As I said at the end of the last chapter I am going to be away for a little over a week so I am going to try to update as much as I can during that time. I hope everyone is enjoying this story. This is my first time writing a story like this so I hope I am doing a good job. I know I need to work on adding details and work on the fight scenes and I plan on doing that.
Kabuto will appear again this chapter and we will get a glance at the new training the genin will receive as well. Also Naruto will learn the shadow clone. He wouldn't be Naruto without it, but he will not spam them like he does in the manga and anime. Also I think I am going to have Naruto learn two other moves from the scroll, but I will not reveal them until later on in the story. I am not going to do the joint training with all the other teams until possibly next chapter or the one after. I want to cover some other things first.
Now onto chapter 6. I do not own Naruto.
(Woods right outside Konoha's walls)
'Where is that bastard Mizuki? Orochimaru-sensei will not be happy if he can't complete this mission. I do not want to report this as a failure. Last time I reported a mission was a failure Orochimaru-sensei nearly killed all the men I was with in rage' Kabuto thought as he was perched in a tree waiting to meet with Mizuki to deliver the package he had stolen from the Hokage.
Kabuto was tasked with waiting for Mizuki and ultimately killing him once he received the package that Mizuki had stolen for Orochimaru. Orochimaru had no need for Mizuki once the package was delivered and would not grant him more power because in Orochimaru's eyes Mizuki was only useful for this one mission.
'It shouldn't have taken this long to get here. He must have run into some trouble.' Kabuto thought.
(Woods around Training ground 7)
'I hope I am far enough away from that cloaked man. I got myself a five minute head start so hopefully I can hide long enough to get this scroll back to Hokage-jiji' Naruto thought.
Naruto had been running through the trees after he taken the scroll and placed that seal on the cloaked figure. Naruto found a little clearing and began to set up a few barrier and trap seals around the area to buy him some more time. Naruto believed that the figure would be after him but Naruto wanted to give him as much trouble as possible.
After Naruto was done making the perimeter safe he looked at the scroll he had taken. 'What is so important about this scroll?' Naruto thought as he turned the scroll over to look at the title of the scroll, The Forbidden Scroll of Sealing. Naruto's eyes grew wide when he read the title. 'A giant scroll with forbidden seals in here? I can see why someone was trying to steal this. I wonder what kind of seals are located in this scroll. With these seals I bet I could become better than the Yondaime'
Naruto began to inspect the scroll more closely. 'How would anyone know if I opened it and took a peak at what was in it? I mean I did save the scroll from the attacker so it is only fitting that I get a reward right?' Naruto thought to himself. He still wasn't sure if he should open it because he didn't want to make his surrogate grandfather, the Hokage, mad at him for opening one of his scrolls.
Naruto was having an internal debate about what to do with this scroll, but eventually his curiosity got the better of him and he decided to open it. 'I can take a quick peek inside. If anyone is approaching I will feel my seals go off and then I can pack up and run again'
Naruto laid the scroll down and began to open it. He stared at the scroll wide eyed and in disbelieve. This scroll had A and S rank justu and seals located in it. Naruto was drooling at the prospect of learning one of the techniques from the scroll. Naruto needed to decide which one to learn. Naruto began read a few of the techniques until he found one that piqued his interest.
The Shadow Clone Technique – A rank Kinjutsu
This clone technique makes a solid copy of the person using the technique. The clone will take orders from the original as well as be able to think independently. The clone has chakra of its own and is able to use said chakra for justu. When a clone is hit hard enough it will disperse and the unused chakra will return to the user as well as the memories of the clone. The user can dispel a clone at anytime if they wish.
This technique is a dangerous one to use. Your chakra will be split evenly throughout the clones you make. This technique is reserved for ninja's Jonin level and above.
'Wow. If I could make solid clones of me then I could use them in a fight as well as with my pranks. What I don't understand is how a clone would have memories?' Naruto thought. Naruto read on and found two other techniques that he found interesting
Naruto copied down the information for them so that he could practice them later on when he had time. Naruto finished copying down the information on the three techniques when he felt his seals go off.
