Academy II

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A/N: Some changes:

1: Changed Shadow Clone Jutsu is still shadow clone jutsu, sorry for the confusion, I thought Cloud didn't have access(due to a friend), but that's not true it's a universal jutsu.

for those who read it as Lightning Clone Jutsu in previous chapters, I'm re-editing it back

2: Changed Aki's age to be 3 years older than Naruto and Sasuke.

3: Updated the Beauty Trio: With the age changes, the originals are now too young to be Jonin. Thus, they are replaced by older Jonin who will retire later.

Cooking up, Aki's character description, and maybe an AI image soon.

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"Ryuu," the boy answered flatly. "Just remember that speed and timing are just as important as accuracy."

Aki studied Ryuu for a moment, sensing the truth in his words. "You're right," he acknowledged. "But having a balance between all those skills is what makes a good shinobi."

Ryuu's cold gaze softened slightly, as if recognizing Aki's understanding. "Exactly," he said, before turning and walking ahead of the group, leaving them to their conversation.

Kaito shook his head as he watched Ryuu go. "What's his deal?"

"He's not wrong," Sayuri said. "But he could work on his people skills."

Aki shrugged, a slight smile on his face. "Everyone's different. We're all here to learn."

The group continued walking, the conversation shifting to other topics—like who they thought would be the toughest instructor, and what kinds of jutsu they hoped to learn next.

"So, Aki," Kaito asked with a grin, "got any special jutsu up your sleeve?"

Aki smirked, thinking about the techniques he had mastered over the past three years. "Maybe. But you'll have to wait and see."

Kaito laughed. "Oh, I like a good mystery. Just don't forget to show off a little next time!"

Sayuri nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I'm curious to see what you've got too."

Aki just smiled, feeling a sense of camaraderie with his new classmates. The initial boredom of the day had completely faded, replaced by a growing anticipation for what lay ahead.

'I guess the time to flex my jutsu is soon.'

As they reached the academy's entrance, the group began to disperse, each heading in different directions. Before they parted ways, Sayuri looked back at Aki. "See you tomorrow, Aki. Let's make sure we all keep pushing each other to get better."

"Definitely," Aki replied, giving a nod. "See you all tomorrow."

With that, Aki walked home, his mind already buzzing with plans for the next day's training. The journey to becoming a shinobi was just beginning.

Finding his home empty as always, A is usually at Raikage's office or in training most of the time, While Haruka being A's assistant isn't much different.

Aki was feeling bored and was thinking about starting training again, just at that moment he felt something approaching him.

Bzzzt…

It was an ANBU ninja, "The Raikage has called you to the number 3 training ground"

Wooosh… the ANBU disappeared.

'Well, I was bored anyway,' thinking Aki moved his feet and went towards the central mountain of the village.

Navigating through the village Aki reached the Raikage office, training ground number 3 was just a few blocks away, which he traversed in just a few steps.

He had been trying to push chakra from different chakra points of his body for Neji's rotation jutsu. This training enabled Aki to be able to fire out chakra from most of his chakra points.

But progress was still not that optimal, he estimated he would make that jutsu in a month but that was the most ideal estimate… i.e. if nothing unexpected happened or an error in his approach appeared.

He reached so fast by releasing chakra from chakra points in his feet, making him extremely fast.

"You've already been taught about change in chakra to lightning," A said as soon as Aki entered the room, "Today we are going to teach you wind release."

Aki's heart skipped a beat. 'Damn... Oh MY FUCKING GOD'.

'I'm trying to learn the rotation technique, and they offer me the best aid'

Aki's eyes lit up with an undisguised joy and excitement, 'Waku waku!' he almost shouted out loud.

"This is Haibara, you've met her once already," A introduced the female Jonin, "She is one of our Jonin specializing in wind style."

She wasn't the blond Hinata, but she was the busty version of Yugito Nii.

"Hi!" she said with a smile and eye gleaming mischievously.

"I'll leave you in her care," A said and went to the Raikage Office.

(A/N: If I write Hokage office by mistake lemme know)

Like a tigress, she pounced on the six-year-old child and lifted him into her embrace, once again crushing him with her chest.

"So cute!" She relaxed her hug to look at his face, and then hugged even tighter after shouting 'Kawaii'.

Aki was almost crushed to death by her "P..put me d.. down," as he squeezed out these words.

"Ah sorry," Haibara pouted, "you're just too cute."

Putting him down she entered her serious mode, "For wind release lets check your affinity first" saying this she brought out a piece of paper.

"It's made with the same material as chakra paper, but this one is special, it only checks your wind chakra nature, making it an excellent tool to check your affinity"

"If you have low affinity to wind paper will be cut from the middle and highest-level affinity will shred this out of existence."

