Opening his eyes, Naruto yawned as he sat up and stretched his arms above his head. Looking around he blinked when he saw that it was him, Juuri and Sakura in a very small house. "Where are we?"

"You train like that all day yesterday and you are still up before dawn today. You aren't human."

Looking up to see Shikamaru walking back in, Naruto laughed. "Yeah well what can I say it is who I am."

Sitting down just inside the door, Shikamaru sighed. "Well at the moment, you, me, Kakashi, Yamato, and Asuma are the only ones up. But I have a question for you. What did you mean about your chakra chains being made from wind and not chakra?"

Looking down at Juuri as he smiled and moved, Naruto sighed. "One second." He then went to the small bathroom, when he came out he went and sat across from Shikamaru as he looked at his hand. "When I make the chakra chains, I have to visualize what my chakra would look if it were chains. According to the scroll that I read, I just think, turn into a chain and it takes the shape that it wants." But then he turned and looked at Shikamaru with hard eyes. "Asuma said that I if I picture my chakra sharp to cut through the leaf, that is the first step to using the wind part of the wind style. I figure that eventually I am going to be using the wind around my chakra to do stuff like that. So just me, at least once I want to try to see if I can make my chakra chains and use the wind around it to make the blade sharper and make them invisible. Like they are made from the wind as well."

"That is actually going to be harder than you think Naruto."

Standing up along with Shikamaru, Naruto stepped outside to see Asuma standing there. Blinking as he let his head fall to the side. "What do you mean harder than I think?"

"Using wind to make the full weapon is hard. It can be done, but honestly, your father was the only one I know of that was able to master that." When his eyes went wide, Asuma crossed his arms as he closed his eyes. "Though I am sure you will figure out in time, just make sure to go slow at that one. Don't push it. Wind is a force of nature and if you aren't careful, it can backfire on you."

"Yeah I figured that as much. Which is why I am going to try it once and see what happens with just a little bit of my chakra chains and one blade." But when he got blinking looks from both of them, Naruto laughed. "Yeah I forgot Asuma, you haven't seen me make them and Shikamaru only saw a small chain and a blade. The longer I make them, the more blades come out on them. I will show everyone when we are all awake." He then turned and went back in the house.

Crossing his arms as he looked at Asuma, Shikamaru couldn't help but smile some. "I told you that he wasn't the same Naruto as he was when he left now didn't I Asuma."

"Don't go getting over yourself Shikamaru." Turning with a smile, Asuma sighed. "This is only the second day of his training. I will believe he is changed after a full week."

Shaking his head, Shikamaru sighed as he turned and went back in the house now as well to find that Juuri and Sakura were both awake. Seeing the look on Naruto's face as he stood next to Juuri with his arm around her, he couldn't help but smile. 'I think this new Naruto is going to throw everyone for a loop.'

X

A few hours later, Naruto stood in the middle of everyone, with Juuri right next to him. Looking around he sighed. "Well, Shikamaru and I were talking this morning and I told him that I have more than one blade on my chains. He wanted to see it, so here you all go."

Watching with his mind already racing, Shikamaru went wide eyed when he dropped a blade about two feet of chain to the ground. Then another blade that was different. Two more feet of chain, then another blade that was also different from the other two. All in all he watched Naruto drop about ten different blades. Not one looked anything like the others. "How much can you do?"

Fisting his hand, and making all the chains vanish, Naruto looked up at him with a sigh. "The last time I did that to see how long I could make them, I ended up seeing thirty different blades."

"Being able to get two blades that are different is a feet in and of itself. Naruto Uzumaki."

Turning to see Ibiki walking toward them, Naruto blinked at him. "Wait it is?"

"Not many people have seen the chakra chains. Most of the people alive in the village have not seen the chakra chains." Stopping right before Naruto, Ibiki kept his emotionless face as he looked down at him with his hands in his pockets. "To be blunt, the only ones who can remember actually seeing the chakra chains, are Kakashi, Shukaku, Choza, Inoichi, Lady Tsunade and myself. No one else alive in the village had seen them before you. And it was your mother's that we all saw last. She had blades on hers, but they were exactly the same shape and size as the other. I however…" Closing his eyes as he remembered the day that he saw what would have been Naruto's great great grandfather use his chakra chains to protect a passed out Kushina until he could get there to get her w hen she was a small child, Ibiki closed his eyes. "I have seen the different blades one other time. Just once."

