Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

AN: This just came to me

Update - 01/18/2019

I'm generally just giving everything another look over before I completely derail this story, as well as canon, in my newest chapter.

Bear with the ideas of my previous 16 year old self, I am going to be changing some things. I'm sure few will be happy, and more will be angry.

People sure do love their trash fics. though I doubt that many people who have read the story before will come back and check it out.

No seriously, I am going back and rereading through this crap and I am astonished. How did anyone favorite this garbage. I struggle through my own paragraphs.

The Preliminary round of the Chunin Exams are underway, and the next opponents are already on the floor.

"Uzumaki Naruto VS. Inuzuka Kiba!"

"Hya HA HA HA! It's like we've already won. So Lucky, Right Akamaru."

"Shut the hell up mutt!"

In the center of the stage, there stands two boys squaring off, getting ready to fight. The first is a scruffy feral looking kid named Kiba Inuzuka. He is hailed from the famed Inuzuka clan, known for their fierce beast-like taijustu style, that becomes even more vicious with the addition of their canine partnerships.

The second is a shorter boy dressed in a bright orange jumpsuit, with even brighter blond hair and distinct whisker marks. His name is Naruto Uzumaki. He is an orphan, and graduated dead-last in the academy, but despite all this he still is a determined ninja, who never backs down, and isn't afraid of-

'Fuck.'

-anything. Wait what was that?

Naruto always felt that he could push past anything in his life that was in his way as long as he stayed unwavering and true to his nindo. But today, Naruto had a feeling he was going to need more than that to be victorious. No one had to tell Naruto how bad off he was, he would admit himself that he sucked in a lot of ninja arts. His taijutsu was rough and chaotic, but no matter how much he practiced without a genuine teacher- something that some of the people at the academy weren't- to point out his flaws and correct his stances, he couldn't improve on that point much. His genjutsu was basically hopeless, because no matter how good his control became, his chakra was too large and dense to do anything worthwhile. His ninjustu was non-existent other than the academy required ones and the Kage Bushin, and that's only barely true since he couldn't make a regular clone to save his life. His chakra control was terrible because of his stupidly large supply. Any exercise he did know to help with that weren't producing any noticeable results. Naruto would go to the library to learn more things but the selection of things a genin can read is low, plus he wasn't the biggest fan of books. The only thing Naruto really had going for him was his physical condition, but without a speed-focused training regiment, all he really gains from working out is durability, stamina, and power, which he already had a high amount of. That, combined with any unorthodox plans he came up with, was really the only way he got ahead in any fight he got in.

Today was different though. the usual fountain of endless energy felt more like a stream that was fizzling up, and his chakra control always felt out of control, but now it felt like it was unable to be handled at all. Naruto had a pretty good idea that it was that snake freak's seal that was messing up the little he did have going for him. Naruto was already tired from the forest of death as well, to the point where he didn't think he could even out last Shikamaru in a fight. Naruto could forget about keeping up with Kiba, who always was right behind him in being the most energetic in the Academy. Naruto knew he should have fixed his underwhelming skillets sooner, but he didn't have a lot of time to do anything before his sensei put his team in these dumbass exams. He thought he plenty of time to fix his problems after the disaster which was his last C-rank, but not only was he wrong, he was dead wrong. Only a couple weeks after wave and they are signed up for the Chunin Exams.

Naruto vowed to stop procrastinating and take his training more serious after this. Hopefully he wouldn't have to wait to get out of the hospital first.

-Up in the stands-

"Naruto! you better not lose to him!" Yelled Sakura.

'let's see how much you improved' thought Kakashi.

'Naruto eh." mused Kurenai.'...Sorry Kakashi, but he can't beat Kiba.'

"That Naruto could never beat Kiba" said Ino.

Hinata was conflicted about whether to cheer for her crush or her teammate.

Most of the crowd felt that they already knew what the results were going to be, and they weren't going to be in favor for the blond ninja.

