NLS141-150
Chapter 141
Samui winced. "I'm sorry, was that too hard?" I asked.
"N-no...it feels warm," she replied.
I chuckled, "yeah, I'm told I'm a hot head," slowly the bruising went
away. I removed my hand and smiled, "there you. Try moving it."
Samui nodded as she id just that, her eyes widening as she found it
back to normal. She looked at me, "why did you help me?"
I shrugged, "why shouldn't I help you?"
"We're enemies," she narrowed her eyes.
"Only until the match was decided, and you heard the announcer, I
won," I smiled as I made the seal of reconciliation, "this is the seal of
reconciliation, we make it in Konoha to allies and friends after a match
is done to show that there are no hard feelings."
"I'm an enemy ninja," she argued.
I shrugged, "we aren't at war are we?"
She looked at my offered fingers and sighed, "you really must be
desperate for that date," she made the seal.
"Yeah, I date with you is totally worth world peace," I helped her on her
feet and smiled, "besides, you're too cute for me to consider an
enemy."
"Yo! Stop flirting with your opponent and get off the area field!" R
yelled.
I rolled my eyes, "alright already! Shesh! We're having a moment here
people!" Samui's face got the hint of a smile as we walked back to the
waiting area, I gathered all my daggers and kunai with chakra thread
along the way.
With the Kages:
"He's too soft," Onoki snorted, "just like the rest of you tree huggers."
"That may be, but he's ruthless when he needs to be," Sarutobi replied.
"I'll say, I thought he was going to burn Samui alive for a moment
there," A growled.
"I assure you, Yami holds life above everything else, he wouldn't kill if
he could help it," the Hokage spoke.
"Your ninja seems quite powerful this year Sarutobi," the Lightning
Daimyo spoke out, "another fire user like yourself who handles himself
well under pressure and a prodigy. Both deserving of the rank of
chunin."
"And what about Samui?" A asked, annoyed that his own daimyo
wasn't paying attention to their own lands ninja, instead focused on
some foreigner.
"Oh she's very impressive as well," the fire daimyo replied, "to have
fought against such a dominating force, hm, she would do well in
seduction missions I would think," the man leered at the blonde
bombshell, "very well indeed."
A hated the way the man looked at his ninja, but he couldn't say
anything without upsetting the man, so remained silent. The Kages
looked out and continued watching the exams, but the Hokage was far
more concerned about one participant in particular than anyone else.
Hiruzen narrowed his eyes, 'why are you here Orochimaru?'
With Yami:
We walked in and immediately Zumo was on me, "dude! That was
awesome! Where did you learn that jutsu!" Samui walked away,
standing next to E who shot me dirty looks.
I chuckled, "in the library. I kind of stole it when Ko sensei wasn't
looking," 'Sidra', who was standing far away, looked at me when I
mentioned that. I saw him smile, a hint of yellow flashing in his eyes.
Kurotsuchi snorted, "you took your time."
I smiled, "hey, I had to make it entertaining. That's the whole point of
this exam anyway. If I don't show off what I'm made up I won't pass."
"Wait, so you have to win and show off?" Zumo groaned, "I'm so
screwed!"
"Ah...no Zumo," I patted his back, "you can still pass, provided the
daimyo or the Hokage deems you worthy. Technically speaking anyone
who fights here today can pass, even if they lose every match."
"Cool!" Zumo said.
"But if you don't even know that they there's no way you're chunin
material," Kurotsuchi snorted.
"Hey! Watch it stone bitch!"
"You don't get to say shit monkey boy!" Kurotsuchi growled back.
"Ah, young love," I sighed wistfully.
"Shut up!" they both snapped at me.
"They're even copying each other! Isn't that sweet?!" I sighed with a
goofy smile.
Kurotsuchi growled, "fuckign tree huggers! I'll fucking end-"
"-And the next match will begin now! Will E from Kumo come on out!" R
announced.
"Hold that thought," I held up my hand silencing Kurotsuchi, "looks like
you're up."
"You're lucky I have a fight to get to," she growled.
"And his challenger, Kurotsuchi from Iwa!" as Kurotsuchi walked down
the people booed her even louder than they did me. Guess Iwa really
is hated by everyone.
"Go Kurotsuchi! Kick his scrawny ass!" I cheered, I turned it Zumo,
"come on man! She needs the support!"
Zumo snorted, "no way."
"Do it, or I'll tell China you groped Samui," I narrowed my eyes at him.
Zumo gulped, "y-you wouldn't dare!"
I smiled, "try me."
The Sarutobi cried out, "go Kurotsuchi! You can do it stone bitch!"
"Shut up you monkey!" Kurotsuchi yelled back, but I saw a small smile
on her face as her REP went from 0 to 10, yay!
"Why are you cheering for an Iwa ninja?" 'Sidra' asked.
We all turned around and looked at the previously silent sound nin. I
raised an eyebrow, "what do you mean?"
"Iwa and Konoha are famously on opposite sides of every argument,
so why are you supporting her?" Orochimaru asked.
I smiled and turned back to the match, E was doing his best to move
away from Kurotsuchi onslaught of fire and earth jutsus, sadly the last
fire blast light his sandals on fire.
"Kurotsuchi wants to be the fourth Tsuchikage," I told him, "and I think
she'll do it. In fact, I know she can. She's got a will of stone. So, I want
her to know just because in the past Konoha and Iwa have been
enemies, that need not always be the case. We can be friends, right
now, this generation doesn't have to live in hate, so I want her to know
we can be friends."
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"And what about those who have died at the hands of others?" 'Sidra'
asked, "don't your ancestors deserve vengeance? Don't they deserve
peace?"
I snorted, "fuck the dead. They are dead and gone and if they don't
have peace, that's their fault. I only care about the living and keep them
as such. That's all that matters to me, the past, the pain, it can all be
forgotten. Why do you want to kill a ten year old child because some
man from the same village as that child killed your great grandfather?
Isn't that pointless?"
"Ku, ku, ku, so you believe by believe friends you can achieve peace?"
he asked with a mocking laughter.
I nodded, "yup."
"That's a child's dream," he snorted.
I watched Kurotsuchi land a punch on E's face, knocking the boy out
cold. I smiled, "have you ever tried? Or is your pride getting in the
way?" He didn't say anything for that.
