Hey all I am back.
So last time Naruto got to play around with Fire and Ice…No that wasn't a reference to Game of Thrones (Which I have neither seen nor read FYI, reason being that season 1 jumped between storylines far too much for my taste and I just haven't gotten to watching the rest…) and Sasuke was humiliated by an AI in front of several reporters…do the joys ever end?
So you guys want Naruto to have a mix between Ancient Magic and Illusion for Monoloth Code…alright, I'll see what I can do there. And do my best not to disappoint you.
Responses to Reviews:
Silvda-zero: I think I'll contact you when I am writing future stories when I need an Idea for different powers for my MCs dude…
Hope this chapter will be just as amusing.
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On with the story…
Chapter 8, Monolith Code vs Naruto…what the hell?
Tatsuya sat in front of Mayumi, Jumonji and the rest of the 1st High School competition committee, along with the rest of the student council, minus Miyuki.
Flashback
"Onii-sama!" Miyuki called out as she saw her brother walk into the tent.
"What happened? An Accident?" he asked.
"If you could call it an accident…" Miyuki answered uneasily.
"Miyuki, this wasn't an accident." Shizuku said. "This time it was definitely foul play."
Whilst those two began a small argument about rash declarations, Tatsuya looked around the room, seeing a television set streaming a live broadcast of the Monolith Code, or more specifically, the pile of rubble that should have been a building…
Putting two and two together, he figured out that 1st High School has again been attacked.
"So, how are Morisaki and the other three?" he asked Mayumi.
"All four of them, Morisaki-kun, Uchiha-kun and the other two are in critical condition." Mayumi answered. She began explaining what she had seen: the match was set in an urban environment, with the match barely starting before the entire team was subjected to a Battering Ram spell, collapsing the entire building on top of them. Sasuke, having the most practical training, managed to dodge most of the smaller debris, but was unfortunately still caught under the rubble with a broken Leg and arm, as well as a concussion. Not to mention a couple of bruised organs.
The others weren't so lucky. All of them had broken or fractured ribs, bruised organs and despite wearing helmets, one of them had a fractured skull. Morisaki also had his arm pop out of the shoulder socket.
"They are all in the Hospital and are expected to remain there for at least three days." Mayumi finished.
Tatsuya commented on the danger of using Battering Ram inside a building, with Shizuku commenting that they got blitzed right after the match started, which either meant that someone had studied them before the horn rang, or one of them set of the spell themselves, or someone was interfering with the Competition.
Mayumi, upon hearing that, decided to have a one on one conversation with Tatsuya about this, making Miyuki's eyebrow twitch slightly due to the tone of voice she used, but she listened to the small part of her brain that wasn't all Bro-con, and let them speak.
Shortly afterwards
Tatsuya explained to Mayumi the reasons behind his theories and why two of them wouldn't work.
The first being that had the opposite team studied them before the match began, then they'd be criticised for breaking the rules and not being at their start point.
The second was that only a suicidal Mage would dare use a Battering Ram spell inside a building, and none of the contestants were suicidal. Heck, he doubted that anyone other than Sasuke had that spell in their repertoire, and even then it is unlikely that Sasuke had it because he specialized more in Thermal and Electrical type magic.
He then revealed to Mayumi about the attempted infiltration attempt he and Mikihiko stopped, and why he kept quiet about it.
He also told her about what he had found out about the group behind the infiltration attempt, stating that it was a criminal ring based in Hong Kong.
Mayumi then told him that she'd like to speak with him later in the evening.
Flashback end
"So why me?" Tatsuya asked.
"As we've said, you probably have the greatest combat potential amongst the 1st years we have." Jumonji said.
"Yet, you have forgotten that Naruto-san is an experienced veteran with Combat scenarios." Tatsuya countered. There was no way he was going to join the Monolith Code Team without a pretty damn good reason. Too troublesome (and he felt someone cursing him there).
"Naruto-kun has already participated in the max number of events, as per our own rules." Mayumi said. A few of the schools, including 1st High, had rules in place that prevent members from participating in more than 2 events, primarily so that numerous students have the chance to shine. These rules were unofficial and were more of a formality than anything else.
"I am not officially pert of the participants team, being a member of the technical staff." Tatsuya said. "Besides, I thought we weren't allowed to change the composition of the teams for Monolith Code."
"In light of the current situation, the Competition Committee has given us some exceptions to the rules." Mayumi clarified, holding up the official document she had gotten from said committee.
Jumonji sighed, before giving Tatsuya a 'Reason you suck right now' speech, followed by a 'You were one of the 22 members chosen from 200' speech, and concluding with a 'our leader has chosen you to be a representative' speech and a 'do what you are told or else' speech.
Tatsuya sighed, before asked who the other members of the team would be.
"You can decide that for yourself." Jumonji said.
"Huh?!" Tatsuya was not expecting that.
"We'll leave the selection of the other team members up to you." Jomonji clarified. "If you need time, then come back here in an hour.
"No, there is no need for that. But I am not sure if two of them will agree." Tatsuya said.
"We'll be here to convince them if need be." Jumonji said.
Tatsuya smirked. "Even if the members are either from outside the team or already have been in two events?"
