This one is a lot shorter...because I couldn't find a good ending.
Yes, this is going to probably be the final Chapter for this story. Akari is going to be moving on and entering another Universe by the end of this chapter, but it's quite short since...well, you'll see.
Chapter 55
Returning to Konoha was oddly...anticlimactic.
Granted, Akari only intended to go smash a big living tree to pieces then come back, but the fact she'd just taken down a beast which was on it's way to becoming a god only to return to home where nothing was out of the ordinary? Well, aside from the fact people were panicking thinking the world was ending...turned out that all that roaring stomping and meteorite-striking set off a lot of natural disasters.
On top of that, the Juubi's Chakra was potent enough that it was clearly felt as far away as Konoha. It was probable that even sensors in the Land of Key would have felt it. Konoha was being evacuated, everybody going to the shelters under the Hokage Monument whilst nin filled the walls, wary of an attack. Since she wasn't meant to be outside of the village, Akari did the smart thing and Hiraishin'd herself into her room, immediately feeling that Naruto's room had been locked up tight.
What was curious was that there was a blob of Chakra she could feel on the roof, and it felt like two people, maybe three. Hopping out the window, Akari walked up the side of the building, coming up behind Minato and Kushina as they turned around. Kushina folded her arms over. "Where have you been Akari?" The fact that Kushina didn't even bother to greet her told Akari she was pissed off.
Scratching her neck, Akari just gestured vaguely northwards. "Uhh, I just did a short hop to Takigakure, I wanted to blow some steam off..." When Kushina raised an eyebrow, she decided the full, if synopsized, story would be best. "I...might have ended up fighting the Juubi, meeting the Sage of Six Paths, his brother and son, then sealing the Juubi, tearing the Rabbit Goddess's soul out of the mix and feeding her to the King of hell before Kurama took over what was left and became the new, far saner, ten-tails?"
Minato sighed, pinching his nose. "Only you, Akari...only you." Shaking his head, Minato met her eyes with a frown. "You know that Hiruzen is going to be furious, right?" Akari shrugged, extending her arm for Minato. With a quick clasp of arms, he took the pair of them to the Hokage's office, leaving Kushina behind to coax Naruto back out of his room.
To say Hiruzen was unhappy to hear that Akari had basically just left the village to go fight some world-ending monster without even telling him was an understatement. After being chewed out for it by both Kages, Akari finally got a chance to interject. "Hokage-sama, you remember when you and Kurama had to save me from...273?" Though he was confused why Akari brought it up, Hiruzen nodded. "Well, he was manipulating things behind the scenes. The Shinigami was pissed off that I stole Minato's soul from him, so they were working together to revive the Juubi then force it to evolve to become Kaguya. If I didn't...well, I don't think even I'm strong enough to take on a literal Goddess."
Though they were both still clearly pissed off at her, at least now they understood that she had to do what she'd done. "We'll deal with your punishment after this mess is cleaned up. Tsunade has been making inquiries to getting you under her wing as an apprentice, so you can go to the hospital and tell her yourself why you don't want to apprentice for her." Sighing, Akari left the room with a wave.
They were both probably going to discuss Minato taking over from Hiruzen again. Akari wasn't happy to hear she was going to be reprimanded or something, but she had to admit that she had basically just abandoned the village and gone AWOL for a few hours, especially during a crisis. Even if she would have done it again willingly, it was never fun being told you were in the wrong.
She was honestly just glad that she had chosen to go screw around with Takigakure when she did. If she'd left that too long, Hagoromo and Hamura might not have been able to win...she didn't want to even think about how badly things would have gone for the world if Kaguya was allowed to be reborn, even if she was weaker than normal thanks to not possessing Kurama's Chakra. Akari was strong, incredibly so, but even she knew that a literal Goddess still outmatched her for power. Distracting herself as she trundled down the stairs, Akari opened up her notifications, scrolling through the experience earned, a neat 375,500 since she only got an assist for 'killing' the Juubi, then 500,000 for killing Kaguya's soul.
Akari also got a notification that she had unlocked a proficiency for Yin-Yang Release, probably from trying to recreate the Banbutsu Sozo no Jutsu. Since she'd never used it before, she had to start working at power-levelling that proficiency, presumably she needed a certain level to be able to use the Banbutsu Sozo. She also got changes to certain menus like the fact Kurama was now the ten-tails, not nine-tails, and the wording of certain abilities had been re-written to adjust for this.
One of the most important notifications she saw was that, for some reason, her Fast-Travel system has been updated, giving it infinite range, and even able to, quote 'work across dimensions and beyond!' Well, that would have been useful when Orochimaru kidnapped her, but even then, she already had a solution to that.
