Joy and Sorrow

Before any of us could react, the puppet swung his broken sword.

My eyes widened in horror. In front of my eyes, Yuji's head was separated from his body…..

//Notice: Unique skill great sage has awakened.

Unique skill predator has awakened.

…

Joy and Sorrow

For a moment I didn't realise that there was a foreign voice in my head. My heart ached as my eyes started stinging. It took me a while to accept that Yuji had just been killed. Even though I had denied myself that I didn't love him in a romantic way, when I lost him, I realized that I have been in love with him all along.

Unconsciously wiping the tears on my cheeks, I realized that it was blood. But I didn't care, I turned around to look at Sasori whose puppet eyes were wide open. Probably to express his shock. But I didn't care.

Instinctively I lifted my hand in his direction.

"Devour…" A word escaped my mouth that I didn't recognise. In an instant a transparent gelatinous fluid-like substance came out of my hand, covering the entire area around me.

The entire battlefield around me covered with various parts of the broken puppets along with the broken and battered body of Sasori were covered in that fluid in an instant. As fast as the fluid had appeared, it disappeared, retreating into my palm.

"Hhhaaaa…." A painful breath escaped from my lungs. My legs gave out as I knelt down on the hot sand.

"Great sage, tell me about yourself….." After a few moments of silence I said out loud hoping that the voice I heard earlier was just a lie.

//Unique skill: Great Sage, is the part of Ultimate skill wisdom lord Raphael that is connected to the soul of the master.

The Sub-Skills under the unique skill great sage are

Thought Acceleration

Analytical Appraisal

Parallel Calculation

Chant Annulment

All of Creation

Master can access the unique skill: great sage through the "mangekyou sharingan" of her left eye. Further evolution of the "dōjutsu" is required for the master to permanently access the unique skill: great Sage and then the ultimate skill Wisdom lord Raphael.

The robotic female voice in my head answered my question. But I didn't feel happy. I closed my eyes, cutting off the chakra. The stinging sensation from my eyes disappeared as well as the feeling of power I was getting before.

"Truck kun didn't scam me after all…." A humourless chuckle escaped my mouth. Slowly getting up I want towards the fallen body of my friend.

Looking around I found no one near me. So forgetting everything I let out my pent up emotions.

…

// Six days later

Hiruzen read the report written by his old comrade, Kisuke. Letting out a puff of smoke, he turned to look at the torrent scrolls that the analysis department had just submitted to him.

It turned out that the prodigy of the elder Chiyo from the hidden sand is actually the killer of the third Kazekage. The remains of the human puppet just confirmed it.

The mission turned out to be both good and bad. Good for the hidden leaf since by making this news public they cannot only create civil unrest in the hidden sand but also bolster their own reputation. If the news of the grandson of the village elder killing the strongest kage became public then the Civil unrest of the hidden sand will keep it busy. That will give the hidden leaf some breathing room in the upcoming war. On top of that, by making that same puppet master be killed by a leaf Jonin, defending her team, it will bolster their reputation and increase their morale.

But he will have to do something about Usagi. In this fight, it became obvious that She is really an elite jounin level fighter. Even if she lacks combat experience, her sealing jutsus and barrier techniques are strong enough to make up for her weakness. But the problem is that due to the brave and foolish decision of Chunin Yuji, Usagi was not doing great. Of course the mental health of a shinobi is very important. Especially young and fragile minds like Usagi's, needed special care. Since she didn't want to get the help from a Yamanaka consultant, Hiruzen didn't force him. But Hiruzen didn't want her to turn out like her mother. So after thinking for a while he tapped the button for his Anbu guard.

Silently a masked shinobi appeared in front of the old hokage.

"Call Kushina for me. I have a special mission for her."

After the Anbu disappeared from his office, the old hokage got lost in the thoughts of the meeting that happened earlier that day. Danzo, despite being uninterested in Usagi earlier, now has taken interest in her. But no matter what, Hiruzen was determined not to let his old friend approach the girl when she was in a vulnerable state.

The hokage didn't have to wait for long until heard the knock on his door.

"Come in."

"Lord Hokage, you called for me ?" Kushina, the Jinjuriki of the nine tails, greeted the old man.

"Kushina, take a seat. I have a mission for you." seeing the grave expression on the old man's face, Kushina became serious.

"You have heard about the recent news of Kazekage, haven't you ?" Hokage asked Kushina.

"Oh, yeah. I was shocked, you know. The third kazekage was turned into a human puppet by his own student. That's really sick, you know…" Kushina looked solemn.

"Yes. That was correct. But the one who defeated Sasori and discovered the truth was actually Usagi. Her team ran into Sasori while returning from the land of wind after finishing an escort mission. She stayed behind to make sure her team escaped." Hokage didn't even get the chance to say anymore as Kushina suddenly stood up with a panicked look on her face.

"Is she okay ? How the hell did that happen ? Where is she now ? Don't tell me she…."

"Stop over thinking, Kushina. Usagi is fine. In fact she defeated Sasori without any injury. But one of his teammates, Yuji Yamanaka, who had retreated earlier was worried about her and returned to check on her while their battle was in the final stage. Sasori, knowing that he couldn't win against Usagi, targeted Yuji. He beheaded him in front of her eyes..." The old hokage told Kushina.

Kushina gasped in surprise.

"That kid Yuji huh….. They were a cute couple..." Kushina muttered solemnly.

"The death of her friend has hit her hard. That's why I have called you. Apart from Yuji, you have the best relationship with Usagi. I don't want her to fall into darkness. She is a good child and has a lot of potential. I want you to help her recover. This is a mission. I haven't declared about her victory against Sasori. She has closed herself off. If you can make her smile again, it will be better." Hiruzen said to Kushina, releasing a puff of smoke.

"Leave it to me, lord Hokage ! I will bring back our old Usagi in no time, you know !" Kushina promised the old man before leaving the office. Even if the old man didn't assign her a mission, she would have helped Usagi anyway.

…

Usagi looked at the things she had written in her notebook.

The bodies of white Zetsu, another pair of mangekyou sharingan, bodies of people professing the different nature of Chakra, bodies of the people with unique kekkei genkai, bodies of different species of animals with unique abilities. The list went on. Currently Usagi has only crossed a few things like, spider, poisonous mushrooms, cat, dog, ant, beetle, tiger, poisonous cobra, anaconda, python and a group of people with a unique bloodline limit called smoke transformation. She had already collected all of the useful abilities from these species. After returning to the hidden leaf, Usagi had cut herself off from the world. The hokage had allowed her to recover naturally and she had taken this time to get used to her new unique skills.

In the Naruto world even having something like a great sage alone can be considered as an Ultimate cheat, bigger than even having something like Rinnegan. Although Usagi didn't like that she had to lose someone she loved to awaken her powers, but the price of such a ridiculous power was actually fair.

In these fast 4 days she has learnt many new things about her own body and her skills.

Apparently she had the blood of both Senju and Uchiha clan flowing through her body. So she wouldn't go blind from using mangekyou sharingan. Although according to her theory, she might have to awaken Rinnegan to have permanent wisdom lord Raphael, but it was a fair deal.

After awakening this power, everything has changed. So obviously, Usagi was also planning to change her approach.

*Knock* *knock*

"Usagi chan ! Are you there ? It is me ! Kushina !"

".... Coming !"

…

Next chapter: A lovely redhead and future plans

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