Bunta

Bunta (ブン太, Bunta) is a sage who lives in Mount Myōboku. Being born to unknown parents who abandoned him in the middle of the forest, an infant Bunta was found by Shima and was taken to Mount Myōboku, where he was raised and trained by Shima and her husband, Fukasaku. Having no real talent using ninjutsu, genjutsu, and having very limited skill in taijutsu, Bunta focused all of his time and effort in learning senjutsu, becoming a very powerful Sage over the years. The name Bunta was given to him by Fukasaku and Shima, and his birth name is currently unknown.

Early life
Bunta was born to unknown parents on a small village near the border of the Land of Fire. One day, both of his parents were travelling, and after walking for a undisclosed distance, they abandoned the then-infant Bunta nearby the road, and returned to their village. Later that same day, Shima, who was looking for supplies, found Bunta and feeling pity on the baby, took him back to Mount Myōboku, where she, along with her husband Fukasaku, raised the boy in hopes of making a talented shinobi, while also giving him the name Bunta.

Training with Fukasaku
During his childhood, Bunta was constantly trained by Fukasaku in how to perform ninjutsu, but both soon discovered that Bunta had little skill using it. Trying other methods, Fukasaku unsuccessfully tried to teach Bunta how to perform genjutsu. Running out of options, Bunta found some success using taijutsu, but his abilities were limited. Realizing the boy wasn't as talented as he thought he was, but sensing an enormous amout of chakra reserves within the boy, Fukasaku focused his time in teaching Bunta senjutsu and was delighted to see that Bunta had a natural talent for senjutsu and gladly trained the boy to master it over the years. While also training senjutsu, Bunta became friends with Gamabunta, with Bunta and Gamabunta occasionally playing and training together, with Bunta being one of the very people Gamabunta respects and admires.

Heading to Konohagakure
After the day of his tenth birthday, Fukasaku informed Bunta he would take him to Konogakure in order to have him make friends with others than simply toads and also encourage Bunta to embrace the Will of Fire from Hashirama Senju. Despite Bunta's protests about not wanting to leave his home, Fukasaku convinced him otherwise, and reverse-summoned Bunta, and himself, to Konoha, where they were greeted by the Third Hokage, who was informed beforehand by Shima about their arrival. As Bunta respectfully greeted Hiruzen, Fukasaku informed Hiruzen about Bunta's flaws in ninjutsu, genjutsu and taijutsu, and his incredible skill in senjutsu and begged to help Bunta in his quest for growth. Promising he would take care of him, Fukasaku returned to Mount Myōboku, while Bunta followed Hiruzen to his office.

When they arrived, Bunta was informed he needed to enroll at the Ninja Academy. Despite feeling he wasn't ready to become a shinobi and rather becoming a sage instead, Hiruzen informed Bunta that he needed to understand the shinobi and accept them before thinking about becoming a sage. Bunta, accepting Hiruzen's words, agreed and was enrolled at the Academy. When he first arrived, Bunta failed miserably, not being capable of performing the most basic of techniques, such as the Clone Technique and the Transformation Technique. This caused Bunta to be bullied by some students in the Academy, who mocked him for his lack of skill, and constantly beat him down during breaks. During one of those beatdowns, Bunta was saved by Minato Namikaze, who was one of his fellow students, and easily fought off the bullies. Asking Minato why would he help someone he doesn't even know, Minato responded by telling Bunta he knew he was a good guy, and couldn't bare to see him being hurt because of his flaws, and flaws could be overcomed, and offered to become his friends, which Bunta accepted. After this, Bunta and Minato became very good friends, with Bunta constantly teasing Minato over his crush on Kushina Uzumaki, with Minato not denying it and always talking about her when they were alone, something that Bunta never complained about.

To be continued...