Аннотация: A story about seals and the Uzumaki clan.
Part 1. Chapter 18. The Legacy of Uzumaki
"Today is Naruto's birthday," Shisui announced at the communal breakfast in the morning, and Naruto almost choked on a piece of roast venison in his mouth.
It was news to him. No, of course, he had already known about his date of birth for a year. After entering the Shinobi Academy, when he briefly received his documents, the first thing he did was study them, trying to find the names of his parents. But the only thing he discovered was that his birthday coincided with the autumn village mourning, in which for some reason he was bullied more than usual. So that day he tried to sit out somewhere in a quiet place, not wanting to meet the drunken population in a bad mood. Now, in the light of what has been revealed about its nature, the increased aggression of the inhabitants of Konoha at this time has become clear.
"Are you eight years old?" Mina asked, smiling.
Naruto nodded in response.
Two days ago, on their hunt, Mina got a sharingan, and the girl made a powerful leap in training. The eldest of the Uchiha girls began to see movements that had previously eluded her, to clearly hit the target when throwing weapons, she still lacked speed, but the Foreshortening master consoled her with the fact that everything would come with time. Cat-sensei often mixed them up in training so that they could improve and adapt to each other's fighting style. So Naruto could tell that Mina had increased the strength and accuracy of her punches. Yumiko, who also returned from the forest with a sharingan, has also been paired with him. And her strength grew, but not as noticeably as Mina's, because Yumiko had been trained as a Shinobi since childhood and was able to do a lot, was simple-minded, assertive and quite strong, but at the same time, due to her age, she ran out of chakra too quickly.
Kazuki, who used to be at Yumiko's level, has noticeably "lagged behind" his second cousin, and last night he shared with Naruto in secret that he also wants to "go to the forest." But Itachi, who heard it, said that when you wait for something, it might not work out.
"Congratulations, Naruto," Sasuke, sitting next to him, said, poking him in the shoulder.
Glancing at his friend, Naruto smiled in embarrassment. He decided that starting today he would double his training in order not to fall behind among the young Uchiha, because Sasuke also became much stronger than he was in Konoha. His friend was constantly beating him, but he was trying his best to keep up with him. And, deep down, he was very afraid that over time, if he stayed at the same level, Sasuke would stop liking being friends with him.
"Congratulations," Kazuki smiled, Yumiko, who was sitting next to him, also smiled and nodded, joining in the congratulations, the others joined in unison.
Naruto felt himself blushing with embarrassment and pleasure.
"This is for you," he printed out a pair of nekote claws and Itachi's small arsenal of kunai and shuriken from a small scroll. And Naruto almost shed a tear. He had never received a birthday present before.
"These nekotes are made of chakra-conducting metal and have special fasteners that can be expanded so that you can use them later when you grow up. I think they'll definitely last you until you're twelve." Pushing the newly sealed scroll with the weapon towards him, Itachi said.
"Thank you all," Naruto managed, clutching the gift scroll to his chest.
"After breakfast, I'll teach you how to seal and unseal scrolls," Shisui said.
"Can I learn it too, onii-sama?" Mina asked, looking at Naruto hopefully.
"And I can't," Seng said. "Naruto, can I learn with you?"
"Of course," he said, rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment.
Opening and sealing the scroll was easier for Naruto than for Seng and Mina, and Shisui, as if interested in this, showed and told him how to create such scrolls. Along the edge of the paper, made of a special wood that absorbs chakra, a special seal is applied, which transforms the space of the scroll for its further use. It is absorbed into the paper and is not visible to the naked eye, so the scrolls were marked so as not to confuse.
A simple sealing scroll, according to the elder Uchiha, could be made by almost all Shinobi of the Tokubetsu zenin level and above. But Shisui admitted that he could not make a grocery scroll with his sharingan, which, as it turned out, was different from where clothes, weapons, money and other non-perishable inorganic items could be stored. Shisui said that was why he had to buy scrolls for food from fuin master, but he and Itachi knew how to create scrolls for weapons themselves.
