'Thinking'
"Biju/Summon talk"
'Biju/Summon think'
"Jutsu"
Naruto was quite content with his new life within the past few days, he had family, he had met the Kyuubi and was on relatively good terms with her well good terms as you can get with a giant fox stuck in your gut and he got to spend time with his older brother but to top it all off he was finally learning right, like he should of been from an early age.
He was currently having a rather nice dream about ramen, yes although he acted like an idiot with a ramen addiction he actually liked the food just not all the time but it was one of his favourite foods considering with the Civilians not allowing him to shop at their establishments that he couldn't taste variety.
His dream was suddenly called to a halt when he felt someone enter his bedroom, he reacted on his newly found instincts that were bashed into his skull by Itachi and using his right hand he grabbed the persons wrists whilst with the left hand grabbed a Kunai that he now slept with and poised to strike the intruders throat with the Kunai. He stopped an inch from the person to note an amused look on his older brothers face.
"GAH Itachi!"
Taking a note out of his younger brothers book he replied simply "Sup?"
"Goddamn, I could have hurt you."
A snort from Itachi was all he got in reply showing how little he knew.
For the past two weeks Itachi had been training Naruto, he kept the training schedule the same but allotted a small period of time to teach him Henge so he could buy produce from Civilian shops without being chucked out of overpriced, of course the stupid Civilians couldn't tell the difference but the Ninja gave him some rather amused looks of respect for being able to use Henge at his age.
Naruto soon learned that Itachi was a nice person but cold to people he didn't know or if he was on a mission, to his family however he would protect them to the best of his ability. Naruto had come to respect that about the older boy.
Mikoto came round every day and helped him learn how to cook and like everything else he took to it rather quickly, learning all the basics of cooking and a balanced diet for growth which was also important towards his Taijutsu training.
She had stayed at his house for a full day watching her new found son train and she couldn't be more proud, not only did he understand what she and Itachi were trying to say about Ninja who specialize but also understood that his Sharingan did not mean instant victory like most of her clan came to think, no he practiced whatever he learnt.
Naruto soon found that he enjoyed life more than before, his body was quickly becoming quite fit for his age and if he took after his father which it was quite clear that he did then it would mean that the hidden leaf village would soon have another speed demon on their hands.
She was currently watching her son meditate to calm down after a stressful day of training, everyone had a way to keep stress to a minimum within the Shinobi careers, Kakashi had his porn book, Gai had his patented "Flames of youth", Asuma and Hiruzen smokes and she doted on her family as much as possible. She just had an idea about how he could keep stress to a minimum and smirked whilst calling her eldest over to speak to her.
"Itachi, what do you think of Naruto taking up pranking?"
"Say what?"
"Well Kushina and Minato were both pranksters and I think it would be good for him to train in stealth early on, not to mention that it would help him have an outlet against the village whilst being constructive and advancing his training."
"I think it's a good idea as long as his Orange jumpsuit comes back out for his pranks, if you can hide in that thing then you can hide anywhere."
"Agreed. He will prank people on his time off."
"Do you think we should tell the Hokage?"
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"Nah, I'm sure he will find out on his own." they both looked at each other and smirked before calling Naruto over to explain the situation.
"So let me get this straight, you want me to train my stealth by pranking people? Wearing my Orange jumpsuit."
They both nodded and pretty much instantly regret it because he had a smirk that sent chills up their spines and heard an evil laugh with the sound of thunder behind him.
They both had the same thoughts 'What have we unleashed?'
They looked to each other and shrugged before going home and to bed whilst Naruto planned his first prank. A few days later they were all called into the Hokage's office and noticed the Anbu guards were struggling to keep in their laughter. The third Hokage was sat behind his desk in his battle armour.
He smiled his grandfatherly smile and welcomed them, "what can we do for you today Hokage-Sama?"
"Well you see, I seem to be having an issue with my Hokage robes and I thought you could shed some light onto this issue and how it occurred?"
They both nodded before he got up from his desk and led them to the cupboard in the corner of the room, opening the cupboard you could clearly see his normal Hokage rob and hat except they were dyed Neon Orange.
