Ch. 3 First Day

It was early in the morning, and Itachi Uchiha had already woke up to get ready for his first day of school.

As the captain of the Konoha Guards and the patriarch of the Uchiha clan, Itachi's father, Fugaku, took a day off for his son.

He put down everything in his hands and looked at his son quietly.

"Sit down, Itachi!"

Uchiha Fugaku knelt on the ground and pointed to the futon in front of him. His voiced was still laidened with the authority of being the captain of the guard and the patriarch. Despite this, Itachi could still feel the love coming from his father's stoic face.

After all, today is his son's first step in the path of Jōnin and becoming the next head of the Uchiha clan!

"father!" Itachi said as he also knelt down on the futon and looked at his father quietly.

"Itachi, today is the first day of the ninja school and also the first day you willl leave the Uchiha clan compound unsupervised. Remember, when you step outside of these clan wall, your actions will represent the Uchiha clan!" Fugaku said, deadly serious.

'Uchiha clan!?' Despite his shock, there was no expression on Itachi's face.

"You actions will not be attributed to you individually, they will be attributed to the entirety of the clan. They will say that your success is solely because your an Uchiha, and your wrong doings are because you are an Uchiha as well. Be strong my son, and make the clan proud." Fugaku said, patting his son's shoulder.

"Itachi, in the future you will meet all kinds of people that will have agendas and ideals they will try to push, you just need to remember that you are an Uchiha first and foremost."

Itachi nodded thoughtfully at his father, unconsciously remembering Chiba's words from yesterday.

"I understand, father!"

'I understand? Do I really understand? Why do Chiba and father seem to have the same expression when they talk about the clans relation with the village? I understand that the Uchiha clan is my home, but isn't Konoha the home if the Uchiha clan?' If Chiba could read Itachi's mind at the moment, he'd have the cold sweat.

"After I took you through the battlefield, you made the decision to enroll in advance. This war, I don't know how long it will last. Once you graduate, it means you may go to the battlefield immediately." Fugaku said stoically, despite have an anxious edge to his voice.

"Can you tell me the reason?" Itachi said in confusion, he knew they usually let the new genin experience a few missions before joining the war.

Fugaku looked at his son in silence for a moment.

"The war has cause so much death to the experienced shinobi, the villages have been forced to use the inexperienced genin to bolster the fighting forces." Fugaku said solemnly.

There was a long moment of silence, as what his father said was sinking in before Fugaku tried to change the subject.

"How about your friend?" Fugaku said.

"You mean Chiba-kun?" Itachi looked up and looked at his father, taking his mind of what his father had previously said.

Fugaku nodded.

"It is still the same, no matter how hard I try, he's still a few steps ahead of me!"

"Really? Then he may be your friend and rival for life!" Fugaku said with a smile.

"If you have time, you should invite him to be a guest at our home!"

"I will father!" Itachi said with a smile.

Fugaku was impressed by Chiba. A blind man that came out of the Uchiha clan, and the negativite impact he had on the Uchiha was far greater than imagined.

Fugaku knew It was only a matter of time that a blind child was to be born, seeing as his clan wasn't gifted with healthy bodies like the senju or the uzumaki. .

The Uchiha clan was undeniably the most powerful clan in the village, despite them supposedly being on the same level as the Hyuga, the other clans knew differently just by witnessing which clans dominated the battlefield.

No one likes having someone or something being severly better than them, and now that the eye catching Senju is gone, will it be Uchiha be next?

Fugaku didn't know, however the mere birth of a blind person was weaponized enough to greatly harm the pride of the Uchiha clan. It was undoubtedly a wake-up call for the Uchiha clan.

This was a signal that a storm was brewing.

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Before dawn, Chiba woke up from his sleep and saw a small aura outline laying on his chest. He knew that his sister har sneaked into his bed last night, he was more impressed with how she did it without alerting him.

As long as her parents were out on missions, Koizumi's always felt fear being alone and always gets into Chiba's bed. If Chiba wasn't home either, then she'd run all the way across the village to sleep at her grandma's house.

Gently peeling her off of him, Chiba tidied up a bit and went out on his cane

[Daily quest, 1000 swings, reward: 0.02% template.]

Although it is only .02%, it was from the peak combat power of the One Piece World. The 1000 swings weren't easy as they couldn't be half assed swings, they had to have perfect posture and use 100% of his current strength.

It's not easy and only God knew if the daily task will change in the future. Chiba will naturally not give up any opportunity to become stronger, especially if it was something he could achieve with hard work.

He knew the darkness that Konoha had, secrets that would infuriate and enraged the ordinary people. How would the civilians feel if they knew that their Hokage allowed their children to be kidnapped and brainwash to sacrifice themselves for whatever Danzo deemed necessary for the village.

Chiba also knew how many powerful geniuses had been swallowed by Konoha's darkness.

The senju and Uchiha, Hatake sakumo and the untold number of children of civilians and clan members that had potential.

This darkness caused Konoha to fall down from the strongest among the five great nations to having to sacrifice members of the village just to appease their enemies and prevent war, in fear of losing.

Pulling out his cane/sword, Chiba slashed it in the void and used every ounce of strength that he had.

This cane sword was made by Chiba with the money left by both of his parents inheritance and money he got from selling his parent house. It was made of chakra metal and could be considered one of the best swords in Konoha.

It could absorb chakra without any problem, however the current Chiba was not use to it yet.

When Chiba completed his daily tasks, he was covered entirely in sweat as he washed up before Koizumi could enter.

Hearing the shower turn on awoke Koizumi, and she woke up to see a fresh Chiba walking out of the bathroom, she yawned.

"Brother Chiba, you sneaked out to train again.... Today is the day of the entrance ceremony, why didn't you rest for a day!? Koizumi said angrily.

He smiled and touched Koizumi's head.

"In this case, as compensation I'll treat you to some dango!" (I think it's dango the mtl said Meatballs)

Sweets have always been the koizumi's weakness. In Chibas spare time, he'll eat a couple skewers of Konoha's famous Dangos.

"Well, if your treating me....

Chiba smiled and nodded.

"Yes, let's get dangos!"