The evening sun burned low on the horizon, as a seven year old boy stood in a field. His blond hair shifting in the light breeze, as he flicked and threw kunai at the targets with a grim set look of determination on his face along with beads of sweat from the hours of practice.

"You're doing it wrong." A girls voice scolded him.

Turning and dropping the one in his hand, he spotted a girl with brown hair tied up in buns with a Chinese style dress and pants on. "But this is how Karu-sensei showed me.."

The girl frowned, before she walked over and started moving him like he was a human puppet. "Well it's obviously not working for you. So I'll just teach you like my Daddy taught me... and I never miss." It was one of her growing pet peeves, misusing weapons.

She worked with him for over an hour, and noticed how quickly he picked it up. 'Huh you know for being the dobe of the class below me he sure learns fast...' Shaking her head as an idea formed slightly, "Tell you what...meet me here after the academy everyday and we can go over what we were taught."

"Deal.." He blushed, "oh.. uhm what's your name?"

"Tenten..."

"want to be friends?"

He looked like a kicked puppy, "Of course But just remember if I tell you it's wrong... it's wrong."

"Okay Ten-chan...see..see you tomorrow." He started running off before he stopped, "I'm Naruto!"

Shaking her head,"I know.. see you tomorrow Naruto-kun."

That night changed the life of Naruto.. and quite possibly the entire world. But for now, time flowed with the two meeting up and training over the year. Tenten instantly correcting anything he was doing wrong. Fortunately with her Families shop, she managed to get Naruto out of the jumpsuits, on a work out plan, a diet, and was treating him like a weapon she was forging, working out every flaw she could.

There was however one thing she couldn't figure out. That was his chakra control, no matter what she tried with him it was like it was impossible to do. Which lead her to the inspiration of taking one of the books on control from the shop, though they were meant for actual ninja and not academy kids she figured they both might get an head start.

Together over the next two years they focused on their weapons and chakra control primarily, mastering every exercise that was in that now well worn book. Along with her correcting Naruto's taijutsu and practically reteaching him everything as the academy went on. But sadly she was graduating this year and new her time with her 'little brother' was going to be cut short.

She waved him over, "Naruto...come here."

Running over, "What Nee-chan?"

She pulled the large scroll off of her back, "I'm graduating in a week...and you still have a year left." She handed him the large scroll. "Since I won't be around much because I'll be a ninja I want to make sure you don't forget all the things we've done."

His eyes grew large, "But... what's this?"

Smiling, "Well we've both become perfect with weapons and chakra control... I figured you might want to still be like me.. soo." She shrugged, "It's got a bunch of stuff on fuinjutsu since I learned to make storage scrolls. Plus a bunch of weapons that Daddy said we could have. Plus those new clothes I promised you and two books on Genjutsu since you still kinda suck at it.."

He rubbed his head, "Aw man.. I just suck at them..."

"Well that why I got you the books. These two teach you how to create them and what to do... I figured it's because you have so much chakra.. but your control is perfect so I guess you'll just need to make your own." She sent him the look, "Which you will do because I know you can...and because you want me to be proud of you right?"

He gulped, at the look, "heheh.. Sure thing Nee-chan."

"Good...Plus I got you these." She pulled out two small silver items that looked just like the Leaf Symbol. "They're Chakra metal.. but I made them to constantly have you work on your control.. since for some reason you actually get bad if you don't practice." She pointed to her own set on her ears, "Just like the leaf exercise but you have to split and keep them on your ears all the time."

He smiled and placed them, feeling the metal instantly thrum, "Cool.. they vibrate."

"Yea the metal is special since it helps mold chakra. Also It takes more chakra because of it, and with having to focus on both spots.. you're constantly working on chakra control." She beamed.

Naruto's prankster side may have rubbed off slightly making Tenten a bit more unpredictable, where as her solid work ethic and perfectionism had in turn rubbed off heavily. Or rather was beaten and stabbed into him over the years.