Instantly they burst out laughing, which happened to continue for another 5 minutes before they settled enough to talk to the Hokage.
"My bad?" Itachi said.
"Your bad?"
"Kind of."
"How so?"
Shifting slightly on the spot he sighed, "We wanted Naruto to train in stealth so we told him to go pranking people in his Orange Jumpsuit without getting caught. Apparently you're his first victim."
"Do you have any idea what you've unleashed? He is exactly like Minato and Kushina when it comes to this! He won't ever stop! Oh the paper work."
Both snuck away whilst his was crying anime tears with a sweat drop on the back of their heads.
Pranks such as this continued for the rest of his training, 2 weeks later he had setup his title of Prankster from hell.
At the end of his 1 month Physical training they stopped for a break whilst discussing what was going to happen next, "Your physical training is up for the moment but that doesn't mean you stop. you will increase your warm up by double with the now chakra weights since your control is decent enough to use them without wearing 2 tonnes instantly."
Naruto groaned. If his physical training was up then what was he going to be doing now, upon voicing his question Itachi smiled and said that he was going to teach him a few basic Jutsu from each element but went into explaining elements.
"Elemental Jutsu is a Jutsu that is aligned to an element allowing a person to use it easier, an example of this is most Uchiha have a fire element which makes it easier to use the great fireball as a right of passage for people within the clan.
Some people have one or two elemental natures, sometimes if you're lucky you get 3 but I doubt that will happen since it's like a 1 in 1000 chance."
Naruto raised an eyebrow at this as if to say "Really?"
"Before we start, tell me what is the difference between learning a Jutsu and mastering one?"
Naruto took a moment to think, learning a Jutsu was obviously learning the hand seals related to said Jutsu and learning how to mould the chakra for it so mastering the Jutsu should have been one step above that. He voiced his confusing to his older brother who smiled.
"Learning a Jutsu is how to perform the Jutsu however on a battlefield if 2 people use the same Jutsu with 1 of them mastering it to the point of not needing all the hand seals for the Jutsu then who would win?"
"The master."
"Good, so I will show you 1 Jutsu today and you will spend the next week with your shadow clones mastering it to the point that you need less hand seals, to do this you will need to use the Jutsu hundreds of times and then feel how the Chakra is moulded within yourself. Once you know how to mould the Chakra with hand seals cut one seal down and continue until you get to the end of the week and then show me your progress ok?" Naruto smiled and nodded happily.
Itachi started him on his first Katon Jutsu, "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu" a simple C rank Jutsu where the user gathers Chakra in his/her lungs and sprays it out of their mouths in either a fireball or a constant stream or fire.
And so the week passed with Naruto constantly spamming the C ranked Jutsu, this not only helped him master the Jutsu to a higher degree than normally but they found out that his Jutsu was stronger than normal which indicated a strong fire nature. Naruto forcefully expanded his Chakra reserves as well due to falling to Chakra exhaustion nightly, the good thing about housing Kyuubi was that his Chakra recovered quickly and allowed him to get up the next day and do the same.
It came to the end of the week and Naruto was training around 8 hours a day with 200 clones, he dropped back from 300 because he wanted more Chakra to be distributed to each clone, it was safe to say that Naruto had firmly mastered this Jutsu to a extreme degree. Itachi and his mother were sitting on the ground watching him and called him over.
"Naruto you spent the past week training with 200 clones on this Jutsu tell me, how far have you come."
Naruto smiled and explained, "I got it down from 7 hand seals to 2 but for some reason I couldn't get passed the last one."
Both older Uchiha's smiled at him a smile that was full of pride, Mikoto chose to explain, "Naruto you will never be able to get to the last seal, no one can unless they have an incredibly high affinity for fire as is the same for any other Jutsu. You have mastered this Jutsu so show us how good it is."
Naruto smiled and ran over to the dummy that was 25ft away from his family, he didn't want them getting hurt obviously and made two hand seals and took a deep breath. Exploding from his mouth was a fireball that looked like a miniature sun, 13ft wide.
The dummy never stood a chance.
He turned round to see his mother and brother clapping and couldn't help but smile at them. He had worked hard for this and his determination had paid off.
