This chapter will be dedicated to Garneauyoann and GrassTypeSwag for their great support.
Thank you very much! And all who followed.
Sorry I was late for this chapter… IRL things.
The Young Hawk
Billy opened his eyes slowly; he felt another jolt of pain from his back. Then he heard the whip cracking and hitting him; he tried to yawn from boredom, then he felt his face and jaw dislocate from a kick to the side. "Dampohet Shutopz eittin da jaws!"
He raised his hands to his dislocated jaw, and in an instant, he relocated his jaw; he moved it up and down, testing his motor functions. "Damnit, sensei! Do we have to do this every time?!"
He saw a figure wearing a TI trench coat with a whip unfurled on the ground. "Then stop yawning, Billy-Kun this is how you make them torture you harder or to distract them."
Billy yawned again then he felt his jaw dislocate. "Dampohet!" he fixed his jaw. "It's not my fault that your torture teaching style is getting bland and normal again!"
His teacher sighed. "Only you, Billy… The other kids run away when they see me coming."
"Well, what do you expect? You do this shit every day for six months, and you expect me not to adapt to it?"
"Fine, but I am going to give you homework today."
"What why? You don't give homework to the other ones!"
His sensei laughed. "Well, the other ones bow to me when I am done, and they thank me for my time… But you!" he started taking in a huge gulp of air. "You laugh at me while I torture you from day one, you constantly make fun of the way I do my training, and you always compare me to your Oyabun!"
"Well, he hits harder than you."
"No shit, jackass! He is an A rank Shinobi!"
Billy deadpanned at his angry sensei. Then he yawned. "Dampohet!"
Billy fell from the chain he was attached to and slammed right into a metal pole that was holding him; he adjusted himself on the ground and cracked his jaw back in place.
Then he looked around the room; it was dark with only one neon blue light that keeps flickering. 'Fucking light torture, annoying.' He stood up and started stretching, then he saw his sensei going to his small desk next to the corner.
His sensei searched for something, then he retrieved a small scroll, and he threw it at Billy. Billy looked at the scroll and trying to know what is inside of it. "There is a box inside of that scroll, tonight you will sleep inside of it, and I will know if you don't, we fuined it to your blood."
Billy stood up and walked to the small locker next to the door of the small room; he opened it and brought his clothes, then he started dressing up. "Sensei, can you sign my worksheet today?" His sensei wrote on a small book while he hummed at him.
Billy started wearing his clothes, then he wore his spiked boots. 'Damn boots, this is no way of making your feet stronger; I know it's a crack head who made this shit!'
He walked to his sensei and presented him with a small sheet; his sensei took the sheet and started reading. "Let's see you finished Hunger training, memorization training." He looked at Billy.
"12-049-596=''''''''egakoh ahonok, cat m 165 n 343 * 1 = at dawn she will be dead."
"Good, you got the hidden message training with it, but you forgot two more codes B+."
Then he started checking on the marks. "Cold room, heat room, water training, chakra theory, psychological training, weapon training, sleep deprivation." He looked at Billy.
"Four days now."
"Good and finally beginner fuinjutsu training, not that you need it, but it is still good to grasp more of the basics." Then he brought his pen to the sheet which says one-day parental visit, and under it was one day no classes. "Congratulation, that is one day no class. Have fun."
Billy nodded and took the sheet, then he brought a small coupon and took on a deadpanned look. "Yamazaki Oyabun would like to thank you graciously sensei for teaching me, and he would like to offer you 10% off for your first mask purchase; we at Orichi kiddy mask-like to bring fun and joy to everyone, thank you."
Billy placed the small coupon on the table. "If you saw Oyabun, just say you bought from my shift." Billy smiled and walked out of the room.
The sensei look at the coupon. "Well." He looked at the door and saw no one is there. "I always wanted to try out these faceless orgies, so might as well."
Billy's mask stretched with a smile. 'Finally, one day off, after studying for a month! And working in the store every day, I can finally relax a little, now where is Nawaki?'
He walked around the school, watching students getting beat with sticks to run faster next to a danger zone; he saw a kid walking away with Shinobi next to him crying while holding his bags, and he saw some who were playing torture the shinobi game. 'Man, what a bunch of little psychopaths.'
Finally, after walking for a while, he saw a small snack shop; he approached and looked at the sweet old woman selling her stuff. "Oba-san, can I get three samurai and one chakra way, please!"
She smiled and bent down, then she gave him his candy; just as he was about to inspect them, he heard a kid puking in the corner. He returned the candy back. "One that is not poisoned, please." He smiled at her.
"Oh, my dear boy, how do you know that these are not poisoned?"
"Well, you clearly brought the ones from under the table, while I can see the ones I wanted, right there in the corner, and I can see the wrappers have been tempered with, Oh I almost forgot that they smell faintly of almond and I know that three samurai and chakra way have no almond in them."
The old woman smiled and took the candy from him, then she brought back the ones he wanted. He looked at them again. "Yeah, won't work a second-time Oba-san you got me last week, but not today."
She smiled more warmly at him, then she brought the real ones and two strawberry Lollipops. "My Billy-Kun, you grow up so fast, it feels like yesterday that you bought your first cookie in my store. I am so proud, here the Lollipops and the candy you asked for and they are for free because you passed the poison test for today."
Billy gave her a wide smile. "If I had lips, I would have kissed you on the cheeks, Oba-san, but this mask makes things difficult."
She reached with her hand and patted him on the head. "Don't worry, Billy-Kun! I know some kunoichi's who like strong men with masks!"
Billy gave her another thanks and walked away; while he was walking, he took the Lollipops and threw them in the trash. 'Hah, that old swamp hag think she could trick me again!'
For minutes, he walked until he reached the water training location; he sat down and started reading more about fuinjutsu.
After thirty minutes, he heard a squashing swashing sound coming from the left; he turned his head and looked at Nawaki and Okami, who had a soaked Kumamu on top of his head.
Kumamu jumped down and started shaking the water, which made him puff up. Billy closed the book and stood up. "Finished with the water training?"
Nawaki nodded. "Yup, and only ten drowned today!"
Okami bent down and started to dry out Kumamu. "You should have been there; Kumamu saved five of them while he was playing."
Billy sighed. "Man, you guys are lucky, yesterday we had twenty." Billy moved to Kumamu and reached into his bag and brought a small treat. "Here you go, Kumamu! You are a good boy, aren't you!" Billy started ruffing up Kumamu.
Okami nodded. "He is the best… So, you guys got your free day for the month?"
Billy nodded, but then Nawaki started searching his bag. "I forgot mine at the locker; give me a minute, and I will be back!"
Nawaki turned around and ran towards the building, Billy still playing with Kumamu, asked. "So Okami… what did you get for Ume's birthday tomorrow?"
Okami smiled. "I got her a smoker! For her bees, I heard that to get honey from bees, one needs to smoke them! What about you? What did you get her?"
Billy reached into his bag and pulled out a small neckless with butterflies. "I fucking hate shopping for girls and Aburame. They don't talk at all, and we don't know if they like it or not. So." He brought the neckless closer so Okami could see the butterflies that were made to look like chains. "I made this one, using metal scraps from the shop. I hope she will like it."
Okami leaned in and turned his head to the side, his white hair reaching down. "You should have made them bees."
Billy stood still, and he took a small breath. "Well, what the fuck is she going to use your dumb smoker for, huh?! She could control bees already!"
Okami stood up, angry. "Take that back! It took me weeks to think about a gift! It's an awesome smoker, and the ad had sexy kunoichi on it!"
Billy slowly leaned in. "Fuck you." He whispered to Okami. Okami, getting challenged, jumped at Billy, and they both started fighting, while Kumamu panted on the side, watching them fight.
Suddenly they heard a noise. "Look at the animals fight Gorou-kun! So unrefined."
