The Will Of Fire

CHAPTER 11

Naruto: A New Path

Ch. 11 The Red Clouds Appear

It had been three days since Naruto had gone with Jiraiya and things were looking great for the blond. He was already trying to do the second step of the Rasengan training, which consisted of making a rubber ball explode with chakra. The first step had been finished in only two days since Naruto already knew how to mold and shape chakra from all his training with wind manipulation. Jiraiya had been impressed and showed him the second step a few hours later.

Naruto was bored of walking down the same long road and wondered why they didn't just run all the way there. He knew that Jiraiya was capable of doing it but wondered why he chose not to. He guessed that the sage wanted to give him more time to train on the Rasengan but he knew that it wouldn't be the only reason for taking their time getting there. The blond sighed, he was bored out of his mind. He was still trying to do the second step of the training but seeing the same scenery for days irritated him.

"When will we get there, Jiraiya-sensei?" Naruto asked with a whine. He put the rubber ball away and crossed his arms, "We've been on the same road for days, shouldn't we be there by now?"

Jiraiya sighed. "Seriously kid, can't you shut up for a few minutes?" The sage rubbed his head and closed his eyes, "You've been pestering me on the same thing for hours and I keep telling you that we'll-"

"Get there, when we get there," Naruto interrupted with a pout, "That's getting annoying sensei."

"Just quiet down already," Jiraiya said with a groan, "We're almost there alright?"

Naruto smiled. "Why didn't you say so in the first place!" The blond cheered and chuckled, "If we get to the village then that means that I won't have to eat your cooking anymore!"

"What's wrong with my cooking?" Jiraiya asked with a smile, "I can't be that bad..." Getting only a blank stare as a reply, Jiraiya face faulted, "You don't have to be so blunt about it kid."

Naruto rolled his eyes and focused back on the rubber ball. He hadn't made any progress on it and tried to think of what was wrong. Like with the water balloon, he had been spinning chakra in all directions but nothing seemed to happen. 'Maybe if I add more chakra to spin, the ball will pop,' the blond thought.

With a determined look in his eye, Naruto poured chakra into the ball. Now came the hard part, spinning the chakra. He had always had trouble with controlling large amounts of chakra, he assumed that every ninja had this problem and blamed it on his bad chakra control. The blond spun the chakra in all directions and closed his eyes in concentration. The rubber ball began to shake lightly before shaking uncontrollably almost instantly.

Jiraiya watched Naruto with an analyzing eye. The blond was close to popping the rubber ball but the last push was always the hardest. He was proud of his new apprentice, Naruto was proving to be quite capable. 'He'll get far,' Jiraiya thought with a proud smile.

'Come on,' Naruto focused on spinning the chakra and soon heard a small deflating sound. He opened his eyes and saw that he had made a small hole on the rubber ball. 'I'm still not getting it,' he thought with a frown, 'But at least I made some progress.'

"That was good Naruto," Jiraiya said with a grin. The blond grinned back and scratched the back of his head, "Take a rest and continue your training later."

"I can still go," Naruto argued with a frown that soon turned into a smile when he saw a village in the distance, "We're here! It was about time!"

Jiraiya nodded. "I should get some information on Tsunade's whereabouts here," the toad sage said with his arms crossed, "When we get there I'll need to go see my contacts alone."