Gekko Mansion’s backyard.
Kanpū was sprawled out on the wooden promenade, snoring away. Not far off on the grassy lawn, a hundred Narutos were gripping water balloons, exerting every bit of effort to circulate their Chakra, attempting to make the water inside the balloons move randomly until they burst.
But after a long time, Naruto's face was flushed red, and the water balloons in his hands were still soft, showing no sign of bursting.
‘This is really difficult...’
Naruto stuck out his tongue, staring speechlessly at the water balloon.
“Naruto, I can help you...” At this moment, a long-lost voice suddenly appeared in Naruto's mind.
‘Smelly fox?’
Naruto looked suspicious: “Hmph, I don’t want it!”
“Really don't want it?”
Kyubi laughed temptingly, “Naruto, this is Rasengan! It is a powerful Ninjutsu that even I am afraid of! As long as you master this Ninjutsu, you can bulldoze through all enemies, obtained glorious prestige, and your names will shake the whole Shinobi World in the final selection matches of the Chunin Exams! Then Sakura! And all the others will look at you with admiration, and fall in love with you! Even so, you don't want my help?”
‘Yes, I want...’ Naruto couldn't help but swallow his saliva, but he held his ground, and said angrily: “If you wanted to help me, why didn't you help me in the Forest of Death?”
When Naruto first entered the Forest of Death, Naruto used shadow clones to fight fiercely against Lee, exhausting himself greatly. As a result, during crucial moment, this stinky fox actually withheld his Chakra, almost causing a disaster!
Naruto had always kept this grudge in his little notebook!
‘So stingy...’ Kyubi snorted and said: “Naruto, I have grudges against your parents and your teacher, so I won't help you for free! Now do you understand?”
“I don’t understand.” Naruto replied straightforwardly.
The corner of Kyubi’s mouth twitched, and he angrily said, “It means I can help you, but you need to pay a price!”
‘Say that earlier!’
Naruto chuckled and said: “Alright, I agree!”
“I haven’t even told you the price and you agree?” Kyubi was almost driven to tears!
For the past few years, he had been tricking Naruto like a child, but what happened?
Every time, Naruto took advantage of him for free!
Is it true that Kurama wouldn’t learn from his mistakes?
Naruto laughed heartily and said: “Kurama, no matter what you ask for, I'll agree. Now, hurry and help me train the Rasengan.”
Kyubi showed a playful smile and slowly said: “Naruto, I need to control my Chakra to help you.”
“What do you mean?” Naruto asked suspiciously.
Kyubi didn't answer directly, instead saying: “This is the price you need to pay. If you don't let me control my Chakra, I won't be able to help you.”
‘This way, I’ll see how you take advantage of me again!’
Kyubi is inexplicably excited.
“So...” Naruto pouted, thinking it over, feeling like Kyubi was trying to trick him.
He ran over to wake Kanpū, but found that he was sleeping so deeply on the wooden promenade that no amount of calling could wake him.
“Naruto, start training the Rasengan.” Kyubi’s voice came from inside his body.
Hearing this, Naruto frowned, ‘Was it really that simple?’
He tried to channel the Chakra into the water balloon in his hand, and then stared at the water balloon intently.
‘Nothing's happening?’
‘That smelly fox dare to trick me?’
Just as Naruto was about to call someone, he was startled to see two small, thin orange-red fox paws suddenly ‘grow' from the sides of his wrists, ‘caressing' the water balloon.
‘What is this?’
As Naruto was filled with doubt, the water balloon suddenly burst with a pop.
“Huh?”
Naruto was splashed by water, and it took a few seconds before he reacted.
‘I did it?!’
Naruto is overjoyed.
“See, I didn't lie to you, right?” Kyubi laughed triumphantly.
‘In this way, you finally learned Rasengan, and I, finally, can send Chakra with my own consciousness to your body.’
‘After the Chunin Exams, when you and that Tenzo leave the village on a mission, I can slowly erode your body until... I completely escape!’
‘I am really a genius!’
‘Hahahaha...’
Kyubi laughed wildly in his heart.
Naruto is also extremely excited. He grabbed water balloon after water balloon on the ground, bursting them all with enthusiasm!
“Naruto, you don't need the balloons anymore. With my help, you can directly use the Rasengan!” Kyubi said proudly.
“Really?” Naruto was overjoyed and quickly channeled Chakra into his palm.
Kyubi also created two small paws in time to help Naruto.
In no time, a small, rapidly rotating blue ball the size of a ping-pong ball appeared in Naruto's palm.
“It's exactly like the one Kanpū-sensei showed!”
Naruto was thrilled, “But it's a bit too small.”
‘You should know why it's small?’
Kyubi rolled his eyes secretly.
This Rasengan is entirely formed by Kyubi using his two small paws to mold the Chakra Naruto channeled into his palm. And Naruto, at most, only provided the transportation of the Chakra!
‘And you're calling it small?’
Kyubi was disdainful in its heart, but smiled and said: “With more practice, it will get bigger, hehe.”