Train up for a Mission: Kirito's toughest training yet

Standing up against a pole Kirito continued to wait for his sensei to show up so the training could get underway, another person appeared in the area that Kirito noticed. It was the Seventh Hokage Naruto Uzumaki, after he appeared Naruto just stood before Kirito and spoke to him. "Sasuke will be here soon, I just came to explain something to you before he got here." Putting his full attention to the Hokage as he waited for him to speak on the matter. "Me and Sasuke specifically picked you to join in on the mission to get the Academy Students back. My son Bolt was among them. So I am personally going to teach you a technique to use as a key to succeeding this mission. Its the Summoning Jutsu." Kirito was shocked to hear one of the Hokage's kids were in that that group as well. This made Kirito feel even worse about being worse of a fighter back on that day that it all took place. "I agreed on it with Sasuke that I shall teach you to Summon Toads and Sasuke will teach you to Summon Hawks." One from each teacher, it seemed the village was turning Kirito into a stronger ninja just to get this mission done.

"Very well I accept your training Lord Hokage. I shall become the next summoner of the Toads and bring back Bolt and everyone else. The Land of Woods shall pay for what they have done." Naruto then put some blood on his thumb and formed some hand seals. After finishing the hand seals he placed his hand onto the ground and a cloud of smoke appeared with a large toad shape figure appearing behind it. Kirito knew it was one of Lord Naruto's toads that he used often. Entrusting such a thing to just a mere Genin was very unheard of but from what Kirito was thinking they were desperate. "This here is Gama, he is the keeper of the Toad summoning scroll. Sign your name in blood in the next open space and place your finger prints of your dominant hand at the bottom in blood." Kirito following the instructions of Lord Hokage he signed his name in blood and did the finger print thing at the bottom. He was surprised this was all it took to become a summoner of an animal. Being just out of the Academy didn't add to the matters as well especially with the lack of Chakra control at this point. "You will probably have a hard time using this technique now with your lack of experience with chakra but I'm sure you will manage." Looking up at Lord Hokage he waited for the next part of the training. "The hand seals are Boar, Dog, Bird, Monkey, and Ram. Form them then place your dominant hand on the ground." Forming the hand seals within a matter of second he placed his hand onto the ground and smoke came from it. When the smoke lifted a small sized toad that had a tail appeared which shocked Naruto greatly. That was actually much better than what he did during the time he learned the summoning jutsu with Jiraiya.

"That is actually pretty good for someone with less chakra control than most. Give it one more try and maybe you can at least summon a toad." Kirito knew this wasn't an easy task to pull off but now this is the training he needed to learn for the mission. Forming the hand seals one more time he finally pushed in enough chakra into it this time as he placed his hand on the ground again. This time smoke came out in larger amounts and Kirito felt himself get lifted off the ground by something massive. Once the smoke cleared Kirito looked down and saw a Toad beneath him however he didn't know its name. Naruto then jumped up and appeared next to Kirito as he began to speak on the matter. "Good job, you managed to summon your first toad, this ones name is Gamakichi. He's a strong ally of mine." Looking down Kirito saw how tall Gamakichi was and this really gave him a shock. "Hey Naruto, what's up? So is this the new kid you spoke about with the old man before?" Naruto just nodded to Gamakichi who instantly understood what was being said between the two of them. Kirito just stood there in pure shock at the view of the area along with the village in the short distance with the new and old districts. Suddenly Sasuke appeared on Gamakichi's head and stood next to Naruto who looked over at his friend. "I shall take it from here Naruto, he does have Uchiha blood in him after all. I'll update you later on." Naruto just nodded and within that moment Gamakichi vanished in a plume of smoke. Looking over to where Lord Naruto was Kirito just saw another plume of smoke appear as he vanished as well. This just left Kirito with Sasuke to train or so he thought until he landed on his feet on the ground. Sakura appeared from the shadows and stood behind Sasuke as if she was backing him up. "Now we shall begin your main training here, starting with some fire jutsu then onto training your Sharingan. Now, let's begin."

