The next day the Otsutsuki siblings went to practice. Despite Asura being an instructor in Medical Jutsu, the young man still needed to train in other things, so today he was going to spar with everyone else. Sparing had never been one of his strong points, the others all being far too fast for him to keep up with. But he tried his best to block and counter the attacks sent his way. Surprisingly enough, the brown-haired boy was doing a good job, most of the attacks not getting through. Most of this was attributed to knowing how the Ninshu sparing worked and his muscle memory.
He also decided to try something different. By reinforcing his body with his Chakra, Asura was able to block most of the hits without actually touching his opponent. He had to keep a very thin amount of Chakra around his body, to ensure that he didn't harm himself, but it was enough to protect his body, and due to his constant Chakra control exercises for his Medical techniques, he was able to send the right amount of Chakra to the right places. Indra and Heiwa ploughed through their opponents like usual and sent them sprawling onto the floor.
Turning his head, Asura watched with awe as his twin older siblings took out their sparing partners with ease, "awesome" he whispered. However, his lapse in attention meant that his defense- ie, his concentration on the Chakra he used to reinforce his body, slipped and his own opponent slammed his Chakra coated hand into his stomach with enough force to bruise. Asura was sent sprawling to the ground, grasping his stomach in pain right next his siblings partners. Indra walked over to the three "put all you have into it" he said to his student. The man nodded, "hai" he turned to his younger brother, "Asura, you too, you may be good at medical Ninjutsu, however you will never be able to do anything for anyone if you are trying to defend them and get taken out so easily" he said sternly.
The brown-haired boy sat on the ground with his knees folded underneath him, "hai," he said, then turned to the people that Indra and Heiwa had knocked to the ground, "can you wait a moment? I will not really be able to heal you both very well if my own body is too injured" he said as his siblings watched. The other two nodded their heads, and Asura formed the concentration hand sign and directed his Chakra towards his stomach. Soon a blue glow appeared above the area and the boy sighed in relief as the pain and bruises vanished. Next he turned to the other two men and focused his Chakra into his hands, before placing them above where they were injured, "arigato Asura-Sama" the man he was healing said gratefully.
The brown-haired teen shook his head, "it is fine, I am happy to help anyone who needs it" he replied with a small smile. Hagoromo, Futami and Tsukuyomi stood and watched as all this was going on. 'Asura-Kun has excelled in the healing arts, and even gotten better at sparing, Indra-Kun and Heiwa-Chan are very strong, however, though my eldest son is rather strict, he is not as demanding as he would have been without his sister there, all-in-all, I believe that things have gone rather well so far' the red-haired sage thought to herself. Tsukuyomi turned towards his wife, "our children have become strong Hagoromo" he said in satisfaction. Hagoromo turned to look at her husband and nodded, "hai, they have" she replied with a small smile.
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Outside, Asura wet a cloth with water from a barrel and rung it out. He wiped the sweat from his face then picked up a stick with a small bowl on the end of it. He filled it with water and drunk until he was satisfied. Once he was finished he overheard two of his fellow Ninshu followers talking. "Indra-Sama is amazing, when he glares at you with those eyes I cannot even move- though Heiwa-Sama is amazing also, they are so young and are already instructors, the two of them are the ones who invented hand signs and jutsu, though my sister tells me that Asura-Sama's medical jutsu is also amazing- to think that even the less talented son has come so far- it is incredible!"
The boy blushed and gave a small smile from behind the bush where he was. He was happy those men had recognized him.
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A few days later Asura was in the middle of another healing lesson when he and his students heard a woman screaming his name: "Asura-Sama! Asura-Sama!" the brown-haired boy hastily dipped his head to his students in apology and ran outside, "yes, what is wrong?!" he called as he went. A young woman came running up with a young girl in her arms, "my daughter!" she exclaimed as the youngest Otsutsuki caught the distraught woman in his arms, "oh please help my daughter!" she cried. With just a glance down at the child, Asura knew it was bad.
Her face was twisted with pain and there was a large dark bruise forming on the little girl's stomach. Asura nodded, though he was slightly unsure, "alright, bring her inside" he ordered, entering before the woman, "everyone move aside, give us some space!" Asura demanded as all the students he had been teaching did as they were told, while all the students that his siblings had been teaching crowded around behind them. Even his parents, Futami and siblings came to look. Asura placed the blond-haired girl down on the floor and turned to all the watching people, "I need someone to bring me two bowls of clean water, a lot of rags, a small knife and at least four people to hold down her limbs so that I can operate" he stated. Everyone stared at the young man in awe. The youngest Otsutsuki scowled, "now!" he demanded. Everyone scurried away to do their jobs, while the others watched silently.
