Hey all.
Before I begin, I would like to say 'Happy Easter, everyone!'
So Last time the 'School Olympics', if I can call them that, began, with the basic rundown of the beginning of the older classes. Also, I rushed things towards the end.
I bow my head in apology for that, but as I stated, we are suffering from load shedding.
I also learnt that most of you don't know what Load Shedding is.
No, it isn't going to the toilet and taking a shit.
Load Shedding is when the countries electrical power supply is far less than demand and therefore the suppliers need to shut down power to various districts in order to not only provide power to other areas, but also recharge their capacitors. This is due to various reasons, though mainly because our main electrical supplying company isn't maintaining our power stations and one thing leads to another, resulting in us having to replace almost half of our Sub stations due to fires and whatnot…(I could continue on for another page)
For those of you who don't understand, here is the short version: we have no electricity.
!Please Read!
This will be the last chapter during which you can send me ideas on magics that Naruto has at his disposal during the Monolith Code, apart from the low powered Rasengan.
On that note, may I remind you that if you have an account, you can PM me with queries or just because you wish to remain anonymous.
Also, I myself keep getting mixed up whether it is Great Asian Alliance or Great Asian Union (GAU), so I just went "screw it" and will refer to the group as either the Great Asian Alliance or the GAU…I don't give a damn anymore…
Also, the timing is probably way off, to please don't flame me.
Thank you and enjoy the chapter.
Now: Naruto's Power options
The most common idea given by you Guys and Girls (GG, lol) is an advanced Illusion spells and some form of Ancient Magic, with one odd person who wishes to remain anonymous requesting that Naruto go all B-rank Firepower on everyone's asses…friendly fire included.
Responses to Reviews:
Silvdra-zero: That…is quite a list you have compiled there. Thanks for the suggestions and we'll see if I will implement it.
owenbus4: Shadow Element…the way you describe it, it sounds like the Nara clans shadow manipulation techniques…
Explosion Magic would be expected, though you make a good point on the various uses.
I already have an Idea for Naruto's Strategic Class spell, so don't worry about it.
Bj: Well, sorry for making this a NaruHina, but remember that for me, this is the first NaruHina I am writing. Still, I get where you are coming from. And just FYI, I am not planning any other NaruHina's any time soon.
Anko4Life: Any Magic you say…Well, does the crap I gave him in this chapter count?
dlowe265: Thanks bro. Sorry the Update took so long.
dvd: Interesting choice, considering that in Canon Naruto absolutely sucked at illusion techniques. Still, it adds a nice twist to the OC-ness.
On with the story…
Chapter 7: Rise of the Elven Sniper…and some explosive tendencies
9 schools competition complex, 1st high car-park, 22h00
"Are you sure about that?" Naruto spoke into the mic connected to his earpiece.
A series of clicks, whistles and static interference disguised what was being said to him.
"Just great." Naruto muttered. "Alright. I'll contact Mother-Hen ASAP with this info."
Another series of noises followed.
"What do you mean with that?" Naruto asked.
The response took up well over a minute and at the end of it, Naruto's eyes widened. Afterwards, whomever Naruto was speaking with cut the link, making Naruto stand there deep in thought.
"You know that you are outside after Curfew, right?" Naruto jumped at the voice. Turning, he lowered his M3 when he saw that it was Mayumi who had spoken, with Jumanji standing behind her.
"Forgive me." Naruto said, holstering the CAD/weapon.
"May I ask whom you were talking to there just now?" Jumanji asked.
"Sorry. That is classified information." Naruto said. "All I can say is that it is one of my contacts outside of Red Spiral…and Konoha."
"And about what?" Mayumi asked, curious as always.
"Again, classified." Naruto sighed. "I am sorry, but I do not have the clearance to have anyone involved in my line of work."
"And just what is your line of work?" Suzune asked, appearing at Mayumi's side.
"Infiltration, Covert Exfiltration and Recon, although I have extensive training in open Combat as well as a medium-long range marksman and sniper role to a lesser extent." Naruto said after thinking over his answer for a bit. He purposefully left out 'Black Ops Operative, Assassination and Pranking King' for a frikken good reason…not to mention the arsenal of military class magic sequences and ancient spells he has at his disposal.
