No one likes hospitals.
It was pretty universal to dislike them actually, after all what kind of lunatic liked being strapped to a bed against their will?.
Probably not the type of people children should associate with without supervision. An maybe a cross.
Why bring up hospitals?.well they had suddenly become a popular topic for a group of 3 boys who were all laying in hospital beds either bored out of their minds, incredibly sore all over or both.
Rikimaru sighed for what had to have been the 10th time that morning, he like his fellow teammates (one temporary) was covered in bandages, especially around his head that had taken the most beating in the fight that had taken place just 2 days ago which had mostly healed leaving him only feeling lightly sore and with the occasional head ache.
Nothing too bad in his opinion, considering he and his companions should of easily bit the bullet several times over that day he would counted all of his minor injuries as a blessing.
He was in the best shape of all three an it only seemed to get worse with the others two. His legitimate teammate Shinji suffered some minor internal bleeding when 2 of his ribs were cracked from being knocked out by the enemy leader .
He recovered of course, his ridiculously high Chakra levels gave him a strong vitality,add a team of skilled medical Ninja's an some luck an they were able to stop all bleeding and mend his bones in practically no time. He was currently sitting up on his own bed with his hand clasp together as he preyed silently.
Shinji had always been superstitious like that, he truly believed that some floating God was out there watches out for you and guilds you through struggles..
He's been doing that constantly since he woke up in the hospital, thanking God for sparing their lives he said.
Rikimaru shook his head laying further into his bed. As far as he was concerned, if there really was a God where the fuck was he when the world went to hell two days ago,taking a nap?. Good people died fighting tooth an nail to protect their friends an families.
no thanks to some omnipotent idol.
Whatever, he was too tired to care, let the crybaby believe what he wanted of it made him sleep at night. In the corner of his eye Rikimaru spotted the rooms finally dweller,Choji Akamichi.
He was easily in the worse condition as from his feet up to his neck was covered in gaze bandages an his left arm was in a case. It seemed he had somehow managed to gain a long list of injuries that day including, bruises, hairline fractures,jagged cuts and to top it all off a wicked case of chakra exhaust that took several hours of doctors pouring their own chakra into him to stay alive from.
He could still remember the medics scrambling over him when they were all brought to the hospital screaming he was gonna die from damaged chakra coils if they didn't act fast.
One full day and a miracle of medicine later they have a very much alive but laid asleep Choji Akamichi propped up on several pillows provided by greatful villagers who all practically worshiped him.
Yeh about that, you wouldn't believe it but well after somehow pulling a victory out of his ass that with some sort of instant kill jutsu that made legends about the 4th hokage seem less bullshit by comparison, Choji as soon as word spread was instantly hailed as a hero to the surviving civilians of the hidden waterfall and so were he an Shinji to a smaller extent.
It was the reason their health took the higher priority when they were given First Class medical aid while in the hospitals in worse conditions had to stay in over crowded rooms with over worked doctors having to juggle 10 or more at a time each. It almost made him feel guilty to know he could have half the staff rush to their room with just one ring of a bell.
Almost. He actually enjoyed being pampered for once, constantly having to count every ryo he could save in an orphanage then a tiny 2 room apartment made him want to enjoy the good treatment he was getting.
Too bad it was boring sitting in bed all day.
In the two days since the invitation turned blood bath alot of things happened that he was thankfully awake to find out.
One being that all the villages Ninja's had finally returned an work was being done to search and kill any possible Ninja's associated with the (dark wind) along with fortifying a ACTUAL defense for the village now that the secret to the villages entrance was now soon no doubt going to become public knowledge making the villages military seriously rethink their security an had a feeling there would be a lot less Ninja's out on missions from now on as many would probably stay back to defend the village.
The second thing he learned was that over 1/5 of the hidden waterfalls population was now dead.
A bone chilling revolution that Rikimaru knew for a fact would devastate the village for a long time, he had seen the horror personally himself and it would haunt him forever.
To feel fear for his life every second, to see the people you've bared arms with be slaughtered like cattle, to see children ripped apart before his very eyes then hours later be picked up an sobbed over by mournful parents .
It was inhuman,if someone as usually emotionally detached as him could feel bile rise up his throat just thinking about it he could only imagine the hell the people who actually knew the departed must feel after surviving that..
Carnage. it was the only word for it.
Carnage incarnate.
It was a stain on his remaining innocence as a child and mark of a milestone growth in his career as a trained killer. He was no fool,he fully understood he was no hero but a murderer-in-training that basically took lives for money and knew horrors like this would one day become common and he would end up being tasked to be the cause of several. He always prided himself for always being disillusioned, Unlike his peers who fell for all the lies of glory and Will of fire nonsense that they were all indoctrinated with during academy days , Rikimaru saw it for how it was.
They weren't the good guys.
They were never anywhere near decent to begin with. All you do is pick a side -anyside an there you go, that's your GOOD side that you think could NEVER do no anything wrong and all bad actions done in it's name are justified in your controlled mind.
Then instantly anything different from your side is the enemy that your superiors tell you to murder in cold blood. It didn't matter if you were a konaha ninja or from the sand, the moment you decide fame an fortune or some other bullshit was more important than another human beings life you lost the right to preach about morals.
Which is why he just couldn't stop glaring at the sleeping boy across the room from him an Shinji. His dislike of the boy was nothing new but oddly it wasn't his usual anger of Choji's standing as a clan member,which of whom Rikimaru hated with a envious passion, especially with the boy being a heir to one of konaha's 4 noble clans.
That alone should put him at the center of his hatred.
An yet he felt no ill will to him anymore.
And that was the cause for Rikimaru's new found frustration,the boy represented everything he hated from delusions of heroism to being born with a silver spoon.
He had spent much of the morning trying to build up his old hatred for the boy but at best he could only find mild annoyance an a feeling of.. Rivalry?.
It sounded wrong even to his own mind but he was actually starting to see the boy drooling on his pillow as something worth matching himself up Against as a shinobi. Be it be from a feeling of debt for being the reason he still drew breath or envy of the power he wielded to finish off their monsterious foe, he just couldn't hold the boy to the same level of scorn he gave the rest of his kind.
It was infuriating to realize that he had some how managed to get under his skin, he had long since told himself that people like him were all the same, rotten, spoiled, arrogant and not to be trusted.
But someway somehow the Akamichi had gotten passed his iron resolve.
An that unnerved Rikimaru greatly.
Fu really didn't like, hospitals.
An not for the normal reasons like most would from either boredom or the feeling of cabin fever that eventually bothered most patients who had to stay for long periods, especially if they were more of a outdoors type.
No her reason for not liking hospitals was the constant fear, the fear that she would be poisoned by a "accidental" over dose of pain medication that never seemed to work or be smothered in her sleep, this was why she stayed awake the past 2 nights and constantly kept watch using her sensor ability just in case someone tried to end her life when she was most vulnerable. As a result she was exhausted.
