Disclaimer: The Naruto characters and plot are not mine. They belong to Masashi Kishimoto

Naruto the Soul Sage

Chapter 1: The Awesome Team Kakashi!!

"Finally, lunch time!!" Naruto cried out as he ran out of the academy building. He skidded to a halt next to the swing set and looked around. The rest of the students in his class were all walking out of the building in little huddles whispering amongst themselves. But Naruto wasn't going to waste time talking with the other kids, this was time for him to celebrate for today he is finally a ninja!

"I guess I'll go down to Ichiraku and get the largest ramen bowl they have!" Naruto ran out of the school yard and toward the Market section of town giggling to himself.

'I finally did it!' Naruto thought to him self 'I'm a super awesome ninja now and just one step closer to being Hokage!' Naruto turned a corner and slowed to a walk as he entered the Food Market. The smells of fish, rice and ramen hit Naruto and his stomach gave a loud grumble. "UHG I'm sooooo HUNGRY" Naruto ran up to a building with a sign saying Ichiraku Ramen Bar. Naruto sat down in his usual seat and saw the owner hunched over a pot of noodles.

"Hey old man!" Naruto yelled and the owner turned around in surprise with a smile on his face.

"Oh Naruto great to see you, do you want the usual?" The owner asked but Naruto shook his head vigorously

"Nope, today is a day for celebration because I'm super awesome ninja now!" Naruto said pointing at the forehead protector tied around his head. The owner chuckled.

"Congratulations Naruto I knew you could do it!" Naruto grinned and scratched the back of his head. "So what will you have Naruto?" Naruto looked down at the menu and frowned. He had never had a lot of stuff off the menu besides beef and miso ramen, But Naruto had a solution for situations like this. Naruto closed his eyes and randomly selected an item off the menu.

"Hmm I guess I'll have the Meat lovers bowl" The owner nodded and wrote it down.

"Do you want a regular size or large?" Naruto thought for a moment

"I'll have a large!" The owner nodded and grinned

"Alrighty ill have that order done in a minute!" As the owner turned around a man stepped under the sign and sat down.

The man attracted Naruto's attention because he was the most unusual person he had every seen, he wore dark blue pants and shirt with a flak jacket over it. He had spiky gray hair that pointed towards the sky, he face was covered by a mask and one of his eyes was covered by his hitai-ate.

"Hey Teuchi can I get a Sea food ramen bowl." The man said in a bored tone, Teuchi turned around and smiled.

"OH hello Kakashi one sea food bowl coming up" Teuchi said before turning to the back of the bar and yelled out. "Hey Ayame I need one large Meat lovers bowl and a Sea food bowl!" there was a loud "Hai!" from the back and the sound of clanking metal.

The man named Kakashi sat down next to Naruto and grabbed a book out of his kunai pouch and opened it. Naruto couldn't believe what he was reading, Icha Icha Paradise.

"HEY YOU- THAT'S A PERVY BOOK, HOW COULD A NINJA READ SUCH GARBAGE. YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO NINJA'S EVERYWHERE!!" Naruto yelled at Kakashi but he didn't seem to be paying attention. After Naruto's little rant Kakashi looked over at Naruto with his one eye looking very bored.

"Oh I'm sorry where you saying something?" Naruto jaw dropped, he moved his mouth a couple times trying to say something but nothing came out. Instead he just turned in his seat and faced forward again.

"So you're a new Genin huh?"

"Huh?" Naruto turned to see Kakashi was staring at him his book laying closed on the table "Oh ya I am! I just became ah ninja yesterday; we're supposed to get our squad leaders later on today. I hope my sensei can teach me a ton of new jutsu so I can be crazy strong!" Kakashi chuckled and looked at his book lying on the table. He stayed quiet for a moment but looked back a Naruto speaking softly.

"Do you know what the true meaning of being a ninja is?" Kakashi asked. Naruto look at him quizzically.

"Isn't it being like the best fighter ever?" Naruto said slowly

"No, the true meaning of being a Ninja is not to learn "a ton of new cool jutsu" or "be the best fighter ever", being a Ninja is being a soldier to Konoha, your home. You are a fighter of the Konoha's people, and a protector of this land. And if it is need of you, you must also become an assassin."

This last statement from Kakashi made Naruto feel cold inside, he stared at the counter fiddling with his fingers.

"Do not take the job of being a ninja lightly, that's the mistake of many Genin these days. They think they are the strongest person next to the Hokage until they meet a Nuke-nin and get themselves killed." Kakashi was silent for a minute and the only thing Naruto cold hear was the sound of Ramen being made. "There are some ways to stay alive in that cruel world, one way is by teamwork. Never try and do stuff by yourself, you need your team and your team needs you."

Naruto never thought about it like that, he always considered being a shinobi was just going around kicking peoples butts. Naruto was about to say something when Teuchi appeared with there food

"Here we go!" He grunted as he placed the food on the table "Meat lovers bowl for Naruto, and the Seafood bowl for Kakashi. Enjoy!" Naruto and Kakashi simultaneously picked up there chopstick and broke them apart.

Naruto began shoveling the noodles down his throat before pausing and sighing in delight. This was the best bowl of ramen Naruto had ever had. He looked up hearing Teuchi chuckling

"Ha-ha that's right Naruto you have to savior this bowl of Ramen, there are too many flavors that are hitting your senses you can't inhale it." Teuchi said and Naruto laughed looking down at his bowl of ramen. Naruto looked over at Kakashi and his jaw dropped, Kakashi's bowl was completely empty and he was putting his mask over his nose.

"H-h-how did you eat that so quickly?" Naruto yelled, and Teuchi and Kakashi chuckled.

"That's one of my secrets." Kakashi said calmly picking up his book again. "That's another thing that can keep you alive. Learning jutsu's and keeping them a secret makes you that much more dangerous to an enemy." Naruto stared intently at Kakashi trying to catch every word.

