Akashi walked past the red-haired old professor in the underground
"Hello Akashi last one arrived like always!" he was greeted by the sight of his cousin Ashino who was walking out of the fighting area
Looking behind him Akashi could see one of the Uzumaki children limping toward his friend
"Hello Arima you shouldn't be that rough with our classmates," said Akashi walking toward his older cousin to greet him
After the hardship that had befallen them the shared pain of losing their house and family the Uzumaki already very close had to lean on one another which made them even closer.
Even Akashi was able to integrate himself pretty easily despite being an outsider of the clan until now and spending most of his time with the adults due to his mental age, and all that was mainly due to Arima his cousin
"What do you mean rough? I just dislocated one of his legs, he will be fine in a few minutes! And you should stop hiding behind your mother and spend more time with us," Arima said seriously after the initial greeting with Akashi
After hearing the words of his cousin Akashi realized that he was right the injuries of the kid that Arima just beat would probably be healed in about five minutes,
He remembered the first time that he fought against Arima, he had received a proper Uzumaki and thought that he would be able to beat him only to be trashed and find himself rolling in pain in the dust with a few joints out of place.
Yet it only took him three minutes to be as good as new.
"Spend more time with you, you mean spend more time being beaten up by you, no thanks!"
"Haha, let's go," said Arima dragging Akashi to the training ground
"You are one of the only ones of my tranch of age with whom I can train seriously, people call me a genius but you are a monster,"
Akashi just followed but he couldn't help but smile as he did
Standing on the circular platform Akashi was facing his cousin as he had done many times before
The old teacher standing beside them gave the signal
"fight!"
"tap" "tap" "bang" In one move Akashi and Arima found themself in a stalemate in the center of the ring,
Arima smiled looking at the Sharingan of his cousin, without any fear
That situation didn't last long as in one strong swing Akashi was pushed back but using the strength behind that move he jumped back to take some distance
Of course, Arima didn't let Akashi rest as the second his feet met the ground he was already in front of him after launching himself using the explosive power of the Uzumaki.
"Bam, bam..." a series of loud hitting sounds resound in the training room
The Uzumaki children and even the old teacher were always impressed by the sound produced by the clash of those children instead of flesh hitting flesh the sound would make one think that someone was striking a brick wall with a hammer.
In typical Uzumaki style, Arima was relentless using his explosive speed strength, and impressive chakra-coated fist to Attack from all sides.
Akashi on the other hand was moving around in a typical ninja fashion, while coating his arms with his massive chakra and with the dynamic vision that his sharingan gave him, he was able to block and deflect the attacks that were coming from the up, down left and right.
From the point of view of everyone, Arima was clearly winning, but it wasn't the first time that those two found before them, they had learned not to underestimate the four-year-old Akashi
Sound with an expert move Akasi deflected one of Arima's punches creating an opening for himself
Taking full advantage of that he coated his right fist with a massive amount of chakra and
"Bang!" in one strike Arima found himself pushed to the edge of the platform
"fush," he blew on his arm to cool it down before using the same arm to block the drop kick heading toward his head
"Bang,"
*****
Five minutes later the fight between the two young prodigies of the clan ended with Akashi on the ground unable to move with the young clansmen clapping at the performance
"Haha, that was a good fight, that's why I like to fight with you, are you sure you are only four, I wasn't as strong at four years old and I am a genius!!"
Akashi just looked helplessly at his cousin "Are you too young to be battle junky, I never saw a eight year old who like to fight as much as you!"
"cough, cough," the two young were brought out of their conversation by the coughs of their teacher
Akashi forced himself to seat down to listen to the old man
"You are both exceptional young men nothing to say about that, i don't have much to say about your performance that i didn't already say before...."
After a short pause he started "Akashi need to train his chakra control you waste too much of it, you don't have trouble because of the vast amount that you possess, but you need to be able to use it efficiently or you will one day run out of it in the middle of a fight, you need to continue to used your eyes like you do, this is an advantage that only you possess here..."
The old teacher continu to give advise but in his mind he was admonishing himself
'I'm not even sure that it was even possible for that kid to run out of chakra, he has so much of it and it will continue to grow with time and age, and his physical abilities are incredible he is nearly equal to Arima who is can rival some genin only using his body, if they wasn't from our clan I would have tried anything in my power to have them both kill, they will grow to become monsters, with those two the clan future is secure,'
He looked at Arima for a few seconds before sending them back
"That's it for you, Arima i need to take care of those who need it take that," he said giving Arima a scroll
"Go see the elders they will help you choose some new jutsu to master;"
Arima smiled happily "I thought you were gonna continue to force me to learn fuinjutsu,"
"It doesn't exempt you from that, you still need to train your fuinjutsu, now leave I have enough of you!" the old man sent him away annoy visible on his face
Akashi knew why he didn't even bother to point out any weakness in Arima's fighting he wasn't serious in the fight, for proof he didn't use any technique not even the body flicker technique that he was proficient in, and fought more directly.
"Go rest a little, I will arrange another fight for you,"
"Yes" Akashi didn't resist by now he knew how that worked, the training regiment was to make the children fight continuously and frequently,
They were taking full advantage of the vitality of their clans
On bellow, he was greeted by the cheers and encouragement of his clansmen
"Good fight,"
"Don't lose hope you will beat him one day,"
"Go out with me Akashi?!"
"..."
He couldn't help but smile at the invitations of some of the girls it made him remember
'The girls in this world are really precautious,'
He arrived to another area of the training ground where many other aspiring ninjas were seated, he then started to circulate his chakra in his entire body slowly and carefully he made it move to the top of his head to the extremity of his body, fingers, and toes before repeating the process, again and again.
thirty minutes later he was back on his feet,
that was immediately noticed by the old teacher who called him
"If you're done come here Akashi, you will fight again Kana,"
the same thing happened multiple times, the teacher made them fight and at the end of the fight gave advice about what needed to be improved sent them to rest and the process repeated itself.
After a few fights and another boring lecture the old man examines him before saying
"You are good for today young master, go can go, and don't forget to rest and eat something,"
"Thanks for today," he said feeling on stomach starting to growl
Like many others before him, he was sent to rest, he once again realized that even though the training of the Uzumaki children was grueling it was tailored specifically to each of them so as not to overwhelm them.
After restoring himself with quantity of food he went to the next training place something that he enjoyed even more than he expected even though.
turning the handle of the door he found himself in another room, more specifically a classroom full of children and a few teachers inspecting their work and making sure that nothing went wrong,
All the children were seated alone brush in hand completely immersed in their seals, only a few of them lifted their heads to see who came in
"Well welcome young, You are late!!"