The only silver lining in the whole mess was that her injuries were mostly gone, when she was dragged in by the rescue team that found her along with few other survivors after the battle,Her body was covered in welts an deep cuts along with severe bruises around her neck from being strangled that left her on a neck brace.
It always amazed her how easily physical injuries healed practically over night, at first when she was small an even more foolish she thought it meant she was special, like she was from a great clan of healer's who were blessed with amazing vitality.
What a laugh. As far as she knew her father was a town drunk who forgot to pull out and her mother a common whore who died of illness.
No one would tell her otherwise, it was probably a just a rumor that got twisted over time an was spread by vengeful people looking for a way to vent their anger.
Either way it did the trick to completely bury all hope she had in finding any ties in family. If she had any.
She had asked many times but all she got was either annoyed looks or a repeat of the village motto, 'for the good of the village '.
When she was younger she would constantly suffer from health complications due to carrying her prisoner.
She wasn't originally born destined to be it's next carrier nor was her blood connected to any clans who's genes were compatible to handle the bijuu's chakra. She just happened to be born on the same day the old jinchuriki had enough suffer an ended his own life.
So in a rushed decision to preserve their greatest weapon a sacrifice had to be made, 'for the good of the village ' she was always told whenever she would ask her chief why she had to bare with it.
Once not too long ago she accepted that answer with a fake smile an nod, obeying an pretending she understood, but after years of this she could slowly feel her mask cracking more an more.
For the good of the village ,had started to leave a very bitter taste in her mouth, so bitter she could barely hold back a scoff or frown.
It was driving her mad, which made the monster buzzing around her head grow more an more loud. she could could hear it, clawing at the back of her skull. Whispering things to her in her sleep, telling her to let go. Let it seek vengeance for everything they did,all the things she had to give up.
Sorry, you can't leave the village,its for the good of village you stay inside at all times.
Bzzz...
You can't be on a genin team, it might be dangerous for the other students if their targeted because of you. Think of the good of the village.
Bzzz.
You do realize your the only female to have become the 7 tails right..
Bzzz.
Your going to have to learn to make sacrifices, sacrifices that are for the good of everyone here who lives in the village.
bzzz.
The seal you hold has always been placed on men.. Women are far too much of a risk during certain complications...
BZZZ.
So for the good of the village fu... you aren't allowed to ever have children.
BZZZ!
this had almost broken her, It was in the edge of her mind everyday since she was told this less than a month ago. The idea of how offspring were made still eluded her due to her extremely poor education .
that was probably done on purpose.
To make her lack interest in making family of her own one day, to find even a little bit of happiness in someone with her own flesh and blood running through them.
The monster in her head would whisper these thoughts occasionaly, either it was trying to rub salt in her wounds over her own ignorance and restrictions or was genuinely trying to make her spark ideas of treachery and treason. More than once did she think about attacking them, using her power to get back at them, but she always stopped that train of thought before it led her into a dark place.
She wasn't as smart as she knew she should be at her age. Her grammar was awful along with her mannerisms which most of the time was childish at best or awkward at worst. More than once had she been called mentally ill in a off handed comment between whispering villagers which her damn enhanced hearing always tormented her with.
She could barely read -which Didn't help prove her intelligence - and she didn't have a dime to her name.
She was always provided for of course.
A roof over her head in the form of a small hunt all to herself and three square meals a day given to by the Chief who always assured her it hadn't been tampered With, sometimes desert if she stayed out of trouble.
It was nice.
It was better than sleeping outside, she tried to tell herself that as a small child whenever the loneliness would set in as she thought of what a loving mothers embrace would be like to keep her warm when all she got was cold glares or a strong father to keep her safe from all the venomous words.
But like always she bared with it.
For the fucking good of the village.
She had planned to run away.
She had already packed -the very little she had- into her red duffle bag and set out to leave in the evening when no one would notice her exit the village an spend the following night getting as much ground away from the village as possible, maybe just give up being a ninja entirely, pretend to be a orphan civilian girl an find a nice civilian family to live with as the daughter they always wanted.
A generic happy ending that had zero chance of happening, but she was hopeful -desperate - enough to try.
Or at least that was the plan.
Somehow her master mind escape plan was derailed on the count of having to save some boy from drowning.
The frown on Fu's face instantly morphed into a smile that just seemed to grow bigger the more her mind thought about that meeting.
In the span of day he had broken all of her mental barriers an made her feel.. purpose,like she matter.
It was mostly just imprinting on her part. Finding someone even remotely nice to her was very rare, she just couldn't help latching onto him, his half handed praise felt like warmth in her veins, his concern for her safety made her feel wanted or precious.
It was pathetic.
She was basically a dog who finally got it's ear scratched for the first time. She on a level knew this was sad, to think someone she didn't even know the last name of was easily now the most important person in her life, her friend, her best friend... Only friend.
And boss.
She smiled a little more thinking that. She knew it was silly to resort to such nonsense, claiming the title of sidekick. But she was she woke up in the cave without him she nearly cried thinking he wasn't real, that their meeting was all a figment of her imagination an The despair of cold loneliness cloughed her heart again.
When she realized he wasn't a dream She thanked whatever luck she had, but then the worry set was no real connection between them, they had only been around each other due to being forced to by the weather, the moment he left to find his team he would forget about her, so in desperation for a life line to him she started talking nonsense about wanting to be his sidekick on his "secret mission ".
She fully expected to be completely rejected, an while he didn't seem happy about it he finally accepted her when she showed her usefulness in tracking.
If she had a tail it would of no doubt wagged wildly when he praised her for her help.
So pathetic.
But then ..
She clenched the bed sheets hard with the smile on her face whipped away an orange eyes now stony and cold.
The good of the village made her had to betray him.
She should of lead him down the secret entrance herself, she should of defended him when her chief argued to leave the villagers for dead in order to save the sacred water -not that she cared for those monsters .
She could still remember the look of disbelief on Choji's face when she yelled at him.
{well fine!, go get out of here an die like a pig!, see if I care! }
She felt bile on the back of her throat just thinking of how much that hurt to say to him. But she had no choice. She had nothing and the only person who kept her provided with her basic needs was the one Choji was defying. going against him would... would be wrong?.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you~ Another whispering from the monster that made her curl up on her bed.
A God dog only listens to one master~
Stop
She was shaking now.
A bad dog starves, a bad dog is beaten, a bad dog dies!~
Stop!.
A good dog kills all fake masters!~
"STOP! ",fu screamed in tears cloughing her head as the buzzing sound seemed to only get louder .
She was now thrashing on the bed clamping her ears shut an bowling, begging for someone -ANYONE - to come an help her.
That's when she felt something silky get tangled on her leg. Looking down ready to rip whatever it was off her only to freeze.
It was choji's scarf.
Her inner turmoil fortgoten she scrambled over to it an held it like it was the most important thing she's ever possessed. She gave it a once over taking note of every thread an sighed in relief seeing that it had no rips in it.