It was a few weeks later that Naruto found himself in his apartment starring at the genjutsu books, 'Man if I don't do this she'll turn me into a pincushion all the time.' Cracking the first one open with a bothered sigh.

Genjutsu the art of trickery. This is more than mere illusions. Genjutsu have a varied array of affects as the are designed to alter perceptions, fool the senses and even distort reality. While it is true that great control is needed for most. The reason Chakra control is stressed is because you are interacting with another living chakra source. Which is naturally incline to fight against invading chakra as unnatural. Though it is the way genjutsu is taught and standard genjutsu are created using finely tuned Chakra and minimal disturbances to the targets system. This book will discuss the mechanics of genjutsu in fine detail as well as covering the complexities of Chakra with it's uses in the art.

He lost his worried look and gained the glint in his eye whenever a true challenge with a sweet reward was presented to him. "This... is soo how they should have taught it to me in the first place. I may not be able to use normal ones since they'll turn out like my clone... but... I could make ones that will work. Dattebayo!"

/First day of his last Year/

Naruto looked at the scroll Tenten had given him, and finally unsealed the clothes to see what she had picked out. Frowning he saw it was practically all black, but dressed in it. Close toed boots, and slightly loose fitting black pants. Picking up the long sleeved mesh he slipped it on, then sipped up the the one armed sweater, giving him a bot of a bell sleeve on his right arm. Moving through the pile of straps he found a shoulder guard that he placed over his sleeved arm, strapping it down, he fiddled with the rest of the straps getting them in place for his holsters. Part of the straps had a long flange on it that hung over his right hip and down to the top of his boots. He smiled looking in the mirror, "I look kinda bad ass." Then he found elbow length gloves that he laced up his arms. Looking back at the mirror he smirked, when the sun fully hit his body, causing his reflection to show that it wasn't all black, the shoulder guard had a deep burnt orange spiral like all his clothes had, and flecks of the same burnt orange color showed in the fiber of his clothes. "She put orange in even though she said it would get me killed."

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Slipping the scroll back into his hiding place, and grabbing his school books he walked out the door and made a few seals before a flare of his chakra coated the wall his door was in. The door faded from sight leaving behind a bare wall. "Let's see if this lasts all day.." He nodded and took off running to the academy.

Walking through the door the sun light glinted off of the gunmetal blue leaf shaped 'earing's' and the soft flap of the leather material against his leg. The nice thing was that graduation years were mixed from the previous year so not many would know he had failed the last two times. Heading to his class room he noticed a new instructor that he hadn't had yet. "Good morning."

The man looked up his spiky tied brown hair swaying slight as his scared face revealed itself. "You must be Uzumaki Naruto?" Getting a nod from the blond. 'I don't see what the files report about him...' with a mental sigh he knew why they were so poor about this kid. 'Judging him for the Kyubii...I won't let anything happen to Kushina-sensei's son.' "Well you're a bit early. I'll be your sensei this year Umino Iruka."

Bowing slightly, "You're already better than the previous ones Iruka-sensei."

Raising a brow, "How so?"

"You're being polite and actually mean it."

Nodding his head, " Well today will simply be a review of your skills and knowledge by me." He reached into the stack of papers and pulled out a single test. "Go ahead and start filling this out, everyone will get one when they show up and given til half past to finish."

Taking the paper, "But isn't that unfair?"

Smiling, "Yes it is but think of this as a mission. If you are early you have time to prepare and ready yourself versus those who arrive exactly on time or late."

The realization settled in his mind, showing also in his eyes. " Huh.. I never thought of it like that." He started walking through the door before he stopped, "Uhm..the only think I probably need help with is the Bunshin... I can't make them."

This caught his attention, "Really? They're the easiest jutsu to use because they take so little chakra."

Naruto looked around and didn't see anyone, "I'll show you.. and I'll use the least amount of chakra I can." He formed the seals and a cloud of smoke later there were seven sickly or half formed clones.

