For the next one and half year of my life, I trained with my parents. As each day passes, my body grows stronger, my chakra coils expanding. My parents already gave me a schedule in which I was to follow for the rest of my training.
As a result, it became a part of my life.
They also told me that they would give me a different schedule when I reached adolescence. And a different one when I reached adulthood.
At first, my eyes nearly bulged out of my head when I read my schedule.
Here is what it says:
4:00-5:00 Warm-ups
5:00-7:00 Meditation
7:00-12:00 Ninjutsu practice
12:00-12:30 BREAK
12:30- 2:00 Taijutsu practice
2:00-6:00 Genjutsu practice
6:00-6:30 BREAK
6:30-8:00 Scroll Reading/Fuinjutsu Practice
8:00-10:00 Meditation
I'm just a kid for Kami's sake! This training schedule is from chunin-level ninja! Or jounin even!
Gradually, I got used to it. Who would've thought that my parents could be so heartless?
But at the very least, it helped me grow stronger that most kids my age. Which was about four and a half.
I was to do my schedule six times a week, with one day off. As much as possible, my parents used that day-off to teach me about weapon shooting, callirgraphy, writing seals and chakra control. Because of my humongous chakra, courtesy of the Uzumaki clan, I had to master my control on my chakra to avoid blowing things up in front of my face.
During the first two months of my training, kaa-san kept trying to force me to use a fan for my wind release. As a boy, I vehemently refused. Instead, I suggested that I should use a gunbai like Madara Uchiha.
After first, she was reluctant but, when I tried it, it made things a lot easier, in which she was happy for.
But, she was sadistic in taijutsu training. I swear, she's a lot more awful that Might Guy when he is training Lee. Not to mention, she's more ruthless than Tsunade is to Sakura when teaching medical ninjutsu. It's no wonder she and Tsunade became instant friends!
I swear, it's like she was conditioning me for war and she doesn't have time to wait for me to grow up so she can teach me! Then again, I was born in the warring era so, I don't have the right to complain.
But still, I was like four fucking years old!
Tou-san however, was a different story.
Up until now, I never thought that chichi-ue has a sadistic side. He was always quiet and calm. I was still puzzled on how he managed to keep it from me. And he would take it upon himself to teach me how to intimidate people and keep my emotions in check. He also supervises my genjutsu training.
He was heartless in training, he would keep me in the sun for five straight hours without having anything to drink or eat, just train, train, and guess what? train again.
Because of my age, I would tire out a lot faster than average but soon my body coped with it.
It seems that my body has a natural coping system in which it fixes the body in order to match my training regime and such.
My mother was natural in chakra chains and father in katana, so I had to learn to use those weapons too.
During my trainig, I acquired a katana, two gunbais that's especially made for me, one for my age and the other when I reached adolescence. I also have dozens of shuriken, kunai, and a one-bladed scythe. Why a one-bladed scythe you ask?
Well, my parents and I were passing by a weapons shop when I saw a one-bladed scythe gleaming in front of the shop.
I begged my parents to buy it for me and they bought with amusement shining in their eyes.
I self-taught myself on how to use the scythe whenever I had free time.
Death rarely talked to me as I got busier and busier with training. But, when he does talk to me, the topics usually contain about how I can improve my genjutsu, ninjutsu, taijutsu and fuinjutsu.
He taught me how to seal a tailed beast and how to keep them at bay. At times, he would teach me forbidden techniques and try to make me activate my Sharingan or Rinnegan or both, if I was lucky to have one. I wish I don't.
Though, my worst fears came when tou-san trapped me in an incredibly powerful genjutsu. They were so real and the pain I felt was also real.
I was under a lot of stress at that time and my Sharingan came out together with the Rinnegan.
Needless to say, my father was so shocked that he quickly dispelled the jutsu and called my mother.
The Sharingan in in my left eye and the Rinnegan was in my right.
They forbade me to tell anyone that I have the Rinnegan and only show my Sharingan. I didn't question their will because I know that obtaining the Rinnegan rarely happens.
My father had the Sharingan, so he taught me how to activate them in both eyes and how to use it to my advantage.
My mother has some scrolls about Rinnegan and I took it in myself to study them.
Accidentally, I summoned my Six Paths in my day off and I was in my room. I was so shocked bit I gained my composure almost immediately and put a seal in my room so that my parents won't sense their chakra and trained my Paths.
So far, none of my parents knew that I was training my Paths, and they never will. I have a feeling that chichi-ue will blow a gasket when I tell him that.
As of now, they already mastered the jutsus that they were supposed to master and I taught them how to speak. They sound awkward when they speak but, I try my best to teach them. But most of the time, they're quiet so I teach them how to use hand signs, not the the signs to activate jutsu, but signs when you are communicating with mute people. In my past life, me and my partner use hand signs so that no one will know what we're saying when we're on a mission. They seemed content with that.
