CHAPTER 13
Huh, that's strange.
Naruto and I were in the garden, the sudden need for search parties has died down some, when looking up I see a cloud of insects leaving the town and going toward the woods that the temporary dungeon had formed in.
... It was kind of creepy seeing That Many bugs going overhead. I have never seen a swarm of insects, and I hope that I never have to be surrounded by something like that.
Attack of the flies anyone?
Besides have swarms of various insects flying overhead things were normal and people were acting in a reasonable manner.
Then there was a giant fire on the hillside during the evening before we went in, what sounded like a festival, and the ANBU showed up in our room. They felt the need to stay the whole night, so I obliged and had 'bird' teach me signs and the meanings and all that. I still think I was mispronouncing things by the way he did this 'breath and shake shoulders thing'. It looked awkward.
Then he added something new. He got out a piece of something and wrote a shape on it. Then he made that gesture for his name and pointed while speaking "Bird".
I blinked at him. What in the world...
Oh. I feel special.
He is trying to get me to read. I make the bird sign, point to him, then try to say bird. it comes out closer to "urd", I have much work to do. I frown, and try again, "brd", I have no clue how I managed that without a vowel. Once more concentrating, I feel my eyebrows scrunching up and everything, "bi-rd?", smiling I try to repeat myself, "brd". I frown again.
Obviously, this is not going to be an instant fix.
Looking around I see 'Cat-scratch' is there, and is doing a similar laugh to bird, (the silent breath, and shoulder shakes). Please, like they didn't mess up the first few times they said a name. I stick my tongue out at him. His shoulders shake harder.
I go back to the symbol that bird wrote. "burd", "Brd", "ird", that last one was almost right. "ird," now add the be sound "be-ird," that sounded off. "b-ire-d," how badly I am mutilating this word, I know how to speak.
Obviously
* Lay off, Anakin, I have barely a Lv3 in Language. I can afford to be off by a sound. *
Really?
That is ominous.
* There is nothing going to happen right way, right? *
Couldn't say.
Spoiler protocols, and all.
My life. My life has a troll as my main source of information and companionship that doesn't randomly try to kill people.
*So, what brought you up and out of whatever sleep you were in? *
Just realized that you hadn't looked at the Map yet
Map? What map?
The 'map function' that you asked about while you were still traveling with your adopted guardians.
I blink, look at the text, and blink again.
* And you're only bringing this up Now? *
Got bored waiting for you to do something besides mess up speech.
I growl, * I am not messing up speech. *
Then say "Bird"
"BIRD." The ANBU in front of me jumps a bit at the sudden amount of noise I make.
And I get the reminder that there are other people in the room. Lovely.
I try to say it again and not shout it, "Bird" I say nonchalantly (like I haven't just shouted it in the ANBU's face). Then I point to the symbol and make the gesture of 'pointer finger opening and closing against the thumb while near face'.
Then I smile, and think 'nothing wrong, no need to back off, everything is normal, like kids stare into space all the time.'
I really hope they didn't think I was too strange.
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You have a short attention span.
-Twitch- a day had gone past and Anakin was still going off about the map. I was with people so I couldn't do too much without my inattention being noticed and had put it off until otherwise.
Just think Map
*Fine, why are you so bloody insistent for me to try this 'Map'. *
And up pops this screen that is mostly grey and black. There are four colored areas
You have finally opened the Map
Fire country is the largest available area open.
You can pick a location to get more specific information.
Also, minor update for the renown and relationship pages.
Exactly what was needing updating on the renown parts
Since you had found them but had not entered or interacted with them before they had not been listed
You have interacted with them now, so you get an update.
... I am confused. So, so confused.
The week passed with people staring through us (again) and I was back to hiding with diligence. Though I was happy to find out how to use the map to avoid people. I found out how to have the map be small enough to check and not have it make me unable to see past it by accident. I called it up, but I thought people were nearby but wanted to continue looking at it so I thought 'what I would give for a smaller map' and it shrunk. So now I have the mini-map on always and have figured out how to make other people show up on it. Thus, it became a great tool to avoid people, but it had the drawback of only noticing people within ten feet. So, I still had to work with my weak stealth skills. I think the way people have been treating us got worse with the new festival that just passed and hope that for whatever reason they stuck the vegetables with toothpicks passes soon, getting stared through is something I have low patience for.
