Ambitions

Today was graduation day, meaning it was also the day, the future genins will be examined to determine whether they deserve this title or get back for another year at the academy.

Ichigo was already on site, waiting for his turn to be tested, he was clothed in black turtleneck long sleeves paired with black pants and boots. He wears a loose, pale, argyle shirt beneath a hooded, navy blue jacket with grey markings across the sleeves.

He truly stood out within the crowd as his clothes and style were like no other. Of course, those were creations of his mother under his guidance.

"Whoaaa" It was to be expected that Lee would react to his apparent new style "So Cool!!!!!"

"Can I have the same?" Lee asked with unhidden expectation in his eyes.

"I thought you said that you wanted to be like Guy sensei and that's why you started dressing as he does?" Ichigo asked at his turn.

"Ho, that's true!" lee seemed to remember something and directly lost interest in changing his style altogether.

"Rock Lee" the voice of Iruka sensei echoed, clearly indicating it was Lee's turn to be examined.

"I think it's your turn" I addressed my friend to which he nodded, but it was pretty clear that he was nervous.

Lee got in, just to go out 2mn later with his newly obtained headband. He was elated if the smile on his face indicated something.

"Let me guess, you didn't have to perform?" Ichigo clearly had something in mind.

"Yes, they said that I got the recommendation of a Jonin and as such didn't need to get tested"

"It was probably Guy sensei's doing" Ichigo concluded, confirming his theory "anyway congratulation!"

"Thank you, even if I didn't do anything" even though Lee said such, he wasn't at all unhappy, he knew that he wouldn't be able to pass under normal circumstances as Ninjutsu was not his forte.

Ichigo didn't say anything else but just smiled at the newly promoted Genin.

As time passed soon it was his turn and as expected he got his headband without much fuss. WIth that done, they decided to go eat some curry rice to celebrate. They found Guy on the way who decided to invite them from his own pocket.

While they were eating, a recurring thought of Ichigo once again resurfaced, so he finally decided to do something about it.

"Guy sensei, I wonder, could you teach me many different styles of taijutsu?"

"hmm, I certainly can, but why do you want that?" Guy asked but without letting the chance tp Ichigo to answer he continued "As a taijutsu specialist myself, I advise you to focus on a unique fighting style and master it before touching anything else"

"I... to put it simply, i want to create my own style and plan to take inspiration from other styles to gain more knowledge on the subject" Ichigo confessed

"That definitely is a hefty ambition, but creating a fighting style is easy, but creating a good and reliable one is another matter. Anybody can throw a kick and give it a random name but it won't make it necessarily... powerful"

"That I know but I think it's not impossible for me to make something potable" Ichigo was determined to do it.

As said before, this was a recurrent thought of his, meaning he didn't just think about it overnight. He believed that by combining knowledge of martial art of this world, his past world, and by also taking inspiration from various works of fiction, he could make something good, or at least nothing too shabby.

Seriously, even in One piece, characters are creating moves one after another as they please like it was nothing, One sword style, two sword styles, even three sword styles, rokushiki, etc...

By giving his all, investing his time, passion heck even money if needed, and practicing vehemently, he was sure his ambitions would be fruitful.

Even more now than ever, He was a speedster, if there was one thing he had it was time. Time was relative after all, a second for others can feel like a minute for him.

Due to becoming a speedster, another side effect is that he could now remember everything that ever happened to him with absolute precision, whether it was this life's memories or his past life.

His thoughts were fluent and unrestrained, his memories as clear as river water, he felt like... no he knew he could do it.

'I definitely can'

While Ichigo was thinking all of this, not even a second passed in the real world... accelerated perception and thoughts for the win.

"Fine I will teach you, I will even give you books of other fighting styles I didn't learn if you want, but you know, I won't necessarily be your designated Jonin teacher" Guy finally conceded after seeing how much passion there was in his eyes.

"I do not care" Ichigo didn't think that was a problem.

"As expected of one of my disciples! You can definitely live up to your ambition by using the Power Of YOUTH!"Guy first nodded, before shouting and Lee, who was first attentively listening to their conversation while eating, decided to follow Guy by shouting with him.

'What did I even get myself into' Ichigo sighed. Those two were just... too eccentric.

***

The next day, Ichigo got up early in the morning, just as the sun rose, This became a habitude of his... Well not like he could do anything about it, due to his unique physique, he needed way less sleep than most. That is taking account of the fact that he slept really late. In fact, he only sleeps 3 hours every night.

Those times he was up were of course not wasted as he worked on perfecting his chakra control, it became harder and harder to advance the better he got at it.

