I've gotten great reviews from the last chapter. We'll go over those first, then we'll get to the action of the story okay? In this one, the action starts for real and it begins with Naruto's training.

Hollowichigo12: I liked this chapter quite a lot. I thought it was great idea for Kurame to sacrifice herself for Naruto so that he could live. This chapter was good even though it was short.

Onikai: Thank you. And I'm sorry about how short it is. I'm slowly getting to the point where I can lengthen the chapters with more action and dialogue.

naruhanaI4445: why is your chapters so short you leave me wanting more it made me curse when it ended damn cliff hangers at an appropriate time anyway I really like this story keep up the amazing work

Onikai: Thank you sir. I'm sorry you think they're short, which to that I'll say that the word count of the chapters is at most my minimum. But I'm getting to where they're getting longer. Chapters with battles will be the longest ones that I have.

ElizabethRedlightVirusGreene: Interesting...so..far...

Onikai: I'm glad you like it ma'am.

Guest: good

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Guest: Seriously why the hell did you use that cliche. Besides if you wanted to be a accomplish writer then you would have use a ORIGINAL plot. Instead using a bunch of cliches.

Onikai: For your information bub, I am an accomplished writer. This isn't my first story. And if you'd log in and actually leave your name, maybe we could talk about this and you could tell me what you think are the clichés I used. All authors use some form of cliché in their works so all authors you may or may not read aren't accomplished writers in your eyes. So good day to you sir!

Now after that mess, let's get to the chapter.

Chapter 4

Naruto rolled into the clearing, landing on his back. He stood up quickly, putting his hands in a boxing stance. He tried to punch his adversary, but this didn't work out too well when the man grabbed the arm, lifted the boy up, slamming his knee into the boys abdomen. Naruto screamed as blood flew from his mouth. He landed on his hands and knees, his breathing heavy. He looked up at his assailant, anger burning in his eyes.

The Sandaime strolled forward, his armor covering his body and his headband blowing in the wind. This wasn't the nice grandfatherly Hiruzen that everyone knew. This was a warrior, a shinobi, a man that has killed a thousand before and will kill a thousand more. After the attack on his life and his grandson's protection of him, the Sandaime knew he needed to get back into training, returning his skills to what they were in his prime.

He even decided that he'd use Naruto for such ends, seeing as the boy wanted training to hunt down Danzo. He growled when he saw Naruto still on his hands and knees, clutching the freshly healed wounds from the attack. In a blur of speed that'd make Maito Gai scream about youth – somewhere in Konoha, two green clad shinobi screamed about youth and others in the vicinity shivered – he was upon Naruto, kicking and punching him in rapid succession. Naruto screamed as he blocked the knee to the face by putting his arms in front of it.

That was a mistake on Naruto's part as one of his arms broke and he screamed. The boy landed on his back and the Sandaime landed on top of him, the Old Man's knee slamming into the boy's stomach, knocking the air out of his decades younger opponent. Naruto growled as he hit the Sandaime in the side of his knee repeatedly.

The Sandaime batted the boys hand away and punched him in the chest twice, the face once and broke the boy's nose. Naruto gasped in pain and the Sandaime stood up and walked backwards. He crossed his arms over his chest and looked at the boy, his face showing the seriousness of the title he earned, the title of Hokage.

"Get up Genin Uzumaki," he said, his voice hard and remorseless.

Naruto laid there, his breathing labored and short. Sarutobi stood there, waiting for the boy to obey his order. In the trees, the ANBU looking at the boy some had considered a brother. All knew of the tragedies he had faced. Some hadn't respected him for them before because they had been the cause of his pain. But after hearing of how he had saved the Sandaime, risking his own life for a person and village he had every right to hate, they all gained immense respect for him. They all knew of the vow he had made in regards to killing the man who basically killed the bijū he had thought of as his mother. They didn't know how far he'd be willing to go to succeed in such a task, but they would all help him in doing so.

