Naruto had been progressing thoroughly in wielding his scythe. He can actually cut a target now, not just hit it with the blunt side. He figured out quite quickly that it was all about centripetal force. He would need monstrous strength just to swing it and do any sort of damage to anyone. He didn't have time to wait and build it up though. He only had two more weeks to prepare for the Chunin Exams, as well as he still had to learn the two jutsu his uncle had told him to.

After one last day of training with the scythe Naruto had decided to start with the clan jutsu. It seems like it was going to be easier than learning something that wasn't in his blood. He opened the scroll to see that there was only one hand sign. It was rat, the same used for the Nara Clan's shadow style. 'I have to wonder if that is a coincidence or not.' Naruto thought to himself. He got his hands into the position, and the only other thing it said was to picture the chains coming from the body. So Naruto channeled his chakra and as the chains were pushing out, he felt a drain on his chakra for the first time. It caused him to start throwing up. He could feel sweat crawl from his hands onto the grass. Just making the chains move took a great deal of what he had left. Retracting the chains brought most of the chakra back to him, but Naruto was still in a cold sweat. The boy stayed on the ground for a bit, not able to move. Naruto rolled over and grabbed the scroll, reading over it.

This technique will take about 80% of the pool of one's chakra. With practice and training, this number can be brought down. According to the most skilled user, Kushina Uzumaki, she was able to make it take only 5%.

'Huh, mom was cool I guess,' Naruto thought to himself. He got up and decided that he didn't have time to hone the power of the chains. While he could feel the weight of then coming off his back, he also felt sick to his stomach, and it only got worse if he tried to move them. He went inside, not seeing Zabuza or Haku, he switched out which scrolls he had. He opened the scroll up and started to read it.

The two jutsu in this scroll go hand in hand. Both with increasing your chakra control, and your combat power. Naruto for you the Retrieving Wind Technique is the one to work on first, as with your chakra reserves you can put enough power into to move mountains, it works by creating a gust of wind that pulls people and objects towards you. This is normally a low level skill that is learned in the academy of Sunagakure. But with your amount of chakra, it may as well be an A-Rank technique. I have a feeling you will be able to move people right away. After you master this, in order to increase your control, I left the Projectile Control Skill in here as well. It works fundamentally the same way, except you will be controlling your kunai and shuriken after throwing them. Both of these just require you to focus your chakra, as they are learning level skills. I hope you will be able to actually use the second one, raw power won't help you control them better, or make them faster. It will only help the number you control. If you are running on the lower side of chakra, make a ton of clones and have them practice while you work on something else.

Naruto did as the scroll said and used about fifty percent of his total chakra to make clones, each one having about five percent. He figured this should be enough. Ten clones started to get to work, five working on the Retrieving Wind Technique and the other five trying to use the Projectile Control Skill. The former group was having some trouble at first, but after about six or seven hours, had it down and were moving heavier objects. They even worked on bringing the scythe to them. The latter group couldn't even guide a single shuriken, or kunai. Every time they tried, it got wobbly in the air then veered off course. The other group of five Narutos came over and started to work on the skill with them. Still to no avail. Once nine total hours since they had been summoned passed, the clones dispelled each other. The memories of all that hard work hit the real Naruto like a brick, while he was eating Ramen at his favorite shop no less.

"Is everything okay Naruto?" Asked the girl behind the counter, Ayame. She is a slender girl with long, dark brown hair and large black eyes. She wears a white robe with the sleeves folded, a sort of dark blue apron with ribbon ties at the top and a bright white bandanna. "You look like you have a massive headache."

"Yeah I'm fine, just something from training bothering me!" Naruto said with his usual glee, making sure to keep his voice down. He didn't want to get found by Lee or Tenten, or his own team for the matter of fact. Just working with the brood lord is enough pain, not to mention living across the street from him.

"I figured you would be here Naruto." A hand found its way to Naruto's shoulder, where behind him was Shikamaru and Choji. "You hear about the Exams?"

"Yep, I'm excited and pumped for them." Naruto's voice became almost a growl near the end, his eyes flashing red for a second. He slows down and darts to focus on his breathing. While on his own time he worked on the skills his uncle left with the Hokage, when training with the team he worked on emotion control and breathing exercises. Anything to control the fox.

"Eh, I think they're just a drag. Think about all that work you have to go through, just to get harder work in the end. It's an endless cycle of responsibility and duty." Choji chuckled at Shikamaru's explanation of the situation. Naruto just got up and walked away.

"See you guys later." The two looked at Naruto's half full ramen bowl then at each other.

"He never leaves a bowl unfinished, like ever." Choji looked at his friend in worry.

"He's probably got a lot on his mind, I mean something bad enough happened where he had to change teams. It sounds like a drag." Shikamaru shrugged and ordered his own bowl. He didn't really care for it, but they were there and he didn't want to move.

As the weeks passed, so did Naruto's time. He worked till he passed out, then worked some more. He got up day after day, up till a few days before the exams.

"I don't know if we should do this guys. I don't think we are ready." Sakura said following along behind Sasuke and Naruto. As she was walking she was looking up at the sky, till she bumped into both of their backs. Sakura looked down to see both of them glaring at her. Naruto's eyes with a splash of red, and Sasuke's eyes trained on her. They talked in synergy, with even their faces matching.

