I love my children dearly, there isn't a single day where I don't spend time with each of them. In their childhood, they didn't like being separated so it was easier, but as they grew, they began to develop likes and dislikes.
Izanagi tended to be by himself studying something or with his mother whiling away their time.
Izanami however, is more outspoken cheerful, and even tomboyish to a certain extent. She'd either spend her time with Ria and Kanna or with me. It was more like I was dragging her around or following her around.
Out of the female population in the village, 99.9 percent of them are the type that is traditional to the bone, never compromising, and always the submissive type.
The remaining 0.1 are Kanna, Ria, Hinami, and now Izanami. What they all have in common was that they liked being their own person.
I preferred hanging around them as they were more fun to be around. The people of this time have developed a sense of male superiority which I am appalled by and the female population takes this in without any form of resistance.
I get there are seen as the fairer sex but even they have their strong point. At least that's my view as a person from the 21st century and an avid Weeb.
Anyways, these were the only ones I was comfortable chatting with, of course, I'd always use subtle illusions to mask myself when in public to avoid the public eye so as to prevent a cause for rumors, after all, Kanna is a married woman.
I remember my children's childhood like it was yesterday, their first crawls, walk, run and jump, even their first word. If I had children like these back on earth, they'd be labeled as geniuses. They did what was even impossible in this world where almost everything was possible.
It was common knowledge that due to the natural energy of the world and chakra, children mature earlier than the children on earth, but even when compared to that, my children still matured quickly.
I had noticed on the day of their births that they had a high amount of spiritual energy in them, and I speculated that it was either a case of isekai or they were born special.
Normally, if they were reincarnated, they would have been an intelligent light in their eyes when they first opened them, but I didn't see any of that. Maybe it's because of their red byakugan but there wasn't the slightest bit of intelligence when I used my empathy to check on their emotions.
Normally, even babies gave off a special kind of emotion. I learned this from observing.
Moving on, as they aged, they began to show signs of intelligence uncharacteristic of their age, Izanagi never souled himself more than times, whenever he was pressed, he'd always scream at the top of his lungs. The same goes for Izanami.
As they grew to crawl, I was surprised but that was it. In less than 8 months of their birth, they could already stand and walk, now which gave me more surprise than in the past s I decided to check out their physique.
Turns out that they inherited an aspect of my physical body alongside my spiritual energy. Their body had a stronger foundation due to my inner gates being permanently opened, meaning that, all the abilities my inner gates gave me, they had but nerfed to a certain degree.
Normally, when a baby was just born, its entire body was filled with red marrow that could create blood. But as one slowly aged, the bone cavity that held the red marrow gradually filled with fat, turning the red marrow into yellow marrow that could no longer produce blood.
The older a person was, the higher the proportion of yellow marrow would be, causing a person's blood vitality to be insufficient. That was why a baby's blood vitality was so much more vigorous and potent that the elderly's.
My baby's blood activity in the marrow was way more intense than that of a normal baby, which also gave me hope that when they grew, they could open the eight inner gates with whatever process they deem useful. The gate of death remains to be seen though.
As they grew, so did their intelligence. The old man suggested we seal up their spiritual energy On the basis that they wouldn't grow properly if they werent sllowed to live according to their age, so i reluctantly agreed.
I knew from experience[anime and novels] that sealing up something always comes back to bite in the ass and the one to be bitten the most would be the recipient of the seal, but I still wanted my children to have a semblance of a good childhood.
Although I usually use a policy of 'tomorrow would take care of itself', my children still trump that, so I put a seal on their bodies to put a little gravity on their bodies. The reason was to put their spine and marrow under some pressure so that their body could develop enough physical strength to go toe to toe with their spiritual energy in the future.
With that said and done, life went on as usual, Izanagi and Izanami grew at a steady pace, although Izanagi was socially awkward, he still remained polite when necessary, same goes for Izanami, although she was hyperactive, she still chose people to hand around with.
The girls in the village were too stuck up to her and the boys were too gullible In their way of thinking so she only really cared for her cousins and aunts.
I could tell she was developing a superiority complex but I left it as It was. She was smart enough to know how to show it. This was what I thought till I heard that she knocked out a boy in a single hit, and after a period of questions and answers from eyewitnesses, I came to understand what happened.
When I asked for her own story, she called the kid a brat. I laughed at her description of a brat and asked if she was any bigger and she said, "At least, I don't act like one".
