Naruto The Warlord

chapter 10

The days after the wedding were slow, but Naruto quickly kicked them back into gear and had them back in training and preparing quickly enough.

He finally began his plan to train his people in chakra, although he did so with baited breath. When he explained his new lessons to those in the first training rotation, most seemed shocked and almost in disbelief of what he wanted them to learn. He spoke a great deal on the discipline one would need to unlock and train the chakra within their bodies, but most still seemed skeptic despite his thorough explanations.

He considered showing his rasengan or shadow clones to prove his point. Most of these folk had never seen the use of chakra, most brushing it off as myth and folktales. He thought the better of it, as he knew both of those were very familiar to a lot of shinobi and it wouldn't do for anyone to draw any relations between him and his former home. Even his own people could carry rumors after all.

Naruto ended up walking up the side of a tree until he stood upside down to prove his point instead. They didn't seem as skeptic to his lesson after that.

Hoping they would take the lessons to heart and begin accessing the chakra within them, Naruto made sure the information would spread among the people. Accessing ones chakra was easy in itself, but it needed time and discipline. Chances were the knowledge would eventually become common information for his people and they would begin to learn it by themselves, meditating before and after bed as needed with different exercises. It would take a good long while, but hopefully they were more talented than Naruto had been in his young age. He had neither maturity nor talent when he first started, so he hoped at least someone would soon show promise. He would check regularly throughout their training rotations none the less.

Shou had been worried that the knowledge of chakra would draw the attention of shinobi in the lands they traveled through, but Naruto figured that considering how many soldiers they had killed now from 2 different Daimyo's, chances were they had already drawn someone's attention. They needed every advantage they could get.

As he and Shou began speaking regularly again apart from the meetings, Shou told Naruto there was a lot of rumors regarding himself. Some actually believed Naruto to be some sort of god who had come to lead them, considering the fact that he had slaughtered an army of 200 men by himself. He had taught the people nearly everything they knew of how to defend themselves as well and it was easy to see why such beliefs were rising among them, especially when most didn't believe in stories about the wild things some shinobi could do.

Madness. Absolute madness, that was what it was according to Naruto as he ignored Shou's laughter from his dismay.

Near the second week mark, people began arriving at their gathering along with some of the scouts. His people greeted the wary newcomers warmly and immediately accepted them within their encampment. They were already a mixed people and everyone shared each other's situation. The community spirit was high and the newcomers seemed very relieved for the reception.

Speaking to his scouts, it was obviously that many had stayed with their villages, especially the larger villages ruled by some Lord or whichever. Most of them believed their Lord to protect them, but Naruto knew many of those same Lords would abandon their own people if it would ensure their own survival. His heart would go out for them in the months to come, but he would never force people from their homes like that.

For the next 2 weeks, this was how their days went. Every day from morning to night, people would train, craft, hunt and forage. No hands was allowed to go idle, Naruto was strict on that. Rest was for when the sun went down as they were all in a precarious situation and everyone would have to do their part.

More and more trickled in, until finally all the scouts were back. The last 3 days went without any more newcomers and Naruto suspected none more would arrive.