Dark Rep, Great Man
Author's Note: Bova has chosen to retire his career as a writer, he may come back, or he may not. I'm writing this story to honor my friend and cousin for his work.... You know him as TheBossBovaTannin, I knew him as my Cousin Ash.
For joining me albeir however so briefly I honor and salute you, Cousin!
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(Uchiha Clan Compound)
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Harunobu Uchiha, he had many monikers, which one depended greatly on your country and village of origin.
The Hidden Mist called him Demon Wind Nobu, for his Demonic Wind Genjutsu.
The Hidden Cloud called him Harunobu Stormrider, for outlasting the Third Raikage no matter how many Lightning-Style Jutsu were thrown at him.
The Hidden Sand named him Shinobi Artisan of Glass, for neutralizing their Jinchūriki's Sand Jutsu by turning them into glass.
The Hidden Stone gave him his darkest Nickname, The Uchiha Butcher, due to the surgical precision he showed in taking down large swaths of Stone-Nin.
But the Hidden Leaf knew him by another name, one that carried weight. They knew him as Lord Hokage.
But to the Uchiha boy staring down on Konohagakure from the Butcher's Stone face, he was known simply as.... grandfather.
Beside the boy stood his father and Grandfather.
''Won't be long now. Them fuckers are coming for us; I'll hold them off as best I can. But eventually the task is yours. Bye kids.'' Harunobu says before stepping off the Hokage Rock and falling through a portal....
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(80 Years ago)
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Konohagakure, the oldest and arguably most well-known of the Shinobi Worlds Five Great Shinobi Villages.
Three Hokage's have reigned within this village. And like every village they had strong clans. The strongest of which were the Uchiha and Hyūga Clan's following the discontinuation of the Senju as an official Clan and instead transforming into a single nuclear family.
Among the Uchiha is a boy, Harunobu Uchiha. His academic scores might be relatively average. But he's a veritable genius in theoretical and Practical examinations.
In addition, he has access to three of the Five Basic Chakra Natures, and a larger than average Chakra Pool.
Several Jōnin have their eye on him, as does the Hokage. As it is a Child who mastered the Clan's Fireball Jutsu technique at age five. Though technically it only was made official at age Six.
But unbeknownst to anyone else, Harunobu is the Grandson of Madara Uchiha and when he came to this world was granted four wishes.
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(Harunobu Uchiha POV)
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Coming here with Five Wishes left a lot of room for nerfing himself.
But here's an interesting question? Is it a true nerf?
His Five Wishes were thus:
Be reborn as Madara Uchiha's Grandson.
Have the Genetic Potential for the Scorch-Style, Gale-Style, and Vapor-Style Kekkei Genkai but not necessarily have them.
To be blessed with the Strength of Body, Chakra, and Lifespan of a Senju but not the actual body and etc of a Senju.
Be able to use a Mangekyō Sharingan without fear of permanent blindness. So, he could be blind for a few days or a few years, but not forever.
To have Kotoamatsukami blessed Charisma.
It might not seem like a lot of a difference but with the exception of the first one and the last one each wish had clear disadvantages.
Genetic Potential for Elemental Kekkei Genkai ensured he didn't start out OP and frankly he'd likely need to spend a good decade just trying to fully utilize one of the potential three Kekkei Genkai. But the reason he chose those three was because that the corresponding Chakra Natures would be available wherever and whenever.
By choosing the strength of Body, Chakra, and Lifespan of the Senju Clan he ensured he had ample Chakra reserves, a longer Lifespan ensured that - provided nothing outrageous happened - he'd live well into the Boruto Era, and the Strength of Body of a Senju ensured he got all the perks without the possibility of a Rinnegan through a cheat.
As for Kotoamatsukami blessed Charisma? Well simply put, charismatic people were typically Natural-born leaders and were especially persuasive.
So where could have asked for an inescapable ability to influence someone through words alone Like wishing for a Kotoamatsukami blessed silver-tongue this granted him an ability to lead others or an ability to raise the flagging morale of comrades using his charisma.
And choosing to be Madara Uchiha's Grandson? Well, that would make the terror in Onoki's eyes satisfying. He hated Iwa's attitude before the Fourth Great Shinobi War, though admittedly Madara was partly if not outright chiefly responsible for the attitude.
But in all seriousness, it was a dual-serving choice, taking a leadership role in the Coup in the hopes of ending it early, and also because as lazy at heart as he was, he loved a good fight more, and Madara gave the very best fights.
If Madara was capable of all that while dead, then what could Harunobu accomplish with what he chose for his wishes. Of course, he needed to see one man in Particular Dead before he made a play for the seat of Hokage...obviously the man was Danzo Shimura.
He'd be the biggest thorn in his backside, but Harunobu wanted him dealt with and out of the way...eventually....
Huh.... He did not necessarily need to see Danzo dead as much as discredit him and out his ass for the criminal he is.
But that was inordinately more difficult.
That said however it was not the immediate concern, first he had to properly graduate from the academy and after that he had to survive long enough into the Third Great Ninja War. Once he reached that stage he had two immediate possibilities, one being earn a distinction equal to Minato or just fly under the radar until a situation forced his hand. Personally he wanted the former, but he needed to do two things.
Train mind and body to the limit.
And....
Have a veritable arsenal of Jutsu on hand ready to fire off like a mini-gun...hmm...a mini-gun...Lightning-Style Chakra was at it's greatest power when focused into a single point. So maybe firing off a full ammo boxes worth of Lightning-Style Bullets? Or maybe through a Ninja Scroll? Alternatively if he progressed far enough in both Shape and Nature transformation it wasn't impossible for him to imagine a Twin nature Bullet of Compressed Wind-Style and an inner core of Fire-Style. Not quite Scorch-Style, but a similar principle. That likely would be more effective since Wind-Style was naturally sharper and had greater penetration than Lightning-Style, with the Fire-Style core utilizing the compressed shell of air to create a small explosion when it hit something.
There was also one Jutsu he was absolutely hellbent on creating, a precursor to the Chidori if you will. It was the very first Ninjutsu he created as fanon. It was known by its acronym...S.L.D, short for Systematic Lightning Damnation. It differed directly from the Chidori in two ways.
You covered your primary hand and the arm in use with two base layers of Chakra, to begin the Jutsu you had to focus Water-Style Chakra into the first layer. Then you used Lightning-Style Chakra. The Supercharged electricity would then be sharpened into a Spear tip at the tips of your fingers.
What came next is the critical difference against the Chidori.
Charge towards an opponent you did, but before reaching them you begin to spin rapidly, creating an arc of lighting that rapidly began to speed up. From there you simply had to time it just right and impale an enemy in the desired spot. Whether or not this proved to work was in need of testing.
But of course first he had to go to the one thing every SI would dread before another puberty....School.
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(Class A117, Konohagakure Shinobi Academy, Hidden Leaf Village, Land of Fire, Five Great Shinobi Nations, Shinobi World, Naruto-Verse)
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Class A117 looked relatively unremarkable, and yet quite a few students within the class carried a great destiny or at least that was the hope for some of them. Asuma Sarutobi, Kakashi Hatake, and Harunobu Uchiha.
A son of A Hokage, a Son of a Legendary Shinobi, and a Prodigy from Konoha's strongest Clan.
Very few would likely realize just how much fame each of the three academy students would eventually amass in the months and years to come.