Naruto was confined to the hospital for only a day, baffling the doctors. They had kept him back for several hours, checking, double checking, and triple checking everything. Instead of feeling like the doctors were making sure he was fine, Naruto thought it felt more like they were trying to find a reason to keep him longer. But after not being able to find anything wrong, the head doctor reluctantly released Naruto from the hospital. Kakashi was released the following day, making a complete recovery from his injuries.

Soon, all of team 7 had gathered in order to celebrate, and they went to Ichiraku's after Naruto kept begging for it. The group walked into the shop to see Teuchi, and his daughter Ayame hard at work.

"Welcome! Have a seat, we'll be right with you." Ayame called out.

Team 7 each took a seat with Kakashi at the end, followed by Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke. After ordering their food, they waited for it to be prepared.

"Hey, hey, Kakashi-sensei, when will we start training?" Naruto asked.

"Calm down Naruto, we've only just sat down to eat. Let's enjoy the meal first." Kakashi replied.

Naruto couldn't help but sulk a bit, he was really looking forward to training with Kakashi. Seeing this, Kakashi couldn't help but smile. This part of Naruto reminded him of his friend Obito in the past.

Soon, their meal arrived and they began eating.

"Itadakimasu!" Naruto said loudly, then he began slurping up his ramen.

Sakura and Sasuke seemed annoyed by Naruto's way of eating, while Kakashi only looked amused. Kakashi couldn't help but wonder if this was how Minato felt when he trained him, Obito, and Rin.

"You know, there's somewhere I wanna take you guys after this." Kakashi said suddenly, making the trio look at him.

"What is it sensei?" Sakura asked.

"It's a surprise." Kakashi answered.

After the group finished eating, Kakashi lead them to the spot, and waiting there was a cameraman and a camera on a tripod.

"Since you guys passed, I thought it would be nice to take a picture as a team together." Kakashi explained.

Both Naruto and Sakura seemed excited about it, but both had different reasons for it. While Sasuke seemed indifferent. Soon, Kakashi had everyone in position, Sakura in front, with Naruto and Sasuke standing behind her, and he stood behind them.

"Alright, smile everyone" Kakashi said.

Then he leaned forward and placed a hand on both Naruto's and Sasuke's head. Sakura brought both hands up and smiled, while Sasuke saw Naruto looking at him and looked away. Which reminded him of the last time they took this picture. So he decided to go along with it and looked in the opposite direction. The picture was taken, and when Naruto got his copy he saw that it was exactly how it was previously.

Naruto smiled as he held the photo, then he looked up and saw everyone else. Sakura was beaming as she held hers, Sasuke had a small smirk, and Kakashi was also smiling. After everyone finished admiring the picture, Kakashi decided to call it a day and told his team that they could leave. Before Naruto could leave however, Kakashi had told him to wait.

"I figured we could get some training done Naruto, after all, you've been asking ever since I got out." Kakashi said.

Naruto grinned. "Alright!"

The two then walked to the training field. Once they got there, Kakashi turned and faced Naruto.

"Alright Naruto, tell me everything you're capable of doing, as well as what you're trying to focus on improving. If I don't know these two things, I won't be able to help you as effectively" Kakashi said.

Naruto did a hand salute as he began explaining his abilities. "Currently, the ninjutsu I know is rasengan and shadow clone jutsu. In terms of abilities, I have a large supply of chakra, I can walk up walls and on water using chakra, and I can heal quickly."

When Naruto thought about it, he really didn't have many techniques, it was just that he applied them in many various ways, altering them enough to suit his needs. This was something he hoped to change, in this lifetime.

Naruto, thought about what he wanted to improve, and it was mainly his taijutsu if he was being honest. But he also hoped to improve his ninjutsu as well, and while he never was good at it, he should probably also learn some genjutsu. After a minute or so, he nodded his head, coming to a decision.

"I think I should focus on taijutsu, but I also would like lessons on genjutsu and ninjutsu as well." Naruto said.

Kakashi nodded his head and contemplated for a moment. While he could certainly help Naruto improve in all areas, he wasn't the best one suited to learning taijutsu. Looks like I'll have to get his help then, Kakashi thought. Then he looked back up at Naruto.

"Alright Naruto, we will begin training in taijutsu, but we will place some restrictions on our selves. First, no use of any technique besides taijutsu, so no ninjutsu or genjutsu will be used. We will allow the use of ninja tools, but none that require chakra to use." Kakashi explained.

Naruto nodded his head as he listened to the rules.

"After two hours of taijutsu training, we will switch to learning ninjutsu, and after an hour of that, I'll give you a lesson on genjutsu." Kakashi finished.

Naruto slammed his fist into the palm of his hand as he was raring to go.

Kakashi smiled as he got into position to start training.

"Alright, when I say begin, we'll start." Kakashi explained.

