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Taking a Break

Bolt sat down on the bench and sighed. He was bored. And Sasuke was nowhere to be found. Sarada was busy helping her mother around the house and Mitsuki was doing God knows what. Bolt sighed, leaning back and staring up at the sky. Just as he did, a face appeared in his view. His father.

"Dad?" Bolt blinked. "A clone right?"

"Nope," Naruto beamed. "I'm taking a break from work."

"How come?" Bolt asked.

"I'm going to train you," Naruto stated. "Since Sasuke's not around, I'm going to teach you a few of my jutsus. Sasuke probably knows them too, but these are the ones that I found helpful."

Bolt jumped up, grinning and nodded.

"What ones?" Bolt asked, excited.

"Well..." Naruto thought for a moment. "Show me your Rasengan."

Bolt stood, holding his hands out and forming a Rasengan between them, then let one hand fall. Naruto nodded, smiling.

"Just like me when I was younger," Naruto smirked. "We'll start with Rasengan techniques."

Bolt nodded and Naruto formed a Rasengan of his own. Then, he expanded the Rasengan until it was roughly double its previous size.

"How'd you do that?" Bolt asked.

"Just put more chakra into it," Naruto smirked. "But you have to keep it controlled in the same way as a normal one."

Bolt nodded and his Rasengan slowly began to grow. After a moment, however, it dissipated and he sighed. He tried again, but once again, the Rasengan dissipated.

"How'd you learn to do that?" Bolt asked.

"It was kind of an accident," Naruto chuckled. "I was actually trying to break a Genjutsu when I did it."

Bolt stared at him for a moment before laughing.

"Why don't we work on something else," Naruto smiled. "Let's try summoning."

Naruto summoned Gamakichi who looked down at Naruto and Bolt then shrunk down to about the size of a horse and grinned.

"Hey Naruto," Gamakichi greeted. "Long time no see. I take it you finally decided to teach your son about summoning?"

"Yep," Naruto grinned. "So, mind handing over that scroll?"

"Course not," Gamakichi said, extending his tongue and depositing a scroll on the ground.

Then, he disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Naruto unrolled the scroll and Bolt looked down at it. It had several spots for names to be written and each name had finger prints below it.

"You have to write your name in blood," Naruto stated. "And you have to use blood to summon."

Bolt nodded, pulling out a kunai and cutting his thumb, spelling out his name in a box then put his finger prints below it, as the others had. Once he was done, Naruto rolled the scroll back up and it disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"Alright," Naruto grinned. "Ready to try?"

Bolt nodded and Naruto showed him the hand seals, explaining the jutsu quickly and Bolt nodded. Then, he stepped back and Bolt tried it. A cloud of smoke shot up around them, and left a tadpole. Naruto burst out laughing as the tadpole returned and fell onto his back, rolling around.

"What's so funny?" Bolt growled.

"That's exactly what happened when I tried," Naruto laughed. "Keep going. You'll get it."

Bolt tried again, and got another tadpole. Naruto managed to restrain his laugh, remembering how frustrating it had been. Bolt proved it when his third try brought yet another tadpole.

"This jutsu is stupid!" Bolt complained. "This can't be that helpful anyway."

"No?" Naruto smiled. "It's been used several times to fight Tailed Beasts. I myself used it to fight one. My father used it to fight the one inside of me. And summoning jutsus have obliterated armies before."

Bolt stared at him for a moment before sighing and nodding.

"Alright," Bolt sighed. "I get it. The jutsu's pretty awesome once you get the hang of it."

He tried again and got a tadpole roughly the size of Gamakichi after he had shrunk down with legs, but it disappeared a moment after it was there. Bolt growled in annoyance and kicked a rock, sending it hurtling into the trees.

"I could always try teaching you the way I learned," Naruto said thoughtfully. "Although, Hinata would kill me for it."

"How did you learn?" Bolt asked.

"I got thrown into the pit on top of Hokage Mountain," Naruto grinned. "Not a fun time. Try again. You're making great progress."

Bolt tried again but this time came away with nothing.

"Is that even possible?" Bolt asked.

"Yes," Naruto said. "Keep trying it. You'll get there eventually. But for now, why don't we spar some?"

Bolt nodded and crouched, readying himself. Naruto sprinted forward, beginning to attack Bolt who either blocked or evaded everything Naruto threw at him for several minutes. After a few minutes, Bolt ducked under a kick and jumped into the air, flipping and kicking at Naruto. Naruto blocked it and Bolt flipped, driving his clasped hands into Naruto's abdomen, forcing him back. Bolt flipped to his feet, jumping forward and throwing a punch at Naruto. Naruto blocked the punch, flipping Bolt. As Bolt flipped, he caught Naruto's hand, landing lightly and spinning, hurling Naruto. Naruto flipped, landing on his feet and one hand and skidding to a stop, grinning.

"Impressive," Naruto grinned. "Sasuke's been teaching you well."

Bolt grinned and sprinted forward, catching a punch before throwing one of his own. Naruto stepped out of the way, sweeping Bolt's feet out from under him and drawing a kunai. As he moved to set it against Bolt's throat to end the sparring match, Bolt suddenly drew his own, smashing Naruto's away and stabbing his into the ground before flipping his feet up, locking them around Naruto's neck and using it to flip up over Naruto. Then, he grabbed Naruto's jacket and cloak, throwing him. Naruto landed on his back and Bolt landed on top of him, placing a kunai to his father's throat. Naruto laughed, Bolt putting the kunai away.

"Not bad," Naruto laughed. "Not bad at all. You've improved a lot."

Bolt beamed at the compliment just as Sasuke appeared beside them.

"Well that's new," Sasuke said. "And here I thought it would take time for Boruto to be stronger than you."

Naruto rolled his eyes as Bolt got off of Naruto and Naruto stood.

"Done your mission already?" Naruto asked.

"Yes," Sasuke nodded. "The palace is empty. The scrolls and such that are there are available for collection and only one other couldn't be read. by my Rinnegan."

Take it to be deciphered," Naruto said. "I'll send clones to retrieve the rest of it. Oh, by the way, do you remember what starts tomorrow?"

"Of course," Sasuke nodded. "The Chunin exams."

Sasuke disappeared and Naruto turned back to Bolt.

"You're entering the exams again, right?" Naruto asked.

"Yes," Bolt nodded. "Without the help of R and D this time though."

Both chuckled and Naruto knelt.

"You never needed them," Naruto said. "You could have passed without. Now, let me see those chakra natures you've got that I didn't."

Bolt smiled and nodded, turning away from his father. He made several hand seals for a moment before holding his hand out, a small bold of lightning shot out hitting a tree and blasting a small crater into it, igniting the tree. Then, Bolt made several more hand seals and exhaled water onto the tree, putting it out. Naruto smiled and nodded before thinking of something.

"Try using a water technique then adding in your lightning style chakra as you're using the jutsu," Naruto said.

Bolt nodded, beginning to use the same water style jutsu then adding lightning style chakra as water was spraying out of his mouth. Lightning raced through the water instantly. The jutsu ended and Bolt smiled up at Naruto.

"Where'd you learn that?" Bolt asked.

"I have a friend from the Hidden Cloud Village that can do it," Naruto smiled. "Now, you keep practicing you summoning techniques. Sorry I can't stay longer, but I have to go get Sasuke's report."

Bolt nodded and Naruto hugged him then left and Boruto turned back around grinning and biting his thumb, getting it bleeding again. Then, he formed the hand signs and slammed his hand down, smoke shooting up around him.


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