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Chapter 2: Aftermath, and training…

The village of Konohagakure stood by the gates with baited breath.

Some were waiting for the return of Sasuke Uchiha the last remaining member of one of their strongest clans.

Many of the village had been trying to pamper Sasuke so he would see them in a favorable light and when he rose to the title of clan head he would repay them.

Girls were after him because they believed that one day they would marry Sasuke and live the easy life as they would have a very prominent name.

Two such individuals were Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno, two diehard Sasuke fangirls.

There were others who were waiting for Naruto to return.

The first was Hinata Hyuuga. a girl who had a huge crush on Naruto since the academy.

The second was Tsunade Senju. The fifth hokage and Naruto's godmother.

The third was Shizune, Tsunade's assistant.

The others waiting for the boy were Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro, who had been called in on the mission as back up.

"Where are they?" Sakura asked, "That baka had better keep his promise."

Ino nodded and said, "Yeah. If he has done anything to Sasuke, I'll tear his mind apart."

Off to the side Hinata gave a soft glare at the two. The two were so focused on Sasuke that they didn't seem to care about anything else. Ino should be seeing her two teammates in the hospital. Instead she was here worried about her crush.

Hinata then felt a small amount of shame run through her. She was just as bad as she couldn't even focus on her own training.

Pretty soon people started muttering as they saw Kakashi approaching with Sasuke in his arms…without Naruto.

"Get him to the hospital," Kakashi said, as ANBU approached.

They took Sasuke and ran to the hospital. Ino and Sakura quickly ran after the ANBU, hoping to see their crush.

Tsunade approached Kakashi, a frightened expression on her face.

"Kakashi…where is Naruto?" Tsunade asked, "Where is he damn it?!"

Kakashi, harnessing his acting skills, said, "I'm sorry Tsunade-sama, but I didn't reach them in time. Sasuke had driven Naruto through with a Chidori. Naruto was dead when I got to them."

The busty kage gained a panicked expression as she said, "No…it can't be."

To drive the point home, Kakshi pulled out the scroll with Naruto's body in it.

Tsunade took the scroll with trembling hands. She knew these kinds of scrolls all too well. She knew that s these were used in times of war to ship the dead back home, to prevent secrets from being found, or for the dead being desecrated.

The blonde closed her eyes as tears began to form. Tsunade found herself clencing her fist as she remembered the deaths of Dan and Nawaki, both killed by the curse of her necklace. At that moment she turned and left, heading for the kage tower in the middle of the village. Shizune quickly ran after her teacher, hoping to comfort her.

Hinata was taking it as badly as Tsuande. She proceeded to go home so no one would have to see her cry.

Other villagers began acting more jovial when they learned that Sasuke had killed Naruto.

Finally, the demon they had all despised was dead. They no longer had to fear the retribution of the Kyuubi.

They all began to vocalize their joy.

Gaara and his siblings felt disgust and sorrow build up. Sorrow for the loss of the boy who had helped to make their damaged family whole again, after their father turned Gaara into a virtually emotionless fighting machine. Anger at the villagers for their disregard for the death of someone, over something that they had no control over.

Beyond that was disgust towards these people for celebrating the return of a traitor. Had it been there village, Sasuke would have dragged Sasuke back in chains and then had him tried for what he did. However, it seemed that they didn't seem to care.

The trio of sand ninja began to leave, heading back home. They would make sure that the wind daimyo would know of how their so-called ally treated their own.

Meanwhile on Mount Myoboku…

"What do you mean the prophecy has changed?"

The shout came from Jiraiya, the toad sage, echoed throughout the chamber Gamamaru was in.

"Yes," the great toad sage said, "The prophecy has changed. It doesn't refer to a child anymore. Now it refers the spawn of a dragon who will bring peace or destruction of the world. It says that with the power of the heavens and with golden fire he will eviscerate all evil with the help of the nine keys."

Jiraiya looked confused at this. What the hell did this prophecy mean? Why do prophecies always have to be so damn cryptic? He dind't know what the heavens meant. Could it mean the sage of six paths, or something else? The gold fire was probably a bloodline, or some ability he had. As for the nine keys, he immediately thought about the tailed beasts. He idly wondered what this would mean for Naruto.

"Jiraiya!"

The white haired super pervert turned to see a toad that far eclipsed his own size, but not as big as Gamamaru.

