Authors notes: Yo, here's chapter three… or is it chapter 2B? Whatever, ether way he it is. This chapter was a little tricky, as I had to produce a few Raiton jutsu. Now I lunched an extensive search for such techniques, but aside from the Chidori and the one med. jutsu that messes up your nerves I couldn't find any. As such I made some up. Now I tried to translate these to Japanese as well… with much failure… as such all Techniques will be in English. I'm also taking a stab at bold again. Thanks for anyone who offered corrections to my rather abysmal spelling. I do run all these through word, but theirs only so much I can do I'm afraid. If you hate the errors that much then e-mail me a corrected version, I'll put it up in a flash.

Disclaimer: he he he, Naruto is Mine Mine I Say! (looks at evil demon lawyers) Or not… (shutters) holy hell… there scarier then the Kyuubi could ever hope to be.

Kyuubi: Don't compare me to those monsters! (hides in his cage)

Growing up Part 2

The relationship between the two was an odd one, Every day Gai didn't have a mission the demon host would hunt him down and learn some basic Taijutsu, and occasionally some more advanced moves. During this time the blond refrained from using his sharingan. Even if Gai was showing the moves to him with the intent of him learning them, it didn't feel right to use the dojutsu on an ally, much less a teacher, or as Gai was swiftly becoming, a friend. Besides the knowledge of both how and why each move worked as it did what it did was also invaluable, and something most Uchiha didn't know. Now if only he could convince the man that No he would not, now or ever were green spandex!

On days that Gai did have missions, he spared with the mans other unofficial student Rock Lee. Just as was true in the first time around Lee was unable to use Nin or Gen Jutsu as he lacked many of the opening points most people had, and as such was limited only to internalizing his energy.

At nights on all days he would practice his jutsu, he hadn't really focus on his Sharingan, so it was still at it's current ability. He did get Replacement down sealess and soundless. He was still working on the Rasengan, he could form one with two hands now, but because of the shear drain of the attack he couldn't work on it much. He was hopping to get it down to one hand like Jiraiya could. The Grand fireball was a bit of an experiment for him. He didn't get it sealess, but he didn't want to leave himself venerable while using it. By bring it back to three seals he managed to pull of a trick he had seen once before in mist, half seals. He wasn't at the level were he was as strong as he needed to be, but he was happy with his improvements.

With Gai's help he had mastered channeling chakra to improve his speed and strength, as well as fortify his fists and body to take blows. This was of great value to him as his regeneration prevented him from building up calluses on his fists.

Lee would still kick his ass in an all Taijutsu fight, but it was a lot closer then most could manage. He was fairly certain if he used his Ninjutsu or sharingan he could win, but then again wining wasn't his objective, so he stuck to hand to hand.

When he turned 5 he debated entering the academy. In his first life he had entered at this age, a full two years earlier then most. He had dreamed of learning how to become a ninja early… as it was he barely managed to graduate on his third try, dead last among those his own age. This time around he knew he could graduate early, maybe even take the exam early like Kakashi and Itachi had. If he did that however his foreknowledge would be rendered all but useless to predict things, he wouldn't be in the right place or time to do what he wanted. Added to it he still needed to stop the kidnapping attempt on Hinata in a year. As a Genin or academy student he was part of the Kohona chain of common, and the village was responsible for his actions. Worse he would be considered an adult, so they could ask for his body in payment in place of Hiashi's. He was willing to bet his sharingan was as valuable to the cloud as the Hyuuga Bakugan. Once more it suited his needs better to be a civilian, so he would have to hold off becoming a true shinobi.

That was another mater, he was upper Chunin at best, and the kidnapper was a Jonin. He was much stronger then most his age could hope to be, but that wasn't enough! To beat a Jonin he would need one of three things, one was a curse seal; No, just no. It wasn't an option, period. To awaken Kyuubi somehow, and convince it to lend him it's strength… That was a long shot at best, so he needed to go with number three.

