AN: I OWN NOTHING
It had been about a month and a half since Sasuke and Naruto had been training together and they tried to train together almost every day, it seemed like they pushed each other to improve all the time and were constantly trying to one up the other one. Itachi had taught them the transformation jutsu they had both mastered it. Naruto still had a problem with the clone jutsu even though his chakra control had improved vastly.
The Uchiha family was having dinner all together, something that wasn't really common since Fugaku's position as police chief kept him busy most of the time."Father, Naruto is still having trouble with the clone jutsu he has good chakra control though. I don't get it." Sasuke said with a furrowed brow. "You said he had a clan name once? What was it again?" Fugaku asked. "He said he was an Uzumaki" Sasuke responded.
"Mmh, the Uzumaki clan is said to be closely related to our greatest rivals, the Senju clan, before the Uzumaki were almost wiped out they were a small but powerful clan. Like the Senju they have an incredible life force and a very strong body making them dangerous foes in taijutsu, they also have a very high amount of chakra making them dangerous with ninjutsu too though they mostly specialized in fuinjutsu. If your friend truly is one of them then perhaps he's just overloading the jutsu" Fugaku finished.
"If that is the case perhaps he should try and make more clones using the same amount of chakra." Itachi offered. Sasuke looked deep in thought but nodded, "If they were so strong what happened to them why would, Naruto be the last?" He asked his father.
Fugaku looking contemplative answered, "The Uzumaki were dangerous due to their mastery in fuinjutsu and were mostly fears due this. During the second great ninja war, the hidden Mist worked with the hidden Cloud, hidden Stone and a few other minor villages to eliminate the Uzumaki. We could not send any aid because we were being attacked from three sides. We successfully defended our boarders but they had accomplished their goal the Uzumaki were basically no more"
"Were they as strong as us?" Sasuke asked without really thinking. "No clan is as strong as us, son. The sharingan is not our only strength." His father said looking proud, even his mother had a grin on her face, seeing the confusion on her son's face she continued for her husband, "Our clan has large chakra reserves, not as large as the Uzumaki and Senju but bigger than most clans. Our chakra is also incredibly strong and potent. Where a person uses a certain amount of chakra to do a jutsu two times an Uchiha can use the same amount of chakra to do that jutsu three times. That's another reason we work on your chakra control so much because if your control is good enough you could use the same amount of chakra to do the jutsu four times." Mikoto finished with a smile, Uchiha pride shining through.
Sasuke smiled back at her, "Still though, I'd like to know one of our fire style jutsu" he really couldn't wait until he could do an offensive ninjutsu; he understood the need for defensive skills but still. Fugaku chuckled, "When you start the academy I'll have Itachi teach you. Maybe he'll even help your friend learn something."
"I think he'd like that, Shisui also promised to teach us the body flicker when we start at the academy" Sasuke was practically vibrating in his seat.
"Our cousin has mastered that technique to extreme levels, he is considered to be one of the best in the village because of it." Itachi said. "Who'd win in a fight between you and him big brother?" asked the youngest Uchiha.
Fugaku was the one to answer "At this point in time I have little doubt that Shisui would come out on top, but if Itachi continues growing at the rate he is, I believe that in less than a year from now Itachi would be able to beat him in a fight."
Sasuke looked at his brother in wonder, 'I'll catch up, just you watch' with answers to his questions and his mind made up he finished dinner and went to bed, he'd have to meditate on his chakra to make it stronger and have more control over it, if Naruto had more chakra then his own chakra would just have to be stronger and he'd need to have flawless control over it.
Naruto woke up with a yawn, stretching his arms over his head. He got up did his bed and joined the other kids for breakfast. He took his time, the other kids didn't really talk to him but that was fine, he preferred being left to his thoughts, planning how to beat Sasuke was a great way to keep busy during breakfast.
"Lord Hokage, it's always great to have you visit" Naruto heard the matron say, he turned around to see her straighten from her bow. "It's always a pleasure to come and see the young ones. They are the future of the village after all." The Third Hokage said smiling at everyone with a grandfatherly smile. He snapped his fingers and his masked guards seemingly appeared out of nowhere bearing gifts, all of the kids had stars in their eyes.
