Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Kishimoto does, but we all wish the series stuck true towards the beginning of the series.
Ch.2 A returning act of kindness
The sun was shining overhead as birds chirped as blur moved past the streets avoiding the people with ease. Shisui landed on a familiar balcony as looked up to see a budding roof garden at top. Naruto took on Itachi's advice to make one was nice seeing it helped saved him some money now. He made sure to check up Naruto time to time and make sure he wasn't killing himself by writing his seals. As well making sure he doesn't end up eating some bad food by sheer accident.
Despite the two years being sabotaged in the Academy Naruto learned really quickly on the basics. His books smarts were lacking, but it was quickly rectified with a little trip to the library. Naruto quickly picked up on how to garden as well cook making it favorite hobbies. He was loving on how to use Fuinjutsu on the side as he finally managed to make some good storage scrolls and paper bombs. He quickly encouraged him to sell his creations out to other Shinobi after thoroughly testing it.
He managed to convince a weapons shop in town to buy them from Naruto. The man agreed seeing he was low on tags or the fact his supplier sold it to high to him. Explosive tags in general were costly to make let alone buy. The prices at times for explosive tags were 350 ryo a pop for just one tag along. Storage scrolls on the matter sold for varying prices depending how big you wanted and what array. It good up into the thousands with only the basic scroll costing 500 ryo to buy.
Shisui quickly knocked on his door to see if Naruto was home. He heard no answer as he began to smell the hints of fire around back the building. He quickly made his around to see Naruto was messing around with training gear, seals, and personal supplies. He had a huge scroll set across the ground as it had a primitive seal array on the side. As Naruto had various materials, kits, and burners there.
He was no doubt working on his secret project he encouraged him do after his one month training with him.
"I see you are taking my little project serious. So how goes the your little flame alchemy test?" Shisui told him.
Naruto looked at his handy work as he looked at a pair of white gloves. "Not much, I didn't think it would be such hard thing until I started the project. I had no talent for fire jutsu so I thought I could bridged it using seals and a medium like you said. Then I was forced to look up how to make flame resistant cloth that can make a spark. I had Ayame nee-chan help me make the gloves, but the seals are too complicated." Naruto complained as Shisui smiled.
He rubbed his head softly. "Don't worry you are still a beginner using seals and thinking of using gloves as a medium is brilliant. The downside of this idea is the fact it might not do well in wet weather. Plus you would need to have a great understanding on combustion itself. So try to work on this project during your off time please. As soon as you become a genin go the library section to see if they have more on it. Making the basic storage scroll and explosive tag is good for now." Shisui advised as Naruto nodded.
He began packing up his things. "So what brings you over here today Shisui-sensei?" Naruto happily asked him.
"I came to see if you aren't dead by messing around with experimental seals, Naruto. On top of it you have a least a week until the Academy starts it's new semester. So you would no doubt will need new clothes and enroll into the Academy formerly again. Besides that I want to see if you mastered the jutsu I taught you." Shisui explained as Naruto.
Naruto jumped up in joy. "Of course I did, I managed to get it down pat!" Naruto shouted with joy. He quickly went through the three seals. He quickly shot a gushing waterfall of water out of his mouth as hit the stone wall with full force. Shisui watched on with his Sharingan to see the flow of the technique. He saw how the wall impacted to see it was partially clean. "The technique is also great for water my plants as well."
Shisui chuckled and nodded. "True, but you do realize watering plants with jutsu changes how they developed. They tend to grow stronger and denser than most plants. By the way did you make any storage scrolls and explosive notes to sell today? Because you might need the extra cash before we go shopping." Shisui explained.
"Shopping?" Naruto asked him.
"Of course, you have grown quite a bit since you started eating healthy. Clothes start to not fit and the last thing you want right now is to look goofy in front a classroom filled with other kids. Also we got to make sure to work on reading and writing, and on your speech and manners just to make sure you are not of place." Shisui reminded him.
"True…" Naruto muttered.
"By the way since we are here how about a short lesson on how to suppress chakra from me?" Shisui explained.
"Why would I want to suppress my chakra?" Naruto asked him.
