Okay first things first. In case it was not clear CNT stands for control, as in chakra control. It does not in fact, reference female reproductive organs.

Although that was a very amusing comment.

I also fixed the last chapter. I realized that I accidently called Madara the matriarch of Uchiha. Pretty sure that was autocorrect screwing with me but it should be fixed now, along with all the times I misspelt Akimichi lol.

After leaving the bathroom wrapped in a towel, I found the clothes I had been wearing the day before cleaned and sitting on my dining room table, along with a note.

Takara Hatake

Congratulations are in order. Your performance during your entry examination was exemplary. As you have no doubt surmised this is not an ordinary class. You and your fellow young classmates will continue to attend lessons on history, mathematics, and science in the academy. Your real training will be held in an off-site facility.

For all intents and purposes your former classmates and friends will not be informed of your new extra-curricular activities. Your silence on this matter will be considered part of your lessons.

Your lessons in the academy will be moved to classroom 3-R

There was no signature, but it wasn't too hard for me to guess who this was from. I was honestly surprised to see no mention of my little surprise with the Rho Aias, its not like it was a normal technique. Maybe they assumed it was part of my "Bloodline"?

Food for thought.

The sun was up high enough that it was clearly mid-day, thankfully today was Sunday. It would really suck to be late on my first day of super-secret SECRET ninja training.

That in mind I hear a familiar knock on my door. Only one person knocked like that, so without a second thought I moved to open the door. "Her Naruto how's it hanging?" I blinked at the boy as he seemed to be frozen, staring straight ahead with a dazed expression. "Uh.. Naruto? You with me buddy?"

"B-b-b-b-b-b- GAH!" Naruto covered his eyes and looked away. "You need to put some pants on before answering the door dumbass!"

I looked down, and was reminded of the fact that I never got changed. "ah. One sec." I opened my inventory and utilized a fun little feature that let me make clothing presets. As long as the clothes were stored in my 'inventory', I could instantly equip outfits. "Alright you can look now." I laughed at the boys new shade of red.

"Wha? How did you? Nevermind." Naruto grumbled. "I came to get you for training, everyone's meeting at the twins house. Uncle Shisui is gonna be helping us train today!"

I huffed at the enduring title we all used for Shisui Uchiha. He was not around much, but with the way he treated us orphans he had become a sort of caretaker for us. And now that I think of it, considering his connection to Danzo in cannon he probably knew the man here, and if that were the case….

He probably knew all about my new 'class'.

Tadashi had evidently already left for the twin's, so Naruto and I walked down together. The Uchiha's didn't live too far away so it was a quick walk. I couldn't help but feel excited, every time we trained with the one armed Uchiha it gave me more XP than a week in my dungeon.

Anbu Headquarters.

"So." Danzo sat at his desk, files on all of the candidates for the new root program piled before him. "It would seem our preliminary test was mostly successful."

"Indeed." Orochimaru muttered as he shifted through some charts. "Although the death of Number 13 was… unexpected."

Danzo closed his eyes and sighed. "Yes, the forest may be dangerous but ANBU should have taken care of any creature too dangerous for the children. On that note, would you care to elaborate on your conversation with the head of the snake contract last night?"

Orochimaru's mouth drew into a thin line as he recalled the nights events. "Manda was acting incredibly strange. He never allows me to summon him, and back when he was my personal summon he almost never engaged in conversation. Last night however…" he shook his head. "Last night he would not STOP talking. He said the creature the children fought was a scout for some kind of… well… demon invasion. Oni, is the term I believe he used." Orochimaru paused. "Manda has demanded that any leaf ninja with major summoning contracts gather the heads together for a meeting."

Danzo frowned, his hand reaching up to scratch at the black patch over his right eye. "A meeting of the summoning clan boss's would draw attention from the other villages. And I do not enjoy the notion of trusting sensitive information to every leaf shinobi with a major contract."

"I agree, not to mention the three contracts we hold that have no summoners." The snake Sanin closed his eyes for a moment. "Perhaps we should allow young Shiro to sign the slug contract?"

"Now now." Danzo interjected. "Just because his mother held the slug contract does not mean he is compatible. Besides, Tsunade never told anyone where she stashed the damn scroll."