-On the floor-

"Heh, Akamaru stay out of this. I won't need you to defeat this idiot." Boasted Kiba.

"Don't get cocky!" Yelled Naruto.

The decision by Kiba to not include Akamaru should have made Naruto's confidence sour, and if his only problem was his chakra and energy, it would have, but unfortunately it's not. Ever since the fight between his clones and the Ame team, Naruto has been feeling weird. His movements were strange, and his coordination different. It's like something unconsciously about his body was out of wack, but Naruto had no clue what it was. Naruto was sure of one thing though, it was something he could have done without during this fight.

"I'll be nice, and end this in one punch" Proclaimed the Inuzuka.

"Tch."

Hayate gekko, the proctor for the preliminary rounds, put one of his his hands up.

"You may begin!"

The match was on.

"Don't get to comfy Naruto, this will be over before you know it." Kiba said. Then he got in a crouch on all fours. "Imitation Beast Ninja Art: Four Legs Technique!"

Before Naruto's eyes Kiba's appearance began to grow feral than he already was before, something which seemed akin to Naruto's own changes when he was influenced by the kyuubi's chakra. After Kiba's transformation was complete, he immediately launched towards Naruto in a speed he couldn't hope to follow. Before Naruto knew it, Kiba was in front of him, and in prime position to attack.

"It's over!" Kiba yelled, then he swung his clawed hands at Naruto face,

If you asked Naruto to explain what happened next, he wouldn't have been able to tell you. All He saw was Kiba directly in front of him, getting ready to strike, and the next thing he knew was he reacted and let his instincts take over, and now he was below Kiba, having ducked his swipe at him by a narrow margin.

'He dodged it!' Thought Kiba and the spectators collectively.

Naruto, deciding that it would be best to just go with what feels right, went with the flow, and quickly upper-cut Kiba in his jaw. Naruto then, taking advantage of the Kiba's helpless state in the air, jumped up and landed a spinning kick into his stomach, lunching his opponent back to the other side of the floor.

Needless to say everyone was stunned, and none more than Naruto himself.

-Up in the stands-

"How the hell did Naruto do that, it must be a trick!" Said Ino.

"Please, just because your teammates are lacking don't think that applies to all of us." Sakura shot back. Sure, Naruto was annoying to Sakura at times, but he was still her teammate, and they went through a lot together. She would gladly root for him over anybody that wasn't on her team. "Hell yeah Naruto, make him eat dirt!"

'He has definitely improved way pass what I would have expected' thought Kakashi. 'I shouldn't be surprised though, experience is the best teacher a ninja can have.'

'What the hell!? Did that lazy-ass actually turn out to be a good teacher?' Wondered Kurenai. "Ch, whatever... it hardly matters, once Kiba and Akamaru get serious, Naruto is done for."

The rest of the audience shared a look of shock or interest.

It seems this match would play out differently than anyone had thought.

-On the Floor-

Naruto was just as amazed as everyone else. He never could move like that, and even if he could he didn't think he would have been able pulled it off now. Also Naruto felt that unlike the past few days, when he was just reacting instinctively he felt normal, like nothing was was like before his mind was fighting with his body and now that he was listening to it everything was right in the world. Naruto didn't know why this was happening, but he did know that he didn't have any plans on how he was going to win before. So he would do what he did best: wing it.

"Ugh! Lucky hit it won't happen again." Kiba called out as he was getting up off the floor. He was noticeably wiping his mouth of blood, revealing just how hard he had been hit. "Akamaru!"

"Bark!"

Akamaru jumped at Naruto at the same time Kiba did. Hoping to overwhelm any fluke sense of skill that Naruto just showed. They first started with a flurry of quick pounces then started to come at Naruto with a barrage of hit-and-run attacks. but Naruto, to the surprise of absolutely everyone, avoided all solid connects. Kiba let up from his onslaught and backed away.

