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Chapter 9 – Birth of a Useless Jutsu

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The seals only took a couple of hours to do thankfully. After the first half hour Kyuubi got annoyed with Naruto because he kept moving, he came up with a way to keep Naruto occupied though by giving him a few seals to copy and analyze. It kept busy enough that Kyuubi was able to do the seals without anymore trouble. Naruto of course didn't feel any different when he activated the seals but he didn't think anything of it and the two just went back to the usual training regime all the way into the second day.

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Naruto woke up in the middle of the taijutsu training area. He and Kyuubi had trained until he collapsed and Kyuubi just left him there. "He could of at least moved me to a softer piece of ground." Naruto yawned. "Better get something to eat if I'm gonna do anymore training today."

Naruto made his way through the compound towards the kitchen. He checked the cupboards but couldn't find anything appetizing. 'Hey Kyu-sensei! I'm gonna head back into town to get something for breakfast I'll be back in an hour or so.'

'Alright Kit. While you're in town could you get some food for the kitchen and some pocky for me as well.' Requested Kyuubi.

'Pocky? I thought you didn't need food?' Naruto asked confused.

'I may not require food but even I like my treats. Haven't you noticed that some of the sweeter things you buy seem to disappear fairly quickly?' Kyuubi asked.

'That's a relief I just thought that I was eating to much or eating in my sleep or something. Alright I'll get you your pocky.' Naruto replied before using the seal to get back to the apartment. He headed out straight for Ichiraku's, determined to get some good ramen.

What Naruto didn't expect though was to find a patch of fencing that was completely wrong. He wouldn't have said anything but it was just such an awful attempt. "You know that's an awful Kakuremino no Jutsu, the fence posts aren't lined up properly, even the colour is wrong so why don't you drop it?" Naruto announced loudly.

The jutsu was dropped slowly reveling a small child with a muffler and something that made his hair stick out at the back. "OH yeah! What do you know blondie?" Yelled the boy. "I bet you couldn't do better!"

Naruto frowned at the boy and quickly did the shunshin jutsu only to reappear on the fence behind the boy. "You bet I couldn't do better than you huh? Look to either side of you ." Naruto did a quick kage bunshin justu and created two clones either side the boy. Both were hidden with the Kakuremino no Jutsu except they were perfectly hidden unlike the boy.

The boy looked to his right and left. "What are you talking about blondie! I don't see anything!"

"Exactly! That's how that jutsu is supposed to work! Look again!" Naruto informed the boy.

The boy looked again and was surprised to see copies of the boy above him appear from underneath some cloaks. "How'd you do that? I haven't even seen my sensei do that!"

"Simple, I made kage bunshin and used the Kakuremino no Jutsu. Only difference is I did right!" Naruto announced with a grin.

"Wow! Hey could you be my sensei? I don't like the one I've got now." The boy asked with a frown.

"Kid I only became genin yesterday, besides I don't think your sensei would appreciate it. Who is your sensei anyway?" Naruto asked the boy.

"He's a closet pervert! He keeps reading this book when he thinks no one is looking! My grandpa says he's an elite jounin but he doesn't act like it. His name was Ebichoo, no wait, Ebiku?" At that moment a ninja wearing sunglasses, dark clothes and a bandana appeared in front of the boy.

"Honorable grandson where have you been? You will never be the next Hokage without my training. I am your shortcut to being the next Hokage." Announced the new ninja.

"Well that's a load of bull!" Naruto announced loudly. "There aren't any shortcuts to being the Hokage. Only hard work and training can make someone the Hokage!"

The ninja looked at Naruto and one thought went through his head, 'The demon child!'. "Come, Honorable Grandson you should not associate yourself with this hoodlum." The ninja started walking away.

Naruto noticed the stare he got from the ninja and instantly didn't like him. "No! I want Blondie-nii-san to be my new sensei!" The boy shouted.

"Uh kid, the names Naruto, not blondie. Now that I think about what's your name? There is no way I'm calling you 'Honorable Grandson' all the time." Naruto asked a little confused.

