章 123: Revolutionary (19)

Barely able to cover his excitement, Kai found himself at the peak of the tallest tree in the Shikkotsu Forest. He'd be leaving for another mission tomorrow since their break would come to an end but the last week's grind and research with Fukushu and the Cerberus had brought quite a bit of growth to Kai's understanding of Chakra. It wasn't enough to be considered anything new compared to the vast pool of knowledge he had already achieved but he did manage to devise a seal that could start things not only with Fukushu but may as well be a step needed for Tsunade to finally have a breakthrough with Rinnegan and even for Kushina's jinchuriki problem... even Orochimaru's goal.

What he developed was a key.

But as exciting as it was, Kai just pumped more for the skill he mastered. Adopting his Sage Transformation since that was his go-to sage mode when compared to the Rock Egg Monkey Sage Mode, Kai licked his lips and jumped down.

His clones had remastered a few wind nature jutsus into Sage Arts.

*Whoosh*

Before his fall impacted the ground, Kai's body came to a standstill. His breathing eased down as he let Senjutsu Chakra elementalized as wind nature seep into his surroundings and gained control of an aspect of nature around him using less Senjutsu Chakra.

Still two meters from the ground, Kai continued to 'stand' in the air. He could fly using Essence Transformation and taking the form of a number of birds but... this was different. This skill was inspired once he tried to remaster Wind Release: High Jump but the Sage Art turned out much differently, in the same manner as [Sage Art— Earth Travel.]

[Sage Art— Air Stream (10/10): Releases a stream of wind from the pores of the body with enough senjutsu chakra to interact with the wind around the user. Chakra consumption reduced by 10% at every level. Current Consumption: 100~???]

Well, his clone completed the grind, and Kai just wanted to try this on his own. Shikkotsu Forest was saturated with nature energy so this technique would use less chakra compared to the shinobi villages and the elemental nations. Of course, this was just one of the skills as his SP, too, grew by several points.

With a hearty smile, Kai soon began to jog in the air, backflipping even when he could just stand sideways, too... simply making the air his territory brought plenty of advantages to him, and even if he later isn't in his Sage Transformation, he can always just chose to not doll himself up with this menacing form and adopt to manipulate Senjutsu Chakra without it. After all, Sage Transformation fully integrated Senjutsu Chakra into his body for growth in his raw parameters but that didn't mean he couldn't control the chakra otherwise by now.

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"So? What's going on?" Tsunade inquired as she found Kai's lab neatly organized and without a single clone— a rare sight. Since both of their labs were under the Senju Manor, Tsunade would visit the lower wards and watch Kai's clone try and emulate Byakugan only to fail constantly...

But he finally had a breakthrough. An important one at that.

Gently scooping the single Sharingan they looted from Danzo's eye socket, Kai set the scarlet eye into a rather gigantic transparent cylinder that was as high as two meters and filled with light yellow nutrition liquid. A pattern of the seal was already drawn on the floor over which the cylinder was placed as Kai questioned, "Sensei, you remember when I told you that Danzo stole the Second's Reports? How Tobirama Senju would loot the dead Uchiha off of their Sharingan to study them?"

"I do," pulling a chair, Tsunade decided to sit down and let Kai explain whatever he wanted.

"Well, Tobirama Senju worked more on what we already knew. To be precise— The existence of Chakra is present in every cell, every wave of emotion, and even intent. In layman's terms, Chakra is that concept that is the answer to everything that is mysterious."

Tsunade nodded.

"Tobirama Senju believed that the key in an Uchiha awakening a sharingan is related to their emotions. An Uchiha, in an extreme emotional state, be it anger, lust, obsession, or anything else... releases a wave of chakra from their brains as it would release hormones. This chakra is the presentation of their emotions and interacts with the bundle of nerves around the eyes before awakening sharingan. That's why the Clan was once considered a Clan that Loves too Much... good for me, I snatched their princess."

