Chapter 39: The Rising of Makoto Heffner
Part 2: I regret watching the Fuma Clan filler. Sakura sucks. Sasame was kinda cute tho.
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As you may know, the Uchiha clan used to be the cops around here. After the failed revolt, the rest of the clan was put under probation and their position as the military police was stripped away. Then, a portion of the Genin Corps were reassigned to take over the law enforcement duties.
Which is to say, an absolutely terrible idea on Hiruzen part. You can always count on him to make stupid decisions like this.
The Genin Police Division are perhaps the most corrupt division in the village. We hardly actually enforce the law unless you're that stupid at doing crime and we take bribes to supplement our absolutely horrendous wage. 500 Ryo a month? You're just asking us to be corrupt.
As for the higher ups? They couldn't be bothered to care. The clans can police their own compounds, leaving us to patrol and enforce law in the civilian sectors. To be exact, the civilian portion of the Village Takes about a quarter of the total landmass behind the wall of Konoha, and it is situated at the front gate. Officially, the civilian sector serves as trading hub for the foreign merchants that came through the front gate.
In actuality, we put the civvies right at front gate to serve as meatshield in case of invasion. Better let those bozos die in the ambush before actual relevant ninja clans did.
This is a ninja village. Why did you think we let these normies hang around here? The civvies population purpose is to supply orphans to fuel our expendable Genin Corps as well as serving as labrats for god knows how many experiments the clans are conducting. Last week, us Genin Cops has to clean up a building when the Aburame was testing their new breed of Piranha Beetles. Aside from blood splatters, the damn bugs ate everything down to the bones.
It was deemed a failure though, as beetles doesn't have that large of a stomach and the swarms required to clean out a whole body requires 30 Aburame ninja to carry the hive for. Not very efficient for their idea of a corpse disposal service.
I posted a letter to the Aburame Feedback Box that they should at least tweak their bugs to eat away the blood stains. Cleaning those up was a pain in the ass.
What? Too dark? In case that it wasn't clear, Konoha is not the good guys, like at all. They just have a good PR Department. Afterall, I'm pretty sure that Konoha betrayed Uzushio. We didn't send a single reinforcement to them. Trust me, I checked.
Now, about the Fuma clan.
What is the Fuma clan in the SAANINverse?
Long story short, they're squibs.
You know, those magicless wizard descendant in Harry Potter?
The Fuma clan were formed when the Uchiha settles in Konoha and some of the clan members marry out of the Uchiha clan.
Now the thing about Kekkei Genkai is, the gene for it is recessive.
This is why ninja clans, especially the ones that possess Kekkei Genkai rarely marry out of the clan and practice incest. I dunno what's the science is, but apparently unlike on Earth, incest doesn't cause deformed babies, but instead it strengthen the next generation Kekkei Genkai. Rather, Kekkei Genkai is the genetic defect caused by incest.
Fucking ninja eugenics.
The only taboo is just the marriage between parent and child, but otherwise everything is free game. You like your first cousin? Go ahead. Oh, you think your aunt is hot? Go fuck her then. You are a siscon? Power to you brother, get married already!
That is why no one here bat an eye when Hyuuga Cersei and Jaime fucking around so much openly. Incest is normal here.
As for me? Eh, whatever. Diversity and all that crap. I have better shit to worry about than things that will offend your average Americans.
Back to Fuma.
Now, because some of the Uchiha had bred out of the clan, the first generation of out of clan Uchiha breeding was born as squibs. You know how in order to have blue eyes, you need both parents to have blue eye genes? It's like that. Before the founding of village system, Kekkei Genkai clans were doing fine with just breeding within their own clan, when the Villages were formed and ninja clans intermarry for the sake of strengthening unity, it resulted for hundreds of squibs to be born across the continent.
Everyone proceed to blame Hashirama for this. And that is how the First Shinobi World War started. All becoz Hashirama great idea of interclan unity through marriages resulted hundreds of squibs to be born. It was fucking hilarious. I live in a world where not practicing incest is bad for the genes.
Mokuton gene basically went extinct in a single generation as the only Senju left after the war was finished are squibs. Yes, that's how we lost the Mokuton. Senju got the worst of it because they all followed Hashirama's order to marry other clans in order to strengthen the alliance during the infancy of Konoha. Hashirama died after the First War and then Tobirama, his squib brother takeover the village.
Most of the clans disowned their squibs children. Most of them die out or fall into obscurity. Clans go back fucking their own relatives in order to preserve their genetic power. I don't know why exactly but Tsunade, which is the grandchild of Hashirama and Madara (Madara is female here) had apparently become so salty over getting bullied over not inheriting both the Mokuton and Sharingan that she had learn medical jutsu and advanced the ninja understanding of biology just to figure out why she didn't inherit either of the genetic power.
