~Soutarou POV~
'Fuck. I forgot how annoying the first few missions could be… it's been about a week since my graduation fiasco and somehow what I did became something that the First Hokage had left behind as a gift. Even worse, I've noticed hundreds of Shinobi gearing up and leaving towards the border regions in that matte grey armor that the canon Sannin wore to the Ame battlefield… Now that I think about it, my actions must've scared the shit out of every other nation… don't tell me I sped up the Great Ninja War… fuck. Man now I'm stuck cleaning out the gunk out of a river while Naori, Mikoto, Kushina, and Tsunade just eat popsicles on the river bed. I demand equality! Why do I have to clean it out? And apparently Tsunade and Mito came to the conclusion that I'm not allowed to use wood release in public again… which is fine.. But now I'm not allowed to use jutsu without permission because they think I'm stupid!'
'System you piece of junk!'
[Thank you host. Notification: Hidden Quest- The Village Truly Hidden in the Leaves]
[Reward: Set of 'Landscaping' Style Jutsu]
Soutarou's expression darkened before he felt new knowledge trickle into his brain he grumbled in protest against the system's mockery, before saying internally, 'Hey system how come I haven't gotten any rewards for my favorability scores?'
[Processing… Ding! User simply possesses a purer bloodline than the current obtainable bloodlines as such the user cannot be granted the Uzumaki Bloodline or Senju Bloodline from Tsunade, Mito, or Kushina. As for Kaguya Otsutsuki as mentioned before she is currently unstable and if the user wishes to gain her power it will be dependent on her love for you. Which is ill-advised. Of course granted the user's intellect this may actually be a choice you would make.]
Soutarou's expression darkened before he started speeding up and angrily chucking trash into a garbage bag. While muttering, "dammit… dammit!"
At the same time Kushina and Tsunade stared with amusement while Mikoto's burrows furrowed and her face filled with worry as she looked back at the massive tree that had branches that spanned and towered over all of Konoha. She muttered, "Idiot…"
Internally Mikoto was still shocked, but felt a bit like honey due to the simple fact… women like strong men. Similar thoughts had gone through everyone's mind including Naori, Tsunade, and Kushina, but after accepting it was Soutarou they calmed down and felt more reason to be closer to him.
Naori on the other hand was happy that Soutarou was learning more restraint and was being forced to complete a mission inside of Konoha as it meant he wouldn't be at the borders when the conflict finally started breaking out. Mainly though she felt happier that Soutarou was being forced to hide his talent… in her own thoughts which she still didn't understand… She thought it meant less competition.
So while Soutarou cleaned up the river as stated by a D-rank mission the others just watched him get covered in filth and finally manage to clean up the river enough that the water began to flow properly again. Dredging himself out of the now somewhat clean river, Soutarou looked at the four girls with slight annoyance before Kushina said, "Souta-chan go take a shower you smell."
For Soutarou who had been suffering the last few days, getting spanked, beaten up, and cursed out by Mito all the while not being able to use ninjutsu for simple tasks like he was used to, that was the final straw. Throwing the trash bags in his hands down he jumped at Kushina and said, "Kushina-chan let me give you a hug!"
Kushina flickered out of the way. Before sticking out her tongue and saying, "You can use jutsu so have fun trying to catch me~"
Soutarou's smile disappeared at the speed of light and he said with a scowl, "You'll regret this Kushina!"
She responded with a jeer, "Souta-chan! I'm the team leader and my decision is final! No jutsu for you!"
Soutarou didn't bother to respond and tried to slam Kushina like a door (*cough Danzo-Saru cough*) and that forced others to disperse too, leaving a dirty Soutarou all by himself.
'This sucks… I can't even get my revenge! Evil Uzumakis! The Uchiha were right! Damn you Senju! Damn you Uzumaki! Hiru- I mean Kushina, just you wait until I'm Hokage!'
Soutarou slowly trudged back towards the Senju-Uzumaki manor while Kushina bit her thumb in a bit of regret, 'Was I too mean to him?'
Mikoto on the other hand smiled as if finally seeing a chance, while Naori thought along the same line of thought. Tsunade on the other hand was concerned with something else…
~Tsunade POV~
For the past few days after Soutarou's stunt of making a massive tree and announcing to the whole world that Konoha had wood release again had been extremely hectic for her, from having to train and advise medical staff help prepare medical supplies oversee some troop deployments out of caution along the borders… a whole plethora of things that she would get a headache just thinking about. Worst of all was the blue screen in front of her…
[System Mainline Quest, "The Second Shinobi War"
Part One: The Second Shinobi War draws near, take your students to experience the reality and harshness of the Shinobi world. When the conflict blows up into a full scale war, ensure your students can survive without your protection.
-Help all three of your students reach B rank in terms of the system evaluation
-Make all three of your students kill innocents to acclimate them to bloodshed
-Teach them medical ninjutsu
-Adequately train your students for the upcoming war
Rewards: Senju Bloodline Purification Potion (awards Lesser Wood Release of only Earth & Water)
Part Two:
Partake in the Second Shinobi War and become a hero of Konoha.
