Chapitre 25: Promotion (1)
Three weeks had passed eventually and Kai had taken three appointments with Orochimaru. The man didn't teach him anything new or even talked about the missions which he was asked to do. Instead, Orochimaru first revealed the brunt of his disappointment that Kai would take Jiraiya's advice and then just stashed away the topic before amusedly asking his thoughts on a few case studies.
The case studies were more about shinobi who spiraled out of control due to their young age and high talent but the man didn't make this about Kai and instead questioned what the victims of their own ego could have done otherwise. Their chat would last 2 hours each appointment and while Orochimaru wasn't looking for some world-shattering philosophy, he certainly enjoyed the boy's sincere company and the thought that he could communicate with Cinnamon... which happened to be quite the adorable name in Orochimaru's eyes, gave him a new inspiration to follow.
And finally, after getting Orochimaru's approval, the team was ready for their promotional mission. Only...
Tsunade, Mikoto, Kushina, and Kai looked at their temporary teammate and instantly recalled her as the weird inquisitive girl who tripped for no reason.
Nono Yakushi, the genin from the genin corps is said to have a mission rate slightly lower than Team Tsunade and she is of similar age to Mikoto being 12-years-old and was also a certified medic-nin apprentice with the mystical palm technique mastered to a certain degree.
"Please take care of me," the girl bowed slightly and her glasses fell down the next instant. The remaining four blinked in surprise and Tsunade inquired, "Genin Nono, why don't you wear lenses?"
Picking her glasses up, she looked up and blinked innocently, "It helps me look cute and thus lower the defenses of the male opponents while the pointed end of it can be used to stan the female ones."
But as they left the village, the trio tried to know more about her. After all, Tsunade is just an observer this time around since it is the four of them who wish to become chunins and a team of 4 chunins should be able to tackle a B-rank mission. Besides, temporary addition to the team is nothing new as these kinds of things happen all the time.
"So? You graduated the year before us, huh," Mikoto smiled, "I never thought that someone from genin corps could be so great at missions."
"It is understandable," Nono smiled, "But you will notice that bandits or merchants often drop their guard around a lone girl. Most of them are sick that way and I, too, just keep my headband aside so they don't know I'm a kunoichi before finishing them off. Those I cannot fight directly have to tackle my genjutsu."
"Oh?" Kai grew interested, "What kind of genjutsu?" He was only expecting a brief description but Nono was clearly quirky.
"Well, those that I cannot defeat are usually stronger and physically reactive so I based my genjutsu on the sensation of touch. It's registered to the Archives under the name of Last Harlot... as the name suggests, the genjutsu creates an elusive trap that makes my target, men or women, more susceptible to lust, and then they do unspeakable things to my illusion..." Nono's cheeks tinged with slight pink as she added softly, "While I watch..."
Tsunade almost groaned out loud but she had to admit that Nono's talent in genjutsu was great to have been able to create a C-rank Jutsu. After all, any genjutsu that focuses on one particular sense was at least C-ranked.
Kushina and Mikoto glared at the perverted girl with a hint of caution and realized how dangerous she was... in certain ways while Kai looked even more curious, "What kind of things did you see?"
"I saw one man whip out his—"
"We're not talking about that!" Mikoto glared at the two that left no room for discussions and snorted mutedly, "We should focus on our mission instead."
Right, the mission. Kai smiled. D-rank missions gave him 2 SP. C-rank had 5 SP of earning. And B-rank provided 14 SP. In that case, a B-ranked Jutsu must cost 140 SP and would need 14 SP to level it up.
[B-rank Quest: A Chainbreaker
Summary: The root of the sudden inflation of slave trading has been identified and you must destroy it.
Reward: A New Title, A New Skill Tree, A C-rank Genjutsu Skill
Failure: Prevention of Promotion]
B-rank missions usually mean that aside from civilians, they will have to fight against enemy shinobi, too, and for that, they had to be alert.
"May I inquire something about Genjutsu from you? It is rumored that you learned the applications from Orochimaru-san in the Hospital..." Nono smiled and looked at Kai as others frowned while Kai inquired in return, "Rumored? I thought that Orochimaru-san's lab was quite restrictive."
"I asked some of the professors and medic-nin in the hospital and they, without confirmation, indicated that you were learning Genjutsu from Orochimaru-san. At first, I was a little curious about Sharingan but it has been suggested to me that their Dojutsu doesn't provide them the applications and knowledge but the instincts for genjutsu, and Kushina-san is not rumored to have mastered any."
"You spied on us," Kushina growled as her hands traced the handle of the chokuto while Nono nodded, "I collected information, technically. Spying would mean I reported this mission to a superior. I have no direct superior to inform anything."
"And why did you spy on us?" Mikoto frowned and she gave a rather familiar reply.
"I'm curious."
"About?" The Uchiha questioned.
"Many things. But mostly things that immediately affect my life." Nono smiled, "If possible, I would also like to ask you how you activated your Sharingan, its range of genjutsu, and its chakra consumption."
"Are you out of your mind?" Mikoto truly looked concerned as the girl tilted her head sideways and shook it.
"We're not telling a... a dirty girl like you anything!" Kushina snapped as Nono continued, "Dirty? How do you mean?"
"You— your genjutsu is perverted!"
"I based my techniques on the more possible kinds of enemies I may face. They are perverted, hence, my genjutsu."
