Capítulo 204: NLS71-80
Chapter 71
"A fan? No my boy, I'm an avid worshiper!" Gembu smiled as he
laughed heartily, "the ideas he writes about, the idea of a world not
ruled by chakra, but by the hearts of man. The idea of men and women
brave enough to fight and die rather than cover in fear and let
themselves be conquered, now that is a book I believe a lot people
must read."
"Yeah, it's pretty cool!" China admitted, "I especially love Wonder
Woman! She' my favorite!"
"Mine's Batman," Zumo smirked, "any guy who's brave enough and
ballsy enough to take on a demigod like Superman is worth
respecting."
"Plus I'm sure the pills of cash he has on hand isn't half bad," I
chuckled.
"Damn straight!" Zumo smiled.
"It's just such a pity," Gembu sighed, "all this talk of Stan Lee but I
haven't even seen the man. I so wish to meet him, at least once."
Irony is too gentle a word for this situation.
"Yeah, it sucks that he's so secretive about his identity," Zumo huffed,
"if I was him I would be telling the whole world who I was!"
"Oh please as if someone like you could be Stan Lee," China huffed.
"Why you little-" and cue the playful fighting that his been the bane of
this entire trip. Honestly, these two should just fuck and get it over
with...wait, that was so wrong. Their 12! ARGH! What is wrong with
me?!
I shock my head and sighed. "And you hood boy?" Gembu asked,
calling me by the nickname he made for me since I refused to tell him
my name. I'm sure he had later learnt it when Ko addressed me before,
but I guess his pride was hurt.
"What about me?" I asked.
"Are you a fan of Lee's work?"
I nodded, "I like it a lot."
"Who is your favorite?"
I paused, thinking, before I spoke, "Clark Kent."
"Superman, ha, how cliche," Zumo snorted.
"I didn't say Superman Zumo, I said Clark Kent," I told him, "there is a
difference."
"What do you mean? They're the same guy!"
I shock my head, "no, they aren't. Superman is the face of strength
Clark Kent puts on when flying, when being their saviour. Any ninja can
be a Superman, heck Tsunade herself has his strength and a few of his
powers. But Clark Kent...he's the most human person on the planet. He
cares, he cares so much...he fights and is willing to die for people who
once rejected him, he cares...and for that alone, he's a greater hero
than Superman will ever be."
They were silent at that observation. Gembu spoke the silence, "it
would seem hood boy, that you are quite a fan of Lee's works. I don't
think anyone has ever...analysed that hero so well."
I shrugged, "I get bored easily," plus I did write the damn character.
Well,stole, but who cares about the little details?
We continued for some time after that, eventually reaching a town by
the coast that looked onto the sea from the bay. Next to the town was a
river that seemed to poor inwards, creating a significant division in the
land. The town was called To, nothing too fancy, but it was a resting
spot for us before we continued to Genbu's home.
We walked into town and immediately people began to stir, looking at
us curiously as we walked inside. People didn't wear anything fancy,
dull clothes, a few smiths and sailors from the title I'm seeing, but no
fighters.
"Alright team, we'll be staying here for tonight," Ko explained stopping
before a tavern called the Fish's eye that was the fanciest inn around. It
had a dirty windows, people yelling loudly in the bar below and I think I
heard a bottle breaking. Well...at least it had a fresh coat of paint, that's
something.
We checked in quickly, Gembu got his own room while we of team 11
had to share. Ko set up watch detail, I volunteered to take the late night
watch, since I didn't actually sleep.
That night:
My team and I walked behind Gembu as he walked into the tavern,
licking his lips, "I must say I'm starving! Hadn't had a decent meal in
days!"
Zumo snorted and whispered, "you just had a five servings of
dumplings, what more could you need?"
Lucky Gembu didn't seem to hear him, but unfortunately Ko did. He
sent a glare at Zumo shutting him up.
"Ah, there we go," Gembu said sitting down at the five person table
before calling for a waitress, "my dear, please bring my companions
and I your best meals," he slipped her a hundred ryo note, "oh and
some of that high class sake if you have it."
The older woman smiled and bowed, "it'll be ready in a few moments,
please be patient," and quickly went to the kitchen to get our order
ready.
Ko sat down and motioned for us to do the same. The jonin and
Gembu began to talk, making small chat about this village and how
many times Genbu's been here. I ignored them, instead focusing on
the people around me.
No one too bad, just a few sailors, carpenters and-whoa, what's this?
Saku, Pirate captain
Lv- 17
REP- -5
Pirates? Really? I looked at them, it looked like an entire crew was
here, and they grumpy by the way the snapped at anyone who came
too close, including the waitress. The captain was the highest level,
pretty strong dude, but the others...well, they were kind of boring.
Nothing too special, just levels tens and fifteens.
Our meal quickly came, it wasn't much, just some bread, soup, a single
serving of fish, some rice and for Gembu, a bottle of sake.
"Let's dig in!" the man said happily eating his fill, stuffing his face.
I lowered my face mask and quickly ate as well, keeping one eye on
the pirates. They seemed to eye Genbu's meal...no, no meal, his
fingers. I turned to my employer and saw his fingers studded with
gems.
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Saku, the captain began to whisper something. Lucky for me my
eavesdropping skill had a range of 35 feet, just within my range.
"We'll take those damn rings," the captain grumbled.
"But what about the ninjas?" another pirate asked.
"Three kids won't be a problem, but the big guy, I think he's a special
ninja, maybe high class. I think he's a Hyuga..hm," just then the serving
woman from before walked by and the captain called her, "miss, we
were hoping, you think you can tell us what those ninjas are doing
here?"
"Oh? And why would you care to know about that?"
"The lads and I were just worried. Ninjas usually means other ninjas
are soon to follow, I'm just worried for my people you know?"
"Well you have nothing to worry about," the woman smiled, "that man
has been coming here for years and not once have they caused
problems. Though his snoring is an issue."
"Haha, yes, I suppose it would be difficult for the ninja to sleep with that
noise."
"Oh no, the ninjas have their own room, thank god. I swear, that man is
so loud I could hear it from down stairs!"
"Haha, thank you ma'am, that has really lightened our worries."
