Author's Note: One thing to keep in mind is that in Canon Obito is puppeting the Mizukage using his sharingan at the moment just if you get confused by what happens.
The three of us sat there on top of the Hokage's mountain drinking and generally avoiding any more sensitive topics until the sun had sunk completely behind the horizon. As the moon began to rise overhead Hina had enough of drinking and had staggered to her feet. Apparently even with chakra running through us it was easy for a 12 year old to get drunk. Who knew?
I couldn't just let her stumble on home without an escort so I picked her up into a princess carry. It was probably a testament to how drunk she was that she didn't even object to this and simply snuggled against me before falling fast asleep. I didn't envy her at all when she woke up tomorrow morning and I resolutely ignored Saiko's chuckling as we made our way over to the Hyuga compound.
The guards at the entrance barely gave us a raised eyebrow before waving Hina and I through while Saiko stayed outside. It almost seemed like they were lazy about security even with the recent kidnapping attempt if I didn't feel more than 10 guards with active chakra following me as I walked towards Hina's home. As I got closer I felt that her parents were already asleep so I walked up the side of their house and slipped through the window to Hina's room.
This was actually the first time I've ever been in her room before and even in the low light it wasn't hard to make out the mound of stuffed animals sitting in the corner. Other than the slightly feminine touch that seemed to pervade the room it was quite spartan and also noticeably lacking in traps of any kind. 'Just give it a few years though.' I thought as I tucked Hina into her bed and left as quietly as I could, shutting the window behind me. 'Even living in a clan compound she'll start setting traps up.'
Noticeably fewer guards followed me out to the gate of the compound and Saiko was still waiting for me at the entrance. She motioned me to follow and we went to her new house where we were greeted by a shadow clone of hers that popped as we arrived. Almost as soon as that happened Saiko dragged me into the living room and plopped me down onto her couch.
"Shiro…" she began tentatively before sighing and taking off her mask. I could see the concern in her eyes as she looked towards me. "I assume you can't talk about the mission at all."
I nodded. It was an SS rank secret. Even admitting that I was gone during the mission time was pushing it and I could possibly get in trouble for mentioning how badly I was injured even if there didn't seem to be any evidence to support that claim. The only reason I had told Hina anything at all was the silent approving presence of Saiko. I knew she would have stopped me if I went too far.
"Right." She ran a hand through her hair and seemed to suppress a sigh. "Ignoring that then I'm worried about your mental state after what you've told me."
I had to blink at that. Sure I had been a little conflicted about what had happened but I always knew in the back of my mind I wasn't like anyone else. "If this is about the sake you know it doesn't affect me." I tried to deflect it. The matter was over and done with as far as I was concerned.
"No! It's the fact that you questioned whether or not you're even human." She snapped at me. Her outburst was on the louder side and we both froze as we heard Takashi moving around in his sleep upstairs. After a moment or two the sounds of fussing tapered off and it seemed as though he went back to sleep. "I want you to go see someone." She said in a much quieter voice. "Your annual psyche evaluation is coming up soon anyways so it shouldn't be too much of a hassle to reschedule it earlier."
I bit the inside of my lip at that. I kind of thought psyche evaluations on ninja were a bit of a waste of time. The prognosis was always that we're crazy with a side helping of any number of disorders. "Okay. I'll set up an appointment with Fuu for later."
She reached over and grabbed my hand. "I… Thank you for agreeing so easily. People I know that have had massive injuries can experience a radical change in personality or even depression. I'm sure if you hadn't been there it would have been the latter for me."
I gave her hand a squeeze. "I'm sure you would have pulled through just fine. You're one of the toughest people I know."
Her laugh was mirthless but she did squeeze my hand back. "I'm flattered that you have such a high opinion of me."
"If you're so flattered then you can help me keep the fact that I was injured so badly from Kushina." I said with a small smile.
"Oh," there was a spark of mischief in her eyes, "now why would you want to hide something like that from her?"
"Are you kidding me?" A cold shiver went down my spine at the thought of Kushina finding out about what happened. "Mom would probably tear down the village if she found out and the village of the one who injured me. I think the only thing that could possibly be worse is if Ramen was banned from the Land of Fire."
