As someone who is obsessed with making Sasuke a medical ninja I am disappointed in the lack of fanfiction I can find… seriously.
This story is Sasuke-centric, although other characters perspectives might appear sometimes the majority of each chapter will be focused on Sasuke. If things happen in canon that I don't mention, assume that it still happened in the background but Sasuke didn't notice it happen. My Sasuke isn't always particularly observant or caring about what other people are doing... at least until later in the story.
This first chapter doesn't have a lot of dialogue, I suppose it's more like a prologue of Sasuke's life from age 7 to graduation. It will be more like a real story from the next chapter.
I do not have a beta so there are probably mistakes. I will do my best to amend them.
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*I've added more dialogue to this chapter and made edits but the story line hasn't been changed at all.
Once upon a time, in Konoha, the NINJA Village of the Hidden Leaves. There appeared a nine-tailed demon fox. Its mighty tails could crumble mountains and even cause a tsunami.
The ninja of Konoha, also known as Konoha's shinobi, assembled to fight the demon and many shinobi lost their lives.
One man was able to seal the demon inside a new-born baby called Naruto, but in the process he lost his life.
This man was known as the 4th Hokage.
Many years later a great crisis happened within one of the clans of Konoha.
...
This crisis was caused by a thirteen-year-old ninja named Uchiha Itachi. Who in one night murdered his entire family and the entire Uchiha clan leaving only his seven-year-old brother alive. This seven-year old's name was Uchiha Sasuke.
Itachi tormented his brother Sasuke with illusionary genjutsu, forcing him to re-watch their parent's death over and over again.
When asked why he murdered his clan he simply replied, 'to test his own power.'
Sasuke attempted to fight back but failed and was told he wasn't even worth killing. However, before Itachi left he encouraged Sasuke to cling to life, cling to hatred, desire power and revenge and someday become strong enough to kill him.
Sasuke's attempted to fight back once again, even activating the clan's signature ability the Sharingan, but he failed in his attempt and passed out.
….
Upon waking up in the hospital Sasuke found himself alone.
He was the last surviving Uchiha. Completely alone.
He looked around the hospital room as nurses and doctors bustled around. The doctors that came to check on him avoided eye contact and gave him looks full of pity.
Sasuke ignored them, Itachi's words weighed heavily on his mind and he found himself lost in his own thoughts.
'I don't want to do what he told me… he killed them. He killed them all… and Father once said... He told me not to follow in Itachi's footsteps… but is this why? Itachi was always the clan favourite, a prodigy who became part of the elite ANBU shinobi at 11 years old… I thought they wanted me to be like him but now... Itachi told me to cling to life, to seek vengeance, but… I felt so weak, I never want to feel that way again. They all died, I couldn't save them, I couldn't even protect them.'
Loud footsteps outside his room interrupted his constantly spiraling thoughts. A few doctors rushed past wheeling a stretcher down the hall.
'huh...'
He stared blankly ahead in the hospital for what seemed like days, simply watching the doctors rush in and out, he slowly came to realise something. Perhaps there was another way he could protect those he cared about without being consumed by hatred of his brother.
The doctors and medical-ninja in the hospital seemed to be busy even at 4am… They were always moving, constantly saving lives…
Sasuke watched the medical ninja cart another injured man into his room and heal him, the man that was close to death left an hour later looking healthy again.
He made a decision.
'I cannot do as you said Itachi. Someday I will kill you but… at least until then I will make it so I never lose someone I care about. I will not kill my best friend. I will not gain power in the way you wanted me to. There is more than one way to be strong… I never want to see someone I care about die in front of me again, the feeling of powerlessness was overwhelming and I never again want to feel so weak.'
He took a deep breath. And fell asleep feeling better. Despite the nightmares that plagued him, he now had a goal to work towards and so the next day he discharged himself from the hospital.
It took him a while to get back on his feet, the 3rd Hokage, who was the leader of the village of Konoha, wouldn't let him go back to the Uchiha District. So, he was given a house in the middle of the village.
The Hokage paid the rent and gave him money for food every now and then until he could earn money himself. He supposed that would be when he graduated the academy and became a Genin.
It was the lowest level of ninja, but a ninja nonetheless.
