Thank you all for your reviews. I'm very happy to see that you like my story. Even though I love receiving all of them and I don't want you to stop sending them, I don't really intend to answer them, as I see it as making my chapters larger in an unfair way. You'll just have to wait and see what will happen. See it as my way of keeping you guys on the edge of your seats. I just wanted to tell Shikami15 that I've finished the whole Dune series 3 times besides seeing the films a couple of times as well as all the books his son has written. I can't get enough of the 'Dune universe'. Anyway, on with the story, enjoy.

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Naruto and Sarutobi were standing opposite each other in a wide clearing of the Uzumaki training grounds. Around them, their spectators felt the tension rising while some of them murmured about the upcoming events.

"Alright Naruto," Sarutobi started. "I want to do the same things as two and a half years ago."

He then turned to the people around them. "For the ones here that don't know what Naruto had to do the last time. This exam consists of multiple tests. First of all he will perform every jutsu he knows, which I can tell you were 57 last time. "

Immediately the youngsters reacted heavily. They knew their friend was strong, but 57 techniques was absurd, especially so long ago. Neji looked at the former Hokage. "Hokage-sama, isn't it impossible for Naruto to perform every jutsu he knows at once? I mean, there is no way he'll have enough chakra for that."

The old man smiled. He had anticipated this. As none of the younger ones here knew about Kyuubi, he would have to come up with another way of having the young blonde performing all his skills at once.

"I know Neji-kun. Therefore, I will give him a soldier pill when his reserves are almost empty. That way he will be alright."

This seemed to have satisfied the young Hyuuga. Sarutobi signalled for his student to start whenever he was ready.

Soon everyone, including the older people with the exception of Jiraiya were seen jaw dropped as their common friend easily exceeded his previous total, only to stop at a whopping 92 jutsus. The boy chose not to give all his unique bloodline skills away at once, so he performed all the techniques, using two-handed seals.

About halfway through, he received a soldier pill, which provided him with enough chakra to avoid him having to use Kyuubi's chakra.

When he was finished, Naruto was given a break to recover once again and eat another soldier pill. In the meantime Kakashi walked up to Jiraiya.

"Jiraiya-sama, what is going on with Naruto's chakra? I can't sense anything and I wasn't able to copy any of his moves."

The perverted sennin smiled at his colleague. "That's part of Naruto's Hitomi bloodline limit Kakashi-kun. He can completely conceal his chakra and through using his "Blind aura no jutsu", no one will ever be able to copy any of his jutsus."

The lazy Jounin pondered over the answer he was given when Jiraiya gave him a devious smile. "Just watch the rest of the exam. I think you'll be shocked again soon," the white haired sennin spoke while patting him on the back.

When Naruto had regained his strength, it was time for the second part of the exam. The Third explained to the others that Naruto was going to perform as many jutsus as possible, starting with the least consuming ones, without replenishing any of his chakra. He told them that two and a half years ago, the boy was able to perform 32 jutsus without replenishing his chakra. What happened next really rocked the boat.

Being the confident boy he is, Naruto started to perform his jutsus one-handed. When most of the onlookers had recovered from the initial surprise, he started to perform 2 jutsus at once, ending up on a grand total of 64 jutsus, which already included some pretty decent elemental jutsus and sealing techniques, proving just how much his chakra capacity had grown during his absence. Jiraiya could already see the next round of questions coming from Kakashi and the others so after Naruto had collapsed from exhaustion, he started to explain everyone about the nature of Naruto's Hitomi bloodline limit. In the meantime, Naruto was brought inside to recover by receiving a boost from Kyuubi without the others noticing it. To kill time, his young friends were given a master class in advanced chakra control techniques from the older shinobi.

After a while, he returned completely revitalised. He nodded to Sarutobi, indicating he was ready for what was about to come. The old man turned to the spectators and started explaining.

"The last time we did this, Naruto had to fight me in an all taijutsu match, during which neither of us was allowed to use ANY ninjutsu or genjutsu techniques. Back then, he lasted 7 minutes before he was unable to continue," he said, stressing the word any as he was slightly afraid his opponent would use Kirameki no jutsu or Shunshin no jutsu.

Naruto signalled he understood the rules as he positioned himself in the first stance of his personal taijutsu style. With the exception of Jiraiya, everyone looked surprised as none of them recognised the stance he had taken. Most of the older shinobi were familiar with the Yondaime's Uzumaki taijutsu style; however the stance they saw here looked similar to it but was still somewhat different.

"Enjoy the show," Jiraiya said to Tsunade as he focused on his student.

