The Swirling Tides

Chapter 11: The Vixen's Dilemma

Uzumaki Compound | Konohagakure no Sato

Once Kushina was done explaining her plan to the three siblings, the group stood in comfortable silence, each going through various options in their heads to find any problem that they might have missed.

After a while Kushina decided that they have had enough time to think, and it's not really possible to have a perfect plan. "Alright you three, now that we are done discussing all that, I'm going to show you all how to perform Rasengan, just like I promised."

She took a glance at Naruto to see any signs of protests, but on finding none she smiled. The other two seemed a bit excited to learn a powerful technique, but didn't show it too much.

Kushina grinned at Naruto. "Good Sochi-kun, you look like you understood your lesson well."

Naruto nodded sheepishly, he had forgotten one of the first basic lessons taught by Kushina when he protested learning Rasengan, not something he was proud of.

Kushina continued, "Before we begin I want you all to know that this technique was actually my idea.

As much as I want to hate the bastard and say he didn't contribute anything to this, that's not true. He was actually able to perform it before me, so despite it being my idea it became his original jutsu."

The three siblings looked shocked. "Kaa-chan, why didn't you tell anyone till now that it was your idea?" Kasumi protested.

"Well, I didn't really care that much about it I guess. And I didn't want people call me or my husband a liar. At that time, I did like him very much.

Also, even if I had wanted to take credit, I knew no one would believe me if I told them it was my idea. After all, Minato was the genius of Konoha, while I was a foreign refugee."

The three of them nodded in understanding, people didn't believe what they didn't want to believe. So it was no use for her to try and claim the technique as her own. If anything it would have established her as a liar.

Kushina sighed at their grim faces. "Look, it doesn't matter what happened in the past, I just told you because I thought you should know. Now lets move on to the technique.

Rasengan is basically a modified version of an Uzumaki chakra control exercise - the chakra rotation. You rotate chakra in your palm in multiple directions, then you add more and more chakra into it, and finally you maintain its shape in a small spherical ball. Thus forming the spiraling sphere – Rasengan. So these are the first three steps you will go through – rotation, power and control.

You all must remember that the Kage Bunshin training that all of you have gone through is not an option for a non-Uzumaki, so most other ninja are not as good as us in nature manipulation. Jinchūriki of other tailed beasts might be able to do it too, but I don't think any of them know about this jutsu. And don't teach anyone this."

Once she gave them a hard look to make sure her point got across to them, she continued. "Once you complete the first three steps, the fourth step is to add an element to it. I have as of yet not completed mine, since I never got the time to do so until now, and all the responsibilities didn't give me much time to think.

This step, is also the most dangerous one you have to go through to complete this technique. Odds are until the technique is perfected it will blow up in your face, causing extreme damage.

So once you start practicing stage four, use only Kage Bunshin, and don't train in it personally."

All three siblings nodded in acceptance. Kasumi made over a thousand shadow clones and sent them practice rasengan, much to the envy of everyone else present.