NLS261-270

Chapter 261

"Puma is a good enough name," Holo shrugged putting her own mask

on.

I turned to the last mask and smiled, "no thanks."

"Yami, I know you are strong enough to take care of yourself, but your

identity could draw others into the land while you perform your mission.

Iwa or even Kumo could take this chance to try and kill you while away

from Konoha," Hiruzen warned.

"It's not that lord Hokage, it's just I have a much better mask," I opened

my inventory and took out the first ever S rank object I had gotten my

hands on. A mask made by the Uzumaki clan, indestructible and

shaped like a geisha with oni like features.

Oni Mask of Stillness, S class item

This mask was created by the Uzumaki clan making it very

powerful. It is sealed to be unbreakable and forces anyone who

makes eye contact with the wearer to speak be paralyzed.

Limit- only works on enemies at least 10 levels below yours

I slipped the mask on my face, covering my already obscured face. I'm

sure I look freaking scary as hell while wearing this. It was always an

impressive item, but useless when facing tougher opponents, which I

always usually did since I was only an Academy student when I first

found this.

But now, now I was stronge, anyone below level 50 was going to

effected by my gaze, which will probably end a lot of fights quickly for

me.

"So, is everyone ready?" I asked turned to me team, only to see them

stiffen.

"Dude! Where did you get that mask?!" Anko cried out as her reaction

was the most visible.

"It was an Uzumaki mask I found in the old shrine," I shrugged, "I

asked Misu and Naruto, they didn't mind."

"That mask is quite...scary," Turtle, Yagura's code name, said after a

long pause.

"Yeah, I don't think we'll have a problem showing we mean business

with that around," Puma snorted.

"Right then...for now you're code name will be Light. Good luck

Light,….Sexy, Holo, Turtle," the Hokage nodded.

We all bowed back and turned around, taking off out of the gate at

jonin speeds. I tested them and found myself to be the fastest with

Anko being the second, Holo being third and Yagura coming in the last.

Though I'm sure if he went into his jinchuriki form he would be nearly

as fast as me.

"So where too first?" Anko asked.

"Orochimaru's main base is in the South of Oto," I explained as I

looked at the map in the scroll the Hokage gave us, "it should take us

two days to reach there if we keep up this speed. Sexy, Puma, how is

your stamina?"

"I'll last for another six hours," Puma shrugged.

"Four hours for me," Anko grunted, "I so need to kick up my training.

What about you Yami?"

I turned to my SP and found it not dropping a single point, I must be

using the SP I generate every second, "I'll last longer than you at the

least. Fine, the first break will be in four hours...actually, wait,"

I motioned for them to stop as we gathered around, I unlatched my

right arm armour and unzipped my forearm armour revealing my

summoning tattoos. I used them and brought forth Blaze and Flamer,

two Arginines, as well as Drogon, my Charizard and Hinokami.

"Holy shit!" Anko gasped as they all looked in awe at my pokemon.

"Is that a dragon?" Turtle looked shocked as he eyed Drogon who

snorted and looked away in boredom.

"They're my summons," I replied, "they'll be much faster than we will

ever be on foot," I moved up to Blaze and Flamer, scratching the giant

dogs behind their ears, causing them to growl plenty, "this is Blaze and

Flamer, Sexy, Puma, you can ride them."

"Woah," Anko replied, as she looked at the two up and down, "you

have some pretty cool summons….is that a phoenix?"

"Ah yes...I remember that one," Turtle whispered, though only I could

hear him as Anko and Holo didn't respond. "Am I to ride the dragon

then?"

"Yes, his name is Drogon, and be careful, he's a little...touchy."

'I'm not touchy human,' Drogon growled, 'you judgemental bastard.'

I sighed, "plus he's a total diva."

Turtle nodded, "I'll...strive to be respectful," he turned to the Charizard

and bowed, "please take care of me."

Drogon snorted, 'I like this one, he's got a good head on his shoulders,

knows when to bow.'

'Your ego will be the death of you little flame,' Moltres chortled at the

dragon.

'Oh put a sock in it chicken,' Charizard snorted as it lowered itself, 'get

this over with human.'

"Alright everyone mount them, remember to use chakra to keep

yourself steady," I called out as I jumped up onto Moltres' back and

wrapped an arm around it's neck, "Hinokami here will set the pace,

Drogon follow behind me and Flamer, Blazer, scout ahead but stay

close, if you smell anything off, tell me immediately!"

'You got it boss!' Flamer barked.

'Yes sir,' Blaze nodded.

"Alright then, let's move out!" I called out causing Moltres to flap its

magnificent wings and take off forward in a burst of speed, while not

super fast, was at least faster than jonin speed.

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Drogon was a little testy, insisting to show off for his new partner,

causing Yagura to hold on for dear life. I smirked, this was going to be

fun.

We reached the main base by nightfall, we were a hundred feet away

from the entrance, my pokemon were back inside their balls, sealed

away. The team and I sat behind bushes waiting, there were two

guards at the entrance, both looked very bored.

The stronghold was built below a tree. It has two markings on it

reminiscent of a snake and what appears to be a snake's skull on the

top-most part. I could feel maybe a thousand, maybe more chakra

signatures inside.

"What are we waiting for?" Anko asked.

"We strike at midnight, when everyone's asleep," I informed the, "get

everything ready, we don't kill, merely capture if possible. We find out

who's loyal to Orochimaru, who's fucking crazy and who would kill

innocent people without a second though, and we make sure they will

never be able to do so again."

"Is lethal force allowed sir?" Puma asked.

"Yes...go nuts," I nodded as we waited in silence.

Midnight:

"Rasen Nova Blast!" my clone cried out as the center of the

underground hideout exploded, causing the entire base to explode, the

Earth around the base came up into the sky, revealing the underground

tunnels to the sky.

My team and I stood at the edge of this newly formed opening, looking

down at the tunnels. Immediately five incredibly powerful chakra

signatures approached the opening.

"What the fuck's going on here?!" a red haired woman wearing baggy

white robes and a purple rope tied around her hip reached first. She

had a flute on her person and a blackened skull cap on her head;

Tayuya, Of the North

Lv- 64

REP- -10

She looked at us and gasped, "w-what the fuck?!"

