Reborn as Naruto's older brother

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Congratulations!

Technique obtained: Shadow Strangulation Mastery 1.

Shadow Strangulation is now a full-fledged Technique in my arsenal! Phew, it was really hard to master. But thanks to these trainings, I've raised my control and spirit quite well, although my intelligence has become slower for some reason after the sudden jump. Much slower. Could it be the same with the other characteristics? In that case, it's a good thing I didn't waste the Character Points I get when I level up. It's just a shame I didn't think of it earlier, because I would have been able to accumulate more if I hadn't spent them in the beginning. Yeah, when raising the first levels, I wasted all these points, and I could have pumped up what I lacked! Heh, okay. It's useless to think about it now.

Congratulations!

Technique: Shadow Manipulation Level 54 has gained additional features!

Additional Features:

Gained the ability to Manipulate Shadow when the user of the Technique moves.

Attention!

Due to gaining additional low Level features, the Technique's Level is lowered.

Warning!

Technique: Shadow Manipulation Grade 54→Grade 39

Wait a minute! What the hell is this?! What the hell?! Why did the Technique Level drop?! Wasn't it supposed to go up due to the enhancement from the additional abilities?! How does it work like that?! I trained Shadow Manipulation on the move, but why is it being added as an extra feature?! А! Although... Mm, that makes sense. Yeah, but still. Why did the Technique Level drop by fifteen?!

Hmmm, after thinking about it for a while, I came to the conclusion that these additional features were of low level, but after joining the main Technique, their level increased to the current level of Shadow Manipulation, which is 39th. Heh, now I don't even know whether to rejoice or grieve? Still, I was excited for the evolution of this Technique.

When the Techniques of the Shinobi world evolve, Mana, which I still can't control, is added to their expenditure, and as a result, it turns into a Skill, and then gives me a lot more abilities. I'm waiting for all of my Techniques to evolve, though I'm not sure if each of them will evolve in the same way. Maybe it'll be like Rassengan, for example. If it evolves, a Technique can become a Rassensuriken or some other Technique, but not a Skill. It hasn't happened yet, though, and I was thinking that Rassensuriken might count as a separate Technique, but I'll have to test it out.

Well, I got the Technique, and then the Clones can practice it and level it up, but I have something else special to do. Today, I need to do the technique mentioned earlier, namely Rassensuriken and other elemental variations of it. What I want to do now is Rassengan on Wind and Fire. Clone reminded me of that when he showed me his version of Elemental Rassengan. Yeah, Water Rassengan is a powerful technique! Ryoshi does it as a stream of water swirling in one direction, covering his hand and thus forming a sort of drill, which is as big as the canon Narik's Rassensuriken! I think the size could be made bigger, though.

Even though it can't be thrown, it has a huge punching power! All of the punching power is concentrated in the centre, and that power is growing every second. The barrier that the Giant Rassengan, which I had used up almost all of my reserve, could not withstand Ryoshi's technique, which he called Water Rassengan. Yes, a simple name, but in his words, "Better this than the Whirling Dance of Water Rassengan Piercing!!!! Best I could come up with." Mdaaaah, the ability to choose a name for Techniques I got from my father so definitely! I'm even wondering what the original name of Rassengan was for Minato?

Anyway, that's not the point. I want to replicate Rassensuriken and recreate Rassengan with the Fire Element. Jirai seemed to have one, but I don't remember him using it. Over the three years I've been teaching the same thing that Naruto learnt on his journey with Jiraiya, namely to create Giant Rassengans and smaller versions of them. Actually, the concentration of explosive power had to be trained too, and learning to regulate it. For example, in its weakest form, Father's Technique would send a person flying and could deliver a small blow, like a fist punch, and that was not critical. But in its strongest form, which also has a threshold in terms of size, it can undermine the entire Konoha! This can be easily understood by looking at the Giant Rassengan that Father and Naruto created in the war using Senchakra and Kurama's chakra. Still, the concentration of explosive power of this technique is much smaller and its large-scale forms will do as much damage as they are larger than a normal Rassengan. For example, if a Rassengan and a Tailed Bomb of the same size were to meet in battle, the latter would win either way. It was very difficult to train something like this, but over the course of three years, I had masterfully learnt how to change the size of this Technique and it helped me a lot in increasing my Control.

