Edited: 10/27/18

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto does.

Thinking

Jutsu

Demons/Summons Talking

"Normal Talking/Writing"

"Demons/Summons talking in her head"

Naruto groggily got up from her bed as she rubbed her eyes. The taijutsu training was going fairly well, considering that she started a week ago. Because there are no katas, she has been sparring with Kurama, simply gaining more experience. Kurama said that she could beat an average genin with slight difficulty at her current level. Naruto sighed before entering her kitchen and spotting a piece of paper on the counter. Naruto tilted her head in confusion before picking it up. It said, "Please come to my office at 9 am. - Sandaime Hokage" Naruto blinked as she thought about some of the reasons why.

Maybe he's going to give me a book?

"Why in the world would he give you a book?"

Well, he already knows that I like to read... That's a good enough reason, right?

"..."

Naruto mentally shrugged before heading to her beloved grandfather figure's office.

When she reached his office, she entered and saw her surrogate grandfather and a raven-haired boy a few years older than her. Naruto beamed at Hiruzen before tilting her head in confusion. "Hi, Hokage-Ojisan! Um... Who's that?"

Hiruzen smiled kindly before beginning to introduce the boy, "This is Uchiha Itachi. He will be your mentor for a while." Said person nodded at her in greeting.

"It will be a pleasure to mentor you, Uzumaki-chan." Naruto smiled back in response before turning to the Hokage.

She opened her mouth to ask her question but Hiruzen answered before she could ask, "I've decided that you should be mentored so that an incident like last week won't happen again. Thankfully, Itachi-kun needs some experience teaching. He will be fairly busy so you will probably meet once or twice a week. Okay?" Naruto nodded enthusiastically.

"I hope we get along, Itachi-Sensei!" Itachi nodded at her with a tiny smile playing at the corner of his lips. Naruto relaxed slightly seeing that he was not like many of the villagers who scorned her mere existence because of the Kyuubi. She was also relieved that he seemed to be a kind person, although a little withdrawn. Her surrogate grandfather cleared his throat making Naruto face him, turning all her attention to him.

"I need to talk to Itachi-kun, so wait outside for a bit, alright?" Naruto nodded and left the room, standing outside the office. I wonder what they're talking about...

"Probably about what to teach you. Of course, MY teaching will always be better than his."

Sure...

"Was that sarcasm I detected, brat? If it is then I'm doubling your training."

WHAT?! I wasn't being sarcastic! Your training is wonderful! Naruto thought although she was lying through her teeth.

"Uzumaki-chan?" Naruto flinched when she felt a hand gently shake her shoulder. Naruto looked up to see Itachi looking at her with a subtle tilt of his head.

"Um... yes, Itachi-Sensei?"

He answered, with a delicately raised eyebrow, "I've been trying to get your attention for a few minutes." Naruto's eyes widened slightly before she looked down slightly.

"Sorry..." She apologized quietly. Itachi seemed to smile slightly as he gently patted her head.

"It's alright. Now let's go to a training ground. Then we will start your training." Naruto nodded enthusiastically. The two headed towards the training ground in comfortable silence before reaching their destination. Naruto bounced excitedly as Itachi began his first official lesson.

Several hours later, Naruto had unlocked her chakra and was doing the tree walking exercise. It was taking her a while to get to the top of the tree, but Itachi had explained that it will take longer due to her already large chakra reserves.

After a few dozen falls, she decided to think a bit about how to do the exercise instead of running up the tree and hoping for the best. She placed one foot on the tree and channeled her chakra, seeing how much chakra it would take for her to stick to the bark. After finding the right amount of chakra, she slowly began to walk up the tree and to her surprise, she got to the top. "Yay!" She cheered happily. Itachi gave a small smile of approval which made her heart soar. After she walked back down, Itachi gave her a pat on the head before taking his leave.

"Be careful and no using chakra without supervision, understand?" Naruto nodded before Itachi disappeared in a swirl of leaves. Naruto stood there in awe as her teacher vanished before her eyes. I want to learn that! Naruto thought excitedly. Kurama seemed to be taking a nap as Naruto decided to head home.

