Inheritance

CHAPTER 19

Naruto nodded again. The premise made sense - to be able to fight on any vertical surface would require you to get your control to a point where one could maintain the chakra needed to stick without having to think about it or concentrate on it.

"The next is harder, as it requires you to constantly regulate the amount of chakra you expel. It's an exercise called water walking, and it is very much what it says on the tin, if you will. The idea is to once again channel chakra to the soles of your feet, except this time, you have to match and vary the amount of chakra used, to the flow of the water beneath your feet. Once again, you should finish being able to walk run and fight while doing this. They should both end up being instinctual to you. Does that help you, Naruto?"

"That's exactly what I was after! Thanks Iruka-sensei, I'll get started on them right away!" And with that, the blonde disappeared with a puff off smoke.

Iruka just shook his head and smiled, before turning back to the papers he had been marking.

"What the-" Ino's exclamation was cut short by way of Asuma placing his finger to his lips, indicating that she should be quiet.

The Jonin had led them well out of the center of the village, into the forested outskirts where the shinobi training grounds where. They were going to one they hadn't been before, and when Asuma indicated that they leave the path and take to the trees, the Genin had wondered exactly had been going on, and what the Jonin had to show them.

What had greeted them as they finally reached the training ground, and had stopped in the trees overlooking it, had stunned all but Ino and Asuma into silence.

"Just take everything in for now, I don't want to disturb him. Each part of what's going on. I want you to remember every single thing that's happening. It'll help me explain it to you." The Genin just nodded, in a confused, and shocked silence.

The sight that had greeted the trio, had been one of well over thirty Naruto's, all grouped up and performing different kinds of exercises and tasks. Some were working through what looked liked taijutsu kata, others where practicing with a weird staff split into three sections, while some where scrambling up and down trees without the use of hands. Others worked through hand seals, with different Naruto's firing out different jutsu, some a raiton jutsu, some a pair of fuuton jutsu, and others a katon jutsu that the Genin had actually seen Uchiha Sasuke use before.

"Are you ready to go?" Asked Asuma after a few minutes, and with he confirmation of the Genin, he led the way from the clearing, back towards their own training ground.

"So, Asuma-sensei, are you gonna explain to us why you took as to see Naruto train? Or, better yet, tell us exactly what he was doing with those Kage Bunshin of his?" It was Shikamaru, who asked the question, any hint of his usual lazy drawl replaced by an almost serious curiosity.

"I almost forgot you would have seen the Kage Bunshin before, Shikamaru. Well why don't you tell me what you know of their capabilities, and I'll start by filling in the blanks for you all."

"Well, I know the Kage Bunshin is an advanced clone technique - like a step up from the Bunshin - and that they are solid, so are able to fight like a normal person. They can also use the same jutsu as the creator as far as I could see, so must take some of the user's chakra. And I remem-" Shikamaru paused, and his eyes widened as he remembered Naruto using his Kage Bunshin as a recon tool. "They can transmit they're memories back to their creator. Which would also means they're independent and conscious, to an extent."

"That, is a very good analysis, Shikamaru. It is a very powerful, and also chakra intensive ninjutsu. Most shinobi below Jonin are unable it perform it at all because of how much chakra it uses."