Why did I decide to start training Spontaneous Rasengan now? It's because the affinity is more or less right now, I just need to increase it a bit more and I'll be able to add Wind and Fire to Rassengan. In order to do that, I need to do all the training that Naruto went through. I already know how to cut sheets, and some of the stronger materials. So I went straight to the Waterfall that Clone had kindly provided me. Thanks to the Fuin Seals, this waterfall can flow forever, as the water that goes down automatically rises up, and Ryoshi had already recreated the necessary amount of water.

- Mass Shadow Cloning Technique! - Mass Shadow Cloning, because the Clone didn't skimp on the size of the Waterfall and made it almost a kilometre wide! So I created about five hundred Clones and stood on top of the stone wall opposite the Waterfall, which I had already made myself. - Well, let's get started, shall we?! HAAA!!!!! - The chorus of half a thousand Clones must have been heard by all of Konoha! No, the soundproof Barrier won't allow it. All right, then, I can start training in peace!

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- HIT! HIT! HIT! HIT! - The Clones shouted every time they tried to cut the Waterfall, which was not only long but also wide. Three metres! How could it be cut with a burst of Wind Chakra?! I just want to take the Katana and swing it with a Wind slash!!!! Stop! Swing? Slash. Hmmm... a simple Wind chakra burst would just push the Water away, but it wouldn't cut it. Maybe we should make the chakra that comes out of it take the form of a wave. But this is no longer a chakra manipulation, but a full-fledged Wind Technique, like Wind Blades, and it requires seals. Wind Blades are much more powerful, though, and I just need to get the chakra into a blade shape right in the water, which is hindering me with its downward pressure and rapid movement. It's like learning to throw Kunai at targets, and then starting to do the same at moving targets. And we need to make the cut pretty big and co-operate with the other Clones, or at least the ones next to us. But the best result will be, of course, if we cut the Waterfall completely. I was distracted from thinking and trying to cut the water by a Clone who was sitting under a tree and reading a book, the continuation of which I was interested in and even training seemed less important to me.

- Original! Time! - He shouted, holding his hands to his mouth. - Academy classes are almost over, hurry up!

-Good! You can have some fun! - I shouted back at him and jumped off the stone wall. When I landed, I received a small amount of chakra from the dispelled Clone and the memory of him reading the book and of course the contents of the book. - Hmm, I see. It was really only a matter of time. - So, reflecting on what I had read, I put on my mesh T-shirt and Vest, and then Shunshin left for the Academy. The clones, on the other hand, stayed behind to train and pump up their affinity with the Wind. Actually, with the seals it was much easier to make a Wind blade and with the Technique I could cut the Waterfall, but if you think about it, the point of training is to only manipulate the elemental chakra and to control, and maybe even enhance, a feature of that Element. In this case, Wind. It's good that the Clone decided to make such a large, and more importantly wide, Waterfall. Perhaps with this I will be able to control the wind without seals, at least at a close distance of about a metre from myself. But it's worth thinking about the Fire Element as well. What kind of training can I think of? I need ones that will help increase my affinity. We can make an analogy based on the training of mastering the Wind Shuriken. We need to train the Fire Element's speciality. High temperature. Maybe try burning with it? I think I can burn simple items like leaves, but what about more complicated items? Should I try burning the Waterfall... No, I don't think so. I'd only suffer from the vapour from the evaporation of the water. Well, that's just with the Waterfall. Why don't we try practising on the lake? That's not a bad idea...would be if it weren't for the same problem. Same with the other items. Shit! Not only affinity, but resistance as well! Although, what's one in the way of the other? I think it's logical to start with a lower heat and burn things that are easier to burn, and then increase the temperature from there. Ohhh, this is gonna be a long workout.

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- OH, SHIT! I'M LATE! - I sped up with Body Flicker and jumped over the roofs of the buildings and headed towards the Academy. I was really late. The clone had somehow called me only half an hour after the end of the Academy's classes, that bastard! Although I know why, he only remembered about it when he finished reading the volume, and then pretended to call me in time and dispersed. I have to walk Sasuke home too. Itachi can't, he said he's busy today and asked me, and I'm so brazenly late. - Shit!

