If you're wondering why I haven't been mentioning my difficulty in Chakra control, here is the reason why.
--Flashback to 2 months ago--
It has been two days since my father has left, my anxiety has been worsening as days go by. I haven't even been talking with my brother that much anymore. And I have already stopped my training for a while now.
I'm currently in my neighbor friends' house.
He and I have been quite close recently, as I have someone to talk to about my anxiety attacks during nighttime and even daytime.
His name is Haruno Kizashi, he has dark pink hair and I have always teased him about it as he hates being called girly, talking about his manly personality.
Looking at my gloomy expression, "Don't worry! your Dad will come back!!" He tries to cheer me up.
"How do you know that?" I asked him.
" I just know it!" He shouts with energy.
"Tha- thank you... I guess.." I weakly agree with him.
I continued eating my Dango after that as we chatted about other topics and such, mostly about the upcoming entrance exam.
I then decided to go back home after our little snack chat.
As I was walking towards my house, I came across a woman knelt on the ground beside a lamp post on the side of the street with a child.
She seemed to be a medic kunoichi healing the child's gashed knee.
The boy was continued crying from the injury as she tries to heal it, he probably got it because of playing in a dangerous place such as the ledge beside him.
The green color of the Chakra on her hands as she heals the knee was a mesmerizing look, and it made her look ethereal.
Though on the contrary, she seemed to be struggling because the gash doesn't seem to be healing..
I approached them and said hello and proceeded to ask what was happening and what she was doing. In the end I'm still a child and it would be kinda weird if I knew what she was doing when the public don't really show much about Iryojutsu to kids like me.
"Hello to you too little boy! Before I tell ya what I'm doing, May you introduce yaself first?"
She responded cheerfully as she continues healing the wound.
"My name is Namikaze Kaito!"
I answered like a child would.
"Nice to meet you Kaito-kun! I'm Yakushi Emiko, this is Kenta-kun, my baby boy, he hurt himself by playing on the ledge here and I am healing him using Iryojutsu!"
She answered enthusiastically.
"Nice to meet you too Emiko-san!"
I greeted back again and I looked towards the boy named Kenta.
"Kenta you should greet him too!"
She urged Kenta to be polite.
"He-hello! My name is Yakushi Kenta! And I am gonna be the Hokage! I may be 3 years old right now but years from now, I'll have my face carved up there!"
He introduced himself as he pointed towards the Hokage Rock.
(What an introduction, already showcasing his naivety... but a child will be a child until he grows up)
I thought.
"Hello to you too Kenta-kun, I'm Namikaze Kaito, and my dream is to be a great Shinobi!"
I introduced myself to him.
"That's wonderful Kaito-Kun!!, you aspiring to be a great shinobi of our village is a good and healthy mindset!!"
She praised me for my dream.
She went up to me and whispered in my ears.
'Umm Kaito-Kun, could you please talk to Kenta for now? i really need him to help me focus on healing him, please....'
Emiko pleaded for my assistance to which i just simply nodded.
"Just a great shinobi? hmph! what a boring dream!"
Kenta shunned me for my dreams.
A tick appeared on my forehead because of his unnecessary comment.
"O-oh! so Kenta-kun, could you please tell me why you think so?"
I asked him while inwardly being irritated by his contemptuous expression.
And that's how I distracted the child until Emiko-san managed to heal him, it took a little while and a little brain cell damaging conversation but it was worthwhile nonetheless.
Why? You might ask? Because I've already made up a new plan that might get me distracted from my anxiety attacks while also training my ninja skills.
"Yosh! That's that! Your finally healed Kenta! and now we can finally walk back to the house, it's getting a little late"
She told Kenta as she helped him get up from the ground.
(Gosh this woman surely is loud, she just said that it's already getting late and yet she's yelling while talking in this quiet neighborhood like Kenta's all the way on the Hokage rock)
I thought as I get irritated.
But I needed to put up with her as I need something from her, though I won't ask her directly.
A second after her yelling, she then turns toward me and handed me a card.
"And that's for you Kaito-kun! Thank you for accompanying Kenta as I heal him, he was getting quite too loud and I couldn't focus on healing him, but thanks to you distracting him from the injury I was able to heal him"
She gave me a card for gratitude.
"Thanks! But what is this Emiko-san?"
I asked curiously as I flip the card around to see what it was for.
Though I already know what it was for, I've read many books from the library about the hospital and this is surely a pass for a special guest or something.
(though it surprised me a little bit, because this card can only be handed by a high positioned individual from Konoha Hospital)
"That's a special pass that could be used for a week, it's basically a pass that let's you in the Hospital's library!"
She informed me.
"Hah? Emiko-san, how did you know I liked to read books?"
I was genuinely surprised this time on how she knew that a kid like me liked to read books.
