-Three days later-
Pov: Takumi Uchiha.
*Tap* *Tap* *Tap*
I open my eyes and look at Obito.
"Class is over" He tells me, taking his hand away from my shoulder.
*Yawn!*
I stretch and yawn, looking at the empty classroom, noting that Rin is also gone already.
"Where is Rin?"
"She has left early, trying to get some study done for her Kunoichi exams" Obito tells me.
"Kunoichi exams?" I wipe my eyes and wake up fully.
"Yeah, just some exams going over all the stuff that Kunoichi's are supposed to know before graduation" He nods his head.
"Sure. Then I assume you have awoken me in order to annoy me once more?" I ask.
"... Oi" Obito's face slowly frowns upon taking the insult.
"Come then, let's go do something now that I am awake" I sigh and get up.
"If I must" Obito gets up and mimics my tone of voice.
"Rude" I tsk at him.
"Yeah- yeah, you want to help me train today or do you want to go eat something?" Obito chuckles.
"What food place are you dragging me to today?" I open the classroom window and we both hop out to leave the academy quicker.
"A classic- Ichiraku ramen, opened just a few years ago... and the food is always quality" Obito summarises.
"A classic that is only few years old. Most would assume 'classic' meant a minimum of a decade having passed" I comment as we walk.
"You have never heard of an 'instant classic'? Something that you see and immediately feel as though it was always meant to be?" Obito asks, albeit more dramatically then needed.
An instant classic?
I ponder to myself if I have ever seen such a thing within my life.
"Oh- this again... while you stop to think by yourself I am going to go help that old lady over there- be right back!" Obito says something unimportant and I tap my foot against the dirt road.
...
I snap my fingers.
Judia Havufrins art of the primordial clashes- that is an 'instant classic', when you learn the move sets that are so basic yet profound... it feels as if you could never go back to having unlearnt them.
Well- calling them basic is a bit rude, I suppose simple and calculated are more fitting for that martial art.
Even though I specialized in blades I made sure to learn the intricacies of many other disciplines like her aggressive unarmed style.
Even now I am sure I couldn't live without it.
I chuckle to myself and smile.
I still cannot believe she had the audacity to ask for her Primordial Academy to be situated in the heart of my empire, after having treated my young and naïve self like an unpaid servant.
My smile drops again.
I suppose it was fun to be tricked if only for a moment, the second my old fool found out about my 'learning' and the benefits I was about to gift onto her she was banished from the Empire.
...
I am glad I learnt her art before she was banished.
Even if it took longer due to the added chores.
...
Yeah, chores aren't bad every now and then.
"I am back- you done?" Obito pats his knees down and dust flies.
"Hn. Lets continue" I nod and we walk forward.
It takes us a minute but we eventually reach Ichiraku Ramen- Obito rushes in before me and I follow through.
"Only one seat left" Obito scans the small bar.
"You take it- I do not mind waiting" I yawn and lean on the wall next to his seat.
"You are just going to sleep until the next seat is available?" Obito raises an eyebrow.
"Yes" I answer and close my eyes.
"You slept all day!" He comments.
"Yes" I respond while preparing to activate my sleep standing jutsu.
"I came here to eat with you- not alone!" He slaps my shoulder.
"I'll pay- it's not like we speak much with the amount you scoff down anyway" I click my tongue.
"Eating together is bonding, no need to talk... but if you are paying~" Obito rubs his hands together and jumps up to the seat.
I roll my eyes internally and activate my jutsu.
Pov: Kakashi Hatake.
"Thank you Hokage-sama, I will put this bonus to good use" Minato-sensei bows and I cross my arms.
*Pat* *Pat*
Minato-sensei then pats my shoulder and gestures us to leave, there is a long line outside the office of the Hokage today.
"A mission well done Kakashi- though it seems we will be in town for a week if you want to take on that other long mission" He tells me as we leave the building.
"Hm" I nod my head.
"Let's go eat then shall we? Perhaps Kushina will be at Ichiraku's? If she is in town that is" Minato-sensei thinks to himself and I follow.
I am starving after that mission, I would not mind some food.
"Does our next mission require temporary teammates again?" I ask.
"Well... I think we can handle the delivery portion- but we will have to take on some chunin at the patrol camp in order to complete the retrieval on enemy land... I am sure you will get along better than our last mission" He comforts me as I walk.
