The Child of Prophecy

└ C17 ┐

Omfg, I legit thought that I already published this chapter at exactly 12:05am in January 1... Guess the wifi in my grandma's house was too slow and it didn't update lmfao. Anw, it's been awhile, Snowflakes!!! Sorry for the long wait. Here's Chapter 17, it's a little on the boring side (imho lol). It's long and kinda important tho, so enjoy! ^~^

└ Just because you keep trying to do the right thing, doesn't mean that you're guaranteed a happy ending. -Junko Kaname ┐

"Hngg... Oof!"

In the midst of a small burst that occured, smoke appeared out of nowhere, and our main protagonist is sent flying a few steps away from her initial position.

"Sheesh, it's really not working well for you, huh..." Kushina points out, standing on the sidelines and watching with an uncertain frown as her daughter groaned loudly on the ground. "I wonder why.. Is it because you're still lacking in chakra control? The amount of chakra you contain is just a bit too much, huh," The mother mumbles to herself as she eyes her daughter whilst deep in thought.

Meanwhile, our protagonist with whiskers on her cheeks has her usually-pigtailed blonde hair in a now-messy braid and covered with a few soils and leaves here and there. There were some dirt on her face as well, and some edges of her clothes were now starting to get torn. She slowly sat up as if to dramatize her situation, all the while gripping on the ground to show her frustration, before she grabbed a handful of soil and threw it a few steps away.

"Gah! Why is it so hard to control your secret special technique, Kaa-chan?!" Naruko exclaimed, earning her a chuckle from her mother.

"Well, you've only started learning it this week, afterall. Besides, you're still young, you'll get it eventually," Kushina answers with full honesty, a mischievous yet gentle smile on her lips. "To be honest, your growth and quick adaptiveness is already impressive, Naruko-chan. You've already mastered how to form seals in a speed enough to make you pass as a genin."

Naruko stares up to her mother silently for a few moments, before she nods her head and regretfully looks down.

Truthfully, Naruko can already form seals even faster than what she has been showing everyone, but of course, she can't just do that orelse it'll disrupt her plans. First of all, she has already altered with the past a bit too much, it'll be difficult to keep track on what may happen in the future and how to prevent them if everything changes too drastically. And according to Kurama, Naruko shouldn't show off too much while she still hasn't fully grasped her and Kurama's chakra. It'd be very troublesome if she catches attention for being talented. Just seeing Sasuke's daily struggles with fangirls is enough for Naruko to know that having people watching and following you around can be irritating. And to add to that, Naruko's current lifestyle is already bothersome enough, she'd rather not add more to her troubles.

....Anyway, as for Naruko's current situation, she is learning her mother's --or rather the Uzumaki clan's-- so-called special technique. The Adamantine Sealing Chains. At first, Naruko was a bit doubtful about learning from her mother (who is well-known to be very rough at times) but seeing Kurama grumble about how he doesn't want to experience getting chained up torturously again made Naruko reconsider. It was quite interesting having Kurama try to change her mind about learning the technique. He had tried to persuade her to reject the offer, telling her about the "disadvantage" of the deal, such as Kushina teaching her only one technique whilst she had to stop pranking till she becomes a genin. He told her it was an unfair deal, and so on, so forth. But him blabbering about only enthused Naruko even more and made her accept Kushina's offer.