"Well if you are planning on using seals or traps concealing your chakra is a must have. All across the Elemental Nations they have sensors that can detect people for miles off or pin-point your position. Sensor's were developed on the battlefield to help ensure people wouldn't run blindly into an enemy ambush. The reason behind this was due to the fact the Uzumaki were so good at using Fuinjutsu to trap his groups of ninjas and then using explosive notes to finish them off."
"Wow, they had to dedicate a line of shinobi for such a thing." Naruto muttered as Shisui nodded.
"Quite true, but there are different types of sensor's out their in the elemental nations. For example the Inuzuka's can smell a person miles away. The Byakugan itself can see people off for miles, and there are people out there that can sense chakra. The Yamanaka clan is mostly made up of sensory techniques. But there is another reason why it's important to suppress or stop your chakra all together.
"Um is it genjutsu." Naruto guessed.
Shisui nodded. "Yes, out of the three main categories the academy teaches they can't do a good job teaching it to anyone. Can you tell me the reason behind it?" Shisui asked Naruto.
"Chakra control, it's the most intensive one that needs control compared to Ninjutsu and sealing." Naruto answered him.
"That is right, I use Genjutsu myself along with my sharingan, but overall to be quick with it. Genjutsu works by affecting brain's cerebral nervous system that affects their five senses. Genjutsu overall can manipulate people and force them to do actions they normally go for. Torture and Interrogation usually go for more genjutsu types to help gather information. Most genjutsu is eye-based so looking at targets, but there are other forms." Shisui lectured.
"So how do I break a genjutsu?" Naruto curiously asked him.
"First all you should ask am I in a genjutsu or not? Identifying one will be hard if you aren't observing your surroundings. Some can be subtle and other's not so. Above all else when fighting an enemy kunoichi you should expect them to employ genjutsu above all else." Shisui warned him.
"Why is that? Are girls naturally good at using genjutsu?" Naruto asked him.
Shisui nodded. "For guys like ourselves we tend to run into a problem of controlling our chakra. Girls on the other hand are more in tune with themselves and their chakra. A majority of girls would start having low chakra capacities and using ninjutsu would not help them, because of that girls are more aware of the surroundings then men all together as well themselves." Shisui explained.
"I see, so I am not a genjutsu type." Naruto surmised.
"True, you might not have the aptitude for it all together you tend to have more yang chakra then yin. Or formally named light and dark releases, Yin tends to focus on the spiritual side of things along with imagination. Yang on the other hand is physical energy that governs vitality. Since you are Uzumaki Fuinjutsu itself is perfect for you. It tends to take a lot of chakra to employ the techniques itself and you experimenting around with seals shows why. For example the Academy's bunshin jutsu (clone jutsu) is a Yin aspect and no doubt you will struggle with it. So be carefully picking up a jutsu scroll saying Yin release on it or you will be sorry.
"So that is why you taught me a Suiton: Mizurappa and Weasel gave a scroll on Futon: Reppushou (Wind Release Gale Palm)." Naruto reasoned as Shisui nodded. "So how can I can suppress my chakra then?"
"It's quite simple, you need to perform the leaf exercise in reverse."Shisui explained as he placed a leaf on Naruto's head. "To start the exercise you would need to start spinning the leaf like you would normally do. Afterwards you will need to reverse the flow by spinning your chakra counter clockwise. Try to envision sucking your stomach when you eat too much to pull in your chakra. Then I will time you for fifteen minutes to see if you can do this?" Shisui explained.
Naruto began focusing with all his might as he closed his eyes. As Shisui watched with his Sharingan as he watched Naruto pull in his chakra to the middle of his gut. He noticed that the chakra itself was actually staying there unlike his first attempt using his chakra. He bled off chakra like a water hose, but he was now better with it. It was more like a water faucet now. He timed the minutes as he watched Naruto move around.
"It feels so weird… like I almost empty, but full." He quoted.
"That is the feeling most people describe when they first suppress their chakra." Shisui explained as he heard the stopwatch stop. "Let go off your chakra and then you can learn how to break genjutsu next."
Naruto happily nodded. "So how do you break a genjutsu if you ever caught in one?" Naruto asked him as Shisui laughed.
