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I didn't know when I took this job how much chakra Naruto actually had. I teach him basic survival techniques and he winds up turning them into killer techniques. I guess I better not teach him how to sharpen his senses. He might wind up blowing out an eardrum or going blind. Oh well, better get back to it today's the last day of survival training. I tried showing him the charging technique and how to build a shelter out of earth. Those he didn't get off as well, but he can use them like a normal ninja thankfully. I guess he has a triple affinity, which is extremely rare, but I'm sure Sarutobi will be happy to hear that. Time to get back to it…
At the Gate of Training Ground Seven
Naruto and Iruka stand across from each other dirty and tired, "Well now that you've completed your survival training we can move onto basic ninja stuff. However, that starts tomorrow, go home get some food and a shower. We've got a long week ahead of us." Naruto sighs in relief before heading home beaten and tired. Iruka does the same, but decides to head to the Hokage's office afterwards.
In the Hokage's Office
"A triple affinity you say?" Iruka nods, "Well I can't blame you for how that turned out. Normally people can't produce that much force with those jutsu, but I guess Naruto is a special case." The two share a brief silence, "I like the progress I've seen and can't argue with the results. Keep up the good work Iruka and I'll see you at the end of next week." In a swirl of leaves Iruka exits and the Hokage takes a drag from his pipe, "Well then Minato, I guess your boy is doing just fine." Smiling at the stone visage of the Fourth Hokage Sarutobi goes back to his daily duties.
At Ichiraku Ramen
Naruto stares at the bowl of ramen before him and considers devouring it like he used to. However, Iruka's words slow him down and plus he doesn't have the Jounin picking up the tab. After slurping up a group of noodles he takes a break, "Where's Iruka?" Old man Ichiraku asks and the blonde shrugs his shoulders, "I guess you can't do the old all you can eat like you used to can you then?" The two share a laugh and Naruto goes back to eating his noodle soup. After three bowls the blonde cuts himself off and pays the bill, "Good luck Naruto!" The old man says as the boy exits the stand into the quiet streets of the village. Looking up at the full moon Naruto wonders what his training will be like tomorrow. Once he reaches his apartment complex the blonde heads up the stairs to his room.
Opening the door he looks the place over, "Home sweet home." The blonde places his equipment down and heads to his room for the night.
At Iruka's Apartment
A purple-haired woman sits across from Iruka and sighs, "Why should I waste my time on this brat? He's only an academy student and I doubt he can handle this level of material."
Iruka sighs at Anko's stubbornness, "Trust me I've seen what he can handle, you remember when I had to pull him out of that situation a while back." Anko looks sad as she recalls the incident, "Think of it as passing on your craft, and plus you can legally scare the crap out of some kid."
Laughing at that Anko replies, "Alright I'll do it, but if the kid starts to cry I'm going to kick your ass." Iruka sits quietly at that statement knowing she isn't joking, "I guess I'll see you and the brat tomorrow." In a puff of smoke the woman leaves a slightly nervous Iruka. Getting up the brown-haired Jounin decides to head to bed for the night.
At Training Ground Seven
Naruto looks at Iruka and the unfamiliar woman, "Naruto this is Anko, she's part of the interrogation unit in ANBU. I want you to give her the same respect you would give me." Pausing the Jounin concludes with, "And then some."
Anko eyeballs Naruto, "Alright kid first things first, if you want to get information out of someone you need to give them a reason to talk." In a flash Naruto is bound by snakes, "My go to is using highly venomous snakes." The blonde is frozen in fear, but relaxes realizing the snakes aren't doing anything yet, "Well, that's weird I expected him to piss his pants or something." Anko pauses, "You've got a little bit of respect from me there, but don't let that go to your head. The snakes disappear in a puff of smoke and Naruto lets out a sigh of relief, "Now since I can't give you the contract to snakes for obvious reasons, I'm going to teach you other methods to get people to tell you everything." Pulling out a kunai the woman says, "Pretty much anyone with a knife cutting a little into their throat is willing to talk. However, for those more difficult cases you might need to use torture." Anko sighs, "Or seduction, but since you don't have a pair of breasts, so that won't work too well."
Naruto laughs nervously, "Well I kind of have an answer for that, Iruka look away for me." The brown-haired Jounin knows what's coming and decides to avert his eyes in his interest. Making a hand seal the blonde transforms into his sexy female counterpart he created, "Oh Iruka… Why won't you look at me?" The Jounin sighs turning around to see the female vixen and is thrown back in a giant nosebleed. Naruto reverts to his true form and Anko nods her head.
"Well that could work actually." The purple-haired woman, "Usually when someone transforms they cast their normal shadow, but you displayed one that looked exactly like her." Anko taps her chin thoughtfully; "I'm not going to explain the birds and the bees to you, so I'll just forget you even showed me that." Pausing for a couple of seconds the purple-haired woman continues, "Now some of the ways you can get people talk can be either very violent or subtle. I'm going to teach you some of the more subtle ways."
