AN.
I really need to fix my computer and not leech off from my sister's laptop.
WARNINGS: The usual and rape jokes...if you count the things in this fanfic as rape jokes. I don't honestly but some people might so brace yourselves.
I was still genin even after one year after the chunin exams which was no surprise. Well, it was a surprise for Hiashi, Mom and my two friends for some reason. They were outraged for me but my own rage was melted by the fact that Hiashi still gave my baby brother the scholarship so all is well that ends well or something like that. Frankly, I was a bit relieved that I wasn't chunin yet. Who wants more responsibility in this world where stabbing a person in the back equates to bringing honor to your village? I was a big sister, loving sister now, which meant that I don't mind changing Tokuma's diaper once in a while. I couldn't do that when I'm off healing some poor sod or causing a heart attack to an even poorer sod.
It was probably an excuse for more training, making more summoning techniques I can use and perfecting my taijutsu and genjutsu since those three are the only things I'm good at besides running away. Medical-ninjutsu was still a thing of course, since I was dragged into it again by Rin and mom. It was no surprise that I had more chakra control than Rin but she had a better understanding on the human anatomy and how it works which was as vital as chakra control itself. The year passed with nothing but some D to B-ranks with some people I didn't know, understanding the Summoning Jutsu and trying to manipulate Obito into confessing to Rin early.
They were cute the first couple of weeks but ,Jesus Christ, Rin is thicker than a bowl of oatmeal.
I miss the internet.
It wasn't really surprising when making a new summoning technique was easier than getting some shounen protagonist to confess to his dearly beloved at the tender age of seven.
I was forced to make a new summoning technique because Tadashi was mad at me for treating the snake-summoning contract like it was a glorified "open this and string comes out of it, oh my god so funny" type of prank. Well, to be fair, it was kind of like that but deadlier and poisonous. Apparently, the "Great White Sage Snake" was already stretching the rules for me when I signed the contract with some lowly butterfly summon (which bothered Tadahisa more than Akinosuke which was cute in my opinion) and he already has Orochimaru cutting up more snakes that the snake summons in Ryuchi Cave can produce. What he was trying to say was "Stop making us look bad and make us look badass."
Oh, Tadashi also informed me that he was cancelling the contract if I stopped using snakes like glorified string beans and use them to actually constrict.
So I was mostly forced to rip-off summoning techniques from other animals like Kakashi'sEarth Release: Summoning: Tracking Fang. It was relatively easy, honestly. Just pull out a specific brand of snakes, make them dig a hole from where I slammed the seal on and boom, you have live ribbons trapping a person instantly. Because I wasn't the Namikaze Minato, I didn't name it "Summoning: Sake Dancing in the Mud Technique ver. 2" and just named it "Summoning: Sudden Snake Glare Spell" since it was essentially just a Snake Glare Spell but with extra surprise and fuck you in it.
I was still six (much to Obito's infinite pleasure) when I finally got into a formal three man cell (much to Obito's infinite jealousy). It was a pleasant surprise for me when I was grouped into a team that I was already familiar with.
Uchiha Soma and Yamanaka Tenzo as a formal, three man cell,
It was a very pleasant surprise indeed.
"Ah, Tokina-chan." Soma's angelic voice called out to me as I walked into the unfamiliar Training Ground 23. It was forests and bushes till the eye could see no dummies or targets at all. The cat-nin waved at me with his grin that I grew to like. He was still the brunette, pony-tail wearing Yamanaka I still loved but the only difference is was his normally blue eyes were now blue slits probably thanks to the cat contract. He grew his nails out and filed them to make some scary looking claws which I could appreciate in the distance. I knew where he was getting at but my vanity just screamed "DISGUSTING! VILE! THAT IS TOO LONG, TOO LONG!"
Despite my inner Victoria's Secret model screaming, my mind still went blank at the hot mess of a man in front of me.
He called me chan! I could die and go to heaven this instant. Or in those slacks. Whichever works,
Wait that would mean that he would go to jail for pedophilia…
Stupid body age, I have to wait a long fucking time till I get good dick.
Call me thirsty or whatever but you know what doctors say: "Stay hydrated".