And that lead to Tsunade discovering the concept of DNA at the age of 18.
Through genetic testing, the clans was frantic to search and take back their squib descendants as while they can't manifest genetic power on their own, if they marry a partner with a matching recessive gene, they can give birth to another Kekkei Genkai possessor. Which means it was a huge security risk.
And that is how the Second Shinobi World War started. A war where the Big Five were hunting down squibs with recessive Kekkei Genkai genes across the continent, all the while trying to steal or prevent the others from stealing squibs.
Dear lord. Two world war was caused becoz the clans stopped practicing incest and bred out squibs. I shit you not.
Wait, does that make me a Mudblood becoz I came from the Muggles and pop out my own Kekkei Genkai?
Anyway, the Fuma clan are formed after the Uchiha clan took back squibs that carry the Sharingan recessive gene. The squibs of Uchiha that were not taken back as they don't inherit the Sharingan gene had begrudgingly gave up any chance to get reintegrated back into the Uchiha, and formed two new clans, the Yuuhi clan and the Fuma clan.
Yes, Yuuhi Kurenai is related to the Uchiha. She become the Number 1 Genjutsu Mistress of Konoha out of the sheer salt of not having the Sharingan gene. The Yuuhi however did seem to inherit the Uchiha affinity for Genjutsu. They inherit the Yin of the Uchiha.
As for the Fuma, while they didn't get Sharingan gene too, they have an uncanny talent for mimicking other ninja's moves, taijutsu especially and they have insane mastery over shurikenjutsu. They inherit the Yang of the Uchiha.
That is why I seek to takeover control over the Fuma clan. With their talent for copying, they will make a very good animation staff and keep my artstyle consistent.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to use the Fuma clan to produce anime. Hentai and mainstream. The world shall know Weebism.
"By the way Kabuto, what if a squib that carry a recessive gene marry a youkai?"
Kabuto and I are having a tea break by the dango shop you always seen in the anime. Well, Kabuto is having a tea break. I just have my dango with plain cold water.
Man, at some point I think I'm gonna need to find some kind of ninja alchemist and reproduce cola. I just want my good old pepsi back.
Yes, I like Pepsi more than Coca Cola. Controversial opinion, I know.
"Well, Makoto,", Kabuto adjusted his slipping glasses. "Biologically speaking, youkai and human shouldn't have been able to interbreed. However, youkai is not a purely physical being. They are part spiritual being."
Kabuto then sipped his green tea. Yuck.
"This aspect of their makeup had, for lack of a better word, able to change and adapt to the human genome. A youkai species cannot breed with another youkai species, but they can freely breed with human. It is why some youkai species which is dying out often spirited away human as mates. Yuki Onna in particular does not have male counterparts. They either somehow bred asexually or mate with a human. Single-gendered youkai species tends to be very attracted to human as mates."
"I see."
"now, typically, a hybrid child between Youkai and Human will produce a Hanyo. Which is just a youkai that, pardon my word, defective due to the human blood within their body.", Kabuto give me a nod as apology, as he knew that I am married to a Hanyo. "However, sometimes the Youkai side didn't take when they breed with a mate that has is stronger than them spiritually. In the case of mating with a squib with strong chakra, the hybrid child can be born as if they are a pureblood Kekkei Genkai user."
"heeeeee…."
I made a mental note to tell that to Naruto later. So if a Ninja is particularly stronger in their Yin chakra magnitude over their youkai mate, it is possible to give birth to a pureblood Kekkei Genkai user, as youkai genome is apparently fluid when it met with human genome.
Sasuke, you're absolutely fucked.
"Well Soren, if we're going to take over the Fuma clan, I suggest we find a secluded place and plan out our moves."
I just wave my index finger like Avdol
"Tsk tsk tsk. Kabuto, Kabuto, Kabuto. Since when do I look like a guy with a plan?"
"Err… I heard the rumors but I assume the tales of your stupidity was greatly exaggerated."
"Well, Kabuto, you're about to see my infamous Outstupid Maneuvers."
Kabuto then adjusted his glasses and it did this anime glasses flash thing.
"Is that so?"
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The Fuma clan doesn't exactly has a clan compound. The Konoha Ghetto was in fact formed when the first generation squibs got toss out of their clans, and so they gone to this corner of the village and formed a slum. Some of the squib clans had grown enough wealth to move away, however the Fuma, despite having accumulate enough wealth and power to establish their own clan compound had opted to stay in power in the Ghetto. Officially, they're not even a ninja clan.
