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Ah...well, alright then.
This intro is going to be a bit longer because I'm gonna talk about one or two things. For starters, the chapters after this chapter...Jojo is going to fight his first actual enemy Stand User in an Arc, then it'll be the Land of Waves (because of course he's gonna be there). The next few chapters for the Stand User Arc however..I'm gonna have to change the Story to an M-rating. I know, sounds shocking, but it's because of how I wrote the Stand「Sweet Dreams」. My original design involved blood, which really would have pushed the T-Rating...then I reread Jojolion, and I realized "Wait a second, blood isn't going to be disturbing enough for this one!". So I scrapped that part of the original concept and did everything I could to give myself an "Araki-esque" mindset, and it's not that easy to think like an immortal, perfectly symmetrical artist who enjoys drawing skin getting peeled off. But I figured out what I thought would be the most "Araki" concept for what I was planning, and I'm happy with how it's gonna turn out. You'll see it in a few months.
Speaking of which, for the next couple of months, I'm going to be focusing my time on my first fic, Fudō no Ryū, since the anniversary for the first chapter is coming up in a bit. I wanna be able to get chapter 20 out by the same day I uploaded it, since the fic itself is still pretty important to me, in that I'm glad people enjoy it, but I write that specific fic because I want to write it out in it's completion no matter what.
Aside from that, I was troping around TV Tropes forums and if you've been there, you know I have an Animorphs/Jurassic Park Xover in the works, but it's a long way out if I'm being honest with myself, mainly due to events in my personal life I won't get into. I am putting out one other chapter of Dragon Dance first before anything else, as a special Halloween episode (no, the ghosts in chapter 3 do no count) so keep an eye out for that.
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"Would you guys relax? I was making my way there after all."
"Bullshit!" Naruto growled to his sensei. "You were wandering around the whole village aimlessly, and you were on the other side of it too."
"I was lost on the-"
"Road to life! You've said that 15 times now!" Sasuke and Sakura finished.
"Yeah, big excuse you have there," the Uchiha grumbled. "Why can't you be on time like all the other Jōnin sensei?"
"It's not my fault, honest," Kakashi said cheerfully. "Besides, it probably keeps you on your toes, waiting for so long and not having any idea what's in store for you."
"Funny, didn't I say that a week ago?" the blonde smirked at the silver-haired man's flinch. "Yeah, that was after I made a seal which dumped that whole spandex outfit on you. That was great huh?!"
"Hehe, yeah was really funny! Hey, how 'bout we go get our mission for the day?" Kakashi smirked when the other three groaned.
"If I have to weed an entire garden again, I am gonna be so freakin' nettled…" Sasuke growled.
"EEEEEEEPPP!"
"ORA!"
"Hmmm?" Kakashi watched as Anko came from around the corner of a nearby building, pale as a ghost and clearly short on breath. "I'm guessing you broke one of his windows again, huh?"
"He's going nuts over a WINDOW!" the purple-haired woman cried out. "What is his damn problem? Windows were made to be broken into, that's why the glass makes all the cracking noises."
"WRRRRYYYYYAAAHH!"
Anko jumped back just as her sole Genin appeared out of thin air, aiming a Hamon-infused kick downwards and slamming into the ground where she had just been seconds before. The kunoichi shivered when she saw large chunks of rock and earth flying straight past her. Joushirou stood to his full height and glared at the purple-haired Jōnin, pupils narrowed to almost demonic slits.
"You better fucking pay for my window you bitch!"
"Calm the fuck down! Can't we just talk about this?!"
"ZOOM PUNCH!"
"Eeep!" Anko rolled back as the boy's elongated arm jabbed forward, his fist just barely missing her by a hairwidth. "How the hell do you even do that thing with your arms?!"
"Pay for my damn window!"
"AIIIIYEEEEEE!"
Kakashi flinched as the purple-haired Jōnin fled once more, the Stand-using Genin still on her heels.
'I honestly have no idea what the Hokage was thinking by putting those two together…'
Training Ground 44
"Hmmm," I put a hand to my chin in thought. "I guess it's good that the old man broke that up...I was really about to kill you there."
Anko let out a long and drawn out groan.
"Would you be quiet, if you don't like paying for my broken windows then quit breaking them," the sound of a branch snapping in the nearby bushes caused my head to turn. "Don't even think about it Sota. If you try anything, you're getting a cracked jaw."
The theropod jumped from the bushes and ran as far away from us as he could. I had gotten wise to the creature's ambush tactics since the first few days my deranged sensei brought me here for "training". Hopefully it'd figure out not to mess with me by the Ninja SATs.
"Alright, so how's training supposed to work anyway?"
"Well, I remember Iruka chewing me out and telling me that I "better not Kakashi it up" or something like that…" the purple-haired woman chuckled. "It was actually kinda sexy to have him taking charge like that-"
"Gee, sounds pretty nice, let's not talk about that ever," I growled.
"Alright, Alright!" the woman shook her head and pinned her gaze onto me. "For starters, I think working on your taijutsu would help. I saw your fighting style against the snakes, and it was atrocious."
"It's the fighting style I've always used…"
"It's just a street thug style with maybe some movements from the basic academy taijutsu style mixed in," my sensei deadpanned. "You did better with your swords than with an actual physical fighting. It might look good in appearance, but it's not really something that would help you with stronger shinobi. It's like you plan on using your weird punchy soul thing to fight all of your battles."
That instantly shut down any further protests from me. "Alright, what do you suggest then?"
"You have that sun energy that isn't chakra right?"
"Hamon, yeah. I make it when I breathe," I sighed at her questioning head tilt. "Yes, every breath I take juices me up with sun energy."
"Alright, there's gotta be a style based on that, right?"
"Yeah…" I grimaced, remembering that the fighting style, Sendo, included a lot of posing. "I don't know if there's any way to learn it though. My parents were the only ones that knew it, and...well…"
"Don't go on about that. The Uchiha and Uzumaki clans are almost gone, but your friends still have all their clan techniques...Ah, friend singular," the purple-haired Jōnin grimaced. "The Uzumaki don't have a lot of their clan techniques in Konoha, just a few that are all public and not really worth that much."
"So what, my parents left me an audiotape or something?"
"I'm guessing a scroll that shows you the correct stances," Anko put a hand to her chin in thought. "You ever check your house to see if your parents left you any scrolls like that?"
I stared at her dumbly for several seconds.
"...You never-"
"Yeah, I never looked alright," I clicked my teeth angrily. "The only things I have are the old weapons they used with Hamon...like my dad's balls."
"Oh yeah, Iruka told me about those," the purple-haired woman sniggered. "Really threw him for a loop with that one."
"Ok, aside from improving my taijutsu, what else is there?"
"Well, I'll see if I can't help you out with...ah, hang on," Anko began digging around in her coat pockets and muttering angrily. "Alright, here it is! Chakra paper," the woman held up a bundle of papers that were all about the same size as a sticky note.
"Chakra paper?"
"Well, it's actually called Chakra Induction paper," the woman held up a piece towards me. "If you put your chakra through it, the paper will react based on your affinity. Observe!"
With that, she forced her chakra through it. Immediately, fire spawned on the edges and ate towards the center, burning out only when the paper finally crumbled to ash.
"Ah, I see…" I looked up from the ash pile and set a blank stare at the woman. "So, your element is fire then?"
"Yup! Now then…" Anko shoved a piece of paper into my hand. "Go on and check your affinity, then I can give you some jutsu," the woman chuckled. "I've got jutsu coming out of my ears! I've got fire jutsu, lightning jutsu, earth jutsu…"
I ignored my sensei as I pushed chakra through the paper. When I finally got the results, I had to admire the irony of the situation.
"...there was this one time I used lava jutsu, but that was through combining jutsu with Kurenai so-hey, wait a minute," Anko grabbed the now damp paper from my hands. "What is this?"
"I believe it's the Chakra paper you gave me…"
"I know that! Why is it damp?!"
I let out an annoyed grunt. "I don't fuckin' know, why don't you tell me?"
"If it's damp, then that means…" the purple-haired woman growled, before pulling out another piece of paper and shoving it into my hands. "Try again!"
I did so, and once again the paper turned into a damp, mushy mess in my hands. I could practically see a vein popping on Anko's forehead.
"Yare Yare Daze...what's the damn problem?"
"You have water affinity," the woman groaned. "I only know a handful of water jutsu…"
"Water…" I deadpanned, still looking at the damp paper. "I have water as my main affinity…"
The irony wasn't lost on me, considering how I had died before...wait, were there dolphin summons? Or starfish summons? If either of those existed, I could actually complete the meme.
