章節 6: Chapter 6

The first two weeks of the advanced classes had flown by, our Kenjutsu instructor had changed from Juzo to another jonin ninja. Most of the students were happy about it, to be honest, now the classes were spent learning forms and drills. We were made to spar but had to use blunted swords to minimize the fatality rate. Some students had started to be able to stand on the water using their chakra, I had also managed to figure it out, after all, it was a very handy ability living in the land of water.Taijutsu was still the same but the instructor had us battle in teams. This proved a new challenge as you had to compensate for your teammate's ability. We were placed into three-man squads made to battle until one team could no longer stand, we were not allowed to kill each other but other than that there were no rules. I had been placed on a squad with one other boy and a girl. Their names were Kaito and Izumi. Kaito was older than me being 11 and was quite large for his age, he had short but wild spiky black hair and his teeth were filed like most mist ninjas. Izumi was also the same age having started the academy at 8 years old, she was about the same height as me. Her hair was long but she kept it tied back in a neat ponytail, her teeth were also filed down and she had a crazy look in her eye. Both of them had only been chosen for the Taijutsu class meaning that this was their strongest attribute.

The team we were facing consisted of Zabuza and two other boys whose names I had not taken the time to learn, they to had only been placed on the Taijutsu class while myself and Zabuza had been placed on more.

"Begin!" The sensei shouted.

Zabuza's team charged and before I could come up with a plan my teammates had already gone. Zabuza started by throwing two Kunai at Kaito who deflected them with good reflexes. Izumi and one of the boys from the other team locked into a clash of kunai and started to compete in a power struggle. Kaito and Zabuza had also started to exchange blows which meant my opponent was.

I quickly spun around dodging two shuriken as they flew past my face. "You," I said a smile forming on my face. The boy was the average height for his age, he wore the standard black training clothes we still had to wear while in the academy but he had tied his headband around his arm. He pulled out more shuriken one in each grove of his knuckles.

He threw them with great accuracy aiming for vital points throughout my body. I charged straight down the center towards him blocking the shuriken with bones coming out of each of my forearms. I closed the distance quickly and took him off guard, flipping over the older boy I landed behind him and kicked the back of his knee. The force of my kick dropped the boy hard onto the ground causing him to lose his breath. Quickly rolling I slammed my heel down onto his chest finishing him off and taking him out of the fight.

Meanwhile, Kaito and Zabuza were locked in fierce combat. Kaito was much stronger than Zabuza and seemed to favor focusing his chakra into his fists as he attacked. Zabuza was faster than the large boy and he used his speed to his advantage, he dodged two punches that had enough force to take his head off and dropped down to one knee as he shot into Kaitos left leg. Using the Kunai in his hand he slit the back of Kaitos leg and quickly spun around to take his back for the final blow.

Just as Zabuza kunai was coming down to stab Kaito in the back I launched my own projectile. It was the distal phalanges otherwise know as the fingertip bone. I had shoot it out the tip of my index finger just as I remembered Kimimaro had in the anime. The bone projectile struck Zabuzas kunai at the last second taking it out of his hand and saving Kaitos life. Zabuza quickly moved back and created some distance as I ran over to Kaitos side. His leg was bleeding badly and he couldn't stand, as far as I was concerned he was out of the battle.

Izumi had not faired too well against her opponent either as she landed hard on her back after taking a spinning heel kick to the face. She was struggling to try and get back up but the boy sat on her chest and placed a kunai to her throat. "Give up." He said fixing his eyes on hers. She had no choice and rose her hand in the air signaling she had given up.

The boy joined Zabuzas side and the two began circling us like preditors. Kaito tried to stand but his leg was limp from the loss of blood and he fell back to his knee. "Your out of this fight Kaito," I said my back facing him. I couldn't afford to take my eyes off the others and I didn't know if I could protect Kaito. The larger boy nodded and raised his hand in defeat taking himself out of the fight, now it was two on one and my chances were looking slim. Ninjutsu was not allowed in the Taijutsu matches which meant no ice style. Luckily for me, I could use my Shikotsumyaku abilities for Taijutsu and not break the rules. I spun the kunai around in my hand and quickly grabbed it holding it backward as I took a fighting stance.

