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His Child
Ken's POV
I was pushed onto a kid no older than Obito when we reached the compound. There were other people inside the hidden room and the one who was currently holding me was all bloodied and injured. His knees buckled and we slowly, very slowly, slid to the floor, like melting ice cream. I wriggled out of his arms and looked around me. There were kids no older than the genin earlier and a few moms and elders. There were a few opened packs of water and a few food pills that were crushed and remnants of those were haphazardly shoved to the far side of the room. Everyone of them were either shaking like a leaf or as pale as paper, it was slightly concerning. One woman's eyes snapped to meet mine and she offered a shaky smile as she clutched a baby tighter to her round form. She looked like she was on the verge of tears, only settling for hiccups as the baby resting on her bosom was peacefully sleeping.
Loud explosions sounded off and rattled the small room we occupied and some of the kids burst into tears and then triggered a crying contest, where one kid tried to compete on who cries the loudest. The lady shushed the baby on her and slowly, the other mothers carefully and tenderly wrapped themselves around the kids and rocked them in their arms so they stopped crying. The outside once again rattled the room as yet another loud round of explosions were heard. Above us, there seemed to be people pacing around, if the footsteps were of any indication. My hands were itching to go out and find my family, panic slowly setting in. With all the okder ones fixated on their kids, there was no one to hold me. Even if you tell me that I'm already almost 18 years old, what would it do in the face of ugly, ugly death? Surely, the only reason we'd be shoved inside this room is because there is an invasion or there is civil war.
Megami was quiet, too quiet for my liking, as I tried to make a stable connection to her.It was like a thin film of water between us and I can't seem to get a hold of her. Tears slowly began to sting ny eyes, hands and knees shaking as the room shook and emergency rations spilled onto the ground, the screams and cries of the other children making it all the more scarier. A loud explosion sent me on my knees as the room shook from the shockwaves, scratching my frail body, and I plead to the deities up there to make it stopstopstopstopstop—
And the world stopped. Everything paused in it's place, a blue dot blinking at my peripheral vision, and I immediately focus on it.
You have unlocked (4) new [PERKS]! Open now?
YES/NO
Hurriedly, I tapped yes and the box changed format, showcasing my newly unlocked perks.
[PERK UNLOCKED!]
STABLE MIND
-You have unlocked [STABLE MIND]! This perk allows you to never panic in the face of Death and let you make wise decisions and choices for the duration of the game!
[PERK UNLOCKED!]
IN-GAME BODY
-You have unlocked [IN-GAME BODY]! This perk allows you to regenerate 100% HP and nullifies debuffs once the game refreshes for a new day. Regeneration of HP is as follows:
100% - 12 hours
75% - 10 hours
50% - 8 hours
25% - 6 hours
12% - 3 hours
Regeneration includes the following:
*Decapitated limbs
*Poison debuffs
*Internal damage
[PERK UNLOCKED!]
UNFEELING BODY
-You have unlocked [UNFEELING BODY]! This perk allows you to completely cut off the feeling of pain when in battle.
-Additional 10% ally pain-debuff when in 30 meter range.
-Additional 30% ally jinchuuriki pain-debuff when in 60 meter range.
[PERK UNLOCKED!]
LONG LIVE
-You have unlocked [LONG LIVE]! This perk allows you to live for 3 more hours after extreme damage to vital points.
-If used with [IN-GAME BODY, this perk allows the player to recover after extreme damage. (i.e decapitation of head, body sliced to half, ripped internal organs etc.)
USE [PERK](s) NOW?
YES/NO
With a whimper, I press yes, and all the panic I ever felt disappeared, as [STABLE MIND] immediately took effect. Tears were no longer spilling out of my eyes and my scratches were already healing. One of the older ladies held me in their arms, protecting my body from the falling rations. A black bug crawled from my arm towards the locked door and surprisingly, chanced to open the lock and in fell two teenage males, a man who looked like he was in the process of decay stood tall, eyes sharp as it swept over us in the lower part of the hidden room. His eyes landed on me, and at the same time, I heard Megami scream from inside my head,
Don't look into his eyes!
Which made me do the opposite and made me stare at his eyes longer. I mean, where else am I supposed to stare at when almost 75% of him reeks of flesh and decaying corpse. The intense acidic tang of iron and the sudden tenseness inside the room suffocated me, which resulted to Megami to try and take control. My body jolted from left to right, as she tried to take my eyes off of the sudden staring competition I have with the man. It was weird to feel your body moving when you know full well that you are not in control of your body. It was a one in a million experience. She ripped my eyes away from the man but before she could do anything, someone already had their hands on my neck. Megami growled and the familiar warmth she exuded became vile, black heat, scorching the hand that was wrapped around my neck. I heard the loud scream of someone near me ringing in my ears as blood dripped on the floor, staining the previously pristine white ground. The sound felt so close, I closed my eyes and tried to block the sound by covering my ears.
