Ultimate Maelstrom

by BlazeRinfinity

A man reborn into the world of Naruto with the OP ability of the Gamer. There are many mysteries hidden in his heritage, join as he takes the ninja world by Strom and re-shapes history.

11. Dungeons and Demons Part I

Dungeons and Demons Part I

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Arashi

-*Puff*-

My bank account was opened in thirty minutes. After that, Nozomi, 'Body-flickered' me to the academy. "That was pretty fun, wasn't it?"

"Well, you're doing very well for your first body flicker trip, Arashi-kun!" she said.

I blinked, "I'm feeling a little dizzy!"

Lie successful!

Nozomi giggled, "That's very normal!" She ruffled my hair, "Most people puke on their first trip! Believe me, when I say this, you did really well at controlling your body!"

I nodded. "Oh! Before you leave please give this to Fujita-san! Oba-chan!" I gave her a piece of paper. She blinked, "What's this?"

I shrugged, "It's just a pen name I wrote!"

Nozomi nodded and accepted the paper, "If you don't mind me asking, what pen name you are going with?"

"Jon Snow," I answered.

She blinked, "Jon Snow? Did you pick two random words out of a hat or something?"

I shrugged, "It's the quickest I could come up with!"

Nozomi smiled and nodded, "Alright! Mr. Jon Snow! I'll hand this to Fujita-san!" She then vanished in a puff of smoke.

I walked inside the academy. After reaching the classroom I sat in my usual spot. The classroom was empty due to still being early in the morning. So I summoned my academy copy to my desk.

The copy did not have anything interesting written on it. It was just to avoid suspicion since I was going to browse through my inventory, status, and skill list.

Inventory was cleanly sorted with upgrades I received from the dungeons. Oh yeah! I also received Books and Scrolls, and Pokeballs inventory upgrades from the last dungeon.

In my status bar, I had 10 status points to spend and my current status bonuses were;

Current Status Bonus:

STR: +40 base attack and +8% HP and SP recovery per minute.

VIT: +25 base HP + 125HP and +20 base SP + 100SP

DEX: Speed and agility + 20% RP and MP recovery

CH.E.R.M: Base 20 with + 120 to CP, EP, RP and MP

CC: +16% CP and EP recovery

INT: +10% faster to learn and level up skills

LUC: +15% chance to drop an 'S' rank or above item.

'Hmm!' I thought, 'So, my luck gives me a +15% chance to drop an S rank or above item. I can also learn and level up skills 10% faster!'

'And my CP regenerates 16% faster along with a +30% regeneration boost from hidden heritage 2!'

'So a total of 46% faster!' I scratched my head, 'Not bad! But not good enough!'

I sighed, 'Guess tonight will be another dungeon grind!'

I was browsing through the Pokedex option when someone called me. "H-hi Arashi-kun!" I looked towards the person who called me. She was the same girl I saved yesterday. "Hey! Kiyomi! Right?"

The girl shyly nodded. "Um…I was…wondering." She stared, "If…you know, if…I could…sit…here,"

I blinked, "Sure!"

She sat right next to me with a huge smile. "Arigato!"

I smiled back and started flipping through some pages of my copy to avoid any suspicion. 'Okay, so next is…,' before I could start Kiyomi voiced again, "What…are you…reading?"

I mentally sighed, 'There goes my solidarity!'

"Just some class notes," I answered politely.

She nodded. "Would you like to compare our notes?"

"No, I'm fine!" I answered with a smile.

The Uchiha girl nodded shyly. "D-do…you…like…to…umm,"

At this point, she was stuttering with a light blush on her cheeks. She was having a hard time mustering up the courage to just talk with me. So, I unintentionally sighed and took pity on the little girl asking the question she was struggling with. "Hey, Kiyomi! Wanna be friends?"

"Huh!" She started to blink at me.

…

…

"Should I take your silence as a no?"

After hearing that sentence she rapidly shook her head. "No-no-no! I...I want to be friends with you Arashi-kun!"

"Great!" I smiled at her, "I will introduce you to my other friends!"

Kiyomi smiled with happiness. She was about to start some more questions again but was interrupted by a sudden opening of our class door.

Kiyomi and I changed our attention to the sudden noise.

-*"Huff"*-

-*"Huff"*-

-*"Huff"*-

The person who slammed the door was Yakumo. She was breathing heavily.

"I…*huff*…hate…*huff*…early…*huff*… morning…*huff*…*huff*… training!" She said to herself.

"Good morning! Brownie!" I called her.

"Uru-sai, Arashi!" Yakumo shot back.

I smiled at her pouting face. "Kiyomi, I like you to meet Kurama Yakumo! One of my friends!" Said girls smiled at each other. "Nice to meet you Kurama-san!" Kiyomi said. Yakumo responded with an equally polite gesture and sat below our bench.

After a few minutes, the class started to fill up with other students. Naruto sat on the other side of our bench since Kiyomi was sitting in the middle and Hinata with Yakumo just below our bench.

"Hey, I'm Uzumaki Naruto! The future Hokage! Dattebayo!" Naruto introduced himself to Kiyomi, "Who are you?"

In response, Kiyomi bowed her head slightly, "Nice to meet you Uzumaki-san, my name is Uchiha Kiyomi!"

Naruto blinked once. Twice. Thrice. "HEY!" He shot an accusing finger at Kiyomi. "UCHIHA!" Kiyomi fearfully started to move toward me.

"Um…" She sacredly voiced, "Ye-yes,"

"YOU ARE AN UCHIHA! LIKE THAT JERK, SASUKE!" Naruto shouted.

"Naruto!" I narrowed my eyes at him, "Kiyomi is an Uchiha but that does not mean she is a bad person!"

"I thought you of all people would at least know to not judge people on their family background."

After hearing my words Naruto looked down in shame. "I-I'm sorry Arashi!" I smiled at him and pushed Kiyomi a little towards him, "I'm not the one you should be apologizing to!" He nodded his head in understanding, "I am sorry to shout at you Kiyomi-san!"

She nodded her head in understanding. "It's fine Uzumaki-san, I…"

"Oi Kiyomi, what are you doing over there!" An Uchiha boy called. "Don't talk to those losers, you'll make us look bad."

"HEY!" Naruto shouted at the boy, "WHO THE HELL, YOU LOSERS ARE CALLING A LOSERS-TTEBAYO?"

"Naruto, ignore him!" I said. But my words fell on deaf ears as Naruto and that boy started a shouting match. Everyone in the class was looking at them.

However, before any fight could break out Iruka entered the class and calmed everyone down with his 'Big-head Jutsu'.

Lunch Break:

During the lunch break, we sat at our usual table where Kiyomi joined us. "Arashi-kun, everyone, I am sorry for what happened…"

"You don't need to apologize for anything Kiyomi!" I interrupted her. "Yeah! Arashi is right!" Naruto spoke, "If anything, that Uchiha loser is the one to blame-tebayo!"

"What was that? Loser!" The same Uchiha boy shouted back. "I'll beat the crap out of you!"

"Bring it! You Uchiha dirt!" Naruto stood up from the table and ran towards the boy. The boy copied Naruto's action and ran toward him.

I sighed, 'That loudmouth idiot!'

Before they could start a brawl I stepped between them and stopped both of their punches with my hands. "Enough! Both of you!" I narrowed my eyes at Naruto, "Especially, you! Naruto!"

"But…but… he started it!" He tried to argue.

"No, buts!"

"Let go of me!" The Uchiha boy voiced. I looked at him, "Same goes for you too! Stop insulting us!"

"Or what?" He provoked.

"Or else, I'll have to ask you really nicely…" I started to put a little force in my grip, "Please, stop insulting us!"

"Awo-awo-awo…." The Uchiha boy fell to his knees in pain, "Okay, fine!"

I let go of my grip on his fist. "Thanks. Pal! Much appreciated!" I was about to head back to my table, "Take THIS!" The Uchiha boy tried to attack me from behind.

I quickly ducked under his attack and turned around with a leg swipe. The boy fell flat on his face. "Why you…" The boy voiced. I quickly kicked him to turn his body around and pinned him to the ground with my fist inches away from his face.

"Try that again and I'll break your nose!" I warned.

…

…

"S-sorry!" The boy fearfully apologized.

I dusted my clothes off and started to walk away. "Woah! That was awesome, Arashi!"

"Thanks, Naruto!" I smiled. Before we could join the others a certain someone called me, "Hey, you!"

I turned my head around to see Sasuke calling me, "Fight Me!"

I sighed, "And why would I do that?"

"Last I checked, I don't have any reason to fight you!"

Sasuke was taken back by my response. "W-well…" He started to blink in confusion, "T-to…to see who is stronger!"

"Not interested pal!" I said, "It doesn't matter to me in the slightest who is stronger between us!"

"IT MATTERS TO ME!"

Both Sasuke and Naruto shouted at the same time.

I heavily sighed, "Okay, I can understand Sasuke's reason but what's in it for you Naruto?"

"Oh, come on, Arashi! Kick his ass- ttebayo!" Naruto started, "I know you can!"

"Maybe I can, but I don't see why I should!" I countered.

"Oh, you think you can beat me, huh!" Sasuke said, "Come on! Fight me! I'll show just how strong I am!"

"Listen, pal, I-" Before I could complete my sentence Naruto cut me off. "Ah, please…Arashi can beat you down on any given day! Teme! Just like that Uchiha dirt boy over there! Dattebayo." He pointed his finger at the previous Uchiha kid.

"Hey Naruto," I started, "I appreciate your kind words buddy…but you're not my hype-guy, so tone it down a little…"

"I am the hype!" Naruto answered with a dumb proud smile.

…

My right eye started to twitch in anger. 'Control, Arashi! Control! Don't pummel the dumb blond and the duck-butt hair! Control!'

!Smack!

Before I could do anything out of anger, Yakumo smacked Naruto in the head. "ThAt iS It!" Yakumo said in anger. "Stop picking up stupid fights, Naruto!" She pulled Naruto from his ear and started to drag him back to our lunch table.

'Thank you, Yakumo! I didn't know you had that in you!' I breathed out in relief. 'On a side note, I really want to know how all girls get a sudden power boost whenever they are pissed. That shit is beyond science.'

I was about to follow Yakumo's lead however Sasuke won't have any of that. "Don't you walk away from me! I said fight me!"

'This fucking brat!' I mentally cursed. "Listen, Sasuke, I would like nothing more than to just stand here and see you go through many levels of your inferiority and superiority complex combination till the heat death of the universe… but I literally have a million better things to do."

"So the answer is still no. Bye."

I started to walk back toward my group. The young Uchiha did not take my rejection lightly. "Gha…" He ran straight towards me with a punch. I quickly turned around and ducked under his right hook. He followed it up with a left keen but I quickly jumped back from it.

Sasuke was in full-on attack mode. He went for a punch, a kick, a right jab and a leg sweep. The young Uchiha threw everything he had and I dogged every move he did. I didn't block or countered on any opening I saw. I simply dogged and avoided every punch, kick, jab and sweep he through at me.

I could have easily counterattacked him on his opening but I did not want to fight him. I only dogged and avoided it because the kid needs to learn just because he wants something to happen does not mean it will always happen.

"FIGHT BACK YOU COWARD!" Sasuke shouted.

