The Prestige

The young Uchiha found himself in a small, homey bar on this late afternoon. Ever since he had lost his eyes to Stein, he was spending more and more time in bars, as a way to cope with losing his eyes. A cigarette wedged between the fingers of his left hand and a mug of beer in his right hand, Kisuke silently sat up on a tall bar stool with his arms outstretched on the counter. Not talking or interacting with anyone, Kisuke silently drank his beer and smoked his cigarette as he though over the events that took place that dreadful day. Thinking to himself "Its time I go train." he took one last gulp of his beer, slamming the mug on the bar counter and crushing his cigarette in the ash tray, Kisuke produced some ryo and proceeded to leave the bar. 

The sky was grey and cloudy and the air had a gently breeze filled with that misty scent, the scent telling you it had rained or was about to rain. Having finally cleaned his clothes, the young Uchiha donned a fresh smelling leather black jacket unzipped, revealing the white t-shirt under and the konohagakure head guard tied around his waist acting as a belt for his black jeans. 

Reaching into the pockets of his leather jacket, Kisuke pulled out a box of matches from one pocket and a box of cigarettes from the other. Pulling out one item from each, he would slip the cigarette onto the edge of his lips as he light the match off the side of the box. Kisuke started using matches after he gave his lucky lighter away to Kouse, deeming it no longer useful after the events of that day. Cupping his hands over the end of the cigarette, Kisuke light it and began taking quick inhales from it as he threw the match aside and lazily began making his way towards the training grounds.

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Yen happend to stroll by the area as a quick sweep although seldomly he came close to a bar he noted the appearance of one of the genin admits the sad and solemn looking individuals that populated the area. Some escaping the homes and harshness of the world others trying to dim down the daily stress of working as a civilian and the few shinobi that sat in the back of the room in thought as they drank away the daily shinobi duties. don't blame them it not easy for sure but we do it each and every day for our home. 


Yen thought to himself as he spoke up to the boy heading on his way his straw hat over his yellow eyes gleaming under the dark sky. "Hey what's up?" Yen quipped as he walked up to the genin even under the leather jacket yen caught the gleam of the headband. Yen smiled as he caught up to the boy although noting his ethusiasim was low yen had an idea to help the boy up.

It appeared that the depression in Kisuke's facial expression was quite apparent. Although it had been a while now that he had lost his eyes and was slowly getting better, clearly he had not yet fully recovered emotionally. This would actually be the first time since that day that he would train. He had not seen his team or trained his younger brother or himself since losing his Sharingan. In his mind he was making progress, but maybe not enough since other were still able to see the depression in him. The young Uchiha herd the unexpected "whats up." Continuing to slowly walk forward with his hands resting within the concealment of his jacket pockets, Kisuke would slightly twist his head around and move his eyes to the edge of their sockets to see another shinobi approaching him. "What does this guy want?" Kisuke though to himself as he watched the individual with the straw hat approach.

Kisuke remained silent for a while as the two now walked side by side. Looking at the new comer with a cold gaze, Kisuke would turn his gaze back ahead of him and lazily pulled the cigarette out of his mouth. Exhaling a thin cloud of pale white smoke from his lungs, the Uchiha would answer with a flat tone of voice "I'm on my way to train. How can I help you?" Kisuke was not to fond of random encounters with strangers and considering he was not in the best of mood, this random encounter was not an exception. Twirling his cigarette in between his thumb and index finger, Kisuke would continue on his way towards the training grounds as he waited for the newcomers response as to why he was bothering him. 

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Yen nodded in agreement as he heard the boy speak about heading to the training grounds for training. He admired that despite the boy's habits it was  a good opertunity to work on a healthy regiment as yen merely looked the boy over a bit he had a sort of dark look but yen as experienced he was he could tell at least the boy had ambition to make a strive forward.  yeah if he's gonna learn anything here I guess I'm going to have to be a bit upfront with him at least. What was this boy in the notes and doscription as he tends to smoke he is kisuke I belive as one of the genin among the many here . Well let's get started.  yen thought to himself as he studied him a bit as he walked. Deciding to take a chance he decided to be a bit more forward in speaking " well I can guess that your one seeking training to go forward right so how about I be your training guide? Kisuke I think I's your name right? Ah you can call me yen for the kicks. But let's head over to the grounds it'll be quiet fun but I suggest you drop the "gerret" it won't help with what we will be doing" yen spoke with a smile as his yellow eyes glowed under his straw hat as he tipped it  before taking the lead as the two arrived at the gate to the training grounds yen observed the empty area and nodded   before releasing a sigh as he turned towards the young man's and adressed him. 

