27 Chapter 27
About chapter 26 . May 26
I like the story and it's funny, but I feel like it's been degrading in quality after you noticed the success you had with the bland humor.
The humor is fun but your pushing his personality too far for it too remain funny. He went from semi inhibited for fun to completely inhibited for real... That's a big shift. He used to pretend and now he actually is...
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Shiro was supposed to have a slow fall into immorality as I'd imagine Orochimaru did.
I wanted Shiro to start off doing stuff as entertainment and slowly fall into "Madness" eventually becoming Orochi MK2 or something similar.
Complete with a lack of inhibition and morals...
Anyway, I wanted Shiro to continue losing morality with each experiment, each advancement, and with each kill.
(Starting normal but silly, and becoming a total monster as the story progresses)
As your posting anonymously I can't PM you to chat about it.
If you want to chat, PM me, I Don't have time to look at reviews anymore.
Work is picking up...
Oh boy... that's a lot of rambling...
I can't find the words to explain what I wanted to do concisely...
Shiro was crossing a 'line'...
And as Shiro's 'line' moved farther away he kept crossing it even though the line was no longer in the same spot.
Does that help...?
Probably not...
I'm trying to do some character progression...
Am I doing it right...?
Maybe I've shifted the 'line' to quickly?
I dunno...
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Anyway someone was complaining about Shiro's trip to Suna.
"If Suna was open to Konoha shinobi they'd have barrier protection for their scrolls."
Yes, I agree.
Well... Kinda...
Which was why Suna didn't have any Hiden or Kinjutsu at the Kage tower...
It likely would be hidden elsewhere if the village was open...
or at least that was my thought...
I put a good amount of thought into what I write...
Anyway, Suna didn't keep any of the good stuff at the tower anticipating potential ninja bullshittery...
And Suna isn't known for their Fuinjutsu so I didn't include a barrier...
I'm not thoughtless when I write...
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Oh, yea...
Interludes.
When I write from the perspective of someone else I try to make them have differing opinions.
Meaning people won't agree or be consistent with what they see in Shiro.
As people have differing opinions...
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It was a new day and I had around Four hours until I met with the Hokage.
Meaning Emergency Rations was getting a stem cell transplant and if things went well I'd use those stem cells to repair any damage that happened while I tried to enlarge his chakra system.
And when I came back from the meeting with the Hokage I'd try to grow organs with stem cells.
If that worked out, I'd just have to regrow my Byakugan if it ever got damaged.
Or maybe I could grow Byakugan in other people...
That was quite the thought, growing Byakugan in others...
I liked the idea but I imagined the Hyuga clan wouldn't.
If I could regrow organs that would be a huge contribution to the village, perhaps enough to get a lab.
Thought's for later...
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The meeting with the Hokage approached, Emergency Rations had his chakra capacity increased but his chakra density and regeneration remained the same.
Meaning even if he had the capacity of a Genin he couldn't regenerate chakra like someone at Genin level should be able to.
Forcefully expanding his chakra network caused his pathways to become thin and fragile, so it wasn't something I'd do to myself, though perhaps they would heal over time.
The natural expansion of the chakra network seemed to be the way to go for the moment.
Even though it didn't completely work I'd still created a ninja rabbit, all he needed now was an increase in physical and spiritual energy.
Physical energy could be increased with liberal use of Kinryoku kyōka, but I was unsure about how I could increase Emergency Ration's spiritual energy.
I eyed Emergency Ration's as he was enjoying some fruit.
I can't teach him how to meditate...
Yet...
Perhaps in the future...
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I sat in the waiting room pondering the wonders of Ninjutsu, so far it had been useless. But all the strongest ninja seemed to toss Ninjutsu around like there was no tomorrow.
Should I bother learning more nature transformations? I had already planned on learning Earth Release, but it seemed like a huge time sink for no real reason.
I did also have a ton of wind jutsu from Suna, though Suna seemed to have kept their Kinjutsu and Hiden jutsu elsewhere, I was happy having a lot of options should I want to learn.
