Naruto: The Darkness Within

Chapter 8: The Ultimate Test

Naruto woke himself up at a bright and early Six in the morning. He got in the shower and washed, while a clone made breakfast. Naruto ate his breakfast.

"Kakashi-Sensei advised us to not eat breakfast, nothing about ordering us not to." Naruto said to his clone, still eating his food.

"The only set back I see is Sakura. She doesn't take training seriously enough. She's more worried about being 'perfect' for Sasuke." The clone told his creator.

"Yeah, she doesn't even realize Sasuke doesn't like her in the slightest. He obviously wants a serious Kunoichi to rebuild his clan with." The original stated. The clone stopped and started wondering.

"Wait, what kind of girl would we be interested in?" The clone asked the Blonde. Naruto sat and thought about that while eating.

"Go get my clothes ready. We don't have time to think about our love life. Not yet anyways." Naruto said. The clone grumbled something about 'lazy bastard' and walked off to do as he was told. Naruto finished the remainder of his food and went to his room to get ready. As he got to his room he seen what his clone laid out.

"Wow, I hate him." Naruto said as he seen the dark assortment of clothes that didn't match on his bed. He looked at the clock and the time was 6:50am. He didn't have time to switch so he put on his dark red T shirt over a black mesh shit with his dark camouflage cargo pants and navy blue sandals. "Why did I even buy the camouflage pants for?" Naruto asked himself. He ran out the apartment and arrived at the training fields.

"Naruto, what are you wearing?" Sakura asked. Sasuke looked over and smirked. The two of them were sitting. Sasuke was brooding near a tree and Sakura was sitting on a rock.

"My stupid shadow clone laid these out while I was eating." Naruto replied. Sakura looked puzzled while the last Uchiha was trying to holding his laugh back.

"How does that even work anyways?" Sakura asked, "Like how does your clones do stuff for you?"

"Well, Kakashi-Sensei taught this specific type of clone to me a while back actually. I have too much chakra to perform a standard clone no matter what chakra control I have. These clones have their own thoughts and can move freely from me. Sometimes they can be assholes." Naruto explained. He sat down next to Sakura.

"So, how did your clothes end up like this?" Sakura asked. Sasuke has been waiting for this explanation.

"So, I told me to grab some clothes and lay them out for me and he grumbled and called me lazy. I also made him cook me breakfast. So, I guess this is revenge." Naruto told her. Sasuke laughed.

"Ha, only an idiot like you would fight yourself this early in the morning. I hope Kakashi makes you puke too." Sasuke said jokingly.

"How is your Rasengan training going?" Naruto asked. He didn't even want to feed into Sasuke's jokes this early in the morning. Sasuke took a serious expression.

"I'm down to three seconds but that's as far as I can go for now." Sasuke admitted. Naruto was impressed Sasuke could keep up giving his chakra reserves wasn't as big as his own.

"That's great. I'm at 2 and a half seconds currently." Naruto stated. Sakura was confused.

"What's a Rasengan?" She asked. Naruto and Sasuke looked at her with puzzling looks. Sasuke decided to answer her.

"Naruto's father was an incredible shinobi who developed the Rasengan and his teleportation Jutsu. He taught it to his master, who is now teaching us. The only reason I'm learning is due to Naruto bringing me along for the training." Sasuke answered before she could ask why he was learning it.