Reborn as Naruto's older brother

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In a clearing surrounded by trees, a giant-sized Wolf stood guarding a tree no smaller than him. In front of him, a small boy stood in a fighting stance, staring intently at the tree guardian. When the Wolf couldn't stand it, roared and rushed towards the child, he folded his hands in a seal and spoke loudly.

- Fire element: a great ball of fire!" and a ball of fire flew towards Fenrir. The wolf bounced away from the fire, but several shurikens flew towards him. And then the boy continued- Shadow Cloning shuriken!"- and their numbers increased several times over. The wolf was able to dodge most of them, but a few still reached him and he roared even louder. As he roared, the boy launched four shurikens upwards and they collided with each other in mid-air, and then, two of the shurikens darted straight towards the Wolf and pierced his eyes. Then the boy grabbed his kunai and rushed towards Fernir. He was fast and once he reached him, he began to inflict mutilation on his paws. The wolf fell down and the boy climbed on top of him and jumped and a light blue spinning ball began to form in his hand. He swung his arm up and falling right on top of Wolf's head brought the technique down. Wolf's head flew apart staining the nearby plants the colour of blood.

- How come in anime characters never get blood on their victims after they die? There's brains scattered everywhere! Heh, okay. Whatever!" I stepped away from the body of the decapitated Fenrir Wolf and started looking at the alert windows. Yeah, it's been a whole year since I came in here. And that's right! 365 days exactly! Honestly, I missed my family and the comforts of home unrealistically. It was also boring. So the time has flown by quickly for me. I'd say I feel like I've only been away for a month. Still, every day all I did was train and learn EVERYTHING I wanted to. It's like if you do a monotonous job, something like pulling grass. If you do it all day, it goes by quickly. That's what I did.

Level up!

Level up!

Level up!

Level up!

- Wow, that's four levels up at once! That's awesome! Okay, next up.

You killed the Boss of Fenrir's Dungeon.

Obtained Soul Crystal Level 30.

Gained the title: Beast Slayer.

Beast Killer: Beast-type entity attacks +5%.

- Finally! This is the first time I've been given a title! Heh, wait! What's this?

The required level has been reached!

Attention! The Player's Auction is now available to you.

- Now, wait a minute. What?! Auction? There's such a thing? Let's see what we have here, shall we? FUCK OFF!!!

I was honestly stunned. It was everything. Everything you could possibly want. From a scant scroll of Shadow Cloning techniques to a RINNESHARINGAN. But the cool thing was that it wasn't just stuff from this world. There was stuff from other universes too!!! Devil fruit, sacred relics, animagic swords, and so much more. There were abilities too, but they were all entry level. And then there was a very strange but terribly useful item. There were syringes with the function of introducing genes. All the genes of Naruto's world were there, except for Ootsutsuki. But it also had the genes of heroes from other worlds. There were genes from the world of My Hero Academia itself that I was very interested in. If you embed them, a random ability will appear. And there's a lot of stuff like that! There's even genes from the classic Ghoul. I don't know what kind of pervert would want it, although having that kind of ability...well, fuck it! Being a cannibal is a joy, and eating carrion is only for necrophiliacs. There's all sorts of information. Ha-ha, but it cost a lot. And the currency was these Soul Crystals. I bought the Uchiha gene, which used up all the crystals. I'll have to save up for the rest. At least I bought Sasuke's Uchiha gene. I want a Rinnesharingan too, and I can still get the Naruto gene. So I'm standing here with a red syringe in my hand, thinking...