"Sounds like a dark line of work to me." Mayumi said.
Naruto sighed and merely said "It can be."
The hidden message was clear for everyone there.
Later
Naruto sighed as he splashed cold water on his face, trying to clear his head.
The great Asian Alliance was up to something and his mind was working overclocking itself trying to put the pieces together.
First was the attack of retribution during the school's Open Day, then there was the Blanch incident that was happening around the same time. Even Naruto was surprised by the amount of Antinite the extremists had received…
Then there was the series of more recent events, such as the near fatal accident on the highway on the way and the subsequent issues with the CADs during the competitions…
His contact insisted that the Great Asian Alliance was behind it all, or at least have played a hand in the events.
And the reason as to why Naruto's mind was overworking itself? What the Great Asian Alliance had to gain from all this. Sure, the series of events had similarities to their usual M.O., but Naruto had studied their tactics during training.
The GAU, before invading another country, usually sent in saboteur teams to disrupt the countries economy, such as destroying all the power producing capabilities. Next they would send in dozens of Commando squads to perform strategic strikes on high value targets, such as important politicians and army generals/high ranking officers. Lastly, they'd launch a full scale invasion.
And these attacks seem to be solely aimed at the 1st High School. It just didn't make sense to Naruto.
He snapped out of his deep thinking when he heard a knock on the door.
At his response, Hinata, Temari, Shikamaru and surprisingly Sasuke entered the room.
"Well, I can definitely say that this visit is unexpected." Naruto commented.
"Mayumi-senpai said that you seemed very troubled just now." Hinata said, sitting down next to him.
"And here I thought that Mayumi could keep her mouth shut…" Naruto sighed again. "To be honest, I just got some troublesome news…" Naruto said, before Shikamaru muttered something about catchphrases.
"Anything we can know about?" Temari asked.
"Well, considering that everyone of us and the others in the Konoha group will one way or another be involved in it, yes." Naruto said. "And Sasuke, I have to ask you to listen to my advice just this once."
Sasuke grunted, but only accepted after hearing Naruto's explanation on what he had learned earlier and how the GAU was linked to recent events.
"If I had to guess, something, or someone, is putting in a virus into our CAD's that has a timed Kill switch or delayed function, undetectable by most means." Naruto ended with the only conclusion he had on the CAD malfunctions. "If you notice anything wrong with your CAD, stop whatever you are doing and cut the prana supply
"If what you said is true, then that is the only possible option." Temari said.
"Perhaps Sensei can help a bit with that." Hinata suggested, before Naruto suddenly drew his M3 and shot a spell at the door.
"Naruto…what…?" Hinata began as Naruto opened the door, revealing a distinctively Chinese looking man in a room service outfit, in a pose that appeared as though he had been trying to listen in on the conversation.
"Sasuke…do you want the honours of getting info out of this guy?" Naruto asked, pointing a thumb at the paralysed yet sweating man. The sweating turned to sweating buckets when Sasuke gave a toothy grin.
Hinata meanwhile went to get Mayumi and Hotel Security.
Next day
"So the spy didn't know anything?" Tatsuya asked Naruto as he finished his programming.
"Not a single damn thing." Naruto said. "It is possible that we are dealing with multiple groups here."
Tatsuya sighed, handing over the rifle-like CAD to Naruto. "On a side Note, go easy on the opposition."
"Why, have you placed bets against me?" Naruto asked with a smirk.
"No. Just that both of us know that if you go all out, you could break the CAD in your hands." He commented with a smirk of his own.
The nearby engineers heard the statement and wondered just how much magical power Naruto actually had.
"Didn't you integrate a buffer?" Naruto asked.
"I would have if it weren't against the rules." Tatsuya said.
"Darn…there goes one of my plans." Naruto fake grumbled, though both he and Tatsuya already knew what Naruto was planning to do anyway…
Shortly afterwards
Naruto was standing on the platform next to his competitor, a bloke from 2nd high who apparently had a huge fanbase amongst the crowds.