"So, how am I gonna train with water release?"
"I'll need to get the equipment, although we could start by the river...but," the purple-haired Jōnin gave me a mad smirk. "We'll have to deal with that later, considering we have missions today."
"You mean chores?"
"D-Rank missions are important, they help with improving our relationship with the civilians we're meant to protect," the woman wagged a finger at me as she continued to lecture. "And of course, it helps you improve your relationship with your teammates."
My face formed into a frown as I tried to pin the woman with a glare. "Really? My teammates?"
"Yeah, your teammates," Anko said in faux cheerfulness. "That's why we do these so called "chores" to start everybody off. It lets the three of you bond over how much you hate them."
"That'd be really nice...if I had a damn team!"
"What, you've got that feathered lizard thing, right?"
I turned towards the bushes with a wild glare. "Sota, what did I just fucking say?!"
"SCREEEEEEE!" the dinosaur once again fled from his spot in the bushes.
"I think he likes you~" Anko teased.
"None of that!"
1st D-Rank mission of the day: Weed garden
"Oh goodness, you only have one young ninja with you?"
"Yeah, it was just an oversight by the academy this year," Anko told the old woman sheepishly.
"Oh, so he'll be by himself for his entire run as a shinobi then?"
Anko the elderly lady an incredibly strained smile. "The Hokage assured me that I might be able to fill out my team from the genin reserves one of these days…" the purple-haired Jōnin gave the old woman a cheerful grin. "But I'm sure Jojo can handle this mission himself, it is a cake job after all."
"Oh yes…" the old woman stared at me with hungry eyes. "He's certainly quite the...strapping young lad, I'm sure he could finish this easily."
I had to fight hard to keep myself from turning green at that. "Hrrk…"
"Don't worry, he'll handle it," Anko turned to me with a smug grin. "Get to weeding punk!"
"Yare Yare, whatever…" I quickly moved over to the old woman's garden and began pulling up most of the weeds, much like I had done several dozen times since becoming a full genin.
Fortunately, I had come with a new trick up my sleeve to make it go faster, courtesy of a certain prank-loving blonde who luckily had my back after a complaint.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" I called out as quietly as I could, forming my hand into the clone seal and kneading the necessary chakra for up to two clones.
Just as my clones and I were about finished with weeding the plants, I heard my sensei charging over to us. Just as I had pulled up the last weed, the woman threw two kunai straight into my doubles, dispelling them in puffs of smoke. I grunted at the phantom sensations of two blades piercing into my back and glared at the Anko.
"The hell is wrong with you?!"
"I don't wanna know how you learned to make shadow clones, but you're not using them again!" the purple-haired Jōnin growled while pointing at me. "It's cheating! You have to do this with your teammates Joushirou!"
"...Are you fucking serious?!"
"Dead serious!"
"I'll stop using shadow clones for chores when I have one extra teammate," I said angrily. "Until then, I'll cheat all the fuck I want!"
"Tch, let's just see how long that lasts when I tell the Hokage," Anko said as a dark grin spread across her face. "Considering that you just used a B-Rank technique, when you are a simple genin, he might not be very forgiving…"
Hokage's Office
"What do you mean it's not illegal?!"
"I mean that it isn't illegal for him to use shadow clones to complete tasks...hell, I'm using shadow clones right now," the Hokage motioned to several nearby copies of himself, one of which waved to us before resuming a portion of his paperwork. "Goodness, I can't believe I never figured this out before…"
"Lemme guess, Naruto told you?" the old man gave me a kind smirk. "I don't think he was the one who discovered it...considering how the Yondaime wasn't said to have had a lot of paperwork."
Hiruzen's eyes widened as he took that in. "So it's genetic...Minato you lying-Ah, sorry!" the aged Kage held up a hand sheepishly, much to Anko's confusion.
"Hokage-sama, he knows a B-Rank jutsu, and he's only a genin. I know one kid can be made an exception because of...well, the obvious, but Jojo is-"
"Very intelligent for memorizing the seals for the Kage Bunshin," the Hokage gave me a knowing smirk. "After all, there's no possible way for him to have learned it."
"I retain plausible deniability on how I learned the Kage Bunshin," I said, fighting back a smirk before it could spread across my lips. "I mean, it is possible to figure out how to reverse engineer jutsu if you can remember the seals that were used for them."
"Correct Jojo. Besides, it doesn't matter if you know a B-Rank jutsu," the old man chuckled. "As long as you only learned it by proxy, you remain safe even if the original party learned it illegally...and that is an emphasis on the "if" there."
"Unbelievable…" Anko grumbled. "So, what's our next mission, Hokage-sama?"
"Hmm, let me see here…" Hiruzen grabbed several pieces of paper and sifted through them, then looked up to us for a split second before staring at a particular page hard. "Hmm, it seems that Madam Shijimi's cat has run away. She'd like him returned as soon as possible," the Hokage handed Anko the mission file. "The details are all there, aside from that you could interview the woman herself-"
"Nah, this is pretty standard," the purple-haired Jōnin said quickly. "I remember every cat retrieval mission I had as a genin, the new cat can't be that different from the old one."
I opened this mission file and looked at the description. "So, a cat with lines on its forehead, and a red bow tied around one ear?" I looked back to the old man. "Doesn't sound too hard actually."
"Be wary Joushirou...many in the past century had that same thought," the Hokage's face turned grim. "They were proven quite wrong."
"It's a cat! What's so terrifying about it?"
"That's your first mistake," Anko chided. "You think it's just a cat...but every cat Shijimi has had was all the same. A sneaky, conniving, monster that has a knack for escaping your every plan, all while making you look like a fool," the purple-haired woman gave me a wild look. "Then, to add insult to injury, you only get D-rank pay. It's the worst experience of your life!"
I stared at the two blankly, gritting my teeth as Hiruzen nodded along with my sensei's piece. "It's a fucking cat! You're both intimidated by a fucking cat?!"
2nd D-Rank Mission of the day: Recapture Tora the cat
"So...there he is," Anko said lowly, lifting her head from the binoculars as glared at the tree nearby. "Now we've got to figure out a plan."
I pulled the binoculars from her hands and took a look for myself. "Couldn't we just...y'know, walk up the tree and grab the cat?" I lowered the binoculars and glanced at the woman. "It doesn't seem like it'd be that hard," I said slowly, still unsure about the mission.
Something just felt...off...
"Don't underestimate it," Anko grabbed me by the shoulders and shook me. "That thing isn't your everyday cat. It's a far greater demon than even the Kyuubi no Kitsune…"
"Can you please get your hands off me?"
"If you wanna climb up the tree to grab it, be my guest," my sensei said lowly. "But just remember, that cat is a monster…" the purple-haired Jōnin shivered. "I fear no man...but that thing...it scares me."
"Yare yare Daze...whatever," I ignored my sensei's protests as I stormed over to the tree. Once I was right beneath the cat, I let out a whistle. "Oi, cat! Time's up, now get down here!"
Tora regarded me with an offhand glance, before going back to licking his paw.
"I mean it cat! You get down here now!"
The cat simply rolled over onto his back and stretched, still not paying attention to me.
"Alright, guess I gotta bring out my secret weapon," I dug into my coat, and pulled out a small sealing scroll. The cat ignored me right until I unsealed the contents, immediately jolting upright and staring at me.
"That's right! A can of tuna...and it can be yours, if you come with-"
*FWOOSH*
"AGGGGH! SONUDA BEETCH!"
I jumped back a few feet as a sudden gust of wind surrounded my arm, before turning into literal blades of wind that sliced into my hand. When I was halfway through healing my hand with Hamon, I realized that I had dropped the tuna can. I looked around, hoping that I hadn't just ruined a good can of fish, when I spotted exactly where it was.
"That damn cat...how the hell did he do that?!" I growled, glaring at the feline as it completely finished off the can of fish, while somehow still remaining in the tree.
"Did you see that?! That thing just lifted your bait into the air with his dark powers!" Anko cried out. "I told you it wouldn't be easy! He's too tricky."
"Fuck this!" I decided the best course of action would be to charge the tree, using a nearby rock as a launch point so that I could latch onto a higher point on the trunk. "If you aren't coming down, then I'm coming to you cat!"
Once I was on the branch where Tora sat, the cat stood up and glared at me. I walked forward slowly, aiming to catch the furry beast off guard with a sudden lunge. At least, that was the plan before Tora jumped onto another tree nearby.
