The next morning Haruto arrived on time for the training wearing a loose fitting black kimono. Where he saw Naruko, Menma and Minato were already present.
"Good now that we're all here we can begin since Lord le Fey has never seen a shinobi fight before. Why don't you two give a demonstration by sparring, this way he has an idea of how they fight," Minato said.
Naruko and Menma took up positions across from each other in the back garden, with both of them looking determined to win.
"Begin," Minato stated with a downward swing of his left arm.
Naruko and Menma both charged at each other with Naruko aiming a kick for Menma's head but she blocked it with her arm. Menma then followed up with a punch to Naruko's chest that sent her flying back a few feet. Naruko grit her teeth but still went through some hand signs.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu," Naruko said, shooting a fireball at Menma.
Menma jumped to the side dodging the Jutsu and threw several shurikens at Naruko who blocked all of them with a kunai. The two of them then engaged each other in taijutsu. Menma managed to gain the advantage in the fight and kicked Naruko under the chin, sending her a few feet into the air.
Menma then spun around, and kicked Naruko in the stomach, sending her flying backwards and into the ground. Menma then appeared on top of Naruko and held a kunai to her throat. Menma looked pleased with the outcome while Naruko looked angry.
"Menma is the winner," Minato stated happily.
So that's what chakra can do, how interesting, Haruto thought, fascinated. Menma got off Naruko and walked over to Haruto with an arrogant swagger in her steps.
"How was that then?" Menma asked arrogantly.
"Most remarkable, I have never seen anything like that before," Haruto said, impressed. Menma puffed out her chest hearing this.
"You were excellent Naruko, that was the first time I saw a Jutsu in use and you didn't disappoint," Haruto said to the approaching Naruko who smiled hearing his compliment. Minato frowned, seeing that Haruto was closer to Naruko than Menma.
"Lord le Fey, I'm now going to explain chakra to you," Minato said, getting Haruto's attention.
Minato explained, unlike wizards who draw directly from their magical core, shinobi draw from their chakra coils instead. This gives them the advantage of their chakra coils expanding, increasing the amount of chakra in their bodies, and the speed in which it is produced. The chakra coils are what allow shinobi to perform physical feats a wizard could never hope to accomplish. As the chakra coils reinforce the human body so they don't break under the strain shinobi put their bodies through.
Following the explanation of chakra, Minato had Haruto start with the Leaf concentration technique as the first step of his training. Haruto had to place a leaf on his forehead and then direct his chakra to the leaf to keep it in position. It didn't take long for Haruto to master the technique. By the time Minato checked on him, he had five leaves stuck on his forehead.
Minato was shocked Haruto had mastered the Leaf concentration technique so fast. He then decided to teach him the tree walking technique presuming that it would take Haruto the rest of the day to learn at the least. Minato was completely mistaken as it only took Haruto a few hours to fully master the tree walking technique.
Seeing that Haruto had learned all the basic chakra control techniques, and there wasn't any water nearby for him to learn the water walking technique. Minato decided to then teach Haruto some basic taijutsu forms that only took him a few hours to learn. By the end of the day, Minato declared that Haruto was a prodigy due to how fast he had learnt everything.
Naruko congratulated Haruto on doing so well for his first day, whereas Menma was upset that someone was stealing the spotlight from her. Noticing Naruko and Haruto happily chatting away together while Menma wasn't included in their conversation, Minato realized his plan wasn't working and decided to change that.
"Given that you've done such a good job today Lord le Fey, I think it's only right that you have your first spar tomorrow," Minato said.
"Don't worry Haruto, I'll spar against you tomorrow," Naruko said excitedly.
"Naruko you lost against Menma today," Minato reminded her. "If Lord le Fey wants to fight against a true ninja it should be against Menma."
That was harsh, and why does he want me to fight against Menma that badly, Haruto thought.
Perhaps he's trying to create a friendship between Menma and you, Morgana suggested.
There's no way I would ever be friends with Menma, she's far too arrogant for my taste, Haruto said disgustedly.
"Don't worry Dad, I'm up for a spar against Haruto," Menma said cockily thinking of how easy it will be to win.
"That's le Fey to you, we're not on a first name basis Namikaze," Haruto said coldly causing Menma to look surprised like it was the first time someone had said no to her.
"Wait Menma has much more training then Haruto, wouldn't it be fairer to have the spar at the end of the week when Haruto has learned more chakra techniques," Naruko said.
Minato pondered that idea and seeing the look of anger Menma was sending Haruto that he was completely ignoring, Minato thought perhaps this spar could be used to lead to a friendly rivalry in the future between them.
"Very well I'll go with Naruko's idea, the spar will be at the end of the week giving Haruto more time to train," Minato said.
"Brilliant, I'll teach you some awesome jutsus that you can use to kick Menma's ass," Naruko said.
"As if I would ever lose to him," Menma said with a scoff. Naruko and Menma then clashed heads arguing about who would win the spar.
"That's enough girls, save it for tomorrow's training," Minato said, breaking Menma and Naruko up and escorting them back to the house. Tired from his first day of training, Haruto headed back to his hotel for some rest.
I've learned so much from just one day, I can't wait to see what else there is to learn about chakra, Haruto said eagerly.
I never imagined magic could be used in such a manner, the possibilities are endless. And what are you going to do about your spar against Menma? She does have more experience than you in fighting, Morgana said.
If I can't beat her with experience, then I'll have to beat her with raw power, Haruto thought, picturing putting that arrogant girl in her place.