He spent the first few weeks after the massacre wandering his family's compound, reflecting on the people who were now gone... Killed by Itachi.
He attempted to go back to the academy but the Hokage and teachers insisted that he take time off to rest. They claimed that he shouldn't push himself… That they were worried about Sasuke's well-being after what happened...
'But I don't want to rest, I want to learn' Sasuke thought spitefully. He didn't need the old man's help anyway…
For the first few weeks he wandered around the libraries in Konoha and scoured the books in the medical sections. He took out as many books as he was able, and read every day. It was more of a distraction from his memories than anything else but it worked well and he did his best to focus on the difficult texts in front of him.
Some of the books he didn't understand at all, but he found a large book on anatomy of the body with detailed pictures and he tended to skim over words he didn't understand. Although, he found a dictionary did help for some words… being a medical ninja was turning out to be much harder than he thought.
Finally, he returned to the academy.
It was mostly due to the Hokage, who was insisting that he needed to make friends his age so he wouldn't be socially inept Sasuke scoffed, first they wanted him to take time off and now they wanted him to make friends... It didn't turn out as bad as he thought, he threw himself into his studies at the Academy, making no effort to form friendships and ignoring all the fangirls trying to talk to him.
He found himself trusting people a lot less these days. And most days he didn't feel like speaking to anyone at all. He spent most lessons reading medicine or biology related books rather than paying attention, but despite that, his grades stayed in the top level of the class. Although, he didn't have the highest grades, as the pink haired girl was always ahead of him when it came to written tests.
It was a surprise however, a few months into his reading when he found a book on chakra control.
Of course, he knew that chakra was a part of everyone and it was what made a ninja able to do ninjutsu. But he had always thought chakra was just something people did naturally, discovering that he could put too much or too little chakra into his ninjutsu was something he spent many weeks testing, sometimes just to see what happened.
When the time for the ninja academy holidays came around he began to practice more.
He had read that, as a medical ninja, he needed to have perfect chakra control and after many weeks of practice and analysis of the book he was reading he found that he was always using too much.
It took him a long time to practice manipulating the correct amount he needed for each technique. When he practiced the techniques he knew, he did his best to use exactly the right amount of chakra. It did make mastering the techniques a lot slower as most of his chakra control was trial and error, but he wanted to be the best and he didn't know of any other ways.
He found his chakra reserves were high already but he needed to practice using as much chakra as he wanted. It was difficult but he was beginning to understand ninja techniques more. He took a little bit of time each day to meditate and practice chakra control.
When he wasn't training, Sasuke spent a lot of his time gardening in the Uchiha district, although he didn't live there anymore he planted lots of herbs for medicine. He practiced making medicines based on what his books said but never really tried using them unless he was absolutely sure they were made right.
One day, he was out picking flowers and plants around Konoha when he ran into a young girl who seemed to be doing the same thing. He recognised her from his class but he had never spoken to her. She looked away shyly when he approached, but she had a large flower press with her and seemed to be making her own kind of medicine.
"What are you doing" he asked. She looked shocked that she was being spoken too and stuttered out a response he couldn't hear.
"Is that medicine?" he asked, trying again. She nodded mutely.
"Can you show me how to make it?" he asked. She seemed to almost pass out in shock.
Once she came back to herself again, Sasuke learned that her name was Hyuuga Hinata and the ointment she was making was special to the Hyuuga clan.
Thankfully, she seemed happy to show him how to make it. Although it was a Hyuuga ointment it was used a lot in the hospitals because it was infused with chakra. So, it helped wounds and scratches heal faster. They spent a lot of time picking flowers together, making medicines and he showed her the plants he was growing in the Uchiha district.
However, as time went by she started picking flowers less and less and he only really saw her in class. She said that important things were happening in her clan, but she would see him when she had chance.
Sasuke wasn't that bothered, he simply threw himself into his studies once more.
Then a year had passed and the anniversary of his family's death came. Until this point, he'd managed to distract himself from the memories of THAT NIGHT. But, the closer the anniversary date came, the more he dwelled on what could have been. He spent many nights waking up screaming from the nightmares. In the end, he stayed up all night for as many days as he could, practicing until he fell asleep from exhaustion.
