I was so moved by Mika finally being in ANBU, that I decided that you guys get Two Chapters Today!
You can thank me later...
Mika woke at 5:30, full of confusion. It was a strange to not wake up and be surrounded by the massive amount of chakra from the villagers. Once he realized where he was, that Confusion turned into Excitement. He was in the ANBU Recruit center and today he was going to be tested. It was no wonder he was excited.
Looking around, Mika noted that he was the only one awake of the three other recruits in the Bunker. He would have to be quiet, Mika could sense that several of them were still exhausted from their early trainings and test.
Knowing He still had a about Half an and Hour before breakfast, Mika took out a scroll and began to write up some of what he knew Hinata would need for her wrote down Names of several books he wanted Hinata to read, chakra control exercises he made up and the type of weights he wanted her to use. Mika knew Tsunade would be there for his testing, so he could ask her to deliver it to Hinata.
Right around 6:00, Mika began to sense someone approaching the Bunker door. Cat if he was right, which he obviously was.
Knocking loudly on the door, Cat called out " Breakfast" Then she walked away toward the Mess hall.
Seeing the others slowly getting up, Mika quickly stretched and got dressed while making mental notes of his fellow recruits. All three were roughly 18 and covered in bruises, most of which were faded but not all. In fact there were several recent bruises and even a few cuts. Mika could feel waves of pain coming from all of them, which made sense with the bruises and cuts he saw. It seemed that the training was brutal, just the way he liked it.
There was only one female in the group, an Aburame if he was right. Mika could feel a strong will coming from her, and more emotion then one would expect from one of her clan. Mika liked that, it would make it far easier to gain her allegiance in the future.
The Other two were relatively plain and showed no visible sings of a specialty, which really didn't mean much in the Ninja world. From what Mika could guess, there stealth must of been very high for them to have been allowed in ANBU. One thing that set them apart however was the utter misery that oozed from their bodies. They really didn't want to be there. From what Mika could guess, they would drop out of the program soon.
Wanting to make allies, Mika walked over to the Aburame and placed his hand on her shoulder where her largest bruise was.
She turned to him in response, but said nothing as he healed her wound then move on to the worst of her bruises and cuts.
A feeling of appreciation, shock and confusion oozed from her. Mika guessed that not many people were willing to touch her due to her insects, so it was a surprise to her that he did. Shino had the same reaction after the spars they had, it was kind of endearing. But also sad as it meant that people were that petty.
Once he finished, she nodded to him " Thank you"
Mika nodded in return, well experience in the art of dealing with the quiet Aburame. " No problem, I hope it helps you" Her appreciation surged, as did a certain level of admiration and respect. Mika could actually feel his Will begin influencing her. Pushing her to be open to him and listen to what he said.
" So, how long have you been here.
" We don't get to go outside, so the days blur together. However, From the growth of my insects I estimate that I have been here for three weeks. Give or take a few days."
Mika nodded at that, being trapped underground without a clock or clear passage of time would make it very difficult to have an honest sense of time.
" I get that, must be disorientating. Oh and if you need me to heal some of your injuries at the end of the day, don't be afraid to ask. I am a trained medic and know the dangers these can present if not taken care of."
" I will. My name is Korra, it is nice to meet you."
Mika smiled at her, wanting to smirk at the surge of pleasure he felt from her. " The name is Mika, and the feeling is mutual."
With that, the two left the room together and walked down to the Mess hall. Speaking of ANBU training, Testing and of the various people Mika would be meeting here. Mika Learned that the Other Recruits names were called Raju and Terrin, Korra mentioned that she too believed that they would drop out soon.
Once breakfast had finished, Goat walked to the center of the mess hall and began to speak to the recruits.
" Alright, Mika you come with Me to begin your testing. The rest of you head with your assigned Master to continue your training."
The Recruits swiftly followed his orders, though Raju and Terrin showed obvious signs of reluctance.
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The Room Goat Took Mika too was a Massive Chamber with what seemed to be a Large Forest in the Center. Mika knew that Tora had created it with his artificial bloodline, no one else had that kind of power.
Once they Reached the edge of the Artifical Forest, Goat Turned around " Alright Mika, for your first Test You will be searching through the Forest for several Dummies. Your job is to land a killing blow without being seen or detected by any of the various ANBU in the Forest. When you finish, you need to then need to bring the flags to Me without being detected as you leave the forest. Think you are up to it?" There was a cockiness to the man's voice that Made Mika want to throat punch him.