"Tayuya! What's going on?!" another figure asked as soon the redhead

was going be the other members of the Sound Four. This one had two

heads instead of one, wore a garb similar to Tayuya's and looked

dangerous.

Sakon & Ukon, Of the West

Lv- 68

REP- -20

Then came the fat one with orange hair that was cut up in three parts.

Jirobo, Of the South

Lv- 60

REP- -10

Then finally came the guy with six arms, pushing the spider theme a

little too hard.

Kidomaru, Of the East

Lv- 62

REP- -10

I whistled, "damn, aren't you four dangerous looking," I eyed them all.

"Who the fuck are you bastards?!" Tayuya cried out.

"Language," Jirobo corrected.

"Now now Tayuya," Sakon smiled, "we shouldn't treat our honored

guest in such a wave. Tell me gentlemen, what can we, the Sound Four

do for you?"

"Well that depends," I replied, "are you all loyal to Orochimaru and his

ideas?"

Kidomaru snorted, "ha! Why would care about a dead guy?! As far as

we're concerned he can go hang!"

I nodded, "I see...then what would you say to joining our merry band

and go around Sound destroying every single remaining base of

Orochimaru's?"

Jirobo blinked, "what?"

"We are going to burn Orochimaru's legacy into ashes, no, when we're

done there won't even be ashes remaining. He's been a cancer to this

land, and we are going to liberate it. So? What say you four? Will you

help us?"

"Piss off!" Sakon snorted, "why the fuck would we do that?!"

"Because people are still suffering," I replied calmly, "I'm assuming you

four know how...cruel that snake bastard was. He's dead now, but the

system he put in place is still there. Join us...help us burn it to the

ground."

The four looked at each other, Tayuya looked like she was considering

it, but the rest, Jirobo, Sakon and Kidomaru, they laughed.

"Why the fuck would we do that?!" the six armed man asked as he

threw his head back and laughed, "in this land the strong eat the

weak!"

"They are trash," Jirobo snarled.

"And that's just perfect for us! Because there is no one stronger than

us!" Sakon's smile turned deadly.

"I see...and what about you?" I turned to the red head.

"...fuck off," Tayuya looked away with a frown.

"You see shitter, in this land power rules! The strong eat the weak!

Their word is law! And these two won't do a damn thing unless I tell

them too!" Sakon laughed loudly.

"They are just food for the strong," Jirobo replied, lickign his lips.

"But you aren't the strongest are you?" I said in a challenging tone, "no,

that title goes to you...doesn't it Kimimaro?"

The Sound Four flinched in shock as out of the shadows came the fifth

chakra signature. He had arrived before them all, but had spent all this

time watching from the darkness. Slowly he emerged out of the

shadows, he had pale skin, vivid green eyes, masculine facial features,

two scarlet dots on his forehead and shoulder-length white hair.

Kimimaro Kaguya, The Leader of the Sound Five

Lv- 73

REP- 0

He looked at me with those dead green eyes, "I'm surprised you

noticed me," he coughed, I could see a little blood come out.

"You're sick," I replied.

"Yes...I am," he nodded.

"I see….how long?" I asked him.

"A month longer if I am lucky...or at least that is what I am told."

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"I see...so tell me Kimimaro Kaguya...what do you care for? Is power

really all you wish?"

"I….I don't have a purpose..." he admitted.

"Pathetic," Jirobo snorted, "all that power, and he's still hung up over

the snake bastard's death."

"Without Lord Orochimaru….my life has no meaning," the pale haired

man admitted, "I have no reason to continue to live..."

"And yet you do," I shot back, "when you heard of his death I'm sure

you were devastated...but yes you didn't commit suicide...why is that?"

"I….I have a friend, Jugo, I couldn't die without making sure he was

alright."

"Then isn't that your purpose?" I asked, startling the man, "making sure

your friend is safe is a worthy goal. People always think that they must

have some grand goal in like, some purpose to give meaning it it.

But...in the end, does it ever matter? Life is life, it'll go on after you're

dead and buried. Spending your life as a slave to one man, that's not a

good enough reason to live."

"What is your purpose then?" Kimimaro asked.

"Me?" I shrugged, "simple. My goal in life is to protect those that can't

protect themselves. It is to fight for peace, so that one day...a twelve

year old isn't expected to wage a war against fully grown adults."

"Peace?! Seriously?! What kind of goal is that?!" Sakon laughed.

"Such a goal….it is nearly impossible to achieve," Kimimaro replied.

I nodded, "I know, but, if that was the case...why are these three

people standing next to me with the same goal of helping the people of

Oto?"

Kimimaro looked at my companions, "is this true? Do you share his

beliefs?"

"I don't know about world peace and all, but I sure as shit ain't going to

let anything Orochimaru valued exist. That man was a plague on the

world and every trace of him needs to be tripped from this Earth," Anko

replied.

"I'm just following orders," Holo replied, "but...if I'm being

honest...fighting for peace is much prefered to fighting for death."

"He once spared my life when he had every reason not to," Yagura

spoke the loudest, making them all hear him, "he didn't have to do that,

and yet he did. I was a monster, but he still gave me a second chance,

and for that...I am grateful. I fight by his side now because if I

don't...then that means I'm fighting against kindness."

I blushed, I didn't realise Yagura held me in such high regard.

"Is this true?" Kimimaro asked.

I nodded, "yes...it was."

The man looked down before smiling, "then you are a better man than

I."

"Alright enough of this crap!" Sakon snarled, "listen you little twit, I don't

care who the fuck you are! No one blows up my base and gets away

with it!"

"Your base?!" Kidomaru asked.

"Yeah! You got a problem with that?!" the six armed man just snarled

and looked away, Sakon smirked, "that's what I thought."

I sighed, "look...I'll tell you this one time, don't try it. We're on a mission

to cut out the elements in Oto that prevents the people from living in

peace, creating a new village, a proper ninja village. If you choose to

fight us….then I'll be forced to cut you out as well."

