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'Bijuu/Summons/Thoughts/Techniques'
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Quick Author's Note: Somehow when I wanted to do an update to the chapter 19 I had posted earlier, I must have accidentally clicked chapter 17. So Sorry!
Update: Ok yeah, something is messed up on my account because no matter what I did, I COULD NOT get rid of the chapter "19" I posted. Like when I deleted the chapter on my "Manage Stories" the change didn't appear for you guys. I have no clue why this happened and I am sincerely sorry.
Chapter 19
[Hiruzen's POV]
"I'm so tired of this shit…"
I thought with a sigh as I signed another piece of paper. After having worked tirelessly for 3 days straight in my office, I now only had a few more documents to sign.
"Maybe paperwork is the enemy's tactic to tire me to death?" I mused.
It would honestly be one of the better attempts.
With that, I stamped and signed another piece of paper before I stopped and rubbed my aching shoulders with a grimace. It didn't help that the situation with the Three-Tailed Bijuu a few months back had made my life much more miserable.
As expected, the other nations weren't too keen on Konoha having both the strongest Bijuu and an additional one. Iwa was getting more nervous especially since they had lost one of their Jinchuuriki and hadn't found a trace of the 4-Tails ever since.
Kumo was more aggressive than ever had been trying more reverently to push against our borders.
Sand was on edge but reassured by our allowance, however slight that reassurance may be.
Needless to say, Kirigakure was quite livid at their loss, but they had willingly implanted their Bijuu into an enemy shinobi. We had no say in their actions and so the consequences of that idiotic decision was theirs to bear.
"Good thing I won't have to bother with this much longer."
The aftershock of the war had been substantial as evident by the ever-increasing piles of paper on my desk. My decision to preemptively strike a truce between us and Iwa had been met by disapproval by Danzo and some of the other Jonin commanders who had wanted redress for their comrades who had died in the war.
What mitigated this tension, however, was the fact that our potential casualties had reduced by thousands courtesy of Mystical Healing…well, that was what Yoru called it anyway.
Seeing their comrades and family members healed of injuries that normally would have been permanently debilitating had quelled their hearts enough that they had reluctantly agreed to my decision to end the squabble between us and Iwa.
However, even though their wrath had been somewhat mitigated, I had already decided to step down from my position. After a meeting with the Fire Daimyo and his council along with my advisors and Danzo, I had managed to convince them to accept the candidate I had chosen to replace me as Hokage.
"And…done!"
I leaned back with a relieved sigh as the final paper was stamped and signed. I soon straightened back up and called in my secretary before having her sort and send the documents to their respective areas.
"I finished in time too…" I thought while looking outside. I had a scheduled meeting so after everything was said and done, I left my office.
The Hokage Residence was a large mansion occupied by the Hokage during their tenure and was located close to both the Academy and Hokage Rock. One of its purposes was to allow the Hokage to live on neutral ground as a gesture for them to not act on behalf of any clan or family, but to act on behalf of the village.
I also used that area as a meeting point for individuals who wanted to converse with me. As Hokage, it was important that I listened to the voices of the common folk and shinobi alike.
For now, however, I had already scheduled a meeting with someone important and didn't want to be late. Based on his moniker, I knew he wouldn't be either.
It took me no time to arrive at the guest reception area of the Hokage residence. I made my way to the front and center stage of the room before I sat down on the pillow in a seiza, closed my eyes…
And waited.
I was accompanied with nothing but silence for a while…
Before a presence entered the room.
"Lord Hokage." A voice said.
I opened my eyes to see Minato taking a knee on the ground in front of me, his head slightly lowered.
"Please, lift your head." I began. "Someone with your accomplishments in the field need not lower themselves so easily."
Minato raised his head before slightly shaking it, "I've only ever done what was required of me to do for the village and its people. Anything that has come of that is merely extraneous."
I couldn't help but smile a little at that before I schooled my features. "I believe that you will carry on the Will of Fire, so I want to entrust you with the future of the Hidden Leaf and the shinobi world." Here I paused and observed his serious countenance for a moment before I concluded with my gaze sharpened. "You will accept, won't you?"
His eyes locked with mine, there was no hesitation in his words as he replied, "I shall do my best to deserve your trust, Lord Third."
I smiled before releasing a light sigh, "I wish this could have been done under better circumstances…what lies ahead will not all be peaceful."
"I'm prepared for it." Was his immediate reply.
I smiled, "I know you will make me proud."
-Yoru: Gamer-
[Yoru's POV]
The restriction seal was spread throughout my body, creating an intricate intersecting line of script that glowed a dull blue hue. I slowly clenched my hand into a fist, feeling a bit of resistance from every inch of movement, before I nodded to myself.
"Let's begin. ID Create: Werewolf."
A bubble of reality spread out with me as the epicenter and encompassed my view. The environmental theme was altered as the bright afternoon sky transformed into a gloomy midnight firmament and the shining sun turned into a glittering moon.
I raised my head and pulled out a kunai from my inventory before I looked around me. I paused as the leaves rustled behind me before I immediately jumped to the side as a blur rushed by.
It was a bipedal canine creature with sharp elongated fangs, red eyes, pointed ears, and furry skin.
All the things you'd expect of a werewolf.
Werewolf LVL 85
HP: 150000
STA: 100000
STR: 1500
VIT: 1500
DEX: 1000
INT: 1000
WIS: 1000
ENGY: 1000
EXP Gain: 500
With a growl, the furry beast went on all fours before securing its hind legs and thrusting off the ground. The force of its acceleration crumbled the ground beneath it as it flew towards me at immense speeds.
