Irresistible Force (Naruto/The Gamer SI)
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The Uninspired
Sir Terrier
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Uhrm... How do I say this?
I mean, yeah I'll start with that!
Okay, so we finished the next chapter of the story. It's a fucking monster though, holy shit. It's like the length of two chapters in one. Not to mention that It underwent huge revision halfway through. Oh well. Anyway, that should be out within the next few days.
Apart from that, The Archive will be getting an overhaul soon~ish.
Also, I wanted to ask people, do you feel as though we've been ignoring the power that Hiroshi has. You know, The Gamer?
I'm genuinely curious on that front, I mean it sorta seems to have taken a backseat to character interaction and PLOT. And while you guys have certainly approved but do you want us to try and bring the fact that Hiroshi is you know The Gamer into view again? I dunno, I'd rather ask than assume.
Anyway, make of this what you will. Chapter will be out tomorrow barring bullshit that is life and apart from that. Have a good night/day everyone.
I mean, yeah I'll start with that!
Okay, so we finished the next chapter of the story. It's a fucking monster though, holy shit. It's like the length of two chapters in one. Not to mention that It underwent huge revision halfway through. Oh well. Anyway, that should be out within the next few days.
Apart from that, The Archive will be getting an overhaul soon~ish.
Also, I wanted to ask people, do you feel as though we've been ignoring the power that Hiroshi has. You know, The Gamer?
I'm genuinely curious on that front, I mean it sorta seems to have taken a backseat to character interaction and PLOT. And while you guys have certainly approved but do you want us to try and bring the fact that Hiroshi is you know The Gamer into view again? I dunno, I'd rather ask than assume.
Anyway, make of this what you will. Chapter will be out tomorrow barring bullshit that is life and apart from that. Have a good night/day everyone.
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I wouldn't say you've been ignoring it. It's been good so far.
Though, I've always felt in gamer fics that skills should be combined and grouped. Like having 'laundry', 'cleaning' and 'cooking' skills is just a bother to read through and should be just put under a 'domestic' jack of all trades skill. Same with 'crafting', 'repair' and 'maintenance' under a 'tinkerer' skill.
Though, I've always felt in gamer fics that skills should be combined and grouped. Like having 'laundry', 'cleaning' and 'cooking' skills is just a bother to read through and should be just put under a 'domestic' jack of all trades skill. Same with 'crafting', 'repair' and 'maintenance' under a 'tinkerer' skill.
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I think you have been making the right choice with regards to the division between plot, characters and the Gamer power.
Stories using the Gamer ability frequently fall into the trap of just describing level grinding and increasingly bizzare training strategies rather than following any sort of story or developing the characters, which leads to quite the boring tale IMO.
Stories using the Gamer ability frequently fall into the trap of just describing level grinding and increasingly bizzare training strategies rather than following any sort of story or developing the characters, which leads to quite the boring tale IMO.
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It's a story.
Please don't mention the levels of grinding the MC has to go through to be so and so. It's grating.
Focus on the plot and the characters, the Gamer side maybe more offhand mention or explained to fit in the plot narrative rather than focusing on them. They staggers the plot too much, because a post can only have so much words and wall of texts are horrible. It makes me feel like watching 100+ episodes of soap opera with no ending whatsoever, or the story just peters out with a very unsatisfying ending.
Your current balance on all three aspects are good enough.
Please don't mention the levels of grinding the MC has to go through to be so and so. It's grating.
Focus on the plot and the characters, the Gamer side maybe more offhand mention or explained to fit in the plot narrative rather than focusing on them. They staggers the plot too much, because a post can only have so much words and wall of texts are horrible. It makes me feel like watching 100+ episodes of soap opera with no ending whatsoever, or the story just peters out with a very unsatisfying ending.
Your current balance on all three aspects are good enough.
Chapter 11 - Olive You From My Head Tomatoes
Chapter 11
4 months later
"Hn."
"Kakashi, grunt at me… one more time, I dare you. I double dare you!" I said, calmly with the implied threat thick in my voice. My face blank of emotion, on anyone else, this would've been extremely effective.
This was not just anyone however, this was Kakashi.
Kakashi had become very familiar with that particular threatening voice of mine over the last few months. It was the voice I used when I was about to smack him in the head for being a shit head.
Not that it ever deterred him.
As it so happened, however, I was trying to fill a void in Kakashi's life in a non-invasive way. He was almost completely devoid of any real relationships besides with me, and I'm still not sure why he attached to me in the first place.
He didn't have a family, well tangentially he did, the village and the people who's job it was to look after shinobi orphans in the village but that was beside the point. He didn't have a family, no one to look up to, no one to greet when he got home and no one to smack him on the back and congratulate him for a good job.
Kakashi had been surprised the first few times I'd honestly complimented him for doing well at something. Either he didn't know how to respond to it or he was freaked out that a Hyuuga was complimenting him.
A huge part of Kakashi's mid and late life problems stemmed from early childhood trauma, no friends, not really any friends, no real acquaintances, and no family to look up to or to get guidance from. He became self-sufficient as a response. He became so self-sufficient that he forgot how to let other people help. He forgot how to let people in.
I was sticking my big foot inside the door and I wasn't moving it. He was stuck with me until either I die, or he died. Which, the gods of this forsaken land willing, wouldn't be for a very long time indeed.
Quite honestly. I had really grown to like Kakashi, he was the younger brother that I'd always kinda wanted but without the baby part. I mean, I didn't have to watch him and stop him from gnawing on the table, or change a diaper but I had a companion in Kakashi.
The fact that I could use our friendship to bully the elders into letting me have free time had little to do with it, I swear.
"Yes mother," Kakashi shot at me, rolling his eyes at the same time. I narrowed my eyes in response. This wouldn't do, Kakashi was being a little shit head. It was for his 'Own Good' I decided. That having been said, I slapped the back of his head.
"Owch! Stop doing that!"
"Stop doing what? I didn't do nothing, and don't roll your eyes at me son, you're a hundred years too young to be doing that." I responded in kind, moving ahead of him while adopting a hunched stance. For added effect I mimed using a cane to help me walk.
"Stop! Hitting! Me!" Kakashi ground out, I could hear his teeth clenching from here actually. "And stop walking like that! You look stupid!"
"But I didn't hit you!" Kakashi looked at me as though I wasn't quite right in the head, honestly, I don't disagree. I make no mention of having heard his last part, continuing to walk like I am.
"But there was a bug. Was I supposed to let it land on your head or something?" Kakashi pulled out his now in development super weapon. And again, if looks could kill I'd be dead, dust in the wind even.
I don't think he bought that excuse. The growl he let out confirmed it.
He took a swipe aiming to slap my head. I just so happened to bend over at the same time to look at a particularly interesting rock. The dirt slid slightly so I had to adjust my stance too, this had the unfortunate side effect of tripping Kakashi with my leg.
I rose again in a fluid motion and turned to look at Kakashi. I stared at his downed form for a second before I just couldn't help myself. "... What are you doing down there?"
"Looking at the dirt, what else?"
While that happened a small crowd had gathered around us, this was nothing new. The people learned with time that when Kakashi and I were around there was always shenanigans happening. They figured that they might as well get some free entertainment out of it while we were at it. But we had a few virgins here apparently, they looked at us like we're nuts. Sadly, I couldn't disagree with them.
Somehow, however, this had an unfortunate side effect at the compound, the Hyuga elders were on a blood-hunt to find the people who were 'starting rumors' of my antics to bring them to justice for besmirching my name. Haha, jokes on them. It was me, all along!
Also, what am I on about saying sadly, there's no sadly about it. I'm as fruity as fruit cake and I'm damn pleased about it. I had a sudden urge to start singing It's Not Unusual. I quashed it. No need to give the Hyuuga's Are Insane club any more ammunition to shoot, or give the elders more loose ends to follow up on.
Kakashi had picked himself up and started dusting himself off in the time I'd been thinking. He began walking towards the Hokage's Tower, to which we had been summoned there from the Academy and instead of doing the normal thing and going straight there, full of nerves we decided to fuck around on the way. Well, actually I had, and I'd dragged Kakashi into it against his will.
"I still don't understand why we, and by we I mean you wasted all that precious time training others, they can take care of themselves." Kakashi half grumbled half stated and half observed as we continued along our path to the Hokage's tower. Kakashi, you're doing my head in again. Why can't you just say something, or observe or just stick to one thing? Ugh, bastard. At least he doesn't do things by half, oh wait. He did, three times.
"Kakashi, how many times do I have to repeat this?" I complained more to the world that Kakashi wasn't getting it than at Kakashi himself.
"The chain is only as strong as its weakest link. We will be fighting together with those people in the future, probably against overwhelming odds. I would quite honestly prefer the comrades I'm trusting my back with, my life with even to be at the very damn least competent at what they're doing. If that means spending a few hours of my day a week to help them with some katas, then so be it."
"But we won't even see most of them I don't know, years at least since we're graduating early." Kakashi observed, he did have a point.
"I'm planning to live a long life, so waiting a few years for them to graduate doesn't bother me at all, see the previous statement... besides, you needed more social interaction."
"Well, that's what you're for, isn't it?" Kakashi mused.
"I mean with other people besides me Kakashi. You know, people who aren't fruitier than a fruit basket?" I replied with a sigh and a shake of my head.
"You really want to squeeze those fruit jokes for all they're worth." Kakashi deadpanned.
"They a-peel to me." I shot back, my face straight as can be. I was so proud of Kakashi at the moment.
"Now this is just getting rotten…"
"What can I say? I have a passion for fruit."
We continued walking in silence for a few more minutes before all of a sudden, a leg was blocking my stride, I had a nice face full of dirt cake not a second later.
"You do realize Kakashi, that this means war?"
I suppose it goes to show that you should never take victory for granted.
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We reached the Hokage tower covered head to toe in dust and proceeded to the main desk.
"Excuse me, we have been told to come here and speak to Hokage." I informed the woman at the desk. For a moment she seemed lost, then a look of realization appeared on her face. She probably didn't recognize us, covered in dust as we are.
