A/N: I would like to apologize for last chapter's typos. You see thanks to certain... well tweaks my computer doesn't have Word installed and at that day I had also lost my glasses. So I kinda missed them. I will try editing the story somehow and fix them. Reviewers will be answered in the end of the chapter since I can't personally answer each reviewer by reviewing myself. Which is a pity since its so much faster, but hey we can't have everything right? Ah well on with the story.

Chapter 4: The evil known as Ryu

Naruto blinked and stared. A room filled with all kinds of weapons on the walls, glinting in the light. In the center a small circular area clean of all obstructions.

"Well little Naruto, this is the first weapons room. You're free to look at every weapon. If anything interests you pick it up, go to the center and see if it fits you. If it does then you keep it, if not then put it back."

"WHOAH! COOL!"

Naruto jumped up and down happily and went to the weapons racks. He never was a weapons fan but seeing all these great weapons even he felt a bit of awe. Of course Naruto being Naruto went straight to the biggest, most badass looking weapons first. After he picked up a O-katana (real big katana, meant to be used with two hands) he went to the center and tried it out. Immidiately Ryu stopped him.

"Nope that's not good for you. Oh come on Naruto not every weapon is suited for everyone."

Naruto then proceeded to pick up a Naginata (pole with a blade on top, much like a spear with a sword's blade in the end). Again Ryu stopped him after a couple of trial slashes. Angered Naruto pretty much exploded.

"Why? These are all cool weapons. First you tell me to pick whatever I want and then you tell me no. Make up your mind! Geeze!"

"First of all CALM DOWN. A warrior never looses his cool or he will loose his head. Second, as I said not all weapons are for everyone. I'm sure that with enough time you would be able to properly wield an O-katana or a Naginata, but I'm not looking for a weapon you will be able to use acceptably. I'm looking for a weapon that you'll be able to master. Now shut up and focus. Look at the weapons around you. Let your instincts guide you."

"Meh whatever. Say sensei why do you use two swords? I mean you can't use Ninjutsu like that right?"

"Hehehe now that's a smart question. But in fact I can. You see when you use a jutsu many times like me, you eventually learn how to use it without handseals or even calling it out. Its a trick I'll teach you in a few months. Anyway in simple terms: one weapons allows you to use one handed seals but is ofter weaker in close combat compared to two weapons. Two lighter weapons are better in close quarters but they need a lot more work if you want to use jutsu. You can't let the weapons off your hands in heated combat after all. Don't concern yourself with that right now though. Pick a weapon."

After a lot of trial and error and I mean a LOT of trial and error it was time to eat, as signified by the mutual growls of hunger. The pair just laughed it off and went to eat. As Naruto went to the exit his eyes fell on a pair of swords. Between a Katana and a Wakizashi in length, a bit more curved than a katana.

"Sensei can I try one of these? Last weapon I promise."

"Hmm why not pick one and lemme see your form."

Naruto picked up one of the swords and went to the middle. Setting in an improptu stance he imagined an opponent and started attacking, throwing in the occasional parry or block. After a few seconds Ryu froze. ' What? this form... Kushina-sama are you contacting me through him? These movements are too much like the ones you taught me once. Lets see how he deals with two swords...'

"Naruto, catch" Ryu threw the second blade to Naruto who almost dropped it in shock.

"HEY SENSEI! Don't throw weapons at others! Its dangerous!"

"Che, like I care gaki. It was sheathed anyway. Use both swords."

"Uhh, ok if you're sure."

Naruto once again started his attacks on his imaginary enemy. Ryu was lost in his musings watching the kid practice. 'Its faint. Real faint. If I wasn't taught by you I'd never see it, but its there. For whatever reason he seems to have an affinity for using these blades. He has the talent... now I got to make him use it to its full potential. Looks like I got my work cut out for me. Hehehehehe poor kid if you thought today was hell, you better not wake up tomorrow.'

"Ok Naruto that's enough. Of all the weapons you've practiced this pair suits you the best. I'll start you on them tomorrow. Hehehehe you just had to go and pick up kenjutsu. Mwahahahaha this is gonna be fun"

Naruto just looked at the wicked smile on his sensei's face before thinking: 'oh crap oh crap oh crap! how do I get out of this? I'm soooooo dead tomorrow.'

