Training – 2

The next day, Mt. Myoboku

"Wow, this place is really peaceful and serene Ero-sennin. You weren't kidding about training in peace."

"I don't get if you really respect me or not. Why would I lie about your training, when this training is going to save your life?"

"Point."

"Now let's going. Pa and Ma are waiting for us."

"Pa and Ma? You mean we are meeting your parents?! I don't want see a bunch of old geezers! I have enough dealing with you and baa-chan!"

Jiraiya smacked Naruto into the ground.

"I was talking about two toads named Pa and Ma. They might be old, but they could defeat any S-ranked shinobi in their prime on their own. So, be respectful."

"Gotcha," Naruto replied as he picked himself up and dusted himself off.

"So, you finally arrived Jiraiya-boy. And you brought your student as well," started a green, small toad draped in a brown cloak, with, to Naruto's shock, white eyebrows! Since when does a toad have hair?!

"Hmm, I see a lot of potential in your student Jiraiya. You weren't kidding when you said he could remodel a mountain into a crater with the proper training."

"Of course – WAIT WHAT?! I CAN DO WHAT?!"

"And a bit of a loudmouth as well, I see," the toad rubbed his head and continued, "If I didn't know better, I would say that this brat is you with blonde hair. Ha!"

"Shut your trap geezer, and get on with your introduction."

"Right. Well, Naruto-boy, I am Fukaksu. You can call me Pa," then indicating to a toad with, confusing Naruto even more, purple hair, "And that is Shima, my wife. You can call her Ma. You will be training under our supervision.

As of now, you are not allowed to interact with the other toads until you are ready to learn senjutsu. We will train you personally, I in ninjutsu and taijutsu, and Ma will train you in genjutsu and survival skills. You will train every day with me from dawn to lunch. You will train with Ma from lunch till you sleep. In between, I will teach you about strategy and improvisation in battle. Ma will teach you the basics of fuinjutsu from time to time. Any questions?"

"Uh…. Why do you two have hair? I don't think toads are supposed to have hair…."

Jiraiya, Pa and Ma are stunned by Naruto's question. Then Jiraiya falls to the ground holding his stomach, laughing his heart out. "OH KAMI! THIS KID IS GOLDEN!"

"Shut up!" And with that Ma and Pa promptly kicked Jiraiya, who flew away somewhere beyond the horizon due to the sheer force behind the kick.

'Right…. I am fucked. No pissing off these two. Not if I want my body intact at the end of the year.'

"Anyways, this is what you wear for the duration of your training." Fukaksu produced a simple black bodysuit and a pair of black socks. "You will wear only this and your underwear-"

"Don't say it out loud, you pervert geezer!"

"-which means no shoes, socks, headband, armband of your own. We will give them back later. You will be using kunai and shuriken during your training but will not keep them. You will be given further training equipment as you grow stronger. Now we are turning around, get changed.

But before you train, I want you to run back and forth to that stone on your left. It's a rough 100 m. No chakra."

"Okay…. Sure"

And with Naruto ran at top speed towards the stone. '13 seconds on average. Well, he does have more endurance and agility than raw speed so I guess it makes sense,' thought Fukaksu.

"Alright, I got what I needed. Now go and get changed."

As Naruto walked over to pick his up new clothes, he found could not even move them an inch.

"HGHHHH! HRNNN! WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS, METAL?!"

"Ah, I should have told you your first task. Your task is to make sure you are wearing those by dinner today. If not, we will put them on you and make you run 10 kilometres. If you can't do that, you will keep getting harsher punishments. Good luck!"

And with Ma and Pa hopped away.

"GET BACK HERE YA FUCKERS! I AIN'T DONE WITH YOU!"

'Now, what will you do Naruto?' thought Pa.

When Pa and Ma returned with dinner, they found much to their amazement, Naruto trying to walk around in the apparels he had given him. 'So, he found out a way to wear them,' smirked Pa, 'this is good. He is not averse to using his brains when faced with a difficult problem.'

"Well done. Now tell me how you managed to wear those."

"I substituted myself into them, how else?"

Pa and Ma were again shocked at his reply.

"What do you mean you mean you substituted yourself?"

"Well…. I made a life size stick figure which was roughly equal to my body height and arm and leg length and placed it inside those clothes. Lifting and wearing the thing is literally impossible for me as of now.

FUCK THIS HURTS LIKE A BITCH!

Anyways, so I lifted up the flaps of this one-piece jumpsuit, pushed the sticks in making it look like as if it had been hung with the help of sticks and did the substitution. I used a rock to keep the neck of the thing open so that I could tie the sticks together and not accidentally lose an arm during the substitution, just because the sticks were not tied together.

That took me only an hour after you left. The rest of the time I was just trying to get myself up. And that idiot Ero-sennin who you sent flying, came back sometime in between, laughed at my condition, said that he wanted to do some research and just LEFT! That fucker should have helped me!"

'This year will be by far our most interesting, and at the same time, the year that might us lead to an early grave.' Fukaksu thought with a gleeful smirk on his face, as he heard Naruto's explanation and rant. Clearly, Jiraiya was wrong about the boy being a dumb idiot. That was merely what he showed the people around him. THIS was most certainly, the real Naruto.

"Well done. For now, try and eat your dinner."

"Yes, as soon as I can make my way over there. After that I have to move my hands to … I am not going to be able to eat anything for a few days, am I?"

"That depends on you, boy!" Ma replied with a laugh.

"Just for curiosity's sake, exactly how much do these clothes weigh?"

"The bodysuit is 50 kilograms and is chakra suppressive. Which means for the first leg of your training, no ninjutsu. Only taijutsu and weapons training from my side and survival skills from Ma. The wristbands and socks weigh 5 kilograms each.

For the first 6 months you will learn to fight in these clothes. Every month, the weight of your body suit will increase by 5kgs, and your wristbands and socks by 2kgs. After that, if you haven't reached your expected level of strength, you will no longer be able to go on any of Jiraiya's missions the next year. Also, the increment on your weights will increase. Is that understood?"

"What fresh hell have I entered…." Naruto sobbed.

"Oh, by the way, we only serve bugs, worms and insects here," Shima continued.

"PLEASE OH PLEASE SOMEONE KILL ME NOW!"

Author's note: Sorry for the delay, but I guess weekly updates are more my speed. So expect weekly updates from now. Also, I borrowed the this particular training idea from a very popular anime which I am sure you all know ;-). I did wonder why no one in Naruto ever used that idea, but eh.

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