225Naruto flew back from the hurricane like winds of the Fūton: Daitoppa supplied by Masashi who was jumping on the balls of his feet waiting for Naruto to get back up. The blond dusted off his pants and weaved through three seals, taking a deep breath and blew out a thick stream of fire courtesy of the Katon: Endan. Naruto's stream of fire was more refined than normal and was nearly twice as hot, Masashi jumped away from his position and wiped his brow at the heat from his blond friends jutsu.
The last Uzumaki stuffed his hands into his kunai holster and shinobi pouch taking out several kunai and ninja wire. Using a finely compressed amount of chakra Naruto attached the wire to the kunai before leaping into the air with a chakra enhanced jump enabling him to reach heights of two meters.
While mid-air Naruto tossed both kunai towards Masashi who used a minor application of Fūton chakra to redirect the steel projectiles and proceeded to weave seals for the final blow. Mid-air Naruto let a small smirk grace his face and pulled the wire causing them to fly at Masashi from behind hitting him in the back of the legs, Naruto landed and pulled out another Kunai and motioned to finish Masashi.
"Enough!"
Isao walked onto the training area with a satisfied smile, Hiroki following silently behind. Naruto has improved greatly in the past nine months on this team.
"Masashi try not to disregard anything Uzumaki does, he is extremely crafty as you have no doubt learned in these past months. Naruto, that was very good although you need to work on your reaction time since that Fūton jutsu shouldn't have hit you with the speed I've seen you use."
Naruto nodded; he barely had enough time to react to the jutsu before he was thrown across the training ground. His progress over the past months has been exponentially faster than his solo training and academy instruction.
Despite learning the Katon: Endan he learned that he possessed an affinity for Suiton much like the Uzumaki clan or so his research tells him. Learning a Katon jutsu was just out of convenience since Konoha was home to the largest Katon library in the world. Granted the Suiton library was extensive thanks to the Nidaime but the jutsu were still too difficult for him to learn until he finished Suiton manipulation, which was taking a while considering his chakra reserves.
Naruto's reserves have grown thanks to the lessons given to him by Hiroki, the giant of a man had him constantly using jutsu after jutsu and chakra control exercises to use up his reserves, so his reserves grew back larger every time. The Uzumaki clan was known for longevity and strong life forces but Naruto was still a ten-year-old so he could only ask for so much.
Masashi gave Naruto a respectful nod at the outcome of their spar to which Naruto retuned with a small smile. The two have grown to be friends, be it their calm demeanors or their interest in Genjutsu. Speaking of which with Masashi as a training partner Naruto's Genjutsu arsenal grew to contain several more jutsu and his self-created jutsu became more potent.
"We have a mission later, since Uzumaki has grown to an acceptable combat level we were given a B-Rank mission. We are to investigate a bandit camp that is responsible for the kid-napping of the Daimyo's favorite nephew." Briefed Isao to his team all of which were listening with rapt attention especially Naruto who has grown to like the planning phase of the missions, it was like a game that, if you were good enough, you could win before it even started.
"Logistics said that the camp is home to roughly two dozen bandits, it was given a B-Rank status for the retrieving and escort of the Daimyo's nephew. The mission specifically says to kill every single bandit. The Daimyo's obviously unhappy with the situation."
Naruto grimaced at that and rightly so, granted the Hokage has absolute control over all the shinobi in Konoha. But the Daimyo is the leading financial contributor to the village so if he wants a mission done it is done as quickly and effectively as possible. Naruto would never want to be on the bad side of the Daimyo, any of them.
"Get your supplies and meet at the front gate in twenty minutes."
Bandit camps were never that impressive, a few tents and a patrol or two. This bandit camp was different than the others Naruto noted, the camp had a wall surrounding it and a gate, how they managed that Naruto would never know but it told Team Isao that this wasn't the run of the mill bandit camp.
Naruto from atop the second largest tree in the forest next to the camp managed to count twenty-two bandits up and about inside of the camp. None of them were anything special - sword users, axe users, archers and no sign of the leader. Hopefully Masashi or Hiroki found something from their vantage point.
Naruto returned to their camp to see Isao-taicho looking over a map of the area while eating a rice ball, the team leader acknowledged Naruto's presence and looked at him curiously.
"I counted twenty-two bandits that were walking around, I didn't get a look at the leader, but I think he is in the central most tent that is larger than the rest." Reported Naruto.
