1. The goddess made a mistake!
"Find him! He wouldn't have gone far!"
"I can't sense him, Kirei-sama!" The Chunnin in red flak-jacket yelled back to his Jounin superior.
These were shinobi of Iwagakure no Sato, or the Village Hidden in Stone.
These were part of the Expeditionary Force from Iwa, sent along with forces from Kirigakure no Sato, or Village Hidden in Mist, and Kumogakure no Sato, or Village Hidden in Clouds.
The objective of this massive force?
Invasion and complete annihilation of Uzushiogakure no Sato, or Village Hidden in Whirlpools, home to the famed Uzumaki Clan, one of the greatest Shinobi Clans of the world.
These Uzumaki Clan Shinobi boast a long life, massive chakra and Fuinjutsu skills that no other Village can ever boast.
Every mediocre Uzumaki Clan Shinobi is capable of sealing or weakening Tailed Beasts, the greatest military asset of the Five Great Ninja Villages.
And this Clan has been allied with Konohagakure no Sato, or Village Hidden in Leaves, which made them surpass the other four Villages.
This supremacy had lasted since the Five Great Villages were founded, and Konoha being the first one, founded by the Shinobi dubbed as the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, didn't bode well for the other villages who always had to compete for scraps and leftovers after the majority of clients went to Konoha.
This had already led to two Shinobi World Wars, and despite various alliances, the four Villages couldn't topple Konoha from its position.
Thus, Sunagakure no Sato, or Village Hidden in Sand, decided to ally with Konoha, while the other three villages decided to ally with each other to bring Konoha down.
The first step towards this goal was to remove one of their staunchest ally: Uzushiogakure no Sato.
As such, the special units of all three Ninja Villages were sent along with special Shinobi with ninjutsu skills beyond the norm. Kiri sent their Kekkai Genkai clan Shinobi, Iwa sent their Explosion Corps and Kekkai Genkai users; while Kumo sent their Storm Release Shinobi and Lightning Corps to aid with the invasion.
Uzushiogakure had defended for three days using a Barrier Ninjutsu to keep the enemies at bay, but eventually the village began to lose its foothold, and was forced to make a last stand, when their allies failed to provide any aid.
This was all happening as was expected in the world of Shinobi, where a yellow haired loud mouthed brat brags about becoming a Hokage, and eventually is able to become strong enough to be acknowledged as the hero of the world and accomplish his dreams.
This was the world of Naruto, an anime on modern Earth, where an assassin, who was a closet otaku, watched with delight, even as he took missions all over the world to rid the world of dictators, tyrants, terrorists and zealots who wanted to plunge the world in a state of chaos and unrest.
He died during a failed mission, where his Organisation sold him out for their own profit, joining hands with the very scum of the Earth, they were supposed to neutralise as a threat.
He died and appeared before a goddess who told him she wanted someone with combat skills and a desire to cleanse the world from evil doers to take a mission for her.
The goddess wanted to "isekai" an assassin to a world where the Hero who defeated the Demon Lord became the driving force behind the complete destruction of the world.
The goddess showed him his goals and told him that she would give him some boons to select from. His target was the Hero, who was a blessed individual of the world. The Hero is the strongest being of the era, and the Goddess informed him that the Hero possessed 30 S Ranked Skills, which made him the strongest being by default. Therefore, to even the competition by a tiny amount, the Assassin would be able to choose one skill from all Ranked category and given twenty years in order to prepare.
The world followed game logic, and there were skills in the world, which were classed as Ranked Skills. D Ranked Skills were uncommon skills that consisted of skills every individual had one of, which made them different from others. From then on, C Ranked Skills were special skills, that the strong and worthwhile people possessed. B Ranked Skills were rare and the defining traits of high level warriors and adventurers. A Ranked Skills were possessed by stronger warriors and likewise heroic warriors and legendary Heroes possessed S Ranked Skills. And while possessing only one S Ranked Skill could make you the strongest Being in the world, the Hero had 30 of them.
Thus, the Goddess agreed to let him choose his skills from the list.
She also gave him a boon to keep his memories and his skill sets he acquired in his life.