"Who made them?"

Turning to Shikamaru, Ibiki blinked then turned back to Naruto. "The last one that I saw using chakra chains that had a different blade each time they left his body would have been your great great grandfather Naruto." When his eyes went wide he sighed as he crossed his arms. "I was tasked with getting your mother and bringing her to the Village. I am sure that you all know the reason for her coming in the first place. She was passed out from where Cloud Ninja were trying to get to her before she could come to the Leaf because of the fact that she was a true, pureblood Uzumaki. Her great grandfather was protecting her with a barrier of his chakra chains. They had those blades."

Blinking as he looked down, Naruto touched his chest where he had the scrolls sealed into his skin. 'I wonder if what he could do is in here as well and tell me how I can do more with them?' But then he gasped as he looked up at him he blinked. "Have you seen other Wind style uses than Asuma and my father?"

Nodding, Ibiki sighed. "I have seen many wind users through out all the lands and faced some in war. I have more than a few scars on my body because of it. Why?"

"I am going to try something, but with just a couple of blades out." Looking down at his hand then back up to him, Naruto took a deep breath. "Wind Style, means I can use my chakra to manipulate the air around it right?" When he nodded he kept his eyes even with his. "I am going to see if I can think about doing that with my chakra chains. Instead of focusing on making visible, usable chakra chains that everyone can see with chakra, made them so no one can see them, because they are made out of the wind around the chakra."

"I don't know if that can be done." But then cracking a true smile, knowing one thing that the rest of them did not know, Ibiki pulled shocked gasps. "However, if you can do it. That will be a feat and give you an extra hand. I would have never guessed that you would ever be able to do the chakra chains because your blood is not pure Uzumaki. Your father had nothing to do with the clan, other than to marry your mother and father you. So I am going to go out on a limb here and say that anything is possible when it comes to you."

Walking away from everyone, Naruto stood by himself as he dropped enough of his chakra chains to have two blades and a little extra chain. "I guess there is no time like the present to see if it is even going to be possible for me to do it at all right?"

Ibiki narrowed his eyes as he watched Naruto close his eyes. There was a slight wind to him right now. He was going to be as good with it as his father was clearly. But then his flinched and focused on the chains. They were still as solid as when he first made them, but wind encased the blades! But when Naruto opened his eyes the wind was gone. "It is possible Naruto. Though I would get more proficient at your wind before you keep doing that. It will help it."

"Ready then Naruto?"

Looking over at Kakashi with a nod, Naruto laughed. "Ready as I will ever be."

Looking at Yamato, Kakashi nodded as he made the same size tree with the same number of leaves as the day before. "You are doing the same thing. Until each clone and cut the leaf in half, the second that they start it, you will train exactly like this."

Watching with wide eyes as Naruto made hundreds of clones and grabbed leaves, Ibiki just stood there. He had heard that he could make ungodly amounts of clones, but never seen it himself. Looking at Kakashi he blinked. "You are sure that is a safe thing for him to do if you know what I mean Kakashi?"

Standing next to Ibiki, Kakashi nodded. "He is perfect for this kind of training."

X

Standing off to the side with Sakura, Juuri just looked at Naruto with blinking eyes herself. She had never seen him so focused at all. 'I wonder what is going on with him that he is this dirven. I know he was with the chains because of his mother. But why take it to this extent?'

With a smile, Sakura grabbed her hand and headed for the fire. "Don't worry he will be fine just like he was yesterday. Let's get something to eat."

Nodding, Juuri walked with Sakura but kept her eyes on Naruto. There was something different about him that she couldn't put her finger on. It wasn't bad, but different. And for her, anything different terrified her. But she wasn't sure if she should say anything to him about it.

"You Juuri, Master Jiraiya's daughter? My name is Sai. It is an honor to meet you."