NLS181-190
Chapter 181
I couldn't help a growl escape my lips at the man's lack of human
concern. This is the guy I'm supposed to obey?!
"That may be my lord, but you see by fighting in their war and
supporting the resistance, we could help foster better relations with
them, making them our allies," the Hokage explained.
"We are already allied with Suna are we not?" Socio asked.
"That may be, but relations with them have been rocky to say the
least," Mitokado, the male elder of the council, replied, "if we gain
another ally in Kiri it would grant our more power."
"And will serve as a warning to Suna to stay allies," Utatane nodded,
"and if the resistance does end up losing, well then Konoha can serve
as a haven for all the bloodline users that are persecuted."
"Giving us more clans," the purple clad lady smiled, "so either way, we
win. Hm, interesting idea, I support it!"
"What about the Water Daimyo?" the Warrior nobel asked, "what's his
say in all of this?"
"Nothing," the Hokage sighed, "he's putting his head down and looking
away, allowing the shinobi to settle their arguments amongst
themselves instead."
"Hm, would he not be displeased by our interference? Maybe we
shouldn't," the coward I called my Daimyo said with a whimper.
It took an hour for Sarutobi to convince the moron to agree to Konoha's
movements in Kiri. It wasn't much, just the authorisation of two genin
teams, 20 chunin and ten jonin. It wasn't much, hell, it was barely a
quarter of the forces we had, but the Daimyo refused to let more ninja
go, especially since he now believes Suna should be watched.
And so we began the tiresome task of getting these fat asses out of the
castle and back to Hono. We were ten minutes out from Hono, I was
excited to finally having this lame escort mission done with, when I felt
it. Two chakra signatures, both easily crossing Jonin level, maybe
even...Kage level.
I created ten clones, each with 100 CP and sent them out to warn
everyone. Immediately Eagle and my team were by my side, "what's
wrong?" he asked.
"Two Kage level ninjas coming right for us," I informed him.
"What?! Two Kage level ninjas?! Kid are you joking?!" One scoffed.
"No," I growled, "they're around 600 feet away and closing fast."
"Shit! We need to get everyone away from here! Now!" One cried out.
"Panda," Eagle turned to me, "I grant you permission to use your
daggers, can you teleport everyone to Hono?"
"Hono is around...70 Km away yes?" I calculated in my head, "yes,
easly but...I don't have a marker there."
"What?! You don't?!" Eagle cried out, "how could you be so stupid?!"
I growled, "you said no markers! I….wait! I got it! Give me one second!"
I closed my eyes and felt around for my markers, they were all
connected to me, allowing me to discover that yes, there was one
marker in Hono, it was in Moe's bedroom, the dagger I gave her, she
kept it!
"Got it!" I opened my eyes, "I have a marker in lord Socio's castle! I can
teleport all the nobles there!"
"Do it! Now!" Eagle cried out.
I created twenty shadow clones and sent them away to do just that, I
panted, "what's the plan Eagle?"
"The plan is to get everyone out! Which we aren't doing!" One cried
out, "what are you all talking about?!"
I took out a fanged dagger and showed it to him, "the Flying Thunder
God jutsu, they'll all be fine, I promise."
"W-wait, then that means," One looked at me, "I see, the second
Flash."
I nodded, "right. So the nobels will be fine," just then there was a flash
of twenty blurs of blue lightning, "and that was just my clones
transporting the nobles away."
Ping!
Quest completed!
Protect the daimyo and his court!
Rewards:
+20,000 EXP
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Survive!
Rewards:
+30,000 EXP!
?
Failure:
Death
Do you Accept?
Y/N?
"Are you serious?" Three asked.
"Yup," I nodded, "now what's the plan?"
"The plan? The plan is kid we run!" One scoffed, "if you're right there's
no way we can handle two Kage level threats! We'll split up and meet
up at Hono's gates, they won't dare attack us there."
"B-but what about the soldiers?" I asked, "there are still around a
thousand soldiers marching behind us! We can't just leave them! The
ninjas will kill them!"
"So?" the man shrugged, "they knew what they were getting into, they
all will gladly die for their country."
I growled, "just because they can die doesn't mean they have too!"
"So what? You want to save them all? God kid, you do know you're a
ninja right?" One laughed.
I growled, "that's not the kind of ninja I am," I stopped and turned
around, "you all go ahead and run, I'll make sure everyone makes it out
alright."
"Is he serious?" Seven asked as they watched me run back towards
the soldiers.
"I think he is," Eagle replied.
I ignored them and moved on, creating a plan in my head before
creating a clone and dispelling it, allowing every active clone to
understand the plan. After the nobles and their company were taken to
Hono, they would then place another marker outside the city and bring
all the soldiers there, since I doubt Moe would like having her room
stuffed with over a thousand men in sweaty armour.
Chapter 182
I appeared before the covo, immediately the lieutenant at the head
stopped and looked at me, "ninja! What is going on?! Where did you
take the daimyo and the nobles?!"
"There are two Kage level threats approaching," I told them, "the
nobles have already been extracted and kept safe."
"What?! Where are they?!" the man asked from horseback.
"Safe in Hono," I replied, just then a clone popped, it had placed a
dagger at the gates of Hono, "which is exactly where I'm going to take
all of you," I made the shadow clone jutsu seal.
There was a puff of smoke as suddenly 55 clones appeared besides
me, each with one hundred CP, enough to make one trip before having
to wait a minute and then come back.
"What?! We aren't going anywhere ninja! We are going to stand here
and fight!" the man cried out, his men roaring behind him.
"You do that, you will die, needlessly," I growled, "this is a Kage level
ninja! Not some army of ronin or bandits!"
"We are sworn to serve our lord's!" one cried out.
"Then do it in a battle which has meaning!" I cried, "One that matters!
Don't die here needlessly when you can instead serve to protect the
land from outside invaders! Live! Fight another day!"
The men looked at each other, whispering.
"We are not cowards!" the man in front cried out.