I yawned, "I told you, I have no reason to fight you!" After seeing me yawn Sasuke went more aggressive. He punched and kicked faster but to me, his attack was still slow. I could predict all of his moves by his moving pattern.

The young Uchiha went around like this for two more minutes before he collapsed on his knee sweaty, tired and dropping heavy breaths.

"You done?" I asked as he looked up to me in the eyes. "I-I…*huff*…*huff* I will beat you …*huff*…next time!"

"Whatever!" I walked back to my group's lunch table. They were all looking at me like I just invented fire.

'Thanks, Naruto!' I mentally sighed, 'Now, everyone in my class has an idea how strong I am!'

'Oh, who am I kidding? I'm also to blame! Could have just left him to bite the dust but nooo…I just had to show off!' Naruto came running to me with starry eyes, "Woah! Arashi! That was the coolest thing I ever saw! Dattebayo!"

I sighed, 'I can't be mad at you!'

"Thanks, Naruto! But I really didn't do anything!" I said trying to pass my act as a fluke.

"Are you kidding me! You did not even attack Sasuke-teme and left him a sweaty mess on the ground!" Naruto said. I smiled lightly, "Yeah, it's called avoiding. It's pretty easy besides I think I got lucky today, that's all!"

"A-Arashi-kun, are you okay!" Kiyomi meekly asked. I smiled and boinked her nose, "Don't worry Kiyomi. Not a scratch on me!"

Kiyomi looked down in sadness. "Gomen! Because of me, you guys…" Before she could continue I patted her head. "Kiyomi, this had nothing to do with you, so stop worrying."

She shyly nodded he head. I sat back at my table and started eating my lunch again. "But, Arashi," Yakumo began, "Where did you learn to fight like that? You avoided all of Sasuke-san's attacks like they were nothing!"

I was starting to sweat lightly, "It was nothing really, I was just lucky!"

Lie unsuccessful!

"Ano…" This time Hinata began, "A-Arashi-kun…tho-those…m-moves…were…a…little-bit…too…a-accurate…for…b-being…just…l-luck, don't you...t-think!"

'Ah, crap-baskets!' I mentally sighed. Yakumo, Naruto and Hinata gave me a curious look. Except for Kiyomi, she was looking at me with a light blush.

I sighed, "All right! Fine! I have been secretly practising some taijutsu. Okay!"

"Question!" Yakumo slightly raised her hand.

I sighed, 'This little smart-ass is going to be the death of me.'

"Yes, Yakumo?"

"Well…" She started. "I was wondering, who taught you to fight like that?"

I blinked, "Well, no one! I taught myself to fight!"

"But, the moves you did the dogges you performed, it was so spot on! Someone must have taught you! Right!" Yakumo countered. "Or else, how did you teach yourself?"

I sighed, "Look, guys, I'm not from a clan. Okay!"

"I'm an orphan. No one teaches an orphan unless they are obliged to or paid for. Last I checked I don't have any money for that kind of service."

Lie successful!

Ping.

Your skill has levelled up!

Lying (3%)

Level: 6

The ability to lie to people without getting caught.

+30% chance of success

-20% if the lie is too unbelievable.

All three girls looked down in pity. "Arashi, gomen! I…" Yakumo meekly started but I cut her off. "Don't apologize for something you never did, Yakumo."

"As for how, I normally wander around in my free time, near the training grounds where chunin's and jonin's train. I saw them fighting when they are moving at a speed my eyes could catch. From there, I tried to remember their katas and practice those katas secretly."

Lie successful!

"Suge…!" All four of them expressed in unison.

"Yeah," I smiled at the notification. "So, that's my secret."

"Now that you guys know, can all of you do me a solid and keep this between us five? I don't have any other way to start my training, so if anyone finds out about this, I'll be in big trouble!" I politely asked.

They all looked at each other for a few seconds and nodded. "Alright! We promise, Arashi!" Yakumo replied.

"Hey, Arashi?" Naruto called, "Can…can you teach me some of the fighting stuff?"

I blinked, "I can, but you have to promise me that you will not go pick up fights with people like Sasuke just because you can!"

"I-I…" Naruto started to scratch his head rapidly. "Can I at least show people, what I can do!?"

"I'm serious, Naruto!" I narrowed my eyes.

"Alright, fine!" The nine-tailed jinchuriki reluctantly agreed to my terms. "I promise!"

I smiled, "Okay, I'll start teaching after two weeks from now!" Naruto blinked, "Wait, two weeks? Why?"

"Because we have our first monthly test at the end of the next week. We all need to study and so do you, Naruto!" I answered back.

'Plus, I'll need to figure out how to do a quick damage control of the situation that I caused!' I thought.

"Awh…man!" He wined.

"Stop whining! Every year we will have four exams in the academy till graduation. Two monthly exams, a half-yearly exam and then the annual exam!" I pointed. "Every single student needs to score a minimum of 70% to proceed to the next year!"

"And if you want to be the greatest Hokage, you better start taking your studies seriously!"

Ninja Academy Backyard

A young girl with short platinum blonde hair was looking at the event in a jaw-dropping manner. Her light-blue eyes were glued to the black spiky-haired boy who had just humiliated the two Uchiha boys in a fight. The latter of the Uchiha was non-other than Uchiha Sasuke.

This girl was Yamanaka Ino. Heiress to the Yamanaka Clan.

She was shocked for many reasons. One big reason was seeing Sasuke beaten in a one-on-one fight.

Now, she barely knew The young Uchiha. She never had a conversation with the boy except for a 'hi' here and there, followed by the Uchiha boy's replies in 'Hn'. But she knew Sasuke was strong. She once fought him and lost.

Her mother once invited the Uchiha family, it was Sasuke, his mother and his elder brother that were invited. Both ladies of their respected clans were talking about old times. She got bored quickly and wanted to play with the boy. Someway, somehow it led to a spar and she lost as quickly as it began.

After that when the young Yamanaka heir talked with her mother about it, she found out that Sasuke's elder brother was a genius in his generation. Uchiha Itachi graduated from the ninja academy when he was eight and currently is a jonin at the age of eleven. After hearing that, Ino understood why the young Uchiha boy was so strong. Sasuke could well be a genius of her generation just like his elder brother.

However, seeing the same Uchiha boy getting beaten so easily came as a shock to her. She liked the Uchiha Sasuke. He was cute and strongest in their class or so she thought. But now, she was not so sure.

"Hey, Sakura? Did that really happen?" Ino asked in disbelief.

The girl in question had fair skin, green eyes, and short pink hair. She wore her hair as bangs. This girl was Haruno Sakura. The only child of Mebuki and Kizashi Haruno.

She too was equally shocked as her blond friend, at the events that transpired in front of her eyes.

Everyone in her class and her friend circle always had the same opinion about Uchiha Sasuke that he was a genius in training. Unlike most people who actually knew the boy's family, Sakura came from a civilian background. She only knew about the boy's talent through her friend's mouth.

Few of her friends told her that Sasuke's elder brother was also a genius of his generation. So, they believed he will be too. Of course, she believed Sasuke to be talented but she did not know what to expect from him. She only liked Sasuke because she thought he was cute.

But the thing that shocked her was not that Sasuke lost a fight, but how he lost a fight. The black spiky-haired boy named Arashi, if she remembers it correctly, dogged and avoided all of Sasuke's attacks and tired him out at the end. Honestly, to her, the difference in their skill was that much. Even she, a girl from a civilian background could see that.

"Yes, Ino! That really did happen!" Sakura answered.

Ino turned to her friend, "Who is that guy?"

"Well, if I remember correctly, his name is Arashi!" Sakura answered. "He is in our class!"

"You sure?" The Yamanaka clan heir asked. In response, the pink-haired girl nodded. "I'm sure!"

"Hey, Sakura?" Ino started, "Do you want to talk to him?"

Sakura blinked, "I'm not sure! What if he finds us annoying? You know how Sasuke-kun reacts to anyone when they try to talk to him!"

"Well, he is not Sasuke!" Ino countered. "And look!" She pointed her head towards the boy. "He is talking to those girls too!"

"Well," Sakura started, "Those girls could be his friends! And there is that blonde troublemaker boy with them too!"

"I don't know Ino, my mom told me to stay away from that blonde boy! I don't want any troubles at home if my mom finds out!"

"Who? That boy?" Ino focused her attention on the blonde-haired boy, "Huh! My parents told me to be careful around that boy too!"

"Ah…it's probably nothing." She grabbed Sakura's hand, "Let's go!"

"Ino, please!" Sakura pulled her hand out of Ino's grip. "Those guys look like trouble!"

Ino pouted, "Hmm! Your no fun!"

Sakura's eye twitched, "Well, you only want to talk to that guy because you find him cute! Shannaro!"

Ino smirked, "And? You don't think the guy is cute?"

Sakura blushed lightly. "See! I know you better!" Ino stated. The pink-haired girl pouted. "I'm still not going!"

A couple of meters away from the fighting two boys were sitting beneath a tree's shade. One of them was eating a bag of potato chips. This boy had a rotund build and markings on his cheeks in the form of swirls. He has spiky, light brown hair that sticks upward.

This boy was Akimichi Choji, heir to the Akimichi clan.

Beside him was another boy, laying in the shades of the tree and watching clouds. This boy had shoulder-length black hair tied in a spiky ponytail with a typical expression suggesting he is either bored or irritated.

This boy was Nara Shikamaru heir to the Nara clan.

"Hey, Shika?" Choji asked while eating his potato chips, "Look at that! Someone is fighting!"

Shikamaru yawned, "How troublesome! Leave…*yawn*…it is, Choji!"

"Hey, Shika! Look at that boy fighting!" Choji pointed while eating his chips.

Shikamaru took a slight glimpse at the event that was transpiring. A black spiky-haired boy leg swept a dark brown-haired boy and pinned him to the ground.

They were talking about something but Shikamaru and Choji were a nice few meters away to be bothered by that. It was nice for both of them, especially the former because he did not want to be bothered by anything.

A moment later the same boy who beat the dark-brown-haired boy was challenged by a black duck-butt-haired boy. "Hey, Shikamaru isn't that Sasuke?" Choji asked.

The lazy Nara heir looked back at the scene. "Yeah…*yawn*…looks like it!"

"Let's see, what happens next!" Choji stated while eating his chips.

Both Shikamaru and Choji watched the next two to three minutes of action which could have been called a schooling session for the young Uchiha. The boy failed to land a single attack on the black spiky-haired guy.

"Woah…Shikamaru, did you see that?" Choji asked while still eating his chips.

"Yeah. I…*yawn*…saw it!" The lazy Nara replied. The glutton Akimichi asked again, "And? What do you think?"

Shikamaru yawned again, "Troublesome! It's troublesome!" And then he closed his eyes and took a nap.

Ninja Academy Forest

A lone shinobi was looking at the children that were playing in the backyard of the ninja academy from the camouflage of a tree. This person was non-other than Shisui Uchiha.

His main reason to spy on the academy students was to make sure his little cousin-sister Kiyomi was not being targeted by some bullies.

Yesterday, when he was visiting his aunt's house, Izumi, Kiyomi's elder sister told him what happened to her sister that day. Kiyomi was targeted by some senior-class bullies, they even threatened to poke her eyes with a stick until a boy from her class beat down those bullies and saved her. That was what Izumi told him.

