16 Chapter 13
Normal Speech'
'Thoughts'
'Bijuu/Summons/Gamer/Jutsu'
'Bijuu/Summons/Thoughts/Jutsu'
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, The Gamer, or any series for that matter. If I did the last thing I would do is write fanfiction for your amusement. I am also way too lazy to come up with new creative and funny disclaimers to post on every chapter, so I'll be copying this one and pasting it on every chapter. I've got better things to do with my time, like read fanfiction, write fanfiction, eat, do work, work out, read fanfiction...you get the idea.
(P.S. Did you guys know I like fanfiction?)
SonJubbi: The truthful answer is that the stat curve in my story is pretty high and I don't have the imagination to come up with a perk every basic 50 stat points. In my story, Yoru will get a perk when his basic stats hit: 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, etc. Why do the stats get so high? I was trying to bring in some semblance of realism as Kage Naruto, who is Planet level+, would really only need to flick his finger to kill other Kage-level shinobi. Of course, this doesn't happen in the show because it wouldn't be interesting and all that, but I'm not trying to have PIS (Plot induced stupidity) in my story (unless for mild forms of comedic relief). Hoped that answered your question.
seto: Yoru is definitely not emotional enough to weaponize it lol.
Chapter 13
I quickly dashed through the trees back towards Tsuchigumo village as I held an extra passenger in hand. In but a couple minutes of travel, I arrived at the front of the ruined door of the clan leader's house and felt the chakra of Boar & the rest of the crew within.
With that, I stepped into the house and made my way towards where I could sense everyone's chakra signature. I could hear the conversation going on behind the door of the living area as I approached it.
Boar: "You violated the trust that our Hokage placed in you and your village."
En no Gyoja: "It was the only way that I could ensure the safety of the village-"
Viper: "Bullshit! Tell that to the injured soldiers and civilians who suffered from Kiri's attack. If you wanted to better ensure the safety of your village, you should have worked with us, not against."
Hato: "Hey, that's no way to talk to my Village leader!"
Kotoe: "…Didn't your son recently go rogue and kidnap said leader's granddaughter?"
There was an awkward silence at that statement from my teacher before I entered the room. "I'm back."
Heads snapped towards my sudden appearance, except for my teacher who had most likely already sensed my chakra signature from a while away.
Boar looked at me and the girl on my shoulders before stating, "Report."
I gently placed Hotaru down before replying, "I went after Shiranami and retrieved the girl…" Saying so, I paused before looking at Hato and Gyoja, noting the surprised looked on their faces, "What exactly had Shiranami been planning? Even after all the effort he went through, he ended up killing himself in the end for basically nothing. I'm quite curious."
Gyoja's eyes were slightly widened as he gazed upon my form and Hotaru's. "Y-your alive…"
I raised a brow, "Did you expect me to die?"
He paused and stared at me for a moment before looking away with a sigh and gripping his fists.
Kazemona looked at the man while idly cleaning her blade, "You know something that you're not telling us." Saying so, she brought up the blade to the artificial lighting in the house and continued, "It would be beneficial for your health to speak."
"You-"
Gyoja extended his hand, preventing Hato from speaking further. He looked towards Hotaru for a moment before speaking, "…If my guess if right, from what I could gather while I was at his mercy, he most likely sought to destroy Water Country from within."
"Excuse me?" My teacher asked, her eyes sharp
Once more Gyoja sighed before continuing, "My granddaughter…I implanted the kinjutsu Fury on her back."
The air stilled.
"And why exactly did you do that?" Boar asked unamused.
"For her protection." The clan leader replied. "One day I would no longer cease to be. I hoped for her to be able to protect herself once that day came to pass and to continue my legacy."
"Some protection that was." Kotoe replied before asking, "Then? How does that fit in with destroying Kirigakure?"
Gyoja hesitated to answer for a moment, so I stepped in. "… I believe I might be able to answer that." With everyone's attention on me, I continued, "When I was facing Shiranami, he mentioned remotely activating Fury on Hotaru's back. It's important to note that at this time, he had already handed over possession of Hotaru to a group of Kirigakure Anbu."
Boar's eyes turned serious, "You mean…?"
I nodded. "Most likely, his plan was to wait for the Kirigakure Anbu to bring Hotaru within the walls of the village before activating Fury and destroying it from within."
"That's…" My teacher said.
Even Wolf's usually stoic expression turned grave at that. "What a scheme. Though I have to ask, how were you able to bring her back if she had already been captured by Kiri? Hadn't you been preoccupied fighting the kid?"
It was a question I could sense had been on their mind ever since I explained that, so I replied simply, "I had some help."
I could sense the understanding in my teammates' gaze before I looked towards Gyoja who had a difficult expression on his face. "I can understand what his plan was and maybe even his motives, but if he went through all that trouble, why did he simply give up?"
The old man sighed. "The Tsuchigumo Style: Forbidden Life Technique Release: Creation of Heaven and Earth."
I tilted my head at the name of the technique.
Likely sensing everyone's confusion and probably deciding not to hide anymore, Gyoja continued, "It allows the user to remotely control the detonation of a user of Fury without their consent, but it has an additional function." Saying so, he looked straight at me, "It can be set to go off at certain conditions the user sets, for example, …death."
My expression changed, "If Jiraiya hadn't been able to inactivate the technique in time…"
"I see." Boar said before standing up straight. "At any rate, your granddaughter is back to you safely and while it is unfortunate about your son…" Tsuchiyo said, looking at Hato's difficult expression. "There's nothing else we can really do." With that, he looked to the rest of us. "Let's go."
With that, he disappeared, everyone else following soon after. I looked at Hotaru, Hato, and Gyoja for a moment longer before Body Flickering away back towards my residential area.
As soon as I arrived, I noticed that everyone had already begun to go their own way. I looked towards my teacher who caught my gaze and smiled before heading towards her room.
