Out of every scenario one could imagine, against all odds, miracles can happen.
a seemingly unreliable procedure can turn a wonderous omen with just a single case of success breaking through the monotony of failure. That is what is meant by a miracle.
'It succeeded? there was plenty different this time but which one was the trigger' The thoughts of one uchiha chiyoko sounded out while observing her latest success.
The sharingan...
One tomoe spinning in both red iris eyes...
The eyes of her brothers child.....
'Awakening from just a genjutsu is unprecedented, the many times I've tried before never yielded anything close to resembling the awakening result. Maybe it was the difference in genjutsu intensity or it could be the maturity of the mind or even the base amount of chakra required to withstand awakening.' She thought 'his reserves has definitely seen a remarkable increase from a year and a half ago usually that amount of time wouldn't yield that big of an increase in chakra reserves without outside factors...maybe its just pure talent.' Despite the thoughts she couldn't help the relief washing over her 'Now he wont have to tread the danger with nothing to save himself with.' her thoughts reached a close.
"Turn it off" she said, seeing him growing weaker on his feet.
"...what?" She heard him reply.
"your eyes" She affirmed as she watch the confusion then sharply turn to shocking realization on his face.
"It....cant....be" She heard him tremble out.
There was a flicker of massive disbelief on his face, I rush to catch him before he could fully fall over while the red in his eyes finally revert to black
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'That's...impossible...the sharingan doesn't usually awaken like this, atleast not in canon. from start to finish the canon never showcased any uchiha awakening from genjutsu alone, itachi tried to do it for Sasuke with Tsukuyomi but it never actually worked like that, the massacre is the main reason he initially did.....if that could happen then the whole of uchiha would be unlocking sharingan left and right' The disbelief on my face was clear for the whole world to see
"I don't know what this success would be attributed to but I can only say, you are on another level compared to any other uchiha" chiyo-nee smiled while holding my tired body....
"Wait, your saying that all those times you've used scarier and scarier genjutsu on me was to see if it can force the awakening of my sharingan" I grumbled 'she better say NO or else-'
"Yes" I heard.
'That's it! I don't care if you're a jonin, I'm beating you up in the future!' My face twisted into fury a bit.
"You must know that our eyes are very special." She states in melancholy.
'Special is an understatement....' I correct to myself.
"Many clans have secret jutsus and elemental bloodlines that make them a terror on the battlefield but none as overly powerful yet divisive as our eyes-the sharingan." she recites. "Loss means power for us...I guess you lost your innocence just now?" She speculates.
'Even you yourself are confused, what did i even lose to awaken it??? This is too outrageous.....'
"Lets chalk it up to 'special case' for now-" she was cut off.
"....Maybe I shouldn't show anyone that I have the sharingan right now....I think they're will be some chaos if they know." I reason. 'Chaos is an understatement! when they ask me what happened to me to make me awaken it what should I tell them? I tripped and fell but my sharingan activated to save me from the fall? oh please, no one in the academy or clan I'm very close to has died either, what am I supposed to say??? The clan doesn't know much about the science of sharingan awakening right now, all they know is that its awakened from losing loved ones or in moments of intense life and death....' I can't help but complain.
"Agreed" She understood clearly.
While I was resting, Chiyo-nee tells me all the stories of the proceedings of the war with no filter this time.
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Now very late during the night I sit up from my bed....
".....my chakra reserves have increased again.....Majorly this time. I can feel all that power and extra chakra surging within me prompting-no-enticing me to release it....I can see why most uchiha get major drunk off of power now. even as rational as I am I cant help but want to get out and fight people to assert my superiority..."I muttered to myself.
getting up and walking to the mirror and activating my eyes.
My dynamic vision sharpening like before "holy sage.....I feel absurdly powerful right now. I feel like I can take on a genin and put up a very good fight....and possible win too.....and I'm still only in the second year of the academy what the hell..." I analyzed. Turning off the sharingan the power trip disappears and I feel somewhat weaker, well not really that weaker just the sharingan giving me a high like a cigar would....