So, like the caring elder brother he was, he asked Kiyomi in the morning about the events of yesterday. And he got the same answer with a little more details. She told him about the boy's appearance that saved her. The boy was in the same class as her. He had gravity-defining spiky-black hair, cerulean blue eyes and he was slightly taller than the rest of her classmates.

From Kiyomi's description, Shisui wondered if it was the same boy who he gave a kunai a few weeks ago. He quickly removed that thought when he remembered, the boy he gave a kunai to was an orphan. And there was a very slight near non-existent, chance for that boy to be as skilled as her sister's saviour.

From his little sister's descriptions of the boy's skill, he must be from a small shinobi clan or someone with access to advance taijutsu knowledge.

Was Shisui overanalyzing this? Yes. But in his defense, he is an elder brother that loves both of his cousin-sisters and will do anything in his powers to save them from any danger.

That was the reason why the teleportations expert wanted to find this boy and thank him for his bravery. Which lead him to this situation. Sitting in a tree branch camouflaged in the leaves, looking around the ninja academy backyard.

…

Shisui watched the whole event that transpired in the ninja academy backyard from the beginning to the end. At first, he was surprised to see her little cousin-sisters friend group. The group consisted of the heiress of the Hyuga clan, the heiress of the Kurama clan, the nine-tailed jinchuriki and to his surprise the orphan boy who he gave a kunai.

After that, he saw how the nine-tailed jinchuriki and Uchiha Seiichi, the son of one of his colleagues in the Uchiha police department, ran toward each other to fight. However, before their punches could collide it was stopped by the orphan boy.

The thing that caught Shisui off guard was the skip-jump that the boy performed. He focused his eyes on the boy and amplified his hearing by focusing chakra in his ears. 'That boy…' he thought, 'The jump he did was an advanced technique. Newly ranked chunin's use that technique to perform body-flicker!'

'No other kid noticed but the jump he performed to cover the distance between him and the nine-tailed jinchuriki was a borderline chunin level skill! Hmm…!'

The boy was trying his best to solve whatever hostility between the nine-tailed kid and Seiichi by words as much as possible. The nine-tailed kid agreed to back off but Seiichi was still arguing with the orphan boy.

The orphan kid then strongly gripped Uchiha Seiichi's fist and forced him down to his knees. 'Hmm…!' Shisui focused his eyes even more, 'The kid has strength too! The way he gripped tightly to Seiichi's fist was enough to force him to his knee without leaving a mark on his fist!'

'So, he is trying his best not to show off or gather too many eyes on him! He is trying to play as smartly as possible!'

'However,' Shisui saw how Suiichi did not take the insult lightly and wanted to hit the orphan boy with a chip shot which the said boy avoided and then proceeded to pin Seiichi down to the ground. This leads to the boy being challenged by Uchiha Sasuke. 'Itachi's little brother,' Shisui thought.

The boy did his best to avoid any conflict with Sasuke, refusing him multiple times but Sasuke did not take his 'no' for an answer and ran at the boy. This leads to Sasuke getting beaten by the boy without him lifting a finger. The boy avoided every move from Sasuke like he has fighting experience like this for weeks or maybe months.

'Sasuke-kun was using basic Uchiha intercepting fist moves. However, the way the boy dogged and avoided like he was already predicting Sasuke-kun's moves before he got into the proper footing for any katas.'

'This kid has combat experience of a high-level genin to borderline chunin at the age of six!' Shisui thought to himself, 'There has to be someone teaching him these skills. No way those skills were self-taught! I have to look into this but first, I should see how skilled the kid actually is!'

Shisui smirked, 'This will be fun!' He 'Body-flickered' away from the forest.

Arashi

After School:

After the final bell rang in the academy we started to pack our bags and headed outside. "You are a nice girl, Kiyomi!" I said to Kiyomi with a smile. The said girl blushed like a tomato with steam coming out of her head. "Arigato…" She shyly replied.

"I am sorry about yesterday, Hinata-chan!" Yakumo apologized.

Hinata smiled meekly, "I-It's…o-okay, Y-Yakumo-chan! I understand!"

"Man…" Naruto scratched the back of his head, "Math is so boring ttebayo!"

"No, it's not!" I objected back at Naruto, "It's only boring to you because you always fell asleep in class!"

Naruto blinked, "And why do you think I do that?"

"Naruto, you fell asleep in all the classes!" Yakumo pointed.

"No, I don't, ttebayo!" The nine-tailed jinchuriki argued.

"Ano…" Hinata started while poking her finger, "N-Naruto-kun…y-you…k-kind…a…do…fell…a-asleep!"

"Oh, come on! Not you too, Hinata!" Naruto wined, "Everyone is against me! Dattebayo!"

"Oh, stop it, drama queen!" I said, "Nobody is against you, it's just a fact."

Naruto took a step, "No way!" He turned to Kiyomi, "Kiyomi-san, at least you believe me, right!"

I stepped between him and Kiyomi, "Don't drag her into this! She bearly knows you to give a valid point about you!"

This bickering went on for a while as we walked towards the main gate of the academy. As we reached the main gate a figure was standing with his back against the wall.

I focused my eyes on this person to identify who-

"Shisui-onii-chan!" Kiyomi shouted and ran straight towards this person with a hug.

I blinked. 'Shisui?' I thought to myself, 'What is he doing here of all places? And onii-chan? So does that mean Kiyomi and Izumi are somehow related?'

The elder Uchiha hugged back her. "Haha…hey there little Kiyo-chan! How was school today?" He quickly glanced at each one of us. "Hey, little sis, won't you introduce me to your friends?"

"Hai!" Kiyomi smiled and started to introduce everyone starting from Hinata. "This is Hyuga Hinata!"

Hinata bowed, "P-pleasure…to…m-meet…you…a-ano…"

"Uchiha Shisui! A pleasure to meet you too, Ojo-chan!" The elder Uchiha introduced himself with a slight bow.

"She is Kurama Yakumo!" Kiyomi turned toward her.

Yakumo followed Hinata's example, "Pleasure to meet you, Shisui-san!"

The man bowed his head back, "The pleasure is all mine to meet such a well-behaved lady!"

He then turned toward Naruto. "That is…" Before Kiyomi could finish Naruto jumped and introduced himself. "Uzumaki Naruto, the future Hokage!"

Shisui smiled, "Hokage?! Suge-na!" He extended his right hand, "Be sure to give me a lot of paid vacations when you become Hokage! What say, pal!"

Naruto shook his extended hand. "You got it! Dattebayo!"

"And this is," Kiyomi turned to me and blushed lightly, "A-Arashi-kun!"

"Yo!" I extended my right fist. He looked at my extended fist for a couple of seconds and fist-bumped me. "Nice to meet you, again!"

I raised my eyebrow, "Y-yeah! Same here!"

"So you were the one who saved Kiyomi, right?" Shisui asked. "How can I ever thank you for that?"

"Yeah! It was no big deal." I answered, "And no thanks needed. I would have done that again in a heartbeat!"

"Huh?" Yakumo blinked. "Excuse me, Shisui-san? Did you meet him before? And what was that about Arashi saving Kiyomi?"

"Well yes!" Shisui said with a smile, "Didn't he tell you about it?"

"No!" Yakumo narrowed her eyes at me, "He did not tell us about anything!"

I raised my eyebrow at her, "Last I checked, you and I aren't married yet, Yakumo! So, I'm allowed to have my secrets, honey!"

"M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-MARRIED!?" Yakumo screamed in embarrassment. "N-N-N-N-N-N-N-N-N-NANI!?"

"M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-married?" Kiyomi started to stutter in disbelief.

Yakumo's face turned red as a tomato. Her ears started to erupt with steam and her eyes slightly had some tears of embarrassment flowing from it. "ARASHI-NO-BAKAAAAAAAA…!" She screamed from the top of her lungs and ran away as fast as possible leaving nothing but dust behind.

"Y-Y-Yakumo-chan!?" Hinata looked at the scene in disbelief. She quickly excuse herself and then ran after Yakumo.

*cough*…*cough*… 'What is the source of this kind of bullshit power?' *…*cough*…*…*cough*… 'Yakumo is a little girl with health issues, how the fuck she can muster up speed that will make Usain Bolt jealous! This is beyond bullshit!' I thought to myself.

"What was that?" Naruto wondered.

"N-ne…Arashi-kun?" Kiyomi asked with a little panic, "D-do…you…l-like…Y-Yakumo-san?"

I blinked, "Huh? I like her as a friend!"

"I-I mean…you..k-know…" She began. "Like…a…"

I sighed, "I know what you mean, Kiyomi! I'm currently more focused on my ninja career! So, I can't give you a proper answer!"

"Oh! Okay!" Kiyomi looked down in disappointment.

'What! I'm not gonna cut out a potential candidate for my future love interest!' I said to myself.

"We should go home now, Kiyo-chan! It's getting late!" Shisui voiced. In response, Kiyomi nodded her head. "Hai!"

"Goodnight, Arashi-kun, Naruto!" She waved at us.

"Goodnight, Kiyomi, Shisui-san!" Both Naruto and I waved back as they went on their way.

"So, what do you wanna do now, Arashi?" Naruto asked.

I blinked, "I'm going back to the orphanage to study and you should too! We just have a week left before the exams begin!"

Lie successful!

That wasn't a complete lie, I am going back to the orphanage. Just not to study.

Naruto looked down in disappointment, "Fine! See you tomorrow!"

Shisui

As Shisui took Kiyomi's arm and started to walk down the road towards the Uchiha clan compound, his mind was processing the situation with the boy. 'As soon as I mentioned our past encounter his voice cracked a little!' Shisui thought, 'Which means he didn't share that information with anyone and didn't want his friends to know about it.'

'The boy is secretive!' He thought. 'And the way he completely avoided the question about our past encounter was interesting, to say the least!'

'Or maybe I'm overthinking that scenario!'

"What's on your mind, onii-chan?" Kiyomi asked.

Shisui blinked, "Well, I was just wondering how fast you're growing up! You even befriended your little crush, Arashi!"

Kiyomi blushed, "Well, Izumi-nee-chan told me something like marking my territory as soon as possible or else someone else might do it before me."

'Izumi…what the hell are you...' Shisui's eye twitched.

"He-he…" The elder Uchiha laughed, "That's good and all…however, you heard what Arashi said, right?" She nodded. "Just like him, you should focus on your ninja career first!"

"Hai!" She agreed.

'Wait a minute!' Shisui realized, 'I wasn't overthinking! The boy knew exactly what he was saying to the Kurama girl! He did the same thing to Kiyomi.'

'Yes! When Kiyomi asked him about his interest in the Kurama heiress he avoided giving a direct yes or no. Instead, his answer was to redirect our focus from the main point.'

'Just like how he answered to the Kurama heiress! He chose that sarcastic way to say no so the girl will run off in an embarrassment frenzy and he won't have to explain himself to her about saving Kiyomi.'

Shisui bit his tongue. 'That kid is a manipulation expert! Compared to him, Itachi and I are a novice. I really have to keep up my guard around that one!'

Arashi

'Man I'm full…*burp*…!' I thought to myself walking into my room. After a fine dinner like that, I would like nothing more than to jump onto my bed and sleep till morning.

