AN: There was originally fifteen lines worth of rant here. It's gone now.
This chapter just created itself. I wrote the whole thing in a day, which is a rare thing for me to manage. And there was almost no errors when I looked through it! *Proudness galore*
LET'S START!
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'Lacewing flies (stewed for twenty-one days)
Leeches
Powdered bicorn horn
Knotgrass
Fluxweed (picked at full moon)
Shredded Boomslang skin
A bit of the person one wants to turn into (typically hair)'
Naruto stared stupidly down at the list of ingredients which he needed for his latest project. He had a fair amount of Knotgrass, having a personal little garden for it actually, he knew what Leeches and hair was obviously. The rest though... He had no bloody idea what the rest was. Maybe skipping straight to Polyjuice might have been just a tad bit stupid.
'Damn you potions, why do you have to ramp up in difficulty so quickly?' He couldn't help but sigh in frustration as he dragged a hand through his hair, noticing that he should probably have it cut soon. A somewhat negative part depending on a person's point of view about being a Jinchurriki, your hair grows faster than normal. Then again, something that was to be expected as everything except for the ones physical age and stature grew faster than normal when one was a vessel.
He did randomly wish sometimes though that he could grow a bit taller.
'I can just go to the hospital for the leeches, and hair is basically the easiest material I have ever needed to gather... I have no freaking idea what some of this is though.'
"At least the new book has some pretty pictures!" The blonde could envision the fox jumping around in glee, a happy spark in the surprisingly innocent red-slitted eyes. He couldn't hold back his grin.
'Yeah, the problem is that I have never seen any of those plants around Konoha, nor have I seen a boomslang around here either, and what the heck is a bicorn? Gah, stupid potions.' He thought, scowling at the new book that had randomly spawned from his other book.
"Still, pretty pictures." This time the fox sent an image of itself looking at Naruto, (un)knowingly being extremely adorable.
'Dammit, you're making it so hard being angry at stuff, you know that?' The smile that tugged on his lips somewhat dampened the half-hearted scolding he sent towards the childish fox. Truly, the being inside of him could not possibly be the rage-filled entity that attacked almost thirteen years ago.
He had actually been thinking pretty hard about that issue. Of course, he only did that when Kyuubi was asleep, he didn't want to upset his pseudo little brother after all.
Something didn't add up with the whole 'I am a terrible monster' thing. For one, if he actually was a high and mighty destructive entity, then why did he act like an immature child? Of course, there might be something more about the seal than Naruto knew about, like a mind-scrambling seal or something similar, but to have such a drastic effect like this? No, it did not seem likely.
Then there was the Dead Demon Consuming Seal which was placed over the eight-triagram seal. He had no freaking idea what any of the seals really did, except for the basics. The Dead Demon Consuming seal basically rips a being's soul out of one's body, which can then be used to seal the soul into oneself, or someone else. Then again, the one who uses the seal dies anyway, so yeah, Naruto would rather NOT learn how to perform it.
Naruto had a hypothesis that Kyuubi's mind somehow got altered when the Fourth used the seal on it, but he had no ways to prove his suspicion. Then again, for all he knew he might be completely wrong, but he still had to thank the old man again when he saw him for teaching Naruto the basics.
Of course, the cynical side of him couldn't help but believe that this was all just a ruse, that Kyuubi was simply playing with Naruto's emotions by acting like a child, biding his time so he could easily manipulate Naruto into releasing him due to a blind belief that the currently small fox was Naruto's friend and pseudo-brother. He always banished those thoughts, but the nagging voice inside his head still filled him with just a touch of worry and suspicion.
Of course, none of this was on Naruto's mind at that moment as he was busy trying to find out how to get out of the village to gather materials. Thankfully, the last few pages of his new book about potion and poison brewing had a large list of ingredients he would need during the entire book, so he wouldn't have to make a list himself.
"The old man won't just let me leave without an escort though, and I really only want to travel with Team 7, but they are on another C-rank mission... Oh well, can at least ask." And with his new goal in mind, he set of towards the mission-room where the Hokage would most likely sit and distribute missions.
As he neared the distribution room he couldn't help but think of the architecture, namely the fact that the Hokage's office, the mission-distribution room and the Academy was connected together. It was both an excellent design, and completely retarded. Excellent, because the Hokage would be able to protect the academy students on a moments notice, retarted because in a war, the Hokage's office and the Hokage's residence would be the two primary targets, along with the academy, risking the lives of all the students because two out of three targets was basically back in back.
