Chapter 3 Family

Konoha.

Nara House.

Satoshi quickly went down and following the route in his memory, he arrived at his destination.

Beside the dining table, on the chairs sat two figures.

One was a kid around the same age as Satoshi with short black hair and had worn a green shirt with the emblem of Nara Clan printed on his back.

The other was a woman who looked in her mid-twenties, she had sandy blonde hair like Satoshi and had tied them into four pigtails.

She wore a dark purple kimono and with her arms across her chest, she sat with a frown on her face.

"Go and wash your hands quickly, it's getting cold"

Seeing him standing at the door, Temari reminded him as the dinner was getting cold.

"Uh-huh, okay"

Satoshi immediately got to work and after washing his hands, he sat beside Shikadai on the chair.

"Let's start"

Seeing Satoshi taking his seat, Temari said as she picked up the chopsticks before her.

"Thanks for the food"

Satoshi also picked the chopsticks and held the bowl of boiled rice in his left hand and began to dig in.

"Do you two know what day is tomorrow?"

While eating, Temari looked at her two sons and asked.

"isn't it Monday?"

Said Satoshi as he tried to act as normal as possible as he didn't want her to doubt that her son was replaced.

"Did you forget brother, tomorrow is the day we start the Academy"

Hearing his words, the frown on the face of Temari increased as Shikadai kicked his leg under the table and reminded him in a low voice.

"Academy, huh"

Satoshi began to look through his memory and soon found the information he needed.

The academy that Shikadai said wasn't the Ninja Academy, after the war, the world finally achieved peace.

No matter who it was, he/she first needed to complete other courses like Maths, Physics, etc, in 8 years.

All the kids enrolled in the academy around the age of 4, after 8 years when they turn 12, can decide whether to take a Ninjutsu Program.

The Ninjutsu program lasted for 3 months and within that time, they needed to learn all the basic skills of Ninja and then pass the graduation exam to become a Genin.

The world did become peaceful but the price was the quality and quantity of Shinobi decreasing rapidly.

"From tomorrow onwards, both of you will attend the academy and study with a piece of mind"

"Don't you dare cause trouble there otherwise you...know"

Reminded Temari as she grinned looking at Shikadai and Satoshi.

"Gulp..."

Shikadai beside Satoshi gulped in fear looking at Temari while Satoshi kept his head down trying to quickly extinguish the fear he had for her from his heart.

"Mom, won't Dad come back tonight?"

Looking at the vacant chair, asked Satoshi curiously looking at Temari.

"He sent a shadow clone earlier, he still has some work unfinished, so he won't be coming back tonight"

Replied Temari as she had a helpless expression on her face as she felt pity for her husband.

Since the day they got married, Shikamaru has been working non-stop to assist the current Hokage Kakashi Hatake.

"Your father is working hard for your bright future, you two shouldn't waste his effort and study diligently"

Temari reminded the two of them once again as she took a bite of the sushi.

"Mom, when will you teach us Ninjutsu?"

Satoshi asked curiously as at least in the academy he needed to wait 8 years to learn Ninjutsu.

"Hmm~ that's odd, you never cared about such things"

Temari looked at Satoshi curiously as before he never cared about Ninjutsu and would always play those newly invented games with Shikadai.

"You need to wait until you turn 6 years old, at that time, I will guide both of you properly"

But she didn't think much about it and told Satoshi her plan about them as the hanging heart of Satoshi finally calmed down.

"Now go back to your room and sleep, tomorrow's a big day for you two"

Temari stood up as she began to clean the table as Satoshi went forward and helped her.

Shikadai didn't help and immediately ran back to his room; seeing the eagerness on his face, Satoshi knew this bastard was going to play those games.

"Mom, can you give me a wooden sword?"

In the kitchen, Temari was washing the dishes as Satoshi stood beside her and requested while putting a cute look on his face.

"What happened to you, first Ninjutsu and now a sword, are you alright?"

Temari closed the tap and put the dish on the side, as she looked at her older son who was acting a bit different today.

"I'm fine, I just wanted to train and become stronger"

Satoshi said as he tried to act as cute as he could so that she doesn't doubt anything.

"Oh~, and why do you want to become stronger?"

Temari squatted down and looked right in his eyes with a playful smile on her face.

"To find the answer to why everyone wants to become stronger, only by becoming strong myself I can find it"

"Father is strong but he works so hard and that is the same for you, mom, I want to find the reason what drives others to become strong"

Satoshi knew that this was the moment to impress Temari otherwise she would definitely not agree and would stop him from training.

Just when he was eating, he received a system notification and he had no choice but to train.