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Chapter 161: The Land of Waves

We arrived In Tazuna's house that night, he knocked on the door and

waited. The door opened and a middle aged woman with blue hair let

loose opened the door;

Tsunami, Mother

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"Father!" she cried out as she hugged the man, "I was so worried!"

"I'm alright Tsunami," Tazuna smiled as he hugged her back, "these

ninjas brought me here safely."

She looked over and noticed us. She immediately bowed, "thank you

for protecting my father."

"It's our pleasure," Kakashi smiled, "not to seem rude, but may we

come in? It's been a long day."

"Off course!" she welcomed us inside and quickly showed us to the

dining room, the largest room in the house, "would you like something

to eat? We have some rice and fish you like. I'm sorry we don't have

anything else to offer, it's just...trade hasn't been that good this past

year."

"Rice sounds lovely," Kakashi said as we all sat down in the living

room, with Kakashi at the head and Tazuna sitting next to him.

"Starting tomorrow I'll be training you three," Kakashi said, "I realised

that you all are..woefully ill prepared for a fight, so, for the remainder of

the mission you three will be training with me."

"What about me?!" Tazuna asked, "I still need protection! Gato could

send more men after me!"

"That's where Yami comes in," Kakashi pointed at me, "he'll be more

than enough to fight anyone off."

"The kid?!" Tazuna gasped, "b-but you're the jonin! Won't I be safer

with you?!"

"Actually, right now, Yami is the best option for you," Kakashi spoke as

he read his book, "he's the one who took care of our enemy ninja

problem, not me. So you're in good hands, trust me."

"Yami did?" Sasuke snapped, "I thought it was you."

"Nope. All Yami. I didn't even have to lift a finger," Kakashi replied

turning a page.

"Amazing," Sakura said as they looked at me.

I chuckled, "stop, you're making me blush. Plus Kakashi sensei is

giving me way more credit than I deserve."

"No, I really am not," he replied, "anyway, Yami, you're going with

Tazuna, keep him safe and keep an eye out. Like Tazuna said, this

Gato man could grow desperate and hire bigger thugs, we won't know

until he makes his next move, so until then, be weary."

"Right...hey could I borrow a couple of Naruto's clones?" I asked.

"Hmm? What for?" Kakashi asked.

"The bridge," I explained, "Tazuna, how many workers do you have on

hand?"

The man scratched h beard, "depends. I have to get people onboard

with the idea first, so far I only have five people willing to work with me.

I'm hoping when I go into town tomorrow I can really more."

"Exactly, Naruto's clones can serve as a powerful workforce," I nodded,

"hence Tazuna gets some much needed help and his entire bridge

building process goes by a lot faster."

"Hm...fine, I don't see a problem with it," Kakashi waved my request.

"Hey! I'm not a pack animal!" Naruto complied.

"You're whatever the mission needs you to be Naruto," I smiled at him

as removed my hood and mask, sighing, "God that thing's stuffy."

"Alright, foods ready!" Tsunami said as she walked in and stopped

suddenly as she looked at me. She blinked twice as I saw her REP

raise from 20 to 45. Hm….maybe I should stop wearing a hood and

face mask?

The Next Day:

"How many do you want?" Naruto asked.

"As many as you can make without hurting yourself," I told him as we

stood outside Tazuna's house, ready to start our respective

assignments.

"You asked for it!" Naruto made the now familiar seal causing the entire

property to be covered in smoke revealing an army of Naruto's.

"Let go Dattebayo!"

"I'm pumped! Yeah!"

Tazuna blinked, "t-that's a lot! How many are there?!"

"Around a thousand I guess," I shrugged as I made a shadow clone

with 300 CP. It appeared next to me before jumping onto the house's

roof and disguising itself as a bird.

"Why did you do that?" Tazuna asked.

"In order to keep an eye on your family," I informed the man, "they're

probably in danger because of Gato. If anything happens my clone will

take care of it."

"That's smart thinking Yami!" Naruto said with a grin.

"Naruto! Come on! We have to start training!" Kakashi called out as he

and the rest of team seven stood in the backyard.

"Right! Coming!" he turned to us, "good luck!" he then ran to the

backyard, leaving us with a thousand versions of himself.

"All right you lot! I want you all to henge into a common looking civilian!

The purpose is to make it seem like lots of people are onboard with this

idea, prompting more people to take part! Make it a random person

and make it plain, ordinary! Forgetful! And drop your henge for any

reason unless I say so!" I ordered the clones.

"Right!" they cried out as they did just that. And now we had an army of

civilians that looked ready for anything.

I turned to Tazuna, "lead the way."

"R-right," he nodded as he looked around before walking into town,

"our first stop is the carpenter's guild in town. Hopefully I can convince

the people there to come with us."

I nodded as we walked into town. The place was...well, garbage. The

tow was broken down, buildings were either half broken or covered

with mold. People were living on the streets, in boxes and wearing

rags.

Things were bad, I could see it with my own eyes. Even Naruto's

clones felt it, the pain. I turned around, "you know something Naruto?

Technically, they're your people. So it's your responsibility to help."

"Right," the nearest clone replied, "but...how?"

I smiled, "don't worry, I'll help." The clones nodded as we moved into

the heart of the town. We arrived at a large well maintained building in

the middle of two where five people came out to meet Tazuna.

