Brocktons Will of Fire

CYOA's always result in OP characters, even if you only take one power. Of course, when I did one, I never expected to get ROBed. To make matters worse, I fused with the biggest walking joke in Bet and gained some very obvious changes to go with it. Oh well, guess all I can do is give this world the Will of Fire...god, thats corny!

Here we go, another idea I considered when first working on ABC. I don't intend to abandon ABC of course, but I figured, why not? Plus, I've got back to watching Naruto, so I'm kinda watching Naruto again, so I'm inspired. Lets see what you think of it. Enjoy!

Chapter 1

Greg stared at his reflection in the bathroom mirror, ignoring the chattering group of Merchants who had been smoking pot in the corner as they stumbled out of the room. This had become an unfortunate habit of his ever since the Locker Incident. He knew he wasn't a strong person, or even a brave one, however, he had considered himself a good person. Until he'd just stood back and watched as Taylor was shoved into that hell. Oh, he'd rationalized it to hell and back, how he couldn't have stopped the three girls on his own or how someone would likely have stopped him, but he was kidding himself. THe reason he hasn't helped or hell, even just let her out as soon as he had the chance was because he was a coward. It was the same reason he buried himself in games and Anime, he was too cowardly to face reality, the reality that he was a useless, cowardly, pathetic piece of trash!

CRACK!

Greg ignored the pain in his fist from where he'd punched the mirror as he stared at his broken reflection as the blood from his cuts slowly started to fill the cracks in the glass. He couldn't help but think that the broken image suited him.

"Heh, yeah, broken and useless," he muttered as he once again thought back to all the times he'd promised himself that he'd stand up for Taylor the next day, not one of them he'd kept, "Even if I Triggered, I'd probably still be useless. Hero or Villain, I'd probably be just like Uber and Leet. Worse actually since they at least get the views. I just wish...just once I could help someone…"

He sighed and moved to leave, but before he could, his legs gave way as his head throbbed. He grabbed the sink to keep from falling.

"W-wha…" he gasped, before another pulse hit him, making him lose his balance.

He groaned in pain, gripping his head with his free hand as he stared at his reflection, watching in shock and no small horror as his eyes became bloodshot and seemed to darken. At the same time, a spectral image of another person seemed to briefly appeared over him, also clutching at his head and eyes as he soundlessly screamed in pain, a scream that Greg mirrored as one last spike of pain slammed into his head and eyes and everything went black.

For a brief moment, Greg and the specter spun through space, before something vast reached out and plucked them from the void. For a moment, Greg felt the being gazing down at both of the tiny, limited lifeforms it held in its palms and Greg's brain desperately tried to absorb what it was seeing. All it could perceive was the vague shape of a Human composed of stars, galaxies and nebula, with a pair of purple clouds for eyes. Then, the being turned its gaze from Greg to the other figure.

[It is done]

Greg screamed a silent scream as the voice echoed through his mind and the void. It wasn't sound, it was as if the being was beaming the concepts directly into his head.

[Go, my chosen. Bring peace to the shattered world]

Then, the being clapped its hands.

I jolted awake, gasping for breath. My head was still throbbing, but I guess thats to be expected considering that I'd just been ROBed and combined with another Soul. I should have known that accepting that goddamn challenge was a horrible idea! The bastard even had ROB in his goddamn email address! Now I was stuck in a world with one foot in the grave, in the body of a walking punchline with so little self worth that he'd basically just let me take over without a fight. I had all of his memories, but his personality hasn't affected me at all. I sighed as I slowly got to my feet, spitting out the mouthful of blood from biting my tongue.

Fortunately, while it felt like an eternity, the entire process had been less than a second. I haven't even had time to hit the floor before I woke up. I pushed myself to my feet and turned to the broken mirror. Looking back at me wasn't the blue eyes Greg used to have, but instead the pure white eyes of the Byakugan. Well, at least it wasn't the Rinnegan. I wasn't sure if I could handle power like that and the Sharingan wouldn't be that useful here. Besides, I didn't want to expose myself to the sort of danger that came with that damned pinkeye.

