Chapter 3: Training

The Sandaime Hokage of Konoha, known by most as 'Sarutobi-sama' or 'old man' by his son and grandson sighed as he looked over his paperwork. Being Hokage may seem like a glorious and illustrious thing to be - why wouldn't it? To be revered across the shinobi nations as the strongest Kage of them all and have the love and respect of your village, what's wrong with that?

It was days like today that made him question himself as he wondered if everything he did was worth it. His job was to be the shield of Konoha, protecting its inhabitants so they could live happily and peacefully and he failed miserably, no, 'miserable' didn't even come close to how bad he screwed up in regards to a certain blonde haired blue eyes Jinchuuriki.

When he heard the reports that Hyuuga Hinata had been kidnapped by the delegate of cloud during the Kyuubi festival, he had dedicated the entirety of the ANBU force, the special group of shinobi that answer only to the Hokage and do the most important jobs, to search and retrieve. It seemed that such an action was completely unnecessary as the Hyuuga head, Hyuuga Hiashi intercepted the kidnapper before he could leave the village and dealt with him swiftly - which would have its own repercussions in its own, but it was his naivety and close mindedness that led to the death of Uzumaki Naruto.

When he was discovered missing by complete accident when Teuchi Ichiraku had informed him that Naruto had not come to his store in three whole days, which was a matter of concern since it was the only place in the village he could get food without being poisoned, he had organized a full scale search only to find a puddle of his dried up blood on the outskirts of the village with a cut rope. The sight had immediately made him sick to his stomach...there was so much blood and a trail of said blood leading into the forest. Animals must have taken him away after he was beaten...by the villagers no doubt and finished the job.

There was, of course, a full scale investigation as to who was responsible for such a dreadful act, but when the reports came back, it was so many people that he couldn't possibly punish them all without having a civil war on his hands by doing so, so the murderers of said child were set free, with absolutely no punishment - not that majority of the council cared. Ignorant fools.

The reports officially said that he is dead, body most likely devoured by animals, but Sarutobi knew better. He wasn't Hokage for nothing after all. He had seen the Kyuubi's effect on Naruto in terms of its healing powers on its container, he knew that next to decapitation or the destroying of a vital organ, there wasn't many injuries that would kill the boy, blood loss being one of them.

He knew for a fact that Uzumaki Naruto was still out there somewhere, perhaps it was for the best. All he could hope for is that he not return stronger seeking vengeance, because with the power he could wield at his disposal, he could very easily do that, and he was very tempted to let him do so.

Naruto's first week of training had been difficult to say the least, but he never complained once - Sasori-sensei wouldn't appreciate that. He had told Naruto from the beginning that it would be difficult and he would want to hear no complains, and Naruto had been the one who requested it in the first place, who was he to complain?

Sasori had told him from the beginning that he was training Naruto to be stronger then him, for his organization would eventually come after him and to be able to defend himself, he would need to be stronger than Sasori, for he himself was not the strongest member of the organization.

Sasori had disappeared on the first night before Naruto went to bed only to be back by morning with the supplies he would need to begin his training. He was to at first increase his speed, stamina, chakra reserves and most importantly chakra control.

The control aspect was most important because Sasori-sensei told him that due to the seal placed on Naruto's stomach, it is constantly converting Kyuubi's chakra into his own, giving him 

abnormally large reserves for someone his age, and if large reserves weren't hard enough to control, the type of chakra that is being flooded into his system is causing an imbalance.

Chakra was split up into two components, physical and spiritual. Seeing as the Kyuubi was a massive spirit sealed within his body, its power is also spiritual and though adding to his reserves, it only adds to his spiritual chakra reserves, leaving less of the physical component, thus causing an imbalance and thus making his control horrible when he tried to exercise his control by focusing it to his feet and trying to stick to a tree.

To remedy this, Sasori had told him that he would have to fix the balance, but it would take hard work, when he completed the incredibly hard task of fixing the balance though he would be all the stronger for it. Apparently, there were only two ways to do this in Sasori's opinion, one was to seal off Kyuubi's chakra for good, so that the physical component of his chakra could catch up, or the more viable option, to train hard physically by doing physical exercises not involving chakra to increase their supplies quicker then the spiritual component of his chakra was increasing. This would require him to do intensive physical workouts until the balance was there, which he could then combine the two components in his training and increase them evenly. The end result would be Naruto having massive reserves and perfect control of them, a deadly combination of any powerful shinobi and something Sasori told Naruto he would need if he wanted to learn what he had to teach him.

