The five year old Itsuka suddenly woke up from his sleep. His little sister Mito had started crying inside her crib which was beside his bed.His sister had just turned six months old the previous day which was a big deal for the clan as she was the second child of the patriarch Ashina Uzumaki.
He started to walk towards his sister who slowly stopped crying as she saw her elder brother. He slowly reached in through the bars of the crib and slowly patted his sister on the head which calmed her down. His mother Kinade Uzumaki rushed to their room hearing the claimer and when she opened the room she witnessed a cute scene where her eldest son was petting her daughter to calm her down.
"Itsuka, good job on handling your sister" she complimented.
"Hmph, it's obvious. She's my sister after all and it's my job to take care of her" he said.
Kinade chucked at he son's behaviour who was slowly becoming a sis-con.
"Of course, of course. But leaving that aside my dear son, you have your big day today so get ready. Your father will be waitingfor you in his office."his mother said.
"Okay mom I will." he said while smiling gleefully.
His mother then gave him a kiss on his forehead and left the room after wishing him the best.
The uzumaki clan had a secret not known to any on the outside world. The three great sage regions were known to all. Mount Myoboku, occupied by the great toad sage, Shikkotsu forest, occupied by the slug sage Katsuyu and finally Ryuchi cave, occupied by the White snake sage.
But unbeknownst to all, the lies a fourth sage region. Under the biggest whirlpool in the land of whirlpools which is nearby to Uzushiogakure and occupied by the most powerful sage among the four, the great turtle sage Kuurma, the land of turtles lie.
The turtles presiding in the land of turtles have been the masters of fuinjutsu and were the ones who taught the Uzumakis the sealing techniques.
The only humans allowed inside the land of turtles are of the Uzumaki clan. And all Uzumaki clan members who went there were given a seal to not tell outsiders about the land of turtles.
All the children of the Uzumaki clan at the age of five had to travel to the land of turtles and live there for two years under the tutelage of the turtles and learn the fuinjutsu of the Uzumaki.
Itsuka passed his fifth birthday a month ago but due to his father away from Uzushiogakure for a mission, his journey was delayed. But yesterday his father returned and therefore his delayed journey would be starting today.
Itsuka got ready with a determined look and left not before giving a hug to his little sister. He would only see her again after two whole years and that thought saddened him. But this was his duty as a clansman and the heir of the Uzumaki clan. He left his room and started walking towards his father's office.