It was probably pointless to think about learning another nature transformation when I hadn't even gotten that far into Lightning Ninjutsu.
I only had five techniques to my name after all...
I was close to giving up learning anymore Nature Releases, they seemed to be huge time sinks.
My time might be better spent elsewhere...
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"Shiro Hyuga, the Hokage will see you now."
Alrighty...
I made my way to the Hokage's office, and knocked on the door.
Knock* Knock* Knock*
"Enter!"
Showtime!
I made my way inside and stood in front of the Hokage, who had been eyeing me as I entered.
I stood in silence, while the Hokage stared at me.
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Finally, the Hokage spoke.
"Shiro Hyuga, due to your contribution during your recent mission and significant combat potential, I'm promoting you to Tokubetsu Jonin."
I bowed at my waist.
"Thank you, Hokage-sama."
I kept my bow for a few seconds before rising.
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The office had descended into silence, I wondered if this was deliberate or if the Hokage was just getting old and forgot what he was doing.
"You and your mother will remain on the same team as it has been effective thus far."
That was ideal as far as I was concerned, more time with my mother and possibly more dangerous missions.
Two things I liked the sound of.
"Your dismissed."
This meeting was short.
I sent the Hokage another bow.
"Thank you for your time Hokage-sama."
I started retreating from the room, I had a rabbit to experiment on after-all.
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"Shiro."
I was enjoying some pre experimentation jerky when my mother interrupted me.
"Yes?"
I looked at the cage containing Emergency Rations, he seemed to be doing well.
"Every decision made in fear is wrong, every decision you make should be made in confidence."
What?
"What brought this on?"
Why was I getting advice?
"I was just thinking about all the advice I wish my parents had given me before they passed."
Meaning she didn't want to leave me with regrets.
"Thanks."
I sent her an appreciative nod.
I meant it.
It means a lot, that she was thinking about me.
Though an 'I love you' would be nice as well.
"Come give me a hug!"
Every touching moment needs a hug.
Mom didn't agree and fled the room.
I blinked.
Alright...
No hugs for me.
I looked back to Emergency Rations, he was blissfully unaware of what was about to happen.
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Emergency Rations seemed to be doing fine, though he was now well muscled.
I opted to just speed up cell division and shorten his life span a tad.
I'd see how stem cell transplants worked in maintaining youth.
Though there seemed to be a bit of cell rejection it wasn't as bad as I had expected, perhaps chakra had something to do with it?
Now what I needed to do was grow some organs...
Perhaps Emergency Rations needed a second heart?
One could never have enough hearts after all...
Though I think I'll wait until tomorrow...
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Interlude.
Hyuga (Kaguya), Shiro
Gender: Evil
Birthdate: November 9th, 1211
Age: 8 Years
Rank: Genin
Marital status: Single.
Textual summary of the report.
Openness to experience
3/100: very low
Traditionalist • down-to-earth • practical • conservative • prefers traditional outlooks and technical problem-solving • experimental
Conscientiousness
95/100: very high
Conscientious • disciplined • efficient • well organized • likes precise detail • strong sense of duty • could be described a workaholic
Extraversion
1/100: very low
Reserved • formal • serious • quiet • prefers working alone • avoids direct leadership roles
Agreeableness
55/100: middle
Hard-headed • skeptical • competitive • good-natured? • prefers competition over co-operation
Natural reactions
88/100 high
Experiences negative emotional reactions and feelings of anxiety • prone to worry • easily upset • playful
Note:
Shiro doesn't respect social norms. He consistently oversteps social boundaries. Very little regard is shown for people not close to himself.
Shiro has displayed the battle lust that the Kaguya are known for but it has not shown to be a hindrance.
Most of Shiro's free time is spent with Might Gai, even then Shiro is training so it is debatable if this could be considered free time.
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Looking at Shiro's personality evaluation provided very little information that I couldn't already glean from my meetings with the boy.
Shiro's analytical Reasoning, memory, mental speed, spatial IQ, logic IQ, and non-verbal IQ, were ridiculously high, surpassing everyone in his age range, though some scores were average.
