Stupid and Dumb
Amazing title I know
Previously on Cloud Gamer
It was an excruciating 10 minutes to wait and I felt like a little kid going to the dentist all the while I heard the sounds of several products and other machines being placed down and thrown around.
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Shin POV
I had already completed my training for today and Sho was out with Natio, so there was literally nothing going on for me, I still hadn't put in my stat points since I was waiting to complete my final day of training and see how far I got all together.
Sho having a girlfriend was nice, but that meant I had nothing to do while he was gone, Komizu was a lazy shit, and I still wasn't able to form wind chakra. I let out a grunt of frustration while sitting on the edge of the rooftop of our hotel, unaware to a little visitor who was standing behind me.
"Master Shin."
"Huh?" I looked behind me and saw a feminine figure shrouded by a maroon cloak. Obviously not one of my summons using a transformation, so it must be the cult.
"My queen has asked for your response towards our letter. We did not receive one last time a member contacted you."
"Oh yeah that, I need more time to think about it and what did it mean by a suitable vessel?"
"Master Shin you really need to learn to read underneath the underneath. The letter was supposed to be received as a request that you become the vessel for Luminos' return and share a body during the state of eternal night."
"I definitely do not want to lose my body thank you very much."
"I see. Expect more forceful methods of action from now on, this was merely a courtesy, not an offer, at least not anymore."
With that she vanished, not making a sound while she left. 'Well, that was odd, and I definitely didn't do that right.' I thought, looking down at the streets below. The people were all running around like little ants, it was kind of fun to watch. Like how when you are driven through the residential area and you imagine a ninja jumping across buildings next to your car, that sort of feeling.
I shuffled off the roof and ran down the building using chakra, spooking several residents from my speed, and just the fact I was running on walls. I landed on the ground with a soft thud and started to walk down the streets towards the Volt corp sector, hoping to continue my investigation while Sho was out on a date with their co leader.
Over the past couple of days, I had been seeing more 'violent' methods of boycotting usually through thugs just pushing around the owners and the police idly walking by like nothing was happening.
From what I understood so far, Gio's main goal was to take over the role of daimyo from the current one while using Volt corp as a steppingstone under the guise of a partnership. It was simple in theory, all I had to do was find the bastard and kill him. But he was slippery, any clues about his location were covered up by the time I got there, and they also knew I was investigating this now after the incident 2 days ago.
Flashback 2 days ago
While snapping my fingers to generate a spark, I noticed a large entourage of armed thugs bullying some workers while guarding a large grey-haired man in the middle. I slowly shuffled down the side of the building to get a closer look when one noticed me. With a wave of the fat man's cane, I had to dodge several axes that were thrown in my direction, weaving easily through the barrage while dropping down the wall.
"You impudent fools! What the hell am I paying you for? You morons can't even kill a kid who's annoying me!" He yelled out while I stood on the dirt, generating another spark by clicking my fingers.
"Get him to stop that clicking, my ears are sensitive!" The fat man continued, pointing towards me and pushing a large bandit towards my direction who was brandishing a sword.
"Sorry about this kid, but Mister Gio has ordered your death." He said, a frown covering his face. I decided to use my young age to my advantage, putting on full 'cowardice' mode.
"W-what d-d-did I do?!" I replied, purposely stuttering my voice to sound scared.
"Like I said, I'm sorry about this." He brought up his sword to slash me while my scared expression faded for a smirk. As he swung, I landed on top of the blade and kicked him in the face using chakra to knock him out.
Gio scrambled behind a few more bandits and began to leave, ordering them to stay behind and stop me from following him. What happened next could only be described as a rampage as I weaved through blades, letting the bandits cut each other while I flipped around, landing kicks and punches enhanced by chakra to knock them out or kill them.
By the time I had finished with the 100th bandit, Gio was long gone, and I was getting pissed. 'How many of these fuckers are there?' I thought while tripping another one to be impaled on his friend's sword and kicking said friend in the groin
The police finally came and chased off the bandits before beginning to send a unit after me. I used a genjutsu while running up a wall to make it appear I ran straight through it and dropped through the window onto my bed, startling the sleeping Komizu.
"AH! Shin you meanie! I was having such a great sleep!"
"Hm? Oh, sorry about that, didn't mean to startle you. Can you give me a tip on creating wind chakra by the way?"
"No, you need to figure it out yourself."
I blew a raspberry at her and vaulted back out the window and onto the streets. People were startled at my sudden appearance, especially since they just saw me walk through a wall but I ignored them and ran towards the Volt sector hoping to find Gio again.
No such luck would come to me however and I was just wandering around for 2 hours before I head back, bumping into Sho who was looking at places to take his date.
"Oh, hey Shin! Have you seen any good restaurants around?"
"No, I haven't, but I did see Gio."
"An ugly fucker isn't he?"
"Very, anyway if you are looking for a nice restaurant, ask the locals instead of me. They should know the area pretty well."
