Burble… burble…
Izuna dashes towards the sound of falling water. Soon, he reaches near the source of the sound and spots a gigantic waterfall.
Izuna gapes at the scenery and immerses in its beauty for a while. The reflection from the sun creates a large rainbow at the top of the waterfall. The fresh breeze flows near the waterfall and he could feel his body getting revitalized near the waterfall.
"This is Nature Energy. My body is passively absorbing a little amount of Senjutsu energy and is rejuvenating itself." Izuna inhales deeply and walks toward the waterfall.
He cups his hand and collect water from the stream and taste it.
"Such clear water and the taste is so good. This scenery is so enchanting. It is… it is so…"
"Beautiful, right?"
Izuna is interrupted by a sudden feminine voice. He turns around to spot the newcomer. He spots a giant two-tail fox. Izuna raises his guard and warily looks at the fox and gets ready to engage in a fight.
"Relax. Calm down, I am not looking for a fight." The fox tries to relax Izuna.
Izuna relaxes his guard a little and questions the fox,
"Who are you? Do you have any issues with me?"
"I am Kurumi. One of the natives of the Shikkotsu forest. I am a part of the Fox clan."
The Fox introduces herself.
"Sorry for interrupting you earlier. It wasn't my intention."
The fox apologies.
"I am ordered by Lady Katsuyu to summon you. Lady Katsuyu wants to have a chat with you." The fox informs Izuna.
"Oh! So, Katsuyu finally remembered me. I have some questions to ask from her. Lead the way."
Izuna responds to the fox. The fox walks towards one of the cavern passage. Izuna follows the fox while still on guard.
The fox continues to lead him inside the cavern. After a while, they exit out of the cavern in a vast open area. There are no large trees out there, only some vines and shrubs. The size of shrubs and vines easily scaling a two-story or three-story building.
Izuna continues to follow the fox. He spots many slugs slithering around. One of the smaller slugs raises its head and greets Izuna.
"Hello. Izuna-kun. It has been a while since we last met."
Izuna skeptically looks at the slug which greatly resembles Katsuyu. He activates his Sharingan and checks its chakra Signature.
"Katsuyu, you are Katsuyu."
"Hello! Izuna-kun. How are you doing?" Another giant slug greets him.
Izuna turns his head and looks at the new slug.
"You are also Katsuyu. Are both of you her clones or fissions?" Izuna questions them.
"No, both of us are Katsuyu." Both the slug reply to Izuna.
"Then which of you is the real one, or are you suffering from an identity crisis?" Izuna remembers a filler episode of Naruto where Naruto's shadow clones held the real Naruto as a hostage.
"Both of us are real." Both of them reply simultaneously again.
"Hey! Can you take me to the real Katsuyu? I can't quite understand the situation here." Izuna stares around and spots various gigantic versions of Katsuyu.
The two-tailed fox nods to him and continues to lead him towards the Katsuyu.
They walk for a while and soon reaches near the roots of a gigantic tree. The fox points towards a cave and explains,
"Lady Katsuyu is inside that cave. My task is over if you want to meet me again, then visit me at Fox clan."
The fox turns around and dashes in a particular direction. Izuna enters the cave and soon spots a massive slug slithering back and forth inside the cave.
"Katsuyu! You are the real Katsuyu, who was looking for me, right?" Izuna question the slug.
"Yes, I am indeed the Katsuyu who was looking for you."
The giant slug turns its head and looks at Izuna.
"It is quite late to say it, but still 'Welcome to Shikkotsu Forest Izuna-kun'." The slug welcomes him.
"Hey! Before we start our conversation, I have a question for you. Do you mind answering it?" Izuna question the slug.
"Go on! I will try to answer your question." The slug assures him.
"What's the deal with all these Katsuyu out there? Are they your fission clones or something? All of them are Katsuyu right?" Izuna questions Katsuyu.
"Oh! That. It is not a secret for the natives of the Shikkotsu Forest. Actually, all of them are Katsuyu. We share every information with each other, and all of us are linked telepathically to each other.
