Naruto: Shattered Destiny

by KingdomCody

Keiki Sekine was born into this world different. He sees the world differently than anyone else, he sees it as a game. No he wasn't reborn into the role. His first glimpse of life is of a video game. Can he survive long enough to figure out how to make use of his gift, or will he be killed out of jealousy?

15. Warfare

Shattered Destiny:

Chapter 15: Warfare

-24 Chakra.

I throw the first firebolt as Zabuza and Sensei charging the wagon. Three of the four occupants make hand signs or draw weapons, the civilian jerks on the reins, trying to move the wagon out of the way of impending doom.

But it wasn't enough, the side of the wagon explodes in a blaze of fire and the horse lets out a terrified screech.

The Frost shinobi emerge from hiding and join the attack. I thought about throwing another firebolt, but ultimately decided against it.

If anyone else tries to join the fight I'll toss a few. "Are you okay?" I ask Satu, her hands are shaking.

"N-nervous."

"Common, we've been in a fight before." I say.

"You lost your a-arm!" She argues back. "W-will they be okay?"

"We fought a giant spider followed up immediately by a draugr overlord." I say turning my attention back to the fight, up the road the forward guard is rushing back to the wagon's aid.

-24 chakra.

A firebolt flies, they maneuver out of the way as it explodes.

-24 chakra.

They aren't slowing down. "Sensei, can you guys hurry up?" I murmur nervously.

-24 chakra.

I might still be a kid, but I'm not going to jump down one armed against a full shinobi team. One of the Frost shinobi teams breaks off from the skirmish to engage the newcomers. "What all can you do with that steam?" I ask Satu.

"I-I don't know… you didn't tell the others did you?"

"Uuuhhh." Did I? "I don't think so?" I try.

Satu lets out a breath of relief.

"Have you ever tried throwing steam like my firebolts?" I ask her.

"N-no!" Satu says definitively. "I can't use my steam."

"But what about in the cave?" I furrow my brow.

Not enough chakra.

I flex my hand, trying to form a firebolt to continue the support, but my chakra won't come back fast enough. "T-that was an emergency."

"You didn't know that, I might have been able to put it out." I return.

-24 chakra. +40 Elemental Ninjutsu XP (92/225)

"Yes!" I hit one of the Lightning Shinobi!

"I-I… I don't know!" Satu buries her face in her scarf and hands. "It's wrong."

"No, it's part of who you are." I put a hand on her shoulder. "You shouldn't feel bad for that."

"What about you?"

"I was born this-"

You have been discovered.

"Look out!" I pull Satu out of the way as a shinobi appears behind her.

-5 health. -5 health.

Two knives dig into my back and I let out a grunt. Another shinobi appears opposite us. "FUS!" I shout, the shockwave rips the camo net and target shinobi out of the tree.

Unfortunately it took the rest of us with it.

-15 health.

The ground is as hard as ever. The yellow portion of my health hasn't budged, but the normal part has gone down, a quarter of my health gone in an instant.

We weren't vigilant, and that cost us.

"Gah!" Satu-chan cries out, struggling with the net and branches brought with it.

-8 chakra.

Mistakes were made! I managed to blow a hole into the net, but now everything on fire.

Including us!

-8 health. +24 Elemental Ninjutsu XP (116/225)

With the hole I made we scramble out of the net and frantically try to put the fire out.

+24 Elemental Ninjutsu XP (140/225)

The Lightning shinobi trapped in the net quickly cut their way out of the net, and I'm out of chakra.

I ready a tonfa, habitually reaching for my other one but realizing yet again that I only have one arm. For now.

Satu freezes behind me as the Lightning Shinobi get into stances with kunai at the ready. The net and parts of tree are burning between us.

Kunai fly at us. "FUS!" The shockwave knocks the kunai out of the air, the shinobi dive out of the way of the blast and throw more.

With a twirl I block the Kunai.

-5 Health. +10 Block XP (30/325)

"FUS!"

Unrelenting Force is still on Cooldown.

Oh sit!

Sensing that whatever I was trying failed, the Lightning Shinobi sprint around the bonfire and charge us.

"I can't throw flames and block at the same time, Satu-Chan!" I plead with her, blocking another kunai.

-2 Health. +5 block XP (35/325)

But another one slices my chest.

-5 health.

A rush of flames passes my head, barely singeing my ear.

-1 Health.

The shinobi to my left jumps back and away from the flames. "Whoa!" I say glancing over my shoulder. Satu has a hand crooked over her mouth, a wisp of flame coming from it.