She seemed to shudder at the thought. "Kushina without Ramen to sate her would be a terrible sight to see indeed, but that's not what you want. Say I keep your secret. What would be in it for me?"
"Well…" I trailed off. I actually had no idea what she would want me to do for her. I already babysat Takashi, helped clean around the house, cooked and did the laundry. My eyes narrowed slightly. 'Wow she really turned me into a regular maid and I didn't even realize it. Did Kushina do that as well?' Upon review my memory I had to decide that she did not.
"What would interest you?" I asked to hit the ball back into her court as I had no idea what to offer her.
"Hmm," she started tapping her chin before she snapped her fingers. "Foot massages."
"Foot massages?"
She nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah, you got really good at them when I was pregnant but then you stopped after Takashi was born."
I gave a resigned sigh but acquiesced to her demand. It was like I was married without any of the benefits. "How many and for how long?"
"Once every two days for a month and then 10 in reserve to be called at a later time. This will continue even if Kushina does find out and she will eventually. You know that right?"
Harsh terms but acceptable. "I accept and I know she will. I'll try to set it up so I'm far, far away from Konoha when it happens though. Hopefully Minato will be able to blunt her anger and besides he's my father which obligates him to protect me from threats even if it's my mom."
She let out a sharp laugh as she rubbed her hands together. "Yes I suppose he does." She sent a beautiful smile my way. "A pleasure doing business with you. I look forward to the results." A soft cry from upstairs made us both glance up before Saiko stood up from her chair. "I'll go take care of Takashi." As she walked around the couch she stopped for a moment and ruffled my hair. "After I get Takashi back to sleep I'm going to go to bed unless you need me."
I shook my head negatively and she continued on talking. "Alright then. Take care and I'll see you tomorrow for my first installment of foot massages."
I watched her leave and then listened to the sounds of Takashi fussing as Saiko attended to him for a while before I decided to leave. The cool air hit me as I stepped outside but it wasn't unpleasant. The Land of Fire didn't have a true winter where it snowed except perhaps in the northern most reaches of it and snow was one thing I missed from my past life. 'Still,' I looked up at the moon, 'what to do now?' I thought for a bit before nodding decisively. I had promised to work on my chakra strings and now was as good a time as any. With my mind made up I went on my way.
After the sun rose high into the sky I stopped my training and headed for Orochimaru's laboratory after a messenger found me. I suspected he wanted to test out my newfound vitality and sure enough that was the case. In the end though I stayed firm on not allowing him to punch holes through me even after he tempted me with high ranking jutsu. There were somethings I just didn't want to experience again if I didn't have to.
He was persistent though and I finally told him I had a new jutsu that I wanted to test out with him just to get him off my back. A civilian spy was brought in and I hit him with Jinx which for some reason was a bolt of bubbling pink chaotic energy. We both watched the spy for a bit with nothing happening to him before Orochimaru spoke, "So what does this justu do?"
As though him speaking was the trigger a chunk of the ceiling broke off and landed right on the spy's family jewels. We both winced in sympathy as his high pitched squealing made its way through the observational glass. "It causes bad luck." I mumbled as I watched the man fall to the ground after the chair he was strapped in broke beneath him.
Both of Orochimaru's eyes widened in disbelief. "You have a technique that violates causality?"
"I think it would be more appropriate to say it manipulates probability to cause bad things to happen to its target." For some reason a female guard had entered the observational room with a tray of food and somehow the spy ended up with his face between her breasts. Why she didn't dodge when she was a ninja and he a civilian remained a mystery but the beat down she did afterwards was educational.
"I can barely even fathom how that works. Kuhuhuhu." There was a maniacal grin on his face and an unholy light shining in his eyes. "We must do more testing." I whole heartedly agreed as long as it kept him from testing how much punishment my body could withstand.
The next few weeks proved to be rather stressful for the entire ninja population. We knew a potential war was on the horizon and yet we could do nothing to prevent this. During my walks around the village I saw quite a few ninja tersely discussing the upcoming conflict but they always trailed off or switched subjects when they saw me. A drawback of being the Hokage's son I suppose although the perk of being better informed was nice.