He knew this wasn't particularly healthy, and some days he was too tired to stay awake in class. Some of the teachers would look at him and their eyes were full of pity.
He hated it.
They called him 'the last Uchiha.' As if his brother no longer existed, as if he wasn't out there right now… but, no one bothered him. And as the year, went on he continued his quiet life rather happily. None of the kids in class bothered him that much. Other than the fangirls.
And then it was a full two years since he'd began his reading. At the age of 9, he finally finished all the books he could find in the libraries of Konoha and understood as much as he could. Which admittedly wasn't as much as he wanted, there were still many words that he didn't really understand and he usually spent a lot of time looking them up in a dictionary.
He decided to get adult help. He had been reading books and practicing chakra control and other small techniques any chance he could get for the past two years, but most books made it sound like he was too young to do anything more than that.
And that really annoyed him!
Yes, he needed someone's help. The only problem was, Sasuke didn't know many adults. Nor did he really want to ask for someone's help… He decided the best idea would be to go to Iruka-Sensei. A teacher with a scar across his nose and brown hair that taught him most the time.
He would simply... ask for advice. He knew that teachers had to have knowledge of lots of things so, he figured that Iruka-Sensei could at least point him in the right direction. And as a teacher he knew he was more trustworthy than anyone else he could think of.
It was with this in mind that Sasuke approached him after all the other students had ran out of the room already.
"Iruka-Sensei, may I speak to you?" he asked standing next to the teacher's desk. Iruka turned around from wiping off the blackboard, he was slightly surprised to see Sasuke standing there.
"What can I help you with Sasuke-kun?" he said sitting down in his chair. Sasuke realised he hadn't really thought through what he wanted to say and shifted his feet a little, thinking.
"Umm… well, I was wondering if you could help me…" he paused thinking of the best way to phrase his question, "I want to become a medical ninja… but… well, I've read all the books I can find and I don't really know what to do… now…" he said delicately glancing at Iruka who had gone very still.
Iruka waged war with himself as to why a 9/10-year-old would already have decided to become a medical ninja. Not to mention, how an Uchiha of all people could have decided this when only one other Uchiha had ever became a medical ninja. Just what books had he read exactly? And how long had he been trying alone for?
His brain came up with an answer and he replied before he realised what he was saying, "Hm, well I'm not a medical ninja myself so I'm afraid I don't really know what the steps are, but we could go down to the hospital and see if someone could help you… "He said kindly, starting to think of ways to help the young boy in front of him 'I'm sure Mizuki may know someone' he smiled before adding "if you are sure…" as an afterthought.
Sasuke was surprised to start with, that Iruka would actually help him. And go with him to the hospital. But also, because he didn't say it would be too hard for him or that he was too young or anything. He knew from the books he had read that medical ninja had to be highly intellectual and have great chakra control among other things.
He welled up with relief and happiness that was bubbling up and making him smile despite himself. Sasuke waited for Iruka to finish tidying up the classroom. Iruka decided he liked this kid, he had never properly spoken to him other than asking questions in class but the way he was almost bouncing up and down from happiness made Iruka like him.
If only some of the other ninja in his class could get so passionate about ninja study 'like Naruto or Kiba… or even that lazy bones Shikamaru' he thought with a huff.
"Well then, let's go" he said smiling and led Sasuke first to the teachers' lounge where he found Mizuki grumbling over some coffee, "Oi Mizuki, do you know any medical ninja?" he asked.
Mizuki looked up "only Iyashi, why?" he said. Iruka smiled, "I'm going to take Sasuke to find a medical ninja to teach him at the hospital" he said, "wanna come along?"
Mizuki paused for a moment but then shrugged, "Sure it gets me out of grading papers, I swear my class never do any of the readings I set" he sulked.
They left the academy, Iruka softly took Sasuke's hand so he didn't get lost, Sasuke wasn't too happy about that but left it alone. He was too excited that he was getting the chance to possibly learn medical ninjutsu properly.
They arrived at the hospital and he resisted bouncing up and down as Iruka asked the receptionist if Iyashi was free.
Then they were led into an office and Mizuki and Iruka spoke on behalf of Sasuke. They asked if there was anything he could do to become a medical ninja at such a young age and Sasuke held his breath.
