After Shin Uchiha left Mikoto's house with Kurenai Yuhi, he took her home.
Although Kurenai Yuhi now counted as a Kage-level fighter, genjutsu was her only real strength. Her physical strength and chakra reserves were fairly ordinary.
Moreover, Kurenai Yuhi had no kekkei genkai, which limited her future growth.
But that hardly mattered to Shin Uchiha. He had both the strength and the determination to protect Kurenai. As for Kurenai Yuhi herself, becoming a Kage-level fighter through a lucky turn of events was already enough to make her secretly rejoice.
Besides, she had no particularly strong thirst for power. What she wanted most was to spend her future days quietly supporting her husband and raising their children.
As Shin Uchiha watched Kurenai Yuhi enter her home, a bearded man suddenly came to mind.
At his age, the man was still going through a rebellious phase. He had left Konoha after falling out with his father, the Third Hokage, and gone to serve the daimyo as one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja.
Instead of enjoying his comfortable position as Konoha's crown prince, he had chosen to become someone else's guard and lackey. He really wasn't very bright.
In the end, he had probably come to his senses and come scurrying back.
He had landed a position as a jōnin in Konoha, but his strength still fell short, and he had ultimately met a gruesome end.
After his return, everything the Third Hokage arranged for him had practically been designed to pave the way for his future.
In the shinobi world, what bond was the strongest apart from blood ties? The bond between teacher and student, of course.
When Asuma Sarutobi had just returned, the Third Hokage had placed the next generation of Ino-Shika-Cho, the Hokage Faction's strongest combination, under him as