"Tell me about yourself and what your goal as a ninja is? What drives you to go to the training grounds and take up your ninjas duty kisuke?"

As Kisuke continued walking towards the training grounds, he slipped the cigarette back in between his lips and placed his now free hand back into his jacket pocket. With the cigarette dangling from his mouth, Kisuke would slowly inhale as he waited for this new comer to respond. He did not have time to waste with foolishness. There was a few moments of silence, where Kisuke felt the eyes of this new comer watching and analysing him. Kisuke was seconds away from telling Yensung to fuck off when he finally spoke. Kisuke was shocked when this shinobi who called himself Yen offered to be his mentor. "He knows my name." Kisuke though to himself. "Probably has a file on me like Ayumi Sensei." Kisuke gave a little chuckle both in amazement and appreciation. He was quite amazed that this Yen who he knew nothing about was being so stern with him but also also appreciated it. If he really wanted to be Kisuke's teacher then he would have to demonstrate his authority or else Kisuke would not respect him. "He knows my name and seems to already have plans in mind for my training. Looks like he specifically came to teach me."

Taking the opportunity at hand, Kisuke would nod as he removed the cigarette from his mouth. "Alright Yen," he started "I'll play along, see where this goes." The two of them finally made it to the grounds. As Yen proccedded towards the gates, Kisuke was about to throw his finished cigarette away as he did not want to enter the training grounds with it but stopped when Yen asked a questions instead of entering. Pleased that he did not have to waste a perfectly good cigarette, Kisuke held onto it as he looked over towards his soon to be mentor. "Well," he started "I dont know what you already read about me so I'll make this a short introduction. I live alone with my younger brother. My mom passed away not to long ago and my dads been MIA since I was a child. I would have to say I'm more adept in the use of Genjutsu compared to the other arts so I'm not much of a hand to hand fighter right now. Huummmmmm.... I have an affinity for Katon and Doton. I dont know many fire jutsus but I know quite a few earth. Right now I'm assigned to a Genin team with a drunk Kaguya and a retarded Yamanaka with Ayumi as our team Sensei....... and thats pretty much it."

Kisuke would take a few puffs from his cigarette as he pondered the remainder of Yensung's question. Despite never having been asked such a questions, Kisuke has put some though into it previously. After the recent events of him getting his eyes stolen and having spoken about it with Kouse, Kisuke knew what his goals as a shinobi were. "I need to get stronger so I can liberate my clan from the constant fear of being persecuted and hunted down for their eyes. Thats why I train and strive to be a stronger shinobi. To free Uchiha's from that fear." Kisuke took one last puff from his cigarette before tossing it to the ground and crushing its remains with the sole of his boot. "Well, you know who am I. Who are you Yen?"

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Yen smiled and  adressed the young man and heard him out walking towards the center of the training grounds  As he took a breath hearing the part about the hunting for his eyes yen decided to take. Moment as his disire was to push one past the liniage of blood and power but look to themselves and their abilities along with their reasoning and step forth to what truely makes one unique. Their induviality. Taking this into effect yen glanced up at the boy and spoke. 

"Well for starters blood runs through me as an aburame as it may seem that I am often myself. I cook as a passion and love my lady with all my heart. Yet I am yensung aburame chuninn and head of aburame clan. Also the genjutsu user as well. While I'm a main water user I can also use earth which for now I am doing a project with genjutsu and a few other elements. But kisuke I'll teach you a lot but it won't be easy and to learn a genjutsu you must be subjected to a genjutsu. However take a seat your learning is beginning by the fact of your knowledge and your acceptance." Yen pointed to the ground before him about 5 meters away from him. Speaking once more looking the boy in the eyes as he spoke.


" you may disagree with me kisuke but allow me to speak. Many seek power as a sort of confirmation of their strength or a declaration of their power to use it better then a user. Even some save a life by giving or taking away a bloodline ability. Yet the most common are the power seekers as seen with people hunting for eyes. Yet what are the use of eyes? eyes see much and some are unique but the reality is this kisuke they are naught but eyes apart of the person and vital to the body. They are your vision and not weapons one must realize the illusion of this to move on like I did with my bugs they are a part of me as your eyes are you." Yen called out his insects as they flew around him  As he built up his chakra and took off his straw hat staring into it in thought as he further spoke.

