Legacy of the Second Hokage: Raiden

Chapter 10: The eyes of speed

Chapter 10: The eyes of speed

Raiden sighed as he rubbed his tired eyes, leaning over a small scroll, continuously going over, drawing and re-drawing seals. Four days had passed since the two teams had arrived in wave. Fenrir hadn't let up on training since they got here, in actuality he had worked them even harder, making it hard to even walk or stand up after training.

Team 7 had continued to work on tree climbing, Sasuke and Naruto taking far longer to master it then anyone on team 6, whilst Sakura, much like Aizen, had mastered it on her first try and had been relegated to sitting and watching Tazuna work on the bridge, 'Guarding' him as they worked.

Days had passed slowly as they waited for Zabuza to attack again, likely with back up, or, at least, that's what Fenrir thought. Each of them had been separated from the others as they trained, only seeing each other at meals as the week passed. It wasn't different from how Fenrir usually trained them, separating them as they learnt new things and then forcing them to re-learn how to work together again in a match against him.

Fenrir had always been a heavy advocate for the idea that one learns how to work with others best in a life or death experience. The only thing that went against his credibility when he explained this to his students, was the fact that his usually stoic and straightforward attitude was barely being held together, badly concealing the absolute joy he had at the chance to push them to their limits.

Raiden himself had been mainly working on learning the body flicker during the week, not forgetting to also practice his other techniques as the time progressed. One of the things that had irritated him the most during the week was how Fenrir had access to a personal scroll of Shisui Uchiha, Shisui the teleporter, his pseudo older brother.

This had infuriated him to no end, and the fact he had not gotten a chance to speak to Fenrir about this, as he had barely seen his white and black haired sensei all week, irritated him so much that the only thing that took up more of his conscious thought that it was the note the Shisui had written on the scroll.

The body flicker was a powerful technique and, in the hands of a master, could make a user near untouchable in combat. The problem was that, to be a master, one needed to be able to find a way around the stupid tunnel vision. Shisui himself had used his sharingans' perception enhancing abilities to circumvent this problem.

And this lead to why Raiden was awake at 6 am, working on a seal. Now, this didn't sound at all bad when you think that the young Senjus' usually wake up time was 6:30 in the morning. This is until you find out that Raiden hadn't even taken a nap for the past two days as he had been constantly training and stressing over this very seal on the floor in front of him.

The young Senju sighed as he turned his head, seeing his sensei leaning over him, a grim look on his face as he gazed down at the sleep-deprived genin. "Still awake I see." Said Fenrir as he watched his student turn back and continue to work on the seal. All the man got in response was a small nod from the sluggish youth.

Fenrir sighed as he again spoke. "You're going to be far less useful in a fight like you are now, get some sleep, you're going to need it" Advised Fenrir, his stoic attitude beginning to fade away as a caring tone broke through in the mans' voice. Raiden sighed as he responded to his sensei, not turning away from his project.

"I can't, I need to finish this before I can rest. I just... Can't" Sighed the Senju as he continued to work on the seal, viciously crossing out a seal as he started from scratch. Fenrir frowned as he thought back to the files' he had received on the genin before first meeting the team

Flashback

Fenrir stood before Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage as he was handed a set of three files by the old man as he spoke. "This is your new team of hopefuls that you'll be meeting tomorrow morning, please read over these as fast as possible" Said Hiruzen, Fenrir nodding in response as he disappeared in a body flicker.