Chapter 773: Chapter – 766 A Trip to Mount Myōboku: Destiny?
Looking at the giant scroll spread out by the toad elder Fukasaku, the four children who were hit by the shock of failure of not being able to learn the Senjutsu of Mount Myōboku quickly recovered their spirits and eagerly looked at the scroll. Even Kiyomi was somewhat excited!
Fukasaku smiled at the kid's excitement, and pointed at Kiyomi "Let's start with you!"
"A…alright!" she nodded and quickly came by the scroll.
The other three didn't care too much that Kiyomi was the first candidate, and nervously looked at Kiyomi, they were four people, so it was kind of natural to take turns one by one.
As she approached Fukasaku, she looked at the scroll.
The contract scroll laid before her, its length is unknown, however, the width of the scroll was more than her total height, and on the scroll, a series of names were written in red color. It didn't take a genius to understand that all the names were written with blood. The first name seemed to be of someone named Hagoromo, Kiyomi didn't recognize him, however, the last two, whom she knew very well, were Jiraiya the Sannin, and Namikaze Minato the late Yondaime Hokage-sama.
While pointing at the empty space next to the name of Konoha's Yellow Flash, Fukasaku explained, "Write your name here with your blood."
Kiyomi nodded, "Okay." Then she bit her finger, and using her blood, she neatly wrote her name, and then stamped her hand stained with blood under the name.
Elder Fukasaku nodded lightly, and said, "Now… weave the hand sign in the order of 'Boar – Dog – Bird – Monkey – Ram' and then try to summon a toad… if you succeed, then you will pass the test, understand?"
Kiyomi nodded, "Yes!"
"Kiyomi, do your best!" encouraged Sasuke.
Kiyomi nodded, then she took a deep breath and gathered her chakra, after that she weaved the hand signs and slammed her hand on the ground as she shouted, 'Summoning Jutsu!'
"..."
All the kids looked around, but there was no change.
Fukasaku shook his head, "You failed."
Kiyomi sighed in disappointment, "I see." Then she turned around and returned back to her position.
Sasuke looked at his younger sister with a worried expression, and muttered, "Kiyomi…" He wasn't sure what to say, he too failed the last time so… he knows that it doesn't feel very good.
Kiyomi said with a smile, "It's okay Sasuke-onii-chan… I wasn't very interested in this summoning things anyway… so, it doesn't matter if I failed."
At this time, Fukasaku called out to Sasuke, "Next is your turn."
Kiyomi shook her head and said, "Sasuke-onii-chan… Fukasaku-sama is calling you… it's your turn… you should go. All the best!"
Sasuke nodded lightly, "Th-thank you!" and approached Fukasaku.
Elder Fukasaku explained the same things to him as he did to Kiyomi. Sasuke quickly under everything and weaved the hand signs, Boar – Dog – Bird – Monkey – Ram.
Different from Kiyomi, in Sasuke's turn, nothing didn't happen… instead, with a bang, white smoke surged.
Poof!
As the white smoke dissipated, everyone was shocked to find that Sasuke had disappeared and in his place, a very big toad was standing.
The overall size of the toad was as huge as Naruto's Garaga, his body was colored dark red. He carried a Tonto in one hand, a white plate-like shield in the other hand, and a long tobacco pipe in his mouth,
Kiyomi, Neji, and Hinata were taken aback as they saw the giant toad.
"Amazing!" the sound of Sasuke's exclaim reached their ears as they realized that Sasuke was standing on the head of the toad.
Neji, Hinata, and Kiyomi raised their heads and saw Sasuke standing on top of the giant toad.
The corners of Jiraiya's mouth twitched, as he muttered, "I didn't expect that Sasuke would be able to summon Gamabunta!"
That's correct, the toad that Sasuke summoned is none other than Gamabunta, the chief toad of Mount Myōboku.
Elder Fukasaku looked at Gamabunta and Sasuke, and thought to himself, "It seems his guess was correct.'
At this time, Gamabunta realized the situation, and yelled in displeasure, "Hey kid… stop shouting, you are hurting my ears!" then asked, "Who are you anyway?!"
Sasuke immediately stopped exclaiming, and while curbing the excitement in his heart, he politely introduced himself to Bunta, "I am Uchiha Sasuke, and I am the one who summoned you."
Gamabunta was surprised, 'A kid from the Uchiha Clan?' he looked at Fukasaku with a doubtful expression, who explained the situation to him.
Understanding the gist of the matter, Gamabunta nodded lightly, "Oh" then ordered in a strict tone, "Unless it's very urgent, don't summon me… understand boy?"
"Yes… I understand!" nodded Sasuke with a happy expression.
Although Gamabunta wasn't very polite to him, however, he seems to have accepted the summoning Contract. In other words, Sasuke has passed the test! Thinking of this, Sasuke excitedly waved his hands to Neji, Hinata, and Kiyomi, "Guys… I passed the test!"
