Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Warnings: Violence , Gore and Lemons(Much Later)

Credits: If I may have used some Ideas that are not my own, I apologize. Some of the Jutsu's were taken from The Legend Of Kyuubi's Profile page so credit goes to him

Chapter 9

Naruto had been trying to complete the first step for three hours now, he had made progress in bursting the balloon but it still took him a lot of time. This was much more difficult than the other Chakra Exercises that he used.

Fundamentally there were only 2 Chakra Control exercises, Tree and Water walking. All the other exercises that he had been practicing were branches that he used to augment his fighting prowess. Although they helped in increasing control, they were techniques that could be performed by anyone that had mastered the basic two exercises. Chakra control only increased with experience in using it, Naruto had never been more thankful for Shadow Clones.

But this Jutsu was at a whole other level, the scroll described it as one of the most advanced form of Chakra Shape Manipulation. He was using his Sharingan to see the Chakra flow and improve it, to better match the requirements.

HE brought his hand forward and looking at it intently, channelled his Chakra to it and suddenly the balloon popped and was torn to smithereens, the water inside coming down on him in a misty form.

"First step Completed." He murmured and leaned against the tree, to rest for some time. Before he knew it he was asleep.

Naruto's Mindscape

As soon as he got up in his mindscape, he was tackled to the ground and was kissed by Kyuubi passionately. After regaining his bearings, he kissed her back as well. After they separated, Kyuubi just took his hand and led him inside the house and sat him down on the couch. After that, she snuggled up to him and Naruto put his arms around her back and held her close. He was shocked when he felt her sobbing quietly, her face buried in the crook of his neck, trying to burrow even closer to him.

"What's wrong Kyuu-chan?" Naruto asked, his tone filled with concern and a little bewilderment.

Kyuubi shook her head and stayed quietly in the same position.

"Was my kiss really that bad?" Naruto asked trying to cheer her up. Kyuubi let out a throaty giggle, shook her head, but still remained silent.

"Come on Kyuu-chan, you know that I don't like to see you sad, what's bothering you?" Naruto asked while gently rubbing her back, and brought his other hand up to stroke her hair.

"I really want to be the first one to bear your babies Naruto-kun, but I am trapped in this seal. We can do just about everything in here, but the creation of life is impossible in here." Kyuubi said sadly.

"You know that I am working on freeing you Kyuu-chan, never abandon hope. We are close to figuring it out, but I feel as if there is a piece missing from my Mother's notes. And you know that I am not ready to be a father yet, I will only be comfortable raising a family after Madara has been dealt with once and for all. So we have plenty of time. I promise you, you will be the first to bear me children." Naruto said as he kissed the side of her head.

"I don't see why you are worried though, you know that I haven't yet properly kissed Mei-chan and Sakiko-chan. We just snuggle together and peck lightly. You know that, don't you?" Naruto asked.

"I love you Naruto-kun, more than anything else in the world." Kyuubi said softly, leaning back to look him in the eyes.

"I love you too Kyuu-chan." Naruto said smiling.

Timeskip - That Night

Naruto, Mei and Sakiko were sitting down in the training grounds after dinner discussing what they would do regarding the evaluation exam tomorrow. They agreed that Mei and Sakiko would do most of the fighting, with Naruto assisting them. Granted it would be suspicious, but Naruto could just say that it was his fighting style and was more of a support fighter.

Both Mei and Sakiko got up after that and then engaged themselves in a spar, while Naruto sat down and attempted to contact Tensa Zangetsu. Kyuubi had told him to visit him and that he was the one who would teach him all that he would require to know about his sword and the special Chakra of the Uzumaki Clan.

Naruto concentrated the same way that he used to when he wanted to visit Kyuubi, the world suddenly appeared to stop in front of him and he soon found himself in his Inner World, as he called it.

He saw that Zangetsu was sitting down on a rock that was jutting out of the field and gazing up at the moon. Naruto wondered what he was thinking about was.

"Zangetsu-san?" Naruto asked.

"You are going to go far Naruto. I can feel it, your strength, your resolve and your determination. I will assist you in any way that I can, Naruto. All that I ask for in return is to never change your beliefs, and work together with me." Zangetsu said, looking directly at Naruto.

