Chapter 217: NLS191-204
Chapter 191
Misu opened the pot and went through several hand seals which
allowed her to create a tube of chakra flowing from Anko's neck to the
pot. And I had the most important role of her, I was going to release
Orochimaru.
I activated the mystical palm jutsu, lighting up my hand with a green
glow. I turned to Anko, "you sure about this?"
She nodded, "yeah. I am. Even if it kills me...I refuse to be a puppet."
I nodded, "right," I took out a set of goggles and strapped them on.
They were tinted so only I could see through, and no one could see
inside.
"What's the goggles for kid? A fashion statement?" Anko asked with a
chuckle.
I smiled, "it's a special set of google that allows me to focus my chakra
sensory skills. Now shut up, your sexy voice is distracting me."
Le successful!
The truth is the only reason I wore these goggles is because I don't
want people to see me activate my sharingan. I would need it's ability
to see people's chakra veins to work on removing Anko's seal.
"Evil Releasing seal!" I made a Horse hand seal and placed my green
glowing hand on ANko's neck.
"ARGH!" she cried out in pain, gritting her teeth and slowly a giant
three headed white snake began pouring out of Anko's neck.
I carefully used my chakra to unwind Orochimaru's chakra from Anko's
own network. I then healed her body as each stem of Orochimaru's
soul was removed. Misu then guided the three headed snake into the
pot, activating the seals and made the pot seem like a living body,
activating the containment seals around the pot.
"Keep pushing babe! You're almost there!" I encouraged her as the
chakra unwound itself from her body.
"YARGH!" Anko screamed as the last of Orochimaru's soul was ripped
out and put into the pot. I immediately began to heal her wounds while
Misu sealed the pot up, trapping the snakes soul inside of it.
I sighed as I began close Anko's wounds, Misu took the pot away and
put it into another Uzumaki special seal that would prevent it from
leaving, even if it broke the pot.
The gaurd platoon stopped their flow of chakra and sighed in relief.
Anko's breath slowly returned to normal. I finished healing her as the
doctor and nurse came up, examining her thoroughly.
"I-Is it over?" Anko asked.
"Yeah, it's over," I smiled.
Ping!
Quest Completed!
Rewards:
Permanent 100 REP with Anko (unless you perform an
unforgivable act)
+5 Skill scroll
Cursed Seal of Heaven formula!
I smiled at the 100 REP thing, which is totally awesome. And the skill
scroll would be useful too. And the formula for the seal of heaven does
peak my interest. If I can get rid of the bad stuff and just use the
good...hm, could be game changing.
Misu and I packed up, thanked the platoon for their help, and went to
see Anko in the recovery wing. Anko was asleep, which was too bad,
but, she did look peaceful which was something.
Misu decided to go back home while I wanted some fresh air. It had
been a long four days making that pot, I'm just glad it worked. I walked
around the park and sat down, relaxing in the pleasant wind I felt in my
face.
I opened my inventory and took out the +5 skill scroll. While I should
probably use it on my chakra enhanced strength or something, I
decided to have some fun and used it on flirting instead;
Flirting, Lv- 17 (0%)
Your ability to charm your target to drop their gaurd, confuse
them or getting them to like you.
43% chance of it working (+40% from Ladies man) (+30% from
nobel)
+5 REP bonus if works
Yup, with chances like this there's no way the ladies can resist me now.
Thank you Ladies man perk! And speaking of perks, I wonder if I got
any new one's thanks to Anko gaining 100 REP with me?
I opened it up and found two oddly enough;
A woman's bed- Gain +10,000 EXP every time your lover(s) and
you share an orgasim together. (Conditions to unlock- Achieve
100 REP rate with a woman) PP cost- 20
Snake summoner- Gain a the snake summoning contract.
(Conditions to unlock- Achieve 100 REP with a snake summoner)
PP cost- 40
….I want the first one. I want it, I want it! I need it!
Ping!
You have obtained the perk: A woman's bed!
A woman's bed- Gain +10,000 EXP every time your lover(s) and
you share an orgasim together.
And as for the snake summoner thing, I never was much of a snake
person. Hate those things, so sneaky and deadly. But...that did get me
thinking, what kind of animals do I summon? My curiosity took hold and
soon I was on a mission.
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Find your summons and form a contract!
Rewards:
Summoning contract!
Failure:
Possible death/dismemberment
Do you Accept?
Y/N?
I of course pressed yes and took off, intent on finding more information
in the library. I found a lot, mostly just a general guideline, but I also
found several summoning contracts in the library itself.
The thing is, a summoning contract is a very powerful and private
thing. Usually only a powerful ninja would have one, and they would in
turn only allow their students to sign it, like Jiraiya did with the Fourth
and Naruto.
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But there were common summoning scrolls that anyone who earns the
right to sign them get to us. Like the turtle scroll, the dog scroll and the
rat scroll which was the village's basic summoning scrolls.
Only jounin level ninjas could use them however, and I really wasn't
interested. It was honestly a pain. Plus it's not like I need a summoning
contract, I do infact have pokemon….but no way to use it.
Hm, maybe I should make it so that everyone believes that the
pokemon are my summons! A custom made summoning scroll that
integrated my pokeballs and the space and time factors of the
summoning jutsu!
But the quest, it implied I needed to find my summons, hm, that could
take a while, and I only have to days left in my break. So I'll do that
later, for now, I need to figure out how to make my pokemon seem like
summons.
Two Days Later:
It was the day of departure and I now sprouted six new seals on my
arms, three on my left forearm and three on my right. They were
covered by bandages, keeping everyone unawre of what they could
do, but needless to say, I had succeeded in creating a pseudo
summoning contract.
I was called into the jonin HQ and inside found myself in meeting room
4 where Zabuza and Haku were already present. The ten jonin that
were assigned to this mission was also present, taking up the front
three rows.
We had three aburame's, four Inuzuka's, a clanless ninja that was
covered with scars and two medical kunoichis.
"Morning!" I smiled as I waved at everyone as I walked in. the Jounins
smiled and waved while I sat next to them, while Zabuza just glared at
me, though Haku did smile back. Just then the doors opened as
around 20 chunin walked in, sitting down behind us. They were all a lot
older than me, probably had a lot of combat experience.
"Alright everyone, settle down," a Nara walked in and judging form his
name and how familiar he looked I'm guessing he was Shikamaru's
dad;
Shikaku Nara, Jonin commander
Lv- 72
REP- 60
He yawned as he took the podium and looked around, he then nodded
to Zabuza who came forward standing next to the Nara with Haku by
his side.
Shiaku then explained the mission, what we were going to do, how we
were going to do it and what the Demon of the Mist was doing standing
right next to them looking calm and almost bored.
"...And that's about it," he sighed, "you'll follow Zabuza's lead,
essentially, he's in charge. We give Kiri that image, but in reality Tota
will be the lead on this," Nara pointed to the scanned clanless ninja,
"any questions?"
No one spoke, professions, nice.
"Good. Now, Zabuza will explain the mission parameters," Shikaku said
as he stepped away and walked towards me, taking the free seat next
to me. He turned to me and gave a slight nod, which I gave back.
"Right," Zabuza said stepping before us and grumbled, "honestly, I
hoped I would get more help but...whatever, you get what you get.
Hopefully you won't blame us for dieing because you stepped into a
fight that isn't your own."
The ninjas around looked unimpressed at Zabuza's attempts to rile
them up, Obviously they wouldn't fall for something that stupid. The
missing nin then began his talk, detailing where we were going to lad,
how we needed to go about making contact with the resistance and
how we have to behave.
After the briefing we were lead into the armoury, I had never actually
gotten a proper introduction into this place, no time. I either was on
missions or was training and since the Hokage never told anyone to do
it, I guess they just didn't bother.
Damn, now that I think about it, even though I am a tokubetsu jonin, no
actually treats me like one. They still see me as a kid! The people I
worked with, Ko and team eleven, they respected me, even Kakashi
and Zabuza had respect for me, but these guys? No way.
Anyway, since I didn't know the route I moved to the man and followed
the team, which was labeled Team Wet Wood. We ended up in a locker
room eerily similar to the ANBU room and before us was a table filled
with identical gear, handed out to each person.
Each person got a grey cloak with black and white camouflage patterns
and a new set of weapons, which I really didn't need.
"Alright, as I call out your names step forward and receive your mask,"
Shikaku said as he held up a porcelain white mask with numbers on
them. They looked like the hunter nin mask that Haku first wore, but
these had red, green and brown patterns on them.