While hiding I practiced drawing the symbols that 'Bird' showed and had written down on some paper for me. I noticed that it was easier to draw them in the dirt near the garden then trying to mess with paper and ink (which was probably because of my hand size thinking about it). He showed me four things that he all said were 'bird'. One looked like a box with an upside-down triangle on it with a line for a hat, the rest were lines that looked a bit different: the first line of script looked like a boxy eight, a dash and half of a hagalaz. The second looked like a capitol "u" with a quotation mark near the right sides top, and a lazy "t". Third line looked like to apostrophes, a stylized "R" and a sideways eight.
Lots of ways to same thing it seems.
And for some reason I keep messing up the tails. Like if I am trying to practice the 4th way, I put the eight look-a-like straight up instead of laying down, or if I am doing the first I put the hat on the wrong side. And Having to write the same thing over and over is not exactly the most exciting thing in the world. Who would think 'box with upside down triangle and a line' would take so much effort to keep straight.
At least I have gotten better when I first tried drawing these without checking from first to last with eh paper I mixed the different ways all up. I had the halved hagalaz with the stylized "R" and yeah, it was wrong. Badly so.
'Box with down facing triangle with line on the left side of top' I think as I do the last sign for the day before I try to get food. Yes! did it right, now to repeat the job.
Language of the Elemental Nations has leveled to 5
You have unlocked the Bard's Tree
Open menu to view.
Okay? *Anakin, what's going on? *
Before you asked what the symbols next to a skill were
The answer was that they indicated what tree they created or were part of if you continued using them
You used the Language skill, and it unlocked a tree.
Oh. *Skill Tree: Bard'
The Bard's Tree
The ability to communicate and get the reaction hoped for.
Gives a 5x allocation point collecting and a 2x gain on (~) skills
May gain a Specific part through study and skill.
(1/9) Available Countries. 39 countries so 5 per point
May restart to 1/9 to regain allocation points but must be at 5/9 to do so.
(2/8) Fire
(1/3) Speech- - - (1/2) Sign - - -(1/3) Reading
_x_ Low, _middle, _High. - - - _Basic, _Business, _ x_ ANBU - - - - - kata, _hira, _Kan
(0/8) Water / Mist
(0/3) Speech - - -(0/2) Sign - - -(0/3) Reading
_ Low, _middle, _High. - - - _Basic, _Business, _ ANBU - - - - - - kata, _hira, _Kan
(2/8) Grass
(2/3) Speech- - - (0/2) Sign - - -(0/3) Reading
_x_ Low, _x_ middle, _High. - - - _Basic, _Business, _ ANBU - - -- - - kata, _hira, _Kan (0/8) Land of vegetables
(0/3) Speech - - -(0/2) Sign - - -(0/3) Reading
_Low, _middle, _High. - - - _Basic, _Business, _ ANBU- - -- - - kata, _hira, _Kan
(0/8) Land of birds
(0/3) Speech - - -(0/2) Sign - - -(0/3) Reading
_Low, _middle, _High. - - - _Basic, _Business, _ ANBU - - -- - - kata, _hira, _Kan
May assign another language that you have equal points in to the main listing.
(0/8) Music
(0/2) Poetry - - - (0/10) Instruments - - - (0/3) Song
(0/3) Free-write- - - (0/2) Woodwind- - -(0/2) Tune
(0/2) Couplets- - -(0/4) String- - - (0/3) Beat
(0/3) Haiku - - - (0/1) Brass - - - (0/3) Rhythm
(0/2) Lyric - - -(0/1) Percussion- - - (0/3) Voice
(0/5) Dance
(0/3) Footwork
(0/1) single, _ (0/2) partner styles
(0/3) Speed
(0/2) Accompanied, (0/2) Apparatus,
(0/1) Theater
Due to what the tree is for it replaces skills:
Language of the elemental Nations, & Music
* What do you mean it replaces my skills? *
Chapter 14
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I can't believe that Anakin took my skills, sure he gave me a tree but still. He. Took. My. Skills
And I didn't even get any skill points allotted to music when I Know I had at least 3 levels in it.