'Shit, someone is in the area. I wonder if it is the thief.'
"Naruto, what are you doing with that scroll?" Iruka said as he landed a few feet away from Naruto.
"Iruka-sensei! I caught the thief trying to steal this and I got it from him. I was hiding from him so he wouldn't find me and get the scroll back"
"Naruto, come here and give me the scroll. I will bring it back to the Hokage and everything will be alright."
Naruto began walking toward Iruka when suddenly another Iruka jumped out of the trees. "Naruto don't give him that scroll. He is an intruder. He isn't the real Iruka. I am. Get away from him."
Naruto was shocked. Now there were two Iruka's and he couldn't tell them apart. "I don't know which one to believe."
Naruto panicked and activated one of his many seals in the area. The seal was located right on a branch above Naruto and dropped two pellets on the ground. The first was a flash bomb that lit the whole area up. The two Irukas were blinded by the sudden flash bomb. The second pellet hit the ground and suddenly the area was filled with smoke, allowing Naruto to escape. On his way out he decided to activate more of his seals and suddenly the two Irukas could feel kunai and shuriken flying by them.
Once the smoke cleared, the fake Iruka's disguise had faded.
"Mizuki, why did you steal the scroll? Why did you betray the village?"
"This village is weak. It should have killed that child long ago. Now they have gone and let him become a ninja. He will be the end of all us. I now serve a new village. The Hidden Sound Village. Once I return that scroll to my new master I will be rewarded and be granted power that you could only dream to match."
As Mizuki finished his statement he charged at Iruka and began a taijutsu battle. Mizuki began to assault Iruka with a combination of kicks and punches, but Iruka was able to block or evade all of them.
'Iruka was never this good before. How did he get so fast.'
Iruka dodged a left hook from Mizuki and decided to go on the offensive. Iruka kicked out with his left foot and connected with Mizuki's right knee, forcing Mizuki to fall to one knee. Once Mizuki fell to his knee Iruka followed up with his right knee and shot it right into Mizuki's face.
Mizuki went flying back and crashed into a tree. Mizuki slowly stood up and wiped away the blood from his broken nose. "I'm surprised Iruka. You must have been practicing these past few months. Who knew you were this good. I was always better than you at taijutsu. Why don't we take this fight up a notch."
As Mizuki finished talking his hands began to fly through seals, as did Iruka.
"Katon: Great Fireball" Mizuki yelled out as an enormous fireball escaped his mouth and headed right for Iruka.
"Doton: Earth Wall" Iruka yelled out as a giant wall of earth burst from the ground and stopped the fireball from hitting Iruka. Iruka quickly used his earth manipulation and disappeared underground before Mizuki could attack again.
Mizuki jumped on the wall and threw down two kunai hoping to catch Iruka off guard, but was surprised to see that Iruka was nowhere to be found. Mizuki didn't have time to look for Iruka as he suddenly began to sink into the earth wall.
Iruka had appeared a few meters away with his hand in a sign exclaiming "Doton: Stone Prison".
As Mizuki was sinking into the earth wall, more pieces of the ground began to rise up and form a prison around Mizuki.
"You cannot escape Mizuki."
"That's what you think Iruka" Iruka turned and could see Mizuki behind him with a kunai about to pierce his skull. Iruka rolled out of the way.
"How did you escape my prison?" Iruka asked. He quickly turned to see the Mizuki in the prison melt away and turn into mud. 'A mud clone! He must have made it when I went underground. I need to end this soon.'
"Iruka it is pointless. You might have gotten a little better but you will never be able to beat me. Just give up now and let me finish off that little demon and get my scroll back."
"Don't refer to Naruto as a demon!" Iruka exclaimed.
"Iruka you know you hate the boy just as much as everyone else. He is the reason you are an orphan. He killed your parents. He has the nine tailed demon fox sealed within him. He is the Kyuubi!" Mizuki yelled back
Naruto who was hiding close by, had heard the whole conversation between Iruka and Mizuki. Naruto could feel the tears streaming down his face as Mizuki spoke. 'I have a demon sealed inside of me? Is that why everyone always ignored me and wouldn't let me buy food or clothes? Does Iruka really hate me?'