"It's my pleasure," and with that she walked away.
The captain turned to his men, "all right lads you heard her, the ninjas
sleep alone. When it's dark we'll wait until he falls asleep, and then
we'll hit them hard!"
I have to admit, I'm impressed, especially by the way he extracted
information from the woman gaining exactly what he wanted to know.
Smooth talker that one.
I looked at Ko and he nodded to me. I was surprised, I didn't realise he
was also listening in, then again, I suppose that should be the least
qualifications for a jonin.
He cleared his throat and spoke, "Yami, I was thinking, perhaps it's
best if I take the night shift tonight. It's not healthy for a young child like
yourself to stay up so long."
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Stop the pirates from stealing Gembu' rings!
Rewards:
+500 EXP
Failure:
Main mission get's an automatic fail
Do you accept?
Y/N?
"It's fine sensei, I got it," I replied accepting the missing. I quickly
finished my fish and soup, munching on the loaf of bread, "it'll be easy,
trust me."
Ko raised an eyebrow but nodded, "very well, if you insist."
By the end of dinner Gembu was shit faced drunk. Ko had to actually
drag him to his room ad tuck him in. China did her best not to laugh
loudly at the man's condition, especially when he began to sing songs
about how much in love he was with a woman from his hometown.
China took first watch, she lasted till around midnight when she came
and 'woke' me up. I got ready and walked out, as I did I noticed Ko get
up from his bed, look at me and node. I sent a node back at him, I was
ready.
I walked into the corridor and used the hotle key to open Genbu's door.
I walked inside and climbed up the walls, pushing myself into a corner
of the room and sat there, waiting.
"Snore!" the waitress was right, he did snore like a log. I waited an
waited and waited. It was around one in the morning when I saw a
ladder being placed on the other side of Genbu's window.
I'm guessing the pirate captain got Genbu's room number from the
waitress. I heard whispers as the pirates climbed up the ladder. I saw
Saku, the captain, reached the window and slowly pry it open with a
knife.
"Quite! He's sleeping!" he whispered to his men shutting them down.
He looked around, and blinked, "no ninja's! We're good!" He took one
step in, and I moved.
I leaped off the wall and landed right before him, "boo!"
"Ah!" Saku cried as he leaped back in surprise, falling backward and
falling three stories down, landing on his men.
I blurred through different hand seals before finishing them with the
tiger seal, "fire release: flame bullet jutsu!" I spat out globs of fire down
at the pirates, causing them all the panic and fall off, dropping the
ladder in the process.
I fired a few close to their legs, but none of them reached, they were
just warning shots. They yelled in panic as they ran away, screaming
about crazy ninjas. I smiled and closed the window, that should keep
them at bay.
Ping!
Quest completed!
Stop the pirates from stealing Gembu' rings!
Rewards:
+500 EXP
"What happened?" asked a drowsy Gembu as he looked around.
"It was just a bird Mr. Gembu, please, go back to sleep, I'll watch over
you," I told him with a smile edging him back to bed. I then spent the
rest of the night watching over him, only stopping at six when Zumo
came to revile me.
When I walked into our room Ko was already awake. He looked up
from the book he as reading and smiled, "good job."
"Kept an eye on me did you?" I asked already knowing the answer.
"The Byakugan has many uses, chief among them being the ability to
keep track of your allies," he said with a smile.
"Did you sleep much?" I asked washing my face in the bathroom.
"I slept enough after you took care of those pirates. Good job on that
by the way, I expected you to be more...deadly, I'm glad you showed
restraint." I nodded, but didn't say anything.
We left at around ten that day, Gembu groaning in pain from his
hangover while Zumo yawned a lot, guess he wasn't used to sleeping
for so long.
But before I left I decided to leave a little something behind. Tucked
within the floorboards of the room I used in the inn was one of my
fanged daggers with the Flying Thunder God seal. It was just in case I
ever need to place to crash, I know right now the chakra usage for
such a trip could probably kill me, but just in case.
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Around six in the evening we found ourselves coming down a
particularly steep hill. We just passed a bend when Gembu stopped
and smiled, "we are here."
Sitting across a river was a village built into the side of a mountain. It
had light light up all along it's roads and up in the mountain I could see
a shrine of some kind glowing brightly with people there celebrating
something.
"Is is a festival?" China asked.
"Yes, it's call the festival of the leaves," Gembu smiled as he kicked his
horse into motion, with us following behind, "you see, this land wasn't
always called the land of tea. Once upon a time it was called the land
of Crumbling stone. In the past, before the time of ninja villages, during
the time of warring states, the people of this land used to be mighty
warriors, wielding not swords or knives, but hammers and maces.
Because, the monsters we fought were more...difficult to deal with."
"Monsters?" China asked sounding interested.
Gembu nodded, "yes, you see, these mountains you see before you
were...well, they weren't ever really this small. They used to be huge,
bigger than anything Kumo has now days. They were so big people
often called this land the tallest peak. But you see, those mountains
weren't just mountains, they were alive."
"Mountains that are alive?!" Zumo asked in awe, "that is so cool!"
Gembu nodded, "indeed. And they were very difficult to deal with. We
called them the Stone Faced, for obvious reasons. And they kept
constantly fighting with the natives of this land. My people were a
migratory race, moving from place to place to avoid the giant stone
monsters. We fought them by breaking them with our hammers and
maces, hence the name, land of the crumbling stone."
"What happened?" I asked curiously.
"Well you see, eventually the fighting got bad, very bad. There were a
lot of casualties on both sides. Until one day, the leader of the greatest
tribe, prince Zimzim, offered a peace treaty. He met with the leaders of
the mountains and offered him peace, peace in the form of tea."
"Tea?" China asked skeptically.
Gembu nodded, "yes, tea. Tea so perfect and potent it put even stone
to sleep. You see Zimzim has tricked the stoneface, placing them all
into a deep sleep and we built our villages on the surface of their
backs. And every year we hold a festival where the shrine maiden will
prepare this special potent tea and use it to keep the king of the
mountains asleep, that festival is happening right now."
"So cool!" Zumo said with stars in his eyes. He turned to Ko, "hey
sensei! Do you think we can see the festival? Please?! Please?!"