Saying these words she handed him the wind affinity paper, "Now infuse it with your chakra."

Aki took the paper from her hand and observed it for a bit, then imbued it with his chakra. The paper was indeed shredded out of existence.

Haibara was stunned, she mentioned that as it was only possible in theory. No one had ever been able to have such a high affinity with the element.

"This kid…" Haibara was really astonished her mind wandering off, this kid could totally become the God of wind release.

"Now let's start the training" Haibara said with after gathering herself.

She took a leaf from a random tree and demonstrated the leaf tearing exercise, to help him get started.

Aki took the leaf and tried for 15 minutes straight with no success, sighing he activated the shadow clone jutsu, refusing to waste any more time.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" he called out.

Puff.

Seven identical figures appeared beside him, each one sparking with energy, surprising Haibara.

"This is my unique training method," Aki explained, noticing her reaction.

"Impressive," Haibara said, nodding in approval. "Using clones to train multiple aspects of a jutsu simultaneously... that's smart."

(A/N: I know he's just copying from Naruto but cloud ninjas don't know)

It was a hard thing to do, even 3 hours in he couldn't tear a single leaf, Haibara had to leave in disappointment.

'So high affinity and he can't do it on the first try,' she thought to herself.

He was left alone in the training space. So, he decided to own it… I mean start training solo.

He had a feeling Byakugan wouldn't help as he did not know what a chakra nature looks like. So, he continued training with his clones active.

He can make more clones than seven but keeping them active for long is another story. This number felt optimal to Aki.

If he did not have Byakugan, he would still be struggling with shadow clone jutsu. It was just that big of a cheat, though its unclear if its just his Byakugan and Hyuga's one is useless.

He had Kaguya Otsutsuki's Kekkei Mora version of the Byakugan after all, surprises should be there. But Neji's crazy control indicates, Hyuga Byakugan is just as much of a cheat.

He had tested his Byakugan chakra burst on his clones, already and it had unsurprisingly killed them.

After a while, as he was tirelessly farming wind release consistently practicing it for four hours including his time with Haibara, his stomach protested with a low, rumbling growl, echoing in the quiet training ground.

"Damn I haven't eaten since morning." Immediately calling it a day he went for the restaurant.

Aki was forbidden to activate Byakugan before any ninja other than a select few, his blue eyes were a perfect cover for him to be not associated with the Hyuga clan.

It was just a precaution against the Hyuga assassins or the war leaf village might declare if known. After all, Hyuga are currently considered equals to the Uchiha in the village.

"Hi give me one serving of Barbeque and 2 of Takayuki" Aki ordered as he entered the restaurant.

Aki was pretty well known by the staff by now, he frequented this hotel with Raikage a lot.

'I wonder what Ichiraku Ramen tastes like' he always wondered while eating.

As Aki settled into his usual spot at the restaurant, he felt the comforting warmth of the place surrounding him. The clatter of dishes, the murmur of conversations, and the sizzling sounds from the kitchen created a lively atmosphere.

Aki glanced around, noting a few familiar faces—other shinobi and villagers who frequented the same place. The smell of grilling meat and frying takoyaki made his stomach rumble again, though this time in anticipation rather than hunger.

The waitress, a kind older woman with a warm smile, approached Aki with a tray full of his order. "Here you go, Aki-kun," she said, placing the dishes in front of him. "Raikage-sama isn't with you today?"

Aki shook his head, offering her a polite smile. "Not today. He's busy with some important matters."

She nodded, her expression softening. "Well, make sure you eat up. You're still growing, after all."

Aki nodded, digging into his food with gusto. As he ate, his mind wandered back to the training session with Haibara. He couldn't help but feel a mixture of frustration and determination.

His affinity with wind chakra was exceptionally high, yet he struggled to master even the simplest exercise. The thought gnawed at him, pushing him to analyze his approach.

'There has to be a trick to this,' Aki mused, taking another bite of his takoyaki. 'Maybe I'm missing something fundamental…'

Aki noticed the waitress approaching. Her kind eyes seemed to reflect genuine concern, "What's troubling you, little Aki?" she asked, noticing the frown on his face.

Aki paused, looking up from his plate. "Nothing much, just ninja stuff. I'm learning a new technique and having some trouble with it."

The waitress smiled sympathetically. "Nothing I can't handle," Aki added, trying to sound more upbeat as he dug back into his food.

"I don't know about ninjas but when we learn a new dish, perfecting it always takes us time to even get familiar with the process, don't worry you can do it," the waitress said lifting his spirits.

"Thank you," Aki said and after a little chatter, the waitress left.

Aki finished his meal soon and headed back home deciding to call it a day.