Chakra training

"Yes..." Looking closely at his sculpted body, Sakura murmured in surprise "Since when did he become so... strong?"

"I don't know, but that red hair really suits him"

"Wasn't Naruto smaller?"

"Looks like he's bigger than Sasuke-kun now"

"..."

"This feels weird" Laughing awkwardly, Ino continued "I can't believe I find Naruto sexy"

"He's changed quite a bit" With an uncomfortable face, Sakura muttered "And long hair doesn't look bad on him..."

"So... what do we do now?"

Clatter Clatter

Alarmed, the duo quickly turned their gazes to the ravine in the distance and noted with confusion the falling rocks, only to raise their gazes and open their eyes a little wider as they saw the young man clutching a rock from the cliff with one hand while two giant logs dangled from his waist thanks to thick chains.

"Well... we know why he's so strong"

"Yeah..." Staring intently as he stretches out his shaking arm and clings to another stone, Sakura frowned slightly and remained silent for a good while, then shook her head and turned around.

"Where are you going?" turning her gaze towards Sakura, Ino asked with confusion "You're not telling me you're going to miss this beautiful sight?"

"I... I'm going to train" Shaking her head and without turning around, Sakura continued "If I don't make an effort, I'll be left behind"

"..." Looking at Sakura for a few seconds, Ino nodded and stood up, then gave a last look at the two boys and followed Sakura in silence.

***

"I notice you more stable" Leaning back lazily, Kurama commented.

"Sleeping is easier" Lying back on one of Kurama's tails, Naruto nodded.

"It's a good thing you took a break from my chakra, you were on the verge of going crazy"

"It's hard to use it when I have Sasuke practicing on me"

"If you don't trust him, why train him?"

"It's not that I don't trust him, but because of my impending defection, it's better that I have this hidden from everyone... and having him training nearby has helped me a lot in practicing my combat experience"

"You are fully determined to defect?"

"There are many dangers in this village and almost no benefits aside from false security" Nodding, Naruto was silent for a few seconds and commented "Don't you sense something off about Kakashi-sensei lately?"

"Other than being a lousy teacher, everything seems normal about him"

"It's weird..." Frowning slightly, Naruto muttered "Leaving the initial test unfinished, sending clones to collect rewards, not calling us for some more important mission... it's already been a week and we haven't even exchanged more than a couple of words"

"I can only tell you that he has no bad intentions"

"Maybe... he found out something about what I told him?"

"It was the village that wiped out the Uchihas?"

"Sadly, that's right" Nodding, Naruto continued "Useless old men's plans that include the third Hokage"

"I couldn't be more grateful that that pest is gone" Snorting, Kurama continued "And I'll tell you again. You should get rid of that Uchiha you call a friend before he decides to do it first"

"It's okay, it won't be a problem for you" Knowing full well why Kurama wants to get rid of all the Uchihas, Naruto continued "The Uchiha you should be worried about, are the ones who slaughtered their own clan and walk freely outside the village"

"Heh, so it was the Uchihas themselves who exterminated themselves" Laughing openly, Kurama continued "I never thought those same beasts would end up making this place so much nicer"

"That's very Uchihaphobic of you"

"Uchihaphobic?"

"Nonsense" Shaking his head, Naruto continued "I plan to start practicing Jutsus"

"Your chakra control is already pretty stable, I don't think it's a bad idea"

Raising his arm, Naruto began to accumulate chakra rapidly around his fingers and easily expanded the chakra mantle around his hand, then continuing with his arm and commenting "I think, if I use more chakra and fine tune this control, I could split someone in half"

"Like paper" Opening one of his eyes as he stared at the chakra covered arm, Kurama continued "But, even if your chakra reserves are abyssal compared to ordinary ninja, I don't think you could maintain that flow for more than 40 minutes before you run dry"

"I'd say I'd last an hour if I give it my all"

"If you eliminate the chakra in your arm and just use it in palm... increase the density a little more and expand the mantle... yeah, you'd have a good weapon"

"Training my body helped me quite a bit with my reserves" Looking at his toned arm, Naruto muttered "And even though it wore me out quite a bit, exposing myself to your hatred polished my spiritual energy quite a bit... I think if I keep up this training for a few more years, I could easily create thousands of clones with my own chakra and having considerable strength in each one"

"Do you forget how many times you came close to losing your sanity?"

"I expect some time to become easier"

"Well you expect nonsense" Snorting, Kurama continued "Just because you can now stand a little more without losing your mind, doesn't mean you're getting better, in fact, it could be considered quite the opposite"

"The opposite?"

"Your mind is so worn out, my chakra doesn't have much to do"

"..."

"But if you ate the corpses of those twins..."

Rolling his eyes, Naruto snorted "I told you I'd think about it once we find them"

"And I don't see you going out of your way to find them"

"What do you want me to do?" With annoyance, Naruto continued "I can't just go to the Hokage and ask him where the second hokage died, and even if I knew, I couldn't go without first defecting from the village"

"And what are you waiting for to leave this hole?"