"Do you think I'm dumb?"
"Yes."
"WHAT!"
I ran off and Sho started to chase me through the streets, shouting profanities while I kept calling him old, much to onlookers' enjoyment. Eventually I had to run from both Sho and the cops though when I rounded the corner and the same squad started to chase me from earlier, that all stopped when I used the same trick, but Sho broke through the genjutsu and followed me through the window before dropkicking me out the door and locking it.
Present time Shin POV (1 hour after the start of Sho's date)
'Still gotta get that bastard back for that one' I thought while walking through the town, clicking my fingers in a rhythmic motion while looking at the several stalls around.
That little journey stopped when I ran across the fatty I had been searching for. Gio was entering Natio's house wearing a suit with several bodyguards stationed outside. There were other people inside of the house but none seemed to be shinobi so this must be a business party.
The leader of Volt corp, Sun Volt, was currently shaking hands with Gio and thanking him for coming to the party. He opened a champagne bottle and shared a glass with him before talking to other guests while Gio sat back on the couch with his 2 guards nearby.
This was the perfect shot, he was right next to the window, soon to be under the influence of alcohol and his bodyguards seemed no better than normal bandits, one was thin with a katana strapped to his hip, the other was a brute with metal gauntlets around his hand and spikes coming off of them.
I decided to stay back though, even if this was a perfect opportunity, I needed information. The repercussions of this could be devastating, with Sho maybe losing his chance with Natio, the daimyo launching a hit on us, and the entirety of Volt's military force gunning for us I would be dead within a month.
I lifted up a couple of planks around the bottom of the house and crawled under, attaching to the wooden floor on top and pressing my ear to it. There was lots of chatter, but I focused in on Gio's conversation he was having with one of his guards.
"Gio, I have a feeling we have an unwelcome guest here."
"I see, deal with it quickly as not to disturb the other people here."
'Oh shit!' I thought, dropping onto the dirt below my back and barely dodging the end of the katana that stuck straight through the planks. I rolled outside from under the house to dodge several more stabs before the larger bodyguard, who was waiting outside after hearing the news, slammed his fist into the earth next to my head, creating a crater in the ground.
"Hehe, runts got a bit of spunk. Shouldn't you be back with mommy?"
I spat on the ground next to me and put my hands up into my fighting stance. He jabbed straight to my head which I parried, landing a solid blow to his side that he shrugged off easily before kicking me into the street. I rolled a couple of times and flipped back upwards to dodge a downward swing to where I just landed.
"Yes… He is quite fast." The swordsman said, holding his blade in one hand and sheath in the other. This was looking bad for me; I had wasted chakra all day on making walls and these guys seemed at least a little proficient so I wouldn't be able to chug a soldier pill without them stopping me.
I brought out my katana and parried a slash from the swordsmen before I got punched in the guy by the brute, earning several punctures to my torso. I flew backwards and crashed through a wall, coughing up blood all over a dining table while scaring a family of 4.
They had wiped out nearly a 10th of my hp in just 2 proper hits, this was getting worse by the minute while I activated my dojutsu and popped a soldier pill, returning my stamina and chakra back to max. 'Seems these 2 thought they finished me off with the first attack' I thought, putting a plan together quickly in my head.
I spawned in 5 water clones and used 5000 chakra to summon Komuri, the bat with the wind affinity that helped me in the land of snowflakes, and headed out of the building with my clones, aiming to kill one quickly and fight 6 on 1.
They weren't such easy opponents though, and the swordsmen easily brought up his sheath to block 3 blades and his blade to block the other 3 while the brute stopped Komuri by grabbing the front of his wings, suffering several shallow cuts but holding him in close range.
I cursed while the swordsman easily dispelled all of my clones and Komuri attempted to fly into the air with the brute. The brute held Komuri firmly and fucking vertically suplexed the 8-meter-tall bat into the ground, causing it to hiss out in pain.
I was busy blocking slashes from the swordsmen before he fainted an overhead slash and instead kicked me in the torso before slamming his sheath into the side of my head and into the ground. My sword flew out of my hand towards the other 2.
Komuri escaped the grapple and flew high in the air, blasting a large soundwave down at the brawler who was inside of a large crater from his grab. Bursting his eardrums and forcing him to vomit.
I reached for my sword, but a blade stuck itself through my forearm, locking it firmly in place. I screamed out in pain and looked towards the house where the party was going on. Gio had a smug grin on his face that pissed me off, Sun was watching me with a grim look while sipping on a beer.
"Ugh, FUCK THIS" I yelled out, slamming my left fist into the ground and bringing up my status screen. Putting every single stat point I had earned from training so far into strength, bringing it to 215.
Name: Shin Chinoike
Title: Natural, Prodigy
Title buffs: 35% to exp, higher chance of gaining skills faster.
