Next day Hiruzen personally paid a visit to the academy."It has been five years since someone applied for early graduation. Previously, Kakashi Hatake graduated from the academy only after four months of his time in the academy. Now, Izuna-kun you want to graduate eight months from your admission to the academy. Do you think you are ready for graduation?""Yes, Hokage-sama! I think I am ready for graduation. I have full confidence in clearing the Academy Graduation Exam.""Good! Having confidence is one thing but overconfidence can lead to failure. Now we will start your graduation exam."Hiruzen nods as he turns to Principal and speaks,"Satsuki-san! Is the preparation for the exam ready? If they are ready then let's proceed with the exam.""Yes, Hokage Sama! Everything is ready. We can proceed with the exam."Principal Satsuki turn towards Izuna as he continues,"The exam will be conducted in two stages, the written test and the practical test. For the written test, you will be assessed in the complete syllabus taught throughout the entire academy course. Usually, the passing marks are around fifty-percent of the overall score. But for you, it is set at eighty-percent of the overall score.The second phase of the graduation exam consists of performing the E-Rank Clone Technique. But in your case, it has been changed to any C-rank technique which you have mastered except the Fireball Technique of the Uchiha Clan. Now your written test will start in the next five minutes and will last for an hour."A Chunnin instructor leads me to the examination hall. After I am seated, the Chunnin takes out a question paper as he points toward the wall clock."Your time starts now and exactly after one hour, the answer sheet will be confiscated irrespective of any matter. Now start!"I begin to read the question paper. It was easy, way too easy. All its consist of is some elementary mathematics, Ninja world geography, hand-seals, and some question related to Ninja Tactics. I pick up my pen and start to write in a flurry. The instructor is surprised to see my speed.Meanwhile, In a nearby room,Hiruzen takes out his crystal ball and starts to infuse chakra in it as she sways his hands over the ball. The crystal ball lights up and the scene of Izuna writing his test paper appears on the crystal ball.I sense a gaze over me. But I ignore it without even flinching.'I guess that pervert is spying on me again.'Hiruzen checks the answer sheet of Izuna and is surprised to see one-third of the answer-sheet filled within just five minutes."The kid had completed the hardest part of the examination in just five minutes. Unbelievable!"Hiruzen stares at Izuna with wide-eyes as he can't believe the kid solved so many difficult mathematics problems in a few minutes.After completing the Mathematics part, I move on to geography problems. There is a map of the shinobi world and some important places names were written on the paper. I have to mark all of the places on the map accurately. I check the names of the places once again as I start to ponder about these places.I have read many geography books with many important landmarks in Uchiha Library. I start to mark all of the places slowly as I take my time to recall and mark them. After ten minutes I proceed to the next section with hand signs and Ninja tactics. I slowly wrote the answers in the next fifteen minutes.I stand up from my place as I call the Chunnin instructor. The chunnin instructor frowns as he questions,"What's the matter? Do you need a bathroom break or something?""I have completed the test paper and I want to submit it.""You what?" the chunnin is perplexed as he looks at the Wall clock."Only half an hour of the time has passed. Are you sure, you have completed the test paper? You still have another half hour to write the paper.""No! that would be too long. I have already finished answering all the questions. There is no point in stalling for more time."Izuna replies as he hands over the answer sheet to Chunnin. The chunnin takes the answer sheet with a stunned expression as he points in the direction of Training Ground."After you exit this hall, turn left and walk forward leaving two rooms in between, the third hall is the training hall where your next exam will be conducted."I start to whistle as I slowly walk toward the training hall. The chunnin looks at my departing back as he mutters,"Even though, this Uchiha kids is so arrogant. But damn! he looks cool."The chunnin admits that Izuna looks cool. He just flips the answer sheet to check what that Uchiha kid has done. The Chunnin is stunned to see the answer sheet as he frantically skims through the answer sheet,"Correct!... this is also correct… this is correct too. Damn! What a monster?"All of the answers in the sheet are correct. The Chunnin picks up the sheet as he starts to run toward Hokage's room. Izuna reaches the training hall as he is welcomed by a Chunnin."Are you Izuna Uchiha? The kid who wants to take the practical exam."I nod my head to him as I reply, "Yes, I am Izuna Uchiha.""Come inside the training hall, the next phase of the exam wills starts now."I stand in front of the Chunnin as he continues,"For this phase, you need to perform a C-rank jutsu to clear the exam. Tell us when you are ready."Without speaking anything I immediately make some hand signs,"Shadow Clone Jutsu"A clone with similar in appearance to me appears in front of the examiner. The chunnin jaw-drops at this development as he stares at me with wide-eyes."Have I passed?"There is no response from the Chunnin. I put some emphasis on my words as I shout,"HAVE I PASSED?""Yes…yes, you have passed…you have passed the exam. The goal was to perform a C-rank jutsu but you performed the B-rank Shadow Clone Jutsu. So, you have passed the exam. Now go to Hokage-sama office to get your Academy Graduation Certificate together with your forehead protector."I nod to him as I start to walk toward the Hokage's office. The Hokage office is right beside the academy and it didn't take me too long to arrive at Hokage's office.I knocked at the Hokage's Office door and waited for the response."Come in."An old grumpy voice came from inside as I turned the knob and entered inside."Name: Izuna UchihaAge: 5 years and 10 monthCongratulations!, you have passed your Academy Graduation exam. You are a Ninja now."Hiruzen closes the document and hands over a brand new leaf forehead protector with the blue cloth to me."This is your Forehead protector, a symbol of Will of Fire and prestige of Konoha. Handle it carefully and don't lose it. Now go to the room beside this room for a photo for your Graduation Certificate and Ninja Id. You will be assigned to a team tomorrow. The specific details could be found on the notice board. Now good luck towards your Ninja Journey.""Thank you, Grandpa Hokage"I smile at Hiruzen as I walk out of the Office. After the photo session was over. I take out my ninja certificate and decides to wait for Shisui to tease him with my Ninja certificate. My Ninja Registration number is '011223'.After waiting for a while, the entrance of the academy bustled with kids running from the academy as the classes were over. Shisui walks out of the academy as he moves towards over usual meeting place. He notices me and starts to walk towards me, but his footsteps stop as he stares at my forehead or to be precise at my forehead protector. He points at me as he stutters,"Nii…nii-san! What is this?""Oh! It is nothing but a fancy headwear. I just cleared the academy Graduation exam and now I am a true ninja."I reply with a straight face as a small noticeable grin appears on my face. Shisui's eyes watered as he starts to hit me with his tiny fists."Uwah! You are a cheater nii-san. You promised me that both of us will become a ninja at the same time. But…but you broke your promise and graduated early. This is not fair…Uwah!""There…there!" I gently rubbed Shisui's forehead as I start to console him."Don't worry Shisui, work hard and you will be able to graduate early too. Now Aren't I amazing…I am amazing right, Shisui… Haha"Shisui tears up again and he almost burst up."Shisui let's go to your favorite restaurant today. I am sure father and mother will throw a big party tonight."And as I expected both mother and father were very happy to see me pass the exam and become a Ninja. Both of them threw a large party at Akimichi's restaurant as I like their meat dishes.

