Kakashi was enough into his book that he might have not noticed that awfully suspicious creak his door makes when it open, and perhaps that looming shadow that seemed to stem from somewhere behind him. He looked up at the fireplace, trying to think, and then looked back down at his empty hands. Why am I looking at my hands? Kakashi asked himself. He just put his hands down and looked back at the fireplace and continued to think of what he was thinking of before...wait..what was that..?

Kakashi hopped up into action.

"SON OF A BITCH!" Kakashi roared, and took off out of his now open door.

-Meanwhile-

Kiba and Akamaru sneezed at the same time. Ino took this moment to capitalize, and punched him in the face.

"Take that Kiba-baka!"

Kiba moaned from his position on the ground.

-Namikaze Compound-

Naruto sprung back through the doors, and skidded to a halt in front of two very suprised ninjas. On one hand, they wanted to congratulate Naruto for his achievement, and on the other, they wanted to laugh at Kakashi's enraged frown that could be seen from under his mask.

"Hey, I'm back!" Naruto shouted, and tossed the book to Minato. Minato took one glance, and then gave a questioning eyebrow. Advanced Battle Tactics for ANBU Captains? Congrats on the promotion! Minato signed. Kakashi held out a hand to have is book returned, only for it to come slamming into his face and dropping him to the floor. "I can't believe you could even read this. In public no less!" Minato scolded. "But at least you can come out unscathed, unlike the other pervert in this room."

"Hey, I take offense to that!" Jiraiya half-yelled. "I call a vote. Who thinks I'm able to come out of a fight unscathed?"

Not a single hand rose. "Damn!"

-The Next Morning - 5:30 AM-

"Rise and shine, sleeping beauty!" A voice chirped. followed by a blast of ice-cold water. "Alright, now that you're up, we're going to warm up by doing five laps around the village!"

-15 minutes later-

"Come on, we're only doing five laps. Get your ass moving!" Minato shouts, tossing a kunai (read: blunt. But Naruto doesn't know that ;D) at Naruto's rear end, earning a 'Yip!' and a burst of speed. After a few more laps, Naruto and Minato ran back to the Namikaze training grounds. Minato handed the Sairentosutairu scroll to Naruto, and explained how to copy the katas. He then had Naruto make 5* Kage Bunshin and then had them read through the scrolls and practice the katas. Next was a crash course in fuuinjutsu, which Naruto took to like a fish to water; so Minato gave him a few books on Fuuinjutsu 1**, so Naruto could do some independent study during his free time, along with some scrolls and ink for practice. The next thing he had Naruto do was hold up his shirt and Minato got out some ink, and began the process of drawing a seal on Naruto's torso. The seal increased the density of the air around his body, so even the slight task of walking back to the training posts was a challenge, like wading through fast-moving water. He had Naruto then dispel his Kage Bunshin, and took a moment to comprehend the load of information that hit him. After that, he had Naruto practice both the katas and the basic strikes, kicks, and holds on the training dummy; 1000 each. By the time Naruto was done, it was 5:30 in the afternoon: 12 hours after they had started.

Naruto fell to the couch in the living room with a groan. He hurt everywhere. He was sore everywhere. His head hurt, and he was ready for a nap. But he was happy. Happy that he had the opportunity to train with his dad, and discovered something that he both was interesting in and had an uncanny knack for; Fuuinjutsu. He took out the first book, entitled Fuuinjutsu: The Sealing Arts - Volume One and began to read with a sigh of both relaxation and interest. Walking into the living room, Minato noticed Naruto and looked up at the ceiling, as if he were looking up into the sky. 'Kushina, if you can hear me, listen. Naruto is going to be the strongest shinobi I could make him, and he will make you proud. I promise.'

A/N:

*- Here, Naruto doesn't have the ability to recharge his chakra levels due to the lack of the Kyuubi, but still has a rather high chakra capacity. He is the son of an Uzumaki and Namikaze, after all.

**-There are a total of fifteen levels of fuuinjutsu.

MyPastLife out.