"Well done Otouto, I'm proud of you."
"Arigato Nii-san"
"And what more is that you've just broken a record previously held by me. That Jutsu is a rite of passage within the Uchiha clan, I was the youngest to learn it ever at 7 years old. You beat it and now hold the record, congratulations."
Mikoto was watching the exchange with pride in her eyes, although she wasn't sure if anyone would ever know that he was her son until he felt ready to tell the world, she was proud of him.
This is how the next two months went, he learnt 4 other Jutsu within that time and mastered 2 of them to the same degree except his lightning Jutsu. His lightning Jutsu was incredibly strong which led them to believe that he had a primary lightning affinity which a secondary wind and fire all of which were incredibly strong offensive elements but he lacked a defensive element. This didn't stop him from learning any defensive techniques with the sharingan and then practising them still, an example of an earth technique that he learnt was quite simply "Doton: Doryūheki" Which was a standard earth wall that was pushed up from within the air with the user slamming his hands into the ground. This is a B class Jutsu so no matter what it took a considerable chunk of Chakra for anyone to perform this but for someone aligned to a different affinity let alone the opposite of Doton then it would easily eat twice as much Chakra.
Naruto continued with this technique with 200 shadow clones for 2 weeks instead of 1 and eventually got it down to the point where he could use it with the normal chakra consumption rate but had to use the full amount of seals necessary.
He also learnt a Water jutsu that required a nearby water source to envelope the user in a barrier of water to protect against a Fire technique, the more chakra you pump into it the more water is used thus providing a decent defence for most fire techniques.
Naruto kept up his Physical training as well and Itachi finally decided he was fit enough to learn some of the Uchiha clans fighting style known as the interceptor fist which was designed based around the Sharingan and its predictive abilities.
Itachi also explained that the Interceptor fist was also designed to train a Sharingan users eyesight to advance their Sharingan anywhere from 1 to 3 Tomoe which naturally made Naruto happy because although he had his Sharingan activated he still only had 2 Tomoe in each eye and was hoping to get to the third Tomoe sometime next year by the time he started the academy.
Itachi explained that even though there mother was a retired Jonin she was quite famous within Konoha and the resounding nations for her use of Genjutsu with the Interceptor fist allowing her to quickly end her opponents.
Because she was a retired Jonin she wasn't allowed to teach Shinobi but Naruto was a Civilian so she had until he graduated to get him ready with her style.
They began by going through the styles basics, footing, movement and how the style was supposed to be used. The enemy was to attack first and you were to respond quickly thanks to the Sharingan and quickly disable them.
Naruto clearly stated that he didn't want to use clones to boost his Taijutsu prowess with this style because although they could use muscle memory to advance quickly he wanted to learn his family styles without what he considered cheating.
A week later he had the basics down, he could stand and fight at a basic level of a newly graduated Uchiha Genin which was something for his age, he practised for hours on end only using Shadow clones when he finally got the Katas down himself so it wasn't cheating when learning but keeping his skills fresh.
He found the work gruelling and when he almost gave up he continued with the thought of getting better to protect his precious people. He would not give up, not again.
Itachi and Mikoto were both watching him as per usual and having a small discussion about him.
"I swear Genius runs in your side of the family Kaa-san."
"Yes well, he has his father as well who was a Genius so I suppose it's only natural."
"I would label him a prodigy at the rate he learns but we both know he wouldn't like to be labelled as such."
"Hmm what do you think of his Taijutsu?"
"I think he has learnt as much as possible until he grows taller, we forget his is only 5 so he isn't tall enough for the more advance Katas."
"Genjutsu then?"
"Yes, I think we will work on his Genjutsu and Chakra control until he is about 8. That should allow enough time for him to grow into a healthy boy with a decent body for necessary for Taijutsu."
"Agreed."
"Naruto get over here" Itachi shouted
He walked over taking a drink from a canteen full of water and looked at them.
"We have decided that until you are older, around 8 or so your body will not be able to advance within the Uchiha Taijutsu style so we will work for the next 3 years purely on Chakra control and Genjutsu. Who knows maybe we can look at the theory behind Jutsu creation to give you something to do in your spare time."
