Chapter 8 - In my mind (1/2)

Sitting crossed legs on his bed, Minato was breathing in and out gently, and ever so slowly his consciousness grew faint as he meditates. His consciousness was drifting in his chakra, slowly merging with it.

Sensing that his surroundings have changed, Minato blinked his eyes and opened them slowly.

”What the fuċk??!” He was shocked beyond belief that the eyes of his mental projection nearly pop out of their sockets. His mind was... Not at all like the sewer of Naruto.

It was in the form of white gas, with some colored bubbles that represent his memories, but that's not what shocked him. In the middle of his mind, a gigantic black hole was spinning quietly.

Seeing that it didn't take any action, he was finally relieved. Even his mental body was soaked in sweat, demonstrating the deeply ingrained fear that he has for this monstrous phenomenon.

”Now I understand how I absorb Minato's soul, it was this boy job. Luckily it's on my side if not I would have been ripped apart already. Well, there is no better defense than this monster here, if a Yamanaka comes he will never leave again. Even if it's scary it may have unexpected benefits, but I won't probe it for now, I am still at the base of the food chain, not one that can mess with such scary thing.”

”It's bothersome in the middle of the mindscape...” He enveloped the black hole with his mental energy, and breathe in relief when it did not act. With that he sends it hovering over the 'entrance' of his mindscape and sets a door behind it where he will enter the next time he comes here. ”No way I will enter the black hole because of a blunder”

With that done, he explored his mind floating around, but apart from the black hole and the bubbles, there was nothing more.

”Well, the memories of the 8 years old Minato are useless to me because the 21 years old one has them too, so goodbye” Having browse through the memories, he threw those specific bubbles to the black hole, gulping when it devours them, reaffirming his decision to not mess with it for the moment and just using it as a guard dog.

”Now I will have to arrange my mindscape, can't have a boring white space for it now can we?”

First, he created a shelf out of his mental energy ”Eh, it replenished itself instantly. Hm, maybe it's the benefit of a strong soul? In the beginning, I thought with such a soul I would have a ton of mental energy, but in the end, it was not linked. If it replenished my mental energy, it means there is more to it. At least I won't even be tired, it's an unexpected boon”

He created a nameplate on the top of it, on which he wrote 'Byron's Life'. He then arranged multiples compartments on the shelf, 'Cooking' 'Technology' 'Mother's moments' etc ... which he placed in the respective bubbles.

He repeated the motion with Minato's memories but did it differently this time. He made a shelf for all the daily life memories, but all the ninja arts were not included in it.

He created a building where he put all those daily life memories, where he could refer to later and made it disappear under the white brume.

After that, he then created 4 pillars. One white, one blue, one red and one green.

He placed the white one in the middle, on it was written 'Soul', where he put the findings that he had on the soul, like his sixth sense or intuition ability. He put it in the middle because it is the essence of his life.

Around it, but far enough he put the other 3 pillars in a triangle formation. The red one with 'Body' on it, where he wrote all the exercises that he learned by reading novels to train it. Nourishing it with natural energy, tempering it under a waterfall or with lightning, how to increase his agility, endurance, toughness, instinct...

The blue one with 'Mind' on it, with exercises on how to increase it (Kage Bunshin feedback, Elements Understanding...)

The green one with 'Chakra' on it, with all the exercises to control it and to shape it.

Around the red pillar, he created 3 more pillars, named 'Taijutsu', 'Bukijutsu' and 'Sword'.*

For Taijutsu, he put all the style of the Naruto world that he was interested in:

-Uchiha Interceptor Fist also named counter fist consisting prediction and counter.

-Hyuuga Gentle Fist, closing the target tenketsu with small chakra taps.

-Goken (Maito Dai), a style made to break bones. (8 Gates by Maito Dai)

-Uzumaki Whirpool Taijutsu, consisting of moving around like a whirlpool to redirect the enemy attack (Kushina)

– Snake Style, making the body go soft like a snake allowing attack to unexpected angles and good evasion ability as well as protecting the skull and organs (Hokage Library or Orochimaru)

– Swift Style, fast attacks on all the soft parts of the targets (Minato)