Last time, Naruto had met up with Jiraya, the gama sannin. When they met, Naruto was stunned to find out that his father's favorite book author was a pervert. Jiraya thought that this kumo genin was somewhat familiarity to the Yondaime Hokage.
Next day
Kumo's team 9 was up the next morning, ready to start their month training for the chunin exam. Each member had their own training schedule set for each of them to be ready.
Karui had to hold back on training with Yugito until she is able to get use to the gravity seals on her arms and legs. In the beginning, Karui started by basic workout exercises; running, push-ups, sit-ups, etc. in the morning. In the afternoon, she practice with her kenjutsu, which was a hard processes since she couldn't move as well as she usually does with the gravity seals in place.
Samui was training with Yugito, who was training her in tai/ken/ninjutsu. In the morning, Samui sparred in both taijutsu and kenjutsu with Yugito. While in the afternoon, Yugito was teaching Samui the 2 powerful ninjutsu attacks that would give Samui an advantage against Gaara and Ko.
For Naruto, he secretly went on his own training session since he wants to surprise everyone that he mastered his father's own original ninjutsu, the Rasengan, on his own.
With Naruto
As Naruto walked across Konoha, wearing his black mask, he was thinking about his father's cryptic instructions, Rotation, Power, and Maintain Control. Yesterday, he got the rotation down, but he felt like it wasn't the way the ninjutsu went. He knew a lot about his father from all the stories he heard from his lessons in Kumo's academy, as well as from the time he used to live in Konoha and the Raikage, who still has admiral respect.
While Naruto walked with his thoughts running through his head, he continued to think if he is training properly on his father's jutsu. He thought about going to Konoha's library, but he figured that the librarian won't give him access to the shinobi information that he needed to figure it out since he wasn't a konoha shinobi. He thought that he can only hope that he figure it out soon or he'll have a wasted a month without preparing for his matches.
It was then that an interesting situation rolled in front of him. Naruto saw a cat appear in front of him playing with a water balloon. As the cat played around with the water balloon, Naruto saw that the cat rolled the water balloon side to side with its paws. After about a minute or so, the water balloon that the cat played with burst which made the cat run away in surprise.
When Naruto saw the water balloon pop, he figured that the water inside it rolled around so much from the cat's playing that the elastic of the balloon couldn't keep up with the rotating water that was inside it, which resulted in it popping. It was then that Naruto went wide-eye as he realized something.
"The balloon… the water… the rotation… That's it! The rotation part of the instruction wasn't for me to rotate in my hand by itself. Instead, I have to rotate a water balloon in my hand in order to pop it." Naruto thought
Once Naruto figured out the first part, he quickly went to the closes convenient store to buy a package of balloons for him to practice on. As Naruto ran towards the store, he didn't know that he was being watched.
Shadows
As Naruto ran towards a convenient store, a person was watching him from the shadows between 2 buildings. Once Naruto was far enough, the person that spied on him came out into the open to reveal himself as Jiraya.
While Jiraya watched N (doesn't know it is Naruto) run towards the closes convenient store, he couldn't help but admire at his brilliance.
"Glad I thought on using the catnip on the balloon for the cat to play with since it got the kid thinking." Jiraya thought
As Jiraya patted himself on the back on, hopefully, figuring out the first stage of the Rasengan. While he not only congratulated himself on teaching the young kumo genin on how to do it, he also wondered on why he was helping the young teen in learning one of Konoha's most prized jutsus, especially a jutsu that was created by his own student the Yondaime Hokage. The only thing that he knew is that something inside him told him that he could trust this kid with this jutsu.
3 days later
Back at the stream, near the waterfall, Naruto had filled up a balloon with water. Once he done that, Naruto started to rotate his chakra on the water balloon in order to break it.
For the past couple of days, Naruto has been trying to pop the water balloon with his chakra. When Naruto went to the convenient store a few days ago, he had bought a good amount of balloons for him to practice with. As he continues to train, he was starting to get frustrated on trying to pop the water balloon in his hands.