Orochimaru sighed and rubbed his temples. "I do not see how Sensei can stand by while she parades herself around the five nations drunk as a mule."

Danzo closed his eye and shook his head. "Well, I'm hard pressed to form a retrieval team After the last team I sent came back with concussions and broken knee caps."

"Pfft." Orochimaru waved his hand lazily through the air. "Why is it when I do something like that Im a 'war criminal', but when she does it she's 'quirky'?"

At that comment Danzo deadpanned at the snake summoner. "Shes getting drunk, you preformed dozens of illegal human experiments."

Orochimaru tilted his head slightly with a confused expression. "Your point?"

The old warhawk muttered something about damn youngsters before changing the subject. "So, you have submitted the plan for the root program to Hiruzen I presume?"

"Indeed, lord Danzo." Orochimaru cackled as he pulled a stack of papers from inside his sleeve. "The subjects will all be referred to by their assigned numbers until the testing of the Sage mark is complete, and the younger subjects are ready to officially become genin." The Snake Sanin flipped through a few papers before reading off the list of subjects.

#1 Dewa Hiroharu, a chunin from a civilian family. Genjutsu specialist

#2 Yamagata Aiko, Genin, Daughter of two Jonin. No Specialization known

#3 Ko Chiyeko, Chunin, Orphan, No known specialization

# 4 Moriya Shiori, Tokubetsu Jonin, Kenjutsu specialist

# 5 Shiro Senju, Student, son of Jiriaya and Tsunade. Suspected Ninjutsu specialization

# 6 Sakura Haruno, Student, Daughter of Jin 'Banshee' Haruno. Medical nin/taijutsu specialization

# 7 Takara Hatake, Student, Daughter of the 'White Fang'. New Bloodline in development

# 8 Yoroi Akado, Genin, Civilian family. Chakra Absorption ability, Nin/Taijutsu specialization

# 9 Hanzo Fu, Chunin, Carrier Ninja family, Genjutsu specialization

# 10 Bo Bu, Chinin, Father was a unknown cloud Jonin. mother Ba Bu, leaf Jonin. Taijutsu specialist.

# 11 Anko Mitarashi, Chunin, Orphan. Assasination/information specialist

# 12 Lee Inuzuka, Tokubetsu Jonin. Inuzuka clansmen. Ninjutsu specialist.

Danzo nodded along, stopping to think for a moment after the sanin was finished. "And you are certain that young Takara cannot handle the seal?"

Orochimaru let out an uncharacteristic burst of laughter at that, rather than his normal 'Fufufu'. "Handle it? Lord Danzo if she had access to the second stage of the Sage mark, I am far more concerned about how WE would handle her."

"And Manda is certain about what he mentioned to you?" Danzo inquired as he turned to glance at the large schedule on the wall behind him.

"According to him these 'oni' are weak to Natural Chakra. If there truly is a war coming-" Orochimaru placed the papers down. "Then the Sage mark may be our greatest defense against it..

"And what he said about the Hatake girl?" Danzo muttered with his visible brow raised.

"Her now ability's should also be affective. Although he would not explain why, or how he knew for that matter." The snake furrowed his brow. "These are strange times indeed."

Takara's Apartment: That night

Training with the Uchihas had been brutal today. Even with the gamers power I swear I felt sore. Shisui, bless his heart, had announced that we were all ready to move on to second year taijutsu forms.

I leveled up my Taijutsu:Basic skill more today than I had in the last two months. It was exciting! Well, it was for me anyway, everyone else was ACTUALLY sore and even Naruto needed some help walking home.

When we had been finishing up our training Shisui had pulled me aside. He made no acknowledgment of the truth behind my new class, but he very adamantly told me to come to him if I needed help.

I swear the man was a total mother hen. Id swear he was way weaker than cannon if I hadent seen him practicing his body flicker once. Even with one arm he was SCARY.

That all being said I was still more than ready to get some more training in. I had been almost useless during my fight with the Oni, I needed to get better in a real fight! Which is exactly why I was looking at my HUD with determination.

