Ashes (A Naruto Fanfiction)

Training

"Naruto" Tailed Beast talking/Summon talking/Jutsus

"Naruto" Tailed Beast Thinking/Summon thinking

"Naruto" Human talking

"Naruto" Human thinking

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Naruto woke up earlier than his usual time. He was so excited about his training that he couldn't sleep at all in the beginning but managed to fall asleep due to his injuries from his encounter last night.

Naruto looked at his alarm clock and noticed it was only 6:32 am. He quickly went to the washroom and did his business. When he walked out, it was only 7:00 am right now. He quickly changed into his new clothes which were provided to him by his Jiji.

He made a mental note to thank him whenever he met him again.

Since he had time, he decided to have a light breakfast, consisting of some eggs and bacon. Since he had finished his breakfast, he decided to go to training ground 7 and wait for Itachi there.

Naruto walked through the village since it was still early so there weren't many people there. But that did not stop the people present from whispering and shooting glares at him.

This saddened Naruto that the people only saw him as the Kyuubi, not as the person who only held him. Naruto's thoughts were cut off when he noticed that he had already reached training ground 7.

Naruto sat beside a tree and waited for his sensei to show up.

"You are early Naruto-Kun," said a voice. Naruto jumped in surprise and looked up to see Itachi sitting there with a scroll in his hand. "Ohayo Gozaimasu, Itachi-sensei" replied Naruto finally calming down. Itachi jumped down and greeted him back."

And about being early, I was so excited that I couldn't wait to start training so I can learn some cool super ninjutsu, and become the strongest ninja to exist," said Naruto sheepishly.

Itachi smiled at him and patted his head. "I like your enthusiasm Naruto-Kun but you have to be patient, to learn that' super-ninjutsu you have to learn the basics first" Itachi explained.

"Hai Itachi-Sensei" saluted Naruto. Itachi pointed him toward the tree and mentioned him to sit down.

"Naruto-Kun do you know what chakra is?" asked Itachi while sitting next to Naruto. "It's the source of all living beings and the energy which we use to perform Jutsus"

Itachi nodded " Yes Naruto-Kun, Chakra is the power that we all humans wield but only people who can harness it can become a shinobi... So today we are going to unlock your chakra and do some chakra control exercises"

Itachi sat in front of Naruto and took a meditative position

"Now Naruto-Kun, meditate with me and start focusing your energy towards your stomach... When you see a blue line, just pull it towards yourself. Don't worry if you don't get it on your first try"

Naruto closely listened to Itachi's instructions. He started to meditate and focused all his energy on his stomach. 

Inside Naruto's subconsciousness:

Naruto opened his eyes, but he couldn't see anything since it was too dark... He felt that his body was light as if inside some sort of water body. 

He closed his eyes and started to focus his energy again just like Itachi had instructed.

When he opened his eyes, he saw a blurry blue line, it was like a small stream of water constantly moving, Naruto went towards the direction of the stream as he reached near it he could feel the strong energy that radiated from the blue stream of chakra.