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A.N Nope still don't own Naruto or his friends. To answer a question asked of me in a review yes Naruto and Hinata will get together but it will not be overnight. Hinata is vary shy and its going to take time to get past that where a relationship would work. I mean how bad would it stink if your girlfriend keeps fainting when you try to hold her hand.

Naruto was looking at himself in his mirror. Naruto would never consider himself vain but he liked what he saw. He had grown in the last six months. He now stood at 4,11 and he was still growing. 'I guess mom was right about eating healthy.' Thought Naruto to himself. Though Naruto would always love his Raman his mom had been making him eat a more balanced diet. While not always the tastiest he couldn't argue with the effects. Naruto had lost a lot of the baby fat around his face. Making him look more mature, his mom said that he would have to fight off girls with a stick making Naruto blush. His dad would just laugh.

The thought of girls made Naruto frown a little. The down side of having his intelligence increased was he could now see things. Things that he had previously over looked and that brought on thought of Hinata Hyuga. Before his transformation so to speak, He had always thought that Hinata was dark, sickly and just plain weird. Now though he knew the truth she wasn't weird. She was SHY ,the blushing the stuttering and fainting all made sense to him now that he thought about it. What hadn't made sense to him was why it seemed to be worse around him. So Naruto had what he thought was a good idea. He would ask his mom. I mean look at it from his perspective. His mom was a girl and so was Hinata. So surly his mom would know why she would always blush and faint around him.'Yeah, That turned out great.' Thought Nauto sarcastically. It turned out his mom did know why Hinata would blush and faint around him and she took great pleasure in explaining it to her son then teasing the life out of him. 'Its not my fault I didn't know. Its not like I got a lot of experience with girls.' Thought Naruto.

The problem with knowing about Hinata's crush on him, was that Naruto wasn't really sure how he felt for Hinata. ' When I get back I'll try to get to know her. If all it turns into is friendship thats fine by me.' Thought Naruto. Another girl Naruto thought of was Sakura Haruno. Sakura was his first crush and while he always thought she was pretty. Looking back her attitude left allot to be desired. Truthfully when Naruto first got a crush on her she wasn't so bad. But that was before she became obsessed with Sasuke. But now there a word for girls that act like her and it starts with a 'B'. Still Naruto didn't hate her but she would be in for a shock the next time she went to hit him.

Shaking his head clear. Naruto decided to focus on other things. His training was coming along wonderfully. In the last six months Naruto had gotten a good enough grasp on sealing that his dad decided to start teaching him the Hiraishin. Naruto liked Hiraishin because unlike Kamui Nauto did not have to have his Doujutsu active to use it. Kamui which while more versatile then the Hiraishin was not as fast. It took a couple of seconds for the Kamui vortex to pull you in and allow you to come out the other side. While Hiraishin was instantaneous. The down side of the Hiraishin was the need for Jutsu markers. The marker worked like a reverse summon which was where his father came up with idea of Hiraishin. Another down side was the fact that the reason the Hiraishin so deadly was his father combined it with his own deadly speed and reflexes. Someone who was slow and clumsy would be just as likely to get themselves killed. Then as to kill their enemy.

Naruto's skill with his Doujutsu was increasing by leaps and bounds. He had already awoken three of the six paths of the Rinnegan. The Deva Path which allowed him to control attractive and repulsive forces. The Asura Path which allowed Naruto to augment his body with mechanised armour. And the Preta Path which allowed Naruto to absorb an infinite amount of chakra. Naruto can also absorb most Jutsu using this path making it great for defense.

On the Sharingan aspect of his Rinnegan. Naruto could now use Kamui, Tsukuyomi though Naruto could only hold someone in it for about a day and a half, It would seem that genjutsu was never going to be his strong point. Amaterasu, And he had even had limited success with Shisui Sensei's signature Jutsu Kotoamatsukami. And last month he had awakened Susanoo. In a particularly vicious spar with Izuna Sensei. Naruto Shuddered at the memory. He wasn't sure spar was the right word for it.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flash Back~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" Shouted Izuna. Sending a huge fireball at Naruto.

Naruto was already going through hand signs. ''Water Style: Water Encampment Wall!" Shouted Naruto. Silently thanking Tobirama Sensei for teaching him that Jutsu. Sadly while Naruto was focusing on stopping the fireball. Izuna used that to his advantage. In a blur of speed he appeared behind Naruto landing a solid kick to Naruto's side. Naruto was sent flying through the air.