"I'll admit it to you Naruto, you sure got better, but this is it! it ends now!" Kiba said, pulling two red pills from his pocket. He gave one pill to Akamaru and he ate the second one. Akamaru turned an inflamed shade of red, then jumped on Kiba's back.

"Beast effect ninjutsu: Beast Human Bushin!"

Now, where previously only one Kiba and his dog was, there was two Kiba's. One on the other's back.

"Getsuga!"

Both Kiba's suddenly launched themselves at Naruto, Twirling at impossible speeds. To Naruto it seemed like it was two miniature whirlwinds hurdling towards him. Naruto wasn't deterred though, he didn't now how far his new instinctive skills could take him, but he would keep pushing. Just before the attacks hit him, Naruto pushed himself into the air, narrowly avoiding their claws. The fanged duo didn't stop though, seeing a prime opportunity to attack while Naruto was stuck in the air. Naruto, seeing Kiba and Akamaru turning around to hit him again, flipped and twisted his body in the air at an angle allowing him to maneuver between them without getting hit.

Kiba and Akamaru landed back on the other side of the arena.

"Whatever, so you can do fancy moves, it doesn't matter. You can't keep this up forever" Taunted Kiba. Privately, though he wouldn't admit it, he was a little put off by just how capable Naruto was turning out to be.

Naruto knew he was right he didn't perfectly avoid the last attack, his jumpsuit was ripped and some of his skin scratched. Also since he was running on fumes, the injuries would only get worse. Naruto needed to come up with a plan, which made him thankful that he had a few things he used for pranks in his pouch.

"I didn't think I would have to use these, but I guess if the shoe fits." Naruto said, pulling out a stink bomb." and since you have such a sensitive nose, I guess the shoe is pretty snug right about now."

Naruto reared his arm back, with the key to his victory in the palm of his hand.

"Eat this Kiba!" Shouted Naruto. Then he threw the bomb across the Arena...

...And way over Kiba, with it only stopping its flight when it burst on the floor by the wall behind him.

"..." The entire room silently stared at the the rising cloud of gas in the corner.

"hehe...oops"

'Idiot' Was the single thought shared by everyone.

"AH HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Kiba started laughing, with tears in his eyes. "HAA- of course only you could fuck up that bad Naruto!"

-Up in the stands-

'To mess up an advantage that bad..." Kurenai said to herself. "I guess Kakashi couldn't make the idiot any smarter."

"uh Naruto, why are you like this!" moaned Sakura with her face covered by her hands.

"I guess a loser will always be a loser." said Ino. She turned towards Shikamaru, only to see him lying down getting ready for a nap. "Aren't you going to watch the rest of the match?"

"No point, its obvious how this is going to turn out."

"I guess it does seem like Kiba has this one in the bag."

"No, its actually the opposite."

"What! What would make you say that."

"Sigh" Shikamaru turned away from her. " It's too troublesome to explain."

-On the Floor-

Kiba finally calmed down from his laughing fit and got back in crouching position to attack again.

"Oh man, it's so over for you. You just blew your only chance to win." chuckled Kiba.

"I'm not done yet, I still have a few more." retorted Naruto.

"It doesn't matter how many you have, you won't be able to touch me with them" And with that Kiba and Akamaru resumed their attack. "Getsuga!"

What followed was the most extreme game of dodge ball ever played. Naruto dodging the canine duo, and Kiba and Akamaru dodging the stink bombs, allowing them all to hit the ground well away from where they wee. The stink bombs all landed on the outer parts of the arena, leaving Kiba with plenty of room to work with. Naruto eventually ran out of bombs, only having about a dozen of them, bringing their little game to an end. He jumped back a little to give himself some breathing room. He was visibly taking harder and longer breaths.

"If I can't affect your smell, then I will try your sight." said Naruto. He then pulled out his only smoke bomb and threw it on the ground, covering the entire middle of the floor with smoke.

-Up in the stands-

'This was the guy that I was afraid would beat Kiba, what a joke." thought Kurenai. " Don't tell me he forgot about Kiba's strong sense of smell. He was just trying to capitalize on it a second ago."

