Training from Dad

Well, Nathan really couldn't believe he was doing this. He felt dumb doing it and yet his dad had suggested it. He didn't know why something like this came to his dad's mind when he asked to get some help with wielding a sword. Of course the simple placing his hands at the right places were taught beforehand, but after that, Nathan was told to grab a stick and break it over a tree. If he broke it then he should get another and break that one until the Sun started to come down. So, while he did find it stupid to an extreme, he wasn't going to disagree with his father, since he could become strict fairly quickly. It was rare to see, but it always scared Nathan to see his father angry at him and somewhat lesser extent for his mother. He was sure that his dad would have watched him, but he was off at work and Nathan was known to be able to handle himself pretty well.

It wasn't surprising to see that there were a good number of branches on the ground due to all the trees that were around. So, he grabbed a fairly sturdy stick and found what looked like a pretty strong tree and tapped it.

The stick was about as long as Nathan's arm and wasn't really bendy like the ones he had seen in the past. He glanced at the noon Sun and then turned his attention back to the tree. "At least there's no one here to see me do this." He said before half-heartedly hitting the tree with his stick. The strike did nothing and Nathan gave the tree another hit. And then another. And another. Now two quick strikes, they were wild and lacked any control. He bounced away from the tree and did a quick leap forward to slash down on it.

He laughed to himself as he let himself indulge with some dumb fun and let himself slip into his childish imagination. The tree was no longer just a tree, but instead his slow opponent. The one so slow that didn't even move and simply stood people to death. Of course he knew the silliness of it, but it sure beat just being serious while doing something like this. The young Uchiha danced around the unmovable obstacle gave it numerous hits with his mighty sword.

Then, his rival proved to be mightier than his sword and it cracked. The brown shares of metal shoot out from the center of his blade, forcing him to back away. He chuckled to himself and let himself fade back into reality once more. "Well, that's one stick." He glanced over at the Sun once again to get a guesstimation of the time. "Probably oneish." He said before looking around for another stick, this one was taller than him and he held it like a spear. It was flimsy and had multiple branches coming from it, making it awkward to wield. It was tossed to the ground as he looked around for something that wasnt a twig. He found a few nearby and put them into a small pile before slipping back into his own little world again. "ROUND 2!" He shouted before engaging his rival once more.

The sounds of grunts and yells to out as Nathan continues to beat on the tree and in time they all break against the tree. Yet, each time he went for another stick from his little pile and continues his currently fruitless efforts from the whole assault. After a few hours, all of his sticks would be broke and he would be breathing heavily.

He had built up a good amount of sweat that made his clothes cling to skin. He was sure he smelled worse than a stick bomb at this point and felt as if he had actually fought a real person. He looks over his broken sticks and counts them quickly. "Five in total." He said before grinning to himself before wandering off back home.

His walk was worse than the time that he had been forced to run his head into that tree during his spar with Sylvan. He really needed to work on learning that kai justu his father told him about a while back. Luckily, he would be able to focus on it a bit more due to his father having been a small distance away. "It looks like you had fun." The man said and with Nathan only responding with a small grin and a nod, being too tired to do anything else.

Nathan arrive at his father's home to see his little sister already in her sleeping gown. She went to hug him, but her noise made her simply keep to an airhug. He gave a small chuckle as she scrunched up her face in disgust of his scent Nathan didn't mind this and went straight for a shower. It felt nice to have the sweat washed off his skin as the hot fell onto him, making it seem like sauna of sorts due to the amount of steam that was coming up. In the span of ten minutes, he would have used the majority of hot water and even after turning the shower as hot as it could go, it was still lacking the heat he wanted. Of course, he had cleaned up though just thought about things and having the water being his timer. Once it started losing its heat, he would get out. Once he was out, he moved to sit at the table with his dad.

He yawned as he sat down, being reminded to cover up his mouth by his stepmother as she placed the plates of food in front of them. Then, his bottomless gut kicked in and got fifths for dinner, ruining his father's lunch for work. His father agreed to help him in his training on the weekends as he ate. Once dinner was eaten, he said goodnight to everyone, giving all of them all a goodnight hug and kiss before leaving to his room. The young Uchiha would flop onto his bed and in a few seconds, he would be sleeping peacefully.
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When he woke up, his father was downstairs cooking breakfast as his step-mother was watching a cartoon with his sister on top of the recliner. He gave a small wave and a good morning before giving out a small yawn. He didn't mind the show and laid himself on the bed as he waited for his father to finish up with breakfast. He laid down onto the couch and with the family cat laying on top of him. He didn’t mind this and it had actually become a thing between him and the cat in recent times. The cat was named Lake due to having found the thing around a lake and because his sister screamed at the top of her lungs when they disagreed with her. She got a small pop on the back from Dad, but they kept the name since no one really cared. He personally never cared for the cat and he felt the cat was the same with him. They were just another being in the house that was seen in passing. The cat made itself comfortable on his stomach and didn’t mind the constant laughter coming from them as they watched the children’s show. The show was pretty silly though the silliness was the slapstick kind and almost everyone in their family enjoyed that sort of thing, the exclusion being his father.