- Is this even safe? No, the Auction says it's definitely safe, but it's hard to believe it so quickly. Orochimaru's experiments and especially his failed attempts come to mind. Hmm, and for that syringe, Orochimaru would give a lot...nah, fuck that kind of thinking. If he finds out what I am, he'll milk me for all I'm worth. And I'm not sure I can stand up to him now, zero chance. Heh heh, then, shall I use this for its intended purpose? All right, I've been there! - and before I can think about the safety of these actions again, I stick the syringe in my arm. I wasn't worried about sticking it in the wrong place. The syringe was made especially for idiots like me and could be stuck anywhere in the arm area, as it was written in the description of the item. After pouring in the contents and standing there for a while, I thought nothing had worked and...passed out. Yeah, why don't they write such details in the description?! Players take after the system or something?! And it was the Players who sold all those items at the auction! And they wrote descriptions for their items. It seems at the auction is not allowed to lie, the system is watching everything and for such a punishments specifically, but it seems to have become a habit of players. I, by the way, could also register there and start selling, but I have nothing to sell now. So, I've fallen into a slumber.

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When I woke up, I jumped up from the bed... the bed?! Wait, this bed, these walls, am I in my room?! I got up and went into the living room and saw my parents.

- You finally woke up? How much training did you do if you slept for so long?" Minato asked. Long? How long? How did I even get here?

- Are you all right, honey? You shouldn't work so hard in training. You've been asleep for 24 hours. You hungry? Sit down to eat. Tonight's dinner is Yakisoba, just the way you like it." said Kushina, putting the food on her plate. After a few questions, it was clear that Gai had brought me home. He said he was looking for me to ask about Kakashi's whereabouts. After I entered the dungeon, he must have thought I had run away. It seems that when I leave the dungeon, I appear in the same place where I was in the dungeon, namely next to that huge tree. That's where Gaius found me unconscious. He didn't know what to do with me, so he went to ask Kakashi for advice. He recognised me and they brought me home. After that serum, I guess my body needed to rest and take on a new gene. After eating dinner, I went back to my room and stared at the mirror. Hmm, it's strange that my appearance hasn't changed. And it's not me because of the year of training, even though I trained there and got stronger accordingly, my body didn't change. Just like the outside world, I stopped my growth. But that's only externally. I have become stronger physically as well, but it doesn't show outwardly. By the way, I've learnt a lot in a year of training. I learnt all the academic techniques and the ones I was going to learn, such as Rassengan, Fireball, Shadow Cloning Shuriken, Wind Blades and Chidori. The hardest part was learning Chidori. But it was even harder to do Nagashi's Chidori. I also wanted to learn Rassensuriken, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't do it yet. I also went through Naruto's training to increase his affinity with wind. I cut leaves, infused my weapons with wind chakra like Asuma, and so on. It raised his stats a lot too. Thanks to the characteristic points, I increased Spirit, Perception, and Intelligence a lot, and after a year of training, I was able to level up all the other characteristics as well. He had also finished studying the history of the Shinobi World and its geography. At least what was known. I've also learnt the complete knowledge base of Fuinjutsu. I can now seal and unseal things. Of course, this knowledge is useless with my inventory, since I haven't learnt how to seal living things yet. But who knows, it certainly can't be useless! After all, there are a lot of "what ifs", so learning this was useful, and without such basics it will be hard to continue learning Fuin. I can also read Fuin seals and recognise them. It's like learning another language. That's kind of all that the base has given me. But with this knowledge, I can learn specialised Fuin-based techniques. Like barriers, seals, spatial techniques, and this interesting thing called Fuin programming. It seems you can use it to do something like program automatic actions. For example, the simplest thing is to make the door open for you when you come in. It's used in household things, in traps, in medicine, even in other Fuin specialities and who the fuck knows what else you can use it for. Now I truly admire my clan. To discover THESE OPPORTUNITIES!!! I will definitely find my clan's lost knowledge, and if it's not here, I'll find it in another world. My parents only know Seal Techniques and Spatial Techniques, and a little bit of Barrier Techniques. The others my mum just told me about and dreamed of learning them. But besides these specialisations, there are other specialisations that have been lost. Also in the dungeon finished with the study of his father's Shurikenjutsu and the use of Kunai. However, the Thunder God Technique will help me unlock it completely. But I will be able to master it only in the future, when I finish with Fuin and pump up the affinity with lightning. I think that's it. Right, what was that I was talking about, right! The external changes, or rather the lack thereof. I was expecting them to be after accepting the Uchiha gene. But there's no external change. But the affinity for fire and lightning has increased. So did perception with agility, speed and control. It's strange that intelligence didn't increase, although, Sasuke was a fool in a way, so okay. Hmm, now I have to allocate the characterisation points I got after Level 20. And I've poured it all into control. I really need it now to awaken the Sharingan. Yeah, I learnt how to do it from the Uchiha Sasuke gene seller. It seems it was public information that the players learnt from Sasuke's hit man. He fully researched his clan and found a way to evolve his eyes without dying or becoming mentally unstable. Namely to conduct chakro channels for those eyes. There were detailed instructions, so I have no problems with Sharingan, or rather with its awakening. By the way, doing it without having the gene is stupid. Because the eyes won't wake up. By the way, you can do the same with Byakugan, but again, you need the gene. For the remaining Soul Crystals, as it turned out not all spent, bought information about the simultaneous possession of Byakugan and Sharingan. There really were people like that, and I don't think anyone had ever tried it. And it turns out there's a special ritual for...EYE LISTENING!!!! Hmm, after this ritual, your eyes will be activated anytime you wish, and the eye pattern will be whatever you wish. Sharingan and Byakugan will work together as well as separately. The details of the ritual can be bought for just....Blah, now you need to accumulate Soul Crystals for the ritual as well. Okay, I'll buy the Hyuga gene as soon as I have enough, especially the Hanabi gene, because she could have awakened Tenseigan! And how cool it'll be when I have both.... But that's for later. And the worst thing about awakening is that it takes a long time. It takes a month to awaken one Tomoe. And with each subsequent one, the time grows longer. So, under normal circumstances, it would take 15 YEARS to awaken a Rinnesharingan!!! And that's assuming you have the Naruto gene, Ashura's rebirth. But I have dungeons!!! But the first time you go into a dungeon for a year, and the second time you go into a dungeon for 15 YEARS.... I guess if it's urgent, I'll do that, but right now I'll just be there for as long as I need. And you can start awakening the first Tomoe now. Though I wonder how long it would take to awaken Tenseigang, there's only one stage. Although, Rinnengan and Tenseigang are the same level. It'll probably take almost the same amount of time. Now go to sleep. I miss the comforts of home!