"Bring it," I said taunting them with my free hand. The two charged in at me both of them zigzagging as they did to confuse me. Zabuza struck first and I blocked his kunai slash with my own kunai the sound of metal on metal ringing in my ears, the force pushed me back and I shuffled backward to create more space. Suddenly the other boy came from my right slashing in multiple directions, I quickly ducked and weaved avoiding two attacks before I blocked a big right hand. I grabbed his wrist and shot an elbow into his ribs cracking them, quickly pulling his arm over my shoulder I flipped him over and slammed him on the ground hard knocking him unconscious. I didn't have time to even turn around as Zabuza took my back thrusting his kunai into it, he didn't stop there as he jumped into the air spinning around and slamming his heel into my head hard, knocking me to the ground. The rest of the class were silent as they watched what was happening and waited to see the outcome.

To Zabuzas surprise I stood back up unaffected by his blow. I had managed to stop the kunai with a layer of bone under the skin where he tried to thrust it in, I had also reinforced my skull and the force of his kick had done little more than knocking me off my feet. Still, his speed and ability were amazing, especially considering he hadn't even been trained in the academy. Still, I wasn't about to lose here.

"Is it my turn now?" I said as I took a fighting pose. I crossed one foot behind the other and opened my arms out low to my sides. Bone spikes started to protrude from all over my body and I must have looked like a porcupine. Zabuza took a low fighting stance and his expression looked shocked.

"Enough!" The instructor shouted as he appeared in the middle of us. He gave me a hard look. "That's enough for today you two, this fight is over."

I allowed the bones to return back into my body and turned around. The look of all the other students was no surprise, they were whispering amongst themselves and I swore I had heard someone call me a monster.

It made sense I supposed. The Kaguya clan had their own settlement away from the village and they never sent students to the academy. Even more so I had over herd some of the instructors speaking about my abilities saying how rare it was to see. Thankfully because I had been born into the Yuki clan the Kaguya had no right over me even though I possed their Kekkie Genkai. That was the way it worked around here each clan and family falling into a social order. The main clans and families were the founding families of the hidden mist, they had their own clan members trained outside of the academy and were exempt from the final test, after that it was the clans that lived outside of the hidden mist, they had to make offerings to the mist village and were only useful in times of war. The last on the list was the families that had been forced to live in the hidden mist for protection, mostly members of fallen clans. They were what made up most of the hidden mists military force but were also seen as poor and just cannon fodder.

If I remembered correctly not long after this war there would be a number of small civil wars where most of the clans outside of the hidden mist would be killed. That also included the Yuki clan and the Kaguya clan. I wondered where I would fall into the equation and if my life would be threatened. I shrugged the thought off and headed to my next class, Ninjutsu.

In the last two weeks, we had all been taught the hidden mist jutsu and how to operate in it. It made sense, of course, we did live in the village hidden in the mist. Along with the hidden mist jutsu, we had also been taught a more advanced substitution jutsu, it would certainly come in handy for future battles. We had continued to learn and practice more jutsu involving our element. I had been left along mostly as my Kekkie Genkai abilities could not be taught by anyone other than those with the same abilities. Given that, I was still able to come up with a few new tricks as well as figuring out some moves I had seen in the anime.

Zabuza and the others had been given one basic jutsu to work on for their element, they had been shown the jutsu first and then taught the hand signs. Zabuza, as expected, had learned his water style quite quickly while the others came along more slowly. We were not allowed to practice our ninjutsu on each other and were only allowed to use it against training dummies. Our training field was located on one of the academy's training fields outdoors. Learning the hidden mist jutsu was very interesting, it allowed us to use our chakra to turn the moisture in the air into mist that spread out the more chakra you pumped into it. The mist was thick and clouded our enemies and our own vision. Our sensei said that if we focused our chakra in the mist we could locate anyone who the mist made contact with, we could even sense our surroundings, it took some practice but pretty soon we could all move quite freely in the mist. Zabuza seemed to take to it almost naturally but I remembered he was famous for his silent killing art which used the hidden mist jutsu a lot.

