I thought I was going to become blind like this. Suddenly, the voice started sounding in my ear. "You will arrive there five days before the graduation exam to become a Gennin. I will impart the basic training onto you, but you should still use the time to train and become used to your new abilities."
Great, now I can jump really high and run on people's roofs. Not exactly useful in a day to day basis, but it seems to be fun.
While I was lost in my own thoughts, the bright light dimmed and then disappeared, allowing me to finally open my eyes. I still have to get my eyes used to seeing normally again, but after a while I notice there are some people next to me, and a door right in front. The are two guys, one on each of my sides, both wearing the same uniform Shikamaru got after becoming a Chuunin, perhaps they are even two Jounin. I feel important. The one on my left knocks on the door and wait for a few seconds before hearing a response. "Come in."
They open the door and i'm brought inside. Surprisingly enough, this is the Hokage's office. There were some people inside, assistants, maybe? There were also two old people with the Hokage, a man and a woman. I recognized them as the two counselors, Homura and Koharu.
"Lord Hokage, we brought him." One of the shinobi said.
"Good. Everyone can leave, we want to talk with the boy alone." After Koharu finished speaking, both the men that accompanied me, as well as the other people who were inside left, leaving only me and the three left.
"So," The Third broke the silence."Saitama. As you probably know already, we called you here to discuss your heritage." Yes, the Rinnegan. Thanks to it, every village is hunting me down, so of course Konoha knows as well.
"Yes, I was skeptic at first. A single person holding the Sharingan, the Rinnegan, and half of Kyuubi's chakra? Just saying that sounds stupid." Koharu said while looking at me, as if trying to analyze just what the hell I am. "Show us. Activate the Sharingan, and then the Rinnegan."
"You think i'm some dog you can tell to do tricks? You say sit and I sit?"
"What kind of attitude is that? Is this how you treat your esteemed elders? Someone needs to teach you some manners." Homura said. I guess he thinks of himself too highly, just because he is a little important and close to the Hokage.
"Haha. Kids these days all like talk back to their elders, he is a product of his generation." The Third finally speaks again, bashing the newer generation like all old people do. "But Saitama, we are not your enemies here. No one is trying to control you like a "dog", but it would help ease our mind if you show us your abilities."
I think for a moment, and it's not like I don't want to do it, but i got a little worked up at the way she was treating me.
"Okay, I will do it." I give in. Luckily I have a basic understanding of my own abilities, so I just focus on sending some chakra into my eyes to activate the Sharingan. Mine is not that impressive, just one tomoe on each eye. Then I start concentrating harder and sending more chakra to my eye, making ripples with it to activate the Rinnegan. My Rinnegan is blue, and quite beautiful if I may say so myself.
"I-it's true. To think I would see those eyes in my lifetime." Koharu said, her reaction in contrast with her previous attitude, though she quicly regained her composure.
"It is fate that made the Rinnegan appear in our village. But while this may spell good fortune, we are not the only ones to know about it, and the kid is still too weak to make use of his full potential. We need isolate him on training right away." Homura seemed more collected, but I can sense that, deep in his mind, he is already planning what he wants to do with my power in the future.
"There is no need to alienate him like that. I think it would be best to have him have the same life other kids his age have, and I already prepared a S rank shinobi to look over him. In the meantime, I plan to train him to get him good enough to pass the graduation exam of the academy, as well as have a better grasp on the abilities of the Rinnegan." The Hokage seems a little more concerned about me, though he still didn't say I don't need to be a ninja at all.
"Are you crazy, Sarutobi? We have to start his training right now, training day and night to make full use of this opportunity we got."
"Well, why don't we ask him what he wants to do?"
"Ask him? Are you serious? He is a goddamn kid, he would rather play all day and let his talents go to waste until it is too late for him to realize the time he lost." The old guy Homura almost has a point. On one hand, you can't just let kids decide for themselves what they will do, as they will always choose to further their own selfish needs. On the other hand, what he is advocating for is way different from just going to school or doing chores.
"Well..." All eyes turn to me the moment I start talking, making me a little nervous. "I do want to train myself and become a powerful Shinobi, but I don't think locking me up and having me train 24/7 will be more effective than if I just did things the normal way."
