Chapter 14: For Every Action There's a Reaction Part 1
"Ok, kid, that's a wrap," Hayate informed his student. A sheet of perspiration was visible on the swordsman's pale face thanks to the light of the moon that illuminated the night from above. "Get some rest and meet us here on Sunday in the afternoon," he informed and flickered out of the training field. Hopefully by then he and Yugao would have the blond's problem solved. Both had minor duties to perform tomorrow so it would have wait until then.
During the dark twilight hours of the day many shinobi looked upon Naruto and Hottomaru with pity. For the last two months or so both males looked ragged and worn down every time Konoha shinobi saw the two. And justifiably so as well, "Barely… enough strength… to even … get home," Naruto huffed, his breath clearly visible in the air because it was now the month of December. As he limped onwards to his apartment, his equally bushed ninken followed after him.
"… A… Arf!" Hottomaru concurred with his partner. His paws and body aching like mad and felt ready to give out at any second. The little ninken wore his armor and his coat now fluffier because of the colder weather. Naruto himself wore his training armor combined with a winter cloak. The boy made a mental note to replace the basic gear he had with a better one in the near future as he passed by a shinobi gear shop near his apartment.
Fortunately the building where the blond and tiger stripped ninken lived was merely around the corner. But to the males it felt as though it was a country away. The journey up the stairs proved to be just as brutal as well. In their minds it was as if they were climbing up a mountain with pure muscle strength alone rather than relying on their chakra.
As they finally arrived at their destination, both groaned as they entered the room and plopped down onto the comfortable bed. The boy's entire body ached and was racked with pain from today's training session. Today had been pretty intense, much like the previous ones he had gone through, and with good reason as well. Graduation was this coming Monday, a mere two days away. Naruto barely had time or the energy to enter dungeons thanks to the new training schedule. He still went in but not as often as he would have liked to. Both Hayate and Yugao, and Anko when she had the time, were pushing him to his limits at the moment in order to prepare him for what was to come.
But Naruto was worried. Even after spending most of his Attribute Points on WIS and mastering the basic Water Surface Walking Practice he still wasn't able to use or learn the Bunshin no Jutsu. While he had informed Hayate and Yugao about his dilemma, both had wished that Naruto had come to them sooner with this problem. At the moment time was running short, very short for the boy. While both felt that the Bunshin was useless, tricking only the highly stupid and dimwitted, the fact that it was mandatory in order to pass the academy was ridiculous in their minds.
After graduation came missions and the Bunshin was rendered virtually useless. Both because Genin could only take D-Rank and the occasional C-Rank mission and the skill would be of no use helping them. It still worked against common bandits but the more organized and experienced ones were better informed on shinobi and weren't quite as gullible or fooled at all.
"Hopefully … I can pull … something off… Hotto," Naruto continued to huff but only heard the sounds of light snoring from his partner. The boy chuckled at that, "Yeah… sleep sounds…" the boy couldn't finish as his exhaustion finally took hold and the boy promptly fell asleep. Activating the traps he set up before he fell into a deep slumber.
(Elsewhere)
"Finally," Hiruzen sighed as he finished the last of today's paperwork. With this year's block of academy students graduating but a mere couple of days away the amount had been increasing. The man took the opportunity to look over Konoha. The rooftops were covered in decent coat of glittering white. While the country of Hi no Kuni didn't get as much snow compared to Kumo, Mizu, or some of the other lesser countries, they still had the occasional winter where they received a decent blanket of snow.
Hiruzen treasured rare moments such as these. The man recalled his first snowfall in Konoha as a young boy. A moment that he shared with his teammates and teachers. The group had been training almost all day when the weather had gradually shifted from cool to cold followed by the falling of snowflakes from above. The group had later spent the rest of the day merely playing and enjoying the change in scenery. The man chuckled as he recalled how both Tobirama and Hashirama managed to take a friendly snowball fight and somehow transformed it into an epic battle. The man remembered how the two most powerful men in Konoha received a scolding from Mito and cowered before the intimidating woman as though they were mere children. Hiruzen only regretted not having a camera to picture the event.
"To relive such a moment such as that one last time," even if it was only once the God of Shinobi wished to spend one last moment with his departed teachers and loved ones. But the man shook such thoughts from his mind. It wouldn't do well to dwell on the past and cloud one's thoughts with such things. While it was good to dream, sometimes they could become a burden and hamper a person.
"Ah, well," the man began tidying up a bit before he headed on home.
"Hokage-sama," Mariko's voice rang from the intercom and Hiruzen held back a curse at the rotten timing.
Reluctantly, Hiruzen answered his secretary, "Yes, Mariko-chan?" the man silently praying it wouldn't take too long.
"Uzuki Yugao and Gekko Hayate are here to see you, sir," the mention of Naruto's sword instructors wanting to see him peeked the man's interest.
"Send them in and then you can go home, Mariko-chan," the man instructed.
"Thank you, Hokage-sama," Mariko replied before the machine went cold.
Both swordsman and swordswoman entered Hiruzen's office as the man sat back into his chair. "Yugao, Hayate, what can I do for you?" the man had an inkling and hunch that this was going to be about Naruto but it didn't hurt to ask.
"Sorry to keep you, Hokage-sama," both bowed at their village leader, "But it's a little urgent."
At the word 'urgent' the elderly but powerful man's composure shifted from relaxed to rigid and worried, "Has something happened? Is Naruto alright?"
Seeing the look of worry and hearing it in his voice, Hayate reassured his leader, "Naruto's fine, Hokage-sama. *Cough* The kid's coming along quite well actually. Damn kid's a sponge ... When it comes to the physical portion at least," he added and Yugao released a chuckle while Hiruzen released a sigh of relief. "It's actually about his … special condition and what it impedes him to do."
"Ah," the man now understood perfectly. "You're referring to Naruto's large amount of chakra."
"That's putting it lightly," Yugao thought. The Anbu member was a talented sensor and could tell that Naruto easily had the largest pool of chakra out of all the Genin in the academy. Hell, the woman knew that the boy had even more chakra reserves than most Jounin as well. Certainly not as strong such as Kakashi's average but dense reserves or immense and powerful like the Hokage's but the blond jinchuriki had tons of chakra to spare nonetheless.