"Ah, yes, you're Mr. Hyuga and Mr. Hatake, Hokage's secretary told me to expect you. You can proceed upstairs, I'll warn Hogake's secretary that you're coming." The lady behind the main desk said, already burying her head in the work piled around her. Busy time year I guess. Her head popped up a few moments later with a brush of some description, she handed it to a mildly bewildered Kakashi, "You may want to brush yourself off sonny, especially if you're seeing the Hokage."
Kakashi looked at the brush then at me, noticed I was sparkling clean and groaned. He'd been had! Cleaning skill, FTW!
"Thank you, have a good evening." I replied. I gave a polite bow and we proceeded upstairs. Once we got to our destination, there was another woman behind a desk waiting for us there. She told us that we would have to wait a little bit, someone was already seeing the Hokage.
xxxxx
I had a lot of respect for Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Hokage, both before and after my reincarnation. Sandaime was a surprisingly short man, he had dark skin and spiked brown hair. He had a small gray goatee on his chin, but a surprisingly youthful look for someone his age. He was currently wearing his Hokage robes, hat, and everything. I had thought before I'd you know, physically re-incarnated that he wore the robes all the time. Turns out that it's a load of shit.
He wore what he wanted when he was working in his office and only really used the robes for 'formal' activities. Such as wandering the village which he did rarely due to his station, and meeting shinobi.
As the de-facto leader of Konoha, one of the five largest and 'strongest' ninja villages in the Elemental Nations and a shinobi himself, he was a role model for many shinobi in Konoha. He led Konoha through two shinobi world wars and made sure that each time, it was his people who came out on top.
Many people disliked him or criticized him back on earth, but the fact is, Third Hokage was one of the oldest living and strongest shinobi in elemental nations. Not many shinobi live to reach old age. Those shinobi who reach old age do so because either all of their enemies are dead or failed to kill them. Or because they were mediocre enough that nobody ever noticed them, therefore nobody killed them. You know, the regular every day average guy, well the Ninja equivalent of it anyway.
I was broken from my reverie by the lady sitting to the left of the Hokage's door informing me and Kakashi after poking her head into the room that the Hokage would see us now.
I looked over at Kakashi as I stood up, he had cleaned himself up remarkably well all things considered and caught his eye. We both made a small nod and started moving towards the door.
I'll admit, that standing before that door, knowing for a fact that the Hokage was on the other side and expecting us. One of the 'strongest' people on the current earth was expecting me, and even though the gamer's mind, I felt a small thrill. Kakashi looked as though he was gonna bolt actually, not that I really blamed him.
I took a deep breath and pushed the door open, I swear to god I saw the secretary looking at us funny from the corner of her eye. That or she may have been looking at us understandingly. We entered together.
The Hokage's office was and wasn't what I was expecting. It really didn't hold the gravity that it should've. It didn't really have a presence that you expect from a room of such importance. Not that it needed it, with the Hokage sitting at the desk.
The room was large and circular, dominated solely by the Hokage's desk with paperwork spread out around it, on top of it and if I were to hazard a guess, under it too. Two large bookshelves stood on the edges of the room, directly opposite of each other and somewhere between it and the Hokage's desk sat a scroll holder.
I think the best way to describe it would've been to call it a wine rack but with the holes being smaller or larger as necessary to house the scrolls.
I also did a quick scan for exits, something that had become a habit of mine at the academy, and at the compound too. If I didn't want to do something, they'd never find me. Neither would they stop me from escaping.
During my inspection, we had reached our destination and bowed together, our destination being about a meter and a half in front of the Hokage's desk.
The Hokage had risen his head as we walked in to look at us, a gleam in his eyes.
"No need for that, raise your heads. You two are the youngest shinobi to ever graduate from the shinobi academy surpassing even the Sannin, that is no small achievement." Sandaime complimented us while holding his smoking pipe, a small smile playing on his lips. A wistful quality too, and maybe a little sad but I could be reaching.
Maybe he was sad that he was sending us to a battlefield effectively. Bah, bullshit. This was the man sending generations to war, the sons and daughters of his comrades even. He wouldn't care about us going off to hell a few years early.
"Thank you, Sir!" We both said in unison, raising our heads to be standing at attention. He waved our stances away with a lazy wave of his hand. "Relax, I won't bite. Much."
That having been said, he hemmed before moving on.
"Now, I called you here because I want your opinion on something. You see, if there were only one or three of you than I could have easily assigned you to a single Jonin and be done with this." Here he paused and gave us a stink eye in a way that was entirely comical. I had no idea how he managed to do that but I immediately wanted to learn.
"Since however there are two of you, I've decided to hear what is it that you want to do. You are both prodigies and even though we are in wartime footing, there are quite a few Jonin who would be willing to take you on as apprentices." He paused here to look at us again, not that he ever stopped but with his full attention behind it, it felt a lot more weighty.
"Or you can both take a single Jonin who will teach you both for now and when the rest of your class graduates take one of them to create a full team. Make sure to think this through, as this is a decision that will affect the rest of your career as a shinobi." The Hokage ordered more than said because he was right here and now ordering us to choose the path the rest of our career would take. It was a heady decision and I already knew what I would pick.
I wanted an apprenticeship or more accurately I wanted the personal attention of a Jonin to train me, I needed to be strong for more than one reason and the personal attention and training of one such person would make that task that much easier.
I imagine that Kakashi wanted the same thing, even though I had been there to ground and mellow him out some, he still had a chip on the shoulder and grudge against the world. He would want much the same thing honestly, that said however I asked anyway. You know what they say about assumptions.
I turned my head, catching Kakashi's eyes, "You still up for it?" It'd probably be inconsequential small talk to the Hokage but Kakashi and I had talked about it.
We had debated the point quite furiously, well going over all the pros and cons of each option after I'd raised the point that it would be an option most likely. Kakashi had initially argued in favor of being on a team together before I'd won him over to my side. Being on the same team was good and all but we'd be starved for attention because we'd both need more and more of it from our teachers as we progressed.
In the end, having a separate Jonin Instructor each was the best option not to mention that our interests in the ninja arts lay in different areas. Not to mention, what probably won him over to my side was the fact that we would still be able to see each other even if we had different Jonin Instructors.
"Sir, may we please know the Jonin who are willing to take us as apprentices?" I asked after Kakashi nodded his head slightly.
The Hokage nodded his head as if expecting the question and rummaged around on his desk for a few moments before pulling a scroll from it, and unfurling it.
"Ah, let's see here, you have three options readily available, the rest are out on active deployment, unfortunately. They are Orochimaru, Namikaze Minato or Kushina Uzumaki." He paused again.
Rummaged around a little bit slowly as though thinking before continuing again, "Orochimaru was a member of the three Sannin, personally trained by me and has been an active Shinobi for many, many years now. His strengths are his phenomenal skill at techniques and hand to hand combat. His more esoteric areas are lacking. Namikaze Minato, an upcoming Jonin who's proving quite effective. He also has a phenomenal skill at techniques, lesser than that of Orochimaru and much more effective at hand to hand. His strength lies more in speed than brute force. His more esoteric knowledge and technique is above par. Overall, a well-rounded shinobi."
He rummaged around a bit again as if looking for something particular, and he evidently found it by his lightning expression. He held up three photos. A spiked blond hair, blue eyed male. A pasty snake looking dude, and a redheaded woman that looked kinda hot. I paused.
Did I seriously just consider Kushina Uzumaki, hot? I need a moment. I guess redheads were my thing?
The Hokage hadn't been idle while I'd been thinking and grinding over that realization, he'd continued talking, "Kushina Uzumaki, the most well-rounded shinobi here actually. Well, kinda. Her ninja techniques are hovering around average but her hand to hand is above average, her Kenjutsu, however, is absolutely phenomenal. Atop of that, her esoteric knowledge is also phenomenal owing to the fact that she's one of Konoha's seal masters. A seal mistress in this case, don't tell her I said that though." He winked at us.
Uzumaki Kushina, as in Naruto's mother? Orochimaru as well, isn't he supposed to take on a team of three that will include Anko later on? I guess I will go with Kushina, I'm somewhat familiar with her character from the show and there were no indications that she had any apprentices to my knowledge.
Not to mention that having access to her brain to pick on seals as I made my way from a squabbling apprentice to a decent practitioner would be absolutely invaluable. The gamer was helping me along slowly but surely, but having an actual master who might be willing to help would increase my progress phenomenally.
As I was off in dreamland the Hokage handed us three files each, one on each prospective Jonin for our apprenticeships. He shooed us over to a couch that I swear to god wasn't there before and bid us to look them over. This was a very big decision so I could understand this.
It was surprisingly detailed, the reports that are, more so than I would've considered. I'd already decided whom I was going to choose, however, now all that I was waiting on was Kakashi.
Kakashi and I both looked at each other after about five minutes of thoroughly checking over all the files, I gestured for him to decide first. Me more out of a sense of curiosity and Kakashi on an actual desire to know his options.
"I would like to apprentice under Namikaze-san, I have seen him around the village several times and his reputation says that he is a competent shinobi." Kakashi half said and half asked from the seat.
"I would like to apprentice under Uzumaki Kushina. While I have not heard much about her, I have always had a well, let's just say I've got an avid interest in learning fuinjutsu. Learning it under one of the few masters of the art is not an opportunity I can pass up. The opportunity to learn to wield a blade isn't something I'd pass up on either. Most Hyuuga's die during their first encounter with a blade-wielding opponent. I don't want to be one." I finished.
"It is decided then, they will meet you tomorrow at noon near the entrance of this tower, make sure to be on time. Dismissed." Said Hokage and went back to his paperwork.
After we exited from the Hokage tower, we decided to celebrate at a dango shop not far from the tower. And by we, I mean I decided. I dragged Kakashi along because why not?
"So, I guess this is it, we're finally going to be shinobi."
"Guess we are." Kakashi opined while munching his dango "By the way, why dango?"
"Don't you know? I'm on a see-food diet, every time I see food, I eat it." A blink and a small smile.
"But just because we're going to be on different teams, does not mean that you can go back to your bad habits. I will come by your apartment whenever I have free time, it better be as clean and neat as I left it." I started while pointing at him with one of my dango sticks, reminiscent of a purple haired lady actually.
