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Codename: Shadowfox - Chapter VIII

After a few minutes of chasing Kiba, Naruto called out to his team. "Alright ladies, line it up. Fun's over!"

In a heartbeat the three genin stood at attention in front of their sensei, lest they incur his wrath.

Hinata nervously raised her hand. Naruto turned his head to the side slightly. "Do you have a question, Hinata?" he asked.

"Y-Yes, sensei. Umm during your story you said your name was Na-Naruto... Is that your real name or another codename?" she asked nervously.

Naruto just nodded. Idiot! Way to give away your name... Oh well, I was going to reveal myself to them today anyway. "Yes, Naruto is my given name. Naruto Uzumaki. When it's just us, you may call me Naruto-sensei, in anyone else's presence however I am Shadowfox-sensei. Understood?"

"Hai!" The three genin were satisfied with the answer, as they now at least knew the name of their teacher.

A moment later Kiba's eyes widened and he immediately shot his hand up, while almost bouncing up and down.

"Kiba put your hand down, Q and A is over." Naruto told him.

Kiba's face dropped. "But I have a question!" he whined.

"Well that's a shame now isn't it? You should have asked it earlier. Now stretch out and then do a set of fifty push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups." Naruto ordered.

Shino and Hinata immediately did as they were told, while Kiba did so begrudgingly.

Naruto sat back down on the stump from earlier before pulling out three pieces of paper from his pocket.

Ten minutes later the three genin returned to him, panting slightly.

"Don't tell me you're tired already?" Naruto asked as they lined up in front of him. "While I was going to teach each one of you a new jutsu, clearly you need more conditioning if the warm-up has you panting. Give me ten laps around the edge of the training field, then another set of fifty sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups... and hey throw some jumping jacks in there as well."

"Awwwww" Kiba whined as they set off on their run. "This is so unfair, I mean don't get me wrong I love a good run, but he should have taught us those jutsu instead of more exercise."

"Kiba, Naruto-sensei is a former ANBU and an A-rank nin, if he says this is the way to becoming a better shinobi, then I will follow his orders." Shino stated in a flat tone.

"Naruto-sensei is an A-rank nin?" Hinata asked.

"Yes, last night I asked my father about him. He told me a few things about him, including his rank as well as the fact that he did indeed train with the Aburame, even though he isn't one. I asked my father how someone from outside of the clan gained permission to train in our ways-" Shino said before being interrupted.

"What did he say?" Kiba almost shouted.

"If you would let me finish, I will tell you." Shino stated, while neither his face nor voice showed any of the implied annoyance.

"Sorry." Kiba quickly apologized.

"My father had made an agreement with the Hokage and several other clan heads to help train sensei. Why? I'm not sure, but it almost seems as though they were grooming him to be either a ninja on par with the Hokage or to become the Hokage himself." Shino stated his theory.

Kiba's eyes widened before he yelled out in excitement. "What if he did become Hokage? Then we'd be the Hokage's students, like the legendary Sannin were!" He barely contained his excitement.

Shino just shook his head at his teammate's antics and continued on his run.

After completing their task, the genin returned to their sensei who was sitting on the stump.

"Still tired?" Naruto asked.

"No, sensei!" they all replied.

"Good, now let's get to the jutsu." Naruto said as he handed each a piece of paper.

"What's with the paper, sensei?" Kiba asked as he continuously flipped the piece of paper on both sides in an attempt to find what he was missing.

"Those are special chakra readers. With our discussion about chakra natures yesterday, I decided to let you guys know what type each of you have. Just channel some chakra into them and I'll tell you what you have, then teach you a jutsu that goes with that element." Naruto stated.

They all nodded and focused on channeling their chakra into the slips of paper. Shino and Kiba both failed to alter their paper, while Hinata's had turned soggy in her hand.

"U-Umm sensei? My paper is all wet." Hinata spoke.

"Looks like you have a water affinity then. Truthfully I only expected Hinata to be able to successfully channel her chakra into the paper due to her clan teachings, but I'll give you two an exercise to do while I teach Hinata her jutsu." Naruto paused for a moment to pluck two leaves out of a nearby tree. "This is an old academy trick." Naruto said as he handed the two leaves to Shino and Kiba. "I want both of you to work on channeling chakra into these leaves." He ordered.

"Sensei, we were already taught this during the academy." Kiba spoke up.

"Well that training was so you could focus, this time I want you to focus chakra into the leaf so it sticks to you." Naruto explained.

