25 Prologue to Volume 2

"9,997."

"9,998."

"9,999."

"10,000!"

"Good job Naruto!"

Currently, Naruto was doing push-ups on the swimming pool, while I was sitting on him and reading a book.

Many years have passed, and we are now 12 years old, and we will be having graduation exam tomorrow.

During all these years, many things have changed. First of all, starting with myself, I have hit puberty last year, and because of that I am gaining height and feminine features. I am 5'2", and I have B-rank breasts right now. I guess I will become a powerhouse in that speciality in the future. Though going through puberty and the problems that come with it are annoying as I got used to the child life, I fully embrace the change. I won't be flat in this life!

My strength has been steadily increasing. I am the fifth best in taijutsu after Naruto, Sasuke, Karin and Sakura. It's not talent, but sheer hardwork. 

My kenjutsu has gotten acceptable for now, but I don't really have someone to measure against or someone to learn from. I hope that Hiruzen will give me a jonin-sensei who is proficient in it.

In fuinjutsu, while I have learnt till the B-rank seals, I can't really perform them with hand seals. I have to draw them, which takes annoyingly long. But I have been able to develop many seals that will help me.

I have developed that gauntlet like in Boruto, but it is more useful as it has the function of letting me store Chakra for offensive, defensive and summoning jutsu, bringing me out of genjutsu, and absorbing upto 4 Rasengans. I mean, storing them for my use. It pricks at my skin to snap me out of genjutsu, and sends chakra for Naruto. I haven't told anyone about it except. 

Well, Naruto doesn't need it anyway except for snapping him out of genjutsu, and maybe store an enemy ninjutsu if he can't dodge.

I have been able to find a dimension for Nue, and I can even summon Naruto directly to me. Though summoning Nue from the dimension takes a lot of chakra that I can store in my gauntlet, almost half of it.

Speaking of Nue, it is still in its baby form, and doesn't have consciousness yet. Providing it Naruto's chakra hasn't done anything. I am stuck, and I need something to give life to it. And that something may be gelal stones from that movie. Maybe even I can use them so that I get a healing factor and my tenkutsu get healed properly.

Sigh, but I don't remember much of that movie and don't know how to procure them. I just have to leave it to Naruto to bring me them. And even after he brings it, I will have to work on how to use them. 

And I have been learning about poison and stuff too. 

Anyway, speaking of non-shinobi stuff, I have built myself a majestic japanese style mansion, or maybe a palace. Teehee~

I have taken over one-fourth of the Uchiha clan compound to build it. I specifically requested Tazuna from the land of waves, as he even built an aircraft in the Kakashi's novel. I have a good number of houses in it, a big swimming pool, an office to serve as the headquarters of my company, training grounds, and even a hotspring-like bathhouse and spa. Plus, various secret passages, and underground stuff. I have shifted the Nue Project inside the underground facilities of my manor. There is even a kitchen garden. 

I have reinforced barriers around my mansion, err, palace to direct the shockwaves and force into the underground power generator to create electricity out of it. I don't really know if it will withstand Pain's assault, but there is insurance to take care of it. Sure, it takes 200,000 Ryo a month, but it will atleast cover the cost of rebuilding and has not conditions like 'Act of God'. There was literally a movie made on this theme, so I wouldn't forget it. 

Anyway, Tazuna built quite a good palace, and it also allowed me to establish connections with him, which will faciliate me in 'investing' in land of waves in the future after Naruto 'saves' it from Gato, where Gato will feel guilty and hand over all his money and assets to me. 

Land of Waves is often overlooked, but it has a really good location. First of all, it's an island, perfect for developing a tourist destination. There won't be any scarcity of fishes for restaurants and resorts, and it is very close to Land of Fire and Land of Whirlpools. It can also be a trading port for the southern island countries from the Land of Fire, and it actually is as stated in the manga and Kakashi novel. 

I have decided on which land's Queen I want to become. Land of Whirlpools. The country where the Uzumaki resided. It is a country of group of islands, just like Japan is. It is very close to the Land of Fire, and can serve as a connecting point for Kiri, and the other side of the continent where places like Land of Demons exist. 

Plus, it is Mother-in-law's village, and Naruto will become Uzukage. 

I think it is much better than him threatening the Fire Daimyo to 'adopt' me and retire along with his family. Plus managing such a large country will be really hard and tiresome. Afterall, I wouldn't want to ignore our children to follow my dream. 

There maybe lack of energy, but what about the gelal stones and that dragon thing in another movie? Plus, it's not like I wouldn't invite some bijuu like Isobu to live there. He can give some chakra as a rent. 