Tenzo snorted at my usually gawking which only he could see because I quickly masked my thirstiness and smiled at both of them and waved while walking closer to them. "Hello Soma-san, Tenzo-kun."
We had a few missions together and hung out for a congratulatory party for a job well done sometimes. We were close but not Rin and Obito close.
"Snake-chan," He greeted me with a cheeky smile, earning a speculative look from our leader who was waiting for my reaction.
Which was usually a venomous smile and a rattle snake in his boxers but I retained the ghost of professionalism in me and replied with a cool "Cat-chan, good to see you again." With an equally cheeky boxers or briefs;I haven't used my Byakugan for those kinds of purposes yet but with Soma in the team though, I just might reconsider. I needed to adjust my focus sometimes...
"You're so cold for a six year old." Was the Yamanaka's remark. I just smiled at him and dramatically rolled my eyebrows. I took the chance to inspect the training grounds once more. "Training Grounds" was really stretching it since it was literally a forest.
"So, Soma-sensei, we're in the training grounds but exactly are we supposed to hit?" The brunette voiced out my concerns for me. It was bleak, barren and green. It was too green for my liking. It neededa splash of blue and more brown with the amount of foliage in it.
"Training Grounds 23 is used for stealth missions as the Hokage informed me that we will be accepting infiltration and missions that involves being sneaky." He informed us. I nodded, not getting the Hokage's line of logic. I was about to raise my concerns before the hot mes…I mean, Soma opened his mouth."My job is to provide the firepower just in case we need something demolished." He gave a sadistic grin as his fingers flexed at the thought of something blowing up. Oh god, a terrorist in love with blowing shit up that rivalledDeidara's.
That was hot.
"Tenzo-kun, your job is going to be the distraction or infiltration part of the missions as your HidenJutsu would be better than a measly transformation jutsu so I want you to focus on that." The Yamanaka nodded, knowing his job as a clan kid.
"Tokina-san, your job is going to be the tracking and maybe support role in our missions and maybe even some capturing if we're unlucky. Your Camouflage jutsu paired up with your talent for genjutsu will make our lives much more easier." I slightly blushed at the compliment he gave me and took it for what it was. I nodded and he continued."I have been informed of your skills as a medic-ninja but I believe that you weren't assigned to this team for that job in mind." He smirked at my obedience. Probably knew how I was being passed around like a rag doll because of the lack of field medics.
"Today I want you to practice team work, general stealth, survival and tracking. I want you to retrieve this-" the Uchiha raised a scroll in his left hand. "-from me in the forest. Track me down and retrieve it. You have until next sunrise until..." He cut himself off with a pleasant smile. That was odd and slightly unnerving.
"Begin."
And without another word, the sexy Uchiha we have been talking to body flickered, leaving leaves and twigs in his wake.
The Yamanaka visibly sighed. "I hate tracking. It was always such a hassle." He dejectedly looked at me before smirking. "Welp, that's why we have a Hyūga with us, right?"
With an amused snort and a tug on my jacket, I activated my Byakugan and started looking,
"Found him yet?" He said through my mind as I felt his hand resting on my head, the taller teammate obviously using me as a hand rest and abusing the height difference. It was about lunch time now as we adventured through the forest known as Training Ground 23 with no sign of Soma in sight. Damn, with that height, you would spot him from a crowd of people. How could that giant hide so well? Not only was his physical body theoretically impossible to hide but his chakra looked like an untameable flame, that in itself should be a beacon for attention to all sensor-nins and Byakugan wielders alike.
He wasn't jonin for nothing.
"Nope," I reported to the older kid. "I don't even see any residue chakra. This might take a while." I narrowed my lips and reported to the self-proclaimed team head, slowly getting irritated at the lack of progress. "How are your cats doing?"
"They would report to me if they found anything so probably not as good as you are right now." Taizo whimpered. It seems he did also not like the situation we were in. Well who would? It's like this place was designed to make you irritated. Trees not being the same height so tree jumping in itself was a chore, the general forest environment not pleasing to my eyes one bit, the greenery being too close for comfort. It was irritating, displeasing and I wanted to smash the trees to feel the dirt again. It was just branches and leaves and general unhappiness.
This was worse than the forest of death.