" It wont be a problem" With that, Mika leaped into the Forest and Laid his back against a tree. Closing his eyes, Mika sent his senses throughout the forest to detect each and everyone of the ANBU in the Forest.
" There are three Hyuuga watching the Forest from the outside. Within the Forest there is one Aburame along with an Inuzuka and their Ninja Hounds, one Nara and a possible sensor. This is not going to be easy." Taking a deep Breathe, Mika began to plan. He knew they were starting him off on the highest levels to see where his skills lied.
Once his plan was set, Mika began to prepare. Taking leaves from the trees, Mika crushed them in his hand and channeled the smallest amount of chakra he could manage into the mix. Then he began to rub the oily paste on his armpits, neck, Chest, groin, Feet, Face, back and legs. His hope was to mask his scent the best he could to hide from the Inuzuka. He was so desperate that he even stuff a few leaves in his hair.
One Sense nullified, Mika began working on his chakra. After Lowering the levels as far as he could without losing his sensory skills, Mika was ready for the test.
Turning toward where he sensed the Inuzuka, Mika hopped off toward their location. He hoped he passed.
Goat was curious how the Newbie was doing. He had Heard a lot about Mika from Cat, so naturally he was curious to see how skilled he really was.
Turning to the Hyuuga next to him, Goat asked " How is the Kid?"
The Hyuuga had a raised eyebrow " Rather well actually. When he first entered the forest he stopped for a few seconds, most likely to try and pick out who is in there and figure out how he was going to complete his test. After that he began breaking and spreading Leaf oil over his body, most likely in an attempt to mask his scent from the Inuzukas. Once he finished with that, He began slowly going through the forest in the direction of the Inuzuka."
Goat wasn't easily impressed, but right now he was. For a newbie, this kid was skilled, smart and very adaptable to be able to know to mask his scent like that. Not that many people had done something like that. In fact he could count only three people who reacted that fast on their first try. Orochimaru, Kushina Uzumaki and Kakashi Hatake if the Records were right.
Still as impressed as he was, the kid still had a whiles to go.
After a few minutes of crawling and leaping through the artificial forest, Mika began to smell one of the Inuzuka's Ninja Hounds. It was a rather strong odor which made him wonder why they wouldn't hide it. They knew how to track by scent after all, you'd think they would be smart enough to hide the dogs scent.
Shaking his head at the carelessness, Mika began to look for the Dummy. It took a second, but he found it. To the Left of the Inuzuka who was facing his direction.
Crafting an invisible chakra thread, Mika slowly wiggled it toward the Inuzuka's Back Pouch. With as much delicacy as he could manage, Mika grabbed a hold of a Kunai.'
Then, with a flick of the Wrist, Mika whipped the Kunai out of the man's pouch and used it to cut across the Dummies Throat.
The Inuzuka and his Dog began whipping their heads around, Trying to search Mika out. Seeing this, Mika cast a very subtle Genjutsu to hide his body and to mask his heart beat. Then he took the Kunai, which he still had attached to his chakra string and tossed it at the Inuzuka's Hound from a separate direction. This confused and angered the Inuzuka, which Made him hop toward that direction to attack whoever dared to attack his Ninja Hound. Mika could feel his confusion and the sting to his pride.
Satisfied, Mika crawled off toward his next target.
The Hyuuga Next to Goat suddenly gasped.
Turning to the Hyuuga, Goat asked " What happened?"
The Hyuuga just blinked before giving an answer " While facing the Inuzuka, He used a chakra thread to take a Kunai out of the man's pouch. In the same motion he used the Kunai he stole to slit the Dummies throat. He then cast a genjutsu over his body and tossed the kunai at the Inuzuka's Hound from a separate Direction to hide his presence. He then slumped off toward the next target" The Hyuuga was clearly impressed.
"Is there anything he isn't good at?" Both the Hyuuga and Goat jumped at the sudden and amused voice of their Leader coming from behind them.
Both Turned and bowed to their Hokage " Lady Tsunade"
She Just waved her hands at them " Yeah, yeah. Now focus back on the test. I had Shizune clear My schedule for the day so I can watch his tests."
Goat Nodded, thoroughly jealous of Mika obvious connection to the Hokage. " At once My Lady."
As he Turned back to the Forest, Goat Heard Tsunade ask the Hyuuga" Who is in the Forest right now?"
