Smiling, Naruto turned his back on the villagers from Wave and started walking down the bridge, his team waiting a few yards away while he said his goodbyes.

"Geez, Naruto-baka, take long enough?" was the pink haired one as she glared at Naruto, then turning and smiling, "Oh, Sasuke-kun, do you want to get lunch after we get back?"

"No." was all he said, walking a little faster so he was next to Kakashi.

Naruto, always eager to try and please Sakura though, "Um, I'll take you out to lunch Sakura-chan!" he said in a hopeful tone, not quite as cheerful as he was before the mission had started.

Sakura though just glared at the boy, eyeing his clothing distastefully, "Feh, Naruto-baka! What makes you think I'd go out with you?"

"Um, because I'm so awesome and unbearably cute?" he asked with a big smile.

"Naruto! Unbearable is right!" and with that he struck the boy atop his head, making him noticeably shutter with what Sakura took to be pain. 'I hope I didn't hurt him too much.' She thought to herself.

Kakashi though saw that it wasn't from pain, it was Naruto stealing a bloodline… 'From Sakura though?' "Say, Sakura, does your family have bloodline by any chance? I know the Haruno aren't a clan yet, but still." This got everyone's attention, causing the two boys in the group to stop and stare at her, "Come on, keep up the pace you two! Well?" turning his eye onto the cherry blossom.

The girl just blushed a little, "Isn't that a little personal Kaka-sensei? I mean I may not be from a clan, but Konoha made Bloodline Privacy a big law."

Naruto looked confused here, "Um, Sakura-chan, what's Bloodline Privacy?" he asked, earning a glare from the pink haired girl.

Laughing Kakashi tells her to go on, "Well, with Sasuke's bloodline and Haku I guess we can all use a little reminder on bloodlines.

"Baka! Pay more attention the next time a teacher lectures." And with that the girl took on as teaching tone, practically reading it from a book as she walked, "Bloodline Privacy and Bloodline Discrimination, two of the major issues in the Shinobi world, and with plenty of blood spilt over it. Bloodline Privacy is a revolutionary idea adopted into place during the first ninety days of the Yondaime Hokage's rule, one that has never been achieved in any of the other Hidden Villages and one of the only open laws that has never been changed since being adopted into law.

"The law states that all people have the right to a bloodline without fear or prejudice while in Konoha and Hi no Kuni. Furthermore this law also protects the rights of those with a bloodline, allowing them to keep secret not only the abilities of a bloodline, but the existence of it as well. Not even the Hokage is allowed to force a person to divulge the existence of a bloodline or anything about said bloodline. None of the Clans of Konoha have ever been willing to alter this law, though there are only two clans that openly have a bloodline limit; the Uchiha and the Hyuga."

"Hand in hand with Bloodline Privacy is the issue of Bloodline Discrimination. Bloodline Discrimination is simply that, discriminating against a person or persons (a clan) with a bloodline limit, whether out of fear, jealousy, or ignorance of the bloodline's. This is a major issue in the Hidden Village of Kiri and the surrounding lands of Mizu no Kuni, where civil war has been started over the right for those with bloodline limits to live. Ironically though Kiri does not forbid bloodline holders from serving in its Shinobi forces."

"Very good Sakura!" said her sensei, turning a page on his little orange friend, "Now with that said I am not ordering you to tell me, I'm just interested, that's all."

Looking over at Naruto she raised her fist to the boy, "If you tell anyone this, even Iruka-sensei!" and with that she shook her fist once more and told them, "Yes, on my mother's side of the family. It's called Shikiri Omoi (Mind Partition). Basically it lets me use both sides of my brain at the same time, either side able to think independently of the other. It's also because of this that my family tends to develop certain… quirks." She whispered this last part, though Kakashi heard and immediately understood.

"Sakura… do you have a split personality?" he asked a little surprised and worried for his other student.

"Maa, what girl doesn't Kakashi-sensei?" asked the goggled blond with a laugh, getting another hit on the head. Internally, his teacher agreed.

"Naruto-baka!" Huffing she crossed her arms and looked to the side, "I might have one, but the development of personalities is a sign of growing strength. The more personalities there are the more ways my attention can be split. Not only that but they can also work on my chakra control while I do other things or help me do multiple things with my chakra all at once."