"Tota, you're number one," the Nara tossed him the mask, "medics
Sushi and Furo, 2.1 nd 2.2," and like that he went, tossing people their
masks.
By then we were all in our new gear, all ready for anything. But as
more and more people gained their mask I started to grow worried,
where was mine? And soon, the masks were gone.
"Alright, now that we're all set up let's move," Nara turned to Tota and
Zabuza, "good luck you two. You'll need it."
"Ah, excuse me jonin commander Nara? I don't have a mask," I called
out.
The man turned to me and smirked, "tokubetsu jonin Yami correct?"
I nodded, "yes sir."
"Right, well you're under special orders from the Hokage Yami, you
aren't allowed to hide your face," he pointed to my face mask ad hood,
"take them off. Since you're already an A rank in the bingo books we
want you showing off for a bit, got that?"
I nodded, "make lots of noise, show off, look sexy while doing it. Got it."
"Is he related to Anko?" a jonin asked in a whisper as a few chuckled.
Nara smirked, "right. Oh, and one more thing, the Hokage told me to
tell you that you aren't allowed to show the red while during the
mission, unless it is a life or death situation. Do you know what that
means?"
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'No sharingan huh? Hm,' I nodded, "I do," I pulled down my hood and
face mask showing my real face to everyone.
"Huh, so that's what you look like huh?" Zabuza snorted.
I smiled, "why? Are you falling in love me with Zabu? You know I'm
straight right?"
"Annoying brat," the man hissed.
"Nice one kid," said number 4.1, a chunin and jonin number four. She
has short spiky brown hair and was around level 45. God, how can
someone so old be so weak?! Ah! This is infuriating!
"As I was saying, good luck, all of you," Nara nodded, "you'll need it.
Dismissed!"
"Sir!" we saluted the man and went out in a swarm.
"Yami, take lead on this," Tota, now called 1, ordered, "you're a chakra
sensor right?"
I nodded, "yes. My range is about 800 feet sir."
"Okay, they take the lead. Number 5 and 4," he pointed at the
Inuzuka's and their wolf like dogs, "gaurd him. Chunin ranks follow
behind Zabuza, Haku and myself, 2.1 and 2.2, behind them and the
rest bring up the rear."
"Right," we nodded as we all began to move into position, with my
protected by 5 and 4, whose giant dogs kept close to my side.
We travelled at around high chunin speeds, surprisingly the weakest
chunin, number 3.2 whose level was only 43, could still keep up. I think
it must be because of age and leveling up his skills. Obviously levels
weren't a clear cut answer to how strong a person was. Example a,
me.
We kept this pace through the day and into the night. I honestly wasn't
bother by much because of this, not at all, but, the chunins, especially
3.2, started to get tired. We did however reach a coastal town by
nightfall and hired a boat to take us across the ocean to Kiri.
We were out into international water by midnight, and it was only then
when 1 allowed us all to get some rest. Though I didn't need it, I did
have to pretend I did, else they would grow suspicious as to how I can
stay awake without any negative effects.
The boat rocked gentle across the calm seas as we sailed for over a
week. Kiri was a far away group of islands just off the coast and the
Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning, as such it rarely ever was much
of a country that was involved with any major wars or rivalry. It was far
removed, which was both good and bad.
The night before we reached the land I found myself on lookout duty,
since we were approaching a cluster of islands filled with ninjas, there
were bound to be a few people who would note a boat full of ninjas
coming for them.
As I stood at the ship's portside I noticed someone else come up from
below deck, Zabuza and Haku. They walked onto the deck and walked
towards me.
"Did you get anything kid?" Zabuza asked.
I shook my head, "it's clear for over 800 feet...although there are some
creepy ass fish in this part of the sea," I noted looking down to see a
giant fish fin rise up from the sea surface, splashing back down almost
instantly.
"Kiri's water's are dangerous, and not just because of the ninja. We
have sea monsters living in the waves. Some are….less friendly than
others."
"Do you guys have mermaids?" I asked.
He blinked and turned to me, "what?" Haku was chuckling softly in the
distance.
"Mermaids. You know, bottom half fish, top half woman? Totally hot?
Don't….you don't have those here?"
"Are you talking about the Hoshigaki clan?"
I blinked, "Kisame's clan? What about them?"
"They are a clan of ninjas with shark like features. Kisame is just one of
them."
"Huh...do the women also have sharp teeth?"
"Sharper."
"Nevermind then," I shuddered.
Zabuza laughed, "yeah kid, don't' even think about it. I heard from a
friend about a ninja dumping a Hoshigaki kunoichi that ended with his
cock bitten off. You don't' want to fuck with that clan."
I nodded, "yup. So...what's Kiri like?"
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"You know what Konoha is, loud, stuffy and covered with forest. So
what's your village like?"
"It's...wet," he turned away and walked to the other side of the ship,
ignoring me and Haku.
"Don't take his actions personally," Haku replied, "he hasn't been home
in a long time. To him it's still a place he would rather forget."
"And you?" I asked, "you're from the Yuki clan yes? An ice user. Would
you prefer if you didn't return?"
Haku smiled and shook his head, "no...to me, this land is still
home...though I can't say I look forward to being back to a place that
hates me for something I have no control over."
I sighed, "that's sad Haku...so tell me, are you really a guy? Because
you're way too cute for that."
Haku smiled, "I assure you, I'm a guy."
I looked at his neck, but oddly enough it was covered by a turtleneck
collar, "show me your neck."
Haku blinked, "excuse me?"
"Your neck, show it to me. If you're really a guy you'll have an Adam's
apple. So...show me."
Haku blinked, "I...I don't' think that's necessary now."
I blinked, "oh my God….you're a girl!"
"Heh, about time you figured it out," Zabuza grumled.
"Lord Zabuza! Don't encourage him!" Haku cried out, and that moment
of doubt I pressed my hand against 'his' throat and felt it smooth, no
adam's apple, "shit!" Haku cried out as she slapped my hand away,
"what is the hell is wrong with you?!"
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I blinked, "you are a girl! Ha! This is hilarious!"
Haku growled as she turned away and walked back inside, growling
under her breath. She slammed the lower deck door shut, I could see
ice forming on the handle.
"You've done it now kid," Zabuza said as he turned around, "she'll
probably freeze your balls off for that stunt."
I shrugged, "if she does I'll just thaw them out, no biggy. So why did
she hide her gender anyway?"
"A lot of people would want the last daughter of a bloodline clan like
hers," Zabuka explained, "we perfected her male identity for her own
safety. And if you tell anyone about it," he turned to me leaking an
obscene amount of killing intent, "I'll fucking kill you."
I shrugged, "you can try," he growled, "fine, fine, I promise, I won't tell
anyone. Shesh, it's not like I want her to be molested."
The man huffed and looked away, his eyes fixed on the horizon. We
sailed until eventually I could see land coming up thanks to my 8.0
eyesight perk. The ninjas came out from under deck and we all go
ready, suiting up and arming ourselves.
The boat stopped a kilometer away from land as we hopped off and ran
the rest of the way to land, water walking as quietly as we could. The
boat then sailed away, intent for a trading port nearby to trade its
goods, a boat coming all the way out here only to turn back would have
been just too obvious.
We managed to reach land, Zabuza taking the lead as we walked
through a bamboo field heading East.
We couldn't run, going that fast would only attract attention towards
ourselves. And around an hour later we came upon a campsite, a
bandit camp site.
"What do we do?" 1 asked Zabuza.
"We sneak around," the kiri ninja explained as he observed the bandits,
"they look like they have raided some merchant's caravan, they won't
bother us."
"What exactly are we trying to do here?" I asked.
Zabuza looked at me, "we're trying to gain information about the land
and what's going on."
"Then let's do that," I replied cracking my knuckles, "I'll take them down
and you lot and interrogate them."
"There are around thirty men down there," 1 said motioning to the
campsite, "you can't take them down without drawing attention to us."
"Genjutsu," I replied.
1 and Zabuza looked at each other before the Kiri ninja nodded, "if
you're confident about that, then go ahead kid."
"Right," I stepped forward and went through hand seals for an A rank
genjutsu I learned in the library;
Temple of Nirvana jutsu, A rank
A powerful genjutsu that generates a fluttering rain of sleepinducing, illusory white feathers.