Naruto finally got his bearings and stood up, looking at the Sandaime. He knew that now wasn't a time to ask the man for any cuts or cheats or special privileges. He had asked the man for someone to train him and he got it. What he didn't expect was that man to be the strongest man in the village. When he asked why, the Sandaime said that they both needed training; the Sandaime needed to regain lost skills, and Naruto need to gain skills.

"Kneel," the Sandaime said.

Naruto nodded, kneeling in the seiza position. He got his breathing under control and slowly, his face went to a neutral position. The Sandaime sat in the lotus position, his hands on his knees as he looked at what could possibly be his next student. The Sandaime had his eyes closed and he was breathing slowly, smoke from the pipe that came out of nowhere. Naruto figured he was thinking and as much as he wanted to say something about the boring silence, he kept his mouth shut, fearing the consequences that could come from it.

The Sandaime opened his eyes and looked at Naruto, his gaze almost boring through the boy.

"Genin Uzumaki," the Sandaime said. "Where do I begin?"

Naruto shrugged.

"Your taijutsu is severely lacking and has many openings that can be exploited at a moments notice. The only jutsu I had seen you attempt to try was the Kawarimi and Henge. I know that your chakra control is abysmal and attempting the weakened Bunshin would be impossible for you, with what chakra you have left, we may have to fix that if your reserves replenish themselves. Your speed is mid-genin to low-chunin. Your strength is low-genin. Your variations of kenjutsu with a katana and a kusarigama is barely high-genin. You believe that you can kill a man like Danzo and protect those of your family who need it and yet you barely have the skill to take on a chunin of Iruka's level. What has the academy been teaching you?"

Naruto looked down, his hair covering his eye and tears welling in shame. He growled as he realized that his goal was so farfetched and out of his reach. His fists clenched his pants, the tears coming from his working eye darkening his pants. The Sandaime watched his surrogate grandson shed his tears and nodded his head.

"Do not fret my boy," he said, his voice softening. "Just because your skills are low, doesn't mean that I won't help you. Most would take me helping you as an offense and me showing favoritism to you, but I won't directly be training you."

The Sandaime stood up and walked off, his hands behind his back as he pulled his robes across his body and his hat atop his head. Naruto began to make protests and the Sandaime looked back, winking at him.

"My dear boy," the Sandaime said. "Don't worry. I said I wouldn't directly be training you, but if I drop this scroll of Monkey style kata here, then I can't be held accountable if anyone finds it. Nor can I be held accountable if I assign ANBU as your teachers. Go to the ANBU headquarters and tell them that the Hokage requests Tora, Neko, and Ibiki to teach you their techniques. Tora will teach you ninjutsu, Neko kenjutsu and Ibiki how to give and resist interrogation. Find the Jounin Maito Gai, Sarutobi Asuma, Hyūga Hiashi and Mitarashi Anko. Jounin Maito will increase your taijutsu capabilities. Sarutobi will advance your hand to hand combat skills, an area Gai is sorely lacking in. Hiashi will teach you tracking with and without your eyes and using your senses. Tokubetsu Jounin Mitarashi will teach you the assassination skills you wish to learn. Have a good day Uzumaki." With that, Hiruzen disappeared and a scroll dropped to the ground where he was.

Naruto dove for it and looked at the note on top. Find the people that I told you to find Naruto. I've left a second jutsu in this scroll called Chi Bunshin no Jutsu. It will create a clone from your clone for every ounce of blood you drop as you make the Kage Bunshin handsign. Make enough clones to give each of your sensei ten clones. Once the clones dispel from a death blow, all the information they learned will be transmitted to you. Now get to work and don't disappoint me Mago."

Naruto nodded as he read it. He calmly took out a kunai and slit his palm, the wound not healing instantly like it always did and made the handsign for Kage Bunshin. Slowly but surely, he had enough clones to send to his sensei.

