Chapter 8: Chapter 8:Half dead pt-1
While Elma is being evil or something, Rikune was once again in her control room planning something. As she can now be seen working with her 'computer' while she's looking shinier than before with a bright light but instead of the bright white, she's now in a more reddish tone mixed with yellow and a bit of purple in a weird mix of colors.
Rikune: "I need to find her as fast as possible! HOW DOES SHE DARE DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS?! Didn't she say she loved him? Why is she killing him then?!"
Rikune was very frustrated at the current situation because Ingenuus is in a terrible state where it's not just about his sleeping but about his weakened soul. It's finally reached the breaking point but it happened much earlier than it should have. According to Rikune's calculations, it should have taken at least 8 years before this started happening but Ingenuus is soul seems to have weakened faster and now his soul is breaking down slowly and it will soon fully shatter and break, meaning Ingenuus won't just die and reincarnate, he'll seize to exist.
Rikune thinking of many possibilities for it to happen believes that it's mostly Elma's fault if not completely her fault since her nightmares and trying to constantly force herself into Ingenuus deeper inner self in order to be one with him must have damaged his soul more in the process.
Rikune is now trying to locate Elma in Ingenuus' soul, even if she can scan him in Ingenuus' current state it would only make things worse to scan his soul in a deeper level, so Rikune is trying to pinpoint Elma by determining the abnormalities that are present in the soul then using their location to find the origin point which is most probably Elma's location. For a very long time, Rikune tried and failed countless times before actually managing to do it.
Rikune: "Not another failure!!! Why does this keep crashing on me?! I hate this thing!!..."
Rikune: "Come on my baby little lovely device please work for mama, I love you and was just stressed I didn't mean those words before so will you please stop crashing for me..."
Rikune: "This stupid thing!!!! I'm going to recycle you!! Believe me!!..."
Rikune: "I'm was joking, I would never recycle you. I love you, please work... "
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Rikune: "I can't take any-, thank God!!! I love you so much my beautiful advanced piece of technology!!"
Rikune changed the way she addresses her 'computer' many, many times until it finally worked.
Now that it finally worked Rikune recorded the information in herself and started moving in the opposite direction to that of her 'computer' going towards a huge metal door that is at the end of the big hallway. Rikune walked until she got there and once she touched the door.
[System's Operator is not allowed to leave unless under the orders of the host or in many specific situations, the current situation doesn't apply to any of the those. In case the Operator feels the need to assist the host a new procedure essay should be reported and analyzed and only after it is approved can the operator help the host directly, but do remember you lose any rights and control over the system whenever you leave this room unauthorized]
Rikune seeing the system's warning didn't mind it at all and started shining while saying.
Rikune: "Don't worry, I can get out myself... Command override-*********- open"
Rikune said so while shining bright and the door started opening, but that didn't seem to be the only effect it had as Rikune's bright pinky finger of the left hand started turning into part particles of light floating in the air as her whole finger disappeared into nothing.
After doing so, Rikune left her control room and headed into Ingenuus soul deepest at a somewhat slow pace. After floating for a very long time Rikune reached an area with a different aura from all she felt before immediately understanding she's close to her objective Rikune stiffens and stays in high alert while travels in this area.
Rikune: "this place has a disgusting but somewhat familiar aura, it's weird... Why does it feel familiar if I never met Elma even less had any contact with her soul..."
While traveling through the deepest zone of Ingenuus soul Rikune notices something weird as she feels a certain familiarity towards an aura that is not Ingenuus soul's aura, making her wonder if there's not something else in there that she's completely unaware of.
Deciding she will take care of it if it got to that point Rikune continued moving forward. Later in deeper parts the aura, she felt earlier just kept getting stronger and stronger as well as more terrifying and disgusting making those in its range want to leave immediately but Rikune isn't going to give up so easily and decided to go on advancing.
While Rikune is slowly advancing, a black substance comes to her way blocking her path.
Rikune: "What the hell is this thing?... This substance is symmetrically similar to... No, it can't be... How would it even end up here?... Something here is very wrong."
Rikune approaches the substance and it tries to grab her but Rikune dodges in the last minute having some of her face's light absorbed by the substance. Realizing it's even worse than she pictured it to be Rikune points her left arm her the substance and.