"And the winner by knockout, Kurotsuchi of Iwa!" R spat out, the people
booing at her for knocking out the only other kumo ninja from the
match.
"Good job Kuro!" Zumo cheered.
"Thanks monkey!" she grunted as she came back inside with E taken
away in a stretcher.
"Alright ladies and gentlemen! That was the first round! Advancing into
the second are Yami from Konoha!" medium applause, "Sidra from
Sound," polite applause, "and Kurotsuchi from Iwa!" And que the boo's.
"Now! Let's begin the second round shall we?!" R asked getting
people's roaring approval, "alright then! Since we have an odd number
of people, the stone chick will be staying put and automatically
advancing to the final round!"
"Oh come on! That's so not fair!" Zumo cried out.
"Bite me monkey boy," she hissed.
"Oh, kinky," I said wiggling my eyebrows, making the girl blush, but
confusing the innocent twelve year old.
"How do you even know about that kind of stuff?!" Kurotsuchi asked.
I shrugged, "I read. And how did you?" She looked away, not
answering.
"And now, without further adieu! The fourth match of the chunin exams!
Yami from Konoha and Sidra from Sound!" People cheered loudly most
supporting Sidra since they hated Konoha. Ironic that Sidra was
secretly a Konoha ninja himself. An Ex-konoha ninja that is.
"Well then Yami, it looks like it's our turn," Orochimaru chuckled evilly
as he got off the wall.
My stomach was flipping, my hands cold. I was scared. And suddenly,
they were all gone. I felt calm, ready, in control. I had a list of possible
jutsus to surprise him with, just enough to keep him on his toes. I was
ready...I hope.
"Yeah...should be fun," I smiled.
Orochimaru chuckled as he went ahead, Zumo gulping, "Yami...I don't
like that guy."
"Yeah...I know what you mean," I walked down, each step I took feeling
like a death sentence. I knew if things got too bad Hiruzen himself
would step in and fight Orochimaru. But...I can't let that happen, I need
to face him, I need to show the world what I got.
I made a promise to the Hokage, to myself. A promise that could one
day lead to peace, one day lead to a better world. Maybe. And for that,
I needed to be strong, a pillar of strength others can rely on.
I promised him.
The day before departure for Kumo:
Sarutobi walked with his son into training yard 11. Asuma had come to
him with a strange request from Yami, to come to the training yard for
some kind of surprise. While unusual, the Hokage would take up any
excuse to not do anymore paperwork, so he readily agreed.
"So you aren't aware why he would ask such a thing?" Hiruzen asked
his son.
Asuma snorted, "as if I would know what's going in that kid's head. I'm
too busy with my own team to worry about him."
The Hokage raised an eyebrow, "from what I hear the only thing you've
taught your team is how to play shogi."
Asma shrugged, "build a tactical mind." The Hokage shook his head
and continued walking to the middle of training ground eleven. He
noticed a rustle in the trees, an ANBU had stepped on a branch,
Hiruzen sighed, he really must insist of a tougher training program for
them, the new ones are getting too sloppy.
They arrived at the middle of the ground and Hiruzen looked around,
"well? Where is he?"
TING!
There was a sharp release as suddenly the sky was bolted by a
hundred daggers. They came flying down at the Sarutobi men, who
didn't budge an inch.
Suddenly five blurs came out from the trees and surrounded the
hokage protectively, "don't move lord Hokage, it's a trap!"
"Don't be silly," the man sighed, "if it was a trap then the daggers would
have been aimed at me, not aimed at the ground around me," the
Professor pointed out as the daggers all landed around him, not one
even came close.
"You morons really need to observe before you act," Asuma sighed as
he took out a cigar, "this is obviously Yami's doing. But I wonder what-"
Zip!
A dagger came flying out at Asuma, the throw was so slow the Sarutobi
had enough time to move his head allowing the dagger to fly past him.
But just as it crossed his head, there was a flash of blue lightning, Yami
spread flying past Asuma's side as he reached out and grabbing the
cigar in the jongin's hand and the packet of cigars in his jacket.
And just as quick as he appeared, he vanished in another blue flash of
lightning.
"What was that?" Asuma said blinked as he looked at his empty hand.
He turned to his father, "was that-"
Hiruzen narrowed his eyes, "it appears so," the man looked around,
each of those dagger had a seal on it's handle, a very familiar seal.
The third smiled, "well...I'm impressed."
ZOOM!
A flash of blue light appeared in front of an ANBU, grabbed him by the
collar and threw him across the field. Yami then vanished once more,
appearing in front of the fallen ANBU, placing a status seal on his body.
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"Spread out! He's using the dagger to-" the ANBU was cut short as
flash of blue blurred across the battlefield.
They went flying across the training area, the blue blur of lighting
flashing quickly from dagger to dagger. The ANBU however weren't the
top ninja in the village for nothing. They drew their weapons and
moved, using their speed to try and isolate the blur.
But the Flying Thunder God made Yami more than a match.
Suddenly the five ANBU members were hit in the back, their surprise
making them too slow to react. They turned around just in time to see a
seal on their person that reacted so quickly, they dropped down like a
sack of potatoes, unconscious.
"Very impressive Yami," Hiruzen called out blowing smoke out of his
mouth, "you can stop now."
There was a flash of blue lighting as Yami appeared in a couch before
the two Sarutobi men. He slowly stood up to his full height, the wind
blowing his cloak back as he smiled, "so...what do you think?"
With Yami:
The Hokage raised an eyebrow, "I think...the ANBU need to up their
training if a genin can beat them."
I chuckled, "well in their defences they weren't expecting me to use the
Flying Thunder God jutsu to attack them. And they certainly weren't
expecting my seals to be so effective."
"Indeed," the man nodded, dragging on his pipe.
"Y-Yami," Asuma's mouth hanged wide open, "t-that was...the Flying
Thunder God jutsu!"
I nodded, "yup!"
"HOW?!"
I shrugged, "I have been working on it for some time now. Finally
cracked the code, spent some time figuring out how to use it in
combat."
Lie successful!