its sad how many would die over two eyes when many nations can fall to a man. When you see it that way it's not the fact that the illusion is driven to reality making it almost a shame of ninjas to hunt their own for greed and not honor. As many seek them for power like the uchiha, sgaringan  they cannot grasp the concept as do most people with some bloodlines that it's not the blood that matters but the person. If hounded for eyes or their abilities one must be ready to accept that fact and move on to protect as much as they can. You may say its not in my place to speak on this but I want to prepair you and if hurt I want to ensure you bounce back twice as powerful then before, but that is only done by one person. Which is you. You must and have to take a step and not burden yourself binding yourself to fear and retribution. If so you must make you philosophy and actions just for not just you but your clan. I'll teach you as my apprentice in the art of genjutsu and perhaps together we can make a change in things. But only if you are ready. Take the words I spoke and brood them as I hope you can tell me your thoughts. On what I said"


Yen meanwhile talking was in the midst of feeling out his chakra as it was a massive reserve on its own yen thought to the point that it was time to test out a theory of his to further step on to a larger technique he needed more chakra yet at the wall of his limits yen smiled to himself as he began to focus and move his chakra dividing it slowly within himself as he awaited kisuke to respond.

Wc:707/3,000 for mass chakra reserves

With Yensung, Kisuke made his way over to the centre of the empty training grounds. Once there, Kisuke would turn to face the Aburame and listen to his words while removing his left hand from his jacket pocket and began rubbing the scar hidden under his shirt that he had received from a wound on the day he lost his eyes. Looking strait into Yensung's yellow eyes, Kisuke listened attentively while his mentor introduced himself. "An Aburame hmmm," he though to himself as Yensung spoke "I've never met one before. And the head of his clan and only a Chunnin. Pretty impressive, but shouldnt he automatically be promoted to a higher rank?" Kisuke both rambled in his head and listened to Yensung. "Just my luck. Someone who knows and can teach me Genjutsu, finally." Kisuke fumbled around with the cigarette box in his right jacket pocket as he had the urge to smoke another one but out of respect to Yensung he was not going to start smoking right in front of his face so instead he pulled out a box of mints from his left jacket pocket. "Also and earth user. Not bad." Popping a mint into his mouth, he would shove it back into his pocket while thinking "What, mixing it with Genjutsu. This guy is quite the bag of tricks. Running into this Yen may turn out to be good for me after all."

Raising an eye brow as Yensung instructed Kisuke to be seated, the young Uchiha slightly chuckled as he though to himself "What am I, an academy student again?". But, obeying the order of his mentor, Kisuke lethargically lifted his pants from knee down to loosen them up and then took a seated position with his legs bent inwards, with one crossed over the other. Kisuke enjoyed the idea of his training being hard as he knew the harder he worked and the more effort he put in he would get more and greater results as output. "Hmmm?" He silently though to himself. "Subject myself to Genjutsu? But I've already learned some Genjutsu and I've never been under one before." Guessing it would be easier to learn them once he was victim to them beforehand, Kisuke would keep that in mind as he continued listing to his instructor. Kisuke was ready to receive knowledge from the head of the Aburame clan.

Kisuke nodded to Yensung when he said that he may disagree with him but to hear him out, letting the Aburame know that he would listen and take into consideration whatever he said. Kisuke silently listened to Yensung as he philosophically taught Kisuke, and Kisuke listened with much attention, more than he had every devoted to one single person in his entire life. The young Uchiha was slightly caught off guard when he saw Yensung release a cloud of bugs from under his clothing. His surprise soon turned into amazement as he had never scene the powers of an Aburame in action and it was quite a sight to see for the first time. "Where the hell do all those bugs come from?" Kisuke silently though to himself as he did not want to ask out loud and interrupt Yensung's teachings. 

Once Yensung had finished speaking, Kisuke remained silent as his tongue fumbled around with the mint in his mouth and he pondered the words he had just herd. It was a lot of information and a different outlook on the events that took place in Kisuke's life, a way of looking in the world that Kisuke both had never though of before but could believe in and come to maybe see it the same way. The young Uchiha would gaze off into the distance, not staring at anything in particular as he remained silent and continued thinking over what he had just herd. 

Finally, after quite a while of reflecting Yensung's words in silence Kisuke would look down at the ground in front of him and began "The thing is Yen, these are not my eyes. My true eyes were taken strait out of my head. These eyes..... they are not mine and I can feel that they are not mine. I feel them in my sockets, I feel every move and fidget they make, I feel them when my eyes are closed and when I sleep. They feel out of place, like they dont belong in my sockets. These eyes are not mine and are not part of me and I dont know if I'll ever be able to accept them. I dont want my original eyes back for their power, I want them back because they are my eyes, like you said they are a part of me. I'll never be able to accept these fakes."