"Great!" Neji and Hinata are also very excited. Not only are they happy that Sasuke is excited, but they are also full of expectation for their turns.
The fact that Sasuke passed the test means that this test is not like the previous test, it's somewhat easier and they have a chance of passing.
What's more important is that once they sign the summoning contract at Mount Myōboku, they will have a chance to come here once they grow older, and they will be able to train Senjutsu.
At this time, Fukasaku said to Gamabunta, "Bunta, go with Sasuke, and learn a bit about each other."
Gamabunta nodded, "Alright boss!" then leaped high into the sky.
"So strong!" Neji couldn't help but admire Gamabunta.
Thinking that he might soon have such a powerful summon, Neji was eager and wanted to immediately take the test. However, Neji didn't forget that Hinata was also with him and gave way to her.
Neji is aware of the conflict that happened a few days ago. He didn't want to do anything that might offend the elders of the main family, therefore, he took a step back and allowed Hinata to take the test before him, "Hinata-sama, you should go next."
Hinata shook her head, "No Neji-nii-san, you've been waiting for this for so long… you should be next."
While Neji and Hinata were busy making way for each other, Fukasaku came to the scroll and slowly rolled it.
Fukasaku's action not only surprised Neji, Hinata, and Kiyomi, but even Jiraiya was puzzled and asked, "Boss… why did you put away the scroll, these two kids are still left."
Elder Fukasaku explained with a regrettable expression, "Jiraiya-boy… have you forgotten the tradition of Mount Myōboku? We only accept one shinobi from a generation… since Uchiha Sasuke has passed the test, he has been accepted… so…"
"What?!" Neji and Hinata were stunned as they heard Fukasaku's words, and looked at Jiraiya, hoping that was not the case.
Jiraiya was stunned. Now that he thinks about it, Fukasaku was indeed telling the truth. Mount Myōboku really selects only one shinobi from a generation. His generation had only him, while Minato's generation had only Minato.
Seeing that even Jiraiya didn't deny Fukasaku's words, Neji was panicked, he desperately bowed to Fukasaku, and requested, "Fukasaku-sama… please give me a chance… this opportunity was given to me by my Sensei… I don't want to disappoint him!"
Fukasaku shook his head, "Child… there is nothing I can do… this is the tradition of Mount Myōboku."
"But!" Neji wanted to request once more… however, he was interrupted by Fukasaku, "Moreover, this is a matter of destiny… so even if you had the chance, the result wouldn't have changed."
"Destiny?!"
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Chapter 774: Chapter – 767 Mount Myōboku Trip: Conclusion
"Destiny?" muttered Neji with a stunned expression.
"Yes, destiny!" nodded Fukasaku as jumped on top of a nearby rock, and while looking at Sasuke in the distance, he said, "The reason why Uchiha Kiyomi didn't succeed, but Uchiha Sasuke did, this is the guidance of the wheel of fate. It was Uchiha Sasuke's destiny to become Mount Myōboku's successor of this generation."
Listening to Fukasaku's words, Jiraiya remembered his personal experience, and added, "Now that you mention it, something similar happened to me. I accidentally came to Mount Myōboku, that was also the guidance of fate."
Hearing Fukasaku and Jiraiya's words, Neji questioned depressingly, "Does that mean no matter how hard I work, the result will still remain the same? My destiny will never change?"
Elder Fukasaku shook his head and jumped away.
Jiraiya said with a sigh, "There are some things that are just meant to happen, you can not change them. No matter what you do, they will happen eventually, the means may change, but the result will remain the same."
Neji looked at Sasuke in the distance while stroking the 'Caged Bird' Cursed Mark on his forehead, and said in a saddened tone, "I understand what you are saying Jiraiya-sama… however, I am just not reconciled… why does fate always against me?!"
Jiraiya patted Neji's shoulder, and said, "You are still young to think of these things." He wanted to say more to Neji, and inspire him to continue to work hard, however, remembering the fate of being a member of the branch family of the Hyuga Clan, Jiraiya shook his head. The bigger headache is, 'Now how am I supposed to explain this to him?'
The entire trip to Mount Myōboku was proposed by Kuroto, and the only reason Jiraiya agreed was to reward him for his act of scaring away the Akatsuki and saving the village from a major calamity.
Jiraiya never expected that Uchiha Clan would also get involved in this. Normally, Jiraiya obviously wouldn't have agreed, but he was forced to agree by his Sensei to draw Uchiha Clan closer to the village in order to maintain the stability of the village.
Now everything is messed up, although Uchiha Kiyomi failed the test, Sasuke passed the test and was selected, on the other hand, Neji, and Hinata didn't even have the opportunity to take the test, which made it difficult for Jiraiya to explain to Kuroto.
