Capítulo 4: Chapter four
12 months later
It was early morning and a now twelve-year-old Kenta was sitting at his desk inside his apartment looking over the uncountable number of papers on his desk all with detailed notes and diagrams and Fūinjutsu arrays, on top of them was an open scroll that Kenta was scanning down his eyes focused with a purpose.
As he read suddenly the sound of his alarm clock went off which was sitting on the corner of his desk within arm's reach of Kenta, who continued to read for a few seconds before tapping it to turn the alarm off.
Rubbing his eyes wearily Kenta pushed back from his desk and stood up, he had grown a few more inches in the past year of training now standing tall at five feet one inch. He stretches out his arms above his head, yawning; having awoken a few hours earlier and decided to do some work rather than sleep.
Closing the scroll and gathering up the papers he put them into the desk's side drawers which had an intricate Fūinjutsu array on the inside and a second one on the outside as he closed the drawer and activated the protection and blood seal to keep his notes safe.
Turning he walked a few feet before turning and leaning down to a third array on the floor circling his desk and touched is as it activated the security array for his desk. The seals he had applied himself over the year he had been learning Fūinjutsu and served to protect his work. He had taken to Fūinjutsu with a passion and learned it with ease and even went as far to teach Naruto how to make storage scrolls and smoke tags for his pranks, since he had decided to give Naruto some light training a few months back.
Naruto had been ecstatic that he could begin training and Kenta had been more than happy to teach his Otōto some things, though Naruto had been less than ecstatic when Kenta began his tor… training by means of dodging Senbon needless while running from his Nii-chan who seemed to be laughing the whole time. But the training had helped him somewhat and he'd learned to channel his chakra, which he had in metric shit tonnes. Kenta had begun his Otōto's chakra control lessons to the extent of leaf balancing and tree walking, though Naruto was struggling with both of them. Kenta refused to teach him any Jutsu until he got his chakra control to a respectable level, though that hadn't stopped him progressing in the non-chakra required areas such as Taijutsu and Shurikenjutsu.
Already being semi dressed in his ANBU pants and a somewhat different open top black shirt, the collar going past his collar bone showing the five diamond markings along it which had been the extent of his advanced chakra training.
Flashback twelve months ago
Reading through the scroll Kenta was interested in what he was seeing, the method required picking an area of the body to focus chakra in and building the chakra up there while compressing it as small as they could through the use of chakra ink to help start the process along.
Reading that most performed this technique by storing it behind their foreheads, Kenta not being one to follow fads opted for some place different as he took out the ink he had and opened up his flak jacket and applied the mark to his collar bone while he started focusing his chakra.
Immediately the mark spread out to be the size of his fist and Kenta frowned, looking back to the scroll Kenta's eyes narrowed reading the notes, while the ink helps seal the chakra there it is mean for only that purpose and will expand to show the area where the chakra is affecting, the control training comes from focusing the chakra in order to make the mark as small as possible, no larger that half a centimetre.
Talking a meditative position Kenta calmed his mind and focused his chakra as best he could as the mark slowly started to shrink.
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It would be several more weeks until he got the mark to the required size, and over a period of five months he would add four more marks increasing the level of concentration required for channelling the chakra, each reserve being added to over the process of the remaining five months of Kenta putting in any leftover chakra at the end of the day from his already huge reserves meant the marks were filling up with abundance.
Grabbing the flak jacket he had for over a year Kenta pulled it on leaving it open as he buttoned up the shirt to cover over the markings, looking himself over in the mirror Kenta smirked as he looked at what two years hard training had turned him into.
His figure was well toned and evident by looking at his face, no baby fat what so ever was visible, his face was lean the look in his eyes was a serious one that still burned with a warm fire, the scar on his chin still prominent only making him look more hardened and battle born, same with his new hair style, the sides of his head had been shaven short and the top had been allowed to grow out longer though it was in a mullet/Mohawk style, but it was more shaggy and wild. Taking one last glance at himself he smirked as he grabbed his whip sword and attached it to his waist before moving to the joining door to Naruto's apartment.
Knocking on the door Kenta called out, "Otōto, come on it's time to get up. First day of the academy and all, don't want to miss out." He said as he started opening the door, "I've still got to go call in with Sarutobi-sensei. He said he wanted so talk to me so I'll see you there all right, don't be late." he said looking around the apartment only to get a grumbled response from the bed as the covers pulled over the blonde's head.
"Still tired Nii-chan." Naruto grumbled from below the covers, "Why can't the academy start at ten?"
Kenta's eye twitches slightly, "Because nine gives us plenty of time to sleep and get ready, so get your butt in gear before I start using my water whip to make you." Kenta threatened as he started going through the hand signs about to make good on his threat.
Hearing his older brother's words Naruto shot out of bed and into the bathroom yelling, "I'm up Onii-sama, please not again!!" the water whip had been one of the Jutsu Kenta had used on Naruto in training and the blond hated it.
Kenta chuckled seeing Naruto move at a speed that would put most ANBU to shame as he turned and walked back into his own apartment, 'If only it was that easy to motivate him all the time'.
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Hiruzen had just sat back in one of his sofas to enjoy a day of relaxing to rest his bones after a long early morning training session that he'd been doing almost every day as he was slowly getting himself back to his former strength, as three Kage Bunshins worked wearily behind his desk on the paperwork with no complaints.
As he was relaxing comfortably he felt a chakra signature approaching with speed, before the window opened and Kenta appeared in a red-feathered Shunshin with a smirk on his face.
"Morning Sarutobi-sensei." Kenta said with a smirk as he gave a small bow.
Smiling back Hiruzen nodded, "Good morning Kenta-Kun, I trust you're ready for your first day at the academy?" he asked giving his student a smile.
Kenta's grin widened, "Do you really need me to answer that sensei? I've been ready for the academy for twenty-one months now, you know that." he said with a huge grin.
Hiruzen chuckled, "Yes I suppose so, I already know you'll be, without a doubt, the strongest in your class. So I trust I don't need to tell you not to be causing trouble," he said giving Kenta a knowing look making the red head rub the back of his head sheepishly, "with your skills no other student and most likely the majority of the teachers couldn't hold a candle to you."
Kenta smirked, "I'd think that would be an understatement sensei. I believe Anko's words were, "I've got enough skill to make a Chūnin look like an academy cadet and enough chakra to make every Jōnin look like a Gaki crying for its mama's titty milk."" Kenta said as he tried his best not to laugh only to blink feeling an arm draped across his shoulder and something sharp poke his chin.
"Did I hear someone mention me?" came Anko's teasing tone, as she appeared arm draping across Kenta's shoulder and a kunai at his cheek with a teasing smirk on her face.
Kenta smirked, "Welcome back Anko, I trust your solo mission was enjoyable." he said calmly as if there wasn't a sharp implement ready to give him a piercing, "Also please remove the kunai, I'd hate to have to shove mine somewhere again." he said making Anko's eyes widen as she felt something sharp poke her backside.
Anko grinned, "It's getting harder and harder to sneak up on you gaki." she said taking away the Kunai and stepped back from him as he did the same, "Like the new hair by the way, very rugged looking. I wish I could see the Chūnin senseis when they realise just how much you could kick their Asses." Anko started with a grin only for Hiruzen to clear his throat getting both Anko and Kenta to look back to him, Anko rubbed her head sheepishly, "Sorry for the interruption Hokage-Sama." she said with a nervous chuckle.
Hiruzen sighed shaking his head before looking to Kenta again, "I assume you're still planning on hiding your real skills Kenta, as you planned until you graduate?", Hiruzen asked giving his student a knowing look.
Kenta shrugged, "I might cut loose on my knowledge from time to time and let my Taijutsu skills do my talking for me just to get them to realise I know enough, but I won't go overboard." Kenta explained as his eyes narrowed slightly as he started talking strategically, "As for my Ninjutsu I'm keeping them to myself as long as possible, I have already informed Naruto of this so he will remain quiet, and any offers to graduate early I plan on refusing. Rookie of the year is still my goal but I'm sticking with my Otōto, but I'll make sure he'll be capable of looking after himself. I'm not so foolish as to hope we'll be places on the same Genin team even with you as my sensei, and I won't ask you to do so. Teams are based on skills and chosen for the good of the village as a whole, so to ask for preferential treatment beyond what I've already been given would be selfish."
