"Normal speech"
Sign Language = Name: (Stuff that they sign)
'Thought'
Kyuubi
Other enormous beings
(Lemon) if you skip a lemon, I'll be sure that you don't miss a thing if you do. Cause I understand that some people would rather skip it because they feel that it is inappropriate, but I think that not having a lemon would be unrealistic to a relationship. But what do I know? I write about ninjas flying around blowing stuff up, how realistic is that in comparison?
No author's note this time but will have one at the end of the chapter and thank you for the reviews that are coming in.
Disclaimer: Naruto is not owned by me. I how I wish though.
Chapter 2: Life: The Bad, The Ugly, and the Good
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(The Following Evening)
Following the attack on Naruto, he was finally released from the hospital and was guided to his new apartment with the help of the Hokage. It actually wasn't that far away from the Sarutobi compound so it was just like walking home for Sarutobi.
Upon arrival at the apartment complex, the Hokage noticed several glares and murmurs through the crowd that had gathered near-by. He disregarded this and hoped that the people are not as stupid as they appear to be. They both headed up the stairs to the fourth floor and at the end of the hall was Naruto's new apartment.
The apartment was a small one consisting of 1 bedroom, 1 and a half baths with a full in the main bedroom while there was a guest bathroom in the hall, a decent size kitchen with all the main use accessories such as a fridge, oven, microwave. Also, upon the Hokage's request it was fully furnished with a couch, coffee table, recliner, bed in the bedroom as well as a couple dressers for the young boy. Sarutobi knew Naruto had a ramen fetish since his very first time taking him to Ichiraku's Ramen stand and the boy devoured ten bowls in a matter of minutes. So in the kitchen cabinets were a year supply of ramen for the young boy.
Upon entering the domicile, Naruto was thoroughly impressed at his new home. He was already jumping up and down at the excitement of having a place of his own and that was shown by him running full speed from one end of the apt to the other.
"Naruto, please come here. We need to discuss some things." Naruto came over and sat down on the couch next to the Hokage.
"Now, in a few years you will be eligible to join the academy and begin your career as a shinobi. Do you wish for this to happen?"
"Well Ojii-san, I want to protect my precious friends with everything I have but I know I can't do that by doing nothing. And if I have to enter to become stronger then I will do it. But I have a question for you jiji. What does it mean to be the Hokage?" Naruto questioned with a pleading look in his eye
"Well, the Hokage has many responsibilities. He has tons of paperwork to complete each day to regulate control and power throughout the entire village. He needs to keep security tight and be ready for anything. He has to expect the unexpected as well. Also the Hokage needs to be strong enough to not only protect his precious ones but also his entire village and for this strength is needed. He also needs to be patient when the time calls and not jump into anything head first without thinking. That in itself
Causes many good men and women to die for your mistake. Now im not going to say I did everything in my life perfect because I too made many mistakes and sent some very valuable ninja to their deaths but that is life. Its how you get past that and stride forward that makes you a great man, a great ninja, and a great Hokage. Do you understand?"
"I think I do. I think I have a lot to think about Ojii-san. Thanks for the new apartment!" Naruto tackled the Hokage and gave him a big hug. "This means a lot to me. I will get strong and be Hokage someday with the right reasons in mind and not some silly one like only being the strongest." Naruto said with a big foxy smile on his face.
"Well then Naruto I leave you to do what you want to do now that you are on your own. I will visit everyone once in a while to see how things are doing." Stated Sarutobi before leaving Naruto.
"Well now, what do I do since I'm all alone. Well I am still sleepy and it is getting late I guess I will stay here and catch up on my dreams."
With that Naruto left to his room to shower and get ready for bed.
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Outside the window of Naruto's apartment stood a lone figure. They stood upright in a dignified manner. They wore a plain white robe and had their long hair slicked back. Their pupiless eyes stared at the blonde before he went into the bathroom. Upon his entering, the lone figure snuck into the apartment and waited in the shadows.
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(Twenty minutes Later)
After Naruto left the shower, he put on his night clothes and proceeded to the kitchen to get himself a late night snack of ramen with something to drink. He dried his hair and left the bedroom. Once he reached the kitchen he opened the cabinet and reached for a Ramen cup. Before he can even bring it down……….Thwack!
The mysterious figure knocked Naruto out by hitting his pressure point at the back of the neck.
"This will teach you to mess in business that doesn't need to be disturbed" the figure stated.
After positioning the boy in his bed and on his stomach, the man proceed to do a long line of hand signs before finishing and pushing his hand on the upper neck of Naruto. Upon the touch he managed to whisper out "Seal" and with that a set of seals appeared upon his neck and will be barely noticeable unless chakra is ran through them.
Once this was happening, Naruto started turning and crying in pain while he slept. This seemed to be very painful and nothing he could do would stop the pain. After what seemed like fifteen minutes, the process was finally complete and the attacked seemed content.
After his business was done the lone assailant left the apartment without even leaving a trace of what happened or his entry.
"Now lets see you try to remember anything or concentrate again. You will be dog of the village and treated like one as well. Don't think I am the only one Kyuubi brat! There may be others." Thought the lone attacker has he fled back to the compound.
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(Following Morning)
Naruto began to wake up in a groggy state like he felt when he was in the hospital. He had a small pain at the back of his neck but decided to ignore it. He couldn't remember what happened last night and every time he tried he just couldn't do it. There was always a pain like a headache that disrupted his thinking. He decided to forget about it and continue on his way to another day of playing.
He got up and went to the kitchen to see a ramen cup already sitting on the counter so he decided to warm the cup up and have himself a breakfast of champions in his mind. After waiting the minimum three minutes, he scarfed down his breakfast and looked at the time. It was already ten in the morning. Seeing as he slept in he should get ready for the day. After taking a shower and cleaning up his room, Naruto proceeded to go to the park today.
He left his apartment and proceeded to head to the park remember every street he took so that he can find his way back to the apartment. Upon arriving he noticed that nobody was there today so he decided to sit on the grass and wait for people to show up.
After the first hour no one showed up so Naruto got up and stared to just swing by himself on the swing set when he finally noticed a family coming and decided to try to introduce himself. Once the family seen who was coming the father put his children behind him and told Naruto to "go away evil child. We don't want any trouble just go away."
