Iwa's Weapon
Time Skip - 5 Years
Sekki was eleven now, standing at around 5'1, comfortably taller than Ōnoki. He still had two blonde bangs and a ponytail that went down to the lower back. Sekki now wore the classic Iwagakure red uniform. He had a skin tight long sleeve t-shirt that showed his developing muscles, and in the same colour red, he had some cargos that are bandaged off at the ankle. He wore a pair of black ninja sandals as well. All in all, he looked good for a nine year old.
He had learnt a lot over the past few years. For starters, Sekki focused a lot on the Nidaime Tsuchikage. He read and read for hours about the stories the man went through. He just felt a sort of connection to the man, whether it be that they were both sensors, or something else entirely he just enjoyed learning about Mū. Sekki learnt from his reading that Mū possessed amazing stealth, along with Mū's unique Dustless Bewildering Cover. However, after more research, Sekki realised it was a suiton technique. So for the time being, Sekki requested to learn the Hiding with Camouflage Technique from Ōnoki. With all the stealth practice, making his footsteps nearly impossible to hear, along with the Hiding with Camouflage Technique to bypass the opponents sight and smell, Sekki became somewhat invisible, very similar to Mū. However, unlike Mū's technique, a decent sensor type, the Byakugan and the Sharingan could detect him.
The Hiding with Camouflage Technique was not all Sekki learnt. There was a ton of new jutsus and fighting styles he learnt. In the end, Sekki decided on making his own style by combining a few different techniques. The Silent Fist, it relies on stealth, speed and knowledge of important areas of the human anatomy. The style can be used in conjunction with lightning chakra. The chakra at the end of his fingertips can send electrical signals to the brain which stuns the area hit. Quite a scary and deadly style if aiming for the kill. Quick and efficient. Sekki still practices the Stone Fist till now. He prefers to use the Silent Fist, however if his main style doesn't work, it is always advised to have a backup.
Another backup fighting style relied on his kekkai genkai, the bakuton. It is a fairly simple style, know as the Explosive Fist. The user of the style prefers to be in close range where their bakuton jutsu are most effective. Bakuton: Exploding Palm, is a jutsu that allows the user to send an explosion without any form of contact with the opponent, and can reflect kunai back the way they came if skilled enough. Unlike the Bakuton: Landmine Fist, which requires the users whole palm to be touching the surface it wishing to explodes. It is more powerful of the two, and if used on the ground, can create a wave to make opponents lose balance.
Along with keeping his fighting styles up to date, he continued to learn more jutsu. The first on his list was Doton: Earth Wall, a defensive technique, along with a few supplementary techniques like Doton: Double Decapitation Jutsu and Doton: Hiding Like a Mole Jutsu. The first allowing the user to pull their opponent underground up to their neck, and the second allowing the user to hide and travel underground respectively. Sekki also learnt the Doton: Earth Spear which is an improved version of Rock Armour. Doton: Rock Bullet Jutsu, which fires a condensed rock at the opponent causing them to lose balance if hit. Doton: Stone Pistol Jutsu, which fires bullet sized pieces of stone capable of piercing human flesh. Earth Clone Jutsu, the user expels earth from out of their mouth to form a clone, they crumble to the floor once dispelled.
Sekki also learnt some raiton jutsu. Raiton: Electromagnetic Murder, a short range technique that fires a wave of electricity towards the opponent, power depends on the amount of chakra used. Raiton: Spider Web Jutsu, a short to mid range technique. The user collects chakra in their hands and slams it on the ground. If the opponent gets caught in the web, they get shocked. Raiton: Thunderbolt, the user charges chakra into their hands and fires it at the opponent. Can be fired at multiple opponents if needed.
