Chapter 251
ARGH!
Anyway, back to work. I returned back to the Natural Dungeon and
continued working. I had two paths left, the Naraka path and the Outer
path. The Outer path was difficult to use to say the least. It proceeded
over life and death itself!
I didn't really know what to do with it though, I mean...could I really
revive people from the dead? Should be possible right?
Outer path, S rank
The user is able to revive the dead, transmit chakra to receivers, as
well as manifest chakra chains.
Ping!
You have gained a new jutsu!
Demonic Chakra chains, S rank
The user is able to manifest chakra chains which bind and restrict the
power of anyone they touch and cause a great deal of pain.
Note: They can only be used on those that are chakra slaves.
CP cost- 500 per second
Durability: Indestructible
Ping!
Outer Path- Samsara of Heavenly Life, SS rank
This reincarnation ninjutsu used through the Outer Path, which can
infuse new life into the bodies of those who have died in exchange for
the user's own life.
CP cost- Everything
Yeah...I am so not ready for those. And I'm definitely not going to use
the reviving one. No way if fucking hell!
But I did unlock the path, so for now that's enough. And then came the
last path, Naraka Path;
Naraka path, S rank
Summons the King of Hell which aides in the path. It has two main
functions, Revive and Destroy.
CP cost of summon- 5,000
Hm, okay, now I'm interested. I went through the hand seals in my
head for the 'King of Hell,' and I slammed them into the ground.
Suddenly there was a ring of red fire, blood red, like the colour of my
eye.
Out of the ring of flames came a gant figure, he wore a royal high collar
with a black raised head ornament displayed like the rising sun, giving
him a black halo. The creature's zipper slowly opened up, showing the
King's face. He had a crown with the kanji for Hell on it, red skin and
eyes with red hued Rinnegans.
King of Hell, SS rank,
A chakra construct that is the visual representation for the doors of
Hell, falsely named, 'The King of Hell'.
Uses:
Naraka path:
Interrogation- is capable of discerning whether an individual is lying or
not.
Revival- is capable of full healing any person placed inside his mouth,
even if they are at the doors of death. CP cost- 5,000 Limit- 1 at a time.
Outer path: Aides in 'Samsara of Heavenly life' jutsu.
I grinned, yeah, I can totally use this.
I grew older with my time in the Natural dungeon, growing taller and
stronger. I now stood at 5 feet 4 inches, not bad for a thirteen year old.
When I finally left the dungeon, it was time to see the Hokage once
more, since technically, today was the last day of my vacation time.
The Next Day:
"The informant you captured was very useful Yami," the Hokage said
as he pushed a folder to me. I picked it up and looked it over as the old
man continued, "he gave us information on all of Orochimaru's bases
and operations. It seems he wasn't just a mole like we suspected, but
rather his right hand man."
"Well then it's a good thing I didn't roast him alive," I snorted as I saw
the Land of Rice, now the Land of Sound, was dotted with several
bases and highlighted markers, "damn, that's a lot."
"And a lot of potential enemies," he smiled, "since you did technically
kill their Kage."
I shrugged, "if he can get killed by a Jounin, he deserves to die."
The man sighed, "migh isn't everything Yami."
"I know that lord Hokage, but when dealing with people who care for
nothing but power, might is everything."
"Well said," the man smiled, "now, the threat of Oto trying to gain
vengeance is too high, especially during the chunin exams. Your first
mission will be a B rank, during the tournament I want you to be on
standby, incase Oto tries to pull something."
I nodded, "sounds good. And the second mission?"
"That one...is far more difficult," the Hokage put down his pipe and took
off his hat.
I blinked, "damn, you're taking off your hat. It's that serious?"
"Indeed...because I cannot in good concious order you to do this, not
as your Kage. I can only request you, whether you accept it or
not...that's wholly up to you," the man aged before me, he looked far
too old for my liking.
I sighed, "enough with the drama old man, tell me the mission."
"Otot, before Orochimaru took over, was known as the Land of Rice. It
had several ninja clans present in it, none off note, but they were many,
and they often raged war against themselves. The way Orochimaru
gained the daimyo's ear to establish a ninja village, is by promising to
end the blood shed, and he did...only now the people faced a new
threat, him.
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"Your mission will be to infiltrate Oto and begin dismantling each of
Orochimaru's bases, one by one. You will free the people suffering
under his men and establish a real ninja village in it's place. A proper
Oto. That is, if you choose to accept the mission."
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Stay alert for the chunin exams!
Rewards:
50,000 EXP
3 Great balls
Failure:
Total destruction of Konoha.
-40 REP
Do you accept?
Y/N?
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Save Oto!
Number of Orochimaru's bases destroyed: 0/165
Rewards:
1,000,000 EXP
?
?
Failure:
Attack on Konoha, potential destruction
Do you accept?
Y/N?
I narrowed my eyes, "something isn't right...what's the catch?"
The Hokage sighed, "the mission will take three years to
complete...until that is done, you are not permitted to return to Konoha.
No exceptions."
I winded my eyes, "t-three years? But I can do it one! I mean if all I
have to do is destroy a couple of bases-"
"Then yes, one year would be more than enough. But I'm not asking
you to just destroy everyone that comes in your way...no...I'm asking
you to do what you do best...inspire them to better than their previous
selves."
"What are you talking about old man?" I growled, "I don't inspire
people, what the hell-"
"-Before you came Anko was a broken shell, now she is finally getting a
chance to be happy. Sasuke was consumed by vengeance, but even
before you revealed your true identity, your influence on him was
unmistakable. Yagura would be dead in a ditch somewhere, you saved
him, allowing us to try and save him. You saved nine hundred men,
when someone else would have let them die for their country.
"You see the best parts of people...that they themselves don't want to
see. The people of Oto have been shown their worst fears in
Orochimaru...you need to make them think otherwise. I don't want you
to just break Oto and rebuild it...I want you to heal it...heal it from what
Orochimaru did to it."