"There are a few way of doing it, but one such method is shutting off you chakra completely and then flood your body again. That way you will eliminate the foreign chakra that has invaded your body. Genjutsu tends to feeds off the victim's chakra to help sustain itself. Another method altogether is pain, if it's not caused by the genjutsu itself you can free yourself from it. I will hit you once with my Sharingan to cast a simple illusion on you. Nothing too major that you would be screaming your head off." Shisui warned him.
His eyes flashed crimson catching Naruto off guard as Naruto began to see multiple images.
"What the heck…?" Naruto muttered.
"Someone wrong kiddo can't focus?" Shisui asked him as he heard echoes of his voice. Multiple Shisui's clouded his vision. Naruto began to focus his chakra back into his body as he rushed it out. He saw the images stop as he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Take note Naruto, genjutsu is nothing to be trifled with. Attempting to break a genjutsu is good and all, but it leave your vulnerable to attack. My trick is quite simple to use since I use Shunshin no Jutsu (body flicker) to quickly dispatch enemies or hit them with genjutsu to disable to never take on a Sharingan one on one if you do get into a fight with Sasuke one day."
Naruto turned around a bit confused. "Sasuke… who is that?" Naruto asked him.
Shisui clicked his fingers. "My friend named Itachi's kid brother. You might be in his class this year, but he has managed to master Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Great Fireball)." Shisui explained.
"Itachi is he named Weasel…" Naruto pointed out as Shisui patted his head.
"Don't think too much on it. Besides that our little learning session is over, but do you have any questions?" Shisui asked him.
"How can I avoid a genjutsu all together?" Naruto asked him.
Shisui thought about it for a moment. "True, I never asked that question because I have the Sharingan. How do you avoid such a thing without getting caught in such a thing?" Shisui muttered in deep thinking.
"Quite simple, you have to be adept in being a sensory-type ninja. You can pick up the smallest traces of chakra around you and you can sense genjutsu traps. As well detect if a person's trying to perform a jutsu before hand. Then try your best to stay out of their eyesight range." A person answered them.
Naruto and Shisui turned to see the Hokage walking up to him. "Jiji, you're here. What brings you here?" Naruto asked him.
"Well I came to check on you, but I see you were quite busy meeting with Shisui again. Academy enrollment is coming up and I ensured that an instructor that will teach everyone equally. I was planning on getting you enrolled today and make sure you picked up your supplies for school as well. Despite the fact the you already have real shuriken and kunai the academy poses a standard of having blunt ones." Sarutobi reminded him as Naruto pouted.
"I don't see why they do such a thing if we are trying to learn how to be a ninja?" Naruto muttered in disdain.
"Well it's for safety reasons for civilian children starting out this year. Most tend to join at eight, but children from clans tend to join earlier. Despite your two years there you didn't learn much do to some instructors lack luster teaching." Sarutobi. "So how goes your project on using seals to create fire, Naruto-kun."
"Not well… I did as you advise, but it's really hard to create it. Well the seal part to it that is, I can only make the gloves." Naruto admitted as Sarutobi chuckled.
"True, that is why Fuinjutsu is frowned upon it's time consuming, chakra intensive, and dangerous if you do it wrong. Though you have learned quite a deal of patience when writing that type of jutsu. It's good to see you have are a focusing a bit more, but I may talk Shisui for a moment." Sarutobi asked Naruto.
Naruto nodded happily as he quickly picked up his stuff as he made his way back inside.
"So Shusui how is my old friend?" Sarutobi asked him as Shisui frowned.
"He is paranoid by the fact I am spending time with Naruto as he believes I might bring about doom. He is power hungry and he is looking for anyway to usurp you and become Hokage. Itachi did a good job spotting out the fact he was trying to convert Naruto over to his side. He intended to use him as a weapon for his cause. Though despite his fanatical beliefs he still wants to make the village strong in his own way." Shusui explained. "I just don't see why you don't disband or break up Root."
Sarutobi sighed. "True, but Root has it's uses… they take on the less savory missions. There are even missions you dare not go on due to its lethality. I was hoping to keep Root in check as they serve the village since we have lost a lot of manpower." Sarutobi explained.
Shisui nodded. "I know Anbu for a fact didn't have teenagers being Anbu Captain. The third great shinobi war, Kyuubi attack, and now this upcoming problem. There are so many enemies within and outside the village. Are the other ones like this?" Shisui asked the Hokage.