Ready for the fight, Naruto looked at Sandaime as he had one request. "Before we start, I would like to request two things," he spoke.

"First of all I want to ask permission to use one single jutsu, Chakra no Mesu (Chakra scalpel) to be precise as this jutsu is an integral part of the medical taijutsu style that is part of my fighting style."

He continued. "Secondly, I suggest everyone moves 150 metres backwards because when they are this close, I can't guarantee their safety."

The Third pondered over this request for a couple of seconds before he replied. "You can use that one jutsu. However, if you use any other technique if will tell Emna to void your summoning contract as you are not worthy of it in that case."

"You have my word Sarutobi-sama," Naruto said in an official tone. "And we both know about my nindo. Don't worry, just that one jutsu as agreed."

The others had moved back far enough and were very curious to see the reason of them having to be so far away from the fight. Some of the Jounin instructors were placing bets on how long the boy would be standing this time.

Sarutobi eyed his opponent carefully, absorbing every bit of information he could get from his opponent's expression. He was surprised to notice a kind of seriousness on Naruto's face he had never seen on the boy before. He decided to test the Uzumaki first before attacking him.

"You should know that the last time we fought I held back, even though I told you I didn't," he said, trying to make Naruto lose his temper. Naruto however, was completely unfazed by this statement and couldn't hold back his amusement as a grin escaped from his mouth.

"I never thought that the one they call the best Kage of all time would have to resort to these tactics against a boy my age. I expected more from you old man," he calmly spoke.

Sarutobi realised he had lost the first round as he charged at Naruto at blinding speed, only for his fist to connect with air when he tried to punch the young boy, who had easily dodged the attack by steeping aside. Naruto quickly kicked his opponent on the back of his head, causing the Third to stumble forward as he tried to regain his composure.

"Can we skip the foreplay and get to it please?" Naruto asked. "Fine boy, as you wish," the older of the two replied as both suddenly disappeared from sight.

Moving around the training ground at incredible speed, the two exchanged kicks and punches, vanishing after each attempt, only to re-appear somewhere else. Despite his old age, Sandaime showed great agility as he aimed a powerful roundhouse kick at his opponent's head, but Naruto dodged and countered with a hard jab in his abdominal area. This gave him the two seconds he needed to activate his chakra no mesu (chakra scalpels) before he attacked again.

From the experience of fighting against Tsunade, Sarutobi was prepared for his medical attacks as he managed to avoid all attacks but one, which grazed his left leg.

Without the use of his Kirameki and Shunshin no jutsu, Naruto had to stick to his medical taijutsu and his Hitomi style. He leapt forwards towards the Third who aimed his leg at Naruto's side. Said person completely ignored the attack as he rammed his fist into Sarutobi's chest, causing him to fly back several metres.

Everyone was surprised to see that the blonde simply ignored the attacks aimed for him. Jiraiya told them about the Hitomi style, which made Naruto train his body to an extreme to be able to cope with those hits.

As the fight proceeded though, Naruto found it increasingly difficult to keep up with his opponent's handling speed, due to decades of battle experience. He couldn't get many attacks to connect while receiving more than his fair share. Even though he was trained to cope with this, there is only so much he could handle. A few minutes later, he was knocked off his feet again. As he slowly got up, Sandaime spoke to him.

"I guess this is all you're capable of for the moment. I have to admit I'm slightly disappointed in your growth son. I would have imagined summoning Emna would mean more to you."

He continued. "I don't think you will be able to recover from another hit, which means you have managed to fight against me for 21 minutes, 14 more than the last time. You might as well give up now since you're no match for me, even though taijutsu is by far my worst discipline."

Naruto looked over to a nodding Jiraiya before focusing on his adversary again.

"Well I guess I can't defeat you the easy way. I'm afraid I'll have to stop holding back," he said as he released the immense amount of chakra he used as a weighted suit.

From the looks on everyone's faces, he was reminded by their inability to read his chakra usage. "I have just released a chakra force field I permanently carry to function as a weighted suit."

He then faced the older man in front of him. "You should feel honoured Sarutobi-sensei, as you are the first person I have to do this to. Even I don't know how fast I really am because I keep this field up all the time and increase it gradually to improve but I think you'll find it difficult to even see me, let alone defend. You might be fast, but not fast like Gai-sensei. You've made a huge mistake by thinking you'd already won. You've become cocky old man and if there's one thing I hate, it is to be underestimated!"

Sarutobi was found speechless. He cursed himself inwardly as he realised he shouldn't underestimate the number 1 unpredictable ninja and show him his false feeling of superiority. If only he could take back his words, but it was too late for that now.

