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"So, how was your honeymoon?" Ino chuckled.
"It wasn't a honeymoon; I am not even married," Kakashi refused for the nth time.
He was already irritated about being the ambassador and now was unwillingly roped into other people's gossip.
He just wanted to read *Icha-Icha* in peace.
Again and again, till the end of time.
Or till the end of his lifespan.
Hopefully the latter, or he might get bored and have to find a talent who would write stuff on par with *Icha-Icha* or possibly its sequel.
In case Jiraiya dies early.
Even while alive, he is very slow in updating.
But Kakashi can't blame him; he really lives up to the reputation of his infamous research.
The quality of *Icha-Icha* is really unparalleled.
Only a few works in the history of the shinobi world could match it in the smut category.
Heck, for ninjas, this is the best, as it's hard to find literature that ninjas could relate to.
The life of a ninja is not a life of daily happiness or weak-to-strong stories of individual talents where everything goes right, and the protagonist always comes out on top.
(A/N: Lol, this applies to this fic too. In that case... do you want me to break the norm? I actually would, but readers would probably drop it if I take away the plot armor from Sora or show my frustration at how things could go wrong in one's life... Do you want to see my sadistic tendencies? Lol, never mind, this fic is already declining; it would just stop growing at this rate. xD)
One mistake in the life of a ninja could lead them to lose body parts, if not entirely lose their life.
It takes one wrong mission for your shinobi life to be over.
It takes one betrayal for your shinobi life to be over.
It takes one misregulation of your emotions, leading to anger, sadness, frustration, which makes you take a wrong decision, and your life is over.
It takes one prank for your whole career to be OVER.
(A/N: Lol, did the above line remind someone of LITTLE GLEE MONSTER? I might have gotten the name wrong, so I am not even sure.)
"Till where will you guys go? Or will you report to the Hokage with us?" Sora asked Kakashi.
"Nah, we will leave when we reach the border; I don't really want to meet Lady Tsunade anytime soon," Kakashi said with a neutral tone.
But to the people present, it was clear that he was frustrated about those responsibilities.
Why did he even accept Zabuza's proposal in the first place?
Well... he wanted to fight somebody at S-rank to consolidate his current combat system.
He also wanted Sasuke to gain more experience, as he had also grown rapidly in the last three days.
So, they were lacking in the actual application of what they had learned in fighting.
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"We are finally here—home sweet home!" Sora stretched as he got out of the cart.
Sasera also opened her eyes and looked around the bustling city or town.
Depends on one's perspective.
Shikamaru sealed it in a scroll.
"You guys can go home and tell your family that you are alive; I will report everything that happened, so, cya," Sora didn't give them time to reject.
He instantly body flickered away.
"Wait... and he is gone," Ino sighed.
"Well, I think he has good intentions for us to meet our family first, but I think it would be a drag to explain to my mother."
"We also can't tell them anything about the time-travel stuff; Kakashi-sensei warned us, just tell them it was an S-rank mission, which we can't disclose anything about," Choji munched on his potato chips.
His one-year stock of chips was somehow already over.
One year's stock for an Akimichi was a lot.
Seven generations of a civilian family could eat that and still not finish it.
Okay, that might be an overestimation.
Or was it? 🗿
Anyway, Sora reached the roof of the Hokage Tower.
He was in the mood for sneaking around a bit, so he might have startled some people here.
A sword was aimed directly at him just as he landed lightly on the railing.
He put his index finger in front and formed a mini-Rasengan.
It clashed with the wind-coated chakra blade and pushed the latter back as Sora increased the output of the Rasengan.
He needed to use the cheat powers of his Uzumaki lineage.
His very huge stamina.
Which translates to chakra.
(A/N: Stamina is directly proportional to chakra; just check the official databook or fandom. If this line confuses you, it did confuse me when I actually became a serious writer and had to research stuff.)
He instinctively stretched his palm, and a mini-Rasengan was created, aimed at the Anbu who was moulding his chakra for a jutsu.
