The art of learning.

After zenaku left the hokage office he headed straight for the grand training facility in order to prepare for his mission that he was given. If he was gonna take on a A rank mission he would need to make sure he learned all those jutsu that Tengoku gave him. Zenaku would take his right hand and reached behind him and reached into his ninja bag, he would pull out the scroll he had and laid it on the ground opening it up.

" Release"

As he said that a puff of smoke appeared then a pile of scrolls lay in front of him, reaching down zenaku picked one up and opened it up. The scroll he opened up was for the jutsu chidori. This was a great jutsu for quick attacking and he knew that it had lots of different versions of it which would be perfect jutsu to learn.

Looking around zenaku found a few large boulders so he decided that he would use those to help practice his new jutsu on. Zenaku would gather up his chakra, he would then do the hand signs Monkey → Dragon → Rat → Bird → Ox he then grabbed his wrist as he pointed the palm of his hand towards the ground. Ad he did he would channel his chakra into the palm of his hand to where the chakra became visible like Lightning dancing in his hand and it sounded like birds chirping.

Zenaku would activate his sharingan then using a full burst of speed he rushed in towards the boulder as he smashed his hand into it, the boulder would suddenly shatter into small pebbles showing the pure destructive power behind the jutsu.

( 1 )

( Learned chidori A rank jutsu )

Zenaku managed to learn one of the great jutsu known only to the hidden leaf village. So he would reach down and picked up yet another scroll, opening it up he read that it was the jutsu called resengan. He had heard of this jutsu before it was said to be created by a great ninja of the past. This was another jutsu that would work well for him cause he really needed some close range attacks for when he needed them. But he had heard of some neat tricks that could be used to help train the jutsu.

Zenaku would head to town for a minute and when he came back he had a whole bunch of water balloons. First he would need to pop the water balloons so he would feel up the balloon then start. First he reached down and picked up a balloon then he started to spin the Chaka before he caused the water balloons to explode.

" Well that part was not to hard, I guess it's time for the next one."

Reaching down zenaku picked up a rubber ball, in this task zenaku had to push enough power that it caused the balloon to pop. Zenaku started as he placed a lot of chakra into the rubber ball, but the ball did not explode instead it just made a small pin hole in the rubber ball. Zenaku would continue this and even after a whole day of trying he could not seem to make the rubber ball poo.

On the third day zenaku had a idea, if he could not do this jutsu on his own he would use some help. " Shadow clone jutsu" zenaku said as he created a clone, now holding the rubber ball in one hand he had the clone help gather chakra and not much time he managed to burst the ball into small pieces.

It was now time for the final task which was to use a normal balloon and to form the resengan inside of the air balloon as he managed to do this with out busting the air balloon.

( 2 )

( Learned Resengan A rank jutsu.)

So far so good, zenaku had managed to learn two of the exclusive from his village. He had learned the chidori and the resengan two very powerful jutsu in there own rights. Reaching down zenaku would pick up yet another scroll as he would gently unfold the seal on the scroll before opening it up to read the contents of what was inside of it. It would seem that the scroll he just picked up was for the A rank jutsu called Multi shadow clone jutsu. Now this was most definitely a powerful jutsu if known how to use it the right way. Tho the only down side to this jutsu is that unlike the regular shadow clones the jutsu you put into your clones dose not return to you once the clone is destroyed which means you will have to always keep that in mind or else you will run out of chakra very quickly.

" Well I guess I better get started, after all still many jutsu to learn and not long before I have to go on my mission for the hokage. I just hope this last minute training will really have much of a impact."

Zenaku would say to him self as he stood up, zenaku took a stance with his feet spread apart a few inches, he would then gather up his chakra before he would call out the name of the jutsu he was learning.

" Multi shadow clone jutsu!"

As zenaku said that a large puff of smoke appeared around him, he could hear noises but as the smoke cleared up around him he saw about 50 shadow clones all gathered around him. With another puff of smoke zenaku cleared out the clones as he fell onto his ass by the scrolls. Another one down lots more to go.

( Learned multi shadow clone jutsu A rank )

As zenaku sat there he reached into his ninja tool bag on his hip and grabbed a small pill, this pill would help him to regain any of his lost chakra that he has used up in his training. After he rested for a few minutes it allowed the pill to go into effect, once it did he reached down into the many scrolls laying on the ground besides him and picked one up. Once again zenaku would carefully undo the seal to the scroll and opened it up thus reading what was inside of the scroll. The Jutsu that was inside of this scroll was called the chidori katana, unfortunately zenaku did not use a katana but after reading farther into it the scroll said that this could be used with any bladed weapon which meant even his Kuni knife would work just fine for using this jutsu.

