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Title: Teaching
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Looking at the knocked out children in front of me, and sensing the rapidly approaching duo of Yusano and Kakashi, I didn't particularly know what to do to cover up this mess.
When they first entered the training ground, they were still leisurely walking over, but maybe the sound of Itachi's last fireball must have alerted them.
However... I haven't been alive for centuries for nothing.
With a flex of my spiritual energy, the ground rose and formed a small boulder which I sat on coolly, while looking up at the cloudy skies.
"Sigh... The loneliness of the strong..." I muttered loud enough for the two to hear as soon as they came to the clearing.
"Gasp!" Yusano gasped in horror seeing the knocked out children lying around and ran up to me. "Shun-chan, are you okay?"
Dafuck? Didn't she understand the implication of me sitting here? Sigh... Familial love sure is something.
"Of course I'm okay. What could possibly happen to me?" I rolled my eyes as I replied.
"That's good." She breathed in relief and then looked at the kids once more. "What happened here?"
Kakashi who was examining the conditions of the children also perked up to hear what I had to say and I didn't disappoint. "Well, you already know we do come here to train, but today, I requested they all come at me together." Pointing at them children, I said. "This is the result."
"I see." Yusano nodded in understanding while Kakashi looked between me and the kids, especially at Shusui.
Shusui was already known as the Uchiha prodigy who just graduated from the academy recently at the age of 7, two years older than both Itachi and Shun.
To think that the acclaimed genius was lying knocked out on the floor, together with two other Uchihas and an Inuzuka.
"And what's with the red get up?" She asked seeing my Chakra Zone.
"Oh this? Dunno, I just felt like I could achieve this and this happened." I lied. Although I was already a genius, being too much of a genius was never a good thing.
"Hmm, this feels like the Chakra Zone, but..." Yusano began as she rubbed my body to get a feel of it. "... there's no chakra emanating from it."
"Hmm, it was probably done with my spiritual energy.. I have an abundance of that." I said to which she nodded after thinking about it for a moment.
Unlike the majority of the inhabitants of this world, the Tengoku clan was very versatile with both Spiritual and Physical Energy independently.
"What are you two talking about?" Kakashi asked. "I don't know why you both aren't concerned but this could be interpreted in many ways." He said pointing at the still knocked out kids.
"Don't mind. Don't mind. The Tengoku clan and the Uchiha clan have been allies since time immemorial. Nothing could possibly go wrong." Yusano waved her hands in dismissal.
"On another note Shun, do you still have some energy to fight?" She asked.
"Of course, I'm brimming with energy right now." I said and kept off the boulder. "Wanna have a go Kakashi?" I asked.
"No... I don't think I can handle your sibling energy." He said and went to carry the children out of the way.
We waited till he finished removing them out of the way and then I said. "There is only one rule, Nee-sama... There is no rule at all. Kakashi, if you would."
We both took our stances facing each other, no weapons on hand, just bare hands.
"Begin." Kakashi shouted and we both ran at each other at our fastest speed, meaning I was faster than her.
We both engaged in Taijutsu as we exchanged punches and kicks which never seemed to make contact. They were either blocked or dodged.
This continued and Yusano was beginning to get frustrated which I noticed and jumped back and inhaled a mouthful of air. [Fireball].
A ball of flame two times that of Itachi shot towards Yusano who snorted and conjured an Ice Wall in front of her and slipped inside. 'It can't be...' I thought as I activated my 360° view only to see a tiny wall of Ice behind me, in the air. 'How did she do that without me knowing?'
[Ice Needles] She Whispered and a bunch of tiny ice Needles shot at me at breakneck speed.
Unfortunately for her, I was the creator of this Dojutsu and could use a particular ability no one has been able to use in centuries to perfection. Thought Acceleration.
Time slowed to a Snail's pace as I moved the energy in my body to create a duplicate who took my place as I pushed myself to Flash out of the way.
Pui. Pui. Pui.
Sound of needles lacerating flesh was heard as my clone's body was turned into minced meat, shocking Kakashi who was watching the fight with his Sharingan.