Cheap
I will probably have to spend points to get back whatever I had in Music to. * Not cool, Anakin. Not cool at all. *
I wonder what else has changed since I have no clue at what phases Anakin changes my menu and it has already changed twice while still in Tutorial
'Status Menu'
Name: Tomomi Kiku
Gender: Female
Title: Flower Child
lv6
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Stats:
Strength =7
Constitution =13
Dexterity =4
Agility =4
Intelligence =10 +(vindictive [1 pt.], [4 each])
Wisdom =11
Charisma =7
luck = 7
Left over Stat Points = 17
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Perks
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Once of Kusa Orphanage: +1% gain to poison related skills, +.5% gain towards relationship based on/ around Kusa, the Land of Grass, & Allies
They Died: -3% gain to charisma based skills and +10% gain to Survival, & Luck based skills
Meant for Mist: +2% chance for critical with water based skills, able to breath water for 5 minutes at a time
Konoha Orphanage: +1% gain to fire related skills, +.5% gain to relationship with Konoha, Land of Fire, & allies
Allergy-Walnuts: walnuts when eaten by you count as a poison. And is exempt from all Poison related skills. Will need an antiallergenic to stop damage
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Refusal to Submit
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As an opening gift for having unlocked The Perk Points You have been allotted 8 for use
Use them well, you cannot go back and undo any choses made with them.
Perk Points are created with potentially story changing actions
Perk Points are used to change specific perks- some can't be changed, some can be gotten rid of, and some can be made better
. You Must Find Out What a Perk Is Before Being Able to Change It.
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Skills
- CIVILIAN SKILLS
- NINJA SKILLS
- TAI SKILLs
Select one to expand
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TREE BASED SKILLS
CIVIL SKILL TREES
NIN SKILL TREES
TAI SKILL TREES
Select one to expand
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CURRENT TREES
Vengeance=26 skill pts. One allocation point
Bard's= o pts. 5 allocation points
2 Allocation Points Available
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Titles
Adopted: +.5% gain to family related skills. Must be near Guardians to assign this. Gets rid of the Orphan title
Orphan: +.5% gain to skill necessary to basic survival, -1% gain to all other skill sets.
Flower Child: +10% gain to all plant based skill, including Jutsu
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Inventory
45+ cookies
Chrysanthemum flower [Red]
Health and Personal Records
Rabbit's Bell
46 Fluffs, 6 rabbit pelts
Money
10 C,100 S, 396 G, 4210
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Social Awareness = 8
Reputation
- Land of Grass
- Land of Fire
- Land of Water
Select one to expand.
*What in the Name of all that is unholy have you done to my status menu?!*
Updated it
-Twitch- -Twitch-... Where is a wall for me to bang my head against...? Right, I am in the garden, no walls are nearby.
* Do I even have a Ninja Skill Tree? *
Nope, this is in preparation for the future
Great, Anakin is currently planning for my life. With his sense of humor, I will be fighting assassins next level.
Foretelling has gained 50% to its next level
Why? Why must my life be this way?
Well hopefully, nothing too strange happens because of this.
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The day has not gotten better.
The Dark-Brown-haired woman came by again. And I still find her as creepy as before.
How did I know she was about? Simple I had gone to leave Naruto there since some of the adults had come by the garden. And there she was standing Right Outside Our Door. I have no clue what she was doing there. Facing our sliding door, not moving to nock, not moving to stand on the other side of the hallway, Just right on the other side of the door. So, yeah, creepy.
The slow turn of her head towards us has nothing to do with why I turned Naruto and me right around and started walking away.
So, instead of being able to stay in a relatively defensible position we were in the woods. Where temporary dungeons form without warning. I have no clue why the pale green hair pointed us toward the woods and when I looked at him like he'd lost his mind after checking the direction he even shooed us away. In that hands curling with the person going "shoo, shoo" like they are trying to get rid of some fly. Just because he didn't want us to see him picking flowers. Humph.
I threw a cookie at his head. It hit him, and then bounced off. I and the green-haired one stare at the intact cookie for a second; then I hurried away as he looked back at me, blinked. and at looked back at the cookie.
Not to self: The cookies from the first Konoha Orphanage have gone stale.
So, Naruto is walking and crawling beside me while we are wondering in the wood. And the air in here his rather muggy. Not that outside is much better, but there was more sunlight out of here. And, now that I think about the weather, the nights have also started getting chillier to. Huh, that's interesting.
Just off to the side of the path there's this tree, that has created a mound with its roots. At the base of the tree there is a rather sizable hole to. Grinning, I take one of the stale cookies a chuck it into the miniature cave. I hear it hit a couple walls, almost like its bouncing...just how stale had the cookies gotten? I then look around on the ground and spot a pebble; which I also chuck in.
Since I didn't hear any angry noises I decided it would be a good idea to explore.
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You know, walking in an unknown, dank, chilly tunnel is not all it's cracked up to be.
Sure, at first it's interesting but after the first few minutes it isn't anymore. The only saving grace to this little side trip is Naruto's fascination with the walls. For some reason, he just can't leave them alone. One second I look away to check for pebbles that want to sneak into my shoe, and he is at the right wall with his had digging into it like he's trying to reach the other side. I pull is arm out, and continue walking. When I trip, and so look away from him, he is at the left wall doing the same thing.