How was she supposed to look her boss in the face if she damaged it?. She couldn't let anything happen to it!.
A good dog licks it's masters feet,hoping to be patted on the head~
She didn't even pay the voice any mind as she curled up with the scarf with her eyes getting heavy.
Usually she would think such a action of sleep in a hospital with no form of defense to be gambling with her life
But right them she almost felt.. Safe.
"bullshit!"
"language "
"your can't be serious, theirs no way that happened!" A young man in a blue male nurse's outfit said to the elderly woman next to him cross the table, they were both on a short lunch break from their shifts at the pacts hospital.
"it's true Mikoma,i saw it with my own eyes, the boys arm was practically tattered meat held together by flesh an crushed bone but practically the next day 70% of the arm was healed" his elderly sempai and medical mentor said easily, not really seeming upset about his tone or language.
"but that's impossible!, I know he's a konaha ninja and all but even they must have limits on the kind of bullshit bloodlines they have, I mean come on,bone regenerative super healing!,that's some amateur fantasy Novel shit right there" he argued.
"language mikoma" the elderly nurse chitted,"your definitely not doing good for this old woman's nerves by using foul words, do you want me to put you on sponge bath duty again? " she threatened calmly sipping her tea.
Her young pupil paled,he almost barfed just thinking about last time he was made to give a sponge bath. it was to a very confused blind old man who thought he was a girl an kept telling him to scrub "lower"
...never again.
"good then let me finish, I agree it's nonsense to think it's possible to heal from a injury like that in the span of 24 hours, ignore the fact that the chakra pathways in his arm were completely ripped apart from what must of been an extremely powerful surge of chakra focused there, but the bones in his hand up to his elbows were completely crushed, almost as if his arm was pulverized under sledgehammers" the elder nurse explained calmly as if talking about the weather. Living through 2 ninja wars as a medic gave her years of experience dealing with wounds several times more gruesome.
"so it really was a healing ability then?, like the uzumaki clan was rumored to have before they were wiped out? " Mikoma was actually getting curious, he had never worked on patients with bloodline abilities before.
The elder nurse shook her head, "no, impossible, the boy is a akamichi an as far as I know from looking over his blood work there is non of that red headed seal obsessed lunatic blood running in his veins,and even if there was it wouldn't matter, when he came in he was seconds away from death from severe chakra exhaust,there would of been nothing left to heal himself with " she explained.
"so how the hel-heck did his arm suddenly get fixed? "
"better " she corrected.
"what? "
"it became better, not fully healed, and it definitely boggles the mind how it happened, take note that his arm was the only part of his body that rapidly healed,the rest of his body stayed at a normal healing rate almost as if something specifically his his arm healed itself"
"like what? "
"again we're not sure, but I have a hunch" the old woman said with a twinkle in her aged eyes
"I'm listening ",he may not show it at times but Mikoma always thought highly of his sempai, she had taken him under his wing the very moment he took interest in medicine, he had grown to learn that her wisdom was always valuable.
"tell me what do you know of the 7 tailed bijuu? ",she said out of the blue throwing him off.
"that it's a fucking monster that the first hokage cursed us with" his answer was simple but with obvious spit. The topic was considered taboo for a reason, no one liked to think one of those things was within the village.
"language, I mean more specifically, it's legends an ability's " the old nurse chitted once more.
Mikoma sighed leaning into his chair "I don't get were your going with this but I guess I know just about as much as everyone else does ",he poked around his cup of ramen as he recalled all he knew about the subject, "it's a kami only knows how old demon that terrioried the sky's and can command bugs"
His mentor gave him a deadpan stare as if expecting more "that really not that much now is it, why did I make you my pupil again? ",she was only teasing of course, it was practically tradition for her to poke fun at his lack of knowledge of uncommon things, it was her way of keeping him on his toes.
Plus she got a kick out of flustering the little brat.
"well what do you expect, they don't really teach this sh-crap in medical school! " he defended,cheeks blushing from embarrassment of his own ignorance.
He hated when she did that!.
Chuckling at his response she fanned her hand showing she was only playing "settle down I'm just having a bit of fun is all, now then what do you know of the demons past hosts?, what abilities do they gain from it as carries? "
"not a clue, seriously is there a point to this? "
"yes there is, you see out of all the tailed beast the 7 tails is considered the one who gives it's host everything and takes everything "
This promoted a raised eyebrow "OK now you lost me,what do mean by that? "
"imagine if you were given the power of flight ,strength, high durrability and regeneration? " she asked taking another sip of tea.
"well then I'd be a bad ass super ninja kicking everyone's butt!, er not that being a medic is bad too " he said scratching the back of his head.
In his head he was still imagining himself as some super cool borderline God swooping down an busting bad guy skulls.
And maybe a harem while he was at it!.
"an all it would cost you was your sanity.."
That destroyed his fantasy instantly as his blue haired head snapped back to his mentor who looked frighteningly serious suddenly.
"Imagine a life where you are complaining isolated to an even worse extent then all other jinchuriki as what separates your from other humans is far more obvious than them"
Mikoma stayed silent as the mood of the conversation took a darker tone.
"being told to stay away from children your own age for parents feared of you accidentally killing them with your own uncontrollable strength, loose all hope to be seen as normal with wings sprouting out of your body"
He gulped as his own fantasy started to warp into a nightmare with every word she spoke as the scenario's discribed started playing out in his head making him frown.
" An regrowing limbs like a cockroach after they've been severed"
He could easily see people looking at him differently if that were to happen. Then a startling thought crossed his mind regarding the villages current jinchuriki.
'wait did that!.. no.. We hate her but we... No one would go that far... right? '
"no one in their right mind would be crazy enough to get anywhere near a person like that. Someone who is more monster than human, who can barely relate to other humans due to being cut off from all human interactions from either fear or hatred. even your own family would want nothing to do with you."
Mikoma had always considered his life boring an lack luster, he was barley out of his teens an his only accomplishment was barely scratching a pass onto the medicine field and even then he was just a no name scrub.
Now that he realized just how good he had it compared to others,he actually felt ashamed for wanting more.
Looking away from her sandwich the exhausted nurse sighed at her young aid in has been explaining to him some of the many injuries their people had suffered leaving most of the hospital staff over worked with just barely enough time to eat an rest.
He had been listening to her explain different procedure's she used to patch up gashes and reset limbs when the topic of "the three heroes " came up.
She was talking about the Ninja's from konaha who had somehow managed to win in the battle for the villagers lives saving them all -her included.
It had only been 2 days but they were already being used as a political symbol of hope by the village elders to quill the panic and worry in the villagers who were all suffering from great losses. Oh she knew exactly what the village council was up to.
She hadn't managed to live past her 60's on pure luck Alone, her mind was always her greatest tool, she had seen the rise an fall of some of the villages cleverest tricksters who now sat on their high horse's telling the masses what's up or down.
