Three days, for the last 3 days, Naruto has been focused on understanding the creations of Storage seals and explosive seals.
"I finally understood!" Naruto said with blank expressions.
After continuous failure for last 3 days, he comes to apprehend that he needs to learn basics first, otherwise nothing would work.
"I thought being an Uzumaki, I don't need for through those basic stuffs" He grumbled.
Upon returning to his apartment, he has started creating Explosive tags. Trying to replicating the design from scroll, he got few exploded on him. He then make shadow clone to work on them but result remains same.
BOOM!
Everytime tags exploded, with his continues failure and mocking laughs of Kurama, he give up and moves to creating Storage Seals.
He carefully drew the symbol, this time taking an agonizingly long time to try and get the lines even remotely correct. He then gingerly placed one of his kunai onto the paper and cautiously channeled chakra into the seal.
The kunai shimmered for a moment, then vanished. Naruto grinned, a slightly manic expression. 'Yes! It worked!'
He reached for the paper, eager to retrieve his weapon. As his fingers brushed the surface, the kunai reappeared with alarming velocity, bouncing off his forehead with a dull thwack before clattering onto the floor again.
"Ow, what the fu—?!" he exclaimed, rubbing his throbbing forehead.
'Maybe,' he conceded internally, a rare admission of his own impatience, 'just maybe, I should actually learn the damn basics first. Like, the really boring stuff about lines and circles and not setting myself on fire.'
After his continuous successful failures for last three days, he finally understand his mistake and decided to start from beginning.
However, Root and Anbu ninjas didn't let him save his face and give report of successful failures in details to Danzo and Hiruzen respectively.
——
"ALRIGHT, no more explosions before understanding the basics," He declared with a newfound resolve.
A newfound focus settled over Naruto as he returned to the beginning of the Fuinjutsu scroll, the pages now holding a different kind of intrigue.
He meticulously traced the basics of Fuinjutsu, he got a headache looking on those boring manual instructions.
But this time, the frustration was replaced by a burgeoning curiosity. He focused, truly focused, on the explanations of chakra flow, the purpose behind each delicate stroke, the very essence of what constituted a seal.
And then, something clicked.
It wasn't a dramatic revelation accompanied by a choir of heavenly angels, but a quiet, almost intuitive understanding. The lines and curves of the seals started to make a strange kind of sense, resonating with something deep within him.
'Huh,' he mused, a note of genuine surprise coloring his thoughts. He traced a particularly complex-looking character with his finger, the flow of chakra within it almost palpable in his mind's eye. 'It felt… natural.' Familiar, in a way he couldn't quite articulate.
He picked up his brush again, the cheap bristles suddenly feeling less like a clumsy extension of his hand and more like a tool imbued with potential.
He carefully replicated the basic seal for chakra conduction, the lines flowing with a newfound steadiness and precision.
As he infused a tiny amount of chakra, the paper shimmered subtly, a faint, almost imperceptible hum resonating from it.
'Whoa,' he thought, a genuine sense of wonder replacing his earlier frustration. He tried another basic seal, this one for "temporary adhesion." Again, the lines came easily, the chakra flowing smoothly.
He touched a piece of scrap wood with the sealed paper, and it adhered with a surprising stickiness. He pulled, and it held firm for a good few seconds before releasing.
A slow grin spread across his face, chasing away the soot and the lingering embarrassment. It wasn't the flashy power of explosions or instant inventory, but it was something.
It was a connection, a nascent understanding of an art that had seemed utterly baffling just moments ago.
"Uzumaki bloodline limit, huh?" He mused, a flicker of something akin to pride warming his chest. It felt like unlocking a hidden part of himself, a latent ability finally stirring to life.
He spent the rest of the afternoon meticulously practicing the basic seals, the initial frustration replaced by a quiet absorption. Each successful replication, each subtle effect he managed to create, fueled his newfound enthusiasm.
"The explosive tags and storage seals can wait." He thought.
He had a foundation to build now, a fundamental understanding that had been lying dormant within him.
