Chapter Fourteen
Wasure woke up early the next morning, he had some spare time before having to leave for old ANBU training yard. He decided to take a walk around the district, if he is to be a great clan head. He needs to know the district back fourth even if there is nothing to see. He got into his normal outfit, strapping on his katana he exited the building just to see Mitarashi at the door.
"Mitarashi-sensei? What are you doing here?" Asked Wasure.
"Well, if I am to train the new head of the Uchiha clan. I might as well get to know more about him, more than what I learned yesterday." Replied Mitarashi.
"Ok, come on in then." Said Wasure.
"Thank you." Replied Mitarashi.
They sat down at the living room table where Mitarashi started the questions.
"So where did you actually come from?" Asked Mitarashi.
"That is something I will only answer when I know were safe." Replied Wasure.
"Fair enough, any close surviving family?"
"Besides a killer brother no."
"Ok, any girl you interested in?" Said Mitarashi teasing the boy.
"Your joking, right?" Asked Wasure.
"Not really." Replied Mitarashi.
Wasure was confused why a Jonin sensei was interested about this.
"If you're wondering why I'm asking this is because your neighbor Emi, is being arranged to marry Kiba Inuzuka." Mitarashi had just received news like everyone one did, it broke this morning.
"What!" Wasure was in shock, if this went through Wasure could do nothing… it didn't help the relationship was in secret because Emi's step parents didn't like the idea of their step daughter dating a possible demon.
"Yeah, news broke this morning." Replied Mitarashi.
Wasure's heart had broke a little, he was a clan head yes. But he knew the odds after yesterday, he knew most clan heads would target him now. He was outnumbered….
"Kid, I know the look in your eyes. I'm sorry if you two had something but its over." Said Mitarashi.
"I… I don't know what to say…."
"Kid listen I'm supposed to give you a test to see if you can be a genin. But one it's made for teamwork and two I'm not sure if you can deal with this emotion wise." Mitarashi was told by Lord Third, the kid was easily a genin. The test was just for extra training if anything.
"Are there any other tests?" Wasure didn't want this to stop him.
"No, but we can train. Let's start heading that way, shall we?" Mitarashi stood up as did Wasure.
"Wasure, listen don't let this stop you. You are stronger than this, you are the first Jinchuuriki of the anger half and a Uchiha. You are by birth one of the most powerful shinobi ever. Do not let this stop you ever!"
"Thanks Fen." Wasure still had a depressed tone in his voice.
"Wasure just follow me." Said Mitarashi.
The duo cut across the main market district of the village and through the Hyuga district and arrived at a training ground that looked in rough but still in decent shape, perhaps Mitarashi takes care of the place wonderd Wasure.
"Welcome to the former training ground for all ANBU, it was used until I'd say ten years ago. I take care of the place since this is where I grew up in a sense. Anyway, the first thing I would like to see you with is the sword on your back. It looks interesting, you are to attack those three sand dummies and I want to see how sharp it is." Mitarashi pointed to said dummies.
"Yes sensei." Wasure unsheathed the blade for the first time, the blade was long like any katana. But the material, it was steel and something Wasure couldn't explain. And its tip, the blade curved like a wolf's claw….
"Wasure do you want to know why the blade looks like this?" Asked Fenrir
"Sure…"
"The blade is a mix of refined steel and one of my, well I say my claw but it was the peace half's claw. Anyway, the blade was curved due to the claw being used to forge the blade."
"I see, well then let's test thing out." Wasure began to sprint to the dummies. As he got closer he jumped up into air and slashed down the first dummy, he lunged at the second cutting it in half by the waist and beheaded the third. Wasure looked at the blade and not a dent or scratch was on it.