The man was the one screaming.
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Obito's POV
Loud booms and shockwaves knocked me off of my feet, my Sharingan spinning widly as I try to evacuate an old lady to the nearest safe zone. Granny, who was also knocked back, thankfully landed on her feet. Immediately I stand up, knees wobbling as killing intent spread like a black cast in the air. High in the sky, were a swarm of black bugs making a dome above the village and blocking off sunlight. A shrill shriek reached my ears as Granny was grabbed by the arm by a guy with a black mask. I reach into my my pouch to get my kunai but immediately retracted my hand when I saw the man's hitai-ate. The Black Masked ANBU is real?
"Obito! Safe zone is ten minutes away, think you can carry her and get there in 7?" He said, gently pushing Granny to my direction and deflecting a barrage of senbon thrown at him with a piece of stick that was lying around earlier. I didn't even sense the attack and I have my sharingan on! I nod and try to pick Granny up, preparing to flee. She put a hand on my shoulder and nodded, leaving me confused. She pulled her coat to the side and a hitai-ate reflected my own eyes. My eyes widened and she smiled, patting my arm and continued walking to the safe zone. Ushijima-san has already split paths with me to cover more space to help those that are still not in the Safe Zone.
Another loud and large boom resounded across the village and for the second fime, I was knocked off of my feet, still not balanced enough to not be blown away by the shockwave and my googles skidding to a half a few meters away from me. I curse and turn to stand up again, but stopped moving when the dome the black bugs in the sky were doing, suddenly lit up and fried bugs came raining down.
Fugaku Uchiha-sama stood tall and proud a few meters away, smoke from his jutsu almost like thick cigarette smoke on his mouth. Together with his wife, they continued to burn the dome the bugs kept on trying to create. Mikoto-sama's eyes landed on me and she smiled briefly before going back and kept the bugs from getting anymore closer to the Safe Zone. The old woman earlier seem to protect herself just fine but kids may be in danger. Kids... Huh. I feel like I'm forgetting something. Or it is someone? Hm.
Oh no, Ken!
My feet moved on their own and I ran towards the Ushijima compound. My knees kept on losing strength the more the ground shook, making me fall but the thought of the kid in danger made me push through the fear and run with all my might. I dodge people running to the opposite direction, where I'm running from, and tried my best in evading the onslaught of scared civilians in order to get to the compound faster. The screams of kids and women and men alike were ringing in my ears and made my head hurt. There was the disgusting smell of blood and flesh lingering in the air, and the thick chakra in it made my head spin even more.
By the time I got to the Ushijima clan compound my palms and knees were bloodied from all the stumbling and shakin of the Earth. I pushed the pain aside and ran full speed ahead inside the private compound in search of one Ushijima Ken. I passed through tons of houses, thinking Ken would be hiding there. Every single one of them were empty but seemed to be ransacked as many cabinets and doors were haphazardly opened and left as that when the culprit found nothing and no one. I ran around some more, panic setting in as I realize that because of my floundering Ken may have been hurt by now. Of course, he'd be in the main house! You're a freaking idiot, Obito! I ran towards the central part of their compound, trying to spot either the biggest or the richest looking house.
A few minutes after going through several houses that looked big and rich enough to be the main house, (the Ushijima's really are rich) I finally reach what I for sure can say is the main house. The walls were singed, like there was a battle, and the garden. Oh good lord, the garden. What greeted me scarred me for life. There were mangled bodies scattered on the huge communal garden at the middle, one was even tainting the pond red as half their mangled body dipped into the pond. A shiver went down my spine as screams erupted from inside one part of the house. My feet once again moved on their own as the ground shook like never before.
Several more bodies greeted me as the floor of the living room collapsed (?) and inside were men and some elderly people. The smell of decaying and burnt flesh lingered the air and assaulted my nose, making bile want to come out. I swallow it down and quietly go down the floor, a whimper reaching my ears. There, the source of the disgusting smell stood, clutching it's (his) hand, back towards me. It was screaming in pain and my hand moved through handsigns as fast as I could, chakra pooling inside my stomach.
Inhale, gather the warmth inside your stomach, make way for it in your chest, make it as hot as you can, and blow it all out!
