Chapter 2
-Three years later-
Daiki sat in the middle of a runic circle in a dark room, on either side of him was a line of Arashi clan members that went around to create a circle. To his left was his brother Monsho, and to his right was Ichigo, they were currently in a ancient Arashi clan ceremony for those ninja of Arashi clan that are ready to become full ninja. Each new ninja is to sit in a rune their parents put to describe their kids element in his ninja career. During the ceremony the rune is inscribed onto the child's skin where they choose, the purpose of this is to grant the child of the Arashi clan their blood limit, if the child rejects the seal then they do no gain the blood limit, but that is rare and has not happened in a long time. Another thing that happens is during the rune placement the Elders of the clan place down weapons of legend that the Arashi clan members use, in all there are five. Two of the legendary weapons are already used, the Raiken is used by Rain and is the strongest of the five legends of the Arashi clan, the second is the Suken, which is the weakest of the five and is used by Narumi Arashi.
Three of the elders stepped forward, each one wearing a white robe, on the robe was a symbol, each symbol was different than the other. The elder that was in the middle stepped forward with a Katana, the blade of the katana was 24 inches long, the elder placed the katana in the middle sheath of the blade going into the ground the symbol on the elders robe was the symbol for Shadow.
The elder that was on the left of Daiki stepped forward and also placed a katana into the middle but to the left of the first, the katana's blade was also 24 inches long, the symbol on the elders robe was the symbol for Light.
The last elder that was on the right of Daiki stepped forward and placed his katana into the middle, but to the right of the first, the katana's blade was much larger than the others being 32 inches long, the symbol on the elders robe was the symbol for Wind.
After the elder placed the last legendary katana in the ground lines from each of the weapons shot out to each of the runes which in turned started to glow. Rain stepped forward and into the middle of the circle the children made standing in front of the sword, he wore a white robe much like the elders but instead of having one symbol he had all the elemental symbols inscribed on his robe, at the top and going counter clock wise is fire, ice, lightning, shadow, sand, water, wind, earth, light, and water.
"So begins the life of ninja, each child here holds the will of the elements, grant them the power of their element as they so fourth call it out. Begin!" Rain shouted and pointed towards the child directly behind him which shouted "Wind" and then he started to move in a counter clockwise turn between the thirteen children.
"Water." "Earth" "Fire" "Ice"
Then Rain pointed to Monsho who in turned shouted out "Fire" then he pointed to Daiki who shouted out "Lightning!" as Daiki shouted out his element the rune that he sat on began to glow and come to life as electricity moved around him, he turned to see the others in a similar state but with their element instead, he was the only one that called out lightning meaning he was the only one with a lightning affinity. He could hear the whispers from the elders and parents watching, saying that he held a powerful element, the faint sound of the rest of the Arashi kids calling out their elements died out.
When Rain stopped pointing at the children he clapped his hands and gathered chakra that everyone could see, he infused the chakra with his element that he once chose when he did this ceremony and then shot a bolt of chakra at the ground which raced forward to each of the children, the chakra hit the rune that Daiki was sitting on and his whole body erupted in lightning as the seal slowly started to disappear from under him and he felt a burning sensation on his right shoulder above his right breast. The pain was gruesome and slowly but surely died out and he was left with a throbbing sensation where his shoulder burned. Rain then clapped again and built up chakra while saying.
"Now three legendary swords of the Arashi clan, choose your next wielder!" he said and slammed his hand into the ground as chakra was sent into the blades that were both 24 inches long. The blades pulled themselves out of the ground and hovered there for a few seconds before they both flew to Monsho and Ichigo, The one in the middle went to Monsho, while the one on the left went to Ichigo, hesitantly they reached both arms up and grabbed the swords, the second they laid their fingers on the sword their choice element shot out and hit the katana and made them radiate with power before they finally settled down.
Whispers then erupted throughout the ritual room, two of Rain's children wielded two of the legendary swords. Everyone expected one of them to get a sword but not two.
"Stand wielder of Raitoken and Kageken, state your names and elemental affinity." Rain said going with the script of old.
Monsho and Ichigo stood up Monsho had Raitoken in his left hand and Ichigo held Kageken in his right hand, they held their chins up high and backs straight.
Monsho went first."My name is Monsho Arashi, I have an affinity to fire!" Monsho held his composure as Ichigo then said his part. "My name is Ichigo Arashi, I have an affinity to shadow!"
Rain lift his right hand up high and recited the words "I Rain Arashi, Head of the Arashi clan grant the next generation of the Arashi ninja their ability to use Aneigan!" Rain said as he shot out a bolt of chakra that hit each of the children in the middle of the chest causing each and every one of them to light up with the color of their elemental affinity.
When the children were back on the ground standing on there feet the lights came on and the children went to their respective families to show off their newly acquired Aneigan.
Daiki, Monsho, and Ichigo walked up to Rain who was still in the middle of the circle, he smiled at each of his sons and motioned to Monsho.
"Show me your Aneigan Monsho." Monsho nodded and closed his eyes concentrating and when he opened his eyes back up his eyes now held the Aneigan but much differently from his fathers. Monsho had his corneas turn red as the iris turned white and then three black connecting tomoe appearing around the white iris.
Rain smiled at Monsho "Your Aneigan looks very promising Monsho, Ichigo if you would?"
Ichigo stood in front of his father and closed his eyes much like Monsho did and when he opened his eyes again he too held his own version of the Aneigan.
With the cornea turning orange the iris switched from circle to a square slit as well as turning green and then four purple ripples appearing around the green square.
