A pearl of the soul

When our team approached Tazuna's house, we saw a wooden shack by the sea.....

- You're an architect, right? - I asked, looking at Tazuna's house and then at him.

- I sold my house to invest in the construction of the bridge... I hope I can buy it back when the bridge is finished, and the country can get back on its feet... that is, of course, assuming I don't get killed, or Gato will send someone else after my head," he explained. - Tazuna explained... he might have a taste for alcohol. Still, it was not surprising in his precarious position, but otherwise, this grandfather was clearly not a bad man.

- Okay, I got it. - I answered, and the team and I went to the architect's house, where we were met on the doorstep by a young beautiful black-haired woman who was our customer's daughter. According to Identity, she was twenty-nine years old, her height was one metre fifty-eight centimetres, and her weight was forty-five kilograms. But even though Tsunami was almost thirty, she looked about twenty years old.

- Father, you're back. - Tsunami said, "Are these the shinobi from Konoha? Are they injured? - The woman looked at me or Kakashi's carcass on my shoulder.

- He's fine. He's just chakra exhaustion. I'm a medic. I'll fix him up. Is there a spare room where I can dump this ballast? - I asked and nodded at Kakashi's body.

- Ah, let's go. So you were attacked on the way? - The woman asked as we walked through the house.

- A couple of times, first two shinobi from the Hidden Mist that I defeated, and then another Mist Swordsman that Kakashi fought, and I helped him a bit. Still, one technique caused Kakashi to waste all his Chakra. - I said, and Tsunami took out a futon and spread it out for me to lay Kakashi on, which I did.

- Tsunami, we defeated the strong shinobi, so we were safe for a while. - Tazuna spoke up, sitting on the floor and wiping the sweat from his forehead.

- Do you need anything to help your mate? - Tsunami asked me as I began to treat Kakashi.

- Stay in the room; your beauty will help me work more efficiently. - I smiled, and Tsunami was a little embarrassed and blushed slightly -And seriously, Kakashi will need to eat well. Still, I have a scroll with sealed food, which will be enough for the first time. By the way, let me introduce myself, I'm Naruto Tatsumaki, this is our commander Kakashi Hatake, this pink-haired girl is Sakura Haruno, the red-haired kunoichi is Mito Uzumaki, and this guy can introduce himself. - I nodded at Sasuke.

- Pfft. - Sasuke replied as usual.

- That's what you call him. - I said and put my hands on Kakashi's Chakra Hearth and began to infuse him with med-chakra, which caused the Jonin to wake up after only a few seconds.

- Sensei, you're awake. - Sakura rejoiced.

- Yep, he's awake, now I'll refuel him with Chakra, and he'll be off to train our team. - I said, looking at Kakashi.

-Naruto, let Sensei rest. - tired after travelling from Konoha to the Land of Waves, Sakura stood up for Kakashi.

- Why are you all so lazy? You've even been in battle and should have seen the need for training, but you want to rest. Or do you think I'll always fight for you? I'll get my chuunin soon, and then I'll leave you for the ANBU, and I'll do Hokage's missions alone. - I replied and continued to infuse Kakashi with med Chakra.

- By the way, what was that masked shinobi who took Zabuza's body? - Sakura changed the subject.

- He was an opinion - fighter from a special unit, also known as "Body Wipers"; their task was to completely destroy the bodies of killed escaped shinobi. - Kakashi explained, "There are many secrets hidden in the bodies of shinobi, such as information about secret jujutsu, information about enhanced genomes, and samples of special types of Chakra. If a shinobi escapes from the village, he takes the secrets of the village, which, if he dies, can be taken by the enemy. Hence, the village sends an opinion to the fugitive's head. When Naruto talked about selling the bodies of strong shinobi, it was just another way to get rid of the bodies of fugitive shinobi. In general, the bodies are bought back by the villages where the fugitive shinobi escaped from. Although another village can buy the body, you have to beat the price... that's why the Oinin squad was created. It's cheaper to get rid of renegades. The Oinin are specialists in guarding the secrets of the village, they get rid of everything, and in the end, there won't even be a drop of blood left from the shinobi. This is the end for all shinobi. - The Jonin finished sadly.

