I was waiting here for my clone to kill itself to test my hypothesis, it made me miss music. What I wouldn't give for my android and a pair of ear phones. There was so much music on my phone. Too bad it turned to red sand.
An explosion shook the house, before a few seals stopped it. "Hey, no practicing jutsu in the house. I gave you a month to stay here, don't make me kick you out now." I ignored her and jumped down the hole.
The burnt-out corpse of my clone was little more than ash. Memories of his final moments flashed through my mind. The new memories were indivisible to my own. The surreal feeling of my eyeballs burning out and accepting death filled me.
I shook it off, like the death of my other clones. Death was only their return to me. Even if this body died. I could get a new one. Only this identity would die. That made me feel sad.
When I landed, I noticed the doors were still shut tight. A few of the seal were glowing including the psi mirror seal. The five-pointed star glowed purple.
Clearly if I wanted beyond the door, I needed more power. I had thought the chaos orb would do the trick. Maybe what I needed, was more velocity to go along with my jutsu.
Plans for another time. If I stayed down here any longer, I would be late. I had promised Sakura and Ino to meet them for a date and I would keep that promise.
With a small burst of rise, I flew from the hole. Landing softly on the ground, I met my mother. We stared into each other's eyes for a long time.
"We are going to have a reckoning someday. I hope your ready when that time comes." I said, then brushed passed her. A fluctuation of chakra caused me to turn and use rise instinctively. When she struck, I felt my own rise turn against me for a moment. My body shot against one of the walls.
I felt the bone in my arm crack. The injury was nothing compared to the realization. This woman could counter my psi. Not only could she redirect my own power, she could turn mine against me.
My mind went on overdrive reviewing my options. If there was a way to kill her, then I had to do it. "Are you frightened my son. You somehow gained powers like the experiments in the lab. It must have been the coma, perhaps it allowed you to subconsciously absorb the purest of yin chakra. Don't be out too late your curfew is at 12. It's your first day as a real ninja tomorrow." She leapt into the hole after that.
I shook my head at the crazy woman. Who was she; Yusuke and Yuma's manipulative mother, a scientist, or was she a monster in human skin. Thoughts for another time.
After combing my hair and running the whole way, I made it at eight on the dot. Sakura and Ino were already there. "Hey Yusuke, over here. We need our tickets; the movie starts at 8:15." Ino yelled.
"Awesome, what are we going to go see?" I said.
"Assassinator, as if you had to ask. It's has been hyped up for over three years now. It has to be the best movie of the year." Ino shouted.
"Romance huh," Sakura smiled and nodded.
"It's about the journey of one kunai to find the flesh it can be at home in. A romantic tragedy because the owners of the bodies are trying to get away from its delivery system." Sakura said as she messed with her shirt.
"Sounds like fun who is the delivery system?" The look at each other and blush.
"The legendary evil ninja Mu. He was given the mission to kill a bunch of teenagers, by a warlord. It's going to be so awesome." After I gifted the theater, with everything in my wallet, we got in. Sakura munched on popcorn, like it was going out of style. She devoured a large popcorn and drank a tall cup full of tea.
She sat on my right, one greasy butter covered hand in my own, while Ino sat on my left. There were shinobi on the ceiling. I thought I saw Kurenai sensei wave.
The kunai work of the actor, was ok. Any academy cadet could best him, but it was good for a civilian. Sakura was right, it could be a romance. When the kunai went through each girl, I pictured it as failed dates. Then it was stabbed into the final girl. The kunai was left there as the girl bled out. The shinobi returned to the warlord and was paid. It seemed in the shinobi world morals were different.
We walked out of the theater. Sakura clung on to my hand and Ino looked back at us then turned her head. I caught the smile that stretched her face.
"How do you think the teams will be placed Yusuke?" Ino said.
