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"Blah" – Normal speech
'Blah' – Thoughts
"Blah"- Kurama and other tailed beasts talking
'Blah' – Kurama and other tailed beasts' thoughts
Shadow Clone Jutsu- Jutsus
Okay guys, without further delay, here is the story
FLASHBACK:
"Well, I finished all the scrolls and here they are", he replied as he placed a single scroll on the hokage's table. Seeing this, the old man, raised an eyebrow and asked, "Naruto, I thought you said seven scrolls. Where are the other six?" Naruto grinned at this and just took the scroll, spread it open and channeled some chakra into it, and a small puff of smoke appeared. When the smoke cleared, there were seven scrolls neatly stacked up in front of the hokage. He then said, "I have mastered every one of those scrolls". The old man just smiled at this and asked, "I suppose you are here for the next set of scrolls?"
Naruto took a little serious expression and said, "That and a little something else too jiji".
Hokage's Office (Cont.):
The third hokage, noticing the expression on the boy's face understood that he meant that they were to talk in total privacy. So, he motioned the ANBU's in the room to leave, which they promptly did. They had gotten used to this since one year, that whenever the blonde boy took on a serious look, it was time to move your ass out of the hokage's office. Even the ROOT agents knew that somehow, every time, the boy would find where they hid and kick them out, though not literally. So, even they left. The hokage then activated the privacy seals as soon as Naruto confirmed that they were the only two present.
He then proceeded to ask, "Alright Naruto, what are the 'something else too'?"
"Okay jiji, to put it bluntly, six months from now, there will only be three, but if you count the dead yet alive Madara, then four Uchihas alive", he replied.
"WHAAAT?" The third hokage outright screamed out, forgetting his old age, his position, his grace, his experience and everything else.
"Ouch, jiji, don't scream that loud. Seriously, even I will go deaf", Naruto bluntly replied.
The hokage realising that he had all but forgotten his composure, calmed himself and said, "I am sorry Naruto. It was such a big…. surprise that I did not know how to react. So, would you please care to elaborate?"
Seeing the confusion apparent on the old man's face, he replied, "I did say that 'to put it bluntly'. Anyway, back in the last timeline, the Uchihas were planning a coup because they were being distanced by the village after they were accused of unleashing the Kyuubi, though not vocally. This led to a very bad turn of events which eventually led to the planned coup. Hearing of this, one, no two Uchihas, Itachi and Shisui, informed you about all this. You then ordered them to somehow stop them through words, and definitely not through the use of force. When it was finally established that words won't work, Shisui, who was a pacifist, fell into depression. Taking advantage of this, Danzo fought against him and stole his right Sharingan eye which had evolved into the Mangekyo. So, to prevent him from gaining both of the eyes and unlocking its true potential, he gave his left eye to Itachi and then committed suicide, destroying his body in the process and unlocking Itachi's Mangekyo. But, when Itachi found out the same thing, he asked permission from you to allow him to assassinate all the elders who were planning this coup. You gave explicit permission to do so only and leave the rest alone. But, Danzo, manipulated the order by giving Itachi only two choices. Either kill all of the Uchihas or kill all but Sasuke. Itachi, being probably the best brother one could have, chose the latter and killed all but him, pushing Sasuke into the pit of revenge, turning him into a bigger monster than Danzo in the process until he reformed after learning about the cycle of hatred from you and the rest of the hokages after being released from the stomach of the shinigami. Itachi, then joined Akatsuki and became the inner spy working for Master Jiraiya. That sums it up, jiji".
The hokage just sat there with a very contemplating expression on his face. The first part where he was informed about the coup and ordering Itachi and Shisui had already taken place. But the rest hadn't occurred yet. But, he still didn't get why Danzo would order such a thing as complete massacre.
His musings were interrupted by Naruto, "Jiji, you with me?"
The old man gave a slight chuckle and replied, "Yes Naruto, it's simply that you just gave a little too much information to take in at the same time. But, why would Danzo order complete massacre?"
Naruto replied, "Actually, he will still ten other Sharingan eyes and implant them into his right eye, which will also contain the cells of the first hokage. He really did go down a dark path in the quest of power. The only consolation is that he did all of those for the sake of the village".
The hokage replied, "Yes Naruto, Danzo is probably the most loyal Konoha shinobi. Maybe even more so than me. But, his methods are too dark and extreme. That is why I don't agree with him. Hopefully, we might be able to prevent all of those from happening. So, do you have anything else to say?"
"Nope, that's all jiji. I just hope that Sasuke does not go down the same dark path once again. Now, can we get to my training part?" the blonde asked.
The hokage chuckled at the excitement the boy showed when the matter of training used to come up. He asked, "Alright Naruto, how far have you come with your training?"
The blonde replied, "Well jiji, I have completely mastered wind and water manipulation exercises. I have also got down the rest, though barely. I have completed the two chakra control exercises you told me about. So now, my chakra control is at mid-chunnin, because of my even increased amount of chakra. Kurama says that the best I can get at chakra control would be mid-jonin. Luckily, he says that, by then, I will be able to throw a Rasen-shuriken from each of my hands. I have also mastered the advanced fuinjutsu and can make my own storage scrolls, exploding notes, flash bang notes and am working on paralysis seals. As you can see, thanks to mom's advice, my physical growth has also been accelerated. Last time, I was 13 when I had this kind of body. I have mastered the basic chakra cloak and one tailed chakra cloak. In this state, I can form and throw the Rasen-shuriken, though an extremely weak one. I have also managed to control two and three tailed state. I am not going to try four tails or more until I master the two and three tailed state. That sums it up jiji", he finished up with a big foxy grin.
