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Were the third Hokage gives Naruto a bit more of a helping hand and imparts a little bit more wisdom than in cannon

Chapter 2: getting to work

The true measure of a shinobi is not how he lives but how he dies. It's not what they do in life, but what they did before dying that proves their worth- Jiraiya

" Kosuke is going to be your new teacher you will meet him here after class every day till you take the graduation exam again which gives you four months to improve, " Hiruzen said looking down at Naruto who didn't look all that impresses with his new teacher " don't worry your in good hands Naruto"

Naruto didn't answer him right away he kept looking and Kosuke sizing him up " ok Jiji if you say I'm in good hands then I'll believe you! So when do we get started Kosuke- sensei!" Naruto said eagerly putting his hands down from Were they were resting on the back of his head

Kosuke smiled at naruto's eagerness " well if your so eager we can get started right away Hiruzen tells me you need help with a bunshin so that's what will start with but I plan on teaching you much more than just a bunshin jutsu" Kosuke said walking up to Naruto looking him up down

" well seeing as you two are going to get started I must be getting back to my office paperwork waits for no one" Hiruzen said to the two in front of him before he disappeared in a puff of smoke only leaving leaves behind were he was once before

" First thing naruto I want is to see you go through all the hand signs before I teach you anything else and once I think your hand signs are good enough well get on to the bunshin"

" sensei why do you have to see me do the hand signs I know how to do them"

" because Naruto knowing how to do them is important but the speed you do them with is even more important. knowing lots of jutsu does not help if you can't do any because your hands are to slow" Kosuke said before running through hands so fast Naruto couldn't see what they were before releasing a jet of water from his mouth in the direction of the tree line behind him Suiton: Mizurappa " do you see what I mean now Naruto"

" ya, I get what you mean sensei. That jutsu was so cool though will I learn how to do that dattebayo!"

" maybe Naruto but if you don't get started on those hand signs you won't be learning any jutsus from me"

That got him to stop talking and get to doing the hand signs. Kosuke noticed was he starting off well and quick but he started fumbling through some of the signs a couple of minutes into doing them trying to keep the speed he started off with " slow done your hands and go through the signs right speed is no good if you do them wrong. It doesn't matter how long it takes we'll get your hand signs up to what I think is acceptable "

1 week later

Naruto and Kosuke where once again in the same training ground they had found themselves in all week. Naruto was running through hand signs at an impressive speed for an academy student Kosuke was directly in front of him his focus solely on Naruto's hands " ok Naruto you can stop now. I can now say your hand signs are acceptable. They may not be at jonin level but that's ok mid-chunin level will work. You should still work on them though in your own free time though"

" really sensei does that mean I get to learn cool new jutsus"

" it means I can get to teaching you that different bunshin and once you've learned that we'll see if I teach you another jutsu or not " Kosuke stated before going through a short sequence of hand signs before a clone of him appeared before them out of thin air Mizu bunshin no jutsu " this is a water clone Naruto the jutsu is calledMizu bunshin no jutsu as you can tell it's made of water and since its solid it can fight but it only posses ten percent of my strength but it can't get all that far from me. It's only a rank jutsu so there aren't too many hand signs but when you master it you can get it down to just one I can make it with one but I wanted you to see the hands signs you did see them right"

" of course I saw them Kosuke-sensei," Naruto said before running through the same hand signs and saying Mizu no bunshin a clone of Naruto slowly started to come together in front of them only for it to disperse before it even fully formed resulting in a puddle forming in front of them.

" that was good first Naruto considering that suiton may not be your main affinity"

" affinity?"

"Your elemental affinity Naruto. Your chakra has an affinity towards a certain element " stated Kosuke walking away from Naruto towards the treeline " you keep practicing the jutsu I'm going to get us something to eat I'll be back within an hour Naruto"

" of course sensei I'll have the jutsu down by the time you get back dattebayo" Naruto yelled before running through the hand signs for the jutsu again only for it to have the same result as the last time 'maybe i should use more chakra' Naruto thought as he scratching his chin

' I hope naruto likes fish' thought Kosuke as he was walking out of the same tree line he had left through when he saw Naruto do it. A whole clone had come together it may have been painful slow coming together but it came together nonetheless." Naruto that's amazing your made a Mizu no bunshin in your first day of practising the jutsu" yelled Kosuke as he ran over to Naruto

" I made the clone but it was still really slow to come together" Naruto mumbled with a frown on his face kicking at the ground

" don't worry about how fast it comes together right now we can work on that later it's amazing that you made a whole clone so fast I thought it was going to take you the rest of the week"

" really. I can't wait to show Jiji dattebayo! "