- So Zabuza will be cut into pieces and destroyed? A terrible fate. - Sakura said with slight fear.

- Yes, datebayo. - Mito agreed.

- Don't worry. Zabuza will be fine. - I said, "That girl isn't an opinion; she's Zabuza's accomplice who staged his murder. When she dragged him away as if he was a corpse, she was helping Zabuza evacuate after a lost battle. - I enlightened.

- I realised now, too, that this opinion was behaving strangely. They usually destroy their victims' bodies on the spot by pouring acid or an explosive mixture on them and then setting them on fire. What did this opinion do? He took Zabuza's body away instead of cutting off his head to prove the job was done. And Zabuza's murder weapon was an ordinary senbon, which, with a certain skill, can easily fake death by hitting certain points. So Zabuza is probably alive. - Kakashi confirmed my words.

- What, what the hell, dattebayo?! - Mito reacted violently.

- What do you mean, Sensei? You checked it yourself and said he was dead. - Sakura clarified with concern.

- Yes, I checked, but it was most likely a deep coma. The Oinin are very familiar with human anatomy and know the acupuncture points that can be used to induce that state. So we need to prepare for the worst: Zabuza will return and try to kill Tazuna. That's why I'll train you.

- Wait a minute. You can barely move. What good is a little training going to do us anyway? Our ninja enemy, who you can barely handle. - resented Sakura...that she just wanted to rest and didn't want to train.

- Sakura, Naruto is right. I've let your training down. - Kakashi replied.

- "A little?" - I clarified sarcastically.

- 'I think if you all practise, we can all definitely deal with the threat together,' Kakashi added, ignoring me. - Kakashi added, ignoring my retort - By the way, Naruto, you said you were a Sensor and a medic, so you knew Zabuza was alive right away, didn't you? - Kakashi asked me.

- Of course, I let him go so he could attack us again, and I could fight him because I never got to use my wristbands. Gato will obviously want Zabuza to do the job he was paid to do, so he'll attack us again, but he'll need at least a week to recover from his injury... plus, we've already beaten him once; I've seen what the Swordsman of the Mist can do, and I'm sure I can beat him. You'll be back to normal by then. By letting Zabuza go, I've bought us a week, during which we can be guaranteed not to wait for an attack.

- Naruto... I can't wait for you to start working for the ANBU. - Kakashi said with slight irritation.

- Just like me. - I replied and looked at the doorway, where a pretty black-haired girl in Panama entered the room.

- Oh, Inari, where did you go? - Tazuna asked.

- Welcome back, grandfather. - replied the girl.

- Inari, say hello. These are the shinobi who will protect Grandpa. - Tsunami pointed at us.

- Mum, why? They will all die anyway because they have no chance of defeating Gato. - said Inari with a kind of childish doom.

- What did you say, little dantebayo? I'm the strongest kunoichi in the world, Datebayo! I'll be Hokage when I grow up, so I'll beat your Gato in no time. Got it, dantebayo?! - Mito said emotionally.

- ...Are you stupid or something? - Inari asked with a condescending look at Mito.

- You're an idiot, dattebayo! I'm going to get you right now," Mito said.

- Mito, calm down. Inari is right. You're acting like a fool now, not just now, but for over three days. - I said.

- Shut up, dog, dattebayo. - Mito replied with resentment.

- Don't take your anger out on strangers, especially children. You're just one of many with problems. - I added, and Mito averted her gaze.

- If you want to live, you'd better get out of here. - Inari said and started to leave the room.

- Where are you going? - Tazuna asked his granddaughter.

- I'm going to my room to look at the sea. - Sadly replied the girl and left.

- Sorry about that. - The older adult apologised.

- Yeah, and you're sorry too. - I said, looking at Mito.

- Okay, let's go practice. - Kakashi tried to get up from the futon but staggered a little and fell to the floor again.

- Just a second. - I took two acorns out of my pocket, which I sprouted and created two oak crutches -Here. - I gave them to Kakashi, and with the help of the crutches, he could stand on his feet properly, and then we all walked together to the nearest forest near Tazuna's house.