"You don't mind me asking…" Naruto began, not knowing that the conversation was being broadcast across the arena. "…but just how large is your fanbase?"
"Lost count at 70 chicks." The answer came with a slight leering undertone.
"That many, huh?" Naruto asked, sounding impressed.
"Well, in 2nd High I am known as the second coming of the Elfin Sniper." The guy boasted, inciting cheers from everyone in 2nd high.
"Second coming of the Elfin Sniper, eh?" Naruto said. "Well guess what, I plan to break her record big time."
"Oh, it that a challenge?" his opponent asked.
"If you are up for it." Naruto said, holding up a fist.
Smirking, the opponent returned the gesture. Then they went to their starting positions. The horn went off…
30 seconds later
Naruto was standing there, looking bored whilst his opponent and the crowd stared at him in shock.
The clay pigeons had barely left the launch bays before Naruto shot them out of the air with what looked like Laser Bolts like those seen in the ancient Star Wars Movies. And the speed at which Naruto shot them was phenomenal. Something between 3-4 shots per second.
"I guess this is the limit with a generic CAD such as this, eh?" Naruto muttered, before turning to the other guy. "I can see why you were confident on your skills bro, but I guess I didn't warn you." Naruto said. "I am pretty Badass with a Rifle."
One person…by herself, Hinata began the cheering. First clapping, then shouting…and one Mayumi who pouted at her record being broken by a full half second.
But to be honest, it looked as though Naruto was firing a machine gun rather than a rifle.
And the cheering intensified when Naruto lifted his rifle in a victory pose.
In the crowds
"What a bloody showoff." Sasuke said.
"Oh, come on, don't be like that. None of us can shoot that fast." Sakura said.
"I will admit that he can shoot, but he is still a showoff." Sasuke grumbled. "And so is Hinata, now that those two are as good as hooked up."
"My, my…it sounds as though you see Naruto as a friend." Sakura said.
"Over my dead Body!" Sasuke snapped. Sakura just giggled.
Later
Second High was in a depressed state. They had hoped to at least come close to winning the speed shooting, if not outright win it. Heck, they were sure of victory when their top competitor clocked in a few seconds short of the 'Elfin Sniper's' record time of 28 seconds.
Said top contender was soundly defeated in the first round by someone thy had never heard of.
Of course, they filed for foul play, however when he officials checked Naruto's CAD, they found no malicious tampering with it and that everything was within competition specs. Turns out that Naruto had been hiding his true casting speed from his peers and was capable of casting sequences very quickly indeed…what very few people knew, was that Naruto was spamming fake sequences and just flash casting the crap out of the spell.
He laughed when he saw someone actually try to copy the sequence, only to end up setting off a red flashbang type spell, which caught Naruto unaware as the person testing it had above average skill at activating his magic…and it became known to Naruto as the only time when he got caught up in his own prank.
But the ones who were the most interested with Naruto's performance was an old man and people from the 3rd high school, whose competitor came nowhere close to even providing a challenge to him...something that passed them off. They felt that their pride in having an experienced magic combatant was in jeaprody and that they wouldn't get the 1st place in the competition.
Soon, several of the more shady characters in their school began sending Naruto threats, only for the threats to be blocked thanks to Naruto's Spam Filter. Ah, good old tech still works…
That evening, 1st High School hotel
Naruto was consciously feeling his eyebrow twitch at seeing Mayumi congratulate him on being the first of the male competitors to get the first place spot...not because of the words she used, but because she made it sound like it was a world record...she sounded disappointed.
Nearby Hinata was giggling at the scene...until a bunch of girls decided they'd like a piece of Naruto. Oh...this means war!...again.
The girls later found their collective underwear hanging from the ceiling in the Boys changing rooms.
Anyhow, after a bunch of Paparazzi managed to get past 3 levels of security just to interview Naruto, things became really interesting.
Especially after one of the vultures began squeezing Naruto for information on his love life, whilst others wanted to know where he had been until now in order to learn such skills, yet remain under the radar for so long.
Naruto's answer was to make a call…to Red Spiral PMC's daughter company, Shadow Blade…specifically to the AI he had Red Spiral install for situations just like this.