The toad was orange with blue markings. Bandages were wrapped around his body and left foreleg. He had a necklace with seven large beads on with, with the central and largest one had the kanji for loyalty on it.

It was Gama, the holder of the Toad summoning conract.

"What is it Gama? What's got your armor in a wad?" Jiraiya asked, confused.

Instead of answering the toad took out the summoning scroll.

He laid it down and opened it. Jiraiya looked down at the opened scrolls. He was curious and when he caught sight of Naruto's name. The name that was normally written in red blood had turned black, signifying Naruto's death.

"Oh no," Jiraiya said, "I have to go Gamamaru, tell ma and pa toad I say hi!"

With that Jiraiya vanished in a plume of smoke.

Moments later in Konoha…

Jiraiya appeared in a large blast of smoke. He was treated to the sight of Tsunade chugging down a huge bottle of sake. While this did result in his favorite parts of her moving in a nice fashion, he also knew that Tsunade only drank like this when she was grieving, as he saw her do it when Dan and Nawaki died.

"Tsunade," Jiraiya said getting the woman's attention, "is it true? Is Naruto really gone?"

Tears spilled down the woman's face, and that was the only answer that the old pervert needed. Jiraiya swept her up in a hug and held her tight, hoping to comfort his oldest friend.

"Why?" she asked, "Why does that damn thing keep taking everybody away from me?"

Tsunade sobbed as he continued to hug Jiraiya. She was also trying to keep aware of where his hands were. Luckily, they stayed on her back.

"It's okay, hime," Jiraiya whispered, "Let it out. Let it all out."

She did. All the pain she had bottled up over her brother, Nawaki, her lover, Dan, and now her godson, Naruto.

Tsunade sobbed into her fellow Sannin's shoulder.

"This is all my fault," Tsunade sobbed, "I shouldn't have left. I was so upset over Kushina, I didn't even think of coming back."

Jiraiya said, "It's my fault too. I should have checked on Naruto when I came to give Sarutobi-sensei my updates. I should have been a better godfather. Now I know when I die, Kushina, Minato, and probably Naruto are going to kick my ass into reincarnation."

Despite her upset nature Tsunade couldn't help but chuckle. The image of the three family members beating the living the tar of the old pervert brought her spirits up some.

The pair backed off from each other. There was a brief silence.

"I'm leaving."

Jiraiya turned to Tsunade with a shocked expression.

"What?"

The busty blonde sighed and said, "I'm leaving. I don't have anything tying me to this village anymore. I'll just use my sannin travel rights, and there's nothing those old farts or that old freak Danzo can do to stop me from leaving."

Jiraiya said, "I take it that there is more to this than just Naruto dying.

She turned to the window and said, "Ever since the news of Naruto's death these idiots have been celebrating. This is not the village that my grandfather founded. I can just see him and my grand uncle rolling over in their graves so much that they wear through the wood in their coffins."

Jiraiya nodded and said, "Good luck with that Tsunade. You know how the council will feel about a skilled Shinobi like yourself leaving."

Tsunade scoffed and said, "I'd like to see them try. Like I said, they can't do anything thanks to my rights."

Meanwhile in Konoha's hospital, the Konoha 12, minus Sakura, Ino, and Sasuke were gather in Choji's hospital room.

"Naruto's dead?" Choji asked from his hospital bed. The overweight ninja was hooked up to a heart monitor and a couple of IVs. He tried to move, but his muscles screamed in agony due to the red soldier pill he ate.

"It's hard to believe," Kiba said, wearing bandages on his body as well as his arm in a sling, "he may have been a baka, but hell if he was a tough baka. To be honest, I always had a feeling that Naruto would out live us. The guy was so too stubborn to die."

Kiba had been forced to acknowledge Naruto's growth into a shinobi after the way he defeated him and Neji. His thoughts shifted to Akamaru who was currently at his family's veterinary clinic.

Neji just sat off to the side, thick bandages wrapped around his shoulder where an arrow had pierced his shoulder and stitches on his back where several kunai had pierced his back. His uninjured arm was clenched as he tried to keep himself from getting too angry.

"Troublesome," Shikimaru muttered as he glanced down at his broken finger, the only injury he sustained during this mission.

The others all seemed upset. They may not have held Naruto in high regard, but they couldn't deny that it was upsetting.