I briefly pause and wonder if Anko would be mad at me for stealing her future shtick? Oh well. I was older, I think? Whatever the case, I was a shinobi first and thus, I called seniority. "And make sure to eat lots of eggs, I heard they give you egg-celent vision. Besides, for breakfast, a boiled egg is hard to beat."
Ohh, a groan! It was working.
"What are you, my moth- Ouch, stop doing that." Kakashi shot after I chopped the top of his head with my hand.
"I told you a million times, don't egg-agerate." I said while smirking down at him.
"Why you-"
"I know, I know. My joke was bad and I should feel bad… but I don't! A good pun is its own re-word."
"I think you've yoked this enough. It's starting to smell a bit rotten."
Urgh! Kakashi that cut deep!
I mimed grasping my heart in imaginary pain, "Kakashi, how could you wound me so! How could you inflict such a grievous wound onto my open and beautiful heart?"
Even as we bickered back and forth, we both knew that starting tomorrow, we would be shinobi and at any moment one of us could die, so we had fun while we were still kids. More specifically, we had fun while we still could. And by we, I mean I. Poor Kakashi.
I was kinda looking forwards to the night honestly, good news and I had an entire day to blow. Hyuga clan Library better put your glasses on, because here I come!
xxxxx
I woke at the crack of dawn, again. Exactly four hours after I went to sleep. The blue box sat in front of my face cheerfully informing me that I was now well rested and that my HP and CP were full again along with the fact that all negative status effects had been removed. I really did want to rage against it, I liked my sleep, I loved my sleep even and the gamer wouldn't let me sleep for more than 4. I'd tried to get more in one session but holy shit, I couldn't.
I would wake up four hours after I went to sleep, completely rested and full of life. It was a pain in the goddamn ass when I was being monitored as I was. I mean on one hand, extra time, on the other hand, I had to stay up super late and let me tell you, this place was eerie at night.
As it was, however, I simply removed the blankets with mechanical precision, I'd have to make the bed then I was going to create as little as possible work for myself. Having said that, I slid my feet out and stood in one motion. I barely even noticed the cold wooden floor. It had become a ritual for me by now.
As I entered the bathroom I was taken again by the fact that I was an adult as far as the village was concerned now. The proof of that sat gleaming on the sink I'd have to fix that though.
I grabbed the headband and as I did I started hearing an echo of my oath, the oath that I had spoken yesterday. The oath that had inducted me into the Shinobi ranks.
Without the People, there can be no Leaf,
Serving the Leaf is my Duty,
The headband was raised to sit before my eyes, I stared at its gleaming visage. I was reminded of all the years of training, of all the blood and sweat. The training never truly stopped, not for one moment, not for me. From the moment I realized where I was I knew that I can only rely on my own power in this cruel world
Without the Leaf, there can be no People,
Serving the People is my Purpose,
The headband reflecting my eyes, and through my eyes, I saw myself. I remembered the new people I met, the friends and enemies I made. I knew that some of those people will not live past the decade and many more will die by my hand.
Without the People, there can be no Victory,
Securing the Victory is my Burden,
I saw my face, my eyes and I saw deeper. I saw myself for what I was. I remember who I was and who I became. I was never a naive person, is what I used to believe. But this world had opened my eyes to how little I truly knew.
Without the Victory, there can be no Safety,
Securing the Safety is my Promise,
I accepted what I was, what I am and what I will be. I reflect on the things I did, I'm doing and will do in the future. My path will not be easy, it will be filled with pain and tears and hate, probably lots of blood too if I'm honest..
Without the Safety, there can be no Future,
Forging the Future is my Pledge,
I stared at the hand holding the headband, already calluses were forming, despite the Gamer's Body, proof of my hard work, hard work that I would have never done before. That I had never done before.
Without the Future, there can be no Hope
Enduring to Hope is my Oath.
And that was all there was to it.
That having been said, however, I thrust the headband under the faucet and turned the handle, I took the brush to it a second later. Well, not a regular brush, you know those steel mesh brushes? One of those.
Time to get the abominable fucking shine off. I didn't want a goddamn flashlight attached to my head.
And they wonder why the genin mortality rate is so damn high.
I spent maybe five~ish minutes scrubbing away the shiny metal until it lost its gleam, dulling down enough that it didn't look like something a fresh genin would have. That having been done I set it down next to the sink to finish my morning ritual.
That took maybe three minutes, I'd gotten good at it. The metal had dried off enough by then that I took it back into my room while I got dressed. Then it was straight outside with it and into the garden with it.
I started rubbing it around in the dirt to scuff it some more. Fucking assholes, handing shit like this out to fresh genin, what are they trying to do? Get their forces killed or something?
When I was finally satisfied with the state of my headband, I shook it off, attached it again to cloth strip it came with and tied it around my neck so the metal plate rested just above my collarbone. Completely ignoring the intentded location for it.
A nod to the guards as I left the compound six hours early to head to the training grounds was all that would be heard of me that day within the Hyuga.
I figured Kakashi would arrive maybe two, even four hours from now to begin to warm up with me as well.
xxxxx
While I was somewhat familiar with Kushina and Minato from watching the anime and reading the manga, there was only so much I knew. Not to mention that there were few ways to confirm if it held true in my new reality. I mean, there had already been differences and I questioned it. Had I caused them, or if I had changed them by dint of existing. I doubt and doubt but in the end, it did me little good. I put it to rest. I'd deal with it as it came. I'd roll with the punches. Something I'd become remarkably good at doing honestly.
From what I could gather from my prior knowledge, rumors and the overview files that were given to us, Kushina was basically a female version of Naruto. Or was it Naruto who was a male version of his mother. Bah, what was the difference? Anyway, on the other hand, Minato was a very calm and collected individual, but he still knew when to get serious and when it was time to have fun, at least that was my hope.
I was kinda mixing and mashing what I'd read from the overview file and what I'd know from actually, you know, reading the Naruto storyline.
Naruto, from what I could gather, had inherited the mannerisms and habits of his mother and the looks of his father. I was looking forward to seeing my new teacher, sealing was a very valuable skill that I had every intention to earn.
As Kakashi and I made our way to the Hokage's tower after our warm up I was shaking my arms a little to deal with the aftereffects I could still feel and I was also rolling my joints as much as possible. Limbering up, Kakashi was sporting an impressive shiner from where I'd managed to land a nice punch.
I was sporting some nice bruises myself, Kakashi had gotten really good at landing his hits. We hadn't done too much more and they were all superficial at worst honestly, I'd used some of my budding crafting skills to create some 'healing' food beforehand. Well, at home and out of sight. It worked though. As to why I had the bruises, well I didn't. I did, however, have a crafting skill and plenty of clay. I called them stick on bruises.
As we neared the tower we noticed two people near the entrance leaning on the wall and talking. A blonde haired male, and a red headed female.
I do believe the red headed female was Minato, while the yellow-haired male was Kushina. The Yellow Haired male's attire consisted of a standard Konoha uniform with two bands on both of his sleeves, a green flak jacket, blue forehead protector, and blue sandals. He had a small smile on his face as he was talking to another person to his right.
Yes, Yes, I knew who they were but I felt it better to sound them out earlier rather than later. Just to see if I would have to hold back my jokes.
The Red Headed female, she had a slender, but feminine build, fair skin, violet eyes, fiery red hair — a common trait among the members of the Uzumaki clan — she wore a blue forehead protector with her hair tied up in a high ponytail and strands framing the sides of her face. Her attire consisted of a standard Konoha flak jacket over a black short-sleeved shirt and black form-fitting pants that reached her calves. In other words, she was Kushina Uzumaki.
As we got closer they turned towards us and smiled before greeting us.
I beat them to the punch, however, looking directly at Minato, "You must be Kushina Uzumaki, It's nice to meet you, the Picture we were given made you look a lot more feminine." I paused here to turn to look at Kushina as Minato's mind malfunctioned.
"And you must be Minato Namikaze, A pleasure to meet you. Again, the picture we were given had you looking more manly for some reason, oh well." The smirk on her face let me know she knew what was going on.
"Oh my god, thank you! Someone finally able to tell who's who. I tell you Hiroshi, I get right sick of telling people off about it. It's nice to know that at least someone can tell us apart." I… I didn't know what to say. Other that I really liked her? I mean, holy shit, someone with a sense of humor!
"Et tu?" Looks like Minato's brain had re-engaged and had processed my joke, only to be inundated again with Kushina jumping in with my joke. He was futilely pointing at Kushina and himself. Muttering his name while pointing at her and her name when pointing at himself, "Kushina? Minato?"
While he was out of commission, I moved along. Wouldn't do to lose momentum now I suppose I walked over to Kushina leaving Kakashi frozen in place, probably practicing his statue impression and began speaking to Kushina, "So then you're going to be taking on Kakashi as a student? What do you have planned to teach him?"
Her poker face was impressive but I could see cracks forming, especially as Minato got increasingly out of sorts before she could open her mouth, however, a groan was heard from Minato and Kakashi in general, their horror filled statement echoed in stereo together, "Oh god, there's two of them!"
They must have realized they'd both said the same thing as they looked at each other, then at us, at each other again, nodded and in synchronized movements, walked to the other side of the street and started talking. Rude.
I allowed a small but sincere smile to grow on my face as I looked up at Kushina, a devilish smirk split her lips. "Thanks for playing along. I'm sorry about the joke but I figured it'd be the easiest way to get through introductions. I'm Hiroshi, you probably already know that though. It's nice to meet you Kushina. Perhaps I should be calling you master now, or teacher ev~~Hurgh!" I ended, a twitch in my smile the only reaction as her hand launched out and grabbed ahold of my cheek!
"Oh My God! You're so adorable! And Cute! And mature! Ohh, I just wanna hug you and squeeze your cheeks!" I was scrabbling futilely to get her hands detached from my cheeks. I gave up moments later, resistance was futile. Oh god, what the hell had I signed myself up for! I was pulled into a rib crushing hug a few moments later.