The Uzumaki clan was famous for its fuinjutsu, the art of seals. With the help of seals, masters could create barriers, protect clothes, improve the properties of their own body, pack large volumes into scrolls, and the higher the master's class, the more volume his scroll could contain on paper of the same area. They even sealed various elements, for example, a huge amount of water, so that a shinobi who owns this element could use it in an arid combat area. Many things that seem incredible and impossible after many years... Naruto listened to all this with his mouth open.
"Now, after the hidden village of the Whirlpool, Uzushiogakure, disappeared in World War II, and the remnants of the Uzumaki clan died eight years ago in a Fox attack, a lot of that knowledge has been lost. And it wasn't really revealed. I, and all the other Shinobi of the List, know only the necessary minimum of fuin techniques. How to make spatial weapon storage scrolls. How to make explosive seals, and that's in theory, because the quartermaster service was doing it in Konoha. "Kawarimi" is a replacement technique that requires a beacon seal. Well, at ANBU we were taught some barriers, most of which require a team of three or more people. And additionally... somehow I didn't have the opportunity to learn something."
"And me?! Can I learn this?" Naruto exclaimed. Shisui's story stirred up memories and his dreams, when, being in an orphanage, and then living alone, he wanted to be adopted, his parents or relatives were found. And it turned out that the demon or he himself, at the moment of his birth, killed all those who could have done it.
Shisui seemed to be deep in thought, and Naruto was nervous that the older Uchiha would refuse his request, but he smiled:
"Yes, I can teach you what I can. I really don't know what will come of it.... For me, it was just memorizing, so to speak, without any inner understanding of the essence of fuin-jutsu. But I suddenly thought that the knowledge of your clan must be somewhere. Our clan has its own secret library with various techniques that we collected from enemies and which we could exchange with other clans. Or use it yourself. As well as the secrets of sharingan and our clan jutsu. I think there must be a library of the Uzumaki clan somewhere, if not all of it, then this knowledge should definitely belong to you anyway. Our library was once protected by the Uzumaki clan with a special barrier that only those with our blood can pass through, but even a pure-blooded Uchiha can't take anything out of the clan's storage, just put it in and just remember. If the library of our clan is so closed, then I think that somewhere on the territory of Konoha, most likely in the former Uzumaki quarter, there is something similar.
"Is there an Uzumaki quarter in Konoha?" Naruto was amazed.
"Yes, after the death of the clan, no one could enter there because of the special barrier. ANBU also made sure that you didn't go there," Shisui nodded absently to his thoughts. "Because, most likely, you're the only one who can get through that barrier right now. All attempts at penetration were in vain. But as far as I know, based on the properties of the barrier in our library, if you wish, you can bring someone inside, not from the clan, I mean... For example, Kazuki's mother is not an Uchiha by blood, but I once heard that she went with their father to the clan library, and they found some suitable water techniques for her...."
"But then why didn't anyone come with me to the Uzumaki quarter?" Naruto quickly realized. "Take my hand and..."
"To do this, you would have to sincerely wish that the person accompanying you could enter. You should have given your permission for this.... Trust this person. It is possible that the Hokage and the elders could not decide on this "trusted person". In addition, if knowledge cannot be taken out and rewritten, it would remain to memorize them, for example, with the help of sharingan, but Uchiha was not trusted...." Shisui thought hard about something again and became sad.
Naruto, at the mention of the Hokage, also thought about it. Could Old Man Three be behind all this? He treated him well, gave him money so that he could live. And then he couldn't help but remember the attitude of the others, especially when he was trying to buy something with that money. If they had given him groceries... Sasuke would have calmly bought food for the same amount, and much more than usual. And if, as Shisui said, he was constantly being watched, then why didn't they protect him, or at least buy him food and clothes so that he wouldn't starve?
The unshakeable confidence in the Third gave way.
Naruto also wanted to learn all the fuin he could to avoid being a burden to the new Uchiha clan. To protect and help your new friends in case of danger.