'Oh well, the village has been in three wars, and the current layout seems to have worked so far. Why fix what isn't broken?... And why the hell do I think about this?' Shaking his head, he quickly bounded up the stairs, leading to his destination, smiling at the old man that thankfully sat behind the quite long table.
"Hey gramps!" The boy said, grinning at the smile that formed on the Hokage's face.
"Hello Naruto, How are you holding up since last week?" He didn't really need to ask, since he saw that Naruto's ear still had that cut on it, which probably meant that the scars he got from the Banshee was still there.
"Except for a bit of phantompain, pretty good, but I kinda have a favor to ask of you." He said, suddenly looking a bit sheepish as he rubbed the back of his neck with his left hand.
"Let me guess, this has something to do with your potion-making?" He couldn't help but sigh at the resigned nod the somewhat short blonde sent his way. "And let me guess, most of the ingredients aren't within the village walls." Another nod, which meant only one thing.
"You know I won't let you leave the village alone Naruto, and I can't just randomly send someone to escort you without pay." Both he and Naruto grimaced at that, both knowing how it felt to not have money.
This left the blonde in a bit of a predicament. He couldn't just ask for a C-rank mission, since the only Genin-team he really trusted was Team 7, and a B-rank would leave him with a bunch of nosy Chuunin. He could already hear poor Gama-chan scream in hunger at his decision.
"How much would a long-term, A-ranked ANBU protection mission cost?"
Sarutobi almost choked on his own spit as the boy's words registered in his mind.
"An A-rank? Truly Naruto, this potion of yours can't be that important now, can it?"
"This is not just for one potion, but for all of them. I want to gather a good amount of every ingredient I could possibly need, enough for me to hopefully be able to produce most of it myself by the end of it." Hiruzen only leaned back in his surprisingly comfortable chair, noticing out of the corner of his eyes the other people in the room sending glances at them.
"Do you know where any of the materials you need are?" The sheepish look and the averting of the blonde's eyes told him everything. So he would need an ANBU that was also a Botanist or a horticulturist. He had the exact team for that. With a motion that Naruto didn't catch, he called for an ANBU which appeared right in front of him.
"Puma, get Buffalo and his team please." With a quick nod the woman dissappeared.
"A long-term A-rank mission will cost approximately six-months worth of your orphan stipend." He said to Naruto, noticing the grimace that spread across the teen's face. Still, the blonde began searching his deep pockets for his trusty frog-shaped wallet, a small nod leaving him as he retrieved his trusty wallet, making Sarutobi question just how much was in it since it looked... Well, slim was a bit of an understatement.
Naruto ignored the incredulous look sent his way as he opened his wallet and, to everyone's amazement, somehow got his whole arm down the little piece of cloth and metal, a look of minor consentration on the boy's face as he calculated the specific amount. A moment later a satisfied glint entered his eyes as he retrieved his hand, six neat stacks of notes in his hand, all held together with rubberbands.
"Here you go, forty-five thousand Ryo." He said as he threw the money on the table, inwardly wincing .
'Damn, there went most of my money. This better be worth it.' Kyuubi was trying his hardest to comfort the crying chibi-Naruto in his head. The old man could only blink stupidly for a moment before collecting himself.
"Well, yes. I see no reason to hold you back now, and your team should be here any moment now. Luckily for you, the team I picked has a plant entusiast, so he will probably know where the required materials are." The moment he finished, four ANBU materialized in front of him, kneeling as a sign of submission.
"You called, Lord Hokage?"
"Yes I did Buffalo. I have a possibly long-term, A-rank protection mission for you. You are to protect young Naruto here, and help him gather the required materials needed for his proffesion, is that clear?"
"Yes sir." Buffalo said as the whole team rose as one. Sarutobi had, after a long discussion with Naruto, got the reluctant honor of telling the ANBU about his unique skills. He had been smart though, and only told those who had served in the black-ops force for at least three years, somewhat ensuring that whoever he told it to would not question his words for a single moment. After all, no one comes into ANBU without being absolutely devoted to the Hokage and the village, and those extra years was basically just a last insurance.
He gave a nod to the blonde, telling him that the floor was his.
"Alright," The blonde said as he clapped his hands together, gaining the attention of the ANBU. "I'll be honest and say that I have no idea how long this mission will be. I don't even know if we have to exit the country or not, but I have the utmost confidence in you four. Now, which of you is the botanist?"
