Second and third week

*Monday*Morning*

Naruto twitched from where he was sitting, trying with all his might and willpower not to throttle the Sarutobi brat that had tried to take his throne.

Said kid was trembling from the barely restrained KI that his red-headed teacher was leaking.

It didn't help that he was having visions of a…THING, peaking over Naruto's shoulder.

The reason they were like that was because Konohamaru had tried to set up a prank to…ah, dethrone, Naruto from his spot as Pranking King.

Naruto had seen it coming miles away, it had been the classic paint balloon throw, and it would have been funny, even for Naruto, had it NOT gone horribly wrong.

Megumi and Naruto had woken up at the same time, as it had been one of those odd days the dark-red-haired girl had moved to his bed at some point of the night.

They had had breakfast (a healthy serving of ramen and milk), before setting off to training ground 87, the younger girl riding atop Naruto.

Naruto though, being Naruto, had taken a cup of instant ramen with him, eating it along the way and savoring every noodle, as the gods of The Ramen demanded.

Then they had stepped on the training ground and Konohamaru had set off his prank.

Naruto dodged by sidestepping the balloon, thinking it to be just water.

But Konohamaru had expected that and launched a pebble to the balloon as it passed Naruto, and if the red-head hadn't jumped backwards he would have been covered in pink paint.

But while the paint hadn't covered him, it had hit the ramen cup.

It had defiled The Ramen like it never had been defiled before.

It had turned the noodly goodness into an abomination, a crime against nature.

And someone had to pay.

*Half an hour later*

"Focus Megumi-chan, the strikes must flow from one to the other" It had been declared some time ago that Konohamaru was no longer able to train for the day, and so only Megumi and Moegi were left , "Don't exhaust yourself by hitting so hard Moegi, don't force yourself"

The two girls were currently practicing katas for the styles that each was being trained in; the roaring thunder and striking snake for Megumi and the standard academy style for Moegi.

While they practiced though, he would train a bit in his mindscape; he knew for a fact that there was a small part of it where no matter how hard he thought there would be no change, making it ideal for training at the speed of thought.

Creating a clone, Naruto started to meditate

*Mindscape*

"So, how's it coming along Socchi?" Kushina asked curiously.

Naruto had entered his mindscape, and after giving his other the mandatory hug and Kurama his mandatory fist/tail-bump, he had gone to the Zero-zone of his mindscape, where twenty red-heads were currently trying to make the chakra pillar wider.

The real Naruto was standing in front of both his mother and Kurama, who was silently snickering every time one of the mind-copies blew up their pillar.

"Not good" the kid admitted, "it's been two months and it's barely tall enough"

"I still don't understand why don't you just create an army and use it to master the exercise" said Kurama from his spot.

"Because it would be cheating" said Naruto

"Awww, sweetie," coed Kushina, an amused smile on her face, "we're ninja, if you don't cheat, you aren't trying"

"I have my code, let the Uchiha prick cheat, I prefer hard work" Naruto started to form a pillar of chakra, building it in a second before trying to widen it.

"Kit's got a point Kushina" Kurama nodded, "as painful it is to admit it"

Naruto growled, making his concentration waver and the pillar to bend a bit.

Naruto had one of his half-assed ideas, the ones that would end in pain and satisfaction; what if he didn't control the chakra, but let it move freely?

Kushina smiled at seeing her son getting an idea, before closing her eyes as a phantom pain hit her heart.

It had been thirteen years since her body had died, thirteen years without feeling alive,

She trusted her son; she knew he would eventually find a way to get her out of her prison, but that she trusted him didn't mean the imprisonment hurt any less.

Naruto, meanwhile, slowly but surely loosened his hold on the shell that surrounded the pillar, letting it occupy more space.

He felt his control slipping as the small but long string of chakra started to expand, the 'cat-tail' growing thicker.

The form started to lose stability, but Naruto re-did the shell around it , making it just thick enough so that it wouldn't break, but thin enough so it could bend.

"HA, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ACTUALLY DID IT NARUTO" shouted Kurama, calming down after a moment, "I truly expected it to take you two more months"

Kushina smiled at Naruto, before losing her composure and running to hug her son, "YEAH, YOU DID IT, DATTEBANE"

"WOOOOOO, FINALLY TTEBAYO" Naruto grinned up at her mother, hugging back with all his strength.

Behind them, Kurama smiled, remembering the few days he had had the chance to be a kid, before his father passed away.

*Tuesday*Jiraya*

"Alright gaki, today I'll introduce you to battle seals" Naruto's interest peaked immediately, "First though, I'll clear a misconception that should NOT exist in battle.

"Battle seals are only defensive, right?" Naruto nodded, uncertain of where the Pervert was going, "WRONG, ANY seal can be classed as a battle seal." Naruto's eyes widened, "What do you think if I tell you 'blood-weight seal?"

Naruto took only a few seconds to answer, "A weight seal that uses blood instead of chakra to activate"

"Could it be useful in battle?" Jiraya asked again, to the confusion of Naruto. Inside the seal, Kushina nodded to herself, as it had been something she and Naruto's father had discussed way back then.

Naruto shook his head, "No, the weights could be activated at any time you're bleeding"

Jiraya nodded, a smirk on his face, "And THAT, is what I'm talking about," Naruto tilted his head, a confused expression on his face, "What if you on your opponent and keyed it to yourself?"

"It would be the same, only it would take luck to activate it" Naruto answered, trying to link the dots on his head.