Sarutobi sighed. "I know for a fact Suna tried assassination Pakura. Around that time they didn't notice we had Anbu in the area and many believe she is dead. Iwa has it's own problems as well with a missing named Deidara. Kirigakure with it's bloodline purge, rebels and bad academy politics. Kumogakure refusal to dematerialize in times of peace has put people on edge. As they try their hardest in kidnapping and obtaining blood lines." Sarutobi muttered.
"I know the attempted kidnapping of Hinata Hyuuga and the subsequent death Hizashi left a bad taste in my mouth." Shisui agreed.
"That is why I am making sure this time the kids will graduate at a steadier pace around 12 to 13 years old before graduating the Academy. I have seen too many young people die for nothing." Hiruzen calmly explained. "By the way what were you planning to do with Naruto-kun today?"
"Well it's going be a secret for now until he graduates from the Academy, but I need to be sure he will pick up the proper stuff for school." Shisui explained.
"You are already thinking of a graduation gift for Naruto. What about Sasuke, Itachi's brother?" Hiruzen incredibly asked.
"Sasuke owns a lot of things in general unlike Naruto. He is practically treated as a prince in the academy despite his brother overshadowing him. Though Naruto and me are in a similar situation, my clan in a way. Being the descendant of Kagami Uchiha I appreciate the village overall then my clan. I can sense deep hate within the clan, many selflessly want to sacrifice nothing. Many of them don't realize how blessed we are to have a village. The current death rate for the Uchiha clan in the Warring States Period is proof enough." Shisui sorrowfully admitted as the Hokage frowned.
"Shusui, I know all too well seeing I have seen all three great ninja wars. Hopefully we could come to agreement of peace before it's too late. They don't realize the long term problems that will happen even if they do win. Every country will come pouncing up Konoha for land grabs or kidnap clan members. Another great war could take place in a moment's instance." Hiruzen explained.
"I hope so too, but I might have to use that technique if it all fails." Shisui muttered as he walked towards Naruto apartment. "We might as well get moving before Naruto comes to check up on us. I don't want him catching wind of this. He has a hard time lying to anyone even if it could save his life."
Sarutobi chuckled as he followed suit to Naruto's apartment. Shisui helped Naruto shop using a genjutsu for his clothes. He had to branch off from them to continue his duties in the village. As the Hokage lead Naruto to the Academy to enroll as he saw several other children at the administration office. As several families were enrolling their children. He had people glaring at him and avoiding him like the plague.
Many of the parents telling their children to stay away from him because he was bad news. He ignored and signed away on his forms. As a Chunin picked it for him without word as he made his way quickly out the office. He quickly made sure that his scrolls were secured in his pouch. He had a scroll for his new clothes and his books stored inside waist bag.
"I might as well do some extra training in preparation for the Academy." Naruto muttered. "I just hope this year's in the Academy will be different.
.X.
Naruto sighed as he sat quietly in the back of the Academy classroom, after a whole week of just selling explosive tags off as well buying the special strips of paper he needed for the next batch. He made sure he had gained enough money before the start of Academy for precautionary measures. The last thing he needed was the fact someone ruined or stolen his things and he had no way to pay for it.
Today he had to walk through a whole crowd that would stare at him, though they didn't whisper this time. As the Hokage gave a wonderful speech about for the new year. He was assigned to a class with man named Iruka Umino his home room teacher. A lot of famous clan children were attending class with him. Uchiha, Hyuga, Nara, Inuzuka, and the list went on as he still received quite a few stares and whispers still.
As most avoided him like a plague, except for a few children in the class. He sat next to Choji Akimichi who was muching on something as Iruka was getting his papers together. He sat beside an orphan kid named Toshiro that had white hair. It was something he could tolerate and enjoy for once.
They had gone through the day assigning textbooks, making sure they had the appropriate supplies, listing rules, and expectations. As well making name badges to ensure we know each other's names. It was a normal, but easy day considering the fact it was a bit boring. Some kids like Sakura, Shino, Sasuke, and Hinata listened with interests as others zoned out. Well despite Choji eating and Shikamaru sleeping on his desk. As he noticed Kiba was acting up again.
He noticed the bell ringing as he sighed.
