AN: HEAVY Spoilers for the game OMORI. If you haven't played it, do so. trust me.
'Why do I always find my self in some void after dealing with life-threatening situations' was the first thing I thought after waking up in a black space. After a few minutes of floating here, an eye appeared in front of me.
"What the fuck."
Then another eye followed.
"okay this is getting creepy."
One after one, until I am surrounded, eyes open around me.
It's you fault he died a whispering voice tells me
'Why do I still feel guilty over my friends death? Aren't I a sociopath now?'
Your fault
I gasp and wake up hurriedly. 'What the hell was that?'
I look around and notice that I'm in what looks like a hospital room with a nurse sitting in a chair beside my bed.
The nurse looks at me and panics slightly "O-Oh you're awake! I'll get the doctor! W-Wait here!" She then hurriedly walks out of the room.
While I am alone in the hospital room I think about what transpired in the alleyway and decide to check what exactly I got from the cursed gacha.
Cursed Power obtained!
Cursed powers are abilities that can grant powerful effects but at a mental or physical cost.
Spirit obtained: SOMETHING [OMORI] Level: 1/5
"When something killed Mari.. when something ruined all our photos.. I didn't say anything.. I didn't want people to think it was you, SUNNY."
-BASIL
SOMETHING is the manifestation of SUNNY and BASILS trauma, though for you it is a spirit feeding of your negative emotion in exchange for it's loyalty. It takes the appearance of an oval shaped black circle rotated upwards, with its lower side divided into 3 spikes, two on the sides of equal length and one larger one. At the center of the body there is a 90 degree rotated eye. If something is killed with the help of SOMETHING, any trauma-like experience of the user will be greatly amplified, even mentally fortified or mute people will be effected. It is also generally mentally draining to use SOMETHING. [NOTE: this effect lessens depending on the level of this skill and on how familiar the user is with SOMETHING.]
When the user is emotionally stressed, SOMETHING will involuntarily appear and start haunting the user until the user calms down.
Any strong emotion can empower SOMETHINGS abilities.
Current abilities:
Terrifying aura: Horrifies any target with illusions or visons. These visons can be manually set by the user. At full power, can even drive people to suicide. [NOTE: If a target does commit suicide because of this ability, SOMETHING can become uncontrollable if the skill is not maxed.]
Shadow manipulation: Can manipulate shadows to take any form desired. Can even make shadows into physical objects.
Noose: The target of this ability will have a invisible noose tied around it's neck, chocking and potentially killing them. The more of a difference in power there is between target and user, the looser or tighter the noose becomes. A stronger enemy will have a looser noose.
Shapeshift: SOMETHING can be shapeshifted and moved around. Any intelligence gathered through this ability will be sent to the user.
Phobia manifestation: LOCKED
"Welcome to is whitespace. You have been living here for as long as you can remember": LOCKED
WELCOME TO BLACKSPACE: LOCKED
Haunt: LOCKED
'holy shit. That's why I was still effected by my trauma, now I guess. This is both a really good ability and a curse. The name of the token warned me I guess. Still, I can use this without permanent repercussions when I don't kill anybody with it, so I can train it. Hiruzen ANBU most likely saw both my blood manipulation and SOMETHING so I'll have to come up with and excuse.' I think while laying in the hospital bed.
I'll wait for now and see what comes my way. 'at least I saved Naruko.'
Third person PoV
The third Hokage is sitting in his office doing paperwork when an ANBU agent flickers Infront of him.
The ANBU kneels and says "Lord Hokage, Uzumaki was attacked."
Hiruzen's eyes widen and he instantly tells the agent "Take me to her."
The ANBU nods and both use the shunshin to flicker away. They arrive in the alleyway where both Senshi and Naruko are laying on the ground.
Hiruzen hurriedly picks up the Jinchuuriki and the ANBU takes Senshi with them. They take both children to the hospital, where they get them treatment for their wounds.
Hiruzen has been standing outside of Naruko's room for an hour when he get's called in. On the bed there lies a perfectly healthy Naruko, which is a stark contrast to the wound littered one they found in the alleyway. The blonde haired girl looks at Sarutobi and smiles, then opens her mouth and says "Hey gramps! I'm fine, see! But my friend got hurt a lot and I don't think he can heal like me, so could you check on him?"
Hiruzen looks a bit confused, wondering why Naruko would go this far for a friend, as to worry about him instead of yourself after such an attack. "*sigh* Are you sure you're okay?" the Hokage questions. Naruko nods multiple times and Hiruzen eyes take on a softer look as he leaves 'That Senshi must be a good friend.'
When he arrives at the door to the child's room he notices two ANBU guarding it. Before he can question them they talk "Lord Hokage there are a few things you must know about the boy." They then go on and tell him about what exactly transpired in the alleyway.
Sarutobi looks shocked by this and thinks out loud "maybe some form of Nara Jutsu we didn't know about."
The ANBU shake their heads and retort "There was something else to that, we could see a figure behind the boy. We also felt quite scared despite our ANBU training, which should only be possible with great amounts of killing intent, none of which we felt."
Hiruzen takes on a thinking expression and then says "Then shouldn't we just ask the boy himself?" Then he enters the room.
Senshi PoV
As I was thinking about a few excuses to give to whoever enters the room, the third Hokage slowly walks towards me after quietly opening the door. I still have a cold expression when he starts to talk "Hello Senshi Kūsho, I'm here to thank you and to ask you a few simple questions. Is that okay with you?"
'Not that I really have a choice' I swiftly reply to his question "No, Lord Hokage."
