Spring

"This is... absurd"

Sasuke murmured in disbelief. He was a quadra-elemental!

'The highest till now was a kekei-tota... but to think I would possess four Chakra Natures'

Fire, Lightning, Wind, and Water were Sasuke's Natures, how he got four different affinities remains a mystery.

'How do I mold Lightning Chakra again?... It was something like visualizing it in our psyche and then applying it'

Sasuke held his hand forward and molded chakra, he did a series of hand signs.

*Zap*

Sparkles of lightning lit on his palm. He heightened the intensity.

"Oww!"

He retracted his hand, it stung really bad. He looked at the dorsal side of his hand , noticing a burn mark on it.

'I shouldn't have been reckless... this bad habit of mine is really gonna be a headache to deal with'

Sasuke sighed. He pulled out an emergency kit from his pouch and treated his wound.

'Why do I always hurt myself?'

Sigh.

'I need more Chakra control'

Sasuke thought to himself. With a fixed goal set in mind, he started to do Chakra control exercises that Itachi had recommended.

"This is gonna take a while"

***

Day and night. Without rest, Sasuke trained his Chakra control. Every time he thought about giving up, he felt something burn in his chest. Telling him to get back up and continue.

Sasuke trained and trained, refusing to stop until results were gotten.

And finally, his efforts bore fruit. Along with it, a new quote for himself.

"One mind. No hesitation"

Sasuke muttered before quickly performing hand signs that were too fast for the average person to follow.

Sparkles of pure white lightning started to form. It continued until it became an arrow-like bolt.

'Lightning Style: Thunderclap Arrow'

The Jutsu held in his hands was his own! If someone saw a 5-year-old performing a Jutsu they would just hail him a prodigy. Inventing one was unthinkable.

'It can only make a hole in a tree for now... This needs to be more powerful'

Sasuke felt that his Jutsu was missing something. Something important. To make it more powerful, he needed to grasp the Jutsu's style more.

'It has a range of like 50 Centimeters for now... Disappointing, huh'

It didn't even compare to a C-Rank Jutsu. But underestimating its power would only result fatal for the opponent.

"My Chaka control still has to improve... I need to focus on Taijutsu as well. I guess next is Taijutsu then"

***

Sasuke worked on the Uchiha-Style Taijutsu for the past weeks. Like that, 4 Weeks passed by in the blink of an eye.

The spring season. The plum trees and rose leaves. And under a particular tree like that, two small individuals were sitting.

"Hey, Sasuke"

"Yeah?"

"Let's hang out like this sometimes, It was really fun today with you"

Ino Yamanaka's eyes were locked into Sasuke's. He smiled hearing her reply.

Her heart tingled, that was the first time she ever saw Sasuke smiling, and it was charming, to say the least.

"I also had fun... but, I'll be busy in the coming days. Although I guess I could make some time for you"

Sasuke spoke with his smile still plastered on his face. She warmly smiled upon hearing Sasuke's words.

'He really cares about me, doesn't he?'

She moved closer to him and laid her head on his shoulder. Sasuke didn't bother to question her and enjoyed the moment of peace.

"It's beautiful, The pink cherry trees and the cool breeze"

"Yeah. It's... peaceful"

Sasuke's eyelids struggled to stay open. He gave in to the feeling, falling asleep. His head rested on top of hers.

'What's that... Was he hurt?'

Ino pondered, taking Sasuke's left hand, inspecting the dorsal side. A burn mark was slightly visible on there.

Her eyes widened when the sleeves of his T-Shirt fluttered in the wind. There were several burn marks on there.

He felt her breathing stop looking at his state. She looked at his sleeping face. How was he able to sleep so peacefully?

'Maybe... Just maybe, it's because he's with me?'

'Maybe he feels comfortable around me... maybe he l-likes me?

Her thoughts ran wild. Unknown to her, Sasuke got those scars because of his stupid antics.

What the hell was he thinking trying to coat his arm in lightning!? This kid was asking for death to come and take him.

Although he learned his lesson once more that day when he tried to pull that off.

***

Far away from the two kids, Itachi stood on top of a tree, monitoring Sasuke.

He warmly smiled as he saw his brother show emotions...unlike when he was around him.

'When you grow up, Sasuke, you'll realize why this brother chose this path... Hopefully, you will be my end'

Even whilst having such thoughts, the warm smile on his face never faded for a second.

"Shisui...Let's go"