"Alright kids,!" Iruka-sensei half-yelled over the explosion of noise. "You have one hour, I want you all back here in an hour. Except for you Naruto Uzumaki, I want to stay here for a while." Iruka pointed out as Naruto sighed.
Everyone cheered running out the class as he put away his notes into his pouch. He made his way down towards Iruka's desk as he eyed Naruto.
"Do you need anything Iruka-sensei?" Naruto asked him.
Iruka nodded looking at the notes. "Yes, for the past two years your scores are abysmal at best and you were kicked out at least 2 times. It was no doubt due to the pranking or something else entirely. Your last teacher Daikoku Funeno said you could even the most basic ninjutsu. As well your test scores were terrible in nature." Iruka told him as Naruto frowned a bit.
"True, but they were terrible teachers they always treated me differently for no reason. I hardly learned anything in their class until someone actually helped me." Naruto stated.
As Iruka's eyebrows widened up. "Someone helped you improve your skill. Who is it, by the way?" Iruka asked as Naruto smiled.
"Shisui-san taught me whole bunch of things after I got kicked out from the Academy." Naruto happily told him.
"Shisui Uchiha, Shunsin no Shisui, why would he help teach you?" Iruka asked him.
"Because he is awesome and he doesn't have any parents like me." Naruto explained as Iruka softened up a bit.
"So do you have the transformation jutsu down along with the bunshin?" Iruka asked as Naruto nodded. He slammed his hands together forming a ram seal.
"Henge no Jutsu!" Naruto shouted as he looked like Shisui as he smirked with his Sharingan eyes staring at Iruka. He made it the Sharingan eyes spin a little intimidating the teacher. "He was said I was very good at using the transformation jutsu. Though making the eye spin slightly was really hard."
Naruto dropped the technique before as Iruka nodded. "That is very good I didn't expect you to spin the tomoe's in the eye. What about Bunshin no jutsu?"
Naruto nodded as he went through the ram, snake, and tiger seals for it as he focused more. "Bunshin no jutsu!" as cloud of smoke appeared in front of him. It revealed ten Naruto's behind him as he smirked. "I hate jutsu this jutsu the most due to the fact they don't do anything, but distract. They don't even cast a shadow or interact with things."
Iruka began writing down his notes on paper.
"Such a shift from abysmal to doing pretty good. I thought I was dealing with a troublemaker." Iruka thought.
"So what we're reading during my lecture then?" Iruka asked him.
Naruto took out his notebook containing sealing. "I am learning how to use Fuinjutsu, but so far I can only make storage scrolls and explosive notes." Naruto pointed.
"You can make explosive notes! Don't you know how dangerous they are?" Iruka reprimanded him.
"Jiji never said anything about along with Shisui." Naruto pointed out. "Besides I can sell the explosive notes I make to the weapon shop. I gained 350 ryo per tag, while the shop owner sells it for double I think." Naruto explained as Iruka looked at the book. He saw Naruto's notes to see some was mostly theory still. Some of it was way over his head as he gave it back to Naruto.
"Well that is quite ambitious learning Fuinjutsu on the side. We don't have teachers in the Academy skilled in teaching Fuinjutsu ever since the Nidaime's age." Iruka pointed out.
Naruto nodded. "True, jiji told me I should take it slow with me learning Fuinjutsu." Naruto pouted as Iruka nodded.
"Since we are the subject of that, can you show me the the Kawarimi no jutsu then." Iruka asked him.
Naruto nodded. "Of course…" Naruto agreed as smoke covered his body. He was replaced by a chair as Iruka looked up to see he was standing at the top of the stairs smiling. "Can I go to lunch now, Iruka-sensei?"
"He can do sealess Kawarimi no jutsu as well. It seems he finally got his act together." Iruka thought.
"Of course you can go Naruto, and you can be ten minutes late due to me holding you up. On top of it you don't have to show me the bunshin no jutsu today. When you come back we will be doing some taijutsu practice." Iruka informed as Naruto nodded running out.
"Okay!" Naruto shouted.
Iruka sighed. "Well the Hokage said he was full of surprises, but I didn't expect that."
.X.
Naruto sighed as he the day was letting out now as he managed to get through kata practicing. Though the Sasuke just kept showing off in front of everybody as the girls crushed on him. It felt annoying in a way to see everyone was treating like a prince for everything. The only sign of recognition he got was from Iruka so it wasn't that bad.
