Naruto : Uchiha : Chapter 21

"Alright, I'll show it to you where I learnt it then 'kay?" he asked and got a happy nod from the girl.

He took her to near the edge of his own clan compounds when Tsunade saw him walk down the stairs of the bank and onto the porch of the river.

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Naka River

Both young kids stood on the wooden porch of the river, watching the sun now halfway down signaling they still had a couple of hours before it finally settled down completely. He took his bag off and kept it by his side, taking a deep breath before he got started on it.

Snake → Ram → Monkey → Boar → Horse → Tiger

"Fire Style : Fireball Jutsu!" he exclaimed while his hands blurred through hand seals that were quite fast for Tsunade to follow. Even though they weren't that fast, to her they were awesome.

He took in a deep breath, lining his lungs and wind pipe with a protective chakra layer that was the first and most basic requirement of any Fire jutsu to be performed without burning one up himself from the inside. It was the most volatile of the elemental natures for a reason.

He blew out the hot breath churned up in his body and put his fingers near his lips in a small C-like shape for the fireball to be directed and controlled.

The air coming from his mouth ignited due to the immediate change in temperatures as soon as it left his lips and a small shallow stream of flames going forward. Tsunade frowned and wanted to scold him for showing her a small stream of flames instead of an actual…

She covered her eyes when the narrow stream suddenly expanded into a huge red fireball. The water in the river let out a huge hiss of steam, boiling under the extreme pressure of heat it's usually cold water wasn't used to.

"Sugoi! Once more Naruto, I didn't get a good look at it please…" she pleaded with her hands clapped in the manner she was saying a prayer and he panted, wiping the sweat of his brow and nodded a little tiredly, he couldn't refuse his friend after all.

He smiled, turning back to the river and took a deep breath.

Snake → Ram → Monkey → Boar → Horse → Tiger

"Fire Style : Fireball Jutsu!" he exclaimed once more, and spouted out a narrow stream of flames that expanded into a full blown crimson fireball once more. This time Tsunade watched on with starry eyes at the awesome jutsu he was wielding for her show-tell right now.

He panted a little and wiped his forehead, a small smile of pride on his lips for having mastered this jutsu for now. Though he did raise an eyebrow when he saw the wide puppy dog eyes of Tsunade staring at him pleadingly.

"Teach me." she said instantly clasping his hands in her own making him quite surprised at her request. He smiled a little and shook his head in negative making her frown.

"It's not easy Tsunade…" he said and her frown turned into a full blown scowl and he placed his finger on her lips when she began to say something to shush her up before hand.

"It isn't that I don't trust you, it's that we don't know your elemental affinity for now. Kagami Ojii-san told me that we can use our own element's jutsu rather easily than those that are polar opposites of them.

If they aren't of your affinity, you have to first master the pure manipulation of that element before you move on to the actual jutsu part.

You actually have to do that with your own affinity too, but we can use our jutsu, albeit a bit weaker than they could be without learning pure manipulation first." he explained her and she nodded with a calm look on her face now that she knew his reasons.

"So your affinity thingy is Fire?" she asked and he shook his head.

"Dunno, haven't checked it yet. Actually Ojii-san said we don't start on pure elemental manipulation until we are at least chunin." he said making her frown in confusion and he knew the reason, so he sat down with her doing the same and both looked down in the river's clean water flowing past their naked feet.

"I'm from the Uchiha clan, so I have a natural affinity to fire like all Uchiha's no matter my natural element.

Every one of us has at least some sort of affiliation with the fire element and all of us do master this jutsu." he explained her unasked question making her nod sadly.

"Your clan is so cool, all that they teach me is some stupid chakra control exercises. All I can do is stick leaves on my forehead…" she mumbled, waving her feet in the water with a saddened look.

He felt really bad at her saddened demeanor, it didn't look nice on her chirpy face at all.

"Chakra control is pretty important too. The better the control, the less chakra we use in our jutsu Tsunade.

