Chapter 17

The next day I woke up early feeling refreshed. I cleaned myself and packed up a few things in a backpack. Looking at myself in the mirror I examined myself to see how I looked. "Pink is really not my color. I really need a change of clothes."

Most of her wardrobe consisted of pink qipao attires. The one I was wearing was pink a short sleeved pink qipao top which reached my knees with a knee length shorts and shinobi sandals.

I walked downstairs while thinking maybe I could buy a new set of clothes before leaving. When I got downstairs, I found the husband and wife pair moping on the couch. Looking at their faces, what I said last night might have hit them really hard. It may have seemed like a jab, which it was, but it was the truth and I had no intention of changing.

"Good morning. Hey mom, I was hoping I could buy some new clothes before we leave." I asked Mebuki who looked to have long since done packing. She was wearing what she usually wore at home, a long-sleeved qipao and long grey pants that reached her feet.

I had assumed she would wear her shinobi outfit. Guess not. "That won't be necessary, we can get some after we leave." She replied as she picked up her backpack. She looked towards Kizashi and gave her husband a hug.

We said our goodbyes to him and made our way to the gates. Standing right at the gates was our blonde-haired triple canon armor wearing Uzumaki Naruto. Taking a proper look at him, his temperament felt different. There seemed to be a sudden aura about him that made Haruno Mebuki narrow her eyes.

"Yo, Sakura. Good morning Mrs. Sakura" He greeted me happily and turned to greet Mebuki when we got near.

"Oh my, what a polite young man. Call me Mebuki." She replied with an amused expression. She took one last look at Naruto before giving us some space.

"You look terrible. What happened to you?" Naruto had almost undetectable bags under his eyes and his clothes were dirtied in some spots. He had his jacket open and I could see some movements underneath his mesh. I wondered what it was so I took a closer look.

I honestly wish I had not. I know I had yet to actually start practicing with Mebuki, and in fact I could not even be considered a ninja at all but seeing it actually hurt my pride. Under his mesh had leaves of all sizes. That was not the problem. The problem was the leaves were actually squirming and moving about his body.

Not only did he master the leaf exercise, IN ONE NIGHT, looking at his current almost 'tired' self, he actually went further on his own. Even I did not think of something like that. I was truly shocked. Naruto seeing my look finally covered up his shirt with a satisfied childish grin.

"How are u not having bruises or cuts? Don't tell me…?" I asked before realization hit me.

"That's right. I am protecting my body with chakra." He laughed while rubbing his nose in embarrassment and slight pride. Using chakra to protect the body while doing leaf exercise as a chakra control exercise.

'Oh my goodness! He is actually a quadruple canon armor wearing monster. He is probably like that gomu-gomu airhead, with things coming to them instinctively.'

It made me not even want to imagine what would have happened if he had people like the fourth hokage and his wife to actually train him from young like all those from the major clans. I know, he would have maybe turned out to be an even bigger monster than Menma from Road to Ninja. And that dude was taking out bloodline clans and Jinchurikis on his own.

"You really are amazing, Naruto." I smiled genuinely to him. "Okay. I need you to listen to me carefully Naruto. You need to look for Might Guy, a Jounin and a master of taijutsu probably in the entire village. If you can't find him then look for Rock Lee, he should be in the current graduating academy batch. He can help you find Might Guy. No matter what you must get him to train you in taijutsu, it is very important that he be the one to train you in taijutsu." I spoke all in one breath with a serious face. Just like before, Naruto simply stayed silent and listened while nodding occasionally.

"Good. Now this is the most important part. It is good to want to get strong but if you push beyond your body can handle then it would only have the opposite effect on you. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy after all. Enjoy yourself while you are at it." Okay I might have ended up switching to dad mode a little bit. I am a father after all.

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