Naruto was shocked at this but decided he didn't want to be hit or ridiculed so he complied and went back to sit by himself.
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(Several hours later)
After waiting for four hours and not a single one of his friends showing up he decided he would go home and just wait till tomorrow. After grabbing his things that he brought to the park he proceeded to head home. After traversing the city for what seemed like forever (he forgot where he lived) Naruto finally seen the apartment complex in sight. However before reaching it Naruto was grabbed into a dark alley and threw against the wall.
"Hey you little shit! How dare you bring trouble upon a sweet little girl like Ino. She could have been killed by your little stunt you demon brat! Now this is punishment for the shit you put her through!" Said the three ninja and proceeded to beat Naruto severely. Kicks to the ribs, Punches to the face, knees to the groin, cutting him with kunais, and throwing him against walls. After what seemed like an eternity, Naruto finally blacked out due to the pain. When the beating was done the three ninja stripped his clothes and one by one proceeded doing hand seals.
The first ninja, completed twenty hand seals and pressed both his hands on the back of the legs of Naruto. At the moment he pressed strange symbols came to be as the legs began spasming violently from the supposed technique. After five minutes the sealing was done and the second ninja moved in for the next part of the process. The second ninja went through a more complex set of seals and pressed his hands to his forehead. At the moment he touch his forehead, Naruto woke up screaming in pain. Luckily the third ninja had erected a genjutsu and sound barrier around the area so that no one can hear or see them.
After the conclusion of the imprinting of the final seal, the first looked deep into the barely conscious eyes of Naruto and said "Stay away from our cousin Kyuubi brat! Try to remember our faces if you want but by the end of this you won't know who we are."
After the conversation was finished the first ninja used the Yamanaka clan jutsu and wiped Naruto's memory of the interaction as well as the incident. After the task was completed the third ninja release the genjutsu and the sound barrier and all three left.
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(Two Hours Later)
As evening approached, Naruto finally began to fully gain consciousness. He tried to remember why he was out here or what happened but once again his head began to throb and nothing could pop up at all. Deciding that he needed to get home, Naruto tried to stand but it was to no avail. He tried again but only to fall flat on his face this time. Naruto couldn't see any reason why it was so hard for him to walk.
After trying to walk for the past three hours, and with a very, very hungry stomach, Naruto managed to crawl to the apartment complex and took the elevator to the fourth floor. Upon entering the fourth floor, Naruto seen some of his neighbors as they were in the hallway only to be glared at and had rotten food threw at him. He wondered what he had done to deserve this as he couldn't think of anything at all.
Finally reaching the door to his place, he pulled out his key and crawled up the door to barely reach the keyhole, unlock the door, then stumble in his place. Once he closed his door he tried again to walk. He had more luck this time but it soon began to look like a newborn baby trying to walk instead of a five year old little boy.
After pulling himself up to the counter, Naruto brought down his entire case of cup ramen and began to heat up five at a time since his stomach was all but begging for food.
After about forty-five minutes, Naruto finally had a content stomach after the thirty cups of ramen being devoured in the time frame. Now all that was on Naruto's mind was how the hell had this day been on of the most worst days he had ever had. First he had a shitty sleep after being knocked out by something, then he goes to the park only to be ridiculed and have no friends to play with, then he walks home and ends up passed out and waking up in an alley with many aches and pains in his body, not being able to walk as though he was first learning, then having all that rotten food being thrown at him, this was a definitely bad day.
After debating on what to do, he decided to just goto bed after a quick shower. Once he finished his fifteen minute shower, he just put on his boxers and went to bed.
"This day can't get any worse. Why can't I remember anything and why is my body not walking right? *sigh* I wish I had parents to take care of me. Wonder what my mom and dad were like." Naruto though as he drifted to sleep for the night.
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(One hour and Thirty minutes later)
Outside the apartment stood three ANBU operatives. Each looked exactly identical to each other. The only difference was that there were two males and one female and each had different heights. Unknown to many however, these were not normal ANBU ninja. No, these were ROOT members. Only this group is loyal to only Danzo as he uses them for his own personal ambitions.
"Listen here Oni, we need to make this quick and fast. Before the procedure takes place we need you to place a sound barrier around the room when we enter. The child should not awake once we enter and you will also need to apply a Forced Sleep Jutsu to him to ensure his sleep while this goes on. Ema, once Oni sets up the barrier you will be first with the suppression seal followed by myself, then Ema while we hold the barrier. Remember, Danzo does not accept failure." the Captain said to his team to make sure his point got across
Upon the nods of his teammates, the trio of ROOT made their way into the apartment and into the room of the heavily sleeping Naruto. Once arriving the Captain made the gesture to begin and Oni made the barrier around the room. As soon as it was up and the jutsu place on Naruto, Ema began working his the suppression seals on the stomach of the boy. The process took several minutes but was finished without hesitation. This was followed by the Captain, then by Oni. As soon as the trio was finished they looked at the boys face which had contorted in pain during the process but being ROOT members meant that this had little to no effect on them. Since they had drowned their emotions to the deepest recesses of their minds, they all took their leave not leaving a trace to be found that they were there.
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(Somewhere in the Hyuuga Compound)
"Hitoro-sama, the seal is completed and applied to the target as of last night. Please forgive my tardiness in my report, however I could not take the chance of being found out or having any kind of connection to yourself." the Main Branch member reported to one of the Hyuuga Elders.
"Very well. Your tardiness is forgiven this one time but any others will have dire consequences. Now be gone from my sight. This meeting never occurred." Hitoro responded.
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(Elsewhere in the Yamanaka Compound)
"Hey pop's we did it! We achieved the goal you wished for us to do to that Kyuubi brat. Now where's the money you promised us" The older of the three Yamanaka ninja said.
"Shhhh! Are you trying to get us caught!? Here, three-hundred thousand ryo to be divided to each of you. Now leave this place and tell no one of this!" Replied Ichi, the father of the elder ninja.
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(Deep in the ROOT Compound)
"Danzo-sama, the request is fulfilled. There were no traces of our entry or departure. All went according to plan." the Captain reported to Danzo
"Good. If the council will not let me have him, then he will never be able to be anything except a brat to be controlled in the village." Danzo responded. "Dismissed."