Birth date: February 26th
Level 142
Hp 6000/10000
Cp 1000/7750
Stam 6700/6700
Efficiency ?%
Stats
Strength: 215
Vitality: 100
Chakra: 100
CC: 100 (+40 with ketsuryugan activated)
Luck: 56 (+20 due to Fortuna's blessing)
Intelligence: 52
Willpower: 50
Charisma: 50
Stat points remaining: 0
Monthly Lotteries collected: 47(Can be claimed on the first of each month!)
Skills
[Ketsuryugan] level 100 (MAX) {click here for details}
[Leaf sticking exercise] Level 76 (12%) {click here for more details}
[Basic Chakra Exercises] level 25 (54%) {click here for more details}
[Lightning style: Flash] level 29 (72%) {click here for more details}
[Lightning style: Lightbulb] level 18 (34%) {click here for more details}
[Cooking] level 21 (44%) {click here for more details}
[Mindscape] level 32 (2%)
[Fire style: Spark] level 47 (52%) {click here for more details}
[Water style: Filter] level 1 (87%) {click here for more details}
[Earth style: Pit] level 1 (12%) {click here for more details}
[Shared Mindscape] level 1 (40%) {click here for more details}
[Misty Fist technique] level 22 (65%) {click here for more details}
[Haze Sword Technique] level 49 (0%) {click here for more details}
[Lightning style: Thunder spear] level 100 (MAX) {click here for more details}
[Surface clinging] level 44 (52%) {click here for more details}
[Lightning chakra creation] level 28 (11%) {click here for more details}
[Earth style: Mud wall] level 2 (4%) {click here for more details}
[Blood attunement] level 25 (0%) {click here for more details}
[Fire style: Phoenix Breath] level 17 (60%) {click here for more details}
[Substitution jutsu] level 2 (11%) {click here for more details}
[Genjutsu: False surroundings] level 2 (6%) {click here for more details}
[Fortuna's blessing] level MAX (100%) {click here for more details}
[Infused blood manipulation] level 28 (0%) {click here for more details}
[Tree hopping] level 22 (30%) {click here for more details}
[Lightning style: Current] level 1 (0%) {click here for more details}
[Water style: Water clone] level 2 (96%) {click here for more details}
[Earth style: Mud wall] level 18 (62%) {click here for more details}
[Killing intent] level 1 (56%) {click here for more details}
[Sense killing intent] level 1 (0%) {click here for more details}
[True red world genjutsu] level 1 (0%) {click here for more details}
[Wind style: Vacuum sphere] level 3 (26%) {click here for more details}
[Water style: Water bullet] level 1 (0%) {click here for more details}
[Fire style: Great fireball] level 1 (67%) {click here for more details}
[Water style: Flowing guardian pillars] level 1 (86%) {click here for more details}
[Perfect flash] level 1 (0%) {click here for more details}
[Summoning jutsu] level 1 (57%) {click here for more details}
[Leaf rising wind] level 2 (98%) {click here for more details}
I clicked my tongue and lifted my right arm, pushing the blade slowly through until I reached the guard. My hp was getting a bit low so I had the berserker passive on my side, the use of it had kind of let me get used to it so I wasn't losing sanity until lower hp.
I looked up at the shocked face of the swordsmen while I grabbed his hand with my left, slamming him to the ground next to me and hugging him tight. I used my hands to create four hand seals and placing them on his back, pouring all of my chakra into this jutsu.
"LIGHTNING STYLE: CURRENT!" I yelled out, shocking the both of us but mainly him. When things started to get smoky, I stopped and looked at my own charred and lightning scarred skin.
I stood up and ripped the sword from my arm, not giving a second glance at the sack of burnt flesh behind me. Kuromi had stopped the sound blast and was just throwing out wind slashes towards the brute while he pitifully guarded himself.
My strength was at the maximum multiplier currently, 10x, meaning my strength was double what it was when I ended Manzo. I popped a soldier pill into my mouth and felt my muscles bulge, 'these things were not meant to be used consecutively' I screamed mentally, pouring a large amount of chakra into my muscles and forming a large javelin of lightning in my hands. I jumped high into the sky and aimed it downwards at the brute, still distracted by Kuromi.
"DIE ASSHOLE" I yelled out, throwing my spear downwards, it sparkled brightly before glowing red at the point of impact. "Perfect flash activated!"
A large lightning strike surged through his body, splitting the ground around him and creating a large explosion that blew me straight upwards, where I was caught by Kuromi.
"That was impressive master Shin, truly astounding."
"Hehe, sure buddy." I fell asleep after exhausting my chakra 3 times in an hour. This caused Kuromi to be summoned back to Noriki cave while I took a freefall down onto the streets.
3 minutes ago, Sho POV
There were loud clashes of metal rattling through the street I was walking through with Natio. I subconsciously held onto her hand tighter, and she squeezed back, giving me a smile from the side.
