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'Bijuu/Summons/Thoughts/Techniques'
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Author's Note: Changed the title of the story a little to make it more accurate (and easier for others to find...)
Chapter 14
I sat down on the ground shirtless as I stayed still and focused my breathing. Visible on my upper body and hidden within my pants, on my skin were a variety of intersecting lines of symbols that ran from my shoulders to my arms down to my torso, behind my back, and down to my legs.
This was a full body restriction seal.
I had begun using this for my training due to the fact that the paper tag versions of this seal were not enough to increase my physical strength anymore. Using a shadow clone, I had made it inscribe this seal all over my body, but I added my own little twist to it.
For one thing, unlike most seals that could be inscribed on a solid surface, I could make this seal visible and invisible according to my will and it would show when I was activating it. This was also due to the fact that Restriction Seals were relatively simple seals compared to my Natural Energy seal and Minato's Thunder God Technique formula, so they were easier to change and remove.
The full body restriction seal that I had created had many levels to it, each level causing my movements to be restricted by a factor of 2. For example, level 1 caused me to exert 2x more force to move my body (21). Level 2 needed me to exert 4x more force to move my body (22). Level 3 caused me to exert 8x more force to move my body (23) and so on and so forth.
Currently, I was using level 10 of the seal which forcefully restricted my movements to 1/1024 of their normal amount and cost me 1024 CP per minute to maintain but with my regeneration rate as high as it was, I could easily maintain this indefinitely.
Thinking along those lines, I stood up before positioning my body in a handstand and doing handstand push-ups. Ever since I had completed my Natural Healing seal a few months ago, I had decided to dedicate my time to training up my body as much as possible. It was important that I grind my stats as often as I could and while I could use clones to help practice my WIS and INT, and in some cases ENGY, they couldn't help me with my physical stats.
For the most part, I spent my day's training, going to the occasional mission, hanging out at Minato's place and hanging out with my teacher since she lived next door. Aside from that, I had been grinding up my elemental affinities with my clones on a daily basis and as a matter of fact, I was almost done with them.
"…99…100…" I thought as I finished my last rep and pushed myself off the ground before flipping and sticking the landing. There was light perspiration on my face, but it was exactly the type of effect I had been hoping for in my training. With my movements forcefully restricted by 1024x, every movement was that much more taxing.
I rotated my shoulders a little bit before looking ahead of me where there was a large cliff towering upwards. I jumped from my position and landed on the side of the cliff, using my chakra to keep me adheres to the surface. With my movements still restricted, I began to walk up the cliff with nothing but my legs.
"…Not enough." I thought, increasing my resistance to 11. Immediately, my body halted its advance as I strained to move forward. My movements were now forcefully restricted to 1/2048x their usual amount and my legs were feeling every moment of that in addition to the force of gravity. I pushed myself a little more and began to make a slow and arduous advance up the cliff.
After what felt like hours, I finally made it to the top of the cliff and collapsed on the ground.
"…tired…" I thought as I had been working out for the better part of this morning.
Ping!
Congratulations! [Natural Wind Affinity] has leveled up by 1!
Congratulations! [Natural Wind Affinity] has reached level 100 MAX!
Congratulations! [Chakra Control (CC)] has increased to 98%!
Congratulations! [Natural Fire Affinity] has leveled up by 1!
Congratulations! [Natural Fire Affinity] has reached level 100 MAX!
Congratulations! [Chakra Control (CC)] has increased to 99%!
Congratulations! [Natural Earth Affinity] has leveled up by 1!
Congratulations! [Natural Earth Affinity] has reached level 100 MAX!
Congratulations! [Chakra Control (CC)] has increased to 100%!
"Finally done…" I thought as I stood up, the exhaustion leaving me as the messages appeared and my clones dispelled. With this, I now had complete 100% control over my chakra and I practiced this by raising my hand and willing a small ball of flame into existence. On my other hand, I formed a small sphere of wind and combined it with the fire causing the flame to gain a bluish hue.
I slightly smiled and dispelled the elements before thinking about what else I could do. If I wanted to, I could probably combine and with my perfect control, I could probably find a way to create a "faux" Elemental Kekkei Genkai. A theory I had read on elemental Kekkei Genkai stated that people born with these types of bloodlines were naturally able to mix their chakra natures in the perfect ratio of elements necessary to form a Kekkei Genkai.
For example, say Scorch Release required an exact 1.75:1 ratio of Fire and Wind elemental affinities. A person born with it would be able to naturally combine their chakra at that perfect ratio the entire way through molding their chakra for the technique and executing it.