Ko smiled, "if that's what you want to do, then sure. What about you
China? Are you interested as well?"
China nodded, "of course!"
"And you Yami?"
I groaned, "something doesn't make sense."
Gembu blinked, "what do you mean?"
"How did humans fight off mountains?" I asked, "it doesn't make any
sense!"
Gembu chuckled, "well you see hood boy, the weapons my ancestors
used were very very potent. Some called it them storm hammers as
they allowed their wielders to use the very powers of nature. Similar to
your jutsus in fact."
"So they were all made out of chakra metal?" I asked in surprise.
The man nodded, "yes, I belive so."
"Do any of them still exist?" China asked in thinly veiled curiosity.
"No, sadly all relics we have of our past had been lost," Gembu sighed,
"you see, after the mountains had been put to rest Zimzim decided that
our weapons were too dangerous to be had. The war of ninjas were at
our door step, the only reason they hadn't come in yet was because of
the mountains, and now that they were gone...well, back then power
was everything and our storm hammers were legendary.
"So Zimzim ordered the destruction of every hammer and all records to
make them anew. He changed the entire political landscape of the
land, making it a land of peace, rather than a land of violence. For
Zimzim truly believe that the only way anyone can be happy in this
world, is if someone gave peace a chance."
I had to admit, that was a nice story. It actually made me excited for the
festival as well.
We entered the town and went to Genbu's home, which was a nice
looking shop in the richer part of town. Ko got the man to sign off on
our mission scroll, officially completing our mission here.
Ping!
Quest completed!
Ensure the cargo is delivered to the land of tea!
Reward:
+5000 EXP
Not bad, only six thousand more EXP to go and I can then level up.
"Alright now that that's done, can we please go to the festival?!" Zumo
asked, practically begging.
Ko chuckled, "sure, come on kids," he said putting the scroll away
safely in his vest before turning to Gembu and bowed, "thank you for
relying on us, we hope to see you again soon."
Gembu smiled, "no, thank you. Oh, and if you are at all interested, I
would suggest the tea houses in the temple, they are simply divine!"
I raised an eyebrow, really? The tea in the land of tea was good? Well
one can only hope so.
Ko lead our little team towards the mountain temple. There was only
one road leading up to it, and so we were surrounded by people
dressed up in traditional clothes, going with friends, family or loved
ones. Meaning we four, dressed in ninja gear and covered with dirt
from the mission, stuck out like a sore thumb.
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The temple wasn't that far up, it was quite manageable actually. I
looked around, there were several stands all around, food stands, even
games and the like.
"Come on! I want to try that game!" China said as she grabbed my arm
and dragged me over.
"Okay okay, sheesh, calm down would you?" I smiled as she pulled me
along with Ko and Zumo following right behind.
China stopped in front of a shooting range where they used bb guns to
shoot down items off a self, "step right up! Try your luck! See if you
can't hit a prize down!" the sales man cried out.
"I want a try!" China cried out pushing to the front with me right along
side her.
"Alright then miss! That's ten ryo for five shots!"
China payed the man and received her bb gun. She shot five time,
hitting and toppling down one snowglobe.
The man whistled, "nicely done miss! Sir, would you like to give it a
shot?"
I shook my head, "no, I'm bad with guns."
"Oh come on Yami! Give it a shot!" China said as she received her
snow globe, "see! I got a prize! You can get one too!"
I sighed, "fine," I gave the man ten ryu and took the gun. I aimed at the
figures and searched for something I wanted. Seeing a packet of
special tea up near the fifth shelf I aimed and fired, managing to take it
down with my third pellet. The next two were useless as I tried to get a
frog wallet which I figured Naruto would like.
"Here you go sir! Some of the best tea in this land! Show those people
in Konoha how real tea is made," the man said with a laugh as people
around him chuckled as well.
We took our prizes and left, by now Zumo and Ko had already gone
and gotten something to eat, squid on a stick by the looks of things.
We walked around for some time, watching the stall, playing a few
games. Zumo tried the shooting game as well but failed, badly He tried
four times the poor kid. It go so bad Ko had to step in and help him
shoot down the stuffed monkey toy he wanted, but hey, at least he was
happy.
It was some time later when I noticed something, the people began to
slowly move towards the shrine, growing curious Ko has us follow them
and there on the top was a shrine that looked bigger than the Hyuuga
compound.
The crowd however was too thick, we couldn't see past them. Ko
tapped a villager's shoulder gaining his attention, "excuse me sir, but
why is everyone gathered here?"
"Ninjas from Konoha huh? Well you see the annual tea ceremony is
just about to begin," he said pointing at the shrine, "but for people like
us we can't see shit, it's too bad really. I heard the shrine maiden this
year is supposed to be really cute."
I turned to Ko, "sensei, for the sake of learning more about Konoha's
close allies I suggest we try and find a better vantage point to see this
shrine maiden."
Zumo snorted, "you just want to perve on the shrine maiden." China
blushed at the suggestion while Ko chuckled.
I turned to Zumo, "I don't perv on women," China smiled, "I check them
out. There's a difference."
"Yami!" China roared, her face turning red.
"Now now, no fighting," Ko quickly stepped in defusing the situation,
"alright Yami, if you really want to see this then," he looked around
spotting a tall tree in the back, "there, climb that tree. The rest of us will
stay here."
"Right, will do," I saluted the man and ran off.
"And don't try to perve on her!" Zumo called out, laughing as China
began to scold him for acting rudely.
I climbed the tree quickly without using chakra, don't want Ko knowing I
can do that just yet. I looked around and for the first time realised just
how crowded this thing is. It seemed like the whole village was here.
I looked around some more when suddenly the entire crowd became
silent. The doors to the shrine opened up and out walked two older
women, both around their forties. They walked out with tea making
instruments and walked into the crowd.
The people split apart giving them way. They stopped before a well
near the shrine whose mouth was sealed shut by a giant metal grate.
One of the women took out a very old looking key and used it to unlock
the metal bars and lift the grates open while the other set up the tea
making tools.
And then, there was a gasp as another woman walked out of the
shrine. The woman was dressed in a shrine maidens robes, she looked
maybe 16, maybe younger. She had red hair with purple hued eyes.
