Chapter 3: Chapter 3
This deep sleep was not so deep at all.
The light of the sun awoke Yujito.
He sat up and stretched, the wind flying gently against his face.
"Okay," He said to himself, "So that village I lived in was destroyed and I don't know who it was that did it."
His thoughts flew around in his head for a while.
'Was it bandits? Or maybe a clan?' Yujito thought, however, he sighed in defeat, 'I wonder if anyone else escaped,'
'What was it named again? Kaisu Village? That was probably what it's named. Damn, I've been there for five years and I cannot remember the village's name,'
Yujito looked down and saw the kunai gripped tightly in his hand.
'That's the nail in the coffin,' He thought, 'Might as well swing it around,'
Soon he found himself facing the tree. With a breath, he began to slash and slice, creating marks in the wood.
The skills he displayed were even more surprising.
"Wow," He said, "When did I get this skill?"
"Oh yeah, the system,"
Another thought crossed his mind.
"I wonder what those levels mean?"
A box appeared.
•••
Dong! Dong!
You have activated the Conventional tab of the System.
This is what it said on the tin... And it shall answer whatever you are struggling with in its best way!
The levels are included below:
0-10: Genin Level
11-30: Chūnin Level
31-60: Jōnin Level
61-100: Kage Level
Hope this has aided you, Boss.
•••
"Interesting," Yujito said, starting at the levels, "It's weird that it's not a 25 thing, but this does mean my speed is Jōnin Level, right?"
He looked at the Kage level.
Its limit of 100 confused him.
'Does the number end at a hundred?' He thought, 'It didn't say anything, but my skills could reach Kage level,'
Yujito shivered, 'If that's the case, I could probably survive an extra second against Madara and Hashirama if I encounter them,'
To be fair, he was a civilian the last time he checked, so maybe that second was exaggerated.
The kunai was flung several times after that. Then, it stopped.
Before he said system, Yujito thought of something silly.
'System Skills'
•••
Skills:
Kunai: (Lvl 30)
Spear: (Lvl 1)
Speed: (Lvl 40)
•••
'I'm not surprised that it worked,' He thought, 'but should I be levelling up this fast?'
In the end, he found it pretty useful either way.
But after a while, he decided that the tree was not a great spot to call home, so he left.
Despite his two hands holding the spear that was taller than him, the kunai sat comfortably on the side of his pants.
He had to be careful though. A cut is not something he would want.
Soon, he came across a river.
'I do need a drink,' He thought, 'and the water should be safe, hopefully,'
Yujito knelt down and reluctantly began to drink from the flowing river.
His caution went away as this liquid quenched a thirst he was beginning to gain.
The reflection that stood before him reminded Yujito that this kid had dark blue hair.
Once he drank his fill, Yujito moved back and stood up.
Perhaps he won't get a disease.
Although, another thing took his attention.
CLANG!
CLANG!
CLANG!
Bashes were heard not too far away from his position.
'Could be a fight,' He thought, 'I would run, but this is a dangerous era in Naruto, so I will do the complete opposite,'
Gripping the spear, he felt his hands shake as he walked nearer and nearer.
All he had to do was follow the damn path, and it reached the point of interest.
There was combat.
Combat between kids.
As he watched, he saw ten shinobi. They had to be shinobi. Their clothing and speed were not the levels of a bandit.
There were five on each side, each wanted to kill the other.
After that, the sounds of children screaming were not on his agenda.
Even though he tried to feel something for those poor kids, he of course felt nothing.
But, the clash ground to a halt. Five kids were surrounding the last one from the other side.
'Perhaps, I should try and see what clan they are from,' Yujito thought, walking off the path, crouching and moving a little closer.
Even then, he still could not tell what clan these guys were from, but he knew one thing.
This fight was far from over.
The kid in the middle, whose clothes were a dark yellow, turned his left arm to his right then turned his right arm to his left. They were both gripping into fists as if he would release an ability.
That came in a shout from that kid.
"Wind Style: Duel Winding Blades!"
As it was called, two transparent swords appeared by his hands, their handles gripped by the menace.
The swords were not like a katana. They were not thin, but thick. The blades were straightened, and not curved.
This did not stop the shinobi from releasing his arms like tightened elastic bands.
The swords were too fast for the kids.
The right one reached two kids.
One was holding a katana to his right pretty high while the other held a kunai.