I took another deep breath, before focusing the Chakra I could feel flowing through me into my eyes, activating my eyes. The veins around them bulged...and I could see everything. My range was limited, only enough to cover the school and about a block outside, but I knew it would grow with time. My mind was full of Jutsu from all three categories, my Chakra levels were high enough to rival a Jonin and I could already feel the Charles Atlas Superpower going to work, transforming Gregs weak body into one that could match the top athletes in the world, helped along with my Chakra. Good god, thats bullshit!

I pushed all that to the side for now though in favour of scanning the students moving through the halls. When I'd created the concept for this character, I made it so that, although he had enough Jutsu knowledge to make Orochimaru drool, he was primarily set up as a Hyuuga, so the only techniques I could use at the moment were tied to the Gentle Fist. I could learn more from the massive amount of information in my skull, but that would take time, leaving me potentially vulnerable if Chakra wasn't a thing here, a genuine risk considering that Chakra all originated from Kaguya in Naruto. Oh, Gentle Fist would likely still be very effective since I could still damage organs and muscles, but without Tenketsu to target, its effectiveness would be limited.

Fortunately, it looked like I was worried for nothing. A cursory look revealed that everyone had a Chakra network, albeit not very strong ones. Well, other than two signals that I quickly deduced were Taylor and Sophia who seemed to have an extra node in their head that was slowly boosting their Chakra Networks. Huh, I wonder if that was intentional on the part of the Entity or if it was a side effect? Chakra from the Shard flowing into the host and increasing the size of their Coils, which allowed more to flow and so on? Kinda like a Jinchuriki.

I deactivated my Byakugan and used the Transformation Jutsu to make my eyes look like their normal blue and left the bathroom. I ignored everyone as I headed for the doors, intending to head somewhere that I could take stock of what I had access to, pausing only to retrieve the Scroll from my Locker that had not been their an hour before. It was only after I got out the doors that I realized what I'd done and stared down at the scroll incredulously. It looked like any scroll that appeared in Naruto, green and white, with the Kanji for Seal stamped on the outside.

I shook my head and tucked the scroll away, before flashing my Byakugan and using Shunshin to disappear in a puff of smoke.

I reappeared in an alley a few blocks away and jumped up to the roof, using a Transformation to turn into a nondescript young man in a hooded jacket, before taking off across the roofs towards the Docks. I eventually found a warehouse that was fairly out of the way and empty of anything larger than a rat and slipped inside. It looked pretty much like any other warehouse, dusty, grimy, with a few puddles of unidentifiable leavings of past users. It was mostly empty, with just a few massive machines that had been mostly stripped bolted to the floor and a few benches that were part of the wall and to much trouble to remove for scavengers. I used one to unroll the scroll and found myself looking down at a Sealing Array. I frowned and pressed my hand to the center. One pulse of Chakra and a puff of smoke later and I found myself looking at a neatly folded ANBU uniform, complete with Ninjato, a Hitai-ate bearing the Kanji for Shinobi, a face mask like Kakashi wore and a cat style mask with dark red stripes on the cheeks that almost looked like where the veins bulge when my Byakugan was active.

"Huh...thats handy," I said, "Um, thanks?"

I got the vague impression of something patting me on the head, which somehow made my hair stand on end. I ignored it in favour of suiting up, my hands moving instinctively to do up all the buckles and straps that were designed to make the equipment as skin tight as possible, while allowing full movement. It wouldn't do much if the fearsome ANBU were spotted because their clothing caught on something after all. I wore the headband as a bandana to hide my hair and slipped the porcelain mask over my face. The combination of facemask and bandana would hide my identity, even if my ANBU mask was broken for whatever reason.

Once I was suited up, I rolled up the scroll and tucked it away and moved into the middle of the room. I stood still for a moment, before suddenly activating my Byakugan and surging forwards into the first few steps of the Gentle Fist.

I spent the rest of the day training in the warehouse in everything I could think of that wouldn't blow it up. By the time the sun went down, I'd got most of the Hyuuga clan techniques down pat, mastered the use of my sword (which was made of Chakra Metal), the basic three Academy Jutsu and a few low ranked Ninjutsu.

