"Kagen, you have a strong water, Earth and fire affinity without having trained either of them." Shikaku said looking at me and the chakra paper that has been split three ways.
"But I have three affinities. If I am not wrong, Kekkei Genkai is only made of two chakra natures." I said confused before realisation dawned on me.
Shikaku replied still rubbing his forehead,
"Yes, You might have two kekkei genkais or worse a Kekkei Tōta that is made up of three chakra nature's. It's possible that your genes somehow mutated and gave you kekkei genkais or impossible as it is a Kekkei Tōta never seen among the Nara Clan."
I swallowed heavily, the gravity of what Shikaku was saying settling over me. Shikaku wouldn't make something like this up for a joke, and he wouldn't tell me unless he was as sure as he could be. "What…what does that mean? I mean… What does that mean for me going forward?"
Shikaku's gaze was serious as he said, "It means that I will be working with you personally on your nature transformations. Aiko tells me you've been having trouble with them, so I'll help you. Once you are able to use all water, earth and fire jutsu, we will need to test if you are able to combine two of these three chakra natures."
He took a pause and then said "We will try all the combinations and if that does not work. You would have to try combining all three chakra natures."
I was sitting stock still, having a hard time believing what I was hearing. "What… Do you know what the result of them combining would be?"
"Your fire and water nature might give you a result that we know about. We have documents on the Hidden Mist and several individuals over time who have possessed what they called 'Boil Release'."
Fire and water. Or more accurately, heat and water. Boil release sounded right. I wonder if I would be able to make grease fire explosions with that? Actually, back up, how did this happen to begin with?
Shikaku continued, "Fire and Earth would lead to Lava release. And let's not talk about Earth and water because the result would be wood release which might be an even more impossible result than a Kekkei Tōta."
Lava release is not bad either. It would be very destructive and I would be able to use quicklime and volcanised rubber forms of lava release also.
Shikaku sighed,"And if none of these combinations work then you might have a Kekkei Tōta. A never before seen Kekkei Tōta. The only one known is the second and third Tsuchikage's Particle Release which is a combination of Fire, Earth and wind."
Kekkei Tōta that sounds incredible. Particle release was very destructive. I wonder what the combination of Fire, Earth and water would form.
"Do you know why I have more than one chakra nature?" I asked.
Shikaku shrugged. "I'm not an expert on the subject, and I haven't gone consulting the experts because I wanted you to be protected. The only three people who know about this are currently me, Aika and now you."
"Not even the Hokage?" I asked, a little surprised.
Shikaku shook his head. "This is a clan matter that may evolve into a clan secret. That means the Nara clan is within its rights to control information about it for the time being. Back to your question, your father had an affinity for fire while your mother had an affinity for Earth. I don't know exactly where the water affinity came from."
So a water affinity just appeared out of nowhere? Was that just dumb luck? What were the odds of two kekkei genkais or a Kekkei Tōta spontaneously appearing in a newborn kid?
Somewhere around a million-to-one? Probably worse than that? There had to be a reasonable explanation for why I specifically have multiple affinities. Think. What is special about…
Son of a bitch. Was this because I'd reincarnated? The fire and Earth affinity came from my parents and I brought the water affinity with me? That didn't make sense though. Wasn't chakra more physical than that? I would have needed some…spiritual vessel or something to bring it over with me.
…Like an overabundance of Yin chakra, spiritual chakra, granted by the Nara's bloodline. Aiko had told me that I had an abnormal amount of Yin chakra even by Nara standards. Did spending time being dead make me more tailored towards spiritual chakra?
Kami, was that why I was having difficulty with nature transformations? Was I so loaded up with spiritual energy from my time spent being dead that I not only brought a whole other chakra affinity with me when I was reborn but that same chakra somehow decided to give me affinities of both my parents. Something that might develop into multiple Kekkei Genkais or a single Kekkei Tōta?
Everything was making so much sense all of a sudden.
"I'm sorry to bring this up today, but there will be a lot of attention on you now that… Now." Shikaku said, cutting himself off awkwardly. "Aiko and I will work with you and help you train, making you as ready as you can be when you are inevitably called up to serve Konoha."
I frowned up at him. "People want me to be a genin already?"
Shikaku looked supremely pissed off at something, but I didn't think his ire was directed my way. "Yes. Hatake Kakashi has shown people that young, talented shinobi can thrive during conflict and be great assets to the village. People have noticed your progress. There was already pressure to have you graduate early before, but now… I won't be able to make the argument that you shouldn't have to be an adult yet."
"You will have to graduate after another two years. There isn't much I can do to resist them anymore. I will stall as long as I can to give you time to grow, but you will likely have to leave the Academy at the end of the two years."
Well, I was already planning on doing just that.
"We will help teach you during that time to ensure you are ready." Aiko said to me, rubbing my head.
There was a conflicted expression on her face. Her smile was strained. She looked like she wasn't a fan of me graduating early, but didn't really have a choice in it either.
Shikaku nodded. "Aiko is right. She and I will help you progress until you graduate, but you need to be focused. The more prepared you are when you become a genin the better."
I frowned as something occurred to me. "Will I still be able to train with Misa?"
Shikaku's frown was deeper than mine. "Yes. She has drawn the same attention you have. She will likely be pressed to graduate with you. The two of you will need to help each other going forward."
"I'll train hard." I said, resolve settling into my stomach. Ramped up training was what I wanted, and he was saying he would practically force feed it to me. I needed to be ready for the deadly world that waited outside Konoha's walls.
"Good." Shikaku said, standing up from his seat. "I'm sorry I brought this all up today, but I needed to tell you. Rest for the weekend. We will start next week." He turned around and walked out the door, his hands in his pockets.
"Up." Aiko said, scurrying around the table to get me out of my seat. "You need to wash up and get ready for sleep. I won't have you up all night thinking. The best thing for you right now is rest."
I let Aiko lead me upstairs, then quickly washed up. I laid down in my bed and stared at the ceiling, a million thoughts flying through my mind.
My world had been upended overnight. I didn't know what my new normal would be, but it would be a fair sight different from what it was before. I didn't know how I was going to go to sleep right now.
I felt a light prick in my arm, and my eyelids drooped. I smiled sadly. Aiko stuck me with a senbon coated in a sleeping agent then retracted it with a chakra string.
I was unconscious in seconds.
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