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Tomoka could be seen sitting cross legged on her bed. Right now she was thinking about why she had failed. Had it something to do with her body? Maybe her weird eyes had a hand in it. The thing is she didn't have much to go by at the moment. In theory she should be able to use the jutsu but an unknown variable had reared its ugly face. 

'Okay for starters I will compare Naruto to other shinobi. He is able to use the jutsu with enough proficiency to use it, skipping almost all hand signs. He also can make a lot of clones thanks to his vast chakra reserves. However, he is a dumb as that couldn't use the simpler jutsus like the normal clone jutsu. 

I believe a reason for this was stated in the anime but I can't properly remember what it is! So frustrating. Anyway, if I were to compare myself to Naruto there are a lot of things I have that he doesn't for starters parents… yeah that was mean even if it's only in my thoughts. Anyway, I have this weird body, my Kinegan and who knows what else…

Alright it may be easier to think what I have in common with him. We are both Uzumaki even though my situation is a bit different. Aside from that we both have Kurama who is the reason for our vast chakra reserves. What do you think Kurama?'

[Hmmm well me and Naruto's Kurama are different. Remember I am completely made up of Yin chakra and Naruto's part of me is made of Yang chakra] Kurama's statement woke up lost memories from Tomoka's mind.

'That's it! That's what I had forgotten! The reason why naruto couldn't use the clone jutsu was because that jutsu is yin based. Naruto's chakra had been heavily influenced by Yang Kurama so his chakra was heavily Yang charged. If we apply that situation to me…'

[It would mean your chakra is heavily Yin charged.]

'Correct! The shadow clone jutsu is a Yang based technique so if we follow that logic my Yin loaded chakra is incompatible with the technique. Now that I know about this flaw I can think about a way to fix it.'

[But? I can clearly feel that you are not sure about it]

'Well, the simplest way to fix the problem would be to increase my Yang charge in my chakra but it's not that easy. Yin is produced by the mind and soul, Yang is produced by the body. What this means is that a stronger body produces more Yang chakra. However, you have seen my training there is no way for me to increase it even further.'

[Yeah, I am actually amazed that you haven't torn your body to shreds.] 

'Yeah, now that I think of it, naruto had an abnormal healing rate. It's not to the point that he would heal in combat but his injuries would heal faster. That healing factor was also attributed to his Yang charged chakra. 

If we apply a similar logic to me it would mean that my mind and soul should be stronger. Now that I think about it I believe it is. My thoughts flow faster and my perception is also sharper. However, refuse to believe that all is gains, there is no free meal in this world.' 

[Yeah there must be some kind of drawback from it. After all, imbalance in Yin and Yang can't be good]

'Says the fox that is currently a hundred percent Yin. Anyway, if I think about my past and everything that is going on with me I can make an educated guess. Kurama haven't you noticed that the speed at which I am gaining physical strength is normal'

[I wouldn't call your growth rate normal but I can guess what you are hinting at. To tell the truth I am also surprised I thought that with your crazy training and that weird healing and adapting factor you would become a monster in no time.]

'Yup, I thought the same but it's not like that. My growth rate is the same as if someone without the healing or adapting factor did my training. My guess is that the heavy Yin charged chakra is stunting my physical growth while improving my mental capacity.

Wait! If we apply the same concept to Naruto then…'

[That would explain why he is such a dumb ass. I mean I haven't met the guy but from what you have told me he sounds like a complete moron]

'I see. I guess I should thank Minato for sealing you inside of me instead of the other Kurama. Even though with my adaptability and healing I would become a complete monster in terms of physical capabilities I don't want to become a dumb ass.

Well Naruto should wisen up when he becomes older. I mean he did become Hokage after all. That would lead me to believe that the downsides subside as one grows up. It would make sense. The brain is part of the body so the Yang side should also improve it. If we flip the script then The Yin side improves the soul which should in time improve the body'

[Well you solved the mystery about that but what are you going to do about the Shadow clone jutsu]

'I don't know' 

One week later and Tomoka is still unable to perform the shadow clone jutsu. Even though she had figured out the reason behind her failure she could not find a solution. No matter what she tried, her Yang chakra was completely inadequate to hold her vast amounts of Yin chakra. 

'Kurama, I give up. You can laugh if you want but this is just a waste of time at this point.' Tomoka was currently on her bed doing nothing at all. Tomorrow her punishment of one week without training would be over. 

[I would laugh but I have done so enough for the past week. Anyway, what are you planning to do now? I mean there must be a benefit of having so much Yin chakra] To tell the truth Kurama was feeling a bit bad for Tomoka not that he would admit it. 

'For starters, even though having a week to relax and unwind is nice, I want to regain the lost time' That's right. Aside from her experimentation regarding the shadow clone jutsu, Tomoka didn't train at all. 