Tsunade deadpanned at the last bit as Kai just had the skill of making every situation about his move and smiled, "Tobirama Senju also believed that to be true for every Dojutsu... but he's wrong. Byakugan doesn't rely on emotionally charged chakra from the brain as all Hyuga possess it. I've come to realize that Byakugan has just a sprinkle of nature energy... and their bodies."

"Their physique?" Tsunade frowned.

"Yeah, putting Hizashi in a genjutsu was easy enough when he was helping me in 'training' to repay the favor of making him an elder. The Hyuga may not be as sturdy as Senju or Uzumaki but... they are stronger than the average. Byakugan is a Kekkei Genkai... that stems from their bloodline and doesn't need any emotional distress. It makes this Dojutsu more efficient even if less versatile than Sharingan. Not to mention, their social problem stems from outdated traditions, unlike Uchihas who need to battle their inner demons since Sharingan charges emotions ever so slightly. Again, it only enhances their most basic emotion and desires."

Shaking his head, Kai muttered, "Loyal becomes blind... confused becomes lost, anger becomes terror... attraction becomes attachment."

"So? What of it?" Tsunade failed to understand the reason for the monologue even now.

"What of it? Everything I said... can be understood by Chakra. It can explain what we cannot understand. For instance... this Sharingan. How can I measure what kind of chakra was needed to awaken it? If Tobirama is correct, then different emotions must have differing effects on the awakening. There are TOO many variations to be recorded!"

Grinning, Kai's gaze bore into Tsunade's amber orbs, "What if... we had a new language? A language that would converse in chakra?"

Tsunade's lips parted slightly before she shook her head, "What you're saying is even more complicated. Every bit of this 'language' will be unique. Let's take twins for instance. Even though twins look the same, they will not be considered the same in this new—"

"Yeah," Kai smirked, "Everything and everyone will be unique. No two things will be alike... but that's what everyone would think at the surface. Chakra is still controlled. It's still under our control..."

Tsunade's eyes widened as she caught onto what Kai was trying to imply.

"That... that's only in the legends..." She whispered as Kai spoke softly, "I believe... this could be the first step to the fabled Creation of All Things... that Rikudo is said to have shaped this world from."

Tsunade still remained too stunned to speak as Kai turned to look at the Uchiha eye, "Danzo killed Kagami Uchiha and robbed both of his Sharingan. One of these eyes had lost its light and you questioned me about it... The truth is, the Uchiha clan also had some crazy fuckers like the Second Hokage who pushed their knowledge and abilities beyond what was expected of them and in the end, they created a Forbidden Jutsu... Izanagi. It's a technique based on Creation of All Things that implant a Genjutsu over the real world."

"To be precise, it implants a different result within a certain duration after the technique is used which will result in the loss of vision. Let's say, we're fighting with me using this technique. You end up killing me... Izanagi will shift the reality to the conclusion— my survival."

"Is that what he used to escape from Yata?" Tsunade inquired as Kai nodded, "But enough about the husk in our prison. All I've managed to figure out right now is to convert an entity without sentience into chakra itself. The seals under the cylinder are not for that, however, they are there to maintain the chakra formed out of a substance."

"So, why use a Sharingan? It's valuable research material," Tsunade pursed her lips.

"Because I'll be motivated to research the next step if something as valuable as a sharingan is just caught in this incomplete research," Kai giggled and pressed his hand against the surface of the cylinder before a large seal spread on its surface from his hand!

[Chakra Origin Seal (9/25): Turns the selected non-sentient targets into a mix of unique chakra. Reduce Chakra Consumption by 2% at every level. Current Consumption: 19870~??

Next Level: Spend 560000 Chakra or 25 SP.]

Despite the tremendous consumption, the technique was still classified as an A-ranked Jutsu, and under Tsunade's amazed gaze, the eye began to slowly dilute and turn into a mist-like milky white form still in a spherical shape with a violet undertone. The chakra seemed unaffected by the nutrition fluid as Kai huffed and smiled in satisfaction.

"Maybe we can use this to finally start more research about Fukushu, Cerberus, and the Jashin God he keeps chatting about," Tsunade called out from the side as Kai nodded before revealing a knowing smirk.

