Since I awakened my chakra, I've felt a very small synchronization with nature. It's too small, almost microscopic, but it's there; I can feel it.
"Stop pushing yourself so hard; you're going to fart if you keep this up," I heard Dan's voice near me. At this, my concentration and body sagged.
I fell to the ground, tired, more mentally than physically. Knowing that Kushina will arrive in a few days, I've felt a bit under pressure. The world keeps moving forward and doesn't stop.
The Second Ninja War, the Third, the Akatsuki, the Fourth, and those weird alien things that were never mentioned but were always there.
I have to have the strength to rise above all of that. Well, for the Second War, it's a bit complicated, but for the Third War, I have to be one of the greatest powers in the elemental nations.
"How about you take a break?" "You train every day, all the time; you should play and meet other kids."
"The other kids are all bootlickers, and it's more their parents' fault for trying to gain my friendship at the expense of privilege and recognition; those people don't deserve even a glimpse of my beautiful hair."
I sound a little arrogant, but it's still true how easily children are manipulated by their parents, but they're still children; for that, I shouldn't blame them but the adults.
"Miyu, let's go eat in town," Nawaki's voice came in the background.
At that moment, my stomach growled. I blushed a little from embarrassment at the awkward moment, especially from trying to sound arrogant.
"Well, I think I'm a little hungry," I said.
"Well, a new place opened for the Akimicho clan. Let's go check it out. You'll join us, Uncle Dan," Nakawi said.
"I can't. I have to go see my older sister now. See you around," and with that, he sunshined and left us both.
"Well, I'll lead the way," he said in a cheerful voice. Now that I've known this boy for about three years, I wonder how similar he is to Naruto, but that will take a while, if my presence doesn't change anything.
During this time, I've been training hard in medical ninjutsu and fuinjutsu. In the former, I'm further refining my chakra and then attempting to revive a fish. It may seem a bit rushed, but the former takes a long time. I'll be able to do it in about four more months, if my reserves don't grow back out of nowhere.
In fuinjutsu, I've already mastered the writing of storage scrolls; now I have to do it with chakra. And once all that's over, I'll be able to make barriers.
I need to learn shadow clone soon. That speeds up everything I want to do, but for that I need someone to teach me or get it from the scroll.
Now that I think about it, I could get it from that man, Danzo. I remember putting on that whole show to be on his good side so he wouldn't see me as an experiment but as a family member. I still have a bit of a scientist in me; after all, I was a biologist in my past life. Maybe I can give him some ideas and say that all I want is for the good of Konoha, and he'll give me the jutsu.
It could work. The problem is when I'll see him again, since he's mostly locked away in his underground cave; we could wait for something shocking to happen, and he might go to the old monkey's office and find it himself.
Another way is to improve my sensor skills, which I don't think I have, and find some root Anbu, then tell him I want to talk to Danzo and wait.
...
Today is the day Kushina arrives in the village. So we're all gathered to welcome the next container of the Nine-Tails, since there's no other reason for her to come. Maybe we see it because of the fate of Naruto's birth, but it's pure bullshit.
I hate these kinds of events; they have to dress me in those uncomfortable clothes. When I learn a katon jutsu, I'll burn them all even if Tsunade is present; I won't mind the punishment in exchange for the satisfaction of getting rid of these clothes.
"Behave like the lady you are, will you?" my mother said that, to which I gave her a look as if to say, "Look who's talking."
We were all members of the Senju clan, or what remained, along with some important high-ranking members of Konoha; coincidentally, Danzo wasn't there.
"But we have to wait for her outside the village; we can't do it in the compound."
"Nope," said Tsunade and Grandma Mito.
With nothing to do, I knelt down and started drawing on the ground. I think age does greatly affect emotions and personality; if I were older, I wouldn't have done this but instead leaned against a wall and looked at the sky.
After a few minutes, a carriage arrived, surrounded by some red-haired men.
Once they arrived, the greetings and political stuff began, which I ignored; I don't want to get into all that, at least not now. Let me focus on my training.
Suddenly, I saw Tsunade and Mito arrive at my side with a red-haired girl, who must be Kushina.
"Miyu, this is Kushina, who will be staying with us from now on," Grandma Mito said.
"So that's it," I said indifferently, waving vaguely without looking at anyone. I was still drawing on the ground, and I think I'm doing better than Picasso, all in my humble opinion.
From one moment to the next, I felt a blow to my head, fell to the ground, and looked at birds in the sky.
"Be more respectful; I didn't raise you this way," Tsunade said.
I stood up, brushed myself off, and looked at Kushina.
"Hello, my name is Miyu, daughter of Tsunade Senju and Kato Dan, who are the parents of Kaito Senju, Mona Senju, Sora Dan, and Ume Dan, parents of Hashirama Senju, Mito Uzumaki, Rito Dan, and Asami Dan, who were the children of—" I couldn't finish because I felt another blow to my head that knocked me out.
"First of all, Dan and Grandma Mito are Senju, and there's no need to talk about the entire family tree to introduce you properly." That was the last thing I heard from my mother before falling unconscious from the two blows, since the first one had still affected me.