And I said I'd train them today. I promised Sasuke, and it's Naruto's first training session. I screwed up, should I go out with them to apologise? With that in mind, I quickly made my way to the entrance of the Academy and found that I didn't find any small ones there. WHAT?! Did they leave because they didn't wait for me?! Shit!!! I have to find them right away! Sasuke is nothing to worry about, and Karin was picked up early by Mariko-san, I don't know why, but with Naruto, who can barely navigate this area, they might wander off in the wrong place! And if you add to that the luck of the Shonen protagonist...Well, it's better to find them quickly. Even though the beginning of the canon hasn't come yet, but even before that, I remember from the fillers that the brother had some adventures on his heels.

- "Byakugan! Sharingan! Metamorphism!" - With a quick look around I found Naruto in no time, and Sasuke as well. They were together, but something was wrong. They were at the local landmark, well, at least to me it was a real landmark. And now I could see not only the famous swings, which were clearly designed by a man who was deeply depressed and for depressive pastime, but also the only user of these gloomy swings in my anime memory. Yes, there was Naruto sitting there with sad eyes, staring into the void, and next to him was a worried Sasuke, who seemed to be trying to say something to his reincarnated brother, but seemed to have nothing to say. Hmm, what the hell happened? Naruto didn't look depressed enough to go out and kill himself, but he didn't look sad. We need to find out what happened. After jumping over the building, I walked down a metre away from the kids and approached them.

- Brother Menma? - Sasuke was even a little surprised at my appearance, but took it easily.

- I'm sorry guys, I was a little late in training. I'm truly sorry for keeping you waiting. But, what do you guys have going on here? - Naruto didn't say a word and just looked at me with...sad surprise?

- B-brother! - He jumped up from the swing and threw his arms around my waist and hugged me tightly, burying his face in my waist.

- N-naruto? - I was surprised and realised that he was about to cry. Turning my perplexed gaze to Sasuke, I stared at the Uchiha with a mute question. He sighed and began to speak.

- Naruto was asked several times in class, but he couldn't answer anything. After that some clanless idiots called him a fool and he decided you wouldn't train him. After the academy, they started harassing him and insulting him. I wanted to teach them a lesson, but Naruto stopped me. He said they were telling the truth and that he didn't want to cause trouble on the first day. Then they said he was an idiot because his parents didn't teach him anything and stuff like that. Naruto ran here and sat silently until you came. I'm sorry, Brother Menma, I couldn't comfort him.

- Heh, I see. - I don't think canon Naruto would worry about something like that. Why did he choose not to cause trouble? That was the question I asked my little brother, to which he mumbled.....

- You said that if we did well at the Academy, you'd practice with us. I thought we'd get punished for fighting. - I see. Heh, I changed Naruto's character with my words. Even though he's still stupid, my brother is still very focused on what I said. And I think he wanted to make a good impression not only on me, but also on Ryoshi, Mariko and Karin. Maybe I should have done something different and explained to him that it wasn't necessary and that we wouldn't change our attitude towards him, and I should have tightened up his academic knowledge.

- Naruto, if you're being bullied, you have to respond and don't think about getting punished. If they started it first, it's not your fault. The main thing is not to start a conflict yourself, okay? - I smiled. Naruto slowly raised his face with red eyes, no, it wasn't Sharingan or Fox eyes, his eyes were just red.

- Good. Brother? - he turned to me.

- Yes? What's wrong?

- Who are our parents and why aren't they here? Brother Ryoshi said he'd tell me about them when I turned six, but I really want to know why they're not here. - Oh shit! What am I supposed to do in a situation like this? I remember Ryoshi saying something like that the first time he and Sarutobi went over to his place. But it seems Naruto doesn't want to wait for his birthday. Heh, I guess the words of those clanless people must have hurt him. Well, what orphan wouldn't? Well, except me, but I know I'll see them again, and none of my classmates could say I'm a fool. Demon, yes, Fox, also yes, Fool, I've never been called that. Well, except for Saki...Sarikawa, but that's different. Anyway, I quickly need to say something to Naruto or I risk putting him under even more stress. Ahem...

- Naruto, our parents are heroes and you'll soon learn about them. Just wait a little while, okay? Trust me, you should wait a little longer. - Naruto didn't get any sadder and instead calmed down a bit. He probably wanted to hear other words, but these ones gave him hope and a premonition of good...just something good. Well, I knew right away what I could offer him. - Naruto, Sasuke, to apologise for my lateness, would you like to visit our parents' favourite place, Naruto? My treat!

- Yes! - Wow, and Naruto quickly woke up and became more lively. Maybe his intuition smelled his future favourite dish? Interesting...

