Chương 1: Chapter 1: Ishikawa Kiyoshi
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Land of Fire, Konoha Village
At dawn, in the forest outskirts, towering trees with lush, green leaves swayed gently with the breeze.
A boy, about eight years old, with a noble and determined face, sat alone, cross-legged, with his eyes closed in quiet meditation.
His aura was calm and soothing, lacking the usual mischief of children his age, as if he were one with nature.
Occasionally, a bird or two would fly over, chirping, unafraid to perch on him, and dry leaves fell around him, softly landing on his shoulders.
"One…two…three leaves…" he counted softly.
Sunlight filtered through the canopy above, casting patterns across his figure. Yet he remained still, eyes closed, listening to the forest's song.
"Thirty-three leaves, exactly?"
The boy opened his eyes slowly, brushing off the scattered leaves from his shoulders.
Had someone been watching from the start, they'd have noticed a curious detail, precisely thirty-three leaves had fallen around him since he'd settled under this tree.
Gazing at the sparrow that had jumped from a branch onto his hand Kiyoshi smiled.
The sparrow chirped twice, as if in response, then flapped its wings and flew off into the distance.
He got up gracefully, feeling a deep sense of peace within. It had been eight years since he woke to find himself in this world.
His father, Ishikawa Masato, had been a medical Jonin at the Konoha Hospital, while his mother, Ishikawa Akane, was a medical Chunin.
Eight years ago, on the fateful night of the Nine-Tails attack, they'd both sacrificed their lives to protect him, leaving him with his elderly grandmother.
However, his parents had left behind a decent inheritance, and the village had also provided a substantial compensation which gave him a comfortable life.
His father's old friends also lent a helping hand, so he and his grandmother lived comfortably.
But the true wonder for Kiyoshi lay elsewhere. He possessed an innate amount of chakra far beyond the norm, accompanied by an extraordinary sensory ability.
When he was five, during an aimless wander in the forest, he stumbled upon a mysterious green fruit marked with strange patterns—a fruit identical to the legendary devil fruit he'd read about from One Piece.
After hesitating for sometime, he decided to take a gamble and eat it.
The taste was, to say the least, unforgettable. But more importantly, he gained the powers of the Wood-Wood Fruit, a rare Logia-type devil fruit that was eaten Admiral Ryokugyu in One Piece.
Armed with foreknowledge of the potential dangers within Konoha, Kiyoshi was careful not to reveal his newfound powers casually.
Although still in the Academy, he had inherited his father's excellent chakra control, allowing him to excel both academically and in ninjutsu.
Even the talented Neji Hyuga from the Hyuga clan's branch family found it hard to keep up with him.
In taijutsu, the top of his class was Neji, a born prodigy from a prestigious family, with his Byakugan granting him a near-360° field of view and unparalleled insight.
Next to him ranked Rock Lee, a boy born without any ninjutsu or genjutsu talent, who tirelessly trained his body to become an indomitable force.
Yet no one truly knew the extent of Kiyoshi's abilities.
His chakra control had already surpassed his father's, and he had mastered every medical jutsu in his father's scrolls, including the advanced A-rank Healing Jutsu.
Even more astonishingly, the Wood-Wood Fruit power fused with his chakra, producing miraculous effects.
He could become one with the nature, conjuring and manipulating plant life at will.
Unlike traditional Wood Release, he required no hand seals or gestures. A mere thought could summon a vast array of plants under his command.
His abilities not only allowed him to drain chakra from others, similar to a carnivorous plant, but he could also absorb their flesh and nutrients, transforming it into energy to heal himself.
Though his skills were advanced enough to graduate early, Kiyoshi felt no rush to leave the Academy.
"At least the hard work paid off…" he murmured to himself. "Years of practice, merging with nature—I can now sense the omnipresent natural energy in the world around me."
Every day, he dedicated time to meditate, quieting his mind, sensing his surroundings, and enhancing his spiritual and sensory skills. But his deeper goal went beyond personal strength.
He sought to master Sage Mode.
"Just sensing natural energy isn't enough. If someone attempts to absorb it recklessly they might turn into stone."
"But I am different," he whispered, eyes glinting with a faint crimson that only he could perceive.
"As a Wood-Wood Fruit user, I am part of the forest—a piece of nature itself. With my chakra control, balancing the three forces of spiritual energy, physical energy, and natural energy to produce sage chakra is within reach."
"And if anything goes wrong, I can halt the process instantly."
As he spoke, he glanced down, the crimson light in his eyes deepening in determination.
"Maybe…it's time to begin!"
Chương 2: Chapter 2: Mutation
At this moment, Kiyoshi's eyes underwent a change.
Both eyes gleamed a blood-red hue.
