Training Ground 3
Osamu was deep in thought as he saw his students in front of him eagerly waiting for the reward he promised if they made it to the finals.
He brought out 3 of his Special Kunais and give each of them who were looking at him confused.
How does a kunai becomes a reward when they already have their own kunai?
"Sensei! I already have a kunai!" Naruto complained.
"Oh I know that, why don't you guys inspect it carefully if there's anything different about it than normal kunai?"
"Your not into pranks like me, are you sensei?"
"If I was to prank yo, you would either be laughing, crying or shouting in fear right now, Naruto. Want me to give an example?"
"No no no, I'll check it again."
The 3 of them found nothing different except the symbol 'trīggēr' printed on the handle.
None of them know the alphabet so they had to ask and Hinata was the first one to have a guess.
"Sensei, I've never seen this symbols before. Is this part of the sealing arts you've been studying before?" Hinata being there when her father offered assistance to Osamu's sealing arts study was aware of his studies with the sealing arts.
"You are correct, Hinata. That is the marking symbol for the jutsu i have been studying and developing ever since I started learning the sealing arts from the Hokage."
"Is it the same like the one you did to Sasuke regarding the bite he received from that snake-guy?" Naruto asked curious.
"Yes Naruto, though not entirely the same, but they belong to the same category."
"Now I'm even more confused. You agreed for them to be the same but not the same at the same time?" Naruto said confused which earned him a disdained comment from Sasuke.
"Idiot!"
"Sasuke -teme!"
Osamu simply raised his eyebrows while asking inside.
'is this brat really the child of prophecy? No, is he even a child of the 4th?'
"Anyway, I'm proud that all 3 of you made it to the finals."
The trio smiled at that even the ever emo Sasuke's lips were curving and he would definitely deny that in the future.
"Now then. You were given a month to prepare for the final stage. Hinata, did your father say anything?"
Hinata nodded.
"He said he will begin training me more with the clan's traditional techniques. Only when I've mastered them will he allow me to learn techniques outside of the clan."
Osamu nodded in understanding.
"That's good. Focus on that Hinata, it is your clan after all. I'm not going anywhere. I'll be waiting to train you again once you're done with your clan's techniques."
"Thanks Sensei." Hinata answered and smiled a bit abashed.
"Sensei! Aren't you gonna tell us what does your seal do?" Naruto interjected with no idea what's going on, even Sasuke's expression was agreeing to Naruto.
Osamu who was older than them only by 2 years didn't know any better. Despite the fact that he is older than them in mind.
So, unaware of Hinata's reactions, Osamu answered Naruto.
"It's a jutsu created by the 2nd Hokage and was further improved by the 4th Hokage."
'your father.' he added in his mind.
'I will tell you later though.'
Sasuke and Naruto were looking at him with expectation as if requesting him to show it to them.
"Alright, I'll let you guys see it."
"Yosh! I get to see a jutsu created by the past 2nd Hokage."
Osamu instantly held a kunai with similar markings to theirs and throw it in the center log standing in the training ground.
Osamu disappeared from his position which startled the three, only to hear his voice where the 3 standing logs were.
"I'm here."
They saw Osamu sitting on the center log.
"What just-" Naruto swivels his head from Osamu's original location to the log.
"Did he just-" sasuke asked.
"Disappear from one location and appeared in another?"
"Huh, what kind of jutsu is this?" Naruto asked as he looked at the kunai in his hands.
Osamu appeared in front of him and answered.
"It's called-"
"Ahh!!" Naruto shouted in surprise to which Sasuke and Hinata were startled and saw Osamu in front of Naruto when just a second ago they saw him sitting from a distance.
"It's called the flying thunder god jutsu."
"And yes, its called teleportation. Moving from location to another without moving or running."
"Cool.! Can you teach me sensei?" Naruto immediately requested.
"Sure."
"Hooray!"
"Hey, I want to learn it too sensei." Sasuke feeling left behind also requested.
"Okay."
Then Osamu pulled out a scroll and gave to Naruto and Sasuke.
And then another scroll.
And then another.
And another...
at the end of pulling out scrolls after scroll, Naruto's face became pale, even Sasuke was no different.
