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The next day of training found our heroes walking through a vast and lush green forest, where the next crucial step to learning the Shintensin no Jutsu would take place.

Leading Naruto and Ino through the Nara's private forest and training grounds Inoichi stopped in his tracks once he was met with a caged-in training area. Grabbing a ring of keys from the inside of his ninja pouch, he opened the gate and walked into the in-closed area, beckoning for Ino and Naruto to follow suit.

After Ino and Naruto entered, he quickly closed the gate behind them and clapped his hands together. "Today we are going to practice your aim and accuracy with the shintenshin no jutsu, since it's unlikely that you will only face stationary targets." Pausing to create a shadow clone he began to demonstration.

"Now before we get started on moving targets I want to see the complete capabilities of your range first. " Leaping a good distance away he signaled for them to start the jutsu. Inoichi watched on as Ino's body lifelessly crumbled to the floor as her mind escaped searching for his clone. Although as seconds passed there were no signs that his clone had been taken over signifying that he was safely outside of her range. While her range was average for a 7-year-old she went as far as 10 ft. Nodding his head in approval he was confident Inoichi made notes to himself, although her range was weak it would increase as her chakra levels did with age and what she lacked in range she made up for in precision. Now Naruto on the other hand…his range was nearing the range of someone twice his age at 40 ft, but the precision of his technique was dismal. While Naruto could've easily inhabited his clones body he still missed due to his lack of control.

Dispelling his clone, Inoichi let a huge grin fall onto his face. "Now that I have a rough estimate of what your respective ranges are, we can continue with your training. I'm going to be constantly moving at a relatively slow pace in side your range and when you think you have a clear shot I want you to aim and shoot once you master this we will move on towards smaller targets. Let's Begin"

Naruto scoffed and placed his hands behind his head and said "That's it? Sounds like a piece of a cake, I'm going to master this jutsu before you even know it..datteba-!" but was interrupted by slap on the back of his head, courtesy of his sister. "Yeah right, you couldn't even hit dad when he was standing still what makes you think you can hit him when he's moving" Ino said as she crossed her arms and stuck her tongue out at him teasingly, "I'm going to be the first one to hit him and then I'm going to rub it in your face!"

Rubbing the back of his head tenderly, Naruto stuck his own tongue out at her and said "Ow…You're on sis! First one to hit dad wins bragging rights and has to do the dishes for a week." Naruto finished as he put his fingers in a diamond shape and haphazardly fired the jutsu at a moving Inoichi.

Thus, signifying the beginning of the training and Yamanaka generation.


Two hours later Naruto and Ino couldn't take it anymore, this was torture! They thought it would be simple, how hard could it be to hit someone running around in circles!? Surprisingly enough it was incredibly hard. They were stuck in a never ending pattern, aim…miss…fall to the floor…aim…miss.. fall to the floor. All of this occurring while their fathers laughter rang in their ears, taunting them with his mirth.

They both had enough. Springing to their feet in unison, both of the Yamanaka Kids stuck out their pointer finger accusingly and yelled "Dad why are you making us do this…this is torture all we do is miss repeatedly why are you making us do this, what did we ever do to you!?"

Chuckling to himself, Inoichi dispelled his clone. "Well it helps you get better at aiming and if I had to do this tort-errr training exercise as a kid then so will you, besides I rather you guys miss and fail here in training then during a mission when it's a matter of life and death." Fixing his ponytail, he picked up both of his kids in his arms and gave them both a quick kiss on the cheek, "Now I think you've both had enough for the day we can start again tomorrow, but for now let's get home before dinner or mom is going to have a fit." as they disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

The next day produced the same results for the Yamanaka Kids.

Naruto and Ino tried and tried again, but they kept missing and missing. What were they doing wrong? Why couldn't they do it? these questions constantly went through their minds. Was there a trick they were missing? Their aim was perfect, but nothing they seemed to do worked. Inoichi was always just a step ahead.

Grabbing her hair in frustration Ino decided to look at it from a strategic stand point. Putting her hand in O shape she saw Shikamaru do once while playing shogi, if it helped him maybe it could help her too. After a few minutes on standing in silence, a lightbulb went off in her head. "that's it" Ino thought to herself with a big grin. Now all she needed to do was execute her plan, so she grabbed Naruto and began whispering the plan to him.

"Naruto I noticed that ever time we use the jutsu at the last possible minute daddy would move out of the way with a burst of speed to the side. What if we fake performing the jutsu and pretend to fall to the ground and then strike when he least expects it?"

Groaning to himself Naruto was upset he didn't think of this plan. He was going to suggest to distract one of the Inoichi's while the other performed the jutsu, but Ino's plan blew his own out of the water. Nodding his head to show that he was all for the plan. They signaled to Inoichi that they were ready.

Faking the jutsu he narrowed his eyes as he pretended to crumple to the ground as he watch his dad dodge at the last second and move slightly to the side...wait... NOW! Quickly bringing his hands up he casted the jutsu and felt his mind leave his body and enter his dad's. SUCCESS! he tried to take complete control but his dad's will was way too strong he was forcibly thrown back into his own body before he could even blink, Once he re-oriented himself he stood back up with a big shit-eating grin plastered onto his face.

Blinking his eyes to refocus his vision he saw Ino standing in her own circle jumping up and down with glee. It seems their plan had worked!

Slowly bringing her hands up forming the handsign she called out the name of the jutsu and faked the jutsu. She expected him to move at the very last second, and Inoichi wasn't one to disappointed so waiting for the perfect time she executed the jutsu and felt her consciousness go dark as her mind flew into the clones body. Before she could even celebrate she was forcibly removed from the clone as it popped out of existence. She did it! Finally, she could move on to the next training. Turning towards her brother she saw that he wore a similar grin to her own and embraced him in a hug "We did it, I knew my plan would work!"

Smiling at his children Inoichi quickly left and came back with a older girl and three energetic dogs that accompanied her. Hana Inuzuka and the Hamura brothers. "Now this is Hana Inuzuka and her ninja dogs, the Hamura Brothers. Now that you have finished the first training we will move on to the next segment I want you to try to hit one of the three dogs with the Shintenshin no jutsu. You may begin."

Sighing in defeat Naruto and Ino watched as the three dogs disappeared with a burst of speed. Starting to give chase they couldn't help, but think what did they do to deserve this torture? What was next where they going to have to try to hit birds with the Shintenshin no jutsu? Pfft yeah right that would be unreasonable and cruel.


A/N: Hope yall enjoyed this training chapter, the next chapter will conclude the rest of this mini training session and then I'm going to skip ahead a bit to the academy. Luv, Xab