Isao nodded and looked down in thought, these bandits were far more organized and smarter than most. Organized in that they managed to build a compound without anyone noticing and smart enough to organize an assault on a noble and their samurai guard, that wouldn't be easy for a shinobi much less a civilian with a sword.
Masashi and Hiroki landed in the clearing with grim looks, Naruto listened as they reported roughly the same thing he did - twenty-two bandits and no leader in sight. They would have to go in slightly blind and quiet then take them out as they move through the compound, it was risky in that if they were caught the captive was as good as dead.
Isao rubbed his chin in thought, "Uzumaki, you were working on a new Genjutsu correct? How many can you safely keep under it?"
"One at the most and it would help if they were the same size as me." Said Naruto averting his eyes from Isao who had a tick mark on his forehead at the sore subject but didn't voice his annoyance and gave a stiff nod before turning to Hiroki and Masashi.
"I will go with Uzumaki, you two will enter from the east and west walls and work your way to the middle. After each kill burry them with a small application of Doton chakra so they don't leave a trace." Ordered Isao, it was common protocol in stealth missions that if you kill someone, a small application of Doton chakra was used to put them underground in an instant so that you didn't leave behind a train of bodies leading the enemy to you.
Masashi and Hiroki flickered out of the clearing and Naruto focused his chakra around himself and Isao-taicho. The air around them distorted causing them to become invisible, the Torapen no Jutsu was created by the Elite Jōnin Kurenai Yuhi and Naruto felt that the women earned her rank with this incredible Genjutsu alone.
With the Genjutsu around them Naruto and Isao silently moved through the forest towards the bandit compound. The front gate was still slightly opened, and Isao gave a slight nod to Naruto before they entered the compound.
They took out a kunai and quietly moved through the area, as expected two patrol bandits walked right in from of them laughing about something.
Naruto and Isao came up behind them and shoved their Kunai into the back of their necks killing them instantly. The last Uzumaki grimaced at the kill, it wasn't the first time but killing wasn't something he was used to, but he managed to disregard it while on a mission.
This repeated several times as Naruto and Isao made their way to the center tent, Isao held up his hand and made hand-signs to let Naruto in on the plan. Separate - Simultaneous attack - all sides. Naruto wondered how he was supposed to do that until he noticed that Hiroki and Masashi were hiding behind the tents that were next to him.
Naruto and the others nodded in affirmative and waited for Isao-taicho to signal for the attack. The short team leader raised his hand and signaled for the attack to start. Time slowed for Naruto as he charged into the tent with a kunai at the ready with blood still dripping off the tip from his earlier kills.
As soon as he entered the tent, he saw a medium build man with a sword on his back in a red Konoha flack-jacket and black pants. He had a scar on his face from his forehead to his left nostril and his arms and legs were bound by bandages.
"Traitor!" Roared Isao-taicho and he launched himself at the Bandit leader and ex-Konoha Shinobi apparently.
Naruto knew that Isao-taicho and Hiroki had it covered and recovered the Daimyo's nephew and moved to the campsite to keep him safe.
When he got back to the camp site, he untied the Daimyo's nephew and unbounded his mouth allowing him talk. "Thank you so much shinobi-san that man was talking with- well someone bad!"
Naruto nodded and heard a crash to his right and saw that Hiroki was thrown into the clearing through a tree. Naruto jumped to his feet and waited for the Konoha Nuke-nin to get to the clearing.
The Nuke-nin walked into the clearing and threw Isao-taicho to the ground with a stab in his stomach. He looked at Naruto with a blank expression, "Give me the noble-brat and I won't kill you."
Naruto didn't respond only rushing into action hoping that fighting with Hiroki and Isao-taicho was enough to tire him out. The man slashed his blade horizontally making Naruto slide under it and used as much speed as he could to stab his kunai unto the man's stomach. The kunai was parried, and the blond was kicked away.
Naruto righted himself mid-air and weaved through seals, taking a deep breath and exhaled a stream of fire towards the Nuke-nin who stabbed his sword into the ground and slammed his palm onto the earth creating a stone wall to protect himself. Naruto tsk'd at the defensive jutsu and tried to think of what he could do.
The Nuke-nin didn't give him the time to think and rushed him with his sword with speed that Naruto could only just follow, with the hundreds of hours dedicated to this jutsu Naruto managed to replace himself with a tree branch to avoid being cut in half. From atop the tree Naruto pulled out two Kunai and threw them at the Nuke-nin while holding a one-handed Ram-seal, he activated his Yaezaki no Jutsu immediately after he activated the Torapen no Jutsu.