"Oh please," Sakon licked his lips, "if anyone is going to make a proper

ninja village out of this place, it's going to be me!"

"You ain't going to make it out of this alive brat," Kidomaru snarled as

each of his hands began to move through hand seals while Jirobo

cracked his knuckles..

I sighed, "are the three of you serious about this?"

"Damn right we are!" Kidomaru growled before turning around to see

Tayuya, "you fighting or what?"

The redhead glared, "fuck off," she took out her flute, getting ready for

a fight, though she didn't look serious about it.

I sighed, "very well then...it seems all three of you will have to die."

"Three of us?" Jirobo asked.

I nodded, "yes, Tayuya obviously doesn't care for you three and she

doesn't like the idea of a shitty world like the rest of you, so, she'll live."

Sakon laughed, "is that so Tayuya?! Are you going soft on us?!"

"Keep your eyes straight you bastard," she growled, "don't forget, I can

still kick your fucking ass!"

Sakon snorted, "whatever. Well you bastard?! Come on then! Come

and kill me! I'm curious to see if you can do it!"

"Curiosity is a deadly thing Sakon," I replied as I slowly removed the

oni mask and pulled down my hood, "after all, curiosity is the same

reason Orochimaru died by my hands."

All five of the gathered sound ninja's eyes widened. "What the fuck-"

Sakon began, but couldn't finish as I vanished from uptop, appearing

right before him with Kusanagi drawn and leveled at his head.

SLINCK!

Sakon moved, but not quickly enough as the blade expanded and

pierced his throat, both his and his brother's;

Ping!

You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!

1,000 X 5 = 5,000!

Sakon: 145,000/150,000

Ukon: 145,000/150,000

I reached around and grabbed his arm, flinging him into the air. "Rasen

Nova Blast!" a clone of mine that was hiding in the shadows came

rushing out, leaping at his body. Sakon tried to run away, but the

explosion that came hit him hard.

Ping!

You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!

40,000 X 5 = 200,000

Sakon: 0/ 150,000

Ukon: 0/ 150,000

You gained + 50,000 EXP for defeating Sakon

You gained +50,000 EXP for defeating Ukon

"You bastard!" Kidomaru cried out as he leaped away, only for Anko

and Holo to arrived behind him and slice his neck open with a clean

cut. Jirobo tried to run, but Yagura took care of him with a simple neck

snap.

I turned to Tayuya, the only one of the Sound Four remaining. Her eyes

were wide, her hands shaking, she was pale, like a ghost. I looked at

her, "do you wish to fight me as well?"

"D-did you really kill Orochimaru?"

I nodded, "indeed I did...did you care for him?"

"N-no,he was a bastard," she spat, lowering her flute, "w-what are you

going to do to me?"

"That depends...what do you wish to do in life? Do you have a goal? A

dream? When you sold your soul to Orochimaru...did you ever have a

dream?"

"Yeah, not dieing, what else did you expect you fucking-" she snorted

before immediately growing afraid as she gulped, "I-I didn't mean-"

I chuckled, surprising her, "it's fine, I get it. But seriously Tayuya...hasn't

there always been something you wanted to do in life?"

"I...I wanted to be able to protect myself and...I want a home," she

looked away, "I don't fucking know."

"I see...well, then maybe until you figure that out, you could come with

us," I smile before turning to Kimimaro, "well... aren't you going to try

and kill me for killing your master Kimimaro?"

The Kaguya clan member glared at me, "I….no, I don't know what I'm

supposed to be doing. You killed the man who I respected...yet you ask

me to follow my dream. I'm conflicted as to what I would do."

"Well, if I could make a suggestion, maybe you should come with us," I

shrugged, "a man who fights not for himself, but for others, that's rare,

especially in the world we find ourselves in right now. Maybe as you

go, you can find your own purpose in life."

"That is...a tempting offer. But I cannot accept. As you know, I am

sick...I will not last a month."

"If I can heal you, will you accept?" I asked him.

Kimimaro stared at me before shaking his head, "no medic on this

world can heal me."

"I doubt Kabuto and Orochimaru where that competent, hell, out of the

sannin, Orochimaru wasn't even the best medic. That honour belonged

to Tsunade, so trust me, I have skills Orochimaru couldn't even dream

up off. So...do you accept?"

The Kaguya clan member looked at me with his dull green eyes before

slowly nodding, "yes, I accept."

I smiled and nodded, "good, glad to have you both on board. Now, let's

go deal with the rest of the sound ninja on the base shall we?"

"Right," Anko nodded.

"What are you going to do to them?" Tayuya asked.

"Give them the same offer I gave you," I told her, "and then, I'm going

to burn this base down," I created a hundred clones each with a

hundred CP and sent them into the underground tunnels of the base.

"Come, I'm so curious as to what they will say."

Chapter 264: 1, 2, 4 and Darkness

The next day:

"I'm so fucking bored!" Tayuya cried out.

Puma grumbled, "then do something about it instead of fucking

complaining all the time!"

"You want a piece of me you bitch?!" Tayuya growled.

"Sigh, kids," Anko rolled her eyes.

"What did you say you purple headed bitch?! You want a piece of

me?!" Tayuya growled.

Anko's eyebrow twitched, "what was that you brat? Did you say

something?" a wave of deadly killing intent flew off off Anko as several

snakes came out of her sleeves and wrapped around her body flicking

her tongue dangerously.

"N-nothing," Tayuya gulped before whispering, "crazy bitch is scary."

"And you damn well remember that!"Anko grumbled before turning to

me, "how much longer? As much as I hate to agree with the flat

chested midget," que a loud protest from Tayuya that prompted another

row with Puma, "we are burning daylight here."

I sat in an open tent with Yagura by the entrance standing gaurd while

Kimimaro laid ont he ground, his eyes resting as five of my wood

clones surrounded him, using the Mystical Health palm jutsu to slowly

manipulate the cells I had injected into him to heal his body on a

cellular level.

"I'm almost done here," I replied as I finished healing the rest of

Kimimaro's body, "how are you feeling Kimimaro?"

The green eyed man blinked, "I….I'm feeling much better. How is that

possible?"