He was a genius engineer who had served as a part of US Navy SEALs, and had taken part in Spec Ops with JSOC forces for ten years before working as a CIA operative for five years until he faked his death and joined the Organisation that promised him that the work he would do for the Organisation would change the world for the better.
And so, he had quickly risen among the ranks as the best contract assassin for the Organisation, even gaining infamy as the best Assassin in the world.
And wanting to actually make a difference with his skills, he decided to accept the Goddess' offer, as he quickly began to browse the list for the skills he would choose for the next life.
Unbeknownst to him, he chose a somewhat similar build as the Assassin in the parallel world chose, which was overseen by the Multiversal form of the Goddess before him.
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S Rank: [ Rapid Recovery ]
Description: Increases the recovery rate of the user's stamina, mana, healing, etc. The recovery rate is increased by a factor of 100. This multiplier can be increased with training.
A Rank: [ Archmage's Descendant ]
Description: Any spell or any energy manipulation can be deconstructed instantaneously, and replicated without any backlash or drawbacks. With this skill, the user can create new spells or modify existing spells to suit their needs. It is similar to Essence of the Archmage from the CYOA catalog.
B Rank: [ Limitless Growth ]
Description: There is no upper limit to any aspect of your potential. With enough training and practise, all limits can be exceeded, all obstacles can be overcome! Affects all skills and abilities of the User.
C Rank: [ Martial Master ]
Description: All combat arts, unarmed or armed are known and ingrained in your very soul. The User obtains enhanced combat reflexes and instincts are heightened during battle. The User is proficient with all forms of combat skills, including but not limited to, cold weapons like swords, bows, or spears, as well as sci-fi weapons like plasma cannons or laser blasters!
D Rank: [ Adaptable Body ]
Description: The skill enables the physical body of the User to withstand any physical duress and prolonged exposure makes the User immune or resistant to any conditions or status effects that could be detrimental or even fatal to others. Offers a natural resistance to heat, cold and mortal viruses and toxins.
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The Assassin wondered whether the D Rank skill was there by mistake. It looked like a gross oversight to put a skill like that there. After all, pairing Rapid Recovery with Limitless Growth could make anyone the strongest with proper training and preparation.
But, adding the D Rank skill of Adaptable Body?
He surmised he could grow stronger beyond imagination, and defeat any adversary as long as he had time to train.
He made up his mind to cheat the system and complete his contract with the Goddess.
"That is quite an interesting choice!" The Goddess looked interested as she nodded at the Assassin and told him that she would eagerly watch his adventures.
He thanked the Goddess and closed his eyes, hoping to be born as a noble in a family of Noble Assassins.
And when he opened his eyes...
He was surrounded by Ninjas who were aiming their kunai at him, and cursing at the Uzumaki Clan.
With his skills active, he quickly deduced there has been a mistake, and he was in the world of Naruto. A world of ninjas with nigh magical powers and eyes that can make you a god and aliens with parasite-like behaviour.
He used his skill, as he soon found out he was much shorter than others, and after quite some effort, managed to escape the encircling group of enemy Shinobi.
Said group of Shinobi were looking for the little boy who escaped their grasp, and who was invisible to their Sensor Ninja.
The said boy was coming down from his adrenaline rush as he tried to regulate his heart beat, as he closed his eyes.
In his mind, the Goddess was apologizing for sending him to the wrong world, and wanted him to save this world instead, so she could send him to another world.
She apologized for the confusion, and as compensation, promised to bring him to other fantasy worlds from popular media and entertainment, if he fulfilled his mission as expected.
And so, the Assassin from the other world found himself Isekai'ed to the world of Naruto by the Omnipotent Goddess by mistake!
The boy opened his eyes, as he heard some rustling and whispers from nearby.
He had quickly deduced where he was and at what point in time.
He was a boy, but he had long hair. He was currently hiding in the ruins of a house, and he had noticed the long deep red strands of his hair.
Red Hair, Uzumaki Clan, Uzushiogakure...
The picture that was painted was not very conducive to his continued survival. But the now reawakened Uzumaki boy was not a mere boy of the Redheaded Legendary Shinobi Clan! He was an Assassin with many useful skills. Granted, most skills he obtained from the Goddess were aimed towards a steady growth with training and preparation.
But he still had his Combat Mastery and his instincts and training honed with years spent in the military, then with the agency and finally with the Organisation.
