A Little Bribery Doesn’t Hurt, Right?

Back at our house, I was sitting in the backyard in the middle of a rudimentary training area. There was a wooden dummy for taijutsu, targets with shuriken and kunai stuck in them and an open space for ninjutsu. I sat cross-legged while Kushina sat behind me.

"Are you ready?" "Yes Neechan."

"Alright, I am going to pass my chakra through you. Focus on the feeling and then try and mimic the sensation. Once you can feel it, try to move it clockwise. Once you can move it once in a circle, you have officially unlocked your chakra."

I closed my eyes when she finished speaking. A few seconds later, I felt something warm flowing through me. It took a bit before I felt anything besides the warmth. Suddenly, it was like someone had slightly turned on a faucet. There wasn't much coming out, barely more than a trickle, but it was falling steadily. 

"I feel something, Oneechan." "That is your chakra. It is a mix of your mental and physical energies. The quantity you can produce is limited by the weaker energy, which could be your body or spirit. Ensure you don't stress where it is coming from; damage there can lead to the inability to produce chakra. Don't lose the sensation; I will remove my chakra."

The warm and steady stream from Kushina stopped, leaving me with my slowly running tap. I marvelled at the warm and comfortable feeling the chakra gave me. I wanted to feel more of it. I imagined opening the tap more, but there was a resistance which felt odd. It was like the handle for the tap had rusted shut.

Heeding my sister's warning, I didn't try to force it, but I found the stuck feeling rather curious. After a few minutes, enough chakra had accumulated that I thought I could try and circulate it. It was far easier than I expected. My theory is that my proficiency with Nature Energy also carried over to my chakra.

There wasn't any other explanation I could think of. I completed my first chakra circulation without any issues; it was less strenuous than my construct training, just different. It spread the warm sensation everywhere it passed. Before I knew it, I circulated the energy throughout my body.

It was like boiling water flowing through a heated floor, only it was a magical energy going through my body. The feeling was addicting and comforting at the same time. 

I only stopped circulating the warm energy when Kushina shook me lightly, which caused me to open my eyes and look at her.

"Have you finished the first circulation yet?"

I must have made an awkward expression because she followed it up with consoling words. "Don't worry if you lost the feeling or didn't get the circulation yet. This isn't easy; It took me a few tries to get it right the first time. Do you need me to use my chakra again?"

I awkwardly scratched the side of my head. It turns out that I did something else outrageous. "Um, no. I finished circulating it. I thought it felt really good, so I kept doing it."

She nodded her head like I did something good. "That's great; you're talented in chakra control. How far did you get in circulating it through your body? You should have discovered other pathways for it to go."

"I already circulated it through my body a few times. I just wanted to move the warm feeling all over my body and found many paths it could go, so I explored them all a few times."

Kushina's mouth fell open this time, and her eyes went wide. She opened and closed her mouth several times but didn't produce any sound. I realized I may have fucked up; Ashita reacted similarly when she first saw the storage ring.

"How are you such a monster at everything, you know!" Kushina yelled out as soon as she remembered how to speak. "I don't know…" 

Of course, I had to lie. I can't exactly say that I got powers from god and retained my memories from my past life.

She half-heartedly hit me in frustration before getting up and storming off. I chucked once she was out of earshot; her behaviour was amusing, but I didn't want her to hear my laughter and start hitting me seriously. 

I closed my eyes and circulated the energy a few times. It not only made me feel warm, but it also energized me. I felt like I was on a slight sugar high but hadn't consumed anything besides breakfast.

Finished my circulation, I got up and dusted myself off. I have a Uzukage to brib- *cough* barter with.

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I approached Suto's office; I had just been there, so the guards let me in without any issue. 

Suto was behind the desk as usual; however, he was with two other adults I didn't know. 

"Kane-kun, welcome back; I was just talking with my advisors. It seems your rings brought problems along with their convenience. Masumi, Naito, this is Kane Uzumaki, the creator of the storage rings."

I nodded my head to the two of them. "Hello again, Suto. It is nice to meet the two of you."

While I greeted the three adults, the two sitting on the bench whispered and elbowed each other. 

When I finished, the man looked like he had lost an argument and introduced himself first. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Kane. I am Masumi, the Jonin commander of Uzushiogakure. This is my twin sister, Naito. She is the best matrix master in Uzushio. She has also spent the last year trying to crack your rings-" "MASUMI!!"

'So they are twins, that explains it.' I thought to myself. The two had very similar features save the slight stubble on Masumi's face and the blush on Naito's. I couldn't tell how tall they were because everyone was huge compared to me; the fact they were sitting down didn't make it any easier.

"What?! It's not like you haven't been working on it without success, you know." 'Why you, you,  you. I'm not going to forget this, you know."

While the two returned to their bickering, Suto coughed lightly, drawing their attention back to him. As if they had rehearsed it, the duo froze and slowly turned to Suto before bowing slightly.

"Apologies Suto-sama."

The scene was something out of a cheesy comedy skit I used to love and made me burst into laughter. It didn't take long before Suto began laughing alongside me at the duo's antics.

After taking a while to compose myself, I finally brought up the reason for my visit.

Suto let out a large sigh and began to rub his temples. Masumi mimicked him while Naito looked at me with sparkling eyes. "Well, let's see it, boy. Hopefully, it isn't as ridiculous as those rings."

I pulled out a high-quality scroll and passed it over to Naito. Taking the scroll into her hands, she had a slightly crazed look in her eyes, and I think I heard her whisper something under he breath—something about a precious.

She slowly unrolled it on the Uzukage's desk. To their eyes, nothing happened. In my eyes, though, the Nature Energy in the room began accumulating in an area above the scroll.

The three looked at me in confusion. "Kane, does this do anything?"

I laughed at the three of them; this meeting would be fun.

A/N:

What do you think of the 'meeting' with Suto? I don't love it, but it is good enough.

What do you think he should get for giving the Uzumaki unlimited energy?