He managed to make friends Choji and Shikamaru. He showed off his food he made to Choji who sampled it. He promised to bring a pillow next time for Shikamaru to rest his head off. They were the only two that treated okay that day.
Iruka waved by to the children as Naruto gave his farewell to the teacher. "I see you had a great day, eh Naruto." a familiar voice called out as he smiled.
"Shisui-san!" Naruto jumped up and cheered as Iruka noticed him. "Did you come to visit me?"
Shisui nodded. "Of course I did kiddo and I wanted to see if you weren't doing anything bad at school this time on your first day back." Shisui told him as Naruto blushed.
"I wasn't bad at all you can ask Iruka-sensei!" Naruto shouted as Shisui nodded.
"So how was he today, Iruka-sensei?" Shisui asked him.
"He did excellent today and I hope he keeps his focus up for the rest of the year and until graduation." Iruka hoped as Shisui patted his head.
"Well that settles it, can you head onto Ichiraku ramen, while I talk to your sensei for a moment. I will be there before you know it kiddo, I would just like to have a little word with him." Shisui told him as Naruto nodded running off.
"Ramen!" Naruto shouted happily as he ran off. He walked towards Iruka with a smile.
"He is such energetic kid you know it's quite hard holding attention, let alone making him sit in place until he start messing with Fuinjutsu. But I can tell you easily you unnerved Iruka-sensei." Shisui pointed out walking towards him.
"You already noticed that?" Iruka muttered.
"Of course and it's not the rookie teacher vibe and it's about what happened almost eight years ago." Shisui pointed out.
"I see…" Iruka muttered as sat down on a bench as Shisui sat down next to him.
"I know, it seems we are all in the same boat as you, Naruto, and I. I know it's hard looking past such a thing, but this is a neglected boy full of potential. With such a dangerous life-style I hold I might not be there all the time for him one day." Shisui pointed out.
"How can you deal with him being?" Iruka asked as Shisui interrupted him.
"Stop right there sensei, do you understand how Fuinjutsu works?" He asked him as Iruka nodded.
"Of course I do." he answered him.
"Then think of him as victim as well a life he was dealt and he has to change someway. His parents also died during the Kyuubi attack and he doesn't a lick about them. Until I found he was wreck with so much potential. I decided to help motivate him to do better, but since you are his teacher you should know better to look at him which such dull eyes." Shisui lectured.
Iruka looked up in shock at him. "Dull eyes…" Iruka muttered.
"You give the same off the same eyes the other villagers do to him. Even if he is smiling towards you his smile isn't reaching you. As long as you hold the fact he is the demon to you, he won't respect you I promise that." The Uchiha advised.
"So you just want me to treat him like everyone else?" Iruka asked him as Shisui nodded.
"Of course silly. It may be hard, but I asked Naruto to give his all to help respect you. Otherwise he may prank without you knowing one day. Since he learning Fuinjutsu I would be on the lookout even more." Shisui joked.
"That isn't funny!" Iruka shouted as Shisui smirked.
"True well maybe, but keep in mind Iruka. Monster's in their own right have no feelings for themselves, people, and things around them." Shisui reminded him.
"Monster's don't have any feelings?" Iruka muttered as Shisui nodded.
"Quite true, but I need to take my leave now before Naruto makes it to the ramen bar before me. He will never let it go if he made there before me." Shisui joked as waved bye to Iruka as he disappeared like a flash.
Iruka sighed. "Shisui, he knows… but he still accepted him. I got to try harder for Naruto's sake as well mine." Iruka muttered.
.X.
Naruto laughed happily as he finished eating ramen with Shisui as he decided to head home. Since his class wasn't assigned homework, well if you can't practicing his kata. The konoha-ryu was a basic style, but he needed something stronger. Sasuke's taijutsu was stronger than his by milestones due to his Interceptor style. A fighting style that was very defensive in nature and it's full uses would be gained with the Sharingan.
It takes advantage of keeping the opponent in their field of vision, but the downside was the fact it made them slow. They also can't deliver powerful punches like Choji does in class, despite his kind nature. The Academy doesn't teach in depth Taijutsu courses due to the sheer amount of children.