"OH, you wanna play that game, huh?!" I called out, meeting the cat's angry glare with my own.
With a chakra-enhanced kick, I jumped forward and righted myself in midair so that I could land on the nearby branch correctly. Tora's gaze followed me the entire time, and it almost felt like some strange energy was emanating from him.
"Ah, Joushirou, maybe you should be careful?!" Anko called up to me. "I mean, I know we gotta catch the cat, but not all of these trees are stable."
"Sensei, if you're not going to help me grab the cat in the trees, maybe just be ready when I either throw him down," I grimaced at the cliche thought that went through my head. "Or if I end up breaking the tree we're in just as I finally get him."
"So far, so good," the purple-haired Jōnin called up. "To be honest, maybe this one is tamer than the other ones. No sneaky tricks so far...except for that thing with the tuna," Anko put a hand to her chin in thought. "Maybe he can use chakra?! Watch out for some sneaky cat style jutsu!"
"I doubt he can use chakra!" I called down to the woman as I inched closer to the cat.
Tora immediately jumped onto another nearby tree.
"Dammit cat! You know I can't knock these down one purpose!" I yelled, once again jumping forward till I was adjacent to the cat. "Seriously, if you jump to another tree, I am gonna be so nettled."
I slowly inched towards the cat...and wouldn't you know it, the damn furball jumped onto yet another treebranch!
"Motherfucker!" I swore I could hear Kakyoin laughing at me from his angel world. "Cat, I swear to Kami, you better stand still or else."
"Alright, you know what!" Anko cried out. "This is getting annoying, ending it right now!"
*SHINK*
"MREEEOOOOWWWW!"
I walked down the tree just as Tora landed on the ground in the most unceremonious manner possible. Apparently, not all cats landed on their feet, but at least he was fine. Aside from some grass stains and dust caught in his fur, there wasn't anything wrong with the poor thing.
"HAHAHAHA! Oh man, guess I was wrong about this one," my sensei said cheerfully. "No really, the most he could do was jump from trees and maybe use a chakra technique," the purple-haired Jōnin walked over to the downed feline. "What a joke, guess he's not as bad as the last 15 cats the Daimyō owned."
ゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴ
I froze suddenly when I felt a wave of energy wash over me. I could practically feel the pure, unadulterated rage pulsing in the air, and it was almost suffocating. I didn't even need to look to see it's source…
"What the?! The cat's fucking glowing?!" Anko gasped.
I charged forward and tackled the woman to the ground.
"What the fu-"
"Hang on," I said lowly. "This is gonna be bad…"
*FWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH*
*CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK*
*THWOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM*
"NEEEEEEEIIIIIIIGGGGHHHHHHH!"
When I looked back at the cat, he was stalking towards us slowly, an icy blue glow completely surrounding him. His formerly amber colored eyes were now glowing an electric blue, and it almost seemed as though thunder was dancing around in them. Despite the electric current in the air, his fur still remained perfectly neat, and with his apparently calm demeanor, it seemed like he wasn't going to hurt us.
That was kind of jossed by the freaky horse floating above him. If I had to pick out the breed, I'd say it was a sabino Clydesdale...if you made a Clydesdale 10 feet tall and juiced it up on steroids. It's body was entirely black, and it took me a moment to realize it was actually made up of storm clouds, lightning flashing within its "skin" every few seconds. Where there would be a luxurious mane, tail, and furred feet, were instead a wild mane and tail made of water, and feet covered with snow similar to the frosty covering of a high mountain. The horse's eyes, made of blue lightning, glared down at us coldly.
"Stand User…" I said lowly. "The cat...is a fucking Stand User."
"You mean animals can have these things?!"
"Apparently, yeah," I flinched as the cat moved into an aggressive stance, with its tail whipping back and forth. "Shit, I think I sensed it. How could I be so stupid?!"
"Sense it? You can sense other users?"
"Yeah, apparently every occult book I've read says that all Stand Users are drawn to one another, and that they're fated to meet," I jumped to my feet and stared the Stand-Using feline down. "Guess I should have realized we can just sense each other."
"Ok, so we have a cat that apparently makes lightning with its...horse," Anko tilted her head at Tora's stand. "A horse? His Stand looks like a giant storm horse?"
"I don't care what it looks like...so that thing with wind was part of his Stand's ability huh?" I gritted my teeth as the horse stamped at the ground and let out a frosty breath, following its master's aggressive stance.
'Damn it! I'm not against defending myself against a wild animal, and I knew I'd have to go up against other Stand-Users one of these days, but...how the hell am I supposed to fight this thing?!'
Stand: ?
User: Tora the cat
Destructive Power: ?
Speed: ?
Range: ?
Durability/Persistence: ?
Precision: ?
Developmental Potential: ?
Powers: ?
*CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK*
*THWOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM*
"Woah…" Naruto looked to where the lightning flashed beforehand, noticing the growing storm clouds. "Damn, guess it's gonna start raining soon."
"Maybe somebody is training with Raiton jutsu," Kakashi said offhandedly. "Although, you're probably right. It's just started over there, so it must be moving slow."
Sasuke turned his attention from his target practice to look at the seemingly approaching storm. "Hn...isn't that where Jojo went?"
"Yeah, I think he got saddled with that cat job," Sakura called out as she passed them. "Apparently nobody likes that job."
"Nice that you can do laps while talking," Kakashi said. "Maybe you can go a bit faster, huh?"
"Hai, Sensei!"
"Hey, how are your clones doing?" the masked ninja looked to the blonde. "Any of them dispel yet?"
"Just one, and he was working on sealing," Naruto huffed as he neared his 100th pushup. "Man, Kage Bunshin is sweet."
"Too bad you're the only one who can make that many," Sasuke called out, only to flinch at the sudden droplet of water that fell onto his forehead. "And it's already started…"
"Sensei! I finished my laps, what now?!"
"Well Sakura, it's starting to rain. Maybe we could go to one of the indoor training centers," the silver-haired Jōnin looked over to his most unpredictable student as the blonde finished his pushups. "Naruto, have your clones dispel. One at a time too, I don't want you to pass out on us again. Mine will go once all of yours have."
"Alright," Naruto rose to his feet, flinching at the creaking of his bones. "Man, no wonder Jojo got so jacked up at our age."
*CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK*
"WOAH!" the blonde jumped back as a few more bolts of lightning flashed through the sky, striking around the exact same area as before. "I thought that wasn't supposed to happen…"
Kakashi tilted his head and narrowed his single eye at where the lightning was striking. "I wonder what's going on there…"
*SHINK**SHINK**SHINK**SHINK**SHINK**SHINK*
"AGHHH! FUCK!"
"SONUDA BEEETCH!"
Tora snorted as the wind around us whipped into us, cutting small nicks in our skin and blowing our blood into the air.
The blood loss was annoying enough...but this fucking cat just ruined my pants.
"Alright, you're the Stand-User here!" Anko cried out over the roaring winds. "What the fuck do we do?!"
"Alright, full disclosure...Tora is the first Stand-user I've met that wasn't me," I cringed at the woman's owlish look. "Give me a break, I don't even know who the other Stand-User in Konoha is."
"Teuchi! It's Teuchi!" She growled.
"Wait, the guy who runs my favorite ramen stand is a-How the hell did you know?!"
"The old man told me! Look, it's not important now, we need to deal with this!" my sensei thrust her arm towards the angry, Stand-using cat.
Unfortunately, Tora saw that as an act of aggression.
"AGGGHH!" the purple-haired Jōnin pulled her slightly mangled arm back. "Shit, gonna need a medic for this...why don't you just-"
"NEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!"
*CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK*
*VRRRRRRRRRMMMMM*
I froze as the air around me distorted in a flash of colors. Once time had stopped , I blinked at the bolt of lightning just an inch from my face, following the source to the enemy Stand-User himself, or rather, his tail specifically.
"Jesus Stand-Using Christ…" I grumbled.
I slowly walked around the lightning, noting the now frozen wind gales he had sent our way, as well as the bolts of lightning spearing down at the area from the heavens. I shook my head and playfully poked one of the raindrops that had been frozen in time.
Ichi-byō keika
"Alright, Alright! I'll get to fighting the damn cat," I grumbled as I began stalking towards the cat. "Felt like I took longer than a second there thought…"
Ni-byō keika
I took my place behind Tora and leaned back just a bit while hooking my thumb into my pocket. I huffed lowly and sent that cat a glare as I tipped my visor to cover my face.