"And I see that you were," the Hokage said as he looked around, "you
defeated five ANBU in less than a minute...you are...quite spectacular
Yami. To have mastered such a complex jutsu at only 12 years old...is
this what you have spent the month doing?"
I nodded, "amongst other things."
"Holy shit kid! Didn't I tell you to not do something like this?!" Asthma
cried out.
I shrugged, "I knew I would be fine, plus...well, I am a ninja, what was I
going to do? Not try and become stronger?"
"And the color?" the Hokage asked, "I remember it being yellow."
I smiled, "I figured I need something to set myself apart from the
Fourth. It wasn't difficult, just used a little lightning chakra instead of
normal chakra. Makes me faster too."
"But are you aware of what the consequences of your actions are
Yami?" the Hokage asked.
"If someone knows you can do this..if Iwa finds out you can do this!
You'll be listed as a level S threat!" Asthma cried out.
I nodded slowly, "yes...I know. And I'm willing to take the threats that
come with that. Because...because the village needs it."
The Hokage raised an eyebrow, "explain."
"I realised something while I was in the chunin exams," I told the man,
"Konoha has a reputation...a reputation of the greatest ninjas either
dead, going rogue or broken. Right now there are only two ninjas that
strike fear in the hearts of our enemies, Gai and Kakashi, no one else
loyal to Konoha has that kind of respect."
"Gee thanks kid," Asuma snorted.
I smiled, "no offence Asuma sensei, you are tough, you could probably
kick Kakashi's ass 5 times out of ten, but what I'm trying to say is you
don't have the fame or the catchy title that makes people aware of you.
People look at you and say, 'he's another Sarutobi'. And right now...we
need someone flashy and dangerous on people's minds. Because they
are really starting to treat Konoha hostile.
"Suna hates us for taking their jobs, Kumo hates us for the Hyuga
incident and Iwa...well, they hate us because the world thinks we're all
swell guys while they think we aren't. We need people to know that
Konoha shouldn't be fucked with...which is why I want your permission
to use this jutsu in the final round of the chunin exams."
The Hokage remained stoic, "you think you can protect Konoha?" a
wave of killing intent poured out of him, it was enough to send Asuma
stepping back a few steps, "you think you, are better to serve Konoha
than me? The man who has been protecting it will before you were
even born?!"
The killing intent was potent. But, thanks to my Gamer's mind, I wasn't
affected, not one bit.
I walked forward, the man glaring at me. I didn't break eye contact as I
stepped into his comfort zone and spoke, "yes. I do."
For a minute we stared at each other, I refused to back down. And
then, he smiled, "good."
Asuma blinked, "you didn't have to be so tough on him dad."
"If he intends to be Konoha's next Flash, he needs to get used to
facing tougher enemies," Hiruzen said as he turned to me, "are you
sure about this?"
I nodded, "yes, I am."
He nodded, "okay...you have my permission to use the Flying Thunder
God jutsu, but only in the final battle. And I give you permission to go
all out, don't hold anything back. I'll be attending the tournament myself
along with the Tsuchikage and the Raikage. I want you to show them
that Konoha will always have ninja who will protect it, no matter what.
Is that understood?"
I nodded, "yes sir."
Ping!
Quest Completed!
Convince the Hokage to let you use the Flying Thunder God jutsu
in the final match!
Rewards:
+1,000 EXP
"Good. Now go get ready, you have a long journey tomorrow….a very
long journey," he dismissed me.
I nodded and turned around, using chakra threads I grabbed each
dagger by the handle and pule them into my hand where I created a
storage seal on both my forearms. The moment my daggers touched
my palms I used the storage seal and put them all away.
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I nodded to Asuma sensei and vanished in a flash of blue electricity,
going back to the dagger I left in my room.
With the Hokage:
Hiruzen smiled, "I never thought I would see the day the Flash was
reborn."
"Are you seriously just going to let him use that jutsu!" Asuma turned to
his dad, "you know how much hatred Minato gained because of that
jutsu! How many people came after him! How many lives he had to
take! What makes you a child barely a year into his ninja career can
handle that?!"
Hiruzen looked at his son and smiled, "Asuma...have I ever told you
about the first time I met that boy?"
The younger man shook his head, "you mentioned something about a
lecture?"
The Hokage nodded, "yes. I met the boy during a lecture. He was..a
strange boy, even then. He called me an old man."
Asuma snorted, "nothing special there."
Hiruzen sent his son a glare, "true...but it was what he said after that
grabbed my attention. He said that being old isn't an insult, it's a
compliment, especially if the man is old in a profession where men die
young."
Asuma's eyes winded, "how old was he?"
The Hokage smiled, "eight. I then asked him what he thought being a
ninja meant...and his answer….it was unique. He said 'ninjas are killers
and thieves. But, that was not the kind of ninja he wanted to be. For
him, a ninja is someone with the power to change the world, be it with
a murder or with an idea. A ninja can be a hero to one person and the
devil to another. But the kind of ninja he wanted to be is someone who
can make this world less horrible, the kind who can protect the people
he cares about and make the world a peaceful place."
Asuma raised an eyebrow, "that's awfully optimistic."
"But everything he has done from the point onwards makes me think
otherwise," Hiruzen huffed his pipe, "his first C rank mission he saved a
woman without thinking twice about the consequences, in his second
he captured three enemy ninjas without hurting them, not because he
couldn't but because he didn't want to. I see the ideas of Minato and
Jiraya in that boy...the dream to one day break the cycle of
hatred...and...I believe if I don't at least give anyone who wants to try
and make this world a better place, I wouldn't be part of the solution,
but the problem.
"And that is why I believe in Yami...because he just might be the kind of
ninja we need."
Asuma was silent as they made their way back to the tower, he
contemplated the words his father shared and inside he began to
wonder, 'can I do the same?'
Present:
I promised him I would be a force to be scared off. Someone people
could look up to or be afraid off. Adn right now, Orochimaru was
standing in the middle of that promise.
"Are you both ready?!" R asked, "begin!"
He charged at me, I channeled chakra into my fist activating my
enhanced chakra strength. 'Activate Giant's Strength,' I thought to
myself;
Ping!
You have gained +20 STR for the next half an hour!
He was right in front of me when my fist came towards his face. He
smirked as held up a hand to catch it. I smirked back and his smile
dropped.