He confronted Gai about the gates. Initially Gai refused to teach him, stating how dangerous using the gates was. Naruto countered this demonstrating his regeneration to Gai. Even with that it took no small amount of effort to convince him. Still within six months he had already mastered two of the eight celestial body gates. It was at that time he started his weight training. Gai had explained that if he had attempted it earlier it could have stunted his growth, his healing factor might have countered it, but it wasn't worth the risk. He had also begun training his eyes once more. He wanted them fully mature by the time he confronted the cloud-nin, feeling the need for every edge he could get.

His spars with Lee were growing closer (The bushy browed six year old doubling his training regiment in response), and he had began sparing with Gai himself. Aganced the Jonin he held nothing back short of the Rasengan. He even unleashed a new technique. Combining his perfected Kage Bunshin and Kawarimi he had created a devastating form of transportation Jutsu when ever a clone showed up you could never tell which one was the original, as he could literally be anyone of them. You couldn't even tell he was gone after he telloported out of site using this method. When combined with the predicting abilities of the sharingan landing a blow on the blond was difficult for even the famous green beast. The score was 1/9 in Gai's favor, but the fact that he had won at all was astounding. Despite that the young man still trudged on. Others had being as strong as he was at this age, he needed to get stronger because they were still around now and had only become more powerful… He didn't know how strong the Cloud Nin would be, he did know he was very important in the Cloud chain of command, and Hashi himself took him out, possibly with assistance… Even with first strike, and the likely hood his opponent would underestimate him, he wanted to be stronger.

The day came thirteen days after his sixth birthday, a bad omen, but he could work with it. Oddly enough he had gotten actual gifts for that one. The first was a new set of weights from Gai, rather expensive ones too. The second was from an unknown, and was a technique scroll. The Jutsu was called Kage Shuriken/Kunai Bunshin. He had that technique down in under an hour, and perfected it in ten days, his complete mastery of normal shadow clones paying off greatly in that regard.

He had kept his ear to the streets for some signal. 'Peace talks' with hidden Cloud was all he needed to here before he started preparing, if they were ever going to make there move this year it would be now.

He packed up what he could, including a recent acquisition, a set of Kunai and Shuriken. He had picked them up to learn the new Jutsu. That done he headed off towards the woods around the Hyuuga complex for a 'camping/training' trip.

The first day he set up camp he made a quick scout of the perimeter, loosing a legion of shadow clones to better observe the area. In his 'free time' (the time the Hyuuga guard was at it's heaviest). It was at one of these times that a little… interruption to his 'operation' occurred.

The Lost Uchiha continued to spare with his clone, the two of them lashing out and ducking each other's blows at a fantastic rate. Given his mastery of all things Doppelganger He had elected for a close combat style that leaned towards evasion rather then blocking, for defense. A twig snapped and the blond whipped around, kunai drawn in a bare fragment of a second, to see… Hinata. The girl was hiding behind a tree a look of interest on her face.

He blinked, before relaxing his stance. "Uh, Hello?"

She hesitated for a moment before leaving her protected area "Um… Hi… Who are you?"

"Uzumaki Naruto's the name, what's yours?" he studied her a bit, she shy, that much was obvious, but she wasn't completely timid.

"Hyuuga Hinata." She introduced with a bow, making Naruto snicker.

"You don't have to bow you know. Were just introducing ourselves, it's nothing formal." He grinned at her.

Red stained her cheeks "Sorry…" she seemed to steel herself "What are you doing here?"

The blond had already come up with a 'cover story'… basically he would tell selective truths, to make is sound like he had deduced it, and let them come up with the rest by themselves. "I'm here to scout for enemy shinobi! You can never be to careful with your enemy in your midst."

She blinked "Enemy?"

He nodded "There are like a tone of Cloud-Nins in the village, and we've had a cold war with them for practically forever!"

Her brow furrowed in though… making her irresistibly cute. "But aren't they hear to help end the war? It's peace talks right?"

