Chapter 41 - Skirmiches before the war (2/2)
Mikoto too was gasping for breath, having exhausted herself during the battle. Her Sharingan deactivated himself, signaling that she ran out of chakra. Regaining her breath before speaking, she exclaimed ”It does not mean that it's easy for me to win, each time I progress, you progress too. If I were to slack off, Sharingan or not, I would lose.”
”You bet! If you don't want me to beat you, you can only grit your teeth and train as hard as me” Hollered Tsume.
”You were amazing girls!” Praised Kushina, bouncing on the balls of her feet, having still energy despite having trained all day. Looking at her, Tsume and Mikoto couldn't help but smile wryly. Since she became the Kyuubi Jinchuriki, her chakra kept growing and she was growing stronger than them at a faster rate.
What they didn't know is that without Minato, she would only have been as powerful as them. Mikoto and Tsume have their clan to guide them and force them to train. In the canon, Kushina had no one to help her, nor having a goal to train for, so even the cheat that is being Jinchuriki is greatly restrained.
So with the determination to not fall behind and some guidance from Minato, who already knew Kushina's style from the Minato that was going to marry her and spent a lot of time with her doing anything and training, she demonstrated more and more of the potential of the strongest Bijuu Jinchuriki.
Even so, the other two did not slack off and became far more powerful than their anime counterpart. They could not be considered geniuses at the level of Itachi, but they were far more powerful than the like of Fugaku or Hiashi at this age. Even if the latter two are two to three years older than them, Mikoto and Tsume could give them a run for their money, and Kushina can already trash them. The gap will only continue to widen, with Minato's unorthodox training regimen.
Finished with their training, they went back to Minato's.
”By the way, I forgot to ask you but what did your clan say for your Sharingan awakening Mikoto?” Inquired Minato
Making a face of reminiscence, Mikoto sighed ”Nothing. When my father learned of it, he only made me train harder to master it, not bothering to inquire where it came from. ”You must become a dignified and powerful clan head's wife”, or so he said”
”Your relationship with him seemed to have worsened” Remarked Kushina
”Uchiha revered the Sharingan, they should have praised you” Added Tsume doubtfully
Mikoto made a self-mocking smile ”It's true that awakening the Sharingan is an awesome feat. But I'm a girl. In my clan, only men are 'fit' to rule, and the wife should be strong but only act as a support for the husband. No matter how powerful I am, those people will never accept me as my own person”
Saying that she made a soft smile ”But it doesn't really matter, I have my own family here so who cares about them”
”Ow, Mikoto loves us” The three of them took her into a group hug, that warmed Mikoto's heart because despite what she said, her father acting like that hurt her.