Chapter 2: Changes

Sorry for being late, but making a story takes more time and effort than I thought, but imma keep doing it.

Word count: 2182

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[8 months timeskip]

There's not much that happened in this past 8 months, but my progress was steady. I was able to work on my 'Quirk Suppressing Seal' and now it's complete. I can use it with just using my chakra now. I came up with more seals. Figured out a way to learn chakra natures. I'm planning on starting to learn that during mom's vacation next month. She wants to take me to a village which I forgot the name of. I guessed it'd be better to learn such things in a place that's much more peaceful than city.

I joined a mixed martial arts dojo. They teach many fighting styles, of which I decided to go with Muay Thai, Bōjutsu Combat Style and Blade Combat Style.

Muay Thai is generally a fighting style that's adaptable to every other fighting style. They teach us how to use our whole body as a weapon. That's best for me because of Chakra can be used through almost every part of my body.

Also, I don't have so much free time to waste on learning multiple fighting style. I have so much to do. By any means, I'm not a hard worker at all! I am lazy. The only reason I'm working so hard is because if I don't, I won't have time to be lazy at all. What's even more compelling to me is that I had to literally die to get this family and no way in hell I'm going to lose it because of some emo pieces of shits.

Bōjutsu, that's because it's safe and also give me extra range for attack. I can use it to beat the shit out of people and nobody can say anything to me because of me using just a stick. Although it can be lethal, but the image a stick has in normal people's minds is something that'll help me with public opinion. Last thing I want, is some self righteous lunatics standing up for villains, who wouldn't think twice before they f*ck up their lives, and lecture me on how to do MY job.

As for Blade Combat, that one's to get me to know how to fight against someone using a blade. While it's also a good thing to learn something with some lethality, for assurance's sake.

I didn't opt for more styles because while [Quick learner] may be able to help me learn things faster but I still have to physically practice those sets of moves in order to perfect them. It maybe a lot faster than any normal person but that still consumes time.

My Chakra control reached perfect level just a few weeks after joining the dojo. [Quick Learner] plus Chakra Boosting my brain helped a lot in that. Rasengan is on the list. Only reason I haven't started it is because right now I don't need it. Foolish mindset. I know, but I don't want to waste time on something I can learn within 3 days instead of using that time in developing things that will serve multiple purposes.

Right now, I am working a special seal that will be the most lethal trump I can ever have. That seal can even be considered a quirk of its own and a lethal one at that. The tests have shown some results, not to the desired extents, but still better than a failure.

Now that I think about it, I never said about my third blessing huh? It's [Nature Mama's Boy]. Kiddish name but strong one of a blessing. It has nothing to do with nature's energy needed in Sage mode though. It may be able to help in that a lot but it's range is much beyond that. I can understand the nature surrounding me way better than any average observation type quirk user can. I can understand any creature's emotions that includes humans. I can talk with animals and also understand them. I can't command them though. They choose whether they listen to me or not, which most of the time they do. They like to flock around me a lot. I love that feeling.

Anyways, as I said, it may be able to help me a lot in learning sage mode, which although would be an overkill, but at this point where I'm an Uzumaki, it doesn't matter anymore, does it.

I haven't tried it, because my body isn't that strong yet. My Chakra volume is huge, but not that huge. Most of all, this nature's energy may or may not be compatible with Senjutsu.

I can still manipulate energy in the surrounding environment though. I told my mother that it's remnant of father's quirk. His quirk was a lot like this so I said that my quirks have some aspects of his. I used it to make an self chargeable battery using seals. They're powered by Nature's Energy I sensed in my surroundings. I use them in my laptop and my mom's smartphone.

She did say I can use it to make money out of it, but that will take a lot of my time and it can only be made by me so it's a troublesome thing. I can make some sort of machine to make them using seals, but that's for later. I've got a lot of plans.

There's also need for planning on how to deal with League of Villains. As I am right now, I can't do anything about them. But There's still time for me to reach that point where I'll be dealing with them.

[A/N: No flags intended]

Seriously, I want to do so much at once. I'm filled with so many ideas that I can't figure out what should I do right now. So instead I'm going one at a time depending upon the urgency or what I need in the nearest future.

That's all for later though. Mom's taking me to meet her younger sister today. She says that she recently got back from her studies in abroad, so we are visiting her. I had talked to her on video calls before. They just need any excuse to go shopping. I'm still happy that she's recovering from her trauma a little.

"Are ready, Haru-chan?" She asked me.

"Hmm..." I nodded while humming, trying to be cute. Being a kid helps in that even more. As for why I'm doing so? I got addicted to seeing her smile whenever I do that. I love that attention and loving gaze I get from her.

What? Don't look at me like that! You people got a mother and also got beaten by her, but does any of you who had a normal mother say that they don't love her? I was like a man who had been in desert without water and finally got an oasis with abundant water and food. I simply can't get enough of it.

