Clone Jutsu (1)-Unexpected teacher?

I sat in my assigned quarters after the test was over. I needed a moment alone to gather my thoughts. So much had happened in just one day. It was overwhelming! It was as if, this world was trying to crush me. These experiences were needlessly intense, one after the other. I barely survived the first day. Who knows what's coming up next? 

'At least give me time to cope with stuff, whichever bastard put me here!'

'This is gonna be difficult!', I thought as I tried to pacify myself after the hectic day.

Yawning, I stretched my arms and looked around the unkempt room. There were a lot of things to ponder about but first I needed to cleanse this room. This rascal truly was a good-for-nothing! 

Soon, I was done with cleaning and flopped on the ground.

At first, I was preparing myself for a good rest after a long day, but then I realized the gravity of the situation I was in. I needed to meditate! I sat down in a lotus position concentrating on the spot between my eyes and above my nose. 

This was the first meditation session since my demise, and I noticed significant changes in what I could perceive. One major difference was the perception of spiritual energy lingering throughout my body. As my focus deepened, all the inert spirituality that had been lazing around suddenly converged on the spot I was concentrating on. I kept increasing its density, squeezing every bit from my body. The density rose until it formed a hard sphere that couldn't be compressed further. This was the peak of my focus! I was curious if the solid sphere had any sort of surface tension. If not, why would it be a shaped like sphere?

All parts of my consciousness were compressed into that small ball, roughly the size of a pea. It made it easier to do what I needed: to check what sorts of metaphysical realms I had connected to and what changes had occurred in my spiritual body. 

I moved a part of my consciousness to see the glowing sphere from the inside. What I saw completely shocked me! There were two different hues to the spiritual body. Unmixing like oil and water- bright red and deep dark blue. I understood as soon as I saw it. This was my soul! 

The mechanisms of soul and body became clear to me! A soul has two parts corresponding to it: the one blue corresponds to spirituality while the red one represents the body. There could be no soul without a body. The body is also a part of the soul! Maybe, it took ten years to get acclimated to the body and hence, the time to wake up. So, it wasn't a transmigration but a reincarnation! 

It's difficult to explain but I had a very strong feeling that the blue essence alone was what I looked like just after my death. After death, only my spirituality must have remained. Maybe due to meditating for years or some other reason I'm not aware of, I was able to link my consciousness to my spirituality. Well, this was complicated! And I'm no expert on matters of shamanism or spirituality. Even when I'm coming up with different conclusions, I am only speaking with first-hand experience. My evidence to conclude any hypothesis is entirely anecdotal. So, I'm not entirely sure of anything! 

Even with meditation, I was just a novice. I only did it for the little peace of mind it brought me, unlike others who devoted their complete selves to a god, demigod, or yakshas. Speaking of yakshas, the nine-tailed fox seemed like one. I have heard they called them yokai in Japan. Yakshas, as I know vary a lot in nature, sizes, and affinities but the one thing common about them is…Coming in contact with any one of them is hazardous, and probably fatal. Incredibly so. 

Even a novice like me knew how dangerous the nine-tailed fox was. It was stupid of me to try looking at Naruto's Chakra. Still, it's a lesson I must remember! The Shinobi world is very dangerous and the next time wouldn't probably end up without any repercussions.

Moving forward, tomorrow was the Clone Jutsu test. 

'So, how am I gonna do this?', I thought to myself.

'Do I really need to do this?'

Though I didn't like the option at all, it was probably the only choice!

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'What made you think you could come and ask me to teach you a jutsu?', said the boy with red pupils. Of course, who could explain a jutsu better than the greatest prodigy of the generation? 

'I mean… I don't want to fail and you probably are the best in the academy'

His ears pricked up at the statement. 'Probably?', he said. 

I reserved my right to remain quiet at the audacious response. I mean, what do I even reply to that? 

'Mighty respect to Sasuke sama, accept this lowly scum's apology.'

Even if you're the best at something, shouldn't you be a little humble? 

Seeing me look at him, perplexed at what to answer, he finally gave me an out. 

'Why should I help you out? There's give and take in everything. How about you owe me a favor?', asked the boy. The more I looked at this young boy, the more confused I became! 

I didn't know he had such a gentle side to him! But still, how awkward could this guy be? He probably knows there isn't anything that I can help him out with that he can't do himself.

'You're still too judgemental, Shen!', I thought to myself. 

'Thanks. I'll remember to return the favor, I replied. 

He gestured to me to start and said 'Okay, okay. We don't have much time. Let's get to it. 

He added, 'Clone Jutsu is about the emission of chakra outside your body. Once you get chakra out of your body, that Chakra will automatically try to mimic your body. The hard part is getting the Chakra out in proper amounts

'If it's too little, the clone won't look the same and if it's too much, you won't be able to control the chakra remotely as it would be too much'

He then started the demonstration. 

'Clone Jutsu'

Soon, chakra started emitting out of his body. I focused spirituality in my eyes to observe the movement of Chakra. Sure enough, it was a much better idea than trying this out with Naruto. The flow of Chakra was exceptionally smooth as three different lumps of Chakra were emitted out. They were the same size. I was astonished at his level of Chakra control. Barely any chakra leaked outside his body to the surroundings! Whatever you say about his personality or character, he's a real prodigy! And that's without taking into consideration the Sharingan. 

While Sasuke was performing his jutsu stupendously, I didn't have the leisure to be envious. With my eyes filled with spirituality, I observed that the clones carried little to no red hue. To my eyes, they were completely blue, made with no physical attributes. The chakra only imitated the previous physical form because it lacked one now. This meant that these clones were purely illusions! Unlike the water and wood clones in the anime, they didn't use any physical substance as a base. This meant the water and wood clones were much more complex than normal clones. Ah! This is why no top-rank shinobi uses just the clone jutsu!

This is also why Shadow Clone Jutsu must be different from other Clone Jutsus. Other clone jutsus would have a step of concocting the base and then casting the clone jutsu on it. And I doubt Naruto would have the Chakra control for that.

Anyhow, let's leave the Shadow Clone jutsu for now. It is way beyond my level for now.

As Sasuke's demonstration ended, I started performing the signs for The Clone Jutsu. 

'Here goes everything!'

'Rat'

'Boar'

'Dog'

'Horse'

'Clone Jutsu!'