If one wanted to recreate Scorch Release through their own abilities, then they would need perfect control over their chakra in addition to extremely high proficiency in fire and wind natures and would need to be able to maintain that 1.75:1 ratio of Fire to Wind the entire way through executing the technique.
I found that it was a very sound theory and I planned on testing it soon enough, however for now…"You can come out. I'm done training."
Immediately, an Anbu member with a mouse mask appeared in front of me. "Lord Hokage and Lord Danzo are requesting your presence."
I nodded my head. "Lead the way."
Immediately he leaped from his position and made his way back towards the village. I followed his movements as we dashed towards the trees before we arrived in the busy streets of the village. He took me to the Hokage's Residence through one of the many secret entrances around the village and we walked down a corridor before eventually arriving in front of a door.
"They're waiting inside."
I nodded my head, feeling 5 powerful chakra signatures and 1 weaker one that felt very familiar. "Could that be…"
I approached and unlocked the door before entering inside and feeling 5 visions concentrated on my skin.
"Huh? I thought you called us here for something important old man. What's a child doing here? Though he's quite adorable..." A blonde woman with a sizeable bust asked the Hokage as she looked at me, her arms crossed under her massive bust.
[Tsunade Senju]
Lvl 127
Rep: 0
The pale man with yellow slitted eyes next to her followed. "I would like to know as well, I was forced to stop my experiments for this Teacher."
[Orochimaru]
Lvl 147
Rep: 0
Finally, the man with long white hair in between the two looked at my bare face carefully with narrowed eyes. "Wait…I've seen you before haven't I?"
[Jiraiya]
Lvl 139
Rep: 15
The Hokage took this moment to intervene. "Yes Jiraiya, he was the one you reported to me about almost a year ago on that mission to Tsuchigumo."
Jiraiya bopped his palm with his fist, "Ah that's right! I remember that kid!" Saying so he looked me over once more before frowning, "Tch, I can't believe he looks more handsome than me without his mask on…" he suddenly appeared next to me and wrapped his arm around my shoulder before giving me a bright smile, "say kid, why don't you be my wingman one of these days when I decide to go out? How about it? You interested?" The Sannin asked with a wiggling of his brows.
Before I could answer him, however, Hiruzen stepped in, "Jiraiya, you can continue your antics at a later date, but for now I need you to focus. Why I called you here today is directly related to him."
I could sense the interest rise in the eyes of the three Sannin before Tsunade scoffed. "This kid? He can't be more than what 7? 8?-"
"…I'm 8 and a half actually."
I was ignored.
"What exactly could he have done to warrant all of our attention? Are you sure you aren't just blowing things out of proportion?"
I looked at Hiruzen and Danzo. "…you didn't tell them?"
"No." Hiruzen stated with a shake of his head. "I figured that it would be best for them to see it first hand than to explain it in words."
"Exactly what are we here to witness Sarutobi-sensei?" Orochimaru asked as he turned to his teacher.
"Just watch." Saying so, the Hokage made a hand sea. I saw that around the bed of my would be patient, seals glowed to life before vanishing.
"Silencing seals…" I thought before focusing on the figure of the bed and blinking my eyes. "It really is…"
"Four years ago." Hiruzen began while looking at the man in the bed. "This soldier lost his arm at the beginning of the war and his stump has since then been sealed. I want you to watch carefully. Continue Yoru."
I nodded my head and approached the bed before placing my hands on the man's back. "Shark…I said I would give you back your arm one day…" I thought as I activated my Mystical Healing. My hands glowed a dark green, a sharp contrast to the bright green of the typical Mystic Palm technique, before Shark's arm began to regrow. The stump was forcefully torn open before new bone, muscle, nerves, and skin formed into a full adult hand.
"That's…!" Tsunade stated with wide eyes as she let her arms fall to the side.
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes at me. "Very fascinating indeed…"
"You've got to be kidding me…" Jiraiya stated out loud in wonder. "Was that…Natural energy?"
Hiruzen nodded. "What are your thoughts on it Jiraiya?"
The white-haired man put on a thoughtful look, "I will have to ask the toads about this real quick. They'll be able to give more insight into this than me, so we will need another individual."
"That can be easily arranged." Danzo stated
As the grown-ups began to talk amongst themselves, I turned my gaze towards Shark.
"Heh, I didn't think you would actually be able to pull through kid…4 years…" The man stated, yet didn't bother to turn around.
"…You figured that out quickly. It makes me wonder if there was even a point to putting up silencing seals and giving you a blindfold." I replied.
Shark chuckled, "They didn't know that you had made that promise to me all those years ago." Saying so, he shook his head. "I had been a bit skeptical when I had approached with the prospect of getting my arm back. I had thought 'could it be? That kid came through?' But to actually get it back…" he gripped his newly reformed limb. "I can't thank you enough."