Rikune: "Battle mode command: photon canon activate. Battle command: photon grenades"
After saying these words her left arm became a canon and she shot the black substance with glowy light balls that stuck to the black substance then started glowing brighter in the pattern of a rose before exploding and destroying the black substance blocking the way. Rikune advanced before anything else happened and while she is doing so part of her ring finger of the left-hand is turning into particles of light. Rikune also noticed that part of the black substance that survived the explosion was regenerating making her increase her pace to get to her objective as fast as possible with at least double the number of questions she had originally.
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Inside a different space one that is very peaceful and beautiful with grasslands that reach far beyond the horizon and a garden of flowers that covers all the central zone, in this garden of flowers there's a young man that looks like a teenager with about 17-19 years of age, the teen that has a silver platinum-colored hair with the tip of his hair strands being crimson red, his hair is medium size only reaching his neck with the right side bang of his hair while the left side one only reaches his jaw. This young man has handsome facial features and a well-built body that is easily noticed since the young man is now naked laying on the flowers unconscious.
In this scenery, there's also a statue, a statue of another handsome young man but one very different from the one laying on the flowers, the statue is now in a meditation-like position with his legs crossed and his fingers pressing against each other. The man represented in the statue has very long hair that easily reaches the ground with clothes that make him look like an ancient figure.
The boy laying on the flowers is Ingenuus who has now started waking up, opening his eyes Ingenuus looks at the blue sky above him with a calm expression before changing into a worried one and getting up in a hurried way.
Ingenuus: "Where am I!? How did I end up here?! What's going on ?!"
Ingenuus had a pretty agitated reaction to the situation before calming himself down a bit sitting down and then started to try piecing everything together since he noticed he no longer seems to have Rikune with him, he knows wherever he is, he's not in a normal place and something he probably has to deal with, without the system.
Ingenuus looked around to get a full picture of where he is, seeing his surroundings are that of grassland with a garden of flowers all around him, Ingenuus doesn't really know what to picture of this, it might be either one of his nightmares or something completely new since there's no sign of Elma anywhere. After a bit Ingenuus started looking at the statue and had a weird feeling inside him, he doesn't know how to describe it but there's something about that statue that draws him in.
Ingenuus: "Just, where am I? This place doesn't transmit any negative feelings but I don't know why... I have never felt so at home like now... There's a certain warmth to this place"
Ingenuus said while he laid down on the flowers while trying to figure where he is.
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In the outside world, while Tsunade is trying to find a way to wake Ingenuus up, the others were also doing their own search for a solution, starting with Kushina who was now looking through the records of the Uzumaki sealing techniques left behind by Mito Who was the host of the nine-tailed fox before Kushina.
Kushina is now looking through all those records with the help of Mikoto who doesn't believe she will be able to look through anything knowing how her clan is in terms of secrecy, so Mikoto decided to help Kushina look for a solution together.
Kushina: "Arrrhhhggg, no matter how I look at this none seems to help and the rest is just impossible to understand!!"
Kushina started complaining and whining about how all the sealing techniques she understands are of no use and the rest is simply too complex to be understood or perform. While Mikoto looked at her with a fake smile while she was having her own internal conflict for not understanding even 1/30 of what's present.
Kushina: "Mikoto, what about you found anything useful yet?"
Kushina asked with a very frustrated face at the current situation that is making her feel like things could have been better if the record were properly organized instead of scattered around.
Mikoto: "Well, I-I... Why didn't you call Minato as well? I'm sure he would be able to help with his knowledge in sealing techniques"
Mikoto was pressured by Kushina's questions since she barely understood most of those and just kept throwing the ones she didn't get into Kushina's pile without her noticing it. So, since Mikoto had done little to no actual work here she changed the subject a bit to escape because she would feel bad for lying to Kushina after having done all this.
Kushina: "Hmmm... Oh, yeah I remember now. He said something about an important mission and really wanting to help but he can't right now, I think he doesn't like Ingenuus that much, he made me answer a lot of questions because he's suspicious and I understand his suspicion, but I kinda think he's jealous, I think that's so cute of him, but Ingenuus is like the cute child I haven't had yet to me"
Kushina started rumbling in her mind for a bit before answering in a more confident tone and then she started talking about her own expectations of Minato's reaction to the situation.