Oh god, it hurt. I reiterate, what had I signed myself up for. Well, her exuberance appeared the same with what I knew of her. As my now red cheeks could testify.
I was released from her embrace a few moments later, three deep breaths followed even as she started talking. The air had never tasted so sweet. "Teacher, definitely teacher. Before we get down to the nitty-gritty, however, Minato and I had a little test to do first. We wanted to gauge your levels since Minato and I work together a lot, you'll be working together a lot. So, we figured a duo test would work. Well, initially at least." Was it just me or was her speech getting faster?
"Afterwardswe'llbehavingindividualtestsso" Here she paused for breath, her words were still incomprehensible when she continued, "Wecanseewhereyouneedworkbutthat'llwaitdattebane."
Err, I held my hand up and interrupted her gesticulating and wild chattering, "Err Kushina, Ma'am? Could you may be slow down a little? I can't quite follow you if you talk that fast."
She looked embarrassed, a faint red dusting appearing on her cheeks for a moment that I almost missed considering the red already framed her face. I hope this wasn't a recurring feature.
"Err, sorry about that. I get a bit excited at times, hehehehe." She was rubbing her head exactly like someone else I know.
I eyed her suspiciously, "I know, my cheeks can tell."
Her hand twitched slightly, her smile becoming a little more strained, "That wasn't my fault, you were just so cute and I wanted to pinch your cheeks, so I did. Anyway, we had some exercises planed as soon as Minato stops being a little bitch and gets back over here actually."
Uhmm, Kushina? Where you meant to be that mean to poor ol' Minato. I mean, I did just confuse him for you and I don't think that's ever happened before.
"Err, why don't we go over to them Ma'am? I mean really, they're only across the street and we can chat on the way." I looked over to where Minato and Kakashi were crouched down reading talking in whispers, the comradery I could feel all but emanating from them means my little ploy had worked. Mutual embarrassment was a great way of making friends.
Kushina nodded her head, before beginning to march in their direction but I had a question to ask. "Dattebane?"
She didn't answer me, just continued walking towards them, if a little bit faster.
As we were approaching Minato and Kakashi, Kushina turned to look at me before informing me of where I was to head. Training ground twenty-one apparently, which funnily enough happened to be on the very edge of the village. Minato appeared to be saying something similar to Kakashi because he and Kushina looked at each other before nodding and disappearing?
I think that may have been the Shunshin Technique. I didn't realize it looked like that, and now I wanted to learn it. First on the agenda for techniques to wheedle out of Kushina, the Shunshin.
I turned to Kakashi who was little a little lost, I guess Minato didn't really tell him much, "Training ground twenty-one for you too?"
A nod, guess there's no change then. I started walking in the direction of which I knew training ground twenty-one to reside. I'd actually used it before in the past, it was a fairly large area with terrible terrain. No solid ground or footing to be had anywhere. I'd been practicing my stances and Taijutsu on it.
I couldn't count on having solid footing in real combat, and it helped me practice without solid footing. My Gentle Fist Style combat was noticeably worse in those conditions but my practice had borne fruit. I was less terrible than I would've been going into it blind.
I sighed a bit, we had a little walk to go before us, and I had an apology to make, "Sorry about giving you the shiner Kakashi. I think we may have gotten a little too into it this morning."
"Hn, I guess we did. How's your elbow and your stomach? I know I kicked your rather hard there."
I ghosted a hand over my stomach, it's true he had landed a rather solid blow but the gamer's body had spirited away the pain in but a moment. I felt nothing now, but I still followed the actions of touching it. "Sore, I'll live though."
I was lying through my teeth, but he didn't need to know that. I wasn't sore at all.
"Sorry again, though, did Minato ask about it?"
"Yeah, asked if someone had punched me in the face, I told him you did."
I felt distinctly as though I'd just been thrown under a bus.
"Thanks, Kakashi. I appreciate it." I grumbled.
xxxxx
Arriving at the training ground, we got a solid minute to look around before our Teachers arrived from the forest on the far end of the training ground. Leaving the entire marshy, hilly, and bullshit filled expanse before us and them.
"Here we are, training ground twenty-one. We heard that you were both friends and training partners and so are we. Soo~ we wanted to see how you fared together before we do individual tests." He paused, probably to take a breath. He was shouting pretty loud, no, I'm sorry. He was projecting.
"We're doing this because we will take missions together from time to time since neither of you have teams. In the future, we hope that we will have two full teams, but until then it will only be four of us." Minato managed to get out in breath across the clearing, as he was looking at the both of us. We were standing opposite both him and Kushina, there was quite the distance between us.
"The test is very simple, you have to land a clean hit on either of us. But we will not make it easy for you two, because your enemies certainly won't." Kushina chimed in, her voice all but laughing at the idea that they could land a hit on either of them. Well, I guess me and Kakashi would have to teach them a lesson.
I stared at the box denoting the quest, well shit. I wasn't even getting an option to decline it. I guess this was a Main Story Quest or something? I feel a bit shafted honestly, even though the rewards made me salivate. Damn, that was a lot of EXP and Ryo, not that I'd be able to spend it.
I looked over at Kakashi, he looked at me. "Plan C?"
"I was thinking more Plan A myself, but C could work. At least initially. I see no reason why not. How are we gonna get them to engage us though? I mean, I don't fancy running across this marsh to get to them, who knows what traps they've laid for us."
"Don't worry Kakashi, I have a plan."
I took a deep breath, debating the stupidity of what I was about do, "HEY TOMATO-CHAN, I'M NO PHOTOGRAPHER, BUT I CAN PICTURE US TOGETHER!"
I could see them both freeze as my words hit them, well time to go for broke I suppose, "I LOVE YOU FROM MY HEAD TOMATOES!"
Heh, tomatoes, to my toes, get it?
Kakashi apparently did, if his groan was anything to go by. "Are you kidding me, man, what's tomato with you?"
I took one look at Kushina's visage, and holy shit, was her hair floating? Oh, Fuckity fucky fuck.
I turned on the spot and started sprinting, "What are you waiting for Kakashi, an invitation? Hurry and ketchup!"
I only just managed to finish shouting over my shoulder before I was dodging a sword swung to cut my head off.
Guys, I think I might have made her angry.
Quest Objective Complete; Surprise Your Teachers.
Well, it's not quite what I had in mind, but I'll take it.
4 months later
"Hn."
"Kakashi, grunt at me… one more time, I dare you. I double dare you!" I said, calmly with the implied threat thick in my voice. My face blank of emotion, on anyone else, this would've been extremely effective.
This was not just anyone however, this was Kakashi.
Kakashi had become very familiar with that particular threatening voice of mine over the last few months. It was the voice I used when I was about to smack him in the head for being a shit head.
Not that it ever deterred him.
As it so happened, however, I was trying to fill a void in Kakashi's life in a non-invasive way. He was almost completely devoid of any real relationships besides with me, and I'm still not sure why he attached to me in the first place.
He didn't have a family, well tangentially he did, the village and the people who's job it was to look after shinobi orphans in the village but that was beside the point. He didn't have a family, no one to look up to, no one to greet when he got home and no one to smack him on the back and congratulate him for a good job.
Kakashi had been surprised the first few times I'd honestly complimented him for doing well at something. Either he didn't know how to respond to it or he was freaked out that a Hyuuga was complimenting him.
A huge part of Kakashi's mid and late life problems stemmed from early childhood trauma, no friends, not really any friends, no real acquaintances, and no family to look up to or to get guidance from. He became self-sufficient as a response. He became so self-sufficient that he forgot how to let other people help. He forgot how to let people in.
I was sticking my big foot inside the door and I wasn't moving it. He was stuck with me until either I die, or he died. Which, the gods of this forsaken land willing, wouldn't be for a very long time indeed.
Quite honestly. I had really grown to like Kakashi, he was the younger brother that I'd always kinda wanted but without the baby part. I mean, I didn't have to watch him and stop him from gnawing on the table, or change a diaper but I had a companion in Kakashi.
The fact that I could use our friendship to bully the elders into letting me have free time had little to do with it, I swear.
"Yes mother," Kakashi shot at me, rolling his eyes at the same time. I narrowed my eyes in response. This wouldn't do, Kakashi was being a little shit head. It was for his 'Own Good' I decided. That having been said, I slapped the back of his head.
"Owch! Stop doing that!"
"Stop doing what? I didn't do nothing, and don't roll your eyes at me son, you're a hundred years too young to be doing that." I responded in kind, moving ahead of him while adopting a hunched stance. For added effect I mimed using a cane to help me walk.
"Stop! Hitting! Me!" Kakashi ground out, I could hear his teeth clenching from here actually. "And stop walking like that! You look stupid!"
"But I didn't hit you!" Kakashi looked at me as though I wasn't quite right in the head, honestly, I don't disagree. I make no mention of having heard his last part, continuing to walk like I am.
"But there was a bug. Was I supposed to let it land on your head or something?" Kakashi pulled out his now in development super weapon. And again, if looks could kill I'd be dead, dust in the wind even.
I don't think he bought that excuse. The growl he let out confirmed it.
He took a swipe aiming to slap my head. I just so happened to bend over at the same time to look at a particularly interesting rock. The dirt slid slightly so I had to adjust my stance too, this had the unfortunate side effect of tripping Kakashi with my leg.
I rose again in a fluid motion and turned to look at Kakashi. I stared at his downed form for a second before I just couldn't help myself. "... What are you doing down there?"
"Looking at the dirt, what else?"
While that happened a small crowd had gathered around us, this was nothing new. The people learned with time that when Kakashi and I were around there was always shenanigans happening. They figured that they might as well get some free entertainment out of it while we were at it. But we had a few virgins here apparently, they looked at us like we're nuts. Sadly, I couldn't disagree with them.
Somehow, however, this had an unfortunate side effect at the compound, the Hyuga elders were on a blood-hunt to find the people who were 'starting rumors' of my antics to bring them to justice for besmirching my name. Haha, jokes on them. It was me, all along!
Also, what am I on about saying sadly, there's no sadly about it. I'm as fruity as fruit cake and I'm damn pleased about it. I had a sudden urge to start singing It's Not Unusual. I quashed it. No need to give the Hyuuga's Are Insane club any more ammunition to shoot, or give the elders more loose ends to follow up on.