CP cost- 1,000 CP
Area affected- 100 square feet (per 1,000 CP used)
It was the same ninjutsu Suna used in the Chunin exams when Naruto
was involved. I threw my charka out which entered into all thirty
enemy's chakra viens, influencing their minds to see white feathers rain
down from the sky. Soon they all dropped down asleep and my team
moved out.
We tied them up, stripped them of their gear and then began
integrating them. While they did that I was waiting for my peace lover
and peace briner perks to kick in. But surprisingly I didn't any bonuses
for sparing the lives of all the bandits.
Hm, it did say sparing them in battle, so maybe it wouldn't work if I
didn't actually fight them. Hm, something to keep in mind.
Finally they were done, One gathered us all around as we used the
bandit's campsite for ourselves.
"Here's what we know so far," Zabuza said as Haku held up a map of
the Land, "Kiri has seven islands around it's main chunk of land that it
controls, the others are mostly uninvolved or have their own daimyo in
it. So for now we focus on these islands. Each is named after a
weather style, Cloud, Rain, Mist, Lightning, Sunny, Storm and Sky. The
main island is just referred to as Kiri.
"These Islands are divided by straight's of water keeping them apart. It
would take a chunin a day to cross the strait between each island, as
such most conflits don't pour over immediately into each island. Here's
what we know so far, Sky, Storm and Sunny have been taken over by
the resistance.
"Cloud and Rain are neutral in all of this because of the clans that live
on the island refuse to fight for anyone and would kill both the
resistance and the Mizukage's forces if they ever came to their side.
That leaves Mist and Lightning in the hands of Kiri, along with the main
island. And to make things worse the battle on Sunny island is getting
bad, the Resistance is losing."
"So we're going to sunny first?" 1 asked.
Zabuza nodded, "yes. Sunny first, that's the war front. I've been told
that the resistance movement doesn't wear the Kiri headband, instead
they wrap a blue bandana around their foreheads, that's how we'll
know the difference."
"Which island are we on right now?" 5 asked.
"We're on Cloud," Zabuza sighed, "fortunately for us Cloud isn't
as...deadly with their forces as Rain is. We need to move, now. It'll take
us four days to travel around the island before we can move for Cloud,
which will two days more. It'll be a long journey."
"Can't we just use a boat?" a chunin asked.
"We can't afford too," 1 replied, "we would be too obvious."
"We could disguise ourselves," number 3 suggested pointing at the
caravan, "we disguise ourselves as merchants and go into town and
hire another boat. Or steal it if we have too."
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"Not a bad plan," Zabuza nodded, "I'm done. You?" he turned to 1.
1 sighed, "it'll be risky...we'll have to hide the Inuzuka dogs inside the
caravan...and the bandits will have to be dealt with," he looked at the
unconscious bandits, "but yes...it'll work."
"Then let's move," Zabuza ordered.
"Right, 6 to 8, every get moving, wear the bandit's clothes and any
other merchant clothes you can find inside the caravan. 3 to 5, get rid
of the problems," he motioned to the bandits with his hand.
"No. Wait," Zabuza stopped him, slowly turning to me, "let him do it."
"What?" I raised an eyebrow.
"What are you doing Zabuza?" 1 asked.
"He's never killed, have you boy?" the man smirked, "you have never
taken a life before. I heard even when you fought over 600 of Gato's
goons, you only killed around five of them, and that too they died from
blood loss, not from your hits. I can't go into this mission with someone
who will freeze when they're faced with a tough choice. So you kill
them...all of them."
"That's crazy!" 4 came to my side, "he's just a kid!"
"He's a ninja!" Zabuza snapped, "and a jonin at that. It's about time he
learns what that means."
I understood what he wanted, he wanted to know that I could be useful.
I looked at the bandits, how many did this because they had no
choice? How many had families to feed? How many….how many did
this because they just wanted to not die like a dog on the streets?
But Gamer's mind slowly kicked in and I could see clearly, Zabuza was
right. If I didn't show my ruthless side then they would think I'm just a
kid and I can't let that happen. Because if they don't think I'm useful,
when it comes to the dangerous stuff, I won't be allowed to fight, I won't
be allowed to try and save more lives. So I had to kill these men, and I
had to be ruthless.
"Well? You going to do it kid?" Zabuza asked in a mocking tone.
Pushing my insecurities aside I walked up to the stack of people, they
had all be tied together and all knocked out. I don't think I have the
stomach to kill them all one by one by slicing their neck open with a
kunai. So instead, I choose the second best option, a quickly death so
fast they won't even have time to wake up.
I made five clones, we circled the bandits. The ninjas all turned to us,
curious as to what we would do. We moved through hand seals,
landing on a half tiger and half bird seal, breathing in, and gasping out
as one.
'Scorch Style: Dragon's Breath!' I thought to myself as the bodies were
burnt asunder, not even ashes were left behind.
None of them woke up, they all died in their sleep. We ended the jutsu
after twenty seconds, finding nothing left but ashes, not even bone.
They had all been reduced to dust, and now the blue flames burnt
those as well.
I turned to Zabuza with a blank face, "let's move, we have a kage to
kill."
They didn't say anything as I moved to help find clothes to wear form
the caravan. They all began to work as well. I noticed a few of them
look at me, I could feel their fear thanks to their chakra, even Zabuza
kept an eye on me, though it was more out of pity than anything else.
As we removed out ninja uniforms and mask, wearing the civilians
clothes we found, I kept telling myself that it had to be done. There was
no way we could even risk those bandits running off and telling
someone about us.
And then I asked myself, who would they tell? Other bandits? Ninjas?
And what could they tell? I then answered myself, the ninja clans in this
island, they could tell them. And they could find us. It was the smartest
thing to do. I know that, and yet...I couldn't help feel sad.
We disguised the wagon to make it look different, just in case the
merchant who owned this reported it stolen. We then moved out,
Zabuza, Haku and the medics hid in the wagon along with the Inuzuka
dogs. 1 took the lead as he and 8 pretended to be my father and
mother, and me the happy go lucky kid who traveled with them along
with the other merchants.
I skipped along the road, smiling and humming as I cheered a tune. 1
and 8 looked at me, obviously worried. They rest of the ninjas were
talking in pairs, pretending to be a normal merchant vessel, while
secretly keeping an eye out for trouble.
"Yami," 1 spoke up, "do you want to talk about it?"
I smiled and looked at him, "what do you mean pops?"
1 sighed, "you don't have to act Yami. Do you sense any enemies
nearby?"
I shook my head, "nope!"
"Then drop the act kid," the Inuzuka lady, one Toba Inuzuka. She had
wild dirty blonde hair tied into a ponytail with black fang mark under her
eyelids. She didn't have much curves, figures, and while she did have
a slim figure, her almost animalistic snarls really pissed me off.
"Fine," I sighed dropping the stupidly exaggerated smile, "I'll admit, I
didn't enjoy that, but it had to be done."
"Yami...why did you spare those men?" 1 asked, seeing my confused
look he clarified, "I read your file. You fought 600 men, you didn't aim to
kill a single one. Why?"
I sighed, "because I don't like killing. I believe….I belive that if try and
show the world some kindness, then we can fight back some of the
hate in the world."
"And get stabbed in the back," Toba snorted.
"Yeah, maybe, but if you can stop a war, isn't that worth it? Isn't that
one of the reason's we're here?" I asked.
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"We're here kid because if we help Kiri now, then we can control who
comes as the next Mizukage, giving us an alley and great power over
them," Toba snorted twitching her nose, "not because we feel bad for
these bastards."
I smiled, "you might be here for that, but I'm not. I'm here to stop the
pointless fighting, that's all. Our goals are the same, but what we want
are different."
"And if you had to chose between the mission and your beliefs, which
would you pick?" 1 asked.
"I would pick both," I replied.
"You can't," 1 shook his head, "you have to pick one."
"Give me a situation where that can possible apply?" I snorted.
"We get the Mizukage cornered, we have him in our sights. But, you
notice his army is across the land slaughtering hundreds of people at
once. Who would you go after?"
"I would use the shadow clone jutsu to send a small army to save the
people while I fight the Mizukage."
"And if you have only enough chakra to do one thing?" he challenged
me.
"Then I would kill the Mizukage quickly and dump his body in front of
everyone, showing the enemy ninjas their leader is dead. Either they'll
get so discouraged their stop fighting, or they'll come after me. Either
way, they fighting stops."
"You have an answer for everything don't ?" 1 snorted.
I nodded, "I try to think of a way to make the best in any situation."
