Prodigy.

Early Next Morning Naruto lay on his bed as just stared up at the ceiling spread all over his futon with the image of the man he killed still on his mind. Every time he tried to fall asleep he would see that man standing in front of him.

'I wonder if this happens to others who kill for the first time.' He thought as he looked out the window to see it was still dark outside though the morning sun was slowly pushing its way through.

He looked over to see Itachi was asleep having spoken with Mikoto for a few hours about it the night before and he looked a lot better than he did. Mikoto did the same for Naruto, however even with her words; it would not leave his mind.

Realizing he would not be getting anymore sleep for the time being, he got out of his futon and put his clothes on. He carried Shusui in his right hand and made his way out of his room, which Mifune had kindly given them during their stay in Iron Country and not get caught in the blizzard during the night. Making his way through the hallways as well as looking at some painting and decorative samurai armors that were presented on display, Naruto eventually stopped at one of the indoor training room that they were told they could use.

Since the environment of Iron Country was not the best to train in, the samurai had multiple giant rooms made for the sole purpose of training. In the room Naruto went in there were training dummies made of both wood and stone, a large circle about ten meters wide for small time spars to take part in as well as racks for weapons of various kinds.

He went over towards one of the wooden training dummies and unsheathed Shusui and began to train with his sword. The blade didn't feel very heavy to Naruto anymore since he had carried it around for nearly six months and had both grown accustomed to it as well as got physically stronger. For about thirty minutes Naruto danced around the wooden dummy slashing and stabbing at the straw dummy though since he had no specific sword style, he was just sort of going with the strikes.

From behind him a pair of eyes rested on him as they watched him attack the straw dummy.

Where Naruto was, he could feel someone watching him but did not let on that he knew. They did not feel like a threat but more like they were curious. As if they wanted to see what he would do next.

A few moments later the figure that was watching Naruto dashed forward at great speed with a katana in their hand and swung towards Naruto.

Naruto feeling them suddenly appear behind him, turned around as quick as he could and block the strike with Shusui. Turning around he was surprised to see Mifune standing there in front of him examining both Naruto and Naruto's sword. "Lord Mifune…" Naruto said in surprise as he quickly sheathed his sword and gave the general of Iron country a bow. "My apologies for engaging you." Naruto said but quickly saw that Mifune was waving it off.

"I engaged you young Namikaze. It is I who should apologize. I wanted to see how well you acted with a blade since I saw you carrying it the other day. I must admit your reaction time with it is quite impressive."

"T-Thank you Lord Mifune." Naruto said a little taken back that one of the best sword users in the world was complimenting him.

"Though by your foot work and the way you hold the blade, you do not have a style for it?" He asked as Naruto shook his head.

"Does your mother Kushina Uzumaki not teach you? She is an expert in Kenjutsu last I checked." Since he found it odd that a boy with a mother as well versed with a blade as Kushina was, did not have a sword style already.

Mifune watched as Naruto shifted a little as well as saw this small look of bitterness cross his face. "My mother is a busy woman. She does not have the time to teach me and continue her other duties in the village." He said looking away.

"I see." Mifune said before his face softened a bit.

"May I?" he asked wanting to take a look at Shusui.

Naruto was a little hesitant since his sword was becoming one of the most precious items he had, but allowed it.

Mifune took it and immediately noticed that it was heavier than other blades. He also noticed how different looking it was since the metal was black with a red wave like pattern going down the middle of the blade ending at the tip, but admired it's unique beauty. "This is a strong blade. A blade meant for a lot of power and physical strength. To be able to hold a blade that is as heavy as it is at your age is impressive. Though you would need a style to fit this." He said as Naruto nodded.

"Come." Mifune said as he gave Naruto Shusui back and headed towards one of the sparring circles.

They stood in the circle and Mifune drew his blade out of its sheathe as Naruto did the same. "Come at me with the intent to kill Naruto-san. Otherwise don't attack at all."

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