"FUCK YOU!" I roared as the punch tore through his hands, he wasn't
expecting my strength to be that great.
It tore apart his hand, flesh flying everywhere as it ploughed through,
finally crushing into his face, breaking it apart into tiny pieces of bone
and flesh.
His body was sent flying back into the arena wall.
Ping!
Chakra strength- 15 X 75 = 1,125
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
1,125 X 5 = 5,625 DMG!
Orochimaru: 244,375/ 250,000
He's not dead, nowhere near dead. I moved backwards, he would
come at me fast, my hands moved through a new jutsu I invented. A
blur of movement bust out of the wall as a white blur came rushing
towards me.
"I'll kill you!" he cried out.
"Swift release: Speed up times 1,000!" the Swift release chakra went
through my whole body, activating my entire body's nervous system
slowing down the perception of time for just fast enough for the world
to slowly crawl to a stop.
Orochimaru's head was extended form his body, the nose was still a
mess, his jaws were unhinged, his fangs popped out. It looked like he
was aiming to bite down on my shoulder, trying to give me a curse seal
heh? Bastard.
The Swift release style was very particular, it didn't have any sort of
special jutsu involved with it, it just used pure speed.
The jutsus I invented allowed me to move faster. I knew I could use
with it was activating the slower perception of time jutsu that allowed
me to see everything slower, similar to the perk I gained not too long
back, Slower.
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But now, the Swift realised allowed me to move fast, not just think fast.
There were different ranks of course. There was 5 times faster, 10
times faster and even a hundred times faster. This was the highest,
and I needed to be faster to stay alive.
There was a limit of how long I could use this as it took a high toll on
my chakra, a thousand CP every ten seconds.
But, my chakra regeneration rate of 56% every 30 seconds gave me
around 850 CP every ten seconds, giving me around 50 seconds to
act.
I moved, ducking under his fangs and away from his elongated neck. I
took out several daggers and began stabbing into his neck, over and
over, fighting 35 daggers into the neck alone.
Ping!
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
Number of daggers X 4 = 140
140 X 5 = 700 DMG!
Ping!
Disturbance style user-184 + 75 + 60 = 319 DMG!
Total DMG= 1,019 DMG
I then moved to his body, stabbing it over with the rest of the daggers I
had on hand, around fifteen of them in total.
Ping!
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
Number of daggers X 4 = 60
60X 5 = 300 DMG!
Ping!
Disturbance style user-184 + 75 + 60 = 319 DMG!
Total DMG= 619 DMG!
And now for the final pieces, several super power punches. I threw
several punches across his body. Each on landing in a critical area, his
throat, his chest, his groin, over his heart, his groin, his kidneys, his
groin, his groin.
Ping!
Chakra strength- 15 X 75 = 1,125
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
1,125 X 5 = 5,625 DMG!
Chakra strength- 15 X 75 = 1,125
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
1,125 X 5 = 5,625 DMG!
Chakra strength- 15 X 75 = 1,125
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
1,125 X 5 = 5,625 DMG!
Chakra strength- 15 X 75 = 1,125
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
1,125 X 5 = 5,625 DMG!
Chakra strength- 15 X 75 = 1,125
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
1,125 X 5 = 5,625 DMG!
Chakra strength- 15 X 75 = 1,125
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
1,125 X 5 = 5,625 DMG!
Chakra strength- 15 X 75 = 1,125
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
1,125 X 5 = 5,625 DMG!
Chakra strength- 15 X 75 = 1,125
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
1,125 X 5 = 5,625 DMG!
Chakra strength- 15 X 75 = 1,125
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
1,125 X 5 = 5,625 DMG!
Total DMG: 50,623
My time was up, my chakra was reduced to only 700 CP. I need the
last bit of that chakra, just in case. So I dropped the Swift release jutsu,
allowing time to move back again for me. I now stood on the other end
of the area, far away from Orochimaru and his body.
Total HP lost: 52,263 HP
Orochimaru: 192,112/ 250,000
All that power, all that energy collapsed into his body. I watched as his
body exploded into blood and flesh. The world came alive again as
people all gasped in shock at the exploding body. They began to
whisper in hushed tones, I could hear a few;
"He's a monster!"
"He moved so fast! Did you see that?!"
"How did he do that?!"
I ignored them all. They all thought he was dead, but he was not, I
knew it. But I can't do anything, not until my chakra came back to full.
Which it could in one minute. God I love this broken game's stat
system.
"Ah...I guess, Yami of Konoha is-"
"-He's not dead," I called out as I opened my inventory and took out a
large scroll the size of my body. This was my show stopper, the thing I
would use to impress everyone, and now I needed to use it against
him.
"What do you mean?! You just turned him into paste!" a civilian cried
out.
I looked at the words that floated over his head, it slowly began to
move, I could feel his chakra burrowing underground. He was coming
right to me.
"He's alive," I spat out as I opened the scroll, "a snake can't die that
easily." He was coming closer, the chakra signature felt like he was
going to do something nasty, maybe as revenge for the pain I caused
him.
I opened the scroll and unrolled it onto the ground. I placed my palm on
it and channeled chakra into it causing a bright light come out and a
large puff of smoke.
TING!
The singing of steel took the air as projectiles flew all over the area
grounds, covering it with fanged daggers and kunai, all with one thing
in similar, a seal on their handle.
BOOM! The ground suddenly exploded outwards as a blast of wind
came up, destroying the area ground upon where I stood. Stood being
the keyword.
I immediately flashed over to the daggers sticking out of Orochimaru's
disposed of body.
-100 CP!
I cursed, my CP was only up to 1,000 points and I already used 100. I
need to distract him for a moment, just one moment. And I had just the
thing.
As the ruble feel down, a lone figure stood in the middle, he had pasty
white skin, yellow snake eyes and a wicked looking smile on his face.
And above all, he didn't have a single scratch on his body. I looked at
his HP and cursed:
Orochimaru HP: 250,000/250,000
He got it fully restored. I used nearly every drop of chakra I had left to
get him down to half, and he just goes and regenerates it all?! Fuck
that!
"Who is that?" someone from the audience asked.
"Wait, white skin? Is he a vampire?"
"He looks stupid."