"Umm sensei can't I just put these blades back and I dunno come back to them some other time? Like in a year or so?"

"Hahahaha nice joke nice joke. Very funny indeed. But no I'm afraid not. Now strap these blades on your back and get moving. Unless you want to skip lunch that is! Haha! Race you to the dining room!"

With that Ryu left a gaping Naruto before he got up and started running as well. Are all strong adults that crazy? Old man with his smoking and books, that weird guy with the spandex ( *shudder shudder* ) or that crazy half-naked woman. Isn't there a normal person around?

After a long over due lunch Naruto was slowly dozing off. Ryu found that moment to ask him some things.

"Naruto... how are you dealing with things? I mean with your parents and all?"

*sigh* "Well I'm dealing with it... training took my mind off of it. I still have many questions though...and I need answers. I'm still pissed off at the old man for not telling me. I mean I understand why not tell everyone else, but why not me? Or at least tell me SOMETHING about them. Instead he said he didn't know who they where... Do you know how many times I went to sleep wondering if my parents where alive and why they weren't here? That they might be living a great relaxed life while I was left to rot there? But most of all... I hate the council... From the little my clones learned and what you said, they wanted you away from me... Which means they knew about everything. They didn't trust me or you to keep the fox down. Instead they want me dead for something I didn't do. I really hate it right now... But I'll deal with it. Hey Ryu... can you tell me some things about my parents?"

"Hehehehe I can tell you lots about them. Your father for example was a pervert. You know of the Hiraishin no Jutsu that allowed him to teleport anywhere right?" *nod* "Well he had a seal in the female side of the onsen so he could take a peek at your mother. Hehehehe and he always got found and beaten... And of course I always went with him to get him out of trouble. These were the good times. Hehe he even made a special henge-jutsu for peeking."

"Hahaha my dad was crazy too eh? He must have been real brave or real stupid if mom was anything like you told me. And what about that henge. What made it special?"

"Well that henge was special because you could only take one form with it. That of the great pervert Jiraiya. But on the other hand it never broke unless you cut the chakra off."

"Err... why only that form?"

"Well believe it or not half the peeping attempts in Konoha that have been placed on Jiraiya, are in fact by others that looked like him. Poor Jiraiya sacrificed himself for the sake of perverts everywhere. I'm sure that closet pervert Ebisu would make a statue of him. Heheheh good times good times. I can't count the number of times your mom chased your dad out of the onsen and around town. People thought they hated each other because they played pranks. But if you paid attention they loved each other like crazy. It was so fun to tease them." Ryu looked lost in the past, remembering long past events, the shadow of a smile forming. "We thought ourselves immortals then. You know, like nothing could touch us. If one of us showed up in battle,our enemies trembled, if two showed, our enemies ran, if all three showed up, our enemies occasionally stabbed themselves to make things quicker. It was war and yet we always had time to fool around, pull pranks and laugh. This is todays most important lesson Naruto; no matter what, always be yourself."

"Heh thanks sensei. Nice to know something about my parents. Now I had some questions about the excercises before..."

And the pair spent most of the afternoon discussing things. Naruto found book-stuff fun for the first time in his life. Ryu for his part, found that teaching isn't really that bad. In fact it... kinda felt nice. Who knows? Maybe he'd become Naruto's jounin sensei. With these thoughts the two went to sleep early in order to prepare for tomorrow's tort... I mean training.