Lee felt tears run down his face as he felt anger run through is body. The most youthful Naruto had fallen in battle bringing back the traitor. He swore that he would live on in his friend's name, in the name of the boy who helped save his ninja career.

Suddenly, the door opened and a member of ANBU wearing a wolf mask entered the room.

He looked at the members of the room and said, "For those who are not part of the Uchiha Retrieval mission please leave. We need to talk to the members of the team."

In another room…

Sakura and Ino sat while Sasuke laid in a bed, waiting for him to wake up. Sasuke had immediately been rushed to a hospital room to examine his wounds. Thankfully, to the fangirls anyway, he only had a few broken bones, minor lacerations, and was suffering from some minor chakra exhaustion. While it seemed that the room was vacant other than the

"Damn," Ino said, "Naruto really did a number on him."

Sakura scoffed and said, "Naruto just got lucky. There's no way the dead last of our class could have beaten Sasuke."

Ino nodded and said, "Yeah, you're right. I'm going to get something to drink. You want something?"

Sakura answered, "Water, please."

The Yamanaka heiress walked out the room, closing the door behind her. There was a moment of silence.

"You are so pathetic," a voice rang in Sakura's head.

Sakura sighed and thought, 'I thought I got rid of you. What do you want?'

Inner Sakura, a second personality that Sakura had, called IS for short, said, "Why are you even doing this? You're sitting beside the guy who tried to betray your village after your other teammate died!? Are you really that shallow?"

Sakura thought back, 'I don't have to take this from you.'

IS responded, "Well, you got me sister, too bad, so sad. Honestly, I thought that the whole mission to wave country would have been enough to knock you off your high horse, but apparently, you're too cocky to think that you can't be taken down."

Sakura retorted, 'Oh please. I was the kunoichi of the year and Sasuke was the rookie of the year. We are meant to be. He almost kissed me that one time, and we probably would be dating now if Naruto hadn't kept getting the way by constantly asking me out!"

IS answered, "Yeah, and the fact that Sasuke seemed to be acting a little out of the ordinary completely slipped your notice, Ms. Kunoichi of the year. And we both know that you only got that title because of your book smarts, which has gotten you nothing."

Sakura was about to argue with her, but IS cut her off.

"And before you start going on about what you've done, let's recap. During the bell test, all you did was run through the forest and fainted when you saw an illusion and when you saw Sasuke buried up to his neck in the dirt. During the wave mission, you just stood by and guarded the bridge builder. If it were for Kakashi, Sasuke, and Naruto, you probably would have been cut in half by Zabuza and his helper."

Sakura tried again, but IS refused to let her get a word in.

"In the forest of death, you had to be saved by Rock Lee, Ino, Choji, and Shikimaru. True you stepped up, but you still had to be saved. You didn't make it to the finals while Naruto and Sasuke did. Then when Gaara attacked you just wound up playing innocent bystander. Now that you think that you've had training from Tsunade that you're actually better?"

Sakura growled out, forgetting to speak mentally, "I am better."

IS laughed and said, "Really, because you haven't really done anything exept help at the last second, get saved and pretty much nothing else. Just face it pinkie, you're the dead weight of the team, not Naruto. As for Sasuke, he hasn't even given you so much as a glance, or any girl for that matter. Wake the hell up."

With that IS went quiet. Sakura growled in anger as he glanced at Sasuke's still sleeping form. She growled as she pushed down her doubts and anger as she focused on the task at hand.

At that moment, Ino walked back in with the water, which Sakura took with a small "thanks" and drank.

'It will all work out,' Sakura thought, looking at Sasuke with an icy pit forming in her stomach, despite her willing it away, 'Everything will all work out.'

Meanwhile in the Hyuuga complex…

Since she arrived home, Hinata had been crying in her room on her own. She heard several branch members trying to coax her out of her room, but she told them to leave, in her usual polite manner, and just wanted to be left alone.

Hinata sobbed into her pillow. The boy who could inspire her was gone. The boy she had crushed on for years was gone. She looked back and cursed herself or her weakness. She always watched from afar and never really approached him, her nerves always getting the best of her.

