Normal Speech'
'Thoughts'
'Bijuu/Summons/Gamer/Jutsu'
'Bijuu/Summons/Thoughts/Jutsu'
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, The Gamer, or any series for that matter. If I did the last thing I would do is write fanfiction for your amusement. I am also way too lazy to come up with new creative and funny disclaimers to post on every chapter, so I'll be copying this one and pasting it on every chapter. I've got better things to do with my time, like read fanfiction, write fanfiction, eat, do work, work out, read fanfiction...you get the idea.
(P.S. Did you guys know I like fanfiction?)
Author's Note: I feel like I have to explain my decision to not have Yoru use his stats points up until now. The reason is that his stat points are his lifeline. If Yoru is confronted with an enemy who is much much faster than he is and he already used up his stat points, he'd probably die. If he has his stat points as a backup, however, he can invest as much as necessary into the required stat in order to save himself or give him a fighting chance. Using up all his stat points at once isn't the smartest thing and he avoids doing so on the off chance that he needs to invest in a specific stat(s) in a dire moment. That's why he saves up 100s of his stat points. Needed to get that cleared before someone else said anything more about it.
Also, Tier for stats is based on his passively modified stats. If not, Yoru would be incredibly low tiered.
Chapter 12
"It's been quiet for a while, anything on your end?" My teacher asked me as I appeared in front of her.
I shook my head in the negative, "Nothing has happened on my end either."
My teacher nodded her head before saying, "Alright, just make sure you keep your eyes peeled, I have a feeling that things won't stay quiet for long."
I nodded my head in agreement. It had been a little over a week since we had begun this mission and while there had been a few skirmishes here and there with rogue groups and bandits, there hadn't been any attacks from any of the Five Great Villages as of yet.
"But like everything, it'll only be a matter of time…"
This wasn't even me jinxing it as I knew that Kirigakure wouldn't take their earlier loss sitting down. We had beaten their previous Anbu scouts and so it was only a matter of time before they retaliated. I had a feeling that they were just waiting for something, the question was what?
"Comrades from the Leaf!" A voice yelled out causing me and my teacher to look towards the speaker. The individual donned the Tsuchigumo headband and stopped in front of us before giving us a short bow, "Please take a break, my team is ready to take watch."
I looked up into the sky, noting that it was a little past afternoon, before hearing my teacher say, "We haven't sensed anything out of the ordinary so far, but be on your guard."
"Of course ma'am!" the man said and body flickered from view.
With a nod in my direction, Dove disappeared from view and I followed after her.
"Healing most of their injured shinobi really made things much easier on us." Kotoe said as she placed her mask on the couch of our residence and took off her flak jacket.
I followed suit with a nod, "…they seem to hold less animosity towards us as well."
She smiled and patted my head, "Well it's all thanks to you." She then stopped and looked out the window before saying, "It's getting late and the others should be back soon…I'll head out to get us something to eat. You want anything specific?"
I thought for a moment before replying, "Takoyaki."
There was a smirk on her face as she waved me goodbye, "Alright then kiddo, I'll be back in a sec."
And with that, she disappeared from view leaving me alone on the couch. I stretched out my limbs a little before opening my status menu and looking through it. I hummed in thought for a moment as I contemplated something before thinking to myself, "Make my Hidden Attributes visible along with my Visible Attributes when I open my Status."
Would you like these settings saved?
Y/N
I mentally clicked Y and instantly, my status changed to reflect my decision.
Name: Yorudan
Race: Human?
Level: Lvl 58 Next Level: 146,775/165,400
HP: 32333/32333 Regen: (646.6 per min)
CP: 79101/79101 Regen: (2135.7 per min)
CC: 97%
STR: 252.0
VIT: 264.6
DEX: 216.3
INT: 331.8
WIS: 326.4
ENGY: 592.1
Points: 384
Ryo: 875,348
Hidden Attributes
T: 7-C
P. DMG:
STR x DEX^0.4
E. DMG:
% ENGY
S. DMG:
% INT
AP:
Highest damage output: 144000
SPD:
Traveling: Supersonic
Reaction: High Hypersonic
LS:
850,000 kg
SS:
Damage: 5720
DUR:
Negate 2035 DMG
Negate damage equal to (VIT * LVL(^0.352))
Iron Body:
- Increase DUR by 25%
Chakra Reinforcement;
- Increase DUR by 25%
Dense Muscle
- Negate damage equal to STR (252)
- (Note: Added onto base DUR)
I had slightly improved my stats in the past week, but it wasn't really anything noteworthy. Other than that, since I now knew more about my functions and that I could freely control and manipulate the display, I decided that seeing my hidden stats would give me a better gauge of my strength and skill.