After a while, he decided to take a break and think about his dilemma on the exercise. As he sat near the stream, he thought about the chunin exam since he thought about his possible opponents after he match against Neji.
Naruto thought about his opponents. Naruto guessed that after he fights Neji, he'll more than likely fight against Sasuke in the second match. Then if he beats Sasuke, he'll more than likely face against Ko or Gaara, both of which are the most dangerous opponents he'll likely face. The reason he thought about it is because of what Yugito told him when she talked to the Nibi about them being Jinchuriki like them, as well as what the village would have trained them.
Naruto heard from Yugito, that the Nibi explained the problem about Gaara being the Ichibi no Shukaku, on how the jinchuriki become insane sociopath. Ko was another topic since Yugito informed him that Ko held the Sanbi. The only problem is the fact that they don't know on what he was trained in since Ko is completely unknown.
Once Naruto thought about his opponents, it motivated him on learning his father's jutsu. Before Naruto got back to training, he decided to do try something completely different. Naruto got the water balloon and placed it in one of his hands while he concentrated rotating chakra on the other. He then brought his hand to the water balloon where he places it all around the balloon that his hand was holding. Once he did that enough times, he places both hands between the balloons, where the balloon popped. With this, Naruto smiled at the fact that he completed the first step of the jutsu.
Later
Naruto came back to the Inn around 2: 30 p.m. to relax for a bit and to double check his father's letter in private to make sure of some things. As Naruto walked into the room that Yugito and the rest of his team were staying in, he saw that all three of the girls were in the room getting a snack.
It was then that Yugito saw Naruto come into the room, which was perfect for her right now. Yugito called him out which he went to her.
"What's up Yugito-san?" Naruto asked
"It's now time to train you in using the Kyuubi's chakra." Yugito answered
Yugito explained that for the next 3 days, she'll be with Naruto on learning how to harness the Kyuubi's chakra. Naruto was kind of worried about it, but Yugito assured him that this training will be private and secure. Naruto nodded and also understood that he needed to learn on how to use the Kyuubi's chakra because of the chunin exam.
Once Yugito explained to Naruto on what they'll be doing, she looked at Samui and Karui, who had their attention on them. Yugito told Samui to help train Karui since Karui is still having difficulty in moving around, but has started to get the hang of it. While Karui would use her ninjutsu skills against Samui so that they'll make sure that they're improving on their affinity control.
Next day
Yugito and Naruto had walked outside of Konoha, were they made a journey several miles away from the village to insure secrecy. After the several hours of traveling through the tree tops, they both made it to a solitary area that had rocky terrain with several patches of trees and grass areas. Once they made it, the both of them setup camp since they'll be staying here for the next couple of days.
The reason they had camping gear, Yugito told Naruto that they'll have 3 attempts during this entire month for Naruto to learn on how to use the Kyuubi's power. Once everything was set, Yugito started things off.
"Alright N, from here on out, I'll be putting you through the ringer since the more you waste your chakra, the easier you'll be able to harness the chakra. I suggest that after I help drain you of your strength, you practice on your summoning jutsu with your summonings. I've heard from Killer Bee that your summoning is something from legend, right?" Yugito said
Naruto nodded yes, which Yugito asked if he summoned them on his own accord. Naruto shook his head no since they came to him because of his contract and was only on his challenge.
"So this means that you've haven't practice on mastering the jutsu on your own yet, right? This means it perfect since you'll use the Kyuubi's chakra to summon your summonings after I gave you a good sweat." Yugito stated
Once they knew the course of action, Yugito and Naruto began to train
Night
It had taken the rest of the day until Naruto was completely drained thanks to Yugito's dueling with him both taijutsu and kenjutsu techniques. Yugito was currently making dinner in front of the fire, while keeping a close eye on Naruto since he's been training on his summoning jutsu.
For the past hour, Naruto has been focusing on harnessing the Kyuubi's chakra to summon his creatures. So far, he only summoned little one's as big or long as his hands. He's been training for the hour until Yugito called him over for dinner. As they ate, Yugito started a conversation.