"Uhhh, sensei? What is this?" Naruto asked.
"Hmmn? Oh that? That's just the basic informations you need to memorize and learn." Osamu replied while grinning evilly.
'Nooooo!!!!!'
'For revenge!'
Naruto and Sasuke's reaction differed which earned a chuckle from Hinata who later left to train with his father.
Naruto went to fetch her and return later, he did gave up on learning the flying thunder god jutsu though.
Even Sasuke dropped the mountainous scrolls he needed to study and that was just the basic?
"Sensei, Can you teach me something else? That sand shinobi who can control the sand, he's strong. I need more than chidori to defeat him."
'And even more to defeat that man.'
Osamu was looking at Sasuke in deep thought.
'The original events has already changed, so changing Sasuke's mind shouldn't be a problem right? It would simply be a butterfly effect'
Osamu considered and decided to tell Sasuke the truth. But not just the truth, he also want to tell him of the dangers this world will face.
With his decision firm, Osamu exuded a very serious expression and aura which Sasuke immediately felt.
'this- this pressure!'
Sasuke heart beat rushed
'just like that night!'
Then Osamu spoke.
"Sasuke, how much do you trust me?"
Sasuke caught off guard by the sudden question, was baffled but still considered it.
'Is this some sort of test?'
Then as if reading his mind, Osamu reminded him.
"This is not a test Sasuke, I would train you but there is something weighing on my mind if I should share this with you or not. So, how much do you trust me?"
Sasuke pondered and remove the test part in his mind.
Osamu first appeared in front of them as their Jonin sensei.
Then he taught them something important. To trust your back to your teammates and to never abandon each other.
From there, they've been through a lot of missions and experienced to laugh, cry, get angry, get stronger and learn more things.
So if Sasuke were to answer the question, it would be.
"I trust you with my life sensei." Sasuke spoke in a very serious exression.
"I see. Then it is only right for me to share this with you. I will let Naruto learn of this too, but not soon. I will let him be as naive as he can possibly be for now."
"What is it that you want to share with me sensei?" Sasuke asked.
"What do you know about the village and how it was made today?"
"Wasn't this covered in the academy?"
"Yes, yet history is just a fraction of the truth."
Then Osamu started Sasuke's History lesson which should've been Hashirama's role in the 4th great ninja war.
The Senju and the Uchiha clan's rivalry and patriachs.
Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama.
Konoha and who created it.
Hashirama's sharing of the Bijuu to other hidden villages.
How it was used to against them.
Senju Tobirama's view of the Uchiha and how he created the Uchiha Police force.
How his students carried on his will as he passed while the Senju clan was slowly eradicated leaving only Senju Tsunade the sole survivor of the clan and if there were some, probably using different names now.
How the Uchiha's fate was next.
This was where Sasuke became confused.
"How do you know all this? Are you sure about the clan's plan to commit a coup?"
"It was precisely because of that reason why Itachi, your brother preserved the clan's honor and claimed all the blame."
Sasuke confused, shouted.
"That doesn't give him the right to kill mother and father, especially the innocents!"
Osamu smiled.
"Looks like I taught you well. I don't agree with his method. I just want you to know why he did it."
"That still isn't an excuse to commit such betrayal."
"Then what if I told you, a Man named Danzo ordered him to do it in exchange to sparing his one and only brother?"
"That, that can't be true."
Osamu out his hand on Sasuke and told him seriously.
"That's why I asked your first earlier if you trust me. Do you think I would lie to you, Sasuke?"
"Why? Why did he spare me?" Sasuke asked shaking while Osamu hugged him.
"That's something you need to find out once you're strong enough. And I will be there, no 'we' will be there with you. We're going to find out together, okay? Sasuke?"
Sasuke nodded, tears running through his face as his two tomoe pattern rotated and became 3 tomoe.
Yet that wasn't done as the pattern began changing even more.
But it wasn't completed as Sasuke lost consciousness after his sharingan returned to 3 tomoe pattern and he closed his eyes.
End of chapter
1500 words
[AN: You know that feeling when someone supports you and you're about to give up? Guilty as charged. Though I try with a regular 8 hrs Monday to Friday schedule.]