After a certain period, the Katsuyu will undergo binary fission and split into two new Katsuyu. The new Katsuyu will inherit the memories of the Old Katsuyu. This way we have survived for a very long time."
Katsuyu answers to Izuna. Izuna looks at Katsuyu with a surreal gaze.
'That's it. That's the secret of Katsuyu. I thought it would be something mind-blowing. But this, I can't put my head around it. It is amazing actually but still, it lacks in compared to my fantasies.'
Izuna sighs to himself. He questions her again,
"I placed my teleportation seal on one of your smaller body. When I teleported here, why I appeared so far from your location?"
Izuna looks at Katsuyu.
"Izuna-kun, Shikkotsu Forest is isolated from the rest of the world by a space-time barrier. The founder of the Uzumaki clan constructed this barrier. I help to maintain the barrier around the forest.
It is because of this reason that your teleportation formula wasn't able to pick up my co-ordinates closely. Thus, you were teleported at the outer edge of the forest. Various low-intelligence creatures reside at the outer edge of the forest."
Katsuyu continues to explain,
"Izuna-kun. We Katsuyu are the protector of the Shikkotsu Forest. It is us who take care of the Forest and maintains its eco-system despite it being isolated from the rest of the world. Shikkotsu forest existed way before the era of Rikkudou Sennin, and I have been maintaining it for such a long period.
Over the passage of years, due to continuous fission, I have turned into multiple Katsuyu who help me maintain the forest more efficiently. Many of Katsuyu died through accidents, death in battle, or through various other reasons."
Katsuyu explains about her herself.
"Katsuyu, who was your former summoner? I mean before Tsunade who contracted with you." Izuna asks in curiosity.
"I was a former summon of Mito Uzumaki and before that, I had summoning contracts with Uzumaki clan members. One Uzumaki clan member helped me once by sealing a berserk creature present in the Shikkotsu Forest.
That battle caused the death of many Katsuyu. Thankfully, the Uzumaki clan member sealed the creature before any major harm was done. It was during that moment when I formed a summoning contract with the Uzumaki clan members."
Katsuyu laid a summoning contract in front of Izuna. Izuna opens the scroll and starts to filter through the names of her contractor.
"Tsunade Senju, Mito Uzumaki, Ashina Uzumaki...."
He continues to skim through the name of her previous contractor. After skimming for a while, Izuna stops at the first name on the list.
"Kenshiro Senju…"
Izuna looks at the scroll once again.
Kenshiro Senju…
He looks at Katsuyu and questions her.
"Lady Katsuyu! Who is this Kenshiro Senju? You made a contract with the Uzumaki clan members, right? Then why is a Senju clan member first on your contractor list?"
Izuna question Katsuyu.
"Oh, that! I guess you are aware of the fact that the Uzumaki clan and Senju clans were relatives, right?"
Izuna nods to Katsuyu.
"Kenshiro is the first Uzumaki clan member. You can also call him the founder of the Uzumaki clan. He is the person who sealed the vicious creature and protected the Shikkotsu forest a few centuries ago.
After he made a summoning contract with me, he founded the Uzumaki clan and separated from the Senju clan. If you are interested in his story, then I will narrate it to you."
Izuna nods to her as he gets ready to listen to her tale.
'I am pretty interested in the story of this Kenshiro Senju. He is the founder of the Uzumaki clan and had a 'Sin eye' in his possession. I wonder how he got hold of the 'Sin eye'.'
"Then listen attentively!"
Katsuyu starts to narrate the story of the First Uzumaki to Izuna.
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A/N:- Hello everyone, your shameless author here. I am adding another of my Original Origin story here. I want to immerse in the Naruto world and I want to explain many unexplained parts of the plot. So, this is one of my attempt to do so. Leave your thoughts in the comment. When I mentioned Slow-paced, I really meant it. I hope you continue to read my story despite my shortcomings.
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A/N:- Sorry for the delay guys. I had an exam to attend, so I was quite busy with the preparation. I did well for the exam and hopefully I will get a good score. I have another exam in a week. I will post two chapters before it and I will skip on exam day.
