Another day passed.
By the time the sun climbed over the peaks of Mount Myōboku, Naruto was already standing in the clearing, eyes closed, posture relaxed. There was no fountain nearby. No forced stimulation. No guidance.
He inhaled once. That was all.
Natural energy flowed into him instantly—smooth, controlled, perfectly balanced. The markings around his eyes appeared as if they had always belonged there, his presence sharpening, deepening.
Sage Mode.
Pa's eyes widened.
"…Already?" he muttered.
There was no hesitation. No stiffness. No creeping stone texture on Naruto's skin.
The balance between physical energy, spiritual energy, and natural energy was flawless—so seamless that Pa almost missed the transition.
What shocked him even more was what didn't happen.
Naruto's chakra remained calm.
Pa knew better than anyone about the beast sealed inside the boy—Kurama. A being of pure, violent chakra that should have disrupted this kind of delicate balance instantly. Yet not once did it interfere.
Not even for a heartbeat.
Naruto stood there effortlessly, Sage Mode fully active, breathing steady, focus unbroken.
Minutes passed. Then half an hour. Then an hour. Pa could only stare.
' This boy…It took Jiraiya nearly ten years just to understand balance, ' Pa thought.
' And even then, he needed Ma and me to gather natural energy for him because he was terrible at absorbing it himself.'
Naruto opened his eyes.
Without a word, he stepped forward and grabbed two massive frog-carved boulders resting at the edge of the clearing. Each one weighed several tons. He lifted them as if they were nothing more than oversized rocks, muscles barely flexing.
There was no visible strain. He carried them several meters, then casually dropped them.
Thud. Thud.
The ground trembled. Naruto raised one hand.
Chakra spiraled instantly, dense and violent, compressed to a terrifying degree. Wind nature followed, screaming as it wrapped itself around the spinning core.
Whiiirrr—
A massive Rasenshuriken formed in his palm, its blades shrieking as they sliced the air apart.
Pa's breath caught.
Naruto drew his arm back—and threw.
Shiiiing—
The jutsu tore through the air, carving a white line across the sky.
Boooom—
It cleaved straight through a distant mountain peak, the explosion following a split second later, pulverizing stone and sending shockwaves rolling across the range.
Dust and debris filled the horizon.
Naruto exhaled slowly, the Sage markings fading as naturally as they had appeared. He turned back toward Pa, a confident smirk on his face.
Pa was frozen.
His mouth was slightly open. His cane forgotten at his side.
Seeing that expression almost made Naruto laugh.
"So," Naruto said casually, "what's next?"
Pa shook his head, finally snapping out of it. "That… that was already eighty percent of your training."
Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"But now," Pa continued, his tone turning serious, "we move on to the final part. It's just as crucial. Maybe even more so."
Naruto's eyes sharpened. "I think I know what you're talking about. Jiraiya used it when he fought me."
Pa nodded slowly. "Yes. That technique."
He met Naruto's gaze squarely.
"I'll be teaching you Kwaza Kwamite."
Naruto's grin returned, sharper than before.
"Sounds good."
Pa sighed internally.
' This one… might take even longer than Sage Jutsu.'
...
Hours later.
Naruto stood in the middle of what used to be a quiet clearing.
The technique had come together far faster than even he expected. At first, it felt strange—projecting force without contact, letting natural energy extend beyond his body like an invisible limb. But once he understood the flow, once he stopped thinking of it as chakra and treated it as instinct…
It clicked.
Completely.
Kwaza Kwamite wasn't flashy. There were no hand seals. That was what made it terrifying. It was perfect for striking when the enemy least expected it.
Naruto rolled his shoulder once, flexing his fingers.
' Yeah… I'll definitely be using this against Obito' he thought with a grin.
Naruto turned toward a massive tree standing several meters ahead of him. Its trunk was thick, ancient—something that would normally take repeated jutsu to bring down.
He stepped forward and threw a punch.
His fist never touched the bark.
Instead, the natural energy surrounding his arm surged outward, compressed and violent, detonating the space between his knuckles and the tree.
BOOOOM—
The trunk exploded.
Wood splintered into countless fragments, the shockwave ripping through the surrounding area and flattening everything in its path. Leaves rained down like shredded paper as the remains of the tree collapsed into nothing but debris.
Naruto lowered his arm and smiled, satisfied.
'Yeah… I'm ready to go back,' he thought.
He turned and walked away calmly, leaving destruction behind him. The forest bore the marks of his training—craters, shattered stone, uprooted trees. He hadn't held back once.
Pa had told him not to.
When Naruto returned to the village area of Mount Myōboku, Pa was already waiting for him, leaning on his cane.
"Well," Pa said, eyeing the distant devastation, "looks like you're ready to go, boy."
Naruto nodded. "Yeah. I'm sure my village needs me by now."
Pa smiled. "Good thing we left a frog behind then."
Ma appeared moments later, carefully holding a small lunch box. She gently placed it into Naruto's hands.
"Here you go, son," she said warmly. "Food for the road."
Naruto looked inside.
' Bugs.…Again.'
Still, he smiled and bowed slightly. "Thank you, Ma. Really."
Gamakichi walked up next, carrying his own bag slung over one shoulder. "You didn't even get to meet Gamatatsu," he said with a shrug.
"I'll come visit when I get the time," Naruto replied with a grin. He looked back at all of them. "Thanks… for taking care of me these past few days."
Pa snorted. "You mean two days. I swear, you've broken every record we've ever had."
Naruto laughed. "Guess I work fast."
Pa stepped forward, readying the summoning technique to send him back.
"Alright, kid. See you around," Pa said. "And remember what the Great Toad Sage told you."
Naruto nodded seriously. "Don't worry. I won't forget."
POOF
A cloud of smoke erupted—and Naruto was gone.
Mount Myōboku fell quiet once more.
Pa stared at the empty spot for a long moment, then chuckled softly.
"…That boy's going to shake the world, then again that is the prophecy"
TO BE CONTINUED