Shizen's room:
I stared at the text box in front of me after having ignored it earlier. 'Do quests always give this many rewards?' I thought as I stood awestruck in front of my first quest notification as I was facing the door.
Quest Created!
'Place first in all of your exams until graduation!'
Objectives:
Place first in every exam henceforth
?
Rewards:
+1000 REP with every Uchiha and Uzumaki
+250 REP with Konoha citizens
Learn a B rank fire jutsu created by Uchiha Atsui from Uchiha Sakaki.
Placed with the strongest Jounin Sensei
Placed with strongest team members available.
Hidden stats unlocked.
? = C rank Item
C rank jutsu scroll
+1500 REP with Uchiha Clan
Special training from Uchiha Sakaki, Atsui and Uzumaki Niwa
Failure: -50 REP with Uchiha Sakaki
"Hmmm. An original jutsu?" I mulled the thought of learning a B Rank Jutsu early on but quickly discarded the thought. As I deleted the text box in front of me, I noticed my dad standing in the doorway with a calculating gaze. 'Shit, I got caught so early on, I hope he doesn't start asking questions!'.
"Oh, hey dad. Thought you were supposed to be on a mission?" I said with my eyes widened before regaining my composure.
'something's definitely happened. First not feeling any pain after falling down the stairs, and now reading something in the air that I can't see… should I ask?... No, I'll observe for a while longer." Atsui thought before shaking himself from his thoughts and answering the question.
"The client was killed outside the leaf's walls before getting a team assigned to him. Dumbass went out the walls despite being told not to until getting a team assigned." Atsui said keeping a close eye on Shizen to catch anything out of the ordinary.
"Ah, I see. Does that mean you can start training me now? Afterall, I do have a ques-, sorry I have to come first to get a jutsu from big bro!" I said accidentally talking about my quest before catching myself. 'Oh SHIT. If he didn't think something was up before, he definitely will now!' I screamed in my mind.
'A quest? Like the video game stuff? Maybe if I start his training, I will dig up some more info about what's going on…' Atsui thought with his eyes narrowed on his second son.
"Eh, sure I don't much else to do now!" Atsui said as if nothing had happened.
Let me grab a scroll on the fireball jutsu and some Kenjutsu to learn. Once you have learnt the content in the scrolls come find me and you can train with me." Atsui said with a cheeky grin, knowing that Shizen hated reading.
"Alright, I can't wait!" Shizen said loudly, knowing that he could learn these much quicker due to his ability. Atsui narrowed his eyes, before he would have chalked the excitement up to finally being trained, but things were different now due to the other abnormalities in Shizen's behaviour.
When I got the scrolls, I left the door open and sat down on my bed. As soon as I unfurled the scroll's I got a pop up asking if I wanted to learn the skill's fireball jutsu and beginner Kenjutsu.
My eyes widened slightly at the pop up, gradually getting less and less surprised by the system's tricks. 'This ability's busted! I can learn any jutsu in scroll just by opening it!' I thought happily before quickly tapping yes and having an influx of knowledge enter my brain, the scroll also vanished into shining blue particles. I decided to wait a while before meeting my dad as I didn't want him to be suspicious.
"Hey dad!" I called after a while to show him my progress.
"Yo" he said as he appeared around the corner of my door.
"You done, squirt?"
"Sure am!" I said loudly before we headed to the training grounds.
My dad then showed me his fireball jutsu, and I of course did the same jutsu using my knowledge from the book and the newly created skill that came along side it.
Dad was impressed. Very impressed, as I was the first Uchiha to be able to perform the fireball jutsu on the first try with no mistakes.
+250 REP with Atsui Uchiha.
Reputation with Atsui Uchiha has reached its maximum. Atsui now places your life above everything else in the world!
"I'm impressed Shizen! Very well done, I'm not sure a single Uchiha has ever performed that jutsu on their first try so well!" He said with a big grin in his face as he ruffled my hair.
