Before he started using that jutsu, he first started to practice doing various hand-signs as fast as he could, and in random orders so he could increase his speed when performing hand sign . He made Genki call out random sign like, monkey, dragon, snake, bird and all the other hand-signs. After he had practiced for about a month, he then started just practicing the hand signs needed to perform the earth shield jutsu. He did this for about another month on his free time, but he didn't just do it randomly, while he was performing the hand signs he was feeling how his chakra was moving and being directed through his chakra channels. This helped him understand the jutsu more and would help him reduce the amount of hand signs needed to perform the jutsu in the future.
During these 2 months Kantomaru had consistently come third or fourth in the taijutsu tournament, sometimes he was able to beat Zenitsu and sometimes Zenitsu beat him, but he hadn't once beat Fumiko or Yami. Fumiko was just too strong and skilled and Yami's reflexes, instincts and strength where just on another level. On the second month he went to the teacher's office and had a talk with Zoro sensei.
"Sir I would like to learn how to use a sword, I'm thinking of being a swordsman and I'm wondering if you could help in that matter." Said kantomaru.
Zoro seemed pleased, that one of his top students wanted to learn even more and he said, "of course I'm glad to help a hardworking student, I also happen to be a pretty good swordsman, so I will teach you myself. However, I can't teach you during the school year because I'm busy with schoolwork and I have my own training to do, so during the holidays after the year I will train you."
Kantomaru thanked his sensei and went home, when he got home, he thought to himself; 'I should make a heavy sword entirely composed of earth, like that during this year before Zoro sensei trains me I can get accustomed to swinging a heavy sword, which would make it much easier for me to handle holding a normal sword.'
After this thought, he added swinging a heavy sword to his daily training routine.
During one of the few boring science lessons, Kantomaru remembered his last 2 weeks of training with Koketsu sensei. On the last 2 weeks of the holidays Kantomaru and Genki were given a task by Koketsu sensei.
(Flashback to about 2 months and a half ago)
(Koketsu's point of view and inner dialogue)
'These boys have done incredibly well in the little time I gave them, I may have said that their tasks weren't that easy, however for 7-year-old boys it should be near to impossible. Now I need to test them to their limits and see how far they are willing to go to get stronger and survive in this cursed world, I think that a bit deeper into the forest is where the king of the cursed oasis outskirts resides. If they can fight it and survive, it will give them a great experience, sharper instincts, less hesitation to kill and may unlock some hidden potential that they may have. However, if they lose this will scar them for life; ah there's nothing to worry about, I believe in my students.'
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The Earth Catastrophe (Naruto isekai FanFic)
Fanfiction"Aww man how'd I end up in the weakest village of the Five Naruto shinobi nations •_•" This mc is not going to be op, he'll train hard until he gains enough power to do as he pleases. He got Isekaid to the world of Naruto in Sunagakure as a civilian.