"Why do you care so damn much?!" I slammed my hands on the table,
he didn't flinch, "you're the Hokage of Konoha! Why do you care about
Oto?"
"Because...I am the reason they had to suffer Orochimaru...if I could...I
would fix it myself but...I'm far too old. I'm nearing 70 years Yami, I
can't spend time outside this village like I once could. So...I'm turning to
the one man who I know who would want to save the people
there ...the one person who wants to save the world, not destroy it.
So..I have no one else to turn too."
I looked at the quest options and I sighed, I grinned, flashing the man a
happy chuckled, "alright old man, no need to flattr me so much! You got
yourself a deal!" I accepted the quests.
Hiruzen looked surprised, "y-you do?"
I nodded, "hell yeah. You're right, I wouldn't let a land suffer, and
besides, three years by myself in another land? Should be fun!"
The Hokage sighed before leaning back, relief flooding over him. He
smiled, "thank you Yami, thank you for doing this. I know it is a selfish
thing to ask of you..but I couldn't let his actions on this Earth remain a
stain as it is."
I shrugged, "it's fine...but ah, you're going to have to deal with Naruto
and Sasuke and explain to them why I'm gone."
The man chuckled, "fine, agreed. Now, let's discuss the people you'll
be bringing with you on the mission to Oto."
I raised an eyebrow, "it'll be faster if I just went alone."
"You are the second last Uchiha, the Second coming of the Yellow
Flash, the wielder of the Scorch Release and a very unique form of
chakra control. There's no way in hell I'll be able to send you alone
without the council objecting. I'll have to send a minimum of three
people along with you."
I sighed and rubbed my eyes, "fucking politics. Fine. Anyone in mind?"
The man nodded, "a few, yes. But I have to approach them first before
I can confirm anything, after all, they'll be in the same boat as you, I
can't just order them to do something so selfish."
I shrugged, "I'm sure they'll understand. Anyway...I was wondering,
since I'm going to b gone for sometime, could I maybe get some help
from the village about something?"
Hiruzen nodded, "of course, just ask away."
I've been waiting for this moment for some time now. Before I figured I'll
casually mention it after a mission or two and get it, but now since
Hiruzen owes me… "I was wondering if there were any ninjas in the
village that could use Wood Release."
The Hokage looked suprised, "Wood Release? Why is that?"
"Well," I made several hand seals ending with the snake on, "Wood
Release: Thundering Growth," I targeted my chakra at the potted plant
near Hiruzen's side and the Hokage watched with wide eyes as the
small tree slowly grew bigger and bigger, finally now fully grown.
His eyes snapped back to me, "you….are such a headache," he
sighed, "why can't I just retire already?!"
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Five days later:
"Wood Release: Wood Clone!" I cried out ending with the snake hand
seal. My body's cells split apart as a wooden mannequin that looked
exactly like me stepped away, slowly turning into a more realistic
version of myself. Soon the clone looked identical.
Ping!
You gained a new skill!
Wood Release: Wood Clone, B rank
A clone that is created by using chakra to alter the user's own
cells into vegetation. They have the ability to travel far from the
user and are able to communicate with the original. They don't
disappear when hit and takes the damage to a certain degree.
CP- 1,000 per clone
Durability- 500/500
I grinned, "not bad huh Yamato sensei?"
Yamato smiled as he nodded, "very true Yami. You managed to pick it
quite easily. In fact, it's almost instantaneous, one could even say
you're a prodigy."
I snorted, "please, I'm no such thing, Wood Release: Great forest
jutsu!" I called out, turning the wood clone into a large redwood tree
that grew until it was thirty feet tall and 5 foot thick around the trunk,
"I'm just quick is all."
"But still, your unique chakra control abilities is something of note,"
Yamato nodded, "to think you can not only perform the Wood Release
but also Scorch, just what is your limit Yami?"
I shrugged, "as far as I know? Nothing. But ah, don't tell anyone okay?"
Yamato chuckled, "fine, I promise." Just then we heard shouting in the
distance, and a firework light up the sky, "ah, that's right, today is the
chunin exam finals is it not?"
I blinked, "it is? Well what are we waiting for? Come on man! We don't
have all day!" I took off, leaping through the trees surrounded training
field 3 as Yamato and I entered the streets of Konoha.
"Wait up Yami," Yamato chuckled, "not everyone has your speed."
"Hey! It's my fault you're so slow!" I chuckled, "besides, I have a job to
do man! I can't afford to wait."
"Humph, I'm your sensei, one would think you would show me some
respect."
"Oh please, you've been my sensei for four days," I rolled my eyes as
we finally reached the stadium, "come on Yamato sensei! We need to
get good seats!"
"Alright already," the now newly commissioned jonin sighed as we ran
in, finding out spot with the jounins who stood near the back,
overlooking everyone else.
I approached Asama first, "hey Asama, how's things?"
"Oh, Yami, surprised to see you kid," he grinned, "dad said you were
training?"
"We finished early," I shrugged.
"As if," Yamato snorted.
Kurenai raised an eyebrow, "what do you mean?"
"I mean I literally have nothing more to teach him," Yamato grumbled,
"Yami here is a sponge when it comes to ninjutsu."
I shrugged, "it's not me, you know how it is with Uchiha and ninjutsu," I
replied with a shrug.
"Uchiha?" Kurenai blinked in surprise, "what are you talking about?"
I blinked, "she doesn't know?" i asked Asuma.
The man shrugged, "she's the rookie jounin, plus she doesn't like
gossip."
"It's useless garbage," Kurenai snorted.
"Oh come now Kurenai, you're a ninja, surely you realise all information
is somewhat valuable," I activated my eyes, meeting her matching red
pupils causing her to gasp in shock, "if you did, then you wouldn't be
surprised."
Asuma chuckled, "he's got you there Kurenai," the woman shot him a
glare and looked away, Asuma noticed this and immediately gulped,
"shit..ah, sorry."
I chuckled, "you're in the dog house tonight."