A magnificent ball of fire came crashing down the creature, my kunai already drawn in case of confrontation. Ken came running to me, and relief flooded me. The screaming still hasn't stopped. My eyes came into contact with familiar red eyes, three tomoe spinning wildly as if in overdrive. It flinched and in a blink of an eye it disappeared, and something sharp entered my stomach. I shout and jolt in both surprise and pain, hand immediately pushing on my stab wound. Ken was, amazingly, not crying, as he stood at my side dumbfounded, mouth hung in shock.
A buzzing sound brought me back to reality as the trauma came back. If it makes a buzzing sound then it's evil. The creature was still screeching as my mouth lost all moisture. It had the Sharingan. It has the Sharingan. It has the sharingan, just like me. What? He bolted towards us and my kunai barely went up and moved as it clashed against his own kunai, when he had drawn another is unknown to me. He growled and skidded back as a foot tried to kick him away.
My eyes flicked to the side and Kaya-sama stood protectively infront of Ken and I. He squeaked in surprise as his mother stood in a fighting stance, her kimono that looked like it saw better days full of dark red patches. Her ear was bleeding, and half of it was cut off. Her chakra came over us like a blanket of love and comfort, the distressing chakra coming from the unknown creature overwhelmed by the Ushijima matriarch's.
It gave a loud cry as it dashed to where Kaya-sama stood, kunai held tightly. It's hands went flailing as she pushed her open palm on the creature's ribs, so hard that it cracked under the immense power behind what looked to me like a simple one handed shove. She followed it up with a roundhouse kick, not giving it a chance to retaliate. It's arms went up into a defensive X infront of where her shin was supposed to hit and pushed her backwards, sending our saviour skidding a few steps back. It let out a sound so similar yet so far from a cackle, and bugs came rushing towards Kaya-sama. Her hands immediately went to work, pale eyes in active Byakugan mode that made the veins around her eyes bulge.
Her handsigns were to fast for me to follow, as she slammed a chakra reinforced fist onto the creature's elbow, immediately going for a finishing blow with a fist coated in lightning. The lightning coated fist hit the creature square in the chest, her arm digging in deep where if it were a person, it would've killed them. Her fingers up to her elbows had lightning scorch marks, making her left hand shake. It twitched on the ground, blood pooling around it's miserable body.
Kaya-sama's knees gave out and she almost fell face-first if not for my body once again moving on it's own. She sent me a tired, grateful smile and urged Ken to come closer to her. He quietly complied, eyes tearing up as he absorbed what just happened. A gurgle came and Kaya-sama's eyes snapped to where it came from. The creature twitched and immediately, Ken and I were behind Kaya-sama again. It groaned and shifted onto it's side, eyes like Ken's stared right into our souls. It held up a weak, gangly arm and shakily held it up in the air, as if expecting something.
"My child..." It groaned, voice so quiet it was barely audible. Ken gasped and immediately the puzzle pieces came into their proper place. That's Ken's father, or what looks like his father's almost dead body. Who would do such a thing to someone who's supposed to be dead? My heart broke as Ken began crying, slowly inching towards the man with his small, shaking hand, outstretched as he slowly tried to reach for his father's hand. It was almost as if time itself was slowing down for them, their fingertips touched, and the creature, or Ken's dad rather, burst into silent weeping. Kaya-sama made a move to pull Ken over to her side once again but ultimately decided not to interfere.
Ken inched forward a little more, kneeling before the man he never got to grow up to. "My child." He repeated, holding Ken's small hand in his own shaky one tightly, tears flowing down his deformed face. Ken pulled his father's hand and used it to pat himself on the head, all the while staring at his father with a genuinely happy face. Coincidentally, it was still Father's Month in Konoha.
"Hi Papa. I'm Ken. I've been a good boy. I'm sorry for your hand. Ma says I'm smart—" a wheeze interrupted Ken as his father choked on his blood. His hand tightened around Ken's hand and urged him to continue, thumb stroking his son's shaking fingers. "—I have Kazu too. I met Obito-nii-san and I have two friends now. I eat my veggies, and I like turnips. I know how to go pee and go potty by myself. I—" his hiccups were now loud as his father fought to keep his eyes opened, listening intently to his son ramble on. "—I love you papa." The hand that dwarfed Ken's shook and let go, cupping Ken's face tenderly.
"My child..." Life began to leave his eyes as he held Ken's hand with all the strength he has left. He kept eye contact with his son as he did his damn best to not choke on his own blood and tears. Slowly, his hand eased it's tight grip on Ken's hand, falling limply onto the ground.
And the world stopped to mourn as a son lost his father.
"Papa loves you too."