Mayumi had the most extensive expression of surprise and shock. "I don't think that would be…"
"It's alright, we have already made enough exceptions for this." Jumonji said, interrupting Mayumi. "One or Two more won't make much of a difference."
"Then my picks are Yoshida Mikihiko of 1-E, Saijo Leonhard, also of 1-E, and Uzumaki Naruto of 1-A."
Hattori voiced his objections, but was silenced halfway through by Suzune, while Mari asked, "Tatsuya-kun, would you mind telling us the reason why you chose those three?"
"Of course not." Tatsuya said, looking at everyone else in the room. "The biggest reason is that I've hardly watched any of the men's matches or practice sessions. I have no idea of their specialities or characteristics. The match is tomorrow. If I were to research them from scratch, there wouldn't be enough time for strategizing or fine-tuning."
"And you feel you're familiar enough with those particular three?" Mari asked.
"Yes. Not only are Yoshida and Saijo my classmates, I also know them well. And as I have said, Naruto-san is a combat veteran. And as you know, we already consider each other to be friends, isn't that right, Miss. I-am-still-not-Naruto's-Friend?" Tatsuya asked, making Mari blush as she remembered that particular event back in the first semester.
Mayumi giggled, remembering the rant she received from Mari…
"You make a valid point there." Mari admitted after having clamed down and thought about Tatsuya's words. Then she smirked. "And what is the non-biggest reason?"
"Their individual skills. Yoshida is a practitioner of ancient spirit magic. Saijo can spam his 'Panzer' Spell like nobody's business, resulting in a tanky figure that even I doubt I'd be able to defeat, and even I don't know where to begin with Naruto-san…he has an arsenal of spells so large that he could literally Solo most of the other teams." Tatsuya said. "I mean, he is set to join 'Red Spiral' soon, isn't he?"
"Overkill much!" Kirihara muttered. "The opposing teams are lucky that in Monolith code they are only allowed to fight with magic spells or object affected by magic."
"Why are you saying that?" Jumonji asked.
"I once made the mistake of sparring against Naruto-san, and telling him not to hold back. I still don't know what hit me, whether it was his knee, foot, fist, elbow or head, but next thing I remember was waking up in the nurses office with a concussion." He explained.
"Sounds like he still held back." Tatsuya said.
"Sounds like you want him to do all the fighting while you and the others sit back and relax." Mayumi said to Tatsuya.
"That's what I would do." Kirihara muttered. Tatsuya just smirked.
Later, Tatsuya's room
"Say, Tatsuya, are you being Serious?" Leo asked.
"I'll be calibrating your CAD. Just accept it." Tatsuya said. "No use griping about something that's already been decided."
Mikihiko sighed. "Got it, Tatsuya."
"Whatever…I guess we're gonna have to kick some butt!" Leo said, making Erica and Mizuki look at each other. Hinata just sighed.
"So, Yoshida-kun will act as a scout with his spirits, Leonhard-kun will protect the base and tank anything that is sent his way, and the two of us, what, cause a ruckus?" Naruto asked.
"Something like that." Tatsuya said before giving Leo a briefcase. Naruto couldn't help but smirk…and suddenly Hinata felt very sorry for whomever this team is meeting during their first match…and the other matches as well…
Next day
Several people from the other schools were surprised when out onto the stage walked three contestants they had never seen before, together with the dude who completely wrecked them in Speed Shooting and Pillar Break and were about to voice their outrage when the chairman of the Competition Committee announced that due to the circumstances, they allowed these exceptions to occur.
And of course, whilst most people were concentrating on Naruto, who acted as though nothing had happened, there were 3 students from 3rd High who were studying Naruto.
Ichijou Masaki and Kichijouji 'Jiouji' Shinkurou were studying Tatsuya because they felt that he was more than he let on, whilst the third person, a male a year younger than the other 1st years with red hair and a red Kanji Tattoo over his left eye, smirked, remembering a little bet he made with Naruto years ago when they did an Operation together…Gaara felt a little bad because he had heard from his older sister Temari that Naruto was participating, but felt saddened that he wasn't in Monolith Code.
The match started with Tatsuya racing ahead and engaging the person who was guarding the Monolith, casting a disorientation spell on him before running past him and destroying his CAD with Gram Demolition when the slightly disorientated guy cast a spell at his back.
Back at 1st High's Monolith, Leo was standing guard with his floating sword out. The opposing vanguard arrived and was about to shoot a spell at Leo, who swung the sword and began beating the crap out of the unfortunate guy…from 15 meters away.
As the pieces of the floating sword reconnected, Leo looked at the device and nodded in satisfaction, smug face clear on the TV screen for all to see. Erica muttered something about him being an idiot… whilst everyone else who knew just sweat-dropped.
On the left flank, Mikihiko was using his spirits to give his opponent one heck of a migraine, making the poor dude hear an amplified sound akin to that of Cicadas, together with filling the area with mist and adding a light confusion into the mix…Mikihiko suddenly thought that Naruto had rubbed off on him with overkill…
On the other flank…the spectators didn't know what to make of this…dozens of Naruto's were standing around the opponent who was casting spell after spell to no effect.