"Is it cowardness to retreat into a more optimal battlefield?" I asked.
"N-no, it is not! It's common battle tactics!"
"Then that's what you're doing! You think they'll stop if they find the
Daimyo isn't here?! They'll go to Hono and attack it! A single Kage level
ninja can level that entire city! If you all die here, then Hono falls! So
what do you wish to do? Die here for nothing, with no one witnessing
your sacrifice? If allow me to help your army to move to Hono where
you can defend your lords and die a proper death! Not like a dog, but
like a warrior?!"
Ping!
You have successfully convinced them!
The people began to node, repeating my words. Even the man in
charge looked convinced. "Very well ninja, proceed with evacuating our
army! Begin near the back! The front will be the last, will you be able to
take us all away before the enemies arrive?"
I checked, they were 200 feet and approaching fast, "no, they are only
two hundred feet away."
"Then while the rest fight in Hono, we will buy the city time here!" the
man roared as he drew his sword.
"HONO!" the men cried out. Immediately my clones moved, grabbing
two people at a time from the back and zipping away in a streak of blue
lightning.
I turned around and faced the direction from which the two Kage level
threats seemed to come from. The army of Hono stood ready behind
me. And also, I had three surprise guests.
Eagle, Puma and Seven landed before me. Eagle looked at me, "you
realise I can have you court martialed for disobedience."
"You never said I couldn't do this, you just said I should leave," I told
him.
Puma scoffed, "you have balls kid."
"Thanks, if you want after this I'll show you just how big they are," I
snorted.
"I have never seen a Panda behave like this," Seven replied as they
stood besides me side by side. Eagle took out his tanto while Puma
and Seven drew a kunai in each hand, "usually their more nervous and
filled with fear."
"I'm not a panda," I chuckled, "I'm more like a..well...I don't know, I
never wondered what animal I was."
"A dragon," Eagle put in, the two Kage level ninja were close, only fifty
feet away, "you're as prideful and headfast as a dragon."
"Plus you're speciality is breathing fire," Puma put in, "yeah, that's right,
I did read your file kid."
I smirked, "right," I saw my first wave of clones return, now taking the
second wave of soldiers away. Slowly the two ninjas slowed down as
they walked towards us at a leisurely pace, "they're here."
And out of the trees walked two figures in black cloaks with red clouds
on them. One was around eight feet tall with blue skin, sharp teeth in a
grin with gills on his neck. On his back was a great sword which was
wrapped up in bandages and a yellow metal handle. He wore a Kiri
headband on his forehead which had been crossed out;
Kisame Hoshigaki, Tailless tailed beast
Lv- 94
REP- -40
The other man was shorter, he wore a straw hat that covered his eyes
and nose. He had one hang hanging out limpy from behind his cloak
and the neck line covering his mouth;
Itachi Uchiha, Inheritor of the Will of Fire
Lv- 98
REP- 70
I felt fear dig in before Gamer's mind removed it. Kisame, monster in
human form, enough chakra to make Naruto's own normal reserves
seem tiny in comparison. He hated my guts. And then Itachi Uchiha,
the man who 'betrayed' the Leaf, the true hero that everyone looked
over.
"Oh, what's this? You were expecting us? Hm, I did find it odd that we
didn't find an advanced gaurd, did you manage to sense us out?"
Kisame asked with a shark like grin.
"They probably sensed your massive reserves Kisame," Itachi said in a
bored voice, "hm, don't see anyone else here except the army...tell me,
where are the nobels?"
"We'll never tell you you traitor!" Puma growled.
"Is that so?" Itachi lifted his hat, showing his red eyes.
"Ack!" Puma stiffened before falling to the ground.
"Shit!" I cried out as I felt his chakra enter her body, "genjutsu! Don't
look at his eyes! Don't even look at his fingers! He can use that as a
focus as well!"
"Right!" Eagle and Seven lowered their heads, looking away from the
Uchina. There was another wave of Blue Lightning, my clones returned
for the third wave of soldiers. One looked over and noticed Puma
down, he came over and flash her away, I sighed, at least now she
would be safe.
Chapter 183
"Hm, I see, clever boy," Itachi removed his hat and threw it aside, "you
figured out my trick. And that blue lightning, you must be Yami, the
second Flash of Konoha."
"Yup! I'm also friend with your little brother! You know he misses you so
much?! He keeps going on and on about how much he just wants to
pummel his hands into your chest and rip your hearts out."
I smiled at my talkative side coming out, wishing to get more time. I
moved one hand behind me and motioned to the men behind me to get
ready, they could attack at any moment.
"Sasuke was a dreamer," Itachi nodded, "I'm glad to see that hasn't
changed."
"Hey Itachi, what do we do?" Kisame asked, "if this kid is the Flash he
probably has all the Nobles tucked away safely. Our mission was a
failure."
"Sadly, that seems so Kisame," Itachi sighed.
"Hey, how about if I have a little fun then heh? The kid might grow up to
be someone some day, if we kill him now it'll save us a lot of trouble!"
"Hm….why not, go ahead," Itachi turned around and walked away,
"make sure you kill them all, I don't want any survivors."
"Fuck!" Eagle growled as the fourth wave of soldiers left, he turned to
me, "how many more?!"
"Only 200 have made it so far," I grumbled, "maybe another ten
minutes?"
Kisame laughed, "isn't this a treat? You all are staying here to save
these soldiers?! You tree huggers really are soft!" He removed his
great sword with one hand and slammed it into the ground, "besides,
you won't last ten minutes, you won't even last five."
"Permission to go full force sir?" I asked Eagle.
"Granted, show him hell," Eagle nodded.
"Right! Swift Release: Speed up times 10!" I vanished into a blur of
white and grey. I activated my chakra enhanced fists and approached
Kisame at full speed.
I grew my fist back ready to break his face, when suddenly he moved,
blocking my punch with his sword, "is that the fastest you can go?" he
asked.
