Normal Speech'
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'Bijuu/Summons/Gamer'
'Bijuu/Summons/Thoughts'
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Chapter 8
The days came and left until eventually a week and a half passed by since the successful ambush of the Iwa shinobi stationed at the Volcano. Due to that, Iwa had been successfully demoralized enough from their losses that they scarcely made any attacks against Kusa's borders.
During this time, us Konoha shinobi had been taking it slightly easier as well since our resident sensor had been recuperating from her wounds. Other than that-
"I can finally go home!" Shark said with a grin as he frantically waved his stump. We were all currently located in the usual first-floor living space of our large, Kusa granted, complex. What was important, however, was the fact that there were many more Konoha shinobi here than there had been before.
Reinforcements had started arriving a couple days ago in separate, but large, groups indicating that Konoha had finally figured out where and how to position its manpower. This was great for the three teams of ninjas that had already been here because it meant our mission was complete. The previously arrived Konoha team leaders (Dove, Wolf, and Boar) were convening with the recently arrived team leaders and exchanging information while the rest of us were packing up and lounging around till they were done.
Shark wrapped his arm around my shoulder and sighed. "Your first completed mission kid, how do you feel?"
"…alright I suppose." I replied blandly.
I stared at the man, more in particular the stump he had for a right arm. The man looked back at me and wiggled it around which got my attention, "I told you to stop looking so sorry for me, a lost arm is nothing new in this business you know. I'll survive."
I returned my gaze back to his stump before shaking my head, "…No, it's not that. It's just…I don't really understand."
The man raised his brows and asked speculatively, "What exactly?"
I thought for a moment before replying, "…I can't understand how chakra can allow a man like the 1st Hokage to subdue the tailed beasts yet, it can't simply give someone back a lost limb? The First used trees to take down the nine-tails but we haven't found a way to heal lost limbs?"
The man actually put on a thoughtful expression before shrugging, "I guess that's just how it is, what can you do?"
"Find a solution." I said simply.
Shark suddenly froze before staring at me, "W-what?"
I turned my gaze away from his stump and reiterated, "If there's currently no way to regrow a lost limb using medical ninjutsu, then I'll just have to find a way how."
The man took a deep breath before gripping his left fist and staring at me stubbornly, "Why?"
I thought about his question and it only took me a moment to understand. "…when I saw your wounds, the first thought that I had going through my mind was 'What if someone I cared for was in your position?' and I realized that I didn't want to even think about such a situation. The best way for me to do that would be to make such a situation obsolete and the only way to do that would be to find a way to fix it. I'll be honest in saying that I'm not doing this for you, but at the same token, you're the reason I am deciding to do this. When I am finished researching how to regrow lost limbs through medical ninjutsu, I will help you get yours back."
The man stared at my face stubbornly before turning away. "…whatever kid, do what you want."
I simply rolled my eyes and smiled under my face mask. "Who knew he was such a tsundere."
The rest of my time here was spent in relative silence and peace until Dove came back and informed me to pack up and get going. I gathered everything I had in my inventory and met up with Dove and eventually I arrived at the village exit. The other teams were also there with Boar looking around for a little bit before nodding his head, "Alright since we are all here, let's move out."
The travel back to the village was relatively calm and not much really happened. It took us a little over a day to get back and now we were all at the village entrance.
"Man it's good to be back…" Shark said tiredly as we all stepped into the village walls after passing through the guards.
The rest of us murmured our agreements before Wolf stated, "While that's true, we still have to check in with Lord Danzo and Lord Hokage about our mission results. The security of Kusa's border is of the utmost importance after all."
Shark groaned and though I didn't show it, I felt the same as well. This mission had been mentally exhausting and right now I didn't want to have to deal with anything else.
Unfortunately, duty called
With that, we hopped up on the rooftops and caught up with the others who had gone on ahead. In no time, we made it to the Hokage tower where we had to wait for a few moments before we were allowed to enter the Hokage's office. I just now realized that this would be the first time I had ever seen the 3rd Hokage up close and I had to say that it was definitely an interesting experience.
