Chapter 11
Without hesitation, Nawaki grabbed f.u.kasaku, much to his dismay, and teleported to his kunai using the flying raijin jutsu. f.u.kasaku understood once he saw where they stood at the base of the shrine. They quickly made their way up the steps and through the shrine.
Nawaki bowed and said, "Ohayo Gamamaru sama." Gamamaru smiled before saying, "Ohayo Nawaki chan. I have seen a vision involving your future. Would you like to hear it?" Nawaki grinned and then replied, "I would be oh so gracious to receive your wisdom." Hearing this, Gamamaru nodded and said, "The circ.u.mstances regarding your existence are unclear. However, you will come to possess great power. In your path, there will be many forks. Moments of fate will have drastic effects on the course of this world."
Nawaki expected something like this so he was not too surprised. He wrestled with the idea of revealing his origin to the sage to ask for advice in the future. Kensho then chimed in, "Just to let you know, there are very few people in this world where revealing that information would not result in drastic changes. It just so turns out that Gamamaru is one of those people. He does not have a direct impact on any major events in this world from this point onward. With his expansive wisdom, he could be a good council. I would not do it yet though."
Nawaki silently agreed with this and then said, "Thank you Gamamaru sama. I will be sure to take your words with me on my journey." Gamamaru smiled and replied, "It is my pleasure Nawaki chan. Please come to visit me in the future. It seems that you have no issues getting to the shrine. Now, you should probably get back to your training in the sage arts. From this point on, you have learned all you can about sage mode from Jiraiya chan. Allow him to a.s.sist in Minato chan's training. It was good seeing you."
Nawaki nodded and said, "Sounds good. It was a pleasure meeting you and I will be sure to come visit in due time." He bowed before walking out of the shrine with f.u.kasaku. As they exited the shrine, f.u.kasaku turned to Nawaki and said, "It seems that Gamamaru has taken a liking to you. He is a great ally to have. I am sure you already know this but his trust is not to be taken lightly. I would even go to say that we can count you as a trusted ally of Mount Myoboku."
Hearing this, Nawaki nodded and said, "Of course f.u.kasaku, I would be happy to help you guys out in the future. However, I have decided that I do not want to use toads as my summon. On the other hand, I will still come to visit and help out from time to time." f.u.kasaku nodded and said, "I expected as much. I'm glad we can be friends at the least. Now go and continue your training." Nawaki nodded and took off towards a quiet spot to meditate.
Team Jiraiya trained for a month before returning to Konoha. On their arrival, they saw Tsunade and her team entering the Hokage mansion. Nawaki yelled out, "Onee chan!" Hearing this, Tsunade turned just to see a blur jumping at her and hugging her. She smiled and said, "Welcome back Nawaki, it is good to see you are doing well. How was your trip?" She glared at Jiraiya as she said this. She prayed that the pervy sage was not being a bad influence for her innocent and precious little brother. Nawaki released Tsunade before saying, "It was so much fun. I learned some really cool stuff and made friends with some toads!" Hearing this, s.h.i.+kaku, Inoichi, and Choza laughed.
Tsunade smiled before saying, "We are just turning in our mission report and then going to grab some food. Would you guys care to join us?" Jiraiya's eyes lit up at the prospect of being able to spend time with Tsunade. He then said, "That would be wonderful. Would you happen to know where Fugaku has been?"
While Tsunade's team went to turn in their mission report, Jiraiya and his two students went to meet with the Hokage. They walked up to his office and knocked on the door. A voice called out from inside, "Come in." Jiraiya opened the door and Hiruzen's eyes lit up as the three walked in. The young Hokage's day has been quite boring. Following his morning training with Fugaku, it has just been an endless stream of meetings and paperwork. Hiruzen turned to his left and said, "Look who has come to visit." The three of them looked to their right to see Fugaku meditating on the couch with his eyes closed.
As he opened his eyes, they were blood red and had two tomoes. Minato's eyes lit up as he said, "Congrats Fugaku, your sharingan has evolved!" Nawaki smiled and said, "That isn't all, it feels like you have a lot more chakra then before. Have you been keeping your sharingan active at all times?" Fugaku was surprised that Nawaki knew exactly what he had been doing. He nodded and then said, "It is good to see you guys. I have made a lot of progress in my training since you three ditched me." He scoffed as his sensei and teammates made eye contact.
Jiraiya laughed and said, "We did not ditch you so much as you decided not to join us! Anyways, we are getting some dinner with Tsunade's team. Join us, will you?" Hearing this, Hiruzen smiled. He loved to hear that the younger ninja of the village were cultivating friendly relations.h.i.+ps. It would bode well for the future of the village if the future clan heads were good friends. Responding to Jiraiya, Fugaku said, "That sounds like fun."