I thought about it for a moment. "Well, I would say you will be a part of the Ino Shiki Cho combo. The Hokage is stuck in his ways and if it isn't broken don't fix it. Sakura will go with Sasuke and the dead last or Naruto as is tradition. I'm somewhere in the middle field as far as grades go, I will go with some of my fellow civilian born. Kurenai visited this morning, but I'm sure mom had nothing but rotten things to say about me. More than likely, that ship sailed." Ino looked at me strangely.
"I would have expected such an explanation from Shikimaru but not you Yusuke. You always seemed mediocre in intelligence, no offence." Ino said, when she saw Sakura's glare.
"Sorry, I didn't mean any disrespect. You just surprised everyone, me included. I would say in respect you are in the top three in my book. I mean you graduate then immediately go on the prowl like some tom cat. Really out of character. Most boys are passive or in the case of Sasuke ignore us. Though when you have honey like him, well, we come to you." Ino said, I rolled my eyes.
"Easy there buzzing bee, you were making a point." I said.
"What she was trying to say, well you changed. There is an edge to you now. It's interesting." Sakura said.
"She means, it makes her horny." Ino whispered.
"That's enough of that Ino pig. Say that again and Sakura smash." Ino replaced herself with a log, just as Sakura smashed it to bits. Before she struck, I felt the chakra move through her body. It was way more focused than my own. Did it only work when she was angry?
"Watch it, forehead, with your monster strength. That could have killed me." Ino said, in a panic.
I grabbed ahold of Sakura's hand. She turned back to me. The anger was raging in her green eyes.
"Before I walk you home, do you want some desert?" I asked her. She forced a smile back on her face.
"Sure, but I'm buying. I saw how empty your wallet is. After you bought me popcorn, jasmine tea, and the ticket, paying for desert is the least I can do. I know a place that has the best frozen custard." We journeyed to this ice cream place and I had my first ice cream in a century. Now if only I could find good music.
Later we walked Ino home her father waved us out. It was getting dark and the night lanterns were coming on. The street lamps were powered by seals. The seals took ambient chakra and converted it to lightning release.
It was a perk of living in a hidden village. The use of lighting release for street lamps was a great example of ninshu. Was this the hope that the old man saw in the ninja?
"Here we are Yusuke, my house. It seems dad is out drinking. I'm glad he isn't here to embarrass me. He always drinks on Friday nights. For the rest of the week he is sober." Sakura said. It was an interesting bit of information.
"What about your mother?" I asked.
"She works the night shift at the hospital. On most Saturdays, she picks dad up at the bar after her shift is over. They have breakfast together afterwards. We shouldn't see them until morning." She said.
"We have the whole place to ourselves then. Just the two of us." She raised an eyebrow.
"Sorry, but I'm not that kind of girl. If you think you're getting this, after the first date. You have another thing coming." She slapped her hand on her rear. I followed suit and slapped the other cheek.
She grinned a bit. "I had a great time tonight. Ino is a good friend to have and you have been ok." I raised an eyebrow. She chuckled.
I grabbed her by her hips and hauled her to the front door. She gave a token protest as we got through the door. It was well past midnight at this point.
We were both twelve bodily. Did I really expect to get lucky? This world was dangerous and a single accident could be fatal, even in training. The scars on my back were an example of that.
"Yusuke, you should really get going. It's getting late." She said. Her breath hitched when my eyes met hers.
Was it in my chakra, this feeling of lust. I hadn't been satiated in over a century. Could this be how I would gain satisfaction? Could I take the virginity of a young girl? Then I remembered what the flower arrangement class really was. It was a class that taught kunoichi the finer aspects of seduction. They practiced with a transformed teacher. My sister came home crying about how her hole hurt, when I was younger. It was only now that the pieces fit together.
I cupped her cheek and kissed her pale lips. She was soft, her body conformed to mine easily. Something in her took over and her tongue found its way in my mouth. The appendage tasted of strawberry ice cream.
