The next day, Natsuo arrived at the academy as usual and sat in one of the seats at the end of the room.
Soon after, more and more students arrived and the room filled up.
Among them were Kushina and Minato.
"Good morning," Kushina greeted as she sat down next to him.
"Good morning," Natsuo said as he lifted his face from his arms.
If it weren't for the Uchiha clan symbol on his clothes, anyone would mistake him for a Nara.
Shortly afterwards, the teacher arrived and the class began.
Without any major events, the following days passed in the same way for Natsuo.
He trained early in the morning, spent his afternoons learning fuinjutsu and experimenting in his room, and at night he practiced chakra control and organized the knowledge he gained that day.
Of course, the boy who brought his older brother to beat up Kushina didn't show up in Class A those days and they soon learned that he was demoted to Class B.
When they found out why, many in the classroom looked at Kushina strangely and avoided her more and more.
Sighing at the situation, Natsuo took advantage of the fact that one of his friends asked at that moment what had happened.
"...And after I complained to my teacher, she told me she would take care of everything."
Upon hearing Natsuo speak out loud, everyone in the room soon realized that the student and his older brother had intended to hit Natsuo and were punished for it.
"Natsuo…" Kushina said when she saw what Natsuo did.
Of course, from that day on, Natsuo was avoided by most of the students, and that made Kushina feel bad.
"It doesn't matter"
"Besides, what can they do to me?"
"Go to the police?"
"I am an Uchiha"
"And then complain to the Hokage?"
"I am Miss Tsunade's student"
"Believe it or not, I have a lot of influence in the village."
"You said you wanted to be the first female Hokage, right?"
"Don't worry, just offer me some of your bento tomorrow at recess and I'll make you the first female Hokage," Natsuo said, saying the last part after using the Transformation Jutsu to get the clothes of a scholar.
"Ja ja ja ja ja"
Seeing Natsuo looking like a corrupt official, the redhead burst out laughing.
Natsuo also laughed and canceled the transformation jutsu, reverting to his original form.
Seeing that Kushina was no longer depressed, Natsuo smiled.
Did he care that the other students ignored him?
Not at all.
Furthermore, those who ignored him now were the same ones who kept their distance from him because he was an Uchiha.
The few friends he had in the class stayed close to him.
Thinking about the behavior of the other children, Natsuo could only sigh helplessly.
Even being Tsunade's student did little to remove the stigma of being an Uchiha.
If this was how the Uchiha were being treated now, Natsuo could imagine how things would be after the Nine-Tails' attack and would understand the Uchiha's desire for rebellion.
Shrugging his shoulders, Natsuo put aside his worries about future troubles and followed Kushina to the Senju clan compound to spend the afternoon learning from Mito.
While they were on their way, Natsuo was always on guard because he felt that someone was spying on him.
This was not the first time this had happened, as in recent years since becoming Tsunade's disciple he had felt that someone was watching him.
This happened when I walked through the village or at the academy.
Until now, he hadn't felt spied on in the Uchiha clan compound, nor would he have put aside his experiments for the time being until he was sure he had privacy.
When he felt the 'sight' on him disappear, he let out a sigh of relief in his mind.
After the first time, he was sure that the person spying on him was Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage.
The Third Hokage had a crystal ball that he could use to see everything in the village, so he was the only suspect when Natsuo felt there was nothing nearby.
Because he could feel emotions or other feelings, in addition to having strong mental power, Natsuo was able to sense Hiruzen's spying and act normally like a student his age.
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"Do you know?"
"The boy is not like the other Uchiha"
"You're too worried," Hiruzen told his best friend.
The two were in their office in the Hokage Tower discussing Natsuo's closeness to Kushina and what they should do about the boy.
Hiruzen was sure he could take that boy to his side because he was different from the other Uchiha and was a disciple of Tsunade.
Hiruzen could already see that he would have a good spy within the Uchiha clan in the coming years.
"He's still an Uchiha," Danzo said.
"Are you sure you want to see an Uchiha near the next Jinchuriki?"
"Even if he hasn't awakened the Sharingan, it's a bad idea for the Jinchuriki to be close to an Uchiha," Danzo said.
"They could even become a couple in the future if they remain close."
Hiruzen sighed at what Danzo said.
One of the reasons I didn't think much about Tsunade's disciple was because the boy hadn't awakened the Sharingan until now.
She had been spying on him with her crystal ball and so far hadn't found anything strange about the boy.
If I hadn't considered the possibility of attracting the attention of the older ninjas of the Uchiha clan, I would have spied on the child at the Uchiha clan orphanage as well.
But he had to accept that his best friend was right about the Jinchuriki's potential partner.
Hiruzen wanted to control everything related to the next Jinchuriki and prevent the emergence of another Mito.
And although he didn't feel that Tsunade's student was a danger to his future plans, he couldn't let the Jinchuriki's partner be an Uchiha.
After all, if they have a child, the child will bear the father's surname.
Thinking that the Uchiha clan could have a talented ninja, the son of a Jinchuriki, Hiruzen thought it was a bad idea.
"Alright"
"We can't take the child away immediately without raising suspicions, but I'll do it gradually."
Satisfied with having convinced Hiruzen, Danzo withdrew shortly after discussing certain matters.
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Time passed and they were already halfway through their third year at the academy.
While Natsuo was attending the academy, 4 shadow clones were in his room.
As time passed, Natsuo's chakra increased rapidly due to his physical training and the knowledge he gained, increasing the amount of his chakra due to the increase in his physical and mental energy.
And since he didn't want to draw attention to his chakra abilities at levels equal to a Jonin, he decided to leave more shadow clones in his room training while he was out.
While three of them had scrolls and brushes while writing different seals, the third was practicing elemental transformation of his chakra.
This clone was kneeling next to a bucket full of water and had both his hands submerged inside.
Without making any seals, chakra threads emerged from several Tenketsu in his hands and took on a reddish-orange color.
Gradually, the chakra threads increased their temperature and began to boil the water.
Within minutes of the clone plunging his hands into the bucket full of water, steam began to fill the room and annoyed the other 3 clones.
Sighing, the 3 clones took the materials in front of them and climbed out the window and traveled to the nearby forest.
With no one to bother them, they continued practicing Fuinjutsu.
As the days went on, the clone that boiled water using only chakra threads began to lift some objects with chakra threads coming out of its back.
As more days passed, the weight of the objects increased.
That made it more difficult to control the temperature of his chakra cords.
At the end of the school year, a shadow clone headed into the forest.
When he realized that no one was around, he took out a storage scroll and with a little chakra a bucket full of water appeared in the middle of a small cloud of smoke.
With the bucket of water at his feet, the shadow clone raised his arm and a concentration of chakra gathered in the palm of his hand.
The chakra quickly transformed into fire and the temperature in the area increased.
Without wasting any more time, the clone put his hand with fire element chakra into the bucket full of water and an explosion of steam occurred.
In less than 20 seconds, all the water inside the bucket disappeared.
The fact that the plastic bucket was in perfect condition showed Natsuo's control over the element of fire.
With a smile, the shadow clone stored the bucket inside the storage parchment and returned to his room in the orphanage.