I nodded my head. "No worries."
"Sameki." Hiruzen stated, looking at Shark, "You are free to go, but do not spread information about this technique is that understood?"
"Of course Lord Hokage." The man said with a bow.
The Hokage nodded before yelling. "Mouse!"
The man instantly appeared in front of the Hokage.
"Escort him and obtain another individual with a lost limb. Make sure they can't see and this time, don't just bring someone blind."
The Anbu shuffled awkwardly before bowing, "Of course Lord Hokage." And with that, he vanished.
"Tell me kid." Jiraiya began. "How exactly did you pull that off? To absorb natural energy without turning into a Sage or stone and to regrow limbs?" He stroked his chin. "You're pretty incredible for someone so young…almost reminds me of Minato."
I turned my body and pulled up my sleeve, showcasing the design of my seal on my right shoulder. "…I created a seal to manage the absorption and output of natural energy to the traditional Mystic Palm Technique in order to create a more powerful Healing ability." Saying so, I looked towards Jiraiya, "It was thanks to your research on natural energy and Minato's help that I was able to complete this."
"Ohh? So you're the kid he's been crying to me about." Jiraiya stated as he rubbed his chin and looked me up and down with a smile. "You know, he's still upset that you mastered his technique in only a few minutes, but I have to say even I'm kind of jealous…" he then turned to look at my tattoo appraisingly. "How long did it take you to make it?"
"Around 3 years." Was my honest reply.
Jiraiya blinked. "Wow, and I thought Minato was a prodigy."
"Tell me, how does this seal work on a biological level." Orochimaru asked with a gleam in his eyes. "I find it fascinating that you can regrow a complete appendage even from a closed wound. How exactly does that work?"
I put in a thoughtful expression. I had a relatively good amount of knowledge on biology, mainly on how chakra influenced it. That being said, if he was asking for a completely in-depth process about what the natural energy + Mystic Healing combo was doing at a cellular level…"I'm actually not sure…"
Orochimaru gave me a smile that made me marginally uncomfortable. "Well then, if you come to my lab, I'm sure we will find out plenty."
Jiraiya gave Orochimaru a weird look, "Creepy…"
A tick mark grew on the pale Sannin's head, "I'm only curious as a scientist. What's truly creepy is your perverted antics and unhinged behavior. It's truly a wonder that you haven't created a village yet with your promiscuity."
"My antics are not merely perverted!" Jiraiya said, his eyes closed as he blew smoke from his nose, "They are Super Perverted!" He struck a pose in triumph.
"…How have you not been castrated by an enemy kunoichi by now?"
Jiraiya replied smugly, "Because after a night with me, why would any woman be my enemy?"
Orochimaru's face twitched, "Please tell me you did not do that on purpose?
"What do you think?" The white-haired man replied with wiggling brows.
"I am truly surprised that your face hasn't been buried in the wall by now."
That got them to pause.
"Princess?" Jiraiya stated as he looked at Tsunade. "What's wrong?"
It was now that I realized that the blond haired woman had been oddly silent ever since I had demonstrated my technique.
Tsunade looked at me, more specifically my shoulder, before biting her lower lip. "If only…if only at that time we had this, then maybe…" She clenched her necklace tightly.
And with that, the atmosphere became sullen.
"Isn't she a ray of sunshine…" I thought before looking to my right as Mouse suddenly appeared inside the room with another limbless shinobi in hand.
This one had no legs.
"Jiraiya." The Hokage stated.
The man in question out in a serious expression on his face as he bit his thumb and drew blood before placing his palm on the ground. I could sense an immense amount of chakra being used for the technique as he yelled, "Kuchiyose!"
In a puff of smoke, a small toad appeared. "What's wrong Jiraiya boy? Summoning me on such short notice? Ma is preparing lunch right now and if I miss it, I won't hear the end of it."
"Please pay attention Elder Fukasaku. I've got something interesting to show you." Jiraiya replied, nodding his head towards my direction.
The toad in question look gave me a speculative look. "This boy?" The toad then nodded and jumped up on Jiraiya's shoulder. "Alright then, let me see it."
The Hokage nodded my way so I once again placing ed my hands on the legless shinobi's back and activated my skill. In but a few moments, his legs began to regrow until they reached a maturation proportional to his age.
"Incredible…" The toad stated, looking at my arms. "Fusing Natural Energy to a technique the moment it is executed and without fusing the Natural energy into your chakra system…" the frog nodded his head in thought.
"So what do you think?" Jiraiya asked.
