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Naruto and its characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto

Thanks to Hatochan she is my beta reader

chapter 8

Naruto POV

I laid down in my bed and began my meditation exercises; suddenly I was standing in front of Kyuubi, who was sitting on the ground surrounded by scrolls.

"Alright kit, these scrolls have all the information you will need for the summoning of dogs, their care and communication with them. So get to it, because afterwards you have to learn at least one new demon jutsu."

I feel myself shudder, after all, Kyuubi can make a second in my world seem like an hour here. I found that happy fact out years ago. After what seemed several hours later I had finally finished with the last scroll. Looking over I saw Kyuubi in his human form performing a kata. I slowly rose up and joined him. After a couple of hours he silently handed me a scroll. The scroll was a compiled list of jutsus that he expected me to learn in one year. So far I already had three quarters of the list completed.

Perusing the list I finally settled on a lightning based one; After all, that was what the chidori was. In my opinion, the more lightning ones I knew, the better. After what seemed to be another five hours, I had finally learned it. I knew that to master it would take me a few days or weeks. Laying on the ground next to Kyuubi I feel him tense up. I look at him and he tells me that Genma is in my room . I give a curt nod and immediately open my eyes .

"Is there something that you need, Genma?" I ask noticing that he has completely shattered my personal space. He backs off and shakes his head 'no' " Really ? Then why are you in here?" He doesn't say anything and keeps staring at me. "Genma...please tell me what it is that you want. " I say this as I sit up.

" I am sorry that I woke you. I just had a bad dream and wanted to make sure that you were..." He looked at me and I then noticed that his hands were shaking.

I give a soft smile and get up and give the man a small hug. " Genma it is alright; I am fine and so are you. Come on. " I say as I gently lead him to the living room. I have him sit on the couch while I get him a glass of water. I sit down next to him and I notice that he is still shaking. I lean back and gently pull him against me as I run my fingers through his hair. After a while, I feel his breathing even out as he falls back asleep.

I fall asleep, as well. It seems like no time has passed when I hear the alarm in my room go off. I gently wake up Genma and he jumps off me like a scalded cat. I smirk at him and get up and get ready for the day. As I open the door I find Kakashi standing there.

Walking out the door I hear him say to me, "Naruto come on. I need to tell you something before we get to the training ground." I look at him, we start walking ." I went and saw Lord Hokage. Starting today I will just be teaching you privately. Lord Hokage will be finding another teacher and member for team 7."

"WHAT?" I yell at him. I know that I MUST have misheard him. " You see Naruto, you have surpassed Sasuke and Sakura, to the point that with what Gai, Genma, Hayate and I teach you in the next six months I will be letting you take the jounin exams. After all, there isn't any written law that says you HAVE to be a chunnin before you become jounin."

I am looking at him as if he had suddenly has lost his mind.

" Kit, This is a amazing! To actually skip a rank is almost literally unheard of !!. I am so proud ."

I can almost picture Kyuubi puffing out his chest in pride and I almost laugh out loud.

" Sensei you're early !!" Sakura yells as we walk up.

" Why is it that she always has to yell? Does she have any idea how damn annoying people actually find her ?"

" More than likely no one has ever told her and if they had she more than likely ignored them. " I answer back. I can feel Kyuubi laughing as we both want nothing more than for Sakura to stop yelling.

"Yes, and within the next few days you will be having a new teacher and a new team mate. "

I stand there and watch Kakashi give the news that I know isn't going to go over well.

"WHAT??" Sakura screams. Sasuke gives me a death glare.

"Well you see, a few things have come up and I will not be able to teach you guys for awhile." Kakashi looks over at me and I am standing with my blank expression on .

Sasuke looks at Kakashi then at me. "Naruto...I want you to help me to get as strong as you are. " I hear Sasuke say.

Then I see Sakura tighten her fist then say, " Yeah Naruto, help me get strong too."

I can feel the shock show on my face. Next thing I hear myself say, "Ok, I will help you both out, but know this, before this day is done you will both be cursing your parents for ever having you." I watch Sasuke and Sakura visibly pale. " For starters, go and get some weights. I want 50 pounds on each leg and arm. After that, you are both to RUN, not jog or walk, but RUN around Konoha 10 times. After that, it is tree climbing time. Well, what are you standing around for? Go and get the weights!!"

I give them my most feral grin as I watch them RUN to carry out my orders. I was in complete shock hearing Sasuke and Sakura say that they wanted me to train them. But, I also said that I would help them if they asked me to. I was also surprised that neither of them even offered a word of complaint; Opting to do as they were instructed. Seems as though they are serious about getting stronger.

Kakashi calls me over and we begin my training. As we begin sparring I feel two other chakra signatures come onto the training field. Kakashi tells me to stop as he walks over and begins talking to them .

A few minutes later Kakashi tells me to come on as he starts walking back to town. "Naruto, I want you to go and start training with Hayate. I have a few things I need to get done real fast. " After he tells me that he disappears in a cloud of chakra smoke.

"Ok" I mutter as I walk towards Hayate's apartment. I reach his apartment just as he opens the door. "Kakashi told me to come and begin my training with you. " I tell him as he looks at me.

" Alright, first off you need a sword, so let's go to the weapon shop. " Hayate says as he leads me towards the stairs. We start discussing all the finer points of swordsmanship and training that is involved. As we reach the weapons shop I can feel my excitement mounting. Walking in I see all the weapons that a shinobi would ever need or want for. It never has failed to amaze me just how many weapons there were that we could train for and use.

I see the shopkeeper sitting behind the desk sharpening a sword. Hayate walks over to him and begins speaking to him about making me a sword. The store owner looks me over, then comes up to me and starts taking my measurements. Hayate tells me that he will be training me with a bokken first, then we will move on to using actual swords. I nodded, feeling a slight bit better.