I looked at the air and saw a bat, hearing a scream from my seven-year-old partner. "UGH FUCK THIS" He screamed out, the sounds resounding in the air. Natio also heard it and turned to look at me.
"Was that Shin?"
"I think so, lets head over so I can stop him from killing himself."
We started to run through the city, darting around people who were running in the opposite direction before I felt a huge surge of chakra in the air. I looked up towards it and there was Shin, holding a large spear of lightning sparkling in the sky and yelling out.
"DIE ASSHOLE!"
I snickered a bit until I heard the large explosion and just stared in shock. I grabbed Natio and pulled her into my chest, holding the back of her head to shield her. A large cloud of dust passed my back even though we were over 2 streets away!
Shin's bat was flying through the air and suddenly disappeared right on top of us. I jumped upwards and grabbed him out of the air, scrunching my nose at the smell of fried flesh while I looked at his body.
His body was covered in second degree burns and his right arm had some third-degree ones around a large stab wound. His shirt was punctured by some sort of spike like weapon.
I put him down on the ground and immediately started to do some first aid jutsu before I grabbed him and took him back to the room. 'This is fucking bad, oh shit, oh shit' I screamed mentally, wiping some sweat off my brow.
"Will he be alright!?" Natio yelled out from behind me, I shot her a quick thumbs up with a smile.
"Yeah, I got this I think" I added the last part mentally while beginning treatment on his puncture wounds first. Slowly, the skin started to regenerate as a bright pink colour, I next moved onto his right arm where the majority of the damage was.
I was a bit out of practice, not having used this in over a year, my chakra was starting to run low, I popped a soldier pill in my mouth to regenerate it, shaking at the bitter taste.
Once first aid was done, I put his body on my back and brought him and Natio back to the hotel room, dodging past several police that were running in the direction of the fight.
"Sho! Make him bite down on this." I looked over and she put her arm inside of Shin's mouth. I was confused but forced his jaw to move, making it clamp on the arm. A green glow appeared, similar to medical ninjutsu as chakra flowed into Shin, slowly restoring his arm.
I heard a small moan from her and started to laugh at her blushing face. "BAHAHA, Natio! Dirty girl! So perverse!"
"Shut up!" She yelled, smacking me over the back of my head.
Shin slowly started to groan, his arm was already healed fully, and he unhooked his jaw from Natio's mouth. "Are you alright Shin?"
"Do I fuckin look alright, or is your dementia acting up?"
A tick mark appeared on my head as I slapped the shit out of him. "We just saved your life asshole! AND IM ONLY 29"
"Wait your 29?" Natio asked in a mock surprised expression, causing Shin to giggle.
"NO, NOT ANOTHER ONE!" I yelled to the roof, cursing my own luck. I looked back towards Shin, who was laying on the bed looking at his arm.
"So, brat, what the hell happened to you?" I asked, staring deep into his eyes to try and burn a hole through them. He nodded his head towards Natio's direction, making me look at her, she had a confused expression on her face.
'Ah so that's it' I thought, I wouldn't speak out until Natio left. "Dumbass! I told you to wait for me!"
He picked up my hints and clicked his tongue while looking away, 'cheeky bitch' I thought. "Hey Natio, do you want to stay here tonight? Sun said he is busy with stuff."
"Is that the only reason you want me to stay?" She replied, hinting at some, not so child friendly reasons that came to mind.
I was about to respond but Shin dry hurled over the bed just to be an asshole. "Want me to get a separate room? Or are you two quiet? Actually, even if you are I don't want my room smelling like sweat and sex."
Natio blushed at that and looked in my direction, not really holding eye contact though. "Heh, if you are offering kid. We might be a bit busy later so you can grab another room if you want." I replied.
"I think I'll follow through with that, thanks for healing me. In return, I won't bully you two that much for doing such perverted stuff near a child." Shin said, sitting up and putting on his shoes.
"We all know you aren't a kid, just looking for you to slip up in your transformation." I replied. I knew he was a kid, but it was fun to hint at him being some sort of 80-year-old man. Especially since Natio didn't get the joke.
"Oh no you have caught me!" He yelled back, taking off his shirt and replacing it with a one that wasn't stained with blood and holes. An orange jumper with a hood and black lines going around the outside, his pants were just a pair of navy-blue shinobi ones.
"You should really get a haircut; all that long hair is gonna get tugged some time."
"Shut it dad, I don't know any hairdresser either to get one from."
"I can do your hair."
"The second I let your grubby old man hands on my head is the second I'm dead."
"Cheh, Natio, can you do something about his hair?"
"I'm sure I could do something but I'm not that great." She said, looping a lock of hair around her finger while still blushing from the earlier comments. Shin ignored it and left the room, bidding us a good and fun night.
Even I blushed at the smirk he was giving me while putting 1 finger through a ring he made with his hand, moving it in and out. I looked towards Natio, she looked at me a blush covering both of our faces as we slowly came together into a deep kiss.