"Alright then...Toki wa ugokidasu!"
*VRRRRRRRRRmmmmmmm*
Tora grinned from ear to ear as the ground exploded before him. Anko gaped in shock, obviously thinking that I had been vaporized. Just as the cat sent her a wild glare, I cleared my throat, which caused the feline to jump up with raised hackles.
"Alright, listen kitty, I don't know how long you've had that thing," I motioned to the giant storm-horse that floated over him. "But the jig is up. You're going to put that away and stop causing trouble...otherwise, I'm gonna have to stop playing nice."
Tora glared at me as he formed a sphere of wind around himself, while also forming sharp, levitating rings of water around his makeshift shield. I snarled in annoyance when I realized that his powers looked really familiar. He was manipulating wind and water, and even producing lightning, like the benders from the Last Airbender series.
"Yare Yare Daze, this is gonna be annoying…" I tilted my head to my sensei. "Hey, unless you can break through his shield without getting torn to shreds, do you think you could put up some earth barriers or something? This is probably gonna cause a lot of collateral."
"I'll put up the earth shields, but I could get to him if I got an opening," the purple-haired Jōnin pointed to the water blades. "I'm thinking those could be gotten rid of. I might be able to teach you a jutsu for it on the fly."
"After the shields, maybe?"
"Right, gotcha," the woman immediately set to forming shields of stone around the soon to be battlefield.
Tora ignored Anko in favor of charging at me with unsheathed claws, his Stand following his movements with stamping hooves. I jumped back as the cat slashed at me with blades of wind that he had formed on his paws, while dodging his water blades. I flinched when a loud winnie sounded out from behind me, and I turned to face the cat's Stand as it reared up at me and kicked with its forelegs.
"NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIGGGHHHHH!"
"ORA!"
Tora gaped as his Stand's hooves were caught by gloved fists. Star Platinum stared at the giant storm-horse impassively, though I could feel that he was struggling somewhat to hold the enemy Stand back. That told me that Tora's Stand was as strong as SP, which meant it was gonna be a real bitch to deal with.
I smirked at the stupefied feline. "What?! You think you're the only one with a power like that? I've had Star Platinum since I was six," I grunted as I willed SP to shove the horse back. "Don't make me laugh, cat! You have no idea who you're dealing with!"
With that, my Stand directed a kick straight at the face of Tora's. While the storm-horse was able to barely dodge the attack, the cat had witnessed everything. The displacement of air and rain as SPs fists moved, the shockwave of my Stand's foot pummeling at the air, and the obviously lightspeed movement.
I don't think I've ever seen something take the high ground faster in my life...aside from Obi Wan, but I never saw that happen again. The funny thing about Tora being so far away, hiding in a tree once again, was that his stand was several meters away from him. A strong Stand, with a wide range…at least he had dropped his elemental shields.
"Yare Yare...ok, so what I know so far…" I grumbled, looking at the storm-horse as it stared me and my Stand down. "It has a long range, in proportion to the cat's size, and it's strong enough to match Star Platinum...and fast enough to dodge a punch from him at practically point blank range," I flinched as several bolts of lightning speared down from the sky. "And then there's all that…"
"Hey! I finished putting up all the rock shields," Anko called out as she rejoined me. She brought out a kunai as she faced the equine stand. "Alright, what's the situation?"
"Well...his stand is fast enough to dodge an attack from mine, strong enough to grapple with it, and it has a longer range than I expected," a gust of sharpened wind slashed into my arm, and I took a deep breath to heal the wound quicker. "And it controls the weather. I can't believe a cat is doing this…"
"Yeah, I changed my mind, he's way worse than the last 15," the purple-haired Jōnin rubbed the back of her head. "He let his shields down, but there's no way we're gonna get to him. Not when he's taken cover while keeping that thing out to block us-Agh, son of a…" the woman growled as she nursed her own set of newly made cuts. "Look at the fuckin' furball, it's like he's making an elemental rodeo. Why's his Stand staying so far away?"
"He might think that he can push us back with enough wind and lightning...I doubt he knows that Star Platinum can only move 2 meters away from me."
"What?!" Anko cried out. "2 meters?! Hold on, you can even have him move far enough to get an enemy?"
"I have a very close range Stand ok. If he moved any further, he wouldn't punch hard enough to break giant diamonds or move at the speed of light," I glanced at the woman from the corner of my eye. "You said you could show me a jutsu that could help, right?"
"I can give you two, actually. Watch this one closely," Anko winced as she brought her bloody arm up, but was able to push through the pain, forming her hands into the dragon seal, then the tiger seal, all while chakra flashed around her fingers.
"Suiton: Inryokuken!"
At this, the water around us began drifting towards her, forming into a large ball of liquid that floated in front of her. Even the still falling raindrops were pulled straight into the ball, much to the apparent chagrin of the Stand-Using cat several meters away.
"Well...that's definitely interesting," I said slowly.
"Yeah, water's not my best element, on account of me always having trouble making it from scratch," the purple-haired Jōnin shook her head. "This is like a training instrument for it though. Kneading chakra to make water can take a lot of work if you're untrained...so instead, you just bring water to you. Go one, try it!"
I went through the two handseals while pushing chakra into my hands. "Suiton: Inryokuken!" I took a deep breath as I felt the small pull on my chakra reserves. In under a minute, there was a beach ball sized orb of water floating in front of me.
"Not bad, yours is smaller than mine though. Hope you don't feel inadequate," my sensei sneered at me for a few seconds before staring forward. "Honestly...they say the gravitational pull is B-Rank, but really, everybody should learn it first if they have water. Seriously, it doesn't take as much chakra to use as most other B-Rank jutsu, and it's kinda necessary to have if you wanna train the water release."
"So, you taught me a B-Rank jutsu? Even after all that shit you gave me a few hours ago?"
"Don't judge me!"
"Yare Yare...so what now?"
"Well, I'll give you one C-Rank jutsu to use on our friend there," Anko motioned to the storm-horse. "Then, once you've taken your opening, I'll keep it distracted while you deal with the cat."
"Ok, what jutsu is it?"
"Ok, repeat after me," the woman formed her hands into the correct seals, this time without using chakra. "Tatsu, Tora, U. Suiton: Mizurappa!"
I made the handseals while adding chakra. "Suiton: Mizurappa!" at this, a thick stream of water shot out from the orb of water before me. The equine Stand winnied at the sight of it and reared back, doing it's best to keep a greater distance from us.
"Thanks for the jutsu, but how does this help?" I turned to Anko with a skeptical gaze. "Sure, Stand Users don't do too well in water for very long, but Stands don't have any limits in water. Star Platinum would still be just as fast in water as it is out."
"Yeah, you and I both know that...but the cat doesn't," the woman sneered at the feline in question. "Besides, he's a fucking cat! Even if his Stand is a horse that controls the weather and stuff, he's not gonna be very interested in getting submerged."
"...I'm an idiot for not realizing that," I gritted my teeth as I made the seals for the gravitational pull. "I have an idea, just make sure that horse has its attention on you when I do it."
"Alright kid, go for it then."
"Alright! Suiton: Mizurappa!" my refreshed orb of water transformed into a large wave that washed over the giant horse. "Here we go! Suiton: Inryokuken!" I held my right arm out and willed the remains of the water orb to surround my outstretched limb.
With that, I charged forward, jumping over the "drowning" horse while using my stand to throw me towards the cat. Tora arched his back and hissed at me, ready to strike me with blades of wind. Already I could see tendrils of water snaking towards me from below.
"KOOOOOOOHHHHHH!" I met the cat's fierce hissing with my own growl as I mustered the ripple within me. "TURQUOISE BLUE OVERDRIVE!"
With that shout, the water I had wrapped around my arm became infused with Hamon. Whereas the technique would normally produce a ripple-infused tempest of water that blasted everything in its path, above an underwater setting things were different. Instead of a tempest, the water around my arm shot forward as a crescent shaped blade of liquid that danced with energy.
Try as he might, Tora couldn't control the oncoming blade of water with his Stand power. Stands and Hamon may or may not have had a close relationship, but it seemed that Hamon could override the power of a Stand on certain occasions. It definitely made it better that the cat couldn't stop what was coming.
I do feel sorry that I had to cut the tree branch down. But as much as I wanted to main the shit out of this cat, I needed him alive, or else I wouldn't get paid. So seeing him fall was the next best thing.
"NEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!"