"If the enemy knows your abilities they can come up with a strategy to defeat you. You must a large variety of jutsu's from Taijutsu, Ninjutsu, Genjutsu and even Kenjutsu. You can't beat every body with just Kage Bunshins like you did to Mizuki."

Naruto gasped "H-how did you know about-"

"Word spreads around fast especially when an Academy student almost beats a fully trained Chunin to death." Naruto blushes at Kakashi's statement "But I suggest you start studying new jutsu's so you can be ready for anything."

Naruto sat in silence thinking, he knew Kakashi was watching him and he wondered why he was telling him this stuff. 'He is right though I do need more jutsu than just Kage Bunshin. But where could he find a place where they have instructions on how to do them.' Then a thought popped into Naruto's head

"Hey, Kakashi!" Naruto said and Kakashi looked up from his book "Is there like a Library for shinobi who want to look up new jutsu's and other stuff like that." Kakashi sat there for a second before answering him

"Ya there is a library inside the Hokage Monument"

"What there is a library inside the mountain!?" Naruto gaped

"Well ya there are stairs leading up to it from the base of the monument. I though you would know that since you vandalize it so much" Kakashi said and Naruto's face became a dark shade of red as he continued to eat his ramen. When he was done with his ramen he pushed it back to Teuchi grinning ear to ear.

"Thanks for the Ramen old man, how much do I owe you?" Naruto said but Teuchi just shook his head.

"Oh no you don't have to pay any thing, it's on the house. You became a ninja so this is a little gift for passing." Teuchi said and Naruto scratched the back of his head and turned to Kakashi

"Oh and thank you Pervy Cyclops for the great advice." Kakashi stared at Naruto dumbly

"Pervy….Cyclops?" Kakashi asked and Naruto nodded his head

"Yup because that's what you are, but I can't talk I've got to hurry up and find this library." Naruto slipped off his chair and was about to run off when Kakashi coughed.

"You might want to look up more info on your Kage Bunshins so you know how to use it to its full potential." Naruto stood there trying to let his words sink in. After a few second Naruto smiled and waved at Kakashi

"Ha-ha will do thanks Pervy Cyclops!" and Naruto ran off towards the Hokage Monument giggling like a little school girl. Back at the Ichiraku Bar Kakashi watched Naruto running and sighed.

"He isn't really good at coming up with nicknames." Kakashi said and Teuchi chuckled and began wiping the area Naruto had been.

"Ya but you get use to it after a while, it's his way of saying he likes you." Teuchi said but there was silence and he looked up to see that Kakashi was gone "Geez I hate it when he does that, Hey WAIT HE DIDN'T PAY!!"

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"Oh my god, WHY IS THERE SO MANY STAIRS!!!" screamed Naruto, he was hunched over panting at the foot of another flight of stairs. He had been running up the stairs for a solid ten minutes but he only made it half way up the mountain.

"I-I hate stairs" Naruto panted and gasped. The rock wall to his right opened up like a door and a man poked his head out from behind the rock door and spoke to Naruto.

"Hey are you alright I heard screaming out here." Naruto jumped up and pointed at the man angry

"YOUR DAMN RIGHT THERE IS A PROBLEM!!! There are too many stairs on this mountain to go to the stupid library!!" Naruto yelled and the man behind the door laughed.

"Ya there are a lot of stairs up here, but if you want to go to the library just come on in here!" The man whispered, Naruto grinned and ran inside the door and stopped in amazement.

The Shinobi Library was huge, there is "holy crap that kid is huge" type of huge, then there is "wow this building is huge" huge. But this library was the biggest room Naruto had ever seen. It was at least seven stories high with seven different floors all carrying 20 foot tall bookshelves and the room didn't end in any direction. Even though they were inside a mountain and there was not a single candle any where but there was still light everywhere. The bookshelves were crammed with scrolls and large books and there were large round tables with scrolls opened and scattered around.

"Amazing isn't" the man said

"Amazing? This place is AWESOME!" Naruto shout and his voice echoed around the library. The man quickly clapped his hand over his mouth as people poked their heads out behind giant bookshelves.

"Don't talk so loud people are trying to concentrate!" the man whispered, Naruto gave a muffled reply and the man let him go. "Now for starters my name Isao Fumio on of the great librarians of the Leaf Village Jutsu Library and what is your name?"

"Um my name is Uzumaki Naruto." Naruto said slowly looking at the ground. Fumio didn't seem to be affect by hearing his name and patted his hand on his back

"Ok Naruto-kun is there anything in particular that you would like me to find for you?"

Naruto looked around unsure, the large amount of information in front of him was overloading his brain and he couldn't remember what he came here for until a tiny light bulb went off in his brain.

"OH can you find a scroll on Kage Bunshin no Jutsu and anything related to that please!" Fumio scratched his chin mumbling to himself

"Kage Bunshin eh? Hmmmm I think I know the perfect scroll hold on" Fumio said then he seemed to just flash away and Naruto was alone. A second later Fumio flashed back and this time was carrying to scroll. "Here you go a scroll on normal Kage Bunshins and a scroll for Shuriken Kage Bunshins too enjoy!" Fumio handed Naruto the scrolls and disappeared before Naruto could say thank you.

Naruto waddled to the nearest table and dump the two scrolls on the table. He opened the first scroll and read it.

"Ok so what do we have here hmmm…? Kage Bunshin is a technique blah blah blah. Come on I already know this stuff! Huh? What's this?" Naruto looked at the bottom of the scroll and read the tiny words. "Kage Bunshins and also be used as a recon tool, for once they dissipate the creator gets all of its memories and anything it has learned by action or touch. Huh so I can learn from my Bunshins huh?"

Naruto put down the scroll and crossed his fingers and whispered "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" and there was a small pop and a second Naruto appeared next to him.

"What do you want me to do boss?" The clone said and Naruto pointed at the Shuriken Kage Bunshin scroll.

