So I finally started pieces of Boruto and I have to say that while the actual show is not great ( but getting better) Boruto is more likeable then Naruto. That being said am I the only one annoyed that Naruto has all of these skills? It is like, couldn't we have gotten a taste of all of these skills in Shippuden instead of Naruto being handed powers...

Ugh... Still I like Boruto the character.

Next, I want to say that the Land of Snow arc annoyed me... or was it a movie... anyway it did. What right did anyone have to force Yuukie back to a land where she was probably going to be killed? She was happy with her life, traumatized sure, but it was selfish for anyone to do what they did. More so we never saw any sign that Doto was a bad ruler, other then killing his brother. Hell if the technology showed anything Doto was doing rather well...

Now, Most importantly, there will be time skips because covering five years would take way too much time. That being said I will keep it to mostly just increase in over all skill vs learning knew things. Like the series it will work in Arcs that I will label at the Top of each chapter.

Arc 1- Hard Beginnings

" Alright, since it is your first day we are going work on the basics of our training methods. Chakra growth is incredibly important but control is even more important since we are all required to be nearly undetectable during our missions. To start you are going to continue the Vertical Surface Clinging Training you already started." Hama hid her smile, seeing that Shiso was indeed quite out of breathe from the Rather unique training methods she used. Jogging was how it started naturally, but after his seventh lap or so she decided to up up the anti and started to chase him with the promise of attacking him if she got close. He proved to be quite tricky, dodging and rolling and weaving around her. Of course she wasn't giving it her all, but still it was impressive for newbie. Only ten strikes hit him... " So get to it."

Being far ahead of this kid, she effortlessly walked up the wall, all the way up to the ceiling where she watched him run up the wall easily... of course he couldn't stick for more then a few seconds due to his tiny chakra levels and thus fell off panting. ' It is no wonder, his chakra levels are puny. No Chakra wielding ancestors and being eight years old... still with his natural sensory abilities and controlled personality his chakra control is already refined... all though that may be more on the point of his tiny reserves being easy to control more then actual skill. Only time will tell.'

Deciding to get some training in as well, Hama fell into her own stance and began her Kata's upside down. It was her greatest accomplishment, a taijutsu style that was both different and superior to her Clan's boring Gentle Fist. Actually she was pretty sure that, once master, it would become almost legendary. Tsunade Senju had inspired much of her style, melding a lot of the evasion required of a Medic into her movements. It wasn't perfect but it was amazing and why Danzo had taken her...

To be honest she only made it because her family taught her so little of the gentle fist, she was the only one is eight generation to activate the Byakugan in her branch family so she was only allowed to learn so much. Had she not succumbed to the same fever that killed her parents she would have never been taken by ROOT and allowed to really develop it.

" Can I stop, I feel like I am about to faint..." Soft and clearly exhausted, Mika's voice drew her from her mind. Dropping down in front of him, Hama pointed to the Pool to their right. " No more chakra exercises for today, however you still have half an hour. Practice your Taijutsu where the water is up to your neck. It is much more effective then weights and prevent bulkiness, Should be easier on your smaller body." She watched his Katas for about a minute before cringing, damn she hated the academy style. It wasn't terrible but it was really predictable. There was a reason why every Ninja of any power either took on a new style or created their own. " Okay, that is going to have to change. It is clear you have a firm grip on your stances but Academy styles are too predictable and well known. We are going to have to give another style, but for the time being I guess you'll learn ROOT style. It doesn't have a name but it is effective, mostly relying on crippling or killing strikes."

Falling quickly into a basic stance, the same as the Academy first stance, she flew into action fighting imaginary people. Knee to the Stomach, fingers to the throat, roll around her enemy and send three jabs to the kidneys. Over and over again she landed blows to her imaginary opponent that would have either caused a lot of pain, killed or maimed them. Turning, she saw the boy repeat her action, adding a few of his own in a sloppy but curious fashion. He didn't lash out at full force like she had, instead he went slowly to get a feel for the movements. It was a curious thing though, some of the movements made little sense to her but to Shiso it seemed to be entirely logical.

Eventually her curiosity got the better of her. " What are you aiming at? A lot of those points your pretending to hit wouldn't hurt a person."

" That's kinda the point... Lord Danzo said I was going to be a capture Ninja. So causing pain and annoying people instead of outright killing or maiming is what I am supposed to do in a fight. More so, it felt kind of predictable before. If you aim at soley vital spots, wouldn't your opponent make a point to mask or evade those strikes?" His blue eyes caught her, giving her the impression that he was thinking a million thoughts all at once. " More so, I'm thinking of getting Bronze knuckles. I don't know how much natural strength I will ever have but with Bronze knuckles I would be a lot more dangerous, a single " A Single hit would do damage no matter where it hit. Does that make sense?"

