Chapter 35

Credit to 006Sam for bouncing ideas with me, most of the stuff about DNA is coming from ideas he inspired.

We talked about DNA, Cells, and bloodlines and he straightened some stuff out and made my ideas more solid or 'logical'.

I had a vague direction but it was looking subpar, Sam's Ideas straightened out the story a good bit.

So much love to him.

If anyone wants to chat about the story feel free to PM me, I enjoy the back and forth.

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Even though I didn't need the Kaguya it was always good to have extra Kaguya cells on hand.

Or at least pure Kaguya cells.

I decided on a plan and blew a breath out of my nose.

I crouched and coiled my muscles and appeared behind the Kaguya clansman with a Shunshin.

I was met with an elbow to the face and was sent flying back landing on the ground with a thump.

"I knew you were here the whole time!"

I laid there for a moment dazed, he had hit me so hard I lost control of my chakra and deactivated my Byakugan.

I looked up and seen a manic grin appear on the man's face.

"Did ya feel sneaky tree hugger?"

I climbed to my feet while still feeling rocked, the Genin had taken this time to gather in a rough formation.

I spared the Genin a moment of attention but dismissed them, this was likely their first mission out of their country, one was even shaking and looked half-way to pissing himself.

"What's with your hair, did your mommy do it for you?"

The man's hair did indeed look stupid, it was the first thing I noticed about him.

"Fuck you, bitch!"

Even though he was annoyed he didn't make any moves and seemed content with watching me.

"I didn't know Kiri-nin were such bitches."

He snorted.

"Fuck you midget, at least I don't have to jump to reach the counter!"

I glanced at him for a moment.

"At least I don't wear make-up bitch face."

My opponent snorted and started making his way towards me, though he kept his guard up.

Seeing that he was silent I stayed silent as well and started my approach, my opponent elected to forgo weapons and had his fists at the ready.

I thought for a moment and decided to do the same.

I jumped in first and tagged him on his right arm which he tried to punch me with.

The moment I touched him he jumped away and started fiddling with his arm, I used the time to slow my perception.

"What did you do to me?"

Bullshit no jutsu!

"Medical Ninjutsu."

He grunted.

"Annoying."

I nodded, having your limbs immobilized was annoying.

"Sorry about that."

He didn't respond and one of the Genin threw a handful of kunai at me.

I sidestepped them and used some Chakra Strings to catch them and toss them back where they came, I heard two screams of pain but ignored them.

Reflexes for the win...

The Kaguya used the time his Genin bought and rushed at me sending a kick towards my head.

I gracefully sidestepped it and tapped his leg as it passed further disabling him.

He grunted and used his good leg to launch himself backward.

He landed ungracefully and looked at his Genin, I took the time to do the same.

They seemed to have been patched up, the girl seemed to know Medical Ninjutsu and was surprisingly good at it.

The fight was going my way, so I decided it was time to test a jutsu.

I ran through four hand-seals and a long thin blade of lightning formed in my hand.

I enjoyed the look of shock on the Genin's faces and sent them a nod.

"Sometimes you just run into people with lightning swords, it's a wild world out there."

I Shunshined behind the Kaguya and ran the tip of my sword through his spine.

Another Shunshin and I was away from his body and out of range from any potential shenanigans.

I sighed and watched as the Kaguya fell to his knees and then faceplanted.

His Genin rushed and surrounded him, the female member was fruitlessly trying to patch his wound and the two males were standing at the ready one armed with two kunai the other with a sword.

I released my grip on the sword and watched it disperse as I was no-longer feeding it chakra.

My favorite thing about the lightning sword was its weightlessness, I could effortlessly swing it around as I pleased.

I guess the lack of blood was a plus as well.

Hmm...

I leaned to the side to dodge a kunai that one of the boys had thrown, I snatched it out of the air and pocketed it.

One could never have enough weapons after-all.

"Now what should I do with you three?"

They were about twelve and thus just over the age where I wouldn't be willing to experiment on them.

So, they might be out of luck.

I eyed the group, one of the boys looked terrified but resigned, the second had pissed himself and looked to be barely standing, the girl was sobbing over her sensei and had given up on healing him.

It was a sorry sight, it almost made me feel bad.

Almost.

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"Any of you have a bloodline?"

All I got was silence in response, the Genin were resigned and the Jonin couldn't do more than mutter curses at me.

"The first one to answer me gets to go free."

The two boys shifted and looked at each other but ultimately didn't speak.

I took a closer look at their features but didn't see anything hinting at a bloodline.

"Death it is then..."

I took a moment to stare at them giving them a chance to blurt out something to save their lives.