"I want you to study that scroll and um read any other scroll that looks cool until I come back."

"Yes sir!" the clone said and immediately went to work on the scroll and Naruto turned around and ambled into the rows of bookshelves.

Naruto was just roaming the isles not really sure what he should look at. He would stop and look at a couple scrolls but none of them appealed to him. Then Naruto found a very large scroll sitting by itself on a book self. He walked over and turned the scroll over to see what technique it was but there was no name on it.

"Huh who would make a scroll with no name on it? This is a stupid library." Naruto mumbled and put the scroll back on the shelf and walked away. Seconds later curiosity took over Naruto and he ran back grabbed the scroll and plopped down on the ground and opened the Scroll. Instantly Naruto knew this was not a normal Jutsu scroll.

You have opened the scroll to the ancient ways of Soul Sealing.

To receive the powers of Soul Sealing you first must

Sign your name in blood below.

Naruto looked down to so see and a circle of blood red kanji that Naruto couldn't read. What ever secrets this scroll was hiding it must have been important and Naruto was giddy with excitement. He checked up and down the isle to see if anyone was near then bite his thumb and using his blood wrote his name on the scroll.

Suddenly Naruto hunched over gasping for breath eyes closed shut. It felt like his heart was on fire and the fire spread through out his body. He could barley move or breath as a white light filled his vision and his body felt like it was being hollowed out. After a few minutes the pain past and all that was left was a low throb on the chest right over his heart. Naruto quickly unzipped his jumpsuit and lifted his black shirt and saw a seal in the shape of a star on his chest. The seal disappeared but the burning was still there

There was a small popping sound and Naruto looked down to see the scroll and grow and words were appearing on the parchment.

You have now activated the Soul Sealing jutsu and is a part of you life force.

If you die the Jutsu will go away with it. This is a Ancient forbidden jutsu made by Uchiha Takeshi.

Naruto slapped his forehead "Of course it just had to be a Kinjutsu, the only one I grab off the shelf." Naruto looked around confused. "Why is it here? If it's a forbidden Jutsu then why would it be in a library where people can study it?" No one answered but Naruto didn't expect and answer but the large space of the library seemed to be shrinking around him, Naruto quickly looked back down at the scroll trying to ignore his mounting fear of this library

Takeshi created this technique to mimic The Legendary Rinnegan. It creates multiple versions of yourself by making copies of your souls into natural clones. It Literally takes Nature chakra and creates a imitation body for you to seal a copy of your soul in. it doesn't copy your soul exactl,y it takes a certain personality trait and puts it into the body. These soul clones are meant to assist you in battle and can become as powerful as a Jōnin. The clones are tied to your life, if you die they die but you are not tied to their life. But that doesn't matter because the soul clones can not die, they regenerate at incredible speeds are can continue battling.

To begin the Soul sealing process you first make the Dragon hand seal then the Snake hand seal. Concentrate you chakra at the point your seal is and imagine what type of Clone you are trying to create.

Naruto closed his eyes tight in concentration. If he was going to make some clones he would first make two of them just in case his teammates were gone or hurt. They should be very fast so they can easily over power and confuse the enemy. Like every ninja they should have had a lot of weapons, versatile with any weapons and incredibly athletic.

Naruto opened his eyes and didn't see anything, but he looked to his left and saw two bodies stand in the isle. But they weren't really bodies they were more like a lot of dirt in a humanoid shape with no features at all.

"Uhg what did I do wrong!" Naruto said scratching the back of his head as he looked back down at the scroll.

Next after you have made the nature models you must release the copy of your soul that you want to use to make the clone. To release the copy make the bird hand sign and say Kaihou.

Naruto looked back at the mud bodies, made the bird seal and imagined the two unique clones.

"Kaihou!" Pain enveloped Naruto and he fell over face first gasping for breath. It felt like his lungs were on fire and his heart might explode. He was about to lose consciousness when a hand rested on his shoulder and all the pain went away. He looked up and saw himself crouching next to him.

But this wasn't the same Naruto that would stare back at him from a mirror. He was about the same height as him but a lot skinnier. He also wore a jumpsuit but there was blood splattered all over it and there were rips and tears all over. The rips and tears had kunais sticking of out of them everywhere; there were even kunais tucked into his head band. He also had arm and shin protectors with spikes on it and a pin with a frowny face on his sleeve. It had a Kanji on his forehead saying pain.

"I guess I'll call you Pain from now on." Naruto said and looked over Pain's shoulder and saw another Naruto that looked exactly like Pain except the Kanji for Misery was on its forehead. "And you shall be Misery and you two are the first of my Soul Squad!" Naruto said standing to his feet, Pain and Misery crossed their arms and smirked.

Naruto bent down and picked up the scroll and read the words that were appearing on it.

Now that you have created your first Soul transfer you can make more a lot easier, at some point you'll get so good you won't realize you have made one. Now you can seal the clones into your body and release them at will, to recall the soul you can touch the clone and say "Modoru", and say Kaihou to release them from the seal.

Naruto looked up at Pain and Misery who were standing side by side watching Naruto. As if reading his mind they both reached out and touched Naruto on his shoulder.

"Modoru!" Naruto said, Pain and Misery seemed to turn into lighting as they flashed and was absorbed into Naruto. His seal was all warm and he felt all jittery inside "That was really weird." Naruto continued to read the scroll.

Always train hard because your clones can learn the skill you do making them even more deadly. The rest of this scroll will be unlocked to you when you are ready.

The rest of the scroll was blank but that was fine with Naruto, he had to get back to the academy anyways.

Naruto ran back to the table where he left his shadow clone and found him rolling up a scroll. As he reached the table the clone was rolling up a scroll and placing it a large pile. As Naruto approached the desk the clone turned and did a salute.

"I read as many scrolls as I could boss!" the clone said and poofed away as Naruto nodded. Naruto got a sudden flood of memories and he realized just how many Jutsus the clone studied.

