Naruto: Starting with Tsunade-san

A gentle spring breeze blew by, causing the flowers and grass to sway.

Tōshirō, knowing Naruto well, wasn't in a rush to attack.

Naruto, with his impulsive nature, grew impatient seeing that Tōshirō wasn't making a move. He raised both his index and middle fingers, crossing them to form a "X" hand seal:

"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

With a loud bang, the sound of numerous clones popping up filled the air, and as the white smoke cleared, dozens of Narutos appeared.

"Whoa~~"

Tsunade, who was watching from a distance, raised an eyebrow, mildly surprised.

The Shadow Clone Jutsu was a very chakra-consuming technique. Not only did it require a large amount of chakra to use, but the clones' disappearance would also drain the user's energy, which could be dangerous if the user didn't have a sufficient chakra reserve.

To create this many clones at once wasn't something anyone could do—either the user was foolish, or they had an enormous chakra reserve.

Clearly, Naruto, the one known as Uzumaki Naruto, was the latter. He possessed an exceptionally large chakra supply.

Little Tsunade scrutinized him closely.

Based on his last name and hair color, he wasn't a pure-blooded Uzumaki, so she couldn't understand how he could have such massive chakra reserves.

Tsunade looked on in surprise:

"Being able to create this many clones at once... impressive."

"Ha ha... this disciple's got some potential after all," Jiraiya said, his expression full of pride.

Naruto had weak fundamentals in many aspects, but his massive chakra was more than enough to make up for it.

Tsunade scoffed inwardly, thinking Well, he is the Jinchuriki. It's no wonder his chakra is this exaggerated.

Tōshirō smiled and said, "Not bad."

Just as Naruto was preparing to charge forward with his clones, he stopped in his tracks upon hearing Tōshirō's compliment.

"With chakra like that, I'll acknowledge you. Among all the people my age I've met, no one has better chakra than you. I... uh, Tōshirō, would like to call you the strongest."

The sudden praise left Naruto flustered.

Because of his rough childhood, he wasn't used to being complimented—mainly because no one ever did it. He didn't know how to handle it.

In that moment, Naruto was overwhelmed, not knowing how to respond:

"Ha ha, I didn't expect you to recognize me like this."

Little Tsunade could tell that Tōshirō was up to something, and she was now suspicious of his intentions.

However, she was mistaken about Tōshirō's true motives.

Tōshirō had no ill intentions.

He understood Naruto—if he had immediately mocked him, things could have gotten heated quickly, and that wasn't something he wanted.

Tōshirō wasn't joking when he knew Naruto had the Nine-Tails inside him. If Naruto lost his temper, it could easily escalate.

So, instead of mocking him, Tōshirō opted to flatter and calm him down—taking a more subtle approach.

"Hey, Tōshirō, what are you doing? Stop wasting time and finish this guy off."

Tsunade punched the air impatiently, urging him.

Before the fight began, she had praised Tōshirō. Now, however, he was praising the opponent instead of attacking. This was making her lose face.

Tōshirō lazily waved his hand, agreeing to Tsunade's demand:

"Alright, alright..."

"Even though I think this guy's not so bad, sorry, but I need to win this fight."

Naruto, fully prepared, said with determination: "Let's do this!"

With that, Naruto's clones surged forward in unison, attacking without hesitation.

Their figures overwhelmed Tōshirō, making it difficult for him to distinguish between them. With so many clones, even if he used the Sharingan, it would be hard to tell them apart.

Facing a large number of Narutos all at once, Tōshirō was finally starting to understand the chaos of facing a barrage of attacks from all sides.

At this point, Naruto's fundamentals were still lacking in many areas, but his almost unnatural chakra reserves allowed him to create countless clones. The sheer exhaustion from the clones could wear anyone down through a war of attrition.

If the clones started losing momentum, though, Naruto would fall into a passive situation and be vulnerable to Tōshirō's rhythm.

As he thought this, one of Naruto's clones lunged at him.