"But you are not normal by any definition." Koharu said. "You are far too exceptional for the normal way, you would need an unique and exceptional training regimen to fully explore the boundaries of your power." After seeing the Rinnegan it seems like she realized the kind of status I have. This seems to be the only way to get some respect around here, she is even using flowery language instead of giving me orders.
"I'm sorry, but I already said what I want to do and I will not have it any other way."
"Okay then, it's resolved." Said Sarutobi. "You can go rest now, Saitama. Come here tomorrow at 5:00 so I can begin your training, I will also put you in the academy."
"Sure, I will leave now." Damn Sarutobi, called me her with the pretense of discussing things, but all he wanted to do was show off my Rinnegan to his friends. His decision was already made, and now that I did what he wanted he sends me away to discuss things with his council.
"The two Jounin outside will escort you to your house. They will also get you tomorrow for me, I hope you understand." Yeah, with something like the Rinnegan he needs to be a little overprotective.
Just as he said, the two shinobi outside started following me. I let them walk a little ahead so they can lead the way, because I have no idea where my house is, some further memories would help here. It's already dark, so I guess I will sleep when I get there.
"We arrived, this is the house Lord Hokage prepared for you." Oh, I guess I didn't have a house then.
"Thank you, I will go to sleep now." I enter the house, ignoring the side characters. It's extremely small, just a room and a bathroom. There are some clothes my size, some food, and a bed, so I guess it's good for now. After I start doing missions and earning some money I will get a better one though, I am a guy that loves having a lot of space for myself. I go to the bathroom to take a bath and brush my teeth, and I take some time to look myself in the mirror. I really became a 12 years old version of myself. Black hair, dark brown eyes, the nose is on the bigger side, but not enough to make me ugly, though I am a bit conscious about it..
Finally I go to bed. It hasn't even been a full day and i'm already so tired, what will become of me when I actually start training? Well, as a wise man once said, I will leave tomorrow's problems to tomorrow's me.
…
Huh?
There's someone knocking? I get up, still a little groggy from just waking up, and head towards the door, when suddenly someone says "Hagenin, you have 20 minutes until the appointed time set by the Lord Hokage."
20 minutes, huh? Not enough for a morning bath, so I just eat something I found there, wash my face and brush my teeth, change into my most shinobi-like clothes, and head out. I will be training the whole day, so I also took some food for later, in case he uses the "no eating rule".
We get there pretty fast since my house is very close to the Hokage's office. Sarutobi is already waiting for me, he must wake up early for his Hokage duties, or maybe as an habit from his shinobi days.
"Oh, Saitama. I didn't think you would actually get here on time."
"Well, I don't see how I wouldn't get here on time with you sending your men to bring me here."
"Haha, true enough. Now that you are here, let's not waste any more time and go straight to my training grounds. It's rare for an old man like me to get this excited, to think I will finally get to see the Rinnegan in action." He has his own training grounds? Though it makes sense that we can't go to a normal one, else someone sees the Rinnegan by accident.
"Lord Hokage, may I ask for some equipment?" I guess I should make use of my connection to him now, rather than later.
"Well, as long as it's not something unreasonable. What do you want, a sword? Boys your age like swords, don't they?" Nah, I can make one with my awesome Rinnegan powers.
"I was thinking more about a sunglasses, some military ration pellets, and a few kunais and shurikens, 'cause I have none."
"Well, these are unexpectedly… simple."
"Not really. The military rations are because most of the time I will have to hide my power and fight with a handicap. The sunglasses are for when I have no choice but to use the Rinnegan abilities. I can hide my eyes and make some seals up just to fool the enemy into think I'm just using some unknown jutsu. Also, some weighted clothes." I tell him some half truths, because I can't really say the real reason I need these rations.
"I will see to it, let's get to training already." He just ignores my explanations and starts moving, I just follow behind kind of annoyed he didn't even pay attention to my well crafted ideas.
We go to a underground training facility inside the office building.
"Okay, first I have to ask, do you know what your Rinnegan is capable of?"
"I have a basic idea, though I have never used it."
