Naruto's Ninja Way

After Naruto started school, Houka correspondingly reduced his Taijutsu training while adding lessons in Chakra extraction and control.

At first, Naruto studied quite seriously, but after only a couple of days, he no longer wanted to learn.

Just as Houka had predicted, the brats Naruto had beaten up at school formed a powerful Avengers Alliance, determined to overthrow the great mountain that was Naruto, rise up from oppression, and sing their way back home.

However, fighting was forbidden at school. If they were caught, both sides would be punished.

To that end, the brats in the Avengers Alliance split into thirty teams and took turns teaching Naruto a lesson. That way, even if they were caught and punished, each brat in the alliance would only be punished once a month, while Naruto was punished almost every day.

The teachers' punishments were not particularly harsh, at most embarrassing. Naruto did not care about that at all. What he cared about was that those brats had strength in numbers. Alone and outnumbered, he simply could not beat them.

So he did not want to learn Chakra extraction and control. He wanted to learn Taijutsu!

Taijutsu training was the fastest way to improve combat power, while Chakra extraction and control required steady, gradual effort. They were more about laying a solid foundation and did little to improve one's immediate fighting ability. On top of that, Naruto had a troublesome Nine-Tails inside him, so it was no wonder he did not want to learn.

That day, Naruto came home bruised and battered again. He ran into the kitchen, grabbed a chicken drumstick, and began wolfing it down, looking thoroughly indignant.

Houka walked over with a smile. "Got beaten up again?"

"Damn it, Uncle, I don't want to learn Chakra extraction! I want to train