For example I knew we had refused the Kumo delegations demands for Hiashi's head because the new treaty outlined what would happen to people who killed a diplomat. Minato had torn the peace treaty to shreds in front of them after they pointed that out which wasn't surprising really. They all but admitted that this was a planned thing instead of a rogue agent like they were claiming if that buried wording within the treaty was any indication.
After that the entire delegation left in a bit of a hurry and there had been nothing but silence from Kumo since. It was a few days after they had left that I was sitting at Kushina's table as we ate Ramen and I swear that the Uzumaki clan are predisposed to loving Ramen as both Mito and Karin ate it with unusual gusto. It would probably be a recessive gene for taste buds or something along those lines that made Ramen almost addictively tasty to an Uzumaki but I would need more people to test that theory.
I was broken from my thoughts by the door opening and Minato entering. He looked resolute but almost relieved at the same time. "Hello everyone." There was a myriad of responses from all of us although both Mito and Karin barely looked up from their Ramen like the little addicts they were becoming. He gave a wide smile to us and ruffled everyone's hair but Kushina who he gave a kiss to.
"So," he said as he sat down. "I've just received news about Kumo." Both Kushina and I tensed and gave him our entire focus while Mito and Karin continued on eating, blissfully unaware of the seriousness of the conversation.
"Is that so?" Kushina said slowly as her eyes wrinkled. "It must be good news if you're able to sit down to dinner with us so calmly."
"Ah." He scratched his cheek and looked a little embarrassed. The slight rebuke for not spending time with his family even if his work was extremely important in her tone. "I'll try to work on that a bit. Maybe shadow clones." He muttered the last bit before he seemed to shake off whatever thoughts he was having.
"Anyways I have heard through official channels that Kumo is now in a state of war with Kiri." My mind went blank as he finished speaking. How? I mean sure we left some circumstantial evidence but why would they go to war over it?
Kushina seemed to be on the same track as I was because she blurted out, "What? Why?" Her outburst drew the attention of the girls but Kushina motioned to them that everything was fine and they cautiously went back to eating although they began sending obvious glances our way.
"The Mizukage admitted that a recent action against Kumo was their fault." His expression turned bemused. "In fact he seemed rather proud of it actually."
"But-" Kushina started then stopped as she was nearly shouting again. "But why would he admit that and what did they do to cause Kumo to go to war with them?"
"Well I don't have the full details but apparently it was an assassination-" His eyes briefly flickered to Mito and Kushina seemed to catch it, "- of a high ranked kunoichi. One that had a number of tails."
"Someone had tails?" Karin shouted out. "Can I get tails? What kind of tails did she have?" The serious air around us broke as Minato smiled indulgently while Karin and then Mito babbled on about having tails. While that was happening I was seemingly calmly eating while internally my mind was running a mile a minute.
'Why would the Mizukage claim responsibility for killing Yugito? Even if he did order the assassination, which he did not, why admit it? Furthermore he has to worry about the ongoing civil war and an outside war now that he's done that.' I slurped down some more noodles. 'The only reason why I could think he would do that is because he's insane. Wait? Doesn't he have the three tailed beast sealed inside him? Could that be the cause of his insanity?'
Leaving my thoughts for later I focused back on the conversation or more of the girls babbling about wanting animal tails. Which actually could be pretty cute if I thought about it. I glanced over at them and imagined Mito with fox ears and a fox tail while Karin would have cat ears and a cat tail. 'Yes,' I thought as the image came to mind. All wars would be ended if everyone could see how adorably cute they would be.
"What does this mean for Konoha?" Kushina's question jarred me out of my thoughts and I turned my attention back towards them.
Minato rubbed his chin as he considered the question. "I don't know. Kiri is fractured right now but even so they won't fall easily. Heck, this could be the thing that drives the rebels and the loyalists back together." He carelessly shrugged. "Right now we've adopted a wait and see approach but if Kiri comes close to falling apart we may swoop in and pick up the pieces."
'Like vultures,' a part of me thought yet I didn't allow anything to show on my face. For all our efforts to avoid a war it seemed like we were still willing to enter one if we had a massive advantage. Although we may be forced to if Kiri does look likely to fall to Kumo as then we would have a massive superpower to our East if they conquered them. Still it was probably better to regain our losses now and strike when our foes are weakened then be forced to fight now.