Zenaku started by channeling his chidori into the blade in his hand but it was more difficult then he had first thought. He was not used to putting chakra into a weapon like this sense he rarely used weapons but after a while it seemed that zenaku Uchiha was able to get the hang of this jutsu and learned it.

( Learned chidori katana B rank)

His training was going very well, zenaku had already learned four new jutsu that day and was about to learn a 5th one. He could tell that his training was going very well cause his stamina was getting much better and he was not getting as tired as fast. But it was not time to see what new jutsu he would be learning next so reaching down into the pile of scrolls he dug around for a minute before he pulled one up.

" This one looks promising, let's hope it's a good one."

Zenaku said as he undid the seal to the scroll and opened it up, the jutsu read chidori senbone. This one looked like it was gonna be very tricky as he had to do nature transformation which he had not done much except for a few jutsu. Tho water nature transformation seemed easier and he had never done it with Raiton style before.

Well guess the only way to really find out was by practicing and doing. He would not get anywhere by just standing around thinking about it. First thing was first and that was to conjor up the chidori so preforming the hand signs zenaku would summon up the lighting in the palm of his hand. Now that he did that he tried to use nature transformation on it to turn it into needle of lightning. But it was not wanting to change for some reason. Zenaku continued to do this until he was finally able to get the chidori to change shape, next he attempted to throw them but he kept missing the target or the lightning would not go far and hit the ground. Zenaku decided to activate his sharingan to see if that would help any and luckily for him it did, once he activated his sharingan he was able to hit the targets and use the chidori senbone much easier then he was before.

( Learned chidori senbone A rank)

Tengoku of course had begun his own training for the day. Choosing to gather at a location that could handle anything he threw at it. His meeting had finished with Zenaku some time ago so he was free for the day after a little more work. Still he had made a stop to grab a couple of copies to train himself with of some of the jutsu that he had supplied Zenaku with. Of course he had already learned two. Chidori and mass shadow clone. He was not without any of course. However a more advanced version of one of those interested him. Soon he may be fighting alongside Zenaku when whatever had caused the drop in communication and he too should be fully prepared. Of course he had not expected to actually run into the man there. The terrain was fairly flat with a mountain theme mid day with a comfortable temperature. After all Zenaku was practicing on boulders. It seemed he was picking up these jutsu well in hand quickly. It was expected of a man with his intellect. Still that meant that Tengoku could not fall behind. His sensory was active so of course he had picked Zenaku up upon entering the large spacious room replicating the training area. Still he wouldn't approach him just yet. If Zenaku wanted to talk more with Tengoku he could. Otherwise it was like two guys at the gym from the same job. Just two guys with near god tier stats.

Of course it was natural that Zenaku was a little bit brainier than Tengoku so not quiet as well built physically. Tengoku was wearing a yellow and black training gi with no sleeves. His wakizashi and two katana on his left side forming three swords in all with the hero water strapped to his right side. Along with golden, feather patterned rings around his upper arms, his wrists and his ankles with shinobi sandals on his feet. His white hair tied back in a ponytail with his black eyes now with three golden lines crossing for the iris instead of the single line it had been before. The Hankogan was nearly fully developed at an alarming rate. Still for now he wasn't here to train that just yet. Instead he had the Raikiri in mind. Tengoku would keep a distance of about fifty meters between him and Zenaku as he gathered himself. Gathering his chakra before forming hand seals at S rank coordination. Faster than all but the most advanced perceptions of Konoha could follow. Ox → Rabbit → Monkey. Upon finishing a flash of blue would appear with the loud sounds of chirping. Tengoku would wince a little from the light before looking his hand over. How it arced with a blue light that was almost blinding when looked directly at. However there was more he could do. He would focus as he shifted the raiton from his hand into the shape of a wolf. Tethered to him. With that done he would let out a breath and shift it forward. The blue wolf moved at B rank speed and he would frown. Still it shifted right through a boulder and a tree like it was passing through liquid. Leaving a glowing red burnt mark in its path as it moved to Tengokus will.

