Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Sasuke begins to take the JoJo style route starting in Chapter 359.

"I'm back……"

Itachi opened the door, stood in the entryway, and said something.

Having probably not seen her son come home so early in a long time, Mikoto's beautiful face showed surprise: "Oh dear, didn't you have a mission today?"

Itachi hummed in agreement and asked about his younger brother Sasuke's whereabouts, as he remembered that it was Sasuke's day off today.

He hadn't spent a long time practicing with his younger brother, so today he took the opportunity to practice with him and rekindle their bond.

"Sasuke is currently training... in the forest where you usually train."

Itachi nodded and bid farewell to his mother.

Seeing that he was about to leave, Mikoto called out to him in time, "Wait a minute."

Itachi waited patiently. When Mikoto returned, she was carrying a basket containing soldier rations: "Please take these to Sasuke."

Itachi nodded, and before leaving, he seemed to remember something and asked, "Is Uncle Aokiji also training with Sasuke over there?"

Mikoto shook her head: "It seems that Aokiji is away from the village because of something."

"Not in the village?"

Itachi knew that Aokiji wasn't in the village, but he was just pretending not to know in order to get information out of him.

"Well, you've been on missions a lot these past few days, so it's normal that you don't know."

Where did he go?

"I don't know about that; he didn't say anything when he left." Mikoto didn't think much of it and asked, "What's wrong? Is something the matter?"

Itachi nodded: "I've been having some training problems lately and would like to ask him for some advice."

Mikoto was slightly surprised: "That's quite rare for you."

"Mom, please don't treat me like I'm omnipotent, okay?"

Mikoto thought about it and realized it made sense. No matter how talented her son was, he was still young, so it was normal for him to have problems with his cultivation.

However, there are very few people who can teach him. In the past, he had Shisui to train with, but now that he is gone, Itachi naturally has no one to ask for guidance.

Fugaku has the qualifications and ability, but the father and son don't have a good relationship, and Fugaku is usually very busy, so Itachi can't ask him for advice.

After much thought, he realized that only Aokiji, as an elder, had the ability to teach him.

Mikoto smiled and said, "Perhaps you could ask your father; he might know."

"Father?" Itachi murmured, immediately rejecting the suggestion in his mind, and then said, "I understand," before bidding farewell to his mother.

Itachi, carrying a basket, easily found the grove where he and his younger brother used to train. Soon, he saw a figure diligently training.

Instead of immediately going up to greet him, Itachi hid in the tree and quietly observed, preparing to go over when Sasuke was resting, so as not to disturb him in the meantime.

Itachi watched Sasuke train quietly; it was mostly push-ups and sit-ups...

Sasuke's training was somewhat different from what he had imagined. Normally, he should have been training in throwing shuriken and kunai.

Ten minutes later, Sasuke was too exhausted from his training to move any further and collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

"Da da da..."

Footsteps came from behind.

Sasuke looked up instinctively and a familiar figure came into view. After recognizing the face, he smiled happily and called out joyfully, "Brother!"

"Thank you for your hard work..." Itachi handed the prepared soldier's rations to Sasuke.

Sasuke was happy that Itachi was able to visit him, but he was also puzzled. Shouldn't his brother be on a mission at this time? He shared his confusion with Itachi.

Itachi's expression froze for a moment, then a wry smile appeared on his face. Unbeknownst to him, he had already left this impression on his younger brother.

"Feel sorry……"

Sasuke tilted his head, his face innocent and guileless: "Brother, why are you apologizing to me?"

"I have lied to you time and time again and failed to keep my promises."

Sasuke shook his head: "Brother, you must be so busy all the time because of the Uchiha clan."

Itachi felt deeply ashamed that his younger brother would think that way.

Some time ago, he even planned to bury the entire Uchiha clan with his own hands.

He vaguely sensed that his younger brother seemed to have matured quite a bit recently.

It seems that during his absence, he paid too little attention to his younger brother, to the point that he didn't know him very well.

Thinking of this, Itachi decided to give his younger brother a proper talking-to today, starting with his training: "Sasuke, why are you training like this? Shouldn't you be training your shurikenjutsu?"