However, I need to do damage control as soon as possible. After the stunt, I pulled I have been the center of attraction all day today. Everyone in my class was taking a quick glance at me. I have seen Ino looking at me on multiple occasions. She even gave me a smile which I returned without hesitation. I saw Sakura taking a sneak peek occasionally with some other civilian girls. Kiba gave me a mocking grin, Shikamaru, Choji and even Shino had taken a glance here and there.

'Okay, maybe not Shino! But I can't be too sure!'

…

…

'Did he leave any bugs on me?' I thought. 'Hmm…'

I quickly did a scan of my entire room. After that, I looked outside my window for any unwanted activity but thankfully found none. I slowly closed my window and put up the curtains and locked the door. Without the candles, my room would have been pitch black.

There was a reason why I was being so cautious. That reason was Winter. I was about to release Winter. He will be able to find any bugs in my body that may be left by Shino.

After double-checking my entire room I selected my pokemon list and bought out Winter's pokeball.

"Come out, buddy!'

The light from the pokeball die down and Winter was standing right in front of me.

"PID-G-" Before he could shout his name I quickly closed both of his pecks.

"Shh…" I voiced very quietly, "Clam down, buddy! You're in my room! You remember what I told you and the others!"

Winter blinked and slowly nodded his head.

"Good!" I whispered. "Look, I need your help! I want you to use your 'Foresight' and scan my entire body for any small bugs. Can you do that?"

Winter nodded his head. His eyes started to glow red as he walked around me. After a minute Winter stood in front of me and shook his head.

I sighed in relief, "Thanks, buddy! Just get back in your pokeball for a minute or two, okay!" He nodded his head as I returned him to his pokeball.

It took a few minutes to put on my armour and equip my weapons. Now, I was ready for the next dungeon stage. I quickly selected 'Stage 4' of the 'Natural Dungeon' and went on my way.

Natural Dungeon: Stage 4:

I appeared in a grassy field surrounded by giant trees. "…*Whistle*…those are some big trees!" I said to myself. After quickly scanning my surroundings I opened the 'Stage Map' option and located the nearest hidden grotto. According to the map, there were three hidden grottos on this floor.

The nearest one was north of here. In the forest area. There was another in the deep woods area west of here and the last one was in the area of the grassy fields, southwest from here. It was also the farthest one. Southeast from here was the 'Floor-Boos' area and east from here was a berry field next to a pond. Northwest was the Apricorn field area.

"Okay, let's began!"

-50CP!

I 'Body-flickered' myself to the northern hidden grotto.

After arriving at the hidden grotto I released all of my pokemon. "Come on out, you guys!"

All of my four pokemon appeared, shouting their respective species' names. "PID-GEY!"; "FREE~!"; "BEEDRILL!"; "SEWADDLE~!"

Both of my girls Freya and Lena jumped me with a hug while Winter and Sting flew circles around me. "Ah…daddy loves you too, my darlings!"

After a few minutes, I clapped my hands to get their attention. "Alright! It's time to train!"

"Freya, you're on wood duty! Sting, you're going to be her bodyguard!" Butterfree and Beedrill both nodded in understanding. "Freya, if you see any bird pokemon or some other types that you are not good against, retreat and contact Lena immediately!"

"Sting protect your sister at all cost!" In response, he nodded his head. "Bee-Drill-Bee!"

Both went out of the grotto to do their assigned task as I turned my attention to Winter. "Winter, you going to scout the entire floor. See what kinds of Pokemon we are dealing with! And come back before sunset!"

"PID-GEY!" Winter nodded and flew outside of the grotto.

I picked Lena up, "You are coming with me, sweety! If your sister contacts you, notify me immediately!"

She crawled up to my shoulder. "Swaddle~!"

I jumped out of the grotto and headed towards the berry fields. It took around ten minutes of full-speed tree hopping to reach the berry fields.

There was a big pond in the middle of the area and all the berry trees grew around the big pond. I used the 'observe skill' to check for any water types in the pond but luckily, I found none.

So I jumped on the water surface and started to water walk towards the berry trees. "Tell me which berries are in good condition, okay, Lena!"

"Swaddle-swa!" She nodded her head.

Two-Hours Later:

As I entered back into the hidden grotto, I saw Freya sitting on top of piles of woods and Sting patrolling around the entrance of the grotto.

"So, did you guys run into any trouble?" I asked.

Beedrill and Butterfree shook their heads. I smiled. "Great, Lena and I brought some food."

"Beedrill-bee!"

"Free-free!"

They started to flap their wings in excitement. I summoned two 'Leppa' berries to them. Here, 'Leppa' berries restore 'stamina points' instead of PP like in the games.

Leppa Berry [B]

A peculiar Berry with a sweet flavour. Can restore '50' SP.

I also picked some grepa, hondew, kelpsy, pomeg, qualot and tamato berries. Basically, whichever berries Lena told me to pick up.

All of the other barriers except for leppa are all training berries. So, I picked twenty of those berries except for leppa and oran berries. I picked fifty of those. I now had 82 oran berries in my inventory.

Grepa Berry [B]

A berry that increases physical defense efficient gain while decreasing special defense efficient gains for an hour.

Hondew Berry [B]

A berry that increases physical attack efficient gain while decreasing special attack efficient gains for an hour.

Kelpsy Berry [B]

A berry that increases special attack efficient gain while decreasing physical attack efficient gains for an hour.

Pomeg Berry [B]

A berry that increases mobility efficient gain while decreasing health efficient gains for an hour.

Qualot Berry [B]

A berry that increases special defense efficient gain while decreasing physical defense efficient gains for an hour.

Tamato Berry [B]

A berry that increases health efficient gain while decreasing mobility efficient gains for an hour.

'It's a good thing all of my items stacks instead of taking an entire inventory space!'

What I mean is those berries help pokemon to increase their base status by affecting their 'EVs'.

However, those berries also have a downside. Whatever status they will be increasing they will also be decreasing their exact opposite status. For example, when a pokemon will eat a hondew berry, it will make that pokemon's attack training more effective but it will also make the same pokemon's special attack training a nightmare.

Basically, these are like the pokemon equivalent of natural steroids.

So, I gave Sting a Hondew berry, Freya a Kelpsy berry and Lena a Qualot berry. "Alright! Eat your berries and start the drill!"

"Sting, attack drill! Freya, special attack drill and Lena we will start your special defense drill!" I commanded. Sting and Freya both went outside and started their training. Sting was slashing a tree repeatedly focusing his bug-type powers on his forelegs stingers.

Freya was releasing her psychic powers of 'Confusion' and trying to aim it like a beam.

I was trying to teach Freya 'Psybeam' and Sting 'Fury Cutter'. They were showing progress but they still need to practice more. Previously, I was able to teach Winter 'Foresight' and 'Wing Attack' so now I was working on those two.

As for Lena, "Alright! Lena, I'm going to attack you with some of my powers, okay! You just need to endure it!"

"Can you do that?" She nodded firmed her grip on the ground. "Swaddle!"

I quickly went through some hand signs for 'Wind Release: Gale Palm' and shot the gale winds at her. I was holding my powers back as much as I could so she won't get too hurt. The winds hit her as she was moved a little back from where she stood previously. "You okay, girl?" I asked politely.

"Swaddle-swa!" She nodded her head.

"Okay! Let's continue!"

One-Hour later:

Ping.

Your pokemon learned a new move! Fury Cutter!

Ping.

Your pokemon learned a new move! Psybeam!

I blinked at the notification. 'Well-well! Those two actually did it!'

"Alright! That's enough for today Lena!" I said and gave her two Oran berries to heal her wounds. After that, I jumped out of the grotto to check on those two.

Stings tree had a vertical prominent scar on it while both of his forelegs were glowing white with a mosey-green hue on them. Freya launched a light-blue beam with multicoloured circles surrounding it.

"Great job, you two!" I prised them with a smile.

"Free-free-free~!"

"Beedrill-bee!"

They both were jumping with joy. "Alright! Both of you have earned some well-deserved breaks!"

"Here, have some berries for your hard work!" I gave each of those two an oran berry and two leppa berries. They quickly took the berries from my hands and started to eat them.

"PID-GEY! Gey!" Winter came flying from the sky and landed on my shoulder. "Hey, pal!" I scratched his wings a little. "So, what did you find?"

"Gey-gey!" He flapped his wings.

"Pid-gey!" He then pointed towards Freya and Sting. "Pidgey! Gey-gey!" And lastly, he landed on the ground and started walking around me.

I raised my eyebrow, "So let me get this straight, the first one means that there are flying-type pokemon's like you!" Winter nodded. "The second one means that there are bug-type pokemon's like Freya and Sting!" He nodded again. "And the third one means, there are some pokemon's who can only walk or run on the ground!"

"Gey-gey!" He nodded his head.

"Okay! Here you go, buddy!" I gave Winter a leppa berry to restore his stamina. "Alright, guys! It's time for some action!"

"Sting, Freya and Lena! Return!" I returned those three pokemon's in their Pokeball. "Winter, show me where did you find those bird pokemon's!"

Half An Hour Later:

"Doge it, Winter!" I commended. He followed my command and avoided the 'Peck' attack from the upcoming Spearow. "Target the female Spearow! Attack her with your wings!"

Winter followed and hit the female Spearow with his wings. "SPEAROWW!" The attack landed and knocked her out of the sky, hitting the ground hard.

Spearow, Tiny Bird Pokemon

Level: 11

Gender: Female

Ability: Sniper

HP: 12/90 [31]

SP: 15/85

Atk: 43 [31]

Def: 31 [29]

SpA: 19 [11]

SpD: 30 [30]

Spe: 36 [31]

Nature: Adamant

Characteristic: Likes to thrash about

Eats bugs in grassy areas. It has to flap its short wings at high speed to stay airborne.

'Yeah, I really want that Spearow!' I thought to myself, seeing her status. I quickly drew a pokeball and tossed it towards the wounded Spearow.

The ball hit her body and absorbed the pokemon in it. The pokeball started to wobble.

One.

Two.

Three.

*Click*

Ping.

Your pokemon have gained +125 EXP!

Ping.

Your pokemon have levelled up!

Winter, Pidgey

Level: 18 (2/777)

REP: +82

I smiled at the notification. I was about to go grab the pokeball but the male Spearow screeched and dived at me at full speed. "SPEAR-ROWW!"

I quickly jumped out of his way to avoid his attack. The pokemon reacted quickly and changed its direction midway flight. I was about to counter Spearow's attack however before I could do anything Winter dived-tackled the male Spearow mid-flight.

The tiny bird pokemon got lunched to the ground ending the fight then and there.

Ping.

Your pokemon have gained +146 EXP!

"PID-GEY!" Winter suddenly started to glow brightly.

I smiled with stars in my eyes, 'Winter, my first ever pokemon! Is now evolving!'

Winter's glowing body became taller, his spread-out wings became larger and a crest of pinkish-read feathers started to grow over his scalp along with a tail plum of red and yellow feathers with ragged tips.

"PIDG-OTTO!" Winter let out a powerful screech. Standing proudly in his new form.

"Congratulations, Winter!" I said with a proud smile.

Winter, Pidgeotto

Level: 18 (148/777)

REP: +90

Gender: Male

Ability: Keen Eye

HP: 130/130 [31]

SP: 110/110

Atk: 62 [31]

Def: 43 [12]

SpA: 58 [31]

SpD: 55 [30]

Spe: 86 [31]

Nature: Hasty

Characteristic: Love to eat

It has an outstanding vision. However high it flies, it can distinguish the movements of its prey.