Hiruzen smiled proudly at his adoptive grandson and student, he'd grown up wise and understood how things worked better than most his age, "I'm glad to hear that Kenta-Kun, now I plan on helping you with the graduating early part and will keep those at bay who wish to do so with you, as I understand your reasons for doing so. I'm being lenient with you are my student so just don't go overboard and everything will be fine."
Kenta smirked, "Sure thing sensei, you've got nothing to worry about."
Hiruzen smiled back, "Glad to hear it, now you'd better get going before your late." he said with a small chuckle.
Kenta just shook his head at the Hokage's hidden joke, "Always the joker sensei, I'll see you both later." he said before disappearing into a whirlwind of crimson feathers.
Hiruzen chuckled; "I swear that boy…" he finished shaking his head in amusement.
Anko chuckled, "That's just the Gaki being a Gaki, no sense in worrying about him he can take care of himself." she said before giving a bow and disappearing in her own Shunshin as Hiruzen sighed.
"Yes, but that's what worries me." he said before shaking his head and taking out his little orange book to relax.
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Arriving in the shadow of the trees on the academy grounds via a whirlwind Shunshin so as not to attract attention, Kenta looked up at the large building before starting to make his way to the main doors in a light jog.
Entering the building and following the room numbers and signs Kenta makes his way to his classroom he can already hear some commotion from inside, as he rounds the corner to enter the room he blinks seeing a crowd of students gathered at the front of the room where the commotion was as Kenta entered from the higher back end of the room looking down on the scene. Looking down into the crowd Kenta sighed, 'Class hasn't even started yet and you're already picking a fight' Kenta thought as he looked at whom the centre of attention was.
Naruto dressed in his orange and blue tracksuit was at odds with another boy. The other boy had black hair and was wearing a blue high collar shirt and white knee-length shorts and black shinobi sandals, and both he and Naruto were glaring at each other as they butted heads like rams.
Shaking his head as he came down the steps to the front, Kenta was debating whether or not to break up the fight, when a girl with bright coloured hair caught his eye, she was wearing a knee length qipao dress with knee length black skin tight shorts and had long bright pink hair that went down to the base of her back. Deciding to find out who the other boy was first Kenta leant on the desk behind her before speaking.
"What exactly is going on with those two?" Kenta asked in a curious tone trying to get information.
Not looking around still interested in the fight, the girl spoke, "Oh did you just come in?" she asked not looking still.
"Yea, I was a bit late in getting up, mind filling me in?" Kenta asked not wanting to give his actual reasoning due to him being the old man's student was still a secret with how people could see it as showing favouritism.
Believing his reasoning the girl continued, "Here's what happened, we all arrived earlier than we were asked but when that Blond-Baka arrived he was all loud with everyone boasting about how he was going to be the next Hokage to be able to beat his big brother. That's when Sasuke-Kun stepped in to put him in his place." the girl finished swooning slightly mentioning Sasuke.
Kenta blinked for a moment, 'Sasuke? Could that be…?' Kenta thought before speaking again, "You sound like you know this Sasuke well. So who exactly is he?"
The girl swooned again, "Oh he's Sasuke Uchiha, the last man of the Uchiha clan."
Hearing that confirmed Kenta's suspicions as he looked over the crowd at Sasuke and frowned sadly, 'I see so that's Sasuke, so that's him…' Kenta began to think as he remembered back several months to the morning after it all happened, the night of the Uchiha massacre.
Flashback- several months- the morning after Uchiha massacre
Relaxing as he made his way down the streets after his shower after finishing his morning run, Kenta was making his way for his breakfast Dango at the bakery, one of the places in town that didn't overcharge him.
As he made his way there Kenta couldn't help but feel something was off about the village that morning, like something bad had happened. But he shook it off and continued to the Dango shop wanting to get one of the first batches of the day they were always the freshest. He might see Anko there for her morning fix of the good stuff.
After a few minutes of walking he reached the bakery and walked inside surprised to not see Anko there, but thought she was just running late or maybe already had her fix for the day, and so just continued on to his stool, and was about to call out to place his order when he heard two shinobi in the corner of the restaurant talking, they were Chūnin going by their uniforms and age, too young to be Jōnin and didn't look all that high up. But what they said shook Kenta to his core and made his heart skip a beat.
"I can't believe Itachi did that." the first Chūnin spoke looking a little shaken up.
"Yea I know." the second one replied as he shakily lit a cigarette to calm his nerves, "Can you imagine doing something like that?" he said before taking a drag, "Wiping out your entire clan in the middle of the night."
"Yea I guess you never can tell what some people are…" the first began again but Kenta didn't stop to hear the rest, that was all he needed to hear, before he ran out the door and jumped to the rooftops and took off like a bat out of hell heading for the Uchiha district as fast as he could.
'Kami please, it can't be true, no it can't' Kenta worried in his mind as he jumped from building to building almost breaking off tiles with the force of his jumps he was going so fast.
After several minutes that felt like hours of jumping he was so worried, Kenta finally landed on one of the rooftops just outside the Uchiha districts front gates and his eyes widened at the scene in front of him. A large crowd had gathered outside the main entrance, which was open wide for all to see, and the sight was enough to make Kenta sick to his stomach. Hundreds of tarpaulins scattered across the streets of the Uchiha compound, each white with some red stain on some part of the cloth from the blood of the fatal injuries.
His mouth agape unable to even comprehend what he was seeing he watched as two shinobi carried another body out onto the streets tarpaulin covering it. Using his chakra to enhance his senses like he had learned how to do, Kenta was able to make out what they were saying even from that distance away.
"Another one, how many others are like this one?", asked a Chūnin walking up to the pair as they set the body down.
"So far all of them," the first Chūnin replied, "each killed with precision, and then both eyes removed and likely destroyed."
"Damn bastard didn't leave us anything did he." the second Chūnin said as he lifted up the tarpaulin and Kenta felt like he was going to be sick seeing what was under it, a boy no older than he was had a throat slit and both his eyes gouged out leaving bloody crevasses where they had once been.
Turning away Kenta cringed his body shaking from the fear as his breath was shallow, before he took off with a new destination in mind, a pleading hope in the back of his mind, 'Please, please be there.'
Jumping from rooftop to tree branch he headed for the area they had trained in for so long fear slowly creeping in on him, as it threatened to destroy him from within, but the second his feet hit the ground of the clearing by the river his eyes widened as the fear was banished in an instant when he saw her by the riverside.
She was curled up her head between her knees as her arms wrapped around them clutching them to her stomach, as the sounds of weeping could be heard as her entire body trembled.
Realising what was happening Kenta moved to go closer, but after a single step, he stopped when her head whipped around from where she was and the sight made Kenta's heart stop. Her eyes were red from crying, as tears continued to stream down her cheeks and he could see nothing but desperation in her bloodshot red eyes. Desperation, pleading that the night before hadn't been real. Then a thought crossed his mind, she'd been here all alone since it happened, scared and frightened, he mentally kicked himself for not being there and moved to her to give his friend some kind of comfort but before he could even get close, she was on top of him as they both fell backwards and Kenta hit the ground hard with her clutching to his chest for dear life.
Looking at her from his position Kenta felt his words die in the back of his throat, what could he say, what did anyone say in a situation like this?
He felt her tremble on his chest as she clung to him like he was the only thing in the world that was safe, like if she let go she would die. Kenta felt her tears on his neck as she cried into his shoulder. It was then he knew he had to say something. Wrapping his arms around her tightly he held her close to him, "It's alright, I'm here, you're safe now." he said hoping what even he said gave her some form of comfort. Whatever reason it was it worked as she burst into wailing sobs as she clung ever tighter to him crying into his chest and staining his shirt with her tears as she cried out her pain, Kenta just held her and let her get it out.
Over the past months of the two of them meeting to train, they had grown close, training and sparring together as Sayaka continued to improve with Kenta's help. She had shown great improvements and through their training had gotten the hang of that C-rank Iryō Ninjutsu she'd used in their first session after learning the academy basic Jutsu like Kenta had.