I had to test multiple times if I was under the Sharingan'sgenjutsu despite Soma not using it or me with my all seeing eyes. As a genjutsu expert and a Byakugan wielder, I should be able to detect if I was under an illusion or not. It was in the job description to know if you were in a genjutsu if you were even a half-assed genjutsu mistress.
I summoned a few snakes which were native to this forest before continuing with a huff.
This is going to take a long while.
I sighed irritably and deactivated my eyes after three hours to prevent Byakugan strain. I haven't had it yet but mom said it was a bitch to deal with. Something like having the Hokage tower on your head while ten Akimichi using my eyes as a stage for dancing as well as practicing their body expansion jutsu. It was probably an exaggeration so my eyes wouldn't deteriorate but something had to be that painful for that exaggeration so I wisely kept my eyes bulging for only three hours max, four if I'm feeling lucky.
"I need a break." I reported to the Yamanaka who was trailing me.
"Eh, sure," He shrugged, pulling out a water bottle. I got one of my own and, with regret, finished only half. I was damed thirsty and only packed for a few hours, not a day and a half. I looked around the forest, used my Byakugan for a full three seconds despite needing rest and deactivated it. I needed a body of water here or I will kill Taizo for his water. My throat was not satisfied with the amount of water I've been depriving from it.
"How about we find a stream?" The Yamanaka sensed my displeasure. "It's about time for lunch anyway."
I relied on Tenzo finding the scent of water and fish because of his cat contract and it was fairly obvious by the fact that his eyes were slits meant that the contract is causing him physical changes.
Because cats greater- than-sign-three fish.
…I miss the internet.
It was a bit racist but whatever. As long as it gives me my three basic needs then I'll be damn alright. Use every single tool you have as a ninja because we were built, bred and taught to cheat and abuse.
...that did not sound right.
I shrugged at my bad inner joke and continued following the Yamanaka.
Until three kunai shot pass him.
Whatthefuck?!
"Okayhedoesntwanttoletusdrinkthenfine!"I blurted out in surprise, my hand above my heart.
Taizo nodded furiously at my assessment and quickly backed off, earning shurikens at the path we were supposed to take. We yelped like the true ninjas we were and tried to avoid getting new ornaments on or head.
"Byakugan!" My panicked voice shot through the bristling trees. Usually, there would be action packed background music to keep things tense and exciting. But since this was the real world I was living in, it was just silent besides panicked breathing, birds tweeting and leaves rustling. It was unnerving and not adrenaline pumping. I looked around, the traces of the attacker gone like it was some illusion.
Which I checked by the way, with a periodical release so I knew I wasn't in genjutsu,
"Okay, assuming we're trapped and compromised with no enemy in sight..." I began nervously with killing intent flooding my senses and survivor's fear and anxiety because even with my eyes, I. Can't. See. Him. "What in God's good name do we do?"
"If you can't see him and I can't sense orsmell him, he would have killed us by now but since this is training..."
He gave me a frantic yet serious look. That was never a good sign.
"We're lucky if we leave this forest out alive and virgins."
This is some American Horror story level shit.
Night time was tense. I mean really tense. Like "Oh my god, we are so going to die, please just do it quickly" kind of tense. We huddled near each other on a really thick branch, snake and cat working together to protect their antsy summoners. We hugged each other for warmth because the moment Taizo suggested building a camp fire, his hand was pierced with a shuriken. I was okay with the temperature but with the setting of a horror story with knives and shit? I just needed someone to hug. This was scarier than all of our missions combined.
Scarier than fucking Orochimaru I tell you.
Stealth and Retrieval?
More like Survival and Horror.
"My my, it seems you two aren't following the mission objective." A malicious voice called out to us, killer intent flooding in. This man had more killer intent than Orochimaru on a good day! Who the hell is he?! Taizo tensed around me while my lips quivered and my birth right activated wide eyed and fearful.
Which wasn't needed since two red eyes with three tomoes was glowing in the dark staring right back at us.