Billy and Okami stopped fighting and looked at the voice; they saw Gorou Hyuga with Ayano Hyuga looking at them.
Slowly Billy felt Okami's grip losing up, then he quickly took hold of him and stood up; he channeled a small chakra amount to his arms and threw Okami at Ayano and Gorou.
Nawaki smiled while he ran back to his friends, he got lost on the way out, but finally, he was about to reach Billy and Okami. 'Man, I can't wait for Sis and Mito-Sama to meet Billy! I hope he behaves.' Nawaki walked for a while and he turned when he reached the corner.
And when he turned from the corner, he opened his eyes wide and looked at. Billy who stood on a pile of bodies, consisting of Ayano, Gorou, and Okami.
He had Kumamu sitting on his head while he was posing with his body, then he looked at him and pointed in a weird manner that Nawaki was not familiar with. "I am not sexists!"
Nawaki slowly took a deep breath and calmed himself down. "What the hell is a sexist, and… you know what, let's just go we have lunch with Grandmother today."
Nawaki turned around and started walking away; he heard Billy leaving the puppy with its owner and run towards him. "So, you going to tell me who am I going to meet?"
"You are going to meet my Grandmother and my sister… Now Billy, please be respectful; I do not wish for them to have a bad first impression about you."
Billy leaned back while cradling his head. "I will try, but no promises."
They walked for a while, stopping now and then to buy some groceries that his Grandmother needed, and sometimes Billy had to distribute coupons for his Oyabun.
When they finished shopping, they reached the Senju clan district, they started walking near-empty homes. "Man, this place is empty… What is going on?"
Nawaki sighed in sadness. "Most of the clan members are holding the lines; some of them did not return… yet."
He looked up at the biggest house, and he pointed at it. "Race you there." And he bolted towards the house, he ran while holding bags and trying to balance himself. He heard Billy curse at him.
Nawaki ran towards the house, then he saw Billy jumping from one building to another. 'Two could play this game!' he used the old cart that was abandoned, and jumped from it to a house, they both started jumping, and trying to reach first place, then he saw Billy aiming a kick towards him.
He quickly readjusted the bags to the left and used the small opening to kick Billy down and jump further.
He heard Billy scream at him. Then he saw a cloud of smoke running at him. Billy was fuming at the mouth, and he was pumping more chakra to his feet, trying to reach Nawaki.
Nawaki looked at the surrounding buildings. 'I need to slow him; that fucking monster would not stop!' He disparately tried to find a solution, and finally, he saw a barrel. He jumped at the barrel, sending chakra to his feet, making the barrel jump with him, then when Billy reached him, he used Billy's momentum to send him flying to the house.
Nawaki could feel the force of the push that Billy gave him; he could feel his eyes squinting from the air. 'What a fucking monster! He is what seven and a half?' He looked at the house again, trying to calculate a way out.
Billy fuming at the mouth charged one more to the house; in his hands are bags full of food; he watched as Nawaki sailed through the air. 'Fuck, he is about to win!'
He charged as much chakra to his feet and dashed across the road. 'I am so going to win this!' he looked up at Nawaki. 'What the fuck is he doing?' he watched as Nawaki smashed the barrel, and took out a piece of wood, then he put it under his feet. 'No fucking way… is he going to skate with it?'
He watched as Nawaki landed with the board and skated with it, but Billy will not let him win. And he jumped into the air and grabbed the barrel, then he threw it at Nawaki. "Let see you, use this now!"
Nawaki, alarmed by Billy's scream, turned around and jumped with the board, and he readjusted himself and took off flying towards the house.
Billy stunned. Stopped running and looked at Nawaki do a flip with the board and land next to the house. "Fuck. Is he dead?" he saw a small hand peak over and giving him a thumbs up.
Billy smiled and walked towards the house. He climbed up the stairs, and up the hill, he looked at the small castle that was Nawaki's home.
Slowly Billy climbed the last step to see a smiling Nawaki with a Cheshire cat's smile. "That was fucking epic Nawaki… I have to give you that." Then he bent down and offered a hand.
"I know! I didn't know I could do that!... it was like boom and bam, and then you were like REEEEEEE! And I was like nothing personal!"
"All right, I get it. How about we go in now and meet your family?"
Nawaki nodded and took the hand, then he stood up and opened the door. "Now I know you like to be all cool and stuff but try to be nice when you meet them."
"You mean these guys who are watching you talking about them?"
Nawaki instantly paled and looked at everyone who was watching. "H. Hi." Nawaki stuttered.
Billy looked at the gathering people. He saw a beautiful woman with long red hair; next to her is a small Tsunade. Across from them is a white-haired boy with red lines going down his eyes. Next to the boy was a pale boy with long dark hair and snake eyes.
Sitting on a lone chair was the Hokage; Billy leaned next to Nawaki and whispered. "Was this a formal event or something?"
Billy looked at the gathering people, and all of them looked at him; he turned his head to where Nawaki went. 'Asshole, you can't leave your guests and go change!'
"So, you are Nawaki's friend?"
He turned his head to Tsunade. "Yeah… I guess." Silence followed his statement; the Hokage tried to fake cough. "Well, it seems I am needed in the other room; I will go and talk to Mito-Sama."
Billy's eyes turned to the Hokage in an instance. 'No, don't leave me with these guys! You are the only one I know!'
Quietness followed the Hokage statement, and he walked away. A moment passed by, and Billy could hear the clock ticking. Suddenly he heard a scream. "That's it! This is too awkward! Orochimaru, do something!" Shouted Tsunade.
Orochimaru simply turned his head and looked at Billy. "Why do you have a mask."
Billy stood still. 'What the fuck kind of question to ask someone you just met!' He looked at Jiraiya and Tsunade turning pale and froze.
"Why is your name Billy… It is an unusual name?"
Billy sighed. 'Fuck it, I must channel something charismatic in this situation… so who to choose from?' then it came to Billy, and he smiled. 'Thank you, Jack Sparrow.'
Billy turned his head and looked at Tsunade. "If you were waiting for the opportune moment to fix this, that was it." He heard silence for a moment, then Orochimaru giggled, then he gave a creepy laugh.
"Well, that was interesting."
Billy smiled. 'Ok, now is the time to oil the gears.' Billy stretched and leaned back on the couch. "Why struggle when you can talk?"
Tsunade bristled. "Hey, you can't just relax when we are all tense!"
"You are the one who chose to be tense… I honestly don't give a fuck."
Finally, Jiraiya spoke. "So… why do you wear a mask." Tsunade took a small book from the table and threw it at Jiraiya.
"You just had to make it more awkward?!"
"It's an honest question!"
Billy sighed loudly. "Fine, I may tell you if you tell me." He pointed at Jiraiya. "Why do you have these red lines?" then he pointed at Orochimaru. "Why are you all snake-like?" then he pointed at Tsunade. "Well, I got nothing for you right now… wait, why are you so violent."
She harrumphed. "Says the kid who beat anyone to a pulp when you did your exams."
Billy raised his finger, then lowered it to his lips. "Fair."
Jiraiya sighed. "Discounted tattoo shop. Thought they looked cool." Then Orochimaru shrugged. "I do not know."
Billy sighed. "Well, I decided not to tell you."
Jiraiya and Tsunade exploded at him. ""WHAT?!''''
"I said I may tell you, not that I will tell you. Wordplay 101 kids." He leaned back and relaxed, taking in a deep breath of air. Suddenly he started feeling the need to inhale air; he felt his neck getting squeezed.
He opened his eyes to see Tsunade choking him and rag-dolling him around; he channeled chakra to his hands and pried her hands away from his neck.
Then he kicked her back, but she flipped midair and landed on the table. Then she brought her kunai out, challenging him.
