Gin Shita no Naruto Chapter 3
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Ryousanki: Don't worry the will be some time skips but at first they will be small. Like days or weeks while he gets a jutsu down. Eventually there will be two major time skips pre-series. One will take us to the Uchiha Massacre (which is going to happen two years later than in cannon so that Naruto has more time to spend with Itachi.) The second will take us to the genin exam. I plan to be very detailed about his training prior to the time skip though.
Naruto will seem very mature for his age. That's because he is. He was forced to grow up and is extremely intelligent. He just hides it for his own safety.
The poll will be going on until the preliminaries at the latest. Sorry no harems. I doubt I could do a good job writing it.
I have different ideas for each girl on the list so the girl who wins will noticeably but not drastically change the story.
About my updating, I meant sporadically on a weekly basis. I hope to never go longer than one week without updating.
The chapters are going to remain fairly short. This will allow me to update faster.
Chapter 3:
With the Hokage's dismissal Itachi dispersed into a flock of crows. The Hokage's was surprised he hadn't realized that Itachi had gotten his hands on a summoning contract. Especially one not native to Konoha. With a grumble he returned to his stack of paperwork that seemed to have grown during the meeting.
Meanwhile Itachi raced towards his retreat. Despite not showing it in the Hokage's office he was flabbergasted at the sheer amount of chakra Naruto had unleashed. While he expected Naruto to have far more chakra than any other academy student due to Kushina-sensei the true amount was staggering. He recalled the chunin exam when he was promoted. Naruto had about two-thirds of the chakra of one of the Jounin from Kiri, a Hoshigaki Kisame if he remembered correctly and he had the largest chakra reserves of anyone Itachi had ever met, and he was only five. With the right training his raw chakra capacity once it matured could potentially rival one of the biju themselves.
While the idea of training someone with as much raw potential as Naruto had thrilled him he was also irritated. He had spent almost two hours working out a schedule of training for Naruto with his mother and it was now obsolete. Naruto would now need to focus on chakra control almost exclusively for at least the next year if he was to have any chance at performing the bunshin no jutsu. Unless? Was he willing to bend the rules a little? Naruto would be able to use the kage bunshin with ease. This would also speed up the control exercise. 'Yes that would work perfectly.'
He felt elated that he had avoided that little snag but then his face fell as he arrived at his retreat. "What the hell happened here?" It looked as if a bomb had gone off. Every single window was shattered and the door was blown off its hinges. He was really glad he wasn't here but now he would have to repair the place again.
He walked inside. Furniture was overturned; doors were hanging off, but to Itachi's joy his precious pocky cabinet was unharmed. It had paid off reinforcing the cabinet with seals. Naruto was lying on the ground unconscious. With a shrug Itachi walked over opened one eyelid and entered Naruto's mind.
Upon appearing in Naruto's mindscape Itachi was treated to the sight of Kushina squeezing the life out of her son. Naruto looked near tears. When he began sobbing into his mother's side she finally let go. "Naruto, what's wrong?" Kushina looked worried. She hoped she hadn't done anything wrong.
Naruto managed to choke back his sobs, "I…I...was a...a...fraid that you were gonna leave me alone again." He ducked his head back under her arm and resumed sobbing.
Kushina pulled him closer and gently rocked him. She whispered reassurances that she would never leave him until he stopped crying. He slowly looked up at her. "You prowmise?" For all of his maturity and forced growing up he was still a child.
She smiled down at him. "I promise." With that Itachi gave a little cough to alert them to his presence. They both looked up startled. He gave a slight smirk at their reaction. She looked at him quizzically "Itachi-kun when did you get here?"
"Not long. I just came from a metting with the Hokage."
At this Naruto looked up. "Ji-Ji? What did he want?" In response Kushina bopped him on the back of his head.
"None of your business Naruto-kun." Naruto gave a large pout and Itachi couldn't help but chuckle at their antics. "Actually it was concerning you and your education.