Early in the next morning, I start to prepare all my ninja tools and equipment as I will be assigned to a Team today.

I wore my leaf protector around my forehead. A seal with kanji symbol 'Storage' is imprinted on a metal bracer as I wore it on my left hand. The pair of bracers is a gift from Kushina when I asked her to make me a storage space. This pair of metal bracer is one of the items from the Uzumaki clan heritage and Kushina gave it to me as she said,

"This pair of metal bracer was eating dust in our Uzumaki compound. I thought that you will like them, so big-sister brought them for you. Now give me a hug for this gift."

I happily accepted this generous gift with a begrudging expression as I was squeezed in her embrace. These bracers are very handy as I can use them to store my Ninja tools. The left hand's bracer stores my shurikens whereas I store my kunais in right hands bracer as it would be easy to summon them in a fight. I wear fingerless gloves with metal plating on backhand similar to Kakashi. This ninja gear seemed practical to me.

I arrived at the entrance of the academy. I am supposed to meet my new team here today. I have graduated during the ongoing session of the academy so there were no new graduates to be paired with. I will join an existing team that has a vacancy for now.

I waits for an hour near the academy. Two genins arrived to meet me as one of them spoke,

"Follow us we will meet with Sensei."

I nod to them and start to follow them. There is no interaction between us. None of them introduced themselves and I also never bothered with them. I can feel some repulsion from their behavior. I can pretty much guess their reason but I paid no heed to it.

The genins lead me to the bridge on the Naka River. The Jounin sensed our presence and looked towards us. He smiled at us as he waved,

"So, You two have already met your new teammate. Guess I will introduce myself first.

I am Tendo Onikuma from the Onikuma clan and I will be your Jounin Team Leader. Now all three of you introduce yourselves to each other."

"I am Izuna Uchiha. I just graduated from the academy. Nice to meet you all. Please take care of me in the future."

I introduced myself to the team, whether they like it or not I am a part of their team. After all, they will be ones who will have my back during a mission. Both of them snorted but still replied,

"I am Ryo Aoki. I am not from any clan. My father is a small shopkeeper and he sells clothes."

"I am Takeru Hoga. I am an orphan and I am not from any clan."