- Yes! I want some too, Brother Menma! - Sasuke was cheerful too, maybe he was happy for Naruto. He's really different. He's not the same as he was when the Clan was slaughtered, although he looks a lot like him.

- Let's go and practice Shurikenjutsu after we eat, okay?

- HOORAY!!! - Here it is! I recognise the cheerful Narik! Way to go! Sasuke smiled a lot too, heh....

After that, the three of us, me holding the young Uchiha's hand, Sasuke excited about lunch and training, and Naruto running around happily, interested in everything that moved, walked towards Ichiraku's diner. On the way, I caught Mstyun's angry glance in the direction of the three noonaeim who were walking through the forest, whispering amongst themselves. It wasn't hard to figure out that these were the same guys who had stepped on the wrong creature's tail. I quickly created a Clone, letting go of the Uchiha's hand for a moment, who immediately used Dematerialising Shroud and followed those unlucky kids. I didn't intend to do anything bad to them, just scare them by pretending to be a ghost, and tomorrow Naruto would be able to deal with them himself. He hadn't studied Taijutsu, but thanks to his half-Uzumaki body, he was strong physically and his speed was good for his age, and Sasuke would help him, and he, who had already started to train Clan Taijutsu, would be impossible for those guys to beat. Well, I'll take my little revenge for hurting my brother's feelings...

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The bullies were far enough away from the Original, so I took the Invisible Form and followed them at a leisurely pace. What's the point? I didn't want to scare them in public places, and it would look strange, and if one of the Eyeballs was nearby, it would be a shame. I realised the boys were going deep into the forest, which was good for me. I jumped to the nearest tree and hopped to them. The first thing I did was to make a small gust of wind, right behind their backs, at the same time letting a drop of my YAKI and as I expected, they turned round sharply, but without seeing anyone they walked on, but with a little anxiety. I had planned to continue on but felt a familiar chakra in the slight distance. Turning towards the source of the chakra hotspot, I saw a little girl, with short dark blue hair. She was sitting in the centre of a small clearing, her face covered and crying quietly. It was impossible not to recognise her. It was the little princess of the Hyuga Clan, and in my personal opinion, the TOP Tian of this world, Hinata Hyuga. What's she doing here? She's all alone. Maybe she got lost? But how?! She's got so many people looking after her! Ino is the princess of a medium-sized Clan, and she's not being watched by any Jonin or Tokubetsu-Jonin guards, but Hinata is different. Her Clan is considered to be one of the strongest, with a strict Hierarchy and rules, as well as a lot of traditions and a rich history. In my memory, her Clan is considered closer to Kaguya and the Ootsutsuki Clan than Uzumaki, Senju and Uchiha! How could the main branch's Princess Byakugan be left in the forest like that?! In the anime, I think someone was following her...though he was from a side branch, yeah. Heh, did the bastard leave her in the forest just to get revenge? No! That's crazy! What kind of stupid revenge?! Then how did that idiot leave her behind?!

She was definitely at the Admission Ceremony, which means she attended the Academy today. That means she came here afterwards and got lost. But why didn't her Nanny pick her up right after class? Was he late too? It seems so, but I wonder why my change didn't do anything, namely being kind to Neji's cousin? I mean, he's only a year older and could have gone back to the Quarter with her. Though maybe he had more class than that? I don't know. I wasn't a sophomore myself, and I wasn't really interested in his schedule. Hmmm, then, if that's true, then the situation can be more or less explained. Then the question becomes, "What am I supposed to do?" Well, you don't have to do that now. You have to save the day. The three mongrels also noticed the girl and decided to pick on her with questions. Yeah, how am I supposed to do that? If I was a kid, I'd just give them black eyes, and then I'd get a big black eye from Hinata's guard. But I'm not a kid anymore, I'm a full-fledged Tokubetsu-Jonin, so hitting kids would be weird and stupid. And I don't want to do it myself. Shall I transform? Shit, there's no time to think, those fools grabbed her by the hair. If I don't stop this, they'll have to be rescued from the punishment of one of the strongest clans of the Proud Clans! We jump out of the tree and slowly emerge from the bushes to make everything seem more natural....

- What's with those weird eyes, huh?

- Answer me, little girl!

- Ewww, ugly. - three suicides decided to mock her.

- Hey, boys. What's going on here? - and a little YAKI to make them take it seriously, and my waistcoat makes me look like a stern adult, more believable. That's the worst thing for bullied kids right now.