"W-what?! Why would you think that?!" Kurenai gasped.
I raised an eyebrow, "what? Is the fact that you two are seeing each
other supposed to be a secret or something?"
Kurenai blushed red, Asuma's eyes widening in fear, pink touching his
cheek. "W-who told you?!" Kurenai cried out.
I rolled my eyes, "nobody needed to, it was written all over your face," I
looked at the arena, "now, who's supposed to coming out first?"
Asuma cleared his throat and began to speak, "the first match is
between Sasuke and Tenten."
"Isn't that Kakashi sempai's student? Is he going up against Gai's
student?"
Kurenai cleared her throat and nodded, "yes, it should be a decent
enough match. By the way, where is Gai?"
"YOUTH!"
I flinched, "why did you have to ask?"
We all turned and there he was, standing at the edge of the area,
almost ready to jump down in excitement. He had three flags on his
back, one with each of his students' name. "THIS IS THE PROUDEST
DAY OF MY LIFE! ALL THREE OF MY FAITHFUL STUDENTS HAVE
MADE IT TO THE FINALS! OH HAPPY DAY!"
Asuma chuckled, "he never changes."
"Welcome one and all to the chunin exams!" I looked over and saw
Genma standing in the middles of the ring with a mic, "I'm going to be
the proctor for this event! So get ready to see the very best that the
ninja world has to offer!"
I sighed, "I don't' want to say this, but Kumo did a much better job."
"Their entire country is just one giant stage," Yamato shrugged, "of
course things like a tournament would be extremely well done."
"Now! For the first match! Sasuke Uchiha and Tenten Higurashi!" I saw
Tenten leap onto stage, closely followed by Sasuke who now wore his
black uniform, his level now 40.
"Huh, he's not late," I hummed and turned around to address the
recently arrived Kakashi, "I thought he was going to pick up your
habits."
"W-hat?! Kakashi sempai! When did you get here?" Yamato asked in
shock, which was just a testament to Kakashi's skill in stealth.
Kakashi raised an eyebrow, "chakra sensitives are no fun," he pouted
before replying, "and Sasuke insisted that we arrived early, he wanted
to impress a certain someone."
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I smiled, "always has a chip on his shoulder," I took a deep breath and
cried out, "COME SASUKE! KICK HER ASS!" Sasuke looked over
and I saw him smirk, giving me a node.
"Woah there!" Asuma yelled, "you can't just tell him to kick her ass!"
I raised an eyebrow, "why not? I it because she's a girl? Isn't that a little
sexist Asuma?" Que the glare from Kurenai aimed at a nervous Asuma
who gulped in fear.
"YOSH! I WILL CHEER LOUDLY TOO! COME ON MY YOUTHFUL
STUDENT! SHOW HIM THE STRENGTH OF YOUTH!" Gai yelled out.
"Shut up Gai sensei!" Tenten roared, "you're embarrassing me!"
"YOUTH!"
I sighed, "this is so going to be a drag."
The match began and we watched as Sasuke took out a kunai and
threw it at Tenten. The girl easily dogged, unfurling her sealing scroll
and begin her attack, only for the kunai Sasuke threw to suddenly do a
90 degree turn and come at Tenten from the back.
The girl however noticed it, she deflected the kunai and launched a
rain of steel on Sasuke from her scrolls. However, instead of moving
like any sane person, Sasuke began to go through hand seals, ending
with the dog seal to summon a wall of Earth that blocked the weapons.
He then ran along hr side and breathed out a fireball that Tenten
dodged before they began to fight, each one showing off, which was
the main purpose of this exam.
It was kind of boring though, it was obvious Tenten was weaker,
Sasuke ended up beating her in five minutes. He just dodged until she
she out of weapons in her scroll, and when she reached to get another
one, he managed to kick her with a well place hit to the gut.
"Winner! Sasuke Uchiha!" Genma cheered, the Uchiha turned to me
and waited. I nodded and gave him a thumbs up, satisfied, he helped
Tenten to her feet before the two talked for a while.
I was surprised, "did...did Sasuke just help her up?"
"Why do you sound so surprised?" Kakashi asked.
"Sasuke doesn't help people up," I told him, "he has many good
qualities, but he's a bit of a dick when it comes to other people."
"Well...you are a very good influence on him," Kakashi replied.
Asuma nodded, "it's only natural. You're the only remaining family
member and he sees how strong you are and how you behave towards
others. It's only natural that he want's to be like you."
I was silent as I let that sink in. Did I really make that much difference?
Hm...I hope so. And since there's no Orochimaru to tempt him, Sasuke
may not end up leaving the village, though it is ironic that I am going to,
if not for joining Orochimaru, but to destroy every last trace of him.
The next match came, and it was between Kiba and Zaku, a sound
ninja that looked very nervous to be here. Very nervous indeed.
The Sound ninja was smart and skilled, but Kiba and Akamaru were
much better, after all two heads were better than one. While Zaku used
his own jutsu to mobilise Kiba, Akamaru, which he forgot about, used
this distraction to hit him with a Fang Passing Fang jutsu.
Then the next match came up, and it was a tough one. Neji vs Lee.
"GO MY YOUTHFUL STUDENTS!" Gai cheered heartily, seemingly
unaffected by the fact his students now faced each other, "SHOW
THEM YOUR YOUTH!"
"HI GAI SENSEI!" Lee gave a thumbs up, while Neji just ignored him
completely.
The match was...quick to say the least. Lee took off his weights before
he even entered the ring. He unlocked the first gate from the get go
and attacked Neji with everything h had. But the Hyuga played it smart.
Le was faster and possibly stronger, but Neji was a genius for a
reason. He showed off his skills by revealing he knew the juken,
surprising the Hyuuga head, who sat just a few rows below.
Lee's attacks were useless against him after that. In the ten minute
mark Neji managed to get a strike at Lee's left knee, locking it in place.
At the twelve minute mark his left hand and at the twenty minute mark
Lee was knocked unconscious, though Neji looked much worse for
ware.