"Ahh! That was a nice nap *Yawn* OH WHAT THE HELL!" Komizu yelled, she had just woken up and was staring between us before she poofed back to her realm.
We separated our lips and burst into giggles and laughs at the comical timing of her waking up. I grabbed the back of Natio's head and brought her into another deep kiss, pushing her back onto my bed while I stood over her.
Now… Its Sho's time to shine.
NO LEMON FOR YOU! I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WRITING ONE
SHIN POV
I left the hotel in search of a new one to stay in, walking around the city with my hood up. I surfed through the crowds, keeping an eye out for any police force or Gio.
I activated my dojutsu to sense any large chakra signatures and my senses screamed at me. I ducked and narrowly dodged a katana cleaving where my neck used to be, slicing some of my hair from the tip of my ponytail.
The samurai from earlier was standing in front of me, his hair a deep black and skin charred to a degree he looked like the luminos shades. His eyes, which were green before had a maroon tint to them with black dots in the sclera.
"Boy. You will pay for earlier."
I rolled under another sword slash and brought my sword out of my inventory, unsheathing it for a quick slash to his torso that he blocked with his sheath. The civilians had already escaped from the area once they saw a sword and were watching the fight from afar.
'Just great, I have no chakra, my skin is raw and itchy and now I have to fight a trained samurai on his last legs' I thought, running through plans in my head I could use without much chakra. I was brought out of my musings by another slash that held way more power in it than earlier, this guy was holding back then.
I blocked the slash by still was pushed backwards a bit before I dug my feet into the ground. He sheathed his sword and got into a stance; I entered a stance from my style.
"Flowing Iron style: Iai FLASH!"
"Haze sword technique: LOTUS STRIKE!"
He quickly drew his sword and sliced up my midsection, while I landed a quick stab straight into his left lung. He coughed up some blood while I fell to my knees.
"Remember this kid, you were killed by Tsuna Otorichi" He brought his sword forward and stabbed it straight through my torso, my vision started to fade before I grabbed his arm that held the sword.
"Blood manipulation, thank god for that."
"What?"
I grabbed right above his vein and forced his blood to reverse flow away from his organs. His eyes faded and blood started to flow from every orifice on his body while the skin turned pale, I collapsed in a heap while his body slammed backwards with a heavy thud.
What the fuck is a scene break?
Shin POV 3 hours later
I opened my eyes and blinked a couple of times. I was quite lightheaded and looked forward before I got slapped by someone.
"Hey kid! Hey! Wake the fuck up!" A masculine voice said before I got slapped again, I moved my head towards the voice and started to get used to the light. 'Ah fuck' I said mentally, looking at the person in front of me.
I was tied to a steel chair with a light shining over my head, the room had mould growing on the walls and the tiles were a dark grey colour. In front of me stood Gio Fawn, who was currently slapping me around for killing his two most trusted subordinates.
"Do you understand?" He said, waving a whip in front of my face.
"Sorry, what was that?" I replied, not having heard whatever he said earlier. He didn't respond verbally but lashed me several times across the arms.
"Where is Natio!?"
"Who?"
"You little shit, I know you have met her! You and that cunt that has been stealing her from me!"
"Cunt? The old man? Those two are great together haha, don't know why you are so mad."
"WHY? YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I'M MAD? SHE IS GOING TO BE MY WIFE BUT SHE IS HANGING AROUND SOME NINJA SCHMUCK THAT HASN'T EVEN GOT A SINGLE RYO TO HIS NAME!"
"Ah, are you two engaged?"
"It's part of my deal with the Volt Corporation, but I assume you already knew that since you were snooping around."
"I didn't but thank you for telling me."
"Don't act smart if you can't handle the consequences." He whipped me again and I yelled out in pain, the rope was covered in little rivets using beads woven in to cause maximum pain from the welts.
"So, what did you need from me?"
"Tell me where my wife is. That's all, then I will give you a peaceful death."
"That's all? Really?"
"Yes of course, there is nothing else I could use a kid like you for, actually. Do you want to be a slave? Yes, that's a perfect idea."
"No, not a perfect Idea." He whipped me again, why the fuck was I even taunting him? Oh yeah, its funny to watch his bald head go red.
"SHUT UP! JUST TELL ME WHERE MY WIFE IS"
"She's getting railed by my partner right now, ask again later for a different answer." I said with a smirk, earning several more lashings that bust open my lip and bruised my body badly.
"JUST FUCKING TELL ME"
"I wonder if they remembered to put a sign on the door." He slapped me again and a bead hit my eye, splitting my eyebrow and pouring blood into my vision. He kicked the chair backwards and I got slammed to the ground, being stomped on several times by Gio.
"STOP BEING SUCH A LITTLE SHIT!"
"I will never sell him out, so kill me now."
