Chapter 30 1/2

'Normal Speech'

'Thoughts'

'Bijuu/Summons/Gamer/Techniques'

'Bijuu/Summons/Thoughts/Techniques'

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.

(P.S. Did you guys know I like fanfiction?)

Important note: I might do an epilogue chapter for next week so keep an eye out for that. In other news, over a year ago I was working on a smut filled DC comics/OC - Gamer story. I only wrote 12 chapters before I got tired of it lol. Anyway, since I never posted those chapter and since I'm going to be working on the second book of this story, I figured I could keep you men & women of culture entertained with that story if you were interested. I'll post 3 Chapters next week and then 1 chapter a week after that until I run out of chapters. There is no deep plot in the story but there is a lot of 'plot', so don't take it too seriously.

Chapter 30

Up ahead on the bare expanse of dirt and sand, Kabuto, Itachi, and I saw the congregation of a handful of teams and some Sunagakure chunin exam proctors who were checking off the teams who had passed or who had failed. In my right hand, I dragged along the corpse of the Sunagakure council member while his head hung low, face down towards the ground.

The approach of our team drew the attention of everyone present and caused the gaze of one of the proctors to instantly be fixed upon us. His brows furrowed slightly as he checked something on the scroll he had in hand for a moment before he stated, "Team 10…" he looked up at us. "Your emblem's signal went out for over 3 minutes 37 seconds. Regardless of the reason, you're disqualified."

I could feel that some people from the other teams were gleeful and relieved at that fact, while only a few people seemed somewhat concerned.

It was really only Mei and Samui.

"Is that so?" I stated as I stopped and looked up to him.

He frowned. "The rules were explained to you in detail. Do you have a problem?"

Instead of answering, I unceremoniously threw the corpse I was holding towards the ground near him. It flew in a parabola before landing face up on the ground with a thud.

The proctor furrowed his brows as he stared at me before he looked down.

His face froze.

Not only him, but the faces of the other proctors were also filled with terror and shock as they gazed upon the corpse.

"Isn't that…?" One of the other examiners began.

"Lord Yuura!" A voice that did not come from the proctors yelled out.

I turned to see Maki from her Sunagakure team run over towards the corpse before she leveled her heated glare towards me. "What did you do?!"

"What did I do?" I asked before I gestured towards the corpse. "How about, why did he come all the way over here to the exam site?" I stared at her. "Unless you want to suggest that I somehow left the exam's barrier unnoticed, traveled back to Sunagakure unnoticed, tracked down this guy, killed him, left the village unnoticed, and somehow re-entered the barrier unnoticed all in the span of the 3 minutes and 37 seconds that my team's emblem was offline?"

Her expression distorted.

"…You killed him?" The proctor asked.

"Well, I wasn't going to stand still while he tried to kill me and my team if that was what you were asking," I explained blandly. "Regardless of who it is if you come after me with murderous intent…you better be prepared to lose your life." I then looked to the distance for a moment before taking out my team's emblem. "Now then, reinstate my team."

He shook his head. "Even so, the rules are clear so I'm afraid I can't do that. I can, however, take up your case to-"

"Bullshit." I stared him right in the eyes. "It's abundantly clear that Sunagakure is running a pretty dirty chunin exam, what with one of their esteemed council members attacking a team of genin during the exams they were hosting. Curious how he found us in such a large area in such a short period of time…It's almost as if he knew where we were." I concluded as I twirled the emblem on my hands. That was most likely how they kept track of the teams here. Since the emblem had a mechanism that allowed the barrier to know when one of the signals disappeared, it was likely they could track us through it as well.

The proctor's eyes narrowed. "Be careful who you insult, kid."

"And you should be careful who you threaten, scum."

My eyes turned slit as my body instantly molded senjutsu chakra, however, I didn't absorb it. Instead, I utilized the senjutsu chakra in conjunction with my Yin Release: Spiritual Pressure in order to create a visual representation of my killing intent that everyone in my immediate vicinity could see.

For everyone around me, the worked seemed to turn dark as all they could see was me and the manifestation of my killing intent which was represented in the form of giant white snakes coiling around my body.

I could see the proctor's eyes widen as the snake almost seemed to physically wrap around his body, causing his breathing to become stagnant. He saw the face of the giant illusion snake up close, its mouth opened wide exposing the thick long fangs within that were dripping with venom.

His pupils constricted.

Before…

"Stop!"

A voice said from the distance.

I instantly dropped the Spiritual Pressure illusion causing the man to drop down as he gasped for air.

I looked up and ahead to see a man riding on a golden cloud of dust who was followed behind by a few more shinobi who all had powerful chakra signatures. One of them, however, was more notable than the rest…

"Sensei!" Maki yelled at she looked at Pakura who was following behind the Kazekage.