Hiruzen as usual just ignore them. The Fuma runs what is pretty much the red light district of the village. They got plenty of brothels that pay rent to them, run some smuggling operation for banned contrabands and sometimes they do missions that Konoha doesn't want to officially take. If Hiruzen is the tree and Danzo is the root, the Fuma is the parasitic plant that mooch off the sap out of Konoha.
So, here I am with Kabuto right after dusk where the night life starts to really shine in Yoshiwara, the best compound in the Ghetto that houses the best brothels.
"So, Hotaru, what are we doing here?"
Kabuto is carrying a duffle bag. He doesn't know what's in it. He looked a bit wary that I may have had him brought weapons into Yoshiwara.
"Well, Kabuto.", I smirked. "I'm going to paint?"
"Eh?"
"This is a good spot.", I faced a group of courtesans behind their… jail bar? "Set up the canvas. I'm gonna take view a bit."
Kabuto shrugs and put down duffle bag. He then set up my easel. In case you chuckleheads don't know what an easel is, easel is the name of the tripod stand that hold the painting canvas. At least that's what Google told me.
Over the four years of practicing art, I had come to master it beyond what I could've done back on Earth. In my predecessor memory, he doesn't seem to be talented at all at drawing, having to develop his art painstakingly one page at a time. However, with my ninja dexterity as well as my perfect control over nerve signals, I surpassed my former incarnation by leaps and bounds.
People start to crowd behind me as they notice I am painting the panoramic painting of the third row of Yoshiwara brothels at insane speed, all the while depicting it in hyperrealism as if I am a photograph printer rather than a painter. I could choose to paint like normal or in anime format if I want.
I just perform hyperrealism just to flex. I am looking to impressing people here.
Once I'm done, I looked back and saw dozens of people behind me watching the whole process. I make a grand gesture to present the painting, and everyone cheered and clapped.
Then, we hear some ruckus as the Fuma bouncers disperses the crowds. One of them came to me and yell.
"Who are you?! What are you doing here?!"
I just point to my painting. Kabuto sweatdrops behind me.
"A painting?!! You know you should pay to have our girls being modelled right?!"
"I know.", I twirled my paintbrush. "I just want to draw your attention, mister……."
"Fuma Hanzaki! That is my name!", the tall ass brute with a giant sword on his back proudly yell out his name. "Now tell me, why are you provoking the Fuma clan?!"
"Oh, I don't know. I heard the Fuma are great at Bukijutsu. So I wonder how will you fare against me."
"WHAT?!!", Kabuto yelped as I randomly just flip this into a battle scene. Yea, I could use the painting to start a diplomatic route to court my way into the Fuma leadership.
But nah, I got lazy midway and decide just pummeling these filler characters will be quicker. For fucks sake, their "jounin" level characters lose to fucking kid Naruto out of all people. And the Resident Evil monster ripoff that is Fuma Arashi even got parried by Kid Sakura once. You guys suck!
Besides, I did say I came here to flex.
"Make room, everyone! I, Fuma Kanzaki with my famed Fuma blade, Zanbato shall make a minced meat out of this brat!"
The big brute, like 2 meters tall draw out Zanbato. Kabuto backed away, but not before taking the painting with him. The first hyperrealism painting in Narutoverse would make a fortune to anyone who possess it. Or calamity. Paintings tend to be cursed.
Wouldn't it be funny if the 4th World War happened becoz of my art? I haven't even told you guys the stupid reason why the 3rd world war happened.
Well, I do want to test out this new katana Naruto made for me.
Yamato Mark 5. It's not the real deal yet, but it's getting there.
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(((Yakushi Kabuto)))
What a stroke of luck.
As ordered by Lord Orochimaru, I had taken myself to become a Genin Police and waited for my assigned target, Makoto Hotaru to finally join the Police Division. I don't know why he worked so long in the City Maintenance Division despite voicing his wish to join the police during the academy, but finally he did transferred into the police.
Lord Orochimaru had keen interest in him ever since he received intel from the plant in ROOT that a new Kekkei Genkai has been discovered. Based on our analysis, The Raiju has remarkable similarities to the famed godlike Lightning mastery of the previous three Raikages. However, Makoto mastery over Lightning went beyond just creating powerful and complex Lightning jutsus.
He was capable to control the subtler aspect of electricity. Electromagnetism. He had kept most of his abilities a secret. Attempt to lull him into genjutsu to kidnap him had failed everytime. One of our Yamanaka spies had tried to infiltrate his mind only to return completely insane and keep repeating Baby Shark doo doo doo doo doo doo over and over again until he died from dehydration from constant singing.