We both let out a girlish shriek, mine being totally justified while the boy that should be experiencing puberty wasn't. The snakes and cats around us pounced. The red eyes moved quickly, dodging the mammal and reptiles expertly. The cats and snakes entered the bush without any of them returning. No hissing from either animal was heard. They didn't come back and both of us couldn't sense them anymore. Taizo, who was now standing up and looking absolutely horrified, grabbed my hand and stared running as fast as he can.
Which was really fast,
I followed suit when I heard evil snickering directly at my blind spot. We ran and ran until our legs couldn't take it. We didn't bother masking our trail in our hurry, Taizo throwing shuriken and kunai at the darkness, hoping it'll hit. About ten minutes in running at full speed, I couldn't take it.
"Hold up..." I huffed, my body hot and wet in the worst way. "I feel like my legs are about to snap." Taizo looked back but reluctantly nodded, letting me rest my short child legs. I leaned next to a tree and drank the last of my water since we weren't able to find a stream.
This is a damn nightmare.
"To-ki-na..." A familiar husky voice which would elicit delicious shivers down my spine was now whispered to me in the worst way and in the worst context ever. Taizo turned around and gave me a fearful look. His eyes widened as his lips quivered. I felt my knees shake from tiredness and fear.
"P-please have mercy..." I cried out softly as I felt warm and calloused hands touch my jacket.
"Don't worry..." He snickered. "I'll be gentle and extra careful."
I shrieked before my mouth was covered with the same hands. I heard Taizo scream my name, my hands flailing uselessly while the demon dragged me into the shadows with him
"Tokina!Tokina!"Taizo called out. One minute, there was nobody other than the Hyūga girl and hethen the next millisecond, a strong presence appeared, dragging Tokina's away. He calmed himself and remembered this was all training. He had to find the scroll for his sake if he wanted to survive.
He needed to honorTokina's memory and sacrifice.
He'll do it for her.
Her sacrifice won't be in vain
"Don't worry Tokina! I'll never forget you!" He called out, tears streaming down his face.
"Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!" I muttered to instill courage and confidence when I was clearing lacking because I didn't want to lose my virginity to him in this context, letting the feeling of cold muscles and scales wrap around my arm as my Byakugan tracked the man's every move with difficulty. It wasn't like the Sharingan which did the math by its own. I couldn't foresee shit if I tried, only make educated guesses. Soma moved away, dodging the snakes with his Sharingan-hax.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball!"
I shrieked as hot air instantly licked me. I dodged (flailed more like) the incoming ball of fire that spelt death and pain with a capital Fuck You. I ran through the dark night in the forest that seemed scarier than the Forest of Death itself. Grabbing a senbon from my holster, I deflected the kunai and shuriken. Heavenly Rotation would be great right about now but I was blessed in being a branch member like the rest so I couldn't grasp the formal theory of it.
"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire!"
I summoned gargantuan boas from my arms, spun around to make a snake bunker which effectively defended me from the attack. The snakes swiftly slithered back into my arms as I threw senbons, snakes and ran as fast my legs could carry.
"Ah, ah, ah, I'm not done with you yet."
I bit my cheek and muttered "Oh merciful God, help me."
I blocked the chakra powered kick aimed to my chest with both arms. I winced and dodged the punch to the gut. I manoeuvred around him, taking a Jyūken stance and began sealing his chakra points. He deflected all my jabs and Palm Bottoms with ease, slapping sounds reverberating through the dark forest. I changed stance, going to Snake Style, a more lethal variant.
With my arms together, I aimed for natural points of his body and not chakra points meaning his eyes, nose, chin and groin. Soma let me lead the dance, though so maybe I could buy some time for Taizo's hearing to help me. Summoning large diamond back rattle snakes on arms, the stance changed, objective to whip and not pierce anymore. The vipers as an extension of my arms bit and streaked the man who blocked with his arms as deflected with a kunai.
He looked faintly amused with his three tomoe Sharingan in full swing. How the hell do you win against that? Able to break out of genjutsu, anticipating taijutsu which he clearly has the reflexes for (the bitch) and copy ninjutsu. It's a good thing he can't copy Hiden, Kekkai Genkai or Summoning Techniques or that'll be a bitch to handle. Imagine an Uchiha with snakes!
Oh wait.
Never mind.