My eyes glowed before I leaned back, placed my palms flat on the ground, and used it as a springboard to catapult my legs forward, catching the beast as soon as it was above me. I felt its bones crack and flesh mold to my foot as I attacked its weak point causing it to rocket towards the sky.
I flipped myself up and immediately ran lightning through my kunai before throwing it up, it's speed easily piercing through both the sound barrier and the wolf's skin. It howled in agony, which I ignored as I twirled the string I had attached to the kunai around my arm.
With a pull, the Wolf came flying down at hypersonic speeds before it impacted the ground with a resounding crash. The shockwave of the impact leveled the trees around me and spread out towards the distance before only silence reigned.
With a wave of my hand, I cleared the dust and walked towards my downed opponent who was whining pitifully. So with a raised leg, I channeled a large amount of Fire natured chakra through it before I stomped down.
You have earned 500 EXP!
The monster crumbled to dust and disappeared, only leaving behind the kunai which I had lodged within it.
I picked it up and twirled it before turning around.
"Ambushing me isn't gonna work you know? I can sense you from over 5 kilometers away."
While I was pretty sure they couldn't understand my words, they still came out of hiding causing me to turn towards them.
There in front of me were 5 werewolves, each with their fangs exposed with saliva dripping down their maw. With a roar, they all charged towards me, to which I remained calm and took a breath.
I sharpened my gaze and tapped my foot on the ground, running chakra through it and causing spiked pillars of earth to erupt from below. The beasts bobbed and weaved through my attack as they traveled on all fours before they came only a few meters away.
I tapped my foot once more, causing a wall of earth to erupt right in front of me before I leaped up high. In but a moment, the werewolves crashed through the wall and skidded to a stop before turning their heads every which way for my trail.
I could see them sniff the air before they stopped and looked above…
Unfortunately, they were a little late.
With 5 shuriken in hand, I spun and tossed them at the werewolves, skewering all 5 through the neck and implanting the shuriken through the ground. They writhed and clawed at their necks, however, I wrapped the wire I had attached to the shuriken around my wrists.
With little exertion, I pulled, the resulting motion lifting causing me to travel faster towards the ground. My landing caused the ground to fracture around me before I grabbed onto the string with both hands and spun.
The 5 wolves wailed as I made them crash through the surrounding trees. As I spun, I ran a powerful current through the wire which electrocuted the wolves after which I tossed them up into the air.
Their angles and directions of impact were calculated by me and with my Deconstructive Analysis still active, I knew their "weak points". With that in mind, I created 5 spikes of earth which protruded from the ground directly in the locations that wolves would fall to.
With their Durability, the earth spikes would more than likely crumble, so I reinforced them with my chakra and waited.
It didn't take long for gravity to fully take hold of the 5 wolves as they fell down from above and skewered themselves on the spiked earth. I took a step back as I looked at them before I gathered a ball of plasma between my hands.
Storm Style: Laser Circus!
5 laser beams extended from the ball of energy between my palms and pierced the struggling wolves through the head, killing them.
You have earned 500 EXP!
You have earned 500 EXP!
You have earned 500 EXP!
You have earned 500 EXP!
You have earned 500 EXP!
As the wolves turned to dust, I returned the soil to its original state and moved to collect my shuriken, before I paused and sighed.
"They don't learn…I suppose I shouldn't expect any better from them."
With that, I immediately ducked as a form flew past me from above. Before it escaped my reach, I grabbed its ankle and slammed it against another form that had tried to sneak attack me from behind.
The two werewolves flew through numerous trees and pulled up a cloud of dust in their wake, but it wasn't over yet.
Another two energy signatures tried a pincer attack as they approached from my left and right, so right before they were about to touch me, I jumped up. Their momentum and close proximity prevented them from changing course and caused them to crash into each other.
With them disoriented, I landed on their heads before I brought my feet together causing their heads to slam together once more. I jumped, weaved a string attached shuriken around both their necks and wrapped said string around my arms before I landed to the ground.
My arms layered across each other, I ran lightning through the wires and made a scissoring motion. The added current sharpened the wires enough that they slowly seared through the necks of both wolves causing them to howl in agony…
Before they stopped.
Their heads rolled to the ground, yet their bodies were still moving, so with a deep breath, I generated a ball of fire and packed a dense amount of chakra into it.
Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame!
A torrent of orange fire spewed out of my hand and engulfed both the wolves. The intensity of the flames increased as the flames began to turn blue from the amount of energy I was adding to the attack.
And then they turned pure white.
The heat from the attack distorted the air and melted the earth as I incinerated the wolves. Afterwards, I slowly decreased the energy output of the fire beam until it stopped.
I lowered my hand, gazing at the aftermath of my assault. The wolves had been carbonized from the blaze, the eruption creating a blast line that seemed to distance over a kilometer. The surrounding trees caught on fire which spread through the forest causing the sky to glow orange.
What I had come to figure out was that hand-seals not only helped the user mold their chakra into their preferred shape, but it also allowed them to modulate how much energy they were putting into their technique. Someone like me who required no hand seals could pack as much chakra as they wanted into any energy based technique, however, if I took it too far and used up too much energy, I could suffer from chakra exhaustion or worse.
Since I had such a large pool of chakra and since I didn't need to use hand seals, I didn't limit myself too much and the damage from my chakra based attacks were all based upon how much energy I used for them. Of course, there were some exceptions like the Rasengan which amplified a small amount of energy in a unique way that caused more damage than if I had used that much chakra in a normal attack.
I stopped my muse in favor of jumping just as the two wolves that I had thrown earlier appeared. I backflipped over them and landed softly on my feet before I pulled out a kunai.
They growled angrily at me and moved to rush at me once more, however, I was faster.
I ran wind and fire attributed chakra through the blade before horizontally slashing my arm. The amplified fire attack was honed and traveled to the wolves who were unable to retreat in time before they were engulfed.