"The amount of chakra that kid has is allowing him to do things most Chunin can't do, let alone what an academy student or Genin can do," Hiruzen mentally snorted. Neither shinobi before him had any idea of what the boy was truly capable of. "But it's also taking away his ability to make a proper clone. The kid's mastered the Water Surface Walking Practice but it still isn't enough. Graduation is but a few days away and without it-"
"Naruto will fail despite everything he has accomplished," Hiruzen frowned. The man couldn't exactly exempt Naruto for such a thing, it wouldn't be fair to the other students who couldn't do it either. The man had gotten a ton of complaints from others for giving the boy a private tutor and while he had paid for it out of his own pocket it still didn't placate the others. Short of Naruto having a physical impairment, such as Rock Lee who was exempted from the ninjutsu portion of the exam, or it being wartime where it could sometimes be overlooked, there was little he could do without the council stepping in.
Hiruzen was the Hokage and had absolute power in Konoha. His words were law. But it wasn't as easy as it sounded. Tobirama had placed laws that had long ago been put in place to prevent a Hokage from abusing their authority over the village. An example was a Hokage candidate needing the support and backing of the Village Council, Head Jounin, Anbu Commander and Fire Daimyo Council should a former Hokage die before appointing a successor. Another was using his authority to give someone such as family or family friends an advantage over others. While it wasn't the intent it could easily be seen as such by others. Hiruzen recalled certain Daimyos and village leaders from the minor countries giving family and friends benefits such as more authority or leeway in certain matters. In some cases it led to a civil war or almost escalade into being one. Hiruzen seriously doubted it would go that far but knew that many who were clouded by hate would do almost anything.
"Unfortunately, there is little I can do at the moment. While many weren't thrilled about Naruto being given a tutor the boy was still Dead Last and many more saw my actions as simply helping a struggling student. Anko's contract ended and is now teaching the boy because she, along with yourselves, wants to teach him so I can't be blamed for that. But now that Naruto has improved to a decent level any more help I give him will simply be seen as me abusing my authority."
Yugao frowned at the man's words. Despite being a ninja the woman had a particular dislike of politics and the endless web of deceit therein. Many had often said that the pen was mightier than the sword, and it was true. With a single signature a country decree, law or regulation could impede one, make others suffer for little to no reason, or start a rebellion. "So if Naruto can't be exempt from the Bunshin portion of the exam what can we do?"
Hiruzen sighed. The woman had just asked the million ryo question.
(Next Day; 9:17 AM)
"Ugh," Naruto groaned as he stretched in his bed. "Man, gotta love that Gamer's Body ability," waking up all refreshed with all of his HP and CP restored was the best. Anko often complained in private as it took normal individuals a hell of a lot more time to regain their strength and chakra instead of a single night's sleep.
"Oh, well. Sucks to be them. Eh, Hotto," Naruto grinned at his waking ninken.
"Arf!" Hottomaru barked and agreed with the boy.
As they went about their morning ritual Naruto contemplated on what they were going to do today. "Ok, going to the Training Area Dungeons is out," he was barely getting anything good from them at the moment thanks to his high level. He couldn't enter the higher dungeons either seeing as how he needed to be a Genin to enter them. Naruto hoped the enemies and loot he'd get from them would make it up for it.
"Speaking of which," Naruto made his way towards his laptop. The last dungeon he had entered was filled with centipedes. While the drops they gave were mostly poison based like the rats Naruto collected them anyways if only to sell them. At first they were nothing he couldn't handle despite their large number. Then came along the giant variants. While the dungeon still remained relatively easy these centipedes posed a greater challenge as they had a hard shell and spat corrosive acid. The shell was very resilient to bladed weaponry and only their soft underbelly wasn't immune.
But the centipedes were very quick to burrow and perform hit and run tactics in greater number. So Naruto ended up having to use his staff for most of the dungeon to crush their heads in. Unfortunately, the staff's life came to an end during the boss battle with a freaking Omukade, the Human Centipede Demon. The last blow Naruto managed to get on the creature not only ended the boss's life but that of the staff's as well and it was sadly beyond repair.
"Damn shame," the staff had been given to him by the Old Man and was his first real weapon. Asking to replace it with another clan staff felt wrong to him. The boy would find a new blunt weapon in the future. "And all I got for it was something I couldn't use called Futton: Naigekido no Jutsu (Boil Release: Deadly Upheaval Technique)."
As the scroll required one to have the ability to use Boil Release neither he nor Anko could use the technique. In the end, Naruto ended putting the scroll along with majority of the poison he got up for auction a few days ago. "Alright, any bites?"
Your item Futton: Naigekido no Jutsu has been bought by Sexy Water Goddess.
"Kinda unoriginal for a screen name but money is money," Naruto smirked as he saw the numbers. Because it had been one of the few bloodline limit techniques recorded on a scroll, despite it not being one of the most powerful, Naruto had been advised to sell it for 350,000 ryo. In the end he made a profit of 297,500 when the Auction House took their cut.
"Still no bites for the poison," there were views he could see but no one was interested in buying any at the moment. "Eh," he shrugged. It was only a few days since he put it on the site and Naruto had managed to sell the most valuable item anyway.
"Let's see then. Instant Dungeon List!" Naruto watched a screen of all the available dungeons appear before him.
Zombie World Dungeon
Ghost World Dungeon
Primordial World Dungeon - Level Can be Set
Naruto shivered as he thought about the Ghost World Dungeon. The boy had always been afraid of ghost and regretted entering the dungeon. Not only were they immune to physical attacks, meaning taijutsu and bukijutsu was useless against them, the only thing that did hurt them was ninjutsu and genjutsu for some reason.
While this wouldn't have been a problem the ghosts had an ability that quickly drained him of his CP and HP. It was only made worst as his Detect Skill didn't work on them so they would pop up at random and latch on to him. In the end, Naruto left that dungeon alone and merely focused on the zombie filled one.
"Primordial World Dungeon, huh? What the hell, I ain't got anything to lose," Naruto decided to give it a shot.
"BRAT QUIT TALKING TO YOURSELF IN THERE!" Naruto's landlord yelled.
"Cranky old fart," the boy muttered.
"I HEARD THAT!"
"Oh for the love of-" Naruto stopped and began packing the things he'd need. From his frequent visits to the Zombie Dungeon he had gotten a great deal of lesser grade potions, and two medium grade ones thanks to his Grand Master Zombie Slayer title. This meant worrying about HP restoring items was no longer an issue.
"Oh, that reminds me I need to learn some new recipes for my cooking skill. Not really getting a lot of EXP with the current ones," Naruto loved the food he was now able to make with his Intermediate Cooking Skill. Not only did they taste better but they also restored more HP and CP and gave him a temporary perk. However, the recipes were now giving him little EXP at the moment and Naruto was forced to find some of his own.