"So it sticks to us?" Kiba asked as he crooked his neck to the side in confusion.

"Yes, I want you to be able to hold that leaf to your foreheads while you look straight down. When your able to maintain that for a minute, we'll try the papers again." Naruto said.

"What? That's impossible, how are we supposed to keep a leaf on our foreheads if we're looking down? It will fall off!" Kiba reasoned.

"Kiba," Naruto started as he pulled another leaf off the tree and stuck it on his head. "Impossible does not apply to true ninja." Naruto paused as he walked straight up the tree and hung upside down while the leaf remained on his forehead. "Impossible, is only another obstacle to surpass." He finished his speech as he looked at his genin from the tree branch.

Kiba's mouth was wide open, Shino raised an eyebrow, and Hinata looked on in slight awe.

"Sick! Can I learn to do that?" Kiba shouted out after he picked his jaw off of the floor.

"Yes, I'll be teaching you the tree-climbing exercise soon." Naruto told them.

"SWEET!" Kiba shouted as he jumped up and down.

"Kiba calm down, or I'll keep you out of the lesson." Naruto warned.

"Sorry, sensei!" Kiba said as he fell back in line with his two teammates.

"Alright you two work on that, Hinata come with me." Naruto said as he jumped down and created a quick shadow clone. "This clone will watch over you two, if you have a question that isn't completely stupid, Kiba, feel free to ask it." Naruto said before walking off with the Hyuga heir.

"Alright Hinata, since you're a water type I'll teach you a D-rank water jutsu to start you off." Naruto stated.

"O-Ok." Hinata said with a nod.

"Alright the signs are Hare then Ram and call out water style: haze jutsu and aim it at me. Got it?" Naruto asked.

Hinata nodded and attempted the jutsu. Hare, Ram, "Suiton: Haze Jutsu" She called out, a few seconds later she noticed a small fog for a few moments, then nothing.

"Alright, not bad for a first attempt. What I probably should have explained is that instead of trying to draw the mist out of the air or ground, use your inner water reserves and expel the haze from your mouth." Naruto clarified.

"Hai, sensei." Hinata said before running through the motions again. "Suiton: Haze Jutsu" This time she shot out a bit of air before it became a small patch of mist, that lasted about thirty seconds.

"That was much better, Hinata. Now you just need to add more chakra to it, so it can be thick enough to blind the enemy. Try it again, pour more chakra into it and also try to hold it as long as possible." Naruto told her.

Hare, Ram. "Suiton: Haze Jutsu" She yelled out before focusing her chakra and expelling a larger amount of mist from her mouth. She held the ram seal as she focused on keeping the veil over her sensei, eventually she grew tired and let the jutsu drop.

"Not bad, Hinata. You kept it for about two minutes that time. I was still able to partially see you though so you need to make the mist thicker. Try it one more time, and then we'll go see how your teammates are doing." Naruto stated.

"Suiton: Haze Jutsu!" This time she tried to draw as much chakra as she could before sending out the haze. Naruto stood inside of the fog, unable to see anything past a few inches in front of him. "Great job! Now just hold it as long as you can!" Naruto called out from inside of the mist.

Hinata, encouraged by the compliment, focused on keeping the jutsu for as long as possible.

After she let it drop, Naruto walked up to her. "Good work, Hinata. You held the jutsu up for three minutes that time and it was thick enough to keep me from seeing out. How tired are you?" He asked as he watched her holding on to her knees.

"I-I'm a little tired after that, sensei." She admitted.

"Alright, I want you to practice that. I want you to be able to hold that density of fog for five minutes, when you're able to do that I want you to be able to keep the mist on a moving target." Naruto told her before turning back to the other two genin. "I'm going to go see how your teammates are doing, keep practicing on this clone." He said as he created a clone and then walked towards the two boys on his team.

The clone watching Kiba and Shino dispelled moments before Naruto joined them. "Alright ladies, what's the problem?"

"We can't get these stupid leaves to stick to us, they keep falling down." Kiba answered.

"I am able to keep it on for a few seconds before it also falls off." Shino stated.

Naruto nodded. "Alright, let's try something different then. Lie down, put the leaves on your heads, and this time use your chakra to try and spin them." Naruto pulled out his leave and demonstrated what he meant by spinning the leaf in a circle on his mask.

The boys lay down and did as they were told. Shino was able to move the leaf slightly, while Kiba just lay there frustrated.