'Not enough to discourage me though' Ichigo thought while getting himself ready for his daily early morning Jog.

"Morning mom" he greeted his mother, who was already awake at this point.

"Morning and have a great time" She greeted back and kissed his cheeks, sending him on his way.

"Will do" and he left.

He first started running slowly but before long he felt the need for speed. Giving in to his pulsion once again like every time it happened he picked up his speed. As he started running faster and faster, he took a look at his template.

'it"s at 21% huh'

While the percentage didn't go up that much, that was to be expected, rather the sudden major increase of the other day was an unusual occurrence. This was already an achievement compared to the time it took him the first time.

After the event, he discovered many things. Firstly, the way he perceived the working of the template was completely false.

'The percentage didn't give me power by growing bigger, but what it did was just show me how much power I had currently inherited, meaning all the template power have already been given to me, I just have to learn how to use them by following my instinct and by further synchronizing with the concerned character.'

'That takes us to the second point, The feeling I felt that day was that of me synchronizing with the Quicksilver, I was in a state similar to how he felt when using his powers, which resulted in me unlocking more of his, no, my power since, they are already in me, I just have to learn how to use them'

But this does raise more questions, while the way to unlock quicksilver powers was quite straightforward, simple even... He just has to run, yep, just that, run.

he does wonder how he would make it if he obtained the template of more complicated and complex characters like Light Yagami or Arthur Leywin... which he completely took as inspiration for his clothes. What if he got Eren Yeager or Guts? Even worst Aizen...

'Let's think about that later' He decided to stop thinking about it for now,

His speed gradually decreased, as he was making his way back home, he was not senseless, he didn't go past a certain level of speed for the sake of secrecy, but that was also what retarded his growth in someway

Giving his all by trying to always go faster will make him unlock more of his hidden power more easily but he was wary of the old monsters that were lurking in the shadows.

'This village really needs to be cleansed'

*** Sometimes later this day

"I am Genma Shiranui, and I will your the assigned Jonin from this day onward" The man introduced himself.

With brown, shoulder-length hair which hangs about his face and brown eyes. He wears his forehead protector like a bandanna, and the standard jōnin outfit and has a senbon in his mouth.

"Team 3, introducing yourself won't be necessary as I already read your information file, I probably know you better than yourself at this point" The jonin instructor casually said to the aspiring Ninjas.

"But since you didn't pass my test yet, I don't know if I should have wasted my time doing that, it could have been a waste of time"

Listening to the man speaking, the genins were speechless. They didn't even know what to say.

"Rejoin me at the training field number 43, you have 5 minutes" After saying that he flickered away letting them to themself.

Ichigo didn't lose any time either, he didn't know those other two and didn't necessarily plan to try to know them right now, from his observation, the jonin didn't want them to do so as well, considering the distance from their location to the training field, 5mn was just enough for a genin that didn't even learn body flicker to get there.

So he passed in speed mode, and 10 seconds later he arrived at the designated location. Finding the jonin already waiting for them.

He expected to see the jonin surprised by his speed, but contrary to his expectations, the was as calm as Lan Rose in the face of death.

Some times later the other two arrived, with the black-haired girl with dark-brown eyes arriving first, and the dark blue-haired boy with black eyes arriving last.

"Since you're already here we will start" Not even letting them regain their breaths he announced.

"As I said before, although teamwork is important, what I will be evaluating in your case will be your individual strength. Teamwork can help you cover your individual weakness and fight a superior foe, but there is only so much you can do if your teammates are weak" he explained

"And as such, for a good team to see the light, there are three conditions,

1) All team members must have something to put on the table, meaning you should all have your specialty, or at least be the best at something in the team, no dead weight will be accepted.

2) Team cohesion, all members should be able to work together for a common goal and without any problem, for such a certain level of competence and social skill is required. which takes us to the third condition.

3) Mutual respect between team members must be upheld to avoid complications during missions and assure the said cohesion."

"That's of course my opinion, and till proven overwise, will apply to all of you"

"Well, although I said that, keep In mind that in face of absolute strength, even an army would be useless" The man's word had some weight, after all, he witnessed with his own eyes, the fourth Hokage, wining an entire war almost by himself.

"There is only so much an army of normal civilians can do again a Kage after all" he concluded his train of thought.

"I've said enough let's go to the next part"

"The test is pretty simple"

***

2000 words, not including this note... an improvement I guess... that's it for today.

Also, gimme your stones! I want a place in the monthly ranking, and a good place, minds you.