-On the Floor-

"Idiot,did you forget my senses are better than the average nin, there is no way you can hide from me in this smoke. I will just sniff you out." said Kiba. He then started sniffing the air to pinpoint Naruto's location. "Too easy. Getsuga!"

Kiba launched in the smoke with Akamaru in the direction of Naruto, and got a direct hit. After scoring a couple more blows, they tossed him up in the air, then drilled his body back into the earth leaving a slight indent into it.

As the smoke started too clear up all that anyone could see was Naruto seemingly unconscious at the bottom of a small crater.

"Proctor, call the match. He won't be getting up anytime soon." said Kiba.

Hayate examined Naruto's body for a few seconds, then he put his hands up. "Winner by knocko-"

"Over here mutt-boy!" cried Naruto, appearing out of nowhere, But before Kiba could turn and look at him, Naruto slid underneath him and kicked his feet off the ground, just as the body in the crater puffed into smoke.

"NA-" Then another Naruto appeared, and kicked Kiba away while he was in mid fall. "-RU-". Then two more appeared where Kiba was thrown, and kicked hip upwards. "-TO!" Finally a final Naruto cam and jumped above Kiba, and delivered a spinning ax-kick to his head, sending Kiba shooting towards the ground. "Uzumaki Rendan!"

Kiba was now the one that was at the bottom of his own crater, but this time the victim was actually unconscious.

"Bad doggy." taunted Naruto, standing over Kiba's immobile body.

-Up in the stands-

"I can't believe it," voiced Kurenai. 'Kakashi's brat actually won?'

"You will learn quickly that Naruto is never one to go down easy" Kakashi thought, even through the mask there was obvious pride on his face.

"Yeah Naruto, I knew you could do it!" yelled Sakura don to the floor.

"Wait hold up! I don't get it. Kiba should have been able to smell out Naruto, right? The smoke shouldn't have blocked his nose, if it could, then he would have known earlier." Questioned Ino.

"sigh...That was what I was trying to say earlier. Naruto didn't miss his throw with his stink bombs, not the first or any of the ones after. What he was doing was creating zones on the floor where Kiba wouldn't be able to smell anything but the odor from his bombs, so when he covered the arena in smoke he was able to place several clones in those areas without Kiba ever knowing. Naruto must have done a Kawarimi with a clone after Kiba hit him with his attack, once switched he would be able to carry out his own retaliation without Kiba being prepared for it. Who knew Naruto could have done something that smart, but I guess if you look at the pranks he used to do, it isn't that surprising."

Ino gave Shikamaru a surprised look, before changing to one of contemplation.

"I guess even Naruto improved after the academy... "

-On the Floor-

"Winner by knockout, Uzumaki Naruto!" Announced Hayate.

Naruto was feeling very proud of himself at the moment. While he was tired from Kiba's assault and the use of his clones-something that would have never happened if his chakra was normal-,Naruto felt that he did better than he himself would have expected. He never fought that well in his entire life, but now in what seem like hours, his skill increased by an immense amount, and Naruto still had no idea how it happened. Well, he did have a theory but he needed some time to test it when he was alone. As of right now, he was content to revel in his unlikely victory,

'Look how much you've grown Naruto.' thought a proud Hokage.

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*Yaaaawn*

Naruto sat up in his bed after a long, pleasurable, deserving rest the day after the preliminary exams ended. He got up and started his morning routine so he could head out to a training ground. He had to get started preparing for the third stage ASAP. He took a shower, brushed his teeth, washed his face, and ate some ramen. He then changed into loose white shorts, a black t-shirt with a spiral, and black ninja sandals. Then he gathered up all his tools and jumped out of the window. Doors are for squares.