"I will work hard to meet your expectations Zangetsu-san." Naruto bowed towards him, to show his respect.

Zangetsu then started explaining the various techniques that the Uzumaki's used while in battle. There were two techniques that stood out the most and were frequently used by them in battle. The first was Hohō (Step Method). It primarily consisted of a technique named as Shunpo (Flash Step). It was a movement technique that allowed the user to move faster than the eye could follow. The focal point that determines the basis of this technique was speed. As speed is the main point of the technique the method was best characterized by how fast one can get from point A to point B in the least amount of steps. Training and skill are what determined how fast a user of Shunpo can move; those of little skill in the technique or those who haven't used it an extended amount of time would obviously be out of practice, causing those individuals to be considerably slower, which requires the use of more steps to move the same distance and become winded far easier in a shorter amount of time.

The second was Kidō (Demon Arts). There were two main types of Kidō, Bakudō (Way of Binding) and Hadō (Way of Destruction). Each Jutsu is graded on a scale from 1 to 99, the latter being the most powerful and the most difficult to perform. Zangetsu had informed him that the Uzumaki Council was responsible for giving the grade of the Jutsu created by an Uzumaki. The scale is a measure of difficulty, as there can be multiple Jutsu which share the same level. To use Kidō, an Uzumaki must recite the specific incantation for the spell, which is often long and requires a few seconds to speak.

The Uzumaki's, who were primarily weapon users, found that making handseals during combat was difficult and would spell certain doom against a skilled opponent. So they created incantations that served the same purpose as handseals in focusing and directing their chakra to use Jutsus. Though Kidō is commonly used by the Uzumaki Clan in combat, it has several weaknesses that make it difficult to use for that purpose. All of the spells have fairly long incantations and require concentration; because of this, the person using the Kidō leaves themselves open to attack during the duration of the incantation.

"Do you understand everything that I have told you Naruto?" Zangetsu asked after he had finished his long explanation.

Naruto nodded. His thoughts on how these new techniques could be used to further augment his fighting style. He wondered how was it that Zangetsu knew so much about the Uzumaki clan and their techniques, and asked him about it. The answer was something that he was not expecting.

Every spirit residing inside an Uzumaki Soul Blade resides in a different dimension than the one he was in. Every time an Uzumaki awakens his bloodline, the Blade spirits are able to sense it and scan his very being. If any spirit chooses his/her to be worthy he transfers itself into his Inner World and manifests itself as a weapon. Usually their personalities and beliefs complement each other and they choose such a person as their wielder. Whenever an Uzumaki dies, or achieves complete mastery over his sword, the Blade spirit returns itself to his home in the other dimension. He also told Naruto that the Spirits could visit the dimension whenever they wished, and thus this was the reason that Zangetsu knew so much about the Uzumaki's. He told Naruto that he would be returning to the Spirit World, as he called it, and would acquire the Kidō and Shunpo techniques.

Naruto had a question, "Was it Shunpo that you were using when we had sparred earlier? You just seemed to vanish from my sight."

"No Naruto, that was my natural speed. Shunpo is . . ." midway through the conversation, Zangetsu vanished altogether and Naruto couldn't even see a flicker as to indicate the direction that he had gone in.

"This." Zangetsu said standing directly behind Naruto.

Naruto was amazed by the technique. Such speed would rival even that of his father's Hirashin Jutsu.

"When do we start?" Naruto asked excitedly.

Zangetsu began instructing him, teaching him the basics of the Shunpo. The basic idea behind the technique was Chakra Manipulation. The Uzumaki's chakra was dense and as such they were able to create a disc of Chakra beneath their feet, this in turn provided the necessary thrust required for the technique to work. After about 2 hours of continuous practice, Naruto could perform Shunpo successfully in a controlled environment. He wasn't able to go very far and his speed was not up to the mark, his concentration also left much to be desired, but at least he was making progress.

"That's enough Naruto. Keep practicing it whenever you are able to; try making the disc of chakra beneath your feet whenever you walk, with every step you take you will be training, and use you Shadow Clones to boost your training. You have learnt much today." Zangetsu said, his tone underlying with a sense of pride.

"Thanks for everything Zangetsu-san." Naruto waved at him and then faded from his sights.