There is no further greeting or cheering. The atmosphere becomes awkward. To ease some tension, Tendo claps his hands as he speaks,

"Now, now don't be so tense. Izuna-kun will have to complete his first mission and it is a tradition in Village that the first mission will be assigned by Hokage-sama himself for any new ninja. Izuna-kun you go and visit Hokage-Sama's office. We will catch up with you, I have somethings to talk with the two of them.

"Ok! Tendo Sensei! I will be right at Hokage-Sama's office.'

I start to dash towards the Hokage's office as I jump over roofs and vanish from their vision.

"We can't accept him Tendo Sensei. It has been two weeks since Haru passed away in the mission. How can the Hokage office be so cruel to replace him just like that without even our consent? And that too with a kid who barely left even the borders of his Clan. I am sorry sensei, we can't take care of a pampered Clan Kid."

Both of genins start to complain to Tendo. Tendo holds his head in frustration as he rebukes them,

"Listen! Ryo and Takeru, both of are you a ninja now? Both of you should have known that casualties will occur during a mission before you become a ninja. The job of a ninja is dangerous and full of blood and murder and also the world won't wait for you to get over your grief. You have to continue taking missions and fulfill your duty as a ninja.

The Hokage-sama had already given you two weeks to overcome your grief and now after two weeks, you should be ready for more missions. As for your third teammate Izuna Uchiha, he is a member of powerful Uchiha clan and his abilities are personally approved by Hokage-sama. So, you don't have to worry about him holding you back."

"Tendo Sensei! You are a jounin right. You could have saved Haru if you tried. You are also at fault for Haru's death."

This time Tendo is pissed at their remark as he snaps at them,

"I am your Jounin Instructor and Team Leader, not your nanny who will tend to your every need and will always protect you. It was Haru's fault for ignoring my orders and triggering a trap and blowing himself up. Now quit bitching around and prepare for your new mission. I don't want to hear any more complaints from both of you. If you complained even once then both of you will be retired as a Ninja. Now move on towards the Hokage office."

Tendo is angry at these kids,

'Do you think being a ninja is like playing house? You want to get all the praise you want for a successful mission and blame others for your failure.'

I entered the Hokage's office as I knocked on the door. The usual grumpy face of Hokage appeared in my vision as he spoke,

"Oh! It is your Izuna-kun. So, you have already met your team and are ready for your first mission. Come with me to the Mission room, I will personally choose a mission for you. Since it is your first mission after graduation, it won't be too hard. I will give you the simplest D-Rank mission for you to experience."

We entered inside the mission room and I see a receptionist frantically trying to appease a woman.

A corpulent woman with dark brown hairs separated in three poofs is jumping around in the room. She wore pink-lipstick, pink-nail polish, and purple eyeshadow. There are many gold rings with various gemstones in her fingers.

The woman is crying buckets of tears as she blows her nose in a white handkerchief with gold lining. She notices Hiruzen as she jumps towards him,

"Hokage-sama, Hokage-sama…. My poor Tora is lost again. Poor kitty, how will she survive in this world without my love and affection. Hokage-sama you should hurry up and send some ninjas to find my poor Tora."

Hiruzen sweatdrops at the woman enthusiasm, as he convinces her,

"Don't worry Madam Shijimi, we will find your cat soon."

"Yes, Hokage-sama! If it is your promise then I can breathe in relief."

I recognize the woman from the anime. I forgot her name from the anime but I remembered that this woman has a literal immortal cat that likes to run away from home.

'Like come on! Her cat lived longer than poor Asuma in the anime. Also, this cat is the source of income for all of the genins of the village. So, I won't complain but seriously this will be my first mission.'

As if right on Cue, Hiruzen pulled a picture from his pocket and handed it to me.

"This is the portrait of Madam Shijimi's cat Tora. I always keep this picture with me as her cat usually runs away almost every day. Madam Shijimi is the wife of Fire Daimyo."

I grab the picture of the cat and begin to memorize its features.

The cat has brown fur with a black line running down its forehead with three lines going across it. It has amber color eyes and a red ribbon is tied on her right ear.

The receptionist jots down my name on a sheet of paper together with my Ninja registration Id as she issues the D-rank mission 'Search For Tora the Cat' to me.

In the meantime, Tendo Sensei and my two other teammates arrive in the room. Tendo Sensei takes the paper with mission details on it as he orders us to move out.

This mission is one hell of a pain in the ass. That cat is agile like a leopard and quick-witted like a fox.

'Fuck! This fucking cat is more useful than my two useless teammates if I train it like a ninja.'

I curse in my mind to my two useless teammates who contributed almost nothing in the capture of this Cat.

The Fat lady grabs the cat and nearly squeezes the life out of the cat as she strangles the cat in a hug.

"Don't leave me again, my dear Tora-chan."

'Serves you right! You darn cat!'