After the hours of training, the pair of them would have just sat on the water's edge talking. Sayaka had started to confide in him just how bad things had been at home with her Tou-san's lines of thinking, how he would away treat her as less than important being a girl and devoted all his time to the clan, Itachi and Sasuke; while Itachi would distance himself from their Tou-san and would be kind to her and their Kaa-san. When it came to Sasuke, she would describe him as being proud of the clan and everything they stood for, but at the same time he took on their Tou-san's belief that women were less important than men as far as being a shinobi was concerned.
The more worried she got the more Kenta had cheered her up by telling her about the pranks that Naruto had played that week on the civilians and the trouble they'd get into, needless to say, the sorrowful conversations were soon filled with laughter at Sayaka imagining the scenes.
But Kenta knew a pranking story wasn't going to cut it this time, not with what she'd likely been through. At that moment nothing else mattered because at that moment she needed him more than anything else in the world. In one night her entire world had come crashing down and there were only some fragments left standing. He was one of the biggest ones.
Kenta held her close rubbing her back not saying a word as he slowly sat up into a kneeling position holding her gently like he was scared of breaking her. After several moments of moving he'd gotten them both up with Sayaka on his lap clinging to him still as he held her close.
After another half an hour of her cries of pain, she started to fall silent; Kenta had thought she'd fallen asleep until she spoke, "Kenta…." She said her voice week, her throat probably raw from crying so much.
Kenta just held her tighter knowing she was in pain from her voice and that he wanted to let her know she was safe.
"He…he killed them all, they're all dead," Sayaka spoke again, her voice trembling and weak on his shoulder, the only reason he could hear her was because she was so close, her voice was barely even a whisper.
"I know." was all Kenta could say, nothing he said was going to reverse what happened or change things in any way. There were things he wanted to tell her, that everything was going to be ok that he knew what she was going through, but he knew it was all bullshit. How could anything be ok after what she'd been through? There was no way he knew what she was going through.
He and Naruto had always been alone; they had never known their parents so they had no one to lose but each other. That's why Kenta had always jumped to his brother's aid or defence, because if he ever lost Naruto then he really would be alone. And that thought scared him more than anything; sure he'd have Anko, Hiruzen, and Sayaka, but none of them was his family. The bonds he and Naruto shared as brothers were blood, and he never wanted to lose that.
Hearing Kenta's words or just losing her strength Kenta couldn't tell, but Sayaka started crying again, not loudly, this time, her voice was practically none existent at this point, she just shook in his arms as she cried out her pain, and there was so much of it.
Another two hours passed and still the pair sat there, Sayaka had long since fallen asleep in Kenta's arms partly from being worn out by the grief of her loss, but Kenta suspected that it was also due to the fact she hadn't slept all night.
The hours he sat there with her allowed Kenta time to think on things. Things that just couldn't add up for him as to why Itachi would do something like this. They'd meet one time when Itachi found them training and Kenta could tell he cared deeply for his Imouto and from what Sayaka had told him about Itachi he wouldn't do something like this; especially killing children or their Kaa-san. Their Tou-san, from what Sayaka had told him had always been at odds with Itachi on clan matters, but he didn't think he would have done all this because of that. No there was something amiss here; Kenta just wasn't seeing the whole picture. There was another reason behind why Itachi had done all of this and he would find out what that was, if for anything else to give Sayaka the truth she deserved.
No sooner had Kenta reached this conclusion than he felt a familiar chakra signature approaching them, only for Hiruzen to appear, via Shunshin, in front of the kneeling Kenta with Sayaka sleeping soundly on his chest.
Hiruzen looked down on his young student and the sleeping form of the young girl and he sighed a breath of relief having found them after his ANBU had been searching the whole village for the pair. He had has suspicions they were friends and so Kenta was the first person Hiruzen had though Sayaka would have gone to, but when Hiruzen couldn't find Kenta either that was when he had left to search personally.
However, when Hiruzen arrived in the area he knew something had changed. It was Kenta's eyes, the fire that had burned in them that normally held passion and warmth, was now a cold flame that threatened to destroy those who would cause pain and suffering to the ones he cared for. Seeing it Hiruzen flinched slightly, it was the same look that Minato and Kushina had during the war, the look that promised untold pain and suffering to all those who threatened their family, their home, and had been the same ones they had when Uzushiogakure had fallen. They left the village for months as they tore bloody paths through both Iwa and Kumo for their involvements. Hiruzen had hoped never to have seen those eyes again, let alone on someone as young as Kenta.
"Sensei." Kenta spoke with a low voice so as not to wake Sayaka, but its fury was felt none the less, "Why did this happen?" he finished looking into his sensei's eyes with a righteous fury demanding to be answered.
Hearing the tone Hiruzen felt himself pull back. It was like he was talking to Minato again all those years ago when he told him and Kushina about Uzushiogakure's fall and to make it worse it was in the exact same situation. Kushina had clung to Minato in the same way Sayaka was clinging to Kenta now and that had been when Hiruzen had first seen those exact same eyes demanding answers. But Hiruzen knew he couldn't give them to his young student, the matters behind the Uchiha massacre couldn't be revealed no matter how badly he wanted to. So steeling his emotions as he had to do so many times as Hokage he gave his reply, doing his best to make it sound believable. "I don't know my boy," he said taking a step towards the pair, "but I promise you I'm going to find out." he said kneeling down hoping he had said the right thing, but the look in Kenta's eye that said 'I don't believe you' says otherwise and it felt like a kick in the teeth for Hiruzen seeing his grandson figure and student in such a way.
Hiruzen knew giving the order he had would hurt a lot of people It had been necessary to keep the village safe, but Kenta had been the last one he had wished to hurt in this way. He just hoped if Kenta eventually did find out the reason he'd be able to forgive this old man for his stupidity.
Letting out a barely audible sigh of regret Hiruzen looked to Sayaka who was still clinging to Kenta and let his gaze soften before he spoke, "I think it would be best if we took this one back to the family she has left, don't you?" Hiruzen asked hoping to somehow distract Kenta's attention, for the time being, he knew Kenta wouldn't let this go but perhaps he could put it to the side for now.
His words worked as Kenta visibly stiffened at his sensei's words, "W-what? I-I though Itachi had killed everyone else, Sayaka said that…" Kenta began to speak shock filled his voice.
Hiruzen smiled gently and shook his head, "No my boy, it seems in some act of kindness, he spared his younger siblings and their Kaa-san. However, young Sasuke is in a deep Genjutsu induced coma and is not likely to wake for several days yet. While their Kaa-san Mikoto had been knocked out by a similar Genjutsu but is unharmed. She awoke an hour ago and that was when we began looking for Sayaka here. It was only through my crystal ball that I found you and her here. Why are you both here exactly?" Hiruzen asked as he took a glance around the small clearing, seeing the wooden logs and sparing area.
Looking to Sayaka again, Kenta sighed, "On my one day off a week, I come here to help train Sayaka. Her Tou-san didn't want her to become a Kunoichi because of his bias views on women, but Sayaka just had so much drive for it I just wanted to help her." he said looking down as her in his arms, as he brushed her hair back out of her face and behind her ear when he noticed it ticking her.
Hiruzen smiled slightly when he noticed some of the warmth coming back into his eyes when he talked about the girl. He could see Kenta really cared for her and in some way felt better about the recent events. Hiruzen had long since known of Fugaku's opinions towards Kunoichi and women in general. When the clan head had pulled multiple Uchiha Kunoichi from active service Hiruzen had tried to get him to reconsider but the stubborn bastard wouldn't have any of it and to make matters worse, Hiruzen had heard rumours, that the man had given the orders for the numbers of the clan to be increased and for the women to "do their duty" which had been confirmed by Itachi weeks after, and made Hiruzen consider killing him right then and there, the man had been a pig and a power hungry bastard with a superiority complex. Hiruzen was grateful that he hadn't discovered Kenta and Sayaka's training. He would have never permitted his daughter to have relations with a boy outside of the clan, let along the brother of the Kyūbi container. If he had it would have just been a power play to get the Kyūbi's power for the Uchiha clan.