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Summoning Jutsu (Toad): 42/30sc Mastered

"Today starts your full training to become a true ninja. Right now you could hardly even cut a hair off my head. Once I am done with you, you shall be able to defeat me in battle." Kirito knew that this was going to be a rough battle from the start but not where it was going to lead him. From how Sasuke phrased his words he suspected that he was to eventually defeat Sasuke in combat. This got Kirito to thinking about the goals of Lord Hokage and Sasuke as well. "Very well, let's begin my training. Those people in the land of Woods shall suffer for killing my parents and family." Sasuke then squinted his eyes at Kirito as he knew that hatred too well, he knew he had to stay close to Kirito to keep it from consuming him. Walking up to Kirito, Sasuke then formed some hand signs and formed his chakra. "Watch closely as I perform the signature jutsu of the Uchiha Clan, Fire Style; Fireball Jutsu!" Almost instantly after finish his hand signs Sasuke pushed out a massive burst of chakra from his mouth that emerged as flames.

Kirito just stood there in awe at how large the fireball got compared to most he saw from Chunin and sometimes even Jonin level, this one surpassed them all. Sasuke then cut off the jutsu and looked at Kirito with a glare type of look and spoke to him as if commanding him to do it. "Now then you do it, just form the chakra into your stomach and force it out. Do it in one try, Kirito." Nodding at his sensei Kirito quickly formed the hand seals and kept quiet as he focused his chakra. Finally forming the chakra he needed Kirito gave it a great push out of his mouth which formed a medium sized fireball. After keeping the fireball going for about a full minute Kirito cut it off and stood there feeling a bit shaky. Now that he could use the fireball jutsu he could now fight someone but not at this level however. He needed more strength and as he was about to ask Sasuke what they were doing next Sasuke placed a sword into the ground in front of Kirito. "Next we do some sword training. Weapon style combat is important, so I shall teach it to you now. Be ready Kirito, this part isn't going to be easy compared to the Fireball jutsu!" Quickly pulling the sword out of its sheath Kirito held it in his right hand and prepared to attack. Knowing this wasn't going to be easy fighting at all, Kirito prepared to fight with all of his might against Sasuke.

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Fire Style; Fireball Jutsu: 20/15sc mastered

Holding his new sword in his hands, Kirito prepared to train in a new sword style with Sasuke leading him. The sword style was heavily known for Sasuke to use especially during the last war. "Alright now the style I'm going to teach you is called Iaidō. It's a sword style popular of the Samurai in the Land of Iron." Knowing this technique would be good for when in close hand combat against someone who was a taijutsu user. Keeping that in mind Kirito made sure to pay close attention to Sasuke. "In order to fight properly with a sword you must use perfect precision and technique. So no swinging it around wildly, that will only leave you wide open for an attack. Now draw your sword, Kirito." Pulling on the handle of the sword, the steel from the blade began to shine from the sunlight off the sun gleaming around Kirito. Pulling it out of the scabbard Kirito held the sword down at his side in his right hand and prepared for the next step. "Very good, now then you should do some practice swings before doing a practice match against me."

Just as Kirito nodded some wood like structures appeared on the field before him and stood still. Clenching his sword and swallowed nervously, Kirito looked directly at the the wood structures. Lifting his sword up to his face and got into a position to push himself forward to attack. "Those things are special training puppets I had some allies of mine in the Hidden Sand build to help me train. Now use all the skills that you have to defeat them, however all Ninjutsu is forbidden. Go!" A drop of sweat came off Kirito's forehead, after it came off his face and hit the ground he lunged forward at the puppets. Lifting his sword into the air he began to force it downward at a puppet with the force of a giant building onto it. Managing to force his sword half way through the puppet Kirito then kicked the puppet to get his sword free and jumped back. Just as that move was finished the puppets began to move and close in on him. "Now I can see how Sensei is so strong, these puppets are built tough compared to most I've seen." Finally getting a serious look in his eyes Kirito swung his sword with slick movement and sliced up the puppets. All of them became disabled and fell to pieces to the ground with Kirito towering over their parts. Looking over at Sasuke, Kirito placed the sword back into its scabbard and held it at his side. "Very well, I guess I finally see how serious you can be Kirito. Now let us move on with your training."

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Iaidō 22/15sc MASTERED

The sun was shining above in the air, the sound of the new city sounds in the distance as the wind begins to blow and some trees begin to rustle. A figure appears in the far off distance leaping through the trees with a Leaf village headband on. His name is Hakaruto, he became a Genin a few months ago after convincing the Sixth Hokage to recommend him for the position. Stopping at a creek he began to survey the water surface for anyone near by, after a short search he detected a presence a few miles down the creek.