"One of these days kid, you'll have to face a challenge you can't out
think. What will you do then?" Toba asked.
I smirked, "on that day, I'm sure you'll be there to tell me, 'I told you so'.
But, until that day comes, I won't give up on my beliefs. The world can
be at peace, one way or another."
And with that, we continued, 1 and 8 stopped bothering me, and put on
my mask of an innocent child.
We reached the road quickly enough and with Zabuza's help we
managed to reach a port town by nightfall. We slept outside the town in
tents, I shared one with 1 and 8 to keep up the family image. It was
weird, 1 and 8 don't really know each other, but they have no problem
pretending to be in love, and pretending I'm their child. I really need to
get better at acting.
It was around midnight when we dropped the merchant disguises and
suited up. The town didn't have any ninjas on patrol, so we easily
managed to sneak inside and steal a boat from the harbour.
Number 7, 8, 7.1, 7.2 and 8.2 were all water users, they used their
ninjutsu to speed up our journey. We were an hour into sea when I felt
someone approach.
"1! Zabuza! We have twelve ninjas incoming! All chunin level!" I cried
out, "they're around….700 feet away!"
"Shit! Someone must have spotted us leaving the harbour!" Zabuza
cursed, "alright, everyone get ready for a fight!"
"8, 7, and everyone else keep going! The rest of us will deal with this!"
"500 feet!" I called out as I made ten clones, each with 500 CP that
dived into the water, activating Chakra concealment;
Chakra Concealment- Make your chakra levels seems like that of
a civilian. (Active)
Hopefully they wouldn't notice them right away. The water was clear, so
we could see the ship coming towards us.
It was a large boat, judging from the way it traveled it was faster than
anything we had. And on it were the twelve ninjas in question, though
only ten were getting ready to fight us, with one still on the boat and the
other...was tied up in one corner. A prisoner.
Each ninja had a grey plain jacket, similar to what the ANBU wore,
except less thick. They wore full length grey shirts and a pants with
their Kiri headbands tied firmly on their foreheads. Meaning they
weren't with the resistance, they were Kiri ninjas.
I made a clone and dispelled it, informing my clones underwater that
they can't just burn the boat like we planned. We needed to save the
bound and bagged prisoner first.
"Halt!" the ninjas called out, "you're trespassing on Kiri waters!
Surrender now or die!"
1 motioned with his hands, the others slowly moved to the back of the
boat where they climbed off and walked around stealthily. 1, 8 and I put
on our family disguise and moved to the boat's edge and called out,
"hello there! We're just some travelers looking for the island of Sunny!
Could you help us?!"
"What's your name?!" the ninja called back.
"Wataru! And this is my wife Sakura and son Tatsu!" the man smiled
pushing me forward.
"Are they ninja pops?" I asked innocently looking back at my dad.
"Yes son, they are. They're the ones that protect us," he smiled ruffling
my head.
"What are you planning to sell in Kiri?" the head ninja. He was a level
51 chunin with grey hair, around 40 years of age.
"Spices from the Land of Noodles and tea from the land of Tea!" 8
replied.
"Oh? Can we try some?" the ninjas challenged with a raised eyebrow,
their hands going for their kunais, while 1's did the same. I saw one of
my clones reach the surface right behind the boat. They were trying to
make a grab for the girl, I had to gain more time.
"Sure!" I cried out suprising 1 and the enemy ninja, "I'll get you some!" I
turned and walked under deck, making both parties look surprised. I
opened my inventory and took out the tea bags I gained from my
mission as a thank you reward for saving Rias and quickly came back
up, waving the box, "here you go mr. ninja sir! The best tea! All the way
from the Land of Tea!"
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I tossed the bag to the man who caught it with one hand. He opened
the box and smelt the tea inside, he smiled, "this is some good stuff
here boy. How did you get it so fresh? Tea leaves form that land are
always so difficult to trade."
One caught on quick as he smiled, "sorry lord ninja, but that's a family
secret."
"I see. Well then I suppose it's fine, after all, we ninjas shouldn't be
trading secrets to each other so easily," and with that, all hell broke
loose.
The Kiri ninjas leaped from the boat right at us. Our allies moving from
the back, throwing kunai and shurikens at them. 1, 8 and I moved
backwards, donning our ninja gear as the enemy landed on the deck of
the ship, a few cuts and bruises but no major damage.
"Swift Release: Speed up times 10!" I cried out exploding into motion. I
charged my fists with chakra and collided them into their groin and
neck several times, launching them all into the air and out of our boats.
Ping!
Chakra strength- 15 X 150 = 2,250
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
2,250 X 5 = 11,250 DMG!
I did that much damage to each one.
"Kill them!" 1 ordered as the Konoha ninjas jumped on the downed and
confused Kiri ninjas who didn't see me coming.
"Shit!" the ninja back on the enemy speed boat cried out as tried to turn
the boat around. But by then my clones had climbed on board and
began beating his ass with their enhanced fists while a spare clone
grabbed the prisoner and jumped over to our boat, placing the prisoner
besides 2.1 and 2.2.
"Who is this?" 2.1 asked.
"A prisoner!" I called out as I engaged with the head ninja, pushing his
kunai back with my dagger before breaking on arm and placing a
status seal on his forehead, dropping him down for the count.
Soon they were all either knocked out or killed. At the end of the battle I
gained a new notification;
Ping!
You gained +6 points and PP!
Hm, so only six of the eleven enemy ninjas survived huh? Damn it. We
pulled all the survivors onto deck where we tied them up. Only then did
Zabuka come out and reveal himself, looking at the people we
captured.
"They are part of Kiri's patrol unit," Zabuka explained, "I don't know
who the old guy is, but them going missing will attract a lot of attention.
We can interrogate them for information and burn the boat, hopefully
they'll think the resistance did this."
"And what about her?" 2.2 asked she removed the bag from the
prisoner I took away. Underneath the mask was girl, she was around
my age, maybe a year older. When the bag was lifted, the first thing I
saw was a head of pearl white hair come down till her shoulders,
almost shining what little light reflected off it. Her face was soft, almost
beautiful, elegant even, her white eyebrows framing her face perfectly.
Yukiko Karei, The Last Karei
Lv- 24
REP- 0
"Oh my God," Haku gasped, "lord Zabuza! Thats-"
"-I know," Zabuza growled as he clenched his fists.
"Who is she?" 1 asked as we all turned out the girl. She wore rags, you
couldn't call it anything else. The material was thick like a sac, dull
brown colour. Her arms and legs were tied up, dirt covering her
perfectly smooth skin.
"She's a member of the Karei clan...has to be. No other explanation for
it," Zabuza grumbled.
"The Karei clan?" 3 asked curiously.
"The Karei clan was a clan that helped found Kiri. They...they helped
create one of the seven swords of Kiri, Hiramekarei. They have a
special bloodline that allows them to easily turn their chakra into a
physical form, making them very...dangerous."
"Why did they capture her?" 2 asked, "if Kiri really does hate bloodline
users why didn't they just kill her?"
"Because even before this whole war began her clan was extinct,"
Haku explained, "it was..almost impossible to know if one is a member
of the clan. They only way to know for sure is by their hair. When they
reach 13 their hair turns white, ice white. If they want though, they can
change it back, therefore they can't be found, unless they want to be
found."
"And even then, more than being a bloodline clan, they are a founding
family," Zabuza growled, "the people will revolt if they found out the
Mizukage had a Karei killed."
"What do we do with her?" 8 asked.
"We should probably wake her up and ask her that don't you think?" I
put in my two cents gaining everyone's attention.
"He's right," 1 nodded, "2.1, 2.2, can you wake her up?"
"Yup," 2.2 took out a capsule which she broke open under the girl's
nose. We waited when suddenly she gasped awake. Her eyes flashed
open and I faltered as blue eyes as bright as my blue flames looked at
me, her first sigh was on me, she was looking at me, right at me….oh
my god. I think I'm in love.
I faltered, I didn't know what to say. I held up my hand, "h-hi. I'm Yami,
what's your name?"
"Kya!" she cried out as she ran away, crawling to the boat's edge and
getting to her feet and tripping because of the chains around her feet
and hands.
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"Woah there, careful!" I caught her, she looked up at me, "you shouldn't
move that-"
Smack!