Kneeling down to his student's height Hiruzen smiled gently, "I see, it's good to see she has someone other than family she can count on." he said looking to Kenta as slowly the cold fire returned to his eyes making the fire shadow sigh internally as he placed his hand on Kenta's shoulder, "Come on, her Kaa-san is waiting." he said softly before the three of them disappeared in a Shunshin.
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Waiting in the Hokage's office worried out of her mind was the pacing form of Mikoto Uchiha, a woman in her mid-thirties with fair skin and long straight black hair with bangs on either side of her face roughly framing her cheeks and charcoal black eyes, wearing a dark purple blouse and plum-red skirt with blue shinobi sandals.
Her face frantic with worry, as she paced in front of the Hokage's desk, she had been brought here and told to wait for news on her daughter's location and well-being after she had awoken from the slumber Itachi had put her in the night previous after she had witnessed him run Fugaku through with his Ninjatō, when Fugaku had confronted him about his loyalties.
Mikoto had long lost the love she once held for the man she had called her husband before the night of his death by Itachi's hands. A fate she did not wish for her eldest, who was now to be branded a Nuke-nin to be hunted by all other villages. All because of the bastard she married who couldn't be content with the way things were in the village and strive for more power by way of a coup that Itachi had found out about and reported only to be given the mission to kill off those involved. As he had told her as such, but when she had awoken from her sleep everyone in her clan bar herself and her two youngest were dead. None of it had made sense, and right now every bone in her body was screaming at her to jump out the window and go to search for her daughter and to find out what had happened to the innocent of her clan, she knew not everyone would have been involved in the coup, but yet they had been killed as well, it was just so confusing.
However Mikoto was brought out of her thoughts and worries when she felt multiple chakra signatures coming towards her location before the Hokage arrived in a Shunshin accompanied by a young boy with red hair in what appeared to be shinobi attire, and in his arms was Sayaka sleeping soundly while clutching the boy's neck with a small content smile on her face.
Seeing her daughter Mikoto let out a breath of relief that she was all right, a worry that had been with her all morning. She watched as the boy moved to one of the sofas and gently place the sleeping Sayaka down on it gently, her smile faltering when he did so as she felt the loss of contact, and let out a small whine, but she settled again as he gently rubbed her hand letting her know he was there as the smile returned.
Mikoto watched the interaction between her daughter and this boy she never met before. Yet what shocked her most was the way in which he acted with her like they had known each other for a long while, but yet she had never seen him.
The boy held an aura of calmness over him, but she could tell by looking at his eyes, there was a force behind them that promised to destroy anyone who hurt the ones he cared for. Mikoto tried to place where she had seen a similar look before and that's when it had hit her, 'Kushina', her best friend who had died during the Kyūbi attack. They were the same eyes she had all those years ago promising the same devastation and that was when she put together who the boy was. His red hair, those eye's this was one of Kushina's and Minato's children, the one who wasn't the Kyūbi container.
Seeing how he acted with Sayaka Mikoto couldn't help but frown, she'd wanted to play a more active role in the twin's lives. Kushina had been her best friend even after Fugaku had banned her entry into the Uchiha compound when the clan had started to close itself off from the rest of the village, Fugaku had ordered her not to have anything to do with Kushina and they often had fought about that often due to Mikoto refusing to listen to him and seeing her anyway. Which was one of the reasons he had pulled all Uchiha Kunoichi who were either married or in relationships at the time, her included to spite her when she rose to a higher rank that he had. Then a few weeks later she realised what the bastard had planned, he gave an order for the next generation of Uchihas to be conceived for his twisted ideas of an Uchiha run village, and for that he needed to increase their clan numbers.
After the order she had become disgusted with the man on a whole other level and had started taking the pill for the first three weeks of that time to keep from conceiving. She would never bare another one of his children after Sayaka and Sasuke. She had made sure of that in those three weeks when she had slipped a sterilization drug into his food over the three weeks to make sure, but she daren't refuse his advances for fear of what he might do in order to make her more compliant to his demands, due to what he had said one night beforehand, "A mother's love is easily turned against her". Of course after five weeks of him going down on her every night which repulsed her and only added to her hatred of the man, when there was still no signs of pregnancy Fugaku had started sleeping with other women to try to get more children that way. But Mikoto had made sure he'd never have another child by anyone again.
Mikoto was brought out of her thoughts when Hiruzen spoke to her in a reassuring tone, "You can Relax now Mikoto-chan." Hiruzen explained, "Young Sayaka is fine. It seems in her belief that her brother had killed everyone she ran to the only other place she felt safe, a training area that she shared with young Kenta here who has been training with her for a period of months now. And when he arrived after hearing of the tragedy of last night she cried herself into a state of exhaustion and fell asleep in Kenta's arms."
Hearing that Mikoto looked to Kenta, who was still beside Sayaka, with a happy gaze? The fact that her daughter and her best friend's son had met and were close, was the first bit of good news she'd had in a long time, "I see," Mikoto said with a smile, "so you are the one she has been training with?" Mikoto asked looking to Kenta before continuing, "She only confided in me that she had been training with someone outside of the clan last week, but I had never pushed to find out more as I had never seen her as happy as when she spoke about her time training." Mikoto said as she walked over to the pair and knelt down to her daughter and caressed her cheek before looking to Kenta with a grateful smile, "You have my gratitude Kenta-san for bringing my daughter happiness and being her rock in her time of need."
Kenta nodded his head in a bowing gesture back to her, "No thanks are necessary Uchiha-san, I was only doing what I thought was right to help someone I care for and see as a friend."
Smiling at Kenta's politeness Mikoto gave a mental happy sigh, 'So much like your father, and yet I can see so much of your mother in you. Kushina, Minato, you'd both be so proud of how this one has turned out', Mikoto thought to herself before speaking, "I see, then please continue to do so and you may address me as Mikoto, there is no need to be so formal." she said with a happy smile.
Kenta nodded before looking back to Sayaka as the cold flame returned to his eyes as he spoke out, restraining his tone somewhat so as not to offend with his words, "Mikoto-san if I may be so blunt as to ask… Why would Itachi do this, such an act, it doesn't make any sense? I don't presume to judge his character as I only met him once while Sayaka and I were training. He had come to get see her on when he returned to the village after a mission and discover our training, he seemed… Stoic but nothing to suggest he would ever be capable of doing something like this." Kenta reasoned as he kept his gaze on Sayaka and only glanced up at them to see their reaction to his question.
Both of them held some look of regret in their eyes for how things had turned out Hiruzen more so than Mikoto, not that she didn't hold some. Mikoto's held more sadness than anything at that moment, that she hadn't done something years before this and let it get as bad as it had.
Seeing the look Kenta turned his gaze back to Sayaka who was still sleeping as he sighed, he could tell they were keeping something from him. The real reason as to why the Uchiha clan had been reduced to four members with one on the run responsible for the others deaths. He may have been young, but in the shinobi world, you learned you had to grow up fast or die far too young.
"It's fine." Kenta spoke before they could answer him, "I know it's not my place to ask or know, but it is hers." he said as he gestured to Sayaka, "She deserves to know why her brother slaughtered your clan and will be branded as a traitor; and I mean the "real" reason, not whatever reason you deem is fit for the public to know." he said before standing up and looking to them both, "I know now may not be the best time for it but eventually she will figure it out that whatever reason Itachi gave or whatever reason you tell her is a lie. She will push for the truth and I'll push right alongside her." he said as he looked at them with the cold fire in his eyes and a tone that wasn't so gentle anymore before he sighed and looked a lot more tired than he had been and looked back to Sayaka, "I'll take my leave now, Sarutobi-sensei, if Sayaka wants to see me please make sure she can find her way to mine, she's welcome any time."
Hiruzen nodded, "Ok, Kenta thank you, you may go." Hiruzen said in a saddened tone hearing him speak like that.
Kenta nodded once before disappearing in a red-feathered Shunshin, Mikoto looked to Hiruzen.
"Did he just call you?" Mikoto asked a silent question and Hiruzen nodded.
"Yes he did, I've been training the boy in secret for close to half a year now, it was his personal request and the only way I could think to make up for my mistake for not looking out for them both as I should have." Hiruzen said as he leant on his desk looking older than he was, "I fear that he meant what he said, eventually no matter what we do the two of them will look for the truth about last night one way or another."