"Someone must be down there, I'm sensing very dense amounts of chakra." Looking around he then saw some wavelengths roaming in the water coming from the southern area. "They must be that way, I'm hoping it's who I think it is." Standing on the water Hakaruto began to form some hand signs and focused his chakra. During this process water began to drip heavily off his body as he finished the final hand sign to conform his chakra into a jutsu. "I shall scope them out first and see who they are before I approach them. Water Style: Hiding in Water Jutsu!" After the last seal his entire body turned into water and a darker colored form of the river began to move downstream toward the other ninja.

After a while of flowing with the water, Hakaruto finally came to a large open area that had three other ninja standing around in it. Fire flew everywhere for a short while before the flames calmed down a bit showing two of the shinobi facing off with swords. Looking into both of the shinobi's eyes Hakaruto could instantly tell that they were both of the Uchiha clan with the Sharingan eye. "It appears that I may have found the wrong group. But in the end either way it will do." Hakaruto was looking for a different group of shinobi from the Hidden Mist to escort them around the village but got lost. Being a water style user, Hakaruto was always more fond of the Hidden Mist for that reason. Due to these shinobi having a stronger chakra than himself Hakaruto decided to stay put in one spot until he was spotted by them. By doing so he could estimate their strengths and finally take them down if need be. He was hoping however it wasn't going to come to that.

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Sasuke and Kirito both stand facing each other in the middle of the open field waiting to see what was going to happen next as Sakura stepped forward. "Sasuke, I think you should teach him that Taijutsu form that you learned when you were a Genin years ago. It might help him out some more." Closing his eyes Sasuke began to ponder on what to do next for his student. Knowing that Kirito had to be strong enough to win the battle in the Land of Woods. "Very well then, the strong fist style might actually help him out during the main battle. Stand ready it's time to learn some Taijutsu." Sasuke raised his fists into a fighting position as Kirito got into a similar position unique to him. After a moment of standing still, the two of them ran at each other raising their fists and throwing a single punch at one another. Seeing Sasuke's attack just in time Kirito raised his other arm and blocked Sasuke's attack, however the two ended up locking into each other not moving from the center for a moment. "A taijutsu lesson, this will help me in the end but this fighting style she mentioned, how strong would i become?"

Sasuke just looked at Kirito in a strange way as it was the first time he ever asked if something would make him stronger. Shaking off the notion made by Kirito, Sasuke then jumped back and assumed a position and faced Kirito with full intent of teaching him something. "It will only make you stronger if you put your focus into it and not slack off. Now come at me and memorize my movements." Watching Sasuke's stance Kirito realized that it was a bit open to the left but that was only to lead the opponent to attack that side leaving the opponent wide open. Charging in for an attack Sasuke then vanished from sight with only moving his right foot and reappeared behind Kirito with such great speeds even with the Sharingan Kirito couldn't keep up. Turning around as quickly as he could he observed Sasuke's muscle movements with each step he took even down to the very last breath he took in that moment. After a short minute of watching him with his Sharingan Kirito lifted his right arm and blocked Sasuke's punch Sasuke threw at him after appearing behind him. "Very good, you were able to use your Sharingan even though it is only a premature Sharingan. Your talents with those eyes are becoming quite clear. Now show me what you can do with those eyes." Jumping back Kirito regained his stance and placed himself into a similar stance that Sasuke had before and attempted to do what he did. This attempt however failed to move as fast, however he did managed to throw a pretty strong punch, due to his Sharingan memorizing Sasuke's movements. "It appears this is much harder to complete then I thought it would be. Your muscle movements are hidden quite well behind your blinding speed, however it isn't impossible to copy with these eyes!"

Standing upright in a very strict posture Kirito then used his Sharingan to mimic Sasuke's movements from earlier and moved at a very high speed. This speed wasn't as fast as Sasuke and not even in the same league but it was however quite fast for a Genin. "Now that is impressive that you have that great of a grasp on your Sharingan already, after all you just awoke it the other night." Stopping behind Sasuke, Kirito couldn't catch his breath for the moment and stood there for a moment before standing up right to notice Sasuke looking over at the river and pulling out a kunai. Throwing the Kunai at the river Sasuke then began to stare down a certain spot in the river then finally activated his Sharingan. "Come out of hiding now, I know you are there so no point in lurking any longer." Kirito then activated his Sharingan and stared at the same spot and saw a large portion of Chakra free floating in the river. "Come on out, we can see your chakra with our eyes. No need to continue your little charade. Just come out and identify yourself." Sakura who was still off in the background went and hid behind the trees to try and remain hidden from the new person to make sure she wasn't going to be attacked first. This could turn into a battle for both Sasuke and Kirito or just be a simple prank from some other shinobi of the area, this however couldn't be overlooked due to the recent events, it is now a waiting game to see who lurks in the shadows.

