Okay Konan we're going to cook food
Cook food? The girl looked confused for a second but then turn serious, ready to start. Wow its so funny watching a young Konan turn serious like she's about to hunt down a A rank missing nin to only be cutting up chicken and boiling rice.
For the next two weeks I had Konan memorize the recipe I taught her then had her work in the kitchen independently. Most of her work is spent on the boiling process, using the bamboo steam bun Baskets I bought from one of the grandma's livings here. The goal was a version of the American rations known as K rations. Unfortunately, I don't have any industrial equipment for food production but it's better that way for now. As it would be a pain to move all the equipment anyways as this is only a temporary base to create the product.
Meanwhile While she keeps busy with that, I'm beginning my long overdue training in this time. First, I wanted to learn how to stick to the side of the wall, I'm unable to do tree climbing like in the original show so I improvised and used the cave walls outside.
Step 1: Chakra control. Well from my progress It's going to take me a full day to get this down. But water walking took other weeks to master, not to mention the other training methods I had in mind. Tree walking really was far more complicated than I gave it credit for. If I didn't have knowledge of the how to do it then I might have taken longer.
It ended up taking a full day to walk up the side of the cave not to mention doing it constantly in the rain I think made it harder as a obstacle. But I'm months away from doing the real training I plan to do.
He walks back home recalling how his chakra feels like its second nature now and how warm it feels. My chakra control is nearly double, "I wonder if Itachi was so good because he trained his control first. I mean that would make sense if the guy could do any jutsu on the first couple of tries, not to mention the output was considered crazy for his age. If that's all it takes to be a considered a once in a generation prodigy, then I should have an easy time after I learn Jutsu.
Since chakra control increases your base power and supercharges your jutsu. I wonder if I can train my chakra control to the level of a Senju or Uzumaki. I mean sure I can't reach the ridiculous levels of Naruto or Hashirama, heck I'm probably not as good as Naruto's current 10-year-old mother Kushina.
"But still the base power I'd get would be insane not to mention my bloodline that takes in Senjutsu naturally.
On the side of the rock, I try channeling my chakra then lifting one left foot to the side of the tree. Focusing my chakra, remembering not too much and not too little, pressing down to see if it sticks. The leg sticks firmly for a moment, "Nice!"
The hardest part is keeping the entirety of the foot covered with chakra. I repeat the motion with the other foot, sticking to the tree now vertically.
Alright now just put one foot in front of the other, good just like that, *BOOM* I fall off with a side of the cave in smoke as I shot off like a rocket. Hearing the explosion a scared Konan comes out running in the rain to look for me. Once she spots me on the floor a worried Konan runs over to me.
Jaden are you okay are we being attack. A scared Konan says while checking by body for injuries.
I grab her hands and give her a reassuring smile, don't worry K-chan I'm just doing some trainings don't mind me. Just go back to your work, I'll be fine. The girl is unsure about whether to leave me but eventually she walks back inside.
Yeah, this might be harder than I thought. As I get back up to resume my training. Now I could have left to go to a more secluded area, to train away from our home. But theirs a problem, I remember back in the anime how the Ame orphans met the Sanin in a cave similar to this one. And almost killed the kids if it wasn't for Jiraiya, and that was one of the nicest representations from Konoha. But what if someone else stumbles onto our home. Like Iwa shinobi or more Konoha shinobis like the one that took my eye. I don't want to think about what would happen if any one of those groups stumbled upon our home, I'd come back to a dead Konan and people eating our food. Yeah not going to happen I voluntarily tighten my fist. Once Konan is older and is trained properly, then I won't have to worry about her too much.
Jaden spends the next 3 hours working on rock walking. I tested to see if running faster actually helps like Kakashi said, and it did. After he gets that down he trains doing it again this time until he can walk up to the top of the rocks then back down with no problems. Still, I have a lot of training Ideas I want to try out. Like doing handstands, sticking to the tree using my hands. That was easier said then done as the process was 5 times harder than using my feet. As I had to work with my own body weight, the chakra control required, not to mention he water making it harder to grip onto the rock. I planned to train for the rest of the day or until my body ran out of chakra. I ended up doing this as Konan came out calling me back inside as she's made dinner.
One the first day after training I noticed how many PP Candies she's made, being impressed. Honestly the girl works so diligently as I expected it to take her two weeks to finish the 200 pills I requested. The girl had around 60 pills already made, I reached for one and I could see the worry on the girls face. Is she worried I'd scold her if it tasted bad or something, the girl looked at me attentively as I put the pill in my mouth and chewed it. My eyes lit up.
This is... I say
This is.... Konan said
This is amazing! As I pick up the small girl and hug her, spinning around in a circle as I giver her compliments on a job well done.
Konan is beat red from all the praise I give her, then puffs up her chest and straightens her back, smugly saying this is nothing.
The two of us huddle around the fire, eating the same meal for the past couple of days. She works up her curage to speak.
Jaden don't you think I'm cooking too many meals? At least rate we'll run out in a few days.
Yeah we'll be fine on food and have plenty to sell once we start moving.