"Well done, now for a better test." Mitarashi pulled out a kunai and threw it at Wasure who reacted by swinging at it and deflecting it with ease. "You seem to be good with that blade, but anyone is good with dummies and against a simple kunai." Mitarashi reached for the small katana he kept from his ANBU days that he had sheathed on his lower back. Reading the blade, he charged at Wasure who had gotten into a defensive stance and blocked the attack. Mitarashi began a barrage of quick swings, keeping Wasure on the move in an attempt to tire him out. Just for Wasure smile and activate his sharingan, he pushed his sensei back.
"Is the sharingan really necessary?" Asked Mitarashi.
Wasure just looked back his sensei and kept smiling. "You tell me." Wasure using a speed boost began an offensive of his own. Constantly making his sensei lose ground. "You know I'm letting you win right?" Mitarashi disappeared and was replaced by a log and ended up behind Wasure with his small blade against his student's throat. "Check mate."
"If only you knew sensei." Wasure smiled as he was blown away by the wind.
"Genjutsu!" Mitarashi looked to see Wasure with his katana aimed for Mitarashi's throat.
"Kid did you forget I'm a Jonin, its going to take a lot more than this." Mitarashi used a substitution jutsu. He was on a tree above Wasure.
"I did sensei, that's why I swapped your kunai with ones that have paper bombs on them." Wasure preformed three hand signs making his sensei blow up and fall down.
"Nice job kid but, never show your ace in a hole." Mitarashi turned into smoke as the shadow clone had taken too much damage.
"Wait what?" Wasure never saw hand signs or anything.
"And that kid is why I'm a Jonin."
Wasure looked back to see Mitarashi sitting on a bench as if he never broke a sweat.
"Wait did I even fight the real you?" Asked Wasure.
"No, I placed a Genjutsu on you when I told you to first hit the sand dummies." Replied Mitarashi.
"What kind of Genjutsu was that?" Asked Wasure.
Mitarashi smirked. "It wasn't, I just used the body flicker technique. I had moved here when I first used the substitution jutsu. After that I sent in clones, and they were pretty effective."
"Wait why didn't you blow up?"
"Kid did you really think I didn't notice I hade more kunai than normal? I just gave them to the clone and watched the fireworks."
"So now what?" Asked Wasure.
"Well today was final test day for all teams so no missions, and since this was supposed to be a test I'd say you passed. Albeit you were already ready, but hey I know some of your baselines. Mainly your swordsmanship and your Genjutsu which was clever. So, I guess enjoy the rest of the day, feel free to come here and train anytime. It may be your responsibility one day."
"Huh, well then I'm off to get more ninja gear then and mainly more darker clothes." Wasure left the training ground and not even five seconds later he saw the one guy he really didn't want to see. Kiba Inuzuka, and with him was Emi…. Wasure had his head down and hood pulled over as he walked away from them. He kept walking not even looking up hoping he would just forget what he was doing in the first place and forget today even happened.
"That is a terrible and selfish plan Wasure." Fenrir had never seen him like this.
"Well what am I suppose to do, go to him and say by the way that was my girlfriend you prick."
"Look I'm not happy about this either, I want you to be happy. But at least congratulate them and be happy at least be happy for Emi."
"Fine, hey do you here screaming by the way?" Wasure looked up to see yet another fight between Ino and Sakura, Wasure guess their tests had ended by now.
"Wanna bet its about Sasuke?"
"We both know you have no money."
"Fine you caught me, might as well and see what it is about."
Wasure walked over to them to see both their eyes focus on Wasure, and then they looked embarrassed. Not as in they did something humiliating, but in the sense. That they know something involving Wasure.
"Hey Wasure…" Said Sakura.
"Hey Wasure…" Said Ino.
Both of them sounded cautious, as if not to piss him off.
"Okay what is it, I know your hiding something out with it." Said Wasure.
"Wasure we know about Emi and you…" They said in unison.
Wasure looked up and sighed. "She told you, didn't she?"
"Yes." They replied.