Hinata got up from her bed and walked over to the mirror. She saw herself. She saw the sorrow filled eyes. Her tear stained cheeks flushed from the amount of time she had spent crying. She glanced at the nearby mirror which set on a dresser. Near it, was a picture of her as a toddler, smiling happily, next to her mother, holding the recently born Hanabi, and her father, with a true smile on his face as opposed to the constant serious scowl he usually wore.

'Kaa-chan…' Hinata thought, 'why did you have to go? Father and Hanabi both treat me so coldly. And now…now this. is everything I know going to be taken from me?'

Hinata's eyes became strong as she thought, 'No…I won't fall into despair. For you…for Naruto-kun…I will become stronger, for him and for you. I've already started working on my own version of the gentle fist. Maybe I can talk to Gai-sensei and Lee about it. Given that they've trained Neji, they might be able to help me.'

A look of determination that almost rivaled Naruto's filled the child's white eyes as she left the room to find the two members of team 9.

If she was looking at the image of her mother on the picture, she probably would have seen her mother's smile grow slightly.

Meanwhile in Amegakure…

Several figures stood around a large statue.

There were eight of them all of them wearing black cloaks that had red clouds on them.

The first was a male with onyx eyes that had long, pronounced tear-troughs. His hair was jet black and was pulled in a low ponytail and his face was framed with center-parted bangs that extended to his chin. The cloak he wore had a high collar. Under the cloak he wore mesh armor with navy accents under an identical T-shirt with a simple white belt around the waist and dark blue pants. On his right ring finger was a red ring with the kanji symbol for vermilion on it. Around his neck was a necklace that had three silver rings with red gems in them. On his hands you could see black nail polish as well as black nail polish on his toes. On his forehead was a konoha headband with a slash mark through the symbol.

This was Itachi Uchiha S-rank missing nin from Konohagakure and slayer of the Uchiha clan.

The man next to him was by far the tallest and he looked kind of strange. His skin was pale blue-grey with small round, white eyes, gill-like facial marking under his eyes, giving him a shark like appearance. If you could see under his attire you'd see actual gills on his shoulders. His teeth were sharp and triangular. His hair was dark blue and spiked up in the shape of a shark fin. On his fingers and toes were dark purple nail polish. There also a sash going around his body holding what looked like a club covered in bandages with a long light-yellow handle with a small skull adorning the bottom of it. On his left ring finger was a yellow ring with the kanji for south. On his forehead was a kirigakure headband with a slash through the symbol.

This was Kisame Hoshigaki, a former member of Kirigakure's Seven Swordsmen and Monster of the Hidden Mist.

Next to him was a medium-length silver hair that was slicked back and distinct purple eyes. He wore the black cloak with red clouds like the others. Under the cloak he wore pants and sandals. Around his neck was the headband symbol of Yugakure with a slash mark through it. He also had an amulet that had a symbol that looked like an inverted triangle in a circle. On his back was a large triple-bladed scythe with red blades that got smaller from top to bottom, a red shaft with bandages wrapped around the bottom of the long handle, a black cable that connected to the man's arm, going up his cloak sleeve. On his fingers and toes were dark green nail polish and on his left index finger was an orange ring that hand the kanji for three in it.

This was Hidan the Jashin priest.

Next to him was the second tallest of the was tan skinned and he looked like a man in his prime given his muscular build. He wore a white hood and a black ask leaving his green pupils and red sclera eyes wore the black and red cloak and a headband for Takigakure on his forehead with a slash through the symbol. On his fingers and toes he wore dark brown nail polish and on his left middle finger was a dark green ring with a kanji symbol for north in it.

This was Kakuzu.

Next to him was a rather feminine looking man if his long blonde hair was anything to go by. He had slanted blue eyes and his long blond hair was in a half ponytail with the rest hanging down freely, with a bang hanging over his left eye. If you could see under that bang you'd see a scope. If you could see the palms of his hands you would see mouths on them. He wore the normal cloak. Under that cloak he wore a belt that had various bags of clay. He wore black nail polish on his fingers and toes and on his right index finger was a teal ring that had the kanji for blue or green in it.

This was Deidara, the mad bomber.

The next figure was by far the shortest of them. He was hunched over with pale skin and a black mask. He wore a straw hat on his head with strips of white cloth covering his face. Unlike the others he didn't wear nail polish or a ring.

This was Sasori of the Red Sand.

Next was the only woman of the group.

