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Yuzuki476: Kakashi isn't living with Naruto. Naruto lives alone in his house and Kakashi occasionally visits him. I could have made them live together but that would be a 'What if?' for another fanfic.
JustYourAverageTroll: I'll keep that in mind. And as for why does he randomly have a sharingan, it is because of his grand parents but rest assured, I am not going to rewrite Legacy.
kargz01: C'mon, I was bored of yellow hair so I thought to do something unique.
Chapter 6 "Academy"
Four months had passed since Naruto met Kurama and started training. Within the first week he learned everything that were to be taught in the academy. Soon he started training with Guy and Hiruzen, and sometime sparring with Kakashi. Training with guy benefitted him a lot. His Taijutsu improved drastically, and when paired with his sharingan, he could wipe the floor with anyone of his age group. He even learned some fighting techniques from Guy to move on to the next step. While Kakashi was mostly busy with his missions, he somehow managed to drop by Naruto's house once a week to mostly spend time with him and sometime even spar with him. And when sparring, he pointed out Naruto's mistakes so that he could work on them.
And then, for his Ninjutsu, he trained with Hiruzen's shadow clone. Even with six hundred clones, it took him a whole week just to learn how to deflect shurikens, but hitting the target with the deflected one was another story. He practiced for a couple of weeks just to hit the edge of the board, and after two months of hardwork he finally mastered the ShurikenJutsu. While he was somewhat unsatisfied with his achievement for taking so long, Hiruzen's mouth was wide open to see that Naruto mastered a technique that takes six years for a normal shinobi to do. When Naruto showed him that he had mastered it, Hiruzen thought that he was under a genjutsu and freaked out when he realized that it was real.
He also learned how to walk on water while learning the ShurikenJutsu. Though he learned it in a week, he was far from mastering it. While Hiruzen insisted that they could move on, but Naruto argued saying that what was the point of learning a Jutsu, if he couldn't master it. For mastering it, he spared on the water with his clones and sometimes with Hiruzen and Kakashi. Thanks to his chakra reserves and the ability to produce large number of shadow clones, he gradually mastered it alongside with Shuriken Jutsu.
Then for the third month, Hiruzen taught him how to tie and open all type of knots with ropes and ninja wires. Naruto also learned how to escape a genjutsu. Hiruzen thought to work on Naruto's Kekkei Genkai, The Adamantine Chains and hone his skills over them and master them. It was more difficult than he thought it would be. And he couldn't even use his shadow clones to speed up things as this was a physical training rather than a mental one. It took him the whole month to learn how to use them effectively. He was able to control the size of the chains, increasing their versatility. Naruto started to use them as his prosthetic limbs to hold weapons and fight with them. And soon he discovered that he could produce the chains from any part of his body making it even deadlier than before. He took another month to perfectly throw weapons from his chains.
During the fourth month, Hiruzen decided to teach Naruto some elemental jutsu. When Hiruzen asked him if he knows his elemental affinity, Naruto replied that he has all five elemental affinities. Hiruzen thought he was kidding and decided to check it himself. When he found out that he really had all five elemental affinities, he just passed out by watching the paper proving Naruto's claim. He took a whole day to digest the fact. And then for his elemental training, Naruto atleast had to do the leaf exercise to perform any Elemental Ninjutsu. Hiruzen asked Naruto to choose one of his elements to master first, but Naruto said that he could master all of them at once with the help of his shadow clones.
In the leaf exercise, for fire element Naruto had to burn the leaf, for wind element he had to split the leaf in half, for lightning element he had to wrinkle the leaf, for earth element he had to crumble the leaf and for the water element he had to make the leaf wet. Despite seeing easy, it took Naruto the whole month to do that. Now Naruto had managed to do all five variations of the exercise. While all this was going on, Naruto had said to Hiruzen that he wants to learn fuinjutsu, so Hiruzen was teaching him calligraphy all along. Though it was way more difficult than he had anticipated. He had to write the whole thing all over again because of a single wrong stroke.
He just stood up from completing his daily calligraphy task when he heard some footsteps in his house. But he didn't bother to check who it was because other than Kakashi and Hiruzen, no one else visited his house. Though Hiruzen knocked on the door before coming, Kakashi came directly and Naruto never objected on it. He entered the drawing room where Naruto was and sat of couch in front of him.
"Hey Naruto! How are you doing?" Kakashi asked.
"Just fine, and you?" Naruto said.
"I am doing well too." Kakashi replied.
