Chapter 31 - Gifts and Inheritance
[You have slept in your bed.]
[HP and CP have been fully recovered. All negative status and ailments have been cured.]
"Yawn!" Raito stretched and looked through his skill list.
[Fuinjutsu (Active/Pa.s.sive) Lvl 30]
[Katana Mastery Lvl 25]
[Shadow Clone (Active) Lvl 10 CP Cost 100]
Laughing happily, Raito started his day.
Outside the Hokage tower, at the training ground, Raito threw the punch trying to hit Naruto. But Naruto used his shadow clone to distract Naruto and subsequently counter-attack him. From the side, Hinata swiped Naruto"s legs destroying his clone.
"Hey!" Naruto jumped and got hit by Raito"s strike, making him stumble back.
Swish! Hinata"s finger acted fast and landed just before Naruto"s neck. Barely a few inches away.
"You lose." Raito announced shaking his head.
"Naruto-kun, you need to work on your techniques." Hinata commented.
"Uh…" Naruto nodded then sat down in the shade of the tree accompanied by Raito and Hinata.
"You should have defended when I attacked you at the face…" Naruto, Raito, and Hinata discussed on their fighting techniques, trying to improve their fighting styles.
A ninja wearing a Chūnin jacket stood at the corridor looking out of the window and watching the three. The ninja was exactly Iruka, who had a slight smile on his face.
"Cute, aren"t they?" a lazy voice from behind asked.
"Kakashi-sempai, I believe keeping them in a group is well deserved." Iruka turned and watched Kakashi who was reading the orange book.
Iruka sighed and started, "And…Kakashi-sempai, please go to the mission desk for today"s mission. Please stop making trouble for them."
Kakashi closed his book and stared at Iruka. Turning to look at Raito and the group he smiled slightly, "They can do those D-Rank any time. I am just letting them enjoy their time."
Iruka rubbed his temples and after some random chit-chatting went to teach his cla.s.s.
Kakashi watched the Genins training and couldn"t help but feel an itch in his heart.
After discussing, Raito and Naruto attacked Hinata, forcing her in a defensive situation. And the same thing happened when Raito was ganged up. Time went by and soon it was noon, neither Kakashi disturbed them and neither anyone interrupted them.
At noon, academy students started walking out as the cla.s.ses had ended. Not wanting to be looked at by other students, Raito made hand signs and walked out. Hinata was puzzled by it and she was in a daze for a while. Naruto who had started to walk out, pulled Hinata and answered her, "That hand sign means "move out". There are lots of hand signs we use when bunking cla.s.ses and running from the Chūnin patrolling the village."
"Naruto-kun, I-I know a little bit of those hand signs. Where did you learn those from?" Hinata asked with thought. She had learned the hand signs from Kurenai when she was under her.
"Anko-nee and Yugao-nee taught us. They say that we need to learn those in the future. Anyway, why not learn them now?" Naruto answered while climbing the stairs.
"Me, Raito, Shika, and Chōji. We all have learned them." Naruto continued joyfully.
Hinata looked towards Naruto and opened her small mouth seemingly wanting to ask him to teach him but she was worried that Raito would refuse her.
"What"s the point of learning a bit?" Raito who was walking forward turned around and asked.
"We will help you learn them." After saying that Raito continued forward.
As the three climbed the stairs and walked in front of the mission desk, they heard a lazy voice, "You three finally came."
Kakashi sat on a chair, lazily reading his book and playing with a stone bead on the other hand.
"Hey, Kakashi-sensei." Naruto called out loudly.
Hinata bowed with her hands grabbing one another.
Raito also nodded then looked at the woman opposite him.
"Ne, Nee-chan, were you late today…too?" Raito asked in a nasal voice.
"Eh?" the woman revealed a shocked face, looking at the kid in front of her.
Smiling Raito added, "Kotsempai said you were always late like Kakashi-sensei, I wonder why?"
