"Tch, it took you a full three days for such a low-level Ninjutsu, Yuta, you're really useless," Kurama's voice rang out at an inopportune moment.
"Nonsense, I'm not a fire-style Ninja. It's already good enough that I can proficiently master a C-rank Ninjutsu in two days, okay?" Yuta rolled his eyes.
Uzumaki Yuta's Chakra nature is water and wind. To be able to master the C-rank Great Fireball Jutsu so proficiently, Yuta had suffered quite a bit these past three days.
"But I still thank you," Yuta said, expressing his gratitude.
Hearing Uzumaki Yuta's uncharacteristic words, Kurama felt a bit awkward for a moment: "Didn't you buy me sweets too? This is payment, just payment."
Indeed, Uzumaki Yuta's method of learning the Great Fireball Jutsu came from the talkative fox within his body. During the years he was controlled by Uchiha Madara, Kurama was very familiar with the hand seals and Chakra flow methods of the Uchiha Clan's Ninjutsu. He even clearly remembered some elemental Ninjutsu used by certain individuals in the rival Senju Clan. Upon learning this, Yuta exchanged six special sweet treats for the hand seals and Chakra flow method of the Great Fireball Jutsu.
"Next, I'm going to try a Ninjutsu that I've never succeeded in doing on my own," Yuta took a deep breath. "Kurama, lend me a little Chakra, not too much."
"One box of special cream cakes," Kurama said with a mischievous grin.
"What? Didn't I just buy one?" Yuta's expression stiffened. This talkative fox had learned to seize opportunities to extort him now?
"Then was then, and now is now. Are you going to buy it or not?" Kurama lay comfortably on the ground, crossing his legs.
"Don't get angry at a mentally challenged fox. Everyone is responsible for caring for the mentally challenged. Don't get angry, don't get angry." Uzumaki Yuta gently patted his chest, constantly persuading himself in his mind. Letting out a long breath, Yuta gritted his teeth and said, "...Buy."
"Alright!" Kurama smiled triumphantly.
"Gurgle gurgle."
Crimson Chakra spread from the Sealing Technique. Yuta's six whisker marks on his cheeks, enveloped by Nine-Tails Chakra, deepened, now appearing like actual whiskers. Four canine teeth in his mouth became sharp and long, and his eyes transformed from azure to terrifying crimson beast eyes.
Kurama's Power — One-Tailed Mode.
Ox - Monkey - Rabbit - Rat - Boar - Rooster - Ox - Horse - Rooster - Rat - Tiger - Dog - Tiger - Snake - Ox - Ram... Yuta quickly performed the hand seals in order, but when he reached the seventeenth seal, the Snake seal did not form smoothly. Feeling the Chakra in his body return to normal flow, Yuta, without any expression, began the next set of hand seals.
Ox - Monkey - Rabbit - Rat - Boar - Rooster - Ox - Horse - Rooster - Rat - Tiger - Dog - Tiger - Snake - Ox - Ram - Snake - Boar - Ram - Rat - Water... This time, Yuta slightly slowed down his speed, increasing the number of hand seals compared to the last time, but he still made a mistake at the twenty-second seal.
Ox - Monkey - Rabbit - Rat... Ox - Monkey - Rabbit - Rat - Rooster - Water - Rat - Boar - Rooster.
This time, Yuta, who had reduced his hand seal speed by more than half, managed to complete all forty-four seals. However, because the hand seal process took too long, this Ninjutsu release also failed without any surprise.
Ox - Monkey - Rabbit - Rat - Boar... Ox - Monkey... After more than ten attempts, Yuta finally managed to quickly perform all forty-four seals. Feeling the Chakra inside him resonate with the lake water, Yuta's eyes lit up, and he shouted the name of the Ninjutsu: "Water Release: Water Dragon Jutsu!"
"Roar!"
The lake water rapidly converged into a water dragon that rose, and under Yuta's control, it slammed into a thick tree on the opposite side of the lake.
"Crack, crack, crack."
The sound of the tree breaking kept ringing out, accompanied by a thunderous crash, and a large tree, three people thick, snapped.
