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Short chapter, I know, I am under a lot of stress, not even going to make an excuse, just read the chapter please.

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Naruto stared down at the scroll he had pulled out of his pouch, and began to unroll it. He gazed upon the Kanji and pictures that adorned the surface of the scroll.

He was staring at an elemental manipulation scroll, specifically, a basic Futon scroll.

The failure he experienced in the Chunin Exams was a massive eye opener for him, his current jutsu repertoire was useless in a straight up fight, at least with his current tactics.

With that in mind, he realized fully that he needed to expand his jutsu repertoire, as well as his other combat abilities.

To start, he needed to increase his control over his natural Futon element. He had been unable to learn any of the Futon jutsu in Konoha, as his control of the Futon element was not enough for him to properly utilize it. Without that control, all he was doing was accessing the hand seals and some basic amounts of elemental chakra, such a combination was more likely to kill him than it was to kill his opponent.

Hence, he had snuck into the Konoha library, and acquired a single basic Futon scroll. It wasn't much, but he could not afford to draw too much attention to himself…not yet.

He looked the scroll over, taking in all the information, the motions, and so on. Once he had thoroughly memorized the process, he shot through several hand signs, and snapped, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu."

In an instant, over a dozen clones appeared around him, who then shot off to do their commanded task.

Naruto nodded his head…he had been foolish to not use this aspect of the Kage Bunshin sooner, the ability to learn information at a tremendous rate, and in such mass, it was a perfect training technique. However, only somebody with his chakra reserves could ever hope to use the technique to its fullest potential.

The clones took their place on the side of the field, and they each grabbed a leaf from a nearby tree, and began to focus their chakra into a blade to cut the leaf.

At the same time, another battalion of clones were performing assorted taijutsu maneuvers by themselves, and against one another.

Naruto had picked out several taijutsu styles from the library, which were much easier to procure than an elemental scroll. He had set about twenty clones to practice each taijutsu style. He had picked grappling styles, styles that focused on strength, others on offense and defense, any style he thought could benefit him in a fight.

Off to the side, another batch of clones were reading weapon scrolls they had acquired from a weapon shop, whilst working with cheap weapons they had purchased from the same weapon shop. Naginata, Sai, Nodachi, Axe's, maces, and even trench knives. Naruto had seen what specialization in only a single weapon could do, while yes, one was a truly dangerous foe with their weapon of choice, if they lost their weapon, they were all but helpless, unless they had a backup. As such, he had opted to learn how to wield as many weapons as possible, so that even if he lost his primary weapon, he could always utilize another weapon.

The multiple different taijutsu styles, plus the ability to wield multiple types of weaponry would no doubt make him a dangerous and unpredictable force on the battlefield, no matter the opponent.

Smiling, he created six more clones, and sent them off to join a group of clones who were practicing the tree walking and water walking exercises. While he had learned to use both, he still was not sure if he was able to properly use either one in a combat scenario. As such, he had clones running up and down the trees while clones threw kunai and shuriken at them, making them feel as if they were in a combat scenario.

Speaking of kunai and shuriken, he had another batch of clones training with kunai, shuriken, and other throwing weapons, such as senbon and many other throwing weapons. They aimed at clones that moved and dodged away from the incoming strikes, this provided evading training, as well as allowed the clones to learn to hit a moving target, which would then be transferred to Naruto when they dispelled.

He had many other clones learning how to utilize poisons, others were collecting salvage from other training grounds, and more still were practicing the henge, kawarimi, and the standard academy Bunshin. Anything that could be utilized to make him a better Shinobi, he was learning it.

Naruto sighed and looked around at the clones…before looking down at bag he had carried with him to the training ground. He reached into the bag…and pulled out two pairs of weights, which he then proceeded to strap around his wrists and ankles. While the clones allowed him to increase his chakra control, muscle memory, and other aspects, his own physical prowess would have to be completed by himself, on his own. As such, he had purchased a specialized set of weights, which he had been using for the last two days…and the results of his training had been nothing short of tremendous.

He tightened his fist and looked around at his clones…currently, he had over two hundred clones doing something that would inevitably aid him in his quest to become a stronger Shinobi, however, even with so many clones working, it would take months, possibly even years for him to be as strong as he hoped to be.

However, the memory of his weakness in the forest of death drove him to push himself harder, to make sure such an event never happened again.

With that memory in mind, Naruto shot off into the woods, whilst his clones performed their intended tasks.


Short, I know, guess what, I have to work for a living so I can afford an internet connection so I can POST these chapters. And frankly, I had no idea what else to put in, if you like, consider this a transitional chapter for what is to come for this story.

A message from dracohalo117 and Leaf Ranger...SOPA is back, that is right people, the bill that is threatening to take away our freedoms on the internet and beyond is BACK, and not only is it back, but it is trying to be passed quietly so nobody notices, SOPA will guarantee that anybody who streams a video, whether it be on youtube, a walkthrough for a video game, or a kid singing a song that is 'copyrighted' they will be treated as a felon, that is right, a FELON, do you understand me? YOU will be treated like the highest form of criminal for uploading a video game walkthrough on youtube, for singing a song on karaoke, hell, you could be arrested and treated as a felon for posting a screenshot...

Now, why am I telling you this? Because this is only just the beginning, how long until Fanfiction is being attacked, how long until a fanfiction writer is being carted off to a maximum state prison for writing a character from Naruto into their fanfic, or a character from Bleach, or a character fro Sekirei or Seikon no Qwaser, Highschool DxD, Trinity Blood, Witchblade, how long until THAT crap is happening? I assure you that if this passes, it will not be long, oh no, it will not be long at all, because once this passes, then ANYTHING goes, Fanfiction will be attacked for using canon characters in a fanon manner, authors will be arrested for writing a book whose main character has glasses, just like in another series, artists will be arrested and confined for using sapphire blue in the iris of one of their characters like another author. We CANNOT let this happen!