Dungeon- Red Dawn(Lvl 15)

I had unlocked this a few weeks ago while killing slimes, but with my low stats and lack of real offensive ability's I had yet to explore it. "No time like the present." I muttered as I clicked the command to enter the dungeon.

Immediately I could smell smoke. I appeared to be in a copy of downtown Konoha, but all of the buildings were collapsed or burning. Not wanting to get myself killed by whatever lived here I dashed onto a stable looking ledge to better survey the area.

Zombie- Lvl 10

"Of course." I sighed as I pulled the Oni's Bane from my inventory, seeing as it was my only weapon with any reach. "Zombies. How very original." The city before me was full of bumbling undead corpses. A friendly counter in the corner of my vision informed me that there were 120 in total. After scanning the crowd for a few minutes, I was thankful to see that they all looked like normal civilian zombies. No terrifying ninja corpses running around trying to eat me. Deciding to start off small I moved to a clearing where three of the zombies stood staring blankly into the distance. Without any sort of fanfare I dashed at the nearest Walker and aimed for its neck. The Oni's bane, to my delight, cut clean and true, easily separating the creatures head from its body.

For the next twenty minutes I dashed around the blazing streets, ignoring the heat as I cut through the living corpses. A few managed to land a blow or two on me, but my passive healing ability was fast enough that as long as my HP remained above 40% I dident need to worry about anything.

I was about half way through the hoard when my first real obstacle arrived.

Zombie Genin- Lvl 13

I swear I hadent sensed him earlier, but as I turned a blind corner, I received 300 points of damage from a Kunai slash to my face. I dispatched the creature easy enough, but it made me weary. Good thing too, considering from that point forward every 5 or so zombies was a former genin. Luckily for me, the only thing really special about them was they had knives and wore Konoha headbands. Other than that, they weren't much more of a challenge.

"ahh." I let out a relived sigh as the zombie counter lowered to zero. "Gotta say this was way more fun than hacking slimes." The Oni's Bane did 200 damage per hit, and thanks to it being made of silver, it apparently did double damage to undead. Stupid game logic, I love you.

Suddenly, as I was wondering why the dungeon was still up, a notification appeared that elicited a groan of annoyance.

Transporting to- Floor two

After a brief flash of light, I found myself in a new area, this time on one of Konoha's beaches. The area outside the sand line was blocked by an energy wall, so I assumed that, based on the 'arenas' small size, this was most likely gonna be some kind of boss fight.

And boy, did I hate being right.

Oni(Champion) Lvl 30

A massive suit of armor stood in the middle of the beach, black tendrils pouring from between the plates of armor. The design was different, and its weapon was a sword instead of a glave, but there was no mistaking the base design. The tutorial boss from dark souls three.

"I'm going to die aren't I?" I spoke to myself as I walked closer to the hulking mass of metal and black magic looking crap. Just as I was about ten feet away the creature moved, FAST! And I barely had time to doge as the large sword in its hands came crashing down where I had been standing moments before. Mentally calling for some kunai from my inventory I tossed about a dozen at the creature. Unfortunately, much to my further dismay, they simply bounced off of its armored hide. Then it lunged at me again, just as my feet hit the ground preventing me from dogging. I took a direct hit from the two-handed falchion sword and was sent flying into the shallows of the water.

WARNING! Critical damage taken! Health under 10%

"shitshitshitSHIT!" I bolted again, barley dogging the next attack. "This isn't getting me anywhere!" I thought as I continued to lead the beast in a wild chase across the water line. Forget looking like a dark souls boss, this bastard fought like a-

That when I realized it. The monster didn't just look like Gundyr, it fought like him! Same moveset just with a sword instead of a glave. I smiled despite the danger I was in, if he really fought like gundyr then the next thing he would do is…. JUMP! I managed to evade yet another lunge, but this time instead of just avoiding the attack I left a present for the monster.

An explosive tag, and a big one at that. I had… liberated it from a shop that was overcharging Naruto for his academy gear. According to its stats it did 2 damage per chakra point added. So naturally I had added every bit that I could shove into the damn thing. I only realized my mistake as I was hit mid jump by a wall of pure force that felt like a haymaker from Optimus Prime on crack.

