Yakumo Joins and the Future

"This is my mind . . ." Yakumo whispered.

"Indeed." Shiki confirmed.

"What do you want?" She asked him.

"You." He answered.

That was enough to bring a blush to Yakumo's face.

"Me?" Yakumo asked for confirmation as if she couldn't believe it.

"Yes. You're talented, herd working and beautiful. That's plenty enough." Shiki declared.

"I . . ." Yakumo was at a loss for words.

"But first my dear, you have to face the truth." Shiki austerely said.

"The truth? The truth of what?" Yakumo inquired.

"The truth of the death of those dear to you . . ." He replied.

". . ." The girl feel into a painful silence, remembering those lost to her.

"How do you think they've died?" Shiki asked.

"Why does that matter!?" Yakumo aggressively countered.

"Believe me. It matters." Shiki insisted.

"The Third Hokage, he feared my power and had people set fire to my house, killing my parents." Yakumo declared.

"I'm afraid to say you're wrong." Shiki informed.

"What!? Were you sent here by the Hokage!?" Yakumo asked with agitation.

"No, I haven't. In fact, I took you out of your little prison in Konoha, we're both very far away from the village now." Shiki revealed.

"I'm . . . I'm no longer in that place?" Yakumo tentatively asked.

Shiki nodded before responding.

"When you wake up, it'll be to a whole new and wider world." He assured.

By pure intuition, Yakumo believe those words. Or maybe, she merely wanted to believe she was no longer trapped in those all too familiar walls . . .

"Thank you." She sincerely said.

"You're very welcome Yakumo, but the truth awaits." Shiki said.

"How will you show me this truth you speak of?" Yakumo inquired.

"It lies buried here, deep within your mind. That's the reason were talking inside your mental realm and not the real world. I will help you uncover the truth, so that you may face it and make your decision." Shiki declared.

"My decision?" Yakumo asked with confusion. Everything today was all too confusing to her mind.

"I shall inform you . . . When the time comes." Shiki said.

"Now, let's uncover what is hidden behind the veil of trauma shall we?" He continued.

"To do this however, you will have to relive the events of the past. Are you ready for such pain?" Shiki inquired.

"Will this help me move forward and grasp my dreams?" Yakumo aksed.

"It is the only way." Shiki replied.

"Then . . . I'm ready."

As she said the words, Shiki manipulated the very same genjutsu he had used to enter the girl's mind, Yominohana and used it to uncover Yakumo's repressed memories.

That fateful night was replayed in the form of images in front of Yakumo's inner self and, much to her horror, she was able to see and to remember the truth.

The fire that killed her parents was not set by the order of the Third Hokage, instead, it was Id, the split personality deep within her subconscious that used Yakumo's own genjutsu prowess to create an illusionary fire that burned her parents to death.

"I-I did it? I . . . Was the one that killed my parents?" As soon as Yakumo asked herself that, an answer came out of nowhere.

"Yes you did . . . ." A demonic voice said as Id made its appearance as an ugly devilish looking creature dressed in the same clothes as Yakumo.

As soon as Id appeared however Shiki immediately imprisoned it and turned to Yakumo.

"The demon before us is indeed a part of, and the one responsible for your suffering." He started.

"Now, you have three choices . . ."

"Three choices?" yakumo asked.

Shiki nodded before explaining.

"I can get rid of it right now and only the current you will remain thus, no longer will you have to fear losing control and I'll also give you training and allow you to become a powerful kunoichi."

"Can I truly become a kunoichi?" yakumo asked with hope. After all, it had always been her dream.

"Indeed you can. But there are still other options for you to take that path . . ."

"I can release Id, so that you may face it yourself. Should you triumph, not only will you be stronger of heart and mind for it, you will also get the chance to take Id's power for yourself and thus become the true Yakumo you were always meant to be . . . The choice is yours . . ." Shiki declared.

After a long silence of consideration and despite the dangers it posed, Yakumo finally made her decision.

"I want to deal with this myself."

"Very well, ready yourself." And saying this, Shiki set Id free and it immediately fused with Yakumo's inner self. Now, it would be a battle of wills to see which personality would get to reign supreme over the girl's body.

Should the true Yakumo fail and be defeated by Id, Shiki would just utterly enslave her and brainwash her into becoming his loyal servant.

But, should Yakumo win, even though she would follow Shiki as the one who freed her and would give her the best opportunity to chase her dreams, she would still have reservation towards his more . . . Hardliner policies.

So as to preemptively deal this however, Shiki had led Yakumo to believe that conquering Id but absorb it into herself would lead to the best possible future for her. It was true as in essence, she would be quite a bit stronger since eliminating Id was like destroying part of herself.

Still, its inclusion would mean that while Yakumo would maintain her goals and motivations, thus choosing to become a kunoichi and become devoted to her saviour who granted this dream of hers, all her moral reservations would be gone.

Id was the part of Yakumo that had no self restraint at all and followed all of its impulses but only had the intent to destroy everything around it. The combination would bear Yakumo's intent and goals but also some of Id's lack of restraint.

A good while later, the victor was finally revealed in Yakumo's inner self and, just as Shiki had intended, she absorbed what remained of Id into herself.

"Reaper-sama!" Yakumo called out.

"Come Yakumo, time to wake up." Shiki smiled.

By the time she woke up, the chamber had already completed the enhancement procedure on her body and so, when she move, Yakumo could immediately tell the difference.

When she looked dumbfoundedly at Shiki, he merely said.

"I said I will make you into a powerful kunoichi. As such, a weakness like your formerly weak constitution had to be corrected."

Filled with gratitude, Yakumo just "Mhmed" with tears in her eyes as she looked towards the man who gave her all her dreams, walking just in front of her and resolved to never fail him so long as she breathed.

All of this marked the end of the missions that Shiki had wanted to pay attention to. As such, all that was left was focus on his own matters, that were no driven by the plot of the original series and, if time allowed it to be so, take care of all of his endeavours before the time of Shippuden came around.

As a continuous task that would be done over the next two years and change, Shiki would ensure all the younger members of Mugetsu or those with lesser training, as well as potential candidates received enough of it to become powerful experts by the time their true trials arrived with Shippuuden.

For the immediate time however, first, he would study the Star and possible applications for its energy, a matter which shouldn't take too long for him and design a standardized training procedure to bestow such powers to his forces.

Next up, a major change would be done to himself through the use of the Soul Transmutation Jutsu which should allow his abilities to take yet another leap forward and put him completely on an Otsutsuki power level and thus, far beyond all shinobi currently alive.

After that was done, Shiki would then run out of self strengthening methods, unless of course, the research of the Zetsus yields significant results by then.

If not however, Shiki would then begin making moves on some of the more important countries. Both increasing his and Mugetsu's influence, as well as using the secrets he discovered and obtained in said countries to garner more and more power.

Other than that though, he would also seek to garner more fame and expand his influence and resources as Shiki and not the Reaper or its Mugetsu, something critically important for all of his plans to actually work.

And, in the meantime, he would take breaks from all the exhausting work to flirt and make out with his girls and maybe even capture the hearts of a few new ones . . .

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