The trees behind them were sliced in half and incinerated from the attack while the monsters themselves fared no better.
Their bodies were split in two from the waist with the wounds instantly cauterized from the heat. It all didn't matter, however, as they soon decomposed into particles like all over defeated monsters.
You have earned 500 EXP!
You have earned 500 EXP!
You have earned 500 EXP!
You have earned 500 EXP!
With that, I took a breath and waited silently.
"With 10 down, the pack leader should arrive…"
A resounding howl echoed throughout the forest.
"And she's here."
It appeared outside my detection range before I could finally sense it 5 kilometers away. It bulldozed through the trees as it traveled towards me and within a matter of seconds, it came into view.
Werewolf (Packleader) LVL 125
HP: 250000
STA: 200000
STR: 2500
VIT: 2500
DEX: 2000
INT: 1500
WIS: 1500
ENGY: 2000
EXP Gain: 15000
It was twice as large as the other werewolves and had silver, instead of brown, fur which glistened in the moonlit sky.
It growled at me in anger, yet it circled me cautiously on all fours.
"Hmm, I suppose this one is smarter…for a dog."
I thought as I watched it with a close eye.
Stats weren't singular and usually had multiple meanings depending on the individual. For example, someone could have high INT denoting their overall knowledge of a particular subject or denoting their street smarts. Different kinds of intelligence which would result in different kinds of results for two different people.
Another would be STR as for the most part, an individual would need to work out each muscle group in order to make all parts strong. Their STR stat could refer to their leg strength or their arm strength. Additionally, there was also a difference between lifting strength and striking power.
All this, however, meant nothing to me. When my INT increased, all aspects of my intelligence increased proportionally. When my STR increased, all my muscles proportionally increased in strength along with my lifting and striking strength. The same was true for my other stats if it was applicable like DEX increasing both my movement and reaction speeds.
That was one of the benefits of my Gamer ability.
Why did this matter?
Because even if this wolf had 1000 INT, it did not mean for a moment that it was more knowledgeable than me.
The wolf growled once more before suddenly zooming towards me in a blur of motion. I crossed my arms protectively before I was swatted away through the trees.
"Though it might be a little quicker in terms of its reactions." I thought before I skidded to a stop and removed my restrictions.
Unfortunately, it didn't help much as the wolf was already upon me with its paw raised high. With its speed greater than mine, I was unable to dodge in time as I was batted into the air for some distance.
I crashed through multiple trees as my back slid across the ground to a stop. I uncrossed my arms and slowly stood up before dusting myself off.
The pack leader stood in front of me with fury evident in its eyes while I looked on at it in boredom.
Of course, it's attacks had stung, however, my regeneration rate was immense.
Seemingly angry at my dismissal of it, it charged at me once more, however, I was now much better prepared. Accelerated Analysis allowed me to analyze its movements much more rapidly while Deconstructive Analysis provided me with its "weak points".
With that, I crouched right below the claw that had been aimed at my head, dodging it by a hair. The wolf now left open, I saw and exploited the glowing red dot on the side of its ribcage.
I rotated my waist as I extended my fist, crashing it into the tender side of its ribs. My fist sunk deep into the beast's flesh as it crushed its ribs, causing it to howl in agony.
I wasn't done as I jabbed two fingers into a glowing red spot located on its arm, disabling it. A kick to a weak point on its leg caused it to drop to a knee while a knee to its sternum caused it to heave.
I looked down on it before placing an open palm to its face and charging up a ball of lightning…
Before I was smacked in the head and sent through multiple trees. My body skidded and bounced across the ground before sliding to a stop, dust picked up behind me.
"That bitch…" I thought as I messaged my jaw (which was fine in less than a second anyway) and stood up. The thing had attacked me with its tail the moment I had raised my hand.
Even with one leg, it came upon me rather quickly with a snarl on its face, intent on gnawing my bones. I simply raised my index finger to the sky in response, a pillar of earth impacting the wolf from beneath in response.
It howled to the moon as it was sent through the air after which I positioned myself right below it. My palm pointed up towards it, I charged a ball of electricity before I released a beam towards the sky towards the wolf.
Gravity assisted it in its descent as it fell while still within my blast before I stopped and stepped back. With a little concentration, I caused a pillar of earth to protrude from the ground right below the wolf before it impacted the column with its gut.
It groaned and fell off the column unmoving so I walked towards it and placed a hand on its chest. I could sense it's despair as it's instincts no doubt learned it of its imminent demise.
Too bad, there was nothing it could do.
I formed a Rasengan within its chest, blending its insides into mulch and causing blood spray out of its orifices. Its chest spiraled and burst as it spasmed and died.
You have earned 15000 EXP
With that done, the wolf disintegrated, leaving behind a few fangs and…
"Oh?"
I thought as something glittering caught my attention.
I went forward and picked it up before raising it to the moonlight.
Minor Beast Essence (Werewolf):
The crystallized form of the energy contained within the Werewolf. Absorbing its energy allows you to gain a portion of its stats
Gain 1% of the Werewolf's STR and VIT
I raised a brow at that.
"I didn't think I would see one of these ever again…"
Well, it wasn't quite the same, but years back I had absorbed a chakra beast core which shared many similarities with this one. There were, of course, many differences, for example, this one didn't specifically say "chakra beast" and there was no elemental affinity attached to the beast essence.
"Still though…" I thought as I tossed it up and down a few times before sending it to my inventory. I someone in mind to give this to, so I wouldn't use it right away.
The rest of the stuff was decently valuable since the fangs and claws of chakra beasts were quite useful and durable. Though this wasn't a chakra beast per se, it might as well be one.