"Alright, what do you want?" Tsunade rolled her eyes as she saw this. This technique may not be too valuable to others but this could build a new foundation for the village! Of course... even if Kai had managed to 'discover' this language of chakra... now they must find ways to 'read' and understand it.

Like a code.

"Hey, why do you assume that I won't just present this technique to you out of the goodness of my heart?"

"Would you?" Tsunade gave him a sidelong glance.

"Nope."

"Then... what do you want?" Tsunade smirked as Kai traced his chin before shrugging, "I don't know... I expected to ask something but who knew my life is so awesome that even I am content for the time being."

This was not a response she expected from a being as greedy as him but... she noted the sincerity in his voice and added, "Then figure something out. Even if you do give us the technique, it's useless until we manage to form a technique that deciphers this 'new' language we've been weaving for ages so you've got your work cut out for you after you return from your next mission."

Kai nodded, "Yeah... damn, didn't even feel how three entire weeks just sped as I managed to form a revolutionary technique for the very chakra itself..."

Tsunade scoffed but this time even she couldn't refute his words. After all, if what he said is the truth then this technique was a shard of something much grander.

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Alternate Title: A New Rikudo

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A/N: Alright, I had two main addition to the lores of naruto in this ff which I will replicate over to Paradise of Infinity in its naruto arc. One of the lore was chakra being a vault of language that transcends body, mind, and the spirit. Again, I still find Naruto's power system one of the best just because of chakra. Its like magic and ki combined.

The second lore will... well, I'd like to keep it close for now. For one, it's still WIP and two, it will be more for world-building than anything as I did in quest maker by changing the back story of the Dragon God entirely.

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章 124: Moisturizing Dry Wounds

"So? Is everyone damp, moist, and lubed?" Sakumo inquired with a smile as the trio of his young teammates just froze due to how inappropriate the dignified Elite Shinobi sounded only for him to add, "Because our mission is cut dry for us!"

"Either Suna or Iwa," Kai shrugged as Tsume looked at him, "I call Suna!"

"Is this really even a bet?" Minato inquired as Sakumo sighed, "Of course, it's Suma. My station for the missions related to that Village now feels unending. But it's not a mission as simple as you think..."

Kai gasped, "Don't tell me... we're trying to find some white-haired child in one of the Desert Tribes?"

"What?" Sakumo gaped in return, "No, we're being sent to broker peace with the village and are tasked with verifying the desires of Sunagakure."

Minato understood the mission and instantly felt heavy in his heart while Tsume blinked and questioned bluntly, "What the hell does that mean?"

"It means," Kai chuckled, "Team Sakumo is tasked to see if this is a trap or not. Hmm, just as well. No other team has two elites..." He looked at Sakumo and then at Kuromaru who kept wagging his large furry tail, "Cinnamon and Kuromaru, of course."

*Bark*

*Hiss*

Cinnamon's soft hiss could be heard from under his dark-grey sleeves.

Sakumo smiled and sighed softly as Kai checked his mission.

[S-Ranked Mission: A Sanded Alliance

Summary: Sunagakure has notified the village's upper echelons of their intentions of putting their bad blood in the past and forging a new future together. Confirm its validity and return alive.

Rewards: 60 SP

Failure: Death]

'Wow... simple enough.'

Team Sakumo left soon as their Team Leader chose their moment of safety closer to the village to relay more information about the high-profile individuals of Sunagakure, their skills in brewing poison that rivaled the greatest Iryo-Nin 'publicly' known— Tsunade, and their craft in puppet arts which made them quite dangerous in their home territory.

Puppet Art was not some secret technology. From Chakra Strings to clasps and other trap devices that moved a puppet and made them dangerous were known to all other shinobi villages. The truth was that Sunagakure's unforgiving environment also provided unforgiving poison which just worked too well with the puppets— a resource that other villages did not have. Not to mention the fact that other villages just couldn't branch out their resources devoted to puppet arts since they had their own projects while anyone interested in puppet arts in other villages simply never reached too high of a level to speak for the cause.