Once home, she did her daily routine before deciding to try and make something to eat, keyword try. She only had some milk, eggs, a few vegetables and a slab of meat to work with. Grabbing two eggs, Naruto tried to make scrambled eggs but ended up burning them. Naruto looked at the charcoal colored dish in disdain before sitting down and eating it. After all, she didn't want to waste her limited supply of food. I should really learn how to cook properly... She thought to herself. What was the point of being able to forage and hunt if she couldn't eat the things she caught?

After swallowing the burnt eggs with a glass of milk, Naruto sat down and continued to read about Inari. Once done with that, she decided to read about Kitsunes since they were mentioned several times in the passage about Inari. Naruto skimmed through the paragraph about Kitsunes and was surprised to find out that they were known for their shapeshifting abilities as well as their ability to control kitsunebi, which translates into "fox fire". I wonder if I can shapeshift since I was apparently blessed by Inari-Sama? That would make sense right? She asked Kurama, who was still sleeping or ignoring her. Not getting a response, Naruto shrugged and decided to try it out on her own since Kurama was not being helpful.

However, she had no idea where to start. Do I just think of an animal? Naruto imagined a pitch black cat with topaz eyes when the air around her sparkled. As the sparkles died down, instead of Naruto sitting with a book in her hands, there sat the cat that Naruto had imagined. However, her eyes were still the same bright blue color like when she was in human form. Ack! The tables are so big! Naruto looked around with astonishment as she took a step forward, only to trip and bash her nose against the hard wooden floor. Naruto let out a yelp, but it came out as a hiss. Stupid floor! Naruto growled as she glared at the wooden panels. Naruto shakily got up as she attempted to take another step, only to trip yet again. Naruto let out another growl as she tried to walk in her new form.

Naruto slowly began to get the hang of walking on all fours as she decided that she would try to jump since cats can jump pretty high. Naruto launched up but miscalculated the distance as she fell down. Oh no! Oh no! Naruto thought as she tried to land on her feet. Twisting her body, she somehow managed to land like a proper cat. That was so scary... Naruto thought with a shiver. Naruto got back up as she thought seemingly. I'll definitely master this form by tomorrow-dattebasa!

For those who don't know Japanese, I'll put out the definition down here but please know that it may not be 100% accurate so if you spot any mistakes, down here or in the story, please comment to my story. Also some additional information for those that are curious.

I'm sure many of you can see Itachi acting fairly out of character, but this has a semi-good reason. Little-Sasuke and Naruto act fairly similarly because Naruto is more like Minato than Kushina personality wise. Itachi has been fond of Sasuke since he was born and I feel like he would be involuntarily kinder to Naruto because of her and Sasuke's similarities. This is from my personal experience since I have a younger sibling and when one of my friends acts like them, I tend to react to their behavior the same way I would react if it were my younger sibling. Sorry if this is not how you think Itachi would act...

Also, I made Naruto's verbal tick "-dattebasa" since it's more feminine than "-dattebayo". Should Naruto have a child, then he will probably have that verbal tick. If her future child is female then I'll just think of another verbal tick(Unless her future daughter is a tomboy). Sorry, Boruto!

And third, I think some of you might feel a bit worried that Naruto will be too strong. After all, there are a lot of abilities that she can possibly learn. And put together with the fact that she takes more after Minato than Kushina, there is a chance that she might be a prodigy like him. However, she is not going to be a prodigy. She won't necessarily be stupid, but she won't be as prodigious as Itachi, Kakashi, Minato, and Orochimaru. She will still be smart though. She will be strong, but she is still a child and will have certain problems and dramas surrounding her power and blessing (as all gods have their feuds and usually drag in their children/heroes in the process)

Fun Fact 10: Naru knows that Hiruzen is a pervert and has used that as blackmail to get some books out of him

Fun Fact 11: One of Itachi's first lessons for Naru was swimming

Fun Fact 12: Naru blames Minato for her bad cooking skills but respects his "amazing naming skills"