The next few months saw the releasing of tension throughout the ninja ranks as Kumo's war with Kiri picked up and they withdrew a large portion of their forces from the border. They did enact some economic sanctions for our refusal to give Hiashi's head to them but it would seem that their blatant actions using the thin cover of diplomats on a peace mission hurt their international standing far more than it hurt ours. The most recent reports coming out of Kiri have shown that the rebel and loyalist forces are still skirmishing but more and more often they have been seen fighting together against Kumo aggressors.
Even with a war going on right outside our borders Konoha and the Land of Fire was experiencing a period of peace. Sure we had upped our Eastern border patrols and it seemed like every day we would catch fleeing Kiri or Kumo deserters but on the whole it was peaceful. My team and I would alternate between spending time on the Eastern border or working for the Daimyo and his court. The phrase shit floats to the tops comes to mind whenever I think about the court.
Petty minded people that would backstab each other just to get one step closer to the Daimyo were as numerous as flies. Most of them had never even worked a day in their lives as they were born into familial wealth and power. For all that his court seemed to be filled with scum the Daimyo himself seemed to be a laid back individual who left the real running of the country to the armies of bureaucrats while keeping a watchful eye on the politicking within his court.
It had seemed odd to me at first that we would actually be subservient to someone with no personal power at all. I mean when you have people who can tear down mountains it doesn't make much sense to obey someone who is at a civilian level of power. Minato had explained it to me as a holdover from the time before chakra existed. When the Sage of the Six Paths had granted chakra to the world there had already been a feudal system similar to Japan in the middle ages.
When people began to discover what chakra could do many, many warlords popped up everywhere as what amounted to uneducated peasants grew drunk on their own power. Fearing that their power would slip away the ruling class of the time had gathered numerous armies and crushed all the upstart warlords underfoot as chakra was relatively new and largely untested in its use. From there the ruling class had shown remarkable intelligence and given the marauding warlords the chance to pledge allegiance to them or die. That was how the first clans started and the Daimyos of today still hold our allegiance while ruling the non-chakra using population while the Hokages rule the ninja.
It worked in a fashion I suppose although the fact that Konoha, at least, worked as a militaristic meritocracy under a dictator helped corral the prickly ninjas together. Minato once described it as herding cats and I agreed with him. For most of my ninja career I had been working with the best of the best. People with the utmost decorum or natural prodigies like Hina and Shisui. Working border patrol showed me the other side of the ninja world with the career genin and chunin. It was hard to connect to them almost as while they were ninja they didn't have a drive to grow stronger. I almost hated them in a way as they wasted their potential, contently being stagnant, when they could be so much more. It just seemed like such a waste.
Regardless, I was promoted to the rank of Special Jonin a few months after my quest was complete. No doubt it was set up that way so that enemy spies wouldn't gain any connection to the two events even if the Mizukage had admitted to ordering the hit on Yugito. I also reasoned that the reason the reward was so bland would be because I had fulfilled the minimum requirements of the quest. If I had captured Yugito and brought her back so that the Two Tailed Beast could be extracted then I think I would have gotten a better reward.
Still there was no use crying over it as months turned into years and the war between Kiri and Kumo entered a stalemate for the moment as the rebel and loyalist faction had set aside their differences to repel Kumo. The war hadn't affected Konoha much at all as evidenced by the fact Kushina, Karin, Mito and I were carelessly walking back from the Academy after their first full week.
It was… disquieting to see them talk so animatedly about traps and basic survival skills. Yes I knew this would happen when they turned 6 but seeing and knowing were two different things entirely.
"Piggy back attack." Mito shouted jarring me out of my thoughts and I felt her collide onto my back as her arms and legs wrapped around me. With a slight grin I used my chakra to stick her to me and kept walking like nothing happened at all. I could almost feel the pout coming from her. "Eh, that's no fun." She tried to get off me but my chakra held her firmly glued to myself. "What's happening? Why can't I move?"
"That would be because you've fallen into my trap. Now you'll never escape me and my tickles." As I finished saying that I reached behind me and started tickling her sides causing her to erupt into giggles and frantically squirm to free herself. Of course it was all for not. If her chakra control had been better she could have detached my chakra from her but alas she was trapped against me for now.