"Before we go into kenjutsu, I want you to learn this scroll." He said as he handed it to me. I opened the scroll and ignored the pop up to learn the Great Fireball Jutsu. 'Surely it's to early to learn this right?' I thought.
"No kid, I know you can learn scrolls without reading them. I just watched you do it. You don't have to tell me anything but just know not to tell anyone about this ability. Got it?" He said with a kind smile gracing his well-defined face. I was shocked, genuinely shocked. I really didn't expect to get caught out at all! But I just nodded and watched the scroll burst into light in my hands.
"Show me the jutsu." Atsui said with some excitement in his voice.
I nodded at him and went through the hand signs for the jutsu, performing a watered-down version of a mastered Great Fireball Jutsu. I looked at him and said "I think I have a unique ability dad and…" I stopped not knowing what to say.
"Go on kid, it's alright." Atsui assured me with a soft smile on his face as he hugged me.
I took a deep breath. I felt the warmth of the dissipated Great Fireball Jutsu enter my lungs.
I held the breath for the second, then let it out. Confidence overflowing me.
"I can show you the ability."
"You already have, have you not?"
"Send party invite to Uchiha Atsui." I voiced, ignoring him.
"Woah… what the hell is this squirt?" Atsui asked in amazement.
"It's my ability. Think 'yes' and I think you get some of the same abilities as me." I said, wanting to let my dad in on the secret. I watched him, waiting for a reaction.
Skill 'observe' has been created through the act of observing the world around you!
Skill: Observe LVL (1/100)
When using this skill, you gain information on the things around you.
Cannot gain information on things over 5 levels higher than yours. This changes when the skill levels up.
My dad must have seen the alert too as he asked me about it.
"I can gain skills by doing certain acts, and by using them constantly they level up. I think this means I can master things quicker than other people too" I said explaining the pop up.
For the next three hours me and my dad experimented with the system, and he eventually helped me level my Fireball Jutsu to level 17 and all 3 basic academy jutsu up to max level as he wanted me to get a hold of the basics so he could teach me the other academy jutsu, like chakra flow. 'Time to check my skills and confirm what happened yesterday.'
"Skills"
Skills
Leaf Concentration: LVL (100- 0%)
+10% increase to chakra control
+100% increase in concentration
Fireball Jutsu LVL (17- 27%)
The user shoots a ball of fire out of their mouth that deals 2,250 DMG at its current level.
15% chance to apply burn effect on target.
When mastered you can use the skill without hand signs.
Great Fireball Jutsu: LVL (1- 10%
The advanced version of [Fireball Jutsu]
This jutsu does 2 x the damage of the equivalent level [Fireball Jutsu]
Deals 265 DMG
50% chance to apply burn effect on target.
When mastered you can use the skill without hand signs.
Shuriken Throwing: LVL (7- 79%)
70% accuracy when hitting stationary targets.
7% accuracy when hitting moving targets.
3.5% accuracy when hitting targets in your blind spot.
Kunai Throwing: LVL (12- 92%)
100% accuracy when hitting stationary targets.
12% accuracy when hitting moving targets.
6% accuracy when hitting targets in your blind spot.
Observation: LVL (5- 43%)
Cannot gain information on things over 25 levels higher than your own.
Uchiha Interceptor Fist: LVL (9- 23%))
When using this skill STR = base STR*1.9
DEX = base DEX*2.9
Effects increase when using sharingan.
Substitution Jutsu: LVL (100- 0%)
Substitute with nearby objects
As level increases you can substitute from a larger range and substitute quicker.
When mastered you can use the skill without hand signs.
Current range – 100 metres
Clone Jutsu: LVL (100- 0%)
You form an illusionary clone to distract enemies.
+100% detail
When mastered you can use the skill without hand signs.
Transformation: LVL (100- 0%)
You can transform your appearance into another person.
You have a unique transformation that can change your entire body into that object, this means you can increase or decrease in size!