Jutsu trained :

Zenaku Uchiha had been out there in the grand training facility for what seemed like days now, constantly learning new jutsu, trying to improve on things that he was lacking. He had managed to learn a nice supply of the exclusive that Tengoku had handed him before he left there meeting days prior to this very day. Before zenaku reached down to pick up another scroll, he had noticed some one else enter the room and with his sharingan active which was helping him with learning of jutsu, he could see the hokages chakra signature so he did not have to worry. It would seem that the hokage was out here doing the same thing that he was, learning more jutsu, and knowing him he was probably trying to figure out those new eyes of his.

Reaching down into the pile of scrolls before him zenaku pulled one up and opened it carefully so to not damage the scroll, it looked like this scroll was teaching Chidori Stream/Current. It did not look to be that hard of a jutsu to get the hang of so first he did the signs for chidori then he brought his hand up to face level, he channeled the lightning around his body then he would fire a current of lightning outward around him. He knew of one other way you could use it as well, so once again zenaku would use the hand signs for chidori. The lighting was now dancing in the palm of his hand, taking his hand zenaku struck the ground with it but he was not trying to damage the ground instead he channeled his chidori so it spread out over the ground which was very handy cause it could go longer distance then from the other way of using it.

( learned chidori current A rank jutsu)

Tengoku would hear a crash nearby and glance over his shoulder. It appeared that his old acquaintance was making progress learning his own series of exclusives. However to his surprise it was a great deal of the more combat focused abilities instead of the seals. He figured things beyond his understanding likely would be more valuable to the village. Still just because he didn't understand seals and their complexity didn't mean it was a win all. Though possibly a weakness of his. He had hoped Zenaku would have trained those already. Though it had been some hours since they last saw each other. He could have learned it in his spare time. How would Tengoku know after all? Still he felt the brush of air pass him as it flattened the grass even where he stood. That was certainly an impact. So he would trod down to the man. Walking casually despite the drain to his chakra a moment ago. He would approach the crater and burn marks around the man. He could certainly sew destruction around himself. Hopefully it would be enough if he ran into trouble. Once close Tengoku would raise a hand in greeting before smiling warmly. Speaking up to the young Uchiha clan leader with a familiar tone.

"Hard at work or hardly working? Ha I kid of course. Sorry I was feeling a little playful after a long day at the office. Nice impact there...but just learning techniques doesn't really feel like training does it? How about a friendly contest? I toss a full power Chidori Senbon straight up. Using any exclusive technique you like you have to keep as many as you can from hitting yourself or the ground. I'm game if you are."

Tengoku would wink a moment before taking a few steps back if Zenaku turned him down. If Zenaku took him up on it Tengoku would wink before stepping forward. As neither of the techniques he was planning to use required hand seals Tengoku would reach down and take a breath. Spreading his feet apart to take a sword stance. Kenjutsu to be specific. A drawing stance. From the sheath his weapon would begin to chirp loudly as above them a dozen senbon made of lightning would appear in the air one by one at first before rapidly expanding to twelve in total. Tengoku would feel them above them. Feel them with his sensory and his chakra connection. From there they would drop. For either man there they would seem to drop as if almost in slow motion. Moving down to shower on the men from thirty meters up at A+ speed. Tengoku would step into his kenjutsu draw as he drew out his Chidori katana. An extended version of his wakizashi at X++ speed. Lashing out with a flash of lightning along his blade. Aiming to take down every senbon he could reach. Moving as he activated his leg guards at A rank speed. From senbon to senbon he would lash out with such frightening speed with his blade that it appeared as arcs of lightning where he passed. Once the dust would settle Tengoku would flick his blade as the lightning flickered out. Quietly sheathing it as he looked to Zenaku. With the mans sharingan if he had participated he would likely have an honest score for the both of them. Tengoku had pushed because he did not underestimate Zenaku.


Trained Chidori katana and Chidori senbon

Zenaku was very surprised at the small Crater he was able to create using the chidori current jutsu, but his options of what jutsu to learn next was starting to grow lower until he had no choice but to train the S rank raikiri jutsu. It was really nothing more then a more powerful and concentrated form of the chidori, but in order to learn the other jutsu he was looking at he had to first learn that particular jutsu. He was just about to get ready to start training the S rank jutsu when the hokage showed up, zenaku could tell that the hokage had just used a lot of chakra recently but he looked to be doing well. He had spoke up making a joke about working hard or hardly working. He then asked zenaku if he would like to participate in a small challenge cause just learning jutsu did not seem like training to him.