Billy took a gulp of air. "I am not sexist!" and charged at her.
Then he felt a hand holding him by his back, he turned around to see an angry Mito, she turned her head to Tsunade. "Would you please relax and wait in an orderly fashion? And Tsunade a Lady knows how to entertain her guests without choking them."
Billy sat on the couch with his arms crossed. 'Fucking kid, who the fuck does she think she is… You can't just chock people!' then a flash of memories came to him. 'Yeah, I kind of hit people all the time… All right, Billy, be the big man here and try to fix the situation.'
He straightened himself up. "Look, I may have stepped on a few toes now and then, but I guess I apologies for being rude and difficult to deal with." Tsunade turned her head, not acknowledging him. 'That fucking Bitch!'
"Fine, you want to know what is under the mask?" All of them nodded, and Tsunade turned her head and tried to peak. Billy slowly reached into his mask and clicked the fuin.
Then with a small hiss, the mask slowly rose, and at the final moment when the smoke was leaving the area, he removed it completely. "Another mask!" he showed them his original mask. 'Thanks again, Oyabun, for that Neat trick!'
Billy looked at their faces and saw that almost all of them gave up, except Orochimaru.
For the next hour, the Hokage returned, and everything calmed down, Billy caught up with the Hokage from their last meeting, and Billy talked with the rest of their team. Then Nawaki came back from his shower and change of clothing.
And finally came the main event, the lunch. They all sat down to an excellent slow-cooked, thinly cut steaks with rice. Then while they were eating, Billy asked a question to Mito. "By any chance, are you related to the Akamichi?"
Mito looked down at her body, then she looked at Billy. "I do not think so, but why you ask?"
"Well, I do have a classmate who has the same hair color as yours, So I thought that they may be related to you."
"Well, I know that they have an Uzumaki in their line somewhere." Then she took a sip of her water. "What about you, Billy. Where do you come from?"
"Oh, I used to live on a farm with my family, they died in a raid, The Hokage took me and said I could be a shinobi… Oh, and I work at a mask shop."
Then he presented them with a coupon. "Yamazaki Oyabun would like to thank you graciously, friends and family, for hosting me today, and he would like to offer you 10% off for your first mask purchase; we at Orichi kiddy mask-like to bring fun and joy to everyone; thank you." Billy slowly placed the coupons on the table.
He looked at the Hokage, who was sighing, while the rest of the family were confused, and Nawaki buried his face in shame. "Just don't think about it… It's a job."
For the rest of the meal, Billy talked with each family member and got to know them more. While he was conversing, he mentioned that he knew fuinjutsu.
Mito, hearing about this, asked him to draw a simple storage seal. "This seal is far too sloppy; how many years did you study this?"
"A year and a half, but I mostly focused on my job and training."
She smiled. "Jiraiya, you are going to have a kouhai."
"What? But he is still kid Mito-Sama?!"
"And I decided to teach this 'kid' as punishment for questioning my intuition you will draw five hundred seals."
Billy raised his hand. "Do I get a say in this?"
"No dear, now I will talk with your 'Oyabun' on one day of the week, that I could teach you."
Billy looked at Nawaki, which Nawaki simply shrugged as a replay.
At the end of the day, Billy thanked them for the meal, and he traveled home; when he reached his apartment, he opened his bag and pulled out the scroll. He activated it and saw a small box that is three ft in length and two ft in width; he opened the top and found spikes covering the inside of the box. "Fucking hell. This shit again!"
Billy climbed in and covered his body with chakra. 'all right, now just like before. Keep it flowing constantly.'
Billy closed the box, and it locked itself. Then he closed his eyes and slept.
Billy blew on a candle. "Happy birthday Billy!" He looked at the gathering people and thanked them.
He ate his cake and mingled with the guests. "Hai Mito-Sama, I will look more into the fuins, and I hope I can find the mistakes in them."
He got introduced to the merchant guild members; he almost choked when Orichi slapped him. "This little gaki right here is my apprentice! He could make masks for days without complaining."
He watched the night sky with Nawaki and Shikaku. "So, we all passed this year… What do you think they will teach us now?"
Shikaku shrugged. "I bet they will keep the same things we are doing, but this time they will add more educational material…" he began counting with his fingers. "So, expect Biology, Physics, basic Chemistry, and Modern technology studies."
Billy sighed loudly and inhaled some of the chill air that is mixing with the barbecue. "I heard one of the teachers say that they will bring in specialization to our class; depending on our marks, they may let us chose a class from there."
In the second year, Billy chose. "Honor of the Shinobi class."
Billy watched Okami Inuzuka blow his candles while everyone wished him a happy birthday. "Here you go, Okami, my gift." Billy handed Okami a sealed box; when he opened it, there was a hand-made dagger that Billy built. "I made it myself, I itched your name on the dagger, and I fuined it with a pheromone smell of Kumamu so that you may not lose it."
Okami smiled. "Thanks, Billy. I will cherish this."
Billy nodded and walked off; he watched how he became as tall as most shinobi around him. 'I am eight and a half now years old now… and I am as tall as an adult.' He sighed and walked towards the balcony to watch the stars. 'This is unnatural; I have to see someone about it.'
He heard someone approach him. "Here, Billy brought you some cake." Billy turned around and took the plate from Choza.
"Thanks, Choza… Say What do you think we will study this year?" he asked while taking a bite.
Choza leaned on the balcony and closed his eyes. "My old man said that we would start with chakra training… So, I would say we would focus on all chakra aspects like hand signs, advanced chakra theory."
Billy hummed while tasting the vanilla cake, Billy tried to swallow, but some of the cake escaped his mouth. "Dammit, I hate having no lips." He looked at Choza, turning away from him.
Getting the hint, he turned around and fixed his mess, and zipped up his mask. "You know it was not always like this… When I first came to Konoha, I had lips, but one day they started falling off… I hate this." He confronted Choza while he looked at the plate in his hand; he started to rub the leathered gloves, then he felt his finger snap. 'Damn another broken bone… It will heal tomorrow.'
Choza reached with his hand to Billy's shoulder. "It will get better, Billy."
Billy sighed. "Will it Choza?" he asked with, then he turned around and looked at Choza, who flinched. "I don't think so, Choza… Maybe not today."
Billy shrugged Choza's hand and walked away while cradling his finger. "See ya tomorrow Choza."
In the third year, Billy picked Advanced Fuinjutsu and Sea travels using the sea without a boat. For his specialization classes.
Billy's knee ached with discomfort; his bones cracked with each twitch of his muscles, and with each crack, his older ones were mended again; he looked down at the gathering people. 'Even while kneeling, I still tower over most of them.'
He thought while slowly try sipping from his blended cake, which was hard on account of not having any lips.
He watched the gathering Hyuga bow before Ayano and presenting her with gifts. He tried to readjust his bandages that were under his formal yukata. 'Damn, this party is formal; I can't even scratch my nose.'
Billy looked down at the small table that was filled with an assortment of small foods. 'I get it, ok!' he screamed in his mind. 'Fancy stuff comes in small courses, but damn I am hungry… I HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION!'
He felt a small hand poking him; he turned to the left and saw Yunmi. She started tapping on the table.
Billy slowly smiled and lowered his cup to the table, then he saw Yunmi throw in small pills.
Billy lifted his cup again and started tapping. 'Thanks for the energy pills.'
She smiled and tapped back. 'No problem. What gift did you get?'
'Had no time. Was in the hospital getting scanned for the week.'
Yunmi frowned. 'So, no gift?'
'No. There is a gift. But it is not complete, did not make fuinjutsu on it.'
She sighed with relief. 'At least you brought something.' Then she scratched her hand and took on an unsure look. 'How is your body now? Better I hope.'
Billy sighed. 'I can manage, but I do feel better than before.'