Pretty soon our three weeks was up and all of the students who had made it found themselves in the large announcement hall. Usually, the Mizukage was the one to give the ceremony but he was currently out of the village on a top-secret S rank mission. Instead, the head instructor of the academy and two of the Mizukages advisors gave the speech.

It was long-winded on how we had all proved our strength as hidden mist shinobi and that we deserved to be here. I didn't really pay to much attention to it as I was to busy trying to think what was going to happen next.

"We will now announce your new position and assignments. Listen closely as I will not repeat myself!" The instructor said. He began reading names on a large piece of paper and assigning them to positions or squad within the village. The first and most common position was a posting to the gate guard and village patrol. It was given to those who had scored the lowest. Next was an assignment to squads or regiments, this position was given to those who were believed to be ready for combat outside of the village and it was considered a great honor. out of the 51 students who had made it past the final exam only 47 had made it to today. Out of the 47 students only 7 had been placed on gate guard and the rest into units.

A member of each of the units or regiments was present to collect those who had been assigned to them, they all looked battle-hardened and wore the standard hidden mist attire. My name was called and the room went silent, it would seem everyone was eager to see where I would be placed.

"Fuyona Yuki. Assigned to front line infantry unit." It was considered a death sentence among the other students. The front line infantry unit was as the name implied, front line. They were always at the head of any major battle on the war front and usually acted as cannon fodder. I hadn't expected anything else, after all, I had not one but two Kekkie Genkai's, I was even sure most of my clan members would also be in the same unit.

"Zabuza Momochi, Assigned to the advanced sword unit." The advanced sword unit was the most sort after position to be assigned, as the members of the unit were usually the ones who would become future members of the seven ninja swordsmen and in Zabuzas case. That was true.

I didn't pay much attention to where the others had been placed, but I did know that none of them had been placed with me on the front lines. It was either a testament to my abilities or a death sentence for sure.

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章節 7: Chapter 7

I was collected by a hard-looking man who didn't look impressed when he saw me. "Follow me, kid." He said as he walked away. I followed him out of the hall and out of the academy, it was the first time in three years I had been outside of the academy's grounds. While we were in training none of us had been allowed to leave and go into the village, it had been very strict but now I couldn't help but feel free. The first place we went to was to the equipment barracks. This was where ninja reported to for new weapons and clothing, they had everything from basic kunai and shuriken to explosive tags and scrolls. It was a pretty impressive collection. The man who I was with handed a piece of paper to the woman behind the desk and she nodded, not a moment later returning with a pile of clothing and weapons. "Alright kid this is your new equipment, put it on and we'll be on our way."

I nodded and took the equipment off of the desk and went to get changed. I had been given an undershirt of mesh armour along with a black long sleeve top and the standard grey hidden mist flak jacket. Complete with a pair of black combat trousers, two weapon holders one for my leg and one for my hip and some standard footwear, as well as the signature pinstriped material for bracers and greaves which merged into my sandals. As for my weapons, I was given a good amount of kunai and shuriken, five explosive kunai and two scrolls that had more weapons sealed in them.

It was a lot of gear and I took my time putting it on using the mirror that was provided. It was the first time I had seen my reflection since before I had joined the academy. I took a long hard look at myself noticing the Kaguya markings on my forehead just like Kimimaro had, had. My hair was a jet black just like Kachina's had been, it had gotten somewhat long now and spiked more towards the right with bangs hanging over either side of my headband that was around my head. My eyes were blue just like Kachina's were but my skin had a slight tan to it. I guessed I got that from my father who I didn't know anything about other than the fact he must have been a member of the Kaguya clan. I was snapped out of my thoughts when my supervisor shouted through the changing cubical.