"Keep working on that. Once you're able to spin the leaf fast enough that it can fly off of your head, try the sticking method again." Naruto said as he created a clone and went to a nearby tree to catch up on the sleep he missed this morning.

xXx

Dreamscape

Naruto awoke in the sewers once again. "Oh for Kami's sake..." he groaned to himself as he walked the familiar corridors.

Once he arrived at the gate, Naruto spoke up. "Alright you damn fox, what do you want? This time it better be important, and not just you crying about wanting to go outside like a little child." Naruto scolded the great beast.

"Don't take that tone with me, human." the Kyuubi rebuked.

"Why did you summon me?" Naruto asked with annoyance.

The Kyuubi grinned widely. "When are you going to summon me out, so I can meet your friends? Especially that pale eyed girl you seem attracted to? She looks like she could make a fine mate." the demon spoke.

"First off, there is no way in hell I'm letting you out. Secondly..." Naruto blushed for a moment. "I am not attracted to her, she is my student." he protested.

"You're not attracted to her?" The Fox chuckled. "Kit, I'm in your head. I see what you see, hear what you think, and quite frankly I must admit she wouldn't be a bad choice for a vixen." Kyuubi stated.

Naruto just sputtered for a moment before regaining his composure. "Even if that was the case, which it isn't, you still won't meet her. The whole giant demon trapped inside of me speech isn't something I plan on telling them for a while, and I definitely wont be showing them." Naruto told the fox with finality.

Kyuubi chuckled once more. "Very well, Naruto. One of these days though, you are going to need my strength and when that day comes, I'll be sure to introduce myself to your team." the demon threatened.

"Whatever... Don't call me again unless it's important, Kurama." Naruto told the demon fox who growled in annoyance at the boy using its real name.

xXx

Naruto was awakened as the memories of a clone flooded to him. Looks like Hinata passed out from exhaustion, he thought as he got up and made his way over to her.

Walking over to her side, he shook her slightly. "Hey, Hinata. You can't sleep out here." Naruto teased.

"Hu-Huh?" Hinata stirred.

"Wake up, Hinata." Naruto said as he gave her another shake.

"S-Sensei? What happened?" Hinata asked groggily.

"My clone told me that you passed out from exhaustion." Naruto reached into his pocket and pulled out a small tan bag. "Here eat this, you'll feel much better." he said as he handed her a small pellet.

She nodded and took the offered ball, and ate it. She felt immediately rejuvenated and wondered what that was aloud.

"It's called a soldier pill. They instantly restore a good amount of chakra and give you an adrenaline boost for a few minutes, but take too many and you might as well sign your own death certificate." Naruto explained as he helped her up. "It looks like it's around noon, so let's go get some lunch." he said as he helped the girl over to where her teammates were.

Naruto dispelled the clone watching over them and gained his memories. "Good job on getting the leaf to spin Shino. Kiba, as always, I'm sorely disappointed." He mentioned.

"What do you mean 'as always'? You've only been my sensei for two days!" Kiba yelled.

"And yet you've managed to disappoint me so much in such a small time frame, I don't know whether to congratulate you or send you back to the academy." Naruto spoke sarcastically. Kiba just grumbled to himself.

"Kiba, bring the leaf with you. You're going to keep working on it while we have lunch." Naruto told him. Kiba kept grumbling to himself about how unfair his sensei was.

Naruto led his genin back to the village to get some lunch.

"U-Umm, Naruto-sensei?" Hinata started.

"What's up, Hinata?" Naruto asked.

"How are you going to eat with that mask on?" Hinata asked hoping to see his face.

"Hehe, curious about what I look like now that you know my name?" Naruto questioned.

"W-Well I did try to look with my Byakugan but for some reason I couldn't see past it." Hinata admitted.

"That's thanks to your dad. He placed a Hyuga seal on the inside of my mask that keeps the Byakugan from looking in." Naruto explained.

"So we don't get to see who you are?" Kiba asked.

"I didn't say that, I was just explaining to Hinata why she couldn't cheat and see me before the rest of you." Naruto stated.

"So you're going to show us your face?" Kiba asked a little more loudly that necessary.

"Not if you keep yelling in my damn ear, Kiba." Naruto chided.

"Sorry, sensei." Kiba backed off.

"Why do you want to know so badly anyway? Shino over there doesn't really seem to care either way." Naruto tried to stall.

"Actually sensei, I have been quiet curious as to your identity myself."

"I see..." Naruto just stood there looking at them for a few minutes.

"Well...?" Kiba tried.

