Chương 6: Namikaze and Uzumaki clans

Seeing the day ended, Kushina proposed to talk over dinner. Everyone consented and they made their way toward Minato and Kushina's house. Hiroto is the only one who is anxious because he noticed their abnormality and also Itachi filled him in on what transpired.

Everyone was seated around the dining table and quickly had their meal silently. After that Minato made a hand seal and activated the voice barrier surrounding the room.

Everyone's eyes are on the future child of prophecy's parents. Minato first looked at Hiroto and said "Hiroto you remember what we told you about your parents, right ?". To that Hiroto remembered when Minato and Kushina showed photographs of his birth parents and soon he came to realize his parents in actuality his aunt and uncle which made him love them even more.

"Yes, dad," Hiroto replied with a nod. "So generally when a shinobi unlocks his chakra, the elemental nature of chakra isn't so potent as yours. You know about chakra natures right?" enquired Minato looking at the new ninjas in training. "Earth, Fire, Water, Wind, Lightning" replied Hiroto and Itachi.

Hearing their response Minato nodded and continued "Normally a shinobi has to train his chakra so much so that he/she can use it passively. But in some cases, elemental nature is imbued directly into your chakra, and that only increases as you become proficient in using chakra. Ninjas who are proficient using this consciously can use one hand seals or can reduce hand seals required for a jutsu based on how good they are."

Seeing the kids following he continued "This is not all good in some extreme cases chakra damages your body so much that you have to give up being a ninja." Noticing despair on Hiroto's face Minato quickly said "You're an Uzumaki, they have strong bodies and vitality so you don't have much of a problem except slight pain when starting out." listening to this Hiroto got a smile back on his face.

"Your chakra isn't so much imbued with chakra natures like my sister's when unlocking chakra .." said Minato. "But isn't Mizuko .." interrupted Mikoto. "Her chakra caused her severe injuries whenever she tried. So she had to give up her Shinobi career." completed Minato with a melancholic look got a hand of support from his girlfriend, and somber and understanding nods of support from the Uchiha clan patriarch and his wife.

"Now that part is over let's fill you up on the Namikaze clan. It's a small close-knit clan that got nearly exterminated during the warring states period, so many clan jutsus are lost. From what my sister told me we have a special kekkei genkai Swift release. The yellow lightning is Swift release" to that Minato got shocked faces from most of the room since Kushina already knew.

Ignoring those surprised looks Minato continued "But Swift release is pretty taxing on the body, all I can use are short boosts after using Flying Thunder-god jutsu. I think it's the luck you're an Uzumaki and awakened Swift release at its peak you can match Raikage in speed without Flying Thunder-god jutsu." this got surprised faces again. Mikoto added comically "It's good you can't use it or your reputation might even Uchihas" this statement got laughs around the room and a stink eye from Fugaku.

Fugaku asked them "What about that dark cloud ?" to that question Minato shrugged his shoulder in reply and looked behind at Kushina. In response Kushina came forward and started saying "You know about the Uzumaki clan, right ?" this got nods from everyone.

Taking a deep breath Kushina continued "Uzumaki has several kekkei genkai of which almost everyone knows about only one or two" this resulted shocking everyone including Minato. Raising her two fingers she said "Uzumakis are natural in fūinjutsu which is pretty common like 1 in 10 have the ability, proficient in kenjutsu with around the same odds and the other is Adamantine sealing chains which are among 1 in 100 people on average." in a single breath.

"The other is Storm release which is pretty rare, I heard it's lost in recent decades when I was there. You know about it, it's pretty famous in Hidden cloud village. Next is the dark cloud which is not a kekkei genkai but a kekkei tōta" this caused everyone to suck in a deep breath at its implications. "I've only read it in some books, but it is only mentioned briefly without many details. In that people with that ability are counted on only one hand including Hiroto here."

Without letting them interrupt her "Hiroto your birth father, my brother may have information about it. But I will only pass it on to you after you became a genin. So don't bother using those eyes on me." which drew smiles from everyone seeing Hiroto's pitiful act.

"Anyway, what I know about it is, with enough chakra and control you can change landscapes. Disaster release that's what it is called." ended Kushina. This caused a shudder down their spine at the prospect of the Uzumaki clan isn't a peaceful clan but like Uchiha or Kaguya clans who love fighting. "Why didn't I have a daughter ?" with this thought Fugaku gave his son a hateful look.

It took a few minutes for everyone to digest that information. Minato warned Hiroto and Itachi "Don't share your abilities or techniques without others being your trusted friend who will always have your back." this got supporting nods from all the older members, to which Itachi and Hiroto gave an understanding nod.

With an uncertain glance, Hiroto slowly said "So why I can see uh.. uh.. I think your chakra types" looking at the adults. Hearing this Minato and Kushina's eyes widened followed by the Uchiha couple's. "Describe what you feel when you look at us, Hiroto ?" said Minato kneeling. "Father's chakra is like the wind I feel from a forest, Mother's chakra is like a gentle river flowing but at the back, I can see the water which is moving so violently controlled by a dam, Fugaku-san is like a fire, and lightning ready to burn/strike everything and Aunty Mikoto is like fire in the winter."

Hearing this every adult in the room is shell shocked and Minato inquired "Hiroto you understood how you felt when you unlocked first right? " after getting a nod he continued "Can you only feel this when you use chakra ?"