Stuttering slightly, the Hyuuga answered " Shicora Nara, Mira Tosan and Shiro Aburame mam"
Tsunade nodded " That is going to be the hardest one for Mika. He is a very skilled sensor so having the Insects spread out will mess with Mika's abilities. I wonder how he will deal with this one..."
No one spoke as they waited for Mika.
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Mika was annoyed, thoroughly and utterly annoyed. The Fucking Aburame had spread his bugs out, giving Mika a fucking head ache as his senses picked up the hundreds of chakras from the deadly beetles.
Rubbing his temples, Mika calmed down. Getting annoyed would only serve to distract him from his goal.
Taking a moment to think, Mika came up with a plan. He knew it wasn't his best plan, but it was something and had a chance to work.
Quickly taking out a chakra pill, Mika used the added chakra to craft a shadow clone with almost all of his chakra.
Then, despite his exhaustion, Mika and the clone separated with the Insects now following the clone.
Taking out his senbon, Mika waited until the Aburame turned toward the clone. Then he tossed the senbon directly into the throat of the Dummy.
Finally finished, Mika slowly crawled to the edge of the forest and dispelled his clone the second it was about to be caught. He had lost more chakra then he wished, but that could serve to his advantage when he went against the Sensor.
Turning toward the Sensor, Mika Set off in that Direction. The Nara would be the largest challenge so it would be best for last.
Tsunade turned the Hyuuga
"How is he doing?"
"He just got passed Shiro in a pretty clever way. Taking advantage to the Swarming instinct of the Aburame Beetles, Mika ate a chakra pill and made a shadow clone. He had the shadow clone lead the insects while he assassinated the Dummy."
Tsunade was truly impressed bit not surprised. Mika's adaptability never failed to amaze her.
Goat was also impressed it seemed. " This kid is adaptive if nothing else. I would think him to be a Nara with his ability to plan with such accuracy."
Tsunade snorted, thoroughly amused with that statement " Mika is far more intelligent then any Nara and far more proactive. His skills were enough that he could hold his own and even injure Orochimaru."
Goat and the Hyuuga gaped at what she said. Then they shivered, thinking of Mika in his prime.
Getting close to the Sensor, who he now knew was a wind type, Mika had to subdue all of his chakra to insanely low levels. It was not comfortable in the slightest, especially as it subdued his own sensory abilities. He could still use them, just not with as much range as he was normally able to.
Knowing that this would be the greatest test of his stealth yet, Mika began to grab what he would need to complete this part of the Stealth test.
A Hand full of Pepper Bombs, 3 smoke bombs and a single Senbon. He just hoped this worked, he was channeling his inner Prankster.
Crawling over closer to the sensor, Mika began lobbing the smoke bombs and Pepper bombs in unison while silently leaping away from the Dummy.
Mira the sensor was completely shocked when a large amount of Pepper and smoke bombs began going off all around her. Figuring that the boy was going for the dummy, Mira sent out the one Wind Jutsu she knew to clear the smoke.
" Wind Style: Great Breakthrough" She said, sent a good size blast of wind through the smoke. '
However, before the smoke was clear, she felt a hard strike to the back of her neck. Knocking her out.
Mika smirked at the sight of the unconscious ANBU.
It was rather satisfying seeing her like that, knowing that he knocked out an ANBU. Though unlike most people, Mika knew that being in ANBU didn't mean you were strong as there were several genin level ninja in ANBU. All that Mattered was that you had a skill set they could capitalize on.
Still he couldn't help but be a little proud in this case.
Feeling a bit dizzy from chakra loss, Mika turned to the ANBU and placed a hand on her stomach. His hand began to glow as her chakra funneled into his body. She possessed as much as the average Jonin, so he was able to take a good amount without endangering her.
Once he was satisfied, Mika turned and began to hurry toward the Nara. He had a plan, a brilliant plan that was inspired by his match with Team 10.
"He Knocked out Mira" The Hyuuga Said in an awed voice.
Tsunade turned to him " Did she see him?"
The Hyuuga shook his head, " He tossed several smoke bombs at the dummy, making her think he was heading for it. After she used a Great Breakthrough to get rid of the smoke, Mika used the sound of the Wind to swiftly ambush her. Knocking her out with a blow to the back of the head, Mika then siphoned a large portion of her chakra. Then he turned and started to approach Shicora with a rather unnerving, mischievous grin on his face."