With that all set, I laid down on the couch and got comfortable as I went into my "meditative" position and closed my eyes. I synchronized the rate of my breathing with my heart beat and relaxed on the couch for a moment.
As I sunk deeper into my subconscious, I suddenly felt something jump onto my chest. I peeled opened my eyes and looked at my chest to see a red toad standing there quietly. It seemed to be wearing an obi but I might have just been misidentifying it.
"..."
"..."
We stared at each other for a while before I ignored it as my Empathy picked up no malice from the creature. I then turned my gaze up toward the ceiling wondering when Kotoe and the rest would be back.
"I want some takoyaki…"
"Oi, don't ignore me."
I blinked and turned back towards the toad who had spoken. "…If you had said something earlier, I wouldn't have."
The toad put on a thoughtful expression, "Fair enough." It then began to extend upwards from the waist allowing me to realize that it hadn't been wearing an obi or anything, but that those bands around it stomach had been like a cap to a bottle or something. I didn't think much further as the toad's abdomen revealed a scroll in its extended midsection. The toad unfurled the scroll, allowing me to see what was written within.
I hummed for a moment as I read through it and it could basically be summed up as:
Hey kid, the guy you wanted me to tail has been moving suspiciously the last few days according to my toads, so I would keep an eye on him. On another note, my sources have gathered intel on some movement from the Hidden Mist so be on your guard.
Jiraiya
"Hmm…I'll let the others know." I thought before looking at the rest of the information on the scroll and realizing that the remaining space on the scroll seemed to contain a reverse summoning formula. "Odd…" I thought before inwardly shaking my head and looking at the toad, "Thank you for that."
The toad nodded its head before rolling the scroll back into itself and retracting itself down to its previous size.
I looked to it in curiosity, "I know about summons, but I have never heard of something like you."
The amphibian crossed its arms before floating, "I'm a rare breed of toad called as a messenger toad. I have similar anatomy to scroll toads but the space on my body's scroll is much smaller and so I am usually used to deliver short messages, unlike scroll toads who usually deliver highly confidential documents."
I nodded my head at the information, "…Neat."
The messenger toad smiled with its arms crossed as it continued to remain afloat and looked at me.
I raised a brow, "What's wrong? Is there anything else."
It paused at that before sighing, "Yeah, I'm going to need you to open wide."
"…what?"
The toad sighed once more, "Look I would rather not do this but I have orders. Don't worry, I'm small enough that it won't be a hassle."
I had an odd premonition, but I opened my mouth regardless. The toad immediately flew into my mouth before I could react and slithered down my throat before disappearing.
I blinked once, then twice, before my eye twitched and I sighed. "Whatever…" I thought before taking out a scroll, jotting down the information I had gotten from Jiraiya, and then tossing it in my inventory. I would just give the other guys this instead of explaining it to them.
Next, I made a shadow clone and had it transform into a bug before having it crawl away. Gyoja was a Fuuinjutsu Master and I already knew there had to be some seals around his residence since my Energy Resonance couldn't penetrate it, something I had found out earlier this week. That being said, I had no doubt that there were traps around this village meant for catching trespassers. I would simply have my clone stay within a 2700 meter radius of Shiranami's living area without getting too close.
I already knew he lived in the upper-class residential area and with my Eidetic Memory, I had easily memorized his chakra signature, so all my clone had to do was stay the maximum possible distance away while scouting for his chakra signature. This was the most I could do on my own, but at least I'd be able to monitor his movements albeit in a limited range.
With that, I laid back down on the couch in thought and wondered what else I could do for now before I decided to just play around with my skills a little bit.
I sat up straight on the couch and clapped my hands together before concentrating my chakra and channeling its lightning nature into a compressed ball between my palms. I only put in a little bit so that I wouldn't blow up the place and opened my palms to witness a small blue ball of compressed electrical energy.