With that, I picked up the rest of the loot and waited for a while, before I sighed.
"I guess I'm done for the day…"
So I thought to myself.
"ID Escape"
The sky cracked and shattered, the sun replacing the moon and the bright blue sky replacing the dark nighttime sky.
It was unfortunate that with all the missions I had had to take, there had been very few opportunities for me to spend my time grinding dungeons. While it wouldn't drastically increase my stats, it would increase my levels.
With that, I looked down to my torn up clothes and simply willed them away. Seriously, why would I bother to change clothes if I could just use the Henge to create some? True, experts would be able to see through discrepancies in your transformation, however, mine came with physical changes as well. Besides, while high-level shinobi could see through the disguise, they couldn't see through them (unless they had special eyes) so I was fine regardless.
With that, I created a ball of water and drenched myself with it before heating my body to dry off. Afterward, I created some clothes on myself and touched them, noting how they felt like actual fabric.
With that, I decided to pay my adorable sister a visit so I traveled to Kushina and Minato's household before placing my palm on the side of the door. With a flare of my chakra, I obtained access to their living area as the door opened.
I walked through it, sensing Kushina and Mito's chakra as I entered. The delightful sounds of humming made their way to my ears as I approached the kitchen, eventually realizing that they were coming from the woman within.
Kushina paused her cooking and turned around with a radiant smile on her face. "Yoru! What brings you here at this time?"
The woman wore a single long ponytail with bangs framing the side of her face. In addition to that she wore an apron that went down to her knees, a yellow shirt, jeans rolled up to her ankles and a pair of fuzzy pink slippers.
"Minato is a lucky dude."
Speaking of.
"I'm just here to play around for a little bit since I don't have much to do, though I'm curious where Minato is."
Kushina turned back around and continued focusing on her cooking before she replied. "He was suddenly called on by the Hokage for a private meeting not too long ago." She snickered. "I bet he did something dumb to get himself into trouble."
However, something in my brain stirred at that news, but I couldn't quite place my finger on it.
"Doesn't really affect me though…" so I shrugged. "Let's hope he-"
"Big brother~!" a voice suddenly yelled from above before a form fell upon my back, it's arms wrapped around my neck.
I paused and supported her before I smirked. "Mito…how's it going?"
She smiled playfully, "I'm good~"
"Mito Uzumaki-Namikaze." Kushina said, turned around, arms crossed, ladle in hand while tapping her right foot. "What have I told you about tree walking inside the house?"
The girl shrank behind me before sticking out her tongue.
A tick mark appeared in Kushina's forehead as her hair threatened to move about wildly, "Why you little…"
The girl on my back giggled in response, however, I really didn't want Kushina to explode so I turned around to my side. "Come on, apologize to your mother."
Mito put on a sour face as she stared at her mother's angry visage before she relented, "…sorry mommy."
The woman in question softened her expression and twitched a smile. "You seem to listen to Yoru much more than you do me…"
The girl simply tightened her hands around my neck and giggled.
Kushina rolled her eyes and shooed us away, "Whatever, go play or something." That said, she turned back and continued to focus on her cooking before she added, "I'm making something right now so you can stay for lunch if you want."
I nodded as I made my way to the living room area that was across the kitchen, "I might take you up on that."
I took Mito off my back and placed her down on the chair, ignoring her expression of protest as I stared her in the eye. "…So you've started training."
Her expression brightened as she nodded, "I'm going to be a strong shinobi, just like you!"
I tilted my head, "You know, your parents are quite strong as well. Quite a bit stronger than I am, to be honest."
"But you're cooler…"
"I heard that!" Kushina yelled from the kitchen.
I couldn't help but chuckle a little.
I took one more look at Mito before my brows scrunched in thought. I was thankful that she hadn't been born before the war or she would have been forced to join the Academy at an early age.
Now though, the war was more or less over and so there was not as much a need to send out children as young as her out to the field. That being said, every shinobi started out as a child soldier and she no doubt would want to pursue this life.
"Still though…" I thought as I gazed at her. "I don't want her to get hurt…"
Even if children Mito's age were no longer participating in missions and the like, Minato and Kushina had started to begin training their daughter so that she would have a solid foundation for the future. True to her heritage, the girl had some natural skill and already had low-Jonin level reserves despite her age.
However…
"It's not enough."
She could still get hurt if she ever went out on the field, but I wouldn't be there to help her…
"Yoru…What's wrong?" The girl asked as she stared up at me with her big blue eyes.
I ran my hands through her hair. "Nothing much. Just thinking about some things."
She closed her eyes under my touch before I singled out a strand of her hair and yanked it off.
"Ow!" She yelled as she grabbed her head before staring at me with a dirty look. "That was mean!"
I smiled and saved the strand of hair in my inventory before running my hands through her hair once more. "A shinobi should always be on alert against her enemies."
"But you're not my enemy." She said before hugging me. "You're my big bro."
My body froze up.
"Too…cute…"
"Ahh Yoru!" Mito said in remembrance as she separated herself from me and laid her palms in front of me. "Look what I can do!"
I blinked and focused before my eyes widened in slight surprise as Mito released a chakra chain from her hands. "That's…"
He smiled pridefully. "Hehe, Mommy said that it was a special technique of our clan. So? What do you think? I'm amazing right?" She puffed her chest as if waiting for a compliment.
"You are pretty amazing." I said while looking at the long floating chains of dense chakra and held it. I immediately felt the effects as my chakra felt restrained. I tilted my head and focused my attention on the structure and composition of the chains and couldn't help but notice how it was different from Kushina's. For one thing, instead of glowing in a dull yellow hue, it was dark green. Furthermore, with my familiarity with natural energy, I could sense it in all around us and found that Mito's chains seemed to absorb the exogenous energies in the atmosphere.