My eyes widened, I felt my chakra being drained away by the sword. I
cursed and immediately moved back. I needed to go faster, "Swift
Release: Speed up times 100!" And this time, time began to slow down
so much, even sounds began to slur together.
"Woah," Kisame's eyes slowly widened as I came at him again. This
time I went around, charging my fists and colliding them into his back,
several at his neck, back of his head, spine and a kick right between
the legs, twice.
Ping!
Chakra strength- 15 X 150 = 2,250
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
2,250 X 5 = 11,250 DMG!
Chakra strength- 15 X 150 = 2,250
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
2,250 X 5 = 11,250 DMG!
Chakra strength- 15 X 150 = 2,250
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
2,250 X 5 = 11,250 DMG!
Chakra strength- 15 X 150 = 2,250
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
2,250 X 5 = 11,250 DMG!
Chakra strength- 15 X 150 = 2,250
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
2,250 X 5 = 11,250 DMG!
Total DMG: 56,250
Kisame's HP: 1, 293,750/1, 350,000
I felt my chakra reserves going down, and being so close to the sword
is draining my chakra as well. So I was forced to stop, ran back to my
allies and cancel the jutsu, leaving me with 1,800 CP and raising.
Kisame gasped as he coughed out blood, his hands immediately going
for his balls, "y-you bastard!"
Itachi stopped and turned around, his eyes widening in shock, "wwhat? How did he hurt you?"
"I'm just that good," I made a shadow clone with 200 CP and held out
my hand. He began to make make a Rasengan using Scorch release
chakra.
"W-what is he doing?" Kisame gasped as he slowly got back on his
feet.
"Something dangerous," Itachi said as he made eye contact with me,
his eye suddenly turning from the three tomoe normal sharingan into
his Mangekyo sharingan, the wheel spinning furiously as he whispered,
"Tsukuyomi."
The eyes began to spin, I felt Itachi's chakra come at me, attacking my
body, trying to take over my mind. But, thanks to Gamer's mind, my
mind was resistant to the genjutsu. But, that didn't mean I was going to
give up an advantage.
I clutched my head with one hand as the clone continued to create the
Nova ball, "m-my head! What did you do?!"
"Why isn't he going down?" Kisame asked as he readied his blade,
"this shouldn't take this much time right? Is something wrong with your
eye?"
"No...something's off about this boy," Itachi said, his eye slowly
bleeding as he changed them back to normal, "he's fighting it, I think. I
can't...I can't seem to gasp his consciousness."
-900 CP!
I grinned, the Nova ball was ready. I held it up over my head, by now
over 50% of the army had evacuated, "alright assholes! I'm giving you
one warning! Run, or I'll end you!"
Chapter 184
"Please! I'll absorb all that chakra in your hands! My sword's itching for
a meal!" Kisame roared as he charged forward.
Itachi's eyes roamed around before landing on Kisame's back, "Kisame
no!"
Zoom!
I tossed the ball to a clone who teleported to the marker I placed on
Kisame's clothes when I kicked his groin, twice. The clone appeared
between Itachi and Kisame and closed the ball into himself, making it
collapse like a supernova before a burst of energy came out.
KABOOM!
20 feet was cleared out as the entire area was covered in a flash of
light. I felt my clones return and take the soldiers once more, this time
three at a time.
Kisame and Itachi had escaped, I turned and pointed at the tree they
were hiding behind, "there!"
"Tsk," Kisame said as he and Itachi revealed themselves, their cloaks
not even singed. I hadn't done a single HP of damage, "kid's a sensor."
"Impressive," Itachi whispered, "Kisame, let's go, this fight is pointless."
"But I want to fight the army!" the man whined.
Itachi sighed, "fine, I'll deal with the Flash," Itachi vanished in a blur of
speed, appearing before me and grabbing me by the shoulder, "let's
talk."
"No thanks!" I slashed at his hand with a dagger before punching at
him. Itachi disengaged and leaped back, I created five clones with 500
CP each and sent them after him. Itachi move back before substituting
himself with a clone of his own, the real one trying to sneak up behind
me.
I turned and blocked a kunai to my back, I moved back as Itachi
engaged me in a taijutsu spar, forcing me away from my ANBU allies.
"Great! With the brat now gone, I can finally play!" Kisame said as he
charged at agle who dodged the initial strike and moved back, throwing
a fireball at Kisame which the shark man easily absorbed.
My attention however was forced back to Itachi as he kept me on my
toes, struggling to push him away with my daggers.
"You know, there aren't many people in this world who can resist my
eyes," he said as they slowly transformed into their Mangekyo state,
"let's see if you can do it twice."
I felt his chakra attack me again, but I knew it wouldn't affect me. So I
continued fighting, but slowly, his movements began to go faster, his
reaction time several times quicker than mine. I was thinking about
using a marker to leave him, when I heard Pum cry out.
"EAGLE!" she screamed. I turned to see Kisame's blade sherd into the
ANBU's side, ripping his gut, blood flashing everywhere.
"NO!" I felt rage, he was a good man, a ninja that came back for his
allies! He didn't deserve to die! I tried to disengage Itachi to move to his
side, but the Uchiha didn't let me.
"Is this the first time you saw a friend die?" Itachi asked as he swiped
at me, sparks flying as I deflected his swings, "don't worry...you'll get
used to it."
"No!" I growled, "no one will ever die on my watch! No one!" I needed
to be faster! I couldn't make the hand seals for the Swift Release, I had
no choice.
"That's quite a claim, you really don't know how...this….those eyes, but
how?!" Itachi's own widened in surprise.
"Kiss my ass," my sharingan flashed alive behind my mask, but he
could tell they were there thanks to his own eye seeing the chakra
work inside my eyes. My anger filled my movements, allowing my
reaction time to improve several times over.
I pushed into the attack, I saw Kisame fight and kill several soldiers as
Seven tried to push him back while Puma took Eagle away from the
fight. I needed to go there, now! I managed to find an opening, these
eyes let me see one right over his shoulder.
