"You shouldn't judge people based on appearances and preconceptions."- Uchiha Itachi
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I laid in the bed for about 30 minutes before I got up. I was contemplating the Zetsu encounter from yesterday and realized a few important details.
1.) There is an organization of criminals of which Itachi is a part in
2.) A member of such said group was sent to recruit me
3.) They're willing to allow me my revenge
4.) I killed one of their members capable of infiltrating the Leaf
This gave me a option and the logical choice would be to tell Hokage-sama about everything, but that would put a major hamper on all my movements for far too long.
No; the Uchiha way inside me insists I just get stronger than Madara, at a far younger age, so that I can accomplish all of my goals while crushing any enemies thoroughly.
Let this akatsuki try anything and they'll die along side Itachi.
That's not to mention the weird movements of Kumo/Iwa. Both being spotted too close for comfort to Konoha, it seemed that war was brewing. Little of it mattered to me though, as the youngest member remaining of the Uchiha clan I vowed to be war reincarnate. To show the shinobi nations the power of my clan and to show Itachi his folly in betraying us.
I checked Sasuke-nii's room and he had already left for the academy. Another thing I had to think about was Sasuke-nii's refusal to use his visual prowess.
As an Uchiha the sharingan is a birthright, a power of which other clans could only imagine having.
My sharingan enhances my visual genjutsu to the point eye contact means certain death. For whatever reason Sasuke-nii never uses his sharingan at all and won't give me a reason why.
He always just smiles and says "I don't need to."
I know he isn't being cocky about his strength because I'm a Jounin and he's an academy student, so it must be something else to this equation. Something I'm determined to figure out.
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After getting ready and getting dressed I made my way out the door with a smirk on my face.
'Foolish little girl doesn't even know who I am or what I've done, which is how I want it. I'm the Hokage's Shinigami Tomoe, his secret assassin that keeps his accomplishments classified. A true shinobi and a standout member of the greatest clan that ever was!'
As I was thinking this I was headed to the Hidden Edge, to pickup my items from the little girl who I guess is a 'ninja'.
It's a reason I'm allowed to take missions alone against high ranking enemies. I have a very high cognitive level for a child, it allows me to think rationally and make level headed decisions.
In addition to that I'm powerful in all aspects of the shinobi arts and I specialize in the assassination of high rank nin.
The Hokage sees me as the second coming of Itachi, and I can see it in his eyes he wish I didn't have the love for battle I do. Also he regards me as one of his top shinobi because of my loyalty.
Although what nobody knows: although I love Konoha as it is the village Madara-sama created; I love my brother Sasuke more then anything, he's all I have left and if I had to choose him or the village I would choose him no question.
That is not what a loyal shinobi would choose.
Regardless of that fact I have plans to become the most powerful of all time, it'll just take some time. When I do I'll make Sasuke-nii Hokage and we will ascend the Uchiha name to heights never before thought of.
Someone such as myself who has slain enemies that have kill counts in the tens of thousands …. how could she have the audacity to say such foolish things to me?
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Walking into the shop I frowned as it was Akino-san at the counter instead of the foolish girl.
"Hello Akino-san, I'm here to pickup the custom order I placed 2 days ago. You weren't here and there was some girl manning the counter, who is she?"
Akino looked at me and grinned a happy fools grin, but being experienced as I am I always saw the amount of wisdom beneath his eyes.
"Hikaku-kun! It's good to see you! I was out of the village for 6 day's traveling to the Land of Iron for, coincidentally, exactly what you need: chakra metal. I made the gunbai exactly how you requested but the armor I made a few alterations that I was only able to make due to the increase in chakra metal I have. Here, take a look and let me know what you think!"
He unsealed 3 scrolls out of his arm and handed them to me as he continued to speak.
"As for the girl that was manning the counter in my absence, that is my daughter Tenten. You haven't seen her before because I've never had to leave the shop for anything as everything gets delivered, but lately there were reports of 3 A-ranked rogue Kumo shinobi robbing merchants of their valuables right outside the Land of Fire. So instead of having to go through the trouble of paying for an A-rank assasination mission I just decided to make the trip myself and take the safe long route. What happened though, why the sudden interest in my daughter? Is Hikaku forming a crush?" He asked me with that annoying grin.
I ignored his antics and instead continued to admire the gunbai and armor which were both works of art. The equipment felt truly legendary.