"See here little boy, I've seen you in the library for a buncha times now, and I'm friends with the receptionist there, and she has been telling me that there was this golden haired boy who's been going to the library non-stop reading about technical and historical books about Konoha."
She answered with a smile.
"Wo- wow I sure am quite famous"
I responded nervously.
"Yeah you sure are kid! But don't let it get to ya! you haven't even passed the entrance exams yet! "
After she said that, there was only silence and my shocked face.
My mouth was left gaping.
"Uh-uhmm OK, its getting quite late I should go now, Emiko-san, Kenta-Kun take care!"
I hurriedly said as I began walking away, increasing my pace the further I walk.
"O-oh and thank you again for the pass Emiko-san! Tomorrow I'll be heading to the hospital for the books!"
I said as I run away.
(She is really weird, how did she even know I'm already old enough for the exams? Ugh I guess it's from the books I've read in the library, but I really had to get out of there, the conversation was not going anywhere)
I embarrassingly said inwardly.
---
Tomorrow morning, I immediately arrived at the hospital to read the books in the library.
The medic ninjas there were very perplexed to witness a child reading complex medical texts, and as time went by, they became used to my presence.
My existence in the hospital eventually became well-known, and i was then branded as the genius kid.
One time, a medic-nin came up to me and started a medical convo with me, she began asking me things that a child like me isn't supposed to know, but i smoothly answered back and even added some of my own observations about them.
Consequently, my time in the hospital grew longer as they didn't even bother with me there anymore, even without the pass.
Weeks pass and i'd have already befriended mostly everybody there, and has for time to time, even helped out in some hospital emergencies and duties.
I continued having numerous conversations with the professionals there, and with time, i began introducing modern medical concepts to them with the guise as of them being my own discoveries and inventions. I told them things that shocked them for days on end, henceforth, they began increasing their consultations with me about medicine and even Iryojutsu itself.
I introduced concepts and techniques such as, proficient suturing, chemical formulas, simple first-aid treatment without any chakra and Iryojutsu required and such.
My greatest invention that is only for my name would be the DIY recipe for rubbing alcohol that i 'patented' and introduced to the higherups at the hospital.
The ingredients being 2 lbs of sugar, 1 gallon of distilled water, 1 jar of yeast (can be bakers' or brewers' yeast). With supplies such as 2 large gallon-sized glass jugs with lids, 2-3 feet of copper tubing, 2 large, wide pots, 1 food thermometer, 1 funnel for pouring the ingredients, Lots of duct tape for creating airtight seals.
The fermentation and the distillation processes are complicated but it was doable with the current technology of this world.
At first they were all very wary and suspicious of my 'invention', but with proper screening and scanning, processing, experimentation, and test-run, they finally acknowledged my 'invention' and began their production. The invention was collectively agreed to not be put under my name for my protection, so i presented my own alias "Santo", meaning 'saint' in spanish, but they don't know that. My identity was strictly announced to the medic-nins who knew about me and my inventions, and they were further told that they can't reveal my identity to anyone outside the Hospital, to which they all adhered to.
As for my monetary shares, it was agreed that 27% would be my part, to which i agreed to after they presented the reasons why i couldn't take more than half of the shares.
And mind you, this all happened in less than a month.
Eventually the news about my priceless invention reached the Hokage's ears and even some famous few like the elders and leaders of the clans.
---
*Knock* *Knock*
"Come in"
I invited my little guest accompanied by a higher up from the Konoha Hospital inside my office.
"Oh and isn't it the genius little brother of another genius of our Konoha!"
I greeted the boy named Kaito with a lively and enthusiastic tone.
And after the greetings, me and the medic ninja higher up further discussed in deeper details about the contributions made by our little friend here.
The boy just stood there listening in on our conversation and when I sometimes asked him if it was true, he'd answer provocatively saying things like "Is it that unexpected from a child from this world?" or "Yeah and you're that shocked, Orochimaru sama has done better than me".
He was truly humble, but not in an explicit sense. He is a brave child, with wits, with brains, a sly tongue, and is not afraid even of an authority like me. But in contrast to that, he is not arrogant as he may seem, he is secretive, he flees from danger, humble, respectful, and knows his boundary, time and place.
His persona truly incarnates that of a perfect Shinobi, a child that I will have to look out for alongside his older brother.
(Is it their bloodline or is it just their ancient Clan's culture to be this talented in many aspects?)
I inwardly praised the Namikaze Brothers.
(Sigh if only Asura and Asuma could be like these two, but no these two are different from the both of them, I shouldn't compare geniuses with prodigies)
I continued inwardly praising Kaito and Minato.
After the discussion with the Medic ninja ended, he left both me and Kaito alone in the office.
"And now little Kaito, you have done a great job contributing to our medical field, and that's why as a Hokage, I should give you a just reward for your contributions"
I informed him.
The boy paused for a moment to absorb what I've just said and began thinking deeply.
And that's when he finally opened his little mouth and spoke.