She was a fair-skinned woman with pupiless brown eyes. She had green hair that she tied in a bun on top of her head with a hair needle running through it and one short and long strands of hair with orange tips framing each side of her face. She acknowledged Maki with a smile and nod before her gaze turned serious as she looked at the corpse of Yuura then at me.

"Lord Kazekage." The proctor said in relief as he slowly stood up to the ground and bowed.

The man in question lowered himself from the clouds with a frown on his face as he looked at Yuura's corpse. "Yuura had requested and obtained access and information pertaining to the chunin exam. Moments later, the 3 Anbu units guarding his home while he was present were found murdered. There was no evidence of forced entry and adding to the fact the information he had obtained…I thought it prudent to come here in person as soon as possible."

"Then that means…" Maki began as she looked at the corpse. "Lord Yuura…he was-"

"A traitor." Pakura finished as she looked at the corpse apathetically. "There's no need to refer to someone like him with honorifics."

While Maki remained silent, Pakura looked up to the Kazekage who nodded to her and looked back down at the proctors. "We'll take the corpse back to the village, so you can continue with the exams. As for you…" he stated as he turned to look at me. "Do not assault my subordinates. Are we understood?"

"Why don't you keep your rabid dogs on a tighter leash?" I asked back. "It would be a pity if they had to be put down because they didn't do what they were supposed to."

Everyone's expression changed.

At this moment, a crushing pressure descended upon me as the Kazekage stared at me emotionlessly, his fury churning. "You will not disrespect me in my territory." He said as his pupils shrank dangerously. "Are. We. Clear?"

Ahh, I remembered something like this.

It was similar to the Pressure I had sensed from the Hokage all those years ago. If I had to compare them though, even based on the fact that I had only felt a little bit of Hiruzen's, I would have to say that the Third Hokage's intent was much more impactful than the Fourth Kazekage's.

That being said.

"I apologize," I said with a bow before I straightened myself and looked him in the eye. "It's just that we were unjustly targeted by an outside force and got eliminated, so I let my emotions get the best of me." I sighed. "I just think it sucks that we can't get reinstated into the chunin exams even though the fault is clearly not our own."

From the corner of my eye, I could see the Procter twitch.

Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage, looked at me for a moment longer and closed his eyes for a second before he opened them and turned to the proctor. "Reinstate their team. The fault of this incident is one of our own, so I will take responsibility."

"Yes, Lord Kazekage."

Rasa then nodded and covered the corpse in a cocoon of gold sand before he levitated into the air. Pakura and the other two shinobi (Who I didn't care to find out about) followed suit as they stepped on the golden dust clouds formed by the Kazekage. In just a moment, all the individuals who had arrived (and one golden coffin) flew out into the sky and disappeared in the distance.

The proctor watched them leave before he turned back his gaze towards me and picked up his scroll. "Due to extenuating circumstances, your team's emblem will be reinstated and you will be allowed to participate in the next stage of the exam. Any questions? Good." He said before any one of us could even say anything.

I think he was still mad about the whole killing intent thing.

The proctor turned around to face the remaining teams, likely noting that everyone was here. "Because the first portion of the exam ended so quickly, I will now explain to you the second portion of the exam."

Everyone peeled up and paid attention.

The proctor continued. "The second portion of this exam could possibly factor in a lot of abilities that you'll need as shinobi ranging from espionage to torture and interrogation."

I barely paid attention as my mind traveled elsewhere.

"Now, there are ten teams remaining, meaning that there are 30 of you left." He began to explain. "Each team has a single emblem." An emblem appeared in his hands as he continued. "The main goal of this part of the exam is for each individual to secure one emblem."

The atmosphere suddenly changed and I could hear the hearts of people quicken.

"During the second part of the exam, you and your team will remain in Sunagakure. A barrier similar to the one used here will be placed in the village with the rules of the first exam remaining almost unchanged: If you break the emblem or lose the emblem, your team will be disqualified. Now, however…" he paused as his emblem disappeared in a puff. "You will be allowed to keep them in any storage mechanism you desire and so you will not need to be worried about your emblem's signal disappearing. The only thing that matters is that you are able to present whatever emblem you have before the time limit."

He scanned around. "Each of you will have one week to gain an emblem for yourselves using any all and all means necessary granted that you do not cause harm to the village and its people. The entirety of Sunagakure will be your testing grounds, so if you are caught leaving the village during this time period, you will be disqualified. Anything other than that is fair game. Remember, each individual in a team needs to have one emblem in order to pass. If only one member of the team had an emblem, only he/she will be able to go to the next round."

This was devious.

