Affinity

"Now that this mission is over, I have some more work for you. I am thinking of sending you back to the front line in two months, by then you can decide whether to take your students with you or not." Hiruzen said as he yawned and gestured for Sakumo to leave.

"Yes, Lord Hokage. I will increase their training time" Sakumo said and left the room.

After that, Hiruzen went to his seat, opened the drawer, took out a cute teddy bear and took a nap.

-At night-

After Yukan was sure that his mother was asleep, Yukan once again used his room's window and jumped out.

Yukan had to continue his training to protect his loved ones and his friends, especially after today, when he saw Kushina standing behind Sakumo while trembling from fear, he was even more determined.

"... So what if she is destined to be with Minato, she is a good friend of mine and even Mikoto and Ryu were like that," Yukan said in a low voice.

Yukan previously only used to swing his katana and that was how he had unlocked 18% of Benimaru's template but now he has decided to change his way of training.

Yukan first ran 20 laps around the ground he trained in.

It was the same as how much he ran in the morning training with Sakumo.

Next, he did 100 push-ups and 100 sit-ups.

After doing all that and bringing his breathing rate back to normal, he started to swing his katana.

Yukan usually does 3000 swings but this time Yukan had to become stronger than his previous self, he had to be stronger than himself always, and he had to surpass his limits.

"3498…3499…3500" Yukan did 3500 swings and finally fell to the ground.

"That took out quite a lot of juice. The system, show me my panel now."

[Host: Yukan Norio]

[Age: 9]

[Template: Benimaru 19%]

[Abilities:

Swordsmanship Level 1

Magical sense (Or chakra sense)

Steel strength Level 1]

[Props:

Black Katana

All-Healing pill]

" So, this whole training gave me 1%? That is good. If I go on like this, I can get 30% more in a month and then I can complete the Benimaru template in almost 3 months. Hehe life is so good"

-1 Month Later-

'... As if. Life is hell' Yukan thought while he was covered in bruises and his clothes were torn.

Beside him was Minato who was also in the same condition as Yukan and they were both looking at Sakumo in front, with a blindfold on him.

"Come one, kids, try and hit me, you guys give me some good warm-up," Sakumo said while a smirk appeared on his face.

Yukan looked at Minato, Minato understood his meaning and he nodded.

2 minutes later, both, Yukan and Minato ended up getting thrown like how they were on their first day.

"Sensei, stop throwing us like that our clothes always end up getting torn completely and e have to buy new ones," Minato said.

"Haha. Alright, I won't throw you guys like that from now on." Sakumo assured the two kids in front of him.

"Well, currently your physical skills are at a chunin's level but you guys know, you will still lose to a chunin, do you know why?" Sakumo looked at Yukan and Minato.

"Because of our lack of ninjutsu?" Minato asked.

"Yes. So, although I am not an expert ninjutsu user, I know enough to teach you. We will start with checking your elemental affinities." Sakumo took out three pieces of paper as he talked about it.

"This is called chakra paper. When you infuse chakra into the paper, as per your affinity, the paper will react. If your affinity is fire, the paper will ignite and turn to ash for wind it will split in two for lightning it will wrinkle for earth the paper will turn to dirt and crumble away and for water, the paper will get wet." Sakumo explained to his students about the paper in his hand.

"Like, I have lightning and earth affinity, so, this happens." Sakumo took one of the papers and infused chakra into it.

The paper first wrinkled and then turned into dirt.

Yukan was amazed to see it.

Although he had known about it beforehand from the animation, it was amazing to see it in reality.

'It's… kinda beautiful.' While Yukan was busy thinking about it, Minato had taken chakra paper from Sakumo and infused chakra in it.

The paper split into two and one-half of it got wet.

"So, I have water and wind affinities?" Minato asked

"Yes. The wind element is good for long-range attacks while water is good for defence. Your turn Yukan."

Sakumo handed out the last piece of paper to the lost-in-thoughts Yukan.

Yukan woke up from admiring the beauty of the paper's reaction and took the paper from Sakumo's hand.

Yukan infused his chakra into it but there was no reaction.

"Sensei…"

"Try again." Sakumo's expression changed a little. He knew that every person, even if not a ninja has an elemental affinity.

Yukan once again put in some of his chakras but there was still no reaction.

After a minute of no reaction from anyone, Sakumo finally realized what was wrong.

"OH, don't worry, what just happened is…"