She knew those poor boys were just being hyped up as Savior's as a way for the people to shift their focus to cheering in gratitude for them -not that they didn't deserve it - instead of looking into the bigger issues of the incredibly poor management the village has had in terms of both security an economic's.
The aftermath of the attack would leave many distraught, angry and poverty would be on the rise. Many homes an businesses were destroyed along with crops that they needed the most this time of year as the time grew closer to winter.
No doubt after this the village will basically be at the mercy of konaha as they would be forced to rely heavily on them for financial and medical support after this.
They did have the best healer's after all and she knew that the list of injuries the villagers sustained just seemed to get higher an higher by the hour.
By the end of the decade or even sooner,she could already see the hidden waterfall be completely absorbed by konaha from just the build up of debt alone.
An those poor fools cheering outside didn't even have a clue.
"so what are you trying to say, that the current host isn't bad? And how does this relate to the boy's arm? " Mikoma finally said after coming to terms with everything she said.
He wasn't sure what to think anymore, he had never once tried to see things from a jinchuriki's point of view, he just went along with idea of them being evil because what they held inside them was evil, but with the revolution of the isolation one must feel everyday of their lives it was a miracle the girl hadn't snapped by now.
Kami knows if it was him with all the pressure and hate directed on him everyday he would ... he would of -a memory of the day the previous host flashed before his eyes making him pale.
"I'm not telling you what to think when it comes to the pitiful little girl" his mentor said cutting his train of thought. "but I suggest you bare all that in mind the next time you see her on the street, a little support here an there can do wonders for anyone's mood"
The boy snorted, despite his inner thoughts he still wouldn't even bother glancing twist at the little monster... Even though deep down he was feeling a little sorry for it.
...Maybe he could spare a loaf of bread or two the next to he walked past her on the street.
"As for your second question,do you remember the day they were all brought in?, the girl was a sobbing mess clinging onto the Akamichi's body. The rescue team was forced to restrain her with seals but that didn't stop her from flailing around kicking an screaming. They eventually knocked her out just so they could retrieve the boy an rush him along with the other survivors here for surgery" she explained laying down her now empty cup and whipping her lip with a napkin.
Another eyebrow was raised "so what, is there a connection here?,just sounds like the little brats got a crush to me " he said absentmindedly. To him it was just a simple answer as a young girl catching feelings for the "hero" of the village.
Nothing new there, if he wasn't wrong he knew that a fan base amongst the young women of the village was forming around the three boys from konaha.
that Shinji kid was aparrently the most popular right now on a count of being the "sensitive one".
The deadpanned stare he received from his mentor made his wonder what he said wrong. "sorry I keep forgetting your very dense " she said shaking her head lowly mumbling what was she going to do with such idiot for a deciple.
"HEY! " he said offended only to grumble as the old woman laughed at his out burst making him flush again for falling into another trap.
She stopped laughing with a pregnant pause"yes I think there is a connection, but no it's definitely not a romantic sort of infactuation, or at least not a healthy one" she said getting serious once more.
"jinchuriki have been known to be very... Obsessive with people close to them" she chose her words very carefully,"even if it's someone they have only known for a short period time with the bare minimum of kindness leaves a big impact, you would be surprised how far a jinchuriki would go for someone they have claimed as precious" she knew first hand how irrational one would become, she had seen many horrors committed by them to protect those closest to them while serving on the field during war time's."add in her mental instability from isolation an lack of alternatives in a seemingly hopeless situation. I think the girl may have been desperate enough to do something... Dangerous to save that boys life" yet another puzzle she had laid on the table to confuse him.
"Ok will you please stop being cryptic an tell me already " mikoma said getting frustrated.
The old war veteran aloud a smile to grow on her face "where's the fun in that dear boy, haha".
A tic mark formed on his forehead making her fan her hand at him indicating she was only joking as she calmed down her laughter.
"forgive this old woman will you, age seems to be rotting her memory, remind me again what the carrier of the 7 tails is capable of " she said feinting ignorance as of she didn't already know.
"wha-seriously, your the one that just told me!, ah fine you said something about flight, strength, durrability an regenera-" his brown eyes widened with revelation.
"...no fucking way.. I-is that even possible" he whispered out dumbfounded.
Even with the shit eating grin on her face she didn't skip a beat "language, And as far as even the head doctor knows it isn't,a bijuu's chakra is more corrosive than poison even just a little bit should be fatal, but I've learned over the years to always keep an open mind to the possibilities of the improbable happening" she said calmly, enjoying how frustrated he looked trying to make sense of what she was telling him.
"but it should of killed him!, regular human beings can't stand its power! " mikoma shouted. Nothing she told him was making any sense!.
"it's quite simple really... you can't kill what was already dead"
A cold chill went up his neck as his mentor's voice had a very grim edge to to it an her face seemed to have grown extra wrinkles in that moment.
"I've seen his scans over an over again dozens of times, not even an ounce of his own chakra was left in his coils when he was brought here, the boy sleeping in the recovery wing should be dead right now" her tone was dead serious he know she was no longer joking an telling him the truth.
"but that's -"
"impossible?,yes it is,my theory is that whatever it was that happened to him left him completely drained extinguishing his last spark of chakra, essentially "killing him" as his heart would no longer have anything left to power it" she explained, already prepared for his question.
"and the girl-"
"did the impossible an restarted his spark using the demons chakra which powered his heart to beat again giving him a temporary extension in life for as long as the power she gave would last, an from the looks of the fist sized hole found on the chest of rouge leader's corpse I'd say the boy put all his new found power there"
"wait so if that's the case how is he still breathing much less making a recovery?,you said the demons power was only temporary so shouldn't his heart stop again without any chakra to pump it? ",this was madness!,what she just said defied modern medicine!.
"he's fat"
"...what? ",he could of sworn a screw in his head just went loose.
"I said the boys fat" she repeated simply.
"...i don't... How is that in any way important right now! " he shouted but was silenced by the old woman raising her hand halting his speech.
"In his medical reports we found traises of a certain chemical compound in his body, it's soul purpose seemed to be to covert certain cells into chakra, they seemed to have already mostly run its course by the time he was brought in but there was still small traises of it still in his system converted as many of those cells as possible to help fuel the spark during surgery" she said filling in the blanks and watching his face go from shock to awe at the very implications of such a thing.
"that's incredible" he breathed in disbelief "konaha really has something like that in their arsenal?, kami, no wonder that village is so damn strong,to think they could make a chemical compound that artificialy create's chakra,it just insane "
"actually, it's not a village wide used resource, its a weapon used by a single clan" she corrected
"This compound is something only the Akamichi clan is capable of withstanding it due to them having an abundance of the certain cells which are used in the conversion, most others would die even with the lightest dose otherwise"
"what type of cells,blood? " his curiosity was at its highest to know what the secret element to this miracle in science was.
She couldn't help smirking, "like I said... He's fat"
she oh so loved watching the gears turn in her pupils mind as in 3 full seconds he fell off his seat clutching his stomach laughing.