"One of the greatest fuinjutsu masters of all time was Uzumaki-Senju Mito-sama" Kushina nodded, thinking about her caretaker after Uzu was destroyed, "As Kyuubi could probably tell you, she was the one who rediscovered the jinchiriki creation.

"What distinguished her though, what made her THE mistress of seals, was the fact that she could create them with chakra in even less time that it would take me to do the hand-seals for my best technique, and it takes me less than a second to do it"

Naruto had his mouth opened in shock, his mind trying to process what the old pervert had just said.

"It's true, you know" said Kushina, lost in her own memories.

"Kaa-chan?"

"Mito-baa-sama was the person who taught me seals, she took care of me after I lost my parents in Uzu, she would tall me of times when she would beat squads and squads of enemies with just a couple of seals"

"How?" he asked aloud, not realizing until Jiraya answered him.

"She practiced seals and thought outside the box when using them," Jiraya smiled a nostalgic smile, "I remember one time, when your mother was still a brat" Kushina growled from inside Naruto, "Sensei invited me to a dinner the Lady had offered to him, and everywhere I looked there were ideas of how to use seals in battle"

Naruto started going through the seals he knew, trying to think of some that might help him in his first battle at the finals: a ventilation seal might help when dealing with Fuu's dust, the water storage seal was already on his arm, he could use a weight seal on her, a resistance one, maybe modify the standard storage seal to store elemental jutsus, the heating or cooling seals might make her tire faster.

And so, household seals and battle seals became the same for Naruto.

*Wednesday*Yuugao*

"Ok Naruto, today, we start you on bukininjutsu" Thw two of them were standing on a more open training ground, one designed for destruction.

"Bukininjutsu?" asked Naruto, trying to get an image of what ninja weapon jutsu would look like.

"Yes," Yuugao nodded, knowing what he was thinking of, "bukininjutsu is the art of using weapons as foci for jutsu, like the Samurai in the land of Iron do"

Naruto pictured one of the photos that had been in one his academy books, one of a man that was holding his sword to the sky, a large wave of chakra flowing forward.

Yuugao read his thoughts, "Yes, like that chakra wave on the academy books," Yuugao took out one sword, "This is what ninja do, as opposed to samurai," her blade sparkled with lightning, "Bukiāto: Raiha buyō" from her sword a dozen lightning bolts came out, dancing around each other and landing on different places.

"SUGOI" said Naruto from his spot on the ground, "Onee-chan, that. Was. AWESOME" he lifted his hands at the exclamation, making Yuugao chuckle.

"Glad you liked it" she smiled, "But that is some of the most advanced stuff, so you won't be learning it for a while"

Naruto groaned; he wanted to look BADASS DATTEBAYO.

*Sunday*Iruka*

"Naruto, I would appreciate it if you didn't injure my students" They were once again sitting in a classroom, and Iruka was talking about Konohamaru, "On Tuesday he arrived with bruises on his arms, chest and back along with a black eye, care to explain?"

Naruto scowled at the memory, "brat got the idea to paint my ramen" he muttered.

Iruka rubbed his scar, "Be it as it may, it gave you no excuse to beat him into submission"

"He was trying to steal my throne"

Iruka looked at him from above his fingers, which still rested on his nose, "That's it, no other reason than 'he painted my ramen and tried to dethrone me'" Naruto nodded, "He flinched when I offered to treat him to ramen for lunch"

"He should know better than to mess with The Ramen", Naruto nodded to himself, "just be thankful that he didn't insult The Log"

Iruka sweat-dropped, "whatever, let's just start the lesson, today, we work on your range"

*Tuesday*Jiraya*

"All right Gaki, today I'm going to teach you a seal of my own" Jiraya took one of the scrolls from his pocket, "It is one that has saved my hide more than I care to admit"

The Perverted Sage ignored Naruto as he lit a fire in the middle of the clearing they were in, to the confusion of the boy.

That confusion turned to awe as the old man opened the scroll and the fire flew into it, leaving only the ashes behind.

"The fire consuming seal is incredibly useful, both in and out of battle," Jiraya's eyes unfocused, "I remember that one time I saved some people from a house fire," the man grinned lecherously, "But that's a story for another time" Jiraya tossed the scroll into the air, letting the fire come out again.

"Do you think it will help in my first fight?" asked Naruto.

"I'll be honest with you gaki" answered the white-haired pervert, "I made this seal to help me deal with fire users, if you can modify it to your needs, then you can consider yourself my full time apprentice" said Jiraya, 'Not that I wouldn't do it anyway, kid's as much fun to teach as Minato'

Naruto grinned at the prospect, who in their right mind wouldn't want to be apprenticed by a Sannin, even ig if the man was a pervert.

The rest of the day was spent with Naruto trying to make the seal work for him

*Wednesday*Yuugao*

"Ok, enough of that, I'm showing you the first technique of a wind-weapon user" Naruto stopped channeling his wind chakra into his Talons, making them lose the white aura that had encase them, "It's basic really, if you've already learned the pressure wave technique then it shouldn't to hard, I'm going to show you, but with lightning, as it is my affinity"

Yuugao's sword started sparkling with static, which formed a thin wake of electricity as she swung her blade, the wave roasting the grass below it.

"That is a basic bukininjutsu, and every practitioner will always have his variations," the purple-haired ANBU sheathed her sword, "the beginning is the same as the elemental conversion, but you have make the element go forward as you swing, creating the attack," Naruto quickly channeled wind chakra into his Talons again, "Let's start now. Ok?"

Not much to say, got Forza Horizon, got some pain-in-the-ass proyects, saw a movie.

Hmmmm...

Yeah that's pretty much it, so see you next week, or whenever.