The training yard behind the Tengetsu compound was rarely busy at dusk. Most children were called in for dinner, and the older shinobi were either on missions or resting for the next. But tonight, two boys stood opposite each other beneath the darkening sky, the dirt field quiet but for their breath.
Riku stood by the edge of the yard, arms crossed, watching silently.
Akio exhaled slowly and faced his sparring partner — Kaito, a Tengetsu genin three years older. Strong, fast, and already awakened. A thin scar ran down his left cheek, earned during a mission outside Konoha's walls. He wasn't showing off, but his smirk betrayed confidence.
"Try not to blink," Kaito said, settling into a stance.
Akio replied with a soft "mm" and adjusted his posture.
His mind wasn't racing. It was quiet. Still.
Like it always was before something changed.
A Few Minutes Earlier"Are you sure about this?" Riku had asked.
"I need someone who's awakened to push him," replied the older Tengetsu instructor beside him. "He's held back too long. Not out of fear, but instinct."
Riku gave a nod. "He doesn't like attention."
"Neither did I. Until I got mine."
The First ExchangeKaito was fast. Not reckless — practiced. His opening strike came low, a spinning sweep aimed to throw Akio off-balance.
Akio sidestepped cleanly, pivoted on the edge of his heel, and countered with a quick elbow aimed at Kaito's side. It missed by inches.
Kaito grinned. "You're better than I thought."
"Mm."
Their movements became a blur of short exchanges — blows avoided with precise footwork, counters halted just before connecting. The small crowd of clan members watching from the compound steps began murmuring.
"He's keeping up."
"He's reading Kaito's movements—"
"No, he's reacting. His eyes aren't glowing yet."
"Then how—?"
A Subtle ShiftAkio's vision was already sharper than normal, but something had begun to press inward — not from outside, but from within. His breathing remained steady. His chakra, calm. But behind his eyes, a familiar pressure built like slow-rising heat.
He remembered the dream.
The five-pointed star. The rings. The pull.
Kaito feinted again, this time faster, a blur of motion that twisted mid-air into a downward strike aimed at Akio's shoulder.
Akio moved—but not fast enough.
The blow glanced his collarbone and knocked him backward, stumbling into a low crouch.
Kaito didn't follow up. He gave a small shake of his head.
"You're good. But I can tell — you're hesitating."
Akio stood up slowly. "You're wrong."
Kaito blinked. "Then prove it."
Flicker to FlameThe pressure behind his eyes surged.
It wasn't like the flickers from before — the strange glows in mirrors, or fleeting visions in his dreams. This time, it anchored. It unfolded.
A single deep breath.
The world expanded.
In an instant, Akio saw everything — the rustle of leaves behind him, the shallow footprints to his left, the chakra flow through Kaito's limbs. It wasn't overwhelming.
It was perfectly clear.
The chakra around him shimmered in hues — light-blue calm, faint red tension. Kaito's aura flickered violet at the edges, like someone preparing to strike again.
The world had changed.
No — he had aligned with it.
The soft glow in his eyes — a single luminous star — settled at the center of his pupils, unmoving, but unmistakably active.
The Second ExchangeAkio's body adjusted on its own. Kaito launched forward again, faster than before — but Akio didn't dodge.
He vanished.
A blink of light — no, a Blink.
He reappeared behind Kaito before the older genin had finished his lunge. The movement was instantaneous — a perfect ten-meter teleport, clean and silent.
The watchers gasped.
Kaito whipped around. "What—!?"
Akio didn't attack. He simply said, in the flattest tone possible:
"Too much talking."
Kaito blinked. "Huh?"
"OK."
The word dropped like a stone, deadpan and quiet — Saitama-style.
Kaito tried to pivot back into a strike, but Akio vanished again — a second Blink, repositioning just outside Kaito's reach.
This time, Akio's hand tapped Kaito's shoulder.
"Point."
Observers React"He just teleported."
"No hand seals. No prep."
"The 1-Star? Is that—?"
Riku nodded from the side. "Confirmed."
A few of the older clan members whispered among themselves. The head steward made a note.
Riku, though, only crossed his arms tighter.
After the MatchKaito stood breathing heavily, sweat down his brow. Akio, still calm, reached up to adjust his collar.
"You win," Kaito said, not bitterly. "That's the first time I've lost to a kid."
Akio tilted his head. "I'm older than I look."
"Huh?"
He didn't explain. Riku approached before Kaito could ask anything else.
"You controlled your chakra well," Riku said. "And the Blink — clean execution. How do you feel?"
Akio looked out across the trees. "Quiet."
Riku arched a brow. "You mean calm?"