I feel my eye twitching.
But I am surprised at how long this tunnel is. I mean usually holes beneath trees aren't this big. So, every now and then I throw another cookie down the tunnel, and after the third time I picked up one of the previously thrown ones I started just using those three. But yeah, wondering how long this thing goes one. And at least Naruto is happy. No clue why he is fascinated with the walls but, eh, kids.
After the fourth set of thrown cookies I see a light. Hurrying forward, I even see steps leading up, which makes me slow down. Because I don't think tree holes had man made steps in them often. But when I get to them, they seem old. Sure, they hold my foot and I can walk on them, but they have the feel of something forgotten and left behind to rust.
After climbing the stairs, I look around. I can hear a river, but not see it. But I do see a meadow.
I hear a whine-like noise coming from the bottom of the steps. I look down quick but all I see is Naruto. Correction, all I see is Naruto using a puppy-eyes on me. I blink at him trying to figure out why he is looking at me and walk toward him. When I am close enough he latches on then points up the stairs.
... I am an idiot. Naruto doesn't know how to use steps yet. Not surprising considering everything.
So, I unlatch him from my side, and took a step up while hold his arms, and tug lightly. It's surprising the amount of weight he puts on me when learning how to climb these. Maybe not 'weight' but maybe pressure would work. But eventually we get up the steps, and it's almost sad the wide-eyed look he has. Sure, we are usually in the garden but this place is different enough that he feels like he is just seeing plants for the first time. I don't blame him. For all my knowing words, I don't think I could describe this place. The meadow is surrounded by flowers I have no name for, some hanging from trees, some crawling up and down said trees like they're natural lattices. It looked untouched though I know someone else had to have been here once from the steps leading here. But who would have forgotten a place like this.
Maybe they hadn't forgotten the place, and just the tree they had used as a marker? If so I feel sad for them.
This place would be perfect to live in.
I wonder farther in, making sure to keep an eye on Naruto when
You have found a Secret Area
Forgotten or left behind by all that knew it, it is now yours
Do you want to name it?
I blink at the text surprised at what it implies. But still, *I do want to name this place. *
What Name:
And there's a little text box. Thinking about it I wonder at names that would fit. This place is a secret, so it is hidden...
I will call it Amon after the hidden one. Not the most original name but if the shoe fits might as well.
You are naming this place: Amon
Are you sure?
Yes.
Congratulations
This place is now yours.
I face is smiling so hard, I can feel it. Now all this place would need is a -
"Ki"
I can't believe I forgot about Naruto. I look over to where his voice came from, and start moving towards him. I round a few trees and start berating myself for not paying attention for so long if he could get this amount of distance. Then I stop and stare
Because where Naruto is sitting clapping to himself for finding something, are a set of steps, leading to an old depilated house.
Perfect.
… now we just have to get back without any issues.
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Rant
For Readers
I get that you might like the story, and asking for more of a story might be a form of encouragement but if all your review is for more, or please update, please note that answering these does not help me put more of this story up. Nor does it help me actually make this story better. For a couple of people in the past I actual emailed back what they think might need work. This actually takes more time to be polite about, while also attempting to make the story better then it would be if you just put in 'you need to be careful of your capitalizations.'
If you have constructive criticism lovely, but please don't just put "moar", it hurts my brain for the English it is murdering, and I also need to Not rush this work or else my notes will be in this, like what happened in the AN of the last one, that I had to go back and edit (which took extra time from this one). I am working on this. Parts get furthered everyday.
I take my time so I don't introduce Mary Sue, and her cousin Gary to this. Gamer fics already have a habit of over-powered HAK but I try to make a story of it like any of the better Authors who act as example to lesser writers (me).
And working on my humor here. As I have been told in the past by people I know that my humor is a bit off sometimes, which is why editing is important so I don't have random zombies repeatedly hitting a rake, or something of the wall that has no sense out of context. I sometimes have British humor, I sometimes have morbid humor, and I sometimes have jokes pop up in my head that don't make any sense to you but make ME laugh. So yes, working on that.
In the future, please put in more that "please update", "Moar" or similar, though I did laugh at the Shakespearean for another. Just add a 'good job, this didn't suck', or a 'I enjoyed this' or something that isn't able to be translated in my head as 'hurry up you slacker, why aren't you done yet?' Which does not help me at all.
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