For the last week Tomoka had spent her time with her parents or Nozomi in leisure activities. The thing is that she got so bored at one point she even played some games with some random kids in the nearby park. Though her favorite time was spent with Nozomi. The little Uchiha's cute smile made her feel weird in an odd but good way. 

[So you are going to redouble your efforts in torturing yourself, got it] Kurama was still wondering how Tomoka could go through her own training. To make matters worse, Tomoka had planned an even more extreme training as of late. 

Aside from the usual training she did she was now planning to add weights. However, if that had been it Kurama wouldn't be as worried and surprised. Her plan was to buy weights inscribed with fuinjutsu to further increase their weight. She had actually already bought them discreetly by asking an older kid to buy them for her. 

'It's training Kurama not torture. Anyway, now that you mentioned it, Yin chakra of course has its uses. For example genjutsu so I guess I should learn to use them. The problem is that neither of my parents know genjutsu so they will need to find someone else to teach me.'

[What about the Uchiha, they specialize in genjutsu, though I don't like them, Nozomi is okay.] 

'The uchiha use their sharingan for their genjutsu. As I don't have that dojutsu there is no way for me to learn from them properly' 

In the end Tomoka decided to go back to her other project while she waited for the day to be over. Since she wasn't allowed to train she instead spent some of her time designing things for her use. As of now she had filled a notebook with many designs of different mechanisms and technologies she could use. 

Inside things like modern smoke bombs, granades, armors and weapons could be found. Unfortunately she didn't possess the skill nor the materials required to make the more complex stuff like energy weaponry.

She might be able to build something like a pipe gun but she refused to do so for a few reasons. First and most important, why the fuck would she make a gun in this world! Even though it might be useful against weaker opponents, it would most likely be useless against the strong ones. Second, the damned thing might blow up in her hands. Third, she didn't want something like a gun to corrupt this world. 

In the end she could still make other things. For example, there is no geneva convention in this world. As such, say hello to all the war crimes Tomoka would commit in the future. She would not use Biological weapons as they were out of her knowledge and they are way too hard to control in her opinion. Nuclear weapons were too destructive for her liking. That left her with her favorite form of banned weaponry. Chemical weapons.

Mustard gas, white phosphorus, chlorine and cyanide gas. How about some acids? She had a selection of acids to choose from like: sulfuric acid, chlorhydric acid and much more! Not enough for your liking? How about other illegal stuff like land mines? 

[You are not planning to actually use all of that scary stuff are you] 

'Dear Kurama, all is fair in love and war. If someone, no matter who, dares hurt those I want to protect they should be ready to suffer unimaginable pain' Tomoka's grin widened to the point it looked demonic. A small glint of madness and insanity residing within her eyes. 

Today was a strange day for Tomoka. Even though yesterday she had been pumped up for her return to training today she felt odd. There was this uneasy feeling telling her to do something as soon as she woke up. She disregarded it as an anxious response she was having towards going back to training. 

In the morning she began with her usual routine of exercise right after breakfast. However, the strange feeling wouldn't go away. Instead it grew stronger by the second. It felt like she was forgetting something important but for the life of her she couldn't remember what. 

In the end she decided to go out for a walk. Today was one of those very rare days when she was left alone. Her Mother had gone on a mission yesterday. Her father on the other hand had been called for god knows what reason. 

As she walked alone through the streets the strange feeling would lessen and strengthen seemingly at random. Sometimes she would be about to take a random turn until suddenly the feeling would flare up with a vengeance. At other times it would lessen to the point she could barely feel it. 

This continued until she reached a crossroad in which no matter what direction she chose the feeling would flare up. Right or left, both were wrong just like forward or even backwards. Perhaps down? A dumb question that lead to the same thing, wrong. Then up. 

Just as she looked upwards time seemed to slow down. She saw a ninja jumping right over head. That in itself wasn't strange, what was strange is the fact that the ninja wasn't from Konoha. To make things even weirder the ninja carried a bag that made the strange feeling flare up like never before. 

Without wasting a second Tomoka ran into an alleyway before jumping onto the roof. Her instincts were screaming for her to detain the ninja she just saw. Following her instincts Tomoka chased the ninja as her rational mind attempted to understand what was going on. 

'Disregarding that weird feeling, what is important now is understanding the situation. From what I can see the ninja in front of me is probably from Kumogakure, taking into account the color scheme. 

Second is the direction we are run towards and from. Once again, disregarding the change of directions and taking into account the overall direction it seems we are moving towards the southern wall right opposite would be the Hyuga clan.

Wait a second! Kumogakure being involved with the Hyuga clan? Now I remember! This is probably the Hyuga incident, meaning the one in that bag is most likely Hinata!' 