The old man was proud of the boy in front of him. According to what he had been told, in the past timeline, Naruto had been considered a failure. But the truth was anything but that. He wasn't thought correctly. This time, with the knowledge from the past timeline and determination, the boy was doing in months something that took most jonins years to do. He couldn't be more proud than that. And all of this would help him to create a better future this time. So, he wanted Naruto to grow stronger and better. So he said, "You are doing excellent Naruto. I want you to completely master all of the chakra control exercises to be able to do them subconsciously and master the elemental manipulation exercises to such a point where you can do it in a whim".
At this, the boy's shoulders slumped and he said in frustration, "Ah, come on jiji. Give me some more cool new moves".
The hokage chuckled and replied, "Yes Naruto but do you know why I want you to do so? It is because, if you master all of those exercises, the strength of all your jutsus will be increased considerably. And, yes, I will give you some jutsu scrolls too".
Naruto suddenly became happy at this. The hokage was surprised by the sudden change of mood in the boy. He then went to the door behind his desk and entered the hokage's archives. After sometime, he came out with some scrolls in his hand, which he placed on his desk. He then said, "Okay Naruto, here are six jutsus, one for each element and one Shunshin jutsu. I can't give you anymore scrolls on fuinjutsu because you need a seal master to learn more. Unfortunately, the only one who is up to the mark, if not brilliant, to teach you is away. So, you have to put fuinjutsu on hold for now. But, you can experiment with what you know. I am giving you permission because, knowing you, you would experiment anyway. Now, get to the scrolls. Once you learn it, I will evaluate how far you have come. Is that okay with you?"
"Jiji, you are forgetting who you are talking to. I, Uzumaki Namikaze Naruto, will never back down. Within the next six months, you will be fighting me jiji. And trust me, you will not be able to take a breather when you go up against me", the boy replied with a foxy grin.
"Oh don't get cocky Naruto. I am not hokage for nothing", the hokage replied with a chuckle.
"Okay jiji, I will get going", the blonde said as he sealed all the six scrolls to an empty scroll and left.
'You know Naruto, one day, you really will become a hokage. The will of fire definitely burns bright in you', the hokage thought as he made some shadow clones and got back to his work.
Training Ground behind the Hokage Monument:
Naruto sat down, took out the sealing scroll and unsealed all the scrolls from it. He then took them one by one to check which jutsu they were. The first one was the Shunshin jutsu or the Body-Flicker jutsu. It was a jutsu in which the user would focus a lot of chakra to his or her legs and burst through a pre-planned path at such speeds that it was almost impossible to see without the Sharingan or perhaps the Byakugan. But, the user could be sensed thanks to the chakra. He created 50 shadow clones for the jutsu and sent them to practice the jutsu.
The next was an earth release jutsu, the Earth Release: Multiple Earth-Style Wall jutsu. This was a jutsu in which the user would channel his chakra into the ground to create multiple walls of earth. It was a strong defensive jutsu. He made another 50 clones and sent them working on the jutsu.
Next was a water style jutsu, the Water Release: Water Formation Wall jutsu. This was a jutsu in which the user poured chakra into the water around him or her to create a wall of water around the user. The strength of the wall was determined by the amount of chakra the user poured into the water. Naruto sent 50 clones to learn the jutsu.
The next jutsu was a wind style jutsu, the Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet jutsu. This was a jutsu in which the user would inhale a large amount of wind and inducing his or her own chakra into it. The user then would exhale the wind as a compressed wind bullet. Due to the large amount of chakra in the compressed bullet, it would explode on contact dealing huge amount of damage. Naruto sent 50 clones to work on the jutsu.
The next was a lightening style jutsu, the Lightening Release: Conductive Shock jutsu. It was a jutsu in which the user would bind the opponent with ninja wires and conduct lightening through it to shock the opponent and cause paralysis in the target. He sent 50 clones to work on it.
The last was a fire style jutsu, the Fire Release: Flame Bullet jutsu. It was a jutsu in which the user gathers oil in their mouth created by chakra. Then the user would spit it out and ignite it and creating a bullet of flame. Naruto sent another 50 clones to work on it.
So, 300 clones got to work on jutsus. He then made 50 clones for each elemental manipulation exercises and sent them to the training area. He then made another 100 clones to work on chakra control exercises and 100 more to work on the basic and intermediate fuinjutsu.
After all this, he started working on his taijutsu. But he had hit a road block with it. Even though his earlier style was extremely effective, there were a large amount of holes in it. So, he had to start improving it and augment more style to suit him better. The best way to get good information on taijutsu was to find Gai sensei. Even though everyone had to question the sanity of the spandex wearing elite-jonin, his taijutsu prowess could not be questioned. He was good enough to push the copy ninja Kakashi to an edge only with his taijutsu alone. So, he was the best pointer. So, the original Naruto went to look for him while his clones set to work on the jutsus and the exercises.
Alright folks, another chapter comes to an end. Well, it isn't long as the others, but long enough. Now, another very important poll, related to the future of the story is up. Please vote for your preferred choices. And, thanks for your support. So, this chapter came early. Maybe, if you keep the support up, I will post sooner and sooner. And, for the first time, I gave separate para's for new speech. Do you guys like it? If not, let me know. Hope you liked the chapter.
The other reason why I posted this chapter early is because of the poll. I wanted to give you guys enough time to make your choices and my exams are coming! And I also did some major corrections to the previous chapters. Now they are more organised (hopefully)
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