Naruto nodded eyes closed and arms folded in his 'sagely' pose, he countered in his best 'authoritative' voice "That's true… that is why they Say they are here. But their shinobi right? You have to look underneath the underneath. Cloud might just be scouting us out, or after something here. One of the best ways to steal something is with a false front. When I asked Gai-sensei about it, he told me that the thing Cloud wants and fears most is the Hyuuga Bakugan. I don't exactly know what that is, but I'm going to do my best to protect it from them! My plan is to guard the whole complex… I can make solid clones as you saw So it's not impossible for me ether!"

Hinata's eyes widened "There after the Bakugan?"

He nodded sagely, but grinned a second later, eyes open "Yep, but don't worry I'm going to protect it, and I'm really strong!"

She paused "You don't know what the Bakugan is?"

He shook his head "Nope. That's why I'm guarding the whole complex instead of just were ever you guys keep it."

He paused again, debating something "The Bakugan is my clan's bloodline. It's a Dojutsu." She was giving off waves of mixed curiosity and fear, wondering how he would react.

"A Dojutsu?" he asked eyebrow elevated "I should have guessed with the cool eyes you guys all got. Hey can I tell you a secret?" he was grinning and hyper, near bouncing on the spot.

The fear had fled the Hyuuga Heiress "What is it?"

"I got one too" he whispered it to her. He was taking a major gamble right now, but he knew she was trustworthy. And there was a significant chance she would see his eyes if he fought in her presence.

"A Bakugan?" she was confused, if he had the Bakugan then why were his eyes like that? And why didn't he know what it was?

"No a Bloodline limit." He explained

"Oh." She had heard of a small clan of blue eyed blondes with one. It's was a mind technique or something.

"Yep! It's a Dojutsu like yours too!" he was grinning from ear to ear at this point.

"Oh!" she hadn't expected that. "Can I see it?" curiosity pored off of her in waves.

He nodded and closed his eyes concentrating, when they opened again they were a bloody crimson, three comma shaped marks slowly spinning around each pupil. "Cool huh?" his voice was oozing smugness

Her own eyes were as wide as she could make them. She hadn't honestly expected him to have a bloodline, much less a Dojutsu. "What do they do?" she asked leaning in for a closer look.

The boy was a little nervous now, she was getting very close… "Um… I can see Chakra, and my perception of things is greatly enhanced, so I can see things in great detail from a distance no matter the speed it's moving at. I also automatically memorize anything I see with them, so combined with the other parts I can copy any Jutsu I see preformed. They also let me predict attacks, or people's movements to an extent, and I can even hypnotize with eye contact! It takes a lot of Chakra to do some of that for a long time though…" he looked at her "This is just between us right? No one else knows except old man Hokage, and the man that runs the Doton St. orphanage."

She was in awe of the blonde's bloodline, it was like a more… focused version of her own, more analytical, and aggressive. "Why do you want to hide it?" she was a little confused about that.

"Simple!" he grinned again "It's so I can surprise people!" the grin faltered a bit, before becoming a frown. "And because people will want my eyes like they want yours."

She gasped realizing the implications "They would?" it wasn't a real question and they both knew it.

He nodded again. "Yep… and I don't have a family to help protect them. I need to hide them until I can protect myself."

She was confused again, this boy was… interesting to say the least. "Wait, if you have a bloodline, then you should have a clan right? Unless you're the last of them…" dread filled her, what if he was the last? She didn't want to hurt her new friend by making him remember that, she hardly had any as it was!

He shook his head "No… there not dead. But I don't have a family. They were almost whipped out a bit back, but they don't want me."

Now she was angry. "Who would do that? Why would they just abandon you?" her own Bakugan activated out of rage.

"They had there resons… It sucks but it's ok. I kinda like being Uzumaki Naruto, being called Uchiha would just be weird… hey what's wrong?"

She pointed behind him. There was a sudden tingle on the back of his neck. He garbed the girl and jumped. A bolt of lighting striking the spot they were just standing on.

The pare landed Naruto releasing Hinata and standing protectively in front of her sharingan blazing aggressively.