"Well…" The toad began. "It's a splendid technique and seeing as he isn't directly absorbing the natural energy or directly transferring it to another individual, I'd say it's pretty safe and obviously more than effective."
Jiraiya nodded. "I see, thank you Elder Fukasaku."
"Ah, no problem Jiraiya boy. By the way…" the toad began, looking towards my way. "You've given me some things to think about young one. I hope to see you again."
I inclined my head in response.
The toad then smiled. "Well I'm off, if I don't get back in time Ma will throw a fit." And with that, he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Jiraiya smiled. "Well kid, it seems like your technique is well regarded even amongst the masters of Sage energy. I suppose now we can-"
"What are its restrictions?" Tsunade asked seriously, cutting Jiraiya off. "Any side effects? What about the conditions of the people you have treated? Have we checked up on them to see how they are coping with their new limb? Who can learn this technique?"
I blinked. "The only restrictions are that only I can inscribe the seal for the technique, the user must be proficient in the Mystic Palm Healing technique, and the user must have satisfactory chakra control. As for the people I've already healed…" I looked towards the Hokage and Danzo.
"They are performing well." Danzo stated. "The only issue is that the individuals who had lost their limbs longer ago tend to take longer to re-adjust to their new appendage. Aside from that, there has been no sign of rejection or terrible performance from their new limb."
"That's fine then, but make sure to keep an eye on them." Saying so, she looked towards Hiruzen. "I wish you would have told me what exactly had been so important as to need my presence. If so, I would have been here much sooner."
Hiruzen looked at her with a slight smile. "Well, I'm glad you're here now instead of drinking your sorrows away."
Tsunade paused and turned away causing Hiruzen to smile even more. I could sense the love and care he showed for not only Tsunade but for his other two students as well.
"Isn't that adorable…"
"And you." The blonde Sannin stated looking at me.
I blinked. "…yes?"
She looked at my shoulder. "Say you were to lose your arm where you implanted the seal, what would then happen?"
"Well…" I began. "This seal is intimately connected to your own chakra network so as long as you don't die, this seal will technically never fade even if the limb it is attached to is destroyed. As a matter of fact…" I stated, pointing at my right shoulder where my seal was on. "You could regrow that lost limb and it should still have the seal on it."
Tsunade nodded in understanding, "and does it necessarily have to look like that?" She asked, pointing at my Penrose triangle design.
"…Not necessarily." I said, looking at my shoulder. "…I can adjust it to whatever design choice you want."
"Alrighty then." She stated, pointing at her forehead, more specifically the diamond pattern on her forehead. "Can you superimpose it on this?"
I nodded my head and walked forward before placing my palm on her forehead. I used my chakra to form the necessary inscription for the technique but condensed it to the shape of a diamond. With that complete, I let go of her forehead and noted that the blue diamond pattern on her forehead has turned green.
"I see…" Orochimaru stated in interest. "With the combination of this technique and your Creation Rebirth, …you'll be practically immortal on the battlefield."
"Exactly." Tsunade stayed with a smile as she gripped her fists.
I could sense an intense conviction from her, one that stated that she would never let something terrible happen again.
"But you know Tsunade…" Orochimaru began with a disconcerting smile. "A child 24 years your junior created a more impressive medical technique than you could not in your 32 years of life?"
The joy on Tsunade's face vanished.
"Ohh that's bad…" I thought and stealthily made my way next to Hiruzen and Danzo.
"Oi oi you bastard!" Jiraiya stated towards Orochimaru. "That's such a dirty blow!"
"But is it not true?"
"…That may be so but don't say it!"
Orochimaru slightly shrugged. "I'm only saying that if she hadn't decided to waste more than half a decade of her miserable life in self-deprecation, maybe she would have accomplished m-"
Immediately, Orochimaru leaned back, just in time to evade a devastating punch from Tsunade. The force of the attack generated wind pressure so strong that it blew a gigantic hole through the solid 12' reinforced steel walls of the room 10 feet away and continued onwards down the hall.
Orochimaru chuckled and jump backward, Tsunade glaring at him with a vein popping on her head.
"Alright enough." Hiruzen stated before the atmosphere turned any more hostile. "…And Yoru please come out from behind me."
I did as instructed and acted as if nothing had ever happened. "Yes Lord Hokage?"
The older man sighed. "In any case…" he began while looking at Tsunade. "I want you to screen Medic Nin with enough skill to use this technique. I can't have one of my soldiers turning to stone on accident."
Tsunade tilted her head. "Turning to stone?"
So I explained. "…depending on the level of your chakra control, the regrown appendages might have some parts that have undergone Petrification and turned to stone. The worse the user's chakra control, the more the parts of the regrown limb become petrified."
