chap. 9 - First Mission

At 8 in the morning I was at the training camp with Hayama sensei. He hands me the wooden sword.

"We will have a training fight, all jutsus are allowed. Besides being a training, it will also serve to both you and me to know what level you are at. And who knows, maybe even help me improve as well." he says while smiling.

A little later we are exchanging sword blows, he is fast, which I am not, not without my teleport.

I am more on the defensive as I analyze his sword techniques and his attacking stance, as soon as I see an opportunity, I switch and start attacking. It's not as fast as sensei, but it's more accurate and with few openings.

This surprises him a little, but soon he gets used to it and starts paying attention to his stance and strikes, as well as his foot movements.

We stayed in this for a good 40 minutes, until he decided to increase the intensity, using jutsus.

He started with simple wind blades, showing me even the trajectory they would take. While I used earth shields to defend myself and earth spears to attack.

Almost two hours later and both exhausted, we started talking about where to improve and how to do it, while I used a shadow clone to show him my sword stances and my main body studied the scrolls I kept with me.

Three days later, when we had gotten used to each other's fighting styles, we went to the Hokage's office to pick up our first assignment.

As we entered, we saw an anbu finishing passing on information when the Hokage saw us.

"Great that you are here, perfect timing. We have an urgent mission at hand and a shortage of personnel. Kisaragi village was attacked, we need more information. This is your mission. Information gathering and tracking. Do not fail. Dismissed." says an extremely agitated Hokage.

"Meet us in 1 hour at the village gates, prepare enough supplies and necessities for the month. We don't know how long the mission will take although Kisaragi village is not far and relatively small. Go." says Hayama sensei as his body shakes.

Arriving at the Senju compound, I prepare a ninja bag with items for quick access and not so important like Kunais, shurikens, food ration pills. On my wrist, a storage seal where all my jutsu and sword scrolls are.

Kira said that a sequence of teleporting, releasing sword and slashing could be fatally surprising, so I keep the sword hidden. Of course I gave the idea to Hayama sensei who loved it and adopted it on the spot.

The only real thing on my wrist is the sword, the scrolls are just copies with my ideas for modifying the jutsus.

I am now wearing an all black outfit, anbu pants, boots, shirt, and vest.

I warn Grandma that I am leaving on an urgent mission, but obviously I explain what it is or else she will rip my legs off and before even an hour had passed, I was already at the gates of the village and Hayama sensei was already waiting for me. I think we both understand the word urgent.

A few hours later, we are approaching the village, when I stop.

"Hayama sensei, I sense 30 chakra points of gennin and chunnin level in the village ahead. All of them filled with malice and pleasure, and an aura of death hangs in the air." I warn as I keep my eyes closed, trying to find something else.

"Any sensors on site or nearby?" he asks me.

I open my eyes "No."

"Let's get closer and see what's going on." Hayama sensei says and starts moving.

(Warning, the following description may contain triggers for some people. If you have any kind of issues related to butchery and rape, please only read again after the end warning).

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As we enter the village, a putrid smell permeates the air, my stomach immediately starts to turn.

We see many houses destroyed, others burned, with bodies still burning, many of these bodies are children.

Further ahead I see the group that I felt in the distance, they are raping some girls who are no older than 6 or 7, while some others are lying like broken dolls on the ground, alive, if you can call it that.

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(I don't feel comfortable either, so I'll stop here. But I think for those who have read it, you have a good idea of the kind of person who attacked the village.

End).

My body freezes, my brain stops and blacks out. I hear a pop and a voice in the back of my head, but close to my ears, like a devil's whisper.

"Kill these demons".

That voice, was my voice.

My chakra explodes in fury, my hands come together, making a snake seal and my cold, low voice says. "Mokuton : Medieval Prison Variant."

Roots sprout from the ground, piercing through the hands and feet of the rapists and murderers, trapping them all in a sort of cross, which keeps them bound by the wooden stakes that have pierced through their hands and feet, and open up to form side hooks.

My body moves on its own, going in the direction of those children, I start to take a closer look at their physical and mental states, and realize that they are only alive, only vegetables.

I turn to the prisoners.

"The first one to tell me, whoever gave the order to attack this village, and allowed you to commit these acts, will die a quick death."

My eyes are dull, my mouth is completely dry, my chakra has been drained in a stupidly large way, but none of that matters to me at the moment, I just want to destroy them.

"F-it was Master Iwana, he's in a cave that's further east from here. Head east two o'clock and you'll find it.

He already knows he's going to die, he just wants it to be quick. Smart man. But unlucky

Hayama sensei did what I didn't have the courage to do, free the souls of those children from suffering. As soon as I see him finish the last child, I make another snake seal.

"Mokuton: Forest of Peace"

Trees begin to sprout all over the place, swallowing the bodies of the victims, keeping them inside. As soon as it ends, Hayama sensei and I follow the path said by the idiot. When we are a little far from the village, I again make a snake seal.

"Mokuton: The Great Flower of Pain"

Hayama sensei looks around, but finds nothing. I look at him and explain.

"The jutsu I just used is a variant of the giant name technique that great grandfather Hashirama used, the technique was Mokuton: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees. In my technique the flower that was born in the midst of the prisoners, releases a pollen that stimulates the central nerve, causing excruciating pain. The pollen will not let the person pass out, and his body will always be spasming, so his hands and feet will bleed until he dies. And the pain will accompany them until then."

I finish explaining and keep walking, when the adrenaline subsides and the chakra is at its lowest state, I pass out.