"I could never hate Naruto. He is not the reason my parents died. The Kyuubi is! Naruto is not the Kyuubi, he is just the jailor. Naruto is a ninja and one of my favorite students. He has never done anything even remotely demon related. Mizuki you broke the Third's Law and you know what the price of breaking that law is. I cannot let you leave this clearing. Only one of us can walk away from this battle."
"Do you think you have what it takes to take me on Iruka? I have been going easy on you thus far."
"Don't make me laugh Mizuki, I could tell you were going all out from the beginning. If this is the best you have then you might as well give up now because I have been holding back the entire time."
'He's been holding back?'
Mizuki didn't have time to think too much as suddenly he was forced to dodge a giant lightning bolt from Iruka.
"Katon: Phoenix Fire blast" Mizuki yelled as he let loose a giant flame from his mouth that formed into a phoenix and headed right toward Iruka.
Iruka saw it coming and disappeared underground, and reappeared a few meters away while finishing up hand seals.
"Doton: Rock Confinement" Rocks began to shoot out from the ground and surround Mizuki. Mizuki looked around and realized he was surrounded on all sides by these rocks. He glanced upwards and saw that Iruka had even placed rocks above him as well. Mizuki knew it would be hard to escape this. Mizuki started making hand signs, but Iruka finished before he did.
"Raiton: Static Containment Field". Suddenly the rocks began glowing and Mizuki could see lightning going between each of the rocks, blocking him in. Even if he could maneuver through the rocks, the lightning would get him.
"Give up Mizuki. You cannot escape. This Jutsu is one of my own creations and you cannot escape. You are surrounded on all sides. The lightning is even coursing underneath you as well. You are trapped inside."
"Iruka this will not be able to hold me. Katon: Fire Bomb Technique." Mizuki shot out a concentrated ball of fire at rocks and lightning and watched the fire ball explode. Mizuki waited for the smoke to clear only to see that the rocks and the lightning were still there.
"How is this possible? That was one of my strongest attacks"
"I told you to give up Mizuki. I am stronger than you. The lightning going through the rocks helps strengthen. You will not be getting out of this."
Iruka could sense three figures approaching quickly. Three figures jumped into the clearing and looked at all the damage done to the trees and the ground.
"Iruka what is going on here? Why is Mizuki trapped inside your technique?"
"Kakashi-sensei! I am glad that it is you. Mizuki was the one who stole the scroll from the Hokage. Naruto found him and got the scroll from him, but Mizuki tried to trick him into giving back the scroll. Naruto panicked and ran off into the woods. I engaged Mizuki in a battle and this is the result."
"Good work Iruka-san. The Hokage is on his way here now. The battle you guys caused us all to be alerted to this location. Now where is Naruto?"
Naruto listened in on the conversation going on. 'Iruka doesn't hate me, but I wonder if everyone still does.'
"Hold on let me see if I can locate him" Iruka said. Iruka concentrated quickly and then said "Naruto you can come out. I can sense you hiding in the trees."
Naruto came out of his hiding spot and approached the clearing with the scroll attached. Naruto was unsure how to act. He knew Iruka did not hate him, but after learning of him holding the Kyuubi inside of him, Naruto was weary on how to act around everyone. He did not want them to think he was the demon that he holds.
"Naruto it is ok you can come closer. The Hokage is on his way now and I am sure he would like to congratulate you." Kakashi said as he stepped a little closer to Naruto. Kakashi could see that the boy was visibly shaken. 'What did Mizuki do to him?'
Suddenly the Hokage appeared with three of his ANBU with him. Everyone in the clearing looked toward the Hokage. "Hokage-sama. I caught the traitor Mizuki. He was the one who broke into the Hokage Tower and stole the scroll. He also broke your law." Everyone tensed at the mention of this. Naruto put his head down because he did not want to draw attention to himself.
