Hey guys, it's Funtimes; anyway I just wanted to let you guys to let me know what you think of this story and if there was anyway I can improve my writing. Another thing I want to tell you guys is that right now I'm still debating if this should be a Naruto X Fuu story or a Naruto x Kurotsuchi story; I'll probably leave that question to a poll. Don't get me wrong I don't have anything against NaruHina or NaruSaku but I've always been a fan of more unconventional pairings if you get what I'm saying. So anyway sit back, relax and enjoy the story.

After finally getting Jiraiya to agree to train him, Naruto bounced around in excitement before asking him "So what are we gonna work on first? Ero-sennin a super cool jutsu!" Jiraiya sighed before he simply replied "No brat… First we are going to be working on the basics by using the Shadow Clone Jutsu to speed up fixing your terrible skills in the basics before we do anything else."

Naruto gained a tic mark at first at the not so subtle jab before wondering aloud "How is the Shadow Clone supposed to help me train Ero-sennin?"

Jiraiya followed that up by simply saying to Naruto "I'll show you how brat make one clone and have it follow the one I will make." He and Naruto then performed said jutsu and had them go out of visual distance and deeper into the forest that surrounded the training field. A short while later Naruto pointed at him and shouted in indignation "What the hell Ero-sennin you pushed me down a cliff you bastard!" Before realizing what he just said and then saying in confusion "Wait... how the heck do I know this?"

"That's one of the special characteristics of the shadow clone as well as one of the reasons the jutsu was created." Jiraiya explained, Naruto then remembered his earlier fight with Zabuza before asking "But if the Shadow Clone Jutsu can be used like this then why bother with other types of clones?"

Jiraiya simply grinned before saying "Finally a decent question from you brat." That remark earned him a "Hey" from his student before continuing with his explanation.

"To put it simply, each type of clone has advantages and disadvantages, which for the most part are tied to the element or lack there of when using one." He explained further upon seeing Naruto's confused face.

"Much like the elements they use each clone has its own special property, Fire clones create a small explosion and burn any nearby enemies if they are dispelled by an enemy attack they can also be used to create a smokescreen by dispelling them but if they are hit by a Water jutsu then these effects usually don't happen there is also the problem that if they are too close to comrades when they are dispelled they are just as likely to hurt them along with the enemy, Wind clones are usually a little faster than the original and will cut up the enemy if they are dispelled by them at close range but that speed doesn't come without cost as they are dispelled very easily and the wind chakra that powers them can be turned on the user by using a Fire jutsu causing them to explode, Lightning clones like Wind clones are a little faster than the original but upon being dispelled instead of cutting the enemy at close range they shock them this is even more pronounced if the enemy destroyed the clone using a metal weapon which are kinda necessary in our line of work; however if the weapon that the destroyed the clone is coated in Wind chakra then the Lightning clone wont shock the enemy that dispelled the clone it also to a limited extent has the same problem that the Fire clone has in the fact that it can harm comrades as well as the enemy, Earth clones are much sturdier and harder to dispel then other types of clones as well the fact that Water jutsu have a very low chance actually doing any type of damage against them, however they are much slower than the original and there's the fact that Lightning jutsu will cut through them with minimal effort also they are a little more chakra intensive than other types of clones, and finally Water clones in the hands of a skilled user cost very little chakra compared to the other clones as well as the fact that they slip through things like grates and fences and in the hands of a skilled user can even be laced with things like poison to coat the enemy with when they are dispelled but those traits don't come without a cost as they are very easy to dispel even more so than the Wind clone, they are also easily defeated by Earth jutsu, they are also much weaker than most other clones in when it comes to strength and are heavily dependent on the local climate." Jiraiya explained wisely.

Naruto eyed Jiraiya with suspicion before saying "First who are you and what have you done with the real Ero-sennin and secondly what do you mean by Water clones are dependent on the climate?"

Jiraiya bopped him on the head before shouting in indignation. "What's that supposed to mean, Brat?!" A tic mark showing up on his head.

Naruto simply shouted back "You never acted this seriously before!" before nursing the bump on his aching head.

Jiraiya instantly retorted "What do you mean I've never acted this seriously before, I'm always serious!" growing another tic mark on his head.