The woman"s face turned and she looked down. It was true that she was taking advantage of Kota who was soft-hearted to just sleep of an extra few hours.
Taking a scroll and entering the scroll serial number, he jolted down his own identification number.
"I don"t think you should do that. Kotsempai is a naturally good-hearted person. As you are sleeping a few hour extras, he is sleeping a few hours late." Raito mumbled his chakra influencing her.
Kakashi who was sitting was now by Raito"s side, his hand pressing on Raito"s shoulder.
"Don"t go being mean again, Raito?" Naruto shouted.
"Uh…Lady, don"t listen to him. He is just speaking nonsense. If you want to sleep, sleep more. I am sure that no one will mind that. Hmph, isn"t it just sleeping a bit more?" Naruto said with a smile then questioned with a harrumph.
Raito stood petrified as he could feel his chakra slow down, starting from his own shoulder.
Raito glared at Kakashi who looked back at him with a smile. "Ah, I think I forgot about that…"
"There isn"t anyone around so I…" Raito said in mosquito voice which was heard by Kakashi alone.
"How could I forget my ID number?" with a laugh Kakashi entered his number and tore open the scroll.
"It"s chopping down firewood." Naruto and Hinata entered their ID number and followed Raito and Kakashi who had already left the mission desk leaving the woman alone.
"Why are you using that technique?" Kakashi asked.
"She is a selfish person and I think it was really unfair for Kotsempai." Raito tried explaining.
Kakashi sighed, "Kota already knew what was going on. It was his choice to not do anything."
"But…"
"It"s his choice. Let it be." Kakashi rubbed Raito"s head slowly.
Feeling anger boiling inside him, Raito hit the hand away and walked towards the mission destination using the Gamer"s power.
"Hey, where is Raito?" Naruto asked form behind.
Kakashi looked at the distance and said, "He is going ahead."
Hinata used her Byakugan and searched for Raito. Seeing that Raito had been walking towards the mission destination, she sighed in relief.
Raito ran forward with his breath heavy and hot air coming out of his nostrils. After a couple of minutes, Raito was already at the edge of the village, where houses were spa.r.s.e and trees were more.
Walking forward, Raito found that the mission was from a two-storied plain wooden house. There was a big busty woman who was hanging the clothes to dry.
As if feeling the gaze, the big busty woman turned around to meet Raito"s eye.
"Little ninja, who are you?" The woman dried her hands and walked forward.
"Ah, Ahem. My name is Raito and I am here for a mission." Introducing himself Raito took out the scroll and gave it to the woman.
The woman quickly went through the scroll and gave it back to Raito. "Where is your team, little ninja?"
"They will be here soon. I just was a bit too excited." Raito lied with an embarra.s.sed face.
The woman looked at Raito for some time then waved her hand calling him. Raito followed her to the house, where he sat waiting for Kakashi and others to appear. He could feel the occasional p.r.i.c.k at the back of his neck. He would look back from time to time and even use his "Chakra Sense" but even so, he couldn"t find anyone and that scared him.
Raito stood up and walked forward, slowly walking out of the courtyard.
"Where are you going?" the busty woman from behind called.
"Nowhere, my team was late so…"
"Raito!" Naruto"s loud voice tore through making Raito and the busty woman turn around.
"Oh my, Kakashi-san. It"s you again." The busty woman walks forward and slapped his arms.
"Isako-san." Kakashi made a slight bow.
"Still the same." Then she laughed out loud.
"These kids, yours? And this one…is a bit wild." Isako looked at the three then pointed at Raito.
"And look at him, it seems like he was totally angry with something." Isako gave Kakashi a side glance.
"You are chopping firewoods for me. They are at the back like always. I"ll be back by the end of the day." Isako pointed to the back of the house, then grabbing a basket, left the home carefreely.
The big busty woman, Isako talked a lot like a chatterbox then in an instant went out of the house like a wind.
"Uh…that"s…"
Walking the back of the house, Kakashi called out, "You lot have tons of work to do. Follow me."