She stood realtively tall with blue hair, amber colored eyes with lavender eye shadow, and a labret piercing. In her hair she had a light blue paper flower and a neutral expression on her face. She wore the black cloak like the others and orange nail polish plus the ring on her right middle finger with the kanji for white on it.

This was Konan.

Next to her was by far the strangest of the bunch. One half of him was completely black with a gold eye while the other half was white with light green hair and a golden eye. Around his head was a large plant like mouth like a Venus fly trap.

This was Zetsu…species unknown.

The final member seemed to be their leader.

He was of a respectable height. He had multiple piercings in his ears, nose, and lower lips. He wore the traditional cloak, a strange necklace around his neck, and on his right thumb was a purplish grey ring with the kanji for zero in it. He also had a necklace around his neck. What stuck out about him was his hair and eyes. His hair was orange and spiky. His eyes were purple with a black dot pupil and a ring pattern around it.

This was Pain.

Together they were Akatsuki an organization of missing nin.

"So the nine tails jinchuuriki is dead," Pain said, his emotionless face.

Kisame let out an annoyed huff and said, "Damn, I hoping to get that kid. I wanted to go up against Konoha's odd beast."

Itachi just let out a huff.

"Looks like that little brother of yours is more of pain then we thought, Itachi, ye," Deidara said.

Itachi just gave the mad bomber his usual poker face. Deidara was about to say something else when he was suddenly slapped over the head. A large metal scorpion tail slid back under Sasori's cloak faster than most could perceive but they still saw it.

"Enough," Pain said. Though his voice didn't hold anger the power behind it cause everything to stop.

"It seems our plans are at an end," Pain said.

"Leader-sama, that might not be the case," Zetsu said, speaking in two tones, as he stepped forward.

The leader of Akatsuki turned towards the plant man.

"We all know the bijuu cannot be killed. We just need to wait until the nine tails reforms in a couple of years," the humanoid plant explained.

Kisame groaned and said, "Do we really need to wait nine more years? This is crap."

A small wave of killing intent from Pain shut the man up.

Pain's purple and black ringed eyes held a small amount of annoyance and said, "Fine. Our plan will continue, but delayed."

All members of Akatsuki then proceeded to vanish revealing them to be nothing but holograms. Everyone except for Konan and Pain.

After a brief silence the amber eyed woman said, "This was an unexpected happening."

Pain turned to her and said, "Plans have delays or unexpected issues Konan. Even God has plans that lasted for centuries before they were complete."

Pain then proceeded to walk into the darkness. Konan quickly followed.

Meanwhile with Naruto…

Kushina and Minato had fallen over laughing loudly.

"You mean," Kushina said as she gasped for air, "you painted the Hokage monument in a kill me orange jumpsuit and nobody noticed."

Naruto smiled at this and laughed, "Yep. The only person who caught me was Iruka sensei...I still don't know how he did that."

The two then fell over laughing again.

"Oh man, I would have loved to see that," Minato chuckled, tears running down his face.

Off to the side, the Otsutsuki clan members were laughing maniacally. They had to admit it was hilarious.

Kami, Tozi, and Shinigami all chuckled as they remembered the incident, being all knowing had its advantages sometimes.

It had been about an hour since Naruto arrived.

Since then they had arrived at the place where they were staying.

It was a rather nicely sized manor. There were a few rooms upstairs with enough room for the Namikaze family and the Outsuki family. In the back there was a huge training area, no doubt where Naruto would be spending his time training.

Since then Minato and Kushina were both bonding with their son. It was quite clear that Naruto still held some resentment to Minato, but they could work on that later. They had asked, Naruto about what his adventures as a ninja. From the wave mission to the chuunin exams, the two parents couldn't help, but feel pride at how their son had managed to help so many people. They were annoyed however, when they learned about some of the other ninja of Konoha.

Minato was even more disappointed in Kakashi. The young boy apparently had let that damn sharingan eye of his go to his head, given the over a thousand jutsu thing. Minato shook his head as this was not the boy who he trained. The amount of favoritism shown was disgusting. Hell, it was the very same treatment that lead to Orochimaru!

Kushina was thinking more along the lines of beating the tar out of the silver haired hypocrite.

