Chapter 25

When Itachi reached the training place, he took five pills and started training with black fire, to make sure he was good at it, he activated the mangekyo sharingan, and had already started summoning amaterasu, he held it in his arms, and his whole arm, wrist and even his elbows were covered in black fire, exactly like Hinata's when she fought against Paine, but Itachi's was much bigger and he could even enlarge it to the size of his shoulders, Itachi even controlled the amaterasu like this, creating a square and triangle shape, and controlling it telekinetically, and it worked strangely well, and he could even control them to make black flames crawl on the ground, also summoning amaterasu with one eye, and controlling its shape with the other eye, he decided to name this technique differently than Sasuke, Itachi called it "The Art of Amaterasu", adding the word amaterasu to it, because that's what he called the technique, and since it was improved, he added a name to it, leaving his word amaterasu...

***

Three hours had passed and Itachi was still glad that he had mastered this style more perfectly than any other uchiha, not even Madara had reached that level, although he was one of the few uchiha who had mastered amaterasu.... Itachi noticed that there were no side effects this time, usually these pills always caused them, and also he had often had blood pressure or a slight headache for the past 3 years, but not now, at first he thought that he had developed an immunity to these pills, But later he got a bad feeling when he remembered that these pills are not addictive, and he also had a strange feeling of adrenaline when practicing the art of amaterasu, as if he had a rush of energy, which usually these pills did not cause such a feeling, He was walking towards a large tree, when he got there he laid his back against the tree, he felt the cool breeze and even the way the pink petals were falling in his hair and on his shoulder, he liked the cool breeze hitting his face the most, He was about to get his favorite book when he noticed someone's presence approaching him, and when he turned to the side he saw Karin, carrying a basket of fruit, and wearing a chunin outfit, and Itachi realized that she was coming to him and was even happy to see her gifts.

Itachi's POV

-Good morning Itachi-san!, I brought you a present, -Karin came up to me with a smile, I responded with the same, and Karin handed me a basket lying by the tree, looking inside the basket, I noticed fruits like peaches and green apples, and even black grapes, seeing my favorite fruits I was happy.

-Thanks Karin, I didn't think anyone would even know I was hungry," I said with a smile on my right lip, and she was happy to please me, and I added, "How did you know it was my favorite fruit?

-I was just choosing products to suit my taste," she said, blushing a little that we shared the same tastes, and continued, "I also wanted to apologize.... because yesterday, in honor of your 17th birthday, I didn't know what to get you, I wanted to buy something expensive like a black ring or gold band bracelets for your wrist, but I didn't have the money so I decided to buy fruit - she finished with a smile, fixing her glasses.

-You know Karin, the most important thing is a sincere gift, even though it's small, but from the heart, it's worth a lot, thank you, and in general, I am now more than ever willing to eat fruit - I take out a peach and immediately eat, and even treat her, she looks smiling and seeing the request in my eyes, agrees and grabs a green apple and also joins the breakfast, and I continue the conversation - by the way, have you already become a chunin?, I do not recognize this outfit.

-No, it's just that my mom gave me her green vest to keep me warm, but I'm still in the academy, I'm only 12 years old, -she said happily that she's still in the academy, although I even envied her a little, because I didn't have days like her, because I graduated from the academy at 7 years old, and at her 12 years old I was in Anbu, and two years later there was this anomaly in the river and a wormhole opened, and I became me.... and distracted from my thoughts, I answered.

-I envy you," as I started she looked from the basket to me in surprise and smiled holding a green apple in her hand, and I continued, "when I graduated from the academy at 7, and started doing missions at 8, and finished the chunin exam at 9, and joined the Anbu at 10, I didn't have such wonderful days like you, Heh....

-Karin remembered Naruto with a slight laugh as if she was describing a funny brother and added - Sasuke is even more of a nerd, he sits in one place and tries not to talk to anyone when you say something to him he sometimes ignores it, and when you say something to him he sometimes ignores it, and when you say something to him he sometimes ignores it, and when you say something to him he sometimes ignores it, as if she was describing a funny brother, and also added - and Sasuke is even more boring, he sits in one place and tries not to communicate with anyone, when you say something to him he sometimes ignores, but at first he seemed to be a good friend, - she said in a normal tone, and I remembered how in the fourth world war Sasuke, Sasuke said he would not change his mind and destroy Konoha, and yet in the end he found his negative shade of red, and then Karin continued, and I was lying with my back against a tree listening to her - but of the good friends, I like to communicate with Ino and Hinata, and Sakura we have a lot in common, and some people say we look so much alike," she said fixing her glasses while remembering her close friend, and continued, "and I also like hanging out with Kiba and a couple of his friends, their names are Jin, Kazuma, and Yo, they're nice too, and sometimes Naruto himself joins us to play.