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They talked for a bit, I stood close and watched as the serpent

convinced the men to join up. Then the six went inside and talked to

more people, asking them to join. Tazuna even played out trump card,

the small labour force, and that got people excited.

Soon we had around twenty carpenters on board, all 20 followed

Tazuna to the bridge site, which was currently just a slab of concrete

and nothing else.

"All right then!" Tazuna said as he turned to face the small army of

clones, "I'm guessing all of you don't know anything about bridge

building yeah?"

The clones nodded. Tazuna sighed, "this is going to be a pain. I'll have

to explain it to each and everyone of you."

"Not necessarily," I told him, "just explain it to one clone and the others

will learn it automatically."

"What? Really?!" a clone asked amazed, "we can do that?!"

I nodded, "yup, Tazuna, you don't you divide them up into different

groups for the task you need them to do. Then explain to one person

from each group what needs to happen and they'll all learn, sounds like

a plan?"

"Well, if they can really do that then yes!" the bridge builder nodded

enthusiastically as he did just that.

I honestly wasn't surprised Naruto didn't know the thing about clones

transferring memories, but hopefully now he would, and he would

actually use that knowledge to become stronger.

Two weeks later:

"I'm so fucking bored!" I cried out from atop a pile of wooden beams. I

grumbled as everyone ignored me by now even the clones started to

get into the groove of things, working overtime, determined to make

this bridge, to save their people.

I guess my little push worked a little too well.

The bridge was halfway done already, I know, amazing right? Two

weeks of nonstop labour and the bridge was halfway finished, it would

have taken much longer if NAruto's clones hadn't helped out, but

luckily they were.

Tazuna actually managed to double the number of people working for

him over the two weeks time, people were slowly getting hope back

into their hearts and pride in their work. I could see it in their eyes.

They still live in filth, but there was that spark, I remember seeing it in

Naruto's eyes. I guess it's just a thing that descendants from

Uzushiogakure have.

The kids training has been going well, like I expected Kakashi had

trained them in tree walking, and since NAruto already knew it Kakashi

taught him a new jutsu, a wind release since that's what I taught him.

Eventually thought Kakashi had determined enough training had been

done, so the kids now had to come to guard duty with me, which is why

Kakashi and Sakura now sat next to me overlooking the construction of

the bridge.

"You know, if you're really that bored you could take a break," Kakashi

said as he flipped through his book.

I groaned, "and do what?"

"Well, you could explore the land," Sakura said with a shrug, "you did

say it used to be a ninja village yes? Maybe you can find something

interesting."

Ping!

Quest alert!

Find a proof of the Uzushiogakure village!

Rewards:

?

Failure:

Nothing

Do you accept?

Y/N?

I blinked, "that's it!" I jumped on my feet, "I've decided, I'm going on a

treasure hunt! Kakashi, here," I tossed him a fanged dagger which he

caught effortlessly, "throw it if you need me back and I'll do my best to

arrive on time! I'll probably be gone for a few days though, this land in

pretty big!"

"Don't die," he responded and with that I was off.

First thing's first, I needed information, the old kind. So I began asking

around for the oldest person in the town and soon found an old

woman, one Miezu Tomo, an old bat around a hundred years of age.

I found her house in the edge of town and walked to the front door,

knocking, "hello, is anyone there?"

"Come in, it's open," came a sad voice.

I opened the door and walked in, the house was small, so small there

was only one room and an old lady sitting in that room in a rocking

chair. Her hair was blood red, her eye pale milky white, and over her

head was a name, but it wasn't Tomo;

Misu Uzumaki,

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The woman smiled, "who is it? I don't recognize the voice. Is it a new

child? Come to hear stories from grandmother Misu have you?"

I blinked, "you're an Uzumaki aren't you?"

"What?" the woman snapped with fear in her voice, "w-what are you

talking about? Who are you?!"

"My name is Yami...I'm a ninja from Konoha," I told her as I walked in,

"and you're an Uzumaki."

"Why do you say that little shinobi?" the woman asked.

"Your hair," I replied, "it's bright red...Uzumaki red."

"Oh that, oh no dear boy, I just dye my hair, it's nothing special," the

woman laughed, but I knew she was lying.

"No, there's no way that's a dye, it's too...perfect. You're an Uzumaki,

an Uzumaki is the only one who can live for so long and yet maintain

the colour of their hair. They have been blessed with long life

and...you're one."

She began to grow angry, "I don't know what you're insinuating boy! I

don't like your tone! I demand you leave my house at once or else I'll

call for help!"

"No wat! Please, just listen to me for a moment! You're the first

Uzumaki I've met! In fact you're the only Uzumaki in this town! There's

another one! Right here!"

"What? Impossible!" she scoffed.

"It's true. His name is Naruto Uzumaki, he's an orphan from Konoha

and he's been assigned to protect Tazuna the bridge builder. He's

staying just a few streets away….could you possibly met him? He

doesn't have any family and...you're the closest thing he has to a

grandmother."

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The woman was silent, for a long time she said nothing. And then she

opened her mouth, "why do you care so much for the reunion of two

Uzumaki's?"

"Because Naruto's like a brother to me," I told her, "we were both

orphans, and we both grew up together. I may not be his brother by

blood but...I am his family, the only one he got….well, until now," she

looked away, I sighed and continued, "please, I'm begging you. I swear

I won't tell another living soul, just...just met him."

