Chapter 3

Another week had passed and they were back in the village. Kakashi had gone to give a report to the hokage. Team 7 was left to their own devices. Sasuke scowled and hands in his dark blue shorts trotted home. Sakura who wanted to ask him out on a date again was left sulking. Naruto came to her, smiling a bit.

"Ne Sakura chan.."

"What Naruto" the pinkette faced him.

"Uh, i was just wondering if you wanted to get some ramen with me.." he looked left, avoiding her green piercing eyes.

Sakura blinked.

Shannaro, he doesn't give up, does he?

But truth was that she was hungry, and she didn't see anything bad in eating at Ichiraku's. But this was Naruto, and Ino-buta will tease hr so much if she saw them together!

"Eh, Sakura-chan, its not a date, promise! We are teammates..."

The young kunoichi smiled.

Teammates.

"Ok."

It took the blonde haired boy a few minutes to process what she had said. Then a wide grin spread on his face and Sakura had to bite back a sigh when he started to do a silly dance around her. She bonked him on the head. He pouted rubbing the sore spot.

"What was that for!"

"First, this is NOT a date. Second, behave! And third, please eat like a civilized person for once!"

"Hai, as Sakura-sama says." He gives a mock bow and bolts to Ichiraku, with an angry pink haired girl hot on his heels.


After eating( he tried to follow her rules, good thing that he wasn't hit again) Sakura went home. it was only 5 pm, so Naruto just lazily walked along the main street.

All the while he was deep in thought. He needed to become stronger, and he knew what he had to do, he needed to start his elemental training, as the dragon had put it. And he had no idea where should he start.

Flashback.

Naruto just gaped at the enormous figure.

This can't be happening, can it? Maybe i'm dreaming! Yeah that would be it, i'm dreaming!

He closed his eyes tightly in hope that the dragon will vanich. After taking a deep breath, he sneaked a peak.

Nope, the dragon was still there, promptly sweatdropping.

"Oy gaki, i am real."

"But dragons they..."

"They exist"

"But you aren't an ordinary dragon i mean..." he waved his arms around to emphasize what he meant.

Booming laughter was heard throughout the forest. Naruto had the decency to wonder what will happen if his dragon summon was heard or seen.

"Namikaze gaki, you amuse me. I told you that it all depends on the chakra and the mind, imagination of the summoner. I am an elemental dragon, my element is ice."

"Ice? Hyoton? Like Haku? Sweet, so does that mean i have it too? Since after all it was my chakra..." he trailed off, already imagining all the cool tricks he could do with ice, maybe he could even recreate the ice mirror weird jutsu Haku used?

"Yes, you are correct. It seems you are not such an idiot as i thought"

"Hey!"

Ignoring the outburst from the fuming blonde, the dragon continued.

"You have fuuton and suiton. But you do not have the bloodline to have hyoton."

The blondes shoulders slumped.

"But, as i had said, hijutsu kuchiyose is unique, no one found out all of its secrets. The scroll is dated back to the times of the sage of 6th paths. It has many undiscovered secrets".

The blonde frowned.

"So you are saying that i might be able to use ice? even without a bloodline like Haku's?"

"Correct. You are going to use my power and the power of my clan when you need. The summoner and the summoned share one soul, thus the fact that the summon is created form the chakra elements of the summoner fused with his soul, your dreams gaki. You will have the power over ice and snow, but it might take you years to achieve, you dont even know how to control your primely chakra element, let alone the second. The combination of those two will create ice, hyoton, but like i said, it might take a lifetime. It is your decision, i will not interfere. Me and my clan will still aid you, even if you do not use ice and snow".

"Ne Seishin-sama, i will do it, no matter what. I never go back on my word, its my way of ninja. I'll do it, even if it means training without rest, i will find a way. I will master the ice element."

You will go far, young Namikaze. The great toad was right in the prediction. The child destined to be the hero, the one who will bring peace to the world. I am proud to be alongside him on his path.

The dragon just smiled (at least Naruto thought it was a smile, it looked more like he was going to eat him, with those extremely long sharp fangs) and with a farewell Namikaze gaki he disappeaerd in a poof of smoke.

End flashback.

Sigh.

He passed some wealthy looking men dressed in formal kimonos. They were arguing.

"...if he participates, im going to bet on him, 3000 yen on the Uchiha."

"And what if he doesn't? And the fact that the Copy nin is training him, doesn't mean he is strong, i would bet on the Hyuuga, he is a year older and has much more experience."

"What about the kid? The blonde gaki? If the Uchiha participates, then so will he."

A dry laugh.

" It is not even official that the exams are going to be held in Konoha."

"Oh my friend, it is, in a month, the chuunin exams will start, and i am going to put all my money on the last Uchiha! You are all going to lose!"

"But the Hyuuga.."

Naruto tuned out the rest of the conversation and hurriedly left. He didn't want them to notice the' blonde gaki'. Truth was he was very excited. The chuunin exams in a month, in Konoha! e had to become a chuunin, and Kakashi sensei had better sign them up, or...or what?

Oh well, he'll just prank the hell out of the jounin.

He cackled gleefully.

People around him backed away.

Naruto however was too busy staring at a building to notice the fearful glares and the mutterings of 'the demon gaki has finally lost it' and something along the same lines.

The building was one of the oldest in Konohagakure no Sato.

The library.

He had never bothered to go in there, because he thought it was hadn't changed his mind, but right now, he really wanted to get stronger, and he had enough common sense to understand that he will find useful things in the library. From what Iruka had told them at the academy and what he had heard from the Sandaime, the library had a very large range of books and scrolls, varying from civillian books on history to shinobi related items.

