The Dragon Rises (2)

Kai did not return to the pad. Instead, he appeared in one of the four sealed training chambers in the Uzumaki manor where his clones had taken residence and had also furnished the room since his clones believed all lives mattered— even the shadow cloned ones.

Righteous pricks.

But then again, the shadow clones were his own echo.

At the moment, he stood in front of the mirror. Blessed with the grind, Kai grew up better than others. The exertion he put his body through would have crippled him in his previous world but here it made him... fearsome.

{A/N: Remember Itachi when he killed the clan? He looked THAT old with just 13 in age...}

He wasn't the one to stand in front of a mirror and admire himself since he had better ways to spend his time on but Kai felt he needed to make an exception. Slipping out of his clothes, his straighter and bushier brows now frowned in curiosity, Kai observed himself a great deal.

He was five foot seven inches tall— a fact that others, including the Hokage, would notice since no one grew that much this quickly. But Kai was taught Tsunade's body transformation jutsu which made her appear young despite her actual age. At the moment, Tsunade was in her later thirties but looked in her late twenties instead. And something told Kai that Tsunade wasn't keen on 'looking' more mature. That is, from her current looks.

Pulling his head back to the topic that was his monstrous, sudden 'growth,' Kai noticed his eyes had gotten a little narrower. It wasn't anything like Orochimaru but his eyes simply weren't that of a child anymore. His pupils, as usual— dark. His jaw had gotten more angular, and his nose was straight but not 'sharp' or high with a slight protrusion evident around the center of the nose where the cartilage of the nose began. His hair was no longer freshly fazed. Instead, they fell over his shoulder. Not that he intended to keep it that way. Long hair was a hassle and since the length of his hair wasn't related to the grind or grinding of his prospective harem, Kai found it unlikely to have anything else than a simple cut of his hair.

His muscles kept up with his growth somehow. He hadn't gotten any leaner despite growing taller. Instead, his shoulders were wider, his pecs more prominent and every slight movement made the muscles of his body react visibly through the skin due to the clearly low body fat that could be maintained even by shinobi above the age of retirement with continuous training and chakra.

A few veins were evident around his arms, shoulders, the base of his thighs, and the flat of his crotch. The grown-out pubes of his were clearly not flattering, another thing he intended to keep trimmed but thank the gods that puberty did not hit him with a load of ass hair! Nobody liked that shit!

With his body looking more athletic yet bigger than before, Kai wondered if he would have looked better with a lighter skin tone or not. By now, it was no longer being 'tan' that could describe his situation. He had gotten darker over the years by grinding away under harsh conditions. Not that he was too light-skinned from the beginning but right now his skin was wheatish... worn. The growth had made the callouses of his body harder. It wasn't rebirth for Kai— it was a pure enhancement. He was better. He was deadlier than before. Everything he worked hard for remained.

Looking around, Kai quickly found one senbon made of chakra metal and imbued wind nature chakra through the weapon to start grooming himself before anything else. Budding hair on his arms, legs, and chest was fine but Kai cut off any wayward stray of a beard from around his jaw, cheeks, chin, and the underside of it before moving to the little dragon. Finally, Kai used a few bits of SP in a moment of extreme generosity to 'grind' another skill to mastery and give himself a clean and nice haircut.

[Hairdressing (5/5)]

Done with the menial tasks, Kai finally took a deep breath. He glared at 'himself' in the mirror and focused on the very 'sensation' waiting in the back of his head. Kai, now, could be said to have a Kekkei Genkai that did not grant him a constitution for rare elemental jutsus or eyes that can defy logic. No, his constitution could be said to be similar to... the gifts of Senju and Uzumaki.

High Chakra Capacity.

Resilient Physique.

And an affinity towards nature energy through bodily reactions that made the task of 'entering' the fabled Sage Mode not an act of focused practice and precision but... an urge. Like getting a hard-on, breathing, pissing. THAT simple.

But... was it really that simple?

The moment Kai started 'digesting' the ever-present bundle of seemingly inexhaustible energy, his skin began to itch all over. It was one of the reactions stated in Orochimaru's research on the effects of this Kekkei Genkai. According to the lady, the reason why this Kekkei Genkai causes an extreme lack of control amongst the only observed user is because of these physical reactions that frustrate the mind subtly from the beginning and then tip it over the edge with an overload of shifted chakra that the mind needs time to cope with.

