The Swift Prodigy

Chapter 4: The Meeting of the Young Geniuses

Chapter 4: The Meeting of the Young Geniuses

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Chapter 4

The Meeting of the Young Geniuses

Hiruzen Sarutobi was right about most things. In his old age he had learnt many things and retained a lot of information. Information about people, recently regarding one Naruto Namikaze, Hiruzen had predicted that Naruto would take to Fuinjutsu. Well Naruto had fallen in love with it to say the least. Kakashi bought him a beginner seal kit, which entailed some paint brushes ink and paper. He also bought him a book that showed him how to draw kanji.

Minato and Kushina had been very surprised that their son was a genius. However, the pair had their suspicions. Especially Minato, who had tested Naruto a couple of times, Minato had deduced that his eldest could retain information at a very high rate. Also that Naruto was a lot like himself when it came to the shinobi arts. Naruto was progressing at amazing speeds. His mother had trained him in chakra control on numerous occasions, he herself had stated when Naruto was born that, 'He's going to be like his father, I can already tell, a mother knows'.

Naruto had also grown a little taller. His hair had also grown out a little, his bangs reached just below his nose now. He wore a mesh shirt underneath a white shirt. He also had a black and white hoddie on, which was slightly opened at the top. He wore tape around his calves and over a pair of black pants. He also wore blue opened toed shinobi shoes.

The youngest Namikaze, Ren, had celebrated his first birthday the other week, just after Naruto's seventh birthday. Both birthdays had been a small affairs, only close family and family friends. The two brothers were extremely close and Ren knew who exactly his big brother was and would often call out to him when he saw him. Ren would often follow/crawl after Naruto around the house, always chasing after him, afraid of being left out. Unfortunately he never got very far.

Ren had also spoken his first word a few weeks ago, 'kaa-chan', much to Kushina's delight. Seeing as Naruto first word was 'tou-san', Minato had hoped to go two for two, but he was significantly busier than he was back when Naruto was first born, whilst he was being groomed for being Hokage. Minato spent as much time with his son as possible; sadly though he tried his very best to spend time with Ren but his Hokage duties kept him busy most of the time.

Naruto had exceled in his shinobi training. He had mastered all the academy Ninjustu, necessary to pass the exam to become a Genin. Kakashi was well aware of this; however, Minato had risen the age for the academy, so Kakashi's request for Naruto to enter the academy was denied. Although Minato was aware that Naruto wouldn't have a problem with the requirements to pass, however, he wanted him to have a normal childhood and for him to enjoy being a kid.

Naruto's Taijutsu was also coming along nicely, Kakashi was never adept at this area but he was competent and taught Naruto the basic leaf kata, in which all Genin were taught, however, Naruto had often told him that he didn't like it. As it didn't feel natural, he had learnt all the basics despite this. Kakashi had just smiled and told him that one day he'll find a style that'll suit him and it'll come even more naturally to him than anything he had learnt prior. Minato had offered Naruto some scrolls on the Namikaze Hummingbird style, however, Naruto had declined his offer, much to his surprise. Naruto had reasoned that he didn't want to become a carbon copy of his father and that he wanted to forge his own path. Minato had gained a little more respect for his son as shinobi after that conversation.