The muscle moved around in my mouth for a bit before she invited me in. We dueled in tongues for a time. It was a soothing experience, my mind touched hers and caressed it. My consciousness was greater than hers, I had to be gentle. If we had sex before we were ready, I could overwhelm her.
For now, we kissed and I touched her mind with my own. A few thoughts bled over, feelings and carnal emotion, it was only the surface. The solitude within my mind remained out of her reach.
We kissed for a long time then stopped. She wasn't ready to go further, I could feel the fear and uncertainty in her mind. It was an ocean of insecurities.
She snuggled up to me and we slept.
10, 11, and 12 POV
We had made it. We reached civilization relatively quickly. Our only problem was the town guard. They confiscated the iron sand. If we hadn't hidden the ryo, that would have been confiscated as well.
"This is all your fault Ju. If you hadn't come up with the brilliant idea of becoming merchants, none of this would have happened." Juichi said. They were wondering through the city their clothing was torn in places from the guard's search.
"We still have the cash, all we have to do is find a new niche and we will go back to plan. Maybe we can by some weapons and transport them to a hidden village or an outpost." Ju said. Juni tossed a rock in the nearby pound. The reflection of the moon rippled.
"Sir, I did what you wanted, now pay me." They turned to an alley way. Their hearing enhanced by rise and chakra easily picked up a woman's voice.
"Yea right, like I'm going to pay for sex. I was a ninja, you should feel honored to suck my cock." Juni looked over at Ju, and Ju looked over at Juichi.
"Do you really want to become white knights. Isn't that occupation kind of horrible. I mean you protect every woman who screams for help, then you get nothing in return. Except the occasional sex. Most of the time you go to prison." Juichi said.
"You idiot, we aren't becoming white knights. Let's be pimps." Ju said.
"Ah, well that's ok then." With that the three clones jumped on to the scene. While they had been having their conversation, the former shinobi had yanked off the woman's britches and was fucking her from behind. Tears were pouring down her face." Juni moved swiftly with his pimp hand.
The back of his hand cracked against the former shinobi's face. A blow from the combined force of rise and chakra enhancement easily cracked bone. The man looked up with shock on his face. His jaw was dislocated.
"Pay the bitch." The man looked up to see Juichi with a kunai drawn. The man's eyes grew wide.
"I don't have any money. Please, I just wanted sex." The clones looked at one another. A smile crept over their faces.
"Congratulations, former shinobi and welcome to serfdom." Juni said. The normally silent clone wrapped a program designed to shock the man when he disobeyed. Though if he worked off the money he owed the program would deactivate.
Thoughts of escape must have already come to mind, because he yelled out in pain. The three turned to the prostitute. To them she was a precious resource.
"From now on you are our bitch. You work for us and we collect 25% of the profit. In exchange, we will supply you with protection and a place to stay. Do we have a deal?" Ju said. In her shock, she agreed and the program Ju made took effect. She was now a member of their company.
Ju picked her up and began his inspection. First, he checked her teeth to ensure she had good dentil hygiene. He spotted a few cavities but nothing a few mystical palm techniques couldn't fix. They would have to learn the skill and quickly. If they were to commit to this profession, then they had to do it right from the beginning.
One of the original's new shadow clones popped recently and they gained the hypothesis behind the jutsu. They would have to catch some fish and put the jutsu through practice. New clones would have to be made and fourth generation as it were. More women were needed. If need be they could make clones of themselves and spam the transformation jutsu. Better yet they could use telepathy to force buyers into an illusion that feels real. They didn't want the memories of sucking cock.
Juni took out the money form the caravan. 40,000,000 ryo, it was a vast sum of money. In the morning, they would go to the local magistrate and buy a place of business. With any luck, they would repay the loss within a year.
Main POV
I woke up and had to piss. Sakura was still in my arms and she was humping my bladder. How I hadn't burst like a balloon, I didn't know.