"I suppose they are all exhausted." I thought before heading to the living room. I looked up to the dragon mural on the wall and squinted my eyes for a moment before pointing at it with my index finger and piercing through it with a beam of electricity.
With that complete, I sat on the couch and entered my inventory before pulling out the schematics for Fury that Jiraiya had obtained.
"It's about time…" I thought while looking at it. With this information in hand, I would be able to perfect the seal I had been working on, so I wasted no time in opening the scroll and reading through its contents.
"Definitely worth the effort…"
The aftermath of the Kiri attack against Tsuchigumo was a "victory" for them, however, in war, there was never truly a winner. The only real measurement of "victory" was by how little you lost compared to your opponents and by that token, Tsuchigumo lost a relatively small amount compared to Kiri.
The fog attack that had blocked Kotoe's and my sensory abilities seemed to have been more of a diversion for Shiranami to make his escape and collude with Kirigakure. In the end, he ended up dead with his plan foiled and I brought back Hotaru to her grandfather.
Now, a couple days had passed and we currently stood at the entrance of the Tsuchigumo Village. Around me was my group and in front of me was Jiraiya who was having a conversation with the Village leader. I eavesdropped with my enhanced hearing and found out that it was mainly Jiraiya "politely" telling the Village leader about how the Hokage was not pleased with his conduct of spying on his ninjas, something about trust, etcetera, etcetera.
Gyoja looked resigned before he handed Jiraiya a scroll, but before I could eavesdrop any further, I felt a tug at my sleeves. Glancing to my sides, I found a slightly flushed Hotaru who was gripping her fists tightly while looking down.
"…What is it?" I asked
"T-Thank you." She said, bowing. She then straightened herself. "It's thanks to you that I'm still alive, a-and, umm…"
I watched her fiddle around for a moment before sighing, "Don't mind it. I was just doing my job."
She paused before looking up at me with puffed cheeks and a sharp glare. "Hmph." She stated as she turned away from me, leaving me confused.
"I know what your intentions are, but I didn't even say anything bad…" I decided to inwardly shrug and ignore it. Even if I could perfectly read a person's emotions, a woman's heart would forever be a mystery.
As I delved deeper into those thoughts, I suddenly felt a soft sensation on my cheek causing me to blink and turn to my side only to notice that Hotaru was already running away. I relaxed my gaze and stroked my cheek before shaking my head.
"Hehe, look at you slaying at such a young age Yoru. I'm so proud." Baipa stated as he shed mock tears. "Making girls twice your age swoon over you, tsk tsk, you work too fast. Sameki would be so proud of you."
"Shark…" I thought as Viper mentioned the individual who had jump-started my pursuit of a medical technique that was powerful enough to regrow limbs. "And now, I can complete it…"
"You should take notes from the kid Bai. Maybe you'll be able to learn what makes women prefer him rather than you." Kazemona stated as she appeared behind Viper.
A cloud of depression seemed to form over his head at the blunt statement and he left me to bang his head on the village wall.
"Hmph." Wolf stated before crossing her arms and turning her gaze towards Jiraiya's conversation with the Village leader. "Who would have thought that the old man had been spying on us?"
"Tell me about it." Kotoe stated as she appeared behind me and added her own input. "It's a good thing we don't talk about anything compromising to the village when outside its walls…not that my team could anyway." She finished, pointing at her tongue which had the Cursed Tongue Sealing on it as well.
"I'm just glad that I don't have to stay in that room anymore." Turtle stated, appearing out of nowhere. "Who knows how else he's been spying on us? Maybe there were even devices in each individual room or something…"
The wind blew past us…
They all shuddered.
"If that's true I should skin that old man myself." Kazemona stated while gripping her fists.
"That's unnecessary." Boar stated as he appeared with his crew right behind him. "I'm sure that Jiraiya is already expressing the displeasure that the Hokage felt."
As soon as he said that, Jiraiya seemed to have finished his conversation and appeared before us before handing over the mission scroll to Boar. "Now you guys can head off. I still have work to do so I won't be joining you on your trip back home, but make sure to get back in one piece."
"Yes sir." Boar stated and bowed slightly, which we all followed.
"Alright then let's move." The man said and jumped ahead with the rest of us following him soon after.
"Well done on your mission." The Hokage stated as he looked at us from across his desk. He continued. "Now then, for your unofficial mission?"
The air got more serious as I pulled out the schematics of the technique that Jiraiya had drawn. It was based on the information he had stolen from the clan leader while my team had been there in addition to the information he had gotten from the technique that had been engraved on Hotaru's back. I had studied and memorized the schematics in its entirety and was now fully confident in completing my skill, so I had no qualms in parting with the scroll.
I handed the scroll over to the Hokage who stored it elsewhere. "Another one for the scroll of sealing. Now then, you are all dismissed, save for you Yoru."
"Yes, Lord Hokage!" They chorused before disappearing in a swirl of leaves. My teacher gave me a wink before she too went off.
The atmosphere between the Hokage and I turned serious.
"I've heard that you've come into possession of some Uzumaki sealing techniques recorded in various scrolls."
I nodded my head causing a distant look to appear in the Hokage's eyes. He then shook his head "Just make sure that they get returned to their rightful owner."
"Yes, Lord Hokage." I replied causing the old man to smile.
"Good, now you are dismissed."
Ping!
Quest Complete!
The Power of Fury!
Objective 1 Reward: 300,000 EXP & 50,000 Ryo
Objective 2 Reward: 100,000 EXP & 'Fury' Schematics
You have leveled up by 1!
You have leveled up by 1!
You have leveled up by 1!
"Thank you, Lord Hokage." I said before walking out the room before vanishing
I arrived in front of the door to the Namikaze-Uzumaki Household, placed my palm to the side of the door frame and flared my chakra. The door clicked and opened allowing me to enter the house just as Kushina came into view.