***

From the next day, I immediately started channeling chakra for Sharingan. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, but it was long and took a lot of concentration. On top of that, I did daily training and Fuuin classes. And I... messed up. My parents were surprised at my progress and of course started asking when I had mastered it all. Dad was surprised when we were still training, but didn't rush to ask, but Mum was shocked that I had completed the entire Fuin base and hovered over me with a question:

- When did you learn all that?!!!!" my father came running at my mother's shouting....

- Darling, what's wrong? Why are you yelling at your son? Minato was puzzled. His wife didn't seem to be angry, but she was shouting very hard and hovering over Menma.

- Minato! He...he...he's finished the entire Fuinjutsu base! We only started studying a few months ago and he's already finished! Even I didn't learn that fast, and I was taught by Mito-sama herself. Hime of the clan! Even though she was taken to Konoha when she was a child, she learnt everything when Uzushio was at its peak! And now he claims to have completed the entire base. I realise our son is a big genius, but this is too fast. Until a few days ago, he could only read half the seals I gave him.

- All right, Kushina, calm down. You don't need to overexert yourself right now. Let's hear what Menma has to say first. I was surprised to see his strength increase dramatically myself. In today's sparring session, he was much stronger than the last one. Menma, don't you have anything to tell us? - Mwah! Not good, not good at all!!! What am I supposed to say!? I didn't do it on purpose. I've just been working out and now I've read all the stamps Mum gave me. I forgot I was supposed to act the same way I did before I went into the dungeon. I hadn't really thought about it, though. But not about that now. How do I get out of this?! Think! It's not for nothing that I've learnt intelligence! Think, think, think! OH, I'VE GOT IT!