I knew she and Izanagi were developing different complexes and I knew it wouldn't be good for them to remain in this village as that could lead to bad things happening if festered for long.
She was becoming prideful of her capabilities while also deeming others her lessers in certain aspects. I'danagi on the other hand maintains a cool, aloof, and polite expression but I could also feel a lonely and prideful air around him sometimes.
True, with everything I've taught them so far, they'd even trash some adults of the warring states and shinobi era while the children their age still go around playing with the little knowledge they have, so honestly, I didn't see any reason why they wouldn't feel prideful.
I worried that I was turning into those kinds of men that pampered their children too much causing them to become some tyrannical young master or young miss.
The only people they actually respect genuinely were the people in our immediate family. Especially Indra and Ashura. Izanagi and Izanami nearly idolize Indra and Ashura.
I've taken them to see our fight sometimes and they always look excited whenever I say this.
On the note of our fights, Indra and Ashura had learned and perfected their breathing techniques, and wow, was it wonderful to see. Though I think that's a story for another time.
I always felt Izanagi looked down on me in some way or another but I could never put my finger on it. My Nami-tan, however, only had adoration for me...., except maybe I piss her off like the instance of the seal on their spiritual energy, physical body, and finally chakra.
I could actually feel the hate oozing from her at that point. She was near breaking point but underneath all those hatred, I felt her rationality didn't waver in the least.
I know it's weird talking about rationality when it comes to a little girl barely 8 years of age, but hey, even I am usually confused here.
After some talk with Nami, she came back with the determination to learn sealing techniques so that she could break the seal ahead of time. That was the ultimatum I gave her.
Like I told Kaguya in the past, things just find a way to play out in my favor. I've been looking for an opportunity to introduce sealing art to them and this just happened to be a good opportunity.
Anyways, since that day, nothing of note happened again except discovering that both Izanagi and Izanami had begun displaying certain aspects of my dojutsu ability.
Izanagi could use the counter aspect of my [Divine Reflection] while Izanami could use it and [Thought Acceleration] to a certain degree.
According to them, it comes and goes. It wasn't under control but when they are in deep focus it would manifest. This usually happens when they fight each other.
Before they were even 12, their spars would make you think that the ground was soft. They could shatter the ground with just a stump of their feet or a punch. If this is how their children and children's children would be, then I pity this world's future shinobi. Truly, I do.
They could also see chakra and have perfect 360 Degree vision in flashes. At first, it weird them out but after Hinam's consolations and lessons, they figured out how to cope with it.
Instances like this make me worry about the future when I release their seal. It would have been better if they grew up however they wanted, if worse comes to worst, we'd leave the village and travel around for a bit before setting up camp somewhere far from here. That way, they would even be more distanced from the possible IndraxAshura fights.
Finally, on the day of their 12th birthday, I alerted Hagoromo that I would be releasing the seal I placed on them. I believed now would be a better time than any. At this age, their chakra capacity may be doubled if not tripled by other kids their age.
This age was one of the times people reach a breakthrough point in energy. Be it chakra, ki, mana, or any other form of energy. In case you're wondering how I know, I just watched others. After all, I can see the chakra in people.
My only worry now is that the locked-up mass of spiritual energy may have developed a sentient form like the Ído of the Kurama clan in canon or the inner spirit or hollow of shinigami in bleach.
After everyone was gathered, I went up to them both and ruffled their hair. "Are you two ready?"
"Yeah" Izanagi answered.
"Yes papa, with this we could use chakra right?" Izanami asked in excitement.
"Of course, but only if you control this well. Can I trust you both on that?" I asked.
"Hn/Yes" they nodded.
"Ok then. Seal, Release" I said as I poured my chakra into the seal.
As the seal broke, a sudden pressure bore down on the area, the pressure even affected the villagers who were unaware of what was happening.
"Oh, shit!" "Domain Expansion"
Thankful, I noticed this early and used my domain to cover up the pressure. To the villagers who felt the pressure, it only happened for a split second and disappeared.
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Hey guys, it's your author here again. I know some of you may have noticed that I skipped the moment Ria and Shun became an item.
So I want to ask. Should I make an R18 for it with a vivid description of what happened to lead to that situation or should I continue as I already am?
Thanks for your support I really appreciate it. Like I have said before, I am a student and the support yall give me here means a lot. I may begin lectures by the next week so I'm gonna try and upload as much as I can this week. Next week would be strenuous for me. I hope y'alll understand. Enjoy.