"Karin," Mito managed to gasp out between her laughs. "Help me." I sent an amused grin towards Karin before wiggling my fingers at her. She looked at the giggling mess that Mito had become and then back at me before choosing discretion before valor and put mom between us as a buffer. What a smart little sister indeed.
Any amusement I had at the moment ended as my body began to move on its own. I recognized the inhuman reflexes skill at work and my finely honed senses sharpened to a razors edge which is why I was probably able to see what happened next.
Right in front of where I was walking before I began to move a black dot appeared. The dot quickly spiraled outwards as it grew in size to form a man with an orange spiraled mask with his right eye revealed to show an oddly shaped sharingan staring me right in the eye as he reached for Mito and I.
'It's the man Minato wants to flay alive,' my mind randomly spat out at me as the world seemed to slow around me. 'It would seem like he's trying to reacquire the Kyubi to attack once more in a snatch and grab.' Even as I thought that I detached Mito and sent her flying off me. She didn't get far, maybe a half centimeter away, but she wasn't touching me at all as the man's hand touched my forehead and I felt a pulling sensation as he began to seemingly collapse inwards.
The last thing I saw before I was pulled away was the truly furious expression upon Kushina's face and a plethora of glowing chakra chains heading right towards where the man stood even though I saw they would arrive too late to do anything. Then there was nothing but a feeling of weightlessness as I was pulled through a void of darkness before whatever technique the man used ended and I continued my movement away from him. Yet something was different. I felt sluggish and weak as though my strength had been sapped from me and the surroundings were odd.
All around me pillars of stone rose from the ground to reach towards the black and grey sky while the forest of pillars continued as far as the eye could see. I could only conclude that this was another dimension and the pop up confirmed it.
Ding!
Discovered Closed Private Dimension: All physical stats are reduced by 50%
'Shit. This is bad. I could barely even do anything at my fastest and now my mobility is cut in half. Not good.' Still, I immediately tried to use ID escape since it didn't cost me anything but nothing happened except another pop up telling me my ID was overridden by being here. The masked man still hadn't moved from his spot as I landed on one of the pillars and in fact his body language didn't indicate any hostility towards me at all.
"What a pity." The man spoke without preamble. "I had hoped to get both the Kyubi container and you at once." He shrugged carelessly. "I suppose denying Konoha you will have to suffice for now." I didn't know what to do. At my best I could probably annoy him until he decided to squash me like a bug but I wasn't nearly at my best anymore. Stall for time then. I knew I had a marker for Minato's Flying Thunder God technique so if I could get him to leave me here perhaps Minato could rescue me even if the thought left a bitter taste in my mouth.
"Why would you want me? For that matter why would you think Mito is the container of the Kyubi? It was destroyed by the late Sandaime."
The man chuckled mirthlessly. "Do not take me for a fool Shiro. The Tailed Beasts cannot be destroyed, only contained, and besides why wouldn't I want the killer of the Nibi's container?" A chilling sensation ran down my spine at his words. To be able to gain access to SS rank secrets would mean a massive security breach or betrayal at the highest level.
"I don't know where you're getting your information but the Mizukage was the one who put out the hit on Yugito. I don't even know why you would think I killed her?"
"Playing innocent then?" His visible eye narrowed at me. "No matter, my eye sees everything and I can discern the truth from your lies." I briefly considered going invisible and trying to get a sneak attack on him but his eye would see the chakra disturbance as I moved. 'Damn stupidly overpowered doujutsu.'
"Now then, where is the Nibi?"
"How should I know?" I sniped back at him as soon as he asked. Just deny, deny, deny until help arrives or he goes away.
"I couldn't find one trace of its power throughout all the lands so I went to the source of its disappearance." He continued on as though I hadn't spoken. "I know of your ability to use space time ninjutsu so it must be locked away wherever you have placed it."
Even though he was an enemy his information had been uncomfortably accurate up to this point and if he said the Nibi wasn't reforming in the outside world then it must be in my ID which was an unpleasant thought. Still just keep stalling. "Really? You really think I can use space time ninjutsu? If I could why haven't I escaped from this place?" The answer seemed to actually stump him for a moment or two before he began to study me intently. 'Any second now Minato.'