"Ah, I'll worry about that later," he muttered lowly before adjusting the dungeon level a bit. "Ok, five to seven levels higher should be enough at the moment," he thought before using his Instant Dungeon Creation Skill. "Hopefully this place is better than the Ghost Dungeon."
(Sometime Later)
"I DON'T WANNA DIE!" Naruto screamed at the top of his lungs.
The boy was running away from the predators behind him that were hot on his heels. All he knew about the creatures was they were called Raptors. They were slightly taller than himself but also vicious, fast, stealthy and had a powerful sense of smell. Worst of all, they were highly intelligent, too, compared to the other dungeons inhabitants he faced. Naruto was fast but these things had had five levels on him, the alpha had seven, and their powerful legs enabled them to run at frightening speeds.
"GSHAAAAA!" the leader of the pack hissed/screeched at him. Its fangs were bloody from a recent kill they were eating when Naruto accidentally stumbled on them. However, it seemed their meal wasn't overly satisfying as they wanted seconds.
"NICE RAPTOR! GOOD RAPTOR!" Naruto was only met with more hissing and was forced to dive when the alpha pounced on him. Right where he wanted it.
"SUCKER!" Naruto grinned as his Trap Seal: Skyward Current activated and sent the alpha flying upwards a good twenty five feet into the air. The blond took the chance to jump after the helpless creature and used his Ninpo: Goriki to increase his strength.
"Sotsui Otoshi (Double Hammer Drop)!" Naruto delivered a vicious two-handed hammer strike on the creature's back with his fists.
The incredible force along with his increased STR from his technique sent the creature crashing back down to the primordial earth. The boy quickly followed up with his newest technique Futon: Daireppusho (Wind Release: Great Gale Palm) to quickly send himself back towards his foe. The futon technique was basically an enhanced version of the regular Reppusho no Jutsu, but the torrent of much more powerful winds that sent him downwards was doing its job and he was soon on the creature.
"Banrai (Heavy Thunder)!" the boy's punch struck the creature on the head. The creature's eyes nearly bulging out comically as it was sent face first back onto the ground.
While he was dealing with the alpha, Hottomaru was taking care of the underlings in his transformed older form. The large canine could now last longer in this form thanks to more practice and larger chakra reserves. His ability to drain chakra from others thank to his Ravenous Sin technique made it even more convenient to recover lost chakra.
"BARRKKK!" Hottomaru roared as he swiped at the nearest raptor. The beast's newfound strength sent the creature crashing into a tree with a resounding thud. Hottomaru then moved on to the other raptors and performed a Daitsuga (Great Over Fang) on them. While not as powerful as the Gatsuga the enhanced singular version of the Tsuga had more power and spin in it to hurt the two ancient predators. While one managed to recover, the other went down and Hottomaru took the opportunity to clamp down on its neck.
With the dog's enlarged canines and flaming maw the raptor screeched in pain and fright as it tried to escape from the jaws of literal death. Its struggles ultimately proved futile as Hottomaru's greater size and strength prevented all means of escape. Adding more pressure and force to his bite, Hottomaru performed a sudden jerk with his head and the creature in his mouth knew no more.
Hottomaru then snarled at the other raptors in front of him that were hoping to avenge their fallen pack member. With their attention so firmly placed on the one that took away their comrade, neither had time to react when they suddenly found themselves set ablaze by the fireballs that struck their exposed backs. While the two creatures panicked over their burning bodies, Hottomaru moved in for the kill and promptly finished both of them off.
"Nice job, Hotto," Naruto smiled at now diminutive partner. It wasn't exactly how he wanted the plan to go down but it worked out well in the end. "Ok, let's see what we got here."
So far the common drops Naruto and Hottomaru were getting from the creatures of this world, called dinosaurs, were mostly Fertile Dung, Very Fertile Dung, Very Thick Hides, andDinosaur Meat. The last one apparently was supposed to be very high in protein and nutrition.
"Think we'll find a treasure chest here, Hotto," Naruto asked his partner, only to see the dog munching on a piece of dino meat. "Hey! Spit that out!" Naruto ordered the dog. While he could eat it raw Naruto didn't want Hottomaru getting any parasites or sick from eating uncooked meat. "Kinda think of it. Do meat drops even have parasites in them?" he wondered if his Gamer ability eliminated such harmful things.
"Grrr," Hottomaru growled. Originally Naruto thought the ninken was angry at him for taken away his food but as he felt the earth shake the boy readied himself. Unlike the other dungeons that only had a certain species such as rats and greater variants, this dungeon had a multitude of different dinosaur species instead of just carnivorous ones.
"Great, the three horned one," Naruto frowned.
Alpha Triceratops - Lv 25
HP: 3500/3500
CP: 400/400
STR: 145
VIT: 100
DEX: 100
INT: 16
WIS: 5
LUK: 29
Defense: 135
Perks:
Hard-Headed: +50% concussive resistance, +50% head-shot resistance, +50% head damage techniques.
Tenacious: Ignores negative status effects when health drops below 30%, Movement Speed increases by 70% when below 30% health
Territorial: +50% effectiveness to Detection Skill, Will attack any who enters its territory and is seen as a threat
Thick-Hide: +50% weapon, taijutsu resistance, +35% abnormal status effects resistance, +50 Defense, +1000 HP
Description: Despite its size and being a plant eater, this large creature is fiercely territorial and aggressive if felt threatened. When this happens, their natural instinct is to charge their opponent, thereby making best use of their horns to gore and skewer the opposition. It has three horns in its head that are used to ward off potential predators and have been known to kill even super predators, and its neck is protected by a bony crest that allows it to feel little to no pain when smashing into something. They are typically found in small herds of up to eight creatures but it is not uncommon to find one by itself, usually a scout. A typical specimen is thirty feet long and on average weighs 20,000 pounds, this alpha however is much bigger and heavier.
EXP Earned: 495
Drops: Dinosaur Meat, Fertile Dung, Very Fertile Dung, Dense Horn, Very Thick Hide
"I hate these guys," neither Naruto or Hottomaru had a pleasant experience with these creatures. Triceratops gave good drops but if Naruto or Hottomaru didn't kill em fast enough they'd summon an Alpha Triceratops such as this one, which was worst. Once an alpha was summoned it would not go away until either one of them were defeated and vice versa. Groaning as he saw the creature prepared to charge them Naruto knew that if he didn't deal with the creature it would simple try to find him again.
