373 Chapter 148

A/N: In Case you're wondering why Kakashi could use the Kamui this early, don't forget I'm making everyone stronger than they were in the original. Plus, Kakashi has a little bloodline connection to the Tengoku clan through the Child Shun(Kuchiki) Aborted and left to the Hatake clan back then.

Nagato is or was already able to use part of his Rinnegan abilities with his main body, the Sanins are also stronger than before. This way there would be a Rather epic battle when they actually clash.

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Title. No Idea what to write.

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"Hey there, kiddo! How's it going?" Shun greeted as he appeared behind a sulking Naruto, startling him a bit before he sighed and greeted. "Hi, Nii-san! I'm just..."

"Let me guess, you tried making friends again today, but weren't successful?" Shun asked.

"Un..- Naruto nodded and looked sadder.

"Well, guess what?"

"What?"

"It's their loss. You're the bestest friend anyone could ever ask for, you hear me?"

"Really?" Naruto asked skeptical but the little tug on his lip showed his excitement.

"Of course. When have I ever lied to you?" Shun patted his chest confidently.

Naruto gave him a look and said, "A lot."

"Eh!? Like when?" Shun asked in shock.

"That time you said you could fly, or the time you said you'll teach me Jutsu, or the time you said everyone would be my friend someday-"

"Stop. Stop. Stop. Those weren't lies." Shun said. "That those things haven't happened doesn't mean it won't. Trust me, I never lie." He said with a convincing tone.

"Hm. I'll believe you then." Naruto nodded and at that time, his stomach grumbled causing Naruto to blush in embarrassment.

"Looks like someone's hungry." Shun shouldered him causing his face to turn redder.

"How about we go to that place, Ichiraku Ramen."

"Really!?" Naruto jumped in excitement at the mention of that place to which Shun nodded. "Really, my treat."

"Ya-ta!" The blond kid jumped even more excitedly at that before they left.

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"Yo, Teuchi-san," Shun greeted as he entered the shop to see a middle aged man and a girl roughly his age behind the stove. "Ah, Ayame-chan, looking beautiful as always." He smiled at the innocent little girl causing her to blush.

"Welcome Shun, it's been a while." Teuchi greeted with his signature smile, his eyes closed tightly.

"Shun-kun, welcome." Ayame said in a little voice.

"It sure has." Shun said and sat down, "I was in the village and decided to come eat here since my little brother fancies the place."

"Hm? Little brother?" Teuchi asked in confusion but had a look of realization the next instant. "Ah. Naruto-kun, didn't see you there. I see you're still as short as ever."

"Humph. I'm still growing Ossan, give me some time, I'll be taller than you." Naruto harrumphed at the man and also sat down.

"I'm sure you will." Teuchi smiled fondly and then asked what they would like to eat.

"The usual... Well, his usual." Shun said, pointing at Naruto.

"Haha, coming right up."

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What started as a normal meal later blew up into a eating competition between Shun and Naruto over who could eat more. In the end, Shun won to the amazement of everyone in the shop, considering that his stomach didn't even seem to bulge at all.

The responsibility of carrying Naruto fell on him, which he did, but didn't take him home. Instead he walked to the forest at the top of the Kage mountain.

There, he laid Naruto on the ground beside a stream as they enjoyed the forest breeze.

Some time passed and Naruto suddenly asked. "Ne, Nii-san.."

"Hmm?"

"Why don't I have a mom and dad?"

Shun looked over at the boy to see silent tears Falling down his cheeks as he looked at the passing clouds.

"Who told you you don't have one?" Shun asked back.

"I do? Then where are they? Why aren't they with me like the other kids?" Naruto asked again. His voice breaking in-between. From it, Shun could tell this has been bothering him.

"Well..."

"You said you don't lie, Nii-san..." Naruto said and looked intensely at him.

"Of course I don't. I would never." Shun smiled and wiped his tears away. "Your father and mother are very important people in this village, but... They're not around anymore."

"What? What does that mean?" Naruto asked not understanding the meaning of not being around.

"Well, your mother is around, she's inside here." Shun said and pointed at his head and heart. "And here. As for your father... I won't tell you about him yet."

"Eh? Why!?" Naruto asked angrily as he sat up. His belly was already normal at that time so he had no issues with that. 'Weird Jinchuriki physiology, perhaps?' Shun thought.

"Because you're weak."

"Eh?"

"You're very weak. What will you do if you know? Nothing, I'm sure you want to be a Shinobi right?" He asked and Naruto nodded. "Then you must understand that some things are better left unsaid."

"But... He's my father. Why did he leave me? Why can't I know about him?"

"I'm sorry Naruto. Maybe next time." Shun said and poked him on the forehead Itachi style.

"No! That won't work on me Nii-san. You're not Itachi-nii." Naruto refused as he rubbed his forehead.

"Is that so? Then how about a deal?"