Raito who was holding an axe in his hand, looked at the log in front of him with a smile. Bringing the axe overhead, Raito with full force hit the log while activating the skill. "Power Strike"
THUD
The axe split the log into two equal half and hit the stump below making a loud noise.
Naruto who was at the side flinched for a second before placing another log on the stump.
Raito who had a devious smile on his face, continued to split the logs for a long time before Kakashi asked him to stop and let others try.
[Power Strike (Active) Lvl 5]
Strikes the target with a strong force.
75% Increase in Attack Damage.
10% Increase in Critical Rate.
"Down!" Naruto shouted as he spilt the log.
Raito closed all the tabs and looked at his status page. Except for INT which has already reached above, 50 and the next highest was VIT which was 49.
And then looking at the acc.u.mulated stat points, Raito decided to use one point, just to test.
VIT which was 49 turned to 50.
[Blood Vitality]
HP +2000
Increase HP Recovery Rate by two times.
Raito closed the tab then looked at the status page before closing it quickly. Even after closing it, Raito could feel his desire clearly, wanting to increase his stats. Patting his chest, Raito took a few deep breaths.
There was a moment when he wanted to, no, a desire to increase his stats.
Sticking into a tree, Raito waited for Naruto and Hinata to finish.
"You are using your time wisely." Kakashi who was sitting on the branch said.
"Huh? Yeah…somewhat." Raito who was in a daze replied in confusion.
Kakashi who was reading a book, closed the book and looked quizzically at Raito and asked, "Do you have something on your mind?
"N-No not-nothing." Raito denied it fast after coming out of a daze.
"Don"t think about Kota too much. He will be fine." Kakashi said for the sake of saying.
"Kotsenpai…No, I am not thinking about him. I understand that what he does is for himself. Even though a nice person like him is getting taken advantage of." Raito waved his hand and dropped down. Taking out a wooden katana, Raito started practicing doing the same stance.
Kakashi looked at his book and blinked a few times. "Naive but it has some effect, it leaves a bad taste."
"Man, how much is left?" Naruto blew at his hands which were now a bit red.
"A lot more, Naruto-kun?" Hinata replied as she stuck the axe at the stump.
"Give me." Raito took the axe and stood in front of the stump.
"Hehe." "Power Strike" Raito activated the skill and split the log easily.
For about 3000 CP using about 100 CP every time and using the skill 30 times. After a couple of times of resting and working with skills, the skill raised by two levels which made Raito happy.
Looking at Raito who was meditating and felt the recovering chakra, Kakashi sighed in sorrow.
Naruto already had high chakra reserve and Raito now had high chakra recovery rate. And Kakashi who was poor in both of the department felt jealous.
While Raito split down the logs, he had a leaf stuck on the back of his hand and by doing so he got another skill unlocked.
[Mult.i.tasking (Pa.s.sive)]
"It feels quite easy after I got the skill." Raito took out another leaf and stuck it on the back of his left palm.
"And there is no skill level." Raito checked the skill multiple time, comparing it with "Sword Drawing Arts".
"Little ninjas, how are you all doing?" Isako carrying a basket walked towards them.
Handing each of them a couple of bread, she checked the firewood. "Good, good. A lot of them have a clean line."
Looking at Raito, she commanded while pointing at the log on the stump, "Show me your best shot."
Raito raised his eyebrows then looked at Kakashi. Kakashi looked at Isako then back at Raito nodding back at him.
Raito picked up the axe then marked the surface of the log. Raising the axe high in the sky, the axe fell down, coming in contact with the log then quickly reaching the surface of the stump, splitting the log in clean half.
"Wrong, wrong." Isako shook her head then went towards Raito, her eye scrutinizing the confused Raito.
Raito naturally wanted to step back under Isako gaze but before he could, Isako had caught his hand and said, "Grab that axe, properly."