A team could very well split apart if whoever the supposed leader was decided to keep ahold of the team's emblem, forcing the other two members of the team to search out for other teams and steal their emblems. What was worse was that even if you did manage to find a member of an opposing team, there was no guarantee that they had the emblem and you might just end up fighting or torturing them for nothing.

I soon noticed that a good portion of the groups were now on edge as they made to keep a distance from each other while the team captains prudently guarded their team's emblems. Every individual was on edge and was looking at everyone else as enemies, even those from the same teams were being looked at with untrustworthy eyes.

Perhaps seeing the teams already on edge, the proctor finalized, "Because of the nature of this next exam and due to certain…circumstances-" he briefly glanced my way. "The second portion of the chunin exams will start after a grace period lasting up until tomorrow at 12:00 A.M. This should give you and your team sufficient time to prepare. Any individual who tries to attack another team during this grace period will have the emblem they obtained rendered void and useless. Whatever happens between teams, however, is not something that we can manage…" he stared at each team with hidden amusement. "That is all."

With that, he looked at the other proctors and they nodded and got into a formation surrounding us before flipping through a few handseals. In but a moment, I could sense chakra flowing through the ground beneath us before we were reversed summoned back to where we came from.

The other teams quickly split as soon as they arrived while the teams that had failed left somberly.

However, my current foul mood had nothing to do with this situation. I held onto Itachi and Kabuto before using Amenotokotachi to teleport us back to our place of dwelling.

With a sigh, I sat on the edge of the living room couch and took out the emblem before levitating it absentmindedly, the piece of metal slowly spinning around in front of me.

Numerous thoughts were floating through my mind.

"…How long have you known?" Itachi asked, breaking the tense silence.

Such a question without context may have seemed to be too vague for an answer, but I knew precisely what he was asking. "It's been close to 3 years now."

He frowned. "And you didn't say anything to anyone?"

"What was there to say?" I asked. "I didn't want his memory to be forever tarnished…at the very least, I could do that for her."

Rin.

I cared enough about her that I didn't want to know how she would react if she found out that her thought-to-be-dead-kind-of-an-ex-boyfriend tried to destroy the village and murder everyone present, she included.

The silence grew between us, the only audible sound being that of the wind being picked up by the floating spinning emblem above my palm.

"Then…" Kabuto finally spoke as he asked sincerely. "What are we going to do?"

The emblem stopped spinning and hovered over my palm.

"You two are doing nothing," I stated before turning my previously absent-minded gaze to Kabuto. "This is a problem that I'll deal with on my own…permanently." I looked down and clenched my fist, my bones cracking in response.

Itachi's expression tightened.

Kabuto's was hidden behind the glare of his glasses as he looked down slightly.

The emblem dropped to my palm.

"Don't look so down. Here." I said as I flicked the emblem at Kabuto.

With a gaze of mild surprise, he deftly caught it before looking back at me. "What…?"

"I'm done with this farce," I stated as I stood up from the couch. "Obito ruined my mood and now he's become a much bigger problem than I had initially bargained for…I don't have the heart to play around in this faux exam anymore."

Itachi's eyes widened. "Then, you…"

"I'm done," I said before I closed my eyes for a moment and focused. I then took out a scroll and jotted down some information on it before handing it to Itachi. "Those are the locations of the chakra signatures of the remaining teams. Pick a team and scout them out. I know you'll be able to secure one of these emblems for the finals."

"…Do you expect me to simply continue along as if nothing occurred?"

I shook my head. "It would look bad if two Konoha shinobi quit for no reason. I'll deal with my problem, you and Kabuto deal with yours. I trust you both will be able to dominate this thing anyway."

Itachi put down the scroll.

Kabuto remained mute.

"Get some rest you two," I stated. "Even though this day just started…it feels like it's been going on forever." I walked towards my room and opened its door. "Win this thing, will you?"

I closed it behind me.

-Yoru: Gamer-

The day passed and night quickly came.

Yoru sat on the bed in his room in thought and stared blankly at the wall across the room.

Numerous things crossed his mind…

Suddenly, his eyes regained focus.

His gaze perfunctory, Yoru stood up.

"Levia, keep yourself hidden."

The snake in question hissed in affirmation and shortened her body before hiding inside Yoru's shirt.

With that, using his ID skills, Yoru vanished from the room and appeared outside Sunagakure on one of the mountains behind it which served as part of the village's natural border and defense. At its summit, Yoru sat still for a while and closed his eyes in wait.

Space fluctuated in a spiraling fashion a few meters ahead of Yoru. Out of the distortion came a man about an inch taller than him who was wearing an orange mask with black tiger-like stripes running across it. He crossed his arms as he stood, the wind causing his long black spiky hair to wave.