Another thing that got them was how much the academy had degraded. They were popping arrogant pains left and right. One image was the idea of Kiba Inuzuka. The boy's brash attitude and almost near inability to hold his tongue would lead to troubles for his team if it wasn't taken down. Hopefully Naruto's embarrassing defeat of him brought down his ego some.

They were also appalled at the fangirls being produced in the form of Ino and Sakura. Two girls who dieted, and didn't take any of their training serious unless it involved their crush. It made them wonder how they had survived so long.

They also regaled Naruto with tales of their youth. Telling him about their times in the academy and what they had done when they were his age, as well as a few war stories from the ninja wars. Naruto learned he got his verbal tic from his mother, and, apparently, go this dad's taste in women. That being women with unique features. This made a lot of sense given his crush on Sakura.

The partying mood went down after a while, and Naruto decided it was a good time to move on to a serious subject.

"So," Naruto said, "I've been going through this, but can't figure it out. How exactly am I supposed to bring peace to the world?"

The feeling around the table became serious.

"First of all," Hagoromo said, "We need to approach the major issues. First, you are going to have to take the remaining biju from the elemental nations. The biju have been abused throughout history because of their power and I will not see that happen again. The second will be the destruction of the leaf village and finally the destruction of the Akatsuki."

Naruto blinked and said, "So the Akatsuki have to go huh? What about Itachi?"

Indra answered, "Don't worry Naruto, Itachi will be saved. As for uniting the ninja world…I have a feeling someone may cause it unintentionally."

Kushina then said, "Now, it's starting to get really late. We should get to sleep. We start training early in the morning."

Everyone nodded and got up and went to bed.

Naruto had changed into some pajamas and was prepared to sleep. For the first time in his life, Naruto felt like he didn't have to sleep with one eye open.

The following morning…

Naruto struggled to stay asleep as light flowed in from the windows. He groaned a bit as he tried to stay asleep. It was the first time in his life that he was able to sleep peacefully and damn if he wasn't going to enjoy it! Naruto rolled over in his sleep and snugged deeper into his pillows and almost went back to sleep.

I say almost because a hand pushed his shoulder.

"Naruto," Kushina said as he pushed her son slightly, time to wake up."

Naruto simply grumbled and pushed himself deeper into the bed, pulling the covers over his head. Kushina pulled the covers off, starting to get slightly annoyed with her son refusing t rise from the world of dreams. Kushina then decided it was time to bring out the big guns. She left the room and returned a few moments later with a bucket of cold water in her hands. she drew it back and launched hte contents at he boy. Naruto let out a shrill cry as the ice cold water struck him, instantly arousing him from his sleep.

"What the hell, woman!?" Naruto, now cold and soaking.

Kushina said, "That's what you get for not waking up when I told you to. Now get dried off and come down for breakfast. We have some things we need to discuss."

Naruto sighed and nodded.

Naruto got up and changed out of his wet clothes.

After a large breakfast that was made up of bacon, eggs, waffles, apples, milk, and orange juice Naruto was given his schedule for the training he would receive.

7:00 to 7:30-breakfast

7:30 to 8:00-morning workout

8:00 to 10:00-chakra control exercises

10:00 to 11:00-taijutsu training

11:00 to 12:00-genjutsu training

12:00 to 1:00-lunch

1:00 to 2:00-ninjutsu training

2:00 to 4:00-fuinjutsu practice

4:00 to 5:00-dinner

5:00 to 10:00-relaxation

10:00-bedtime

After looking over his schedule Naruto felt a little nervous. That was a very long schedule, but knowing what his mission as supposed to be he knew it was going to be a very long few years. He sighed to himself as he finished his breakfast.

7:30 to 8:00 – morning workout.

Naruto now stood in front of his mother. She crossed her arms as she looked across from the boy.

"Okay, Naruto," the red head said, " we are going to work on your body. This will work you up enough for the rest of the training for the day."

Naruto nodded in understanding.

"Now," Kushina said, "drop and give me fifty pushups, fifty crunches, fifty squats, and then run five laps around this training area."

Naruto didn't move as he just stared at his mother with a shocked expression.

Kushina narrowed her eyes and yelled, "Did is stutter? MOVE!"

Her eyes flashed red and her hair raged like an octopus' tentacles.

Naruto immediately dropped to the ground and started exercising.

'Shikimaru and Kiba were right! Moms really are scary!'