Naruto decided to stick true with his promise and got started on training even before he approached Kakashi-Sensei to ask about him training him. Naruto was going to train himself into the dirt, as well as the training he would receive from his teacher, just so he doesn't waste any time that could be spent otherwise honing his admittedly lackluster skills. Another reason Naruto decided to go to the training ground first, was so that he could test out his theory on how he improved so quickly in the second stage of the Exams. Naruto knew he would have a long road in front of him, especially since he would have to face Neji Hyuuga in his first match. That was a fight he wasn't planning on losing, especially after what the bastard did to Hinata, his own cousin. Naruto would be the first to tell you he was lucky in the prelims. With the exception of Ino, Sakura, and that random guy Sasuke faced, if he had to fight anyone else, Naruto was pretty sure he would have lost, even with his new-found skills. Luckily he got Kiba, a taijutsu user slash the only skill Naruto was proficient in. Fortunately he now has an entire month to train before his match with the 'rookie of the year'.

Naruto finally arrived at his destination, training ground 9. A place not too many people really came to because of how close it was to the Forest of Death. In fact, you could actually see training ground 44 looming in the background. Naruto knew about this place from his younger days, when he used to find places to hide from the stares of the villagers, and later on because of his pranks, the ANBU. It was a wide, grassy clearing that had a stream running through it. The grounds are also surrounded by trees you would commonly find around Konoha.

Naruto walked up to the stream, and thought that it would be the perfect place to start his training, but first...

"Kage Bushin No Jutsu!"

*poof*

His Theory.

Out of the smoke appeared one perfect clone of Naruto. "Okay, I want you to go down the stream and see where it ends up." Naruto commanded his clone. "Geez, there was no need to tell me idiot" responded the clone, and with that it ran off. "Goddamn it, why am I so annoying as a clone." After a couple minutes of standinng there Naruto suddenly jumped up. " Stupid ass clone! how the hell did you not an entire waterfall before you fell off the cliff, you should have at least heard it!" Yelled Naruto. It was only after a few seconds of fuming did he realize what had just happened. "yes!" It worked, and even better than Naruto thought it would. He, at first, just assumed that he would just get a vague feeling or some kind of intuition, but nope, he actually gets the entire experience. Naruto was salivating just thinking of all the ways he could train using this but had to stop when he remembered he had another problem.

"Kage Bushin No Justu!"

*poof*

Shit, big problem. He could only make a hundred clones before he became swamped. for comparison, when he first learnt the jutsu, he could easily make a thousand clones without being close too tired. Sadly, there was nothing he could do about his dilemma at the moment so there was no sense of crying about it now. He could just get started, then go and ask his Sensei later if he knew how to remove this dumb seal. At the moment though, he only had to figure out what he could work on right there. Naruto didn't think he could work on his control until he had the seal removed so that was out. He didn't even no where to start when it came to jutsu's so that's out as well. It seems he would just have to improve on what he knows, and hopefully try to incorporate other things later.

"Okay I want 60 clones to break off and go over there, once there I want forty of you to pair off and fight with each other, then I want the rest of the twenty clones to pick a fight to watch. That should give us different perspectives on the way we fight. I want the last forty clones I didn't mention to work on their shuriken and kunai proficiency.

"""ALRIGHT!"""

After the clones left to do whatever they were doing, Naruto decided to work on his physical body by running, and doing some exercises. Nothing too hard though, he didn't know what awesome plans his sensei had for him. After the hour was up, Naruto figured he did enough for the day and left his clones to do whatever they were doing , while he searched for Kakashi-sensei. On his way back to the village, he realized that he probably would be too busy training to do anything else in the next month. So Naruto decided to get some things he was planning to get done out of the way first.

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Naruto's first stop was the village's local flower shop.

"Welcome to Yaman- Oh, It's just you."

Also known as Yamanaka Flowers, where Ino is known to work at from time to time.

"And what's that suppose to mean?" Naruto deadpanned.

"Oh nothing," waved off Ino. "I think you made a wrong turn Naruto, Ichiraku's is a couple streets over"

"I actually meant to come here," said Naruto. "Though if had known you were here I probably would have came later."