And she looks embarrassed and disappointed. I don't dwell on it too long as the shinobi to my right is still there, and this time aiming for my throat.

I put my tonfa in the way of the way, stopping it long before it can hit me.

-3 Health.

But it didn't even touch me! "FUS!" I shout angrily at him as my health bar stops flashing. He braces himself against the shockwave, but it still shoves him back a few steps.

-2 health, +5 Block XP (40/325)

+5 Taijutsu XP (10/400)

+5 One Handed XP (15/425)

+5 Taijutsu XP (15/400)

+5 Taijutsu XP (20/400)

+5 One Handed XP (20/425)

-3 health. +5 Block XP (45/325)

-2 health. +5 Block XP (50/325)

Two more shinobi join the two we're fighting. Nervously I glance over at the wagon, the wagon itself is burning away and the horse is nowhere to be seen.

"How're you feeling?" I ask Satu, the both of us are panting.

"T-this is the most I've ever…" Used your fire, gotcha.

"Common Sensei." I murmur. There's no way we're going to be able to- SWORD!

Zabuza's blade whizzes past my head, and followed not far behind by our teammate. The greatsword hits the ground and a nova of frost erupts from it.

To avoid the cold, the Lightning shinobi jump out of the way. "I noticed you could use a bit of help." Zabuza tells us.

"Zabuza-san!" I say with a large grin. "When'd you figure out how to do that?"

"Later." Zabuza retrieves his blade and jumps back with us, four on three and Zabuza's new power. "Is all that yelling the 'Shouting' that we poked fun at back at…. You know where?"

I simply nod my head. "FUS!" I shout at the Lightning Shinobi, all of them dodge out of the way.

Zabuza swings his sword, blocking his assailant. Then with quick, hefty flicks he flips the blade around and rams it into the ninja's chest, Ice spreads out from the blade and encases the unfortunate nin in ice before shattering into millions of pieces as Zabuza pulls his blade down. "Takashi-san!" One of the Lightning Shinobi shouts in horror.

It took five seconds for it to unfold, we watch stunned as the ice hits the ground.

Hefting his blade, Zabuza lays it on his shoulders, ice gripping at his clothing but not spreading. Chakra is shining through the metal with a frozen aura.

"You'll pay for that!" The same shinobi promises with absolute rage.

"You invaded our home." Zabuza readjusts his headband. "How's your chakra looking?" Zabuza glances at me.

"Not much left, probably enough for a firebolt or two." I say. "I hate only having one arm." I bemoan.

"The Frost shinobi can take care of the wagon from here." Sensei says appearing behind us.

The Lightning Shinobi ahead of us make hand signs and lightning starts crackling across their bodies and into their weapons. Wordlessly I clip my Tonfa back on my belt and hold up a sparking hand. I don't have all of my chakra back, but it's enough.

Zabuza and Sensei charge as two of the Lightning Shinobi charge. "We're back on covering fire it seems." I move my head aside as an electrified kunai whizzes past my head. It wouldn't have killed me, but I'd rather not have metal lodged into my flesh if I can help it.

I hold my hand out and Sparks fly towards the thrower.

-8 chakra. +4 Elemental Ninjutsu XP (144/225)

The Nin gets hit by the initial burst, but then dives out of the way, you could see the chakra being burned out of her.

Satu breathes more fire at the lightning nin as Sensei jumps out of the way, Zabuza Swings his blade with all of his might and- misses, his blade careens back towards me-

"FUS!" I shout at the blade, reversing Zabuza's momentum.

He carries the blade's new momentum as it cleaves into the nin who tried taking advantage of the opening. The Nin freezes as the greatsword cleaves the fragile statue in half. "This is the best blade I've ever had." Zabuza says pulling the hilt up to block a kunai coming for him.

A flurry of frost and electricity erupt from the clash. Sensei delivers a kunai to the gut in a blur.

My sparks turns into flames, and I charge the last nin, who promptly tries to run. "Don't let him escape!"

-24 Chakra.

My firebolt arcs through the sky. A shaft of flame launches past my head. I watch with bated breath as the firebolt gets close, and then the shinobi shifts aside avoiding the bolt. I missed!

The shaft hits the firebolt causing it to detonate midair.

+40 Elemental Ninjutsu (184/225)

Right next to him. The flames engulf him and once it's done he drops to the ground. "Everyone okay?" Sensei turns to us.

"Thanks for the help, I don't think I'd be able to endure a four on two." I say from the bottom of my heart.