The two Kunai that were flying at the Nuke-nin became dozens before the Nuke-nin's eyes, thinking it was the Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu he started to cut through the kunai with his sword. He froze when he felt something pierce him between his ribs and his world went black, the Genjutsu around Naruto ended and the blond let out a breath, the exchange barely lasted two minutes, jolting slightly in alarm he ran towards Isao-taicho.
Naruto applied pressure to the wound with a grim look on his face, if he didn't get to a doctor in the next hour he was as good as dead. Next to him he heard Masashi land in the clearing he was walking with a slight limp and a hand over his right shoulder. Hiroki grunted and woke from his small bout of unconsciousness and walked over to Naruto and Isao-taicho.
"Masashi, you and Isao-taicho need to get to Konoha. He has an hour tops before he bleeds out. Hiroki and I will finish the mission." Said Naruto and surprisingly both didn't question his judgement and nodded, the injured Masashi picked up his small team leader as quickly as he could made his way home, if he pushed through the pain he could make it in time.
Naruto went back to the Daimyo's nephew who was looking at Naruto with awe. The blond didn't acknowledge that and put out the fire before turning to the boy. "What can I call you?"
"Shigeru. My name is Shigeru."
Naruto nodded, "Shigeru-sama, Hiroki and I will be escorting you to the Daimyo's palace from here on out."
Shigeru didn't say anything only nodding, the small blond that managed to keep him safe filled him with enough confidence that they would be fine for the journey to his uncle's palace. Shigeru was suddenly lifted off the ground and put onto the back of Hiroki much to his displeasure.
"Sorry Shigeru-sama, but it is faster this way." Came the deep voice of Hiroki, the Shinobi shared a glance and sped into the forest hoping to get to the Daimyo's palace within the night.
The Daimyo of Kawa no Kuni had a very large palace but it looked like Naruto's apartment compared to theDaimyo of Hi no Kuni's palace. Naruto felt as though the Fire Daimyo could do anything he wanted in the world with this much money at his fingertips.
There were so many servants in this palace that it could be referred to as a town of its own and considering the other nobles that lived here it wasn't a stretch that the Daimyo's palace could be referred to as a village of its own.
Naruto, Hiroki and the now walking Shigeru made their way through the courtyards towards the central most building. Shigeru started to take the lead once they entered the palace, Naruto once again made a mental map of the building as best as he could - No information is useless, never disregard anything for one day it could help you. - Once again Naruto could hear his former-sensei's voice in his head as he made his way towards the top floor.
Shigeru stopped at a door causing Naruto and Hiroki to stop, both had a curious look on their face since they expected the Daimyo's chamber to be at the top.
Seeing their curiosity Shigeru smiled, "Uncle thought that if everyone thinks that he's at the top he should be in the middle so that if the top is attacked, he'd be fine. Uncle is…like that, always thinking several steps ahead no matter how unnecessary."
Naruto nodded at the reasoning, to a civilian like Shigeru it seemed pointless but to Naruto, a shinobi, this seemed like an appropriate precaution.
The doors opened and inside were several samurai along the walls and the Daimyo who was whispering into some other noble's ear. He turned to them and his eyes brightened before he jumped to his feet and pulled Shigeru into a hug.
"Oh, I was so worried Shigeru-kun, so worried!" The Daimyo said as he hugged Shigeru who was steadily becoming redder at the embarrassing situation.
"Yes, uncle I'm okay, I want to introduce you to my saviors." Said Shigeru getting the Daimyo to let him go and observe Naruto and Hiroki with the same calculative look that Naruto saw in Kakashi when he first met him. Telling Naruto that there was more to the Daimyo than met the eye.
Shigeru gestured to the big one, "This is Hiroki, he carried me all the way here so that we could get here so fast. And this one is Naruto-kun, he was the one who killed that traitorous Konoha Shinobi that kidnapped me."
The Daimyo once again looked Naruto over and had an unnoticeable look of respect in his eyes that Naruto was unable to notice, saving his favorite nephew was a sure-fire way to get on the Daimyo's good side.
"Then I thank you, Konoha Shinobi. I ask that you wait while I and Shigeru make a report for Hiruzen-dono."
Naruto and Hiroki stood off to the side as the two nobles whispered to each other and wrote on a scroll for a few minutes. Naruto wasn't sure what they had to tell Hokage-sama but he was sure some of it had to do with that Nuke-nin and what he was doing, Shigeru was concerned with who he was talking with. Whoever it was it was obviously above Naruto's pay grade and that annoyed and relieved him.