"Well, what?" All three genin just sweatdropped.

"Are you going to show us your face or not!" Kiba yelled.

"Kiba, what did I say about yelling?" Naruto said as a kunai appeared in his hand out of nowhere.

"S-Sensei, could you show us your face?" Hinata tried distracting him before they lost a teammate.

"Yeah I guess..." They all just stood around for a few minutes in an awkward silence.

"U-Umm sensei, weren't you going to show us?" Hinata spoke up again.

"Oh, was that why we were standing around for the past five minutes?" Naruto just loved messing with his genin.

Kiba face-palmed, Shino actually looked mildly annoyed and Hinata pouted slightly.

Damn there's that pout again... must... resist! Somewhere in the recesses of Naruto's mind he heard a chuckle.

"Please, Naruto-sensei?" Hinata asked while still pouting cutely.

Resist! Resist, damn you! "Umm sure, Hinata." You weak willed loser... how did you ever become an ANBU? Naruto mentally berated himself as his hand moved up towards his mask.

Naruto, true to his prankster nature drew the reveal out as long as possible. They may have won this round, but I'm going down fighting!

Once he reached his fox mask he held onto it for a few minutes. "Are you sure about this? Once you see my face, there's no going back." Naruto said to try and discourage them.

"Just take it off already!" Kiba said with exasperation.

"Kiba, what's with all the yelling?" Naruto tried to stall a bit longer.

"Never mind his yelling sensei, we can deal with him later. Now if you would be so kind as to show us your face?" Shino spoke up.

"Right..." Naruto brought his hand back up to his mask, as slow as possible. He slowly slid the fox mask to to the top of his head, the black Kakashi-style mask underneath becoming visible as he slid the mask higher. The fox mask had just reached his nose when he decided to quickly remove the rest. The top half of an eighteen-year-old Naruto head was visible.

"Well here's the big secret, not really worth all that commotion right?" Naruto said as he stuck his hands in his pockets.

Hinata was dazed from the moment she looked into his bright blue eyes. He looks just like that boy that saved me... I wonder if they are related.

"What about that mask?" Kiba said as he pointed to the black mouth mask Naruto had on.

"What about it?" Naruto responded as he ran a hand through his hair and pulled on his hitai-ite. It was sewn into a long black cloth that reached down to the back of his knees.

The whole time that Naruto was fixing his hair, Hinata was working up a rather deep blush. Oh...my...

"Well aren't you going to take it off also?" Kiba asked.

"I guess I can." Naruto took off his trenchcoat and set it on the stump, the ANBU tattoo on his left shoulder now visible. He began the torture anew as he slowly pulled down the mask over the course of the next minute.

Upon seeing his muscular arms and chest Hinata was feeling rather lightheaded and decided to sit down for a moment.

"Under this mask..." He let the sentence drag on before fully sliding the mask off. "Is another mask!"

"NANI!" Kiba yelled in disbelief.

"Yeah, it's another mask. Now how about we go get some lunch? I'm starving." Naruto spoke up.

Kiba smirked after registering what he said. "But sensei, how will you eat with that mask on?"

"Well a good friend of mine taught me a genjustsu that makes it appear as if I had a mask on the entire time while I ate but Hinata will probably be able to see through it." Naruto reasoned.

"Yeah, yeah, so how about you just show us now and get it over with and then you can put up the jutsu so no one else sees?" Kiba offered.

"If it will get you off my case, then fine." Naruto removed his third mask to reveal his face, with slightly more defined whisker marks.

Hinata promptly fainted, 'Hot!' being her final thought before the darkness overtook her.

"There, happy? The whiskers are the 'fox' part of my codename." Naruto explained.

"But you made it seem as if this 'fox' was actually part of you rather than just some marks." Shino stated.

"Well that fox is more of... a second personality. You know how people can have multiple personalities? Well Kurama is mine." Naruto explained.

"I see." Shino nodded.

"Hey guys, I think Hinata fainted from exhaustion again." Kiba noticed.

"Probably, she did use a lot of her chakra." Naruto stated. "Let's wake her up and then go get some lunch, she should be fine after that."

"You're paying, right? I forgot my money at home." Kiba said with a grin.

"No, why would I pay?" Naruto said.

"Because your our sensei?" Kiba said with an upward inflection.

"And? I'm only here to show you how to be better shinobi, not to buy stuff for you." Naruto argued.

"But... You're like, older and stuff. Isn't that what old people do?" Kiba asked.