Tsunade wanted to cackle when she heard that. Jiraiya had told her during their trip that Mika tended to prank him and had managed to get away with it. The fact that he was able to do that to a Sanin made her pity Shicora. If Mika was being mischievous, then the poor man was doomed.
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Mika couldn't hold back the mischievous smirk on his face. What he was about to do was extremely funny to him and would make Tsunade, who he knew was now watching, laugh her ass off.
Grabbing Several Kunai, a handful of explosive tags and a bunch of wire, Mika began to go around the Nara. Setting up several tiny traps all around the Nara. None were deadly, but when mixed with his Genjutsu skills would make the perfect distraction.
Shicora was getting bored, this test was a real drag. He only agreed to it so that he could appease his wife.
A Sharp Twang alerted Shicora to the sound of a trap being set off.
Turning in that direction, he saw a Set Kunai flying at him. Tipping his head to the side, Shicora dodged them... or so he thought. However the sudden explosion behind him sent the man flying right into the path of the next Set of Kunai. Bending his head back, Shicora barely managed to dodge the Kunai... until they too exploded.
This time sending him into a tree... only to be attacked by more Kunai. This processes repeated itself three more times, each time moving him furuter and Further from the dummy.
Whipping his head to the Dummy, Shicora face palmed. It seemed that while he was dodging the Kunai and explosions, the boy had rigged a kunai to imaple the Dummies Head. The little shit had even managed to escape.
Shicora was going to be in so much trouble if his wife found out.
Mika had to hold in his giggling. Playing with people's weaknesses made him so happy. The Nara family was so well known for Laziness, it wasn't hard to deal with that guy.
Now all he had to do was leave the Forest undetected, which wasn't hard as he was no where near any ANBU as far as he could sense.
Mika took one step out of the Forest then he was grabbed into a Crushing Embrace by Tsunade.
" You always make my day kid, you know that right?
Mika rolled his eyes at her comment " And you are crushing me, You know that?"
Tsunade just chuckled " Yes, I know you hate it. That is exactly why I do it. It is my personal one up on you."
Mika wanted to face palm, he should have guessed that was why she did randomly started hugging him.
A sudden idea came to him, filling him with immense amusement " Jiraiya would kill for this view"
Mika watched as Tsunade tipped her head confused " What do you-" She looked down at his head which was deep inside her cleavage " Yeah, you are right. Well you are more of a man then he is anyway"
Tsunade gave Mika a final squeeze before letting him go, or at least she tried to. Mika suddenly wrapped his arms around Tsunade and Squeezed with as much chakra enhanced force as he could muster.
All of the air left Tsunade's lungs and she swore she could feel her ribs creaking.
After a second, Mika let go of her, making her fall of her ass.
Looking up at the Smirking brat, Tsunade had to be impressed. The kid was incredibly strong, especially for someone as small as he was.
" Damn kid, I think you broke a rib" She said, rubbing her ribs as she stood up.
Mika just rolled his eyes " How did I do on this test?"
This time, Tsunade rolled her eyes " Always business with you..." She grumbled" Any way, you did incredibly well. A sold 97 out of a hundred, only your speed took away from you. Still, it is the highest score for a newbie in the history of ANBU" Her voice was full of pride.
Mika smiled, very proud of himself. He liked seeing his work pay off, it always felt good.
" Okay, what is the next test?"
Tsunade started to laugh. " This test was Assassination, Stealth and minor tracking. You are done for the day. Tomorrow you get your next test which is full on tracking. Keep up the good work kid" She gave Mika another Hug and turned to Leave but stopped and turned back.
" Oh, Hinata is doing quiet well with Hana. You were right in your choice to send her to the Veterinarians, she is showing a certain skill in Medical jutsu. Hana has reported that Hinata is showing a confidence unlike anything she has ever seen in the girl. A confidence the only grows as she practices and learns Medical Jutsu." With that final bit of Info, Tsunade left the room. Pride and pleasure surging through her body.
Mika was pleased his little project was progressing so well. It made things a lot easier for his future plans.
" Mika" Goats voice called Mika back to reality. "C'mon, you are done testing for the day. I will show you to the training grounds if you want"
Nodding, Mika followed Goat to the Training Ground. He would need to expel some energy if he planned on sleeping tonight.
Chapter end!
I hope you Guys Like it. I was so moved by Mika finally being in ANBU, that I decided that you guys get Two Chapters Today!
You can thank me later...
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Love, your Ninja Overlord
Mika.