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After spying on a chunin and jounin sparring one day, Naruto had noticed how difficult it seemed for one of the chunin to land their raiton jutsus on their older, superior partner. Obviously his ability came from his experience, but this had made Naruto curious about what he would do if he were to come across an opponent, who outclassed him that much.
So he first set out to solve this conundrum with the original problem: ensuring that a jutsu would land. The problem with many techniques, such as Sasuke's fireball jutsu, was that it was relatively easy for the opponent to dodge. Which is the academy tried to drill into their students' heads to reserve their highly powerful jutsu for the end of a fight, after a opponent has been worn down or restrained.
If you were facing a stronger opponent, this wasn't really a possibility. Any jounin worth their rank would dismantle a genin in a heartbeat if they were serious. Even if a genin were able to fire off a jutsu, more than likely the jonin would dodge unless they were severely distracted.
Naruto first addressed this problem with his first example: landing a raiton jutsu.
So Naruto got to work creating a way to ensure that the electricity would connect with its target. It came to him in a flash of brilliance one rainy day as a stray bolt of lightning struck his apartment. Create a seal that functioned like a lightning rod.
As he worked on this, he noticed several patterns for attracting the electricity seemed familiar. It took him awhile to realize that the seals were familiar to the ones on his tri-pronged kunai. It seemed that the kanji served as a conduit that connected a source of chakra with the marking. It also seemed that the more chakra the object connected too, the more chakra necessary to pull off whatever the technique was.
Spurred by this development, Naruto had a fierce internal debate about reaching out to it with his own chakra. Every book he had ever read about seals warned him about activating a seal without knowing what it would do. But, however smart Naruto had become regarding seals, he was still a reckless child that loved to test the limits. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
So, Naruto sat that day surrounded by his research with barrier seals ready to activate if anything went wrong.
He let out a sigh as he got up and planted the kunai about 25 feet away. He wrapped a remote activation seal around the handle, before returning to the circle.
He took a deep breath and ran through the hand signs. He closed his eyes and let his chakra reach out to the remote seal. Once it was linked, he began pushing his chakra into the seal in the handle. Once he linked with the seal, his mind was assaulted with a whole new form of sense. It was if his mind was being fed two different displays of the world around him. Suddenly, he was aware of the seal's location as though it was a shining light in the dark. It stood out like a beacon of yellow light.
"Wow," was all Naruto could muster.
As his chakra lingered in the seal, he could feel it molding itself to fit the seal's jutsu until it happened.
Hinata could only let out a gasp as Naruto simply disappeared. All that was left of the blond was a bright yellow flash.
Just as quickly as he disappeared, the blonde reappeared and fell to the ground in a heap. He shook his head, as he tried to stand back up. He had never felt so disoriented in his life
"What the heck was-"
He was cut off as he felt a searing pain, and his stomach suddenly decided that he needed a wake up call.
(End Flashback)
Hinata had been shocked to say the least. She remembered how she couldn't help but stare at him for the rest of the week. It wasn't until he asked her if he had something on his face that she was able to turn away out of embarrassment.
If he was able to learn something like that all on his own, she was sure that taking something as simple as the academy's test would be a cakewalk.
Her thoughts were interrupted as a shadow passed over her head and called out her name.
Was that…
Sasuke Uchiha took one last glance over his shoulder at the monument before turning and leaving the cemetery. He had a promise to keep and today was the first step towards making that promise a reality.
As he walked through the Uchiha district, he almost shuddered out how empty it felt. It was nothing but a ghost town. A shell of its former glory.
That would all change. He would make sure of that.
Entering the village, the civilians all stopped to bow towards the last Uchiha. The prodigal boy destined to return the clan to its formal glory.
He almost wanted to scoff at them. All that they had to give was pity, and he wanted none of it. While it did sometimes stoke his ego to hear others complement his talents, it was never personal. It didn't come from a place of true appreciation. Besides, the feeling would always be shot down by the knowledge of how that man had been 3, no, 4 steps ahead of him by that stage.
But today was special, and he wasn't going to let that man bring him down. Today was his first step towards his ultimate goal. No longer would he have to waste his time the boring lectures of the academy. No longer would he have to put up with those useless fan girls everyday (unless he was cursed by Kami herself and teamed up with one). Today was his first step towards his goal.
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