"God damn it," Naruto cursed his luck. The boy really wished he had his staff to break those horns it sported. Charging head on was a very bad idea as it was capable of rotating its head very quickly despite its size and give him a quick stab in the gut. The boy had tried this out with his Afterimage Technique.
"Ninjutsu it is," Naruto spoke before jumping upwards onto a nearby tree. It would stay upright for long though as their strength and speed allowed them to topple trees over as though they as fragile as flowers.
"Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu (Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique)!" Naruto shouted as he unleashed a series of fireballs upon the charging creature. Unlike Hidama which flew only in a linear line the Hosenka fireballs curved and could be manipulated towards their target to some degree. All four fireballs struck the beast's thick hide but the creature didn't seem all that bothered by it and continued its charge.
"BRAGGGHHHHH!" the creature bellowed as it made contact with the trunk and uprooted the tree with a single blow.
"Damn!" the boy took this time to jump behind the beast. Throwing a myriad of kunai laced with his own exploding tags at its back legs, Naruto held up a hand seal and watched the explosion that ensued. The mighty reptile roared in pain as its back legs flared with large amounts of agony, temporally immobilizing the ancient creature.
"BARKKK!" was the sound of Naruto's ninken as it jumped upon the creature and began raking and biting its back. Hottomaru knew well enough not to go near the head, even with the creature weakened. The neck, legs and belly were its weak spots but getting to them was both tricky and dangerous. The beast's weight and girth was enormous and too much for Naruto, even with his strength enhancing technique.
"Not enough time to set up another trap seal," Naruto really wished he had time. The Skyward Current technique was a seal that store a large amount of air inside it, compressed it and sent any other than the user flying upwards. However, Naruto discovered that the technique was useless against something as heavy as this creature.
The other trap seal however Exploding Earth Immolation basically stored fire chakra, exploded and set any within a five foot radius on fire. Naruto didn't really use it as much as the other one. While it certainly had a hell of a lot more power behind it, a trade off was that it required a lot more time to prepare as well. Plus with Hotto on its back he'd risk hurting his partner.
His Kenjutsu was out at the moment as well. Skilled as he was Naruto hadn't had time to procure himself of a decent sword to make it more effective, mainly using Chichizouge and his bokken. Most of the swords he wanted at Tetsu's were expensive and Naruto was still saving up for his house.
Which left only option, "Ah, damn it," he cursed and prepared his Rasen Hoen no Jutsu (Spiralling Phoenix Flame Technique). While the technique was much stronger and faster than what it used to be, Naruto hated having to rely on a particular technique to get himself out of trouble all the time. Oh, he loved the technique and all but Anko had pounded into his head that a shinobi that relied too much on a technique, skill or bloodline would eventually face a foe that knew how to counter it and be left at their mercy. So far Naruto had been forced to use it on the last four Triceratops to take them down. With the alpha before him it would soon to be five.
"Hotto!" Naruto signalled his partner to jump off and unleashed a blazing hell upon the large reptile. The alpha had no time to react when the technique pierced its hide and come out the other side. Much like the Legion Zombie that was pierced by the technique the dinosaur had a look of pure agony plastered on its face… right before it lit up and melted into a puddle of primordial goo.
Your Rasen Hoen no Jutsu skill has levelled up by 1!
Sighing, Naruto picked up the loot and told Hotto to follow him. Both now needed a break from all the fighting they'd been doing. The seventeen level gamer had already spent less than half of his CP thanks to using his most powerful technique so often. Spotting a cave and using his Detect Skill, along with Hotto's nose, Naruto was happy to see a lack of creatures inside it.
Entering the cave, Naruto and Hottomaru enjoyed each others company as they munched on some food. Both human and ninken had come a very long way in four months. Naruto was no longer Dead Last anymore, thank kami, and in two short days the boy was set to graduate. "Assuming Hayate and Yugao come through," Naruto prayed that they did.
Naruto had no intention of staying in the academy for one more year after all he accomplished. The boy had enough of the academy thank you very much and wanted more experience. The dungeons were good and all but Naruto knew there were dungeons hidden around the world in other places that offered a better challenge. The blond also wanted to experience his first mission outside of Konoha and see what else was beyond the walls of the great hidden village.
Naruto had always been an adventurist and had often wanted what the world had to offer. It was easier said than done however. Outside the walls with the little amount of training he had, Naruto knew his younger, ignorant self wouldn't last very long. There were stronger, more powerful and twisted individuals outside Konoha who would easily take advantage of him. Under the tutelage of three gifted teachers he had become stronger, smarter, and better prepared. But it still wasn't enough. Naruto needed to be stronger, and needed much more experience before he could undertake such a thing.
"What do you think, Hotto," the ninken looked at him, "wanna see the world and travel a bit in the future?"
"Arf!" the ninken was down with that.
"Good boy," the blond grinned at the young pup. When a solid twenty minutes passed and a decent amount of HP and CP recovered, Naruto decided it was high time that they get back to it. "Alright, Hotto, lets…Hotto? Hey, where'd you go, buddy?"
"Arf! Arf!" Naruto turned around and spotted the ninken deeper in the cave, scratching at something on the wall. "What is it, bud?" he asked and spotted a slight glimmer coming from the rock face. Going back outside, Naruto quickly returned with a branch and set the piece of wood on fire with a Hidama. The glimmer became even greater and Naruto spotted a series of veins in the cavern.
"Ore?" he guessed and used his Observe to see if he was right.
Elementium Ore (Epic Quality)
Description: Elementium is one of the rarest forms of natural chakra metal known in existence and is the most superconductive of them. Elementium is commonly used to make weapons as it allows one to flow their chakra with no difficulties compared to regular chakra metal. Why this is has yet to be fully understood but it has been noted that any weapon made from this metal can potentially become one of the deadliest of weapons. Especially when amplifying one's nature affinity. However, despite its incredible rarity and usefulness, being lightweight and incredibly durable when tempered, removing impurities and tempering the metal into a desired form is extremely difficult. Few master weaponsmiths in existence are capable of accomplishing such a task as so few are taught or knowledge on how to accomplish this has been kept a secret or lost during the Era of Warring States.
As he processed the information, Naruto's mind temporarily shut down as he realized what he had just found thanks to a stroke of luck. When his brain rebooted the boy couldn't hold in his joy and literally began bouncing off the walls like mad.