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Strong Fist 30/30sc MASTERED

Sitting back and watching the training unfold in front of him he knew that this boy who was training with the war hero Sasuke Uchiha, who was identified by the Sharingan eyes, was going to be a good ally or an even worse threat in the future. Just out of no where a kunai knife came flying at Hakaruto out of no where, dodging it while remaining under water Hakaruto managed to determine it came from Sasuke who was now staring directly at him. Out of the corner of his eye Hakaruto spotted the young student who had a newly awakened Sharingan in his eyes. "So it seems this student is even more surprising than I thought, I must get him to come to my side of the wall or else I may have a severe issue on my hands."

Releasing the jutsu Hakaruto was using and appeared standing on top of the water looking directly at Sasuke and the young man. "Now that wasn't very nice, I was enjoying the sound of the water." Standing there with a cheesy grin on his face Hakaruto then stepped a little closer to the land. Keeping his eyes directly on them both he knew that he was going to have to play the safe card if he was going to survive this. Keeping on his toes Hakaruto knew that this was going to be difficult if he didn't keep himself on the full defensive against these two.

"My name is Hakaruto. I'm from this village so no need to be on such high alert with me." Hoping that would help his situation mostly with Sasuke but that young ninja over next to Sasuke was his main concern as the younger ones acted more rashly. "I am however looking for someone skilled in Water Style jutsu if you could point me in the right direction that would be rather nice of you." Hoping to find someone to train him with the Water Style however he has trained thus far in Water Style and has learned some good jutsu from it as well, this wasn't enough to satisfy him to where he wanted to be. To be prepared Hakaruto decided to form some hand seals for a Clone jutsu and had it form underwater and remain there just as a precaution to switch places in case of an attack. "By the way, you the young Sharingan user there, your Taijutsu that you just used, it is quite strong but could use improvement. Find me someday when you are stronger and we can fight." Smiling at him Hakaruto decided to issue a light challenge for in the future against the young ninja to encourage him to become stronger. After a short while of waiting Hakaruto knew that this was an awkward situation as they were both staring at him. Looking down at the ground he decided to try and end this before anything got too heated here.

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Keeping his Sharingan active the whole time since Hakaruto showed up Kirito knew that this guy was strong. After being asked about a Water Style user, Kirito knew that Hakaruto was his polar opposite elemental wise making him no match for him at this moment. "You say you aren't here to fight, yet you were hiding in the water and watching me and Sasuke from a distance. I do say you are a threat and I shall defeat you here!" Pulling out four kunai Kirito quickly threw them at Hakaruto while preparing to use his new found ability of the Strong Fist for the first time in actual combat. As soon as the kunai got close enough to Hakaruto, Kirito then used his speed to appear behind Hakaruto to throw a punch directly at the back of his head. "If you think you are strong enough to fight against me at this time then you are sadly mistaken, I am a descendant of the Uchiha Clan! I shall not be defeated easily by the likes of you!" Waiting to see which attack could make impact Kirito began to look into counter strategies to defeating Hakaruto right here then having Sasuke cast a Genjutsu on him to get the answers they both wanted.

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Watching as the kunai came directly at him Hakaruto knew that this was going to happen. Quickly grabbing out a kunai of his own he deflected all of the kunai that the young Uchiha threw at him before acting through with his plan to stop the attack. Looking behind him, Hakaruto smirked and threw down a smoke bomb which covered his movements for a few seconds allowing him to switch places with his clone that he had spawn below the water. Watching as the young Uchiha's attack hit the clone causing it to vanish within a matter of seconds of the attack finishing.