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(Three Weeks Later)
Its been three weeks since the incidents towards Naruto. He still couldn't remember what happened but he decided to forget about it. He finally got the hang of walking again although he would still have trouble running at long distances. Over the few weeks, he finally caught up with Ino, Tenten, and Hinata again and had them all over at his apartment. They each helped Naruto with his problem and that sped up is recovery. It was now this way almost every other day. Either all the girls would come over or one at a time.
Hinata decided to start training with her father since she didn't want to be weak and help Naruto when she could. Her father had a sparkle of happiness in his eye when he seen that Hinata was finally breaking away from her shy shell due to the help of said boy. Everyday when she wasn't with Naruto, she would be training with her family on their family taijutsu known as the Jyuken.
Tenten also started training with her father in their spare moments when they didn't have to run the shop. She focused solely on weapons throwing and endurance. Her father had not known what gotten into her but he was not complaining. Being a retired shinobi, he knew the type of exercises that would benefit her and not run her ragged.
Ino finally decided that looks can only get you so far in the world. After her deep realization at the Kumo incident, she knew she had to train and not be solely looking to keep her looks. Although she kept that side of her, she also went to her father to get her to train their own family jutsus and having ninja training. To say he was displeased would be an over exaggeration since he was proud she wanted to follow in the family footsteps as shinobi but he still wanted her to be his little princess and never grow up.
Also by chance, the last few days, Ino introduced Hinata, Tenten, and Naruto to Chouji and Shikamaru. Since both boys were from clans that were fiercely loyal to the Yamanaka and likewise for the Yamanaka to their clans, it was only time before they all met together. Now on a by-daily basis the six of them would go to the park and play around. Ino and Tenten usually swinging on the swing set, Shikamaru and Hinata usually laying at the back relaxing watching the others play, while Naruto and Chouji were always roughhousing around trying to see whose better. Naruto looked at the heavy set boy as he began to each another bag of chips that seemingly came out of no where and decided to ask a question.
"Hey Chouji………….you're fat. Why do you keep eating, won't you get bigger?" At that question it became deathly quiet as Shikamaru stood up and cautiously walked towards Naruto hoping that death doesn't wait for him at the taboo word he just used.
"What……..did………you……call…….me?! IM NOT FAT!!!!! IM ONLY THIS WAY BECAUSE OUR CLAN NEEDS TO USE OUR MUSCLEMASS FOR OUR JUTSUS!!!!!" Roared a very angry Akamichi.
"Really? That's so cool" replied Naruto nonchalantly
At that moment Chouji became instantly quiet and confused. "Did he just say that's so cool for me being so big?" thought Chouji. Deciding to take a chance he wanted Naruto to elaborate on what that meant. "Please Naruto what do you man "That's so cool.""
"Well, the way I see it, you can eat all you want and get bigger and bigger. And with that, that means you will have more power when you use your jutsus right? I mean to eat just to get stronger jutsus is so cool I wish I can do that. Actually Chouji, I'm kinda jealous of you"
Chouji at this point was flabbergasted and so was Shikamaru. No one had ever explained it like the way Naruto did and to say he was even jealous was beyond reasoning. This put into Chouji's head that this kid will now and forever be his friend.
"Thanks Naruto. I never thought of it that way. You know, you really are a weird kid, but your really cool. Thanks for being my friend."
"No problem buddy. Now lets go play with Ino and Tenten looks like they can use a push on the swings."
At that both the two boys joyously ran to the swings and started pushing both the girls to their own delight. After several hours of playing at the park, Naruto had to leave to go meet his self-claiming Ojii-san for dinner at Ichiraku's Ramen. Bidding farewell, Naruto rushed off to find the old man and enjoy dinner
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(The following day)
Naruto woke up that morning to another glorious day. Today, he is going to meet with the Hokage to discuss something of importance from what the old man said. After jumping out of bed and doing his normal routine, he left the apartment and went to the Hokage tower.
After arriving there, he approached the desk where there was some kind of old lady sitting and asked her if he could go see the Hokage. She looked at him funny then buzzed the Hokage in return he told her to let him in. Seeing no other reason to disagree she said "Go on in kid. Don't mess with the Hokage's time, he has more important things to do than sit around and mess with some brat."
Naruto looked at her evilly but decided against doing anything………..for now.
Once Naruto entered the office he could see stacks upon stacks of paperwork in front of the Hokage while behind it the old man was staring out into the village.
"Hey Ojii-san whats up? You wanted to talk to me?
"Ah yes Naruto of course. Come here and sit next to me." he said. After Naruto sat down he asked Naruto "Hey I know something, you want to wear the hat today?" At that moment he seen the stars glowing in Naruto's eyes. Reaching for his hat, he placed it on Naruto's head and stood back to get a good look.
"You know Naruto, that's a very good look for you" he said with a warm smile.
"Well one day I will be Hokage and I will protect the entire village!" Naruto shouted back.
"Ok, now that the fun is over, Naruto I wished to discuss your plans for the academy in the coming years. You still wish the join im assuming?"
"Of course Ojii-san! Its going to be really fun and I will have all my friends with me! Nothing is going to stop me from joining!" Naruto explained with great enthusiasm. He knew nothing would prevent him from joining and start his trek towards being Hokage.
"Very well but you know, many others are receiving training. How about you? You doing any kind of training to prepare?" Sarutobi asked hoping that someone was helping.
Naruto looked down in shame knowing that he couldn't join any of his friends training since it was family training. "Not really. Everyone else does family training and I haven't really done much to do in training. That and I don't know what to do at that. So no I don't really have anyone to train me." Naruto said solemnly
"Well im here to help fix that. You may enter now."
At that moment a tall, muscular looking man came into the room. His hair was slightly spiky and the shade of black that you can only see in the dark of the night. He had a scar under his left eye and his forehead. Said man wore a long black trench coat with a deep green muscle shirt and a set of dark black pants as well. On his hands he wore fingerless gloves with a metal plate on each side. Along his footwear were heavy duty black boots and had what seemed like long daggers strapped to each side of the boots. The only thing was that these daggers had strange symbols engraved on each one. On his left thigh was a kunai pouch strapped along with a similar pouch on his lower back.