"I'm not that old..." Naruto stated with a downcast look.

"Well yeah, you only look like eighteen or nineteen but you're still older than us." Kiba clarified.

Naruto looked up with a smirk. "Actually both you and Shino are older than I am." He mentioned.

"I had a feeling that you were crazy after telling us that you have another personality but now I know you are if you think we're older than you." Kiba commented.

"Fine, when's your birthday?" Naruto asked as he picked up Hinata.

"July seventh." Kiba answered.

"And you are twelve right?" Naruto questioned.

"Yeah..." Kiba said while nodding.

"Then you are three months older." Naruto informed Kiba.

"You expect me to believe that? You're like a foot and a half taller than me and you expect me to believe that I'm older than you?" Kiba said while he tried to contain his laughter.

"That's because it's true. Watch." Naruto set Hinata down and made a Ram seal. "Expansion Jutsu: Kai." Naruto intoned and both Shino and Kiba watched as their sensei shrunk down from six feet to a little over five.

"What the hell!" Kiba shouted.

"Kiba, seriously, stop with the shouting." Naruto ordered.

"So... That's the real you?" Shino asked carefully.

"Yup. That jutsu was something I learned from the Akimichi clan, called the expansion jutsu. There was also the genjutsu layered into it that made me look older. It was difficult at first due to Akimichi jutsu running off of both chakra and calories, but eventually I learned to tweak it so it only ran on chakra." Naruto answered.

"But... But... If you're our age, then how are you our sensei?" Kiba sputtered.

"Well I became a jounin at nine so I had three years worth of experience and because of that I was forced to become your sensei because Kurenai had only been a jounin for a year and a half." Naruto explained.

"You were forced to be a sensei?" Shino asked.

"Well more like bribed. The Hokage essentially made me an offer I could not refuse." Naruto paused for a moment. "But truthfully I didn't want to become a sensei, babysitting brats was not where I saw my ninja career going." He admitted.

Kiba grew a tick on his forehead. "How the hell can you call US brats? We're older than you!" he raged.

"Because I have the ability to kill you and make it look like an accident, Kiba. And with all the shouting you've been doing today I have half a mind to kill you," Naruto heard a dark chuckle and a 'Do it!' from the back of his mind. "And apparently the other half agrees."

Kiba paled as he looked like he was about say something again, but wisely abandoned the thought. Meanwhile, Hinata was slowly waking up from her slumber.

She slowly opened her eyes to someone bending down to talk to her, her vision was blurry but she could make out what looked like blonde hair. It must be sensei...

"Yo, Hinata you alright? Get up and we'll go get some food." Naruto told her.

Hinata's vision slowly returned to her and she saw him. It was the boy who had saved her from those bullies when she was younger. What should I say? She could feel her cheeks heating up again. Umm...Umm...

Naruto noticed the cute blush forming on her cheeks, and heard a 'Called it.' from the back of his mind. Shut up, Fox. "Hey, Hinata are you alright?" Naruto asked.

He... He knows my name... "U-U-Umm I-I'm f-f-fine th-thank you." Hinata could feel the heat on her cheeks increase. He's so close...

"Alright. Get up, we're going to lunch." Naruto said.

"L-Lu-Lunch?" Hinata stuttered out. L-Like a date?

"Yeah, lunch. You need to get some food in you before you pass out from exhaustion again. Come on, Kiba and Shino are waiting." Naruto said as he formed a seal. "Expansion Jutsu: Henge" Naruto returned to his eighteen- year-old version and helped Hinata to her feet.

"Can you walk?" Naruto asked as he watch Hinata's knees shaking under her.

"Uhhh... Umm..." Hinata tried saying something but just couldn't.

"Guess you're more tired than you look, don't worry about it." Naruto said with a smile that instantly knocked her out again.

"Jeeze... Maybe I should take it easy on her training tomorrow." He said before picking her up and carrying her bridal style. Hinata unconsciously snuggled closer to his chest and a slight smile adorned her face.

"Alright, let's head out." Naruto spoke.

"But I still don't have my money..." Kiba whined.

"I'll spot you this time, but you owe me." Naruto told him.

"Woot!" Kiba cheered.

"What did I say about the loud noises that come out of your mouth?" Naruto scolded.

"Sorry sensei." Kiba said as they continued walking back to the village.

"It's fine, just go get my trench coat for me." Naruto said, and Kiba nodded.

xXx

They came upon a small stand on the corner of a street named Ichiraku Ramen.