"His attack speed and power are great for only being a fresh graduate. I might have to be careful of this one before things get anymore messy." Going through the water Hakaruto went to the side of the shore where Sasuke was standing and came up out of the water to take a stand on the shore line and looked directly at the young Uchiha then at Sasuke. "Sasuke you have a very strong student there, make him stronger if you plan to have him become your right hand man. At his current strength he wont survive much longer in actual combat." Starting to walk away into the woods Hakaruto looked back at the young Uchiha and knew that he was destined for great things but a bug that must be stopped eventually. Deep within Hakaruto's mind was a deep rooted evil that even the current Hokage couldn't figure out as well as Sasuke Uchiha with his very special eyes. This evil was destined to take over the world and make it return to how it was before the last Shinobi War when it became peaceful. It was Hakaruto's dream to make the world his way filled with war and chaos and destroy the villages of the world. As for now Hakaruto needed to train and become an Anbu of the Hidden Leaf to gather intell on the different lands and gain skill to take control of an army and win this battle.

Looking over at Sasuke he grinned and walked away into the woods to go off on his own to become stronger than anyone in this village and achieve the first part of his goals, become an Anbu.

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left thread

As the attack slipped right through a clone that Hakaruto made Kirito fell into the water with a loud splash. While underwater Kirito began to think about how to defeat this guy since he was so crafty he knew that it would take more than speed and strength to win. Swimming back to the top Kirirto brought his head out of the water to only see Hakaruto walking away then disappearing into the forest. Getting frustrated with this Kirito knew that this wasn't the end of this fight, it was just going to have to wait for another day. Pulling himself up to the shore Kirito then looked directly at Sasuke as he knew what he wanted to do now. "Sensei please teach me a style that can defeat Water Style. I know for some reason I must get stronger than that guy. I can not let him win this battle." Sasuke then looked at Kirito with a very shocked look on his face as he knew that need to become stronger better than anyone. "Very well, I shall teach you one of my techniques I was taught by the Sixth Hokage. It is called Thunder Style; Chidori. It is a very powerful technique that you must learn to control before using in actual combat." Hearing about how it was going to be a style that uses electricity it made Kirito's mind peak interest in the jutsu as it sounded powerful.

"So you are saying this jutsu is a sure way to win? Very well then, I shall learn this jutsu from you." Knowing that his student didn't have very good chakra control Sasuke had to be careful in training him this technique. With the massive amount of power that was required to use this jutsu, Sasuke began to think on it as if it might be a bit much on Kirito and decided to give him a warning on using it. "Now when you go to use this jutsu you must only use it twice a day, if you use it anymore than that, then well you will run out of chakra and die." That warning came to as a shock to Kirito as he did not think this jutsu would be that dangerous. Keeping his mind focused he knew that he would have to master this jutsu and learn to use it twice and be very precise with it. "Alright, as long as I do not go over two times a day then I should be fine using it. Just will have to have an ace in the hole in case this fails." Sasuke then proceeded to show the hand signs to this jutsu with there only being three total with a few special signs as well. Everything about this technique seemed very simple for being so dangerous at the same time. Looking at his hands Kirito needed to decide on how often he was even going to use this jutsu since it was so dangerous in the first place. "Go on, try the jutsu. It's not as difficult as it seems to use, all you have to do is make sure you are using your Sharingan while using it is all for better aim."

Forming the hand signs Kirito made his first attempt to use the jutsu, it started off well but failed as the jutsu vanished within a minute of using it. Seeing as he used too little chakra to perform the technique properly, Kirito formed the hand signs once again but this time with some more chakra. Sasuke watched as his student was learning a single jutsu that changed Sasuke's life back when he was a Genin. It was that jutsu that made it for Sasuke to defeat Itachi and many others back in the day but now it was to be used to maintain peace and not cause chaos anymore. It was time for Kirito to take on the torch and teach the younger generation how to be more peaceful than to be violent with their techniques. Finally after a few tries Kirito finally formed the perfect Chidori without any flaws in it at all. Sasuke was surprised by this and promptly gave a grin on his face as he knew that his student was now stronger than before. "Very good, you managed to learn the jutsu with little to no trouble. Just as I would expect from you Kirito. Now you must train alone for a while as I have something I must do. I shall contact you once I return." With that Sasuke promptly left but Sakura appeared from the trees and walked up to Kirito with a smile on her face as Kirito deactivated the Chidori. It was now Sakura's turn to train Kirito now that Sasuke had to leave for a special mission of sorts so now what was going to be next on his training.