The ANBU for just a quick moment, stared at the blond boy in a stupified fashion. For just a quick moment, they could have sworn that they looked at a young Minato Namikaze. The resemblance was downright frightening, which actually got the whole team thinking. Just who are you Naruto Uzumaki?
Breaking out of their stupor, the one with the bird-mask stepped forward.
"I'm Sparrow, and I am the second-best botanist and horticulturist in the village. The honor of Konoha's greatest plant-specialist goes to Inoichi Yamanaka. Do you have a list, or possibly some pictures so I can identify what you need?" His question was honored with Naruto once again rummaging through his pockets. The boy quickly found the book and marked the pages Sparrow would need.
"The writing is most likely impossible for you to read because of a special security measure on the book, but you should be able to use the pictures." The affirmative nod he got made him sigh in relief. He did NOT want to search the entire library just to find the correct pictures. After a minute of memorizing the images, the ANBU snapped the book shut before giving it back to the blue-eyed client.
"You're in luck, I actually know what everything is despite the fact that some of it is pretty obscure and extremely rarely used. I also noticed that a lot of the plants and herbs thrive in salt sea-air, which means our first stop should be in the port-town east for Otafuku Gai. How fast are you?"
"I can proudly say that I'm able to outrun most, if not all Chuunin in Konoha." The boy said, just a touch of self-satisfaction in his voice. The whole Anbu-team gave a satisfied nod, happy that they could set out in a reasonable speed.
"Good, that means we should be able to reach Otafuku Gai within midnight today. If we leave from Otafuku Gai early tomorrow morning, we might be able to reach the port-town before the sun sets. Both Otafuku Gai and the port-town is east from here, and the port-town is pretty close to The Land Of Hot Water. When we are done there we can cut through Hot Water and enter The Land Of Frost, since I also noticed that a few of your plants thrive in climates colder than Fire Country."
Somehow, Naruto had pulled a map over the elemental nations from his pocket, so Sparrow decided to point out the different destinations and routes they could take. A smile stretched across the youths face, gratitude emanating from the simple act.
"Let's get moving then. The faster we get to Otafuku Gai, the more rest we can get. All of you ready?" He asked as he rolled up his map again, dropping the piece of paper back in his pocket as the four ANBU stood tall and proud, a clear and resounding 'Yes' coming from all of them.
None of them could explain it, but they all had a good feeling about this mission.
–The art of magic–
'H-how did he survive all that? HOW THE FUCK DID HE SURVIVE THOSE ATTACKS!'
"I can feel him coming, please run faster Naruto! Please, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU BROTHER!"
'He shrugged of their attacks like they were nothing, and then he killed them so easily... Where can I run, where can I hide!?'
He had been running for over an hour, yet no matter where he went, he felt that oppressing aura follow him, taunting him, hunting him. He could hear the man scream, his speech full of obsceneties, which was somewhat ironic when he thought about the man's self-proclaimed proffesion.
He just wanted to help them! He just couldn't stand by and watch that... that mad priest butcher them for this insane god of his! He didn't heed Buffalo's call for him to stop, nor did it register in his brain that Sparrow called the man an S-rank ninja. All that went through Naruto's mind was that he needed to save the family.
He was too late though. He watched the man slay the crying mother as she embraced her dead daughter, his maniacal laughter filling the air as his red, triple-bladed scythe cut through both the mother and her child, the blood staining the surrounding fauna.
Something within Naruto snapped, and he drew upon his brother's energy, something the now rage-filled fox gladly gave him. This man was not to be allowed to live. Repercussions be damned, this albino monster was not to be allowed to harm anyone else.
He didn't think about it, he just used it.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!"
A streak of green lightning flew from Naruto's outstretched hand, heading towards the still laughing psychopath as the man swiftly turned around, his own hand outstretched in a similar way to Naruto's own. Naruto grinned a bitter smile, knowing that the man was now guaranteed to die. Naruto's soul might be torn to pieces after this, but he didn't care. It was worth it if he saved the lives of so many others.
The attack hit.
Nothing happened.
Naruto just stood there, shocked that the killing curse failed, and panic begun to flood him.
"BOMBARDA MAXIMA!"
As the glowing, compressed ball of doom speed towards the still grinning lunatic, Naruto couldn't help but think about the first, and until then only time he had used that particular spell. The Hokage had seen the explosion, and when the man had seen the crater, he, along with the ANBU that followed him was absolutely stunned. According to the old man, a single Bombarda Maxima had potentially a higher blast-radius and blast-force than over a hundred explosive notes, something which made Naruto both giddy and a bit scared. He vowed to only use the spell when the risk of hurting his companions was zero.
