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Naruto: "Shining Maelstrom doesn't own me, DragonBall or any other franchises in this story, dattebayo! If he did, I would be more awesome!"

Naruto Xenoverse

Chapter 3: Training and a Proud Failure

Inside the house in Tokitoki City:

Naruto was exploring the house, dragging Hinata all along, not that she minded it. The house has everything, a living room, a big bedroom, a bath, training facilities, a kitchen, a library and much more. Throughout the time Naruto was simply amazed by the many things in this house, but Hinata noticed, that a lot of the tools in this house are far more advanced and different than the tools in their own. She already knew, that this world is technological far more advanced from their little tour in Tokitoki City, but this was still something impressive

"You like this house, Naruto-chan, Hinata-chan?", Mito asked. She suddenly appeared behind Naruto and Hinata, which both of them never noticed./p

"I don't like it! I LOVE it, Dattebayo!", Naruto shouted. It was so much better than his old apartment and the prospect of living together with other people, who didn't hate him, was something nice.

"A-ano this house is quite comfortable, Mito-sama."

""Don't call me Mito-sama, it makes me feel old, Hinata-chan. Well, let's leave the kitchen, we need to discuss some things in the living room." So the three of them went to the living room.

Elsewhere in the house:

Sasuke also was exploring the house on its own, with Sakura following him from behind. At first he found a library. He read through some books and was quite surprised, that some books were also filled with information of his own world, informations like jutsu, history and politics. His original intention were just gathering information about this world, but this outcome wasn't unwelcomed.

Sakura was in deep thoughts. She was aware, that she won't return for a long time, but she didn't mind. She was now near Sasuke and couldn't help, but admire him and enjoy his company.

'TAKE THIS, INO-PIG! I'M HERE WITH SASUKE-KUN', her Inner Self cheered.

She and Ino were rivals for Sasuke's affection for one year and she would take this chance to win his affection. But something about Sasuke was concerned her. Uchiha Sasuke was stating, that he had to kill one man and at first, she couldn't help, but admire him for this bold statement. But not, she wanted to know, why he always was so bitter and how she could help him with his goals.

As Sakura noticed, that Sasuke was reading some bookes, she couldn't help but marvel at the large library. She was a regular in Konoha's library, but this house had a library, which could rival the Konoha library with its count of books. She quickly picked some books and sat on a table to study these books. These books were exotic for her, so she resolved to do her best to study all these foreign books.

Sasuke however wanted to see more of this house and left the library. As he reached the training room, he was simply amazed by the equipment. They were all weird looking, but from the instruction video, which he watched first before entering the room, he knew, that these training tools would make him stronger. Ergo he entered the room and tried to make himself familiar with the training deviced.

Suddenly he noticed a door with a weird sign. He assumed that this was the Gravity Room, as the instructional video explained, that this room's gravity was adjustable. The gravity could be shifted from zero to 200. He wanted to test the room and his pride was telling him, that he should try out the maximum gravity settings. However he was no fool, despite his harsh training, he was sure, that he would be crushed, if he even attempted to try the 10x gravity settings. So he chose, that he should try out the 1.5x gravity settings.

As he shifted the gravity, he suddenly felt something. It was hard to stand up straight, every muscle inside him tensed. He tried to walk, it turned out to be much harder than he thought. He sometimes trained with weights, but this gravity training is much different than regular weight training, as the gravity room strained every muscle in his body as to simple weight training. Suddenly he collapsed, but a blur caught him. It was this purple haired man, Trunks.

"I see you couldn't wait to try out this room. You share so few traits with somebody I know, Sasuke-kun", Trunks said. He thought of his father and couldn't help, but make out some similarities with him and Sasuke. Both were prideful beings and one of the last survivors of their tribe, in Vegeta's case the Saiyan race and in Sasuke's case the Uchiha clan. "Let's pick up Sakura-chan and discuss our training."

"Hn."