Sora had to actively resist the urge to release the Rasengan at the guy before he completed his jutsu.
He didn't want to kill these guys.
He had completed his flying Rasengan variant, which he had first shown to Jiraiya when he learned the Rasengan. (A/N: I think it was between chapters 80-84, the peak of this fic... you guys believe that arc was the peak, right? Or did you like the recent arc?)
The analogy of turning it as a dial and how flying chakra blades are released, but chakra kind of bursts in this case.
Anyway, this jutsu was finally combat-ready, and it elevated his strength to elite Jounin level with the shapeshifting jutsu optimization he recently did.
He just had to work on his medical release and incorporate it with his shapeshifting jutsu to become a living zombie.
An Uzumaki zombie who has very high stamina and gets up every time you beat him.
"Guys, chill, it's me, your favourite prankster who painted the Anbu headquarters red that time," Sora dispersed the Rasengan and raised his hand in a surrender position.
Just for the other party to not see him as a threat.
He was also afraid that he might instinctively release a Rasengan at them.
He didn't want to go rogue; plus, one of the Anbu was the Neko-neechan.
So, he really didn't want to make the situation worse.
"Hmm, how do we know that you are Sora?" Yugao asked him; she really wasn't able to track Sora even when he came that close to her.
The other Anbu was also in the same boat.
Not only that, seeing how Sora was calm and used a Rasengan to deflect her sword but also aimed it at the other Anbu.
The other Anbu had predicted that he could release a Rasengan as a projectile.
They didn't want to deal with that in a fight.
Just using a Rasengan should be proof that he is Sora, but they were just making sure.
It seemed that not seeing him for three months and witnessing his progress startled them.
Who knows what their reaction would be if they knew that most of his gains were made in just one week?
Their reaction would have been interesting.
"Hmm, Nee-chan, I walked in on you when you were—"
"I get it, I get it; you are the real deal," Yugao suddenly flailed her arms, and in turn, the sword, to stop him from speaking further.
"Oh, nice. If you want me to use my trademark jutsu, I could do that too, but I am not sure if I should mould chakra," Sora looked at the other two.
"Yeah, please let Lady Tsunade come first; please don't use your chakra; we might be in danger," the other Anbu chuckled.
He easily admitted that he might not stand a fighting chance against Sora in the first clash only.
However, he was more focused at the moment on what Sora was going to say before he got interrupted.
In what scene did Sora walk in to see Cat this embarrassed?
He suspiciously looked at Cat from behind his mask.
Tsunade appeared on a rooftop a few seconds later.
She didn't really need to be called.
The chakra clash of the jutsus made everyone in the Hokage Tower aware that a battle had happened at the top.
Everyone was tense as this place was supposed to be the safest in the village.
Heck, one might argue that Konoha is the strongest village, so by that logic, the Hokage tower has to be the safest place.
One of the safest places, if not the safest, with just a few exceptions.
The other Anbu went to inform everyone that it was just a false alarm and that everything was alright.
"So, you're finally back from your vacation?" Tsunade smirked.
"Hmm, yeah, it was a very long one. Let's talk in your office, I don't think we should discuss it here."
They both went into her office, and Sora took a seat on the couch.
Tsunade also sat on the opposite couch.
"So, give me a brief mission report. How did your mission of catching Dorobou go?"
"Oh, right, I forgot that was our mission. We failed that mission," Sora said nonchalantly.
He had forgotten what the mission was in the first place.
Well, it would look bad on his record that he failed his first mission...
But it is what it is.
"Is that so? Now I'm curious, what took you three months?" Tsunade raised an eyebrow.
She was in a happy mood, as Sora hadn't been in the village to cause trouble, meaning less work for her indirectly.
Maybe she should send him on long-term missions more often.
Sora shivered without knowing why.