"Here you are Naruto-san and I thank you again for rescuing my nephew."
Naruto bowed, seeing as it was his countries Daimyo it would have been horribly disrespectful if he hadn't. "It was all of my team that managed it, two of which are quite injured. If that is all Daimyo-sama."
The Daimyo waved them off, Naruto and Hiroki left with as much speed as they politely could while still inside the palace. Once outside Naruto and Hiroki utilized the Shunshin no Jutsu to make their way home, at the speed they normally travel in about four hours they should be at the gates.
Naruto hasn't been a Shinobi long enough to know for sure, but he could guess when he was in something out of his dept. His first warning flag was when instead of the mission assignment desk, he was called directly to the Hokage's office for debriefing.
The blond made his way to the Hokage's office going over everything he could about his mission in his head so he could answer any and all questions the Hokage will have for him. Arriving at the door he took a breath and walked in after the two ANBU guards opened the door for him.
The inside of the Hokage's office wasn't what most would expect, a large desk overflowing with stacks of paperwork and scrolls. The surrounding areas of on the floor were tomes that stacked almost as high as the desk and book shelfs filled with even more. On the wall were photos of all the Hokage, from the Shodaime to the late Yondaime, Naruto noticed that the Sandaime had been quite young when he had his picture taken, most likely in his early twenties. It spoke of his prestigious skill to be given the Kage position at the same age most would be happy to make Jōnin.
"Ah Naruto-kun, come have a seat we have much to talk about." The Hokage said with the same grandfatherly smile that Naruto is starting to associate with the aged Hokage.
Naruto nodded and took a seat and waited for the highest authority in the village to address him or ask a question, he was incredibly intimidated and slightly scared. Naruto was once again on the receiving end of a piercing gaze that he felt was breaking every single cell in his body down, learning his secrets and telling his future, it was unnerving at how his superiors were capable of such a thing.
"Your mission was quite the interesting one if I do say so myself." Started the Hokage while filling his pipe with tobacco and lighting it with a minuscule application of Katon chakra.
"The Nuke-nin you encountered was named Ryota a former Tokubetsu-Jōnin of our village that left the village several months ago. He was a part of the barrier defense unit which means that he has knowledge of the village's defense system."
Naruto's eye widened at that, he could sell such things to their enemies, who knows what Iwa would do with such knowledge. Naruto remembered what Shigeru said when he first saw talked to Naruto, Ryota was talking with someone…
"I can tell that you know what this means and from the report that Takahiro-dono and Shigeru-kun wrote me I knew exactly who he was talking two. Let me tell you, I'm not sure if this would have been easier if it were Iwa."
Naruto nodded trying to follow along but since he didn't know everything it was like a puzzle with only the edges, he just couldn't make sense of it. One thing was for sure, trouble was on their door step and it seems that he was lucky enough to be the one to have a hand in discovering it. Yet again, Naruto was caught in a mix of excited at the opportunity that is possibly presenting itself and terrified of the opportunity that is presenting itself since it will no doubt be incredibly dangerous. But Naruto was also confused as to why the Hokage was telling him these things, he was a Genin with less than a year of experience that only just escaped duty on the active list.
"The man that Ryota was talking to was my former student Orochimaru, an opponent that is as dangerous as he is intelligent and let me tell you he was a Genius even among prodigies." Grimaced the Sandaime taking a longer than usual toke on his pipe.
"Now I know that you are wondering why I'm telling you this. There are two reasons, first is that your team were the ones responsible for bringing this to our attention and deserve a bit of information, second is that with your service not only on this mission but your track record and the recommendation of Isao. I have decided to give you a field-promotion to Chūnin. That and this." Said the Sandaime while passing him an envelope.
Inside was a large stack of money that had Naruto's eye nearly pop out of his head, the mission was a B-Rank and this pay was higher than A-Rank missions went for. There were also two notes inside, the first had a picture of Ryota that had his information on it and the rank of A next to an amount of money that matched the stack in the envelope. The other note was a letter of recognition from the ANBU Commander, it apparently said that he, or she, was interested with his work so far as a Genin now Chūnin and if he continues as is, he will be given an express invitation to the ANBU black ops.