Mikoto nodded with a small frown, "I know, I saw his eyes. I never thought I'd see those eyes again as long as I lived, not that I wanted to."
Hiruzen nodded, "I understand fully, those eyes, too many promise pain and harm, but to me…" Hiruzen shook his head with a frown, "the last time I saw them Uzu had fallen. That was one of my greatest failures as Hokage. Last night I sat at this very desk asking myself if I had failed again when I gave Itachi that order. When I saw those eyes…" Hiruzen lowered his head, "I got my answer."
Flashback end
Kenta frowned thinking about that day, he never wanted to see Sayaka like that again; the pair of them hadn't spoken a single word about the massacre since, nor about Itachi. Kenta didn't know if Mikoto or Hiruzen had told her the truth about why it happened, Kenta doubted it. The official reason given was that Itachi had grown sick of his clan holding him back and so removed those who stood in his way before leaving the village, thus killing any who had a chance of stopping him in the future.
This had only been confirmed when Sasuke had awoken a week after saying that was what Itachi had said to him before trapping him in a Genjutsu, the details of which Sasuke had refused to talk about. The only reason Kenta knew of this was because it had been told to him by his sensei who he'd been giving a narrowed glare on for a week for not being told the truth, though he'd eventually put the matter to the side on Anko's advice.
Coming back from his thoughts Kenta focused on the fight once more and his eyes softened somewhat before he spoke, "So that's Sasuke?" he said in a somewhat sympathetic tone.
This seemed to get the pink haired girl's attention as she turned to look to who she'd been talking to, and she jumped when she saw him, she hadn't been expecting someone her age to look like he did, he was taller and she though he was at least a good few years older than her, the scar on his chin made him look fierce and his hair was wild, if it wasn't for the fact he didn't have the facial tattoos she'd have mistaken him for Inuzuka.
"Oh, I'm sorry Senpai, I didn't realise who you were, I'm Sakura Haruno, first year," the now named Sakura said as she bowed slightly in apology.
Kenta looked at her raising an eyebrow at the Senpai comment and smirked realizing what she thought, "Ha-ha, I guess all my training made me look older than I am." Kenta said rubbing the back of his head as Sakura looked at him in confusion, "I'm no one's Senpai here, Haruno-san, name's Kenta Uzumaki, brother to the so-call Blond-Baka"
Sakura looked at Kenta with some shock and slight embarrassment realising what she had said earlier, and she quickly bowed again, "Oh, I'm sorry, I never thought..." she started to apologise but Kenta just waved her off.
"It's fine Haruno-san, you didn't know and he's been called worse," Kenta said with a smirk, "and truth be told my Otōto can be a Baka from time to time."
"So can my Nii-san." came a voice from behind them, causing Kenta to look over his shoulder with a smirk seeing Sayaka coming down the stairs in her new outfit and style she'd started wearing a few weeks after the events of that night.
Sayaka had told Mikoto about her wanting to be a Kunoichi and Mikoto had been more than happy to help her in training for the academy though she had already learned the academy basics there were still the clan techniques and extended training she could help with.
She still met Kenta once a week for training and other times as well for training now that she wasn't stuck in the clan compound studying the whole time she had started to be more open with her personality and the change of hair style and clothing showed it.
Now dawning a purple no sleeved top that went from her shoulders to her hips with the Uchiha clan symbol on the back and a black short-sleeved hoody underneath and pair of knee length black skin tight shorts with mesh tights and black shinobi sandals, with two black bands on her wrists with the Uchiha clan symbols on them. Her new hair style was wilder that it had been when they first met the two years ago when her hair was parted to the sides, now she let some fall over the top of her forehead in a messy fringe and an ever-present smirk.
Kenta grinned seeing her, "Good morning Sayaka-chan, good to see you," he said with a grin seeing his friend.
Sayaka grinned back, "Same to you Kenta-Kun" she said before they both heard the yelling increase from the crowd making them both sigh. "Perhaps we should sort out our Baka siblings before we continue this chat?" Sayaka proposed getting a nod from Kenta.
"Hai," Kenta said as he stood up from the desk and gestured to them, "After you Sayaka-chan," he said acting the gentlemen, earning a giggle from Sayaka at the gesture as she walked passed him and he followed as they started to walk down the last few steps.
"You take yours and I'll take mine?" Sayaka inquired to Kenta as he walked alongside her getting a nod in response before they spit heading in opposite directions in the crowd to get behind their targets.
Both Sasuke and Naruto were two busy butting heads glaring at each other to notice their separate siblings approaching them both from behind, until their glaring match was cut short when a hand came in from the side and grabbed Sasuke's ear in a vice-like grip before pulling him to the side and away from Naruto, as the Duck-butted Uchiha winced from the pain in his ear.
"OW! What the hell Sayaka!" Sasuke yelled as he was pulled away about to reach to get her off him but flinched back when she squeezed harder while pulling making him think twice.
Naruto on the other hand having noticed the male Uchiha's misfortune started pointing and laughing at the scene in front of him, only to find himself suddenly arched over with a familiar arm wrapped around his head as he found himself in a headlock as he started flailing his arms realizing who it was as he tried to get out of it.
Shaking his head in amusement Kenta looked to Sayaka as he held Naruto with ease, "Siblings can be so much trouble sometimes aren't they Sayaka-chan," he said before looking to the blond head in his grip, " always acting so childish." he said before giving the head a thump making Naruto stop flailing.
Sayaka giggled, "Oh yes Kenta-Kun, they can be, but that's what the more responsible of us are for to keep them from being childish," she said giving a glance to Sasuke, "though it can be a pain sometimes." she finished in a sickly sweet tone before pulling Sasuke's ear closer to her as she spoke again, "Onii-chan~." she said in a tone making Sasuke shiver slightly
"Y-Yes Sayaka-nee." he replied hoping to avoid whatever she was scheming in her head, he'd rather avoid his ass being turned into a pincushion like the first time he'd heard that voice, which was followed by a storm of Senbon needles.
The smile Sayaka had at that moment would make even the Shinigami wet himself with fear as Sasuke gulped, "I would recommend not trying to start fights your first day, Nii-chan~." She said tilting her head to the side with her smile growing wider, "Or you might get in trouble with Kaa-chan again and you know how she gets when you disappoint her." she smiled giving her little warning which only made Sasuke shake more in slight fear as he felt his blood run cold from the threat.
Kenta smirked hearing that knowing the reason after having been told about what happened to Sasuke after he woke up in the hospital after he gave his report of the night. The idiot had started right off the bat saying he'd "Avenge the clan" and kill Itachi for what he had done. Needless to say, that had not sat well with Mikoto at all, who had preceded to beat the ever-loving tar out of Sasuke for it leaving him in the bed for another two days after he had awoken already.
And ever since they had gotten back from the hospital, Mikoto had started playing a more active part in their daily lives, as well as re-starting her training and revoking the law on the clan that Fugaku had created and allowed the women to become Shinobi again, which mean the Sayaka could start training, and Mikoto would aid her with plans of her own to re-join the active shinobi core when her children started the academy.
Mikoto had been an active shinobi and a master at her own Kenjutsu style and knowledgeable of hundreds of others, combined with her Sharingan it had made for a lethal combination, and when they had gotten back Sayaka had never been happier at that point when Mikoto started helping her train.
Though Sasuke had been vocal about it not being what their Tou-san would want, Mikoto had declared that it no longer mattered. Since she is the oldest Uchiha she was the clan head now as the clan laws had said, the strongest Uchiha was to be clan head if a successor hadn't been appointed by the previous, and Fugaku had never done so with Sasuke so the law stood, much to Sasuke's annoyance.
And over the time from the massacre till now, any time Sasuke had tried to assert control over the clan as the last male Uchiha Mikoto had nearly sent him to the hospital after each outburst, and the last time he argued that he'd be clan head and kill Itachi, Mikoto had sent him to the hospital for a week and passed the decree that as long as she was the clan's head, no Uchiha was allowed to kill another and she wouldn't step down until he surpassed her.
It was the fear of another ass kicking that had Sasuke afraid, or more rather what made him put on the mask of fear, while on the inside he was enraged at what they were doing to the Uchiha name, 'Someday I will kill that bitch for holding me back and not letting me take revenge for Otou-sama and our clan, who does that bitch think she is'.