"Uh huh." Naruto said while looking at his teacher with a deadpan expression. Jiraiya mumbled under his breath something about "Brats not respecting their elders." Jiraiya then decided to get back to the topic at hand saying "To answer your earlier question suiton clones are dependent on the local environment because they draw not only chakra but moisture from the air around them making them hard to use in places like Suna and Iwa due to the dry climate this causes the suiton clone to become much more sluggish and less flexible."

Naruto then asked "So where do shadow clones fit into all this, what kind of special abilities do they have?"

"Glad you asked brat." Jiraiya said with a grin then he said "Shadow clones are unique in that they don't use elemental chakra as a sort of medium so while they don't have special abilities when they dispel at least ones that are immediately apparent, this also means that they have special properties that none of the other clones do." Naruto asked curiously "Like what kind of properties." Jiraiya sighed before saying "I was getting there brat don't interrupt me… so anyway the Shadow clone in addition to the previously shown memory return ability is also able to use more types of jutsu." Naruto then asked "What kind of jutsu?" "What did I say about interrupting brat." Jiraiya reprimanded before continuing "Elemental clones while having special abilities when they are dispelled also have the disadvantage of being able to use only the element of the jutsu that created so Fire clones can only use Fire jutsu so on and so forth, while this results in the elemental clones being less chakra intensive it also means that if say a Lightning wielder decided to go against a Wind wielder the Wind wielder would have the advantage in terms of clones as the elemental clones can only the type of chakra they were created with." Jiraiya then explained "Shadow clones however do not have this disadvantage as they can use any type of jutsu due to them being made from neutral chakra which while yes makes them more chakra intensive also makes them more versatile in a fight."

At this point Naruto was very eager to start his training so he asked Jiraya "So do we start training now Ero-sennin?"

"Not yet brat, I have one more thing I need you to do before we start." After Jiraiya said that he pulled out a piece of paper to which upon seeing this Naruto questioned "What's a piece of paper gonna do for my training?" Jiraiya explained "This is going to allow us to see what your chakra nature is."

"My chakra what?" Naruto said, completely confused.

"Didn't you learn this stuff in the academy?" Jiraiya asked, not liking where this conversation was headed.

"The teachers didn't teach me much at the academy with sole exception of Iruka-sensei, and many of them would kick me out of the important lessons; heck the only reason I know how to throw shuriken and kunai correctly was because Iruka-sensei showed me how after I nearly hit him and a few other students while trying to throw them." Naruto explained a miniature storm cloud seemingly forming over his head while remembering how the instructors would go out of their way to make sure he didn't learn anything.

Jiraiya meanwhile was not pleased, actually scratch that not pleased was an understatement he was downright furious "It's like those instructors were trying to get him killed." He thought as he tried to calm himself down as he knew that he had a lot more work to do now that this new information had been revealed to him.

Jiraiya then sighed and then said "Well I guess we got our work cut out for us then brat." After how much his new student had been hindered in the academy; Naruto was gonna have his work cut out for him as he only had a month to catch up while his peers had at least 4 years to do and he was gonna have to help him improve even more than that.

Jiraiya then decided to lighten the mood by explaining "This is chakra paper; it is used to test a person's chakra natures. If you are a fire affinity the paper will burn, wind affinity will split in half, lightning affinity will crumple, earth affinity will crumble, and water affinity it will soak." He then pushed some chakra into his paper which crumbled before what remained started burning.

"Now you try." Jiraiya told Naruto before handing a piece of paper to his blonde student.

Naruto obliged this and the result was that the paper split in half followed by the upper half crumpling and the lower half crumbling.

Jiraiya then nodded in approval saying "It seems you have a primary wind affinity with a secondary lightning and earth affinities." Jiraiya thought afterwards "Though that does beg the question on where the earth affinity came from Minato, I know had a lightning affinity and Kushina a wind affinity so it might be the Kyubi's doing." Jiraiya decided to look into it at a later date before saying "Alright I want you to create 200 shadow clones and have them do these following exercises."

"Will do Ero-sennin." Naruto said happily and complied with the trademark crossed finger seal before shouting "Shadow Clone Jutsu." After this had happened 200 clones appeared in the training ground they were using.