- Before training, I want to talk briefly about the source of shinobi Power - Chakra. As you can see, when I wasted all my Chakra, I became very weak, and that's because my Sharingan is not native, and I can't control it properly. - Kakashi said, "Controlling Chakra is very important to a shinobi, for if he wastes it inefficiently, he will lose all his Chakra in battle, and for a shinobi, that is almost guaranteed death. Today we will practice control, and for that, we will learn to walk through trees. - said the Jonin, and using the seal of concentration, he began to walk on a vertical tree as if on the ground and continued to explain:

- You need to concentrate Chakra on your feet, and then you can stick to the tree. - He walked onto a thick branch and was now hanging upside down.

- Hey, I already know how to do that, dantebayo. Me and Sakura Naruto taught me to walk on trees and even Water. - Mito informed her and added quietly, "And he paid more attention to Sakura, dattebayo.

- Naruto, you trained your teammates without my knowledge is fine. But then why didn't you train Sasuke too? - Kakashi asked," Sasuke, you don't know how to walk on trees, do you? - The Jonin clarified.

- No." Sasuke looked at me with anger and resentment.

- Actually, Sakura asked Uchiha to train, but he refused. I offered to train him, too, but he just snorted contemptuously in my direction and walked away. Maybe he's used to everyone chasing him, but I won't follow him and beg him to train. I already had to do that with Sakura and Mito, who didn't want to train either... if Sasuke was a cute girl, I'd be more persistent in his training. Although Sasuke was quite handsome when I first saw him at the Academy, I thought he was a girl... but in reality, he was disappointed. That cute girl turned out to be a boy... too bad. - I looked disappointedly at Sasuke, who only puffed in my direction.

- Sasuke will still have to learn to walk on trees, but I haven't decided what to do with you, but for now, you can help Sasuke. - Kakashi looked at Mito and Sakura.

- I have a suggestion. Have them try to climb trees with heavy weights or keep tree leaves attached to their bodies like at the Academy, and then have them try to do it simultaneously. I trained like that to increase my control when I learned to walk on trees and Water. - I said.

- That's not a bad idea. Do you agree? - The Jonin said, and the girls nodded, "Good. And you, Naruto, what will you do? I can only teach you techniques once I'm back to normal.

- I'm going to help Tazuna build a bridge and learn architecture so I can build myself a palace to house my harem of beauties," I grinned. - I replied with a smirk, looking at Mito, who got angry and called me a "dog" again. - By the way, Kakashi-san, I have a proposition for you. - I said, looking at the join.

- What kind of offer? - Kakashi clarified.

- It concerns your Sharingan. - I said, and Sasuke began to eavesdrop, for he was interested in where Kakashi got the dojutsu of his Uchiha clan.- I heard that this Sharingan was given to you by your co-commandant Uchiha before his death, and it was transplanted to you on the battlefield by your other co-commandant, Irenin. And as I hope you know, I took the irienin course and received my A-rank after certification. During my certification, I transplanted organs - a heart, an arm, and an eye - and my patients successfully recovered.

- Well, I looked at your file that the Hokage gave me, and it does mention that you are an A-rank irienin. And I understand that you were looking for information about me too. - Kakashi said.

- I'm curious. When you fainted recently, I examined your Sharingan. It was transplanted rather clumsily, which is understandable because eyes are difficult to transplant. The Sharingan is not an ordinary visual organ but a dojutsu with many small chakra channels. This is where the problem comes from because now you have many chakra channels of Sharingan hanging unconnected to your chakra system, and they emit a lot of extra Chakra to nowhere. If these channels are looped, you can solve the problem of excess chakra loss; a good A-rank irienin can do this quite well; I can do it. But you can also sprout chakra channels to the main chakra circulation system; this will help you use Sharingan as effectively as the Uchiha, meaning you can activate and deactivate it at will. Right now, you don't have the necessary eye chakra channels, for you are not an Uchiha... this option is more advantageous but also more dangerous. Only S-ranked irienin can work with chakra channels, as the First Hokage Hashirama Senju was such an irienin. Now there is only one S-ranked irienin left in the world, Tsunade Senju, the granddaughter of the First Hokage... however, I'm sure I can perform this chakra channel germination operation as well.

- So what are you offering me? - Kakashi clarified.