I looked back to where Anko was, finding that the storm-horse was suddenly less corporeal than before. It looked downtrodden, and physically weakened...which meant Tora probably wasn't gonna be a threat anymore.
"Hah! Great job kid," my sensei walked over and dragged me into a noogie, much to my annoyance. "Alright, let's bring this cat in. We should probably inform the Hokage about-"
*CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCKKKK!*
"GAH!" I jumped back as a massive bolt of lightning struck right between us.
Before either of us could get our bearings, Tora shot straight into the air, glaring at us with completely blank, electric blue eyes. Behind him, his Stand floated, no longer appearing physically weak. Where there had been storm clouds, there was nothing but pure lightning making up its body. Where there was water, all that remained was wild, sharpened ice that splayed out in all directions. The eyes that once had pure electricity running through them now had massive swirling maelstroms emerging from within.
It was at this moment that Jojo knew...he fucked up!
*CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCKKKK!*
"Hmm?!" Kakashi looked over to the direction the lightning struck. "That doesn't sound too good…"
"Hey, Kakashi!" the silver-haired Jōnin looked over to see Asuma walking towards them, followed by team 10. "Looks like the rain is picking up, huh?"
"Yeah, it's starting to become a pretty big storm," the copy-nin said blithely, now nose deep into a certain orange book.
"Sasuke-kun!" Ino darted to the Uchiha's side. "It's sooo good to see you again, after being away from you for so long."
"It's been four days…"
"They say absence makes the heart grow fonder," the blonde kunoichi said huskily. "I was wondering...you wouldn't happen to be doing anything later, right?"
Before Sasuke could tell the girl off, a pink blur forced Ino away. "Hey, move it Ino-buta! Sasuke isn't interested in an annoying hag like you!"
"Seems like you're projecting just a bit there, huh Dekorīn?" the blonde smirked when the pinkette bristled at her nickname. "Like Sasuke-kun would want a caveman like you!"
"Why you!"
Naruto looked on with a deep grimace. "It's kind of like Jojo said a week ago...Sakura might be an annoying fangirl, but she'll be too focused on all the others to annoy you."
"Just according to keikaku," Sasuke said lowly.
"Hey *munch* guys!" the two turned to see Chouji and Shikamaru slowly approaching them. "Lovely weather we're having, huh?"
"If you think thunderstorms are nice, then yeah…" Sasuke flinched as a few nearby roofs lost their shingles. "That wind is really picking up."
"KAKASHI!"
The one-eyed ninja in question looked up, blinking as he saw Iruka charging towards him. "Wonder what he wants…"
"Kakashi...Asuma too...Oh man…" the scarred chūnin doubled over as he tried to catch his breath. "100...miles…oh man...over 100 miles..."
Naruto immediately jumped to Iruka's side and helped him stand straight."What's going on about 100 miles, Iruka-sensei?"
"The storm...it's a Typhoon! It's getting stronger!"
"Be real Iruka, a Typhoon? We're a bit far away from the ocean, don't you think?" the silver-haired Jōnin almost went back to his book when he saw the look on everybody's faces. "Woah, what's with those looks? You guys are just staring up at the empty space behind-Oh, wait a second," the copy-nin turned his head, paling at what he saw. "Please don't tell me that that's what I think it is…"
"I don't know what you think it is Kakashi-sensei," Naruto said absently. "But...that looks like a tornado…"
Kakashi stared at the swirling vortex of wind for several seconds before letting out a sigh. "Alright, guess we're doing this now...the Hokage probably knows about it, so…" the copy-nin turned to his blonde student. "Naruto! Make as many shadow clones as you can, have half of them evacuate any low lying houses, and the other half fortify any areas on higher ground."
"Right!" the blonde immediately walked several feet away and summoned an army of copies.
"Sakura! Go to the hospital and get the medical staff ready! Then I want you to go to the Hokage's office and see if you can't get some help, maybe some supplies."
"Hai, Sensei!" the pinkette sped towards the Hokage tower as fast as she could.
"Alright then, team 10," the silver-haired Jōnin looked to Asuma and Iruka. "You guys wouldn't mind helping Sasuke and I evacuate the clan compounds, would you? I heard the Hyūga can be pretty stubborn."
"Sure, I wouldn't mind," Asuma said blithely before his team could interject.
"Not like I had anything planned for the day…" the scarred chūnnin said weakly.
Kakashi turned to Sasuke, noticing how he kept staring at the tornado in the distance. "Something wrong?"
"That's...where Jojo was going earlier," the Uchiha said nervously. "He was supposed to be recapturing the Daimyō's cat."
"Sasuke, relax," Iruka gently laid a hand on the boy's shoulder. "Jojo is...well, he's pretty tough, and he doesn't let stuff keep him down. I'm sure he'll be alright…"
"AGGGHHHH!"
"NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!"
A grunt escaped my throat as the equine Stand clashed against Star Platinum. The storm-horse flew back at lightspeed before looping around and crashing into me again, causing sparks to fly around us. As SP held its hooves back, I turned my head to look for Anko.
The moment we were lifted into the air by the tornado, the woman had done everything she could to find a spot to hunker down. The best we had was a large, now uprooted, tree with dozens of hollow spaces to hide in. It was easy to get in and out, even for someone of my size.
The original plan had been to wait it out...then Tora came after us again. Apparently, when his Stand was on Maximum Overdrive, it focused more on close range attacks rather than its long range arsenal. That isn't to say that it wasn't using lightning to attack us, or that he wasn't using his razor sharp wind to harry us every other second, just that he was going on a physical offensive with his Stand much more than before.
"Damn furball!" Anko cried out as she formed her hands into a mix of seals I couldn't follow. "Katon: Ryūka no-"
*ZIIIIPPPP*
*CRASSSSSSHHHHHCCCCKKK*
"FUCK!" the purple-haired Jōnin fell backwards as a thunder-charged blur nearly crashed into her. "And then there's that asshole!"
Once we had started flying through the air, Tora immediately donned his best Pikachu impression and shrouded himself in a cloak of electricity that I could only assume it worked in a similar fashion to the Raikage's. The storm-wielding feline moved faster than the normal eye could track, and he was regularly breaking the speed of sound dozens of times over without receiving any of the consequences.
It was annoying enough having to fight his Stand, but I had to divide my time making sure he didn't get to Anko. My sensei had been able to ward off the beast for the most part, but her right arm was covered in small cuts, so she had to busy herself with stopping the flow of blood. Since she was shooting fire at Tora round the clock, the cat took as many openings as he could, leaving the previous trees she had hid in as little more than wood chips and mulch.
"NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!"
"Shit!" I felt a pounding sensation in my arms as Star Platinum blocked another few kicks from the horse. Before the equine Stand could fly back, I willed SP to push us back, and used the momentum to fly towards my distressed sensei. "Oi, you alright?!"
"The damn furball is lying around in wait somewhere," the purple-haired Jōnin flinched as she held her right arm close. "Plus there's all the blood loss, makes it hard to do jutsu too...damn, this is the arm I use for handjobs. Breaking it to Iruka is gonna suck."
"...Thank you for sharing that piece of information," I grunted out as I looked back to the enemy Stand. "That thing keeps itself close to the center of the storm. If I can get to the eye of the storm, I can disable it and capture the cat."
"Ok, here's an idea," Anko said snidely. "What happens when you force him to withdraw his Stand and stop the storm? Because I doubt that we're just gonna be plopped onto the ground safely when the tornado dissipates."
"I have something for that, but I don't know if it'd really work," I stared at the thunder-charged horse blankly. "We'll get to it when we get to it I guess…"
"Oh, you're just gonna wing it, huh?!"
"Look, the main issue is getting rid of the damn horse!" I growled. "When we reach that point, we'll get to it," I blinked as a whistling sound passed us, and I looked over to see a couple of boulders flying not far behind us. "That's it! I can beat him!"
"Wait, what are you-"
I ignored Anko's protests as I kicked myself away from the tree and landed straight onto the larger of the two boulders. I smirked as I saw a flash of light within the clouds.
"Oi, cat!" I cried out in english(?), smirking as a flash sparked near my left. "You're acting pretty smug for someone in YEETIN' distance!"
Star Platinum grabbed onto the smaller rock and flung it straight towards the enemy. Predictably, Tora shot out from his hiding spot and intercepted it, using blades of water projected from his paws to cut the stone to pieces. I kicked myself off the large boulder and flew through a shrouded portion of the cyclone, watching as the cat struck the rock I had just been on.