Sekki's main focus however was understanding his bakuton. Considering his first try was nearly a success, you would think he would learn the rest fairly quickly, right? It took Sekki a year and a half to finally make the clay explode. However in that time, Sekki was experimenting with different ways to use his explosive clay and bakuton. He started out with bees, in honour of the Shodaime Tsuchikage, but progressed to make more and more. Sekki learnt to mould the clay into loads of animals and insects, such as owls, snakes and spiders. But, the most important thing Sekki learnt about his bakuton was his ability to spit out the clay. This enabled a lot of new jutsu. Explosive Clay Dolls, a deformed looking human that can act as a fighting partner, it can be exploded at any time, however if the user wants, after the doll is broken down, it can reform into smaller dolls that continue fighting. The main disadvantage is that lightning chakra can easy disabled them. Clay Clone Jutsu, user creates a copy of themselves out of explosive clay. If the opponent uses a technique that pierces the user, then it can trap the opponent before detonating. Explosive Landmines, the user creates spherical explosive clay balls, a similar size to a basketball. The user then uses the Doton: Hiding Like a Mole Jutsu, to distribute the landmines all around the battlefield. If an opponent steps above the landmines, then they detonate.
One of Sekki's finest explosive clay techniques was his C2 Centipede. It was a huge centipede, about the size of a building if it curled up. Each spike on its back and sides however, was a separate centipede. If necessary, Sekki can release a few extra centipede to help out his C2 creation. It was Sekki's most deadly technique, however it required a lot of chakra. The young blonde was also thinking of a new jutsu, which would likely be another version of C2, maybe an eagle or something, but it was still in the development phase of the plan.
Overall Sekki was becoming very strong, very fast. He had excellent knowledge of everything he would of been taught at the academy. He was becoming a skilled tactician and had good observation skills. He has mid-chūnin strength, along with high-chūnin speed. He has low-jōnin ninjutsu, mid-chūnin taijutsu and mid-genin genjutsu. Overall, very good for a ten year old.
He wasn't about to expect what he was about to be told.
"Good morning Sekki, did you have a good sleep?"
"Hai Ōnoki-sensei it was well. What have i been summoned to speak about?" replied Sekki.
"It involves my granddaughter and the academy."
"Kurotsuchi?" asked Sekki, with a little grin on the corner of his face.
"Hai. As you are aware, she is twelve and will be graduating next year. She seems to be happy whenever you are around so I would like to place you on her genin team."
"Interesting." it was more of a message to himself, "You think Kurotsuchi and I will do well on a team? Would it not be better to promote me now, so I can go on missions for the good of Iwa?"
"No Sekki. Kurotsuchi has strived very far in her training because of you. You seem to have an effect on her."
"I see, I will keep Kurotsuchi alive to the best of my ability." Sekki said monotonously.
"Therefore I will send you to the academy for a year. I would like you to scout out a possible third member."
"Hai. When do I start?"
"A week from now. Dismissed."
Sekki turned and left the office. He kept up a emotionless facade, however he was a bit confused by his leaders actions.
"Good morning class, hope you had a good break for a few weeks, today we will be having a new student join us for the last year." said the academy instructor. He went by the name of Tsubute Futaba. He was a bald man, wearing a chūnin flak jacket.
"But Futaba-sensei, how come they only have to do one year?" asked a brown haired boy by the name Kō. He was feisty, but was quite good for a civilian.
"They are probably just a very good ninja and didn't waste their time in this place." replied Kurotsuchi lazily, she felt she was better than an academy student, especially after all the work she put into her kekkei genkai. She was now standing at 4'10 with a lean body, yet still strong. She wore a long sleeve red t-shirt which had the right arm cut off. She also had fishnet leggings and a red skirt that only went on her right side. She finished the look off with brown shinobi sandals. As the door opened she was gob-smacked. "Sekki-kun." It was barely a whisper, yet somehow everyone in the class heard.
Sekki didn't have much human interaction, so he was a bit worried when all the boys stared at him with hatred, while all the girls started to blush. He decided with a simple introduction. "Hello Kurotsuchi. I am Sekki, i am eleven and my hobbies are training and reading. My goal for the future is to be useful to Iwagakure. Treat me well." And he finished it off with a small bow.
A bunch of whispers was soon spreading around. Such as; "He looks dreamy." "He's stealing Kurotsuchi-chan from me." and "Wow, bet he kicks ass." In the end it took a loud shout of silence to get the attention back to Futaba.
