Chapter 19 - Youth, youth and youth!!!! (2/2)

”I'm sorry Dai-sensei, my eyebrows have the same problem as my hair!”

”Ah, what a pity” Maito Dai began to sulk, but suddenly his demeanor changed and he reverted to the serious form.

”Minato, I passed 12 years into perfecting my taijutsu, and thanks to it I created a secret technique that became the base of my taijutsu. I will teach it to you on one condition, you must only use it to protect someone you cherish!”

”I promise, word of the future 4th Hokage, Namikaze Minato!”

”Yosh, you must know that in our body, there are eight gates. Kaimon (The Gate of Opening), Kyumon (The Gate of Healing), Seimon (The Gate of Life), Shomon (The Gate of Pain), Tomon (The Gate of Limit), Keimon (The Gate of View), Kyomon (The Gate of Wonder), Shimon (The Gate of Death).

They exist in order to limit the flow of chakra within an individual's body. Ordinarily, individuals can use no more than 20% of their body's full potential, it's the brain's way of protecting the individual from harming their body through overexertion. With training, individuals can learn to remove these limiters, referred to as ”opening” the gates. With each opened gate, individuals are given access to more and more of their body's chakra, thus increasing their physical strength and speed.

But although opening the gates does briefly give the user power greater than what they're normally capable of, this increased power causes the user serious harm. At a minimum, the user will be fatigued, which can leave them vulnerable to attack if this occurs during combat. In more extreme cases, muscles can tear and bones can break from the strain, which can be treated with medical ninjutsu. When opening the eighth and final gate, users will die as a consequence, their bodies being unable to survive the immense amounts of chakra flowing through them.

You must, therefore, remember that using the Eight Gates is a double-edged sword, empowering users by sacrificing their own health and safety; such risks have made me class it as a kinjutsu (forbidden technique).”

After his explanation, Dai directly demonstrated it. He first did a full sprint in the clearing, then came back. ”Kaimon Kai(Open)!” He sprinted a new time, and this time he was a mere blur.

”Yosh, this was the opening of the first gate, it removed my mental inhibitions. I have the theory for the other gates but I have not perfected them yet.” Taking a notebook, from his spandex? Taking a notebook from his spandex, Dai passes it to Minato. ”In this notebook are all my notes on this technique, and some more on all my insights on Taijutsu”

This time Minato was stunned, this guy, was his head hit by Marshall D Teach fart? How could he pass such an important thing to somebody he has just met? And so he asked him the question.

Doing the nice guy pose, Dai exclaimed ”Don't worry about it, from now on you're my youthful student. I intended to pass it to my son but you can do it and teach him in my stead”

'Eh, who says something about him being stupid. What a crafty guy, knowing that tensions between villages are high and that a war will son broke out, and that he has a chance to die in it, he is securing a good teacher for his son by teaching me'

”Don't worry Dai-sensei, when I become a Jonin instructor I will take your son as my student, word of the future best taijutsu master of the elementals nations!” 'Meh, why not humor him, after all, I lose nothing from this deal, and I will be forced to teach some brats anyway, why not teach such a talented taijutsu master, that could help me having a good sparring partner one day'

”Yosh, what a youthful claim! For not having such a magni-youthful-cient dream, I will do 1000 ŀȧps under the sunshine of Konoha on my hands”

”Erh, could you do them after you teach me the katas of your taijutsu style Dai-sensei?”