They went about their tasks, meeting with the Jounin. Naruto was sitting in a seiza position, meditating before he began training with the remaining clones before he heard a kunai coming in his direction. He leaned forward, rolling and came up, body positioned in a taijutsu stance and drew two kunai from his pouch.

There was a laugh amidst the trees. Naruto growled as he turned in slow circles. The two clones that were with him created a triangle formation with the original, their backs touching, mouths set in a snarl. Naruto was annoyed because he couldn't see anything from his right eye. What he wouldn't give to have his kaa-chan there to fix it. But she was gone now, and he'd have to live with those consequences.

He heard something coming to the right and tried to turn in time to block the attack, but his side was met with a fierce kick. He rolled to the left, his body becoming a rag doll as he slammed into the tree. He yelled as a branch pierced his back. He looked at his stomach, not noticing anything protruding through He yelled as he got kicked in the side of the head and his body flew off of the tree. He rolled again, his face becoming bloody and bruised.

He was kicked into the air and tried righting himself in the air to prepare a counterattack, but was punched into the ground. He slammed into the ground with the force and groaned, rolling onto his back. He attempted to get up quickly as he heard a large gust of wind come towards him. But he never expected to get punched in the back.

Looking out of his one good eye as he fell on his knees, he saw something blurring towards him and rolled forward. He knew he made it as he heard the attacker curse in frustration and chase after him. He quickly ran into the trees and growled as he saw his blind spot would be a problem in the forest. He knew he'd have to make adjustments or get his skill level high enough to not have it hinder him anymore. That could take a number of weeks or a number of years. But he knew that he'd have to work through it.

As he ran through the trees, arms trailing behind him, he heard a cry of Konoha Senpuu and was immediately kicked in the chest and flew backwards. His back slammed into a tree and then he was kicked into the air. He opened his eye and saw some kind of Green Beast flying towards him. The man kicked him higher into the air, his chin being destroyed by the hard kicks that connected. The man then wrapped his arms around Naruto and turned them towards the ground, spinning at a high velocity.

Thinking quickly, Naruto noticed the man was looking towards the ground, possibly trying to predict when he could escape the attack. So Naruto did what he was known for, he was the Unpredictable Knucklehead. He bit the Jounin in the throat, causing him to cry out and let him go. Naruto huffed when he saw he was still covered in the bandages. He struggled to get a kunai out of his pouch and cut the bandages before he hit the ground.

Looking to see how much time he had before impact, he quickly flipped to where he'd land on his feet. As he touched the ground, he felt like someone was coming up under the ground and he jumped up. His assumption was correct as a Byakugan user came out of the ground, his hands in a bladed form and tried tapping the boy on the ankle. He smirked as the Hyuuga missed, but didn't count on a two punch combo that slammed into his back.

He rolled forward, his face planting into the dirt as he landed. He felt a foot slam into his throat and growled as he couldn't see who it was.

"So kid," the person whispered. "Do you think you can fight all of us at once?"

Naruto growled as his remaining eye turned red and he slammed his fists into the dirt. He started pushing up slowly, surprising the Jounin that had him bound. She yelled as she was pushed off and flung into a tree. Naruto looked at his hands and saw that he had claws springing from his nails and toes. He could tell his hair was shaggier and longer. He looked around the clearing and saw more people arriving. A man in a trench coat with a scarred face and bandana headband on his head. Two ANBU, one with purple hair and a lithe, catlike body with a katana on her back and the other was masculine and seemed to be gathering chakra from a bijū. One had pure white eyes with veins being shown around them. He seemed to be in a torn kimono and had a Jounin uniform under it. One was wearing a standard headband and had a white sash with the kanji for fire around his waist. One was wearing green spandex. The last was female, with purple hair and fishnet clothing on under her tan jacket and an orange miniskirt.

