Chapter 1 – His return

I won't be able to post my chapters very often seeing as I have loads of work coming in but I'll try to get in chapters once every week, ranging from 2500 to maybe 5000 words(ugh that's a lot to type but I don't want to disappoint you guys now do I?

-Bah- I thought as we walked along the path. It was overgrown with wines and lots of sharp rocks making it hard to walk on. As always luck was sleeping on the job again for me.

I just found out yesterday from my sensei Ero-Sennin, that we would be returning to my birth place.

"Yo brat, pick up the pace we need to get back by next week" He spoke. I grumbled and kicked a nearby rock.

"Why do we have to go back? We were training just fine…" I said with malice.

"Because I need to hand in data I've collected over the 3 years on Akatsuki, besides Tsunade wants you back" he stated plainly.

"God what's so important that she pulls me out of training- I spoke loudly.

"Just shut up and walk…anyways I don't know but it must be important for her to call us out of hiding" He spoke thoughtfully.

I crossed my hands and started grumbling. "Is there anyway for us to get their quicker I don't want to travel on foot, it takes much too long" I stated

He rubbed his chin then spoke "we could always try out that new jutsu I was working on" he said.

I immediately perked up.

"Well?" I asked. He laughed and said "I'd teach you but then you would owe me" I thought for a moment, weighing my options.

On one hand I'd learn a jutsu that'd let me travel faster, however what he wants from me is never good. He'll probably ask me to help him peek at girls again. But the new jutsu offer was too good to give up.

I sighed in defeat and finally said "deal".

He laughed like a child and clapped his hands together. "Okay, first off I need you to relax and listen carefully" He said with absolute seriousness. I was spooked at how serious he was. He was rarely in this state, and most of the time when he was it meant something dangerous was going to happen.

"Ok now that you're calm I want to tell me what the basis foundation of the Rasengan is?" he asked.

I thought for a moment and spoke "Well the Rasengan is balling up massive amounts of chakra into a small confined space then rotating it enough until its speed of rotation becomes so fast that it sustain itself (spins on its own).

Like a hurricane or a typhoon, on contact this energy is released all at once causing massive amounts of damage to a minimal area."

He chuckled and spoke "Down to the T but you forgot a main key, and that's the fact that the Rasengan generates energy and lots of it. If utilized in the right way it can act as a form of propulsion right?" I thought for a second then said "Well yea in a way". He then added "Now apply the same concept but only this time to your feet. If done right, it should create sufficient lift and push to send you flying"

I thought it through and it indeed would do so. But then I realized that the idea was not practical.

I raised the question "Wouldn't it take lots of chakra to sustain the constant usage of it? I think it'll be much simpler to summon a transport frog and ride it back".

He sighed then spoke "Over 3 years of training and your brain still remains unused, yes it is true that summoning a frog would be much easier but however by using this technique of traveling I can determine 3 things. How much you've improved in chakra control, chakra manipulation and the amount of chakra you have."

I grumbled and scratched my forehead. I remembered back to the training sessions he gave me; they were all extremely dangerous and hard.

Flashback

It was the first year of my training when I was just getting started.

Jiraiya-"Naruto focus and accumulate your chakra into the soles of your feet, then carry this big rock up that cliff using by only climbing with your feet".

Naruto- "But ero-sennin, that'd be really hard!"

Jiraiya- "Obviously it'll be hard, why else would I make you do it? Do you want to get stronger or what?

Naruto- "Fine"

So I managed to survive that exercise, it wasn't that hard really. I climbed it quite fast, then he made he do this exercise everyday in the morning. Over time I began to notice that I was gaining more chakra from the constant exercise.

Soon I got much better at chakra control as well. I was able to adjust to the surface of the various cliffs, I had to climb. During the 1st year I didn't learn much, all he did was make me do physical exercise and work outs.

Then in the 2nd year of training, he took it to a whole new level. He began a exercise for chakra manipulation where I had to use my chakra to do various things. I had to use my chakra to catch fish, pick up objects and such.

At first it was very frustrating as I could not form my chakra into a solid shape. I manage to over come that by first forcing chakra out and using a clone to aid in shaping it similar to when I am using the Rasengan. It worked fine at first but soon as the sessions became harder and more complicated and the clone could not keep up.

So I was forced to develop a new way. It took me nearly a month to perfect it but I was able to mold chakra into certain shapes by using my fingers.

I infused them with chakra then let them release them at certain intervals. On my palm I would generate a shapeless glob of chakra. Then released chakra from my fingers would collide into the glob pushing it into the desired shape.

It was the first time in a while Ero-sennin actually praised me for doing something right. With the new found knowledge I was able to now form the Rasengan with 1 hand.

The next training was grueling. The exercise was to walk up water all… which is almost impossible, since waterfalls are always moving so the water is always unstable as it is constantly moving and falling. Therefore if I were to walk on it, I'd have to be able to adjust the chakra in my feet instantaneously or risk falling. This exercise took me little more then 4 months to overcome. I fell more then my share.

Since we were constantly traveling and there were rarely any waterfalls around, I could not train. I had to constantly maintain my chakra at a steady rate then change it as soon as the water pressure changed and that happened every second.

