Chapter 9

I'm back! Welcome everybody to chapter number 9 of '5 Hearts'. In this one will be the 4 weeks of training that the Konoha genin will go through, until the Chunin Exams. But, as that might be too long/boring, I'll put only the first or second week. BTW, something big is coming in the story. With that said, let's go to the story!

Legend:

"Taking."

'Thinking...'

Jutsu Name

Chapter 9: Some Weeks of Hell

"No." Menma said and everyone looked at him.

"Menma?" Mito asked her brother that started to walk away.

"I don't need to get push down by training with a bunch of idiots and losers, when a Sanin could be doing it. He will arrive soon. I can wait. See ya." He said as he got back in town.

Kushina watched with a frown, wondering how her kid could be so arrogant. The Chunin Exams aren't something to be taken lightly. Many young shinobis had died in them.

Kakashi clapped his hands "Well, time to start. Good luck to everybody.

*Kurenai First Group*

"Mito! Get down here and untie me!" Naruto screamed at his sister that was on top of a tree clinging like dear lif.

"No! The floor is lava! How are you not melting!"

"Lava!? I'm in middle of a goddamn lake! And the piranhas are getting closer!" They kept screaming at each other, asking for help. Kurenai sighed as she shook her head.

In her opinion, these where basic genjutsus. At the start, they tried to dispel them. But after 5 minutes of failure, they started to get desperate.

'Why to have so much chakra if you can't dispel some simple genjutsu?' She wondered and decided to dispel it herself.

Mito and Naruto blinked as they came back to reality. They looked at Kurenai that had a disappointed face.

"Do you know what you guys did wrong?" She questioned and Mito shook her head and Naruto raised his hand.

"Lack of chakra control?"

Kurenai nodded "That's right. Naruto; if Asuma is right, you know a ridiculous amount of jutsus. So I'm surprised you don't know how to dispel a genjutsu."

Naruto scratched the back of his head "I focused on getting thee jutsu down. Not how to perfect my chakra control perfect."

Kurenai sighed "And Mito, you didn't even have a clue on what you did wrong. You two need to work on your chakra control. Okay?" They both nodded. "Good. That will be your task for your first week." She said as she left them.

Mito looked down "I'm not that good." She muttered and Naruto patted her back.

"Nah, you're really talented. Hey, what you say if I tell you my training technique?"

Mito looked at him with a smile "Really? What is it? Tell me! Tell me! Tell meeeeeee!"

Naruto grinned "Have you heard of the Kage Bushin no Jutsu?"

*Gai First Group*

"YOSH! Let's go and show our beautiful village our flames of youth!" Gai screamed as he was sprinting across the village, being followed by Ino, Sakura and Ten-Ten.

The three seemed to pass out at any given second.

"I... can't go anymore..." Ino said.

"Is this the end..." Sakura wondered out loud.

"I'm... going to die..." Ten-Ten breathed out as Gai turned around and gave them his 'Nice Guy' smile.

"Don't give up! Only 100 more laps and we are done for the day!" He motivated them. His plan was to build their stamina and resistance via physical workout.

In his mind and in paper it sounded a great idea.

But he didn't expect the three kunoichis to lack that level of energy. Maybe Ten-Ten had a little more than Ino or Sakura, but their physical state was laughable.

This is going to be an intense week for them.

*Kakashi First Group*

"Okay, tell me what jutsus you know." Kakashi asked to Lee, Neji and Hinata.

"I don't know any." Neji said first.

"My chakra coils are too small to produce any jutsu, Kakashi-sensei!" Lee explained.

"I-I-I-I wasn't t-t-thought any..." Hinata muttered and Kakshi frowned under his mask.

"Do you at least know your elemental affinities?" Lee and Neji shook their heads, and Hinata nodded.

"K-K-K-Kurenai-sensei t-t-told me that m-m-mine is l-lighting..."

Kakashi eye smiled "That's a start. So, did she teach you any jutsu?" She shook her head and Kakashi had the urgent need to slap his forehead.

"Okay... we will start by finding your elemental affinities and then in making your chakra coils bigger." He explained and Lee raised his hand.

"Yes Lee?"

"And how are we going to do that!?" Lee asked and Kakashi eye smiled.

"In the most fun way possible."

'At least for me...' He thought.

*Asuma First Group*

"Do any of you use weapons" Asuma asked to Chouji and Shino that they both shook their heads.

"No-*Munch*- Asuma-sensei." Chouji said while stuffing his face with chips.

"No. My clan doesn't use weapons." Shino said and Asuma nodded.

"Well, then it is my duty to teach you how to use weapons. In this world, good taijutsu and a good arsenal of jutsus are important. But if the situation calls for it, weapons might be needed. Tell me, what was your final grade in shuriken and kunai throwing.

"4." Shino said and Chouji looked down.

"2."

Asuma nodded while scratching his chin "Well, then let's get started on that."

*Zabuza and Kushina first Group*

"Run!" Kiba screamed as he, Shikamaru and Sasuke where running away from Zabuza and Kushina.

"What you think I'm doing?" Shikamaru grumbled. According to their senseis, this is survival training. But in his opinion, running away from a swordsman and a swordswoman, isn't quite training.

