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My Ice Release: Crystal Walls were immediately shattered as the enemy used my own technique against me. The Rasengan slammed into my gut and burst upon impact causing me to cough out some blood as my poor body was sent flying away. I was forced to hastily flip in mid-air and drag my feet across the ground before I was able to obtain some measure of stable footi-

"!"

Danger Sense saved my neck from getting crushed as the wind whipped up above me from Hiruko's missed kick.

Parallel Processes allowed me to react to and block the knee which had been aimed at my face, using its force as leverage to propel myself upwards into the air.

After a deep breath, I exhaled a great dragon-shaped flame with my Great Dragon Fire Jutsu towards Hiruko whose expression contorted.

I smirked.

With the tenketsu of his left hand fully blocked, he couldn't lift it to absorb my Jutsu.

My fingers twitched.

Hiruko's eyes widened as his arm suddenly stuck to his side just before the attack impacted his body directly causing a heatwave to spread to the surroundings.

Before I landed on the ground, I sucked in my breath once more.

Fire Style: Majestic Fire Destruction!

A massive stream of intense flames was expelled from my mouth and engulfed the area I had previously set ablaze.

I loved fire style techniques. They were one of the fastest technique types to execute as they required the most minimal movements. In addition, they were very destructive as well.

As I landed on the ground, I tightly gripped the metal wire I had wound around Hiruko in our earlier scuffles and gripped them to keep him in place.

"This tactic never gets old. I love it."

"You think…this can…hold…me!?" Hiruko stated as he struggled against the wire, his strength straining his bindings and threatening to break them.

Thankfully, I didn't need them to hold.

At the instant that I had secured Hiruko in place, a Shuriken, an inconspicuous piece of metal in the battlegrounds of shinobi, suddenly puffed in smoke before Kakashi appeared.

His lone sharingan glowed red as he appeared behind the enemy like a predator.

The sound of a thousand birds chirping echoed across the mountains.

Flesh was pierced as Kakashi rammed his fist through Hiruko's back and out of his chest where his heart was.

The battlefield seemed to freeze.

"Ka…ka…shi…" Hiruko said slowly as he turned his head back towards the individual in question before coughing up blood. "If I can't have you…NO ONE CAN!"

My eyes widened as the roar of thunder sounded out from the sky above. Hiruko's artificially produced storm clouds had generated an immense amount of energy which all culminated into a single bolt of electricity that flickered in the eye of the storm.

A thick bolt of lightning, about ten meters in diameter, fell down from the sky.

It was fast.

Kakashi would not be able to outrun it.

Thankfully, he wouldn't need to.

Right before the lightning bolt had descended from the clouds, I flicked a kunai in the air.

The lightning bolt was already halfway to its destination.

Amenotokotachi

With a quick switch in position, Kakashi appeared next to me while my kunai took the brunt of the damage along with Hiruko.

A terrifying explosion rocked our battlefield, the mountain beneath us fracturing into multiple pieces from the sheer force and energy of the attack. The shockwave threw me and Kakashi away from the mountain peak before we found ourselves falling down towards the earth a few kilometers below.

"…Tell me you have a plan to save our lives." Kakashi asked plainly.

"…"

He looked at me. "…We're fucked aren't we?"

"Let me get back to you on that." I replied before using every scrap of mental power I could to get us out of this mess. One pro/con of my Amenotokotachi (it really depended on the circumstance) was that when the spatial positions of two or more objects were changed, they still retained all of their Kinetic energy. That meant that if I wanted to switch Kakashi and my position with another object on ground level, we would still splatter and while I would be fine, Kakashi would only be a red smear on the ground and I would prefer for that not to happen.

Another issue was that I didn't have anything at "ground level" anymore since the entire mountain had been destroyed and debris was free flying everywhere.

The last issue was that there was a range limit associated with how far I could transport myself which was directly proportional to the limit of my Energy Resonance chakra detection. This was also the reason why I didn't just teleport Kakashi and I back to Konoha the moment the mountain collapsed.

My brain came up with numerous possibilities and ideas in rapid succession as the ground became nearer and nearer. Gravity forced us downwards while the air resistance caused our skin to flap backwards-

"Wait…!"

I concentrated on my perfect Natural Wind Affinity, utilizing the wind around and moving it to my desires. Below us, I formed an upward current to slow our descent before I wrapped Kakashi and myself in a whirlwind of…well, wind.