HP has reached 0. Dungeon failed.

"MOTHER FU-" I shouted to nobody in particular as I found myself in my apartment. My HP and CP were both back to max, but all the money and items I had earned in the dungeon were gone. I knew that I wouldn't actually die in the dungeon, the games description of dungeons told me as much, but it still really pissed me off that with all my power I was still so weak. That was it, the final straw. I needed to stop trying to 'balance' my stats. No more playing fair.

It was time to start breaking this game.

Kirigakure

A large group of ninja stood before the mizukage's palace. Multiple missions, guard shifts, and vacations had been canceled to call everyone in, and all of said ninja were incredibly curious as to why they had been summoned. Jonin, Genin, chunin, even 6 out of the 7 swordsmen of the mist were present. And every single one of them were gossiping.

"Zabuza." A voice reached said swordsman's ears among the throng of the crowd as he waited for the Mizukage to make his 'big announcement.'

"Suigetsu, lord Mizukage recalled you as well?" Zabuza Momochi raised a brow at the swordsman in training. "Weren't you on border patrol?"

The young chunin shrugged, before pointing an accusatory finger at his mentor. "Yeah well, you were supposed to be out on the hunt for that traitor Kisame, weren't you? That shit was S rank, what's lord Yagura thinking calling us all back here."

"Quiet boy!" Zabuza growled back. "Do not question lord mizukage, I'm sure that whatever this is it is important." Just as he finished the door to the main balcony opened and the young looking kage of the mist stepped out into view. "See, there he is now. Pay attention boy."

"My dear comrades!" He called out from his balcony. "Today marks a new era for the village hidden in the mist! For to long we have lagged behind the other four great villages, but no more!"

The leader of the village continued on like this for a while, talking about how he had a plan to put the mist on top of the other villages. And as he spoke, with every word, the wielder of Kubikiribocho became more and more uneasy. "What are you getting at old friend?" he thought to himself.

After nearly twenty minutes of talking, he finally got to his point. And the ninja gathered, nearly 80% of Kiri's entire military force, went completely silent.

"Lord Zabuza." Suigetsu's voice was a whisper as the entire crowd stared up at their leader dumbfounded. "Did… did he just order us too-"

"Pack a bag Suigetsu." Zubuza cut the boy off with a slight shake in his voice. "Meet me at the south gate in five."

The boy looked to his mentor with glazed eyes. "y-your not seriously considering-"

Zabuza grabbed the younger ninjas shoulder and forced him to make eye contact. "Listen to me now! Whatever is happening here that is NOT lord Yagura! Not the man I know!"

With a shaky nod the boy was off, and Zabuza himself was headed for his home. A few other ninja had panicked and were also discreetly trying to get out of the village. Specifically, ninja with bloodline traits. If they had stuck around, they would have seen a man step out from behind the madly grinning kage, a red glow emanating from his mask's one visible eye hole.

R.O.O.T- Orochimaru's project audio log.

June 3rd 1010: All subjects of the artificial sage program must reach suitable physical conditions to achieve compatibility with the seal. Subject #5 shiro, and subject #7 Takara will act as a control for the group. #5 shows potential for natural sage compatibility.

NOTE- #7's bloodline is to unpredictable, investigation will be required.

June 13th 1010: ANBU Dragon has been placed in charge of the academy students taijutsu and ninjutsu. All three are adjusting well. #6 Haruno has shown slower progress than the others. Dragon insist this reflects more on #5 and 7 being 'demons'.

August 24th 1010: As Lord Hokage suggested subject #6 has shown similarities to a young Tsunade. I have begun starting her on a regimen to prepare for advanced chakra strength enhancement. Subject #11 Anko remains uncompliant, reminder to administer disciplinary action Fufufu.

Reminder- Subject #7 has assigned me a nickname. Figure out who the hell 'Ozzy Osbourn' is.

August 30th 1010: subjects have begun prepping for the initial seal. Subject #7 has begun regularly summoning a shield mad of chakra, requires further study. Subject #5 has officially shown initial signs of Natural sage manifestation much like his great grandfather. Subject's 5, 6, and 7 have already far surpassed all current academy students, as well as some rookie genin.