The girl's mother had tears running down her face, but Hagoromo held her in her arms to comfort her. While he waited for the others to come back with the items he'd requested, Asura took a deep breath. This was his first remotely big operation and he had to remain calm. Steadying his nerves and focusing his Chakra, the brown-haired teen placed his hands into the half Ram hand sign. Once he had sent a sufficient amount of Chakra into his hands he placed them onto the blond child's chest, scanning for the injury. He could scan her easily with his Chakra, but for such an operation he wanted to be able to see what he was doing. As his Chakra ran over the girls internal organs and bones Asura frowned. She had a broken rib on the right side of her chest, bruising on the chest and internal bleeding. Just like he'd thought.
The people that he'd ordered to retrieve the items he'd need began hurrying back in. He nodded at them, "alright, put the first bowl of water near me," he said. When it was placed on the floor next to him, the brown-haired young man dipped his hands into the water and quickly cleaned them, "okay, you can get rid of that water for now" Asura stated. Someone quickly took it outside and threw it away. "Okay, now I need the knife" a woman handed it to him quickly. No one spoke, to give the young man complete silence to concentrate. Pushing up his sleeves Asura took a deep breath and placed one of the rags that he had balled up into the unconscious girls mouth, "alright, here is where it becomes tricky, she is unconscious right now, but the pain may bring her back to consciousness, so you four," he pointed to the four men who were sitting down at each of the child's limbs, "hold her down as hard as possible, and do not let her move, if she can this will become a lot more difficult" everyone nodded and held the child down.
"alright, here I go, "he said to himself. Slowly reaching down, Asura made a quick cut on his patient's chest. The girl flinched slightly, but the people holding her arms and legs kept her still. Absently, the teenager wondered if there was any way to numb pain. Perhaps he could look into it later, right now though he had to concentrate. He placed the knife down and pushed the skin apart so that he could see inside her chest. Blood was pooling in the chest area, just as he'd thought. Focusing Chakra into his hands, the young man turned to the other bowl of water next to him and placed his hand in it. As he lifted his palm, everyone gasped slightly as a bubble of water came away attached to the young Otsutsuki's hand. Placing the palm onto the girl's chest again, he watched as the excess blood slowly began being absorbed into the bubble of water.
As quickly as possible, Asura turned and dropped the dirty water back into the bowl. Turning his attention back to his patient, the brown-haired boy placed his hand onto the child's chest again and began healing the wound where the blood was coming from. Seeing that it had begun bleeding again, Asura knew that he had to heal the broken flesh while he could see it, before removing the rest of the blood. As soon as the wound was healed, he turned to one of the women who was helping him, "get me more clean water please, quickly". The woman nodded, picked up the bowl and ran out of the room as fast as she could. "Rag please, I need to be able to see without swat getting into my eyes" he asked of another person near him. The young man quickly picked up the rag and wiped the sweat from Asura's forehead, "arigato" he replied as the woman came back inside with the fresh water.
The young man repeated the process of removing the excess blood, then scanned the lung to ensure it was healed properly with no more blood inside it. When he was sure that it was free of fluids, he turned his attention to the broken rib. First he scanned the bone and found that it was broken cleanly in half. That was lucky for both Asura in healing the child and the girl herself. This way there were no fragments of the rib bone to cause trouble. What he thought was weird was the fact that every girl he'd scanned had one more rib on the left side than men. In fact all men, including himself had one less rib that women. But he had no time to be thinking about that now. Wrapping his Chakra around the bone, the Otsutsuki took a deep breath, "alright, this may bring her into full consciousness, three, two, one-" giving a sharp tug with his Chakra, Asura pulled the rib back into place in one second.
Thankfully, the little girl stayed unconscious, and the teenager carefully healed the bone and any damage around it. Once it was fully healed, Asura finally healed the cut he had made on her chest and cleaned the blood away as well as his hands. He sat back and sighed, "alright, she is out of danger now, just keep her home for a few days and keep an eye on her condition, if anything happens come back and I will take a look at her" he said, in a weary tone of voice. There was silence for a whole minute after he had finished speaking, before cheers erupted around the training hall: "he did it! he really did it!" one man cried. Asura frowned, "shhhh!" he hissed sternly, "she is trying to rest and just had a risky procedure, do not wake her up!" he demanded. Everyone quieted instantly and looked down in shame.
Asura sighed, "I do not feel like teaching any today, I think I am going to return home and rest" he said, standing up and leaving the hall, with everyone watching in now hushed awe. Hagoromo and Tsukuyomi had twin smiles on their faces, "that is my boy" the red-haired woman said proudly as they watched him leave.
To Be Continued