"I want to learn medical ninjutsu from a teacher"
He answered.
His answer was straight to the point, no beating around the bush, no setbacks, no nothing.
I was a bit surprised but a little expectant that he was going to say something along that line.
"Okay, that's fair, I will be scheduling you a capable medic ninja whom will teach you all the basic trainings and jutsus for Iryojutsu, is that okay with you?"
I told him with a visible smirk.
"Hmm that's fair, but I want them to teach me only up until the entrance exams"
He requested once again.
"Oh? and why would that be?"
I asked with genuine curiousity.
"I want them to be able to teach me only up until that point because if they teach me during academy days, I don't think it's needed any more because they'll be teaching Iryojutsu there anyways and I think that person should not be sticking with me for too long because they need to be on the hospital to do their job too"
He answered with a smirk too.
"Oh, what a kind child, OK OK I'll do just that, but are you really sure you can learn the techniques for only a week? The exams are coming this Tuesday nextweek"
I asked him again with a knit brows.
"Yes I can atleast manage that much"
He answered confidently.
(What a cunning child, his answer is arrogant but I don't think he is arrogant at all, this child must know that if he can't atleast learn Iryojutsu for a week, then it only means he has no talent for it. And even if he didn't have talent for it, he can just learn some basic first aid from the tutor. He doesn't waste any time on one aspect, if it doesn't work with one then he'll move on to another one, would he?)
I deeply thought.
(This child is very mindful, but he does look like he's in a bit of a rush. What's the rush for though?)
"OK it's a deal little Kaito"
I finally spoke after thinking deeply.
"It's a deal Hokage-sama, and thank you, I'll be taking the entrance exam in a week, please watch it if you want to confirm your curiosity"
The child responded provocatively.
"Haaaah these children, I really am getting too old for this"
I sighed as I puff out a smoke from my smoke pipe.
---
(Yes! I can do this! Dad! Mom! I hope you can be proud of us! I'll show my new jutsus to Minato-nii and mend our relationship back together!)
I thought while holding my fist.
--Flashback end, return back to 2 months later--
As my Chakra flows towards both my hands, a greenish blue hue of Chakra appears, coating both of my hands like a glove.
After feeling and seeing my Chakra control, the Uchiha proctor's eyes widened in shock.
His Sharingan's tomoes spun which indicated it's usage.
"You know how to use Mystical Palm?!" The Hyuga proctor beside me asked me with a slight tremble with her voice.
Hearing her question, everybody's attention once again turned towards us.
"Yes, I actually learned it because a nurse from the hospital taught me! I have been helping out in the hospital actually" I answered while I scratched my head, showing I'm a little embarrassed saying that.
Everyone, and when I said, everyone, even the Hokage watching from his office were also surprised of my feat.
--POV Change--
Arranging my desk filled with important political and diplomacy papers. I then turned towards the Jonin in front of my desk and said,
"The situation with Iwa is getting turbulent, I really fear that the continuation of the Second War is about to start...".
Puffing out a smoke from my mouth to try to relieve myself from the stress of these political situations.
I then looked through the all-seeing spyglass and thought, (I'll just check the happenings in the entrance exam for a sec-).
My train of thought stopped looking at the scene of a child who hasn't even reached two digits using one of the most complex jutsu there ever is.
My eyes widened at the sight of a new genius arising. The corners of my mouth then lifted upwards as if I wasn't even stressed earlier.
(He actually managed to do it, looks like Konoha is up with another genius again..).
--Outside POV end--
Everyone was so shocked that the silence took a whole entire while to subside. Though the shocker was only for the people who knew what that jutsu was, but for the ones who didn't know, especially the kids, they were just confused as to why the adults were so surprised. But some of them did realize that maybe that jutsu was a strong jutsu, so they just followed the adults that are in awe of my performance.
After the Uchiha proctor finished checking and assessing my Chakra control, the Hyuga proctor then turned towards me and activated her eyes.
Veins began bulging from the sides of her eyes as her near invisible white pupils dilate within her also white irises.
I turned upwards to look at her dilating white eyes.
*Heart Thumps Loudly*
My vision and my heartbeat both tremored within me as I suddenly feel a weird emotion arise.
(What the?!... What was that-)
My thoughts were interrupted by a loud yell.
"Na- Namikaze Kaito, Beginner Chunin level Chakra reserves! 100 percent!" the Hyuga proctor loudly announced my grade, but she did stutter again.
I saw that everyone's mouths were left agaped as I walk back towards the crowd. Their shocked along with other emotion-filled gazes all followed me as I enter back the line.
"Even his Chakra reserves are this large, is it their bloodline?"
"Another genius pops up in our village!"
"His brother also had the same reserves right? if not more?"
Murmurs about my prodigious display flocked mine and everyone's ears all over the exam grounds, mostly all of them were coming from the parents and adults on the sidelines.