"Hurry it up would ya, we don't have all day." He said letting out a sigh.

I walked out dressed and ready to go. He actually gave a slight smile, "Now you look like a blood mist nin." We walked out of the equipment barracks onto the main road, the air was moist and filled with mist like usual.

"Right listen up kid, we have a full days journey ahead of us to the border. There we will meet up with three battalions and cross the sea to the land of hot water. Once there we will act as reinforcements in the battle against the hidden leaf."

I nodded as I took in all of the information, if it was against the hidden leaf then I knew this was going to be a tough battle, probably one we wouldn't win. "Alright, I understand."

"Good because we leave now," The man said before he suddenly turned and started running. I did the same and followed him. We exited through the village gates and began to traverse through the trees jumping from one to the other. We had been made to practice this during our time in the academy as part of our chakra control lessons, it was vital that we could move around quickly and use the terrain to our advantage. The man didn't say another word for the whole trip and so I too decided to be silent.

We didn't stop to rest but luckily for me I had decent chakra levels and was able to keep up the physical exertion for long enough until we arrived at our destination. There was a large camp set up with lots more shinobi waiting to disembark on the three ships in the harbour. The camp was set in an alcove of two large cliffs and it provided a good tactical standpoint for travelling out to sea. The others noticed our arrival and came over to greet us.

"Well look who's back! And I see you've brought fresh meet Nobu." one of the men said looking at me with a smile.

The man with me who had just been called Nobu gestured to me, "This here is Fuyona Yuki, fresh out of the academy and only one of his class to be given to us this year."

The others who heard the name glard a little before one of them broke the silence. "You must have really pissed someone off to be sent to us kid. You know genin don't last long on the front lines" He said with a laugh from the others.

Nobu turned to me as they left talking amongst themselves. "Make yourself at home kid. And get some rest, we leave in a few hours." With that, he walked away and left me by myself. I decided to get some food from the small food tent, it was a help yourself stand with a large pot of stew that had been left with bowls next to it. I got myself a bowl and sat down to eat on a rock, Most of the others were in groups chatting away, some were checking their weapons and others fast asleep on the ground. It was completely different than the academy had been.

My meal was interrupted by a sudden outburst of raised voices coming from not too far from where I was sat. I decided to take a peak and could see a group forming around whatever was happening. squeezing through a small gap I managed to get a better look at what was going on, there were three men dressed in robes each with a crazy look in their eye. They were facing off against six other men all wearing the standard hidden mist attire and it looked like a fight was about to break out.

"Fucking Kaguya! Watch where you're going scum!" One of the men shouted. The word Kaguya peeking my attention. I looked at the three men in robes closer and was shocked to see they were all from the Kaguya clan. Their black hair was tied back and the zigzag cranial pattern in the centre of their head was visible. They also had the red markings on their foreheads and eyes, it was so obvious they were Kaguya I don't know how I had missed it.

"say that again and I'll kill all of you." One of the Kaguya said with a large devilish smile on his face. You could feel the blood lust in the air as the pressure around both groups got heavier. The group of mist ninja slowly reached for their weapons, causing the Kaguya to smile devilishly.

Suddenly Nobu stood in the middle of them, quickly getting all of their attention.

"What the hell is going on here!" He shouted looking at the six men. Who all stood to attention. "N-Nothing sir." Of them said quickly. Nobu turned to face the three Kaguya, "Care to let me in on what's happening here?" He asked.

The Kaguya simply smiled and turned his back. "Nothing, just having a friendly chat, reminding your men of their place." He said as the three of them walked away, murder still strong in their eyes. Nobu turned back to the others and slapped one of them on the head. "Are you fucking crazy? What the hell are you doing picking a fight with the Kaguya? Not a second longer and you all would have been killed!" The others tried to defend their action but Nobu wasn't having it as he told them to get lost and stay out of the way.