"It's not that you aren't able to it's that you can't use it here for some reason." He said slowly and then nodded. "Yes that's it. My pocket dimension is interfering with your technique leaving you trapped here like so many others before you." The man made humming sounds as he seemed to consider something. "You're a threat that needs to be dealt as you could impede my plans yet you hold the key to the Nibi and killing you would put it beyond my grasp forever."
I didn't know why he was being so candid with his plans but it probably wasn't good for me at all that he was telling me this. "Hmm, for now it is enough that I know the location of the Nibi. Maybe a few years of isolation will be enough to persuade you to give the Nibi to me. If not there is always torture." With that he disappeared in a swirl and I was left alone in the absolute silence of this dimension.
I paused as I didn't consider him gone yet so I sent out a pulse of chakra to see if I could sense if he was hiding nearby. The short answer was no he was probably not. The slightly longer answer was that I probably wouldn't be able to tell with any real degree of accuracy as the entire place was saturated with his chakra signature. He could be standing right behind me and it would be extremely difficult to tell.
Still this was nothing more than a stay of execution if what he said was true and I had no doubt it was. Pulling out the tri pronged kunai I threw it onto the ground and waited. Ten minutes passed and Minato didn't show up so I picked it up and threw it into the ground again. Still nothing happened which meant either Minato was unable to teleport to another dimension using his technique or he was dead. The latter was unlikely which meant the first was probably true. I slipped the kunai back into my inventory as I tried to figure out how to escape.
Okay let's think. ID is out because it's being overpowered by the local dimension. Minato can't reach me either because his technique can't go between dimensions or he's dead. I've been hampered physically but not mentally and finally the man who has done this could be standing right next to me without me knowing it. I let out a stream of curses strong enough to make a sailor blush which was oddly therapeutic.
When I was finished I sighed and did something I hadn't done since creating Angel's Breath, ask whether a technique could be created to escape this trap. The ding told me it was possible and with some trepidation I looked at the pop up.
Ding! The skill you want to learn requires the following:
INT 200
WIS 150
5 points
I bit my lip at the stats that were required and at the addition 5 points required. That was 5 points that would be forever lost if I had a level cap and it would take almost all my accrued points to make requirements. 'Can I see the skill first?' I questioned and another window popped up.
Dimensional Bridge (Active Unknown Rank(50,000(37,500))) LVL 1 – 0%
This skill allows the user to travel between dimensions and universes. At its current low level the user will be thrown randomly throughout the multiverse with only the assurance that where they land won't kill them instantly and is livable.
Cooldown of 1 year and 1 day.
'Really? That's the only thing that will get me out of here? A random jump across all of creation and the cooldown time is atrocious. What about a reverse summons to the summoning realm?' I knew about summons like Ma and Pa, the sage toads, so why couldn't I try to reverse summon into a summoning realm? While it would be dangerous it would certainly be better than a known threat from my jailer and the almost sure chance of never finding my way back if I used the Dimensional Bridge. With that in mind I made the required hand signs annnnd nothing happened except another dinging noise.
Ding!
This dimension is cut off from the summoning realms making a reverse summoning impossible.
I dismissed the pop up aggressively and tried to think of any other way I could get out of this mess without resorting to the Dimensional Bridge. I sat there for days and days just thinking but nothing I tried worked at all and with a weary heart I placed the required points into intelligence and wisdom. The pain was almost as unbearable as the first time I did this and I could feel myself thinking faster.
Ding! Learned or upgraded the following:
Chakra Pool 1 – 2: Grants a 40% increase in chakra capacity.
Chakra Regeneration – 1: Grants a 30% increase to chakra regeneration.
Processing Speed(Active) LVL MAX: Enables the user to increase their thought process so much so that everything seems to move at 1/10 their original speed.
My splitting headache went away as the changes to my mind settled and wasn't that a disturbing thought. I blinked and shook my head. What was I doing? 'Oh yeah, the Dimensional Bridge ability.' A thought later and I held the power to travel throughout all creation at my fingertips yet I still hesitated to take the final step.