I had to stay alert at all times; I had to have absolute control if not a lot of my chakra. When I was finally able to accomplish this I learned that I now had a lot of chakra control, this plus my chakra manipulation made a deadly duo.

As I now could shape my chakra into some shape or form and with a good amount of chakra control, I could pinpoint my chakra and use it as a weapon, one particular favorite of mine was the chakra kunai. All I had to do was form chakra into a kunai shape then using my control send it flying at designated targets, I could control its flight path and how fast it traveled.

During the 3rd year Ero-sennin taught me many new styles of jutsus, He concentrated on jutsus of the wind element as this was what my chakra was most attuned too. I learned them rapidly and began making my own.

He also indulged me in the other elements but I had little interest. I worked particularly well with the lightning element, as it was more closely aligned with my wind then any other element. My water was ok and my fire close to average. My earth was utterly horrible, I could barely make turn rock into mud or any other form and that was the very basics of that style.

Then last thing I trained with was speed. My speed has always been somewhat bad, so to aid me Ero-sennin developed a training session to help raise my speed. I was rather against it…a lot. He would sneak into hot springs, changing rooms etc (wherever females are and happen to be naked.) Then as they chased him he would perform a henge jutsu (changing into a girl of-course) and then point at me and call out "It's the guy that was peeping on us. Well I tried to explain but the enraged women never listened so I was force to constantly run and avoid them. If that doesn't help build up speed and stamina I don't know what else would…

End of flashback

I gathered the chakra into my feet and began calculating how far I wanted to go.

"Naruto you might want to know this." Ero-Sennin spoke. I turned to him and asked "And that would be?"

"Well as you are in the air you must also remember that you are traveling at a very high speed, speeds that your body isn't built for. So before you land you must cushion your landing by pushing chakra out of your legs just before hitting the ground." He stated.

I pondered it and decided he was right, so I reared back and was just about to launch when he called my name yet again. "Damn it Ero-sennin what is it?" I growled.

He shrugged my impatient behavior aside and spoke sternly to me "I will travel on frog as you do this; I will be watching and judging you.

Since I don't have the amount of chakra for this constant technique I cannot use it with you. Through this last exercise I can estimate how much chakra you have now."

I shook my ahead in annoyance then asked "why do I have to do this again?"

He rubbed his chin and spoke "2 reasons, one to test you and the second was to get an easy favor from you".

He said that last part with a perverted look on his face as he laughed, like he just told the joke of the year…

If glares could kill, He would have died under mine in an instant. I looked ahead and released the built up chakra and I went bursting into the sky. Behind me I heard Ero-sennin summon the frog, which he got on and I heard a thundering boom as the large frog took off behind me. As I zoomed I realized I had stop accelerating and was now slowing down. I started gathering chakra in my feet and just as I was about to land I released it, cushioning my landing.

I did this over and over then I developed my own rhythm of jumping and I even managed to alter the landing into a take off. I would gather chakra into my feet as I was about to land I would release it only this time rather then cushioning it would propel me back into the sky.

So this was the way I had to travel all the way back to Konoha, it was faster then traveling on foot so I was fine with it… the problem was what I am going to do when I get there. As far as I could tell, in my heart the last thing I need on my conscience is causing more trouble for the village.

-5 days Later-

Somewhere in the Village hidden in the Leaves. (Konoha Gakure)

3rd person POV

BOOOOM! A loud explosion was heard as debris flew everywhere. 2 figures were down in the clearing as the dust settled, one with pink hair and the other blond.

They were Sakura Haruno a Konoha Chuunin, the other was none other then the Godaime Tsunade. "Damn it Sakura you're not focusing your energy enough. The hit you threw was strong but it didn't have any control in it, you're going to end up hurting yourself more then your opponent." Tsunade spoke roughly.

Sakura breathed heavily as she tried to regain her composure. "Off course I know that but I can't focus lately…I have a lot on my mind…" She spoke in a depressed tone.

Tsunade sighed and gesture for her apprentice to come over and sit with her. She then proceeded to speak concernedly "What's wrong?"

Sakura stared at the ground before speaking "It's just that today is the 3rd year he's been away and I'm worried, He hasn't returned any of the letters you and I sent him. Not to mention never contacted us once."

Tsunade was in deep thought before speaking "They must have had their reasons not to contact us seeing as how they are out there hiding, anyways you shouldn't be so down."

Sakura raised her head and asked "What do you mean? Tsunade smirked and spoke "Well you see about 2 weeks ago I sent them a letter through a summoning requesting that they return home, as there is much I need to discuss with them"

Sakura's eyes widened and spoke loudly "Why didn't you tell me!"

Tsunade shook her head and sighed before speaking "Because I know exactly how you would act if I told you, you would be too excited to train properly. Anyways I had to keep this a secret since if the villagers found out early they might object"

Sakura raised an eyebrow and asked "Object? Why would they?"

Tsunade sighed knowing she had said too much. She then stated "This I cannot tell you, it's not that I don't want to or can't but because I'm not the person who has the right. This you have to ask Naruto yourself."

