Graduation pt 1

It has been 6 months since that night, Sakumo was not fully recovered. But he was doing his best. He had requested a temporary leave to stay at home and train his two sons.

Currently, there were two boys with white hair, their training had reached another level. After such grueling training, they were finally allowed to rest.

"Father, I'd like some advice from you, can you help me?" Eiji asked his father, who would be better to teach him how to fight than the White Fang of Konoha himself, the very commander of the ninja ranks.

"What's the matter?" Everything that came out of his children's mouths was strange, they were far advanced for someone living in a village like Konoha, in terms of knowledge and combat experience, they were unmatched in their age group.

Eiji looked around and tried to check if there was anyone "listening in" to the conversation. These days he realized that he was actually a chakra sensor, maybe it was because of his lineage that allowed him to sense raw chakra very easily.

In other words, he had the talent to sense fluctuations and disturbances of chakra around him.

"First, can you check if someone is listening in? Sometimes I feel like someone is watching me and Kakashi," Eiji innocently commented. He wanted his father to acknowledge Danzo as a target to be dealt with.

Sakumo narrowed his eyes, calmed his breathing, becoming so subtle that it didn't seem like he was there, then after a while, he spoke. "There's no one nearby, you can speak freely." Sometimes his son was too paranoid for his own good.

"Can you teach us elemental chakra?" He got straight to the point. Kakashi, who was on the ground, quickly got up and listened to the conversation, interested in the subject his brother brought up.

"I can, but why do you want to learn something like that now? I'll teach it later." Sakumo didn't want his children to train all day, they should also go out and play like the other kids. But these two...

"Kakashi, let's play?"

"Hmm."

"Let's see if you can dodge more shuriken and kunai."

"Let's play war, and you want to kill me."

"Let's play trainer."

"Let's play..."

One game was more terrible than the other. The worst part was that Kakashi loved playing this nonsense along with his brother, as Eiji had convinced him it was a "normal game."

"Father, just like us, there are conflicts here and there in smaller cities and countries, these conflicts are spreading throughout the lands, and in a few years, another war will start. If we don't become strong by then, we will all die," Eiji spoke seriously, not matching his age.

"I and Kakashi," he looked at his standing brother and saw a determined look. "We already know that we are different from other kids, both in mentality and talent. We don't want to be cannon fodder, please take our training seriously."

Sakumo saw the eyes of his children and heard everything he said. Closing his eyes, he began to reflect on himself. 'I've been slack. They're right. It's time to change my way of thinking.' Something seemed to change when Sakumo opened his eyes. His aura was different.

"Thank you," he said to his children, Kakashi didn't understand why he said that, but Eiji did.

"Let's start then, I'll teach you everything about kenjutsu, our family ninjutsu, and I'll also test your elemental affinities, and if you're really ready for the exercises, I'll be much more severe, I won't accept you giving up halfway, understood?" His dominant aura expanded towards them, pressing the two cubs.

Clenching their teeth, both managed to squeeze out a single word, but with great determination.

"YES"

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-Time Release: after 1 year Without Jutsu-

Both are already 5 years old. They trained like crazy under the training regimen of the new Sakumo, it seemed like they would die if they didn't meet his expectations.

"He's the devil."

"Give us our father back."

"Let's run away, Kashi-ni."

"When you want."

Both hated Might Guy for a very simple reason, because of his youth, his training was now hell.

Kakashi was worse than Eiji. Eiji fared a little better than Kakashi due to his insane recovery of stamina and a stronger body than average, so Sakumo decided to double the weights placed on Eiji, 20 kg on all limbs, while Kakashi received 12 kg.

Both tested their elemental affinities soon after that conversation, Sakumo was happy with his children, both were very talented in this department.

Eiji had lightning, fire, and wind, incredibly, all of them with the highest affinity, which was extremely rare, possibly even a kekkei genkai.

Kakashi had lightning and wind. But lightning was his main one. His compatibility with wind was average.

The difference between his two sons was that Eiji was an anomaly, all his affinities were primary, none weaker than the other, as if it were natural. This in itself was strange. Kakashi was more normal, he had an average affinity for wind.

And now it was finally their birthday.

"Here are your birthday presents." Sakumo brought two swords. To be more precise, a katana and a tantō.

"My baby has finally arrived."

"It was time to have my own weapon."

"Beautiful."

Random and bizarre comments began to come out of their mouths.

"Both swords are made of chakra conductors, which means that both of you can infuse your elements without worrying about destroying them. And Eiji, your weapon came with that additional package, don't train without my supervision." This was not a warning, it was an order.

Eiji didn't mind, it was really dangerous. His request was not common. But it wasn't uncommon either.

He had asked the blacksmith to make a different sheath, which had a layer inside the sheath itself, but what made it really different was the particular function of releasing highly flammable oil through friction or secondary means like chakra.

In a fight, he thought he could use the friction of the two swords colliding and explode the sword in the enemy's face or launch fire-type jutsus with the sword without costing him too much chakra. His father said the idea was viable, so he allowed it.

There have been cases of some Uchihas who used these means to expand their repertoire of fire jutsus with kekkei genkai, the user who stood out most in this was his acquaintance, Uchiha Kagami.

Besides, his lineage is based on his transformations, which he cannot access at the moment, so it's useless for now, the other would be controlling chakra in its most natural and purest form, and if he could use raw chakra on his sword and combine it with lightning? He couldn't wait to test it.

'This is going to be interesting.'