First Academy Year (Again), Some Moral Struggle, Physical Training, Top of the Class

At the next day, after the long speech of Hiruzen at the entrance of the academy, Yuta enters the A-1 classroom for the first time, in the current timeline at least.

As he enters he goes for his usual spot at the back of the class, on the way Yuta spotted Hideto and Shingo, they didn't recognized Yuta of course.

'Will I act the same way I acted previous time? Well I suppose it won't hurt to restore the previous relationships with them. I have to restore it with Itachi anyway and Itachi will only enter the academy a year after.'

'I have to act somewhat the same way I acted back then if I want to recreate it. But why it feels wrong to do so? It's as if I about to lie to them and manipulate them and it feel like the wrong thing to do.'

'But there is no way around it. I remember them from the future interactions, but for them I'm just a stranger. And restoring the relationships to the same state as before requires to act the same way I was acting back then, and this acting will be just a lie and manipulation after all.'

'Am I going to emotionally struggle like that over so little things as that? They not even that important to me, why I even feel bad about the whole thing?'

'I suppose it's just the human nature. I'm not view myself as a bad or good person, but lying and manipulating someone I can consider as a friend is just feels wrong. And If I don't do that, they will stay strangers to me in this timeline.'

'There is no other way. Maybe I should change my world views and beliefs and accept my new identity as a time traveler and not feel bad about things like that anymore?'

'This is a world where lies and deceit is a sharp weapon that everyone uses after all. Why should I hesitate to use it to? Is this that bad to make friends and allies with the help of lie and manipulation? After all there is no other way for me…'

'Or maybe there is a way after all! Why should I use lies and deceit to recreate the lost relationships after all? I can just act normal and try to make friends the normal way, it could be not the same as in the future, or might even don't work at all in some cases, but at least I don't have to break myself and change my ways.'

'I'm not that kind of person that won't lie or manipulate others because of the morals, but doing so to the only three people I somewhat liked in this world and felt comfortable around and can consider them as friends? I don't want to manipulate them, even if it's just for this good reason.'

With that the Yuta's academy days continue. He didn't enact the scene of him using the sensory technique in class this time. Instead he occasionally had small talks with his classmates, with Hideto and Shingo included. Yuta decide to wait for the taijutsu classes before he will try befriending them.

Almost all of the free time Yuta concentrates on his physical training, on Sundays he goes to the library and spend two hours pretending to learn fuinjutsu, Yuta wanted to create some explanation with this to how he became the fuinjutsu expert.

It couldn't explain it fully though, but Yuta just decided to put everything on his crazy talent with it if asked about it. These two hours on Sundays is not fully wasted though, as Yuta uses this time to meditate and practice his sensory technique during it.

For the first months the crazy intensity of Yuta's physical training was hard for him, as Yuta never done anything like that before, and his physical body is returned to its younger and weaker form of five years old.

But as time passes, Yuta getting used to it, he even decided to make some weight seals to increase the intensity of the training later on. But for now, for the first 6 months at least, it's too early to add the weights in Yuta's opinion.

After four months of the academy, the taijutsu and shurikenjutsu classes started once again. And later on, when teachers taught the basic academy taijutsu style to everyone, the sparring's started once again.

But this time something new and unexpected happened in the sparring's.

Yuta was able to easily beat everyone, and fight on equal grounds with Uchiha guy and two Hyuga guys.

'Well, this is new to me. The Uchiha and Hyuga guys are still stronger and faster than me, even with so much training I did recently, there is a talent and a clan's teachings for you I guess. But I have the experience of fighting them, I know how they will move, and they also not the same as they will be in the future, they have flaws that they will fix later on, but for now they are much weaker then they will be in one and a half years in the future.'

'I think if I continue with my physical training I will be able to beat them at some point.'

This fights is not only was surprising for Yuta, they also was something completely unexpected for clan kids and teachers.

With that performance Yuta quickly was labeled as very talented and there is rumors about him start spreading through the academy.

Well, not that Yuta knows about it or cares. At this point Yuta is already accepted the idea of him being the time traveler, and after he spent two and a half years in the time loop, he becomes more and more used to this kind of stuff.

So right now, in Yuta's opinion, if his great performance will bring him the trouble that he couldn't overcome, he will just travel back in time and try the different approach by hiding his abilities to some degree.

After Yuta's spiritual energy grown to the amount, that allows him travel for more than 30 days in to the past, and also after he successfully traveled back to the academy's start date, Yuta becomes more relaxed and at ease now. Now he has the means to deal with almost any problem that may arise.

But remembering the flaws and weaknesses that his ability still has, he is not becoming too confident either. Yuta implemented some rules for himself of how he will use his ability. For example, if he does time travel, he would always to do time travel for more than 30 days in to the past. That way he will be able to restore his soul energy while being relatively safe, and who knows what dangers may arise in the unexplored future.

After this taijutsu performance, the Uchiha guy lost almost all his arrogance towards Yuta, but Yuta don't really want to become friends with that guy, his too full of himself in Yuta's opinion.

On the other hand, after some more time, Yuta, Hideto and Shingo is spending lunch breaks the same way as in the future now. Everything seems to restore to almost how it used to be for Yuta.

As more time passes, the first year in the academy was over, and Yuta becomes the top student at the class. His shurikenjutsu scores is improved and it's on 5th place among the class as occasional training with shurikens for many years finally give results, but his theory exams is scored the first place and taijutsu scores is also first, but with not that big of a difference with Uchiha and Hyuga guys.

Yuta and those three are always winning fights against everyone else, but among them it's hard to differentiate the strongest now. The heated competition and rivalry is brewing there, but not that Yuta cares much about it.

With the first year of academy ends and the second year begins, Yuta starts thinking how to approach Itachi. Yuta decided previously to not enact the same scenes to restore his relationships with people he likes.

Maybe that decision is somewhat childish and naïve, but Yuta want to keep it that way for his own piece of mind, at least for the time being.

But he is not very concerned either. Yuta somewhat knows how Itachi's mind works at this point, and he knows that it will be easy to become friends with him.

What Yuta anticipated these days is not it. Yuta is excited to fight Itachi once again, he wants to see if he can beat Itachi now, he wants to see how much his efforts and progress worth after all of that. And most of all, Yuta wants to experience that excitement he felt in his previous fight with Itachi.

'Maybe I am slowly becoming a battle maniac. Is that what the protagonists in the novels from my previous life felt like?'

'Well, I'm spending so much time and efforts to become stronger. It would be strange if I wouldn't feel excited to use all of that in practice. I'm not training just for the sake of it, I'm training for be able to use my power after all, isn't that right?'

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[AN: It's not that MC is too restricted by his morals, he is just afraid that he would lose his humanity and starts treating everyone else as NPC's. It's too easy for someone with that ability to slip and become evil, killing people left and right with excuse that he would time travel and make everything like it's never happened.

If you expect for MC to take such evil approach with his ability, sorry, but it most likely will never happen. If you want to read about truly evil MC – there is "Naruto: Dream to Immortality" for you. I read it and I didn't really like it, so I will not allow my MC to fall that low as Yami did.

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