Moves:

Tackle: 40 DMG

Sand-Attack: Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.

Gust: 40 DMG

Quick Attack: 40 DMG

Icy Wind: 55 DMG

Foresight: Accurately pinpoints targets location and enables Ghost-type targets to be hit by Normal and Fighting-type moves and vice-versa.

Wing Attack: 60DMG

Whirlwind: A high vortex wind that blows away all targets from the user's vicinity.

"Pidg-otto! Pidgotto!" He happily voiced.

After scratching his scalp a little and picked up Spearow's pokeball. "Alright, buddy! Let's go find some more pokemon!"

In a few minutes, I found another pokemon I was interested in. A male Starly. I quickly beat up the pokemon and caught him in a pokeball. 'Now, I have a total of six on my team! Now the main question was, can I catch more than six?'

As I was having those thoughts in my mind Winter suddenly took a sharp right turn. "Pidg-otto! Otto!" He called me to follow him. I followed his lead and changed my direction.

After jumping through trees for a few minutes, Winter, lead me to the grassy field area. 'Huh! It was just medium size grass stretched for miles!' I thought as I stood in one of the tree branches at the end of the forest area.

I looked up at the sky, the sun was not at its peak yet, so I had a lot of time on my hands. 'Let's see what I can find-' A certain pokemon voice interrupted my thoughts. "Eie-vui! Vui!"

I blinked, "Huh?"

I tilted my head and looked beneath the tree branch I was standing on. After seeing the pokemon that was playing beneath the tree branch I was standing on, my eyes shot wide open as my jaw started to hang.

There was a small four-legged pokemon. It had sharp fox-like ears a round face with big brown round eyes. It had a fluffy tail and fluffy fur around its neck. However, the thing that shocked me most was its colour. The colour of its fur was light-grey.

Eevee, Evolution Pokémon

Level: 10

Gender: Female

Ability: Adaptability

HP: 105/105 [31]

SP: 75/75

Atk: 41 [30]

Def: 40 [31]

SpA: 39 [27]

SpD: 56 [31]

Spe: 27 [12]

Nature: Sassy

Characteristic: Capable of taking hits.

It has the ability to alter the composition of its body to suit its surrounding environment.

'IT'S A SHINY FUCKING EEVEE!'

'I want this, I want this, I want this, I want this, I want this, I NEED THIS!' I mentally screamed.

I started to breathe in and out heavily to calm my nerves. 'If I have to release one of my pokemon to catch her, I'll do it!'

'Sorry, Starly! Nothing personal!'

"Vui! Eie-vui! Vui!" Eevee started to play with her tail.

My face went red and steam started to come out from my ears and nose. 'THAT IS IT! The cute meter has gone too far!"

"Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, MINE!" I practically launched myself from the tree brunch towards the Eevee with stars in my eyes.

"Vui?" Eevee looked up in confusion.

Eight Hours Later:

I entered the grotto and started the fire with a small fireball. 'That was a nice grind!'

I levelled up twice and caught five new pokemon. On a side note, I don't have any limitations on pokemon catching. I have a total of nine pokemon now.

After the Eevee, I caught a female Tailow and a male Rockruff with 'Own Tempo' ability. Rockruff was this floor's boss. 'Guess, I could have caught dungeon bosses all along!'

My current level was;

Arashi, Little genius

Level: 20 (281/6800)

HP: 2050/2050

SP: 1640/1640

CP: 1710/1710

EP: Locked

RP: Locked

MP: Locked

Control: 75%

STR: 40

VIT: 60

DEX: 40

CH.E.R.M: 70

CC: 67

INT: 56 (+5)

LUC: 30 (2X)

Status Points: 30

Money: 827,150 Ryo

Bank: 1000 Ryo

"Huh? Guess my bank account is fully usable now!" I blinked.

I distributed 10 of my status points to luck, 10 to strength and 10 to dexterity;

STR: 50

DEX: 50

LUC: 40 (2X)

My taijutsu levelled up by two levels also.

Fist of flowing water, Crushing rock [S] (6%)

Level: 18

The perfect blend of offense and defense. Users of this taijutsu style can repel the attacks of their opponents, nullify them, or redirect them with twice the power.

Damage: STR+DXE= X * 2X + [+180]

I also got two 'TM' two items and twenty 'Pokeball Parts' from clearing the floor. I got a TM19 which was 'Roost' a TM27 which was 'Leech Life' a 'Quick Claw' and a 'Soothe Bell'.

My Butterfree, Beedrill and Swaddle also grew some levels. Especially Swaddle. Apparently, if a pokemon watches another pokemon battle, they can also gain experience. In Lena's case, she was on my shoulder when I was farming some wild pokemons. So she also gained massive experience.

Pidgeotto [Winter] (18), Butterfree [Freya] (15), Beedrill [Sting] (17), Sewaddle [Lena] (16)

"Alright, guys come on out and meet our new friends!" I released all of my pokemon's inside the grotto.

Everyone appeared out of their pokeballs and let out their specie's respective cries. "Okay! Be nice to each other!"

Fifteen Minutes Later:

"Newbies, take a seat in front of me!" I ordered. All of my new pokemons obeyed and took a seat in front of me. Except for Eevee. She was in my lap getting petted.

"We have a tradition in this family," I started. "Whenever a new member joins they are given a nickname!"

"My way of saying, you are all precious to me!"

"Let's start with you, Eevee!" I called. "Since your fur's colour reminds me of the moon and I want you to turn into a beautiful Umbreon in the future, I'll call you Selene. That name belonged to the beautiful goddess of the moon."

"Vui-vui!" Eevee started to wiggle her tail in excitement.

I smiled and cuddle her. "Okay! Who's next?" The remaining four pokemon started to flap their wings in anticipation. Except for Rockruff. "Ruff-ruff!" He was jumping in and wiggling at the same time.

I named them the followings;

Spearow [Skyla] (11) Tailow [Zireael] (12), Starly [Tejas] (10), Rockruff [Dusk] (15)

"So, here is the plan! We are going to start training tomorrow in the early morning and then some actual battles for you guys to gain experience. So, now go to bed and take some rest!"

They all nodded their head and found a corner to sleep in. 'Alright! Let's get some training going!' I stood up and started doing the tree climbing exercise.

Next Morning:

'Just…a…little…more…come…on!' I mentally encouraged myself.

…

…

Ping.

Your skill has levelled up!

Tree climbing exercise (100%)

Level: 35 [Max]

The user climbs trees with just using their feet using chakra. Helps the user to increase their chakra control.

Cost: 20 CP per minute

+1 CC permanent bonus per level

I sighed in relief after seeing the notification and jumped down from the tree. I quickly put my kunai's back in the pouch and then laid down on the ground in exhaustion.

Your INT has gone up by 10 for maxing out a skill!

I checked my 'CP'. It was slowly regenerating.

CP: 38/1710

Last night, after doing the tree climbing exercise for an hour, my progress came to a hold. After levelling up the skill a few more times its cost was reduced. It meant I was regenerating my chakra faster than it was getting drained.

At first, I thought it was a good thing. But, oh boy was I wrong! It took me a couple of minutes to understand the downsides of this.

If my chakra was regenerating faster than it could have been depleted then my chakra coils were not starching properly enough. This meant my gains from the exercise were non-existent.

So I had to improvise. I used the leaf concentration exercises to stretch my chakra coils. But instead of leaves, I used kunai. Those metal knives were far heavier than leaves so they are far harder to control. I stuck two kunai's on the palm of my hands and one from my forehead while standing vertically on the tree facing the ground.

It was a pain but it did the trick.

Control: 90%

CC: 88

INT: 66 (+5)

"Ruff-ruff!" Dusk barked and started to lick my face. "Good morning, boy!"

"Ruff-ruff!" He barked.

I sighed. "Here!" I gave him a kunai to chew. "You can play with that for now but we will leave in an hour!"

"Ruff!" Dusk barked and took the kunai from my hands and started to chew on it.

Late In The Evening:

"Tejas, land on the ground and use roost! Winter, cover him with gust!" I command. They both followed my command and did exactly as was told.

Winter lunched a powerful gust of winds that flew away both Kricketunes and slammed them to the ground. It gave Tejas the window to perform roost and restore 2/4 of his health.

"Now, Tejas attack the male Kricketune with the move Skyla taught you! Aerial Ace!" I ordered. "Winter, follow Tejas's lead and attack the female Kricketune with your aerial ace!"

They both followed my order and landed the attack ending the fight.

Ping.

Your pokemon have gained +466 EXP!

Ping.

Your pokemon have levelled up!

Winter, Pidgeotto

Level: 20 (68/998)

REP: +92

Ping.

Your pokemon have gained +621 EXP!

Ping.

Your pokemon have levelled up!

Tejas, Starly

Level: 14 (124/423)

REP: +52

I quickly dismissed the notification because as soon as Tejas levelled up he started to glow. Just like with Winter, Tejas grew bigger, his wings grew larger and his claws became sharper.

"STAR-AVIA!"

The glow died down and in front of my eyes was a Staravia;

Tejas, Staravia

Level: 14 (124/423)

REP: +62

Gender: Male

Ability: Intimidate

HP: 95/95 [25]

SP: 100/100

Atk: 75 [31]

Def: 42 [29]

SpA: 18 [2]

SpD: 50 [31]

Spe: 63 [31]

Nature: Adamant

Characteristic: Strong willed.

Recognizing their own weakness, they always live in a group. When alone, a Staravia cries noisily.

Moves:

Growl: lowers the target's Attack by one stage

Tackle: 40 DMG

Quick Attack: 40 DMG

Wing Attack: 60 DMG

Roost: user lands on the ground and recovers half of its max health

Aerial Ace: 60 DMG

Double Team: raises the user's Evasiveness by one stage, thus making the user more difficult to hit. Can be raised to a maximum of +6 stages each.

"Well done, Tejas!" I smiled. He sat on my shoulder and I scratched his feathers. "Let's head back!" I returned both of them to their pokeballs and 'Body-flickered' away.

-150CP!

I reappeared in front of the grotto and jumped inside. I quickly made a fire and started to clean my weapons. 'Water walking is still giving me some control boost!' I thought.

I did some more training with my pokemons near the pond in the morning. That also included some water walking along with shuriken throwing.

Water surface walking exercise (31%)

Level: 12

The user walks on the surface of the water using chakra. Helps the user increase their chakra control.

Cost: 60 CP per minute

+1 CC permanent bonus per level

And,

Shuriken Technique (7%)

Level: 16

The ability to handle a shuriken accurately.

Accuracy: 80%

DMG: +95

Cost: 15 SP

I did focus on shuriken a little more than water walking because of my current status;

Control: 95%

CC: 90

'If my calculation is correct then five more points to my 'CC' will give me 100% control!' I thought. 'However, the thing that bothers me is what will happen after I reach 100% control?'

'Will I be able to put more points in 'CC' and if yes then what will be its purpose?' I sighed. "Well, I'll cross the bridge when I get there!"

I stood up and dusted my pants. I did a quick check on my pokemons;

Pidgeotto [Winter] (20), Butterfree [Freya] (18), Beedrill [Sting] (19), Sewaddle [Lena] (19), Eevee [Selene] (15), Spearow [Skyla] (17) Tailow [Zireael] (16), Staravia [Tejas] (14), Rockruff [Dusk] (18)

Everything was in order. I pressed the 'Exit Dungeon' button and disappeared in bright light.