'Good… So, Billy, did you receive the books?'
'What books?'
She looked at Nawaki and gave him a glare. 'Nawaki was supposed to bring the new schedule for this year.'
'No harm was done, tell me now.' He looked at the long line of Hyuga offering gifts. 'I think we have time.'
She sighed. 'Fine… Throwing weapons at 4 am, weapon specialization at 6 am, geography beyond the hidden villages at 9, body training at 10 am, ninjutsu training/taijutsu/genjutsu training at 11 am, and finally chakra type study.'
Billy nodded at her, then he tapped his finger again. 'What about specialization this year?'
'This year, it is not mandatory; because of the war picking up again. But we do have one class.'
He waited for her to respond. 'Well, what is the class?'
'They call it cooking in the wilds.' She started scratching the table, then she tapped again. 'I don't know what they were thinking.'
Billy gave her a small chuckle. 'Thanks, Yunmi.'
Billy yawned while massaging his temple; he opened his eyes to the tiki torches surrounding the house; next to him was Inoichi Yamanaka.
They both sat on the ground watching the river near the Uchiha district. Billy looked down at Inoichi and signed with his hand. "How is your father holding up Inoichi?"
Inoichi looked up at Billy, who stood at seven and a half feet tall. "He is doing all right, but it is getting worst… and the war is not helping at all."
"Don't worry, your father is strong, and he has you to help him."
Inoichi smiled and looked at the calm river. "I should have stayed with him today… but thank you, Billy." Billy nodded. "Say, Billy… Will you ever stop growing?"
Billy sighed. "I don't know Inoichi; at least the bone-breaking stopped." He looked at his giant meaty fingers. "I feel better now, much better."
They stayed there in silence, enjoying the breeze while listing to the quiet chatter behind them. Then Inoichi started talking. "This is our last year." He looked at the river and threw a stone. "They say this is the hardest class and that there is no shame in failing." He took another stone and threw it. "They will teach us leadership, tactics, stealth, and mastering all we learned… Then it's off to war."
Billy sighed. "Are you scared?"
"Yes… My father used to be fine and happy." Inoichi's eyes started watering. "But look at him now. He can't even function with civilians anymore."
Inoichi turned his head and looked at Billy's mask; he focused on his nonexistent lips. "And look at what it did to you." He looked back at the river. "So, when you ask me if I am scared. You can damn well bet I am scared."
Billy hummed. "Inoichi… Will you fight in this war or the next one?"
Inoichi laughed a little. "What choice is there? We all will fight one way or another, Billy, we fight in the forge, we fight in the hospitals, and we fight in the mud."
Billy laughed. "That is a great way to describe the leaf… you should hold on to it… maybe write it in a book someday."
Billy reached to a small stone and threw it across the river. "But do you know what I got from you, Inoichi?" Inoichi shook his head. "You are still willing to fight even though you are scared. This tells me you have great courage in your heart."
Inoichi laughed. "Please, Billy, how being scared to death from war count as courage?"
Billy turned his head and looked at Inoichi in the eyes. "Courage is being scared to death… and standing up anyways to face what makes you scared."
He stood up and dusted himself, then he looked at the shocked look on Inoichi. "I did not come up with that… But it made sense at this moment."
He laughed while walking away.
Billy woke up in his bed; he slowly stretched and popped some joints, then just as he was about to move, he felt his feet hit something. 'Damn bed, I really need to change it; it is too small.' Gradually he adjusted his body, and he placed his feet on the floor; he could feel his knees going up because of how small the bed is.
He sighed and tried to get his bearing and stood up. He felt the ceiling hit his head. "I really need to move out of the store… everything became too small."
Billy bent down and walked to the bathroom mirror; he soaked his face to freshen up, then he looked at his face.
Scar marks that healed a long time ago, mouth with no lips, two small holes where the nose should be, dark silver eyes that seems to glow, with pale white hair that reached his feet.
He moved to the kitchen and got his precooked breakfast, then he started picking them up. "20 boiled eggs check, two large smoked fish check, 4740 Grams white rice check, vegetables about a bushel check, energy boosters two packs, and protein boosters four-packs, and finally two vitamin pills."
Billy started lugging his food to the small table next to his tv, then he sat down and arranged for everything. "Fucking hell…" he sighed at the amount of food in front of him. "Welp, time to eat my first breakfast."
He reached for a stick near him and clicked the tv, then he started eating. 'Alright, Billy, today is the day of graduation. And it feels like yesterday I entered the academy.'
Billy sat there consuming his food, the old Japanese floor table used to fit him, but now it looks like a girl's tea party table compared to him. Currently, he stands at seven and a half feet tall, with wide bulging muscles.
One of his hands could cover the face of an adult man, his skin is hard like treated leather, and everybody part is bigger; even his fingers are wider than usual.
He took another bite from the six-inch-wide fish, which felt small compared to his mouth; his jaw bit down and smashed the bones of the fish, crushing them.
Billy starts reminiscing about his days in the academy. 'Five long years of torture, Study, training, and challenges. Now we go to the mouth of the beast, the war that is still going on.'
Truthfully, the war was in a stalemate; it only started to pick up a year ago. Now that Billy is eleven years old, he could finally go to war."
Billy finished the last of his first breakfast of the day and began to clean up. 'Man, it's awesome having this body, but the whole cost of feeding and maintaining are draining my funds."
Billy could still remember the day when he was training, and his body started convulsing on the ground. The next thing he recollects was waking up in the hospital with Yamazaki Oyabun watching over him.
They told him that his chakra started acting weird, and it was stimulating his brain to release more growth hormones.
Then they asked him if his feeding habit has changed, and he affirmed their suspicions; when he told them how he started eating twenty regular meals a day.
Billy was kept in the hospital for a whole week while they tested his body. And when the week was done, they informed him that his chakra started building the body itself, and they told him that he may have a dormant bloodline or something to that fact.
Billy went to the dresser and started wearing his custom clothes. 'Man, I need to get more clothes… these are getting tight again.' For a while, he started fitting everything together. His alloy-plated black boots. 'I think I need to change iron with steel.' He lifted the boot and inspected the soles, which are made from iron, with his footprint shaping the metal.
He could still remember the day when he broke all his boots because his skin was harder than the leather. 'The cobbler told me that my skin was like sandpaper to normal leather… and my weight did not help.'
He reached for his fuined leather gloves that were steel supported. 'On the bright side I could use these if I lost my weapon.'
Billy grabbed his mask. 'At least you did not fail me, old friend.' The mask hissed and expanded itself.
He took a long breath and grabbed his bag, then he checked inside. 'Everything is here… wait, where are my eating utensils.'
Billy looked around the kitchen, then the living room near the small table. 'There you are. Man, I would not know what to do without you… I mean, I could eat with my hand, but rich clients would not like that.'
He still remembers the day when he began to find metal and wooden chopsticks in his mouth. So, he made a custom titanium steel spork and chopsticks.
Billy stashed the utensils, extra energy boosters, and some protein packs. 'All right, everything seems to be in order. Let's hope nothing bad happens. He walked towards the kitchen and grabbed Orichi's breakfast, then he moved towards the door.' He opened the door and bent down to exit.
He stopped at the shop and started tidying the place up. Then he began setting up the table and the breakfast. And finally, he brewed some coffee, then he looked at the small clock on the wall. 'Yup, in ten minutes, he will be here, and he did go drinking two days ago.'
Billy wrote a note about the coffee and closed the shop. He took in a big breath of fresh air and began walking.
While he walked, some store owners waved at him, some greeted him with his name, but he noticed a lot of newcomers are staring at him with fear. 'Fucking assholes… You are in a glorified mercenary village; what did they expect?'
He sighed and started walking casually. 'Man, I miss the days when I could just walk on buildings, but apparently ruining ten roofs in one week is frowned upon.'