"Ahh Yoru! You've completed your mission." She said with a smile.
I nodded, "Yeah it's actually something I would like to talk to you about…among other things."
She raised a brow but signaled me in nonetheless, "Well come on in, make yourself at home."
"Thank you." I replied before stepping into the house and sitting down on the living room couch.
Kushina came to the living room from the kitchen and placed down a cup of tea on the table in front of me before asking, "Well? I'm curious about what this is all about?"
"Well…" I began before pulling out a giant scroll from my "Storage seal".
Kushina blinked, "Ohh…?"
I nodded my head and unfurled the scroll before running my chakra through it. With some puffs, smoke began to fill the room.
I had it open one of the smaller scrolls that had appeared. "It would take a while to explain the circumstances of the matter, but long story during my mission I came in between an exchange between my target and Kirigakure with Kirigakure supplying this."
Here, the clone gave the scroll to Kushina who held it in her hand before her body shook. "T-This is…my clan's…!"
I nodded my head. "Kiri, as one of the three nations that attacked Uzushiogakure, obtained some spoils of war but it seemed like they never found any suitable way of using or deciphering it so they used it as an exchange."
I paused as I didn't get a reply before tilting my head at Kushina's emotions. "…you all-" before I could even complete that sentence, I was immediately wrapped in a tight hug and found my head in her bosom.
I heard her sniffle and felt the tears fall onto my head as she whispered, "Thank you…thank you so much."
I closed my eyes, "There's no need to thank me."
"Hush you." She replied while holding me. After a moment she let go of me and wiped a tear from her eye. "You have no idea how much this means to me. Obtaining a remnant of my clan's past…" she continued, looking at the scrolls. "Really, I can't thank you enough." She concluded, looking at me with a bright smile.
I awkwardly scratched the back of my head.
Kushina chuckled at my discomfort. "Well, is there anything else you want to tell me?"
I thought for a moment before shaking my head, "No, those were the main things."
She accepted my reply before asking, "Well, now that you are done with your mission, you got any specific plans?"
"Actually, I do." I said causing her to look on in interest. "I found the missing piece for the project I had been working on, so in a couple months or so, I should be done with my technique."
She looked at me with a smile, "I'm glad that your mini project is almost done, but you've never actually told me what it is for."
"Secret."
She rolled her eyes, "Fine be that way. On that topic, Minato is almost done with his Fuuinjutsu project so maybe you two can celebrate together or something when you're done."
I tilted my head, "Almost done? I thought he had already completed that project about a year ago? The Flying Thunder God Technique or something."
Kushina sighed "Yeah…" Here her expression turned irritable, "But then he decided to jump into another project based on that technique. He says he should be done with it in a few months so do with that information what you will."
"Thank you for letting me know."
Kushina looked at me in amusement. "Well, go on and do whatever it is you usually do, I'll be here if you need me."
I nodded my head and dispelled my clone before vanishing in a Body Flicker.
Months Later
In the darkness, I could see the twinkling of lights in the distance.
"Here again." I said to myself as I floated in the void before closing my eyes. As soon as I opened them, however, instead of being closer to the "stars" my body had actually moved further away.
How did I know?
Because now I could see even more twinkling stars, however, something caught my eye which made me furrow my brows. With my body now further away, I could now see a more complete picture of the amount of "stars" and it then that I noticed that they formed an odd constellation.
"A large tree…?"
Large might have been an understatement considering that I had to be this far away to get the full picture. As a matter of fact, how did distance even work here? Was I actually light years away from those stars? And if so then that tree-like constellation must have been like the size of a galaxy.
Before I could comprehend it any further, I was suddenly yanked away from the area…
Congratulations! 'Meditation' has leveled up by 1!
Meditation (Active) Lvl 91 [48.67%].
Meditation is a skill created through continuous inner focus. Meditation helps to sharpen focus and order thoughts, and it increases clarity of mind and awareness of the body.
Passively increase INT by 182%.
Passively increase WIS by 182%.
Passively increase ENGY by 182%
HP and CP regeneration increase by 910% when active.
(NOTE: Cannot be activated during combat. At higher levels, you are able to better sit still and the rate of HP and CP regeneration increases.
I opened my eyes before cracking my neck and looking in front of me. "First those odd scenes and now a tree…" I thought before shaking my head and focusing in front of me. "I'm pretty much done…" I stated in satisfaction as I gazed upon the culmination of my years of work.
The notes that Jiraiya had given me about Fury had really been the finishing touches I needed to complete my seal. I had been able to use the blueprints of Fury to create a system of seals that would prevent Natural Energy from mixing with the user's chakra. The technique itself was amazing as Fury completely filtered out the natural energy from the bearer's chakra preventing any sort of petrification to the user.
Another issue had been matching the input of Natural Energy to the output of chakra that the user was using for their technique. The Fury schematics hadn't been too helpful in that regard since the technique itself just gathered a bunch of natural energy with no true regulation. Fortunately, I had figured out that issue on my own over the past few months, so that had become a nonissue.
With those thoughts, I looked at the 99.99% complete seal in front of me, noting the intricate layers of patterns that overlapped and complemented each other.
"Now time for the finishing touch." I thought before dipping my brush in ink before channeling my chakra through it and adding one more minute detail.
Ping!
Congratulations! Your Seal has reached completion according to your specifications!
What would you like to name it?
"Natural Healing."
Ping!
The seal [Natural Healing] has reached completion!
I stretched out my limbs before looking at my completed work. "There's no better time than now…" I thought before creating a clone in front of me.
It nodded its head and, with the completed formula for the seal in mind, it placed its hand on my right shoulder and began to inscribe the formula for the technique onto my arm with its chakra. I was at a point in my Fuuinjutsu mastery where I didn't need a brush to write down or draw seals and could simply do it with my chakra and any solid surface.