Iyashi looked apprehensive.
But he also looked curious.
He asked about the academy training that has been done, but because Sasuke hadn't been taught proper ninjutsu techniques at the academy yet it would be hard to teach him medical ninjutsu techniques.
"What exactly have you read?" asked Iyashi.
Sasuke paused, 'what did he know?'
He wasn't ignorant to the techniques like mystical palm, where the ninja focuses chakra into the palms of their hands, creating a small ball of healing chakra. But the only technique like that he had tried was kyuukyuu no jutsu, first aid technique.
The book he'd read explained it as a way of teaching medical ninja chakra control. It made a weak field of healing chakra that could heal small cuts and burns but couldn't really heal much more. It would take him a lot of practice and chakra control to even attempt the mystical palm technique because you had to apply exactly the right amount of chakra for the extent of the injury. Using too much or too little chakra was dangerous.
"I can do kyuukyuu no jutsu... and I've been practicing chakra control" he said. "There are a lot of books in Konoha library but I don't always understand what they say..."
Iyashi sat back in his chair and stared at him for a while.
"Alright kid," he said "you've got conviction, I like that."
Iruka smiled politely, "of course Sasuke still has class, but perhaps we can work out a system"
Iyashi nodded, "Sasuke can come to the hospital and shadow me, it might sound boring but it's the best way to get knowledge on illnesses and injuries. I work everyday so after class and weekends suit me just fine"
Sasuke bounced up and down nervously, 'was this really happening?' He thought, Mizuki and Iyashi were bent over a desk writing out a list of books. Iruka looked down at him and smiled. "Don't worry Sasuke-kun, you need to be very knowledgeable to become a medical ninja but if you read and practice with Iyashi sensei it should all come together with time."
After all Sasuke would need to study a lot to be a medical ninja including herbs, poisons, human anatomy, biology and be able to put theory into practice when someone was injured.
Iyashi spun around in his chair to face them again, "alright I've got a list of beginners books that we used to give out to academy students, Ninja God knows why we started taking medical ninja specialisation out of academy training" he huffed.
"well it was decided that ninja shouldn't specialise until they are Genin just in case... y'know after, that happened..." Iruka and Mizuki said, looking sheepish.
"Well, Sasuke, there are lots of medical techniques you can learn during the academy that give you a good basis, once you've mastered the basic academy ninjutsu and medical ninjutsu to a level Iruka deems satisfactory I'll ask the Hokage to make you an apprentice at the hospital," said Iyashi.
"Really?" He asked, "then i'll graduate as fast as I can and come and work here!"
Iruka sweat dropped, "well there is no need to be hasty, after all, if you want to be a field medic it's better to become a genin and have a team. Rather than just ditch everything and go to the hospital."
"field medic?" asked Sasuke.
"Of course," replied Iyashi, "do you want to be a doctor of the hospital, an elite medic like me or a field medic? If you get good enough you could even become part of a medical ninja team rather than a 3-man team under a Jonin"
"...I just want to protect people" said Sasuke.
The teachers looked at him curiously but Iyashi just nodded. "Then stay in the academy until you pass to Genin level, you can come to the hospital or do your own studies in your own time."
"It is a good idea for you to take your time in education and take your time learning in the academy before becoming a Genin rather than skipping grades and having to work harder against older ninja," Iruka agreed.
Sasuke nodded, "okay," as long as he could help Iyashi at the hospital he was happy. Although he wished some of the people in his grade weren't so stupid, or annoying.
Like Naruto, they rarely spoke to each other but he often saw him on his own... maybe he could have spoken to him more, but the blonde was kind of annoying, he spent almost all his time playing stupid pranks and doing stupid things like paint the faces of the Hokage statues.
Sasuke preferred to ignore the idiot and study.
'But,' he thought with a smile, 'now I can really practice and study properly.'
And so, he began coming to the hospital whenever he possibly could.
…..
"Good morning, Sasuke".
"Am I late?" He panted.
"Did you run all the way here?" Iyashi laughed. "For now, you are just going to follow me alright? I will explain the things I do as I do them. There's a lot for you to learn."