"You said you watched them do unspeakable things to your illusion!"
With pink touching Nono's fair cheeks again, she smiled, "I did. It was for the collection of information. I now know what most men want and if I'm captured, I can use the predictable moments of weaknesses and escape."
"But... but..." Irrational fear meeting sound logic often ended this way as Kushina was just speechless. She stomped her foot while Mikoto smiled and Kai nodded, "We can talk about our genjutsu experience later once the mission is complete. I'm interested in touch-based Genjutsu, too."
Nono's smile widened somewhat and she nodded.
Meanwhile, Tsunade watched everything unfolding silently and with a tight frown. The girl was dangerous alright, that she could understand. Curious kitties normally don't survive this long in their career but Nono Yakushi did and with amazing skills at that. Besides, her report stated that the only reason she learned medical ninjutsu was to cover up her own weaknesses and be able to escape from many kinds of injuries. But what made Tsunade feel weird was the mission itself.
She could understand that this mission would act as a chunin promotion for all four of them but...
'Something feels off... maybe it's just me? No... they're sending us to destroy a slave-trading chain linked to Iwa... so this is going to be part of the initial war skirmishes. The fact that they are sending a Jonin Sensei to overlook the mission means there is a high chance of things going south. But THAT is normal. Something feels off about the girl.'
It was at this time, as they calmly walked since their destination was easily three days of walk, that Tsunade found a tiny white snake slithering toward her, and it slowly crawled over her pants and soon cuddled into her slightly loosened fist before spitting a ball of paper.
The snake then slithered down and began to move in a similar manner toward Kai. Looking at her hands with a straight face, she used her chakra to unfold the paler and saw tiny and rushed squiggly lines that should have acted as seals with chakra still apparent in the words— "Tracker... Nono... Back."
'Hoh?' Tsunade raised her brows and looked at the boy who still smiled at Nono and conversed with her. 'Never thought I'd say that between an Uzumaki and a Kai, I'd want a Kai for the seals-related matter. Screw Jiraiya and his wonder boy, Kai's progressing at a monstrous rate...'
But now that she was informed something really was wrong with the girl, Tsunade raised her usual alertness to an even higher notch. Who knows, someone might just want to target the Senju Matriarch and Princess to shift things about the Senju Clan.
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"Damn it! Where is that bimbo bitch?! She ran away after losing all that money! Fuck!"
Five children, one blonde, one brunette, one redhead, one raven-haired, and one dark-haired boy walked out of the village with bamboo bags on their shoulders as various men of the village roared profanities and rushed around. The village was in momentary chaos as these men seemed to unofficially own the village and broke through the houses to find the woman of their description.
The five children soon left the outskirts of the village and the blonde-haired little girl scowled, "Damn it! I thought that my luck had changed... sigh." She shook her head as multiple poofs of white smoke covered the five and soon, Team Tsunade and Nono Yakushi reverted to their true selves.
"Sensei, did we really have to stop at every gambling den along the way?" Mikoto groaned.
"Of course!" Tsunade smiled, "Gambling is too good to be passed upon. Well, we're already at our destination so you guys can complete the objective. These three days gave you enough time to form a bit of cooperation with each other, right?"
Kushina only huffed as Nono nodded, "It did. I'm still amazed at Kushina-san's chakra reserve."
"Complimenting will get you nowhere!" Kushina pointed and snorted but the unconscious smile on her face betrayed her in a moment.
"Let's get things done," Kai smiled, "I'm looking forward to the Jutsu we will receive as a reward."
"That and things Jiraiya-san taught you is all you think about!" Mikoto grunted in annoyance as Kai smiled, "Well, those are the only interesting things around me..."
That may not have been the brightest thing to say as the only boy on the team as everyone except Nono glared and she nodded, "Indeed, Kai-kun is correct. Did you know that females—"
"Alright, shove it," Mikoto rolled her eyes and stopped Nono to speak whatever Devil's info she'd wanted to and took a deep breath, "Since everyone agreed with me leading, let's go. We'll follow the plan as discussed last night."
And with that, the four flickered away while Tsunade smiled and shook her head as her presence started becoming more and more converged. 'Now... let's see what this Nono has gotten herself into,' the woman looked sideways. It was becoming increasingly clear that Nono wasn't aware of her own situation. Tsunade was confident in her knowledge of the human body and Nono didn't show any signs of deceit once Tsunade probed again about any superior of hers which meant that she wasn't aware she was being used as a beacon and she could have been marked only in one location before the mission.
Konoha.
Already aware that her clan was being targeted, Tsunade did not like the thought that someone had the guts to try anything sneaky with her. She thought that her reputation cowed many already. After all, Senju Clan was flourishing at the moment!
With the civilians having nothing to do in the clan and tending to their houses while enjoying their paid vacation made sure that the clan saw a steep rise in pregnancy rate and next year, the clan will have more than expected births. After all... Senjus are a passionate and vigorous bunch... which made her sigh a little.
She'd been royally fucked and not in the kind she would have wanted. Just these few months of serious management of the clan made sure that Tsunade would never want anything from it. She liked researching iryo ninjutsu way better than this!
Still, here she was... beating up healthy men for trying their chance with her and then lamenting the fact that nobody would man up to try his chance with her...
'Nawaki... grow up soon or your sis will really die a pure maiden...'
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