With the task of creating 200 shadow clones now done, Jiraiya divided them into doing certain exercises; three groups of 20 clones would do the leaf cutting, the leaf crumpling, or the leaf crumbling exercises respectively as while Jiraiya only knew Earth and Fire Ninjutsu it wouldn't hurt for his student to get a head start on his training. 20 clones would read as much as they could from chakra theory to tactics, 20 more clones would work on shurikenjutsu. 30 clones would work on various taijutsu katas, 30 more clones would work on basic chakra control exercises; and the final 40 would work on calligraphy, wait what?

"Ero-sennin what's the point of calligraphy, I know how to read and write already…" Naruto wondered/complained not knowing in the slightest how this was gonna help him in his upcoming fight against Neji.

"Calligraphy is meant to prepare you in learning a very powerful art if it is used in the right hands." Jiraiya explained before continuing "It may also give you an edge in your fight with that Hyuga boy."

"Fuinjutsu was also one of the things his clan was famous for… not that he knows that right now." Jiraiya added mentally.

Naruto grumbled under his breath clearly not happy about it but complied anyway before asking "So what am I supposed to do then?"

"I want you to do these exercises since that is the only thing your shadow clones can't help you with." Jiraiya replied.

With those words Naruto began his month of training and to say he progressed quickly and that Jiraiya was impressed would be an understatement. Within two days Naruto was already a quarter of the way done with the all three leaf exercises, he could reliably hit a stationary target nine times out of ten with throwing weapons, his taijutsu which was once so bad that it more resembled a street brawler rather than a shinobi was on par now with most average genin, and his handwriting had improved enough that Jiraiya had deemed him ready to start learning fuinjutsu.

"If he continues to progress at this rate I have no doubt that he will eventually surpass both me and Minato eventually." Jiraiya thought before sighing sadly at the thought of his late student as he watched Naruto running around the training field apparently attempting to increase how fast he could go sustainably.

By the end of the first week, Naruto had improved dramatically from where he was a week ago he had finished all three leaf exercises and was now working on the second stage of elemental chakra training which was coating a kunai in elemental chakra in this case Wind, Lightning, and Earth. He also had increased his accuracy with throwing weapons considerably as he could hit a moving target reliably 8 times out of 10 emphasis on the moving part as that was a feat most genin could not accomplish reliably. Naruto's taijutsu had improved a lot as well as now he could fight on a low chunin level, He also had mastered the tree climbing and water walking techniques to a point where he could use them reliably in a fight. Finally there was fuinjutsu where at the beginning Naruto was once grumbling about learning now he could not get enough of it as he had taken to the art like a fish to water and within five days was on a level where most mid level chunin weren't; which admittedly there weren't many of them left but it was still impressive considering it would take most people a eight months to a year to get to this level with the art as Naruto could now produce medium quality sealing scrolls, as well as low level restriction and chakra suppression seals.

"Geez the kid is progressing faster in this than I thought he would. I was planning on giving him the notes to this jutsu after the exams but with the rate he's progressing it might be warranted." Jiraiya thought to himself before deciding that he would give Naruto the notes to a technique that even he hadn't been able to figure out to perform.

"Hey brat." Jiraiya called out to Naruto as said person stopped what he was doing and ran over to his teacher before saying "Yes Ero-sennin." Jiraiya's eye twitched at the name before he decided to mess with his student a little first "Well I was gonna give you notes to a new jutsu but since you keep insisting on calling me that name brat." Naruto said almost immediately "I'll stop calling you that just please give me the notes." Jiraiya snickered to himself and did a little victory dance in his head before saying "Easy there brat, but just be careful as this is a jutsu that is very difficult to perform but likewise is extremely powerful." As he handed Naruto the notes and a sealing scroll with 15 tri-pronged kunai that any veteran of the Third Shinobi World War would recall either in awe or from fear depending on which side of it they were on. "Thanks Ero-sennin" Naruto said cheekily "Damn brat." Jiraiya said grinning while shaking his head. As Naruto ran back to his spot; he stopped and turned towards Jiriaya and asked "By the way what is the name of this jutsu anyway?" Jiraiya simply replied "It's called the Hiraishin."