I nicked his shoulder by throwing my dagger. Itachi winced for a
microsecond and that was all I needed to disengage from battle,
rushing to Eagle's side. I made three clones, one grabbed Eagle and
flashed away while the other grabbed Puma and Seven, taking them
away as well.
There were only 200 soldiers left, the next wave of clones coming to
take the next fifty away. I was about to make more before flashing
away myself when I felt a fire ball coming right at me.
I turned, my hands blurring through seals as I saw the Great Fireball a
twenty feet away. I finished with a half bird and half tiger seal as I
sucked in a gulp of air. The fireball was ten feet away, I could feel the
heat on my brow.
I gasped out a breath of blue flames that tore through the Great
Fireball right in front of me, the flames so powerful the orange fire
disappeared into nothing as the Dragon's Breath came at Itachi who
skillfully dodged away.
Just then my fifty five clones came again and evacuated more soldiers,
now only a hundred and forty remained.
"Hey! Stop taking away my victimes!" Kisame cried out from ontop a
pile of soldiers. Around a hundred lay dead before his feet, the rest
struggling to fight with injuries.
"Kisame, this is pointless," Itachi said appearing at his side.
I came towards them, stepping between them and the soldier's. The
Lieutenant of the army was still alive, his horse dead and his head
bleeding, but alive. I moved through the hand seals for Swift Release,
finishing with the last hand seal but waiting to see what Itachi and
Kisame do.
Chapter 185
"I only killed a hundred people," Kisame growled, "that brat sure is a
handful."
"It is to be expected," Itachi nodded, "he is of course one of my clan
members."
"W-what?! He's an Uchiha?! But I thought you killed them all?!"
"He was an orphan, it seems one managed to get away," Itachi
growled, "either way, if he is a member of my clan I'm curious to see
how far he will grow."
"Are you nuts?! We should kill him now!" another wave of clones came
and took half the army away, leaving only around 60 soldiers and me
behind, "and stop taking away my kills!"
"He won't," Itachi smirked, "it seems his Nindo is to refuse to let people
die, isn't that right, Yami Uchiha?"
I smirked, "I'm not sure about the whole Uchiha thing, but you are right
about not wanting anybody dead."
"An idealist, how...interesting," Itachi murmured, he turned away and
left, "come Kisame, I'm sure we can play with him again soon enough."
"But Itachi! He's right there!" Kisame cried out. And just then the final
wave of clones came, grabbed everyone and vanished, leaving me
alone in the battlefield, along with the bodies of the dead soldiers.
"God damn it!" Kisame cried out, "fine! This is a waste of time anyway!
I'll see you later Uchiha brat! And next time I'll rip your fucking eyes
out!"
I nodded, "bite me fuck face," I made finished the hand seal, activating
a Swift Release jutsu, "Swift Release: Speed up times 1,000!"
I needed to do this fast. I opened my inventory and took out a chakra
metal trench knife that I had made. I infused it with wind chakra making
it extremely sharp. I moved to Kisame's side, his hand tightly wrapped
around his sword, Samehada. Now I couldn't touch the blade with my
chakra, it would just absorb it, but, I could touch him.
I sweeped the knife across his wrist, the hand coming off in one
straight go as slowly blood started to drip out. Guess even a thousand
times faster isn't faster than slowing down time.
I put the trench knife away, grabbed the man's hand and used it like a
tong to put the sword into my inventory. That's right, I just stole
Kisame's fucking sword!
Now I couldn't kill him, due to gaming logic, even if I cut off his head
with my trench knife, he wouldn't die unless I remove all his HP first. So
I did the next best thing.
I used the daggers and plugged it into his eyes, making his mouth
slowly open. I looked over and noticed Itachi's eyes slowly move
towards me, they were moving in normal speed, he could see what I
was doing. Good.
Ten seconds left, better make this count. I plunged the daggers into his
rib cage over and over again, puncturing his lungs. Time's up, I jumped
away as suddenly time restarted.
"ARGH!" Kisame cried out in pain.
"Kisame!" Itachi cried out in surprise, guess while his eyes could follow
me, his brain still hadn't processed what it was seeing.
"So long shit heads!" I cried out as I flashed away in a blast of blue
lightning, appearing outside Hono's gates in front of the whole army I
managed to teleport away.
"Where is the enemy?" the lieutenant asked as he came forward on a
brand new horse.
"I left them behind, they might try and attack us, but I managed to
injure one of them badly enough that he might require healing. I don't
think they will follow us here."
"And if they even think about it Hono will make them regret it!" the man
cried out as suddenly the walls of the city was lined with soldiers and
ninjas, all highly alert and all around level 50 and above.
Ping!
Quest Completed!
Survive!
Rewards:
+30,000 EXP!
+Ultra Ball
I smiled, I could so use another Ultra ball, incase I happened upon
another legendary. I nodded and looked to the man in charge, his
name was Fumo, "alright then, if you have this handled then I need to
see my teammates, one of them is injured and will need medical help."
"Go ninja, you have risen above and beyond the call of duty. You have
acted with great honour today, we, the army of Hono will not forget this
gesture Yami Uchiha."
I saw all their REP scores go up by 20. I sighed, "I'm not an Uchiha, it's
just Yami."
"But that man said you were," Fumo argued.
I sighed, "I'm a clanless orphan, believe me when I say that if I was an
Uchiha, someone would have told me long before Itachi Uchiha.
Goodbye, and good luck," and with that I leaped over the city walls and
ran into the city.
I felt Eagle's chakra signature slowly stabilizing near the top, right
inside the Daimyo's castle. I ran over there without a second's thought,
leaving over the guards and ninjas who tried to stop me.
I ran inside and to the room where I felt Eagle's chakra, I threw the
door open and came in, finding Puma, Spider, Monkey and Snake all
gathered around Eagle, whose torso was wrapped in bandages, his
mask was cracked, they moved it and kept it aside revealing a man
with deep blonde hair with brown eyes.