"Hoo... hoo... hoo..."
The Tailed Beast cloak receded. Yuta, with both hands on his knees, was panting heavily. If he hadn't borrowed Kurama's Chakra, Uzumaki Yuta would have had nearly half of his Chakra drained if he wanted to unleash a Water Dragon Jutsu of such immense power.
"I really don't understand why you want to learn these useless Ninjutsu. Since you're from the Uzumaki Clan, wouldn't it be better to just honestly use your Sealing Technique? Haven't you already mastered one of the Adamantine Sealing Chains?" Kurama couldn't help but say, looking at Yuta's disheveled appearance. Even Tailed Beasts would submit to the power of the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Technique. In Kurama's opinion, Yuta, neglecting Sealing Technique to learn Ninjutsu, was simply an idiot.
"I haven't fully inherited the Uzumaki Clan's bloodline; otherwise, my hair wouldn't be golden. Although I can use Adamantine Sealing Chains, it's much more strenuous than for a pure-blooded Uzumaki Clan member. I must master other powers," Yuta explained. There was no need to hide anything from Kurama. Even if Kurama knew that he couldn't use Sealing Technique with ease, Kurama still couldn't escape from the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style.
Speaking of this, Yuta also found it a bit strange. Uzumaki Kushina had sealed all of his Uzumaki Clan Sealing Technique learning methods, including Adamantine Sealing Chains, onto Yuta in a sealed form. As Yuta's Chakra volume increased, the Sealing Technique learning methods would naturally unseal. But why didn't Uzumaki Naruto have this Sealing Technique on him in the anime?
Could it be... forgotten?
Shaking his head, Yuta stopped thinking about this question, which had no answer, and began to practice the tedious hand seals. In future battles, even if Kurama was willing to help, enemies wouldn't give Yuta too much time for hand seals.
Yuta, who was practicing, didn't know that his training process was fully observed by several people. However, even if he did know, Yuta wouldn't care too much. Training near this Village would be impossible to escape the special Ninjutsu called the "Telescope Jutsu," and the user of this Jutsu was the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, renowned as the "Professor of Ninjutsu"!
Looking at the trees destroyed by the Water Dragon Jutsu, the three people in the Hokage's office remained silent.
Although the Water Dragon Jutsu was only a B-rank Ninjutsu, its difficulty of release could rival an A-rank Ninjutsu. But this wasn't enough to make Hiruzen Sarutobi fall silent, because Konoha Village had produced many geniuses even more outstanding than Yuta. What truly left Hiruzen Sarutobi speechless was the Tailed Beast cloak Yuta wore when he released the Water Dragon Jutsu.
It should be known that Yuta was only a twelve-year-old Ninja Academy student. During this time, no one had taught him how to control Tailed Beast Chakra, and it was the most volatile Nine-Tailed.
After a long silence, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked up and asked the silver-haired man standing before him, "Kakashi, what do you think?"
"Yuta's ability to control Nine-Tails Chakra is undoubtedly a good thing for the Village. Moreover, Yuta also possesses the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Technique, and his personality is not as troublesome as Naruto's. Compared to his younger brother, Naruto, the older brother, is the one who needs more attention," Kakashi Hatake's eyes, for once, lacked their usual laziness. Matters concerning the Nine-Tailed were no laughing matter.
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded and looked at the other Ninja: "Rikuto, what about you?"
"Hokage-sama, Yuta is originally a member of our clan, just like Lady Kushina once became the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and he can already simply use our clan's Sealing Technique. I am duty-bound to become his squad leader," a red-haired male Ninja beside Kakashi said.
Uzumaki Rikuto, an elite Jonin of the Uzumaki Clan, proficient in Sealing Technique, settled in Konoha five years ago.
"Hmm." Hiruzen Sarutobi closed the crystal ball and said to the two with a serious tone: "Since neither of you has any objections, then from now on, Kakashi will be responsible for Uzumaki Naruto's squad, and Rikuto will be responsible for Uzumaki Yuta's squad."
"Yes, Hokage-sama!"
Kakashi and Rikuto bowed their heads in response.