Anyway, now speaking of Naruto, I am sure he can beat even jonins in taijutsu, though of course except people like Kakashi and Guy-sensei. He has Shadow clone already from that time I coerced Fugaku. Multi-Shadow clone isn't that different from it. It just has a multi. I taught him the Rasengan training method a year ago, and he can already form it with one hand, without needing shadow clones. He has trained his wind style to an extent that he can even cut metal as if it is made of butter. He can even make a sword out of kunai like Danzo did by coating it with wind style chakra. Though I wonder which second chakra nature will be the best for him? Maybe Earth style since his wind is seriously offensive, and Earth is a major defensive nature? Or maybe Water style since it will be very versatile and the Water Prison is OP as hell? Or maybe lightning to further increase his speed and defense like Raikage? 

I don't know, but it is for him to decide. 

Anyway, I have bought kunais like Minato to give it as a gift for his graduation. Since he now knows some amount of space fuinjutsu to be able to go in and out of Nue's dimension, is incredibly fast and has incredible reflexes, and even very high durability, he should be able to learn Flying Thunder God. The only reason he didn't learn it even in Burrito was to nerf him. Isshiki wouldn't be able to even touch Naruto's hair if he learnt it. 

Anyway, my Naruto absolute crushes every chunin and many jonins as well. I have been feeding him poison as well to develop immunity by asking Hiruzen. Low level poison absolutely don't work on him anyway, and mid level poison give him a stinging pain for just an hour and so. I haven't learnt anything of the high, ultra high, and ultra pro max level poisons and antidotes. 

Then, Karin is also a powerhouse. She also has ridiculous stamina, though not as ridiculous as Naruto, but even more than Sasuke because of her chakra and Uzumaki genes. Even though she doesn't have much talent for taijutsu, she is still fourth in our class after Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura. She is the most talented after me and Naruto in fuinjutsu, and is excellent in chakra control despite her chakra reserves. She is very good in sensing due to her Uzumaki ability, and hasn't awakened her chakra chains yet. Honestly, Naruto feels jealous that he doesn't has the Mind's Eye of Kagura and other Uzumaki abilities. 

She is very good with poisons, even more than me and slightly less than Sakura. 

Speaking of Sakura, she was such a wasted potential in the og series. She absolutely has very good potential in taijutsu. Strong Fist will complement her chakra enhanced strength in the future, and she is really good at Strong Fist. She has very good genjutsu, and Kurenai, who used genjutsu on Itachi, was impressed by her talent. She shouldn't have underestimated me when I was going to fix Filler Kurama girl. She is the best in chakra control, and can even swim without getting wet by coating chakra around her. She is the best in poison and stuff, and better than Sasuke in fuinjutsu. 

Though she still has a fangirl side, but since it is towards Shikamaru, it is fine. It's good actually. She has decided that if she can't be his equal in the brain's department, she will compliment that weakass by her strength. 

This Sakura is not useless. 

Anyway, speaking of Sasuke, he seems very frustrated. He hasn't been able to land a single hit on Naruto since that day when he was half-asleep, even with his two-tomoe sharingan. He dodges sometimes, but he can't land a hit. He is the slowest among the three people I have been teaching fuinjutsu, Karin, Sakura and him. He is frustrated that I am charging fees only for him while I am teaching Karin and Sakura for free. And that 500,000 a month is actually a big amount. I have got 30M and such vast land to build my palace because he was reckless. 

He is still the second strongest in the class, but the gap between him and Naruto is just too big. You can't do anything even if you can see the movements if you are not fast enough. 

Well, he is still atleast a mid-chunin level already in terns of fighting poweress. But my Naruto absolutely blitzes him, and doesn't care or know much about him, except that his Shiori-chan is teaching him fuinjutsu by charging ridiculous amounts of money and land. 

There are also many other changes as well. People like Sai, his brother Shin, Torune Aburame, and Fu Yamanaka are in our class as well. Except Sai, all of them are one or two years older though. And Tortune remains even more covered than Shino, with only his face slightly visible. He is the only one who can cause trouble to Naruto, before a shadow clone seals him though. Honestly, Aburame are one of the main sort of people who can fight the chakra absorbing Otsutsukis. But they are always ignored. 

Anyway, there is still no news of Izumi, and I am afraid that Orochimaru would have already taken over her. So I don't know how the plot will play out. Maybe I shouldn't have tried to save her, but hey. Atleast it did something good that Sasuke has both saving and revenge on his mind. Focusing solely on one thing makes you blind. 

Well, let's just hope for the best, and focus on graduation exam.