He planned an escape route, as he decided to kill as many as he could, while securing intel that could aid him when he had time to digest it.
From the skirmish when he arrived in this world, he had obtained a pair of kunai and three smoke pellets to create a distraction.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath as the sounds of the enemy searching for him grew closer.
He looked at what he was wearing.
A traditional kimono, with satin laces. His wooden sandals clacked when he ran from his enemy and he had thrown them away during the pursuit.
He was bare feet now, but it was all he could manage.
He focused on his Archmage's Blessing skill as he tried to draw out the chakra his Uzumaki body should possess.
He could instantly feel it, as he decided to slowly cover his body and his feet with this chakra, as he passed it through his brain at a gentle pace.
"There he is!" "Found him!" He heard yelling, as he quickly jumped from the ledge and drove down on the unsuspecting short form of a red uniformed Shinobi.
"Garggkkh!" The kunai drove into the throat of the enemy as the boy used the falling body of his victim as a jumping board.
He twisted his body mid air as rocks flew by, missing his body by an inch...
No, not missing. One rock clipped his waist, at the wings, making him grunt, as he was thrown off his trajectory.
"He is down! Get him!"
He ignored the yelling enemies, as his mind reached a state of calm, that made his brain reach a state of focused attention.
As an assassin, he knew that stress reduces cognitive functions and releases chemicals that bring down the brain's operational capacity.
But now?
He was hypervigilant, as all his senses worked in tandem to draw information from the surroundings to aid him. He wasn't fighting his body's natural response to stress, he was working with it.
His eyes saw more, his ears processed the rustling of their clothes and the shuffling of shuriken and kunai in their pouches. He heard the chaffing of the Flak Jacket as the Jounin behind him began to weave hand signs.
He could hear it, and instinctively, he pushed a bit of chakra under his feet, using it to reinforce his legs and jump at an inhumane height and land behind one of the adult Shinobi.
"Satsuma!"
The Jounin yelled as the boy simply carved this Satsuma's spine out of his body with his sheer inhumane strength.
Chakra had reinforced his limbs, and his body was now supernaturally strong.
Normally, short bladed weapon like a kunai can never even penetrate bone deep.
Kunai and Shuriken are useful to pester the enemy, tie explosive tags on them, or aim centre mass, so that the short blades and small edges can lacerate the guts and cause internal bleeding.
But the Shinobi were astonished as the Jounin Satsuma fell to the ground as the young Uzumaki boy ripped the Jounin's spine out of his back.
"Satsuma!" The Kunoichi on his left yelled, as she stared at the boy holding the bone white spine.
"Monster!" She whispered as the boy looked up and stared at the Kunoichi.
"You invaded my village! You plan to kill my family! For what?"
Without waiting for a reply, the boy simply took the pouches on Satsuma's corpse, as he jumped again, evading the Ninjutsu aimed at him.
"Fucking Uzumaki!" The Jounin spat as the boy jumped away and ran from the enemy.
The Shinobi teams were not able to follow him, as they had to dodge the Shuriken thrown at them, which exploded into shrapnels when they came close.
The pointed shrapnels were dangerous, and nobody knew where the boy got exploding shrapnels.
"Fucking hell!"
The Chunnin cursed, as he sadly sealed the bodies of his comrades in a scroll. Letting the corpses of their friends fall into enemy hands is not something acceptable to a Shinobi.
Meanwhile, the boy who escaped had a plan.
Passing his chakra through his mind allowed him to sense chakra around him.
He couldn't differentiate between chakra or chakra types, but he could at least say one person's chakra is more in quantity than the other.
And he sensed six chakra that felt familiar, and we're running in a certain direction where many small chakra were not around.
The transmigrated boy concluded that the innumerable smaller chakra signatures were enemies, and so, he ran stealthily, avoiding all enemies, as he reached a group that we're running towards a giant building.
They were dressed similarly and not wearing any Flak Jackets, and wore similar Kimono as he was currently wearing.
As he neared, an old man from the group turned. "Arashi! What are you doing here?" The old man asked with surprise, as a woman from the group ran to hug him.
"You are okay? Oh nephew, when I heard your entourage was attacked, I feared the worst." The woman kissed his forehead as she held his small body in her arms and picked him up.
