Kapitel 17: Chapter 17 : Training Trials: Itachi's Unexpected Offer
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. The only thing I own is a bunch of ideas and a bit of inspiration.
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*huff*
'I feel so damn lethargic' Ren thought with a little sigh as he leaned onto the bed.
Ren had been in his room for a day since the mission, dutifully resting his body from the recent overdrive he had put his body into.
After waking up from the mission, he was already in the Konoha hospital, getting checked for any injuries to his body. Thankfully, all the injuries were superficial and had healed quickly.
However, he would be lying if he said he was resting only because of that.
'The atmosphere was truly depressing'
A funeral was held for the dead Konoha shinobi, but Ren quickly visited the funeral, paid his respect and came back without staying a moment.
Because when he had gone there, he couldn't stand to watch the mourning families of the shinobi. Which brought out his own memories of his grandma.
Some had cried for their lost son, some their husband, brother, or father.
'Fuma Kotaro...' Was the name of Toru's son who had died in the VIP room because of suffocation.
When the ceiling had collapsed, Toru was crushed under it, due to the pressure on his lungs, he couldn't breathe and had died.
Though by a twist of fate, it seems that Buta had survived, Ren was sure he had seen him present at the funeral too.
*huff*
'That's enough mourning, I need to train now.' Thought Ren as he got up from his bed, snapping out of all the thoughts.
He had been meditating in bed for a while now, taking clear notice of his chakra and breath.
'There is some sort of connection between chakra and breath' Ren was sure of that, but what it was, was still out of his grasp, at least for now.
Ren stopped his musing and turned towards the door, sensing a familiar chakra who had been standing there for nearly a minute now.
'Should I just ignore him?' Ren was very tempted to do exactly that, but recalling that the person had been the one to bring him back to Konoha after he went unconscious, Ren relented and opened the door himself.
Catching a black-haired man who was about to knock on the door himself.
'So he is a sensor' Thought Itachi without much surprise though he was about to just give up and knock on the door himself.
"Hello, Ren-Kun. Do you remember me?" Itachi asked as he bowed his head a little greeting him.
Ren greeted Itachi back and looked at his face, instantly recognising him.
"You are Uchiha Itachi, Right?" asked Ren although internally he was confused a bit.
'Shadow was Itachi-san?' Ren had not expected this, as when he had met Itachi for the first time, he still hadn't gained his chakra sense skill.
"Yes... I have something to discuss with you" stated Itachi with a stoic face.
Ren accepted it and quickly let Itachi in. Ren made Itachi sit on the chair and quickly brought some juice he had from the kitchen.
He would have brewed coffee but he didn't have coffee beans, so he settled for some apple juice to not appear rude.
Itachi sipped on the juice and waited for a few seconds before speaking.
"Ren-kun, I heard you are in the shinobi corps" started Itachi in a calm voice.
But both he and Ren knew that Itachi 'saw' more than 'heard' but was avoiding talking about that incident.
"Yes, Itachi-san. I couldn't pass the Jonin's test and had to go to the Shinobi corps." Ren wasn't ashamed of it, as he had already accepted it long ago.
"Hn.. Would you like to join my team Ren-kun? " Itachi stated the purpose he had come here.
"....What?" now Ren was truly confused, he had thought Itachi had come here for the Nuibari, which Ren had found next to him in a scroll when he woke up.
"As I am a jonin, I have decided to form a team as per Hokage-sama's order. I would like it if you became my first student." Itachi elaborated in a calm voice as he looked into Ren's Blue eyes.
Ren blinked his eyes rapidly and then a thought occurred in his mind.
'Eris, Am I dreaming?'
[No, Host]
"I accept," Ren said hastily without wasting a single second. Ren wasn't the type of person to miss opportunities.
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*Woosh*
Which was exactly why he was cursing himself as he dodged another shuriken from Itachi. Who was currently sparring with Ren.
Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
*Boom*
Well, sparing would be the wrong word, all Ren was doing was running away from Itachi.
The rules were simple, one don't get caught by Itachi within 5 minutes. Two, don't fall into his genjutsu.
If Itachi caught Ren within the time limit, the spar would result in his defeat.
And each time Ren falls into Itachi's genjustsu, He would have to run one extra lap around Training Ground 21 after the spar as punishment. The training ground, in Ren's words, was massive as fuck.
This explained why a sweat-drenched Ren was running without stopping, even though his muscles ached and screamed for rest.
He had already been caught by genjutsu twice. Ren was not willing to add another round to the lap count.
*Woosh*
Ren saw Itachi shunshin in front of him, His hands held in a ram seal. Ren immediately closed his eyes and ran the other way to avoid being put in a genjutsu.
'But why does Sensei wear nail polish?'
And that bizarre thought was halted mid-way as he felt the trees around him come to life, and the roots of the tree held his leg in place and slowly grew along his body, paralysing him.
'KAI!' Ren immediately flushed the foreign chakra out of his system but was ultimately too late as he felt a kunai against his neck.
" I surrender." With that, the fifth test was completed.
Itachi released the Kunai and let Ren fall to the ground to rest.
".. Sensei, Did....I ..... Do it?" asked Ren as he recovered his breath.
"Yes, you got caught in 5 minutes and 02 seconds, rest for a few minutes," said Itachi in a calm tone as he leaned against a tree the evening Rays hitting his face.
Ren relaxed on the ground as the fatigue slowly melted away due to the gentle wind.
After Ren had accepted to join his team, Itachi had called him immediately to The training ground and started testing him.
The first test was throwing shuriken or kunai at the target, The catch being, that the target was painted on a living wild rat.
There was a time limit of thirty minutes. Each time he missed the rat, Ren had to do 20 push-ups on the spot.
While that amount of push-ups might not be much for a ninja, but when the push-ups keep on accumulating, it would gradually raise in difficulty and at last it would be difficult to even raise their arms much less throw Kunai.
Like this, Itachi had tested Ren on 4 different times on different skills.
Shurikenjutsu, Taijutsu, Ninjutsu, and Genjutsu with each test promoting efficiency above all.
At last, Itachi had Ren do one last test called 'Survive' which was basically just running away from the attacker. A very useful technique, according to Itachi.
'He has done well' Itachi thought to himself as he looked at Ren, who was asleep and drooling a little.
' I have to train his stamina more, and teach him some genjutsu.' Itachi had gotten a good grasp of Ren's level by the tests he had done.
'I can't teach him taijutsu till he improves his strength more, ninjutsu is also out for now due to his low chakra reserve.' Itachi got up from his leaning position seeing that it was getting a bit late.
'Perhaps I will teach him some Kenjustsu, as he still has the Nuibari.'
Itachi went up to Ren and tapped his forehead causing Ren to groggily wake up.
"It is a bit late we will continue our training tomorrow" Ren nodded and was ready to head home but stopped when Itachi continued.
"You've done well, Ren" Itachi said with a rare hint of a smile on his normally composed face.
"As a reward, I'm treating you to dinner. Follow me."
Ren didn't even try to refuse as he was starving and he was not in the mood to go home and cook himself food.
Though he would have to cook it before he slept, as he shouldn't disregard the diet prepared by Eris, at least he wouldn't be starving to death by then.
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Author's note:
Itachi is a strict teacher, I almost feel sorry for Ren, but it is for his good. More will be revealed about Ren's team later. Anyway, how was the chapter? Do motivate me by leaving a comment or Review if you liked the chapter.
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