I asked Death if I can train them in my mental landscape and he agreed. And he told me that I could have my gadgets and weapons from my past life back, seeing as I already knew the hand signs to activate the storage scroll.
I told him I will get it when I want to.
Now, today is my birthday. I'm turning five.
Right now, I'm sitting in the kitchen with my parents and we're about to open my presents.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY SESSHOMARU!" Haha-ue cheered. As if on cue, both me and my father twitched at her loudness.
"Kikyo, will you please lower your voice?" Chichi-ue sighed, exasperated.
"Come on! It's your son's fourth birthday! We've been training him day and night! We have to at least show him how proud we are!" Kaa-san whined.
I blushed.
"Look, he's blushing! We rarely complimented him! Come on Tomoe, just be loose for once!" Okaa-san laughed as my blush deepened.
Father sighed and ruffled my hair.
"Happy birthday son." He said, giving a genuine smile.
I smiled.
"Thanks, tou-san."
"No problem." He replied.
"Well," Kaa-san started, shoving me into the piles of presents in the room,"Open them up, kiddo!"
I sighed. Now I know where Kushina gets her giddiness from.
I started opening my presents as quickly as I can.
To recap, I had about another dozen of empty scrolls and storage scrolls, another set of kunai and shuriken, a triple-bladed scythe that is wickedly sharp, hundreds and hundreds of scrolls about earth, water, wind, and fire release and some scrolls about poison and medical scrolls. Some of them are old.
I was dumbfounded.
How in the world did they get all these scrolls and stuff?
As if knowing my question, okaa-san scratches her head nervously, "My clan used to own those scrolls and kept them in a secret location. I never got to visit them when the village was attacked, only bringing sealing scrolls with me. I figure that I should give these to you seeing as you need them a lot more that I do."
Without warning, I flung myself to her, hugging her tightly.
"Thank you so much!" I said, muffled against her shirt.
She laughed.
"You're welcome, love! Now, let's go see what your father's got for you." She said, gently disentangling herself from me.
I faced father as he cleared his throat.
"Here you go, son. Happy birthday." He said, giving me a box.
I opened it and peered inside.
Again, I was dumbfounded.
Inside, was the standard Uchiha clan attire with the crest proudly embedded on the back. That's not what shocked me though.
What shocked me the most was the old and faded scrolls inside the box. When I opened it, it contains information about Sharingan and it uses. By the way it looked, it seemed pretty old.
"An elder Uchiha gave these to me. It contains the instructions on how to use the Sharingan properly and the information about them. I figure that I should pass these to you, son. You are worthy of bearing the Uchiha name and I trust that you should keep these scrolls safe." He explained, as I looked at the scrolls.
I nodded solemnly. "Yes, chichi-ue."
"Uhh, you don't mind is if ask, right?" I asked. They looked at me and I go on. "Why are you giving me these scrolls?"
"Your kaa-san and I have a feeling that we won't be around very long, so we figure that we should give you everything we have for you to survive as a ninja." Father explained slowly, looking at me sadly.
Then, I noticed something.
Right now, there are fifteen foreign ninja coming straight at us from 50 miles south in full speed. From their speed and chakra, they're about jounin level and one of them is ANBU level.
"Chichi-ue," I started.
"Go pack your things, Sesshomaru." He ordered.
I don't need to be told twice.
In five minutes, I was ready to go. I had already packed my belongings and my mother put all of my presents in a large scroll with a powerful sealing jutsu.
The ninjas are going to attack in ten minutes.
"Sesshomaru, I want you to run as far away as you can from here." Kaa-san told me."I have already placed a powerful sealing jutsu that only you can break. Even the most skilled sealing masters will have trouble breaking the seal. I want you to treasure it always as a reminder from me." She finished, looking at me with tears in her eyes.
"Kaa-san, what's going to happen?" I murmured.
"It's going to be okay dear." Kaa-san assured me, running her hand thorugh my soft black-bluish hair with red highlight on the ends. I know, it's natural.
"Sesshomaru, know that your mother and I have always loved you and we're sorry that we couldn't be there for you when you grow up." This time, it was tou-san who spoke, looking at me directly with sad but proud eyes. "We will always be proud of you, my son. No matter what you did, we will always support you."
"I'm sorry it has to happen on your birthday, dear." Haha-ue choked.
I looked down. I knew sooner or later that I was going to lose my parents. I could tell by the way they taught and train with me. But still, I never knew that I grew so attached to them.
A single tear fell to my eyes. Nothing more than that.
I looked at tou-san and he already summoned his wolf pack. I knew them as Tora the gray wolf, Kuro the black one, Akira the white one, and Fumi as the brown one. I trained with them once.