Mikoto to seeing not only her plan working but her friend babbling about her boyfriend she decided to tease Kushina.
Mikoto: "Wow, you're already getting all those maternal instincts, did Minato perhaps step in? Huh, Kushina?"
Mikoto said with a mischievous and smug expression, while Kushina looked at her with a confused face.
Kushina: "What are you talking... NO! Of course not! W-we are st-still too young for that!! I'm not ready!!!"
Kushina got as red as a tomato and started having a malfunction before she had an overload and fainted.
Mikoto: "hehehehe! No way! Kushina miss no fear is not ready yet hahaha!"
Mikoto laughed seeing her long-time friend like this cause she would usually not shy away about these kinds of things but it seems something changed.
After Kushina recovered they continued searching for a solution.
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(AN: From this point on I created a slightly different background for Shizune(I never saw her real background) so basically from what I know she's Dan Katō's niece(Dan is Tsunade's boyfriend who died), so I'm just gonna say Shizune is a member of the Katō clan even though that was never said, in what I've seen and read of the story. So she's Shizune Katō at least in my story)
(AN: if you have any questions you can simply ask in the comments)
The only side left being Shizune, who is also looking for a solution in her clan's record. Shizune is a member of the Katō clan, this clan has a hidden release called spirit release besides the fact they have an affinity to all the five basic elements.
(AN: I'm not really sure if Spirit techniques are a thing only Dan could do cause it was never said so and it's a forbidden technique, so I don't think so. Anyway, I decided to make it a release instead of just a technique and a clan inheritance that only the members with the purest bloodline can get, why? Because that's how Naruto works, if you're born trash in terms of bloodline purity you're completely useless)
So, since Shizune is a pure bloodline girl who's also the clan's Princess, (why? Because I wanted it to be so) the Katō clan is one of the big clans of the hidden leaf together with the Hyuga and Uchiha, making them the big three. From which Katō is considered the most dangerous, why? Because they can turn into spirit form with their spirit release and become untouchable gods unless you had a trap barrier or seal ready to deal with them, in any other case you'll most likely get annihilated since the Uchiha have no Mangekyo Sharingan(at least known to the public and even if they did the only one who would be able to seal spirits with his Susano I suppose would be Itachi) and Hyuga can't do sh*t to spirits. So basically a crazy OP clan is born making hidden leaf even more broken then it already was.
Shizune as the princess of her own clan has almost unlimited access to the clan's records, for a quite long time Shizune searched for a technique that could help her but she didn't find anything that might be useful, still, she continued searching.
???: "Shizune! What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be assisting that woman right now? You chose that path yourself, are you giving up midway?!"
A young woman with long black hair and a good looking face came inside the room without Shizune noticing and now she has been caught going through the clan's records.
Shizune: "Aunt Uicha!... Of course, I'm not giving up. I'm here searching for a technique that might be useful for m-ma-... For Ingenuus the child I told you about previously. He's in a very bad state in the hospital and they can't find anything wrong with his physical part and his mind also seems fine even though it's blank right now at least according to Yamanaka clansmen. So I thought the problem might be spiritual, and no clan deals with that better than us in the hidden leaf. Now I'm here looking for a solution."
Shizune explained the situation with determined eyes that said I will not stop even if you try to get in my way. Uicha looked at her with strange eyes wondering who's this kid that made the usually rational Shizune act like this, Uicha got curious and seeing Shizune's determination she decided.
Uicha: "You truly look like a young maiden in love, aren't we talking about a 4 years old boy?"
Uicha saw that Shizune only wanted to protect the boy, but since Shizune came without warning anyone, even if she has access, she has to make know she'll do something like this, so she decided to tease her a little.
Shizune: "Of course not! I just want to keep Ingenuus safe because he's just a cute little boy who lost everything, similar to me, but worst. When I lost my parents only you, uncle Dan and Tsunade were nice to me while the others just wanted to get rid of me. I can't even imagine how bad it would have been for me if I didn't have anyone by my side like Ingenuus... I could never let a child like him go through that alone besides, he's very cute and special."
Shizune started talking a little about her past and got emotional while explaining why she helps the boy. Uicha could see how serious she is and nodded confirming her decision from before.