Gai however didn't seem sad, he was proud, he congratulated Neji,
who ignored him, and took Lee to the medical wing where healers
quickly began their work.
The next match was the one I was excited for. Naruto vs Temari. The
sand kunoichi and NAruto walked into the arena, Naruto looking
excited while the girl looked bored.
"You should just give up now organe boy," Temari snorted, "there's no
way you're going to win."
"Why you little," Naruto growled.
"Hey Naruto!" I cried out.
"What?!" Naruto cried back.
"Reverse the sexyness!" I cried back.
Naruto blinked, "that's brilliant! Thanks Yami!"
"Hey! No helping!" Gemma cried out.
"Get bent Genma! We're ninjas! You want fair and square talk to the
Samurai!"
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This caused a great deal of the people to laugh, Genma looked at the
Kage box where Sarutobi and the real Kazekage, Rasa, sat and
watched. The Hokage waved it off, chuckling a bit, Genma sighed,
"fine! Begin!"
"You're dead beat!" Temari cried out as she took out her fan and
spread it out, "I'll blow you away!"
"Reverse Harem jutsu!" Naruto cried out as he exploded in a poff of
smoke.
"What kind of jutsu is that?" Temari snorted as she waved her fan,
blowing the smoke away, "you can't just make up a jutsu you useless
brat. That's-HOLY SHIT!"
"~Hey beautiful," came the chorus of ten beautiful full grown naked
men, each handsome and perfect in everyway. They were ripped and
covered in baby oil, and at the lead was a figure that kind of looked a
lot like me, only much older.
"WHAT KIND OF JUTSU IS THAT?!" Kurenai cried out.
"The ultimate jutsu!" I cheered, "feast your eyes on the S rank kinjutsu!
Reverse harem jutsu!"
"GOD DAMN THAT'S HOT!" I heard Sakura cheer out.
"W-what is going on?" Temari's face turned red as her eyes pulled
down to the whips of smoke around the doppelgangers' wangs, "w-
woah..."
"Chance!" my doople ganger cried out as he charge the still stunned
Temari and punched her in the gut. The others then dropped their
hinges and dog piled the Suna ninja, throwing her fan away and
grabbed every limb and pulling them apart.
"Give up!" Naruto cried out as his clones held Temari apart, her hands
unable to form a single hand seal and her weapon far away. And for
good measure Naruto had a kunai against her throat.
"Damnit! I can't believe I feel for that!" Temari cried out, "fine! I give up!"
"W-winner, Naruto Uzumaki," Genma said blinking in disbelief, "did that
really just happen?"
"Hell yeah!" Naruto cried out as he let go of Temari and dismissed his
clones, "that's the way to do it! Thanks Yami!"
I gave him a thumbs up, "anytime little bro!"
"Hey! I'm older than you!" Naruto cried out, but let it go as he went
back to wherever the contestants were waiting.
"And now for the final round of the first stage! Gaara and Kankuro!"
"I forfeit" Kankaro cried out, much to the people's boos. But I
understood, if I had to fight Gaara at level 37 I would be scared too.
"What?" Genma sighed, "fine. Then we move on to the next round!
Since we have an odd number of people Gaara automatically moves to
the finals. The next match will be between Sasuke Uchiha and Kiba
Inuzuka!"
The two boys came into the arena and began their fight. It was
somewhat flashy, but Sasuke managed to beat him by stabbing Kiba in
the foot with a kunai and paralysing Akamaru. Smart and efficient.
Then came the canon match of Naruto and Neji, and it went exactly
like canon. Neji went on and on about destiny and fate, honestly it
began to get a little borning.
Naruto even got his ass kick the same way, being shoved into the
ground with all his tenketsu points closed. "Oh for god's sake Naruto!" I
cried out, "please do us all a favour as shut this bastard's mouth up
about this destiny crap! Destiny can kiss my ass!"
Neji glared, but Naruto heard me, as they began the fight once again,
this time again, some of Kurama's red chakra came pouring out,
allowing Naruto to beat Neji and obtain victory.
We then gained a twenty minute break, during this time I decided to
pay the contestants a little visit.
I found Naruto and Sasuke at the break room, standing next to a
vending machine and glaring at each other.
"I'm going to beat you Naruto," Sasuke swore, "and when I do, I'll be
one step closer to being Yami's equal."
"Tough luck," Naruto glared right back, "if anyone's going to bet Yami,
it's me. I'm going to get stronger than him and when I do I'll be
Hokage!"
Sasuke smirked, "we'll see about that."
"Well this is a little creepy," I spoke up alerting them both to my
preakness, "I for one would have prefered I was being discussed
between two hot young busty redheads rather than thirteen year old
boys, but oh well, can't win them all."
Sasuke looked over and glared, "I meant what I said. As of right now I
have two dreams Yami. Killing Itachi and defeating you."
I smiled, "okay..but remember, how you get there is far more important
than just getting there."
"Hey! That's no fair! I'm going to get stronger than you too!" Naruto
cried out.
I smirked, "alright, that's fine by me kiddo. Now, make sure you put on
a good show today you two, I'll be sure to keep an eye on you both," I
then left them, leaving both boys determined.
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At the end of the break I saw Naruto and Sasuke walk onto the arena. I
turned to Kakashi, "who do you think is going to win?"
"Honestly? If you had asked me two months ago I would say it was
Sasuke, but now...it's a toss up. You?"
I smiled, "I think it doesn't matter. Because right now, those two are
going to give it all they got."
"Begin!"
Naruto and Sasuke charged at each other. It was a brutal battle,
Naruto used his clones to charge at Sasuke from all sides, using the
Disturbance style, the taijutsu style I taught him to overwhelm Sasuke
from sheer numbers alone.
Sasuke threw off fireballs after fire balls, forcing Naruto back. It was
only when Sasuke took breaks that Naruto was able to use his wind
jutsu to fight back, since fire cancels out wind.