Small sparks flew from the ball and it bobbed up and down slightly as it floated on my palm. I poked the ball with my index finger and quickly felt a sharp sting from it causing me to retract my finger.
"No mass though…makes sense since it's just energy." I thought as I lightly lobbed the ball of lightning up and down and played around with it
"Hmm, what else to do…" I thought for a moment before coming up with something.
I willed the ball of lightning to dissipate and took out an empty scroll from my inventory along with a brush and some ink. I laid the materials down on the table and closed my eyes before opening them once more, my Hyperfocus activated. I took my brush and with alien levels of fluidity, began inscribing on the empty scroll.
Each stroke was perfectly aligned with my intentions, each curve and dash coming together to create an intricate design.
While my body seemed to move on its own, so too did my mind wander off elsewhere. Hyperfocus was essentially using Meditation in conjunction with a non-combatant skill, but it could also be used to hone my focus to such an intense degree, I seemingly 'lost' focus, hence 'Hyperfocus'.
My mind replayed the images I had seen while I had been in my meditative position a week prior.
The smoke….
The fire…
The destruction…
My hands danced on the paper as the world around me seemed to fade out of existence, leaving only the paper and brush in front of me.
Nine-tails…
And a lot of death…
Eventually, even the concept of time seemed to disappear from my conscious mind as I single-mindedly focused on my calligraphy. I didn't know how long I was in my trancelike state, but eventually…
Ping!
Congratulations! [Basic Calligraphy] has leveled up by 1!
My senses returned back to my body in full and my gaze lost its intense focus as I regained my bearings.
"You mind if I take a look?" A voice called out to me, causing me to blink.
"While in that state, I'm unaware of my surroundings…" I thought before looking up to Kazemona and nodding my head.
She picked up the scroll while commenting, "You were so focused that I didn't want to disturb you, but if I was an enemy, you would be dead."
"…then I'm glad you're not."
She smiled and turned her gaze back towards the scroll before stating, "You have…a vivid imagination."
She placed the scroll down, allowing me to see it as I hadn't regained enough of my focus earlier to actually note what I had drawn.
I took in my drawing before commenting, "…I suppose I do."
The image depicted the Ninetails toppling buildings and monuments alike, it's nine tails swishing around. The image almost seemed lifelike in a way, as if it could pop out of the scroll at any moment.
"I wonder…"
"That aside." Kazemona began, bringing my attention back towards her, "The others are already here. Where is Kotoe?"
"Getting food." I replied.
The blond nodded her head, "I see, then it would be appropriate to set up the table, don't you agree?"
I slightly inclined my head in reply, "…I suppose."
A small smile donned her lips before she left the area so I created a clone to help me set up the table before looking at my drawing in thought.
"The Ninetails…"
I couldn't help but slightly purse my lips, unfortunately, there were a lot of things about those images that I simply didn't know and I couldn't even interact with them without getting pulled away. In the end, the only option I had to get some answers was to level up my Meditation to 100.
"I guess only time will tell…"
After Kotoe had come back from her grocery run and had gotten my much-beloved octopus balls, the rest of the team came over and we were currently enjoying a simple dinner.
"Now that we are all together…" Tsuchiyo started after swallowing his food, "Do any of you have any updates pertaining to the mission?"
"Ohh come on!" Viper proclaimed from his side of the table in exasperation. "Not everything has to be about the mission. If you don't learn how to relax big guy, ladies will find you boaring…see what I did there?"
Everyone at the table: "…..."
"Baipa…do yourself a favor and stop talking."
"…and you wonder why women would rather talk to a 7-year old than you."
Kotoe and Kazemona stated respectively causing a dark cloud to form over his head as he wallowed in self-depression.
Tsuchiyo smiled lightly, "Well if none of you have anything-"
"…Here." I said, tossing him a scroll, "Lord Jiraiya sends his regards."
Boar deftly caught it with a hand and unfurled it before scanning his eyes along the paper, "This…"
"What is it?" My teacher asked, causing the man to place the scroll down on the table so that the rest could see it.
They huddled around him to look at the information while I sat in my seat, enjoying my takoyaki. "It's so good…"
"Hey Yoru?"