Lifting his head, Kisuke would lock gazes with Yensung so that the Aburame could see his eyes, the eyes that were not his real ones. "These are not my real eyes and therefore are not a part of me. You say its not the blood that matters but the person. Although there is truth in that, people are also shaped by the blood the flows through them. I am an Uchiha and my Sharingan was a representation of that. It wasnt a representation of my power but that I am an Uchiha. Now without it I'm the same as anyone else out there." Kisuke would wave his arm out to his side as he said this, pointing out to everyone in the village they could not see.

"I'll never accept the fact that these eyes are not mine. Maybe it'll poison my mind and lead me down a path I dont want to take. But I can still try to bounce back and become powerful enough to protect the rest of my clan so they do not have to face this. You are definitely right about that. I need to take what happened to me and turn it into something beneficial and right now I believe that is to become strong enough to protect the rest of my clan." Kisuke would remain silent for a few seconds before nodding and continuing "Please Yen, take me as your apprentice. Make me strong and teach me what I need to know so I can do whatever it takes to protect the Uchiha clan. Whatever the training, whatever the task, help me accomplish this mission so no other Uchiha has to battle through this same hell that I'm currently battling."

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Yen bowed his head in thought as kisuke asked him to take him under his wing and actively study. He was pleased and Indeed honored by his straight forwardness. Yen frowned and nodded at kisuke as he looked him in the eyes and spoke. "They may not be your eyes and you may not accept them but you see your instructor and master before you. The road won't be easy but I will do all I can to help you find your way kisuke. There is more to genjutsu then the illusion. Its an art , and its ones demise if not done right, and even when done right it may do more harm then good. This is why you make sure that you know your path is true and further more that you must commit through it. After all if you don't commit to a genjutsu and its purpose you will put yourself and others in danger." 

Yen's insects returned within him as he spoke and he gazed up at the uchiha boy and smiled as he began to weave a few handsigns. bird, monkey, monkey, ram,tiger,Dragon. A personal genjutsu of his own as yen looked up at the boy a grey wave would spread out from  Yen to the surrounding area. As kisuke would look at yen he would notice this grey wave and yen would grin as he spoke. " this is my own genjutsu as a visual one yes but to learn I'll make this your learning base of genjutsu and dealing with one. Please my student step forward towards me. Your goal here is to understand what this genjutsu does and learn how to handle yourself when faced with an unknown technique. Feel out what it does and note how it works, for if you do well in your lessons one day you may learn this if your chakra Is strong enough.As I shall explain the base of this in brief detail.  To Bend the forces of Yin and yang is not a luxury but great challenge when dealing with the base of all jutsu. Yet genjutsu further does not normally follow the laws of ninjutsu and fuin its own realm its own rules as it's the effect of the senses, and the mind, even the spirit at times. It is here you will encounter your first genjutsu experience as a learning mechanic and incentive to stay weary." 

Yen would state as he noted the first effect would be the fact that movement would be reversed as in steeping forward would result in going backwards or stepping left would result in steeping right. As minimal the effect would be yen knew it was disastrous on the long run for an enemy to find their sense of movement out of wack as it was second nature like breathing. "We are used to the same movement's but when things are compromised then that's where we  lose our minds. Note the first effect well kisuke" 

Yen would await as kisuke would take under full effect of the genjutsu if he  looked at yen while yen would continue focusing his chakra through his body in great concentrations of it throughout his body. Taking it slowly yen would begin to pour large amounts of chakra into a single area of his body like a pool of sorts constantly being filled. Yen would begin to start breaking this down further as it was beginning to become clear to him that there was a possibility in the horizon.

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"Aye." Kisuke though to himself. "I may still be able to see with and use these fake eyes. But I didnt ask to have by eyes pulled out of my head nor did I ask for these replacements. These fakes will never be mine." The though of these eyes not being his was slightly driving him, although he did not realize it yet. He would never be able to accept these eyes as his own. Kisuke was glad when Yensung offered to do whatever he could to help Kisuke down the inevitable bumpy road ahead of him. Knowing he had someone to help guide him down his uncertain future was slightly reassuring, a feeling Kisuke had not felt in a long time, since the death of his mother. As he listened to Yensung explain the complexity of Genjutsus, Kisuke though to himself "All this talk about how harmful Genjutsus are. Who knew it would be so hard to master. Am I really cut out for this?" 

