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Rising Spiral

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Sarutobi looked out on the village. He had seen the best and the worst that could come from them. Turning he looked at his desk the pictures of his family his son and the previous Hokages. He knew that each had made sacrifices for the village but he couldn't help but feel their loss was in vain. Knowing that the villagers made bad decisions he reflected on Naruto. He could only lower his head in shame of how he failed the boy. Promising to the fourth and Jiraiya that Naruto would be safe. He reminisced of how despite his tries the villagers are turning him into a self fulfilling prophecy.

He could see that Naruto was slowly losing his love for the village and developing a serious hate for it. From watching his crystal ball he could see why.

'I knew it was a mistake putting him with Kakashi his favoring of the Uchiha will get someone killed. He could at least train his other students. We always knew since the Uchiha massacre that Sasuke was mentally unstable. It was a high probability that he would betray us to someone for power. However from this he could say the opposite. It was still possible, but, that he might force Naruto to do the same, for Naruto his strive to grow stronger is being stunted and Kakashi might just be forcing Naruto-kun to leave just to try to keep up with his pears. This could be a problem. If there was a way he could help Naruto without Kakashi finding out and hindering him it could work.

The next day when Team 7 stopped by for there meeting everything seemed fine. To a trained ninja you could feel the hostility rolling off Naruto towards his team. Sakura and Sasuke were seemingly unaware but Kakashi was probably had a foreboding sense and a little guilt when he noticed Naruto's gaze lingered on him for a few seconds before he turned to look at Sarutobi.

They accepted the mission to once again, retrieve Tora the cat, oh that blasted cat caused many a mishap with the gennin. The gennin did well and by well Naruto caught the cat, Sakura chewed him out for harming said cat and Sasuke thought that he had better things to do. All in all a perfect mission. Once receiving their pay for the mission team7 began to leave.

"Naruto could please stay a minute" Kakashi and Sasuke just looked and walked away .Sakura actually couldn't figure out which direction Sasuke went. The Hokage broke her concentration on her crush.

"Yea what is it Oji-san" " Just the person I wanted to see. It has been awhile Naruto how are you? " "I'm fine you know me " " so is everything alright with your team" "hai we are coming along well I think" "Naruto tell me the truth I know you better than this and the way you look at Kakashi tells me something is off"

" You noticed huh stupid crystal ball. Probably uses it to peek on girls" With a slight tint in his cheeks Sarutobi replied " This is serious is there anything I can do to help you"

A long sigh was heard " Oji its my team. Sasuke is impossible to work with he just pisses me off to much. The stuck up bastard is in his own little word. Kakashi is no help either. All he tells me is be like Sasuke. I've seen his private lessons with Sasuke and can't help but be annoyed. He never explains anything and just tells me to work on my chakra control. I may not be the best but even I do some things better than Sasuke. He has yet to tell me another more helpful way than treeclimbing. I've been doing that everyday for 6 hours and he still tells me that my control is still bad."

"Then there is Sakura Kami I hate her. I used to like her but all she gives a damn about is Sasuke. Did you know that she hit me yesterday for greeting her. She does nothing to help the team and always tries to make me look bad, she needs a reality check quick."

The third could only hang his head in shame ' I thought it was a good idea to put him with Kakashi, you fool your so lucky Naruto not like sasuke or he would have pulled an Itachi for closed minded people like you. Your favoritism is most unbecoming, he is making the same mistake I made and he might pay a heavier price for it. Oh but I know, won't he be surprised at Naruto's new growth when the Chunin exams come around Maybe this will get him to come around'

" Well Naruto-kun I know just what to do. After your team training meet me in Training ground 66 I know just what to do."

Naruto cracked the biggest foxy grin you could imagine with a quick " THANKS OJI-SAN" he ran out the door yelling about getting more ramen. He will never learn.

So two days later we find the two sitting in training ground 66. " Naruto in light of the events your training is falling behind. So I have here a few scrolls"

"Is it a super cool awesomely powerful jutsu right? I can shoot laser beams or fly maybe walk through walls or turn invisible." Coughing to get his attention Sarutobi continued" now no there are some scrolls in here that will have jutsus however more importantly these are scrolls of warriors who fought before the known use of charkra. They used it to enhance their mighty skills and were like one man armies. Several of these warriors had very specific styles and weapons in these scrolls I want you to learn.