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"A few centuries ago,
The shinobi world was engulfed in wars and chaos. There were no proper boundaries of the nation. Various clans waged war against each other, either for territory or for resources.
The Senju Clan was one of the most powerful clans. Senju clan enrolled in a battle against the Uchiha clan, another powerful clan.
During those Warring periods, the leader of the Senju clan had five offspring. His elder son was talented in combat.
The youngest son Kenshiro was quite a dunce. He could not master even any basic ninjutsu. In a battle against Uchiha, three of the brothers fell to the Uchiha clan's genius Tenma Uchiha.
Unable to bear the loss of his siblings and to overcome his helplessness, Kenshiro left the Senju clan on a journey to achieve power.
It was during this journey, Kenshiro learned Fuinjutsu. It was during this time, he helped me seal the creature and helped the Shikkotsu Forest."
Katsuyu walks out of the cave and leads Izuna. After walking for a while, they reached in front of a large temple. Katsuyu and Izuna entered the temple.
In the center of the temple, Izuna spot a gigantic statue of a man. The man had long-spiky hairs and a giant scroll is tied to his back. He had two shoulder guards with a Vajra symbol on one of them and a spiral symbol on others. His hands are clasped together, and he is in a battle stance.
"He is Kenshiro Uzumaki! Kenshiro Senju, to be exact. To pay tribute to him, the summons of Shikkotsu forest constructed a temple and erected his statue."
Izuna looks closely at the statue and notices strange marking all over the Statue's body. The markings closely resemble Strength of a Hundred Seal. He turns towards Katsuyu and questions her,
"Isn't that the Strength of a Hundred Seal? That's Tsunade technique right?"
Katsuyu nods to him and reply,
"It is indeed similar to Strength of a Hundred Seal because Tsunade derived her technique from this jutsu. Tsunade's Creation Rebirth Technique is incomplete.
Kenshiro-sama created this technique to use in conjunction with Sage Mode. Mito-sama modified the technique to use Normal Chakra instead of the Sage chakra and Tsunade-sama further improved the technique.
But now her technique has a side-effect. The Original technique created by Kenshiro-sama had strict requirements but it had no side-effects."
"Oh! There was such a thing. Then why don't you help Tsunade-san to learn this original technique." Izuna questions Katsuyu.
"I tried to convince Tsunade-san to learn this technique. But it requires lots of time to learn, and Tsunade-san took part in the Second Shinobi War during her youth, and then the loss of her loved ones caused trauma to her. So, she neglected this technique." Katsuyu sighs.
"I will convince Tsunade to learn this technique. She will heed to my request. You can train Tsunade in this technique." Izuna assures Katsuyu and inspects the temple.
There are various sealing scrolls placed inside the temple. Izuna picks up one of the scrolls and reads it.
"Oh! These scrolls have many sealing techniques written on them. These seals are way beyond the Grandmaster level."
"Izuna-kun! Kenshiro-sama created these seals. He was famous as the 'Sage of Sealing' throughout the Shinobi World. He was a very powerful Shinobi, but sadly he lived a brief life."
Katsuyu sighs and reminisces about her past. Izuna's interest piques and he questions Katsuyu.
"Lady Katsuyu, how did he die? He was a powerful Shinobi, right? Who was capable of killing him?"
Katsuyu looks at Izuna and hesitates for a while before she revealed the fact,
"It was your ancestor, Tenma Uchiha. Tenma Uchiha awakened the power of Mangekyo Sharingan and fought in a battle against Kenshiro-sama. Their battle was intense, Tenma Uchiha had the power of Susanoo whereas Kenshiro-sama had Sage Mode and his various sealing techniques.
Their battle lasted for two days and night. Kenshiro-sama ended the life of Tenma Uchiha. Sadly, Kenshiro-sama succumbed to his injuries from the battle."
'It seems like Kenshiro Senju and Tenma Uchiha were the past incarnations of Asura and Indra Otsutsuki. It is their fate to clash in every incarnation. With Black Zetsu behind the scenes, it is impossible to avoid the battle.'