With a few hand signs, I replaced myself with one of her plushies. She snuggled into a large bear like a body pillow. Shaking my head, I opened her window and jumped out.
My home wasn't locked and as I expected, there was no mother sleeping on the couch. Using the time, I had before the academy began, I took a long hot shower.
When I was done, I leapt from my window and landed in the yard. I dashed across the family estate, until I made it to the pound. It was looking more like a messed-up crater now. The water was still there fed by a natural spring. It was larger thanks to my training. Many of the trees around the pound were scorched or uprooted.
A clone of myself and Abal were training far off in the trees. I couldn't wait until those memories came in. I could hear the joints of my clone pop from here.
I thrust my hand out and formed a chaos orb. Once it was formed, I disarmed it. Once disarmed, I reformed it. Repeatedly I went through this process. I wanted to shave the time off. If I could get the jutsu down to seconds, it would be far more useful.
When the hour was up, I had wasted half my chakra and psi reserves. I had only managed to shave off 20 seconds from my formerly five minute jutsu. It was ridiculous.
With training out of the way, I ran for the academy. Rise lightened my steps, as I raced ever faster. To the civilians, I was a blur. I managed to get to my desk just in time to see Naruto kiss Sasuke. That was when, I thought about the gay drawings Sakura spoke of. The girls in the class room resembled sharks.
That was when Iruka walked in on a set of crutches. "Alright you are the graduating class of this year be proud. I am going to call out the teams and who will be on them. When I call your name go to one of the classrooms written on the black board.
The Ino Shiki Cho team was a given. It wasn't a long time before my name was called to team Mitarashi. I along with the two other ginin aspiring went to room D-5.
I didn't see where Sakura ended up. Hopefully she didn't hate her team mates. Looking behind me, my team was made up of a boy and a girl.
The girl always carried around a first aid kit. I think her name was Rin Toi and the guy was name Lee Chun not to be confused with Rock Lee. He wore a heavy brown braid and had his fists bandaged.
No sooner than we sat down did the door slam open. The lady had silver eyes and was chewing on dango. She looked over us for half a second.
"Ok, you guys are my cute little cadets and possibly genin, if you have the balls. First thing on the schedule is introductions. I will go first." I blinked and waited for the woman to begin.
"My name is Mitarashi Anko. I like dango, the forest of death, and threesomes. I dislike boredom, coastal regions, and pedophilic snake men. One day I dream of killing said pedo snake man and eating all the dango in the world. Any questions." Chun was about to raise his or her hand. She pointed at me.
"My name is Yusuke Tono. I like learning jutsu, breaking gates, and my girlfriend. I dislike my family, fools with god complexes, and gods that eat planets. One day, I dream of killing that planet eating god and gather a harem, that will supply me with sons and the occasional daughter." I flashed Anko sensei a thumbs up and sat down. She gave me an eye roll and went on.
"Ok not sure how you could have encountered a god. But it's great that you are opposed to their actions. I for one am an atheist and don't believe in any of that nonsense. You, orange haired girl." I let her nonbelief insult pass over me and listened to my team mate.
"Hey, my name is Rin Toi. I like medical ninjutsu, going to the movies, and exploring new places. I don't like weird people, bugs, and the Aburame clan. I dream to be the ultimate medic like Tsunade." Anko tossed another dango dumpling in her mouth.
"You taijutsu specialist your turn."
"My name is Lee Chun. I like taijutsu, learning new martial arts, and sparing. I dislike genjutsu and dishonorable behavior. I dream to become the greatest of taijutsu masters." Anko gave a whistle.
"Alright way to stick to your stereotype. Now, let me get this straight. I have a god slayer, a medic, and a warrior. This is going to be the best questing team ever. Ok your code names are Protag, Soft, and Meat. When we are on missions that's what I want you to answer to, and when we are in practice that's what you will call each other. Is that clear." We stood up in unison.
"Yes, Anko sensei." I said. She clapped her hands in glee.
