Pov: Hiruzen
Ok.
Because Kenzo isn't really blind and has awakened some unique dojutsu for terrifying people and he has shown interest in T&I I feel as though I should lead him down that route.
No Gai training sessions because he will be learning information gathering if possible.
Danzo is an immediate no- as soon as he showed promise from Oorochimaru's experiments and torture Danzo showed interest in him- and that is not what I am having Kenzo learn.
Kurenai is busy with missions so she can promote to Jonin in the future and I will not bother her so she can learn blind fighting and then teach it to someone else.
So that leaves me to get someone who will tutor him in the basics of the Academy that he missed and use some spare time to teach him how to walk and find his way around Konoha as he can slowly learn combat over time as he takes information and other types of missions.
Haaa- I know this is a lot of pnning for a kid that hasn't even left the Academy yet... but I feel responsible for what happened to him and this is the best thing I can do for him.
I will have a D-Rank mission for others to come and tutor him during the day for now... and if he struggles in css or various other subjects I can apply a tutor depending on what he needs help with.
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Pov: Kenzo
*Knock Knock*
I walk over to the door and I open it.
"Kenzo right? We are here to tutor you on what you missed in the Academy" A voice calls out and I let them in.
Ninja have been dropping by to do a D-rank mission the Hokage assigned for me- it is helpful for sure... but I have to listen to teenagers groan in boredom for hours.
"Are you sure we aren't ready for a C-rank mission yet sensei?" A kid asks and I pull out my books from where I know they should be.
"No, now I need to finish and hand in the reports you failed to yesterday- so good luck with the kid" the three sigh and the adult flickers away.
I pce my current book down onto the floor.
"I am at page 78, please read from 'Genjutsu is the art of illusions...' it should be halfway down the first page" I ask and I hear a girl start muttering lines from the book.
"Ah- here we go, just want us to read it Kenzo?" She asks in a kind voice.
"Yes please, and answer any question that I ask about as well if possible" she nods and starts reading to me the book out loud.
...
This part is all on genjutsu right? Gods... at least we can get it over with... I really hate learning genjutsu like this.
I can feel my fingers desperate to snap.
But I do not.
...
I need a new scroll, I want to learn without this seal on my eyes... I need to learn how to 'see' and 'look'.
Two different skills from a 'stare'... I need to focus on a much more kinder stare... or perhaps a way to hold it back?
Like 'Holding back power'? A bit too long of a name...
I guess it is a bit annoying not having the ability to see anymore- that is looking at those around me and my allies.
Would learning 'not to stare' be counter intuitive?
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-one week ter-
"Kenzo, have you learned division yet?" Oto, my teacher asks and I nod.
"... Lee, help him write down his answers" Oto asks of the kid sitting next to me.
"Alright Sensei!" He replies and moves along the bench to sit nearer to me.
"Nice to meet you- I am Rock Lee, you are Kenzo correct?" He asks.
"Yes, nice to meet you Lee-san and thanks for the help" I respond.
"Okay- so what is your answer... to question one?" He asks and he helps me through the rest of css, writing down for me.
After this we head to lunch and he sits to eat with me.
"So! What do you do for fun?" He asks me.
"Well... I love learning fun facts- or stuff no one else really learns about" I tell him.
"I see- I like ninja and cool stories like the one about the fourth! Or maybe the first Hokage's cool battles!" He replies.
"I see- like the one at the valley of the end" I ask.
"Yeah- and when he founded Konoha and he learned how to do a jutsu no one else has ever seen before- it is so cool~" He excitedly tells me all his favourite stories and such as I listen along.
...
"Hey... do you think Taijutsu can be enough for a ninja?" He asks near the end of lunch.
"Hm? What do you mean?" I reply.
"Well... do you think a ninja could become great with only taijutsu? No ninjutsu or genjutsu at all..." He crifies.
"Jack of all trades master of none... better than a master of one... while it is often seen that learning many skills is much better... that is only the case of those who can learn that many things- and that is very, very rare- a master of one will almost always be better than the average man... so yes- I believe that a ninja can do so if they wish..." I give my best reply.
"I see... Kenzo, I am unable to learn genjutsu or ninjutsu at all- do you think that I could be a master of Taijutsu?" He asks.
...
"I don't know... no one does... but I know that their is no human limit- we can surpass ourselves and any limit in potential is nothing but a harder hurdle, tell me Lee... if you spent decades learning Taijutsu- would you even lose to someone who has only spent a third of that same time to learn it? Would it be possible to fail?" I respond.
"I suppose I would be better..." He answers.
"And why is that? Because you spent more time?" I ask.
"Yes...?" He answers hesitantly.
"Wrong! Because you needed more time- the higher the hurdle the greater the jump, if you train yourself at the standard of others you will only ever jump past the little hurdles... the higher the risk, the greater the reward" I tell him.
I can hear him shake in excitement.
"Alright! I am all fired up for sparring after this!" He yells out and I chuckle.
"Alright indeed" I cheer on.
Soon lunch ends and we head over to our next css which is outside- and as Lee said, it is taijutsu training.
These kids are seven and just staring to spar with each other- I am six and have never been in a fight... well one that mattered or was against some ninja trained children.
I listen intently to the kids spar with each other... and I hear many groans of pain and annoyance.