Tōshirō stepped aside, narrowly avoiding the clone's attack.

The clone missed, and Tōshirō quickly took a defensive posture.

This was just a clone, and Naruto didn't mind.

Another clone attacked, sweeping its leg toward Tōshirō.

Tōshirō spun, performing a backflip to avoid the punch, and slid backward across the ground.

At this moment, the clone that had missed its first attack saw an opening and went for a surprise strike. It grabbed Tōshirō's waist.

Tōshirō glanced down, clicking his tongue lightly, feeling uncomfortable being grabbed like that.

Since the clones were indistinguishable from one another, the best way to deal with them was usually with large-scale jutsu to wipe them all out.

Tōshirō had such jutsu, and if he used the Great Fireball Technique, most of the clones would likely be wiped out. However, the power was too great, and he feared it might be overkill.

Well, this was one of his strategies.

Tōshirō specialized in physical techniques, and with his skill, he wasn't supposed to be easily caught by Naruto's clones. He had deliberately made it seem like he was struggling in order to mislead Naruto.

Now, the time had come for him to move to the next step. He started forming hand seals.

Seeing this, the Narutos charged at him in droves, piling up on him like an avalanche. But before long, huge ice spikes suddenly shot out from within the pile, piercing through the clones and freezing them.

The massive ice spikes glittered under the sunlight.

Ice Release: Ice Spike Technique.

Naruto's eyes widened in shock as he stared at the ice spikes.

"Ice Release!?"

Naruto remembered an enemy from a past mission who had used this same technique.

"You have the Kekkei Genkai of Ice Release?"

As Tōshirō revealed his Ice Release technique, Jiraiya was taken aback:

"Tsunade, did you find and adopt this kid in the Land of Water?"

Tsunade stayed silent, not responding.

Jiraiya wondered if Tōshirō had held back just now.

He had seen Tōshirō's true strength and knew his physical abilities should have been more than enough to avoid being caught by Naruto's clones.

Tsunade's silence only confirmed Jiraiya's growing suspicion that Tōshirō might indeed be her adopted son.

The situation in the Land of Water was something he had heard about. According to rumors, ninjas with Kekkei Genkai there were seen as monsters and lived terribly miserable lives. Some Kekkei Genkai clans were even wiped out because of this.

Tōshirō nodded, knowingly asking, "From the way you're talking, it seems like you've seen my Ice Release before?"

Naruto, aware of Haku's tragic fate, connected Tōshirō being Tsunade's adopted son with Haku and Zabuza's story, feeling a pang of sympathy.

"Yes, I've encountered a ninja with Ice Release before. They didn't have a great life."

"I can imagine." After a sigh, Tōshirō said, "Let's set aside the small talk for now."

He began forming seals, and six chains emerged from his body. With a swing, the chains swept out in all directions, obliterating the shadow clones, which dissipated into white smoke with a series of bangs.

Naruto was shocked, inwardly wondering what kind of jutsu this was.

"Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Naruto formed the cross seal. There was nothing the Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu couldn't handle. If one didn't work, he'd use it twice; if twice didn't work, then three, four times, and so on, until it did.

With a series of bangs, Naruto summoned another wave of shadow clones. They charged forward with loud battle cries.

Watching Naruto summon so many clones without even breaking a sweat, Little Tsunade couldn't help but remark, "Hey, Jiraiya, is your disciple some kind of monster?

"How does he have so much chakra? Among our peers, Tōshirō and I already have a lot of chakra, but compared to this guy, I'm starting to doubt if mine's even real."

"Rangiku, I'm still your elder, you know. You should add 'Lord' to my name as a sign of respect."

Jiraiya wore a frustrated expression, unsure if it was because of Tsunade's spoiling and influence, but this kid didn't show him an ounce of respect.

He's already like this at such a young age—what will he be like when he grows up?

Big Tsunade lowered her voice and explained, "This kid has a tailed beast sealed inside him. His chakra is naturally different from an ordinary person's."