Kurama Clan Compound

The young heiress of the Kurama clan was sitting in her clan's dining area. She was waiting for her dinner to arrive. "Why are you so quiet today, Yan-chan?" Her mother asked.

"Nothing, oka-chan!" Yakumo answered with a light blush.

Yumiko gave her daughter a suspicious glance. She looked around the dining room, all members of the clan were present. So, she did not dive into her daughter's answer and waited patiently for dinner. Neither mother nor daughter had to wait any longer as dinner was served quickly.

After the delightful dinner, Yakumo took a stroll in the front yard of her clan compound. She saw many of her cousin-brothers and cousin-sisters playing with each other in the front yard. She wanted to join them, play with them however she knew the answer they would give her. They will always agree to let her play but they will never playback with her. They will always let her win in any game they play. They will always be nice to her but never truly laugh with her.

To them and her entire clan, she was a god-given miracle that they must protect at all cost. According to them, she is the one who is going to lead their clan back into their glory days. And she hated every part of that idea.

This all started when Yakumo was around the age of four. Her father was training with forbidden-secret genjutsu and she unknowingly walked into it. However, it did not have any effect on her.

Later, they found out she had a natural mental defense against genjutsus thanks to her high affinity to the Yin-chakra. When she asked her mother, her mother explained that high-level genjutsus will have a harder time affecting her while she will have complete immunity against smaller and medium-level genjutsus.

Her grandma said that she was blessed with the rare mutation of their kekkei genkai. Around a hundred and fifty years ago their clan used to have these powers, which lead their clan to rise as a powerful and prominent shinobi clan at that time.

As Yakumo recalled all those words, she thought, 'I hate it!'

'Everyone I know always treats me like a doll they must protect! Well, except him…' Yakumo blushed lightly as she thought of a certain boy.

She shook her head rapidly, 'No, he is even worst! He always calls me brownie! He even made a joke about m-m-marrying me today!'

"Arashi-no-baka!" She whispered.

Yumiko watched her daughter from the balcony and sighed. 'Yan-chan...' After watching her daughter go through many facial emotions, she decided to have a heart-to-heart with her.

The heiress of the Kurama clan was sitting on her bed in her room, reading a book about the geography of the fire country for her upcoming class exams when someone knocked on her room's door.

*Knock*…*knock*

"Yan-chan, are you awake?" Her mother asked from the other side of her room's door.

She closed the book and answered, "Hai, oka-chan!"

Yumiko entered her room and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I was reading geography, oak-chan!" Yakumo answered.

Her mother smiled. "Oh! Are you scared about your exams?"

"I'm not scared, I'm just a little tense about it!" She replied.

The older Kurama sat beside her bed and grabbed her in a loving hug. "Well, just focus on what you learned, stay calm and give your best!"

"Arigato!" She hugged her mother.

"Now, would you tell me the reason why you were upset?" Yumiko said.

Yakumo blushed. "Ano…you..s-see…o-oka-chan,"

"Yan-chan…" Yumiko narrowed her eyes at her daughter, "Don't try to lie to me…"

Yakumo began to sweat in fear. "Ano…ano…"She could not hold longer any moment, "Okay, okay! I'll tell you everything, oka-chan!"

Ten Minutes Later:

"And then, he said we were not married yet and after hearing that I panicked and ran straight home!" Yakumo said with a blush.

'So, that's why Hinata-chan ran after her here!' Yumiko thought.

"Ne, Yan-chan," She began, " You said, Arashi dodged all of Uchiha Sasuke's attacks without fighting back!"

Yakumo nodded, "Hai, he avoided all of his attacks and tired out Sasuke-san!"

"And he said all of his skills were self-taught?" Yumiko asked.

Her daughter nodded again, "Hai, he said since he was an orphan no one wanted to teach him for free and he doesn't have the money for paid instructors. So, he taught himself!"

Yumiko nodded. "I see!"

'If, what she said about that boy were all true then either he is a genius like Minato-sama or someone unknown with alterer motives is pulling the strings!' Yumiko thought. 'I'll have someone look into this boy as quickly as possible!'

"What's wrong, oka-chan?" Yakumo called in confusion.

Yumiko blinked. "Nothing sweety!" She narrowed her eyes, "But, I have a more important question to ask!"

"Ne Yen-chan, do you have a crush on that Arashi boy?"

Yakumo blushed red, "No-no-no-no-no-no, absolutely not! What are you talking about, oka-chan!"

Yumiko smirked. "You do! Don't you!"

"Oh, my daughter has a crush! You are growing up so fast, Yan-chan!" She teased. And Yakumo began to shake her hands vigorously in denial.

Her mother spoke, "You should definitely bring your friends home after your exams are over! Especially, this Arashi you are so fond of. I'll love to meet that boy in person!"

The heiress of the Kurama clan was hiding her face in her hands in embarrassment. Yumiko smiled at her daughter's reaction. She kissed her daughter on her forehead. "Rest now, Yen-chan. You have early morning training with your sensei."

Yumiko then tuckered her daughter in bead and left the room.

After her mother left her room she opened her eyes and looked toward the window. Near the window, a figure was standing. This figure was about her size and wearing a light-pink kimono. She was looking at the outside garden and stroking her long hair.

"You should be more honest about your feelings…"The figure spoke in a soft melodic voice.

"And why do you care?" Yakumo asked calmly.

"Why, you ask…"The figure smiled, "Because not so long ago, you considered me as your friend."

Yakumo shited her back toward this figure. "That was when I didn't have any real friends. Now, I have real friends. I don't need an imaginary one. So now you can fade into my imagination forever."

"You hurt my feeling, Yan-chan…" The figure said in a sad tone.

"Don't call me that! Everything about you is fake, every word you speak is fake. You are not real so please stop disturbing me and leave!" Yakumo said in an irritated tone and went to sleep.

The figure however continued to stroke her long hair. "Fake you say huh!"The figure turned toward sleeping Yakumo and began to walk towards her bed. However, before it could reach her a transparent barrier stopped the figure in its tracks.

The figure extended her nails and dragged them across the barrier. "Just you wait…I'll have you again…Yan-chan…and next time I won't leave until you…die…"

The figure smirked and licked its lips then disappeared into the shadows.

Arashi

I reappeared in my room changed my clothes back to normal and hopped on my bed. 'Okay, now the main question was, how do I do damage control?"

'I could just give everyone the same story I gave Naruto and others!'

'Hmm….' I thought. 'That could work and all of my stories need to be the same or they will find out I'm lying, which could cause more trouble for me in the future!'

I blinked, 'Okay, so I am going with that and I'll have to avoid showing my skills from now on! This means I'll have to put a leash on Naruto!'

'Hmm…' I mentally sighed, 'I could do that if I start living with him but I don't want to leave Koime and I also want to get out of this shitty orphanage as soon as possible!'

'I mean, I could ditch this place tomorrow if I wanted to. I have the cash for it! But I also don't want to raise suspicions in other people's minds!'

I closed my eyes and began to breathe in and out slowly. 'Which leaves me only one choice, I'll have to wait for a week or two until my books money begins to credit in my bank account. Once I have an income source to show for I'll buy an apartment or a house and move out with Koime!'

'I'll also have to convince her somehow to let Naruto stay with us!'

…

'So, I have a week to influence Koime's view towards Naruto!'

'I can work with that!' I opened my eyes. "But for now I should focus on my next book! Man Of Steel!"

Next Morning:

"Man Of Steel! Done!" I starched my arms.

I added a post-credit scene where Clark is sent to Gotham City with Lois Lane to cover the aftermath of the fear-toxin outbreak.

'Let's see how 'The Batman' does and then I'll give this to Fujita-san!' I thought.

My next book will be 'Wonder Woman' following that will be 'Batman V Superman' then 'Aquaman' then 'Flash' and then 'Green Lantern' all leading up to 'The Justice League".

'If all goes according to my plan then I'll be a billionaire in no time!' I smirked.

Ninja Academy: Lunch Break:

"Hey, fight me!" Sasuke shouted.

'This is going to be a long lunch break!' I sighed. "Yeh, good afternoon Sasuke!" I said and began to eat my lunch again.

"Don't ignore me, fight me!" Sasuke shouted again.

"Hey, teme get lost! You lost against him last time!" Naruto shot back.

"Shut up, dobe!" Sasuke fired back at Naruto. "I'm talking to him! So get lost loser!"

Naruto's face boiled red, "What did you say, teme?"

"You heard me, dobe!" Sasuke answered. "I want to fight him not you loser, so get lost!"

I sighed, 'This is going to be a regular thing, isn't it!'

"Ehh…why you…." Naruto was about to jump at Sasuke but I pulled him back. "Okay, that's enough!" I turned to Sasuke, "Listen, pal if you want to fight me that badly, I'll agree," He smirked. "But on one condition!"

"What's that?" Sasuke asked.

I smirked, "What's my last name?"

The young Uchiha blinked, "Huh?"

"Tell me my last name! And I'll fight you!" I said with a smirk.

"Um…a…" Sasuke staretd to wonder.

Naruto tilted his head in confusion. "Hey, Arashi, you do-" But before he could continue Yakumo grabbed his mouth. "Shut up, Naruto!"

I sighed in relief. 'I'm starting to like Yakumo more and more. If she turns into a hot babe in future, I'll definitely date her!'

The young Uchiha was sweating profusely. "Um..aa…i-it's…D-Don…zu…ma…ki!?"

"What?" I raised my eyebrow.

"D-Donzumaki!" Sasuke said with a sweat.

I gave him a smirk and then it turn into a smile then into a burst of full-blown laughter. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…"

Everyone around me started to laugh their asses off. "Ahahah…hahaha…hahaha…*cough*…*cough*…oh..my…oh…my…stomach…hurts….dattebayo…" Naruto was rolling around the ground.

Sasuke's face went red, "H-Hey, stop laughing and fight me! I gave you your answer!"

"Oh…oh…god…I…haven't had a…had…a laugh like that in a while!" I wiped the tears of joy from my eyes. "Oh..oh no man, sorry! But that's the wrong answer!"

"Why, you…." His became redder. "IT DOESN'T MATTER FIGHT ME!"

"Wow, wow, hold your ducks, duck-butt! I said I'll fight you if you can tell my last name! So, unless you know what my last name is, don't challenge me again!" I exclaimed.

Sasuke sneered in rage. "Hey, you!" He pointed his fingers at Hinata. "Eep!" Said girl got startled. "Tell me his-" But before Sasuke could finish I stepped in between them. "Oh, and my friends only know my first name! Because to them, my last name is not important, so try someone else, duck-butt!"

Sasuke growled in anger. "Fine, this ain't over! Hn!" He turned around and walk away from our table.

I smirked, 'Yeah, go find my last name kid! Even I would like to know that!'

Ino and Sakura

"Ahahahaha…" Ino elbowed Sakura. "Come on, Sakura! Even you have to admit, that was funny!"

"I-Ino…he pranked Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said.

"And it was funny!" Ino said back.

"I mean k-kinda…" Sakura said with a blush. "But come on Ino, he pranked Sasuke-kun!"