I murmured to myself as I can't bring myself to pity that cat.

It has been three months since my first mission. I turned six a few weeks ago. My training and missions were going hand by hand. I have hit a plateau in my progress and I can't seem to improve further.I can currently fight against a normal jounin without breaking a sweat. My advantage is my high chakra reserves and tons of jutsus of each element I have mastered. My disadvantages lie in my small body and no real battle experience.I have completed my space element training with Minato and I am currently progressing slowly in Fuinjutsu. There is a large difference in the Expert level and the Master level. Being able to use Chakra as a material to create Fuinjutsu seals is a big advantage. I am just waiting for my growth spurt to induce new changes to my body and I think after my first growth spurt I will grow relatively fast with the increase in Chakra capacity and increment in body strength.After doing a ton of D-rank missions, the Hokage decides to give us a C-Rank mission. Honestly, I am going insane with so many D-rank missions. I haven't stepped out of the village yet.This mission came right on time. The mission seemed to be not too difficult. The son of the Daimyo of the Land of Tea came to vacation in Land of fire. Now for his return trip, he needs the help of some escorts for his safe travel. The mission is issued as a C-Rank mission in the Hokage office.Hiruzen just issues this mission to our team. I am excited to venture out of Konoha. The journey to Land of Tea from Konoha would be seven days long, so Tendo-Sensei asked us to prepare our supplies in advance.I return home and inform my parents about the mission."It's time for you to adventure out of Konoha. Beware of everything when you are out on a mission. Many times, any unsuspecting passerby can turn out to be an enemy. Since this is a C-Rank mission, take some poison antidotes with you. The bandits and thugs you will confront during the mission usually coat their weapons with lethal poison to fight against Ninjas. Also, prepare your ration and all other necessities with you."Father lectured me for an entire two hours about what to do and what not to do during the mission. I jotted down everything in my brain as I am a complete noob when it comes to experience. Father just passed down his experience to me.Mother prepared some dry food for me which will be useful during the mission. I placed everything in a storage scroll and I am ready for my first mission.Next day in the morning,All of us meet at that entrance of the village as the convoy of the Tea Daimyo's son departs. The son of Daimyo sits in a carriage prepared for him as we travel. The carriage was surrounded by twelve guards who protected the carriage. Another two carriages containing food and other necessities together with various other items followed closely. The daimyo's son's carriage was in middle.The son of Daimyo remove the curtain of his carriage as he notices me and question,"What's with this kid here? Is he lost or something? Do we need to call his mama? How can he even protect anyone, he is still at the age when he should just hide in his mother's embrace. I asked Konoha for competent Ninjas and they sent me a kid who requires a nanny."A tick appears on my forehead as I am pissed by his behavior. Tendo assures him as he replies,"There is no need for you to worry about anything. Izuna here is a certified Ninja of our village and he is a young genius who graduated early. This speaks for his competency and skills. So, rest assured he can handle this mission."Daimyo's son scoffs at this as he covers the carriage with the curtain and continues to travel. The carriages were moving slowly, we simply walk as we follow the carriage.I am enjoying the sceneries as this was my first time out of Konoha. My Sharingan is active all the time as I searched for any suspicious activity.Nothing suspecting happened until we reached the border of The Land of Tea. On the fourth day, since our departure, we finally entered the Land of Tea.The convoy is moving through a steep valley as we went on full alert. This valley is the perfect spot for an ambush if the enemy wants to stop us.Our hypothesis was right as large wooden logs began to drop from atop the hill. I immediately kneaded some Chakra and made hand signs,'Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique'I spewed out a large ball of fire as it burnt down the logs. Only ashes remained of the logs as they fell. The enemies were surprised to see this but they immediately reacted by throwing down large stones. I turned to my teammates waiting for their response. But they seemed to be clueless as they have no way to respond to the situation. I sighed at this and turned to Tendo,Tendo immediately made some hand signs as he spewed out some water from his mouth,'Water Style: Pressure Jet'The pressure water in the form of a jet collided with the rocks and smashed them into dust. The descent of the rocks stopped as only small rock pieces and debris fell toward the carriage. These rock pieces were deflected by Ryo and Takeru as they jumped to protect the carriage.Me and Tendo start to ascend the hill as we faced against the Bandits. Ryo and Takeru stayed behind to protect the carriage together with guards. I checked around for any Ninja as I activated my Heat vision together with Chakra's vision. I couldn't spot any signs of involvement of any ninja. The confrontation between us and Bandits begin. The bandits pose no threat to us. I checked their blades for poison and father was correct their weapons were coated in a purple liquid which I assumed is poison.They were too slow to fight me while I was using my Sharingan. I summoned a kunai in the right hand as I start to fight them. I slashed the neck of one of the bandits as blood start to spew out from his neck. I felt disgusted at this as this was too much blood even for a medical student like me.My stomach starts to churn as the contents of my breakfast were about to spew out. I held them in for a while as I finished off other bandits. Tendo was done on his side too as he approached me.I nod to him as I run towards a nearby bush and start to puke out my breakfast. This is my first kill in this world and I felt very conflicted about this. In my previous world, I was a doctor whose job was to save lives and now in this current life, my job is to kill anyone who stops me from completing my mission.I once again faced the reality of the situation as I muttered to myself,"So, I have taken my first step to be embroiled in the chaos of this world. I breathed deeply to calm down my nerves as I walked out of the bush.""Are you ok?" Tendo questioned me.I nodded to him, "I am fine now. Let's regroup with Ryo and Takeru."We descended the hill only to see dead bodies of a few bandits lying around. Takeru noticed us as he shouted,"Sensei! We have a situation here." He pointed to the nearby Ryo who clutched one of his hands tightly."The leader of the Bandits was mixed within the few bandits who attacked us. We were able to deal with all of them as Ryo faced against the Bandit leader. During the battle, the bandit leader managed to land a cut on Ryo's left land. It was only a flesh wound so Ryo ignored it and fought the leader and finally killed him.""Let me take a look at it." Tendo looked at his wound and frowned."He is poisoned by the weapon of the Bandit leader and the poison seems to be more potent than the rest."I fished out an antidote and handed it to Ryo."Here have it, it is an antidote for the poison. I prepared some in case of emergency."Ryo took the antidote and waited for the poison to neutralize. After a while, the poison stopped spreading but it wasn't neutralized. The entire left arm of Ryo turned purple as it starts to leak puss and rot.I activated the X-ray and microscopic vision of my Sharingan as I checked his hand. The cells of his left hand were dying at a rapid rate as the poison corroded them. The muscles and veins start to shrivel as they leaked puss and start to rot. The nerves were badly damaged as they were affected by the poison. Overall it is a hopeless situation.After checking the hand for a while, Tendo came to the same conclusion."Ryo you have to amputate the arm from the shoulder if you don't want the poison to spread further. It is too late fortreatment, the poison is too potent.""No, sensei! How can this be? My carrier as a ninja will be over and my arm, my arm…Nooo…" Ryo cried.Tendo helped Ryo in amputating his arm as he cauterized the wound to ward off any remains of poison and tied the stump with bandages. I inhaled a deep breath as I looked at them,'Thankfully, I wished for a healing factor comparable to Hashirama.'