"Yo uncle, whats up? You called me for an unknown reason only to be dragged here to see you and a kid? Why did you call me?"
"Ah yes, please come in Yakama. Naruto, this is my dear nephew, Yakama Sarutobi. He is a newly made Jounin just about a few months ago. I asked him to come here for a few reasons." Explained Sarutobi.
"Now Yakama, from what I read, you did quite well on your Jounin exam a few months back and your ninjutsu and taijutsu were superb as well as you…."
"Hey old man! Why am I here if your just going to explain his test to him? Im not even needed for this so whats going on?"
"Ya uncle, whats this about. If you wanted to speak to me about my test then you could have spoken to me at the compound and not here." expressed irritantly to the Hokage.
"Well if you both were to let me finish you will see where this is going." explained the Hokage in a very somber voice.
"Now as I was saying Yakama, your taijutsu and ninjutsu were superb. Your genjutsu was above average but I will not hold that against you. Your stealth and information gathering were above average as well and your control is atleast high Jounin level. The only problem I could see was that of controlling a team on the written portion as well as the team leading exercises. After talking to the proctors of the test, they told me that you atleast are at the most at this point a low Jounin due to those reasons. If you wish to be considered ANBU material or atleast medium to high Jounin level I have a proposition for you."
"Hmm…..any help wont be too bad. You know after the death of my parents and your sister, my goal have been to just be the best I can and serve as one of your elite bodyguards. If that means getting a little extra help I accept."
"We will see if you wish to accept after this point. For the next few years I wish for you to train little Naruto here to be prepared and ready for when he enters the academy. Now before you object let me detail what the situation is. Naruto here has no help whatsoever in training and all his friends are already getting trained by their families. Also, Naruto here needs to be able to socialize better, learn the properties of chakra and its control, be atleast better in terms of strategy and a little bit of book smarts" Expressed Sarutobi looking at the shocked expressions of both his nephew and Naruto.
"Now during this time I will give you missions as well but it will be B-rank at the most as I want your priority set on helping little Naruto." At that point Sarutobi handed Yakama a piece of paper. "I want you to read that then burn it right here right now."
Yakama opened the letter and began reading. After several moments, a shocked expression began to show upon Yakamas face. He had just learned the heritage of Naruto which meant that he was among only 3 people that knew of his true self. Among these people were Sarutobi himself, Hatake Kakashi in which before Minato's passing offered him to be Naruto's god brother but never gave the Fourth his reply before his demise, and of course the Godfather himself, Jiraiya of the Sannin.
"Y-you m-m-mean………." Yakama tried to stammer out.
"Yes and this is not to be revealed to anyone. And I do mean anyone!" Sarutobi expressed with a little bit of killer intent laced in to get his point across.
"Oi, Ojii-san what was in that letter you gave Yakama-san? I wanna know!" Naruto said with a bit of excitement in his voice.
"Sorry Naruto, you can't learn that yet. Maybe when you graduate to genin I will tell you what was in that letter but until then I'm sorry." the Hokage explained to the boy. Naruto was a bit depressed he couldn't learn what it was but he remembered that if he get to genin then he would know a secret. That in itself was a small victory.
"During your time as the teacher of Naruto, I will pay you an average salary for a Jounin. Nothing small but nothing great either. So Yakama, what do you think? Will you comply and accept the mission?" Sarutobi expressed to his nephew hoping he would take the opportunity to help the Yondaime's legacy.
"You know what…………….why the hell not! I would love to teach this gaki a thing or two. But aside from that little note, that ain't the only reason you wanted to me train him. What's the other reason?" Yakama replied with a little bit of curiosity laced in his voice.
"Heh, well the other reason I wanted you for this is due to your inability to teach or train a team. I believe if you accomplish this, then you are one step closer to your own dream. That is the other reason." Sarutobi responded with a bit of humor in there.
"Alright. Naruto as your new teacher you will call me sensei while we are training and as Yakama-sama in public. This will be part of your training to get your manners set. Ok?" Yakama ordered to the young boy. Naruto agreed with a swift nod.
As Naruto was looking at the man he couldn't believe that he finally got a teacher to help him with training. He was extremely happy at what was going on. At the moment he was in heaven he fell hard at the realization that he was going to be training. He seen how Hinata, Ino, Tenten were after training and how drained they looked. But, in the mind of Naruto, he knew that this will help him get stronger to protect his precious people.
"Alright. Lets go Naruto since its still early in the day we will begin training now. Lets go to Training ground 28. It is quite wooded and offers plenty of privacy. See you later Hokage-sama and thank you for the opportunity to train an………………unique individual" Yakama winked to his uncle. Naruto wondered what he meant by unique but didn't want to question it. Then at that moment, Yakama picked up Naruto and both vanished out of the office only leaving a small breeze and some leaves.
"Good luck Naruto. I hope this will help you in your dreams. Yakama…………..please for the love of all that is holy don't kill the boy!" Sarutobi thought before he took to battle once again with his eternal rival…………..Paperwork.
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(At training ground 28)
After a few seconds both Naruto and Yakama entered a clearing in the forest of the training ground. As soon as Naruto was sat down on the ground he started heaving up his breakfast. He had never experienced a jutsu such as that before and couldn't help but throw up. Yakama looked on and knew this was going to be an interesting few years.
"Ok gaki listen up! For the next few years I am going to push you to your limits and get you ready to be badass in the academy. First off we are going to work on Endurance and speed for the first year of training. Next during the second year, we will work solely on strength. The stronger you are the better you will be in taking damage and even better giving it in return. For the third year we are going to work on chakra control, very low rank jutsus to practice with as well as learning about the ninja world. Everything will be covered in light details from the history, to the current systems used in the ninja villages." At the moment he mentioned jutsus Naruto began to perk up and couldn't wait to begin but just as he began to float on cloud nine he was brought back down when it was mentioned he would be doing book learning. Naruto knew he had a problem concentrating but he couldn't fight it any more. If this teacher could help him with then he would be grateful.