That was the only reason he decided to go there.

When he entered a young girl with platinum blonde hair and glasses greeted him. She looked his gae, and her curious brown eyes were peering at him.

"Er, hello" Naruto mumbled nervously.

"Hi, i am Shiho" she said in nearly a whisper.

"Um, nice to meet you Shiho chan, i am Uzumaki Naruto, the next hokage, dattebayo!"

The girl giggled and looked at him expectantly.

Naruto frowned first then smiled.

"I need some scrolls, can i have a look?"

She eyed him warily, then shrugged.

"Sure, just don't mess the order please and keep quiet. Oh and i hope you brought your ID if you are going to take whatever you wanted form here."

Luckily Naruto always carried his ID with him. The idea had appealed to him once he found out that all strong ninja carried theirs with them, like the Yondaime and Kakashi, even Sandaime! After that day he had his with him all the didn't need to know of the small fact that it was required after becoming chuunin.

So he nodded and went to explore the place.

A few minutes later he was having a coughing fit due to all the dust.

After calming down and normalizing his breath, he walked along the rows of scrolls and books. He passed the civillian section and reached the shinobi section. His eyes widened. There were so many things there. He quickly found the section on elemental manipulatuion. Sadly it was only one small scroll. Nevertheless, he took it. Better that then nothing. He returned and pulled out his ID, smiling broadly.

The girl snorted at the picture of a painted Naruto with a fierce expression on his face. The phota was ridiculous. The blonde had the decency to rub the back of his head in a weak chuckle.

After signing the scroll up and handing it to the boy, Shiho sighed.

"Please return it in a month and in the same condition that you took."

"Hai! Don't worry about it Shiho-chan! The scroll is safe with me, dattebayo! Arigatou!" and with a last nod, he left.

Uzumaki Naruto huh? Wasn't he the boy that tou-san said to stay away from? But he is nice...


Naruto made a single clone to go look for the copy nin while he dashed home. As he opened the door, he nearly tripped.

"Maaaaaaan, Kakashi sensei sure is sadistic sometimes, and what the hell did he mean it will help me in training? And the kun...-"

He stopped rambling when he finally understood what was going on.

Kakashi had stabbed him with a kunai...but he was here, he was walking home, how can that...

How did he get the memories of the clone?

Before he even had the chance to muse around more, a single 'Yo" was heard. The blonde looked up to find his silver haired sensei on the windowsill, reading his book and eye-smiling.

"Sensei, you stabbed me with a kunai, what the..-"

"Wrong, i stabbed the clone."

Naruto blinked in confusion. After a moment of silence, he connected the dots.

"Hell yeah i get the memories of the clone! So how does that help me in my training?"

"Well, the clone can pass on information AND chakra, meaning if you train with one kage bunshin, you get twice experience after dispelling, if you use 4, you learn 4 times faster..."

Naruto's eyes were bulging out at the possibilities of that jutsu. Who knew kage bunshin was so cool?

The jounin sweatdropped at the gleeful look, but shrugged it off.

"Do you remember what i told your clone earlier?"

"Hai, when i got there and asked you about the elemental manipulation, you told me it was too early and that i needed to have much better chakra control for it, they you spaced out for a bit and told me that there was a way to make the process faster. Then you stabbed me. It hurt! And sensei, how come i get to do chkra control again when Sasuke teme already knows his element! How else can he do such a big goyakakyu no jutsu?"

"Hmm, you are correct"

"And sensei, you promised me fuuinjutsu too!"

"Ah, i will get you the scrolls of the Yondaime hokage, that should help, and if you have any problems, just ask me."

The boy started to jump up and down.

"Yosh! When do we start?"

"Tomorrow i'll give you the scroll after team training. Naruto, don't overdo it, and don't use more then 50 clones, unless you want to die. Ja"

With a poof of smoke, he was gone.

Damn, i want to learn that jutsu! It's so cool! And then maybe i can have my own, cooler version of it?

After jumping around a bit, his eyes fell on the scroll he had taken from the library.

Sensei told me not to start training in my element, but he never told me not to read about it.

He smirked in a rather Uchihaish way and propping himself on the ground, opened the scroll.


Hatake Kakashi was a very curious person by heart, so when his orange wearing student approached him, no wait, more like nearly glomped him, and asked him about elements and chakra, he was intrigued. He had seen the magnificent dragon that the blonde had summoned, and what he had told the young boy amazed the older jounin. He knew that the Uzumaki were a special , and he had vaugely rememebred the red haired kunoichi telling Minato, him, Obito and Rin about the scroll. Even in the clan it was considered lost, a mere legend. And the last one to sign it was her grandmother, her summons were water phoenixes. At that time Kakashi had a hard time beieveing, but now...

Naruto was special, he knew that from the start, the blonde radiated the aura, the power he held within, power that had yet to leak through and it was not the kyuubi.

The dragon had left him speechless, but he had enough sense to cover the area with a genjutsu, he didn't need Sakura, Sasuke or any other person seeing it.

He had smiled and left when he noticed that the summon had returned to his realm.

He was sure that his student will be able to use the ice element. He still wasn't sure about entering his team to the exams, but he sure as hell wanted Naruto, and Sasuke and Sakura too for that matter to show what they are made of. That was the reason why he had told the blonde the secret of kage bunshin.

Lets see how far you can go, Naruto...


The pairing is decided, but i am going to keep it secret, don't worry ill give some hints int he next chap. And it will only be one girl :P

( very big thank you to the reviewers heheh, changed shana to shiho :D after all she isnt an oc. thanks)

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