"H-Hai." Raito gripped the axe with both of his hands slowly lifting it up.
"Dominant hand should be up." Isako added from the side.
"Okay." Raito followed her instruction and changed his grip.
"Raise the axe high up and use chakra on your forearms, shoulder, and back." Isako instructed further and Raito obeyed, following her instruction to "T".
"Ha!" The axe landed on the stump with a loud sound.
[Split (Active) Lvl 1 CP Cost: 120]
Cut down into half.
40% increase in Attack Power
"Good. Little ninja, you are a quick learner." Isako praised Raito then instructed Naruto then Hinata.
Raito and Naruto continued to split down the logs, one after another, making one clean cut after another. Whereas Hinata who struggling as compared to them, split the log but continued to do physical training under the guidance of Kakashi.
At the Hidden Library
"Argh!" Naruto shouted holding the book.
Kakashi sighed as he closed the thick book and ma.s.saging his forehead. "Naruto, stop. We need to finish this book today."
"It"s too much. I can"t." Naruto cried.
"Naruto-kun." Hinata wanted to encourage.
Raito sighed, turning around he brought out an item.
"Let"s take a break." Kakashi placed the book on the table and took out a scroll.
Sniff, Sniff.
"Ramen!" Naruto"s sensitive nose focused on the direction of Raito who had cup ramen.
Raito smiled and gave Naruto the ramen cup. Turning to face Hinata, who was frightened by his sudden action, Raito sighed then brought out a bento box and gave it to Hinata.
Hinata grabbed the box and opened it slowly. As soon as she opened it, she couldn"t help but cry out in joy. It was cinnamon rolls, her delicacy.
Watching them Kakashi turned in antic.i.p.ation.
"I really don"t know what you like, Kakashi-sensei. But I have this regular bento box." Giving Kakashi a bento box Raito focused back on his own food.
"This is punishment?" Touching the somewhat plain bento box, Kakashi cried silently.
After a whole two hour of studying on formation, tactics, and whatnot, they finally left the library heading home.
Looking at the dark clouds gathering, Raito could feel that he was not going to have an easy time.
Walking in a familiar way, Raito took frequent turns gradually reaching to the clan district. But before clan district was a small market district. Raito pa.s.sed by Yamanaka flower shop, which was closed, right now.
As he walked on, he saw Ino who was knocking on a door, a bit frantically.
"Sakura! Open the door!" Ino banged on the door
"d.a.m.n." She cursed, huffing and puffing.
"Oi, Ino." Raito called out.
"Raito?" Ino went through her and hearing someone familiar calling out turned to see Raito.
"What are you doing?" Raito looked at the beads of sweat covering her forehead, her slightly labored breathing, and her tired face which was a little pale.
Looking at the house, he sighed and took out a bottle of spring water and gave it to Ino. "Drink and wait."
Ino absent-mindedly grabbed the bottle while Raito walked into a store. Ino felt a bit angry waiting for Raito. In anger, she twisted open the cap and took one big gulp.
"Ahh." Ino felt the soothing water inside her mouth cooling her, energizing her. Looking at the bottle alone made Ino think that Raito was a bit blurry.
Moments later the door to Sakura"s house opened and from inside came Raito, which clearly surprised Ino, who had her mouth opened.
Ino quickly walked in after recovering from the shock. Looking intently at Raito, she turned and Ino called out to Sakura but received no answer.
Walking past Raito, Ino searched around the ground floor. Raito looked around seeing there were dishes and plates in the sink. A couple of bowls and chopsticks. Using "Observe" Raito found that they were last used in a different time and all of them were used by Sakura alone. Looking at the rice cooker, he found that it was last used three days ago. In fact, nothing was used three days ago.
Looking up Raito expanded the chakra bubble and extended, reaching Sakura"s room. "She is upstairs."
Ino looked at him. Nodding walked upstairs but before she could open the door, she retreated. Looking back at Raito with some fear.