Kakashi had picked himself up and started dusting himself off in the time I'd been thinking. He began walking towards the Hokage's Tower, to which we had been summoned there from the Academy and instead of doing the normal thing and going straight there, full of nerves we decided to fuck around on the way. Well, actually I had, and I'd dragged Kakashi into it against his will.
"I still don't understand why we, and by we I mean you wasted all that precious time training others, they can take care of themselves." Kakashi half grumbled half stated and half observed as we continued along our path to the Hokage's tower. Kakashi, you're doing my head in again. Why can't you just say something, or observe or just stick to one thing? Ugh, bastard. At least he doesn't do things by half, oh wait. He did, three times.
"Kakashi, how many times do I have to repeat this?" I complained more to the world that Kakashi wasn't getting it than at Kakashi himself.
"The chain is only as strong as its weakest link. We will be fighting together with those people in the future, probably against overwhelming odds. I would quite honestly prefer the comrades I'm trusting my back with, my life with even to be at the very damn least competent at what they're doing. If that means spending a few hours of my day a week to help them with some katas, then so be it."
"But we won't even see most of them I don't know, years at least since we're graduating early." Kakashi observed, he did have a point.
"I'm planning to live a long life, so waiting a few years for them to graduate doesn't bother me at all, see the previous statement... besides, you needed more social interaction."
"Well, that's what you're for, isn't it?" Kakashi mused.
"I mean with other people besides me Kakashi. You know, people who aren't fruitier than a fruit basket?" I replied with a sigh and a shake of my head.
"You really want to squeeze those fruit jokes for all they're worth." Kakashi deadpanned.
"They a-peel to me." I shot back, my face straight as can be. I was so proud of Kakashi at the moment.
"Now this is just getting rotten…"
"What can I say? I have a passion for fruit."
We continued walking in silence for a few more minutes before all of a sudden, a leg was blocking my stride, I had a nice face full of dirt cake not a second later.
"You do realize Kakashi, that this means war?"
I suppose it goes to show that you should never take victory for granted.
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We reached the Hokage tower covered head to toe in dust and proceeded to the main desk.
"Excuse me, we have been told to come here and speak to Hokage." I informed the woman at the desk. For a moment she seemed lost, then a look of realization appeared on her face. She probably didn't recognize us, covered in dust as we are.
"Ah, yes, you're Mr. Hyuga and Mr. Hatake, Hokage's secretary told me to expect you. You can proceed upstairs, I'll warn Hogake's secretary that you're coming." The lady behind the main desk said, already burying her head in the work piled around her. Busy time year I guess. Her head popped up a few moments later with a brush of some description, she handed it to a mildly bewildered Kakashi, "You may want to brush yourself off sonny, especially if you're seeing the Hokage."
Kakashi looked at the brush then at me, noticed I was sparkling clean and groaned. He'd been had! Cleaning skill, FTW!
"Thank you, have a good evening." I replied. I gave a polite bow and we proceeded upstairs. Once we got to our destination, there was another woman behind a desk waiting for us there. She told us that we would have to wait a little bit, someone was already seeing the Hokage.
xxxxx
I had a lot of respect for Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Hokage, both before and after my reincarnation. Sandaime was a surprisingly short man, he had dark skin and spiked brown hair. He had a small gray goatee on his chin, but a surprisingly youthful look for someone his age. He was currently wearing his Hokage robes, hat, and everything. I had thought before I'd you know, physically re-incarnated that he wore the robes all the time. Turns out that it's a load of shit.
He wore what he wanted when he was working in his office and only really used the robes for 'formal' activities. Such as wandering the village which he did rarely due to his station, and meeting shinobi.
As the de-facto leader of Konoha, one of the five largest and 'strongest' ninja villages in the Elemental Nations and a shinobi himself, he was a role model for many shinobi in Konoha. He led Konoha through two shinobi world wars and made sure that each time, it was his people who came out on top.
Many people disliked him or criticized him back on earth, but the fact is, Third Hokage was one of the oldest living and strongest shinobi in elemental nations. Not many shinobi live to reach old age. Those shinobi who reach old age do so because either all of their enemies are dead or failed to kill them. Or because they were mediocre enough that nobody ever noticed them, therefore nobody killed them. You know, the regular every day average guy, well the Ninja equivalent of it anyway.
I was broken from my reverie by the lady sitting to the left of the Hokage's door informing me and Kakashi after poking her head into the room that the Hokage would see us now.
I looked over at Kakashi as I stood up, he had cleaned himself up remarkably well all things considered and caught his eye. We both made a small nod and started moving towards the door.
I'll admit, that standing before that door, knowing for a fact that the Hokage was on the other side and expecting us. One of the 'strongest' people on the current earth was expecting me, and even though the gamer's mind, I felt a small thrill. Kakashi looked as though he was gonna bolt actually, not that I really blamed him.
I took a deep breath and pushed the door open, I swear to god I saw the secretary looking at us funny from the corner of her eye. That or she may have been looking at us understandingly. We entered together.
The Hokage's office was and wasn't what I was expecting. It really didn't hold the gravity that it should've. It didn't really have a presence that you expect from a room of such importance. Not that it needed it, with the Hokage sitting at the desk.
The room was large and circular, dominated solely by the Hokage's desk with paperwork spread out around it, on top of it and if I were to hazard a guess, under it too. Two large bookshelves stood on the edges of the room, directly opposite of each other and somewhere between it and the Hokage's desk sat a scroll holder.
I think the best way to describe it would've been to call it a wine rack but with the holes being smaller or larger as necessary to house the scrolls.
I also did a quick scan for exits, something that had become a habit of mine at the academy, and at the compound too. If I didn't want to do something, they'd never find me. Neither would they stop me from escaping.
During my inspection, we had reached our destination and bowed together, our destination being about a meter and a half in front of the Hokage's desk.
The Hokage had risen his head as we walked in to look at us, a gleam in his eyes.
"No need for that, raise your heads. You two are the youngest shinobi to ever graduate from the shinobi academy surpassing even the Sannin, that is no small achievement." Sandaime complimented us while holding his smoking pipe, a small smile playing on his lips. A wistful quality too, and maybe a little sad but I could be reaching.
Maybe he was sad that he was sending us to a battlefield effectively. Bah, bullshit. This was the man sending generations to war, the sons and daughters of his comrades even. He wouldn't care about us going off to hell a few years early.
"Thank you, Sir!" We both said in unison, raising our heads to be standing at attention. He waved our stances away with a lazy wave of his hand. "Relax, I won't bite. Much."
That having been said, he hemmed before moving on.
"Now, I called you here because I want your opinion on something. You see, if there were only one or three of you than I could have easily assigned you to a single Jonin and be done with this." Here he paused and gave us a stink eye in a way that was entirely comical. I had no idea how he managed to do that but I immediately wanted to learn.
"Since however there are two of you, I've decided to hear what is it that you want to do. You are both prodigies and even though we are in wartime footing, there are quite a few Jonin who would be willing to take you on as apprentices." He paused here to look at us again, not that he ever stopped but with his full attention behind it, it felt a lot more weighty.
"Or you can both take a single Jonin who will teach you both for now and when the rest of your class graduates take one of them to create a full team. Make sure to think this through, as this is a decision that will affect the rest of your career as a shinobi." The Hokage ordered more than said because he was right here and now ordering us to choose the path the rest of our career would take. It was a heady decision and I already knew what I would pick.
I wanted an apprenticeship or more accurately I wanted the personal attention of a Jonin to train me, I needed to be strong for more than one reason and the personal attention and training of one such person would make that task that much easier.
I imagine that Kakashi wanted the same thing, even though I had been there to ground and mellow him out some, he still had a chip on the shoulder and grudge against the world. He would want much the same thing honestly, that said however I asked anyway. You know what they say about assumptions.
I turned my head, catching Kakashi's eyes, "You still up for it?" It'd probably be inconsequential small talk to the Hokage but Kakashi and I had talked about it.
We had debated the point quite furiously, well going over all the pros and cons of each option after I'd raised the point that it would be an option most likely. Kakashi had initially argued in favor of being on a team together before I'd won him over to my side. Being on the same team was good and all but we'd be starved for attention because we'd both need more and more of it from our teachers as we progressed.
In the end, having a separate Jonin Instructor each was the best option not to mention that our interests in the ninja arts lay in different areas. Not to mention, what probably won him over to my side was the fact that we would still be able to see each other even if we had different Jonin Instructors.
"Sir, may we please know the Jonin who are willing to take us as apprentices?" I asked after Kakashi nodded his head slightly.
The Hokage nodded his head as if expecting the question and rummaged around on his desk for a few moments before pulling a scroll from it, and unfurling it.
"Ah, let's see here, you have three options readily available, the rest are out on active deployment, unfortunately. They are Orochimaru, Namikaze Minato or Kushina Uzumaki." He paused again.
Rummaged around a little bit slowly as though thinking before continuing again, "Orochimaru was a member of the three Sannin, personally trained by me and has been an active Shinobi for many, many years now. His strengths are his phenomenal skill at techniques and hand to hand combat. His more esoteric areas are lacking. Namikaze Minato, an upcoming Jonin who's proving quite effective. He also has a phenomenal skill at techniques, lesser than that of Orochimaru and much more effective at hand to hand. His strength lies more in speed than brute force. His more esoteric knowledge and technique is above par. Overall, a well-rounded shinobi."
He rummaged around a bit again as if looking for something particular, and he evidently found it by his lightning expression. He held up three photos. A spiked blond hair, blue eyed male. A pasty snake looking dude, and a redheaded woman that looked kinda hot. I paused.
Did I seriously just consider Kushina Uzumaki, hot? I need a moment. I guess redheads were my thing?
The Hokage hadn't been idle while I'd been thinking and grinding over that realization, he'd continued talking, "Kushina Uzumaki, the most well-rounded shinobi here actually. Well, kinda. Her ninja techniques are hovering around average but her hand to hand is above average, her Kenjutsu, however, is absolutely phenomenal. Atop of that, her esoteric knowledge is also phenomenal owing to the fact that she's one of Konoha's seal masters. A seal mistress in this case, don't tell her I said that though." He winked at us.