"Distribute those to all the kids." The kids' smiles grew bigger at hearing this from the Hokage. "Show me something cool old man" Was Naruto's only response, the matron had already begun apologizing for his behavior, bowing deeply and shooting a glare at Naruto when Hokage let out a laugh "Maybe I could show you a little something young Naruto, what would you like to see?" He said still chuckling.
"Those guys in the masks are pretty tough right?" Naruto asked. The old man just laughed again catching what he was hinting at immediately "Yes, I suppose it would do for you kids, especially the ones already in the academy, to see how ninja fight. Boar, Ram would you be so kind as to demonstrate this for the kids, keep it genin level."
"Of course Lord Hokage" they responded in synch and moved outside to the back yard with everyone following behind them. When they got outside they made sure to stand a few meters apart from each other. Ram was first to make a move, throwing four shuriken, she followed them quickly with a few hand signs and the four shuriken became twelve. 'She weaved those signs so fast' Naruto thought, the shuriken hadn't even gone a meter by the time the jutsu was done. Four clangs were heard as Boar deflected the shuriken with a kunai and let the rest pass through him as he charged forward.
"How did he know which ones were real?" asked a kid that was two years older than Naruto and had just started the academy. "He saw which ones had shadows" the answer came from another kid who was doing his final academy year. "Very sharp, I see the future of the village is secure." The Hokage grinned.
Ram blocked Boar's kunai strike with one of her kunai and jumped backwards. They had a few quick taijutsu exchanges neither really gaining the upper hand. Clangs sounded throughout the yard and the children, especially Naruto, were watching intently. Ram successfully baited her counterpart to come at her again and she landed a kick on his stomach. Boar grabbed the leg and jumped back with still holding on it, he did so fast that Ram was taken by surprise and fell on her back. Boar held a kunai to her neck.
The Hokage started clapping "You see children, fights between experienced ninja hardly ever last very long unless they are either very low level or extremely high level." The old Hokage told them, "Now then we must be going. Do enjoy the practice kunai and shuriken." He and his entourage disappeared like they were never there to begin with.
'Woah, now he's just showing off.' Naruto thought. He'd have to leave soon if he wanted to be on time for meeting Sasuke in their secret makeshift trading grounds.
Sasuke was meditating when Naruto got to their spot, "Hey" Sasuke said, "Yo" was Naruto's response "You ready to go at it, or do you wanna buy more time with meditation?" He asked. Sasuke just rolled his eyes, "I want you to try the clone jutsu before we start sparing." Sasuke suggested, the blond frowned at this, closed his eyes and folded his arms, "You know it's hopeless, my chakra control has improved a lot thanks to the leaf exercise and meditation but I just can't get that jutsu down."
Sasuke nodded at this, "I know, but last night I spoke to my father about it. He says the Uzumaki were known for their huge stores of chakra and that would make it difficult to do a low level jutsu. Itachi came up with the idea of you trying to make more than one clone using the same amount of chakra you use when trying to make one"
Naruto looked pensive then nodded. He tried making three first, they still looked dead. He increased the number to five, still the same problem occurred. He then thought about Sasuke, the most he'd seen him do was ten at once, he wasn't sure if that was the max that the other boy could do but he'd try and make that much. He concentrated and made the signs a puff of smoke later there were ten other Naruto's in the clearing, he smiled a bit, he'd have to get a bit better Sasuke could make clones appear without any smoke if he wanted.
Sasuke smiled at his friend's accomplishment, 'I definitely need to get better if that's the lowest number of clones he can make' he thought. Out loud he said "Let's get started then, you'll have time to practice that jutsu later"
Naruto gave a wide toothy smile, "I've got this one in the bag, y' know" they walked a few meters apart from each other. Sasuke threw a practice kunai to Naruto who caught it with ease, "Ready?" The blond asked. "Ready" Sasuke responded.