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A/n- Long chapter in a while, sorry for too many author notes in this chapter, I had to ask some questions I was curious about from you guys, It would be reduced in the next chapters?
Or curious, but what is random author notes or 4th wall breaks in the chapter.
Also, this chapter prolly marks the end of this Team 10 arc which started at 104, I really didn't expect it would go this long, Thanks for you continued support to make this arc possible 💖.
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"Well, a lot of things happened," Sora gulped, thinking of where to start.
The author was also confused about whether to time-skip this part or not.
Now, with both the author and Sora confused, the chapter is going to end here.
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"Well, we reached the Land of Hot Springs first to investigate Dorobou. After hearing some rumours, we learned of a legend about the Zashiki Warashi."
"Zashiki Warashi? A prank spirit?" Tsunade tilted her head.
"Yeah, kind of, and an evil spirit too. Anyway, we tried to find him, but we got trapped and exited the world?" Sora hesitated, thinking of how to explain.
"Exited the world? Like a different dimension?" Tsunade leaned forward.
She had heard about dimensions from a scroll exclusive to the Hokage.
Lord Second did a lot of research, and Lord Fourth was a practitioner of the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, so he also confirmed the existence of various dimensions and documented some of his experiences.
"Yeah, well, that's one way to put it. It was outside the 3rd dimension itself. We were kind of in a place where time was not constant and was continuously changing."
Sora explained this further with analogies and recounted the events with the sheep, and so on.
"Then we came across a very modern civilization, but it was destroyed by one of its own creations." Sora then spoke about artificial general intelligence.
Tsunade was hooked. She hadn't expected to hear something so interesting today.
She was wondering if it would be appropriate to open her secret stash of alcohol and drink while listening to Sora.
"Anyway, we saw this through that cat, got the orb, and now Sasera ate it," Sora pointed to the cat resting on the table.
"Interesting to think that this cat can not only perceive random events in space-time," Tsunade thought.
Animals that could use chakra were rare, and those with such abilities were even rarer.
She had only heard about the Elder Toad, who had a similar ability to give prophecies.
In her opinion, she was sceptical. She still thought that toad was a scam.
He probably got one or two prophecies right by dumb luck, and now everyone considered the toad to see the future when most of the time he was just sleeping.
"Anyway, our frame shifted again, and we came across two groups of shinobi fighting."
This made Tsunade sit up straighter. She had assumed nothing was related to their time.
"This won't affect causality, right?" Tsunade knew that Kakashi and Sasuke had already heard it.
If it did, Kakashi would have told Sora to mention the events to her and then seal everyone's memories. But she just wanted to confirm, just in case.
In the shinobi world, you can never be too careful.
"Yeah, it's not related to causality; it's from the past. Well, back to the two groups fighting—it was more appropriate to say it was a one-sided slaughter," Sora described Kasumi's skill.
"Then, Sasera somehow transported us back, and we were no longer in the outer dimension but in the 3rd dimension again."
"Wait, this cat can actually traverse space-time? Can it do so consciously?" Tsunade was shocked by the implications of Sasera's abilities.
"Yeah, she can do it consciously," Sora said, glancing at Sasera, who opened one eye and looked at him before closing it again.
She was always watching.
That might have creeped out some people if they knew a cat was always watching their every move.
But, unfortunately for the cat, Sora was not one of those people.
He had done a lot of stealth practice—stalking people—so he always anticipated someone watching his moves, even if he couldn't perceive it himself.
How fitting.
"Damn," Tsunade thought about the implications. This ability was more broken than the Fourth's Flying Thunder God.
"How frequently can she do it? Is it applicable in battle?" Tsunade was trying to grasp exactly what she was dealing with.
As Sun Tzu says, to defeat your opponent, you must understand both your opponent and yourself.
"Well, from what I know, it takes a lot of chakra, and I haven't seen her use this ability in battle, but..." Sora paused.
"But?" Tsunade prompted, curious about what more the cat could do.