Zenaku would smile as he activated his enteral mangekeo sharingan, the most powerful eyes in the ninja world or so that is what the Uchiha believe.

" I guess in my case it would be hardly working ha ha ha ha, but your right just learning the jutsu dose not feel like training at all just going though the motions. So sure I guess I can take you up on that challenge it might be fun."

Zenaku watched as the hokage stepped forward as he drew his katana and fired the chidori senbone into the air, he said that he needed to not let them touch his self or the ground. Honestly that did not seem like to much of a challenge but he would do it any way, preforming the three hand signs in a flash zenaku had the chidori in his palm but it was actually the raikiri the stronger version of chidori. With his sharingan active the senbone was not moving faster then what he could see so using the body flicker technique he would move faster then what the needles was moving at as zenaku jumped straight up moving at A+++ Speeds. He would take his raikiri and cut right though the senbone as they fizzled out before they could reach the ground, and zenaku was now standing on a tree branch looking behind him with a smile.

Learned Raikiri

Tengoku would land after his lightning fast slashes. Imperceptible to most eyes. He would look around a moment with his own dojutsu. Taking in the settling gravity waves a moment. Starting to understand them had grown easier now. Not so much a collection of data so much as his mind simply translated it like instinct. He could read where each senbon had fell and where it had stopped falling. Along with a lingering sense of whose chakra had interacted with that spot. The raiton energy between both of them crackling in the air visibly for a moment. Shifting between the colors of each of their raiton. Still he counted quietly to himself and recounted a moment. A smile spreading across his face as he visibly relaxed. The energy in the air dying out without the two of them feeding it. He would sheath his sword and take a breath as he let his head fall back with his hands on his hips. He sure had used up a significant amount of chakra training these techniques. If he had to use them in a fight he would have to be cautious as to when. He had sensed that walking chakra battery after all and expecting to hold on in a fight with her...meant not letting it drag out.

"Well Zenaku...I admit I hadn't even considered using body flicker. I suppose I was too confident in my speed as by my count it was a draw. Still to match my sword is impressive. Ah well. As for me I only have one technique left to try and I don't intend to point it at you my friend."

Tengoku would wink at the man before turning and walking over to a nearby boulder. Taking a breath before using his own forearm to wipe his brow. The sweat too close to his eyes for comfort. Still he would focus. Taking in the boulder and the strained chakra in his system. Pushing out the raiton chakra and instead focusing purely on chakra control. He would lift his hand up above himself as he would let the chakra swirl in his palm. This one was slow at first but began to spin. Gaining speed until it created its own gust of wind pressure....soon though it would grow into something else. Golden chakra swirling in a ball the size of a small building. With that Tengoku would drop it on the boulder. Decimating it and making the trees bend from the blast slightly. The Rasengan blast was massive and with A rank damage it obliterated the boulder and a good chunk of the ground in front of it. However Tengoku had simply made it happen without the aid of a clone like the technique suggested. Most of these exclusives seemed to also not require hand signs...making them potent instant abilities...His black and gold eyes would look down at the destruction he had caused. Contemplating.


Learned Rasengan

Zenaku smiled as he hopped back down from the tree branch he was standing on, he was also smiling cause Tengoku had complimented him on the idea to use body flicker like he did as it was a good feat to be able to match the speed of his sword drawing skills. Honestly zenaku did not see much to it, it was really just a thing of training a lot which is what helped him to get where he was now. Tengoku said that he had one other jutsu he needed to learn but he was not going to be using it on the uchiha. Zenaku watched as Tengoku lifted his arm above his head as he formed a spinning ball of chakra but the resengan was not blue like normal but instead his chakra was golden. He managed to destroy a boulder as well as a good chunk of the ground.

Looking around zenaku saw another boulder which was behind him him self so turning away from the hokage zenaku lifted his arm up as his hand was face level. Suddenly there was Lightning chakra dancing around his whole hand then he thrusted his hand forwards. As he did the lightning chakra would mold and take shape into a wolf as it rushed out and pounce on the boulder destroying it and leaving a good scorch mark on the ground. Reaching up the Uchiha would wipe the sweat off his face, he could feel his chakra resources getting lower, he could tell that if he was in a fight he would have to be very spearing with his Ninjutsu use and try to use his sharingan to it's best abilities.

