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"N-ninjutsu?" Naruto couldn't believe what he was just asked. "W-what do you mean?" He asked just to clarify if he understood what Yukiko meant. He sits up on the couch to look at her, even if the lights were off, the moon shone on the bed, enough for Naruto to see Yukiko.
"I don't know any Ninjutsu ... Can you please teach me some. I need to be able to defend myself." Yukiko sits upwards on the bed as well to speak to Naruto face-to-face. In concentration camps, it was illegal to use Ninjutsu. That rule had been in play for so long, that Jashinists there didn't even know how to use Ninjutsu anymore. Yukiko did know some degree of Ninjutsu, but those were Curse Techniques that were also Juinjutsu, which Yukiko decided to hide since they would be a dead giveaway to her Jashinist heritage.
"Well..." Naruto didn't know what to say. "I'm not really the best teacher, but I can ask Iruka-sensei or Kakashi-sensei to teach you." He suggested.
"No, I want you to teach me. Please Naruto!" Yukiko said almost in a desperate tone.
Naruto is thrown back in his mind by this sudden asking. "But why?" He asked a little curious and yet worried because he barely knew anything about teaching someone Ninjutsu. Sure he was powerful and knew a lot of jutsu, but jutsu breakdown and analysis was something that he was lacking at. Also, if Yukiko's chakra nature turned out to be anything other than wind, Naruto couldn't help her there.
Yukiko narrows her eyes a little upset that Naruto wouldn't do this willingly. "Because ... I trust you. I want you, and only you to be my master." She says softly.
"Trust me? M-master?!" Naruto remembered that Yukiko was an orphan. 'She must be ... really untrusting to others. She does seem to act cautiously around everyone.' Naruto realized it now that it has occurred throughout the day.
Naruto's mouth turns into a slight smile. "Okay. I'll teach you Ninjutsu. I'll be your master." He said, but then he narrowed his eyes in a serious expression. 'I won't let you down Yukiko.' Then Naruto's mind flashed back to something Jiraiya once told him.
FLASHBACK
About 5 years ago...
"You know, I've trained quite a few students before." Jiraiya mentioned. He and Naruto were taking a slight break from training.
"Oh? Who?" Naruto wondered who they might be.
"Let's see. I've trained an actual Genin Team, and before that, I also trained some war orphans from the Hidden Rain Village." Jiraiya replied. "They all turned out to be splendid shinobi." Though he didn't mention that those orphans died afterwards, as did Minato.
"Wow, so where are they now? I'd like to meet them!" Naruto exclaimed with excitement.
"Sorry, I haven't heard from those orphans after I left them. And my Genin Team all dissolved away, I don't know their whereabouts anymore." Jiraiya said with a disappointed tone.
"Aww..." Naruto whined like a bratty child, but he shrugged his shoulders.
FLASHBACK CHANGE
About 1 year ago...
"I also learned jutsu from Jiraiya, he was once my master as well." Tendo Pain, or otherwise known as Yahiko said to Naruto during their face-off.
FLASHBACK CHANGE
"You were my sensei Jiraiya, you're a splendid shinobi with true talent." Minato said to Jiraiya holding his newest novel.
FLASHBACK ENDS
'I'll make sure, Yukiko doesn't end up dead, or...' Naruto remembered one of his most painful and yet learning experiences.
FLASHBACK
"And now ... this world shall know pain."
"ALMIGHTY PUSH!" With incredible force, Pain's Almighty Push creates a powerful gravitational jutsu that crushes the entire Leaf Village to the borders destroying everything and anything making the village a giant crater.
FLASHBACK ENDS
Naruto's head drops a bit. 'Or anything like that. I'll be sure not to make Yukiko hate the world.'
"Naruto? Is something wrong?" Yukiko saw that Naruto seemed to be somewhat conflicted.
"Oh ... It's nothing." Naruto shakes his head suddenly snapping out of his trance. "You should go to bed. We'll start tomorrow, I promise." Naruto lies down on the couch and hopes Yukiko would get some sleep.
