2nd year since my insertion
I waited with stilled posture well hidden in nature that the fox didn't notice me even when it scanned the surrounding's, I waited as it traveled toward the bait which I planted earlier. It was going slowly while keeping an eye on the surroundings.
When it finally reached the bait, it began sniffing the bird. Not finding any additional smell, it began to devour it. As the fox was busy, I began preparing myself for sudden movement. When I was sure I was ready, I switched places with a stone that was just to the right of the bait.
The fox sprang back due to the sudden movement and tried to backpedal. I was ready though, I began to radiate killing intent that froze it for a second. That was all I needed, I quickly used the sword to separate its head from its body.
Well, that was easy, mostly due to practice though. As the fox was dead, I quickly put the fox in the inventory. A 2x2 meter box in the inventory, that was currently almost full.
I first had used a container but when I noticed a smell coming from the books, well I began using an actual box that had runes to preserve the meat and prevent the smell.
Now that my hunt was complete, I quickly jumped up quickly traveled towards the town. The forest "Mysterious Woodland" was a large forest, covering an area comparable to the Sahara desert. Only a small part of the area under it is for public use. The rest is divided among the pillars.
Runes are used to divide the forest because the area under pillar also has a higher level of animals, apart from that you need special permission to enter it as pillar's want a cut if you want to hunt in that area.
I traveled in between the top later and ground layers. On the top side, various flying menaces had made themselves home and so it's idiotic to go there. While on the ground you can find things so varied that it's better to just run in between while keeping an eye around you. You can die in seconds if you are not careful.
When I first start hunting, I made so many mistakes. Things that could have easily been rectified if I had talked to experienced hunters.
The main things that I learned from hunting was stealth and chakra control. Of course I picked sword fighting to arm myself after having to run for my life while being chased by a boar that could use wind magic.
It didn't take that much time while learning Kinjutsu as by then I was already making a few gold pieces per day. So, I just went to a dojo, while wearing shades and asked the master to show me all the practice they did. Paying for a few days just to observe the people at deferent levels of mastery got me a few different styles.
I then practiced the different styles using a broken and to ingrain the katas that they were following. The Sharingan is a big help. I just have to go in a slight trace and from there I can just flow into the katas that were being done. I started as the basics, simply because my muscles where not used to the different movements. Ones I had them down it was just repeating the next stage.
I was practicing the katas to make the movements instinctive, decreasing the time taken and make my body.
Well I should tell you main points that I established.
"Never fly over the forest, as wildlife would attack you in packs" [I seriously started to hate birds after this]
"If a predator sees you, either take off your suppressor or kill it, as it would continue to follow you" [They sense your non-existing magic with suppressor and deem you prey]
"Always carry a few days food and water in addition to camping supplies in case you are going inside the jungle for more than one day" [That's a major the point, like a very big one as weather conditions, can deteriorate very quickly in the forest, I came close to dying due to this. Poor visibility, bad conditions and no smell or sound to warn you about an incoming wolf, got my eyes to two tomes from this encounter though]
"Don't let your range weapon get crushed during a fight" [That bull was so over powered]
"Animals too have learned to use ranged attacks" [That slimy frog had a spitting tongue]
"In case you notice a high-class animal run and run fast" [That fucking the gorilla could infuse bomb magic into stones, it was so unfair, especially his accuracy]
"Making an animal sleep randomly is hard, especially if they are in a pack" [I really should have thought of that. Can't even use Sharingan as if they see some movement in my eyes, they break eye contact very quickly. Turns out magic has made animals a lot more spooky]
"Coming inside a forest without reading extensively about its flora and fauna is bloody stupid" [had to spend 2 gold to get treated in the hospital, fucking plants that eat meat and leaches and mosquito and slippery trees and camouflage scorpions]
"Listening to the news is very important as you get current info of what's going inside forest" [This was funny as hell, there was a bug that released a gas that dissolved threads, had to make a skirt of leaf and run back home]
While these are some main point the major thing that happened is, I found a history book at the thrift store while buying a book of maps, describing the underworld and mainly the forest. I also got a book on different plants and animals found.
Anyway, as I was saying that I found a history book and found so many things different that I swore for 1 week straight whenever I remembered about it.
Turns out this is not an exactly canon universe, here things happened a lot differently. Like really differently in some cases.
Well as a starting point, a small thing is that, I am really REALLY happy to not choose a fallen angel as race.
Apparently it is very widely know that GOD [ \ow\] taught all the male six-pair angels about fighting and female one(Gabriel) about the god system and sacred gears.
So, at the end of the war [after that guy died] instead of Azazel, Gabriel fell from heaven. The surprise doesn't end here.
Kokabeil and a few others fell too, but had a dispute with Gabriel and thus lead to fallen angels being divided in two separate fractions.
The violent maniacs lead by Kokabeil and peaceful doormats under Gabriel. The violent ones captured about 5% of land in underworld and just remain there while preparing for war at all times.
In case you are wondering why no one attacked them, well this happened during the civil war in between devils and by the time Sirzechs became Lucifer, they were already situated in the area properly and no one wanted to start a war just after two continuous wars. The population of underworld was low, no need to make enemy's unnecessarily.
The peaceful ones on the other hand scattered all over the world forming a spy network or just enjoying the life. I don't know which, what I do know is that, they are mostly used by other supernatural communities.
This did have one major impact; fallen angels are not considered dangerous and are considered a minor faction like Youkai. Gabriel and Yasaka are considered best friends and there is a lab in Kyoto. There is no child born from Yasaka, she is still single, no Kunou. The only 9 tail Kitsune currently.
I don't know more changes that are present simply because I didn't have good enough memory to remember all the details.
