Chapter 4: Shinobi (Arc 0)

(TIME SKIP: 1 MONTH LATER)

I kept training and got 1 more chakra control, 2 more vitality, 3 more strength, and 4 more dexterity. I was able to walk and move like a person, I could carry as much as an 11 year old in my world, and had much more endurance. The orphanage staff now started paying attention to me but they probably thought I was another Kakashi or Itachi in the making. 'I sure hope I don't turn out like Itachi.' Konoha has basically rebuilt completely except for a couple small things. My eyes have now developed to the point where I can see, so I decided to finally use "Observe."

I looked around my crib for something to use "Observe" on the blankets that covered me and my cribmates. The skill didn't give me a page of information about the blanket like you might think, instead it allowed me to get a closer look at all the small details and then build a 3d model in my head. Kind of like letting me see an object from all directions and viewpoints mentally.

The increase in dexterity allowed me to manipulate my vocal cord and mouth in a way that allowed me to speak. If you were curious the first word I said was kunai

(TIME SKIP: 2 YEARS LATER)

A Lot has happened over the past 2 years, most importantly I now have the strength of the average 2nd year academy student. Also I got out of my crib with my dirty smelly cribmates and am now in a normal bed (yay.) most of my peers can now walk and talk and most annoyingly, bug me to play games with them. Obviously, whenever I do end up playing games with them, I win. I'm so bored and I can't wait to join the academy.

A nameless extra strolls next to me and flashes a gummy smile and says "hey Daikemi-chan do you want to play shinobi with us?" I know winning a game against a 2 year old isn't the most impressive feat, but I'm too competitive to lose. "You're on!" I flash a cocky grin as I prepare to play "Shinobi."

If you were wondering, "Shinobi" is a popular game among children in Konoha. The rules are simple, 3 teams are set up, Konoha, Iwa, and Missing Nin. Both team have to steal an item (usually a rock) from the other's base, before bringing it back to their base. The missing nins will try to either take both rocks themselves or intercept a Konoha or Iwa nin who is bringing the other team's item back to their base.

There were 9 players this time including me, all of the other kids were pretty unimpressive so this should be easy. I was assigned to missing nin and I went off to prepare to ambush people. We were playing in the forest so I hid among the tall green trees and bushes. I made a small rope out of string and tied it to a tree then I hollowed out a soft rock with a sharp rock and put a bunch of pebbles in it so that it would make noise if it was moved. I connected that string to the rest of the trees around me so that if someone came up to me it would make plenty of noise. I climbed to the top of one of the trees to observe the conflict.

The Konoha nin had set two members to defend their rock, one member to scout Iwa's base and the third member defending the scout. Overall a very defensive strategy and possibly viable. Meanwhile, Iwa had one member who was looking for the Konoha nin and the other three were trying to attack Konoha.

One of the Iwa attackers advanced and tried attacking one of the Konoha defenders, however the other Konoha defender stepped in and they captured that attacker, at the same time the scout realized there was only one Iwa defender so he and his bodyguard attacked the Iwa defender. The scout threw a sloppy punch so the Iwa defender dodged only to get hit in the face by the bodyguard, pushing the defender back as she fell on the floor with a broken ankle. The scout grabbed Iwa's rock while the bodyguard followed behind him with her fists raised to prepare for an attack.

The Iwa attackers realized they were outskilled and didn't have a numbers advantage and so they retreated to their base only to find that their rock was stolen. It was at that moment I jumped out from the tree in front of the Konoha scout and his bodyguard. The scout tried running away while the bodyguard rushed at me. The bodyguard raised her fists for a jab so I stepped forward. Then I raised my right arm and pushed her arm away and stepped to the side, countering with my left hand, which incapacitated her. I dashed forward at full speed, feeling the rush of wind against my body as the scout had a terrified expression on his face and he freezed for a second before regaining his composure and he started running away again.

Obviously that did nothing as I smirked, bent down, and put my arms behind me. I charged full speed ahead at him, fully intent on tackling him to the ground. I caught up with him and put my elbows in front of my face right before I rammed into him. I was a couple feet away from him and was prepared for the collision. As soon as I ran into him, I slowed down to a halt as my body rattled and he fell to the ground. I grabbed the rock from him and pushed off the ground as fast as I could, with my legs pushing off the ground rather than being placed onto it, "Every action has its opposite reaction" after all.

I took my rock and retreated back into the forest where I had set up my trap. I placed the rock down and went back to observe the other teams. The Iwa attackers had returned only to see that their rock was gone and their defender had been incapacitated due to her broken ankle. They both had distraught looks on their faces as they looked for the culprit. The strongest person was always chosen as the missing nin because while Konoha and Iwa only needed one rock, the missing nin needed to get both rocks. On one hand, I could take the rock by brute force, but underestimating your opponent is never a good thing.

An: sorry again for being late but i was busy training IRL and i learned a new kata