Underneath – Naruto's Lesson – Chapter 5

Disclaimer – I don't own anything about Naruto, He and all his friends and enemies belong to people with money. Money I don't have. Suing me no money.

My First Story, but go ahead and flame me if you want. I'll just ignore you; on the other hand, constructive criticism is welcome.

Sasuke and Kakashi will play important roles and will not be bashed!

It was once stated in the canon story by Kakashi, that Narutohad chakra reserves much larger than his own. Taking this into consideration, I have an estimate of what Naruto can do.

Answers to reviews of chapter 4,

ArmorofGeddon, It's true that Sasuke cannot copy it, but even if he could, his using it is slim. Firstly, because he doesn't understand the workings of a jutsu with no handseals, handseals tell a jutsu how to perform and what elements are used. Secondly, Sasuke has an image of Naruto being useless in his head, anything Naruto knows is therefore worthless.

unknowndragon, umm, sorry but I just don't think I'm good enough as a writer to create a character with enough personality traits and facets to not seem flat and poorly inserted. It'd probably end up being, like, a really bad self-insert of some desperate chick.

Animeflunky, thank you, I needed a way for him to get introduced to Gai and Lee early. It's necessary for his growth to Hokage!!! Ahem… pardon me.

Scene change…

'thoughts'

"speaking"

"demon fox"

The next morning…

Naruto walked to the training grounds to meet his team, and was shocked to see that they were all already there, including Kakashi.

"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto shouted, "you're not late!"

"But you are, Naruto!" Sakura yelled. Sasuke stood, observing the scene silently.

"Alright," Kakashi interjected, pulling out his favorite little orange book. "We're gonna do some more chakra control over this week, water-walking."

"But Kakashi-sensei, people can't walk on water." Sakura said, thoroughly confused.

"But, Kakash-"

"Later, Naruto." Kakashi sighed "Just like people can't walk up trees, Sakura?" She colored at this, "Okay, so the basic principle is the same as tree-climbing, except you need to constantly expel chakra from what ever part of your body is touching the water, as water is not solid."

But, Kaka-"

"Later, Naruto." Kakashi said, this time with more force. "You two," He said, looking toward Sasuke and Sakura, "go practice on that shallow stream over there. I'm gonna give Naruto some help with his basics, I'll be back within the hour."

"But Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto moaned.

"I said later, Naruto, now give five more seconds." Kakashi sighed, truly wondering who had cursed with this misfortune.

Sasuke merely grunted and walked over to the stream on the other side of the training area. Sakura on the other hand, was practically skipping, inside she was more like, 'Hell yeah! Me an' Sasuke, alone!' Her thoughts quickly decayed into what most people call soft porn, which often appears in Kakashi's favorite book.

Now that Naruto was the only one who could hear him, he turned to him and said, "Naruto, I told you yesterday, we are going to see Maito Gai."

"Oh, right."

With Team Gai…

Ah, my eternal rival! To what do I owe this visit?!" Gai yelled.

Tenten and Neji only shook their heads and walked off to practice his kaiten and her accuracy. Lee however, stayed and watched his sensei with admiring eyes.

"Yo Gai, I came to have you repay your debt, I won that last match." Kakashi nodded though not at Gai, just into his book.

"Oh my rival, your hip attitude is so impressive!" Gai cried, tears streaming dramatically down his face.

"Gai-sensei!" Lee shouted.

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

Naruto leaned toward Kakashi, "That's really scary, will he really be able to make me faster?"

Kakashi leaned down, "He may look and act creepy, but he is the foremost taijutsu master in Konoha. One of the best in the world." He straightened, "Yo Gai, about that debt. I have a student in need of some speed training."

"What's this?! The hip Kakashi needs help? A student in need of youthful flames? I will accept this challenge! Hatake Kakashi, your student will be transformed!" Naruto looked scared as there was a lot of posing, but was really excited.

"Thanks Gai," Kakashi said, "he's yours for the month." He turned to Naruto, "Learn all you can, Gai is an excellent teacher." He then sautered of in the direction he came.

"So, Oh esteemed student of Kakashi, your name?" Gai asked, smile glinting.

"I'm Naruto, future Hokage in the making!" He said, jabbing a thumb at his chest and with a smile of equal intensity.

"Yosh! Naruto-san! I'm Rock Lee!"

"And I am Maito Gai!" Gai said, his voice booming, "You want speed? Naruto-san?"

"Yes! To learn all I can!" He shouted, also booming.

"Oh to be blessed with such youthful students!" Gai shouted, "Very well, you will first spar Lee-kun."

"Yosh!" Lee shouted, "Ready Naruto-san?'

"Yeah!" He shouted, "Let's go!"

Lee charged, obscenely fast. Naruto's eyes widened as he put his hands up to block, Lee's kick passed right through his arms, knocking him back. He stood up to see Lee standing in stance, one arm facing him at a ninety degree angle.

He wiped the blood from his mouth, and grinned. " Alright!" He ran at Lee, not nearly as fast, and right at the last second, he jumped. Flipping over Lee, He kicked him square in the back. "Ha!" he shouted. Taking advantage of his distraction, Lee, who had been forced to his knees by the kick, spun, taking Naruto's legs out. "Gahh!" He fell on his ass, he scrambled back avoiding an axe kick to where his body was previously.