" Quite a bit." A Wave of pleasure made it's way through her body, leaving her almost smiling. ' He is going to be just fine, unlike most of the others he has already caught onto the flow of things... more so he takes he carrer as a Shinobi seriously. I can see why Lord Danzo took him despite his lack of a bloodline or clan affiliation.' Settling her emotions down with practiced ease, Hama analyzed her memories of his stances and speed. " I will see what I can do about finding you a better Taijutsu style fiting your body type. Still this style fits direct combat and assassination and it is good to learn regardless of your plans. Keep it up for another twenty minutes, then we will head for breakfast."

Mika was exhausted by the time they reached the Dinning Hall, but that didn't dull his mind not to look out for familiar faces. ' That Ken, Shin, Guren, Kida, Kimmi, Rin... so many kids... and I'm pretty sure I recognize a few more... I remember going to that one's funeral...and I'm pretty sure his mom baby sat my little brother once...' It was disconcerting, seeing so many kids he knew or had at least met.'All of a sudden His head was pounding, more and more as he approached the others. ' Damn... I ... I can't feel like I could yesterday... why is that? It's all so blurry...' Turning his head upward, he followed his senses to the one familiar chakra besides Hama, catching the Eyes of Lord Danzo. Focusing his mind on the man as best he could, something astonishing and annoying happened. ' I can't feel that Sunny chakra any more... and most of that Darker chakra is gone... but why?' Moving his eyes around, he saw the source of that particular phenomenon. ' His arm... I can't sense anything coming from it at all... is that metal?' A Large metallic band was around Danzo's arm, bolted down and holding it in place. ' Whatever that is, it is hiding whatever is making his chakra so Sunny...Note to self, once he actually know more about chakra other then how it feels to me, make a point of figuring out what the hell is behind that damned brace.'

Shifting his attention to the oddly nice meal ( White Rice, Miso Soup, Rolled Scramble eggs and yogurt with a glass of Milk) Mika hesitated to start eating. Maybe he was being parinoid but after being drugged and branded ( on his tongue of all places) he was pretty sure he was entitled to being a little suspicious. What if this was how it started, the brain washing? Being drugged would make their minds vulnerable to manipulation and they could be rewritten... ' I really should stop reading so many Shinobi books... nah, but still paranoia will probably keep me alive. In this case I might have no choice.' Sending a silent prayer, despite his disbelief in religion as whole, Mika dug in. It was delicious, perfectly cooked and seasoned. ' Danzo may be a creep but he takes care of his slaves... in a way.'

" Here, these should help your head." Mika almost shot out of his seat as Fuu's chakra appeared behind him instantly, his facade of complete control breaking enough for Fuu to give him a stern reprimanding look." I am a sensor as well, I remember how my head felt my first day here." The Older Ninja slipped next to Mika, fixing him with an odd but genuine smile giving Mika the feeling that his ability to feel wasn't entirely gone... of course no one in ROOT gave the feeling that they were emotionless but he had yet to met many people. " I'm sure you've noticed that you can't do as much with your sensory powers as you could yesterday."

Mika nodded, taking the pills freely. If they were going to kill him, he would be dead already. More so they could force him to take the meds regardless of what he wanted so fighting was pointless. " It is blurrier now, like walking into a bright room after being in total darkness for a while or looking at people after staring at the sun too long."

" A great comparison if any. You see your sensory abilities were sensitive from disuse but now that you've slept a twice since their activation they are not so sensitive and are starting to ignore what they do not need to sense. If you never train your sensory abilities they will atrophy to almost nothing and any exposure or use would be just as painful and overwhelming. Training your abilities will allow you to discern a great deal of things as well as extending your range. We will be measuring your abilities today, all of them actually, to see where you fall and what base training you may require."

Gulping just a little, unsure of what that may require, Mika nodded respectfully and with as little emotion as possible. " What would that include, I am sure training here is more intensive then at the academy."

Mika knew, from the sadistic grin crossing Fuu's face, that he was right. The man definitely felt emotions and they were going to be used to beat Mika's ass. " I am sure Hama covered much of your training schedule, but with me you are going be exposed to quite a bit. We will start small, such as some basic genjutsu and sensory training. Once your chakra levels have risen enough to be of value to me, we will start practicing on using a few basic but needed jutsu such as Substitution, transformation and the Clone jutsu which is a wonderful base for later Genjutsu. Eventually we will move into Advanced Genjutsu. As for your medical training, well you will read up as much as you can as well as practice the handsigns for medical jutsu, which I will test you on later. It will take quite a while to learn any jutsu but getting a firm grip on the information should help pave the way for you start participating in dissections and the various medical procedures we perform here. Missing Ninjas we capture, if they cannot serve, are broken down for information. Of course before we allow you to reach such a stage I am going to have to train your mind via Genjutsu in an attempt to break you. We cannot have someone torturing information out of you can we?"