His current protection had heard about that particular spell, and they couldn't help but pity the poor madman, as it seemed like he had no intentions of dodging it.
Moments before the sphere of mass destruction hit the pink-purple-ish-eyed Albino, the blonde took a quick glance at the dead family, remorse hitting him as the bodies would most likely be destroyed. He would give them a proper funeral later.
What the man did next though almost gave Naruto and the ANBU a heart-attack.
He snatched the sphere out from the air, held it in his hand for a moment, and then it simply dispersed, as if it had never been there at all.
"Is that all you can do, you fucking heretic? Lord Jashin will be pleased by your blood, you heathen!" As he screamed that at the frozen blonde, he began to draw a strange symbol on the ground from the blood of his sacrifices, something which made Naruto pale in pure terror. His original book had quickly skimmed over the different religions and their symbols, and the symbol that monster in human flesh drew was from the most dangerous of them all.
Jashinism.
He was broken out of his moment of terror as the man once again yelled at him.
"Ya know what, since I am fucking bored, I will give you one last shot, if only to see that last hopeful glimpse in your eyes fade away as I spill your blood!"
The man didn't need to tell him twice.
"Centum Lanceae Umbrae!"
As the hundred spears of darkness materialized around the man, he couldn't help but give out an impressed whistle.
"Not bad."
And with that, he was speared by them all, a massive dust-cloud obscuring their view, the ANBU quickly jumping in front of the blonde just in case the man somehow survived.
"Brother, I can still feel him in there. Be careful."
"It's not over yet." The blonde muttered, his four guards tensing, ready for almost everything. A moment after his declaration, hundreds of black spikes shot out of the dust, crashing into the barrier Naruto barely managed to get up in time. (1)
He grunted in slight exhaustion when the barrage stopped, confusion filling up his mind.
"Brother, those black things suck out your spiritual energy!" Well, that explained his random bout of tiredness.
The five people was forced to split up as the scythe came flying towards them, a cable attached to it, though they were all shocked when it suddenly changed direction, slashing Sheep across the chest, but just deep enough to draw blood. A quick wind-jutsu from Frog dispersed the remaining dust-cloud, giving them a prime view of the mad priest licking the blood of his weapon.
"Buffalo, who is this guy?" Naruto asked as he watched the man's skin turn black with white markings, making him look somewhat like a skeleton.
"His name is Hidan, an S-ranked missing-nin from the former Village Hidden In Hot Springs. Apparently, he went berzerk when the village decided to become a tourist attraction instead of a ninja village." This was said over the newly identified Hidan's screams as he pulled another black spike out from the sleeves of his surprisingly still intact purple robes. A moment later he did something none of them expected. He pierced his own heart.
Silence permeated the area as no-one moved, then a moment later Sheep clutched his chest before collapsing, blood beginning to flow from underneath his uniform. Naruto paled at the expression of pure bliss that showed on the black and white man's face, a revelation hitting him like a ton of bricks.
'This man... He's not just a practitioner of Jashinism, nor is he a normal priest. He has the blessings of Jashin himself... This man, he's an arch-bishop.'
"Naruto." His eyes snapped over to Buffalo as the man watched Hidan come down from his near orgasmic bliss. "You have to get away from here. Don't look at me like that, because I can see in your eyes that you have no idea how to stop this man. Seven O'clock from my position, that is the way back to Otafuku Gai. You should be safe there, as the city is fairly heavily protected after all."
Naruto wanted to protest, to say that he could help, that he didn't want to leave them, but something in the man's voice stopped him. It took a moment for him to understand what he heard, but when he pieced it together he teared up a bit.
Buffalo's voice was filled with affection and grim acceptance.
Naruto sent them all an unsure smile, a tear sliding down his whiskered cheek.
"Thank you, all of you, for everything."
The moment he turned to run, the three remaining ANBU yelled out their jutsus, and Naruto knew that they hit, since the man screamed that 'It hurt, fuckheads!'
He was forced to hear one more scream from his friends when he ran though, and he hadn't stopped for a single moment. Naruto had to admit, he had become somewhat disoriented in the forest, and he felt that he was running in circles. Naruto couldn't continue like this. He was tired, dirty, and his fear made it hard to think. No matter what he did, the man seemed to home onto him, and he couldn't understand why. The fox heard his thoughts, and he almost slapped himself for not remembering.
"Brother, it's your mana! He's homing onto your mana!"