Immediately, we slowed down enough just as we were only a few dozen feet from landing. I floated us downwards before our feet gently touched the floor.

Ping!

Due to special action, you have created the skill [Flight]!

Flight (Active) Lvl 1 [50.00%]

By controlling the airflow around your body and manipulating it to lift you off the ground, you have achieved the ability to fly.

Cost: 1000 CP per min

Speed: Mach 1.5

I mentally swiped away the message before looking at Kakashi, "I told you I had a plan to save our lives."

He looked at me humorlessly before a smirk made its way on his face barely visible through the face mask he wore. "In any event, we need to confirm that Hiruko is dead."

I nodded in agreement and used my Energy Resonance to catch a whiff of Hiruko's residual chakra. While he was most likely dead (I was 99% sure he was), there would still be some leftover chakra-

"Got it." I said as I spread out my chakra as much as I could and utilized my Earth Release to move over the tons of mountain rock that were obstructing me from reaching my goal. In a few moments, I was able to catch a glimpse of Hiruko's body and motioned for Kakashi to follow me ahead.

I walked through the piles of rubble before appearing in front of Hiruko's body and sighing. "He's definitely seen better days."

That was putting it as mildly as possible.

His body was burnt, skin flayed, bones were broken and twisted, and his face was disfigured.

He was dead.

Like, very dead.

You could not get deader than that.

Kakashi nodded before looking at me, "Can you transport him?"

I nodded and placed my hands over Hiruko's body.

Ice Release: Ice Coffin!

Energy coalesced in my hands before it was released and covered Hiruko's still form, forming a cocoon of ice around him.

Kakashi blinked, "Since when could you use Ice release?"

"A little over a year and a half ago."

"…neat."

I stored the coffin in my inventory before looking back up at Kakashi, "You wanna fly back?"

He stared back at me with a blank look. "Is that even a question?"

I smirked and gathered wind beneath us before I commanded it upwards.

And then, I propelled us forward.

The sound barrier broke as we rapidly traveled through the air. I also made sure to form a protective wind barrier around us just so that we wouldn't accidentally swallow anything undesirable…

Along the way, I found myself thinking about the true nature of my ID skill and how Son had been able to survive inside it. I always just assumed that I was creating some sort of mirror dimension but if that was the case, what would happen to objects or things left inside after I exited? Would they be trapped in some void?

Really, the entire thing was confusing and I still had a lot I didn't know about spacetime techniques anyway.

Suddenly, I stopped.

"Yoru?" Kakashi looked at me questioningly as we floated high in the air.

I looked downwards and noted that we were still in the general area of the Korin Mountain range so many hills and valleys were visible below.

My lips curled downwards in a frown. "I could have sworn I sensed something familiar…" No, I definitely sensed something, but it was fleeting and the signature had disappeared as soon as I had approached.

Kakashi looked down as well and scanned the terrain with his sharingan. "…I'm not picking up any chakra signatures below."

I frowned some more.

Could I have been mistaken?

Even if I was, I wasn't one to take unnecessary risks.

From my outstretched hand, energy coalesced before a ball of lightning formed in my hands, not unlike Kakashi's Chidori, but much, much, more powerful.

Lightning Style: Lightning Bomb!

I threw the bomb down towards where I had sensed the signature earlier.

And it exploded.

The blastwave encompassed a few kilometers wide area, turning the stone and grass to ash from the heat and energy of the attack.

"…Was that necessary?"

"Not really, no."

"…"

And with that, we continued on our way.

In a few minutes, the Hidden Leaf became visible to us so I slowed us down and softly landed in front of the gates to Konoha while simultaneously startling the guards there.

Wind Release: Flight has leveled up by 1!

Wind Release: Flight has leveled up by 1!

Seeing us, however, they moved aside and allowed us in to which I nodded and obliged. I felt for Minato's chakra signature and found that I couldn't sense it which usually meant that he was inside his office (or that he was obviously not in the village). With that knowledge, I made my over to his building, Kakashi in tow.

In but a few moments, we found ourselves in front of The door to Minato's office to which I knocked and waited for a moment.

"Come in."

I opened the door and walked inside, seeing Minato working tirelessly on his desk. He paused his work and leaked a sigh of exhaustion from his lips before looking up at us with a smile. "I'll assume that you completed the mission and didn't run away."