The match lasted for half an hour, half an hour of blood, sweat and
growls. Sasuke however managed to gain the upper hand in the very
last moment. He beat off Naruto's clones and hit Naruto up the head
with enough force to knock him unconscious, though Sasuke looked
ready to drop down dead, he was that depleted from chakra and low on
stamina.
"I'll be right back," Kakashi explained as he went down and grabbed an
unconscious Naruto who was taken to the sick bay. Sasuke quickly
took a solder pill and sighed as his energy came back to him.
He then looked at the stands and his eyes landed on me. I smirked,
"not bad, little cousin."
Sasuke snorted, "I'm older than you."
"Cosin?" Kakashi asked, now back to his position next to me.
"Didn't you hear?" Asuma chuckled, "Yami here is an Uchiha."
"What?" Kakashi raised an eyebrow.
"Yup," I activated my eyes and looked at Kakashi who gasped in
surprise.
"But how?"
I shrugged, "I was an orphan remember? Parents probably died during
the Kyuubi attack."
"Why didn't you tell anyone?"
"Lord Hokage ordered it a state secret."
"Sasuke knows?" Kakashi asked.
I nodded, "yup."
"...Good," Kakashi replied, looking back to the arena, though I knew his
thoughts were about me.
"And now the final round for the chunin exams!" Genma announced,
"Sasuke Uchiha and Gaara of the Desert!"
Gaara calmly walked into the arena, an air of death following behind
him, "I'll kill you to prove my existence."
"Bring it," Sasuke smirked as he readied himself.
"Is he ready for Gaara?" I asked Kakashi.
"Yes, if he's smart about it," Kakashi replied.
"I highly doubt a chunin is ready to fight a jinchuriki," I snorted.
"What?!" Kurenai snapped, "that Gaara boy is a jinchuriki?!"
I nodded, "yeah, the one tailed racoon," I snorted, "the weakest one,
but still, very dangerous."
"Protector!" Kakashi called out leaping onto the arena, "my student
hereby forfeit this match!"
"What?! What the hell are you doing Kakashi?!" Sasuke roared.
"Saving your life," Kakashi replied.
"No! You will not ruin this for me! I need to prove myself!" Sasuke
roared.
"Sasuke!" I called out gaining his attention, "you can't beat him!"
The boy's eyes widened in shock, he growled and turned and walked
away, "fine!"
"No," Gaara replied simply as sand exploded out of his gourd and
rushed at Sasuke, moving around Kakashi to grab Sasuke's ankle in a
lock.
"Stop this!"Gemma cried out, "they forfeited the match!"
"No," Gaara growled, "this will not end until I have your blood!" He
squeezed the sand around Sasuke's ankle.
"ARGH!" Sasuke cried out, only instead of blood, it burst into water, as
'Sasuke's' entire body splashed away.
"W-what?!" Gaara cried out.
"Yoohoo!" I cheered, gaining everyone's attention to Sasuke and I
standing on a wall, far away from Gaara, "that wasn't very nice! You
could have killed someone kid!"
"You," Gaara growled.
"That's enough," Kakashi stepped in as Gaara took back his sand, "we
already forfeited this match. Genma."
"Right, winner by forfeit, Gaara!" Genma announced.
"But mother craved for his blood!" Gaara roared, "I must have it!"
"Gaara!" there came a new shout louder than the rest. We turned and
saw the Kazekage looked down in disgust, "that's enough boy. Stop
making a fool of yourself."
"I...yes father," Gaara vanished in a swirl of sand, leaving a confused
crowd.
"You didn't have to save me," Sasuke said immediately, "I could have
handled myself."
"I'm sure you could have," I replied, "but that was about more than just
you Sasuke. If Gaara had succeeded in hurting a leaf ninja, it could
mean war between our villages. And that's something we really don't
need right now."
Sasuke grunted, but took off, obviously he needed to let off a little
steam. Just then Naruto came charging out of the stadium, "ah man!
Did I miss it?! Dammit! Who won?! Was it Sasuke?!"
That night:
"It's not fair! I was so close to beating Sasuke!" Naruto grumbled as he
kicked a stone.
"Relax, I'm sure you'll get him next time," I shrugged, "besides, what
you have to focus on now is making sure you get stronger."
"Yeah...yeah that's right! Just you watch Yami! Next time I'll kick his
ass!" Naruto grinned.
Chapter 257
"Good, I look forward to it...hey listen, there's something I needed to
talk to you about Naruto," I motioned to a seat on the park bench, we
sat down.
"What's up Yami? You sound serious."
I nodded "I am...you see, I recently got a very high rank mission."
"Sweet! A mission?! What is it?! An A rank?!"
I smirked, "actually, it's an S rank."
"So cool! What's it about?!"
"Sorry Naruto, but I can't say," I shrugged, "classified. But...I can tell
you that I will be gone for a while because of this mission."
"How long?" Naruto asked, his voice now lower.
"Three years."
"Three years?!" Naruto gasped, "b-but that's crazy!"
I shrugged, "I know, but that's just how the world is Naruto. If I don't go
under if not thousands of people are going to get hurt."
Naruto looked down, "so...you're going to be gone a long time huh?"
I nodded, "yeah..but hey, think of it like this, now you'll have time to
train and impress me, so that next time we meet, you show me what
you really got."
Naruto smiled, "yeah….hell yeah! Believe it! I'll be a kick ass ninja
Yami! Just you wait!"
I grinned, "good, now let's get some ramen, you may not have won, but
you still deserve a treat!"
"Hell yeah!"
A few minutes later:
"I thought I would find you here," I smiled at Sasuke.
"What do you want?" he asked as he looked out at the village from
ontop the Hokage tower's roof.
"To talk," I replied as I sat down next to him, "this place really is
beautiful at night isn't it?"
"Yes...it is," Sasuke nodded.
"I'm sorry I didn't let you fight Gaara Sasuke, but you aren't ready to
fight someone like him, hell, if I'm not careful, even I would have died
immediately."
