Hi everyone. If you have read to this chapter, then you are probably hooked on my fan fiction. I have found a website that has info about the Naruto series and I am reading up on my facts. This has caused me to change my thoughts about the 'final' outcome of Naruto's abilities. However we are nowhere near the final Naruto, since he has not even started training yet. Now without further stalling, on to the chapter!

Forest near Hidden Leaf Village

Itachi was slowly walking through the forest with Naruto following closely behind. Itachi was the first one to break the silence. "Look around you Naruto. Examine the bushes and trees carefully. In order to be a ninja, you must always be aware of your surroundings" Naruto started to look around while listening to Itachi. He noticed how tall the trees were and was surprised at their height. He also scanned the area around him and tried to see the landscape an Itachi was.

Itachi stopped and turned around to face Naruto. Naruto looked up at Itachi with a confused look. Itachi said, "Naruto, from now on you will call me sensei. I will teach you what I know eventually, but first we will start with basic survival." Naruto looked at him and said, "What do you mean by survival Itachi?" Itachi glared back at him and Naruto caught his mistake. "I mean, Itachi-sensei."

Itachi nodded with approval and explained. "Well, first of all I am going to show you how to determine what plants you can and cannot eat, and then later I will show you how to make traps to catch wild animals." While Itachi was talking, Naruto gave him absolute attention. Within days of meeting him, Naruto had not only come to envy Itachi, but also to respect him as a strong ninja.

Forest near Hidden Leaf Village (time skip)

Naruto woke up early to check the traps he had set last night. It had been two years since he had left Hidden Leaf Village with Itachi. Naruto had trained himself to be a light sleeper and had mastered the art of setting traps and analyzing the landscape for the slightest disturbance.

Naruto heard footsteps coming from his left side. Since he had not learned any jutsu and had limited taijutsu, he dove into cover. He peered around and saw a familiar purple-haired woman. *Yugao again,* Naruto thought as he watched her carefully. Yugao had been appearing more and more often lately and had been close to finding Naruto and Itachi many times. Naruto decided that he should return to Itachi as quick as possible to inform him.

Itachi was packing up camp when Naruto arrived. "Itachi-sensei, Yugao is close by." Itachi said to Naruto without looking up, "I know, I think it is time we changed sites anyway." Naruto started to help Itachi pack up and proceeded to ask questions. "Why is Yugao always hunting us down?" Itachi stopped packing up and decided to let Naruto finish. "Well Naruto, I am a rogue ninja and Yugao is in the assassination division of the ANBU. That means that she has been assigned to deal with me personally. I know Yugao well enough to know that she takes her work very seriously."

Naruto seemed satisfied with that answer and finished tearing down the camp site, making sure to leave no trace of their presence. He looked up at Itachi and nodded his head, signaling that he was done. Itachi turned and started walking towards a large boulder. "Naruto, I think that it is time that we move in to the Uchiha Hideout." Naruto looked at him with curiosity. "Wait a minute, are saying that you have access to a hideout and we are only just moving in now?"

Itachi touched the boulder and it vanished, revealing a small trapdoor. "Yes, we are moving in just now because not only have you mastered the art of survival, but also because we cannot hide from Yugao forever in this forest." Naruto seemed to understand his reasoning, but he still could not hide the fact that he was a little disappointed. Both Itachi and Naruto jumped into the hole revealed by the trapdoor, and fell into the darkness.

Uchiha Hideout

Itachi took a few steps forward in the complete darkness that filled the hideout. "Fire Style: Searing Flame Jutsu" Several tiny fireballs flew from Itachi's mouth and one by one, candles along the side of the hideout lit up. Naruto looked around in amazement as the wide stadium-like room slowly grew brighter. "This is our new home Naruto."

The room had a light grey color covering every surface and a big hokage-style obsidian chair in the center of the far end of the room. Naruto finally gathered the courage to ask a question that he had wanted to ask ever since he saw Itachi fight Yugao for the first time. "Itachi-sensei, can you teach me how to use jutsu?"

Itachi looked at Naruto with a curious look. "Why do you ask Naruto?" Naruto looked down with a sad look, "Well, when I heard Yugao coming I noticed how defenseless I was and I think that jutsu will make me stronger." Naruto looked up with a huge smile. "Besides Itachi-sensei, I want to be as strong as you someday."

Itachi looked at Naruto with a faint smile. "Alright Naruto, I will teach you one jutsu for now." Itachi put his hands together in a lowercase t-shape and said, "Shadow Clone Jutsu." A puff of smoke appeared next to Itachi and revealed an exact clone of him. Naruto stared in awe and quickly mimicked the hand sign and said, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Itachi looked at Naruto in disappointment as the puff of smoke revealed a flimsy rubber-like Naruto. Naruto looked at it with his mouth open in disbelief. "What the hell, I did exactly what you did. Why did that THING show up instead of a clone?" Itachi explained, "Creating a clone requires a certain level of chakra control. You need to focus your chakra into your hands and then transfer it into an empty space nearby."

Naruto tried again, "Shadow Clone Jutsu." This time, after the smoke cleared, a fat rubber Naruto was revealed. Naruto sighed and dissipated his 'clone'. "You should concentrate on distributing your chakra evenly." Itachi said. "I will use my Sharingan and watch you until you make a perfect clone." Naruto groaned and continued his training.

Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. If you find this chapter a little on the boring side then wait until chapter four because I will restart the action.