I chuckled and waved my hand in the air, causing the ice coffin to appear and slam on the office floor.

"Was that necessary?" Minato asked, face twitching before he looked at the coffin. After confirming the contents, he relaxed back into his seat with a sigh of relief as he closed his eyes. "You have no idea how much pressure I've been in just these past two days. Thank you both, Kakashi, Yoru."

Ping!

[Quest Complete]

Hiruko & Chimera Friends

Reward: 250,000 EXP, 10 stat points

"It was no issue, though Kakashi almost had his ass compromised. If I hadn't been there, I fear what would have happened."

Kakashi shuddered and looked at me. "What exactly happened while I was unconscious?"

I looked at him in pity, "Trust me, you are better off never knowing."

"…"

Minato just stared at us and seemingly ignoring everything I had said after 'issue'. "Yoru, take the body to cryogenics since it's already in ice. Kakashi, continue your mission of protecting my wife in the shadows, though I get the feeling that you won't have to do it for much longer." He smiled as he said that last part and continued explaining some more things, but the rest of his words rang silent in my ears.

An ice cold feeling of dread passed through me as he mentioned about Kushina's end of term pregnancy. It was as if my Danger Sense was screaming at me to be wary of it.

Ping!

[Danger Sense] has evolved to [Instinct]

Instinct (Passive) Lvl MAX

Instinct allows your body to detect danger from your surrounding and your immediate or near future. Just like animals are able to sense disaster before it strikes, you too are able to sense when something will go awry.

I remembered the world where the Ninetails rampaged.

I remember seeing the death and destruction.

Worst of all, I had seen how powerful Son Goku was and I could only imagine the Nine-tails would be much much stronger.

My mind raced as this feeling of dread grew stronger.

What happened that caused the release of the Nine-tails?

It was definitely something with Kushina's pregnancy, that much I was certain.

What could I do to stop it?

If someone orchestrated its release and was able to get past Minato, how would I be able to stop him?

Suddenly, I paused.

If someone or something was directly responsible for the nine-tails' release and had interfered with Kushina's birth process, couldn't I just send them to a place where they couldn't interfere?

I felt like slapping myself.

This whole time I had been worried about this when the solution had been so damn simple. That wasn't even mentioning the fact that my ID skill had just leveled up and given me a better way to keep them safe. Even if I hadn't gotten PD, I could still have been able to send them into my Instant Dungeons.

Now how to convince Minato about-

"Yoru!"

I snapped out of my sudden trance and looked ahead to see Minato staring at me in worry. "Are you alright?"

"Hmm? Yeah, I'm good." I said as I looked around and noted that while in my Trance, Kakashi had already left, probably having been dismissed.

I took a close look at Minato.

TIER: 6C

Name: Minato Namikaze

Race: Human

Level: Lvl 178

HP: 1157000/1157000

CP: 1068000/1068000

STR: 3000

VIT: 3250

DEX: 6750

INT: 3500

WIS: 3000

ENGY: 3000

"As I thought. He's still so strong."

Honestly, I couldn't really imagine anyone getting the best of him, but then again, he did have to keep the seal in check while Kushina was giving birth so if he was attacked during that time...

Ohh well, that wouldn't matter anymore

I looked up to him. "Minato."

He looked at me slightly startled, after all, I would only ever call him directly by his name if he either wasn't working or if I had something important and personal to ask.

Someone or something might have been trying to screw over Kushina.

The mother of my adorable Mito.

This was personal.

"When your wife is going into labor and is about to give birth, I want to take you someplace absolutely safe. It's a place that is, as far as I'm aware, unreachable by anyone other than me and I believe that you and Kushina will be able to focus on the newborn there without any complications. Do you trust me?"

There was silence between us for a moment...

Before Minato smirked, "Really Yoru? You should already know the answer to that. Though I have to say that we already went through a lot of preparations for this and so to suddenly change them..."

He had a point.

A lot of precautions were taken when a Jinchuuriki was about to give birth. As the seal would weaken during that time, Kushina had to be taken to a top-secret remote area where Minato would make sure the seal was sturdy while Anbu guarded the outside. This process had already been done once before with Mito. For this baby's birth, I had already asked them to increase security which Kushina had agreed to readily despite it seeming like I was just paranoid...

"There's no need to change them actually." I said after some deliberation. "We can still guard the barrier and everything, it's just that no one will be actually there."

