Naruto: The new beginning

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"So, are we going to train here next?" Naruto quickly shifts the conversation.

Minato smiles and replies, "That's right. This place is secluded enough, and I've reinforced the barrier. As long as you don't blow up the mountain with a Tailed Beast Bomb, we're good."

Kushina, full of energy, chimes in, "Then let's get started!"

"Wait." Minato suddenly raises a hand, his expression serious. "Before that, I have something really important to say."

"What is it?" Naruto and Kushina both look puzzled.

"I just thought of a cool name for—"

"Mom, let's just start training," Naruto interrupts his father without hesitation.

"Alright!" Kushina agrees with a smile. After all, even if Minato reveals his 'cool' name, only he will remember it.

"Huh?" Minato's face falls, his enthusiasm deflating as he watches Naruto & Kushina have already begun the training; his expression turns somewhat goofy. 

Scratching his head, he mumbles, "Well... whatever. I've got other things to do." He turns to leave.

Meanwhile, Kushina switches into full teaching mode, speaking seriously to Naruto:

"Even though you've probably figured out some of it already, I still want to explain in detail how to use the nine-tails chakra."

"First, you can draw a portion of its chakra through the seal. This filtered chakra can be used directly, and it doesn't change your appearance much—like this."

Naruto watches as Kushina's chakra spikes, though her appearance remains the same.

Inside Kushina's mindscape, the Nine-Tails, Kurama, lets out a growl, clearly annoyed. "Hey, you! At least warn me before you use my chakra!"

Kushina blinks, suddenly remembering. "Oh, right! Kurama, I'm borrowing your chakra."

"Say that *before* you use it!" Kurama snaps, his sharp teeth gnashing in frustration.

Ignoring the grumbling fox, Kushina continues her explanation to Naruto: "The next step is drawing more chakra, which will form a chakra cloak around your body. It'll look like bubbling energy, with a fox-like shape. As it progresses, you'll see changes like longer nails and sharper canines."

"Big fox!" Kushina calls out.

Kurama's eyes narrow. "Big fox? Since when do you call me that?"

"I'm used to Naruto calling you that. Just go with it," Kushina says as she opens the seal's gate.

Kurama grumbles but doesn't budge from his comfortable spot in her mind. "Whatever."

Naruto watches in awe as a bubbling cloak of chakra envelops Kushina, and a chakra tail sways behind her. She slams her fist into the ground, leaving a crater in the rock.

"Whoa, super strength?" Naruto asks, recognizing the technique.

"No," Kushina corrects. "It's just raw physical power. In this form, your strength and speed increase dramatically, you also have an advanced healing ability."

Naruto nods, remembering how he healed from near-fatal injuries, like being pierced by Sasuke's Chidori, without leaving a scar.

Kushina continues, "If you keep pushing, you can increase the number of tails, up to three. But beyond that, when you reach the fourth tail, something changes."

"Changes?" Naruto latches onto the word.

"Well... I've never gone that far," Kushina admits sheepishly. "The pain when I reached the fourth tail was unbearable, so I stopped and went straight to mastering the perfect form."

Kurama snorts inside the mindscape. "That wasn't the perfect form."

"It wasn't?"

"Of course not. You were forcefully taking my chakra. As you used my chakra, I was draining yours in return. If you used too much, you would've run out of chakra and died. Without my cooperation, it wasn't a true perfect form."

Kushina frowns. "What? You were holding back on me?"

"You never asked me back then! You just threw chains at me and tried to take my chakra by force," Kurama says, clearly still irritated.

"I didn't know you had feelings other than hatred back then," Kushina says, her voice softening.

Kurama grins, sensing victory. "And you acted all high and mighty, saying, 'Kurama, I'll restrain you like no one else in the world.' You thought you were the saviour of the world."

"Ah! Stop, stop! Don't remind me of that embarrassing stuff!" Kushina groans, turning red. "That was so cringe, worse than anything Minato has done!"

Kurama chuckles, relishing her discomfort. "It's funny seeing you like this."

Clearing her throat, Kushina regains her composure. "Kurama, for all the times I mistreated you, I sincerely apologize. Will you help me train Naruto?"

Kurama looks at her, sighing. "You're making it hard for me to stay mad."

He raises a giant paw, gesturing for a fist bump. "Let's put the past behind us. But don't think this means I'm going easy on you."

Kushina smiles and bumps her fist against his. "Deal."

In that instant, a bond forms between them, and a brilliant chakra cloak, golden with hints of black, surrounds Kushina's body.

Naruto stares in awe. "She looks even cooler than the female superheroes!"

Kushina inspects her chakra-clad form and stretches out several large chakra arms. "This form enhances everything—speed, strength, and even lets you use the Tailed Beast Bomb."

She demonstrates this by creating a small, dense black orb of chakra, about the size of a baby's fist. "This is the smallest form of the Tailed Beast Bomb. It's harder to master than the Rasengan."

Naruto feels the immense power radiating from the tiny orb. "That thing could level a mountain! This is insane."

"Any questions?" Kushina asks with a smirk, clearly enjoying her demonstration.

Naruto gulps, regretting he had asked in the first place.

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