"Kuro," Tou-san adressed the alpha of the pack, "I want you to give this scroll to the Hokage. Let them know that Sesshomaru will live with the Uchihas when he arrives."
Said wolf nodded.
"Akira," Tou-san turned to the white wolf with violet eyes, "I want you to guide Sesshomaru and protect him in any danger. Also, I want you to get as far away from the house as fast as you can. Kikyo already made explosion seals. She is going to activate them when you are far enough from the house."
Akira whined sadly but nodded.
"Tou-san-" I started, but didn't finish my sentence.
We both knew that they are already outnumbered and once they killed my parents, they're going to come after me.
"Thank you for being our master, Tomoe-san." Tora spoke, looking at him sadly.
"You too, my friend. Thank you for being my comrade." Tou-san said solemnly.
"Come on, kiddo." Akira said, nudging me.
I was about to get on Akira's back when I saw a mist ninja attack my kaa-san's form from behind.
"Kaa-san!" I shouted. Luckily, she dodged in time.
"Time to go, love. I love you!" She shouted, looking at me with tears in her eyes.
As if on cue, all mist ninja pounced on us.
Akira, as instructed, protected me.
"Go, Sesshomaru!" Tou-san shouted.
I nodded to Akira and mouthed one last 'I love you' to my parents as we went away. They mouthed one back for me accompanied with a sad smile.
I buried my face in Akira's fur as she ran farther away from my house.
I noticed a faint chakra speeding towards us.
Must be the ANBU.
Akira wasn't fast enough to get us far enough from the house and we were caught in explosion.
I was separated from Akira and flew twenty-five feet in the air along with the ANBU following us. I didn't saw Akira in the air and I can't sense her.
I felt weightless for a few seconds then gravity pulled me down and I crashed into the trees.
I heard something crack and I blacked out.
Great, just great.
When I regained consciousness, the first thing I felt was pain. Undeniable and excruciating pain in my back.
I tried to stand up but my vision went dark because of the pain. I let out a pained hiss.
I closed my eyes and concentrated.
Death? I called out mentally.
Right here kiddo. He answered. Sorry about your parents Sesshomaru but I have to take them because they aren't part of the story.
It's okay. I just never knew that I would get so attached to them. I sighed mentally.
You're an orphan in your past life kid. You never got to experience parental love when you were young. Your adopted father rarely gave you love. So, it's understandable. Don't blame yourself. Death explained.
You're right.
You're not mad at me? Death asked incredulously.
Of course not. Why would I be mad at you? I asked.
I just killed your parents for Kami's sake! And your not mad at me?! Death shouted in disbelief.
I consider you as my parent. Besides, it okay. I replied.
You sure kid? Death asked.
Yeah, I'm sure.
I cut off the conversation and summoned my Six Paths and they seemed shocked when they saw me in this state.
How bad? I signed to them.
Deva Path answered me, Your back looks broken and the're a huge gash on your head.
Help me, will you?
They nodded and Deva and Animal Path approached me while the others split up for lookout.
Deva helped me sit up and Animal rummaged through my bag and took out some bandages, gauze, disinfectant and needle and thread.
I winced.
"What happened to you?" Deva asked me in a deep voice as he stripped me of my shirt and letting Animal treat my wounds.
I groaned when Animal snapped my spine into place and wrapped my back in numerous bandages.
"Got attacked by mist ninja. Parents died in the explosion." I said cryptically, moaning in pain when Animal tied it tightly.
"An explosion?" Deva asked incredulously. I stared at him in surprise.
Usually when my Paths spoke, it was monotone or nothing. I think this conversation was the longest we had.
"There were fifteen of them, all jounin-level and one of them is an ANBU. Kaa-san casted numerous explosion seals inside the house and activated them a little too early. We were supposed to be far enough from the house when she will activate the seals."
"We?" Asked Deva.
"Yeah, me and tou-san's summoning, Akira. She's a white wolf with violet eyes. We got separated in the explosion. I don't know where the ANBU landed." I shrugged.
I winced as the Animal stitched up the wound on the back of my head, finishing it quickly by wrapping another set of bandages in my head.
Animal wordlessly handed me a clean t-shirt with the Uchiha clan crest on the back and a set of black cargo pants.
I changed quickly, wincing occasionally because of the pain in my back.
I put the large scroll in my back accompanied by my bag full of belongings.
Kuro must've arrived by now in Konoha.
"Animal," I said, "how many miles are we from Konoha?"
I taught them individually some pretty interesting things.
"Roughly five hundred miles. It will take you a week at most in your condition." Animal said monotonously moments later.
"Thanks. You can go now."
They nodded and one by one, they disappeared in a puff of smoke.
I sighed.
Masking my chakra to the point that not even an ANBU could sense it, I started my journey to Konoha.
I hope I meet Obito on the way.
He is on the top of my list of lives to be saved.
I would be damned if Madara got there before me.