His Dad was always into action related things and loved a good action film and not much outside of that. His stepmother called the movies he liked to be “Boom Films”.

Not long after the episode ended, Nathan’s father finished breakfast and called them by name in order for them to collect their food. Nathan was last like always and gulped as he moved over to the kitchen. His father had started doing sneak attacks when school began. It varied day to day with each attack being somewhat different from the last, but it was getting apparent that his dad was running out of ideas now, having repeated a few in a similar ideas in recent times. Yet, even with the small amount of repetitiveness, Nathan knew better than take his father lightly. He peeked his head into the doorway that lead into the kitchen. He didn’t see his father at first glance and after further inspection, it was obvious that he wasn’t on the wall, then he suddenly felt something tap his head.

He jerked himself back, his father falling in front of him and turning in order to face him. “Gotta get the plate.” The plate was on the table just behind his dad. The young uchiha thought that curse word that his mind always wanted to use. The others started eating and watched TV as Nathan struggled to get his breakfast. After about half an hour, Nathan returned to the living room.

His pajamas was covered in sweat along with the rest of his body. He had a somewhat dazed look and was more than happy to be able to sit down again. “You forgot your utensils.” His little sister pointed out, not being mean and gave him a small pat on the back. They both knew what was about to happen next. He got up and battled his father for some utensils.

One Hour Later

He come back with the utensils though his face slammed into the table as his body went to rest. His father would come back, eating his own breakfast with some utensils. It was safe to say that his new wife gave him a few glares about the whole thing. She pulled on his father’s ear and moved to the bedroom to talk about the whole thing all over again. Nathan’s stepmother didn't mind his father training him so hard, but was against doing it so early in the morning and in the kitchen of all places. Meanwhile, Pallas sprayed her older brother’s back with air fresher because he smelled bad when he was sweaty.

He would finally wake up with his dad shaking him. “Good afternoon.” He said while offering a warm plate of reheated pancakes. Nathan groaned as sat up and blinked as he sat up upright, “Thanks dad”. He started to eat as his dad went for the remote and started to flick in between the channels. It didn’t take the young uchiha long to notice that two people were missing from the room. “Dad, where’s mom and Pal?” He referred to his step-mother as “mom” in order to make it less awkward for Pallas whenever he spoke about her mother.

“They went out for a walk.” He said simply and Nathan didn’t question it since they did go on walk from time to time. His dad later settled on the history channel and he watched as he finished his breakfast.
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Normally history bored him though it was often because of it being something he found uninteresting, mostly on the formation of their village and the names of the Hokage. It was not because he found those people to be boring, but for what was never stated in class and how terribly it was presented in class. Their teacher read it off like a machine and spoke of all the small things that everyone already knew. The documentaries on the other hand had an amazing voice actor, or an actual actor, to talk about the subject or play out representation of the battle. Most of the fights were CG due to how few people could perform those justsu and that no one of wanted to film such things in action. They would have only chance to film them or have the filming area leveled.

That's what his father told him anyways. 

His dad was a smart man, something even his mother would agree with. She might have to gut him, but would admit that she was drawn to him because of his mind. Of course, his father was handsome though was oblivious to his good looks when growing up and had missed many opportunities to avoid having Nathan. The young uchiha was happy for this, it lead to him after all. His father liked watching all the history documentaries, though Nathan didn't know exactly why and didn't think to ask. It was just a good family time where his Dad didn't try to train him. It was nice and pleasant. He didn't question anything though was still too tired to actually think to even form one. Once he was done, his father told him get put his plate away and get washed up. Nathan nodded and did as he was told.

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The bathroom was steaming shortly after he turned on the water. His showers were normally last or followed by hour intervals to allow the hot water to return. The water wasn't at full blast, but he tended to simply just stand there and think. It varied and this time, he thought of what it would take to become stronger. It was not because he thought he really needed it, but from what he had seen on the shows him and his father watched. They all did great things with their powers though some of them did bad things with them as well. He tried to think of all the cool things he could do with such power though a loud knocking on the bathroom door ripped him away from such thoughts.

"Nathan, hurry up!" His father yelled.

"Alright, almost done dad!" The young uchiha said before frantically washing of the suds and turning off the water. The rest was a blur and he soon came out with some clean clothes. He got a small frown from his father, but nothing else outside of that. Something brushed past Nathan for a brief moment and only in the corner of his eye did he see the top of a certain little girl's head.

Soon, his father had him in a head lock and roughly rubbed his knuckles over Nathan's hair. "For making your sister wait, you will have double the training today!" The young uchiha groaned, but his father ignored him as his stepmother chuckled in the back ground turning back to let the two have their fun.

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