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With Yukina
Yukina was lying on the ground, sweating profusely, and feeling pain in every part of her body.
She could feel that every muscle in her body had been torn apart, but, despite the pain she was experiencing, there was a bright smile on her face.
Fuguki was standing not far from Yukina and he was smiling in satisfaction.
He then thought to himself, "She is unlike those geniuses who are arrogant because of their talent; this girl never complained to me as I kept pushing her past her limit; she kept standing up again and again, ready to train more every time I pushed her hard." "Her drive to become stronger is unreal."
"I am sure her name will be known throughout the ninja world in the future; her future achievements will be limitless."
Fuguki then looked at Yukina and said to her, "That is enough for today, girl."
Yukina looked at Fuguki. She then said seriously to him, "I can keep going, sensei."
Fuguki shook his head at Yukina, then he stated seriously to her, "Tomorrow you will be going on a mission to invade a small shinobi village. You will need to prepare for tomorrow. Remember, preparation is the most important part of being a shinobi."
Yukina nodded her head in understanding, then she asked Fuguki, "Sensei, why are we invading that village? It is just a small shinobi village. We are one of the strongest shinobi villages in the Elemental Nation; this mission doesn't make any sense."
Fuguki nodded in understanding. He sat on the ground and started explaining the reason behind the invasion to Yukina: "I am sure you know how Shinobi Villages make money, so I will not go into the basics."
"Recently, many small shinobi villages started to pop out one after another around the Elemental Nation; because of their existence, the other big shinobi villages started struggling financially."
"The reason behind the financial struggle is because those small shinobi villages started offering their services at lower prices than us to the clients, which prompted our clients to seek their services instead of ours."
Yukina widened her eyes in realization and thought, "Damn, even in this world money controls everything."
She then stood up and said, "I understand now, sensei; you don't need to explain any further. I will now go to take a bath and get ready for the mission tomorrow."
Fuguki nodded his head. He took a scroll from his pocket and tossed it to Yukina.
Yukina easily caught the scroll in her hand and gazed at it with curiosity.
She then heard Fuguki speaking to her directly.
"I bought you new clothes for you before coming here. This scroll contains the clothes that I bought for you. I am sure you know how to unseal them from the scroll."
Yukina looked at the scroll. She felt warm in her heart. She smiled brightly at Fuguki and said to him, "Yes, I know. The academy taught me the fundamentals of Fuinjutsu.
Fuguki nodded his head in satisfaction. He stood up and ordered, "Don't take long, girl; I hate waiting."
Yukina nodded her head obediently and quickly exited the training ground to go to the bathroom and take a bath.
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After Yukina left the training ground,
Fuguki walked to the lounge, grabbed a sake bottle and started drinking while waiting for Yukina to finish bathing.
While he was drinking his sake, he heard someone knocking on the door of his house.
"KNOCK, KNOCK."
Fuguki was surprised when he heard the knock on his door. He stood up and started walking towards it.
"Who is visiting me now? It can't be Juzo because he is busy with his new apprentice, and it also can't be the Muzikage since he is occupied preparing for our invasion and the team's deployments. Fuguki thought to himself.
When he opened the door, his eyes widened for a second when he saw Zangatsu.
He then narrowed his eyes and asked coldly, "Zangatsu, what are you doing here?"
Zangatsu chuckled when he heard this. He raised his arms and said to Fuguki, "Calm down, Fuguki senpai. I only want to meet with my little niece and have a chat with her."
When Fuguki heard this, his face darkened, and he said forcefully to Zangatsu, "Leave now, Zangatsu, If you don't leave, I will send your corpse back to the Huzoki clan. I don't want your clan to use my apprentice as a pawn or in any of your noble clans' drama. I am not going to repeat myself."
Zangatsu sighed in his heart when he heard this and thought to himself, "Just as I predicted, recruiting this girl to the Hozuki clan is going to be really difficult. All I can do right now is form an alliance with her."