"Hmm?" I replied, my cheeks slightly bulging from the amount of food in my mouth.
Kotoe looked at me ill-humoredly before replying, "The kid that you asked Jiraiya to keep an eye on…"
I gulped down my food before replying, "Shiranami, the one who hates us."
"Your emotion sensing thing right?" Tsuchiyo asked me, so I nodded in reply.
"People are always going to hate us, even if we aren't directly involved in their suffering." Kazemona began as she looked towards me. "That can't be the only reason you decided to have an eye on him."
I inclined my head in affirmation, "…If it was a normal member of the village, I wouldn't have bothered, but he is a high ranking member who seems to loathe us. I'd rather not have him messing around with our mission…is the main reason."
The blond woman raised a brow, "And the other one?"
"…paranoia. There is something off about him."
She looked at me for a moment "I'll take your word for it then." She said before returning to look back at the scroll.
Yurai turned his gaze from the scroll before looking outside "I get the feeling that we won't be able to sleep tonight."
I froze mid-step from stuffing my mouth with more takoyaki and turned to Kotoe, her expression turning serious as well. "You just had to say that…"
The white-haired man chuckled uneasily, "I couldn't have jinxed it that badly?"
"…My sensing capabilities are being obscured…it feels just like the time we got caught in the Kirigakure Hiding in Mist technique." I explained.
"I mean it could be any-"
"And it's spreading throughout the village…I can't detect ally or foe." Kotoe stated, giving a side glance towards Turtle.
He gave a few more hollow chucked before Tsuchiyo stated with a sigh, "So we have enemy fog that's not only impeding our visibility but preventing you from utilizing your sensory capabilities?"
At Kotoe and my nod, he stood up, "Alright, Monkey, Tiger and I will reinforce the wall's defense along with the Tsuchigumo-nin."
Saying that, he slipped on his Anbu gear before continuing, "What will the rest of you do?"
Wolf was the first to reply as she slipped on her mask, "I'll take care of the most vulnerable defense positions. Viper, Turtle, you'll come with me."
"Yoru and I will head over to the center of town and reinforce their defenses there." Was my teacher's reply as she patted my head.
Boar inclined his head before signaling to his partners who replied in kind. With a subtle movement, they vanished in a swirl of leaves.
"Come you two, we have a job to do." Wolf said before vanishing, followed by Turtle and a slightly depressed Viper.
Kotoe slipped on her mask before motioning to me, "Let's move Yoru."
I nodded and was about to move, however, my body froze. An assault of emotions bombarded me causing me to falter for a moment before I shook it off.
"What is it?" Kotoe asked.
I looked towards the direction of my clone. "The clone I had left to spy on Shiranami chakra signature popped…"
"And?"
I furrowed my brows, "It transferred back a lot of negative emotions…I was a little caught off guard."
Kotoe looked at me seriously, "Empathy?"
I gave a nod in response.
She furrowed her brows before shaking her head, "Then let's quickly get a move on." Saying so, she vanished in a burst of speed and I quickly followed behind her.
A few minutes prior, 3rd person POV
"Shiranami, y-you really…" Hato said, struggling to stand, however, his body felt as if it had been weighed down with tons of lead, making it difficult for him to moves. Next to him, the clan leader was on his knees sweat dripping from his brow as his body was surrounded by a rectangular prism-shaped purple barrier, his chakra being constantly siphoned away.
On the ground were an unconscious Tonbee and a more than frightened Hotaru as she looked at the 4 individuals that were keeping the village leader in the purple barrier.
Gyoja looked up from his kneeling position and gave Shiranami a hard look. "Boy, what is the meaning of this? All my chakra detection traps have gone off across the village just as you finished your treacherous act, I don't find this a coincidence. What exactly have you wrought to this village?!" He squeezed out but grunted soon after as more of his stamina was sucked from his body.
Shiranami gave the clan leader a long look before he cracked a barely noticeable smile, "I'm simply doing what you wanted to do all along."
Both Hato and Gyoja froze at that response as they understood what it entailed. The clan leader looked at Shiranami before sighing and shaking his head, however even that movement proved somewhat strenuous, "I don't know how you plan to accomplish that foolish goal, but I already know that if you go through with it, you'll just bring more tribulations upon our already weakened village. That's not even factoring in whether the plan you made will even work."