I would still need a brush and canvas to practice with and create new seals though. If I didn't perfect a seal on paper and I simply inscribed it on my body with chakra and there was a mistake in it, I would be kind of screwed. Seals formed by chakra did not come out so easily.
With those thoughts in mind, lines and lines of script appeared all over my body originating from my clone's point of contact with my shoulder. The black lines of script suddenly stopped spreading before they rapidly converged to my shoulder and formed a unique image. With the seal completed, the clone dispelled, providing me images for how the inscribed seal looked on my shoulder.
The difference between inscribing seals with just your chakra and creating them with a brush and scroll was that with the brush and scroll/paper, you were heavily limited in your design options since the seal had to follow the pre-established rules or laws of Fuuinjutsu. Everything from the brush stroke to the amount of ink used had to be perfect. Each stroke had to mean something and any deviation could cause a huge failure.
With just your chakra, however, you were able to bend and create the seal you wanted by molding your chakra into the correct form, however, you could make it take on whatever visual appearance you wanted, granted that you were good enough to do so. Of course, your chakra control and knowledge of Fuuinjutsu had to be ridiculously high in order to accomplish this.
With that in mind I had essentially given myself a tattoo of the Penrose triangle on my shoulder, however, there were more designs to it to make it flair.
Why the Penrose triangle?
"…because it's cool."
With that, I decided to test out my technique to see if it would work well.
"And I know just where to go…"
Thinking along those lines, I stood up and dusted myself off before creating a Henge of a simple black sleeveless shirt to show off my new "tattoo" and a pair of black sweatpants. I checked myself out for a moment before exiting my apartment.
Yep, I had gotten my own little place.
I was getting older now and Kotoe had wanted me to start being more independent.
So she pretty much kicked me out.
I had plenty of money saved up from the missions I had undertaken since I was 6 and since I was deemed more than responsible enough to manage my finances, I had gotten access to my money in order to pay for this place.
By the way, my apartment was literally next door to Kotoe's place. I mean, the landlady was sweet and the place was cheap and decent enough for my liking so there was no reason why I wouldn't get it.
I thought for a moment before sighing and taking off my Kakashi-esque face mask with a puff. I thought It had been cool for the first couple years but now I had begun not to really care for it anymore.
I suppose I grew out of it.
With that said, I hopped up on the rooftops and traveled across the village until I came upon the forest of death. Without a moment's hesitation, I entered the place and jumped across the foliage before I came across a giant scorpion that was missing its tail and was on its last breath.
[King Scorpion]
Level: 70
HP: 3000/65455
"Bingo…" I thought before I hopped down the tree and landed in front of the scorpion. The giant creature could not even muster the strength to move, so I approached it and placed my hand on its shell. "…You're in a lot of pain aren't you?"
The scorpion barely shuddered in response and I could see it's health rapidly dropping. "If you are lucky, this will bring you back to full health and if not, then that's just your luck."
Saying that I activated my Mystic Palm Technique and in the same moment, the Natural Healing seal on my right shoulder glowed a dull green color. I felt strange but calming energy flow through my body, but I did nothing to it as my seal regulated the input of the energy to the output of my Mystic Palm Technique.
"So this is natural Energy…" I thought as I felt it flow through my arm and augment the Mystic Palm Technique. The pale green light of Mystic Palm turned dark green and I could see the health of the scorpion quickly rising but more importantly-
"Look at that, your tail's growing back." I stated out loud. The creature began to stir as a new stinger formed from its empty socket. It started off as a baby stinger before it began to grow in size and reach a length of 5 meters.
"It works perfectly…" I thought as the scorpion stood up and waved its tail around before giving a deafening scorpion like roar (whatever that sounded like). It turned to face me before turning away and walking back into the deeper parts of the forest.
Ping!
The combination of [Mystic Palm Technique] and [Natural Healing] has formed a new skill!
What would you like to name it?
"Mystical Healing."
Ping!
Congratulations! You have created the skill [Mystical Healing]
Mystical Healing (Active) Lvl MAX
Mystical Healing is a combination skill composed of the Mystic Palm Technique and the Natural Healing seal. With this, not only does the user have an augmented Healing ability, but they can also regrow limbs and lost body parts. It converts the user's chakra and natural energy into organic matter for the growth of the new tissue.
100X Increase to HP regeneration rate (10000%)
Cost: Varies based on the degree of the wound.
Caution: The regrown limb might be petrified into stone depending on the level of the CC of the user. (If the user has 95% CC, 5% of the regrown limb will turn to stone.)
I looked at the skill description carefully.
"I create new organic matter which was expected, but otherwise…Neat." I thought before reading through it once more. From the looks of it, it would be a terrible idea to have anyone with poor Chakra control learn this skill. In the case that their chakra control was average, they could still heal someone and regrow their limbs, but the worse their CC was the more the regrown limb would become stone. It wasn't all bad though since the stone parts could simply be cut out and re-healed until it was negligible.
Satisfied with my results so I quickly exited the forest and headed towards Kushina's place. I arrived in front of the door to her house and flared my chakra before being allowed access. The door clicked open and I entered the building before calling out, "Anyone home?"
I hear the pitter patter of small footsteps approaching my position before a child came into view. She was around 2 years old with crimson hair and blue eyes and she looked at me with a smile.
"Yo~Ru!"
My expression softened, "Mito."
I kneeled down to her level and she wobbled towards me before giving me a hug. I patted her head before asking, "Where's your mom or dad?"
The little girl lifted her head and pointed behind her where Kushina was standing with her hands on her hips. "You shouldn't run like that Mito, what if you fall and get hurt?"
The girl dug her face into my shirt before I picked her up and placed her on my shoulders.
Kushina sighed, "I swear, this kid…" She shook her head before smiling at me. "And you always spoil her."
"Cause She's cute…"
Perhaps seeing my expression, Kushina shook her head with a smile before walking towards the kitchen. "Well, what brings you here?"
