Chapter 3 - Kenjutsu from the Hatake Clan

Seeing what both my parents got me I'm brought to tears thinking how lucky I was to not be an orphan like Naruto and to have two amazing parents when I noticed something one of the books said Hatake on them and before my parents can comfort me for crying I immediately run up to it with a huge smile asking my dad how he got this.Seeing me holding up the book my dad frowns not actually sad but seeing my white hair next to the name Hatake before saying,"you really like the Hatake Clan huh I didn't even know."Me and mom burst out laughing seeing my dad seem moody before he tells me he wasn't sure what to get me but saw that I never used the wooden kunai last year so thought maybe he could interest me into it if he got me some books since he knew I liked those and the more detailed the better and with The White Fang being the best swordsman in Kohana he knelt outside his house for the better half of a day til he came out and explained he was there to ask for some sword techniques for his sons birthday.When Sakumo heard about this he smiled at my dad and gave him some basic techniques but my dad seeing them gave them back to Sakumo and pulled out 30 thousand ryo and told him that his son was a genius and that he didn't want basically kenjutsu manuals but actually wanted a valuable kenjutsu guide for me.Hearing this my mom punched my dad on the back of his head asking what he was doing spending such a huge amount of his salary from missions on that and talking back to Sakumo instead of just taking his kindness but my dad continued that after Sakumo reluctantly took the ryo and came back with 3 simple to adapt Hatake saber sword guides and told him to keep the other kenjutsu manuals he gave my dad before too.My dad was angry at first seeing the 30 thousand ryo only got those 3 manuals when it was over a years savings til he saw they were the Hatake clans techniques the best in konoha being basic guides even Sakumo learned from when learning how to weird his saber.My dad also not being super bright looked at them and could tell they were much more complex then any of the other manuals even if it was just for novices and a bit more adapt guidance suitable for a Jonin to learn how to use a saber or a high level chunin it still wasn't like the complete guide on how to master the Hatake saber technique or anything but it was definitely valuable maybe even more so then the 30 thousand ryo my dad gave him.After that my dad went to a ninja tool shop and had a weighted saber made for training and let me tell you it was definitely heavy even with a small saber it was 150 pounds with a dense heavy metal as its core costing my dad another 3 thousand ryo because having a custom made saber even just a wooden one like mine with a weighted core costs a lot but my dad told me he wanted to really do everything he could for me this year because he didn't know what he'd be able to get me next year.I can't believe my dad actually even out did my mom this time seeing her with a jealous look on her face still looking upset about wasting such a large amount of ryo when everything she got probably only costed her what my saber was at best so I could tell my dad probably put himself in a difficult position to do all this for me.I hug my dad tightly as I cry in happiness for everything he did promising myself that I'd find a way to repay him one day no matter what before my dad looked at me and just told me to practice diligently like I have been and not to give up no matter what.My father's words also got my mom thinking there wasn't much she could get me next year either if this is the only kinda stuff I liked but she still had an idea of what she could do since every ninja parent did the same thing at least once or twice before their kid enrolled in the ninja school.Over the next half a year I fully took in and memorized all the medical and sensory books and notes I got with my chakra control improving enough for me to feel my chakra now and control it some what from my practice even if I still couldn't use it for sensory uses yet or tree walk or anything else I could push it to other parts of my body strenghing myself.This wasn't anything like Tsunade who had a super adventure technique similar to this instead it was like anyone who learned to tree walk and gained better chakra control it allowed them to better use it in there body to boost there strength in speed by a decent margin at that with Sasuke in the original being as fast as Haku before the crystal ice mirror jutsu just because he had better chakra control after learning to tree walk.This made me imagine how strong Guy and Lee would be if they had more chakra since they didn't have enough for jutsu but enough to tree walk and water walk meaning they had good control over their chakra just very little of it if they had more they'd get a bigger amp from their chakra control being able to boost there strength and speed further.I don't use my chakra to boost myself when I train though that would just mean less resistance meaning less gains it's just important to note because it means I'm stronger in a fight now when I wouldn't be holding myself back like I do to train even if it's not by a huge margin or anything it's by a noticable one still.I change up my training when I move on to practicing with my wooden kunai since I can't just work out while throwing them I work out still while reading the kunai guide books and trying to memorize it while taking a short 5 minute break in-between sets to put what I read to practice which just helps me understand the book faster since I can use a practical example to show myself visually what it means when I practice and see the effect it has on my throwing strength and accuracy.I don't use chakra to amp myself any when through the wooden kunai either knowing a real kunai is going to weigh more and even if that isn't a big difference for me especially cause I'm much stronger then others my age it could still throw me off so when I do throw real kunai in the future I will while I use my chakra to boost my strength further to counter that weight difference and add more power to my throws obviously making the kunai faster and deadlier.Just as I finally finished practicing with my kunai perfecting my technique which took me 4 months because it takes more time to build muscle memory even if I understood and memorized the books faster then the rest because they were more simple and I could put what I read