"Sugoi you mean I can learn and be just as strong as them"

"no" Here Naruto's head dropped. " I mean you can be even better. You have access to all of there knowledge and what you know. Plus you will be able to use their styles and maybe create your own. You should work on the skills I have here." Handing Naruto a piece o f paper it outlined his physical workout and had 3 Taijutsu styles on it. The next one had the name of the warrior his strength and his weapon style.

Naruto was so excited he was jumping for joy. " Now Naruto lets begin.

The next two weeks went like a blur. Sandaime had shown Naruto waterwalking, kunai balancing and the basics for his taijutsu. He even explained them and even got naruto the exact weapons from Konoha's vault. " Since you shall be reviving their work you should have these.

The first was a large axe. It was beautifully crafted. It had a 14 inch handle that was pure black with a blue dragon running up it. There was blue Kanji on that read Mad Bull( anyone guess where this is going yet if so congrats if not well keep reading.) Then it had a massive 2 foot blade with a curve. The metal was silver and the edge of the blade gave off a blackish purple glow. On the other side of the blade was a bull's head it had it was black with a yellow nose ring and yellowish eyes.

His name was Dian Wei a bodyguard of some lord the scroll was unreadable at this part. He was a master at the hand axe. He is known most for his powerful blows that are devastatingly quick.

Training for his style required being able to swing 5 times his body weight with his weak hand. So Naruto was forced to do 1000 push ups and carry weights on his arms and twice as much on his legs while sparring. He also learned that Dian Wei was a great wrestler and had many moves that could make a opponent submit.

2 months later

Next Sarutobi had him go over 2 more weapons and styles. One was of a fighter called Zasalamel a massive man who used a death scythe who was known for traveling great distances very quickly and always used the advantages of his scythes size.

The Weapon was a large scythe. A 5 foot gold handle at the end was a silver 5 point star with a pink tint to it. The blade had a slight curve on the top and was connected to the handle by a red fox head. It was called Ankou.

Next was Wei Yan this was a general of a nation called Shu. He couldn't speak very well but he proved valuable and was quick known as a officer killer. He was famous for killing 3 enemy generals in one battle. His style comprised of full swings and dance like moves with his Double Vouge called Comet Strike.

Sarutobi then called to Naruto and explained to him the secrets of kage bunshins and had them practice a western style called Capoeira. To greatly increase his flexibility and striking power.

It was three days since naruto learned how to use Ankou so he had stopped by Ichiraku for some of his beloved ramen.

" hello Naruto-kun how are you" "wonderful Ayame hows my favorite chef"

"What was that my favorite customer prefers someone else how could you" Teuchi yelled from the back. "Oh calm down Oji-san I was only talking about Ayame-chan"

"Oh so its Ayame-chan now " Ayame cooed. "Of course with a beauty such as you how could I not be swayed by you lovely looks and sweet personality" Naruto replied with a smirk.

"Oh big words now you've gotten better Naruto-kun. Your just so cute but still too young for me, maybe when your 15." she giggled. "

"Oh but you know I never give up my fair Ayame-chan" and with one more foxy wink he payed for his meal and slipped out of the restaurant to go home.

Another day another team exercise. Today started out just like all the others, Sakura ignored him, Sasuke brooded and Kakashi was... pensive. He had noticed Naruto's change in behavior and was slightly worried. He knew he wasn't the best friend or sensei to him but he seemed so cold and detached from the team. Years of intuition and experience the only times something like this happens is when there is a traitor or someone leaves. He quickly scratched the first one as it didn't seem likely but the second concerns him more. If given how the team treated him before and how he is now he'd bet spending 5 hours alone with Gai that Naruto was slowly resenting his team or growing rather angry at them.

While of course he didn't want to believe it but for now he would just watch him to be sure.' Damn I knew I have to look out for Sasuke but I don't want that to brake up my team. Maybe I should just pay a little more attention to Sakura as well.'

" Yosh, time for sparring Sakura vs. Naruto Sasuke with me. After half an hour he went back to check on Sakura what he saw shocked him. Naruto had finished him up with a combo where he punched Sakura in the gut. Followed by a high arc kick making her stumble left. Then he kicked her chin up jumped and raped his right leg around her and used his momentum to swing her up in the air. Next could only be described as acrobatic genius, he flipped in mid air and connected with a heel drop kick. Then Leaned forward and grabbed Sakura by the dress and flipped again. This time throwing Sakura a good 25 yards away.