A flash of the words Shuriken Kage Bunshin on jutsu and Bunshin Daibakuha passed in his head. He then saw exactly what they did, from Shuriken being multiplied to a Shadow clone exploding. He also got a little vision of a scroll with basic Wind and Fire Ninjutsus being learned. There were actually so many Jutsus the clone learned Naruto was getting a small headache.

Naruto looked a down at the table, past the pile of scrolls and random books to what looked like arm and shin protectors. They were dull gray with nicks and cuts all over but there looked to be writing underneath it. Naruto picked one up and studied it. There were strange kanji written in a circle on the bottom and it glowed slightly.

Naruto looked down at the table and saw a small piece of paper lying on the desk; he picked it up and read it.

These forearm and shin protectors have a seal on them that allow you to place weapons and other object simply by adding some chakra to them, and taking things out is just as easy. These are very useful for combat situations that allow you to surprise an enemy with a new weapon.

Naruto put the paper down and grinned ear from ear.

"Sweet this library is so cool!" Naruto grabbed a bunch of Taijutsu and Ninjutsu scrolls and wrapped them in his arms. "Ill take these home so I can study them more"

Naruto walked towards the door he came in when he looked to his left and saw a clock saying 2:30. Naruto stopped and gaped at the clock before running out the door screaming.

"SHIT IM LATE!!"

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"Ooh no oh no oh NO IM SOOO LATE!" Naruto said as he speed through the hallways of the Academy towards his classroom. He burst into the room yelling at the top of his lungs.

"Sorry I'm late sensei I got lo-." But Naruto stopped as he looked around the room. Iruka-sensei wasn't in the room as he suspected but neither was a Jounin who was suppose to be his knew sensei, but his knew teammates Kiba, and Shikamaru were there looking at Naruto like they just woke up. "What are you guys still doing here?"

"What does it look like idiot, we were sleeping until you came barging in screaming at the top of your lungs." Said Kiba looking very annoyed, his dog Akamaru barked lightly and hid back in his coat.

"But where is our new Sensei?" Naruto asked still confused, both Kiba and Shikamaru shrugged and looked at him.

"Who knows," Shikamaru said "He was suppose to be here three hours ago but he never showed up, maybe he doesn't really care about teaching us." Shikamaru stretched and yawned and got out of his seat walking down the isle.

"I wonder what happened to sensei..." Naruto said quietly looking out the window at the training ground. His ninja career couldn't end here just because his Sensei didn't feel like showing up, he had to become Hokage! But Naruto's train of thought was interrupted by a voice behind him

"I'm sorry I'm late I got lost on the road of life." Naruto spun around and saw Kakashi standing behind him staring dully at the classroom.

"Pervy Cyclops your our Sensei!?" Naruto yelled out and Kakashi gave him an eye smile.

"That's right but I'd prefer if you would call me Kakashi-sensei from now on." Naruto saluted him and said "Hai!" nice and loud. Kiba and Shikamaru came up next to Naruto rubbing there eyes still yawning. "Well my first impression of you guys is…. You're boring." The three of them face faulted and glared at Kakashi. "Come on stopped looking at me like that it's the truth! Anyways please follow me so we can talk in private." Kakashi turned and walked down the hall closely followed by Naruto and Kiba with Shikamaru lagging behind.

"Uhg troublesome Sensei..."

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Kakashi sat on a railing on the roof of the Academy building his back facing the rest of Konoha with Naruto, Shikamaru and Kiba in a semi circle around him.

"Well then, now that you all are here lets begin with introducing ourselves. Hmm tell me your likes, dislikes and your dreams for the future and happy stuff like that." Kakashi said and Naruto waved his hand in the air.

"Hey, why do you introduce yourself first!" Naruto said and Kiba chimed in,

"Ya why don't know anything about you, you could be a rapist with you covering your face all the time no would really know who you were!" Both Shikamaru and Naruto looked at Kiba like he was an idiot.

"What the hell Kiba that was the dumbest thing I ever heard…. That's something Naruto would say." Shikamaru said ignoring Naruto's yelling. Kakashi coughed and everyone looked at him again.

"Well, my name is Hatake Kakashi. I have no desire to tell you my like or dislikes. Dreams for the future…. Hmmm and I have lots of hobbies." Kakashi said and the three boys looked at each other.

"So all he told us was his name?" Shikamaru said and Kiba muttered "Rapist" under his breath.

"Now since that's over with it's your turn, lets start on the right." Kakashi drawled pointing at Naruto.

"Yosh! My name is Uzumaki Naruto, what I like is a cup of ramen. What I like even more is when Iruka pays for my ramen, and I also like learning new Jutsus. What I dislike is how long ramen takes to cook and my dream is to surpass the Hokage and have the people of this village to acknowledge my existence!" Everyone looked at Naruto in surprise

'My you have grown Naruto' Kakashi thought and Shikamaru spoke up.

"Surpassing the Hokage? That's hard work you can't be better than the Hokage acting tough." Shikamaru said and Naruto frowned and crossed his arms

"I know that and I will become Hokage, BELIEVE IT!" Naruto shout and Kiba glared at Naruto rubbing his ears.

"Ya sure ill believe it when I see it." Kiba said and Kakashi pointed to Shikamaru indicating it was his turn to speak.

"Well my name is Nara Shikamaru, I like gazing at the clouds and hanging with my friend Choji. I dislike when my mother nags me about chores and stuff, and I dislike annoying women in general. I really have no dreams or any hobbies." Shikamaru said lazily.

'Wow I was right, you are extremely boring.' Thought Kakashi "Now you on the left"

"My name is Inuzuka Kiba, I like my family, training with Akamaru and sleeping. I dislike cleaning the kennels at home and being grounded. My dream is to be the leader of my Clan and kick everyone's ass!" Kiba said with mounting enthusiasm.

