A Senju Tale: Change of Fate

Gamamaru looked at Nawaki and said, "I had a feeling that with your special body that you would be able to enter sage mode quite easily after coming here." Nawaki was confused but then looked down at his body. He could feel an insane amount of power flowing through him. He felt invincible. Nawaki then turned to Jiraiya and Minato who were also shocked. They stared at him and Jiraiya saw an image of the late Hashirama flash before his eyes. The markings and appearance looked the same. On Nawaki's forehead was a circle with a large dot in the middle. Then another marking surrounded his eyes and spread across his cheek. There were also markings that forked around his nose.

Gamamaru looked to Jiraiya and said, "Go with Nawaki chan and teach him about his new capabilities. This is the most important time for him to learn. It is unheard of for someone to activate sage mode at this young of an age." Jiraiya nodded and replied, "As you say, Gamamaru sama, please excuse us." Nawaki and Jiraiya bowed and then walked away.

Once they left, Gamamaru turned to Minato and said, "I have foreseen a prophecy involving you Minato chan." Minato's eyes widened and replied, "What does your wisdom have to say about me?" Gamamaru thought for a moment and then asked, "Wait, who are you again?" Minato had no words. He was extremely confused. In response he said, "Jiji senin, I said that my name is Namikaze Minato." Gamamaru smiled and chuckled before saying, "Ah yes, I remember now. Here is the prophecy. You will lead a crowd of important individuals through a tough time. A fork will appear in your path and a tree will decide the direction you follow."

Minato did not understand what this meant. In his confusion he said, "Ummm, Gamamaru sama, that does not make too much sense. Do you have any more information? And how is a tree supposed to decide the path I take?" Gamamaru scrunched his face in thought. He then said, "My vision has been hazy as of late. I can not see very clearly. What I was able to see was you leading a group of people. They possessed great power. For your other question young one, it at least appeared to be a tree. I am unable to tell you more at this time Minato chan." Minato, still confused, then said, "Thank you, Gamamaru sama for your wisdom. I will be sure to put it to good use."

Gamamaru smiled and then turned to Fukasaku before saying, "I am going to ask that you train Minato chan in sage arts. It will help him in taking the right path in his journey." Fukasaku nodded and said, "Of course, I will train him just like Jiraiya chan. Minato chan, follow me and we will get started. Shima, would you mind preparing some food for our guests?" Shima nodded before saying, "Of course. I will prepare a feast. Enjoy your training Minato chan." As the three of them turned to walk out, Gamamaru said, "One last thing. Please have Nawaki chan come before me tomorrow. I have foreseen something for him too." Minato turned around and said, "Will do Gamamaru sama. Thank you for everything!" Minato and the two toads then left the shrine to start his training.

While this was happening, Jiraiya was lecturing Nawaki on the sage transformation. "It seems that this is your first time entering sage mode. You'll find now that since you know what it feels like, it will be easier for you to get into it. Especially with that body of yours, you can probably even enter sage mode without meditating with enough practice. There are a few advantages that sage mode will provide. Firstly, it grants you greatly boosted physical capabilities. Your taijutsu will be much stronger in this state. Secondly, it increases your speed. You will be much faster. Next, it will make your ninjutsu much more powerful. With the way that your wood release works with natural energy, you could probably near the scale that Hashirama sama was able to accomplish. The last enhancement that I know about is boosted sensor capabilities. It seems that you are quite familiar with sensing life forms using nature energy so this should come easy to you. Any questions?"

Nawaki took a moment to absorb all of this information. It was a lot to handle considering that he was also trying to feel out his new capabilities. He turned to Jiraiya and said, "So, what should I do first?" Jiraiya smiled and said, "Well, how about we start with a taijutsu spar." The two looked at each other and smiled before starting their fight.

A few hours later, the two met up with Minato at Fukasaku's and Shima's hut for dinner. Nawaki looked at the two and said, "You guys head in. I need to sit by myself for a few minutes." Hearing this Jiraiya smirked and said, "Don't take too long. You don't want to miss out on Shima's cooking!" Nawaki nodded and then said, "Okay sensei, I won't be too long."

Nawaki walked over to a tree and sat down under it in the lotus position. He then said, "Kensho, it's been a while. Let's check out my status." Kensho made himself visible and said, "Coming right up!" The status page then popped up.

Age: 6 years, 1 months

Height: 4' 2"

Weight: 52 lbs

Chakra Levels: B

Chakra Control: A

Elemental Affinities: Earth, Water

Bloodlines: Wood Release (Kekkei Genkai), Uzumaki

Titles: Sage

Seeing this, Nawaki got excited before saying, "Oh damn! I got a title!" Kensho smiled and said, "Becoming capable of sage mode is no fickle thing. It is extremely impressive." Nawaki then said, "Well, let's not stop there. Pull up the perks list." Kensho displayed it.

Unique Perk: Insomniac

Perk: Sage Mode (Advanced) - Able to enter sage mode via meditation.

Unique Perk: Sensor Boost

Nawaki smiled and said, "Ahhh, so that is why you didn't tell me about what getting advanced proficiency in sage mode meant. You knew I'd want to try it!" Kensho laughed before saying, "But of course. I mean, who would not want to try it? That is the question. And I am one step ahead of you so I'll pull up the skills page now."

Skill: Cooking (Advanced) - Allows the user to prepare delicious and healthy meals.

Skill: Stealth (Advanced) - Use of chakra control to attempt to hide one's presence. Will falter against those with high sensing capabilities.

Skill: Maintenance (Intermediate) - Allows the user to clean and maintain weapons.

Skill: Passive Sensing (Advanced) - Allows the user to sense chakra signatures in small ranges.

Skill: Active Sensing (Intermediate) - Allows the user to sense chakra signatures in a larger range via chakra expenditure.

Skill: Chakra Precision (Advanced) - Boosts the growth of chakra control to help reduce the amount of wasted chakra

Skill: Fuinjutsu (Advanced) - Allows the user to quickly write kanji to form powerful seals. Also allows for the interpretation of other seals to learn how they work.

Skill: Tracking (Beginner) - Basic skill acquired through the use of clues to track a target.

Skill: Japanese (Mastery) - User is completely proficient with the native language.

"Hmm, I must have gotten the tracking skill from having to find sensei." Hearing this, Kensho laughed and said, "Yup, I hid the notification because you were technically on a mission." Nawaki raised his brow, "That's cool. Thanks for doing that. It could mean certain death if I were to get distracted by a notification in the middle of a fight." Kensho smirked and said, "Yeah, that is kinda the whole point of me doing that. Anyways, you should probably go in and eat that delicious food."

As Kensho said this, he grinned. Suddenly, Nawaki's face went pale before he said, "Oh no, I have to eat that stuff, don't I." Kensho could only laugh in response before saying, "Go on, enjoy. I'll talk to you later!" With a gloomy look on his face, Nawaki made his way over to the hut to join his teammates.

As he entered, Jiraiya and Minato looked at each other and smirked before Minato said, "Dinner looks delicious, sit down and dig in!" As Nawaki set his eyes on the table, he gagged a bit. He scanned the table as Kensho could be heard laughing. The assortment of bugs was in a way impressive. Fried bugs, steamed worms, anything that Nawaki could imagine not wanting to eat was on that table. Nawaki then said, "Alright, we will eat this tonight but after this, I'll do the cooking!" Fukasaku and Shima looked at each other confused. Minato and Jiraiya just laughed before their sensei said, "That is fine with me!"