Jiraiya was slightly startled. He hadn't expected Tsunade to reveal village secrets to her child and gave her a warning "Hey!"

Big Tsunade sneered with disdain, "Is this something worth hiding? Anyone with half a brain could figure it out."

Honestly, she couldn't understand why the village kept Naruto being the son of a hero a secret.

The village claimed it was to protect Naruto, but when you think about it, what kind of protection is that?

The Uzumaki clan, blond hair, the nine-tailed fox... and it all just happened on that particular day. Even an idiot could connect the dots.

If this information wasn't meant to be public, fine. But the entire village knew Naruto was the nine-tailed fox. If someone leaked it, shouldn't the village have denied it immediately? With the village's power, they could've done that.

People who didn't know might even think the higher-ups leaked it on purpose.

Tsunade couldn't wrap her head around it, and she didn't care to think further.

After her lover and brother's deaths, she had lost interest in most matters.

Naruto couldn't help but be reminded of Gaara's attack style after witnessing Tōshirō's chain manipulation technique.

Although their methods were very different in appearance, they were essentially the same—manipulating materials while standing in one spot, rarely moving.

Naruto tried to recall the intelligence he had on Gaara.

Gaara's strength lay in his ninjutsu, while his taijutsu was relatively weak. Tōshirō seemed to have a similar fighting style.

If he wanted to defeat Tōshirō, referencing Gaara's weaknesses would be a good start.

This thought made Naruto smirk. Let's see who dares say he doesn't have a brain after this!

To counter Gaara's abilities, the key was having extremely high mobility and a powerful one-hit knockout jutsu.

Naruto didn't have the extreme speed, but he could create opportunities using Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu. As for a one-hit knockout jutsu, Naruto thought for a moment. He had recently learned a new move, and now was the perfect time to test it out.

"Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Naruto once again summoned a horde of shadow clones, so many that even Tōshirō looked like he was getting overwhelmed. It was almost enough to trigger a fear of crowds.

"Can't you use a different technique? Don't you find this repetitive? I sure do!"

This comment left Naruto slightly deflated.

On second thought, his fighting style did seem to revolve solely around shadow clones...

It wasn't flashy at all. Unlike Sasuke, who used shuriken, steel wires, Fire Release, Lightning Release, and so on—everything about him screamed style.

It wasn't surprising girls liked Sasuke.

This thought barely crossed Naruto's mind before he quickly shook his head, refocused, and threw himself back into the fight.

"I'm a practical person. Ninjutsu just needs to work," Naruto argued.

Tōshirō reluctantly accepted this reasoning.

"Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto formed the cross seal again, summoning a massive number of shadow clones.

Surrounded by the dense crowd of clones, Tōshirō couldn't help but mutter, "Didn't you just summon these?"

"The more clones, the better."

Naruto deliberately said this to prove his earlier point.

Tōshirō: "..."

"Charge!"

The Narutos rushed forward with battle cries, breaking through the chain assault with brute force.

"There's an opening." Seven Narutos lunged at Tōshirō, with one in the lead forming seals.

Unless under special circumstances, most clones couldn't perform ninjutsu. Tōshirō assumed the Naruto casting a jutsu must be the real one.

Huh?

Tōshirō noticed the seal Naruto was using didn't end with the usual cross seal but rather a different one.

He paused for a moment. Finally, something other than clones!

"Interesting. Let's see what jutsu you're planning to use."

Tōshirō squinted with curiosity, watching intently.

In the audience, Little Tsunade scoffed, "How naive, using his real body to attack Tōshirō. Isn't that just exposing himself?"

To her, Naruto stood no chance against Tōshirō. His only slim hope of victory was using his massive chakra reserves to exhaust his opponent with endless shadow clones.

"Sexy Jutsu!"

The lead Naruto suddenly transformed into a voluptuous, nude, twin-tailed blonde woman wrapped in white mist.

(End of Chapter)

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