Kushina snorted "Heh, why don't you tell Yoru the circumstances in which you activated your bloodline?" She stated with a look.
Mito's face turned bright red as she hung her head down.
I raised a brow. "…Do I want to know?"
"Heh." Kushina began as she tightened her gaze and clenched her fists, veins popping on her forehead. "She has guts, I'll give her that. She dared to steal my secret stash of cup ramen that I'd kept in a place too high to reach!"
I tilted my head, "So she manifested the chains to reach the ramen…?" I admit that was definitely an unorthodox awakening scenario.
"If only that was what happened…" Kushina trailed off as she trembled.
Mito looked away from her mother and whistled suspiciously.
"Imagine my surprise when I caught her using tree walking to reach my secret stash and steal my ramen! And instead of immediately begging for forgiveness like a good girl, she had the audacity to wrap me up in her chakra chains and trap me while she ate my ramen!" It was at this point that Kushina's chest heaved up and down in anger as she tightly gripped her ladle.
"You had a pan in your hands!" Mito screamed. "You can't convince me that you were going to use it to cook!"
"So you decided to trap your own mother in chains and eat her ramen?!"
"It was better than getting smashed in the head with a pan!"
"You deserve a good head bashing you disrespectful young lady! You should never take a woman's ramen!"
"Maybe if you shared I wouldn't have to steal your stupid ramen!"
"Don't you dare insult my ramen!"
I stared at the mother-daughter duo with a dead look and questioned all the life decisions I had made up to this point.
Where did I go wrong?
As I was lost in thoughts and as they continued this back and forth argument, I suddenly snapped my head up as a large chakra signature entered the home, Mito mirroring my action as she stood up.
"Daddy!" She yelled as she jumped off me and ran for the door even though the individual had not yet been in view.
I raised a brow, "Well, that's interesting."
The sound of Mito's giggling became louder as Minato approached the interface between the kitchen and dining room, Mito on his shoulders.
Kushina huffed at Mito before turning to Minato with a smug look on her face. She slid next to him and playfully elbowed his ribs. "So? What did he say?" She then leaned against him nonchalantly, "Honestly, what did you do wrong this time? I wonder how hard the Hokage grilled you?" She finished while giggling.
Minato raised a brow, "Well…" he paused as if trying to find a proper way to explain his predicament. "…He made me the next Hokage."
Kushina sighed. "Honestly Minato, how did you screw up so…" she trailed off, eyes widening as she finally comprehended what her husband had told her before she turned towards him. "Wait, you…?"
Minato gave her his usual charming smile and nodded. "I'm going to be named the Fourth Hokage of the Hidden Leaf."
My eyes widened
Kushina paused as her cheeks grew rosy before she threw herself against Minato. "Congratulations ya know!"
As she rubbed herself against him, Minato struggled to balance himself. "Oi, Oi!"
It also didn't help that Mito was joyfully hanging onto his hair as well. "Yay! daddy's going to be the Hokage~!"
After a moment, Kushina stopped and took a step back before recomposing herself with a cough. She then looked at Minato seriously before starting, "Thank you so much for all your hard work."
Minato straightened himself before replying. "Thank you."
With that, Kushina smiled and hugged Minato once more creating a picture perfect family moment with Kushina and Minato embracing while Mito hung onto her father's hair.
"So this is when he is passed on the mantel…." I thought to myself. I had known it would happen at some point during or after the 3rd Great Shinobi war, but I had had no idea when specifically.
Looking at the joyous faces of the small family across from me, I couldn't help but think, "I wonder if I have a camera somewhere in my inventory…"
Nah, with my memory, I would know if I did.
That said, the gooey gushing emotions emanating from Minato and Kushina caused me to turn to Mito. "Isn't that great Mito?"
The girl in question tilted her head while still sitting on Minato's shoulder. "What is?"
I looked back towards Minato and Kushina who seemed to be in their own world. "…It looks like your parents are going to get you a little sibling in the near future."
Kushina and Minato froze
Mito smiled brightly, "I want a baby brother!" She then turned towards her still parents "Mommy! Daddy! can I have a brother?" She asked with shining eyes.
Minato's face slightly burned up while Kushina glared at me, her hair writhing chaotically. "Yoru! What are you teaching my baby girl?!"
I tilted my head, "As far as she's concerned, a spork delivered her to you guys. I don't think she knows about the birds and the b-"
For the first time in a while, my Danger Sense blared at me to move. Unfortunately, my movements were much too slow for me to dodge the chakra chain that tied around my ankle.
My chakra was repressed.
I was lifted up off the ground and hung upside down as Kushina brought me to her, a vein easily visible on her forehead. "You have some guts trying to corrupt my little girl!" She then dangled me around with a sinister grin, "Say, your healing technique can regrow limbs can't it?"
While I was able to maintain a non-interested facade, my body's physiological response was hard to fake as cold sweat seeped down my forehead.
"P-Please, calm down dear…" Minato said in a placating manner.
Thankfully, Mito came to the rescue.
"Birds?" She asked, causing Minato and Kushina to freeze. She looked at them innocently with her large blue eyes. "Is that where babies come from?"
Minato sighed in relief while Kushina hmphed and tossed me aside. "As far as you're concerned young lady, it is."
While Mito had a thoughtful look on her face, I did a backflip and perfectly stuck the landing. Kushina gave me another dirty look.
I shrugged before pausing and sniffing the air. I looked to Kushina before pointing behind her "I think you have more important issues than me to worry about."
She froze, nose shifting before she panicked. "Oh no! my food!"
She hurriedly moved to the pot and opened the lid, causing a plume of smoke to fill the house. She coughed while waving away the smoke before looking at the inside of the pot. "Noo! It's all burnt!"