"This is terrible I can't find a good fighting styles to suit me…" Naruto muttered. He made his way back to academy to see it was deathly quiet as he heard the sounds of crying. He saw a girl sitting in front a swing in front of the Academy.
She had long brown hair and light brown eyes. Her hair is straight on one side, but on the other side it is in a braid. She wore a dark purple kimono-like shirt that had long right sleeves and short left sleeves. That were held close by a wide pink sash with red mesh armour underneath it all with a light-blue skirt and a brown headband.
"Hey are you crying?" Naruto asked her as she tried wiping her tears. He looked into his pouch to check for something to wipe her eyes. He pulled a short clean white towel from his pouch as he handed it to her. "Here you go."
She looked at him for a moment and took it graciously. "T-thank you." she thanked him as Naruto sat down on the ground besides her.
"Hey are you academy student just like me?" Naruto asked her.
She nodded her head. "No, I am not, I had a personal tutor, but she gave up on me. She doesn't want me to become a ninja." She muttered.
"You had a personal tutor? Shisui-san helped teach me a lot of things, but he isn't a full time teacher due to his duties. Why would she give up on you? I was hopeless case myself until Shisui came along." Naruto pointed out.
She looked at Naruto with some disbelieve. "Really?" She incredibly asked.
Naruto smiled and nodded. "Of course, I was horrible in the Academy I had no skills of knowledge to speak up. My chakra was out of control and I couldn't even perform the basic bunshin jutsu properly. I was kicked out class two times and I will do my best to not screw up this time." Naruto explained.
"You're that kid everyone hates?" she told him.
"Well they don't know about me so don't believe what they say. Besides that why are you trying to become a ninja?" Naruto asked her.
"Well my name is Yakumo Kurama, my clan used to produce Jonin level ninja, but we fell into decline over the years. I was born with a weak body, but I can do genjutsu. I heard there was a kid in the Academy who was couldn't ninjutsu or ninjutsu is still trying to be a ninja still." Yakumo told him.
"Well my name is Naruto Uzumaki, Yakumo-chan and I believe you can do it. Besides that you would just need to build up stamina, right." Naruto told her.
"Is it even possible?" Yakumo asked him.
Naruto nodded. "Of course, you just got to know where your limit is. You need to rest more and eat properly if you want physically train yourself. Since I came here to do some training after eating dinner, why don't we practice together." Naruto asked her.
Yakumo smiled with happiness. "You would really train with me?" Yakumo asked Naruto.
"Of course, but it's best remember to pace yourself. So let's start off by doing some stretching and then a light run. How about a mile run to start things off. Running around the academy courtyard four times is a mile. Then we will practice some katas and then a spar for 15 minutes." Naruto told her.
"That sounds like a lot." Yakumo told him.
Naruto pumped his fist with a smile. "Well Shisui made me run 5 miles off the bat jumping and climbing over Konoha. So it shouldn't be bad at all, just be sure to remember how to breath. Let's go." Naruto guided her through some basic exercises.
He noticed the girl was struggling as he kept pace with her. He encouraged her through the ordeal, he quickly noticed the fact he was blessed with a strong body instead of a frail one.
The small little training session only took an hour to complete as he helped Yakumo go through the exercises. She was covered with sweat all over her body as she huffed.
"This is hard…" Yakumo told him as Naruto nodded.
"Well being a shinobi is a tough job after all, besides that you did pretty good for not stopping. Though you will need to keep it up everyday to help improve yourself, as well on your off days." Naruto explained.
Yakumo nodded. "Is there any other exercise that is doable for me?" Yakumo asked him.
Naruto nodded as he thought for a moment. "Well I read in a book that medic-nins' are responsible for finding a body's secret, right." Naruto pointed out. "They try to find out what chakra types they had, herbs eaten, ninjutsu, special medicine, and Kekkei Genkai."
"Medic nins' do that?" Yakumo curiously asked him.
Naruto nodded. "Of course they do and Shisui-san has told me how a Mist ninja trains. They allow their ninja to swim to help build a toned body when they are younger and can't lift weights. By doing the four swimming strokes you can strengthen your body. Plus you don't need to have fancy equipment as well. Another tip to do is to run as much as you can one day and then go swim the next day to help recover." Naruto advised.
