Sorry for the late update. I've decided to do weekly updates rather than when I can, it's less pressure for me and less confusing for you. Most likely it will be every Monday/Tuesday (British time). Well hope you enjoy and as always R&R.

Chapter 8: Taijutsu and Bukijutsu.

(Training ground 9, Tuesday)

Team 7 could currently be found at training ground 9. The training ground was simply, a field. It was surrounded by thick trees on all sides and had several well beaten training dummies. They had just done their D-Rank mission for the day, which was weeding a lawn, and were now waiting for their sensei for the day, Maito Gai. Kakashi had told them that Gai was a very … unique character. He was difficult to take seriously, but his Taijutsu skills couldn't be bested by anyone in the village. He was a Jonin of Kakashi's calibre, specialised in Taijutsu, and was the self proclaimed Konoha's Sublime Green Beast.

In the training ground, all three members of Team 7 were separately practising various shinobi arts. Sasuke was training his Shunshin no Jutsu to have a further range and react quicker to it. Hinata was training her Byakugan and evasion skills with the help of Naruto's Kage Bunshin. She was standing in the middle of a ring of Naruto's', dodging kunai from each direction. The original Naruto however, was sitting and leaning against a tree while reading about, and practising fuinjutsu. He was currently trying to freestyle and create seals to fit his imagination, which right now he was trying to make a seal that would self repair objects, as well as cleaning them. This would be very useful in future missions to keep clothes clean and safe to use without the wasted time. He was carefully paying close attention to his brush strokes, every detail had to be perfect other wise the results could be very … different. He was about to finish his last few brush strokes, when he heard a cry of "Dynamic Entry!", followed by a blur of green, and a kick to the jaw.

"Aw, what the hell?! I was just about to finish that seal as well and now it's ruined." Naruto whined as he noticed the spilt inc all on the seal. Naruto turned around to face his attacker. "Oi, who the hell do you think you are, I spent a lot of time thinking about that. You better apologise… right … now." Naruto's yelling died down as he took in the sight in front of him. There was a very muscular mid-twenty year old man … wearing a tight green spandex jumpsuit and orange leg warmers that put his own jumpsuit to shame. But that wasn't what caught Naruto's attention though, no what caught his attention was. "DUDE! Why the hell do you have caterpillars on your head!?"

"Your attitude is slightly un-youthful young one, although that energy you seem to have is most youthful. I believe that with hard work we will be able to work on that! Now I will introduce myself and I want you to then follow my lead! Alright here we go. I am the man they call Konoha's Sublime Green Beast, the Taijutsu master of Konoha, Maito Gai." Said Gai while striking a half tiger half dancer pose.

"Ok then … well my name is Uzumaki Naruto, future Hokage of Konoha." Naruto said with his foxy grin, but also winking at his team-mates, telling them to play along.

"Hn, I'm Uchiha Sasuke, the last Uchiha in Konoha." said Sasuke.

"Ano … I'm Hyuuga Hinata, I am the cousin of one of your students, Hyuuga N-neji."

"Well all of you seem youthful enough for me to work with. I will be in charge of your physical conditioning and Taijutsu training. Now, I would like to know what your daily physical training routine is." asked the enthusiastic spandex suit.

Sasuke was the first to answer, "My routine is 50 push-ups, sit-ups and crunches, 25 punches for each arm and 30 kicks for each leg. I also run 10 laps around my compound."

"Um my r-routine is usually 30 push-ups, sit-ups and crunches, 40 punches for each arm and 15 kicks for each leg. I also work on my flexibility by starching because my b-body is naturally f-flexible." was Hinata's answer.

"Um, Gai." Naruto said to catch Gai's attention. "Can I tell you my training routine in private please? Not that I don't trust my team-mates, it's just that if they know how I train, they'll try to do it to. But the way I train is too dangerous for anyone other than me." This statement received a curious glance from Sasuke, awe from Hinata and … seriousness? from Gai.

Naruto and Gai walked off into the forest, guarded by Naruto Kage Bunshin in-case of a curious Uchiha. Five minutes later, Sasuke and Hinata heard cries of "YOUTH!" from the forest.