Inside the room was not only the Hokage but also Danzo as well and no doubt there were some ANBU hidden inside the room as well. I took all this in while looking at the old man carefully and I couldn't help but want to observe him, so I did.
'Observe'
Name: Hiruzen Sarutobi
Race: Human
Level: 280
HP: ?
CP: ?
STR: ?
VIT: ?
DEX: ?
INT: ?
WIS: ?
ENGY: ?
I had to call upon the full force of Gamer's Mind to keep my expression in check, yet that didn't stop cold sweat from forming on my back. "He's strong…" was the only coherent thought I could form in my mind. As a result, I was immensely thankful when I was brought back by the booming sound of Boar's voice.
"Lord Hokage, the mission to guard the border between Kusagakura and Iwagakure and collect intel about Kusa's security was a success! Please instruct us further!" The man said with the utmost professionalism.
The Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, interlocked his fingers and gazed at each and everyone one of us, but I swore he looked at me a second longer. He returned his gaze back to Boar and replied, "Very well done. I had already received a scroll from Kusa complimenting all of your skills and abilities throughout these last few weeks. They were immensely thankful for your aid and if not for the fact that you were there to aid them, they may have been out in dire straits from Iwa's nefarious schemes. Thank you for your service to this village."
Boar hastily bowed, to which everyone else followed before the Hokage continued, "Now please rise. As per usual, your mission pay will be directly deposited in your accounts and there will be reimbursements for those who suffered more permanent debilitative injuries. You are all dismissed, however, I would like to have a word with Kotoe and her charge.
""Yes Lord Hokage!"" We chorused before everyone left except Turtle, Kotoe and I. Turtle gave us a smile and waved at us before he left as well leaving Kotoe and me as the last two individuals here.
Hiruzen scanned me up and down before humming thoughtfully "So this is the boy you talked about Danzo?"
The bandaged man nodded his head, "Yes old friend, he's very intelligent for his age and Kotoe's reports on his level of improvement further exemplify his level of skill and strength. I would say more, but I'm not the most suitable to do so."
The Hokage nodded his head and looked at my teacher before instructing her to proceed. "Yes Lord Hokage, Yoru has shown incredible skills in combat and has obeyed all orders given to him without question. During our first night guarding Kusa, he was able to defeat 2 older chunin level fighters, killing one of them and capturing the other and for the next couple weeks, any skirmishes he fought in were all won. During the siege against Iwa's forces stationed at the volcano, Yoru was able to defeat a member of the explosion corps who had Jonin levels of chakra based on his description. Afterward, he met up and used his medical ninjutsu to heal me and our other colleague before safely transporting us back to base. Since then he has continued to perform excellently in the field and has never been neglectful in his duties."
It was honestly kind of weird when someone talked about you so positively even though you were right there. The third Hokage smiled lightly before sighing, "It is honestly regretful that we have to send children out in the front lines, however, I am pleased to hear about your sublime performance."
"...Thank you for your praise, Lord Hokage." I said with a bow. I couldn't break etiquette.
The man nodded his head before regarding me, "As a result of your performance, I can grant you a single request within reason of course."
I thought for a moment before shaking my head. There currently wasn't much that I needed and all the things that I did need could be provided by my teacher so there was no need to ask The Hokage anything.
The old man nodded his head at my response before turning to Kotoe. "What say you?"
That was more of an ending statement than a question, but Kotoe actually spoke up, "Actually Lord Hokage, if I may be so bold as to ask to speak to you, alone."
The Hokage looked at her deeply before nodding and looking at me, "Very well then, Yoru you are dismissed. Your mission payment will be given to your handler, but aside from that, congratulations on the completion of your first assignment."
Main Quest Complete!
Secure The Borders!
Reward: 500000 EXP, Skill Book
You have leveled up by 1!
You have leveled up by 1!
You have leveled up by 1!
You have leveled up by 1!
You have leveled up by 1!
Skill Book has been placed in your inventory!