Kenta chuckled at the sight of the shaking Sasuke, "That's a very interesting control method you have there, Sayaka-chan," Kenta said before smirking sadistically, "although a little light for my taste."
Sayaka looked to me with a smirk, "Oh and how do you handle yours then?" she asked giving Kenta a curious look.
Kenta grinned as he balled and raised his fist, "like this," he said before placing the tops of his knuckles against the top of his Otōto's head and processed to rub, "Hard." making Naruto cry out in discomfort from the heat and pressure on his head as his older brother noogied him, "Getting the message yet Otōto?" Kenta asked in a playful tone, "No fighting in class, save the grudges for the Taijutsu ring." he said as he finished chastising his little brother before releasing him as he fell backwards rubbing his sore head.
Kenta turned to him, "Now I suggest we all get to our seats as our class Sensei's are at the door." Kenta said giving a smirk as all the other students looked to see the men standing in the doorway.
Both were wearing the standard Chūnin attire consisting of the blue tracksuits and green flak jackets and Konoha headbands. The first had short black hair and had a slight tan to him, with a rather deep looking scar below his eyes and across the bridge of his nose. The other had longer silver hair and slightly paler skin and had a smirk on his face seeing the interactions in the classroom.
The one with the scar was the first to speak, "Very well spotted Kenta-san, it's good to see at least one of the students is observant." he spoke as the two of them entered the room and the students moved to take their seats.
Kenta nodded in response as he moved to walk to the far back left of the room, as he was followed by Sayaka who released Sasuke who walked to his seat as he grumbled about annoying little sisters.
Both Sayaka and Kenta sat at the top left-hand side of the classroom in the back row, Kenta had noted it to be the most strategic of spot, it was the highest spot in the room and had a perfect view of both doors and did not have a window beside it, meaning he wouldn't be blinded by the sun at any time of the day, and it meant no one could surprise him from behind, and he could observe the entire classroom with no difficulty, as he watched both instructors move to their positions at the front of the class.
The scared Chūnin spoke first, "Good morning class, and I'd like to welcome everyone to their first day as an academy cadet. My name is Iruka Umino, and this is my teaching assistant Mizuki, and we will be your instructors for the next four years in all things shinobi related." the now named Iruka began to explain, "First today we will be going over the fundamental basics of what being a shinobi entails, and then later we will be having a Taijutsu tournament to assess some of your skills, now let's begin shall we…" Iruka said as he took out the textbook from his desk.
As Iruka began talking Kenta took this opportunity to scan the room and observe his other classmates, he could pick out a fair number that were from the clans judging from their attire, features or spotting their clan's symbol on their clothing.
Time skip
Kenta sighed, it was ten minutes into the lecture and he was already growing board, both he and Sayaka were on the verge of falling asleep while sitting up as they listened to Iruka talk. They had covered everything that Iruka was talking about already in the years previous. Since Kenta had access to the shinobi library he was able to bring tons of scrolls to their training sessions for them to read, and when Sayaka had gotten access to her clan's libraries she had gone on a four week long reading spree reading every scroll they had that wasn't Jutsu or Sharingan related before she started into them. So needless to say they both were well versed in the basics that were being covered.
Kenta glanced over the room and raised an eyebrow as he saw another student down a few row who had the same feeling, and wasn't as discreet, as he'd quite literally fallen asleep at his desk from his boredom.
The guy had black hair and had it tied back in a spiky ponytail and was wearing a mesh shirt and grey short sleeved jacket with green markings, Kenta recognized the mark on his back as that of the Nara clan and remembered that all Nara males had over two hundred IQ points and so it was a reasonable guess he'd already read up on everything the class would be covering for the next four years.
In his training, Kenta had already read up on all the clans and knew each of their traits, as he had learned that his and Naruto's class would have multiple clan heirs in it, and Kenta could tell looking around he had been right. Though in Kenta's curiosity he'd looked for any sign of an Uzumaki clan, to his dismay there hadn't been.
Deciding to follow the Nara's example Kenta lowered his head to the desk using his arms as a pillow and get comfortable, however that only lasted a few minutes as his training kicked in when he heard the whoosh of air as he moved his hand on instinct and caught the blackboard eraser that had been thrown at him while his eyes were closed, only for a crack to be heard followed by a groan, apparently the Nara had the same experience only hadn't caught the eraser before it hit his head.
Keeping his head down Kenta sighed, "Iruka-san, I think you've misplaced one of you black board erasers." he said in a bored tone getting a few giggles from around the classroom.
Iruka's eye twitched, "Well then Kenta-san since you and Shikamaru-san seem to be so bored with my lecture that you decided to sleep," Iruka said before giving a small smile, "why don't you explain to the class the three skills a shinobi possess are. If either of you cannot you will both stay after class and copy from the textbook."
The newly named Shikamaru sighed as he rubbed his head, "What a drag." he complained not really wanting to exert himself on the pointless task. Kenta, however, felt his own eyebrow twitch in annoyance, a trait he'd picked up from Anko when someone decided to piss him off. At that point, Kenta gave a sadistic grin one that made Sayaka smirk when she saw it, and she could guess what he was going to do, show off.
Standing up grin still present Kenta began talking, "Three of the basic types of techniques Shinobi use are listed as either Ninjutsu, Genjutsu or Taijutsu:
Ninjutsu is a shinobi's primary, which allows the user to do something that they otherwise would be incapable of doing, including the advanced usage of weapons. Unlike Genjutsu, which makes the opponent see Illusions, the effects of Ninjutsu are real. They vary greatly in purpose, with the simpler Ninjutsu serving such tasks as transforming the user or allowing them to evade attacks. These techniques are often second nature for experienced shinobi, who can use them at will. More complex Ninjutsu manipulate one's surroundings or utilise the elements, respectively serving such tasks as healing others or manipulating nature transformations.
Ninjutsu, most of the time, relies on chakra and hand seals to be effective. The hands are put in sequential positions that moulds and manipulate chakra in a necessary manner to perform a technique. This is not always needed, however, and some techniques become second nature to experienced shinobi, after which they can perform them at will.
Additionally, there is the kind of technique that can be classified as a basic or advanced elemental techniques, the basic type are techniques with specific elemental released Futon: wind release, Suiton: water release, Katon: fire release, Doton: earth release, or Raiton: lightning release. The advanced type combines two or three of the basics elements and creates a new one, however, this is normally only possible for those who possess the unique blood limit or Kekkei Genkai, which I will get to.
When creating a Ninjutsu, the two methods of manipulating chakra are referred to as shape transformation and nature transformation:
Shape transformation deals with controlling the form, movement, and potency of chakra.
Nature transformation usually deals with changing the physical properties of chakra into an element.
These two methods can be implemented separately or together in order to create a Ninjutsu.
Without proper control of their chakra, a shinobi will produce ineffective or weakened technique which will lead to them running out of chakra early in a fight. To manipulate their chakra more easily, hand seals can be used. With these hand seals, users can control their chakra and technique with higher efficiency. Different techniques require different hand seals.
Genjutsu are techniques that are employed in the same fashion as Ninjutsu, requiring chakra and hand seals. However, the primary difference between the two is that the effects of Genjutsu are Illusory; instead of attacking the victim's body, like Taijutsu or Ninjutsu, Genjutsu techniques manipulate the flow of chakra in the victim's brain, thus causing a disruption in their senses.
This is frequently used to create false images or to cause pain from trauma: because the body is led to believe it is in pain; however, there are plenty of other uses depending on the situation. They are not used as often as Ninjutsu because they don't physically harm the opponent, Genjutsu can also be used to manipulate others, similar to brainwashing by feeding the victim subtle suggestions, Genjutsu can also be used for other supplementary purposes such as interrogating an individual by breaking their will.
Genjutsu is created when a shinobi controls the chakra flow of the opponent's cerebral nervous system, thereby affecting their five senses. Those with special abilities like the Uchiha clan's Sharingan — which can cast generic Genjutsu — or with high intelligence have an easier time executing and countering Genjutsu. Those under the influence of Genjutsu will either appear to be unconscious or continue to move around under the pretence of the Genjutsu. The latter is very effective in battle as a Genjutsu user can make themselves appear to be somewhere else and attack the victim from behind or change the environment to make the victim see a flat plain where there is a steep cliff.
