Chapter 4

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"LET'S GET STARTED!"

|NARUTO, CAN I EVEN LEAVE YOU ALONE FOR A FEW HOURS?! FINISH THE GRAVITY SEAL, AND WORK ON JUTSU AFTER!|

Naruto winced at the fox's tone. Well, he did get a little ahead of himself. It's not like you can blame him though.

|Alright, Alright! I'll just dispel my clones and finish it right now.| Groaned Naruto.

Soon, after dispelling the entire clone factory, he felt the experience and memory climb inside him. He could feel himself getting stronger every time this process took place, what was important, however, was that he felt his calligraphy improve, the few clones he sent to his apartment to practice seemed to finish the job. Albeit just being barely enough to make the seal. As Naruto sat down and crossed his legs, he took some paintbrushes, a small cup of ink, and took off a slip of the adhesive sealing paper. This paper had a small space to make the design of the seal on the front, on the back was a strong adhesive that could stick to any surface, it could be removed, however, using the handle of a paintbrush to sort of chisel it off, it came off fast with enough effort and speed. He held it and started the complex design for the gravity seal, it was very circular, depending on fine strokes to get smooth and complex designs, if it was too strict or shaky it could end up backfiring. After finally creating the seal onto the paper, he stuck it to his forearm, just underneath his wrist. Applying chakra through the paper to activate the seal, he applied it to the seal directly, making the seal shift and turn on the paper until it resembled a two. Once the process was complete the effects were noticeable right away. His arms became heavier, his legs became heavier, it took an effort to stand up straight. He started walking around to try getting used to it, and that was a workout just by walking around the three posts in the ground, he felt like he was dragging his feet through the water. That fox would kill him if this was the easiest training he'd get.

|This hurts alright, but I can get used to this in some time. Ha! In your face fox! Now finally after that, JUTSU!| Thought Naruto, simultaneously making shadow clones to work on making some storage seals, chakra draining seals, and barrier seals. He made an additional two clones to work on researching a seal known as the Metal Swarm Strike, it was low-ranking, but required small, delicate points, and if it was made even slightly incorrect, it would explode. It was especially dangerous because it required to store a lot of chakra along with any amount of weapons. The real Naruto, however, started working on another task at hand, Ninjutsu.

"Alright… let's see what we found…" Muttered Naruto, bending downwards. "Hmm… Let's use some chakra paper first, I wonder what my affinities are."

|Ha! Now, this is something I want to be here for.|

|Well, how come?|

|You'll see, but first just put your chakra through it, then use another piece of paper and apply mine.|

Naruto did as instructed, channeling chakra to the paper in his palm, at first it tore into two, then both sides wrinkled inwards.

|Hey, Kyuubi? How can I tell what affinities those are?|

|You know what the paper is but yet you don't even know the signs!? Kami help us all. Fine I'll explain it only once so listen carefully brat, Fire will make the paper light on fire and turn to ash, Wind will make the paper split into two, Lightning will make it crumple, Earth will make it turn to dust and crumble away, Water will make it turn damp. You got all that brat?|

|Yeah, I think so… So does that mean mine is Lightning and Wind?|

|Correct. Now push some of my chakra through it.|

Naruto put the two pieces into the basket, taking out another slip of paper, soon pushing the Kyuubi's chakra through it. The paper erupted in a burst of flames, while not burning Naruto, the heat could still be felt. It soon turned to ash which also soon flew away and spread over the grass, not being enough to cause a problem, however.

|So wait, then technically I have a Fire affinity too. So I have three affinities?|

|Don't flatter yourself, you have two affinities, the third is purely because of me.|

|Well ok yeah, but I can use three affinities right?|

|You're right about that, which can sometimes happen naturally, but it's very rare, so having three can truly make you powerful if you use them correctly.|

|Well with that out of the way, let's look at this Jutsu!|

|One last thing, make some clones to train your affinities in the meantime. Put clones into tearing a leaf with Wind chakra, crumpling a leaf with Lightning chakra, and burning one down to ashes with fire chakra. Over time you can gain mastery of these elements, by that point I expect you to at least be a jonin.|

|Alright, Alright, I'm making clones! Now can we PLEASE look at some JUTSU!|

|FINE! READ THE SCROLLS DIMWIT!|

"THANK KAMI!" Exploded Naruto, picking up the first scroll he could.