After returning from the forest with Naruto, Gai set out training Team 7. First he asked them to demonstrate their Taijutsu skills with a one on one Taijutsu only spar with him. During the spars Gai carefully analysed the Genin's movement, style and positioning as well as their strength, speed and flexibility.

Sasuke fought using his clan's Taijutsu style, Han'nōken (reaction fist), which needed the Sharingan to be most effective since it relied on reading your opponent's movement and reacting to it. He was fairly proficient in the style for a Genin, but he would struggle a lot against a suspecting mid to high level Chuunin. Gai's tip for the last Uchiha was to practise his evasion and reaction skills as much as possible, and put a lot of his effort in the training session with Mitarashi Anko.

Hinata also used her family style, the Juuken. It showed in her movement that she worked very hard on her Taijutsu, but it was also obvious that something wasn't right either. It was like watching a dog swim, they could do it effectively, but it looked very uncomfortable. Gai's advice for the young heiress was to ask her father if he knew of anyone who had the same problem in the clan, and if so, how did they rise above it. He also asked her to learn what her elemental affinity is by the next session, something she would probably learn from either Asuma of Kakashi.

Naruto used a style that almost literally blew Gai away. Naruto's style, if you could call it that, was in the simplest way, confusing. It seemed as if all the movements were awkward and out of place if you tried them on their own, but when Naruto used them, it was like watching a dance. Smooth, precise and powerful. His first stance seemed like the simple academy style, common in children with non shinobi backgrounds. But as soon as the first hit came, it changed. When Gai went for a kick to the mid-section, the movement became more similar to the Inuzuka's Juujin Taijutsu. When Naruto went for a jab to the neck, it looked like the Juuken. When he swept low he looked like the Nara's Kageken (shadow fist). To Gai, it was almost as if the boy had brought notoriously different styles together into one. Every style covered another's weakness. But that would be impossible, the boy was only twelve, even with his Kage Bunshin method it contained a large number of different clan hidden that he simply shouldn't be allowed to know. 'If this style evolves correctly and is used correctly, it will be near unstoppable.' thought Gai.

"Naruto-kun, what is the name of that style you're using? I have seen, faced and used many in my time, but that one I have never come across and seems very powerful." asked a very curious Gai.

"Well Gai, that would be something of my own creation. When I started at the academy, their style just didn't feel right to me, kind of like how Hinata feels. Well I went to the library to research different styles, but they never seemed right as a whole, only some aspects. That's where I got the idea that, if I got everything that felt comfortable to me into one style, it would be my perfect style. I call it the Konseiken (Mixed fist) since it's a mixture of a lot. And when I say a lot, I mean a LOT." explained Naruto.

"Naruto-kun, your flames of youth burn brightly. Your way of solving a problem is inspiring." said Gai in his hyperactive mode. Suddenly Gai turned totally serious … which scared the hell out of everybody. "I do have some advice for you though Naruto. If you do use that way to train, you don't have that much experience against different styles. I would like you stay around after every training session today so you can test your style against different ones. It will allow you to see the weakness of your style so you can evolve it further. After today, that is how you will train your Taijutsu during our training sessions, I will also help you with that seal you asked for."

"Thank you Gai … sensei." Naruto said with his foxy smirk.

"YOUTH!"

(Training ground 10, Wednesday)

Like the day before, Team 7 had gone straight from mission to their sensei for the day. All members had taken their advice from Gai and practised it. Naruto's session with Gai had been brutal, but also very effective. He had notice some weaknesses in his style, which he proceeded to fill in and Gai also offering some advice on that part. Sasuke had set up a circuit in his compound to which would test his evasion by firing rubber balls from various directions totally random, then when comfortable, changing to kunai. Hinata had asked her father like Gai had asked her to do. Her father's answer was "any member of the Hyuuga who hadn't mastered the Juuken is considered a failure.". Not very reassuring for the young heiress.