We sent another mindwalker, one that is more capable and he returns just as insane, babbling incoherent nonsense until he finally yelled LEROY JENKINS and ran into the Forest of Death. He was mauled to death by Flame Tigers.
Whatever mastery over electricity that Makoto Hotaru has had allowed him to build psychic defenses that is far more advanced than the Yamanaka.
With each report, Lord Orochimaru grew more and more interested in Makoto Hotaru. I am ordered to simply observed and don't interfere with him, and report my observation daily.
And today, I finally see the famed Makoto Hotaru's Outstupid Maneuvers.
I just… don't fucking get it! Pardon my word.
So, he just decide to sell porn, so he figured he will just takeover the Fuma clan coz…reasons??? And instead of using his admittedly very impressive painting performance as opening to a friendly relationship, he picked up a fight with the Chief of Security of Yoshiwara coz…. Why the fuck not???
What the hell is going on?!!
KANG
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TUNG TUNG TUNG
PANG
DUSH DUSH
SWISH
One minute has passed since the duel between Makoto Hotaru and Fuma Hanzaki has begin. Hanzaki is a Chuunin level swordman, even if he wasn't an active ninja, as the Fuma has a treaty with Konoha to exempt them from consciption.
However, his mastery over Kenjutsu has nothing on Makoto.
Despite Zanbato being over 30kg in weight, as a Chuunin that is perhaps Special Jounin in physical strength, Hanzaki can swing his sword as fast and agile as if he was swinging a stick.
Even then, Makoto easily dodge it with minimal effort. According to the data I gathered from his graduation certificate, Makoto Hotaru physical stats was classed as Middle Genin. He had clearly become stronger despite being forced to graduate early and sent into the Genin Corps to rot.
"You brat!", Hanzaki had began to pant as his series of sword swings failed to cleave Makoto in two. "Stop dodging! Let me cleave you!"
"Meh, skill issue. You can't even force me to draw out my sword and parry."
"BRAT!!"
Hanzaki flared up his chakra and it send a shockwave across the alley.
"Evil Wind Swordmanship!"
Fuma means Evil Wind or Wind Demon. Despite being descended from the Uchiha, many of the Fuma has Wind affinity. They named themselves after the Fuma Shuriken, which the Uchiha was famed for its mastery.
Hanzaki's Zanbato begin to be swirled with wind chakra. Now this is interesting. Wind beats Lightning. How will Makoto fight a clan that is specialized in an element that countered his?
"Haaaahhh!!", Hanzaki release a large swing. Blades of wind cut through its path, carving deep gouges over the ground.
However, Makoto deftly evaded the invisible blades, as if he can see them. Only a Doujutsu user can see blades of wind chakra, so how can Makoto do so himself?
Hanzaki released several more windblade blasts, which seems to finally pressure Makoto. Some of the stray blades had cut across the walls of the brothels, but it seems that whomever was in the brothels by the alley had fled, so there has been no collateral damage when it comes to innocent lives.
Makoto has finally enter a battle stance. An iai stance. It seems like Makoto want to finish Hanzaki in one move.
Hanzaki, recognizing this, raise his sword and channel a huge amount of wind chakra to finish him off.
However, Makoto Hotaru was faster in the draw.
[Dark Slayer: Rapid Slash]
In the blink of an eye, Makoto who was 10 meters away in front of Hanzaki, had seemingly teleported 10 meters away at the back of Hanzaki. Like a delayed response, the moment the sound of the Makoto's sword's tsuba clacked against its saya echoes across the alley, a storm of lightning blades cuts across the path that Makoto had shunshin through, trapping Hanzaki in the cutting path.
Hanzaki falls down, bleeding on the ground.
Meanwhile, Makoto simply dust off some dirt on his clothes. Completely unconcerned with what he just did.
"What have you done?!"
A girl in kimono dropped down from the roof, facing Makoto Hotaru. Meanwhile, another girl, seemingly the same age as Makoto rushed toward Hanzaki to tend over his wounds.
"Relax.", Makoto casually cracked his neck. "I made sure the cut is shallow. He's just unconscious from the electric shock, that's all."
"Who are you and why did you come here?!", the woman demanded him.
"Kabuto! Bring me my duffle bag!"
Feeling awkward that I'm suddenly being ordered by a brat eight years my junior, I reluctantly brought over the bag to him. The others was wary. Was he taking out another weapon?
He then take out a….. Violin?
"You're Fuma Kotohime, right?"
The girl who is now identified as Kotohime nodded warily.
"I am Makoto Hotaru, and I hear you're pretty good with the koto instrument. So I was thinking, do you want to collab with me to make some neat music?"
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WHAT THE FLYING FUCK IS GOING ON?!!!