Taking a forceful, chest-filling heave, Kai kept himself in check and bore the sensation. It would get better, Kai knew that. This 'itch' was all in the mind as if he could no see the whites of his eyes slowly but visibly turn black and his dark pupils now shifting in the shade of a dark tawny color. Meanwhile, starting from the connection of his neck to the right side of his body, a cover of 'flaming' tide began to cover his skin and as it passed, his once olive skin now turned into a rough, darker tanned hide. But Kai easily let go of the 'itch' as he stared in amazement at how his pitch-black hair now lightened to a pale blue-grey tone as if to complement his darker, rougher skin.

His short hair failed to hide the two, even darker fleshy protrusions from his forehead. They were barely three centimeters long and solidified as if no longer skin. His thin lips had turned darker, too, as if he'd turned to a goth's choice for lipstick.

His body somehow bulked up but even without moving, Kai realized he didn't feel bloated. He was quicker.

His arms and legs had a scale-like texture that acted as a natural guard with his nails growing out.

Meanwhile...

'Damn,' Kai whistled as he looked down the mirror. He looked like a demon... and got the devil's baton itself. His reasonable side spoke that big isn't better. A phallus already seven inches when soft would certainly please none but the freaks of nature themselves. But then again, Kai wasn't using it to please anyone and only stroked his ego since he vowed not to stroke his dragon.

'Dragon... this appearance says a lot. Sage Mode, or better yet, Sage Transformation takes the appearance of the 'source.' Reptilian features like scales are a given but horns? Hmm... the only reason I can think of is my trait itself. I wasn't supposed to have grown older but yet I did. It would seem that my body itself benefitted the enzymes marked with Orochi's senjutsu chakra.

Hmm... let's see...'

Kai closed his eyes and made sense of his changes in this mutation.

He felt stronger than before but it was hard to quantify the margin as easily as his trait did.

10 times.

This enhancement came from Senjutsu Chakra which moved within him. Sure, after transforming, Kai had the urge to 'smash' things but practiced in the way of the gamer mind, he could wholly control these urges. He only wanted to smash... a few individuals, but not things. Still, with chakra being the direct feedback on mental and physical growth, the bolstering of said chakra returned to his physical and spiritual parameters as a strengthened feedback. But... Kai felt he was a newbie all over again... relatively.

Chakra and Senjutsu Chakra were different from one another. The addition of nature energy made it one step more complicated to manipulate but well-versed in training with basic chakra back when he was younger made it so that he had a stronger foundation.

But this wasn't all.

With his eyes still closed, Kai continued to let his perception stretch out...

It slipped out of the sealed training room and filled the Uzumaki Manor where he was wholly capable of sensing every living being. An image, a map to be exact, was forming in his head as his perception bolstered with an affinity for nature energy sensed everything. If Kai had to complain then it would be terrible, violent urges manifesting and building within him.

And then... his perception widened even more.

Passing the entire block and then more, marking everyone within the streets.

And then further beyond.

His perception, without any intent, continued to grow further and further.

The Ichiraku Ramen.

The Nearby Akimichi Complex.

The Academy and the Hokage Office.

Although Kai couldn't see everything in detail, he could sense their massive chakra and... Kai was very pleased with the results that his chakra was well-above Hiruzen, by a tiny margin that is.

He sensed everyone's intent. No skill was formed. This wasn't considered a 'special' action in his extraordinary body. Just like he won't get a skill for pissing and shitting, he won't get a skill for something so 'rudimentary.' The Hokage, at the moment, was actually... lustful? That would explain his wife's chakra signature not far from him who felt 'responsible' but not 'eager.'

And finally... he also sensed... one concoction of chakra and nature energy intermingled in a single... curvaceous form. The moment Kai's perception tried to get a better sense, he found a pair of slitted-yellow pupils practically 'glowing' in his head and his eyes snapped open!