His head started to get redder, to the point where he looked like a tomato. I snickered a bit while he looked over me, "Even if I did, he would be able to defeat you all easily. He is far stronger than me."
Gio called over 2 guards which picked me up and dragged me outside the room. Not bothering to untie me from the chair while they threw my body into the hall, and then threw me down some stairs. I could look out into the street and saw people walking past without a care in the world, even the police, though I expected that. Nobody wanted to fight Gio in this city, it was all under his thumb.
"HeheHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAH!" I laughed out loud, my life was over, I was a regressor, so it didn't matter. I pushed so hard, met so many people, got attached to more, only for me to die from some thugs, I tried my best and still failed. I didn't get to affect canon, I didn't get to fuck up the story, I didn't get to become the ultimate ninja, I didn't get to live a full life, I didn't get to love someone here, I didn't get to have kids, I didn't get to a max level, I barely got do anything here before I was going to leave the world again.
"Is this kid insane?"
"What the fuck?"
Tears filled my eyes, but I didn't stop laughing, it was just one big joke. I didn't get to travel the world with Sho, I didn't get to meet Yugi again, I didn't get to become a notorious bounty hunter. I didn't get anything, was it so much to ask for? Just a full life?
My teeth started to hurt with the constant pressure while red liquid seeped through my gums from the fall, all the while Gio was staring at me from the top of the stairs with a look of horror.
"Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-YOUR EYES!"
"BAHAHAHA, WHAT ABOUT THEM?"
"THEY'RE RED!"
"Funny joke Gio, now how about you send me to the start?"
My heart was beating incredibly quickly, while my head started to get hot. I looked up the stairs and saw nobody, a slow clapping filled the room, nobody was there but me stuck to a chair.
"*CLAP* *CLAP* *CLAP* It was fun Michael, you lived for a while, even with help it was surprising that you didn't die faster. Unlike what you would expect, many die within the first few years after getting cocky. Like this guy, Luke Hoth, he died 1 month after his new life started, reason being: he killed his family for a stronger sharingan and got executed. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT A 1 MONTH YEAR OLD BABY WOULD KILL 4 PEOPLE. That was a funny one to watch. You know, I think you did great, so do the others, so as a reward. We decided on a bit of a rewind, what do you think?"
"Who are you? What are you? And what the hell is going on?"
"So many questions, so little time. A pity really, you already know who I am, just a guy that can connect with your world a bit better than the other gods. So, for the reset, do you accept? You will everything you have now, including the body, but I will reset you to this morning. By the way, this is a onetime thing for your efforts, don't expect any more lifesaving things like this, we prefer being spectators, except for a certain universe."
"Will that mean I carry my injuries?"
They didn't respond, just smiled with a head tilt before my vision went white. I looked up at the ceiling of our hotel room. Sho was deciding on an outfit for the day while I stood up to get my bearings. Then everything started to hurt, a cut appeared on my eyebrow and my lip was busted along with the welts covering my body, a long slice formed up my chest and started to bleed profusely.
I collapsed to the floor from exhaustion and Sho looked towards me. "WHAT THE FUCK!" He ran over to me and sat down, immediately beginning his healing jutsu.
"WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED! SHIN! CAN YOU HEAR ME?!"
"Hah, shut it old man, I'm fine. Just heal me and I will explain." I spat out so blood from my mouth, aiming away from his clothes to not dirty them. After 2 soldier pills, he healed all of the wounds on my body and rolled me over to face the ceiling.
"So, what happened brat, you woke up and your body got fucked up."
"Secret technique, it called deus ex machina."
"Stop trying to be funny it doesn't suit you."
"Fuck off, some god literally came down and returned me back in time 1 day with all of my injuries intact."
"I highly doubt 'some god' would drop down just to heal your sorry ass."
"Blah blah, just jealous cause I have a god on my side."
He slapped the top of my head and tightened his tie, leaving the building quickly to make up for lost time on his date. I breathed out and sat staring at the roof for 10 minutes until I got up and woke up Komizu, placing her on my neck and getting changed into my duplicate outfit that wasn't destroyed.
Since it was much earlier now, I could set a trap for Gio if I needed to. But that would also interfere with Sho's date maybe. "WHY DOES TIME TRAVEL HAVE TO BE SO COMPLICATED" I yelled out, startling Komizu.
"What are you talking about Shin?"
"Don't worry about it, what should I train today?"
"Isn't today for mud walls?"
"Changed my mind, what other things need some help?"
"Your wind chakra creation."
"AGH, I hate that stuff."
"Stop complaining and maybe I'll help you."
"Do you know how much I love you Komizu?"
She gagged a bit before snuggling into my hood, attaching to my clothes a bit tighter. "For your information I like apples." She said quietly, speaking into my skin.
"Good to know, I'll pick a few up from a store, just for you."
She didn't respond while I left the hotel, walking through the streets that were much less on edge than they were in the afternoon. I bought a couple of apples from a fruit vendor and grabbed a banana for myself while heading towards the park for leaves.