Reminder- Recommend to sensei review of current school curriculum. Subject #7's uncharacteristic reactions to poison have become a concern. Danzo has begun forcing her to undergo immunity training.

Note- Subject #10 Bo has shown significant promise in taijutsu.

October 9th 1010: Initial seal has successfully been applied to all subjects. As expected, #6 showed extreme difficulty adjusting. Recommend waiting to apply second stage seal till further notice. all other subjects should be ready for stage two within 4 months.

Note- Subject #7 became extremely aggressive after her classmates received sage seal. Two ANBU were required to subdue. Shield of chakra 'Roa Aias' as she refers to it, shows high combat potential. Successfully diverted A rank lightning jutsu.

October 10th 1010: Subjects #7, 5, and 11 were involved in an incident in the village proper. The nine tails jinchuuriki was attacked shortly after the yearly festival by no less than 30 civilians and 13 ninja. #7 killed two of the assailants, shows no outward reaction. Will be placed under watch until mental stability is confirmed. Naruto Uzumaki may have made contact with the Kubi during the incident, a stricter ANBU detail should be assigned to the boy.

NOTE- #11 successfully utilized sage seal during encounter. Killed 2 Jonin. First stage of seal operating at higher-than-expected capacity.

December 24th 1010: Subjects #5, 6, and 7 were all required to execute death row prisoners to acclimate to killing opponents. I suggested this was unnecessary for #7 due to the October 10th incident, ANBU Dragon stated that I was 'cringe'. Lord Danzo also insisted #7 participate in the exercise.

NOTE- Sarutobi sensei was incredibly upset that we did this on Christmas.

January 5th 1011: Application of second seal was approved early. Unfortunately, #1, 2, and 9 died during the process. This was within expected parameters. #6 has shown exceptional improvement in combat. #5, 6 and 7 have all perfected the three required academy Ninjutsu. #7's chakra control continues to surpass all expectations. She does not seem to require hand seals after memorizing a jutsu. All three children should be ready for active duty by the end of this year. #6 will receive second stage seal in April.

Febuary 7th 1011: Subject Jugo has disappeared from his off-site holding cell. All further seal production will be impossible until he is recovered. Training of the current subjects has been deemed a S rank priority by lord hokage. #3's body has begun rejecting the seal, is now in a medically induced comma.

NOTE- a large enough sample of subject Jugo remains to complete #6's seal. Extra steps must be taken to ensure success. We cannot afford failure now.

March 15th 1011: #7 has shockingly surpassed the others in skill despite not having access to Natural chakra. Her sparing will now take place with the older subjects per lord Danzo's request. Information on the sage project remains secret, but the older subjects have been approved for mission deployment now that their seals have stabilized. #11 has shown higher compatibility with sage chakra than any of the others thus far.

NOTE- #5's natural abilities as a sage have begun developing rapidly. Exposure to the other subjects in their transformed states may be positively affecting his development.

April 12th 1011: Subject #6 has adjusted to the second stage of the seal, all subjects are stable. #11 and #10 have been officially promoted to Tokubetsu Jonin.

Note- Jiraiya has returned from his information gathering mission. I will attempt to convince him to train with the subjects, he could use the practice with those shoddy sage skills of his Fufufu.

April 21st 1011: (personal log) Reports of genocide from the Hidden mist have been confirmed. The entire land of fire has been placed on lockdown out of fear of attack. Danzo has diverted ANBU to mostly defensive operations. Lord Hokage has ordered all mist personnel be barred from the village until further notice.

NOTE-after yet another increase in chakra Danzo has decided to humor Takara's request to learn the shadow clone. Her utilization of the clone technique to learn new skills is quite curious.

June 5th 1011: #7 continues to pull bizarre and unnatural items out of an odd storage seal. Even lord Danzo seems bewildered as to how she is getting ahold of these items. Last night during training she procured no less than three frozen cow carcasses, which she used to beat #10 in a sparring match after subject 10 referred to her as a 'shrimp'.

July 15th 1011: investigation into the rumors of the sage project revealed #8 was feeding information to a foreign agent. #8 is also believed to be responsible for the disappearance of Jugo. #6 and #7 were able to subdue the traitor. #7 once again Successfully killed without outward reaction. At this time, she has been cleared as mentally stable, if not a tad detached.