"Don't get distracted! Naruto-san!" Lee shouted, leg still planted in the earth. Naruto frowned, he had hit Lee square in the back, so why did he barely move? He needed more power. He stood, facing Lee, who was once again in combat stance.

"You got it Lee!" He grinned, he hadn't tested it yet but it could work. "Let's go!" He ran at Lee, who also started running, Naruto stared at Lee's feet, waiting for the perfect moment, suddenly, Lee's left foot came up. That very moment, Naruto ducked into a baseball slide, barely dodging Lee's invisible kick. Sliding under Lee, Naruto lifted his foot as fast as he could, kicking Lee directly in the abdomen. At first Lee barely moved, folding over Naruto's leg, but then there was bang, and Lee shot off Naruto's leg like a bullet. Fifty feet in the air he stopped, and started to fall, where he landed on his back. Lee stood, clutching his stomach.

Gai, eyes wide, turned to Naruto, who was also staring at Lee.

"Lee, are you alright?!" Naruto shouted, running to Lee's side, hoisting him up by the shoulders.

"Hai, Naruto. That was an impressive kick." Lee said, looking much better than he had thirty seconds earlier.

"Lee-kun, Naruto-san, that was very good. Naruto-san, what did you do?"

"Eh? Umm… well, before I kicked Lee, I stored chakra in my leg. When I kicked him, I released all the chakra into his stomach. I didn't really know what would happen, I made it up right there when I saw that I couldn't move him with my attacks." Naruto scratched the back of his head, sheepishly.

"Incredible." Gai said, awed, "Truly you are someone who the fires of youth shine upon. "Lee-kun, come, help me show Naruto-kun the ways of a taijutsu master!"

"Yosh! Gai-sensei!"

One month later…

Gai-sensei, Lee-kun, thank you."

"Naruto-kun, you are a ninja overflowing with the power of youth." Gai smiled.

"Yes Naruto, youthful fires burn bright in you!" Lee shouted, "A flower of youth, the Amber Beast!"

Naruto smiled and laughed, "Alright, good-bye Lee, Gai-sensei!" He turned and ran for Team 7's training area, not wanting to be late.

Back with Team 7…

"Alright you two." Kakashi said, looking down at Sasuke and Sakura, "You've learned both tree-climbing and water-walking, Sasuke, I taught you how to use thenumbing technique to incapacitate people, and Sakura you can finally use an offensive attack." Kakashi's visible eye was somehow pleased looking and Sakura preened. "Seeing your progress, I have decided-"

"Yo, Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto yelled, running into the clearing, "How much did I miss?"

"Naruto! You're acting just like Sensei, always late nowadays!" Sakura yelled.

Kakashi and Naruto turned toward each other, and shrugged in eerily tune.

'Creepy!' Inner-Sakura yelled. Sasuke merely arched an eyebrow. Naruto smirked, his foxy grin curling.

"Any way, Kakashi-sensei, what were you saying?" Naruto said turning to him.

"Yes, as I was saying," Kakashi schooled his face, seemingly bored again, "I have decided to nominate you for the Chunin Exams. They are in two weeks." He looked at each of them separately, "The choice to enter is entirely personal, as you will be selected for promotion separately, so don't go merely because you don't want to hold others back."

"Yosh! I'm ready! You'll be shocked at how awesome I am in the exams sensei!" Naruto shouted, clearly excited.

"Another way to measure myself." Sasuke whispered. He then turned and walked away without another word.

'Am I ready? I don't know.' Sakura was worried, but Inner-Sakura showed her the way, 'Of course you're ready, you don't want to be left behind, do you?' Her personalities raged, 'Definitely! Whoever gets in our way will be roasted!' She then thrust her fist into the air, "Hell Yeah!"

She then looked around, noticing everyone else had already left.

To be Continued…


Yes! Naruto the Amber Beast! I may or may not keep it, it was really something I imagined Lee doing. Woot! New technique! Tell me what you think!

Also, I've been busy, both my AP English Test, and My AP Studio Art Portfolio deadlines are coming up. So I won't update again until, like the 15th of May.

Pairings Votes

Temari – 5 votes, 3 on reviews, 2 from friends

Tenten – 3 votes

Hinata – 1 vote

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Naruto's Techniques

Haku – Exhale - Using what he and Haku talked about, Naruto forces chakra into his lungs, diaphragm, bronchi, and trachea. He then exhales, hence the name, and breathes out a "super breath" that has incredible concussive force. This requires no chakra control, just enormous amounts of chakra, all Naruto does is cram chakra into all those places, a lot of chakra. The air that he releases is also not laden with chakra, so it can go through chakra barriers, as it's just air.

Shikiken – Directing Fist – While fighting Lee, he realized that some of his attacks won't always work, so using his knowledge of his other technique, Haku, he applies that principle to his foot or fist, that is when he comes into contact with his opponent, he releases all his stored chakra into their body. This results in something similar to a gunshot, projecting his opponents body far, and causing damage to their body where they were hit.

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