Half her body was submerged in the water as she sighed, cupping her breasts, she subconsciously squeezed it in frustration.
"Ah!!"
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"So? How did I do?"
Naruto woke up and asked almost immediately.
Jiraya and Reko stood across the bed, discussing their vices when they heard Naruto asking a question.
"You handled it well! Pretty strong for someone your age."
Reko looked at the kid, surprised by the rate of recovery. He gave the kid a thumbs up in appreciation as he answered honestly.
"Haha! Thanks."
Almost blushing, Naruto thanked Reko, rubbing the back of his head as kept smiling like an idiot.
"However, this place is pretty destroyed, we should not be training here, probably somewhere more empty."
Reko added. The place was honestly pretty good. Even the food in the locality was suitable for his palate.
Unfortunately, the damage they did during training was out of his expectations and it did not feel safe for the civilians in the area.
So, they would likely have to find a new place and relocate.
"True. You did awesome, kid."
"I never expected that you would be able to take back control from the nine tails. Good job."
Jiraya also thought very highly of Naruto and really appreciated the tenacity he had shown back then.
"Let's go!"
Deciding that they were done here, since Naruto was awake, they could leave for their adult business now.
They had a prior appointment for the local good hot bath. The day was really exhausting and they needed to relax after this.
They walked out together like old friends, hands in hands, excited for their visit to that special place.
"Alas! Soon, we'd have to find another one for our next training. It's really unfortunate that we were not able to utilize this well."
Reko sighed as he spoke to Jiraya, deeply saddened.
Jiraya also thought of the same. It was truly unfortunate.
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Two weeks passed
Reko and Jiraya were just done with Naruto's training, exhausted, they sat together.
It was getting really fun. Naruto was able to fully control the sixth tails. As long as he was not beaten to unconsciousness that is.
Their days of training paid off and it felt really great to be able to battle a six tails Naruto. The infinite chakra reserves within Naruto allowed him to be impossible to defeat head on.
As they were seated after the training, the toads from Mount Myoboku arrived, greeting Jiraya and Reko.
"So, not curable you say?"
After listening to the toad talk, Rae was kind of dissatisfied. The Sages from Mount Myoboku were able to get information about the curse.
Unfortunately, that was not enough.
They claimed it to be incurable. There was no way and they had too little information about the topic.
"Unfortunately, we have been trying to get anything related to this."
The toad sighed, really saddened by the fact that Rae had to go through this.
As a member of Mount Myoboku, it was embarrassing for him to know that they, one of the three sacred lands, could not find a solution for the curse.
"This is part of the lost and forgotten knowledge. We are unable to get to its origin, just know that whatever it is, it is absolute."
He explained how difficult it was to get something related to the curse to Reko and Jiraya.
"I see. Thank you for the help."
Reko sighed as he thanked the toad. It was okay, there was still hope from his summon.
"No. We were no help."
The toad shook head in embarrassment.
"Isn't there anything else we can do? Use ninjutsu to reduce the effects?"
Jiraya asked, curious. He had great knowledge of Fuinjutsu and it did seem like it was a type of Fuinjutsu too, probably higher level.
And since it was a Jutsu, there must be a way to reverse or reduce the negative effects.
"These methods are plausible but not that effective. How long can you actually extend his life this way?"
The toad sighed. He, too, had put up this proposal to the Sages. They explained to him how it was barely helping and not worth it.
"Don't worry though. We thought of these as long lost legends, but now that they have appeared, we are trying to understand the language."
"Sooner, we will be able to bring a solution for this too."
The toad reassured Rae. Now that they were really digging into these old records, he was sure that the elders back at Mount Myoboku would surely find a way.
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Another two weeks passed,
Reko was not disappointed that he did not get any response from Mount Myoboku.
He was fully enjoying his time training Naruto. Naruto was able to fully unleash the six tails power. Fully!
It did take a lot out of him to keep beating up Naruto until the kid collapsed but the results were satisfying.
It was not just him that gave it all. Jiraya, too, helped by using his Fuinjutsu to suppress the nine tails.
Each time Reko beat up Reko to unconsciousness, the nine tails would be unleashed, angrier and more prepared. But Jiraya kept restraint on it with the help of his Fuinjutsu techniques.
The last two weeks were full of intense battles. They did not even have time to go out and play around. They were too busy with sparring.
But the results were satisfactory.
The chakra and healing factor that Naruto enjoyed, each could easily push him to the Kage tier.
"It keeps getting better, huh."
Reko sighed as he observed Naruto sitting in a meditative state.
He had suggested Naruto begin the Sage Mode training but the Sages objected, saying that the nine tails would make it difficult and Naruto required to have full control over it before becoming a Sage.
"Frustrating right? We keep beating that tailed beast so much that it has begun to prepare counters against our moves."
Jiraya chuckled. It felt good to have a comrade while training Naruto.
He would have been very much exhausted if he were to do it on his own.
The nine tails was also beginning to adapt. The beast realised that he would not be able to brute force it. So, he began giving proposals to Naruto, deals for power.
Though, Naruto denied. But it was a good change that the Nine-Tails was willing to communicate.
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