19 Chapter 19

Meanwhile, Training Ground Three, Konohagakure

Izuna smiled and said, "I need to give you something important."

Naruto was kind of excited. He was hoping for some kind of new jutsu. Izuna then used Kamui and brought a longsword. It was made of Chakra metal. It was 150 cm long in total and 4cm wide. Naruto himself was only 155cm tall. Its blade was 125 cm and the hilt and the hilt was itself 25cm long. It was long by all standards. It was a double edged sword. Its edges were just 0.001 mm thick, i.e. it was very sharp and it could cut through almost all weapons. It was just 0.1mm thick in the centre. It had a diamond in centre of its crossguard*. It could basically absorb any chakra from its user and amplify it. The hilt's grip** was made of extremely strong chakra metal and was covered by chakra enhanced leather for better grip. The hilt's pommel*** was lighter than the usual long blade pommel for enhanced speed. The blade itself didn't have a fuller, to have more speed. The central ridge*4 was the thickest part with the thickness of 0.1 mm. At the end the blade was streamlined for the last ten cm and the point was very sharp. The blade was also chakra enhanced for more strength and durability, so even a very strong battle hammer wouldn't be able to break it even when the sword was at its weakest. It was very light weighing only 10g, including the hilt and the blade, with the hilt itself weighing 8grams. The scabbard had two seals on the front end- one at the bottom and one at the top. The sword had a seal on the back end and had the symbols of all the five elemental chakra types engraved on it in gold.

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Crossguard*- On a sword, the crossguard, or cross-guard, also known as quillons, is a bar of metal at right angles to the blade, placed between the blade and the hilt.

The hilt's grip**- The grip is the handle of the sword.

The hilt's pommel***- The pommel is an enlarged fitting at the top of the handle.

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Then Izuna brought out a scabbard from his Kamui. It was golden in colour with the ends in silver. They had only been painted gold but they were made of chakra metal as well. The thickness of the scabbard, excluding the hollow part for the sword, was more than the thickness of the sword being 1mm thick along the central ridge and 0.08mm thick along the edges on the outside. Naruto was seeing it excitedly. He wanted that sword at all costs.

Izuna said with pride, "This sword was made by my father, Tajima Uchiha. As you know, he breathed his last peacefully last year and he wanted me to give this sword to you when you were ready. That was his last wish. That is why I am going to give you this double edged longsword. My father gave this to me when I was about fifteen years old, more or less five years before the third Great Shinobi War. He made it himself after the First Great Shinobi War. This has been made up of Chakra metal and chakra enhanced materials. There is no weapon in the world that can break it. It can cut through almost anything without a problem. This diamond over here is a rare object. It enhances the chakra he user pours into the hilt of the sword before it reaches the blade. Wielding this blade is extremely difficult. In case you want to beat your opponent without breaking his weapon, you should fight without removing the scabbard. The scabbard itself is as good as a normal sword. Never remove the scabbard unless completely necessary. By pouring in chakra, you can make the edges even sharper. The name this sword this sword has earned is Kami no Ken/God's Sword and Shi no ken/Death's sword due to the strength and sharpness of the unsheathed sword and that nobody, but its users, who has seen it unsheathed has ever survived. There are two seals on the scabbard. Upon using the seal on the bottom, both the scabbard and the sword get sealed off. Upon using the top seal only the scabbard gets sealed off so that you can use it unsheathed. The sword has one seal on the back using which the sword gets sheathed. I will give this sword to you when and only when I deem that you are ready." Saying so, He sealed it off.

Naruto's face had lit up during Izuna's speech but upon hearing the last sentence, his face drooped down. He looked at Izuna and asked, "When will I be ready?"

Izuna smiled and said, "I will deem you ready if you show me that your Katon, Raiton, Suiton, Daton, Fuuton and Mokuton is at least as good as mine."

Naruto's jaw dropped to the floor. He asked in surprise, anguish and fear, "As good as yours?"

Izuna looked up, folded his left arm, put his right hand on his chin as though he was thinking and said, "Yeah, as good as mine." Then he grinned.

Naruto said in fear, "I guess I shall wait for a few years in that case." He smiled and tried to retreat but his father said, "If you don't try today, I shall never give this sword to you till my death and I have a long time before my death."

Naruto gulped. He said, "Well, I shall try."