With the setting sun now dyeing the sky red, I headed out, jumping in the direction of the Boat Graveyard where I could play around with some more destructive techniques. I probably should be heading home, but my, sorry, Gregs Parents weren't exactly the most attentive. The most attention his Father ever payed him was if he made to much noise and then it was just a shout to keep it down, while his Mother kept up a constant stream of low level emotional abuse, usually directed at the fact he wasn't a strapping football player or implying he was a useless failure because his grades weren't the best. Considering that, it was no wonder Greg was lacking in anything even close to confidence. On the other hand, it was to my benefit since they were unlikely to notice I wasn't around for a while.

It didn't take me long to reach the Graveyard where I found an empty area in the middle that could only be reached if you could swim or had some kind of Mover power to get through the tangle of metal that hid it from the rest of the world. Once there, I pulled my scroll out again and unsealed a sheaf of Chakra paper. I took one and resealed the rest for later use, before channeling my Chakra into the paper.

Immediately, the paper turned to soggy dirt and fell to the ground with a wet splat. I frowned.

"Huh, Water and Earth?" I muttered, "That could come in handy."

With that, I crossed my fingers and created ten Shadow Clones, five of which headed for the shore line to start practicing the steps to mastering Water Release, while the other five did the same with Earth Release. I'd have made more, but my Chakra reserves were limited (for now) and I didn't intend to let myself get caught out without enough to fight, if it came to that. I didn't think it would, yet, but it payed to be cautious. While they were doing that, I sat down closed my eyes, reaching for one of the two powers I could feel in the back of my head.

In addition to the Naruto Jutsu, I also made use of the CYOA's Twins option to nab a couple of powers that would come in very handy. The powers in question were Kaiser's metal creation and Foils powers as they seemed like they'd be handy for a Ninja to have. I had no intention of using the former in battle unless absolutely necessary, but they would come in handy, the latter for Shurikenjutsu and the former for supplying me with gear. The ground in front of me started rippling and countless bundles of Kunai, Shuriken, Senbon and rolls of Ninja Wire began to emerge from the ground, only to be collected by another Clone and sealed away in the handy Sealing scroll, after a few were put aside for my use. I made a mental note to add some Storage Seals to my bracers as I kept working.

Thanks to the Charles Atlas Superpower, Shadow Clones and the fact I had no intention of going home (although I did send a Shadow Clone to make sure my Parents didn't get suspicious), it didn't take me long to master the basics of Elemental Transformation and move on to the more difficult step. Unfortunately, I forgot that the second step to mastering Wind Chakra was to cut a waterfall in half, so Earth and Water had to be equally as impressive, resulting in my Clones creating several large pillars of stone and waves that nearly ended up washing away an entire ship before I could stop them.

"Um, sorry boss?" said one of the Clones as I gaped at the mess they made.

I groaned and rubbed my temples.

"Some Ninja I am," I muttered, "Whatever, disperse so I can get out of here before anyone shows up."

"Got it boss!" said the Clone with a salute and vanished in a puff of smoke.

A moment later, the others all went puff and I winced as about 10 hours worth of training each slammed into my head.

"Right, next time disperse a couple at a time," I muttered as I pulled up my face mask, leaving my ANBU mask off for now, "Or use them for less time…"

Actually, it wasn't to bad and I'd probably get used to it pretty quick, but whatever. Either way, I jumped from the area I'd been using to train in, bouncing through the tangle of metal that surrounded it and flipping over a rusted hulk of metal. I landed lightly on the sand and took off, vanishing into the maze of alleyways, just as Armsmaster pulled up on his bike.

With my training done for the evening until I could find somewhere else to train, I decided that I might as well take advantage of it and go on patrol. With that in mind, I put on my ANBU mask and changed my path to an ANBU Hyuuga search pattern, designed to give the best coverage with my Byakugan. It didn't take me long to find something.

A few blocks away, a three way brawl between the E88, Merchants and ABB was underway, with thugs from all three gangs present, accompanied by Rune and Krieg, Mush and Oni Lee popping in and out. Now, I would have just left them to it, but also present was Clockblocker and Shadow Stalker, hunkered down behind a car that looked very odd to my Chakra sight. Probably a result of Clockblockers power. Now, while I fully intended to take Sophia down a peg or ten, that didn't mean I was just gonna leave her to die and Clockblocker certainly didn't deserve that. With that in mind, I changed direction and headed towards them.

