Genesis Marriage Alliance x Educating Nawaki

Uchiha Territory, clan elders' training ground.

The three little ones had already arrived, and Uchiha Fugaku had also come to the training ground as a specially invited guest today.

Hanma was discussing Chakra applications and insights for taijutsu with Kushina. Little Pepper's eyes shone with excitement as she occasionally gestured, gathering Chakra into her fist. She seemed to really like this style of fighting.

Minato held a sheet of draft paper and carefully copied the Flying Thunder God Technique scroll. He could already feel that this technique had been made for him. The secretly flamboyant Minato could hardly wait to learn it. He had already come up with twelve names for his moves, such as: Konoha Gale Wave Vortex Strike Style Three.

It would definitely look cool, right? With such an awesome name, he'd call it out and instantly defeat the enemy. Heh heh.

As for Nawaki, he was late. Tsunade was currently dragging him over at top speed. "—Sorry, Teacher Hanma!!"

After running wildly, Nawaki finally arrived half an hour late. Tsunade wore an apologetic smile as she glared viciously at him.

Seeing that Tsunade had come as well, Hanma flashed over with a warm smile and whispered into her ear, "I missed you after just one day apart."

We clearly had breakfast together this morning and did morning training together too. Hmph.

She rolled her eyes beautifully, then shouted loudly enough for the entire Uchiha Territory to hear:

"Did everyone hear that? I'm Tsunade! Uchiha Hanma said he missed me!!"

After a brief silence, the young people in the clan territory began howling and jeering. "Brother Hanma, did you miss me too?"

"Brother Hanma, can you hold on to that Senju girl?!"

Hanma smiled faintly. Tsunade's bold, fiery nature and exceptional intelligence were what attracted him most.

Drawing a breath into his dantian, he replied even louder, "Tsunade, I missed you!!"

Cheers, teasing, and singing echoed throughout the Uchiha Territory. If one listened carefully, Elder Setsuna's voice could be heard among them.

This was not merely a public display of affection. It was also meant to show Tsunade's presence to the Uchiha clan.

It was a declaration to every Uchiha clansman, as well as a test of their attitude.

A marriage alliance between the Senju and Uchiha should have been the first of its kind in a thousand years.

Marriage alliances had always been one of the best ways to resolve disputes and gain trust.

Especially for these two: one was the former clan head, Tobirama Senju's disciple, and Kagami Uchiha's son; the other was Hashirama Senju's direct granddaughter.

Their generations matched, their fathers had connections, and their families were well matched. Setting aside the blood feud of recent generations, they were practically made for each other.

In the Warring States Period, this would have been equivalent to the clan heads taking the lead in intermarrying. The remaining clansmen would have had a strong chance of following suit, and the two clans might even have merged.

Even today, it held great significance for changing Konoha's overall balance.

For now, the clansmen seemed to have a rather positive attitude toward this "marriage alliance."

The three little ones were still too young. They merely pursed their lips, feeling that these two were already so old, yet still so immature.

Uchiha Fugaku saw things more deeply. He had roughly understood the significance of Tsunade and Hanma getting together.

He looked at Tsunade and Hanma with envy. With strength, one's family was never a shackle, only a source of support.

Hanma cleared his throat and called Fugaku and Nawaki forward, beginning today's lesson.

"Nawaki, I trust you know Fugaku. You two are classmates at the Ninja Academy."

"He was just promoted to Chunin. You will conduct practical combat training with him. Today is a practical instruction class."

"Both sides will go all out. If there is danger, I will step in."

After instructing Nawaki, Hanma exchanged a few more words with Fugaku. Fugaku wore an impatient expression.

Clearly, he found fighting a child like Nawaki terribly boring.

"—Begin."

Nawaki took out his ninja tools and shouted at Fugaku:

"Fugaku, you old-faced bastard! It's your honor to fight the great me!"

Seeing Fugaku's impatient expression, Nawaki felt extremely displeased. So what if he's a Chunin?

I'm the man who'll become Hokage!

Fugaku's expression darkened further. In truth, people in the clan often teased him about his two naturally prominent tear troughs.

Even the girl he liked, Mikoto Uchiha, had jokingly said that Elder Setsuna looked younger than him.

Fugaku was still a teenager, far from the middle-aged man in the original story who had been worn down by his clan, children, and village.

Uchiha Fugaku's temper was not good right now either.

His scarlet Two Tomoe Sharingan slowly spun. Without any obvious movement of his hands, twelve Shuriken flew along strange trajectories and shot rapidly toward Nawaki.

Nawaki's face changed in shock as he watched the Shuriken. He had never seen a throwing technique that could curve through the air like this.

Relying on his fairly outstanding physical abilities, he clumsily dodged the encircling Shuriken. However, his footing had already become unsteady, and his center of gravity was unstable.

"Hmph, far too many openings."

Watching Nawaki's disorderly steps, Fugaku charged forward and slashed at him. The cold blade stopped beside his neck.

Hanma gestured to Fugaku, then walked over and began explaining.

"For ninja below the rank of Special Jonin, Shuriken are extremely useful offensive tools."

"They can restrict the opponent's movement, test their strength, probe their condition, and, for a Shuriken master like Fugaku, even kill an enemy directly."

"Nawaki's performance just now was terrible, but that was the level of an ordinary Genin. Uh, perhaps one of the better Genin. At least he dodged the Shuriken."

Seeing Nawaki's face gradually redden, Hanma still offered him a word of consolation.

"Next, Fugaku is forbidden from using thrown ninja tools. Continue."

Nawaki looked stubbornly at Hanma. "That was only a mistake just now. There's no need to go easy on me. I'm very strong!"

Hanma did not mind his stubborn retort. He simply nodded and signaled for them to continue.

Fugaku glanced arrogantly at Nawaki, his fingers moving in quick succession. "Fire Release, Great Fireball Jutsu!"

A massive orange fireball came rushing in. Nawaki did not panic and began forming hand seals, though his speed left much to be desired.

"Water Release, Water Formation Wall!"

Thanks to Nawaki's massive Chakra reserves, although the technique was slow, it still overwhelmed the Great Fireball Jutsu.

Sizzle—

Fire and water collided in great volume, producing thick mist that engulfed Nawaki.

Fugaku curled his lips and moved his fingers again. "Earth Release, Earth Flow River!"

The earth began to churn. Vast amounts of mud mixed with the water from the Water Formation Wall and surged fiercely toward Nawaki.

Still within the mist, Nawaki could only vaguely see ahead. His gaze darkened as he chose to continue defending with ninjutsu.

Nawaki was trying hard to speed up his hand seals when he saw Fugaku leap high into the air and bring his Tachi down viciously at him.

Looking at the mudslide below, Nawaki calculated that if he charged forward and abandoned his defense, Fugaku would fall into the mud pit with him. If they fought in the mud, he would have the physical advantage!

Nawaki's gaze hardened. He drew a Kunai, leaped into the air, and faced Fugaku head-on.

Seeing Nawaki charge straight at him, Fugaku was startled. What did he mean? Did he have some special move?

Fugaku did not disrupt his own rhythm. His Two Tomoe Sharingan slowly spun as Genjutsu Chakra gathered.

"Genjutsu, Hell Viewing Technique!"

Nawaki looked into those bewitching red eyes. Just as he sensed something wrong, his head spun, and he fell from the air.

Adjusted Fugaku's combat strength.

Writing him as having Three Tomoe or being a Chunin before had been too problematic.

Changed him back to Two Tomoe (ε)