Her fist flew right into my nose. It hurt, I even lost 2 HP points. I didn't
drop her though, as she slowly moved her hand back I looked at her
and groaned. I was going to say something smart and snarky, "you are
one crazy...beautiful girl. I mean! I..." someone snickered, I blushed as
I looked up to see everyone looking at us, even Zabuza has an
amused raised eyebrow.
"W-who are you people?!" she cried out as she got on her feet and
struggle out of my arms. Standing back as she pushed herself up
against a wall, looking at us. She then finally noticed the beaten Kiri
ninjas lying on the boat's deck and her eyes winded, "you're all ninjas?"
"Yes, we are lady Karei," Zabuza bowed, "my name is Zabuza
Momochi, have you heard of me?"
"T-the Demon of the Mist," her eyes went to his blade, "you're one of
the seven swordsmen of the Mist. Y-you were banished for trying to kill
the Fourth Mizukage."
"That is correct. And now I have returned, with help," Zabuza motioned
to us, "this is Haku, my chunin apprentice."
Haku stepped forward and smiled, "hello last Karei, it is a pleasure to
meet you."
"And the rest are all tree huggers, and I didn't bother learning their
names," he snorted as we glared at him. He then looked at me and
smirked, "and the kid who just tried to molest you is Yami."
"I wasn't trying to molest her!" I snapped, "I just didn't want her to fall!"
"And you didn't just spend a full minute gawking at her face, right, got
it," 8 snorted.
"Hey! Who's side are you on?!" I cried out.
"W-why are you all here?" the white haired girl asked, "why did you
capture me?"
"We aren't here for you is that's what you're worried about," Zabuza
stepped forward making Yukiko pull herself inside, squinting in fear.
Zabuza put his hands up defensively, "I'm not going to hurt you. I
promise"
She looked at him and her eyes were drawn to his blade. Zabuza
quickly removed it and tossed it to Haku, "there, see, no blade. I'm not
going to hurt you."
She nodded as Zabuza walked up to her and using a kunai he drew
out very slowly, unlocked her shackles.
"Thank you," she mumbled as she rubbed her wrists.
"No problem lady Karei," Zabuza nodded as he stepped back.
"What are you going to do with me?" she asked in a soft voice.
"We don't know," 1 admitted, "we're here to join the resistance and help
free Kiri, so we intend to first find the rebels who are on Sunny island."
"Is there anywhere we can drop you?" I asked trying to not sound so
much like a love sick puppy, "do you have family? Friends?"
She shook her head, "no...I don't."
"Then you can come with us," Zabuza offered, "as long as you're out
there Kiri will come after you for your bloodline, I'm assuming that's
why they captured you in the first place yes?"
She nodded, "y-yes."
"Then the only place you'll be safe is with the resistance," the man said
as he offered his hand, "you can trust me lady Karei, we mean you no
harm."
She looked afraid, I could feel it in her chakra, a little as it was. She
however gulped and nodded, accepting his hand. She was so scared,
I'm honestly surprised she can even move let alone trust someone
else.
1 had 2.2 and 8 take her inside and get her a change of clothes,
something we had left over from the caravan. And then, after Karei left,
we began to interrogate the prisoners. I didn't like the torture, and I'm
sure as hell knew that if our new guest heard the screams she would
be only more afraid of us.
So I quickly set up a sound numbing seal that made their screams
silent, poor buggers couldn't even scream to dull to the pain. But finally,
finally we got what we wanted, the patrol schedules and Kiri forces in
Sunny island.
Zabuza cut off their heads and dumped their bodies into their boat and
had me burn it all into ashes. We then sealed the heads away and set
off.
Thanks to the new info we got a course was plotted which would get us
to Sunny by morning. Zabuza knew a river that flowed into the island
that we could use to sail inland and move out faster. So with that the
course was set.
The rest of the ninjas went to sleep, I of course volunteered to stay as
look out thanks to my powers. 1 promise to come a relieve me later in
the night, though I insisted I could handle it no problems.
The water nature users also took turns, though theirs was based on the
hour and on the other side of the boat, so we never really spoke.
As it grew later and later into the night I felt someone stir inside the
ship, Karei. I don't know who she tried to fool, but she tried to sneak
outside, I could tell she woke up everyone on the ship with her stunt,
but for some reason no one tried to stop her.
I hide as she walked onto deck and looked around. She looked over
the sides, cursing seeing nothing there. I sat on the bridge and
watched her look around the sea, cursing as she realised there's no
way off.
"You know, you don't really have to worry about us," I spoke startling
her.
She squeaked in shock as she looked up and found me looking at her
with a smile. She blinked, "I-I was- I just-"
I chuckled, "it's fine Blue Eyes, it's understandable. You were
kidnapped by ninjas only for them to die and you get captured again by
another group of ninjas. It's understable you're afraid, hell, I'm afraid
and I'm a ninja!"
She blinked, "y-you are? But you're so young."
I shrugged, "the good ones start out young."
"How young?"
"Seven...maybe six," I admitted.
"That's horrible," she gasped, "a child having to be...a killer...a thief?"
"No...even we wouldn't do that," I chuckled, "usually ninjas are twelve
when they begin, and for over half a year they aren't allowed to do
anything more than chores, like washing clothes, painting buildings and
shopping for old people. We don't even think about letting them out of
the village for at least a year, maybe more."
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"When do they kill?" she asked.
I shrugged, "depends on the person. As you know Zabuza took to it
very young, the little sack of shit," I snorted, "but others...they don't
really take to it."
"H-how many people have you killed?" she asked.
"As of yesterday?" I sighed, "more than I wanted. But I spare the lives
of more people than I killed, so I like to think that I'm not a complete
monster," I smirked, "don't' worry, I won't hurt you. You're safe with me,
I promise."
"W-why do you care about me?" she asked, "you barely even know
me."
I chuckled, "that's true, heck I don't' even know you name!"
"I-it's Karei," she replied.
"No, that's your clan's name. I want to know your name," I smiled.
"W-why? Isn't that enough?"
"No, not really," I shrugged, "I'm an orphan so I never really gave any
weight to people who from big clans. What I care about is the people
inside, not their clan, to me a first name is far more important. So,
what's your name Blue eyes?"
She looked at me with the galaxy wide blue eye and spoke in a
whisper, "Yukiko. My name is Yukiko."
I smiled, "hello Yuki, I'm Yami of Konoha, it's nice meeting you."
She nodded nervously, I sighed I jumped down, making her skimp back
in surprise. I smiled as I walked up to the bow of the ship and motioned
her to join me. She nervously stepped next to me, I looked down at her
clothes, she now wore a royal purple kimono that was a size too large
for her frame, though it did show off some curves I didn't realise she
had.
"You look nice, those robes suit you," I said with a smile.
"T-thank you. Ms. Toba gave them to me," she replied with a smile
looking at the robes.
"Do you like them?" I asked.
"Yes...I never had such fine clothes before," she replied in a low tone of
voice.
I raised an eyebrow, "forgive me Yuki, but I though your clan was a
founding member of Kiri? Why is this the best you ever wore?"
"I...I didn't know," she replied as she looked away ashamed, "I grew up
as a street urchin, begging for money to give to Dudo, the man who
had us beggar kids working for him. When I grew up they...they..."
I reached for her hands and squeezed it, "you don't have to talk about
it," I whispered as I squeezed.
She nodded, "thank you. I...I fought back when they tried to...have their
way. I fought back and suddenly...something happened. I wanted him
dead, I wanted to cut his head off and suddenly my body started to
burn as his head suddenly came off his body. I screamed, I ran away,
and when I finally stopped and tried to clean myself in a river, I noticed
my hair had turned white.
"I...I couldn't turn it back, I tried but I couldn't. I knew what this hair
meant, I heard stories about the Karei clan, but to think I was one...it
was impossible. I try to hide, but eventually those ninjas found me and
told me they were going to bring me to the Mizukage. And then...and
they you all found me."
I sighed, "shit...I'm sorry your life sucks...but...what are you going to do
now?"
"Now?" Yukiko looked at me like I was insane, "I don't know...I guess I'll
just die. As long as my hair is this color I...I'm marked for death."
I blinked I reached up, making her flinch for a second before she
realised I didn't mean her any harm. He slowly moved and touched a
hair strand, I could feel chakra flowing through her body, her whole
body was covered with it, especially her hair. That's why it changed
colours like that.
"Yuki, do you know what chakra is?" I asked.
She shook her head, "no. What is it?"
"It's the life force of the world," I told her, "it what allows ninjas to do
what we do, and everyone has it. The reason your hair is this colour, is
because right now you're using chakra without even realising it."