She said nothing, looking down, in shame or regret I couldn't say. And

finally, after five minutes, she spoke, "very well...take me to him."

I nodded, "right...do you have a wheelchair or something? Or do you

wish me to carry you?"

"I can walk," she got up from the chair, using a cane to hold herself

upright, "I'm old, not a cripple."

I smirked, "right...shall we?" We walked out, she set the pace...which

was slow, like a sloth. But I didn't complain, I couldn;t. Eventually

though the silence got too much for me, I had to talk. "So...where you a

ninja for Uzushiogakure?"

She looked over at me, "why do you think I'm a ninja boy?"

"You feel like one," I told her, at her questioning gaze I continued, "I'm

a chakra sensor, I can feel people's strength levels. You're around low

chunin and you….you're unique chakra signature...that's another

reason I thought you were an Uzumaki."

Lie successful!

She snorted, "and here I was thinking my ninjutsu was up to make,"

she folded her sleeves revealing a seal on her hands, "damn things

must be broken if you can sense me."

I couldn't, I couldn't trace a bit of chakra from her. I honestly thought

she was a civilian until I saw her name and level. "So you know

Uzumaki fuinjutsu?" I whistled, "damn grandma, that's impressive,

haven't seen that in ages."

She snorted, "of course you have, it's a secret for a reason...tell me,

the Uzumaki you found, does he had a good head on his shoulders?"

I snorted, "Naruto's a moron. I tried to teach him seals, but he never

took to anything more complex than an explosion tag. Honestly, that

boy is dumb...but he is intelligent in other ways."

"How?" Misu asked.

"Emotionally intelligent," I told her, "he's one of the most empathetic

people I know. He's not as good as I am with seals, but he does have a

way with people."

"Hm...so you're a wannabe seal master huh?" she snorted.

"Nothing about me is a wannabe you old hag," I snorted, "I'm probably

the best seal master you'll ever met."

"That's quite a bold claim, especially when being said to an Uzumaki,"

she smirked.

"I reverse engineered the Flying Thunder God jutsu in five days. I'm

pretty sure my claim holds water," I smirked back.

She faltered in her steps, "w-what?! Five days?! You figured out an S

rank space time ninjutsu in five days?!"

I smirked, "not a wannabe now am I?"

"Show me," she snapped.

I raised an eyebrow at her tone but complied. I took out a dagger and

showed it to her. She looked over at the seals and nodded. I then threw

the dagger away before zooming over to grab it and then zooming

back to her side.

"Interesting," she hummed, "you integrated the anchor matrix to one of

control, not power. You would need to have phenomenal chakra control

to be able to use your sealing matrix . But that also gives you an

almost unlimited range, hm, very interesting."

I smirked, "finally, someone who speaks my language!"

We continued on our way to Tazuna's house, Misu and I compared

notes and spoke fuinjutsu along the way. She wasn't very forthcoming

with her clan's kinjutsu, but, I was very open about my seal ideas. She

actually gave me a few helpful tips, hopefully they can lead to

somewhere.

When we arrived in Tazuna's place she stopped. I looked at her,

"what's wrong?"

"I-I can feel him," she said in awe as a small tear drop came from her

eyes, "I can feel his chakra...he's an Uzumaki...another Uzumaki."

I smirked, "yeah...come on, let's meet him." We walked inside, "hey! I'm

back! And I brought company!" I called out as we walked in.

Everyone was inside, sitting around the dining table sipping tea, they

had just finished their lunch break. Tazuna sat at the head with Kakashi

and Sakura in one side and Naruto and Sasuke on another.

"Hey Yami! What are you doing here?1 Kakashi sensei said you're

going on a treasure hunt!" Naruto cried out.

"And I did," I smiled as I stepped aside revealing Misu to everyone, she

immediately grabbed their attention.

"Old woman Misu?" Tazuna said looking confused, "what are you doing

here?"

Misu ignored him, instead all her attention was on Naruto. She moved,

her larger frame taking her across the room in seconds. Naruto leaned

back a little, afraid, but Misu just smiled at him, her eyes slowly tearing

up as she cupped his face.

"A-an Uzumaki," she said as she caressed his cheek, "a really

Uzumaki."

"What's going on? Who is this woman?"Sakura asked curiously.

"She's Miezu Tomo, the oldest woman in the village," Tazuna spoke,

"she's around a hundred years old. She used to tell us all stories about

the village back in the past, about when it was the land of Whirlpools,

when Uzushiogakure still stood."

"She's more than that," I told him, "she's also an Uzumaki."

Kakashi looked up from his book, "what?"

"An Uzumaki? Like Naruto?" Sakura asked.

"She's my relative?!" Naruto cried out in surprise.

"Yes, I am," Misu finally spoke, breaking the tension in the room, "and I

have waited so long to see one of my people again...you're ahir...it may

not be red, but your chakra, it's definitely an Uzumaki's."

I blinked, "wait, I thought you were blind."

"Then how did I walk all the way here without your help?" she asked.

"Well...you are a ninja," I shrugged.

She smiled and made the bird seal, her eyes suddenly turned form

milky white to a raw powerful purple that seemed to peer into my soul,

"a simple trick, guess you aren't as clever as you think sonny boy."

