SASUKE POV:
Uchiha clan library:
"As far as I can tell, the most basic elemental offensive Jutsu can be classified as ball type, like my fireball Jutsu, dragon type, like the 'water dragon Jutsu' famous in the hidden mist and burst type like the 'Wind style: Great breakthrough' you have been trying to learn." Sasuke said, directing his gaze up from the scroll he was reading towards Naruto.
"Yep. Defensive Jutsu I've seen are mainly wall type, like mud wall, or sneaking type, like the 'Hiding like a Mole' Jutsu Dattebayo." Naruto said, reading his own scroll.
"There are a few good other ones too" Sakura said, "Like the water prison, or exploding clones" as she made a couple notes in an empty notebook she had brought. "Ehh.. the exploding clones are to be learnt after the shadow clone though" she said.
"Well, I can learn it then." Naruto said nonchalantly.
One might be wondering what 3 kids were doing in a clan library of all places.
After Sasuke had started living with Naruto, he had seen the training Naruto and Sakura did. Before he had even got a chance to ask, Naruto had added him into their regime. So now the three were basically best-friends.
Naruto was sure that with what information he had which he could give the hokage, they were sure to be on the same team through the power of deals.
Even Sakura and Sasuke didn't know this information, so great it was.
It was the way to deal with the ultimate foe of all Kage: PAPERWORK. Any Kage would pay more than a billion Ryo if it meant being able to deal with it.
"You might be able to do it, but I highly doubt me or Sakura could make more than two" Sasuke said, reading a different scroll focusing on the shadow clone Jutsu. "Oh damn, when dispelled the user receives what they experience too. Perfect for training and information gathering." he muttered.
"And unlike normal clones these are solid" Sakura said.
"Wait normal clones aren't solid?" Naruto questioned, looking like he had been slapped across the face with a watermelon.
"How did you not know that?" Sasuke said, looking at Naruto. Haven't you tried to hit your clones even once? He questioned.
"Ah... Naruto can't do normal clones. Yamato sensei says it's because he has too much chakra and they require a very less amount compared to that so the shadow clone is actually perfect for Naruto" Sakura said.
"Hmm yeah. It would speed up my sealing training too." Ever since the three had read a book about the Uzumaki clan in the Uchiha clan library, Naruto had been spending every single second he had learning about seals. The hokage himself had seen some of what he had drawn up after trying to mix 3 to 4 different seals and had called Naruto a seal prodigy even among Uzumaki's.
He was currently trying to make a seal from which he would be able to launch a Jutsu, a way to eliminate the time taken for doing hand signs and be able to instantly use a Jutsu.
"Either way, even if we can only make one or two exploding clones would be a good distraction" Sakura said.
"Oi Sasuke, have you found a good sword yet?" Naruto asked Sasuke as they left the library and started walking towards their now shared apartment. Yamato had recently brought up the topic of main weapons and the two had chosen swords while Sakura had chosen a spear.
"No. Every sword I saw didn't feel right. At this point we might as well make our swords" He said.
He stopped when he saw Naruto had stopped as well.
"Let's make them then" Naruto said.
"Huh?" was Sasuke's intelligent response.
"If we make our own swords, I can etch a few maintenance and upgrade seals into them while they are being forged, so we wouldn't have to worry about cleaning or sharpening them either Dattebayo"
"And if you're able to finish your Jutsu release seal, we could literally launch Jutsu with a swing of a blade" Sasuke said, realizing the possibilities which lay in this.
"We will have to learn how though" Naruto said.
"Leave that to me and Sakura. She hasn't found a good spear yet either." Sasuke said "You focus on the Jutsu release seal."
"Yeah...shadow clones would make things much quicker though. I'll ask Hokage Jiji for some scrolls. On the other hand, we will need a place to make our swords, I've been thinking about a place to store my extra things anyway since with two of us in that apartment it's a bit stuffy."
Sasuke thought of a good place where they would be able to forge swords and maybe other things along with storage. He could only think of one place which would suit without anyway getting in the way.
"What about my old house?" Sasuke asked. "It has tons of space and we would be able to do what we want there without bothering anyone."
"But would that be fine? I don't want to mess up your childhood home Dattebayo. Plus, that's where..." Naruto trailed off, not wanting to say more.
It's fine. My house so I can say that. Plus working there would make me feel close to my roots" Sasuke said, smiling a bit at his friend's thoughtfulness.
"Well then, were going to need a lot of shelves, an Anvil or two, tools, a furnace, forge and a bunch more stuff" Naruto muttered.
"I know of a good blacksmith. He is sure to know where we can find all that and if I'm able to strike a good deal I'm sure anything he teaches me will be good." Sasuke said as they reached a crossroads.
"Alright then. I'll go check with Jiji about the shadow clones while you go to that blacksmith and do your thing. Try to make it focused on physical labor as shadow clones would make it easy." Naruto said, turning and walking towards the hokage tower."
"Alright then. See you at the house" Sasuke said with a nod, continuing in the same direction as before.
HIRUZEN POV:
Naruto and the hokage stood once again in training ground 1. The hokage had been curious as to how many Shadow clones Naruto might be able to make with his already huge chakra reserves without even the Nine Tail's added into them. Of course, with Naruto's less than average chakra control, it took him a bit of time to make a proper shadow clone.
"Alrighty, now that I've got that, let's see how many I can make." Naruto said with a grin, channeling a huge amount of chakra as he crossed his hands into a plus and shouted "MULTI-SHADOW CLONE JUTSU"
Hiruzen had realistic expectations. He knew that with Naruto's reserves he should not expect anything less than 50 shadow clones, almost 10 times the amount he could make.
What he saw made him, a veteran of 3 wars who had experienced so much that practically nothing could surprise him, drop his jaw.
Around him stood thousands of Naruto, all grinning at each other.
He heard beside him, "Oh this makes things much easier Dattebayo!"