- Erm, I'm just trying to surprise you. Actually, I've been training extra and learning Fuin from the vault scrolls. I can make a lot of clones. I've been making them every day and sending them off to study all this stuff. And today, I wanted to show my progress. I really didn't mean any harm, I thought you'd be happy if I was better at it. I hope it works! I'm a kid, so I might as well do it. Right, now the sad, guilty face. Tearjerker, I'm counting on you.!!!!.

- Of course we're happy. But you don't have to work too hard. If you use too many clones, you'll get tired. Honey, is that why you passed out in the woods? Oh!!! That's right! That fits the legend perfectly. All right, we're grasping at straws here.

- Yes! I dispelled all 100 clones and I got very sick. - After the dungeon, my reserve has increased a lot and I can summon a hundred clones now. But if they practise all day, my brains will bleed out of my ears!

- Hmm, I see. All right, then. We'll forgive you this time. But don't use so many clones for training. It could do more harm than good. And don't hide things from us. We're your parents, and it's obvious we care about you. And your mum's in a position where she can't be nervous. Don't make her worry about you. That's your responsibility as a son, okay?

- GOT IT!

- All right, now tell us what else you've learnt in secret from us.

- All right. I took the scrolls my mum let me use and mastered them all.

- What?! The parents shouted with glee.

- Mum, don't be nervous, you can't.

- I don't have time for this right now. Minato! Do you realise he's already Genin-level?!

- Yeah, you haven't even entered the academy yet, and you can already compete with some Genin. Well, my son! I'm proud of you!

- Hey! That's not what I meant! Is this normal?

- Almost! I was pretty strong when I was a kid, too! And Fugaku says his son has mastered the Fireball technique.

- Oh! I can use it too!

- 0_0...- they don't seem to be surprised anymore.

- Yeah, if you say you know Rassengan too, I won't be surprised at all...Oh, you're wasting your time father, oh, you're wasting your time!

- Yes, I know, and I'm making a Rassengan in one hand.

- WHAT!!!-the two of them shouted in sync again. They didn't seem surprised by my fireball, because they hadn't seen me use it. The Rassengan in my hand impressed them more.

- Kushina, what kind of monster did you raise?

- Hey, that's actually a question for you! You created this Technique!!! And anyway, honey, did you just call our son a MONSTER?!!!! - and a terrible YAKI pressure from Kushina. M-yes, no spirit can save you from this, it feels as scary as before!!!!!

- D-darling, I-I didn't mean that!!!! It's..." Kushina's fist stopped Minato from continuing. Okay, I think that's the end of Fuuin's lesson for today, I'd better go practice chakra control in my room, though I'd better go far away!!!! And quickly run out of the house.

***

As I walked around the village, I wondered what Fenrir was guarding in that forest. I thought it was silly to guess when I could check it out for myself and ran towards the forest to the surprised looks of a group of kids waiting for me in the back alley. Did they think I was running away from them? Well, let them enjoy their vanity for a while. If they come again, I'll do the same as usual. When I got to the place where the giant tree was supposed to be, I found Guy there, calmly doing push-ups at its roots. Why do I keep bumping into him? But just as I thought about it, I noticed a glow coming from the back of the tree. W-Well, really?! In the daylight, I didn't see it right away, but it was definitely the same glow as the one on Hokage Mountain. So Fenrir was guarding the Key to the other Dungeon. But why doesn't Gai notice him? Maybe he can't see him because of the daylight either? No, that's crazy! He's too close to the tree to miss him. Hmm, what if...?

- Maito-san, hello.

- 789, 790! 791, 792...

- Maito-san!

- 793, 794, 795, 796...

- SHIT, GAI GODDAMN IT!!!

- А?! What?! A boy? О? You're the one! Yeah, he only seems to respond to the coach's tone of voice. Strange, his dad didn't seem to address him that way. Maybe someone else?

- Yeah, I wanted to thank you for your help the other day. Thank you so much for carrying me home then. And a bow to finish the thank you.