What the spectators could see and the poor guy didn't know, was that Naruto was less than 10 meters away from him, dozing off on a branch in a tree, periodically activating his CAD and spawning more of his clones, before dozing off again.
The poor guy eventually realized that the clones he saw were illusions and began searching for the real Naruto…who stretched a bit and then cast a sleeping spell on the guy…then went back to sleep.
The match ended with 1st High eliminating the opposition.
Masaki and Jiouji commented on the abilities of Tatsuya and Leo, because all they saw of Yoshida and Naruto was the one just standing near his opponent and couldn't understand what was happening, though they had some suspicions, and the other was outright toying with his opponent…and not taking this event seriously…
Jiourji commented that Tatsuya was combat-tested and whilst his spells weren't that powerful, he made good use of them, even saying that they'd need to be more careful of his actual combat abilities than of his magic.
He also added that Saijo's device seemed to have a maximum range of 15 to 20 meters, and could change the position of the sword attachment at will, making him a difficult opponent in close quarters, though he appeared not to have much in the way of ranged capabilities.
He theorised that Yoshida layered the area with long lasting AoE Spells as a trap.
And again…he said that Naruto wasn't taking this seriously…
Gaara told them that it takes more than a few weaklings to make Naruto serious.
Meanwhile the spectators from 1st High School were cheering, though mainly for the action they saw from Leo.
Miyuki was being congratulated on Tatsuya's victory…whilst Hinata was being told that she is going to be dating an Idiot, much to her embarrassment.
Later that day, during the second match, Tatsuya and Mikihiko tag teaming, with Tatsuya summoning a floating spirit that Mikihiko had given him. Mikihiko took control of the small spirit, and scouted out the location of the Monolith.
After having gotten the location details from Mikihiko, Tatsuya ran over to the corner of the room he was in nearest and shot a specific spell to open the Monolith, moments before one of the opposing mages burst through the door nearby. Tatsuya was forced to make a run for it as the guy sent wind blades his way.
Mikihiko meanwhile, still in control of the 'recon' spirit, arrived at one of the input locations and after confirming he could clearly see the symbols on the screen of the Monoloth, began typing on the keyboard on his arm.
Leo meanwhile was once again on guard duty and was once again using his floating sword to painful effect…
And then there was Naruto. He was still using his Illusion Magic, though this time instead of making clones of himself, he conjured numerous apparitions of New Kama society people…
When Naruto began playing custom made recordings over a loudspeaker, it became too much for his opponent…the dude RAN! With the Illusions following him.
Up in the stands, each and every student had the same thought: 'That guy is EVIL!'
And Hinata was put under more pressure due to this…and she was beginning to doubt her relationship…should she really love a madman?
Fortunately for the poor soul, the match ended soon and Naruto dispelled the illusions…and then walked away whistling innocently.
Outside of the stadium
Kakashi shook his head after what he had seen on the screen.
"Yare, yare…Naruto still can't help but mentally toy with his opponents." He muttered. "He is so much like his Mother in that regard…it is actually scary."
"You sound like you know his mother." One of the men under his command commented.
"I probably know her better than anyone in Konoha…her Husband, Naruto's Father, was my instructor before his demise." Kakashi said. "Kushina nee-san took over my training for a few months until I graduated…God I do not miss those days…"
"If you don't like her that much, why does it sound like you have so much respect for her?" the man asked.
"Oh, she was like a Mother to me whilst I was still in training, but her training methods are spartan to the extreme…she made the hardest 'Drill Sergeant from Hell' we had cry tears of fear after just one week of training." Kakashi muttered.
"Why do I get the feeling that explains so much about Naruto?" the man asked.
"Beats me." Kakashi commented.
That evening
Naruto and Hinata were in the dining hall, talking…yeah right…more like Hinata asking why Naruto did those horrible things to his opponents.
Naruto sighed at the question. "Before you go out and take a leap here, did you know that my Father was Kakashi-sensei's Instructor?" Naruto asked.
Hinata's eyes widened at the news.
"One of the dozens of philosophies my dad taught him was that if you could win a fight without shooting a bullet or harming another person, then things will turn out alright." Naruto continued. "Most of the things that happened during the two matches was nothing other than tricks of the eyes. Illusions without physical form."
"But why use that tactic during the second match?" Hinata asked.
"Oh please, those were D-rank illusions…they didn't even have a shadow. By then Everyone knew that I was packing Illusions, and the dude didn't even check if there was a shadow being cast by the illusions…" Naruto said, waving off her concern, yet speaking loud enough that everyone listening in could hear as well. "I could have pulled of a lot more realistic illusions if I wanted to, but refrained from it due to the possibility of mental trauma occurring."
Hinata and pretty much everyone else looked at him in shock.
"What?" Naruto asked, noticing all the stares.
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AND DONE!
Hope you guys enjoyed this Chapter. Next time The Monolith Code will continue.
For the third Battle…well, I'll only say that Naruto will use Illusions there as well…but not in what manner. #EvilLaugh
But he will have a different loadout for the finals, so be prepared.
Anyway, I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter.
R&R plz.