"Cat, Dove take Mizuki to Ibiki. Tell him he has no restrictions while interrogating him."
"Hai Hokage-sama" the two ANBU said. Iruka deactivated his technique and let the ANBU take Mizuki into custody and bring him to Ibiki.
"Iruka I would like you, Naruto and Kakashi to come to my office immediately" and with that Hokage leapt into the trees and back to his office.
"Naruto please hand over the scroll to Kakashi-sensei."
Naruto did as Iruka asked. "Lets get going to the Hokage's Office. We don't want to keep him waiting." Kakashi said.
Iruka almost laughed out loud thinking about what Kakashi had just said.
(Hokage's office- 20 min later)
Iruka, Kakashi and Naruto had arrived in the Hokage's office about 15 minutes ago and had told the Hokage the details of the night. Kakashi was unsure why he was here, as he did not have anything to do with capturing Mizuki.
Naruto explained how he got the scroll from Mizuki and how he had set up the traps, but he failed to mention how he opened the scroll and wrote down three justu from it. Iruka then explained his part in the capturing of Mizuki to the Hokage.
After the Hokage had heard the whole story the Hokage turned to Naruto. "Now Naruto, from what Iruka tells me you were close by in the woods after the fight. Did you happen to hear the conversation going on between Iruka and Mizuki?"
Naruto looked down at the ground and nodded.
The Hokage was angry. When he got his hands on Mizuki he will have wished he was never born. He did not want Naruto to find out like this. He was going to wait until he was a little older and more mature.
"Naruto I need you to know that you are not the Kyuubi, but its jailor. I have never thought of you as the Kyuubi and no one in this room has either. To me you are still Naruto." The Hokage said.
Naruto raised his head at this and tears were starting to form in his eyes. "Do you mean it Hokage-jiji?" The Hokage nodded. Naruto ran to the Hokage and gave him a big hug. "Hokage-jiji, why do we learn that the Yondaime killed the Kyuubi, if he is sealed inside my stomach?"
"Naruto I want you to sit down. We are going to have to explain a few things to you."
Naruto sat down and the Hokage began explaining how the first had all the bijuu under his command but gave each of the other countries some of them as a sign of good faith, but never kept one for himself. The Hokage explained how the other countries sealed their bijuu into children to create jinchuriki, but Konoha did not believe in that. Sarutobi then explained that there is no known way to kill a bijuu, so the Fourth was forced to make a jinchuriki even though he did not want to make any child go through that.
After hearing all about the bijuu from the Hokage, Naruto was in a slightly better mood. 'So there are others like me? I wonder if they have had it as bad as I had.'
"Naruto do you understand that you are not the Kyuubi, but rather its jailor?" The Hokage asked
"Of course I do Hokage-jiji. I understand that the seal on me is used to hold the Kyuubi in place."
"Good now Naruto I want you to go with Iruka and he will bring you back to your place." Naruto nodded and started to walk away with Iruka.
"Rest up Naruto, we are going to be having a lot of training tomorrow." Kakashi said
"Don't be late this time Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto said.
'Glad to see he can still be his old lively self after learning of his burden' the Hokage thought.
Once Iruka and Naruto were gone the Hokage spoke, "So what do you make of all this Kakashi-san?"
"I am glad that Naruto took the news so well, I do not know what we could have done if he lost it. Naruto seems to be maturing fast. I am amazed at his sealing skills."
"As am I. What do you make of Iruka-san's improvement?"
"Well as you know I have been helping him train as of late and I am glad to see he worked out the kinks of his combination justu. That jutsu will be hard to get out of once you're trapped in it. I believe Iruka is ready to take the Jonin exam. When we have sparred lately he has forced me to use my sharingan, a feat only a handful of chunin could hope to achieve. I believe he is ready to become a jonin."
"I believe so as well. I will suggest it to him and see how he takes to the idea of taking the Jonin exam. Now if you excuse me, I have to go see our little thief and have a little talk with him."