I bowed my head, "Thank you for your praise Lord Hokage." and with that, I left the building. I took a sigh as I thought about my first mission and wondered what I could do for the remainder of the day till Kotoe came back. I racked my brain for a moment before I came up with a simple plan of activities.
For starters, I needed to check up on Minato and Kushina to see if the baby had been born yet. I hoped it hadn't yet cause it would have really sucked miss it.
With that, I made my way over to the Namikaze/Uzumaki household with a simply Body Flicker. I arrived in front of their household door and knocked on it a few times. After about a moment, I heard the gears of the door unlocking before a mop of red hair made its way into view.
The owner of the hair looked down before smiling, "Yoru! I'm glad you're back, please come in." Kushina stated with a bright smile.
I nodded my head and looked at her stomach before making my way inside, "…thank you for your hospitality."
The woman in question rolled her eyes before replying, "You've got to stop being so uptight, we're no longer strangers, but enough of that. I'm glad you decided to drop by after coming back from your mission, tell me, how was it?"
"…I suppose it was alright." I stated as I sat down on a couch.
The woman scoffed as she sat down next to me, "I highly doubt it, the first mission any shinobi takes is usually his/her worst. Tell me, how are you coping with your first mission."
The way she said that made it seem like she already knew that I had taken a life, but I suppose it didn't take much to infer that point. I lightly shook my head and replied, "I'm fine."
Before I knew it, Kushina wrapped her arms around me in a tight hug to her side.
"…This is unnecessary."
"Oh hush you"
And with that, we lapsed into silence. Eventually, the red-haired woman let me go which allowed me to ask, "Is Mr. Namikaze not around?"
Kushina's expression suddenly changed as shadows covered her eyes and her hair started to flail wildly in 9 parts. "That little…he has been avoiding me with every excuse he could make up. He's in the training ground right now 'training' his team, but I know he's just there to get away from me. If I wasn't 10 months pregnant…!" She gnashed her teeth in anger.
I looked up to her and asked curiously, "Why would he want to stay away from you though? You are an incredible woman-UGH!"
I suddenly found myself in a vice-grip hug with Kushina rubbing her cheeks against mine, her previously angry expression suddenly gone. "Ohh Yoru! You're so sweet! I can only hope my baby learns from you!" Suddenly she released me and looked at my face seriously, "You're going to take care of my baby girl alright?" She asked as she tightly gripped my shoulders.
The force of her hands was so much that I felt like my bones will break, so I hastily nodded my head in agreement. The woman's serious face disappeared in an instant, replaced with a genuine smile, "That's good then! Make sure you teach her properly."
"I think I know why he stayed away…"
Suddenly she froze up and looked at me intently, "Yoru…"
An unholy premonition washed over me which was promptly answered as she stated calmly, "…My water broke."
"…ohh fuck me."
I instantly created a shadow clone and had it shunshin to the training grounds to get Minato. While my memories were screwed up, I remembered that Kushina was the Nine-tails Jinchuuriki which meant that at this moment her seal was at its weakest.
She looked at me with a strained smile as she held her stomach, "…This was actually faster than expected, but it a good thing we already prepared contingencies for something like this-"
"Kushina!" A voice yelled as Minato slammed open the door to his house and entered, my clone in tow.
"That was fast…" I thought, but when my clone dispelled I understood why he had been able to get Minato here so quickly. All he had to do was say the words 'Her Water broke' and Minato Body Flickered here so fast, it was as if he had already recreated the flying thunder god technique.
While my musings happened nearly instantaneously, Minato had already created a clone and sent it off, probably to tell the Hokage or something, before he held his wife's hand and looked at me with sweat dripping from his brows. "Thank you so much Yoru, but I'll have to move Kushina someplace else. In the meantime, you can stay here and wait for us to come back."
And without even waiting for my reply, he disappeared.
Huh.
I shrugged and sat down on the couch with my mind running through a few things. For one I always forgot to look at Minato and Kushina's Level, but I suppose since I could see them every day there wasn't really any need to rush.