"My method of healing is much more...thorough," I smiled as I canceled

the jutsus and dismissed the clowns, "there we go, stand up."

Kimimaro nodded as he did so. He stretched his hands, blinking in

surprise, "I feel...perfect."

"Good," I nodded as I got up and patted him on the back, "there we go,

good as new." just then the clones I had scouring Orochimaru's library

and base started to dispel. I stopped and began assimilating the

knowledge they gathered.

"You okay there Light?" Anko asked using my code name instead of my

real one, as we were still in the company of people we couldn't really

trust.

"I'm good," I sighed as the rest of the information poured into my head.

He had very detailed notes, they were...very graphic. But useful,

maybe later I could apply a few of them. "Right, anyway, Tayuya, come

over, it's your turn."

"What the fuck are you on about?" the red head snorted, "I ain't fucking

sick."

"The curse mark," I motioned over, "I need to remove it."

"What?!" Tayuya cried out, "why the fuck do you need to do that?!"

"I told you didn't I?" Anko snorted, "our goal is to remove every single

trace of that snake bastard from this planet. That mark is one of them."

"B-but why didn't you remove the mark on the bone bitch?!" Tayuya

pointed at the mark under Kimimaro's neck.

I shrugged, "that's the seal of Heaven, which much more powerful than

your seal of Earth, it does have it's limitations. It seems it was the first

version of the curse mark Orochimaru made before he used it on

everyone else….plus it doesn't have a piece of Orochimaru's soul

inside of it eating away at his body. Yours does."

"What the fuck?!"

I sighed, "that's right, he didn't tell you did he? Didn't you wonder why

the curse mark made you act so differently?"

"I-I...fuck! His soul is inside of me?!"

I nodded, "yes, I believe that's how Orochimaru controlled people,

making sure they were 'loyal' to him. Sick bastard."

"What the fuck are you waiting for you shit fucker! Get it off off me!"

Tayuya screamed pulling down her collar, revealing the curse mark.

I sighed, in the beginning she was scared of me, making her more

respectful, but now...sheesh, I think I prefered her afraid and scared.

I sat her down and began to experiment on the seal, getting ready to

remove it. But as I was halfway down trying to pry it's personal chakra

#network form Tayuya's, I realised something vital.

"Fuck!" I spat.

"What happened?" Kimimaro asked.

"The second stage," I spat as I pushed Tayuya's collar up, "I never saw

a seal with the second stage active."

"What the fuck are you on about?" Tayuya asked, "can you get this

fucking thing off of me or not?!"

"I...I don't think I can," I hummed, "the only experience with this curse

seal I've had is with...a certain person who was the earliest victims of

Orochimaru's. Since then his seal work has only gotten better, and

since you have access to the second stage of the curse mark...it's like

the chakra network the seal posses and yours has become one. I can't

remove it without killing you as well."

"Then what are we going to do?!" Tayuya screamed, "I don't want to

become like the snake bastard!"

I sighed, "I need more of Orochimaru's notes...hm, Kimimaro, that

friend of yours, one of my clones found a document inside the base

that related Orochimaru's work on the curse seal with Jugo's own DNA.

Where exactly is he?"

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"He's in the Northern base," the green eyed man replied, "it's prison

filled with Orochimaru's experiments and ruthless bandits. It's a

dangerous place."

"Fuck that!" Tayuya cried out as she jumped to her feet, "if it means

turning into the snake face then I'll kill them all myself!"

Kimimaro narrowed his eyes, "you should feel honoured to be able to

become like lord Orochimaru."

"You might be his little cock sleeve bone boy, but not me! I'm too

fucking sexy to become that pale skinned bitch!"

"Why you healthiness who-"

"-Enough," Yagura poke, silencing them both with a bit of concentrated

killing intent that stunned everyone around them. The killing intent of a

jinchuriki was something else….especially one that could use his biju

effectively. The only reason I wasn't effected was thanks to Gamer's

mind, and the fact that I took on a lot more the last time Yagura and I

fought.

"Thank you Turtle," I nodded, "he's right. Fighting will get us nowhere.

Tayuya, I promise you I'll do everything I can to stop Orochimaru's

mark from taking over. Kimimaro, Orochimaru is dead, he has right

over the living, robbing someone of their life is the worst crime anyone

can do, it's like clipping the wings of a butterfly. Do you understand."

He closed his eyes and slowly nodded, "yes...I understand. I am sorry

Tayuya...I did not realise how my words were being implied."

Tayuya snorted, "whatever."

I grinned "good, now that we're all friends let's," a clone popped, this

one had stayed behind had gone deeper into the files and scrolls

Orochimaru left behind.

Ping!

You have learnt a new jutsu!

Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation jutsu (Imperfected), S

rank

This jutsu binds the soul of a deceased person to a living vessel,

restoring them as they were when they were alive in order to do

their summoner's bidding.

Cost- a live human body as sacrifice

CP cost- 0

Limit- 5

Holy shit. Hidden behind a wall in Orochimaru's chamber was the scroll

listing out this jutsu. It required no chakra to use, only a human body to

be prepared as sacrifice. This was perhaps the sickest, but the most

amazing power I have ever learnt.

And that's not all, after my clone learnt this jutsu, he kept searching

and found three coffins, 'One', 'Two' and 'Four'. The bodies of the

previous Hokages, that's right Orochimaru wanted to use them to kill

Sarutobi, but I killed him before he could. And right now, all three

coffins were in my inventory.

If I could somehow find a human sacrifice, a scumbag so fucking shitty

that they deserve a fate worse than death, then….then I could learn

wood release from the man who first controlled, from the man who

could bring down the nine tails by himself.

Ping!

Quest Alert!

Learn from the greatest!

First Hokage- Incomplete

Second Hokage- Incomplete

Fourth Hokage- Incomplete

Rewards:

Duh.

Failure:

Nothing

Do you accept?

Y/N?

Of course I damn well accept! But not right now...no, for now, I'll keep

these two coffins a secert. I'll wait for sometime until-

"-Oye! Light boy!" Tayuya's yells pierced my thoughts, "you in there?"