-I'm glad you're doing well, and I'm sure you'll be a real chunin soon, and I must say the vest looks pretty great on you -saying that, I grabbed the tip of her vest, and she smiled that I believed in her, and suddenly my nose was bleeding, and my eye was bleeding too.

-Mr. Itachi, are you all right? You're bleeding," she said with excitement that even her glasses fell off.

-It's all right, Karin. I think... - I said with a smile so she wouldn't worry, and I grabbed my head and remembered a fragment of the morning.

Flashback

The morning was interesting and I woke up awake awake and warm and I didn't even have to put on my pure black t-shirt because it was already in me and I easily woke up and opened the window to let the cool breeze hit my face and I felt nature helping me, also my neighbor from the other side knocked on my door and I recognized that knock it was Guy and when I opened the door I saw his smile and also his casual green outfit Heh....

-Hi Guy, can I help you?" I said wiping my eyes as I was still sleepy.

-Good morning neighbor!, I'm here on business! -Hearing him say that, I paid attention to something serious...? and he continued - you know for these 3 years you have advanced very well in taijutsu, even reached my level and that without sharingan, but mostly you trained alone and to hone your art amaterasu, not bad, it is the power of eternal youth haha, - he said, changing his posture to a sporty torso and on the spot, I even smiled at that, because I remembered Naruto, and he went into the hallway and took out a pouch of pills and got down to business - these pills cause a feeling of adrenaline, and also allow you to easily release the third and fourth breath!, and if they run out, the power of the youthful soul to continue haha!

-Guy thanks for the offer, but I have my own pills, they help me to control the art of amaterasu and without causing any damage - I showed him my pouch of pills, and his pouch of pills was exactly the same as mine and even the pills were the same color - by the way, at the expense of the third and fourth breath, I have already mastered them, and even began to wear weights on your advice, I'm sure that soon I will understand how to open the eighth gate.

-Well done, that's the power of youth, and I think the training you've had over the last three years has done you good! - He took his pouch of adrenaline pills and walked away, with his cheerful gait, and I took my pouch.

End Flashback

So that's the thing, and that's why I didn't have side effects from the pill, because it was the wrong pill, when Gai left in the morning after taking his pills, he mixed it up with mine, and I've been using the art of amaterasu for 3 hours without interruption, taking adrenaline pills, and now that I didn't take those pills, I'm going to have a lot of damage.... my eyes will be very blind for another week, and the damage to my cornea will be about 5 percent, it's a pity there are no irienins around.... and then Karin distracts me from my thoughts, sits on my lap and pulls her wrist to my lips and says.

-Itachi-san!, bite me and you'll feel better -and I obeyed her and bit her and felt my body heal, and my eyes recovered quickly, and I drank about half a liter of her blood, and my body regenerated so much that it was like I hadn't even practiced the art of amaterasu, if it wasn't for Karin... who walked by, I'd have had to heal for a week.

-Thanks Karin, that's the best gift ever, Heh... - I smiled with my left lip, wiping away the trickle of blood that ran from my left lip.

-What was that? You scared the hell out of me," she asked excitedly, and I continued to lie back against the tree and began my story, saying that over the past three years I'd been honing my taijutsu and sharingan ability, but to avoid side effects I'd been taking these pills, and also thanked her for her help, and she said, "No need Itachi-san, I owe it to you, if it wasn't for you I would have stayed in the herb village, and maybe become a donor like my mom was in the early days...

I smiled and got up from the tree and we walked towards her house and also I started a conversation:

-You've become strong and determined, Karin, you've changed over time, because the last time we saw each other six months ago, you were still that girl who was eight years old that I found in the herb village-" I added with a smile, looking at her side.

-When you saw me in the hospital, the first thing you did was pat me on the head," she replied with a smile and looking at my side she added, "and you were treated by Hana Inuzuka, she's an excellent irienin, but I have a question about how someone could hit you in general, you're the main hero of Konoha.