"Can you change it back?" she asked.
"Well...no," she looked saddened, "but I can teach you how too."
She blinked, "r-really? You can?!"
I nodded, "sure, here, come sit down," I moved away from the edge of
the boat and sat down in the lotus positions, Yukiko doing her best to
copy me.
She sat down, struggling to make herself comfortable, "alright, now
what?"
"Close your eyes and concentrate," I told her, "focus on you body,
focus on the way you feel, the way you breath, the way your skin feels
against the wind, concentrate and keep focusing until you feel
something in your gut tingle."
She nodded as she did just that, focusing, staying still for well cover a
minute before she grumbled and opened her eyes, "it's not working!"
"Patience, it'll take some time, but don't worry, you'll get there," I smiled
as I took hr hands and held them in mine, "here, maybe this will help," I
then began pouring chakra into my hands, circulating it around my
palms, "can you feel that?"
She blinked as she squinted at my hands, "I...yes...it feels...nice. Soft.
Warm even."
I nodded, "right. Now try and feel for that feeling inside of yourself. Use
my chakra like a guide and look for your own."
She nodded as closed her eyes, this time keeping them close for well
over ten minutes. I don't mind, I rubbed her hands gently with my
thumb, they were callous and well used, but...they felt so soft around
her palms.
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And then, at the ten minute mark, she opened her eyes with a gasp, "I
felt it! I felt something in my stomach! It was so nice! Like a feather!"
I nodded, "good. Now, I want you to feel around the chakra, see where
it goes, see where you can take it. Try and see where it's all going,"
she closed her eyes and she did just that. I continued, "feel it move
from your gut, to your chest to your throat and to your head. Can you
feel it? Can you feel it in your scalp?"
She took a moment before nodding, "y-yes, I can feel it."
"Good. Now imagine you're pulling on a rope made of your chakra, pull
the rope into your gut, pull it into your stomach and away from you hair
and don't stop until it's all gone."
"Yes," she spoke with such clarity and focus I was surprised it came
from the same mouth that sounded so scared all the time. I watched as
slowly the whites of her hair sank into her scalp, I felt her chakra go
back into her gut and finally, her hair was midnight black, ironic I would
say.
She opened her eyes and looked at a strand of her hair, "it's back to
normal!" she got on her feet and looked at her reflection in the waters,
"amazing!" she turned to me and jumped hugging me, "thank you!
Thank you! Thank you!"
Her REP went from 0 to 20 immediately as I hugged her back.
When she finally calmed down I sat her down next to me as we began
to talk. I told her about my life, about Naruto and the village. She
seemed enchanted by Konoha, amazed that orphan children wouldn't
be left to beg on the streets but instead would have a place they could
stay and have food to eat. Guess the war was tougher on Kiri than I
thought.
Eventually it got late and Yukiko, now finally relaxed enough to let
herself get some sleep, dozed off in about ten minutes into my story
about how I passed the chunin exams. I watched her doze off and
smiled, she needed the break.
Just then 1 came up on board and looked at Yukiko sleep with her
head tucked into my shoulder and me smiling off into the distance with
closed eyes.
"You should stop staring, it's creepy," I told him as I opened my eyes
and looked at him, "come to take her inside?"
"Take her in yourself, and then get some rest, I'll take over for now," 1
replied as he stepped up to the bow.
"I can stay you know, I'm an insomniac, I don't sleep for days at a
time," I told him as I carried Yukiko in my arms, her head tucked into
my chest.
"You're a growing kid, you need to sleep if you want to grow up," he
said dismissing me, "oh, and make sure you and her are in separate
beds. Got that?"
I snorted, "yeah yeah. Night Tota."
"Night Yami," he replied.
The next day:
We reached Sunny island later that originally estimated. It took us all
morning to get to the island. By noon we found the mouth fo the river
that took us inland.
Zabuza stood at the bow of the ship and faced us, everyone was on
deck, even Yukiko, who was sticking closely to me as she still had
trouble trusting everyone else, especially now since they all wore
masks.
"This river will eventually taper in around 10 kilometers in," Zabuza said
as he pointed at a pair of mountains off in the horizon, "we'll reach
those mountains and get onto dry land and reach a small town there
names Shichibu. Once there we can find more information about
what's happening and where we need to go to find the resistance."
"Lord Zabuza," Haku suddenly spoke as she looked over the railing,
"look."
We all watched as a bloody stump of a hand floated down the river,
hitting the side of our boat loudly. Yukiko shrieked as she moved
behind me, watching the floating arm float away in horror.
"It looks like the battle started without us," 1 replied and he looked
further ahead, bodies slowly coming around the riverbend. One wore a
blue sash around his forehead while another had the Kiri headband,
"the resistance and Kiri...looks like the war came sooner than we
thought. We need to hurry up! Zabuza what's the plan?"
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"We fight," he growled, "the bodies look fresh maybe five minutes
ahead? Have the boat dock by the river side and serve as a base.
Haku, you and the water users stay here with the healers and Lady
Karei, keep everyone here safe. The rest of us will be fighting."
"Here," I took out the blue kimono I wore while under cover and tore off
several stretches of cloth, "ties these around your heads so the
resistance knows we're friends."
"Good thinking kid," Zabuza replied as he removed his headband while
putting on a blue band and, an act copied by everyone else, each
wearing the bandana over their masks.
Slowly the boat turned the bend in the river and suddenly a giant
smoking and wet battle field stood before us. It was a sloping plain,
with a fortress on the top of the mountain that was reduced to nothing
more than rubble.
The rebels had the higher ground while the Kiri ninjas refused to give
up, the sound of metal clashing metal clearly heard from even here.
They were slaughtering each other, fighting like monsters, out for
blood.
"We need to move," 1 ordered, "Yami, how many can you hit."
I took out my chakra metal trench knives from my inventory and
channeled wind chakra into it causing them to glow with a blue aura, "I
can get them all to stop fighting, either by removing an arm or disabling
them."
"What?! No! Yami you can't possible fight in that! You'll die!" Yukiko
cried out.
"Oh, looks like someone's got a girlfriend," 5 snickered.
I sighed, "Yuki, I'll be fine, I told you didn't I? I'm a ninja," I grinned, "it's
what I do."
"But-"
"We don't' have time for this," 1 spoke, "5, 6 and everyone under them
move out to the South, 2, 3, 4 and everyone under them move to the
North with Zabuza and I, we'll surround them!"
"Yes sir!" we nodded as the boat slowly docked.
"Alright Flash, show us what you got," 1 nodded at me.
I threw off my cloak and jumped onto dry land. My hands moved like a
blur, ending with the final seal for what is quickly becoming my favorite
jutsu "Swift Release: Speed up times 10!" And the moment my feet
touched the ground, I vanished in a blur.
The battle field was a nightmare, people's guts spilling out, their blood
baptising the ground like holy water on a baby. And I swear I would
have thrown up in my mouth if I hadn't have Gamer's mind pushing me
forward.
There were at least a hundred people here, all chunin level or higher. I
couldn't afford being nice, I couldn't spare their lives. But...I could try.
I charged at the first Kiri ninja, moving behind his distracted form to cut
off his arms, both of them. I didn't bother sticking around to see how
much damage I had down or if he was still alive.
I just kept going.
I slashed with the wind enhanced chakra trench knives, cleaving them
apart, if not maintaining them. If nothing else, I distracted them, just
long enough for their opponents to kill them.
I moved towards the South side, as that's where the Kiri ninjas came
from. Cut into their ankles, legs, arms and sometime even eyes. They
were all quick to fall, blood staining my hands and cloak.
"You bastard!" I turned to see a Kiri ninja moving just as fast as I was.
He was a jonin, his level 68. He was merciless in his attacks, trying to
stab my throat with a kunai. I dodged, I was impressed, for him to keep
up with me at this level? It was impressive. But he was still slightly
sluggish, meaning I could end this easily.
"Enough," I used a trench knife to trap his kunai hand for one moment
before tackling him with my shoulder, pushing him back. He came
charging right back at me, but the moment he wasted, was enough for
me to use my second jutsu of the day, "Swift Release: Speed up times
100!"
He couldn't even see me then.
This jutsu used to take a lot out of me. It used to be almost impossible
to maintain. But that was before I leveled up with 300 CHA and 250
CC. That gave a regeneration rate of 105% every 30 seconds, allowing
me to produce 2000 CP every ten seconds. Meaning I didn't even have
to sweat it.