They began to walk around the hospital, and as they walked Iyashi lectured, "The most important thing for any medical ninja, is bandages. Bandages are everything; therefore, a field ninja must know the two jutsu that allow improvised bandages and casts out in the field. Gantai no jutsu and Niwasuto no jutsu. They will allow you to make bandages and casts by mixing your chakra with sand, wood, grass, water or other things out in the field. It could be the difference between life and death for your teammates."
Sasuke nodded.
"They are Genin level jutsu, but you're still learning at the academy so take your time. I'm going to show you a lot of jutsu at the hospital but you will have to practice them in your own time" he smiled. "Of course, Iruka will help you go over the D rank jutsu at the academy."
So, that was how Sasuke spent his next year or two. He would go to class, tend the plants in his garden, immediately go to the hospital and shadow, or sometimes help-out, Iyashi-Sensei, then return home, or go to the training grounds and practice chakra control or D rank medical ninjutsu.
It was bitter work, but he didn't care, medical ninjutsu was the main thing he focused on, everything else became kind of obsolete.
Iruka sensei had to remind him to eat now and then, along with physical training and basic ninja techniques.
He practiced bandaging any chance he could. However, due to his increasing chakra control, he remained in the top level of the academy, Iyashi constantly forced books on him and Iruka constantly reminded him to study or train for the academy tests.
They finally began learning intermediate and advanced ninjutsu and throwing techniques at the academy. Sasuke fell behind slightly with throwing techniques, he hadn't really been practicing with kunai much lately.
There were just so many academy level things he had to learn. And most of them took a lot of reading and understanding about human anatomy, things like diagnosis, muscle groups for shiatsu, proper disinfecting, and extracting objects without further injuring people.
'Hm, I wonder how medical ninja use taijutsu and kunai...' he thought.
"Iruka-sensei" Sasuke said. It wasn't odd for him to stay behind after class, most days, he would stay to ask Iruka-sensei or Mizuki-sensei questions about the academy level jutsu.
Although he had never out right told anyone at the academy that he was training to be a medical ninja. And he really didn't plan too, it was none of their business... They had noticed how often he spoke to the teachers and started calling him a teacher's pet behind his back…
But it was probably because he had high grades, so they thought he was sucking up to the teachers to get good grades or something. The girls on the other hand would never shut up about how smart he was. Today was no different, he ignored the other students and focused on his own studies.
"Yes Sasuke-kun?"
"Do medical-nin use kunai? I've never seen Iyashi-sensei with one." he asked.
"Well that's because you only ever see him at the hospital" he laughed. "However, most medical ninja use senbon for precision. You can buy them at most weapon shops but they will be difficult for you to learn. We'll stick to throwing kunai and shuriken in class, you aren't bad at it, in fact I think your technique is good, but your precision isn't always perfect and you will need that with senbon," he smiled kindly.
Sasuke immediately went out to the nearest weapons shop.
The bell ting'd as he entered, and a young girl with hair buns shouted out a greeting. She seemed a bit young to be restocking weapons supplies, but he would be a hypocrite to judge on age.
He wandered around the shop for a while picking out a few nice-looking kunai before finding the senbon. There were a lot of different types. Damn, he should have considered what types would be best for a beginner really. The young girl was staring at him curiously out of the corner of his eye. He glanced at her. She smiled warmly.
"Can I help you with anything" she asked. He didn't respond and turned back to the senbon, but she came over with a bubbly grin.
"I don't usually see people buying senbon" she carried on, "they are great for precision but usually people go for throwing stars or fancy looking kunai."
"I'm going to be a medical ninja" he stated. "I will learn senbon." She looked startled at his statement but then grinned widely.
"Oh really, well perhaps you could buy the set," she suggested pointing to a box on the side, "it has two of all the different senbons, the standard size to practice with is this one here, 12cm to 15cm, the longer ones are harder to throw."
"You know how to use them?" He asked.
Her grin widened. "As the future best kunoichi in Konoha I'm going to learn how to use all types of weapon." She said. He nodded, another person with a goal… at least hers was more manageable than that idiot Naruto who claimed to want to be Hokage because he wanted recognition… idiot.
"…could you show me how to use the senbon?" He asked. He didn't like making a habit of asking people for help but if she could show him how they are used then at least he wouldn't have to start from scratch... And maybe she could help him with kunai throwing too if she was a weapons expert.