"Was that what you thought when you first created Fury?" Shiranami asked with a dull smile, but didn't even let Gyoja reply before continuing, "Did you actually care about the safety of the village when you began to prance around with your fancy new weapon of mass destruction? Why do you think we are even in this mess to begin with? Is it not because you grew blinded by rage at the loss of Hotaru's mother, your daughter, that you sought revenge and created this technique? You even named it 'Fury' but what do you have to show for it? Our enemies are still alive and kicking, and our small village is rapidly declining, and who do we have to thank for it? Who?"
Every question seemed to almost physically rip a hole in Gyoja's heart as his face grew more pale with each one…though that might have just been from his chakra being drained.
"Shiranami stop this instant!" Hato yelled towards his son and tried to move, however, his body was completely unresponsive.
"Unless you have as much talent in Fuuinjutsu as me or the old man over there, you won't be able to undo my seal." Shiranami stated before his smile turned crooked. "but on the subject of you father…" He began. "…Ever since my mother died, you've just never been the same. Every day since I was 14, you've pushed me to be better, to be smarter, to be wiser, to be stronger, to be faster, to be more ruthless, to be…" Shiranami paused and shook his head with a chuckle, "And when I didn't live up to your expectations…" he paused and chucked to himself once more. "You tortured me for 4 years to be better than you because you were too weak to save your wife and instead of owning up to your weaknesses you projected your self hatred onto me."
Hato's expression changed multiple times before he closed his blurry eyes and clenched his teeth. "Shiranami…I know what I did to you was wrong, but you are still-"
"Shut up." Shiranami said with a tone that froze the words from coming out of Hato's mouth. "Your paltry excuses are meaningless at this point, the only thing that matters now is…" Saying that he looked towards Hotaru and smiled while walking towards her.
"N-no!" the girl said frightened as she backed up and found herself against the wall. Her eyes widened as Shiranami hand inched closer to her body, however, the worst result she had in mind never came.
Hotaru felt a hand pat her head and gingerly opened her eyes to see Shiranami seemingly genuinely smiling at her.
"It's not fair is it?" Shiranami asked the girl with a sad smile, "We both lost our mothers, and there isn't a thing we can do. Isn't that just unfair?"
The blonde, now somewhat less frightened, looked down before nodding slowly.
"Don't you want revenge?"
Hotaru's body stilled and she slowly turned her head towards her grandfather, whose body was almost as white as sheet at this point.
It seemed like getting your chakra drained wasn't good for your health.
"H-Hotaru." Gyoja struggled to say but faltered as his body lacked the strength to support himself.
"Don't mind him, look at me." Shiranami said, forcing her gaze towards him. "Don't you want to see the bad men who took away your mom disappear."
Now while Hotaru was young, she wasn't stupid. Naive she may be, an idiot she was not, so she understood that Shiranami had other intentions in mind, but the thought of her mom and the people who took her away…the little blond haired girl found her head incline in a nearly imperceptible nod.
Shiranami grinned widely, "Good because you're going to be the one to carry out the deed." As Hotaru's eyes widened at that statement, Shiranami rapidly moved his finger in the air. With his finger as the brush and the space in front of him as a canvas, he drew the kanji symbols for "sleep" (眠る) in the air and immediately, the kanji appeared on Hotaru's forehead
The entire process had occurred in such a minuscule time frame, that Hotaru hadn't even been able to react as the floating kanji symbols had been drawn. Before she could even comprehend it, her eyes began to dull and in but a moment, her body collapsed onto Shiranami.
Both Hato and Gyoja looked on in surprise because while Hotaru had been unable to even notice what had been going on before she went unconscious, as more powerful and seasoned shinobi, Gyoja and Hato had managed to see what Shiranami had done in that little time frame.
"What…?"
"Are you surprised?" Shiranami stated looking at Gyoja who was much more surprised about the technique than Hato had been. "I call it the Character Bind Technique and it allows me to do many things with the symbols I write in the air."
