Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

This restlessness prompted Sasuke to grab the sword hanging at his waist.

Since there is unease...

Then let's channel that inner excitement into training.

This is Sasuke Uchiha's usual way of dealing with his emotions.

"Takemikazuchi..."

The instant the hand touched the knife.

The knife's appearance began to change; the blade changed from a pure silver-white to a light blue.

I looked up and, using the moonlight, tried to discern the direction of the back mountain.

After a very faint hissing sound, like space being torn apart, Sasuke's figure blurred for a moment and then disappeared from the spot.

......

the next morning.

As usual, Kakashi went to the Uchiha clan's territory to find Sasuke, in preparation for the next training session on lightning-style chakra.

But the room was empty, and there was no sign of anyone having been there.

"What an impatient brat."

Kakashi scratched his head helplessly, not surprised at all.

Given Sasuke's personality, he must have gone to the training grounds beforehand.

He turned around, and in a flash, he headed towards their usual third training ground.

However, when he arrived at the training ground as usual, the scene before him made him freeze in place.

The only eye that was exposed suddenly clenched, its pupil contracting violently.

"what is this?"

Kakashi's voice was a little dry, and he even wondered if he was under some kind of genjutsu.

The third training ground in front of us can no longer be called a training ground.

It turned into scorched earth.

Centered on the training ground, the earth seemed to have been plowed across by some terrifying force.

The once flat ground was now covered with countless deep, crisscrossing slashes.

Each slash had an exceptionally smooth edge, as if it had been instantly cut by something extremely sharp, and even retained a chilling aura of lightning.

The giant rocks and trees used for practicing ninjutsu have also disappeared, leaving no trace, not even a speck of debris.

The huge pit in the very center of the training field was pitch black, and the surrounding land had an eerie, glassy texture, clearly indicating that it had experienced unimaginable high temperatures.

Could it be... that this was caused by lightning?

The thought flashed through Kakashi's mind for a moment, but he immediately dismissed it.

impossible!

Even with his "Lightning Blade" at full power, it would only create a large hole in the enemy.

The scene before him, which resembled divine punishment, was completely beyond his comprehension of the destructive power of ninjutsu.

This is damage that is simply beyond human capability.

Kakashi's heart sank, a sense of foreboding washing over him.

What the hell is going on here?

What about Sasuke? Is he in danger?

He suppressed his shock and worry, and with a flash, landed on the scorched earth, beginning to examine it carefully.

Then, he saw it.

On the branch of a large tree, Uchiha Sasuke lay quietly, his arms behind his head, fast asleep.

His clothes were slightly torn, but his breathing was steady, and his face held a rare calm.

Beneath the tree, two ninja swords stood silently planted in the ground, their blades reflecting a faint halo of light in the morning sun.

Kakashi stopped in his tracks instinctively.

As he looked at the bizarre scene before him, an absurd thought suddenly rose from the depths of his mind.

Is it...

Was he the one who did all of this?

Kakashi's Adam's apple bobbed with difficulty, and his gaze returned to the small, thin figure.

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Kakashi looked up at the boy sleeping peacefully on the tree branch, and for a moment he didn't know how to speak.

In the end, he jumped up, reached out, and gently shook Sasuke's body.

"Hey, Sasuke."

The boy on the tree branch twitched his eyebrows and slowly opened his eyes.

She was still a little confused when she first woke up, but after seeing that the person who came was Kakashi, she instantly regained her usual cool and aloof demeanor.

Sasuke sat up, looked around at his "masterpiece" from the previous night, his face expressionless.

"You've arrived," Sasuke said calmly.

Kakashi looked at his calm appearance, but his own heart was becoming increasingly unsettled.

He pointed to the scorched earth, his voice somewhat subdued.

Did you do this?

Sasuke's gaze swept across the scorched earth, then he looked up and met Kakashi's complicated eyes.

"Ah."

It really was him.

Kakashi's eyes widened in shock.

"You've completed the training in lightning chakra nature transformation?"

He asked tentatively, his voice trembling without him even realizing it, "Is this a powerful lightning ninjutsu that you recently developed?"

In his understanding, no lightning release technique could cause such terrifying destruction. To develop such a technique, the prerequisite was to have an ultimate mastery of the violent lightning chakra.

However, Sasuke shook his head, then slowly lowered his head, his gaze seemingly fixed on a certain place.

This action stirred something within Kakashi.

He followed Sasuke's gaze downwards.

There, two knives lay silently planted in the ground.

One is the sword Sasuke usually uses, and the other is a ninja sword that I've never seen before.

Kakashi's voice became even lower.

Is it that knife?

Sasuke kept his head down, neither admitting nor denying it.

Kakashi's feelings became increasingly complicated.

Both of these ninja swords are rare and renowned weapons.

No one in the entire Hidden Leaf Village could find a better sword than this.

Moreover, based on his previous encounters with Sasuke, Sasuke's swordsmanship, while not perfect, was at least very skilled.

This is not something that can be done overnight.

But before becoming Sasuke's Jonin instructor, he had never heard that Sasuke knew swordsmanship.

Countless questions swirled in his mind, making him almost unable to resist asking them.

But in the end, he held back.

Kakashi looked at the boy in front of him and sighed deeply.

Everyone has their own secrets.

This child, in particular, is already carrying too much on his shoulders.

As a teacher, perhaps what I should be doing now is not digging into the root of the problem.

"I see."

Kakashi ultimately only said one sentence, proactively changing the subject and reverting to his usual lazy tone.

"So how's your training in lightning attribute nature transformation going?"

He scratched his signature silver hair and said casually, "If we succeed, the next step is to prepare for learning 'that technique'."

"That technique?"

Sasuke was a little confused, but he quickly remembered what Kakashi was referring to.

The S-rank Lightning Release ninjutsu, Lightning Blade.

We had agreed beforehand that he would learn this, but after he went to that other world, he forgot about it when he came back.

but......

"I don't know."

Sasuke shook his head slightly. "I don't know what stage my Lightning Release chakra nature transformation training has reached."

Upon hearing Sasuke's "Versailles"-like reply, Kakashi's lips twitched slightly beneath his mask.

I don't know what stage my training is at?

He glanced at the scorched earth beneath his feet and muttered to himself.