I blinked, "what? Oh, right, yeah, I'm here. Sorry about that, a group of

clones just popped out, took me a moment to gather and arrange the

info then gave me."

"Right...are you okay now?" Puma asked worried.

I nodded, "peachy. Now then," I grinned, "let's crack on! From what we

know the Norther base is about a day's run away. Let's move on!"

My team nodded as we set off, Puma, being the slowest, set the pace.

I didn't want to use my summons, not just yet, and judging from the fact

none of my allies asked for them, they understood why. Tayuya and

Kimimaro might be temporary allies now, but that could change fast.

The next day:

"Please don't-"

"I'll kill you!"

I sighed as I leaped away from Jugo's weaponised axe arm, "I just

want to talk!"

"I'll ripe you limb from limb!"

I grabbed his arm and activated my increased strength, holding him in

place, "that's enough Jugo, I'm not here to fight, just to talk. A friend of

yours wants to talk to you."

"I have no friends!" Jugo cried out.

"Yes Jugo, you do," the orange haired young man with greying skin

turned around and gasped as Kimimaro walked up to him.

"K-Kimimaro?"

"Finally!" I threw Jugo's arm aside, cracking my wrist, "what took you

so damn long?!"

"We were controlling the situation downstairs," Puma informed me,

"Sexy had gone ahead and released everyone inside thinking they

were all...victims."

"Hey! They were!" Anko cried out.

"They were also ruthless killers," Turtle corrected.

Anko puffed, "I know that now..."

I sighed, "whatever," I formed a hundred clones and sent them off to

control the riot in the prison/secret base, "they'll handle the...cleaning

up."

"Are you just going to kill them all?" Tayuya asked.

"No," I shook my head, "they'll be given a choice, surrender and live

peacefully, or die."

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"And suppose a serial killer chooses to come peacefully?" Puma

asked.

"I'm having several clones access the hideout records, if there is

someone out of the people who I spared who is a monster like

Orochimaru, then he won't be spared."

"Alright then! Now that that's settled and these two gaylords are back

together," Tayuya pointed at a happily chatting Kimimaro and Jugo,

"can we please fucking get this damn curse seal off of me now?!"

I smiled, "alright, just let me get settled in."

Three days later:

"All the prisoners and experiments who remain have been set free,"

Turtle reported in as we gather in the main lab which I now called as

my own. The floor was littered with scrolls upon scrolls, I had gone

through all the research Orochimaru had kept on site, all of which was

related to Jugo in some way.

"That's perfect Turtle, thanks," I nodded as I put down a book filled with

my personal notes and observations and looked down at a strapped

down Tayuya, "are you sure you want to do this Red?"

"Fuck yeah," she growled, "I am not becoming like him. Never like

him."

I nodded, "right...from what I can tell Orochimaru used a piece of

Jugo's DNA to create your seal, but infused it with his own chakra.

Now, what I'm going to do is...odd. Since your chakra network is fused

with the cure seal, I can't just cut it out, so instead, I'm going to have to

use a jutsu I've been practising. You ready?"

Tayuya nodded, "do it Light."

I smirked, she didn't even know my true name or real face, but she still

trusts me. Either she really hates Orochimaru...or maybe she might

realise I'm a halfway decent guy.

"Are you just going to keep staring at me or what shit head?! Come on!

Let's go!" I sighed, definitely the former.

"Right," I turned round and nodded. Turtle vanished from the room, I

put Tayuya under an artificial coma and channeled chakra into my

Rinnegan, "Human path!" I felt the powers kick into overdrive as I

reached out and grabbed Tayuya's shoulder.

I felt two souls inside of her, two powerful souls. One was smaller than

the other, but it made up for size with raw energy. I knew this was the

one I wanted, so I pulled on the spiritual chain around it and I found a

purple hued vapour come pouring out of Tayuya's sweating body.

-1,000 CP!

I saw the King of Hell summon appear automatically behind me. It's

zipped opened up as the soul flew into his mouth.

Ping!

You have absorbed a soul! Please select one piece of information

you wish to learn from it!

You can learn:

Binding Snake Glare Spell

Casualty Puppet

Chakra Scalpel

Dead Demon Consuming Seal: Release

….

And the list went on and on. I honestly was amazed at the list of jutsus

Orochimaru could perform, but then again what could one expect from

the man who set out to learn every jutsu in creation?

I had every single piece of information Orochimaru knew, but I could

only pick one. It was sad, but true.

And right now, I only had one goal, knowledge on how he grafted

various kekkai genkai DNA into his own body. So I looked for it:

Body modification techniques

I selected it as suddenly a rush of information came into my head from

the soul absorbed into the King of Hell figure. I saw Orochimaru's soul

being consumed, hm, so it worked like Skyrim's Dragon souls, only this

time I learnt one thing what the soul knew.

I filled all the knowledge Orochimaru had on body modification and put

it away for latter. I turned to Tayuya and woke her up using a medical

jutsu.

She blinked, "is it over?" she asked, worry in her voice.

I nodded, "it's over."

"Hell yeah," she sighed, laying down, "damn...it feels like I got his by a

bus! What the hell fuck head?!" I chuckled, at least she didn't call me a

shit fucker.

A week Later:

"Keep your gaurd up Monster," Sexy instructed as she managed to kick

Jugo across the face, "and if you don't, I'll slice your dick off!"

"And the call me a cursor!" Tayuya laughed as she and Anko double

teamed Jugo, the orange haired man doing his best to keep up.

Understandably, Anko and Tayuya, who now went by Flute, got along

great.

"Are you sure you do not wish to join in?" Kimimaro asked me, turning

around. I sat on a tree with Turtle by my side. I was currently reading

through a few files I had found in Orochimaru's base, the man was a

genius, but also fuckign crazy.

"No," I shook my head, "I'm fine. Why don't you go though? I'm sure

your skills could use a refresher."

Kimimaro smiled, "is that a challenge?"

I chuckled, "baiting me won't help Bones."

"Whatever you say...Light," the man shrugged, turning back to see

Tayuya activate her curse seal, allowing her to transform into her sage

form, which was exactly like her demon form, only now she wasn't at

the risk of eventually turning into Orochimaru.