A man stood there, about 6.2, wearing the standard jumpsuit and jacket of a Jonin. His eyes were an odd electric blue/white, hair a dark silver color, skin pale, and face seemingly fixed with an arrogant smirk. "What luck? I came looking for a Hyuuga, and find an Uchiha as well. Brother will be very pleased." His eyes narrowed as he unleashed a massive wave of killing intent, Kanashibari No jutsu.

Naruto glared at the man as the wave of killing intent flowed over them. That attack was nothing to the more then decade of silent glares, or the demons own murderous aura. The crimson eyes of the started spinning as he brought one hand up, slowly. "Not a chance!" he swiftly did three half seals "Katon: Grand Fireball Technique!" he inhaled and released a massive wall of flames "Hinata-chan, Run! I'll hold him off!"

The young Hyuuga had not fared as well as her protector, unused to such an assault. It was only the fact that he was standing between her and there attacker, actually fighting back that she managed to snap out of it. "H-Hai!" she was shaken, but still functional. "Nani? What about you?"

Another lighting bolt arched at them, Naruto creating a clone to take the hit. "I'll be fine! Go get help!" he shoot her a look, weaving a compulsion into her with his Dojutsu.

She nodded, still shaken from the attack, and swiftly took off towards the clan complex.

The Cloud-Nin snarled as his main target took flight. He flashed through five hand signs "No you don't, Raiton: Stunning Shock Technique!" he flared out his hand and lighting arched from his fingers. Another clone formed between him and his target, taking the assault for her.

The clone grinned as it convulsed "No Go Baka." It puffed into smoke

"I am your opponent." Naruto smirked "So let's keep this just between us shale we?" he did the same five seals the Jonin did earlier "Raiton: Stunning Shock Technique!" his own bolt of lighting struck true, shocking the man to unconsciousness, until he turned into a slightly charred log.

Seeing this Naruto generated another clone up in the tree cover, and swapped with it. A look of disbelief on it's face. Just as he expected not even a second after the swap his enemy appeared behind the doppelganger and struck it in a the neck. Disbelief on his face when it two puffed into smoke. "What the?" Naruto jumped out of his hiding spot high into the air

The Jonin's head looked up right as Naruto reached the apex of his flight. "Eat this! Shadow Clone Bombardment Revised! Cold Steel Rain!" With that he formed near a hundred clones, each of them drawing eight Kunai, and lunching them, each of those being further multiplied. Literal thousands of bits of pointed metal doom showered down on the wide-eyed Cloud-Nin.

The man was shredded into bloody ribbons, but when the suto-shinobi landed he didn't release ether his eyes or the clones. Dozens of crimson eyes tracked the area. One of them spotted an attack and as one all but one of the clones jumped out of harms way. Naruto switched with that clone right as the massive thunder dragon flew up and ripped into the mass of copies, dispelling them. The blond unleashed another fireball into the area the attack originated, and sure enough the Jonin jumped out avoiding the attack.

The man began another set of seals, as Naruto started mimicking him. "You best give up now brat, there's no way you can keep up with me for long. Luck those bloody eyes of yours are the only reason your still standing."

The younger fighter grinned flashing somewhat elongated K9's "Quit Yapping. I've fought Academy students stronger then you." While talking he locked eyes with him, pulling him into the blondes hypnotic gaze. The man distracted he formed another clone behind him mid jutsu and replaced with it, copying his own clones seals as it copied the mans. Twenty-eight seals done all three finished. Three voices ringing out "Raiton: Thunder Dragon Missile!" The Jonin was shocked and looked behind him. The clone having only completed half the seals needed, failed to generate anything, and was demolished by the thunder dragon. But the true Naruto's own was unleashed, free to attack the Cloud shinobi.

There was an explosion and when the smoke cleared, the Cloud-Nin was still standing. He had dodged the attack, but not completely. His side was badly scorched and one arm was ruined.

The two opponents glared at each other. "Dam you… No more joking around kid, screw capture I'll cut those eyes out of your cold dead face!" there was a blur of movement and the two joined in Taijutsu combat.

