—Bloody Knuckles—
Act of Kindness
(Pre-During Academy)
At a very young age, Naruto takes taijutsu lessons with five different civilian masters. They teach him the proper ways to fight and survive battles without the need of chakra before teaching him how to mold and use chakra. But as Naruto's taijutsu skills improve, the number of fights he's forced into increases.
He battles against bullies and even a few Genin (teams?) as he slowly improves his fighting techniques and strength under the five masters' torturous training regime. He strikes a tentative friendship with Tenten when he meets her in her family's weapons shop while his weapons sensei is purchasing replacements. They begin to have occasional spars together whenever Naruto's training with weapons.
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(Age 12)
When Mizuki steals the Scroll of Forbidden Seals, he is soon intercepted by Ne ANBU, who'll take the scroll back to Danzo. Sai gets assigned to Team 7 by Danzo as a way of monitoring Sasuke. At Wave, Sasuke awakens his Sharingan and Sai kills Haku, only Gatou's arrival stops Zabuza from rushing Sai, Zabuza dies.
Naruto continues his daily training at the Dojo, helping his masters fight challengers and earn money. He accompanies his Jujitsu master on several training trips to temples and his Kempo master to other Dojos for challenges. He fights several strong opponents across the continent, but his toughest challenge was a Kumogakure Suiken user.
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(Chuunin Exam)
Sasuke gets Orochimaru's curse seal in the Forest of Death; Team 7 barely makes it to the tower in time. Sai (purposely) loses to Temari and Sakura ties with Ino, neither enter the Finals. Although Hinata and Kiba both lose, Shino is able to pass on. Shikamaru beats Kin, but Ino and Choji both lose. Tenten beats Kiba and passes to the Finals with Neji, but Lee is crippled by Gaara. Kankuro loses to Sasuke, but Temari and Gaara breeze through the preliminaries. Dosu beats Choji, but Zaku and Kin both lose.
Sasuke gets special training from Kakashi in the Chidori and Goken. Shino, Neji, Dosu, and Temari all do intense personal training. Gaara and Shikamaru don't train at all. Tenten spars with Naruto and Shigure to increase her close-combat skills and stamina.
Naruto goes on a short mission with Sakaki to escort and protect a weapons-dealer. After the mission is over, the client donates all his fortune to charity and goes on a world tour in search of answers. Hearing of the approaching Chuunin Final Exam, Naruto decides to increase his training in celebration. While Tenten keeps Naruto occupied with daily sparring, Ryozanpaku receives a request of aid from the Hokage to prevent a suspected invasion during the Final Exam. They agree to help.
In exchange for sparring with her, Tenten teaches Naruto a special ninjutsu that she'd managed to talk her sensei into teaching her: Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. Excited to learn a new skill, Naruto takes Tenten's training seriously and quickly masters it, much to Tenten's shock. Upon learning of the jutsu's special ability of memory transference, Naruto pushes himself to an all-new level of training. During one of his morning runs with Akisame, Naruto stumbles upon Jiraiya. Jiraiya, after learning of Naruto's current level of skill, decides to challenge the boy to learning a secret jutsu: the Rasengan.
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(Invasion)
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Kousaka Shigure – Weapons master, S- class, katon chakra, Konohagakure citizen (30)
Sakaki Shio – Karate 100th Degree street fighter, S class, katon chakra, Konohagakure citizen (34)
Apachai Hopachai – Muay Thai master, S class, raiton chakra, Kumogakure immigrant (34)
Ma Kensei – Kempo master, S class, suiton chakra, former Kirigakure shinobi (42)
Koetsuji Akisame – Jujitsu master, S class, katon chakra, former Fire Daimyo bodyguard (44)
Fuurinji "Ojisan" Hayato – Seikuken master, S+ class, doton/katon chakra, former Konohagakure shinobi (70)