And for the first time since he'd picked up that scroll, Naruto felt a genuine sense of progress, a quiet confidence blooming in the space where only frustrated impatience had resided before.
The path to not blowing himself up, and maybe even having a decent inventory, suddenly seemed a whole lot clearer.
——
Then days pass, he started to improve at Fuinjutsu at high speed, which wasn't much shocking considering his Uzumaki bloodline limit.
After becoming Genin, he obviously don't go to Academy but still able to meet with Shikamaru and others few times.
Two months has passed.
In this time, he also done few D-rank missions but still hiruzen didn't provide him any team.
"That damn old shit" He annoyed, "Did he want me to do D-rank missions until Sasuke and Sakura become Genin in few years?"
"Then let everything goes as it was supposed to!"
"No... No, definitely Not!" He scowls in annoyance.
Kurama no longer question or point him out for his any outbursts about his strange knowledge and just observe him silently.
He is waiting for Naruto to tell him about whole thing personally, whenever Naruto feels he can trust him completely.
Naruto decided to pay visit to Hiruzen and ask either for a team or let him do solo C-rank missions.
"My escape is depend on any C-rank mission, once I go out of this village," He thought, "I will just run away from here, if I do missions solo, then it's better."
——
"Calm down Naruto," Hiruzen said with wry smile. As he saw Naruto standing in front of with blank expressions.
"Just how long will it take for you to give me a team," Naruto grumbled, "If there's not any team for me then I will start doing C-rank missions solo."
Hiruzen frowned. He didn't expected Naruto to be this impatient to do high level missions.
'Even in meeting, we couldn't make any decisions regarding Naruto's situation, whenever is topic about Naruto, Danzo repeat same thing. So, till now, there no effective solution for him!" Hiruzen thought.
There's actually no one in village who can watch over Naruto as his Jonin sensei.
It's not that there's no strong Jonin in the village, but all of them either have teams or are in Anbu like Kakashi.
There is also a newly promoted Jonin, Might Guy. But hiruzen don't consider him because of his good but unique personality. He didn't deemed him to be fit for the position of Naruto's Jonin sensei.
'Look like I need to make some arrangements.' He sighed, and looked towards pouting Naruto.
"Just wait for one more week, I will try to find you a suitable Team." He assured Naruto.
Naruto stared back at him, 'If i really get a team then I can't just run away, I need to sneak away while leaving shadow clone.' he thought.
'With my current and Kurama's enormous Chakra, as long as my Clone didn't do any all out fighting, it can stay active for a very long time.'
"ALRIGHT, Grandpa Hokage!" Naruto's eyes sparkled and thought. 'With that I didn't even need to worry about running away and have village coming after me.'
'With transformation jutsu, not a single fucking person will know, where I really am.'
With that said he take his leave and moved towards the direction of Ichiraku Ramen shop.
( Host : Naruto Uzumaki )
( Chakra Capacity : Special Jonin )
( XP : 25,550 )
( Chakra Battery : Tail Beast Level [Yang Half Kurama] )
"Still special jonin, tch." Naruto scowls a little.
"By the way, how much XP does it cost for Jonin Level Card"
Purchasable Cards:
(Genin Level Card - 800 XP)
(Chunin Level Card : 6,000 XP)
(Jonin Level Card : 80,000 XP)
(Kage Level Card : 250,000 XP)
(Tail Beasts Level Card : 1,000,000 XP)
"Hhhh...phew!"
Naruto take a deep breath and thought, 'I need to get out of this village and start visiting new places and face various kind of enemies.'
"For now, I purchase 4 Chunin Level cards, I need visit Daikoku sensei today, after Academy overs."
"Hm."
He nodded approvingly, having finalized his foolproof plan during his walk, he arrived at Teuchi Otsutsuki's Ramen shop.
"Heya! old man ramen, two miso ramen with extra pork and tori!" Naruto place his order excitingly.
"Hai.. hai.. Naruto, coming right away!" Reply Teuchi with a gentle smile.