She beamed at him "Of course!" She said, "We could meet at my parent's dojo. How's Saturday for you?" She asked.
"After 3pm on Saturday is fine…" he said carefully.
"Oh, are you busy Saturday mornings" she said looking surprised, most the ninja their age slept all weekend to be honest, and she recognised him from the class in the year below her.
"I volunteer part time at the hospital most days" he said.
"Ohhhh," she looked impressed. "So… do you want to be like a field medic or like hospital stuff?" She asked moving around the till so Sasuke could pay for his items.
"Field…" he replied.
"So like Tsunade-Sama?" she asked looking excited.
"…Who?" He asked.
"Whaaaat? You want to be a great medical ninja but you don't know who Tsunade the Legendary Sannin is! She's the best medical ninja in the world, someday I'm going to be as great a kunoichi as her" she said sighing a little in a dreamy way. "Your total is 5000 yen by the way."
He paid for his items, she seemed very … bubbly, but she wasn't trying to flirt with him like most of the other girls he knew so he could probably get along with her.
"There you go, I'm Tenten by the way, come to the Dojo down the street from here on Saturday, we'll meet at 3:30 and practice until we can no longer move!" She grinned. Sasuke nodded at her optimism.
They practiced together every Saturday, it turned out that Tenten was also interested in medical ninjutsu and loved everything about the legendary Sannin Tsunade. She began helping him with some of the academy level medical things she had learned. But she said she was waiting to become a Genin to see what she would do, after all she had a strong fixation on using weapons and that wasn't good for a medical ninja.
After a few months Tenten graduated the academy, he went to see her at the graduation and congratulated her for making Genin.
They moved their training schedule to Sundays so Tenten could have more time with her new team but otherwise he was still content.
Tenten started developing a fuinjutsu fighting style, and he was getting better at senbon, they started training to increase their speed too. Iyashi-sensei told him that a medical ninja had to be really fast to avoid getting hit. They were usually the targets in the field.
He first met Rock Lee after he turned 11, Tenten invited him to the dojo to spar with them.
"It's YOU" Rock Lee shouted pointing at him and posing in a comical stance.
…what was he wearing…
"Lee!" Tenten shouted "don't be rude! I told you I usually train here with a friend."
"You didn't tell me that friend was THE Uchiha Sasuke" the guy in a green bodysuit with a bad haircut shouted back at her.
Sasuke resisted the urge to growl.
"Sasuke, meet my team mate Rock Lee, he is a taijutsu specialist who almost beat Hyuuga Neji once or twice."
Lee glared at him as he approached. "I will beat him someday. You don't need to use genjutsu to be a good ninja" he huffed.
"Lee," Tenten said glaring at him for good measure. "Sasuke is training to be a medical ninja, so I thought it would be good for you two to spar together, we already train with weapons every weekend but Sasuke really needs to get faster" she said smiling.
Lee's face immediately twisted into a wide smile. "REALLY!" he shouted, "Sure! Let's do some training!" he said pulling Sasuke to the centre of the room with him.
"…Tenten what have you got me into" Sasuke muttered.
"So like can you use your Sharingan and stuff" Lee questioned.
"…I can try and activate it if you want but I've only used it once" Sasuke replied.
"WHaaaaaaaaaaaaT" shouted Lee again, "But it's like… your thing! You gotta learn how to use it and stuff" he complained.
"Well I don't really have anyone to teach me how to use it" Sasuke muttered.
"You do now!" Shouted Lee, "me and Tenten are gonna help!" Sasuke decided that Lee's optimism was next level but, if they could really help him to train his Sharingan more that could be helpful… he just didn't like using it because the only time he activated it before was when... Itachi…
…..
The final exams for the academy were coming up fast, all they did in class nowadays was practice the transformation technique and clone technique.
They were expected to know how to use the body replacement technique, the rope escaping technique and they had to be able to get themselves out of illusionary genjutsu along with having full knowledge on how to create traps and how to use their chakra well.
Sasuke was mainly annoyed that he had less time to study medicine because he had to keep up with the academy level things.
The written exams were just starting and many students were complaining.