"Got it!" Naruto shouted as he got ready as well.

The wind blew between the two, kicking up leaves into the air. The two stared at each other as the tension built up.

"Be-"

"Kaaakaaashiiii! My eternal rival!!"

Just as Kakashi was going to say begin, he was interrupted by a loud shout. When Naruto and Kakashi turned to see the source of the shout, they could only see a cloud of dust rising into the air. However, the dust cloud was steadily moving closer towards them. Soon, Naruto was able to make out the figure, while the two had already guessed who it was based on the shout.

Once the dust cloud had arrived between the two, all they saw was a figure up high in the air performing a somersault before landing in front of Kakashi. The figure gave a shining smile as he raised a thumbs up to Kakashi.

Kakashi sighed as he greeted the figure. "Hey Guy, what do you need?"

"Kakashi my rival, are you prepared for our rematch!?!" Guy asked.

Kakashi looked at guy before putting hit hands up. "Same rules as before?"

"Of course!!" Guy responded.

"Rock!"

"Paper!"

"Scissors!"

Kakashi held out scissors as Guy held out paper. Guy then began to grind his teeth together.

"Looks like you win this time Kakashi!" Guy shouted.

Then guy jumped onto his hands and started to leave when Kakashi called out to him.

"Hey Guy, could I ask a favor from you?"

Guy immediately jumped to his feet with stars in his eyes.

"What is it that you need? My eternal rival!" Guy asked enthusiastically.

"Well, I'm training my student in taijutsu and I thought you could help us out with that." Kakashi said.

"Say no more Kakashi! When it comes to taijutsu, The Leaf's Green Beast is the one to ask!" Guy said excitedly.

"Now, where is this student of yours?!" Guy asked looking around.

"He's right behind you" Kakashi pointed at Naruto who was just standing enjoying the show.

Guy spun on his heels as he faced Naruto, then he walked up and began inspecting Naruto from all angles.

"Alright, what's your name?" Guy asked.

"Uzumaki Naruto!"Naruto answered.

"Haha, I like your spirit, alright Kakashi, how do you want to proceed?" Guy asked.

"I felt it would be best if you and I teamed up against Naruto, and continuously raise the difficulty as we fought." Kakashi explained.

"Hey Kakashi, isn't that too much?" Guy asked with a serious tone.

"Guy, he's my student, trust me." Kakashi said smiling.

"Alright, I'll go along with you on this, but if I think it's too much, I'm stopping it." Guy said.

"You'll see." Kakashi said smiling.

Then Guy stood next to Kakashi and got into his fighting stance. There was a moment of silence as the two jonin concentrated on Naruto.

"Begin!" Kakashi stated.

Then the three of them vanished from their standing positions and clashed in the middle. Guy had done an overhead kick, aiming for Naruto's head, while Kakashi had pulled out a kunai and went to slash at Naruto's neck. Naruto had blocked Guy's kick by placing his arm right above his head as well kicked the kunai out of Kakashi's hand before spinning. He then grabbed Guy's leg and threw him while kicking Kakashi with his other foot in that same second. Kakashi jumped back avoiding the kick while throwing several shurikens at Naruto, who pulled out a kunai and deflected them as he jumped backwards.

Guy flipped in midair after he was thrown and recovered, then went back next to Kakashi.

"I told you Guy." Kakashi said in a slightly teasing manner.

"I see, indeed, my concern for your student was needless." Guy stated.

He then took on a more serious look. Naruto grinned at the two as he prepared himself for the next clash. He then jumped forward and ran towards the two, throwing shurikens at Guy, who dodged out of the way. Naruto then tried to leg sweep Kakashi, but failed as Kakashi jumped above the leg sweep. Naruto flipped backwards landing on his palms and pushed himself away from Kakashi who tried drop kicking him.

Naruto realized that without his ninjutsu, beating Kakashi and Guy together was a nothing more than a dream to the current him. So he threw down a smoke bomb and hid in the nearby trees.

Guy jumped towards Kakashi and went back to back.

"Your student is pretty good Kakashi, he's already stronger than the average chuunin, and he was clever enough to realize that the current situation was unfavorable to him." Guy commented.

"Agreed, but I don't think it's quite over just yet." Kakashi replied.

The two waited while checking out their surroundings. Then, shurikens came flying out of the trees towards them. Kakashi pulled out his kunai and deflected them while Guy charged forward and kicked the tree down.

"Leaf Hurricane!" Guy shouted.

Naruto jumped down towards Guy and kicked at him. Which guy only brought his hands up, and grabbed Naruto's leg and flipped him over as he threw him. Naruto somersaulted through the air before landing on his feet and dashed to face Guy again. All the while, Kakashi was observing and analyzing Naruto's fighting style and technique.

Naruto punched at Guy before kicking at his head. Guy simply blocked each punch or kick Naruto threw at him.