Naruto then immediately went about trying to recreate the technique which much to his frustration hit brick wall after brick wall as he attempted to learn it and decipher the seals that it was made of; as this cycle repeated itself for almost a week before he discovered the key by accident. As Naruto was still trying to figure out what he wasn't getting about his technique a sudden gust blew over one of the books about sealing that he was reading; as Naruto went to pick up the book he saw that it had flipped to the page about the reverse summoning seal he thought this seal looked familiar for some reason before looking at one of the tri-pronged kunai he was carrying; to his surprise the majority of the formula on the hilt of the kunai was exactly the same as the shortened version of the reverse summoning seal mixed in with a blood seal as well as a minor beacon seal.

"I GOT IT!" Naruto shouted and jumped with joy before going to attempt to recreate the technique one more time he placed the kunai on a stump in the middle of the training ground before walking to the edge of the training field as he channeled his chakra into one of the kunai in his hand and focused on the kunai he placed on the stump and to his excitement he teleported to the kunai only to feel pain immediately afterwards when he overshot and crashed into a tree on the other end of the training ground.

"Owww…" Naruto moaned as he rubbed the back of his head in pain normally he would be upset by this but right now he was too happy to care as he finally made some progress in this technique and immediately got up in order to start perfecting his new technique though he also noted that he felt a little disoriented but thought that was probably because he had hit his head.

Unbeknownst to Naruto however is that Jiraiya who was hiding in a tree had seen the whole thing was trying to pick his jaw up off the ground from his shock. When he finally recovered from his stupor Jiraiya thought "The brat really did it… I always knew that he would be able to do it someday but for him to be able to perform it so quickly is nothing short of astounding." As impressive as it was, Jiraya also mentally noted that if people knew that Naruto could perform this technique then that would paint a huge target on his students' back, especially in certain villages namely Iwa and to a lesser extent Kumo.

Jiraiya planned to ask Naruto to not use the Hiraishin unless he had no other option, but decided to save that conversation for a later date as he let Naruto celebrate his breakthrough.

Over the course of the second and third week Naruto worked to perfect the Hiraishin and could consistently use it without overshooting his target but he still did so from time to time; but that wasn't to say that was all he had improved as he perfected his usage of all three elemental kunai exercises, his taijutsu had improved to a solid mid chunin level, He was also learning the river running exercise which was a lot like the water walking exercise but instead of still water he would try to run against a river's current turning it into half chakra control, half physical exercise as he would have to try and control his movements against a force that was actively moving against him. His shurikenjutsu had also improved to low jonin level as he could hit moving targets with precision and hit stationary targets while moving on a consistent basis. All the reading Naruto had his shadow clones do over the past three weeks had improved his mental capabilities a lot as well as made him much better at coming up with strategies, as while he still wasn't the smartest shinobi there was it was also clear that he wouldn't hinder the team he was on as he knew what he was doing now. Ninjutsu wise Jiraiya had taught Naruto two earth style jutsu as that was the only chakra affinity the two of them shared, the two jutsus being the Earth Clone and Earth Style: Caltrop Spike Field. The first jutsu is pretty self explanatory and the second was a defensive technique that caused small caltrop sized spikes to rise about all around in a radius around the user, said spikes were around 1 to 2 inches in height making it so the enemy had to actively watch where they stepped lest they step on one of the spikes; this jutsu is also a stepping stone in learning another jutsu Jiraiya was teaching Naruto to perform the Earth Style: Earth Flow Spears technique. Fuinjutsu was where Naruto improved the most however as he learned to make medium level restriction seals, low level flash and beacon seals, as well as create explosive seals with about the same amount of firepower as a firecracker so while they weren't the most powerful these explosive seals were still powerful enough that you wouldn't want them on you or near you when they detonated.

There was also an incident that occurred while Naruto was trying to learn the Earth Flow Spears technique, a rather funny or embarrassing depending on who you asked as Naruto was attempting to learn since for some reason the spikes themselves weren't appearing though it seemed to be a lucky break in disguise as will be shown.