"I couldn't let my teammates die on me." Zabuza says putting his blade on his back, clicking it into place.

Satu-chan and I collapse to the ground, that was stressful! "How'd you do that?" I ask him.

"The ice?" Zabuza guesses and I nod. "It's the sword!" A grin breaks out across his face as he taps the blade, it's still glowing with frost. "I tried performing Kenjutsu with it and it became all icy."

"Sounds like it has a seal on it." Sensei says. "Mind if I take a look at it later?"

"Sure, Sensei."

"The Wagon is secured, the fire damage is superficial." Ai tells us.

"What all's in there?" Sensei asks as she puts some cream Satu's neck.

Good thing we got out of the net when we did, she's lightly burned but nothing too bad… I hope "As we suspected, food, weapons, medicine, the works."

"Find a map?"

"The civilian had it, we let him go."

"Good, good." Sensei says. "Tend to the wounded, but make it fast."

"And the wagon?"

"Take what we can, burn the rest."

"Yes sir!" Ai relays the message to Ichiyo and his team before returning to her team.

"How long will be here?" Satu asks.

"Ten minutes is the magic number, any sooner would be a miracle, but I suspect that we'll take longer sifting through what all's here." Sensei answers automatically.

I raise my stump.

"Yes, Keiki."

"Now that we've made our first raid, won't they try harder to protect the convoys?"

"That's the plan, but first we need to recover and plan out our next move."

Five minutes later we're all gathered to go over what we found in the wagon. Koki-san found a manifest in the wagon and has just become my favorite person in the universe.

Zabuza is with sensei and some of the other frost shinobi as they plan out what we're bringing with us and what we'll burn. "What happened?" Yoko asks, poking at the cream on Satu's cheek.

"My bad." I chuckle nervously. "We were ambushed in our hiding place by some Lightning shinobi, I knocked the net out of the tree and got tangled and." I hold my hand up, flaming.

"You set it on fire with the two of you in it?!" Fumimaro asks with wide eyes.

"I blew a hole in the net for us to climb out." I try to argue, but I know how stupid it was.

"Wait, if you started the fire, how come you aren't as burned?" Koki asks.

I give Satu a questioning look and she returns a helpless one. "I heal quickly?" I try, no use in hiding it since we're going to be fighting for…. How long are we supposed to be out here for?

How long did we tell my parents that we'd be gone for? Sit. "Something wrong?" Kuniaki-chan asks as I fall onto my back.

"How long have we been out here?"

"A day?"

"No, How long have we been out of Water." I push myself back upright.

"A week, give or take a few days… how long did you guys spend in Hot Water?" Kuniaki taps her lips thoughtfully.

"Three days?"

"I thought it was four." Satu sighs.

"Felt like an eternity." I complain.

"What's wrong?"

"Before we left Sensei and I told my parents that we'd be gone for a week or two."

"That isn't happening." Koki lets out a laugh.

"I know!" I throw my arm and stump out. "They're going to kill me when we get back."

"Will that be before or after the Lightning shinobi get you?" Koki continues to chuckle.

"This isn't funny!" I pout with my palm on the ground.

The smoke from the wagon burns in the distance behind us as we leap from branch to branch. None of us speak, nobody moving ahead or behind to chat with the other teams. If I had a knife out I bet I could cut the tension that was smothering us.

I just wish this pack wasn't so heavy.

Where are we going anyways? I never saw the map... Just follow sensei, she knows where we're going.

I hope. "This should be far enough away, let's set up camp here for the day." Sensei says.

"Finally!" I stress as we head for the ground.

The frost shinobi follow suit. Most of us collapsing to the ground in exhaustion the moment our feet touch the ground. "Ai, I want your team on trap duty."

"Yes, sir!"

"Does that mean-"

"Yes Kuniaki-kun, we're not resting just yet." Team Eight reluctantly sets out.

"Ichiyo, how bad is your team's wounds?" Sensei turns to Team Five.

"Fumimaro lost a lot of blood, she'll have to spend a day or two recovering."

"Set up camp, Team four we're going to survey the area."

"Ah man." I mumble.

"No rest for the weary." Zabuza pats my shoulder.

"I know, I know." With a sigh I follow in my team's footsteps.

Authors Notes: I'm so sorry for the late upload please forgive me! This took awhile to write out but I hope the wait was worth it, I hope and pray that it doesn't become a habit that uploads take so long to come out. But regardless I hope you enjoyed this and the previous bits and I hope you'll stick around for more!