This was the first time Yoru had seen the Masked Man in nearly 3 years, so he gave him an appraising glance. "You've grown into a big boy now haven't you…Obito?"

To Yoru's mild surprise, his empathetic ability could pick up no sign of distress or emotional turmoil from the Masked Man despite his identity having been revealed. He merely placed his hand on his mask and moved to take it off.

"You were always too intelligent…Yoru." Obito stated as his mask fully came off. "And now, you've become more of a nuisance to me."

Yoru's gaze tightened immensely as he gazed upon the perfect unblemished face of the Uchiha. Both of Obito's irises were red as three tomoe were positioned around his pupil, his impassive gaze facing Yoru. There were no scars denoting any kind of evidence that half of his body had been crushed under a boulder. What was more serious to Yoru, however, was that he could still sense Hashirama's chakra signature on him, however, it now felt fully integrated into Obito's own signature.

"Hashirama's cells?" Yoru asked directly.

Obito chuckled. "Ahh, if only it had been that simple. I truthfully have only you to thank." Seeing Yoru frown, Obito continued. "After all, if not for your ability to regrow lost appendages and heal old scars, I would have never been able to make a full recovery."

Yoru's eyes widened. "How…?"

"The kill switch made it really tricky you know," Obito stated as he touched his hand to his face. "But there are ways to make people do what you want without forcing them."

His fist clenched, Yoru stared directly into Obito's eyes. "I'm going to kill you."

"Well, isn't that a coincidence?" Obito stated as his eyes began to morph, his tomoe forming into stretched triangles evenly spaced around the pupil that each curved at the top around the eye, making it similar to a pinwheel. "My feelings towards you are precisely the same."

A cyan-blue ethereal skeleton leisurely began to form around Obito.

His gaze sharp, a white shroud of chakra slowly began to cover Yoru, scales slowly appearing on his form.

"What is your goal?" Yoru asked.

"To create a world where everyone can live out their dreams," Obito replied simply. "That's all."

Yoru's brows furrowed. "And trying to attack Minato and Kushina while letting a tailed beast loose in Konoha factored in how exactly into this grand goal of yours?"

"You all would definitely become my biggest obstacle in completing my plan," Obito stated. "I'd rather not have to deal with you if I could help it."

"Your goal sounds more like a children's fairy tale."

"Oh, I assure you." Obito's stated with a grin. "It's very conceivable and highly possible to complete."

The energy being released from the two colossal forces of the shinobi world caused the winds to churn and the clouds above to vortex in a spiraling fashion reminiscent of a hurricane. The land of Sunagakure trembled in their presence as a giant cyan-blue humanoid avatar formed behind Obito while a similarly sized white incorporeal snake-like avatar actualized around Sage Yoru and cast its gleaming golden eyes at the Susanoo.

Lightning flashed across the sky above as the titans stared each other down.

"Have you ever heard of the legend of Susanoo and Yamato no Orochi?" Obito asked in amusement but seeing Sage Yoru simply look at him imperiously, he sighed, "This side of you is no fun, however…" He grinned as he cast an eager gaze at Yoru. "I'm going to enjoy our dance!"

Sage Yoru narrowed his eyes.

"Unfortunately…That will have to wait." Obito stated somewhat regretfully as his Susanoo avatar disappeared. "It turns out that making the Tsuchikage give two people his village's kinjutsu doesn't sit well with their council members, especially when one of them is a rebellious kid and the other one is well… dead." He looked at Yoru helplessly as he emphasized that last part. "Maybe I should take a page from your book and kill them all…that was you right?"

The giant white serpentine avatar behind Yoru hissed dangerously at Obito causing the Uchiha to smile. "I know that despite how you act when you're like this, you wouldn't want to kill your close friend, would you? A battle between us would completely decimate this city…" his grin widened. "And nothing would be able to stop us."

Sage Yoru closed his eyes for a moment before his energy shroud, horns, scales, and golden slitted pupils disappeared. "Why did you call me out? My night was going splendidly until you decided to flare your chakra."

"Of course it's to tell you where I'm going to kill you," Obito stated matter of factually. "And you're going to readily visit your grave…that's just who you are."

Yoru's glare intensified.

Obito put on his mask before spacetime fluctuated in a spiraling fashion on the mask's right eye hole. "In a few days, I'll be taking a lovely trip around the Valley of the End…I believe our dance there will rewrite its history. Wouldn't you agree?"

The spiral fluctuation of space encompassed Obito before he vanished.

Yoru looked at the place he had disappeared from for a moment…

"He's kind of a dick."

Levia popped her head out of Yoru's shirt and hissed in agreement.

Yoru shook his head and vanished back to his room with his ID skills.