'I better find some way to humble myself before the arrogance gets to a ridiculous point.' I concede.
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Unlike the first day the academy was pretty boring this time, nothing interesting just taijutsu drills and theory for the entire day.
Back in my personal training ground after the academy....
"You've only just unlocked it and you think you've reached near my level huh~" Chiyo-nee chides.
"hmph enough talk, what are you CHICKEN~" I mock her.
"my~ my~ seems your arrogance knows no limits~" She teased.
"I've been looking forward to beating you up you know, I have to keep my promises~" I shake my head.
taking our stances for a little spar. We make the seal of confrontation.
"If you believe you can now, then come~" She laughs mockingly.
With the invitation from her I rush in, my sharingan immediately blazing to life reading any movement she makes-
But those movements are still too fast for me to keep up with at my level....
With a left fist I go for a punch to the stomach but with casual grace she bends out the way of the punch, my sharingan picking up the hints of her dodge but my speed not fast enough and the precognition not high enough to capitalize on the predictions so-
My follow up of spin kick hit only air, she was already gone by the time I started spinning, I hastily put up a guard as my sharingan picked up something at the edge of my vision. Just barely blocking the casual kick thrown my way....but then my arm was grabbed, too fast for me to react I was tossed like a sack of potatoes...
Rolling on the ground, I get up only to hear- "Aw~ is this the prowess of the greatest uchiha the clan has yet to see? quite disappointing I cant lie~" The taunting remark from her indeed got some vitriol out of me.
'Ah.....this little exchange has done me some good in humbling me, she doesn't even have her sharingan activated!...ill never be overconfident again sigh' Resigned to my bitter fate I continue to spar her, gaining experience on how to use my sharingan better
"you hit like a cat~ is this the strength of the greatest uchiha?" She taunts after I kick her in her perfectly erected guard, being completely repelled.
"you have the speed of a drunk elephant~ is this how fast the greatest uchiha can be?" She taunts after I fail to keep up with her during a chase.
"your defenses are as weak as the meek civilian girls I pass on the street~ is this the amount of defense the greatest uchiha the clan has yet to see can muster?" She taunts as soon as the simple punch she threw blows through my guard and decks me in the chest.
"you-" Before she could finish her taunt she was interrupted by growling.
"UUUURGH SCREW IT!-" I immediately weaved handseals "I'M BLOWING YOU TO PIECES, I SWEAR!!" I growled out.
all I get is a laugh from her for my declaration.....
I take a deep breath and blew out the biggest fireball I could, my chakra reserves have increased so much that I can perform about 9 or 10 great fireball jutsus before being extremely low on chakra....
Under the glare off my fireball she just stood there and allowed it to hit her, a great explosion of flame erupting from where she stood...
"WHAT THE FU-" I exclaim with great disbelief before-
I felt my feet swept away to the side and before I could think, one of my legs was grabbed and I hung upside down like a pendulum....
"Killing family is against the law, you know that~" She teased "You really want to upgrade the sharingan that badly huh~" With that same teasing smile she spins me by the leg like a pendulum
I have the decency to blush in embarrassment...I sigh 'well she is a jonin after all....unless she's suicidal she has thousands of ways to escape the great fireball jutsu yet still trick me into thinking it hit.' I turn to look at where my fireball landed the, flames dying down only for me to see a scorched body looking like a cremation service....
I was about to comment when that scorched body just went up in white smoke and then nothing...'A shadow clone...I'VE BEEN FIGHTING A SHADOW CLONE THIS WHOLE TIME!' I grind my teeth.....wait, replaying the fight in my head 'After i kicked her guard and got repelled she quickly swapped places with a clone in my blind spot while I was recovering, so that's why she never allowed me to hit her guard again....'
"should I tie you up to a tree as punishment~" she continues to swing me around.