Yukiko looks up at the moon out the window for a brief moment. 'Hmm...' She narrows her eyes on the moon's shine, as other Jashinists could only look up towards the moon for the only light during the night. She tries her best to sleep, but her troubled mind keeps her awake for about an hour before she finally falls asleep.
Tomorrow morning rolled around very quickly, Naruto slept like a log, even if he was on the couch. Yukiko tossed around in bed pretty much all night, even if she finally had the comfort of a bed, she still wasn't very used to it. Naruto was up early in the morning, he made breakfast for the two of them, which was basically just two cans of instant ramen. Though not really breakfast, it was still convenient and it worked for Naruto for pretty much his entire life so he had no complaints. Yukiko's eyes open up to the light of the sun shining lightly on her eyelids. 'Hmm?' Yukiko looks towards Naruto heating up some instant ramen cans. Honestly, it felt good to her to sleep in. The work hours of the camps made it so they only got about six or seven hours of sleep, which was far from optimal. They all got tired after awhile, from which that incompetence led to a death sentence.
"You're up?" Naruto looks at Yukiko seeing her eyes were slowing opening to the morning.
Yukiko slowly leans upwards and shakes the hair from her eyes. She gets up from the bed and walks over to Naruto. "I made some instant ramen." Naruto puts the two cups on the only table he had. Luckily, he had two chairs. Yukiko foggily sits down and starts to eat. 'She still seems so tired.' Naruto thinks as Yukiko's eyes were still half-closed. 'Did she stay up last night? Or has she not slept well? I don't think it's my right to ask right now.' Naruto didn't want to make Yukiko feel bad or anything, he would save that for when he really needed to know the information.
Naruto and Yukiko didn't speak for the entirely of the time they ate breakfast. After that, Naruto suggested they go for a morning walk, then they would get right into Ninjutsu training. Yukiko agreed as they discussed it last night and then the two headed out. Yukiko decided to bring Hidan's scythe with her and put it on her back, she would find somewhere in town to customize it for her own uses.
Meanwhile...
Konoha Hokage Library, formerly belonging to the Third Hokage had plenty of history and informational books that contained information of just about everything in the shinobi world. Now it was in possession of the current Hokage, the Sixth one, Kakashi Hatake. Shikamaru, Ino and Choji were granted access since Kakashi knew and trusted them enough. Shikamaru also reported the essence of there being another Jashinist in the village, so Kakashi took the liberty of looking up Yukiko's identity. However, for some reason it seemed Kakashi wanted to keep it quiet that there was a Jashinist in the village, properly so that it wouldn't become big news, or so that if they were wrong, they wouldn't be making false accusations. However the truth was different, as all Kages, knew about what occurred behind the scenes, while people who were of Naruto's generation didn't and shouldn't know a thing.
"Okay Shikamaru, what are we looking for?" Ino asked as they entered the library. Shikamaru had explained most of it before they arrived, but Ino was already on board if it had to do with Asuma.
"Look for any books on Jashinism." Shikamaru stated. He never bothered to look up what Jashinism is because he thought Hidan was the only Jashinist, but now that he had suspicions of Yukiko being a Jashinist, he had to get some data before Yukiko she did something like plant curses on people, or if more Jashinists appear.
"Right." Ino heads to the left.
"Kay." Choji goes to the right to scour the books.
Shikamaru takes the books right in between them. It took awhile because the books were sorted by category, but none of them had the category of 'Religion.' The best place was to look through history, but it didn't seem there was any books about Jashinism in that category either.
After about 20 minutes of looking, the three of them regrouped in the middle of the library. "Nothing." Ino shook her head.
"Sorry." Choji shook his head as well.
Shikamaru sighs deeply. "Keep looking, we have to find something."
"Hey... Look." Ino points to a stack of old books in a pile stacked up near the wall. "Maybe it's in there?" She suggested.
It would take longer to look through, but. "It's worth a try." Shikamaru knew this was the time to try everything possible. If you wanted to get rid of your opponent, you had to know your opponent.
