Pre-Academy [Part 3]

I made my way to my house. I took a deep breath and tried to figure out what exactly happened.

I was training in the forest. Then I was approached by Shisui.

Apparently Daisuke's old man was the one who taught Shisui and being the cheerful and caring (objectively) person he was, decided to repay his debt by training me. That is after getting out of the sheep mentality the Clan installed into him.

Getting help from Shisui would be incredible, but it would also put a giant target on my back. As I'm quite a bit disliked by the clan, it wouldn't take much of an effort for Danzō or Orochimaru to take me under their thumbs.

*sigh* It's obvious what I need to do. Mendokusē.

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-Next Morning, Training Grounds-

I walked towards the training grounds and saw Shisui there, waiting.

He smiles and waves at me "Yo. Daisuke-kun have you thought about it yet?" Asking in a carefree attitude.

I nod and look him in the eyes "I'm sorry Shisui-san but I want to get stronger my own way, not by fathers nor yours." I lower my head "I'm sorry" trying to look slightly ashamed.

Shisui just laughs it off but I can see the glimpse of sadness and surprise in those pitch black eyes. "Hahaha~ no problem no problem. But I still need to give you this" He passes me a scroll "It contains a copy of all the notes your father has given me about genjutsu and sharingan. I thought you might not want to be trained by someone you just met, so I prepared this. Use it if you like and don't if you don't want to. All in all I am happy I at least get to meet sensei's son." And with that he disappears.

Wow. This was great. Shisui had the greatest genjutsu skills in the anime, even better than Itachi. I might not reach their level of mastery in genjutsu for a long time but still, this scroll should be a great help to me.

*sigh* 'Only if he trained me I could have rivaled Itachi's growth but than stupid Obito, Orochimaru and Danzō would have me on their radar.' I thought to myself.

I spend the rest of the day mastering tree climbing while practicing hand seals for added control benefits.

At night I started reading the notes father had on genjutsu and their applications. All I can say about these notes is they are going to be very helpful.

But still, there were only 3 genin level genjutsu in this scroll, they are Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing, Demonic Illusion: Descending Hell Jutsu and Demonic Illusion: False Surroundings Jutsu.

I memorised the hand seals and read all of their applications father and Shisui had found.

There wasn't much to those Jutsus and the notes stated that most Chunin and even some Genin could easily avoid getting caught off guard by them, but they were still very useful in order to introduce one to genjutsu.

However, now that I learned the basics of genjutsu and learned the hand seals for low level genjutsu I had no proper way to train in it further.

I either needed a teacher or a target to improve my genjutsu, as I wouldn't be able to know if I had succeeded in casting the Jutsu or not.

Wait... If I can create a Shadow Clone, I should be able to train my genjutsu skills. And I should also be able to train my defenses against genjutsu at the same time.

Just relying on Sharingan to dispel genjutsu would eventually get me killed, as Sharingan can't dispel sound based genjutsu with their eyes.

Also, I should still wait to learn Shadow Clones after I master Tree Climbing exercise. My reserves and control would reach at least low-chunin level by then.

The Jutsu is forbidden for a reason, and unless you have a fluffy weapon of mass destruction in your stomach and/or an Uzumaki you should not abuse this Jutsu.

*sigh* I guess I should just return to basic/Gai style training for now.

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Next morning I started training by practicing the taijutsu kata's I learned.

'Alright, since I got used to my original physical training and can actually finish it, I should double it and add something new.' I thought to myself.

Thinking for a bit, it might be time for me to practice Gai and Lee's most famous training method, hand walking.

"Yosh. I'm going to run 1000 times around the compound, and if I can't I will do 2000 push-ups, and if I can't I'll do 1000 kicks, if I can't I'll do 1000 punches and if I can't I'll do 10 laps around the compound on my hands." I exclaimed in a bushy brow like manner.

I started my physical training and just like you would expect, I couldn't complete any of the exercises.

After 530 turns I couldn't run anymore, after 1208 push-ups I fell down. I couldn't kick nor punch after 520 mark. Worst of all I could only complete 4 laps around the compound. Hand walking was much harder than I initially thought.

After the harsher training regimen, I rested for an hour and started working on the tree climbing exercise for the rest of the day.

When I got home I threw myself to my bed. I fall a sleep quicker than a hangover college student in an 8 o'clock lecture.

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I was doing my daily training regimen when I heard screaming.

When I turned around to look what was going on I saw a pair of red eyes.

Before I realize what happened the owner of red eyes was standing behind me he said "I'm sorry" and just like that my head and body got separated.

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I woke up and was covered in sweat. I remember being killed like a god damn side character, worse a cannon fodder.

Itachi came and cut my head off with his tanto, saying he was sorry.

But at least this nightmare showed me something.

Despite training like crazy for years and help from plot knowledge I still might not match Itachi's sheer talent.

To survive the massacre, I needed a foolproof plan.