"For the fourth and final year, we will combine your strength, speed, endurance, and chakra control exercises into one and begin working with taijutsu. During these years I will look at your potential and see what style fits you best. First let me see if I can get an early read on what type you are. First off Naruto would you consider yourself a front line fighter or support.?"
And thus began the questioning. Yakama found out that Naruto would be a premier front line fighter as well as a very strong defender. He knew what would be required as both defender and front liner and Naruto was willing to give his life to save his friends. Yakama also learned that Naruto like to improvise in fighting rather than be a strategist which didn't suit him too greatly. Finally, he found out that Naruto would sooner die than betray those who he protects. This made him the perfect front line warrior.
"Alright Naruto, now that I learned all that I needed to today we are going to begin with the training. For the first part of the year it will be endurance first. Then the second half will be speed. The reasoning behind this is due to one reason. What good is speed if you can only endure for a few minutes. If you can endure long and tedious battles, then speed will benefit you even greater than just trying to end battles too quickly and make costly mistakes." Lectured Yakama and began to give his instructions to Naruto.
"Now, as you can see this field is quiet large. I want you to job around the area here and close to the border of the tree line for as long as you can. Ready?! GO!" Yelled Yakama at Naruto. At that moment Naruto took off and began jogging the perimeter.
After about a good two hours Yakama was thoroughly impressed that Naruto had endured this long before finally giving out. After the two hour mark Naruto finally collapsed on the ground in a heavy sweat.
"Good job Naruto not bad at all. Rest for thirty minutes then we begin again. We will do this for five days then you will rest for two so that you muscles can relax and become stronger. During those five days we will train like this four times a day with different obstacles. They may be blunted kunai being thrown at you or large rocks. This will keep your wits about you and be alert always. Now rest. You have 3 more times before your training is done for the day." Yakama explained but before he was finished Naruto had finally knocked out on the ground. As he looked upon the sleeping form of Naruto, he had begun to think what kind of potential this kid had. After second for thoughts he decided to go into town and pick up some lunch.
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(End of Day training)
"Well Naruto what did you think of the first day so far?" Yakama asked looking upon the extremely tired form of Naruto who barely stood up.
"In my honest opinion sensei?" Yakama nodded "I think you are nuts." After a moment of loud laughter from his teacher, he calmed down and proceeded to explain why this was beneficial.
"The reason to doing this so often to help you our in real life. You already know that without endurance speed is worthless ok? There will be harder training sessions than this but think of it this way, would you rather go into the academy as some loud mouthed, uneducated brat wearing bright orange that screams kill me and be the dead last of the class?" he questioned.
"Heh I guess you're right sensei. Well I better head out. I'm sweaty, tired, and sore in places I didn't know I could be sore at. But uhm…………if you don't mind sensei…………I dunno which way to go to get out of here." Naruto laughed as he put his hand his head and scratched in a nervous way.
Yakama laughed and proceeded to show Naruto the way out and the direction of his apartment in a quick fashion. As he left Naruto at his apartment complex, Yakama finally went home happy that he has the time to rest. "This is going to be a long year." He thought before entering the Sarutobi Compound.
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(Six months Later)
Over the six month period, Naruto began to develop quite nicely. Over the time, Yakama had thrown many variations to his drills for endurance which included Mountain Climbing, longer jogs, and long swimming laps at the nearby lake. Each exercise had its own variation involved. For example, the swimming had strong currents going against Naruto in which he had to over come, the Jogging sometimes had uphill climbs, and the mountain climbing……………..well, enough said.
During that time of training Naruto barely had time for his friends. He tried to spend each of his days off with them but that proved to be harder than he thought. Sometimes they were training on his days off or when they had days off he was training. It was very difficult for him and his friends but they all decided to come to an agreement. They would continue training hard and show how each other improved upon entry into the academy. Tenten wanted to agree to this but she was a year ahead of them and would enter the academy a year before her friends but that didn't deter her friends to convince to agree with them and so she did.
The Hokage would once in a rare while to visit to witness the training regiment that was being ran. He was actually impressed with Naruto's work ethic and his determination to never give up. The Hokage gave his approval and proceeded to instruct Naruto and to keep trying and never deter from your dreams.
As Naruto was approaching the training field, he spied his sensei waiting for him at the usual spot, a log sitting underneath a tree with plenty of shade.
"Well, Naruto its been six months of training. Now begins your first test." Naruto had a shocked expression on his face as he was not expecting any kind of test for today.
"Don't worry Naruto this is just an endurance test to see if your ready for the speed training. Your test is as follows; jog." Naruto looked confused as his sensei just said jog and couldn't understand what he meant.
"Im sure you are confused so let me explain. I want you to jog. That's it. The only way to pass this test however is to jog for over 6 hours at a good strong pace. If you complete this that will be your training for the day and you will have passed the test." At that moment, Naruto's jaw had dropped. Sure he could job for about four and a half to five hours but his sensei wanted six?!
"Teacher is a damn nutjob. He expects me to job at a strong pace for six hours? This better payoff!" Naruto thought damning his sensei to his worst nightmares.
"Ready Naruto? Go!" Screamed his teacher and at that Naruto took off.
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(Six hours later)
"Well, well Naruto seems like you managed to barely pass the test. I'm very impressed with you my young student. Barely any if at all any even living here in the village could complete what you just did. Now rest for the next two days. You will need it as I have a lot planned for your speed training. Now go home and get some dinner in your stomach and prepare to enter a world of hurt." said Yakama with a sick, twisted smile on his that can only be rivaled by that of Anko Mitarashi.
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(Two days later)
"Alright Naruto, I hope you are rested as now the speed training begins. Here I want you to put on this weights. These will help with the speed training exercises I have in store for you." Yakama tossed Naruto the body weights and had him strap them on.
"Those are special chakra weights. I can either increase them or decrease them in weight. Now they are set for .5 times your body weight spread evenly throughout your body. From now on unless you're in the shower or sleeping you will always keep those on. Even when we progress through later training you will continually keep them on. Now onto the training." And at that, Yakama took Naruto to the clearing and continued his training.
This time around, Naruto's sensei had him doing windsprints at long distances and different sets of speed from jogging to full blown sprints. With all weights on it made things quite difficult but with all the endurance training, this was something that he could handle. After all the windsprints came full sprints around in timed segments. Each time the time became slightly faster. When that was done, Yakama proceeded with dodging exercises to increase his reflexes as well as his speed. This was the normal training regiment for the time being.
