The Rise of the Dragon

His Apprentice's Training

Two Weeks Later

Two weeks have passed since Naruto and his team had returned from their first mission and though Minato hadn't yet given them another one, this was fine to Naruto since he had been busy training Morita. Though Naruto had only given Morita a few training exercises a day, he could see that the younger male was getting stronger with each passing day. "He seems a natural at this. It is a shame that he was born into that farming settlement instead of the Leaf. He would have made an excellent Ninja." Naruto concluded to himself as he continued to watch his Apprentice train.

"Naruto, if Morita was already a Ninja then he may not have wanted to become a member of our group which would make us down one Sorcerer." the familiar voice of Shroud spoke into his mind.

Hearing this gave Naruto reason to reconsider his previous thought. "I guess it is for the best then that Morita was born outside of our village." Naruto retorted which caused him to receive a small chuckle from Shroud and though he could have ended his words here, he spoke once more to the Dragon that lived within him. "I am going to eventually have to plan another trip back to Krystal to have a Crystal inserted into his body." Naruto informed Shroud who made only a humming noise in response to his Master's words. 

Though Naruto was busy speaking to Shroud, he was continuing to pay attention to Morita's training which allowed him to notice that the younger male was getting worn out. This was determined by how the punches and kicks were getting thrown out in a slower motion then they were when they had first began the training for the day. 

Since Morita had been training for the last few hours, Naruto decided that it would be best if he ended the training before his Apprentice collapsed from exhaustion. "Training is over for the day Morita!" Naruto called out through the training grounds that he had been using since the Ninja team that usually trained here was away on mission.

The moment that Morita heard Naruto's voice end the training session, he dropped to the ground with thanks to whatever God was watching over him. Seeing how his Apprentice was acting, Naruto started to chuckle as he approached the other male. Once Naruto arrived to where Morita was, he crouched down to look at his Apprentice. "You are showing much progress Morita. Pretty soon you will have both a Crystal and a Dragon of your own." Naruto spoke out to the boy who was still trying to force his breathing to return to normal. 

Knowing the he wasn't going to get a reply from Morita while he was busy trying to regain control over his breathing, Naruto stood up fully once more. Since Morita was still new to the village and vastly unknown by the Ninja within it, Naruto didn't feel comfortable leaving him alone to catch his breath and as such made his way a few feet away from Morita where he sat down on the ground to wait for his Apprentice to be ready to leave. 

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"I can't believe that you fell asleep while I was waiting for you to gain control of your lungs...though I guess that it is my fault for not paying better attention to when your breathing evened out." Naruto chuckled as he and Morita made their way into the central portion of the village a few hours after Morita had dropped to the ground exhausted from the training that Naruto was putting his body through. 

Though at first Morita didn't give any reply in words to what Naruto had said, a small laugh did escape from his throat and once the laugh had finished echoing around them; words started to fall from his mouth. "I really wasn't trying to fall asleep especially since we are now late for the dinner that your mother and Kamatari were planning for everyone." Morita spoke out. 

The moment that Morita mentioned the dinner that his beloved and mother had been planning to welcome the newest member of Naruto's team into the village; fear slithered through his veins. "Shit...I completely forgot!" Naruto bellowed as he snatched ahold of Morita's wrist and started to pull him along as he ran full force down the dirt roads of the village. 

Though Naruto was worried about the reaction that both his mother and beloved would have when they arrived, he was thankful that they were close enough to his family's home that they wouldn't be any later than they already were. 

As soon as Naruto and his Apprentice arrived at his home, he immediately pushed himself through the door which allowed him to see that both his mother and beloved were waiting nearby with their arms crossed against their chests. "Where in the hell have you two been? Dinner was supposed to start an hour ago!" Kamatari growled as he started advancing on the two males before him. 

Knowing what could happen when Kamatari was buried in his fury, Naruto moved quickly to hopefully avoid any unnecessary pain that could arise from his beloved's fury. "Its my fault. I pushed Morita to much in his training today and he ended up crashing in the training ground and since we still haven't decided if we are going to reveal are abilities to the entirety of the village, I thought it was best if I stayed with him until he woke up." Naruto muttered out as he arrived in front of his violet haired beloved. 

Once Naruto was fully in front of Kamatari, he wrapped his arm's around the older male and brought him into an embrace. As Naruto was holding Kamatari against his body, he muttered something into his beloved's ear. "I am sorry that I made our dinner late though I promise to make it up to you later tonight." Naruto whispered as he continued to squeeze his beloved's body with his arms. 

Since Kamatari was so close to his own body, Naruto began to feel what felt like a kick coming from Kamatari though since he knew that his beloved wasn't hitting him; Naruto was confused as to where it was coming from though since they had a dinner that they had to get to, Naruto didn't have much time to think on it and eventually was pulling away from the older male.

Once both Naruto and Kamatari was fully separated from one another, the four of them that were within the entrance of Naruto's family home made their way to the dining room where Naruto expected to see the remaining individuals that were supposed to be there and as they rounded the corner and entered inside the dining room; Naruto wasn't surprised that he and Morita were the only ones that were late. 

Knowing that the quicker that he sits down at the table, the sooner that they would be able to eat; Naruto was quick to take the open seat that he normally sits at when his family has meals together and the moment that everyone was seated; food started to be devoured by those who had been waiting for Naruto and Morita to arrive. 

Authors Notes: Thank you to everyone who reads this chapter as well as the rest of the chapters in the story. Please comment and review with thoughts about the story and I will see you next time!