Kakashi winced at the thought of having "a little talk" with the Hokage right now. He knows that Mizuki will be begging for mercy in no time. Kakashi excused himself and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
(With Naruto and Iruka)
Naruto and Iruka were walking down the street. Neither had yet to say anything. Iruka decided to break the silence between the two.
"Naruto I was very proud of you tonight. It took guts to stand up to an unknown foe and outsmart him. I am very proud that you were once my student."
"Did you really mean what you said about not hating me for what I hold?"
"Of course Naruto. Most of the Chunin and Jonin can see that you are not the demon, but rather just a child given a horrible burden. Most ninja recognized a seal kunai. You should know as well as anyone that just because something is sealed inside and object, that object does not take on what is sealed within it."
"I know sensei, but now everything makes sense. I understand why people avoid me and why they say hateful things and why they are always trying to beat on me. I want to change their opinions of me. I want to show them that I can be a serious ninja and I would give my life for this village."
Iruka looked down at Naruto and could not help but smile. 'Even after all he has been through he still has love for the people of the village. You are going to make a great Hokage one day Naruto.'
"Naruto tomorrow after your training come find me and I want to bring you out to celebrate. Maybe I will even show you a few of my own moves."
"You mean it Iruka-sensei? That move you beat Mizuki with was amazing. I want to learn that." Naruto said excitedly
Iruka laughed a bit and said, "Well Naruto that move might be a little advanced for you at the moment. It took me a while to develop it with Kakashi-sensei, but I will show you some of my other moves. I will be at the academy until 6 so come find me after your training Naruto."
Iruka and Naruto had finally reached Naruto's apartment. "Be safe Naruto."
"Night sensei" 'Maybe Kakashi-sensei will help me learn some awesome moves like he did with Iruka.' Naruto thought as he entered his apartment building.
(Forest outside of Konoha)
'Damn it. That bastard Mizuki must have gotten caught. I do not want to have to report this to Orochimaru-sensei. He will not take this news well. Maybe I can have someone else deliver the message to him. I don't want to feel his wrath.' Kabuto thought as he was waiting for Mizuki to arrive.
Kabuto knew he had to return to his master tonight or he would think something was up. Orochimaru had begun to plan his invasion of Konoha, but he was being very tightlipped about the plans around Kabuto. Kabuto felt as though Orochimaru still did not trust him one hundred percent. Kabuto had been Orochimaru's right hand man for years, but was never given any recognition for what he had accomplished.
Kabuto's last mission was to the Land of Water, where he had to abduct a certain white haired boy for Orochimaru's experiments. Kabuto barely made it out of the Land of Water alive and then was forced to come here almost immediately to meet Mizuki.
'Well at least if Mizuki was captured he will most likely be killed. Saves me the time of disposing of his body' Kabuto thought as he turned to head back to report this mission as a failure.
(Next day Training ground 7)
Naruto arrived at training ground 7 right before 8 am. When he arrived he saw Sasuke already standing there waiting for him.
"Dobe"
"Teme. Where is Shikamaru?"
"Beats me, he was probably too lazy to get out of bed this morning."
'How can Shikamaru pass up training. I can't wait to start training. I don't ever want to feel like I did last night when Mizuki was attacking. I need to get stronger.'
(2 hours later, Training Ground 7)
"Where the hell are those two? If they got a cool mission without us I am going to be so mad" Naruto said as he was getting impatient waiting for Shikamaru and Kakashi-sensei to show up. As Naruto was talking Shikamaru walked into the training grounds.
"Shikamaru where have you been? We were supposed to meet at 8."
"Well I asked my father about Kakashi-sensei and he said he was habitually late for everything under an A-class mission. So I figured I had some time to sleep in and it looks like I was correct. Kakashi-sensei is nowhere to be found." Right as Shikamaru finished speaking there was a puff of smoke in the training ground, leaving Kakashi standing there.
"Yo."
"You're late sensei. I told you last night not to be late" Naruto said to his sensei.
'Why was Naruto with Kakashi last night? Did it have something to do with that incident last night? Dad was out for a while searching for something.'