"Imma kkay." The boy mumbled as she buried his face in her plentiful bosom.
The five people consisted of three young women, one old woman and an old man.
All of them spotted a luscious red mane, even the old man and woman. Their eyes were startling purple, as the now named Arashi was carried by the woman in her arms as they began to run again.
"Come now, we can't wait here. We have to secure the Uzumaki Archives. We can't let our Fuinjutsu secrets fall into enemy hands."
With those words, the group ran inside the building, as the old woman made a handsign that closed the door, and a seal was placed on the door.
"This Way!" The old man beckoned the group, as the old woman remained behind in the same pose that sealed the door.
"I am sorry, Arashi. But it looks like the Uzumaki Clan has to make a final stand against the world, today. We can rest in peace, knowing our secrets will not fall into the hands of our killers." The woman holding the boy tried to console as she cried openly at him.
The old man looked back sadly, but they didn't stop rushing in.
They took a convoluted path, as the old man rushed inside, touching the walls, as he began to take Scrolls from the shelves.
"Wait!" Seeing the people were about to destroy the Archives, the boy looked at his massive chakra, as he looked around.
"What if there is a way to survive? What if, there is a way to protect the Archives and ensure our safety?" The boy asked with a stern voice as the women looked away sadly from his determine face.
"There is no way, Arashi. Since your father fell in battle, you are the Acting Head of our Clan. You know how dangerous our Fuinjutsu skills could be if the other Hidden Villages got their hands on them? The island is invaded from all sides and all exits are sealed. There is no way out." The old man tried to chastise the boy, as the boy shook his head.
"What if, I can do something that protects the Archive?"
The boy asked as the old man narrowed his eyes.
"How?"
The boy nodded as he looked at a sheet of paper, before closing his eyes.
Chakra rushed to the place, as the paper vanished.
The old man was about to ask, when the boy moved his hand and simply took out the same paper out of a hole in the space.
"I can store things inside. I can keep them there. And I can create a barrier that seals our chakra and makes us invisible to everyone." The boy claimed as the four Uzumaki Clan members looked in shock at each other, before embers of hope began to rise in their minds.
"The Sage blessed our Clan! We could be safe, if Arashi-sama's plan works." One of the women exclaimed as the Old Man looked unconvinced.
"What is this ability? Is it a Fuinjutsu skill?"
He asked as the boy shrugged.
"I can basically become the Storage Scroll by myself. The space inside increases as more things are added." The boy had used his Archmage's Blessing to decipher the Storage Scrolls and learn how to replicate this Fuinjutsu seal as a spell.
The A Ranked Skill made it possible to quickly deconstruct the storage scroll and modify it to suit his needs.
With a single glance, the boy began to use his chakra as scrolls after scrolls were emptied from the massive archive.
After a while, he began to store the Shelves themselves as there were simply too many in the Archive.
"This way! The important clan secrets are stored here."
The old man pulled him away, as he was done halfway.
When he entered, he saw a shelf having moved to reveal a secret passageway.
He quickly ran inside as he put entire shelves inside the space.
Unbeknownst to him, the Storage skill was expending chakra at a rapid rate, and such excessive strain on chakra could render any normal human unconscious and even cause permanently injuries to his chakra coils.
But the Adaptive Body skill, and the Rapid Recovery skill worked in tandem, as the chakra coils inside the boy expanded as ambient chakra flowed into his chakra network.
The Limitless Growth skill made this sudden change permanent, as his body was quickly growing to match the demanding strain he was exerting on his body.
The Chakra regeneration rate also was forced to increase as the S Ranked Skill worked on overdrive to repair the damage done to the body.
At the same time, his mental fortitude also had to increase and improve as a young child, despite his Shinobi lineage is not made to experience such battle stress and fatigue.
All this resulted in an increased speed in his chakra recovery rate, which the boy presumed as him getting familiar with the storage part. And he had more chakra to spare as a result of his widened chakra coils and denser chakra reserves, which the boy mistook as his skill improving the spell, which resulted in lower chakra usage for storing the Shelves of scrolls inside his space.
This storage space was like a dimension that only the boy could access. It was folded into itself, and as such, as long as the boy lived, the space would remain accessible.