No one spoke, they just silently held my stare.

Either they didn't have any bloodlines or they were extremely loyal.

I Shunshined into the group and with two quick taps to their necks the boys were unconscious.

I looked at the girl, she was silently crying and hadn't moved, she had seemingly given up.

I tapped her on the neck and she collapsed onto her sensei

I sighed...

What to do... What to do...

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After looking at the Kaguya for a while I discovered a few things.

His body structure was slightly different and his bones were denser than normal though they were nowhere as dense as mine.

He also had a healing factor though it was barely noticeable.

The most notable thing was the huge amount of testosterone in his body.

I figured it probably caused the increased aggression and 'savageness' the Kaguya were known for.

Overall, I'd discovered nothing of note.

Just that I might become more of a savage when I start puberty.

Sigh...

Hopefully, Kaguya puberty wasn't too much of a bother.

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I've got four bodies and I was out of ideas...

Well...

I guess I'm practicing chakra network expansion.

I need to find a way to increase chakra density as well.

Hmm...

I do it to the Kaguya and girl, then I'll poke at the gates of the other two...

I wonder if I could open a gate permanently?

Something to test in any case...

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A twitch of my fingers and all the team's weapons were gathered and neatly stored, another twitch, and the packs flew into my arms.

Chakra strings were a marvel, and they brought me immense joy when I used them.

Using something someone worked hard to learn as a parlor trick never ceased to bring a smile to my face.

Though they were less impressive when they could only go three or so feet from my body.

I sealed my loot away and looked down at the now weaponless ninja.

All in all, things went well, there was only one death.

After expanding the Kaguya's chakra network I pumped him full of chakra from my seal to see what happened.

He was ripped apart from the inside out.

It was shocking and not something I had anticipated.

Didn't two idiots from Kumo gain the Ninetails chakra after being swallowed?

If they could handle that why couldn't this guy handle Kage level reserves?

What a useless waste.

It seems the body had a limit of what it can handle, maybe that's why Uzumaki are such good Jinjuriki and have such large reserves, their bodies could handle more chakra. Or maybe I just jumped the gun and increased his chakra system too much in one go?

Something to experiment with later...

Though the Kaguya was a lost cause the other three fared better, the girl now had reserves equal to mine and the boys had their Gates of Opening 'damaged'.

I say 'damaged' because I lacked a better term, the gates weren't open like Duy's were but they were active.

The first gate The Gate of Opening regulated muscular strength and when released allowed you to use one-hundred percent of your muscular strength...

Humans used like twenty or thirty percent normally...

Or so I'm told...

So, maybe the boys would gain incredible strength?

Or maybe they'd destroy their body's just by moving carelessly.

I'd see in a moment...

Hmm...

I eyed the group for a moment, I wonder how enhancing their sense of smell would go?

Probably not well.

I imagine smelling people's poorly wiped assholes all-day would be hell.

Perhaps that's why the Inuzuka stay in their compound?

The thought brought a smile to my lips.

"Ok!" I clapped my hands together.

"No more silly thoughts!"

Daylights burning after all.

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Damaging the gates worked about as I expected, meaning it worked but it also had drawbacks.

The sheer force exerted destroyed the body when one moved carelessly and even if you didn't destroy your body right away your muscular-skeletal system would eventually deteriorate anyways.

And the lactic acid buildup was insane, meaning you had a lot of strength but no stamina.

Stamina could be built up...

Though I guess stamina doesn't matter when trying to stand destroys your body.

Anyway, you need an insanely strong body to not be destroyed by your own movement.

I probably could have guessed this...

This whole ordeal was almost pointless.

Which was a pity.

The girl had seemingly lost her hard-earned chakra control as well.

Which was a shame as I had wanted to expand my chakra network.

But I probably shouldn't if my control suffered.

Control was my specialty after all.

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It was time leave and I was wondering what to do.

Having my subjects running around is ideal as I would like to know if there are any side-effects caused by my experiments.

I guess it's time to use the Memory-Concealing Technique, originally the jutsu called for the use a of tiny sand needle but I opted for some bone needles instead.

I already had the seal on some tiny bone needles so I was good to go.

I just had to plop them in the memory center and all would be well.

As long as they didn't get checked over by a competent Med-nin, everything should be A-Okay.

I hope.

Even if the needle was found, tampering with it would kill them anyway so I wasn't too worried.

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I put all the Genin in their bedrolls and tucked them in, I then sealed their sensei's body for later use.

They would wake with no clue what happened to their sensei or themselves.

Or at least that was my hope.

I'd see how it went, if I didn't get an update on my bounty, I'd assume all was well.