"Great just great, hey listen I'm okay you don't have to tread around it. I'm fine, just going have to adjust to seeing Emi with that… I mean with Kiba." Wasure looked shocked, he didn't say that first part a voice in his head did and he hadn't heard that voice in a long time. It was the inner demon, the supposed voice in his head that was the Sharingan trying to influence him to go down the path of anger. It had been silent for years and now it returned. He looked to see Ino and Sakura worried, he can't let this happen again…
"I'm sorry girls it just, I guess I'm not as fine as I believed I'll go ahead and leave you two before I do something irrational." Wasure went to walk as Ino grabbed his shoulder.
"Hey listen, we know your full of emotion right now. It's okay to let them show, we don't need two Sasuke's albeit maybe Sakura could have ideas."
"Hey!" Replied Sakura.
"Anyway, I'm saying this because know this Wasure were here for you. Even if you are some supposed demon, something I don't believe." Ino saw Wasure look back at her.
"Thanks, Ino. I guess I needed that. Now let me ask you a question."
"Sure, what is it?"
"Are you saying this as a friend or as the same little girl that I met when I was six that had a crush on me?" Wasure smirked as she blushed like mad, making Sakura laugh. "Anyway, how did you tests go?" Asked Wasure.
"We had to get a land a hit on our sensei using teamwork, Kiba used his senses to track him down, we then rushed him just to be beaten. We did that twice before realizing we had to work as a team and then graduated." Said Sakura.
"We had the same thing" said Ino.
"Hey who is your sensei?" Asked Wasure.
"I woman named Anko Mitarashi." Replied Sakura.
"Huh, my Sensei has her last name as his first name." Replied Wasure "Anyway how harsh is she?"
"A lot if my student if she gives the wrong answer." Wasure turned to see a woman who must have been Anko stare them down.
"Anko I presume?" Said Wasure.
"Yes, and who are you brat?" Replied Anko.
"Wasure Uchiha." He replied.
"Ah, Mitarashi's little runt. I would have gotten paired with you but I got slated with pinkie, wolf boy and the little Jiraiya." Replied Anko.
"I see, well it's probably the best given that Kiba, Eizo, and Sakura hit you. Mitarashi is more powerful than you anyway, don't kneed some lady in a well revealing attire slowing me down.
"Why you little!" Anko jumped down and stared the kid down. "You wanna say that to my face brat?"
"Yeah, because Mitarashi would have realized this was a Genjutsu trap." Wasure was blown away with the wind and reappeared behind Anko, he was smiling as she looked back to see where the kid went.
"Okay, when did you?" Anko was cut by Wasure.
"When you jumped down and stared at me daring to say what I said again. For a Jonin you are really easy to bait, oh well I hope you make Sakura better. But then again just make clones of Sasuke and bait her with that and boom you have training until then I hope she doesn't end up like you. Both in attitude and in looks…" Wasure began to walk away, Anko threw a rock at the brat just for him to disappear and reappear on a roof.
"That's twice now, it looks like Sakura may need to train with me." Wasure smiled as he jumped away.
"Sakura." Anko turned back to see her genin.
"Yes sensei."
"If you or your friend get with that boy, don't let him go." Anko smiled as she disappeared.
"Did Wasure just beat a Jonin?" Asked Ino still in shock of what just happened.
"Yeah…" Said Sakura.
"Have we been possible chasing the wrong Uchiha…." Said Ino.
"You may have been but I'm staying with Sasuke."
"Sakura."
"Yeah Ino."
"I think we can finally stop being rivals over Sasuke."
"…Ino he just got out one with Emi and even then, they could find a way to get back together…" Sakura knew where this was going.
"I… yeah I should give him some time…" Ino walked away just to go to the roofs of a nearby building and follow Wasure.
Sakura knew that would happen and sighed as she heard her friend jump from roof to roof and sighed.
Wasure returned to the Uchiha district to see Sasuke waiting outside Wasure's new house.
"Hey Cousin, what's up?" Asked Wasure.
"Just letting you know I passed that surprise final test to be a genin with Naruto and Hinata."
