Four years have passed since Naruto first talked to the Nine-Tailed Fox, since then he learned the Fox's name is Kurama. After learning his dad's name their relationship became more stable has Kurama became more use to the idea of himself as a dad. They even managed to tear a bit of the seal, allowing Kurama to observe the world and talk to Naruto through a mental link.
Naruto entered the academy at the age of eight, he had hoped to make friends there but so far he had not. He had signed up for kenjutsu classes offered by the academy once a month. It was in this class that he met Uzuki Yugao, who was one of his mom's former students. Yugao was one of the few teachers who actually taught Naruto anything. Thanks to actually having a teacher in kenjutsu Naruto learned quickly, staying near the top of the class. In his other classes he was firmly at the bottom, his mom's books help though.
The books his mother left behind were mostly text books focused on fuinjutsu, chakra control, and kenjutsu. Other books talked about Uzushiogakure, the home land of the Uzumaki, and the rest were cookbooks. There was also a book called 'Tell of the Utterly Gutsy Ninja' which was about a ninja named Naruto!
Now Naruto is ten years old and his dad, Kurama, has promised him a special form of training. He was excited to say the least. So after getting ready for bed Naruto focused on entering his mind scape.
-Mind Scape-
"So dad, what is this super awesome training you were talking about?" Naruto asked, looking through the bars of the seal to his dad.
"Now that I think you are old enough, I am going to teach you how to use my chakra. With this seal in the way you will be limited to two tails of power at the most but that should be plenty to protect you from danger." Kurama explained.
"Oh, ok. So is there something special I need to do to use your chakra? Cause chakra control is sorta a major weakness for me, you know." Naruto said.
"That is because you have more than your classmates, keep training and you will get better Kit. Now my chakra is dangerous, too much at one time can cause you to lose control of yourself or burn your body up. This training will be to get your body more use to my chakra. It shouldn't be too hard, you are my son so your body is already more adjusted than most." Kurama continued to explain. "We will start off with a tailless cloak, once you can comfortably wear it we will move on to tail transformations."
"Transformation? What do you mean, like the elemental chakra stuff?" Naruto asked.
"Not quite. You see, Kit, unlike most jinchuuriki you have always had exposure to my chakra. That's why you have whiskers and it is why you should be able to use my chakra to briefly become a half-demon. You would gain even more fox features, some may be permanent though." Kurama said, smiling at the thought of Naruto looking more like him. "It might even give you red hair, like mine or your mom's."
"Wow! When can we start? I am ready now, believe it!" Naruto exclaimed, starry eyed at the thought.
"I am glad you are so eager, we can begin tomorrow. Find somewhere isolated incase you get overwhelmed, that way I will have time to withdraw my chakra and you won't hurt anyone." Kurama ordered.
"Alright, after class tomorrow I will find a training ground!" Naruto promised.
"Good, go to sleep for tonight and tomorrow we will begin. Goodnight Kit." Kurama said, curling himself up to take a nap.
"Night dad!" Naruto replied before leaving his mindscape.
-The Next Day: Outside of the Mindscape-
That morning Naruto barely made it to class on time, a miracle considering he was almost always late . The day went pretty normal from there, Iruka would teach history and chakra theory, Mizuki would then teach taijutsu (showing Naruto the wrong forms on purpose) then teach how to use shurikens and kunai, finally both teachers would teach ninjutsu and mathematics. On other days the class would go to other senseis to learn various things like calligraphy, flower pressing, geography, science, and a variety of subjects that would aid in both civilian life and shinobi life. After classes many kids would stick around to talk to friends.
Over the two year period that Naruto has attended he has yet to make any close friends. He sort of got along with a few classmates, mostly Kiba and Choji. He has wanted to talk to the girl with strange eyes, Hinata, but she always gets red in the face and he is not sure what to do when that happens. He had asked Sakura out a couple times until Kurama told him it was rude to do so after being turned down, so he apologized which seemed to improve their relationship but they were at best on neutral terms. Sasuke and him just didn't get along, at all. He liked Shikamaru but he was just so lazy. Shino he didn't talk to much but neither held any ill will towards the other so that's good. And finally there was Ino who was so obsessed with Sasuke that he doubted she even knew he was in the class.
In his kenjutsu class he had made a friend, of sorts. Her name was Tenten, like him she was an orphan. She was a year older than him so they were less friends and more mentor/mentee, she was nice though! She was also the only one in the class that could beat him in a spar.
After class was done for the day, and since there was no kenjutsu practice, Naruto made his way to the training grounds. After nearly an hour of searching he found an empty training ground, training ground 44 aka the Forest of Death. Ignoring both the signs and the fence Naruto made his way into the forest.
Finding a suitable clearing Naruto entered his mindscape and listened to Kurama's brief instruction on how to draw out his chakra. Unknown to him he wasn't alone, someone was watching him from above in the trees.