Naruto only cursed himself for forgetting something as basic as that. While a ninja, no matter how strong, would have an extremely hard time noticing his mana, a priest would be an entirely different matter. Naruto didn't feel it in their original meeting, but during his failing escape, he had been even more terrified. Naruto was proud to say that his mana-reserves finally was larger than his chakra-reserves. Well, it wasn't really reserves, but rather the amount his body could safely contain at any time. Hidan's 'reserves' was at least ten times larger, and yet it was somehow even more refined than Naruto's own.
'Forget calling him an Arch-bishop, he's the freaking Jashinist Pope!' He quickly bounced of a branch, avoiding the black spike that had penetrated who knew how many trees.
He couldn't escape, he couldn't fight. One last chance, and that was to hide.
'Lil' bro, I'll cast one last spell, and when I have done that, block of my mana and chakra. If this doesn't work, then... Well, We will meet on the other side.'
The Kyuubi didn't answer, he just filled Naruto with all the love he felt towards his brother. Naruto would have cried right there if not for the situation.
Naruto stopped before jumping down to the ground, pressing his back to a tree before whispering his possibly last incantation.
"Post Tenebris Tatitantes."
He could feel the spell working, the shadows around him covering him before blending in with the background, perfectly molding into the tree. Barely a moment later he felt extremely weak as Kyuubi did as asked, himself not able to feel his beloved powers. He breathed as silently as possible, so silently infact that only the best trackers would be able to hear him.
It did not take long for the Jashinist to walk past his tree. The man stopped before looking around, his triple-bladed scythe ready for any kind of attack. Suddenly, he slammed his scythe at the tree which Naruto had decided as his cover, the innermost blade barely cutting his ear, a mere centimeter below where the Banshee had sliced him almost two weeks earlier.
Everything was silent, then Hidan let go of his scythe before running a hand through his slicked-back hair, a frustrated sigh leaving his mouth.
"That sacrilegious heretic got away, I should really learn to fucking stop playing with my victims... Oh well, Lord Jashin got several sacrifices today, so my lord will probably forgive me for my blasphemous action of letting someone live."
The second he finished talking he ripped his weapon out of the tree before slashing in front of him, barely missing a black and white man-plant thing. Hidan narrowed his eyes at the strange amalgam of a creature in front of him. Normal ninjas he could easily take down, but this human-like venus-flytrap... Something about it unsettled him, so for once he decided to be cautious.
"What the fuck do you want?"
The perfect metaphor for Yin and Yang only placed down a piece of paper before moving away, looking as if he awaited an answer. The religious man slowly walked up to it before piercing the paper with his scythe, lifting it to his hands before snapping it to him, scanning the small, but to the point letter. An insanely satisfied grin slowly stretched across his face, though he seemed to think at the same time.
"Tell your leader that I will think about it, and that I am seriously considering this fucking good deal." The creature in black robes adorned with red clouds gave a nod of acceptance before sinking into the ground, disappearing without a single sound. Burning up the paper in his hands he placed his scythe on his back before walking away, whistling a jaunty tune all the way.
Twenty minutes later, Naruto appeared from behind his spell, the adrenaline leaving his body as tears went down his face, both happiness and anguish shining in his sky-blye eyes. He slowly slid down to the ground, small sobs racking his body as Kyuubi tried its best to comfort his brother.
"T-They sacrificed their l-lives for me..." He mumbled to himself, the four ANBU standing out in his mind, everything they had done together the last days playing out before his eyes. Slowly but surely the tears dried up, and another person stood clear in his mind.
A somewhat handsome face, silver, slicked-back hair, pink-purple-ish-eyes with a mad glint in them, a sick grin, purple robes, and a red, triple-bladed scythe. It started slowly, but both he and Kyuubi felt it grow, and none of them tried to stop it. Slowly, but surely the feeling showed itself on the boy's face as his lips drew back into a sneer, a look of pure malice on his face.
Naruto hated that man. Naruto hated Hidan. Naruto was going to kill him, and nothing would stop him.
He slowly rose from his sitting position before walking towards the feeling of death, knowing exactly where it would lead him.
It felt like hours later when he came upon the massacre, and an anguished whimper left his mouth as he saw the ANBU, his friends, lie in a pool of their own blood.
Two with blood coming from no visible wounds. 'Sheep and Frog.'
One who had been disemboweled. 'Buffalo.'
One who was pierced through his neck by a black spear. 'Sparrow.'