"The academy session is about to start from next month, isn't it?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, so you are going to join the academy?" Kakashi asked.
"Yes, to become a ninja I would have to pass the academy first." Naruto said.
"Well then, do you want some advice?" Kakashi asked.
"I don't think I will need any advice, not for the Academy." Naruto chuckled.
"Right! So, it will be six years before you graduate and actually become a Ninja. Quite a long time if you ask me." Kakashi said.
"If I was a prodigy like you, I would also graduate in my first year. But that's not the case, so I will have to spend the whole time." Naruto said.
"Don't underestimate yourself. You are a prodigy yourself. You completed the whole syllabus before even entering the academy, this is not the work of an average student." Kakashi said.
"That was because of my ability to use so many shadow clones." Naruto said.
"And you were able to discover the secret of shadow clones and use them for your advantage, so you have already proved yourself." Kakashi said.
"Whatever. So, how was your mission?" Naruto asked.
"Nothing special, Itachi took care of it, as always." Kakashi said.
"You know, I am really getting curious to meet this Itachi person." Naruto said.
"You might get to meet him as his younger brother is also joining the academy this year. He is one of the best shinobi Konoha could offer. I wouldn't wonder if he becomes the hokage someday." Kakashi said.
"The way you talk about him, he will sure become the Hokage." Naruto said.
"That's the way he is." Kakashi said.
"Would you like a spar; I am trying a new style." Naruto said.
"You are already learning a new style. You sure are a fast learner." Kakashi said.
"Creating, not learning. I am creating my own fighting style, and I want you to help me." Naruto said.
"What? You are creating fighting styles? Sometimes it is even harder than creating your own jutsu." Kakashi asked.
"Yes, now let's go the training field." Naruto said as he shunshined to the training field.
"Let's go then." Kakashi said to himself before he also shunshined to the training field.
Training Field
"If I manage to land a blow then I win." Naruto said.
"Okay, now I am really getting curious about your new technique." Kakashi said.
Naruto gave a nod before making a few shadow clones. One of the clones charged on Kakashi while the rest of them remained in their place.
'Shadow Clones?' Kakashi thought. The clone tried to straight out punch Kakashi but Kakashi simply tilted his to body and kicked the clone in the guts, dispelling it. Another clone jumped from behind while a clone approached him from the right. The air borne clone tried a downward kick which Kakashi blocked with his hands and threw him to the ground and the performing a crescent kick to the clone who was approaching him from the right, dispelling him. He then noticed another couple of clones approaching him, and the clone he had previously blocked had also stood up. He quickly charged at the single clone and tried to deliver an axe kick but the clone jumped back in time.
'He got some speed.' Kakashi thought before dashing at the single clone. The clone blocked a few punches but Kakashi outmaneuvered him and dispelled him by landing a punch in the face. By then the other clones came close enough to start their attack.
'What is he trying to do? He is just sending clones while he himself is standing there.' Kakashi thought. One of the clones started a series of attacks which kakashi blocked by his hands while being pushed backwards. Kakashi noticed another clones behind him and quickly jumped, making the two clones dispel each other out. The airborne kakashi saw four clones around him and another clone above him. He quickly blocked a kick from one of the clones and held him from his ankle and swung him in mid-air to knock the other three clones along with the clone he was holding. But the clone above him managed to land a kick on Kakashi's shoulder before being dispelled by a punch.
'That kick had some serious power in it.' Kakashi thought as he saw Naruto slightly smiling.
"I win." Naruto announced.
"Yeah, you did. Now, would you care to explain why you were only using Shadow clones?" Kakashi asked.
"Because that was the technique. The purpose of the clones is to run real life simulations." Naruto said. "But that is not all. You see, as you were fighting those clones, I was observing you, watching the fight from both first person and third person perspective, and pointing out my mistakes. While on the other side, you were just getting tired by fighting them. And you could feel that every clone was fighting better than the one before."
"I see, that was quite a good plan." Kakashi said.
"There is more. The main goal of the clones was to try random attacks on major part of the body, in your case it was your shoulder. Now, once an attack was landed perfectly, I would make more clones. The purpose of these clones would be to target the previously hit body part, tiring you all along. And finally, you will run out of stamina and I would eventually win." Naruto said.
"This is quite a brilliant plan but if your enemy sees through it, then you will have to deal with him yourself." Kakashi said.
"But even then, I would have a few simulations to predict his moves." Naruto said.