"Shut it. Both of you. I have a feeling that Zabuza is after me." Sasuke said and Shikamaru groaned.

"Maybe because you are flirting with someone he considers his daughter?"

Kiba looked surprise "What!? You are trying to bang Zabuza daughter!?"

Sasuke grunted and opened his mouth to say something but a voice came first "So, that's what you plan to do with Haku. Eh."

They stopped and turned to see Zabuza leaning against a tree. "You know, I can't use any jutsu right now. But I can still wield a sword. So, what you say if we continue this game of 'tag'."

*End of the First Week*

"Hey Haku?"

"Yes, Sasuke-kun?"

"What did you say to Zabuza about the kind of relationship we had?"

Haku stop putting bandages on Sasuke arm and gave him a curious look "What do you mean?"

Sasuke looked away "Never mind."

Shikamaru sighed as he had some bandages too "Zabuza was extra troublesome with Sasuke, because he thought you two had some sort of 'intimate' relationship." He said emphazising the word intimate.

Kiba grinned, as he was too with a couple of bandages "In his words; he tried to dirty Haku's innocence."

Haku blushed and Sasuke had a tint of red in his face as he still didn't look at her.

"If I was in a better mental state, I would find this funny." Naruto said as he was sit leaning against a tree.

"I forgot how to be happy..." Mito muttered and Kiba chuckled.

"Kurenai-sensei is thought, isn't she?"

"It was genjutsu, after genjutsu, after genjutsu. For a week." Naruto said weakly and Mito nodded.

"At least your body doesn't hurt." Sakura said to them and Ino and Ten-Ten nodded.

"The first three days we made 200 hundred laps across the entire village..." Ino said.

"The other three days we made physical workout..." Sakura continued.

"And the last day we had to fight him. At the end he hugged us saying how our flames of youth had grown." Ten-Ten finished and Lee broke into tears.

"Gai-Sensei! Such a great motivator! And his rival also! Thanks to him, I finally got the three academy jutsus dominated!" Lee screamed with joy and Neji shook his head.

"Yes. But you didn't have time to learn what your elemental affinity was. The paper didn't work with you for some reason. Hinata-sama and I discovered them thought."

"Which are?" Shikamaru questioned.

"Mine is wind while Hinata's-sama is water. We still don't know elemental jutsu. The man only told us to practice what we know. We were exhausted at the end." He explained while Hinata played with her fingers, not wanting to look weak in front of Naruto.

She clearly ignored the fact that Naruto was probably worse than her this week.

"I *MUNCH* think we *MUNCH* did well." Chouji said while eating his chips and Shino nodded.

"I agree. Why? Because Chouji learned to complement his style with shurikenjutsu and I learned to use my kikaichu with dual swords. It is logical to believe we made a progress."

Naruto smirked "Good for you. I wonder what will be next week?"

And so, the weeks passed on and the genins improved. Their weakest areas are more solid as they were before. Ino, Sakura and Ten-Ten have more resistance. Naruto and Mito can get out of medium genjutsus. Sasuke is learning how to use a sword and so it is Shino. Kiba, Hinata and Neji are trying to use elemental chakra into their taijutsus styles. And so on.

Now, the exams are days away, and they feel ready.

*Hokage Office*

"So, Iwa and Kumo are not going to send any genins again this year?" Minato asked the elders that nodded.

"That's right. It had passed 5 years since any of those two villages wanted to participate in any chunin exams." Koharu said and Homura nodded.

"Even Kiri offered to send teams this year. With the new Mizukage things had changed over there."

Minato nodded with a frown. "I see. Do we have any information about those villages?"

"I'm afraid not. They upgraded their security in both villages. Did Orochimaru or Jiraya got any information?"

Minato shook his head "No. Only the same thing of years ago. That they are building an army."

After some thought, Minato decided to call both Sanin back for the chunin exams. Who knows what might happen.

*Kusagakure*

"So, it is decided then?" Ay asked Onoki that nodded.

"Yes. To prove the superiority of our villages we need to show our might against the other villages."

"Why don't we invite Kiri into our alliance? The new Mizukage might be useful for us."

Onoki snorted "I refuse to ally myself with that pathetic village. Besides, after this is done, we can use their bloodline users for us."

Ay nodded "We will start during these year chunin exams. This will be, the turning point of our villages. But if you even dare of betraying me..." His fist was coated with lighting and Onoki sneered.

"Watch your tone Ay, remember who our enemy is."

And done! This was chapter 9 of '5 Hearts'. I know that it turned a little bad at the end, but next chapter will finally have a NarutoxTemari moment. So bear with me. Besides, the chunin exams are close and I can't wait to write about that. And that's all! Remember to leave your review that it is important for me. PM me for any doubt or suggestion. Follow and Favorite the story and me.

Till Next Time.

Roy D. Harper.

In the next chapter:

"Watch it brat."

"It's you again."

"Long time no see."

"They might be a problem."

"We can use this for our advantage."

"Mind showing me around?"

"Who is she?"

"This might count as our first date, eh."

Next Chapter: The Arrival