Kai did want to learn because crazily enough, this provided him with the second 100-level skill like [Study of Chakra Weapons] but without the necessary tools, Kai couldn't create a puppet and his clones were otherwise occupied despite him spamming them constantly... and that's why, knowing full well that each village would have their individual strong points that he would rather learn than not, Kai decided to keep true to his motto— One step at a time.

He'll eventually get around to learning other village's skills... he made sure to work towards that when he created the [Chakra Origin Seal.]

Being neighboring countries with their borders shared, Land of Wind and Land of Fire had a good trading treaty despite their Shinobi Villages being anything but cordial. So, Sakumo and others adopted a disguise, rented a carriage, and started their travel. Of course, they did cover most of the distance before reaching one of the border towns protected under the name of the Daimyo and then took to the road.

Many shinobi teams used this route and snuck away from the teams of guards posted on the border under the administration of the Samurai. Of course, Sakumo being one of the most infamous shinobi of Suna knew better. Multiple scout teams from Konoha are stationed at the border at all times around the country but to retain the integrity of the mission, not even these individuals were told about Team Sakumo. While Sakumo and Kai knew how to restrain their chakra, Tsume and Minato did not which made Kai slap Minato's wrist, Kuromaru's back, and Tsume's ass with a chakra suppression seal— the paper tag kind which they could remove at their own convenience.

Successfully entering the Land of Wind after going through inspection of the border guards and distributing purses of Ryo to the guards on both the side of the border since every country did decide to come together under the unification of corruption, Team Sakumo proceeded to the nearest trade town and switch their carriage from a horse to the one pulled by camels.

Once they left the said town which was more of a large storage unit with many traders conducting business with one another, Sakumo eased, "Well, I think three days to enter Land of Wind is a good enough time. Now that we've checked off most in the checklist for our disguise, how about resting in the Oasis Town of Spring?"

Knowing that his team would need more information, Sakumo smiled, "Well, there's a healthy chance that we might be killed so enjoying a town before that is never a bad option," As his team of 'youngling' who had their entire life deadpanned somewhat, the brown-haired middle-aged disguised shinobi revealed a light-hearted smile, "Oasis Town Spring is one of the wealthiest border towns and control a small network of 'oasis' which is just a channel of water commissioned by Wind Daimyo from Suna. Others may not be aware of it but the 'drought' in this town was because I killed all the stationed shinobis... really nice bazaars though."

"Sounds good, maybe I'll find some of the infamous poisonous herbs," Kai shrugged with a smile as Minato questioned, "Sakumo-san, I've been told that Iwagakure is isolating Sunagakure to grow themselves... is this call for the alliance because of that?"

Chuckling in response, Sakumo questioned, "Did Jiraiya tell you that?" He traced his chin, "Well, it's not just Iwa hunting on Suna. It's true that Iwagakure suffered major losses during the second war but time and blood wait for no shinobi. If this alliance... turns out fine, I suppose we'll be having another war."

"Woah? Just like that?" Tsume barked a gasp as Sakumo shrugged, "Just like that."

"Hey, I've got one. What's one thing similar between a war and a failed marriage?" Kai grinned as his eyes brightened.

"What?" Tsume eagerly questioned while leaning forward as Kai chuckled, "Body count."

While Minato and Tsume looked a little confused, Sakumo touched his chin with an almost enlightened expression as he muttered, "You're... not wrong..."

"That or it can usually be avoided by bigger and heavier blows..." Kai completed.

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"Heh, so? How do I look?" Tsume questioned with an off-white turban around her head, a red vest over the light, almost see-through full-sleeved white top, and a pair of baggy brown trousers. Kuromaru, too, wore a turban to prevent heatstroke if Kai didn't cool their surroundings often.

"Well... you fit right into it," Kai mused and nodded, "Yeah, looks good."

"I feel that this isn't a life-threatening mission at all..." Minato smiled but his eyes betrayed his nervousness. He was from the batch who killed to graduate and was the only remaining apprentice of Jiraiya but still with even Sakumo admitting their chances of death, Minato felt a little scared.