The blade made its way through a stomach. Then, it reached the next kid's head, slicing above the ear to the bottom of the other one.
The left blade also made its way to two shinobi.
One had a katana, while the other had a sword a bit shorter. A Wakizashi.
Both were in a lowered position.
This made the air blade slice through both of them from below the shoulder, in the upper arm, through the chest, ending at slashing the other.
Despite this movement, one Shinobi stood.
Or more accurately, fell, dropping the sickles onto the ground next to him, and used his hands to scramble away.
Yujito looked at him, he saw a cut.
A few nasty cuts.
One on his left leg, another on his right arm, and a line going horizontally through his chest.
He crouched and moved a little closer, yet still far away.
Then, he heard the dark yellow-clothed shinobi speak.
"You Uchiha...fought well,"
'Wait,' Yujito raised an eyebrow, 'They are Uchiha? Then who is this?'
Then, he took a step forward, negating all the short bursts of movement the Uchiha on the floor made.
"I shall give you an honourable death,"
Just then, Yujito thought about something.
Should he save that Uchiha, or should he let the other guy finish him off? He did not have a soft spot for the Uchiha, but they were basically one of the most powerful clans in this era.
But, this could be a fight he could gain experience from.
He was not one to start a brawl, but with the system at the back of his head, his skills had to level up.
'Screw it,' Yujito thought, 'I don't really care what side I will be on, but that wind blade guy is the strongest one here,'
Before he launched his plan, he inwardly kicked himself for wanting to kill a kid.
Just as the kid was about to stab the blades into the Uchiha, he felt something charging behind him.
So he quickly turned his back and deflected a thrust attack from a spear.
He locked eyes with the blue-haired kid in front of him.
'He's a civilian,' He thought, bending his legs, 'however, he attacked me first, so he must be defending that Uchiha,'
The kid shot off. Out of sight from Yujito.
'Holy crap!' He thought.
Then he felt it.
A feeling that chewed at him, wanting his attention.
The feeling of death.
His body acted first and spun to the left, and placed the spear in front of him.
A bash shook his arms, and the shinobi was in front of him, a wind blade pushing against the wooden stick.
The enemy had a surprised look on his face before backflipping a few feet.
"Impressive," He said, raising the swords, and launching himself at his target.
A wind blade dashed through the air toward Yujito.
He responded by blocking the attack with the spear.
Another blade, another block.
The attacks only got faster and faster, with poor Yujito trying his best not to get hit.
Though, once it felt faster, it became slower.
He was even able to think while in the barrage.
'He's going faster,' He thought, blocking another strike, 'yet, why does it feel the same?'
A strike came where Yujito was caught off guard.
Surprisingly, his body reacted and blocked, and instead of the sword retreating, it tilted slightly.
In fact, Yujito had deflected the attack and sent the kid falling.
But he acted quickly and swung the spear forward.
His enemy saw this and quickly dashed back heaving.
Once they were a distance apart, a line of red appeared on the kid's face.
"What's your name?" Yujito's enemy asked him, trying to stay up.
Yujito was quite reluctant to say, but he had come to terms that he would kill this kid, so he caved in.
"Yujito," He answered, the name now familiar to him, "Yujito Sujinkade,"
However, he was not going to let that chance get away.
"Who are you?" He shot that question at his enemy a moment after he answered.
The kid smirked, "Ito Moru, part of the Moru clan,"
'Moru clan?' Yujito thought, 'Never heard of these guys,'
'It's as if he does not know of my clan's existence,' Ito thought, staring at Yujito, 'yet his name, it does not look like he is part of a clan,'
Ito noticed Yujito was still thinking.
'That does not matter though,' He thought, bending his legs, 'I have a chance,'
Again Ito disappeared, and Yujito noticed that.
However, a gush of wind blew by.
'Wait,' Yujito began to shiver, 'Is he...'
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ito using the same strategy, now to the right.
So, the spear adjusted to block the attack.
Though, Yujito felt no resistance.
Instead, he saw Ito flow with the wind, to the left, raising his left arm.
'...using the wind to move faster!?' Yujito was able to move to the left, but Ito moved again.
It was a lot of feints.
Then, Ito disappeared.
Yujito instinctively looked up, then behind him.
Just as he appeared, Ito disappeared.
Although, there was something that Yujito was beginning to notice.
'So why...' He quickly turned back, and saw Ito attacking for real, he raised his spear and prepared for the force.
