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Chapter 6 Planing

"Naruto though you are a bit young, I think we can get you enrolled in the current academy year," the Hokage started.

"Really?" asked Naruto a gleam of excitement in his eyes.

"Yes really," the old man answered. "As I said you are a bit young but we have had younger graduates during war time so age shouldn't be a problem."

"Wow this is going to be so cool!" cheered Naruto.

"Now the current year's classes started a couple months ago so we will need to get you a tutor to get you caught up," the Hokage stated. "Normally I couldn't assign a ninja to such a task as there wouldn't be anyone willing to take on a pre-genin student. Furthermore such a task would certainly still need pay."

"What am I going to do then Jiji?" the wary boy asked.

"Well as to the first I have a young chunin by the name of Ebisu who's grasp of the basics and skill at teaching is remarkable," the old man said. "He has no wish to work in the academy but his skills are not yet good enough for him to be promoted to full jonin and take on a genin team. I believe I can convince him to take a half promotion to tokubetsu jonin as a teaching specialist thus getting to take the assignment as your tutor."

"But what about paying him Jiji?" asked the boy.

"Well as to that your mother was a skilled ninja and she saved quite a bit of her mission pay." started the elder. "When the orphanage requested your removal this is what bought your apartment and from it your weekly stipend comes."

"Wow it's like she still gets to take care of me even if she is no longer with me." said the solemn boy.

"Now until you are sixteen or have become a chunin I will take care of your money." said the elder. "I want you to keep a record of your spending for me. Can you do that?"

"Sure Jiji, Believe it." responded Naruto.

"Good then I will increase your stipend enough that you should be able to pay for a tutor as well as purchase necessary training equipment." stated the old man.

"Cool so after I learn the basics and catch up with the class I might be able to hire other ninja as occasional instructors." Naruto contemplated out loud.

"Oh and what would you want these ninja to teach you Naruto?" asked the Hokage.

"Well I want to learn kenjutsu and how to use my Kekkei Genkai like my mother," said the blond. " Also since the Yondamie sacrificed himself to seal the Kyubie in me I would like to learn more about fuinjutsu, especially since you said blood which my bloodline can supply plenty of is a powerful medium for seals."

'Hmm I had hoped to keep him away from seals until he was older but the skill and attraction to it must run in his blood.' With that thought the Hokage said, "Well as Long as you promise to never mess with the Kyubie's seal I will give you some scrolls on the basics like storage seals and exploding tags. Beyond that I would ask that you wait till you are older and get a chance to learn from our villages sealing master Jiraiya."

"Sure I can do that," the boy promised. "What about the kenjutsu and my bloodline."

"Well I think I have a couple ninja who might be hired to teach kenjutsu basics." said the old man. "When they assure me that you are antiquity trained that you will not harm yourself I will give you your mothers Clan style kenjutsu scroll that she brought from her homeland and her swords."

"You mean she had more than one?" Naruto asked.

"Yes she had several," answered the elder. "Though she carried only her katana and tanto most of the time she collected others which she trained with in order to learn the strengths and weaknesses of each. This would allow her to pick up almost any blade from the battlefield should she be disarmed as well as allow her to better fight others who use different blades."

"How about my Kekkei Genkai?" asked the boy.

"Hmm well I'm sure Chief Medical Officer Yakushi the medic nin who helped your mother should be able to help you as well." said the elder contemplatively. "As to the chiton jutsu most academy students aren't allowed to learn jutsu beyond the Henge, Bushin, Kawamiri, and their lowest ranking clan jutsu."

"So I won't be able to learn any," the boy stated with a sigh.

"I think I will get you a simple E-rank water purification jutsu Suiton: Jun mizu that even civilians who had some academy training are allowed to learn," stated the elder. "This was the same jutsu that your mother used in supplying blood to the hospital."

"Well I guess it's better than nothing." the blond stated.

"Hmm well once you can show me that you can convert suiton jutsu to chiton I may just allow you to learn a couple D-rank jutsu as well since we will be able to pass them off as clan jutsu if anyone complains," the Hokage said with a smirk.

With a mischievous grin Naruto nodded to this statement before his stomach growled. With a raised eyebrow the old man said, "Well why don't you run along and get something to eat while I start the preparations and paperwork for your training."

"Right," the boy answered before he dashes out the door. After he was gone the old man placed his hands into a single hand sign and suddenly there were three copies of him. He set his shadow clones to work then pulled a small orange book from his desk to relax.

AN: Well I finally have an update finished. Sorry I took so long but I just didn't like how the original version of this chapter came out. Fortunately I am already finished with several other chapters after this one so I should be able to update fairly quickly. Thanks for reading and as always please review.

Suiton: Jun mizu - a simple E-rank water jutsu used to purify water usually used with some type of container such as a water bottle or bucket.