"Wait, then what about the people you healed before?" Tsunade asked.
"My chakra control is perfect." Was all I replied.
Tsunade looked at me startled. "Wait What?"
"We can have this discussion another time." Hiruzen stated before looking my way. "Before that, however, there is an important issue that needs to be considered. It's inevitable that we will be unable to hide this technique for long and it will eventually be known to the other nations. If the enemy tries to get ahold of someone who knows it…"
The rest didn't need to be said.
If the enemy was able to kidnap a medic-nin who had my seal, then if they weren't being tortured to death, they would be used against us.
I thought for a moment before I replied, "I can make adjustments to the seal and put a kill switch that can be activated by chakra." That was the best method I could think of. If the enemy wanted to use our medic-nin who had my seal, then they would have to allow them to use their chakra. That would give them the opportunity to off themselves if necessary which was way better than being tortured or raped.
At least you would go out on your own terms.
Even if they wanted to study my seal, without insight into natural energy and a high degree of fuuinjutsu affinity, it was pretty much pointless.
The Hokage nodded slightly, likely thinking along the same lines as he replied, "That will most likely be for the best. With that aside, I'll have you give the seal to anyone Tsunade deems appropriate. Anyone have anything else to say?"
"Your seal." Jiraiya began. "Can it be taught to others? It's a pretty fascinating piece of work and I would love to take a look at it."
"As long as they are highly skilled in Fuuinjutsu, then they should be able to, though it will require knowledge in other areas most notably human biology." I supplied
Jiraiya grinned, "I'll take you up on that then."
I inclined my head before turning towards Danzo. I looked at his bandaged arm which was hidden within his black robe and at the right side of his face which was bandaged as well. "Lord Danzo, if you like, I could heal you of your debilitating injuries."
Danzo looked at us for a moment and remained silent as he began to unwrap the bandages covering the right side of his body. The bandages unfurled and fell to the ground revealing what was hidden beneath.
Silence.
Jiraiya gaped.
Orochimaru looked amused.
Tsunade frowned in mild annoyance.
Hiruzen simply looked on with a knowing smile.
"There's…Nothing." I stated as I gazed at the plain, bare, completely healthy and undamaged skin covering Danzo's body.
"Misdirection." Danzo explained simply, a very mild, nearly unnoticeable, tinge of amusement in his tone. "Always look underneath the underneath." He said while rewrapping himself.
I was slightly speechless.
Imagine if an enemy tried to attack Danzo thinking he was a fragile disabled man only to get blindsided when Danzo suddenly slit his throat with his "disabled" hand…
I then looks to his bandages right eye. "Then…"
"I'm not getting any younger." Danzo began. "The amount of times I'll ever be called into action will be few and far inbetween while you all will soon take over for the older generation. There's no need to worry about an inconvenience as minor as this."
Hiruzen looked at his friend and gave a slight smirk before looking at all of us. "If that is all, then you are all dismissed. Mouse!"
"Yes Lord Hokage." The man said, dropping down from the ceiling.
Hiruzen looked towards the Ninja I had healed. "Take him away."
"Yes!" The man said and vanished with the individual.
"As for the rest of you…" he stated, looking at his students. "Yoru's identity should not be compromised is that understood?"
"Yes!" They yelled in unison.
"Good." He said before turning around and looking at the hole in the wall. "…Danzo, please get someone to fix that."
At the man's nod, Hiruzen looked back at me. "You've done more for this village than I could have ever expected from a child your age. For that, you have my gratitude."
I bowed, "Thank you Lord Hokage."
Hiruzen nodded before glancing at the hole in the wall once more, shaking his head, and vanishing.
Danzo looked at me deeply before giving us a nod and vanishing as well.
"Child." Orochimaru stayed as he looked my way. "I'm quite interested in that technique of yours. You wouldn't mind allowing me to possess one of your magnificent inscriptions would you?"
"You dirty snake." Tsunade snarled with her arms on her waist. "If you weren't paying attention, I am in charge of screening the medical ninja deserving of that ability and I say no."
"But it's not really yours to give now is it princess?" Orochimaru asked, a smile on his face. "Besides, my control, while not as perfect as yours, is quite excellent and I can use it in a lot of my experiments." Here, his grin grew savage, "Some of them tend to have a short…shelf life so to speak."
"Hmph." The blond woman began, crossing her arms under her massive bust. "I said no."
"Well that's not your decision is it?" Saying so, Orochimaru looked at me with that same smile.
"You better not give him a thing." Tsunade stated, her eyes seemingly boring holes through mine.