"Hn… That actually sounds pretty useful." This was Sasuke, who was looking at the girl in a new light it seemed, "If you won't have a problem with control then why don't you train up your reserves?" he asked in a curious voice.

"Um, well… I, I mean." 'CHA! We were so busy with loving YOU!'

Kakashi cut the girl off, stalling her embarrassment "Hmm, now that's not a bad idea Sasuke. When we get back to Konoha I'm going to start upping all of your training. Sakura, we need to raise your reserves quite a bit, and while we do that I guess I can teach you a few ninjutsu. After you get a few of the basics I'll start you on with chakra sensing, medical jutsu, and genjutsu, since they are the most precise of all jutsu. Sasuke, I see no reason why we couldn't start you on some elemental training. I checked your elements while you were resting last week, do you know what I found?" seeing the boy, utterly interested and shaking his head, he answered, "Fire and Lightning. You have no idea how rare it is to find someone with multiple elements at your age. Perhaps, if you train hard enough I will show you and Naruto my signature technique." Seeing the boy smile he turned his attention to Naruto.

The boy was smiling as well, thinking about what kind of technique it would be, "As for you Naruto, I will be starting on some elemental training for you as well, though personally I believe you're a close quarters specialist with a good chance at becoming a ninjutsu specialist as well." Seeing the boy frown he went on before he could be interrupted, "What I mean is you go for Taijutsu and supplementary jutsu, such as your Shadow Clones. Hence, I'm going to be carting your ass all over the place, meeting lots of people to try and teach you different tricks that I don't know." Fixing the boy with a hard look he made sure the brat understood what he was really saying, 'I'm going to put you into contact with a bunch of people I think have bloodlines and maybe they can teach you a trick or two while they're at it, capiche?'

Sweating a little at the hard look he nodded his head, "Sound cool! Heheh."

Smiling behind his mask the man pulled his book out, "Good, because the Chuunin Exams are in four and a half months. If you all train up good then I plan on entering you. It would be the first time in five years that a rookie team would be entered." And with that he picked up his pace, starting to run back to Konoha, "Come on now, Konoha's only a day's travel as the Shinobi runs."

And so their training began.

Kakashi was right, it was only a day's run back to the village, though by the end of it his students were all exhausted, Sakura practically dead on one end while Naruto was simply hard on breath and sore. Looking down on them as they rested outside the gate he started speaking; "Now you all need to work on your endurance while we train, though I will be the one doing it you need to do more. You all need to build up stamina on you your own, though Sakura, as an order you are no longer allowed to diet." Seeing the angry look she was shooting him he decided on the tough love approach to things.

Leaking a little killing intent he spoke once more, "You WILL stop dieting, or else you WILL die! This is not a game Haruno; you are a kunoichi of Konoha now. You will not diet and you will start eating regular meals. I had hoped you would realize how close to utter exhaustion you are right now, it's because your body doesn't have enough energy! What happens they when you are in the middle of a life or death battle and you suddenly find you don't have the strength to match your enemy? You die! Then Sasuke dies, and then Naruto, and after that there's only me here to avenge your death, destroy your bodies, and tell your parents that she just. Wasn't. Good. Enough!"

As he had spoke his killing intent slowly ebbed away, a little trick he had learned. As it ebbs away emphasize what you're saying and it will hit home all the more.

Seeing the girl nod her head he turned away, "Tomorrow I want you all at the usual meeting spot by ten, not a minute later, we won't be doing any missions until the end of the first month training. After that we'll try and do a few C-rank missions a month." And, with a bamf and some smoke he was gone.

To the Uchiha and pink haired girl it was nothing, they just got up, slowly, and started to leave. To Naruto though it was something else. As the man made the one hand seal for the jutsu everything seemed to slow down, he could see how the chakra was molded, and as the man disappeared he knew, he had just experienced a very special thing. He had just copied a jutsu!