Uicha: "Please don't mention the name of that fake chested woman again in front of me, but don't worry I'll help you and if it is a spiritual problem we will know for sure"
Uicha said with a pretty dissatisfied expression at the beginning that soon changed into a caring expression that shows through her smile.
Shizune: "Thank you very much aunt Uicha!"
Shizune was very happy to have Uicha's help since she knows that Uicha has a very vast knowledge of the spiritual arts studied by her clan.
Shizune: "I know you don't like Lady Tsunade that much, but could you please make an effort to not discuss with her, she's Ingenuus legal caretaker and me with the other two are also authorized to stay with him but only with Tsunade's permission"
Shizune said with a slight seriousness that is noticeable in her happy expression.
Uicha had a complicated expression and didn't really know how to answer Shizune, but then Shizune used puppy eyes on Uicha who gave up almost immediately.
Then they both headed to the hospital.
-Hidden leaf's central Hospital-
After some time both Uicha and Shizune finally got to the hospital. Going inside things seemed to be working just as usual until they got to Ingenuus' room that had two ninjas guarding it and Uicha noticed some hidden Anbu are also guarding the room, this made Uicha wonder just who is the boy that is being treated like a treasure.
They both first had to go meet Tsunade who is working in her office.
-Inside Tsunade's office-
Tsunade who has a tired look in her face is trying her best to concentrate and work despite her obvious tiredness, Uicha seeing her in such state for someone else made her have a complicated expression while Shizune approached her and told her about her thoughts and the possibility of it being a spiritual problem. Tsunade immediately accepted the possibility and when they opened the door to go back to Ingenuus' room they found Kushina and Mikoto with different levels of tiredness on their faces since Kushina was much more tired than Mikoto.
Not losing time they all head to Ingenuus' room while Kushina explains that they found a sealing technique that can seal all evil in one's body in an object, which means sickness and etc can be sealed, and they bought a jar used as a container but it was dangerous and required some conditions.
After they all exchanged ideas it decided that Shizune and Uicha would try first because their idea first since they want to check Ingenuus condition, that being a crucial step to finding a solution.
When they finally reached Ingenuus' room Tsunade told the guards to get out of the way and everyone went inside, Uicha being the most curious one to see Ingenuus, unlike the others who are just worried about his state. Uicha was slightly disappointed with the long black hair at first sight but soon forgot about it because of the presently fully black eyes that are opened. For Uicha that was like something was used to hit her head hard since she felt something absolutely wrong with the boy in front of her no matter how she thought of it.
Uicha approached Ingenuus body with a very intrigued look in her eyes and while she's inspecting Ingenuus body Tsunade wanted to stop her but Shizune asked to let Uicha work her way, so Uicha used a ninja technique.
Uicha: "{Spirit release: Soul eyes of truth technique}"
After she used the technique Uicha's eyes started shining with a bluish glint and she widened them upon looking at Ingenuus as she just saw something that she never had seen in her whole life. First was the fact she couldn't fully analyze Ingenuus soul actually she probably didn't even uncover even 5% of it, and it was already the most confusing and complex soul structure she has ever seen. Second It has a lot inside of it, this soul is full of other things but she could only see two things one is a different soul that is much simpler but still very weird with flames covering it and a pitch-black aura all overthe place. The last thing she saw is.
Uicha: "This boy's soul is completely shattered and should already have broken a long time ago... He'll basically died instantly when that happens and now it could happen at any moment. I wonder how did it this boy get such damage..."
Uicha was so surprised she let these words out without even noticing she did so, making everyone look at her with a worried expression since Uicha looked like she just saw a monster which isn't exactly the wrong way to put it.
While Uicha is lost in her own thoughts the girls behind her had little patience and wanted to know, what's going on? As fast as possible, so Shizune gets closer to Uicha and asks.
Shizune: "Aunt Uicha? Is Ingenuus ok?"
Shizune said with a very worried expression that is obvious in all of the girls their expressions.
Uicha seeing Shizune this worried said.
Uicha: "This boy he... He's in the line between life and death if we don't repair his soul immediately, he'll break at any moment and die. (his death won't be a simple one since his soul will get destroyed and there will be no reincarnation or afterlife for him)"
Uicha said very seriously with an expression that only enforced what she said, then she had thought of the consequences she doesn't want Shizune to be aware of.
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