"Iruka-Sensei" Sasuke said.
Iruka smiled, wiping down the board as he did at the end of every lesson, "yes Sasuke-kun"
Sasuke sighed, "I need to improve my chakra control" he said.
Iruka blinked and looked down at him. "Why do you say that? Your chakra control is one of the best in the class"
"Best in the class doesn't mean it's good enough for medical ninjutsu" Sasuke huffed.
"Ahh I see, you want to use graduating as a way to get Iyashi-san to teach you better medical ninjutsu" Iruka said laughing.
Sasuke glared at him, "I've been watching him for 2 years now, but he still says I'm not ready" he said… and he was NOT pouting.
"Hmmm, well you've done the leaf concentration exercise that I usually force the students to do, and I've seen your chakra control on the academy techniques is great. He is probably just waiting for you to become a proper Genin, have you decided whether you are going to go into a team when you graduate or just start apprenticing at the hospital?" asked Iruka.
"…Iyashi-Sensei said that if I want to be a field ninja I need all the practice I can get so I should go into a three-man team and still go to the hospital in my spare time instead" he huffed.
"You don't want to be part of a team?" Iruka asked.
"I don't want to waste my time!" Sasuke said sternly. "I want to be a medical ninja and so far, I can only heal scratches. I can't do anything for real injuries."
Iruka laughed, "That's not true Sasuke, you can do many of the D rank medical techniques and since you aren't exactly a Genin yet, even that is impressive. You make medical salves and medicines in your spare time. You can also use senbon accurately, and you've read far more books than I have on medical ninjutsu. I would say you are much further ahead than most medical ninja are when they start training. Besides you're still young, you have time."
Sasuke pouted.
"Tell you what… If you're so sure you're ready for more jutsu I will show you a training exercise that will help you with your chakra control" Iruka said watching Sasuke perk up again.
They pulled Mizuki sensei along with them.
"You've been training with Rock Lee and Tenten right? Their teacher Gai-Sensei keeps telling me he wants to meet you, apparently, he wants to thank you for motivating them or something" Iruka said as they walked to the training grounds.
"Yeah and we've been keeping him away so he doesn't ambush you with his green beast spirit" Mizuki sensei laughed. Iruka elbowed him.
"Tenten and I practice with weapons and Lee's helping me become faster" Sasuke said, "I'm not really motivating them they're just helping me…"
"Helping someone sounds like a good enough motivation to me" Iruka smiled.
"Tenten's been showing me how to use enclosing techniques recently…" he said.
"That's good, it will probably be very useful for you to carry medical equipment in a scroll rather than on your person" Iruka said smiling. "Ah here we are" he said, they were at a clearing with a few trees.
"I'm sure by now you know enough about chakra so we won't have to give you an overview" said Mizuki-Sensei, he sounded a little off but Sasuke couldn't tell why.
"We're still doing an overview" Iruka said glaring at Mizuki. "Your chakra system is a system in your body much like the respiratory system. You know that moulding chakra means using both your spirit energy and body energy, to effectively use your chakra you need to be able to balance that energy, using too much will waste your chakra, use too little and your techniques won't work, both would be terrible mistakes in combat. Particularly for a medical ninja. So, to learn how to control your chakra with your body-"
"-We're going to teach you how to climb a tree" interrupted Mizuki receiving a smack on the head.
"Climb a tree?" asked Sasuke, raising an eyebrow.
"Up until now I know you have practiced a lot with your techniques to use the right amount of chakra, I'm sure you've also spent a lot of time meditating to raise your chakra levels. But this exercise will help you to learn how to mould the correct amount of chakra through rigorous training. Watch carefully" said Iruka-Sensei.
He made a hand symbol to mould some chakra, then walked up the tree vertically without his hands, it looked as easy as walking along the ground, he even walked upside down on a branch.
"You gather chakra at the bottom of your feet and make it attach to the tree trunk. Something like this is possible if you use your chakra perfectly. You need to accumulate enough to allow you to walk up the tree without falling, but use too much and you will break the tree. The feet is the most difficult place to accumulate chakra, in theory if you master this technique you should be able to use any technique." He said smiling.