Minato moved forward and placed his hands on her shoulders in comfort, "It's alright, we can always order something or eat out."
Kushina's shoulders trembled before a shadow covered her face as she turned her head towards me. "YORU!"
"Aaand, that's my cue to leave."
I waved to them. "Well, enjoy each other's company tonight though try not to keep Mito awake."
Before they could even utter a retort-
"ID Create: Empty."
I disappeared.
-Yoru: Gamer-
I exited my Instant Dungeon after entering my apartment and breathed a sigh of relief. "I almost had to use Second Wind back there…"
With that thought complete, I looked around to see that everything was in place before nodding in satisfaction. I then reached into my inventory and pulled out a dull glowing orb. I could sense a large amount of energy contained within the Minor Beast Essence as I carefully observed it at eye level. The energy certainly didn't feel like chakra, but instead kind of felt like some form of natural energy…
"Oh well, I think she'll like it." I thought before putting it in my pocket and exiting my apartment building. I then took five steps forward towards the door across from me and raised my hand to knock on it-
"Come in."
I paused my motion before lowering my hand. "I figured…"
And so, I opened the door and walked inside the apartment before stopping and blinking. "Um…?"
There on the couch lay my teacher with a clone behind her who was methodically and carefully taking needles off her back.
"Well don't just stand there." She said as she motioned to me with her head, "Close the door and come over."
I raised a brow and did as instructed before asking, "Acupuncture?"
As the last needle was removed, the clone dispelled allowing Kotoe to sit up and stretch her back. "I've been trying to relax ever since the war cooled down. Not being on missions for so long after having always been on so many of them has put me a little on edge." She then smirked, "I feel like I've been sleeping on 'pins and needles'." She chuckled at that.
I sighed, "Please stop, your puns 'prickle' my ears."
As soon as I said that, I raised my hand and snagged a long senbon from midair, catching it just a few centimeters away from my eye. I lowered my hand before twirling the long needle between my fingers, "…That wasn't very nice."
"Hmph." She replied while leaning back on her couch with her legs crossed. "You'd be fine even if you let it hit you, but that aside…" she looked at me questioningly, "As irresistible I may be, I doubt you came all this way to simply make fun of my bad puns."
"…I live five steps away."
She rolled her eyes. "Semantics."
I tossed the senbon back to my teacher, which she deftly caught, before replying, "I have something for you."
She raised a brow before her gaze traveled to my pants pocket, "Is it whatever is in there?" She said as she pointed to it. "Whatever you got there feels weird but…refreshing."
"Astute as ever." I said as I pulled out the Minor Beast Essence and held it up to eye level, "After fighting and killing a werewolf I-"
"Wait, wait, wait!" She said, holding her hands up before looking at me strangely. "Did you say werewolf?"
I nodded.
Her gaze became stranger, "Where exactly did you find and kill a werewolf?"
"…alternate dimension."
She looked at me for a long time. "You know what? I don't actually care. Continue."
So I did.
"After killing said werewolf, its body dissipated and I found this thing that looked like a chakra beast core but kind of felt different. I figured it worked the same so I thought I would give it to you." Saying so, I handed her the lustrous orb of energy before commenting. "I feel like I owed you that from the last time."
Kotoe took the orb and observed it closely before chuckling, "You're using me as a test dummy aren't you?"
"…No."
She gave me a humorous grin, yet she kept it anyway. "I trust you wouldn't give me anything harmful." Her smile still on her face, the looked at me searchingly before asking, "So? what else brought to over to my humble abode?"
I sat down next to her before laying the back of my head on her lap and looking up to the ceiling. "Does a student need any reason to visit his favorite teacher?"
She looked at me with a raised brow, "Ohh yeah? I could have sworn you spent most of your time over at your other teacher's place. I guess my sense of time isn't what is used to be." She ran her fingers through my hair as she said so.
"Whaaaaat?" I drawled slowly. "That couldn't possibly be true, teacher. I guess you've really screwed up your perception of time because there's nooo waaay I would spend more time with Kushina and her adorable daughter than I would with you…"
She paused her caressing and tightly gripped my hair. "Cheeky brat." Saying so, she pulled on my scalp.
"…Ow. Please stop…"
She chuckled and did so.
With that, I continued, "Besides, Kushina tried to kill me a few minutes ago so your back on top as my favorite teacher."
"So I wasn't your favorite teacher before?"
"You both were tied for the race."
She gave me a hmph before asking, "So? What did you do to set the woman off?"
"…Well, it's kind of a long story."
"Trust me, I've got plenty of time."
I paused, "I'm also not sure I should be telling you this as the story contains information that I'm not sure I should share…"
Here, she looked at me skeptically, "Were you specifically told not to tell anyone?"
I shook my head, "…I kind of escaped before any conversation of the sort could occur."
"Then spill."
I paused then shrugged. "Well, Minato was handed over the mantle of the Hokage and Kushina got quite excited due to that. I made fun of them for it and told Mito that she'd get a new sibling soon and Kushina got mad that I was teaching her daughter inappropriate things. Things escalated from there and here I am now."
There was a pregnant silence that followed my statement before Kotoe stated, "…Minato's going to be the next Hokage?"
I nodded
"…Huh." She looked at me oddly. "The things you go through in your free time…I really shouldn't bother asking."
I shrugged, "Anyway, I now have nothing else to do so I'm here now."
She tilted her head, "What about your friends? Like that Itachi fellow, you told me about."
"He's off on a mission." I simply replied.
"Then, what about that Rin girl? I'm sure she's grown up to be quite the cutie."