Zangatsu then took out the basic applications of the hyderfication jutsu and the basic theories of the hyderfication kekkei genkei scrolls and tossed the scrolls to Fuguki.
Fuguki caught the two scrolls easily. He opened the scrolls and when he read the content of the scrolls he widened his eyes in disbelief.
He then looked at Zangatsu with narrowed eyes and asked seriously, "What are you plotting this time?"
Zangatsu chuckled when he heard this and he said to Fuguki, "I know I don't have the best reputation here in Kiri with the other clans or among the Jounins."
Zangatsu paused for a moment, then he continued, "But I know when an opportunity presents itself, and I must do my best to grasp this opportunity."
Fuguki narrowed his eyes in anger and was about to attack Zangatsu but he halted when Zangatsu continued, "I've been keeping an eye on your apprentice ever since that fool Yukitaro tried to assassinate her. She is a genius and as her sensei, I am sure you noticed her talent."
Fuguki listened intently as Zangatsu continued, "I have come here today for two reasons." The first reason is to meet the girl to try and invite her to join the Hozuki clan. If she refuses to join the clan, I would like to form an alliance with her. The basic theories of the hyderfication kekkei genkei and the basic applications of the hyderfication jutsu scrolls are a sign of the Hozuki clan's sincerity ."
After hearing this, Fuguki was quiet; he was glaring at Zangatsu.
Zangatsu chuckled when he saw Fuguki glaring at him and he continued, "I think if this girl formed an alliance with us, it will beneficial for her you can't babysit her all the time Fuguki senpai, eventually, Yukitaro will try to assassinate her again. The girl needs a reliable ally and the Hozuki clan is one of the strongest and one of the four noble clans of the Hidden Mist Village."
Fuguki sighed eternally and said, "I will let you meet my apprentice, but if you try anything funny, I will kill you using the most painful method."
Zangatsu nodded his head upon hearing this; he then said to Fuguki, "I understand, Fuguki senpai, and thank you for your understanding."
Fuguki then stepped aside, allowing Zangatsu to enter the house. Zangatsu nodded in appreciation to Fuguki before entering the house.
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With Yukina
Yukina was enjoying the warm water while relaxing in the bathtub. Her eyes were closed, and she was reminiscing about everything she had experienced ever since she reincarnated in this world.
After a few minutes, Yukina opened her eyes, looked at her naked body, sighed in annoyance, and then she exclaimed loudly, "Damn it, it is really annoying to have a child's body; I want to start enjoying life and sleeping with men."
She then stood up from the bathtub, grabbed a towel, and dried her body.
Then she looked at her reflection in the mirror.
Yukina looked at her long black hair, her big black eyes, her adorable face, and her fair skin.
Yukina then smirked and said, "I will be very sexy when I grow up, that's for sure. For now, I will train hard and become stronger so I can enjoy fighting against other strong shinobi."
She then started thinking about her training and thought to herself, "After Fuguki Sensei's demonstration with Samehada, I know I have a long way to go before reaching his level."
"I will need to take things slowly from now on and not rush things. I still want to master all the shinobi arts and master every jutsu that exists in this world but I will need to take one step at a time."
After Yukina made up her mind, she put on her undergarments and then unsealed the storage scroll, causing all kinds of dresses to appear in front of her in a white puff of smoke.
"PUFF."
Yukina smiled warmly when she saw the dresses in front of her. She grabbed a purple dress from the clothes that Fuguki bought for her and wore it.
Yukina then sealed the rest of the clothes back in the sealing scroll and exited the bathroom.
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With Fuguki and Zangetsu
Fuguki and Zangatsu were drinking sake together while chatting.
Suddenly, Fuguki turned his head and saw Yukina walking in. He smiled and asked, "Well, you look good, girl. Do you like the clothes that I bought for you?"
Yukina smiled warmly at Fuguki, nodded her head, and said to him, "Yes, Sensei, I like the clothes very much. Thank you for the clothes."