Izuna inspect the remaining scrolls and remarks,
"Kenshiro Uzumaki had a very high aptitude for Sealing. To gain fame as 'Sage of Sealing' and clash against a Susanoo with Fuinjutsu and Sage Mode alone.
So, after Grandmaster comes the Sage. I hope these scrolls will give me a direction to achieve Sage rank in Fuinjutsu."
He turns towards Katsuyu and asks her,
"Lady Katsuyu, can you help me in training Sage Mode? I want to master Senjutsu and become a Sage."
"Well! I will help you learn Sage Mode, but you have to be compatible with Sage energy to master it. Otherwise, you will turn into stone because of the potent Nature energy."
'Compatibility! I was born with it. I just have to hop in and learn Sage Mode. Later, I will figure out a way to gain 'Six Paths Sage Mode.'
Maybe I should contact with toads and ask that old toad about Hagoromo Otsutsuki. He must have some knowledge about the 'Six Paths Sage Mode'.'
Izuna makes his plan.
"Lady Katsuyu, do you have some sort of aid that helps in the acceleration of the learning process?" He remembers about the Toad oil of the Mount Myoboku.
"We do! It is a slug secretion oil. If you apply it on your body, you can absorb Nature energy faster." Katsuyu leads him to a pool filled with white sticky liquid.
"Ugh! This… "
Izuna looks at the slimy liquid and complains.
"I won't apply it to my body. I will learn the Sage Mode through Normal ways." Izuna complains.
"It is your choice, Izuna-kun."
Katsuyu slithers towards the giant tree in the center of the forest.
"Izuna-kun. The first and the most important thing required to master Sage Mode is a calm mind. If your mind is calm, then only will you able to concentrate on Nature's energy.
Nature energy is present everywhere. Our every breath contains Nature energy. The Chakra system of the body absorbs Nature energy and converts it to Chakra to replenish the Chakra. This way the Chakra System acts as a converter.
But in this, we lose the potency of Nature energy. The Chakra gains an elemental Nature and thus losses its versatility. Nature energy has no elemental Nature which makes it more versatile and potent.
However, there is a catch here. Since it has no elemental nature, it is very hard to sense. And the excessive intake of Nature energy will convert a person to stone, since Nature energy has the will of the planet.
Now, do you have any more questions? If not, then we will start with meditation. Remove all excessive thoughts from your mind and focus on sensing Nature energy."
Katsuyu instructs Izuna and helps him in concentrating.
"Uh! Lady Katsuyu. I used to meditate a lot to calm my nerves. I can easily enter the 'Mind Zero' state. Can we move on to the next stage of the training?"
"… If it is so let's move on to the sensing of Nature energy." Katsuyu looks at Izuna with disbelief. Her Optical tentacles shake frantically.
"Izuna-kun, you have to enter in the meditation state and try to sense the Nature energy around you. You are a sensor type ninja, right? It will be easier for you to sense Nature energy. Just concentrate and feel the Nature energy.
This giant tree releases an enormous amount of Nature energy. It is part of the reason I brought you under this tree. You will be able to sense Nature energy easily here.
But if you are having difficulty in sensing the Nature energy, then you can always apply the slug oil and passively absorb the Nature energy and get a feel of the Nature energy."
Katsuyu points towards the slug oil pool.
"Anything! But that. I will figure out a way to sense Nature energy on my own." Izuna crosses his hand in denial.
"Well! If you say so. I will stay here and monitor your progress. I will prevent you from turning into stone in case you absorb excessive Nature energy." Katsuyu slithers to a nearby boulder and rests against it.
Izuna closes his eyes and enters the mediation state.
'Let me try to feel Nature energy with my body first.'
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Chapter Thoughts:- I have enough material to write complete backstory of Kenshiro Senju, but it would have taken an entire chapter dedicated to it. So, I skipped most of the part. If you want to see the entire story. Just write a paragraph comment in front of it and I will post it.
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