"Use a kunai to mark where you get up to, you should probably give yourself a running start too. First collect chakra at your feet." Iruka sensei said hopping down from the tree.
He sat down and started reading a book, Mizuki huffed and walked off a little while later. Iruka wasn't sure what was wrong with him lately, he seemed to be getting angrier and angrier the closer they got to graduation.
Iruka smiled watching Sasuke practice, he was truly a gifted student and from how hard he worked he was certain to be a wonderful medical ninja in the future.
It took Sasuke just over a week to get to the top of the tree, and Iruka made a point of telling Iyashi he had completed the exercise.
Iyashi just laughed when he told him. "I guess now I have no choice but to start teaching him properly huh?"
"You won't be disappointed I assure you" Iruka replied with a smile.
Two days before the final exam Naruto was being an idiot again and inventing his own jutsu he called 'the seduction technique' where he basically just turned into a half-naked woman. Iruka was furious because Naruto had failed the past two final exams and was set to fail this one too unless he trained properly.
Honestly, Sasuke had seen Naruto training. He was terrible at written exams but had enough energy to simply annoy his enemy to death. The one thing he couldn't do was the clone jutsu, he used waay too much chakra from what Sasuke could see...
Their graduation passed quickly and Iruka never told Sasuke the truth about the events surrounding the final day of graduation.
Long story short. Mizuki-sensei went crazy and Naruto somehow graduated.
However, this went unnoticed by Sasuke who wasn't close to Naruto at all. In fact, the idiot was always challenging him to fights in every lesson and being an overall bother to the class with his pranks and loud attitude.
All that mattered to Sasuke was that he had graduated.
"Iyashi-Sensei! I graduated now so you have to take me seriously!" Sasuke said, entering the hospital.
"Oh? I have to treat a little Genin kid seriously do I" Iyashi replied. "You still have to pass the secondary test to become a Genin first but I suppose… I might start teaching you how to use the C Rank Chiyute no Jutsu now, also known as mystical hands." He said. Sasuke glared at him.
"Secondary test?" he asked.
"Yup, after you graduate you still have to do another test to become an official Genin" Iyashi smirked back at him. "And believe me, this new technique is far above your level and is going to take you a long time to learn" he said smirking down at the pouting Uchiha, "you have learned all the basic healing techniques, so now you just have to keep studying. You know all the basic academy ninjutsu now, and I've taught you all the D rank techniques too, although you're not very good with them," He leant back in his chair and seemed to ponder things for a while.
"Alright" he said, standing up. "If you pass the secondary test then I suppose I could start to teach you the final D rank techniques. After all you HAVE finished the academy level training." he smirked and picked some medical books off of his bookshelf,
"And then, there is a simple healing technique that causes blood to coagulate around a wound quicker. The wound remains but the bleeding stops. It could save a comrade's life out on a mission. It also makes it easier to heal them with kyuukyuu no jutsu" he flicked through the book nonchalantly before picking out a few more.
His smile turned into a wicked grin. "But of course, if you fail the secondary test and have to go back to the academy or get kicked out the program, then I suppose you will just have to become a doctor instead and maybe I'd just go over the academy and D rank jutsu again. I certainly wouldn't let you do any proper techniques for a while" he said.
"You're mean Iyashi-Sensei" Sasuke growled. "Just you wait I will pass the secondary test and you will have to teach me all you know"
Iyashi laughed. "I sure hope so. Honestly, I've taught you everything you need to know to heal a Genin level team so at this point you just need to practice. Which you need a team for. Take the next few days off, you need to bond with your team" he said with a smile then piled the books into Sasuke's arms. "Read these too" he said.
Sasuke sighed, he would read the books, but he mainly planned to spend the next few days with Tenten and Lee. Recently, he had started to see Hinata around a little more but she seemed to be hard crushing on Naruto and mostly just watched while trying to get up the nerve to speak to him… Sasuke wanted to help but he really didn't want to speak to the idiot
He sat in bed and read through some books about the academy level jutsu.
I love medical Ninja…. So, yes. This fanfiction might get detailed in medical techniques and stuff. If anyone finds a mistake feel free to tell me and I will edit it.
Honestly this will be a NaruSasu eventually… but eventually is… eventually... like maybe in 20 chapters or something lol