"I was on my way when suddenly I saw a cat stuck in a tree so I had to help rescue it"
"Lame excuse sensei" Naruto said.
Kakashi sighed. "Well now that we are all here I would like to start our training. First we are going to work on your stamina and speed and then move onto chakra control."
"How do you expect that to make me stronger? I need to get stronger now so I can fulfill my goal" Sasuke said.
'I'm going to have to break him of that attitude fast.' Kakashi thought. "Well Sasuke, if you have good stamina you can last longer in a fight and if you are fast enough you will be able to dodge anything your opponent throws at you. The better chakra control you have will mean that you will use your chakra more efficiently so you will use less of it for your jutsu and have more to spare. We will also be working on building your reserves. We have a few weeks to get all this done before we will change up our training a bit and start working on elemental jutsu. For now I want you to all put these on." Kakashi pulled out three sets of weights.
"For these to work you need to put them on each of your legs and each of your arms. Channel a little chakra into it until you see them change to green. That will make each weight 10 lbs. You will wear these at all times except for when you sleep because I want you to get accustomed to wearing them. After you get used to 10lbs we will up it."
All three genin eyed the weights. Shikamaru knew this wasn't going to be easy. He would have to actually push himself. If his mother found out that he slacked off during training he would never hear the end of it.
After the genin put their weights on and channeled the right amount of chakra into each Kakashi said "Alright I know want you to run 50 laps around the training ground. You might have a little trouble at first getting adjusted to wearing the weights but after a few days you will be fine. Now get going"
Kakashi smirked as he took out his book as he watched his squad struggle to start running with the extra weight. 'Watching them struggle is going to be even better than messing with Gai.'
(1 week later)
One week had passed since Kakashi had started training his genin. When they weren't out doing mindless D-rank missions for the village they were hard at work training. They had worked on their stamina and chakra control and even began to work on increasing their reserves, though Naruto had the most chakra out of all of them.
Shikamaru had grown accustomed to the training he was receiving and told Kakashi it would be too troublesome to change and go back to his old self because he would lose everything he had worked for. Shikamaru had learned tree walking and had started on water walking. Sasuke had already finished water walking and was now working on his speed of his hand seals as well as working on his sealing knowledge. Though Sasuke was not a natural like Naruto, Sasuke still knew a bit about seals and could identify and create most beginner ones. Given a few more weeks and he could move onto the intermediate level.
Naruto had finished the intermediate level but Kakashi would not let him go on to the next level until after he completed more of his training. Naruto began working on other chakra control exercises because he wanted to be able to use one of the techniques he picked up from the Forbidden Scroll of Sealing. Naruto had let Kakashi know that he knew the Shadow Clone Technique a few days before.
(Flashback)
"Kakashi-sensei can I have you help me with something?" Naruto asked one day after the training was done.
"What is it Naruto?" Kakashi was proud that Naruto would come to him to for help working on something
"I need more chakra control exercises so I can have better control."
"Naruto you have already mastered tree climbing and water walking. You don't need to work on your control right now."
"I understand that Kakashi-sensei but I have the most chakra on the team and with the seal filtering in more of the Kyuubi's chakra as time goes on I am going to need to constantly work on my control."
"I understand Naruto. It will be hard to work on it by yourself after all the other training you have going on. I don't want you to push yourself to the brink of exhaustion every day. That is not good for you."
"Kakashi-sensei what if I could work on everything and not be exhausted, would you help me then?"
"I suppose I could, but how do you propose you are going to be able to work on everything at once?"
"Shadow Clone Technique" Naruto yelled out and three clones popped into existence.
Kakashi was shocked. 'Where did he learn this technique. I know Iruka would not have taught him that. Iruka only said they had worked on Taijutsu. Did he learn it that night?'
"Naruto where did you learn that technique from?"
"Don't be mad Kakashi-sensei, but I learned it from the Forbidden Scroll of Sealing. I know it is an A-rank technique meant for jonins, but I figured I had more than enough chakra for it and I never feel tired after making some clones."