Afterthe mission was over, Ryo and Takeru decided to retire as a Ninja. They were too afraid to continue.Both of them lost their best friend in a previous C-Rank mission and in the next C-Rank mission one ofthem lost his arm. Ryo decided to help his father with his shop and Takeru joined him in the shop as ahelper.

Tendo and I had no opinion about their decision. Thus, like this within four months my team disbanded. Hiruzen didn't pair me with any team again for a while. I stopped doing missions frequently as I focused solely on my Fuinjutsu training. Once in a while, I will go on some C-rank missions with other teams and even chunnins to gather some experience.

One year passed in the blink of any eye as I turned seven. I have finally reached the Master level in Fuinjutsu and Minato and Kushina were shocked to see this. Minato had progressed a lot too. He had successfully created the Rasengan ahead of time. Both Minato and Kushina have reached the Grandmaster level InFuinjutsu.

My Sharingan evolved into three tomoe-Sharingan. I was really happy about this development. I exposed my Sharingan to my family and they were shocked to see my fully developed Sharingan. I just made an excuse that I have seen too many lives and deaths in my missions which acted as a trigger to awaken my Sharingan.

What shocked them more was my unusual Sharingan and father just called it off as a mutation. Such cases were rare in clans as hardly any mutation occurs and the person with mutated Sharingan usually goes blind shortly and in some worst-case scenarios, death may occur. I convinced them that I am fine and there is no harm to my body but they still insisted me on not using Sharingan regularly. I could only agree to their request but I don't need to comply with them.

Now I can start to train my other skills. I started practicing in Taijutsu under Uncle Sakumo. He isn't a very skilled Taijutsu user but his training still benefits me a lot.

'Maybe, I should find Might Duy now. He is the best Taijutsu user of the Shinobi world. Training with him will help me a lot as my body will be able to keep up with his training because of Hashirama's healing factor. I hope…'

To find Might Duy, I sneakily followed Might Guy. Might Guy went to his house which looked more like a hut than a proper house. I guess being a genin didn't earn Might Duy enough money to afford a proper house and also Might Duy practices in Eight Gates which burnshim too much that he rests the entire next day.

I saw Might Duy practicing some kicking and punching techniques as Might Guy cheered him from sidelines. Might Duy turns in my direction as he immediately noticed me and instantly appeared in front of me.