Upon hearing this, Sasuke immediately replied, "It was Aokiji who told me to train like this."

"Uncle Aokiji?"

"Well, he said that a shuriken and a kunai are fine, and there's no need to spend too much time on them."

Itachi did not deny Aokiji's point of view.

In the face of a true master, no matter how fancy your shuriken and kunai are, they are useless.

Once Aokiji was mentioned, Sasuke started talking non-stop: "Brother, do you know the Third Raikage?"

"The Third Raikage?" Itachi asked, puzzled. "I know, but why are you asking?"

"Master Aokiji said: I have the chakra nature to train in lightning release, and he wants to train me in that direction."

"Lightning Release chakra nature?" Itachi looked at his younger brother in surprise.

"Aokiji-sensei tested me with chakra test strips."

Itachi suddenly understood why Sasuke had been making those movements earlier.

He knew about the Third Raikage.

It is said that his mastery of Lightning Release has reached a state of perfection. In his Lightning Release Armor state, his physical body is indestructible, and no attack can cause any damage.

However, the Third Raikage was able to reach that level not only because he had a very high level of mastery over Lightning Release, but also because his physical body seemed to be quite special.

Is it really possible for his brother to reach that level of physical ability?

Itachi was somewhat worried.

However, considering Aokiji's methods, he couldn't be too hasty in his judgment.

But one thing is certain: if his younger brother can truly master Lightning Release to that level, and combine it with the Sharingan's dynamic vision, he will definitely become an outstanding ninja.

But by then, my adorable younger brother will probably have grown into a muscular hunk.

If we take the Raikage's perspective as a reference point...

"Brother, tell me about the Third Raikage."

Sasuke urged.

"What, didn't your Aokiji-sensei tell you that?"

Itachi felt that since Aokiji had used this example, he should at least give a brief explanation.

"No, he told me to look it up myself, saying it was to train the ninja's intelligence-gathering ability."

Sasuke pouted and said sullenly.

Itachi smiled and said, "In a way, you could say that."

Sasuke urged, "Alright, brother, tell me already."

Itachi mentally compared the information with that of the Third Raikage, then organized his thoughts and informed the other party.

Sasuke was speechless with amazement. "Amazing! No wonder Aokiji said that true masters never bother with shuriken."

Itachi encouraged him, "I believe you can do it."

Sasuke hummed in agreement, then suddenly remembered something and his face lit up with excitement: "Oh, right, big brother, I have something to show you."

Seeing his younger brother's eager expression, Itachi smiled and asked, "What is it?"

Sasuke opened his eyes and then opened them, trying to gather chakra in them. His eyes turned red, and a tomoe appeared near his pupils.

"Sasuke, you..."

Seeing his brother's wide-eyed surprise, Sasuke said smugly, "Ta-da...you were scared, weren't you?"

"What's going on?"

Itachi's expression was solemn; he must have gone through something to be able to awaken his Sharingan.

He just didn't understand why his brother still had that expression after going through all that.

"Brother, you don't need to be so nervous. I already know about the Sharingan being awakened." Sasuke explained, "Aokiji-sensei helped me awaken my Sharingan."

"A...Aokiji?"

"Yes."

Itachi was increasingly confused; what did this have to do with Aokiji?

Under the questioning gaze, Sasuke recounted everything that had happened last time.

"...At that time, I thought Aokiji-sensei had really killed Kuroko. It really scared me to death."

Sasuke patted his chest, speaking with lingering fear, his crimson eyes fading to a normal black.

His Sharingan has only recently been activated and he is not yet very proficient at it. It is already quite remarkable that he can use it according to his will at this age.

"I never imagined Uncle Aokiji would go to such lengths for you."

Itachi was deeply grateful to Aokiji, his teacher, for being able to guide his younger brother correctly and help him awaken his inner powers.

Sasuke placed the power over his eyes and said earnestly, "From now on, I will use this power to protect everyone."

"Yes, I believe you."

"Brother, help me train with the Sharingan."

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)