"hehehe....what a nice joke...." I couldn't help but laugh.
"you think I'm joking?~" she tosses me. I twist in the air and land on my feet "If I manage to get a clean hit on you 5 times your gonna get tied up, dodge like your life depends on it." she comments.
I sweat drop at her words 'What kind of bondage shit are you talkin-' Before I could finish the thought, I got blitzed. luckily my sharingan was still active so I just barely leaned back from that brutal side kick to my face she was about to give me.
back flipping away I see her face.....she has the most devilish amused smile I've ever seen, I sweat hard 'I'm done for.'
I blink, she's gone again, I dash to my left as a backhand came from behind from the right , I managed to dodge that one thanks to pure instinct.
"Hah..." Recovering my breath and keeping my eye open and trained on her 24/7.....the sharingan honestly isn't helping much here yet, I keep backing up-
"Hoh~. Is the greatest uchiha this clan has yet to see, running?~ what are you CHICKEN~" Another taunt from her as she's walking me down menacingly.
I nearly faceplant after that one, my own words thrown back at me, I dug into my shuriken pouch and quickly threw 4 shuriken at her...which were casually deflected away with casual waves of a kunai she equipped herself with, I gulp lowdly "Hahahaha...e-even the greatest need to learn when to be weary right...." I stammer out as I continue to back away until-
I hear the ground breaking behind me and before i could react-I took a kick to the left side. "UGH" I exclaim.
Purposely flying off using the force of the kick to create distance, I reorient myself to my feet. looking at what seems to be a second chiyo that just popped out of the ground.....'damn it she lured me into another clone...' I grumble internally.....
.....Well she didn't say this little area is the limit of movement so....bolting and dashing into the forested part of the personal training ground, I make distance as much as I can.
"You can run and hide but you can never escape~" I hear the same teasing remark played twice, one from her clone, at the same time
'....That doesn't sound scary at all~' I dry laugh to myself.
Ducking in-between trees, I ran for a bit but 'Wait-' I make a startling realization but it was already too late as-
dropping out of a high up tree branch, a chiyoko? Cant tell if its the shadow clone or not, lands a drop kick on my back
"PUH-" I sputter
"That's strike two" she calmly comments.
"Argh! this was a mistake, now she can sneak attack me from anywhere!" I complain as I sprint off.
"We learn from our mistakes though!~" I heard a playful shout from behind-I just keep running...
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On this late evening, where the birds are chirping loudly...if you look in the right place you will see...
A boy tied to a tree facial expressions shifting constantly while engaged in a "staring contest" with another just sitting on a log in front of him.
"Wheeze~" a sound
"Oh shut it! I'll return this favor two fold one day!" I complain
"Your expressions are making it hard for me to not laugh" She deliberates.
"Hmph..." that's the only noise I make before using a rope escape technique to exit my bindings, I hear clapping immediately after.....
"Your able to escape bindings. that's very good~" She applauded.
"You deliberately didn't make them hard to escape....." I counter....
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Next day at the academy was a bit more interesting.
After first period we were given the chance to learn the first basic jutsu that all genin must learn.
The transformation jutsu.
"The jutsu is straightforward, it requires imagination, observation to details and basic chakra control which you all should have as its been practiced from last year. There shouldn't be too much struggle in getting the hang of the jutsu I expect progress within the next couple of months by then we would move on to other Jutsus and exercises." Dogen-sensei laid it out straight for us
Dogen-sensei proceeded to showcase the handseals and explain the theory of how the jutsu worked.
'Its mechanics are as expected...a full on physical change to the object or entity you are transforming into. In most cases the chakra consumption of the jutsu is very light, the consumption is based on the difference in mass between yourself and the entity you are trying to transform into as well as whether you are transforming a separate entity from yourself or not...so for most ninjas transforming an entire gamabunta into a fake 9 tails fox is nearly impossible, as the chakra consumption would be too outrageous!!' I had to shake my head. 'Only naruto can get away with doing the impossible...' I contemplate.