( learned lightning style: beast tracking fang)

Tengoku felt fairly drained of chakra. He would take a breath before relaxing his body. A slight pinch in his lower back told him he had pressed himself significantly. Perhaps he should have stretched more. But for now he was done with training jutsu. He would watch Zenaku as the man continued to train a jutsu that he himself had only attempted moments prior. He felt better for knowing these exclusives. Felt better for being more attached to his villages history. Though he himself had been dropped off in the village at birth...he felt just as connected to it as anyone. He had spent his whole life here and within the surrounding territories. Only having left once for the summit. However he had been a quiet child before. Abused by his peers and defended by his sister. It had taken her falling into the plague again and not waking this time to spur him to where he was now. To a new strength and with it a new confidence. Watching Zenaku he wondered if the man had struggled as he had. But this man was part of a powerful clan and raised to its clan head...perhaps he had always had the support of family...but that was making assumptions.

With that Tengoku would place both his hands on the small of his back and push while leaning backwards. A sound of his back cracking was audible as he sighed in relief. His own chakra reserves were low and a glance with his eyes at Zenaku told him the man was in a similar predicament. He had fought the man before and thus felt like he knew him... But Tengoku wouldn't know much without looking over his file. So after the jutsu faded the energy in the air crackled again. The raiton between the two men was intense and the artificial light flickered just  a moment. But the room itself was too sturdy to be taken down too easily. Still Tengoku would settle down and sit cross legged on the ground next to his crater. He would let the artificial air wash over him and close his eyes a moment in relief. They still ached at times but he was growing more accustomed to them. However he would open his eyes as the ache faded and glance to Zenaku before speaking up.

"Take a break a moment Zenaku before you strain your chakra system. If it isn't prying too much...tell me about you. How was your upbringing?"

Zenaku could now feel the strain of practicing so many jutsu all in a single day, he could feel his chakra pathway was pushed to it's max as his hands was starting to become numb from over use of chakra. He heard Tengoku say for the Uchiha to take a break as he must have noticed zenaku running low on chakra. So taking the man's offer zenaku would sit down on a flat rock that had broken off from the large boulder he destroyed moments prior.

The Uchiha would reach into his back that was located on his leg patch as he would pull out a bamboo water bottle as he took a drink from it. He was not sure if Tengoku wanted any or not but to be kind zenaku would toss him the bottle of water as he heard the hokage ask him about his upbringing. He did not see anything wrong with explaining this to the hokage, after all he made sure to look after all the people of the village.

" It's all good, I have no problem telling you. "

Zenaku said as he tried to think of a good place to start cause any good tale needed a good starting place.

" Well as you already know I grew up in the Uchiha compound so growing up there is never easy. Most Uchiha are guided though life though darkness and hatred we well as strong emotions. Tho I always tried to be different tho and live my life a better way with more honer. There are also a lot of Uchiha who only care or think about the clan, and put the village second, but now that I am the clan leader I want to do something about that mind set. There shouldn't have to be a picking of the sides but to just live peacefully and defend your home against those who wish to hurt it even if that is some one from inside the village. Tho growing up I did strive to always be better and become stronger, sense I lack a earthly body I decided to sharpen my mind and jutsu skills. And if there is anything else you wish to know just ask."

Zenaku said as he explained his childhood as well as some of his beliefs. Hopefully Tengoku learned a little something from the uchiha after his little story.

Tengoku would watch as the man would settle himself for the time being. He was comfortable around Tengoku even if Tengoku himself was always on edge around Uchiha ever so slightly. They were after all the strongest controlling power in the village. If they did choose a different path they could wipe out everyone in the village likely. However they had also produced many Hokage over the years and many powerful guardians. It was a balance that power and loyalty needed to have to keep such a place as Konoha safe. Still everyone had their own ideals about a perfect world. About their own motivations and what they held in their hearts. He could not allow himself to be poisoned by fear of a power a bloodline had but instead learn more about judging a person on a case by case basis. His own bias was to clear at the moment so he was taking a step back to learn. Especially of the new clan head. He would catch the water tossed to him. He could smell it wasn't tainted with anything so he took a deep drink from it before tossing it back. It was good to hydrate during and after a work out.