Billy yawned, and he started humming while walking, ignoring the stares he got. Finally, he reached the academy district; he walked for a while, greeting the teachers.
Suddenly he heard someone trying to get his attention. He turned around and saw a chunin running towards him. She had books, papers and seemed to be in a hurry.
She reached Billy and panted a little. "Shinobi-san! I am sorry for the bother, but can you tell me where building sixty-five is?"
Billy coughed into his fist. 'Fuck… All right, Billy, you practiced this.' Billy looked down at her and simply turned around and pointed at a building far away.
The Chunin tried squinting, but she could not see where he was pointing at. "I am sorry, Shinobi-san, but please can you tell me where?"
Billy sighed in defeat, then he opened his mouth. "It's right there next to the eastern building clusters." He said in a high-pitched voice that belongs to an eleven-year-old.
The Chunin could not hold her laughter and fell laughing at him, then she began stuttering while trying to speak. "Why is your voice! So high pitched!?"
Billy pinched his nose and closed his eyes, trying to calm himself. "I am 11 years old Chunin-san… I am an academy student." She laughed even harder. "I don't have time for this."
Billy walked away from her. 'Dammit, what the actual fuck chakra… you give me this awesome body, and you leave my voice like this!' He walked around the academy, he passed by the training grounds and the new students who wished to join the academy. And after a while, he reached the testing building.
Billy walked in and saw more kids loitering around the building, waiting for their turn to do the test. While walking, he spotted a board.
Billy walked to the board and started reading it. 'Hmm, too many are getting tested… fuck, they need foot soldiers.' He continued reading until he found the room he was supposed to be in.
Billy nodded in satisfaction and moved to the room. When he reached his destination, he found Choza Akamichi, with his ancestral armor, Yunmi Yamanaka, who was wearing a long white skirt and an umbrella, and Ume Aburame with her beehive.
He approached and nodded at them while leaning on the wall. Choza nodded at him, which gained the attention of Yunmi. "Billy! Why don't you say good morning!?" she looked at him expectantly.
Billy, annoyed, flipped her off. "Come on, Billy, don't be shy! Say Good morning Yunmi."
Billy slowly reached with his other hand, and double flipped her off. She smiled at him and twirled her umbrella.
Suddenly Ume Aburame interjected. "Stop it, Yunmi… He clearly does not like his voice." Billy nodded at her, but then he saw Yunmi smirk, and just as she was about to replay, Ume quickly released her bees and looked at her menacingly. "Don't you dare."
Choza laughed at them, and Billy snapped his fingers to gain their attention. When they did, he signed for them. 'When. Test… Who? Pass… Sensei. When?'
Choza nodded. "Only us remained now; the rest either passed or failed we do not know. They told us that we will get a sensei when we finish the test." Then he reached into his bag and pulled out a rice cracker. "Want one? I stole it from my father's stash."
Billy nodded and reached for the cracker; he opened his mouth zipper and started consuming the treat. 'Man, food became so smooth after the transformation.' He smiled, showing his big white teeth under the hood, and gave him a thumbs up.
Choza slowly smiled, but Billy noticed that he seemed to be frightened of him. 'Fucking Izuku, you just had to start a rumor that I am some kind of demon.'
They slowly fell into a comfortable silence, hearing the background noes of Ume and Yunmi chatting.
Then they heard the door opening up. And one of the examiners emerged. He had a limp that seems to be healing. The Chunin looked down at the clipboard then up; he stopped for a moment to take a second look at Billy. "Right… So, who is next?"
Ume raised her hand. "What type… the other ones either went with three or two people?"
The chunin looked at the clipboard. "I guess you are the last of your class, so that will be two…"
Instantly Ume took Choza's hand and pulled him to the front. "Choza and I will be next!" then she dragged poor Choza in. The examiner shrugged and walked in.
Billy looked down at Yunmi, who was shell-shocked. Billy walked in front of her and snapped his fingers. 'Nothing… Ok, one more time. Nothing… Fuck it.'
He reached with both hands to her shoulders and started shaking her. Quickly she gained her balance and looked at him, annoyed. Billy signed with his hand. "What. Wrong?"
Yunmi remembering what happened screamed. "That bitch! She stole my partner."
Billy sighed. "I. That. Bad?"
"No, Billy! It's just that you know…" she hesitated for a moment. "her abilities do not work well with you… Yeah, that sounds right!"
"That. Make. No. Reason? He. Same. Ability."
She looked nervous, but then she smiled. "Well, you do not talk much nowadays, right?" Billy nodded. "And she is an Aburame… So, she needs someone to talk."
Billy shrugged. "Fine. Drop. For. Now. But. This. Seems. Suspicious."
"Fine you, big baby!" then she sat on the ground, with her umbrella on her knees.
He nodded and walked to the opposite side of the hallway, and sat down. "So. Tact?"
She looked up and nodded. "Well, my original tactics with Choza was that he would take the brute force, and I will assist."
Billy nodded. "No. Good. No communication. You. Clan. Link. Work? What. Memories?"
She smiled. "Hiding secrets, I see Billy? Don't worry, I won't snoop in; we are not allowed to do that to Konoha members."
Billy gave her a thumbs up. "Do. It." She stood up and walked up to Billy. "I need to place my fingers on your head. Is that ok?" He gave her a second thumbs up.
She tips toed to reach his head and placed her fingers on his head. Then Billy felt chakra attaching itself into different parts of his brain.
She smiled at him then she placed one finger on her head. Instantly he felt connected; he could feel her thoughts and intent. "Can you hear me now?" she asked.
Billy nodded. "Yes." Then she started laughing at him, Billy grew frustrated, and he thought of his old voice. "What about now?"
She slowly stopped laughing. "Aww, I liked your old voice! It was so funny."
"Well, you would not stop laughing at me and we are doing a test… And It will change later when I grow up."
"Right… So how are we doing this?" she asked.
"I was thinking that you will support me with whatever they will throw at us, and I will protect you."
"So, the same tactics as the old one… Fine, it could work, but what if they told us to fight each other?"
"They won't… Based on the war picking up and how they increased the acceptance rate, I really doubt that they will pass on free Shinobi."
Then he thought about it for a moment. "Well… There is a chance of them asking us for a fight, but I think it will be another hidden test… you know how they act with their tests."
She smiled and twirled her umbrella. "If they do that, we could pretend to fight each other and look for clues."
Billy gave her a thumbs up, then they heard someone call out to them. "Come on… you are the last ones."
"Let's do this, Yunmi."
Yunmi walked into the room with Billy. She started to think about how they will deal with the test. 'I really hope Billy does not go into his rage… Last time he almost killed a student.'
She looked around the room; in front of them, there was a staircase going down to a small arena in a square shape. On top of the area, there are some inspectors she did not recognize before.
She started to think about the academy days and how it all will end today. How today will be their big step. Then she started thinking about Inoichi. 'I just hope Inoichi gets better out there… he has not been the same since uncle Inajin was forbidden to interact with civilians.
Yunmi began descending with Billy; she turned her head and looked at the giant. 'Will he stop growing now? I still remember the day we came to the hospital. He was hooked up to machines and kept complaining about the pain.'
She remembered when they visited him and saw his bones break and reshape themselves and how the Mednin kept feeding him protein and energy boosters to keep him alive.
She remembers how Okami ran outside to puke, and he told them that he could hear his bones breaking, his flesh breaking and reforming.
They finally reached the arena; she looked up at the inspectors, who gazed down at them.
The Chunin turned to them. "All right, now the test is simple. You need to show ninjutsu skills, taijutsu skills, and finally something unique."
The examiner started moving around the room and pointing things out. "This room is a trap zone… You need to be extra careful because you will not know where the traps will come from."