Naruto ducked and weave as best as he could, but despite only having one functional arm the Jonin was more experienced, a bit faster and a lot stronger then him. The demon host's sharingan and full use of his body, let him keep up, barely, but the silver haired man had greater reach, and was fast enough that any clone summoned was lucky to get a hit in before it was dispelled. Slowly but surely the blond was being pushed back.

Gritting his teeth the smaller fighter jumped back. "Ok, no more holding back eh? I can work with that Initial Gate: Open!" he dashed at the man so fast untrained eyes wouldn't even see him, striking him in the chest with sufficient force to send him flying.

The man hit a tree hard enough to crack it, but got back up, eyes glaring with hate "You think you can beat me you little Punk? Copy this!" his eyes flared with electricity, as did the rest of him "Hijutsu: Living Lighting Form!" that done he lashed out even faster, leaving an afterimage in his wake, as well as a sparking trail.

"Damn, Heal Gate: Open!" he flooded his limbs with chakra as he countered and struck. Each connection his or his opponents inflicting damage, his regeneration barely keeping up. A kick came at his head and he had to telloport again.

Naruto fell back switching to a totally defensive style. Even with both gates open he was losing, and he knew it. His reserves were depleting rapidly, though the other guy couldn't be much better in that department, he knew at this rate he'd drop in a minuet, maximum. He had to end this now, and there was only one technique in his arsenal that could do that. Plan set he replaced with another clone. Appearing on the other end of the clearing. Hands held together as he pulled on the last of his reserves, focussing, spinning it between his hands.

The Cloud Jonin took the opportunity to take a breather as he looked around for his target. What the hell was that kid? He had known that the Uchiha were dangerous, hell he had heard that one had made ANBU Caption before he was ten, he just hadn't put any stock into them. This whole situation was complete insane! Even if he was short for his age this kid couldn't be more then seven, eight tops and he was keeping up with him! ANBU would be here shortly… he had to finish this now. Screw the Sharingan, he needed to get his own ass out of there before he was cooked. He formed five half seals with his good hand. "Hijutsu: Voltage Blades!" he spotted the kid in the clearing. He was doing something weird. The brat was to strong of an opponent to let him finish what ever he was doing. In another burst of speed he lunched at the kid, twin foot long blades of lighting coursing off his arms, although one hung uselessly.

At this time Naruto's own technique was ready. He watched the incoming figure, and notably the attack prepped in his arm. It looked like some sort of slashing variant of the Chidori and likely just as lethal. He waited and waited, as the man got closer, the blade arched for his neck…

The Jonin grinned to himself the boy was too tired to move! All those high level Jutsu must have finally depeated his reserves! Her could do this! He lashed out to decapitate the red eyed demon in front of him… when something odd happened. As swift as he had always being the boy ducked his attack! He felt an odd pressure in his stomach… and looked down to see the base of what looked like a spinning ball of chakra "Wah…?"

"Rasengan!" Screamed the demon host, as he shoved the fourth's fabled assassination justu into his opponent's gut. The orb of tornado force winds drilled in with no effort, before suddenly expanding, ripping the man's insides apart and sending him flying back, nearly torn in half from the inside out.

The crimson-eyed boy panted, his sharingan barely spinning. There was a dull 'thump' behind him, and he whipped around steeling himself for another round even knowing he didn't have the energy for one. Instead of the arrogant Jonin there were several masked men barring Kohona headbands, ANBU.

With a slight smirk and a small laugh the boy let his eyes regress to there normal blue. "Took you long enough…" that said he slumped back and passed out on the ground. His last site, one of the men removing his mask, revealing pale Hyuuga eyes.

Authors second note: well there it is, the first real fight seen of the fic. I hope you action fans enjoyed it. Now I know that bloodlines seem rather common despite supposedly being rare as hell but I figured, hell he's the bleeding brother to a Kage!

(spoiler summery)

The next chapter should make much with the angstness as our hero try's to come to terms with his actions, and finally lets slip the beans to our favorite senior citizen. In addition it seems that everyone's favorite blond bouncing ball of hyperactive energy might not be as alone as he thought… Until the next time, See ya!