"For a quick demonstration-" Before dogen-sensei's words could continue, he went through the handseals himself and transformed into....
Jiraiya of the sannin....
I had to smirk at that. We all got a good look at the demonstration.
He quickly released the transformation afterwards
"For this entire period, I want all of you to practice the transformation jutsu, you can use me as the target, start simple and get my details correct" Dogen-sensei demanded. "I don't wanna see myself as an ugly abomination in your place....." Dogen-sensei pleaded. clearly he didn't want to see his dashing good looks be ruined in front of his eyes.
We all had a good laugh at that one, nonetheless we got straight to it with enthusiasm.....correction, MOST of us got to it with enthusiasm....
"sigh~, I thought I could sleep this entire period, how troublesome" Obviously the nara of the class had to be an exception.
Kanebiri was....lazily going through the handseals like she wasn't paid enough to do them.....what the hell is with that look in her eye, you slept through the whole of first period! pitch in!!
Most of us had a problem with the jutsu in one shape or form.....we had the civilians who struggled through the handseals, executed the jutsu and then...nothing-just smoke and there was absolutely no change in them.
We had inoue go through the handseals properly and manage to change only her face to that of sensei, which kind of looked creepy...
"I am hachi dogen and with my dashing good looks I shall woo the-" Inoue started mocking sensei which got a few snickers out of us but before she could finish a a small globe of water smacked her in the face at high speed, sending her flying. "GWAA-" We heard her scream and we immediately shut our traps and looked everywhere else but the inoue sized indent on the back wall of the class....
"My apologies I thought I saw a fly, in your vicinity and just had to get rid of it....." Dogen-sensei's excuse...does not FLY in any shape or form. We had a collective sweat drop at that, the actual reason for him spitting a water release jutsu at inoue is painfully obvious.
The rest of the clan trainees had mixed results in their attempts of the jutsu-
I mean, the results could hardly be called real results as we all only managed to change 1 part of us to dogen-sensei's likeness.....
My attempt....my left arm was shifted to look like dogen's the rest stayed the same, first time using the jutsu...atleast none of us turned ourselves into an abomination to be shunned and banished to the ends of the continent by all of mankind-
"hrgghhhhhh..." We hear sensei groan exasperatedly. "It just had to be you, yojin....." We hear him complain.
we all had a look around for yojin but the first who beat us to the punch was inoue who managed to remove herself from the dent in the back wall looking completely unharmed-
"WE SHOULD KILL THIS EYE-SORE WITH FIRE NOW!! IT IS A DANGER TO SOCIETY AS WE KNOW IT!!!" Inoue screamed.
she was talking about the literal MISMASH OF FLESH AND CARTILEDGE WITH BONES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY. THE UGLIEST THING YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH THE BAREST RESEMBLENCE TO OUR SENSEI!! DESCRIBING THE REST OF IT WILL ONLY BRING YOU A HEADACHE AND COMPLETE DISGUST, SO I CAN'T IN GOOD CONCIOUS DO SO....
"Uh? I don't look that bad c'mon. Don't judge peoples looks like that." We hear the discombobulated voice of yojin from that piece of...creation.
"Fire release: fire dragon flame bullet jutsu-" We witness dogen-sensei seemingly making handseals, about to release a powerful destructive jutsu on the abomination.....he had the face of a man ready to kill because he had no choice to.....
We all started sweating profusely and immediately scattered...Yojin, sensing the danger immediately undo the transformation and skedaddled behind choge "WOAH SENSEI! ISN'T IT ILLEGAL TO KILL PEOPLE FROM YOUR OWN VILLAGE!?!?" We hear his shout, which made sensei abandon his jutsu. We sigh in relief.....
"you lucky bastard..." We hear dogen-sensei mutter with indignation. "Continue practicing the jutsu, you will get it eventually." He declared as if nothing happened.....