Kakashi nodded slowly 'So I have a drug addict who's drug is ramen, a lazy boy and dog lover with some potential… why did I want to be a sensei again?' "Ok!" Kakashi said "So much for introductions, tomorrow we'll start our duties as Shinobi."

"Hehehe what kind of duties are we goin to do Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto asked

"Well first we are going to do something with just the four of us." Kakashi said and Naruto was practically hopping up and down. "We are going to do some survival training."

Naruto instantly stopped moving and stared at Kakashi. "Survival training?"

"But we had enough training at the Academy!" Kiba yelled

"Ohh but this isn't normal training. This time I'm your opponent." Kakashi said and the boys still looked confused and Kakashi started laughing.

"What's so funny Sensei?" Shikamaru asked

"Well it's just that when I tell you guys this you will totally freak out" The kids looked at Kakashi disbelievingly "Of the 27 graduates only 9 will be chosen to be Genin, the rest will be sent back to the Academy. This training is a very difficult exam with a failure rate of 66%." The boy's jaws dropped and Kakashi began laughing loudly "I told you you'd freak out!"

"But wait wha? Then what was the point of graduating!" Naruto yelled and Kakashi just shrugged

"That was just to select who has a chance at becoming Genin." Naruto began shaking "Anyways tomorrow you will have to show your real skills on the training ground, bring all the shinobi tools you have. Oh and don't eat breakfast or you'll puke… and I don't feel like cleaning that up." Kakashi said as he pulls out three pieces of paper and handed them out. "The details are on this paper and don't be late tomorrow!" As Naruto read the paper there was a small pop and Naruto looked up to see Kakashi-sensei was gone.

"Uhg troublesome sensei..." Shikamaru muttered

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It was 10 o'clock at night and Naruto was studying his new Taijutsu scrolls. The two scrolls he picked were Tiger style Kung-Fu and Jūken or Gentle Fist. Tiger Style has no evasion techniques, no blocking or defense. In any confrontation a Tiger style fighter leaps into attack going for the quick and direct resolution of the conflict. It does not have the stamina, inclination or need for enduring and prolonged activities. The Gentle Fist style of combat is based on palm strikes and generally aims to damage the body's Chakra Pathway System, thus creating difficulty by inhibiting an opponent's use of chakra. It can also be used to attack the opponent's internal organs, to which the chakra pathway system is closely tied. Even the slightest tap from this style can cause major damage, hence the name "gentle fist." Supposedly since the charka pathway system is invisible and only can be used properly if you have Byakugan.

Naruto had decided that even though these were great Taijutsu style that it would be better if fused the two into some "Gentle Tiger Style". When he studied the Human Anatomy he would be able to use the skills from Jūken and weaken bones then break them with tiger style. Or even destroy Chakra pathways with the two. This idea was so good that Naruto created six clones, three would practice Tiger Style katas and techniques and the other three worked on Jūken katas. And in the mean time he had one clone studying a book on the Human Anatomy. During these activities the real Naruto was sitting on his bed staring at his forearms protectors wondering what to put in them.

It wasn't that Naruto was sure what counted as a shinobi tool it's just that he never had the money to afford all these tools. But suddenly Naruto got an idea where he can pick up a lot of weapons for free. Naruto took off his orange jumpsuit and put on black shirt and sweat pants plus a black bandana so his hair would easily be spotted at in the moon light. He walked out his door and ran off the stairs and hoped to the next apartment complex, ran on the roof and jumped to the next apartment.

About five apartment complexes later Naruto hoped down behind the building to the storages center. He walked down the long hall of doors and looked till he found the door he was looking for, it read Property of Ten-Ten, DON'T TOUCH!

Ten-ten was an old friend of Naruto from back at the Orphanage. She was one of his only friends until she joined the Academy then she got her own apartment. Naruto visited her sometimes but not as much as before and Naruto was starting to miss her. But the reason he was here was not for midnight tea with Ten-Ten but for her vast weapon collection. Ever since he knew Ten-ten she was in love with weapons and saved any random kunai or Shuriken she found. Naruto pulled out his handy dandy lock picking set and went to work and the door lock. After about ten minutes he heard a satisfying clicking sound and opened the door to a large room with the walls lined with new and interesting weapons. Naruto took one step inside the room when he felt the cold hard metal of a kunai pressing hard against his neck.

"What the fuck do you think your doing?" Came a girl's voice from behind Naruto and he turned his head to see Ten-Ten eyeing him dangerously. Naruto turned to face her putting up his hands in surrender.

"I'm so sorry Ten-Ten-chan but I needed to borrow some Shinobi weapons cause I just passed the graduation exam. Now my team and I have to face our Jounin sensei so we can be an official Ninja team! So I need to borrow so stuff so I'm sure you can understand! Naruto said desperately. Unexpectedly Ten-Ten sighed and put her kunai back in her pouch and looked at Naruto.

"Of course I understand Naruto-kun but you didn't have to break into my storage room and try to take my stuff without permission. I bet you weren't even going to stop by my apartment and say hi!" Ten-ten said her eyes looking sad.

"I was going to say hi!' Naruto lied, Ten-Ten's words were stabbing at his heart and he was starting to feel guilty. "I just wasn't sure if you were home or not that's all."

"Sure you were, anyways what kind of weapons were you thinking of using." Ten-Ten ask and Naruto scratched his head nervously. He hadn't really thought that part out and had no clue what he should use.

"Well you see I was going to get a variety of weapons to be used," Naruto lifted up his forearm protectors showing her the Kanji on the bottom. "I was going to use these so I always have them close by in combat."

Ten-Ten gasped grab Naruto's arm staring at the Kanji.

"I-is this a storage seal?" Ten-Ten asked and Naruto nodded dumbly. "No way I have looking for books on how to make storage seals but none of them help, where did you find these?!"