The gunbai was as black as the night sky yet had an ethereal glint to the metal. The edges were sharp as a sword while the handle had a hidden blade inside that I could make extend with a quick chakra pulse. When I imbued my chakra the gunbai took on a dark purple hue and looked as if it was made for killing. The red tomoes were the icing on the cake as it signified this weapon as one befitting the Uchiha.
The armor however really made me appreciate Akinos craftsmanship and skill. Both sets were exactly how I wanted them, the regular set had my clan symbol in white while the reinforced set had my clam symbol in red. It looked exactly like Anbu armor but you could just tell that it was far sturdier and could withstand more damage.
Akino did me a favor and used chakra metal to reinforce the armor but instead of just covering my heart and protecting my ribs, it acting as a 2nd level of the armor. This much chakra metal easily costed over the 2 million ryo.
"The girl caught my attention as she implied I didn't look like a real shinobi, that is all Akino-san. As for the equipment, it is of magnificent quality as always. I'm so impressed I'm beginning to think you might have some Uchiha blood in you."
Akino sweatdropped then laughed a hearty laugh. "You even made a joke just now! Man you're crushing bad, well Tenten is over at training ground 9 with her teammates. Why don't you put on your armor and let her use you as target practice? Her accuracy with weapons is bar none and it'll allow you to see just how much protection even your non chakra metal armor can withstand."
I put the normal armor on right then and there, admiring how perfect it fit to my body.
"I believe I will head over to their training ground. Although thinking your daughter can even graze me with a weapon, that's closer to blasphemy than disrespect."
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I shunshunned to training ground 9 ignoring the echo of Akino and his booming laughter. Landing in a tree I observed the green spandex clad boy struggling in a taijutsu match against the girly Hyuga boy while their sensei watched on screaming about youth.
As weak as these kids are I must give credit where it's due: the boy in the green spandex is very fast, much faster than elite genin or even chunin. That speed didn't help him from getting demolished by the Hyuga though.
I looked over to another more secluded part of the training ground and saw Akinos daughter throwing various weapons at a obscenely small target placed so far away most jounin would be hard pressed to hit the target, let alone get a bullseye.
Something in my heart spoke to me and told me to be mischievous, so I flickered behind her close enough to where we were almost touching. "You should be more aware of your surroundings genin." I whispered in her ear.
What happened next would have took me off guard had I not been an accomplished Uchiha as she immediately turn around and swung her kunai at my throat with full force. I leapt back immediately and she was only able to scratch the tip of my forehead protecter that was around my neck.
I took it off and it looked at it before holding it up for her to see "So embarrassed from yesterday that you want me to go rogue?"
Tenten looked in shock for a few seconds but shook back to reality and a huge blush was seen on her face that didn't match the angry expression she wore.
"Hey don't you know not to sneak up on people like that! I almost hurt you!" She yelled at me indignantly.
It was something about the way this girl talked to me, as if being an Uchiha doesn't influence her view of me. It was intriguing, hopefully Akino was just jesting and didn't actually notice anything that I couldn't.
"You would never be able to hurt me, so don't even worry about that possibility." I assured her.
The blush left her face and she rolled her eyes "I'm sure I couldn't as you showed me that yesterday, why are you here anyways? I'm sorry for disrespecting your abilities, you can go away now. I need to train to get that embarrassment out of my head." She turned around and continued throwing weapons, hitting bullseye after bullseye.
I was impressed with her accuracy, but even more so I was impressed with how she brushed me off as if I was insignificant, just to train. She clearly isn't a fangirl and the way she acts is intriguing. I couldn't answer her question though. What was I supposed to say? 'I came here so I could see you again.' What a lame response, and to think I would go out of my way to see someone for no reason …. Something is going on.
Before I could flicker away I was approached by her other teammates and sensei.
"Typical Uchiha, using a cheap genjustu and thinking he's so much more powerful. Face me in a pure taijutsu match so I can show you your true fate: to lose to me."
I just stared at the Hyuga for 5 minutes. During that time he and Tenten looked confused at what I was doing while the 3rd teammate and sensei were screaming about how youthful of a challenge it was and how cool of a demeanor I had.
He opened his mouth to say something else but I interrupted him "Fine, we can do another 3v1 this time I will use only taijutsu. You guys use everything in your arsenal though, I would hate to get bored."
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(A/N: I haven't updated in 4 years lmao but I'm about to get this story and Taiyogan back active. Please review and next chapter is full of action :) oh and yes I have an intention on making Hikaku have a crush on Tenten. He just doesn't recognize the emotions he's feeling.)