Changes!

'Aaaah! Haaah!'

A boy with blond hair and a cute little whisker on his face let out a grieved sigh, with sweat tumbling all over his face as his eyes were starting to blur and tiredness washing over his mind as he continued to make hand signs for clone jutsu.

But no matter how much he tries,. Despite his best efforts, Naruto was never able to create a viable clone and could not even learn how to use a menial form of basic jutsu.

'Fuck, fuck! Why? Why am I not able to?' Though he presented a cheerful exterior, only Naruto was aware of the trouble he had been in for so long.

This one jutsu was only straining him to the breaking point every day, leaving him wondering if he truly had what it took to become a hokage.

Other than playing practical jokes and wanting to be noticed, Naruto had no other goals in life. His only ambition was to become a hokage.

Practically without this goal, he was empty. Yes, literally empty.

"Haha, burning in youth this early morning." Just as Naruto was about to leave, he heard a happy voice behind him and turned to see the same weirdo from before—a genin who had not learned any of the three basic jutsu—who had completely defeated him without the use of ninjutsu yesterday.

"Just like I had thought. You really are hardworking, eh, Naruto."

The man in the green suit grinned dazzlingly, and although Naruto was a little conflicted, he also had to face the unpleasant reality that he had lost so easily the day before.

"You are right. I lost to you completely yesterday." Naruto spoke with gritted teeth; being beaten by a weirdo like him was really a blow to Naruto.

Naruto felt the urge to beat his head to death in order to end his life, recalling how he was beaten so badly that he was unable to even stand or speak during their spar.

Not to mention that after their battle yesterday, the boy showed no signs of fatigue, which made Naruto realize how weak the boy was in comparison to a genin.

"That is great, Naruto-kun, but do not belittle me because I cannot use ninjutsu because my Taijutsu has the ability to almost make me extremely strong." claiming that as the boy ran out of there, Naruto, who was training at the time, gave him a serious backward glance before running after him.

Since that day, two weeks have passed.

Naruto's daily routine had something new. He would try, as best he could, to get up early in the morning and keep up with the guy wearing green, jogging, and imitating all the strength- and muscle-building exercises.

Even though Naruto managed to follow Jog around the village for fifty rounds in the end, Naruto understood how hard the Lee guy had worked to gain such strength at his age.

After many hours of intense effort, Naruto was able to perform pull-ups and squat workouts in addition to maintaining his jog pace today.

At first, Lee had his doubts because Naruto was coming to run around and keep up with him for several days.

When Lee asked his master if Naruto could train with him, Might Guy merely shook him and told him that Naruto's passion might not last long, so let Naruto follow him until his passion burns out.

However, Lee realized that Naruto was not a half-hearted guy at all and began to slow down to let him keep up with him after witnessing his determination to follow him for the previous two weeks.

Today, he even finished one set of muscle-building exercises.

"Naruto-kun, well done; now that is what we call youth."

As Lee assisted Naruto in getting up, Might Guy, who had been observing the two of them for the previous two weeks, made the decision to begin training Naruto.

Given his grit, Might Guy was certain that teaching him the fundamentals of Tai-jutsu was a good idea, and given Uzumaki's extraordinary vigor and persistence, he was beginning to wonder what kind of Tai-jutsu expert Naruto would turn out to be.

"That is right, Lee; now this is youth."

The next second, Naruto was almost scared by another weird, sudden appearance.

Naruto started to take leave from the academy from time to time.

And aside from Hinata, perhaps that is why the class was silent, and only a small number of them were even enjoying Naruto's boisterous absence.

Nobody seemed to notice any changes in Naruto. After all, Naruto had been learning kenai from Might Guy, the world's greatest tai-jutsu expert, for a long time.

If that were not enough, Tenten also became engrossed in teaching Naruto other skills and trained him in kunai, treating him like a younger brother.

Even though Tenten was still having trouble getting Naruto to change his orange suit, she knew that one day, with her abilities, she would force Naruto to throw away those clothes.

Naruto, nobody treated him kindly.

Because of this, Tenten's presence—who treated him like a little brother—was like a breath of fresh air, and the reason she was content to be around Naruto was because everyone else on her team was weird, with the exception of Naruto, who actually attended every training session with them.

Not to mention, as they became friendly with the brat with the yellow hair, she began to notice how obedient Naruto had been in the first place—that is, if someone truly treats him well, he will listen to them with great obedience.

"Naruto!" After training. Tenten liked to give Naruto backward embraces, which made even a dense guy like him more attuned to girls.

And perhaps that was the reason he was beginning to notice the princess of Hyuga's gaze and sensed that, despite the unlikely possibility that she would develop feelings for him, her actions seemed extremely complicated.

"Thank you, big sister Ten." Getting the sweat towel, Naruto thanked the girl, who liked to be called Big Sister, and thanks to her, he was learning a lot of new things.

This chapter is a stage chapter!

So, from the next chapter on, the real story would start.