-Yoru: Gamer-

For the next couple of days, throughout the night, I sat in concentration in my room, utilizing Hyperfocus to mentally sort and compare all my skills. Numerous attack plans and skill possibilities flashed through my mind as I searched for the most effective methods in my arsenal with which to put Obito down.

One problem, however, kept popping up in my mind…

How could Obito cheat death?

I remembered Obito saying something about "costing him an eye", so it was probably safe to assume that he lost his dojutsu's capabilities after cheating death but…"How the hell does it work?"

Looking out of my room's window, I noted that it was around late afternoon. I looked down on my lap to see Levia coiled up, peacefully sleeping. I picked her up and put her on my head before getting off my bed and walking to the room next door. After a few knocks, the door clicked and opened, showcasing Itachi Uchiha who was behind.

Itachi looked up at me curiously. "Yoru…It's been a while. What do you need?"

"Can your bullshit eyeballs cheat death?" I asked, getting straight to the point.

Itachi's expression became grave.

"I'll take that as a yes," I said with a sigh. "When I fought Obito last time, he played this card and nearly killed me…" I obviously left out the fact that I had actually died and that I too could cheat death…that detail wasn't important. "I need to know it's limits and possible counters."

Itachi left his room and closed the door behind him. "Izanagi…after a sharingan user sacrifices his eye, he will be able to cheat death continuously for a set period of time…it casts an illusion over reality itself, allowing the user control over what is and is not real for as long as Izanagi is active. They can negate any injuries they receive or even their deaths. After that, they will be rendered blind in the sacrificed eye and will no longer have access to their sharingan with it." Itachi sighed. "My father told me stories about how members of my clan abused it until a counter for the technique-Izanami-was created to punish those who abused Izanagi."

I ran my hands through my hair in exasperation. "And I'm guessing only an Uchiha can use that technique?"

Itachi nodded.

I exhaled loudly. "Your clan's eyes make no fucking sense. First, you can summon a gigantic avatar to fight for you out of nowhere and now you can also make reality your bitch?" I looked at him and shook my head. "Such bullshit."

"…But it all comes at a price." Itachi stated softly. "Every ability we gain costs us something…something that we'll likely never get back."

I paused and looked at the Uchiha deeply. "Thank you, Itachi…at least I have some more information in my belt."

"…Why are you trying to do this alone?" He asked seriously. "You're not the only one who has people they want to protect."

I smiled lightly. "You still have that dream of stopping all war between the nations?"

Itachi's eyes widened.

I patted his head. "There's no need to sacrifice yourself in this battle…just stay home and protect your mother for me."

Itachi had remained quiet until that last part, after which he slapped my hand off his head. "You don't need to tell me."

"I don't forget what I promised you that day," I said as I turned away from him. "Just thought I'd let you know."

"…You sound like you're going to be away for a while."

"Yeah well…" I began with a short exhale. "After I do what I need to do, Minato will be able to find the biggest clue." I looked back at Itachi. "After that, I think I'll need to give him and Kushina some space after."

"…What clue?" Itachi asked. "And what are you going to do?"

I shook my head. "There's no need to worry about it now. Your dad will probably know when it happens and you'll hear about it then." I said as I turned away to walk out the door. "Just remember to win this and finally become a chunin."

"Where are you going?"

"For a drink," I said.

With that, I left the building and breathed out heavily before beginning to traverse the village. I noted how dense the activity around Sunagakure still was as he walked around. Soon after, I found himself in front of a bar with a signboard of a scorpion hanging above.

"Scorpion's Poison Huh…this should have the strongest shit."

I entered the establishment and walked towards the counter. Probably due to the fact that I appeared much older than I actually was, many people only gave me a fleeting glance. Though, there were a good amount of individuals who were looking at me with some peculiar gazes…

I was sure it wasn't because of my bounty this time because the people here didn't even have that much chakra and were all most likely civilians. What use would they even have for a Bingo Book?

It was definitely because I was handsome

The bartender paused as he stared at me for a moment before he raised a brow. "Is your pet snake going to cause any trouble?"

Oh…that's why.

I took Levia off my head and placed her in my shirt. "Just get me some shit."

"Anything in particular…?" The man asked questioningly.

I shook my head. "As long as it burns."

The bartender placed down the cup he was cleaning and looked at me deeply for a moment before he nodded in understanding. "Coming right up. Just don't get too rowdy when you've had too much to drink else I'll have to kick you out."

I chuckled lightly. "Believe me, my body can never have too much to drink."

The man scoffed and turned around before grabbing a bottle of hard liquor from his cabinet and pouring it into the cleaned shot glass. "Sure thing kid. Don't let me find you passed out drunk or puking in my bar."