His own body however hadn't taken as much of a hit due to his chakra system. He had used a significant portion of it but his body was strong. Capable of fighting just as efficiently without large amounts of chakra. So he would remain standing there with hands on his hips as he listened. So it turned out the dark personalities of some of the Uchiha he had met were taught to them like a tradition. This tracked well enough. The clan wanted to build strong fighters so they would force out weakness with pain. It was a training method he had used on himself with less direct results. Perhaps a less direct method too. Still it was good to know that these were aged ideals to Zenaku. More and more he heard these potent Uchiha placing their clan on par with the village but not above it. Which was fair he supposed. Only the one had stated otherwise and god knew where she was now. Still he would stretch a little by rolling one shoulder and then the other with a few popping noises before letting the silence settle a moment. Before speaking in return.

"I see...I was different I suppose. My sister and I were left at the orphanage as infants. Twins with mutations involving nature such as my ears. We have come to the conclusion we must have been failed experiments. Still I was a shy kind and none to bright. I got bullied a lot growing up but rarely if ever fought back. My sister on the other hand had the brains and determination. She would pick fights with the bullies and I would support her. Since she had the brains I was her right hand. However years of being bullied and abused had me too bashful. I had a hard time talking to anyone and it wasn't until I was an adult that I learned to read. So I guess I was broken by the underbelly of society. My sister and I vowed though to become stronger and make all our dreams come true. To put an end to bullies and defend our home. Unfortunately she had fallen to the plague and is under constant care so I had to pick up the mantle alone. I will say this though....if she were healthy likely she would be hokage right now. Not me."

Catching the water bottle that Tengoku tossed back to him he would place it back in his ninja bag for a later time. He listened with everything as Tengoku explained that society had not been to kind to him self and his sister. They was in a orphanage and he was bullied a lot as a kid. Zenaku could see why he wanted to become stronger, after all going though something like that will make any one want to raise above and become stronger then they was. He said that his sister had fallen ill to a plague and she was being constantly taken care off. He said that if she was still healthy then she would probably be hokage and not him.

" I see, sounds like you had a pretty rough life, this world we live in has a way of beating you down then kicking you afterwards. But I find it pointless to worry about what was or what could be it's why they call it the past, I try not to dwell to much in to the future cause you never know what is gonna happen to shape it, that's why it's best to work each day as it comes for each day is a new gift of what night be which is why it's called the present. "

Zenaku could feel his chakra slowly returning sense they been sitting there talking, and getting to know each other on a better stranding.

Tengoku would listen before laying down fully with his arms crossed behind his head. He supposed each person who faced the trial of leadership addressed their approach to it differently. However to him a take it day by day approach lacked preparation and awareness. To look to the past was to learn from it. To gaze upon the future was to be ready. There were too many enemies and too many threats to simply be ready for what came next. For Tengoku that sounded dangerously like hubris. But that was a staple point of the Uchiha as far as he could tell. So certain they could overpower whatever came...that sometimes the threat was their own. His golden gaze shifted over to Zenaku a moment. Measuring him up as he did. He had provided the man with virtually every tool he could and offered him a kingdom... While attempting to gain power and riches from the influence himself. Zenaku was an intelligent man though and likely saw through this already but saw the benefits outweighed the flaws. A private kingdom from his clan still part of a greater nation for the security that offered but not under a direct watchful eye.

For now Tengoku would shrug the thought away. She was dangerous...he had met her once and saw wrath in her. Sensed anger in her chakra flowing out and darkening her soul She sought vengeance against the Uchiha clan...and anyone who got in the way. He pitied her really. Sure she could take him or Zenaku on their own but likely she would face an entire village if she tried. Such a hopeless situation for her...he wondered if she would ever let that hate go or simply let it drive her mad. If she hadn't already. Still he would speak up again in a reply to the man.

"Each moment is a gift huh? That seems naïve but nice. A sentiment for a more peaceful world. However we still guard the walls and the gates because the past taught us to do so. We grasp for power because we do not want to lose something we cherish. Usually losing it to someone who lost what they cherished. After all love is the leading cause to homicide. Crimes of passion outweighing those planned out. A broken heart is more dangerous than most jutsu and crafts a darkened soul. I look to the future and do my best to prepare for it to safe as many as I can from that fate...but in doing so I lead some to that fate. Its a cycle of life and death the shinobi world can not let go of. Powerful as you are if you are not prepared for your enemies Zenaku...your clan will suffer for it."