Fuguki smiled when he heard this and Yukina looked at Zangatsu in curiosity.
Zangatsu was looking at Yukina with his usual playful smirk and he said to her, "Hello, my little niece, we finally meet."
When Yukina heard the word niece coming out of Zangatsu's mouth, her eyes widened in surprise for a second. She then narrowed her eyes and started thinking calmly, "Did he say niece? It means he is either from the Yuki clan or from the Hozuki clan."
After coming to this conclusion, Yukina took a seat next to Fuguki and coldly looked at Zangatsu..
When Zangatsu looked into Yukina's cold eyes, he sighed in annoyance and said to himself, "This will be difficult for me. It seems she is distrustful of me. My best option now is to be straightforward with her."
Zangatsu then started introducing himself to Yukina: "let me introduce myself to you, my little niece my name is Zangatsu Hozuki I am the current Hozuki clan head and your uncle, your father, is Gangatsu. He is my little brother, and he is also my twin brother."
Yukina nodded her head emotionlessly after hearing the news, then she looked Zangatsu in the eyes and stated, "I don't think you came here today just to introduce yourself to me, Zangatsu-sama. Why don't you get straight to the point?"
Zangatsu was surprised when he heard this and thought to himself, "This girl is very mature in the way she acts and in the way she reads the situation. We should've brought her back to the clan when she was staying in the orphanage. That was a really big mistake on our part, but there may be a chance for us to win her over to our clan."
"She seems to like to deal with straightforward people so I will be straightforward with her."
After coming up with this conclusion, Zangatsu stated to Yukina, "That is fine, my little niece. I will get straight to the point. I would like to join the Hozuki clan."
When Fuguki heard this, he grabbed Samehada's handle, ready to strike Zangatsu, but he paused when he heard Yukina bursting into loud laughter.
"HAHAHAHA."
Yukina was laughing very loudly like a lunatic. After a few moments, she stopped laughing, looked at Zangatsu, and asked, "Give me a good reason, Zangatsu-sama. Why should I join the Hozuki clan? What will I get if I join the Hozuki clan?"
Fuguki narrowed his eyes when he heard this and he asked himself, "Is she considering joining the Hozuki clan? I don't want her to join those clans; if she does, she'll be a pawn to them."
Fuguki then saw Yukina looking at Zangatsu sarcastically and relaxed when he confirmed she wasn't planning to join the Hozuki clan.
"What are you planning, girl?" Fuguki asked himself.
Zangatsu chuckled when he heard this question and he stated, "If you joined the Hozuki clan, you would be joining the main branch family since you have awakened the hyderfication kekkei genkei and the blood of the main branch family is running through your veins."
"Since you will be part of the main branch of the Hozuki clan, all the clan's jutsu will be available to you, even the secret jutsus of the Hozuki clan."
Yukina erupted into laughter once more after hearing Zangatsu's words, but this time her laughter was filled with fury.
Suddenly, her prideful sword aura burst out of Yukina and covered the whole lounge.
Zangatsu was shocked when he felt the prideful sword aura charging out of Yukina and pressing down at him like a tsunami.
However, Fuguki was smiling widely like a madman and thought to himself, "It seems that Zangatsu had said something that insulted my little apprentice. My little girl, show him your pride."
Yukina had no idea that she was using her prideful sword aura; she looked Zangatsu in the eyes. Her eyes were full of rage, and then she asked him, "Zangatsu-sama, are you insulting me?"
Zangatsu was surprised when he heard this and he answered her sincerely, "Of course not. Why would I insult you?"
Yukina scoffed upon hearing this and told Zangatsu, "By inviting me to join the Hozuki clan, you are suggesting to me to take a shortcut. It is true that I want to grow stronger as a kunoichi, but there is no way I will take any shortcut to become stronger. I have my pride."
Zangatsu was stunned after hearing this and Fuguki burst out in laughter. His laughter was full of pride and he exclaimed loudly. "That's my girl."
