The Tale of the Red Flash (Part II)

Hiraishin no Tsuki : Tsuki of the Flying Thunder God

As soon as he got to his house, he noticed it was morning and people were starting to  show up on the deserted lands on Sunagakure. But when Tsuki entered his room, he finally got the feeling that he was safe as he collapsed onto his bed due to exhaustion. Sleeping for what felt like forever, Tsuki woke up beliving his adventure to be a dream. When he noticed the scroll and kunai in his hand, he got up and headed for the training ground. It was really late so no one was around, so the young Uzumaki was free to try and perform the seals needed in peace.

Tsuki opened the scroll once again and tried to memorize what the seal he wanted to utilize looks like as he pulled the kunai out to understand the object more. He infused chakra on to both his hands, and with both hands grasping the kunai he tried to see if he could make the Jutsu work. Tsuki threw the kunai into a bolder nearby and palmed the ground at his feet near the entrance of the training grounds. A Hiraishin seal began to form oozing out of the young Uzumaki’s hand. Tsuki then took out the scroll attained from the library. Tsuki placed the scroll on the ground and opened the page, he was determined today, because today was finally going to be the day he mastered his first Justu.

Hiraishin Seal Utilized:

Tsuki tried for hours because soon it was nighttime outside. There was no moon tonight because of the clouds and the only sounds heard on the training ground were the screeching bugs, hollow wind, and Tsuki’s constant screams of frustration. The young Uzumaki was unhappy with his current performance, he had been trying to learn this Jutsu for what seemed like an eternity, and even now he still couldn't get it right.

Tsuki dropped to his knees and began to punch the ground in anger, "Damn it, after all this time I still can't do it." Tsuki began to look up at the sky and shout, "What have I been doing wrong?!" Suddenly the clouds in the sky began to boom with thunder and the rain fell soon thereafter. It was as if God himself was out to make Tsuki's life difficult. The hollow wind began to pick up almost as fast as the young Uzumakis rage, so Tsuki did what any kid would do his age, and he stood up to begin to shout at the sky.

The strong wind blew, blowing the scroll away and Tsuki temporarily forgot his rage to chase after it. The young Uzumaki chased the scroll through the training ground until it landed in a small dune. "There you are." replied a now extremely tired Tsuki. As he went to pick up the scroll lightning struck behind him, sure enough a bush caught on fire now. Tsuki appeared puzzled, as if God was giving him a sign, a bad omen perhaps? Soon after, Tsuki became frantic as he noticed a group of shinobi whom began to spread throughout the area around the young Uzumaki. Tsuki tried to make a break for a small opening only to get cut off by a kid not much older than he was, as he blocked his path by body flickering into the fray. The kids began to rage about the scroll in Tsuki’s hand, the young Uzumaki found himself boxed in.

Tsuki's face changed to one of fear, 'I need to get out of here' thought Tsuki. He can’t allow these guys to get their hands on this technique. He kept trying to look for a way out but to no avail, his worst fear was realized, he was admittedly completely boxed in. He was literally trapped in a ring of bandits. The guys began to close in, slowly, but surely, one even was not far from where Tsuki was standing. He was a sitting duck with nowhere to go. 'Is this really it?' Tsuki asked himself. Tsuki fell to his knees and gripped the sand beneath him, feeling the sand between his fingers, tears began to fall from his face, he thought about his family, his potential power, and the distance he has to metaphorically travel from now till then to help this desolate Land of Wind.

Suddenly there was a new found determination in the young Uzumaki as he stopped crying, his eyes must’ve been bloodshot red like his hair due to the fire in his eyes. Tsuki's face hardened and he stood up, he took a deep breath and closed his eyes. Tsuki remembered the kunai he stuck on the boulder, 'There's only one Jutsu that can save me.' thought Tsuki.

The Uzumaki began to infuse chakra and pray that whatever he did next would work. The wind picked up again and the nearest of the bandits began to nearly touch Tsuki, suddenly everything in the world around Tsuki stopped, or it began to go in slow motion. Whatever happened, it is hard to explain, because when his eyes shot open, at the top of his lungs he yelled as loud as he can, "HIRAISHIN!" coincidentally coinciding with a thundering sound resonating from the storm: and in a red flash he was gone and reappeared right next to the kunai he had left in the beginning of the training. Tsuki had a smile on his face, he finally preformed the Jutsu. Tsuki then collapsed forward to the ground after grabbing the kunai, even though he couldn't move he was happy. He hadn't felt this accomplished in his life. The storm died down almost instantly and Tsuki regained some movement in his body as he found the energy to turn around onto his back.

Tsuki looked up at the sky, and with the clouds clearing and then gone, the crescent moon appeared. He grabbed the kunai and pointed it straight up at the moon, "I did it." Was all Tsuki could muster up before he blacked out. The sound of those same bandits stampeding Tsuki’s way woke him up as he heard it faintly at first and louder with every step closer. Tsuki, then got up and with the same haste he darted out of the training compound. Tsuki heard the kids in the background yelling, “What was that?!” one said. “I saw a red flash” said another. Because of the storm that just passed, one even said, “He moved like a thunder God!” More was said, but Tsuki wasn’t trying to listen. Instead, Tsuki ran as if he was running from the facility that held the scroll in the first place. A normal shinobi would’ve never sustained such rigor after being fatigued, but Tsuki being an Uzumaki has been gifted with the ability to survive these troublesome endeavor.

Attempting to utilize his last bit of energy, Tsuki grabbed the Kunai tight and closed his eyes while still running his fastest. Trying to repeat the same mental conditions as just moments ago, he suddenly opened his eyes and yelled, “HIRAISHIN!" while throwing the kunai as hard as he could, toward the right side of him. In another red flash, Tsuki was gone, scroll in hand and all. The bandits continued to run ahead, confused as to what just happened. They were heard saying, “He did it again!” one said, “Is that a jutsu?!” said the second, while the third retorted "Who was that?!” little did they know, the young Uzumaki used his last bit of energy on that last Flying Thunder God Technique and because of this, when he appeared mid air, catching his kunai mid flight, he did so, only to collapse soon after with the scroll also in hand. Even for an Uzumaki, 2 flying raijin in one night was enough for this kid to entirely tune out.

WC: +1,200 Total: +2,000

1st Flying Thunder God Seal Placed:

2000w training for Flying Thunder God Technique: