated your speed, strength, skill and endurance. Green corresponds to Taijutsu, Pink corresponds to Genjutsu and Blue corresponds to Ninjutsu. To my left are those with low chakra and to my right are those with high chakra. And facing me is Yellow, which holds those who excel in the 3 areas.
"Those who are special jounin in the area of Taijutsu or just really good at Taijutsu will be trained by Sasuke to strengthen their Nnnjutsu and genjutsu. Those who are good at Genjutsu and Ninjutsu will train with Sakura on their Taijutsu. And those in the Yellow cage will train with me." He paused, letting this all sink in, most had stopped running their mouths.
"As for attacking you, well…it was fun. Now, each group will be taught on a certain day of the week. Seeing as today is Thursday, we'll start rotating on Monday. Fridays will be the low chakra Taijutsu group with Sasuke, Saturday will be the low chakra genjutsu and Ninjutsu groups with Sakura, Sunday will be the high chakra Taijutsu group, followed by the High chakra genjutsu group on Monday, and the high chakra Ninjutsu group on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursdays will be the Yellow group.
"On certain days I will help the other two teachers. Also, since we all have missions to accomplish, it's understandable that not everyone will be able to come. We'll make special preparations for those people. When it is your day to be trained, you are to be here at dawn, training will take until 1 or 2 in the afternoon, leaving you all enough time to do some missions." Naruto released the shields and the icicles that had generated them collapsed into blocks of ice.
"So, we'll start the rotation Monday (didn't I just say that?). Remember what group you're in! Also, for those who rely on bloodlines, don't. I won't allow it. You're to learn at the pace of everyone else." He eyed certain people, Uchiha and Hyuuga especially. People grumbled, many glared, some walked off without a second glance. Now the test began, who would swallow their pride enough to admit he had surprised them? Ah, well, Naruto grumbled, he had until next week to prepare what he was going to teach those who were already extremely good.
Turning his back to everyone he motioned for Sasuke and Sakura to meet up at the poles, he wanted to talk to them.
"Sakura, Sasuke have either you tried to-"
"Ahem." Naruto looked over, dimly aware of the narrowing of Sasuke's eyes and the twitch in his fingers. Even Sakura looked more stoic than usual. Naruto supposed it would be hard to act normal in front of him (though how Sasuke managed to handle Itachi was mind boggling)
"Oh? Orochimaru-sama! What's up?" he asked in his usual cheeriness. The other two Sanin were with him, Hokage was off to one side talking with Saburo and Yutaka while Kakashi and Itachi were waiting silently.
"Naruto-kun, I'm curious to the jutsu you used to come here…" Orochimaru told him in his sickly husky lined voice that team 7 hated.
"Hmmm. Nope. Sorry. Can't tell you. Trade secret, ya know? Besides, its bloodline only, ya know?" only partially true. But then again, a small lie couldn't hurt.
"Why not! If its bloodline, you can still tell us!" was Jiraiya always this whiny? Naruto wondered while fixing a very amused look on his face.
"aaahhha. No. Sorry but it's my secret. Was there anything else you need?" he asked politely, his exuberance loosing its strength every second. He had to strain to look happy.
"Well then, what will you teach us, twerp?" Naruto's eye winced subtly at that. He kept reminding himself that Tsunade didn't remember him, and wouldn't know him for quite some time.
"Teach? Not much, just a few ice jutsus, most of the time we'll be sparing, using different aspect of your skills. For example, sparing using medical techniques, or sparing using only one element. There isn't much I can actually teach you aside from techniques in countries that haven't been created yet, so if you don't even want to show up, I don't mind." He told her plain and simple. He was after all, being honest. Jiraiya was eyeing him, probably because of his resemblance to the 4th, Tsunade was eyeing him the same way Orochimaru was, which was the look that a stranger would give an impudent child. That 'your-nothing' smug look.
"Well, looks like Saburo and Yutaka want to head home, you best go Sakura, Sasuke." Naruto said, it was true, but it wasn't his reason for sending them away, having Itachi and Orochimaru in the same vicinity was wearing incredibly thin on Sasuke. Out of the corner of his eye he saw them nod stiffly and make their retreat.
Personally, Naruto was glad Sasuke had such good control of his emotions; they would have blown all his careful planning and secrets. But he was worried, how long could Sasuke continue up the charade? It was pure luck that it would be Naruto dealing with Itachi and Orochimaru at the same time, and he had no intention of switching. He'd do what it would take to keep Orochimaru from Sasuke, even if he was reportedtly 'not evi yet.' He broke out of his thoughts when Sandaime approached him, giving off smiles to his former students who smiled back.
"Naruto, I've been wondering since you left the hospital 4 days ago, where have you been staying?" Unsurprised by the question, he shrugged.
"Nowhere, I've slept here, and fished in the river nearby. Since my younger self is an orphan in and orphanage, I can't exactly go there and say I need my room, now can I?" Naruto yawned into his palm.
"Soka, well I have an apartment for you, if that is you can stray from your outdoorsy personality." Outdoorsy? Is that even a word? Naruto chuckled.
"What's the catch?" he asked, eyeing the old man.
"Jiraiya will be staying with you, with Tsunade and Orochimaru across the hall." Naruto was having a difficult time with that concept. Eventually he nodded. No wonder the Sanin had stayed then.
"Sure. By the way, do you have any missions I can do in-between teaching?" Now it was Sarutobis turn to ponder the possibilities. Eventually after what appeared to be some serious deliberation, he nodded.
"C and B rank for now, accompanied always by Kakashi. Report at the burro tomorrow at 8."
"Kaaaay." He claimed. Grabbing the keys Sandaime had dangling in front of his eyes. "Oh, and Saru-geezer? Wear your armour Wednesday, your going to need it." As Kakashi took off to guard Sandaime as he went back to his dwellings, Naruto turned to his new roomies.
Immediate sweat drop appeared. "Soooo… do either of you know where it is?" Jiraiya sighed.
"This way, Baka." Naruto just grinned sheepishly at that and followed him. It was going to be a long weekend. Dimly, He was aware that he had forgotten to ask Sasuke and Sakura the rest of his important question.
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Leaving it here for today. Hmmm thinking about doing another Naruto fanfiction… but it'll be vastly different. I only have some clue as to what to do, and some clue as to how to end this one. (oh don't worry, end isn't going to be for awhile yet… I hope, heck.. maybe I'll write a trilogy?... that would be cool... yeah)
Time for a nap i think.