Naruto was visibly frustrated at the fact that the technique had no spikes which was the whole point of the jutsu so in his frustration he attempted to try the jutsu again but this time he sent the chakra in the wrong direction on the ground so instead going in the direction he was facing said jutsu which thankfully didn't have spikes on the tips launched Naruto screaming in the opposite direction towards the edge of the training grounds, as Naruto got up he saw that Jiraiya was on the ground turning blue because he was laughing so hard at what happened.

During the last week of the training month that was left to them; Jiraiya decided that Naruto should spar against him so that Naruto could learn to use his newfound skills which included the Earth Style:Earth Flow Spears technique which Naruto could finally perform. It also gave Jiraiya to teach his student in a more practical manner as well as give him an ability to see what said skills were capable of doing in the right hands. He also had Naruto get used to fighting in terrain that was altered by the Earth Style: Caltrop Spike Field technique so that his student's new technique wouldn't end up hindering him if he were to use it in battle.

It was also during that last week that an inevitable conversation happened between the young shinobi and his sensei.

"What do you mean I shouldn't use the Hiraishin during the exams!" Naruto complained clearly not liking that the jutsu he worked so hard on he was now unable to use during the exams.

"What did I say about not letting me finish, brat!" Jiraiya shouted at him before continuing "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, you shouldn't use it right off the bat you should keep it as an ace in case you need something to fall back on, it would be… unwise to show it off too early." Jiraiya explained hoping Naruto would buy that excuse.

"I probably shouldn't tell you that Iwa and Kumo would most likely send assassins after you if they knew that you could perform the jutsu right now." Jiraiya added mentally while worried what Naruto's reaction would be if his newest student found himself in an enemy bingo book.

Thankfully for Jiraiya; Naruto accepted this explanation saying grumpily "Yeah I guess I get what you're saying…" clearly not happy about not being able to kick Neji's ass with it.

While Naruto didn't know it at that moment, the time for him to fight using the Hiraishin would come sooner than he had expected it would.

Hey guys Funtimes again here I just wanted you guys to let me know what you think of this story as well as if it should be Naruto X Fuu or Naruto X Kurotsuchi but that decision won't happen until later down the line so anyway have a nice day; and hoped you enjoyed the story so far.

Authors jutsu list

Shadow Clone Jutsu - Allows the user to create solid clones instead of illusions but it is considered a kinjutsu due to the sheer amount of chakra required to perform the jutsu. Any memories the clones gain will be transferred to the user upon dispelling.

Earth Clone - The user of this jutsu creates clones that are made from the earth around them this make the clone more durable but as a consequence the clones are slower than the original. Weak to lightning jutsu but strong against water jutsu.

Earth Style: Caltrop Spike Field - The user of the jutsu channels their chakra into the ground around them causing small spikes around one to two inches (2.5 to 5.1 cm) to rise out of the ground in either a circle around them or in a specific direction, making it harder to traverse especially for an enemy who might have never encountered them before. This jutsu is usually used in a defensive manner but is also useful in putting an opponent on the backfoot. Yes this is an OC jutsu though I'm not sure if anyone has used a similar idea before or if a similar jutsu is canon.

Earth Style: Earth Flow Spears - The user of this jutsu channels their chakra into the ground causing large spikes to launch out in a certain direction the size and number of spikes are determined by how much chakra is used.

Restriction Seals - These seals are designed to make moving much harder and are a stepping stone in learning how to make paralysis seals.

Flash Seal - These are seals designed to let off a burst of light that blinds all those looking nearby.

Beacon Seal - A seal designed to act as a beacon for communication as those nearby will sense its presence, they are often used in war so that commanders know which objectives have been taken and where the current frontline is though this is not their only purpose as seen in the use of the Hiraishin sealing matrix as they are used in conjunction with a blood seal so as to make a network of sorts.

Hiraishin - The mastery of this technique had made the fourth Hokage a legend as he teleported and moved so fast that his enemies gave him the moniker "Kiiroi Senko or the Yellow Flash" this technique uses multiple seals in order to allow the user to teleport from place to place anywhere where the matrix is located. There are however downsides to this technique as the user becomes extremely disoriented and dizzy due to the constant movement and change in surroundings meaning that if the user was not used to the aftereffects of this technique then they could easily become a sitting duck.