"Hmmm… It says… Shunshin, or Body Flicker." Naruto Muttered, while he continued reading he was enthralled by how understated this jutsu was. Shinobi only ever used this for transport. FUCKING. TRANSPORT. THIS WAS NOTHING BUT TELEPORTATION! IF USED EFFECTIVELY YOU COULD ASSASSINATE SOMEONE BEFORE YOU EVEN TOOK A STEP! FUCKING. TRANSPORT.

|HAH! You really know how to make me laugh, it's nothing like the jutsu, the famous 'Yellow Flash' used, and that is real teleportation. However, this is something necessary to learn as a shinobi.|

"Huh. It says I use chakra to temporarily vitalize myself to move at extreme speeds, the longer the distance the more chakra it uses." Naruto stood up slowly, turning off his gravity seal once he was up. He made the hand sign and vanished, very quickly reappearing across the other side of the training field, unfortunately going too fast and slamming headfirst into a tree. "OW FUCK!" Yelled Naruto, peeling himself from the tree. "Holy… What on earth just happened?" asked Naruto in bewilderment.

|Uhhhh… Hold on I'm looking at your anatomy and it seems to be normal, as normal as you could put it at least. Wait... holy shit. Hey Naruto, remember when I supplied my chakra throughout your entire body, to keep those clones running overnight?|

|Yeah? What about it?|

|Well apparently running my chakra through your coils when they were supposed to be slowing down, really overclocked your chakra system, It travels through your body almost two-and-a-half times faster than the normal rate. As long as you get your hand signs fast enough or down to the point of not even needing them, you could practically become a jutsu machine gun.|

|Kami, that almost feels overpowered.| Naruto thought in amazement.

|Ha, it will be, once you can control it, which will take quite the extensive training.|

|Like that'll affect me, but I think from that test we know a downside. This jutsu is harder to control.|

|Some can be, but some not, you'll just produce them faster, not necessarily making the jutsu itself faster, however as seen, you can use this one extremely faster then the normal Shunshin, if it were maybe three times as fast as it is now it could be on a level with the Hiraishin.| The Kyuubi explained.

|Is that the jutsu you were talking about earlier? The one the fourth used?|

|Yes it is, your shunshin could develop into a very strong technique if you used it efficiently.|

"Well me just slamming headfirst into a tree myself would not be any help, so it's Kage-Bunshin time!" Naruto exclaimed. "Onto the next one!" He said with determination, picking up another scroll from the basket while also making shadow clones to train to control the Shunshin. "Huh. It says Shingukyo, also known as Vacuum Sphere. What do you think Kyuubi?"

|It'll fit you well with your wind affinity, and I think between your affinity and your overclocked chakra network, you could cover a larger range in a shorter amount of time. In other words, you naturally make this stronger than the usual.|

Naruto smiled excitedly at hearing these words, as he continued to read the description of the jutsu.

"Okay… I take a deep breath and mix it with chakra to fire out several blasts of wind in different directions. That sounds easy enough!"

|With your affinity, I believe once you can train enough to make wind chakra, you could shoot out the blasts without needing to breathe that much, blowing out air would be the only step needed. However, right now you're not at that level yet. So follow the scroll as it's written for now.|

|That'll be fantastic once I can get something as powerful as that!| Naruto thought, excited at the prospect of having such a strong jutsu.

