The Will of Stone

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Onoki clones brought Kojiro back to Onoki and dropped him in front of him.

Onoki raised his eyebrows in confusion when he saw this, and one of his clones walked to Onoki, and then the clone started talking to Onoki in a low voice.

Kojiro couldn't hear any of their conversation, and he decided to break the rock chain that was tying him up using his pure physical strength.

Onoki's clone said to Kojiro, "Save your strength, kid. No matter how strong your body is, you will never break these chains. Those chains are stronger than steel."

Kojiro's eyebrows twitched when he heard this and said to Onoki's clone, "Don't tell me you are after kids like me and you plan on kidnapping me?"

Onoki's clone eyebrows twitched in anger after hearing what Kojiro just said, and he smacked Kojiro's head.

"SMACK."

"OUCH."

"Show respect, you brat. I am a married man, and I have a daughter," Onoki's clone yelled at Kojiro.

Kojiro sighed after the clone reprimanded him and sat quietly waiting for the clone to remove the chain that was binding him.

After Onoki finished his conversation with his clone, he snapped his fingers. After snapping his fingers, the four clones crumbled into pieces of rock along with the chain that was binding Kojiro.

Kojiro walked towards his sword and sheathed it back in it's sheath.

Onoki was looking intently at Kojiro; he then sat on the ground cross-legged.

When Kojiro looked at Onoki. Onoki decided to ask him, "Tell me, kid, why do you want to be a shinobi?"

Kojiro was surprised when he heard Onoki's question, and he asked Onoki, "Sensei, why the sudden question?"

Onoki narrowed his eyes and said to him, "Just answer the question, brat."

Kojiro sighed and started answering Onoki's question, "To inherit my father's will and dream, sensei."

Onoki raised his eyebrows in surprise when he heard this, and Kojiro started explaining, "My father loved Iwa a lot; he wanted to become an Iwa shinobi to protect this village; however, he lacked the talent to become one, so I decided to become an Iwa shinobi to inherit his will and dream and protect Iwa in his place."

Onoki smiled when he heard, then he asked Kojiro, "Tell me, kid, do you know what the will of stone is?"

Kojiro raised his eyebrows when he heard Onoki's question, and he asked Onoki, "Sensei, what did you smoke? Are you high?"

When Onoki heard Kojiro's comment, he stood up, walked towards Kojiro, and smacked his head.

"SMACK."

"OUCH."

Onoki then started yelling at Kojiro, "HOW DARE YOU BRAT MAKE FUN OF THE FIRST TSUCHIKAGE'S TEACHING."

When Kojiro heard this, he widened his eyes in surprise and asked, "The first Tsuchikage teaching?"

Onoki nodded his head seriously to Kojiro.

However, Kojiro was still confused and said to Onoki, "Sensei, but this sounds like one of those poems that those old geezers like to make."

When Onoki heard this, he burst out laughing, "HAHAHAHAHA, I thought the same thing when the first Tsuchikage taught about the will of the stone in the past."

Kojiro smiled when he heard this, but suddenly Onoki looked seriously at Kojiro, and he said to him, "Listen, Kojiro, and listen carefully; this is the most important lesson you will ever learn from me."

When Kojiro heard this, he started listening carefully to what Onoki was saying, and Onoki continued, "The will of stone lives within every shinobi of Iwa, and this will have the power to change the entire world."

Kojiro raised his eyebrows in disbelief, and Onoki continued, "there is no doubt in the future you will encounter barriers that are hard for you to overcome You will start making excuses or your hatred will fill your heart when you face these barriers Don't ever make excuses, and don't let your hatred consume you. Instead, face the barriers that are in front of you with pride and destroy those barriers with everything you've got. No matter how many times you fall, facing those barriers, always stand back up and keep trying with a heart full of pride. After all, you are Iwa shinobi."

After hearing these words from Onoki, Kojiro's heart started beating fast. His heart was full of pride for becoming an Iwa shinobi. He then thought to himself, "I am glad that I was reincarnated in Iwa, and for being a shinobi of this village, I will do everything I can to make this village prosperous."

Onoki took a plain-looking paper and handed it to Kojiro; he then said to him, "Run your chakra in this paper, kid."

Kojiro didn't do as Onoki instructed; he just said to him, "Sensei, Instructor Nijima tested my chakra natures using chakra paper, and I know my chakra natures. Why do I need to test my chakra natures again? This is a waste of time."

Onoki's eyebrows twitched in annoyance when he heard what Kojiro just said and smacked his head.

"SMACK."

"OUCH."

"Don't try and be smart with me, brat; just do what I tell you to do. I want to see the paper reaction with my own eyes." Onoki yelled at Kojiro.

Kojiro sighed and said to Onoki, "Fine, but you didn't need to hit me to explain your reason to me, sensei."

After saying this to Onoki, Kojiro ran his chakra through the chakra paper, and the paper reacted instantaneously.

The paper is cut in half, crumbles, and catches fire all at the same time.

Onoki smiled when he saw this and thought to himself, "Yes, now it is confirmed that this kid can learn particle style just like me and Mu-sama. This is great news for Iwa."

