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Naruto's Coles were training in separate areas. one of the clones training the first stage of the rasengan training regiment made a break through " I DID IT !! I popped the water balloon !!" the clone celebrated by tossing him in the air " NARUTO!, NARUTO!!, NARUTO!!!" as they cheered for the clone that did it first.

"All right all right, put me down we have to go tell the original" rushing over to Naruto they were met with a grousone sight. Naruto was running for his life barely dodging jiraiya's malicious blows that shattered the ground and trees. " Damn, what did he do to make that ninja so mad". The clones unanimously decided that it's not their problem they placed their balloons safely on the ground and dispelled themselves.

The collective experience of the shadow clones flowed into naruto's mind distracting him for a moment *CRACK* Naruto recieved a blow right on his face. He was sent flying and landed on a tree branch. "Getting distracted will get you killed in the battle field Naruto, aren't you glad you learnt this lesson from me and not from one of your enemies" jiraya had a smug look on his face as he walked up to the tree Naruto crashed on. He kicked the tree trunk and shook Naruto off the branch and onto the ground." Uuaaahh.. AAGHH".

"Let's end your training here" ' haha maybe I've gone a bit too far' "here have this it's a little gift since you've been working so hard" Naruto rolled over onto his back " what is it now...haah...ugh..." Jiraiya took out a scroll from his back pocket "I got some extra supplies for your training . Extra brushes, paper, balloons and as a bonus there's a scroll that has a few beginner seals you can learn in it "Naruto ignored the pain he was in and rushed over and accepted the scroll "finally! I can make one of those fancy seals, I was getting super bored waiting all this time" jiraiya started packing up " And you'll have to wait even longer were leaving now, and we'll be moving fast. We've stayed here for too long now." Naruto reluctantly followed suit and sealed his belongings as well.

"I'm all set, I just need to get Garm he should be resting over there, I'll be right back" Naruto walked over to where he last saw Garm. Soon after he could hear noise in the distance, scaching and growling sounds reached his ears. His eyes grew wide in realisation. He ran towards the sounds and what he saw shocked him. Garm was biting and clawing at trees like a beast gone berserk " GARM!!" alerted by the sudden call for his name Garm turned around to see Naruto standing a distance away. " You're supposed to hold back your training until we get you healed" walking closer to Garm naruto face was solemn unsure what was going through Garms mind. ' why... just why did he do this...' Naruto took a knee infront of the exhausted Garm. "Must...gr..ow...stro..nger" Garm lost consciousness and fell to his side. Reacting on instinct Naruto barely caught him.

'i can't let him out of my sight from now on, what's his deal he's almost like Sasuke but different somehow...' Naruto carried Garm back to where jiraiya was waiting for them. "You're finally back, sure took your time" Jiraiya saw Naruto in the distance as he walked slower than usual. When Naruto was close enough told Jiraiya what he caught Garm doing. "What !? If this keeps up then Tsunade's gonna be his only hope at a successful recovery" Naruto recognised the familiar name "Tsunade isn't that the same person were looking for?".

"Yeah, she's one of the three legendary sanin and she's the best medical nin there is but"

" But what? Can she heal Garm or not"

" Tsunade is deathly afraid of the sight of blood and Garm needs to go through surgery and there'll be a lot of blood. I don't see her going along with the surgery" Naruto tightened his fist as he watched over Garm.

Travelling through the forest jumping from tree to tree Jiraiya led the journey with haste in his step. Passing town after town Jiraiya moved around scouting for information about Tsunade's current whereabouts and Naruto focused his attention on his training while a clone of his watched Garm making sure not to let him out of his sight. In this time frame Naruto completed the second stage of the rasengan and nearly mastered the third and final step in his training all without the help of a clone assisting in the manifestation of the rasengan. The leaf slicing exercise was completed and Naruto moved his Chakra nature training to the next level.

According to the manual he needed to cut a waterfall in half..... " How The Hell Am I Gonna Do That !!, where am I gonna find a waterfall any way" Garm walked over to a tree and scratched it " hey, don't start that again". "Cut... tree..." Naruto looked at the tree "That's not a half bad idea, it's definitely a step up from a leaf. <MULTI SHADOW CLONE JUTSU>"

POOF POOF POOF POOF

Naruto made a few dosen clones some spread out and poured their efforts into cutting down the trees in the area that were at least ten times larger than normal. "I'll keep going till I can take down a whole tree in one go". The rest of the Shadow Clones split into two groups,one focused on the final phase of the rasengan training while the other took up the challenge of learning their first ever seal. The storage seal, although it is his first it does not mean it won't be of use. Depending on how it's implimented this seal can be of use on and off the battlefield.

The original Naruto wore the black ninja training suit he got as a gift from might guy while advancing his Taijutsu, punching a tree's trunk. He practiced according to asuma's notes. He took a boxing stace, his punches became faster and stronger the longer he trained until he burns out, devoid of any shred of energy.

A few minutes after Naruto finished his work out jiraiya came back with good news "pack your things Tsunade was last seen at tanzakuga it's not far from here" Naruto put a close to his training sealing everything in his scroll that he stashed away in his backpack then he dispelled all his clones. "So where do you keep getting all this information from, do you just go around asking people or something" jiraiya looked at Naruto with a mischievous grin "maybe I'll tell you one day when you're older" 'as if I'd tell you about my information network, I might show you the ropes if you ever become a competent ninja'.

" Come on why not?" Naruto fished for answers but he was ignored in the end "hurry up she might leave before we find her, let's go" jiraiya jumped up a tree followed by Naruto and Garm perched atop his shoulder.