Stopping he thought about it, the hand seal was right there in the front of his mind, the way he had to move the chakra, it was like he had been doing it for years. Standing up a grin split his face, "Shunshin!" and he moved faster than he ever had in his life, heading for a building just inside the village. For him it was more amazing than for anyone who didn't have the Sharingan. He could see where he was going, everything having slowed down for him, and he had no doubt he could even change course if he needed too. Landing he looked around to gain his bearings before vanishing into a puff of smoke once more.

While he moved across the village to his apartment he started thinking, mainly about what Kakashi had said earlier about his fighting style. 'Kakashi-sensei is right, I DO like to get up and close with my opponents. Shadow clones only make it easier… well, now I have two jutsu to help me there. I can create clones in the thousands and now I can shunshin! All I got to do is come up with some strategies to use it in a fight! And soon I'll have every bloodline in Konoha!'

The laugh he let out would have made Orochimaru proud.

Landing in front of his building he pulled out his keys to get into his house, while another part of his mind was thinking about the technique a mile a minute. It was one of the worst parts of town, bordering the former Uchiha district. Due to the stigma surrounding the place it was no longer a nice neighborhood, the far west side being the only other real slum in Konoha. The building in question was actually holding together better than most others in the area, mainly due to the fact that a number of Chuunin, Genin, and supposedly even an ANBU lived in it.

Entering the building he turned, his door being the first on the right. Putting his key in he learned that it no longer worked. Pulling it out he did like any normal person would and flipped it over, thinking it would help only to have it get stuck again.

With a loud curse he got down on his knees, trying to see if there was anything jammed in the lock. From behind him he could hear the landlady's door open slowly. Turning around he saw her sitting there in an old flannel night gown, one of her larger cats sitting on her lap glaring at him. Now that he saw them together he had to admit, they both had the same flat face.

"Well, decided to come back have you?" she asked with a superior smirk on her flat face, "That's all no use, I had the lock's changed two days ago."

Standing up he looked at her, a part of him wondering if she was crazy, "And why'd you do that ya old bat!" he yelled, earning a scowl from the old woman.

"Well," she began, standing up and grabbing a wooden cane so she could stalk over to him, "I wouldn't have, but you never paid your rent… Or did you forget it was due on the fifteenth?"

"Oi!" he exclaimed indigently, "I've been out on a mission and rent was only due a few days ago!"

Her glare hardened, "Not THIS month's rent, LAST MONTH'S! You left on that mission three weeks ago and you were already a week late with my money! You're just luck I have all your stuff still! If you were just a civilian I would have sold it already, but seeing as you're a Shinobi I have no claim over it. It's all in the basement, sealed into a scroll by one of the other tenants. Get it and get out before I call the boys down to kick yer ass!"

Scowling, the boy walked the end of the hall to a door under the stairs. Quickly finding the scroll he left, being watched by the woman as if he were a criminal.

Several shunshin's later and he was in a nice neighborhood, with several two story apartments, the yards fenced off and filled with trees and flowers of all kinds. Walking up to one of the houses, glad that Kakashi had shown everyone where they each lived, he knocked on the door, waiting for an answer.

It didn't take long before his pink haired teammate answered the door, looking surprised at seeing him, "Naruto? What's going on? You're not here to ask me out again are you?"

"Hiya Sakura-chan! Um, well, no." this actually seemed to put her at ease a little, "Well I kinda got kicked out of my apartment! I was wondering if it would be alright if I could sleep with you. Um, so can I?" Only too late did he realize what he had said wrong before the girl punched him off the porch and slammed the door.

Half an hour later he sat up, clutching a black and blue eye, "That could have gone better." He said as he tried touching the bruise, "Ow!"

Once again taking off the boy tried to remember exactly where the other two lived before heading off towards Sasuke's apartment on the western side of the village.

Sasuke, much like Naruto, lived on the edge of one of the abandoned districts of Konoha. Unlike the Uchiha district though it wasn't the people who once lived there that made the area abandoned, save from a few of the homeless. For about a mile on the northwestern edge of the village no one lived because that is where the Kyuubi had been coming from all those years ago. During the attack people had fled the district in fear of the fox. Afterwards though, when they returned, they could still feel its hate, and animals started to act strangely, attacking where they wouldn't before, causing people to flee the newly built district. When Shinobi had been sent in they discovered it was the Kyuubi's left over chakra, and it was all sealed away, but the damage was done and people refused to live there anymore.