Having gotten his instruction Naruto exited his mindscape and began the process of drawing his father's chakra. At first only the thinnest trickle of chakra flowed from the seal, with more effort Naruto focused on bring the chakra out. Slowly more flowed out and into his own chakra pathways. The feeling of the chakra entering his pathways was like stepping into a hot spring on a cold winter's day, it was almost too much but still invigorating.
The figure in the trees watched as Naruto slowly formed an orange cloak of pure chakra around himself. The chakra felt dangerous and overwhelming. Then Naruto stood up and began to stretch.
"Gee Dad, I thought this would be hard! I mean this feels great, I feel pumped up and ready to fight believe it!" Naruto nearly yelled as he jumped from his stretching to punching one of the trees, blasting off the thick bark with each hit.
"Well, the little tresspasser isn't weak at least but who said you could come into my playground brat?" The figure asked from the trees.
"Ah! Who's there?" Naruto yelled, jumping nearly ten feet in the air.
"Ooh, did I scare you?" The figure asked teasingly as they jumped downing into the clearing, revealing themselves to be a purple haired woman with purple pupiless eyes and very revealing fishnet clothing. "This is my forest, brat. What are you doing in here?"
"Uh, I was training?" Naruto asked, what else would he be doing in a training ground. "And what do you mean 'your forest'? I thought training grounds were for everyone?"
"Ah look at that, not as dumb as you look. But only chunin and above are allowed in here brat. Your lucky that I, dear sweet Anko, found you before the tigers or leeches did." The woman now known as Anko said with a smirk. "Now tell your dad to get out here and you two beat it."
"My dad? I can't exactly bring the Nine-Tailed Fox out here just to kick him out of a forest. That would be dumb." Naruto said with a smirk, he never got tired of revealing his relation to Kurama.
"The Nine-Tailed Fox? Are you ok kid?" Anko asked, she knew the kid was the jinchuuriki of the Fox but this was weird.
"Yeah, that's right I am Uzumaki Naruto son of the Nine-Tailed Fox and Uzumaki Kushina!" Naruto stated proudly, only to pale when he realized what he had said. The cloak was, if nothing else, lowering his inhibitions. "Oh god! Don't tell anyone about that, the old man will kill me!"
"I don't know, what will you give me to not talk? Make it worth my while." Anko teased, a sadistic smirk firmly on her face.
"Ah, I don't really have much money or anything of value! Please I'll do anything!" Naruto begged, grovelling on the ground at Anko's feet. His grovelling was interrupted by Anko's laughter.
"You are too fun Gaki, too fun." Anko said still laughing. "Maybe if you keep being fun while we fight I won't tell the old man that you slipped up."
"You want to fight? Why didn't you say so, just don't come crying to me when you lose! Believe it!" Naruto said, jumping up from his position at Anko's feet and into a fighting stance. His stance was from one of his mother's books, the basic stance of his mom's whirlpool style.
"Such confidence, I can't wait to crush it." Anko purred, getting into her own stance.
Naruto lunged at Anko, thinking his boosted strength and speed would be enough to shorten the gap in their skill. He was wrong, the moment he lunged Anko countered faster than his enhanced eyes could follow. Suddenly he was on the ground with a foot pressed against his chest.
"Aw there we go, back where you belong." Anko purred once again before removing her foot and helping Naruto up. "Don't worry Gaki, your secret is safe with me. All you gotta do is treat me to dango and poof, it's like you never revealed that big bad secret."
"Thank you! Let's g-" Naruto started to say before being interrupted.
"At least that's what I would say if I was nice but no one has ever accused me of being nice. No the dango is first then the rest all depends on what you look like after you graduate. Maybe more dango or maybe something tastier~" Anko said as she slowly invaded his personal space. One thing Anko enjoyed more, well maybe as much as dango, was making people uncomfortable. It was a personality trait that arose after being abandoned by her teacher then shunned by the village, not the best way to handle everything but at least when people don't like her it's because of her and not the 'snake bastard'.
"Y-you want dango AND ramen? Gama-chan is gonna starve!" Naruto cried, the chakra cloak dissipating in his overly dramatic performance.
"Ramen?! You dare imply ramen is better than dango? You heretic!" Anko gasped out, as though someone was denying a universal truth.
"Of course ramen is better than dango, it's the food of the gods! Believe it!" Naruto said, his voice filled with righteous fury.
"Oh poor Gaki, who has been filling your head with such nonsense? Have you never tried the true godly food that is dango?" Anko asked, looking down at the misguided youth before her. She would save this child and show him the ways of dango.
"Uh, no. But nothing can beat ramen, so you must not have had ramen." Naruto shot back, now determined to help her to the path of righteousness that is ramen.
Kurama sadly had to suffer through the circular debate the whole night.