Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

I've upped Naruto's taijutsu a bit until he's...let's say almost a challenge for Sasuke on his best day. Also sorry that this came out very late. And this may look a lil' bit dramatic.

Chapter two

Three days before Naruto's departure

Tears dulled the brightness of the rays of light from the afternoon sun. The emotion in his chest made him feel like his heart was going to burst. He wanted to scream out his anger, sadness, hopelessness and grief to the heavens but the air had been knocked out of his lungs a few seconds ago. He was too busy gasping for air amidst the sniffs.

A shadow fell over him and Naruto's vision cleared enough for him to find himself staring at a silver-haired jounin with a mask covering the lower half of his face from the bridge of his nose and a hitai-ate slanted over his left eye.

The man sighed and closed his right eye as if in resignation.

"Naruto," he began, "please sit up so I can tell you something." The man sat down in a cross-legged position beside him.

Naruto began the motions of getting up but he wasn't going to sit down to listen to some stranger's stories. He simply wasn't in the mood.

The stranger apparently noticed this because his hand was on Naruto's shoulder before the boy could blink.

"Please...just listen to me."

Naruto looked into his eyes again and saw determination, something he knew he didn't have. 'He's not gonna let me go. And even then there's nothing I can do to make him let me go. After all...it's just me, the class dobe, no talent, last in class, stupid and a coward. What could I ever do?'

These thoughts did nothing to ebb the flow of tears. It only made it worse. Looking as if he was about to burst out sobbing at any moment Naruto got into his own cross-legged position before the masked man, only his posture was stooped with his hands just laying there front of him and his head bowed in a lame attempt to hide his tears.

...xXx...

Kakashi had to rein in his killing intent just a bit as he glared at the retreating back of his to-be pupil, Uchiha Sasuke. The boy was calmly walking back to his house with his hands in his pocket as if all he had been doing outside was taking a small stroll. He then looked at the bruised and beaten form of his sensei's son and his gaze softened considerably. He had to remind himself that Naruto had brought this upon himself having told Sasuke not to hold back and all.

Still, he wished Sasuke hadn't made it look so easy.

He walked up to the blond boy. Kakashi had actually come looking for Naruto to see if he could establish a bond with the boy seeing as he was leaving for Kumo. This was something the copy nin should have done years ago. After all he had had fourteen years but the truth of it was; Kakashi was simply terrified of creating such a close bond.

As an experienced ninja Kakashi didn't believe in luck, however there were times he couldn't help but think of himself as some bad luck charm.

Anyone he considered close to him was somehow a target of the great serial killer in the sky. Hell, it was almost a proven theory seeing as people thought his best friend was Gai, someone who he had actually had to give up trying to avoid.

Also he didn't know how to become a friend to someone like Naruto even if he was almost a carbon copy of Obito. Obito had become his friend, not he had become Obito's friend. That and these fourteen years had blurred the line between being social and anti-social for Kakashi.

No matter, right now Naruto needed help. Kakashi didn't know how to be a good friend but he definitely knew how to be a good comrade and being a leaf ninja, part of that involved knowing how to 're-ignite the will of fire in someone'.

He stood over Naruto and saw a boy who had given into despair. It broke his heart but it was his job right now to fix it. He'd talked to the Hokage yesterday and was sure what he was about to do wouldn't get him in trouble. At least he thought he was sure it wouldn't get him in trouble.

"Naruto, please sit up so I can tell you something." Kakashi asked as he got into a cross-legged position.

His hand reflexively reached out to prevent Naruto from leaving. Kakashi had already decided that all this determination he had would not go to waste.

"Please...just listen."

When Naruto practically collapsed into his own cross-legged position Kakashi was sure Naruto wouldn't try to run away again but it did nothing to make him feel better. Kakashi realized that if he hadn't had Anbu to keep himself busy after the Kyuubi incident this was probably what he could have become minus the alcohol. The copy nin actually considered himself lucky that Naruto was still too young to take alcohol or this would have been way harder.

Kakashi launched into his tale.

"Naruto...there was this ninja who at the peak of his strength was considered the strongest man in all the land. He could drive back entire armies on his own, face down the toughest of foes without flinching and make the hardest of tasks look extremely easy."

"Good for him," Naruto muttered bitterly.

Kakashi ignored that.