"They were lazy- incompetent" I comment as I look to the side.
"... you are going to have to get used to permanent teammates Kakashi- you will be getting some soon" Minato sighs.
"I get along fine" I stiffen up.
"Haaa- we will talk about this later... for now, I hear Kushina's laugh inside. Let's eat?" Minato ushers me into Ichiraku's as two ninja leave.
My eyes immediately take note of Takumi who rests his head on the wall and sleeps next to the far end seat, to which Obito eats.
"Hey- wake up, a seat is free!" Obito pokes Takumi's temple and he slowly opens his eyes with a yawn.
"Two others just entered let them eat and let me sleep" Takumi waves Obito away and he frowns.
"Hey- Minato! Take the seat before the kid grabs it!" Kushina pats the seat next to her and Minato takes it.
I sit next to him and unfortunately Obito.
"Oi- Kakashi! That's Takumi's seat" Obito frowns at me and then glares at Takumi.
"He is sleeping- if he wanted it he could have taken it himself" I note.
"Takumi! Defend yourself! Wake up at least- your making me look bad in front of Kakashi!" Obito shakes Takumi and I glance to my side, Minato-sensei seems to be catching up with Kushina while ordering for us both.
Great. I'm stuck next to the idiot for my meal.
"Stop yelling Obito- I am contemplating the wonders of unarmed combat and do not wish to be rudely interrupted" Takumi opens an eye and shakes his head at Obito.
"What? Your interrupting our eating time! You are the rude one!" Obito yells over him.
"Hn? Oh. I forgot- I lack the care to apologize however" Takumi smirks.
"Wait- how come you can be rude but I can't!?" Obito swivels around completely and points at Takumi.
...
Takumi goes silent for a moment.
"Oh come on- now? Why do you always..." Obito grumbles and turns around to eat his second bowl of ramen.
"Are these two your friends Kakashi?" Minato-sensei asks me and I turn back around.
I should have stopped paying attention to them, now Minato-sensei will get the wrong idea.
"No. They are not" I confirm.
"What but- well we aren't either!" Obito crosses his arms and Kushina giggles at our antics.
"Obito is certainly someone I can claim to be a friend, my closest... unfortunately. I suppose Kakashi is more of an acquaintance" Takumi zones back into reality.
"Oi- what do you mean unfortunately!?" Obito flares that built up annoyance at Takumi.
"Because out of everyone I know you the most, and you know me better than anyone else. I suppose Rin is my only other friend... a rather small group" Takumi contemplates to himself.
"Why is that unfortunate?" Obito grumbles.
"What is unfortunate? I wasn't paying attention to you Obito" Takumi looks at Obito, obviously goading him.
"Okay- now your just pissing me off for no reason- you just answered my previous question!" Obito hops off the seat and stands face to face with Takumi.
*Swish* *Slap!*
"Thanks for the meal" Takumi immediately sits on Obito's chair and clasps his hands together before digging into Obito's ramen.
"Wait- hold on! What are- stop that-" Obito befuddled by the sudden speed fumbles over his words.
"Hahahahahaha!" Kushina laughs loudly watching, struggling to contain the laughter within the hilarity of the situation.
Idiots.
I dig into my own ramen, while everyone is distracted so I can eat without anyone seeing my face.
Pov: Fugaku Uchiha.
"The technique... it will do for now" I sigh out loud.
I have passed Takumi's new taijutsu through the various Uchiha I can see using this- 'sleep standing jutsu' and it doesn't seem to be helpful standalone, But... the defensive techniques they can train from it are great.
Unique in its ability to pinpoint the exact moments of contact and proper stances the set of forms can help Chunin level shinobi and Kunoichi reach a better degree of detail in their defensive techniques.
Although it retains the setback of interference with the sharingan- so I will ask a few Jonin to dissect the form and remove any influence of the sleep standing jutsu.
This will allow me to make a better product for the clan as a whole.
I flip the pages of the folder once more, digging through to find specific areas.
The first seven examples are fine... it gets a little finicky with the others however- but I am sure I can adapt the Heavy hitter defensive forms to align with some basic chakra enhancement instead of that jutsu.
Then I can give it to the clan and hopefully it should prove useful.
