chapter 90

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Chapter 90 ~ Time Strings 

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I could feel his hands gently caressing my back and playing with my hair; I just wanted to stay in his hug forever.

We stayed like this for some time. I lifted my head when I felt his hands placed on my shoulders. I unwillingly looked at him; I just wanted to stay like this.

Seeing me like this, he just laughed, "now, now, don't be like a child," he said to me.

"I am not a child," I said to him.

"Fine fine, you are not a child," he agreed with me.

I smiled and nodded to him.

"Please lift your jacket," he said to me as he looked at my stomach. Hearing him, my cheeks heated up, 'is he going to do that with me.'

I lowered my head in embarrassment but did as he said, I lifted my jacket and revealed my bare skin.

I was expecting his touch but it never came, so I lifted my head to look at him. He had a teasing smile, at this moment I knew I fell for his tricks.

"What were you thinking," he asked me.

"Ahh… nothing, nothing…." I hurriedly said to him. But he only laughed.

"Ok, tell me, can you feel your chakra," he asked me.

"No," I shook my head in denial. I didn't feel any chakra in my body; I knew it existed in everyone, but I couldn't feel it.

I looked at his hand; his fingertips were glowing red, and the next moment he slammed his five fingers directly into my stomach.

"Ahhh..." I let out a surprised yelp, but the next moment I started to feel warmth in my stomach.

"What is this," I asked him, feeling warm inside me.

"This is Chakra, but you have very little chakra, so bear with the procedure. You will feel slight pain all over your body and try to feel it," he said to me.

I nodded to him and closed my eyes as I started to feel the warm, water-like substance in my stomach.

First, it started to condense in my belly like a ball, and then it started to become bigger and bigger as the moments passed.

And before I knew it, it started to leak out from my belly and flow outwards.

Just as Naruto said, I started to feel pain as it moved forward; it felt like it was stretching something in my whole body.

But then again, I felt a soothing energy enter my body as it started to ease the pain. I opened my eyes, and I looked at his hand; now it was glowing half-green.

I don't know how much time had passed, but with each passing moment, I could feel the liquid-like energy in my body becoming denser, and the pathways where it flowed becoming more elastic.

Soon, I felt like I had so much energy flowing in my body; it started to threaten to burst out.

But my whole body was in constant pain and healing at the same time. But I could feel the energy flowing in my body.

I felt Naruto had removed his hand, "this is the chakra you are feeling," he said to me.

"It feels warm," I said to him.

"You need some sleep for your body to adjust," he said to me, to which I nodded.

"Now that you have enough chakra and you can feel it, try to guide it into your eyes," he said to me.

I obediently nodded to him and did as he said. First, I felt my chakra and tried to send it to my eyes.

But I was failing miserably; I hadn't thought it would be so hard. After some tries, I was able to succeed.

And as soon as my chakra entered into my eyes, I felt amazing; the world around me changed completely. I could see thousands, no, millions of strings all around us.

I didn't know what these strings were, but I felt a connection to them. I started to pour more chakra into my eyes, and everything around me began to move at a fast pace, as if I were watching everything in fast-forward.

"You are sending too much chakra into it; try to change the amount," I heard Naruto's voice. He was completely fine in this fastened world; he could move freely.

I did as he suggested and tried to change the amount of chakra. I didn't know what I did, but the world around me became slow; I could see that everything had stopped. Then I looked at Naruto, and he was looking at me with an amused smile.

"You are doing it wrong again; try to change the amount," he said.

I didn't understand how he moved so freely in this altered state, but I followed his instructions and changed the amount of chakra again. This time everything seemed fine, but there were strings everywhere, passing through everything.

"Now that's good. So, what are you seeing now?" he asked me.

"There are so many strings. What are these? Can you also see them?" I asked.

"Oh, so you are seeing strings. These are time strings," he said, and I could see his eyes glow for a moment.

"Time strings? What can I do with them? There are so many of them," I asked.

"These time strings are infinite, and you can literally do anything with them," he said to me and then asked, "can you touch them?"

I tried to touch them, and my hands passed through them as if they were illusions. But before I could react, Naruto grabbed a time string with his bare hands and guided it toward me.