However, there had been a reason that Gyoja had been more surprised what was evident as he muttered, "You…"
Shiranami smiled, "Don't look so frightened old man, I'm not good enough at Fuuinjutsu to materialize my chakra as seals without a solid surface. This is just a technique I developed to somewhat circumvent that, but it's not as fast nor efficient and not nearly as effective. If I tried using it on you for example, you could probably break it in a fraction of a second which, while good in battle, isn't effective for long term effects. On those weaker than me however…" he stated, looking impassively at Hotaru who was unconscious.
Taking all that information in, Gyoja decided to worry about it for later and as the most important question, "What do you plan to do?"
Gyoja widened his eyes, however, when instead of answering, Shiranami pulled down the top of Hotaru's kimono, showcasing her back. Engraved upon the center of her back was what seemed to be a large grey dot which caused unsightly veins to protrude from that spot across her back.
Shiranami looked at it blandly, "Tell me, old man, what exactly were you planning to do by engraving Fury upon your own granddaughter's back?"
The clan leader could not even find the energy to respond as his body flopped to the floor in weakness and resignation. Hato too could only look on in powerlessness at the proceedings.
"I suppose it doesn't really matter at this point." Shiranami stated before covering Hotaru up and laying her on the ground. He walked towards his father and brutally kicked him in the throat, causing him to cough intensely. "I probably shouldn't have done that considering I need some answers from you, however as you've always told me…" the dark haired boy said as he kneeled to his father's downed form before concluding, " 'suck it up or you'll get it worse'."
Saying so, he grabbed his father's hair and yanked it so that he was facing up towards him, "Now then, the Tsuchigumo Style: Forbidden Life Technique Release: Creation of Heaven and Earth, tell me, where is it?"
"What do you…?"
"Do I have to explain my entire fucking plan to you?" Shiranami asked rhetorically in irritation. "I need the technique and you will give it to me this instant or your life is forfeit."
It was at this moment that Shiranami's expression changed. "Tsk." Saying so, he slammed Hato's head to the ground and turned towards Gyoja, however unbeknownst to every occupant in the room, there had been a brief smirk on his lips, "The Leaf Nin that you asked me to spy on with the Dragon Mural are about to move. If I don't get answers in the next 10 seconds, one of you two will die."
Hato remained on the floor immobilized while Gyoja remained trapped in the purple barrier. He looked towards his granddaughter, torn on what to do. If he gave Shiranami what he wanted, his granddaughter would almost undoubtedly come to harm, but if not then his life or that of Hato would be forfeit.
"Will you keep her safe?" Gyoja asked in a plea.
Shiranami looked at him impassively, "How the hell would I know? You're the one who made the technique. You should know better than anyone here."
Gyoja's eyes widened as he seemed to get a grasp of what Shiranami was planning, but he grit his teeth and looked at the boy straight in his eye, "Fine…I'll tell you."
Present time, Yoru POV
Kotoe and I rapidly traversed the village and in but a few moments, we arrived at the at the village leader's compound.
"What do you feel?" Kotoe asked me as she cautiously looked ahead.
I took a breath and closed my eyes before expanding my Empathy. I was immediately bombarded with negative emotions, but as I was prepared, I was able to deal It it easily. "…A lot of pain, both physical and emotional, sorrow, resignation… just a lot of negativity."
Kotoe nodded her head in understanding, "Then let's move-"
I held out my hand and stopped her from moving forward, "…Hold on, something isn't quite right."
She paused her movement before looking at me, "Enemy ambush?"
"Not sure…" I stated before closing my eyes and focusing on my Empathy. While the fog had spread across the village, it hadn't spread inside the buildings themselves (unless they had their windows open) so logically I should have been able to sense inside the buildings even if I couldn't sense around me. Unfortunately, there was a seal that was blocking my Energy Resonance from reaching the village leader's so I was unable to do so.
Luckily, there was nothing was blocking out my ability to sense emotions, so I could only tell how many people there were based on the different groups of emotions being displayed. I couldn't tell who specifically was displaying which emotion, unlike what I could do with my Energy Resonance.
However, since I could still tell how many people were in a certain area just based on my emotion sensing abilities, I knew that something was wrong in this place the moment I had expanded my Empathy range.
"…From my observations this past week, I know that the clan leader only ever has a maximum of 5 individuals in his house at any time: Him, Tonbee, Hato, Shiranami, and Hotaru." Saying so, I turned towards Kotoe before finishing my explanation, "However right now, I sense 7 different sets of emotions, meaning 7 individuals 4 of which are hostile. It would be best to exercise caution."