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Sakura just looked at how disappointed Kirito was since Sasuke was leaving during his training especially when he was starting to get stronger. She placed her hand on Kirito's head and just looked at him with a smile on her face. "Don't worry, he's just assigned to a special mission is all. He will return once he catches a break. So since he is back on that mission I'm counting on you to get my daughter back from the Land of Woods. The mission starts in a week." With that Sakura placed a scroll at Kirito's feet then jumped off into the trees leaving him there all alone. Bending down the pick up the scroll Kirito knew that it was going to be some excuse letter from Sasuke on why he had to leave so suddenly. Opening it showed that it was a letter from Sasuke but not making an excuse, it was warning Kirito about Hakaruto and the Land of Woods. The letter described Hakaruto's chakra being very dark and sinister like which means he was a deep rooted evil. Deciding to take advantage of this Kirito decided that he had to kill Hakaruto before things got too far out of hand, if not disable him to the point to where he couldn't fight anymore. "It is my turn to finally over power that man. He may have defeated me as of a few hours ago but with this new jutsu, I can't lose."

Just as Kirito was about to leave a shadow came in and grabbed at his own stopping him cold in his tracks. Without even turning around he knew it was Lord Shikamaru who had come to possibly train Kirito some in Sasuke's absence. "I know what is in that scroll. Sasuke has been suspicious of that Hakaruto character since he showed up in front of Lord Seventh asking to be a Genin and showed Water style abilities. I am here to stop you from pursuing him." Kirito knew that it was something that had to be done but was curious as to why Lord Shikamaru would stop him now. "So what is the plan then? Even I can sense that his chakra is dark, if he poses a threat to this world then shouldn't he be stopped at all costs?" Shikamaru standing firm to what he was saying knew that what Kirito was about to do was going to cause an uproar and potentially fall back on Kirito as an act of evil. Kirito was however did not know about the consequences that would befall him if he were to follow through with killing Hakaruto or even attacking him as well. "It is true that he will need to be stopped but not any time soon. Leave him be for now. It is for the best if you do. Now head to the Naka Shrine. In that scroll Sasuke gave you was the technique to get inside the Uchiha Meeting place where you can train in peace. Now go." Shikamaru then let up on his shadow and vanished into the forest just like Sakura did earlier. Coming to a conclusion, Kirito wasn't sure what to do at this point about protecting the village. He wanted to go take care of Hakaruto and the Land of Woods to protect the village and Shinobi Union as well. Sitting down on the ground he knew that eventually something would have to be done but what to do was the main question.

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"What am I supposed to do? My parents are dead and now all I got left to protect is the village but they won't let me do it! What am I supposed to do with this power of mine, just sit back and watch everyone die!?" Kneeling to the ground Kirito was so frustrated with everything going on around him that he knew that he had to do something to stop everything from happening. Flipping over onto his back he began to sit there as helpless as he was and just watched the clouds. Then a strange man appeared from the shadows who appeared to be watching Kirito for quite some time now. "It seems as if you want to protect your village but just can't figure out how. I am Kankuro, personal guard and brother to the Fifth Kazekage. I believe I have answers you seek." Hearing the last part of what Kankuro said, Kirito sat him with a surprised look on his face wanting to hear what Kankuro had to offer. "Come and join me in the Counter-Terrorism Division, it's a special thing within the Hidden Sand but I have been thinking about expanding into the Hidden Leaf as well." Thinking on the matter Kirito knew it would benefit him to do such a thing especially if a bounty had become set on Hakaruto. "I would like some more detail on this matter before I decide. So please do continue."

"Sure thing, whenever the Division gets an assignment to take out a bounty we do so. If it is a higher bounty everyone goes to ensure the safety of villages and innocent people. Our job is to basically take out the evil in this world." Standing back up and looking directly at Kankuro he knew that this would be a great course to take to capture the evil in this world leaving Hakaruto with little room to move. This was a great plan that Kirito wanted to get behind for certain, however the issue would be completing his training to take back the academy students from the Land of Woods. "I shall join, however I require training in more techniques. I am a part of the Mission to take back the academy students that were kidnapped by the Land of Woods shinobi." Kankuro just looked around as he didn't know what to say on the matter with the Academy Students being kidnapped. The subject was very jumpy for anyone no matter where they were from since its the first major attack to happen in several years which has everyone caught off guard. "I know of a technique that you can use from a distance. It will give you an upper hand during that mission. Go through the mission with this technique then get in touch with me after." Quickly reaching into his pocket he then handed a scroll with the symbol for Puppet Master Jutsu written on it to Kirito who just looked confused about it. "Go ahead and learn the jutsu inside. I shall leave some puppets with Sakura for you to choose from to use. I will be in the village until Gaara is finished talking with your Hokage. If you got questions contact me here or over the phone if you want." With that Kankuro left since he had other matters to attend to as Kirito stood there looking down at the scroll. He then clenched it in his hand as he knew that it would open up some form of trust between him and Kankuro as well as the Kazekage Gaara. Opening the scroll he saw the mechanics to what the technique was, basically good chakra control and the ability to manipulate wooden structures or corpses with a single chakra string or more depending on the user. Giving himself a quick grin Kirito knew this was just what he needed to go in for dangerous missions while he kept to the shadows and only come out when needed. "If this doesn't make me stronger then I really have no clue what will. However I should work on my Sharingan abilities as well as others. Can't be getting rusty just because of a new ace in the hole." Placing the scroll on the ground Kirito then began to focus his chakra for what will become the longest training and study he has ever done in his life.