Even though I was able to earn about 30 gold coins in a month, I still gave Jou only 100 silver. This was mainly due to my expenses as I spent much of my money for the sword and the rest for books after finding about the history of this world. Apart from that, equipment such as camping, medicine and safety ones.
Money was also spent searching about the various people from the show and how they behave in this universe. In case the plans I was thinking were to be deleted all together.
In the case of mobile phones, I was waiting for the market to finish developing, as in the case of devils, Ajuka developed technologies faster than in the human world. So, I was waiting for better ones before spending money in that department.
As I came out of the forest, I quickly began to take stock of myself. I am about 60 pounds with 4 feet in height. Collecting majority of my hairs in a ponytail, apart from two bags that frame my face. I looked quite cute wearing a green t-shirt, pent combo.
I always kept ESSENTIALS in my inventory after that bug incident. As I was some distance away from the forest, I began to fly in the direction of home. This was done to shower and change in proper clothes.
As life had taught me, "Prior Preparation and Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance"#1#. In this case, If I went as a poor boy selling to shops, just coming from forest, some may sympathies, but majority would think that I am boy who is either desperate for money as such they can bargain more.
In case I went as boy of a rich house that came to sell his hunt, they would give more money to me, to give a positive response to anyone I tell. In underworld, gold takes you only some distance. The main driving point is influence and contracts. That would help more than a few gold coins ever could.
I quickly reached the house and after a bath and change of clothes, I took out the container and after quick ones over, went out again to fly toward the butcher shop. These were shops that collected all the meat and after scanning those ones using magic, they quickly calculated the price.
The price depends on how well the body is preserved, contamination and the animal it belong to. Also, magic is a factor that can either increase or decrease the price. The thing is magic is mutate on different animals differently. Some may use magic to make them uneatable, while others can throw fireballs. If you give animals chance though about all of them can make their meat taste bad.
This is one of those traits that can be found in about all animals, so it has become more pronounced since time as this is a good strategy. The probability of predators using is magic to kill is higher. They develop the magic to help them hunt. On the other hand herbivores go for healing and use of magic to help them. The higher-level animals do have body enhancement though so they are harder to defeat.
Through vigorous exercise, I am about as powerful as mid-genin. This was mainly achieved through already having slightly higher chakra at the age of five. With having access to shadow clones it was easy to increase my chakra reserve.
My ninjutsu is only genin level, I didn't find any other Jutsu, there was theory to get proficient in different element and tactics on to counter specific ones, but there were no hand seals present to actually tell me how to perform the technique.
Genjutsu on the other hand is mixed bag, while I can do Genjutsu with Sharingan, with hand seals; I have only created two. First one is a sleep-inducing one; this is as the name suggested an illusion to make the user feel sleepy. The second one makes the user lose balance.
I have used my clone for many tasks. While they can't use magic, they can easily maintain themselves for some time, so it's easy to have them attempt the first stage of all the elemental training.
I am quite good at throwing things instead of focusing on improving accuracy of a single thing. My bow broke before I could become very proficient with it. I am thinking of getting a higher level bow, as the last one was a cheap one.
In terms of sealing, I can make storage scrolls but they can only take small objects. Not much use as of now. Healing too is not getting that much value as I have regeneration and can just feel it with magic.
Other than this I just got a feel of the world I am in currently. While looking at the scenery going by, I reached my destination. I flew down gently.
The first thing that you notice when looking at the building is the stubble use of runes all around the building to make the area a magic null zone. This helps in the magic inside the meat not getting affected by outside fluctuations.
This is a must as they preserve the meat of all kind for nearby people and business and this helps in keeping the meat stable for a long amount of time.
I walked in the grey colored two-story building; there was a neatness that I have come to expect from the owner of this establishment.
Satoshi was working on removing the fur of a rabbit as I walked in, he looked up at the sound of my feet that I generated.
"Hey Henry, Still going hunting without telling your parents?"
I laughed awkwardly, "You know how it is, ones you get hooked to something, it's so hard to quit it"
"Don't I know it, should I talk to them, maybe they may understand."
"As I always told you, they want to make me nobly not barbarian, you would just give me trouble"
He just laughed at it. "Well, what's going on in the higher society?"
"Nothing much apart from speculations on what other matches would happen, after last month of the major political movement." [Rias and Sona debacle]
He hummed at that and started taking out my different kills stored in the basket. He looked at the kills for a second before replying, "Getting pretty good with your sword, keep it up and fine kills as always, telling you, half the young heirs would be jealous of your speed."
I rubbed my hand, pretending to be bashful, "My father's knight is going hard on me"
"Good for you lad, this would help in the future, just keep it up, you would be a high-class devil in no time"
I was a regular in selling him meat, he believed in my story of a noble kid getting hooked at hunting. It was a carefully constructed story that took me a day to iron out. He treated me preferably thinking I would tell about him to my family ones I get caught and he would get more influence.
After unloading all the animals, on a tray, he dragged the tray to a machine that checked the quality of the dead animals by checking the different parameters stored in the machine.
We quietly talked about the current local gossip while waiting for the machine to finish. After totaling the amount of all the kills, he gave me the final amount while getting busy in skinning the animals.
Counting the 17 gold 50 silver one last time I put the money in my pocket. This was a total of 4 days of hunting. Saying him goodbye, I took of flying back toward home.
Thoughts
I do work 5 days a week so I will only update on weekends. It depends on how much time I have. Secondly yes this is an OCxMulti, I will put a poll next week to get who all you want on this.
#1# in case you are thinking I got it from somewhere else, you are correct. That and 6 other combines to form the "the 7 Ps" in British Army adage.
No, this is not going to follow the plot. You will notice in this chapter as I thought to introduce this bit. Next chapter things start to happen.
Sorry for being late this time, life happens.
Thanks for the review.
And can you lot tell me who all to put in the poll.
Gabriel and Yasaka are already in.