"It is true that I can't handle that many hits anymore, but that is fine if I don't receive any. The only reason you've been able to get me so battered up in the first place is because I can't use my Uzumaki jutsus, which I normally always do. Let's play a little hide and seek…" Naruto finished as he disappeared from everyone's sight. Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi, the Hyuuga's and Gai where the only ones to catch glimpses of Naruto, though not much more than that.

Sarutobi stood in the middle of the clearing, looking around in slight panic as he couldn't detect his opponent anywhere.

Out of nowhere, Naruto appeared behind him as he used his chakra no mesu to cut Sandaime's shoulder muscles.

"Boo," he whispered before setting off again.

He continued doing this for another two minutes, thoroughly dissecting his helpless opponent until he was unable to move his limbs. Naruto ended the fight by performing an acrobatic forward somersault in front of the Third, using his heels to hit him on the top of his head, resulting in the former Hokage losing conscious and smashing face forward into the ground.

Seeing the fight was over, the victor quickly knelt down next to the knocked out man and used some medical jutsus to heal the old man. By the time Tsunade reached them, he told her that the Third was okay except for a headache in the morning when he wakes up. He was brought into one of the guestrooms of the manor to recover. After that the boy said goodbye to all his friends and went into his house as well.

The next morning when he entered his kitchen, Naruto found the former Hokage helping himself to some breakfast.

"Ramen, I presume?" He asked the boy, who simply shook his head. "No, I'll have some eggs with rice. My time away made me appreciate other types of food as well," he said as he boiled some water.

"You've grown up well Naruto-kun, your parents would have been very proud of you," Sarutobi said with a warm smile on his face.

"THANKS BUT RAMEN IS STILL THE BEST FOOD IN THE WORLD YOU KNOW, YUMMIE, YUMMIE!"the boy yelled as he continued to exclaim his eternal love for ramen.

Sarutobi sweat-dropped. "Some things never change."

He went on. "None of us really expected you to beat me for another two years, especially without your father's techniques," he complimented him.

"Arigato Sarutobi-sensei. By the way, do you know where Haku is?" he asked his eating sensei.

"Your kaasan took him to the office this morning. He will be questioned before all the formalities around swearing him in as a Konoha shinobi can be finalised. Oh, before I forget, she wants you to come and see her at noon."

He continued. "But before you go, I believe there's something we have to do. Let's go outside so you can tell Emna the good news.

Outside, Naruto bit his thumb and performed some on-handed seals as he spoke "Kuchiyose no jutsu: Ape king Emna"

When the smoke had cleared, the two saw the ape leader smiling at his summoner before looking at Sandaime.

"So the boy beat you already Sarutobi. He must be quite something to do that already," the mighty ape king said.

Hai Emna-san, he completely knocked me out cold and used a healing technique to fix me up afterwards. My head is still killing me," the old man said as he rubbed his painful head.

Emna turned his head towards his new summoner. "Then it is arranged. Summon me tomorrow so we can start working on your Thunderbolt staff technique."

The boy looked up to the ape as he wanted to ask him a favour. "Emna-sama, I would like to ask you permission to summon a small ape from your tribe to accompany the leader of my wild lion summoning tribe on a visit to my wandering Hitomi family. They told me that they would come to visit me here in Konoha as soon as I had earned the right to summon you. They have been wanting to meet you for a long time."

The ape king bowed his head as he spoke again. "Naruto-kun, you don't need permission from anyone within my clan to summon them forth. Once you've earned the right to summon us, you can do as you please." He continued. "As long as you treat us with the respect we deserve and you don't abuse your contract with us, we will stay loyal to you until the day you day. I suggest you take my son Oko to represent my tribe. I'll see you tomorrow for our training." With that he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

After sending Oko and the wild lion tribe leader Surumoto on their way to his family, Naruto went to see his mother. When he arrived at her office she sat him down and started talking.

"How is the old man, feeling any better?", she asked him with a sadistic smile on her face.

"He seems fine, just a headache," Naruto grinned in similar style. "Where is Haku by the way?"

"I've put him under the care of Shizune and Genma. He is a Konoha Genin now and soon I will start teaching him to become a medic-nin," Tsunade finished.

"Arigato kaasan!" the blonde said as he shot up to give her a hug.

"Anyway," the Hokage continued with a smile. "In the light of your test results and your victory over Sarutobi-sensei, I have decided to award you the rank of Jounin."

She proudly looked at her shocked son. "You have clearly shown that you possess the level required for this rank, though I expect you to continue your training like before. You're next goal should be reaching the level of the Legendary Three and Sarutobi-sensei, which is still far off of your current strength. The one thing you need most now is experience since you're still very young."