I made him back off with an impromptu HSSH which he quickly disposed off. Using my Byakugan and night vision thanks to cats, manoeuvring the forest in the dark was the same as running through here in the day.
Which amounted to nothing because it was damn hard with all the trees clustered around like this. I took to a Camouflage Jutsu and tried tracking down Taizo who was generously leaving a trail of chakra for me to see, small enough for my Byakugan but not big enough for the Sharingan.
I love my eyes.
I sent out a butterfly clone to intercept Soma. I didn't know if Sharingan users could differentiate clone from the real deal but whatever. As long as it slowed him down.
"Taizo!" I called to the nervous looking Yamanaka.
He looked relieved before smirking, revealing those ghastly red eyes.
That is not Taizo.
Fuck.
"Tokina-chan." Soma-Taizo called out to me. A closer inspection revealed that his chakra system was in all sorts of trouble. Either he was under genjutsu or Taizo successfully possessed the shit out of him. It was probably the former. Whatever! Expelling chakra was the Hyūga speciality!
A quick thrust to the air sent a vacuum shell flying to him. Soma-Taizo widened his eyes before it hit him straight in the head. He hit a large bark with a thud, the Sharigan eyes fading.
"It's not nice to hit your teammates, Tokina-chan." Soma called out with a sardonic smirk.
"I think your taking this a little too far, Soma-taichou." I readied my stance, trying to stop the shaking from the killing intent, snakes hissing protectively at the man as they slithered to the unconscious Yamanaka behind me.
"A ninja must be ready for everything." He shrugged before throwing a shuriken, hitting my shoulder.
I dislodged it quickly and painlessly thanks to the adrenaline, put my hand on it and slammed it on the ground, the black ink making an impression against the grass.
"Summoning: Sudden Snake Glare Spell!"
Four large green anacondas erupted from the ground, swiftly and deftly. The large serpents wrapped themselves around Soma's legs, arms and torso, successfully trapping him and ensnaring him with the threat of poison. It was still weird how ALL the snakes, even a constrictor type at that, in Ryūchi cave had access to deadly venom.
Whatever lets me survive, I guess.
He struggled, earning a tighter grip and heavy killing intent from the hissing serpents that had no tolerance for this. I let out a huff.
"Can't believe that actually worked." I said surprised.
The Uchiha, despite the weight he was probably under on, smiled at me. "You mean to tell me that you used an untested jutsu on me without knowing it may or may not work."
"Yes, taichou"
"That's cheating and might get you killed."
I understood where he was getting at the second part but I did test it. Not for the reason he thought. I usually used it to make sure Tokuma and Obito were in line when they were being bad.
"Hey!" I pointed at him feeling a tinge of irritation at the audacity of him a born and bred Uchiha accusing me, the Hyūga, of cheating as I pointed at him and my other hand doing the seals for Mystic Palm to rouse the unconscious Yamanaka. "And you call snakes cheating? What about mind control, copy jutsu, and perfect anticipation? If that wasn't cheating then I don't know what is." I pouted, tending to the wounds of the Yamanaka.
He tried to snicker but winced instead, the snakes not liking movement under their muscles. They hissed and licked his cheek and he was clearly uncomfortable. "Owowowow, their going to break my bones if this keeps up!" The tough Jonin complained.
"You can do it!" I cheered on sarcastically. "After all, their just snakes." I smiled at his displeasure and scowl.
When all of his injuries were healed, I did what any medic would do to wake their patient up.
Slap them with a chakra induced hand.
"Ow!" Taizo-Taizo cupped his bruised cheek which I didn't need to heal.
"Oh hush, Cat-chan. I got Soma-san for you." I thumbed the sad looking Uchiha who was enduring my pain for the past minutes. Taizo stared at his Sensei who was reduced to whining and quiet groaning as the snakes tightened their hold. It seems he was still struggling or they really did not like Uchihas. "Dang, girl. For a kid, you don't mess around."
I smirked.
"Any case, here it goes." He did his special hand seal and, with ease and pin point accuracy which restricting his target helped, he possessed Soma. I caught his body in my tiny six year old arms and propped him next to the damp tree.
"Owowowow, Snake-chan release me! This is no joke!" Taizo-Soma complained on the verge of tears.