With that realization Tomoka engaged what she called her battle mode. In an instant her eyes became a bright pink with an extra pair of pupils. Her chakra became riled up as it gained speed inside her body increasing her physical capabilities to their limit. In an instant her hands began weaving hand signs as she used an original jutsu of her's. 

"air release: Lower wind resistance" 

As the jutsu took effect a cloud of chakra was released from Tomoka's body forming a bubble around her. This bubble of chakra function was to drastically reduce wind resistance around Tomoka allowing her to gain speed with ease. 

In an instant Tomoka gained speed akin to that of a jounin level ninja. The only problem was the drastic strain on her body and chakra. Keeping up at this speed for more than five minutes was impossible for her but at the moment it would suffice. 

In a moment she had managed to close the distance towards the kumo-nin. Unfortunately and as expected her opponent sensed her releasing a barrage of shuriken towards her. Tomoka grimaced, she had wanted to close the distance a little more before using her next card. 

Not seeing any other option she took action. Her hands weaved new seals as she prepared an experimental jutsu she had been working on. The inspiration for this jutsu was the third and fourth raikage's lightning armor. Unfortunately for her, recreating the jutsu was far to difictul. What she was going to use is an incomplete version, with a nasty backlash. 

"lightning release: Lightning rush" 

In an instant Tomoka felt like she had been struck by lightning as her muscles spasmed due to the large discharge of electricity coursing through her body. This was the backlash she hadn't been able to fix just yet. Ignoring the pain, Tomoka rushed forward leaving behind a trail of electricity. 

A split second, that's all she needed to close the gap of thirty meters between her and the kumo-nin. Taking advantage of the insane inertia her body was under she punched her opponent in the gut as he hadn't turned around yet after throwing his shurikens. 

 "Gotcha!" 

As Tomoka's fist slammed into the Kumo-nin's torso all the electricity coursing through her body was discharged into her opponent's body. At the moment tomoka was in insane amounts of pain as her body had been burned from the inside out thanks to her own technique. However, she knew it wasn't over yet. 

To be expected, the Kumo-nin survived her attack by using the substitution jutsu. She realized this as soon as it happened thanks to her kinegan. She saw how her opponent's chakra suddenly dropped drastically just before her attack connected. 

Looking around she saw the enemy ninja standing ten meters away from her weaving hand signs. The sack he had been carrying lay next to him.

"Earth release: Rock bullets"

The next instant a flurry of rocks were launched towards Tomoka who was still under the backlash of her jutsu. Her body was numb, her nerves unable to garner any response from her muscles. She knew this would happen. This state would last for at least two to three seconds after using her incomplete lightning rush. 

Not seeing any other way. Tomoka made multiple chakra wires inside her own muscles using them to move her body like a puppet. The result was barely acceptable. Multiple rocks impacted her limbs as she had used them to protect her torso and head. 

The important thing is that she was still alive albeit very injured. Not seeing any other option she opted to use another incomplete jutsu of her's. One she would rather not use at all. Unlike the last one that was in a barely usable state. This one is a complete wild card. 

Each time she had attempted to use the jutsu she had felt a weird interference. Every time she had canceled the jutsu before it could go out of control. The amount of chakra it used was at least ten times higher than her Lightning rush. If she messed up she would become fried. 

"AH FUCK IT! YOLO!"

Screaming that atop her lungs Tomoka weaved the hand signs as fast as she could. This technique used a total of a hundred hand signs. The worst part was that the hand signs needed to be completed in two seconds or less. 

[Oi! You can't seriously be thinking of using that! You said it yourself! If you fail you will die for sure!]

'I know! but I am too high on the adrenalin to care!' 

"Lightning release: Static field" 

Again she felt the strange interference but she couldn't stop now. If she tried to stop the jutsu now she would be giving her opponent the perfect window to kill her. Not to mention, what is the worst that could happen? She had survived certain death once, doing so for a second time was no biggy. 

The instant the jutsu took effect her hair stood up as a ten meter sphere around her was charged with insane amounts of static. Now the only thing tomoka needed to do was put the final touches in the technique. 

With a pulse of her chakra Tomoka released the static surrounding her. The result was a wide net of electricity flying in all directions. However, she didn't want to cause any collateral damage. For this reason she controlled whatever electricity she could, guiding it towards her foe. 

Her blue lightning coursed all around her as it was being directed. However, Tomoka, who stood in the middle of all that electricity, was having a really bad time. She could feel how her flesh burned. She was sure she would be hospitalized for a long time after this. 

However, at that moment she felt something inside her break. Not something in her body but more like inside her soul. A connection she didn't know existed inside her was forcefully torn open. From within a powerful energy she felt familiar and yet foreign came rushing towards her. 