"A gay vampire?"
"You're such a cheater," I smirked, "this match is for genins! What is a
sanin doing here? Don't tell me you got demoted for being a bad boy!"
"Ku ku ku, I have to admit Yami boy, for a moment there, you had me
on the run," he curled a strand of hair behind his ear, "I didn't expect
you to be this...amazing," his grossly long tongue came out licking his
lips, "when little Sidra came to me and told me about you I was
skeptical, I'll admit, but now...I'm glad I came."
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"Orochimaru!" Sarutobi came out of the Kage box and stood looking
down in fury. He jumped over the ledge and came down, landing
between me and him protectively. His robes flew away revealing battle
armour underneath and a giant bo staff by his side.
"Ah sensei, I didn't expect you to come dressed for war," Orochimaru
snickered, "growing paranoid in your old days aren't you?"
"Why are you here Orochimaru?!" Sarutobi roared questioning, soon
Gai from the stand and A, the Raikage, joined us down in the pit as
well.
"Well, it's honestly because of that amazing boy that you are protecting
behind you," he looked at me and winked, creepy dude. 1,500 CP and
climbing, come on! I need 2,000 to make this work!
"He's a ninja of the leaf! He's not going anywhere!" Sarutobi said with
narrowed eyes.
"WHo the hell do you think you are Orochimaru?" A asked, "this is my
village! You think you can just drop in like it's nothing and expect
people to roll over?! Konoha might be like that, but we sure as hell
aren't!"
"Yeah! You tell him A!" R cried out, cheered on by the people in the
stands. I noticed slowly more and more Kumo ninja began taking up
the front row while the civilians were being evacuated outside. I even
noticed Zumo being taken away by Samui and Kuro.
"Oh please, spare me your theatrics," Orochimaru huffed rolling his
eyes, "I didn't come here to listen to you muscle head, I came to see if
what the little sound ninja I captured was true or not. And ku, ku, ku, I'm
so glad I decided to drop by. I haven't been punched like that since
Tsunade! Tell me old monkey, did you teach him that trick? Is he your
new protege?"
"He is my responsibility!" Sarutobi called out, "he is my ninja! He is a
proud member of the leaf village and I will defend him and anyone else
till my last breath! So try what you wish Orochimaru! But I will not rest
until I correct the mistakes of my past and end you!"
Yes! The Hokage's speech gave me enough time to reach 2,000 CP
again! First things first, a shadow clone with 200 CP.
Poof, he appeared next to me. I extended my hand and held it out. I
began focusing my chakra into my hand, the shape control and chakra
control coming to me easily while the clone infused it with nature
chakra.
"Oh please, I have no intention of killing him, why, if I did, how will I
ever convince him to come over to my side?" Orochimaru's voice
chuckled, "why, I'm sure with a little persuasion, I can...make
him….do...what?" his voice slowed down to a hault as he looked at me.
They all turned back. I held my hand up and in it was an orb of blue
fire, rotating like the sun. The ground became parched, the clone itself
looked like it was being effect. The ball of fire drew everyone's attention
to me, every single person in the arena turned not to the S rank threat
or the Raikage and Hokage, but to me.
This is what I spent the last week working on personally. Through the
use of clones it took me three days to get the Rasengan down and
another three to fuse a nature affinity with it. And thus, I gained two
new jutsus.
Rasengan, A rank
A spiralling ball of chakra kept in a perfectly circular form.
CP cost- 2,000 CP
DMG- 10,000
Scorch Release: Rasen Nova Blast, S rank
A spiraling ball of scorch release chakra that can cause an
explosion strong enough to physically push the ground away.
CP cost- 9,000 CP
DMG- 20,000 CP
Normally that CP cost would be impossible for me. But, thanks to the
boos I gain because of 100% control of Scorch release, the cost was
reduced by 90%
-900 CP!
Jack pot! "Y-Yami, what are you doing?" the Hokage asked.
"If I'm not mistaken! My match isn't over!" I charged forward with my
clone right next to me. It grabbed three daggers and threw it at
Orochimaru. They flew over the Hokage's and the Raikage's head and
flew right at the snake sannin.
The sannin took a kunai out and deflected all three. But that was never
my intention. During the second he was looking away from me, the
clone took the orb of fire into his hands and vanished into a blur of blue
lightning, appearing right before Orochimaru, thanks to one of the
many daggers I had scattered around the ground.
The clone trusted the orb forward, Orochimaru dodged, grabbed the
clone's arm and twisting it around, forcing his head into the ground.
"Impressive jutsu, too bad it's useless if it can't touch me."
The clone smirked, "that's not true at all snake butt," the clone used his
free hand and grabbed onto Orochimaru's neck. He then closed his
fists, and the orb began to collapse on itself like a dying star.
"Scorch release: Rasen Nova Blast!" I cried out, creating a ram seal.
Orochimaru's eyes winded as the orb exploded outwards with an
unimaginable amount of heat and energy.
BOOM!
The explosion grew and grew until it covered 20 square feet of ground.
The ground flew off, rocks and boulders flying into the air. The heat the
blast gave off was enough to turn the ground into slag and the very
center into molten magma.
"Holy shit," A gasped as he looked around at all the destruction around
the arena. He turned to me and blinked, "and you're a genin?"
"It's not over," I turned around towards Orochimaru's chakra signature
hidden up above us. And there he was, standing perpendicularly to the
wall, smirking at us.
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"I must say, I'm glad I escaped that little attack," he whistled, "if I hadn't,
you might have actually killed me."
I did the math in my head. 20,000 DMG, that's 40 thousand with the
scorch release 100% damage boost. That into 5 for critical damage
and it would come to 200 thousand, just 50K less than what it would
take to kill him.
"I'm not sure that it would have," I made another 200 CP clone, we
began the process all over again, "but we can sure as hell try again."
"Yami no! You're chakra levels are already low, it could kill you!" Gai
called out.
"I'll be fine!" I smiled, "I so want a new snake skin belt!"
Orochimaru snickered, "while I admired your talent, you certainly are
an ambushes fellow. Even Minato didn't think he could kill me, and he
was better that the Flying Thunder God jutsu then you will ever be."
"What?!" A cried out, "the flying Thunder God jutsu?! This kid can use
it?! How?!"
