Naruto: Tsunade's Apprentice

Chapter 4: Revelations

The end of the second week came rather quickly for Naruto. He was happy about all the training he was receiving. The calisthenics were doing wonders for him, chasing down the stylish pig forced his speed and agility to grow, as was the dodge training he was subjected to by Tsunade. He could see it in the mirror at the end of each week, his physique had improved from being just lean to lean with definition, especially since she had dramatically increased the amount of reps she had him do each day for his calisthenics. Heck he could even clasp his hands behind his back by reaching from the top and the bottom of his back which greatly excited him. His chakra control had gone up insanely well thanks to the first week as well as his clones continuing to work on it through the second week.

He could do the dumb Bunshin no Jutsu now. When he asked about it after training and the lessons from Shizune-sensei. Shizune explained that the jutsu use very little chakra as it is used to be diversionary jutsu as well as one taught to learning shinobi so they would have some means of escape if they had ever come across a senior shinobi. This was especially true during the Clan Wars era that preceded the Hidden Villages, where very young children could be ambushed and killed almost how he and his team were by Zabuza. That amazed Naruto. Originally, he figured that the jutsu was useless as it was just an illusion, but if it could save lives then he could definitely see it as useful in such a situation.

When it came to his super strength, he was making a lot of progress. Though he didn't like using so little chakra when he started. When he received the memories of a clone about to lose its arm as it got a little ambitious in using more chakra than Tsunade told him to use he had chills running down his spine from that one for the whole day. He greatly listened to Tsunade when she told him what to do when practicing the super strength jutsu. When he was noting his progress, he was able to easily chip away at the cliff face, putting spiderweb cracks in it as well as chipping away pieces every time he struck. In fact, she said he was ready to add more chakra to each strike. "Alright Naruto, I think you are ready to add more chakra to your strikes. You have been able to add and control your chakra in every strike along the cliff face. Now I want you to shatter each boulder I make for you" Tsunade explained while Naruto stood eagerly in front of her while he had a set of clones doing the katas for Tsunade as she had a kage bunshin overseeing his that were practicing while water walking.

He still had a set with Shizune, studying the more advanced basics of medical ninjutsu, focused on muscles and bones. She and Tsunade hoped it would help him pick his strikes better when fighting an opponent like a Hyuga who leave their torso vulnerable when they strike. He also had a final set that was meditating to better get accustomed to his sensory ability while also doing the powder separation training for "multitasking" as Tsunade put it. Tsunade told him that by the final week she was going to start having him use it while dodging to start learning how to use it in combat.

"Create sixty kage bunshins and we shall get started" she ordered. Eager to get started, Naruto created the number she wanted as she did a few seals before slamming a palm on the ground and shouting "Doton: Daichidōkaku!" she shouted as an entire field of boulders raised out of the ground. Naruto and his clones took up spots in front of the risen boulders, waiting for her signal to begin. As Tsunade crossed her arms under her impressive bust, she gave a nod to begin, though Naruto was blushing when he noticed it. He quickly shook his head before getting started.

When the group finished lunch, Shizune had taken a set of bunshins to resume his medical studies, with two sets of fifty went to meditate and water walk with leaves encasing both of his arms, while Tsunade took the real Naruto. "Alright Naruto, it's time for dodge training. Are you ready?" Tsunade asked. Naruto nodded his head in affirmative. Tsunade smiled, "Okay. I'm going to be throwing any projectiles faster as well as any strikes will also be coming faster. There will be times I will use my enhanced strength, you will need to use your sensory ability to determine which strike is enhanced so you learn to use the ability in combat." Naruto nodded eagerly with a smile on his face in anticipation for Tsunade's training.