Living Room:

Sakura was sitting on a table, still deeply studying the books she took from the library. A hyperactive Naruto and Hinata were sitting on a couch, with Naruto not able to sit still on the couch. Sasuke was just leaning against a wall, with his arm crossed and his eyes closed.

"Let's explain, how our training will looks like for the next one year. I will teach you chibis everything about the ninja art of our world, starting with basic chakra control, basic ninjutsu and taijutsu. After the basics, I will teach you about advanced stuff like Shape and Elemental manipulation, Yin-Yang release and also few stuff about poison and more. Trunks-kun and his subordinates will teach you about the way of fighting in his world. His world is quite interesting, ufufufu.

Before I forget, here is your weekplan:

Monday and Tuesday you will be training and learning from me, Wednesday and Thursday you will get instructions from Trunks-kun and for the rest of the week, you're free to do whatever you want to do", Mito explained. "Did you get it, chibis?"

"Hai!", the children responded. Trunks observed their eyes, filled with determination, and smiled. They would be fine Time Patrol Warriors indeed.

First week, Monday, training room:

The children were practicing chakra control, starting with wallwalking. Sakura and Hinata quickly got a hang of it, while Sasuke and Naruto struggled with it.

Naruto only thought, that wallwalking was cool and would help with his pranks. After lots of failures, he slowly could walk the wall 5 meters.

Sasuke on the other hand slowly improved, step by step. He had a goal to fulfill and every training he get would help him to reach this goal.

Despite perfect chakra control, Mito suggested Hinata and Sakura, that they should continue their training, not only to increase their chakra reserves, but also to make wallwalking and chakra control second nature to them, so they don't need to focus on the task.

Mito reminded them, that a ninja had to have the ability to do multiple tasks simultaniously and that this practice would be handy in the future.

First week, Tuesday, living room:

Mito teached them as they were at the academy. Maths, kanjis, history, politics and ninja tactics. She needed to make sure, that Naruto was paying attention, which was easier said then done. She knew, that majority of the Uzumakis have short attention span. It didn't help, that Naruto wasn't really booksmart, either.

The other three were able to absorb the informations. For the children, it was just like back in the academy, only that they were only 4 students now.

Third week, Wednesday, training room:

"Brats, today I'm going to teach you the basic of Ki-Control!", Reito shouted. He loved acting like an officier.

The children saluted. They knew, that they should endure his quirks. Reito liked, no he LOVED Shonen mangas and Light Novels. Let's say, that he managed to get Naruto interested into these mangas. Naruto couldn't help, but read them each night before going to bed.

"As Gurabiga explained last Thursday, Ki is a manifestation of your Life Energy, your Courage and your Mental State, your Mind. You heard from Gurabiga how to access your Ki and I'm sure, that you practiced Ki-control. Get going, SHRIMPS!"

As the children tried to draw out their Ki, it caught Reito's eyes, that Naruto was drawing his chakra out instead of Ki. He only knew the basic of chakra, but what he was told from Mito, it was quite similar to Ki, although the origin of both different energy are quite different. He sighed and left the room to search for Mito for assistance. After countless attempts to correct him, Naruto still drawed out his chakra.

Mito was in the kitchen, preparing dinner. Let's be said, that she would make ramen everyday, if Sakura didn't object her idea.

"Yo, Mito-san. I need your help, that Naruto-gaki can't draw out his Ki. The other brats seems to get the grasp of it. That book of Gohan-san really helped them. Do you have any ideas, how to help that blonde gaki?"

"Well, we could try to seal his chakra. This might help", Mito responed. "Should I do this now?"

"Yeah, I think the faster we seal Naruto's chakra, the better it would be for his progress. Ya know where the training room is."

So Mito left the kitchen and entered the training room. She quickly sealed off Naruto's chakra and Naruto continued the training.

Later this night, training room:

After a quick dinner, Naruto continued to gain access to his ki. He still wasn't able to draw out his ki, despite having his chakra sealed off.