"But, it wasn't always like that for him. In the beginning all the odds were against him. He was once a short, skinny child who when he began his ninja career at the academy could actually be mistaken for a girl. How could someone like that ever pose a threat? He wasn't from any known clan, he didn't have a bloodline, he didn't really have any special talent. The first time he probably ever held something pointy was in his second year of the academy. They still do that, right? The 'you only start practising with sharp weapons in your second year' rule? "

"Yeah," Naruto replied as he began to use his hands to tear apart blades of grass.

"Well that kid used to yell 'I'm gonna be the strongest ninja in my village!' every single day. Sound familiar?"

If it was possible Naruto turned further away from him.

"So as a child he already had a goal, so all he had to do was work towards it. He thought it would be easy at first but somewhere along the way he realized he would have to shed blood, sweat and tears if he was to come anywhere near his dream. I understand he worked so hard, he missed out on several pretty girls. I'm not sure he knew how it felt like to have a crush."

This earned Kakashi a bitter smile as Naruto thought of Sakura.

"But don't get me wrong. He wasn't like Sasuke Uchiha. He had a smile for everyone, even people like Sasuke. The point is he worked hard and he worked smart such that he was able to graduate at the age of ten. Only two years in the academy. Of course that was when students were allowed to graduate early. He got his headband but that was only the first step. He knew that it would be completely foolish to relax then."

"People saw that he had potential and his sensei ended up being one of the strongest people in the village at the time. He impressed his sensei so much that his sensei decided to take him on as a full-time apprentice. It became a case of the sensei contributing only 15% to his training while the ninja contributed the other 85%. The sensei only guided him. He did most of the work."

"In no time, he was a chunin. A little while longer and he was a jounin. Soon he had his own genin team to teach, and boy did he teach them."

Unnoticed by Naruto who was too busy staring at the grass, Kakashi's eye became slightly unfocused before reverting to its usual sharpness.

"There was a war at the time and the ninja was sent to the frontlines. Other ninja from his village were there and they were...losing badly. The man found himself going up against more than three hundred ninja."

Naruto's head rose up slightly signifying that Kakashi's story was having an effect.

"Do you know what happened?"

Naruto slowly shook his head.

"He killed them all."

Naruto's eyes met his in shock and amazement.

"All of them?"

"Alone."

Kakashi felt like he was being probed as Naruto's eyes searched his own for any sign that said, 'I am lying through my teeth'. Soon enough Naruto relaxed and looked away again as if giving Kakashi the go-ahead to continue.

"The people he was fighting had the notion that if violence doesn't work, you're just not using enough of it. They sent a force of six hundred this time. If anything, they lasted a shorter time because he was really beginning to get good at destroying entire armies. Eventually the enemy had to issue a flee-on-sight order. Imagine that Naruto, the minute the enemy sees you on the battlefield they have to run away with their tails between their legs. No, it was more of if they heard you were anywhere near the battlefield."

Naruto was listening attentively now.

"So after the war's over he goes back to the village and they make him their leader."

"You mean like Hokage?"

"Yup, he had finally achieved his dream and even more. He was strongest not only in the village but the whole land. He got married, the village got even stronger and the village, his friends, his family and girls he had never seen before in his life absolutely adored him. When you look at it like that, it does seem like it could be a perfect happily ever after."

"It wasn't, wasn't it?"

Kakashi gave a bitter chuckle. "How'd you know?"

Naruto shrugged.

"Well, you're right. A couple of years later, the village had the misfortune of being attacked by a force of nature given corporeal form."

"What?"

"Oops! Sorry, forgot I can't use big words in front of you."

"Hey!"

"As I was saying, it's like a force of nature given a mind and body."

"Just get on with your stupid story!"

'Go on Kakashi, you're almost there. He's showing more of his old self.'

"Now, so his village was attacked by this extremely destructive force. It was a weapon unleashed upon his home by his enemies. The village's ninja went to defend it but it just killed them right and left. They still put up a brilliant fight. They managed to push it out of their village through the village walls."

"What about the Hokage-like man?"

"Well I told you he was married. Coincidentally this happened to be the night his wife was giving birth to their first-borne son."

"Damn."

"I know, he was with his wife when it attacked. When the child was finally born he made sure they were safe before going out to protect his village. He arrived in time and fought valiantly. But this wasn't like those armies he decimated. This was something much worse. After all, it was a force of nature. It couldn't be killed."

"Still it wasn't hopeless. He still had a few tricks up his sleeve. He distracted it and led it far away from the village. There he also went and got his son."

"His son? Why?"