Naruto eyes widened and you could see the unmasked anticipation on his face. "Really? Are you going to teach me a super awesome justu?"
"Eventually. First you will be learning the theory as well as other basics a ninja must know. Your Kaa-san and I have come up with a plan that will help you master the basics that are taught at the academy as well as other topics that we believe will be helpful in your ninja career." With that he paused to give Naruto a chance to absorb everything he said.
"But I wanna learn a super cool jutsu." He stuck his bottom lip out in a pout and yelped in pain as his mother whacked him upside the head.
"No whining." She commanded in her no nonsense voice. He quailed under her gaze and she continued the explanation. "You will get up early before the academy everyday and work out. Eventually we will begin you on your own taijutsu form. After the academy you will return home and study up on theory as well as fuuinjutstu. I have a feeling that you will have the same spark for it as your father did."
Naruto perked up at the mention of his father. "Please tell me about otou-san."
His mother gave a musical laugh. "Certainly, your father was brave, kind, was never afraid to put his life on the line for someone he cared about. In a time when shinobi were supposed to bury all emotions and become the perfect weapons he used his emotions to push him to excel. He never gave up and had great charisma. He changed many people's hearts including my own." Naruto was enraptured, he had been told by people before that his parents had abandoned him. He never truly believed him but there was always a nagging doubt in the back of his mind. This put his heart greatly at ease.
"Umm, what's fuuinjutstu?"
"Fuuinjutsu is an art that is nearly infinite in possibility. The seal keeping me in here is the pinnacle of sealing, it's fairly easy to grasp the basics as it is mostly rote memorization but the higher levels are where it gets tricky and you begin to make your own seals. You can do all sorts of things such as sealing items in scrolls or making exploding tags." At the mention of exploding tags Naruto was practically salivating. Kushina continued with a laugh. "The pinnacle of the practice of fuuinjutstu is seals inscribed on your own body, in either ink or blood." She paused for a moment. "This will take years and will require many, many hours of studying."
Naruto grinned, "that's ok I can remember anything I see."
At this Itachi arched an eyebrow. "An eidetic memory will make things considerably easier. Especially chakra control"
"Huh"
Chakra control is based on memorizing how much chakra to use. While it won't be instantaneous a perfect memory will allow you to retain your chakra control much easier. And speaking of chakra control starting tomorrow I will begin teaching you a jutsu. It is called shadow clone jutsu. It is a Jounin ranked jutsu and I don't expect you to get it for a few months, but when you do it will help your training by leaps and bounds."
By this point Naruto was jumping around in joy screaming "I get a jutsu," at the top of his lungs.
This time it was Itachi who hit him on the head. "First lesson never allow your emotions to get the best of you. I have no doubt that you will be able to harness you emotions for a greater power but you can never allow your emotions to get the better of you. That will get you killed."
"Hai Itachi-sensei."
"Kushina-sensei I do have one question though. If you are a kitsune spirit how is Naruto fully human."
Kushina smiled. "When a kitsune takes the form of a human they in essence become human. At least as far as reproduction is concerned. Naruto is fully human but because I still retained my kitsune and demonic powers some gifts passed to Naruto."
Naruto's eye shone with hearts. "What gifts?"
Both Kushina and Itachi chuckled at that. "Well Naruto-kun, not all of them have developed yet but it is more than likely you will inherit my ability with both shape shifting and genjutsu but these will manifest as you grow older."
Itachi gave a brief nod in response. "Now all we have left to discuss is your sleeping arrangements."
Naruto pouted, "Can't I stay with you?"
Itachi shook his head. "This is only a retreat for me I rarely stay here and my clan would not welcome you. I also cannot allow you to go back to your apartment. Therefore me and your mother decided that you will be moving into your family home today. It has much better security. I have already moved everything salvageable from your apartment to your home."
"Thanks Itachi-sensei."
"I'll meet you outside Naruto and we can go to your home from there."