I nodded and followed Kushina to the kitchen. "…I finished it."
She paused and raised a brow before continuing her food preparation. "Ohh? Minato says that he's just about done with his project as well. So does this mean that you finally plan on telling me what type of seal it is or whatever type of technique you created?"
I nodded my head. "I was planning on scheduling an appointment to meet the Hokage and tell him about my project, but I figured you should know first."
Kushina chuckled before stating, "Then out with it."
"It's a seal to gather natural energy and use it to augment the traditional Mystic Palm Technique and create a technique that could regrow limbs and other lost body parts. The significant part is that as long as you have sufficient chakra control and mastery of the Mystic Palm Technique, you can use this skill, though there are some side-"
It was at this point that I finally noted that Kushina was staring at me wide-eyed as if I was some sort of alien.
"…What's wrong?"
She pinched the bridge of her nose, "Did you just tell me that you created a technique that could regrow body parts and you are asking me what's wrong?"
I blinked. "…yes?"
She gave me an odd look and pinched my cheeks, "I really want to know what goes on in this head of yours." She eventually stopped abusing my face and looked at me in seriousness, "If what you created is true and if the enemy ever finds out you exist, you can expect your name in the bingo book at the highest bounty. With so many of Konoha's soldiers inactive due to permanently debilitating injuries such as severed limbs, your ability could completely change the war."
"…I know, which is why I hadn't told anyone about it until I was done. You are the first person to know."
Kushina softened her expression before rubbing my head, "Thanks for your trust in me Yoru."
"Of course."
"I trust Yo~Ru too!" Mito yelled from on top of my head causing Kushina to chuckle.
"Ohh right." Kushina stated as she seemingly remembered something. "Happy birthday!"
"Happy Birf~day!"
I thought about that to myself. "I'm 8 today…" It was weird to me that 4 years had gone by just like that almost like a dream.
Kushina continued, "I know that you don't really want anything for your birthday, but Minato said he had something prepared for you. If you want him he should be out in the back in his little shed."
I nodded, "I'll keep that in mind, thank you."
"Of course." Kushina stated with a smile as she continued her cooking. "In the meantime, I'll be prepping breakfast so you can stay for that if you like."
I slightly bowed. "I'll be intruding on you."
She rolled her eyes and waved me off, "Yes yes, you and your formalities. Go off and do whatever, also…" she gave me a bright smile, "You look 10 times cooler without that mask on."
I slightly flushed but my darker skin must have prevented it from showing as Kushina didn't make fun of me for it.
She would never miss that opportunity.
With that, I exited the kitchen and headed for the backdoor before rolling my eye upwards towards Mito, "You wanna go see your dad?"
"Yes! Papa~!"
A small smirk crept its way on my lips as I walked out to the backyard and approached what Kushina called "The Shed" and what Minato called, "His Lair". It was a small building that took up an era of around 400 feet2 and was guarded with a few seals that would repel foreign chakra signatures or prevent people from entering if the occupant was busy.
I stepped in front of the door and raised my hand to knock on it, however-
"Come in." Minato's voice stated from within.
I lowered my hand. "Sorry for the intrusion." I stated while opening the door and entering the building. I took a cursory glance at the interior, admiring the various inscriptions and Fuuinjutsu formulas that littered the walls and floor.
I looked forward towards Minato whose hair was a mess and who looked like he hadn't slept in days, yet I could sense an intense feeling of satisfaction emanating from his body.
"I'm finally done." He stated before standing up and stretching. He turned around and smiled, "Ah Yoru, you're here."
I nodded my head.
"Papa~!"
"Ahh, my adorable little Mito!" Minato stated as he reached for his daughter whose hands were outstretched towards him. "What is it? Did you miss daddy?"
The girl nodded her head rapidly before her face crinkled. "Daddy smells!"
Minato's face twitched before he smiled and handed her back to me.
I placed Mito in my shoulders a tried to sneak a peek behind Minato. "The project you've been working on…"
"Ahh, that." He said as he turned around and picked up the paper where his Fuuinjutsu formula was drawn. "It's based on the technique that the 2nd Hokage created. He destroyed almost all records of it after quickly realizing its frightening potential."
I raised a brow, "…and you decided to recreate it?"
"Yep!" He said, a sparkle in his eyes. "I had already completed a previous version of it about a year or so ago, which you already know as the Flying Thunder God technique." He stated as he took out a tri-pronged kunai on which, on the handle, there was a formula. "But this new technique is a derivative of that and is my own take of the 2nd Hokage's original formula." He concluded, picking up the paper with the new formula he had been working on.
I looked at it in speculation, "Well, what does it do?"
"Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder." Minato stated with a smile as he looked at his new technique blueprint. "It's a space-time barrier technique that is capable of warping away anything that comes into contact with it." Saying so, he placed down the papers, before looking at me, "On that note, how's your project been coming along?"
I showed him my right shoulder, "I completed it."
Minato looked at the Penrose triangle I had made my clone inscribe on my shoulder, "You already implanted it on your shoulder? And with such an interesting design choice…you know that that won't come off any time soon right?"
I inclined my head. Seals inscribed with chakra on a solid surface we're almost impossible to remove. It also depended on what kind of seal as well, for example, my Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal could actually be easily removed by Danzo if he so desired since it wasn't such an intricate or complex seal.
Regardless-
"…I think it's cool."
Minato gave me a wry smile, "Alright then. On that note though…" he began, stroking his chin and looking at my shoulder in interest, "What does it do? I know I told you to keep it to yourself so you don't have to tell me if you don't-"
"It can regrow lost body parts and heal basically anything, though I haven't even begun to test its limits so I don't know what they are."
"…"
"…"
"…I knew you should have kept it to yourself." Minato stated with a sigh. "I get the feeling you told my wife as well."
I nodded my head.
"And who else knows?"