When Naruto opened his eyes he was surprised to see that both Mei and Sakiko had decided to take a nap and apparently he was decided upon to be used as a pillow. Sakiko was holding his left arm in both of hers, leaning on his side and resting her head on his shoulders and Mei was simply using his lap as a pillow. Naruto smiled at them and created a clone and took the both of them to their rooms and tucked them in.

He went down to the training grounds again and opened the scroll that he had got from Jiraiya, and read up on the second step to mastering the Rasengan. The second step was for the user to burst a rubber ball, and since rubber is thicker, and air is completely different from water, it forces the user to use more chakra with the same haphazard rotation to break it. This step emphasizes power. He again found the required training tools i.e. rubber balls in a sealing scroll. Naruto took a rubber ball in his hand and channelled more chakra than his previous attempts at breaking the water balloon and tried to maintain the same movement as before.

The ball changed shape and a hole was made in it, but it didn't burst as the scroll described as the level required to master it to the next stage. Naruto sighed and created 200 clones, he directed 100 of them to practice Shunpo and the rest of them worked on completing the second stage of the training for the Rasengan. He himself started training physically, practicing both his Taijutsu Katas and then moved on to sparring against his clones.

After three straight hours of rigorous physical exercise, Naruto sat down in a meditative position and ordered his clones to dispel in groups of 10 every 5 seconds. After all the clones had dispelled he reviewed the acquired experiences and again tried doing the second step of the Rasengan, the rubber ball exploded violently, and even though Naruto had rooted himself to the ground using Chakra, expecting such a reaction, he was still a bit pushed back, his feet digging into the ground. Naruto was simply amazed at the power of this Jutsu, and it still had a stage left.

Deciding to test out his progress in Shunpo, he was disappointed to find that he had only made a little progress in reducing the concentration time and increased the distance a bit; though his speed had remained the same.

After that he turned in for the night, he didn't know anything about their sensei but it was better to be prepared.

Meanwhile. . .

Uzuki Yugao was standing in front of Hizuren Sarutobi, her commanding officer and the Hokage of Konoha. She had thought long and hard about her situation and was thoroughly confused. She was barely 15 years old , and although she was a part of the Konoha Jounin forces, she was promoted to Jounin from Tokubetsu Jounin by the Hokage just days before. She had asked the reason for this unexpected promotion and the Hokage had revealed something to her that shocked her. Her parents had died on a mission when she was five, and after that she had dedicated herself to training. She didn't have that many friends and due to her early graduation and subsequent promotion through the ranks. People her age were jealous of her power, and people of her rank didn't take her seriously and frankly speaking apart from their Ninja careers, they had nothing in common. But then the Hokage had revealed that the person with whom, her parents had drafted an arranged marriage was alive.

She knew of the arranged marriage, but as she knew it she was to be married to the son of the Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato. As far as she knew, the Yondaime didn't have a son. But the Hokage had told her that, Uzumaki Naruto, container of the Kyuubi was in fact, the son of the Yondaime himself. She had gaped at the Hokage for a while, then turned around and left without a word. Before she could leave, the Hokage had informed her that she would be the assigned Jounin Sensei of Naruto's team. She had paused momentarily, nodded her head and left.

Sitting at her apartment she had often wondered, what it would have been like if her fiancé was there with her. She was sure that she would definitely not feel so lonely, and would have made friends. Now that she knew that he was alive, she was confused what she should do. She didn't have anything against Naruto personally, and had to admit to herself that he was definitely cute, with his sun-kissed blonde hair and deep blue eyes he was a rare specimen. His whisker like marks on his cheeks just sealed the deal. But she was also acutely aware that he wasn't the most liked person in the village. She shook her head, it shouldn't matter what others thought of him, and she would at the very least get to know him. She had accepted the Hokage's proposal.

But after meeting Naruto and the team today, she was overwhelmed. It wasn't the fact that he had two girlfriends that bothered her, she was sure that she could work with that and considering his situation, it wasn't that uncommon for a person to be put under the CRA in a village, like Konoha that had many bloodline clans and welcomed more. But hearing their dreams and goals, she had realized that if she were to become their Jounin Sensei she would be hindering their potential and possibly endangering their lives. She couldn't help but feel overwhelmed. So she had gone to the Hokage with her concerns.