Naruto growled as he took a combat stance, pulling two sai from the seals on his arm. He could tell that the katana wielding ANBU had raised her eyebrow behind her mask and he spun the blades on his finger. He gripped the handles before turning them backwards and motioning in a "Come On" motion. Some of the ANBU laughed while the spandex wearing one raced forward, drawing nunchaku from his belt. With a cry of elation, he attacked the boy, giving swift punches and kicks to the boy's abdomen.

Naruto blocked as best as he could before he was punched in the stomach and fell on his knees, clutching his stomach. He looked up and saw the Jounin about to kick him in the head, so he slammed his head forward, dead into the man's crotch and stabbed him in the leg with a sai. He growled when the blade broke. The Jounin laughed as he looked at the bewildered genin.

"Let your Flames of Youth burn brightly, my possible student he said as he smiled, his teeth shining in the sun.

The Jounin kicked Naruto back and Naruto rolled as he crossed his arms over his chest. He landed in a crouch as he threw his remaining sai up in a block, barely blocking the katana strike to his back. He jumped out of the way as the area he was in turned into a swampy earth and his foot was caught in it. He gasped as he was struck multiple times in his tenketsu, shutting down the chakra upgrade he had received.

He screamed as he was propelled through the trees by a Daitoppa and was punched into the ground. He was trying to get up and keep his bearings, but didn't notice that there was a group of snakes sneaking on him. Two pythons coiled themselves around him as he got to one knee. He yelled as they wrapped around him, and a rattler slithered in front of him, moving his tail in a warning as he saw Naruto trying to grip his sai and end of the snakes.

"Now now kid," the tan coated Jounin said as she wagged her finger at him and licked a kunai. "I wouldn't struggle. My babies squeeze tighter the more you do. And I wouldn't want you to die before I get a taste of that blood of yours."

Naruto blanched at this and the purple haired ANBU looked at her. "Not now Anko, we're supposed to mentor the boy, not kill him."

"Well he tried to kill us!" she retorted back.

"Exactly, he tried. Even with what little of the Kyuubi's chakra he used, it wouldn't have made a difference with Yamato here," the scarred Jounin said. "The Kyuubi is weak against his abilities."

Naruto growled as he heard what the man said. "You will not talk about my mother."

The Jounin looked at him, "What'd you say to me you little punk?"

Naruto looked up as he looked at the Jounin, his hair slightly growing over his eyes. "Don't talk about my mother you bastard! You don't know her! You don't know how strong she was! You don't know what made her attack the village and yet bastards like you hate her for no fucking reason! Leave her title out of your mouth or else I cut out your Kami-damned tongue and shove it up your ass!"

The Jounin laughed as he looked at Naruto, his smile taking an evil glint to it. "I'd like to see you try kid."

Naruto growled as he felt something stirring within him. He could feel a pull in his gut and a destination that would be near the Jounin. As he closed his eye, he disappeared in a flash, causing the Jounin to blanch in shock and most of their mouths to comically drop. As he appeared, there was a look of surprise on the boys face as he looked at the Jounin who had talked about his mother.

"Like I said asshole," he growled. "Keep Kurame-kaa-chan's name out of your mouth!"

He jumped up and was preparing to kick the man in the head before his foot was stopped by an old and withered hand. The Sandaime chuckled as he looked at his grandson, nodding in approval.

"Well my boy," he said as he set the preteen on his feet. "It seems you've discovered your bloodline and that in turn means there is much you need to learn. Now, all of you follow me to my office. We've much to discuss." All nodded and disappeared in a shunshin, the Sandaime keeping a hand on Naruto as they appeared in his office.

-Hokage's Office-

The Sandaime sat behind his desk, his hands folded on each other. He motioned for Naruto to take a seat and he begrudgingly did.

"Tora, report," the Sandaime said, his voice gaining a serious note.