They launched themselves at each other, a clang resonated through the clearing when they met, they jumped back and Naruto jumped back further throwing the kunai at Sasuke and running through seals, one kunai suddenly became twenty with a puff of smoke. Sasuke's eyes widened and he fell into a substitution with no seals, that didn't escape Naruto's notice, 'He's good, I learned that jutsu first but I still need to use one hand seal, I had to beg Shisui and Itachi to let me learn the transformation jutsu'
Sasuke watched from his hiding spot as only one of the kunai impacted against the log he used and the rest went through, disappearing afterwards, 'I had no idea that the clone jutsu could be used like that... To pull that off and after he just learned to do it properly too'
Naruto retrieved his kunai from the stump Sasuke substituted with. He closed his eyes and focused for a bit, his sense of smell and hearing, he'd noticed, were sharper than most. He heard a rustling of leaves. He opened his eyes and turned to the left just in time to block a kick that was coming for his head, though he was caught by the other leg that came for his chest. Naruto slid back as Sasuke landed with a back flip, having used the kick to Naruto's chest as a way to build momentum for it.
They charged for each other again, Sasuke going for a slash with his kunai that Naruto dodged by leaning his head to the left, as he did that he used his right leg to kick Sasuke's ribs, Sasuke saw it coming and put his hand on it to use it as a platform in order to do a cartwheel and land behind the kick. He jumped back after landing throwing his kunai at Naruto, deciding to steal his rival's move from earlier he formed a single hand seal. A puff of smoke later there were six additional kunai, instead of retreating like Sasuke thought Naruto ran towards the kunai focusing his hearing and locating the shadow of the original. He knocked it out of the air and followed Sasuke who was just realizing how Naruto saw through the trick.
Naruto came at him quick and hardly giving him any space to counter. When he eventually got an opening, he took it and was surprised when the kick actually landed on Naruto's stomach. Naruto however just grabbed the offending limb and jumped back pulling Sasuke on his back. Before Sasuke could even think of getting up, Naruto had a knee on his chest and a kunai to his throat, the blond had a giant smile on his face, "I told you I had this one."
"Yeah, yeah, get off me now" They sat next to each other for a while Sasuke was the one to break the silence, "So how did you think of using the clone jutsu like that?" The blond just scratched his head, "The Hokage came by the orphanage this morning, and he had his Anbu demonstrate a genin level spar for us… We wouldn't stand a chance against a genin right now. It's also where I saw the trick to knowing where the real kunai is and I also picked up that thing I did that pulled you off balance at the end" Sasuke nodded at this, "It's the shadow it makes right?" Damn the bastard was smart, if that older kid didn't point it out Naruto doubted he would have known he ended up nodding though.
"When we were talking about your clan father said they specialized in fuinjutsu, the art of sealing techniques, he said it made them scary to fight and that their large reserves made them very good with ninjutsu too" Sasuke said laying down on his back, he continued; "He also said that their bodies are very strong and that makes you scary with taijutsu too"
Naruto gave a small smile, "They sound amazing… You know I once asked your brother if the old man really is the strongest in the village… He told me that he had mastered every jutsu in the Hidden Leaf, and that he's a master in ninjutsu, genjutsu and taijutsu and even has good fuinjutsu. He also told me that the old man was a special case and that a lot of people who tried to do that just ended up being average. He said I should pick two areas and focus my attention on them and once I was very good in them then slowly add another."
Sasuke just grinned, "Of course my brother would give very good advice, I think I'm going to focus on taijutsu and genjutsu, I think you should look at ninjutsu and taijutsu since you've got a lot of chakra and a super body or something." Naruto laughed at that, "Jealous?" he asked his friend, when Sasuke shook his head Naruto continued; "Why not ninjutsu, don't you guys have special eyes that make it easier?" It was Sasuke's turn to laugh, "Jealous? The sharingan makes everything easier but I want to completely master the jutsu l learn and use them better than anyone else, I also want to learn how to use a sword it'll be cool to use with genjutsu"
Naruto nodded he understood his friend, Sasuke was right taijutsu and ninjutsu would be perfect for him, he'd get Sasuke to learn fuinjutsu with him at a later stage. Right now Naruto was happy, he and his friend would soon be able to fight at genin level, he was determined for that to be before they started at the academy. Sasuke had the same goal as his friend and was sure they wouldn't fail. They spent the rest of the day training with their minds made up, they would be the best.
AN: Sasuke is not better than those Anbu, the spar that they had was kept at genin level and most genin use multiple hand signs for the clone jutsu, Sasuke and Naruto were just pushed by Shisui and Itachi to the point where they don't need a lot of hand signs as they focused on chakra control. The boys are 5 and have small reserves (which is why Naruto can make clones, when chakra control is also added) and physically can be beaten by most genin