"Yeah well, this technique is only limited to you as everyone doesn't have large chakra reserves. But overall, this is a good technique." Kakashi said as he ruffled Naruto's hair.
xXx
1 Month Later
During the last month, Hiruzen finally decided to teach Naruto some elemental ninjutsu. Naruto learnt the Great Fireball Jutsu and Phoenix Sage Fire Jutsu for Fire release and Great Breakthrough, and Gale Palm for Wind Release. The training for the Great fireball jutsu was an amazing sight to see. A hundred Shadow Clones of Naruto surrounded the pond and practiced it so intensively that all the water of the pond vaporized and Hiruzen had to use some Water Release Jutsu to refill the pond.
While all this was going on, Naruto passed the entrance test of the academy and today was his first day at academy.
"Too bad, I can't use the Transformation Jutsu to attend the classes. Well, be ready to be treated like a pest, Naruto Uzumaki. You can't run away from this always." Naruto said as he closed the door and shunshined towards the academy.
"It can't be helped kid." Kurama said.
"I know. I wonder, if anyone would even want to be friends with me or not?" Naruto asked.
"Find it out for yourself." Kurama said.
"Yeah, atleast I have you as a friend, teachers, and everything else." Naruto said as he reached the academy.
…
Naruto then entered the class and quietly sat on the last desk right beside the window. After taking his place, he looked at the rest of the class.
'Let's see, there is a variety of personalities here. The is a shy pink haired girl, probably a civilian; then there the blonde girl, well she has a bold personality, must be a Yamanaka. Oh, there is a Hyuga too, and she is shyer than the pink haired girl. There are more civilians this year.' Naruto thought as he looked at the girls.
'As for the boys, there is that Pineapple haircut boy, from Nara clan; the fat boy, must be an Akimichi; and there is the Kid with shades, wait what kid wears shades in Academy, but if he is allowed to wear them, then he would he an Aburame. And there is that loud mouthed kid, with red markings on cheeks, an Inuzuka for sure. How is he speaking so loud on his first day? ' Naruto thought looking at the Boys section. He then noticed a black-haired kid wearing a T-shirt with an Uchiha crest on his back, at the first desk.
'An Uchiha! He must be Itachi-san's brother, that Nii-san told be about. Sasuke Uchiha.' Naruto thought. 'I wonder if he has awakened his sharingan or not?'
"Not everybody tries to Jump from a cliff. And he is a kid, none less, so I am 99% sure that he hasn't awakened that yet." Kurama said.
'Shut up, I wasn't in my right mind back then.' Naruto said.
"So, what is your name?" the Yamanaka girl asked Naruto,
"Naruto Uzumaki. And Your's?" Naruto asked.
"Ino Yamanaka. But you have white hair, and Uzumaki have Red Hair, don't they?" Ino said.
"Yes, they have, but I am half Uzumaki." Naruto said.
"So, you are half Uzumaki and half Hatake." Ino said.
"Hatake? I know someone form Hatake clan, but I am not Hatake myself." Naruto said in a surprised tone.
"Then why is your hair white?" Ino asked.
"It became white itself. My original hair in blonde." Naruto said.
"I see, so do you have any Kekkei Genkai or secret Jutsu?" Ino asked.
"I don't know about 'Secret Jutsu', but I do have a Kekkei Genkai." Naruto said as an Adamantine Chain came out of his palm and shake the hand of Ino. But after seeing a weird golden chain coming out from Naruto's hand and shaking her hand, she passed out right there.
"What happened?" Naruto shouted grabbing the attention of the whole class before holding Ino from falling on the floor by a few more chains. He then picked her up and gently placed her beside him.
"What is that?" One the kids shouted.
"Chains are coming out from his body." Another one shouted.
"Did he just kill her?"
"What is he?"
'This was to be expected from a class of Civilians. Good thing I didn't used Kurama's chakra cloak to pick her, otherwise all of them would have passed out or ran out of the class and declared me a monster.' Naruto thought.
"Clam down, these are called Adamantine chains, a Kekkei Genkai of the Uzumaki clan. And she has just passed out." Naruto said loud enough to quiet down the class. He then proceeded to call back his chains.
'He has awakened his Kekkei Genkai so soon.' Sasuke thought.
"Just great, if being a civilian was not enough, one of my classmates have a Kekkei Genkai. I don't think I would be able to become a ninja." Sasuke heard the Pink haired girl Muttering.
"Hey, isn't he that demon fox boy. We should stay away form his, as much as possible." Sasuke overheard one of the civilian girls.
'Demon Fox?' What are they talking about?' Sasuke thought.