Out of nowhere, I woke up in my room; It was already a bit dark and I was hungry, so, as if I'd never been unconscious, I went to the kitchen to get something to eat.
When I got to the living room, I found Kushina sitting there, not doing much except watching.
"Did they leave you alone?" I asked her.
"They were called by the Hokage for something, so they couldn't help it," she replied.
At that moment, I remembered Grandma Mito's help to this poor girl.
"Uh-huh..." I was searching for something to say, but nothing came to mind.
Eventually, there was a silence, which was broken when I heard my stomach growl.
"Well, I was on my way to the kitchen. Do you want something?" I asked her.
"No, thanks," she replied.
Acting humble, I went to the kitchen, took out two packs of cookies, returned to the living room, and threw one to her, which she barely caught.
"It would be an insult if you didn't eat it, since that's what they were created for." "Don't get too nervous; in time he'll grow comfortable," and with that, I went to my room to continue refining my chakra, leaving the redhead speechless.
...
It's been a month since Kushina arrived, and everything has been relatively good. She's used this month to get acquainted with the place and Konoha. In a few days, she'll enter the ninja academy to become a kunoichi of the village.
During this month, we've become good friends; we've played, argued, gossiped, and made fun of each other. During this month, more specifically, we've made fun of Nawaki and Dan's bad luck.
We've become good friends, maybe not best friends, but being the only friend she has, it's something.
Right now, I'm fighting Nawaki while Kushina is in the background cheering me on.
"Come on, Miyu, you can do it." Kushina can be heard in the distance.
"Hey, why aren't you cheering me on or—" Nawaki couldn't say anything else, as I punched him in the stomach with chakra, sending him flying.
I stared at my fist, as it was the first time I'd ever used the super strength jutsu, which is chakra concentrated in your fist, nothing more.
Tsunade had already instructed me on how to do it, and I'd tried it twice, but I still hadn't used it.
"Wow, that was amazing. How did you do it?" she said, ignoring the fact that Nawaki was now lying unconscious on the ground, unprepared for that blow.
"Pure innate talent," she said, but she looked at me as if I'd grown a second head.
"We're done here anyway; let's go eat dango," I said, as she nodded.
So the two of us left the Senju private training grounds, leaving an unconscious Nawaki face down, saliva dripping from his mouth. A bad image for someone like him; thank goodness only Tsunade would see him in that situation.
As we walked to the dango shop, Kushina looked a little nervous.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"I feel someone following us," he replied.
I stood there thinking, knowing who we both are, it makes sense that they're watching us. Also, remembering that I wanted to talk to a one-eyed old man about something.
"Point it out," I asked Kushina; she just pointed at a specific spot. I felt the roof of one of the buildings across the street.
"Hey, Anbu-san, come here. I have something to talk about, and it has to do with the Hokage and his advisors." Luckily for me, he peeked out, revealing a mask with a white mark.
Bingo.
He must have acted upon knowing it was something regarding the councilors, or more specifically, Danzo.
I already had a letter for that one-eyed man; I was just waiting to meet him or one of his Anbu and deliver it.
"Take your leader, the Root Anbu," I said, looking at him. He made a hand sign, with which the paper turned into a small piece of stone.
A replacement, but according to me, the replacement was one with an object; I didn't know you could do that. I should investigate further.
"Root Anbu?" Kushina asked.
"Uh, yes, they're a separate division from the regular Anbu, led by one of the Hokage's advisors; they handle the hidden affairs of the village."
"Isn't that dangerous?" I asked, a little nervously.
"No, I know a one-eyed old man. He sees me as a niece or granddaughter, being a descendant of his most precious sensei, Tobirama. Besides, after our conversation, everything will be smooth sailing, so don't worry; we'll go get some dango."
Kushina still looked a little worried, but she didn't say anything; she just followed me.
If everything went well with what I planned, I'd get an accomplice to make me stronger than I am right now. An accomplice on whom I can blame everything bad that ends up coming out of whatever I do, something to cushion the bad things, since that's what Danzo is there for: so everyone hates him and blames him, whether it's his or not.
A few days have passed since that incident, but I haven't received a response from anyone, not from Danzo, in case it reached him, nor from the Hokage, in case he intercepted it, nor from Grandma Mito, if she somehow found out, since something similar has happened.
"I'm so excited to go to the academy, to make new friends, to learn new jutsus, and most of all, I'll be closer to being the village's first Hokage." It's incredible how the old monkey's mind-manipulating jutsu has already taken root in Kushina's mind.
She's come for a few days to see how things are going with the new Uzumaki resident in the village, but I know she's only here to tell us about the Will of Fire and all that. Something Kushina did end up absorbing a bit.
At least it's not for the good of the village or anything like that, but more along the lines of being the first female Kage, being its representative and a pillar for the future; that's how she managed to instill that idea in her. Long live patriotism.
If I remember correctly, her first day won't go very well; she'll get the nickname "Tomato Head," which will later change from Hot-Blooded Habanero to Bloody Habanero. I'm waiting for her to come back from the first day of the academy so I can make fun of her.