"So... I either need to get better at sensing discreetly or all Senjutsu Chakra users can sense one another either way. But my range of perception is roughly 50 kilometers... and it doesn't consume much chakra, barely 5 points a minute... that's good to know." Kai muttered, unconcerned that Bimborochi caught him spying. Kai was sure that Orochimaru wouldn't have been any better when she mastered sage mode the first time.

Kai looked around thoughtfully. He would need to reconfigure the use of Senjutsu Chakra from the basics such as tree sticking exercise and whatnot IF he did not have something better already available.

[Shikkotsu Rock Egg Sage Art]

This was a technique brought by the first Hokage from the Shikkotsu Forest where he trained and independently mastered his Sage Mode. So, this wasn't something the Legendary Hashirama Used himself but it was the closest thing Kai had to get a thorough rundown on Sage Arts and their subsequent Jutsus.

But this was a task... Kai wanted to grind himself.

Not his clones but him alone.

Admittedly, Kai had felt a lack of need to personally dip into the grind for elemental jutsus and seals that could be mastered by shadow clones and dispersed to have the grind transferred to him.

But... Sage Transformation and Sage Mode were exciting.

As if responding to his excitement, Kai's arm suddenly shot out and pierced into the walls... four meters ahead. Amazed, Kai gazed at his overstretched arm...

Physical manipulation of body and the fact that Kai simultaneously felt his chakra being used just a tiny bit meant... this was his body's use of chakra to shift his shape than the body's physical ability itself.

The only thing that came close to this was Jiraiya's spiky mane jutsu, Orochi's arms forming snakes, Tsunade's body transformation, and... Akimichi Clan's Hiden of altering the size and weight of their bodies.

A wicked grin spread over Kai's lips as his mind steered his violent urges to make up better uses of his heightened perception and this ability to manipulate the structure of his body.

Possibilities!

So many possibilities!

Kai almost drooled!

Maybe his perception of senjutsu chakra and his cheap copy of Byakugan may have better effects?

Maybe he can make use of his instinctively heightened affinity with Yin and Yang to make better use of this ability to shift the shape of his body.

He felt the urge to do many things. In fact, he wanted to see the possibility of forming a clone in this mode and its effects.

There was... just so much! Grind blessed him with a better, productive future after all, and THIS level of strength... this level of strength and his newfound 'feral' urges that made him more Inuzuka than Tsume herself made it harder to work 'harder' for the two goals he wanted... 'achieved' no matter what.

"And... I wonder how well I hold up against Orochi, Hiruzen... and more controllable Jinchurikis... Who should I jump?... Hokage?" Kai and traitorous thoughts worked hand-in-hand despite being a stellar shinobi in the said Hokage's eyes.

But then again, Kai had a new level of respect for the man...

The Hokage was making the right use of his chair at the moment with his wife on top of it even if it meant pleasure for only one of them.

Still, Kai couldn't empathize. He would be eager if someone from his growing 'pack' saw him making out with either Mikoto, Kushina, or Nono... but not the masked Anbu as this was the case with Hiruzen at the moment.

"Hmm... but what do I call this form anyway?" Kai looked at the mirror. His figure looked... savage. The horns, claws, and scales made him look... different than a snake.

"If Jiraiya-san calls himself Toad Sage... and if Orochi claimed herself to be a Snake Sage... what should I be called? Looks snake enough... Cinnamon Sage? Nah, maybe Cinnamon herself will become a munchkin of a sage... Horns... scales and claws. A Dragon... nice."

His eyes steered down and his lips pulled into a shit-eating grin, "Dragon Sage indeed... I shall take up Toad Sage's mission of enlightening every female... specimen that wishes to leap with a dragon~ Ah, now that I think... Dragons ARE better than snakes... right? I should... teach Orochimaru-san... the way and rod of strength..."

Had Orochimaru known about Kai's eventual state of thoughts... she may have only revealed a look of interest and amusement or... surprise and a greater urge to surpass the Dragon that threatened to reach her level of strength.

But then again, it's Bimbodinger's Snake. She must face his intentions to truly reveal her thoughts on the situation.

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A/N: Do you have Black Cat; No, we have the White Pussy.

Do you know Schrodinger's Cat?; No, we know Bimbodinger's Snake.

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