"Now… touch it and feel it," he said, and to my surprise, I could touch it. I tried to feel it, and as time passed, I felt it becoming one with me. I could control them as I wanted.

"Now, that's good," he said to me with a smile, and I felt a sense of accomplishment. My heart felt happy when he praised me.

"Now, let me tell you something interesting…" he said as he grabbed a time string and tied it to his finger.

"Grab it on the other end," he said to me. I did as he said and grabbed the other end of the string.

Naruto nodded to me, "now try to feel what you feel in your dreams, in simple words, try to see my future."

My eyes widened, "can I see the future like this?" I asked him. I could only see the deaths of people around me. But this was something new to me.

"You will never know until you try," he said to me.

I closed my eyes and tried to see the future. I didn't know what I should feel, but I tried to muster the feeling when I woke up from my dreams.

Soon, small visions started to enter my mind. I quickly opened my eyes and looked at Naruto, who was smiling at me.

"So, you saw it, didn't you…"

I nodded to him. I had seen some glimpses of his future. "So what did you see?" he asked me.

"I saw only three images. In one, you were standing in front of an old guy with short height and a red nose. In another, you were standing in front of a black-haired boy with a sword tied against his waist. And in the last image, you were in front of a white-skinned guy with a horn on his head. I didn't know such people existed," I told him everything I saw. It was quite surprising that I could see the future just like that.

"Oh, so that's how it is… you can see the future," he said to me.

"Hehe, let me show you something. You see these strings as harmless, don't you?" he asked me.

I nodded to him.

"This is far from the truth; these strings can cut through anything, I said anything," he said to me as he grabbed a time string and skillfully cut the table in half.

I was shocked when Naruto cut the table in half so effortlessly using the time strings. They didn't face any resistance at all.

Naruto looked at my shocked face and smiled, "this was just a demonstration. With these strings, you can do everything. You can bind someone, cut someone, with enough mastery, you can see the future and past of someone, make a barrier, and many more things," he said to me.

As I listened to him, my shock grew more and more. He mentioned things like deaging someone to the point where they were only a cell or aging someone to the point where their bones withered away.

"How much can you do with time strings?" I asked him. This was my first time hearing about abilities like reviving someone with these strings.

"Me… I can do quite a lot, but I want you to be better than me. You have a natural affinity for the Time element," Naruto said to me.

I nodded in understanding.

"I want you to produce your own time strings," he said to me.

I looked at him, not knowing how to do it, so I asked, "how can I produce my own time strings?"

"Don't be shocked; this is only a chakra conversion thing and is natural for you," he explained.

"Can't you produce them?" I asked him.

"No, I can control or use these time strings as I please, but I can't produce them. This ability is unique to you, and that's what makes you special," he replied.

"And remember, the more energy you provide to your Time Strings, the stronger they become," he added.

"But how can I produce them? Can I control these time strings?" I inquired, pointing at the time strings.

"Hehe… these infinite numbers of strings are just for you to control. You can control them just with your eyes. To produce your own time strings, you need to feel the existing strings and try to convert your chakra into them," he explained.

"Okay," I nodded, ready to give it a try, but he stopped me.

"Don't try to learn everything in one day, sweetheart. Let your body rest," he advised.

I was too excited, and as soon as I stopped pouring my chakra into my eyes, I started to feel sleepy.

"Can I become stronger than her?" I asked him weakly.

"Is my darling jealous?" he teased me.

I didn't say anything, just looked at him.

"I will be going now, so sleep well," he said to me.

"When will you come back?" I asked him, hugging him tightly.

"Maybe in one or two days, and don't worry about leaving the house; one of my clones will be watching you," he assured me.

"Okay, I will train hard," I said with determination.

"Hmm…" he acknowledged, caressing my back.

"I want to stay like this for a few more minutes," I told him, and he nodded. Before long, I fell asleep in his arms, and the last thing I heard was his faint laugh as he gently put me on the bed and covered me with a blanket.

He kissed my forehead before leaving and whispered, "good night" in my ear. I fell asleep with a smile on my lips.

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[AN~ End of the chapter. 

I tried to create a new branch of power. How do you like it? If you have some ideas about it, tell me in the comments. 

And how much chakra Shion possess 

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