Naruto gulped and tried to pry Ten-Ten's hands off his arm. "I got them at that Shinobi library inside the Hokage monument!" Ten-Ten looked confused

"There is a library in the mountain?" Ten-Ten ask and Naruto nodded

"That's what I said at first too but its there and it has a ton of useful stuff and probably a scroll on storage seals for you!" As Naruto said that Ten-Ten's smile grew to a full blown grin.

"That's AWESOME!" Naruto nodded

"Ya it is but um can you help with my weapon choices?" Naruto asked sheepishly and Ten-Ten blinked at him as if just noticing he was there.

"Huh? Oh ya sure this will be a lot easier now that I know you have those storage seals!" Ten-Ten said as she dragged Naruto into her Storage room and closed the door behind her.

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The next morning came too quickly and Naruto woke up an hour late. Naruto really didn't care because his sensei was most likely going to show up late anyways. Naruto had stayed up till 1 with Ten-Ten deciding what Naruto should use in his fight against Kakashi-sensei. It would have gone faster but she couldn't make up her mind on which weapon would be easier for Naruto to use.

Naruto took his time getting dress with his forearm and shin protectors and completely forgetting Kakashi's previous instructions Naruto had a nice large breakfast of cereal and pancakes before leaving his house for where the Survival Training will take place.

Twenty Minutes Later

Naruto showed up to Training Ground 7 to see Shikamaru lying on the grass staring at the sky while Kiba played with Akamaru. Kiba looked up at Naruto and got an annoyed look on his face.

"Ney Naruto why are you so late?" Kiba yelled and Shikamaru look over at Naruto.

"I slept in dog breath; anyways it doesn't matter because I knew I would be here before Kakashi-sensei." Naruto said with a yawn.

"Naruto has a point maybe I should've slept in too" Shikamaru said.

There was a ruffling of leaves behind Naruto and he turned to see Kakashi walk out from behind a tree and he gave them an eye smile.

"YOU'RE LATE!!" Kiba roared and Kakashi scratched the back of his head sheepishly.

"Sorry there was this tree stuck on this old lady and I had to get it down." Kiba and Naruto gaped at Kakashi like he was an alien from another planet.

"WHAT THE HELL KIND OF EXCUSE IS THAT!!! THAT DIDN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE!" Kiba yelled and Kakashi shrugged his shoulders

"It would if you were there but you weren't so of course you don't understand the severity of that situation…That tree could have died!" Kakashi said as he started rummaging in his pack. Kiba's mouth was hanging open and he tried to form words but they never left his mouth. Kakashi pulled out a small clock from his bag and set it on a stump. "Alright I set this clock for noon," Kakashi held up two bells "Here are two bells; your task is to take these from me before time runs out. Those who do not have a bell by noon get no lunch! I'll not only tie you to one of those stumps but I'll also eat right in front of you."

Shikamaru's and Kiba's stomachs growled loudly 'That's why he wanted us not to eat breakfast.' Thought Naruto but then he remembered that he actually ate breakfast totally forgetting Kakashi-sensei's orders. Naruto decided not to say anything because Kakashi will think that Naruto will lose steam early in the training but will still have energy to keep going.

"You only have to get one bell" Kakashi said "There are only two so one of you will definitely be tied to a stump. And the person who doesn't take a bell fails… so at least one of you will be sent back to the Academy. If you want you can use Kunais and Shurikens, you won't succeed unless you come at me with the intent to kill." The air around them seemed to be electrified with anticipation, Kiba was looking tense and even Shikamaru was standing up his previously bored expression wiped off his face.

"This is starting to sound exciting." Said Kiba pulling out a kunai and Kakashi gave them an eye smile.

"I'm glad to see your taking this seriously. Now you will start when I say go…." Kakashi paused and looked at their tense faces and he chuckled to himself "GO!" With a flurry of leaves the three of them jump out of the clearing and into the trees. 'Hmmm they're hiding themselves well." Kakashi hummed and began walking towards the lake. Kakashi walked for about five minutes when he saw Naruto standing in front of him grinning from ear to ear.

"Fight me!" Naruto yelled and Kakashi stared at him dumbly.

"You're a bit weird, do you know that?"

"I don't care just fight me!" Naruto yelled and Shikamaru watched Naruto from behind some bushes. 'What a baka, your not suppose to take an enemy that's older than you head on, that's suicide!'

"The only thing off is your HAIR!" Naruto said as he ran at Kakashi. Kakashi looked at him boredly and reached into his kunai pouch which made Naruto stop.

"Shinobi fighting lesson #1 Taijutsu, I'll teach you about that" Kakashi drawled and Naruto looked at him worried 'Taijutsu is hand to hand combat, so why is he reaching for a weapon?' Naruto thought but face faulted when Kakashi brought out his pervy book Icha Icha Paradise.

"What's wrong?" Kakashi asked not looking up from his book "Hurry up and attack me!"

"But wait why are you reading that book at a time like this?!" Naruto asked and Kakashi shrugged.

"I just want to know what will happen next. Besides it won't make a difference against you guys." Kakashi said and Naruto stared at him blankly before growling.

He wasn't taking him seriously and that was a mistake. Kakashi want to teach him Taijutsu he'll show him Taijutsu. Naruto closed his eyes and brought up al the knowledge the clones had learned. Naruto was going to use the chance to test out his new Taijutsu style. Naruto opened his eyes and ran at Kakashi full tilt. He raised his right fist and aimed for Kakashi's face but he simply ducked underneath it. Naruto hoped for this and concentrated on flowing his Chakra into his left hand. As he passed by Kakashi he pressed his left hand against Kakashi knee and let his Charka flow into him, then Naruto turned on his left leg and slammed his right knee into Kakashi's knee how fell over on the ground in surprise.

