57 Chapter 57 - Last Year 02.
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Third Person POV
Konoha, Year 36.
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Even with Kushina and Mikoto being viewed with suspicion by their friends, this was only interrupted when Professor Fuuma, with his usual serious demeanor and firm voice, addressed the students. The room was filled with familiar faces from the past years.
"Students, welcome to another year at the academy," began Professor Fuuma. "This year promises to be full of challenges and learning. I am happy to be here again to guide you on your journey as shinobis."
He paused, looking around the room before continuing. "We have a new student joining us this year. She comes from a renowned clan that some of you belong to, and I am sure you will all welcome her well." Fuuma gestured towards the door, where a young girl, with the distinctive pearl-like eyes of the Hyuuga, entered.
"This is Hanabi Hyuuga," introduced Fuuma. "She has transferred to our class from another group due to her excellent performance and will undoubtedly be a great addition."
Hanabi, with a confident yet reserved posture, walked to the middle of the room. She briefly looked at Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuuga, who nodded silently.
As usual, she had to make an introduction, but what she said was simple, "I hope to learn a lot from all of you," she said, her voice soft but firm, reflecting the discipline and training of the Hyuuga clan.
Looking for a place to sit, Hanabi noticed there were few spaces available. Her eyes fixed on a spot next to Minato and Mikoto at the back of the room, who seemed to be quietly conversing. With slight hesitation, she headed there and sat down, greeting them with a discreet nod.
Minato and Mikoto nodded back and allowed the young girl to join them. Professor Fuuma began the day's activities, marking the start of a year and probably the last for everyone with the war situation, and it was no secret that they might be dispatched in the middle of the year.
The professor went on to detail the plans for the academic year. "This year, our focus continues to be on preparing you not only for the exams but also for the real challenges a shinobi might face on the battlefield," Fuuma started. "The war on the eastern and western fronts continues, with minor conflicts, but our village has been regaining ground lost during the Raikage's attack in the north."
He paused, allowing the words to sink in. "Although we are in a time of war, our mission here at the academy is to ensure that you are ready for any eventuality. We will intensify our training in ninjutsu and taijutsu, as well as combat strategies and survival."
"I hope everyone takes this year seriously. What you learn here could save your lives and the lives of your comrades in the future," Fuuma concluded, his tone emphasizing the seriousness of his words, starting the class.
As the class progressed, Minato couldn't help but notice Hanabi Hyuuga's isolation. She remained silent, not interacting with him and Mikoto, and even the other clan members, Hiashi and Hizashi, stayed distant.
During the break, Minato, Mikoto, Tsuna, and Kushina stayed together, despite Minato and Tsuna barely being able to look at each other for long, quickly averting their gaze. But this didn't stop Tsuna from teasing Mikoto. "Did you see the new student? She looks a bit like you, Uchiha, all anti-social," said Tsuna.
"Sorry if I'm not as scandalous as you, Senju," Mikoto retorted.
"Hm? You want to fight?"
"Bring it on."
"Can you both stop, Dattebane!" Kushina wanted to hit both of them.
Meanwhile, Minato stood by silently, but couldn't help but look at the girl eating alone on a bench far from everyone, as if she wanted to distance herself from everyone.
The day at the academy proceeded with a familiar rhythm, the teacher began by reviewing everything they had done in the previous year, and this was quite demanding for Minato, realizing that all the complaints from his clones in the past years were real. Time flowed and the announcement of the end of class quickly motivated Minato to leave for his training.
Minato headed to his usual training field, where Jiraiya would not be present, as he had been dispatched to the western border of the Land of Rain. While he was training, all his friends were also busy - Kushina with training with Mito, Tsuna with her mother honing her techniques, especially now that she had departed for the war, leaving a lot of tasks for Tsuna. Mikoto, on the other hand, had training with her clan.
Minato knew he would hardly see his friends this year. He had more acquaintances, but none as close as the girls, and Minato was known for being the most talented of his generation, surrounded by a fan club, even though he didn't consider the girls as his fan-girls, as none of them behaved that way, even if sometimes there was a certain atmosphere with one or another.