The boy finished storing the secret scrolls and returned to the outside.
"Tell Obaa-chan to stop using the Barrier. Tell her to come here quick." The boy ordered in an authoritative tone, as the old man bowed in deference.
"As you command, Arashi-sama." The old man rushed out as he began to hope a little that his clan could possibly survive the genocide and the invasion of their home and their Village.
The Old Woman looked tiredly at the Old Man, as she smiled wryly.
"You finished so soon?" The old man shook his head.
"Arashi-sama did. Drop the Barrier Jutsu and come with me." Not wasting a moment, the old woman nodded as it wasn't time to question or doubt.
Their village was on the brink of extermination and the how and why could wait until later. If they survived for later, that is.
The old man and woman ran despite their aging body, as they quickly reached the inner halls where the Shelves were now missing leaving vast open spaces where the Great Uzumaki Library once existed.
"What?" Even then the old woman couldn't hold back her gasp, as she saw the empty floors with entire shelves missing.
"Where..." She began, as the young boy shook his head.
"No time to waste. Enemies are coming this way. Quickly gather near me. And no matter what, don't exert any chakra."
With those words, the entourage of five Uzumaki Clan members gathered around the boy, as he closed his eyes.
A moment later, a translucent sheen of energy spread out, as it created a bubble, even covering the ground they stood on.
It enveloped them into the bubble, as the young boy collapsed to his knees.
"Arashi-sama!" One of the three young women exclaimed as she rushed to hold the young boy in her arms.
His aunt, also came close as the five members looked worriedly at the boy and at the translucent barrier around them.
It was a bubble that exuded no chakra. And nothing was felt even from the barrier itself which should exert chakra like all barrier Jutsus, nor from the outside of the barrier.
But the one person who could answer their questions, had fallen unconscious.
Later
Within minutes, an army of enemy Shinobi came into the open space that was once the home of countless scrolls on all Shinobi techniques as well as Fuinjutsu skills. The secrets of the Uzumaki Clans were all stored in one location, as the Village was primarily home to only the Uzumaki Clan, as well as civilian merchants who lived in the village and maintained their businesses on the island which was the Uzushiogakure no Sato.
Therefore, there were no other places where important Clan secrets were stored, save for this library.
No Uzumaki was taken alive, as the Uzumaki already were fewer in number, and had not many children in this generation.
The adults fought to their bitter end, and no Uzumaki was captured alive, as they decided to activate a seal on their person that burnt their bodies upon dying.
Uzumaki Clan members had unnaturally long lifespan and massive chakra reserves. As a result, biologically they were fewer in numbers and fewer children were born from their union.
Still, the invading villages had hopes of finding Fuinjutsu scrolls and Uzumaki Clan secrets to sate their thirst for power.
The Fuinjutsu secrets alone could justify mounting such a massive allied offence of the Clan and their Village.
But, as the Jounins and Platoon Leaders of various villages arrived in the location where intel confirmed the Uzumaki Library was located, they came to a building with empty floors and marks and tracks in the floor where shelves stood.
Not a single scroll was in sight, as the Jounins looked around the building, unintentionally avoiding a small area of space.
"See if there is a basement. A hidden subsection in the wall, or some hidden floor." The Jounins commanded as the Chunnins and sensor ninja looked around and even found the Secret Library which was now empty.
Dust tracks showed there were supposed to be racks of scrolls, but there was nothing in sight.
Not even ashes from the burnt scrolls were found!
The Iwa Jounin was so angry at the Uzumaki Clan, that he ordered his Explosion Corps to raze the building down.
"Burn this shit down! Don't leave a single building standing!" He commanded as the Jounin Commander of Kiri and Kumo rushed to stop the idiot from burning the place down.
"You idiot!" The Kiri Commander yelled as the Kumo commander shook his head.
"Use your head, you blockhead. If you burn the building, any chance of finding an opening or buried storerooms where the scrolls are stored will also be reduced. We cannot find seals or secret alcoves from a razed building."
The Kiri Commander continued. "We need to look patiently as to find what happened to these shelves. They cannot store these in Storage Scrolls. Nor can they move them in such a short time. Even the ones who moved these shelves are not seen around. Which means they are hiding somewhere or have managed to escape to a safe room somewhere. They haven't left the island, we are watching. But no one was seen carrying a giant storage scroll, either."