"I understand your concerns Yugao-chan. But you have nothing to worry about, you are a skilled Ninja. You have held the position of Tokubetsu Jounin for over a year. I believe that you are more than adequate for the job." Sarutobi said gently.

"But Jounins are supposed to be experts in all the Ninja ways, it takes them years to gather the experience but the only reason that I was a Tokubetsu Jounin was due to my skill with the sword. I really don't have the required experience." Yugao said desperately trying to make the Hokage see her point.

Sarutobi sighed; he knew that Naruto and the girls had received training from Tsunade and Jiraiya, so they had to be strong. Whatever Yugao lacked in her teaching skill could be covered by the both of them. But he had already given out too much information to her, he knew that she could be trusted but it was better to be safe than sorry.

"Would it make you feel better if I had the team tested by another Jounin Yugao-chan?" Sarutobi asked after he gave his new idea some thought.

Yugao considered the idea. Although it wouldn't help much with their missions, she would feel reassured that they didn't pass just because of her lacking skills. Most of the Jounins would leave the Genins to complete the mission themselves and only intervened if they were in trouble. She would just have to work extra hard and be much more careful than the rest of them. And while training them, she could even start her own training, to better herself.

"I accept your idea Hokage-sama. I have asked my team to meet me at training ground 11 tomorrow morning at 7." Yugao said.

"Understood. I will make the necessary arrangements; you will meet the Jounin there 10 minutes beforehand. Both of you can discuss how you want to test them. Dismissed." Sarutobi stated authoritatively.

Yugao nodded once, bowed and then left.

Timeskip - Next Morning

Naruto woke up around 5 o'clock the next morning; he performed some stretches and taking stock of his body, concluded that he was fully rested after yesterday's training. He hadn't ever been more thankful for his rapid recovery; it was the reason why he could literally train to the bone everyday and not have any adverse side effects. At first he had felt that he was cheating somehow, he could do training exercises that the others couldn't even dream of doing it now safely. After Mei and Sakiko had sat him down and told him that they didn't feel that he was cheating, and although they felt a little jealous, it was something that they were ok with. They had reminded him that it was a part of his bloodline, and a Ninja uses every tool or advantage that he can have. He had never let this bother him again, and had vowed to help the girls in their training in any way that he could. He had told them as much, and received two pecks on his lips from them.

Bringing himself out of his trip to memory lane, he went up to wake up the girls. It was the same each morning. He would wake up the both of them after his morning exercise and stretching and then the three of them would then get ready to get through the day.

Naruto decided to wear his mission clothes to training today. The three of them had received it as gifts from Tsunade, they were told to choose the clothes and the designs, and Tsunade had asked Jiraiya to inscribe some seals on them. The seals used were generally for durability, and added strength. If Ninjas didn't use such seals they would go through their whole wardrobe in a month and would be left with nothing to wear.

Naruto wore a black sleeveless, skin tight mesh shirt, which also included a facemask covering his whole neck. It was something that he had ordered on the advice of Zangetsu. He had said that he would tell him later why he didn't need sleeves, and Tsunade had suggested that he add the facemask to hide his whisker marks. It appeared as a normal cloth but was in fact, woven with small, almost miniscule pieces of metal. Although it was heavy, it didn't hinder him much and allowed for fluid movement due to its design while increasing his defence. The inside of the shirt was lined with a common material for ninja clothing, otherwise wearing it for long periods of time would not be possible. Although the metallic material made it weak against fire, Naruto figured that the advantages far outweighed the flaws and had ordered them for the girls as well. He also wore dark blue ANBU style pants, and black Ninja sandals. The cuffs of his pants were tied by grey bandages, keeping it from fluttering. His ninja pouch was tied to his right side, with a dark brown belt, loosely held, that was tilted slightly towards the left. He also wore an orange scarf that was wrapped twice around his neck and resting on his shoulders loosely, with the rest of the scarf going down on both his sides, up to his mid-back. The ends of the scarf had the Uzumaki Clan symbol; a circle with a whirlpool pattern, in black.