Mika almost shit himself. ' This is going to be hell...' Then he stopped. " Isn't that a the point of the Brand you gave me?" He was genuinely curious about that, it seemed kind of strange to him.

"Oh, that is a seal. It is briefly mentioned in the academy books you would have had access to. In a year or so, should you show potential, I might teach you a little bit. As it is you will know how to make storage seals for capture and recovery missions. The one on your tongue ensures thats you cannot give away the secrets of Lord Danzo or ROOT."

Nodding slowly, hoping that he didn't seem too terrified, Mika face Fuu directly. " What about my Baton training?"

" You can spar with Hama or I during your basic training so we can get a feel for what works best with your aims. Then I will see about getting you a scroll or two on the subject."

" I hate my Job." Bent over his desk, head in his hands, Hiruzen struggled to stem the flow of misery and guilty thoughts. ' I allowed another innocent child to be destroyed by Danzo's methods. It was for the sake of the village but the weight is still great on my weak heart. No, No I cannot focus on this. I have the Uchiha Coup to worry about. There is little I can do about the boy anyway.'

And it was the truth, he never had the stomach for the darker side of shinobi work... actually it was because of his inability to accept the darker side of the Shinobi world that all of this was going wrong with the Uchiha clan. ' I should have made Fugaku the Hokage after Minato died. He was unendingly loyal, almost as strong as Minato himself and honestly he may have done more for our village during the Third war then anyone else, even Orochimaru and Minato. Hashirama sensei, you would never have forgiven me for this but I cannot trust them. An Uchiha pulled the Nine tails from Kushina and forced it to attack us. I do not know who so I was forced to punish them all and now it is coming back to the destroy us all.'

Taking a deep breath, Hiruzen turned to the picture of his senseis and knew what they would have said. Tobimara would have agreed with his decision, isolating the Uchiha and keeping under close watch. Hashirama would have lost his mind, calling him a warmonger and paranoid. Of course his successor would have had a totally different approach. More then likely Minato would have bumbled along, unsure and indesisive... he was a good man but overly naive and that would have made him unable to deal with a Coup.

' Honestly it was his naivety that made me chose him as my successor in the first place. I enjoyed his youth and pure love, unembittered by the realities of our world I believed him to be the Child of Prophecy Jiraiya spoke of. Fugaku is not niave and his experiance as a clan head has transformed him into a powerful figure, he really would have been a better choice...'

Shaking off his tears and guilt, Hiruzen focused his mind as fully as he could. ' There is no time for regrets, I made my bed and now I must fight else we will all fall. I will have to allow Danzo to do as he said he would. I am sorry Itachi, Shisui but your clan cannot come before the rest of the village.' Shuddering, he slapped his desk hard enough to crack it. " I will give the six months to change. If they refuse I will have no choice."

Satisfied, for the moment any way, Hiruzen lit his pipe and quickly got to work on his paperwork. Anything to destract him from the monsterous orders that would one day be given to Itachi and Shisui.

Needles, thousands of Needles pierced his skin, injecting acid into his blood. ' It isn't real... this is fake...' The world around him swirled, like a bad acid trip, horribly disjointed shapes that evoked more fear then they should have. " Focus on other things... your sense of smell, the taste of saliva in your mouth, the feel of Fuu's chakra." Oddly it was that last thing that allowed Mika to push the pain away. He was still in the illusion but it didn't matter. The Pain was distant, like it wasn't happening to him, like he was watching it happen. ' Disassociation... thank you PTSD counseling, you may have just saved my ass.'

From the moment he awoke from his Coma Mika had been forced into physical rehabilitation as well as intense counseling to deal with PTSD born of years of neglect and abuse. One of the many topics he had learned of was Disassociation, which made social situation and work difficult. Unfortunately he had a pretty severe issue with Disassociation, so a lot of his counseling was designed to help learn to adapt to it. Shifting himself out of the trauma and put himself back into reality as best he could, or if the situation was too much he could compartmentalize and deal with his emotions when he was in a better state. Thankfully, unlike others who relieved their trauma all of the time, Mika simply separated himself from the world emotionally and fixated on goals. Not really healthy but oddly useful in this case.

' Okay, I know I am in a genjutsu but can I break it? Do I have enough chakra or enough control to do that?' Shifting around, Mika took in the world created by Fuu's Jutsu and realized just how... fake it seemed. ' Does this really work on people, or is it my ability to separate my mind that allows me to see it like this?' Oddly enough Mika felt sadness peak through the barrier in his mind, as well as annoyance that his father still had power over him. ' One day, I will have to really deal with that... but for now...'

Closing his eyes, still seeing the illusions around him, Mika focused on the fire in his belly. It flickered in response, warming him a little. Tighter and tighter his chakra wound before Mika pulsed it as best he could. " RELEASE!"