NOTE- Takara killed #8 with a home-made explosive device attached to a shadow clone. Dragon referred to the incident as 'low-key Poggers.' this generations humor is lost on me.

October 10th 1011: Subjects #5, 6, and 7 insisted on spending the day with their academy friends. Danzo agreed to let them out of training, but made them promise to keep an eye on Naruto Uzumaki. The Nine tails Jinchuuriki appears to be in no danger after all his assailants from last year were executed or arrested, but one cannot be too careful.

NOTE- Shiro has begun exhibiting his fathers… lecherous mannerisms. Takara appears to be handling the situation with threats of violence. Jiraiya is not helping.

December 20th 1011

Even though the rest of the academy wasn't graduating till next year, the Hokage considered the three students of class R to be a wasted resource. So, we were graduating along with the current third years.

Over that last year and a half, I had increased my skillset and level exponentially. And thanks to my decision to learn and abuse the shadow clone technique I was leveling like a demon.

Takara Hatake

Lvl 98 [47500/9000000]

HP- 80000/80000

CP- 20000/20000

Title- [Ghost]

VIT- 80

STR-45

DEX-50

INT-70

WIS-100

CNT-100 [MAX]

LUK-30

Stat points (0)

If I had to say, I was equal in skill to a chunin. Power though? I had made good on my promise to break the game. My HP and CP were already far beyond human, and my WIS was FAR more useful than I had initially thought. Mainly because of the little fact that is increased my capacity to enhance my body with chakra. With my WIS at 100 I wasn't anywhere near the strength of a sage, but if I landed a good hit on anyone weaker than a Jonin it was pretty much a guaranteed kill. With all the leveling up I had done I now had a decent list of stat perks to draw from.

VIT- Lvl 25 Perk:[Youthful vigor] Damage reduction -25% when below 50% HP. Increased resistance to fire, lightning, and blunt damage.

VIT- Lvl 50 Perk: [lifeforce] HP regeneration based off of remaining chakra. With full Chakra HP regenerates 100 points per second. (Cannot regenerate while taking damage)

VIT- Lvl 75 Perk: [Battle focus] HP Regeneration Increased significantly for a short time after starting a fight

STR- Lvl 25 Perk:[Rage] all taijutsu receives a 100% damage buff for 20 seconds after a fight begins

DEX- Lvl 25 perk: [Genin Stamina]: Speed while running or attacking is greatly increased, you can run for longer periods before becoming exhausted.

DEX- Lvl 50 perk: [swift strike] one handed weapon deal 30% more damage. Blocking with a weapon/shield can protect against additional damage.

INT- Lvl 25 Perk: [?] ? ?

INT- Lvl 50 Perk: [?] ? ?

WIS- Lvl 25 Perk: [Genin Force] Enhancing your body with chakra greatly increases speed and strength, as well as applying damage reduction.

WIS- Lvl 50 Perk: [Replication] after Using a Ninjutsu, the chakra cost of that jutsu will lower slightly for 5 seconds, allowing rapid casting. (Maximum 25% decrease in cost)

WIS- Lvl 75 Perk: [SHAAAARANO] Focusing body enhancement into a single point allows for devastating physical attacks.

WIS- Lvl 100 Perk: [Ninjutsu Specialist] Using ninjutsu of an element other than your own no longer has reduced effectiveness. Ninjutsu cost permanently reduced by 10%.

CNT- lvl 25 perk: [stability] your chakra control is stable. Bonus to learning chakra control exercises.

CNT- lvl 50 perk: [inner flame] internal chakra manipulation effect x2(Chakra enhanced healing/ muscle enhancement) using elemental enhancements on weapons is significantly easier

CNT- lvl 75 perk: [Sagely aura] Enhances Chakra sensing skills greatly based on player level. Killing intent skill (locked) enhanced greatly. Mastered Jutsu (E rank-B rank) do not require hand seals.

