The smell of a hospital invades my senses as I wake up. What happened? Oh. yeah. I kicked Mizuki's ass and stopped him from stealing the scroll. Sweet. I open my eyes and sit up with a groan. Man. So this is chakra exhaustion? Freaking sucks. Like a hangover mixed with the day after a hardcore work out. I look around. There's a chick sitting in the chair next to my bed and she's wearing a mask painted with a cat face. Neko, yugao something or other. Never gonna understand why they never cover their hair. Hey, you've got purple hair and so do two other people. It's not hard to figure out who you are. Ya know what? Im gonna fuck with her.
"Morning yugao. How long was it?" I croak. Damm. dry throat.
I ignore her stiffening and spluttering as I grab the cup of water next to my bed and drain it. There. No more sandpaper throat. The lady is still making noise? God. chicks here are loud.
"How many women are in the village with purple hair of that length and a passion for swordplay?" I ask out loud. Yugao goes silent and starts quietly cursing.
The door opens and I see sarutobi enter. He is lacking his pipe and he seems to be more serious than usual. An anbu is behind him with gravity defying silver hair that points upwards to the side. Really? I grin before speaking.
"Wassup sarutobi, kakashi?" I greet you. The anbu fixes me with a glare as sarutobi does the same.
"How do you know his name?" sarutobi demands.
"How many people have that hairstyle with silver hair?" I counter.
Everyone goes silent and the anbu seems to be having a silent conversion. Sarutobi walks over to me.
"Tora. why did you pass out next to iruka and mizuki?" His tone is gentle and he sits on the edge of my bed after I shift to the side.
"I was training in the woods. Just figured out how to walk up a tree without my hands when I smelled a ton of blood. Followed the smell to iruka with a massive shuriken in his back. Dodged another one and saw that it was mizuki. Guy smelled like he damn near overdosed on painkillers. He started talking but I didn't pay attention. I threw his shuriken at him and kicked his ass. Read that big ass scroll and saw some cool shit. Gotta ask though. What clan did that come from? Wanna join them." better not tell him i knowling read the forbidden scroll. I'll just say it was a clan one.
"You read the forbidden scroll? What did you learn?" his grandpa act is gone.
"Elemental armor. Gonna use that because close combat is my specialty. Rasengan. Some kind of teleporting thing that looks complicated as fuck. Oh, and I glanced at something involving dead guys? I didn't get to read the dead guy thing though. Iruka was looking a bit pale so I just saw some stuff involving sacrifices and blood rituals. Question. Why the fuck is there a jutsu to make zombies?" I replied. Hirashin is outta my league, seals were never explained in the fanfic and they just look like squiggles. Rasengan, though, I can do that.
"The edo tensei is a forbidden technique that allows you to sacrifice a living person to bring back a dead person as your slave. The second hokage developed it as a way to augment our numbers in the event of a war. Elemental armor is a forbidden technique due to its reliance on your affinity. If your affinity isn't strong enough then you can't use it. Sarutobi replies. Wait. So I just flow chakra through my skin after changing it to a nature type?
I heat up my chakra before flooding my skin with it. My body ignites before i pull back my chakra. Sweet. I grin at sarutobi and stand. Wait. im naked under the sheets. Shit.
I turn and grab my clothes as sarutobi averts his eyes. Kakashi chuckles as I pull on my clothes. Alright. Now just to get some practice in and figure out that rasengan. The show made it seem pretty easy. So I just made a tornado of chakra then wrap it in a ball? Seems pretty, done. The rasengan floats in my palm and I glance at it. Really? Two seconds of effort and I figured this out? My god the characters are idiots. I dispel the rasengan and nod to sarutobi before grabbing my pipe. Thank god someone grabbed this for me.
I walk out of the hospital and walk towards my house as i think. Alright. So i need to get in contact with orochimaru, i wanna summon snakes dammit! Then I need to learn some of his jutsu. Guy never uses hand signs so that will be useful. I'm also gonna need to learn a fighting style. This boxer stuff I got going will not last long. Oh. and I need a weapon. Fists won't be useful all the time. But the only weapon I'm good at is a greatsword and even then it's just barely. Larping does not offer training. Should I learn the hand signs? Most of the cool ones don't need them. Eh. I'll see how good I can get without hand signs. Now. What should I focus on first?