"Then let's go! She wanted to meet you ever since she first saw you on the video call." She said taking my little hands into hers.

"Why did she leave?" I asked.

"She had some troubles with our dad, your grandpa, so she left the country with the scholarship she got to study abroad. Now that she's back, she contacted me online. We used to be so close back then..." She started reminiscing about her past while walking towards the car.

I like my aunt a lot. Not in the twisted way. Seriously, that's way more creepy for my preferences. She's just that playful aunt that you get so comfortable with that you'd want to play pranks with and be sure to not get scolded. Like that relative who feels more of a friend to you than an elder.

I know it can't be judged from the phone but I have Kagura Heart Eye from the blessing. It was modified along with the bloodline itself. So, I can understand such things to a certain extent by using it.

"Are you excited to see her?" Mom asked.

"I am. But also angry. She didn't even tell us she's coming back, did she? We could've gone and pick her up at airport!" I said with a pout.

"Me too! But she's always been like that. She sees it as unnecessary. Don't be too angry with her, okay?" Mom said trying to keep the conversation going.

"Okay. If you say so. I guess I can forgive her." I said while looking out the window.

"Thank you Haru-chan!" Said my mom.

At some cafe,

"Yuhi-nee! Here!" A young woman of somewhat around 25 was calling mom while waving her hand. Presumably that's my aunt. They definitely are sisters. She's beautiful and with that perkiness of youth, it just gets even more enhanced. I may be lacking hormones so I don't have those reactions you perverts may be thinking of right now. I'm just looking at her from more objective point of view.

Now that I think about it I never described how mom looks, did I? I don't wanna, but I guess I have to. She has black hair, white skin, sharp eyebrows, golden irises and a good figure. My aunt is the same but she has brown irises and silver-grey hair. My mom is in her early thirties, so she has mature charm on her while my aunt is, as I described, youthful.

I got my whole appearance from mom, but instead of black, my hair is red.

"Nana! I'm so glad that you're back! How've you been?" Mom asked after we reached her table.

"I'm glad to be back! And I'm soooo happy to finally see my nephew in real life!" she said while trying to hug me. I dodged her attempt. She really thinks I'm still a little kid. Can't blame her when I look barely 8. I gotta learn using senjutsu or atleast the nature energy to stimulate an early growth spurt.

"Hmph! Liar! You didn't even come back when I asked you to for my birthdays. You didn't even tell that you're coming back so we could come pick you" I said while faking a pout.

"Oh! Is Haru-chan angry with aunty?" She asked with playfulness apparent in her voice.

"I'm not. I was, but mom says I should be forgiving with relatives as long as they're good people. Aunty's good, so I forgive you." I said while noticing their reactions. Mom seems to be proud, I feel giddy. Aunty seems to be lost in thoughts for a moment but she smiled right after that and hugged me tight. This time I didn't dodge, but she was faster than before. Maybe to make sure she doesn't get dodged by me.

"Haru-chan is sooo cute and kind! Thank you for forgiving aunty! Now should we sit back to our table?" She said while looking at both me and mom. Mom was recording all that. I never ever realised how she's so fast and spot on when to get recording started.

"Oh! I thought you forgot that I was here too." Mom said.

"What? You jealous that he loves aunty more than you?" Aunty said back in her playful tone.

"Pfff... As if! He loves mom the most, right Haru-chan~?" she said while looking at me. Her voice had that Yan- *ahem* possesive tone in it.

"Yep, Mom is the best mom in the world!" I said causing aunt look like someone killed her puppy. I went to her and gave her a hug or atleast tried to. She responded with leaning into hugging me when her ear reached close to my face, I whispered to her a little loud, enough for mom to hear. Which I'm pretty sure she heard.

"But Aunty is the best aunty in the world though!" That seemed to get me some favor points from both of them..... I guess?

After that little conversation we sat on our table where we talked about many other things. This included my education. I was being homeschooled by mom. She knows about how fast I can learn things. She still keeps trying to get me to play with other kids my age, which I do. It gets annoying sometimes, but it's funny as hell watching those kids behave the way kids do. I am a sort of big-brother of the group for them.

My mom invited her to stay at our house. She's been living in a hotel for the past two days. I guess her troubles with grandpa aren't solved yet. Now that I think about it, I never met my grandpa yet. He's always busy with something. I guess that's part of the reason for the troubles in the family? Mom doesn't seem to be that close to him either.

Anyways, forget that old man, get back to aunty. She accepted it on a condition that she'll pay monthly rent for the room. She has some pride in her. That's good. Mom, although didn't need the rent, accepted it because she knows aunty isn't gonna drop it.

Everything was looking great for me.

Atleast until that day...