"Alright Class! What is going on?" A man said as he entered the class. He was wearing a Chunnin Uniform and he had a cut mark in his face.
"And why is that girl sleeping?" He asked.
Naruto placed a hand on Ino's back and channeled some chakra to wake her up. "She wasn't sleeping, she just passed out." Naruto said.
"Why?" the Man asked.
"Well she asked about my Kekkei Genkai, and when I showed her she passed out." Naruto said.
"I am sorry, I just got freaked out." Ino said.
"What? You have Kekkei Genkai?" the man said.
"I wouldn't wonder if you don't know about the Uzumaki clan, as they were all wiped out during the second great ninja war. But I do possess a Kekkei Genkai, would you like to see?" Naruto said.
'Hokage-Sama didn't told me about this.' The man thought. "Yes, show me."
A chain shot out from Naruto's Shoulder and stopped right before the man. "This is called Adamantine chain, an UNBREAKABLE chain solely made out of chakra." Naruto said.
"Good, you can put it back." The man said.
"Good Morning class, I am Iruka Umino; and I will be your homeroom teacher from now on until you graduate."
…
Lunch Break
For Naruto, Rest of the class went normally aside from getting weird looks form the Civilian part of class. The first half was about theory, the most basic ones; and the second half was going to be physical conditioning and Naruto was excited for it.
"So, as you said that your clan was destroyed in the second great Ninja war. So, does that mean that you are from outside the village?" Ino asked.
"No, not at all. I am from this village as much as others." Naruto said.
"So, It seems you really like white." Ino said.
"How so?" Naruto asked.
"Your hair is white and you are wearing a white T-shirt." Ino said.
"Well, I don't hate white." Naruto said.
"Okay then, later." Ino said as went away to talk to other girls.
Naruto noticed that Sasuke was just sitting there quietly and decided to start the conversation.
"Hey there!" Naruto said grabbing Sasuke's attention.
"Hi!" Sasuke said.
"Your name is Sasuke Uchiha, right?" Naruto asked.
"How do you know my name?" Sasuke asked.
"Well, your older brother and Nii-San work together. And he told me about you." Naruto said.
"You too have an older brother?" Sasuke asked.
"We are not blood related but I call him Nii-san." Naruto said.
"What's his name?" Sasuke asked.
"Kakashi Hatake. And my name is Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto said.
"No offence, but I never heard of him." Sasuke said.
"That's because ANBU members use code names, and only Hokage-Sama knows the real name of everyone." Naruto said.
"Did you train before academy?" Sasuke asked looking at the bandages on Naruto's knuckles.
"I have been training for a few months, what about you?" Naruto asked.
"Well, dad taught me the Great Fireball Jutsu. But other than that, I didn't have any real training." Sasuke said.
"Really, you could do the fireball jutsu?" Naruto asked.
"It took me a month to learn it, I can do it." Sasuke said taking pride in his achievement.
"I have to say, it is not an easy jutsu." Naruto said.
"Are you saying that you can also do it?" Sasuke asked.
"Yeah, I also learned it last month, but I ended up evaporating all the water of my pond." Naruto said as he rubbed the back of his head.
"I think we could be friends." Sasuke said.
"Sure. Then you will be my second friend." Naruto said as he moved his hand forward. Sasuke then joined hands with him.
…
After the lunch break, all the students were gathered in the school training ground.
"Today we will learn how to properly throw a Shuriken. So, will anyone show others how it's done?" Iruka asked.
All the students started shouting for their turn, while Naruto quietly raised his hand.
"You, the boy who is raising his hand, would you like to show your classmates how a Shuriken is thrown." Iruka asked.
"It will be my pleasure." Naruto said as he stepped forward and took a shuriken from the box.
"Watch closely." Naruto said and in a blink of an eye the shuriken was stuck in the center of the aim board.
'He is just like Nii-san.' Sasuke thought.
"H…How did you do that?" The Inuzuka boy asked in disbelief.
"I'll do it slowly for you to see clearly." Naruto said as picked another shuriken and shot it relatively slow for the other kids to follow up.
"Very good kid. What's your name?" Iruka asked.
"I am Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto said.
"You are really good at this." Iruka said.
"Now then you have seen how a shuriken is thrown, all of you start practicing." Iruka said.
…
In the last period, other than Sasuke Uchiha, none of the students even managed to hit the log, let alone the board. This period was about hand-to-hand combat, and as expected Naruto was wiping the floor with rest of the kids and so far none of them had managed to even land a single hit on him.