Ino, Shikamaru and Choji started looking through the piles of books in the stack, they were all dusty and old books, but since Jashinism was pretty much the same, it was probably worth looking through. "Huh?" It took awhile, but that stack of books was finally looked through, with nothing prevailing, but there was a loose floorboard below the stack of books. Shikamaru glances at Ino and Choji, and the three of them nod.
Ino takes out a kunai knife and then drives it into the floorboard like a wedge and tears the board open. Inside was another book. Shikamaru takes the book out of the small space below the floorboard and dusts it off. "This is it!" There was a Jashinist Diagram on the cover. Shikamaru opens the up the book, which seemed very old, the handwriting was with ink that was surely not from a properly made pen. It had no author written down.
Shikamaru begins to read. 'Jashinism.' The table of contents said. 'Introduction, Commandments, Sins, Rituals, Prayer, Relics.' Shikamaru turns the pages of the book. "Jashinism, the dedication of loyalty and worship towards the great god Lord Jashin. Using pain to connect one's body to another will result in the understanding of the same pain and resulting in the same mental image. Thus peace shall be achieved." Shikamaru was surprised.
"But that's not what Hidan made it seem like." Choji commented.
"Yeah..." Ino was curious about it as well. "Keep reading."
Shikamaru nods. They flip to the commandments page.
The Commandments of Jashinism
Understand Pain, Know Pain, Feel Pain, Do Not Fear Pain, Enjoy Pain, Share Pain
Pain is a gift from Jashin; Pain is a tool to help us understand one another. To inflict pain on and experience that pain yourself teaches you to not wish that pain upon another and it helps you empathize with those who already felt that pain. Jashinists are to use this concept to make others understand each other. Living life without a fear of pain gives you a greater will to live than those who fear pain, and by extension, fear death.
One cannot share their pain if they fear it. Understand pain, then you are able to share this pain with others, and understand their pain. Know pain.
Once you understand the pain of yourself and others, Lord Jashin will bestow upon you Immortality so you may share your pain with others.
Never Leave A Sacrifice Alive
Sacrifices when chosen to be sacrifice, must never be allowed to live. Those who have committed sins are worthy to be sacrificed. Sacrificing an unworthy person is considered a sin. Sacrificing for one's own amusement is a sin. Those who get away from being sacrificed with their sins alive shall be hunted for life and live hell after death, all inside Lord Jashin's Furnace.
Greed is a Sin
Greediness is a much bigger sin in Jashinism than in basically anywhere else. Stealing, killing, rape, and benefitting from other's problems on your own free will with no reason of goodness is a bigger sin in Jashinism than in reality.
You must raise your children as Jashinists
Jashinists must continue their line of Jashinism with their children. If one's children stray from the path of Jashinism, they are at sin.
Pray, Speak with, Worship and Please Lord Jashin
You must everyday of your life. Remain loyal to Lord Jashin. If you pray, worship and sacrifice to Lord Jashin, he will bestow upon you greater and greater shares of his almighty and unstoppable power. When you commit a sin, you must pray for forgiveness. Only the most dedicated of Jashinists will receive Lord Jashin's favor in both life and afterlife.
Those who pretend to dedicate themselves to Lord Jashin, but fake it, shall suffer the consequences.
The Only Way To Leave Jashinism Is To Commit Suicide
"Till death do us part" applies to many, if not all things: memories, relationships (the ties you have with your enemies and your friends); all things influence you, impact you, and are a part of you until you die. Once you commit to Jashin he brands your soul. Even if you begin to have doubts and lose your faith, he is still a part of you.
Jashinism does not encourage or condone suicide. Suicide is considered a sin. Death is not enforced on those wishing to leave the religion. This is a parting gift to deserters that remind them that they will never be free from their relationship with Lord Jashin. This commandment is a polite way of Lord Jashin telling you that you belong to him until you die.
Death by suicide to leave Jashinism will result in three years of afterlife in Lord Jashin's Hell.
Shikamaru was now more confused than ever. "Could Hidan be in a different religion than this book?"
"Who knows, this book makes it seem like Jashinism isn't so bad." Choji said assuming.
"Or maybe someone wrote this book to trick us?" Ino suggested. It was possible since deception was major in the shinobi world. If Yukiko was doing it, the book could be too.