"You may all talk to Sekki later, for now take the seat at the back corner next to Akatsuchi."
Akatsuchi was a plump boy, very tall and wide. He wore a normal Iwa outfit with a mustard scarf around his neck. "Hello Akatsuchi-san."
"H-Hello S-Sekki-san." the bigger boy replied nervously.
"No need to be nervous Akatsuchi-san, but, please just call me Sekki."
"Will do."
"Wonderful."
"Alright class, today we will briefly visit our knowledge of the Third Shinobi World War. Sekki can you give us a brief explanation?"
"Hai, there is no definite winner nor loser in war, because a lot of families are broken due to deaths, however the world seems to think Iwa lost the war. It probably has to do with that day at Kannabi Bridge. The Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato, killed one thousand Iwa-nin. This forced the Sandaime Tsuchikage, Ōnoki to form a peace treaty. Namikaze Minato is hated in Iwa for what he did. However, I believe the hate he gets is unjust. While he slaughtered many, so did multiple Iwa-nin throughout the war. In the end of the war, both villages suffered similar death totals, only Iwa's were more in one group which makes it look worse." Sekki briefly stopped to look at Kurotsuchi who was staring at him. "On the other hand, I give my condolences to any who have lost a loved one. I never knew my parents, so i can somewhat understand your grief."
The whole time during his speech, he was looking at Kurotsuchi, so much that she started blushing at the kindness of his words and the blatant display of affection she was getting from the boy.
The whole class was astonished. Including Futaba. Such matureness to be seem in an eleven year old was outstanding. After a brief "C-Correct S-Sekki." from Futaba, Sekki decided to inspect the class. Not many got his attention apart from 5. Of course Kurotsuchi was one, he knew she was skilled because of their multiple training sessions. Her skills in Yōton, while new to it, was still very good. Sekki also thought Akatsuchi was skilled. He had the built to be a great taijutsu user, along with some defensive earth jutsu and he would be strong.
The next that caught his attention was a brown haired girl. She was one of the last two Kamizuru in the village. Her name was Kamizuru Suruchi, daughter of Kamizuru Suzumebachi. She was dressed very similarly to her mother, in a purple kimino battle dress, with a yellow sash around her waist. She had very small eyebrows as well.
Next was a black haired boy named Kō. He had no family. And most of the village tried to be nice to him. However he was an arrogant ass. He possessed a kekkei genkai, Kōton (Steel Release). It enabled him quite a few abilities, such as being able to increase or decrease the size of anything metal, or even be able to control enemy kunai or shuriken. There was quite a few scrolls from old shinobi who possessed Kōton, however there was no one alive with it.
The last, was a green haired girl, with a green ribbon tied in a bow around her hair. Her name was Sharo Erimaki. She wore a long sleeve beige t-shirt, along with a brown skirt and fishnet leggings. Sekki could sense something slightly odd about her. He thought he could sense a type of poison in her system but he might have been wrong.
In the end, Sekki decided that the rest of the class would make no higher than chūnin. Likely not even that far.
Time Skip - 1 Year (End of Academy)
Despite Sekki already knowing everything. He found it quite nice to make a few friends along with spending time with Kurotsuchi. He may not be a blushing and stuttering wreck, but he still found her extremely pretty. Around 2 months after he joined, Kurotsuchi requested to move to the empty seat beside him. Futaba has no issues with this. 4 months after he joined, he accidentally called Kurotsuchi; 'Kurotsuchi-chan'. After seeing her blush and start stuttering about 'W-who s-said you c-could call m-me t-that!?' he decided to keep adding it, much to the jealousy of the boys in his class. Kurotsuchi was also on the receiving end of quite a few stares, because besides Kō, who was a right dick, no one else was attractive in the young girls' mind. A lot of the girls tried to get Sekki alone to share food together or whatever 13 year old girls do. But Kurotsuchi remained by his side the whole time, acting as a sort of kunoichi barrier.