After several weeks of the usual training, Yakama decided to take it to the next level and increase the regiment by half. He increased his weights to Naruto's full body weight this time and added additional speed exercises for longer durations.
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(End of Endurance and Speed training.)
Finally have a full year, Naruto have completed his speed and endurance training and now he had the speed of a very high genin to low chuunin. Naruto was actually quite pleased with the results so far and happily expressed it to his sensei. After being given a week off to do with whatever he wanted, he decided to spend time with his friends. However, that was not to be.
Hinata had been spending a lot of time training so it was decided that her family of her Father and mother and the newly born baby sister would all go to their summer house for a small vacation along the coast. They weren't scheduled to be back for another week or so. That put a little damper on his plans to spend time with Hinata.
Ino and her dad took a trip to the Daimyo's palace at his request. They were busy with clan business at the time so there would be no time to spend with Ino or her family. Once again, another dent into his plans.
Tenten was his last option and had hoped to catch her on a day off so he can spend time with her. Just like the others, she too was gone. Naruto had asked her mother where she had gone and Kana, Tenten's mother, told him she and her father went to a weapon masters convention held in Kuso. He along with several other weapon smiths and weapon masters had all taken the trip there to get a glance at new weaponry and some rare exotic weapons.
At this time, Naruto was thoroughly annoyed that he couldn't spend anytime with his female friends so he made due with Chouji and Shikamaru. At the arrival to the Nara residence, Naruto was let in by Shikaku and proceeded to enjoy the next couple of days with Chouji and Shikamaru. At the end of the week Naruto went back to the training ground to once again train with his sensei. Naruto was having too good of a time as a kid he really didn't want to go back to training but unless he wants another Kumo incident he would continue training no matter what he had to do.
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(At Training Ground 28)
"Well Naruto, its been a full year since we started training and I am very proud of you so far. You took my training as serious as anyone else and surpassed all my expectations so far. Now we begin the hard stuff. Strength training is something not to be taken lightly. We will be doing non-stop push-ups, lifting heavy boulders, sparring somewhat, working on anything that is strength related. Im not going to lie to you, you might get hurt during this training. But I can guarantee you like with the speed and endurance training it will payoff in the end. You understand?" Naruto nodded nervously trying and hoping not to get injured during this training.
"Good now I want you to pack for 3 years worth of training. We will be leaving the village and heading into the mountains to continue your training. I know you want to stick around to play with your friends but you will need complete and utter focus on this. Understand?" Yakama quizzically asked Naruto.
"Yes sensei I understand. Besides once I get to the academy I will have plenty of time to catch up with everybody. Besides how bad can this trip be right?" Naruto laughed while asking this but soon stopped at the serious look on his sensei's face.
"Trust me Naruto, this will not be easy. Many things can go on during this trip but be aware, I will stop anything that will harm you in a lethal way." Yakama told Naruto. "Now, lets get packed up I will put in the request to the Hokage and then we head out early in the morning tomorrow. Now go and spend any time with any friends that are around before we leave. When we get back, you will be a different person and ready to take the exam to graduate but you will not. I want you to go the full four years in school even though when I get done with you, you will be able to take down chuunin no problem." Yakama expressed with a sense of pride.
"But, but, if im strong enough to take down chuunin then why do I have to go through the academy?! Its just stupid and it will hold me back! Come on sensei let me just take the exam and be done with it without taking the test." Naruto yelled with angry and a bit of annoyance in his voice.
"Answer me this Naruto, if you take the test and graduate, will you want to place and a team that is filled with people you don't know or do you want to go through the academy, get new friends, refine your skills and maybe even learn a few new things, then graduate with your friends and maybe get put on a team with them?" Yakama answered Naruto and hoping he wasn't that stupid and answer correctly. It didn't take long till Naruto had his answer and told Yakama.
"Fine sensei, you win. I will do it but only if you teach me cool jutsus later. Promise?" Naruto finally gave his answer with a twinge of hope in his answer of the possibility of learning cool jutsus.
"Fine, fine. At the end of your training if I deem you worthy I will teach you 1 C-rank Jutsu of each element and one B-rank of your natural elemental affinity." At the moment he finished that sentence Naruto was so overjoyed that he actually fainted. After his sensei pulled some smelling salts from his pouch, he proceeded to wake up in a bit of a daze.
"Now that you are among us lets get ready ok? See you tomorrow my pupil." And with that Yakama used the shunshin no jutsu and proceeded to get ready for the three year trip.
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(Meanwhile at the Hokage's office Thirty minutes later)
"So let me get this straight. You want to take Naruto out of the village for three years, train him to the extent of being a low level chuunin then bring him back to the academy?" Ask the Hokage.
"Yup, that's the plan uncle. So what do ya think? Not too shabby eh? I mean if im to get him trained to the appropriate level to defend himself for whats in store for him in the future he needs this. Besides, its not like anyone will miss him and I already sent word to the families of his friends letting them know what is going on. So do we have a deal?" Yakama told the Hokage in a very proud way.
"*sigh* Fine Yakama you can do this but I will want monthly reports knowing where you are and how you are progressing. Take any scrolls needed with you from our library at the compound and please for the love of Kami don't forget to bring the school books to get him ready. I know it would be the academy responsibility to do this but I have a feeling that most of the teachers that know what Naruto is will impede his learning." the Hokage agreed to the plan laying down his position on the plan and what is needed to be done.
"Oh ya Uncle I forgot to tell ya. I wish to train him in the arts of the Bojutsu. Whatcha think? I mean if I remember correctly his fathers was a Staff user and as his non-blooded grandfather I thought it would make you proud that he learned how to use the Bo. So I was wondering if you had those old training scrolls lieing around and I would teach him the basics." said Yakama.
At that moment the Hokage had never been more proud for Naruto or Yakama. He would be honored and privileged to allow Naruto to learn Bojutsu. "I would love to help Naruto with the basics but I have one condition Yakama. I want to teach Naruto personally when he starts the advanced techniques. Understand?" stated the Hokage.