Each eye had three spinning black tomoe.
The Sharingan!
If anyone had seen this scene, they would have been struck speechless with shock.
Because Kiyoshi wasn't a member of the Uchiha Clan, yet he possessed the Sharingan.
Moreover, it was the rare three-tomoe form, a stage even most pureblood Uchiha's rarely reach.
And unlike Kakashi, who gained his Sharingan through a transplant from his friend Obito, Kiyoshi could control his Sharingan freely, turning it on and off at will, just like an Uchiha.
"Three tomoe… I wonder if it can evolve into a Mangekyo Sharingan," Kiyoshi murmured, lightly brushing his eyes as he mused.
This was the terrifying result of the mutated powers granted by the Wood-Wood Fruit.
Two years ago, at dusk, he had been fishing by the Naka River to practice medical ninjutsu.
There, he accidentally stumbled upon the corpse of Uchiha Shisui. Though his eyes were gone, his body still held a vast amount of chakra.
Sensing that no one was around to monitor him, Kiyoshi promptly absorbed the lingering chakra from Shisui's body.
During the process, however, he inadvertently consumed a small part of Shisui's blood and flesh, which merged into his body like a nourishing force.
That night, he awoke to find his eyes burning hot, and his vision had sharpened immensely, allowing him to see every detail with clarity.
When he looked in the mirror, he saw that he had somehow awakened the Sharingan.
And it wasn't just any stage—it was the three-tomoe form.
It was then that Kiyoshi realized the terrifying ability of his fruit.
Through consuming the flesh and chakra of those with a Kekkei Genkai, he could absorb their powers and fully integrate them into his own.
Because of Shisui's immense chakra, he had directly gained the three-tomoe Sharingan.
"But the Uchiha clan…" he muttered.
Deactivating his Sharingan, Kiyoshi gazed in the direction of the Uchiha clan's compound with mixed feelings.
As a reincarnator, he knew all too well what fate awaited the Uchiha clan.
Since the Nine-Tails' attack on the village eight years ago, Konoha's higher-ups had grown increasingly suspicious of the Uchiha, pressing down on them with hostility.
Consequently, the Uchihas' resentment toward the village leaders had intensified over time.
Two years ago, the more radical faction within the clan had reached a breaking point, plotting a coup to seize power.
The death of Shisui, however, had taken them by surprise
As a young prodigy known for his mastery of the Body Flicker Jutsu, Shisui had been one of the clan's strongest assets in their planned rebellion.
His sudden loss forced the Uchiha to delay their uprising by two years.
Today, the tension between the Uchiha and the Konoha leadership had grown irreparably, and it was clear that the clan's destruction was imminent.
"Well, everyone has their own destiny…" Kiyoshi sighed.
"Luckily, school's about to go on break, so I don't have to attend classes. That gives me time to experiment and see if I can control Sage Chakra!"
Watching the sun rise steadily into the sky, Kiyoshi stretched his limbs, unconcerned.
After all, he wasn't part of the Uchiha clan and had nothing to worry about.
The Uchihas, with their arrogant and stubborn ways, clinging to the glory of their clan, didn't exactly make them popular.
With a light leap, he grabbed a few books he had left on a tree branch and started toward the ninja academy.
Alongside the textbooks provided by the academy, he carried three other books he had borrowed from the library.
They were titled Introduction to Puppet Techniques, Basic Techniques for Puppet Masters, and Puppet Design and Creation.
Puppet techniques, as rumor had it, were founded by Sunagakure.
Throughout the three Great Ninja Wars, Sunagakure's ingenious puppet techniques and their hidden weaponry had inflicted massive casualties on Konoha.
Because of this, Konoha had conducted extensive research into Sunagakure's puppet techniques.
However, due to a lack of comparable skill, Konoha's puppets fell short in precision and flexibility, vastly inferior to those made by Sunagakure, which had pioneered the art.
As a result, using half-baked puppets against Sunagakure puppeteers in battle wasn't effective.
Over time, puppet techniques never truly developed within Konoha.
Kiyoshi, however, had a bit of interest in puppet techniques and planned to study them as a side project.
Of course, it wasn't as if he aimed to become a master puppeteer.
After all, as a Wood-Wood Fruit user, fully dedicating himself to puppet mastery would be missing the point.
Currently, he didn't want to reveal his Wood Release too early, lest he attract the attention or jealousy of certain people.
From his father, he had inherited some scrolls containing various jutsu. Among the advanced techniques were the Shadow Clone Jutsu and the Body Flicker Jutsu.
There were also a few low-level Fire Release Jutsu, but no particularly powerful jutsu.
Out of personal interest, he planned to delve into puppet techniques, mainly as a means to enhance his chakra control skills.
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