"FUCK YEAH!" Naruto couldn't believe his luck at the incredible find. "New awesome weapon you will soon be mine!" he grinned. The excited blond didn't care that it might be a while before he found someone who could properly forge the rare metal ore into a weapon of his choice. The fact that he found something so valuable, and most likely worth a millions if regular chakra ore was anything to go by, was more than enough for him. Naruto hoped that Tetsu was skilled enough to do so, which would be even more awesome, but Naruto wasn't about to get his hopes up. However, Naruto realized one crucial thing.
"How I'm I gonna get it out?" he wondered. "…Shit on a stick."
Naruto was determined to get as much as the ore as he could and had no intention of leaving without it. Video games often had a random spawning time for such valuable treasure like this. Such treasures and items were similar to Rare Spawns. They offered unique valuables but one didn't know when they'd reappear or where.
Opening up his Inventory Box, Naruto rummaged through the items he had. "Zombie Bone, nope too brittle. Corrosive Centipede Acid, maybe. Broken Training Staff, nope. My old Lead Pipe, that could work if I had something at the end. What a minute… Dense Horn. Hmm," the boy took on an inquisitive pose as he took out the two items. After a few minutes of tinkering with the items along with some common ones, Naruto was finished.
You've created the item: Makeshift Pickaxe!
Makeshift Pickaxe– Poor Quality
Piercing Weapon
Durability 13/20
Description: A pickaxe made from a discarded lead pipe and a very dense animal horn. Not the greatest item to use to excavate ore or minerals from cavern walls but it will get the job down nonetheless.
Attack Power: 8-11
A special skill has been created through a special act.
By combining and tinkering two objects into creating something else you've gained the passive/active skill "Crafting"!
Crafting. Lv1. Next Lv 0/75. A skill that allows the user to make something from other objects. Humanity has advanced their civilization through inventing things. Crafted objects become better as mastery levels rises. While creating makeshift items will have a low chance of working finding schematics/blueprints on items will offer a greater success rate when attempting to make them. Success on an item's creation is also depending on the user's WIS level, and sometimes DEX as it affects how deft your hand skills are when making more delicate creations.
* Chance to fail when crafting 50%
* Crafting speed increased by 5%
"Ok, been a while since that happened," he'd admit that it was a rather useful skill to have. Naruto made a note to keep an eye out for useful blueprints in the future. Pushing that thought aside for now, Naruto activated his Ninpo: Goriki and felt a surge of strength course through him as he began striking at the cavern wall.
(Elsewhere)
"The plan's not going to work, Mizuki," the shadowed figure shook their head at the arrogant man's idiocy. How he was promoted to Chunin and why their master had him be a part of his plans was beyond the informant.
"It will work," Mizuki scowled at the informant. Mizuki knew little about him or her as the informant was very secretive. Mizuki didn't even know if the informant was male or female, just that he or she would appear randomly for an update or to inform him on what needed to be done. "The demon won't graduate. He's skills may have gotten better-"
"Has gotten better!" the informant corrected the man, authority washing over the traitorous Konoha ninja like a strong gale in a valley. Unlike the Chunin before him the informant didn't let their emotions cloud their judgement.
"Blame the snake bitch and her friends for that," the man snarled at the thought of Anko. Nowhere in a millions years did he think the cold hearted or uncaring woman would take a liking to the demon and start training it. "Hell, blame the fucking Hokage, too."
The cloaked figure had to concede, slightly, to Mizuki's point. Anko was as much of an outcast as much as Naruto. Not nearly as bad but guessed it was enough to sympathize with the boy despite how distant she usually was. Having Mizuki interfere in the training would arise suspicion and the man was no fool to mess with the Hokage's orders or Anko herself.
"At any rate, your job was to weaken and impede the growth of the academy graduates as much as you could without getting caught. You've done a decent job so far with the others but now he's in the middle ranking of the new graduation batch and the Hokage suspects a traitor within the academy."
"My cover's blown!?" a look of horror appeared on the man's face.
"I said suspect you idiot! The Hokage doesn't know who yet but it's only a matter of time before we're found out. Orochimaru-sama is not pleased, Mizuki," the Konoha traitor paled and for a brief second he felt his heart stopped as he heard those words.
The informant knew about it. Years ago Mizuki had met the rogue ninja Orochimaru on a mission. More accurately, Orochimaru had witnessed Mizuki killing his teammates from impeding a mission's success and for suspecting Mizuki of underhand deals with Konoha enemies. Rather than kill him Orochimaru made the man an offer to work for him instead and become his eyes and ears at the academy along with a few other things. Mizuki had grown distant from the village and sought to make himself powerful. Orochimaru had promised the man incredible power few possessed and Mizuki wholeheartedly agreed. Not that he was in any position anyway to refute the powerful ninja. The informant didn't doubt that Mizuki wouldn't be standing in front of them had the man said no. Orochimaru didn't like leaving any loose ends.
"Then what do you suggest I do?" Mizuki asked, "The plan can still go off without a hitch. The demon still can't make a proper Bunshin and without that his chances of becoming a ninja sinks," Mizuki smirked.
"And what are your plans on the off chance he does pass?" the informant asked him.
Mizuki frowned, "Then I'll get some other scapegoat," as much as he liked it to be the demon Mizuki knew he'd be forced to improvise should it occur. "Not everyone passes and you have no idea what some fuckups are willing to do to become ninja. I'll even frame the demon and make Konoha focus their attention on him while I make a break for it. Just make sure you take care of the ANBU," Mizuki suddenly felt a cold tight grip around his throat.
"Don't assume you can order me around you pathetic excuse of a ninja!" the informant snarled at the man and tightened their grip on his throat, "I give the orders around here. Not you! Do so again and you'll breath your last," and with that the individual harshly tossed the man to the ground with a resounding thud. The strength and force behind the throw as his body crashed on the hard soil wracked his body with pain. The informant released a cruel laugh as they saw Mizuki gasped for air as he tried to right himself.
"Do not fail us, Mizuki. You wouldn't like to see what Orochimaru-sama does to traitors or those who fail him. The man is truly an artist at prolonging the suffering of others, and that's if they're lucky," the giddiness in the informant's voice gave the man the distinct impression they wanted to see him fail just so it they could witness him suffer.
"I… won't fail," the traitor's voice was hoarse to the person's actions. "I'll get it done."
"See that you do," they said and tossed him a vial. "Drink that vial should you find yourself in bind, and only when you find yourself in a bind. I still have some things to do before we leave."
"What is it? Poison?" most ninja committed suicide to being captured and interrogated.