I paused and narrowed my eyes. "She's in a situation in which I can't really interact with her. The reason for that is an S-ranked secret, but all I can say is that she's been asleep for a while."
She gave me a long hard look and nodded in understanding before asking, "What about Kakashi?"
"He's been brooding every day since Obito died and goes to his grave like every other day. I can literally feel his depression from the other side of the village and it's really annoying."
She rolled her eyes, "Do you have any other friends?"
"…"
My teacher released a light sigh, "You really need to get out more." She opened her eyes and looked at me, "Then? are you just going to lay on my lap? I know they are comfortable, but I'm not going to sit here all day."
I groaned slightly, "Fine then, let's hang out with your friends."
She paused. "…On second thought, I guess I really don't have much else to do either."
Following that statement was a period of silence between us as Kotoe rubbed my head while I peacefully enjoyed it.
Then I had a thought.
"…Hey, remember that first mission we went to? After I had my first kill?"
She nodded. "What about it?"
"Well…" I began, shifting my head to look up at her, "Why don't we go to the hot springs as we did at that time?"
"That's a very…interesting way of introducing your proposal." She said before glancing upwards with a thoughtful look, "But it doesn't sound too bad, however-" she looked back down at me, "Konoha doesn't have a mixed bath so we'd have to be on the opposite sides of the fence."
"Hmm…" I scratched my chin in thought for a moment before I suddenly snapped my fingers, "I can just make one." I nodded my head at the feasibility, "I can manipulate the earth to dig a deep enough hole then I can dump the water inside, but for the heating, I'd need to…" I trailed off in thought for a moment as my mind ran through some calculations.
"Well?" Kotoe said looking at me.
I refocused my gaze before sitting up from her comfortable lap and looking at her, "I'm going to need that orb I gave you."
She raised a brow and searched her pocket before handing it to me, "You know, I never took you for the type of guy to take his gifts back."
"I would if I was upgrading it to something better." I said, looking at the orb appreciatively before nodding, "Yeah, this will work."
"Are you going to tell me?"
"Nope, you wouldn't understand anyway."
She raised a brow and crossed her arms as she looked straight at me, "Fine, but next time you want a lap pillow don't come running to the one conveniently located across the hall."
I closed my eyes and sighed before explaining, "In order to produce the heat necessary for the hot spring effect, I need something that can conduct energy quite well but I don't have anything like that in hand at the moment, however this…" I continued, holding the Minor Beast Essence up, "Will work perfectly and I'll be able to store a lot of my fire natured chakra into it. I'll just have to create some seals to regulate the energy output once it is placed in the water and I already have a design in mind…" I trailed off in thought at the logistics of it before my teacher interrupted me.
"Fine, but where do you plan on building this hot spring of yours."
I paused for a moment at the logical question before my brain came up with an answer, "We'll use the fifth training ground. No one ever goes to the fifth training ground…"
She looked at me oddly, "Where did you ever hear that?"
I looked back at her, "…From my own mouth."
Kotoe stared at me for a long time before slowly taking a deep breath and sighing in exasperation. "You know what? I don't even care." Saying so, she grabbed my wrist, "Let's go."
And without warning,
She body flickered.
-Yoru: Gamer-
I placed my hand on the ground, spread out my chakra, and began to mold the ground beneath me. First, I cleared out an area 5 meters in diameter and only a meter in depth with my earth manipulation.
I made sure that the ground was stable before I moved on to the next stage of my master plan. I spread out my chakra and felt for the various different kinds of stone littered beneath the soil. I closed my eyes in concentration for a moment as I sifted through the various types of stone before I gathered as much marble as I could.
I sliced and shaped the marble into slabs with my earth manipulation and then began to place them along the sides and bottom of the makeshift pool. I used my earth natured chakra to meld the stone together until the entire trench looked like it was composed of marble.
I looked to Kotoe who was sitting on the base of a tree a few meters away. "Teacher, can you clean up the inside of that? I'm going to focus on the beast core for a moment."
She shrugged and stood up, "I got nothing better to do." Saying so, she went through some hand seals before blowing out a stream of water from her mouth into the pool. With that, she began to move and manipulate it around the marble filled hole.
Seeing as she was good on her end, I focused on mine. I took out a scroll and ink from my inventory and placed the chakra beast core to the side before I began hitting down seal formulas.
"Let's see…I can use 3.5 mL of ink and use 1.5 mm thick brush strokes…" I nodded at the feasibility before I began to scribe. "Energy storage matrix and a modulator to control its output in addition to a safeguard mechanism just in case I screw up with my final product…"
Whenever I was inventing a new seal, I first had to go through a rough draft on paper before I even began to think about implementing it with my chakra. If I screwed up on paper, as long as I wasn't working on spacetime seals, the worst that could happen is that it would blow up on my face.
If I screwed up the seal with my chakra, considering it was much harder to get rid of than just paper and ink…"Let's not make that mistake. I don't want to find out the consequences."
With my rough draft complete, I placed my hand on the piece of paper and input a little bit of chakra-
My Danger Sense pinged so I hurriedly tossed the scroll away and no sooner did it explode in a shower of fire.
I stroked my chin in thought, "brush stroke width should go up by a millimeter but the ink volume should be alright. Also, need to tweak a little bit of the storage matrix and output modulator…"
"Should I be worried?" Kotoe asked from the side with a raised brow.
I broke myself from my thoughts and shook my head before getting back to work, "Nope. This is all part of the natural Fuuinjutsu seal life cycle."
My teacher shook her head, "You seal masters are insane." Saying her piece, she went back to cleaning the marble pool.
I looked back at the ground and got out another scroll before inscribing the modifications to my seal. With that complete, I then placed my hands on it and emitted my fire natured chakra…
Immediately, I grabbed and tossed the scroll high up into the air and no sooner did it burst into fireworks that lit up the late afternoon sky.