- I'm offering you an operation. One option is less risky; it'll just take away your chakra waste, and you'll spend thirty-five per cent less Chakra when you use the dojutsu. And the second option is more risky, but after the operation, you will use your Sharingan like a real Uchiha, you will be able to deactivate it and switch it on if necessary, and your chakra expenditure will be reduced by seventy-five per cent. - I replied.

- What's in it for you? You want something for this operation. - The Jonin clarified.

- I want you to do what you're supposed to do. You were responsible for commanding and mentoring the seventh team; you were supposed to be our Sensei and train us. Tree-walking is the basics you should have taught us on our first meeting day. Still, you decided to teach us that when we went outside of Konoha, travelled to another country and encountered S-rank shinobi along the way. Yep, it's just the perfect time to start learning the basics of chakra control. So far, you've only been a sensei in words, and you haven't really taught me anything, so I want to make you my debtor and get you to train us properly. I help you with the Sharingan, and you become a normal mentor; that's all I ask for for the operation. - I said seriously.

- Are you sure you can perform this operation? If yes, then I agree. I'm tired of looking at the world with one eye. At first, it was very unusual, but later I adapted. I would like to see with both eyes and not get from it chakra-exhaustion. And I will fulfil your conditions and train the team well. When can you perform the operation? - Kakashi clarified.

- I think it's a good time; you don't have much Chakra, and what you do have is my Chakra, so when I grow additional channels and connect them to your chakra circulation system, I won't be hindered by your Chakra and will be assisted by mine. Plus, because of the small amount of Chakra, there will be less chance of the newly created channels breaking because of the lack of pressure of Chakra gushing through them. The new channels will be strong enough when your Chakra is fully restored. After the operation, you must eat well and take it easy. Let's go if you're ready; we can perform the operation at Tazuna's house. - I nodded towards the architect's residence.

- Okay, let's go. - Kakashi nodded, -And you practice hard, Sasuke. First, try to climb the tree by running, and each time mark your result with a kunai notch... well, and if something does not work, ask for help from the teammates who already know how to walk on trees. - The Jonin said to Sasuke, and Sakura cheered up, thinking Sasuke would ask her for advice. Still, reality disappoints... especially regarding Sasuke.

The operation lasted about an hour and a half. First, I put Kakashi to sleep and switched on my Hoshingan, starting to use it to look at the Sharingan with three tomoes. Each of those commas on the pupil signified an extra chakra channel that worked like another pupil when the dojutsu was activated, making the Uchiha's vision and reaction speed four times sharpened. The stars on my pupil work on the same principle.

Kakashi's main eye chakra channel was connected because it was the only one he had, and the other three were dangling and wasting Kakashi's Chakra. First, I strengthened and thickened the main eye chakra channel. Then I lengthen and sprout additional channels, connecting them to Jonin's general chakra circulation system. As I did so, Kakashi's Sharingan suddenly changed, the three tomoes twisting and the pattern on the pupil turning into the image of a three-bladed shuriken.

The eye went into Mangekyo Sharingan mode, but only for a moment, and then it simply switched off, the pattern disappeared, and Kakashi's eye became seemingly ordinary.

Completely finished with the operation, I awakened Kakashi, who immediately touched his face and eye.

- The operation was successful; you can try activating the Sharingan to see for yourself. - I said, and Kakashi switched it on for a moment and then switched it off;- Now eat and then preferably sleep. - I printed out the food from the scroll and gave it to the Jonin.

- Naruto, thank you. - Kakashi started eating the miso soup.

- You'll owe me. - I nodded and left the room; for now, I went to Tazuna, who was talking to her daughter while Tsunami was cooking dinner, "Can I help you? I'm a good cook. - I offered.

- No, I can do it. - Tsunami replied.

- Oh, Tsunami-sama, you have five more mouths to feed now, so you could use some help. - I created a few shadow clones that began to take over the kitchen.

- I see you're good at fighting, healing, and cooking. - The woman said, as my clones began to use a knife to cut vegetables and clean fish.

- Being an orphan, you must learn everything; you have no one to rely on but yourself and your shadow clones. - I replied, and Tsunami and Tazuna looked from the clones to the original me. "By the way, Tazuna, while my team is training and the commander is resting, I will guard you and help at the construction site. I can make ninety-six of these clones, but they'll only live for an hour, or I can make ten wooden clones, and they can work all day long.