Naruto felt as if the world was giving him a pat on the back, he was acknowledged by the one person he was hoping he would, his dream was that much closer, and he was promoted to Chūnin! Disregarding the fact that one of the most dangerous men in the world was looking to attack, today was the best day of his young life by far.
"You managed to finish off an A-Rank Nuke-nin, your promotion was all but certain after that but the way you handled the mission, taking up momentary leadership, finishing the mission and securing your Taicho's survival. You did very well, better than I would have expect for one so young. If I could I would allow you to enter ANBU tonight, but that isn't how the system works."
Naruto's face couldn't fit a bigger grin as he rubbed the back of his head bashfully, it was one thing to receive praise in a short note but from his hero himself in person…Naruto could die with a smile right now. But one question did rise in the back of his mind.
"Why? You didn't call Hiroki or Masashi who I know are well enough to attend the meeting. Why are you telling me, I'm nothing special, I barely have any experience and no prestigious background?" Asked Naruto, it had been bothering him since that afternoon when he first spoke to the Sandaime, why was the Hokage himself interested in his progress? By all accounts he was one of the hundreds of rookies that have come out of the academy, granted he did it a bit faster than normal but still…why?
Rather than being turned off or annoyed the Sandaime smile once again as if reaffirming something. "It is often those from the most unimpressive backgrounds that have the largest potential that if honed could make them invaluable. Orochimaru was an orphan child of two career Genin, Sakumo Hatake was the son of a merchant and Jiraiya has no known background and most of all would be Minato-kun, no shinobi background and orphan and grew to be the Yondaime Hokage. In the most unimpressive of backgrounds can the largest potential be found."
Naruto felt himself listening more intently than he ever has before, also his ego got a nice little boost if what he was hearing was being interpreted correctly. It was almost like the Sandaime was calling him the next up in comer!
"Now Chūnin Uzumaki, you are to report to training ground two at five for a special training session."
Naruto saluted the Sandaime and left the office to celebrate his promotion the only way he knew how - Ichiraku Ramen!
While in the Hokage's office another conversation was taking place.
"Subtlety is either lost on you or discretion is…" Came the monotone voice of Danzo out of the shadow of the Hokage's office making Hiruzen chuckle.
"I meant every word and he could use a boost; he certainly earned the praise." Hiruzen replied with a small smile.
Danzo found himself agreeing with the monkey, the blond certainly handled himself much better than any other shinobi that has come out of that pathetic excuse of an academy. It was in part due to his dedication and hard-work as well as his scarcely known pedigree that all but assured his rise to greatness. If only he were allowed to be incorporated into his forces, the blade would be hardened and sharpened to perfection and possibly a new person to wear the hat would rise.
"You seem to have come to the same conclusion I have. They're very few that have come from these generations that have that potential and I intend to put him through the same trials as the others. He will either brake or become worthy, only time will tell. Tomorrow I will get a look for myself."
Danzo nodded and left the office with the same silence that he arrived but with a bit more satisfaction in the monkey's plans. Normally he disagreed with Hiruzen on everything but Danzo acknowledged the passage of time being a key factor in his and Hiruzen's battle effectiveness and ability to rule. There were others certainly, but they have already been forged and that wasn't how the selection process went, a Hokage wasn't selected like most thought but built over years.
The Sandaime had personal instruction from two Hokage's in his youth, the Yondaime was given access to the Nidaime's notes for one of his most deadly jutsu. It wasn't because Minato earned it, but he was considered for the position ever since his first tests as a Genin. It seems as though the cycle has come full circle and yet another one is being put through the selection process and nearly endless tests.
If only the blond could be put into his forces, the amount of progress they would make…
Naruto didn't know what to expect from this training, the Hokage told him it would be special but that was all he was told. The time was also strange, why so early? Most shinobi didn't train this early nor did they want to.
He found his answer by the presence in front of him that made itself known. The Sandaime Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato was going to be his instructor apparently…wow.
"I have trained dozens of shinobi over the years, only three were long-term as you no doubt know. When a Shinobi of substantial potential comes along, I always feel obligated to pass on a few lessons or jutsu. But before that I would like to see what you are capable of, so please…try to kill me." The Sandaime said with a deadly edge to his voice.
Naruto tried and failed to contain his shock; he was literally sworn to do the opposite! Part of him liked the idea of trying such a thing on such a powerful individual and the other part was thinking along the same lines that the Sandaime was thinking, he was re-filling his pipe without a care knowing that no matter what he tries, touching him alone would be an achievement.