"No. Think of it as a form of liquid courage," was all he or she said. The man blinked and the informant was no longer before him. Mizuki could not hold back a scowl from etching itself onto his visage as it finally set in that his plans were falling apart. It had been so simple when he planned it all. The demon fails, he shows some sympathy and earns his trust, gives the demon a chance to become a ninja by stealing the Scroll of Seals, afterwards he was to try and learn a technique to occupy him long enough for Mizuki to sneak up on him, end his life, get rid of the body and then be on his merry way. All of that had been shot to hell and now he needed to improvise before the graduation exam began in case the demon passed.
Deciding to deal with it later, Mizuki swiftly pocketed the vial and left to go about his daily life. The man had a few loose ends of his own he needed to take care of as well, "Might as well get a few fucks out of Tsubaki before I leave," the man smirked at the thought of his beloved fiancé. Tsubaki was the only other person who knew about his affiliation with Orochimaru. Not everything but enough to have him locked up in the Konoha Strict Correctional Facility for the remainder of his life. But her love for him and her own dislike of the demon stopped her from reporting him to the village.
The only upside of the demon getting stronger was that it allowed Mizuki to convince the woman that it was manipulating the Hokage to return to its former self. Showing her the result of his scores and embellishing a few things about the tourney only added fuel to the fire. As it was the woman was more or less firmly on his side.
"Maybe I can convince her to come with me," he mused as despite his lust for power and hate for the demon outweighing his love for Tsubaki, Mizuki still had a lingering soft spot for the woman. If nothing else he'd find some way to use her as a scapegoat for everything that was about to happen should it go sideways. If everything went well instead he'd get more power and have a beautiful lover by his side.
(With Naruto)
"Ha, huh," Naruto huffed as he pocketed the latest piece chunk of the Elementium. The entire process of mining the ore had taken him close to an hour. Even with his strength increased by his technique the rock face and the ore were incredibly durable compared to the other dungeons. Trying to pierce through it had not been an easy task to say the least and Naruto was forced to make another Makeshift Pickaxe with what little possible items he had when the first one finally broke.
"That's all we can get, Hotto," Naruto told his partner. Naruto had managed to gather eight decent sized lumps of the ore before his latest tool finally broke. "Hmm," looking at the wall, Naruto decided his idea was worth a shot. Cocking his fist back, Naruto struck out at the rock face with all his might in the hopes of getting some more of the precious metal.
… And then the pain set in.
"YEAAOOOOWWWW!" Naruto yowled as he nursed his hand. The appendage already began to swell and turn purple because of the idiotic attempt. The boy glared as he saw Hottomaru rolling on the floor, laughing at his expense and pain.
"Ungrateful mutt," he winced as his hand flared up. "Man, that was dumb," he commented.
Your lack of tact resulted in giving yourself the status effect Fractured Limb, a loss of 500 HP, minus 1 WIS. Seek out medical attention to heal faster or wait forty eight hours for it to fully heal.
"Fuck," Naruto cursed as he read the status effect. Fractured Limb basically reduced all physical aspects such as Taijutsu, Bukijutsu, DEX, and STR by 30% until he recovered. The boy was mentally kicking himself as he realized he needed to seek medical attention. Browsing his Inventory Box, Naruto cursed even more when he realized he didn't have any healing items that could take care of it.
"Looks like we're cutting it short, Hotto," a disappointed and angry Naruto informed his partner. The boy would have loved to fight some more and encounter the boss as well as a few other things but with his speed and physical strength reduced they were at great risk. The creatures were five to seven levels higher than him and the boss was going to be much more powerful. While it didn't affect his ninjutsu, Naruto couldn't rely solely on his elemental arsenal alone. The creatures were very fast and tough and the only technique he really had that affected the tough ones was also the most draining and took too long to use.
Naruto wasn't one to give up and didn't really believe in no win scenarios, but Anko pounded into his head that there would be times when he needed to pull off a tactical retreat and fight another day. She admired his mentally to not give up and push forwards through obstacles but at times one needed to come to terms with the reality of things during a hopeless situation. Ultimately it was up to him and his choices would have good or negative outcomes.
"Instant Dungeon Escape!" Naruto shouted and both he and Hottomaru found themselves back into his room. Putting away his ninja gear and sporting some casual clothing in its place, Naruto and Hottomaru arrived and stood in front of the Konoha General Hospital.
"Might as well get this looked at," Naruto winced and gulped. The blond academy student had been to the hospital several times in his lifetime. Usually after trying to pull off certain acrobatic stunts that spectacularly backfired on him. The smell and feel of the hospital was not for him.
"Ah, Uzumaki-san. Back again, I see," the boy froze as he heard the sadistic chuckle and felt a frigid chill go up his spine. "No," he squeaked and despite his affliction the boy ran as fast as he could.
"Dokutā Sutoppu (Doctor Stop)!" the woman shouted and Naruto felt a prickling sensation in his back before his body suddenly seized up on him.
"Damn it," Naruto wanted to cry as he found himself yanked and dragged into the hospital by the woman known as the Majo Dokutā (Witch Doctor). From Naruto's point of view, as well as many others, Kureha was a very unorthodox, being sadistic at times, and elderly individual who viewed herself as young, hence her epithet. However, Kureha's medical expertise in Konoha was second to none, saying the only two who ever outclassed the woman as one was her former medical teacher Senju Hashirama and his granddaughter.
Many in the hospital such as doctors, nurses, administrators as well as patients could only pity the boy as the Witch Doctor brought him into a room and began examining him. "Hmm, does it hurt when I do this?" she asked while prodding the injury.
"YEEOOOOWWWW!" Naruto's scream frightened those nearby but gave Kureha all the information she needed as well.
"Hmm, looks like you fractured all the bones in your hand and severely bruised the muscle in it too," she diagnosed and moved her hand along the arm, "you also have a minor fracture in your radius and ulna. You did a swell job on your arm, brat. What did you do? Punch a steel girder or something?"
Naruto merely blushed with embarrassment and Kureha shook her head, "Of all the dumb stunts you pulled, Uzumaki," she sighed and began pulling out several medical equipment from scalpels to hacksaws. Each new one the boy spotted made him pale ever further.
"Ah, here we are," she grinned as she pulled out a needle.
"AAAAAAaaaaahhhh," Naruto's screams died as the woman injected him with a mysterious liquid.
"There, that should keep you from screaming like a little bitch," Kureha stated, neglecting to say that it would also help speed up the recovery process. Soon afterwards her hands began glowing a greenish color and she went to work on the injury. It was relatively minor but any injury that wasn't properly taken care of would either take longer to recover or potentially become worse or permanent if aggravated.
