Meanwhile, ROOT Headquarters..."Danzo-sama, we have received word of a ma.s.sive fox appearing just outside of Konoha. It does not seem to be attacking."
Danzo Shimura, a ninja with bandages wrapped around his head, his arm and right eye covered, and a Hokage complex. Not the person, the position.
He nodded and dismissed the root anbu.
"Is it the Kyuubi? Did the demon brat finally snap? But why isn"t it attacking the village then?"
Back at Kakashi"s house...
I jumped through the open window and changed into a fresh set of clothes. It was fine since Kakashi agreed to move his living s.p.a.ce to a different room since the wall was gone. It just meant that I had a double-sized room. Finally, I dropped into my bed with Akayuki sleeping next to me.
Physically, I was full of energy. But mentally, I wanted to rest. I knew that I"d have to get used to the no sleep thing gradually.
Before drifting off, I made a few plans for tomorrow. As for what those plans are, besides training with my new nii-san... I"m not telling. Hehe~
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~Zetsu POV~
Shortly after I was created by mother, she was sealed away by her own sons, Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki.
Hagoromo had two sons, Indra and Asura. That"s when I saw a chance. I devoted a lot of time and energy to tempting Indra to go against his brother and unlock his potential. When that fool Hagoromo named Asura his successor as the leader of Ninshu and gave him the already-split Juubi fragments, my efforts finally paid off.
Indra launched a full scale war on Asura. Just when I thought Indra would awaken the rinnegan, he didn"t. It turns out that sly fool Hagoromo had already thought of that and split his abilities so that Indra couldn"t awaken the rinnegan unless he had wood cells from Asura.
That made me angry. But I couldn"t give up. Indra"s descendants went on to form the Uchiha clan, while Asura"s descendants were the Senju clan.
I decided to tamper with the tablet that the annoying fool Hagoromo left behind, and modified it to say that the Uchiha needed the ultimate genjutsu known as Infinite Tsukuyomi in order to let their clan rise again and bring absolute peace.
Finally, that brat Madara Uchiha took the bait. He fought with Hashirama Senju, the first Hokage, at the Valley of the End. The Senju brat thought he won when the Uchiha brat supposedly died. Well, he didn"t though. Madara ended up barely escaping death with my help. I made White Zetsu and a bunch of White Zetsu clones, and made them pretend that it was Madara that created us.
It was the most annoying thing ever. The brat started ordering us around like some kind of emperor. But this was the only way to save mother, so I played along. By the way, the brat finally ended up awakening rinnegan due to the wood cells he stole from Hashirama during their fight.
Then he temporarily died. Yeah, temporarily. So while I was waiting for the brat to revive, I decided to manipulate a new group called Akatsuki to start collecting the chakra from all nine of the tailed beast that were made by splitting the ten-tails.
D*mn that fool Hagoromo.
If the Akatsuki could collect the chakra from every tailed beast, I would finally be able to revive the Juubi and free mother from that despicable seal.
After the formation of my Akatsuki, I also joined as a member and played dumb for a while. I became the intelligence gatherer.
But just the other day, I saw something very interesting. A tailed fox appeared just outside of the Hidden Leaf Village... that obviously wasn"t the Kyuubi. It had white fur and multiple tails. But before I could count the number of tails, it disappeared.
I"ll have to keep this in mind and continue to observe that village...
~POV End~
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The next morning, I woke up early. Yeah, I don"t think I slept for more than 4 hours. Usually I sleep for at least eight. Looks like it"ll be easier than I thought to adapt to the Chaos Body.
Nii-san woke up later. He found me in the backyard, while I was cultivating. I sensed him just standing there for a while. I opened an eye to check on him...
Sh*t, he"s blushing again! What happened to the always bored loner from the anime?? Bad, bad nii-san! Go back to sleep!!!
He pulled himself out of his daze and cleared his throat.
*cough* "Alright, h.e.l.l-mode training starts today. Get ready~"
D*mn, what is with that creepy eye smile? Doesn"t he know that it"s not suitable for childrens" innocent eyes?? He"s definitely doing it on purpose! I will get you back for this!! Fufu~
"K! Nii-san!" I smiled brightly. Hehe, beat that ya silver-haired troll.