He was also described as a chakra savant, though I didn't get the impression he was mentally deficient.
He was perhaps a prodigy similar to myself and Orochimaru.
Shiro reminded me of a young Orochimaru who was also complex, though lacking Orochimaru's sadistic nature and manic ambition.
Thankfully he doesn't create conflict to ease his boredom, instead opting to make jokes.
Creating conflict was one of Orochimaru's hobbies that I found most distasteful.
Not including human experimentation.
Something he and Shiro seemed to have in common, though thankfully Shiro had turned to animals as of late.
Shiro also seemed to have a penchant for body modifications as Orochimaru does, though thankfully to a lesser extent, so far only improving his eyes.
Though that could change in the future.
Orochimaru was once a child as well before he became what he is today.
Hopefully, Shiro wouldn't follow in his footsteps.
It's probably for the best I keep them separated, Shiro doesn't need any ideas from Orochimaru...
"Sigh..."
Shiro also lacked the Will Of Fire.
He did not see the village as a family as I did, then again neither did Orochimaru and he turned out fine.
Unstable but fine...
Though at least Shiro had things he loved and would protect.
I should put it out of mind.
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I flipped through his mission report.
It would provide insight into his thought process.
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'We arrived at the border of Noodle Country and quickly found the village/house Ryoko was occupying. It was decided that I would fight Ryoko while my mother guarded the civilians.
Ryoko was "occupied" with some village woman who I deemed acceptable casualties.
Even though them dying wouldn't be a huge loss I'd rather not deny a child his mother so I elected to eject Ryoko from the house.'
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A chuckle escaped my lips.
According to Sumiko, Shiro had burst into the building, punched the Missing-nin through a wall and into the street.
Eject was an apt word to describe what happened.
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'Ryoko was in an embarrassing state of undress. So, I kindly offered a temporary truce so Ryoko could dress.
My kind offer was ignored and Ryoko ran at me only wearing his shoes. I decided that such a pervert shouldn't be allowed to live for longer than necessary.
Our fight was quick, I disabled Ryoko's arm in our first engagement and removed his head from his body when he tried to flee.
I came out ahead in the engagement.'
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Shiro liked to amuse himself by making dark jokes and making others uncomfortable.
Even during mission reports...
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'My mother and I regrouped, it was decided that we would escort the villagers to the nearest village.
We would leave in the morning after the villagers were healed and had gathered their things.
Sadly, our plans were interrupted.
Four Hunter-nin interrupted my beauty sleep earning my ire. My mother decided that she would distract the Hunter-nin while I fled to Konoha for reinforcements.
I heavily disagreed but was not given the chance to voice my opinion as my mother had jumped out the window before I could protest.
Three of the Hunter-nin followed her as she fled leaving the last to search the village.
I decided that I wouldn't be returning to Konoha alone and engaged the remaining Hunter-nin.
The white-haired guy noped my punches by turning into creepy liquid.
I'd call the liquid snot-like.'
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Disobeying orders from a superior...
But also saving Sumiko from certain death.
Sumiko likely talked to him about disobeying orders so I won't bring it up.
And comparing the Hōzuki's Hydrification Technique to snot...
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'I punched him again and disabled his arms as he reformed. He turned into snot and jumped at me, likely trying to suffocate me.
I decided that I was having none of that and shocked him with a Lightning Jutsu. He reformed unconscious, I killed him as I didn't want him interfering with later fights.
I ran after my mother and caught up with her in little time. I employed a sneak attack and killed the slowest Hunter-nin. He had time to warn his teammates of danger so sadly I couldn't further thin the herd.
We stared at each other for a while until mom broke the stalemate and started fighting one of the Hunter-nin. They took their fight a distance away while I and the last Hunter-nin remained.
I and the other Hunter-nin made polite conversation where I apologized for killing his nephew.'
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Making polite conversation and apologizing for killing his nephew...
I stroked my beard.
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'The Hunter-nin started the engagement by tossing some senbon at me, which I promptly avoided. He used the time his thrown senbon had bought to launch a Water Ninjutsu at me.