Afterward, I remembered that I had gotten a skill book as a reward for the mission so I opened my inventory and looked through it for a moment before finding what I wanted. With a mental click, a scroll appeared in front of me and I scrutinized it.
I wondered what was inside the skill books given to me by my doppelgänger? My curiosity got the best of me so I opened the scroll…and promptly closed it shut.
"Ugh…What was that?" I thought as my head throbbed severely. When I had opened the scroll, all I remember seeing were a bunch of extremely complex mathematical equations, diagrams, and algorithms that my brain could not even begin to process. It immediately caused me a headache, so I decided to forgo that endeavor and just learn the skill the 'Old fashion way'.
Would you like to learn the Skill [ID: Create]?
Y/N
Would you like to learn the skill [ID: Escape]?
Y/N
"I suppose that if I were to actually try and create these skills myself, I would probably have to understand those equations…" I shook my head and simply pressed Y for both prompts. Immediately, the scroll turned into dots of light which floated and entered my cranium, giving me the knowledge about how to operate these two skills.
Congratulations, you have learned the skill [ID: Create]!
Congratulations, you have learned the skill [ID: Escape]!
ID: Create (Active) Lvl 1 [00.00%]
ID: Create is used to create instant dungeons. Instant dungeons are 'mirrors' of the real world that you can travel and train. Since they are mirrors of the actual world when you exit the ID, you'll find yourself in the same area you were at in the ID. Stronger instant dungeons may be created at higher levels.
Available Instant Dungeons:
Empty ID [Monsters: None]
Zombie ID [Monsters: Zombies]
Cost: 200 CP
ID: Escape (Active) Lvl 1 [00.00%]
ID: Escape is used to escape instant dungeons.
"These skills…" Obviously, leveling up against zombies and getting potential rare drops was great and all, but all leveling did for me was give me stat points to use and I could just as easily train my skills with shadow clones. I honestly would get better increases in strength through training, but I would have to find a more effective way to train since my regular routine was becoming less and less effective.
Anyways, for me, this skill was a hidden card in hand that I could use to escape from battles and sneak attack enemies. I could even go inside Iwa right now and walk into their Tsuchikage's building without getting caught, though once I left the ID, I would probably be immediately killed.
Regardless, this ability was immensely useful even if I wasn't going to use it for its typical purpose. With that all said and done, I continued to laze in the couch while thinking about other things, like how I would go about regrowing a lost limb using Medical Ninjutsu.
To be honest, I had already considered an avenue to explore for this dilemma, one which had been marinating in my mind for some time.
Natural Energy.
It was all around us and extremely powerful, but most importantly, it increased the strength of techniques by a good margin. What if I could incorporate natural energy into something like the Mystic Palm Technique to increase its effectiveness? The only issue was finding out how to incorporate it into my techniques without turning myself or others into stone…Well, I would have to worry about that once I could actually start sensing the stuff.
And like that time passed by, my mind wandering in all directions. When I was in the deepest recesses of my thoughts, a voice called out to me.
"…Yoru."
My eyes snapped open to see the smiling yet tired and defeated looking Minato Namikaze. "…Mr. Namikaze."
The man panted lightly before replying, "We'll work on having you call me Minato, but for now I'm just here to let you know that Mito Uzumaki-Namikaze has been born."
I raised a brow. "Huh…no Naruto…oh well." I looked him up and down before asking, "And you came all the way here to tell me that?"
The man chuckled before shaking his head, "No I'm just a clone, the real me is in some emotional turmoil so to speak."
Well, that got me curious, "May I ask why? I thought that the birth of your child would be purely a joyous occasion."
The clone Minato strained a smile, "Normally that would be the case…if it had been a boy."
"Ahh yeah that's right, they had that bet…" While in this era boys were preferred to girls, Minato wasn't that type of man…at least I didn't think he was. The main issue was that Kushina and Minato had made a bet a few weeks back, before I left for my mission, about what gender the baby would be when it was born. I didn't hear what Kushina had told Minato she would do if he won and the baby was a boy, but that didn't matter since the baby turned out to be a girl.