"I see. How about a little spar to get you used to it, then?" Are you seriously going to fight a kid? "Don't make that face. Tell you what, I will only use as much power as a common Gennin is able to use, and I will stop as soon as it seems you are in trouble. How about it? You have a very powerful gift, and many people want to take it, it would be better if you learn with sparring, so you can also gain fighting experience. I mean, it's better than getting experience in an actual fight with real stakes, like your life."
He's right. I activate the Rinnegan and get into a combat stance. "C'mon, old man. Enough of your ramblings, let's do it."
He smiles and get in position. I move first, trying to get as much of an advantage as I possibly can. He may be restricting his power, but he knows more jutsu than pretty much anyone in the village, as well as all those years worth of experience. All that means I'm the one at a disadvantage even though he is the one holding back.
My first move is to pull him towards me using Bansho Ten'in while creating a black receiver with my right hand to swing at him. It seems to work at first since he got caught off guard, but soon he anchors himself in the ground by focusing chakra in his feet. It's weak. If he told the truth, that means the average Gennin can get defend himself from my technique. Even if I didn't use as much power as I could, this is not a matter of putting more chakra to it, I have to train it more.
Sarutobi starts making some hand seals. "Katon: Karyuu Endan " He throws a fire dragon in my direction, I put my hands forward and absorb the jutsu, at the same time growing a mechanical arm on my back. He rushes at me, apparently chose to use taijutsu as ninjutsu is useless. He throws a kick aimed at my head, but I duck and grab his leg with my new arm. I try throwing him, but even for an old man he is very strong, as he doesn't even bulge. That's the God of Shinobi right there. So I change tactics to swinging the black rod on his other leg, but before I can star moving he already jumped in the air and twisted his body to get free from my grasp, meanwhile sending a kick downwards, this one I couldn't dodge.
It hurt being hit, even though I could tell he was pulling his punches. Almost on reflex I use Shinra Tensei to push him away, and it works perfectly as he has nothing to anchor himself with. He hits the wall with his feet and falls on the ground like nothing happened. Pretty sure a Gennin shouldn't be moving like that, but I let him off because now is my turn to hurt him. I separate my mechanical arm on the elbow joint and shoot it towards him like a missile, he dodges to the side and it hits the wall behind him. He runs alongside the wall throwing shuriken at me, so I run parallel to him trying to avoid getting hit. I go towards the wall and get behind him, using my Bansho Ten'in I pull him towards me with all my strength and he comes flying in my direction, so I jump to the side and throw a missile from my arm that was laying on the ground behind me, and it hits him straight in the chest.
"I never imagined the Rinnegan would have such a variety of powers. Chakra absorption, creating bombs and arms, and even controlling gravitational forces. It's amazing, and i'm guessing it's not all, am I right?" Sarutobi asks me. I just threw a grenade on him and he isn't even hurt, this guy is too OP.
"I also have the ability to control dead bodies." And pull your soul out of you just by touching you.
"Well… Let's leave that one alone for now." He said, both surprised and creeped out. Maybe having flashbacks from Orochimaru and his 'scientific research'. "I was already forgetting, I should be taking you to the academy today."
"Yeah, I won't be able to graduate if I don't go there right?"
"Technically, I could give you a headband and call it done. But I'd rather do things the way they are supposed to be done."
"I agree, no shortcuts. And besides, the exam shouldn't be so hard, right?"
"I wouldn't say that if I were you. Some kids have failed the exam multiple times." Heh, like Naruto.
"But I'm not 'some kid'."
"True, but you shouldn't be so overconfident. And while on the subject, don't reveal to anyone that you have the Rinnegan. I tried to suppress the information as much as I could, so only a few handful know about it, and we would prefer if it stays that way. Don't even do your little trick of wearing sunglasses and making hand seals, this wouldn't fool any shinobi worth their salt." Wow, did you really have to say it like that?
"Yes, Lord Hokage, I won't use it outside of here."
"Good, let's go then."
Right, to the academy now. Gonna be meeting Naruto, Sasuke, and other minor characters.
Notes:
In case it wasn't clear, Hagenin is the family name, and Saitama is the first name. That is because i'm a huge Onepunch Man fan, so I put Saitama together with Hage(baldy) + nin(ja), since his hero name is Caped Baldy(Hagemanto)