into practice I turned to the basic kenjutsu manuals first wanting to start with them to better understand the Hatake manuals later and understand just what made the Hatake saber technique so much better my dad stopped me.My dad also being a chunin like my mom suddenly gave me a big stack of manuals on kunai throwing and kunai techniques as well as his own notes on how they worked and to further improve upon the manuals and honestly I like kunai in the original it was another one of Mizukis specialties with it making sense my dad has the same specialty but I find it mostly useless still or not useless but less effective still useful so I don't let him down and start studying them too thinking there is some uses for them later.I fully read and memorized the others much faster though now having an understanding of them before I started memorizing them and understanding them besides a few that were on demon wind shruiken considering they were thrown differently and I couldn't practice with one but I still read it and memorized it til I completely all them in another 4 months with my birthday having pasted again in this time.This time for my birthday I didn't get anything though see as I was still working on stuff I got last year for my birthday and knowing I didn't want to add to much and complicate stuff for myself plus I wanted my dad to save his money and I was happy with what I got for now so they had more time to keep looking for later they did get me just a couple of real kunai though but I could only use them when they were supervising.This wasn't because they didn't trust me to use them but just because they were afraid it might cause problems if others saw me a 3 year old kid using real kunai even if I looked a little older with my build and height.Thankfully though because of this I'm able to adapt to real kunai before I go to the Ninja school and better build muscle memory with them since the weight was different but it didn't take long to adapt to it since I already had wooden kunai fully mastered and they were extremely similar after all.The thing that took the longest was hitting moving targets with them because one that was simply harder and two I couldn't do that with wooden Kunai because they wouldn't kill but now my dad would take me hunting for deer and boar very frequently too not just for practice but because I ate so much and everytime we'd sneak up on one I'd throw a kunai besides it to spook it and get it running before throwing another to kill it with my kunai easily going completely through the skull of anything I hunted.My dad also started to teach me how to find and track animals and build traps with it being a useful ninja skill to know how to track and build traps so much so that he teaches me and works with me on it for another 4 months but I'm happy to learn it especially how to track with it going hand in hand with my ability to use sensory jutsu in the future.Finally however I can work on kenjutsu as I read all the basics I got on sabers and swords with it not being that hard either considering it was basics with only a few advance examples I learn it fast it's essentially like it was for me to learn kunai with me being able to use it in practice and understand it faster along with it just being simple the main thing was working it into my fighting style and getting use to it til it became muscle memory and was a habit I did naturally which takes time.My fighting style with a saber was completely different then my taijustu without after all If my oppent didn't have a weapon I'd probably just fight them hand to hand unless they were more skilled then me with myself already knowing jujutsu and having faster and quicker reflexes then others from my taijustu training however adding a saber onto that changed everything I'd have to use a whole different fighting style which takes getting use to even if it was more effective then simple taijustu.I constantly used my saber needing to get so use to it that it became like an extra limb being completely natural to me and fully understanding the length of a saber to know my new hitting range and learning how to fight with it developing my own kenjutsu style from everything I learned to be the most effective for me.For the rest of the year I focus on learning kenjutsu fully adaptive to using a saber and using it in fighting with my dad lightly sparingly with me letting me see where I need to improve my technique better I don't even get to start on the Hatake manuals or add it to my technique til I finish mastering my own and building up my own muscle memory and understanding of the saber.On my 4th birthday my mom and dad decided they would let me learn one jutsu from them each up to a C rank since the Uchihas and Hatake might also know up a jutsu up to C rank in ninja school that and they don't know B rank jutsu like most chunin but I can only choose one jutsu from either my mom or dad with my dad being skilled in earth release and my mom being skilled in genjutsu.I think about it for awhile but ultimately I lean towards learning from my dad because genjutsu I already know all there theories on and can likely learn some simple ones without her on my own after I better learn how to actually use a jutsu so I might be able to get 2 jutsu out of this if I choose right so I choose my dad willing to bet on my genjutsu talent to clutch up on its own later once I get better chakra control sense I'm still working on that with it being harder for me then it probably would've been originally with my chakra being a lot more then before and it being easier to master chakra control with less chakra like Sakura did instantly.My dad gives me a list of jutsu to choose from and ultimately I choose his C rank earth style hidden within rock technique that allows you to hide underground and in rocks being great for assassination and I'm all for 1 hit wins thinking once I combine it with genjutsu that'll be awesome especially because even if I can't beat my opponent I might be able to make them think I got away by using this jutsu and a genjutsu to make it look like I fled.As I think about it I start wondering if I could also just use this jutsu to use the body decapitation Jutsu once I learn to be a sensory ninja because I could just sense where they are while underground and pull them under from underneath them essentially using another jutsu by combining it with sensory techniques meaning there's plenty of potential with this for me it's got good synergy.