She felt how the energy ate at the lightning that coursed and destroyed her body. To make matters even stranger she felt how the energy fixed the damage that had been done. Not only that but it also empowered her. 

Right now she could see her lightning moving towards the kumo-nin in slow motion. It was a surreal experience. Lost in the sensation, Tomoka moved. With a light gate she stepped forward, red lightning following her as she did so. 

Concentrating all of her static field jutsu around her as she walked. A moment later she stood in front of her opponent. Everything felt surreal, like a strange dream. Disregarding the feeling, Tomoka pushed her palm forward. Red and blue lightning rushed through her arm entering the poor enemy ninja. 

The effect was instant, the discharge of electricity cause a vapor explosion in the ninja's torso blasting him away. Tomoka saw in slow motion how the kumo-nin flew away with a gaping hole in his stomach. However, that didn't last long.

Time seemed to slowly but surely speed up once more around Tomoka as a heavy feeling of exhaustion settled upon her. The dream-like state faded as her senses came back. Tomoka instantly realized what the problem was.

"Out of chakra huh" That's all she could say before blacking out. 

Today has been an extremely stressful day for Hiruzen. These last few days he had to deal with the kumo envoys for the peace talks. Said envoys headed by the head ninja of kumogakure had constantly made unreasonable demands. Hiruzen and the council were stuck and the peace talks had not advanced in the least. 

Now he has received worrying news. That very same head ninja and a few of the other envoys had kidnapped the hyuga princes. To make matters worse, none of them survived the encounter. Most of them were killed by hyuga clan members. However, the worst part of it all was the death of the head ninja by the hands of a four year old kid named Tomoka!

Hiruzen groaned as he took a sip from his tea trying to shoo away the horrible headache this event had caused him. To begin with, how did Tomoka get involved? Why did she get involved? No one knew the answer. 

The kid lay unconscious in Konoha's main hospital. Her body is riddled with scars in the shape of Lichtenberg figures. Once again that kid's body is a mystery. When Hiruzen went to visit he could visibly see how the scars became lighter by the second. By the time he left they were barely visible. However, that was besides the point. 

Somehow, the kid had managed to kill the head ninja with a lightning release jutsu, or at least that's what the autopsy stated. Hiruzen had seen the corpse, it was gruesome to say the least. His mind wondered how such a young kid could pull off something like that. The image of the Kyuubi appeared for a split second in his mind but he discarded it. The beast was sealed. 

Anyway, none of that is the problem, or rather not the main problem. The real problem are the remaining envoys. How was he supposed to break the news that some of their numbers were killed? The thing is that this incident is more than enough for Konoha to call for war. He would not allow that. Too many lives had already been lost. 

A new headache appeared as Hiruzen thought about his old friend Danzo. His vision and Danzo's were like water and oil. Knowing the man Hiruzen was sure he would try and push for war again. Now that both Danzo and Tomoka were in his mind an even more potent headache appeared. 

The fact that Tomoka was also a jinchuriki is unknown to the council and by extent Danzo. He had made sure to hide the information, making the few ninja that accompanied him that fateful day keep their lips shut. He knew that it was a risk but he believed it was the right decision. Even more so with how abnormal Tomoka is. 

Back then Hiruzen had spotted the glint of greed in Danzo's eyes when it was mentioned that Naruto became the new jinchuriki. He had subtly insisted for him to become the guardian of the kid. Hiruzen did not doubt for a second that Danzo planned to make the kid into a weapon. 

In the end the best he could do was put Naruto into an orphanage. As for Tomoka, he did not nor would ever reveal her as a jinchuuriki unless absolutely necessary. The girl already proved to be extremely skilled. Not to mention that she might possess a new never seen kekkei genkai. That was enough to attract Danzo. Hiruzen didn't even want to think what Danzo would do if he realized that she is also a jinchuriki. 

Now the girl is in the spotlight after she killed the head ninja of Kumo. A full fledged jounin killed by a four year old girl. Even Hiruzen was having a hard time convincing himself. Even though he knew that the head ninja wasn't the most skilled of jounin he was still a jounin nonetheless. 

"I am to old for this" 

With a sigh Hiruzen reclined on his chair looking at the sealing. One problem after the other would appear on his desk before he could fix the previous one. He was tired of playing these political games all the time. Especially against his cunning rival. In Hiruzen's mind, Danzo is a necessary evil for Konoha. Disregarding the man's warmongering tendencies his cunning and intelligence gathering skills were crucial for konoha.

"Whatever, I just need to deal with one thing at a time. First and foremost, I need to find a way to prevent war" 

With that said Hiruzen went back to his work. Thinking about any possible problems that might surface during the talks and the best way to approach them. He knew that tonight would be a very, very long night.

"I really want to retire"