The boy looked at him and smiled. "My names Sarutobi Konohamaru! I was named after the village!"

"Honorable grandson please come with me now! And stop associating with the hoodlum." The other ninja asked.

"You know we're gonna need to get rid of your old sensei for a second." Naruto jumped down and put his hand on Konohamarus head, he then performed another shunshin taking the two to Ichiraku's. "There we go that should give us sometime. Come on I want some noodles. Hey Ayame-nee-chan can I get a miso ramen for me and my friend here please?" Naruto asked the ramen girl. She nodded with a smile turned to make the ramen.

"Alright, I'm not gonna be your new sensei Konohamaru but I will teach you something that will put that closet pervert of a sensei you have in his place. First though I need lunch." Naruto told Konohamaru with a grin, Konohamaru just grinned back excited to be learning something new. The two ate a few bowls of ramen, well Naruto had nine while Konohamaru had two.

"Alright this technique is basically just the Henge no Jutsu. Except you have to turn into something specific for it to work." Naruto explained. The thing is Naruto had found a stash of books and magazines in the bedroom he used and some would be very useful when he got a girlfriend. The magazines are what gave him the idea for this jutsu though, it was perfect for perverts and closet perverts alike, it would shock them but that was about it. "Alright I'll give you a quick demonstration." Naruto made the seals and turned into naked blonde girl with a very nice figure in a very seductive pose. When he changed back he explained how this would work, "This should get a perverted reaction from your sensei, and if you get really good at it you should be able to knock him out from blood loss." Naruto chuckled at the last part. "Now try it!"

They worked at the jutsu for two hours straight until Konohamaru finally got the form correct. They headed back into town when they were done to get some drinks and more food. They had just come out of a grocery store when Konohamaru spoke up. "Hey Naruto-nii-san? What do you call this technique anyway?"

"You know what I don't know. I've never really thought about using it until now even. If I had to call it something I guess it would be called the Oiroke no Jutsu. Then again it isn't really a real jutsu so there's no point, I doubt it'll be of any use for me in combat either." Naruto mused.

As they rounded the corner though they came face to face with Konohamaru's sensei, the closet pervert. "Honorable Grandson I finally found you again! You better not have done anything to him Uzumaki!"

"Hey Konohamaru, why don't you try the technique I taught you on him now?" Naruto suggested with a grin.

"Hai! Oiroke no Jutsu!" Konohamaru yelled and turned into a brunnette in the same shape and pose Naruto had been.

"WHAT in the name of the Hokage is that jutsu!" Yelled the sensei with a small nosebleed forming. "That is a disgraceful jutsu! Drop it at once Honorable Grandson!"

Konohamaru changed back with a defeated look on his face. "Awwwh! It didn't work like you said it would Naruto-nii-san!"

"Hmmm, he's a tough one but I think I have a way to expose his perverted side." Naruto dropped the bag he was carrying and quickly performed the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, producing at least 20 more Naruto's. "Now then I call this the Harem no Jutsu!" All the Narutos yelled at once and turned into the blonde girl again. They all quickly ran toward the instructor grabbing any part of his body and yelling "Sensei!" The instructor was then jettisoned into the air from all the blood coming from his nose. Naruto quickly dispelled the clones and turned back to normal. "Wow! Guess I went a bit overboard, huh?" Naruto chuckled.

"That was awesome! I bet he feels really stupid now!" Konohamaru exclaimed looking in the direction of his sensei.

"You should probably go help him Konohamaru. Tell him if he doesn't shape up I'll come back and use that jutsu again, okay? Well I better get back to training now since I'm gonna be the next Hokage, see ya around kiddo!" Naruto picked up the groceries he had dropped and started walking away.

Konohamaru had a surprised look on his face but finally found his voice again."Wait Naruto-nii-san! If you're trying to be Hokage too then that means we're rivals from today onward!"

Naruto looked over his shoulder at Konohamaru and grinned at him. "Whatever kid! Keep up the training and you might be able surpass me some day!" Naruto yelled back and carried on walking.