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Reading over the scroll carefully Kirito knew that he had to learn to control his chakra well enough to manage these puppets like Kankuro can. This was a matter of becoming strong enough to save those Academy Students and set things right in this world. Forming a hand sign, Kirito decided to try and learn to focus his chakra to his finger tips like the scroll stated where most control would be coming through with chakra threads. "If this jutsu requires me to work from a distance and become undetectable I must learn to set traps and make my chakra threads so thin they can't be seen with the naked eye." Already figuring out the weakness to the technique Kirito began to think up strategies to using the jutsu with little to no faults. Holding out his left hand to test his chakra threads with he placed it out in front of him and released chakra threads and attached them to a training dummy. The threads were too thick and was able to be seen even without his Sharingan being used. Releasing the threads he then looked at his hand and began to calculate how much chakra to cut back by to make them the way he wanted them to be. Not being very good with chakra control this was more easier said than done but it had to be thought out before moving on with anything.

Sitting there on the ground he began to realize that this training was going to be much harder than he thought originally. The way how everything was so complex to work for combat situations Kirito knew that this would have to be dead on perfect to even work at all. Thinking back to his early days with his parents he remembered seeing a puppet show that was being performed by retired shinobi from the Hidden Sand. Their chakra threads weren't able to be seen at all but they were controlling more than one puppet each, up to at least five or six each. This was something that peaked Kirito's interest right away, to be able to control that many puppets at once would be the best objective. Reading a little further into the scroll Kirito read something that caught his eye. Some of the most skilled puppeteers were able to control ten puppets at once with only one chakra thread attached to each which made him want to aim even higher than someone on a regular level. Being a descendant of the Uchiha Clan he had to aim high to make his ancestors proud of him as well as Sasuke Uchiha who was now the Clan head and strongest member as well. Reaching into his pocket Kirito pulled out a scroll and opened it placing it onto the ground with a loud thud and placed his hand onto it that read, Training puppets. Something that teachers were meant to use on students to test their limitations on hand to hand combat but Kirito managed to get one from the Academy some time back before the latest events took place. He then summoned up ten training dummies at once which all of them just stood their lifeless waiting for something to be done to them. This was how Kirito was going to master the Puppet Master Jutsu and reach the top of them within a matter of a day and face the Land of Woods using the puppets. "I shall set this world right, only I can do that by mastering my strengths and conquering my weaknesses. Standing strong by what is right and fighting against what is wrong. Beware evil my name is Kirito Gekko of the Uchiha Clan!" Forming a hand seal he began to focus his chakra again but this time with a little less flow than before. Just before he put his hand out to form the chakra threads he looked over his chakra control over the amount he gathered and began to regulate its flow. Hold his hand out he formed five strings from each finger and attached each to one puppet. Only one of them began to twitch but the other four wouldn't even move. Forming a half hand seal with his right hand Kirito began to focus more chakra out of the fingers into the threads of the other four puppets and added a bit more to the one puppet that was twitching. Within a matter of seconds progress was beginning to show itself, with the first puppet moving a bit more than before but its movements were very erratic and a little difficult to control with two others starting to move as well. Seeing this he began to focus his chakra a little more and cutting back on the flow to the first puppet and added some to the last two that weren't moving. Finally the first puppet became easy to control and was able to function on a normal level which gave Kirito a sigh of relief. Seeing the amount needed to control a puppet, Kirito then flowed that amount into every one of those five puppets to that amount.

