chapter 4 - Training and School

After a good beating, an explanation and another beating, Grandma said she adopted the boy we brought home. Now I have a younger brother, his name is Naruto Uzumaki, son of Aunt Kushina, yes, Grandma told us about her, but nothing about his father. Although I already know, Grandma's stories with Kushina made us laugh a lot, which made Naruto a little sad, but after Grandma, Shizune and me, hugged him and made him feel safe and loved, he got better.

Of course, soon after, he started bawling that he would be Hokage and recognized by everyone.

"Why do you want recognition from these people Naruto?" I asked trying to understand his line of reasoning, which surprised Grandma and Shizune. "Don't misunderstand me, I just want the recognition and love of those who are dear to me, who really love me, not the idolatry of some people who today call me a hero and tomorrow ask me to die." I say making my intentions clear.

Which makes Naruto look at me, think hard and then say. "You are right bro, I will just take care of the people I love, that will be my ninja path."

Grandma laughs at his antics, which reminds her of Nawaki, her brother. Shizune walks over to Naruto and hugs him. "Now I'll have a little brother who takes care of me, I'm so happy," she says.

"Hey, when have I ever not taken care of my sister?" I say indignantly. I run to hug Grandma, "Look Grandma, Sister Shizune abandoned me as soon as she got a new brother, that's so unfair," I say with crocodile tears running down my face.

After much joking, hugging, and fun, Grandma includes Naruto in my training mode, claiming that if he can't even control his chakra, how can he protect his family, and this, my friends, has made him a freak, if Shizune was scary, he is the devil himself.

Two days later, I summon Kira, he appears in a smaller size, 1.30cm tall, but this time with two swords.

"Kid, take this sword, it's a gift from the Racoon clan to your contractors. It is as strong as the Kusanagi sword. Things you need to know about the sword, it doesn't lose its edge, it is more durable than the Kusanagi, and most importantly, it is the only one that can give life to my clan. It will adapt to your height, so don't worry.

As soon as he hands me a 70cm sword, it shrinks to 50cm, adjusting to my size.

I, with my grandiose 1.53cm height, find it comfortable, when I draw it, I see its black blade, the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

"Always keep it around your waist, ready for the slaughter, this is your number one rule, and the most important one. Now you will make 4 basic movements to understand your sword. Movement 1, vertical cut" he shows me the stance and how the cut should be made. "Movement 2, horizontal cut" and again, he shows me the proper stance and stroke. "Movement 3, thrusting" another stance and blow, "Movement 4, sheathing the sword" and he shows me the last movement.

So while he shows me and corrects my mistakes, during that day, I practiced only this, to leave recorded both the body movement and the sword movement.

"When you do each move 100000 times, you will be able to say that you have started on the path of the sword. I will always come to see your training, but I want you to train only a maximum of four hours a day. That way you will have time to do other types of training, and you won't hurt your body muscles when using the sword." he finishes his explanation and disappears.

One thing I noticed is, I don't need to summon him anymore, I just call his name and he appears. I found this out when I told Grandma that I was going to call my invocation in the training yard and when I arrived he was already there. Or it could just be that he came without me calling him just on a whim.

For two months, I have been practicing the sword stances and cuts that Kira taught me, at the same time explaining to me where the mistakes were and correcting them, until one and a half months later, he didn't need to correct me anymore, I guess the muscle memory did its job.

For the last half month, Grandma was focused on training Naruto in his chakra control, which was intended to do 2 things, 1 to improve his control and 2 to keep him calm and in control, without being the fuzzy, 220v kid he usually is.

It worked to a certain extent, he only went back to his mischievous state when someone treated him badly. He just fooled around, he didn't hurt anyone.

Today is the day of the exams to enter the ninja school, Naruto and I are accompanied by his sister Shizune, since Grandma helps a little in the village medical center.

Naruto and I were not very happy about this, since we wanted her to be with us and Shizune, but we can't have everything we want right.

Both Naruto and I passed the tests, he in 5th place and I in 6th place. Point number 1, we were never trained in taijutsu, point 2, we never learned any ninjutsu. But when it came to chakra control, we were out of the league. Me in 1 and him in 2.

After that came Third's speech/brainwashing, which for us was an eternity and as soon as he finished, he informed us that classes start tomorrow. What a waste of time.

We arrived early at school, Naruto extremely excited to learn flashy jutsus and me just to have new friends. We pass by the schoolyard, where we see the Uchiha emo surrounded by schizophrenic girls, a boy with pineapple hair, lying under a tree, next to a fat boy eating snacks, in the other tree, a boy with glasses sitting next to another boy with a dog, a shy girl with white eyes looking at Naruto from a corner of the yard. Anyway, the class is all here.

We went to the classroom a little later, Naruto and I sat in the back, near the window, in front of us sat the pineapple-haired, fat boy and a blond girl who kept looking back every five minutes. Looking back at me every five minutes.

Further ahead sat the emo Uchiha, a pink haired girl, and another boy I don't know who he is. (student x to fill the room, not important).

The girl with white eyes is sitting in the right row in front, near the door, next to the boy with a dog and the boy with glasses.

The teacher enters, puts a pile of papers on the table and begins the roll call. With each name he called, he asked for an introduction, their likes and dreams. When Naruto's turn came.

"I am Naruto Uzumaki, I will be Hokage to protect Grandma, sister Shizune and my brother Nox. That is my ninja path. That's right," he says surprising me. I give him a thumbs up. "That's it brother," I say as I smile. Iruka looks at the exchange and smiles.

"Nox Senju" shouts Iruka.

"I am Nox Uzumaki Senju, I love my family, and ramem of Ichiraku, my dream is to be the strongest swordsman in the world to protect my family. Grandma Tsunade, Sister Shizune and my little brother Naruto," I answer smiling at everyone and sit down again, that's when Naruto's right arm wraps around my neck in a side hug, and his left fist is ready for my greeting, which I gladly do.

Iruka begins to tell us a little about the history of the village, who founded it, who founded the school, what it is for, the shinobi ranks, and other information until the break time.

The bell rings and Naruto and I go to lunch in the courtyard, where most of our class sits together and eats while chatting. Of course, Choji stealing our food while we chat.