"haha.. Haha HAHAHAHA!, NO FUCKING WAY HAHA!" he was pounding his fist on the floor laughing harder than he ever had in months.
"Language" she said out of habit but in reality was chuckling lightly herself,"guess I'll be making sure they add lots of meat an cheese to his diet from now on,maybe get the local baker to prepare some cakes" she snickered as mikoma laughed even harder.
"HAHAHA I CAN'T BREATH HAHAHA! "
"You dis-obeyed my direct order, showed an outsider the secret entrance risking not only your life but also the villages treasure along with causing me to have to send Fu to bring you back-I'm waiting for a thank you by the way - an even now you refuse to follow one simple instruction!" shouted Shibuki to the person sitting up on the hospital bed in front of him with his arm folded in rebellion.
"I' . " said the 7 year old boy with a stony look in his big gray eyes that looked back at his village leader with disgust.
Shibuki sighed then leaned closer to the boys level trying for a more softer apporch "look mako you're a smart kid, you have to understand the position I'm in right now, sure people are cheering now but that's not gonna last forever,things are gonna get more difficult for the village going forward and people are gonna be looking for someone to pin all the blame on" he reasoned trying to sound as genuine as possible.
"I won't do it",it didn't seem to work as the boy still refused an glared at him harder, which was just ridiculous with how small he was, then again the boy had just two days ago went through a miniature war. Seeing half the things he did at his age would mature anyone.
But that didn't stop shibuki from trying as he rested a hand on the boys shoulder hoping he could get him to listen "you know what's gonna happen, they won't see the bigger picture here, I was looking out for the village's own interests, they're gonna end up putting the blame all on me when things go bad an the elders are practically drooling at the chance to take over if I'm gone, you wouldn't want that right? " he asked sweeting slightly with a almost panicked look on his face.
"..."
"look I'm not even asking for much, its just a little tiny white lie is all, I'll give you anything you want afterwards" he was definitely sweeting now as the boy just continued to give him his cold glare.
" you just have to tell a few people I organized the whole thing, from you freeing the people who were about to be hanged to the defeat of the rouges leader, nothing too hard right ,people will come to their senses an see I'm a great leader an then we c-"
"I SAID I WONT!" the boy shouted finally having enough. His shout shocked the young chief into silence.
"you.. You didn't do ANYTHING!" the boy continued letting out all his inner anger."you just sat there while everyone was suffering, it was choji onii-san's plan,all you wanted to do was hid like a c-coward!" he would of gladly said more if not for shibuki holding him up by the scruffy of his shirt glaring daggers down at the child clearly have enough of his disrespect.
"listen here boy, it's not just my life's on the line here and if you don't do this we're all fucked!" he cursed harshly making the boy flinch but he still managed his own glare never the less. "you think I'm bad?, HAH!, I'm a saint compared to those elder's, these sick bastereds are the reason why little kids like you go missing at night!" his glaring eyes squared off with Mako's practically daring him to talk back."for better or worse boy, you NEED me to stay in charge, got it! " he was so angry he didn't even hear the foot steps.
"I think what my son needs is to be put down "
Spinning around in a fright shibuki nearly had a stroke when he saw the tan broad shouldered man enter the room with a frown directed at him.
"k-ken-san I was just -"
"letting my boy go an getting out of this room, after all it would be unfortunate if you were to have an accident, especially when they're would be no witnesses around to say otherwise " he was obviously gesturing to the cutlass strapped to his back, ever since the attack most civilians had taken to carrying weapons.
Despite technically being a ninja himself shibuki never had the guts to fight battles of his own so he did as he was told releasing mako an leaving through the open door, but not without giving the smirking boy on the bed getting his hair ruffled by his father one last glare.
"this isn't over boy" he spat out.
Mako's response was just to stick out his tongue.
...Deep within choji's subconscious...
'well' , said a dark figure covered in a reddish black glow to a figure covered in white light standing next to him with his arms folded, both beings bared a striking resemblance to choji in his actual age during his teen years at 16.
'well what?' the glowing white one said back raising a brow at his twin polar opposite.
'what YOU mean what!,we died again! ' the darker one shouted hotly.
' we didn't really die, our heart just stopped for a little while ' the lighter corrected with a figure raised.
'that's the same fucking thing you prissy cunt an you know it!,see this is what I keep saying, all being goody two shoes does is get us killed! ' the more fiendish twin barked harshly.
'firstly language , secondly we are still alive aren't we' the more proper twin reasoned, this only seemed to irritate his other half even more.
'yeah barely, by some miracle choji still draws breath,but not for long I bet with your bleeding heart running the show! '
'once again it's called being BRAVE' he said putting alot of power behind the last word.
'And once again I'm gonna call it being a dumbass!" the darker one yelled.
Calming down slightly the darker took to grumbling about how much more easier life would be if he was in power "if it was me in control I would of left that brat for dead an safe in konaha by now,my only worries would trying to get a couple inches deep in some broads pu-"
'LANGUAGE!' the lighter one cut in flushing up a storm.
'pussy' whether it was an insult directed at him or just to finish his crude sentence light was not sure he wanted to know.
Sighing in frustration with his polar opposite light just shook his head 'can't we just stop fighting for once an focus on the more important issue we currently face'
'what issue' only for light to point behind him to the glowing green ball of light that definitely wasn't supposed to be inside of the time traveling boys head.
'oh that... Thought something was different in here' dark said in confusion of the floating orbs presence, in all of their existence inside the boys mind they had never seen anything weird like it.
Though a couple wet dreams about hinata's mom did match this in terms of weirdness.
'what do you think it is? ' light asked his twin as get walked up closer to the orb to get a better look.
'if you don't know how the fuck would I know, as much as it makes me sick to my stomach we're the same person remember shit for brains' the other half though opposite the two shared everything as being the same person as a whole,they just tended to often disagree about the choices they make.
'then by that logic your insulting yourself ' light pointed out.
'...shut up'
'but seriously though whatever this is it's not active see' light said reaching out for the orb.
'the FUCK are you doing!" dark shouted just before his twin could make contact with the green orb, "don't you know that the guy who always messes with strange shit is the first to get killed off in every movie! '
Light deadpanned at his double 'oh please,things that happens in movies aren't real' light said simply as if explaining to a child.
'bitch WE ain't real!'
Light rolled his eyes 'well obviously, we're just dominent fragments of Choji's mind and nothing more,but the fact still remains that this is not some work of fiction with a preposterous monster about to pop out-' the second his hand touched the orb the dark room they were on was covered in a shroud of green light startling dark who ducked for cover with his hands over his head.
' oh shit we dead now! ' dark screeched.
' light?, you still there or did you get your ass eaten? ' dark asked looking behind him only to see his moral double looking back at him deadpanned looking completely fine.
'you done,dark? ' light asked as he watched his other half get up onto his feet acting like he didn't just cower away a moment ago.
'the fuck happened? ' dark finally ask noticing the green orb was now gone.