To begin his training, Sasori had given him a workout regimen that was designed to increase his physical stamina which involved lots of running, minor physical exercises and swimming for several hours each day.

Being that he needed speed too, Sasori-sensei told him that he could not pack on too much muscle else he becomes bulky and slow instead of strong, fast and agile. To remedy this, Sasori-sensei had him only do exercises that increased his stamina as once he attained good enough control, he could use his chakra to augment his speed and strength.

It had taken him a full week to get used to the harsh training exercises which usually consisted of laps around a specific circuit near the cave, sit ups, push ups, crunches, squats and all other forms of physical exercise before he went on to shuriken and kunai throwing followed by learning things that Sasori-sensei deemed beneficial to all shinobi like mathematics, strategy, history, economics and meditation. The latter more so he could focus and relax more often to keep his emotions bottled up when around his enemy, 'show your enemy the slightest weakness and they will exploit if they are good shinobi' he had told Naruto on many occasions, to drill it into his head.

Over the next two years, Sasori continued to train Naruto in his chakra control and building his stamina to the point where his control was at a level high enough to begin the next phase of his training. As his reserved naturally grew, he had also began to teach him some Ninjutsu that he had pilfered from various villages that would compliment his abilities, such as the 'Shunshin' technique, various clone techniques, and the basic academy level techniques like the Henge and Kawarimi, which he mastered quickly and efficiently.

Sasori had also begun to teach him about poisons and the human anatomy, so he could utilize his knowledge about poisons, and where to strike his opponents to cause the most damage.

The blonde was so naturally talented in the field; he created his own technique, to Sasori's shock, that was incredibly ingenious. The technique was called 'Doku Bunshin', which, like the Kage Bunshin that creates a solid clone of the user with the use of the user's chakra, creates a clone of the creator, but unlike others, upon destruction, it lets loose a cloud of poison that will likely be ingested by the attacker. To create it, he had combined the principals of the Kage Bunshin and Bunshin Daibakuha techniques only instead of an explosion when the clone was destroyed; he used chakra to create poison.

"Naruto, stop training and come here, we have much to discuss" spoke Sasori to Naruto, who was currently doing his daily exercises. He may have grown fond of the boy, who was a pleasure to teach, but he would not baby the boy or grow soft, it would not help either of them.



"Yes Sasori-sensei?" asked Naruto with a calm if not curious look on his face. He had been a bit excitable at the beginning of their training but Sasori immediately beat that out of him, it was unbecoming of a shinobi to act like a child of all things.

"You have progressed a lot quicker in your training then I had expected, thus, we will move on to the next phase that I believe you will enjoy as a result" he began, cold and emotionless as always. Seeing Naruto nod, he continued.

"What can you tell me of shinobi techniques?" inquired Sasori, allowing Naruto to figure out what they would be training in next by leading the answer to him with a line of questions.

"Well, there are many types of Shinobi techniques which can either use one's physical stamina or chakra to perform, such examples are Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu, Kenjutsu, Fuuinjutsu and so on. One either learns stances and trains to master Taijutsu and Kenjutsu, but normally, in regards to techniques, one would mold chakra in the way they desire to have the desired effect of the technique they try to use" Naruto answered, as best as he could remember earning a nod from Sasori.

"Basing your next answer on your training so far, what do you think I would like you to train in next?" asked Sasori, goading him for an answer.

"You have tried hard to make sure that my control is as perfect as possible first and foremost" Naruto answered before pausing "You have also tried to sharpen my mind and increase my intellectual power, so I would guess that you want me to learn Genjutsu?"

With a nod, Sasori decided to explain his decision "Genjutsus are extremely complicated ninjutsu that use that focus on using the chakra in your opponent's nervous system to manipulate their senses to your liking; allowing you to create phantasms that can cause your opponent to hear, see, taste, smell and/or feel whatever you like. It is extremely difficult and deadly, but once mastered, you can defeat your opponents without using as much chakra as a regular ninjutsu technique would" he explained to the amazed Naruto.

Naruto then had a frown on his face before answering "Couldn't someone who is extremely skilled just disable the Genjutsu and make it useless?" asked Naruto and Sasori nodded, conceding the point.