I grabbed the glass and downed it in one gulp, feeling the scorching alcohol slide down my throat for a moment before the feeling completely disappeared. It was more than likely that Gamer's Body either treated this stuff as toxins or simply metabolized alcohol too quickly for me to get drunk.

I raised the glass and placed it down on the counter. "Another."

The man raised his brows before chuckling lightly. "That was one of my strongest ones and you didn't even flinch." He then took my glass and handed me the bottle. "You seem like you'll need it."

"Thanks," I said raising it to him before taking a few chugs of the burning liquid. "It's tastes terrible…how can people do this so often."

The man shrugged and began wiping the counter. "It reminds them of how their life feels but it makes it numb."

"Hm," I said before chugging more alcohol. Even though I couldn't get drunk, getting slightly buzzed for the briefest of moments wasn't out of the question.

"Stupid Obito making things difficult…why couldn't he just stay dead…"

With that, I took another sip.

And another.

And another…

Until the bottle was finished.

I eyed the hole of the empty bottle and sighed. "Can I get another one?"

The bartender blinked a few times and slowly handed me another one.

"Cheers," I said as I told another sip.

"Fucking Obito with his stupid fancy eyes."

And another…

"He thinks he's the shit with his dumb Susanoo and his bullshit intangibility…"

And another.

"And now, I'm going to have to kill him."

Suddenly, behind me, the doors to the pub opened.

The pub instantly became silent.

Even the bartender straightened his posture.

The sound of heels clanking against wooden floors echoed throughout the establishment as an individual made their way over to my direction.

I paused the bottle midway to my mouth and placed it down on the counter as the person in question sat down beside me. I didn't need to look to know who it was since I could remember their chakra signature.

"Hmm, what's the strongest drink you have?" A charming voice sounded out next to me.

The bartender looked between me and her before saying, "Well, it would be the one he has in his hands…"

"Is that so?" The voice said before its owner turned towards me. "You mind sharing a little?"

I took another gulp and placed the small bottle on the table before sliding it over. "What brings someone like you here, Mei?"

Mei smiled and took a sip with her bright red lips before she licked them. "Let's see…a couple of days ago I met this guy who I found pretty interesting. We talked for a bit and I thought we had a decent thing going until he decided to ghost me for a couple of days." She said as he lightly swirled the small bottle in her hands.

The bartender raised a brow as he looked at me as if saying, "Really?" Before he shook his head and went on to continue cleaning his station.

I gave him a dry look before sighing. "I don't have much of an excuse, it's just that something annoying came up during the exams and it's been putting me off ever since." I turned to look at her. "How did you find me here?"

Mei crossed her legs as she continued to swirl the bottle. "Your adorable little friend told me that I would be able to find you in one of these places. What was his name again…Itachi" She placed the bottle down and smiled. "I got lucky that it didn't take me too long to find you. Now tell me, what's bothering you. I was told your mood was quite sour and by the fact that you're here, it must be really bad."

I took the bottle and looked inside at its contents. "Let's just say that a ghost recently came back to haunt me and I'm preparing to exorcise it."

She looked at me with a raised brow. "Uhuh…"

I smiled as I took a swig from the bottle before sighing. "Basically, I met an old acquaintance who I thought was dead. Turns out he's alive and he wants to kill me for reasons that I can't really talk about."

Mei raised her brows and blinked a few times before chuckling a little. "Wow, that's rough…I'm sorry to hear. How close were you?"

"Close enough that I could barely consider him a friend."

"From the way you're acting, it sounds like he was more than just barely your friend," Mei stated as she took the bottle from my hand. "You seem to really not want to confront him."

I shook my head. "No, I'll have no issue killing him."

She blinked. "Oh…"

"It's just…" I paused and looked up at the ceiling. "The aftermath…it's going to send me away for a bit." I sighed. "But there's a lot of people I'm going to miss here and…there's a few things I haven't even been able to experience yet." I said before I took back the bottle and gulped it down.

Mei placed a finger on her lips in interest, "Like what?"

"Well, I've never been to school," I said with a chuckle.

"Really?" She said before she placed her hand on mine and brought down the bottle to the table. "What else?"

I pursued my lips. "Well, I've never been to a party…"

"Bummer," Mei said softly as she slowly trailed her hand up my arm. "But is there anything that you really really want to experience but just haven't had the opportunity to?"

I tapped my finger on the table in thought…

-Yoru: Gamer-

The door to Mei's room was slammed open, inviting two aggressively tangled bodies into its confines. Lips were sealed and re-sealed together as Yoru and Mei's mouths fiercely battled against each other.

Near reflexively, Yoru used Magnet release to manipulate the door handle and shut it behind him. As their clothes began to fall off, Yoru picked her up and pushed Mei up against the wall before sucking on her neck.