-Six months ago I was on a rank-S mission and I had Maito-Gai on my team, I wanted to do this mission without using my sharingan to test myself and we successfully defeated two renegade clouds who soon became thugs, one was taken by Gai and I took the other my kunai didn't take him he was skilled and without the sharingan it wasn't easy to fight him, and he used a lightning blade, but I was able to dodge and give him critical blows, but then his lightning clone came out, and I stepped back, but he managed to throw shadow shurikens, and it hit my right hand, and I got the original one out of my pouch, and the fight was over, and Gai and I went back to Konoha, and ended up in the hospital, where I met you again for the first time in a long time.

-Wow!, you and without the kekkei genkai uchiha were able to handle the renegade level-S, and considering he was once in the golden horn cloud squad, that's worth a lot, too bad I'm not as skilled as you with the sharingan-" she said lowering her face down into the grasses.

-You may not have a sharingan, but your eyes are scarlet and beautiful without a sharingan -I complimented her with a smile to cheer her up, but she blushed, so I decided to ask her a question -By the way, Karin, how do you know about Hana-inuzuka?

-My mom is often in the hospital, and I visit her after the academies, and I also see Hana, she is like a big sister to me, she always helped me look for my mom, and even gave me some tips on how to create green glow chakra, she said that it would be useful to me, and I can treat people even without giving blood, - After listening to the end of her speech, I realized that I was able to improve her life well, in the first timeline her life was not so good, but here she is living well, communicating with many people in the village and even her family is alive, and nice house that the third one gave them, I smiled looking ahead at the clouds.

-We're almost to your house, are you sure you're not cold? - I watched as she wrapped herself in her mother's chunin outfit.

-If honestly a little, how can you even be in a black-mayka in this weather, because the wind today does not subside, - looked at me with red questioning-eyes and asked a question.

-I just like the feeling of the frost, it motivates me well to my goal, and I'm getting more and more confident in myself, we've already reached your house, and thanks again Karin for your help, your gift is much better than anyone who gave me anything yesterday- I said when we reached her house, and she went home and for a moment she turned around and looked at me with a smile, I answered the same, and she went home and I went on my way.

***

I walked around the village for about an hour, and decided to buy my favorite dish, dango, and this vendor was giving me free food at the expense of the establishment, and he even gave Naruto a free meal because he was good friends with me, and Kakashi he also offered a discount when he passed by, and strangely enough he agreed with a smile, now I finished the last stick and went on to buy cactus-aloe-vera, for when you pour it into boiled red tea, and add two spoonfuls of aloe vera from the jar in which it was in, you get a pleasant sensation, as if your brain were resting and the air around you was getting cleaner, I liked this cactus better than dango, and my thoughts about the dish were interrupted by Guy, whom I met in the main street of the Honeysuckle.

-Great job neighbor!, I saw you practicing this morning when I passed by the playground the power of youth is eternal! - he said in his trademark manner, once again flashing his teeth.

-Guy I was just looking for you, this morning, you mixed up the pills, here's yours - I told him to take out a pouch of adrenaline pills, and he pulled out his own with a surprised face and smiled adding.

-Ah, that's why I had no adrenaline this morning and a headache for half an hour, I thought that the power of youth was tearing my brain, but it turned out to be just side effects of your medication, sorry," he said disappointed in himself.

-Don't be, I have to say it all worked out, but in the future try not to confuse them," he nodded with a smile and we headed towards the ninja academies.

-Gai said with a smile as he looked at the nearest tree near the academies, "It will be graduation soon and the genin will be joining Konoha.

-Are you thinking of becoming a captain for three of them?, because with me you have not badly trained for these three years, and with them you can constantly train and there will be those who will support your youth rods, - I said smiling folding my arms on my chest.

We started to pass by the academies and we saw a boy in the center of the training area, he was wearing a white shirt and black pants, he started kicking the mannequin with his foot and his meth teeth too, and accidentally caught the pants from the mannequin's meth teeth and fell to the ground hitting his shoulder, I decided to run up to him to dust him off, and Guy followed me too, adding the word "Young Leafy needs help!"and when I got to him I recognized his face, he looked exactly like Gai, the same bushy eyebrows and the same eyes, and I recognized him from the Fourth Shinobi World War, when Gai opened the seven gates against Madara, he was a little exhausted, and his apprentice in the same green jumpsuit saved him, and then Gai activated eight gates against Madara, because he knew that seven gates wouldn't work, but he wouldn't have had time, his apprentice wouldn't have had time to save him, as soon as I approached the boy lying there, I immediately recognized who he was, so I got down on one knee and gave him a hand to help him up and started.

