Several days later after Sasuke tried punching a wooden dummy until it broke
Naruto unbelievably got the motivation until he could perform the Hand Signs sequentially from Rat to Boar 12 signs in just 12 seconds !
And in the minor Hand Sign test during class Naruto improved greatly!!
Any jutsu that requires less than 10 Hand Signs he could perform within 10 seconds which is considered a Genin standard (even now no any student haven't chakra enough to perform jutsu that use MANY hand sign but they still need to practice)
Besides Naruto who improved until Teacher Iruka was surprised Choji and Shikamaru also improved themselves more in Hand Signs.
And no need to mention Sasuke, their teacher who performed terrifyingly in his extreme genius
"But Naruto still uses jutsu poorly as before"
"Hahaha can't clone and transformation is bad Hehe"
"Tch. . . " Naruto gritted his teeth while listening to the taunts from his classmates.
Normally Sasuke would just ignore it but now he changed his attitude and interrupted everyone's laughter saying
"For someone like Naruto who doesn't have a family to teach him various subjects at home being able to do this much at 7 years old is considered excellent"
That single sentence spoken in a calm voice drowned out all the laughter in the room and also brought a cold atmosphere to cover it until Teacher Iruka who normally tried to gently stop the laughter of others was quite shocked
"Sasuke has really changed a lot since that day" Teacher Iruka said softly before mediating and letting the children go home.
Many children played happily and relaxed at the playground while waiting for their parents to pick them up
but for Naruto and Sasuke who had no family left they raced towards the training ground which had no playground equipment for children...
only Shuriken throwing targets wooden dummies for Taijutsu practice and boards with illustrations for Hand Sign practice boards with instructions for Chakra Control
and boards teaching the important subjects for Ninja Academy students like Clone Jutsu and Transformation Jutsu
"Tch. I really hate it when I'm looked down on for something I've tried hard to do but I don't know why I can't do it. Clone Jutsu and Transformation Jutsu don't seem any harder than Hand Signs but why is the Chakra that I release so poor at manifesting the jutsu"
Naruto complained irritably while starting his daily practice according to the schedule Sasuke gave him which starts simply with standing and throwing 100 practice Kunai that were resized to be 2/3 the weight of a real Kunai hitting the target with a score of not less than 800/1000. If less he had to practice throwing another 100. Sasuke also trained and finished quickly before Naruto and went to practice Shuriken throwing the same way with an addition of 200
"Your Chakra has a problem related to your stomach which has the Nine-Tails seal" Sasuke said softly while practicing throwing Kunai while running 100 times
He still scored less than 800 points or when running and throwing the inner circle hits scored less than 8 but he was determined to train to score more than 8 points for every Kunai thrown within this month
"Nine-Tails. . . The Nine-Tailed Fox is inside me?" Naruto stopped throwing Kunai and turned to ask Sasuke seriously "How do you know?"
"I just know. Right now you just need to understand that your Chakra problem is the seal disrupting Chakra Control. It can't be fixed yet so let go of the Chakra Control issue for now. Focus on practicing Shuriken throwing Hand Signs and Taijutsu first"
Naruto nodded understandingly and followed the words of Sasuke a person whose genius he used to resent until the Uchiha clan collapsed.
Naruto probably thought he wouldn't have a chance to talk to Sasuke who must have been devastated by the loss but he was wrong because Sasuke overcame the pain and came to pull him up who had no friends dare to approach because of the adults' words that he was the Nine-Tails demon fox disguise don't go near him which caused him to lack friends and also had no family to stimulate push and teach him various subjects
But now Sasuke is both his first friend who invited him to play no wait to train together after school teaching him various techniques until becoming a teacher and also a family member who worries about him who thinks up training schedules for him at home who invites him to eat together on weekends whether at a ramen shop or at Sasuke's residence which is much more luxurious than his room but Naruto knows that under the luxury of having to live alone it is also quite lonely
For this very reason Naruto now listens to Sasuke very much both as his first friend his personal special trainer and deep in his heart
Naruto thinks of Sasuke as being like an older brother who despite the great pain of loss has the courage and is ready to change himself with a strong will which is to restore the clan and establish the Konoha Police Force anew to protect Konoha just as the Uchiha clan did since before the village was founded.
But Naruto probably doesn't know how much tears and how much time in Mirai's personal dimension Sasuke had to spend before he could become the person he respects and admires