Genjutsu that affects the victim via hearing is the most dangerous one as it can be done from a faraway distance, enabling the caster to stay away from enemy range while casting their Genjutsu.
Genjutsu attacks usually require a lot of skill, and, if performed incorrectly, will not work. Genjutsu is most often used by shinobi with very precise chakra control and very high intelligence.
The final skill, Taijutsu is a basic form of techniques and refers to any techniques involving the martial arts or the optimisation of natural human abilities. Taijutsu is executed by directly accessing the user's physical and mental energies, relying on the stamina and strength gained through training. It typically does not require chakra, though chakra may be used to enhance its techniques. Taijutsu generally requires no hand seals to perform, occasionally making use of certain stances or poses, and are far quicker to use than Ninjutsu or Genjutsu. Taijutsu is simply put: hand-to-hand combat.
Depending on the difficulty or skill necessary to perform a technique, they are ranked differently. There are six different ranks in techniques:
E-rank - Learned by Academy students, are the basic and most fundamental techniques for all Shinobi.
D-rank - Genin-level techniques. Can be achieved by all Genin, though many shinobi only learn their "type" of technique.
C-rank - Chūnin-level techniques. Sometimes learned by Genin who have trained extensively.
B-rank - Jōnin-level techniques. Require high levels of chakra to use.
A-rank - Kage or Jōnin-level techniques. Require great control over one's chakra and may be forbidden.
S-rank – Secret and/or extreme level techniques. Which are typically unique to a single shinobi.
Going on would require explaining about such things as bloodline limits or Kekkei Genkai, or even the likes of Fūinjutsu, but no one would need to learn about them until they are at lease Jōnin rank, and as I don't want to start a seminar on those matters I will stop there. Is that enough Iruka-san?" Kenta said as he grinned finishing his lecture, smirk still present.
Sayaka had to keep herself from rolling over laughing at the scene, as Iruka, Mizuki and the majority of the class were giving Kenta a "WTF" look as he had just completely recited all the facts about the basic three skills any shinobi would know.
Sayaka knew it all as well given that she'd learned it beside Kenta and then did it over again when Mikoto had started her formal training, and reviewed all she'd learned, needless to say, the older Uchiha was impress with the skills that her daughter had managed to learn while training in secret.
Naruto who was grinning from his seat, couldn't help but chuckle slightly at his Nii-chan showing off, he knew he was smart considering how much he'd trained in the prior two years, the fact that he knew all that didn't shock him in the slightest.
Shikamaru just lay back on his desk wanting to resume his sleeping, not really caring much for the little lecture/answer, as it was pretty basic stuff. While Sasuke gave Kenta a small glance before grunting and looking back to the front, the only reason he looked was because he heard his clan and the Sharingan mentioned, but after that, he paid no more attention to it.
Coming back from his shocked expression Iruka blinked, "Um that's correct Kenta-san…" Iruka said as he finally registered the last few words and gave a pleasant smile, "but please refer to me as Sensei when you address me in class, it's the same for everyone."
Kenta just blinked as he sat down before replying, "Not to be rude Iruka-san, but there is only one man I will ever refer to as sensei, and to be frank, not you nor anyone else could ever hold a candle to him. And no I will not divulge openly who my Sensei is, only that I have been studying under his tutelage for close to two years now and he is far more skilled than anyone in this room could ever hope to be, now…" Kenta continued leaning back in his seat as he pulled his hood up to cover his eyes, "once more, no offence but wake me up when we're actually learning something that I haven't memorized or that's listed in the first ten rows of the shinobi library." he finished as he closed his eyes using his hood to blot out the light.
For the next ten minutes about ninety-seven percent of the class stared at him in astonishment, gaping at his bluntness, but it was that unintentional moment that did what Kenta had been hoping not to do, at that moment the girls in the class were divided in half as half stayed loyal to the last Uchiha male and the other half started fawning over Kenta, and thus the Kenta fan club was born.
Scene break
The day was going on as planned, after the events in the classroom Iruka was watching Kenta with some interest, curious about the red headed enigma. He wanted to know just how smart Kenta was and if his skills matched his smarts, he decided he'd ask lord Hokage about the possibility of having him graduate early if his skills matched up to what he suspected in the Taijutsu match ups.
Everyone had gathered outside in the school yard next to the Taijutsu sparring platforms, which were raised three feet off the grounds with steps up either side of the platform, with bleachers a few meters away for those not fighting to wait and watch any matches in progress.
In twos, each student had been called down for their match up while the rest of the class watched. Kenta had watched with some fascination as the other students sparred and to say he was underwhelmed by most of the fights was an understatement, the majority of the fights had been between clan children against civilian born, it was obvious in each fight who was going to win, the civilian children had little to no experience in a hand to hand combat while the clan children had, as Kenta predicted, extensive training in their clan's styles, or at least had been given lessons prior to attending the academy in order to prepare them for what they'd be learning. The results were as you'd expect, the clan children dominating over their civilian counterparts with hardly any resistance as they were pitted against each other.
When it came Kenta's turn to fight he took his position and his opponent took his, from what Kenta could tell by his appearance he was just an ordinary civilian child also, no clan markings or distinguishing traits linking him to any clan what so ever, Kenta knew this fight wouldn't be much of a challenge for him but decided to at least give the other guy a chance and so took up a lesser stance of his style, his body tilted to the left and his right arm in a slanted angle from left to right as he held his fist in his Taijutsu's style, fingers balled to the second joint as his left arm went to behind his back, he wouldn't need it.
The civilian boy took up what Kenta could assume was a form his parents had shown him, somewhat of a boxers stance, his fists balled and raised to jaw height as a guard, his fists were at least formed properly, but his guard was too low and left the lower part of his body and sides open as his arms were too tight together, it was painful for Kenta to look at.
'Hmmm what to do, should I go Anko and kick the poor fool in the jewels and let his parents feel sorry for trying to teach him and failing, or should I just knock him out… I'll go for the knockout, less of a headache for Sensei' Kenta thought and decided as he listened for the command for the fight to begin.
"Hajime." Iruka called to begin the fight, watching with some curiosity Kenta's stance wasn't one he was familiar with but was soon to see how efficient it was when the civilian student rushed Kenta with a wild left going for Kenta's head.
Kenta saw the attack coming and it was so slow to what he was used to, he had time to plan out the next several moves he'd do before he had to make a move. First Kenta moved his arm to the side pushing his opponents arm just enough to make the attack go wide as he swooped down low and buried his left shoulder into his opponent's gut, before spinning on his left heel and swooping low before raising his right leg up and launching a rising heel into his opponents jaw sending him into the air and crashing onto the ground from the side of the platform.
The result was an instantaneous silence from all onlookers at the sudden quick finish and efficiency of Kenta's moves, as his opponent was laying on the ground groaning from the pain in his gut and his jaw. The kick had been held back so as not to do any serious damage, the move was meant to be used in the heat of battle to effectively snap an opponent's neck in one move, but the situation didn't require that outcome, and Kenta wasn't fond of the idea of taking a life for no reason.
Lowering his leg from his kicking pose Kenta took a breath to relax himself and his stance, before turning and walking off the platform for the next match up.
Snapping out of his stupor Iruka raised his hand, "Shōsha, Kenta Uzumaki" he announced getting a resulting cheer from half the girls of the class who were fanning over the red head. Who Iruka was now watching with even more interest, as he walked over and retook his position.
Kenta sat down frowning slightly, 'Well that was just a bore, I was hoping for something more, he could have at least dodged that kick and kept the fight going, it's not like I was moving at my full speed, and I even upped my restrictions a level yesterday, I'm sitting at level two gravity here and level four in resistance, and I'm nowhere close to breaking a sweat, if this is the level of skill there is as far as these civilians go, these are going to be four very long years'
The matches continued next with Sayaka going up against a civilian girl, as Kenta watched, during their training Kenta had helped her work on her own Taijutsu style, since she was unable at the time to learn the Uchiha's clan style the Interceptor fist, due to her Tou-san's views and laws she had to choose from the range that Kenta was able to pick from in the shinobi library to start her off, and after their training together had been revealed after the massacre Kenta had asked Gai if he could correct any mistakes she had in the form, though after watching her Gai had said her forms were perfect and that there was nothing to correct that Kenta was a natural teacher and that his "flames of youth" were burning brighter every day, of course, this time Kenta had the experience to know to look away when he gave his smile and not be blinded, and he'd reacted in time to shield Sayaka's eyes from the light.