- Sh-shinobi?!

- E-this...Ch-chunin?!

- It's T-tokubetsu's waistcoat!

- I'm sorry, Sir! We were just playing around, weren't we?

- That's right!

- That's right!

- Playing, you say?

- "Gulp!" came from the three of them.

- You know, kids. For lying, naughty children are usually sent to Konoha Police Headquarters. The Uchiha there will find out if you're lying and lock you up in the worst Genjutsu and won't let you go until you're all dead! - With each word I added more and more YAKI and raised my tone. Of course, it was directed so that Hinata-chan wouldn't feel anything, although she could hear my voice, but it wasn't that scary, and she didn't see me behind the boys, and even so, she knew I wasn't talking to her, so there was no fear of me in her white eyes.

- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! - But there was a lot of fear in the eyes of the hippos and screaming at the top of their lungs they ran away, stumbling and pushing each other. I looked at them and smiled and turned my attention to the princess.

- Hi, are you a classmate of Naruto's? - She tilted her head to the side in a cute way and a question mark appeared above her head. - I see. - Apparently she hadn't noticed or remembered her brother. Well, then, here's what we're gonna do. - You're the princess of the Hyuga Clan, right? - God! Those pink cheeks look insanely cute, especially on her. The way she blushed even more when I got closer and got down to the level of her face looked as cute as possible! I think this kind of Kawaii Concentrate would overwhelm even the cutest beast with Puppy Gaze and the 100 million Level 100 million Level Cat's Eye in Boots skill! She hid her face a little with her hands and blushed even more.

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Attention!

Reputation with Hinata Hyuga +200.

Attention!

Reputation with Hinata Hyuga +100.

Warning!

Temporary Reputation Buff from Bisyonen's Smile has been activated.

Reputation from Hinata Hyuga +2000

The effect lasts until the target completely turns their attention to something else.

- Oh, what's that?

***

Oh, right. I smiled as I asked her that. Huh, and she keeps blushing and can't answer. What am I supposed to say? Hmm...

- Erm, are you lost? Do you want me to walk you to the Quarter? - I know this all looks a bit suspicious from the outside. I don't look like an old man offering kids candy and a black van, but I'm still five years older than her, and the Vest adds a couple of years to my age, so a person passing by would be suspicious. But there are no people here, and my intentions are as pure as a baby's bottom, and Hinata-chan trusts me completely, and how can you not trust someone with a reputation of almost 7000 at the moment, so it's okay.

-(±_±)... - Yeah, the words seem to be stuck in her throat. Heh, what should I do? I habitually looked around, whereupon Hinata apparently decided I was going to leave and grabbed onto my waistcoat. I turned my head back to her and the distance between our faces was no longer more than five millimetres, such is the precision of the Three-Tom Sharingan. Apparently realising the situation she was in, Hinata blushed even more, and not only her cheeks were red, but her whole face was red, along with her neck and ears. In the next second she jerked away, hitting her nose awkwardly against mine and falling backwards, but she didn't loosen her grip on my waistcoat and pulled me up too, and I was glad. It was the first time I'd ever seen this formulaic scene from an anime harem comic, but no, it wasn't the first time, so fuck it. The main thing was when she recoiled and fell on her back, pulling me down and...no, I just put my hands forward, thus leaning on the ground and not falling directly on her, but the girl had already collapsed to the ground and closed her eyes with a bit of pain in her back. Surprisingly, she was still holding on to my Vest and didn't seem to be thinking about letting go of it. Yeah, it's a cute situation, but I don't think it's worth continuing. Reaching back up and pulling her by the arm, I lifted her up.

- I'm sorry, are you hurt? - When she was already on her own feet, she almost fell backwards.

- Ouch! - she lifted one leg and looking closely I saw that she seemed to have twisted it. Hmm, I think she fell so she should have hurt her back or the back of her head at most. Her legs weren't in any danger. Maybe it happened before I got here. That's probably why she was crying and not trying to find her way home from here. Well, it looks like I'm going to have to take the initiative, or it's going to be too hard to get her to lift her up, with her shy nature. So we lift her up and put her on her back, and I feel the girl stiffen and jerk backwards. - Kya! - Expectedly, but I wasn't going to let her fall a second time, so I picked her up a little tighter.