"Alright your still cadets until you pass the genin exam. This year, I decided to make it simple. You just have to survive a night in the forest of death." I raised my hand. "Protag speak."
"May I leave a shadow clone, to tell my friends where I went." She tapped a dango stick against her cheek.
"Well normally, I would say no. Though, since you know the shadow clone jutsu, I guess its ok. If you pass, I want a list of all jutsu you have whether they are known or unknown. There will be no hiding secret and possibly dangerous techniques from your sensei. Clan techniques aside of course." I performed a normal shadow clone and dispelled it. The other clones will get the update.
"Do you have other clones running around doing things like training." I nodded. She nodded with me. "That is severely dangerous your lucky your brains aren't leaking from your ears." I raised an eyebrow.
"There have been no ill effects sensei." She shrugged. "So long as your functional, I don't care. Now you three make your way to the forest of death. If you can last a single night there, I will take you on as genin."
We made our way towards the training ground. One of the chunin on guard noticed us. "Ah, your Mitarashi sans genin team. We will keep a lantern on, so you can find the exit." The chunin looked at each other. I could already tell they would make bets on who runs out first.
Walking up to them, I smashed every ryo I had on their table. "Everything on us passing the exam." They shrugged and took my money.
"You know that is a five in one odd. With 20,000ryo on the line, if you win that's 100,000 ryo. Good luck kid." Some of the chunin looked a bit shifty now.
Later we were settled at our camp site in the forest of death. "Why would you do something, so dishonorable as gambling?" I back handed the boy to the ground. So much stress had built up over the last few days. One question of my why took me over the edge.
He held his jaw and looked up at me. The girl Rin backed away frightened. I snatched her up by her shirt and held her in place.
I looked between the two of them. Chun was having difficulties moving his jaw. "It hurts doesn't it. That's the pain you get when you question my morals. Those men were betting on whether we lived or died. Only a fool misses an opportunity to clean the pot as it were." I paced around them like a prowling cat.
I used the mystical palm technique to find where the injury was. Telekinesis popped the bones back in alignment and extra chakra hurried the healing.
"If we are to survive in this world then we need to at least bet on ourselves. If not, we won't survive here." Leeches began to rain from the sky. The sun had only just set.
The girl Rin shrieked. "Useless," I said. The leeches bounced off my barrier, they never touched us. Rin realized, she wasn't in any danger and blushed.
"That's it we just wait here while you protect us from the wildlife. Where is the honor the fight in that?" Chun said.
"Stop it Chun. Our sensei is Anko. If we survive this place will be our training ground. We can be forgiven for cheating on the first night." A massive Owl landed just beyond the shield. I pecked its beak against the psionic barrier. The creature soon lost interest and began to devour the leeches. Blood flowed down to its plumage.
More owls landed around the barrier and devoured the leeches as they rained. When the down pour stopped the owls were happily eating their prey. The leeches couldn't land on the oil soaked feathers of the owls.
I sat and waited for the night to end. Even for me this barrier was a strain. Psi needed some physical grounding to become permanent. There was little time to prepare as the sun set.
The hours ticked away the sun began to rise and a massive bear charged at the barrier. Rin ran out of the barrier and the bear veered off course to go after her. I ran full sprint at the bear.
It was seconds away from eating Rin, its jaws were milliseconds from crushing her skull. My body couldn't take much more psi. I could already feel a head ache pounding away. Still, I continued to empower my body and moved faster.
When my fist collided with the side of the bear's head, brain matter exploded, and the bear's body spasmed. I tumbled with the animal. Its claws gouged at my flesh cutting deep rivets.
Rin continued to run until she heard the body drop. She turned and I glared at her. The bear lay broken its head a ruined mess. I grabbed one of the paws and ripped the claw out.
Rise and chakra worked to keep my body together. I was cut to ribbons. The killing throws of the bear had flayed my skin. Warm blood dripped down my body even as the cuts closed. My head continued to pound.