'Why'"Why can't I hit you I could always hit you before" " because Sakura-san I stopped holding back" this shocked everyone because he always call her Sakura-chan and this tone of voice unnerved them. Kakashi now, he was confused normally Sakura would pound him for a while till naruto caught her with kage bunshins where had he learned to fight like that.

Sasuke marched right up and demanded naruto teach him that move. Of course classic naruto said " Jealous teme ha" " what was that dobe" " you heard me furu-tsuke-ki" " WHAT FIGHT ME DOBE RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW"Sasuke ranted in his mind ' Nobody calls the almighty avenger, the last of the Great Uchiha clan a fruitcake I'll kick his ass then force him to show me his move if only I could copy it'

he then charged at naruto as he pulled out his dosu( yakuza sword) and swung high. Naruto quickly pulled out Ankou from his summoning scroll and parried the Uchiha. Kakashi was slack jawed" holy expletive" ' where the hell do you get one of those Anko would salivate at this I must stop this Naruto couldn't handle that weapon on his own maybe I should give it to Sasuke he could use weapon training. First must stop naruto.'

Before he even moved it was over. Naruto had struck the Uchiha several time with only shallow cuts but they looked painful. Sasuke hit the ground with a low thump!. " enough thats all the training for today. Sakura get some rest tomorrow be here at 9. Sasuke go home get some rest" Kakashi drawled head back in his perverted little book. " Naruto stay we need to talk"

So Kakashi led Naruto to a small clearing and got straight to the point. "Yosh give me the scythe" " HELL no this is my scythe" Kakashi's eye narrowed "Naruto your not ready to handle a weapon like that plus you could have really hurt Sasu"

" Oh but if I hadn't than I would have had to dodge his dosu than what would you say"

"even so you need to learn restraint maybe you could show Sasuke how to use it besides it would help your teamw" he was cut off as a very pissed Naruto yelled

" How the expletive (so horrible the author couldn't even think them) do you think that teaching the spoiled brat my style will help with teamwork. He only sees me and Sakura as people not worth his time and you tell me I need to share with him fat chance"

And with that he stormed off. ' that went as well as I could hope some how I don't think I helped at all'

two weeks passed and things returned to the normal schedule, D-ranks. The tension was thick as Sasuke kept asking Naruto about his weapon and his styles he used. The next sparring they had it was Naruto vs. Sasuke. ' Figures it is no wonder that Kakashi sensei stays with him longer he is he that special? No he isn't I'll just show Kakashi that I'm no dead last, he will respect my skills'

" ok guys no fatal moves this is just a spar ( insert pointed look at naruto) you will use straight ninjutsus and kenjutsus. The match is over when I say it is and hajime."

With that Naruto and Naruto pulled out there weapons Sasuke with his katana Kakashi gave him and Comet strike for Naruto. Naruto swung in a horizontal attack that sasuke jumped back. He then went and started seals for his Goukakyou. Naruto then countered with Kaze tama. He created 9 clones and had them spread out. Sasuke dodged more flips and lunges by Naruto and managed to cut him. He smirked thinking he would win. He started more seals and threw out jutsu after jutsu.

Naruto responded in kind Raiton: Izakuchi no kiba a bolt of lightning shot from his hands and hit the fireball. He then went in to the Ashi taju hi usagi( claim all rights to this) several bunnies made of fire then chased Sasuke and exploded near him knocking his katana away. Then as soon as that happened the he opened with 2 more jutsus Raiton : hara no denki to partially paralyze Sasuke. Followed by Doton: Naiya yougeki( claim rights to) to cover his hands in diamonds and took a cross swipe at Sasuke as he cried out at the stinging in his chest.

Naruto then flash through 2 seals and jumped shouting Doton: Waizu no meido. All the dirt that was in the clearing turned to black tar then hardened and encased Sakura and Sasuke up to their ankles. Kakashi had enough sense to jump in a near by tree. " ok that's enough good job Sasuke, Naruto work on your execution you were a little slow.

They drilled for about 2 more hours until Kakashi called for a stop" yosh meet back here at noon tomorrow for a mission."