Irukua seemed to frown and the look of thinking was in his eyes,' His chakra was good right up until the end. It's like he filled a balloon perfectly with water and then as he was turning the water off the pressure skyrocketed.' Then it struck him, 'it must be the Kyubii.. sensei couldn't do the basic clone either.. something about her pathways being slightly larger because of the excess chakra that was forced into her system as a child.' He tapped his chin, "I think I have a solution. You have a rare trait that seems to have made your chakra pathways slightly larger than average meaning that you will always have near perfect control if you train for it. But the condition leave you 'bursting' chakra right when you activate the jutsu."

It made a some sense, and if it was a rare condition like he said he must have known some one who had it. "Iruka-sensei how did you figure this out when even Jiji doesn't know the answer?"

"Ah that would have been because my Sensei when I was your age had the same condition as you." He pulled out a spare bit of paper and wrote down a sequence of seals. "I want you to practice this in your spare time. It's a more advanced clone so it will take more chakra, but with your condition that shouldn't be a problem."

Taking the paper he noticed it said Earth Bunshin, pocketing it he looked back at the man. "What's the condition called?"

The man frowned, 'I can't tell him what it is or he might go looking for it.' "She never did say what it was called. Just that apart from her pathways being slightly larger her body was constantly creating more chakra than average which left her rarely suffering from Chakra exhaustion but at the cost her coils were constantly stressed."

Nodding along, "that's exactly how I feel.. since I practice everyday.. and have been trying harder control exercises but as soon as I stop them for a while my control starts sucking again."

"That's because your condition is forcing your reserves to expand faster than most shinobi. Since reserves for them only grow when they force themselves to use chakra continuously where your body doesn't stop trying to make more."

Naruto smiled, "I'm glad Ten-chan made me these." He tapped his leafs.

"Oh what are those?"

He smirked, "They're chakra metal... and I hold them on using the leaf exercise."

'Already splitting his focus and constantly using an control exercise.. outstanding.' He nodded, "You're friend was very insightful and I'm guessing it keeps your control from slipping as fast?"

Nodding, "Yea I can usually last about a week before I notice it's getting to bad."

Iruka frowned slightly, "Hm... there is a technique that might work keeping your control on par." He heard more students coming. "But I'll see if you are mature enough to know if first so give me a few weeks and I'll let you know."

Nodding, "Sounds fair Iruka-sensei." Getting a nod he headed into class and start on the test.

The next forty-five minutes passed, as he worked and occasionally noted the other students who entered. He didn't know any of them yet but noted quite a few of them were from clans. It wasn't until then start of class that a boy walked in and he frowned. 'Sasuke...damn it... he knows since I was in his starting class. But..' He paused before he cringed slightly, 'he must have taken his graduation year off because of his family..' He felt a bit of pity for the boy, but given how the Uchiha strutted into the room and glared at everyone as if they were pathetic he chose not to show it nor care.

/A few weeks later/

The class was full as Iruka was standing in the front with a stack of papers, "I've finished grading your assessments as well as calculating your field skills." he started handing back his grade sheets to the students. "You will see your scores in the selected sections, and in the upper right hand you will see a number. That is your ranking in this class. At the bottom right hand corner, that will be your over all academy ranking through out your school career."

Naruto got his and smiled as he saw he was number one in the class, looking through his scores 'Control perfect, accuracy perfect, taijutsu above average, Technical Theory High..' He read on with his smile in place. Until he reached the bottom, 'Over all ranking thirty-third. Well I'm not at the very bottom at least.' But his smile returned as he read the small note.

Naruto given my personal evaluation you are indeed the top of your class and it seems you received unfair expectations or grades during your time in the academy. Given that and my observations of you I am willing to teach you that technique so please stay after class.

His blue eyes sparkled when he looked up to see Iruka look at him then nod.

Iruka looked around at the rest of the students. "Now in the next six months we will work on improving your skills and your knowledge. So pleasse open your books to chapter ten and begin reading over the History of the Thrid Shinobi war and the impact it had not only on this village but the Elemental nations."