Naruto stayed silent the entire time Kureha healed his arm. The boy remembered the first time she healed him when the Old Man had brought him in for the first time. During his first year Naruto had tried to show off by completing an very advanced obstacle course meant for fifth years students and those in their final year. The result had been a broken arm, fractured leg, and busted lip. Hiruzen had personally taken him to see Kureha, saying she was a friend of his late wife, and the woman had gone off on a tangent about dumb brats doing things they shouldn't be doing.
Naturally Naruto mouthed off, and the boy soon regretted doing so when Kureha ended up drugging him up and was left at her mercy. She healed him but Naruto had been forced to stay a while, left to eat nothing but hospital food and the smell of sanitization and other weird smells.
"There that should do it," Kureha finished the healing process, "It will still take some to heal but you're free to go, brat. No training or any form of strenuous exercise for twelve hours, get plenty of bed rest and you'll need a temporary cast to make sure it heals properly."
Naruto groaned, he was unable to do anything else, but stopped when Kureha gave him a pointed look. "Doctors orders. Heaven and Hell help you if you disobey me, Heeheeheehee," she grinned maliciously and the woman's glasses flashed, scaring the injured shinobi in training.
Sometime later Naruto and his partner were seen leaving the hospital with a cast on his injured limb. "How can this get any worse?" he groaned.
"GAKI, WHAT THE HELL!?"
"Oh, fan-fucking-tastic," he cursed as worse just happened. "Hey, Anko-sensei."
"I come back early and I find you in a cast! What the hell happened?" Anko asked as she inspected his arm!
"The brat punched something he shouldn't have," all three turned around and spotted Kureha at the entrance, the woman drinking plum sake straight from the bottle. "Be sure to come back here at three. By then your cast can be taken off."
As Kureha head back into the hospital Anko shook her head, "Gaki, I should be surprised but somehow I'm not," Anko sighed the boy's idiocy.
"Hey, I had a good reason," Naruto began but stopped.
"Oh, yeah? Go on, finish. Tell me why I shouldn't beat your ass black and blue for doing something this stupid," she frowned at him.
Giving her a look, Anko frowned but realized it had to do with his ability. Nodding at him, Anko grabbed Hottomaru by the scruff of his neck and Naruto and performed a Shunshin to vacate the area. All three soon found themselves outside his apartment complex before they made their way inside Naruto and Hottomaru's home.
"Alright, gaki, spill," Anko ordered her ward.
Rather than say anything, Naruto opened up his Inventory Box and grabbed a piece of his find and showed her the ore.
"What's this?" she asked, having to admit she liked the way the light shone on the metal chunk.
"Elementium," Naruto's answer caused Anko to nearly drop the rare and precious metal. The woman now realised she was currently holding one of the most valuable and wanted metals in the entire world. "But I didn't really have a pickaxe so I kinda improvised."
"By using your fist!?" the rookie Jonin had done her fair share of stupid things in her lifetime but punching a wall of solid rock to get to some metal was something else. "How the hell did you get this?"
"Dungeon," was his answer.
"Smart ass," Anko groused, "Gaki do you even know how much this thing is worth?"
"Uhhh, no?" he had a feeling she was about to tell him.
"Depending on the amount you managed to get and the purity of it all in the end you'd probably have enough money for four maybe five generations of your family to live a comfortable life," now it was Naruto's turn to be shocked. "How much did you get?"
Naruto pulled out seven more lumps of the ore and presented them to the woman. By now Anko had ryo bills for eyes as she eyed the raw metals. "Ok, maybe not five generations but definitely four."
"Mine, get your own," Naruto said as he put them away. "Gonna turn this into a weapon anyway."
Here Anko snorted, "Good luck with that, gaki. I'll tell you now that the amount of people capable of properly smelting this stuff I can count on one hand," smelting and forging weapons and equipment out of regular chakra metal ore was already a difficult process. Doing the same to this sort of ore was a ten times more difficult.
"Shit," Naruto knew it would be a while before he got such a weapon then.
"In the meantime you are getting some sleep. Don't want you to fuck up any other part of your body before graduation and-"
"You're scared of her too aren't you?" Naruto knew that while Anko was being too kind.
"Hey, can't a teacher show some concern for her student when they get – Pfttt," the woman couldn't continued and began to laugh, "Oh, boy I couldn't say that and keep a straight face," Anko sighed, "But yeah the bitch scares the hell out of me and the last thing I wanna do is piss her off," both shivered. "She's right though, you need rest, gaki. Next time you feel like punch a wall with your fists, don't… Or at least let me be there to see it blow up in your face."
"Thanks for the tip," Naruto deadpanned before he headed off to bed. Hottomaru followed after him but was suddenly grabbed by the woman.
"You're not going anywhere, Poochie. Last I saw you're fine so Midori is gonna be training you till you drop," she grinned and Midori slithered out of Anko's trench coat. The poor pup whined pitifully and looked to his partner for help.
"I'd help you Hotto… but you take up too much of the bed at times and I need sleep. Have fun!" he told them and closed the door. Leaving a wide eyed and betrayed looking ninken at the mercy of Anko and her loyal familiar.
"Now then. Let's see how much you've improved," Midori and Anko's chuckle had the ninken shaking. The proud ninken even felt ready to piss himself as they left the apartment to begin the torture.
"Arf?"
(Next Day, Late in the Evening)
"Ah, come on. Are you still mad at me?" a fully healed Naruto asked his sulking partner. "Look even if I wanted to help what the hell was I supposed to do? Arm wrestle her? We both know Anko wouldn't have listened anyway," Naruto said.
"Grrr," Hottomaru knew it was true but huffed and looked away from his traitorous partner.
"Yeesh, never knew you were such a little bitch," he stated.
"Arf!" Hottomaru barked indignantly at the insult.
"You know you're arguing with a dog, right?" Hayate stated as he along with Yugao appeared.
"Yeah, so? Bet ya the Inuzuka do it," Naruto retorted.
"Yes, but unlike you the Inuzuka understand what dogs say so it's not as weird. You don't, however," Yugao informed the blond. Truthfully it was still weird seeing it happen. Less weird for ninja and those used to it, but weird still.
"So what's the verdict?" Naruto asked and hoped for good news.
"Want the good news or the bad news first, kid?" Hayate asked him. The boy asked for the bad news first. "The bad news is that after we talked with Hokage-sama we couldn't get you exempt from the Bunshin portion of the exam. If he did then it would be seen as favouritism and others who also can't do it would want to be exempt from it as well."