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One day later:

"But what are we supposed to do?!" the leader of the band of Oto ninja

that attacked us asked. He was bound and kneeling before us, he and

the rest of his men, "we don't have a village! We don't have a Kage!

We are alone!"

I turned to Kimimaro, "well?"

The man raised an eyebrow, "why ask me?"

"Because out of all of us here, you and Tayuya are the closest thing to

being a person in charge. And well Tayuya..."

"-Hey! Did you fuckers call me?!"

I sighed, "so obviously, you're their only hope."

The man looked at the bound ninja, his brain slowly processing several

ideas at once before he sighed, "get up," the leader did so, "I am the

equivalent of a jonin commander, seeing as lord Orochimaru placed

me as the leader of the Sound Five, the greatest attack force of Oto. As

such, I'm issuing you an order, take all your men and return to the main

base. Perform missions to gain revenue...I'll tell you what to do then."

"H-hai!" the man nodded, his eyes sparkling, he once again had

purpose in his life. It took us three days to arrange all that Kimimaro

asked for, but in the end it was worth it.

"You really did a fine job leading these men," I told the white haired

man as we looked down at the mass exodus of people returning to the

main base temporarily.

"I did what was logical," he simply replied.

"No Kimimaro, you did what was right," I patted him on the shoulder,

"maybe this is your purpose huh? Who knows, you do look good in

purple," from the look on his face, I'm guessing that idea terrified him.

A month later:

We attacked the Eastern hideout and destroyed it, burning it to the

ground. But, before that happened, I happened upon a secret lab

where a scroll was being stored away in secret. A secret which I can't

believe I was stupid enough to forget.

The Fourth Hokage's body was ready for the impure resurrection jutsu,

but that didn't mean his soul was.

By using Death itself to seal away part of the nine tails chakra Minato

condemned himself to a life of misery and pain in the bowels of the

Shinigami. So even if Orochimaru had summoned him, he wouldn't

have appeared.

But according to this scroll, there was a way to bring him back,

meaning my month long quest could finally end.

We decided to take a break from hunting down evil shit heads all

month and spend a few days relaxing. We were now spending a few

days at an abandoned castle, each person gaining more than wing to

themselves.

And I needed that privacy.

I had set everything up. I had the human sacrifices needed for the

Resurrection jutsu, three rapists who would never be missed. All over

the age of 50, so they didn't have anything to live for anyway.

I had them stored away inside my inventory, I had sent a wood clone

away a few days ago to infiltrate Konoha and bring back the last thing I

would require to free from Fourth Hokage from his prison inside the

Shinigami's belly, the Shinigami mask.

I was just waiting for the clone to send it over via our shared inventory

system when I heard a knock on my door.

"Come in," I replied as I placed my oni mask back in place. I turned to

see Tayuya enter, her face split wide in a shit eating grin.

I blinked "hey Red, what's up?"

"Did you know this place has a cellar?!" she grinned wider as she held

up a large bottle of sake, "we hit the jackpot with this place!"

I chuckled, "nice. Did you share?"

"Sexy and Puma already got shit faced and are asleep," Tayuya

hiccupped as she walked inside, her movements wobbly, her speed

patterns slurred, she was drunk, I could smell it from here, "Turtle, the

Bone bitch and that Orange shit are too pruney to get wasted. So, that

just leaves you! So what do you say shit fucker?! You in for a drink?!"

I chuckled, "sorry Tayuya, but last time I got drunk with a pretty woman

we ended up having sex."

"What?! No way!" Tayuya popped on my bed and poured two cups

pushing one into my hands, "come on! Tell me all about it!"

I sighed, "alright," I sat down next to her, Tayuya grinned as she

snuggled closer, our feet touching. I raised my mask slightly to the left

and sipped the drink, "woah, this isn't half bad."

"Damn straight it is!" Tayuya laughed, "now tell me about this chick you

banged!"

"Well, she was older than me, by a lot. But I think she was too happy

that day to care, she kind of put her gaurd down. She was fucking

amazing to look at, huge tits and a spanking nice ass," I chuckled,

"damn, I just realised that I'm starting to pick up on your language."

Tayuya snorted, "is that a bad thing?"

"No, I guess-MPHF!" my eyes widened as Tayuya jumped on me,

throwing her cup away and grabbing my face, kissing my lips, attacking

it with her tongue. I felt her pushing up against me, pushing me onto

the bed, lying down on top of me.

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I pushed her back gently, she looked down at me with wondering eyes,

"what's wrong shit head? Ain't I good enough for you?"

I smiled, "no, it's not that. It's just I would rather not do this when you're

drunk. I would prefer if you actually remembered what happened

tomorrow morning."

"Oh believe me fucker, you'll remember for the both of-ACK!" I hit a

nerve in the back of her neck that sent her unconscious. I sighed and

pulled her into bed, I really didn't want to have sex with another drunk

woman, I'm starting to think that being drunk is the only way women

would ever sleep with me!

Also...I don't do anything less than a C-cup. Was that shallow? Yes. Did

I care? No.

Just then my clone dispelled, I looked into my inventory and there it

was, the mask of the shinigami.

I tucked Tayuya in, the girl was already drooling onto my sheets. I then

left, heading downstairs into the cellar. I locked the cellar and had seals

put up all over the place preventing anyone from entering.

I opened my inventory and took out the three coffins Orochimaru had

prepared. I opened them up and then took out the three rapists that I

had kidnapped, they were unconscious, hopefully they wouldn't wake

up mid way, from what I heard about this process it will be very painful

for the sacrifice.

And now, it was time to prepare. I took out the shinigami mask and

created a wood clone. I then activated my mystical palm healing jutsu

and started manipulating the cells inside the clones body.

Wood clones were special. They are perhaps the best type of clone in

the world of ninjutsu. This was because they were basically human, not

only did they have a physical body that wouldn't dispel if you hit them

hard, they were made up of cells that I could manipulate.

An hour later and the wood clone now stood no longer made of wood,

but rather flesh and blood. I manipulated the wood cells in his body,

turning them real making him real.