Noting his expression, Sakumo didn't assure the youth but spoke honestly instead, "If you do want to survive your missions... always fear the outcome. I know that's how I survive," he then looked at Kai, "You, on the other hand..."

"What? This was the best one I found in the bazaar," Kai pouted with a tiny red hat over his head as he looked uncaring of the heat and the dangers of the mission. His torso was covered only by a purple fabric sleeveless vest, a brown wrapping around his waist that extend to baggy off-white trousers.

If it wasn't for Minato and Sakumo on their camels who had dispelled their transformations, no one would have expected them to be shinobi. But then again, they were long within the scope of suspicion as they traveled closer and closer to Sunagakure.

"Nothing," Knowing well enough to let the other powerhouse of the team remain in his own tune than smother his strength and mannerism, Sakumo sighed and continued the way.

"So? Why haven't we been attacked yet?" Tsume questioned and this attracted Minato's attention, too.

"Because we're not close enough that they can assure our retreat negligibly... or they intend to honor their invitation," Sakumo replied, "Remember not to aggravate the elders Suna unnecessarily. Unlike our village's new policy about elders, Suna follows old customs and the elders possess quite a large portion of power. Not to mention... one of them is known to be one of the strongest Puppet masters of the village who happens to hate me."

They had heard about this for the umpteenth time...

Sakumo really did a number to families situated in Suna...

The team came to a stop as two lone figures formed out of the sand. Even if the team didn't see them form, they still stopped a minute ago as Kai did sense the stunning amount of chakra from the old man on the left.

The other man was bald and somewhat lenient looking if not for a tattoo of a green dragon on his head, one of whose claws were marked over his right eye as he wore a brown tunic without any overt shinobi attire and had his hands behind his back the entire time.

"Sand Clones," Kai whispered for Tsume more than Minato and Sakumo. A variation of Earth Clones that could break down into 'sand' but won't move with the wind or the dunes. Kai knew the technique, too, but sadly it never granted him a single SP... again, maybe another element's clones will? He'd look into it once freed of his current grind and duties.

Meanwhile, seeing the duo, Sakumo adopted a far more severe expression and remained silent yet this alerted others, and they watched the duo cautiously, too.

Noting the lack of response from the other side, the bald man smiled and spoke in a distinctly heavy voice, "With Iwagakure using every means in the book, I cannot trust the loyalty of the administration of the village with your arrival and the matters I hope to discuss with you. You may return to the Hokage with my sincerity."

As he said this, the tattooed man set a scroll on the dune, and then both of the men disappeared with a puff of smoke.

"That was..." Kai looked at Sakumo who took a deep breath, "The Second Kazekage and Ichibi's Jinchuriki..."

"Kai, check if there's any trap on the scroll," Sakumo ordered as he continued to keep a look around. With a hand seal, a shadow clone was brought to existence who appeared beside the clone and picked it up. From his hand emerged a seal to detect the contents of the scroll and after familiarizing himself with everything, he tossed it towards the original while dispelling itself.

Catching the clone and accepting the memories, Kai handed the scroll to Sakumo, "It contains a head. A sacrifice from their own ranks... or most likely a competitor that was growing too 'dangerous.'"

Sakumo accepted the scroll and nodded, "Looks like our mission has come to an end. Let's return."

'A vacation and the easiest 60 SP ever!' Kai cheered internally!

But then again, in his current state, most missions may as well be a vacation.

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Alternate Title: Kaladin— The Enemy of Dry Panties. {I know how it sounds in hindi... still going with it, lol.}

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A/N: At first, I had planned all this grand deliberation where Team Sakumo would enter Suna and have a confrontation with Chiyo, meat Sasori, and whatnot... but then I realized, a smart kazekage would not trust old begrudging elders when looking for an alliance based on his own merits with the enemies so I chose a much more anti-climatic manner that also served to keep the Kazekage mysterious... and maybe play at the plotline that he dies to assassins?

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