All three of the Kaguya had a large build and a killer feel about them, the one in the middle who I guess was the leader of the small group turned, catching my eyes with his own as they walked away, his half-cut eyebrows lowering as he noticed the red markings on my forehead. I decided this was a good time to slip through the small crowd and disappear from his view. The attention of those crazy bastards was the last thing I needed right now.

Pretty soon we had boarded the ships and set sail across the misty sea. The ships were nothing impressive and were more built for stealth than anything else, each ship carried about 80 shinobi, there was quite the lack of space and we were all forced to squash in together, luckily for me I had boarded a different boat to the one the Kaguya had gotten on, after all, being in a tight space with them was not a good idea.

on the journey we were all filled in on the mission at hand, it turned out that the hidden mist had turned the land of hot water into a small base. The land of hot water was located on the west side of the land of fires borders and made it a perfect place to serve as a footing. Our mission was simple, provide reinforcements to the front lines who were currently battling with the hidden leaf forces along the border. Apparently, the hidden leaf's forces had been spread thin as they were also being attacked by the hidden stone village who were using the land of grass as a base of operations and attacking from there. We were also warned of the hidden cloud as they had recently engaged us in battle, but they had retreated and fallen back to the land of Frost that was on their border.

Rumour spread that the third Mizukage himself was leading the battle against Konoha but none of the others could confirm it was true. The trip across the sea lastest a full day and I had even been sick a couple of times from the seasickness that came with the inexperience of sailing. We seemed to arrive safely on the shore and met no threats. Nobu took to the front as it turned out he was the commanding officer of this unit.

"Alright, let's move out!" He shouted. Everyone roared and started running, following after him. I too joined the herd of shinobi and started running. I was by far the youngest person there, some of the others looked 16 and above but none were near my age. There was a good mix of both men and women too, not that it mattered. We were taught not to underestimate our opponents based on their age or gender.

Our large group split into three just like we had with boarding the boats and quickly started jumping through the large trees. The scenery was pretty much all forest as far as the eye could see, but I had guessed we would soon arrive at something less pleasant to the eye.

Not long had past and we arrived at our destination, the forest had ended as we came to a large piece of flat land that had been turned into a base. There were tents and defensive trenches built around the makeshift camp. It was filled with hidden mist shinobi some of which looked worse for wear. This was the first time I had seen a true battlefield with my own eyes. It was like a scene from an old-world war I tape, trenches had been dug as a defensive setting, weapons were scattered across the flat top that I guessed was no man's land father out. The ground was scorched and the earth had been blackened by fire and explosions. The dead bodies of mist and leaf shinobi still scattered across the battlefield, leaving a fresh reminder of what awaited many of us who had arrived.

Nobu meet with the other commanding officers who briefed him of the situation. Meanwhile, the troops around me spread out into small groups and began to chat amongst themselves. The units of soldiers that were already here looked tired and fresh from battle with most being covered in dirt or blood.

Suddenly I felt a heavy pressure come from behind me and although every fiber in my body told me not to, I slowly turned around. It was the Kaguya men from before, all three of them staring at me with their wild eyes. I quickly tried to walk away but my path was blocked by the three of them as they quickly stopped me.

The leader spoke first, giving me a strange look.

"No need to be rude little one. We only want to ask you some questions." He said with a large smile on his battle-hardened face. I turned to look at him and nodded. "What do you want from me?"

He crossed his arms and tilted his head to the side. "I couldn't help notice the markings on your forehead, only members of the Kaguya have such markings and I've never seen you before… Who are you?" I could tell I wasn't leaving until they were satisfied with my answer so I decided I had no choice.

"My name is Fuyona Yuki," I said without fear or hesitation in my voice, looking into his eyes. The large brute looked at me intriguingly. He uncrossed his arms and was about to speak when suddenly a voice shouted.

"AMBUSH!"

The sounds of explosions got everyone's attention as bodies went flying through the air. Swarms of hidden leaf shinobi suddenly appeared out of the forest as they were trying to end the surprise attack fast. In a way, it felt like I had just been saved from whatever the Kaguya was about to do. Our commanders gave the order for us to counter-attack and the waves of hidden mist and hidden leaf shinobi clashed in an all-out battle to the death.