"Indeed, but the main factor there is that will only happen if your opponent is more skilled than you, which we are trying to make sure will not happen; Genjutsu is about subtlety more then power" he began "you can also layer your Genjutsu so that you can make it more difficult for them to break, or detect at all. Even though one can disrupt a Genjutsu by using the release technique or flaring their chakra, they must know they're in a Genjutsu first, or have the sufficient skill to break out of it - do you understand its uses?"

With a grin, Naruto nodded "How will I learn this sensei?" asked Naruto, showing an excitement that Sasori only saw on the boy whenever he would teach him something new. That was why it was so easy to teach the boy, he would soak up everything he would teach him like a sponge, but, he would also enjoy it.

"Teaching Genjutsu isn't like teaching Ninjutsu, I do not show you a technique and you use it, what the Genjutsu masters do is create their own techniques and manipulate the chakra in their opponents so flawlessly, they can literally manipulate their opponents at will. I will allow you to practice this on me for a few hours every day I am here, the other times I am not, you will train mentally so you can have the focus to perform the techniques" he answered, smirking at Naruto's giddy expression. Most kids his age would usually act like this when they got a toy they wanted, or were taken to buy some ice-cream, but Naruto would only act like this when he got to learn something new.

"I should tell you" he began "that there is a certain individual in the organization I work for who is a master at using Genjutsu, mostly because of his bloodline limit" began Sasori, immediately getting Naruto's attention.



"His name is Uchiha Itachi and his Sharingan allows him to have such a masterful control over Genjutsu that he can sometimes perform them without the use of hand seals to mold chakra, it is one of the reasons why I am teaching you this, you will need this knowledge if you are to survive against him" explained Sasori.

"Why are you so certain that I will be fighting him in the future sensei?" asked a confused Naruto which was only answered by a pregnant pause by Sasori.

"Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigake Kisame have been assigned to gather intelligence on, locate and capture you or rather the Kyuubi no Kitsune inside of you" answered Sasori truthfully. To his surprise though, Naruto just got an extremely determined look in his eyes.

"I may not have the Sharingan, but I will find a way to be better then the Uchiha, you said so yourself that as long as I'm better, my Genjutsu will work right? Sharingan or not, if I am better, he will have a hard time dealing with them and I should be able to disable his, I will find a way to do so sensei" he spoke, with fierce determination, making Sasori smirk.

'Oh Itachi-san, Kisame-san, you will hate me for all of eternity for this, but I can't bring myself to care' mused Sasori as he nodded and began to train Naruto in earnest now, for the first time going one on one as his previous training didn't require much contact between the two, only books and instructions.

To begin with, Sasori showed Naruto one of the low level Genjutsu techniques he knew and used it on him to aid. This would help him in a number of ways because firstly, he could feel how the chakra is being manipulated within himself, he can see it in effect and he can practice to break it. As Sasori guessed, Naruto was able to piece together the steps involved in casting a Genjutsu by himself after a week of this and successfully replicated the effect that was cast on himself, which was creating a phantasm for Sasori to see. Once Naruto got the feeling of how to manipulate the chakra to replicate those effects, he had to find a way to practice on someone to further his training. He couldn't use it on Sasori because the only sense Naruto could possibly use against Sasori was his sight and hearing, the rest was rendered useless due to his puppet body, so, to compensate, Sasori allowed Naruto to go into nearby villages under a henge and practice his Genjutsu skills on unsuspecting citizens and bandits.

Using this method of practice, Naruto was able to get the hang of using Genjutsu and their usefulness, however, try as he might, he could not do them without the use of hand seals. In an attempt to discover how chakra is molded easier, Sasori told him to first attempt the feat with ninjutsu by mere repetition, so, taking his advice, Naruto went back to training his ninjutsu again but would not move on to the next technique until he mastered his current one without the use of hand seals.

A year had passed like this and by his ninth birthday, Naruto was able to perform Henge, Kage Bunshin, Bunshin Daibakuha, Kawarimi, Shunshin and Doku Bunshin without the use of hand seals and Mizu Bunshin, Tsuchi Bunshin and a few lower level Genjutsus with just single handed hand seals. No matter how hard he tried though, he could not do any higher level Genjutsu without the use of hand seals, even when using the training method he discovered with Kage Bunshin that allowed him to gain experience much faster by letting his clones participate with training and then assimilating their knowledge when they were finished. Sasori had told him that it would take years of experience until he was at that level, but he never was one to like being told he could not do something.