-Defeat or Kill at least three noteworthy opponent (Must be an S+ rank adversary at least)
-Kill 2,000 enemy shinobi of any rank or attain extreme contribution in a turning point battle
-Capture the enemy's next generation and bring them back to Konoha (Suggested Targets: Pakura of Sangakure, Mei Terumi of Kirigakure, or Konan of Amegakure)
Rewards: 3 Stat UP cards and Uzumaki Bloodline Purification Potion (awards Mind's Eye of Kagura and the Adamintine Sealing Chains)
Part Three:
Help reignite Konoha's Greatness
-Capture an enemy tailed beast
-Seal it within yourself
Rewards: Becoming a perfect jinchurki (gain absolute control over said tailed beast)]
'Everytime I look at this I feel how absurd of a thing it's asking me to do… making Kushina a jonin quickly will be a struggle as for Mikoto and Soutarou those two just need to work on chakra control and gaining variance in methods of attack. Everything else on this quest is just asking to land Konoha in more trouble… though I suppose once we're in a war everything is fair game… still none of this quest will make my headache any easier.'
'Forget about two part with my current strength it's not too hard to pull off, but what the hell is quest three… does the system know that grandpa gave those beast away to maintain peace or not? If Konoha takes them back it'll threaten those nation's bottom lines and then we'll have war on four, maybe five fronts… Konoha might be the strongest nation, but if we face 30,000 Iwa, 20,000 Kumo, 10,000 Kiri, 10,000 Suna, and 7-8,000 Ame shinobi all at once, even we won't survive…'
Tsunade shook her head before feeling a bit guilty for punishing a ninjutsu genius like Soutarou with a no ninjutsu prohibition.
'Wait… that's right my Taijutsu isn't ninjutsu so if I teach Soutarou the chakra flow for Monstrous Strength (Demon's Monstrous Strength) then he won't need ninjutsu in most use cases! Plus it'll give him a nice boost to his taijutsu. I guess I could teach this to all three of them… this is the best compensation I can give you kiddo… blame yourself for trying to fight back against Grandma. And who told you to be bold enough to smack her ass… ugh whatever let's get to training…'
~Mito POV~
The last few days had been the most work Mito had done in a long time, everything from keeping an eye on the troublemaking god himself to managing Saru and forcing him to be more bold. As Mito suspected war was just around the corner and she even felt it might be a war against all four nations this time around… meaning she'd personally have to get involved which for her was a good thing as it meant she could deal with the enemy kage and higher tier fighters and ensure that Konoha wouldn't suffer losses at the same time it also meant more work. But other than that Mito had spent much time thinking about one thing and one thing only… Soutarou smacking her butt.
'That perverted little boy! I knew I shouldn't have trusted him from that first lick of lust towards me. I knew he would go down the wrong path! I should've beaten him early on and whipped him into shape instead I let his talent get to my head and worst of all Tsunade's way too soft on him so it doesn't matter if I'm rough with him instead he just mocks me in his mind and thanks to my growing control of the nine tails I can much more accurately feel his emotions… how dare he! He smacked my butt! Even Hashirama didn't dare! Hashirama would run away from me back then and go cry to Madara and say he had paperwork to deal with all the time. Just you wait you little brat!'
Just thinking about it made Mito's face red and the scene played over and over in her head. Everytime she saw the boy she spanked the hell out of him in hopes the scene would go away, instead it just stuck more. Though she'd calmed down enough to not beat him every time she saw him as she felt his raising hatred towards her and she'd realized she'd been messing with his pride as she constantly felt hatred and the wish for revenge against her so she stopped and instead lectured him to which she only felt more and more annoyance lately… 'I'm losing my authority over the boy… fine. I'll let him use ninjutsu, but only in my presence or in battle… I'll force him to focus on fuinjutsu and torture him with learning. You dare smack my butt? Fine, no sleep for you! Wait… that sounded weird… Soutarou Senju you little demon with wood release just wait until I rip your wood off from how hard I work you! You won't even be able to sleep! By the time I'm through with you, you'll be a husk. Yes… this sounds like a much better plan.'
So Mito went around and found a tired Soutarou who by the looks of it had been training in taijutsu and snatched him. Mito was slightly amused when she felt Soutarou's dread rolling off him and when he asked, "What now…" in an exhausted voice a sadistic glint flashed and she said, "You little brat training in taijutsu because ninjutsu is banned… fine I'll release your bans under certain conditions you train ninjutsu with me again and we start deep learning on fuinjutsu."
What Mito didn't notice was she accidentally slipped in, "By the time we're done with training I'll have wrung you dry."
Soutarou, who was a transmigrator and had the brain of a 15 year old in a 10 year old's body, experienced several emotions one of which was… well how anyone would react… though his body couldn't respond properly yet. Mito who had realized what she said immediately felt her face darken as she thought, 'I should've stayed old! Now I have to deal with a 10 year old who somehow feels the emotions of a teenager.'
She grabbed Soutarou's cheek and said, "You won't be sleeping anytime soon, just training. If you thought before it was hard. Then prepare yourself."
Soutarou grimaced in realization that he had thought the wrong thing and quickly said, "Mito-nee I have taijutsu training with Tsunade-nee tomorrow too…"
Mito simply replied, "Then you really won't get any sleep so let's get started."
Mito just dragged Soutarou out of the room by the hem of his neckline and took him to her room…