He came closer to them and handed a small box to Billy. "Protect the box at all costs. You are not allowed to hide the box on your clothes or fuinjutsu."
"The test will take 20 minutes; if your partner fails, you will fail." Then he moved up the stairway, and a metal cage started to uproot, covering the arena.
Yunmi started to prepare her umbrella, but then she noticed that Billy was looking at the box; she reached out with her mind. "Billy… What are you doing?"
He turned to her and smiled; she shuddered a little. She saw his large white teeth poking from his zipper, His blood-red gums outlining his non-existent lips, and finally, his dark gray eyes peaking from their dark holes. Sometimes she wonders what horrors lie behind that mask. Then Billy spoke.
"Tell them that they did not say anything about hiding things inside the body."
"What do you mean, Billy?" Suddenly her eyes grew wide. She saw him swallow the small box whole.
She stuttered a little and turned to see the surprised inspectors. "H… He said that… You did not say anything about… Inside the body."
Yunmi saw some of them give a chuckle while others looked on in approval. Then she heard Billy. "Get ready, Yunmi. We are about to start."
She quickly gathered her thoughts and covered Billy's back. Then they heard a bell chime. Instantly, the hole under them gave out, and they quickly jumped away.
She spun around and balanced herself with her umbrella, then she noticed two kunai going to Billy. "Billy 12 a clock." She quickly withdrew a kunai and parried the one coming to him.
Yunmi landed, and Billy caught the one that has been thrown. She breathed a little, and she was on edge; her eyes scanned the surrounding, then she felt a shift in the plates.
She jumped away, just in time to see two pillars rising with blades spinning; she panicked and opened her umbrella.
The umbrella opened up, and steel plates covered the top half, creating a shield that blocked the spinning blades.
She was thrown to the back from the force, but Billy caught her and placed her down. "We need to stick together, Yunmi; these traps are meant to separate us."
"Be careful." She replayed and moved to his back and give him cover.
She heard Something shift, and a wooden board covered with spikes rushes towards them. "Stay behind me, Yunmi."
She quickly changed position, and Billy powered up his chakra and smashed the board with his fist that was lined with steel.
He quickly moved and picked up the broken board. "Now I have a shield." He smiled at her.
"I don't think that how it works… but each to their own, I guess." She replayed with a sigh.
For ten minutes, they dodged incoming projectiles and hidden traps, then after the ten minutes mark, they heard another bell ring, and the top of the cage opened up.
From the opening, examiners started throwing weapons at them, and some jumped in and tried to trip them up. One of them charged at Billy and smashed his abdomen to try and steal the box.
Then she heard Billy. "There is no way the traps are this complicated; one plate spewed five different traps… Someone is controlling them."
"You may be on to something here, Billy." She looked around the plates and threw a kunai at one.
After a while, she kept looking at the same plate, and a Chunin landed on it. 'Nothing happened.' She thought. "Billy See that plate, the one under the Chunin. Try to get to it."
Billy nodded at her and charged at the Chunin; when Billy reached the plate, a spike emerged as soon as the Chunin jumped away from the plate.
She smiled. "I think I know how they work."
"Really? Well, don't keep us in the dark."
"Someone is controlling the plates, and they only work if we stepped on them, but they do not work if a Chunin was in our place."
"Hmm, that sounds possible… let's create a bunch of clones and swap places with them to confuse the enemy; I will try to find the controller. I bet he is up there looking down at us."
She took a breath. "All right, but we need to do it at the same time."
They both started to count down. ""3 ""
She ran to Billy. ""2 ""
Billy ran towards her with a hand sign. ""1 ""
When they passed each other, they both unleashed their clones and began commanding them to jump around and confuse the trap master.
Tomio Grew board from the test; he understood that it was necessary to test new shinobi, but did they really need to pull him in while he was resting for the week. And he just came back from the army's defensive position on the eastern side.
They chose him because he mastered trap making and trap triggers using chakra wires.
For the whole day, he tested shinobi and graded them. While their sensei helped by jumping in and try to disturb them.
After a while, they told him that they have the last of the clan class, and he would be allowed to eat breakfast.
When they came in, he took a double look; the first one was normal. A bright orange-haired girl with a white skirt and a white umbrella; Sure, he would have complained if he were in the same team as her because of the skirt. But he really did not think about it much.
Because of what came after them, He saw this giant with her that wore the TI trench coat, he had a mask with a zipper on his face, and with every step he took, he swore he could hear metal meeting metal for some reason.
Tomio saw some of the sensei shake their head at the giant. 'Probably a protective father.'
Soon the examiner did the whole explanation routine again, which made him block out the noise; then, after a while, he heard people gasping.
He looked down to see the giant giving this creepy smile and people looking at him.
Soon someone tapped him. "Get ready, Tomio. It will start soon."
He gave them a confused look. "But the father is still down there?"
"What father… Ohh… You mean Billy."
His eyes grew wide. "You are telling me that… this thing is a student?!"
The sensei grew a smug look. "Yup, one of my students. Man, I miss the days when he was a small 6 ft student… they grow up so fast."
Tomio's brain just gave up, then he noticed something. "Uh, where is the box?"
"Oh, Billy ate it. So, try to hit his stomach."
At this moment, Tomio just gave up and started triggering trap after trap.
After a while, he noticed Billy running towards one plate, which he triggered. "What are they doing?"
While he was testing them, he grew frustrated because they never spoke out loud, but they seemed to be communicating somehow.
Then He saw Billy and Yunmi run towards each other. "Guys, I think they are doing something."
Suddenly the whole area was covered with clones. Then he saws the clones swap places, he tried to keep track of them, but they were too many. So, he started unleashing trap after trap.
With every trap, he unleashed he thought that he could find the real ones from the fake ones, but even the clones started dodging.
He became irritated and used all of his fingers, but then he noticed Billy's clones looking directly at him. He felt his instinct screaming at him.
The clones all smiled and started jumping around the walls, trying to get out of the area.
Almost all of them went to the left side, and he directed his traps there, but then he heard a shout on the left side.
He saw Yunmi jumping from a wall to another wall, then he saw her jump one final time towards him.
"Guys, she is charging at me!" Some sanseis stood in front of him to protect him, then he saw more clones getting past the right side. And one of the clones slashed with its kunai and stopped one of the sensei; he smirked in relief. 'This is girl is clearly a clone. Trying to distract me.'
Tomio Directed his attention to the right side and unleashed all of his traps. Then he heard one of the sensei near him fall.
He quickly looked at the left side and saw Billy instead of Yunmi. 'Henge, I see, but why would he do that?'
Then he saw him reach the edge of the cage and jump up. 'This Billy kid is clearly an idiot; having size does not matter if there are five Chunin covering me.'
He saw Billy opening a fuin seal, and cooking equipment started flying towards them. Some of the pots and the pans were blocked, but then he noticed that more are coming.
He moved back in the hope of not getting hit, which was a mistake because he saw a glint in Billy's eye; he quickly turned to the right and saw some clones climbing up. 'Which is it?!'
Tomio grew paranoid and backed up more, then he saw Billy reach to his hair and pick up something. 'No, this is clearly an attempt to distract me from the right side.' He turned his head to the right, then he saw all the clones disappear. And there was no one in them.
Instinctively he brought his kunai, but it was too late.
He saw a white umbrella with a long nail on it sail from Billy's hand towards him, then he noticed someone was holding on to the umbrella.
It was the girl. 'SHE WAS HIDING IN HIS HAIR THE WHOLE TIME?!'
She flew at him with incredible speed while the other senseis were distracted by the cooking equipment.
He brought his kunai up, but then he heard the wall behind him crack, and the umbrella with a nail embedded itself next to him, and he felt a small hand reaching to his neck with a kunai.