Now, to wait…
"Alright, so everybody finished their evacuation duties, right?" Kakashi hummed as all team 7 nodded. "Good...now, that tornado has moved a bit, but it's remained mostly stationary-"
*CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCKKSSSSHHHHHH*
The group looked over just as several pieces of stone flew from the wind funnel and crashed into the ground not far away. In the path of the stone spikes included a few destroyed structures, upturned portions of the road that would need to be fixed, and-
"MY CABBAGES!"
One loud cabbage stand owner, who would need to be properly compensated for his destroyed property. Aside from this, there were four people nearly caught by the stone projectiles. Naruto narrowed his eyes in realization.
"Hinata! Shit!" the blonde ran towards the girl, panic visible on his face. "Hime, you alright?! Nothing stabbed you or anything?!"
The girl blushed as the Uzumaki helped her off the ground. "I-I'm fine, just...a bit...uh," the bluenette stared at the stone spike that had missed her head by a full inch. "I have no words…"
"Oh, thank Kami...just what the hell is going on in that thing?" Naruto flinched as another bolt of lightning flashed through the tornado. "Something is wrong...none of this is normal."
"Oi, what's the deal with holding our teammate like that?!" the two turned to see Kiba jumping off the ground, the dog-boy glaring at them hard as he dusted himself off. "What, are you two married or something?!"
"What?! No, that would be ridiculous!" Hinata said quickly.
"Yeah, that's so weird of you to say, kiba! I mean, I get her advice on training and stuff, and we've hung out but," the blonde grimaced at the dog-nin's skeptical look. "We're just friends, so I got worried about her."
The rest of team 7 ran up to join their blond teammate, Sasuke in particular giving the boy a skeptical glance as he walked forward.
"Didn't I hear you call her 'hime'?"
Naruto rounded on the Uchiha. "We're just friends, Sasuke-teme," the blonde growled.
Sasuke blinked at this, and shared a look with Shino as the bug-user walked into view. "No fucking way…"
"Hey, how bout we have this conversation after we deal with the Typhoon," the blonde motioned to the tornado nearby. "I mean, as much as I'm sure Jojo is involved in some way, and probably taking care of it, doesn't mean that…" Naruto grimaced as an entire roof flew over them. "Yeah, I'm gonna leave all that to Kakashi-sensei…"
"Right…" the silver-haired Jōnin looked to Kurenai with a confused look. "So, I have no idea what's going on with...that...but I'm assuming you were handling things?"
"We evacuated some of the lesser clans, and a lot of the civilian workers," the ravenette huffed. "The Hyūga clan was acting a bit stubborn though."
"Must have gotten there after we did," Kakashi scratched the back of his his absently. "They wouldn't even listen to us when Sasuke and I went...What's the plan now?"
"Asume said that we had to meet up at the Hokage's office, my guess is he wants us to fortify the areas with higher ground," the woman looked over to the tornado. "Everybody's mostly worried about that, but it hasn't moved too much, so-"
*WHEEEEEEEEEEE-WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
The two ninja teams paled as a massive boulder shot out from the tornado and quickly descended towards them. Naruto vaguely registered Sasuke trying to muster a fireball, but like the blonde, the Uchiha was frozen in fear at the rock that was only a few meters away from them. Even as Kakashi cried out for them to move, Naruto couldn't budge.
Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that his girlfriend was in the exact same position as he was. Hinata's blank eyes had widened in terror, and every time she tried to move, her legs wouldn't even twitch.
'NO! I can't let them die!' the blonde thought. 'I have to do something! Come on legs, move! Hands, do a Mokuton thing or something! PLEASE!'
'Kami, this gaki is hopeless…' a voice resounded from within him, every word punctuated with a deep, sonorous growl.
'Yeah, he's just standing there like a dumbass!' another voice hissed, this one higher pitched than the other with a slightly more playful tone.
Naruto flinched as he felt a power welling up from deep within him. His vision turned red, and he flushed as he felt a burning heat swell around his being.
'Don't get cocky about this, gaki. It's not like we want to help you of all people.'
'Yeah, we'd normally be gunning for a chance to get out of you, but we're not interested in being dead for a few years...now MOVE!'
Naruto jolted at the second voice's words, and sprung to action. He shot forward and held out his clawed hands, flattening them before making a downward cross chop at the giant boulder. He looked back in time to see the boulder crack to pieces, and the others looking at him in shock.
Naruto's confused blinking could easily be seen through the fox-like chakra cloak. "Woah, what's everybody looking at?!"
The moment I had hidden in the clouds, I let my body go slack and simply watched. Tora was turning his head at every sound, his whiskers twitching every moment. I made sure to keep a close eye on Anko, seeing that every time she moved, the cat would focus on her for a second and pelt her location with attacks, before going back to watching the surrounding whirlwind. Every now and then, he would angrily throw a tree or a rock out of the storm with his powers, but for the most part he was constantly watching for any sign of me.
I figured out how he was able to go after us while hiding in the clouds at least...now I just had to wait. Wait for the winds to bring me close enough to the cat or his stand to make an attack, wait for the cat to get distracted, wait for whatever...it was gonna be one big waiting game.
Finally, everything seemed to align just perfectly. I looped around to a point where I was in direct range of Tora's stand, just as the cat decided to fire off another bolt of lightning at Anko. I didn't waste a second.
"SUTĀ FINGĀ!"
*CRACK!*
The equine Stand turned to me just at the right time, and I could see Tora spitting up droplets of blood just as Star Platinum's fingers slammed into the horse's face.
I sent the cat a smirk as he gave me a dazed look. "I figured out your trick, furball. One of your powers is the ability to sense the changes in the air, and the electricity in the environment. Since everything about humans requires electricity to move, you could use your power to sense us. It's a neat trick," I pointed to the cat as SP pulled his stand closer to us. "I've got a few neat tricks of my own...and that's not counting my Stand's main ability," I snorted as the cat floated over to me weakly. "I don't really feel good about fighting animals, and I actually like cats as much as I like dogs...but, you created a Typhoon and a tornado, just because you didn't want to go back to your owner…"
I gave the cat a pointed glare. "As much as I hate to say it, a bad kitty like you...needs to be punished"
"Phrasing!" Anko called out.
I ignored the purple-haired Jōnin and took a deep breath as I willed my Stand's fists to raise.
"ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!"
"N-NEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH?!"
"ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!"
And just like that, the storm-horse faded to near transparency before receding back into its user. Tora visibly slackened as his Stand returned, his features showing clear bruising and lumps from his punishment. The cat lifted his head weakly and gave me a sharp glare.
"Guess your Stand wasn't as durable as mine...Oh would you relax?!" I growled, grabbing onto the beast with one arm. "I'll heal you before we get you back to your owner," I ignored the cat's mewls of protest. "Now then-"
"Hey! How the hell do we get down?!" Anko cried out as she jumped off the mangled tree. "I think the storm is starting to...well," the purple-haired Jōnin motioned to the now fading funnel cloud around us. "What now?!"
"Grab onto me," I said, sighing at her surprised look. "Just trust me on this, I had plenty of time to figure it out."
"Alright, whatever…" Anko grabbed onto me with her good arm with a scowl. "Seriously though, if we die, I'm gonna kick your ass."
I took a deep breath as we finally began our descent, juicing myself up with Hamon as I pushed chakra into my hands. "Alright then...Suiton: Inryokuken!"
When the water ball started forming, I leaned back and kicked at it with my feet, ignoring the protests from my passengers. I smiled when I felt the water sticking to my feet, and stood up straight again, all while keeping up the jutsu and making sure that I could get as much water beneath us as possible before we hit the ground.
When we did hit the ground, I discharged the Hamon from my legs and let myself sink a little, just as the water bubble erupted in a massive splash. I grimaced as a wave of water washed over the three of us. My jaw clenched as Anko let go of me and sent me a flat glare beneath her soaked bangs.
"Alright, maybe I should have used Hamon to repel all the water so we wouldn't get wet...but I forgot," I sighed at Tora's annoyed moan. "Yare Yare, let's just get back to the village already…"
Stand: Storm Rider (Namesake: Riders on the Storm, by The Doors)
User: Tora the cat
Destructive Power: A
Speed: A
Range: A
Durability/Persistence: E
Precision: B(in normal mode)/A(Overdrive mode)
Developmental Potential: C
Powers: Through his Stand, Tora the cat is able to control the elements of water, wind, and lightning to a degree which most ninja would be hard pressed to achieve, and he can do this with only a thought and scant movements of his tail. If sufficiently angered or startled, Tora may cause a genuine storm to appear around him, and he can use it to deadly affect.