Chapter 186
He looked around forty and had a small scar on his nose. And over his
head was his title, which now read, 100 REP. Guess me saving his life
made him like me, who knew right?
"Panda," Eagle noticed me first. Everyone looked up from Eagle,
blinking in surprise at seeing me, "is everyone safe?"
I nodded, "yes Eagle. Everyone is safe. Around a hundred soldiers
died, but I managed to get rest out. They are now forming a perimeter
around the city."
"What about Itachi and Kisame?" Eagle asked as he tried to get up,
only for the woman next to him, a medic by her title, pushed him back
down, telling him to rest.
"Itachi isn't much of a fighter, he won't attack a city filled with the chunin
level ninja, he isn't that crazy. And Kisame...he's a little banged up at
the moment," I grinned.
"What did you do?" Puma asked.
In response I opened my inventory behind me and slowly took out
Samehada, displaying over my head, "ta-da!"
"SKREECH!" the sword suddenly screamed as it's handle exploded
into spines cutting into my hand. Everyone jumped in shock, the ANBU
circling around their hurt commander.
-200 HP!
I let go in shock as it suddenly moved, rushing to the door. "Oh no you
don't!" I activated Swift Release, making me ten times faster. I grabbed
the blade and shoved it into my inventory once more.
I grumbled as I walked in. I used the Mystical Palm healing jutsu on my
left hand, healing my right, "right, it has sentience, forgot about that."
"Where is that blade?" One asked.
"I have it sealed away," I sighed as the wounds on my hand healed,
"it's fine."
"We need to bring that back to Konoha at once," Eagle said as he
raised his torso up, "Panda, is there any chance of it escaping again?"
"No," I shook my head, "once it's inside my storage seal it can't do a
thing. It'll only be a problem if I remove it once more."
"Good, keep it in there. Doctor, when can I return to the field?" Eagle
asked.
"Not for another three days," she sighed, "I'm sorry, but this is the best I
can do."
"It's fine," Eagle turned to me, "can you flash me back home?"
"Can you flash all of us?" Snake asked.
I nodded, "yes. Do you want me to do it now?"
"No," One replied as he walked in with his team, "not yet. The Daimyo
wishes to see you all, now."
"Eagle can't move," Spider argued.
"Doctor, get him a wheelchair," One ordered.
"R-right," the woman nodded as she quickly moved to obey. We put
Eagle in the wheelchair and put his broken mask on his face. It wasn't
much, but it was protocol. I pushed him along as we followed One to
the main chamber, the other's guarding us on either side.
"What you did back there Panda...it's nothing short of amazing," Puma
spoke, "sorry for treating you lightly kid."
I shrugged, "not a problem," I looked down, "I'm sorry you got hurt
Eagle."
Monkey snorted, "he saves the army of daimyo, fights off two S rank
missing ninjas, and he's sorry about getting Eagle hurt? Now I've seen
everything."
We reached the hall, One walked in and introduced us. This time when
we entered there was no table, instead each nobleman and their house
sat down on their side of the Daimyo, creating a pathway of sorts with
the fire lord in the center looking very flustered.
"You there," the Daimyo pointed at me, "it was you who saved all of us
yes?"
I stepped from behind Eagle's wheelchair and bowed, "yes lord
Daimyo."
"How are you able to use the Flying Thunder God jutsu?! I demand you
show us your face ninja," Socio ordered, his face looking very curious.
"I can't sir," I bowed, "it's against ANBU law."
"Which can only be overturned by the Hokage...or the Daimyo," One
supplied.
The Fire Daimyo perked up, "oh? Is that right? Then I order you to
show us your face ninja!"
I turned to Eagle who nodded. I sighed and got up, removing my mask
with one smooth motion, meeting the Daimyo's eyes.
The man squinted, "who are you boy? I don't recognize your face."
"But I do," said Moe, who was sitting by her father's side, "his name is
Yami, he's the genin who saved my life."
"Oh?" Socio said blinked, "it's you. I see….guess you were serious on
your ambition on learning more about the Fourth's seal yes?"
I smiled, "that is correct lord Socio," I then turned to Moe, "sorry for
using the marker I gave you to transport everyone, I honestly didn't
have a choice."
Moe smirked, "well, it was strange seeing lord Daimyo and his court in
my bedroom, but I suppose it was an emergency. It's….it's good to see
you again Yami."
I smiled, "it's good to see you as well Moe. I hope you've been well.
Any annoying shopkeepers I should know about?"
Moe smirked, "he's kept his nose down. Haven't heard a pep from him
since."
"So you are the genin who learnt the Flying Thunder god jutsu,
interesting," the daimyo hummed, drawing attention back to him.
Frankly, I think he was jealous that I focused on Moe, "tell me Yami, is
it true what they're saying? That after rescuing us you went back to
save my men? My soldiers?"
I nodded, "yes sir."
"Why is that? Why did you risk your life for a bunch of soldiers?"
I shrugged, "what was I supposed to do? Just let them die?"
The Daimyo blinked, "I would watch that tone young man, I am your
lord."
I sighed, "if you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at
how he treats his inferiors," I looked at the nobles around me, "not his
equals."
The Fire Lord's eyes widened, "that's quite a philosophy you have
ninja. Tell me, do you fancy yourself a philosopher?"
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I shrugged, "I'm just a hired gun. Who I want to be doesn't matter."
"Really?" the Daimyo snorted, "you have a mouth on you boy. I would
watch it if I was you."
I bowed, "a thousand apologies my lord, I meant no offence. You
merely asked why I wanted to save your soldiers, I told you why. I don't
think of them as a noble or a soldier, a life is a life, regardless of who's
it is. I completed my mission by getting you all safe and sound. After
that I was allowed to do what I wish, and I wished to save the lives of
the brave men who pledged their blades to you."