At my speeds, it took less than a minute to arrive, making sure to stay out of the way of the other Capes sight line as I dropped down onto the roof of the car the two Wards were hiding behind, my hands already in motion.

"Earth Style: Mud Wall!" I said as I landed and slammed my palms into the roof of the car.

The ground rumbled and a wall of earth shot up, separating the kids from the violence. Then, I caught a tranq bolt before Sophia could stick it in my shoulder.

"Nice try," I said as I shoved the violent Ward away.

"Who the fuck are you?" snarled Shadow Stalker.

"Anbu," I said, "New Cape."

"Um, not to be rude, but your not with the ABB, are you?" asked Clockblocker.

I gave him a flat look.

"Just because I'm using a Japanese name, does not mean I'm part of that gang of idiots," I said.

The timestopper ducked his head slightly.

"Sorry," he said.

I waved him off.

"Its not an unreasonable worry," I said, "Anyway, this thing'll keep them back better than a car. Just use your power on it and it'll be fine."

"Who do you…" started Sophia, but I'd already jumped up to the top of the wall.

Unsurprisingly, my arrival had attracted a fair amount of attention and caused a lull in the fighting as everyone eyed the wall with clear treperdation. Not that I blame them, there wasn't any Geokinetics in Brockton. Actually, now that I think of was Gully, but she wasn't exactly what I'd call subtle. And in Chicago.

As I crested the wall, I got a few different reactions, mostly curiosity and wareyness, but the E88's reaction to my obviously Japanese style outfit was a general impression of being unimpressed and a little let down. The ABB goons looked interested, although I couldn't help but notice that Oni Lee stilled and seemed to be glaring at me. Strangely enough, I couldn't see past his mask, but I brushed that off as unimportant for now.

"Who the fuck are you?"

I raised an eyebrow behind my mask as I turned my attention on the speaker, who happened to be Rune. I know Nazi's arent exactly known for their intelligence, but I would have thought that insulting a new Cape who obviously won't be on your side would be an obviously TERRIBLE idea.

"Names Anbu," I said, "And no, before you ask, I'm not affiliated with the ABB."

I ignored the many yells from the Asian gangsters as I narrowed my eyes, scanning the small cloud of debris orbiting the teenage Villain. To most people, they'd just look like they were being suspended by nothing, but to my Byakugan, it told a different story. Each and every one was full of Chakra and connected to Rune by rudimentary Chakra Strings. They were sloppy and any Puppeteer would probably murder her for making such a hash of their technique, but the fact remained that they were Chakra Strings. Very interesting.

"You know, you lot are causing quite the ruckus," I said, "I don't suppose I could convince you to piss off and do this some other time? Only, it'll take ages to clean my sword if you don't…"

I was cut off as Rune threw one of her bits of rubble at me, only to puff into smoke as it hit, replaced with another chunk of rubble as I appeared behind her.

"Guess not," I said and jabbed her in the back a few times before she could react, ducking as she spun around with a baton in her hand to take a swipe at me and using the opportunity to hit a few points on her arm.

Immediately, the limb went limp and several chunks of stone dropped out of the sky. Runes eyes went wide under her hood, right before my fingers blurred, hitting more Tenketsu and closing them up, before spinning and kicking her in the stomach, sending her flying as the rest of her marked rubble and bits of rubble fell, her powers now cut of by the closed Tenketsu. The teenaged Villain hit Krieg as he went to charge, knocking him off his feet as I landed a short distance away. The gas masked Villain gently lowered the girl to the floor and quickly checker her over, before glaring at me.

"What did you do to her?" he snarled.

"Nothing permanent," I said, "It'll hurt like a bitch, but she'll be fine in a few days."

Krieg growled, before pushing off. I narrowed my eyes slightly, my Byakugan easily picking out the effects of his power on the air around him. It, like Runes power, was Chakra saturating the air, creating a field in which he could manipulate kinetic forces. Like Runes, it was incredibly sloppy, but an incredible technique that almost made me wish I had a Sharingan to see if I could copy it.