"Yes, how indeed," the snake smiled, "care to enlighten us?"
"Yeah, simple, I'm smart," I smirked.
"Ah, yes, there's the snarky attitude I remember Konoha famous for,"
the pale man rolled his eyes.
-900 CP!
A second Nova ball was ready, it spun in my hand, just begging to be
released.
"Now tell me little Flash," the sannin chuckled at his own little joke,
"how exactly are you going to get that, all the way from there, to here?
You don't have a tagged dagger anywhere near here, and I don't think
you can use that...Swift release of yours again."
I smirked, "you're half right."
"About what?"
"I don't have a tagged dagger anywhere near you," I jumped upwards
at him. The snake sannin easily moved away, far far from my reach. I
began to fall back down, I threw my hands down, aiming the Nova ball
at the ground.
"Get back! He's going to blow us all!" A cried out as he moved away.
But moment before it hit the ground, I vanished in a burst of blue
lightning. And I appeared behind Orochimaru's back. The Nova Ball
smashing into his back, plummeting him into the ground.
Ping!
You gained a critical strike! DMG is multiplied by 5!
40,000 X 5 = 200,00 DMG
And it flew straight down into the ground as I flashed away towards
another dagger near the Hokage and Gai sensei.
"YOSH! That was amazing!How did you do that?!" Gai asked.
"The first clone, when Orochimaru grabbed it, it placed it's hand on his
neck leaving a seal that he didn't notice, too focused on trying to
escape the exploding ball of chakra before him." I smirked.
"That...was brilliant," A looked impressed, "you were thinking that far
ahead?"
Before I could say anything Orochimaru flew out of the cloud of dust as
fast as he could. He landed before us, his back scarred and broken, his
skin burnt off. He looked like a dead man come to life.
"Gai!" the Hokage ordered.
"Right!" the man vanished in a burst of speed colliding into Orochimaru
at break neck speeds even I couldn't follow. They began fighting and
soon the sannin realised he was out matched, so he turned to his last
resort, summoning.
He managed to use the body flicker jutsu and escape Gai for a second,
and a second was all he needed. He created the seals and slammed
down his hand on the arena wall.
There was a massive explosion of smoke as a giant three headed
white snake appeared before us, using it's tail to smash in the area
stadium. People screamed as they flew down. I cursed, I can't let them
die!
I had only 500 CP left, I used the shadow clone jutsu and created a
hundred clones, each with 5 CP. And the moment I did, I felt
exhausted. I fell to my knees and watched as the clones saved civilians
from falling to their deaths while the Hokage and Raikage used their
combine efforts to push the snake into the middle of the arena.
"Yami!" Orochimaru cried out from ontop the snake, his hair burnt, his
pale skin blanked and his robes torn to shreds, "you have made a
grave and powerful enemy today! I will never forget this insult! I will kill
you!"
I was so tired, I honestly didn't care. "Kiss my ass snake bitch!"
He growled, "I declare you my sworn enemy Yami! I will kill you! I grant
to you the title of the damned! Beware my revenge!"
I zoned out, I honestly didn't care. I watched as the clones saved as
many as they could, moving from one to the next to the next. I laid
down on my back, allowing my chakra to regenerate, though it would
take a minute.
I watched as A and Sarutobi managed to defeat the snake while
Orochimaru blinded Gai with a smoke jutsu and managed to get away.
I sighed, after all that, he still managed to run away, slippery snake.
Ping!
Quest completed!
Survive the fight against Orochimaru!
Rewards:
+20, 000 EXP
+5 skill scroll
Soon Sarutobi approached me, looking down at me with a soft smile,
"are you strong enough to walk Yami?"
I looked at my CP and SP, they were both back at max. I smiled, "yup,"
I got on my feet and looked around. My clones were still helping people
out by escorting them out or to the medics. But they were all quickly
being overwhelmed. I needed to help.
I needed 200 CP to make any difference, so I created 20 clones who
immediately went out to do their jobs. I began to feel wobbly again, but
luckily Gai sensei was right there behind me to catch me.
"You shouldn't overwork that jutsu," Gai said, "what are you thinking?
You just got back to full health and you're already using a jutsu that can
kill you?!"
"Gai, look," Sarutobi pointed at the clones who were now healing the
injured people.
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I smirked, "I can't just let the people suffer when I can help now can I?
With great power comes great responsibility after all."
Sarutobi frowned, "Yami, as kind as your intentions where, you
shouldn't have done that."
"Why not?" I asked.
"Who the hell gave you permission to operate on my people?!" A cried
out as he came charging towards us, behind him were two
bodyguards, Samui and Zumo and surprisingly, Kurotsuchi. But it
wasn't her preakness that was the surprise, it was the short old man
behind her with the hunched back wearing green robes and a long
beard.
Onoki, Third Tsuchikage
Lv- ?
REP- 60
"Well?!" A roared, "who the hell gave you the right to operate on my
people?"
"You incompetent ninja did the moment Orochimaru arrived in this
place without your notice," Sarutobi snapped stepping between me and
a pissed off A.
"He's your village's missing nin!" A called out.
"And your people are the ones who didn't notice a kage level threat
posing a genin!" Sarutobi roared, "he could have killed someone!"
"He could have killed me!" Zumo suddenly realised.
"What kind of ninja are you boy?" Onoki snorted, "death comes with
the trade! Get used to it!"
"You can't blame that shit on us! It's because of him that snake bastard
even came here!" A pointed at me.
I sighed, "why am I being dragged into this?"
"Because you're the eye of this entire shit storm," Onoki said turning to
me. He looked around, spotting a dagger imbedded into the ground.
He turned to me with narrowed eyes, "another Flash is born today. Tell
me, are you going to be as ruthless as the previous one?"
I held up a finger, "hold that thought," my chakra had filled up again. I
created another 20 clones and sent them off.
"What the hell are you doing?!" A cried out, "I told you to stop that!"
"You get enough medics in here for everyone and I will," I sighed and
turned to the old man, "I'm not a blood thirsty person, I don't kill if I can
avoid it. That being said...are you going to try and kill me?"
"If I must to prevent a monster like the Yellow flash," Onoki growled.