"A diversion?" Minato asked with a raised brow. "From who or what?"

I stared for a moment and contemplated before speaking, "…If I told you that I had a nightmare that the Ninetails got free and attacked the village, what would be your response?"

The atmosphere around him completely changed. There was no longer any kindness or joy on his face as he looked at me with a grave countenance. "I would usually say that it's just a dream, however, judging from your reaction, I feel that there is more to it than that."

I looked down.

"You don't have to tell me." Minato continued. "But, if it is something you feel so strongly about, then I'll trust you to guard us. In addition, I'll send messages to bring back as many of our troops that are off on missions."

My eyes widened in surprise, somewhat startled that he would take such measures just based off of what most would consider unsubstantiated fears.

He smiled, "As a shinobi, trusting your instincts is the best way to keep yourself alive. If something were to happen and I didn't trust my instincts, I wouldn't be able to regret it after I died. If nothing happens and I brought back our on-duty shinobi for no cause, then we'd lose some revenue to be sure, but it would be inconsequential compared to the worst-case scenario. We can all laugh it off after the fact if that were to happen."

Eyes closed and fists clenched, I bowed deeply, "Thank you for your faith in me, Minato."

"Don't sweat it." He said with his smile that seemed even more radiant than before.

…if I was gay, I might have already fallen for him.

Minato clapped his hands. "Enough of that, we're all family here. That aside…" he pointed at the ice coffin, "Aren't you going to bring that somewhere?"

Ahh, right.

I nodded my head and put the coffin in my inventory before bowing my head once more and exiting the room, letting a sigh escape my lips afterward. Next, I looked in the direction of Konoha's hospital and made my way over.

Konoha has a plethora of lab facilities located either underneath the Hospital or underneath the prison. Each, of course, had their own purpose as the ones located under the prison were mainly used for human experimentation where were Orochimaru tended to be. The ones located underneath the Hospital were for autopsies, diagnoses, drug treatment trails, and things of the like.

I arrived at the underground area of the hospital and checked in with some people in cryogenics before bringing the ice coffin over to a room they had available.

With that, I placed it down.

I looked at the corpse of the man who had tried and failed to start another great shinobi war.

I got the feeling that he wouldn't be the last fool to try either.

With those thoughts, I opened the lid of the ice coffin and took out a syringe from my inventory before drawing up some of Hiruko's blood. Well, blood was a loose term since he had changed his body's composition with the use of the forbidden Chimera Technique and instead, he had this viscous fluid inside him as well. However, this genetic material was enough for Orochimaru and my purposes.

After the briefing of the mission to kill Hiruko, Orochimaru had called me aside to tell me that Hiruko's genes were probably the last piece of the puzzle to fully stabilize my violent DNA. I was a little hesitant to give him access to the genetic information of a guy who had absorbed 4 kekkei genkai (though admittedly I let him), but I needed it to grow stronger.

This feeling of danger would not leave me.

I wasn't stupid enough to simply ignore it.

With that, I kept the syringe in my Inventory and covered Hiruko's Ice Coffin before I focused on one of the tags I kept near Orochimaru's lab.

With Amenotokotachi, I appeared behind the door to Orochimaru's lab which was located below the Konoha Impervious Detention Facility. Criminals were aplenty due to the war and the facility was packed with war criminals. It was the perfect place to have a lab for someone like Orochimaru.

Feeling said individual's chakra signature behind the door, I opened it and walked in.

Orochimaru's back was turned towards me as he seemed to be extracting something from a centrifuge tube before adding something to it and mixing it. "Your timing could not be any more perfect." He said as he placed the tube down in a bucket of ice and looked my way. "You have it?"

I nodded and tossed the syringe which he deftly snagged from mid-air and smiled. "With this, everything should be complete."

I stood to the side and watched him as he took a sample of Hiruko's DNA and placed it under a microscope before adjusting the instrument.

"Fascinating." He said before he took a small sample from the centrifuge tube he had placed on ice and dropped it on the glass slip where Hiruko's DNA was. He stared at the microscope for a while longer before his body shuddered.

I frowned, thinking something was wrong before I heard him laugh. It started off as a small chuckle before the volume of it increased in octaves and turned into full-blown laughter. "This is it! This is exactly what I thought would happen!"

I waited until he stopped his orgasm.