A year of self study with scrolls and practice on non shinobi was all Naruto got when Sasori happened upon him training and interrupted him.

"You may not have mastered Genjutsu in the way that you had hoped, but you have done so to an extent in the given time fat better then I had thought you would. I set you an unrealistic goal that would give you a determination to better yourself" began Sasori, while looking at Naruto's pleased expression.

"I am by no means telling you to stop this, but, we will begin with the next thing I am willing to teach you" said the Puppeteer, getting Naruto excited at the prospect of getting stronger.



"What I will personally be teaching you now is how to use chakra strings as best as possible, and thus, by extent, how to be an effective puppeteer in combat" he explained with a smirk as Naruto let out a whoop of joy - the boy had expressed an interest in learning the art ever since he had shown him his own designs.

"One must begin small though, so you will first be learning how to create and control chakra strings on each finger and only then will we move to actual puppets" he explained as Naruto got into a seated position before Sasori, ready for teaching.

With Naruto's excellent chakra control, it didn't take long for him to be able to learn to use chakra strings. Sasori began by telling him how to create them, by expelling chakra from his finger tips and controlling them with his mind. He practiced this control by using chakra strings to levitate Kunai around his body, one at first but it then proceeded to ten at a time. Sasori had told Naruto that though he was getting better at it, he would need to be able to control his puppets and by extension chakra strings subconsciously so that if he were to get distracted during a fight, the strings will not disengage, leaving his puppets useless.

To do this, Sasori had Naruto dodging projectiles in all direction while using his chakra to both stand on a lake and control ten kunai with chakra strings. The kunai were also not to be hit by the projectiles, so he was forced to dodge with both his body and chakra strings, essentially, the exercise was designed to get Naruto to act as if the strings and whatever they are attached to are an extension of his own body.

The next part of the training involved Sasori bringing out four of his old created puppets for him and Naruto to spar with which Sasori always won. The point of that exercise was not winning though but rather learning strategy with puppets as well as combining them with Ninjutsu and stealth techniques.

After Sasori was satisfied that after a good year of training with them Naruto had a good enough understanding and skill with using puppets in combat, he went more into theory, or more specifically, more advanced puppets.

"Naruto, it is time I told you where the true power of puppetry lies, this also will reveal to you why I am an exile of my village" began Sasori after a grueling puppet spar which Naruto was able to last for two hours in.

"The famous technique that I use in puppetry is the Hitokugutsu, or Human Puppet. The technique is exactly as it sounds too, it is the art of using the corpse of a deceased Shinobi and turning them into a puppet that puppeteers like you can use. The process may seem, grotesque, at best, but as long as it is not misused, there is no problem" explained Sasori, skipping the theory on how to make Human puppets for now.

"I, unlike other missing-nin, did not leave my home village of Sunagakure no Sato because I was forced, or committed a crime; I left because I wanted to. However, before I did leave, I assassinated the tyrant of a Kazekage, the Sandaime, and took his body with me so I could create a human puppet out of him. The man was a menace and a danger to that village, so I doubt they really minded, all except for his more fanatical supporters anyway. He was a barbarian and a sick and twisted individual, allowing the more ruthless shinobi free reign on small villages to rape, pillage and murder innocents, even going so far as to indulge on such activities himself. When I realized this, I killed by slipping him an unrecognizable poisonous substance into his sake and taking him with me" he explained, satisfied to see how disgusted Naruto was by the revelation.

"A human puppet essentially, after it is created, retains the chakra, abilities and any bloodline limit they had in their life while still alive, but instead is controlled by the puppeteer" he said, seeing Naruto's eyes widen in shock.

"Indeed, I gather you see the potential of such a technique? The Sandaime Kazekage was famous for his ability to manipulate magnetic fields, and thus, his ultimate ability to control the iron sand - something that made him the most powerful Kage ever to grace Sunagakure - regardless of how much of a monster he was" he explained emotionlessly, pausing to see if Naruto had any questions.



"How do you make them and are they alive in any way shape or form after the puppet is created? Are they even aware at all?" he asked, slightly nervous.