Uzumaki Kushina, as in Naruto's mother? Orochimaru as well, isn't he supposed to take on a team of three that will include Anko later on? I guess I will go with Kushina, I'm somewhat familiar with her character from the show and there were no indications that she had any apprentices to my knowledge.
Not to mention that having access to her brain to pick on seals as I made my way from a squabbling apprentice to a decent practitioner would be absolutely invaluable. The gamer was helping me along slowly but surely, but having an actual master who might be willing to help would increase my progress phenomenally.
As I was off in dreamland the Hokage handed us three files each, one on each prospective Jonin for our apprenticeships. He shooed us over to a couch that I swear to god wasn't there before and bid us to look them over. This was a very big decision so I could understand this.
It was surprisingly detailed, the reports that are, more so than I would've considered. I'd already decided whom I was going to choose, however, now all that I was waiting on was Kakashi.
Kakashi and I both looked at each other after about five minutes of thoroughly checking over all the files, I gestured for him to decide first. Me more out of a sense of curiosity and Kakashi on an actual desire to know his options.
"I would like to apprentice under Namikaze-san, I have seen him around the village several times and his reputation says that he is a competent shinobi." Kakashi half said and half asked from the seat.
"I would like to apprentice under Uzumaki Kushina. While I have not heard much about her, I have always had a well, let's just say I've got an avid interest in learning fuinjutsu. Learning it under one of the few masters of the art is not an opportunity I can pass up. The opportunity to learn to wield a blade isn't something I'd pass up on either. Most Hyuuga's die during their first encounter with a blade-wielding opponent. I don't want to be one." I finished.
"It is decided then, they will meet you tomorrow at noon near the entrance of this tower, make sure to be on time. Dismissed." Said Hokage and went back to his paperwork.
After we exited from the Hokage tower, we decided to celebrate at a dango shop not far from the tower. And by we, I mean I decided. I dragged Kakashi along because why not?
"So, I guess this is it, we're finally going to be shinobi."
"Guess we are." Kakashi opined while munching his dango "By the way, why dango?"
"Don't you know? I'm on a see-food diet, every time I see food, I eat it." A blink and a small smile.
"But just because we're going to be on different teams, does not mean that you can go back to your bad habits. I will come by your apartment whenever I have free time, it better be as clean and neat as I left it." I started while pointing at him with one of my dango sticks, reminiscent of a purple haired lady actually.
I briefly pause and wonder if Anko would be mad at me for stealing her future shtick? Oh well. I was older, I think? Whatever the case, I was a shinobi first and thus, I called seniority. "And make sure to eat lots of eggs, I heard they give you egg-celent vision. Besides, for breakfast, a boiled egg is hard to beat."
Ohh, a groan! It was working.
"What are you, my moth- Ouch, stop doing that." Kakashi shot after I chopped the top of his head with my hand.
"I told you a million times, don't egg-agerate." I said while smirking down at him.
"Why you-"
"I know, I know. My joke was bad and I should feel bad… but I don't! A good pun is its own re-word."
"I think you've yoked this enough. It's starting to smell a bit rotten."
Urgh! Kakashi that cut deep!
I mimed grasping my heart in imaginary pain, "Kakashi, how could you wound me so! How could you inflict such a grievous wound onto my open and beautiful heart?"
Even as we bickered back and forth, we both knew that starting tomorrow, we would be shinobi and at any moment one of us could die, so we had fun while we were still kids. More specifically, we had fun while we still could. And by we, I mean I. Poor Kakashi.
I was kinda looking forwards to the night honestly, good news and I had an entire day to blow. Hyuga clan Library better put your glasses on, because here I come!
xxxxx
I woke at the crack of dawn, again. Exactly four hours after I went to sleep. The blue box sat in front of my face cheerfully informing me that I was now well rested and that my HP and CP were full again along with the fact that all negative status effects had been removed. I really did want to rage against it, I liked my sleep, I loved my sleep even and the gamer wouldn't let me sleep for more than 4. I'd tried to get more in one session but holy shit, I couldn't.
I would wake up four hours after I went to sleep, completely rested and full of life. It was a pain in the goddamn ass when I was being monitored as I was. I mean on one hand, extra time, on the other hand, I had to stay up super late and let me tell you, this place was eerie at night.
As it was, however, I simply removed the blankets with mechanical precision, I'd have to make the bed then I was going to create as little as possible work for myself. Having said that, I slid my feet out and stood in one motion. I barely even noticed the cold wooden floor. It had become a ritual for me by now.
As I entered the bathroom I was taken again by the fact that I was an adult as far as the village was concerned now. The proof of that sat gleaming on the sink I'd have to fix that though.
I grabbed the headband and as I did I started hearing an echo of my oath, the oath that I had spoken yesterday. The oath that had inducted me into the Shinobi ranks.
Without the People, there can be no Leaf,
Serving the Leaf is my Duty,
The headband was raised to sit before my eyes, I stared at its gleaming visage. I was reminded of all the years of training, of all the blood and sweat. The training never truly stopped, not for one moment, not for me. From the moment I realized where I was I knew that I can only rely on my own power in this cruel world
Without the Leaf, there can be no People,
Serving the People is my Purpose,
The headband reflecting my eyes, and through my eyes, I saw myself. I remembered the new people I met, the friends and enemies I made. I knew that some of those people will not live past the decade and many more will die by my hand.
Without the People, there can be no Victory,
Securing the Victory is my Burden,
I saw my face, my eyes and I saw deeper. I saw myself for what I was. I remember who I was and who I became. I was never a naive person, is what I used to believe. But this world had opened my eyes to how little I truly knew.
Without the Victory, there can be no Safety,
Securing the Safety is my Promise,
I accepted what I was, what I am and what I will be. I reflect on the things I did, I'm doing and will do in the future. My path will not be easy, it will be filled with pain and tears and hate, probably lots of blood too if I'm honest..
Without the Safety, there can be no Future,
Forging the Future is my Pledge,
I stared at the hand holding the headband, already calluses were forming, despite the Gamer's Body, proof of my hard work, hard work that I would have never done before. That I had never done before.
Without the Future, there can be no Hope
Enduring to Hope is my Oath.
And that was all there was to it.
That having been said, however, I thrust the headband under the faucet and turned the handle, I took the brush to it a second later. Well, not a regular brush, you know those steel mesh brushes? One of those.
Time to get the abominable fucking shine off. I didn't want a goddamn flashlight attached to my head.
And they wonder why the genin mortality rate is so damn high.
I spent maybe five~ish minutes scrubbing away the shiny metal until it lost its gleam, dulling down enough that it didn't look like something a fresh genin would have. That having been done I set it down next to the sink to finish my morning ritual.
That took maybe three minutes, I'd gotten good at it. The metal had dried off enough by then that I took it back into my room while I got dressed. Then it was straight outside with it and into the garden with it.
I started rubbing it around in the dirt to scuff it some more. Fucking assholes, handing shit like this out to fresh genin, what are they trying to do? Get their forces killed or something?
When I was finally satisfied with the state of my headband, I shook it off, attached it again to cloth strip it came with and tied it around my neck so the metal plate rested just above my collarbone. Completely ignoring the intentded location for it.
A nod to the guards as I left the compound six hours early to head to the training grounds was all that would be heard of me that day within the Hyuga.
I figured Kakashi would arrive maybe two, even four hours from now to begin to warm up with me as well.
xxxxx
While I was somewhat familiar with Kushina and Minato from watching the anime and reading the manga, there was only so much I knew. Not to mention that there were few ways to confirm if it held true in my new reality. I mean, there had already been differences and I questioned it. Had I caused them, or if I had changed them by dint of existing. I doubt and doubt but in the end, it did me little good. I put it to rest. I'd deal with it as it came. I'd roll with the punches. Something I'd become remarkably good at doing honestly.
From what I could gather from my prior knowledge, rumors and the overview files that were given to us, Kushina was basically a female version of Naruto. Or was it Naruto who was a male version of his mother. Bah, what was the difference? Anyway, on the other hand, Minato was a very calm and collected individual, but he still knew when to get serious and when it was time to have fun, at least that was my hope.
I was kinda mixing and mashing what I'd read from the overview file and what I'd know from actually, you know, reading the Naruto storyline.
Naruto, from what I could gather, had inherited the mannerisms and habits of his mother and the looks of his father. I was looking forward to seeing my new teacher, sealing was a very valuable skill that I had every intention to earn.
As Kakashi and I made our way to the Hokage's tower after our warm up I was shaking my arms a little to deal with the aftereffects I could still feel and I was also rolling my joints as much as possible. Limbering up, Kakashi was sporting an impressive shiner from where I'd managed to land a nice punch.
I was sporting some nice bruises myself, Kakashi had gotten really good at landing his hits. We hadn't done too much more and they were all superficial at worst honestly, I'd used some of my budding crafting skills to create some 'healing' food beforehand. Well, at home and out of sight. It worked though. As to why I had the bruises, well I didn't. I did, however, have a crafting skill and plenty of clay. I called them stick on bruises.
As we neared the tower we noticed two people near the entrance leaning on the wall and talking. A blonde haired male, and a red headed female.
I do believe the red headed female was Minato, while the yellow-haired male was Kushina. The Yellow Haired male's attire consisted of a standard Konoha uniform with two bands on both of his sleeves, a green flak jacket, blue forehead protector, and blue sandals. He had a small smile on his face as he was talking to another person to his right.
Yes, Yes, I knew who they were but I felt it better to sound them out earlier rather than later. Just to see if I would have to hold back my jokes.
The Red Headed female, she had a slender, but feminine build, fair skin, violet eyes, fiery red hair — a common trait among the members of the Uzumaki clan — she wore a blue forehead protector with her hair tied up in a high ponytail and strands framing the sides of her face. Her attire consisted of a standard Konoha flak jacket over a black short-sleeved shirt and black form-fitting pants that reached her calves. In other words, she was Kushina Uzumaki.