'How the hell did he paralyze my knee like that, what did he just do?' Thought Kakashi. Wasting no time Naruto jumped towards Kakashi intending to kick him in the head but Kakashi leaped back on and stood up straight as if Naruto never paralyzed his leg. 'Good thing he is slow enough to let me fix my leg, just what did he learn in that library?' Naruto launched himself at Kakashi again trying to hit him with a wild uppercut but Kakashi disappeared and reappeared behind him his hands in the tiger seal.

"A shinobi isn't supposed to be caught from behind baka." Kakashi said calmly.

From the treetops Kiba watched the fight in alarm. 'That a seal for a fire jutsu, this could get messy.'

Naruto looked back at Kakashi in shock.

"What the-," Naruto cried out but it was to late

"Hidden leaf ancient Taijutsu supreme technique 1000 YEARS OF PAIN!!!" Kakashi shoved his fingers up Naruto's butt and threw him into the air.

"OOOOOWWWWW" Naruto screamed right before he splashed into the lake. Shikamaru sigh as he watched the fight 'He's a Jounin how can we ever beat him, this is so troublesome.'

'Damn it' Naruto thought 'this is not goin well' a second later Naruto thought up of a plan and crossed his fingers "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Kakashi stayed standing where he was before Naruto went flying into the lake and he laughed lightly to him self. He didn't even look up from his book as ten Shurikens came flying out of the water straight for him. He easily snagged them out of the air laughing but he didn't notice Naruto coming up behind him.

Acting quickly Naruto flooded his left hand with chakra and transferred it into Kakashi's spine, Naruto then punched his back aggravating the chakra and paralyzing Kakashi. Kakashi looked back at Naruto shock

"What! When did you?" But Naruto jumped on his back and put him in a full nelson, two more Naruto's popped out of the ground and grabbed at his ankles. Then eight more Naruto ran out of the lake and ran towards Kakashi.

'Wow that's a nice plan Naruto now he can easily get the bell, when did Naruto get this good?' Thought Shikamaru.

"How do you keep on paralyzing me?" Kakashi asked as the group of Naruto's ran towards him.

"I'll tell you a little secret Kakashi-sensei; I have been practicing a new Taijutsu style. It allows me to constantly attack my opponent and cause paralysis or even extreme organ damage, I like to call it Gentle Tiger style" the Naruto in front of the pack said and he jumped into the air and cocked his fist back ready to punch Kakashi in the face. "By the way MY ASS STILL HURTS!" Naruto yelled as he punched Kakashi hard in the face, but it wasn't Kakashi he hit it was actually the real Naruto. Naruto feel to the ground and rubbed his jaw. "Crap a Kawarimi no Jutsu." Just to be certain Naruto released the jutsu and all the clones went up in smoke and left Naruto all alone.

"Well it looks like Naruto's chance is up." Kiba muttered lowly "Looks like it our turn to fight Kakashi old buddy" Kiba said patting Akamaru as he jumped out of his hiding place looking for Kakashi."

Naruto looked around in confusion hoping Kakashi would show up out of no where. But he never came, what he did see shocked him. There lying next to a tree was one of the bells the Kakashi had.

"Sweet!" Naruto said jumping up and walking to the bell. "He must have been desperate to escape, he dropped a bell hehe." Naruto reached down for the bell but his feet were pulled from underneath him and he ended up upside down hanging from the tree. The bell below him poof out of existence and Naruto growled.

"Naruto you baka," Shikamaru said walk out of bushes next to the tree. "That was an obvious trap and you just fell for it." Shikamaru looked up at Naruto with a bored expression as he cut the rope that he was hanging from. "Kakashi-sensei is just toying with use, he is a fully trained Jounin and we are getting no where in this training," Shikamaru sighed and looked at the forest as Naruto cut himself down and hoped to the ground. "How on earth can any of us get those bells…?"

Naruto racked his brain for an answer then his conversation with Kakashi flashed in his mind. "I KNOW HOW WE CAN GET THOSE BELLS!" Naruto cried and Shikamaru looked at him interested "We have to use teamwork! we obviously can't get those bell on our own but together we can confuse him enough that we can get the bells without him noticing!" Naruto said and Shikamaru's eyes grew large

"That makes total sense Naruto; Kakashi brought two bells so we would automatically try to go solo. It was all a trick, good thinking Naruto." Naruto grinned and scratched the back of his head. "Now we must find Kiba quickly and face Kakashi before time is up!" Shikamaru said but he seemed a little worried now.

"Oh I can do that!" Naruto said and he crossed his fingers and said "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." Then ten more Naruto's popped out of no where and saluted. "I need you to find Kiba and Kakashi-sensei, when you do dispel your self immediately so I can track them down." The Naruto nodded and ran into the forest.

Shikamaru was standing there with a blank face looking stunned. "Naruto what was that jutsu?" Shikamaru asked

"That was Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, it allows me to make solid clones that can help fight and also when I dispel them I learn everything they experienced so if they find Kiba and Kakashi-sensei I can find out exactly where there are." Naruto explain and Shikamaru nodded comprehensively

"That makes sense, man Naruto I never knew you had skills like that." Shikamaru said and Naruto blushed slightly.

With Kakashi

Kakashi was standing in a clearing reading his book peacefully. On the ground in front of him lay Kiba face down tied down by Kunai and ninja wire.

"Grahh! Let me free!" Kiba yelled struggling against his restraints, but did nothing except laugh to himself.

"That was Shinobi lesson #2 Genjutsu, and you completely feel for it." Kakashi said not looking up from his book.

"AHH I won't fall for it again if YOU LET ME FREE!" Kiba yelled struggling harder than before

"Some how I doubt that." Kakashi said and he heard rustling in the bushes behind him and he turned to see Naruto jump into the clearing. "Ah so escaped my trap finally, are you going to try a take a bell again?" but instead of answering Naruto crossed his fingers and went up in a cloud of smoke. "Hmmm a recon clone, this might get interesting." Kakashi muttered and Kiba stopped struggling and stared at Kakashi.

