I do not own Naruto or anything related to him if I did he probably wouldn't be such an idiot in canon.

Hiashi called Naruto into his office when they got back to the Hyuga compound, he had one or two more surprises for Naruto. When he had closed the door he turned to Naruto and said, "I have two more surprises for you."

Naruto got excited again. "Ooh what are they?"

"Well, since I told you not to draw attention to yourself in the academy it has struck me that such an order might hinder your development as a ninja. So I am going to give you outside training as well, starting with the jutsu that will make it all possible. I believe you are aware of the clone family of jutsus, am I correct?"

Naruto nodded, "Yes, but how will one of those help me study more?"

Hiashi smirked in anticipation of Naruto's reaction to his next words, "There is a type of clone that has the capability to learn and pass on knowledge to the user. It is known as the shadow clone, and it is a forbidden technique for anybody under jonin level because of how much chakra it requires to work. I'm going to teach it to you because, despite all appearances to the contrary, you have more chakra than your entire class combined including the teachers. Once I teach you how to make shadow clones you will begin leaving several of them at home every day so that they can study in the clan archives and develop the skills that you will need to survive as a ninja."

Naruto's eyes got several times larger during Hiashi's explanation, by the end of it he could hardly contain his excitement. "That is so cool uncle Hiashi! What am I gonna learn first? Fireball jutsus? Shunshin? Oh I know, how about summoning?"

Hiashi chuckled, "Slow down there Naruto. First we have to see if you can even make a shadow clone before we can begin planning what you will learn. And besides, I have several very specific subject areas that I want you to study, starting with Fuinjutsu. Your father was an amazing seal master and I have a feeling that you inherited his talent for seal making, along with starting out on seals you will be brushing up on several areas that the academy's instructors have been neglecting such as genjutsu and since you are goofing off in class to hide your true potential your clones will study up on all of the academics that you will be missing out on, you never know when it will come in handy, and last but certainly not least, you will be practicing with your new swords as well."

Naruto was excited about the prospects of everything that Hiashi had told him but he was still slightly confused, what was the other surprise? He had to know, the suspense was killing him.

"Uncle Hiashi what was the second surprise?"

"Oh I forgot to mention that didn't I?"

Naruto nodded. Hiashi continued, "The Hokage and I have decided that as long as your clones spend a decent amount of time working on the areas that I tell them to, we will allow them to have free reign of the clan archives to learn whatever they want, the only condition is that they must bring it to me first so that I can decide if it is too dangerous for you at your current skill level. And Hinata may join you whenever you are there in person, I will have no problem with her learning whatever skills she wishes as long as her grades remain high and she doesn't endanger herself in the training. That being said, you cannot teach her the shadow clone jutsu, at least not until I determine her chakra level to be high enough for it to be safe. Now are you ready to learn how to make a shadow clone?"

Naruto nodded, "Yes uncle, I know that I am ready for this challenge, I was born ready."

Naruto soon found out that he truly did have a talent for seal making. He not only was able to master basic seals within the first month and a half, but he also began to experiment with creating his own seals. His first attempt at creating his own seal went rather well, of course the seal wasn't completely original so the chances of it not succeeding were minimal. But the very fact that he was able to modify an existing seal to suit his needs was all the proof that Hiashi needed of his future skill level. The seal he had created was a variation of a chakra seal, it was basically a chakra battery that could bolster the supply of someone who does not have incredibly high chakra levels. He had yet to find a use for it, but he knew that there was one so he always carried at least two or three with him, just in case he needed one at some point in the future. His other endeavors weren't quite so successful as his seal training. He had found out very quickly that the tiger hook swords were not easy weapons to handle, the forms that he was learning were more akin to dancing than any form of combat that he had ever seen. The same went for the deer horn knives as well, for some reason Hinata took to them like a duck to water while Naruto's progress could only be described as an elephant trying to do ballet on an ice rink. He didn't understand why all of it was so hard for him, he knew that he wanted to become a great shinobi but he couldn't see how the training that Sakusei-sensei was giving him would help at all. What good was meditating and learning to move like a dancer when all he wanted to do was fight? He would never be able to use either of those skills in battle, and he was very quickly getting bored. Six months into his training he had begun searching for a way to speed up his training, as far as he could tell there were none available. Over the next few months he had tried various ways that he thought would work, but each had backfired in some way. On top of that he had been expressly forbidden to use shadow clones in his sword training as anything other than sparring partners. Now, almost a year after he had started training with Heiwa Sakusei, Naruto was getting fed up with his lack of progress, but he wouldn't show it to anyone, every time he fell down he would pick himself up and try again. His determination astonished everyone around him, even the one that nobody realized was there.

Fugaku Uchiha was a very happy man at the moment. Soon his plans against the demon brat would come to fruition and he would be rid of the brat forever. He didn't have as much support as he would like from the other clans, but there was enough that he could go through with his scheme while being reasonably sure that he would suffer no repercussions from it. And just to be sure that nothing went wrong with the plan, he would execute it himself. He looked up at the clock in anticipation, soon it would be time and the trap would spring closed catching the one for whom the bell tolled without him ever suspecting that he was in danger at all.

'I have a bad feeling about this' Hiashi thought as he walked into the council room.

'it's rare enough to call a full council meeting without at least a weeks notice, but to request that I bring Hizashi as well? That's just unheard of'

they sat down in their assigned seats and the meeting began. But something was off, Itachi was here instead of Fugaku, sure he was the heir but there was no plausible reason why Fugaku would allow him to take his place at a full council meeting. Those same thoughts were running through Itachi's head as he sat in his chair calmly awaiting the start of the meeting, his suspicions were confirmed when the Hokage stood up to address the council.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, this meeting has been called to discuss a motion put forward by the Uchiha, Daisheki, and Mitsuhida clans in regards to the continuing existence of Naruto Uzumaki. This motion calls for either the immediate termination of the life of an innocent child or his immediate transfer to ANBU Root division for training."

Needless to say Hiashi was only slightly angry at this groundless and cowardly attack on the boy that he had helped raise and who he hoped to one day call his son-in-law. Scratch that, Hiashi was completely and utterly pissed off at what the opposition was trying to do, even if it would never work. He rose from his chair to say something along those lines but was beaten to the punch by none other than Itachi Uchiha.

"Hokage-sama, since I am not the true clan head I wish to abstain from voting on this matter and withdraw my clan's support from this motion until such time as my father once again retakes his duties." that was certainly surprising but what Itachi said next was on another level altogether. "i also respectfully request permission to be excused from these proceedings since I am no longer involved in them. I will locate my clan head and send him to this meeting so as to make the true stance of the Uchiha clan known." Having received the Hokage's permission, Itachi hurried towards the door of the conference room, he could only hope that he wasn't too late to save Naruto from certain death.

A/N: the reason it is so short is because it just seemed like a good place to end it. plus there is trouble brewing for naruto and such a major thing deserves it's own chapter.