Her legs wrapped around him, she tightly grabbed the back of Yoru's hair and moaned at his touch before she bit her lip softly as his hands roamed up her sides.

Yoru then sat on the bed, Mei on top of him, as he began to run his hands up her finely toned body before he felt her soft orbs of flesh and squeezed.

She moaned as they kissed while she ground her hips against his, causing Yoru's excitement to visibly elevate.

His eyes glowed as he located all of Mei's weak points before he slipped his fingers into her wet canal. The thing about the weak points found by Deconstructive Analysis was that while they hurt immensely if they were targeted aggressively, as long as they were stimulated with just the right amount of pressure and chakra…

Mei's eyes widened as her body suddenly shuddered and her lower half clamped tightly on Yoru's finger before she gave a short scream. Like a dam had burst, her lower lips expelled fluids all over the bed for moments that to her felt like an eternity.

As she slumped slightly, Yoru overturned their positions and stood atop her, Mei's body facing up. His eyes remained glowing as Yoru scanned her body and noted her labored breath, every inhale and exhale causing her ample chest to heave. "You are truly beautiful."

Through her blurry gaze, Mei smiled at him before gently running her hand through the side of Yoru's face. "Then, what are you waiting for?"

Yoru smiled. "I fucking love you Itachi."

This was bound to be a long night.

As for where Levia was in all this…

-Yoru: Gamer-

Itachi sat on the edge of his room's window and looked up to the full moon sky before a small smile graced his lips. "If you're here, it must have worked out." He said as he looked down on his lap

Levia opened one of her eyes and hissed before closing them.

Itachi petted Levia's scales. "…I wish I could understand what you were saying."

-Yoru: Gamer-

I slowly sat up from the bed and looked to my right where Mei was sleeping with a peaceful blush on her face.

I looked out at the sky and noted that it was almost midnight.

I sighed lightly.

It was a dick move for a guy to just up and leave a woman without notice after spending the night in her company, but there was something I needed to do.

That being said, I would at least leave her something.

I took out a piece of paper from my handy dandy Inventory and wrote down a short note before I placed it on the side of the bed.

Of course, this alone wasn't going to be enough.

I needed to leave her with something memorable…

A thought came to mind

"Hmm…this should be interesting."

I first formed a hollow flower of ice through Ice Release before I filled it with lava from Lava Release, creating a glowing crystal flower filled with lava. The intense light from the molten lava and the crystalline structure of the ice flower created a picturesque light show that illuminated the room like a disco ball except…better.

I placed a few seals on it to prevent the lava from solidifying and to prevent the ice from melting. They were formed from my energy, after all, so I could at least do this much. With that, I folded the paper note and placed the flower inside so that the light show wouldn't wake her up.

I then looked at her gorgeous face and parted a few strands of her hair before I kissed her deeply. She moaned and subconsciously responded to my affection causing my lower body to get active again.

"Fucking Gamer's Body…" I thought as I regretfully separated from her. Even though we had gone several rounds, my body literally did not get exhausted. It was like I was automatically replenished after each "burst".

"First you don't let me die from getting my organs painfully torn out, then you prevent me from getting drunk, and now you give me an everlasting case of blue balls every time I get some…" I thought with irritation as I entered an Empty ID so that I wouldn't disturb Mei as I got out of the bed.

I put on some henge clothing before I hit into my thumb and drew a line of blood across the coiling snake tattoo on my right wrist.

I slapped my palm on my wrist.

Kuchiyose!

In a puff of smoke, Levia appeared on my wrist.

Since ID's were basically just superimposed mirror realities, they were connected so it didn't block me from summoning Levia if I needed to.

She looked at me and hissed.

I nodded. "I am all set here, girl. Just a few more stops before we get on our way."

She coiled around me and rested on my shoulder before licking my face.

I scratched her head. "Don't worry about me, I'll get over it. How are Itachi and Kabuto?"

hisss

"Good," I replied with a nod. "They deserve the rest."

With that, I left the room and looked to the sky before rocketing off into the air. My body quickly catapulted through the sky as I traveled back to Konoha through my ID. It took me a little while before I could see the village in the distance.

Because of the existence of the spacetime barrier surrounding Konoha, even if I entered the village on foot while inside my ID, as soon as I tried to escape the ID, the spatial fluctuations would cause the barrier to throw me out. Therefore, I landed on the ground and exited the ID.

There were very few back entrances to the village that only a handful of high ranking individuals knew about. They were mostly used in emergencies hence why I never bothered to use them…until now of course.

Using such an entrance located a few miles off the East gate of the village, I arrived within Konoha. Like a ghost, I rapidly traveled through the village before I arrived upon my apartment complex.

