Madara's Brother Naruto Fanfiction

7. The Unexpected part 1

A/N: Another chapter that is very long and i had to split it into two parts.

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It has been a month since i got into Team 10. Fortunately, to my pleasure the whole team has begun to cooperate in any jobs received. They may and may not have felt regret from the terrible failure, nonetheless i managed to stay in this team and endure the miserable actions created by the children themselves. Togane had acted a little bit tolerant with her speech except for her honesty- i guess that is a good point- while Uro had became a little bit more patient. True, they didn't change a lot but it was tolerable and necessarily relieving- eventhough i still can't find myself liking them.

I might've gone a little irritated with them- causing my sudden act of staring and advising nicely... I think. But even so, i did my best to give them a hint of how to act properly. Sometimes i had to speak
my opinions and i remember them apologising after that- they did take their moments to realise the reasons for the failure in completing tasks. I had no choice but to voice out my disatisfaction. I was glad Genji sensei agreed to it and at least started to become a little more serious.

Truthfully, i was relieved to see the growth in the team even in a short amount of time although to my dismay, i also did notice the amount of time wasted to make it happen. When i realised too late, i went home feeling dejected. A month. A one long precious month. I wasted 30 days, 730 hours and 43800 minutes for something i'm not even sure would exist for long. I could've collected more informations, either rumors or accurate one for the things that was happening outside. Maybe i could've seen Madara somehow. I could've known Zetsu's whereabouts- if they were possible.

I got distracted. It was the worst thing that could happen in this situation and i blew it out. I had to do something. I did try to make it up by practicing my ninjutsu instead. In my previous life, ninjutsu was my forte, my area of expertise whereas taijutsu was the least due to my weak limbs and body. I had taught Izuna a lot more ninjutsu than kenjutsu or taijutsu. When i somehow know i can use my perfect body in this new life, i got a bit too excited and diverted my focus on taijutsu instead of ninjutsu. I got too carried away since taijutsu felt slightly more satisfying when you feel troubled and anxious. Ninjutsu was good, but physically hitting something help calm my nerves down. Hence another reason my attention on taijutsu was overwhelming.

"If you're landing a blow recklessly without so much thought in it, you'll just create an opening for the enemy more. You have to fight efficiently. Try to find your enemy's weakness."

Togane and Uro were attentively listening to Genji sensei while i was between that and trying to think of a way to help the team into getting a mission outside the village- in short, i was half heartedly, barely paying attention to him.

"When you fight an enemy try to avoid signalling them or showing them your next move. Sometimes we unintentionally would show them with eye contacts." The man continued with his lecture. "For example, Togane. You were looking at Guren's legs when you tried to trip him earlier. It was obvious that Guren would avoid that."

Togane whined, "You can't compare us sensei. Guren's just too agile. It's impossible to land a major hit on him. He's a genius and we aren't."

I flinched at her words. I disagreed, i worked hard at improving my moves- then again, a facade of a genius was what i was trying to show the people. It won't matter if i worked hard or not. What matters is what people see. Don't show your weakness to anyone. Of course, i failed at hiding it from my own clan. They knew i was a diligent person instead of a straight right genius. They saw me as the hard working freak after all. 

"You shouldn't be saying that and laze around with only genjutsu in your palm." 

Another good side about this boy, Uro is that he's actually good with his words.