CIATB Chapter 208: Training Naruto
Chapter 208: Training Naruto
Chapter 208: Training Naruto
It was October 10th and Naruto was awake in his bed staring at his ceiling. He sighed as he thought about the day.
'Everyone's probably busy with their stuff. And maybe it's best if I don't just leave the apartment for today. But still, today's my birthday. Maybe gramps will come to visit'
Feeling slightly depressed, the young blonde just stayed in bed. He clearly remembered the looks sent his way and the cruel words spoken in whispered tone by the villagers when he went out on the last Memorial day.
'I'll just stay in bed and sleep.'
Knock Knock.
Naruto's head snapped up and looked at his door.
Knock knock.
Hearing the knocking again, he quickly got out of bed and went to the door. He looked through the peephole and saw his friend waiting outside. The blonde was surprised to see Daichi at his doorstep early in the morning.
"Daichi, what are you doing here?" Naruto asked, opening the door.
"Morning to you too Naruto. Now come on. Get ready. We're going out today." Daichi smirked looking at Naruto's cartoonishly cute pajama outfit.
The blonde slightly smiled hearing that. His depressing thoughts vanished. "Wait! What about the others?"
"Yeah. I already went to everyone's home. Since today is the memorial day, they're all busy with their clan and stuff. It's just you and me." Daichi said with a shrug. "Now come on. Get moving."
Naruto excitedly nodded and went to get ready while Daichi looked around the apartment and noticed the piled up trash. 'Yeah. This will take some work.'
About 20 minutes later Naruto and Daichi were headed to their spot in the forest.
"Man, I wish the others were here too, ya know?"
"Oh I'm hurt that you don't want me here. Then maybe I'll just go home." Daichi said with mock hurt and crocodile tears.
"No No No! I didn't mean that. I was just kidding, ya know."
"Hahaha It's always fun watching you get riled up like this."
"Why you So what are we doing here anyway?"
The Genin smiled at his friend's question. "We're going to train."
Naruto's eyes lit up as he heard that. But they quickly lost their sparkle when he heard Daichi's next words.
"You're going to master a chakra control skill that'll help with mastering the three basic Ninjutsu."
"Aw man, Chakra control? That's not what I want. Come on. Show me some awesome jutsu. You must know a lot."
Daichi nodded his head with a smile. "I do know. But it won't help you with the lousy Chakra control you have Now stop complaining. Do you wanna get stronger or not?"
At that question the hesitation on Naruto's face disappeared and he was eager to train and learn from his friend.
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Several minutes after the real Daichi and Naruto left, the shadow clones hiding outside entered his apartment. Almost an hour went by before Kiba and Shino showed and started helping Daichi.
"So what exactly did you say to Naruto? How did you get him to stay in the forest?"
At Kiba's question the Genin smirked. "I'm teaching him a chakra control technique. I figured training would keep him busy."
"Huh! You're kidding me." Naruto groaned and the next second he lost his balance and hit the ground again.
"Oh man. This is so tough." The blonde got up and rubbed his back to ease the dull pain.
"Of course it is. This exercise, even though it uses the same principle as tree walking, is much more difficult. In tree walking there was nothing between the soles of your feet and the tree trunk. But here, you need to focus your chakra on the wood, the smooth metal balls and the flat surface."
Daichi looked at the boy and spoke. "Sometimes certain people would be unable to make their chakra flow through their body properly or they would have an imbalance of Yin and Yang chakra and this will hinder them in performing simple jutsus. But this problem can be overcome with training."
'It's also the reason why he couldn't use simple clone jutsu or why he couldn't stick to the tree on his first time, despite having a larger reserve than Sasuke and could use hundreds of Shadow clones.'
The young Genin continued. "This Chakra control technique was created for people with large amounts of chakra reserves but with poor body chakra flow."
Naruto listened to every word Daichi said and paid close attention. "Wait. You're telling me that I got much more chakra than others but I can't use it properly?"
"You can use your chakra but not as effectively as others. But with just a few weeks of training this problem can easily be fixed."
The whiskered boy clenched his fists and nodded. Now that he knew why couldn't make simple clones and how to solve that issue, he was even more determined to learn this exercise.
'Maybe this will go faster if he has a training partner.' Daichi thought about it and decided to join the training and motivate his friend.
"It's boring to just stand here and watch you fall on your ass." With that Daichi created a similar earth platform. He took out two boards and got into position. At that time he used his Chakra Strings and took a leaf and placed it on his forehead.
Naruto was in awe as Daichi perfectly balanced himself on his left leg while he held a board with metal balls on his right hand. He was even more shocked to see him hold a leaf to his forehead and stand perfectly still.
'He can do all that and he doesn't even look like he's trying If I keep complaining, I'll never be as good as him.' The competitive spirit inside him burned with a fury and with a wide grin Naruto took his spot.
Daichi used his strings to set up the boars in Naruto's earth platform and the boy took his spot. He tried to balance himself on his left leg.
"Hey, give me the second board. I want to train while holding it." The blonde said, looking eager to jump ahead.
"No. Not now. One step at a time. You need to learn to stand perfectly still before moving to the next step. Rushing through this won't help you."
Naruto nodded and listened to his friend.
Daichi looked at the struggle his friend was having and spoke. "Calm down, Naruto. Close your eyes and listen to my voice."
Naruto looked at Daichi and decided to do as he said. He closed his eyes and concentrated.
Having his friend's attention on him, Daichi continued. "Concentrate on nothing but your chakra. Feel your energy. Feel the way it moves to the bottom of your feet."
Daichi became silent as he gave the boy a couple minutes. He sensed the way Naruto's chakra moved. 'It will take some time, but if he can learn this he won't have any problem with water walking. He'll probably get it on his first try. And this will also solve the clone problem. By the time Naruto's graduation comes up, he'll be able to perform all 3 jutsus without any problems. Then Iruka will pass him and Mizuki won't get the chance But therein lies the problem. What would that guy do next? In canon he was most probably counting on Naruto to fail. But here What will he do when Naruto passes? Since I already made changes and created ripple effects, how will things play out during his graduation.'
Daichi realized that worrying about it now wouldn't help him and he focused on helping his friend. He continued his instructions. "Coat the soles of your feet and then slowly increase the output of your chakra. Cover the wooden board and then then the metal balls. Use the right amount and make them stick to one spot."
Sweat formed on Naruto's face as he concentrated on the task. He was happy to have someone like Daichi help him and he was determined to get stronger.
What Daichi and Naruto didn't realize is that they had an observer watching them from afar.
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Author's Note:
I wanted to give a reasonable excuse as to why Naruto wasn't able to perform Clone jutsu or his feet slid off the tree trunk when he first tired tree walking despite having larger reserves than anyone. What do you guys think?
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