"Haha! That's the spirit! Come at me with the power of Youth!!" Guy shouted gleefully.

The two continued to engage each other. But nothing Naruto did seem to faze Guy at all. However, Naruto expected this to be the outcome. Guy had always been a master of taijutsu, and when he unleashed the eighth gate, he had almost killed Madara in his previous life. But as they fought, Naruto was slowly started to refine his own technique and was able to catch Guy off guard and get a kick in at his side knocking the wind out of him. Guy then jumped backwards to catch his breath.

But before Naruto could do anything else, Kakashi appeared in front and engaged him in hand to hand combat. As they fought, Kakashi had pulled out a hidden kunai and slashed at Naruto who dodged by a hair's breathe. Naruto then did a roundhouse kick, and kicked Kakashi's hand, causing him to drop his kunai as Naruto rushed him and punched towards his gut. Kakashi then grabbed Naruto's arm and threw him over his shoulder.

Naruto coughed out spit as he landed on the ground, then he picked himself back up as he breathed hard. Facing both Kakashi and Guy was really way too hard, he thought. Then he grit his teeth and went back into the fray against Kakashi. Then, Naruto ducked as Guy kicked above him where his head used to be. Naruto then found himself engaged in combat with the two jonin at once and was pushed into the defensive. He dodged a kick thrown at him but was then punched in the gut. He blocked a punch, but was then kicked in the back. Eventually his guard fell and Kakashi landed two jabs in his stomach, then Guy came up and kicked him into the air before jumping above him amd drop kicking him back into the ground.

Naruto landed with a heavy thud, and was laying on the ground still. Kakashi watched Naruto without blinking. Then Guy came up behind him and patted his shoulder.

"Your student was impressive to last as long as he did against us. But we clearly pushed too hard, let's bring him to the hospital." Guy suggested.

However, what Kakashi said next surprised Guy.

"No, just wait." Kakashi continued to stare at Naruto.

"Kakashi, I understand you have high expectations for him, but this is too much, let's just bring Naruto ba-" Guy stopped speaking as his eyes widened.

"D...don't stop...I...I can still...keep going." Naruto panted as he slowly stood up.

He was bruised all over and he was shaking on his feet. But the look in his eye was still brimming with determination and fire.

Guy was silent as he watched Naruto pull himself up, he was reminded of Lee, his own disciple who would never quit or give up. Then he looked over at Kakashi and saw a similar resolution in Kakashi's eye. Guy's eyes filled with tears as he thought to himself. Lee, your sensei almost shamed you, I was going to give up on someone who hadn't given up. I'm a failure as a sensei!!

"Ooowwoooaaahhh!! Uzumaki Naruto, I shall meet your determination with my own!! We shall burn with the power of youth!!" Guy shouted.

He then prepared his stance, and Kakashi also got ready as well. Naruto shakily stood on his feet. He then ran towards the jonin. How did he get as far as he had? It was all guts, he thought. He threw a punch but got hit in the stomach. Guts is how he got through every fight! He swung a kick at Kakashi and got kicked in the head as well. He stumbled, but before falling completely, he grit his teeth and stood up and threw another punch. Guts, he thought, guts, guts, guts, guts! He threw punch after punch, kick after kick, all while disregarding his defense. He was then kicked in the stomach by both jonin and sent flying, his back hit a tree and he finally began falling.

However, before he fell onto the ground, Kakashi appeared below him, causing him to land on Kakashi's back.

"You did well Naruto, now get some rest." Kakashi said smiling at a passed out Naruto.

Kakashi then looked up at Guy. "Thanks for the help Guy"

Guy was crying as he watched the beautiful scene between sensei and student. He brought his arm up to his eyes. "No need to thank me, my rival, I'm always happy to help!!" He shouted while sobbing. Then he ran away while shouting Lee. Leaving Kakashi behind with Naruto.

Kakashi smiled at Guy's departing figure and stood up. He then began carrying Naruto back to his apartment. Kakashi thought back to the time he spent with Obito, and how Obito would never give up. He sighed as he thought about many things. He then glanced back at Naruto's sleeping face. Someday, Naruto, he thought, someday, you'll be Hokage, and I'll be there watching every step you take towards that goal. Kakashi then decided that he was going to help Naruto achieve his dream, he was determined to see it happen.

Right when he reached Naruto's apartment, he felt Naruto shift on his back.

"Awake already?" Kakashi asked.

Naruto grinned. "Yup!"

Kakashi smiled back. "You did well during today's training, tomorrow morning, we'll begin at 5 before the others show up."

Naruto did a hand salute as he nodded. "Roger!" He grinned.

After Kakashi left, Naruto went to his bed and laid down. His whole body was still sore from before, but he clenched his fist tightly. He may have a long way to go, but he was definitely going to become stronger. He then changed and went to sleep, eager for the next morning.