8:00 to 10:00

Kushina stood in front of her now exhausted child. The blonde was now doubled over and breathing very hard.

"Don't tell you're tired already," Kushina said, "We've just gotten started."

Naruto panted slightly tired because of the exhaustion of the warm up that he had gotten.

"Now then," the woman continued, "From what you told me you know chakra control up to the water walking exercise correct?"

Naruto nodded.

"Well, then we are going to improving on your normal chakra control," Kushina said as she motioned to the trees nearby.

"You see these trees? You are going to climb up them via the walking exercise.

Naruto frowned and said, "Seriously mom? I can already do that."

Kushina grinned and said "Yes, but this is going to be different. Each tree is of a different density. One I rotting and other such different factors. If you ever touch the ground at the end of the training you will have to do that amount times 10 in push-ups."

Naruto grinned and said, "Sounds easy enough."

Naruto walked up a tree. He stood there for a moment before jumping to another tree. He held that for a moment before he realized his foot almost broke through the second tree's rotting bark.

"Oh, and one more thing Naruto," Kushina said as she looked up at her son, "dodge."

Naruto looked confused for a moment and asked, "Dodge?"

"Dodge!"

Kushina then released a barrage of kunai. Naruto let out a cry of terror as he started dodging like crazy trying to avoid the waves of weapons trying to pierce his skin. In the process of dodging he didn't apply the right amount of chakra and slipped off the surface of a tree falling to the ground.

Naruto gave his mother a dirty look.

"Don't give me that look young man!" she said sternly causing the blonde to wince.

The rest of the first hour continued like this. After an hour, Naruto had to do 100 pushups from the tree exercise.

After the hour, they changed things up, going with the water walking exercise using a pool that formed in the ground. This time Naruto had to walk on water while the water was swirling. Naruto had some trouble with this, but he managed to get it done quickly. Unfortunately, the method didn't work long as the water would speed up and slow down at random intervals…and Kushina was still throwing stuff at him.

By the time the second hour was over, Naruto was exhausted. Thankfully, Minato was the one who took over his training next.

10:00 to 11:00: Taijutsu training

Minato stood across from Naruto with his arms crossed.

Naruto looked slightly winded as this training was far more intense than what he was used.

"Okay," the older blonde said, "Naruto I want you to attack me. Let's see just what you can do."

Naruto nodded and charged. Minato dodged an over extended punch with ease.

After a few minutes, Minato managed to get a feel for his son's style.

If you could call it that.

Naruto was more of a brawler than anything else. He used shadow clones haphazardly, only something an Uzumaki could do, to mob his opponent. While a good strategy this could be a problem as the clones could get in each other's way if there were too many.

Though he found, that Naruto could think on his feet when he was duped by Naruto switching with a clone and a windmill shuriken flying at his head.

"Okay, Naruto," the older blonde said with a smile, "I know your way of fighting, but it's time for you to learn how to really fight. This brawler style you use isn't going to cut it. So, follow me and do as I do."

Naruto and Minato both got into a particularstance and they both started practicing. They went for the full hour before it was time to move on.

11:00 to 12:00-genjutsu training

Naruto now stood in front of Indra. The first user of the Sharingan stood across from Naruto.

"Okay, Naruto," the oldest son of Hagoromo said, "What do you know about genjutsu?"

Naruto answered, "Mostly the basics."

Indra raised an eyebrow and his Sharingan flashed for a brief moment. Naruto's eyes became blank and then the blonde fell over unconscious.

Indra sighed as he walked over to the prone boy and smacked him over the head.

"Huh, who, what it in the where?"

Indra sighed and said, "This is going to take a while."

12:00 to 1:00-lunch

Naruto's stomach made a loud grumbling noise as he and the others all sat down around the table. There was a huge lunch filled with various foods, including ramen. After eating and getting a good amount of time digesting. Everyone went back to work.

1:00 to 2:00-ninjutsu training

Ashura stood across from Naruto as he stood up ready for training.

"So, Naruto what do you know about jutsu?"

Naruto thought for a moment and answered, "That it is the art of molding chakra through hand signs to launch attacks of various size, defend against other jutsu, enhance yourself, and other such effects."

Ashura nodded and said, "Correct. Now what are the major affinities?"

Naruto gained a confused look.

"Affinities?"