Sarutobi Asuma was their sensei for today, known for being the Sandaime's grandson and for his time serving under the Daimyo with the Guardian shinobi twelve. He was a very skilled Bukijutsu user with his chakra blade trench knives and also a very rare wind element user.

"Sup." said Asuma as he reached his training ground where Team 7 was waiting for him.

"Hey Asuma, how are you?" asked Naruto.

"Meh you know. We should probably get ready to train instead of fight eh?" asked Asuma.

"Ano … Asuma-sensei, could it be possible for you to tell me my affinity before we start? Gai-sensei asked me to find out for our next training session." asked Hinata, whose confidence had been rising in leaps and bounds lately.

"Yeah sure. I was planning on doing that anyway so it works out." Asuma walked over towards the three Genin while pulling three pieces of paper from his pocket. "Alright, these are chakra papers. They come from trees that have been fed chakra from a young age. Now when somebody pushes their chakra into these, it will react to the chakra showing your nature. There are five natures: Fire, Water, Wind, Earth and lightning. Now it doesn't mean that you can only learn jutsu from your affinity, it just means that it's a lot easier if the jutsu matches your affinity. You can also train your chakra to become another nature as well. Now I want all of you to push your chakra into the paper to see what affinity you have, I'll demonstrate." Asuma said. He pushed chakra into paper, which then split in two and then slowly ignited and turned to ash. "The paper split in tow, showing a wind affinity. When it ignited it showed fire, which I trained myself to know. If you have Earth, it will turn to dirt and crumble away, Water will soak the paper and lightning will wrinkle the paper. Any questions?"

"How much chakra should we put into the paper?" asked Sasuke.

"Either until I tell you to stop or when I hit you on top of your head."

"…"

"It was a joke … Jesus."

Sasuke was the first to go, he channelled chakra into the paper, which wrinkled and then ignited, showing a nature for both lightning and fire. Asuma showed Sasuke the first step to controlling his affinities. For fire, he was meat to grab a pot of water, and then heat it up with chakra; it's mastered when the water starts to boil in 10 seconds. For lightning, he had to create a channel of electricity between his hands, mastered when the channel can be held for 10 seconds, 2 feet apart.

Hinata's paper became wet, indicating water. Her exercise was to pour water on her hand, holding it and moving it up and down her arm, mastered when done in 10 seconds.

When Naruto's turn came, he had a slightly evil smirk on his face. "You're going to love this Asuma." he stated. Naruto's paper split in two, one half wrinkled and the other turned to dirt then crumbled, indicating Wind, Lightning and Earth.

"Oh my god." was Asuma's only reply.

"Oh and by the way, I can split a leaf, and I can create the channel of electricity. I couldn't find anything on the earth exercise though." stated Naruto.

"You … you already know those… what the hell are you?" Asuma mumble to himself. He shook himself out of his shock to carry on. "Well, if that's the case, for earth you need to be able to turn dirt into rock with your chakra, and then back. Guess how long it should take you for when you master it. The second lightning exercise is channel the chakra through your body to increase your speed, mastered when you are five times faster than your normal pace. With Wind, and this is the real kicker, you need to split a … waterfall." Naruto did something nobody excepted to do, he fainted. "Ahahaha that was brilliant!" laughed a hysterical Asuma.

After Naruto came back to the land of the living, Asuma asked who had experience in Bukijutsu. Sasuke was quite talented with Shurikenjutsu, as were his clan. Hinata didn't have any experience except for kunai and skuriken usage. Naruto was like a male version of Tenten. His weapons repertoire was shocking. He was able to use a bo-staff, a katana, a jute, senbon, bow and arrow and so much more.

"Wow … well my old man is a Bojutsu user so I can ask him for tips, there's a Jonin that is a big Kenjutsu user so he can help. The bow I have no clue. Shurikenjutsu I'll see what I can dig up. Now Hinata, since you don't have a weapon yet, do you mind if I chose for you. I'll be able to make a better choice than you can no offence or anything. Any questions from anyone?" Asuma asked. When nobody answered he said, "Well let's try your elemental manipulation.

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