"Those eyes...they're exactly like my mom's," Naruto spoke in a

hushed tone.

Misu turned to him, "your mother? What was her name?"

Naruto took out his pendant and showed her the photo he had of her,

"her name was-"

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"-Kushina," Misu finished with a gasp as she took the pendant with her

shaking hands, "Kushina...the little tomato."

"What?" Naruto blinked.

"That's what we called her when she was born," Misu said with a

choking voice, "her head was so perfectly round, her hair bright red,

just like a tomato."

"You know my mother?!" Naruto asked.

Misu nodded, "yes, I did. She was my cousin...my uncle's daughter.

The youngest child in my home...and the youngest of the main

household."

My eye winded, "holy shit."

"Oh...I did not know that," Kakashi said sounding very surprised.

"What? What does that mean?" Naruto asked.

"It means Naruto," Misu said his name with soft kindness, "that you are

the last male heir of the main Uzumaki family, the heir to

Uzushiogakure."

I blinked, "damn…so is Naruto's a prince?"

Misu blinked, "in the strictest sense, yes. He is."

"Alright!" Naruto cried out, "I'm a prince! Here that Sakura?! Wait, does

that mean is Sakura and I get married she would be a princess?!"

"NARUTO! Don't stay stuff like that!" the pinkette blushed red while the

others snickered, even Sasuke cracked a smile.

Misu sat down and we'll all listened to her story. She was a chunin

when Uzushiogakure fell. She obeyed her Hokage's orders and went

into hiding along with a few others. She survived till this date, hiding

her origins and keeping an ear to the ground, hoping to see another

Uzumaki. And now, after all these years, her mission was complete.

"That's so cool!" Naruto cried out, "I have a grandma!"

Misu chuckled as Naruto hugged her, she patted his back gently, "and I

have a grandson," she turned to me, "and it's all thanks to you boy.

Thank you."

I smiled, "don't mention it."

"Hey grandma Misu!" Naruto cried out, "do you think you can teach me

some cool clan jutsu?!"

I snorted, "I doubt it. Naruto, you're clan specialised in fuinjutsu."

"W-what?! No way!" Naruto groaned, "now I can never learn it!"

"Nonsense," Misu huffed, "an Uzumaki that doesn't know seals?

Impossible. I'm sure you just need the right teacher to help you along."

"But the last person to try way Yami! And if he can't teach me no one

can!'

"Not true," Kakashi spoke, "Yami may be a seal master in his own right,

but no one can challenge an Uzumaki when it comes to fuinjutsu. For

the remainder of this trip you can train with her Naruto, learn whatever

you can from her."

"Really? Thanks Kakashi sensei!" Naruto cheered.

"Kakashi? Kakashi Hatake?" Misu asked, "the son of the White Fang?"

Kakashi nodded, "yes. Why do you ask?"

"I met your father once," Misu spoke, "he was very kind to me. It's

strange that both you and an Uzumaki great me at the same

time...Yami, which clan do you belong to?"

I shrugged, "no clan, I'm an orphan."

"I see," her eyes softened, "I'm sorry to hear that."

"Neah, it's fine, it's not like you killed my parents."

"But still, you have given me a lot Yami," she squeezed Naruto's hand,

"if there's anything I can do, please, just ask."

"Hm, could you teach me some Uzumaki seals?"

"I'm sorry, but I'm only allowed to teach members of the Uzumaki

family," she replied, "it's a clan rule."

"But Yami's practically family!" Naruto cried out, "he's my brother!"

"That may be, but rules are rules."

"But-"

"-It's fine Naruto," I told him, "rules are rules. Keep your clan's secrets,

it's fine...but could you by chance point me in the direction of the

Uzushiogakure ruins? That was why I came to you in the first place."

"Why did you want to find the ruins?" she asked.

"Boredom," I told her with a shrug, "I was just curious is all. Not

everyday you get to explore a land that used to be feared in over three

great Lands."

"Hm, very well, I don't know what you'll find there though. The land has

been burnt to the ground and people have been robbing it bare for the

past half century, but, if you do find something you're welcome to it.

Consider it a rewards for your efforts."

She put down the location of the village on a map and gave it to me. I

thanks her and that night we all stayed for dinner with NAruto

bombarding the woman with questions about their ancestral home.

The Next Day:

I left early the next day, like 4 in the morning early. I stepped out and

took a deep breath, letting the cool morning air touch my soul.

"Swift Release: Speed up Times 10!" I charged up and zoomed off.

This jutsu took up 100 CP every ten seconds. I produced 58% CP

every thirty seconds, meaning I made around 2,800 CP every thirty

seconds or 900 CP every ten seconds. More than enough to allow me

to keep this speed up indefinitely.

And the next time I level up, I'll reach 1,000 CP every ten seconds,

allowing me to move on to the next level, but for now, I would have to

settle for this.

I moved south, the village was hidden in the south apparently on a cliff

that looked over the ocean. I ran for about an hour when I finally

reached my SP limit, forcing me to stop. Luckily though, I had already

reached the coast line.

I waited for my SP to recover before I went ahead, looking around the

coast for any sign of a a village existing here. I went up and down the

area over a hundred times, it soon became night. I continued my

search, but eventually even I got bored.

I found a small cover along the shore, the inside was bare, the floor

was covered with water while the sides had a walkway made out of

rocks. I settled onto the rockway for the night, using my coat as a

pillow.