"Well if I had known you were going coming around, then I probably wouldn't have been." Ino responded lightly. "What are you here for anyway Naruto? I didn't take you for a guy who likes flowers. I also doubt you can even take care of any."

"EH? I have several plants at home that I take care of. Plus their all healthy!"

"Really, I'm surprised. Even if I'm sure you dug them all up from the ground somewhere."

"What difference does that make!?" Naruto responded pointing his finger at Ino.

"The difference, you idiot, it that flowers need a lot more attention than whatever your giving your dirt and weeds at home." she chided Naruto. "I don't want to sell you something that's just going to die in the morning because you don't know how to take care of it."

'Dirt and weeds?!' growled Naruto in his head. If he had time he probably would have responded to Ino's statement in a way that would have guaranteed that he would get kicked out of the store. Instead, he calmed down, and responded to her 'nicely' "They actually aren't for me, I'm visiting Hinata and were going to give it to her."

"Hinata? Oh how cute!" Ino fake gushed. "It only took her getting put in the hospital for you to get the message." She then put on a questioning look. "Huh...maybe it would have been good if Sasuke was there for my.-"

"Am I supposed to be following along with what your talking out?" Naruto said, cutting Ino off. "Because you lost me at message. Did Hinata send me some mail or something."

"Nothing, forget it. I guess it was too much to expect that everything about you improved since we were in the academy." Ino said seeing Naruto's confusion. "Speaking of, good job on finally shutting that mutts mouth. He was always a little bit more annoying than you, not by that much, but still."

"Thanks, I really appreciate it." Naruto droned. "Can I have my flowers now?"

"Of course, silly me," Ino said with a very convincing smile. "What were you looking for?"

"um, I'm not really sure." Naruto said. rubbing the back of his head. "I only heard that you're supposed to bring flowers, I never actually visited anyone in the hospital before."

"No problems, It was my fault for thinking you would know anyway. I have the perfect kind of flowers for you to get."

"How does this place get any customers while you're here?"

"Obviously amazing looks and sparkling personality." Ino answered while striking a pose with her hands on her hips.

Naruto just stared at her unblinkingly. "You know for a person who works at a flower shop, you have remarkably not worked to get me any flowers since I've been here."

"Whatever," Ino then went to a shelf and grabbed a pot of purple flowers. " These are lavender roses, I'm sure Hinata would love these."

"Finally," Naruto breathed out. " How much?"

"Oh no no, these are free of charge." Ino said. "Maybe I would make you pay if they were for you, but I'm fine with letting you have these if its for someone I like."

Naruto respectfully ignored the last part for the fact that he was getting the flowers for free. He went up to the checkout stand to get the flowers. He also received a customary piece of paper that tells you how to care for them. Before he left, Ino went over to a group of blue flowers and plucked one without its stem. Then she came back over to where Naruto was.

"Here's another one that's on the house," Ino then stuck the blue flower on the top of Naruto's head. "Aww, it compliments yo so well. I think you should keep this look. It makes you look less wild and more...not you."

Naruto's patience was wearing thin, and he decided to leave before the small amount he ad ran out. As Naruto was walking out the door, a thought came to him that made him smile. He stopped and turned back around to Ino.

"You know what your right, I think I should keep this." Naruto said, confusing Ino."I'm Sasuke and Sakura will ask about it, and I will be so happy to ell them that you thought it would make me look good."

Naruto then ran out the shop while Ino face was in the middle of changing from confusion to anger.

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Once he got to the hospital Naruto quickly went to find Hinata room. He had to sneak behind the desk because he doubted they would just tell a random person, nevertheless Naruto himself.

*Knock* *Knock*

"Come in." said a soft voice.

Opening up the door, Naruto saw a paler than normal Hinata laying in the bed. she did gain some color though, when she saw who walked in.

"N-Naruto-kun! What are you doing here?" Hinata squeaked out.