For all of its cruelty and violence this world had become my home with people I cared for. Without them to temper me I could become just what Danzo would admire in a shinobi, emotionless and willing to do whatever is necessary to complete the mission, at all times which is something I didn't want. Right then and there I vowed to return or find someone to reign me in. Besides I'm sure if I became skilled enough I could direct where and when I wanted to arrive in a universe. All I had to do was make sure I arrived after I had left this universe behind and whether that would be a second or a year it wouldn't matter.
With my resolve strengthened I activated Dimensional Bridge and vanished from the world of shinobi, at least for now. Chaotic space between everywhere and nowhere crashed against the bubble that protected me in an almost hypnotic display of creation and destruction. Forever, and in an instant, my bubble fell through a hole in the pattern of all reality before sending me crashing into the real world again.
The hole in reality dumped me about a meter above what seemed to be a lake and as I fell I landed on top of the water with nary a ripple disturbing it. Every defensive skill I had was activated and my senses were going into overdrive cataloguing everything that could be a threat around me. To my right I could see a large looming forest that reminded me of the Forest of Death in training ground 44 back home. To my left I could see a large hill with a majestic castle perched on top with the moon illuminating it from behind. All this was taken in within a second before I swore the dinging of a pop up took off 30 years of my life.
Ding!
Quest Complete:Traveler from Distant Lands
A wanderer, a connoisseur of the new, you dream of seeing distant lands and new experiences. Grow strong enough to bridge the gap between dimensions and universes. See the glory of the whole multiverse yourself.
Rewards: All-Speak, Auto Translate, Ageless
All-Speak (Passive): Never fear not speaking the native language. With All-Speak your words will automatically translate into the listener's most well-known language.
Auto Translate (Passive): All languages that are spoken within your hearing distance will be translated into your most well-known language.
Ageless (Passive): The multiverse is a large place. In order to explore it you need to have time on your hands and now you do. When you have reached the age of 24 the trapping of time will cease to have meaning and old age will never trouble you.
'I'll never age past 24 now?' I thought in shock but quickly pushed it to the side as the presence I felt when I arrived made a small noise near the lake shore. My eyes focused in on the area where the invisible person must be and I decided to go for a calm approach. I.E. I wouldn't just attack them but try talking first. "Whomever is hiding near the lake shore reveal yourself or I shall take action." I let the silence stretch out for a couple of seconds before I spoke again in a slightly more hostile manner. "This is your final warning. Show yourself and I will not attack unless you strike first. Otherwise I will consider you an enemy and respond accordingly."
I shifted slightly but before I launched myself at whomever was there a rippling motion distorted the air and a boy of about 14 was revealed holding a cloak that now that it was off of him felt like Death itself had imprinted on it. I noted that the boy had black messy hair that seemed as though he had just gotten out of bed and the most brilliant emerald eyes I have ever seen. I also noticed that he was sitting on some type of chest or trunk of some kind and as the cloak fell away he stood up.
"Err, sorry about that. It's just that I've never seen someone stand on water before. My name's Harry, Harry Potter."
Age: 10 years - 4 months
Title: Root Shinobi, Son of a Kage
LVL: 31 - 3% to next LVL
HP: 1,750/1,750
Chakra: 97,287/97,287
Elemental Affinity: Water, Earth
Bloodline: Crystal Release
STR: 180(234)
VIT: 175
END: 167
DEX: 189(208)
INT: 200(214)
WIS: 150(160)
LCK: 50
Points: 18
Money: 921,402
Skills upgraded:
Ying Manipulation 65 – 84
Yang Manipulation 65 – 83
Fire Manipulation 48 – 74
Wind Manipulation 84 – 100 : Wind Resistance: LVL 8
Crystal Release 56 – 84
Earth Manipulation 45 – 67
Angel's Breath 5 – 7
Mystical Palms Expert – Adept: 50h/min, minor diseases
Chakra Strings Emissions (Passive) LVL 10 - MAX
Decreases the Chakra emission by 50%
*Chakra Chains(Active 100/min) LVL 4 – 39
Combines the chakra strings into sturdy chakra chains.
Poison Resistance 71 – 79
Meditation 76 – 79
ID Create 4 – 7
Sneak 97 – 99
Sense Chakra 78 – 84
Jinx 1 - 9