Her body was very mature for her age, even the baggy robes she wore
could do little to hide her curvy figure.
I narrowed my eyes at her name;
Rias Uzumaki, Shrine maiden of the Gekara
Lv- 14
REp- 0
An Uzumaki? Well, I suppose that would explain the red hair. Hm,
curious, is her sealing rich blood the reason why she is a shrine
maiden tasked with keep a monster at bay? If there even is a monster
in the first place, for all anyone knows the whole mountain monster
thing could just be a story.
I saw Rias walked towards the well, the other women preparing a
cushion before the tea ceremony station. Once their job was done they
moved away letting Rias sit alone before the tea making instruments.
Her hands moved like water, one could almost feel the calmness of her
movement influencing the tea. I closed my eyes and reached out with
my chakra sensory perk, feeling the almost smoothing chakra she had
within her heart. She wasn't just making tea, she was infusing it with
her chakra! No wonder it's said to be potent!
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She moved her hands like a water moving through a brooke before
finally pouring the finally concoction into a cup. By now the people had
all stopped moving the aroma of the tea reaching everyone's noses,
making them all less agitated.
Rias stood up and walked towards the well, she was moments away
when suddenly I felt a spike in chakra.
"Ko sensei!" I cried out, I was too far but he wasn't, they were closer to
it than I was.
"I see it!" Ko replied as he leaped out of the crowd, stopping before the
chakra spike which came roaring out of the woods in the form of a
giant fireball.
"ARGH!" the people yelled as they all broke out of their trance,
breaking into a panic and running away.
Ko's hands blurred through hand seals, "Earth release: Earth style
wall!" a twenty foot earth wall came out of the ground before the fire
ball, taking the full blast head on.
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Save the priestess!
Reward:
?
+8,000 EXP
Failure:
The destruction of the Land of Tea
Do you accept?
Y/N?
"Kya!" I heard a girl scream. I turned to see Rias being dragged away,
her steaming tea thrown aside as five people dressed in black ninja
garb dragged her away. I immediately pressed yes for the quest.
"Oh no you don't!" I cried out as I leaped out of the tree, landing on
another tree branch and running along the tree lines as I rounded on
their escape route. I reached them in moment, clearly I was faster.
I leaped off the tree branch and sent five kunais at them. "Ge down!"
one of them yelled, Moko from the name floating above her head. She
leaped forward and took out a kunai of her own, deflecting all five of
mine.
I landed before them in a crouch and looked at their titles, all level 25,
meaning they were trained, at least genin level. A few had the title 'Tea
traitor' on their heads while other had 'wannabe ninja'.
I looked at Rias, the girl's tear stricken face widened in surprise seeing
me, "don't worry princess, everything's going to be just fine."
Okay, genin level threat, be alert. I took out a kunai and opened my
inventory as Moko stepped forward with her kunai, "I'll hold him off, you
get her out of here!"
"R-right!" the man behind her nodded. Moko was the strongest one
here, I'm guessing she's in charge.
"Oh no you don't!" I cried out throwing the kunai at the leaving ninjas
only for Moko to deflect it with her own.
Moko smirked, "you need to do a lot better than that ki-" she stopped
the moment I moved, reaching into her defences within seconds. I
threw a punch at her head that she managed to clock with her forearm
at the last moment.
I drew a fanged dagger out and used a reverse kunai grip to plunge it
down on her. She displayed some skill, dodging the swipe, I looked
over her shoulder, Rias was making some resistant, but they were
getting away, I needed to hurry.
I moved backwards, surprising Moko, she was about to taunt me again
when I tossed the dagger at her. She ducked, it sailed over her head. I
then pulled on the chakra thread I had attached to it's handle, causing
it to snap backwards, catching her in the shoulder before returning to
me.
"Damn it!" Moko cursed as she held her shoulder in pain, "nice trick."
"Thanks, I hate fighting, so I decided to end things quickly," I put the
fang back into its secret compartment in my armour and moved,
intending to catch up to the others.
"Where do you think you're going kid? We aren't done yet-" she
stopped, her eyes' going wide as she looked down, her limbs freezing,
"w-what did you do to me?"
"The dagger was laced with a paralytic powder. Don't worry, you'll be
fine in a few hours, but until then," I ignored her and jumped away,
running after the other four 'ninjas'.
I ran and came upon all four of them currently fighting Zumo and
China. Zumo was using his fist and kicks to take on the ninja holding
Rias captive while China had a sword in each hand, swinging it
expertly as she took on three of the kidnappers at once.
I moved, I needed to help China she wouldn't last very long. I got
behind a kidnapper and stabbed him in the back, startling the man who
didn't suspect a thing. He dropped like a bag of bones.
"Kibura!" the other two shouted as they turned their attention to me.
The charged at me with their batons, I easily parried them before
sending a kick that sweeped one off his feet and on the ground.
Dok!
Came the sound of metal hitting bone as China struck the last one
behind the head knocking him unconscious. She panted, wiping the
sweat off her brow and nodded at me, "thanks."
I motioned to Zumo, "we need to help him."
Zumo punched the guy in the teeth knocking him down before kneeing
him in the groin. "I think he can handle himself," China said chuckling.
Zumo helped Rias up and the two walked towards us. The Sarutobi
smiled, "you okay?"
I nodded, "I'm fine. There was another ninja a few clicks south, but I
took care of her," I looked at Rias who looked shaken, "you're going to
be alright priestess, you're safe now."
"H-help me," the ninja who I stabbed called out. I looked him over, he
was shaking, shock most probably.
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I kneeled down before him, "it's fine, I didn't get any vital organs," I
pressed a cloth on his woud, "you'll live."
"Why did you save him?" Rias asked in wonder.
I shrugged, "I don't like killing if I can help it. Plus, it's not my place to
be judge, jury and executioner. It's-everyone get down!"
I lunged at them, tackling them all to the ground just as a giant wind
blast destroyed the tree behind us. I looked up leaped to my feet, kunai
drawn, "that was a wind jutsu, we're dealing with a professional here!
Stay alert!"
