Being a Shinobi (An Itachi Uchiha fanfiction)

38. Otsutsuki

"So let me get this straight. You are telling me that there are many people called shinobi who have this chakra thingy and they have been fighting these monsters called deviants for ages?"  A 13 year old Shinya asked with his eyebrow raised as they were now in a ramen shop listening to what this strange man who called himseld the toad sage has to say.

"And you are telling that we are the descendants of some Otsaki clan?" Hiyori asked, her mouth stuffed in hot ramen. "Its Otsutsuki clan kiddo." Jiraiya said as he ruffled the 8 year old's hair. "Yep! I did some research and you grandmother Miyuki Ashido was Lord Manabu Otsutsuki and Maaya Ashido's daughter. Which means both of you are from the Otsutsuki clan. Your strong chakra speaks for itself." Jiraiya said looking at the boy.

"How do I know that I can trust you old man? What if you just want to kidnap us?" Shinya asked still suspicious. "I am not sure a kidnapper will buy us ramen Shinya. He sure looks like a suspicious pervert but something about his aura tells me he isnt lying." Hiyori said as she slurped the remaining of her ramen with a satisfactory grin on her face.

"Yeah. Thats tr... wait what? A suspicious pervert?!" Jiraiya exclaimed as he sulked. "On a serious note kiddo. If you are willing to trust me, I can train you. You will get missions to eliminate deviants once you train to become a proper shinobi. The Otsutsuki has always been the head of Shinobi until Lord Manabu's death. As of now, my student Minato is the Hokage who is incharge of everything." Jiraiya explained.

This caught both the siblings attention. They looked at each other thinking the same thing. "Show us." Shinya said confusing the sannin. "Show what?" Jiraiya asked. "Show us that you are strong and can use chakra."  Hiyori replied earning a smirk from the white haired man.

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"HOLY COW! That was so cool." Hiyori exclaimed as she saw her brother covered in dirt as he was on the ground after losing to the sannin for the 3rd time. "What do you say kiddo? Is that enough proof?" Jiraiya asked the siblings earning a groan from the boy who was in pain since he got his ass kicked and an exciting giggle from the girl.

"Why dont you have eyes like Shinya? The red one?" Hiyori asked curiously. "Those eyes are called the sharingan. The Uchiha clan possesses the sharingan." Jiraiya explained. "Your contradicting yourself old man. Didnt you just say we belong to the Otsutsuki clan?" Shinya asked as he sat up. "The Otsutsuki have known to possess all kinds of Dojutsu. The Sharingan, Byakugan, Rinnegan and Tensegan. You may even awaken the rinnegan." Jiraiya said and explained everything to the curious pair of kids.

"Can you do that rotating jutsu too?" Hiyori asked curiously after Jiraiya explained about the dojutsus. "Rotating jutsu?" Jiraiya asked wondering if she was asking about the rasengan. "Yeah. We met a shinobi a couple years ago fighting a deviant. He had long black hair and white eyes. He just rotated super fast and sent the monster crashing." Shinya explained what he saw. Jiraiya noticed the sudden shift in atmosphere.

"Ah! It must be a Hyuga. It is the eight triagram: palm rotation. A jutsu belonging to the Hyuga clan performed by only those mastered in the use of their Byakugan. I wonder who it is that you have met." Jiraiya said. "Well. We dont know since he died fighting it. Even Shigure died." Hiyori said as tears brimmed her eyes thinking about that day.

Jiraiya immediately understood what they were talking about. A Hyuga powerful enough to master 8 triagrams and died 2 years ago fighting a deviant was Hizashi Hyuga. He also remembers the reports of a dead civilian cop found there. He had no idea these kids were involved in that.

"Did you fight that deviant?" Jiraiya carefully asked Shinya since the boy also has a sad expression on his face and the sannin was genuinely worried because he knew Hizashi died facing an S class deviant. Jiraiya listened as Shinya quietly told him what happened that day.

Jiraiya was shocked to know that Shinya helped Hizashi kill the deviant. "I wish I could have that chakra too. I could have saved Shigure. I wouldnt have been useless and saved the people I care about."  Hiyori spoke as tears fell from her eyes uncontrollably. Shinya immediately held her in a hug reassuring her that it wasnt her fault hiding is own tears that threatened to fall.