"Naruto, I am very disappointed in you for opening the scroll and learning a technique from it without the Hokage's permission." Naruto looked down in shame from that comment. He didn't want to disappoint Kakashi, one of the few people that Naruto was close to. "But I am also very proud of you as well. That technique is not an easy technique and you seem to be able to use it very well. When did you first learn it?"
"I finished working on it yesterday. I didn't want to tell anyone yet because I was hoping to save it as a surprise"
"Alright Naruto I will help you, but I do not want you using this technique all the time. The memories from a clone might be too much if you use too many at a time."
(Flashback end)
Kakashi was sure that in a few weeks his team would be ready to learn elemental training and then they would begin training with all the other genin teams as well.
(2 weeks later)
Kakashi was proud of his genin squad. They had increased their weights to about 30 lbs each for each weight. Soon Kakashi was going to have to opt for resistance or gravity seals like he wore. Now that all of his genin had mastered the two required chakra control exercises and raised their stamina and chakra capacity he was going to begin a new part of their training.
Kakashi took out three pieces of paper and told all of his genin to come here.
"What are you going to give us a paper cut Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked while he smirked at Kakashi.
"Very funny Naruto. These papers I have in my hand will tell you what element you are. If the paper becomes wet you have a water affinity, if it burns you have a fire affinity, if it crinkles then you have a lightning affinity, if it turns to dust then you have an earth affinity, and finally if it gets cut in half then you have a wind affinity."
"I already know my affinity. All Uchiha's have a fire affinity."
"Yes that is true, but sometimes people can have two affinities. Most Jonin have two or even three that they can use proficiently, though chances are you three will only have one each. Now here is a paper for each of you. I want you all to channel some chakra into the paper."
Each of the genin took a piece of paper from Kakashi and channeled chakra into. Kakashi was surprised with the results. Sasuke's paper not only burned, but half of it crinkled as well, Naruto's paper was cut in half and then become soggy, and Shikamaru's paper crinkled as well.
'Well it seems both Naruto and Sasuke have two elements and they are perfect opposites of each other. Shikamaru being a lightning element was a surprise though. I believe most Nara are usually earth elements.'
"Alright it looks like Naruto and Sasuke each have two elements while Shikamaru only has one."
"It would be too troublesome to have two elements at this time" Shikamaru said.
"Naruto wind is a very rare element and I only know a handful of wind ninjutsu and they are all low level techniques, but do not worry I know someone who is the only other wind type in Konoha that we know of. I also have a very good library of water techniques I can show you. Shikamaru and Sasuke, you guys are in luck because I am one of the best lightning users in Konoha. I can also help you with your fire element Sasuke.
We will only work on the first phase of elemental manipulation. Naruto and Sasuke you will only work on one element at a time. I do not want you to tire yourselves out right now. We will work on your elements tomorrow. We have done enough for today. I want you all to head home and get a good night sleep because tomorrow we are going to take our training up a notch and have one-on-one spars."
All three genin groaned. This training was already hard enough as it was. If they took it up a notch they weren't sure if they would survive.
"Meet here tomorrow at 8 am" Kakashi said and disappeared in a puff of smoke leaving the three genin alone.
"See you guys at 10 tomorrow" Naruto said smirking. They had all stopped coming at 8 after the first day. Kakashi always showed up a little after 10 so they figured they would not need to be on time either. With that all three boys departed and went on their own ways.
A/N: Hope you enjoyed that chapter. I know I skipped ahead a lot on their training, but the first few weeks was just strength training and chakra control. I am going to get into the training of all the teams soon and you will be able to see how each team is so far.
Kabuto will meet up with Naruto next chapter and they will have a spar so Kabuto can see how far along Naruto has come. Iruka will also be tested for Jonin soon. Please let me know what you think. I am open to ideas about the story if you have any. I am going to start progressing the story in the next few chapters. I am going to try and update over the next week but it is going to be extremely hard because I am going away with my family. If I can't update next week then I will update as soon as I get back on the 28th or 29th.