"Neji- winner"
"Daichi- Winner"
"Tenten- Winner"
...
Soon my own name is called to the sparring arena and I walk over to where I am pretty sure the ring is.
"Seal of confrontation! Kenzo! Haru!" The teacher calls out and I form the seal before initiating combat with my fellow student.
I walk forward as I feel punches and kicks to my body.
But I walk forward and take them before- *Thwack!* *Thwack!* *Catch!* I take to hits and predict the st kick before grabbing the leg, I pull it towards me and- *Sm!* I feel the other leg kick me in the head and I get sent to the floor.
Ow.
Did he jump up and kick me while I had his other leg? Woah... ninja stuff is hardcore.
"Haru- Winner! Form the seal of reconciliation!" The teacher announces and I get up to form the seal with Haru.
After that I sit next to Lee again.
"Woah- you took so many punches, are you okay?" He asks.
"Pretty sweet actually, the st one shook my head a little but not enough to put me down- that was impressive of him though..." I say.
"Hm! Alright now all I have to do is beat my opponent next time!" He cheers himself on.
"Next time?" I ask.
"Ah, I may have lost to Tenten..." I hear him admit sheepishly and I nod.
"Greater hurdle-" I start.
"Greater jump" he finishes.
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Complete: Inspire Rock Lee.
Reward: Statistic scroll
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Oh! A stat scroll huh? What should I put it into? I still don't really know the difference it makes... although I am super strong right now...
Maybe it was good I didn't hit the other boy- I am pretty sure I could break stone with my fist right now...
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-One week ter-
I sit in my bathroom and I pce myself in the shower.
I have grown used to the growing pains from the statistic scroll so I shouldn't pass out from use anymore.
I grab a towel and pce it in my teeth.
'Hearing'
I focus on that word and the scroll starts to work... I tested it while in Oorochimaru's den.
Something can be both a statistic and a skill, I can train my hearing bit I can also improve it to another level- the difference is power and control.
I cant see any further but I have trained to stare... one would increase my sight while the other would improve my ability to use it.
I chose hearing so I can use it to 'see' in the future... I want to be able to walk to the Academy on my own and I want a second sense to rely on.
Perhaps after mastering my hearing I might go on to the others?
Might as well I suppose.
That is if I don't hook onto something else by then.
*TEAR* *CRACK*
Oh god. Oh god. Oh god. Oh god.
Fuck! That is weird and that is painful.
My ears start cracking and I feel as if a thousand spiders are biting at the insides of my ear.
Something fills the ear hole and suddenly I am incapable of hearing at all.
...
I take boured breaths as it itches, scratches, bites and cws at my ear.
It feels like a centipede decided to make its home there... a centipede but repce its legs with bdes and dip them with a painful and stiffening poison.
I cannot hear... I cannot see... but I feel blood drip from ears and down my face... I tale very many breaths and I calm myself down.
I made sure to take this shower when no one was home- I also made sure that I had an hour or more to use it.
...
I am gd that the Hokage is paying our bills and all- Naruto is slowly getting more monthly and starting to learn how to pay for each bill separately.
But I am gd that we don't have to pay for water yet...
I take another deep breath and I let go of the towel... it isn't a 'I'm gonna bite my tongue off pain', its more of a 'This will leave me haunted for a while' pain.
...
As the hours pass I can finally hear again- but with so much more crity... I can hear someone hooping off of our roof- I can hear the water flowing through the pipes- I can hear the rustling of the wind outside and I can hear so much more.
Too much.
Need scroll.
Way too much.
I don't need to hear my bones.
I never needed that.
Oh gods.
I can hear my heartbeat.
Isn't that a bad thing?
Cant that get me killed?
...
Did I mess up again?
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Complete: Risk. Reward.
Reward: E-rank scroll
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Yes! Yes! I leave the shower after cleaning my ears off and I pce my long pyjamas on before entering a meditative position on my bed.
I focus so hard in hearing as a skill so that I can get the hearing to stop.
I blink and I am within the deep orange realm.
Haaa-
Okay... I never loved not hearing something before... nope- never mind my heart is still in here with me.
*SCRATCH!* *SCRAWL*
Why is it so loud!
'Failure to prepare... this scroll will help. Discern the sounds... drown out the others'
I stare through my blindfold and I scan the words on the ground.
...
I stop staring.
*Chirp*
"Bird?" I ask.
My heart stops.
...
Haaaa- fuck!
*Chirp!*
"Chirp? A bird Chirp!" I scream.
My heart starts beating again.
...
*Smack*
"Smack?" I ask.
...
*Sp*
"Sp"
*Crash*
"Crash"
...
*!^@&#^@&!*!&@%#&#&#&'chdhsjsyahakshs@^×*=*#,-,@*@*#€=*#?÷*×*@￡,÷,_-&}~?ydjejwn!**?Smackebzueuskaoai■?\》\}?◇??☆}*
AHAHAHAAAAAAAA FUCK FUCK FUCK.
TOO MANY SOUNDS, MAKE LESS SOUNDS!
Do I have to guess the sound in all of that??
"Whack?" I ask.
My heart stops.
....
"S-Smack?" I gasp.
...
Haaa- okay that was correct.
Just need to focus.
Thanks for reading :)