I paused. "No one yet, but I plan on letting the Hokage know and so whoever he decides to tell. The only other person besides that who would know I created the technique would be one of my old comrades who kind of inspired me to make the technique."
Minato thought for a moment. "I suppose that's not too bad…" he shook his head, "Well I'm sure that you'll be fine anyway."
"Hn."
Minato smiled before suddenly remembering. "That's right!" He said as he opened some storage seals on his desk and with a puff, took out an array of items. "Happy birthday!"
"…"
There was an ever-present smile on his face.
I raised a brow, "…Thanks for the water balloons and rubber balls…I guess…"
"Pfft." Minato stated as he chuckled uncontrollably.
"Yo~Ru, What's funny?" Mito asked at Minato's antics
"…Who knows."
Eventually, Minato stopped chuckling and looked at me. "Ahh, the look on your face…priceless." He stated, wiping away a tear. He then shook his head, "I guarantee that you'll genuinely thank me later, for these are going to be your training tools for a new technique I developed some time ago."
"Hmm?" I said looking at the items.
Minato grinned. "I already taught it to my teacher and Kakashi earlier and learning comes in three steps to eventually create the Rasengan." He stated, giving me a water balloon.
I looked at it intently.
"Now the technique requires rotation, power, and containment, and we'll work on them in that order." He stated as he watched me, Mito also watching my free hand intently. "First, you must spin your chakra in multiple directions at once. It took a week for Jiraiya and Kakashi to get this down correctly so don't worry if you don't-"
The water balloon burst.
"…done."
"Yo~Ru!" Mito stated as the water sprayed all over us.
Minato looked on blankly. "I see…" he then coughed and schooled his expression. Well it seems like you got this step down easily, you must be a natural, good job." He stated while continuously nodding his head.
"The next step?"
"Ahh right!" Minato stated as he gave me a rubber ball. "The next step is power and for this step, you have to increase the volume and density of the chakra you output. It took Jiraiya over a month and Kakashi even more so to get this part dow-"
The rubber ball exploded.
"…Done."
"Yo~Ruuu!" Mito stated as she covered her ears from the deafening sound.
"…"
Minato looked at the scraps of rubber around the floor absentmindedly.
"The final step?"
He snapped out of his daze and shakily reached for the regular air-filled balloon before handing it to me. "T-the final step is c-containment. Y-You have to combine the first two steps into a c-contained sphere and prevent the balloon from popping or moving. Jiraiya and Kakashi-"
That balloon remained still as I felt my chakra form into a contained sphere of rotational energy. The balloon did not even move an inch as I completed the technique.
Ping!
Congratulations! You have learned [Rasengan]!
Rasengan (Active) Lvl 1 [50.00%]
The Rasengan is a spinning ball of chakra formed and held in the palm of the user's hand and does not require hand seals to perform. It does, however, require extremely refined chakra control, something that very few ninjas naturally possess. Once it is formed, it also does not require any additional chakra to sustain it, which means that there is no definite limit to how long the Rasengan can be maintained.
Range: Requires Physical Contact
Damage: 100% ENGY
Cost: 3000 CP
It seemed as if Minato had regained his bearings as he gave me a light smile and patted my shoulder. "It's ok if you don't get it the first time Yoru, but I want you to at least try your best. We all learn from our failures you know."
I gave him an odd look. "…What are you talking about? I already completed the technique."
He froze, "…What?"
I gave Mito the unharmed balloon and she gladly took it. With my right hand now free, I combined all the lessons that Minato had taught me into one. My chakra began to spiral and come together before a small ball of energy was formed that rotated in all directions. The ball grew to size before it covered my entire palm and a little more. "…I'm all set."
Minato stood there, stock still as he looked at my Rasengan. I could feel him go through a variety of emotions before he hung his head as a cloud of depression encompassed him. "I-I'm going to get some air."
Saying so, the trudged out of his lair leaving me inside.
"Yo~Ru, why is Papa sad?"
"Who knows." I replied as I watched him leave. "Well, Whatever…" I thought as I looked around his lair before my gaze landed upon his notes for the Flying Thunder God Technique. Now, between Fuuinjutsu experts there was an unspoken rule that you couldn't steal the original works of another master without his/her consent (or unless he/she was dead) especially if you were allies.
Didn't mean I couldn't use it as a reference.
With that, I quickly committed the information and notes Minato had on the Flying Thunder God Technique to memory. Even though Kushina strictly forbade me from going anywhere near spacetime techniques for very sound reasons, I got the strange feeling that I would need this in the future. It was a nagging feeling, so I decided to listen to it since the worst that could happen would be that it came to pass.
With that, I exited the shed and made sure to close it behind me before reentering Minato and Kushina's main house. As I entered the kitchen, across the hall I could see Kushina with her hands on her hips, looking up the stairwell in exasperation.
"Mi-na-to! Why are you acting like this?! First, you disappear into your shed for 2 days and when you finally come back, you disappear into your room. What is going on?!"
"I don't want to talk about it!"
Kushina's eyes twitched, "Now you listen here-!"
"Mama~!" Mito yelled.
Kushina faltered before her expression softened slightly as she turned towards us. "Mama's here." She stated as she walked forward and plucked Mito from my grasp, causing the little girl to giggle.
Kushina smiles before her expression turned annoyed. "What exactly is going on with that man?" She turned towards me with narrowed eyes, "You know something don't you?"
"…He was teaching me a new technique as a birthday present, but after I successfully learned it, he became like that."
"There's definitely more to it than that…" she stated as she looked at me skeptically before sighing. "Well whatever, have something to eat. I'll go bring my useless husband some food."
I nodded my head as Kushina created a clone and had it carry food before they disappeared upstairs. I watched them leave before turning my gaze towards the food and taking a bowl of steamed rice and nato before taking another bowl of miso soup. I added some grilled fish to my menu with some salad before setting them down on the table.