"Ok, I understand."
"Ok then but first we need to see the Hokage about a training partner for Genjutsu."
Mikoto and Naruto looked at him like he grew a second head.
Sometime later Naruto, Mikoto and Itachi were in the office of the Hokage, "Ah Itachi, how're you today?"
"I'm doing good sir."
"Good, good." He said whilst placing a silencing barrier around the room.
"Itachi please report to me what has happened in the last 3 months of Naruto's training."
"For the first month he learnt what physical exercise meant in every meaning of the word, he still continues these exercises daily with added weights; we never got round to disabling his resistance seals, we were meant to ask you that today."
"Ah yes, I was wondering when you were going to ask, simply focus your chakra on your seal in your stomach and do the Genjutsu release to disable them, to re-enable them you have to focus the chakra again and say what level you want."
Naruto nodded in understanding, "In the next 2 months I taught him 5 Ninjutsu, 1 for each element. It seems that he has a Lightning as primary with wind and fire as secondary. Each Jutsu except ones that weren't of his element have been mastered to use less hand seals. The Doton and Suiton both have been mastered to a degree where they take only take the normal amount of Chakra but the full amount of hand seals.
He has learnt the basics of the Uchiha Taijutsu style but can't learn anymore until he grows taller which is why we are here. Turns out Kyuubi gave him a gift and apparently he is going to be a great Genjutsu master someday with his eyes so we need a Genjutsu master to give him tips etc for help; I was thinking of Kurenai, she is a Chunin right?"
He nodded in understanding, "Yes, I will call her right away to help but understand if she doesn't agree to keep it secret then she won't be helping."
"Understood."
"Anbu, find me Kurenai Yuhi and bring her here."
5 Minutes later and in walked a 5ft 2, 13 year old version of Kurenai Yuhi, dress and all. "Ahh Kurenai-Chan, thank you for coming."
She walked in nervously whilst eyeing the people in the room, she knew the little boy; of course who didn't know him and she knew Itachi, the prodigy of prodigies but didn't know the woman.
"Kurenai, this is Naruto Uzumaki, Mikoto Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha."
"Hello."
"We were wondering if you would like to take part in training a budding Genjutsu master for the next 3 years, of course it would be in the village and it would be secretive and what not so whatever happens is an S class secret between you, them and me. Understand?"
"Hai Hokage-Sama, I would love to help another Genjutsu user, who is it?"
He smirked in amusement as Naruto stepped forward and waved in a Kakashi like manner, "Sup?"
"Is this a joke?"
"What were you expecting?"
"I don't know but not a 5 year old."
"This 5 year old will be better than you in Genjutsu by the time he is your age."
Her mouth fell open, how was that possible? She worked relentlessly on her Chakra control.
"How is that possible, I worked for years to get the control necessary for Genjutsu?"
"Shadow clones."
"What?"
"Oh never mind it was classified as a Kinjutsu so I guess you wouldn't know of it. Let's just say my furry little friend gave me a present."
She looked at him blankly, she didn't know of the Kyuubi because she actually followed the rules but she still heard the whispers behind the boys back. She heard how he was tossed off the Hokage mountain 3 almost 4 months back and disappeared from public light. The Civilians were convinced he was either dead or hospitalized in a Coma but the Shinobi knew better, they knew he was biding his time except for those god forsaken pranks that never led back to him.
"Fine."
"Please meet back here in 2 hours with a bag packed with Shinobi gear and clothes for at least a month; you're staying at my new place to help train me. Sorry if you don't like it but you will change your mind later." He said with a knowing smirk.
She nodded and Shunshin'd away. Naruto raised an eyebrow "Ok, next new Jutsu to learn and master is the magical ninja teleportation Jutsu." Naruto said with barely restrained glee.
Everyone in the room gave a soft laugh but they could understand, it was a really useful Jutsu and who ever made it should be praised as highly as the Log.
2 hours later
Kurenai arrived via Shunshin with a couple of minutes to spare and noticed everyone was still there, "Alright, I'm back now what?"