"What are you waiting for? Sakura is still inside and alive." Raito replied with some distaste.
Ino huffed, opened the door and walked inside.
"Sakura!" With a shout, Ino ran inside.
The room was dark and had a musty smell which made Raito frown. Walking inside, he saw Ino in a corner with Sakura, who was hugging her knees. She looked pale and, her clothes and hair were dirty.
Ino was going to start using "Mystic Palm Technique" but was stopped by Raito.
[Haruno Sakura]
HP: 500/1600
CP: 250/600
[Malnourished, Fatigue, Stressed, Weakening…]
There were tons of negative status on Sakura.
"Heal." Raito"s hand glowed green and the green light linked with Sakura"s skin.
HP: 1000/1600
"…I-Ino." Sakura"s hollowed eyes moved and looked towards Ino.
"Sakura." With tears in her eyes, she gently hugged Sakura and started to sob. "You dummy."
Raito walked forward, opening the curtains and the window. Then Raito used the "Erasing Wind" to force out the musty smell from the room.
"I will bring something for her to eat. Clean he up." Raito went down towards the kitchen and started cleaning.
"Sakura." Ino called her gently as she stripped the clothes on Sakura.
"I…" Sakura was still hollow, sadness filling the room.
Ino used her clan"s technique to correct her mind and body, nourishing her, slowly.
"Ino…what, what am I…do…what am I going to do?" Sakura cried in despair.
Ino who was helping Sakura to wipe her body saw numerous scratch marks; abrasion and contusions which were healed by Raito"s healing technique.
Downstairs Raito took out few pieces of bread and put those in a wooden basket filled the bottles with spring water and even the soup was made up of spring water.
Pressing the table with his hands, Raito frowned, "Why the h.e.l.l am I doing this?"
Raito grabbed the newspaper and letters from the mailbox, Raito walked inside, going through them.
He placed all the newspaper and letters down, holding one letter in his hand. "Stupid." Raito opened the letter and went through it. Clicking his tongue, Raito brought out a new paper and with a pen started writing, imitating the handwriting.
A tray in his hand, Raito walked upstairs reaching the room. With few knocks, he entered and place the tray at the table. Sakura was sitting on a chair while Ino was brushing her hair.
Placing another chair in front of Sakura, Raito gestured Ino to sit and take the tray from his hands. Agreeing, Ino tried feeding Sakura but he barely responded.
Raito sighed once again. He grabbed the letter opening it, he read. "Haruno Sakura, graduate of ####BN0144, I, Umino Iruka, congratulate you on pa.s.sing the academy exam and wish for you to attend the Genin Corps. The academy and the Hokage tower is willing to help you develop if you are willing to join the Hospital. For further plans please meet me in the Academy."
Raito closed the letter and gave it to Sakura, who had tears coming out of her eyes.
Mixing chakra to his voice, Raito said, "Eat, prepare yourself and go. I think hospital suits you very well… And if you do well, you can also become a field ninja."
After saying everything, Raito faked looking at his watch and ran in a hurry saying he was late. Raito couldn"t see Sakura"s grateful eye and Ino"s smiling face.
"Now that he is gone, let"s prepare you for tomorrow." Ino grinned as he handed Sakura the food tray.
In an area slightly close to the village center, Raito walked towards a big courtyard, where he was stopped by a person.
"Raito? You are finally here." The man with short dull yellow hair walked in front of him, blocking his way.
"I was called by Inoichi-sensei." Raito not wanting to talk more directly stated the facts.
"Fine, fine. But know that the elders are not very fond of you." The man"s voice directly appeared in Raito"s head.
Raito gave an eye then being led by the man reached Inoichi"s house.
Knock! Knock!
Raito knocked on the door and entered the room. Directly walking to the room inside the house in a familiar manner, Raito opened the door to the room to see Inoichi who was sitting on his knees and reading the thick book.
"Inoichi-sensei." Raito bowed and waited.
