One-Thousand Birds Chapter 3!

Naruto was giddy as Kakashi finished the basics on how to use the original Chidori. Kakashi ended it with a warning.

"Naruto. Chidori is much more powerful without an element, but is much more draining. So when you can hold an original for 10 seconds, tell me and we'll begin adding an element." Kakashi said and walked away.

"Hey! Where are you going!?" Naruto shouted to Kakashi. Kakashi just waved a hand behind him, signaling he would be back. Naruto sighed and went back to training.

A black and white Chidori began to form, but quickly faded. Naruto frowned.

"Let's see here… Let's try giving it a constant flow of Chakra." Naruto said and tried. It lasted for about 3 seconds before it faded. "What! That should have worked! Man… Let's think." He pictured what the Chidori with an element looked like. It was blue with crackling lightning chakra around it.

Naruto's eyes widened. Crackling lightning chakra! "That's it!" Naruto shouted. Naruto made the hand signs and began to make a Chidori, except this time, he gave it not only a constant flow of chakra, but released small bursts of chakra too. A Chidori began to form, but this time, it stayed. Naruto counted 16 seconds before he ran out of energy and it died down. Naruto stood there a moment before…

"YATTA!" Naruto shouted jumping up and down. Kakashi walked into the area holding something.

"What's got you so happy?" Kakashi asked. Naruto stopped and looked at him.

"Kakashi-sensei! I did it! I made it last for 16 seconds!" Naruto shouted. Kakashi narrowed his eye.

"Show me." He stated. 'There is no way he got it already… It took sensei a week to get it down…'

Naruto did the Chidori one more time, except this time it lasted for 18 seconds. Kakashi was gaping. Naruto actually got it down! He regained his composure.

"Congratulations Naruto. You mastered it in… not even an hour! It took the freaking yondaime even a week!" Kakashi exclaimed. Naruto's eyes went wide at this, before he started cheering again.

"Naruto. Do you wish to begin the elemental Chidori?" Kakashi asked. Naruto was in front of him in a second. "Yes!" Kakashi chuckled and gave Naruto a slip of paper. Naruto looked at the paper confused.

"That's chakra paper. Channel your chakra into it to determine which element you are. If it burns its fire, if it moistens its water, if it turns into dust its earth, if it crumples its lightning, and if it cuts its wind. Try it." Kakashi explained. Naruto channeled some chakra into his paper.

It cut in half, and then one side of the paper crumpled up, while the other side got set of fire. Kakashi watched on with interest.

"Interesting… You have an affinity with Wind, Fire, and Lightning. Very surprising." Kakashi said. Naruto started cheering. Kakashi calmed him down. "Naruto. We only have time to master one, maybe two elemental Chidori's. Which element to you wish to begin with?" Kakashi asked. Naruto sat down and went into deep thought.

'Pick lightning, Naru-kun' a voice said in his head. 'What the- Kyuubi!?' Naruto thought. 'Yes, because the seal is weakening, I can speak via your mind' Kyuubi thought back to him and Naruto felt her leave.

"Lightning. It would be better to know how the only one mastered is done so I get a feel for using elemental chakra with it." Naruto said. Kakashi nodded. "Alright then, let's begin." And with that, they walked over to the tallest tree in the forest.

"Now Naruto, while the original is more powerful and draining, the elemental is better with strategic purposes and requires better control. I've seen your control. So I want you to make 100 Kage Bunshins and have 50 of them work on the tree walking exercise, and have the other 50 come with my Kage Bunshin. You will stay with me and I will explain the exercise that will help with your Lightning chakra." Kakashi said. Naruto looked at him confused.

"Sensei? Why would having Kage Bunshins do the work help?" Naruto asked. Kakashi eye smiled. "Because Naruto, everything your Kage Bunshin learns will be transferred to you when they dispel." He said happily. Naruto's eyes widened and immediately did that task asked of him.

After all of the Kage Bunshins left, Naruto and Kakashi began to talk about the training. "Now Naruto. When your chakra control is up to snuff, I will tell you the training exercise for your lightning element." Kakashi said. "What will we do until then Kaka-sensei?" Naruto asked. Kakashi raised an eyebrow at his nickname, but answered. "We test your limits." He then led Naruto to a boulder. "Naruto, I want you to hit this boulder with as many Chidori's as you can until I say stop." Naruto nodded and began charging up a Chidori.

--20 minutes later—

Kakashi's mouth was dropping quickly. Naruto had used the original Chidori, the one that was more chakra consuming, 17 times! 17 freakin' times! And even then, he still looked like he had about 40% of his chakra left! He kept waiting until the 23rd time, when Naruto collapsed on the ground with exhaustion. He was barely conscious. Kakashi walked over to him. "Great job Naruto. I could only use it 4 times before exhaustion." He then picked him up and walked over to camp. He then felt Naruto groan in his sleep and his Kage Bunshin's memories come to him, showing that each Naruto collapsed from exhaustion. He chuckled. Looks like he wouldn't need more than one day for chakra control after all.

THE END!!!

There you go! Chapter 3 of One-Thousand Birds! I'm really getting into this story. And as for the pairing… well, I haven't decided except that it will be an OC. Thanks for reading!