"What's a recon clone?" But before Kakashi could answer both Naruto and Shikamaru jumped into the clear in between him and Kiba and drew there weapons. Actually only Shikamaru draw a weapon because Naruto's kunai pouch fell off when he got caught in the trap before.

"Ah Naruto you completely forgot your Kunai pouch on the ground I see, I guess you can't use any shinobi tools any more." Kakashi said shrugging but Naruto just grinned

"I always have shinobi weapons on me even if I lose my Kunai pouch Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto said and he flung out his arms and two Shurikens flew out of his sleeves straight at Kakashi. Kakashi lifted his hand to catch them but they veered of course and flew around him. Kakashi yawned.

"You're not very good at aiming are you?" Kakashi asked trying to get under Naruto skin but Naruto kept on smiling.

"I missed on purpose BAKA!" and Kakashi looked behind him to see the Shurikens were floating in the air before they shoot back aiming for his back. Kakashi rolled to the left and the Shurikens stopped going straight and turned following him. Kakashi jumped and the Shurikens curved up and missed his feet by inches, the arched up and aim for Kakashi's head. Kakashi ducked into a ball and fell back to the earth as he heard the Shuriken zoom past over head. He landed lightly on his feet and looked up at Naruto to see him making many hand signs while staring at Kakashi. 'He is controlling the Shurikens!' Kakashi thought and he jump to the left barley missing the Shurikens.

"Naruto! Let's go I got Kiba, we need to regroup!" Shikamaru said and Naruto nodded

"Hold on I'm going to leave Kakashi-sensei a little present." Naruto said and he stopped making hand signs and said "Kaihou!" and the two Shurikens poofed and two more Naruto's fell out of the smoke and lunged at Kakashi. Kakashi blocked their punches and looked over where Naruto and Shikamaru were and both of them along with Kiba were gone. He looked back at the other two Naruto and Stared at them blankly, they looked like Naruto with the orange jumpsuit and all but there was blood all over them and Kunais all over them.

Kakashi put away his book and lifted a Kunai and the Two Naruto's lunged at him. 'They're fast!' he thought as the two were already upon him throwing punches and kicks that Kakashi barley had time to dodge. The Two Naruto's were holding wickedly curved kunai and they kept on cutting into his flesh if he blocked half heartily. One of the Naruto's side stepped Kakashi, he made many hand sign and stopped with a tiger seal. 'Holy crap he knows a fire jutsu!?' Kakashi thought and the Naruto breathed in.

"Katon! Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" The blood splattered Naruto breathed out and a jet of fire shot and it incinerated the ground. Kakashi jump in the air and the other Naruto was next to him and aimed a kick for his head. The Naruto twisted midair and kick again this time it landed and Kakashi fell to the ground. Kakashi shook of the pain in his head and reach in his kunai pouch and pulled out a smoke bomb. The second he land on the ground he threw down the Smoke bomb and dodged a punch for his face.

Kakashi leaped into the forest with the idea to lose these two in the trees. He looked back into the clearing and didn't see them there. He turned around and suddenly got close lined by one of the Naruto's and a split second later he was on his back staring at the sky. The two Naruto's walk into his line of sight and leaned over him.

"Well you have been our first victim" Said the one on the right "You have just experienced Pain" The left Naruto pointed to himself "And misery" Pain said pointing to the Naruto on the left. "We would continue fighting you but the boss has other plans so Ja Ne!" Misery said and the two exploded in a blue smoke and disappeared.

Kakashi sat up and scratched his head. "These kids are more surprising then I expected, I'm starting to like them." Kakashi got up and began walking towards the three stumps.

With Kiba Shikamaru and Naruto

"So your saying we have to work together in order to get those bells?" Kiba said slowly watching Kakashi walk towards the three stumps and Shikamaru nodded

"Yup, but we have to hurry time is almost up." Kiba grinned

"I'm in so what's the plan?" the three of them huddled up to here Shikamaru's instructions,

Back with Kakashi

Kakashi had walked for about five minutes without a sign of an attack. He walked passed a tall oak tree and saw the three stumps in the clearing, he took a step then leaped back as three Kunai embedded themselves into the ground right where he was. Then Kiba jumped down from the tree tops Kunais in hand crouching ready to strike.

"So your going to try again I see." 'These kids still haven't figured it out.' Kakashi thought and he sighed and reached for his Kunai pouch but realized he couldn't move. He looked back and saw Shikamaru walk out of the bushes.

"Kagemane no Jutsu a success." Shikamaru drawled out and then two chains shot out from the forest and wrapped around Kakashi's hands. He was caught, 'These kids finally got it' Kakashi thought 'this team has a lot of potential.' Kiba pulled out a kunai and flung it at him, it cut the bells and they began to fall. Naruto burst from the ground and caught the bells grinning ear to ear. At that moment the Clock rang indicating that it was noon.

"Ha-ha looks like we win Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto said and the chains fell off Kakashi's arms and slipped back into Naruto's sleeves. Shikamaru recalled his shadow and Kakashi stretched and gave them an eye smile.

"Well it looks you do win, and you even figured out the key to success."

"Teamwork!" Naruto yelled and Kakashi nodded

"That's right teamwork; you guys figured out that the only way to even get close to the bells was together even after I tried to pit you guys against each other with only two bells. You guys are worthy of becoming Shinobi and I am proud to be called you Sensei." Naruto began hoping up and down

"Does that mean-,"

"That's right Naruto from this moment on me and you guys and officially team 7." Kiba and Naruto cheered

"AWESOME LET'S GO AWESOME TEAM KAKASHI!" Kiba yelled then his stomach growled. Naruto and Kakashi laughed

"Come on guys I'll treat you to some food." Even Shikamaru grinned and the four of them left the training ground, finally true ninjas

T.B.C

AN/ Yahoo! i had this story stuck in my head so i finally started writing it! I hope you enjoyed it please Review and tell me what you liked or didn't like and if you like crossovers check out my other story please:) until next time readers!!