Onoki then looked at Kojiro and said seriously to him, "Listen, kid, the reason I test your chakra nature is to confirm whether you can learn particle style or not, and I will tell you this, kid: you have the capability of learning the particle style."

Kojiro's eyes widened in shock when he heard this; he remembered in his past life when he watched the fight between Onoki and Mu in the Naruto anime how incredible the particle style was. He can't believe that he really could learn the particle style.

Onki's next words interrupted Kojiro's thoughts: "However, to learn particle style, it takes years of training because in order for you to learn particle style, you will need to master fire, earth, and wind chakra nature; even geniuses needed a long time to master a single chakra nature."

Kojiro nodded his head in understanding at what Onoki said, then Onoki continued, "For now, my advice to you is to not rush things. You are still very young; you have plenty of time in the future to master the particle style. What you need to focus on now is deciding what kind of shinobi you want to be and what fighting style you want to specialize in."

Kojiro was confused when he heard this and asked, "What do you mean, sensei?"

Onoki looked seriously at Kojiro and he started explaining to him, "Shinobi undertake a variety of missions, kid. I am sure you were taught about this in the academy."

Kojiro nodded his head when he heard this and said to Oniki, "yeah, the academy covered this subject, sensei There are many missions the shinobi perform, such as assassination, tracking, reconnaissance, spying, and many more."

Onoki smiled when he heard Kojiro's answer, and he continued, "You need to decide what you want to specialize in as a shinobi. Do you want to specialize in assassination? or gathering information? tracking? And so on."

Kojiro's eyes shone in understanding after hearing this, and Onoki smiled when he saw Kojiro's expression, then he said to Kojiro, "You also need to consider what kind of fighting style you want to specialize in."

When Kojiro heard this, he smiled at Onoki and said to him, "Sensei, I already made up my mind about the fighting style that I want to specialize in."

Onoki was surprised when he heard this; he was very interested to hear about which fighting style Kojiro decided to specialize in, so he asked Kojiro, "Oh, so tell me, kid, what fighting style did you decide to specialize in?"

Kojiro continued smiling at Onoki, and answered him, "Kenjutsu."

Onoki was stunned when he heard this, and then he yelled at Kojiro in anger, "You idiotic brat! I told you that you have the ability to learn particle style with one particle style jutsu You can turn your enemy to dust. Why waste your time specializing in kenjutsu?"

Kojiro just smiled warmly at Onoki when he saw how concerned Onoki was and he said to Onoki, "Calm down, sensei, I said I would specialize in kenjutsu, but that doesn't mean that I couldn't learn other shinobi arts."

Kojiro continued smiling and said to Onoki, "I will learn particle style in the future, sensei, and I will combine it with kenjutsu to create a new kenjutsu style."

Onoki was stunned at hearing what Kojiro just said; he then shook his head and said to Kojiro, "Kid, this is impossible. Whatever particle style touches it turns it to dust if you coat your sword with particle style, your sword will be turned to dust."

Kojiro chuckled, shook his head, and said to Onoki, "Sensei, did you forget what you just taught me?"

Onoki was confused when he heard this then Kojiro looked at Onoki in the eyes and said to him with a wide smile present in his face, "The will of stone lives within me, sensei; if there is a barrier standing in my way, I will smash through the barrier; after all, I am an Iwa shinobi."

When Onoki heard these words, he felt like he was strucked by lightning, he was frozen in his place. He then looked at Kojiro's eyes; and he saw Kojiro's eyes were full of pride and determination.

Onoki couldn't help himself, he was feeling ashamed and at the same time feeling proud.

Onoki was feeling ashamed for trying to persuade Kojiro to give up the idea of creating a kenjutsu style that combines both particle style and kenjutsu. On the other hand, Onoki was proud at hearing what Kojiro just said because he was his apprentice.

Onoki burst out laughing in pride while looking at Kojiro; his eyes were full of pride. "Well said, my boy, and as your sensei, my job is to help in any way I can."

Onoki then took out a card from his pocket and handed it to Kojiro he then said to him, "tomorraw come to the Tsuchikage office at 8 a.m you will need to fill up a form before you can get your ninja registeration card, the card I just gave you will allow you to enter and borrow books from the shinobi library but you can't borrow jutsu from the library because there is no jutsu available in the shinobi library if you want to buy jutsu copies you will need to head to jutsu library in the Tsuchikage tower to buy."

Kojiro was surprised when he heard this and Onoki continued, "I want you to go to the shinobi library to train your mind don't forget chakra is a combination of spiritual energy and physical energy training your mind is very important for a shinobi."

Kojiro nodded his head in understanding and said to Onoki, "I understand sensei I will go to the library now."

Onoki nodded his head in satisfaction then he continued, "when we meet tomorraw I will test you on what you have read in the library and because you have impressed me in our spar today I will teach you a jutsu tomorraw."

Kojiro smiled when he heard this, he bowed to Onoki, and said to him, "thank you for everything sensei I promise I will not disappoint you."

Kojiro then waved farewell to Onoki and he started walking to the library.