Attached to the belt, resting on his lower back were what appeared to be two Sake bottles. These held water that he could use to perform his Water Ninjutsu. It was an idea that he had come up with after he had learnt that, seals could be used to store large amounts of water as well. The inside of the bottles were lined with seals that expanded the inside of the bottle. He carried two of them, just in case.

Looking in the mirror, he couldn't help but think that he was lucky that the girls had helped him with his clothing choices. He looked like a Ninja that was not to be trifled with. He went down to have a light breakfast and wait for the girls to get ready.

As they came down the stairs, Naruto looked at their chosen dresses and couldn't help but blush. It wasn't that they were purposefully wearing revealing clothing; it was that they were garbed in standard Ninja clothing for Kunoichi, but they looked simply amazing.

Mei was dressed in a long-sleeved dark blue dress that falls just below the knees. It seemed to be closed at the front with a zip, and is kept open on the front-right side from the waist down. The dress only covers up to the upper part of her arms and the underside of her breasts. Underneath, she was wearing the same mesh shirt as him that covered more of her upper body than her dress, but stops short of covering her shoulders and still leaves a sizeable amount of her upper chest showing. She also wore a skirt in the same colour as her dress and, underneath those, mesh leggings reaching down over her knees. Around her waist, she was wearing a belt with a pouch attached to the back on the left. Her Hitai-ate was wrapped around her waist as a belt. She completed her outfit with high-heeled sandals and shin-guards reaching up over her knees. Coupled with her long auburn hair that reached up to her lower back, she was a decidedly beautiful girl.

Sakiko was garbed in a white, sleeveless, Chinese style dress that was tucked into her shorts. The collars of the dress were up, and covered half of her neck from view, and the neckline was V shaped and ended just below the middle of her chest, showing a hint of cleavage. The shorts, which were black in colour, were totally skin-fit and ended at the middle of her thighs. She wore two belts in a X shape over her hips, the right side having her Ninja pouch and the left having a standard Medical pouch. She also wore fingerless gloves on her hands that extended up to her upper arms. Her Hitai-ate was on her right hand, wrapped just above where her gloves ended in a deep red cloth. Her hair, which was a beautiful black colour, was put up so that there were two bangs framing her face going down below her chin and had tied her hair in a ponytail that reached the base of her neck. On her feet she had bandages wrapped, and was wearing the standard Ninja scandals in black.

Naruto could just stare at them, as far as he was concerned, the girls before him were the epitome of beauty and also a symbol of strength. He realized why they had chosen such dresses, it complemented their style well. Mei with her larger Chakra reserves was more of a Ninjutsu support fighter, while Sakiko was more of a close ranged fighter, being stronger in Taijutsu.

The girls on the other hand were discreetly admiring Naruto. For a 12 year old he was quite fit; they had seen that every time that they had gone swimming. His clothes made him look like a proper Ninja, someone that you would prefer not crossing paths with. His hair; which was something that they absolutely loved, was spiky and hung on his head, not obstructing his vision but still pulling off the look that it wasn't cut and just grew that way. Overall, they were feeling quite flustered.

"Both of you look amazing . . . beautiful yet deadly." Naruto said, awe shining clearly in his voice.

The girls blushed prettily, and Mei replied "Thank you Naruto-kun, you're not too bad yourself." Winking at him at the end, Sakiko nodding along.

The girls walked up to him and each took one of his arms and together they made their way to Training Ground 11.

At Training Ground 11

As the trio of Genin arrived at the scheduled meeting spot they were surprised to see another person standing there along with their Sensei. It was a man that appeared to be in his mid twenties, almost 6 feet tall and had spiky silver coloured hair. He was dressed as a standard Jounin of Konoha, but had a facemask similar to Naruto on his face. He was talking quietly with their sensei and as they approached, he turned towards them.

Naruto, now facing him could recognize him. He saw as his eyes widened slightly before returning to its normal lazy attitude. Naruto smirked.

'Hatake Kakashi . . . we finally meet' Naruto thought.

A/N: Thank you to all the people that reviewed. I just wanted to inform you that I have my exams starting Next week and will get over at the end of the month, so I might not update till the end of the month. Sorry. . . on a side note please review and tell me if I should bash Kakashi a little or not?