- Careful, don't be scared. You've twisted your leg, you can't walk on your own. I'll just carry you to the Hyuga Quarter. Don't worry, it's no trouble, just don't move and hold on tight, okay? - I couldn't see her face, but I had no doubt that her deep red colour was the envy of the hottest Chili Pepper. But she still gripped the waistcoat tighter and even lay on my back with her whole body pressed against me.

- Good! - Hinata squeaked in a small voice, and I jumped through the trees at a high rate of speed towards the Hugues' Quarter. I got there quickly and handed her over to one of the Side Branch Hugues, who looked at me with a hateful and distrustful look, as well as a wary and wary look. He quickly picked her up and dragged her into the house, ignoring Hinata's kicking and her attempt to look behind the servant's back at me. - Thank you! - Hina-chan shouted and disappeared into the darkness of the house. Well, I just stepped away from the entrance and jumped onto the roof of one of the buildings and simply dissipated, merging back into the Original...

***

- Good afternoon, Old Man Teuchi! - I shouted as I sat down at something like a chair in Ichiraku Ramen's diner.

- Good afternoon!" I was about to greet Teuchi's new customer when he was interrupted by a brown muzzle.

- My father is not an old man! Stop calling him that! Didn't they teach you to be polite! - Ayame, the owner's daughter, looked at me indignantly.

- Ayame, stop it. How many times have I told you, you can't talk to customers like that. - Teuchi-san tried to calm her down as usual.

- But Father! You're only 36 years old! And he's the only one who calls you that!

- Yeah? You look 30. - I said, and saw the man's shy face and the girl's angry face.

- You're an id...!

- Brother Menma?

- Brother? - Naruto and Sasuke came out behind me, looking at the furious Ayame in surprise. Huh, I like to tease her sometimes.

- This is..." Teuchi stared at the kids in surprise, and Ayame was stunned as well.

- Meet Teuchi-san. This is my own little brother, Naruto and Sasuke's second named brother.

- Hello. - came a chorus of two children.

- W-welcome! What can I get you?

- We'll have three portions of delicious Ramen, please. - I gave him three fingers, then picked up the reincarnated children of Hagoromo and sat them on the empty chairs to my right.

- Right away! - The chef smiled and began to cook, while Ayame muttered something to herself and went into the back of the diner. Naruto and Sasuke sat nearby and watched Teuchi's cooking while they waited. After a while the order was ready and a large portion of Ramen and chopsticks were placed in front of each of us. - Three servings of delicious Ramen ready! Bon Appetit!

- Bon appetit. - We repeated with glee and started eating. I watched the reaction of the main characters, and it was very colourful. Sasuke's expression was the same as Itachi's when he first tried Ramen with me after one of the missions before the Chunin Exam. He looked at the dish with astonishment at first, and then he tasted it slowly and smiled for a second, saying to himself under his breath... - Delicious! - Naruto's reaction was very violent! He began eating immediately, as if he had been starving for days on end, wandering the deserts of Suna. After the first taste, he grasped the sticks even tighter and began to devour the dish quickly, and after a minute he stared at the empty container with surprise and despair. Teuchi and I were watching in amazement, and even Ayame peeked her head out of the dark door to the pantry, and when Naruto turned his gaze to me, I immediately said....

- One more batch!

- Yes!" Naruto grinned his thirty-two smiles and looked at Teuchi's manipulations with a twinkle in his eye. The owner had started cooking before I'd even announced my order, and now he was holding a serving of Ramen in his hand. - Done! Bon Appetit!

- Bon Appetit Duttebajo!!! - Naruto began to devour his favourite dish with even greater speed.

- Teuchi-san, I'm afraid he won't be able to eat two more, please make two more. I'll pay for it.

- Yes! - It just kept repeating itself. Teuchi would prepare another portion and Naruto would eat it like a madman. By the end of the meal, Naruto had six servings! Where did he put it all?! Did Kurama like Ramen too, so he slowly took most of what Naruto ate?- Nonsense, my other half can't do that. Your brother just likes Ramen a lot.

- And Light Kurama doesn't?

- Hey! Why are you addressing him as a female?!

- I don't know. From what I understand, he's a Tsundere, and in anime, it's often the females who are the ones who are the Tsundere. So I'm suspicious.

- He's a MAN! I'm a man too!!! Don't compare us to characters in your moving and non-moving pictures!!!!

- Okay, okay, Kurama doesn't like Ramen.