Deciding to not wait for a start Naruto threw a handful of Shuriken at the Sandaime which were suddenly pushed off of their flight path confusing Naruto momentarily before he switched up his strategy. Naruto used a hand-seal to activate his Yaezaki no Jutsu to make the Sandaime see countless clones of Naruto surround him before charging in with a kunai in hand.
The Sandaime was interested in the Genjutsu that he's never come across telling him that Naruto invented it himself before shattering the illusion before Naruto managed to cross half a meter of space towards him and by the slight twitch in Naruto's eye, he knew that it did nothing.
So far everything Naruto has tried has been thwarted without the Sandaime even slightly moving. Naruto threw his kunai towards the Sandaime and weaved seals, took a deep breath and exhaled a stream of fire towards his commander.
This time the Sandaime did move but it was to replace himself with a log and appear twenty feet to the right, all without the slightest twitch of movement caught by the blond. Naruto felt frustration rise in his chest as he created two Mizu Bunshin and simultaneously attacked with clones at his side.
The elder Hokage watched on as the blond rookie Chūnin coordinated an attack with his two clones, one was peppering him with shuriken and the others were coming in for Taijutsu. The Sandaime moved his right hand faster than Naruto thought was even possible and a fine burst of chakra flew across the field disrupting his Mizu Bunshin leaving Naruto in the middle of the clearing with no back up.
Trying to push down the hopelessness Naruto activated his Yaezaki no Jutsu and created two more clones and charged into the fray with real Naruto's to give it sustenance. The Sandaime ripped through the Genjutsu and two shuriken tore through the air perforating the clones before Naruto could cross the distance to attack.
The Sandaime held up a hand for the match to stop. "That was an interesting try."
Naruto felt like snorting, literally everything he did was stopped barely a second after he did it. Granted he knew that he was hopelessly out matched but that was pathetic.
"Don't look so down, I have several of your lifetimes in experience. That being said I know what we will work on today, tell me what your affinity is."
Naruto slowly slid into the soothing hot waters of the hot spring with a sigh of relief, at first he was under the impression that he would spend an hour or two with the Sandaime for a lesson or a quick batch of tips but it turned into several hours of one on one instruction.
True to his word after the 'spar' the Sandaime had a lesson planned out in his head; the first few hours were working on his Suiton manipulation and surprisingly Naruto was able to finish the second step and started working on two new jutsu. Then the Sandaime put him through several exercises that was making the blond think that he is now twice as fast as before and quite stronger, apparently weight training was still relevant in this day and age.
For the last few hours the Sandaime gave him the introduction to Demonic Illusions, Genjutsu techniques that weren't supplementary, they were offensive and with the boost in effectiveness came the boost in difficulty, so he was given a new chakra control exercise.
Overall it was a day of foundation laying since Naruto didn't master or learn anything completely but now has the foundations and the scrolls for the Jutsu the Sandaime wants him to learn. Apparently once he finished learning these jutsu he was to report to the Hokage for an examination. Naruto knew a test when he saw one but couldn't for the life of him understand what it was for and why he was receiving it. However, he was damn sure that he would ace it like all the other tests he was presented with.
While resting between exercises the Sandaime told him about the requirements for entering the ANBU; one was to have high-level Taijutsu, low-Jōnin chakra reserves, be adept at all three Shinobi disciplines and have a solid background in Kenjutsu. The ANBU didn't have specific divisions so all the operatives had to be at a certain standard and with this revelation the last Uzumaki decided to work with Hiroki to increase his reserves even more and start delving into the art of Kenjutsu.
He may feel that he was getting closer to his goal but with all these new requirements, he's never felt further away.
Author's Note
So, this has been edited and cleaned up as of 08/01/2020
Original Jutsu:
Yaezaki no Jutsu (Double Blossom Technique) C-Rank: An original jutsu created by Naruto Uzumaki. The user sends out a stream of chakra to the intended target to influence the targets sight to see double. While still in its infancy as a jutsu, Naruto Uzumaki has utilized it alongside clones to throw off even the most experienced of opponents. With further mastery of this jutsu Naruto can manipulate the targets vision to see dozens if not hundreds of copies of the intended object making them mistake it for other jutsu more dangerous jutsu allowing user to finish their opponent.
Torapen no Jutsu (Transparency Technique) B-Rank: Created by Kurenai Yuhi. This user surrounds themselves with chakra to distort the air around them to bend light allowing them to appear invisible. If the user wants to conceal others within the jutsu they must be of similar or smaller sizes.