"I wouldn't say that," came a male voice who landed before us. He
wore a black kimono with a red tea leaf emblazoned over his right
breast coat. On his back was a giant war hammer the size of my head,
and it flickered fire.
Buloba, Ninja of the crushing rock
Lv- 54
REP- -10
"He's high chunin level, be warned," I whispered to my team as I
stepped between Buloba and Rias with China and Zumo flanking me.
China had her swords out while Zumo had a kuna in each hand.
"So what are cute little leaf genins like you doing here?" the man asked
with a sick smile, "come to save the sluty little priestess?"
"China, grab her and get out, find Ko sensei and get help," I whispered.
"But-"
"Do it!" Zumo hissed.
"R-right," she nodded as she grabbed Rias and turned to run.
But just then, Buloba appeared before them in a burst of speed so fast
I couldn't even track it. "I don't think so," he said with a smile as he
pressed a palm against China's chest, sending a pulse of chakra that
blasted her off her feet.
"China!" I cried out, jumping to catch her. I quickly covered her body
with chakra threads and pulled her close as we rolled along the
ground.
"You bastard!" I looked up to see Sumo fight the man, but in moment
Buloba had beaten Zumo, sending him flying across the air. I
unwrapped myself from China's side and opened my inventory,
grabbing five daggers in each hand, throwing them at him.
"You're waiting amo kid," he scoffed as he dodged the daggers easily,
one nearly cutting his cheek.
"Bite me!" I roared as I charged him, three daggers in hand, slipping
into my Disturbance style. He caught my first elbow swing, but had to
move aside to dodge my axe kick. I tossed a dagger at his shoulder,
forcing him to duck, which distracted him from my kick coming for his
jaw.
"Oph!" he gasped as my heel got his jaw.
- 158 HP
Buloba- HP: 10,292/10,450
I turned to Rias who stood there looking at me with wide eyes, "run!
Now!" She squeaked in surprise before doing exactly that.
Buloba moved aside, rubbing the blood leaking from his mouth and
smirking, "my turn," he reached round and grabbed his hammer, bring
it around and swinging it at me.
I moved aside, the hammer landing next to me in a thud. But just as I
turned to him, he used the hammer's handle like a pole and swung at
me, driving two legs into my gut pushing me back.
- 100 HP!
Yami- 4,150/4,250
'Shit!' I thought holding my stomach in pain, only he didn't give me any
quarter, bringing the hammer down again, nearly crushing my head of I
hadn't dodged in the last second.
I threw a dagger at his body, Buloba moved his hammer's handle to
catch the dagger easily, "interesting dagger, where did you get it?"
I quickly moved through several hand seals, the man's eyes winded, he
must have recognized them, "fire release: Spiral Flame jutsu!"
-15 CP
You gotta love the bonus I get for type mastrey, it's like I'm using no
chakra at all!
The flames came out of my mouth like a cloak of flames that came at
him like a raging tsunami. He easily dodged the attack, which was
exactly what I wanted. To move that fast he had to let go of his
warhammer, meaning he was now weaponless.
The flames stopped and sure enough his war hammer was left behind.
I ran to it, my hands and head lowered underneath my extended boyd
to block it from his line of sight.
"Oh no you don't!" Buloba said rushing back at his hammer. He
grabbed it and smirked, "bet you thought you were pretty smart huh?"
I lifted my head, showing my hands completing another set of seals,
his eye's widened, "no fucking way!"
One hand reached out and grabbed his plan, using chakra to stick my
palm to his hand and my feet to the ground. My cheeks puffed as I
burped out a giant gust of wind so strong it hit his chest like a bullet.
- 200 CP
'You're not the only one who can do the great breakthrough jutsu
mother fucker!' I thought as I held my grip on his arm, and my standing
on the ground. The wind pushed him back, his hammer flying from his
grip and into a tree truck.
It finally became too much, his arm popped out of his socket, I held on,
refusing to show mercy because he would kill me if I did.
-400 HP!
Buloba- HP: 9,892/10,450
He wasn't dead, not even close. When the jutsu finally ended he
dropped down like a rag doll, but I knew he was faking. I was proven
right when he swung at me with his left arm with a kunai inside.
Chapter 77
I moved back, hands already moving through seals for another jutsus
when suddenly a volley of kunai came raining down at Buloba.
The man managed to deflect them all with one arm, growling, "show
yourself!"
Ko landed before me, taking up a defensive position, "Yami, are the
others okay?"
I turned around to see Zumo helping China back on her feet, guess he
really must have hurt her. "China has been hurt, Zumo is helping her
out."
"Good, take her to the village fore treatment, I'll handle this," Ko said as
his eyes turned cruel, his Byakugan activating, targeting Beluga.
"Do you need my help?" I asked looking over at China who winced in
pain holding her gut, I growled, "I really want his head on a platter for
hurting her."
"No, I'll take care of this, go," Ko ordered, all sense of lightness
removed from his tone.
I nodded and ran away, reaching my teammates side quickly, "how is
she?"
"I-I'm fine," she replied, "it's my fault, should have reacted faster."
I sighed, "don't blame yourself. Zumo, carry her, I'll be on gaurd, let's
go."
"What about the creep?" Zumo asked looking over at Ko beginning his
attack, fighting the man using the gentle fist style.
"You're within my range!" Ko called out, rushing at the man who could
barely use two arms to fight, instead he relied on dodging and running
away.
"I think he has this handled," I nodded as I turned to them, "come on."
Zumo nodded as he picked China up while I grabbed her swords. We
ran around the battle, heading to the village. Just as we saw the light
up head I noticed a path created in the forest by something heavy
flying through it.
"Wait a second," I called out making Zumo stop.
"What is it?" he asked.
"That," I pointed at a tree truck that was smash apart into piece. On the
other side was Bulova's hammer, resting on the round handle up, it's
hammer head glowing red, burning the ground around it to ashes.
I walked up to it and lifted it up, it was heavy, very heavy. "Are you
seriously going to take that with you?" Zumo asked.
"It's either that or let him get it back and use it against Ko-sensei," I told
him as I sealed it into a storage scroll. We continued onwards, reaching
the temple from before easily.
