Chapter-16: Training the team

(MC POV)

I woke up really early in the morning today.

Around 3:30 AM.

I was feeling very cozy in blanket.

It was rainy season and hence it drizzled last night. The result was a natural comfy cold atmosphere.

The Sky was a little cloudy today and I'm sure today would be an amazing day.

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To lie down in futon and do nothing but sleep that is.

I wanted to sleep but today was the survival test aka Kakashi bullies these kids for teamwork.

I thought for a bit.

'Nah...I won't deal with them today. Not this morning at least.' I thought.

I made a Shadow clone.

"Yo clone-kun! You will take my place today." I said as I crawled back in my futon.

"Okay boss!" he said as he left to do my regular schedule in my place.

'Ain't nobody going to disturb me today.' I thought as I drifted into sleep again.

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(Clone POV)

I was a little angry when I saw that boss slept so peacefully.

I was enraged as we both were just the same.

Even I wanted to sleep on this beautiful day.

*Sniff**Sniff*

Cruel boss.

Anyway, I followed the regular schedule that I(boss?) was supposed to follow everyday.

Waking up the emo-brother, cooking some food for both of us etc.

The regular stuff. I picked up an envelope that was put under boss' pillow too.

I went to the training ground 33 with Sasuke who had this determined look on his face.

I suppose he is a little excited to fight him, isn't he?

"Don't use your sharingan now." I said.

"WHAT?! HOW CAN YOU EVEN ASK ME THAT?!" he exclaimed.

"I don't want you to die by exposing your 2-tomoe Sharingan so fast to the world. We will expose it during chunnin exams. This will give you a lot of advantage later on as there is a lot of differences in regular shinobi and bloodline shinobi. You need a lot of experience to fight on par with other even without your Dojutsu. It may be your own power but I want you to consider that it is just an added bonus or rather an emergency function for the time being. You still need more training to be on Itachi's level and this will help you build you a foothold. Am I clear?" I said as I stared at him.

"...Yes." he said.

"Am. I. Clear?" I asked again.

"Yes!" he said.

"Good. Let's go now." I said.

We arrived at the training ground.

Naruto and Sakura arrived at almost same timing too.

After meeting up with others, I got up and said,

"I will leave you all for a bit right now. I need to attend to some matters and I will be back after some time."

"Are you leaving already? When will Kakashi-sensei come though?" asked Naruto.

"Yeah I need to leave now and he will be probably late. He is notorious for being late remember?" I said as I smirked.

"Damn it! How late is he going to be? Oi Kazu- Where did he go?" said Naruto.

"He just left." said Sakura.

Meanwhile I was hiding on a nearby tree and relaxing. I thought I should relax for some time now.

I didn't let my guard down and but still relaxed for a bit.

During this, I felt a presence.

"Kakashi-senpai you are really bully. You are here but still didn't show up down there huh?" I said as I still had my eyes closed.

"As expected of my cute little kouhai. You really are sensitive to stares of people when relaxing, aren't you?" Kakashi said as he appeared in front of me.

"Well yes I am." I said.

"Anyway, I will relax for some time. When you start, I will just observe you guys while hidden." I said.

"Sure why not?" He said as he left the current tree and entered another one to observe the team.

I decided relax a bit.

(5 Hours later)

He finally showed himself to the team and they were quite angry.

""Why were you so late?!"" Asked Naruto and Sakura.

Sasuke was silent.

"You see I encountered a black ca...." he said but was cut off by Sasuke.

"You were here, weren't you?" he said.

"What makes you think that?" he asked with a genuinely curious tone.

Sensing or rather being aware that an Elite Jonin is hiding himself from you is a big feat for genin.

"Kazuya taught me this. The least expected answer is the correct choice in most of the cases." he said.

I was proud of him. He accidentally trolled Kakashi.

Kakashi just sighed as he looked in my direction.

"Haah... Let's start the test." he said as he pulled an alarm clock out of Nagato-knows-where.

'So you aren't even going to deny it?' thought all three together.

The test went the same as in canon but Kakashi was a little exhausted this time.

Why you ask? Sasuke is the answer. He could fight him more but lost because of rookie mistakes. I'm sure he could've potentially won if he underestimated like the other two.

'These trashes can't compare to my (boss'?) brother. I will need to train them a lot. I guess.' I thought.

All three students felt a chill going through their spine.

After the lecture of friends and scum, I came out.

"Well we need a lot of training to do, don't we?" I said.

"Yes! I WIL TRAIN HARD AND SURPASS EVERYONE IN VILLAGE! BELIEVE IT!" Naruto said.

"I will train to be strong like Sasuke!!" said Sakura.

"U-Uhm...? I don't need more training right? I will Focus of Ninjutsu and Genjutsu for now" said Sasuke.

"Oh yes but you will need to 'spar' with me before training. Remember the old times? It was fun isn't it?" I asked with a smirk.

".....F*ck. This is bad." whispered Sasuke but no one except Kakashi and Kazuya could hear

"Did you say something brother?" I said with a smile.

"N-No I didn't. Let's go for now." he said as he left the training ground.

After reaching out to Hokage, We started out D-rank missions. Man it was sure stupid to do such missions. Seriously? Such menial task? Painting a fence? I will remove these missions if when I (boss) become Hokage.

After doing 2 D-rank missions, Kakashi left but I asked these students of mine to stay.