Kisuke forced himself back onto his feet and whiping the dirt and dust off of his pants he said "I dont know what my path is, I dont know where I'm heading and it scares me." Looking up to meet the eyes of his teacher Kisuke continued "I hope that through your teachings in Genjutsu maybe it will help me clearly see and walk down the path I am meant to travel." Slipping his hands into his pockets, Kisuke would watch with a bit of astonishment as Yensung's insects receded back into the confinements of his cloak. The young Uchiha would shift his gaze down to Yensung's hands as he began forming a series of hand seals. Once the seals were completed Kisuke would slightly frown, focusing his eyes as he watched what began to unravel before him. Kisuke looked about him as he watched a weird grey auraish wave ripple outwards from Yensung's position. Not understand what he just saw or what what happening, Kisuke remained silent and waited for his teacher to explain what was happening or what was going to happen. 

So it appeared Yensung had placed Kisuke is a Genjutsu. The Uchiha was not surprised seeing as Yensung did previously mention that he had to be witness to Genjutsus before he could fully master them. "His own Genjutsu." Kisuke though to himself "Impressive." Kisuke would listen to Yensung as he began explaining how the training session was going to take place and that Kisuke's first lesson would be to learn how to deal with Genjutsu. "Makes sense." He said out loud this time. "Cant be a Genjutsu master if I dont know what its like to be subject to one in the first place." Kisuke, still with frowning eyes as he focused on the words of his teacher attentively listened as Yenung spoke about feeling out the Genjutsu and bending the forces of Yin and Yang. It was a little abstract for Kisuke but he understood the general gist of what Yensung was explaining to him. 

As instructed, Kisuke went to step forward to approach his teacher but as he did something very weird happened. Instead of Kisuke's right foot stepping forward his left foot stepped backwards. "What the!" He though to himself as he turned around to see behind him, as if something behind him and forced him backwards. Turning to looked behind him, Kisuke's head turned to the left instead of to the right as he intended. Looking back to face Yensung with confusion plastered on his face, the Uchiha would listen as he told Kisuke to note the effects will and that his movements were compromised. Relaxing, Kisuke would inhale and then exhale "Alright, calm down and think Kisuke. He said my movements were compromised. So based off what happens, if I do this...." Kisuke went to move his left foot forward his right foot moved backwards instead. "Everything is reversed." Kisuke said out loud as he looked down but actually looked up to meet the eyes of Yensung.

"This is fucking strange. I'm going to have to really think about every move I make before I actually make it. It's going to take me twice as long to make a decision so even longer to complete an action. Damn this is confusing." Keeping his thoughts and concentration on only moving his feet, Kisuke would say, left leg backwards, right leg backwards in his head with every step, knowing that whatever he though of the complete opposite would happen. Very slowly, Kisuke would step forward with one leg, then maybe a second or later his other leg would step forward. "Damn, who knew reversing my motor skills would make something like walking so hard." Trying to keep him movements to a minimal amount, Kisuke focused on only moving his legs. After what felt like forever, Kisuke finally made it to be standing face to face with Yensung. "So, everything is reversed. If I were to right now move my right arm up to shake your hand, my left arm would move backwards right? This is one messed up Genjutsu. I'm assuming thats not all it does?"

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Yen nodded and smiled at kisuke  As he noted the genins progress through the genjutsu. As he listened to his observations yen chuckled and spoke plainly as he further  explained the effect. " very true kisuke as it's the fact your movements being further reversed breaks the focus of a person. Yet the illusion contains enough power to not only reverse movement but how your limbs respond as well. The fact remains its not only eyes you face against but by looking at any point of my body when I cast the jutsu one falls under the hallucinationary effects as the technique presses so  far that one's senses are overridden tricking the brain and body into scrambling the body's senses. As in esscence in real combat one might lose their mind as the fact that your movements are natural if reversed or compromised well that's a dead fish. However that's just the first effect of the genjutsu. As there are five effects which you will go through before I teach you any genjutsu as you will understand not only by a book or scroll but personal experience. Ah the second effect should occur now" 


Yen spoke as he noted that perhaps one of his most amusing effects was occurring as module would soon discover that his limbs movements would be scrambled by his arms moving his legs and arms to legs and each finger would move his eyes and his eyes would in fact move his fingers. Yen would chuckle as he would move to the left of kisuke and toss his hat at the boy saying "catch"


Yen at this point would stand still and continue breaking apart his chakra as a large mass of chakra would build up within him as he seperates the chakra further into segments slowly moving the chakra into a more centralized part of his body being his stomach as yen felt a large ammount of chakra store in his stomach as he took a breath feeling this charkra yen began to isolate the chakra into the area along his chakra as he began a slow isolation of the chakra he built up. With This function being tested would push yen to his chakra control to his limits as his chakra began to strain him. The question that pluaged yen was could he make it possible to  hold his chakra within him at a greater degree.

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