'Kit I hope you're not planning on using that jutsu anymore because if you are I 'm going to stop teaching you.' Kyuubi said completely serious.

'Don't worry Kyu-sensei. That was just some fun, besides I know you liked the look on that guys face when he started flying away and don't tell me you didn't laugh.' Replied Naruto.

'Fine, just don't use it for combat or in front of women. Even I might not be able to save you from what they do.' Naruto gulped at that and made a mental note to check who's around before using that jutsu again, if ever. 'Now get back here, you've slacked off enough for today and I want my pocky.' Naruto just chuckled at that and continued onwards.

When Kakashi was finally done with the paperwork, team 7 got started on their training and missions. For the next few months they would gather at training ground 7 and train for the first few hours of the day, Kakashi would train Sasuke while Naruto would train Sakura. Naruto had no idea how Kakashi was training the Uchiha in but to be honest he didn't care much.

Naruto would train Sakura in chakra control, which she took to very easily as he thought she would. Finding this out he proceeded to train her strength, endurance and chakra reserves. He did this by giving her his old weights, he had to warn her not to put chakra in them in case she activated the seals, and some chakra draining exercises. He also gave her some defensive jutsus to learn and master. He also gave her a few of weak medical jutsu that he failed to master because he didn't have good enough chakra control. Once she was used to the weights he started on her taijutsu training and helped her on her form more than anything. So far she was doing good thanks to separating her from the Uchiha, they still had to train all together occasionally though in order to work on their teamwork.

The D-rank missions they were stuck doing were pretty usual things for D-rank. Picking up trash from streams, weeding peoples gardens and quite a lot of capturing a certain cat. Naruto knew exactly how many D-rank missions they had to complete before they could do anything more difficult and he was keeping count so he could request one as soon as possible. He was getting tired of doing things that normal civilians could do but were just too lazy to do, even his patience had a limit, even after all the meditation lessons with Kyuubi. There was a small advantage to the missions though, he learned to dislike Sasuke less, he was already used to Sakura from all the training he gave her.

Once the days were over Naruto would go over to Ichiraku's with Kakashi for his agreed five bowls of ramen. He'd also meet other people on the way and ask them to join them, usually it would be someone from another team who were going home, sometimes he even managed to catch Iruka there. He would often do this so no one would think he was a hermit that always stayed at home, that and even he needed some time off training. He would always be joined by Sakura, Ino and many other fan-girls, even Hinata came to Ichiraku's with him a few times but it was with her team at the time so she didn't get much alone time with him. After a while the fan-girls even stopped following him all the time because they knew they could talk to him almost anytime they wanted because he didn't keep running away like the emo-Uchiha.

After being out with someone at Ichiraku's he would go to the compound and keep up his training. He learned several offensive jutsu and even managed to create some of his own seals and copy them after some work. One thing that bugged him was Kyuubi kept bugging him to use kage bunshin to learn new jutsu, whenever Kyuubi brought this up though Naruto always gave the same answer, "I don' like using kage bunshin to learn new jutsu, Kyu-sensei. It just feels wrong to learn a jutsu like that, there's no fun in it. I'll use kage bunshin to master using it but until I can do it myself to at least some degree I won't use kage bunshin." Naruto was real stubborn about it, he liked being able to figure out the basics of a jutsu and being able to use it before he would leave it to using kage bunshin to master it.

Team 7 were walking into the Hokage's office to report on their latest mission and drop off the package, a very annoying cat that didn't like Naruto one bit so he used a smaller, and stronger, paralysis seal he created, on said cat, to keep it from hurting him anymore. As soon as he gave the cat back to its overweight owner though he released the seal for obvious reasons. He also liked to watch the cat squirm in the woman's embrace.

"Very good work Team 7! Now I have some other missions here for you, you can decide which one to take though. You can baby-sit Yojyu-sama's boy, grocery shopping, weeding a garden-" The Hokage was cut off at that point as a shrill cry of, "TORA-CHAN COME BACK!" was heard through the open window. The Hokage carried on, "Or you can catch Tora-chan again?"

Hearing his options Naruto stepped forward with a small frown on his face, "Ojii-san, I don't mean to be disrespectful but could we please move on to C-rank missions? This was our 50th D-rank which means we should be eligible for C-rank missions now. These D-rank missions are too easy and boring."

The Hokage thought for a second and seemed to have come to a conclusion. "Alright Naruto. Since you're so eager I believe I have just the mission for Team 7. It involves escorting a bridge builder back to Nami no Kuni, the land of waves. You will depart from here as soon as possible. Now for the person you're escorting, Tazuna-san you may enter now!" The Hokage shouted so Tazuna could hear him from the other side of the door.

After a few seconds an old man with a bottle of something alcoholic in his hand and from the way he was moving, he was probably intoxicated. "What? These brats are gonna escort me? They look like they couldn't stop a kitten let a lone bandit! That short, dumb looking one looks even more useless!" The old man announced.

Naruto of course knowing his height compared to the others in the team, knew exactly who the drunkard was talking about. A small vein popped out of Naruto's forehead while he was holding himself back. "Old man I could kill you about ten different ways right now if I wanted to, so watch what you say if you know what's good for ya!" Naruto said as calmly as possible.

Kakashi, noticing the problem unravelling, quickly put his hands on Naruto's shoulders to hold him back at least a little if he decided to attack and said, "Naruto you're not allowed to kill the client so please refrain from trying." Kakashi looked to the bridge builder. "Don't worry Tazuna-san they are more than capable and I will be leading them as well, I'm an elite level jounin, you have nothing to worry about." Kakashi explained plainly.

Tazuna looked over the group again. "Fine I guess you'll do."

Kakashi did an eye-smile. "Excellent we will start tomorrow morning to allow my students time to prepare." Kakashi turned to look at the team. "We will leave from the east gate at around 9am. Make sure to get plenty of sleep and remember all your equipment. See you in the morning!" Kakashi quickly shunshined away.

"Tazuna-san, don't worry if your late tomorrow morning. Our sensei is always late by at least an hour." Naruto advised the bridge builder. Tazuna looked at him strangely, shrugged then walked off. "Man! No need to thank me or anything!" Naruto shouted after him.

"Nobody cares what you have to say Dobe. Just don't get yourself killed." Sasuke said before he walked out.

Sakura walked up to a now frowning Naruto, "What an emo. It's like he has a huge stick up his ass all the time."

Sakura looked over to Naruto and gave him a small smack on his shoulder, she didn't dare do anything else because she knew how strong and skilled he was from all the training he gave her. "Please don't talk about Sasuke-kun like that Naruto-kun."

"Fine, well you wanna grab some ramen? It's probably gonna be a couple weeks before I can get any more after tomorrow." Naruto asked with a grin. Sakura's only reply was a smile and a nod.

They walked over to Ichiraku's together as they usually do after finishing missions for the day. They managed to pick up team 8 on the way and a couple of other fan-girls. Naruto was just glad that team 8 was there as well, especially since Hinata managed to grab the seat next to him and protect him from the fan-girls. What he didn't see was her activating her Byakugan to scare the other girls away so she could have the seat. Once she turned back to Naruto though she turned back into the shy girl she usually is around Naruto.

When he got back to the compound he went at his training with a bit more enthusiasm. He was psyched up at getting a chance to go out side the village. After the usual workout, Kyuubi had him go through water jutsu that would come in use, since he was going to the wave country he figured there would be a lot of water to use for the jutsus.

The training went well and by the time he was ready to go home it was obvious he would get a good night's sleep. When he stepped up to the transport seal though he was stopped by Kyuubi. "What's up Kyu-sensei? Got some last minute advice or something?"