- Hmm, a good help, considering that all the workers have been fleeing the construction site lately, fearing Gato and his thugs, so I decided to hire shinobi to make people feel safe. And these clones..." Tazuna looked at them, clearly wanting to know their capabilities.

- They're almost complete copies of me, they have my mind, and I get all their memories when they dispel. So they're not dumb dummies, and they'll work just as efficiently as a normal human... or rather, they'll be even more efficient than humans.

- I see... still shinobi are really amazing creatures. - Tazuna said, and his daughter nodded in agreement, watching my copies prepare the food.

When it got dark, Sakura, Mito and Sasuke returned to Tazuna's house, they were very tired. Still, they ate for three, especially Mito and Sasuke. Inari also came down for dinner, and while eating, she kept looking at the wall where there was a picture hanging with the top right edge torn off; Sakura noticed this and came over to take a closer look at the picture.

- Why is this tattered photo hanging here? It looks just like the one Tazuna-san showed us, except a man should have been standing there. Someone ripped it off on purpose. - The pink-haired girl said and looked at us.

- That was my husband, Kaiza. - replied Tsunami.

- He was a hero of our country. - Tazuna added, and Inari got up and went outside.

- Inari, where are you going? - Tsunami asked, but the girl silently left the house, -Inari! Dad, I told you not to talk about him before Inari. - Tsunami went out after her daughter.

- What's wrong with Inari? - Sakura asked a little guiltily since she was the one who started this conversation.

- Kaiza is not Inari's birth father, her birth father died shortly after she was born, so she doesn't remember him. One day, Inari found a puppy dog and named it Sharik; because of the dog, she got into a fight with some kids from the town... kids can be cruel; one bully took the puppy away from Inari and threw it into the sea and then pushed Inari into the Water as well. They left Inari drowning and just went home, and then Kaiza saved her granddaughter; he was a fisherman who had only recently arrived in our country. - Tazuna told about Inari's stepfather.

- That's how..." said Sakura.

- Kaiza became very good friends with Inari, and she started to think of him as her father. One day, our dam broke when a heavy storm and rain hit the country. The fastening on one of the gates had ripped off, which meant that the city could flood soon, and to prevent that from happening, it was necessary to close that gate somehow. But at that time, it was raining heavily, and the sea was raging with high waves; to save the city, it was necessary to jump into the sea, swim to the flap and tie it back. However, it was a suicidal task, and Kaiza decided to do it, and with that, he saved our city and became a hero... However, when Gato came... he executed Kaiza in front of all the people of the town; he crucified him on a cross and cut off his limbs... and then his head... Inari saw the death of the one who had become a father to her; it changed her forever... and Tsunami... and me, and all the people of our town. - Tazuna finished sadly.

- Yeah, when I kill Gato, I will make his death as painful as possible. I'm going to go talk to Inari. - I went outside and dispelled a clone that was collecting sen-chakra for me, so I entered sennin mode and was able to find Inari and Tsunami, who was now sitting on the rocks by the sea, a couple of hundred metres away from the house. To hide the hermit's markings, I used Henge and went to the mother and daughter, who were currently hugging each other and looking sadly at the sea sunset.

- Why did you come? - The girl looked at me unfriendly.

- I wanted to prove to you that I could defeat Gato. I've been told about your father and feel sorry for him. I promise his killers will be sorry.

- You can't defeat Gato! - Inari replied hysterically and almost crying, and Tsunami held her close so she wouldn't run away again.

- I'm not an ordinary person; I'm a shinobi; see what I can do, and maybe you'll change your mind. - I spoke and turned to the sea, "Art of the Hermit: Water Element: Dragon Hydra. - I quickly put together forty-four seals to create the Water Dragon in eight seconds and added a "cloning seal" and a "weave seal"-which I usually use for Mokuto techniques. Because of the additional seals and sen-chakra, seven water dragons were created at once, linked together to create a huge twenty-metre-long seven-headed hydra that struck a single blow at a single small rock in the sea and completely destroyed it.

- Wow..." Inari said after seeing this monster.

- I've heard that Gato is a famous shipowner, and if he comes here with his fleet, he'll be met with monsters like this... although I have a technique that can sink an entire fleet at once. Shall I show you? - I looked at Inari, sitting in Tsunami's arms, and both nodded in agreement. Now Mito, who had followed me outside, was watching me to see what I was doing.