"Alright, the first day has been completed. Naruto, tomorrow, I'm going to help you on trying to communicate with the Kyuubi." Yugito stated
"Communicate with the Kyuubi? I thought that training hard like we did earlier today was to help me harness it." Naruto asked
"Actually, I wanted to see how much stamina you had since I needed to know how much you strength you got. From what I can tell, you have something that many men would kill to have, especially if they have a girlfriend." Yugito smiled, while Naruto blushed as he got the message.
She then said, "Since I now know your limit, I'm going to have to push you even hard so we don't waste our time since I need you to be complete drained, then I'll help you communicate with the Kyuubi as I have done with Nibi." Yugito explained
Naruto nodded in understanding her logic. Once they finished dinner, Naruto went to sleep while Yugito stayed up for a bit. As she stayed up, Nibi started to communicate with her.
"Yugito, are you sure it's wise to start the kid on training on how to use the Kyuubi's chakra. I'll admit that I like the kid since he's cool and all, but I know what Kyuubi is like. Out of all the biju's, Kyuubi has always looked down on us since not only he had an ego problem, but also the idea that he's the strongest one because he has more tails than the other biju." Nibi explained
"But the Kyuubi is the strongest biju out of all of you?" Yugito responded
"That's not the point… in case, if I know the Kyuubi as well as I know you, he won't be as easy to deal with just like the Hachibi." Nibi said
Yugito nodded in understanding, which she then decided to turn in for the night.
3 Days later
Naruto was once again back in Konoha, going to the training spot he found. Naruto had return to Konoha this morning, after the 3 days of intense training with Yugito with no success.
The next day in the training time, Yugito had once again pushed Naruto extremely hard in order to get rid of his strength. After that, Yugito had Naruto meditate to try and get in contact with the Kyuubi. The both of them had tried for the entire time in order to get him to contact the Kyuubi. But after the 3 days, they had to return to Konoha for Yugito to train Samui and Karui.
It was then that Naruto went back on training on his father's jutsu. He went to the stream and practices a couple of more times on the first step of his father's jutsu. Once he got it, he went back to the village to try and figure out on the second step, Power.
He thought about how he was able to figure out the first step with the water balloon. He then wondered if he needed another type of sphere object in order for him to do the second step or stick with the water balloon. As he thought about it, Naruto's attention was caught by 3 kids, 2 boys and 1 girl.
One of the boys yelled out, "Yeah I can pop this rubber ball with my bare hands."
"Nah, nah… you can pop that ball with your hands." The other boy said
"Yeah I can… you see, I've been training lately so watch I'm going to pop this rubber ball." Said the first boy
The first boy got the hand sized rubber ball and started to squeeze on it, trying to pop it. As he tried, Naruto watched with curiosity since the way the boy was acting was something he uses to do when he was younger, always taking up challenges and succeeding in it, such as the fastest time in the obstacle course, the best kunai throw and such.
After watching the boy try his hardest, the boy tried other methods but gave up as he panted. The other boy and girl only laughed at how the first boy failed in popping the rubber ball. The first boy then challenges the second boy in popping it unless he was scared or whippy to try.
As Naruto watched the boys play around on whose stronger, Naruto suddenly got the idea on what he needed to do. He thought that if a water balloon was used for the rotation step, he guess that a hand size rubber ball can be used for completing the second step, power. Once Naruto got the idea, he quickly went to the convenience to buy a dozen or more rubber balls.
With the kids
When Naruto left running towards the convenience store, the kids stopped playing around with the rubber ball, where the girl said, "Hey, that mask boy left in a hurry. That means that we've done the job that white hair old man paid us to do."
"Yeah… even though I don't understand on why? We still got a nice bit of coin to have a pretty good lunch because we only played around like this." Said the first boy
"Well, whatever the reason, our job is done. Now, let's go buy some candy." The second boy stated with his 2 friends agreed to it.
One week later
It's been days since he started his new training session. During that time, Naruto has been struggling with the second part of the Rasengan training, Power. So far, Naruto has only been able to pop the rubber ball with only a small hole, which the rubber ball just inflates.
After a while, he had to stop his training session since he has another round of training with Yugito on controlling the Kyuubi's chakra.