"With this, everything should be all set." He spoke as he looked back towards me with a grin, "You said that you would let me know what your second favor was after I had figured out how to securely grant you whatever Kekkei Genkai you wanted. Tell me, what do you want?"

"Rasa's Magnet Release." I said as I took out the hair I had obtained from the 3rd Kazekage's puppet body. Magnet Release involved much more than simply combining two elements and while I felt like I would get it eventually with enough research, I just didn't want to spend time researching it. I had already replicated some elemental bloodline limits and Magnet Release was not important enough for me to spent an exorbitant amount of time on it.

That being said, I still wanted it.

"Take a seat." Orochimaru said, pointing to a bed on the side which I calmly obliged to.

The Sannin continued on in his work: Mixing vials here, extracting things there, centrifuging this, vortexing that, etc. Until he placed his finished concoction in a small syringe and flicked it a bit before letting a bit of it dribble out of the needle tip.

I tilted my head, "Can I ask what is in that?"

Orochimaru walked towards me with the needle in hand. "Hiruko's DNA in addition to the Third Kazekage's, and your own are all contained within the serum. Hiruko's genetic information helped stabilize your DNA while I used some other primers to assist in the process."

At that and without warning, Orochimaru jammed my arm with the needle and injected the concoction into my body.

Thump

I could hear the sound of my heart beating loudly in my chest. Next, Orochimaru's voice disappeared at the onset of a painful ringing sound which dominated my ears.

My vision became blurry and my thoughts became slurred. Orochimaru's face was in and out of focus in my gaze and I was unable to keep myself up as I found my balance affected…

Then it stopped.

Ping!

Congratulations! You have obtained [Magnet Release]!

Congratulations! You have obtained [Steel Release]!

Congratulations! You have obtained [Swift Release]!

Congratulations! You have obtained [Dark Release]!

Congratulations! You have upgraded [Storm Release]!

My vision became normal and the rest of my senses returned before I looked at the back of my hands before turning my palm upwards…

I blinked.

"What is…?" I thought as I gazed upon the mark that was on the palm of my right hand. It was a mark resembling two diamonds, one overlapping the other and it was the exact same one Hiruko had used to absorb my Rasengan.

By basic process of elimination, I knew that this must have been the Dark Release.

"How is it?" Orochimaru asked as he too watched me carefully. "Do you feel anything off? Pain? Unstable emotions? Distorted senses?"

I gripped my hands and shook my head. "No, I feel fine."

Orochimaru hummed before he went to the wall behind me were a bunch of equipment was located. He then placed them on my person. "Just to be on the safe side, I want you to test out your new ability. If you suddenly turn into a repulsive monstrosity, I don't believe either the Third or Fourth Hokage will let me off."

I smirked as I focused on the Kekkei Genkai I had received.

Magnet Release!

With a thought, I spread out my chakra and felt that I could interact with the magnetic metals in Orochimaru's lab and the kunai on my person. With a single thought, the kunai from my pocket levitated and appeared in front of me. I didn't stop there and concentrated on all the metal particles that I could feel around me: the iron dust underneath the ground, the metal laboratory equipment, and the iron door.

I tugged and pulled at them with a mental command and they moved according to my will. Metal beds floated around me while a glittering dust cloud of iron sand floated above my head. The metal door entrance to this room groaned under my command before it began to bend and creak-

"Please don't ruin my lab, fixing it will come out of my own pay." Orochimaru stated plainly as he gazed at the computer in front of him. "Your vitals are incredible but I can see no other abnormal occurrences so this must be your natural resting rate."

I nodded my head and pulled off the cords and wires attached to me. Now then, I finally had an extra ace up my sleeve, however, I kept having this odd feeling as if this was inadequate.

Something capable of releasing the Ninetails was not something I would be able to beat with just this.

Even if Kushina and Minato were now basically 100% safe, it was possible that something or someone would attack the village or the barrier.

I needed more.

I could feel it.

However, to drastically increase my power in just a few days was not realistically possible.

…I did still have some stat points though.

"Status."

Name: Yorudan

Race: Human?

Age: 11 years old

Level: Lvl 97 Next Level: 287700/480700

HP: 403760/403760 Regen: (13955 per min)

CP: 639669/639669 Regen: (28807 per min)

CC: 100%

STR: 500 + (292%) = 1460

VIT: 500 + (292%) = 1460

DEX: 500 + (292%) = 1460

INT: 500 + (300%) = 1500

WIS: 400 + (300%) = 1200

ENGY: 400 + (492%) = 1968

Points: 100

Ryo: 6,355,348

The most important thing in any fight was strength and speed. My ENGY stat was already high enough from all the passive bonuses while I didn't need higher wisdom at this point in time.