"You'll see. Naruto, the thing he was fighting could not be killed. It wasn't something you could stab with a kunai and watch the life fade from its eyes. The only way to defeat something like that is to seal it. Lock it away somewhere where it can't hurt anyone. He locked it away in his son at the cost of his life."

"Why would he do that?! It's his son! I wouldn't put something that evil in my son!"

"Well Naruto...put yourself in his shoes. You have a friend or a comrade who loves his or her son as much as you love yours. Could you really ask that friend to sacrifice their child when yours is perfectly healthy and fit for the job?"

Naruto, whose back had straightened because of his indignation, slouched once more. He gave a defeated, "...Oh."

"Yeah well, it wasn't an easy choice for him to make. He was about to condemn his child to a life of loneliness and he wouldn't be there to protect him. He was about to sacrifice his short life to a village he had dedicated much of his time to. There was so much life had left to offer but he gave it all up. If there is a heaven, the jutsu he was using pretty much assured him that he was going nowhere near it."

"He gave all that up for his village?"

'This kid has nothing next to sensei's intelligence.'

"Yup he did. He gave all that up but he knew his village would be safe. He knew his son would be strong enough to stand up to any challenge put before him, strong enough that by will alone he could effectively keep the weapon at bay, strong enough that nothing would ever keep him down."

Somehow Kakashi's one eye seemed to look into both of Naruto's eyes with a hard determined look when he said his next words.

"Naruto, he knew you would never give up."

Naruto froze. All his breath left him in one go.

"That man, your father was-"

"The F-fourth Ho...kage?" Naruto finished for him.

Kakashi got up and was kneeling on one knee in front of Naruto. His hand was at his shoulder.

"Naruto, you have to understand." Kakashi was rushing it a bit. He couldn't let Naruto get all pissed off about why he hadn't been told this before now. "Those two ninja that attacked you. You may have been terribly outclassed by them but there's a reason these things happen. They show us our limits so that we can rise above them. No one's perfect. We all make mistakes but we are strong because of our mistakes. Because we learn from our weaknesses. That's why he chose you Naruto. Because you were his son. Because he knew that just like him, you had the strength to break past your limits, overcome your weaknesses and learn from your mistakes."

The blank look Naruto had been giving him a few seconds ago was gradually fading away to be replaced with a gaze filled with determination and courage.

A fire had been rekindled.

"You think moping around and feeling sorry for yourself will help anyone? It won't do a single thing. Those two men? They didn't come here to show you that you were nothing. They came and showed you that you had to be something. Something bigger than them. Something bigger than all of us."

Even Kakashi himself was getting fired up by his pep talk.

"So Naruto, what are you prepared to do?"

Naruto leaped to his feet, looking absolutely refreshed and energized.

"I'm gonna take my first step!"

"Well?" Kakashi stood up as well, a motion that was much smoother than it had been in years. "What are you waiting for?"

Soon the duo, filled with testosterone, found themselves before Sasuke's house. They had been in the Uchiha training ground which essentially meant they were in the Uchiha compound. This also meant that the distance to Sasuke's house was like a small walk.

On the way Naruto, who was already trying to emulate his father's brains, asked Kakashi for advice on how to face Sasuke.

"What you have to accept Naruto is that right now, Sasuke is a better ninja than you. His ninjutsu is better, his genjutsu is way better and his taijutsu is only a little bit better. But just because he's better doesn't mean you can't beat him. You just have to outthink him, something I know you're better than him at if your pranks are any indication."

"Don't face him straight-on. Pull something out of your sleeve from the start or face him directly and then pull some trick while he's distracted. Kage bunshin are excellent for this and considering you can make a thousand..."

"Also when you do use Kage bunshin, don't have them just jump on him all at once. Use your superior numbers to co-ordinate your attacks until you overwhelm him. It's like having team-mates."

"I know this is a lot to take in, but I'm sure you can pull something off Naruto."

It was a lot to take in but Naruto had got the gist of it and he was confident he could pull this off. He was the Fourth Hokage's son. His dad would never have let him mope like that.

As he stood before Sasuke's front door, (he knew it because it had been the target of a few pranks) Naruto took a few deep breaths before knocking. He waited for a moment before knocking again. Sasuke opened the door immediately his hand went down.

"What do you want, dobe?" Sasuke asked while eyeing the masked jounin standing in the middle of the street.

"Rematch. You. Me. Right now."

"You never give up do you?"