"Very interesting Ichigo, I have never seen that color combination before, you will have to show me what you can do once you train more with it.
Then Rain turned to Daiki. "My son, you not only have the lightning affinity, an affinity not many of the Arashi clan have but also carry a great power within you, show me your Aneigan."
Daiki smiled at his father and closed his eyes concentrating chakra up and into his eyes, when Daiki felt his eyes change he opened them and Rain's smirk widened even more, Daiki's corneas turned white, the iris switching from circle to a counter clockwise swirl as well as turning black and then ten intersecting ellipses appearing around the black counter clockwise swirl.
"Very interesting indeed Daiki, you wield the same eyes as my father. But that does not mean you don't need to train anymore, you have been given your team and now you must meet Blade at training area 41, he wants to test your abilities out." Rain said and his children bowed to him before they walked off to seek out their new sensei blade.
As the three children now team mates walked down the streets of Kagegakure they talked among themselves quietly, none of them really talked to each other that much, not that they didn't hate each other, they just would rather duel one another rather than talk because talking doesn't get out true emotions, the three brothers believe that if they fight each other they will know all they need to about each other for their emotions show while they fight, and if one or the other could tell that something was wrong they would ask and then they would talk.
Today though was different, Daiki had just witnessed a legend in the making, his brothers Monsho and Ichigo were chosen to be the wielder of their clans legendary swords, sure he was a bit jealous but he was also proud cause he could not think of anyone who could be more deserving of the honor.
"What do the swords feel like Monsho, Ichigo, can you feel their power radiating into you yet like father said his does?" Daiki asked wanting to know what his brothers swords feel like.
"I can't tell really, sure I can feel the power that comes from them, but I can't tell yet what kind of power it is." Ichigo answered rubbing his head, Monsho nodded agreeing with Ichigo's words, the swords were strapped to their sides, since Monsho was left handed his sword was on his right side, and Ichigo's on his left.
"Makes since, it might take a while to actually be able to feel what the power actually is, it took father months of training to be able to feel Raiken's power." Monsho said as matter of factly.
As the three kids made a left on the street they came to a forest, they walked a little bit farther and they came to a clearing, this clearing was training area 41, this place was where their father normally trained them. Today however, this is where they would train now with their new sensei.
When they arrived at the center they where greeted by a man in all black, he wore what seemed like a skin tight sleeveless shirt, a long black trench coat, he also wore black cargo pants with many pockets lining the sides. On his back he carried twin katana and his forehead protector gleamed with silver and small scratches etched into the metal showing the encounters he has had, his hair was slick black and straight as it went down past his neck only to stop at his shoulders.
"Welcome Monsho, Ichigo, and Daiki, I'm very glad to see you all have made it." Blade said swinging a katana out of its sheath and putting it into the ground.
"I'm sure your father has told you that I wanted to test you three in your abilities of a ninja to see where you stand, granted however you do won't stop you from becoming ninja rest assured, I'm doing this so I know the strength of my team and what they are capable of so I know what mission rank to start us off with." Blade said as he unsheathed the other sword and started making a circle in the ground, when he had gone in a complete circle he put the blade into the ground beside his other.
"What I want you to do is push me as far as you can before time runs out, each time you push me farther back I will make a mark in the ground showing how far you pushed me throughout the circle, if you manage to push me all the way out well I will tell you if that happens." Blade said as he stood in the middle. "Now come at me." Blade said as he spread his legs evenly out his left side towards the three children.
The three children smiled at their new sensei, all three of them stepped into the circle at the same time, and started sealing for their own respective jutsu.
"Fire release: slither flame" shouted Monsho and he cupped his index finger and thumb creating a circle over his mouth as he breathed out shooting flame that shot straight for Blade and pushed him to the side where he made a mark with his foot.
"Ninja art: Maximum cutting!" Ichigo said and he promptly vanished from sight leaving flower petals in his wake to gather around Blade and hang in the air.
"Lightning release: Lightning surge!" Daiki said and slammed his hand onto the ground erupting it in lightning and then lightning shot up and out from where Blade was standing, which quickly moved back. But as he did Ichigo started using his genjutsu making cuts and marks appear on Blades body making him jump back even more until he shouted "Kai!" ending the genjutsu that was placed on him, he then quickly made a mark in the ground.
"Definitely an interesting team I have gotten this year, show me if you can push me back even more now, you still have a minute left." Blade said as he started making seals but before anyone could move he finished calling out "Earth release: earth spike!" and slammed his palm into the ground making three spikes protrude out of the ground where his three students where just standing.
"Aneigan!" he promptly heard three shouts call out and he quickly looked all there of them in the eyes taking in what they now look like. "Now this will definitely get interesting." he said as his three students got into their respective taijutsu stance.
Monsho got into a normal fighting style, Ichigo got into a Bobi no Kamae fighting stance, while Daiki got into his Wolf's Fist stance. All three charged at Blade trying to push him back farther and farther, Blade was easily fending off the three children even with their Blood limits activated but he couldn't land a hit on them while using Genin level attacks on them. For the last minute of fighting they would attack and Blade would block and try to counter until he finally called stop and marked on the ground. The three Arashi kids were winded but still stood straight as they waited to see what Blade said who went to pick up his katana and attach them to his back.
"Seems like you pushed me back well, tomorrow we will start C rank missions. Rest up and go to the kumokage's tower at 9:00 tomorrow." Blade said smiling while he turned around and walked off proud of his new students and team.