"I came to see you. Why else would I be here?" questioned Naruto.

"To s-see me?" Repeated Hinata with wide-eyes, drawing the covers up to her face, which, in Naruto's personal opinion made her look like a small adorable mouse.

"Uh yeah" said a momentarily distracted Naruto. "Anyway! I just remembered, I brought you these." Said Naruto, showing her the flowers he bought from earlier.

"Lavender roses?" Hinata spoke, recognizing the flowers. Unknowingly to Naruto she developed a faint flush when she saw them.

"Yup!" said an oblivious as usual Naruto."I didn't think you knew flowers like that Hinata."

"U-um, well its a hobby." Hinata was flustered since she also knew about the meanings certain flowers had, and the ones Naruto brought had associations which made her woozy. She was pretty confident though that Naruto had no clue about what they meant. "Why did you get these flowers anyway?"

"heh, well I didn't really pick these, Ino did. She said you would love them." Naruto looked at the flowers, then back up at Hinata. "I can kind of see how they fit. Purple kinda matches you."

'Ino, of course' Hinata thought in her mind. She wasn't surprised the Yamanaka would do something like this. She still liked the flowers though, and appreciated who they came from even more. "Thanks, I love them." she told Naruto with a soft smile.

"Don't sweat it." Naruto said grinning. "Oh and don't worry I'll male sure I beat that bastard Neji into the ground for you!"

"Naruto..." Hinata was conflicted. She didn't want to see either Naruto or Neji hurt. Even despite how her cousin treats her, she knew about what he went through and the pain he feels. Unfortunately, she didn't think she could say anything too neither boys to get them to go easier on the other. She smiled at Naruto "Good luck."

"Thanks," Naruto said with a wide self-assured smile. then he pointed his thumb at himself and gave a more fierce grin. "but I don't need any luck."

If she had to choose though, then Hinata hoped Naruto won.

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A pumped up Naruto was walking through the hallways of the hospital, when he saw the exact person he was going to look for in the main lobby. How lucky.

"Kakashi-sensei! I Have a favor to a-"

"Save it Naruto. I already know what you are going to ask and the answer is no." Interrupted Kakashi.

How unlucky.

"Why not?"

"Because I already planned to train Sasuke." Explained Kakashi. "But don't worry I found you a teacher." he said pointing to the other side of the room.

Naruto turned around in the direction he was pointing and saw closet perv, looking at him with the same disgust in his eyes as always.

"Naruto-san I have accepted to be your teacher for the month, and I will beat out all that foolishness out of you, that you call skill." Ebisu said with a touch of unkindness.

"Come on Kakashi-sensei can't you find anyone else to teach me other than this pervert, besides I beat him once already." complained Naruto.

"Pervert?" Kakashi said in a question tone.

But before Naruto could answer, Ebisu clamped his hands over Naruto's mouth and started pulling him away. "Nothing. He is delusional. You will have your student back, properly taught, by the end of the month." and with that he pulled Naruto away.

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"Why did you bring me to the hots springs, what can we learn in here?" asked Naruto.

"The basics. It is clear you need a clear review on everything that you were already suppose to know." Said Ebisu.

"Yeah whatever." Mumbled Naruto. Naruto had a bad feeling that he would be getting most of his training done on his own time.

"Now first, take off your clothes."

"WHAT! I knew you were a creep, but not in this type a way." accused Naruto, pointing his finger at his 'sensei'.

"NO! Not like that! In the exercise that you are about to do you will be around water, and unless you want your clothes to get wet, you should take them off!"said Ebisu trying to justify himself.

"Fine, I'll do it, but I'm watching you." Naruto then took everything off except for his underwear. " Now what?

"Now, you watch me." Ebisu instructed, walking towards then on top of the water. "This is a more advance version of the tree-walking chakra control exercise, an essential tool needed for many missions outside the village."