"Do you swim Naruto?" Yakumo asked him as he nodded happily.
"Of course, I even found a cool place in the village to swim without prying eyes. It's right next to a waterfall, but it's not one that pushes you around. An hour full of swimming burns off 500 calories if you work hard. Since swimming is Aerobic exercise it's more efficient breathe control then running. It demands a lot of oxygen and makes your muscles work harder." Naruto explained.
"All those lectures from Shisui-san are paying off now. I don't have to look like an idiot giving out advice to anyone." Naruto thought as he looked around.
"By the way is there someone here is going to pick you up?"
Yakumo nodded. "No my mother and father are Jonins so they are out of the village, right now." She answered. "My tutor isn't taking me home at all."
Naruto at the night's sky creeping in. "Well, why not come over to my place to stay for the night. Then we can do some morning training, before I head to the academy. Then I can take you to the Hokage's tower first morning." Naruto suggested as the girl smiled.
"Sure, but I don't have any clothes with me for a sleepover." Yakumo told him as Naruto waved it off.
"Don't worry you can borrow some of my clothes then, while you clean your clothes in a washer." Naruto offered. "Maybe I can take you on a last minute shopping trip."
"I don't mean to impose?" Yakumo apologized.
Naruto waved it off as he transformed in a generic civilian form. "It's okay, you will be the first person I ever invited over to my place." Naruto happily told her as he held picked her off the ground. He gave her a piggyback ride since she was so tired as he ran off towards the shopping district in town.
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Sarutobi watched the scene from his crystal ball. He looked up to see two jonin's in their uniforms. The man had long black hair and a black moustache. He has light-coloured eyes. The woman had delicate features and long smooth silver hair along with light-coloured eyes. He knew them both all too well the parents of Yakumo, Uroko was the wife and Murakumo was the father.
Murakumo came to him to petition a tutor for Yakumo by assigning Kurenai Yuhi one of their best genjutsu user in the village. Though the results were abysmal due Kurenai's lack of optimism.
"Well it seems like she has met Naruto, eh. I am sorry to see that Kurenai can't train Yakumo due to her physical health as well the matter of her powers." Sarutobi apologized.
Murakumo nodded. "It is okay, Lord Hokage, everyone has their own path to follow." Murakumo told him. "The fact her powers are this strong and unstable means she might not being kunoichi well."
Uroko his wife nodded. "Are you sure it's okay for Naruto to interact with her?" He doesn't understand her powers are dangerous still. The possibility her genjutsu can actually damage the body is very dangerous. Uroko warned him.
Sarutobi sighed as he let a puff from his pipe. "True, it does seem dangerous, but overall your daughter and Kurenai can't relate well to each other. The fact that Naruto was kicked out of the Academy twice is something he can relate to her and it's entirety. Naruto wants to take on the position of Hokage one day and prove he isn't some beast. I am proud the changes Shisui Uchiha has given as well some focus." Sarutobi explained.
"You think he can teach her?" Murakumo asked Sarutobi.
Sarutobi nodded. "If there is something that Naruto can teach others is by not giving as well live in despair. He can help motivate her physically and improve her body conditioning over time. As well give her a calm her down mentally knowing someone understands her problem. So let her have a sleepover at Naruto's apartment for once and let her make her own judgement. It's best she realizes her limits or she is unfit to being a shinobi herself." Sarutobi explained.
"What happens if her genjutsu takes on a mind of it's own self." Uroko advised.
"If something comes to that, I will see if I can get Jiraiya to help me out or as a last ditch effort or ask Kurenai to do it."Sarutobi told him.
"As you wish Lord Hokage, but we will take our leave out for our next mission." Murakumo told him.
"I will be sure to tell our servants to pass on some clothes to Yakumo then if she is planning on staying over at his apartment until we come back." Uroko told him as Sarutobi nodded as he looked at his files.
It looks like you all didn't expect a chapter coming out so soon, but I decided to release now so the story can move on a bit. I decided to expand on ideas that were never used in the series. And expand on it for many reasons as well try to fix some problems the story had overall in the end that put people off.
Well the story is just kicked off I have a few in the waiting wing so I can update it. Who knows I might add an extra chapter in between for fun
Kazama out!