"To answer your second question first" began Sasori "no, absolutely not, the moment the person is dead, they are that, simply dead. The puppet works though by implementing devices within the body that preserves and maintains the chakra circulatory system. So, once all the entrails are removed, and the puppet completed, they are simply that, a puppet that can use chakra at your bidding"

Seeing that Naruto still found it hard to understand, Sasori took out a scroll and summoned the puppet of the Sandaime Kazekage. Naruto looked on in awe at the floating human look alike and was even more awed when Sasori commanded his puppet to shoot bullets of iron sand into the wall, just like the original could have.

Naruto was grinning like mad before it turned into a frown as he thought of something "Sasori-sensei, what's the point of me learning the human puppet technique and how to create them when I don't have the corpse of a powerful shinobi to use?" asked a confused Naruto.

Sasori in response actually chuckled darkly before pulling out two scrolls and throwing them at Naruto "You know who my partner is in Akatsuki, correct?" asked Sasori, after throwing the confused Naruto the two scrolls.

"Hai, Orochimaru, the serpent sannin" answered Naruto immediately "S class nuke-nin from Konohagakure no Sato, banished for his experimentation on fellow Konoha citizens..." answered Naruto, not seeing where this was going.

"Indeed, well, it seemed our serpentine friend stole and used the corpses of two very powerful shinobi" he began, making sure he had Naruto's attention.

"The Shodaime and Nidaime Hokages were buried in Konoha with a preservation jutsu placed on their bodies so that while in their tomb, their bodies will never decay. When Orochimaru was banished, he replaced those corpses with fakes that had Henges placed on them and stole the originals. He did this so he could hopefully find a way to replicate their bloodline abilities, control over Mokuton techniques or masterful control over the Suiton techniques respectfully" he explained, as Naruto's eyes opened wide with shock when he realized where this was going as he changed the grip he had on the scrolls to something bordering reverence.

"He obviously failed, but he never returned the corpses - a spy of mine told me of this and I made him retrieve the corpses for me, I will teach you how to make a human puppet after we go through the adequate theory and we will make one with the Nidaime's body first, then you will do the Shodaime's on your own. Better that way as the Shodaime's bloodline ability would be more valuable in all honestly" explained the puppeteer, Naruto didn't even think twice.

Before Sasori even allowed Naruto to try the human puppets, he took the bodies back and informed Naruto that should he want to try his hand at making a human puppet, he had to create three of his own regular battle puppets before he would allow it and he only had a year and a half to do so. It may have sounded like a lot of time, but to Naruto, who was ordered to create three original puppets after seeing his sensei's humongous collection, this was a daunting task.

Over the next year and a half, Naruto continued his training in Genjutsu technique, stamina, speed and chakra control while he also drew the blueprints for and created his three original battle puppets Dokueki, Doriru and Tenshi. Dokueki was a nimble puppet with a thin wooden body covered by a tattered grey cloak, six arms and two legs. Like its name suggests, its main weapons revolve around poisoning the enemy. Each of its arms has a specially made kunai launcher that held a contraption that could shoot poison tipped kunai faster then most ninja could throw it. From the puppet's mouth, there was also a hidden contraption that could, on Naruto's command, release a highly dangerous poison that corrodes the insides of anyone who inhales it. Its most deadly weapon though was beneath the tattered cloak in its torso which was several dozen poisoned blades that upon command, launch out from within the torso through the provided holes and into an opponent; the idea was that Dokueki would latch onto an enemy and then Naruto would release 

the blades which shoot out from within quickly and withdraw, quicker then the eye could see but enough so that it could kill quite effectively.

The second puppet he created, Doriru was more of a support and defensive puppet with limited offensive capabilities, yet quite useful all the same. The puppet was much larger then Dokueki, with its limbs being thicker and stronger, while it had long arms, strong legs and a huge drill for a head. Also, on its back resided a large crimson kabuki mask which was designed to act as a shield, though it was quite scary looking which worked to put fear in his enemies. Its main attack revolved around getting an enemy within the almost impenetrable compartment in its chest and uses the drill to bury underground where it would be highly unlikely for an opponent to escape. It also had a Senbon launcher on its forearms, loaded with Senbon laced with paralysing poison, to aid in slowing the foe for easier capture. Unlike his other puppets, the torso of Doriru was made of a lightweight yet durable metal, as to easily conduct electricity, electricity that could be created from the contraption on the palms of Doriru's hands. Doriru could either punch its foes, sending electrical shockwaves into the enemy's body, or, it could pass electricity through its highly conductible body and roast the enemy within.

