This whole chapter was highly inspired by Sasuke's fight with Lee and Gaara...
Blocking Lee's kick was agony for Niko, but he managed to reinforce his limb with chakra at the last moment, stopping the damage from being too severe. Nothing more than a bruise he hoped. Dodging the next strike, he peppered Lee with a variety of smaller strikes to his torso, all of which Lee easily shrugged off. He went flying when Lee kneed him in the gut, landing harshly on the ground.
"That's enough, very good Lee." Yugao said, proud and pleased. "Gai has trained you well, you are a spectacular ninja indeed."
Lee beamed. "Thank you so much! I strive to be as spectacular I can be!"
Niko laughed. "Well, you've succeeded. Hey, outside of spars, can you help me learn the Strong Fist? I mean it's not a family style, so I can learn it right?"
Lee paused. "Well... I... guess so, Gai sensei said that it was special but I cannot see why I cannot teach you. I mean Sasuke learned the basics... so that is what I will teach you. I will show you how to condition yourself for the style, and I will show you some basics to incorporate it into your style. The specifics are too intensive to teach you by myself, too many missions to cover... but the basics, I can make you some scrolls for the basics and demonstrate more. I have the next week off, Lady Tsunade wants me to rest, we had a hard mission just two days ago."
Yugao nodded at them. "I will be doing more guard duty over the next few days, setting him up with a better training system for taijutsu is perfect. I will speak to Lady Tsunade about rewarding you for this. I am sure we can give you a C rank pay for this. Actually, why don't you start now, I will go and speak to her." She shot off, rushing to Lady Tsunade while Niko smiled at Lee.
"Thank you, for this and for not treating me like Naruto."
Lee looked at him softly. "I can see you did not want to be treated Naruto, so I simply didn't. Now, let's get you started. I will show you the Katas today, and tomorrow morning we can work on your conditioning. I'll buy you some weights as a gift, and we can spar with each other for a few hours to really wear the Strong Fist into your style."
"Sounds perfect."
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Tsunade nodded, as did the Elders by her as they listened to Yugao's words. "You already said he was making fast progress, with the Strong Fist as a base, we at least have a strong Taijutsu user."
"He is also picking up Kenjutsu at a frightening pace. It has only been a day and he can already mimic my katas perfectly, without any need for correction. I think we may have underestimated him. In sick months, he might go from Low Genin to nearly special Jonin with a taijutsu-kenjutsu focus. Or at the very least Upper Chunin level. I am also going to start focusing on strategy training, for long battles, and tactics for shorter battles. I saw Naruto's fight against Kiba and Neji, neither were thought out at all. I do not want this to affect Niko's time as a ninja. I... am rather fond of the boy."
Tsunade smirked. "I hoped that would be the case."
"Yes... I would like permission to teach him some ANBU tactics, like tracking, stealth and so on. I believe he and Naruto have exceptional potential masked by mistreatment, I think with the right training he could be a devastatingly powerful ninja. Skilled and mighty. He can use the Rasengan, by six months he will be a reasonably dangerous Ninja. By Naruto's return in two years, and this is pure speculation, he could be Elite Jonin level. That is the skill level I am seeing. It reminds me of a toned down Itachi if I am being honest. He just lacks Itachi's raw focus, but at times he is scarily determined."
The Elders both hummed, looking very satisfied. Koharu leaned forward. "Can you teach him the basics of sealing? He is an Uzumaki, it is only right for him to learn such things. There are so few sealers in the Leaf."
Tsunade nodded. "He has passed his personality tests by Inoichi, and he seems attached to you... and he is incorporating well with his peers. I trust your judgment, Yugao, but if you notice anything please do not feel afraid to say it. We have to be careful... very, very careful."
"I understand, my lady... I understand far too well."
"I want him helping out on D ranks at least a few times a week, giving him missions, helping the village reserves and helping him actually bond with the village."
"Can he do them alone, most D ranks really should be alone and with us still doing repairs I am sure we can find those kind of jobs. Jobs that help give him a sense of purpose in the village, since he would be a part of rebuilding it."
"Good idea... When do you start training?"
"He starts at five and works out physically til eight. Trains in taijutsu til ten, kenjutsu til twelve, he rests and reads then we work on whatever we chose. Throwing weapons, chakra control, the rasengan, sparring for at least an hour at any point. I am planning on taking at least a few hours to work on kenjutsu jutsus, his element, and mixing in things like tracking, sealing, genjutsu resistence and so on. We could work from... one to four on something a two or three days a week, which should be enough to give him some money, and make him feel part of the village. He plans on only have sunday off, he heals so fast he can train nonstop, so having three D ranks a week would be a serious boon to the village."
"Very well, I expect him in here tomorrow. Good work, Yugao."
Chapter end, tell me what you think in the reviews.
This was inspired by Sasuke learning and using the Strong Fist pieces when he fought Gaara... he was not a full practioner but he uses fundemetnals in hsi permanent style...
Love, your Ninja Overlord,
Mika.