Naruto uchiha

chapter 4

Next day, Namikaze Compound

Naruto slowly opened his eyes as the first rays of the sunlight bathed the entire room with its sunny rays. The blond sat up from his sleeping spot and glanced at the clock on the wall in front, which showed seven in the morning and stretched his arms to get rid of the stiffness from them. He removed the blanket on top of him and stepped out of his comfortable bed and walked into the washroom to have a bath.

An hour later, Naruto could be seen walking downstairs wearing a grey t-shirt with the Uchiha Clan symbol on his back and black ANBU pants. He had black sandals on and was wearing black gloves. As he walked down towards the kitchen, he saw his tou-chan and Jiraiya already sitting on the table having breakfast. It had been a while since he had seen his oji-chan. Even though Jiraiya was not an active shinobi of Konoha anymore, his job was far too important for him to be staying within the village.

The last two years had made Naruto see Jiraiya in a different light. The old man had helped Naruto grow immensely in various aspects. He may be a super pervert but the man was an experienced, wise and a strong shinobi. Incredibly strong. He still shivered thinking of how much his body hurt after all those taijutsu exercises with him. There were times when he would return home with various scrapes and bruises all over his body. If not for his potent chakra which provided him advanced healing powers, he doubted he could have continued that sort of brutal physical training with the Sannin given his age.

His smile faded slightly as he remembered the promise he made to himself a while back when he overheard Jiraiya and Fukasaku talk.

Flashback One year ago

For the last couple of months, Naruto and Jiraiya had worked intensively on their ability to harness senjutsu chakra. Jiraiya often took Naruto to Mount Myoboku so they both could train together and to indulge the boy in various aspects which comes under senjutsu.

Earlier, Jiraiya required the help of the two great sages of Mount Myoboku, Fukasaku-sama and Shima-sama to enter sage mode, while Naruto could enter the enhanced state all on his own. This attribute of Naruto baffled Jiraiya and even the great toad sages greatly. In all their time, they had never come across anyone who was so closely connected or compatible with nature chakra.

Naruto was able to do things which a normal six year child should not be able to do. The little blond boy could understand all the techniques taught to him on his first try without much explanation. Despite his small body, he could defeat ANBU level shinobi in taijutsu alone when he enhanced his muscles with senjutsu chakra and could sometimes go toe to toe with Minato or Jiraiya when he's using Sage Mode. His abnormally amazing chakra control was another aspect which should not have been possible for Naruto. Such a level of precision was something only Tsunade Senju possessed.

That alone raised a lot of questions in Jiraiya's mind. For a long time, he had thought Minato to be the Child of Prophecy. But watching Naruto grow made him question his speculations. The rate at which Naruto was progressing also terrified him. He was an Uchiha after all. Jiraiya still hadn't forgotten the look in Minato's eyes when he butchered those Iwagakure shinobi. He knew by the time that Naruto grew past the age of fifteen or even twelve for that matter, his powers would be comparable to even gods. That thought alone sent shivers down his spine at times.

What were the boy's limits?

Did he... have any?

Eventually, it began to make more and more sense to him. Naruto was incredibly mature for his age. Even though he acted his own age in front of Minato, he showed wisdom far beyond his age. He saw things from an adult's point of view and understand their concerns.