Next chapter! This is a relaxing chapter, lot's of character interactions, so if you don't care how or why his harem falls for Senshi, then skip until the PoV change.
"So that's all I can do." I tell a now gaping Paimon.
"Are you a god of this world?" She asks, almost fearing for her safety now.
I chuckle "Nope, that would have been in the books. I am an outsider, died in my own world and some deity revived me here."
Paimon stops floating and sits on my bed "You sure are powerful for a mortal then."
I nod "A few more things. This world we are in, I know it's future, well what it's future would be without me. It's in the black book."
Paimon juts looks plain confused now "How?"
"This world was- In my world- ugh." I pinch my nose, struggling to explain "The future this world would have without me was a story in my world, just a tale from a book (Manga but sure)."
"Umm... Paimon understands." She says, very uncertain.
'No, you definitely don't.' I sigh "Ok, I need to get ready for the next arc- plot point? Major event, so just stay in my house and do anything, no one can see you so you could float around the village, just don't go overboard."
She nods and I dress myself in my recognized outfit and exit my house. I walk towards the training grounds, intending to exhaust myself again, to gain more power but, as I look at the blue skies above and the nature around, a thought enters my head 'I don't really do anything besides training and the occasional hang out, nothing by myself. Well, I can't really be by myself anymore sinc-'
'You dragged me out of the Shinigami, Kid? Yes, also, don't ever block your Jinjuuriki skill again, it's awful for me, couldn't talk to you for a while.'
Kuramas voice returns, breaking my long lost silence 'I didn't block anything, just entered the wrong dungeon.'
I can hear Kurama scoff, like my point was nothing but an excuse 'Fine. What are we doing now?'
I enter the training ground and sit down, surrounded by the trees 'The Sasuke- or Sasuki retrieval arc should happen now but I'm not sure if it's going to. I've changed the timeline so drastically and impacted Sasuki so much that I don't think she'll run.'
I fall on my back and look up at the sky 'I think I can relax for a bit... and I think I need to. I've been around many fictional stories in my past life, many of which point out situations in which a character trains and trains and doesn't take any time to relax, resulting in varying consequences.'
Kurama interrupts, sounding more curious 'So you want to pick up a hobby, or what?'
I smile 'No, I've already got one, painting. Remember when I learned Fujinjutsu? I also picked art up then, but what I'm getting at is, I need to have more time for hobbies like drawing.'
A hum escapes the Kitsunes throat 'That makes more sense. So, Are you taking today off then?'
I smile, replying verbally "No, I'm taking three days. I want to hang out with a few friends before Shippuden starts."
I hear an affirmative hum and then he cuts the connection, leaving me to my thoughts. 'The system is sentient right? It seemed so at the start, so... System, is there such a thing as background music?'
No. I will integrate it though.
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System updated! Think of any music and it will play until you don't want it to.
I smile 'Thanks.' I then get a great idea. I focus my wood style and below my laid down form sprout tiny leaves, giving me a comfortable area to lay in. I then decide on a song 'That'll work perfectly.'
Now playing: Minecraft Volume Alpha - 3 - Subwoofer Lullaby
The most nostalgia filled music I've ever heard plays in my mind and I close my eyes, just taking all of this in 'A new world, new people, new friends...'
I just relax until the sun goes down.
Now playing: The Heart Of The Desert [OMORI]
"Yes Naruko, you should be stronger than Sasuki." my exhaustion is evident as I continue to talk to my favorite blond at Ichiraku's. I look at her beaming face and continue "Just don't tell her I said this."
I play a bit with my magnet release, making a small cube with smooth edges in my hand as Naruko finishes her third bowl of Ichiraku's ramen. She looks at me and narrows her eyes, as if trying to recall something. Her eyes widen when she evidently remembers whatever it was "Can I see Mewo again? You can summon her right?"
I flinch a bit "Not right now, I can't. Mewo's busy."
A punch hits a mirror and the snake sannins hand bleeds "L-Leave me alone!" scared like never before, he tries to exit his room but when he turns to his door he sees a silhouette of Senshi Kūsho, his tormentor. He stumbles back and trips on one of his discarded eyes, ripped out by himself but regenerated by his body. Orochimaru, in the fetal position, begs "I c-cant die! Please, not again!"
The shadowy Senshi just stands there. The room around them seems to darken until Orochimaru is only there with him. Fear envelopes his mind, every moment he spent with Senshi seeming like hell the more he sees this shadow. The once dignified sannin cries himself into unconsciousness.
'Should I recall her?' I think after I replied to Naruko 'No, Orochimaru deserves this.' I look back up at Naruko "I've gotta go now, see ya tomorrow!" She nods, less sad than before and I leave.