When mastered you can partially change your chakra signature as well so that only sensors can tell the difference.
When mastered you can use the skill without hand signs.
Gamer's Body: LVL (100- 0%)
Your body is that of a Video Game Character
You recover 100% HP and CP when sleeping.
You only die when hp hits 0.
Gamer's Mind: LVL (100- 0%)
You have the mind of an RPG Gamer, so keep your calm and make some wise choices… hopefully. You are able to calm yourself more easily, but be careful, extreme emotional distress can still affect you.
I had glanced at my skills ideally noting to increase my shuriken and kunai throwing as well as my taijutsu. I then saw the last two skills in the floating box in front of me. My breath hitched and my eyes widened. I couldn't believe it, I had possibly the two most busted skills in the entire world! I them parked my thoughts for a later date.
"Hey dad, can you teach me iryojutsu?" I asked, hoping to learn at least the mystical palm jutsu and chakra scalpel.
"Tour mother would probably be the best bet, but given how you can learn stuff by just touching a book or scroll. I can give you a few jutsu to learn. They will only be relaxation jutsu which helps increases the targets chakra regeneration, the mystical palm jutsu which is the most effective healing jutsu,but can also be harmful if you manipulate the chakra wrong. And finally, I will give you the chakra scalpel jutsu." My dad explained while keeping a close eye on my facial expressions.
"When do I get them?" I asked eagerly.
"I'll give you them once we get inside, you can learn them but don't practice them as Mieko and Tsuki are coming over." He said with a small smile as he recalled his old teammate, Uchiha Tsuki and her daughter Mieko.
My memories supplied me with knowledge on both em of them and I quickly asked a follow up question about Mieko's father, Hyuga Akihito.
"Yeah, well unfortunately Aki had to go to the capital on an A rank mission."
"Why's that unfortunate?"
He has to deal with snobby royals, only the Daimyo and his third son are respectful. The rest are… disliked, let's say."
"Oh, guess it is unfortunate. When does Mieko get here?" I asked excitedly.
"A few hours, around 2pm I believe? You'd have to ask your mum though." He supplied a sufficient answer.
"Wanna go prank the old geezer then?" I asked menacingly.
"It's about time you get some practice yourself, I'll oversee though."
"Sounds good. I'm definitely hitting his face in the mountain!" I exclaimed.
"I look forward to it" Atsui said with a small smirk gracing his tanned face.
After The Prank – Hokage Office
I was currently sat in the Hokage office with pissed kage and tall blonde man with the common jounin attire, this was Minato Namikaze. He had caught me and brought me to the Hokage. He recognised me as his his former teammate, Uzumaki Niwa's son and decided to take some of the blame as he felt pity for his former Genin teammate and didn't want her to have as big a headache from the Hokage's complaints.
"Explain." The leading Kage said to me.
"I got bored your old geezer!" I shouted indignantly.
"Your brother warned me about your prank, but I didn't expect something this big." Hiruzen sighed while pinching his nose.
"That rat!" I shouted cursing Sakaki's names.
"In all fairness, Lord Hokage. I did bet him a D rank mission's reward for him to do this. And besides, it's pretty embarrassing for the Abby to have a little kid do this much damage without alerting them…" Minato interjected trying to save me.
"You're not helping Minato" Hiruzen grumbled.
"Hey, Uncle Minato" I attempted to get his attention.
"What's up?"
"Mieko and Aunt Tsuki are coming over, wanna join?" I asked ignoring the aged Kage.
"Sure kiddo. When will they be there?" Minato replied.
"5 minutes or so" I said nonchalantly.
"Let's get going then! Don't want to be late now, do we?" Minato said while body flickering out of the office, leaving the elderly Kage at a loss for words.
Uchiha compound – Shizen's house
"That was so cool" I shouted childishly, while thinking about the body flicker
"Oh yeah? Wanna learn it?" Minato asked.