'nothing, I just touched it an then it disappeared,but the thing is I can still feel it,it's still here somewhere but I can't find it' light shrugged.
' so you think it's hiding? '
'yes, what do you think this means?',the both had identical thinking poses for a moment trying to make sense of the situation an no surprise the lazier of the two gave up first.
' I don't know' said dark getting no surprise from light who sighed an gave up pondering it as well, 'but I suddenly have a feeling in my gut, a bad feeling and seeing as I'm the core of Choji's self preservation instincts so I'm willing bet some serious shit is gonna go down soon' dark warned.
'didn't you say you felt the same why the day choji was given this mission ?'
'yeah but this is different, before it was buzz that made me nervous, but that thing made me feel like my whole entire being was shaking just by looking at it'
Dark's word's were more than a little worrying to light, say what you wanted about his other half but his acute sense of danger was probably the only reason they managed to survive the miss adventures their body got into. If he truly considered this nee element a far greater threat than the hellish mission they had just barely survived from.
Light suppressed a shudder just thinking about it'I'm starting to think we're in over our heads here' he said sitting down looking tired even though he had no real body to be exhausted with.
'finally!, something we can agree on, so while you're still able to see reason let's try thinking of places where we can hide in when shit hits the fan, I'm thinking of the moon country, money and hot girls in bikinis here we come!' said his twin happy to see his twin finally on the same page as him. fuck the future. They had done more than enough in his view.
' As much fun as that sounds, even if I wanted to that choice is out of mine or your hands, choji's made up his mind about protecting the konaha,we could try to sway his way of thinking for months and he would still try, sorry old friend but it looks like we're not getting out of this one' light explained with a sad smile.
Seems the choice of dropping everything was completely out of their response was to be expected.
'ffffuuuck! '
'language '
It had been another 2 days before team 6's jonin sensei came back from her detour mission practically demanding to see her team, an by 'practically ' I mean damn near ringed the newly installed village guards necks while threatening to stab them if they didn't bring to her students that instant.
Even though they easily out numbered her the look of rage in her eyes at the thought of her Genin sitting at hospital beds hurt without her to look after them made the guards almost instantly comply, the last thing they needed was another slaughter after all.
Tsubaki had to use all her will no to immediately glomp her students (including a now awake choji) In a bone crushing hug the moment she saw them in their room half heartedly playing rock paper scissors to pass the time.
If anything a full powered bear hug from a jonin would probably put them all in worse conditions than they already were.
So she just settled for pulling them all together for a light group hug were she thanked kami they were all alive. Rikimaru couldn't remember a time where he was more embarrassed but Shinji gladly gave into the woman's motherly affection.
Choji remained silent through the whole experience, not only because he felt he might ruin the reunion between teacher an students but also because he was too busy blushing up a storm when he realized his face was practically being forcibly wedged between the woman's breast as he an the other two boys were forced into the extremely awkward group hug.
Damn hormones!.
A part of his knew he wouldn't of minded it so much if his body was just a little bit older an the two other boys weren't in the room with them.
No!, bad hormones bad!.
Turns out word of what had happened in the village had already leaked out an certain people were taking notice of waterfalls now vulnerable state, Tsubaki had rushed to retrieve them quickly once news spread to her location.
She only knew the bare minimum at the time, like the waterfalls attack an compromised security that no doubt put everyone in panic, so imagine her shock when she found out her team was responsible for stopping the attack an saving thousands.
She fainted.
Then immediately got up again asked of they were messing with her, find out they weren't and fainted again.
Seriously HOW was this woman a part of anbu!.
After several hours and more than a few bottles of liquor later she was given the fun run down of how 4 genin (one fresh out of the academy!) and a fucking 8 year old civilian managed to single handedly crushed an invasion of mercenaries mostly chunin level Ninja's lead by a low B rank jonin level rouge ninja who was some how responsible for the natural disaster level destruction 1/4 of the village had suffered.
Not just defeat him but straight up kill,a man who went head to head with what she instantly knew was a jinchuriki from Rikimaru's description of the fight between him an some girl choji called Fu - she kept the jinchuriki part secret though - an survived thanks to his bullshit level of wind mastery only to have the short chubby kid who had already taken out several chunin Ninja's before hand rammed his fist through the man's chest which then detinated in a shower of chakra killing the rouge from the inside out.
If it wasn't for the literal hundrends of people in testimony to all this right outside the hospital chanting for the boys good health she would of called bullshit an have all 3 of them tested for drugs.
She could already see the mountains of paper work she would be forced to do once she got back to the village with her with her team, they had already been discharged with the only one with lasting damages being choji who's left arm was still in its solid cast in a sling.
But it would be removed in another 2 weeks or so at the rait it was healing. It was actually healing oddly so,she only knew the basics of medical ninjutsu herself,but she knew well enough to know crushed bones don't just heal themselves anywhere near that fast under normal circumstances.
It was almost... Unnatural.
She would let it go for now but she would make sure he didn't strain himself to much on the way back.
She also noticed he looked slightly thinner but chalked it up to crappy hospital food making him loose a few pounds.
They were all packed an ready to leave after traveling through villages secret entrance, when they were all halted by shouting.
It was 2 people, well children, in the couner of her eye she noticed with interest Rikimaru stiffen up in fear at the site of the one of two children an was about to communicate when the youngest, the boy, slammed into Choji with a full body hug as the girl while now closer hung back enough to give the two boys their space as they said their goodbyes.
It was touching in a way,they way the small boy hugged him almost as if he would never see him again if he let go an choji just chuckled an patted him on the head like a only brother would making the small child hug him harder.
If she had a camera she just knew she would be taking dozens of pictures of the heart warming scene.
When the boy finally let go he gave an adorable little solute putting on a brave face but it was obvious he was minutes away from tearing up.
Then the green haired girl stepped up making Tsubaki grow a cheshire cat like smirk.
'oh what's this, my cute little sub-pupil found himself a girlfriend while I was gone' she mused in her mind noting how nervous the girl looked walking up to the chubby boy who smiled at her. This made her inner fangirl squeal.
'oh I can just see it now!, they date for a little then officially become a couple -' if she was paying attention she would notice the look of horror spread across Rikimaru's face as the girl got closer.
'-they would go on joint missions together an end up sharing a tent alone -'
The girls was just a few steps away an was visibly shacking now with her head down.
'-an their third child will have green hair with light skin- ',tsubaki was so busy making her own mental romance fanfiction that she completely ignored the soft whimpers coming from the girl.
'-an she'll still want even more babies! -'
But she definitely noticed the way choji reached over an put a strong hand on the girls shoulder flashing a confident smile an by the look of surprise on the girls face, obviously (to Tsubaki's warped mind) the girl was definitely into him.
Why else would she be crying?, it was tears of love, love dammit!.
On her left Shinji sighed and roll his eyes at the look of hearts in his jonin sensei's eyes when she gushed over the two teens having their private conversation just a few meters away.
