Late afternoon, academy was over and Naruto standing outside to waiting for Daikoku sensei to come and use Card to replicate his Chakra Level.
Instructors goes to their respective residence little late after students. So Naruto comes little after when almost all the students were gone.
There are other Chunin instructors as well at academy, but Naruto only knew that Daikoku has 'Average Chunin' Level Chakra as he has use his cards on his last time.
He didn't know about the Chakra Level of other Instructors. If he copy someone else and they come out to be 'Lower Chunin', it would be waste of his used cards.
"Hey, Naruto! What are you doing here!" While Naruto was waiting outside, a voice come from his side.
This voice belongs to Kiba, who was surprised by seeing Naruto outside academy gates and was accompanied by his elder sister Hana.
Naruto was equally surprised, "Weren't you suppose to go home, what are you doing here?!" He asked before nodding in greeting to Hana and Kiba.
"Hey, I ask the question first, so you should answer before asking anything!" Kiba said.
"I... I was just about to go home, nothing much special, what about you?" Naruto replied.
"We are waiting for Shino, he is coming with his father who is running little late" Kiba said, "Actually all staff at academy is busy after you become Genin with early graduation."
"Because of me becoming Genin?!" Naruto asked, genuinely surprise and curious.
"If a first year trainee were to become Genin this easily, it is bound to hurt the ego of senior students." Hana answered with calm tone.
"Oh! So that's the reason, there ego hurts, huh!" Naruto nodded understanding.
Hana scrutinize Naruto a little before saying, "From the time I was in academy, I hear and knows many becoming Genin early but I only heard of one person who passed early graduation at his first year like you."
Naruto stared at Hana and think about who it can be, after some thoughts he guessed who that person can be but still ask with curious look, "Who is that nee-san!"
Kiba standing aside also surprised and curious after listening his sister and ask, "Onee-san, is there really only two ninjas, including Naruto who become a Genin at first year!"
Hana nodded and answer, "Well, I can't be sure if there aren't any, but from our clan's senior ninjas I heard, that one student of Yondaime-sama, similar to Naruto applied early graduation in few months of first year and pass to become a Genin. His name is Kakashi Hatake."
"WOW!"
"WOOF!"
Kiba was astonished, same is the case with Akamaru sitting over his head. But Naruto wasn't much surprised, he has guessed it might be Kakashi.
"So, Shino's father is busy with other Instructors, at sorting out all the applications for early graduation by students and he is waiting for his father." Hana said.
"Oh and we have planned to spar after today, so I am waiting for Shino." Kiba said after getting out of shock.
Naruto nodded and shifted his gaze towards Hana inuzuka and thought of using one Chunin Level card on her.
'She's a Chunin as well, let's check her chakra reserves.' He thought,'System use one card on her.'
[Target Level : Average Chunin]
[Replicating Chakra Level.... Completed]
'Uh-huh, so she also has Average Chunin Level Chakra, then I don't to wait for Daikoku, System use remaining 3 cards on her.'
He feels his Chakra is surpassing his past limits. After using cards, he look at his system interface to see what level of chakra he has now.
( Host : Naruto Uzumaki )
( Chakra Capacity : Average Jonin )
( XP : 1,550 )
( Chakra Battery : Tail Beast Level [Yang Half Kurama] )
'Huh! Average Jonin only not Elite Jonin.' Naruto grumbled internally,'I feels that my chakra increase leaps and bounds but it's only at Average Jonin level. Then how much I need for reaching Lower Level of Kage Chakra reserves.'
"Oi Naruto, why are you spacing out suddenly." Kiba waves his hand infront of Naruto's face. "What are thinking while looking at my sister. You're not thinking anything strange right!"
"Cough... Cough..." Naruto coughed lightly and said,"I wasn't thinking anything strange, okay."
He looked towards Hana, "Nee-san, I really wasn't thinking about you, don't take Kiba's words seriously."
Hana simply waves her hand. She didn't bother about such things, especially if one is only eight years old kid and her little brother's friend.
Just as Naruto was leaving, he froze, a thought seemingly striking him, and he questioned, "By the way, Kiba, how many of our class apply for early graduation."
"From our class? None." Kiba replied quickly. "Though there are few applications from first year but not from our class."
"That's surprising, I thought atleast Sasuke would have applied." Naruto remark. "Um, is there any Hyuga clan's student apply as well, one year senior."
"I don't know everyone who applied, shino probably know though his father." Kiba answered.
"Okay" Naruto nodded and said, "Alright, I am going, bye-bye."
"Hey wait, now you are here, why don't you meet shino?"
"It's not that didn't able to meet you four and currently I am learning a new Jutsu, so I have to home and practice!" Naruto said before waving his hand in goodbye gesture.