"Alright, enough reading. Let's try this out!" Naruto shouted with conviction. The excited blonde took a deep breath and leaned back a bit, arching his back. Naruto quickly did the hand signs, and when aiming himself at the forest to his left, he blew out all he inhaled. Around nine or ten shots of air were scattered throughout in front of him, making contact with the trees and kicking up dust. A "Wow…" was all Naruto said. When the dust cleared the air blasts had blown most, and on occasion all, of the bark off where they hit the tree, and past that layer were cut markings with it seemingly drilling into the tree before exploding into a small gust of air.

|Not bad, kid, it's not the best it could've been, but power can be put into that overtime, it's strong for your level at the moment.| The Kyuubi reviewed.

"Well, that's the function part, so should I let shadow clones handle polishing it up?"

|You should, I want you to learn one more jutsu, and we shouldn't waste what the shadow clones are capable of.|

"Hmm… I'll take this one then."

|Let's see what you got on jutsu roulette.|

"It says Enyari or Flame Spear. It just creates a blade of fire from your palm, and it can launch waves horizontally when you slash it from what it reads." Naruto said, thinking until he realized part of the jutsu. |Kyuubi, I need to be at least somewhat good at Fire Release, is there some way you could handle that part until I learn it?|

|Hah, nice to know that you depend on me, brat. However, jokes aside, I can supply Fire Nature chakra to your hands. Once you get that done don't expect more help with that.|

"Well let's try it out then, shall we?" It was at that comment that Naruto soon felt a hot, tingling sensation flow throughout his body and stop at his hand. Soon, a two-foot beam of fire emerged from it, flickering in the wind. He slashed the blade as a wave of fire in the shape of a crescent shot out, not far, around another two feet.

"So, It seems that one doesn't need much training. Do you think there's a way to extend the range of the slash though?"

|Repetition, and guess what we need. Before you answer, yes we need shadow clones. Make some and have them fire off the slash part constantly until they're drained.|

Naruto simply nodded, soon following the command.

"So Kyuubi, what now?"

|Just activate the gravity seal and do whatever you normally do throughout the day. Your shadow clones can do whatever training you need, so I recommend maybe learning how to cook. I'll talk to you once you've found someone|

Naruto mentally nodded at that, a good diet was necessary for a shinobi, but he was hopeless when it came to cooking. He thought about who could teach him. His classmates would probably just laugh at or dismiss him, Iruka was busy so he couldn't teach, and he doubted the Hokage knew how to cook. Well, he could still ask, might as well try without knowing the answers! His first stop was to go back to the academy since that was the closest. On his way there when he tried to hop onto a roof, he almost immediately rammed his head into the side of the building, falling flat on his back. A groan of pain erupted from the now head aching blonde. Wow, that gravity seal is going to cause so much pain. He tried jumping onto the roof again with more effort than before, this time making onto the roof, only stumbling when he landed. Oh Kami, this would take some time getting used to.

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After running across the rooftop to rooftop, with some bruises in tow, he finally arrived at the front door of the academy. He knocked on the door and walked in, to see Iruka at his desk, mumbling something. It was only when Naruto had finally said "Hello?" that he got out of his trance.

"Oh! Naruto! What did you come here for this time?" The sensei questioned.

"Nothing too big, I was just wondering if you could maybe come to teach me to cook at all?" Naruto asked hopefully.

"Ha, I wish I was good enough of a cook to teach, yet I know I'm not that much better than you! If you were to take lessons from me all you'd learn is maybe what different modes on a microwave do." Iruka said apologetically.

Naruto simply sighed in disappointment.

"Well, there are other people around, I'll see you later Sensei!"

Naruto soon returned outside the academy, the next stop was Ji-Ji's. After hopping across buildings, a little bit easier this time around, he ended up at the front doors to the Hokage's office, considering he never needed any schedule he walked in to see the Third doing more paperwork.

"Hey, Ji-Ji!"

"Ahh… Hello Naruto, I take it this isn't one of your standard greetings?" Said the Hokage questionably.