"Was he really that powerful?" Sasuke asked.
I sighed, "yes...he is. He has a power inside him, not unlike our eyes,
that makes him much more powerful that anyone else we know. You
know off the Kyuubi yes?"
Sasuke nodded, "yes."
"Well, in this world there are eight other beasts just like it, each with a
certain number of tails to denote how powerful they are. Gaara has the
power of the one tailed racoon, the weakest of them all, but still strong
enough to kill hundreds of jonin without much effort."
Sasuke felt fear, "h-he has a demon inside him?"
I nodded, "yes, so you understand why I didn't think you could win
yes?"
Sasuke looked away, he looked tired but sighed and nodded, "yes...I
don't blame you. I'm sorry if I snapped."
"It's fine...listen, there's something we have to talk about...I'm going to
be going away for sometime, there's a mission," I began.
"How long?" Sasuke asked.
"Three years," I replied with a sigh.
"Three years?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "what's the mission?"
"Classified," I snorted, "anyway...I just wanted to tell you that before I
left, didn't want you to make a fuss later on."
"I don't fuss," Sasuke smirked before his smile slowly dropped,
"but...three years...it's such a long time."
"Yeah, I know. But...the lives of countless people are at stake, so I can't
just ignore it."
"I suppose…."
"Hey listen Sasuke, do me a favour will you? Keep an eye on this
village for me," I sighed looking out at the buildings, "it's kind of fragile,
those walls can't hold back everything and...people are not as powerful
as they would like to believe."
"I promise. The village won't fall before you return," he nodded.
"Thanks, I knew I-"
"-Yami," I turned to see Yamato looking at me with a serious look, "the
Hokage summons you."
I sighed, "right," I turned to Sasuke, "another time yeah?"
"Right...good luck cousin, don't die," Sasuke got up and hopped away,
roof-hoping back home.
"Right then," I jumped over the roof edge and climbed down the walls,
appear before the Hokage's wind, "you wanted to see me?"
"Get it," the Hokage motioned as I entered. I saw a masked figure
standing before me, he had a black cloak and a hood up and a blue oni
mask. I looked up at his name and blinked.
Yagura Karatachi, Fourth Mizukage
Lv- 89
REP- 75
"Yagura?" I asked in surprise.
"I read you were a chakra sensor, it would seem my skills at chakra
suppressions require polishing," Yagura sighed as he removed his
mask revealing his face.
"I find Yami always the exception to many rules lord Mizukage,"
Hiruzen chuckled.
"What's he doing here?" I asked, the underlying question of his state of
mind went by unspoken.
"Yagura has been freed from the genjutsu he was placed under,"
Hiruzen informed, "and as for what he is doing here, well, I did say you
would have a team yes?"
I blinked, "he's my new partner?"
"It'll be a pleasure working with you Uchiha," Yagura bowed, "I
understand I have you to thank for sparing my life and saving my
people. I am forever indebted to you."
Chapter 258
"I'm sorry, but why exactly are you helping us?" I asked with a raised
eyebrow, "because ah...not to be rude, but you don't have a dog in this
race."
"I am merely repaying the favour you have done for me and my
people," the jinchuuriki explained, "by stopping me you freed my
people, and by sparing my life you gave me the chance to correct the
errors I have made...that I was made to do. I hope by helping you all
now, I will pay off some of that debt and absolve myself from some of
that sin."
I sighed, "it's not your fault you know...whoever put you under that
genjutsus, they were to blame."
"Yes...and who was that individual?" Hiruzen asked, "he was an
Uchiha, Yami confirmed that. But besides him and Sasuke, who would
be too young at the time, I can only think of one other person."
"It was not Itachi," Yagura replied simply, "it was a man in an orange
mask...he called himself Uchiha Madara."
"W-what?" Hiruzen's eyes widened, "a-are you certain?"
"As certain as I can be," the man nodded, "he was accompanied by a
woman with blue hair and orange eyes and a man with orange hair and
purple eyes, though I didn't get too close a look. But, they all wore the
same robes, black with red clouds on it."
"Red clouds? That Akatsuki?" I blinked, "the group Itachi joined? So
this Madara character and Itachi are related?"
"It could be,"Hiruzen smoked his pipe and sighed, "but until we can
know for sure keep this information between us. We need more
information, this person who is apparently strong enough to control a
jinchuriki is someone of note."
"Great, just great," I sighed, "fine, I'll keep an eye out for a hundred
year old walking corpse, a blue haired chick and some guy with orange
hair."
"Good, now, let me introduce you to the rest of your team, Yagura, the
mask," the Hokage ordered, Yagura quickly hide his face, "other than
you Yami, the leader of this team, no one else is permitted to know
Yagura's real identity, do you understand? You will refer to him only as
Turtle, do you understand?"
I nodded, "yes sir."
"Good. Come in!"
The door opened as Anko and another woman, she wore the common
jonin garb but had her hair braided and coming down till her lower
back. Her hair was sandy blonde with black streaks running through it.
Her eyes were bright green and while she didn't have Anko's curves,
she did have wide hips and by the way her tights stretched out her
thighs they were nothing to scoff at.
Garumo Holo, ANBU
Lv- 73
REP- 75
I blinked, "wait...Puma?"
"Hey kid," Guarumo waved, "long time huh? How have you been?"
I grinned, "I've been good Puma, and you."
"Can't complain, oh and while not in mask, call me Holo, that's my
preferred name."
"Oh, cool," I smiled before noticing Anko, "hey Anko, nice to see
another familiar face around, glad to have you on board."
"Ah, sure, but what exactly am I on board for?" Anko asked.
I blinked and turned Hiruzen, "you haven't' told them yet?"
"No, not yet," the man puffed his pipe, "Anko, Holo, the mission I have
for you will be a difficult one...I understand if you do not wish to
participate..."