He was down, laying on his back, all the other three were getting the idea of each exercise quickly. Naruto himself was everytime the last to succeed with an exercise. Suddenly he heard the door open and turned towards the door. Before the door, there was Hinata, dressed in her pyjama.

"Hinata, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you sleep at this time?"

"I-I was worried about you, Naruto-kun. You didn't return to the bedroom, so I assumed you were still training. You're still worrying about your inability to draw out Ki?"

"I-It's not like that, Hinata! Nothing like this, ehehehehe!" Naruto responded awkwardly, followed with a long silence on both sides.

Hinata walked towards Naruto and sat beside him, touching his hand with her own and blushing slightly.

"Don't worry about it, Naruto-kun. I'm sure, you will able to control your Ki in no time"

"But the three of you quickly understand how to access your Ki. You, Sakura-chan and even Sasuke-teme, you are always ahead of me! I'm a failure, holding you back on your quest to be stronger. Even as you gave me advice for this wallwalking and waterwalking practice, I can't help but feel like a failure. I'm weak! I can't become Hokage like this."

Hinata just sat there. Naruto was here, talking about his fear about being a failure and falling behind his peers and showing his vulnerable state to her.

"A-ano, but even if you fail, I think you're a strong person." Naruto suddenly perked up and watched Hinata. "You're not perfect, noone is. Despite your failings, you still stand up and try again. I th-think this is what true strength is, because in my eyes, you're a proud failure."

As Hinata finished her speech, Naruto only watched her in awe.

"Thank you, Hinata. I needed that. Dattebayo!"

"And didn't you said, that you have to stand up, no matter what? And that you just have to try something new, if nothing works?"

"Yes, I did. Ehehehe. Yosh, time to continue my training!", Naruto shouted and tried to control his Ki.

30 minutes later, has was suddenly drawing out his Ki. His Ki was strong, noticeable stronger than Sasuke's Ki, but still comparable

Sasuke, who was laying in his bed in the bedroom, felt this Ki and smirked. The blonde idiot was finally able to draw out his Ki. Secretly practiced Ki-sensing during his free time, he was quite adapt in the art of sensing Ki and also found out, that it could be applied to sensing Chakra. And from what he could sense, Naruto's Ki was strong, uncontrolled and wild, but strong. It was an interesting trip, indeed.

"YATTA, I did it! I did it! I'm finally able to control my Ki, dattebayo!"

"Congrulations, Naruto-kun. I knew you could do it." Hinata responded.

"Thank you, Hinata, without your encouragement, I wouldn't believe in myself. I think you are my favorite person in my life now!"

Hinata's face quickly turned red. That was quite a bold statement from Naruto.

"Ne, Hinata, why is your face..."

Naruto had no chance to finish the sentence, as Hinata quickly kissed Naruto on his cheek and ran out of the training room. He was surprised by Hinata's action, eyes wide open, touching the spot her lips met his face. Suddenly he grinned, with a slight blush on his face and decided, that this day was one of the best day of his life and with this opinion, he returned to the bedroom.

The next day, training room:

"Kids, I want to see your progress, so unleash your Ki with all your might", Trunks instructed them. They did as he told and unleashed their Ki.

Trunks measured their Ki. Naruto's Ki was strong, but it was quite uncontrolled. Sasuke's Ki was compareable to Naruto, but it felt slightly cold. Just like his father. Sakura's Ki was not as strong, but her control with it was impressive. Hinata's Ki felt natural, as she practiced it long time, not really surprising, considering that her clan are trained in martial arts or as they called the Taijutsu style Juuken.

"Your progress is quite remarkeable. As a reward, I'm giving you the day free."

He wondered, how far the children will come in 3 years.

As Naruto left the room with with his peer minus Sasuke, he couldn't help but giving Hinata slight glances. Her action last night was still on his mind and as a result, he felt slightly nervous around her.