"Excuse me young lad!"
"Huh?" I looked behind me and saw a very frail man, nearing his 90s in age. He had wrinkles all over his forehead and patches of brown skin over his face, his eyebrows were white, and I could barely see the green pupils inside of them. He was wearing a purple robe with some sort of symbol on the front, an arrow facing towards the ground.
"Are you a shinobi?"
"Let's say I am, what gave me away?"
"I can see the chakra pouring from you!"
"A sensor?"
"A bit of one I am. Anyways! I was looking for someone to take care of a job for me. If you do it, I'll give you a special technique!"
"What's the job? And what's the technique?"
"The job is well uhh. Can we go somewhere private to talk about this?"
I led him to an alley and faced him, he was about as tall as me but hunched over severely. "So, what's the job?"
"My granddaughter, we were in a bit of a rough situation and have accumulated some debt. So, she… sold herself. I need her back, please I am begging of you! Bring my granddaughter back!"
"How much is the debt? And is there any other way I can do it?"
"The debt is a bit steep, its from our entire clan, it was wiped out a few years back by those Iwa bastards. Last time I checked, well, got asked for the payment, I had 374,000,000 ryo to go. Do whatever you need to, just please bring her back!"
"Alright, what technique will you give me upon completion?"
'You can pick when you get back, her name is Miya and she is currently hanging around the Volt area and works for a business called 'Angel's kiss' owned by a big businessman, Gio Fawn."
"Show me the techniques you have to see if it's worth my time."
"I…Don't have them on me right now, I need to grab them from my hideout, so just do the job and you can pick a technique when you get back."
"Old man, I have a feeling you are pulling my leg here."
"I'm not! Just do the job and you will get your stupid techniques!"
"Fine, but… if I don't get a technique from this. I have no problem with keeping your granddaughter as a slave instead."
He tried to slap me, but I grabbed his forearm, staring deep into his eyes and activating my dojutsu. 'His chakra, its huge! This old timer has more chakra than Sho!' I shuddered at the feeling of it, like a heavy weight was just slammed down on my shoulders.
"I guess I will trust you old timer, I'll have the job done as quickly as possible and I'll come straight to your chakra when I'm done."
"Good. Have fun, young lad" he said in an icy tone while hobbling away. His chakra alone was enough to send shivers down my spine, but those words, they actually made me sweat.
I vanished from the area and headed towards the Volt corporation sector, looking around for a business called 'Angel's kiss'. I dropped onto the street and began to walk around, sending Komizu off to help me.
I tapped on an adult civilian's shoulder, grabbing his attention. "Excuse me sir, have you heard of Angel's kiss?" His face took on a slight blush from the mention of the name and he shakily pointed his finger down the street.
"Y-Yeah, I know the place, one of the best nights I've ever had. Especially that one girl with the green hair, she gave me the whole package. If you know what I mean." He wiggled his eyebrows while hurriedly walking away, probably realising he was making references to sex in front of a child.
I walked down the street and slowly things became a bit dirtier, trash was more strewn around the ground before I stopped in front of a staircase with a big pink sign and a bouncer in front of it. 'Angel's kiss', the sign read, I moved forwards, but the bouncer steeped in front of the entrance.
"No children."
"Well, that sucks, and I was hoping I could get lucky with the ladies."
He chuckled at that and said, "there are no ladies here, only whores who work for money. Go get yourself a good young girl kid and treat her well."
I knocked him out with a chakra enhanced fist before he noticed and opened up the door, walking into a dark area with a few silhouettes inside. Suddenly, all the lights turned on and a woman came out wearing almost nothing. All she had was a g string and a tiny bikini with her name taped onto her chest, she was crying but a jolt of electricity forced her to dance.
Men cheered and threw money at her, which was collected by a handler running around the bottom. The girl kept crying and I made my move when I started to get uncomfortable, AKA, immediately. I summoned in a small bat, another kid, just like Komizu. Except this one had brown fur and a bright pink face.
"Master Shin! Oh, how I have waited to meet you!" He shouted out, I quickly clamped my hand over his mouth and put a finger up to mine. "Quiet, I need you to look for someone without being seen. Her name is Miya, come back to me when you find her. And please just call me Shin."
"I am Komaba, I don't have much practice, but I can do this!" He quickly said, flying off before I could answer and disappearing into the shadows. Komizu flew through the door with a slam, bringing attention from everyone there to us.
"Whats a kid doing here?"
"Oh god I can't be seen like this!"
"Is that bouncer doing anything?"
"WOW, they even let kids in here!"
"Hey Moku! Is it bring your child to work day?"
"No, it wasn't Darek. Even if it was, that isn't my kid."
Were all reactions I received while the patrons and worker stared at me and Komizu, though she paid no mind and rested on my shoulder. "You really summoned him!?"