Jaden are we really going to leave our home. We have a warm fire, clean water, and food. Do we really need to leave?
Yes, this place may seem comfortable now but what about when we get older. I don't want us to stay here too long and get too comfortable with this. Expectially when thiers better places to live.
Konan, having never left outside the teritory of Amegakure has no idea of other places in the world as all she knowns is the rain.
Better places to live? Better places like what?
Yes their are much better places out in the world. For example the neighboring nations of Taki and Kusa are better places to live. Sunny skys, warm weather year long, green feilds where you can plant vegtables, and stable wildlife so you can hunt for meat.
Konan starts to savilate on hearing about how nice the place sounds. That sounds nice, are we going there
Nope
Huh Nope? Why not? You just said how awesome that place sounds, so why aren't we going their?
Simple. Its the same reason we're leaving here, War.
War?
Yes war. War is what takes the lives of everyone except the two people that start it. War kills hundreds of people from the nations and hundreds of civilians that were caught in the middle.
Konan looks down on hearing these words as she remembers her parents dying.
The only reason I'm alive is by luck and my own strength. As I was strong enough to defeat the people after my life and lucky enough not to run into people strong enough to take it. But other people arent' as lucky. Ame happens to be the unluckiest place to live as the people to started this war all have eyes on this country. Hoping to attack it.
What really! You should go and warn everyone before they get here!
Theirs no need for that Konan, as the adult already know.
What they know, then what.
Konan the reason on why I want to leave is because this nation is doomed to be destroyed. As it has no future. Ame must defend itself and the people from this war and will fail to accomplish both. After they lose many of the civilian's and ninja's able to fight will be cut more than in half. Leading to the country having no money and more people on the streets. But that won't be all, as the country is still trying to recover the other nations will target again to have another war, repeating the cycle.
Konan covers her mouth not fully understanding but knowing how bad this sounds
But why? Why would they keep doing this?
Because the other nations don't care about anyone else but themselves. At the end of the day if you don't serve their village then they won't care if you live or die. That's the shinobi system
Thats terrible
Yes I know. The thing is the ninja's in the higher positions of the nation know this but still serve this village because they were born here and would feel like their dishonoring the founders by disserting the village. But I'm not from here and don't posses any loyalty to the village, that's why I have no problem on taking you with me so we have find a better life outside this crying country.
That night ended like any other night with me and Konan cuddled under the blanket together. Konan had to wear layered clothing as she was huddle against me, I could feel her legs. The girl was shaking as she was still cold. For me I put the idea of buying items for comfort to the back of my mind, but now I see I was wrong. It was inconsiderate of me not to think about Kona when making my decisions. What type of employer would I be if I can't take care of my employee's basic needs.
The floor was cold and hard, making me take a mental note to get a pillow or mattress from one of the abandoned houses, even if the trip would take 30 minutes and in an active war zone, it's worth it for comfort. I decide to get up and make a fire in our kitchen, mad at myself for not thinking about this basic thing. And I move our make shift bed to it, Konan's face light up as she thanks me, getting into a more comfortable positon.
That night we slept peacefully for the first time in a long time, for Konan she can't remeber doing this since her parents were alive and for me its the first time since arriving in this dangerous world.
The next day I was up bright and early, making breakfast for me an Konan. Then I head out to resume my training.
I know people stick a leaf to their forehead and they're done, but what about using something heavier than a leaf like a kunai, or a water bottle, or something like a boulder. "Simple." The reason why the leaf exercise was so easy was because of the weight needed to control it. That's some bush league shit. If I'm trying to be stronger than the five shadows and that simp Obito I gotta step my game up and not train by the standards of cannon fodder who die the first time they fight bandits. Honestly Hiruzen and his two civilian born cronies who've been sucking him off for 50 years made the academy so shit that even their civilian family members can walk around the village calling themselves ninjas. I bet Tobirama is turning over in his grave seeing these civilians walk around with a headband and puffing out their chest confidently talking about being ninjas.
So I pick up a rock and start to try and make it stick to my forehead. It takes around an hour but I mange to make it stick. Then I try adding a second but end up unable to step it sticking to the side of my face for now.
But I eventually give it a rest and continue to do handstands going up and down the cave. I continue these two training methods for the next 4 days until I master it. Like I though after four days Konan manages to complete the batch of solider pills. Seeing this I decide to go back to the market to buy a sealing scroll. Unfortuately I wasn't able to buy it in the store, apparently those things are rare in Ame as not many practice the sealing arts. Which makes since due to the non existant bareir the village has. So I ask some ninjas who were off duty, hpoing to barter with some of them. After two days of searchign I manage to talk with an older genin who was looking to sell it too me for some food. So I hand him some of the pills. He immediately gets angery thinking I'm trying to trick him or short change him. But I told him to eat it. After eating two of them the boy admits that he's full. He questions me about them and I told him some basic information. Being that thier food pills that have one meal stored in each pill. I don't tell him where I got it from. The boy sadly accepts and doesn't question me any further. We shake hands and part ways.
When I get back home I store the rest of the 200 pills into the scroll.
For the rest of the week I focus on water walking and teaching Konan the basics of chakra.