CNT lvl 100 perk: [Perfect Control] Jutsu cost lowered significantly. Mastered Jutsu (A rank +) do not require hand seals. Genjutsu are 100% more effective. All Jutsu cost -25%

LUK- Lvl 25 Perk: [scavenge and Tinker] All enemies created by Trevor/ the game will now drop crafting materials.

I was still pissed that my INT skill's were not usable, but with the perks main purpose being elemental jutsu, I could only assume that me not yet knowing my elemental nature was the cause.

My appearance hadn't changed much over time, except now I wore the standard ANBU armor and I had a face mask, curtesy of my brother when he found out I was graduating today. I was actually wearing some gear I had farmed from the Red Dawn dungeon, but I had figured out how to utilize a transmog system within my gamer power. Now I could wear extremally heavy armor but look like I was in a bikini, which was very amusing during spars since my opponents would hurt their hands more than they would hurt me.

Thanks to my armor's effects, I had +200% damage for the first chakra enhanced strike in any combo thanks to my gloves, I could TRIPLE jump curtesy of my boots. I also had +100000 CP thanks to my chest armor which I had gotten from the boss of the red dawn dungeon. My forehead protector granted me greater health regeneration in the land of fire, and finally my cloak made my movements completely silenced while crouching. All of this was from the Red Dawn dungeon, which I had been farming 5 times a day since I had learned the Shadow clone.

Killing 150 zombies with 50 shadow clones was VERY easy. And the boss was just as easy once I figured out its reach and pattern. It was an ai after all, not a real person. It didn't learn from our fights. But I did. The reason I got so much loot was the boss had a small chance to drop Soul Cores, they were a weak variety so I mostly got ryo out of them. but every once and a while I got some good gear! And sometimes I got weird shit, like a cosmetic item that made any large 'Blunt' melee weapons look like frozen cow carcasses.

That all being said, learning that the program for class R was to test some form of sage art seal had terrified me at first, but after seeing that it was not the evil version from the show I had calmed down.

Now that was all long behind me, I couldn't wait to start actual missions! The training from ANBU had been literal hell, but it was worth it. I finally felt ready to begin fighting the real Oni!

"The three of you are officially no longer children." The gruff voice of Danzo Shimura broke me from my musings. "From this point forward, you are Adults in the eyes of Konoha. And you are expected to act like adults." His stern look made it clear that his comment was directed at me in particular. His gaze shifted into a half smile as he continued. "From this point forward you three will be an official genin team under your new sensei, however As members of ROOT you will be taking up jobs normally assigned to higher ranked ninja and ANBU. Missions vital to the survival of our village, to the survival of the will of fire. Any questions?"

Sakura, Shiro and I all saluted without hesitation. Over the last year and a half, we had gotten discipline literally beaten into us after all. And Danzo being nice didn't mean he would take any childish bullshit or stupid questions.

"Very well. From this point forward you will follow your Jonin sensei. Good luck, and remember Haruno, you are to update Orochimaru if the Natural chakra seal acts strange in any way." Sakura nodded, and without further ceremony Danzo vanished from the field where we had gathered.

"So, where is our sensei?" Shiro asked to no one in particular. After a year the boy had gone through a growth spurt, and looked slightly older than the rest of our age group despite being the same age. His white hair hung slightly past his neck in a loose ponytail. He wore a black body suit with red shin and arm guards, as well as a red chest plate. A vest with the Senju clan symbol engraved on the back sat over the chest plate. It was a modernized version of the traditional Senju clan armor that favored speed over defense. The black body suit was also made out of special material, and was resistant to extreme temperature. The outfit has apparently been a graduation present from Jiraiya.

Sakura huffed from my left, scratching her chin. "I don't know, but I hope they aren't going to make us wait long." Much like me Sakura was dressed in the standard Anbu outfit with a Leaf headband. While she had never gotten the opportunity to become a fangirl she had still been fairly vain, and our combat instructor Dragon had beaten that vanity out of her. Now she dident bother trying to 'spice up' her outfit or style. Fortunately, however this had not affected her creativity. And my god was she buff for a girl our age. Not disturbingly so, but even without chakra enhancement she could still hit like a truck.