"What's wrong with Komaba?"
"That dumbass is so bad at hiding, its easier to find a clean spot on a new kunai than to see him!"
When she said that several screams could be heard from behind the curtains, all of the patron's heads swivelled around like office chairs and stared at the end of the stage.
Immediately, 12 girls came sprinting onto the scene wearing similar clothes to the one currently on the stage. All being herded by a bat that was flying frantically around the room, screaming bloody murder about needing to see their chests.
"I see what you mean now."
Like that phrase set off the floodgates, chaos ensured as people started to dodge or hit the bat out of the air, everyone running around the room in a whirlwind of limbs.
I caught a bat that flew straight into my shirt, looking down to see its scared face while looking up at me.
"Why didn't they let me see their chests?"
I slapped my own face and replied with a question of my own. "Did you find Miya?"
"Yes! She has green hair and should be out the back right now. Or in that pile of limbs over there." He said, nodding towards the pile of limbs in the corner, limbs not being the right word. Flesh mound would more fit to the chaos that was the pile, tons of people dog piling on top of each other.
I climbed onto the stage and snooped around the back, finding a green haired woman with pale skin smoking a cigarette while into a cupboard. She was wearing the same pieces of fabric as the others and seemed to have a neutral tone on her face.
"Excuse me, Miya?"
"I told you already old man, I'm not performing today."
"I'm only 7 though."
She looked towards me with widened eyes, snuffing out the cigarette on the top of the furniture and kneeling down in front of me, giving me a good look down her c-cup chest.
"What are you doing back here kid?" She said in a polite tone, pushing some hair behind her ear and staring into me with purple eyes.
"Your grandfather, he wanted me to take you from here."
"No."
"What?"
"I'm happy being here. That old hermit doesn't want me back, he wants my body back. I'm sure you understand what I mean if he asked you."
"Not quite sure I follow, please elaborate, and I am neutral in your current situation since I'm just doing this for some scrolls."
"Scrolls? Oh yeah, the old scrolls from our clan. I can tell you where they are if you just leave me alone here. In terms of elaborating. That old bastard used to do horrible things to me before I ran away, I decided to work here, and the pay is pretty good."
"I see. Alright, please tell me the location of the scrolls, I will not take you from here if he did those sorts of things to you. Care to tell me your story though? From what I heard from the old man; you both ran away to escape the destruction of your clan but got debt placed on you as a result. Then you sold yourself to help pay it back."
"Really? That's what he told you?"
"Yeah, that's the jist of it."
"Well, that's a complete lie. Here's what actually happened." She took a seat on a stool in the room and motioned me to sit across, I moved to the floor and sat cross legged, ignoring the stifling smell of a fresh cigarette.
"For starters, my name is Miya Juryo, an ex-member of the Juryo clan that inhabited the land of moonlight. Our clan was destroyed by Iwa after we got a bit cocky and allied with the leaf during the second war while being near their territory. My grandfather was the leader of the clan during that time and ran away with his tail between his legs while combat started, taking his favourite fuck toy with him. The 6-year-old me. We lived in the land of grass for a little while and then I ran away to here during the times between the second and current wars. There is no debt because the clan doesn't exist anymore, and I didn't 'sell myself', I willingly ran away and am working under Gio now, even if I hate the bastard. Anyway, that's the story, or at least the short version, if you want the long version, go look it up in a book or something."
"If you ran away, how do you know where the scrolls are?"
"Always keeping your eye on the goal huh? The reason I know where they are is because he needed to tell me. The only way the vault where they are can be opened is with my blood, he as too paranoid to use his own and used mine instead. After work I can take you there, it's a bit of a walk away from. the city though, being in the land of grass and all. About weeks walk? Keep in mind, the only reason I will help you, is because I want that old bastard off of my back and you to leave me alone. Plus, a trip with some shinobi is always nice."
"I will need to check with my friend, I will swing by at whatever time you finish with my answer."
"I finish in about 13 hours, so 9 pm. Come by then and wait for me across the street. Now shoo ninja kid, I don't want someone with innocence staying in these parts too long."
I nodded and quickly dashed out of the establishment, heading onto the street after jumping over the bodyguard again. Now with 2 bats riding on my shoulders and heading over to Natio's place.
Who doesn't love a deus ex machina every once in a while? Extra intuitive readers will recognize that as Luminos no doubt, I wonder what 'that world' is alluding to? Make guesses in the reviews. Does anyone remember the Juryo clan that I wrote about in an earlier chapter, yeah me neither, had to go and check the other chapters because I didn't jot it down for future reference.
FYI, this story is written without planning and follows my heart, since its my first story I wanted something close to my heart and mind, which brought out this chapter and fanfic in general. Planning will be done for future stories, and I have just come up with one earlier, it will begin after the end of this one so don't worry about me dividing my time. That's all for the long-winded bullshit.
Bye bye! - tired