"Thank you for the meal." I thought before digging in.
"…Delicious."
After a delicious meal at the Namikaze-Uzumaki household, I made my way towards the Hokage's Building after hopping across the rooftops of the village. In but a moment, I arrived at my destination and landed down on the floor in front of the building.
I flashed the two guards my identification as they looked towards me and they nodded their heads before stepping to the side, yet I noticed that their faces were slightly red.
I tilted my head at the oddity and stepped into the building before making my way up to the Hokage's Office before coming across the secretary.
She must have heard my footsteps as she began to talk without looking up from her desk work, "Welcome. If you are looking for an appointment with the Hokage, you will have to wait for a while. He is in a meeting right now."
"Is that so? I do have some important information for him though." I stated.
The lady sighed, "Listen here-" she began as she looked up from her papers, but she paused as she saw me and her face began to turn red.
I blinked, "Are you alright?"
"S-so cute…"
"Ohh…" I thought. I had completely forgotten that I was actually this captivating without my face mask on.
The lady coughed, trying to regain some form of professionalism, yet her face remained red. "U-Umm, if what you say is true, t-then I suppose I can make an exception and let you in."
"…Thanks."
The lady nodded her head and bit her lips before standing up and opening the door. "P-please enter."
I nodded and entered the room, the secretary closing the door behind me. "Weird indeed…" I thought before turning around and facing forwards.
It was then that I noticed that the conference room was quiet as the visions of the 4 occupants concentrated their gazes towards me. I saw the Hokage, Danzo, and two other individuals who seemed to be around their age.
"Ohh? Who's the adorable child Hiruzen? I thought no one else was supposed to be here but us."
The Hokage nodded, "True Hotaru, I had advised my secretary that we would be in a meeting for a while." Saying so he turned towards me before blinking, "Yoru?"
I nodded.
The Hokage's cheeks were ever so dusted red as he coughed into his hand. "Huh…you look different without your mask."
"…Thank you."
It was at this point that Danzo looked at me with his one eye, "What is your purpose here Squirrel?"
I looked at the two new faces for a while and the Hokage have understood my glance as he stated, "They are my advisers Koharu and Homura, Whatever you would have told me would be known to them one way or another."
"I see." I stated before glancing at the Hokage, "Lord Hokage, over the last few years I've been developing a new medical technique with my mastery of Fuuinjutsu."
"Oh?" Homura stated as he looked at me with interest, "A child at your age has mastery over such an abstruse form of Jutsu?" He strokes his beard, "In war, the most useful techniques are the most destructive, what is it about your technique that would require you to obtain an audience with the Hokage itself?"
As everyone looked at me, I replied, "I can use it to regenerate lost body parts and heal anyone to full health as long as they are still alive."
The air stilled.
"Are you serious?" The Hokage asked, his expression tainted in seriousness.
I nodded my head in affirmation.
"Mouse!" The Hokage yelled, causing multiple forms to drop down in front of him. "Soundproof the room and bring me a disabled shinobi. Make sure they can't see."
"Yes, Lord Hokage!" He stated before vanishing.
"Squirrel." Danzo stated as he looked at me with his one eye. "Have you perfected it?"
"I tested it this morning on a limbless animal in the forest of death and it worked to my specifications." I replied.
Koharu looked at me in interest, "Requirements? Side effects?"
"The main requirement would be for the user to have good enough chakra control; at least an 8.5/10 and must have high proficiency in the Mystic Palm Technique." I began before continuing, "As for the side effect…" I looked at the Hokage, "The seal absorbs Natural Energy to power the technique and so in the case of regenerating limbs or healing large wounds, some parts of the target's wounds will turn to stone depending on how bad the user's chakra control is."
"So that's why you say they need good enough chakra control…" Homura muttered before asking. "Can anyone learn it? Restrictions?"
I thought for a moment. "That depends on what you mean by 'learn'. If you are asking if anyone can create the technique I would have to say that it probably won't be possible unless they are especially in Fuuinjutsu as an and even then they would need intimate knowledge on natural energy and its functions with years of practice."
The man looked at me skeptically, "Then how did you create it?"
"I'm that good."
"…"
I continued. "If you are asking if anyone can 'use' the technique, then yes, so long as I plant the formula for the seal I created on their person. There are no restrictions otherwise, aside from the ones I talked about earlier."
As they ruminated my words, Mouse came back with an individual in hand. The Anbu carefully placed the man with short black hair on the ground in front of me. The man had a missing leg, but to make his situation more tragic, both his eyes were heavily scarred making it so that he could not see.
The Hokage looked at Mouse oddly, "…When I asked that you bring me a shinobi that couldn't see, I expected you to blindfold them not search for a shinobi who was blind. If their eyes are healed, then what's the point of trying to keep my asset's identity safe?"
Mouse shuffled, "U-Um…Sorry!" He said with a bow.
Hiruzen waved him off. "Don't mind it, good work."
"Thank you, Lord Hokage!" He yelled before exiting the area.
The Hokage looked forward towards the man who had been kneeling on the ground in silence. "Tell me, what is your name?"
The man moved his head towards the Hokage from the sound of his voice. "Imagaki Uchiha, an anagram of my ancestor's name, Kagami Uchiha, Lord Hokage."
The old man nodded his head. "Tell me, if you were to gain your legs and your sight back, what would you do?"
I could sense some form of very vague hope filling the man before it disappeared as he immediately replied, "If by some chance I was to regain my ability to walk and see, I would…" he looked up to the Hokage, "My Body was lost for this village, I would continue to serve it till I died."
"Good answer!" The Hokage stated before continuing, "Then, how would you like to regain the full functionality of your body?"
Hope once more filled the man and he pressed his head to the ground, "I will serve this village for the rest of my life!"
The Hokage smiled before looking towards me and nodding his head.