His favourite and most genius puppet however was Tenshi. The puppet had six angel like wings on the back that were designed to shoot poisoned Senbon from each 'feather', a high powered flamethrower on each arm, a grenade launcher in its torso and instead of legs, a large metallic and flexible tail that was also tipped with poison and quite strong so it could strike quickly at foes with it, defend, or bind. This puppet showed the most potential from attacking from the sky, letting loose grenades while remaining out of harms way, or, sending flames of death with its flamethrowers for arms. The Senbon launchers on each of the six wings can be controlled to shoot Senbon in six different directions, essentially, Tenshi was wonderful against multiple foes with an excellent array of attacks.

The materials to create the puppets were taken from Sasori's tool stash and anything he wanted yet didn't have was purchased by Sasori, he had no idea where he would get such obscure items as a large drill or kabuki mask though.

The end result had Sasori thrilled and the field test was even better where Naruto made his first kill by raiding a bandit camp while controlling all three puppets simultaneously. He was a little sloppy and weak with controlling all three at once, but Sasori said that would get better with experience.

Sasori had also made him mark his puppets like how he marked his own creations with his own mark, a red scorpion. Taking his sensei's advice to heart, he then marked all of his own puppets with his own sign, a crimson spiral, synonymous with his name.

Getting the approval of his sensei in regards to being a proper puppeteer, they began their work on the theory behind creating human puppets and it was quite grotesque yet fascinating at the same time. What it required was for Naruto to remove the entrails from the body and drain it of all its blood. Then, after peeling off the skin, numerous gadgets would be installed in the body to keep the chakra circulatory system running and retain the ex-shinobi's former powers.

Sasori had to walk him through step by step after he was sure Naruto wouldn't throw up at the sight. When Naruto asked how he could stomach such a task so easily, Sasori just chuckled darkly and told him that he no longer had a stomach or any other human body parts because he too was a human puppet, having converted himself into one.

With the help of Sasori, Naruto was able to successfully convert the Nidaime Hokage's corpse into a human puppet and almost immediately after that, he did the same with the Shodaime Hokage's corpse, though this time it was without the aid of Sasori. Naruto had made sure to dress both Hokage puppets accordingly to give their puppets the dignity they deserved with the Shodaime dressed in black shinobi pants and short sleeved top with maroon battle armour covering his upper body and thighs while Nidaime wore the exact same instead he had blue armour and a white fur neck piece - he had seen pictures of them wearing the exact same thing in battle.

He didn't dislike them, as a matter of fact; he greatly respected the two men however, without the proper preservations their bodies would have wasted away anyway. This way, he could use their 

bodies for good, which is something he was sure they would approve of, and if they didn't, well, he didn't much care; it was the least Konoha owed him after all the shit he'd been through.

Naruto had a great amount of fun learning to utilize the two brother Hokage's in battle and using their own bloodline techniques. It was amazing being able to control Mokuton abilities through a puppet with the Shodaime and use Suiton jutsus with the Nidaime puppet without a water source. Naruto remembered reading though that the Nidaime had a lightning chakra blade made for him to supplement his water jutsus that was stolen some time ago by some nuke-nin. He resolved to find the blade and give it to his puppet to wield in battle.

It was now three years since he began learning to use puppets and it was also Naruto's twelfth birthday. Since he began training, he had successfully gained excellent chakra control, increased his stamina immensely, his speed and evasion skills, learned several useful supplementary ninjutsu and creating one of his own, mastering Genjutsu techniques to the point where he could almost do them without hand seals, learned about different kinds of poisons, strategy, human anatomy, geology, economics, mathematics, literature, strategy and history, creating his own puppets, mastering the use of chakra strings with said puppets and created two human puppets from two of the most powerful shinobi in the history of the shinobi world. Sasori had told him that now was the time to start gaining experience against other shinobi; else he wouldn't be able to grow.

When Naruto asked if Sasori was sure he was ready for combat against other shinobi, the man just smirked telling Naruto that he already had the skills of a jounin and the only thing holding him back would be experience.