Zangatsu sighed in regret after he calmed down and he thought to himself, "She is an incredible little girl. If she joined the Hozuki clan, the clan would usher in a new glorious era when she becomes a key figure of our clan in the future."
"However, that is not possible at the moment. All I can do right now is form an alliance with her and build a friendly relationship with her. This will be the wisest decision to make now."
After making up his mind, Zangatsu bowed his head to Yukina and started apologizing, "I apologize for insulting you, my niece. I hope you forgive me."
Yukina was surprised when she saw this, but Fuguki narrowed his eyes and thought, "Damn, this fox!" He is adaptable, just like the rumors say. No wonder he is considered the greatest Huzoki clan leader in history."
After Zangatsu apologized, he looked at Yukina's eyes with a look full of appreciation and said to her, "How about we form an alliance, my niece?"
Yukina was surprised when she heard this and asked Zangatsu, "An alliance?"
Zangatsu smiled, nodded his head, and started explaining, "I am sure you have an enmity towards the Yuki clan; they have tried to assassinate you multiple times. If you form an alliance with the Hozuki clan, I promise that the clan will protect you inside and outside the village."
Yukina narrowed her eyes when she was about to reply to Zangatsu.
Zangetsu took out two scrolls and handed them to her. He then continued, "These two scrolls will be a gift from the Huzoki clan to you if you agree to form an alliance with the Huzoki clan."
"One of the scrolls contains the basic theories of the hyderfication kekkei genkei and the other scroll contains the basic applications of the hyderfication jutsu of the Hozuki clan."
Yukina narrowed her eyes in anger but Zangetsu continued, "you will not get any shortcut if you accepted these two scrolls These scrolls only contain theories and applications; there is no single jutsu recorded in these scrolls."
After Yukina heard this, she was quiet, and she started to contemplate whether she should form an alliance with the Hozuki clan.
She suddenly heard Fuguki saying to her, "You should accept the alliance offer, girl."
Yukina was surprised when she heard this and she looked at Fuguki with wide eyes.
She then asked Fuguki, "why should I accept the alliance sensei I am not afraid of the Yuki clan; in fact, I look forward to fighting against them. Engaging in a life-or-death battle will not only be fun but it will also help me grow stronger."
Fuguki chuckled when he heard this but Zangatsu sweated when he heard this and he said to himself, "This girl is just like Fuguki senpai; no wonder she is his apprentice."
Fuguki looked at Yukina and started explaining, "Having one of the noble clans as an ally is a wonderful opportunity, girl. It will be beneficial to you in the long run."
"If you're worried the Hozuki clan will meddle in your fights, you can propose an alliance condition."
Yukina was surprised when she heard this, and she listened carefully to what Fuguki was saying.
Fuguki continued, "This condition is that the Hozuki clan is forbidden from interfering in your battles unless you are on the verge of death."
Yukina started thinking hard after hearing Fuguki's suggestion.
When Zangatsu saw Yukina contemplating Fuguki's advice, he smirked and said to Yukina, "You don't need to worry, my little niece... We will not interfere in your battles; we will only interfere if you are on the verge of death. That is a promise from the Hozuki clan head."
Yukina smiled widely when she heard this. She stood up, extended her small hand to Zangatsu, and said to him, "It will be an honor to cooperate with you, Uncle."
Zangatsu chuckled, stood up, and shook Yukina's small hand. Then he said to her, "Good, excellent. I promise you, my little niece, you will not regret this decision of yours. If you need any kind of help in the future, come to the Hozuki clan."
Yukina nodded her head in appreciation after hearing Zangatsu's words.
Zangatsu then bid farewell to Fuguki and Yukina and left Fuguki's house.
Fuguki then turned to Yukina and said to her, "Alright, girl, we need to buy some supplies for you to prepare for your mission tomorrow. Let's leave."
Yukinad then left the house with Fuguki.