Aside from using this for combat, he can use his control over wind to bring objects to him even if they're out of his physical range. For example, his control over wind is so finite that he can fly by manipulating the air around himself.
Tora's Stand also grants him a secondary power, the ability to sense changes in the air, or even any electrical phenomenon nearby, including those produced by other living organisms. This allows him to sense enemies, much like a shark in the water.
"Please Hiruzen, you have to send somebody out to find my baby! Tora could be hurt!"
Hiruzen sighed as the Daimyō's wife gripped his robes tightly. He had come to check on the civilian evacuees, then he had gone to make sure the hospital staff wouldn't be overwhelmed. He had just finished rallying several teams to handle the outskirts of the village when he felt Naruto's "outburst" with the Fox's chakra. When he went to confront Team 7 outside his office, he was intercepted by Madam Shijimi.
Which led them to now. Shijimi had spent a good half hour begging and pleading with Hiruzen to send someone out to find her dear cat. The Hokage had sent a desperate look to Kakashi every time the woman wiped her tears in his robe, to which the silver-haired ninja ignored.
Hiruzen let out a sigh and patted the woman on the shoulder. "Madam Shijimi, I'm sure your cat is fine. They've always been quite tough in the past, if I remember," the old man cringed as the woman let out another sob. "Shijimi, your cat is fine. I sent one of my most promising genin out to find him...he probably got to him before the storm hit. Even if Tora hasn't been found yet, the storm is starting to fade. He's bound to be fine now."
Hiruzen flinched at the woman's wails and turned his head away. When he turned, he blinked in shock as two figures entered his vision. A very wet Mitarashi Anko, and a slightly more dry Joushirou who held a very poofy cat with a bow on its ear. When Shijimi looked up, she flew from the Hokage's grasp.
"TORA-CHAN!"
Joushirou relinquished the cat from his grasp, letting out a small hum as the woman nearly crushed the feline in her arms. "Sorry about his fur being all poofy. He was wet when we found him, so I used a technique to dry him off."
"Oh, don't worry about that dear," Shijimi looked at the poofy-furred cat, ignoring it's pitiful groans. "Oh, I can't even begin to imagine the styles I can put it in. I'll need to get the curlers out though…" the woman looked back to Hiruzen with a bright smile. "I'll be sure to send payment in just a bit Hokage-dono. I'm sure you have a lot on your plate right now."
"Yes, of course…" Hiruzen breathed a sigh of relief as the woman left. "Thank goodness, now that that's done with-"
"Damn, I almost felt bad for the furball," Anko groaned as she wrung out her pockets. "Woman must have a vice grip if she wants to."
"You almost feel bad?" Joushirou asked, quirking an eyebrow at his sensei.
"Almost being the keyword," the purple-haired Jōnin smirked.
Hiruzen cleared his throat, glaring at them flatly when they turned to face him. "I'm certain you have quite the adventure to tell me about…" the old man deadpanned, snorting as Anko's face turn red in embarrassment. "Perhaps it would be better discussed in my office, no?"
"Yeah, sure," Anko said in a strained voice.
Hiruzen turned to Naruto and Kakashi. "You as well, come on," the old man sighed when Sakura and Sasuke attempted to follow. "Just Naruto and Kakashi, not you two."
"What?!" the pinkette gaped in shock. "But, we-"
"It's an S-rank secret. That's all you need to know," with that, Hiruzen quickly closed the door in her face.
"So, you used the Fox's chakra?" I asked nervously.
"Yeah...should I have been hearing voices?" Naruto asked nervously. "Because I heard two voices just before it happened."
Two voices? There weren't two Kurama's...ok, there is that one, but that's another series-oh wait, alternate timeline...but that wouldn't work either. The point is, there should only be one fox in there.
I let out a sigh and gave the blonde a pointed look. "Naruto, we've both had this discussion, right? When I got worried that I was having auditory hallucinations, what was it you said?"
"That it's fine as long as the voices aren't telling you to kill people," the blonde put a hand to his chin in thought. "Still, I'm kinda worried about it."
"Naruto, what were you doing when you heard the voices?" Hiruzen grimaced at Naruto's confused look. "What brought out the Fox's chakra?"
"Oh, well I was talking to...a friend," the blonde flinched at the old man's skeptical look. "And, then this huge boulder flew out of the tornado and came straight at us. Then I heard the voices, and suddenly I was moving and chopping at the rock, and then I cut it in pieces."
Hiruzen leaned towards the blonde with a scrutinizing gaze. "Then what happened?"
"Then I felt...I dunno, like I was hooked up to a power generator. It faded a few minutes later, but I still felt all jittery afterwards…" Naruto shook his head. "Now I just have this weird feeling running through me...I can't describe it, but it's like my insides are a bit hot."
"Hmm...that's most likely a side effect from the Kyuubi's chakra. Hopefully it'll fade," Hiruzen turned to Anko and I. "Now then...you two were at the apparent source of that twister. What happened there?"
"Alright...full disclosure…" I looked at the blonde from the corner of my eye. "That rock that flew towards you was kind of our fault."
"WHAT?!"
"Yeah, mind clearing that one up?" Kakashi finally chimed in, having lifted his gaze from his little orange book.
I sighed and rubbed my temples. "Ok, the rock may have had something to do with me using it as a launch point while we were in the tornado-"
"You were in the tornado?!" Hiruzen gaped in shock. "How?!"
"I was getting to that! Look, the storm was actually caused by Tora the cat."
"It's true! I saw the damn furball do all of it," Anko said quickly.
Kakashi gave us both a skeptical look. "And how did a cat cause a massive typhoon that flooded the village and tore roofs off houses?"
I willed Star Platinum into existence, my Stand facing the Jōnin with crossed arms. "I think it should be pretty obvious."
Kakashi stared at my Stand long and hard with his single eye. "Huh, so that's what it looks like...Iruka wasn't joking," the silver-haired Jōnin blinked in realization. "Wait a second...you mean...the cat had…"
"A Stand, yeah," I fiddled with a stray lock of my blue hair in thought. "Hell, Anko's arm is still a bit cut up from his wind manipulation."
"Oh shit! How did we miss that?!" Kakashi stared in shock at the woman's still bloody arm.
"Yeah, I was gonna ask to go to the hospital real quick actually."
"Wait! You mean animals can have these things?!" Naruto cried out.
I snorted at this. "I wouldn't be surprised if plants could get them."
Hiruzen pinned me with a very fierce look. "That's...very serious. A cat that has the power to cause a storm like the one from today…" the Hokage shook his head. "We need to do something about that cat. He could destroy the whole country!"
"I'm pretty sure I discouraged that, what with the beating and all."
"You beat up a cat?!" Naruto cried out.
"Naruto, I was trapped in a tornado," I sent the blond a flat glare. "Of course I beat up the damn cat. Again, I don't think he's gonna cause any trouble," I met Hiruzen's nervous gaze with a firm look. "I know it's not good to just trust my "instincts" like this, but I have this feeling that Stand Users don't cause trouble if their fun is put to a stop."
Hiruzen leaned back and let out an exasperated sigh. "I trust your basic knowledge on Stands...but I'm not quite ready to trust your judgement on this."
"If you're worried, you could just send me to the capital to keep an eye on the furball," I said nonchalantly.
"No, not you...but you have the right idea," the Hokage looked at me with a firm gaze. "I have to send send a few Shinobi to the capital for the Daimyō's use, I can have them keep an eye on the cat, as well as document all of his abilities if he uses them."
"Seems like a better plan then," I shrugged before looking back to Anko. "I'm guessing there won't be any D-Rank missions for a few days then, huh?" I motioned to the woman's arm.
"Well, you'll probably accompany another team for the cleanup from today's...events," the old man looked out the window with a sigh. "But, I was actually thinking about sending you in particular on a C-Rank with another team."
I jolted upright at this. "Beg your pardon? It sounded like you said "C-Rank" just now...as in, a C-Rank Mission," I shivered at the old man's blank look. "Please let me go back to weeding gardens, please!"
"Relax, there's only one now and it's for a prisoner extradition," the Hokage shook his head. "You can busy yourself with D-Rank missions with the team your accompanying beforehand...now then," the old man turned to Naruto. "We're going to have to talk about a few things."
"Ah…"
"For starters, you'll need some minor training on how to control the Kyuubi's chakra," Hiruzen snorted at the blonde's groans. "Then, I've brought in somebody who can help you refine the Mokuton."