Other than that, there was...nothing. No notable information was really forthcoming, it was just general 'you took damage' things. With a frown, Akari closed her menu, planting her hands behind her neck as she stretched, ignoring the nin who were running up and down the stairs in a frenzy. Hiruzen was making a clear announcement to the village in a few minutes, and was sending nin out to get the civilians back out of the shelters now that it was known the village was safe, so why people were still in such a hurry was a little confusing.
Shrugging to herself, Akari summoned a palm-sized Kiyo, Kurama immediately pushing his familiar body out of the seal where he jumped up onto her shoulders, grinning at Kiyo who glared at him then dove into Akari's vest, her claws sinking into the backside of the material as her head peeked out of the collar. With an idle hand, she rubbed Kiyo's head, her eyes tracking a Genin who had just tripped up as she left the doors to the Hokage Tower, sliding a good distance in his haste.
With a sigh, Akari zipped over and helped the Genin up, rolling her eyes when his eyes looked first at her hand, then at her vest, then Kiyo's head, then Kurama's, before finally meeting her gaze, his hand recoiling as if burned. "Maybe slow down a bit, the village isn't going to collapse in five seconds." She spoke with an amused tone, watching him backstep and then start towards the tower again, only turning and running when he got a moderate distance away. "Honestly, people are just...idiots sometimes."
Hopping up a wall and onto a rooftop, Akari swept her gaze across Konoha, taking on all the people running around and frowning. What was interesting was how many people looked at her in confusion and then fear. She didn't look much different, but...it was probably because they were sensors, and Kurama's Chakra now felt the same to them as the Chakra of the Juubi.
But, as Akari walked along rooftops, she then found herself being pulled on, sort of like how her summons described the feeling of her summoning them. She could feel the tenuous connection she had with this summoning sensation, and knew it would be a piece of cake to refuse it, or even to yank whoever was trying to summon her straight through the connection before beating them silly.
Then, she considered just...going along with it. Konoha was safe, and with Minato around, even safer still. Naruto had his parents back, Monty was Anko's now, and nobody else really needed her help for anything. As she considered it, she felt the already-tenuous link get fainter, making her bite her lip in consideration. "Ahh fuck it, if it turns out bad I can just come back with my Fast-Travel." She mumbled, giving in to the pulling sensation, then feeling a feeling similar to the Hiraishin that Minato used, but both worse and better at the same time, making her feel like her body was being put through a washing machine, but it didn't make her nauseous, just really painful and uncomfortable.
She couldn't see anything, it was just a pitch-black journey of twisting, pulling and pain, but after what felt like a few seconds, she found herself spat out upside-down and thumping into something which made a surprised yelping noise, then smacking her back against the ground. Shaking her head, Akari got upright and looked around, tipping her head in confusion. The architecture was...weird, nothing like the buildings she'd gotten used to, and that was coming from someone who lived in Konoha.
Then she remembered she hit something that was probably alive, turning and spotting a boy lying unconscious on the floor, bleeding from his lip and nose, alongside other cuts and bruises Akari knew she didn't cause. As she approached him and activated her Mystical Palm, she brushed aside his hair, noticing the scar on his head even as she began healing his injuries.
"Huh, that's...interesting."
Yep, it's Harry Potter.
Young Harry at that. You can probably already piece together the rough idea I'm going for, but I won't spoil anything for those who don't know. I'll upload an announcement chapter when I finish writing the first chapter of the new story, but since I don't know when I'm going to start writing it, it could be at any point.
I honestly want to thank you all so much for being a part of this journey, I'm hoping at least a handful of you stick with Akari as she goes traipsing through Harry Potter, then through other Universes as they come up.
Today's recommendation is "The Games We Play - By Ryuugi" (Uploaded by Chuggapyro, though I'm not too sure about whether or not they even had permission), a story of Jaune Arc becoming the Gamer, getting strong and kicking butt. The best part? It's over a million words long, lovely to enjoy!
For the final time in War Dog, but certainly not the last time for Akari...I hope you enjoyed. Please...leave reviews, they honestly mean the world to me, both the good and the bad!
Name: Akari Uchiha
Level: 155
Age: 17?
Experience: 50,388/155,000
To Next Level: 104,612
Title: Sannin-slayer - Defeating one of the three legendary sannin is no easy feat, but you managed it. Future opportunities unlocked.
Secondary Title: Jonin - +25% Experience gained working with Genin
Health Points: 303,000 - ((100 Base + (Vit x End)) x 10) x 3
Regeneration Rate - 20,000/m - 333.33/s - (Vit x End) x 2
Chakra Points: 599,625 - (((100 Base + (Int x Wis)) x 10) x 1.5) x 3
Regeneration Rate - 26,450/m - 440.83/s - (Int x Wis) x 2
Strength - 100
Vitality - 100
Endurance - 100
Intelligence - 115
Agility - 400
Wisdom - 115
Luck - 100
30 Skill Points Available