"Take care how you speak Onoki," Sarutobi called out, flashing his
killing invent, strong enough to make the Tsuchikage sweat for a bit,
"he's my ninja," he turned to A, "and he's helping your villagers out of
the goodness of his heart because that's the kind of man he is."
"A fool," Onoki snorted.
"No, a kind man," the Hokage narrowed his eyes.
"Like I said, a fool," the old man threw his head back and laughed.
"If it's being a fool to believe the past can be the past then yes, I'm a
fool. If I'm a fool for believing that you should provide healing for
people, even if they aren't your people, then yes, I'm a fool. But you
know what, fools end up living better lives, so...I guess my point is, it's
better to be a fool."
I saw the REP increase for everyone around me by 10 points. Which
still meant Onoki's REP was -50.
"That still means you're a fool," the old man snorted.
"So ah, not to drive the conversation away, but...is the tournament still
on?" Zumo asked.
A scoffed, "I guess technically it still is. And since Orochimaru ran
away, Yami is the winner. Meaning the final round of the Yami brat and
Kurotsuchi."
"Oh no way in hell I'm going up against that!" Kurotsuchi cried out, "are
you crazy?! He nearly took on a sannin! And won! Neh ha! No way
man!"
A grumbled, "fine. Then I guess Yami of Konoha wins by surrender.
Congrats kid, you just put a target on yourself the size of a mountain."
I smiled, "I'm used to people stalking me..although it's usually for the
wrong reasons."
Ping!
Quest Completed!
Show off and draw attention to yourself in the third round of the
chunin exams!
Rewards:
A page in the bingo book!
+50,000 EXP
Ping!
You have leveled up!
Yami, Little Professor
Level- 43 (21,300/57,900)
HP- 8,450/8,450 (+20)
SP- 4,200/4,200
CP- 4,975/4,975
CONTROL- 100%
FIRE- 100% WIND- 100% LIGHTNING- 100%
SCORCH- 100% SWIFT- 100%
POWER- 28%
Allegiance- Konoha Civilian
STR- 50 (+5)
VIT- 60
DEX- 60
INT- 40 (+2)
CHA- 80
CC- 150
LUC- 27 (+5)
Points- 6
I sighed, "yay! I won!...Do I get like a cash prize or something?"
Onoki snorted, "yes. You get 20 million Ryo in the bingo books. Have
fun getting hunted boy. Come Kurotsuchi, we have to get back home,
now."
I watched Kurotsuchi shot me a regretful look as she walked away with
her grandfather. I smiled, maybe I made a small difference after all.
Maybe peace...isn't that far off.
Chapter 149: Icon Living
We arrived in Konoha three days later. After Orochimaru invaded
Kumo, A didn't want us anywhere near his village. So we had to leave
there immediately. Sadly I couldn't even say goodbye to Samui or take
her out on that date she promised me. Sad.
Zumo and I now stood before the Hokage with Gai and China off in the
corner. The man sighed as he looked into a bingo book, "not even a
week and they already have you listed in the books."
I raised an eyebrow, "can I see?" He tossed the book over. I caught it
and looked at the page.
Name: Yami
Age: 12
Affiliation: Konoha
Threat level- A
Physical features: Has black spiky hair coming down till his
shoulders and black eyes. Wears black leather armour with dark
green plates acting as armour. Keeps a black hood up along with
a face mask. Real face is said to be handsome with sharp features
Elemental affinity: Fire, Scorch (claims), Swift
Known jutsus: High ranking fire jutsus, high ranking wind jutsus,
enhanced chakra strength, the flying thunder God jutsu, Nova ball
(unknown), Mystical palm healing technique.
Prefered jutsus: Scorch release: Dragon's breath, Flying Thunder
God jutsu
Yami, no last name, is an orphan from Konoha. He's known to
have incredible speed and strength. He mainly uses his daggers,
which look hand made and also an Uchiha Gunbai. His main focus
is on a quick victory, he chooses not to kill if he can help it.
Bounties:
20 million (Iwa) Dead or Alive
1 million (Kumo) Alive
I raised an eyebrow, "two things, one, in my physical features I'm listed
as handsome, that feels….good? I guess."
Zumo snickered, "that's because you made quite an impression on
Kurotsuchi."
"What?" China asked with a raised eyebrow.
I smiled, "nothing. And second, why does Kumo have a bounty on me?
I thought we were good?"
"Kumo sees you a valuable asset they can turn to their side," the
Hokage explained, "that's why they lised you as only alive. I'm
assuming they think by using Samui, who you bonded with, they could
convince you to switch sides."
I whistled, "I'm not that desperate."
"I would hope not!" China growled.
The Hokage smiled, "the chunin exams were a success. You both
performed wonderfully. We're already getting more missions directed to
us from the land of Lightning and the land of Frost. Some have even
asked for you in particular Yami."
I blinked, "damn, what rank?"
"Mostly C level, a few B and one A," the Hokage smiled, "but, for the
next month, you aren't going anywhere," he glared, "we found that the
A rank mission I mentioned was a fake, one that Orochimaru himself
had issued, I'm assuming in an effort to capture you. So for the next
month, you will be staying in the village, do you understand?"
I nodded, "yes sir. Will I be undergoing any missions though?"
The Hokage nodded, "yes. I have one important mission in mind for
you, unlike the chores we made you do."
"Ah ha! So you are making us do chores!" Zumo cried out.
"I admit nothing," the Hokage smiled before turning serious once more,
"I would like you to teach a few jounin the Flying Thunder God jutsu.
Last time the jutsu died with Minato, I would like it if that didn't happen
again."
I raised an eyebrow, "will I get paid?"
The Hokage smiled, "why not. A C rank mission then, one that you can
do inside the village."
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Train three jonin in the use of the Flying Thunder God jutsu!
Rewards:
+10 stat points
Random scroll drop
Failure:
-20 REP for Konoha
Do you accept?
Y/N?
I nodded, "sounds good. Who will be the jonins?"
"Kakashi Hatake, Genma Shiranui, Iwashi Tatami and Raido Namiashi.
Kakashi was the student of the Fourth and the rest were his guards.
They were actually taught a jutsu similar to the Flying Thunder God
jutsu by Minato himself, but they never got the real thing. I wish for
them to learn it."