This was becoming very interesting to her. At least she was free from the cursed paperwork that had taken down almost every Hokage in history.
"Well, she can do chakra enhancement. She blocked Sasuke's sword attack with her paws, so she could at least deal with a Jounin. I don't know what else she can do," Sora admitted.
Tsunade's eyes widened.
"Damn, actually, how much chakra does she have?"
Sora had mentioned that Sasera used up most of her chakra after a space-time transport, and it took days to recover.
"Why don't you check?" Sora pointed to Sasera, who opened her eyes and stretched out a paw.
She was a Uchiha-like cat, after all. Flaunting was in her blood.
Tsunade hadn't sensed her chakra yet, which meant Sasera was good at hiding it. The only way to find out was to touch her and measure it.
So, she did.
Tsunade's eyes widened when she measured the chakra capacity of the cat.
It was comparable to a Jinchūriki's chakra capacity—no, it was comparable to a tailed beast's chakra capacity.
There's a difference between the two. A Jinchūriki's natural chakra capacity, even without using their tailed beast's chakra, is naturally high.
It's due to their body adapting to the chakra "batteries" stored within them, to put it bluntly.
When they draw chakra from their tailed beast, the chakra amount skyrockets.
It's not even comparable.
That's why it's hard for a Jinchūriki to have good chakra control.
Whatever level of chakra control they have disappears when they go into tailed beast mode, even if they are calm, like Yagura.
To use their chakra control, they must inherently use chakra-intensive techniques.
For instance, KCM Naruto uses Rasenshuriken and its variants.
"Damn, no wonder she has chakra for transporting through space-time," Tsunade muttered.
"Yeah, anyway, next up we met one of the legendary Yamanaka clan heads, Kasumi Yamanaka."
"Yamanaka clan? Interesting."
Sora told her about how he was found, and how Kasumi made many assumptions from just hearing them.
"Truly a dangerous individual. Luckily for you, she was non-hostile," Tsunade noted.
Everyone in Konoha knew that a motivated Nara was dangerous.
This Yamanaka clan head was just an example.
"Not only that, she caught the water balls I threw at her and threw them back. She also replicated my Rasengan in just a glance, and even improved its efficiency," Sora revealed.
Tsunade.exe stopped working.
"Wait, what?" As expected of a Hokage, she quickly processed the information.
Still, she was really having an urge to drink alcohol.
Habits die hard.
"Yeah, her chakra control was that good. Do you think it's possible to do such things?" Sora asked.
Tsunade had heard about S-rank ninjas in their teenage years.
A lot of people have actually achieved this feat. Itachi, Deidara, Mangetsu (before 20), and countless unknown side characters exist in this world.
But doing such incredible things nearly 200 years ago? That was shocking.
'Has the ninja world actually declined, or is it the Ino-Shika-Cho in particular?' Tsunade wondered internally.
Even the Nara clan had considerably declined in their use of Fuinjutsu. They weren't utilizing it to become as fully lazy as they could be, which disappointed her.
"Yeah, it's possible. I can do it too, but not properly in a battle," Tsunade confirmed.
She couldn't help but feel a deep desire to meet this Yamanaka clan head. Kasumi would have been perfect for learning iryoninjutsu. Unfortunately, medical ninjutsu wasn't that developed in Kasumi's time, so she probably only had basic skills.
It seemed Kasumi was born in the wrong era—or perhaps it was the right era for her since she had thrived in it.
"Also, she was able to copy a rasengan in a single glance?" Tsunade focused on this part. Shape transformation too? What kind of monster was she?
"Yeah, she even figured out that the jutsu was inspired by tailed beasts," Sora added, mentioning Kasumi's extraordinary intelligence.
"History really had some remarkable figures," Tsunade mused. Despite Kasumi's abilities, she wasn't as famous as Hashirama or Madara.
It was probably intentional. If she had wanted, she could have dominated her entire era.
Who knows how many other secret masters like her have been hidden throughout history?
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