*BLUUUUSHH*
I win!
On the way to the training grounds, Kakashi asked suspiciously, "Hey, kid. What"s with your scarf? I think it just blinked."
"Ah, that"s Akayuki. She"s my companion."
What? I"m not gonna lie to my nii-san, ya know? I"ll just be very selective of what I tell him...
Suddenly, Akayuki lifted her slender head and spoke. Not telepathically this time.
"That is not quite correct, my queen. I am my queen"s faithful servant."
Sh*t. Thanks a lot, Akayuki. I looked over at Kakashi only to find him gone. Looking down, I finally spotted him... laying on the ground with a little ghost-like thing floating outta his mask. Aiya~ What have you done, little fox? ...Not right, don"t die, nii-san! Naruto-kun and Duck*ss need you!!!
Well, but I kept walking. I"m sure the Anbu watching me will help him out. Hm? Yeah, I found out about that while cultivating this morning. It"s actually quite useful. I can sense anything within the range of the village. I even found the location of that stalker, Zetsu. Turns out, he was watching me. Probably because of Akayuki.
Meh, I wasn"t too worried about it though. He won"t do anything to me, cause Akayuki is totally unrelated to the Juubi and I"m not technically a threat yet. From an outsider"s point of view, my cultivating looks like meditating. There"s no visible difference, since Primordial Chaos is formless... and literally everywhere.
Since Kakashi isn"t really in any condition to help me train, I may as well train by myself. Oh, right! I also have to carry out phase 1 of my new 18-phase master plan... Nope, just kidding. It"s probably more than 18, but who"s counting? Certainly not me.
After cultivating for a few more hours and working on shurikenjutsu with the shuriken and kunai that Kakashi gave me, I got bored. So I worked on my Fūinjutsu skills using my chaos essence to paint the seals in the air. Then I sat down and called to Sa.s.snugget.
"DING! Yes, my queen? You called?"
"How much would I get if I sold these shuriken and kunai to you?"
"DING! Scanning weapons... calculating..."
"DING! Due to special metal known as [Chakra Metal] being used in forging the weapons, Sa.s.snugget will buy them for triple the price of normal metal weapons!"
Hmm, not bad. Yosh!
"I"m selling half of the total number of shuriken. Same for kunai. Then put the rest in my inventory."
"DING! Affirmative!"
"DING! Sold! +500 CP."
Ehh? Just 500? Tch, stingy. Who cares, it"s enough to buy a mask at least, isn"t it?
"DING! Sa.s.snugget suggests my queen to buy the Shapeshifting skill. [Mask] is an unbelievably weak form of disguise."
*facepalm* Say that sooner, k?
"Fine, how much?"
"DING! Shapeshifting skill is 500 CP."
Sh*t, I knew this would happen! That"s all of my CP, again!!
"DING! My queen, that is incorrect. You still have 1 CP left! ;) "
Did my b*tchy system just send a winking smiley emoji to me??? I took a deep breath to steady my temper. Remember Luna, calmliness is close to Kami-ness. *inhale, exhale*
"Okay, buy Shapeshifting skill!"
Wait, come to think of it, can"t I get the same effect by using the transformation jutsu?
"DING! Congratulations, my queen! You have acquired: Shapeshifting skill!"
Queen Luna - "....."
I just got cheated, didn"t I?
"DING! My queen is wrongly accusing Sa.s.snugget. My queen cannot use chakra, only chaos essence. This is why Sa.s.snugget has a system store. My queen can also acquire her own skills through practice. Chakra techniques not from system store, however, will be useless to queen."
Ohhh. Sorry bout that, Sa.s.snugget. I"ll keep that in mind.
"DING! I forgive. :, ) "
Alright, moving on. "Status!"