This woman needed to seriously stop reading trashy romance novels, she still thought a handsome prince from some far away country would one day come in on a white horse an take all her troubles away.
Seriously, no.. Just no.
He didn't even want to know what she was thinking watching them interact but Shinji could definitely tell it was definitely not what was going on.
Fu held her hands together in anxiousness as she gave Mako an Choji some space to say their final goodbyes, it was obvious the boy had very much grown attached to him as he hanged off him the same way she saw siblings would. If you didn't know otherwise you could almost pass them for brothers.
Now that they finally separated it was her turn to say her goodbyes. Her chest hurt just thinking it, he was leaving an she still had so much to say, where would she even start?.
"looks like this is the end of the road huh?" the akamichi heir said to her when she stepped in front of him with her head down. He frowned slightly at her silence, "fu?,what's wrong? "
"I'm sorry " she mumbles out not meeting his eyes causing him to frown slightly.
"what?, what do you have to be sorry for?"
"I... I should of.. I-i of..." she tried to speak but her tears started flooding her cheeks which just made him even more concerned.
"why are you crying, just tell me an I'll -"
"that's the problem! " she sobbed out.
"fu?"
"you're always so kind to people you barley know, even a monster like me you cared about.. I-i should of stood up for you!.. You said you would save everyone, you We're so brave-"
"well I wouldn't call it brave really, most would call it wreaklessness" he mumbled feeling sheepish from the praise,he honestly couldn't remember the end of the final fight an always felt modest whenever people would bring it up.
"- the chief was perfectly ready to make everyone sacrifices for the good of the village"
A chill when up choji's spin with the way she said that phrase with such venom as possible, whatever it meant it definitely wasn't didn't rub her the right way.
" so I'm saying I'm sorry, if I had just went along with from the beginning things would of been different, you wouldn't have gotten so hurt-" her self loathing rant was halted by him placing his good arm on her shoulder.
" it's okay ,you didn't do anything wrong, I'm gonna be fine and don't call yourself a monster, sure your a little doppy but definitely not a monster, your anything but"
Fu shook her head convinced he didn't understand "no you don't get it... I'm not like you ..not normal "
"we're all different, so you act a bit eccentric big whoop", he said hoping his words would help.
If this was a self-esteem problem choji was sure as hell a expert on the topic, took him 4 years not to always loose him control whenever someone called him fat.
Not that it still didn't piss him off to high heaven.
"y-you don't get it I'm.. I have a d-demon in me" she admitted with a wave of shame.
"we've all got inner demons-"
"No!, I mean a real one!" she shouted tears pouring "i-it's something called a tailed beast and it's v-ery very dangerous to be around me,its sealed inside of me to stop it from going on a rampage ... I might end up k-killing people if i don't keep it's power under control" she said darkly with her eyes looking down at their feet, she didn't want to see what look of disgust his face must be making that moment.
" it's why everyone hates me" she continued "I'm barley a human being ...i.. .I'll understand if.. you hate me now " she said trembling, she could already imagine his glaring at her like the freak she was an screaming that he wanted nothing to do with her. Her mind grew knumb to such reactions.
But her spirit might not recover from this refection.
She definitely didn't expect him to flick her on the forehead with his finger causing her to look up at his smiling face in complete surprise.
"what are you nuts?" he said still smiling. "why would I hate you?, if anything I think I respect you a bit more after knowing this",he said chuckling at the girls gaped expression as her brain seemed to be short-circuiting.
"besides from what you just said you protect everyone here everyday by just holding it at bay, alot of people here owe their lives to you" he said with genuine gratitude showing a bit of the wizedom his actual age had.
"b-but that's not... I'm not normal!,I'm a freak!...aren't you scared?" she rambled unable to believe what was happening, was he really okay with her?.
"why would I?, one of my childhood friends is a jinchuriki an I don't look at him any different " he revealed thinking fondly of his orange wearing bloned friend who's greatest secret he had learned back in the early days of him coming back from the future.
At first it was indeed a major shock but after weeks of studying scrolls related to the topic he realized that naruto - and by extension all jinchuriki's -was basically the same as any other person, what you see is what you get more or less. It's how they are raised that make them a threat to others or not.
An he sure as hell didn't feel threatened by Naruto, in fact the boy had been a regular visitor at the Akamichi household for a while now, whenever they had time they would eat a bowl or ramen or twenty.
So with insight like that why would he change his views on the girl in front of him just because of that little tidbit.
"..wha.. Which-"
"the 9 tailed bijuu" he quickly answered her jumbled question.
the poor girl looked overwhelmed.
"from what I heard he's had it's since he was born, I've only known for a few months now an nothings changed, he's still the same old goof ball as always, so what if he's got a monster trapped in his guts, he's still the same guy me an a few of my other friends use to get in trouble in the academy with " he said smiling with nistolgia remembering the old days when him, naruto, shikamaru and kiba would run around causing nothing but pure grief for all the chunin sensei's back in the early days of the academy.
'Man,time sure does fly'
"so that's why I don't see you as a monster, heh, well unless it comes to cooking that is, then your diabolical " he couldn't help but laugh a little bit and was blindsided by the girls surprise hug as she held onto him sobbing.
"t-than-k kami...th-ank ka-mi" she mumbled between small hiccups pressing her face into his shoulder overjoyed that he felt real, that this moment was real and not another cruel dream that she would wake up from.
"there there it's alright " not knowing what else to say choji just sweet dropped an gave her a awkward pat on the back hoping she would let him body was still sore after all.
Eventually -though not soon enough for his sore muscles - Fu let him go, she was still watery eyes but now it seemed she looked far more pleasant than before even managing to crack a small smile that seemed more genuine than all the others he's seen her with before.
"oh ah.. Your scarf, I forgot to give this back " she said realizing she still had his white scarf slinged loosely around her neck, she rrachito give it back but stopped as choji shook his head.
"nah you keep it, think of it as a keep sake, besides a certain fashion obsessed teammate of mine would cheer knowing I didn't have it clashing with everything else I wore" he was talking of Ino of course. the girl always hated his old white scarf in his original timeline and ended up burning it the second she got her hands on it. Definitely for the best some else had it.
"you.. You sure? " her voice cracked as she held the fabric around her neck like it was a treasure and didn't even flinch as his arm moved to wrap it properly around her in same way he was use to wearing it.
"yeah... It looks good on you " he had no idea what looked good or not when it came to fashion, if it was up to him he would walk around in nothing but shorts an a wife beater, but his father had always said that when it came to women NEVER. EVER. Say anything bad about what they'er wearing.
' They could be covered in garbage an you still say they're gorgeous!'His dad would always warn him sagely with air of absolute seriousness followed by the vigorously head nodding of both ino's an shikamaru's father's.
An every other man within a mile radius.
"so this is it huh?, I'm... Really gonna miss you" Fu finally said after a moment, she had realized she didn't have any more time with him and it showed on her face how much that upset her.