"Yes, Hokage-sama," Tora said. "After you left Uzumaki, the Jounin and I monitored what he was trying to do. So we split up as he created blood clones. Beforehand we had come up with a plan to test him on what we were to teach him. After his blood clones were defeated, we engaged the original as he was trying to meditate before fighting his clones. The fight lasted mere minutes, but in the hits that he got in, he appears to know what he's doing at the level he's currently at. He tried no jutsu, I believe that is due to his lack of chakra right now. But from my observations, he has much to work on, but with his determination, he shows promise. I believe all of the Jounin here would want to take him as a student."

Hiruzen looked at the Jounin and the two ANBU. "Tora, Neko remove your masks. As of now, you're all on special assignment. You are to train Genin Uzumaki Naruto in the arts of the shinobi before jutsu were invented. It is your task to make him the best. You will all be moving into his house with him and living together. You will train, eat and sleep together."

"HAI HOKAGE-SAMA," they all cried.

"Now then, Naruto, let me tell you a story," Hiruzen said as he relit his pipe with a small Katon jutsu on his finger. "It was about the world before the world we now know. It also has to deal with your ancestor. And it goes like this: After World War IV, the planet was in near ruin. Most continents had been broken up into smaller ones, resulting in about 17 new continents being formed. Some kept their original names. Others changed them. The area consisting of the part of China closest to Japan, Japan and all of Australia (which merged due to the result of a nuclear blast that blew China apart and the three pieces together, with underwater volcanoes being the cause for them sticking together) formed the elemental nations. Eventually, some 15,000 years after World War IV, the shinobi clans were established: the Namikaze and Uzumaki came from Deathstroke. Uchiha came from the al Ghuls. The Senju came from the Waynes. Now before you begin asking, Deathstroke was an assassin in his time, one of the best. He had lost his eye much like you did, just the manner was different. His wife actually tried killing him with an ancient weapon called a pistol. His skill was so great that when he made a mask for his persona, he let it be known that he was missing an eye by blackening the right side of the mask. Many thought it would hinder him, but it didn't matter to him that they all knew. They all fell before his might and power. Slade Wilson left notes in a book and Minato left it for you in a scroll."

Hiruzen stood up and walked over to the picture of Minato and moved the picture out of the way. He looked around and felt someone shouldn't be there. He nodded to Tora and the man threw a kunai and a man wearing a chunin flak jacket fell to the floor, dead, the kunai embedded in his throat. Asuma turned him over and noticed that he had the Haruno clan symbol.

Hiruzen growled and punched in the key code, opening the safe and taking out the journal and scrolls within. He looked at Naruto and bowed his head, holding out the documents for him. Naruto took them, his mouth open in awe and he was trying to not cry. He took them from the Sandaime and nodded his thanks. The man nodded in understanding.

"Today is Saturday Naruto," he said, his voice softening. "You might want to take the weekend to get acquainted with those scrolls in the Namikaze mansion. All of your belongings has been moved to the master bedroom. The Jounin all ready know the location and will take you there. Remember you seven, you are to start training him on Monday. If he has a mission that he must undertake, then you will give him lessons to work on over the mission until you believe he is sufficiently trained and able to take on his father's name. And Naruto, now that you are a shinobi, you do have the right to change your name. If you choose to do so, I must document it now. What will you like it to be?"

Naruto looked at the Sandaime. "When the Chunin Exam Finals come around, announce me as Slade Namikaze."

The Sandaime nodded. "It will be done my boy."

Naruto turned and left and the Sandaime stopped him before tossing a black headband at him. Naruto nodded as he dropped his shredded headband on the ground and tied it across his eye, in a fashion similar to his sensei. He ran out of the Hokage Tower, desperate to start his training, never noticing the boy watching him all this time.

'So that's why he wasn't at the team meeting today,' the boy thought. 'Well I'll take your training dobe and then I will kill him!'

So, that's the end of that chapter. The total word count numbers at 3,884 words. That should be enough to satisfy your reading palates for now. Tell me what you thought of this chapter. Leave suggestions for how the training should go, which will be covered in the next few chapters. And then we'll see about trying to redo that Wave mission or replacing it with something different. Ja ne.