For example, I can only do at most five fireballs a day when I'm completely fresh for now, with more control I can increase it to maybe even double that…" he explained making her nod, it was the same thing her granduncle said too.

"You know everything, how are you so smart?" she asked him with a voice laced with admiration. He got a little embarrassed from her words and waved his hand dismissively.

"I don't know everything, I just know a little about this because Ojii-san explained it to me when he showed me this jutsu and I read some scrolls at my house." he spoke modestly making her put out her bottom lip cutely.

"Don't be like that, you're awesome. I wish I could do that…" she said honestly, once more waving her legs to take her mind off it. Naruto fell in thought at how to cheer her up before he perked up.

"I know how about I teach you a small Fire jutsu used to light up small flames for camping and stuff, it's how I started. And even if you don't get the jutsu, you can use this in the future for outside camping and stuff…" he suggested making her grin and nod happily.

He got up and showed her the little technique that was virtually simple and not at all dangerous for anybody, seeing how small in scale it was all one could get was a harsh throat for couple of days if done wrong unlike the higher ranked Fire jutsus and it was taught to everyone from what he knew, so he saw no harm in it.

"Alright it only has two seals, one being Horse, but the main one being Tiger. That is the one that triggers all Fire jutsus and is the last seal of them all." he explained getting a nod from the girl.

Both tried to light up some dry leaves and sticks for an hour before they saw it was a little late and Tsunade picked her bag up.

"I have to go now, but I'll see you tomorrow 'kay?" she asked and he nodded with a smile.

He was now looking forward to his days in the Academy and walked her to the village's shopping center until they parted ways before remembering about the other thing he had to do now before he went home.

"Kami, I forgot all about meeting Mito Baa-chan!" he exclaimed to himself and ran to the eastern part of the clan districts hurriedly. He looked around the place she had told him to look into and that he would find it easily.

His eyes caught sight of a large house in the corner with a small spiral symbol on it's entrance, the same one that was on her kimono's obi yesterday and knew that was the place.

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Uzumaki clan compounds…

Naruto knocked on the door and stood there calmly for a couple of minutes, trying to regain his breath while he was at it. Mito opened the door, having an idea as to who it might be and much to her happiness it was her adorable blonde she was thinking of so much today.

But she did frown with her hands on her hips.

"You're late Naruto-kun." she admonished him half heartedly, and he rubbed his neck and nodded apologetically.

"Gomen, I went with my friend and lost track of time." he spoke in a sorry tone making her smile that he had made a friend on his first day. Kami knew he deserved it more than anyone, and she welcomed him in, respecting the boy's true and honest answer along with his straight forward attitude.

Naruto walked in the house's hallways, that had a lot more homey and warm feel to them than he had ever felt before.

They were quite vibrant with many colors and paintings or some strange calligraphy, most probably seals, if he could guess right, all around the place. She took him to the calligraphy room she used for her own sealing practice and sat him on the couch.

"Alright you sit here and I'll go and bring something to drink for you alright?"

She asked him, getting a small happy nod from the blonde who watched her leave and let out a little tired yawn, rubbing his sleepy eyes off their sleep, he was exhausted after that little expedition with Tsunade and the toll the day had taken on him.

Mito came back with a tray of some cake and milk, only to smile silently at the adorable sight in front of her eyes. Naruto had fallen asleep on the table with his head resting on his crossed arms, no doubt exhausted from his day.

She put the tray aside and sat by his side, brushing his hair gently to find him breathing softly, no doubt in a deep sleep at the moment. He looked so cute in her eyes right now.

He must have been quite tired from whatever he had done on his first day, yet he had come to her for practice just because he had promised her to and that in alone made her so happy.

She placed a kiss on his head and scooped the boy up in her arms, to take him up into her guest room and place him in a proper bed for a nice sleep before she went to his house to get him some clothes and maybe his little furry companion too while she was at it.

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