Walking up the stairs to the ratty apartment building he could hear the sounds of an action movie from one apartment and saw someone training in another. Getting to Sasuke's floor he could clearly smell someone smoking, the sound of two people making love in another room. Knocking on the Uchiha's door he almost wished the boy wouldn't answer.

Unfortunately he did, staring at the boy flatly. "What is it?" he asked, eye twitching as the woman's euphoric screams hit a climax.

"Hey, Sasuke, were friends right?" he asked with a real shit faced grin plastered in place, getting no sign of a negative or positive from the avenger. "Um, well, ?"

Sasuke's eye twitch just worsened, nothing to do with the couple having sex, "Care to repeat that please, I have amazing eyes, not amazing ears."

Starting again, slower, he repeated himself. Another side of his brain though thinking about the advantages of super hearing and which clan might have such a bloodline, "I got kicked out of my apartment and Sakura won't let me stay at her house so can I stay here please?"

Giving Naruto another look, this one amused, he told the sun kissed genin, "Well, there's not a lot of room in here… Hmm, why don't I get back to you tomorrow on this, I think I should sleep on it." And with a smile he closed the door gently… before locking the handle… and the deadbolt… Naruto was pretty sure he heard a chain being slid into place… Were those seals on the outside of the door?

Turning around Naruto walked back to the stairs, the woman apparently satisfied by the quiet in the hallway, shortly before two men started grunting… 'Maybe it's all for the best after all?' he thought to himself with a smile.

In his apartment Sasuke sat reading a book on seals, eye twitching, "Must… find… silencing… seal! DAMN YOU ITACHI!"

From the other side of the wall one of the men yelled back, "But me and Itachi-chan haven't even gotten to the good part yet."

The eye twitched long after sleep blissfully took him.

Outside the building Naruto looked up, the sky orange with twilight and fading fast. He had been lucky it was summer, or else night may have fallen already. Turning west he looked out towards the sunset, already partially covered by the village wall.

"Well that won't do." He mumbled to himself, running for the tallest building he had in sight, a tall apartment building deep within the abandoned district. Reaching it he ran up it, secretly thanking Kakashi for teaching them how to wall walk.

Looking out once more he watched the sun as it finally set, glad he at least got to see that, ending his day at a positive note.

Once the sun was down he looked around the building top he was on. "Place is in good condition." He remarked to himself, walking to and down the side of the building, noting the lack of debris at the bottom and that it was holding up structurally speaking. Seven stories tall, made of bricks and cement, and from what Naruto could had to have been maintained somehow.

Reaching the bottom he found the entrance and was soon walking around inside, seeing how everything was undisturbed, the smell of long rotted food the only thing disturbing the atmosphere. From top to bottom all but one of the seven floors had been built for Shinobi living spaces, the top being one large apartment for the caretaker. Modern appliances were in abundance in each of them and the first time he tried to turn on the water it worked, clean crisp water.

Looking closer at things he saw several seals on the base of the faucet, leading to a trash can… "OH! Their filters." He exclaimed out loud, turning on the water once more as it filtered out what appeared to be… lake scum! Sitting down the boy started thinking about it… "Hmm… Um, well, I guess there could be an underground lake somewhere? If the building uses water from the lake then it would need some sort of filtering system… so they put it here. But what about the rest of the pipes, wouldn't they start getting full of the stuff too? Maybe there are more seals there, letting everything though. But, why?"

Putting the thought aside for the moment he went upstairs to the seventh floor, since it seemed to smell the least. Apparently whoever had watched over the building had cleared their stuff out before leaving or someone came and emptied them out afterwards.

The top floor was simply designed, the stairs came up into a hall that had three doors, one leading to the kitchen area and the rest of the living areas, one leading to the roof, and the last going into a maintenance room that had seven columns of seals set up on one wall, a desk shoved underneath the stairs heading to the roof and a rack with a bunch of scrolls set against the back wall. A single word came to his mind, "Jackpot!"