'Fast! So, fast! He moved so fast without using any Chakra. I could only see his movements with my Sharingan. Without it, I doubt Icould have tracked his movements.'

"Who are you, boy? I can see a vigorous youth in you. But it isn't good to peek on someone."

I scratched my head as I walk out of my hiding place. I have already thought of an excuse to convince him in case I got caught.

"Hello, I am Izuna Uchiha. I am a friend of Kakashi as I train with him. I want to learn Taijutsu and Kakashi told me that someone called Might Guy is the best Taijutsu user he ever met. So, I asked him more about you. I just followed Might Guy to see him train."

I lie with a straight-face as I point in Might Guy's direction.

"So, my eternal rival finally acknowledged him. I am so happy and fired up. I will train ten times more than my usual training."

Might guy start to shed a stream of tear as he hugs Might Duy.

"Youth! This is youth! I will cheer for you Guy. You are still in your youth!"

"Yes, father!"

Both father and son hug each other as they start to shed buckets of tears. I feel embarrassed by seeing their interactionas the atmosphere turned weird.

Cough…cough

I cough slightly to gather their attention as they look in my direction.

"Izuna boy, your youth is blooming. You have entered the spring of your youth. Seeing Guy fired up by your words, you can train in taijutsu with us. Your passion, determination, hard work, and youth will shine brighter in the entire Village. This is youth. But before that, I have to see that you are youthful enough."

I sweat-drop at his remark as weird thoughts enter my brain. I hug my body tightly as I retreat a step back.

"Let me see your youthfulness."

Might Duy walks towards me. I close my eyes to bear the assault, but nothing happened.

Might Duy just walks in front of me as he starts to inspect my body.

"Hum! Good body-fat ratio. Your muscles are compact enough and your body is in your first growth spurt."

He gives me a thumbs up and flashes a wide smile as his teeth gleam.

"Your youth is ready to shine but before that, you need to wear something better to train yourself."

He pulls green spandex from his belt as he thrusts it in my hand. I look at him awkwardly and I instantly reply,

"No, I won't wear this. I already have my training outfit, there is no need to wear anything else."

Might Duy slumps on his shoulder as he depressingly starts to mutter the benefits of this optimal Taijutsu training garment. I ignore him as I approach Might Guy.

"Guy, You are so cool to be able to enter and graduate from academy just by using Taijutsu."

Guy sheepishly scratches his head as he flashes a bright smile,

"It is all because of my youth. I train with my father and he motivated me to move further."

"Ok! Izuna boy, if you want to train with us. Come early tomorrow morning as we will start with a complete round around Konoha on our hands and then we will do the muscle training exercise. I will also make a diet and nutrition plan for you, follow that plan strictly.Now we will meet tomorrow morning."

With this, my hellish training with Might Duo started. When I got used to the normal training without sweating, Duy added weights to my legs and I start to pant again as I started thetraining in difficult mode.

Looking at the hell mode training of Might Duo, I could only shake my head as I started again.

Three more months passed by as I rapidly improved in Taijutsu. Duy taught me all of his techniques without holding back. Although he never mentioned anything about the Eight Gates. I can understand his sentiment but I am curious to see the technique and if I possible I would like to master it as my healing factor can compensate for the loss of vitality and other harms to the body.

But I doubt that Might Duy will teach me this technique. Well, he spent twenty years of his life creating, mastering and perfecting the technique. How can he pass such a powerful technique to an unknown person? For now, even Might Guy isn't aware of this Technique.

Guess, I have to see the technique formyself and perhaps try to copy it with Sharingan. Normal Sharingan can't copy the technique as Kakashi was able to learn only one gate release. Maybe, it was his body unable to bear the pressure of further gates or his inability to further copy the technique.

Duy practices this technique late at night. I can sneak out from my house and spy on Duy when he uses the Technique and records it with Sharingan. This idea came to my mind and I unanimously thought of putting it in the act.

Later at night, In Uchiha Clan compounds,

Inside his room, Izuna dressed completely in black clothes as he sneaks out from his room,

"Light Style: Camouflage Cloak"

Izuna's clothes start to cover in Light Chakra as his body starts to fade away and he turns invisible.

'I have further perfected my Light StyleTechniques and created a few new ones in these past years. Now not even Byakugan and Sharingan can detect me as I am a part of light itself.'

I sneaked out of the Uchiha clan under the watchful eyes of Police Guards as I exited the clan. I walked along the streets as they were empty and jumping on rooftops may create unnecessary noise.

I reach the hut of Might Duy as I see him sneak out. Duy cautiously looks around as his gaze passed by me without any reaction. When he made sure no one is around, he starts totravel deeper into the forest.