Sekki proceeded to master the academy jutsu aswell. While the Iwa academy was one of the hardest in all of the Elemental Nations, the jutsu were still easy to not scare off too many kids. The Henge Jutsu, the Kawarimi Jutsu, and the Bunshin Jutsu. The three easiest jutsu in the nation. And it took Sekki 6 months. Despite having amazing chakra control, he just couldn't get down the Kawarimi Jutsu down. In the end he managed it successfully, including doing it with an Earth Clone, and even a Clay Clone.
One thing Sekki did get easily though, was kunai and shuriken throwing. It just came easy to the young man. Within a few months, he could hit bull's-eyes on moving targets. Kurotsuchi had complained to Sekki, due to her worrying about losing the title of Rookie of the Year. She wanted to win to make her jiji proud.
The class got a shock during the first week when Futaba said the day was taijutsu sparring. Due to odd numbers in the class, Sekki sparred with Futaba-sensei. Within a minute, Futaba was flat on his ass, unconscious. All the girls minus Kurotsuchi, Erimaki and Suruchi squealed at Sekki's amazingness while the boys stared in jealously, especially Kō, while Akatsuchi just congratulated him on his performance.
Today, was graduation day. Sekki had been watching the class carefully, to determine his future teammate. When the role call was over, everyone got given a test. It had a subtle genjutsu on it too try and trick the students, for some, it worked. To Sekki, it was well... a piece of piss. It was very easy. The class then got led outside to test kunai and shuriken skills. Sekki once again, got full marks due to hitting all the targets. After, they moved location to an octagon shaped wooden stage. This is where the taijutsu test began. Sekki beat Kō, much to the second boys ire. Erimaki beat a random civilian. Akatsuchi beat another civilian. And Kurotsuchi beat Suruchi. The last fight was a good fight, showing off the potential of new kunoichi. The next, and final test was the ninjutsu test. Again, Sekki smashed it. However, when asked if he could perform any other jutsu for bonus marks, he passed. Futaba, who knew he had other jutsu was confused but let it slide.
"Hello class, I thank you all for being good students and I am sad my time teaching has got too end. I will now read off the Rookie of the Year title. It goes to Kurotsuchi." Silence. That was all that followed Futaba's speech. Everyone thought it would of been Sekki. Kurotsuchi turned to stare at him.
"Why? I know you could of done better." asked Kurotsuchi, similar to an interrogation scene.
"Make your old man proud." That was all Sekki said. Kurotsuchi was so confused yet ecstatic, she started too tear up a bit. "Shhh, don't cry Kurotsuchi-chan. It doesn't suite you." He proceeded to wrap his hand around her neck and pull her into his shoulder. Kurotsuchi blushed, a lot. She could feel his muscular shoulders and she loved it.
"Why though?" Kurotsuchi croaked out, her voice still wavy due to crying.
"Make your old man proud. You have already made your mother and father proud." Sekki replied resolutely.
"Please return to the academy again tomorrow to determine which team you will be on." said Futaba. Sekki shook his head, he must have missed his sensei's speech. Not that it mattered much anyway, he had to go see Ōnoki-sensei.
"Hello Sekki. How are you?"
"I'm good Ōnoki-sama."
"Good and who have you decided to be on your team?" question the old Tsuchikage.
"Suruchi." replied Sekki monotously.
"Oh, why may i ask?
"She will work well on a team with me and Kurotsuchi-chan. We are all medium-long range fighters. While I also think Akatsuchi would be good to help defend me and Kurotsuchi-chan with his strong taijutsu, i think Suruchi would be better. Having a full team of long range fighters would be strong, especially if we trained hard physically for the first month or two and don't become dependant on range. I would also make a team consisting of Akatsuchi, Kō and Erimaki. They are the only others with potential. And all of them are close range fighters."
"If you feel that would be best, then I don't see why not. Also, what are your intentions with Kurotsuchi?" asked the Tsuchikage sternly.
"My intentions? Merely friends, unless she sees any differently. She really is beautiful however serving Iwagakure comes first." replied Sekki, equally as stern.
"You may leave then."