Naruto grinned. "Believe it."

'He never grinned, or said that line of his once this morning. Something's changed...or gone back to normal' Sasuke thought.

"Didn't I already prove that I am stronger than you? Have you noticed that I've been doing that ever since we joined the academy? When will you finally understand that you beating me is impossible?"

"You won the battle, Sasuke-teme. Not the war."

"Fine, how about we make a deal. If I beat you right now, you never bother me for a fight again. If you win you can bother me all you want. Sound fair?"

"You don't know what you're getting yourself into Sasuke." Naruto replied. His grin was even wider.

Sasuke smirked the patented Uchiha smirk. "Ok then. I'll knock you out right here, right now."

Sasuke's foot snapped out smashing into Naruto's chest and sending him off his front porch and into the air. Naruto did a back flip in mid-air and landed on his feet on the concrete street of the Uchiha district.

The stage was set.

Kakashi disappeared in a swirl of leaves only to reappear on a roof some distance away. His Icha Icha book which was halfway out of his pouch was slowly pushed back in. "This should be interesting," he said as he made himself comfortable.

Naruto rose back to his full height, holding his chest while trying to get the breath back in his lungs. Sasuke calmly walked forward until he too was on the street.

"Do you get it dobe? You can't win."

Naruto grit his teeth while crouching. "We'll see about that teme!"

"Kage bunshin no jutsu!"

'This again?' Sasuke thought.

Seven perfect copies of Naruto burst into existence around the original but unlike earlier today they weren't glancing nervously at each other, urging one to go first. They all looked like they wanted a piece of him and they were going to make sure there was plenty to go around.

For a total of five seconds all eight Naruto's and Sasuke stared each other down before Sasuke decided to go on the offensive again just like Naruto had forced him to do earlier that day.

Another difference was that he wasn't forced to attack just because Naruto was too scared to. This time Naruto had wanted him to. This was revealed when as soon as Sasuke landed in their midst all Narutos scattered to form a circle around the last Uchiha. Sasuke had to blink in surprise. He hadn't really been focusing on him but he was not exactly sure which Naruto was real.

In the distance, Kakashi raised his eye in surprise. Regardless of how simple it was, that was actually well thought out for someone taking their first steps in battle strategy but the effectiveness could only be seen in how Naruto handled it from here. Naruto had not yet begun to fight.

"Seriously dobe, you really should just give up. I don't know where you got this belief that you can still beat me, but if you don't give up I might have to seriously hurt you. Just. Give. Up."

The shout came from behind him.

"NOT TODAY!"

Sasuke turned believing the real Naruto had revealed himself. A second later he heard the shuffling of feet and turned round right again to see a fist heading straight for his face.

Without thinking Sasuke tilted his own head to the side neatly avoiding the punch. Sweeping his leg forward, that Naruto was knocked off his feet and hit the ground face-first, bursting into smoke a moment later.

Two Narutos from opposite sides of him attacked him next. Sasuke disposed of these two just as easily as the first by grabbing one Naruto's arm and swinging right into the second just as that Naruto was on top of him. What Sasuke hadn't counted on was the fact that both Naruto's would create a smoke screen thick enough to block his sight for a few seconds.

Very crucial seconds as Sasuke paused long enough for a Naruto to appear before Sasuke and bury his fist in the Uchiha's gut.

Such was Sasuke's surprise that he let the blow carry him off his feet and he was sent tumbling back head over heels over the rough concrete. Still he managed to control his movement and end up on one knee, breathing heavily to regain the wind that was knocked out of his lungs. The hand that rested on his torso showed just how much pain Naruto had managed to inflict on him.

Kakashi smiled. He was confident now that Naruto would go places, just as long as he didn't change the most important aspect about himself.

Sasuke's eyes were wide with shock. Naruto had hit him. Not a glancing blow, not a flick but a full on punch to the gut. Sasuke was no stranger to pain (Itachi had made sure of that) but still it had been a long time since anyone had dared to hit him. That meant the pain was a little bit harder for him to take. The shock in his eyes was replaced by fury and it was right to say that at that point, after realizing that Naruto actually had a shot at beating him but refusing to acknowledge it, Sasuke lost his cool.

Naruto on the other hand was ecstatic. He stared at his hand like it was a bowl of ramen handed down from the gods themselves. The hand that had knocked Sasuke Uchiha down to the ground.