As we got closer they turned towards us and smiled before greeting us.
I beat them to the punch, however, looking directly at Minato, "You must be Kushina Uzumaki, It's nice to meet you, the Picture we were given made you look a lot more feminine." I paused here to turn to look at Kushina as Minato's mind malfunctioned.
"And you must be Minato Namikaze, A pleasure to meet you. Again, the picture we were given had you looking more manly for some reason, oh well." The smirk on her face let me know she knew what was going on.
"Oh my god, thank you! Someone finally able to tell who's who. I tell you Hiroshi, I get right sick of telling people off about it. It's nice to know that at least someone can tell us apart." I… I didn't know what to say. Other that I really liked her? I mean, holy shit, someone with a sense of humor!
"Et tu?" Looks like Minato's brain had re-engaged and had processed my joke, only to be inundated again with Kushina jumping in with my joke. He was futilely pointing at Kushina and himself. Muttering his name while pointing at her and her name when pointing at himself, "Kushina? Minato?"
While he was out of commission, I moved along. Wouldn't do to lose momentum now I suppose I walked over to Kushina leaving Kakashi frozen in place, probably practicing his statue impression and began speaking to Kushina, "So then you're going to be taking on Kakashi as a student? What do you have planned to teach him?"
Her poker face was impressive but I could see cracks forming, especially as Minato got increasingly out of sorts before she could open her mouth, however, a groan was heard from Minato and Kakashi in general, their horror filled statement echoed in stereo together, "Oh god, there's two of them!"
They must have realized they'd both said the same thing as they looked at each other, then at us, at each other again, nodded and in synchronized movements, walked to the other side of the street and started talking. Rude.
I allowed a small but sincere smile to grow on my face as I looked up at Kushina, a devilish smirk split her lips. "Thanks for playing along. I'm sorry about the joke but I figured it'd be the easiest way to get through introductions. I'm Hiroshi, you probably already know that though. It's nice to meet you Kushina. Perhaps I should be calling you master now, or teacher ev~~Hurgh!" I ended, a twitch in my smile the only reaction as her hand launched out and grabbed ahold of my cheek!
"Oh My God! You're so adorable! And Cute! And mature! Ohh, I just wanna hug you and squeeze your cheeks!" I was scrabbling futilely to get her hands detached from my cheeks. I gave up moments later, resistance was futile. Oh god, what the hell had I signed myself up for! I was pulled into a rib crushing hug a few moments later.
Oh god, it hurt. I reiterate, what had I signed myself up for. Well, her exuberance appeared the same with what I knew of her. As my now red cheeks could testify.
I was released from her embrace a few moments later, three deep breaths followed even as she started talking. The air had never tasted so sweet. "Teacher, definitely teacher. Before we get down to the nitty-gritty, however, Minato and I had a little test to do first. We wanted to gauge your levels since Minato and I work together a lot, you'll be working together a lot. So, we figured a duo test would work. Well, initially at least." Was it just me or was her speech getting faster?
"Afterwardswe'llbehavingindividualtestsso" Here she paused for breath, her words were still incomprehensible when she continued, "Wecanseewhereyouneedworkbutthat'llwaitdattebane."
Err, I held my hand up and interrupted her gesticulating and wild chattering, "Err Kushina, Ma'am? Could you may be slow down a little? I can't quite follow you if you talk that fast."
She looked embarrassed, a faint red dusting appearing on her cheeks for a moment that I almost missed considering the red already framed her face. I hope this wasn't a recurring feature.
"Err, sorry about that. I get a bit excited at times, hehehehe." She was rubbing her head exactly like someone else I know.
I eyed her suspiciously, "I know, my cheeks can tell."
Her hand twitched slightly, her smile becoming a little more strained, "That wasn't my fault, you were just so cute and I wanted to pinch your cheeks, so I did. Anyway, we had some exercises planed as soon as Minato stops being a little bitch and gets back over here actually."
Uhmm, Kushina? Where you meant to be that mean to poor ol' Minato. I mean, I did just confuse him for you and I don't think that's ever happened before.
"Err, why don't we go over to them Ma'am? I mean really, they're only across the street and we can chat on the way." I looked over to where Minato and Kakashi were crouched down reading talking in whispers, the comradery I could feel all but emanating from them means my little ploy had worked. Mutual embarrassment was a great way of making friends.
Kushina nodded her head, before beginning to march in their direction but I had a question to ask. "Dattebane?"
She didn't answer me, just continued walking towards them, if a little bit faster.
As we were approaching Minato and Kakashi, Kushina turned to look at me before informing me of where I was to head. Training ground twenty-one apparently, which funnily enough happened to be on the very edge of the village. Minato appeared to be saying something similar to Kakashi because he and Kushina looked at each other before nodding and disappearing?
I think that may have been the Shunshin Technique. I didn't realize it looked like that, and now I wanted to learn it. First on the agenda for techniques to wheedle out of Kushina, the Shunshin.
I turned to Kakashi who was little a little lost, I guess Minato didn't really tell him much, "Training ground twenty-one for you too?"
A nod, guess there's no change then. I started walking in the direction of which I knew training ground twenty-one to reside. I'd actually used it before in the past, it was a fairly large area with terrible terrain. No solid ground or footing to be had anywhere. I'd been practicing my stances and Taijutsu on it.
I couldn't count on having solid footing in real combat, and it helped me practice without solid footing. My Gentle Fist Style combat was noticeably worse in those conditions but my practice had borne fruit. I was less terrible than I would've been going into it blind.
I sighed a bit, we had a little walk to go before us, and I had an apology to make, "Sorry about giving you the shiner Kakashi. I think we may have gotten a little too into it this morning."
"Hn, I guess we did. How's your elbow and your stomach? I know I kicked your rather hard there."
I ghosted a hand over my stomach, it's true he had landed a rather solid blow but the gamer's body had spirited away the pain in but a moment. I felt nothing now, but I still followed the actions of touching it. "Sore, I'll live though."
I was lying through my teeth, but he didn't need to know that. I wasn't sore at all.
"Sorry again, though, did Minato ask about it?"
"Yeah, asked if someone had punched me in the face, I told him you did."
I felt distinctly as though I'd just been thrown under a bus.
"Thanks, Kakashi. I appreciate it." I grumbled.
xxxxx
Arriving at the training ground, we got a solid minute to look around before our Teachers arrived from the forest on the far end of the training ground. Leaving the entire marshy, hilly, and bullshit filled expanse before us and them.
"Here we are, training ground twenty-one. We heard that you were both friends and training partners and so are we. Soo~ we wanted to see how you fared together before we do individual tests." He paused, probably to take a breath. He was shouting pretty loud, no, I'm sorry. He was projecting.
"We're doing this because we will take missions together from time to time since neither of you have teams. In the future, we hope that we will have two full teams, but until then it will only be four of us." Minato managed to get out in breath across the clearing, as he was looking at the both of us. We were standing opposite both him and Kushina, there was quite the distance between us.
"The test is very simple, you have to land a clean hit on either of us. But we will not make it easy for you two, because your enemies certainly won't." Kushina chimed in, her voice all but laughing at the idea that they could land a hit on either of them. Well, I guess me and Kakashi would have to teach them a lesson.
Abilities Test!
Your Hopeful Jonin instructors are curious about your abilities both as an individual and as a unit. They want to know where you stand on all fronts of your ninja techniques and will draw this fight out until you're both too exhausted to go on.
They want to see what happens when you're drained of everything. Will you get back up or will you fall down and yield. Will you work together or against each other? This is as much a test of your abilities as it is of your character.
Objectives:
Land A Solid Hit [0/1]
Use Five Techniques [0/5]
Remain Conscious During The Entire Fight
Work Together With Kakashi
Surprise Your Teachers
Rewards for Success:
15,000 EXP
7,500 Ryo
Title: Prodigious Apprentice
Failure:
Title: Disappointing Apprentice
Your Hopeful Jonin instructors are curious about your abilities both as an individual and as a unit. They want to know where you stand on all fronts of your ninja techniques and will draw this fight out until you're both too exhausted to go on.
They want to see what happens when you're drained of everything. Will you get back up or will you fall down and yield. Will you work together or against each other? This is as much a test of your abilities as it is of your character.
Objectives:
Land A Solid Hit [0/1]
Use Five Techniques [0/5]
Remain Conscious During The Entire Fight
Work Together With Kakashi
Surprise Your Teachers
Rewards for Success:
15,000 EXP
7,500 Ryo
Title: Prodigious Apprentice
Failure:
Title: Disappointing Apprentice
I stared at the box denoting the quest, well shit. I wasn't even getting an option to decline it. I guess this was a Main Story Quest or something? I feel a bit shafted honestly, even though the rewards made me salivate. Damn, that was a lot of EXP and Ryo, not that I'd be able to spend it.
I looked over at Kakashi, he looked at me. "Plan C?"
"I was thinking more Plan A myself, but C could work. At least initially. I see no reason why not. How are we gonna get them to engage us though? I mean, I don't fancy running across this marsh to get to them, who knows what traps they've laid for us."
"Don't worry Kakashi, I have a plan."
I took a deep breath, debating the stupidity of what I was about do, "HEY TOMATO-CHAN, I'M NO PHOTOGRAPHER, BUT I CAN PICTURE US TOGETHER!"
I could see them both freeze as my words hit them, well time to go for broke I suppose, "I LOVE YOU FROM MY HEAD TOMATOES!"
Heh, tomatoes, to my toes, get it?
Kakashi apparently did, if his groan was anything to go by. "Are you kidding me, man, what's tomato with you?"
I took one look at Kushina's visage, and holy shit, was her hair floating? Oh, Fuckity fucky fuck.
I turned on the spot and started sprinting, "What are you waiting for Kakashi, an invitation? Hurry and ketchup!"
I only just managed to finish shouting over my shoulder before I was dodging a sword swung to cut my head off.
Guys, I think I might have made her angry.
Quest Objective Complete; Surprise Your Teachers.
Well, it's not quite what I had in mind, but I'll take it.
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- Pronouns
- Tuan/Mahakuasa/Abah
He remember the Bunny.
