I'm back with a fabulous new update for Red Fox.

I want to apologies for making you wait so long. I was taking a break from writing this story since people seem to like Naruto's Perfect Life more.

Anyway, I kept you waiting long enough so here's chapter 4

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A year of 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 all the elements in the way that you had hoped, but you have done so to an extent in the given time fat better than I had thought you would. And you're a natural at sealing and could go on to be a master in due time. 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 the best 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 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.

"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? When the Third Kazekage died I took his body and turned it into a puppet. He 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 the Sand Village." 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 the Sannin of the Leaf that went rogue?" asked Sasori, after throwing the confused Naruto the two scrolls.

"Hai, Orochimaru, the serpent sannin" answered Naruto immediately "S class nuke-nin from the Leaf Village, 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 First and Second 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 Wood techniques or masterful control over the Water 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. I stole these when I went to hunt Orochimaru on a mission to collect his bounties. Though I failed to kill him I did manage to take the bodies to the two Hokages. We will make one with the Nidaime's body first, then you will do the first hokage'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 Ninjutsu and sealing techniques, stamina, speed and chakra control while he also drew the blueprints for and created his three original battle puppets Rex, Ryu and Angel. Rex was an intimidating puppet with a wooden body covered by samurai armor, had six arms and two legs. Each arm wielded a large sword that was coated in highly toxic poison. 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. The most deadly weapon was beneath its torso armor. It was a metal whip with poisoned thorn like tips all around it.

The second puppet he created, Ryu 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. With 4 strong legs and a scorpion tail similar to Sasori's puppet, but longer. It had a long neck with and on its head wore a crimson dragon mask. Its back resided a large crimson shell which was designed to act as a shield, though it was quite scary looking which worked to put fear in his enemies. Its main attacks revolved around getting an enemy within the almost impenetrable compartment in its chest and use the drill to bury underground where it would be highly unlikely for an opponent to escape. It also had a Senbon launcher on its leg protectors, loaded with Senbon laced with paralysing poison, to aid in slowing the foe for easier capture. Also it has a blazing flamethrower in its mark to roast the enemies alive.

His favourite and most genius puppet however was Angel. The puppet had two 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 harm's 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, Angel 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 shell shield 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 red fox with nine swaying tails.

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 Second Hokage's corpse into a human puppet and almost immediately after that, he did the same with the First 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 First dressed in black shinobi pants and short sleeved top with maroon battle armor covering his upper body and thighs while the Second wore the exact same instead he had blue armor 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, all types of ninjutsu and created one of his own, mastering sealing techniques to the point where he could almost do them perfectly in battle, 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.

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