"YEAH! You can just give me the scroll if you want. I wanna learn by myself!" I rattled on
"Hahaha, sure kiddo" Minato chuckled.
"Shizen! I saw you painting the old geezers face! Well done little man!" My brother said as he walked up to me on the street by our house.
"It was so much fun you wouldn't believe! Anyway, I brought Uncle Minato over!" I said exuberantly.
"Yeah, I noticed. Could I just grab you for a second before he comes in?" he asked.
"Oh, is this about my ability?" I asked.
"Yeah, it is." He asked semi-seriously.
Minato decided not to get involved in the conversation as he saw Niwa leave the house to greet him. They spoke for a while before they heard me and Sakaki talking about learning fuinjutsu.
"Since when did the kid have an interest in fuinjutsu?" Minato asked Niwa.
"Not sure, all I know is that Sakaki and Atsui want to start teaching it to him when he graduates, or some time before he shows potential." Niwa replied.
"Are you not going to help him?" Minato asked surprised.
"I left Atsui with his Training in everything but Uzumaki stuff, after all he's the best for it. He also knows how to teach properly after his Genin team…" Niwa paused for a second, contemplating what to say. "Not to mention, after that mission my condition worsened significantly. The hospital has given me 3 years tops before I die." Niwa said solemnly.
"That bad huh. He told me he's learnt three medic jutsu from his father. Maybe you should help him"? Minato posed.
"I would, but due to his ability he doesn't need a mentor as badly. Atsui and Sakaki just help him improve faster and give him some structure to his training."
Minato was about to ask about the ability but didn't as he heard Shizen approaching with Minato and Mieko. He decided that if Niwa wouldn't give Shizen some guidance in anything but chakra control and Uzumaki clan jutsu, he would help train Shizen.
After everyone ate. I went out to the training grounds with Uncle Minato as he gave me the scroll. He then said he would me improve Mieko and I's taijutsu as I tucked the scroll away for later use.
Once we finished the training my Interceptor fist managed to level up all the way to 15 and I even got some more stats in strength and dexterity due to the high amount of strength and speed I needed to keep up with Minato, even if he was holding back.
Once he and Mieko had left I voiced "Status" as everyone in the family knew, as I gave Dad permission to tell them.
Name: Uchiha Shizen
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Level: 6
Exp till next level (3200/5000)
Title: Academy student (+50% Exp until level 10)
STATS:
HP – 1,000
CP – 1,600
STR – 25
INT – 20
DEX – 32
VIT – 40
WIS - 20
LUK – 22
Available Stat Points – 30
{A/N I messed up the HP and CP calculations in the last chapter, apologies}
Because of the intense training I also managed to level up 4 times! I ended up using 15 of the stat points to level up INT by 6, VIT by 3, WIS by 3 and LUK by 2. I wasn't too sure what luck did, but I assumed that it would be helpful. I mean, at least I'll be good at gambling.
The next few months went the same with training, my dad and Minato trained me while Sakaki was on leave perfecting his Jutsu as the Hokage saw his perfected Fire Style: Inferno Pond and also heard his plans for another potential A-S rank fire style jutsu which could be taught to every Jounin with sufficient chakra control and a high fire affinity, this jutsu was a secret kept between Sakaki, Dad, the old geezer and Lord Fugaku. What gives, I want in!
Because of my quest that Sakaki triggered I also sought to improve drastically in the academy, this meant that I shot from the upper threshold of the class, straight up to the best in the class by a large margin in all aspects. It was currently around one week from the end of the school year, and Mieko and I had already planned to train the whole summer with my dad and Uncle Minato. In the past few months, I had also max levelled my normal fireball jutsu and had levelled my great fire ball jutsu to level, but the most impressive thing was my gains in Taijutsu and Kenjutsu! My Kenjutsu skills managed to get to level 52 and my taijutsu to level 37, because I was so good at the clans taijutsu, and Kenjutsu I had caught the clan elder's attention and they wanted to gauge my profiency in the taijutsu and Kenjutsu. They had informed me that my taijutsu was low Chunin level and my Kenjutsu was high Chunin!