I Shushined behind him and tried to punch him in the spine. He turned into snot and my hand passed right through him.
I tried to engage in some small talk but was ignored...'
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I quirked my eyebrow.
Small talk?
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'His arm turned huge and muscular and provided him with a boost in strength. We clashed, our strengths matching.
We both jumped back and stared at each other, realizing that another clash wouldn't benefit me I started preparing a Lightning Jutsu.
The Hunter-nin didn't seem to like that I had lightning on my hand and tensed. This action confirmed my thought that his snot body had a weakness to Lightning Release.
I Shunshined to him and struck him with my Jutsu. I used the opportunity to cut the tendons in his leg preventing escape.
In a last-ditch attempt in winning the fight the Hunter-nin turned into snot and jumped at me. He was pretty much asking to be shocked.
Jumping made him an easy target so I struck him with a powerful Lightning Jutsu. He reformed and kneeled looking defeated.
I readied my finishing blow but he beat me to the punch and took his own life, making his body unrecoverable in the process.
My fight done with I sent a clone to check on the villagers while I checked in on my mother.'
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I didn't need to read any further, Sumiko's report had covered their return trip.
I skimmed some earlier mission reports, the lower the mission rank the more ridiculous the report.
Perhaps silly should be listed as a notable trait.
I flipped through Shiro's file taking note of his combat assessment.
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Taijutsu: 4.5/5
Ninjutsu: 4.5/5
Genjutsu: 0/5
Intelligence: 5/5
Strength: 4/5
Speed: 5/5
Stamina: 4.5/5
Hand seals: 3/5
Total: 29.5/40
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What I've seen from his training made me sure these ratings were accurate.
Though perhaps his physical scores should be lower, Shiro fell short in terms of Genjutsu and his physical attributes were only that strong when he used Ninjutsu to supplement them.
His score should perhaps be closer to 25...
He was lacking experience as well, though he had the strength to be a Jonin when he was using ninjutsu...
He excelled in Taijutsu and Medical-Ninjutsu but was lacking in other areas.
Something that could be rectified in time...
I made up my mind, Shiro Hyuga would be promoted to Tokubetsu Jonin.
Shiro was a prodigy, if properly nurtured his contribution to the village might surpass my own...
Though that would perhaps be a long time off.
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Knock* Knock* Knock*
"Enter!"
The boy entered and stood at attention in front of my desk.
I took the time to eye him, he looked small, he didn't look like he could kill three experienced Kiri Hunter-nin.
He was only eight and already had chakra reserves higher than most Jonin...
And his reserves are nowhere near done growing...
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Young Shiro had gotten nervous and was shifting his feet.
"Shiro Hyuga, due to your contribution during your recent mission and significant combat potential, I'm promoting you to Tokubetsu Jonin."
That and politics, the more influence Shiro had the safer he was from the Hyuga clan.
"Thank you, Hokage-sama."
He bowed deeply.
I wanted to put Shiro on a different team but was doubtful he would make any bonds, which was what he needed.
Shiro had few people tying him to the village, and thus few things that could be used to control him.
Those that were powerful, unrestrained, and uncooperative often-had unfortunate accidents during missions...
Something Danzo swore he wasn't involved in...
I suppressed the urge to roll my eyes.
Danzo wasn't fooling anyone.
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I wanted Shiro to make bonds so I couldn't put him in Anbu, he would only further seclude himself there.
I couldn't put him in a team of people older than himself as it was likely he wouldn't become invested in the lives of his teammates should there be a drastic age difference.
Perhaps he would become invested should he train a team himself...
But he was eight and was too young to mentor any Genin...
Perhaps my only option is to keep him with Sumiko, he seemed to be doing well with her.
"You and your mother will remain on the same team as it has been effective thus far."
When Might Gai graduates perhaps Sumiko, Shiro, Gai, and a fourth member can form a team.
Perhaps Asuma...
"Your dismissed."
Maybe more options will present themselves in the future, but for now my hands seemed tied.
"Thank you for your time Hokage-sama."
I took my pipe from my desk.
I'll indulge a little.
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