On the other hand, there was one glaring weakness to it. Due to its make up, there were minute cracks in the field that a precise enough opponent with the correct tools could take advantage of to temporarily take down the field and get in close.

I smirked as Krieg closed, before my hands lashed out, blazing with Chakra as I traced the fault lines, introducing foreign Chakra into the field and making it splutter and fall. Krieg apparently noticed it because his charge faltered and he tried to get away.

"To late," I said as I shot forwards, "Your within my Divination! Eight Trigrams, Sixty-Four Palms!"

Krieg winced as the first two blows hit, apparently expecting a solid blow, only to get two apparently light taps.

"Wha…" he started, but I wasn't done.

The next two strikes made him wince, the next four forced him back, eight made him gasp in pain, sixteen knocked him off his feet and the final thirty two hit him in mid air, ending with a double palm strike to the chest that sent him flying back to join Rune on the ground, blood leaking from under his mask. I skidded to a stop and took a deep breath as I relaxed...only to have to duck almost immediately as Lee swung his sword at me, nearly taking my head off.

I turned on my heel, my own sword flashing out to take off his head, only for his body to turn to ash. I swallowed and shifted into a ready stance, my Byakugan blazing. That...was a little worrying. His attack had come directly at the blind spot. That could have been a coincidence since it wasn't a bad place to strike for a quick kill, but to target it so accurately…

I ducked, barely avoiding another stab aimed directly at the blind spot. I spun away, destroying the clone as another Lee appeared across from me, watching me silently as he slowly shifted into a stance similar to my own. I narrowed my eyes as I focused my Byakugan on the ABB assassin, only to nearly drop my sword when I saw his Chakra Network. All of the Capes I'd seen so far had active and strong Networks, but they also clearly weren't trained. They had little in the way of control and were just using it instinctively, but Lees network was different. It was well trained and strong, strong enough to be at a similar level to my own.

I narrowed my eyes slightly as I examined the assassin properly. He looked...different than I expected. His black bodysuit was there, as was his red and green Oni mask, with his hair covered with a bandana. It took me a moment to realize what was different, before I noticed it. He wasn't wearing any grenades. Now, while that might make some people feel relieved, I wasn't so sure. For some reason, I couldn't help but feel that he was even more dangerous for his lack of explosives.

A flicker in my peripheral made me flip back with a one handed cartwheel, evading a treo of knives that Lee had just thrown at me from behind. However, as I did, everything seemed to slow down as the movement brought my head close to the tags that were tied to the rings at the ends of the knives. No, not throwing knives, Kunai! Now, that was a bit of a silly differentiation, but I don't think I need to tell you how terrifying having Oni Lee toss Kunai with PAPER BOMBS attached was, do I?

I barely managed to switch with a random but of rubble before the blast took my head off, right before being forced to block a pair of Lees that attacked me with their swords. I gritted my teeth as I tried to figure out which was real or if he'd already gone, but my Byakugan was useless. They had the exact same amount of Chakra flowing through them, so I pumped some Chakra into my blade and sliced through both Lee's swords and bodies...only for them both of them to go poof.

"What the...Shadow Clones?" I muttered as I spun around.

As I did, I spotted Lee on top of a nearby lamp post, his hands clasped together as he took a deep breath. Then, he breathed out a barrage of small fireballs.

"What the fuck!?" I yelped, before turning on my heel and activating Rotation, deflecting the fireballs and the Shuriken hidden inside.

As my spin came to a stop, Lee appeared directly in front of me, his sword already in motion. I reacted instantly, my own sword curving up as I released a burst of Chakra from my feet to try and get some distance. Neither of us were quick enough to either avoid injury or cause more than a cut to our opponent, leaving me with blood slowly leaking from the cut across my shoulder, while Lee went reeling with a cut across his face. He staggered back, his hand moving to his face as his mask slowly cracked and fell apart, revealing a pale face hidden under a face mask like mine. As his Oni Mask fell away, he turned to glare at me and I immediately stiffened. Glaring into my eyes were a pair of crimson orbs, with three tomae surrounding the pupil. Not only that, but his bandana was also a Hitai-ate with the symbol of the gang engraved on it.