Rin ran up to me and ripped open her medical kit. Chun ran towards us dodging leeches that began to rain, again. They were attracted by the smell of blood.
They were slowly making their way towards the bear's corpse and my slowly healing body. "Fire style Dragon flame jutsu." A gout of flame crashed into the leeches and burned them to ash.
Anko jumped from one of the trees. She walked up to us. "Soft, put pressure on Protag's chest wound. Meat grab ahold of the bear your first lesson will be the skinning and curing of hide." Slowly, I made my way back to my feet.
The pressure stopped the blood flow long enough to clot. Once clotted, rise forced my cells to divide faster and my body healed itself. My head wouldn't stop pounding the whole time. I dropped my barrier.
"I'm fine now." I said. Anko looked me over. She saw the color return to my face and strength return to my limbs.
For the rest of the day Anko taught us how to skin and sun the hide. With needle and thread, we sowed the bear hide into primitive coats, chaps, and boots. The bear was massive. It was over 30ft long and looked more like a T-rex than a bear.
"The smell from the bear will ward off most creature's in the forest. If you ever have a mission in a colder environment, the bear hide will come in handy. Meet me at the Hokage tower tomorrow at 10am for missions. Dismissed." Anko said.
I trudged home weakened. My share of the bear hide was made into a backpack and trench coat. In my weakened state Chun and Rin took most of the hide. Anko took half in the beginning for her demonstration.
Kicking open the door to my room, I tossed the pack on the floor. I ripped off my clothes and jumped in the bed. Sleep took me quickly.
The opening of my door knocked me out of my sleep. "Yuma your back from your mission." She wore a belt of skulls. At 6foot she towered over my measly 5foot five inches. This body had yet to hit puberty in full.
"Yep, Mhunwah keeps complaining to be about her butt. Mom really should lay off the transformation jutsu. Growing a penis for fun is so lame." I blinked and filed the use of the transformation jutsu away.
"What are you doing in my room Yuma." She closed the door behind her. I tried to attack her mind but my pounding head ache was too much. I still hadn't recovered. Rise was still active just less affective.
"I'm here to make amends dear brother. I tried to kill you. I admit it. I failed and your back. Mother is in a panic about us fighting each other over the inheritance. You should have seen her after she thought I killed you. I thought, I could die at any time." I stared at her with no emotion.
"I will tell her, that in exchange for the house, the land, and half of the money. You can have access to the library and half of the money. After all it would be nice to have coffee with you, every now and then. What do you say?" I looked up at her. Her face looked like a carbon copy of Tsunade Senju's. She had two pigtail braids that ran down her back.
It made me wonder where mother got the sperm to make the two of us. I could guess that our mother was there when Tsunade's brother died, to collect his balls. When I thought about it, my jaw line looked a lot like the first Hokage's.
This body was rather sturdy. A normal human mind would have broken from the amount of psi I channeled. It seemed there was more to the two of us than meets the eye.
I burst from my bed and grabbed ahold of her head. I slammed her into the bed. And spread her out. She turned her head to me and grinned. Her hands spread over my bed and she shook her rear.
"Getting in to a little incest Oni-chan." My eyes turned red and astral energy flooded my body. Her eyes widened, as I grabbed her wrists.
"I don't want you. I don't need you. If you walk into my room again. I will take you dry." She reared back and attempted a strike at my throat. This was far more refined.
I caught the strike and snapped her arm, bone jutted out. She looked up at me with horror in her eyes. I jabbed her in the stomach and she crumpled.
I walked out of the mansion. My time there was not at an end. But I needed some time away. Maybe Sakura was home.
Chapter end
Ok things are about to head into the genin arc. They will have one C rank mission and a bunch of D ranks. Maybe they will help out in wave maybe not.
The mother is revealed to know about the lab. But how much does she know about what lies inside.
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