Yugito training/2nd day
Naruto has been training with Yugito since the sunrise this morning. Yugito has been pushing Naruto to the point where Naruto's was exhausted and barely able to stand. They continued with their harsh training session with an added bonus of Naruto using his broadsword as well since he wanted to improve on controlling the hidden power that he awakened.
After hours of constant and exhausting training, Yugito gave Naruto some time to relax before their next training session. Naruto was relaxing on top of a tree branch, looking up into the sky. As he did, he put his focus on the second part of the Rasengan training. While thinking about it, Naruto wondered why he was having so much difficulty on trying to complete the second stage, especially since he was completely focus on it. It was then that he remembered something when he was younger.
Flashback
It was the 3rd year in the Ninja academy, which Naruto was only 10 years old. In the first part of the semester, Naruto was having a bit of trouble in class in his physical studies, such as taijutsu, kunai, shuriken training.
Later in the evening, Naruto was invited by Bee to visit him and A at the Raikage's house. After Naruto arrived to the Raikage's manor, A and B talked to Naruto about that in the summer, they'll start training Naruto on his road on controlling the Kyuubi's chakra.
Naruto nodded in understanding, which he then used this moment to talk to them about something that has been bothering him for a while now. Naruto asked A and Bee for some advice about his physical training. He explained that he hasn't been able to take down his opponent fast enough or hard enough in taijutsu practice, as well as saying that his shuriken and kunai don't stick in as deeply as it should off to the practice dummy after he throws it, even though he trains himself into the ground.
It was then that A decides to speak to Naruto about it. He asks Naruto to follow him to the outside training area near the Raikage's tower. Once they were there, he told Naruto to pay attention to him.
"Alright then Naruto, let's do a double lariat on that practice dummy that is place over there." A said as he pointed at the rubber dummy.
Naruto was confused on what A asks him to do. A told him to get ready, where Naruto obeyed on what A asked him.
Once they were in position, A ordered Naruto to attack with him. They both went with top speed. As A was going in, Naruto focus as well on the dummy and where to land on his strike, as well as trying to move at full speed. When they collided on the practice dummy, at first everything was going alright, but then A attack was stronger, where Naruto was then thrown for a loop.
As Naruto lied on the ground with his eyes spinning around his head as he was spun around in the air, A walked up to Naruto as he was starting to see the world stop spinning around. Once Naruto was up, he looked at A with confusion on his face, where A then began his explanation.
"Naruto, do you now understand on what went wrong." A said
"I don't know since I went as fast as you, plus I also focus on where to hit as well as match your timing." Naruto explained
"WRONG!" A yelled out, getting Naruto's attention, "The reason it went wrong is because you didn't use your full strength." A said
"But A-sama, I know that I used my full strength when I attack the practice dummy." Naruto answered
"No, you were mind wasn't completely focus on the double lariat, which is why you failed." Raikage pointed out
Naruto was confused about which A explained that because Naruto focus on the stats of the technique, such as timing, position, and proper movement that Naruto didn't focus on his entire physical strength. Naruto looked down and thought about what A said to him.
Naruto then looked up at A and said, "A-sama, you said that I didn't focus on using my whole strength because I paid too much attention on the stats itself instead of executing the technique. But if a shinobi doesn't then the off chance that the technique or jutsu they perform will just fail."
A listened to Naruto before he said, "Yes, that is true… however when the time comes a true shinobi would forget about that stuff, such as timing and position since they would have to rely on faith of their own abilities. Only then would you truly unleash your strength." He responded
"Faith?" Naruto asked
"Yes, faith… when you see a comrade in trouble, instead of worrying about when to time the moment to save him with a jutsu or run inside a barrage of kunai, you must believe in yourself and focus everything on the task, not on the detail. A true shinobi would put his personal feelings aside and mentally be aware of the situation. However, a great shinobi would forget his mind and use their feelings to focus on what needs to be done. Naruto, even though you fought and analyze the situation, if you don't have faith in not just yourself or your partner when the time comes, you'll only endanger yourself and friends. Now let's try this again and this time just focuses on hitting the target and not on me. Believe in yourself and trust your feelings to get the job done."