"Well it's training time isn't it?" I said with a smirk.

"Aww not now! We just did 2 D-rank missions!" Naruto whined.

"Yeah we just did 2 missions, cut us some slack please?" Sakura said.

"H-Hn. I will start. Should I start with the jutsu training?" he said.

"Yes you should Sasuke. Here is a leaf. Run chakra through it and rub it vigorously until you can burn it from inside out, very slowly. We will talk after you can do so with fine control and instantly. You aren't slacking off though. After an hour of this, you will start special endurance training." I said.

"As for you two." I said with a cold tone.

"You are so weak as well as useless right now that I could defeat you if I sneezed too hard. You will start my training plans right now and if you use excuses, even Sage of Six Paths won't be able to save you. Sakura, you are just a bit smart. That's the best part about you. No special qualities at all. Naruto, you have amazing amount of chakra but your foundation as a shinobi is too damaged. You aren't even as skilled as a academy student and you only got promoted because of your high physical strength and chakra. Everyone will leave you behind at this rate because of these setbacks. Do you seriously think that you will not have your dreams and future plans utterly crushed because of your lackluster skills? You should quit being a shinobi if you want to be like this."

They were ashamed as well as surprised.

They couldn't even retort anyhow as what I said was correct.

"Sakura you will follow Sasuke's training program. Ask him for endurance training. You will do it right now till you collapse" I said.

She was happy that she could be with Sasuke but I could feel she is a little angry too. I will bully her more I guess.

"As for you Naruto...We will begin from the very basics. Choose one of the options. Taijutsu or Bukijutsu." I said.

"Ehhh...I want to learn ninju- I choose Taijutsu." he said.

He is a good student. I didn't think he would be so obedient. Of course I did release some Killing Intent towards him but who cares? Not Hiruzen.

"Nice choice. So this is your exercise schedule and these are the Katas you will practice. Make sure to eat food with a loads of meat." I said.

"This exercise...fine but I don't have enough money to afford that sort of food even one time per day let alone three." he said with a little sad tone.

Here begins my manipulation hehehehehehehehe.

"Oh is that so? Here is an envelope. This has some money inside it which you will use for this food. ONLY food that was prescribed. Try to spend it on other things and I will break you kneecaps. If you think that prices will be an issue then go to Uchiha hub to buy this stuff. They won't treat you badly because of their strict policies." I said.

"Okay! Thanks Kazuya!" he said with a genuine smile on his face.

I punched him on his head.

"It's sensei for all three of you." I said.

"Ouch-! Hai, Hai Kazuya-sensei..." he said as he grumbled.

He is too easy to manipulate. I won't allow him to waste his potential. He is needed for my future plans after all. I won't deal with those Otsutsukis all by myself.

After a few hours of training, both Sakura and Naruto were really exhausted.

"Good training both of you. Sakura, you will continue this training for the time being while Naruto will consult me for adjustments. Sasuke you will continue the current training too. Go it?" I said.

'""Yes sensei.""" they all said.

I left the scene and dispersed myself in a alley.

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(3rd POV)

"What a cold-blooded man! He made us work so hard on our first day. I will overtake him in no time. Hmph." said Naruto as he rubbed his head. It still hurts him.

"I know right?! How can you make someone work so hard?! Does he not know moderation?" said Sakura. She was a little breathless.

"...Doesn't." said Sasuke as first part was inaudible.

"Eh? What did you speak?" asked Sakura.

Even Naruto was a little curious.

"I said he doesn't know what is moderation. This training regime you have right now is considered a warm-up to him. He trains himself most of the time. All three of us together cannot compare to him. He is a man of focus, commitment and sheer f*cking will. I may not be as talented as he is. But he works really hard. Pure hard work. Even I couldn't surpass him in all this time. He doesn't whine like both of you. You only see the result and scoff at it as he must be like any other shinobi. But you are wrong. I think- no I believe he is on par if not stronger than Kakashi-sensei. Get ready for training. He is merciful when compared to himself. Do not hold me and him back because of your weakness. Trashes." he said as he walked away.

Both Naruto and Sakura were affected by this.

This pain-staking regime was just a warm-up for him? Stronger than Kakashi sensei?

They were shocked.

That day, Naruto found a new determination inside his heart.

To surpass Kazuya in future.

Sakura found new determination too.

To make Kazuya acknowledge her so that Sasuke will look at her.

This wasn't the best outcome but was still something to start with.

Kakashi who was hiding in vicinity all the time was happy too.

He was a little surprised because of what Sasuke said but all teachers are happy when their students work hard, aren't they?

The day was finally over.

Meanwhile, Kazuya was still sleeping.

But he deserves the rest.

He works hard every single day. Once in a while doesn't hurt anyone after all.

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(A/N: Did you like it?

I think that I made protagonist too overpowered but I think it's only fair as he will deal with a lot of stuff in future. Believe me, this power level may seem overkill right now, but compared to future oppenents, he isn't a threat at all.

I can't upload too much because of well...life.

It's a f*cking cruel game man.

Graphics are very realistic but storyline is bad and character development doesn't exist. I'm not even enjoying it. We can't even change the difficulty.

Any suggestions or opinions? Share 'em here.

"I need your power stones Onii-chan~~. It motivates me to write more nya~."

Thanks for reading.)