Billy smiled and stretched his muscles. 'Get fucked, you idiots. No one expects a cute girl in my long flowing hair!' he laughed.
He heard Yunmi threaten our senseis. "Any wrong move on your part, and he gets it…"
She took a breath. "Now, since you clearly said we have to avoid the traps for twenty minutes, and this guy is clearly the one who controls the traps." She smiled at them. "This means that we passed because he is unable to use traps anymore."
Billy smiled and looked at the examiner, who sighed. "I guess you pass; now I just need the box back."
Billy groaned. 'This is going to suck.' He charged his fist with chakra and punched his belly; he bent down and extended his tong. Slowly he felt the box leave his body and fall off the floor.
Billy bent down and picked up the half-decomposing box. Then he looked at the examiner and placed the box in his hands, which made him cringe.
"Just go to the main building, and you will be sorted out… Damn kids and their disgusting habits." The examiner walked off while trying to clean the box and his hands.
"Come on, Yunmi, let's go and catch up to the rest." He placed his hands in his pockets and walked away.
"Wait for me! And slow down!"
Billy smiled and looked down at his partner. "That was a great job back there, Yunmi."
She smiled and elbowed his left leg. "Don't pull yourself short, big guy; I would not call your plan an intelligent plan, but more of a cunning one."
He sighed. "Come on, that was a great strategy! No one expects a girl hidden in my hair!"
Yunmi laughed. "How did you get such luscious and long hair? What products do you use? I mean, there are rumors that you use eggs because one of the girl's mother saw you the other day buy 20 eggs every day!"
Billy grinned. "A man needs to keep his secrets, my dear." And he wiggled one of his fingers.
She puffed up her cheeks. "You are so mean, Billy!"
Billy leaned back and walked more slowly. "So, who do you think will be on your team?"
She looked up at him. "I don't know… My father told me that because of the war, they are mixing non-clan members with clan members to create teams." Then she sighs in sadness. "Well, I know I won't get the clan team… Inajin was chosen for that honor."
Billy stopped smiling, then he gave her a small slap on the back. "Cheer up! I bet they didn't put you there because of how awesome you are!"
She stumbled a little from the slap, then she smiled. "Thank you, Billy, I needed that…" then she grew frustrated. "Why did you slap me!"
Billy laughed, then he stopped himself. He turned and saw Yunmi trying to suppress her laughter; he sighed and spoke normally. "Just laugh already." Yunmi started crying from laughter.
They walked for a while, talking about trivial stuff and the war, but they stopped when they saw the main building in the distance. "Finally, let's go there and meet everyone."
Billy nodded at Yunmi and walked with her; when they arrive at the entrance, they saw a board with their class's number. Billy looked at it and nodded. "We should go to the second floor."
They both moved across the main building; they heard kids screeching, sensei's shouting. And finally, they reached their class.
Billy looked down at Yunmi and nodded. "Ladies first." He opened the door and pushed her in. 'Hah I am such a dick.'
"Damn you, Billy! Stop doing that!"
Billy raised his middle finger at her, which made her huff and pout. Then she looked around the class and spotted her girlfriends.
Billy walked in and counted those who graduated. 'Everyone from our clan class graduated… hmm, there seem to be more non-clan members.'
He walked in and spotted Nawaki, and he started signing for him. "Hey. There. You. Pass. Easy?"
Nawaki gave him a wide smile and stood on top of the desk so they could see each other eye to eye. "Billy! Oh man, the test was so awesome; we had to dodge spikes and everything! I can't wait to tell my grandmother and sis! She told me that she would give me a present if I passed!"
Billy smiled and signed again. "Slow. Good. Grandmother. How. Is. She?"
"Oh, she is fine, she complained here and there that you missed last week's session, but she knew you had a test."
"Good. Tell. Sorry. Again."
"Will do." Nawaki looked around and saw a civilian sitting on a desk behind him; he walked up to the civilian and kicked him off the seat, then he turned and looked at Billy with a big dumb smile. "Come on, Billy, I saved you a seat!"
Billy looked at the sniffling civilian, then he looked at Nawaki. "Why. Hit?"
"Oh him? Don't worry about it; he has been bothering me non-stop. He is the son of a merchant or something."
Billy nodded. 'Man, when will they learn already?' He approached the table and sat on top of it, ignoring the seat entirely.
For a while, he sat there relaxing and talking with Nawaki; every now and then, someone will come up and try to befriend Nawaki, which made Billy angry, which made the tooth fairy an extraordinarily rich fairy indeed.
Then they heard the door slam open, and a Chunin walked in with a clipboard. "Congratulation on passing the final academic test; now we do not have much time, so I will say your teams and where you can meet your sensei."
He reached for a pen and started listing names. "Team 40 Inoichi Yamanaka, Shikaku Nara, and Choza Akamichi; your sensei is at a ramen stand. Go."
He saw them stand up while Shikaku was lamenting in annoyance. "Team 41 Ayano Hyuga, Gorou Hyuga, and Izuku Uchiha; your sensei is playing with the flying pigs go."
Billy looked at Izuku, who was being dragged by Ayano and Gorou. 'Izuku is fucked… It must be some drunk guy who did this.'
The Chunin cleared his throat when Izuku was dragged away. "Team 42 Ume Aburame, Okami Inuzuka, and Dai Might your sensei is flying. Go."
Billy stood still and turned around, looking for Dai. 'Holy shit, he actually reached the final year.' He saw a kid wearing the same green suit, jumping from excitement.
The Chunin continued saying the teams, and finally, only three left. "Team 50…Your sensei is drinking tea. Go."
Billy stood up and looked at his teammates, and smiled. "I could not have asked for better partners!"
Both of them laughed at him, which made him sigh. He looked at Nawaki and Yunmi. "Fine. Be. That. Way. Ass. Holes."
Suddenly he saw Yunmi channel some chakra, and he felt the connection return. "Nice, do that to Nawaki."
Yunmi nodded. "Come, Nawaki, let me connect our minds." When she tried, Nawaki backed away. "Stop running. Get back here!"
Billy walked to Nawaki and stopped him. "Come. On. No. Need. To. Make. This. Hard. Be. A. Man."
Nawaki huffed and turned his head. "Fine, let the witch do her dirty work… We have a sensei to find."
Instantly he saw Yunmi clasp his head and channel chakra in, then he saw Nawaki twitch now and then in shock. "I don't remember it hurting like this before."
Yunmi gave him a smile that did not reach her eyes. "Well, you were polite, so… yeah."
Billy walked around the market, annoyed and irritated. 'Will you guys stop fighting! We have to find our sensei, think!'
He looked around the stores, trying to find anything related to tea in the merchant district. He found a couple of stores, but there was no one drinking tea in them.
Billy heard his two-teammate fighting again. "I told you, Yunmi, it's not on the south side; no one goes there!"
"Who died and made you an expert on tea houses!"
"I will have you know I was trained by my grandmother on tea matters!"
"No one cares if you invented tea, so shut up and continue searching!"
Just when Nawaki was about to interject, Billy shut them up again. "Please shut the fuck up! Both of you!" he stopped walking and looked around the signs. "Where are you right now?"
Nawaki answered first. "I am not so sure… I see a lot of lights and a lot of… naked ladies."
Yunmi stayed quiet for a moment, then she replayed. "I am near the Inuzuka district… and Nawaki, you pervert."
Billy heard them fight again. "Ok, stop! I am near the merchant district, but I could not find our sensei; I think I will try the next district…Which is called the tea district… Fuck."
Yunmi replayed. "It was so obvious, right?"
Billy started moving towards the tea district while massaging his forehead. "Meet me there, and Nawaki, don't tell anyone where you were."
After a while walking, he found Yunmi looking at a clothing store window, and next to her is Nawaki covered with glitter. 'Lucky bastard… I know he did that on purpose.'