I walked towards the man before placing my hands on the man's back and activating my Mystical Healing ability. The natural energy was gathered and filtered by the Natural Healing seal before being used to augment my Mystic Palm Technique.
My hands glowed a dark green color as the wounds on the man's body began to heal. First starting with his eyes, the damaged tissue fell off before fresh new skin formed on his eyelids.
"H-his eyes!" Koharu stated in wonder as the man's eyeballs began to reform.
I imagine that they started off as small nuggets before growing and eventually stopping after they grew to normal size eyeballs.
"His leg too…" Homura stated as he looked on in fascination.
The Uchiha's stump first split open causing the man to grunt and blood to flow out, but no sooner did the limb begin to reform. First, it slowly grew out new bones which grew in size until they became as large as an adult leg. Next, was the muscle that wrapped around the bone and became knit together tightly. Finally, skin reformed on the leg providing the Uchiha with a completely regrown limb.
Not only that, the leg skin was smooth and without blemish as if it was a newborn's. Furthermore, all the skin on the man's body seemed to glow as the dead skin fell and fresh skin regrew.
The man shakily stood up before inspecting his hands. "I can see!" He then began to move his legs "And my legs…!"
"Fascinating." Danzo stated as he inspected the man before asking, "How do you feel?"
The man froze as he looked around, noting the vision of the 4 people in front of him before he stood in a respectful manner. "My mobility has returned and so has my vision, furthermore-"
I couldn't see what he had done as I stood behind him, but Danzo supplied me with an answer, "Your Sharingan."
"Yes, my eyes are almost as good…no, even a little better than before." With that, he bowed deeply. "Thank you, elders, for restoring this lowly one's ability to walk and see. I promise I will serve this village for the rest of my days."
"Stand." The Hokage stated, "We are not the ones you should be bowing to."
"I know, however without your instruction I would still be in the hospital, wasting my days away." Saying so he offered another short bow. "I will not turn as to not compromise your identity, but I sincerely thank you for healing me."
I nodded my head and patted his back. If I spoke, he would easily figure that I was a child and while there were only about 18 people in this world who truly knew about my existence, it would be best to keep it that way.
"You are free to go, however-" Hiruzen began, a sharp glint in his eyes. "What happened here today is classified as an S-rank secret. If someone were to ask how you fully recovered, you are at most to reply that it was a newly developed experimental ninjutsu. Are we clear?"
"Yes, Lord Hokage." The man stated before bowing once more.
Hiruzen nodded. "Mouse, escort Imagaki back."
The Anbu with the mouse mask dropped down and nodded before placing a hand on the Uchiha's shoulder and vanishing from view.
"Yoru." The Hokage stated causing me to stand at attention. "For now I want you to keep that ability a secret for a while. I want you to demonstrate it to a few individuals so that they can appraise it."
"Alright, Lord Hokage."
He nodded, "Good, you are dismissed."
And so, with a short bow, I left the room.
3rd Person POV
Koharu waited until Yoru left the room before commenting. "What an interesting child. I'm quite interested to know about his origin."
Seeing Homura nod in agreement, Danzo explained. "From what I know, he is an orphan who was scouted by one of my previously inactive shinobi at the time. He showed high intellect and an incredible aptitude for chakra manipulation."
Homura raised a brow, "Is that all?"
Danzo paused at the question.
Seeing this the Hokage asked, "Danzo?"
The man in question closed his lone eye as he seemed to figure out how to explain before stating. "5 years ago, on this exact day, one of our shinobi returned to the village with a child in hand who seemed to be about 3 years of age. She had unfortunately lost her team and was badly injured, so she had decided to leave the child in one of our Orphanages in order to grieve and heal."
He paused before continuing. "Around that time I had approached her with the option of serving her village by using her exceptional sensory capabilities to protect our borders. She accepted but decided to work in the Orphanage where she had left the child as she felt marginally responsible for him, however, she began to realize something was wrong as he could not walk, talk, or do anything on his own. The child was like a blank slate that could only perform reflexive actions that even infants could perform such as breathing, blinking, sucking, among others."
Hiruzen put on a thoughtful expression. "Odd. Where exactly had she found him if I may ask?"
"Near the outskirts of the village, alone, with only leaves as covering. At least that was what I was told." Danzo answered. "There was nothing discernible about him save for his skin color and white hair possibly indicating a connection to someone in Kumo, but even then we couldn't be sure."
"Hmm." Koharu began with a thoughtful look. "a child like that would have been thought to have some sort of terrible illness. You wouldn't expect them to live for long especially on their own."
"That's precisely what the doctors had believed when they checked him, but he turned out fine. With about a year, that same shinobi who had brought him to the village was able to teach him how to read, walk and talk, strangely enough, though, he seems to have no recollection of that time according to her." Danzo supplied.
"Interesting…very interesting." Homura stated before chuckling. "Well, while he seems to have no past, he definitely has a future with his intelligence."
The Hokage nodded, "That's true. I look forward to what he will do in the future."
With everyone giving murmurs of agreement, Hiruzen continued with a serious expression. "Now then, let's get back to the other topic at hand." Saying so caused the air in the room to intensify. "Tell me Danzo, are your sources truly accurate?"
The man inclined his head. "I cross-checked with Jiraiya's intelligence network and there's no doubt."
"So it's come to this huh?" Hiruzen stated calmly.
Danzo nodded.
"Iwagakure is going to move its Jinchuuriki."
Why does Yoru not pull a Kirin or have the 2nd Hokage's skill in water manipulation? Well, he just got his water manipulation to 100% only a couple weeks prior to fighting Shiranami and Kirin has less to do with affinity and more to do with the environment. Yoru can also draw water from the atmosphere, but he's no where as good at it as the 2nd Hokage and it would make no sense for Yoru to be as skilled as Tobirma when he's much, much, much weaker than him.
I'll concede planet level but im trying not to scale toon high or the stats in my story will be too immense lol.
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