When Izuna Sensei told Naruto that they were going to try to awaken Naruto's Susanoo, Naruto had thought that he would be meditating like he did to awaken his Paths. He had not expected Izuna to come at him like a man out for revenge. It did not help that Naruto had only been in one real fight. Where as Izuna had been fighting in life or death battles since he was a boy.

Naruto flipped in mid air to control his fall allowing him to land on his feet. While Naruto's Rinnegan allowed Naruto to both read and predict Izuna's movements. Naruto just did not yet have the speed to counter. Naruto's only choice was to try to keep this battle ranged. Where his Rinnegan did give him an advantage.

Going through the hand signs of a Jutsu Shisui Sensei taught him. Naruto shouted "Fire Style: Roaring Flame Sphere!" Sending the deadly fireball at Izuna

Izuna eyes widened at the size of the fireball coming his way. Quickly jumping to the side to avoid the ball of flaming death which was what Naruto wanted from the start. Noticing that the ground he was on was no longer solid. Naruto having use the Hidden Bog Jutsu to make him sink up to his shins. before he could get himself out he heard Naruto's voice call out.

"Wood Style: Tree Bind Eternal Burial!" Causing a tree to grow around Izuna keeping him in place.

Naruto sighed in relief.'Got him!' He thought which was good because Naruto didn't think could have lasted any longer. This fight had been going for awhile. Naruto had never felt this beat up in his life. Limping his way to Izuna cautiously. Naruto was halfway to him when Izuna turned into a thousand black butterflies. 'Genjutsu?' Thought Naruto. 'When did he-' Before Naruto could finish his thought Izuna appeared In front of him with murder in his eyes. He had a ninjato in his hand heading strait for Naruto's heart. Naruto didn't have the time or energy to dodge, closing his eyes in accectence 'I'm sorry mom,dad' Thought Naruto as he waited for the blow that would end him. But it never came. Opening his eyes. What Naruto saw shocked him. Blocking the blade was an ethereal looking Ribcage with what looked like red orange flames around it.

"We're done for today." Said Izuna his murderous look now gone leaving his face in its usual impassiveness but Naruto saw something strange in his eyes. Could that have been pride?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End Flash Back~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Shaking his head Naruto left his room to face whatever the day threw at him.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Time Skip~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It had now been a year since Naruto had started his training in the spirit and time chamber. In that year Naruto had changed a lot. He now stood at a respectabal height of 5.2 his hair had grown longer looking simmilar to his fathers but differnt enough for Naruto to still be his own person.(A.N It looks like Menma's from Road to Ninja.) His face was leaner and he now had a serious look in his eyes that he lacked before. Yesterday he said his goodbyes to all of his Sensei's at a going away party in his Honor. All his Senseis were there even Old Man Sage came to wish him well. The party was a lot of fun, well except for the fact that Izuna sensei and Tobirama Sensei kept glairing at eachother all night. He had become close to all of his Senseis even Izuna Sensei. Once Naruto had gotten past the wall he had built around himself. He was actually a pretty good guy.

Now there were only two left to say goodbye to and these were the two he most didn't want to have to say goodbye to. His Mother and Father.

"Have you got all your things son?" Asked Minato with a sad look on his face.

"Yeah dad I'm all packed." Said Naruto looking at the ground.

"Well we better not keep your Mother waiting." Said Minato.

Naruto fallowed his father out of the house to the Door that would take him out of the chamber. His mother was waiting with tears in her eyes. Naruto walked over to his mom and gave her a Hug a his own eyes started to tear up. "I wish I didn't have to leave." Said Naruto sadly.

"I know Naruto we wish the same. But you belong with the living son they need you. We well see each other again someday. Untill then just know that we love you and we always will. Now promise me you will take care of yourself Naruto." Said Kushina

"Remember what you have learned Naruto. Stay strong and achieve your dream. We know that you can we believe in you Son." Said Minato to his son.

Naruto hugging his parents one last time said "I love you mom and dad. I will make you guys proud of me I promise and I never go back on my word."

"We know Naruto. And we are already so proud of you." Said Minato

"Oh yeah Naruto when you see your godfather kick him in the nuts for me." Said Kushina

Laughing Naruto agreed. Tell his parents that he love them one last time Naruto walked out the door. Back to his life and the start of a whole new adventure.

A.N And thats the end of training.. Next chapter its back to Konoha. So What did you guys think? I was going to go longer on that fight but since it was my first fight scene I thought I had better keep it short. Sorry about the end But I'm not good with long goodbyes well don't forget to review. See you next time.