The court murmured, the daimyo looked happy at my apology and
even more so when I kept mentioning ti was his people I saved. The
man smiled, "well then ninja boy, I suppose you deserve a reward for
you actions yes? Well, what do you all think we should give him?"
"A title perhaps?" Socio suggested, "something befitting of his status?"
"A title? This lad saved our lives and the loves of over nine hundred
soldiers and all you want to give him is a title?!" the scarred nobel
scoffed, "he deserves more!"
"Perhaps we should just ask him?" the purple wearing noble woman
said as she turned to me, "well? What is it that you wish for shinobi?"
I blinked, "ah...I guess peace would be nice," I shrugged.
The noble laughed, "oh that is rich!"
"Come now ninja be serious," Socio scoffed.
"He is serious father," Moe spoke up, "he dream is for world peace."
The daimyo blinked, "is that really true little Moe?"
Moe nodded, "yes, it is. But...we can't grant that, sadly. Chose
something else Yami."
I blinked, "ah….I don't know...I don't really want anything."
"Come now, isn't there something you desire?" the Daimyo asked,
sounds bored, I guess he was tired, it was around 5 in the morning
right now.
"Ah...I guess if you could spare more soldiers for the Kiri mission that
would help solve that entire issue a lot faster. That is if you don't mind."
The daimyo sighed, "sadly I cannot do that. That is the one thing I
cannot change. How about something else? Money? Land?"
I shrugged, "useless and doubly useless."
"A ninja can't make that much," a nobel scoffed.
I shrugged, "still, I have no value over money. I was born an orphan, I
would just be happy...wait, that's it! I would ask that you build three
more orphanages in Konoha and supply the existing one with money
from your personal vaults. Make it so that no child will ever have to live
on the street again. That's all I ask."
I saw REP go up by 5 for everyone in the room. Moe herself was at 89
right now, higher than anyone else.
"Very well, if that's all you require, it shall be done," the Daimyo and,
"Socio, see to it that it happens."
Socio bowed, "of course my lord."
"Good, then it is time I go to bed," the man yawned once more.
"A moment my lord," the soldier nobel spoke, "there is still the matter of
his new title."
The Daimyo sighed, "fine. I name you Yami of Konoha the Protector of
Hono, there, enjoy," he grumbled and left, the nobles leaving with him.
Ping!
You have gained a new title!
Protector of Hono- +40 REP with all residents of the Land of fire
I sighed and attached the new title to my stat. This was the only decent
one I had, the others were..boring to say the least. I moved back to my
team, putting my mask back on, "shes, that guy was a grouch."
"You're telling me," One scoffed, "anyway, get your team back to
Konoha, I'm needed at the walls. Good luck, protector of Hono."
He vanished in a blur, leaving us behind. I looked over my shoulder
and noticed Moe waiting in the middle of the room, I turned to my team
and made five clones, each with 500 CP, "they'll take you back home.
Go on ahead, I have some unfinished business here."
Puma whistled, "go Panda, who knew you had such nice taste."
Eagle snorted, "kid's already breaking hearts," I grumbled, but luckily
they couldn't say anything else as my clones flash them away.
I turned around and approached Moe, I removed my mask and smiled,
"hey."
"Hey," she smiled back, "I thought you weren't allowed to show your
face unless the Daimyo or the Hokage ordered you too."
I shrugged, "I'm not technically in the ANBU. I'm just...well, I guess you
can say I'm the temp. Anyway, sorry I didn't tell you before."
"No, it's fine, I understand. Ninja, secrets come with the job," she
smiled looking me over, "did you grow taller?"
I chuckled, "I think. You certainly grew as well."
"Thank you," she smiled, "it hasn't been that long, I know, but I still
miss you Yami, you were the best friend a girl like me could have. How
have you been? Is it true you faced Orochimaru?"
I nodded grimly, "yeah, the guy was….something else."
"You survived a fight with both Itachi Uchiha and a Swordsman of the
Mist. I doubt you were that worried," she held my hand looking worried,
"I was worried sick you know? After you saved me, I knew it had to be
you who did it. You're the only person I know who is familiar enough to
decipher that seal...I was worried I wouldn't be able to see you again."
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I smiled, "I promise you Moe, I'm not going to die if I can help it.
Relax...I'll be fine."
Moe smiled, "right...I suppose you have to go now yes?"
I smiled, I looked out, the sun was slowly rising up from the horizon,
"actually, I think I have a few minutes. Want to watch the sun rise?"
Mos smiled, "yes. I would love that."
I offered her my hand, she took it and I swept her off her feet, leaping
into the air and jumping to the top of the castle. I landed on the roof
and we sat down side by side, watching the sun slowly rise off in the
horizon.
We didn't say anything, we didn't have too. She put her head on my
shoulder and I wrapped an arm around er side. To make sure she
didn't fall back. No other reason. No, not one. I wasn't instead in lolis.
Not at all.
Ten minutes later:
I flashed back to Konoha, finding myself back in my home. I quickly
dashed off towards the Hokage tower. I could sense Eagle's chakra
coming from the hospital, it was slowly increasing, good, he needs his
rest.
I made it to the Hokage's office and entered through the window.
Zabuza and Haku were already here, both wearing Konoha vests,
except they were grey instead of green. And instead of the Konoha leaf
they wore their Mist headbands.
"Ah, Yami, you finally arrived," the Hokage nodded, "I thought
something had gone wrong."
I sighed, "I just needed to take a breather. Sorry," I removed the mask
and placed it on the Hokage's table, "and I also apologize, I couldn't
keep my identity secret lord Hokage. I was forced to use Search, Swift
and the Flying Thunder God jutsu."
"Someone forced you into doing something kid? Who?" Zabuza
snorted.
"Kisame of the Mist and Itachi Uchiha," the Hokage supplied.
"W-what?! You fought Kisame?!" Zabuza asked in horror, "how are you
still alive?!"
I shrugged, "luck and planning."
"And from what your ANBU team mates tell me, also skill," Hiruzen
puffed his pipe, "tell me, is it true what they said about his blade?"