She paused for a second, giving Naruto the chance to process all of this.

"I'm enlisting you into the ranks of ANBU. With them you will be able to consistently go on high-level missions. You'll be a member of ANBU squad 4. Your squad leader is Aburame Shinto, your friend Shino's father. Also, head of ANBU is our friend Kakashi. I expect you to use our official title in public."

"Hai Hokage-sama," Naruto said, clearly showing he understood.

"Work hard my son, make us all proud."

During the next year, the young Jounin was away on missions most of the time. His squad consisted of 4 members; besides him, there was his leader Aburame Shinto, Yuuhi Kurenai and another Chuunin, who also functioned as medic-nin. Most missions were A-ranked and his squad successfully completed most missions.

When not on a mission, Naruto spent most of his time with his family or he trained his friends, who were now all attending the ninja academy, some basic skills. Besides that, he often trained with Sarutobi on his ninjutsu skills.

Jiraiya, who was out of the village most of the time to contact his informants, had left the boy scrolls containing some of the last jutsus the boy hadn't learned yet. To Naruto's dismay, he refused to teach him every technique he knew as he wanted to keep some special skills to himself. He argued that every shinobi has to develop his or her own style rather than becoming someone else's clone.

Inside the Uzumaki manor, his father had started to create a jutsu library before he died. Naruto continued where his old man was forced to stop as he started to file his knowledge into scrolls and work on new ideas for techniques.

Kyuubi had started to teach her Jounin landlord some of her lower level demonic jutsus. The boy found them more difficult to learn than anything he had ever tried before. When the boy slept, she would teach him the theory behind the technique and taught all the different demonic hand seals. Then during the day, he would try to apply his theoretical knowledge in practice.

The boy, now almost 11 years of age, had finished his training with Emna. Now able to use the Thunderbolt staff, he occasionally summoned the ape during a mission to get some practice with the weapon. Because of his record-breaking development, he finally started to be acknowledged by some of the villagers, although still not even close to the extend he would like to see.

After his first year with ANBU, he was promoted to squad leader himself. He was put in charge of a team containing another Jounin, a talented Chuunin and the recently promoted Haku who, due to his extensive training with Tsunade and Shizune, had become an adept medic-nin. Through training with his Genin team sensei, he was also able to develop his bloodline limit, making him a complete shinobi.

Shortly after his promotion, the Hitomi clan arrived in Konoha. In no time, Jiraiya and Yuriko were nowhere to be found.

Amato was extremely proud to hear that his grandson was a Jounin and ANBU squad leader now. The family was introduced to Tsunade and the rest of Naruto's precious people.

His family was honoured to meet Emna. They had a short talk, after which they paid each other their respect before parting ways. Naruto had a sparring fight with Hiro and almost managed to beat his uncle, using Hitomi taijutsu only.

When the time had come to say goodbye again, tears were shed in abundance. Yuriko and Jiraiya found it increasingly difficult to leave each other but swore to meet up again soon.

Another year had passed, during which Naruto's squad completed numerous missions successfully. Kyuubi's training finally started to pay off. The young Uzumaki Hitomi Jounin was now able to peform several demonic jutsus, although they drained a lot of his chakra.

Recently, he had decided that the time had finally come to start using his father's bloodline limit outside Konoha. Soon after, the news of the return of Konoha's Yellow Flash spread rapidly. Hearing that the boy they had always cursed 'demon boy' was actually the Fourth's son began to make the people in Konoha rethink their opinion on their former black sheep as Naruto got accepted more and more by the people around him.

One day Naruto, now 12 years old, was called in by his mother for a private meeting. It was the day before his friends would graduate from the academy.

Tsunade sat him down as she started to speak. "Naruto, I have decided to relieve you of your duties as a member of ANBU."

Naruto wanted to protest as she continued. "From tomorrow on you will be one of the Jounin instructors of one of the new Genin teams that will graduate from the academy tomorrow."

Immediately, a loud and agonising scream could be heard all over Konoha.

"NANI?"

Please review everyone. I'm writing this for you. Tell me what you think. It's always great to hear that people like what you write, but advice on how to improve is also more than welcome.

I've finally reached the point from which on everything will develop at normal speed. I explained before that I wanted you to have a clear understanding of Naruto's childhood and how he reached the level he is at now.

I know that his development has been incredibly fast, but I hope that now at least you understand how it has happened. There will be a lot more character development from now on and the story will progress much slower, it also being more descriptive with more dialogues.