Unfortunately there were no jutsu in the small trove he found, all of them talking about seals this and seal that, maintaining seals and upgrading seals. Only one of the scrolls even piqued his interest, one that was sitting on top of the desk. A records log from what appeared to be the landlord. Finding the bed after looking around for a little while he through his scroll down and laid back, reading:

August 3, year three of the Yondaime Hokage's Rule: The new building is nearly finished, so I have decided to place my records here. This building is going to be the future of Konohagakure, mark my words. Both Yondaime-sama and Jiraiya-sama have contributed to the seals that are all over the place, even I'm not sure of everything they did to it. Well, that's why they are Shinobi and I am a real estate agent!

On a more serious note, this building could revolutionize the way buildings are manufactured from here on out. Water is provided by a large underground river that forms a reservoir underneath the building. Potentially, from what Jiraiya says, a fifth of the population could use this same water source if their buildings were altered, though we still need to see how this project turns out. Due to the water source and some more well placed seals the building is also completely energy independent, running off hydroelectricity that is both collected and stored by seals. And that isn't even the pinnacle of its greatness yet.

Each piece of wood, every brick, everything is stamped with strengthening seals, possibly even making this building indestructible, though Yondaime-sama said that was far from true, scolding me for thinking anything could be made such. I suppose he is right, but still, it would make a great selling point!

August 6, year three of the Yondaime Hokage's Rule: Jiraiya-sama stopped by today to talk about the seals some more, saying whoever takes over the building will need to have a good background in seals to maintain the building. He left many scrolls on seals, not just basic ones that the building uses. He even offered to teach me seals. I am sorely tempted to take him up on his offer but I doubt I have it in me to do them justice.

He talked in length on different functions of the seals, amazing me once more with what this building will be able to do one up and running. Since we are drawing straight from an underground reservoir we need a way to filter out the harmful parts, so they integrated it right at the sinks, filtering out all of the bad right then, straight into a garbage can. Furthermore there are seals in place of pipes, moving the water between them rather than manually moving it, preventing pipes from clogging and needing to be replaced. Then he told me about the heating system. The outside of the building is, apparently, one big conduit. Whenever wind hits the building, which is always, it absorbs that energy; storing it into a heating seal array in the maintenance room from there it is linked to each floor. All of the tenants in this building will have heat and electricity no matter what happens!

Lucky for us Jiraiya has started applying longevity seals, in order to prevent further maintenance from needing to be done for the first twenty years at least, that way we can see if this project will actually work.

August 24, year three of the Yondaime Hokage's Rule: Once more this project has borne fruit like no other. I was informed of a new seal Yondaime-sama has developed, one to regulate air temperature! This is unheard of, such a seal will mean we offer something that even the Hokage's Tower doesn't have, and I was informed by Jiraiya that the Tower has all the seals on this building and more! When I asked why he would spend time to make it all I was told was: It's all for the Yondaime's Legacy… why, I'll be, that little rascal must've gotten that girl pregnant.

September 16, year three of the Yondaime Hokage's Rule: Failure! I can't find a single person to take care of this place! Jiraiya told me it would be difficult, but absolutely no one wishes to maintain the building when they'll have to learn seals to do so! I asked Yondaime-sama about it and he said that because the war ended only four years ago he cannot spare any Shinobi, especially if they have the proper knowledge of seals to do so.

September 30, year three of the Yondaime Hokage's Rule: Of all the things to say, Jiraiya has ridiculed me for trying to find help for this place. The fact of the matter is I have no choice, the tenants move in tomorrow, all of them giving their deposits and first month's rent, but still I have no one to watch the building. I tried to bribe an advisor to the Hokage, hoping they would be able to get a ninja reassigned, but no luck. That bastard Minato refused! Well, I still have faith in my building, it will show them all the folly of their ways. Mark my words!

October 10, year three of the Yondaime Hokage's Rule: Our first major test today, a massive earthquake shook the village. All around the district people are trying to gather up the pieces and fix their homes up, not me! No this building is fine, in fact, save for a few refrigerators being knocked open and one woman falling down, there was no problem what so ever! I feel like going for a walk, maybe I'll gloat about my building being the best. Then again with-

The scroll cut off there, though it was clear to Naruto what happened; the Kyuubi.