- Brother, show me. - Inari, who was already impressed with my strength, approached me.

- Okay, now that rock over there will be gone... I hope I don't hurt some poor guy who decided to fish in the sea at night. - I said, and the sphere of Rasengan began to twist between my hands, the Chakra which became coloured Water Element, and Sen-chakra from the sea began to be absorbed into this sphere, which soon made the sphere bright blue in colour;- Suiton: Rasen-Taifun. - I directed the sphere towards the sea. I released the Chakra from it, which burst out under pressure, creating a multitude of water cutters, which in a second, sawed the huge rock and created strong waves around it, which scattered the remains of the rock on the sea. As promised, the entire rock was gone in just a few seconds;. However, I was supposed to throw this Rasengan at the enemy, and everything around it would be destroyed. There was a bridge being built pretty close. If one water slasher hit it, it wouldn't be pretty. I unleashed a blast of machinery in only one direction, where it couldn't damage the construction site.

- Naruto, dattebayo! Why didn't you teach me that, dattebayo! - Shouted Mito that she couldn't stand it and still came out of hiding.

- This is exactly what I taught you, but we had a fight because of your selfishness, so the training stopped at the very beginning.

- It's your fault we had a fight, Datebayo! Dog, dattebayo! - Mito shouted with resentment and ran home to Tazuna... oh, such a child she is.

- Brother, what's wrong with that red-haired fool that she's yelling at you and taking offence? - Inari asked after Mito left.

- Mito and I have been friends since we were kids, since we were three years old, to be exact; we lived in an orphanage together, went to the Shinobi Academy together, graduated together, and joined the same team together... because of all this Mito started to think that I belonged only to her. When I started to show attention to other girls, she got jealous. - I want to start my own shinobi clan. For that, I need several wives so that my clan doesn't consist of just me... in fact, I invited Mito into my harem to be one of my wives. Still, she doesn't want me to have anyone else but her. That's why we had a fight, Mito is too jealous and is against my harem, and she doesn't care that I need to create a clan... selfish redhead.

- Why do you need a clan, little brother? - Inari looked at me with interest and admiration.

- I've been alone since I was a kid. Only with Mito's appearance could I say I've found someone close to me... I want to create a clan to have a normal family I've never had.

- Oh... then how about I join your clan and become your wife? - Inari suggested it.

- Haha... you should grow up first, but as it is, I don't mind... hah. - I smiled, and the girl pouted a little.

- By the way, Naruto, how old are you? You look older than your teammates. - Tsunami asked.

- I'm the same age as my teammates, but I recently used a spatial summoning technique... I wanted dragons as summoning animals, so I travelled to their world. Before I could go back, I was in that world for three years, so I'm now sixteen, but it's only been three days in this world. - I explained and left out a lot of details," "Come on, let's go home. It's cold. You'll catch a cold, Inari. - I took the girl in my arms and carried her home, Tsunami following behind. She fell asleep while carrying Inari in my arms, and I had already put the sleeping girl in her bed.

- Inari seems to feel safe and asleep with you... and I'm less worried about our safety and father's life after what I've seen. - Tsunami said as she covered her daughter with a blanket.

- Well, perhaps Inari will become my wife when she grows up... heh. Judging by your beauty, Tsunami-sama, Inari will also grow into a very attractive girl. - I said quietly to not wake the girl, "I wouldn't mind marrying you too. - I looked at the woman with a smile.

- What are you talking about... - Tsunami looked away and blushed slightly.

- Well, I'm quite serious... I liked you; just saying that if our sympathy is mutual... I'm here for a long time until the bridge is not built. I will stay in the Land of Waves, and thanks to the spatial technique, I can move very quickly around the world... in general, if you suddenly think what, give a sign. Good night, Miss Tsunami. - I took her pen and kissed her goodbye.

For now, I went outside and decided to better investigate my Kogenryu seal, as well as the Dragon Blade Ryujin and the five Dragon Elemental Orbs... older adult Tatsushiro said that they could be used to summon Genryu, and five dragons wouldn't be out of place.