- Ooh! Don't mention it. "Why did he only say that when I'd already thanked him?" That's what I was thinking. Why were you unconscious? Were you attacked? Or did you fall out of that tree?" It's weird that he didn't bring up the fact that I lied to him about competing with Kakashi. He doesn't want to accuse me of lying? Or did he just forget? Well, I'm grateful for that either way.

- Oh, that. I just trained too long that day and passed out.

- Really? Wow! You have the power of youth in you!!! At your age, training until you pass out!!! Wait! How old are you?

- I'm 5 years old.

- 5 years old. You're really just a kid. Do you want to train with me? I see in you the fire that burns in the name of the POWER OF YOUNGNESS!!!! Just like me! Wow! That really creeped me out. I didn't expect him to ask me to train with him. Especially after he found out I was the Hokage's son. But about the offer. Hmm, it's a good opportunity. I could really use the Eight Gates Technique. I might even be able to use it without hurting myself. The tricks Gaius was doing in that form were impressive. I had a lot of respect for him back when I was watching the anime. Especially after his fight with Madara. And this man offers me to train with him. At first it seems like just training, but I'm sure he'll start training me if I ask him to. Still, he's very kind, if a bit of a prick. But who doesn't have a bit of a cockroach in their head? So it's worth it. It'll be good for me. And after training with my dad, I think I can handle his regime too. I'll be able to improve my physical attributes, which seem to have no limits. Which is why.

- I'm happy to agree! My father told me that you are a very promising and outstanding shinobi, and that you have a lot to learn.

- W-four?! He really said that about me?!

- Yeah, he also praised your Eight Gates Technique! He said it's a Kage-level technique and that not everyone can master it! And I'm not lying, my father often talked about promising shinobi and mentioned Gai many times.

- R-really?! The Fourth recognised me as a strong Shinobi?!!! Yes!!! I will try even harder to live up to his expectations!!!! Please tell him that!!!

- Okay, I will.

- Well then, let's start our training...um, what's your name?

- Menma, Menma Uzumaki.

- Okay Menma, let's start our training!

- Yes, Maito-sensei!

- M-maito-sensei, s-sensei, s-sensei, s-sensei...- Gai began to mumble frantically, with happiness in his eyes. Is he so happy that I called him Sensei? Well, a man doesn't need much to be happy. Well, while he's in a daze, we can check the Dungeon Key. It was indeed there. It was stuck in a tree trunk. This time, a surprisingly clean, yellow-coloured key.

- What are you doing here? A calm Guy came up to me.

- You don't see anything here? He pointed to the key.

- Hmm, no. I can't see anything. What's in there?" and he came over and touched the spot I was pointing at and I was stunned. His hand went through the key! Hmm, does that mean only the Player can see and touch the Dungeon Key? Although it's quite likely. Back then on the mountain, I was also surprised that no one came to see the strange glow, after all, it's very suspicious. So there's no point in worrying about someone taking the key before I find it.

- It's nothing. It's just my imagination. Where do we start with the training?

- Ah, yes. For starters...we started our physical training using the Youth Strength method!!!! It was unbelievably hard!!! I used to think that Dad was working out too much? Well, I was wrong. Compared to Guy's workouts, he was just doing morning exercises!!! Thankfully Guy realised that his pace was too hard for a FIFTY year old and he started to remember how much exercise he did when he was my age. Even though the number had gone down a lot, I had to do three times as much as I used to do in my regular workouts with my dad. Towards the end of the training, I asked him if he could teach me the Gate Technique.

- Maito-sensei, can you teach me the Eight Gates Technique?

- What? The Eight Gates Technique? Well, I haven't quite mastered it myself. Right now, I can only open six without hurting myself too much.

- I see. Can I open a gate?

- I think it's too early for you to open the Gate. Maybe I'll teach you sometime when you're older?