"Do not get in the way of my revenge…" Then they split up

"I need to beat that Hyuga brat." Naruto finished.

"I need to be able to leave the village more often." Sasuke finished his own thought. They both turned and started to walk, the same way. Towards the Uchiha compound, leaving Sakura behind in their dust.

"What's up with that Dobe? You tend to be all fun loving and happy. I feel like if I'm living with you I need an explanation." Sasuke smirked hoping to get some dirt he can rub in Naruto's face.

"I don't want to talk about it." Naruto started to jump away, his voice lacking the usual cheeriness that it contained. It sounds drained, almost hollow. Almost like Sasuke did after what had happened to him. Sasuke followed closely and tackled Naruto.

"Tell me about it or I'll kick you out of my home!" Sasuke got up and brushed himself off. He used several shuriken to pin Naruto to the roof they were jumping across.

"Fine, just let me out Teme!" Naruto struggled till the shuriken came loose, and he stood up. "First off you own me a new vest, second off…. He hurt my only family. There happy?" Sasuke shook his head.

"I couldn't hear you. Try again, nice and loud." Sasuke quite literally had no clue why Naruto had this kind of grudge, or what anyone could do to get on this idiot's bad side.

"He hurt the only person I have left." Naruto mumbled out.

"One more try Dobe, or else you're out." Sasuke had him on the ropes, he was ready for the big reveal.

"HE HURT MY FAMILY. THE LAST OF US! THE ONLY PERSON I CAN RELY ON!" Naruto had tears running down his face, yet you could hear the Uchiha's teeth crack against one another. He too had tears, along with blood red eyes, with a tome in them.

"Let's kill that jackass." Sasuke was talking through his teeth, the tears in his eyes reflecting the red of his eyes. His eyes almost purely red except his pupil, and a single tome swirling in his iris. The only thing anyone nearby could feel was bloodlust. It was so intense that four of the same masked men from the Neji incident surrounded them.

"Make sure to protect the target!" One in a panda mask yelled.

"Take out the Uchiha now!" Another in a Hawk mask responded.

Before anyone else could act, Naruto pushed forward and socked Sasuke in the face. "STAY THE HELL OUT OF IT! This is my fight! MY FAMILY! You shouldn't butt in this time!" Naruto went for another swing, only for Sasuke to dodge far before the swing even went through. Although the sudden movement wasn't expected of Sasuke either, slamming his head towards the ground, and slipping. Before they were really noticed the masked men left, drifting back into the shadows.

"Fine, but promise me that when my fight comes along, you won't interfere. Let's help each other." Sasuke said as he got up, blood coming from his mouth from how much pressure he was putting on his jaw.

"Help how?" Naruto was glaring through the young Uchiha, their red eyes piercing each other's.

"I need to get strong, and based on that punch you should be fine for fighting someone near our level. My target is much stronger. I'll need to train harder than ever." The young Uchiha had a scowl on his face, holding out his hand. "Let's train each other." Naruto gripped the hand and pulled Sasuke into a hug.

"We live together, train together, we sound like family. Let's become brothers in vengeance, Sasuke." Naruto had calmed down, tears running down his face holding the Uchiha tightly.

"Yeah brothers…. Don't hug this long dobe!" Sasuke hugged him back before pushing him off. "I don't want to see you crying again, or else someone will have to pay." Sasuke's red eyes slowly changed back to their normal black color. "Got it?" Naruto sniffled as he wiped away his tears.

"You know you suck at this cheering up thing right?" Sasuke smirked and Naruto laughed at him. Not too far from the duo, there was another man wearing an animal mask, although instead of the all black hard to make out outfit the others had, he had a light grey vest and panda mask on. He wrote on a large scroll, that seemed to be full of the things that had happened to both Naruto and Sasuke. The ninja wrote with grace and speed, then disappeared.

The ninja was now in front of a man with a long robe, one arm wrapped up and in a sling, the badges extended over his right eye. His brown hair barely peeked out from the top of his head, through the bandages. His smile disappeared as he read over the scroll brought to him, the ninja on his knees in front of him.

"They consider each other brothers? After what I had set up with that weapon and that traitor, they found each other in the darkness huh? Well then, we need to drag them further apart. Contact his ninja in the village and tell them we are willing to help him get the young Uchiha. Good work Panda." The man threw the scroll back at 'Panda,' at which point he nodded, standing up.

"Yes, Danzo. It will be done." The ninja left the room in a flash, at which point Danzo started to murmur to himself.

"I put them in the same area, hoping that the weapon's rage would grow, and the Uchiha would die. I never thought the Will of Fire would be anywhere near that strong for those brats."

Author's Note

Heyo! I know I said the whole Chunnin Exams were going to be the next chapter, nut I thought a Training montage, along with some character building would be good first. If you are going to ask, "Why did Sasuke get his Sharingan now?" it's simple. I had always thought he should have gotten it during the massacre. He watched one of the only people he loved, kill the two others he loved. If that doesn't sound like Mangekyo Sharingan stuff, I don't know what does. Obviously if he had unlocked it there, his brother would have explained everything there, yada yada He would have the eternal at five. Anyway I thought the idea of someone else being in the same scenario as him would boil those emotions right to the surface, but not as strongly unlocking the first level of it.