Tucking the scroll into one of his pouches he laid back to sleep, not caring who's apartment it was. For him, this would become home

The next morning Naruto woke up, back aching, hip sore, and hungry. Apparently sleeping on top of his weapons pouch wasn't a great idea. Stretching out he also remembered the fact that he hadn't eaten since the morning before when they stopped for lunch.

So stomach rumbling he got out of bed and walked into the kitchen, hoping to find some nonperishable's to eat. Opening the fridge led him to an amazing discovery; it was full of food, none of which was spoiled in the least. Thanking the gods above he started pulling food out, mowing down like there was no tomorrow.

While he ate a portion of his brain was thinking, remembering the scroll from the night before, 'So, since none of this foods gone bad, then we have to assume there are seals on the fridge too, ones to keep food fresh no matter what… That's pretty awesome!' Finishing a turkey sandwich he made several more, deciding to take them with for lunch. Walking out to the roof he sat down an did something he rarely would do. Think!

"Well, this place is pretty amazing… and since no one else lives here, or anywhere around here, I should be able to claim it for myself!" he said aloud, watching as the sun rose.

"But maybe we should think bigger." came another thought, "Those apartments were pretty small, and there were four to a floor. If we knock out the walls between two apartments on each side of the apartment then we could have two apartments on each floor that are large when compared to other Shinobi quarters."

"But if I do that then I'll have to learn about seals, that way I don't damage any of them… I'll need construction plans too, that way I don't take out any of the pipes… and I don't know how to fix up the walls so they'll look nice again." All in all it looked pretty grim.

"Well, the seals are easy, we have a treasure trove of scrolls on the subject and I'm sure they have floor plans in the building somewhere. Aren't seals what made the Yondaime so great anyway? Thing of the possibilities! Think of the money!"

"Yeah… Yeah! Think of the money! And since Yondaime was so great and was a master of seals they HAD to have been a big part of it!" he was practically yelling, not caring who heard since, well, no one was around to hear. "Plus I can make this into a real Shinobi apartment, the see how the basement is, maybe add a training area, I can grow plants here on the roof, and that top apartment was in great condition as it was. Oh I can't wait! But, it'll take time and Kakashi-sensei is going to be making us do a lot of exercises and probably won't give me a lot of free time to work on it." He ended quite down casted.

"Hmm… well, I guess we could make clones do it for us." His inner Naruto suggested, making the outer personality perk up a little, "I mean they are you, so why don't we have them fix up the place, and see if they can make some notes in the library on how to work on the walls. Have them sort through the scrolls to see if they can tell what order they go in so you can start reading up."

Outer Naruto was actually starting to get excited about the idea and soon made a couple hundred clones to get started on the days work. Running down the side of the building he was soon hopping from roof to roof, his team meeting starting in a half an hour.

Unfortunately for him he wasn't used to finding the meeting grounds from where he now lived, barely making it with seconds to spare. He was, amazingly, the last one there.

"Ka-Kakashi-sensei?" he asked in utter disbelief, "But, but, but you're here, on time… early even!" Unknowingly he was the third person to do that today.

"Har, har, har!" he said, un-amused, "Well, since you're all here, why don't we get started. I'm going to be going off with all of you to tell you about your individual training. Genjutsu, ninjutsu, and, of course, Doejutsu." Making the two hand seals, a couple of Shadow clones appeared, "Right, Shorty, your with clone number one, Pinky, number two, Goth boy's with me." This brought about pouts from everyone.

"Oi, why is Goth boy with you?" he asked, earning a glare from Sasuke.

Fixing the boy with a glare he told him, "Because, Goth boy unlocked his Sharingan, I need to help him train with it. Don't worry, you'll each get a chance with me. There's plenty of me to go around. Now go!" and with that Sasuke and Sakura took off with their Kakashi's. "Well, now that their gone lets go over what I have planned for you." He started, "I do want you to start on a Taijutsu style, preferably Goken, though any style you feel comfortable will work. Since you already have several bloodlines I think I'll hold off before introducing you to the different clans, to see who has bloodlines and who doesn't. Now first thing you need to work on are your existing bloodlines."