Ah, so he really was successful. I wouldn't mistake that whiny tone for anyone else.
I walked near him and patted on the anacondas. "its fine you guys, you're dismissed. Good job." I whispered. The muscly reptiles dipped their head at me before poofing into a cloud.
Taizo-Soma rolled his shoulders and twisted his body, bones popping satisfyingly. After that he began frisking his sensei's body. "Hey, you have good eyes. Use them. Those snakes made me feel numb."
I rolled my eyed and activated my Byakugan without a word, not using it to see how big of a ninja Uchiha Soma was. I dug my hand into his back pocket, got the scroll and held it tightly. "Got it," I waved the scroll in his face, his Sharingan following it with every move.
"Returning to my body, now." He announced.
"Hold up." I pocketed the scroll and did a regular Binding Snake Glare Spell. "You can never be too careful." Taizo nodded in agreement. The loose anacondas tightened their hold when Soma staggered. His eyes blinked back to black (which was easily seen in the dark thanks to my veiny eyes) and winced.
"Are you going to take the scroll back, sensei?" Taizo teased, waving the scroll at the poor man's face. He was wisely not looking directly at his eyes.
"I won't. Tokina-chan..." He whimpered, calling my name in that irritating voice of his.
Damn, he knew all my weaknesses.
With a sigh and a clap of my hands, the snakes dismissed themselves. The man staggered forward, we didnt risk it and backed away. Taizo clutched the scroll like it was a life line while I kept a defensive Jyūken stance and let some snakes pop out from all my sleeves.
"You pass, now calm down." Soma raised his hands in surrender.
"I still don't trust him." Taizo glared.
I nodded whole heartedly.
"What if this is a test?" I voiced out my suspicion.
"A healthy suspicion is what keeps ninja alive most of the time but this is borderline paranoia!" He exclaimed.
We both stared at each other and nodded.
"Mind Body Switch!"
I rubbed my head, pouting as we walked through Konoha. Day break was looming for us three, Soma, Taizo and me while we tried to find an open food stall. Soma bonked us hard on the head for our attempt of revenge. I mean, who would trust a sadistic Uchiha with a borderline split personality? Especially if they were testing you on Infiltration, stealth and survival where rule number one was to never trust anybody unless he is your teammate but even then, prepare to backstab. Uchiha Soma was not my teammate for the test hence the suspicion.
It wasn't my fault that Taizo completely agreed with me.
We sat at a late night diner. It must have been a sight to see, three people of varying ages, all ruffled, dirty walk into a relatively clean and probably civilian run establishment. The young waiter smiled at us, probably all to used to with the whole shonobi thing. Maybe this was the reason why they open this early. Who knows?
Whatever, free food was free food.
Even if it did come from a hax character that threatened our purity and chastity.
We ordered our food and when the waiter was gone, Taizo groaned next to me before his head banged to the table.
"That's rude, you know." I poked his ear. He swatted my finger away, groaning a curse or something.
Soma (who I still felt a little petty for raping me figuratively) smiled at our antics but said nothing more. We all looked like such stereotypes for our clan with Soma having the Uchiha black hair, eyes and fair skin. Taizo having the sharp blue eyes, long silky hair and the fondness for the color purple and me with the lavender eyes and dark, borderline black hair with equally silky and shiny hair. It really didn't help us stand out from our clan but hey, I had snakes, Taizo has cats and I'm sure some other Uchiha's weren't as...passionate as teaching like Soma here is.
It was a strange team but it was a team that works.
AN.
Why does this fanfic editor keep on erasing spaces and my dashes? But its a minor inconvenience so it's fine.
I feel like I should apologize for the pacing of this story even if nobody is complaining. I dunno, I feel like there are people that say "Oh my god, when is the good shit going to happen" but are too kind or too shy to PM me or leave a review so 'll just say sorry for that. I haven't been attacked or anything but I just feel like its a problem because 21 chapters and we aren't even close to coming to Kannabi yet :'), Patience will be much appreciated!
Enjoy life! :)
(P.S I feel like I left some line breaks somewhere so sorry about that but I really can't find it so sorry about that. FF deleting my dashes which are the equivalent of linebreaks to me in my phone :') )