Recovery

The thunder rumbled so loud that the people in the village could hear it clearly when the Chidori Kirin descended to show its strength for the first time.

This Chidori Kirin is a modified Jutsu from 'Lightning Style: Kirin' created by Sasuke in the original series for summoning the power of lightning from the sky in the form of a kirin to attack enemies, but due to Shosuke's lack of ability to call Kirins directly from the sky, Shosuke uses Chidori to complete the modification Jutsu

In the sky, high Shosuke gathers lightning among the clouds on his sword to form a Chidori and then creates it into a kirin before free-falling from the sky towards his enemy.

Of course, this Jutsu is not without risks because Shosuke had to use his own body in the sky to gather the lightning.

Shosuke takes a large amount of pain when the lightning burns his body, similar to opening Hachimon Tonkou, classified as a forbidden Jutsu.

In the middle of the messy battlefield, there was a black patch that was large enough in diameter for a training field, and this large black patch was the remnant of the Chidori Kirin.

A body can see lay covered in wounds right in the middle of the black square. This person is the Hanzo who Chidori Kirin hit. He's not fainted but waits for another Rain Ninja.

"I'll waiting for our next fight, Brat," Hanzo mutter say

Hanzo was able to survive after using several layers of defensive Jutsu to hold Chidori Kirin, even so, his defenses were still broken and injured most of his body, even his body armor was on the verge of collapse, and he lost his right hand as the price of holding Shosuke's Jutsu

At this time, several rain ninjas had already come over to Hanzo to treat his wound before carrying Hanzo on a stretcher back to the village.

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On the other side of Hanzo's location, a figure lies unconscious in the rain with his teenage body covered in wounds and burns.

This teenager is Shosuke, who was injured and exhausted after using Chidori Kirin to strike Hanzo. How can he Escape? After Shosuke cast Chidori kirin, he quickly ran as far as possible with all his strength remains before he fainted.

Shosuke just lay there for a few hours without any sign of waking up before three small shadow figures approached him.

"Should we help him?" said one of the shadows in a childish girl's voice

"I don't think he's a rain ninja, I don't mind saving anyone other than a rain ninja," Another voice chimed in, this time the voice of a boy who was a little mature but still childish.

"But how are we supposed to save him, Yahiko didn't steal enough food from the market before," said the other one doubtfully

"Yes that's right," said a girl's voice confirming.

The shadow that was previously called Yahiko just nodded. "Then you two can take him to our hideout, I'll go back to the market to steal some more fruit," He said before walking towards the Rain Village.

The other two shadows kept quiet and did what Yahiko ordered to them because they knew well what kind of character he had.

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In a small cave hidden at the foot of the mountain, Shosuke woke up after a long time passed out with his injuries before getting up on a simple pedestal on the ground and groaning as he got up to sit down.

Shosuke sat quietly, taking a breath before examining the condition of his body

On his body, Shosuke saw several leaves used to wrap his wound with a simple straw rope. Even though it was only a simple leaf wrap, Shosuke knew that the leaf effectively relieved wounds on his body. Other than burns, other conditions can be considered good besides his sore muscles and slowed Chakra regeneration due to healing

And Shosuke is bald now. His hair got burned in his last Jutsu

*authors note: Don't worry, hair going to regrow after some time skip

After confirming the condition of his body, Shosuke started to turn his head only to look at the cave walls among the slightly dim light. On the floor, some simple items lay, including his ninja headband, which was half charred in black.

At this time, a small shadow entered the cave with a bowl of water, a simple cloth in hand, and a pile of green leaves.

"Oh, you're awake?"

The little girl's voice said to Shosuke.

"Where is this?" Shosuke asked then focused his eyes on the small figure in front of him

Even though the light of this place is awful, it was okay for Shosuke to see clearly with his eyes. In front of him was the figure of a young girl with blue hair and orange eyes. Shosuke already guessed who is She, The girl looked thin due to poverty, but Shosuke saw that Konan would become a beautiful little girl.

"Our secret base, we just decided to help when we saw you passed out on the way home," she said innocently with a gentle smile.

"Thank you," Shosuke said

"You're welcome,

but it was Yahiko who insisted on helping you, so it's better nii-san to thank when return," The girl said while squeezing the cloth in the water before approaching Shosuke.

"Excuse me," the girl said before wiping Shosuke's body parts to clean it thoroughly and then changing the medicinal leaves on his body calmly like a good wife.

"Sorry for the trouble, and thank you," Shosuke said sincerely after the girl finished her work.

The girl just smiled then walked out of the cave before re-entering the shelter with two additional people.

The first person is a boy of Konan's age with dark orange hair and brown eyes with a battered condition on his face, while the second is also a pale-skinned boy with short bright red hair that covers one eye and purplish-white eyes with several circular patterns in them {Rinnegan}

Shosuke already guessed who they were, Yahiko and Nagato

"Thank you for saving me," said Shosuke

Yahiko just laughed before taking out fruit from his pocket and giving it to Shosuke.

"It's okay, as a good person of course I will save those who need to be saved," he said excitedly as he stroked his bruised face everywhere.

Nagato just snorted, "Yahiko, were you caught by the villagers again for stealing fruit from their stall."

"Let me treat you, Yahiko," Konan said

Yahiko just laughed bitterly. "It's okay, I'm stronger than you think, at least the people in the market didn't throw me into the village prison."

"If you keep doing this, sooner or later you will end thrown into the village prison,"

Konan said, annoyed as her finger stabbed the bruises on Yahiko's face, which made him scream in pain.

Nagato nodded

Shosuke, looking at the three boys in front of him, just breathed a calm breath before looking at the fruit in his hand and eating it.

'Now I understand why Jiraiya made them as his disciples in the original plot.'

Take Short thinking, Shosuke decide.

"Do the three of you want to be my disciples?" Shosuke ask suddenly

The trio in front of him stopped their sparring before looking at Shosuke excitedly

"Yes teach us please," said Yahiko excitedly while bowing

Shosuke understood their nature since he knew from the original story that the trio in front of him was willing to learn ninjutsu from anyone. Still, because the three of them were just refugees from the remnants of the war, no one taught them. Not only that, but the three of them also had a bad history with the Rain Ninja. so the three of them refused to enter the rain ninja training academy instead of surviving by stealing food from the market

At least that's what Shosuke thought before

Konan nodded. "Although you may be just a low-rank ninja, at least we can learn something."

"Better than nothing," Nagato said

Shosuke, who felt slighted, let an Excalibur out of thin air before hitting the three of them on the head with the side of his sword, making the Trio scream in pain.

"Sensei," the trio shouted at last relented to Shosuke.

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