《The Downfall of the Yasei Noble Clan(Naruto AU Fanfic)》


 Awakening

    This story begins in a lavish mansion, or at least as lavish as they come in Amegakure. This is not a happy story, this is one of suffering, of grief, and it opens with a boy''s excitement.Seiun yawned as he woke up from his bed. He moved to check the calendar and took a long look at the date.


    Wait, that''s today? Oh my god it¡¯s today!


    The boy had an excited gleam in his eyes, the gleam of a childlike excitement, as he sprinted downstairs. To his surprise, no sort of fanfare seemed to be given, it was almost as if it wasn''t Seiun''s big day. He went over to his mom and asked the question any 7 year old would ask.


    "Mom, do you know what day it is?" A cheeky little grin plastered on his face as he inquired with a sing-song voice.


    "Of course I do, child. You¡¯re getting your chakra nature revealed to you today," Lady Yasei had an all-business tone, no excitement was present in her voice.


    "Now hurry up boy, this fine gentleman has been waiting here for an hour now," After being not-so-gently urged by his father, the boy grasped the paper to observe what would happen. To his surprise, the paper began to crinkle up as if he had folded it numerous times despite only touching it with his two fingers.This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work.


    "Woah¡­what does this mean?" The young boy looked to his father for confirmation.


    "It means my boy, that you have the best chakra nature of them all: Lightning. Like your brother and sister before you," There was some form of whimsy in his voice, but that only came in when he mentioned Lightning style, it immediately died when he mentioned Seiun''s sister.


    Big Sis had lightning too? That''s great! I can''t wait to tell her about it!


    "Cool! So mama, when will I be going to the academy?"


    "Never."


    His mother''s curt response cut Seiun. What did she mean never?! Unfortunately, his mother had to elaborate further.


    "You see son, us Yasei are the cream of the crop in Ame. Sure we don''t present it that way, but our children are the finest shinobi in this village, and we don''t want you to be any less than your dear siblings were," Seiun nodded as she went on, "They only obtained their skills through the rigorous training that we gave them, so it''s only fair that we give you the same treatment,"


    A palpable look of disappointment intruded on Seiun''s face since he was so excited to finally meet the other kids in the village.


    "Your lessons start later today boy, have some fun in the meantime," With that, the older Yasei retreated into their quarters, unaware that they had essentially killed any hope that their son had of having fun again.

 The Revelation

    As usual, Seiun found himself playing with his toys in his room, but unlike all the times past, this brought no joy to him. Every day he was looking forward to interacting with the rest of Ame for more than just a few moments per day. He began to feel cheated but was not given the proper time to process these emotions before the booming voice of his father called his name.


    "Coming!"


    To the boy''s dull surprise, he found his mom discussing something with a much older man before his father came to address any possible curiosity that Seiun had about this man.


    "This is Zhengjian, you remember him right?"


    In truth, Seiun did have faint memories of him training his sister while he was trying to utter his first word. The older man approached him kindly, almost as if he was family himself.


    "Hello young one, do you wish to begin?"


    Zhengjian had seen better days. But even though his hair was greying, he still had the tenderness of a younger man when addressing his current student. Seiun almost said yes with a revitalized source of excitement, but his mother cut him off with a more firm version of her child''s response.


    "Very well, let us begin," He led his pupil to the training sect of the Yasei Mansion, a place that Seiun would associate with many memories both good and bad.


    "For starters, try doing these hand seals" Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author.


    The older man first formed his hand in a complex angle commonly called the Bird hand seal. He then transitioned into folding his hands as if he were praying with the left thumb on top. He then put his hands together sideways with his thumbs resting on his pinkies. After performing the Ram hand seal, Zhengjian then turned around and fired a yellow ball of electricity at a nearby wall, much to Seiun''s fascination.


    "Now it''s your turn,"


    Spurred on by the encouraging tone of his master, Seiun tried to replicate what he just saw. Unfortunately, due to the complexity of the first and fourth hand symbol, he couldn''t fire the projectile, but a few crackles of lightning did manage to pass between Seiun''s fingers.


    Cool¡­


    "Absolutely pitiful," The sour voice of his mother seemed to disagree with what her son thought, " Even your shitstain of a sister did better at your age,"


    This comment didn''t just take the wind out of the 7 year old''s sails, it sliced them up with a serrated blade. Thankfully, Zheng was none too pleased with Lady Yasei''s comment.


    "Oh hush now dear, not everyone can successfully perform hand seals on the first try,"


    "But-" Now it was her turn to be cut off


    "Yes yes I''ve heard your ''cream of the crop'' spiel many times so you can spare me,"


    Looking indignant, Seiun''s mother stomped off in a huff while her son was suppressing chuckles.


    "Well then, I''m off to attend to more pressing matters, I will leave the two of you to your lessons," With that, Lord Yasei exited the premise as well.


    "I have a plan, young one, first, I will teach you the Bird and Ram hand seals. But afterwards, I was wondering if you would be interested in having some fun¡­"


    Seiun''s eyes lit up before bowing profusely at his teacher.


    "Thank you so much Zheng-sensei,"


    "No need for formalities young one, just call me Zheng,"


    Smiling, the boy thanked his sensei with the same sentence but this time removing the fornality. From there, the two began to learn the hand seals that troubled the boy.


    Maybe this won''t be so bad¡­