Naruto: The Path to Konohagakure's Greatest Shinobi

~ Back To Konoha!! Potential Rivals!! ~

During the entire month that Naruto was at the fire capital the training he received was the hardest he had ever experienced in his life. First he had to fix his taijutsu style which was very sloppy. The shinobi he was training under Kazuma had bluntly told him that his taijutsu style was hideous, was messed up, wasn't correct at all, and had no style whatsoever.

The new taijutsu style he learned was called iron wing chun (Tetsu no Eishunken) the training was gut wrenching and sickening as the style was focused on endurance, strength, and speed, as he was forced to have Buddha statues tied to his legs to train his speed, he had a chakra coated metal like battering ram go into his stomach at hours at a time for his endurance, and the blonde began hitting a tree with his limbs with a tree called a black buloke tree.

Thankfully, Naruto managed to figure out a secret with his shadow clone technique which was the true purpose behind the jutsu while in a spar with a guardian ninjas Chikaru and Kitane. He figured out his favorite jutsu could accelerate his training process because whatever clone he made despawned he gain the memories and as well the information which allowed him to accelerate his training.

Ebisu who was as well over looking his training told Naruto that he could only limit the clones to 12 shadow clones, the reason behind it because if he used over a hundred or thousand for training he could have his brain turn into mush because of the information overload he would get.

Because of that, Naruto who would've gotten one month of training if he didn't use the shadow clones managed to get a year of training because of the secret of the shadow clones.

After a day of training he also got into kenjutsu and started to learn how to wield a sword, preferably two chokūto swords that are attached with a chakra chain. With the help of six shadow clones, he managed to gain six months of experience with the help of the secret of the jutsu.

He also managed to get his diet switched from just eating ramen, it took a couple days for him to adjust but the hyperactive boy managed to stay seating different kinds of meats, eggs, fish, beans, vegetables even though he didn't like some of the veggies he ate them anyways, and because of that he managed to grow from 145 centimeters and 40 kilograms to 155 centimeters and 46.5 kilograms. Which was recognized by the Damiyo's guards, Ebisu, the Damiyo himself who would occasionally watch him train, and as well Rika who seemed to be very kind and was crushing on Naruto during the time he was there.

Now currently both Naruto and Ebisu are on their way walking to the hidden leaf village while the now taller blonde was sporting a new look as he was wearing a black and dark red hooded jacket with black shinobi pants and sandals, he also has a black face mask similar with Kakashi's for stealth purposes instead of hiding his face, The two blades he had on his back incase for combat, his ninja supplies on his belt, and his headband tied around his forehead.

The two male shinobi's were currently chatting with one another as the two were approaching the main gate. "It's been a month, huh? I felt like I've been gone for a whole decade.." The blonde said while looking at the gate from a distance as the spectacled Jonin sighed. "His personality might have changed but the hyperactive blonde is still there.." Ebisu thought to himself as he was looking at the genin.

"Before we started training he was only at genin level, but now with his training he can easily be borderline Chunin level to mid Chunin while going all out. No doubt in my mind that he could make Chunin this exam or the next exam in six months and Jonin in the next couple years with his enormous potential."