This feeling of accomplishing something; he could get used to it. It would be hard. He knew he wouldn't always win. However he also knew that when he did, he would forever feel like the most badass man on the planet and boy, would it feel good.

He turned to Sasuke and grinned, before thrusting his fist out. As if Naruto's feelings had been telepathically sent to them, the remaining clones all did the same. Sasuke glared back. No words were spoken. No words were needed.

All remaining clones charged with Naruto right behind them. Sasuke got back to his feet and stood in a ready stance. He wouldn't hold back now.

Sasuke took out the first with a leaping kick, dropped to the ground and used his forward momentum to slide inside the second's guard and punch it in the chest. The third tried to kick him in the chest but Sasuke slid to the slide and smoothly redirected the leg making that Naruto continue moving behind him. The fourth clone attacked with a drop kick which Sasuke simply ducked under. The drop kick however met the third Naruto who was turning round at that point dispelling it. A blow to the back of the head from Sasuke dispelled the last clone.

That only left the real Naruto.

Naruto attacked just as Sasuke was turning to face him with a knee kick he had used on Mizuki the other day. Sasuke was left with little choice than to raise his arms to block. While the strike did little damage Sasuke was sent rolling back a second time.

Sasuke hastily got back to his feet gritting his teeth. He would not stand for this. He could not let this happen.

Naruto was quickly upon him once more and the two finally engaged in one on one taijutsu. Both boys entered a trance where they performed moves neither had known they could do before. Kakashi, not one easily impressed by other's skills (his sensei had been the fourth Hokage), was very impressed at the sight of the two to-be-ninja giving it their all. Most genin this age fought like brawlers, slow and unsure of what their next move should be.

Well, Naruto still fought like a brawler, only he was like a brawler who was actually aware of what was happening every second of the fight.

Sasuke was anything but a brawler. He fought with a sort of grace that revealed just how much personal training he had put himself through, how much he had mastered the moves already shown to him.

For every hit Naruto scored, Sasuke repaid the favour five times. Still Naruto absorbed them and fought on. It was like every time he did hit him Naruto would just get faster, forcing Sasuke to up his game also.

The brief one on one taijutsu duel ended when both of Sasuke's fists crashed into Naruto's defence which was his forearms crossed over his torso.

The force of the blow knocked Naruto back and Sasuke didn't hesitate to follow. As he was rolling back Naruto gained enough control to form the cross-shaped seal. Sasuke's advance was brought to a halt when a clone barred his path but it was quickly dispatched.

He tried to move forward but now two clones stood in his way. The original Naruto was now on one knee with both hands forming the shadow clone seal. More and more clones burst into existence around him.

Letting out a battle cry Sasuke charged forward once more but this time no clone stopped him. He tore through them like a bolt of lightning. At the time he didn't realize it but the blur of orange around him was beginning to become clearer and clearer. Each Naruto came into focus almost like some sort of targeting system.

It wasn't long before miniature fireballs coupled with the occasional large one began flying all over the place. From his spot Kakashi lazily pinched his hair after a fireball lit a tiny flame on a strand of hair. A few seconds later he grabbed a shuriken out of the air that had been about to go through his nose. Sasuke was really going all out if he was bringing out his weapons and all his fire ninjutsu.

In almost no time at all Sasuke stood alone in the street. Adrenaline flooded through his veins as his head swivelled round looking for the one Naruto he knew would not burst into a cloud of smoke. Even Kakashi was curious. What trick was Naruto about to pull out of his sleeve? He was almost tempted to pull out his Sharingan.

Sasuke barely heard the pop sound that signified displaced air, but when he did he turned round immediately to see Naruto's fist inches away from his face. In the time it took the fist to reach its intended target, the blur of red and black in Sasuke's irises cleared to form a chain of dots with one tomoe in each eye.

Naruto took little notice of this. The grin was already forming on his face. Sasuke wouldn't be able to react to this one in time. As far as he knew this was already in the bag.

The corner of Kakashi's lips lifted upwards in a smile beneath his mask. He already knew what Naruto had done and it pleased him that underneath all that silliness that was Uzumaki Naruto, a genius was using tactics that even he would never dream of. However, if his observations on Sasuke's increasing reaction times were right, the outcome was not so predictable.

Naruto could see the surprise and panic etched on Sasuke's face. This was his fight. He would win.

Not.

Naruto's fist grazed Sasuke's cheek.

It was Naruto's turn to be surprised.