We entered into the ground and immediately were surrounded by
guards dressed like samurais with their swords drawn and pointed at
us.
"You there! Stop where you are and identify yourselves!" the leader of
the guards called out.
"Stop!" Rias cried as she came running to us, stepping before us and
the guards, throwing her arms out defensively, "they're the ones who
saved me!"
"Yes, it's true," a village called out, "their sensei fought of twenty of
these kidnappers saving all our lives! They're heroes!"
The captain glared at us, "then where are the real kidnappers?"
"Five of them are knocked out in the forest," I said, "our sensei is
fighting their leader. But right now we need help, our friend has been
badly injured!"
"Bring her into the shrine," Rias ordered, "we can help her there."
Zumo and I looked at each other and nodded, with no other choice we
took China into the shrine following Rias as we placed her in a medical
room near the back.
Rias were joined by the two older women from before along with
others, three older men and another red head that looked like she was
Rias' mother.
"What happened to her?" the woman asked, her title made her out to
be Chokio Uzumaki.
"She was hit by a focused chakra blast in her sternum," I explained,
"point blank. I think something may have been broken."
"Right, Rias, let her bite you for a bit, we need to stabilize her," Chokio
said as she moved to the cupboard removing several owls and packets
of herbs.
"Right," Rias nodded as she lifted her sleeve showing off her arm to
China, "you need to bite me." China blinked, "trust me."
"Do it China," I urged her, "her chakra heals people when they bite
her."
China looked at me hesitantly and nodded, biting into Ria's forearm,
making the redhead wince.
"How did you know about my chakra?" Rias asked turning to me, I
could see Chokio and the others were curious as well.
"You're an Uzumaki correct?" I asked her.
She nodded, "yes, how did you know?"
I pointed at her hair, "when I saw you I thought you had the most
beautiful red hair I have ever seen in the world. Of course you had to
be an Uzumaki, what else could you be?"
Rias blushed, "I-I see," China grumbled as she glared at ias, biting
down a little harder. Rias winced, "not so hard please." China grumbled
as she loosened up but continuing to glare at her.
"Tell me ninja, how do you know so much about Uzumakis?" Chokio
asked as she brought a green paste and placed it on the table. She
then lifted China's dress revealing a blush bruise on her gut, "fractured
ribs. Damn it."
Chapter 78
Zumo and I turned around seeing China's modesty exposed. I spoke
up while I stared at the walls of the healing room, "I have a friend who's
like a brother to me in all but blood. He's an Uzumaki too. We recently
figured out who his mother was, and in the process I learnt a few things
about them."
Ping!
Lie successful!
It wasn't a lie...it's just that wasn't how I knew about the whole biting
thing. But I can't just say, 'I saw it on TV' now can I?
"I see, and what was this woman's name?"
I smirked, "I'm sorry, but I don't think I can tell you that. Village secret
you know. Apparently she was pretty famous, so...well you know."
"I see….was it Kushina?" she asked bluntly.
"And if it was?"
"If it was, then I would very much like to met this boy. There are so few
Uzumakis left in this world...he's family. At the very least we should met
once."
I shrugged, "I'll talk to him about it."
Just then the door opened and Ko rushed in, his hair a mess and a
small cut on his arm. He looked down and sighed, "how is she?"
"A bruise, two broken ribs, but nothing too serious," Chokio replied,
"Rias, that's enough, you can stop now."
"Yes mother," Rias replied as she stepped away from China.
"I think I'm feeling a lot better," China murmured.
"That's the chakra working inside you dear, you'll be fine in a few
hours," Chokio said, "you boys can turn around now."
We did and immediately smiled at China. "How are you feeling China?"
Zumo asked with a gently smile.
"Better. Thank you, both of you," she smiled at me.
I shrugged, "hey, he's the one who carried you. If you're going to give
anyone a thank you kiss, it should be him."
"I-I don't think that's necessary," Zumo stammered out, inciting laughter
from everyone that made China blush.
"Yami! Stop teasing!" China cried out.
"What? It's true isn't it?" I shrugged, "everyone knows the proper was
to thank someone for saving your life is with a kiss."
"Yami!" Zumo cried out.
"It's true," Ko said with a teasing smile.
"Not you too sensei!" China grumbled.
"What happened to the made hammer dude?" I asked Ko as he
stepped up, activating his Byakugan to check her for internal injuries.
"He managed to escape," Ko hissed, "he used some sort of rock jutsu
to throw a boulder at me."
"Then you probably faced off against Buloba," came a familiar voice as
Gembu walked in followed by a company of old men dressed in a
similar robes.
"Elder Gembu," Chokio bowed along with everyone else in the room.
"Please, tend to the girl as you were," Gembu waved it off.
"Something tells me you aren't a simple merchant," Ko said with
narrowed eyes, "what exactly is going on here?"
Gembu sighed, "it's complicated."
"One of my students is on the table injured and the other one was
almost killed. Uncomplicate it for me."
"How dare you talk to the elder like that!" a young man standing behind
the squad of old men cried out, "do you know who you're talking to?!"
"Yoshi! That's enough," Gembu glared at the man making hims shut
up. Gembu sighed and turned to us, "you are correct, I am not an
ordinary merchant. I'm also the elder of this village, my family has been
helping run this place for hundreds of years, along with the temple who
enact the annual tea ceremony."
"Who is this Buloba?" I asked, "why did he attack Red over there?" I
pointed at Rias who blushed at the attention.
Gembu looked at Rias and chuckled, 'they get younger every year,' he
muttered under his breath before speaking louder, "Buloba used be a
ninja from our village. While we don't have the system the great nations
do to churn out ninjas, we do have our own protection. Buloba was one
of them, and he was a good man. But...he became...interested in the
legend of the village."
"More like obsessed," another elder scoffed, "the boy believed that
stonefaces were actually real! Can you believe that?! That fool killed
ten people trying to prove his theory and when we caught him he killed
ten more to make his escape!"
"And took along with him this village's most prized possession, the last
warhammer of the Stone Crushers," Gembu sighed the mentioning of
the hammer causing everyone to hang their head in shame, even Rias.
Zemo and I looked at each other. The Sarutobi grinned, "I guess it was
a good thing you think ahead huh Yami?"