Jiraiya saw the scene unfolding in front of him with such fondness in his eyes. These kids have gone through so much eversince they were so young and all they had was one another. Jiraiya couldnt sense any chakra from the girl so he wasnt sure about it but he decided what to do. "How about you come with me kids?" He asked them make them break the hug. "What do you mean?" Hiyori asked as she wiped her tears.

"Well for starters. I will adopt you kids and then I have a cabin almost 2 hours from here. We can stay there. There is a small town with education facilities a little away from there and you can go to school there. I can train you and teach you everything about the shinobi world until you are strong enough. So what do you say?" Jiraiya asked surprising the both. "You would adopt us? Why would you do that for us?" Shinya asked genuinely surprised.

"Because I want to kid." Jiraiya replied with a warm smile on his face.

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A week later both Shinya and Hiyori bid farewell to everyone in the orphanage as they left with Jiraiya. "Shinya Otsutsuki! I like how it sounds." Shinya muttrred with a small smile on his face as he saw glanced at the papers Jiraiya signed for adopting them.

Soon they reached a cabin inside a forest. "This place is beautiful."  Hiyori spoke in awe as she stood in front of the cabin surrounded by large trees. "Come on in kiddos." Jiraiya said as he carried their bags inside the cabin.

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It has been a whole day since Jiraiya left the siblings alone in cabin saying he needed to go to Konoha to report the Hokage about them. Hiyori sat in the counter munching on the strawberries as she watched Shinya cook for them. "You should start a restaurant when you are old. I will be the cashier. I am sure it would make awesome sales." Hiyori said earning a chuckle from her brother.

Soon both of them heard some noise making them freeze. "Is it old man Jiraiya?" Hiyori whispered. "Get inside the room and dont get out until I say." Shinya said as he went near the door to see what was going on. Hiyori hesitated but complied nonetheless. Someone opened the door and Shinya threw a punch which the person dodged making his fist collide with the door making it break in half. Shinya glared at the blonde woman who decided to break in.

"Who are you?" Shinya asked as he activated his Sharingan. Jiraiya came rushing as soon as he heard the noise. "What did I tell you about breaking stuff Shinya?" Jiraiya asked looking at the broken door. "Who is this woman old man?" The boy asked in confusion making him sigh. Hiyori didnt know what was going on but she heard the sound of door breaking and Jiraiya's voice.

Tsunade noticed a smaller figure peeping from a room but hid as soon as they made eye contact. "She is my friend Tsunade. We both will be training you from today." Jiraiya explained while he looked at the woman suspiciously. "You have got strength kid, I will give you that." Tsunade said making him scoff. "Dont call me kid. I am Shinya." The boy said making her smile. "I am Tsunade." She said.

"Come out kiddo. She is a friend." Jiraiya said and Hiyori came out relieved to know they werent facing any thieves. "Time to eat." Jiraiya said bringing out 2 boxes of large pizza they bought on their way but stopped as he smelled something delicious. "What do we have here?" He asked as he entered the kitchen and saw a pot of stew on the stove.

"Hey! So whats your name?" Hiyori asked a little shy making Tsunade smile. "I am Tsunade and you are?" She asked. "Hiyori. Um... Hiyori Otsaki I guess." The girl replied making the sannin chuckle. "This tastes wonderful. Did you really make this Shinya?" Jiraiya asked as he tasted the stew. "Well duh! Ofcourse I did."  Shinya scoffed still wary of the unknown woman.

"Are you a toad too?" Hiyori asked making Tsunade blink in confusion. "Old man Jiraiya said that he was a toad sage." Hiyori explained. "No. But I am one of the 3 sannins." Tsunade said. "Then who is the 3rd one?" Shinya questioned and raised an eyebrow as he saw both of them freeze without answering.

"Soo... what do we eat now? Pizza or Shinya's stew?"  Jiraiya asked hoping to change topic and thankfully Hiyoru did. "We can eat the pizza later. For now stew and rice sounds delicious." She replied but both the sannin didnt fail to notice the look of confusion on the boy's face. They knew he needs to know everything if he was to lead the shinobi but they cant just dump every information on him. Just one at a time.