The man's arms flew off his body. I couldn't kill him because even
beheading wouldn't result in his death if his HP wasn't zero, thanks to
the game's logic. So I had to settle for maiming the man.
And then I moved to the rest of the Kiri ninjas. They were coming
through a valley pass, slowly horrified looks came upon their faces.
They looked over my shoulder and I saw what they saw. A trail of
bodies, so fresh the blood spilt hadn't even touched the ground yet. I
had killed so many...so many people….no, I can't do it anymore. I'm not
a monster...maybe this will convince them to give up.
Chapter 202
I made five shadow clones, each with 200 CP, they all moved around
the ninja's in the valley, surrounding them, making the seals for Scorch
Release: Dragon's Breath jutsu. And then, I canceled my Swift release
jutsu.
They all gasped as to them it seemed like I just killed half their ranks
and stopped before them, arms covered in blood. I looked at them with
cold looks, I could feel the fear, the rage.
I held up my fingers and pointed at my clones, they were cautious as a
few turned to see them, the more cautious of them never left my eyes.
"They can kill you all in less than a second," I spoke, "it wouldn't even
take them long to do that. It would be over," I snapped my fingers, "like
that."
"M-monster!" a Kiri ninja cried out.
"I didn't aim to kill a single person behind me," I looked over, seeing
most of the resistance fighter stop their fight the moment their
opponent was delimbed it hurt, taking them down instead of killing
them, "I don't like killing. But….if you force me too, I won't hesitate.
So...I'll give you one choice. Surrender," I let my guilt build up in the
form of a lone tear as I spoke in a quavering voice, "please. Just...don't
make me do this."
The head of the small army looked at me, his face aghast as he looked
at the tears rolling down my face. Was he wondering why a ninja cried?
Or could he not believe a monster could feel remorse.
Slowly, they looked at each other, and they dropped their weapons,
putting their hands up into the air.
"Don't resist," I told them as my clones came down and began sealing
them, making most of them drop down unconscious, while a few of the
stronger ones resisted it enough to stay on their feet.
"That was..." I turned and saw my team behind me, the resistance
fighters behind them. One had spoken, he spoke again with a shaking
voice, "a-are you alright Yami?"
"Yeah...I'm fine," I walked away, ignoring their looks, I couldn't stand to
see the sight of battle anymore.
Ping!
You have spared 42 enemies! Gain +42 PP and 42 points!
Ping!
You have killed 120 enemies!
Average: 2,560 EXP
Total EXP gained from kills: 307,200 EXP!
Ping!
You have leveled up!
Yami, Protector of Hono
Level- 45 (302,1000/70,100)
HP- 9,550/9,550 (+20)
SP- 5,050/5,050
CP- 6,625/6,625
CONTROL- 100%
FIRE- 100% WIND- 100% LIGHTNING- 100%
SCORCH- 100% SWIFT- 100%
POWER- 100%
Allegiance- Konoha
STR- 150 (+5)
VIT- 100
DEX- 100
INT- 100 (+2)
CHA- 300
CC- 250
LUC- 100 (+5)
Ping!
Conditions have been meet: Fire 100% control, Lightning 100%
control. Would you like to unlock a keki genkai!
FIRE + LIGHTNING = PLASMA
Or unlock another element?
Earth
Water
I can't deal with this damn new elements anymore. I'll stick to the
basics. I'm in Kiri right? I could use some water jutsus. So I selected
water.
Ping!
You have leveled up!
Yami, Protector of Hono
Level- 45 (302,1000/70,100)
HP- 10,100/10,100 (+20)
SP- 5,325/5,325
CP- 7,450/7,450
CONTROL- 100%
FIRE- 100% WIND- 100% LIGHTNING- 100% WATER- 60%
…..
Wait, I have a 60% control rate?! What the fuck?!
Ping!
You have leveled up!
My water control rate had risen to 100%, I gained even more options!
WIND + LIGHTNING + WATER = FORCE
FIRE + LIGHTNING = PLASMA
FIRE + WATER = BOIL
WIND + WATER = ICE
WATER + LIGHTNING = STORM
Or unlock another element?
Earth
I chose Earth, might as well unlock all of them;
Ping!
You have leveled up!
Ping!
You have leveled up!
And just like that, Earth release became 100%. And this time, since I
unlocked all of the basic elements, I got a whole list of kekkai genkais,
and kekai toutas
WIND + LIGHTNING + WATER = FORCE
LIGHTNING + EARTH + WATER = GRAVITY
EARTH + FIRE + WATER = LIFE
FIRE + EARTH + WIND = DUST
FIRE + LIGHTNING = PLASMA
FIRE + WATER = BOIL
WIND + WATER = ICE
WATER + LIGHTNING = STORM
EARTH + FIRE = LAVA
EARTH + WIND = MAGNET
EARTH + WATER = WOOD
EARTH + LIGHTNING = EXPLOSION
I sighed, might as well go with something familiar...like wood release.
Ping!
You have leveled up!
Yami, Protector of Hono
Level- 49 (12,7000/77,400)
HP- 11,750/11,750 (+20)
SP- 5,850/5,850
CP- 9,925/9,925
CONTROL- 100%
FIRE- 100% WIND- 100% LIGHTNING- 100% WATER- 100% EARTH100%
SCORCH- 100% SWIFT- 100% WOOD- 60%
POWER- 100%
Allegiance- Konoha
STR- 150 (+5)
VIT- 100
DEX- 100
INT- 100 (+2)
CHA- 300
CC- 250
LUC- 100 (+5)
Points- 72
Perk Points- 431
I sighed, I need a lot of time to process all of this. For now I dismissed
the status message and turned around and sat on a boulder, looking at
the gathering of the masked Konoha ninjas and the resistance fighters.
"Now! Make way!" three jonin level ninja came down, the resistance
fighters giving him plenty of space. He looked at us, all of us, before his
eyes landed on Zabuza, "lord Z-zabuza?! What are you doing here?!"
"I'm here to help Kiri, like I've been sworn to do," Zabuza said putting
his blade away, it was stained with blood, guess he got a few people in
huh?
"A-and these men?" the jonin, Wagyu, asked.
"They are from Konoha," Zabuza motioned to 1, "he's in charge of
them. I spoke with the Hokage, he has agreed to help us fight back.
They are on our side against the Mizukage."
"Konoha is willing to fight for us?!"
"Woah! Those tree huggers aren't half bad!"
The people began to whisper to each other, before Wagyu silenced
them with a glare. With all of them silent he turned to 1, "how many
men did you bring?"
"31," he replied.
"That won't be enough," Wagyu replied with a snarl.
"Will it?" 1 looked over his shoulder at me, I gave a neutral mask, I
wasn't in the mood.
"What is he?" a Kiri ninja asked, his voice shaking, "he just killed them
all! Like they were nothing! We couldn't even see him! Even lord
Fitoruma! The fastest jonin of Kiri couldn't stop him!"
Everyone turned to me, the Konoha ninjas moving around me
protectively. "It's fine," I pushed 4 and 5 aside to step before them, "my
name is Yami, I'm a ninja of Konoha, the Second Flash. And all you
have to know, is that my team and I are going to make sure this war
stops. For good. And that's a promise."
Chapter 203: Suppon Nabe
"So in exchange for you help, the new Mizukage we place will have to
agree to a peace treaty with Konoha?" Wagyu asked with a raised
eyebrow.
1 nodded, "that is correct."
"And why exactly is that?" another resistance fighter asked as he
leaned down on the table we all gathered behind.
After the battle was over the captured ninjas were put into the dungeon
of the fortress the resistance used. The fort was cracking apart, but
luckily a few ninjas knew Earth release and could fix up the whole
place quickly. Damn, I really need to learn some Earth Release jutsu.
"Konoha needs more allies," 1 explained, "we would like it if we weren't
threatened with war every decade or so. Hence, an alliance with Kiri
can discourage the more moron of people from attacking us."
"Will this mean we're allied with your allies as well?" Wagyu asked.
1 shrugged, "it's not for me to say, nor your too decided. I'm assuming
you aren't the leader of the resistance, yes?"
Wagyu raised an eyebrow, "and why do you think that is?"
"Because you would be far away from the battle if you were," 2
explained, "a Kage is a leader, you act more like a general."
The rebels looked at each other, clearly looking uncomfortable at the
idea of showing their cards. They spoke to each other in hushed tones,
whatever, I had other shit to do. I opened my status and looked at all
the points I had.