I selected yes, "I'll do my best."
"That's all I can ask," the man nodded. "Now, on to the next matter. In
regards to your promotion. Zumo, step forward," the Sarutobi kicked
gulped as he nodded and stepped forward, "you may have lost the
tournament, but you have a very good reason. Not many jonin can
boast they survived a fight with Orochimaru, and even fewer chunin.
While you did lose, you proved you had the skills to be a chunin. I'm
hereby promoting you to chunin, under a two month suspension period
where you'll be put under a fellow chunin and taught all you need to
know. You have skills, but lack the knowledge that comes along with
this."
"H-hai lord Hokage!" the Sarutobi said in a shaking tone, "t-thank you
for this!"
The Hokage nodded, "you'll be assigned to the patrolling division,
tasked with taking care of the Suna border. This will be for two months,
after which you will go through the chunin selection test and
determined which area best suits your skills."
The Hokage then pulled out a flak jacket that most chunin wore. He
passed it to Zumo who took with with slight awe and reverence. He
bowed, "thank you for this honour lord Hokage!"
The man smiled, "you have made me and the Sarutobi clan proud
Zumo. Hold your head up high, you have earned it."
"Y-yes sir!" he nodded.
The Hokage then turned to me and sighed, "you are such a pain in my
behind Yami."
I gave a nervous chuckle, "sorry."
"You showed great skill during the exams, and your tactful mind has
always been impressive, even as a child. I spoke in length with the
ninja council and have decided while you aren't up to a jonin standards,
because of your lack of experience and age, you cannot be given the
rank of jounin. But, because of your strength and usefulness in the
battle field, you can't be a chunin either."
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He took out another flak jacket and passed it to me. I felt it' heavy
weight in my hands, damn, I never realised it was this heavy. Was this
because of the metal plates inside of the weight of the responsibility I
need to carry?
"You're now a tokubetsu jonin, while you may have the rank and
privileges of a jonin, you do not have their authority and clearance.
After you finish your teaching mission I will be adding you to the
reserve pool, meaning if a team lacks a member or needs help, you'll
be the one they turn to."
"By assigning me on random missions you'll get people used to my
abilities and have the world know that I'm out there and firmly on
Konoha's side, smart," I deduced.
The Hokage smirked, "I thought so. Report to training field seven
tomorrow morning at eight am. Dismissed. Gai, stay back."
We bowed and walked out, and the moment the doors closed Zumo
leaped into the air, "YES! I DID IT!"
"I'm happy for you Zumo," China said in a depressed tone, turning to
me, "you too Yami. I always knew you two could do it."
I sighed, "China, I know you're sad about this, I am too. But just
because you failed one stupid test doesn't mean your life is over."
"Yeah Chin!" Zumo nodded, "you're like the best kunoichi I have ever
met! No one knows swords better than you!"
"You both are just saying that..." she murmured.
"Hey, if it wasn't true I wouldn't say it," I smiled, patting her shoulder,
"you really are a good ninja, you just need to take a running start at
things. And you know what, Zumo and I will be waiting for you to do
just that. So you better start straining China, the next exam is in six
months, and I expect you to be in it."
She smiled a little, "thanks Yami."
"Hey! I helped too!" Zumo cried out.
"Of course, thank you Zumo," she leaned forward and gave a kiss on
his check, making the boy turn red.
I chuckled, "alright, come on you two, let's go celebrate! Since I won I'll
treat you all! Anywhere you guys want!"
"Or really? Anywhere?" Zumo raised an eyebrow.
I nodded, "yup. Just name the place!"
"Alright," he grinned, "I want to the eat at the Silver Spoon!"
"Zumo! That's too much! The Silver Spoon is the most expensive
restaurant in Konoha!" China cried out.
I chuckled, "no no, it's fine. I did say anywhere! Let's go!" I encouraged
them, dragging them out of the Hokage tower.
We walked out of the tower and just then ran into Ko sensei. He had
been on his way to congratulate us personally, since he was technically
our team sensei. And after a while I insisted we all go out and eat,
dragging him along.
The restaurant was big and fancy, there weren't any ninjas seen here,
only the high class. Zumo felt shy immediately, he suggested another
place since he didn't want me to pay so much. But I managed to
convince him it wasn't a problem, and we all had a wonderful lunch
together.
Ko sensei told us everything he had been ding for the past two months.
It seems the border patrol for Land of Rain needed his expertise,
however the details of that mission were classified.
"I still can't believe the Hokage promoted you to a tokubetsu jonin," Ko
said smiling at me, "it was just a year ago when you were a fresh faced
genin."
"A fresh faced genin that desired a seal to blind a Hyuga," I corrected
looking at the man sitting next to me. I convinced him to sit with me,
forcing Zumo and China to sit with each other. The two struggled to
speak to one another, it was so cute!
"Did he mention where he was going to assign you?" Ko asked.
I shrugged, "he mentioned putting me into the reserve units, nothing
else. I'm guessing he wants me to get more experience before
anything else."
Ko nodded, "that's good. Now, tell me," he smiled, "what's this I hear
about you mastering the Flying Thunder God jutsu?"
I chuckled and slowly got into a talk about what I went through to learn
it, most of it was a lie, since I couldn't possibly tell him the truth. But he
patiently listened and finally believed me.
It was around five when we finished lunch. The bill was very heavy, and
tough Ko offered to cover half the expenses, I refused, I did promise to
treat them after all.
We all split up after that, sadly though I realised this would probably be
the last time team 11 would ever be together again. China would get a
new team, Zumo would be working as a chunin and I would be doing
my duties as a tokubetsu jonin. We were split into three different
factions. But it's my firm belief that one day, we'll all be united again.
I took a walk around village, one would be surprised how much one will
miss this place when your life is in danger. The people looked at me
and smiled, the +80 REP bonus I had towards every member of the
village went a long way to make people like me.
My first stop was the library, because there's been something that I've
been wanting to do for some time now.
I walked in and saw Misa behind the counter. She looked up at smiled,
I ignored her, moved past her and towards the staircase.
She quickly followed, this was the same way I told her I had become a
genin, by barging into the genin section without her permission. So she
understood what I was doing.