Sasuke's hand shot out latching onto Naruto's extended one before his right foot kicked Naruto's shin. The result was Naruto being lifted into the air. Without stopping or slowing Sasuke still holding onto Naruto's arm spun round, using Naruto's momentum to add to his own. Chakra flooded into all the muscles in Sasuke's arms in order for him to complete this move.

When Sasuke let go, Naruto flew through the air, bounced on the ground once then crashed through the door of one of the neglected houses of the Uchiha compound.

After the sounds of things breaking stopped, a tense silence followed disturbed only by the sounds of Sasuke's heavy panting.

Kakashi's eyebrow rose.

Sasuke glared at the house he had thrown Naruto into before staggering then falling onto one knee. An instant later Kakashi was at his side via use of shunshin.

"Sasuke listen to me. Cut off the chakra to your eyes. You've been using too many fire jutsu to use the Sharingan now."

"...Sharingan? I...got it?" Despite his exhausted state, Sasuke could still co-ordinate his facial muscles into the Uchiha smirk. It didn't stop him from falling onto his side.

"Sasuke, cut off the chakra to your eyes now." Kakashi commanded in a tone he knew he would now be using often.

The Uchiha blinked and his eyes resembled coal once more.

"Now I think I need to get you to the hospital. Kami knows the last Uchiha should die from anything but a lack of chakra at twelve years old." He called out to the blonde. "Naruto? Are you still conscious?"

Naruto stumbled out, fixing his hitai-ate back in place on his forehead. "Where is the bastard?!" he yelled out almost drunkenly. It occurred to Kakashi that the cloth of Naruto's hitai-ate was looking increasingly soaked from some kind of liquid. Three seconds later the liquid seeped out of the edges. It was blood.

Kakashi sweat dropped as Naruto shook his fist at the collapsed Sasuke.

"C'mon bastard! This ain't over."

"Is that...Naruto?" Sasuke muttered. "Damn he's heavy. Barely threw him."

Kakashi stood between two delirious boys; one from chakra exhaustion, another from either a concussion or blood loss or both. How did he always find himself in these situations?

"You!" Naruto pointed at Kakashi. "Did I win?"

"Ummm...no its more of a draw."

"That means...I...ummm," Naruto scratched the back of his head as if looking for the word. "lost?"

*sigh* "No, Naruto. You didn't lose. A draw is when-"

"Hah! I didn't lose!" Naruto interrupted while punching the air above him. The action proved to be too much when he face planted right on the ground in front of him.

Kakashi's senses were suddenly assaulted by the presences of rapidly approaching nin, probably Anbu.

It was then he found out that this was a compromising situation to be found in. The last Uchiha and a jinchuriki all with varying degrees of injury at his feet? No, Kakashi didn't feel like submitting himself to questioning.

Copying Naruto's technique, Kakashi formed a shadow clone. The clone picked up Sasuke who was just muttering heavy and Sharingan, sometimes all at once while he picked up Naruto who was slowly slipping into unconsciousness but with a smile on his face. Before they did however, Sasuke had something to say.

"N-Naruto?"

"...Yeah Sasuke?"

"You...you can spar with me anytime."

If anything Naruto's smile became more peaceful.

"Also...are you fat? Since you're like...so heavy?"

The moment was lost.

"You bastard! Beneath this orange, there is only muscle!"

The two Kakashis chuckled as they carried the two boys piggyback style before heading for the hospital.

Two minutes later, two Anbu agents arrived at the Uchiha compound both with many questions about why it looked like a battle had just taken place.

"Crap. They're gonna make us clean this up, won't they?"

This chapter is short I know but since I just left people hanging after one chapter I thought I should just post this to let people know I've not died or forgotten my fanfiction duties.

This was basically Naruto getting his mojo back chapter. I don't like leaving this here but I thought I should because of how long I haven't posted chapter two of all things.

Hopefully you'll all understand.

This was basically the only part I thought was kinda (still not sure) satisfactory. Any reviews are welcomed.

Also for anyone that didn't get it, Naruto got his first beat down from Sasuke when he was trying to see if he had any hope as a ninja. Good thing Kakashi gave him that pep talk or Naruto may just have become a farmer instead until Danzou or Akatsuki kidnapped him.

Also yes, I upped Naruto's taijutsu. This is due to the fact that taijutsu-oriented ninjas are awesome.

Also sorry if this little chapter looked too dramatic. I was going for dramatic but I may have overdone it.

Enjoy.

Markandname