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Evening time when the academy finally let out.
I was about to hurry off back to the uchiha compounds again but-
"Oi! we don't leave friends behind. We haven't done anything to warrant such coldness, have we?" I hear yojin call out to me.
"YOU probably did do something, I am definitely not a part of it..." I hear kanebiri reason.
The two of them walking towards me in a relaxed gait.
I smirked, answering "Who knows, Maybe I just didn't like the feel of your chakras around me anymore"
"HAH-" I hear the confused shout of yojin
"My~ how rude to say that to our faces...since when can you sense chakra?" Kanebiri as always the smarter one, latched onto the meanings in my words.
"Its nothing, don't worry about it." I quickly deflect.
"Well whatever! we're about to hit up a restaurant you gotta come with us! for your sake, right biribiri~." yojin mimed.
"Sigh.....don't you mean for your sake now....since I absolutely would of murdered you for calling me that again if he wasn't coming along." Kanebiri sighed out with a tick mark on her head.
"You talk as if I will come along to stop you from murdering him....." I say with a smug look pointed at yojin.
"....First sensei, now you guys. Does no one care about comradery and peoples feelings-" As always yojin proceeded to go on a tirade about treating your friends how you want to be treated and respecting your allies.....which ofcourse we tuned out while walking with ease
Walking behind my close comrades I suddenly have an urge.
looking around to make sure no one is paying attention and that there are not much people around....I quickly flashed the sharingan active and deactivated it just as quickly.
I did this to have a quick look at they're chakra signatures and reserves again.
That's right mutoyuki has already done this before.....specifically during first period when no one was looking he activated the sharingan to spy all his classmates chakra, to see if there was anything interesting to note.
The sharingan's ability to see chakra is definitely not as extensive as the byakugan's, in this regard the sharingan is far outclassed which is why this feature of the sharingan is not talked about much outside of times where it could be useful-
'Most of my classmates are as I predicted when it comes to chakra. The clan trainees had more chakra than civilians nothing outstanding there...except for these two. First off yojin, a civilian, somehow has slightly more chakra than me right now!? meaning before I unlocked the sharingan, he had buttloads more chakra than me all this time, where did he get all that?? Is he secretly a senju!?.....I wouldn't be surprised if he was related to tsunade in some way....hiding the identity of being a senju sounds like a good idea actually, you don't want that massive target painted on your back, we all saw what happened to the uchiha during canon, the senju clan is already almost extinct!!!' I contemplated.
'But over on kanebiri's side her chakra seems non-existent, actually alot lower than a civilian but my predecessor definitely saw her last alot longer than all the civilians during the chakra control exercises. At that time the civilians ran out of chakra but she was still going strong for a while and the few genjutsu that she's shown back then definitely required more chakra to maintain than the chakra control exercises...Is she...suppressing her chakra? or is something robbing her of most of it at this point in time??? I can't tell, she's able to walk around like nothing as if not experiencing any form of chakra exhaustion symptoms...from the one kurama clan member that canon naruto showcased, kurama yakumo, nothing clued us in to the fact that the clan members chakra is syphoned off due to a technique or something. maybe kurama kanebiri is special or maybe there are many clan techniques the kurama clan has that just wasn't shown during canon, actually I have this feeling....I'm pretty sure kanebiri's hiding a crucial technique she has.' I shrug with my analysis. 'These things don't matter much now, maybe in the future I will get the answers to my questions.
We arrive at a restaurant, ofcourse its yakiniku Q our most frequented place of dining. My memories carrying me through as I enter and eat with my friends as naturally as breathing.
Finishing my meal and getting up "I gotta go.....there's someone waiting for me." I state.
"Gasp~" I hear a sharp intake of breath from yojin "uchiha mutoyuki has found his very own princess, we shall soon hear news about engagement-that's why he avoids hanging out with us now hehehehehe~" yojin spouted absolute non-sense.