I nodded, "yup."
Ko raised an eyebrow, "something you want to share?"
I took out the storage scroll and unsealed the war hammer displaying ti
before the elder who all became stunned silent, "here you go, one
mythical war hammer, near mint condition, previously used by a
douche so make sure you wash it before using it again."
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Save the priestess!
Reward:
A kiss
+8,000 EXP
I blinked at the first reward, a kiss? Seriously? Could this thing predict
the future now?
Ping!
You have leveled up!
Yami, Little Professor
Level- 31 (300/15,800)
HP- 4,500/4,500 (+20)
SP- 2,175/2,175
CP- 2,550/2,550
CONTROL- 100%
FIRE- 100% WIND- 78%
Allegiance- Konoha Civilian
STR- 32
VIT- 46
DEX- 46
INT- 35 (+2)
CHA- 51
CC- 131
LUC- 26 (+5)
Points- 5
"Y-you found it!" Gembu cried out in surprise, "how?!"
Zemo shrugged, "we found it in the forest, figured it would be a good
idea if he didn't get his hands on it again."
"Oh my God!" Gembu said as he took the hammer, barely managing to
hold it. The elderly men and the priest and priestess all looking at the
hammer in almost holy reverence.
"You have done us a great service!" Gembu said as he smiled at all of
us, "please, let me repay you, this action mustn't go unrewarded!
Spend a day here, let us show you our hospitality! Not only did you
save our people from those ninjas but you also brought back this
villages treasure! You must stay as our honoured guest! I insist!"
"Don't forget saving Rias," Chokio added, glaring at the fact that the
man forgot about her daughter.
"Y-yes! Of course!"
"But why did he kidnap Rias in the first place?" Zemo asked, "what did
he gain from it?"
"Well like we said, he was an avid believer in the tale of the strong
crushers, and he believed that is the mountains woke up again then
the Land of Tea would revert back to it's glory days of great might and
power. With him leading us all."
I blinked, "so he kidnapped Rias, who is incharge of making the tea
which keeps the king of the mountains asleep. So by stopping the
ceremony he would curse the mountain to...holy shit! Did you guys
actually finish the ceremony?!"
Zemo gasped, "oh no oh no oh no! We're all going to die!"
Gembu chuckled, "relax young ones, it is just a story. Why if missing a
single ceremony means so much, then the mountain king would have
awoken a long time ago. While this is tradition, we haven't been able to
do it every year for the last thousand years you know."
I sighed, "oh thank God. I so was not in the mode to fight a mountain
today."
Rias chuckled, "you have a very nice sense of humor..."
I smiled, "Yami, my name is Yami."
Rias blushed, "ri-right. I'm Rias, Rias Uzumaki...thank you for saving
me," she bowed.
"It's fine, please don't bow," I said with a smile.
"Hey! We helped too you know!" China called out from the table before
groaning in pain.
"Don't move too much," Chokio scolded.
Rias blushed, "y-yes, all did help but..." she looked at me and gulped,
moving forward, leaning forward and pressing her soft lips against
mine. My hands automatically went to her hips as hers rested on my
shoulders. Oddly enough, the height diffrence was...not really an issue.
I blinked in shock as I stayed still as she slowly moved away. Everyone
was silent, Gembu looking smug while Zumo's jaw dropped and
China's face looked comical in shock. Even Ko looked surprised.
Ping!
You have gained a new skill!
Kissing, Lv- 1 (0%)
Your ability to please someone through a kiss.
10% satisfaction
+2 REP for the next ten minutes
I blinked, "was that for saving you?"
Rias nodded as she licked her lips, "isn't that the proper way to thank
someone for saving your life?"
"No! It isn't!" China yelled out.
Rias blinked, "really? But you said...oh...that was a joke..."
I blinked before slowly a smile coming on my lips, "well, if it's any
consolation….you have very soft lips...and a large-"
Thunk!
That was the sound of China throwing a metal bowl at my head. Sigh,
fangirls.
Chapter 79: The Sand
As the gates of Konoha came up in the distance I couldn't help but
grumbled, "we could have stayed in the Land of tea for a day. It's like
we had to come back home immediately. Besides, what if the hammer
guy came back?!"
"Yes, and I'm sure a pretty red haired priestess had nothing to do with
your desire to stay in the land of tea," Ko said with a knowing smirk.
"You look at that hair and tell me you wouldn't do the same," I scoffed.
"Yami! You idiot!" Chain threw a dulled kunai at me which sailed past
my head, "stop talking about girls like that! It's wrong with you?!"
I shrugged, "hey, I just said her hair's pretty, what's wrong with that?"
She growled, looking away in a huff. Next to her Zumo snickered,
"you're in trouble now buddy."
I threw my hands up in a desperate motion, "women, you just can't
seem to win."
We argued a little more all the way till the Hokage tower before putting
it on pause on Ko's insistence. We waited for our turn before going up
to him and giving the completed mission scroll to the Hokage.
"Team 11 returning from escort mission to the land of Tea sir," Ko said
as he stood at attention.
The hokage nodded as he read the report, confirming the client's
signature, "alright, everything seems to be in order. Payment will be
given you all at the registry counter. Is there any significant to report or
will I be wasting everyone's time with a debriefing?"
"There were no complications during the mission sir. We encountered a
few...nasty characters targeting our client but genin Yami managed to
scare them off," Ko reported.
Zumo blinked, "when was this?"
"During my shift," I whispered back him.
"Alright then," the Hokage looked at Ko with narrowed eyes, "what
happened after the mission?"
Ko sighed, "we encountered...difficulties."
"Explain."
"There were missing nins from the land of Tea attacking the village we
were at. At the time we attended a local festival in the village. We had
all gone for a special tea ceremony there when we were attacked by a
giant fireball. I managed to erect a mud wall and lock the jutsu,
protecting the civilians but during the confusion five self taught ninjas
came in and kidnapped the princess performing the ceremony.
"Yami went after them, Zumo and China decided to follow his lead.
They managed to capture the ninjas and save the priestess, but then a
chunin level missing nin from the land of Tea appeared. He managed to
hurt China, but thanks to Yami holding him off I was about to arrive on
time and drive him away."