I closely followed him without making any noise. Soon he reaches near a small waterfall on the Naka River. Duy stops for a while and starts to look around again.

After awhile Duy starts to do some warm-up exercise to condition his body. Duy clenches his fist as he crosses his hands in front of his chest.

"Haaah….Gate of Opening…..Gate of Healing….. Gate of Life….Gate of Pain…Gate of Limit…Open!"

Might Duy immediately opened five gates out of Eight as he starts to jump and kick for awhile. After a few seconds, he concentrated again as his skin turned red and veins appeared on his entire body. His body was releasing a dense blue Chakra as his eyes and body glowed green.

"Haaah….Gate of View….Open!"

A shockwave is released from his body as nearby water starts to displace.

"Aaaah…Gate of Wonder…Open!"

His body starts to secrete blue sweat which evaporates immediately creating a blue Aura that blew nearby trees. I am blown back by the shockwave and almost exposed myself.

Might Duy clenched his fist as he punched slightly in the air. A large crater formed beneath his feet as the compressed air start to take shape of a White Tiger. Before it could form completely Duy ran out of gas as he slumped on the ground and start to pant heavily.

"Not yet, this technique has almost reached completion. I still need a little bit of time to complete the technique."

Duy laid on the ground motionlessly. After a while, snoring sounds could be heard asDuy fell asleep. I return to clan compounds as I start to contemplate,

"The technique is too fast, he opened the first five gates simultaneously. I could only record the opening of three gates. I need to payhim continuous visits for a while to completely understand the technique."

I made this plan as I continued to peek on Duy for the next few weeks.

Iamvery excited today. Very early in themorning,Iheld a flyer in my hand as I walk towards themarket.

Today is the Grand Opening Ceremony of the Ichiraku Ramen and I want to be the first Customer to eat the Ramen. It is 4 a.m. now as I walk toward the Ramen Stand.

There is no Naruto fan outthere who won't like to eat a bowl of Ichiraku Ramen. I got the opportunity to be the first person to try this heavenly Ramen and I won't miss it.

A week ago, Teuchi was distributing flyers across the streets and I immediately snatched one. I look at the flyers which say 50% off for the first 100 customers and my saliva began to drip as I imagined the taste of Ramen.

I reach near the stall which was still closed but some lights could be seen from the house.

'I assume Teuchi is busy preparing ingredients for the ramen.'

I sat in front of the Ramen stall as I close my eyes and start to meditate. More and more people start to join the queue behind me as I patiently waited for the Ramen.

'It is all about patience. The morepatient I am the better the taste of Ramen will be.'

These were my thoughts but my stomach was in disagreement with them as it continued to growl.

'Damnit! How long do I have to wait?'

After a wait of four hours, Teuchi opens the shop and is surprised to see me firstin the queue. He smiles at me and asks,

"What is your order, Customer?"

"An extra-large bowl of Miso Ramen with seaweed and also prepare another two bowls of Tonkotsu ramen with Char Siu as a takeaway."

"Aye! Coming right up."

I excitedly rub my hand as Teuchi start to prepare my Ramen. Until now a long line has already been formed as many peoplequeued together either with their kids or grandkids.

"Here right up! Your extra-large bowl of miso ramen with seaweed and another two bowls of Tonkotsu ramen with Char Siu toppings."

The artistic quality of Ramen almost blinds me as I activate my Sharingan just to record this scene. I collect my ramen as I began to slurp the silky noodles which slip down my throat as the rich soup soothes my tongue and a feeling of enlightenment and bliss engulfs me.

I walk out of the queue as I start to eat the delicious ramen. I pay the money for ramen as I indulge in the delicacy again.

I notice Minato anxiously searching for someone.

"Oh! Minato-san, Are you also here for Ramen?"

"Oh! Izuna. I am searching for Kakashi for a mission."

Our conversation is interrupted as a man taps on Minato's shoulder.

The man had waist-length, spiky white hair tied in a ponytail with two shoulder-length bangs framing his face. There were red lines under his eyes which extended further down his face. He wore a green short shirt kimono and matching pants, under which he wore a mesh armor visible at his wrists and ankles. He also wore handguards, a black belt, traditional wooden sandals, and a red haori with two yellow circles on each side.

I immediately recognized him as Jiraiya of the Legendary Sannins.

"Hey there Minato."

"Jiraiya Sensei" Minato greets him

"Come with me for a moment. Will you?"

Jiraiya pulls Minato away. I just follow them. Jiraiya takes us to a nearby alley as he laughs and speaks,

"Now watch carefully and be amazed."

Jiraiya clutches his right hand with his left hand and forms a Rasengan.

"What do you think? This is the hidden jutsu that took you one and a half years to perfect and I have mastered this already. Isn't this incredible?"

Hmph...