I looked up and found the night sky before me, the cove's roof was

open wide. I honestly wasn't a bad place to come and relax for a while.

Maybe I should make this place so that I could come again for a

vacation.

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I closed my eyes and let sleep take over, but I found the noise of the

night poking into my head. The sound of crickets, the sound of the

waves by the beach and the sound running water along...wait, running

water?!

I got and immediately began looking around for the noise. I found a

small spring in the end of the caev, tucked between two stones and so

small one would not notice it if they didn't see it. The water fed into the

cove's own water supply, I tasted the water, it was fresh, clean and

fresh.

This wasn't possible, there's no way something like this could occur

naturally...unless it didn't occur naturally.

I closed my eyes and allowed my chakra sensory powers to take over. I

searched and felt the twinges of chakra just behind the stone wall

before me. It was like something was growing inside, something

strong. I need to break this wall down.

I stepped back and drew a fist, charging it up with chakra. "Fuck yeah!"

I yelled, smashing it into the wall.

BOOM!

The entire stone surface collapsed. I jumped back to avoid the debris.

Slowly The wall came down, releasing a cave entrance behind it. I

smirked, this was awesome!

I walked in, the cave was dark, I used a fire jutsu to act like a torch as I

walked in. The tunnel slowly grew bigger and bigger, until I came upon

a small lake. It was huge, and on the other side was a hallway, an

actually hallway.

I walked across the water and entered the hallway, the walls covered

with Uzumaki swirls and other images, this must be a tunnel from the

old Uzumaki village.

I walked further inside and found what looked to be a prayer hall, it had

four large statues in it, each in one corner of the room with another

hallway going out of the room. But the path was shut, collapsed from

bedries, I think it must have been an escape route of some kind.

I looked at the statues in question, they were of people, each dressed

in the old plate armour Madara and Hashirama used to wear,a ll

making a hand seal, Tiger, Dragon, Bird and Hare. Below the statues

were inscriptions, I walked closer and read it.

'Stands before you is Recca Uzumaki, the second Uzukage. His

greatest creation being the discovery of the space and time

branch of fuinjutsu.'

I read about this guy, his principles is what the second Hokage used to

create the Flying Thunder God in the first place! This guy's a legend! I

checked the other statues, the first, third and finally, the statue with the

Dragon hand seal was the Daimyo, the Uzumaki that established

Uzushiogakure in the first place.

I was in awe, even if I didn't discover anything else, this alone...it was

worth it. But...I am a gamer, looting was part of the package.

"Alright," I cracked my neck, "show me your secrets..." I looked around,

searching the entire chamber, but I found nothing, not a scroll, not a

coin. The only thing I could find were the statues, hm, statues. Okay,

let's go with that cliche shall we?

I stood before the Second Uzukage and made the Tiger seal which he

had. Nothing. I continued before each only mirroring their poses, but

once more, nothing. Maybe I need to do all four at once?

So I made three shadow clones and we each took our places, making

the hand seals. And suddenly, the hall rumbled.

We all we on high alert as the center of the room began to open up. A

pedestal came out of the ground and on it was were two storage

scrolls.

I observed the pedestal and found no booby traps or tripe wires, it was

safe to approach. I grabbed the scrolls and opened them up, finding

something big sealed away inside of them.

Ping!

Quest Completed!

Find a proof of the Uzushiogakure village!

Rewards:

Keyrune

Wings of Uzumaki

I blinked these must be what was sealed inside the scrolls. I put the

bigger scroll on the ground and channeled chakra into it. There was a

puff of smoke as a giant kite the shape of bat like wings appeared it.

The kite had a human harness on it, someone could actually wear it,

though the wings looked too small to gain any lift to allow someone to

fly into the air.

Wings of Uzumaki, A rank

Wings that were created by Uzushiogakure village to allow for

flight. Channel chakra to activate.

Speed: 200 CP for 40 Km per hour

WARNING: Only an Uzumaki can use this!

I grumbled, great, so only Naruto could use this, just great. I sealed it

back up, might as well have it as a gift for the brat. I then took the

smaller scroll and put it on the ground, channeling chakra into it to

release its content.

There was a puff of smoke as small rock with the kanji for 'key'

appeared on the scroll.

Keyrune, D rank

Used to unlock a secret compartment, one use only.

I was surprised, so this was some kind of key? But where's the….I

turned to the statues, I picked up the key and walked towards the

Daimyo statue as slowly the stone began to glow. I stopped and moved

towards the other statues, each gave off a similar reaction.

I can use this to unlock one of these statues...but which one? Maybe

the messages on their statues would give a clue.

The second Uzukage's message spoke about his space time seals, so

maybe it had something to do with that.

The first Uzukage spoke about how he defeated the armies of Kumo

with a powerful water jutsu and the third Uzukage spoke about how

talented he was with a blade.

The Daimyo however wa the most impressive. It spoke about how he

single handedly protected the Land of Whirlpools from the Kyubi,

bashing it away from the islands. If this wasn't propaganda, that mean

this guy was strong enough to fight off the Kyubi! I had to have

whatever he had stored away!

I approached his statue, the stone glowing brighter and brighter. I

placed it on his statue and suddenly, I heard a click. The tablet with all

the details of his life came open like a drawer, relating an object inside.