Choji over the years had never had much self esteem but at the very least he could fake a confident smile for a friend.
"Ah don't worry about it, I'm sure we'll meet again,the hidden waterfall is gonna have alot of missions for konaha after this so I'll definitely visit again one day when I have time, besides what would I do without my number one side kick? " he added hoping to get a positive response from the down girl.
The results were almost instant
"your damn right boss! " she cheered with her familiar wide smile pulling the farewells mood from sad to happy.
"thats my girl!" he encouraged going along with the madness.
Things were silent again for a moment as the usual teenaged awkwardness that choji knew oh so well seemed to come back.
"awkward goodbye hug? " he asked with his one good arm spread.
She didn't hesitate for a second an glomped him with gusto an held tight almost as if she was trying to edge the moment into her memory.
It was truly a tender moment...nothing could spoil -
"Just fuck already! " shouted a delusional tsubaki from the sidelines still in trashy-book-novel mode completely ruining the tender moment.
Shinji couldn't help but facepalm.
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Several miles away in a think forest a small green snake slithered into the roots of a tree only to enter a secret room location underneath the foliage where a certain grey haired man was sitting by candlelight pouring over highly advanced scrolls.
He instantly noticed the reptile in the corner of his eye an bent down to it as the snake hissed lowly up to him as if telling a message. After it stopped it's hissing it puffed away in smoke leaving the young man alot.
"well now this is a surprise, the man orochimaru-sama tested the experimental serum on was defeated?, by a genin of all things ",the man said adjusting his glasses reflecting the candle light giving it a bright sheen to them,a small smirk slowly formed on his face.
"how interesting...seems I'll have to take more notice of my juniors ...Choji akamichi huh?..."
The smirk was positivity fiendish.
Behind him were dozens of corpse all strapped to surgical tables with their bodies mangled an faces twisted in looks of agony and horror.
"I just can't wait to take a good look...at what makes you tick"
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On the trail back to konaha team 6(plus choji) we're taking their leisurely time getting back to the village,tsubaki had decided it was best to for them to not push themselves too hard with them all still recovering.
they could afford a taking their time as a treat Tsubaki had offered to buy them motel rooms to sleep in instead of camping on the ground for the next 2 days before they reached back to the village.
The boy's knew she was probably only doing this out of guilt for not being there to protect them but they didn't say anything an just agreed but in truth all of them just wanted go home already .
Too bad fate really loved screwing them over like a fine whore.
Before today Choji really liked birds, by the end of the day he would learn to hate the feathery bastards.
Why you may ask?.
Well on the count of a messenger hawk landing in front of the team similar to the one before.
It apparently was a distress call for immediate back up for any nearby jonin to respond to. Choji in his old time line had seen a few of these every now an then an it always mention trouble, either a jonin was hurt an needed aid or was overwhelmed by a foe and needed back up.
He obviously didn't get to read the contents of the scroll obviously seeing as he was just genin currently but from the shocked look in Tsubaki's brown eyes it was something very serious.
Oh well, not his problem, he had enough playing hero for one month an was definitely gonna enjoy lazy around at home until his arm healed.
"change of plans boys, we're not heading home just yet" Tsubaki's sudden words put them all through a loop.
What?..
"there's a bit of an emergency happening a couple close from here, if we hurry we can get there by Sundown " she continued ignoring the looks of disbelief her charges were giving her.
You have GOT to be joking!
"wow hold up sensei, if you have noticed were in no condition to be going on reduce missions, can't you just you know, go on your own? " Shinji asked nervously, he out of all the boys was by far the most home sick an wanted nothing more than to at at home where it was safe with his loving parents.
"wish I could but this far out on your own with your injuries would make you all sitting ducks" she said grimly, if there was another option she definitely would of picked that.
" look I'm serious the last thing I want is for you guys to come, it's dangerous ,like super duper dangerous "
At this point choji stopped caring how childish this woman acted.
"but don't worry you aren't gonna fight" she explained making them all sigh in relief.
Praise kami!
"when we get there you can all take it easy, I'll send the messenger hawk back telling them to make room for all of you to rest, it'll be a little cramped seeing as another genin team is staying there but I think you can all make room"
Genin team?, what poor bastards got themselves tangled up in this nonsense.
"where are we even going sensei, an please tell me it's not anywhere near waterfall again " asked a worried Shinji who quit honestly didn't ever want to go back to that nightmare village.
"not too far, it's actually a small island near here, and since we all know how to water walk we can cut down the time it would take on a boat by a fraction an just run across " she explained as they changed course to their new destination.
"An island?, I don't remember a island being anywhere on the maps" said Rikimaru as they picked up speed as best as their injuries would let them and followed her.
As second in charge and team leader whenever Tsubaki wasn't around Rikimaru had made sure to chart ever route his team went on missions. He had never once seen an island.
"Oh I wouldn't expect you to know, the islands right outside the boards of the land of fire a land of water an is mostly just used for port an shipping " tsubaki explained.
"so what's it called? " Shinji asked.
"the land of waves"
Xxxxxxxxxx
~ending theme song~Naruto ending 01-Wind~
Cultivate your hunger before you idealize.
Motivate your anger to make them all realize.
Climbing the mountain, never coming down.
Break into the contents, never falling down.
My knee is still shaking, like I was twelve,
Sneaking out of the classroom, by the back door.
A man railed at me twice though, but I didn't care.
Waiting is wasting for people like me.
Don't try to look so wise.
Don't cry 'cause you're so right.
Don't dry with fakes or fears,
'Cause you will hate yourself in the end.
You say, "Dreams are dreams."
"I ain't gonna play the fool anymore."
You say, "'Cause I still got my soul."
Take your time, baby, your blood needs slowing down.
Breach your soul to reach yourself before you gloom.
(Re)flection of fear makes shadows of nothing, shadows of nothing.
You still are blind, if you see a winding road,
'Cause there's always a straight way to the point you see.
Xxxxxx
Don't try to live so wise.
Don't cry 'cause you're so right.
Don't dry with fakes or fears,
'Cause you will hate yourself in the end.
(Repeats 3 times )
'Cause you will hate yourself in the end.
'Cause you will hate yourself in the end.
'Cause you will hate yourself in the end.
'Cause you will hate yourself in the end.
AN: sup my very few fans!
It's been a long ass time hasn't it, well I hope you enjoyed the chapter, this is the final arc of the hidden waterfall an the boys are still banged up from the fights they've gone through but instead of a nice hotel bed on their way home it seems fate has a massive hard on for messing with then as a new trail has come up in the hidden waterfall. Can they survive?
who cares!
Will choji ever get a break?
HAHAHAHA, nope!.
Question time!
1,what was that green orb?
2,why did his arm healed so fast?
3,what will happen to the land of waterfalls?
4,will Rikimaru be able to get back his hate boner?
5,will Shinji finally grow a pair?
Find out next time on digi-er, choji's butterfly effect!