In the morning, after breakfast Ryu and Naruto went to the training grounds again. Naruto made even more clones than before in order to send the extra ones off for kenjutsu training. Ryu again had Naruto start doing laps, crunches, push ups, sit ups, punches and kicks. One twist compared to yesterday though was that out of the blue, Ryu would ask a random question about the stuff Naruto learned yesterday. Taking too long to answer or not remembering was rewarded with a few kunai. Answering correctly was rewarded with a suiton jutsu powered down enough to only drench Naruto. The point of the excercise was this: Naruto would be forced and thus later on capable of splitting his attention in doing multiple things without adverse effect. For example even in the midst of heated combat he'd still be able to make plans and strategies or give orders to his team. It also helped Naruto's reflexes when he failed while improving Naruto's strength and endurance when he answered correctly because drenched clothes weighed a lot. Naruto on his part was thinking he should assassinate his torturous sensei. I mean sprinting for ten miles is just plain torture... Back with the clones, today library one was about chakra theory, its creation, control and manipulation. Library two was diplomacy, which seriously annoyed Naruto since it meant pretty much having to put up with jerks. Chakra control was at tree climbing, with the occasional clone puffing out of existence when he fell from too high up. Taijutsu was mostly theory on assessing an enemy. Kenjutsu on the other hand... each clone had two swords out and was placed in a different stance. Ryu believed that if each cloned completely memorized something and then Naruto learned it, having all clones do the same katas would be counter-productive. It would simply give him fifty versions all identical. On the other hand fifty clones each doing one different thing... Well as a wise fighter once said: 'I don't fear a man that knows 1000 different kicks, but a man that has practiced a single kick 1000 times.' In other words Naruto could reap the benefits of repeatedly using multiple strikes at the same time. Most of the morning passed in silence except the occasional curse from Naruto or the whack on Naruto's head when he said something stupid. Regardless of how tired Naruto felt though, he almost jumped for joy when he realized he could climb trees almost effortlessly at the end of morning's training. After a filling breakfast and rejuvenating shower, Ryu had Naruto meditate for a couple of hours. Which wasn't an easy job for Naruto considering how hyped the kid was. Still he tried to relax, even though his ani-sensei as he now called Ryu sometimes, said it would be a long time before he got it down.

"Neh ani-sensei, since now we know what element I'm good at how about teaching me a cool jutsu?"

"No, not yet."

"Eeeeh? come on stingy!"

"Its not that I don't want to baka. Its that you need more control."

"Aww why?"

"Because if I taught you a jutsu you weren't ready you would hurt yourself and those around you. How would you feel if you made blades out of wind come out of your hand but instead of hitting your enemies, you tore up your friend? That's why I'm not teaching yet. Ma ma, don't worry. We'll start soon. Besides, its only been two days. Not nearly enough to start you on jutsu, considering these idiots you had back at the academy."

"Yeah... guess so. Just you know I hate it that Sasuke already knows a Katon you know?"

"Meh so what? Next time he tries his stupid Katon you'll know enough to send it back in his face. See how he likes his own little jutsus."

"I'll be able to do that?"

"We'll see but chances are yes you will. Besides I did it before. God seeing those stupid Uchihas trumped like this... pure gold... pure gold. I only wish I could have taken a picture of it you know?"

"Hehehehe you're worse than me sensei. But that's what I like. Shall we continue?"

"Heck yeah, we can't relax too much. You got still lots of room to improve."

Needless to say, Naruto was exhausted by the time he went to sleep, but even then he couldn't stop a smile from forming on his lips. He finally had someone to link with, a person that could, would and wanted to help him. Wondering if tha's how families really feel like, he decided he really liked it. He'd protect his family and friends. With his own two hands.

A/N: Finally finished chapter 4. I hope I'm not annoying you too much with Naru's training but I'll pick up the pace if you want. But since its real important for Naruto, I believe I should go in depth with it. Give more insight on exactly how it affects Naruto's outlook in life. Anyway till next time.

Review Answers:

Deathmv: Quite possible really. There will be some Sasuke bashing at the beginning, however that will lessen over time and if the readers will it, I will make Sasuke a good guy for a change.

joe1402: Yeah well I just want to show that training Naruto isn't as easy as some think. Its still training and therefore real hard. Besides its Naruto's first time he actually got trained. Its important to him, so I'm making more than a single chapter on how he actually did it. Besides it helps me set up the story and bring up the past.

Kafaru: Yup bigger chappies will come later.

Thanks to my reviewers :D

Today, on this 9/6/2012, I, Soulblazer87, do hereby leave this site, possibly forever.

I shall not update this, or any other story.

I shall leave them on, however. Should you desire to follow my stories, do so in my new site of residence: www dot yourfanfiction dot com.