I had 72, I needed use them;
STR- 162 (+5)
VIT- 110
DEX- 110
INT- 110 (+2)
CHA- 330
CC- 250
LUC- 100 (+5)
Points- 0
And then I opened my perk list to see what I could buy.
Snake Catcher- +10% more damage dealt to snake lovers
(Conditions to unlock- Gain over -60 REP with a snake love.) Cost5 PP
U c h i h a G e n j u t s u - G e n j u t s u 1 0 % m o r e l i k e l y t o
succeed(Conditions to unlock- Gain over 60 REP with an Uchiha.)
Cost- 20 PP
Hm, I think I got that one from Itachi. I see, even though he respected
me, I didn't know that until I met him, meaning I could have unlocked
some perk without knowing!
Shark killer- +10% more damage dealt to members of the
Hoshigaki clan (Conditions to unlock- Gain over -60 REP with a
member of the Hoshigaki clan) Cost- 5 PP
A General's Orders- Unlocks party EXP share system! (Conditions
to unlock- Gain over 80 REP with a general of an army) Cost- 50
PP
Okay, this one I definitely must have gotten from the general of the
Hono army, there's no other way about it.
(Kisame) Eternal rival- Gain a second sense when it comes to the
presence of Kisame Hoshigaki. (Conditions to unlock- Gain -100
REP with Kisame Hoshigaki) Cost- 5 PP
ANBU Stealth- -20% chance towards getting caught while
sneaking around. (Conditions to unlock- Gain 100 REP) Cost- 20
PP
Okay, not much to go on, but whatever, I want them all! So I spent 105
PP and got all of them listed into my perk list.
There, not bad. I then returned to the argument the two sides were
having, it was honestly boring watching these old men argue about
whether they could trust us or not, honestly, it was. I didn't even pay
attention after the fifth time the resistance fighters asked us if we were
Kiri spies, these fools.
"So who's leading the rebels?" Zabuza asked, "is it one of the seven
swordsman?"
Wagyu shook his head, "no. It's Mei Terumi, the heiress of the Terumi
clan."
Zabuza's eyes widened, "M-Mei?! She's leading you all?!"
"You know her?" I asked, alerting everyone to the fact that I was
actually present in the room.
Zabuza turned and nodded, "yeah. She's….scary. Se once threatened
to melt...a sensitive area of my body off."
"That's because you cheated on her with someone ninja from Kumo," a
jonin resistance fighter said causing everyone to chuckle while Zabuza
growled threateningly at the man.
"Where is Mei Terumi now?" 1 asked.
"In Sky island," Wagyu replied, "she's currently getting ready to lead an
attack on Lightning island...we were actually supposed to go join her.
We expected out stronghold to fall but, well, thanks to..." he looked at
me.
"Yami," I supplied.
He nodded, "right...well, thanks to your incredibly powerful genin over
there we managed to survive. This will change our plans a little, but for
the better. We already set a message to Mei about all of you, I'm sure
she'll want to meet up."
"He's not a genin," Zabuza put in, "he's a jonin."
"A-a jonin?!" they all looked at me in surprise.
"I suppose that would make sense," Wagyu, the only one who didn't
overreact, "someone that powerful can't be a chunin, it would be an
insult to his skills. You tree hugger sure are lucky, but you better be
careful, wasn't the last prodigy you had a clan killer?"
"I'm not Itachi Uchiha," I snapped, "nor will I ever be him."
"From what I saw you do today kid, I highly doubt that," a chunin
resistance fighter put in.
I looked at him, "how many people did I kill?" I asked knowing the
answer.
"A hundred," he shrugged.
"A hundred a twenty, exactly," I corrected him, "and while I did kill so
many, I spared the lives of 42 people. And got at least two hundred
more of the Kiri ninjas in the clearing to surrender without another drop
spilt. If I was Itachi Uchiha, I would have killed them without question."
"And by being so lenient with your blade we now have another
problem," Wagyu sighed, "the dungeons are full. We have fifty percent
of all our men keeping tabs on the prisoners, they're more of a
hindrance than anything else. It would be quicker to kill them."
Chapter 204
A young looking genin level resistance fighter looked horrified-but we
can't! They're our allies! It's not their fault they have to obey the
Mizukage's orders!"
"-Shut up kid," a chunin snapped, "what would rather do? Spare them
so that they can come back and kill us again?!"
"No but-"
"It's us or them kid, it's that simple," Wagyu sighed, "I wish we didn't do
this but...it has to be done."
I didn't like it, I didn't spare their lives only for another execution! I...I
have to do something! But what can I do? If only I can store them away
for sometime until they can decide what to do with them later! But I
can't under a storage scroll, it's not designed to store a living being! But
what about….my inventory!
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Find a way to spare their lives!
Rewards:
10,000 EXP!
Failure:
Nothing
Do you accept?
Y/N?
I selected yes and spoke up, "I think I have a solution."
"Oh? And what is it?" they asked turning to me.
"Give me ten minutes," I activated Swift release speed up times 10 and
vanished out of the fort, rushing into the forest next to the fort, looking
for a live creature to test on. Quickly I found a rabbit I could use.
I grabbed it and canceled my jutsu, immediately the little mamale tried
to escape, but I had it's ears in a vice, it couldn't even move. I opened
my inventory and put it inside. I waited five minutes, until I was sure it
would be dead because of the lack of oxygen and took it out.
Immediately it began to try and escape again. I dropped the rabbit and
watched it run away. I gave chase with my normal speed, watching as
it tried to run away. It's brain activity was normal, doesn't look like the
status like nature it was in inside my inventory effected it in any way.
I grinned before I flash back into the for, I left a marker right where I
was standing. I appeared in the war room once again, startling
everyone.
"What the-how did you do that?!" a chunin growled.
"I can take care of your prisoner problem without killing them," I
informed them, "they'll be unharmed and they won't take up any of your
time."
"How?" Wagyu asked.
"I have a special storage seal," I explained, "I can't give you any
details, but it allows me to store a human life, putting them under a
form of temporal status, for them it will be like time stopped. Is this
good enough?"
Lie successful!
The young resistance fighter nodded frantically while the others
whispered amongst themselves before agreeing as well. Finally all
eyes on Wagyu who kept glaring at me. Finally he sighed and nodded,
"it's fine. Come with me, I'll show you to the dungeons."
We all followed him, I guess they were curious about my new 'seal'. We
went two floors and there in cells filled to the brim were over two
hundred captured Kiri ninjas. The injured had been patched up as best
as they could. Obviously the resistance didn't want to waste medicine
on these people.
Wagyu motioned a gaurd to open the door and pull a prisoner out. He
was pushed towards me, he looked scared, he couldn't even meet my
eyes. I pushed his shoulders and put my arms behind his knees,
carrying him up. The man looked confused as to why I was carrying
him like a bride, even the people behind me snickered.
I ignored them all and opened my inventory, tossing the man inside.
The people gasped as the man vanished into nothing.
"You bastard!" a capture jonin cried out, "can't you at least give us a
proper execution?! You have to have this monster do it?!"
"Where did he go?" Wagyu asked.
"I told you," I looked at man, "he's in status."
"Can you bring him back?" 1 asked curiously.
I nodded as I reached into the inventory and pulled him out.
Immediately he began to flinch as he looked around, "w-what was
that?"
"What did you see?" Wagyu asked moving before the flinching man.
"I...did I go somewhere?" the prisoner asked.
"He didn't experience time moving at all," I told them, "it's a new seal I
developed to store away injured people, keeping them alive until we
can reach a medic."
"Or give you the ability to transport entire armies by yourself," Zabuza
hissed, "you just keep getting more and more dangerous kid."
"I'm going to be the shadow of the future Hokage one day," I smirked,
"so you better not piss me off."
"The future Hokage?" 8 asked, "who?"
I turned to her and smiled, "Naruto Uzumaki."
"Ha!" 5 chuckled, "the day that kid becomes the Hokage is the day I'll
become a cat lover!"
I shrugged, "I look forward to that. Now, shall I continue? Or what?"
"C-continue," Wagyu said worried as he stepped back.
It took me five hours to put them all away. Yes, four freaking hours. It
took a minute to put away each person, yes a full minute, and that's if
they were cooperating. It took three men to restrain a person and ring
them to me. It was honestly a pain in the ass, but it had to be done.
Weekly Power Status
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