After explaining the mission both Holo and Anko agreed without
hesitation. Anko said that she needed to get even with her old master
somehow, and since he was already dead, she could just burn down
everything he built. Holo just agreed because it was her duty, plus she
found the idea of helping victims of a monster that came from Konoha
as karmic justice.
We got one week to prepare, and prepare I would.
I had the Rinnegan down, at least as far as I could go without having
human test subjects. So now it was all a matter of leveling myself up
and getting stronger. And the only way to do that was by grinding in
some natural dungeons.
I arrived at the park, it was dark now, no one was around, so I could
just sit down at a park bench and check my stats in peace. First thing I
did was use the 15 points I saved up for my stats. Putting five in VIT,
DEX and STR;
STR- 170 (+5)
VIT- 120
DEX- 120
I then opened up my perk list to see what new perks I managed to get,
if any, and I was blow away;
Rinnegan ability: Amenotejikara- Grants the Rinnegan user the
power of Amenotejikara. (Conditions to unlock- over 80 REP with
Sasuke Uchiha) Cost- 100
Rinnegan ability: Kotonaru sekai-mon- Grants the Rinnegan user
the power to form portals to travel to between worlds. (Conditions
to unlock- over 90 REP with Sasuke Uchiha) Cost- 200
Holy shit! These were the two abilities Sasuke's own Rinnegan granted
him! I'm so going to buy them!
And when I did, I immediately gained two new abilities;
Ping!
Amenotejikara, S rank
The user instantly shifts the location of themselves, others, and
objects, within a certain range. This range can be increased if
they swaps themselves with an object.
CP- 5,000
Limit- 50 feet (+50 if using an object)
So what? It's like a fancier version of the Flying Thunder God jutsu?
Not bad, but not Earth shattering.
Ping!
Kotonaru sekai-mon, SS rank
Allows the user to open a portal between worlds.
CP cost- 500,000
Words known:
Naruto- Canon
Naruto- Yami Gamer
Random
Wait...canon? As in a world where this game wasn't going on? Where
Yami never existed? Hm, should be interesting to visit, but the chakra
price is way too steep, it's actually impossible. I would need to be fifty
times stronger than I am now to use it properly...which is what I guess
I'll have to be.
Chapter 259
I closed the menus and walked up to the fire stone statue, touching the
natural dungeon number nine, I suddenly found myself on the beach
with the open sea before me, and a Blasterious of all things standing
before me.
I grinned, "alright then, time to get to work," I took out my Gunbai and
charged.
A week later:
It was midnight, tomorrow morning I would be leaving for the mission to
Oto.
I spent almost all my time in the natural dungeons grinding,not just
myself, but also my various pokemons. The six I originally caught and
the ten others I caught, never know when I could use some extra help.
I managed to level up several times over;
Yami, Protector of Hono
Level- 62 (600/189,000)
HP- 20,000/20,000 (+20)
SP- 9,775/9,775
CP- 21,475/21,475
CONTROL- 100%
FIRE- 100% WIND- 100% LIGHTNING- 100% WATER- 100% EARTH-
100%
SCORCH- 100% SWIFT- 100% WOOD- 100% LAVA- 100% BOIL-
100% MAGNET- 100%
ICE- 100% STORM- 60%
POWER- 100% LIFE- 100%
Allegiance- Konoha
STR- 200 (+5)
VIT- 130
DEX- 145
INT- 120 (+2)
CHA- 340
CC- 250
LUC- 103 (+5)
Points- 0
Perk Points- 27
It took long hours, even days of grinding, but I managed to level up
quite a bit. I gained a new ability via my Hero maker.
X ray vision- This perk allows one's eyes to see through objects.
Which was basically the same thing the Rinnegan allowed me to do.
Which means it was fucking useless! Argh! I hate this lottery based
system!
Along the way I managed to level up my original six pokemon and gain
quite a number of new pokemon as well;
1. Flamer, Arcanine, Lv- 58
2. Blaze, Arcanine, Lv- 48
3. Cuter, Scyther, Lv- 53
4. King, Nidoking, Lv- 58
5. Basher, Onix, Lv- 51
6. Hinokami, Moltres, Lv- 82
7. Fourarms, Machamp, Lv- 42
8. Baller, Golem, Lv- 38
9. Pika, Pikachu, Lv- 44
10. Rhy Rex, Rhydon, Lv- 52
11. Sea King, Gyarados, Lv- 44
12. Drogon, Charizard, Lv- 50
And the last pokemon I caught was from another flare that summoned
a legendary, which I caught using the same traps I used for Moltres.
13. Articuno, Lv- 81
I had a pretty good squad of pokemon, not including the legendaries on
my squad. I now had them all sealed along my arms in the pseudo
summoning tattoos.
Using the various loot items I gained from the pokemon dungeons, I
managed to create a new suit of armour for myself, similar to the one I
had before the fight with Yagura.
The leather was made out of Snorlax and Ponyta hides. The treated
Snorlax leather was pure black while the Ponyta leather was now a dull
brick red. I had the leather wound together, looking like red waves
present along a sea of black, bolted together with steel screws I gained
from Magnemites.
Between the layers of the leather armour I had plates put in place,
separated to allow for a range of movement without compromising
protection. For these I used the shell plates of a Blastoise, which was
strong enough to take a hyperbeam head on and remain standing.
Leather Body armour, A rank
Body armour formed from the leath of Snorlax and Ponyta with
plates from a Blastoise.
Durability- 50,000/ 50,000
-40% DMG from fire based attacks
Snorlax hide was very thick and absorbed a lot of damage, which was
why when I used that along with the Blastoise shell plates I had a
immensely high durability rate.
I had the leather armour designed to match that off Stephen Amell's
Green Arrow, the black of Snorlax's hide substituted for his green and
the red of Points was used instead of his black highlights.
I had a flack jacket remade to suit this pattern, woven it into the main
attire, though I could remove it, revealing a less armour plated
chestguard underneath. I did however remove the padded collar and
the scroll storage pockets, they were useless for me.