On Sekki's way out of the office, he bumped into someone. A pink eyed, short black haired beauty.
"Oh, gomen Kurotsuchi-chan. I didn't mean to bump into you."
"Ah, Sekki-kun, its all good."
"While we are here, would you like to go get some food, personally I am quite hungry."
"F-food?" asked Kurotsuchi quietly.
"Yes, that is what humans eat."
And with that comment, all of Kurotsuchi's nervousness evaporated.
"I'm not that stupid you damn baka! I got Rookie of the Year."
"Would you shut up and decide where to eat. I'm hungry."
Kurotsuchi dead-panned. "Who said I would eat with you?"
"No one, now make a decision or I will go."
"Fine, fine. I'll come get some food with you." said Kurotsuchi.
"Great, lets go."
After a short 10 minute walk, the two arrived at a small sushi bar. "Ladies first."
"Damn chivalrous teme." said Kurotsuchi. "Do you know what team we will be on?"
"We are on the same team with Suruchi. I do not however, know anything about our sensei." There was a short victorious squeal as soon as those words left his mouth. "You sound happy about the team." Sekki said with a devious smirk.
"Of course I am, you're on it!" replied Kurotsuchi happily.
"Well I'm glad. We will be the best team Iwa has seen in years."
"Of course we will Sekki-kun!"
It was now the day of team arrangements. 21 students were sat in their former classroom, excited to finally become a genin.
"Alright class, the teams go as followed, Team 1 is ..., Team 4 is Sekki, Kurotsuchi and Kamizuru Suruchi. You're sensei will be Rōshi. Team 5 is Kō, Akatsuchi and Sharo Erimaki. You're sensei will be Kitsuchi. Wait for you're sensei to pick you up so you may leave."
"Isn't that your father Kurotsuchi-chan."
"Yes, he is my tou-san."
"He looks strong, you must have gotten it from him."
"O-of Course." stated a blushing Kurotsuchi.
"Team 4, follow me." "Team 5, this way."
After hearing their call. Kurotsuchi and Sekki got out of their seats and went towards their new sensei.
Rōshi was a medium height old man. He had red hair, a mustache and a beard. He had a long sleeve magenta kimono shirt and pants. Along with a brown headpiece and brown chest piece armour. Kitsuchi was a tall and brawny man, with a dark grey beard and hair. He wore a classic Iwagakure outfit with a brown flak-jacket. He also wore his headband as a bandana.
Once the two teams went in different directions. Rōshi took a seat on a nearby bench. "Alright, from this day on, we will be a team. No point doing some useless test shit when I already know you're strong. Just introduce yourselves and we can work on teamwork exercises for the rest of the day."
"I am Kamizuru Suruchi. I like honey. I dislike the fact that civilians worship me and my mother just because we are the last of the once great clan. I aim in the future to restore my clan to its former glory. While it will be hard, I am willing to try."
"I am Kurotsuchi. I like my friends and training. I dislike why most foods are so cold. I want to be the strongest kunoichi Iwa has in the future."
"I am Sekki. I like training and reading. I dislike my older brother. In the future, I wish to be a useful shinobi for Tsuchikage-sama, yet not follow the path my brother laid out for me."
"Who is your brother Sekki-kun?" questioned Kurotsuchi.
"Deidara."
"The S-class missing-nin?" asked Suruchi.
"The very same. Sensei can you do an introduction?"
"My name is Rōshi. I am a jinchūriki. Specifically of the Yonbi no Saru. I like hot food and drinks, along with practicing my yōton. I dislike war time. I'm too old for dreams."
"Ahh, I read about you. Experienced two shinobi world wars, very strong A-class nin."
"I'm still an A-class nin? Back in the day it was S. Well anyway, nice knowledge gaki. We are now officially a team. Team 4."
I think I'll end this here today. I wanted to write more but I also wanted to publish the next chapter.
What are the readers thoughts on a harem? I'm not sure but willing to if enough people want it.
Edit: Misspelt the Kawarimi jutsu.
I do not own Naruto.
Published Chapter 2 - 19/11/2022
That's the 19th of November.