"A ramen bar?" Kiba asked incredulously.

"If you don't want any, I don't have a problem with not wasting my money on buying you some." Naruto said as they walked in.

"No, ramen is fine." Kiba said as he took a seat on one of the barstools, while Shino sat on his left and Naruto took the seat on his right, setting Hinata down next to him.

A brunette girl who looked the same age as henge-Naruto walked up. "Oh hey Naruto, how many can I get you today?" The girl asked. The waitress and her father were part of the small group that knew twelve-year-old Naruto, eighteen-year-old Naruto, and Shadowfox.

"Hey Ayame! I'll take five pork and five miso for now, and put whatever my team orders on my tab." Naruto said.

"Oh, so this is your team?" Ayame asked slightly excited.

"Yeah. The guy with the shades is Shino, the funny looking one is Kiba, and the girl passed out next to me is Hinata." Naruto said, as said girl started to move slightly.

"What happened to her?" Ayame asked with concern.

"Exhaustion, but nothing some ramen can't fix, right?" Naruto said with a smile.

"Right, so what'll you two have?" Ayame asked.

"I'll have a miso ramen." Shino said.

"I'll take a pork." Kiba answered.

"What about her?" Ayame asked Naruto.

Hinata slowly raised her head. Where am I now...?

"Hey, Hinata?" Naruto asked.

"S-Sensei?" Hinata asked as she slowly sat up. "Wh-Where are w-we?" She asked after looking around a few times.

"Welcome to Ichiraku Ramen. Now what can I getcha?" Ayame asked.

"Ramen...?" Hinata asked still somewhat confused.

"Are you not hungry?" Naruto asked from the seat next to her.

"...Umm" Hinata said as she looked down and started twiddling her fingers.

"Just put her down for a miso." Naruto said and Ayame nodded before placing the order.

When Ayame returned with the ramen, Naruto activated his genjutsu to create the illusion of a mask while he ate.

"That's really weird. It looks like you're sucking the ramen through the mask." Kiba mentioned.

"I still don't know why you and Kakashi hide your faces behind those masks." Ayame said as she leaned on the counter.

"Two reasons. One, I like my privacy. And two, like Kakashi, I fear what would happen if I just walked around unmasked. I learned after the first day of using the henge that doing that was a horrible idea, and asked Kakashi to give me one of his masks." Naruto explained.

"Still... I wouldn't mind seeing you and Kakashi without your masks in here more often." Ayame said with a faraway look.

"Ayame, we've been over this. I'm twelve." Naruto reminder her.

"Yeah, but you look eighteen." She said with a grin.

"W-Wait... sensei, did you just say you were twelve?" Hinata asked as her mind finally caught up.

"Oh right, you were passed out when I explained it. Well long story short, I'm really twelve, and this," he montioned to his body, "is all a jutsu." Naruto said before returning to his ramen.

"O-Oh..." Hinata said, as Ayame set the ramen in front of her.

"Now eat up, Hinata." Naruto said with what looked like a smile under the mask.

After that bit of persuading, Hinata ate her ramen and felt slightly better.

Kiba had continued to work on the leaf spinning exercise while they ate. After Naruto had finished his ninth bowl, Kiba finally managed to get the leaf to do a full rotation.

"Sweet! I finally did it sensei!" Kiba said happily, but kept his voice only slightly above normal levels so as not to anger his teacher.

"Took you long enough." Naruto joked as he continued on to his tenth bowl.

"So sensei, can I learn what my chakra type is now?" Kiba asked with excitement.

"Sure I guess we can give it a shot." Naruto said as he pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket and handed it to the feral genin. "Just focus your chakra into it, like you did for the leaf." Naruto told him.

"Got it." Kiba said with a nod before focusing on the paper in his palms. Kiba had closed his eyes so he could further focus on his task. After about a minute or two he opened his eyes and separated his palms.

"Well look at that, you're a pyro." Naruto said as he looked at the ash pile in Kiba's hands.

"So, it's fire?" Kiba asked with a gleam in his eyes.

"Yup. Guess I'll have to give a fire Tsuga a try soon, and tell you how it goes." Naruto stated.

"Yes!" Kiba howled as he spun in his stool.

"Sensei, may I also try again?" Shino asked.

"Sure, Shino." Naruto said as he handed the other boy a slip of paper.

Shino focused his chakra and after only a few moments he lifted his hands.

Naruto's eyes widened for a moment. "No way..." He muttered in disbelief.