With that, I put 50 stat points in STR and DEX.

With that done, I continued on with my earlier line of thought.

My eyes narrowed.

How could I get extremely powerful in just a few days?

Kushina could give birth at any moment which was why I only had days to work with.

A thought immediately came to mind before it was helplessly squashed.

Sage Mode.

I had never tried to incorporate natural energy with my own chakra because I knew the consequences that would occur should I fail. I may have 100% control over my chakra, but I sure as hell did not have that control over natural energy.

I didn't want to risk it

If I turned to stone, I would technically still be alive therefore, I didn't think Second Wind would activate and I could be petrified for the rest of my seemingly immortal life.

I would rather die.

It didn't help that Minato had refused to teach it to me when I asked, not out of malice, but simply because even he hadn't fully mastered it yet. I didn't have a toad summon to teach me and unfortunately enough, the only two people in this village with some idea about how to achieve Sage Mode had toad summons.

Furthermore, Minato had also told me how tedious and long of a process it was to learn. In the past, I had been constantly on missions so it wasn't like I could take a week, or even a month (since that's how long it took for Minato to gain a basic grasp of it) off to practice this. Danzo would grill me and nag about me doing my duty to the village…and I also had to complete 75% of the missions he sent me. Now wasn't any better since Kushina could give birth at any moment.

What could I do…?

I furrowed my brows. "Wait, are the toads the only ones that can teach Senjutsu…?"

I looked to my side and noted that Orochimaru was staring at his computer screen contemplatively and tapping his finger against the desk in thought.

I rubbed my chin.

Orochimaru wasn't one to share his secrets too openly so if he had achieved Sage Mode, very few would probably ever find out unless he was forced to use it. That being said, even if the snakes could teach me, how long would it take?

Actually, what was even the teaching process for this stuff?

I contemplated for a moment.

Maybe snakes taught it differently than toads?

Well, asking never hurt anyone.

"Yo, Orochimaru."

"Hnnn?" He replied, his concentration on the keyboard he was typing away at.

I asked, "…I was curious if your snake summons knew anything about Sage Mode."

Abruptly, he stopped his work and turned towards me with a peculiar glint. "Oh? May I ask why?"

I thought about it for a moment and figured that the worse I could owe him was another favor.

As long as he didn't ask for anything uncouth…

"I want it." I said succinctly. "However, I know that the toads take too long to teach it and time is something I didn't have in the past and I don't have now."

He looked at me somewhat questionably. "What do you mean? For you, I think time is the least of your worries."

I paused before I shook my head, "…Let's just say that I had a nightmare and if it even has a grain of truth to it, something…unfortunate might in one of these next few days."

His eyebrows shot up at that before he smiled. "Well, you would be happy to know that the White Snake Sage teaches it much differently than the toads. It's much more…direct. It should only take you a couple of days to obtain what you want."

I blinked before schooling my features as I noticed the look in his eyes. "What do you want? And more importantly, what is the catch?"

He grinned. "You know me so well." He said before pausing for a moment in thought. "The risk is…well, your life. Now, what can you offer?"

"…My what?"

He shrugged, "If you want to learn it quickly, you'll literally have to risk your life, but seeing your conviction, that shouldn't be an issue…right?" He finished with a grin

My brows furrowed in thought and I closed my eyes for a moment.

Worse came to worse, I would use up my Second Wind life for the day…

With that, I came up with my decision, however, I wondered what I could give this guy.

I looked at his face.

He gave me a knowing look.

"Of course…"

Steel Release!

I covered my arms in a layer of a steel-like chakra based substance.

Swift Release!

My figure blurred and I was forced to use Accelerated Analysis to keep track of my insane movement speed.

Storm Release!

I focused before I released a storm cloud formed from my chakra, lightning sparking within. This was my upgraded Storm Release with not only allowed me to shoot laser beams, but I could also emit actual storm clouds with my chakra and combine them with the natural clouds in the atmosphere.

And finally.

"Attack me with any chakra based technique." I said towards Orochimaru who was looking at me in surprise and a bit of excitement.

He didn't hesitate.