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It was bracelet, a white bracelet the size of my face. It was thick,

around five inches thick with a black stripe going down the middle. I

narrowed my eyes and observed it;

Ring of Stars, S rank

A ring forged from a fallen star. It can absorb any amount of

chakra and exclude it in the form of blades. It multiplies the CP

given by 10.

CP- X

DMG: 10 times X

Alright, now I'm impressed. And if something like this is in this storage

contained, image what will be in the others?

I took the now inactive keyrune and let a dagger in the middle of the

camber to come back later. I then left the room, back the way I came,

and sealed the entrance I created by using a low level Earth jutsu to

cover the tunnel once more.

I then walked out into the beach and took the Ring of Stars out. It was

time to see what this thing could really do.

I held it in my hand, my fingers around the ring tight. I slowly channeled

chakra into my hands, around 100 CP. I felt the ring stir up, the chakra

in my hand began to pour out, seeping into the black line on the ring. It

felt tight, like spokes on a wheel.

It began to push, forcing me to let go as the ring began to float down

into my hand, spinning like a wheel with my hand being the axle.

And suddenly, three giant blades sprung out of the ring, blue,

translucent, like the blades of a fuma shuriken. They spun with the ring,

spinning in place. I smiled, drew my hand back and whipped it forward.

The ring flew out of my arm, like a bullet launched from a gun. It flew

straight for about 20 feet before it spun off to the right, coming back to

me like a boomerang. I caught it easily, and immediately it went over

my arm again.

I threw it again, and this time aimed it at a nearby boulder. It coiled,

blades first. The chakra ducked into the stone, like a drill hitting solid

steel. Chucks of rock flew all over the place, I could see the energy the

chakra blade took to break the stones apart. And suddenly, the Ring

bounced away, flying over to me, almost leaping as it landed in my

hand, no longer spinning.

The boulder was destroyed, broken apart, it was like something had

crushed it with a giant hammer. The blades, they were strong, eerily

similar to Naruto's Rasenshuriken.

The moment it ran out of chakra it stopped spinning, but it didn't stop

when I just threw it. So did that mean it was only effected when it hit

something? Could I spin it forever?

I stood on that beach, charging the Run up and throwing it into the air

over and over again. My theory was right, as long as it didn't hit

anything, it didn't cause any damage. And what's more I could channel

more than just normal chakra into it, I could use other natures.

THe wind nature turned it into a cutting machine, while the normal

blade acted like a drill, wind charak made the blades invisible and

sharp, like a sword. Fire chakra made the blades light up, like with

flames. It didn't do any damage whatsoever to the rock, but when I

threw it at the water, the flames tore through them.

I tried lighting, which allowed the Ring to travel three times faster and

hit hard, like when I used normal chakra. Scorch was similar to fire,

except it also cut like wind. And Power….power was the most

destructive.

The Blades light up with golden energy, I threw it, and instead of cutting

into the boulder, it tore through it like a comet, and collided into the cliff

side, exploding.

The ring came flying back into my arms, and in it's wake was a broken

cliff side. I definitely had to be more careful with Power Release.

I left the coast at around noon, using the swift release to speed up 10

times faster. While I did find what I was looking for, Kakashi did kind of

give me a leave of absence, so why shouldn't I do a little sightseeing

while I'm free?

With that in mind I set off, using the swift release to make me ten times

faster I took off into the countryside, looking at the lash green lands.

The land was criss crossed with rivers and lakes, a lot of water, and

because of that most of the fauna were mangrove trees or some other

similar variety. The land near this coast was fertile, lush with

vegetation, I'm honestly amazed not more people farm here, or maybe

it's too far away to do so.

I however soon realised something, there were no humans anyway

here. It was like all those people were just stuffed into one village

where there was so much room around? Hm, food for thought.

But then I discovered a fork in the road, one path fresh and often

travelled the other molted, covered with grass. Hm, I think there's a

poem about this from my world but...what? I don't….I don't

remember….why….argh, stupid game.

But, the paths did intrigue me. There were two paths, yes, the one

often traveled would lead me back to the village but the other one…, I

grew curious and set out.

I followed the path at my increased speed and quickly came upon an

abandoned village. I stopped at the entrance and was shocked,

everything looked burnt down, destroyed even. It was like people had

just left. It looked maybe 5, 10 years old? How did….why did….Gato.

I took off, I found four more covered pathways, I made three clones

and we each took one. The path I took lead me to the coast, a village

built on a cliff, I don't understand how I could have missed it but...here

it was.

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The other clones popped, each of those paths lead to a village, except

one, one lead to a harbour, a secret harbour which had a warehouse

full of people coming and going. The clones had left a marker there, so

I used a 100 CP and zoomed away.

I arrived behind a boulder, the dagger stuck between a few rocks. I

took it and put it away, I looked out, the harbour was inland and had a

small ship docked right then.

The people moving the boxes looked tough and most of them had one

title in common, 'Drug Dealer',meaning the boxes was most likely

drugs.

I closed my eyes and felt around, the warehouse was filled with around

50 civilians, no ninjas. This must be why Gato is so desperate to make

sure the Land of Waves is crippled, it serves as a perfect transport hub.

I once read that the Land of Noodles was infamous for it's opium,

meaning Gato probably transports the goods from there, to the island,

from which he can provide drugs to the Land of Fire, Lighting, Forest,

Water, Snow and even Iron. Damn, no wonder he wants it so badly.