Raising his hand he interrupted here to add in his two cents, "Um, well, I think Sakura-chan's is already working." Receiving a strange look from his teacher he explained, "Well, I kind of had conversation with… well, myself this morning and only realized it a little while ago when I showed up. It was pretty good too. I mean it noticed a lot of things I didn't. Anyways, I don't think I'll really need to do much with it for it to get stronger."

Staring at the boy, his thoughts barred to Naruto, he started talking, "Well, that is a relief, seeing as there was no way for me to train you with it. I was going to suggest working with your Sharingan, trying to get it into top shape. Then you need to work on Ice Manipulation. Those are your two big targets right now. Next week I'll introduce you to a friend of mine, Guy. He, I know has a bloodline trait that you'll be able to put to good use if you can copy it."

This earned him a strang look, "Kaka-sensei? What's a Bloodline Trait? Isn't that the same as a Kekkei Genkai, a Bloodline Limit?"

Rolling his eye Kakashi explained in a patient manner, "Close. A Bloodline Trait or a Kekkei Hitokuse is simply a genetic… disposition, I guess, towards certain elements, techniques, even ways of thinking. That beings said, anyone can use their techniques with practice. A Kekkei Genkai is an ability or power that is tied right into the genetic code of a person, a doejutsu, an advanced element, or a body modification. And while a Kekkei Hitokuse can be copied or learned a Kekkei Genkai cannot."

Naruto simply nodded, "So he wants to see if we can pick up on something as generic as a Blood Trait or if we can only go for the more unique Limits." His new personality commented.

"Good, now I have a lot of fun ideas for training so lets go meet up with the others, ok?" Kakashi said with an eye smile, getting a large grin from the boy.

Smiling, Kakashi never let on the hell those three would be going through.

The first day he started them all on dodging practice, for Sakura because she would never be the kind to block, while for the boys it was to help their Sharingan's and help them move react with them better. To strengthen the Sharingan one needs to try concentrate on fast moving objects, the fact that they were coming at you was even better motivation.

Furthermore, at least in Naruto's case it helped him develop the Jinton as well. With that bloodline is simply needed to be used more and more to develop stronger. Even by the end of the training Kakashi was throwing more shuriken at Naruto than he had been before.

That was only for the first hour though. After that he had them each work on different skills. For Sasuke it was his fire jutsu, Kakashi helping him refine it further and trying to remove some hand seals from the jutsu to make it faster. Naruto was being taught how to walk on water, Kakashi telling him that since he needs to work on elemental manipulation he should increase his chakra control as much as possible. Lastly was Sakura, who Kakashi had doing tree walking while carrying a fifty pound bag of cement to try and make her use her chakra more.

After three hours of that they all gathered once more, Kakashi leading them for a nice run through the village. Unfortunately they weren't stopping for little things like buildings, instead their teacher had them running up buildings, across the roofs and back down the other sides, eventually leading them into the forest where they jumped from tree to tree, while the mad man in a mask that was following them threw kunai and shuriken at them from behind to help them learn to sense attacks and listen to their environments for anything out of the ordinary. Surprisingly Sasuke did the worst out of the three, something Kakashi made sure to badger him about. Even more surprising was the fact that Naruto did the best, seeing as he had both excellent senses to begin with in addition to the Mind Partition helping him out.

After that nice little two hour jog they thought they had reached the worst of it. One word: nope!

While the three students ate, Naruto sharing his sandwiches with the other two, Kakashi started talking to them about chakra, different exercises he would have them doing, and what the next month entailed.

By five thirty, when they were done with their lunches/dinners, they started out again, this time with spars; three on one. To say they didn't stand a chance was like sayings an over-aggressive five year old with a wiffle ball bat might pose a threat to a box of newborn kittens. A slaughter ensured Sasuke was held down by clones and beaten; Naruto was set on fire for a few seconds and shortly after was doused with a C-rank water jutsu, all the while Sakura had been pulled into the ground while Kakashi read passages from Icha-Icha.

Four hours later they were broken, battered, and humiliated. The three rookies started walking back to their respective homes with orders to eat and get to sleep, told to be there the same time tomorrow.

0148 hrs- Konoha's western abandoned district, home of Naruto Uzumaki.