I looked at Minato plainly, "…so you're upset that you're going to have to be on night duty every night when you are home."
The man nodded in exhaustion, "Trust me Yoru when you have a child, you will understand how horrific night duty is."
"…Right."
Minato sighed, "I guess you're too young, but that's not the only reason I am here. Both my original and our Wife are currently at Konoha Hospital and since we are like family, we thought you would like to see the baby."
My eyes widened slightly before I nodded my head. Minato clone smiled at me before taking my hand and leading me to the entrance of the Hospital in a shunshin. We walked in and checked in with the staff before he lead me to a hospital room door.
"Well, this is where my job ends. Just a heads up though, the Hokage is inside so make sure to be polite before you enter."
I nodded my head in thanks, to which the clone smiled and 'poofed' out of existence. I took a deep breath and knocked on the door before waiting for a response and just a few moments later I got my affirmation.
"Come in!"
I noted that it was Minato's voice, but he probably knew it was me cause of the shadow clone. "…excuse me, I'm coming in." I said as I opened the door, noting 4 inhabitants: Hiruzen, Minato, Kushina, and a little creature cuddled up in Kushina's arms.
They obviously noted me as well with the Hokage giving me a light smile and nodding before turning back to Kushina and stating, "Well that is what she suggested, so what do you think about it? Feel free to take a little bit to think about it, after all, you've just given birth and this might impact your maternal duties."
"Is that even a question?" Kushina replied before she looked at me with a bright smile, "Of course I agree to that proposal and it doesn't really affect me too much either. My area of expertise won't require physical effort to teach so it won't impact my duties much at all."
The old Hokage smiled lightly, "Then that's good. I'll let her know that you agreed. I am glad for your safe delivery, so please do cherish your child."
"Of course Lord Hokage." Minato replied with a smile, "We'll always cherish her."
The old man smiled and walked out the room leaving me there with the small family.
"Well? What are you standing there for? Come over here." Kushina stated, motioning for me to come towards her.
I did as asked and looked at the baby, so innocent and so cute, I couldn't help but gently caress her cheeks with my finger. "…She's pretty."
"She is isn't she?" Kushina stated, looking at her daughter lovingly. "Make sure you take care of her well, she's like your little sister, ya know?"
I nodded my head, "…Of course"
And like that we lapsed into a short silence, watching the baby slumber peacefully. It only lasted a moment, however, as I thought about the conversation they had earlier, "…if you don't mind me asking, what was the Hokage talking to you about? Of course, if it's confidential then I understand."
Kushina's shook her head, "No, nothing of the sort. As a matter of fact, it has to do with you." At my raised brow, she continued, "Kotoe had notified the Hokage about your unique Bloodline and about how you don't need sleep to function as a result."
"Is that what she talked to him about when I left…?"
Kushina, of course, couldn't hear my thoughts, so she continued, "She convinced the Hokage that you would benefit from a double partnership of me and her teaching you. She could teach you in the early mornings and I at night and it even works out well since I'll be up at night with this little rascal anyway." She finished, cooing at her baby.
My eyes widened at her statement, however, "Wait you mean…"
"Yep! I'll be your second instructor primarily focusing on Fuuinjutsu. Kotoe has stated that your calligraphy has been coming along perfectly and the few you've shown us has convinced me that you may actually be able to go far in his art. From now on you can call me Kushina-sensei! You know I've never had a Genin team before so I've never been called that ya know!"
I looked deeply at Kushina before bowing, "…Thank you."
My body suddenly found itself in Kushina's embrace as she chuckled, "There's no need to be so formal, we're like family after all."
"She's right." Minato stated, remaking his presence known, "We all are family, so you don't have to thank us for something like this." I nodded to which he patted my head before sighing, "I wish I could stay here for a bit longer, but I kinda left my team hanging in the forest…"
I dosed a brow, "You didn't send a clone to get them?"
"No, I did, but…" the man rubbed his forehead, "Kakashi didn't want to come because he felt that this was a 'family Moment'. Because of that, Rin decided she didn't want to come and because of that Obito decided he didn't want to either, so now they're just at the training grounds waiting for me."