I nodded, "yeah. I managed to capture Samehada, but the moment I
take it out it starts attacking everything and tries to run away."
"You have Samehada with you?! How?! Kisame would rather die than
let anyone take that blade from him!"
"I cut off his arm and took it from his stump," I told Zabuza narrowing
my eyes at him, "oh, and I also blinded him. Though I doubt that will do
much to reduce his monstrous strength."
"You cut off his arm?" the Hokage blinked, "may I see?"
I nodded as I opened my inventory, luckily it registered Kisame's hand
and Samehada as two separate entities. I took out the amr and placed
it on the Hokage's table. Blood spewing out slowly, drenching his table
with the crimson liquid.
"The arm looks fresh," the Hokage noticed picking it up and looking it
over, "you have some powerful status seal there Yami."
"Thanks," I nodded, "though, I honestly didn't realise it could do that."
"What about the blade?" Zabuza asked quickly, "it belongs to my
village. It is a treasure of Kiri."
"It belongs to Konoha," I shrugged, "after all, we did steal it first."
"Why you little brat!" Zabuza growled as he hands reached for his
butcher's blade, still attached to his back.
"That's enough," the Hokage flared his killing intent silencing Zabuza,
"for now Yami keeps the blade locked and safe, where no one can
touch it. The moment Kiri is freed I swear to you I will order him to
return it. Is that a suitable compromise Zabuza?"
The man grumbled, "yeah, fine. The kid can hold onto it for now."
"Good. Now, onto other matters. We have obtained the Daimyo's
permission to launch an official liberation effort into Kiri. I'll be sending
with you Yami, ten jonin and 20 chunin. I'll also be assigning you two
ANBU teams, which will be off the records and follow you a month after
the mission begins to keep tabs on you. Any objections or concerns?"
Zabuza shook his head, "no. When do we begin?"
"In one week's time," the Hokage turned to me, "prepare for a long trip
Yami, this might take a year, or maybe more."
I shrugged, "question, if I just kill the Mizukage, would it be over
sooner?"
Zabuza snorted, "first off all, I doubt you could kill anyone. I heard you
don't like to kill. And second, before you can even approach the
Mizukage you'll have to get past his army of guards."
"No problem," I held up a dagger, "I can use Swift Release and pass
his guards and then just teleport him and me somewhere else, maybe
even a trap where we cal tag team him."
Zabuza's eyes winded, "you can do that? What am I saying, of course
you can. Fine, if you can do that we'll discuss it later. After we establish
contact with the resistance movement," he gave the Hokage a small
bow before leaving, Haku following right behind him.
The Hokage sighed, "this job doesn't get easier."
I sighed, "yup...but maybe that's how you know that you're doing the
right thing?"
"Possibly...good work out there Yami. I heard from Puma how you held
Itchai off and saved Eagle's life. I also heard how you saved the lives of
over nine hundred of the Daimyo's men. This will shine good on us,
and especially you. Your wish of being a legend that can shoulder
Konoha's strength into the next generation is coming true one step at a
time."
I sighed, "well...there's just one problem with that."
The Hokage raised an eyebrow, "what do you mean?"
I decided to tell him. The lieutenant and over fifty of his men knew, and
if they knew that meant soon the whole of Hono will know, which
means soon word will reach to Konoha. Which means I better just
come clean now.
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I sighed and looked at him rubbing my eyes, "when I fought Itachi...I
was barely keeping up with him. His eyes….they were something else.
They made him faster than me, I could barely fight him off, adding to
the fact that he kept trying to plant me under a genjutsu and it made it
a futile battle. But then...I saw Eagle get hurt and...something
changed."
"What happened Yami?" Hiruzen asked.
"I became faster, I became more controlled...my eyes...they changed,"
I channeled chakra into my eyes revealing their red hue.
Sarutobi gasped in shock as he saw me eyes. He pipe fell out of his
mouth as he gaped, "t-the Sharingan. But how? Y-you….you're an
Uchiha?"
I closed my eyes and allowed them to return to normal, "Itachi thinks
so. He declared me an Uchiha in front of the the Daimyo's Lieutenant
and his men. I….I think he might be telling the truth."
"Damn right he was," the Hokage said getting to his feet as he looked
at, really focusing his eyes, "yes...yes, I suppose….I suppose your
eyes do make sense. You have the Uchiha hair, and he eyes and the
face of one. But your heart...it' all Senju. You lack their arrogance and
their cold attitude. Their bloodthirstiness and their sense of pride.
But...you do have their strength...you look to me like the perfect
combination of the First Hokage and his rival, Madara Uchiha."
I blinked, "I don't really remind you of Madara do I?"
Sarutobi nodded, "yes, you do. You have his face," he took out a small
box filled with what was definitely not tobacco leaves and stuffed it into
his pipe, guess he needed something to calm his nerves, "I'm surprised
I didn't see it before. It's so obvious...one of your parents must have
been an Uchiha...I don't know how you ended up in that orphanage
but...if you weren't, then Itachi would have.."
The man sighed as he lit his pipe and took a deep drag, letting the
fumes calm hi mind. He sighed, "Yami, for now keep your eyes..a
secret. Tell no one, absolutely no one. If the guards start rumors it will
take some time for it to reach Konoha and by then I'll have found out
enough about your past to tell you how this happened. For now your
status as an Uchiha will be an S rank secret, do you understand?"
"Yes sir...but, what about Sasuke?" I asked feeling a little sad, as I
would be expected to behave in such a situation, "the kid thinks he's
the last Uchiha...it would be find of cruel."
"Naruto and his team came by yesterday morning and got a new
mission to the Land of Snow," the Hokage informed me, "they won't
return for another two weeks, by when you will be in Kiri. Maybe after
you return you can tell him. I understand how you feel Yami...know you
aren't alone when you've been raised your whole life to think differently
can be challenging. But if people find out you are an Uchiha as well as
a seal master and possess several kekkei genkai? Well...not even I
can stop them from going over my head and appealing to the daimyo."
