After a few hours of practice, the door opens again. This time it's Taketa, followed by the other four kids. It's been three years and Taketa still looks as unfriendly as ever, on his face are a few more scars. The children are looking around, one can't tell if they are excited, afraid, or both. They may look like four and five-year-olds, but their mentality hasn't changed.

When Chojuro sees Zitsukani sitting by the pool his eyes light up and the hands he was using to grip his shirt relaxes as a wide smile blooms on his face.

Seeing this Zitsu is reminded of how close this kid is to him. Scratching his chin he begins to think, as far as he knows Haku should be around two, and his mother still alive. That means he has around two to three years before he becomes a wanderer.

His thoughts are interrupted when Taketa arrives before the pool.

"Mangetsu, these are the rest of the kids. Do what you want but don't kill them."

Mangetsu flaps his hand "Don't worry don't worry."

Taketa nods and turns to leave.

Chojuro runs next to Zitsu "Zitsu look how big we got!" He begins to twist and turn, trying to show off how tall he is.

Seeing this a smile forms on his face. The other kids walk up looking confused, they don't know what to do so they stay in a group.

Mangetsu stares at the kids for a moment and gently massages the side of his head, feeling a headache coming. Taking a breath he walks over.

"I can't teach you anything if you can't even step on the field. Learn to walk on water before you even think about grabbing a sword." Finishing his words he walks away.

Chojuro looks at Zitsu "What does he mean?"

"See what he's doing? We have to walk on the water too. It's like when you stuck the card to your finger but harder."

"How do you do it?" Taisho steps forward, his fingertips almost to his ankles "Teach us."

Zitsu furrows his brows, side glancing at the boy "Does it looks like I know?"

"But you've been here longer!" The girl with longer hair wrinkles her nose and stares at Zitsu. Her sister hides behind her back.

Shrugging his shoulders he continues to regulate chakra in his palm as he presses down.

Seeing what he's doing Taisho frowns before sitting on the edge of the pool as well. Stretching out his long arm he presses his palm on the water. His hand instantly sinks as he presses down, but he still smiles.

Seeing his actions the long-haired girl pulls her sister down and they begin practicing as well.

Chojuro just stands there and watches. Seeing this, Zitsu rubs his head with his other hand. "Cho sit down and practice."

"Ah! Ok!" Sitting down next to Zitsu, he instantly plunges his hand into the water.

The vain his forehead begins to throb as he watches him. As everyone begins plunging there hands in the water it causes the water to ripple, making it even harder to control his chakra.

Mangetsu glances over from time to time but offers no help. After another two hours, he finally opens his mouth.

"Ok, it's time for you guys to leave now because I'm going home."

Looking up the kids are just in time to see him disappear as he holds up two fingers, leaving behind a ripple in his wake.

Seeing this Zitsu quickly stands up to leave. The other kids instinctively follow him outside.

Seeing this he thinks for a moment before smiling, can he have his own followers?

Lifting his finger he points at the dorm "That's where we are supposed to live, we are supposed to receive additional training but I assume everyone is busy due to a new Mizukage."

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The other kids nod as they walk closer to the building. Almost like every other building he has seen, this one is cylinder shaped. It only has three levels and can be considered rather small.

Arriving at the entrance he sees that familiar curving path to the rooms, but he notices a lot fewer doors. Looking around he can see that this building looks almost new as it's not completely covered in moss from the damp dew.

Looking at the kids behind him he thinks for a second. "We were given no instruction on what to do, to be safe let's meet here at sunrise tomorrow."

Everyone nods their heads and walks inside. Once inside there is a plaque placed on the wall with their names on them.

Taisho Itoh 1-A

Emina Iwasaki 1-B

Eminu Iwasaki 1-B

Chojuro Benkei 2-A

Zitsukani Teruya 2-B

Looking at the kids he sees their confused faces and realizes they can't read Japanese.

"Come I'll take you to your rooms." Waving his hand he begins to walk along the curved path.

The first room he arrives at is 1-B. "Emina, Eminu, this is your room."

"How do you know our name?"x2

The girls actually speak in sync this time, looking confused.