The Illusion waved before fading away, revealing Fuu smiling at him. " Very good, only took you three hours."

" Wait, three hours?" It couldn't have been more then a few minutes?

The Yamanaka just chuckled at him. " The Jutsu knocked you out and messed with your perception of time. It is particularly effective in torture and interrogation. Of course I didn't use it at fill power, otherwise you may have snapped. Still while you have a knack for genjutsu your not strong enough to shrug off my illusion. I let it go after you pulsed your chakra. Now that you have the hang of it though I will put you on a few more to see where your detection range lies."

Horrified but still impressed with himself, Mika nodded. " Yessir."

If this was the genjutsu training, what would the rest of it consist of?

Fuu leaned back, giving Mika a empty look. " So what did you think? Of the illusion and it's potential uses?"

" Uh... well honestly it wasn't that bad sir. I knew it was fake, it was too obvious but I guess if it was more realistic and harder to separate myself from then I would have had a much harder time detecting it."

Clearly Pleased, Fuu nodded. " Ah but that is the key. Most illusions attack in almost like a hallucination, where the visions are so real you can't break free as your senses trap you within the illusion. Being able to separate yourself is the key to breaking genjutsu, no matter how strong. However the issue there more often then not is that the Illusions attack the part of the brain that causes Hallucinations when drugged, damaging the ability to reason or have coherent thoughts. Of course that only goes with Visual Genjutsu. Sound based genjutsu are different, almost impossible to break beyond pain because of their range and typically debilitating effects. Most either bind you or attack your eardrums so that you are too disoriented to break the illusion in question." The Smile on his face turned more into a smirk. " But the most dangerous illusions are the ones that cannot be detected. They require an attention to detail that few have, everything has to be in place down to the last detail. I myself am capable of that level of Genjutsu but only in combination with my mental prowess."

"That actually makes a lot of sense... your not just playing with senses but perception and coherence, tricking both the conscious and subconscious parts of the mind into believing whatever it is you want to see. For some people they can put their conscious mind out of the illusion but the their subconscious is still caught, making them suffer the effects even though they know they are being affected." Mika bit his lip and looked at the ground, seeing both a huge perk and an issue there. " But if their chakra isn't great enough they can still remain in the Illusion but conversely wouldn't people like me, sensors, be immune the mental attack parts because they can sense the chakra affecting their bodies as well as whomever is attacking them?"

" Unfortunately that is one of greatest questions of genjutsu users." Fuu was almost pouting at this point. " How to change the passage of time within the mind, how to affect sensory abilities, how to affect the feel of chakra and how to create hysterical effects. Really with the exception of bloodlines no one has managed any of these. It is quite frustrating to be honest."

' Oooooh, new goals.' Knowing better then to showcase anything more then the more basic emotions, Mika nodded demurely. " I understand sir."

" I believe you do. Now the last thing we need to cover before we continue with your detection training is the other applications of genjutsu. Other then attacking others, you can mask the presence of items, people or places. Unlike the genjutsu I cast on you, these illusion attack a general audience and are generally less powerful but can be devastating. These are the illusions you use in fight or escape. Usually your wrap your chakra around the target or radiate it from yourself making a sort of mirage ensuring that whomever looks it seems as you desire.

The last type of illusions and the ones I am best at, are the ones you place within the mind. You can create a whole new person by creating false memories or using your illusions to protect or block off pieces of the mind or memories. They require control and power, but you can damage your own mind if you do them incorrectly. We will make sure your chakra levels and control is much higher before we even think about starting those."

" That sounds best." Inside Mika buzzed, excited with childish glee that made his age perfectly obvious. ' Gah, these are amazing! That kind of power, messing with people, playing with their minds... just up my ally. With my imagination and complete lack of morals I would be a god!' " AHH" Pain and black spots covered Mika's being as Fuu's fist struck his temple, leaving him dizzy and unable to focus on more then the pain.

" We will be dealing with those pesky emotions of your, I assure you of that."

Mika just nodded, holding his head as he tried not to throw up from the pain. ' No, no you won't but feel free to try... I am a survivor and damn it I will survive this!'

Chapter End, Tell me what you think in the reviews.

Yes, Sasuke's dad was almost equal to Minato. I looked it up they were considered close in terms of power and skill and reputation, only Fugaku's accomplishments were hushed up because the Council feared an Uchiha ruler. Really the more we learn the more the Uchiha Coup sounds better... Honestly he should have become Hokage after Minato died. A lot would have been avoided.

And Yes, Disassociation and Compartmentalization is real and is very common for abuse victims. I have gone through conseling for both and that is where I got the idea. Most of my stories were born from Disassociation, living in my head to deal with the trauma of my past or a really stressful situation. Counseling helps a lot and so I wanted to make it helpful in an unexpected way here.

Love, your Ninja Overlord,

Mika.