"It's not the time yet... I have some crazy ideas that could make our lives a lot easier once we defect, but it's not the time yet"

"You don't plan to tell me?"

"Where would be the fun in that?"

"Then don't ask for my help" Snorting, Kurama closed his eyes again and continued "Now beat it I want to rest, and you should do the same"

"Rest well" Nodding as he jumps off Kurama's tail, Naruto stepped out of the seal space and sighed deeply as he opened his eyes and turned his gaze to the window, silently watching the darkness that loomed outside.

"It won't be long now..."

***

"Why did you buy that?" walking alongside Naruto through the forest, Sasuke stared at the numerous bags filled with water balloons and asked.

"I'll be training a somewhat complicated Jutsu" With a bitter smile, Naruto commented "And I really hope it won't take me too long to learn it, because this took a third of my saved money"

"Well... you bought all the water balloons in the village, it's only normal that it's expensive"

"And you?" looking at the backpack on Sasuke's back, Naruto asked curiously "What did you bring this time? Clothes to change into?"

"No" Shaking his head as they reached their training area, Sasuke stopped and put his backpack on the ground, then opened it and turned it over on the ground.

Thud

With a thud as the dust kicked up, Sasuke turned his gaze towards Naruto pointed towards what fell out "They're from my clan, I think they'll be useful for training"

Raising his eyebrows, Naruto bent down and picked up one of the iconic training weights very similar to the ones Rock lee used "How much do they weigh?"

"25 kilos each... there were some heavier and some lighter, but if we consider that one should be used on each limb, I think it would be fine" Taking one of the training weights, Sasuke started adjusting it on his legs and continued "Take four, I'll give them to you as a gift"

"I'll gladly accept it, thank you" With a smile, Naruto bent down and started to put the weights on his legs "It would be nice if we kept using them even in our daily life"

"I don't think it's possible" Shaking his head, Sasuke continued "I was looking at what weight we could carry and experimented carrying the 100 kilos for a few minutes... it will be extremely difficult to even train with this, let alone carry it day to day"

"Mmmm..." Finishing placing the second weight on his leg, Naruto thought for a few seconds and continued "Then we can train with the four weights and use only the two on the legs for day to day... it will be difficult, but bearable, and once we get used to it and can live normally using the weights, we can increase more weight on the legs and at the same time carry on the arms"

"Not a bad idea" Nodding after thinking about it, Sasuke continued "I also have ninja vests that have pockets for weights, it will be useful to use later on"

'What it's like to be rich' Nodding towards Sasuke, Naruto thought bitterly 'He can shell out all the training gear imaginable without a problem, while I lost a third of my fortune buying damn water balloons'

"I don't think we can train all day" With the weights placed on his limbs, Sasuke waved his arms and legs and muttered.

"Do regular physical training" Placing the last weight on, Naruto stood up and flexed his muscles "Squats, sit-ups with your arms across your chest and similar exercises, in the meantime forget the clone fights and have your clones train chakra control, so you get the most out of the day"

"You will only train jutsu?"

"I'll train my body while my clones fill the water balloons" Shaking his head, Naruto looked at his bags and continued "I'll have a couple of hours before everything is ready, I don't plan on wasting time"

Nodding towards Naruto, Sasuke put his backpack aside and walked stiffly towards the center of the place, as sweat broke out on his forehead with just a few steps.

'This is great' Lifting his leg with a slight tremor in his muscles, Naruto thought 'I had in mind to get this when I finished my Rasengan training and did some more missions, since the cost of each of these weights is not easy on my pocket at all... it's nice to have free stuff'

***

"So..." Looking around and nodding towards the hundred or so clones surrounding him, Naruto wiped the sweat from his forehead and took one of the water balloons at his side, then holding it in his right hand and muttering "First, accumulate and hold chakra in my hand, then constantly supply chakra in the same way I stand on water... lastly, push and spin the water inside the balloon"

Concentrating fully on the water balloon, Naruto began to slowly form chakra in his palm and following the instructions he remembers, he focused on trying to spin the water in the balloon.

Splash Splash Splash Splash Splash Splash Splash Splash

But unlike what he expected, in just a second later, suddenly the water balloon exploded and drenched him completely, causing him to look up in confusion and notice how each of his clones had the same expression as they looked at him.

"What just happened?" frowning slightly to himself, Naruto ignored the water covering him and muttered "The balloon exploded, but I didn't even focus on slowly swirling the water in different directions like I should have..."

-Isn't that what you were looking for?-

"Yes, but I don't understand the reason behind it" Nodding to Kurama's question, Naruto continued "I was supposed to learn how to spin the water in different directions... I was even planning to use clones if necessary by making each of them spin it in a different direction"

-Why on earth would you do something so useless? Spinning chakra randomly is something that any ninja should be able to do.

"Yes?" With confusion, Naruto took another water balloon and this time he poured much less chakra, observing with surprise how the balloon started to stretch to all sides and in just a few seconds, it exploded again.

Splash

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