My mind races a mile a minute for an explanation for my abilities 'I could say they are Kekkei Genkai but that would get me either on an experimenting table or in the CRA. I wouldn't have anything against the CRA if there wasn't a time limit and if I could chose who would be married to me, of course with their consent. Maybe I can ask for that as thanks for saving Naruko. It's the best way as hiding it won't work and even if I say it's a Nara ability, any Nara could confirm that it's obviously not, so I'll go with what I came up with.'
Hiruzen nods and smiles "You've saved what is basically my granddaughter and I think you deserve a reward for that. You can choose one after you've answered my questions, okay?" I nod and he continues "Now, I heard that you used a few unusual abilities while saving Naruko. Could you tell me what they are?"
I again think speedily 'How would I explain that my 'clan' stayed unknown for so long? Got it!'
"Well they are my Kekkei Genkai, of course!" I say with a proud smile.
Hiruzen notices how fake this smile is 'something is wrong with this child.' then he says "I've never heard of your clan though?"
I nod and start to tell a story "That is for a few reasons." 'Now comes my inner author into play' "Well, a long long time ago, in the waring states period there where two clans fighting. As was common at that time. At some point both of these clans fought each other until there where only a dozen or so left of both clans. One of these clans could manipulate blood to a certain degree but the other clan didn't have a special ability. Now you ask 'Then how did they manage to fight to a standstill?' that was because of the drawbacks of the blood abilities, which are irrelevant for now. Now, both clans realized that in their small numbers they would be hunted and killed easily so the put aside their differences and became one clan, The Kūsho."
Hiruzen's eyes tighten and he suspiciously asks "How come I've never read anything about this in any history scrolls?"
I nod and say "I will get to that. First, it was impossible for both clans to have children together. But at some point we figured out why. It was because the clan without an kekkei genkai had an ability! And to tell you how we figure THAT out, I'll need to tell you another story, is that okay Hokage-sama?"
Hiruzen, still suspicious nods
I also nod and continue "There was a man named Itami Kūsho from the side of the clan with no abilities. He had recently married one of the few available women from his clan and they had a child together. Now, at some point the Kūsho made enemies with a group of powerful people back then and they wanted to hurt the Kūsho in some way. This group knew about the rare birth rates of the Kūsho and decided to raid Itami's house. They successfully restrained the family and decided to have a little fun with them and forced Itami to kill his own family. Itami did so after his wife told him to survive himself. Then, similar to the sharingan, he awakened his clans kekkei genkai for the first time in history." I then pause, wincing slightly.
Hiruzen is confused by my pause "And, what is it?"
I sigh and continue "It is called SOMETHING, and I mean that that is it's name. It is basically a spirit feeding of negative emotion in exchange for it's loyalty. Now it is not a real spirit, it is a chakra manifestation. the chakra of his clan can react in certain ways to emotion, which is the second part of the kekkei genkai. Now, SOMETHING's use has drawbacks, one of which is that, if you kill with the help of something any trauma-like experience you've had get's amplified. To counteract that, our clan has developed sociopathy after generations. Though, because our chakra is so reactive, if we feel strongly enough towards something, we 'unlock' normal emotions for them, in a way. After awaking his SOMETHIN and remarrying to the side of the clan with blood control because he didn't want anymore children he noticed that he COULD have children with that part of the clan. But, after the child got born, he noticed it also had a SOMETHING. From then on both parts of the clan fused, and any child would have both abilities from birth."
Hiruzen nods and says "Where is the rest of your clan then, and why haven't I read about it in our history books?"
I nod and further tell the story "Yes, now due to this, the clan grew in size which was good at first. Though after a while they noticed that you can absorb someone else's SOMETHING and enhance yours, though this killed the person. This caused the clan to start killing each other for their SOMETHING's . After a few years of this, there where only two Kūsho remaining. They decided to only have at most four Kūsho alive at a time. Inbreeding was no problem, as the blood manipulation power had the bonus of fixing the gene defects gained through such an act. This family also searched for and destroyed any and all history relating to the Kūsho and only passed the knowledge down to each other. They grew more and more powerful, due to feeding their children their SOMETHING at the end of their lives. Now, I didn't even know this until a few month ago. See I was dropped in an orphanage because my parents thought this cycle of killing your family and staying hidden was abhorrent and they sent me a scroll containing all of this information. This scroll also said that it would arrive after my parents passing and that I should burn it. I didn't really use any of these powers except for saving Naruko."
Hiruzen thinks for a moment 'It's plausible enough and it would explain his powers but I should have known about such a clan. I'll sent my ANBU to investigate, for now I'll trust this child.' he then nods "I believe you. Now, you've answered all my questions and I promised a reward." Hiruzen says a bit more sternly, knowing this child was a sociopath.
Senshi nods "I know about the CRA from a few books and I know you will put me through it. I want to ask for some leniency regarding the timeframe and the ability to choose who want's to marry me, with that persons consent of course."
Hiruzen thinks for a moment 'A clan with a chakra monster similar to a bijuu that reacts to emotion. I should grant this request.' He then nods and agrees.
Before he leaves he asks something "Have you 'unlocked' your emotions towards Naruko and Could you show me your abilities?"
Senshi closes his eyes for a moment and then replies "Yes to both." and then his SOMETHING appears behind him.
Hiruzen's eyes widen 'I haven't felt this way since Tobirama-sensei died. This is a terrifying ability. I should nurture his talent, maybe give him a few books from later years of the academy, he's clearly mature enough.'
He then says "That's enough. You're in good condition, you can go home now." the Hokage then leaves the room.
That's it. I tried to give a explanation that Hiruzen would believe and I think I got it. Though he only belived it due to Senshi's perks. Now, did you like the power? Write a comment, I would greatly appreciate it.