-Are you all right? -You fell in the shoulder area and could have hit your collarbone, if you want I can take you to the irienin? - I said to him, and he shook off his fervor and answered.

-No thanks, I'm fine and also thank you for your support, -and then Guy came up behind me and started.

-Great reception! boy, I can see at once how strong you are going to become, I can feel your strong will and the power of youth!, what's your name!?", Gaius said to him with a smile, and he seemed to be inspired by his words, and the boy opened his eyes fully and answered.

-My name is Rokku-ri, but everyone calls me Rok-li, and I will prove that shinobi can become stronger without ninjutsu or genjutsu!" he said, clenching his fist and raising it up.

-What a fighting spirit!, haha! - Gai replied with the same face and continued, "Keep practicing and you'll become the best.

After saying these words to him, we walked past him and he started hitting the mannequin with a smile and confidence in Gai's words, I was walking towards my house with Gai after a hard workout, and suddenly from afar we noticed Kakashi who had crossed paths with Kurenai in a tea shop, and they were dressed in their everyday clothes, Kakashi was wearing his jonin outfit and Kurenai was wearing his white clothes, and Gai got curious and started eavesdropping on them through the roof, and I decided to follow him because I was also curious about their conversation, I changed a lot of things?, and I'm on the roof with Guy, and I see Kakashi walk up to Kurenai and start.

-Hi Kurenai, didn't expect to see you- said Kakashi putting the books back in his pouch.

-I haven't seen you in the Anbu in a long time," Kurenai glowed at the sight of him and asked.

-Hokage-sama wants me to be the captain, for the genin teams, so he took off my mask and now I'm officially a jonin-" Kakashi said confidently.

-Lucky you, and I still have another six months to be at the anbu headquarters, and maybe next year I'll be captain for my genin team too, and I think I should get a team-8, whoever they are-" Kurenai said with a smile looking up.

-And why team eight, exactly?", Kakashi raised an eyebrow.

-Because I was on Team 8 myself, and I thought that number was good luck, and when my team was gone, I'll be on that team myself, but as a leader, and I'll protect them," she said with a smile, like when she was a child, and Kakashi remembered her smile and smiled.

-I see- Kurenai smiled and wanted to walk past, but Kakashi added- -Kurenai could we go out to dinner tonight?

-Kakashi-Hatake are you asking me out on a date?" the kurenai folded her arms across her chest with a caustic smile.

-Do you want that?" taking off his mask, Kakashi smiled with his shiny teeth.

-I agree tonight- and Kakashi replied "Sure" and they began to discuss where they would meet.

Gaius watched all this with a smile, and turning around his tears came, and he said.

-I'm so happy for them, there will soon be another love couple in Konoha and they will be my friends Kakashi and Kurenai," and then he turned and looked at me surprised and said, "Itachi what are you doing here?

-You didn't notice I was following you and on the roof too, -he took a couple seconds to digest it in his head and I smiled and added, -shinobi shouldn't lower their senses, and when you were thinking a lot you didn't even notice me, Heh....

-You were also interested in their conversation?" he said with a smile.

-I wanted to see if the circumstances in Konoha were correct, if I had changed a lot of things, because the third one said to change some things, but not all of them, although it's unlikely that some of the improvements will become anomalies, the second timeline is running fine," I said the whole speech looking up at the blue sky, and Gaius looked questioningly and I knew that he would not understand anything and I can say what I want, because sometimes it even adds to my confidence about the goal if someone hears and even if they don't understand, and I decided to add - just philosophy Heh, well I have to go good luck Gaius.

The end of Itachi's POV

As he said that word he jumped to another roof and Gai waved at him and he was heading towards his house to get some rest from the three hours of training, he also realized that he had mastered the art of Amaterasu and Taijutsu and there was no point in training any further, he also thought that since Gai would soon become captain he would move back to his previous house, since Rock-Li lived near him and even Ten-Ten lived across the street, Itachi had gotten to know all his students in paradise, now he was sure that soon Kakashi would be his neighbor again, it was a shame he was so used to Gai, but at least Kakashi was also a great conversationalist though, more relaxed, now he wanted to go home for lunch and go to bed earlier, because he was even more tired from training than he thought he would be and without those pills it made it worse, if it wasn't for Karin, the day would have been completely different for him Heh...