"Tsunade, you are horrible at gambling." My unimpressed face says it all as we sit in the local casino playing poker. At the current table sits Senju Tsunade, my... date? I'll explain later, Me, Shizune for obvious reasons, Anko and the dealer, who is Kakashi, for some ungodly reason. I look back at my cards, two aces 'I can work with that.' Tsunade is drunk, as I expected and it's only me, Shizune and Anko still in the game, as the Hokage folded.
The surrounding noise of the late night casino seemingly fades as Kakashi flips the last card. Another ace, now there are four in total, counting mine 'Why isn't my -100 luck making this really bad for me?' I do not question it further and promptly win the game, laying down my cards "I win."
"WHAT!?" Anko shouts as she slams her hand on the table, crushing her cards beneath it. I just smirk.
Shizune calmy lays down her cards and congratulates me "Well played, Senshi."
'I definitely didn't play well, I got lucky, somehow.' Kakashi collect the cards and my first poker game ends.
Skill obtained!
Poker Level 1/10
How good you are at the non luck based aspects of Poker
Nice. Tsunade is looking at me weird and very drunk, so I just nod and smile at her, something I do rarely these days. She blushes and looks away 'No fuckin way. I-I got HER to BLUSH? Jesus, it definitely means what I think it means, because I haven't seen her blush at anything else, in the show or after I met her.' my calm facade still stands as we play the next round.
"Sorry I couldn't come in the past few days, I was on a mission." I enter the flower shop and walk towards the counter.
Ino's eyes widen and she smiles "N-No problem! Glad to have you back!"
I nod at her and walk past her towards the backroom. I enter, look at the paper containing all that needs to be done and I walk back out. I summon a few shadow clones to get things done and then walk next to Ino "So, what where you up to while I was gone?"
Ino, a bit surprised, answers "I had to train with my team. No, I had to train and convince my fellow genin to even consider training! Lazy asses." she grumbles for a bit.
I smile, amused "I can help you, if you need it of course."
Ino blushes and stammer only slightly "I-I don't need it but I'd appreciate the help."
I nod and we get to work planning our training regimen for her team.
'Be thankful Asuma.'
*PoV Sasuki*
Sasuki is walking back home from her school day, entering her compound and greeting resident Uchiha. Waving at her aunt, her cousins and a few vendors. She walks up to her house and past the gates "Mom, Dad, I'm home!" She skips past their garden and onto the wooden walkway towards her parents room "I met a new friend today! Senshi was his na-" She opens the doors.
A void greets her, not a spec of light penetrating past the darkness "M-Mom?"
Slowly, two giant eyes open, giving the void vision. The Mangekyo Sharingan of her Brother present in them. From every angle, a Voice echoes "If you want to kill me, despise me, hate me, and live a loathsome life." the voice of her brother. Memories return, of the night, of her parents, of his messa- "you have the potential to become my opponent. You are someone who could be able to use the Mangekyo Sharingan just like me."
Then, her tormentor says the very thing her brain has been blocking out, to prevent her from going through more losses "Kill your best friend. Only then will you be strong enough."
She takes a step back, now having changed back to her current look "N-No! S-Senshi will make me strong enough without it!"
The voice responds again. From behind her "If so, then why couldn't you even scratch me when we met?" her last step back let's her bump into Itachi. Sasuki turns around quickly to find him in his black cloak with red clouds "This village isn't helping you, neither is he. What will you do?"
She stammers "I-I have a new family, I don't- I can't-"
Itachi narrows his eyes towards her "So you will just forget your Mother, your Father? What all they sacrificed for you? You are a disgrace, how can you claim to find a new family without even having given peace to the one you left to die?"
Panic envelopes her, her own mind torturing her, manipulating her world views "N-No!" vulnerable after her recent failure and combined with her stagnant power, her anger overtakes her fear.
Itachi continues, as if nothing changed "Then hate me, despise me and become powerful enough to stop me."
In just a few seconds, images of the massacre flash before her eyes, her heartbeat sounding like a knock at a door, before suddenly-
"*GASP*" Sasuki Uchiha wakes up in her bed at the dead of night, sweating. A knock can be heard from her door. Weary but still mentally unstable, the Uchiha puts on her attire and walks up to the door. Opening it, a blue haired Oto-nin greets her.
He smiles, the three other shinobi, sharing the same outfit mimic his expression "We've been sent by Orochimaru's right hand man to retrieve you. Orochimaru knows that you want to kill your brother, and he offers you power."
Uncertain at first, the dream flashes before her eyes. despite knowing it was a dream, the reality of Itachi's words still hold. She looks up and gives a life changing answer.
That's It! heheheheh