"Perfectly Unc. Now im off to get ready. Can you have that mission scroll for me by tomorrow morning? We leave at dawn."
"No problem Yakama. Now please excuse yourself I need to finish paperwork." sighed the Hokage.
"You know uncle, you should probably get an assistant to help you with that. I mean you can only do so much by yourself. Its not like there are more of you laying around. Well peace uncle." Yakama said just before leave the room.
"Hmm….More of myself…………WHAT THE HELL!? WHY DID I THINK OF THAT!!!!" The Hokage thought to himself. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!". And with that, the Hokage single-handedly starting wining his battle against the paper he so dreaded.
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(The Following Morning)
"Alright Naruto you ready to go?" said Yakama.
"Heck ya! Lets GO!" replied Naruto before jumping in the air.
"Alright lets begin it will be a day and a half run from here at the speed your going to be going so as of now…." Yakama produced 5 hand seals "your weights are now tripled. This will make sure that you work on your strength. Now lets go!" Yakama said before both set off in a run.
Naruto was having a tough time running with triple the weight being applied but he had to keep striding forward. He looked to his teacher for a sign that he will give him a break but there was none. Naruto knew this was going to be hard but he had no idea how hard.
After two hours they stopped in a wooded area and setup a resting area. Naruto was extremely tired from having to run at a full sprint with all the weight he was carrying. He dropped all his gear on the ground with a loud thud then proceeded to lay down and get some sleep.
"Alright Naruto, we are going to take an hour break before we begin again. You get some rest and I will keep watch. Don't worry about danger. I'm taking the safest route to the secluded mountain. Now sleep and get ready in an hour ok?" Naruto didn't need to be told twice as he was already curled up in a ball and sleeping on the ground.
After about an hour and a half, Yakama proceeded to wake up Naruto and both went back to traveling to the mountain. It took an extra day to get their since Naruto needed more rest than previously thought but upon reaching their destination, Naruto couldn't but help be impressed by the sheer magnitude of the mountain.
"Alright now all we need to do it climb to the top and that is where we shall be staying for the next three years. I already removed the chakra weights on you so it wont be a hindrance. Now start climbing my boy. I want you up there by the end of the day. Its ten a.m. now so that gives you ten hours to get up there. Just remember your training and you will be fine." Naruto looked at his teach with a pale face. He didn't know whether his teacher was nuts or just plain stupid, retarded, and crazy.
"Hey! Don't give me that look. The more energy you waste here the less energy you will have to climb up there now get going before I use a fire jutsu on your ass. Now MOVE!" Commanded Yakama hoping this would work and work it did. Naruto was already climbing up the mountain at a serious pace before Yakama finished his command. He chuckled as he seen his handy work climb and he went to the other side of the mountain. "Ah yes here's the mountain pass I remember to get to the top. Hmmm…… Should I have mentioned this to Naruto………….NAH!!!!!" He bellowed a monstrous laugh and started a nice light run to the top of the mountain knowing he would get there before his student.
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(Seven hours later)
A very sweaty, bloody, and cut Naruto finally reached the top of the mountain. He had never endured that kind of workout before and was glad that he had previous training as he would not have survived the trip up. "Kami damn that sensei of mine! I swear hes trying to kill me!"
"Now why would I do that. It won't be any fun if you die on me gaki. Now lets get inside before the sun sets and get some rest. Besides it looks like you can use a shower." replied Yakama who was sitting on a rock. Naruto looked at him like he was crazy before Yakama removed the genjutsu on the house that was right behind him.
"Whoa! Is that yours!?" Naruto asked very excitedly.
"Nah me and my uncle split it when we need vacations. No one knows about this place besides me and him and now you so I would like you to keep quiet about this ok?"
"Sure thing sensei. Now can I go in and take a nice shower or bath?"
"Ya go ahead gaki and don't forget to scrub." He replied in a laughing manner.
Naruto proceeded inside grumbling about crazy sensei's. After an hour in the bathhouse, Naruto returned to greet his sensei in the living room and both retired to their own couches.
"Ok Naruto, let me lay down to you whats going to happen for the next three years of your life."
And so Yakama put the plan down in front of Naruto and let him know what he was going to work on. Naruto already had a clue from his previous discussion with his sensei but this time it was more detailed on what he was going to do. From the looks of things, Naruto now had a slight idea how things are going to be and jumped for joy after hearing the possible outcome of all his training.
"Alright Naruto, that's the plan now do you have any complaints or gripes or personal crying you need to do before hand?" Yakama asked sarcastically
"Heh. I will show you sensei. I will be stronger than you and jiji someday and then I know I will be strong enough to take the mantle of Hokage and protect the entire village." retorted Naruto with pride in every word.
"I expect nothing less gaki. I expect nothing less. Now go get some rest. Tomorrow it begins and then there's no turning back."
"Alright sensei. See ya tomorrow." yawned a tired Naruto and retired for the evening ready for his grueling training and ready for every bit of punishment that comes with it.
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(8 Months Later)
"C'mon Naruto you are stronger than that! Destroy that rock with one hit!" commanded Yakama
"Im trying! But im so damned tired from you slave driving me that I can't do it!" replied a very angry Naruto.
"Then if you can't do it then what!? If you can't break a simple stone boulder how will you be stronger than me!? Or even the Hokage?! Or even to protect your friends!?" yelled a very irate sensei.
At that moment Naruto could only see red. Something in his mind snapped and a burst of strength coming from nowhere appeared in the form of red chakra covering his entire body. With a quick motion of his arm he shattered the boulder with one punch sending it everyone in millions of pieces. Naruto then hunched over and passed out from over exertion.
"That will do gaki. Now that I know how to motivate you, I will keep pushing you to your limits. You will be the greatest and I will be there by your side helping you everyway I can." replied a very proud Yakama.
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(5 months later)
"Good job Naruto. You're getting better at the tree climbing exercises. Soon you will have it down with great precision then we can proceed to the water-walking exercises. Now get back up and keep it up. No quitting on me gaki!"
"Yes sensei. I promise never to give up and always try my hardest. And I will never go back on my promise! I will make everyone proud of me!" replied a very tired but very determined Naruto.