Though I couldn't see her expression behind her dove mask, I could feel her seriousness. "Alright then, let's send a decoy."
Nodding my head, I formed a reinforced shadow clone and had it enter the house through the front door, meanwhile, Kotoe hopped up to the roof of the house and waited for my signal.
3rd person POV, Yoru Shadow Clone
"Alright, time to act like good faithful cannon fodder." the shadow clone thought as he entered the building. Immediately along the corridor, he saw the still forms of the village leader, Hato, and Tonbee, however Shiranami and Hotaru were nowhere in sight. Besides that, now that he was actually inside the building, the clone could sense the chakra signatures of 4 individuals that were hiding in the shadows, but decided to feign ignorance for now.
The worst that could happen would be getting dispelled.
With that line of thought, Yoru Clone walked up towards Gyoja downed formed and poked his body with his finger. "I know you are alive." "Even if someone is asleep, they still emanate emotions and as far as I'm concerned, dead people don't have chakra."
The village leader's body began to move before he shakily raised his head, "R-run…"
Yoru Clone raised his brow but did not react as the 4 individuals he sensed earlier moved and surrounded him in a square formation.
"Infinite Embrace!" One of them yelled as they all slammed their palms on the ground. A purple barrier sprung up around Yoru and immediately an immense pressured weighed down on him.
"My chakra is being drained…this is…"
"Shiranami said that there would be some unwanted guests coming our way, but who would have thought that it would be just a child." Akaboshi stated as he looked at Yoru Clone's petit form.
"Oi oi, Wait you're telling me that this pipsqueak is a bonafide shinobi from the Leaf?" One of the other 4 individuals asked, a man named Chushin asked. He didn't wait for a reply before he continued, looking at Yoru Clone in deprecation, "Not so tough now huh little turd? Being from the 5 "Great" Nations apparently means shit if even children can join their ranks."
Yoru just looked at him as if he was an idiot. "Then again, he looks like one." Yoru thought while looking at the man's thin, gaunt face and body, receding hairline, unkempt, near-shoulder-length hair, and distinctive cleft chin.
Perhaps somehow sensing the taunt in Yoru Clone's gaze behind his mask, Chushin grew a tick mark, "Listen here you little shit, I will-"
A laugh brought him out of his tirade.
"Tell me what's so funny Benten?!" Chushin asked harshly towards the other member of the group, a very androgynous looking man with brown eyes and black medium hair. His appearance was made even more sexually confusing with the pink lipstick he wore.
"You're getting so riled up from a child who can't be more than 8. Seriously you're such a poor excuse for a man." The man spoke, yet his deep voice contrasted so awkwardly with his effeminate appearance that Chushin couldn't help but quip.
"You really sound strange whenever you open your mouth, don't you think Nangō?"
The last member of the group, a large man with long brown spiky hair tied in the back in a ponytail and small black eyes, didn't even reply.
"Always the killjoy…." Chushin muttered.
"Alright enough." Akaboshi, the second in command of the group after Shiranami, stated. He looked down and brought himself eye level towards Yoru Clone, "Tell me, where are the rest of your comrades? I know that you all rarely travel alone."
Yoru Clone continued to remain silent.
"Tsk. Let me make him talk." Chushin stated before he walked up and swiftly kicked the Clone across the face. Yoru Clone's Anbu mask flew off from the impact, making the upper half of his face visible as he still had the face mask on.
Chushin froze, before his face warped in anger, "You piece of shit! You dare to have a more handsome face than me?!" Saying so, he repeatedly stepped on the back of the reinforced clone's head, each impact causing the floor board to crack.
"Stop!" Akaboshi stated, yanking Chushin away. "Nangō, keep him in check."
The burly man nodded and held Chushin in place, causing him to scream out in protest.
"Let go of me! Not only does he diss me, but he also has the balls to be better looking than me!"
"…"
"Trust me, it's not even that hard." Benten stated with a smirk.
Chushin looked at him with a glare, "You have no right to talk you trap!"
"Trap?!" The feminine looking man stated in anger before butting heads with Chushin.