Sitting there silently Naruto listens as Anko explains several methods that can make people talk. Once they've gone through several of them Iruka thanks Anko and the purple-haired lady takes her leave, "Well that went better than I expected." The Jounin sighs in relief, "Now you're going to learn how to hide. Originally I was going to teach you how to suppress your chakra, but due to your lackluster chakra control I'm going to have to show you everything else." Iruka pauses to take a few breaths, "I'm plan on teaching you how to slow down your breathing and keep it silent. In addition, you will learn to stay still for hours without making a noise." Naruto holds back a groan knowing how tedious this will be, "Concentrate on your breathing and try to slow it down." The blonde does as he is told and the two practice breathing for a while.
Later that Day
Naruto is on a tree branch hidden in the leaves crouched low listening to Iruka having a conversation with seemingly no one. The blonde picks up on several of the important points, "Come out now Naruto." Doing as he is told the young boy raises up and goes to his instructor's side, "Now what was I talking about." Naruto goes into depth on what the Jounin was talking about, "Very good, I didn't see or hear you at all, so you passed on that." The man thinks for a second before saying, "Since you got this so quickly, we can move onto the next phase of your training tomorrow." Iruka looks at the setting sun, "Now go home and get ready, we're starting very early tomorrow." Naruto nods in understanding and the two leave the training ground.
At Naruto's Apartment
The young blonde sits in his living room wondering what he'll learn tomorrow about strategy, "Probably I'll just learn about setting traps and stuff." Naruto recalls his training when he learned some of the basic elemental jutsu and gets an idea, "I wonder if I could practice those?" Gathering his stuff and pulling on his flak vest the blonde heads for the door and stops, "Iruka said not to use those jutsu though." Putting his stuff back down Naruto sighs and eventually says, "Screw it, Iruka won't mind as long as I'm being careful." Picking his things back up the boy heads out to the training ground.
At the Academy Training Ground
Naruto stands by the shallow end of a river that runs behind the academy. He makes hand seals before inhaling and when he releases a hail of small fireballs that steam as they hit the water. Adding a little more chakra this time the blonde activates the jutsu and the fireballs grow in size and spread, "I wonder how much chakra I can add to them before the jutsu won't work?" Shrugging his shoulders the young boy moves onto the water jutsu, "Alright control the ball." Taking a deep breath and making hand seals the boy creates a large water ball and propels it with his chakra into a nearby tree. On impact the water makes a small dent in the wood, "What the hell?" Trying it again this time he knocks the small tree over and a loud crash it heard, "I should probably get out of here before someone catches me." Turning around he faces his instructor whose eyebrow is twitching in anger, "Oh hey Iruka, I was just practicing."
"I noticed." Naruto gulps at his instructor's angry tone, "Didn't I tell you not to practice those without my supervision?" The blonde goes to argue, but instead just accepts responsibility and agrees, "Good, now next time I catch you practicing these without me present you won't have a teacher." Sighing the Jounin continues, "Now I am impressed by the damage you caused with those techniques." Naruto perks up at that statement, "I think you could definitely use those in a combat situation effectively with the right planning." The blonde listens intently to the brown-haired man, "I want you to go home and think on that. Remember next time I catch you we're done." Naruto nods and leaves his teacher feeling distressed, "Naruto just when I thought you were doing so well." Shaking his head the Jounin leaves the area wondering what he's going to do with the boy.
Three Weeks Later at Training Ground Seven
Naruto looks at the battle map before him stroking his chin in thought "I would first set traps around our camp just for general protection purposes." Marking four corners with X's indicating a trap before pausing momentarily, "Then I would have each of us hide in four corners of the camp area waiting to ambush the enemy ninja. Each of us would create an illusionary clone of ourselves." Drawing four clouds for illusionary clones and four separate stick figures to represent his team Naruto adds, "One would be on watch in a tree; the other three would be sitting looking over a map of some sort pretending to discuss a battle plan."
Iruka asks, "What happens when they find that the images of you are just illusions?"
The blonde continues, "At the moment they find out we spring into action activating a ninja wire trap laced with explosive tags at each site. Chances are it will only take out two or three of them." Thinking deeply, "However, since we're all hidden we can find the last one or two and interrogate them. A two-on-one or four-on-one ratio is still a good ratio as long as we're not facing someone with a power level above your average Jounin."
The brown-haired man nods at the plan, "I think that could work, granted you can't predict all the variables. However, for the most part this plan would work." Pausing Iruka thinks for a bit, "I guess you're ready to move onto the next part of your training, which is the fun part."
Naruto nearly leaps out of his spot in joy, "Wow! What am I going to learn first?"
Iruka smiles at the boy's enthusiasm, "Now, now calm down; you'll find that out tomorrow." The two part ways for the night heading towards the final part of Naruto's training…
End Chapter 4