"We go to your new home for what maybe the next 3 years. Don't worry it had allot of privacy for training which is why we need you to live there with me; I can take care of myself if that is what you're worried about. I cook, clean and tidy up after myself and have for the past 3 months so I won't get in your way."
She nodded, in truth that was exactly what she was worried about; she didn't care about training the boy to be honest if he was going to be as big as they said then he would get trained but she didn't want to act like a paternal figure to some 5 year old.
Before leaving Naruto turned round to the Hokage and gave a little wave, "see you in a few weeks old man." Itachi grabbed Naruto whilst Mikoto grabbed Kurenai and Shunshin'd to the gate of his house. They went through the process of unlocking it and locking it again, Kurenai was amazed at the seals present on the gate and wasn't entirely sure of what to expect.
Walking through the gate she openly gaped at the house and the surrounding area, "Kurenai I will show you to your room and then we can have a nice long chat about some secrets that must remain secret but you will know them because you need to."
"Understood."
Kurenai followed Naruto upstairs and showed her to the room across from his, she walked past the family portrait and raised an eyebrow at the picture of the fourth Hokage and some woman.
"Here we go, join us downstairs in a couple of minutes and we will explain several things and give you a tour of the house."
She nodded and proceeded to unpack he stuff whilst Naruto walked downstairs. 5 minutes later she joined them. "Now I know you want some answers so why don't you ask some questions?"
"Who are you?"
"Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze Uchiha."
Her jaw dropped again, this was the son of the fourth Hokage and was part Uchiha; she was starting to see why he was going to be talented.
"Why do people call you a demon on the streets?"
He sighed and ran his hand through his hair, "5 years ago my father defeated the Kyuubi and sealed it inside me, I am a prison and she is the inmate but they can't seem to understand."
"Well that's... wait did you say she?"
He nodded and she thrust her fists in the air screaming girl power, Mikoto smirked.
"Any other questions?"
"Who is your mother?"
"Kushina Uzumaki and Mikoto Uchiha."
She stared at him for a moment trying to figure out how that was possible, 5 minutes late she gave up and asked.
"My mother had the Kyuubi in her before me but her seal was rushed and thus made her barren, Mikoto provided an egg which my parents used and her I am."
"Does that mean you will have the Sharingan?"
"Already do."
He smirked at her and his blue eyes faded into crimson red with 2 Tomoe in each, she would soon have to pick her jaw off the floor again. "That has to be some kind of record for gaining the Sharingan?"
"Don't know, got it 3 months ago."
"Why do you want trained in Genjutsu?"
"With me having the Kyuubi in me I have allot of chakra and I mean allot, it will only increase in time. However Kyuubi felt bad for my life for the first 5 years since I had beatings etc so she gave me a little gift; apparently I will be a supreme Genjutsu user with enough Chakra to spam high level Ninjutsu all day long. I don't need trained in Genjutsu at the moment just how to break them and maybe some help with Chakra control or a spar with Genjutsu every now and then because all my Genjutsu will be eye based at the moment until I get better at them."
She nodded dumbly, she felt kind of cheated since he was apparently given a gift by Kyuubi but she understood, Ninja use everything at their disposal.
"You understand that everything you heard today and from now on in this house is an S rank secret? Add to that the fact that my lineage is a SS rank secret, if you tell anyone except the Hokage that you are training me or what in you will be executed. Please don't, you're too pretty to be beheaded."
She blushed whilst both Mikoto and Itachi raised an eyebrow at their son/brother, he was going to be trouble later down the line.
"Fine."
"This house is protected by seals for privacy, they were made by my father. The house itself has several bedrooms, bathrooms' an outside Onsen, training grounds that repair themselves once again due to seals, a library that I'm not allowed to enter until I'm older apparently and an armoury. Feel free to look in the Library but nothing you take leaves this house. I mean that, we have space to practise if you take anything but it doesn't leave this house under any circumstances, not even the Hokage is allowed to take things from the Library outside.
Anything really important will have a blood seal on which you can't open so don't try."
"Understood."
"Ok then rest for tomorrow we start training."
She nodded and headed off towards the Onsen to relax whilst the others continued to talk.