Naruto didn't disagree, the ability to walk on water would have been useful during the mission to the land of waves. He was a little hesitant to try it though. The seal Orochimaru put on him was still making his chakra wierd, but maybe he might be able to at least pull this off.

-Later-

*Splash*

Naruto jumped out of the scorching hot water, for what seemed like the hundredth time today.

"AHH! Shit!" cursed Naruto, landing back on solid ground. "Listen to me you four-eyed creep! I am trying to tell you I can't do this exercise with he way I am right now."

"Exactly! That is why I am making you do this repeatedly. The way you are right now is pitiful, I will be sure to correct that!"

"At least let me do it over regular water! Why the hell do I have to do it here!?"

"Inspiration." said Ebisu simply.

"GRRR!" growled out Naruto, ready to kill the black-clad man.

*Giggle*

Both teacher and student stopped at the sudden noise.

*Giggle* *Giggle*

They turned toward the source of the perverse sounds, and found a tall man with long spiky white hair, and red lines running down his face peaking on the woman's section of the bath house.. He was dressed in a dark green kimono with matching pants, a red haori, and wooden sandals. The man also had a horned fore-head protector with the kanji oil on it. Ebisu bristled that anyone would have the audacity to do something like that in his village and marched up to the man

"Excuse me, sir," Ebisu said grabbing his shoulder. " What do y-"

Out of nowhere a frog came and wrapped it's tongue around Ebisu and slammed him into the ground, knocking him out cold. Naruto looked upon the scene with his mouth open for a few moments before he recovered.

"Hey! you damn pervert!" called Naruto, from a safe distance of course. "HEY!"

"What do you want idiot." The mysterious man finally answered.

"You just knocked out my sensei, and I was supposed to be getting training from him.. What are you going to do about this? Huh?"

"Exactly what I am doing now kid."

Naruto started to growl. Today just wasn't his day. "Can you at least point me in the direction of someone who knows about seals?" questioned Naruto. "I asked this useless piece of lump and he told me the only one who he knows isn't in the village. A lot of help that was." he grumbled.

"It just so happens that I might know a thing or two about them myself. Why?" The man asks.

"Because some damn freaky pedophile put some seal on me that's messing up by chakra." It seems this was enough to get the man to stop peeking and catch his interest.

"Let me see it." he said. It didn't sound much like a request.

Naruto warily lifted up his shirt to show him where it was. The white-haired man stared at it for a moment before holding out his hands, and making his finger tips glow. "Five Pronged Seal Release!" He said, thrusting his hand into Naruto's stomach.

"AH!" cried out Naruto. He fell on all-fours while trying to catch his breath. "What the hell was that for!?"

"You'll see. Try to do that exercise you were attempting earlier."

Grumbling, Naruto reluctantly complied, and went to the springs. Gathering chakra to his feet he hesitantly stepped on to the water. That's when Naruto noticed he no longer felt the restriction he felt on his chakra before. He took another step, then another, and another, until he was full out running and jumping on the water.

"Yes! Hell yeah, I'm back to normal!" celebrated Naruto, while hopping all over the place. 'He actually did it, he could actually take off that snake guy's fuinjutsu. Who the hell is this guy?'

The older man examined naruto for a couple seconds before he spoke again. "I've been thinking, since I accidentally knocked out your sensei, how about I teach you for the rest of the month?"

'Accidentally my ass!' Naruto said to himself. Naruto thought to himself that this might be a good change in events because not only did this guy reverse a sannin's seal, but he also has a summoning contract, which is usually only held by prominent shinobi. "Okay I accept your training, but first you have to tell me who you are. No way am I accepting to do anything with some unknown pervert."

"HAHAHA! Who am I, you ask?" The man suddenly jumped on top of the previously forgotten toad, and started to do a kabuki dance. "I am the Sage of Mount Myoboku! The Prophet of Toads! Sensei of the Legendary Yellow Flash! Super Pimp of Fire! and most importantly, the writer of the Icha Icha Series, JIRAYA OF THE SANNIN!"

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"Nevermind."