Ashura rolled his eyes and mentally cursed the idiots in the academy before he said, "Naruto, chakra affinities are the element a person's chakra is aligned to. This means they are more likely to use that kind of jutsu."

Naruto thought for a minute and asked, "So a person like Zabuza would have a water affinity while someone like Sasuke would have fire and lightning?"

Ashura nodded and said, "Correct!"

Naruto then asked, "So the main affinities would be fire, water, earth, wind, and lightning, right?"

Ashura nodded and said, "Yes, but there are two more affinities than just those."

Naruto blinked and started asked, "What? There are?"

Ashura nodded and said, "There are. The other two main affinities are Yin, which can be used to create anything from nothing, and yang which can be used to give life. There are also sub affinities which are normally seen as bloodlines that are two or more chakra natures mixed into one. An example being the First Hokage's wood release which was a mix of earth and water chakra."

Naruto listened in awe and then stopped for a moment when he realized something.

"Wait…I met someone a while back named Haku who could use ice techniques. Can that be made from mixing chakra affinities?"

Ashura nodded and said, "Yes, ice can be made by mixing water and wind chakra."

Naruto blinked in surprise and said, "So that means that all the elements can be mixed together? That's a lot of jutsu combinations."

The founder of the Senju clan smiled and said, "Yes, there are. Now onto training Naruto I want you to perform the fireball jutsu."

Naruto blinked in confusion and asked, "What why?"

Ashura said, "Don't question your instructor."

Naruto stepped away from his teacher and started to think about what he knew on the jutsu. He found it and went through the necessary hand signs.

"Fire Release: Grand Fireball!"

Instead of a large ball of fire, Naruto only launched a couple of sparks from his mouth.

"Aw what? I did it right!"

Ashura stepped forward and said, "Naruto, while you may have some knowledge of the technique you do not know its mechanics. Think of it like you've copied the jutsu with the Sharingan. Without knowledge of its mechanics you can't use it."

Naruto sighed, slightly upset. Some of the jutsu he had seen used in his life were cool.

"However," the Otsutsuki clan member said, "You do have an affinity for wind chakra. We shall start with that."

For the remaining time, Naruto was trying to learn how to cut a leaf with his chakra. It was difficult as Naruto's control was still shot to hell after only one day of training.

2:00 to 4:00-fuinjutsu practice

Naruto now sat a desk with an inkwell, a pen, and a few dozen pieces of paper.

Hagoromo and Minato stood behind him.

"Now, Naruto," Minato started, "fuinjutsu is far more complicated than it sounds. For fully utilize a seal, it must be perfect. If even one mark on the seal is out of place the seal could fail in a spectacular fashion."

Naruto blinked and said, "It couldn't be that bad."

Hagoromo approached the child and said, "Naruto, if I had been faulty in the seal I used to seal away the chakra of the jyuubi, the power would have torn me apart long before I died and it would have gone on a rampage. Plus, if the seal on you was done even slightly wrong, you would have wound up like your friend Gaara."

Naruto winced as he remembered how Gaara had been before his defeat.

With that Naruto started to get to work. Unfortunately, Naruto had difficulty because his handwriting was horrible. Again, damn the academy…or just lack of general education. Before Naruto could lean any fuinjutsu he would have to improve his handwriting until it was legible.

4:00 to 5:00-dinner

Naruto was exhausted, both physically, and mentally by the time dinner came around. After eating his fill, he and his teachers began to discuss any changes that they would make to Naruto's training over time.

5:00 to 10:00-relaxation

Naruto spend the rest of the day relaxing up until bed time. The blonde hit the bed falling asleep before he hit the pillow.

Okay, again, I did not do much changing here. I just added some extra pieces and did a little renovating from the original version. Also, the added part was for Sakura. You see, I examined what Inner Sakura was and, given that she is Sakura's inner emotions, I decided to have a bit of a fight between them go on. In this case, Inner Sakura represents what Sakura wants to do. A part of her that recognizes that Sasuke is a traitor, and that she is not the great kunoichi that she thinks she is. In other words, she is the part of Sakura that wants to grow up and move on. However, Sakura is currently in a fantasy world, not completely disillusioned with the world around her. She still believes in her crush on Sasuke, mostly because she doesn't want the fantasy she has had over the years to come crashing down. Just something to add for some character development.

Anyway, flames are ignored, criticism is welcome.