Naruto instantly perked up at this. "You mean I actually get to train that?! How?! I thought the Senju clan was dead!"
"They're not entirely dead, obviously," the old man motioned to the blonde. "And you'll get all the details in a weeks time, when they show up. Your first lesson will probably be learning how to recreate a forest," Hiruzen sent Anko and I a pointed look. "Considering how much of our woodlands were destroyed during the Typhoon."
Anko jerked to her feet at this. "Aww come on! That wasn't our fault damn it!"
I let out an exasperated sigh. "Yare Yare Daze…"
Tora the cat
Stand: Storm Rider
Status: Out of commission. As long as he is in his owner's care, he will not be a threat for the foreseeable future.
OMAKE - It's like a Burning Sunrise:
Morino Ibiki blinked at his long-time friend and subordinate. What Anko had just suggested was ridiculous, quite possibly insane, and destined to fail. Regardless, the woman seemed genuinely confident that she had just put forth an infallible plan.
"...So let me get this straight," the scarred Jōnin rubbed his temples. "Your Genin heard that we had captured a Jashinist associated with Akatsuki, and asked if he could interrogate him?"
"Yuh huh," the purple-haired woman said cheerfully.
"So, you decided to come to me with the plan, because you thought that I'd be the most receptive to it?" Ibiki glared when the woman nodded. "Anko, this is T&I, just what the hell do you take us for?"
"Now, hear me out Ibiki," Anko held her hands up defensively. "I know he's a Genin, but Joushirou is a fucking monster when it comes to fighting, and one of the things he suggested was downright disturbing even for me."
"...What was it?"
"Cutting of the guy's fingers and toes while making him countdown from 1000 by 7," the woman said cheerfully. "I got genuine chills from hearing it."
"...Shit, that is good," the scarred Jōnin grimaced. "The problem is, that might not work on this guy. He's a freak, he actually likes pain."
"Come ooooon Ibiki!" Anko moaned, giving her superior a hard pout. "Just give him a chance...please?"
Ibiki stared her down for several seconds, before letting out a sigh and closing his eyes. "Ten minutes, he gets ten minutes. Nothing more, nothing less."
"Well fuck me sideways! Konoha must be really full of themselves if they're sending a kid to torture me," Hidan sneered at the blue-haired boy. "Seriously? This is just rich! What's your name kid?"
"Joushuya Joushirou," the boy growled flatly. "And I'm interested in handling you, Jashinist Hidan. You see, I'm trying to kill an immortal that's hiding out there somewhere, and I figured I'd try dealing with all the others as training."
"Oooh, funny!" the silver-haired maniac leered at the boy. "Go ahead and try to kill me, you won't get very far! Seriously!"
"...Kill you?" Joushirou let a twisted smile stretch across his face. "Why the hell would I want to kill you? You're currently a valuable well of information," the boy pulled two things from his pocket, a pair of glasses and a fishing line. "I bet you're wondering what these are for, huh?"
"You're gonna torture me with glasses and a fishing line?" the Jashinist gaped at the boy's flat look. "Seriously?!"
"I am...but first," the boy grabbed the hilt of the sword slung over his shoulder, and pulled. There was a bright flash, and Hidan suddenly found that his head was rolling on the floor, his body falling from it's seat.
"Seriously?! You think cutting off my head is gonna do anything? I have that happen every-wait, hold up," the silver-haired man grimaced as the boy attached a fish hook to the line. "The hell are you doing with that thing?"
"Which would you prefer me to use, Hidan-san?" the boy held up the fishing line and the glasses. "Maybe you should choose wisely, otherwise I'll have to use both. We need answers from you, otherwise things will head south real fast," the boy leaned close to the decapitated head. "You have a partner, right Hidan-san? Maybe you should tell us about him?"
"Screw you!"
"I guess I'll have to get right into this," the boy grabbed the man's right eyelid and pierced the fish hook through. "Now I'm gonna have to use both!" Hidan cried in shock as his head sailed through the air, curling around one of the bars on the chair.
The Jashinist glared at the people likely hiding behind the viewing window to the chamber. "You think this scares me? Alright, I admit it, getting a fish hook stuck through my eyelid is a first, but seriously?! This isn't-MPHMMHHPPPP!" Hidan was cut off when the Genin covered his mouth in duct tape. After he had finished affixing the glasses to the man's face (albeit loosely), Joushirou then pulled the overhanging light down till it was flashing right into the man's right eye.
"You feel like talking yet?" the boy asked the decapitated Jashinist. "Hmm...guess I have to continue," the boy held up his hands and began counting. "Hi-dan...Heaven...Hell...Hmm, looks like you're heading to hell pal, enjoy your stay."
Hidan wanted to scream at the boy, to tell him to lick Jashin's asshole once he died. But the only thing he cared about then and there...was how he had missed the big ass stereo the Genin brought into the room.
*CLICK*
"VOCAL PERCUSSION ON A WHOLE 'NOTHER LEVEL, COMIN' FROM MY MIND~"
Later, at the Hokage's office
"They want to do WHAT to me?!" Naruto shrieked.
"Naruto, calm down! We won't let it come to fruition…" Hiruzen turned to Joushirou. "I still can't believe you got him to talk by dancing in front of him."
"To be fair, I think he started hallucinating on the 10th playthrough," the Joestar shrugged. "I'm just glad Ibiki gave me more time to work him over."
"That was absolutely hilarious!" Anko cried out. "Seriously, you just had to dance in front of him and he spilled everything like a freshly gut pig."
"Don't you mean he "spilled the beans"?" the blonde asked nervously. "Because that sounds way less disturbing."
"I know what I said," the purple-haired woman giggled before turning to her apprentice. "Think you could do that to any of our other inmates?"
"Can they also survive being decapitated?" Joushirou asked. "Because the torture dance is extremely situational. They'd need to be another Jashinist or a Kyūketsuki to survive it."
"A what?!" Hiruzen blinked at the boy. "What was that word you just said?"
"Yare Yare...I'll tell you later," the blue-haired boy grumbled. "It's not gonna be important for maybe another 50 chapters anyway, and it didn't matter after part 6, so it's nothing to worry about for now..."
←To Be Continued
Alright then, lets get to the reviews.
TeamDimension08: Thanks for the compliment, and Naruto and Sasuke will take the place of the normal Jobros (they're not gonna die though). Tequila Joseph is second best girl...everybody knows Speedwagon is top tier Waifu material.
KarimHD: Tokyo Ghoul is one of my favorite series, so I'll throw in a reference or two, and maybe there'll be some crossover Episodes/Omakes with my other fics, who knows?
Shadowjab17: I understand the complaint about Hiruzen, since I did that mostly for humor...but, as for Kakashi not coming to the right conclusion, I'll quote a SpaceBattles user on this. "Ninja magic is so ass pull Calvin Ball in itself, that there's no reason for anyone to expect "Stand" instead of "More ninja bullshit" even if they know stands are a thing." Kakashi isn't expecting anything that well and truly messes with time, so he doesn't think of that as a possibility at all, even with his expansive knowledge.
Raidentensho: Naruto will get Hamon and The Spin...just not right away. Hamon will require Jojo to learn the technique which involves punching people in the gut, and The Spin is gonna require travel to...well, that'd be spoiling it. I'm still keeping the pairing open, with maybe a harem option, and a few OCs may be introduced to be his possible love interests. Of the two I've written down so far, Fū (Jinchūriki) and Shizuka of Nadeshiko were the first two I wrote down as considerations.
Coldblue2015: Anko is going to teach Jojo more advanced Jutsu, starting with some more Water Release techniques, as well as touching up on his Taijutsu by helping him figure out Sendo (the fighting style for Hamon-Users). He'll get more advanced in his training as the Ninja SATs draw closer. The next arc will have Jojo and Anko joining Team 8 on a mission, and encountering the Stand 「Sweet Dreams」, which I'll have to fix the rating for when I release it. Afterwards, Jojo alone will be joining Team 7 on their mission to The Wave, in which I'll have to figure out how to write Jojo saving Haku in a believable way. Ibiki will meet Jojo several times before the Chūnin Exams, but they'll know eachother in passing at most (and in their shared annoyance at Anko breaking their windows). The Arrow will show up after the Chūnin Exams, but only in a few arcs, and it isn't a Requiem Arrow (with the beetle design, that can make Stands and Requiem Stands)...that one will show up sooner than you think.
Hashirama1710: Welp...I mean, I planned it from the beginning...but it took 7 chapters for it to sink in, huh?
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