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Chapter 13 - Chapter 12

"Come on, I expect this type of behavior from Tsunade, but you too, Hiruko?" Dan Nakamura said with his hand on his face.

Tsunade and Hiruko both sat in chairs; as Hiruko sat under the gaze of Dan, he couldn't help but mumble, "But my daifuku."

"What did you say?" Dan Namakura said, his voice stern. 

"Nothing," Hiruko grumbled. 

"It's not even our fault." Tsunade said, completely unconcerned, her legs crossed and head pointed high. 

At this Dan just glared at her; suddenly a knock came from the door, and after a few moments a young woman with long red hair and a pink kimono with the Senju clan symbol on the back. 

Taking a small glance at Hiruko and quickly turning away, Yuri, who just arrived, went to a secluded space to talk to Dan.

After a few moments she came back, her face hardened.

She simply said to both children, "Come with me, you two," before walking off, not waiting for a response. 

Hiruko noted that Tsunade's face was devoid of its previous arrogance.

'Is she maybe feeling bad for what we did?' Hiruko thought 

But as soon as the trio left, Hiruko realized why Tsunade was being like that and why Yuri was so serious. 

'They were acting.' He thought as both burst out laughing and high-fived. 

Wrapping her hand around Hiruko, Yuri continued to laugh.

"Come on, Hiruko, why do you look so down? You didn't actually think you were in trouble, did you?" Yuri said, continuing to laugh. 

"A while ago, I and Mom made a deal. I punch people for a good reason, and then when she comes, I act remorseful, and she acts like an angry mother. Then when we're out, we laugh about how we juked them and go get ice cream," Tsunade said with a hint of pride. 

Sighing, Hiruko thought, 'No wonder Tsunade in the anime is so violent; she has Yuri indulging in this behavior.' 

"Well, I'll go walk home by myself while y'all get ice cream. I need to ask Mit-mom about chakra control, and plus, my lesson with her is today." Hiruko said as he began to walk off. 

But before he could even take three steps, two very strong hands grabbed him. 

"And where do you think you're going, Hiruko? You helped us trick them, so you have to come get ice cream with us, plus I heard you made one of the kids pass out with just your finger." Yuri said with a bright smile as she held his left hand with impeccable grip strength. 

Tsunade, who was holding his right, said, "Even though I could care less if you come, I can't let you break tradition. And plus, me and Mom are chakra experts. We can help you. Plus, Grandma's lesson isn't for another 2 hours, so let's go."

But before Hiruko could answer, both mother and daughter dragged him off. 

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"So what's your question about chakra?" Yuri, who had strawberry ice cream, asked. 

Hiruko, taking a break from his butterscotch ice cream, took on a thoughtful look before speaking.

"I'm struggling with walking on immoveable things like walls with chakra. No matter how many times I try, it's either too little or too much." Hiruko said, summarizing his problem. 

"Hmm, let me see your hand." Yuri said simply, 

Hiruko looked at her hand, slightly hesitant, but eventually he laid his hand on top of hers. 

Yuri, seeing his hesitance but not commenting on it, quickly closed her eyes. Tsunade, who saw Hiruko's confusion, decided to explain. 

"She's sensing your chakra," Tsunade said simply. 

Hiruko listening to this thought, 'Oh right, Uzumaki.' Hiruko said, mentally kicking himself for not remembering. 

"Okay, I see the problem, but first let me guess: aside from when you got the chakra training exercise, you never trained with your chakra before, or should I say used it." Yuri posed. 

"Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?" Hiruko asked in return; ever since coming to this world, he hasn't used chakra, let alone practiced. 

Tsunade, off to the side hearing this, was starting to want to pull her hair out again at Hiruko's stupidity. 

'Someone who's never trained with his chakra beat me. Are you kidding?' she thought internally 

Yuri, who had a small smile, said, "You, Hiruko, have naturally higher chakra than others, and as great as having a high chakra amount is, that high amount is harder to weaponize.

With the simple fact that if you don't have enough control, even the simplest of exercises will be near impossible to fully master.

And since you have never used your chakra, you'll need to familiarize yourself with that high amount of chakra before you can attempt to use it.

Because if my guess is right, since you're not familiar with it, you're probably just going on instinct about what is a lot and a little." 

Hiruko thought about this: 'That actually makes sense. I mean, Naruto originally also struggled with this exercise, and so did Sasuke, even though they arguably had more practice and familiarity with their chakra than me.' Hiruko thought 

Seeing his understanding, Yuri smiled and continued, "So ultimately just familiarize yourself with your chakra and then revisit chakra control training. This'll prove useful when you start nature transformation since being familiar with your chakra is the crux of it." Yuri said, leaving Hiruko to absorb what she told him. 

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A couple moments later, seeing Hiruko absorb the knowledge she gave Yuri, she took on a devious smile. 

"Now tell me about that finger thing you did." Yuri said, smirking.

'Well, she did help me a lot; simply telling her about it won't hurt, but how can I explain why I have it?' Hiruko thought.

After taking a few seconds to ponder its backstory, Hiruko started speaking.

"It's called Finger Gun. It's one of the six taijutsu techniques I'm working on. If I were to give a basic description, it's basically centered around using one's finger as a medium to channel force that can pierce one's body. 

Though my proficiency is low and my finger can't handle channeling too much force, so I can't pierce the body yet,"

Hiruko said honestly, even giving his lack of proficiency with the technique, which he found out in his battle with the twins. 

Yuri, at Hiruko's explanation, was visibly surprised. "Making your own taijutsu technique at 6 years old is crazy," she said honestly. 

Tsunade, who had been quiet this whole time, jumped on Hiruko and began to beg for him to teach her. 

 

And just like this, the outing of three came to an end.

After coming home, Yuri further helped the two by getting Mito to waive Chakra training practice. She did this by using the excuse she already helped Hiruko realize the path he needed to follow to get to the starting line for chakra control. She also argued that Tsunade already had a good amount of chakra control and should wait a bit for Hiruko to catch up so they could practice together.

Mito, after being convinced by Yuri, reluctantly agreed, and just like that, Hiruko's Monday came to a close.

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I hope the whole familiarize-yourself-with-Chakra makes sense because Mc It's not originally from the Naruto world, so I thought it just kind of makes sense that he wouldn't be able to guess or know how to have that finesse over it that people of that world have. Also, I am not Japanese, so forgive me if I am not doing or correctly doing certain things that would happen in that culture because all my knowledge is from anime, and that is it.

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