Wobulator
Within 1 AU of you!
- Location
- Mars
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Shh, calm down. Everything's fine and nothing's going to hurt you...
GameDragon
Too Hot To Handle
- Location
- Challenger Deep
EXCELLENT. Now, to pun so hard she blue screens. Then you can get a few easy hits.
Oh my god this is amazing! Also bad and you should feel bad, but still!
I think that perhaps he was a little premature with using this particular tactic, especially if he wants to land all those hits on them... gonna be a bit tricky now lol.
Also, the Hokage isn't the de facto leader, he is officially and legally appointed.
I kinda hope we get to see where he spends his points and what areas he focuses his levelling on, because that's half the point of these types of games. What areas you have your character develop, what extra skills they pick up, and how they value them compared with each other, etc
Since he's with Kushina, and Minato is right there, please let him at least attempt to learn the Hiraishin and the speed techniques Minato uses. Maybe chakra chains too, It's a game after all. Definitely some Rasengan variant, it's practically made for the Hyuuga with their eyes to see exactly how the chakra flows. Plus he knows the Shadow Clone hax technique too.
I think that perhaps he was a little premature with using this particular tactic, especially if he wants to land all those hits on them... gonna be a bit tricky now lol.
Also, the Hokage isn't the de facto leader, he is officially and legally appointed.
I kinda hope we get to see where he spends his points and what areas he focuses his levelling on, because that's half the point of these types of games. What areas you have your character develop, what extra skills they pick up, and how they value them compared with each other, etc
Since he's with Kushina, and Minato is right there, please let him at least attempt to learn the Hiraishin and the speed techniques Minato uses. Maybe chakra chains too, It's a game after all. Definitely some Rasengan variant, it's practically made for the Hyuuga with their eyes to see exactly how the chakra flows. Plus he knows the Shadow Clone hax technique too.
The Uninspired
Sir Terrier
- Location
- Australia, Queensland.
Nwayaha. Well, this chapter was received a lot better than I'd initially expected. I wonder what it was. Couldn't have been the puns, could it? 
Not to mention however is that at the end of the day Hiroshi argued Kakashi over to his side of the argument so they could both have the attention of a Jonin all to themselves. Hiroshi wouldn't want to try and wheedle his way in on Kakashi and Minato's apprenticeship. That having been said, you'll have to wait and see on how we play it.
Now then, as to him trying to learn his techniques, theres' nothing really stopping Hiroshi from attemting it, but well again. You'll have to wait and see.
Righteo, I don't know how good a job I did actually explaining what the terrain was meant to be like but Hiroshi had a very good reason for doing what he did to get them to come to him. A little underhanded, and a little but well, rude but what can you do?
This, I'm on the fence about. Kakashi is Minato's apprentice, not Hiroshi. Hiroshi chose Kushina over Minato for some very solid reasons, and while I don't doubt that sometime in the future Hiroshi will attempt to emulate or learn how Minato does his speed technique well. I don't really wanna say much so I'll spoiler it.
This is entirely dependent on how we want to work Minato's abilities, along with other ninja's abilities. I mean, we can either have it be drawn at its base from their physique or we can have them pull it from Chakra enhancement. A mixture of both but well, it depends on a lot of things. At the end of the day, based on how we decide we want 'abnormal' physical stats to be handled.
Like how some people are able to break rocks with their fists and shit like that yeah? Well, we've not talked about it. It could be that we decide its entirely physical strength that allows them their stupid durability and strength or it could be chakra enhancement or a mixture.
This is something we need to talk abou tand should probably be relevant in the future.
Like how some people are able to break rocks with their fists and shit like that yeah? Well, we've not talked about it. It could be that we decide its entirely physical strength that allows them their stupid durability and strength or it could be chakra enhancement or a mixture.
This is something we need to talk abou tand should probably be relevant in the future.
Now then, as to him trying to learn his techniques, theres' nothing really stopping Hiroshi from attemting it, but well again. You'll have to wait and see.
This will come up later with plot relevance and character interaction intermixed. Unfortunately, just Gilligan cutting to us explaining mechanics and skill choices / skills will be boring as shit and therefore, it won't come up at all in the story until it can be done so organically.
Canonically it is a mixture of both physical abilities, chakra enhancement, and 'techniques' of external enhancement.
Like, Tsunade could smash rocks with pure physical force, thanks to building up her strength and medical techniques to keep it at pretty much perfect levels, but she could also boost it with perfect chakra enhancement, and on top of that she has a method of gathering chakra outside and expelling it at the absolute perfect moment and in the precise way to obtain god-like impacts.
Physically they can get very strong, and chakra enhancements and techniques in a variety of ways act as force multipliers and/or boosts or however you wish to call it.
Just a few lines here and there in the story about him deciding which attributes/stats/skills to favour and/or work at in his downtime for the next while would go a long way, and you can always shove a spoiler of his current stats as you go.
Him not wanting to intrude in Kakashi's apprenticeship is just silly to me. Their Jounin could likely very easily agree to cross training sessions (especially with his foreknowledge of their relationship etc), not to mention occasional group training seems to be already planned for. Kushina could help Kakashi with seals, kenjutsu, and maybe barrier ninjutsu or something just as easily as Minato could help him with speed training, ninjutsu, and eliminating those pesky handseals.
Plus, he could offer the idea of training with and testing dangerous techniques through Shadow Clones. Wow, all of a sudden Minato has a lightning Rasengan, perfected Hiraishin far earlier, permanent perfect Sage Mode (whenever he learns it, through a shadow clone doing the work sealed inside him), and Kushina has a legion of crimson demons all with far better chakra control and who knows what ready to throw at enemies. Probably Rasenshuriken, thanks to her training with hundreds/thousands of clones.
Not wanting to learn the other Jounin's specialities as well is very OOC for any Gamer, or really anyone in that situation. A few sentences about group training and bam, he'd have double the help for both him and Kakashi. Say, every second or third session together? Swap once a week? They are already testing them together, I would be absolutely shocked if they weren't already planning on doing this to some extent.
Plus, with a single Shadow clone every other session, each apprentice could have the full attention of BOTH Jounin.
There is no reason not to do this. These two Jounin are powerful enough that this trick could be used to fantastic effect, in both training their apprentices and becoming Titans on the battlefield.
Like, Tsunade could smash rocks with pure physical force, thanks to building up her strength and medical techniques to keep it at pretty much perfect levels, but she could also boost it with perfect chakra enhancement, and on top of that she has a method of gathering chakra outside and expelling it at the absolute perfect moment and in the precise way to obtain god-like impacts.
Physically they can get very strong, and chakra enhancements and techniques in a variety of ways act as force multipliers and/or boosts or however you wish to call it.
Just a few lines here and there in the story about him deciding which attributes/stats/skills to favour and/or work at in his downtime for the next while would go a long way, and you can always shove a spoiler of his current stats as you go.
Him not wanting to intrude in Kakashi's apprenticeship is just silly to me. Their Jounin could likely very easily agree to cross training sessions (especially with his foreknowledge of their relationship etc), not to mention occasional group training seems to be already planned for. Kushina could help Kakashi with seals, kenjutsu, and maybe barrier ninjutsu or something just as easily as Minato could help him with speed training, ninjutsu, and eliminating those pesky handseals.
Plus, he could offer the idea of training with and testing dangerous techniques through Shadow Clones. Wow, all of a sudden Minato has a lightning Rasengan, perfected Hiraishin far earlier, permanent perfect Sage Mode (whenever he learns it, through a shadow clone doing the work sealed inside him), and Kushina has a legion of crimson demons all with far better chakra control and who knows what ready to throw at enemies. Probably Rasenshuriken, thanks to her training with hundreds/thousands of clones.
Not wanting to learn the other Jounin's specialities as well is very OOC for any Gamer, or really anyone in that situation. A few sentences about group training and bam, he'd have double the help for both him and Kakashi. Say, every second or third session together? Swap once a week? They are already testing them together, I would be absolutely shocked if they weren't already planning on doing this to some extent.
Plus, with a single Shadow clone every other session, each apprentice could have the full attention of BOTH Jounin.
There is no reason not to do this. These two Jounin are powerful enough that this trick could be used to fantastic effect, in both training their apprentices and becoming Titans on the battlefield.
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- Location
- Near Freiburg in South-West Germany
This was not just anybody
He was almost completely devoid of any real relationships besides with me
missing .
masters
I would like to apprentice under Uzumaki Kushina. While I have not
That having been done I set it down next to the sink to finish my morning ritual.
intended
were few ways
new
had inherited the mannerisms and habits of his mother and the looks of his father.
I do believe the red headed female was Minato,
missing space after the .
started
Maybe he should get a skill like <Understanding the Unintelligible> from that...
it was a fairly large area with terrible terrain
hard
Or it might be a pun? I am bad at those.
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The Uninspired
Sir Terrier
- Location
- Australia, Queensland.
This is the best chapter so far. Also, how did someone rate this chapter "meow?"
If you are a subscriber you get a super-special emoticon only available to subscribers. Which is probably the best idea ever, I would not be surprised if that had a significant impact on the number of people giving monies to the site.
Anyway, I was a little skeptical about the premise (Hyuuga SI) and the irreverent attitude to start, not so much that there was any flaw at all to the story but that I'd read a lot of overdramatized 'Hyuuga slavery' stories and 'for the lulz avenger' stories. You absolutely shattered my expectations though- the Hyuuga are written as stuffy but human, the character is irreverant but reasonably cautious in where he expresses that, and overall the story just comes across as comedic but in a way that doesn't make me cringe. (Despite the puns. I like puns, but wow.)
The best thing about Hiroshi is that he isn't some calculating demigod or an unmotivated idiot. He's a bit more reckless than is probably wise, but in a way that's believable, and you definitely get a sense of personality from him. He's not afraid to have fun, and it helps the reader have fun.
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- ROB's House
Amazing chapter!
Totally worth the wait, can't wait for more
Totally worth the wait, can't wait for more
The Stormbringer
Worm Fanfic & Crack Connoisseur
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- Spaaaaace~!
Well he did want practice dodging swords in combat...