"We can't make any assumptions, there must be a reason this book was below that floorboard." Shikamaru mentioned. "We better keep quiet about this until we need this information, but we'll hang onto the book."
The Ino-Shika-Cho trio agreed with each other and then headed out of the library after restacking all the books they looked at.
W/Naruto and Yukiko...
In a training field nearby the village, Naruto and Yukiko stood with each other. "Okay, since you know nothing, you're basically an academy student, so let me explain what chakra is and how it works, then we'll get into Ninjutsu." Yukiko nodded and allowed Naruto to begin explaining.
"To us chakra is a form of life energy that all of us produce. They're produced within the chakra coils that mainly surround and connect to each chakra-producing organ, the energy circulates throughout the body in a network called the Chakra Network, which is similar to the cardiovascular system. We can release chakra from what's called chakra points, located all around our body, in order to perform jutsu."
Yukiko nods again, she understood that. Naruto smiles at himself, he was worried that he explained it wrong or made it too hard to understand or something.
"Okay, now jutsu are made using hand signs. Those are certain positions we put our hands in order to manipulate chakra. Using these signs we can manipulate our chakra in the correct way and use our desired jutsu."
"Jutsu are literally skills, or weapons if you want to call them that. They can vary, but all of them are used to either attack or defend from other attacks. The three main jutsus are, Taijutsu, Ninjutsu and Genjutsu."
"Ninjutsu is one of the three main jutsu categories. Ninjutsu and the most nebulous of the three. It's this that also can require nature changes in chakra to form new techniques. For example." Naruto holds out his hand creating a shadow clone and a Rasengan generates as the Shadow Clone piles in chakra. "This Rasengan doesn't use any nature change, it's just plain chakra." Naruto then makes another shadow clone and he holds the Rasengan in the air, which starts to change shape and become bigger and more shuriken-shaped. "This is the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken. It's my Rasengan plus Wind Chakra!" Naruto said louder over the sound that the Rasenshuriken made, then he disengages his jutsu. Yukiko looks in awe as Naruto's techniques seemed so advanced, but then again, Naruto couldn't even hope to do what Yukiko could use as jutsu, but she kept that quiet. "You probably can't use jutsu as advanced as mine, but I'll teach you some simpler jutsu."
"Okay, Genjutsu is one of the main jutsu categories which uses chakra too. Unlike ninjutsu, the effects of genjutsu are not real, being only illusions experienced by those who fall victim to it. I can't really use Genjutsu though, so I can't help you with that one." Naruto said sadly.
"Okay, then there's Taijutsu. Basically body techniques or martial arts. Taijutsu can use chakra, but doesn't have to. It doesn't require hand signs either, so simply put, Taijutsu is just basic hand-to-hand combat so it should be the easiest to use." Yukiko didn't have any questions, she understood pretty much everything Naruto said.
"So, I think the first thing we should do. Is have you learn how to control your chakra." Naruto sat down cross-legged and puts his hands together. "Here, try it. Focus and try to feel the chakra inside you."
Yukiko does as he said and sits down cross-legged, she puts her hands together and calmly sighs trying to feel chakra, she closes her eyes as well. Truthfully she did know how to manipulate chakra because of her Juinjutsu, which was different, but Yukiko wanted to maintain her status as someone who didn't come from a ninja family, and someone who didn't know the first thing about chakra. It was Ninjutsu that she needed to learn, combine that with her Juinjutsu, and she would have a large arsenal of jutsu. "I think ... I feel it." Yukiko said.
"Great! Keep going." Naruto encouraged as Yukiko did what she assumed was feeling chakra.
"Naruto?" Yukiko said in the midst of meditating.
"Yeah?" Naruto was ready for whatever question, or at the least he thought he was.
"I'm truly grateful." Yukiko said smiling.
Naruto smiles back. "You're welcome."
The two spend the rest of the day practicing. 'I wonder if this is what Pervy Sage went through? The joy of teaching someone from the start?' Naruto did teach several others, but having someone to give all his knowledge to, and seeing that person advance, was truly a pleasure.
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