His Sharingan couldn't see the minute difference between my clone and the main body due to it being my real body, but at the same time, not.
This was The Second Tsuchikage's Signature Technique [Fission Technique]
The Fission Technique is a highly advanced ninjutsu which allows one to literally split their own body into two identical, yet entirely independent, duplicates of himself.
Unlike clone techniques that only appear to be similar, the ability is instead a physical separation and so does not require hand seals to activate, making it faster in comparison as a result.
This also means that even if one is incapacitated, the other remains completely unaffected as neither can truly be regarded as the original.
Because the duplicates cannot be dispelled like normal clones, they will be unable to reunite if one is sealed. This poses a great risk as one's chakra reserves are also halved in the process.
In doing so, one is left unable to use more taxing techniques... Fortunately, I didn't particularly need to use any taxing techniques.
Yusano on the other hand, remained unfazed at the death of her little brother and kept her attention at the maximum which made me nod in appreciation as I flashed behind her to attack only for her to turn and catch me on the hand, raising my body and slamming me on the ground.
'The Actual Fuck?' was the only thing in my mind at that point... How the hell did she do that?
"Looks like I win." She said with a smug smile which kinda irritated me for a moment before I felt a head splitting pain. I closed my eyes as I gritted my teeth so as not to make any sound as I tried to understand what went wrong.
Opening my eyes to look at my body, I found that my Chakra Armour had dispelled... Was it when I created a duplicate? Damn. And the death of my duplicate means a permanent loss of energy.
What made me even do that? I could have deployed my domain and easily Escaped that attack... I could have created a barrier... I could have simply used a flash step in the air... So many ways to escape and I went for the most Shinobi-like one...
Maybe Itachi and Shisui are rubbing off on me with their unique ways of fighting.
"Looks like you got lucky." I said as I endured the pain and sat up. "Heh! Keep telling yourself that kid." She said and helped me up.
General POV
"Amazing!!"
"Wow!"
"Clap. Clap."
Itachi, Hana and Shusui all showed these reactions while Izumi had a look of adoration as she looked at Yusano who managed to beat the demon that was Shun.
"You kids are up. Are you all okay?" Yusano immediately asked seeing them awake and rushed to them. Shun on the side, dusted himself as he was still cursing at himself internally.
"What was that technique you used to dodge that attack earlier?" Kakashi from the side spoke up.
Looking at him with a side eye, Shun spoke. "Are you asking or demanding?"
"Eh?" Kakashi said, taken aback. He got too excited for a moment there and his tone didn't particularly follow how he imagined himself saying it in his mind. "Sorry, I was asking." He said apologetically.
"Oh." Shun said. "I presume you couldn't see it with your Sharingan then?"
"HM." Kakashi nodded. This was a new experience for him after all. The Sharingan could see and copy all Jutsu as far as they could see the way the Chakra moved in response to the hand sign.
And in cases where there are no hand signs employed, it could still see the movement of chakra in the body. That was the case for Yusano's ice but when it came to Shun's clone he could see it.
"That's normal... I don't have chakra yet so you can't see it." Shun answered.
"You don't have chakra?" Kakashi asked skeptically as he looked between Shun and Yusano who looked totally unsurprised at what Shun just said.
"Of course. The same way that rival of yours Guy doesn't have chakra." Shun nodded.
"That's different. He doesn't have chakra and still can't do what you just did." Kakashi said as he shuddered remembering his ever youthful rival.
"That's where you're wrong Kakashi." Yusano interrupted. "Of everyone our age and even older, I dare say he's the strongest... Maybe not now, but soon... definitely."
"What!?" Kakashi couldn't help but exclaim. Being called strong was one thing, but being called the strongest, even amongst their older counterparts was another.
"That's true." Shun nodded. "The same way your eyes can't see the massive Spiritual Energy I possess, you can't also see the massive pool of pure physical strength he's amassing in that lean body of his." Looking at Yusano, he asked. "You saw it right?"
Yusano nodded. "I had not known what it was in the past but seeing your energy and seeing his just recently, I dare say he will reach a terrifying level of power if he lets loose."
"Yup. And that's not even the least of it..." Shun and Yusano continued praising Guy while the kids and Kakashi looked on in confusion.