- Hey! You ignored... - I didn't listen to Foxy any further, but went back to the real world, where Sasuke and I only ate one serving each!!!! That's what's important, not the inverse Trapezoid of the Nine-Tailed Foxes.

- I've had my fill of Duttebayo. - Naruto said, patting his bloated belly.

- Me too. - Sasuke sat up straight and evenly placed his chopsticks, pushing the empty container away from him.

- Well, now that you've got all this energy, it's time to use it. Let's go to the firing range!

- Yes!

- Thanks for the food, Teuchi-san. - I paid the bill and left with Naruto and Sasuke.

- You're welcome. Come back again! - Teuchi shouted after us.

- Hm! I wish you hadn't come at all. - muttered a young girl as she walked out of the other room.

- Ayame...

On the way, I received Clone's memories. What a surprise! I didn't think I'd meet Hinata. Hmm, before, I remember dreaming of being in Narika's shoes and being with her, but.... After all that happened, I guess I shouldn't get my hopes up. The only one who truly loves me is Mina, but she only does it because of the potion, and giving the potion to Hinata...No, that will never happen. I'd rather keep things the way they are. Even if I don't have that true love with her...ahem. Heh, don't make the same mistake. After passing through the Uzumaki Barrier, we came to one of the training grounds that wasn't occupied by Waterfall, but it was clearly visible from here.

- Waaah! Brother! There's a Waterfall! How big is it?!

- Wah! Brother Menma, what's it for?

- Ryoshi made it. It's where my Clones train.

- Can I see it?!

- Naruto, we came here to train, remember or don't you want to?

- Yes, I do!

- So do I!

- Okay, let's start simple. Here are these Shurikens.

- Wow! This is the first time I've ever held one!

- Um, Brother Menma, they're very blunt and you can't cut anything with them.

- That's on purpose so you won't get hurt. Don't worry, they fly just like regular ones and can easily stab a target. They are perfect for you. First thing first, try to hit the targets. - Sasuke immediately got into a stance and readied himself, while Naruto only grasped the five Shuriken in his hand tighter. The next moment, Sasuke threw three of his and two hit the edges of the target, but the third flew further away. - Ooh! Sasuke, that's pretty good for your age. Well done! Now you, Naruto.

- Yes! I'll show you all, Duttebayo! Whoa! -Tink! -Dzink! -Punch! -Shuriken scattered all over the ground: the first hit a rock, the second hit the third and just fell, and the third in turn flew to the river, well, and the fourth stabbed into the ground. What about the fifth? And it's on my hand, because I barely had time to catch that Shuriken, which went straight to my eye!!!! The Sharingan switched on automatically, and my instincts kicked in, forcing my arm to move and save the life of the owner of the carcass! Naruto was only two metres away!

- Shit! It didn't work.

- Naruto!!! - At my shout he flinched and turned towards me with a stiff body, and I was already staring straight at him with harsh, angry, furious and blue eyes.

- The sound of gulping came from two kids at once, apparently Sasuke was looking at me too, standing a little away from Naruto.

- Don't wave your hands wherever you go!!! And don't take too many Shurikens if you're not confident in your Technique!!!! It's a Weapon and it can't be thrown around so easily!!!! - Yeah, I got my rage from both of my parents, so I had a creepy aura around me even without using YAKI! - Remember! From now on, we will train and study every day after the Academy, and I won't let you slack off! Even during missions, I will leave hundreds of Clones and double the training load!!!! By the end of the Academy, you'll have to achieve at least this much!!!! - I took the four Shuriken in one hand and threw them towards the target that was hanging on a large boulder. - Zing! -Zing! -Zing! -Bang!" The next second there was a distinctive clang of metal and a loud bang. Both reincarnations turned their heads towards the target and said almost in sync.

- O-they, n-they didn't hit.

- Yeah? Look behind the boulder. - they hurriedly obeyed the command and ran to see what might be there. And there was the following, behind the boulder was a smaller target and in its centre was a hole punched by something powerful. Looking closer, the boys realised that the hole was deep in the rock and looking inside, they saw the same Shuriken that Menma had.

- It's...!

- Sasuke, do you want to join our daily training? - I grinned angrily at him, holding five Shuriken in my hands already.

- *Gulp!!!* The protagonists swallowed and looked at each other, then nodded in mute agreement and rushed away from the damn training ground!!!!

- Hold it right there!