Zitsu just shakes his head and knocks on the door before walking away. Cho and Taisho continue to follow him. Soon he comes to learn that each floor only has two doors. Arriving at 1-A he points at Taisho.

"This room is yours."

Taisho looks at him for a moment before nodding his head. Walking up to the door he knocks and tries to open the door.

"Let's go Cho" not waiting to see if someone answers the door he continues walking around.

Walking a bit further they find the stairs. Arriving at the second floor he notices it looks like the first. Knowing which way leads to side A and B, he heads towards side A first.

"Is my mom really up here?" Chojuro's face becomes a bit red as he gets excited. He begins to fidget with his shirt as a smile forms on his face.

"As far as I know she should be." Arriving at the door he knocks.

Waiting a few seconds they begin to hear noises from inside. Soon the door opens revealing Arita's figure. She looks a little older, and her blue hair longer, but she still looks like the same caring woman.

"Chocho Zitsu!" Her eyes instantly become red as she rushes to pick up Chojuro.

"Mommy!" As she scoops Chojuro into her arms she begins to spin in place as tears run down her cheeks.

Looking inside the apartment he notices how nice it looks compared to his old home. Making sure his mother was not inside he quietly slips away while they are distracted.

Arriving at his room he takes a deep breath. Raising his hand he knocks heavily on the door. His heart begins beating faster and faster, will she still love him? On Earth, he was raised in foster care and never had anyone care about him unless they got benefits. The fact that he was a violent child before he discovered anime and Naruto just pushed people further away.

But the love his mom showed him moved his heart, to the point where even he cared for her.

His heartbeat rings in his ears, almost bursting when the door slowly opens. It's only been a week for him, but imagining her loneliness for three years almost makes him bleed with sympathy.

The door opens to reveal his mother Yura.

Her body trembles as her eyes turn red.

Looking at his mother's long auburn hair, purple eyes, almond-shaped eyes and button nose his eyes water as well.

"Mom" a hoarse voice escapes from his mouth. Looking at her red eyes he realizes that he cares, he really cares.

"Zitsu" she drops to her knees and pulls him into a hug.

Smelling the familiar scent of his mother his entire body relaxes as he feels safe. This isn't a game to him, his arrival may have been accidental, but this is his life, this is his mother, the only mother he knows.

They hug for a few minutes before finally separating.

Looking into Zitsu' eyes she wipes the tears from his cheeks while smiling. "Silly boy, crying after not seeing your mom for a week, how can you become a ninja like that?"

Hearing his mother's words he smiles.

Standing up she pulls him inside and closes the door. "Look at how mommy has been living, isn't it nice? So don't feel sad."

Looking around he notices this is some sort of living room or common area. There is a kitchen attached towards the back of the room equipped with a fridge and a stove. There are three different doors in the room leading to unknown areas. In the living room are a few painters easels with unfinished paintings on them. Looking around he sees different paintings hanging on the wall of mountains, animals, and even himself. Even more paintings are stacked together and leaning on a wall.

Seeing her sons gaze she smiles proudly and puffs out her chest "Your mom has been painting, Isn't she good?" Walking forward she points at a door to the left side of the room. "This is my room." she points at one of the doors to the left. "That's your room, I decorated it for you already. Go and see all my hard work." Looking at Zitsu with loving eyes she waves her hand.

Nodding his head he walks towards the door, opening it he steps inside and closes the door. The stone walls have been painted entirely blue, the Kiri symbol, Kunai, and shuriken have been painted on different parts of the wall. Besides a bed, there is also a dresser and another open door leading to a bathroom. In their old apartment they didn't have a private bathroom so it was always hard on his mother, so seeing a bathroom makes him really happy.

Looking around for a moment he crosses his fingers "Shadow Clone Jutsu"

[Chakra 28/255]

He divides his chakra into nine parts and makes eight clones.

One of the clones step forward and nods his head "Go, we know what to do."

Zitsu nods his head and leaves his room. Looking at his mom sitting on a coach he walks over and sits next to her. Laying his head on her lap she begins rubbing his hair.

"Mom, what happened in these three years?"