Around this time the Hokage started rewarding students yearly who surpassed expectations and had an extreme amount of talent. Both me and Mieko were on the list as well as a Senju and a Sarutobi. He all rewarded us with something that wasn't too dangerous or difficult. My first request, which was denied (dick move right?!), was to be told what the secret jutsu my brother was trying to create was. As it was denied I then asked for some scrolls on beginner fuinjutsu as my dad refused to teach me it yet, even with my ability!
"OI SHIZEN! YOU IN THERE!" I heard an irritated Mieko screech down in my ear.
"Sheesh calm it down! I was just thinking about something!" I said to one of my many friends. This one being my closest.
"Yeah Mieko, you might make Minami think I'm a weirdo!" One of my other close friends retorted.
"Everyone knows she won't go on a date with you!" Mieko snapped back at Sarutobi Jimenshi.
Before they could argue I invited them over to my house, as they both wanted to train. Once we got back my mum greeted them with a smile gracing her slender face and her long red hair in a ponytail. She was wearing a pair of jeans and a black tee shirt. She had a ladle in her hand as she was serving some dinner for Sakaki as he was off on an A rank mission the following morning to confront the Iwa and Kumo ninja on the Land of Fire's border.
It was a solo mission to confront 12 Iwa nins and 23 Kumo ninja. It was only solo as he was one of the few ninjas who could use the Fire Style: Inferno Pond jutsu. This jutsu spread fire chakra from all of the tenketsu in the lower half of the body. The fire chakra then concentrated and spread over a radius of 300 metres minimum or up to 2km tops. Due to how concentrated the jutsu is with fire chakra it can only be dispelled with A rank water jutsu or higher, but even then, the jutsu just refills the lost area with no additional chakra cost. The jutsu was extremely lethal and was one of the reasons why he was recently listed in the bingo books as an S Rank ninja!
As I was making my way to the training grounds, my brother called me through as we hadn't spoken properly in almost 3 months.
"Hey kid, when I get back from this mission of been given 4 weeks off duty. I will start teaching you again then, I'm aware you started learning fuinjutsu, so I'll give you the scrolls for intermediate and advanced fuinjutsu. After you've mastered them ill teach you some seals I created. Sound good little man?" He promised with a small smile on his face.
"Of course, you think I'd say no?!" I accused.
"Hahaha! Anyway, for your birthday, do you want a training seal?" he questioned.
I of course said yes, and then we caught up for 5 minutes before Mieko and Jimenshi got irritated with my tardiness and brought me to the houses mini lake. They intended to practice Fire style jutsu and water walking while I practiced the body flicker. I quickly dashed their hopes and made them learn and practice body flicker as it was an insanely useful skill. How on earth did people not think to master the jutsu after what Shisui managed to pull off with the simple C rank jutsu? They took to the jutsu like fish to water! Mieko was a natural at the jutsu and had managed to reduce the hand signs down to 4 from 5 in one day! Jimenshi was also gifted in the jutsu but took a little slower to learn. Of course, Mieko took the piss out of him for this!
"OH SHIT" I heard Sakaki shout from the kitchen.
I dashed inside, worried about him. Even though he's strong enough to take down a whole battalion of ninja by himself, can I not be worried for my dear older brother?
I entered the kitchen, only to see a plate smashed on the floor and my parents with a look of anger, while my brother stood with a look of disbelief.
I looked at the emergency message which was sent to every elite Chunin and above in the village. My eyes widened and My heart beat increased.
The 3rd Great Ninja War had begun.
hey everyone!
Bit of a longer chapter today (3847 words) I plan on making them longer still but I don't have much time.
this chapter was a bit rushed so the narrative might seem a bit emotionless as well.
please write meaningful reviews as well guys, criticisms and praise are always welcome!