The Hokage frowned, "I see," he turned to me, "you risked your life for
this woman you didn't even know?"
I shrugged, "a life is a life. I saw my chance to help and I did it."
"Really?" the man smiled, "Stan Lee's writing has too much of an
influence on you."
I shrugged, "maybe."
The man sighed, "very well, Ko, have a written report on my desk by
tomorrow, the same goes for all three of you. I want every detail written
down, understand?" We nodded, "good, you have a week off for
training and recovery, dismissed. Next!"
We left the hokage tower and wen our separate ways. Zumo and I
actually escorted China home, where her mother looked horrified at
seeing her little girl hurt. Her father on the other hand seemed proud
when he hear she was injured saving another girl from being
kidnapped. Strange dynamic that one.
Zumo and I parted ways then, with him going home to sleep for three
days, his specific words, and I just wanted to rest, the journey was long
and I don't care if I didn't have to eat or sleep, I wanted too!
That night I woke up from my nap to see Naruto standing over me with
a grin on his face a mile long. He was ecstatic, he demanded I tell him
what happened while he cooked dinner, nothing too fancy just some
rice and curry.
I told him about the mission and then about the Uzumaki family
member I met there which really excited him. I then told him about the
attempted kidnapping and he was excited, 'I just knew it! You totally
saved a princess!' No matter how many times I tried to correct him and
explain it was a priestess, he just wouldn't listen.
That night after midnight I snuck out of my home and went to the park,
I activated the first level dungeon and went inside.
I quickly killed everything in there single handedly earning me 1,500
EXP. Not much at all. Anyway, after the forest was clear I could use it
for whatever I want and since the rules of a dungeon still applies, I can
stay in this dungeon for as long as I want without any time passing by
in the outside world.
The reason for this is because I realised I needed to improve my
training. I needed to become stronger, smarter. Faster. I took out a
fanged dagger with the Flying Thunder God seal on it' shandle. I
couldn't use this during my fight with the hammer guy
because...because I never used it before.
Chapter 80
I was so focused on keep it a secret I never once used it, or
experienced how too! I can't just keep this hidden away, locked up, I
just know one day I'll be forced to use this and on that day I need to be
ready.
So I threw the dagger across the clearing sticking it into a tree trunk. I
walked far away and focused, I opened the jutsu menu and looked at it;
Flying Thunder God, S rank
Your can instantly travel to locations with the Flying Thunder God
markers on it.
CP cost- 100 CP (for 100 feet)
I turned to the marker, 'let's do this!' I blurred away in a flash of speed,
racing the tree trunk, but the forward moment was too much, I was
surprised causing me to lurch forward and trip over a root.
I grumbled, picking myself up and sighed, 'practise make perfect.'
A week later:
I spent a week training with the Flying Thunder God jutsus, I won't
brag, but I think after six hours of training every day I'm finally
beginning to get used to the rapid movements the jutsus demands.
Other than training I did actually spend a lot of time relaxing, since it
was my vacation time. I spent it either going to the movies, spending
time with NAruto and teaching him his subjects and finally by writing.
By the end of the week I had finished the fifth part of my Justice series,
'the Justice League'. It was a continuation of Batman V Superman
where the Trinity, Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman gather
seven of the greatest heroes in the world to face off against an
extraterrestrial dictator.
I included the Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl and Martian
Manhunter into this book. I decided to follow Bruce Timm's Justice
League origins for this book, I much prefered that over the hot mess
that was the New 52.
The story began with Batman following a lead on a possible alien that
was captured by the government and being held captive. He would
then call Superman for backup and together they would find the
Martian Manhunter, who in my book was instead a being from the
moon, so I called him the Moon's Manhunter.
I named the Manhunter John, he would inform inform Bats and
Superman that he came to Earth to warn them about Darkseid
invading. The three would then be attacked by Parademons. Just then
Wonder woman would come an save the day.
The four then go around the world finding Mother Box, here I described
them as teleporting seals instead of technology. They would go to
Atlantis, where they would enlist the help of Aquaman, after saving his
city from a few Parademons that come out of the Mother Box.
The team of five would then track the next box down to Central city
where the Flash, a very young and inexperienced hero would help
them out and insist on joining them.
At this point they gain two Mother boxes and this alerts Darkseid's
army, allowing them to send a small army through, turning Central city
into a war zone. Things seem difficult, when suddenly a green light
appears, it was then I introduce Hal Jordan.
Instead of giving him a complex back story with the space cops angle, I
instead made it that Hal wielded the power of the Green, the
embodiment of the Earth and all that's living in it. I basically made him
a sage that used green senjutsu.
Then came the invasion. The heroes are swarmed by Darkseid's army
and Superman is captured. Batman and Wonder woman go to save
him while the rest fight off the army on Earth.
While in Darkseid's palace Batman frees Superman while Wonder
woman frees another slave on board, a woman with wings like an
angel and a mace that sparkled with electricity. Shaera Hawk had been
captured by Darkseid's forces, now she wants revenge.
The eight were now united together. Eight heroes, all facing the swarm
of evil. And then, finally, Darkseid arrives. I made it the toughest fight
yet for them,, even Superman was physically hurt from Darkseid's
Omega beams.
But it was Flash who saved the day, by running so fast he ripped a hole
in space and time, sending the evil back to where they came from.
The day was saved, the people called them all as heroes. Hawk girl
decided to stay on Earth as she had nowhere else to go. John also
stays, though now disguised as a human. Flash is recognized as a
hero by all and Wonder woman kisses Batman.
Yes. I am a Wonderbat shipper, bite me!
I hoped including the Flash won't make things too...awkward with my
Iwa readers. People will think he's based on Minato, considering the
name, the speed, the flashes of yellow. They might even go as far as to
call it propaganda, since I did have him being the hero at the end of the
day.
I remember walking into the publishing house and giving my editor,
Baroma, the master copy of the book. He had snatched it out of my
hands and quickly began to read it like a man possessed.
In the end he claimed this book just might break all previous records I
held. Here's hoping. Either way I was happy, already this cruel world is
being influenced by my writings, hopefully people will at least try to be
nicer to each other from now on.
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