"Learning new Jutsu?!" Kiba grumbled, and look towards his sister, "Shall I also apply for early graduation?"
"NO!" Hana denied him immediately. "If you really want to than ask Mother."
"Hm, I should stay in academy and hone my skills here!" He stated with sudden determination—Having been directed by his sister to consult their mother—a prospect he clearly wished to avoid.
——
After he was back at his apartment, he quickly take out Fuinjutsu scroll. After last 2 months of learning, he finally decided to work on either Explosion seals or Storage seals.
He can only apply a scroll for one month from archive, and he has to again reapply Tommorow. So, he was more impatient to start working on advanced seals.
"But which one should I work on first first, Explosive tags or Storage seals." Naruto contemplate.
After contemplating for few minutes he decided, "Storage seals is right choose, and I can even ditch the explosive seals. They are useless anyways."
It's true, since in whole shinobi world, every ninja able to dodge or escape them and there is only one person who was dead because of Explosive seals.
"Tsunade's little brother, Nawaki. Poor soul, he was the only one who dead because of Explosive tags." Naruto shook his head pityingly.
'Well, there might be some others as well but from anime, I can only remember Nawaki, that was a remarkably idiotic thing to do, and unbelievably, it led to his demise.'
Naruto shake off his thoughts and start working on practicing for Storage seals. He meticulously practiced the foundational seals for last two months, his Uzumaki lineage granting him an almost innate understanding of their flow and structure.
He decided to practice of making Storage seals within one week that Hiruzen ask for to providing him a Team.
——
One sun-drenched afternoon, a soft pop echoed in his apartment. Before him lay a perfectly formed storage seal, the intricate lines radiating a faint, contained energy.
A slow smile spread across Naruto's face, a genuine smile of accomplishment that reached his usually mischievous eyes. He carefully placed a kunai onto the seal, and with a subtle pulse of chakra, it vanished.
This time, when he reached for the paper, the kunai reappeared smoothly in his hand, no violent ejection, no throbbing forehead.
'YES!' he thought, a surge of triumph bubbling within him.
"FINALLY!" He shouted in excitement.
Emboldened by this success, a more ambitious idea began to form in his mind. He glanced down at the four-symbol seal etched onto his stomach, the seal that had been a constant presence since his birth.
Kurama remained silent for a moment, and with flash a sheepish smile before asking,"Brat! What are thinking of doing to this seal. Have you finally decided to remove it!"
"Nah! Something even more useful for me!" He said. "This seal can only made for sealing Bijuus but not any other stuff can be stored in it."
'If I can make a storage seal… and I have this seal already on me… could I able to…?' The thought sparked with a wild, almost reckless creativity. He carefully created another, slightly larger storage seal on a fresh piece of parchment.
Then, with painstaking focus, he began to manipulate his chakra, attempting to draw a connection between the newly created seal and the one on his abdomen.
It was a delicate process, like threading a needle with his very life force. Sweat beaded on his brow as he meticulously guided his chakra, feeling the strange resonance between the two sets of symbols. The air around him shimmered subtly.
Finally, with a soft intake of breath, a connection was made. He could feel it, a subtle extension of his awareness, a new pocket of space tethered to his very being. He cautiously channeled chakra into the stomach seal, focusing on the newly linked storage seal on the paper. The kunai in his hand vanished, not just onto the paper, but into that connected space.
With a thought, he willed the kunai back. It reappeared in his palm, cool and familiar. His eyes widened in astonishment. It wasn't just a storage seal on a piece of paper anymore. It was… internal. A personal infinite inventory, accessible with a thought, linked to his Four-symbol Seal.
A wide, unrestrained grin now stretched across Naruto's face. "I did it!" he exclaimed to the empty room, the implications of his accidental invention dawning on him.
"My personal INVENTORY!"
No more bulky scrolls or cumbersome pouches. He had created his own, unique storage space, a secret advantage woven into the very fabric of his being.
Even kurama was shocked at how a kunai come and go from there. "How did you do that?!" He was baffled.
Naruto than lay on his bed, like completely exhausted after full day of hard work. He thought,"Tommorow, Hiruzen will give me a Team and then Mission outside of village and then freedom."
——
Next Day, at Hokage office.
Naruto stood in front of Hiruzen, beaming smile with excitement of knowing that he will be able to get out this village very soon.
"You are excited, huh!" Hiruzen said with a gentle smile.
"Of course, now show me what kind of Team I will have my only Mission." Naruto reply, widening his smile.
Hiruzen raised his eyebrow, upon hearing only mission, but didn't much think about it. He get up from his chair and point Naruto to follow him.
They then went to Training ground 4, where already three ninjas were present. One teenage genin kunoichi and other is Genin shinobi. With their Jonin sensei in front of them.
"So, they my new team!" Naruto mumbled.