"Good. Now after another hour we go back inside and learn more of the history and politics of Konoha and other hidden Villages. I still don't understand why you are having trouble concentrating though. Its like something in you isn't allowing you to process this correctly or something. Oh well that's just an excuse and there are none to be used around here. Now get back to work!" demanded his sensei
"Hai!"
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(11 months later)
"Good job Naruto. So far after two years you managed to get your strength level up to mid-chuunin level, your chakra control to that of a low chuunin, and your arsenal to that of low-chuunin. Now let me see the jutsus performed in perfect order than we can proceed to your taijutsu training." instructed Yakama.
"Hai sensei." Naruto then went through his first hand seals and finished saying "Katon: Fire Grenades" and with that several mini- fireballs went out of his mouth and landed several feet in front of him before exploding in a burst of flames consuming all that was near and burning it to a crisp.
"Very well. I see that you finally mastered you Katon technique. I like the variation twist you put on it. To add a delay timer on their explosion is rather skilled. Im quite impressed that seemed to be one of the hardest technique to master. Now for you water technique."
Naruto once again went through the hand signs and said "Soiton: Waterwall" And then from the small puddle near him sprung a large wall of water in front of him that was very hard to see through.
"Good now hold it while I see how dense it is. Katon: Fireball no Jutsu!" then a medium fireball reached the wall only to be stopped and creating a lot of steam. After the steam cleared the Wall was still holding very strong. "Very good Naruto, I see that it is very sturdy and dependable. Now you wind techniques oh and by the way, point it the other way please"
Naruto laughed a little bit before agreeing. Once again, running through the hand signs "Fuuton: Wind Blades". Once he pointed it at several rocks, they all became nothing but shreds as the wind cut right through them all. Naruto still had not enough control to make the blades dull so that he can use it as a knockout technique but he would soon have enough control to do so.
"Quite impressive. I see that you natural affinity for water and wind are quite strong. Very nice cuts through the rocks leaving no shredding or curving. Im very impressed gaki. Now for you lighting techniques. Oh and here. Use those dummies to show me."
"Raiton: Arc Lightning". At that moment one strong lightning bolt was sent straight towards the dummy and hit but didn't stop. It them proceeded to the next nearest target with less damage then to one more target dealing less damage. It was one of his hardest techniques to control but he did it with no problems.
"Good job Naruto. Just remember that technique should not be used around enemies that have hostages. That technique completely randomizes its closest victims and will sometimes hit even friendlies. Until you have complete mastery of the lightning element and not just the technique, you will never use that on enemies with hostages. Still, good job with mastering your fourth technique. Now for your earth technique. I know you can do it I have faith." responded Yakama knowing his student can do this.
"Hai sensei! I will get it this time no matter what!" Going through the hand signs faster than before he finally said "Doton: Arms of Gaia!" At that moment earth slowly began crawling on the arms of Naruto producing a thick shield of rock and earth over his arms. (Think the arms of The Thing form Fantastic Four) Naruto can feel the strength in this technique and hoped he had finally mastered it.
"Alright Naruto, destroy that boulder in one hit and not have a crack in your arms." eagerly said his sensei.
"Hai hai!" Naruto ran towards the boulder and smashed the entire thing. After he walked back to his teacher, he looked at Naruto's arms and found not a single scratch.
"Very well Naruto! You passed the third part of training! Congratulations. Now you have a day to rest before we start on taijutsu training and Bojutsu training. Now tell me………..Have you ever heard of the Muy Thai style?" Yakama asked Naruto with a gleam in his eyes.
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(End of Training)
"Naruto im very proud of you my boy. These three years have been very trying for you. But now that I see you as you are, I can tell you are a lot stronger and ready for the academy! Now lets pack up and head back to the village. Oh and as a reward, no chakra weights until next week when you start the academy." a proud Yakama told his student.
"YATTA!!!! Thanks sensei!!! I will be ready in twenty minutes!!" Expressed a very happy Naruto.
"Alright uncle, his training is complete and ready to take on the world. I only hope he comes to me for some more help. Now that I am done……….what is there for me to do. Hmmmm…..I heard they could use more help in the field maybe I will ask uncle to start sending me on missions again. Ya. That sounds just right" Thought Yakama. As he was brought out of his thoughts he seen Naruto all packed and ready to go.
"Alright gaki lets get the hell out of here and head back home. Im sure your friends would love to see you."
"Ya! Lets get back sensei. I cant wait till I see Ojii-san's look on his face." an excited Naruto shouting out.
"Ya, me either. Me either."
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Author's Note
Alright guys there you have it another chapter here and another chapter done. And hell look at that i added an extra 2000 words for yall. I know a lot might have questions so let me answer them the best I can.
1) The sealing done to Naruto was a combined effort of me and my friend. We wanted Naruto to be really strong but not godly strong in no time flat. My way of thinking is if Naruto is sealed already and this strong as it is, how strong will he be when and gets the seals removed………………..if they are even removed at all BWAHAHAHAHAHA
2) Ok, I know I havent introduced the other rookie 9 yet but soon enough they will be. I know you all wanted the academy this chapter but hey don't worry about it. That's going to be next one. Also I decided that this will be a sasuke-bashing and little-sakura bashing. I mean cmon she was a bitch early on in the canon but after a while she cooled down a bit so she atleast deserves a break.
3) As for the OC of Yakama Sarutobi, well I didn't want to introduce Kakashi yet and have Naruto train then where would the fun be in that later I cant mess with him at all besides he might make another appearance later down the road.
4) The reasoning behind Naruto having a strong wind and water affinity is simple. In my mind, Kushina was from Whirlpool so she had to have some kind of water affinity like her family and Minato had a strong wind affinity. I believe that they both can manifest in Naruto and he being able to use both very strongly. I will also have Naruto learn Ice jutsu but that wont be for later and he will struggle with it since he doesn't have that bloodline to do it so easily……………………yet hehehehehe
Ok so there you have it my second chapter. Please understand that I normally wont do the updates so fast because well I don't write anything on paper or a journal or notebook for the stories. This is completely made up on the spot with a lot of ideas I have. I think its rather impressive but whatever.
Alright yall next chapter
Chapter 3: The Academy, Life, and Family
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