"Well? How do you feel Pinocchio?" I asked as I stepped back with a

grin.

"Really? Pinocchio?" the clone snorted.

"Hey, it fits!"

He took out a kunai and pricked his finger, blood slowly coming out,

"yeah I guess it does...in way."

"Are you going to be okay with this?" I asked.

The clone nodded, "yeah...I know you would do the same for me," he

took the Shinigami mask, "you remember the plan right?"

I nodded, "You release Minato's soul and I'll anchor it into the body,

summoning all three hokages."

"Do you need help controlling them?" the clone as as he removed the

oni mask and placed the shinigami one.

"No...Minato and Hashirama will be fine with it. Tobirama might be a

problem though," I sighed.

"You should use the control talismen, just in case."

"Maybe….alright," I began the hand seals, "let's begin!"

"Right, dead demon consuming seal: Release!" the clone stiffened as

suddenly the shadow of the shinigami appeared behind him.

I gasped, it was horrifying to look at. It had long, shaggy, white hair,

from which two red horns protrude, as well as purple-coloured skin. It

was draped in a large white kimono and carries a set of prayer beads.

In it's mouth was a tantō, it's very princess scaring the shit out of me.

Shinigami (Specter)

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REP- X

The clone however didn't stop, he moved, the shinigami mimicking his

movements. He took out the tanto from his mouth and then sliced it's

stomach, causing a single soul to come out.

"Summoning jutsu: Impure World Ressurection!" I drew the soul into

the coffin of the Fourth, as slowly the three corps were covered with

ash that slowly changed their physical form into something else

entirely.

I watched as my clone bleeded out, dying within seconds as the mask

fell off, the shinigami vanishing. The clones body didn't vanish though,

since it was now real...it had no place to go.

I quickly put the clone's body in my inventory, a proper burial will have

to wait. Because right now, right in front of me, the body of three rapists

was being converted into three legendary heroes.

(Reincarnated) Hashirama Senju, The First Hokage

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REP- 0

(Reincarnated) Tobirama Senju, The Second Hokage

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REP- 0

(Reincarnated) Minato Namikaze, The Fourth Hokage

Lv- 120

REP- 0

They stepped out of their corpse as the last of the ash fell off. They

looked up, the hite of their eyes now black. They looked up at me,

Minato was the first to speak with narrowed eyes, "are the same one

who threatened my son?"

I blinked, "why would you think that?"

"The mask," he pointed.

I chuckled, "no lord Hokage, I'm not," I threw back my hood and

removed my mask, pulling down my face mask, "though I understand

why you would think that."

"M-Madara?!" Hashirama gasped in shock.

"You're still alive?" Tobirama drew a kunai, ready to attack.

"Woah there!" I held up my hands, "I'm not Madara! Please don't kill

me!"

The second's eyes widened, "who are you?"

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"I'm a leaf shinobi," I tapped my headband, "my name is Yami."

"No last name?" Hashirama blinked.

"I...no, I chose not to have one," I shrugged, "I was born an orphan, so

I never had one."

"You look awfully lot Uchiha Madara," Hashirama noted, "but

younger...much younger. How old are you?"

"I...I don't remember," I blinked, "what day is it today?"

"Are you seriously asking us?" Minato raised an eyebrow, "we have

been dead all this time!"

I blinked, "oh...right. Well then I think I'm fourteen, though I'm not really

sure. Usually Naruto and I just shared a birthday, but being an orphan

and all I don't know my real birthday."

"N-Naruto?" Minato's eyes widened.

I nodded, "yeah, your son. Nice meeting you by the way."

"How do you know my son?" Minato asked eagerly.

"We grew up together," I smiled, "I consider him a brother in all but

blood."

"A brother?" Minato blinked, "h-how is he? Where are we? How did you

even bring me here? I'm assuming you used the Second's Impure

World Resurrection jutsu but how did you summon me?"

"I'm sorry, but who are you?" Hashirama asked.

"Yes, I would very much like to know the same thing," Tobirama

narrowed his eyes at Minato, and then me.

"Oh, I'm the Fourth," Minato turned around and showed his cloak.

"Woah! A Fourth! That's so amazing!" the First cheered, "how has the

village been doing since we died! Wait, since you're dead does that

mean there's a Fifth now?"

"Not really," I pulled out four chairs and spread them out, "please sit,

this will take some time."

"Did you really summon us here to have a conversation?" Tobirama

snorted as Hashirama and Minato sat down without issue.

"Yes," I nodded, "there is no Fifth, at least not yet. Hiruzen took up the

hat once more after Minato died," I pointed at the Fourth, "the old man

has been wearing it till this date."

"Impressive," Hashirama whistled, "I'm amazed the old monkey lasted

as long as he did."

"He was our chosen successor," Tobirama shrugged, choosing to

remain standing instead of sitting down.

I nodded, "exactly. Now, the reason I summoned you three is simple," I

took out a seed and tossed it down. I then made the snake seal out of

the seed grew a shrub as big as my face.

"Amazing!" Hashirama smiled, "so you're my descended are you?!"

I shrugged, "I honestly don't know. I told you, I'm an orphan," I sighed.

"Oh...I'm sorry," Hashirama hanged his head as he began to leak

depression, "I'm such a horrible person. Please forgive me."

Tobirama snorted, "please brother, show some spine."

Fourth gave a nervous chuckle, "what a unique guy."

I rolled my eyes, "I'm sure," I patted his shoulder, "it's fine, please don't

be so depressed lord First, it's sad to see one of my heroes looking so

defeated."

"Oh? I'm your hero am I?" he chuckled throwing his head back and

laughing.

I shrugged, "one of them. My favorite however is the fourth," I nodded

at Minato, "but then again I'm best friends with his son, so that opinion

is kind of jaded."

"D-does Naruto know-"

"-No, he doesn't," I shook my head, "he's too young...and too weak.

He's barely learnt how to control the nine tails. Though we did find out

about Kushina, so he knows about her at least."

"I-I see...thank you," the man smiled.

"So you brought me back to teach you the wood release yes?"