As the four of them headed out, Nawaki stopped and turned to Hiruzen before saying, "Hokage sama, I have a request." Hiruzen raised his brow and replied, "What can I do for you Nawaki?" Nawaki then said, "While I was away, I spent my spare time drawing some diagrams of the optical nerves and related chakra pathways in relation to my study of the sharingan. It would be great if you could organize a meeting between yourself, the Uchiha clan's leading figures, any leading medical nin in the village, and myself of course. I want to present my theories on how to advance the Uchiha dojutsu and see what they have to say about it." Hiruzen was speechless. As of late, he had been struggling to find a way to garner the favor of the Uchiha. Their relations.h.i.+p with the higher ups in the village had been somewhat rough as of late. He smiled and then replied, "I would be happy to do so. I will send for you when the details have been ironed out." Nawaki smiled and replied, "Thanks! I look forward to hearing from you."
Nawaki then ran off to join his teammates. As they got down to the lobby, they met up with team Tsunade and headed over to Yakiniku Q as per Choza's request. They sat down in the VIP room thanks to some of the members of their party. As they ate, they caught up with each other. Jiraiya, Minato, and Nawaki told stories about Mount Myoboku. Fugaku told them about his harsh training regiment. Tsunade and her team told them about the dreadful D rank missions that they were doing. They complained about having to deliver packages, helping old people carry bags, and various other odd jobs. Jiraiya had nothing to say as he may or may not have forgotten that his team would have to do those things. His three genin shuddered at the thought of having to do D rank missions and Kensho laughed hysterically.
After they all finished eating, Jiraiya told his team to meet up at the Hokage mansion in the morning so that they could start doing missions.Then they all went their separate ways. As Tsunade and Nawaki walked home, she turned to him and said, "Hiruzen sensei asked me to start teaching you some medical ninjutsu. Since when have you had an interest in that?" Nawaki smiled and admitted, "I might have been borrowing some of your study materials when you would go out on missions. I think I have learned a lot. You wanna see some stuff I drew up while I was away?"
Tsunade chuckled thinking that they would be some silly drawings and said, "Sure, let me take a look." Nawaki took a few scrolls out of his inventory and handed them over to his sister. As she opened the first one, she stopped walking. Suddenly she said, "Holy s.h.i.+t! This is amazing! How did you get so knowledgeable of the optical system? This could be huge for the Uchiha and Hyuga clans!" Nawaki shrugged and said, "Between your study materials and my ability to sense nature energy, I was able to get a lot of insight on this type of stuff."
Of course, this was mostly a lie. He just combined his knowledge from his past life with his enhanced sensory capabilities to flesh out a detailed drawing of the optical system. The physical biology was exactly the same so he only had to figure out how the chakra pathways fit into the picture. Not knowing any better, Tsunade was impressed. She then said, "Well how about this. You help me learn about the physical side of things and I'll teach you about the healing techniques. Deal?"
This was perfect for Nawaki. He had extensive knowledge of the human body. This coupled with his sensory capabilities made him quite the monster in this field. On the other hand, he was clueless of how to practice medicine via the use of chakra. This was the true meaning of a win win scenario. Nawaki grinned and said, "Onee chan, you've got yourself a deal." Tsunade was ecstatic. This could help her on her path to becoming a renowned medical ninja.
They arrived home and greeted Toka. Nawaki briefly told her about his journey and then ran off to the study to work with his sister on studying medicine. After a few hours of working together, they joined their mother for dinner. As they ate, Tsunade said to Toka, "Nawaki here is a genius! It is amazing how much he knows about the human body. His work will save so many lives." Hearing this, Toka could only smile. She was truly happy that both her children were prodigies. They repeatedly surpa.s.sed themselves and would soon become pillars of Konoha. She was so proud.
After they ate, they all went off to bed. Nawaki decided that he would not sleep tonight. Instead, he would practice trying to enter sage mode without the energy from Mount Myoboku. Hours and hours flew by with no progress. However, as the sun came out, he decided to try something different. Using his extreme chakra control, he expelled the natural energy that was in his body out of his tenketsu. He did this so that he could start collecting from scratch. Focusing inward, he felt out the flow of chakra in his body. He noticed that it flowed counterclockwise through his pathways. Following this, he created a counterclockwise vortex of nature energy around his body. Within a minute, the markings appeared on his face and he entered sage mode.
As the sun came up, Nawaki decided that he had enough training and released his sage mode. He then went inside to prepare breakfast for his family.
*Skill Leveled up! Cooking: Advanced u003e Mastery*
As he cooked, he could sense Toka and Tsunade floating towards the kitchen. Entranced by the smell of Nawaki's cooking, they drooled in antic.i.p.ation of breakfast. As he set the food down on the table, it was a free-for-all as the three of them pounced on the food. After they ate, Nawaki and Tsunade headed out together to go and meet up with their respective teams.