The kids' confusion was understandable but Kakashi's...
-Look at that boy, Kakashi.- A middle aged man with White hairs said to the little boy beside him. -At the rate that boy is training, he'll be stronger than you in the future.- the man had said.
That was Kakashi's father, Sakumo's words to him on his first day at the academy. Guy had just been rejected admission and they happened to meet him and Dai at the academy entrance.
'It can't be... right?' He thought. "What about now?" He asked. "Can he defeat me now?" Interrupting the two siblings.
The two looked at him with a judging gaze before nodding. "If he went all out, he would..." Yusano said. "But..."
"But he will never go all out against you." Shun said.
"Why?"
"He's your Rival, right? You should figure that out yourself." Said Yusano as she then looked at the children who were listening to their conversation with rapt attention.
"You kids are playing a dangerous game, you know that?" She said as the familiar Onee-sama vibes appeared around her. The Uchihas and Hana all instinctively sat at attention.
"Mah... Nee-sama we were-"
"Shut it young man!" She barked.
"Hai!"
Turning back to the four others, she continued. "You four are still growing and should watch what you do to your bodies... Shun...is abnormal..."
"HEY!"
"...and his body is different from yours... Haven't you all noticed it?" She asked, ignoring Shun's retort..
Itachi raised his hand. "Hai. Itachi-kun,"
"Shun said that this will help in growing our potential." Itachi said.
"And you believed him?" She asked in exasperation. They four all looked at themselves and nodded resolutely causing Yusano to look at Shun in Shock. "What have you done to these kids?"
Shun, sitting back on his boulder, waved his hand dismissively and said, "It's the Truth. Training sessions are vital to the learning process but they are only one step in the learning process. The essence of training is to allow error without consequence."
"The more mistakes they make now, the better they'll be in the future, ergo, increasing their potential." Shun concluded logically and a sage-like look on his face made him look incredibly cute.
Yusano had to fight between giving in to her impulse and rushing at Shun or reasoning what he had said. Thankfully she resisted and reasoned.
"Do you all believe this?" She asked and Itachi, Hana and Shusui nodded while Izumi looked at Itachi and then followed suit.
'I guess even fangirls have their motivation.' Shun thought seeing this.
"Then what about the pain?" She asked, looking worried. "You people are too young to be met with such amount of pain."
"On the contrary Nee-sama, they need to get used to this pain now so it'll become a part of them as they grow." Shun said. "Pain comes from the body, but it actually reflects in the soul and mind... If one can get used to it now... Then no matter how painful it gets in the future, it can never be as fierce."
Listening to Shun's philosophy on pain, the kids had question marks floating in their heads while Yusano and Kakashi were looking at Shun incredulously.
Walking up to Shun, Yusano ruffled his head and asked. "This brat... Are you really a kid?"
"Of course... But being a genius has its downsides... Sigh... How lonely." Shun said as he gazed at the floating clouds.
"Knock that out." Yusano said and gave him a resounding knock on the head, directly burying him inside the ground.
'What the...? Where the hell is child protection services... No.. it should be genius protection services...' Shun howled inside his mind.
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Shun's POV
After that day, Yusano always dragged Kakashi along with her whenever we had Training under the premise that she was supervising the five little monkeys as Kushina called them when she met them for the first time.
In this manner, time passed with me going to the academy in the day time, spending time with Itachi, Hana or Itachi and Izumi in their free time and then training during the weekends.
Months passed and all the Clan heirs were already born with the exception of Shino whose mother was still pregnant. Shikamaru and Ino were both born on 22nd and 23rd of September respectively... Weird.
Choji? He was born way back in May. Neji was already alive when I arrived at Konoha... And just today, Minato gathered everyone and told us an interesting piece of news.
It was already past the first week of October and I knew that Naruto had only a few days left to stay in his mother's womb.
I looked at Kushina and then at Minato and felt sad for them, they were both going to die just as they gave birth to their son... Leaving him Orphaned.
"Hey, Minato-nii-sama!" Shun interrupted before Minato could begin.
"Yes, Shun?"