Hashirama asked.

I nodded, "yes."

"Hm, I see. But then why did you bring back the Second and the

Fourth?"

I shrugged, "why not? I might as well learn something from them.

Orochimaru had already prepared your bodies, I figured since he's

dead I might as well use them."

"Orochimaru is dead?!" Minato's eyes widened.

I nodded, "yup, I killed him."

"Why did you do that?!"

"Who is Orochimaru?" Tobirama asked.

"A leaf ninja, the Third's favorite disciple," Fourth informed him, causing

Tobirama to glare, he charged up his chakra. I saw him getting ready to

attack when a look from the First shut him down.

The first turned to me and smiled, "Yami, why did you kill this

Orochimaru fellow?"

"Because he was a traitor and planned to kill Hiruzen and destroy the

leaf by starting a war between us and Suna," I turned to Tobirama and

glared, "and if you even think about flaring that pathetic amount of

Killing Intent again at me, you better be damn sure to finish the job."

Tobirama snorted, "you think too much of yourself boy."

"Hm, I think I can take you," I smirked as I vanished in a puff of smoke

and another form reappeared right behind Tobirama so quickly, the

second fastest man in Konoha history couldn't even react in time

before a kunai was placed on his neck, "and I'm much faster than you

will ever be."

"Fast," Minato gasped.

Tobirama grunted, "you made your point...boy."

Hashirama laughed, "looks like you found your match brother!" For

which Tobirama just snorted as I removed the kunai and stepped away

from him, "I see...very well, I see no reason to deny you this. If you

went through such lengths to protect Konoha, it will be foolish not to

teach you how to control your power. Is there anything specific you

wish to learn?"

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I nodded, "well...could you teach me how to defeat Madara?"

Hashirama blinked, "why is that?"

"Because while I am not Madara, he is still alive and kicking," I turned

to Minato, "that's the masked man who attacked you and Kushina,

forcing you to seal the Kyuubi away inside Naruto."

"What do you mean?" Tobirama asked his interest peaked due to the

mere mention of Madara.

"It's a long story," Minato explained, "it involves my death. On the day I

died...there was a masked man that attacked my birthing wife, who

was the jinchuriki for the nine tails."

"It was during childbirth?" Tobirama asked, "the seal would have been

weak then."

Minato nodded, "exactly. And that was why he attacked. He

knew...everything, where it was happening, what was

happening...Kushina and I kept everything a secret, the fact that we

were even married was a secret. But he knew..and he threatened my

son. I fought him and barely managed to win, but by then he managed

to release the Kyuubi onto the village. I sacrificed myself to seal him

away, putting half of him inside me and the other half inside my son.

And the man who attacked me, was an Uchiha."

I nodded, "and this happened again. The Fourth Mizukage was the

jinchuriki of the three tails. He was attacked and put under the control

of a masked Uchiha, this man claimed to be Madara Uchiha."

"So he's still alive even after all so long," Hashirama hummned.

"We don't know that for sure," I replied.

"Why is that?" Minato asked.

"It's simple, why the mask? If he was Madara, as he claimed, his face

would scare people away. Maybe he's trying to keep a low profile but

the only time anyone ever heard of him, was when he was planning

something big. He didn't plan on me freeing the Mizukage or you living.

So his secret would have been kept. So why the mask?"

"So you don't believe this masked Uchiha is indeed Madara?"

Tobirama asked.

I shook my head, "no, I don't. But he does claim to be Madara and he's

powerfull.., powerfull enough to control the Kyuubi. So while he may

not necessarily be Madara, he should be treated as him."

"So you wish to learn from me to defeat this pretender?" Hashirama

asked.

I nodded, "yes. This masked man...from what I can gather his plan

is...well, kind of fucked up. I can't let it pass, I need to stop him."

"You know what he's planning?" Minato asked surprised.

I sighed, here I was at an impasse. What to do? Should I lie? No...that

would be pointless. Might as well tell them.

I nodded, "yes. From what I gathered 'Madara' has gathered a group of

S rank ninjas to gather all the biju. I don't know why, but I can't let that

happen. My best friend is a jinchuriki, so I have to stop them, no matter

what."

Hashirama smiled, "you have a amazing conviction Yami of Konoha. I

am produ a ninja like you came from my village."

"Yes...but you aren't telling us the whole truth are you?" Tobirama

stated, narrowing his eyes at my forehead.

"What do you mean?" Minato asked.

"You noticed it too didn't you brother?"

Hashirama sighed, "honestly Tobi, you need to learn how to respect

people's privacy."

"Don't call me that," the Second snorted.

"What are you both talking about?" Minato asked.

I sighed "they mean this," I removed my headband, closing my two

normal eyes and opening my third red Rinnegan.

Minato gasped, "a-a third eye?"

"And judging from the ripple patterns, it's the legendary dojutsu of the

Sage of Six Paths, the Rinnegan," Tobirama said in a smug voice.

"Wow Tobi, that's amazing, I didn't know you like reading history books,

that's so impressive," I said rolling all three eyes.

Hashirama giggled, but a single glare from Tobirama shut him up. The

Second sighed and turned to me, "how do you possess that eye?"

It was time to lie. I activated my sharingan, "because I don't just have

the Wood Release. It would seem I'm not just a descendant of the

Senju line, but also the Uchiha."

"The Sharingan?" Minato gasped, "you just keep getting more and

more confusing."

"The chakra of the Senju with the eyes of an Uchiha...that could unlock

the Rinnegan," Tobirama speculated.

"Amazing!" Hashirama laughed, "a descendant of mine and Madara!

My boy you are proof that one day we can all truly live together in

harmony! It is almost as if destiny itself wanted this to happen. To think

the two clans who once hated each other so much would have an heir

that was blessed with the eye of the one who united the world!"

I shrugged, "you're honestly making a much bigger deal than it is. My

mother was a whore and my father was some dead bastard. It's not

destiny Lord First, I'm just...well, me."

"If you don't mind me asking Yami, why didn't you take one of the clan

names?" Minato asked, "those eyes and the wood release would put

you in a good standing to be a part of the clans."