Using my stealth skills, I went into my teacher's apartment and snuck past her traps before going into her room. Seeing her sleeping peacefully, I simply gave her a kiss on her forehead before I disappeared out of the room and the complex.

Everything up till now had basically started with her. She was kind of like a big sister to me in a way.

I looked up again at the sky for a brief instant before I moved to stealthily traverse across the village. I soon came across the Uzumaki-Namikaze household and stood at the front door. I could sense that Kushina's chakra signature was stable and fluctuations rhythmically, indicating that she was sleeping. Minato was still at the Hokage Office most likely doing his Hokage duties.

Opening the door with my chakra signature, I went into the house and quietly made my way up to Mito's room to find her sleeping there with the necklace I had made her around her neck. I hovered over her form for a beat before I gently picked her up, making sure to keep her from waking up.

"She's so adorable when she sleeps…"

PD!

In a flash, I appeared inside the vast white expanse of my personal dimension. From my inventory, I took out a ceremonial altar in the center of which was a bed that I placed her on.

I gently stroked her hair, causing her to shuffle slightly.

This little munchkin was sleeping in a fetal position…

So damn cute.

I sighed. "For these past few years, I've been thinking about what I wanted to do with you…Matatabi." I turned around to look at the giant blue flaming cat creature that was laying on the ground and looking at me somewhat expectantly while waving her tails.

"Please, anything could be better than staying here…it's just so boring and empty." She said before she slightly peeled up as she tilted her head to look at Mito. "Are you going to seal me in that little thing?"

I nodded. "You don't sound too unwilling."

The cat yawned, showing off its fangs. "Killing you would probably just trap me here and there's also the question if I would even be able to. Even besides that…" the cat rested her chin on the back of her paws. "Hashirama caught me during one of my decade long cat naps…point is that I don't really do much out in the wild. As a matter of fact, I've found my human hosts much more interesting than anything I could do alone. What is that phrase you all use? Curiosity killed the cat?"

She happily wagged her tails.

Huh…

"I'm still surprised about how you've been taking Yugito's death."

"You humans die all the time." The cat began. "I loved Nii, I really did, always trying to prove herself and everything, but something like this was bound to happen. You all seem to have some kind of sick fascination with killing each other, but that is also part of what I find interesting about you all."

This was going much smoother than I thought it would.

I raised both my brows. "…You're much different than that ape."

"Son?" She questioned with a bored yawn. "He had a few moments of freedom before he got himself sealed inside a baby of all creatures…That arrogant monkey had it coming." She laughed derisively. "I wonder how crappy he feels now that he's stuck in the body of a creature so weak…hahaha, his pride must be shattered."

I watched her for a moment before my expression softened.

I could empathetically sense that she had no true ill feelings…just true curiosity.

"Protect her for me," I asked. "I'm going to be out for a while."

Matatabi perked up. "This is a first." She began as she appraised me. "I've always ever been sealed inside a human to be used to hurt other individuals…I've never been sealed to protect something." Saying so, she stood up and walked closer towards me before laying down only a few feet away from Mito and me.

"Take care of her."

"I will…this kitten is much too adorable for me to lose."

"She is isn't she?" I said before I saw Mito's body begin to stir.

My eyes glowing, I sent chakra through her system and targeted the chakra centers in her brain, causing her to relax once more. I then placed my hand on Matatabi, idly noting that the flame covering her body was pretty hot and quite painful to the touch.

From our point of contact, rows of Fūinjutsu script spread throughout her body meanwhile, the Fūinjutsu formula for the Four Symbols Seal appeared on Mito's stomach. Soon red chakra was expelled from Matatabi and sucked into the seal causing her body to decrease in size until she was fully absorbed.

And then everything was silent.

I carefully picked Mito up and wrapped her with a blanket before I went into my Empty ID. Then, I exited the village and left the ID before sneaking back into the village through one of its hidden entrances and again making my way to the Uzumaki-Namikaze household, all the while making sure Mito remained asleep…

"God this is so inconvenient…"

I thought with a sigh as I finally placed down Mito on her bed. If I had tried to exit the PD while inside the village, not only would I have been launched out by the spacetime barrier, I also would have triggered the barrier's alarm system which would defeat the entire purpose of me coming here quietly. I softly tucked her in with a blanket before I took out some of the trinkets I had gotten from Sunagakure and placed it on the table by her bedside. I figured she'd have much more is a use for it than me.

Then, I perked up.

"Yoru…What are you doing here?" Kushina asked from the door to Mito's room. "I thought you were still in the exams."

I stood up. "Something came up so I wanted to see her again…" I said as I turned around.

Kushina frowned. "What's wrong?"