'...is he so slow?'
At that moment, Ito attacked with both blades, he knew Yujito would block it again.
Actually, he hoped he would.
When Yujito blocked, hope seeped into him.
The two wind swords slashed at the spear.
The middle.
And just as he hoped, the spear was sliced through.
'Finally,' He thought, 'Even if he dodges this, there is no way he will survive my other attacks,'
So Ito let the blades fall to his enemy, waiting for that dodge to follow up with another attack to hopefully defeat this opponent.
This was not the case, as Yujito dropped the now-in-half spear, and pulled out a kunai with his right hand.
Confusion entered Ito at that moment, but it looked as if Yujito had dug his own grave.
However, at an insane amount of speed, Yujito directed the kunai into the blade's path and deflected them.
Wide eyes were now on Ito's face. How could this random civilian beat him in speed? How did he even beat his wind enhancement jutsu?
All these questions wasted Ito's time, and he could not react to a kick that sent him flying away.
He, despite being exhausted, was able to land on his feet as he skidded across the ground.
His gaze went forward. Yujito was in a fighting stance.
In that moment, he flashed away.
The Uchiha, who was watching this, saw a blur dash near him, then away. He noticed his sickles were gone.
On the other end, Ito felt something.
He felt his heart begin to pound.
'This feeling,' He thought, his flight or fight instinct sinking in, 'I must get out of here!'
A pain in the left side of his stomach brought that out of his head. He looked down.
The blade of a sickle was lodged into that area.
Before he could scream, another sickle jabbed into the right part of his chest.
Only then, a single thought went through his frenzied head.
'Who...' He saw Yujito with his head turned and a kunai in his mouth, '...is this guy?'
A breath escaped Yujito's clenched lips, and he shoved the kunai's shaped blade into Ito's chest.
Not a second later, and Ito was on the ground.
'Damn, I missed his neck,' Yujito thought, pulling out the kunai, 'now's my chance,'
He grasped it in his hand and raised it.
But before he could unleash the final blow, Ito's voice stopped him.
"You...gck...fought well, Yujito," He coughed again, blood rolling down his cheeks, "I deserve this...honourable death,"
Then, Yujito saw something that he would never forget.
Despite not feeling anything, he saw the very life essence from Ito's eyes escape, leaving a corpse of its former self.
Standing up, Yujito let out a big sigh.
'It's over,' He thought, 'I may not have felt anything, but this memory of killing a kid will stick with me,'
He then turned to the Uchiha who was still laying on the floor.
The Uchiha had his Sharingan out. On them, a tomoe circled around and around.
However, Yujito would never have thought to have seen an Uchiha tremble with his Sharingan activated.
A moment later, the Uchiha decided to speak.
"Are you going to kill me?" He spoke in a panicked tone.
Yujito thought about it and shook his head.
"I have no reason to," He responded.
"Well then," The Uchiha responded, seeing his wounds, "actually could you do me a favour?"
"What would that be?" Yujito asked, curious about what it was.
"Could you help me back to my camp?" He asked, rolling a bandage around his leg, "I know this seems strange, and I am putting myself in danger, but I have to take the risk,"
'Well, he is naive,' Yujito thought, 'Makes sense since he is a kid around the same age as me, but he is at my mercy, and if he tries anything, that's another kid down,'
"So, uh," He began, trying to stand but, flinching and clutching his left leg, "What do you say? I'll pay you!"
"Hmm," Yujito mumbled, 'Oh crap, I forgot about money, so perhaps this is the best bet,'
"Alright," Yujito answered, walking to the injured Uchiha and helping him up, 'Let's go,'
He felt the kid's left arm around his neck and some of his weight.
"My group's camp is that way," He pointed with pain to a direction, which went off the road, but Yujito could not care, "That's where we are to go,"
Yujito nodded and began to heave the limping Uchiha.
'I wonder.'
"What's your name?" Yujito asked, "You know mine, so I think it's fair if you give me yours,"
The Uchiha nodded, "My name's Norokugo,"
Yujito nodded at this.
Just then, a blue box appeared.
•••
Acquired new skills!
This includes:
Ninjutsu:
Wind Release (Lvl 1)
Bukijutsu:
Sickle (Lvl 10)
Kekkei Genkai:
Sharingan
Passive ability:
Wind Affinity
•••
Staring at these new skills, Yujito was bewildered.
He had questions that needed answering.
Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
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