"Does this house of yours have a deed to it?" Shun asked. "A deed?" Asked the confused Minato. "Yeah. A will stating that this building will belong to Kushina-nee-sama if you died or something like that?"
"Oh! Of course it does. In fact, no one can enter here without having our chakra signature or if we permit them." Minato replied with smiles.
"Is that so? What of your money and Nee-sama's money. Who'll inherit them after you're gone?" Shun asked, causing everyone to now look at him seriously.
"Why do you talk like we will die soon?" Kushina asked.
'Because you will!' Shun said internally but said calmly. "You're the Hokage and the Nine Tails Container. No matter how much you both would like to believe you hid it, people will know you're about to give birth, and when that happens they're also bound to know where Nii-sama is planning on taking you now."
"How do you know about that?" Minato asked in a serious tone.
"About what? The Nine Tails or the Birthplace?"
"Uh... Both."
"I knew of the Nine Tails as soon as I came into this house and laid my eyes on Nee-sama, as for the birthplace, I just know it won't be an easy feat to deliver a child as the Jinchuriki of a Tailed Beast...so they would need to be a special place for it." Shun answered.
"Is that so?" Minato asked and slumped on his chair. "If you're able to figure this out then others should as well... Sigh... What am I to do?"
'Hey! That's insulting.' Shun thought but said. "First off... Are your property written in your name and protected by either Rōran Bankings or Hanagakure?" Shun asked.
"Well, yes. Every Shinobi is mandated to open an account there, but..." Minato said but paused as he remembered one tiny detail.
There was a clause saying: In case of death, the Village has the right to Take ownership of The Shinobi's assets and use it in the development of the Village.
As the Kage, he had seen this numerous times but never thought too much about this as he would never confiscate assets that should go to the family of the deceased.
But, remembering the kind old Hiruzen, he relaxed and shook his head.
"No. Don't do that." Shun said as he slammed his palm on the table.
"Do what?"
"You just thought of something bad but decided to trust someone to not do that thing, didn't you?" Shun asked.
"Eh..?"
"You shouldn't do that Nii-sama. When it comes to family, you always put them first. Not Outsiders!" Shun said as his anger could be felt by everyone on the table.
"Is that so..?" Minato chuckled at being reprimanded by a kid.
Sigh... Shun sighed and sat down. "I have a bad feeling, Nii-sama, Nee-sama. I know you're both strong but... The feeling is bad. You need to protect this child before it's even born. You need to make sure nothing could go wrong even without you both there." Shun explained sadly.
The thought of them being dead was one thing, but the thought of the kid Naruto being maltreated was another.
Perhaps it was the childishness in him showcasing itself but he genuinely felt sad and helpless...
Sad at the Inevitable death the couple would be facing and helpless as he couldn't really do anything to stop it...
He could stop Kurama but then, the world he knows would go to shit. He could also stop Obito but there was no guarantee that Obito would then follow the Canon timeline.
He didn't even know if he had contacted Nagato or if Ria had done something to circumvent the event that would bring about the Pain he knew.
"You're worrying too much Shun-chan." Kushina had stood up and walked up to Shun without him knowing and pulled him into a hug. "Everything will be fine and you'll have yourself a little brother, okay?"
'You all should be the ones worrying. What's the happy go lucky air you both have?' Shun thought as he looked into her pure and happy eyes.
She was just too happy at welcoming her son... Her and Minato's son that she couldn't really fathom or rather decided to neglect any form of danger that could befall her.
She had Minato after all.
"Um..." Shun struggled to leave her boss on and then said. "It's decided."
"What's decided?" Kushina asked.
"I'm following you to wherever you're going." Shun said resolutely.
"You can't do that, Shun, it's a village secret." Minato said with a wry smile.
"I don't care. I'm going. Period." Shun said as he crossed his little hands.
"Kyaa. I can imagine how cute you'll look right now, too bad you're always wearing a blindfold." Kushina squealed, dispelling Shun's serious atmosphere and pulled him back into her breast.
'What the hell is this shit?'
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There we have it guys... The next chapter will be Obito/Kurama's attack on the leave...
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