If not... I suppose I will be capable of demanding another work from the talented prodigy who hides away.
Pov: Danzo Shimura.
"That's all there is too it? I can see the applications but perhaps... no, no... maybe..." I mutter to myself- deciphering the technique that child Takumi Uchiha made.
It certainly is an interesting application of defensive measures and I can see future potential for development and use... but right now it lacks a certain quality of usefulness before having mastered the technique.
"Hm. Tell Hiruzen that we are no longer focusing any efforts on Takumi Uchiha- he is talented but our Root is much too preoccupied to handle a child that the clan itself can raise" I shake my head.
The child is not suitable for root or its plans- too lazy, and far too much trouble to spend time training.
I will close any further attempts and leave the light of Konoha to handle his future.
Pov: Takumi Uchiha.
"I am full you may take your seat back" I dust my hands and hop off the seat, swapping places with Obito who orders another bowl.
"Could of just asked" Obito pouts.
"It is much more fun to goad you into giving up your seat" I nod sagely as I lean back onto the wall.
I close my eyes and activate my sleep standing jutsu... bringing my body to a complete still.
My chakra that wishes to rush around and move halts and shakes as if wanting to move again.
My heart aches and my brain threatens to put me to sleep if I don't continue operations.
My nerves feel numb and the world around me grows dark... and only when it seems as if I would die do I alleviate my body of the self inflicted burden.
Hmm... full stillness... much better at storing the energy then the majority stillness but I would have to release the energy after having become stiff.
Which would only benefit a counter based technique.
...
I have to work something else out then- my Form C should allow me to pin down opponents and kill them with aggressive attacks from many fronts...
Storing energy to imbue my attacks with...
... how do normal ninja do that?
Just an application of chakra enhancing I suppose... but on a more advanced track, probably would find details on enhancing a weapon with chakra if I went to the library.
...
Alas I am too lazy to go- I shall think upon it myself.
Hn.
I could solve my storage problem my shifting all that kinetic energy into one still bone in my body- but if I move the chakra will then move and cause the energy to break out and destroy my bones.
Kinetic energy...
Energy... how to store it- didn't the inventor I met with tell me about how he gave up on that very same subject and decided to focus on machines that lay around where the energy is produced?
He used a lot of fire... but it was called steam technology, why did he refer to steam and not fire?
Was the fire being used to create another substance- which was then directed into making machines move?
I lack knowledge on his inventions... he was only figuring it out when I guarded him.
But if I view Kinetic energy as the fire... can I store that Kinetic energy as something else?
Energy A will be the impacts I absorb- Energy B will be what my body can safely store and Energy C will be what I release.
As for the shifting of energies my chakra should be capable of turning Kinetic energy into Energy B- especially if it is compatible.
Yang based techniques would be helpful for that- maybe I can store the energy quite like fat works...
... or perhaps I can...
Hn.
No, no... if I store Energy A as something else I would lose the momentum of intaking impacts.
I lost myself for a moment there- I need to remember this is a combat technique, every second I spend shifting energies around in combat is another second granted to my enemy.
I need to skip B and head straight for Energy C.
I could split the energy... 20% of the impact to boost my flicker onslaught and the rest to increase it's damage output- that is if I am spreading the impact out into a longer timeframe...
... Kinetic energy into a form of adrenaline then?
Hn- brainstorming is much harder without using my instincts.
My mind keeps attaching to ideas and failing to complete them.
I cannot store the energy as that wastes time in an aggresive speed based form.
I also cannot stay on the offensive if I don't absorb attacks beforehand- how annoying.
Maybe... I need another technique?
Or perhaps modify the standing sleep jutsu until it becomes something else.
Momentum, Adrenaline- I need to focus on that.
Instead of perfectly timed blocks I need to be in constant movement.
I could absorb my own energy and try to form a feedback loop that doesn't let me stop.
Hn- I like that much more, I will change it to focus on that- burst into a flurry of attacks that build up momentum.
I could swing at my opponent dealing absolutely no damage because I refund that impact and build up that loop of energy until I release it on the final strike.
One decisive blow, beckoned by harmless swings.
"I'm full~ thanks for the meal!" Obito claps his hands together.
I will brainstorm more later, put a pin in the idea of storing my own energy rather than the opponents.
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