I had to burn this place to the ground, only problem is I didn't have

orders to do so. So I might as well get them.

I made two clones, each with a thousand CP each and I sent them off.

One would flash over to Kakashi and the other to the Hokage himself,

just incase Kakashi didn't approve.

I sat there and waited, logging in gaurd patrols and how many boxes of

drugs were inside. The clone I sent to Kakashi obviously arrived first

and dispelled. Long story short, he said no. He didn't want to agitate

Gato.

A few hours later the clone I sent to the Hokage arrived, it soon

dispelled, he also said no. So with a heavy heart I left, I couldn't do

anything now, but I did leave a marker here, just in case.

I traveled through the night and reached Tazuna's place in the morning.

I came in, "morning everyone!" I called out.

"Ah, Yami, back so soon?" Kakashi asked not even looking up from his

book.

"Yup, was a nice trip...very informative, but not as explosive as I

hoped," I sighed.

"Well, that's too bad," the man turned a page, saying nothing else.

"Was your journey fruitful?" Misu asked, it seems she was also in

Tazuna's house these days.

"Kind of," I smiled as I sat down removing my hood and mask, "I

managed to find the ruins of what looked like an Uzushiogakure shrine

dedicated to the First, second and Third Uzukage, along with the

Daimyo of the land. I didn't find much, but I did discover something

cool."

"Like what?" Naruto asked a little excite.

"I'll show you, after breakfast," I smiled as he pouted, resolving to finish

his food fast before forcing me to finish up quickly as well.

Soon the entirety of team seven, Misu and I were in Tazuna's

backyard, the old bridge builder had decided to take a break today, so

he and his daughter watched us from inside.

Naruto was jumping on his feet, "so? What did you find? Tell me!" he

asked eagerly. I sighed as I took out the storage scroll with the wings

and tossed it to him. He looked at it curiously, "what is it? A new jutsu?"

I sighed, "Naruto, it's a storage scroll, use it….you do remember how

right?"

"Of course I do!" he cried out, "I'm not an idiot," he put it down and

challenged chakra into it causing the wings to appear before us.

"Woah," he said as he picked them up, "what are they?"

"They are wings," Misu said as she examined them before turning to

me, "where did you find them?"

"I told you, in a ruin," I shrugged, "I figured you would know what to do

with this."

"Yes...I do," she ran her fingers down the wings, "it only works for an

Uzumaki, it grants the user the power of flight."

"Wicked!" Naruto said, "a item that only works for me?! That's so cool!"

I rolled my eyes, "don't let it go to your head Naruto, a good ninja isn't

defined by his tools, but by his actions."

"Yeah yeah, can I try it on now?!" he asked.

"No," Misu spoke clearly, "that is too dangerous for you. You need to

train first before anything else, do you understand?"

"But-"

"-Do you understand?" she narrowed her eyes.

Naruto sighed, "yes grandma Misu."

The woman smiled, "good boy, now Yami, did you happen to find

anything else?"

I sighed, "yes, I did. But I hoped I could keep this one, if you don't mind

that is," I reached around back and unhooked the Ring from my belt

and held it out, "it's called the Ring of Stars, it belonged to the Daimyo

of this land, the founder of Uzushiogakure."

"T-The Ring? You found it?!" Misu looked amazed as she took it from

my hands, holding it like it was a precious gift from heaven itself, "d-do

you know what this is? What it can do?!"

"Yeah, I do. Took me a while, but I figured it out," I took the ring back

and channeled chakra into it forming the three chakra blades around it.

The Ring then began to spin in my hand I tossed it into the air, it

harmlessly flew around before it came back to me, "it's like a fuma

shuriken, instead of metal it's blades are pure chakra."

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H-how are you doing that?!" Misu asked, "the last person who even

tried to control that thing got his arm chopped off!"

I blinked, "really? It's that difficult?"

Misu nodded, "yes, there has never been someone who could control

that thing since the second Uzukage! If they even tried...it would go out

of control!"

I shrugged, "looks alright to me."

"Can I try?" Naruto asked.

"No!" Misu cried out, "there is no way you can try young man! This ring

require precise control to control, you certainly do not have that."

"Maybe that's why Yami is so good with it," Kakashi offered while he

flipped a page, "his chakra control is perfect, beyond normal even. If

the Ring truly requires control to use, then Naruto is the worst

candidate to use it and Yami would be the best."

"Hm, that might just be true," Misu nodded, "either way Yami, perhaps

it is for the best you keep it. You've proven yourself a friend to the

Uzumakis, this is the least we can do. Just..promise me that is an

Uzumaki arrived who can wield that RIng, you'll give it to them?"

I nodded, "I promise, if that happens, I'll give the Ring back to their true

owners."

Misu smiled, "thank you. Now, Naruto, let's get back to your training!"

"B-but-"

"No but's!" Sakura chuckled as Naruto was dragged away, even

Sasuke smirked, guess Misu was a hard teacher huh?

Two weeks later:

I got back to work, guarding Tazuna day in and day out. And once

again, I got bored. But this time I got to have some fun, using the Ring

as a discuss to see just how much I could manipulate it.