The Dragon Blade was created from some magical metal from the dragon world; it was incredibly sharp and strong and could absorb Chakra. When I inserted the blue dragon orb into the round hole, it went in perfectly and with this sword, I could summon the Water Genre, which I attempted to do.

I had to spend about five thousand units of Chakra to materialise the Water Genre from the dragon pearl... it was quite large, about eight metres tall and about twenty metres long. Most of all, he resembled an overgrown crocodile, which was logical because crocodiles were aquatic reptiles. This Water Henry did what I ordered him to do. While I was holding Riujin in my hands, I was absorbing Chakra, about six hundred units per minute; this energy was used to maintain the material form of the Dragon... well, I can't maintain the Dragon's call for long... but in general, such a crocodile can easily sink a ship.

For now, it's easier for me to fight the enemy myself than to spend Chakra on summoning... but I don't have a lot of chakras, and I need to save it for now. I can support the simultaneous summoning of five Genryu at once... I've got the dragon summoning, but it's different from the standard contracted summoning, which is good because I can do the standard contracted summoning... I want snakes, but Hiruzen suggested monkeys, and they're a good option too.

Also, the Riujin Blade, along with the Water Dragon Pearl, could be used to enhance the Suiton, for example without any seals, I can fire a Water Bullet from the tip of the blade, a compacted blob of Water to travel at great speeds, allowing it to pierce through the thick wood. The other elemental pearls allowed them to release dense, fast clots of their element. The green dragon orb was the most suitable for reinforcing the blade as a weapon; it allowed me to quickly create wind sickles that were five times denser, faster and deadlier than without the blade.

While I was recovering my energy after summoning the Dragon and testing Ryujin's abilities, I sat meditating on top of the crane that was building the bridge and continued to study my seal with Hoshingan... that older man Hairo Tatsuushiro must have been a master of Fuinjutsu, probably taught by Uzumaki's wife. Now I understood why the Ryu clan crest had a pair of spirals.

My seal with the Dragon of Light was very complicated; it looked like a combination of the Ordinary Sealing Fuin, the Seal of the Five Elements, and the Seal of the Eight Trigrams, with which the Nine-Tailed One was sealed in Mito. However, I had only seen the outer appearance of Mito's seal, it looked like the spiral of the Uzumaki clan, but I hadn't looked at the inner structure with my Hoshingan, for when I had the opportunity to see the spiral energy structures, we had a fight with Mito on the same day... well, I hope we'll make up again.

In general, my seal resembled a five-rayed star; in the middle, there was a container for the Dragon of Light, but on the five rays, there were empty spatial cells with the signatures of five elemental Genryu. And it was clearly understood that Dragon Orbs needed to be sealed into these spaces to unlock a greater flow of Dragon of Light Chakra. So I decided to try and do that, so I put a blue dragon orb to the seal; nothing naturally happened, then I tried to absorb the orb as I did with the sen chakra, and then I was able to get the dragon pearl into the seal, and that's how it showed up in the Status.

"Status"

Life 150/323/80 per hour

Mana 1992/1992/206 per hour

Psi 693 330/17.5 per hour

Reatsu 400/844/140 per hour

Chakra 1032/2615/435 per hour

Chakra Kogenryu (1600)/5000/800 per hour

Genryu Chakra 1000/1000/160 per hour

Skill Points 161

Characteristics:

Strength 540

Dexterity 586

Endurance 646

Intelligence 280

Wisdom 563

Magic 498

I had an additional source of Chakra, or rather Water elemental Chakra, which helped me create water techniques faster, and the dragon orb helped me with elemental energy transformation... well, not bad. Plus, I had access to even more of the Dragon of Light's Chakra.

However, when I tried to seal the dragon orb with Lightning Genre, I failed because I had yet to learn to control the Lightning Element. I couldn't absorb it into the seal... so I needed to train Lightning and Fire Element as well, so I could get all five dragon pearls into the seal. I can fully unlock the Cogenre chakra and increase my energy reserve.

When I tried to seal the orange orb with the Earth Genre, I failed, which is strange because I have the most developed Water and Earth Elements... The reason is that I haven't summoned the Earth Genre yet, and it's asleep, while I summoned the Water Dragon recently. Anyway, I also need to awaken the dragons in these pearls.