Sakura pondered on what could be so secretive about Naruto that could make the villagers object to his return. After giving it some thought she decided to shrug it off. At that exact moment a messenger-nin appeared out of thin air.

Tsunade turned over facing the Nin and asked what was happening. The nin spoke briefly "Godaime-sama there are two unknowns persons at the gate stating that they are 2 ninja of the Konoha though they do not have any evidence. They demanded that you come and welcome them in when we turned them away. One said this and quote me on this "Tell the old hag to let us in".

Tsunade looked like she was about to explode. She then spoke quickly "let them in and escort them to my office immediately, they are not to be seen by the villagers I want you to tell them to henge themselves and make sure you don't lose sight of them…they're know to cause trouble.

The messenger-nin obliged and disappeared in a poof of smoke. Tsunade turned to Sakura only to see the girl trembling. She asked "What's wrong?" Sakura paused before replying "That idiot's finally back…"

Tsunade smirked and spoke joyfully "So it seems, so it seems…

Scene Change-Hokage tower

I sat the waiting; the guards were all eyeing me and Ero-sennin. Every time I moved or made a gesture they would tense up. I sighed and crossed my hands, waiting for the old hag to come. Boy she liked to take her sweet time, maybe her age was finally catching up to her. Then as I began thinking about all the possible ways she could look (old and saggy, wrinkly etc) the door opened revealing a woman who looked in her 20's.

She walked around us and sat at her table and crossed her hands. There was a short silence so I took the initiative and spoke first "Well well well, seems age has not been kind to you Tsunade-baa-chan.

A throbbing vein was visible on her forehead. She spoke in a polite yet scary way "guards' can you please leave us alone?" The guards all took their leave; she then turned back to us.

The moment the door closed she roared "where the hell have you two been! You were supposed to send information regarding your well-being once every month. We thought you were dead.

Both Ero-sennin and I were shocked at her volume, we shook our heads. I spoke first "Well we were hiding out it would be stupid to send contact information, anyways we didn't have the time to send anything back"

Tsunade was shocked at my boldness as it was evident on her face.

We spent the remainder of the meeting discussing what's happened up till now. I was dismissed shortly and Tsunade-baa-chan told me to go and get reacquainted with my friends. I took the offer without question and left.

Tsunade POV-

I was amazed at how much he had grown; he resembled his father almost down to the dot. His eyes although blue were radiant and full of energy like his father. Not to mention the hair, a golden blond that grew wildly.

He was much taller now too, about the same as Jiraiya (5'9"? 5'10'?), his facial features have hardened and his voice much deeper.

After he left I immediately began to question Jiraiya on how things have gone. He told it all "Well before we started training I assessed his skills, which were quite poor. His chakra control and manipulation was horrible, he just had loads of chakra. So to improve the two lacking skills I trained him specifically in each category. His control is excellent, not as good as you but in a way better, the way you control chakra you can apply it to heal and as a strengthening boost. He on the other hand can use the chakra in a different way. He can adjust the amount of chakra he wants in a second. This much control paired with his manipulation makes a deadly combo. His manipulating skills allow him to form his chakra into various forms, with s much control he can literally fight with only chakra. Another thing he's improved with is his stamina and chakra reserves, I'd say he now has perhaps 3 times as much chakra as when he started and that's not counting the fox."

My eyes widened at the thought of the sheer mass of chakra that was at his disposal. Jiraiya noticed my shock but decided to let it go and continued "He's learned only a few jutsus from me, most of the techniques he knows now he made himself or took an existing jutsus and made it better. Within his first year he could one hand form the Rasengan. Within the 2nd year he started forming branches of various techniques that required the Rasengan. One particular technique I liked from him was the Rapiddofaiagan (translated directly means rapid fire gun but I am trying to say rapid fire Rasengan) It's just a simple technique where he forms Rasengans at a very fast rate and fires them off like you would shoot a bow.

I spent a moment absorbing all this information, then told Jiraiya to go do as he pleased which I knew was never good. He gladly took the offer and left. I sat back down and stared out the window, only one thought was on my mind…how much have you changed Naruto?

Scene Change-Konoha Park

Naruto POV

I walked around, the sounds, the smells and the feel to the place has changed a lot. The village has spread its walls over a larger area. There were more business buildings and more citizens. The village was more like a city. It was bustling with activity and the citizens were all quite happy. I was happy to see all this, even the hold hag's face craved into the Hokage monument.

I took my time walking around and sight seeing when I felt a familiar presence behind me. I turned around to face none other then the girl I once had a crush on, Sakura Haruno. I stood there dumbly before mustering "…long times no see Sakura-Chan"

She stood there and with a voice that seemed so serene she spoke to me "Yes it has been a long time…Naruto…"

Hehe left you on a cliffy, well it turns out I'm going to lose my internet service for 14 days since I am moving and the service has been redirected. I won't be around to update for the next 2 weeks but don't worry in that time I could probably come up with maybe 2 or 3 chapters if I work hard D. Anyways the various techniques I've named in this chapter are solely made up by me. I just combined various pieces together. They might not be right so I'm hoping there are readers out there who are good at jap-eng translations and help me correct my mistakes (assuming that I make any)