With only a couple handseals, he attacked me with a bolt of lightning.

I raised my right hand.

The moment the lightning came into contact with it, I activated Dark Release and sucked in the energy from the attack, feeling it replenish my body. It was as if I had eaten a nice snack as my already full chakra reserved became slightly oversaturated.

"Remarkable…" Orochimaru stated wide-eyed before he glanced at me carefully all around. "How did you…?"

"Hiruko." I said simply. "I had allowed him to absorb the bodies of the other Village's shinobi so that I could gain their bloodlines when you made the serum for me."

His eyebrows shot up before you smiled. "I truly only wanted to see what I could do with your blood now that it was more stable, but this is much more interesting…"

"I knew you would be interested in what my DNA looks like now that it's incorporated Hiruko's own along with the DNA of 4 other Kekkei Genkai users." I replied. "It's yours if you agree to my terms."

He answered without hesitation. "I accept."

I nodded and ran chakra through a kunai in my grasp before slitting my wrist. Blood immediately gushed out for a second before the wound closed. I carefully manipulated the blood with both Water Release and Magnet Release and formed it into a red floating sphere.

Orochimaru obtained a container and I placed the blood inside it.

He immediately slammed it shut and kept it in a fridge.

He looked at me, "Now then, let us take a little trip."

-Yoru: Gamer-

[3rd Person POV]

"Shit…!"

The black humanoid creature didn't even get to finish swearing in his mind as the terrain exploded into chunks of rock and debris from Yoru's attack.

Who the hell did that kind of thing?!

Black Zetsu was lucky that he had managed to dig far deep enough that only the supplementary waves of the attack had managed to damage him. His injuries weren't light, but they were nothing compared to what could have happened and the weight of information he had received.

"The Four-Tails has re-emerged!" Zetsu thought as he rapidly traveled back to the hideout where Obito was.

Thinking about him, however, made the artificial human feel like it was sleeping on pins and needles. The main reason for this was because he had never told Obito about Rin's survival.

It had been a shock to find out that the Konoha kunoichi has somehow survived getting stabbed through the heart. The only saving grace was that Konoha had kept her hidden for over half a year which had helped Zetsu fool Obito into believing that his beloved Rin had died.

It also helped that Konoha had decided to build her a tombstone just so that no one looked into her further.

Now, if this was ever found out by Obito, Zetsu would be the one with a grave and all of Madara's plans would go down the drain. The main reason Obito had even agreed with Madara's plans was because of Rin's "death" so if Obito found out that she was alive and that Zetsu had been keeping this info away from him…

"A few more years and it won't matter anymore." He thought. After all, by that time Obito would have committed so many crimes and horrors that would have no choice but to move forward with the plan.

All of this, however, would have been a non-issue if it wasn't for him.

Zetsu recalled the face of the silver-eyed, white-haired, brown-skinned, turd that had ruined his and Madara's carefully laid out plans. If he hadn't existed and if he hadn't developed Mystical Healing, everything would have gone smoothly.

Zetsu knew.

Using his white half to perfectly mimic the facial features and chakra signatures of certain medical personnel really came in handy when trying to figure out how the hell Konoha had gained the ability to regrow limbs.

If Yoru simply hadn't existed, Zetsu wouldn't have to worry about Obito killing him because Rin would be dead as a doorknob; The Four-Tails wouldn't have disappeared for so damn long; and he wouldn't be running away for his damn life because someone decided to blow up a few freaking kilometers of land!

Zetsu narrowed its eyes. "I need to find a way to get rid of him, but first…" he thought as he arrived at the hideout where Obito was staying. "Obito will have to know about the Four-tails' new developments."

Stat Update

Tier: 7-B+

Age: 10.99 - 11

Level: 97

HP: 403760

CP: 639669

STR: 1460 - 1606

VIT: 1460

DEX: 1460 - 1606

INT: 1500

WIS: 1200

ENGY: 1968

Points: 0

Guest: Kishimoto never explains why Kushina's pregnancy lasted 10 months nor do I know the answer. I'm assuming that it has to do with Uzumaki longevity and whatnot, but I can't be sure.

Frustrated Reade: to be honest…I agree. Chapter 11 was an iffy chapter looking back at it. I had wanted to introduce this new system I had envisioned, however it just didn't come out…right. Taking your review to heart, I've decided to edit out a lot of the superfluous elements that weren't needed.