- OK, you promised!!! I went home afterwards. I didn't take out the key for a simple reason. I need to check the Key's validity time. Last time, I thought it only started counting down when I touched it. The timing was just too perfect. So if that's really the case. The Key's validity time will not be a limitation for me. All the following days I sent the clones to continue all my normal training, while I myself spent the first half of the day doing chakro-channels and the second half training with Guy. My theory was confirmed, the key didn't disappear the next day, and the day after that, and the day after that, and the day after that.

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POV Minato Namikaze

My name is Minato Namikaze. I have been an orphan since I was a child and never knew my parents. Growing up as a clanless kid, but I was a genius. I graduated from the academy with honours and after being a Genin on a secret mission from the Hokage to rescue Jinchuriki Nine-Tails I met a beautiful girl, Kushina Uzumaki. I remember being in the same class with her at the academy. But back then she was too aggressive towards all the guys so I didn't stand a chance, but after rescuing her, she started treating me more warmly. Subsequently, we started dating and I married her. I had a great teacher who started teaching me after I became a chunin. Jiraiya, a hermit from Mount Mioboku and a disciple of the Third Hokage. The Third Hokage told him about me and he offered me an apprenticeship. He was an unusual man, but very cheerful and cheerful. He taught me a lot of things and even gave me his contract draft. Toads surprisingly turned out to be very strong creatures and I learnt a lot from them too. Jiraiya-sensei often told me that I was a child of prophecy. A blue-eyed young man who would save the world or cause its destruction. But I didn't think I was special. Afterwards, I skipped the Tokubetsu-Jonin rank and became a Jonin straight away. And then Kushina told me about us having a child. I was very happy, but I was very worried. We were 18 at the time and it was our first child. To top it all off, Kushina was a Jinchuriki and Tails could affect our child. But it all worked out and at 19, I became the father of a wonderful child. Kushina and I were worried that it would be difficult for us to take care of the baby. But surprisingly, the baby didn't bother us at all. Kushina told me that normal babies cry a lot and need to be taken care of all the time. But Menma, as we named the baby, was very quiet. He never cried for no reason. If he cried, it meant that he was either hungry or had gone to the toilet. Sometimes there were times when he cried because we left him lying down in a very uncomfortable position. Barring that, he was a cheerful beautiful baby. Kushina always said it was because she was the best mother. I of course backed her up on that, because I was spending less time with him myself, but there was something off about him. Just in case, I asked Inoichi to see if he was all right. There was a possibility that the nine-tailed had affected the kid's mind, but I didn't want to believe it. After the first attempt, Inoichi said he couldn't look into his mind. I was surprised, but even after several repeated attempts he failed to do so. The Yamanaka clan was considered the best at this and he among them was also considered the best, so it was surprising that he couldn't get past the child's defences. Then he offered to investigate it and insisted that such a large defence couldn't be done by a Nine-tail, that there was something more to it. I immediately refused and decided to abandon the idea. The main thing I learnt. The Nine-Tails had no effect on the child. What's more, he has a strong defence against the mind. With Inoichi out of the way, I decided to leave it alone. The child has an awareness of the world, but there's nothing wrong with that, right? I think Menma resented me after those procedures, because he didn't want to come into my arms for a month. Time passed and he grew up. But he grew too fast. And then the war started. Because of the war we had to leave Menma in other people's arms for a long time and Kushina and I worried about it a lot. But he seemed to understand that and every time we left he would see us off with a smile and when we came home we could see his joy. He seemed like a ray of light in this pitch black War. When we apologised for not spending much time with him, he said he understood everything and one day even asked us to start training him! I was honestly too surprised when my two year old son, came up to me and asked me to train him. Of course I was adamantly against it, and so was Kushina. She initially, when I didn't say anything back, thought I wanted to start training him and yelled at me hard. I assured her that it wasn't even on her mind and she calmed down. But Menma persisted. It was the first time I had ever seen my son argue with us and I was very puzzled. After six months, I did agree to train him, but only subjected