Minato arrived at his usual training field alone. His training regimen was intense and meticulously planned, from the concepts he picked up from Guy to what he learned from Mito and Kushina, alternating between enhancing his physical abilities and developing his ninjutsu techniques. In addition, he continued making exploding tags, an activity that had become not just a source of income but also a practice to refine his chakra control and precision, with the boy finally moving from the intermediate stage to becoming a specialist.
At the end of the day, exhausted but satisfied with his progress, Minato returned to his new apartment. He had achieved a significant milestone by mastering both Rasengan and Chidori.
"It's time to take the next step…" Minato murmured, lying in his bed.
He was aware that the war was intensifying at the borders and that soon, he might be called to fight. This made him eager to seek an even more powerful technique, something that could give him a significant advantage on the battlefield along with his Raijin.
The technique he had in mind was the Rasenshuriken, an advanced and much more powerful variation of Rasengan, something that Naruto would create in the future. Minato knew that this jutsu combined the basic formation of Rasengan with a specific nature transformation, creating a devastating attack capable of inflicting cellular-level damage. The challenge in mastering such a technique was immense, classified as rank S, but Minato was determined to face this challenge.
He spent the night analyzing the theories behind Rasengan and how he could add a nature transformation to it, as what he saw on TV wasn't exactly practical. He had already noticed this when he created his own Rasengan and Chidori. Knowing that the wind element was the most challenging to manipulate due to its unstable and unpredictable nature, Minato was aware that the task would require an extraordinary amount of chakra control and concentration.
The boy began writing in a notebook on his bedside table, outlining a training plan directly with the wind nature transformation for the coming days. He decided to dedicate his mornings to enhancing his elemental skills, focusing on manipulating the wind element, while the afternoons would be reserved for Raijin, two techniques that would make him a legend on the battlefield.
At dawn, Minato was already at his training field, having sent a clone to the academy. He created 50 clones, the maximum he could maintain without compromising the quality of training for an entire day. Each clone worked on manipulating wind, trying to understand and control the subtleties of this element, starting with cutting water, as the leaf cutting and tree slicing were things he did to master his wind jutsus.
Unlike Naruto, who could create a thousand clones in the original work, Minato had to settle for a much smaller number. However, he compensated for this limitation with a deep understanding and a talent in ninjutsu that only he possessed.
In the afternoon, Minato finally picked a specific scroll from his storage scroll; he would start training with Raijin.
Days turned into weeks, and each training session brought Minato closer to his goal. He spent hours observing the movement of the leaves in the wind, feeling the breeze on his skin, and trying to replicate this naturalness in his chakra manipulation.
"Finally, we will learn this technique..." Minato murmured, looking at the scroll.
As Minato unrolled the scroll, he could feel the history and power contained within that paper. The scroll detailed the fundamentals of the technique: how to create and use the special seals necessary for teleportation, and how to link these seals to objects, living beings, or even the air. The Second Hokage, with his genius, had developed this remarkable technique, but Minato realized there was untapped potential.
"He was limited," Minato thought. "Perhaps by his time, or perhaps by his own limitations in chakra and concentration."
Minato reflected on the possible limitations the Second Hokage faced. The technique, as described, showed limitations in terms of range, the number of seals that could be created and maintained, and the speed of activation. "These are challenges I can overcome, like Minato did in the original, I will do better," murmured Minato with determination.
The young shinobi began theorizing about how he could expand the limits of the technique. 'If I could create multiple marks simultaneously, and at a greater range, but I need to improve a level of my Fuinjutsu, Minato from the original work was never a master in Fuinjutsu, but he was at least a specialist, I believe.' Minato thought to himself, outlining a plan.
He was not just aiming to learn a jutsu that no one else had executed for decades but to enhance it and reach a new level.
"I will take the Hiraishin no Jutsu to new heights," Minato promised himself, as he rerolled the scroll. Having read and memorized everything he could, it was now time to put it into practice.
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