Kotoe looked up from her working area, "I don't suppose that was what you wanted to happen?"
"…Not quite."
She rolled her eyes and continued on with her work.
I rubbed my chin and calculated a view more things in my brain before I widened my eyes, "A containment mechanism to prevent excess energy from leaking! How the hell did I miss that?" After that epiphany, I furiously got to scribbling down my improvements before I finished.
"Ok, third time's the charm…" I placed my hand on the paper and slowly infected my fire chakra within. Even after a while after, the scroll showed no signs of destabilization causing me to smile in triumph.
"Alright, I'm all set." Kotoe stated from her end.
"Likewise." I stated before picking up the orb. Paper was not a great conductor of my energy and wouldn't be able to take in a large amount of it, so the fact that it had taken in as much as it did meant that my seal would be more than adequate for the Minor Beast Essence.
Along with that thought process, I used my chakra to form the completed seal on the orb. Afterward, I slowly infected my chakra, making sure to carefully watch for any signs of instability. When none was evident, I began to injections more and more of my fire natured energy until a little more than a quarter of my energy had disappeared.
"It took in 500,000 units of chakra…sweet."
With that, I looked to Kotoe who was staring at me expectantly and nodded. I walked to the center of the depression on the ground opened up a small hole in the marble. I could feel the heat emanating from the orb in my hand, so I placed it in the small cavity I had created before stepping out of the hole.
Next, I placed my hands on the ground and constructed a 4 cornered wall around me and my teacher. Finally, I raised my hands and spread my chakra outwards before gathering as much water as I could. When I felt like I had gotten enough, I let gently placed the giant ball of water into the empty pool.
With that, I turned back to Kotoe, "And that should do it. All we need to do now is wait for the water to heat up a little-"
"Just shoot a fireball in the water. I really don't want to wait any longer. Your orb thing will keep the water warm."
I blinked before turning around and doing as told and shooting a weak ball of fire into the water. Immediately after, light steam began to form so I turned around back to my teacher only to see her already undressed.
She smiled back at me, "I told you, I really didn't want to wait." With that, she stepped into the pool and leaned back constantly on the sides of the makeshift bath. "Ahh, this feels so good~"
I shrugged and followed her inside.
She looked at me oddly, "You're coming in with your clothes on?"
After sitting down beside her, I removed my 'clothes' with a thought. "I usually just use the Henge to make my clothes. It takes way less effort to do that, to be honest."
"Wait…" She said, turning towards me, "You mean to say that you essentially walk around naked? How long have you been doing that?"
I waved my finger, "First of all, I have clothes on, they are just not very durable since they are just energy constructs. As for how long…" I paused and thought for a moment, "2 years, 5 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 14 ho-"
"Ok, ok, I get it. You have a perfect memory, sheesh." She said before resting her head back.
"…You're the one who asked." I said before leaning back and enjoying the soak of the pool.
Sometimes, it was simple things like this that felt the greatest.
Nothing much going on this chapter. Next chap it'll pick up just a tad bit.
Author's Notes: The tier is mainly for you, the readers, to understand that even if Yoru had the same stats as someone who is, say, level 400, (and he was level 100) he wouldn't have the same damage output, speed, power, etc. Whatever shit I wrote in chapter 11 about damage multipliers and stuff, you shouldn't care about it. Just keep in mind that higher tier = overall stronger. It is almost like the levels in DanMachi as even if a level 1 has S level stats (900-999), he will find it hard to beat a level 2 with say, G level stats (200-299)
(of course, there are many factors to this and the difference between tiers isn't as drastic, but the concept is similar)
Stat Update
Tier: 7-B+
Age: 9.6 - 10.2
Level: 90 - 93
HP: 296993 - 342715
CP: 466515 - 546480
STR: 1218 - 1325
VIT: 1245 - 1334
DEX: 1231 - 1331
INT: 945 - 1020
WIS: 900 - 1005
ENGY: 1645 - 1807
Skill Update:
Cooking: lvl 150 - lvl 165
Deconstructive Analysis: lvl 13 - lvl 21
Gamer's Body: lvl 155 - lvl 170
Hyperfocus: lvl 4 - lvl 5 MAX
ID Create: lvl 37 - lvl 45
ID Escape: lvl 37 - lvl 45
Kawarimi: lvl 87 - lvl 90
Lying: lvl 90 - lvl 93
Toxin Resistance: lvl 90 - lvl 92
Physical Conditioning: lvl 85 - lvl 91
Rasengan: lvl 38 - lvl 45
Shadow Clone Jutsu: lvl 375 - lvl 400
Shunshin: lvl 133 - lvl 140
Stealth: lvl 98 - lvl 100 MAX
Uzumaki Fuuinjutsu: lvl 89 - lvl 92
Legendary Earthling: The reason Yoru couldn't recall Obito's chakra signature was because it was being masked/overshadowed by White Zetsu's chakra signature which is the same as Hashirama's whose chakra is very powerful.
Kaliedo: There is no "Max level" to be honest. As for the skills, they really are only proficiency and strength increases with each level. Nothing more to them really. (EDIT: were you asking about skill levels or Yoru's personal level? cause there is no max personal level but there is a max skill level. sorry for the confusion lol)
Boblets: No clue what you are talking about. In the last chapter Yoru literally says "That was partially true. I could have killed them all, but I might not have been able to keep Rin and Kakashi safe at the same time." He can slaughter Anbu-level shinobi and the only reason he said he couldn't in the previous paragraph was because Yoru can't be bothered to tell them how strong he is. He only questioned his ability to keep Rin and Kakashi safe while doing so Please read carefully before you insult my character.