"Ha! I'm surprised you already knew that!"

"Heh, nothing special, but moving on, what are you here for Naruto?"

"Do you think you could teach me how to cook?"

Hiruzen raised an eyebrow to this, Naruto was known as the Ramen Boy around the tower, so wanting to learn to make anything else was more than surprising.

"Naruto, while it'd be fun and as I'm sure you already guessed, I am more than busy, I can't help teach you to cook directly, though I doubt that I was the last person you could have gone to."

"Ugh. I'll find someone eventually, thanks for the help Ji-Ji!" The blonde sighed in dissatisfaction.

As Naruto was getting up from his chair however, the door suddenly slid open loud, as a small kid not even in the academy yet yelled. "ALRIGHT OLD MAN! IT'S TIME TO LOSE!" Which was promptly stopped by the child tripping onto his scarf and falling on his face. As he got up, he looked around frantically muttering, "A trap... It must've been a trap… Someone made a trap." This lasted for a second or two before his eyes landed on Naruto. "IT WAS YOU! YOU SET THE TRAP FOR ME!"

"YOU TRIPPED OVER YOUR OWN FEET, MORON! THERE'S NO TRAP!" Naruto rebutted, picking up the kid by his scarf. Then one more person decided to walk into the room soon after Naruto said that.

"HONORABLE GRANDSON?!" The shinobi yelled. "You! Unhand him at once you nobody! That is the esteemed honorable grandson, Konohamaru, of our Lord the Third!"

This statement made the child's smirk flare out, taking up a majority of his face. "HA! So what, now that you know who I am you're not gonna hit me! You're too much of a chicken to hit me!"

Naruto was restraining himself, trying not to become too agitated, but these people were getting on his nerves, the shinobi looked barely qualified, while the child seemed to be nothing than a mere joke. "ALRIGHT I'VE HAD IT, I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE BUT DON'T ACCUSE ME!" Shouted Naruto, before knocking the now named Konohamaru out. Konohamaru was short, about half the size of Naruto, with a bright yellow shirt with a red Konoha symbol painted on it, he wore short blue shorts along with standard sandals, the weird part, however, was this oversized gray safety or training helmet he wore, with an orange upset face attached to the side. The teacher wore some blue cloth bandanna tied around his forehead, along with opaque round glasses that didn't allow you to see through them, he wore navy blue pants and a T-shirt, while wearing the standard shinobi sandals as well.

Hiruzen only put his hands on his head at the event that just occurred before him. Naruto walked out and didn't listen to the protests of the sputtering ninja, focusing on getting out of there as fast as possible. Once out of Hokage tower, he decided to start hopping from building to building, intent on finding the last person he could ask to teach him to cook. He ended up there relatively quickly, taking a few shortcuts that he's learned. After lots of jumping through alleyways and across rooftops, he soon ended up in front of Ichiraku's Ramen. The people who worked there have been nice to Naruto for as long as he could remember. The man, known as Teuchi, who looked ordinary as any person, usually was seen with an apron and headband on, working from behind the counter, he smiled often, which was clear by his wrinkles too, as his eyes weren't visible, looking as if they were squinting. The woman, known as Ayame, is a slender girl with long, dark brown hair and large black eyes, plus fair skin. She wore a white robe with the sleeves folded, a sort of dark blue apron with ribbon ties at the top, and a bright white bandanna.

"Heyya! What's up Naruto? You want the usual?" Said Ayame.

"Ha! Usually, I would, but I came to ask for a favor this time around."

Ayame was visibly surprised, Naruto was known for only asking about ramen to her, so something that was a task was very different.

"Umm… Yeah sure go ahead!" She exclaimed.

"Do you think you could teach me how to cook?"

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AN/: Hello Everybody, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, it's nice to finally pass the ten thousand word mark. It's been fun writing this so far and I'm happy people enjoy it so far! Thank you for reading and have a good night! NarutoFanatic15 Out.