"And?" Ino asked with a shrug. Sakura blinked, "Ino! He pranked Sasuke-kun!"

"I don't see how that's a problem!" Ino crossed her hands.

Sakura raised her eyebrow, "Okay, would you have liked the prank if it would have been done by…I don't know…Kiba!?"

Ino asked, "Would you?"

Sakura narrowed her eye, "I'm serious!"

Ino sighed, "Okay fine! I wouldn't have laughed if it was done by Kiba! But in my defense, Kiba always smells like a wet dog, can't take a joke especially if he is the butt of that joke and he always needs to be the center of attention."

"Plus, Kiba can't pull a prank like that because it would mean he is strong enough to admit his shortcomings!"

"I think you forgot to mention the most important part," Sakura said.

"Which is?" Ino blinked in confusion.

"You don't think Kiba is good-looking enough! Shannaro!" Sakura shot.

"Hello miss pot, miss kettle called, she says your black!" Ino shot back.

Sakura blinked, "Excuse me! What?"

Ino raised her eyebrow, "Oh-ho, you mean to tell me you like Sasuke-kun because of his charming personality?"

Sakura blushed. Ino smirked. "See!"

"And besides, my Arashi-kun is way more good-looking than Sasuke-kun!"

Sakura blinked, "Huh?"

"Your Arashi?" She asked. "When did he become your Arashi? You didn't even know his name till yesterday!"

"Love at first sight, okay!" Ino blushed and turned away.

"Ino-pig, you didn't even have a conversation with him! Shannaro!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Oh, like you had so many conversations with Sasuke-kun before!" Ino said narrowing her eyes. "Go on, forehead, tell me what's Sasuke-kun's favourite flower? I'll fact-check!"

Sakura blushed, "O-okay, but in my defense, Sasuke-kun doesn't like to talk much! But the guy over there is talking to those girls and that boy! What's your excuse?"

"I want to talk to him but I'm afraid that I'll stutter my words up in the excitement." Ino began, "Come on Sakura, help a sister out!" She clasped her hands.

Sakura sighed, "Fine! I'll help!"

"You mean it?" The Yamanaka heiress asked with starry eyes.

Sakura rolled her eyes, "Yes! So, let's go before the bell rings!"

"Oh, Sakura I love you…hey is that Ami with Sasuke-kun?" Ino voiced.

"WHAT?" Sakura screeched.

The pink-haired girl quickly turned her head. "WHAT IS SHE DOING WIH SASUKE-KUN?"

Ino narrowed her eyes, "It looks like they're headed toward's Arashi's table!"

Arashi

"Okay, think of it this way, if you brought one cup of ramen with 250 Ryo's and I brought three cups of ramen with 300 Ryo's then how much more money did you pay for a single cup of ramen?" I asked Naruto.

"So, I have one cup of ramen for 250," Naruto counted, "And you have three cups of ramen for 300…"

"Look here Naruto," I called. "If you have a question like this first thing you need to calculate is how much I had to pay for each cup of ramen!"

"But it's not specified in the question how much you paid for each cup!" He scratched his head.

"Good point!" I began, "If it's no amount is specified then we use the average method! We have to assume that each of the three cups is 1/3 of the total price."

"So, you have 3 cups and 300 Ryo's, how much does each cost equally?" I asked him.

"3 cups, 300 Ryo's…so you paid…100 for each cup. Right!" Naruto answered.

"Good!" I praised, "So now-"

"Hey, you!" Sasuke interrupted.

I sighed, "Dude, I'm busy right now! Could you come tomorrow or maybe like never, I'd really apricated!"

Sasuke sneered, "Fight me!"

"That's not how you say 'hello' to people by the way," I said. "And besides, do you know my last name! I think I was pretty cleared about the last name part!"

Sasuke gave me a mocking smirk. "Hn!"

"Eh-hm! Allow me to educate you loser!" A girl with purple hair styled in an asymmetrical cut and brown eyes spoke. "Your name is Arashi and as for your last name…" She said with a mocking smirk, "You don't have any last name because you are an ORPHAN LOSER!"

…

…

…

'This dumb bitch just ruined my entire trolling plan!' I pinched my nose in frustration.

Ino and Sakura

'THAT BITCH!' Ino cursed mentally.

"LET'S GO SAKURA, I'LL BEAT AMI TO A PULP!"Ino grabbed Sakura's arm and ran toward's Ami.

Arashi

"Okay, listen-" Before I could say anything I noticed two light killing intent rose from my backside. I immediately turned around to see Yakumo and Kiyomi was looking at the purple-haired girl with rage.

"Okay, girls! Let's just calm down-"

"TAKE THAT, YOU STUPID BIMBO!"

!Smack!

'Oh, for god sake! What was that?' I immediately turned back to see the purple-haired girl getting punched right in her face by a blonde-haired girl. 'Ino? What? Why?'

"I WILL BEAT YOU TO A PULP, YOU DUMB BIMBO!" Ino shouted.

Before she could follow her words up I grabbed Ino's right arm. "SAKURA LET ME GO! HOW DARE THAT FILTH TALK TO HIM LIKE THAT! LET ME GO SAKURA!"

Sakura sighed, "I-Ino, I'm not the one holding y-you!"

"WHAT? THEN WHO IN HELL's n-n-n-name…" Ino turned around her head to see who was holding her.

"H-Hey!" I smiled at her.

Ino's face became extremely red and steam started to come out of her ears. She immediately jumped back and began to fix her dress and hair.

"You okay?" I asked.

In response, she started to nod her head rapidly. "Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes!"

"Ino, clam down!" Sakura shook Ino a few times.

"Okay!" I slowly back away from them. "You two seem to be busy…I'll leave you guys alone!"

"Wait-wait-wait! Arashi-kun!" Ino called.

"Um…yeah?" I stopped.

"M-m-m-my name is Yamanaka I-Ino! I-I-I was wondering if w-w-we could be friends or something?" She asked with a stutter.

"We? Like the both of you…?" I asked.

Ino blinked, "Huh?" She blinked again, "Oh…you mean Sakura! Yeah-yeah-yeah, she too!" Ino pulled her. Sakura on the other hand shook her head rapidly, "Ino-Ino, no-no-no-no don't drag me into this!" Sakura began to whisper to her friend.

"This is Haruno Sakura by the way!" Ino introduced her pink-haired friend.

"Yeah, I know we are all in the same class!" I smiled, "Nice to meet you Haruno-san!"

She bowed her head, "It's nice-"

Sakura's voice was interrupted by Ami's screaming. "AH! INO-PIG, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? WHY DID YOU HIT ME?"

Ino narrowed her eyes, "You know very well why? Don't talk to me like you know me! Trash!"

"H-hey, Arashi?" Naruto spoke in whispers. "What is going on here?"

"I have absolutely no idea, Naruto!" I whispered.

"THAT IS IT!" Sasuke screamed. "EVERYONE SHUT UP!"

"AND YOU!" He looked at me. "FIGHT ME! RIGHT NOW!"

'Oh yeah, how can I forget!'

"Alright, Sasuke!" I began narrowing my eyes, "You want a fight right! I'll give you a fight!" He smirked.

"You just need to bring a sensei down here so he or she will make it official!" I said.

"Why would we need a sensei?" He asked.

"What? are you scared, Sasuke-chan?" I taunted.

"Fine!" He ran into the academy building to find a sensei.

I turned toward's Ino and Sakura, "By the way, why don't you two join us at our table while the duck-butt finds a sensei!"

They both looked at each other and Ino shrugged while Sakura sighed.

They both joined me at our table. "Ino, Sakura, meet the rest of the gang!"

"This is Yakumo!" She gave Ino and Sakura an irritated glare, "Hey!"

"That is Kiyomi!" She gave Ino and Sakura a strong "Hn!"

"That is Hinata!" She polity bowed her head and started to stutter, "A-a-a-a-n-n-n-n-o-o-o-o, i-i-i-it's…n-n-n-nice…t-t-to…m-m-meet…y-y-y-you…g-g-guy's!"

"And this is-" Naruto slammed his hands on the table, "UZUMAKI NARUTO! FUTURE HOKAGE! DATTEBAYO!

Ino's swat dropped. "H-hello, everyone!"

Sakura sighed, 'There all nut jobs!' She narrowed her eyes at Ino and whispered, "I blame you for all of this!"

Ten Minutes Later:

I was standing in a big circle. Opposite my position was Sasuke. Our entire class surrounded us and waited for the match.

"Both fighters ready?" Iruka asked.

Ping.

Quest alert!

Beat the kid [S]!

Rewards:

+100 EXP

Failure:

Broken bone

Accept/Decline

I mentally selected declined. 'I got a better idea!'

I smirked, "Ready!"

Sasuke narrowed his eyes, "Hn!"

"This is a one-on-one friendly fight no lethal forces are allowed," Iruka exclaimed.

"Hey, Naruto-san! Do you think Arashi-kun will be alright? I mean I know he is strong but still…" Ino asked.

"Don't worry Ino-san! Arashi is strong! I know he will win!" Naruto gave her a nice guy smile.

"Hey, duck-butt wanna raise the stakes a bit more? Let's do a bet!" I said with a smirk.

"If I win, you will never bother me with a challenge again, until the day we graduate!" I began, "if you win, however, you can never challenge me again until we graduate!"

Sasuke blinked, "I don't s-"

"Of course, you can always say no and prove to me you are nothing more than a cowered!" I interrupted.

Sasuke's face turned red, "FINE! I accept!"

I turned to Iruka, "You heard that right, Iruka sensei?"

He sighed, "I heard it Arashi! It's official!"

I smiled, "Okay! Let's do this!"

"Alright now," Iruka voiced, "Hajime!

Sasuke ran straight at me, "Ha…"

I raised my hands and "I give up!"

"WHAT?" Everyone face faulted.

'What the hell! They do face fault, anime logic, I guess!' I thought to myself.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN YOU GIVE UP?" Sasuke and Naruto shouted unanimously.

"Now-now Sasuke, you and I both knew what this was! Just a match. And just like any match, the participants have the complete right to throw in the towel!" I smiled, "So I give up! Nice fight!"

"EVERY WORD YOU JUST SPOKE MADE ME VIOLENTLY ANGRY, OH GREAT! NOW I'M AGREEING WITH NARUTO, LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!"

"EVERY WORD YOU JUST SPOKE MADE ME VIOLENTLY ANGRY, OH GREAT! NOW I'M AGREEING WITH SASUKE, LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!"

"Oh come on now, guys! Ask Iruka sensei, he will tell you!" I looked at Iruka.

The man sighed, "Yes, what Arashi did was completely fair! He has full right to give up a fight!

"Shosha, Uchiha Sasuke!" Iruka declared.

"B-but, I'm not finished," Sasuke began, "WE ARE NOT FINISHED!"

"YOU BITCH! FIGHT ME, RIGHT NOW!" He screamed in rage.

"Well Sasuke, hate to break it to you buddy but you don't have any right to challenge me till we graduate!" I said with a smirk. "Remember the bet?"

"WHAT!?" Sasuke sneered in rage, "YOU BITCH! I DON'T GIVE A DAMM! I WILL…"

"You won't do anything Sasuke-kun!" Iruka narrowed his eyes at him. "You have agreed to his terms and will honour it as the words described!"