I found it obeyed every order I gave, before I threw it. IT didn't move

when in flight, it was stuck in one path, but before, I could program it

into any flight path, even to come back immediately after throwing it.

The bridge was almost complete, Tazuna and everyone in the village

were excited as hell. So they threw at party at Tazuna's to celebrate.

"To the bridge!" Tazuna toasted.

"To the bridge!" the people cheered. There were around a hundred

people out in front of Tazuna's lawn. The twenty people Tazuna

managed to hire turned to fifty and quickly to a hundred. Now a days

everyone in the village was on board and excited.

I also looked forward to the end of this mission, it honestly had gotten

kind of boring at this point. I was so looking forward to going back

home.

"To the ninjas!" a ransom woman shouted.

"To the ninjas!" the men and women cheered, Naruto blushing while

Sasuke looking...confused. Guess he never had anyone thank him for

something he actually did before.

"And to finally giving that bastard Gato the middle finger!" Tazuna

cheered, this toast gaining the most attention.

"You're all going to die!" a scream tore through the crowd. Slowly

people stopped partying and drinking. They all turned to see Inari, the

little boy, standing in his house's doorstep looking angry. "You can't

win! Gato will just kill you all!"

"Inari..." Tsunami tried to calm her son, but he didn't listen, pushing her

hands away.

"Gato's going to kill you all! There's no point in trying to escape! Can't

you see what you're doing is stupid?!" Inari cried with tears in his eyes,

"you're all going to die!"

"The hell we are!" Naruto yelled as he came forward.

"Naruto-" Sakura wanted, but the blonde didn't listen.

"We ain't going to die, nobody's going to die," Naruto said in a hot tone,

"I swear it!"

"Yeah? How are you going to fight all of his men?! How?! He'll kill you!

Good people can't live in a world like this! If you try to fight back, you'll

just die!"

"That doesn't mean I won't stop fighting!" Naruto yelled back, "I'll never

stop! I'll protect the people I care for till the day I die! Just because I'll

die doesn't meant I won't even try! If you don't try, what's the point?!

You either die alone and useless or you stand your ground and fight!"

Inari was in tears as he went back inside, Tsunami apologised for her

son and went in as well. THe party continued, but Naruto went off to

think.

I smiled, I'm glad my interference hasn't clouded his personality, he's

still the same stubborn boy. Which was good, he'll need that

personality if he wants to save us all.

A week went by without incident, we were so clone now, it was almost

done. But, on the last day of construction, I felt them, all of them.

Hundreds upon hundreds of chakra signatures coming towards us from

the village side, all just a little stronger than the average civilian.

I immediately jumped to Tazuna's side scarring the man, "what do you

think you're doing?!" he roared, but I ignored him. I grabbed his

shoulder and sent out three pulses of chakra, alerting Kakashi and the

rest.

Ten minutes later they arrived, Tazuna still confused, but right next to

me. "How many?" Kakashi asked as he put away his book.

"Over six hundred," I blinked, "yeah, around that man. They're over a

hundred fifty feet away and coming closer. I think….maybe half an

hour, maybe less."

Ping!

Quet alert!

Defeated all 620!

Rewards:

+10,000 EXP

Failer:

Death

Main mission failed

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"S-six hundred?!" Sakura gasped, "w-we can't fight that many!"

"We'll have to try," Kakashi nodded, "Sakura get Tazuna and the rest of

the builder's into town, we'll push the rest of them back."

"R-right," she nodded as she ran away with Tazuna in hand.

"Yami, can you litter the fields with your daggers? Mark them all?"

"No need," I told him as I cracked my knuckles, "they're just civilians, I

can take them down easy with just Swift release. But, if I miss any you

can take them."

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"That's awfully cocky," he said lifting his headband to reveal his

Sharingan. This caused Sasuke to gasp.

"H-how did you get that?!" Sasuke demanded.

"What?" Naruto asked looking at Kakashi sensei's eye, "woah! Sensei!

Your eye is red!"

"I'll tell you both about it later," Kakashi promised before looking to me,

"are you sure you can handle this?"

"Please, I need a workout anyway," I cracked my neck loosening my

muscles up. We waited for them, a minute later the first of the enemies

crossed the tree line stepping forward and glaring at us.

They were dressed like bandits and ronin, no armour, just pointy

weapons. They looked mean, ruthless even. Most were above level 20,

their average HP being around 3,000, meaning if I hit them with my

chakra enhanced fists at a critical spot, I could kill them.

"We're from Gato's shipping company!" the head at the small army

cried out, "and we're here to advise you ninjas to leave this land! You're

interfering with our boss's investment! So give us the bridge builder

and leave, and no one gets hurt."

I blinked, "well...that's interesting and all, really, it is, very kind offer," I

stepped forward as I pulled my hood down and revealed my face, "but

how about I make you a counter offer. Leave now, and I won't break

you all within an inch of your life."

"Bahala!" the ronin laughed hard, "you? What are you going to do

pretty boy?! Jerk us off?!"

I shrugged, "this is my last warning, leave, or don't, either way, I'm

happy," I made the seals of the Swift release times ten.

"Fuck off!" he cried out as he drew his katana, "waste them all!"

Naruto got ready to move, Kakashi took a kunai out in each hand and

Sasuke moved through the seals for a fire jutsu. I finished the Swift

release and activated it, "wrong call," and I vanished before their eyes.

Ping!