Chapter 22: Anzu and Fugaku
Third Person P.O.V
Mikoto and Ashim started walking towards Uchiha compound. Her house wasn't very far and they soon arrived.
The house gate was already unlocked, so Mikoto pushed the gate open and went inside, followed by Ashim.
"Hey Fugaku.! What are you doing here.!? Did I not tell you to stay away from my sister.? Or are you looking for another beating.?" Mikoto said in a threatening manner while looking at the boy who was seating on the couch in the living room.
Fugaku looked offended, but before he could retort,
"Mikoto.! Stop causing trouble. Fugaku and I are just doing homework together. We were given a special assignment today." Came a voice from inside the house.
Ashim couldn't see who that voice belonged to, but he guessed that it might be Anzu. She was Mikoto's eldest sister and also the eldest of her siblings. She was four years older than Mikoto.
Mikoto had told Ashim about her family before and Anzu was in the same class as Fugaku, Minato, Hyuga brothers, Kushina and the previous generation of Ino-Shika-Cho.
Anzu and Fugaku were childhood friends and they grew up together.
Mikoto also had an elder brother, named Aruto and he was in the same class as Nawaki, Tsunade's younger brother. Aruto was three years older than Mikoto.
Ashim didn't believe for a second that Mikoto could beat Fugaku. She was obviously boasting as clan kids were required to start learning their clan jutsu as soon as they entered the academy at the age of five. Uchiha clan's clan jutsu was fire style jutsu and their sharingan, so they started by learning the fireball jutsu and the basic genjutsu for when they awakened their sharingan.
As he was interrupted, Fugaku just snorted and turned his head sideways. Mikoto then went inside, completely ignoring Ashim, who was standing by the door.
Ashim walked inside and sat on the couch, facing Fugaku. They looked at each other.
"So you are Fugaku, right.? Mikoto talked about you, since you are in the same class as her sister." Ashim started the conversation.
"Oh.! What did she say.? And, I didn't catch your name.!" Replied Fugaku.
He was obviously a little uncomfortable as he had guessed that she probably didn't say anything good about him.
"I am Ashim Sarutobi. Mikoto's friend. She said..! Ah..! Well, it doesn't matter. Anyone who knows Mikoto, would know that she loves to brag and make-up stories." Ashim replied in an awkward manner.
"Hmm. Alright.!" said Fugaku. He was feeling a bit awkward as well.
Then, there was an awkward silence in the room as neither of the two said anything.
"So.... Nice weather today huh.!" Fugaku said awkwardly, trying to break the awkward silence.
"Hmm. It is." replied Ashim.
"Yes.!" replied Fugaku.
They both had problems talking to each other.
Ashim just knew too much about the Naruto world from his previous life and hence, he just kept thinking about whatever he knew about Fugaku from the story, every time he tried to break the silence. From Uchiha massacre to Fugaku being a clan head and even his two sons. These things just kept playing in his head.
Fugaku on the other hand was a bit immature and he kept thinking about what Mikoto might have said about him. He got embarrassed after jumping into various conclusions.
"So, do you want to go outside and spar.?" This time, Ashim broke the silence.
There was no point in thinking about these things as he had already seen many things that were different from the anime and he would figure out things by himself in the future anyway.
For now, it was better to focus on what he could already see and from what he could tell, Fugaku wasn't a bad person. At least not yet.
Ashim's nose had already stopped bleeding and there was nothing there except for a red bruise.
Ashim was a battle junkie and he knew it. That's also the reason why he trained so much. He loved to battle. He couldn't satisfy his urge to battle in his previous world, but here in this world of ninjas, he could battle as much as he desired.
Fugaku was taken back. He didn't expect him to suddenly say this.
"You know that I am four years your senior, right.? I have learned real jutsus." Replied Fugaku.
"Yeah. I know that you are stronger than me, but for me, that's what makes it more fun. Not to mention that I have learned jutsu as well and also invented two of my own. You won't be disappointing." said Ashim, a little excited.
He couldn't battle his father as he was just too strong, Asuma was too weak and he never took Mikoto seriously as he always looked for opportunities to outsmart her and finish the battle quickly, whenever they sparred.
Fugaku and his generation were perfect opponents for him. He also needed the battle experience.
Fugaku was truly surprised this time. He didn't expect this kid, who had not even started going to the academy yet, to be able to create his own jutsus.
Fugaku knew that he wasn't boasting. He could tell from the excitement in his eyes and the battle intent he was leaking.
Fugaku had lived a tough life. His father was quite strict and he had trained him since before he had started going to the academy, so he could sense things like battle intent and killing intent.
Fugaku could tell that the kid in front of him seemed to be quite genuine as he truly wanted to spar with him. So he became a little interested.
"Alright. Lets go outside." said Fugaku.
Then, they both got up.
"Hey.! Wait a minute. Where are you going.!? We have work to do." first came a voice, then a figure came out.
Ashim thought, in his mind.<She looks a bit like Mikoto, but taller. She must be Anzu Uchiha.>
"Don't worry Anzu, we are just going out to spar a bit. We'll be right back. It won't take long." Fugaku told her.
Anzu first looked surprised. Then, she looked towards Ashim and then, calmly said to Fugaku.
"Fugaku.! Are you trying to bully a junior who hasn't even started going to the academy yet.? I never picked you for a bully."
"It's not like that. I asked him for a spar. You can tag along if you want. I am Ashim Sarutobi. I am sure Mikoto must have talked about me. Though I am quite sure that whatever she told you was probably one of her stories." Ashim intervened before Fugaku could reply.
"She told me that you two always train together and she loves spending time with you." said Anzu, while looking at him as if trying to figure him out.
It was now Ashim's turn to be surprised. He didn't expect Mikoto to say this and not make-up some story about her heroically beating him up.
He thought about it for a minute and realized that even after all her bad qualities, he liked spending time with her too. That was probably the reason why he started teaching her jutsus.
Ashim quickly shook that thought away and replied,
"Well anyway, we are going to...."
Before he could complete that sentence, a voice interrupted him.
"Well, since your nose seem to be fine now, I will tag along as well. Lets go to our usual training ground. I want to see you beat up that stone faced Fugaku."
Mikoto said in an excited voice as she came out.
Fugaku just snorted again and tured around. From the looks of it, he had given up arguing with her a long time ago.
Anzu looked at Mikoto, a little surprised. Then at the confident Ashim and finally Fugaku, who had an expression as if he just wanted to go out.
From Fugaku's expression, it was quite evident to Anzu that he didn't challenge Ashim and just accepted the unreasonable challenge because he was probably bored.
"Well, I will come as well. Though there is no way this kid would be able to land a hit. Fugaku is quite strong and I want to see your face when he beats up your friend, my little sister." Anzu finally agreed and replied to Mikoto while narrowing her eyes, as if teasing her.
"Huph" Mikoto snorted.
Fugaku and Ashim looked towards each other while lowering their heads, embarrassingly. Their little spar just turned into a contest between the sisters.
Then the four of them walked towards the park where Mikoto and Ashim trained.
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