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I regrouped with Mom and Duy at Noodle's capital whose name I hadn't cared to remember.

Mom and Duy were both slow so they had only been waiting for three hours, they had used the time to buy two rooms at an inn and take a quick look around.

Well, mom took a look around and Duy Youthfully complemented the Byakugan's usefulness.

Or so I heard.

I hoped mom and Duy got to know each other a little better while I was gone.

Though hopefully not too well, I didn't need a youthful step-father...

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Mom was sending me a look from across the room.

"So, how'd it go?"

I made a so-so gesture.

"It was messy."

Meaning it didn't go as I wanted it to.

Though almost nothing went as I wanted it to...

"That's a shame."

I shrugged.

"You win some, you lose some."

At least I knew not to expand my reserves right to Kage level and I got some Kaguya parts, so it wasn't a complete loss.

"Have you got Heavens Palm down?"

Mom nodded but looked slightly peeved.

"I have but I can only use it four times."

That was good enough, I could only do nine myself.

"Want to learn something else?"

Though she had the Rasengan and Heavens Palm, having two big moves wouldn't stop her from dying.

Most of my fights ended before anyone got to throw any moves at all.

That's the advantage of crazy speed...

"Hmmm..."

Mom leaned back and tapped her fingers on her crossed arms.

"No thanks."

That wasn't what I wanted to hear.

"I'd like to make a technique of my own, I don't want you to be the only one with anything to teach."

I'm not sure how much I liked that.

"Alright." Even though I didn't want her wasting valuable time, it was probably best that she makes her own techniques.

I could still teach her with clones...

Or get her to make her own clones...

"Did you know that you get memories from Shadow Clones?"

I got a nod and an eye-roll in response.

"Why don't you use it to train?"

Mom raised a single eyebrow.

And it was my turn to roll my eyes.

Would I have to spell everything out?

Sigh...

Annoying.

"Don't sigh at me, Shiro."

Annoying...

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"Duy stop helping the civilians, we're supposed to be unseen and unheard."

Duy sent me a nice guy pose from across the roof.

"Thank you for your reminder young Shiro, I shall endeavor not to make the same mistake twice!"

I sent Duy a blank stare in response.

Duy couldn't seem to stop himself, he already painted a fence, patched a roof, and went grocery shopping for an old lady.

All within the hour.

"Sure..."

I pointed my index and middle finger at my eyes and then pointed them at Duy.

"...I'm watching you."

Duy nodded with a youthful smile.

I repeated the gesture twice more and gave up when I saw it did not affect Duy.

"Let's go check out the shore, there's no ninja's here."

I expected there to be around six spies but there was no-one with chakra above civilian level.

It was a little suspicious.

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Perhaps my suspicion was for nothing...

I had wandered most of Noodle Country's north-west shores and had found nothing.

Which was annoying.

Missions around Kiri were seldom peaceful as of late.

So where were all the Kiri-nin?

"I'm going to have a quick look around, I'll meet up with you at our inn."

I Shunshined away before Duy could reply.

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Another thorough search provided nothing other than annoyance.

No ninja anywhere.

Which was unusual.

Last I heard we were having some skirmishes with Kiri in Noodles.

There wasn't even a single Konoha cannon fodder bumbling around.

Though I guess that mist Genin team counted ...

I arrived at the door to our room and gave it a quiet knock.

Knock* Knock* knock*

Mom opened the door and waved me in.

"Did Duy get back?"

Mom nodded but sent me a reproachful look.

"Yes, but don't leave him behind."

Duy was a grown Eight Gate using man, he could take care of himself.

"Alright."

However, I knew better than to argue.

"Anyway, I couldn't find anything, it's like everyone packed up and left."

I wasn't sure what was up but there was no Konoha or Kiri ninja to be found.

Mom hummed and nodded but didn't say anything.

"Did everyone pull back to the border?"

Mom just shrugged.

Alright.

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Another day and another attempt at convincing mom and Duy that body modifications were the way to go.

"You won't even feel it, you will just wake up with more chakra, better speed, and reaction time."

Duy and mom were hard nuts to crack, no amount of reassurances, promises, or threats would work on them.

"No thanks."

Mom as usual wasn't having it and was determined to remain unmodified.

"Thanks for your offer young Shiro!"

Duy wasn't interested either.

I eyed them for a moment and played with the idea of just knocking them out and doing it regardless of what they thought.

Broken trust could be rebuilt...

"Stop staring like that, it's creepy."

I turned my head away and focused on the setting sun, I had hoped to enjoy some combat but it seems that everyone withdrew from the area.

Boring...

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