The day seemed to drag by until the bell sounded signalling the end of the day. Iruka looked up from his desk. "I want a two page summary of the Shinobi code and conduct monday morning. Enjoy your week end."

Naruto slowly packed up his things until he was the only one left. Walking up to the desk, "So you wanted me to stay after?"

Iruka smiled, "Yes. I've kept an eye on your control since the term started and it proves that you have the same condition as my Sensei did." Getting up he walked around and stood in front of the blond. "Now this technique doesn't really have a name, but it's something I came up with quite a few years ago because we lacked sensor types."

Naruto frowned, "Sensor types.. why does that sound familiar?"

"That would be because it's a natural ability most ninja have but select few are able to truly sense chakra signatures. It's a natural ability to recognize and find people by their chakra." He smirked, "Mine however is a...screw up on trying to create a jutsu that turned out to be useful."

Naruto laughed a little bit at the mans facial expressions, "Meaning you screwed up so bad you did something right?" Rubbing the back of his head, "I kinda know how that works.."

The man smiled, "Pretty much but if anyone asks I did this on purpose." Rubbing his hands together, "Now This works by first doing the tree climbing exercise, sending your chakra into the ground under you. However your objective is to send your chakra across the surface in a low pulse as far as you can."

Nodding along, "So... it's a mix of the tree climbing by using a constant level.. but it uses the water walking concept by making it spread further to compensate your weight on the water surface."

"Pretty much though that is where the similarity ends." He smirked, "Once you create your 'field' you utilize the Chakra absorption technique." He noticed the strange look on the boys face, "it's a medical based technique created to pull chakra from infected areas where a chakra poison was used or various applications say a doujutsu was forced active you could use this to cut the chakra off from the eyes letting them deactivate." He rubbed his chin, "it's a very useful skill.. however used over this distance it's ineffective as it's to large scale to truly take any chakra."

His blond brow scrunched up, "But it does take some.. and I'm guessing it's more like licking a sucker just tasting it.. and you eventually figure out how to judge distance, and level by the time it takes for it to return to you.. and if you use the pulse constantly you eventually pick up the direction of the source as well?"

Iruka couldn't help but break out in a smile. "Exactly... and can you figure out what I was trying to do?"

Here Naruto smirked, "Sounds like an ultimate fight ender.. absorbing the chakra in a specific area and adding it to your own making you temporarily more powerful to pull of a higher level jutsu.."

"Pretty much.. but the failure is that the absorption technique was designed for physical contact as it uses practical no chakra of your own... mixing it with sending out pulses of chakra.. and you totally screw up the technique but you regain almost all of the chakra back from it." He shrugged. "But that's the down side as well.. depending on how far you try and feel you could completely exhaust yourself, and the return of so much chakra could damage your pathways leaving you unable to use chakra for weeks. With out causing permanent damage."

His brow creased, "So at most half my chakra could be used...but given my unique issue.. wouldn't I always damage my pathways?"

Iruka shook his head, "For an adult yes.. your a child and someone with your condition no. You see your pathways aren't solidified yet because they're still developing. Also given your unique condition your pathways are even more durable because of the constant stress, giving you leeway in the influx of chakra since it's your own."

"Okay.. so how do I do this then?"

Iruka smiled and began teaching, something he loved dearly. Explaining everything in theory and detail before letting Naruto try the technique. Which took about an hour, which Naruto smiled and started following the theory behind it. As it was a 'seal less' jutsu mixed with a pure chakra manipulation it wasn't as easy as he thought it would be. But after another two hours he managed to get a very weakened version.

"That's pretty good given how awkward it is. Eventually you will be able to tell solid objects and such things as well because they disturb the field." He smiled, then heard the rumble of the boys stomach. "Hehe why don't we go get something to eat."

The blond blushed under the praise, "Sure thing... hows... Ramen sound?"

"Ramen?"

"Ramen."

'He's just like his mother...' "Sure thing.. "