"Crap," there went that option. "And the good news?"
Here Hayate smirked, "The good news is that as long as you can show your ability to create a flawless clone during the exam you'll pass. However, you're incapable of using the regular clone technique or an elemental one as he feels it will take too much time for you to get down because of your affinities. So instead the Hokage has allowed me to teach you a different Clone Technique that he believes you can use."
"Ok, what's that?" Naruto asked.
"It's called the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique)," Hayate informed him. "Normally it's only used by Jounin and above because of the large amount of chakra level requirements but in your case the Hokage has made an exception."
"Thank you, Jiji," Naruto smiled. Both because of what his surrogate grandfather did for him and because he'd now be able to pass the exam.
"This isn't going to be easy though, Naruto," Yugao's voice held a strict tone. "It took me and Hayate close to a week to properly learn the Kage Bunshin. This technique requires not only a lot of chakra but a great deal of concentration to form and create the amount of clones you want. People have died because of how demanding the technique is. They either made too many clones and they went into shock from the severe amount of chakra they wasted or lost and the body couldn't handle it and gave out. We have less than a day for you to learn how to properly use this technique. So the moment we begin we don't stop until you get it done."
Naruto merely smirked. The boy wasn't afraid of a challenge and to become a ninja he'd get the technique down in time. It was his ninja way.
Naruto Reputation Level
Hiruzen "Exalted" (7900/10,000)
Hinata "Honored" (5200/6000)
Iruka "Friendly" (2500/3000)
Anko "Friendly" (2400/3000)
Tsume "Friendly" (50/3000)
Chouji "Friendly" (400/3000)
Shikamaru "Friendly" (400/3000)
Ino "Neutral" (450/1000)
Sakura "Disliked" (-750/3000) was originally (-250/3000)
Kiba "Neutral" (700/1000)
Akamaru "Neutral" (700/1000)
Sasuke "Neutral" (500/1000)
Teuchi "Honoured" (4600/6000)
Ayame "Honoured" (4600/6000)
Shino "Neutral" (600/1000)
Status Window
Name: Uzumaki Naruto
Job: The Gamer
Rank: Academy Student
Level: 17 Next Level: 4439/17700
Specialization: N/A
HP: 3700
CP: 5625
STR: 78
VIT: 121
DEX: 125 (+5) = 130
INT: 171
WIS: 69.5
LUK: ?
DEF: 55
Perk:
?:Additional +3 VIT & +5 INT per Lv, +50 HP per Lv, +25% additional EXP and Effectiveness towards Fuinjutsu, -15% EXP & Effectiveness towards Chakra Control, ?
Special Perks:
Gamer:Allows you to live your life like a video game. You still don't know much about it though, but who cares life is good.
?:Additional +3 VIT & +5 INT per Lv, +75 CP per Lv, +25% additional EXP and Effectiveness towards Power Type Fighting Style, -25% EXP and Effectiveness towards Chakra Control, - 40% EXP towards Reputation, ?
Titles:
Apprentice Konoha Kenjutsu-Ryu Swordsman: +15% EXP and Effectiveness towards Kenjutsu, Stealth, Feints and Movement Speed, +3 DEX, +2 STR per Lv
Grand Master Zombie Slayer:100% increase attack and defense against Undead, +50 towards stats when facing Undead, +50% additional drops and EXP from Undead
Prank King:-10% EXP towards reputation gain, +15% EXP towards Strategy & Tactics, +15% towards Stealth, Additional +3 DEX per Lv
Description:Uzumaki Naruto's background is shrouded in mystery. Currently an academy student with inspirations to become Hokage, Naruto has a long and difficult journey ahead of him before he can attain his dream. Due to great improvement and proper tutelage under Anko Mitarashi and Gekko Hayate, Naruto went from Dead Last to being a high middle rank student.
Money: 1,185,446 Ryo ~ (118,544.60$)
Attribute Points: 0
Status Window
Name: Hottomaru
Job: Ninken (Ninja Dog)
Level: 14 Next Level: 1093/12,900
Reputation: Friendly (1025/3000)
Specialization: N/A
Ninken Category: Hybrid "Guard and Tracking"
HP: (800/800)
CP: (625/625)
STR: 26
VIT: 32
DEX: 41
INT: 25
WIS: 18
LUK: 20
DEF: 15
Perks:
Keen-Senses: +15% Effectiveness & EXP towards Detection Skill, Ignores Henge, Very sensitive to powerful and pungent odours
Ninja Dog: Human Lifespan, Ability to Mould Chakra, Potential to speak human language
Komainu Lineage (Guard Dog): +1 VIT, +1 STR per Lv, +15% Effectiveness & EXP towards Biting Techniques, -10% Effectiveness and EXP towards Training and Reputation, "?"
Akita Lineage (Tracking Dog): +2 DEX per Lv, +15% Effectiveness and EXP towards Tracking Skill, +15% Effectiveness and EXP towards Stealth, +10% towards Movement Speed during and outside combat
Special Perks:
Gamer's Combat Pet: A special perk that allows any of your combat pets the ability Gamer's Body, though they only earn a small amount of Attribute Points per level that you can allocate. However, this can be lost if you decide you don't want a certain pet or if your pet abandons you.
Titles:
Master Zombie Slayer: 80% increase attack and defense against Undead, +35 stats when facing Undead, +35% additional drops and EXP from Undead
Description: A two old ninja dog with Komainu blood in his veins. While possessing great potential like his cousin Akamaru, Hottomaru like most Komainu pups require a good amount of discipline and can be difficult to train but are fiercely loyal and protective of their owners and partners.
Attribute Points: 0
Sorry for the late update guys. Shit happened and all. Anyways too much to add to this chapter, would have ended up being over 20,000 words had I done that and this will be a two part chapter instead with canon starting in the next chapter. Also just letting you know that Hiruzen has two to three times as much chakra than Naruto. If Naruto used the Kyubi's chakra it would be greater than Hiruzen's. He was stated to have immense reserves of very powerful chakra both during his youth and presently. But because of how old he is, he now has less chakra that isn't as powerful and can't use it to its fullest potential anymore along with several other things. Sucks getting old. The dinosaur dungeon will appear again in the future, in better detail, it had a minor role in this chapter but played an important part as well. Things are now unfolding and expect much more action next chapter.
Leave me tons of reviews, 70-80, and hopefully I will update next Friday or Saturday. I have a new full time job so i'll have less time and be busy. Have a nice Thanksgiving!