"We may be ninjas," Iruka turned towards the entire class, "And ninjas have very little honours but when you promise something to your fellow ninjas, you must live by that promise! That is a code every shinobi follows from all around the world!"

'I swear, this guy probably lectures his dreams too…" I mentally sighed.

"As for you, Sasuke-kun, I would also like to have a word with your parents! You were using rough language to talk to your fellow classmates, which is unacceptable!"

"Please bring your mother or father to school tomorrow and you will also be serving detention for a week!" Iruka said to Sasuke.

'Damm, I kid a feel sorry for him, now! I didn't want him to get detention!' I sadly looked at Sasuke. Then I remembered he will probably bring his ungodly attractive hot mom and just like that all guilt washed away from my heart.

'Hey, I may be a child but that does not mean I won't look at his mom's big assets!' I smirked, 'Got a find a way to stay after school tomorrow!'

Sasuke

If Sasuke thought he was having a bad day that would be an understatement. He only wanted to fight that boy, Arashi. Now he was walking out of the teacher's room with a detention letter and a guardian call letter from his homeroom teacher.

All for what? Just because he wanted a fair fight! He didn't even know the guy was an orphan. The purpled-haired girl came to him and said she know his last name.

He looked at the letters in his hands, "Kaa-san is going to kill me!"

Arashi

Midnight:

'Okay! Stage 5, let's go!' I selected the next dungeon and disappeared in bright light.

After a few seconds, the lights died down and I was standing in a beautiful field of flowers. There were lilies, sunflowers, roses, jasmine flowers, and many more.

'Hmm…by the looks of it this is either a grass-type stage or bug-type!' I thought, 'Ah, who cares! I know fire-type jutsus and have flying-type pokemons! This will be a cakewalk!'

Natural Dungeon: One Day Later:

"IVY-SAUR!" The wild Ivysaur roared and wiped out his vine at me. I immediately jumped back and threw some shurikens at him.

The seed pokemon saw my coming attack and jumped back to avoid it. I smirked and used my ninja wires to change the shuriken's directions. The wires spined around the pokemon and tied him down. One wire was in my mouth as I quickly started to go through some hand signs, 'Right where I want you, Fire Release: Dragon Fire Jutsu!'

The fire quickly travelled through the wire and impacted the Ivysur.

Ping.

-350 HP!

Ping.

You have gained +468 EXP!

Ping.

You have levelled up!

Arashi, Little genius

Level: 25 (67/10,800)

HP: 2800/2800

SP: 2240/2240

CP: 2410/2410

EP: Locked

RP: Locked

MP: Locked

Control: 95%

STR: 50

VIT: 60

DEX: 50

CH.E.R.M: 70

CC: 90

INT: 66 (+5)

LUC: 40 (2X)

Status Points: 50

Money: 827,150 Ryo

Bank: 1000 Ryo

'Okay! I think I grinned enough for today!'

Ping.

Floor boss defeated.

Please collect your rewards:

TM86

Miracle Seed

The Arts Of Alchemy

A Beginners Guide To Agriculture

Ingredients

Potions

I clicked on the notification.

Ping.

Inventory Upgraded!

'It looks like the potions and ingredients were inventory upgrades!' I thought, 'TM86 was 'Giga Drain'; 'Miracle seed' was a pokemon item and two new skill books!'

I blinked, 'I didn't know I could brew potions!'

I shrugged and grabbed all the loot in the boss room and 'Body-Flickered' back to my hideout.

-150 CP!

After reaching the hidden grotto I quickly started a small fire and lay down on my leaf bed. "Let's see…" I began, "I have 50 status points so I will go with…"

I gave 20 points to 'VAT'; 10 points to 'CH.E.R.M'; 10 points to 'INT' and 10 points to luck.

VIT: 80

CH.E.R.M: 80

INT: 76 (+5)

LUC: 50 (2X)

"What else?"

Observation (96%)

Level: 48

Ability to learn about objects or a person by observing them.

And,

Kunai Technique (100%)

Level: 20 [Max]

The ability to handle a kunai accurately.

Accuracy: 100%

DMG: +125

Cost: 25 SP

"Oh, yeah! I maxed out these two!"

Shuriken Technique (100%)

Level: 20 [Max]

The ability to handle a shuriken accurately.

Accuracy: 100%

DMG: +115

Cost: 15 SP

"Truth be told, I only maxed out those two skils because I got bored one-shoting grass-type pokemons!' I sighed, 'Hell, all of my other pokemon grew expeditiously!"

Pidgeotto [Winter] (24), Butterfree [Freya] (23), Beedrill [Sting] (23), Swadloon [Lena] (21), Eevee [Selene] (18), Fearow [Skyla] (21) Swellow [Zireael] (22), Staravia [Tejas] (21), Rockruff [Dusk] (19)

'Well, everyone except Dusk! My boy had a hard time here!' I scrolled through my options, 'On the plus side, this is only a grass-type dungeon. Due to that many of my pokemon evolved. And this dungeon has all of the grass-type starters are available!'

How do I know? Because I caught all of them thanks to Skyla. She flew me around the entire dungeon. Yes! The entire dungeon! The 'dungeon' is actually a small island surrounded by sea.

Bulbasaur [Ivy] (11), Chikorita [Bella] (10), Treecko [Seth] (11), Turtwig [Timmy] (10), Snivy [Leafa] (10), Chespin [Juggernaught] (12), Rowlet [Arrow] (13)

Except for Timmy my Turtwig, every single one of them had their hidden abilities. And all of them had perfect nature and IVs.

Oh, and Juggernaught and Arrow were shiny.

'I have memories of myself from the other life where I used to grind hours and days just to get the perfect IVs and perfect nature in the pokemon games!' I smiled. 'Now look at me, I'm hunting down them like rabbits!'

I opened my inventory and selected the 'Books and Scroll' part. 'Hmm…' I selected the agricultural book first;

Would you like to learn this skill?

Yes/No

I pressed yes.

Ping.

New skill acquired!

Agriculture (0%)

Level: 1

The practice of farming. Includes the cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

+2% bonus on plant growths.

+2% bonus on self-grown ingredients and spices.

I blinked. All of the basic parts of farming, planting trees taking care of domestic animals knowledge came pouring into my head.

I sighed, "The one skill that could have been maxed level from the very beginning, starts from level 1! Great, just fucking great!"

"I am not going to college for this shit!"

I opened the alchemy skill book;

Would you like to learn this skill?

Yes/No

I pressed yes.

Ping.

New skill acquired!

Alchemy (0%)

Level: 1

The art of mixing ingredients or chemicals is concerned with the transmutation of matter or finding a potion or elixir.

+2% bonus to self-crafted potions, poisons, and elixir.

+2% bonus to self-crafted matters and materials.

'This one may not be that bad!' I thought to myself, 'I mean, most open-world fantasy RPG video games I remember playing did have broken alchemy built!

I blinked, 'Note to self! Need to buy a big-ass apartment or house with at least 6 bedrooms!'

My eye went toward to skill scroll variants I had in my inventory. I had five '+10' skill scrolls and two '+20' skill scrolls. So, I decided to use one '+10' skill scroll for each of these new skills.

Ping.

Your skill has levelled up!

Agriculture (0%)

Level: 10

The practice of farming. Includes the cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

+20% bonus on plant growths.

+20% bonus on self-grown ingredients and spices.

Ping.

Your skill has levelled up!

Alchemy (0%)

Level: 10

The art of mixing ingredients or chemicals is concerned with the transmutation of matter or finding a potion or elixir.

+20% bonus to self-crafted potions, poisons, and elixir.

+20% bonus to self-crafted matters and materials.

According to my knowledge of alchemy, I can make potions, poisons and elixirs with different types of mushrooms, Apricorns and berries. I can also use the roots of different trees, organs of other animals and many more.

I sighed heavily, 'Guess I'll have to buy a nice ass chemist lab! Good-sexy-goddess above, I haven't even started earning yet and the bills are piling up already!'

I pressed the exit button and left the dungeon.

Kurama Clan Compound

The heiress of the Kurama clan was sitting in her bed and studying history. But she was having a hard time concentrating due to her mind keep wandering elsewhere. 'I should have talked to him more!'

'What if he thinks…no-no-no-no! Focus on your studies, Yakumo!' She shook her head. 'Everyone in the clan has high hopes for you!'

"Every in the clan will always have expectations of you…Yan-chan!"A voice spoke up.

Yakumo looked toward the voice. The kimono-wearing girls. She was sitting above her cupboard and playing with her hair.

The heiress of the Kurama clan narrowed her eyes at the girl. "You again? I thought I told you to get lost!"

The girl gave her a sweet smile, "Awa...Yan-chan…*don't call me that!*…how can I leave you, you're my best friend!"

"No, I'm not!" Yakumo sneered, "Friends don't hurt your family!"

"Yan-chan, you hurt me!" The girl spoke up with a sad tone, "I would never hurt you or your family!"

"Liar!" Yakumo growled, "I don't know how you did it! But even as imagination, you somehow made my mother cry!"

"I remember that day very clearly," She stood up walked right up to the girl. "You told me to take some rest and when I did, I woke up three days later in my mother's arm. She was crying and I had wounds all over my body!"

"They told me you were just in my head and because of that I got hurt!"

The said girl was sitting on top of the cupboard and looking down on Yakumo. "They LIE!" She said in a deep voice.

Yakumo took back a few steps in fear. "No they DON'T!" She began to breathe heavily. "When I told them about you they say you didn't exist! Oka-chan said you weren't real!"

"After that incident, I even tried to look for you but you were nowhere! Just like they said, you are not real, so go away!"

The girl made a sad face, "Yan-chan, the truth is they sent me away!" She began, "I was the one that rescued you!"

"When you fell asleep on my lap in the forest. But then a wild animal attacked us and I was trying to wake you up but you weren't buzzing."

"So I grabbed you and kept running through the bushes. The woods and leaves cut through your flesh and gave you some wounds! How else do you think you got hurt?" She continued with some tears, "I somehow manage to carry you out of the forest and bring you to your home but they kicked me out like some garbage!"

"They even threatened me with my life so I ran away!"She finished.

"That is a big fat lie!" Yakumo said, "My family would never hurt anyone especially if they saved me!"

"Oh, Yan-chan! But you forgot one simple thing," She said with a sad smile, "I am a commoner! I am not some noble lady like you!"

"That doesn't matter! My family would never-" Yakumo's words were cut off by the girl, "If you don't believe me then why don't you take on your mother's offer and invite your friends over! Especially that guy!"

"Oka-chan would never-"

"Maybe not in front of you but a comment here a suggestion there…" The girl turned her back at Yakumo, "And don't let me get started on your clan members…"

Yakumo shook her head in denial, "NO-no-no they would never!"

"Then why don't you prove me wrong…Yan-chan!" The girls smirked, "Invite your Arashi-kun here and see for yourself!"

"I don't believe you!" Yakumo said to the shadowy girl, "I'm going to sleep!" She turned her back on the girl and went to her bed.

The girl smirked one last time and vanished in thin air.

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Chapter 11 is done.

Word count 16K+

Okay, this is the first part of the final chapter for the 'Birth of Malestrom' arc. After this arc, the 'Ninja Life' arc will begin.

As you may notice I'm going for a different route with Yakumo's demon storyline. I'm not gonna explain much here, just wait for the next chapter.

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