After controlling the chakra flow to match the first puppet, two others followed in the same path that allowed easy control. This however was very taxing on Kirito's chakra reserves and was beginning to make him tired. Wiping the sweat from his face with his right hand and shaking off the feeling he knew he had to push on just a little more, even if it was his limit to only train with five puppets for the moment then so be it. "I must not stop now. I am so close to being able to control five puppets right off the bat. There is no room for error now, must push on just a little longer." Putting his full focus back into his chakra control Kirito then watched at the fourth puppet stood on its feet and began to move on his command just like the other three puppets. This left just the fifth puppet going back and forth between just sitting still and twitching with erratic movements. Knowing his chakra was running low he had to hurry this along before he ran out of chakra to train any further. His chakra finally began to slow down on the flow as he reached so close to finishing his training. Feeling tired he began to take deep breaths and felt like he just ran around the village a few times at full speed without stopping not even to rest. This was a sure sign his chakra was almost out for sure which wasn't a good thing at this point. "Just a little longer, I can do this. I am an Uchiha plus a student of the war hero Sasuke Uchiha, I cannot fail now!" With a great push he forced out some chakra that he didn't know that was there and began to regain the flows of chakra again with four of the puppets moving again and the fifth one starting to move on command. With a good focus of his chakra he pushed out just enough to regulate the chakra to make the fifth one move around with the others. Now all five puppets were moving around and sparring with each other on his command and moving the way he wanted them to by using his chakra threads. While watching them he noticed there was a slight delay in their movements of when he commanded them to move but the margin wasn't large enough to be much concern at this time. After memorizing the amount of chakra to use he deactivated the jutsu and watched the five puppets fall to the ground with a loud thud and a clanking sound of wood hitting each other. Seeing this technique in action by using himself to create the movement he finally began to understand the complex things about the technique. While doing all that he was able to make his chakra threads invisible as well which was even more taxing than just making the puppets move on his command. "I did it, now I finally get why chakra control is so important. I was such a fool back in the academy. I should train my control some more before even continuing with my training." Laying onto his back Kirito just closed his eyes with a grin on his face breathing heavily from his chakra reserves being so low he slipped in a quick sleep as he was now satisfied with his growth up to this point.

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A bright light gleamed over the training field, illuminating the morning dew on the grass and leaves. Birds began to chirp as the morning has arrived and it was time for all the animals to get moving and go about their day. In the center of the training field laid a pack of training puppets that were motionless as small animals began to nest in them making them into their new homes. Two scrolls laid on the ground in front of a sleeping Kirito Gekko as he was just snoring away under the morning light. Deep inside his mind he was having a dream, however it wasn't such a very nice dream, it was one about his family. This dream showed many figures of things that made Kirito's body shake in fear and hatred towards his family. A voice began to echo in the background of Kirito's mind that made him quiver even more. "It is your job as an Uchiha to revive me, you ancestor. I'd like to have a second chance at this world." A pair of Sharingan appeared behind Kirito's parents as they began to get closer to him as he was sitting on the ground.

"Just stay back! I don't know who you are but I shall not revive anything from the past! This world is peaceful and I shall make it stays that way!" Within a matter of seconds Kirito formed the hand signs to activate the Chidori with a mindset ready to attack. The evil voice in the background laughed at Kirito's attempt to defend himself with such a technique, especially since he just learned how to use it. "No matter how you feel about it, the Clan's curse of hatred is strong in your blood. You shall do my bidding eventually, until then you shall grow stronger to where you can be of use to me." An evil laugh appeared in the background and Kirito awoke from this dream covered in sweat and his Sharingan activated. Lifting his hand to his face he saw that it was trembling out of fear of what just happened. May it be a dream or not it seemed all too real for his liking, almost as if it was Genjutsu. Looking around he saw that it was morning and he had slept through the night here at the training grounds. He smiled at the fact no one even came looking for him after a whole twelve hours of not being seen. Looking over at his training dummies he saw the animals making nests in them and knew it would be a shame to take them away from the animals. Closing up the scroll to the puppet master jutsu Kirito decided to leave the training puppets behind for the animals and destroyed the scroll that was meant to seal them away. "Now make sure you animals put these things to good use. I leave them with you." Turning around and walking away Kirito knew he had to go see Sakura about picking up his new puppets from Kankuro. Jumping up into the trees he began to make his quick journey back to the village to complete some errands he needed to do before returning to his training.

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