him to physical training. Even Kushina didn't argue with me, seeing how excited Menma was that we were going to train. As expected he found it very difficult and gave up at first, but I didn't want my son to give up so quickly and didn't let him. After a while he stopped and without persuasion he continued to train. His progress was great. At three years old, when his peers are just beginning to understand themselves, he could already climb trees dramatically and was reading a lot. Kushina and I couldn't be more pleased with his progress. And then he took up cold weapons and began to control his chakra!!!! I don't know how, but he could already feel it and could even add it to different parts of his body to strengthen his blows. I didn't mind teaching him how to use shuriken and kunai and even started teaching him my style, but I kept getting hit by Kushina for teaching him too early. But she realised he was a genius herself and started teaching him chakra control and Fuinjutsu. After he mastered shadow cloning he started using them for additional training. An unconventional way of using them, but effective, at least for him. He showed more of my wife's clan genes and had quite a bit of chakra. Ordinary Shinobi couldn't use his method of training, because summoning so many clones was useless for them, because they quickly deplete their reserve, and their clones disappear after a few minutes. Menma, on the other hand, summoned as many as 20 clones, and after dispelling them, he would calmly adopt their experience. He had also mastered the reincarnation technique. To be honest, he could already be considered a weak Genin. His Taijutsu after our training is at the level of an average Genin, and his control could be even better. His only obstacle is his age. But when he grows up, I'm sure he'll be much stronger than me. When I was given the Genin team, I was inexperienced. Even though I was strong and I was even nicknamed "Yellow Lightning" for my speed, but even so I couldn't keep up with them. Obito died in the battle. What's the use of me being able to kill 1000 Shinobi if I couldn't save my only student. After the war, I was given the Hokage hat, but I wasn't happy about it. Because of my attitude, Third had never been able to completely get away with it and was trying to help me. I was grateful to him. Kushina had been supportive of me as well. And from Menma, though he was silent, I could feel the man's support and understanding too. I should have kept my eyes on the remaining students instead of being sad then. But I realised that too late. Rin had died as well. After that, I wanted to help my only remaining student, but he was already beaten down by the war and the loss of his loved ones. Kakashi also died in the shower and became an ANBU, silently obeying orders. After all this, the only joy in my life was my family. And afterwards, Kushina pleased me with the news of another child. I was overjoyed and so was Menma. Because of the pregnancy, Kushina stopped going on missions again and helped Menma with her Fuin studies. But one day Gai, a friend of Kakashi's who was helping him not to sink into the abyss of despair, brought home my unconscious son. Kushina was terrified at that moment. She thought Menma had died. I was surprised at that, but remembered that she couldn't use her chakra because of her pregnancy. Her own chakra had long since mixed with the fox's chakra and it was dangerous. I calmed her down by telling her that he was just unconscious, but she didn't relent. I then carried us to the hospital, where it was confirmed that Menma was just sleeping and had simple fatigue. But the iryonin was a bit puzzled, though he tried to hide it. When we put him to bed Kushina was still worried. Menma had slept for a full twenty-four hours, during which Kushina couldn't sit in one place. But after Menma woke up and behaved as usual, she calmed down. The next day, my son puzzled me with a sudden increase in strength. I was surprised as he was much faster and stronger than usual. I decided to ignore it as there was nothing wrong with it. But in the evening, Menma surprised us much more. First, he surprised Kushina by finishing mastering the full Fuinjutsu base. Menma really did it quickly, as even me, when I first started learning Fuin, it took me a whole year. Even though I was a Chunin and much older than him at that point. But Menma finished it in a few months which surprised Kushina. Then came the new discoveries. My son learnt all the academic techniques and even mastered a few A rank techniques. I was proud of him because he far exceeded expectations. I would also have something to tell Fugaku when he mentioned the rapid growth of his son, Itachi Uchiha. They're only five years old, but I think they're already on the level of a strong Genin, or even a weak Chunin. The new generation is growing up fast, and even though I sound like an old man, I don't have to worry about them now. Now my son is training with the young green beast of Konoha and improving his Taijutsu.