"Tch, not bad," said Oni Lee, nearly making me jump.

I wasn't expecting the silent Assassin to speak.

"Not many people could have survived this long against me," he continued, "Even fewer could have damaged my mask. I guess that mask isn't wasted on you Tora."

I narrowed my eyes as I pulled my hand away from the cut on my arm.

"Whats that supposed to mean?" I asked.

"It means that I don't have to hold back."

I jumped back as the ground under me suddenly erupted and another Lee shot from the ground as the one I was talking to turned to dust. Now I was looking for it, I saw it for what it was. A Dust Clone created using the detritus found everywhere in the city. However, I quickly put that out of my mind as being irrelevant as Lee came at me with his sword, forcing me to respond in kind. It quickly became obvious just how much Lee had been holding back. See, while my powers and the ROB had downloaded enough knowledge and skill to match and even outclass Orochimaru and Charles Atlas had already brought my body to the point where I was able to use that to a fairly high degree, the fact remained that I simply lacked the experience Lee had. He had just as much skill as I'd inherited, but his experience was winning the day.

That experience showed as, on our next clash, Lee managed to knock my sword out of my hand and send me flying with a kick, jumping after me with his sword ready to stab me through the chest. I quickly clasped my hands together and inhaled.

"Water Style, Exploding Water Shockwave!"

Water exploded from my mouth as the nearby manholes were abruptly blasted off by high pressure water from below surging up and out, hitting Lee full force and sending him flying back. At the same time, a Clone appeared behind him, already going through more signs. Lees eyes widened above his mask, but he was to late.

"Water Style, Water Prison Jutsu!" shouted the Clone and Lee found himself trapped in a bubble.

I let out a sigh of relief and let my head fall back for a moment, before heaving myself to my feet and retrieving my sword.

"Heh, not bad kid," said Lee, making me look towards the trapped Ninja, "You have a lot of potential. I hope you'll keep working towards fulfilling that."

I frowned.

"Whats that supposed to mean?" I asked, "I just beat you!"

Lee smirked, before he went poof, revealing a log in the prison. My eyes widened, before a blow to my face sent me stumbling back, my mask going flying. I hit the ground and sat up, only to find Lee directly in front of me, his hand already reaching for my face. Without meaning to, I flinched and closed my eyes, before I felt something slide off my head. My eyes snapped open as Lee stood, my headband in his hand, and began walking away.

"Hey, give that back!" I shouted, struggling to my feet.

Lee paused and glanced back at me.

"I think not," he said, "If you want this headband, you'll have to beat me for it. Get stronger. Become a Hero and show this city what a Shinobi can really do. Until then…"

He tied my headband to his arm and tapped the plate.

"I'll keep this safe for you."

He smiled again and vanished, right before the Proctorate came roaring into the area to mop up the mess.

...yeahhh, I've got some weird ideas for this one. I admit, Lee was originally going to be a full on angry Uchiha, but hes somehow changed to act as Gregs rival as it were. Considering who I'm basing him of though, thats not entirely surprising.

In case your wondering, Gregs ranking currently would actually be high Genin, despite the fact hes capable of some impressive Jutsu. The main reason for that is because, while he has a lot of Chakra and natural control, not to mention a Jutsu library in his head that would make Orochimaru jealous, he doesn't yet know how to best leverage those skills. He may think he does, but the only reason hes been able to use Gentle Fist and Kenjutsu so far is because he's practiced with them and Charles Atlas makes learning stuff easy for him. His growth will be fast, but Lee is easily the best fighter in the city and genuinely is ANBU level. The ONLY reason he could stand against Lee is because he was holding back. A lot.

Yes, all Parahuman abilities are actually them using Chakra, a mix of their own and the Entities, to manipulate the physical world in extremely crude, but still impressive, Jutsu. That does not mean that all of them will be vulnerable to Gentle Fist and other methods of taking out Jutsu, but some are. It also means he can teach Parahumans Ninjutsu.

Well, this is done. Don't forget to leave a review!

EDIT: Modified the powers he got from Twin because I had a better idea.