"oh?" kanebiri sounded intrigued and was about to humor yojin but I cut them off while preparing to walk off.
"she's just an important family member don't jump to conclusions." I correct as I walk out leaving them.
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reaching home and greeting chiyo-nee in our private training ground, her back turned to me.
"We'll do something different today, your already getting a handle of the sharingan's precognition abilities so this time we'll put our focus on another facet of the sharingan's strengths." She stated in bland tone.
'Oh.....I'm finally graduating from being thrashed around for a bit-' my thoughts were cut off.
"Pay attention now." She continues and I look at her as she turns around....
And my eyes accidentally meet her sharingan.
My body stiffened unconsciously and my sharingan activated automatically without my input, I felt something invading my mind before it got repelled just as quickly as it came.
.......Yes she tried to trap me in a genjutsu-
"Now our focus will be on genjutsu defense and casting with the sharingan." She continued her tone still steady "Good job repelling it on instinct. There are alot of uchiha who had to train to be able to do that so instinctively, glad I don't have to beat it into you...your a natural." As soon as she finished I started sweating.....
'I still have nightmares of the previous genjutsu you know! would it kill you to be a bit more empathetic!!' I couldn't help but rage
"Although that was on the weaker side of genjutsu something a 1 tomoe can barely handle, anything more and those baby red eyes will falter" She taunted.
"Damn you! wait till I put you in a genjutsu!!!" I roared at her in defiance.
"You talk big but I don't see your three tomoe sharingan anywhere~" She mocks me while looking around as if searching for something.
'What does it take to get child protective services down here.....The abuse is crazy......' I was seething at this point.
"Greater genjutsu resistance can be built up over time what I want you to learn is casting genjutsu with just eyesight." She got us back on track. "This skill will be one of your greatest strengths when it comes to a life or death battle. Even if your opponent tries their damndest to avoid looking in your eyes, they'll eventually slip up because no fight is static.....the environment matters, other factors can come into play and there are an assortment of tricks we can pull to force an enemy to lock eyes with us. That ofcourse is a given....if your not fighting elite jonin level or S-rank level opponents...its better if you run at that point, because those high level people have already trained some form of genjutsu resistance or are very good at avoiding eyesight naturally." She lectured.
".....Everyone knows how to counter the sharingan it seems...." I recognize.
"That is a given, information travels very fast during war time the other villages have already made detailed strategies against us. They now roll around in close groups when an uchiha is spotted." She solemnly confirmed.
'Shit, I've gotta be more careful now.....more careful than I already am.' Shaking my head....
"For us uchiha, the eyes are the gateway to the soul.......casting genjutsu requires that we invade someone else's chakra network and control it with our own chakra to manipulate their senses, genjutsu has such a high demand for chakra control due to this aspect as if you try to invade and control it incorrectly your genjutsu will not take hold on the opponent. The sharingan is a medium to where we can invade another's chakra network through their eyes and trick their senses...all without handseals and the chakra control requirement lessened. Sharingan genjutsu is also more potent in general." she continues her lecture.
'Hmm.....I fanboy Itachi alot, so telling me I can sharingan genjutsu any random idiot has my excitement levels way up' I can't help the excitement spilling over "Enough talk, lets get down to it!" I commanded.
"Not so fast! first we will have you experience how a regular genjutsu works, I have the perfect one to teach you" She halted my impatience. "The target shall be me ofcourse. I do hope you can make me see something scary this time~" She teased
I scratched my head at this......the sadist finally turns to masochism.....
"The genjutsu I have for you is as follows......." She proceeds to give me a tutorial on the genjutsu she wants me to learn...........
Hello again, sorry I keep taking so long for these chapters, hope you can forgive me. I hope you enjoyed this chapter I had fun making it, hopefully I got the mechanics of the jutsu and the sharingan correct, it would be kind of embarrassing if I didn't...Anyways I will see you all next chapter.