It was a mess of blood and blades, fire and water, men and woman, even children littered the battlefield as the battle raged on. It was hard to tell who was friend or foe in the chaos of battle. The commanders had ordered as many shinobi who were able to use the hidden mist jutsu while the hidden leaf's forces countered with a combined fire style.

I was unlucky and had been caught in the middle of battle, my senses were at their maximum and my body seemed to move on its own. taking advantage of my Kekkei Genkai abilities, I had already sprouted bone spikes around my body and killed anyone who dared attack me. I flipped and danced through the air blocking and attacking in a whirlwind of unstoppable wrath. My bones were harder than steel and easily cut through any protection that the hidden leaf shinobi were wearing. I had pressed so far forwards slashing and chopping men down that soon I realized I was all alone, deep in the enemy ranks. I could have sworn there were at least ten others with me not a moment ago, but now

my odds were not looking good, as I was surrounded on all sides by leaf shinobi.

"What the hell is this kid!?" One of them shouted, looking at my bones in horror.

"Let's kill him quickly! He's already taken out to many of us!" Another one said.

I decided it was time to make my escape and my window of opportunity was closing fast. Quickly I formed the hand signs and a dome of ice-covered me blocking a hand full of kunai as it did.

"It's ice!" One of them shouted.

"Let's use a combined fire style!" Said another. I knew my ice was fire resistant but against a combined fire style I doubted it would hold so well. Luckily for me, I had already planned for this while training in the Ninjutsu classes back at the academy. Making the hand signs as fast as I could, an ice mirror formed in front of me. Quickly I stepped into the crystal mirror of ice just at the leaf shinobi unleashed their fire style. I had figured this jutsu out by remembering Haku using it in the anime and had decided to practice it. Another mirror had formed well above the battlefield in the sky and that's where I slipped out. It worked kind of like a zipline, allowing me to travel at a much greater speed to another mirror.

From this height, I could see the entire battlefield and which side my allies were on. As I started free falling I created another ice mirror falling right into it, with another ice mirror appeared near the back of the trench, that I slipped out of it a little too fast, and rolled along the ground recovering onto my hands and knees.

Nobu was barking orders from the rear keeping the others in formation and holding the line. He must have noticed my presence and he turned and looked behind him.

"Well, well, you're still alive." He said almost seeming impressed. "If you have time to sit and rest, then you had better get your arse back in the fight!" He suddenly screamed.

I nodded and got up to my feet heading back into the battle. The hidden leaf had used a combined earth style to create a large wall that they were attacking from and using as a defensive advantage. The hidden mist jutsu had all but faded now as a large number of fire styles had changed the temperature of the air. Most of the mist ninja were taking cover in the trench while a small handful was on the frontlines engaged in battle.

To no surprise of mine, the three Kaguya were at the front, striking down all who stood before them. It didn't look as if any one of them possed the Kekkei Genkai of their clan, but they were still fierce warriors without it.

One of the men who had mocked me when I first arrived at the camp with Nobu was taking cover in the trench when he spotted me. "Hey, kid you have a Kekkie Genkai don't you!? Get your arse out there and be useful!" The others around him started chipping in and I was pretty much pushed onto the battlefield.

The hidden mist village really was a fucked up place, I turned back looking at him with disgust. "Go on kid, we will cover you." He said raising a kunai.

Suddenly the trench started moving, as an enemy earth style caused the earth to crush all those trapped inside the trench.

The screams of the men and women could be heard as their bodies were crushed, haunting Fuyōna's mind.

Of course, the man that had pushed him out had survived and he quickly ran away toward the back to take cover like a coward.

There was only one thing left for it, I had to charge dead ahead and try not to die. I had already done it once and I swore I wouldn't do it again. This world had granted me power and I was going to use it all to come out of this war alive.