With the Iwa Jounin calmed down enough to see reason, the three allied Village Shinobi began to look for trapdoors, or hidden seals on the walls.
But they all ignored and stayed away from a small area where no chakra fluctuated.
The spell that the boy cast, merged the chakra from the five Uzumaki and his own into the ambient chakra. He created the translucent barrier which covered them completely and created a SEP field. SEP or Somebody Else's Problem. It made the enemies ignore the area where the Uzumaki were, as the ambient chakra caused no fluctuation, as not even the most elite Sensor Ninja could sense the barrier placed.
Their eyes glazed over the SEP Barrier as the Uzumaki lay in wait in their place for three days.
They didn't need food or water, as the ninja had a durable body that could endure thirst or hunger.
Their body could also process the chakra and enable them to survive in a location without any sustenance.
The Uzumaki expended their chakra to take care of their bodily needs, as the enemies looked and looked until they were convinced there was nothing in the building.
Even as the enemies ordered their troops to bring down the building, the translucent barrier remained in place.
The Jutsus from the enemies were absorbed as pure chakra to strengthen the barrier, as not even the building crashing down on them damaged the barrier.
Meanwhile, the boy remained unconscious for three days, as the older Uzumaki members took care of the boy who saved their lives.
They were still not out of the woods yet, as they knew the moment the barrier comes down or they leave the bubble, the enemies could sense their chakra.
And they didn't know how the barrier performed, nor were they willing to take a risk at such a crucial stage.
Therefore, they voted and unanimously decided to hold their position and wait for their Clan Leader to awaken.
The boy was softly breathing as his body was still functioning.
He had no chakra, as the Uzumaki were confused how the boy was masking his chakra even as he was unconscious.
It was confusing since they could clearly see he had chakra, and a lot of it.
They clearly felt it when he arrived, and they clearly felt it when they saw him use it to create the Barrier.
But the only proof that he was alive, came from his steady breathing.
It was five days, since they remained in place under the Barrier, that the young boy woke up.
He woke up as he looked around and saw the Barrier.
"How long was I out?" He asked as the old man answered.
"Five days now. The Barrier held. Not even the collapsed building damaged it." The Old Man informed him as the boy nodded.
"And you can't sense outside this Barrier, can you?" He asked as the old man shook his head.
Rubbing his chin, the boy escaped the tight grasp of the young woman who recognised him first, and the only woman who didn't call him with a honorific "-sama".
The boy presumed she is his aunt, or some close relative, while others were distant cousins.
With that short reprieve, he looked around as the entire building had collapsed on the Bubble.
The Bubble had apparently risen above the dilapidated ruins of the building, and it had surfaced above the rubble.
The boy could clearly see that the enemy Shinobi forces had razed the buildings down, as the entire Village was leveled to the ground.
There was no one in sight, as he thought deeply about what he should do next.
The immediate point of concern was securing the entourage of Uzumaki Clan members. They were his family, or the family of this body, and pragmatically, he needed a base of support to train and stand in this world.
Also, the Uzumaki could teach him their skills, and pass on their knowledge which he could use to grow stronger.
But for that, they had to survive this ordeal.
Realistically, the invading force wouldn't leave after five days. They wouldn't have found Uzumaki scrolls, since the Library was emptied out.
Which means, they would stay and linger on for much longer until they could find something that justifies this invasion or compensates for the losses and costs incurred from this move.
Which means, the enemies haven't left. Not yet. And they are either hiding or looking for clues as to what happened to the scrolls.
Either way, he had to find a way off this island.
He turned to his Clan members.
"I can mask my chakra. It is something only I can do. I promise I will not take any risks. Not after surviving this long. I will make this barrier mobile. But we cannot go on places where we are above ground. We will find a way off this island. I am sure the enemies are still searching the island. We can escape this island and find a new place that can serve as the location of our village."
The elder Uzumaki members looked at each other and agreed.
Without wasting any time, the Barrier began to roll like a bubble, as the six Uzumaki stayed close to each other.
Since they had to move slowly, the walk across the centre of the Village to the North Western shore of the island took five hours.
The Uzumaki members couldn't risk using their chakra, and their bodies were weakened from no food or water for nearly a week.