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***STATUS***
•Name: Xin Yue / Female / Age 7
•Level: 2
•Const.i.tution: Primordial Chaos Body
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•HP: 300/300
•CP: 1
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•EXP: 1813/2000
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•STR: 29
•VIT: 2561
•DEX: 28
•AGI: 31
•INT: 3810
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•Bloodlines: Pure Uzumaki
•Summons: Akayuki (Twelve-Tailed Fox)
•Inventory:
-Kunai (x20)
-Shuriken (x20)
•Active Skills:
-Basic Fūinjutsu (49%)
-Shapeshifting (MAX)
•Pa.s.sive Skills: Presence Concealment (MAX)
•Special Abilities: Adamantine Chains
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So, it"s already maxed.
"DING! Yes, my queen. Anything bought from system store with CP is automatically [maxed]. Anything discovered or created during my queen"s training or included as a clan bloodline skill must start from beginning."
Ohhh, that"s why Basic Fūinjutsu started at 1%.
I stood up and set up a Fūinjutsu barrier around me. Ya know, to prevent spying... and certain stalkers...
Alright now, what should my shapeshifted form look like? Let"s see...
Shorten hair into a neatly-cut, angled bob style... Color? Hmmm, how bout blonde? Eyes... purple. Maybe I should make myself uglier. It would attract less attention if I wasn"t so gorgeous, but I don"t wanna be ugly either. Meh, I"ll go with an average face.
Also, I gotta be taller. Can"t have myself looking like a kid when I go to meet Itachi. Yep, I have to make sure he takes me seriously.
And... finished! After checking the area for any signs of Anbu shin.o.bi or Zetsu using my chaos essence, and double checking with my system map, I came to the conclusion that they saw me put up my barrier. They probably left when they realized I wasn"t coming back out anytime soon. It"s not like I"m very high on their list of priorities, yet.
Also, I sent Akayuki into my summoning realm. She"s very recognizable, after all. It would ruin my disguise.
Now, phase 1 out of 18... pui, that"s wrong. Now to start my plan. I quickly lowered my barrier and stepped out. Then I put up a new, dummy barrier in order to fool any spies that might come back. They"d just think I"m still inside. I ditched the training ground before anyone could notice, and searched keyword, "Itachi Uchiha". A blue dot popped up on an area nearby.
"DING! [Itachi Uchiha] located."
Ahh~ I hate trying to read maps. So confusing...
"Oi, Sa.s.snugget. Can you project the map and accurately align it with the village? I wanna be able to see the blue dot right above where Itachi is."
"DING! Affirmative, my lazy queen."
Hmph. At least I admit my laziness! Yep, not only am I lazy... I"m shameless too! Mm, mm! *nods seriously*
Sa.s.snugget - "....."
"DING! Alignment commencing... Successful!"
Ooh, goodie! Now let"s see...
D*mn, this is so much easier!! There"s even arrows guiding me along which route to take! Me likey~
I followed the arrows towards the blue dot hovering above Itachi. When I got to where he was, I saw the legendary Itachi Uchiha training. It was a surprisingly quiet place he picked.
I walked up and announced my presence, since he wouldn"t notice me standing there even if I was in plain sight. That"s why I have presence concealment activated... yep, it"s all about sneaking up on people and scaring them into cardiac arrest. Well, that won"t happen though.
"YO! Itachi!"
CLANG!
*SHAA*
"....."
"OI! WHERE D"YA THINK YER AIMIN", DINGUS?!?!"
F*ck! He almost nailed me to a tree with those sharp-a.r.s.e kunai!
He stood there in a daze, no doubt wondering how a dainty girl like me was capable of such advanced etiquette. Arara~ amn"t I so ladylike~
"Who are you?"
Oops, he got suspicious.
"...Call me Yui. There"s not much time left, so lemme explain everything from the beginning."
Yep, I took a page outta Naruto"s book and misp.r.o.nounced my name. On purpose, by the way.
Itachi glanced at me warily. He opened his three-tomoe Sharingan as a precaution. Not like I care, though. He sat down on the ground and I sat across from him, staring him straight in the Sharingan.
With that, he lowered his guard.
"So, what is it that you need to speak with me about?"
I started to speak in a low voice, "So it"s like this..."