I scoff at him as I place my ramen bowl on the nearby wall.

"Kid! You aren't impressed by me."

Jiraiya makes a long face as he questions me. I smirk at him as I stretch my hand out.

Chakra began to gather in my palm as I form a Rasengan twice as big as him. Minato and Jiraiya went wide-eyed as they look at Rasengan which is almost the size of a basketball.

"This…This is amazing." Both of them exclaims in unison.

"Keep watching."

The Rasengan stops growing bigger as some sparks of lightning start to flicker around it. The Rasengan is covered in lightning as I aim it and throws it towards a tree. The Rasengan travels for a while before it vanishes.

"Hah! Big words kids. Your Rasengan dissipated already, but still, your Rasengan is bigger than mine." Jiraiya laughs at me but sulks at the size.

I snort at him as I reply,

"Have some patience, you geezer."

"Kid you!... Don't test my patience. I will beat you up…"

Boom…bang

Jiraiya's words are interrupted by a large explosion as one of the trees is blown into pieces as its bits and pieces fall on the ground. A large crater is formed at its place as lightning flickers through the crater.

"Damn boy! That's too powerful. It is equal to an S-Rank jutsu in power." Jiraiya complains.

"Izuna-kun! You are one step ahead of me after all." Minato sighs after seeing the destruction caused by Rasengan.

"What do you mean, Minato?" Jiraiya questions.

"Hah, Sensei! It is Izuna-kun who helped me in the development of Rasengan. Without his help, I might have taken much longer to create the Rasengan. He even went as far as adding Nature Transformation to the Rasengan, a feat which I am still trying to figure out."

"Don't worry Minato-san I will teach you my vanishing Rasengan later."

"So that's the name you come up with."

"Yeah! After adding the Lightning Release Chakra the Rasengan vanishes when I try to throw it. So, I named it so."

I pick up my ramen as I return back to the Ichiraku Ramen.

"What a monster? This Uchiha kid is such a monster."

Jiraiya murmurs to himself. Minatofollows me as I continue to eat my Ramen.

"Hey, Izuna! You are quite early to eat ramen, so fast."

I am interrupted from my bliss by these words as I recognize the voice.

Guy, Shizune, and Asuma are queued in the line as Guy speaks to me. I greet him as I reply,

"I can't miss this heavenly ramen. Can I? I queued early at 4 am and became the first person to eat this ramen. Aah! So good."

I slurp down another strand of noodle as I look at them.

"Oh boy! I just can't wait to eat some of that awesome ramen." Shizune jumps in excitement.

"Mister Teuchi's gutsy noodle and soup for the soul. I will enjoy every drop of that with every fiber of my being." Guy speaks eagerly.

"Hm! To create delicious flavors that's also the real fire."

Asuma speaks in elation.

"Hmph! All this excitement just for some Ramen noodles. It's absolutely ridiculous." Kakashi interrupts as he speaks rudely.

"You are one to talk, Kakashi-senpai when you are also queued up in the line."

I rebuke him by pointing this out.

"Minato-sensei! Is it a mission?"

Kakashi ignores us as he runs toward Minato.

"That's right. We are assembling now."

Minato replies to Kakashi as he starts to move towards the Hokage's office.

"You won't mind if I join you Minato-san."

I immediately gulp down the remaining soup as I pick up my remaining bowls and put them in a storage scroll.

"Well…I have no problem with your presence. But you have to ask Hokage-sama about it?" Minato replies to me.

"Ok! Then it is decided, then I will follow you guys. I am pretty bored these days after all."

All of us assemble at Hokage's office as Hiruzen is stunned to see me there. He points at me and asks,

"What are you doing here, Izuna?"

"I am pretty bored these days, Grandpa Hokage. I want to do some missions and Minato-san's mission seemed interesting. So, I thought of tagging along. You don't have a problem right."

Hiruzen contemplates for a while before he replies,

"Ok! You can follow them. There is no problem with your inclusion in the mission."

Hiruzen starts to explain the details of the mission for a while as he spoke,

"…..and that is the overview of your assignment. Minato Namikaze, Choza Akimichi, Shibi Aburame, and Izuna Uchiha depart for Roran right away."

"Understood!" all of us answer in unison.

"But Lord Third Hokage, I would like to get your permission to include this shinobi Kakashi Hatake in the mission." Minato presents the details of Kakashi to Hiruzen.

"You have something in mind for this young man?" he questions as he skims through the details of Kakashi.

"I do. He may still be young but he is extremely talented like Izuna here."

Minato points towards me. Hiruzen contemplates for a while as he speaks,

"Kakashi is a rare genius who graduated early from the academy and Izuna is a genius too. Too bad, we can't seem to find a suitable team for Izuna to pair with. Very well, both Izuna and Kakashi can participate in thismission."

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