As they reached the living room, he decided to ask.

"Ne, Hinata. Do you want to e-explore the city with me right now?"

Hinata blushed. He was asking her to join him. After she regained her composure, she smiled and nodded. Together they left the house to explore more of the city.

Sasuke was training in the gravity room. He was training under 2.5x gravity, as he learned how to use his Ki to enhance his body and he was quite surprised by the results. Enhancing his body with his Ki was quite effective, even if he was using 15% of his Ki. He continued his training and was performing Katas under the enhanced gravity.

Sakura was studying the library. The information were pretty useful. There were some things, she was interested into, machines, medical jutsu and genjutsu. She would take the most out of her studies, want to do her best to be strong.

As time flew by, the children enjoyed each other company. Even Sasuke's cold attitude was melting as he couldn't help, but enjoy the atmosphere. The main force of Trunks, who visited them regulary, were irritating to him, but it was not an unwelcome irritation. Sasuke would dare to say, that this little group would be his new family. Out of the group, Nekke was the least irritating person to him.

Naruto also liked his new family, he was no more alone and was able to enjoy the city without hateful stares. He felt connected to the other children and his senseis and no day was boring. Some of them could be quite scary, though, if he played pranks on them. Paku was quite enraged, after Naruto bleached her red hair to pink.

Hinata was enjoying her current situation. She liked each person, but sometimes she whished, Gurabiga wouldn't meddle with her love life, as she often attempted to get both of them together. She missed her family, but she also was quite happy, living her life as a girl despite all the training they go through.

Sakura was homesick. She liked it here, but she couldn't help how her family and Ino were doing. But she decided to run away and make out the most out of the training trip. Mito said, the Sakura shares some similarities with Mito's granddaughter Tsunade. During her time here, she learned a lot and also saw her little group as a big misfit of family. Naruto reminded her of an annoying little brother she never had and the main force of the Time Patrol Warriors were like older siblings. Despite being homesick, she enjoyed meeting these people.

The children from Konoha learned about many things, the history of Ninja, the Legend of the DragonBalls, the different realms, battle techniques and much more. And each child was going to specialice on few things they were interested into. As their training continued under Mito and Trunks' group, they learned things like flying, water walking, basic bunshin, first aid, basic Ki-blasts, teamwork and much more. They vigorously trained their mind and body to be strong.

Nine months later, Palace of Kaioshin of Time:

"I assembled you here, because the Time Breaker caused an incident. They are trying to disrupt the fight of Goku and The Demon King Piccolo. You are here to eliminate each Time Breaker and make sure, that the fight won't be disrupted. Do I make myself clear, Time Patrol Ninjas?", Trunks commanded.

"Hai, Trunks-Taichou", the 4 Time Patrol Ninjas responded.

"I will make Sasuke the leader of this mission and I don't want to hear any complaints about it. Do I make myself clear, Naruto?"

"H-hai, taichou", Naruto nervously gulped. Trunks handed Sasuke a scroll with the mission details.

"Let's go, guys!", Sasuke said and was leading his group to the time-machine.

Author note:

I hope, you liked it. I only revealed the basics of their training, because to be honest, I dont' like training arcs. Also I want to surprise you with their skills.

Also I hope you enjoy the altered "Proud Failure" speech. I had fun writing this.

No, Sasuke is not your typical egoistical and power hungry maniac, he is a lonely kid, who was alone during his childhood. I plan to develop Sasuke's character in a more positive way. Also Sasuke will get an own arc during the 3rd year.

Sakura somehow got into the background and I'm sorry for that. I hope Sakura will be more in focus in the next chapter.

Also I have something quite interesting planned for the Kurama reveal.

I think I should work on the sketches for my OCs, expect a new chapter next Monday, if you're lucky (meaning if I'm not lazy), you get the chapter earlier.

Enjoy the story and feel free to follow, fave and review it.