Sorry for the delay, depression is hard on me. I get sleepy and apathetic. My boyfriend has been helping but life is life.
Naruto expected training to hurt, it always did, but boy was he stunned when his aunt, after eating a large breakfast, showed him how to stretch in impressive and painful ways. He was stunned, she was a large lady, strong and muscular. How was she so flexible? When he asked, she laughed.
"All ninja ought to be flexible. It keeps us alive, my love."
Kakashi nodded, he was stretching alongside them. "She's right, kid. Trust me, if we say it helps, it helps."
Naruto doubled down though he had some trouble, so his aunt walked over to him and helped move him into position. "Like this, we do not want you hurting your muscles or joints." Naruto started to cry, despite himself. "Why the tears?" She asked, brushing off his tears.
"I am not sure how to react to people caring about me."
She sighed. "Well, that is just going to have to change, right?" He nodded shyly.
"Good... now, let's move onto your exercises. Let's test your stamina. I want a full lap around the village, and then we are going to asses you for weights and strength."
By the time they were over, Naruto was a puddle, his aunt fresh as a daisy! Kakashi laughed at him as he collapsed. "Try sparring with her, you'll be in even worse shape."
Naruto shivered. " How are you both so powerful?"
They both laughed, just as Gai did when he came into their compound with a mini Gai. "Constant training, Naruto. The three of us, like most Ninja, always train. Now, meet my student, Rock Lee!"
"YOSH! It is an honor to meet such youthful people, even one stronger than Lady Tsunade herself!"
His aunt, beautiful and kind woman she was, squeed! "You are so cute, Gai is he your son?"
Gai laughed. "Sadly no, but he is a son of my heart. In all ways that matter."
She hugged Lee to her chest, kissing his cheek. "I adopt him as well. I will get you both so powerful! Lee, why don't you spar with Naruto, so I can get a good idea of your overall skills. Both of you!"
Naruto peeled himself off of the ground, his stamina healing him enough to get up. "Alrighty! Let's do this!"
Only to lose in mere seconds as one Kick from Lee sent him flying away. Another punch was unblockable, so was a trip, a headbutt..
Naruto, shamed, turned and saw anger in his aunt's eyes. But before he could hate himself, she was by him. "Naruto. has anyone helped correct your forms?"
"Correct?"
She growled. "Taught you how wrong your movements were. Your sloppy, but I have this feeling you really want to be great... hmm... I guess I will have to adjust it all. I will teach you my style, a mixture of your mother's, father's and my birth mother's dances mixed with a hodge podge of other things, like Fire Monk style and The Strong Fist Gai and Lee use."
And so, for the first time Naruto was taught, properly, how to perform what most would consider basic combat. This went on for hours, and as he was assessed for all things. From Tai to nin to throwing skills to academic knowledge. His aunt was not happy with the village, her rage was something to admire.
Naruto knew true fear from looking at her eyes, but also the deepest love for that anger was for him, not at him.
Within an hour, Naruto was able to use Waterclones and knew he would never cast a normal clone due to his raw chakra levels which made him hate the village a bit more. She taught him how to throw properly, using his clones as moving targets. He would spend another two hours sparring iwth Lee, and before he knew it he was easily getting the basics of taijutsu.
Something exploded though, chakra as he now knew, but something else, dark and twisted from his aunt. It made him see his death over and over again. "Aunt Kanade?" He whimpered.
Lee nodded, shivering. "It's her killing intent, I felt Gai Sensei give off that power once when we enocuntered a group of child predators."
His aunt was struggling when Naruto turned to her, she was trying to calm down. "Naruto, baby, you are so talented, it is scary. You started out not even knowing what Chakra was! Had you a good or even decent teacher, you would have been the strongest Ninja in centuries. No exaggeratio,. Even I, and I am S Rank, could not compare to how fast you are learning. You went from nothing to easily genin level in form in just a few hours. You master things so fast, it is unnerving." She breathed out as Naruto saw the terrfied expressions of the other two adults, he could tell they were strong but both seemed utterly beneath his aunt. He knew she could rip all of them apart with ease.
Naruto knew he had to intervene, so he rushed his aunt, and threw himself in her arms. "We will show them all, and make them pay for being assholes."
She curled around him. "You are right. Wanna see me fight?"
Naruto beamed. "That would be awesome!"
Gai and Kakashi both groaned. "We are the ones she is sparring, not so fun. She hits really, really hard. I am still bruised from our last spar." Kakashi said.
His aunt cackled and Naruto knew they were not lying.
Chapter end, tell me what you think in the reviews.
This was a joy to write.
Love, your Ninja Overlord,
Mika.