It was after dark, that the six members finally reached the shore, as they saw patrolling Shinobi members from Iwa, Kiri and Kumo.
"We need to find a small boat, and find some food and water. Using Suiton Jutsu (Water Release Technique) for water is not a viable option. We can't drink distilled water, and we have sweated so much, we need to replenish electrolytes." The old woman helpfully suggested as the young boy nodded.
"We would board the patrol boats and find Military Rations. Water will be stored on the boats. After we secure the supplies, I would expand the Barrier to cover the boat. That is why, it should be small and fast. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to cover it."
The Uzumaki Clan nodded with determination, as the two older members made up their mind inwardly to readily use their Clan's Kinjutsu or the Forbidden Techniques to ensure Arashi-sama survives this calamity.
He was a blessing from the Sage of Six Paths, and his survival could mean a revival of their Clan.
With their individual hopes and expectations, the six Uzumaki walked along the pier as they located one small boat that fulfilled their requirements.
The six climbed along the ledge slowly, as they took care to not fall over the single plank.
They couldn't jump, or they risk piercing the barrier, that keeps them protected from being found out.
With that, Arashi stood at the fore of the small rowing boat, as the five Uzumaki members rowed the boat. Arashi had covered the boat with his barrier as they sailed the empty boat to the mid-sized ship they had their eyes on. It was just barely the size they needed for long distance travel, and Arashi could keep up the barrier for a few hours, until he dropped down again.
As the six succeeded in landing over the ship; Arashi expanded the Barrier instantly as it enveloped the entire ship.
It was a mid-sized ship, which was just barely the size of what Arashi could cover with his barrier. It had a single furled sail made of canvass cloth, and a lower deck, where he had seen three Kiri Shinobi go.
He had already planned his move, and the Uzumaki rushed out just as the Barrier covered the entire ship.
There were two Kiri Shinobi on the top deck, and the woman who held him in her arms, jumped towards the two Kiri Shinobi as she conjured two golden chains from her open palms.
As someone who had watched the anime, Arashi knew they were Adamantine Sealing Chains. These chains were so powerful, they could even bind the Bijou, or the Tailed Beasts.
And Arashi saw first hand how the chains were devastating even against normal Shinobi.
The woman had leaot towards unsuspecting Kiri Shinobi with the chains with sharp pointed ends aimed at them.
But the Kiri Shinobi were born and bred in the time, when the Mist Village was called the Bloody Kiri. Graduation ceremony at Shinobi Academy involved slaughtering your peers and your friends. And as such, the Shinobi trained in this village were ruthless, strong and possessed good instincts.
The two Kiri Shinobi dodged the strike as the golden chain struck the wooden floor causing splintered wood to blast from impact.
The woman expected as such, as she weaved through the attacks from the Kiri ninja.
Arashi looked down as one of the remaining two young women by his side to protect him, as the other one left with the old woman to find the enemy below the deck. The old man remained behind, as he stood by to offer support to Arashi's aunt who fought with the chains.
He was watching like a hawk, as he waited to capitalise on any opportunity or mistake.
Not wanting to stay idle, Arashi rushed to the lower deck, despite his minder's alarmed warnings.
Finding a store room with weapons, he found a sharp single edged sword, that he held in his right hand, as he ran to the room where he could hear sounds of metal clashing and wood snapping.
He arrived just in time to see the old Uzumaki woman push the younger woman away as a sword plunged into her gut.
One of the enemies had fallen to the ground with his neck cut open.
The other looked fine, if a little singed. He had sharp shark-like teeth as he maliciously grinned when the old woman fell.
The boy saw red when he saw this, as he instantly noted the shark-like teeth of the Shinobi and the long thin sword in his hand.
At the hilt, where there should be a pommel, was a narrow loop where the translucent line of chakra connected the end of the sword to the wrist of the Shinobi.
His mind focused as Arashi noted that he was not fighting an ordinary Shinobi, but a legendary Seven Swordsmen of the Mist: the current wielder of the legendary Sword Nuibari.
"The prey came to the shark. And just when I was getting bored. Fresh meat! And a fresh pussy, too. Good, I need a good fucking, and I can't wait to hear you redheaded slit scream!"