Naruto, inch by inch, walked over to Sparrow, the man who he could undeniabely say he liked the most out of the bunch. He grabbed the spike which killed him, and after a moment of hesistation, he pulled it out, blood dripping from the weapon, hitting Sparrow's armor.
He could feel the spear drain him, and at that moment, hatred flared up inside of him again, and despite his better judgment he flooded the cursed object with both his mana and chakra, silently wishing that the thing would just explode.
He was brought out of his reverie though when he felt the drain just stop, and nary a second later, a pulse went through the clearing, ruffling clothes, grass and branches. Naruto stared down at the spike, shocked, before a twisted grin spread across his whiskered cheeks, the irony not lost on the blonde. As he stopped feeding the object chakra it retracted into a tube, taking a last glance at it before putting it in a secret holder in his sleeve.
Staring at the bodies, he came to a decision. Without a single word, a large amount of earth was ripped up, levitating at least ten feet above ground, creating a fairly large hole. A moment later the bodies of both the ANBU and the family started levitating, slowly descending into the impromptu graveplace. As the last body, Sparrow's, entered the whole, the four masks flew out of it, landing on Naruto's outstretched hand. He respected them, so he would not look at their faces. They deserved their privacy.
Not a moment later, an intense fire started from the hole, incinerating the bodies inside, and Naruto let out another tear at the act, taking in a shuddering breath. After a few minutes he put out the fire before looking inside. Seeing nothing but ashes he bowed, praying for a safe trip to the afterlife.
He quickly turned around, the earth crashing down in the hole, filling it up again. As he began his trek back towards Konoha, the four masks hidden within his seemingly massive pockets, he slowly dragged a finger across the sleeve where his new catalyst rested, the insane man's grinning mug clear in his mind's eye.
He would not let their deaths be in vain.
He would not let that man tarnish their memory.
That man shall die by Naruto's hand, one way or another. That he swore, and neither he nor Kyuubi would break this promise.
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(1): Originally, Hidan's scythe was supposed to have several neat tricks hidden in it, but Kishimoto never managed to showcase any of them before Hidan was defeated. In my mind, the cable attached to the scythe is removable, and when it is removed, the butt of the handle can shoot out an enormous amount of black spikes. The scythe has several more tricks that will be revealed later.
Harry Potter Spells
Undetectable Extension Charm: Semi-intermediate spell. This charm has two main effects, the first of which is to expand an object's internal space whilst retaining its external dimensions. The Charm also magically disguises itself so that no one but the caster (and those the caster confides about the Charm in) can realise that this spell has been cast over an object, even if they are experiencing it.
Avada Kedavra: Advanced killing-curse. It has often been discussed what the requirements of being able to cast this particular curse are, yet there seems to be one recurring theme. While one needs to be somewhat adept at casting spells, ones intent to hurt, maim and kill is the main driving force of the fabled killing curse. In short, if a three year old hate you enough, the child might instinctually cast the curse, no matter how unlikely that scenario is. Instant death no matter where one is hit, though one person is said to have survived and said the experience felt like 'an iron-clad fist in the face'.
Bombarda Maxima: Intermediate spell. The most powerful version of the bombarda spell. This spell is most commonly used to destroy houses and structures, clear a large amount of rubble, or battle giants, dragons and trolls due to their large sizes and thick hides. It is also quite effective against large groups of enemies bundled together, for an experienced caster can create an explosion that is able to encompass everything within a fifty feet radius. Unless you're suicidal, do not use this spell in close range unless you have a great amount of control.
Other spells
Post Tenebris Latitantes: Pseudo-original Intermediate darkness-spell. One of several camouflaging spells created, but this one has been rumored to be one of the more effective ones. After the user casts the spell, the shadows of the object you are leaning against will cover you completely, for then to merge back into the aforementioned object, creating an optical illusion which makes you impossible to see from any angles. This does not cover sounds, smells, touch or magical residue from the one hiding though. Note: If the sun is up, or if the moon is paricularely strong, it is recommended for the user to cast the spell while hiding in the shadow-covered side of the wall or object.
Potions, poisons, elixirs and alchemical creations
Polyjuice potion: Semi-advanced potion. A concoction famous for its hard-to-gather materials and morally questionable use. If made correctly, it will look like a sludge-like substance until a person's hair, spit, blood or skin is added, the potion will then change taste, color and mass accordingly to a person's nature. When consumed, the consumer will change shape to look like a perfect replica of the tissue donor. Note: Cross-breed shapeshifting is highly dangerous, and if it does not kill you, it might trap you in a semi-permanent mixture of human and whatever creature you wanted to look like.