After thinking for a long while, Jiraiya couldn't come up with any solution and shook his head, "Forget it, it can't be helped. Let's just reward him some another time."
At this time, Sasuke returned.
Neji quickly hid the disappointment on his face, and congratulated Sasuke with a forced smile, "Sasuke… congrats… you finally obtained such a powerful Summon!"
Hinata and Kiyomi also congratulated him, "Congratulation Sasuke-san." "Sasuke-onii-chan congratulations!"
Sasuke laughed proudly, and said, "You guys won't believe it… Gamabunta can spray toad oil that augments Fire Style Jutsu… and, he is also very good at Water Style Jutsu which makes up for my weakest chakra nature… He is the perfect summon creature!" And added after a pause, "Moreover, he knows Kenjutsu, transformation Jutsu, and several other Shinobi techniques… I believe he is even stronger than Naru–…!"
"Okay… okay… Sasuke, let's talk about these things after we return back to the village." Said Jiraiya, interrupting Sasuke.
Sasuke was stunned by Jiraiya's words, and asked doubtfully, "Going back so soon? Neji and Hinata haven't taken the test, right?" then he turned his head and looked in the direction where Elder Fukasaku was present until a while ago, and questioned, "Huh? Where is Fukasaku-sama?"
Jiraiya shook his head, "Everything is completed… Neji and Hinata won't have the opportunity to take the test."
Sasuke was takenaback, aback and questioned, "What?! But why?"
Jiraiya explained, "There can only be one successor of Mount Myōboku from a generation… this is the tradition of Mount Myōboku. Since you passed the test, there won't be any test for others."
"What?!" Sasuke was stupefied and felt guilty. He immediately looked at Neji, "Neji… I…"
Neji shook his head with a bitter smile, "It can't be helped Sasuke… and I don't blame you… Had I or Hinata-san passed the previous trial, such a situation wouldn't have occurred, this isn't your fault."
Sasuke lowered his head and said in a guilty tone, "But… but if you took this test before me… maybe… maybe you would have passed and summoned Gamabunta!"
Jiraiya scolded Sasuke, "Don't be stupid Sasuke. It was your destiny to come to Mount Myōboku and pass the test to sign the summoning contract with Gamabunta. This is both an honor and a responsibility that you have to shoulder in the future."
Since Sasuke passed the test and was accepted by Mount Myōboku, Jiraiya has recognized Sasuke as his successor. So, his attitude and tone of speech changed, and he started to treat Sasuke as his disciple."
Sasuke didn't expect to hear such words, and quickly nodded, "Yes… I… I understand!"
With that out of the way, Jiraiya brought the four kids back to the Konoha Village and after sending Neji and Hinata back to the Hyuga Clan, he took Sasuke and Kiyomi to the Uchiha Clan.
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Patriarch's Mansion, Hyuga Clan
After the return of Neji and Hinata, Hiashi, Hizashi, and Kuroto gathered and asked the two about the details of their trip to Mount Myōboku.
Feeling the concerned gaze of the Patriarch, his father, and Sensei, Neji felt ashamed of himself, and said tremblingly, "I… am sorry… I failed to sign a summoning Contract."
Hinata also said timidly, "I… I also failed."
Both Hiashi and Hizashi sighed, and a trace of disappointment flashed in Hiashi's eyes.
Especially at Hinata, she had the opportunity to go to two of the three Unexplored Sage Regions, and she failed both times.
Contrary to Hizashi and Hiashi, Kuroto was much calmer. The moment he saw Sasuke being part of the trip, he knew that there would be some unexpected changes at Mount Myōboku. After a while of silence, he instructed Neji, "Tell me everything that happened at Mount Myōboku, every detail."
Neji nodded and told everything. From the moment of arriving at the land of toads, to meeting Elder Fukasaku, then meeting the Great Toad Sage Gamamaru, the Senjutsu trial after that, and the test later.
"Sigh, it was bad luck this time." Muttered Hizashi after he heard the reason for Neji and Hinata's failure.
Kuroto chuckled, "Bad luck? Do you really think that's the reason?"
Feeling the mockery in Kuroto's tone, Hizashi looked at him doubtfully, and asked, "Is there any other reason?"
Kuroto folded his hands over his chest, and said lightly, "Gamamaru, leader of Mount Myōboku, has the ability to see the future of some individuals. The reason Uchiha Sasuke was selected, is not because he passed the stupid test, it's because Gamamaru saw something in Sasuke's future, and felt that Sasuke was more worthy to invest compared to the other kids."
Neji was stunned, "Sensei… wasn't that the arrangement of fate?"
Kuroto chopped Neji's head, and said, "I have already told you several times not to believe in something as stupid as fate. Everything is in our hands as long as we make ourselves capable enough!"
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