I'm pulled out of my thoughts by a flash of green. Oh no. not him. A man that is a few inches shorter than me and is the bearer of a shiny bowl cut. His bright green clothing hurts my eyes as he takes a pose and his teeth flash. What the fuck?! He is joined by a smaller clone that is otherwise identical to him, a girl with two balls on her head, and a boy with long hair and a stick up his eyes. Why?
"Hello tora! I am maito gai! Allow me to introduce myself as your new sensei! This is my youthful team! Rock Lee, my protege and fellow practitioner of strong fist! Tenten, our long range support and weapons expert, and a former member of our team! Neji hyuga! He was our tracker until recently!" he roars. God that hurts my ears!
"Wait. former? I thought Neji was a permanent member of your team?" I ask.
"He was! But young Hinata requires someone to serve her when she is out of the village and Neji has been chosen for that honor!" Guy replies.
"Oh. So I'm your new tracker?" My nose is pretty good.
"Yes! Let us head to the nearby training field to introduce ourselves better!" guy screams before running off.
Tenten gives me a sympathetic look and we walk to the field. The two green guys are doing push ups while they wait and neji has left to serve hinata.
"Alright! I'll go first to help our new comrade! I am Maito Gai! I specialize in taijutsu and use the eight gates for a burst of youthful power! I enjoy training and helping my students grow into youthful warriors! I dislike laziness and tardiness! Lee, your turn!" he roars.
"Yes sensei! I am rock lee and I have the same specialties as sensei! I enjoy training with Gai sensei and sparring with neji! I dislike laziness and spicy food!" Lee roars. Fuck my ears.
"I am tenten. I specialize in long range accuracy and using a variety of weapons. I like sharpening my weapons and reading about new kinds of weapons. I dislike perverts and Gai sensei's haircut." tenten is a normal human at least.
"Im tora. I specialize in close combat. I like naps and books, and I also enjoy a good workout. I'm not too fond of spicy food or uchiha in general." I state calmly.
"Tora. lord hokage has told me of your unnatural fire affinity. You use the elemental armor to enhance your taijutsu, correct?" okay now he's serious and normal? The fuck?
"Yeah. I need a style though and I'm thinking about getting a weapon. Thing is. I've only got experience with a big sword and I can't find one here.'' I replied.
"Okay. the weapon will be easy. Tenten works at an armory and can help you find one. The style will be tricky. I need to see you fight to find a style that fits both your personality and your combat style. For now let's focus on the weapon and I'll figure out a style in a while okay?" I like serious Gai.
I follow Gai to a weapons store and am shocked at the sheer number of pointy objects in here. Ooh. big swords! I run over and examine them. Odachi, zanbato, a claymore? Sweet. Alright. From experience. I like using a large blade. Odachi are thin and quick, not my style. Claymore is not very original. Zanbato though. That's pretty dope. A big ass sword that has a chunk taken out of the back, no clue why they took that chunk outta the back but i'm digging it. I purchase the zanbato and smirk at my new toy. I exit the shop and walk towards a training field after Gai has Lee get a pair of nunchucks. Tenten looks at my sword with stars in her eyes. Actual stars. This is an anime world alright.
My blade is the length of my body and I have a foot long handle. The training ground reveals Gai doing push ups and Lee kicking a tree. Huh. tough bastard that's for sure. I draw my blade and start swinging to get a feel for the weight of the blade. Heavy fucker. My muscles are already burning but I can't stop now. Gotta push myself if I'm gonna fight Kisame. Now that I've got my weapon I need to practice with it. Wait. shadow clones. I can make a couple and have them practice with me and get the training done faster. Wait.
I put my sword down and make the cross shape with my fingers. A clone poofs into existence and he makes five more clones. So if a clone takes half my chakra, then that's one twelfth of my chakra per clone? Cool. My clones draw their swords and start practicing with the blades as I drop and start doing push ups. This should make it easier.