In short, he had a perfect AI imitation of Shadow-Fox scare (read: threaten) the living daylights out of the Paparazzi, whilst he himself was in a discussion with Hinata, mainly the finer details of their Date soon.
And then there was Sasuke who demanded that he be allowed to join Red Spiral, or Quote: "…better yet, make me a Shadow Blade Operative!" End Quote.
To which AI-Shadow-Fox merely responded for him to stop being a Spud, and to get a sense of Humour.
Well, the reporters decided to get out of the danger zone because Mt. Uchiha was erupting.
Next Day
Today was the male freshmen's Ice Pillar break…and Naruto once again surprised everyone…by casting an inferno spell and melting the opponents Ice blocks in the first round, despite the efforts of his opponent.
During the second round, Naruto used a highly complex spell that nearly cost him the match due to how long it took to cast the sequence, though he did manage to save 2 pillars from being destroyed. The spell in question, basically reflect the spells an opponent casts against it at any location the caster wishes it to…basically, Naruto used the spells of his opponent against him.
The downsides? Well, Naruto needed to remain stationary for a barrier this size to remain stable, and Naruto needed all his concentration to redirect the incoming spells, so if his opponent stopped attacking, there was nothing Naruto could do to attack.
Luckily, his opponent didn't realize that his own spells were being redirected and just thought that Naruto had put up a normal barrier.
During the Quarter Finals, Naruto returned to his initial plan of just melting the opposing Pillars, though he also set up a barrier to defend his own pillars from the opponents 'High Molecular Oscillation Magic'.
Even though he won't admit to it, Naruto had fun in the semi Finals match…cause he started playing with explosive magic. Oh, the joy of sending shards, shrapnel and chunks of Ice flying in all directions felt pretty refreshing, even though he and his opponent were consequently dodging the pieces of Ice.
And during the Finals, he didn't even give his opponent a chance as he continued to play with explosives…in the form of a barrier protecting his own pillars, whilst he changed the composition of the Molecules inside the Ice Blocks from H2O molecules to Hydrogen and Oxygen…then going all Star Wars Laser Blaster on the blocks with a second CAD.
He came close to being disqualified this time though because he made it hail onto the spectators…with some pieces of hail measuring an inch thick at the smallest point.
Still, he found it so worth it…until Hinata complained that a piece of Ice from his stunt somehow ended up flying down the back of her uniform and made a fuss about it to him.
Another piece of Ice went down Sakura's cleavage…or would have if she had one. Looking to the side, she saw pieces of Ice bounce of Temari and Ino's breasts…
For well-known reasons this pissed her off so much…
Anyway, Naruto was grabbed by Mayumi that evening and given a lecture by several people, including: Hinata (For the aforementioned reason), Mari (Who had just gotten out of Hospital only to nearly return there due to huge Hail), Suzune (Who scolded him for dangerous magic combinations), Asuza (Who ranted about his magic being flashy), Miyuki (For copying her Inferno magic) and several guys, all of whom had gotten Ice into their drinks.
Jumonji kept quiet and was internally applauding Naruto's lateral thinking…and him having the balls to use this technical loophole. The competition committee limited the rank of magic spells, but spells that compliment each other to beyond B-rank are not mentioned in the rules.
Then there was Kakashi who, following the Paparazzi incident was stationed in 1st High's Hotel, was thinking of ways to implement Naruto's Impromptu Hydrogen/Oxygen bomb in real combat…they sure make a cold blast, perfect for desert operations…
'I mean, which desert militant wouldn't go an inspect a block of Ice in the middle of nowhere?' he thought.
The next few days went by with lesser success on the male freshmen side, with 3rd High taking the cake on most of those competitions.
…until Monolith Code began…
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AND DONE!
Sorry for the long wait. I have had Assignments to do, load shedding and whatnot…as well as Easter and a Youth Sleepover.
Once again, I wish you all a happy Easter.
Please R&R!
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#changelog: I know that by the time this gets uploaded, Easter will be over, but I finished this on Sunday, but couldn't find the time to upload it.