"Next, Naruto Uzumaki vs Sakura Haruno!" Iruka announced as the pink haired girl entered the ring.
'So, her name is Sakura Haruno. Atleast, I get to know the names of my classmates if nothing else.' Naruto thought.
"Such Weaklings, that Kakashi brat was much better sparring partner for you." Kurama yawned.
'It can't be helped, they are my classmates after all.' Naruto said.
"Alright, now make the Unison sign." Iruka ordered.
They both made the unison sign before taking their respective fighting stances.
"Begin." Iruka said.
'Is this supposed to be her fighting stance, I can see a thousand openings.' Naruto thought. Sakura then charged at Naruto but before she could realize, her face was facing the ground, both her hands were hold in a firm grip on her back and a hand was right before her throat.
'What happened? Did I just lost?' Sakura thought.
"Alright, Naruto wins. Now make the Unison Sign." Iruka said as Naruto released Sakura from his hold and made the unison sign.
"Next, Naruto Uzumaki vs Kiba Inuzuka!" Iruka announced as the kid with red markings entered the ring. Both knowing what was next, made the unison sign without being asked and then took their fighting stances.
"Begin."
'His guard is better than Haruno's' Naruto thought. Kiba took the offensive and charged at Naruto to punch him in guts, but Naruto holded his punch from the right hand deflected the arm from his left hand making Kiba loose his balance. Naruto then slammed him to the ground and swiftly placed his hand before Kiba's throat.
"So swift. It looks like he has practiced it for years." The Akimichi boy said.
"Naruto wins." Iruka declared and both of them made the unison sign.
"I will beat you next time!" Kiba shouted.
"Sure." Naruto said.
"Next, Naruto Uzumaki vs Sasuke Uchiha." Iruka said as Sasuke entered the ring and made the unison sign.
"Begin." Iruka said.
'Being offensive won't work, so I'll have to play defensive.' Sasuke thought before taking a defensive stance.
'Defensive? Let's see if this will work for you or not?' Naruto thought before using the body flicker jutsu to gain speed and quickly got behind Sasuke.
'He's fast.' Sasuke thought before he instinctively moved his elbow backwards only to hit air as Naruto had already jumped and was in mid-air. And before Sasuke could realize what happened, Naruto landed a downward kick on his right shoulder. But Sasuke quickly got up and engaged Naruto in hand-to-hand combat.
'I held back more than I needed to. That was supposed to be one shot.' Naruto thought as he outmaneuvered Sasuke and swept his legs, unbalancing him and making him loose balance and fall. He then quickly took the opportunity and held both his hands behind his back and placed a hand right behind the head of Sasuke.
'Atleast he lasted longer than others.' Iruka thought.
"Naruto wins, now make the unison sign." Iruka announced.
xXx
"So how was it?" Hiruzen asked Iruka.
"It was way better than I expected it to be. And Naruto set the benchmarks so high that it looks unachievable for the rest of the students. During the sparring match, no one, not even the Uchiha prodigy was able to hit him, let alone defeat him." Iruka said.
"Well, I couldn't expect any less from him." Hiruzen said.
"How is he like this at his age?" Iruka asked.
"It is not impossible, we have Kakashi, Shisui, Itachi, and of course, Minato. They all share this feat, so it's likely that he will get his place in this group." Hiruzen said.
"And if you are wondering about his Taijutsu, well… it should be natural for Gai's student." Kakashi said.
"What? But he just entered the academy, how could Gai-san train him?" Iruka asked.
"I don't know, probably Gai saw something in him that he didn't saw in other that's why he decided to train him." Kakashi said.
"If he truly is from the group of prodigies that you mentioned before, then probably he would graduate from the academy in his first year too."
"Well, his early promotion depends on you whether you recommend him or not." Hiruzen said.
"I am getting impressed from him right from the first day, so it won't be a problem." Iruka said.
"Just watch out that other kids don't discriminate him because of the Nine Tails." Hiruzen said in a dark tone.
"Understood Hokage-Sama. There won't be any problem with that." Iruka said.
"Very well then, you are dismissed." Hiruzen said as Iruka bowed before leaving the room.
Author's Note
This was longer than others. Now the real deal begins. Naruto has entered the Academy and made a good impression on his first day. Finally, after writing five chapters and get to write some action. Now that I have written it myself, I realize how hard it is to write taijutsu battles, but I somehow managed to do it. Naruto and Ino will be just friends for 'now', until I change my mind and decide to write a love story. I also covered everything that took place during the time skip so I have nothing else to say. Well then, see ya in the next chapter.