I shook my head and waved her off. "For a unique case like us? I wouldn't be surprised if they are watching us from a distance right now." And truth be told I knew they were. There was a jonin level chakra signature roughly 40 feet away in the tree line. "Speaking of… HEY DRAGON! HURRY THE FUCK UP!"

Sakura and Shiro sweat-dropped as said man fell out of his perch on his head. A moment later he disappeared in a swirl of leaves and reappeared in front of us. The ANBU no longer wore his signature mask, and this was actually the first time I had seen his face. "Takara, very good use of your Sensing ability. Sakura, Shiro, I look forward to working with you three."

After an awkward pause Shiro broke the silence with a question. "You're an Inuzuka?" And true to his assumption, the 30 ish looking man before us was a typical looking Inuzuka. brown hair, slitted eyes, and red clan markings.

"Ah." He rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah I am, but for reasons I don't want to get into I don't know any of the clans techniques." He didn't bother elaborating on the point further, but rather clapped his hands together and pointed in the direction of the village proper. "Normally this is the part where I test you three, but I already know you well enough so I think we can just skip straight to our first mission."

We had the restraint not to jump for joy, but the three of us all internally fist pumped at the thought of our first mission.

Madara's hideout

" ." Madara stood before the fallen divine with a tense look across his normally composed face. "We have run into a… complication."

Trevor stopped fiddling with whatever nonsensical project he had been cooking up to face the Uchiha with a bored expression. "What, did little Obito screw up his mission the mist?"

"No." He muttered with his face down.

At this unnatural dejected look on the powerful mans face Trevor held the next quip he had prepared. "What happened."

"It would appear that the ability to summon the Gedo statue is bound only to my original Rinnegan, and not to the new ones that you provided to me." Madara's grip tightened.

"Well, that sucks, but you kept the old eyes safe?" Trevor arched an eyebrow at the human's silence. "You DID keep your magic eyes in a safe place, didn't you?"

"I did, however I decided to use a host to keep them safe, and it would seem… it may be hard to get them back from him." Madara winced at the ocean of killing intent that hit him as he explained.

"And why." Trevors voice was warped and carried an unnatural sound with it that caused the stone of the walls to crack. "Is this 'host' so hard to reach?"

"Because." Obito called out at he entered the room, a myriad of wounds marred his body, and his cloak was ripped up revealing the strange white artificial limbs. "The man who possess those eyes just killed Hanzo the salamander and conquered the entire hidden rain village."

The Hidden Rain

A congregation of ninja sat around in a circle as the sounds of celebration roared outside. All of the ninja present wore matching black cloaks with a red cloud pattern. "So 'leader', now that we have liberated your village what is our next mission." A large Shark like man spoke with an amused expression.

"Patience Kisame." A shorter man with vibrant orange hair responded. "The Akatsuki's mission is to dismantle the hatred of this world of shinobi as I promised, but just because Hanzo is dead does not mean we are done here."

"Yeah I hear you un." A young man with a blond pony tail smiled. "First we make sure this place is safe for your people, then I get to demonstrate my art to the world, un!"

"I fail to see how your paltry excuse for art is important here Deidara." Muttered a rather strange looking, large man with a mask covering his face. "But even I agree that a little patience here wouldn't hurt. A goal such as ours should not be rushed."

"Indeed Sasori. And while we are on the subject, You and Kakuzu can begin working on mission deployments for the rain ninja. I believe you are both suited to that task." The blue haired Konan looked between the two men.

"Of course. Time is money after all." Kakuzu muttered. "And money makes the world turn."

"You and your money." Another voice piped in, a bored expression on the short brown haired man's face. "Money is worthless if you have the strength to take what you want."

"Be quiet Ishida." The final member of the group spoke up. "Brute force cant solve every problem, despite you stone ninja attempting to prove otherwise." This earned the young red-haired girl a glare from Ishida and Deidara.

"Karin." Yahiko sounded amused as the ten-year-old girl turned to him with her tongue out. "You are only here because you are Nagato's cousin, please do not anger the many VERY dangerous men under our employ."

ALRIGHT! That's another chapter down. See you all next time!

NOTE: I dident have a lot of time to edit because of the holiday rush at work, so please ignore the spelling errors, I will fix them in a day or so.