I looked at him blankly, "…I see."
Minato looked helpless, but he soon smiled and kissed his newborn daughter before doing the same to Kushina and leaving the room. I lapsed into another round of silence as I idly played with the baby before Kushina spoke up, "You know, you should get back to your apartment. I'm sure Kotoe would like to talk to you about our partnership."
I nodded my head but looked at her and newborn Mito before Kushina rolled her eyes, "Go. I'll be fine by myself for a little bit."
I took a light breath before hugging her once more, "Thank you for everything." Before she could even move to scold me about thanking her, I quickly walked out the door and Body Flickered back home. I pulsed my chakra, sensing a presence inside the apartment, so I walked in.
"Ahh Yoru, you're back." Kotoe stated from the small living room table as she placed groceries on it. "You know, it's been a while since I've had a taste of your cooking, all preserved food we usually eat on missions gets old real fast and they don't even taste good." She hadn't turned around to confirm if she was really speaking to me, but I supposed that being such a good sensor had its perks.
I walked up to the woman and gave her a hug, "Thanks for everything." Honestly, displays of affection made me feel kind of weird, but I was truthfully very grateful towards all of them and this was the only way I knew how to show it.
Kotoe's body slightly froze and she turned around awkwardly in order to pat my head, "I know how much you want to get stronger, so I will do whatever I can in helping you with that goal. Who knows? One day I might need to be saved and all the effort I put into helping you grow will allow you to rescue me."
"...Don't talk about such a cliche scenario."
My teacher laughed as I released her from my hold, "Alright kid I won't, but what I will talk about it how much I want your cooking." She stated with a wink.
I looked at her plainly before replying, "...sure."
And so for the remainder of the day, I relaxed with my teacher at home and gracing her with my incredible cooking skills. It was the first relaxing day I had had in a while and I cherished every moment of it.
4 days passed since Mito Uzumaki-Namikaze birth with Kushina staying in the hospital for around 2 of those days. For the most part, I had slowly gotten back into my schedule for training with Kotoe and since Kushina was out of the hospital, this would be the first night I would spend learning from her.
So here I was in front of Minato and Kushina's home about to learn Fuuinjutsu from the master herself. Kotoe had let me go earlier than usual probably due to that fact.
I placed my hand on the side of the door and flared my chakra which rewarded me with a 'click' as the door unlocked and opened for me. "Seals sure are convenient…" I thought as I made my way inside the house, but I noticed that the house was dark…why did this feel familiar?
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
The lights suddenly came on and before my eyes were the figures of…Kushina and baby Mito. "I know that it's not as lively as the last one, but I figured this would be the best way to start your apprenticeship. Now come on! I've got something for you."
Without even waiting for me to reply, she walked deeper into the house and I followed her until she reached the living room where she stopped. "I have a 'gift' for you, but it is also going to be your first step in learning Fuuinjutsu."
"…That sounds more like homework than an actual gift."
"Hush, now here you go!" And with a snap of her fingers, a large book 'puffed' into her hands. Seeing my raised brow she grinned, "Storage seal on the hands. Pretty simple stuff once you know how to do it and I'll make sure you do. The first step to doing that, however, is to memorize everything in this book." There was a nostalgic smile on her face as she looked at it and now that I paid attention, I noticed it was kind of worn out as well, "This was a gift given to me by the leader of my clan before I moved here, and unfortunately it's the only physical remnant of them that I have left."
I stayed silent at that as I didn't know what else to say, before Kushina shook her head, "Anyway, just make sure you know every single detail about this book like the back of your hand. If not, I won't be able to teach you anything."
I took the book from her hand and flipped through it quickly just to get a glimpse of it and noted that it had s good amount of information: pictures and descriptions of a multitude of common seals, explanations about the variety of brush strokes and each of their applications and an in-depth analysis about the applications of chakra in seal making. It was an encyclopedia of seal making knowledge that seemed to cover all of the theoretical aspects of Fuuinjutsu.
