The Coming of the King

Chapter 7 - Prodigal Jinchuuriki

Chapter 7 - Prodigal Jinchuuriki

Author's Note: Do you hate me yet? Not that any of you particularly care about my personal life, but this week has been pretty rough for me. I've been getting sick all week and last night was my grandma's birthday, so I went out to dinner with her. Wednesdays are early out days for my school, so we get out at 2:30, but I didn't get home until like 4:30 because my bus had to run another route. Then, I still had to finish my grandma's present because I'm a terrible granddaughter (and author). I literally came home at like ten o'clock and crashed. Two late updates in a row, I suck. I'm definitely not abandoning this story, so don't worry. Welp, enjoy the update as I enjoy the fact that my school has a four day weekend.

Editor's Note: At least no one has to deal with my chaotic personal life directly this time? Come join the dark side via my social media links in my bio or supporting me financially via my Redbubble shop because I'm broke.

Chapter 7

The Next Day - Naruto's P.O.V.

Kurama wakes me up at the same time as the day before, and I get out of bed carefully. I can hear Kurama's breathing go even as he falls asleep again, resting from using all of his chakra to help me heal. I notice that my chakra is almost fully restored and my stores of chakra seem to be bigger, or maybe that's just my imagination.

I also realize that my body is barely sore. If I move a lot, I definitely feel it, but it isn't too bad. I barely feel my weights, and I have to check that they're still there. I quickly undress and shower, make myself breakfast, eat, and leave for the day.

I get to the training ground early and quickly summon as many clones as I can make with a third of my chakra. Just over 400 clones appear, and I have them start on tree climbing again. I immediately start running laps. I'm faster than I was yesterday, it takes me about half a minute to complete each lap, and I start on an eleventh as Itachi shows up. I run up to him.

"My weights don't feel heavy at all today, Ita-sensei," I sign.

"Really?" He asks. "Let me check them." He bends down to check all of my weights. "Nope, they're at the amount that you asked for, 50 on each arm and 70 on each leg. Do you want me to increase them?" I nod immediately.

'I want to continue to challenge my body and I need a way to read on my own for days like today when Kurama's sleeping.'

After Itachi increases my weights, I'm off running again. I complete 400 laps, 200 sit ups, and 300 one-armed push ups per arm. It's a lot easier than it was yesterday. I then wander my way back to Itachi-sensei to find out what he wants me to do next.

"Alright, Naruto. Dispel your clones." Itachi says. "I want to see how far you've come with all of this experience." I nod quickly and dispel my clones. Itachi throws a kunai knife into the ground at my feet, and I shoot him an angry glare before picking it up and walking calmly over to the nearest tree. I walk all the way up the tree and back down (using my Sensory) without a problem. Itachi started clapping.

"Good, you've come a long way from yesterday. Now, I want to spar with you in taijutsu while on the tree. You don't truly master this until you can spar for an hour or more while on a vertical surface." Itachi states.

"Okay, butterfly princess. Let's do this." I sign, cracking my knuckles. I sense Itachi shiver a bit as I do. I leap back onto the tree, and Itachi follows. He corrects my stance while on the tree and I fight as well as I can. His speed is hard to keep up with because he's using chakra to propel himself too.

'I'm too scared of falling to do that, but I can't let my fears control me!' I think, launching myself downwards at Itachi. He dodges like I feared he would, but this time, I was able to catch myself. I engaged Itachi again, trying to copy the movements I sensed.