"That's good to hear Sasuke, Sakura did as well."
"Good, sounds like this has been a perfect day mainly for Kiba…." Sasuke looked to see Wasure sigh when he said that.
"You don't know huh Sasuke?"
"Know what?"
"Sasuke… I was Emi for half of this year in secret."
Sasuke then realized he just made Wasure's day possible worst. "I'm sorry Wasure I.." Wasure cut him off.
"Its fine, listen I just need some time it'll be fine." Wasure smiled as he unlocked his door and went inside. "Listen I may need your help with something Sasuke."
"What is it?"
"We will need to start exploring old Uchiha outposts, so I ask in your free time will you explore some while do the same in my free time?"
"It will be an honor clan head." Said Sasuke smirking.
"Don't start with that crap, but still thanks. Now if you excuse me I need to begin checking out the small library of jutsu that this place has." Wasure waved goodbye as he went inside and as he said went to work reading one of the books. It was then when heard footsteps, he looked to see a man who wore a Akatsuki coat, he had black hair like Sasuke. He had purple nails for some reason, the guy made Wasure think of an older more emo Sasuke.
"So, you're are the new head of the Clan I slaughtered." That was when Wasure unsheathed his sword and realized who this was.
"Itachi." Wasure saw the man as he got closer.
"I mean you no harm, I came to talk." Itachi had no weapons on him unless you counted the Sharingan and the Mangekyo.
"About?"
"Why are you wanting to rebuild the clan?"
"I want to leave my legacy, I want to restore this Clan into one where the Uchiha are looked as hero's not demons or the incarnation of darkness.
"I see, if only the others had your mindset. We might still have a clan if they existed back then, listen I was told by our common friend to give you this." Itachi pulled a book out the pocket inside the coat and in it was a book.
"What is it?" Asked Wasure.
"The same book your brother used to master the body flicker technique. Now I must leave, I still have bounties to collect." Itachi turned into a swarm of crows and left leaving Wasure alone.
"Time to start studying I guess." Wasure sat down and began to study as he did, he heard a knock at the door. Wasure opened it to see Ino.
"Ino? Is something up?" Asked Wasure.
"I came to ask you something." Replied Ino.
"Okay… what is it?" Wasure had a good idea what she was going to say.
"Can you train with me tomorrow?
"Uh sure, like for what?" Wasure was actually surprised by this.
"Combat on water." Replied Ino.
"Umm sure why not, what time?" Asked Wasure.
"Three sound good?" Asked Ino.
"Yeah." Replied Wasure.
"Okay see you there, oh you may want to bring swimming shorts or something just in case you fall in the water while were sparing. "
"If you say so Ino." Wasure said goodbye as she walked away, Wasure looked at the time and decided to call it a day. Wasure ate, showered and went to bed. Just to see Emi in the living room, he knew this was coming.
"Wasure…"
"Emi…" Wasure looked to see her with a tear on her face.
"Wasure, I didn't know this would happen." Wasure cut her off.
"It's fine, listen its fine perhaps this is what destiny chose for us." Wasure had no smile on his face.
"No, its not we were doing great… then the damned council did this!"
"Emi, this isn't you. Your letting your emotions speak." Wasure went to comfort her.
"Then this was Emotion taking over as well." Emi then ran and kissed him.
"Well then Wasure, I take a nap and wake up to this. You have been busy."
"Not now Fenrir!"
Wasure was in shock at what happened, first off this is a clan war waiting to happen now. And Two he was still kissing her! Wasure pulled back and looked to see Emi confused.
"Emi, listen I…"
"No, if you loved me you would have kept going." Emi had her sharingan active showing two tomo.
Emi…. Don't do this."
"No, you know what! Maybe this is what fate decided!" Emi stormed out.
"Fenrir, I think I effed up." Wasure felt guilty, he went back to his room. Wasure screwed up the most important thing he ever had just like that… he sighed and went to bed. He wanted this damned day over with.