Also as a result, when I said it was large, I meant LARGE.
I looked back at Kushina blandly and she replied with a shrug, "We all had to go through it at some point so you better start now, it's not going to read itself you know?"
"…I suppose not." I said as I placed the book down on the floor and sat down to read. I felt Kushina's pat my head before she left me, parting with a few words.
"Have Fun!"
I lightly sighed but focused on the task at hand. To be honest, I wasn't worried about being unable to retain all this information since I had Eidetic Memory. It would literally just be a matter of time and I was actually very interested in the world of Fuuinjutsu, I mean you could summon a Death god with this stuff. What couldn't it do?
With my stats that were far above a normal human being's, it wouldn't actually take long for me to finish reading the book, a few hours at most. I suppose Kushina expected me to take a while to memorize all the information, but that was a non-issue so I continued to read the book.
As I delved deeper into the literature, I had to admit that the concepts about Fuuinjutsu were fascinating, but also made this craft dangerous. The slightest error in a stroke, no more than even a millimeter, could cause an entirely different effect to occur, according to the book at least.
There was also the fact that you had to input the right amount of chakra into each stroke for the desired effect. Too much or too little chakra at worst would cause the seal to blow up in your face and at best the seal would be dysfunctional. Not only that, you had to pay attention to the amount of ink you use per inscription as well.
There were so many little rules and tidbits to remembers that it was no wonder Kushina simply left me here alone, any normal man would have taken weeks to remember all this information.
Fortunately, I wasn't any normal man.
I wasn't even a man.
I was 6...
As soon as I finished reading the book after around 4 or so hours, I closed it and shut my eyes before shifting through the information. A barely noticeable smile donned my lips as all the information I had read through was easily recallable and could be grasped at any moment.
Eidetic Memory was such a cheat.
I carefully picked up the book and closed it before making my way towards were Kushina was. There she was, in the kitchen, cradling a sleeping Mito in her arms with a smile on her face. Without even turning towards me, she asked quietly, "Is there anything wrong Yoru? You stuck on something?"
I looked at the adorable red-haired creature in her arms before shaking my head. "…No there's nothing wrong, I've just finished."
Kushina immediately stopped cradling the baby as she turned to look at me closely, "Finished?"
I nodded my head, "…Yes, I've finished memorizing the book. I have an eidetic memory so I don't forget anything I see." I explained to her.
I could see her expression change a couple times ever so subtly: from amazement to pride, then to envy and annoyance before she looked at me sharply, "What are the Kanji of elements that compose the Five Elements Seal And Unseal?"
I immediately replied, "The elements used are more symbolic than anything as the seal formula can differ from person to person. The most 'commonly' seen kind of Five Element Seals use either the Five Movements
Metal (金),
Wood (木),
Water (水),
Fire (火),
and Earth (土).
Or the Five Greats (五大, Godai):
Earth (土)
Water (水)
Fire (火)
Wind (風)
and Lightning (雷).
However, even though I say 'common' it takes an incredible deal of skill to learn and master the skill so it really isn't seen much at all."
Kushina looked at me deeply before asking another question, "What are the recommended thickness levels of the symbols used for the Enclosing Seal?"
"2.5 mm in thickness."
"And how many symbols do you create?"
"It depends on the size of the object you want to store, but it usually amounts to 6-10 symbols with more symbols used the larger the object."
She paused for a moment, probably thinking of some random question to ask before she finally did, "How much ink is needed to create an explosive tag with a blast radius of 3 meters?"
I barely had to think before I replied. "Generally speaking the amount of ink needed for that would be close to 3 mL, but that could differ depending on the skill level of the seal master his/herself."
"And say I wanted to blow up a town with a single explosive tag, would that be possible?"