"Actually Kit, I got something more useful." Kyuubi reached into his shirt and pulled out a scroll. He set it down and unrolled it, revealing a complex seal with an empty spot in the middle. Naruto looked at it with the analysis eye and was impressed to see multiple layers of symbols. From what he saw in the symbols it was some sort of storage seal. "I'm guessing you've figured out what kind of seal it is, seeing that you've activated you're Kekkei Genkai. It is a storage seal that I've created so that this blood clone can be stored with in it. I had to make the seal special so it could withstand my demonic chakra. Using this scroll I can come with you outside the village and help you, if you ever get in trouble outside the village but only use it if it's a dire situation, I'll even tell you when you should summon me. Well what do you think Kit?"

Naruto looked up at Kyuubi with a frown. "But what if I'm knocked unconscious Kyu-sensei? I wouldn't be able to release you then."

"I know, don't worry there is a way for me to release myself. You forget that I'm mentally linked to you. If I want to and you allow me to, I can see and feel everything you do. I'll know when you're in trouble. So? What are you waiting for? I need you to seal me in the scroll and keep it in one of the scroll pouches on your belt, it does no good if it's kept in your backpack." Kyuubi stepped onto the middle of the seal while saying this. Naruto stepped up to the scroll as well and kneeled so he could channel chakra into it.

"Seal!" Naruto shouted and a large plum of smoke enveloped Kyuubi. When it cleared there was now symbol in the middle of the seal, it was a kanji for blood clone. Naruto rolled the scroll up and placed it in one of the scroll pouches on his belt. 'Think you could train me while we're out there as well Kyu-sensei?'

'Only if we can find somewhere safe to do so. Otherwise there shouldn't be a problem. Now get some rest Kit you're going to need it for the traveling you're doing for the next few days.' Kyuubi replied. Naruto nodded to himself and went back to the apartment.

The next morning, Naruto arrived at the east gate a little before ten to see a tired looking Tazuna and a bored looking Sasuke. Sakura showed up from a different street before Naruto reached the other two and she ran up to him waving a greeting. "Ohayou Naruto-kun, Sasuke-kun! Ohayou Tazuna-san." She said to everyone when she and Naruto stopped by the other two.

Sasuke 'Hn'd at her greeting while Tazuna just nodded slightly at the two. Naruto was the only one to give her a proper greeting. "Ohayou Sakura. Hey Sasuke-teme, I thought you would've learnt your lesson by now. Kakashi-sensei is always gonna be late unless it's an emergency, Why do you keep insisting on being on time?" Naruto asked the Uchiha. All he got in reply was the usual 'Hn'.

Naruto was about to ask Tazuna something, probably about why he hadn't listened to his advice, when Kakashi made the usual appearance of arriving in a puff of smoke. "Yo! Sorry I'm late but I had to help this old lady-"

"LIAR!" Both Naruto and Sakura yelled at the same time. "Kakashi-sensei could you cut that out and just let us get on with the mission?" Naruto asked in slight annoyance.

"Fine. Let's get going." Kakashi said, defeated.

They all started walking out the village after a few steps out of the gates Naruto suddenly jumped up, fist in the air and yelling, "Finally!" This, needless to say, got a little jump out of Sakura and Tazuna, Sasuke and Kakashi just came to a stop and looked at him.

Sakura got out of her shock and asked him, "What was that about Naruto-kun?"

They all started walking again when Naruto replied. "Well, this is the first time I've been outside the village walls, Sakura. I'm just excited about getting to see more of the world."

Sakura frowned as if in thought. "But we went on a few survival exercises in the academy, where we would spend time in the forest outside the walls. Didn't you do the exercises too?"

Naruto shook his head in a negative fashion. "No. I never got to do those. You had to get a permission slip signed by your parents or guardian to be allowed to do those exercises. Being an orphan there was no one to sign them for me, so I wasn't allowed to do them." Naruto shrugged. "No big loss though. I got some advice from Iruka-sensei and Ojii-san to make up for it." Naruto grinned at her.

Sakura looked at him with slight awe. 'How could he have grown up to be so cheerful without parents?' She thought to herself. She never asked him out loud about it though and they just carried on walking.

AUTHOR NOTE;
Hey guys I was just wondering, would you like me to make longer chapters or are they fine as they are? Just leave a review.