"A deal?"

"Yeah. When you become a Genin, I'll tell you about your mother. And if you become a Chunin, I'll tell you about your father. If you become a Jounin, I'll tell you everything about them and if you become Hokage... Well, you can find out everything about them then." Shun said.

"Hokage?"

"Yes."

"I refuse!"

"Huh? Why?" Shun asked, confused.

"Because I'm already going to be Hokage!"

"Is that so?" "Yes." He answered with conviction. "Why?"

"So that everyone in the village will finally respect me for once." He said and immediately became sad. "So they'll acknowledge me. Acknowledge that I am not a thing, but Uzumaki Naruto, the Fifth Hokage!" He finished with determination which looked cute instead of portraying what it was supposed to.

"Is that so...? Then I look forward to that day..but first, you'll have to graduate and become a Genin." Shun smiled. Looking into his eyes, Naruto found that he truly meant it.

Unlike others who'd look at him like an idiot whenever he said this, Shun didn't and instead, gave him a look he had never seen in anyone before.

For some reason, he felt that this was what he was always looking for. That look of acknowledgment.

"I will!" He said as he clenched his little fists together.

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In Naruto's system space, the conceptual or virtual environment where various systems, processes, and components interact and operate. In the Core, which encompasses the interconnected relationships between different elements within a system, often involving inputs, outputs, feedback loops, and interdependencies.

This Space is commonly used in fields like systems engineering and computer science to analyze, design, and manage complex systems.

The system space can be visualized as a multidimensional landscape where the behavior and performance of the interconnected components can be observed and optimized.

At the very core, was a soul, or as any technologically attuned civilisation would say, An AI, residing within.

This Soul was Kushina who found herself here a few years ago when she regained consciousness. From the message left to her, she was inside a program created by the Six Star Sage eras ago to help the chosen one.

Realizing that her son was the chosen one, she was first thrilled before horror struck her.

If he truly was the chosen one, then wasn't this era the era everything will go to shit? Her son would be out there fighting without even knowing the love of a parent?

In her anxiousness, she tried communicating with him only to find that there were several prohibitions placed on her.

At first, her Temper got the best of her, but then, after calming down, she began analyzing the dimension she found herself in.

Although the lines and designs were foreign to her, as an Uzumaki and a Fuinjutsu Grandmaster, she was able to decipher a thing or two, but this made her even more amazed at the beauty of this system.

It was Divine, for the lack of a better word. No human should be able to create something like this, but yet, here she was, inside a whole new world created by seals, or rather, a mixture of seals, runs and equations.

From the little she was able to decipher, she found that this system helps the host get stronger as long as the host performs certain missions assigned to him.

However, after spending months here, she was able to learn another thing. The system doesn't actually help the host get stronger, instead, it gives the host the idea he is getting stronger through the system points, whereby in actuality, the host is getting stronger as he is supposed to.

So it was a system engineered to impart discipline to the host. Simple as that.

With a certain discipline ingrained in the mentality of the host, the host will seek to improve on a daily basis.

Cultivation.

That was the term given to the process.

The process of surpassing you from yesterday.

She had to say... It was a meticulous training arrangement, which would help train her son's body and mind.

Discovering that, she was a little bit elated, but what made her finally appreciate the system was the allowance it gave her to communicate with her son at certain intervals.

Sometimes she could watch him without being able to communicate but could hear him and everything he heard.

Sometimes she could watch him but not hear him. And at other times, it was just silent.

However, the system, understanding her boredom, seemed to have a collection of movies she could watch.

A movie on a boy who wanted to be the king of the sea.

A movie of a man who ended all his fights in a single punch.

A movie about a boy who wanted to be the strongest hero.

A movie of a boy who was a human yet shinigami at the same time.

{A/N: In case you don't like me calling anime movies, understand that this is a Naruto anime, so characters in there see themselves as real life, I think. So other animations should be movies...right?}

There were a lot, Which she found an interest in watching, however, today, she was allowed to hear a conversation between Naruto and Shun, and seeing how it ended, she was so happy that she cried

How her soul was able to cry, even though she had no idea, but that didn't strike her in the first place.

She was just glad that her son has found a goal to work towards. Considering that both her and her husband both had the same dream in their childhood, she felt he inherited that from both of them.

"Oh Minato, how I wish you were here..." She muttered under her breath.

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A/N: I'm new to this competition stuff so I'm gonna go watch all the anime that had a competition or two in them.

Life and death competition, not just any random competition. And then I'll write a 10± chapters so we'll understand Shun's power level, Itachi's power level, Kimizu, the Sound Release girl power level, Yugito Nii, the Two tail Jinchuriki power level and others.

If you know anyone in their age limit from other villages that should be shown in this exams, feel free to comment.

Kirigakure won't be included as I believe they should already be in the midst of their civil war now...or atleast at the beginning of the war.

Anyways. Enjoy.

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