I had the hood and face mask made separately out of Gengar cloth.
While it was a ghost, it seemed able to drop loot that I could touch. This
allowed me to make a hood which had special features:
Gengar Hood, A rank
Made from the body of a Gengar.
Durability- 50/50
Abilities- Hides face of wearer, impossible to remove unless by
wearer
The sole of the sandals were made out of the hoof of a Torus, since the
pokemon were so amazingly powerful at causing earthquake with a
mere stamp of their feet, their hooves were incredibly durable.
Taurus Sandals, A rank
Made from the hoof of a Taurus.
Durability- 10,000/10,000
+20% more damage from kicks
I still had the powerbelt from that Machamp and so I moved onto my
arm. While my right hand was heavily protected from the right plated
armour, my left was open. So using the hide of a Sandshrew, which
was extremely thick and hardened due to it's rock like property, I made
a forearm protector;
Left forearm protector, C rank
Made from a Sandshrew.
Durability- 7,000/7,000
I had it dyed black to match the colour tone I had going on here. I also
had gloves made from the hide of Pikachus;
Gloves, C rank
Made from the hide of a Pikachu.
Durability- 50/50
Abilities- Negates 1,000 electric DMG by conducting it into itself.
And finally, to bring it all together I had a cloak made out of Charizard
hide. The cloak resembled the wings of the dragon like pokemon, the
outer side being blood red while the inside a shade of royal blue. All be
honest, I kind of made it look like the cloak Batman wore which I tied
together with a brooch I had shaped like the Konoha leaf;
Cloak of Dragons, A rank
A cloak made from a Charizard.
Durability- 500/500
Abilities- Total Fire resistant
+10% more DMG for fire attacks
Attack- Wing Attack- 100
Yup, that's right. I gained an attack from wearing the cloak. If I flap the
coat's cloth really hard it forms a gust of wind that can attack people,
and push them off their feet. I'm surprised having a pokemon item
allowed me to perform such a move, but that's how the game works!
Chapter 260
Since my armour was now ready I focused on my weapons. I finally got
the chance to use the rest of my chakra metal ore, creating several
blades to be used for the three elements I knew, Wind, Power and
Scorch.
I kept the weapons sealed on my person and safe. And now, I was
ready.
It was five in the morning when I put on my armour for the very first
time as a complete work.
Since spending so much time in the dungeon my body grew bigger and
much stronger. Inside it was months of fighting, out here, a single
second. Physically, I was twenty, but I used my cellular manipulation in
order to drag myself to look younger on a skin level, while retaining all
the physical differences I had right under the skin.
I now stood at a whooping 6 feet, very very tall for a thirteen year old,
yet perfect for a twenty year old. Whatever, I'm sure I'm not the
weirdest ninja other, considering people like Orochimaru and Sasori.
My hair was longer now, it actually came down till my lower back, the
resemblance to Madara Uchiha was slightly diminished from the fact
that I wasn't a brooding moron, but the hair made me to look like his
son. So I had it tied back, pushing back all the hair from blocking my
face.
I did have sharper features though, I guess one could say I had a
handsome face, my third eye did however put a damper on things. I
tied my Konoha headband protector to cover it up, the need to keep it
hidden still present.
I put on the leather armour, the black and red armour fitting me
perfectly like a glove. I put on my right arm plated armour, allowing it to
latch onto my arm tightly while the sandshrew left vambrace snuggled
easily on my left hand.
I put on the hood and face mask, once more opting to hide my face
from the public. I wrapped my dragon cloak around me, it flapping in
non existent winds. I put on the sandals which clicked like metal from
its hardened soles and gloves which removed all the random static
electricity that flowed through my body.
I stood, my entire body covered up from head to toe, unless they were
a chakra sensor, no one would know it was me. I had Kusanagi
attached to my hip, hidden behind the cloak much like how Sasuke will
once carry his own blade and had my entire body covered with several
weapons, all hidden and stored away.
I gave my apartment a once over, I had sealed every entrance, every
window and every door. No one was getting in here while I was gone. I
left through the main door and locked it behind me.
I then took off, reaching the West gate where the Hokage waited along
with the other members of my team and a squad of ANBU. My squad
each wore matching black cloaks with hood pulled down.
I landed in a squat and rose, "sorry, did I keep you waiting?"
"Yami?" Holo narrowed her eyes dangerous as everyone there went on
high alert.
"Please, don't be alarmed," I held a hand up, pulling my hood back
revealing my face.
"Yami...you have grown since we last spoke," Hiruzen noted eyeing me
up and down.
I nodded, "I discovered a medical jutsu that allows me to alert my body
in certain ways. Nothing too dangerous like Orochimaru, but just
enough to give me an adult size body."
"How can we be sure it's really you?" Anko asked.
I smirked, "the night of Orochimaru's death you and I had some drinks
and I got laid. You were very grumpy the next day though, which was
strange to say the least."
Anko's cheeks turned pink, "yeah, it's him."
Hiruzen sighed, "everyday it's something new. Fine, please, don't take
too things far, I don't have to warn you about the dangers of body
modifications do I?"
"No sir."
"Good. Now," the man smiled as he handed me a scroll, "this is your
mission details and every file we have on Orochimaru, Oto and his
several bases. Use this time well Yami, our hopes and dreams travel
with you."
"Thank you sir," I took the scroll and put it away in my inventory, "we
won't fail you."
"I know you won't," the man nodded, "and here, for the sake of your
identities," he snapped his fingers and the ANBU guarding him
produced several Oni porcelain masks, one red, one purple, one
brown.
"Masks? What for?" Anko asked picking the purple one while Holo took
the brown one.
"It's too keep your identity safe," Hiruzen replied, "Yami's skills might
be...unique, but the rest of you can still hide your true selves, this is of
course a dangerous high ranking mission. I suggest you each have a
code name to us."
"Hm, can I be Sexy?" Anko asked with a grin as she put on the purple
oni mask, "sound's appropriate yeah?"