I groaned, "fuck me. I wish I never got these damn eyes."
The Hokage smiled, "trust me Yami, you'll grow to love them...tell me,
knowing what you are now...does it make you hate Itachi Uchiha?"
I blinked, "well...not really. I mainly feel bad for the guy."
"Why's that?"
"He went crazy and killed his family. Why wouldn't I feel sorry for a
psychopath like him?" I shrugged before rubbing my eyes, they were
still itchy, "I...I think I need to go. My eyes are itchy and I think I need to
sleep."
"Of course, dismissed Yami. Take care," the Hokage nodded, "oh,
before you leave return the ANBU uniform and mask to the ANBU
headquarters. They still require it."
I nodded and left through the window, putting the Panda mask on again
as I made my way to the ANBU HQ to give everything back.
I want him and slept, I was exhausted. My CP, HP and SP may be full,
bt my brain was exhausted. After everything I went through, I needed
rest. So I slept like a log, not even bothering to remove my flack jacket
as I collapsed onto my bed.
Chapter 190: Journey to Kiri
Five days later:
I looked at the pot before me. I was walking around the market district
on my way back from dinner four days ago when I spotted it. It was
specially treated, so it won't crack if someone drops it, and it also had
some cement mixed into it. The moment I looked at it I knew it was
perfect.
A perfect container for Orochimaru's spirit. I began working on it then
and there, placing seals on it that were each A rank and above. It
would serve as containment seal for a single soul.
I made it so that it's walls acted like chakra lines like that in a human
body. So if I put a soul into it, it would produce chakra that would travel
along the walls, powering the pot's protections that kept it sealed shut.
It was basically a cycle of fuckery for the soul sucked inside.
It took me four days of hard work to perfect this thing, and hopefully it
was all worth it. It was around ten in the morning, perfect. I made a
clone and it immediately took off, running towards the hospital to talk to
the head daughter about the procedure. If I'm going to do this I'll need
professional help.
I yawned as I left my room, finding Misu sitting at the kitchen table,
already making breakfast.
"You didn't have to make that grandma Uzumaki," I said as I poured
myself a cup of coffee, "you know I like cooking."
"It's the least I can do dear after you let me stay here free of rent," she
smiled. She looked inside, the room to my workshop was left open,
giving her a clear line of sight to the pot, "is it ready?"
"Yup. could you take a look?" I asked.
"Of course," she put away the vegetables she was cutting and went
inside. She picked up the pot ad looked at it, humming as she
examined the seal matrix, "it should work. I see no flaws in it...none at
all. I must say, while you may not be an Uzumaki, you sure do the
talent of a grand seal master.
I smiled, "thanks. I just hope it's enough to help Anko."
"Do you really care for this girl that much?" Misu asked with a smly
smile.
I smiled back, "she's really hot."
"So all a girl has to do to make you stay up all night for four days in a
row is shove your head between her cleavage?"
I shrugged, "pretty much. Oh, and I guess I felt like it was the right
thing to do."
"You are...an odd shinobi Yami."
"Is that bad?"
Misu smiled, "kindness is never a bad thing."
Just then the clone popped, it had talked to the doctor and gained his
permission. If I wanted I could have examining room for the next two
hours. I immediately made another clone that went for the Hokage to
gain his permission and when it popped I was ready to move.
The Hokage agreed, but only under the condition that a doctor and
nurse be on standby to make sure nothing goes wrong. I decided to go
a step further and ask him for the help of Genma and the Hokage
Gaurd Platoon, the only other decent seal masters in this village.
The three agreed, though it was difficult at first. And now we were
ready. Misu agreed to go ahead and set everything up in the hospital,
so now it was left to me to find Anko.
I used my chakra sensory skills and located her easily, she was eating
dango in her favorite shop. Duh.
I landed before her and smiled, "you keep eating dango like that and
your perfect figure will go down the drain."
"Please," Anko snorted, "they day I become fat is the day pigs fly."
I smiled, "you know...I wouldn't mind if you got a little chubby, just gives
me more to play with."
Anko smirked, "I knew you had a fat fetish."
"It's called a boob fetish Anko," I snorted rolling my eyes, "and the only
reason I'll find you hot when you get fat is because you would still be
the hottest woman in Konoha," I groaned, "which is sadder than you
would expect."
"Relax kid, I told you, give it time, you'll find someone," she winked.
"Right...anyway, the flirting was nice, but that's not why I'm here," I
smiled.
"And why are you here?" she asked.
I smiled, "I think I can get rid of you seal, permanently."
Anko's eyes widened as she immediately got to her feet, "how?"
"I made a vessel to contain his soul, so if we just transfer it into that,
you'll be snake free," I smiled.
Anko looked serious as she nodded, "right. What do I have to do?"
"Take my hand," I offered it to her. She took it without question. I closed
my eyes and flashed us over to the hospital room which had already
been set up.
"Ah, you're here, good," Misu said as she finished drawing containment
seals all around the room that all radiated from the bed in the middle of
the room. And attached to the upper left corner was the pot I had
made, its lid open.
The doctor and nurse were standing in one corner, I walked up to them
and told them what the procedure was going to do, and what they
should be looking for.
"So what do I have to do?" Anko asked as she removed her jacket and
put it aside.
"Lay down, face up and relax, we'll take care of everything," I told her
just as the door opened up and the Hokage gaurd platoon walked in.
"Sorry we're late," Genma said with a node as he looked at Anko, "hey
Anko, looking sexy as ever."
"You know it," Anko smirked, "and I'm about to get a whole lot sexier
once I get this tattoo removed."
I smiled, "well then that would make it the most complex tattoo removal
operation in history," I then guided the platoon members to their
potions. They had their hands on the ground channeling their chakra to
maintain the barrier around Anko, to make sure Orochimaru's spirit
doesn't escape.