Zenaku would let out a small yawn as he wiped away a small droplet of water from his eye. He leaned back as he put his arms behind his head and relaxed against the tree, he then listened to tengoku speak. He thought his way of looking at like was a little naive but zenaku was more of a in the now kind of person tho he did guess that he should try to be more astute to the past and planning out his future a little better. He spoke about building walls and defending them cause the past taught them to do so.

He would also speak of love and losing love. When he started speaking about how losing a loved one can make some one do crimes of passion he instantly knew that Tengoku was pointing towards kimiko who lost her husband akihero to the leaf for war crimes. And what he said next really hit home, he said that as powerful as he was he needed to be prepared or his clan could suffer for it. He could not be more right tho, zenaku needed to get stronger, he needed to find kimiko and bring her in maybe try and reconcile with her. Maybe he could talk her into coming back to the leaf, of Course she would have to face any consequences that has done.

" I understand what you mean tengoku, you speak of kimiko and how her love for our former clan leader akihero has driven her onto a path of darkness. There could still be a chance that this could all be solved by talking to her and finding a way to resolve the issue at hand, if not then there is only two options that must be taken. But I shall not let her and any one hurt my clan or this village for they are two things which are precious to me."

Tengoku would listen a moment before he would nod and slowly rise to his feet. Placing both hands on the small of his back he would press in as he leaned back until his spine popped. With a sigh of relief he would glance about. He had learned the village techniques he had come here to learn today after all. He had spoken with one of the villages most brilliant leaders and gotten a different perspective to think over. It was nice that he still hoped he could talk to the woman but...Tengoku had doubts about that. He had seen her eyes when she tried to leave before...when he stood in her path and saw that rage...that determination. He doubted words held much weight for her. Or healing for that matter. However he would not argue against such a dream. Hope could not be a poison. He wouldn't continue to push it away either. Even if she was scheming against him....Zenaku deserved to hold onto hope. Still he would reply to him in a calm tone as he straightened out fully.

"Well your determination is clear. And I have hopefully given you all the tools I can for your success. Don't dally too long though. If we do not purchase the land of Wolves another may. And the longer you wait to investigate the colder the trail gets. There is structure and profit as well as knowledge to be had here. Be careful and good luck old friend."

He would hold out his hand to shake Zenakus a moment. If it wasn't taken he would let it fall and turn before leaving in a flash of speed. If it was taken he would grip the hand firmly in a single shake before turning and leaving in much the same way. He had hopes for how this turned out and preparation for if it didn't. This was an investment and hopefully it would turn out well. Sometimes it wasn't the sword but the pen that won wars. So in times of peace he would focus on honing his pen just as much as his sword. Giving the Uchiha space and more freedom in the process. And keeping their clan disputes outside of the village if he was lucky. Time would tell but for now he returned to the office to finish up his work for the night. Possibly another night at the office instead of at home in his bed.

Exit thread
7x15 = 105

Zenaku could see in to tengoku,s eyes as he spoke of kimiko, it seemed the dog looking ninja did not think that his words could get though to kimiko, but zenaku thought that he had a shot he just had to try. But he watched tengoku stand up as he bent backwards and popped his back. The Uchiha leader reached up as he grabbed the hokage hand and shook it.

Zenaku did some more pondering on how he was gonna go about his mission, and he probably learned all the villages jutsu so he stood up and went back to his house to get some rest before he left. but just then he remembered that there was still a few jutsu that he had not learned yet to he rested up a bit longer so to regain his chakra then got back to training.

Zenaku was going though his list of scroll to see which jutsu he knew and learned and to his shock he still had three jutsu that he has not learned yet. Chidori sharp spear was on that list so he might as well learn that jutsu, after all he had already learned all the other jutsu that went with the chidori techniques.looking though the scroll on the sharp spear he saw that it was basically just a chidori but then you add in a nature transformation to it so you can change it into a spear. Zenaku thought that was pretty neat and if he was not mistaken tengoku had used this very jutsu earlier when they was having that jutsu challenge.

So closing his eyes zenaku would remember back to watching the hokage preform the jutsu this way it would be like he had some on hand training in the jutsu. Zenaku would start out by using the hand signs for chidori which was → Dragon → Rat → Bird → Ox then he would gather up the chakra into the palm of his hand where it becomes visible and chirping like a thousand bids. Next zenaku would try to focus as he extended the lightning out into a long spear like shape.

Learned chidori sharp spear (A rank)