Naruto and A got back into their positions for the double lariat. Once they were set A took a moment to let Naruto settle the situation within himself. Naruto breathed in and thought about what A said. He took everything that A said to him to heart since he imagined Samui and the danger that he might place her if he didn't believe in his own power or hers. With that, Naruto showed his eyes and focus completely on striking the dummy. A saw the change in Naruto's eyes where he then told Naruto to perform the double lariat.
Bee, who was sitting in the side saw what was going on and had to admit that Naruto was more focus than before. Both of them went at it with top speed. Bee saw Naruto's speed has also increased as well his muscles tighten up. Both Naruto and A performed the double lariat, where Bee said, "That a way fool, ya fools."
End Flashback
Naruto widen his eyes as he realized something important. The way he was trying to master the second step was similar to the way that A teaching him that life lesson. While he was trying to add power into the rubber ball, he thought about also the amount of power, but also the amount of time needed to former and other mental elements. He mentally slapped himself for forgetting on what A has explained to him.
With that, Naruto regain his fighting spirit and went to work on what he needed to do. He checked around to see if Yugito was around, where he wanted to do practice his with his father's jutsu in private. Once he knew that Yugito wasn't around, Naruto brought out a scroll from his backpack that he brought, where he unravels to a certain seal inside it. He then unseals a bucket full of rubber balls, where he got one and sealed the rest of it.
He took a moment and breathed deeply to get things started. Once he was ready, he unleashed everything on the rubber ball.
(Naruto Shippudent: Ost)
(Heaven Shaking Event)
In his mind, he focus on who he wanted, on who he wanted to walk side by side, to be acknowledge as his equal. He imagines his father, the Yondaime Hokage.
He quickly started the same action he did with the water balloon exercise, but with tremendously more powerful than ever. He used everything, he wasn't going to think about it anymore like the shinobi code says; he was going to unleash all his feelings into it. As he was pouring chakra into the rubber ball, he unintentional, or unconsciously, unleashed the power of light from the sword into his body, like he did back in the preliminary against Rock Lee.
His mind was so focus on his dreams, his own faith as well as the faith that both his mother and father have in him that he didn't even notice the power he was unleashing. At that very moment, the rubber ball was on its last legs where the stress from Naruto's chakra was already about to destroy, but adding the power of light, the internal pressure is massive.
Once Naruto finished, he held the ball together where it exploded. The blast was so powerful; the shockwaves that it distributed against the entire area was shaken. Naruto, himself, was pushed back with such force, but yet he was able to hold his footing, unfortunately, it didn't meant he was thrown back. Instead he kept his footing on the dirt where the blast pushed him back, creating 2 paths dirt that was shoved away from Naruto's feet. Naruto kept moving back while keeping himself from falling. He was about to hit a tree if Yugito didn't appeared in that same moment and help in slowing him down. She was able to dig her feet hard enough that the both of them stopped before hitting the tree.
The reason Yugito arrive is because she suddenly felt Naruto chakra growing, but then felt the powerful spike of power, the same power that Naruto unleashed in the preliminary rounds. She made in time just to see Naruto being blown away.
Once Yugito stopped Naruto from the destructive shockwave, she quickly went to check Naruto out. The first things she saw was that Naruto's hands were burned red with little bit of his skin left. It was also surprising to see since a blast like that should have destroyed both his hands. The next thing that she realized was that the same white color aura that Naruto unleashed back in the preliminary is now surrounding Naruto again. It was then that she came to a conclusion on what happened. The same aura that increased his power on whatever Naruto was doing, it also protected him by increasing his endurance and such. It was only then that she saw Naruto look up at her and said with a grin, "The second part of my training is now complete."
Yugito only looked surprise before turning her surprise look into a pleased grin. She then thought, "Hey Nibi, I remembered something that the Raikage said to me one time about Naruto."
"And what was that?" Nibi asked
Yugito place Naruto next to the tree to recover from his explosive result as she thought, "That this boy is the most surprising and unbelievable person in the world."
Till Next time