So instead of her clan's style she had chosen to learn a more subtle form for herself, a style called the Twin fist (Tsuinken), a style that was similar in ways from the interceptor fist but completely different all the same, while the Interceptor fist relied on waiting for an opponent to make a move only for them to be countered by crippling blow or attack, relying on the Sharingan's ability to follow enemy movements while the Twin fist worked differently, where it was more deceptive. The user would launch a lighter attack at one location and leave herself open for a second giving her opponent an opening to attack only to close it the second they did before countering the attack and dealing a devastating blow, usually going for a neck or face shot to provide more openings, the style was subtle but doable with practice It required fast reflexes and a fluid body for the movements to be quick and fast, that was one of the reasons why Kenta had recommended it for her to learn as he realized how devastating the style could be when she gained her Sharingan later on, Mikoto had seen it as well and chose to add it to the clan's library for later generations saying it had been recommended before but that it had been turned down due to the men of the clan not being as quick and agile as the women and that the interceptor style had been the style chosen instead which required more muscle and force behind them to use it.
As Sayaka's fight began she fell into one of her stances that her style used, her fists raised leaving several opening, the style closely resembled that of the academy style the basic fist but it taught how to close up the gaps that the basic fist had in its stances to allow for quicker counters.
But both Sayaka and Kenta winced seeing her opponent's stance, both her hand's opens and her footing was all wrong, it looked like she'd be blown over by a strong enough gust of wind before Iruka started the fight.
As the girl came in to attack first it was made even worse when the girl went to slap Sayaka, which just pissed her off, they were here to become shinobi and Kunoichi, and this girl didn't even have the intuition on how to throw a punch, this girl was just hopeless.
Moving faster than her opponent Sayaka knocked her open hand slap away before delivering a solid punch to her stomach as Sayaka stepped to the girls side as she doubled over only for her face to meet the bottom of Sayaka's foot as her heel buried itself in with force and launched the girl backwards screaming only to be silenced when Sayaka brought her arm back and slammed her elbow into the girls neck knocking the girl into dreamland as she collapsed on the ground.
The brutality of the attack left all the other girls gawking at the scene each now fearing their own fates if they were paired up to fight the female Uchiha. While the boys were wincing seeing how quickly she brutalised her opponent, making mental notes not to piss her off.
Kenta smirked at her as she came back to sit beside him and Naruto gave her a big thumbs up as she came over, the two had been introduced sometime after the Uchiha incident and had been good friends, Naruto even going so far as to call nee-chan at times when she visited.
Next was Naruto's match against another civilian, while Naruto was nowhere near as skilled as Kenta and Sayaka had become, thanks to his brother's torture/training lessons, he was actually capable when it came to Taijutsu, not that he needed to be against these civilian kids. Blocking his opponent's fist before delivering a solid uppercut into his jaw and the following through with a left haymaker for the knockout.
Kenta smirked seeing his Otōto smile as he was announced the winner, but he noticed a rather distinctive glare of hatred from the assistant Mizuki when he say Naruto's skill, only to stop when he felt a spike of killer intent directed at him from Kenta as he caught the red heads glare at him for looking at Naruto that way, only for Mizuki to sneer at him as well, Kenta made a mental note to report this to the Hokage if Mizuki did anything that would screw with him or his Otōto.
The next match-ups were soon under way and it was Sasuke versus Shikamaru, the match was over in a blink of an eye, well almost, after three counters from Sasuke when none of Shikamaru's attacks were hitting, he forfeit, while giving the reason it was too much work to continue.
Kenta shook his head at the Nara's lazy attitude but couldn't help but agree in some way, though each of the counters had been easily dodged, they were all aimed at critical areas like the throat or kidneys, and by the looks of thinks, Sasuke wasn't holding back any force. Meaning if Sasuke had been faster he'd have critically wounded the Nara, not the goal in a friendly spar, especially against a fellow student and possible fellow Konoha shinobi and future clan head.
Next was a fight between the Yamanaka clan heir and the Hyūga clan heir, which Kenta was interested in.
The Yamanaka was called Ino, she had fair skin, blue eyes, and long pale-blonde hair worn in a ponytail extending to her waist, with bangs framing the right side of her face. She wore a purple outfit consisting of a high-collared blouse and matching apron skirt. With bandages on her abdomen and legs, and two small hoop earrings in her ears, and white arm warmers as sleeves leaving the middle of her upper arms bare, and on her feet were standard blue shinobi sandals.
The Hyūga, easy enough to tell from her pale eyes, was one Hinata Hyūga, she had dark blue hair in a Hime-cut just above her forehead with chin-length strands framing her face and pale eyes, she was wearing a cream-colored hooded jacket with a fire symbol on the upper sleeves and fur around the cuffs and hem, along with a pair of navy blue pants and blue shinobi sandals.
Comparing them both Kenta could see the Yamanaka was more confident looking by the way she was standing, while the Hyūga looked to be somewhat timid and shy. Kenta frowned at that, he had heard how Hiashi was, a stoic man normally cold and unfeeling towards most, and it would appear even to his daughter, and knowing how the Hyūga prided themselves on being the strongest clan in the village, even more so now after the Uchiha incident, the girl's training would have been harsh and not have been easily coped with an unfeeling father.
Kenta had hoped to see the famous gentle fist style of the Hyūga clan and see what it was capable of, but now he was worried if the girl was even going to be able to put up a fight looking at her, and he was right.
As the fight started Ino started attacking, though they were only gentle and hardly attacks at first, and given who she was it surprised Kenta, Inoichi the girl's father was a proud shinobi and would be kicking himself if he saw how his daughter was fighting, granted his clan prided itself on their mind Jutsu over their Taijutsu but still this was just pathetic, all she was doing was slapping, and Kenta was sure the whole fight he could hear Sayaka growling and hissing in anger watching the fight, she really hated fan girls.
The entire fight Hinata was just dodging and blocking the hits, not fighting back, or at least until Naruto called out from beside Kenta, "Come on Hinata you can do it!" he called excited.
Kenta glanced at his younger brother and raised an eyebrow, "You know her Otōto?" he asked
Naruto nodded, "Yea we met a few times when you were training, some bullies were picking on her because of her clan and I chased them off with the Taijutsu you taught me, and we talked for a while until she had to go home." he explained with a smirk.
Kenta blinked and grinned at the information before chuckling, "Damn, my Otōto is going around saving Heiress on his days off pranking, who knew my Otōto was such a little hero." he teased as he laughed, before looking back only to blink suddenly seeing a burst of determination in Hinata's eyes before she rushed Ino and in a blur of strikes Ino was sent out of the ring making Kenta blink, 'What the hell where did that come from' he thought before looking at Hinata with confusion, as she suddenly eeped at what she had done and then became shy again.
Kenta blinked, 'What's with this girl, one second she's timid and scared then after hearing Otōto's cheer she suddenly gets a burst of courage and dominates the match, it's like she's….' Kenta thought before realization hit him and he started chuckling internally before he pulls Naruto into a side hug and grins, "Oh Otōto you make me so proud sometimes you know that"
"Hu, what are you talking about Nii-chan?" Naruto asked completely clueless to what was going on.
Kenta playfully slapped his brothers back, "Oh nothing Otōto, it's just I think I've found what's going to keep me amused for the next four years and a long time after that." 'My brother is the most clueless, idiot to ever walk the elemental nations' Kenta mentally laughed
As they were talking the next match played out as the Aburame heir defeated the Akimichi Heir in their fight, which was over in a few moments due to the Akimichi not being able to use any of his clan's expansion Jutsus in combination with his Taijutsu and the Aburame easily outlasted his big boned opponent.
Next, it was Kenta's turn again as he walked into the ring and smirked, 'Maybe, I'll actually get a good fight this time' Kenta thought as he saw his opponent coming up his side of the arena steps.
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