I shook my head. "It takes approximately 1 mL of ink to create an explosive tag with a 1 meter blast radius so theoretically it is possible to create one with a 1000 meter blast radius or more, however, you would not only need approximately a liter of ink, but you would also need paper durable enough to handle all that moisture without tearing. That's not even mentioning the amount of time and skill that would have to go into making such a seal due to the fact that every stroke would have to be perfect and having to use all that ink would drastically increase the likelihood of error, rendering all the previous efforts null as you would have to restart the production of the seal if a mistake were to occur. Theoretically, it would be possible, but realistically speaking, it would be highly improbable. It would be more effective to just pack thousands of explosive tags."
Kushina sighed deeply and looked at me with pursed lips, "And you say you don't want people to call you a genius, but if you aren't a genius then almost no one is qualified to be so."
"I don't deny that I have natural abilities that place me above most others." I started. "But I prefer to think that I worked for all my skills and that they weren't just 'installed' into me. After all, it's not like the knowledge in this book suddenly appeared in my head as I still had to read through the text."
I conveniently ignored the fact that I literally learned many skills that way.
Kushina looked at me with a smile, "It's so cute when you get all defensive." She stated, rubbing my head.
"…I'm not defensive."
Kushina rolled her eyes before putting on a thoughtful expression. "I really didn't prepare anything else since I thought this would take you a while…" She then sighed, "I suppose I can come up with something for tomorrow, but for now I guess you can do…something?"
She seemed kind of troubled that she had nothing for me, so I asked her, "Mr. Namikaze is still on that mission correct?"
Abruptly, her expression darkened and her hair began to flail wildly in 9 parts, "That man…! The first night he's supposed to have night duty and he suddenly decides to take a mission?! When he comes back…" She muttered a bunch of phrases inappropriate for children before she calmed down and looked at me, "…Yes, he's still out and I have no idea when he's coming back." She grit her teeth at that last part.
"…I see." I stated before looking at the sleeping form of Mito, "Since you don't have anything more for me to do, I can look after her for the night if you wish. I don't really need sleep after all, so I won't mind."
Kushina's eyes widened before her expression softened and she scooped me up in a constricting hug, "Oh, You're so sweet Yoru-kun! So much more dependable than that lazy bastard who runs away from his responsibilities!" Her free arm contradicted tighter against me.
"…This is unnecessary."
"Oh hush you. Now if only my daughter can grow up to be like you…" she sighed before smiling and letting me go before carefully placing her daughter in my care. "I trust that you'll take care of her and if she's hungry, there's her milk in the fridge. Now I can finally get some sleep…" she yawned as she stood up, stretched and walked to her room leaving me with her adorable child.
"I'm glad she places so much trust in me…" I thought as I cradled the baby. Her adorable rosy cheeks and beautiful shirt red hair…I couldn't resist rubbing her face and hair with my finger. "…I'm going to dote on you so much."
Let it be said that I loved adorable things...they were my weakness.
I went to the living room and sat down on the couch carefully as I did not want to wake the child. Now that I had some free time I decided to get a couple things out of the way. I was supposed to learn from Kushina for however long necessary then go back to Kotoe's place but I abruptly changed that, so I created a clone and had it let Kotoe know about my situation.
Next, I created another clone and had it go to Konoha's public library. It was currently 11:00 at night and Konoha's public library closed at 12:00. My plan was to have my clone read through all the books about chakra theory. It also had Eidetic Memory so all that information would be easily recalled by me once they dispelled. I needed to get as much information as possible so that I could try and improve upon my medical ninjutsu.
Finally, I created 14 more clones and had them go outside and practice my skills in the back of the Namikaze-Uzumaki compound. I needed to figure out if my theory about 100% chakra control was correct and the only way to do that was to practice my elemental skills until my Natural affinities reached level 100. I still only had my Water and Lightning skills, so I would have to ask my teacher for the other elemental skills to practice.
With that, I laid back into the couch while idly caressing the baby's face with my finger. I couldn't help but look up to the ceiling in thought.
"This place…isn't so bad."
A simple chapter with not much going on.
Chapter 10 is the start of his next mission and is the beginning of the arc I had the most fun writing. Completely original and I really just had fun writing it so I can't wait to share it with you all. I hope you all will enjoy that arc as much as I did (10-12). Anyway, till next time.