3 Development (Prologue 3)

'Breathe in.... Breath out...'

A 5 year old child with grey hair and yellow eyes sat on top of a bunch of rocks next to a stream in the lotus position. His chest visibly rose and fell with every breath.

'Come on....!'

His eyes flicker in anticipation and he feels a warmth deep down within him. He reaches out to the energy and grasps it.

'Got it!'

It was almost as if he was trying to catch a fish in the middle of a rushing stream. With no fishing rod, of course. The small fish attempts to squirm out of his grasp but Kanata rips it out of the water and feels a new sensation rushing through him.

You could almost see the intensity in his eyes as the energy flowed through him, making him feel more energized.

"Kono powa da..." Kanata muttered, as ominously as a child could get. He immediately jumped into the water in front of the rocks.

'Wait.... I can't walk on water yet!' The realization and his own stupidity set into his mind as he scrambled to get back out of the water. Flopping onto the safety of land, he mentally scolded himself.

"Ugh, I'll start with the basic exercises again." Kanata flipped back onto his legs and began walking down the stream. It was actually quite a peaceful walk after such an invigorating experience.

Kanata thought about his plans for the future. Once he becomes a shinobi, what's next? Will he wait for an extremely strong opponent to come and end him once and for all in an epic battle? Or will he settle with a family to kick back and retire?

One thing was for sure, he wasn't gonna be one of those protagonists who think they're "new and cool" by conquering the world or gaining a harem of "hot babes". The difference between him and those novels are; he actually lives in this world. It's not some sort of playground where he becomes god and has an infinity d*ck to penetrate any woman across the world, regardless of who they are.

(A/N: *stare*)

Kanata ended his inner monologue as he entered the area with the pond. Peeling off his already wet garments, Kanata hopped in the river and got into the horse position once more. He felt the chakra come off as a fluidic substance out of his coils and willed himself to punch underwater.

Just like any other punch in the water, it was slow and imprecise. After about 100 punches in the water as fast as he could, he ran laps around the water. Swimming, running, all of it. If he didn't want to become fodder, it was what he needed to do.

Unbeknownst to him, the water punching exercise was, little by little, helping him with his chakra control in his movements. Even the most miniscule amount mattered.

...

"Hooh~" Kanata exhaled. He placed his hands on his hips after putting his wet clothing on the hanging thread that had many more drying garments. After putting on his new clothing, he began to stroll through the village of Konoha. He wore a simple set of baggy green pants and a shirt

'Still can't get over how absolutely gigantic this place is.' Kanata continued his daily practice, dipping into a jog(the jog of a 5 year old).

Over the past year, many developments(hahahahaha) happened to both Kanata and the village. Being a priority in the Land of Fire, Hi no Kuni if you will, the village had repairs done fast. It also is a shinobi village surrounded by wood, so that also contributed to how quick it all came together. Apparently shinobis build fast even without Hashirama's Wood Style.

Kanata recently unlocked his chakra, as you saw. His "otherworldly" practices help him control his chakra. He had recently set in stone what type of jutsu he wanted to specialize in.

First, he wants to focus on fuinjutsu. The anime never really did it any good service besides being an excuse as to how there are jinchurikis and compact storages exists. No, all anyone cares about is the overpowered bloodlines and huge abilities.

(A/N: cry about it)

Second, he will focus in taijutsu. More specifically, nintaijutsu, the appliance of ninjutsu to enhance taijutsu. All Kanata can remember about it is that he once looked up an article and saw that the only reference it had was the use of the Raikage's Lightning Cloak. Obviously, there weren't that many taijutsu experts, let alone nintaijutsu experts. He did not want to become a green spandex-wearing, youth-crazed muscle-head, or have an entire village on his back from learning clan secrets.

Kanata would have to plan for the planet-busting problems at a later date. Its not like he has time to sit for days and think of plans to steal bloodlines and other things.

After reaching the marketplace, Kanata smirked and burst into a sprint. He was able to dodge through people, under their legs, over their head, and the usual walk arounds.

"Hey!" Kanata even hopped on top of a crate that two men were carrying, almost making them drop it. In the air, Kanata turned back and stuck a tongue out. He landed on the ground, making a small dust cloud around him, before continuing his run.

He continued to free run around the village until he stopped in front of a closed restaurant. The sign read "Kagura Mochi Shop" with a bit of decoration around it.

Kanata fished a key out of his pocket and stared at it. Finally deciding to enter, he saw a few tables leading up to the counter, then a wall with a door to the back of the shop.

Kanata flipped on the light switch and finally got a better detail of everything. A large coat of dust rested on most flat surfaces in the shop. There were stools at the counter and the entire shop had a white and yellow color scheme, except that some of the paint was coming off. The light was still white, but it even was starting to flicker. The shop was pretty warm, most likely meaning that the cooling seals had expired. (If you don't know, they have fuinjutsu seals used for daily appliances too,). It seemed like the shop had been abandoned longer than the family had been perished.

Before walking further into the shop, Kanata pulled out a small scroll that was attached to the note. On it, it wrote, "Do not open until you are 5 years old." to which Kanata nodded slightly.

Unraveling the scroll, Kanata continued to read what was in it;

"Dear Kana

I'm sorry I couldn't be a better mother. I want to cherish you and hold you in my arms for eternity, but we both know that won't happen. When you get this, I want you to enter the back of the shop."

Kanata walked and reached the counter, undoing the small gate on it and continuing to enter.

"Now, follow these next directions to a direct point. Open the yellow cabinet on the very left side of the kitchen, but don't touch anything for 5 seconds. It will look a few shades darker than the other ones."

He located the cabinet in the small kitchen and opened it, then read the rest as 5 seconds passed.

"Exactly during the sixth second, there will be a ring of circles making a seal. Place all five fingers on it."

Kanata had to scramble up the counter and firmly press the seal that had just barely appeared.

"In it will be my secret technique for preserving chakra. I was never able to develop another technique that would be useful for it but please figure it out. It is my only wish of you.

Sincerely, Fuyu Kagura."