"No. I mean everything's… quieter now."
He could feel the difference. The 360° vision wasn't disorienting — it was just there, like a perfectly tuned sense. The chakra flows of others were colors and textures layered into his perception, like watching currents in a stream. And every motion around him — even behind his back — was now known.
It was not power.
It was awareness.
Tengetsu Compound Hallway – LaterThat evening, as he passed the central shrine of the compound, several of the elders watched him in silence. They didn't bow. They didn't praise. They simply acknowledged — with subtle nods and unreadable eyes.
They had all been through it.
Akio knew that now. The clan had dozens of members with active Uchūgan — some with more stars, some less — but for each, the awakening was different.
Private.
Undeniable.
Brief Talk with ShikamaruThe next morning, at the Academy, Shikamaru met Akio just before class started.
"You look different," he said flatly.
Akio blinked. "Same face."
Shikamaru scratched his head. "No. Not your face. You've got that… eyes that see too much thing going on."
"Troublesome?"
"Yeah."
They shared a quiet smirk and walked inside together.
Training Grounds – Iruka's ObservationIruka watched the kids spar again. Akio didn't volunteer. He didn't need to. His movements had changed overnight.
Not in speed. Not in strength.
But in presence.
He stood as if he already knew how the fight would go — even before it started.
Iruka scribbled something in his folder and murmured to himself.
"Just like Itachi at that age. Maybe worse."
Final Scene – Akio's RoomBack in his room, Akio sat cross-legged, eyes half-closed, studying a blank wall.
The star in his pupil shimmered faintly, casting a soft light into the dark.
He wasn't thinking about power. Or revenge. Or prophecy.
He was thinking about how many Blinks he could chain together.
And how fast he'd need to be to never let anyone touch the people he cared about.
Not again.
Not ever.
[End of Chapter 20]
The rest is an explanation of the fully awakened dojutsu. You can skip this if you aren't interested.
🌟 1-Star Uchūgan – "One Star Universe Eye"👁️ Visual Appearance✦ Default (Not Activated)
The pupil features a small, glowing white star in the center.
The iris is a deep, dark violet or indigo shade.
A faint cosmic shimmer is visible — subtle swirling patterns like distant galaxies or stardust, giving the eye a mysterious but not overly dramatic look.
The glow of the central star is soft, indicating that the dojutsu is present but not actively in use.
✦ Activated (Chakra-Channeled)The star at the center glows brightly, becoming much more luminous.
The iris swirls with clearer cosmic energy, almost like a nebula moving within the eye.
The overall eye becomes more radiant and attention-grabbing.
This visual shift indicates that the Uchūgan's abilities have been activated through chakra flow.
🔹 Abilities✅ Passive Effects (When Activated)360° Vision
The user can see in all directions without turning their head.
There are no blind spots, even directly behind or above/below the user.
Chakra Emotion/Color Reading
The Uchūgan detects chakra signatures as visible auras.
Each chakra aura reveals both emotional state (rage, fear, calm, deception) and elemental affinity (fire, wind, etc.).
Perfect Chakra Memory
The user retains a perfect visual memory of chakra flow and combat patterns they've observed.
Useful for predicting repeated jutsu usage or analyzing opponents' habits over time.
⚡ Active AbilityBlink (Short-Range Teleportation)
Allows the user to teleport up to 10 meters instantly in any direction.
Silent, fast, and without hand seals.
Cannot pass through sealing barriers, but can phase through open space and normal terrain.
Leaves no afterimage.
🔄 Cooldown Mechanics:Fixed Cooldown: 1 second between each use.
Akio's Current Delay: Around 3.5 seconds due to limited chakra control. With training, he will reduce this to the 1-second cap.
Even if Akio re-channels chakra quickly, he cannot bypass the fixed limit without evolving the dojutsu.
Detailed (blink)
Blink (1-Star Uchūgan)Uses Per Sequence: 1
You can teleport once, and then you must wait (even if just a second) to use it again.
Think of it like a single dash move — you teleport, but there's a brief cooldown or reset before another can be used.
Blink Cooldown – 1-Star UchūganBlink teleport (10 meters) has a built-in cooldown of 1 second per use, regardless of your own speed or chakra control.
Even if you rechannel chakra in 0.3 or 0.5 seconds, the eye itself imposes a mandatory 1-second recovery window before Blink can be triggered again.
This cooldown exists because the 1-Star Uchūgan can only fold space once per second — its spatial folding matrix is still basic.
Summary for 1-Star:
Max uses per sequence: 1 Blink
Cooldown before reuse: 1 second
Chakra control doesn't shorten cooldown, only makes activation more seamless and precise