He reached them and tapped their shoulders. "Hey guys, found anything yet?"
Nawaki shook his head while Yunmi kept looking at the clothes. "Oh my God, Billy, look at this cute dress! And it is on sale!"
Billy gave her a deadpanned look, and just as he was about to replay, she moved towards the store, but Billy caught her by her clothes. "Where do you think you are going? We have a mission to do."
She puffed up her cheeks. "B. But they are on sale!" Then she changed her face to a pout while widening her eyes, a small tear started to fall.
Billy raised her up to his face. "That won't work, Yunmi… I am not your daddy, and I know they teach you this shit at the academy." Nawaki started snickering on the side.
He looked at her more, her whole act dropped in a moment, and she tucked in her arms while not facing him. "Fine… you can buy your clothes; we don't even know where to start yet."
She smiled. "Thanks, Billy! I will be back in a second!" she jumped from his arms and ran inside of the store.
Billy looked down at Nawaki and squatted near the store, looking at the passersby. "So Nawaki, any ideas?"
Nawaki squatted near Billy and shrugged. "Why do I have to come up with an idea?"
Billy reached into a kunai and started writing on the sand. "Well, you are the brain of the team, I am the muscle, and Yunmi is the charm or utility. I am not sure on that one."
Nawaki started drawing. "Well, when you put it like that, it makes sense; let's see, we searched the Weapons district, merchant district, the onsens, and the Ninja district."
He started marking the places we searched. "Which leaves the tea district; it seems kind of stupid how we did not search this place first."
They heard Yunmi's voice. "Well, no one goes to the tea district to drink tea… there are small cafes around, though." Then they heard her talk to the clerk. "Do you have that in size two?"
Nawaki cleared his throat. "Anyways… they mentioned that he is drinking tea, so we need to find a place that serves drinks."
Billy nodded, but something came up to him. "What if it is another code?"
Nawaki looked at him with a puzzled expression. "What do you mean, Billy?"
"What if he was not drinking, but drinking is related to something that we need to find."
Nawaki nodded. "That makes sense but is it not safe to try and find a drinking place first? I mean, it is obvious here."
They heard the store door opening with a bell cling, and from it came Yunmi with a small shopping bag. "Oh my God, guys, I found this cute frill dress, it was all white, and they even had an umbrella combo that comes with it!"
Nawaki and Billy gave her a deadpanned look. "What?"
She sighed. "Boys." She looked down at the drawing. "Hmm, did you come up with anything yet?" Nawaki shook his head. "Oh, then we have time, Billy can you seal the bags for me, please!"
Billy reached into his back and pulled out a sealing paper. "Years studying an art form, just to seal shopping bags."
Yunmi smiled but then stopped him before he sealed the bags. "Wait, I forgot my coupon!" She reached into the bag and brought a small coupon that has a lady drinking wine. "This new store sells designer hats; I am so going to get me one later."
Billy slowly reached with his hand and plucked the coupon away from Yunmi. "Hey, what is the big idea!"
Billy took the coupon and read it for everyone. "The drinking lady welcomes you to our grand opening, 25% off for first purchase. In the tea district."
He looked at Nawaki and smiled. Nawaki looked back at Billy and smiled. Yunmi was looking at them both. "What is wrong with you guys…Guys!" She tried to take the coupon back.
Billy looked at her. "Yunmi, you just made our search easier."
She gave him a confused look. "What are you talking about?"
Nawaki stood up and patted himself down. "How would you like to visit this store?"
Yunmi gave them a confused look. "What is going on?!"
While walking, Billy and Nawaki explained what they came up with to Yunmi, who started gloating, that because of her, they may find their sensei.
When they reached the shop, they saw a banner with a classy lady with a big hat drinking red wine; on the shop, there are assortments of hats.
They walked in and started looking around, trying to find their sensei; they saw a couple of civilians and some kunoichi browsing the items in the store.
Billy, who stayed outside, started talking. "Found anything yet?"
Nawaki sighed. "No… and Yunmi is buying stuff again."
An annoyed voice answered. "I can hear you; you know! I am the damn connection between us!"
Billy started adjusting his gloves. "We truly do not have time to argue here guys, try to find someone who is strong or any clue. And do not rule out anything related to drinking or tea."
Billy stayed outside looking at passersby trying to find anyone who is spying on them; maybe that was a clue he was looking for.
And after a while, he heard Nawaki talk. "Found this hat called roasted tea edition… The hat looks ugly."
Hearing this, Yunmi replayed. "What do you know about hats!"
"I don't know much, but apparently, I am doing my job while you are chatting with the girls!"
"I will have you know that I am not 'Chatting with the girls.' I am gathering information!"
"Oh, please, what information is that latest fashion tips?!"
Billy breathed out of frustration. "I am going to buy some snacks, call me when you find anything… Yunmi put me on passive."
He walked away, checking the smaller stores; he stopped by a couple of snack shops and buying food for him and his team.
When he returned from his shopping trip, he had a couple of sandwiches and snacks; while he was eating, he saw Yunmi and Nawaki outside looking at a hat.
Billy approached them and tapped Yunmi. "Oh, Billy is back… Did you bring me a sandwich?"
Billy nodded and gave her a club sandwich. Then he tapped his mind; she smiled and activated the link again. "Found anything?"
Nawaki smiled. "Yup, one of the hats had a code written on it; I don't know how to figure it out."
Billy looked at the code while handing Nawaki his sandwich. "B4/F2/S8/54.20th.200th."
He looked at the code more, then he remembered. "I know what this is."
Both of them looked at Billy. "Really?" Nawaki asked.
"Yup. I go there all the time to pick up materials for the store; these are the shipping buildings. See B4 means Building four, F2 means floor two, S8 means section eight, 54 means the number of the rack, 20th means what length, and 200th means what location."
Yunmi smiled. "Well, I guess working in a store helped us with this! Let's go."
When they arrived at the shipping building, Billy guided them inside, they dodged people hauling lumber and steel, when they reached the correct location, Billy walked around trying to find the correct one. "I just remembered how I hate this place, too complicated!"
Yunmi and Nawaki followed along, looking at the sights. "So, this is where everything ends up before going into the village?" Yunmi asked.
Billy nodded. "Yup, they come here for inspection to check for any temperament or illegal stuff that may be smuggled in. Oh, there we go." He pointed at the tallest location.
Nawaki nodded. "All right, Billy, you stay here; Yunmi and I will go up; we don't know if these racks can hold your weight."
Billy shrugged and watched them jump from a rack to another until they reached the last location; when they reached it, he saw them jump back down while dodging.
Billy quickly brought his fists up, ready for whatever is coming to them.
Slowly his eyes widened. 'No…NOnonononono! SHIT!'
Black hair with black armor covering the body, sword on his back, with a Konoha mark.
Billy slowly backs away a little. 'Fuck not this guy… Please, not this guy."
A dark voice talked back to them, seemingly unimpressed. "Took you long enough, no matter we will fix this in the future."
Billy watched the Shinobi with a cross-shaped scar on his chin. "The fucking war hawk." Billy, out of shock, said that out loud.
Danzo looked at Billy. "Good God, they make them this big, and no one called me that before; I like it." He gave them an unimpressed gaze, trying to find faults in them.
He sighed. "My name is Danzō Shimura. I will be your sensei before we commence. If you damage any of the goods, you will fail." He threw six kunai at each of them.
Thank you for reading, I know I was late on this chapter, But IRL stuff. Some explanation on why I skipped the academy.
I saw fics a lot of them, get stuck in the academy phase, they stay there for 20 chapters or more, then when they get out they do not know what to do and they abandon the fic.
This is why I skipped most of it.
Some of you will wonder why Billy gained this height. I did drop some hints in the first chapter.