The boy was blissfully asleep, Kakashi mentally noted, and he was a deep sleeper. Shaking his head he decided the pain route would be best for the kid. Lifting his leg high into the air he brought it down onto the boys gut with great force, causing the boy to not only wake up, but nearly blow chunks.

"Morning Sleepyhead! Ready for another day of wonderful Training!" he said in a voice WAY to cheerful for the hour.

"Hatake!" he said, grabbing his stomach in pain with one hand, a kunai with the other, "You have three seconds before I skin you alive!"

"Well," the man said, pulling out his little orange friend, "to do that you need to catch me. Well, up and at them, time for our morning run." Ducking Naruto's attack he started for the stairs, "Get dressed and come after me with intent to kill." Walking out the bedroom door as the boy threw the bladed weapon.

This happened at Sasuke's apartment as well, though the boy was a lot calmer than Naruto. No, it was Sakura's visit that was a little more interesting.

Sneaking into the Haruno home, seven Kakashi clones soon found the girls room and all assembled around her bed, holding their instruments in their hands, ready to use them on the girl.

The lead clone, standing at the end of the bed gave the signal and they all started, playing the Reeille as loud as they could.

- t-w-o h-o-u-r-s l-a-t-e-r

It didn't take long for Kakashi to gather his students together in their chase of him, though the running didn't stop until nearly four in the morning, just outside a dango shop on the south side of the village, advertizing that it had every kind of dango all year round. Sitting down they all placed an orders in dead tired voices

"Bocchan"

"Hanami"

Sasuke's answer was lost amidst his snores.

"Well, I think I'll have some An-dango, with some Chichi afterwards to keep up my energy!" their sensei had way too much energy in the morning.

"And while you're at it," yelled a voice, kicking aside the curtain in her way, "Get me some Mitarashi with extra Anko on the side!"

Turning around all four of them stared at the newcomer, two wondering who else could still be awake, while Sasuke was just turning towards the source of the sound. A young woman in her early twenties dressed in fish netting, a tan skirt that barley seemed legal, a thin white undershirt, and a tan trench coat that skirted the floor.

"Oh! Hello Anko, how are you doing?" asked their teacher in a pleasantly scared tone, "I haven't seen you in what a month, two?"

"Three." She said bluntly, "and you still owe me from last poker night!"

"Maa maa! Why don't I just give you one of my students, eh?" this earned a glare from Sakura and a laugh from the Anko.

"Hmm, well, they do look delicious!" she stated, licking her lips, "Especially the pink haired one. I accept! Come here pinky," she said, crutching her finger at Sakura, "come to your new owner!"

Sitting down they all started eating, "So, seriously, what brings you here so early Kakashi? It ain't like you to train this… ever."

"Well," he said, putting down the last of his dango sticks, "I had a big mission recently. After seeing how they did on it I'm convinced they're ready for the Chuunin exams."

"Really?" she asked, interested, "What was the mission?" listening intently as he explained what happened, leaving out Naruto's bloodline. "Momochi, FUCKIN Zabuza! You have got to be shitting me, right?"

Looking at the flabbergasted jounin he shook his head, "No, their more ready that any of the other teams I think. What I really want to ask you is if you have a problem taking Naruto for a few days next week? I think he could learn quite a bit to add into his style."

"Well of course he can!" she yelled, happy to oblige.

"Can he sign it?"

"Fuck no!" said in just as cheerful of a voice, "You know that there's only one person able to use the major summons of that clan. And frankly, I don't think he would come here to let the boy sign it."

"What about the minor summons? Could that be done?" he asked, narrowing his eyes in suspicion.

Seeing this, the woman started to get serious, "Possibly, though I won't do it until I know that he is worthy. I may not have liked my teacher, but he installed in me that much: don't waste time or power on the worthless."

Nodding Kakashi turned to his Chichi dango that just arrived, "Very well, I'll probably send him to you in the latter half of the week, though I vwas also trying to set something up with guy." And with that he put down the last dango stick and stood up, "Alright, you've all eaten, time for dodging practice! Every cut you have by the end of practice means twenty push-ups!" and so their training started back up.