Closing the book, Inoichi stood up and grabbed a couple of scrolls from the shelf and gave it to Raito.
"This will be the last time you will be coming here." Inoichi had hints of sadness when giving the scroll to Raito.
Grabbing the scrolls, Raito said, "Thank you." Then placing the scrolls on the table, he started reading it.
"Rank-A. Extermination Bandits of the Northern Black hills. ANBU - Team "A" - 31, 36, 41 and 42 involved.
Northern Black Hill, on the northeastern area close to the "Gambling" Village and Land of the Hot Springs with an area of five hundred meter square. No roadway, only pathway. Bandit nest present at the four-minute mark from the foot of the hill. Walls and house made up of woods only.
Northern Black hill bandits. Total of two hundred men. 100 Genin level. 80 mid and high Chūnin level. 20 Jōnin, 4 high levels, 6 mid-level, and 10 low levels.
Estimated deaths. Four minor villages destroyed. Approximate death calculated. Child - 2,800. Middle age - 6,800. Old age - 1,100 Male - 5,500. Female - 5,200. Mostly normal villagers and village guards present.
Patrolled by Genin and Chūnin level bandits. Killed using stealth tactics and disguising techniques. The illusion of "everything fine" till last moment. Used high level elemental jutsu to kill Chūnin and Jōnin level bandits."
After reading the summary, Raito took a huge breath then again continued reading the full view of the mission. It was typical extermination. Group of ANBU reached the hills and using stealth and disguise killed the patrol gradually going upwards, killing most of the Genin and Chūnin. Most of the high level Chūnin and Jōnin stayed in the small shelter at the hillside, playing with women and drinking alcohol. They used high level jutsu to kill the bandits. The fight was extremely detailed explaining as much as possible.
Raito went through a couple of the scrolls and finished them all in half an hour. Tying the knots to the scroll, Raito placed them back to the shelf.
Inoichi walked and gestured Raito to walk out to the streets.
Inoichi sighed as he reached the flower shop, "I suppose you won"t be coming here anymore."
"I will definitely join your Chūnin cla.s.ses." Raito replied in positive view but the answer was very clear.
"This past one and a half year, I was very grateful to be your teacher." Buying coconut water, Inoichi gave one to Raito and with the help of straw, sucked.
"You have been reading all those case files in this past year and I hope it may have helped you. If you want more of them go to the Nara clan, they have lots of it."
"Yeah, Nara clan are second storage house for information. I know." Raito replied sucking his coconut juice.
Seeing that Raito was not very interested in his talks, Inoichi sighed then said, "As I promised your father…I have somewhat helped you and for the family jutsu. I have it here." Inoichi took out a scroll dangling in front of Raito.
"You are not going to give it to me for free?" Raito asked rolling his eyes.
[Quest Created]
"What do I have to do?"
"Nothing, just answer my question."
"Come with me." Smiling Inoichi let Raito sit on a bench.
With candy in his hand, Inoichi pointed at the couple with his gaze. "You see that couple?"
"If you want me to name them, I can." Raito started first.
"NO, I don"t need their name but I want your conclusion."
"I knew it wasn"t going to be easy."
"Look at that couple. The wife is hiding behind the stalls and the husband buys flower every another day from the shop, white, yellow and red. I want you to tell me if he is a cheater or not."
"Seriously?" Raito stared at Inoichi.
"Yup. You can even guess but you have to answer right." Inoichi replied with a big smile.
Looking at the man and at the woman next, Raito answered plainly, "He is not a cheater."
"Yes, you are right." Inoichi looked at the man and sighed.
He continued, "He goes to the graveyard from time to time but his wife always follows him and watches him buying flower and going to the graveyard.
There is this; husband and wife.
There was another household; a man, a woman, and a servant."
"Can I not listen?" Raito asked pitifully.
Inoichi ignored Raito and continued, "The husband loved the woman and the servant was his best friend.
The man loved the wife and had tried many times to court her but was rejected every time."
"SO?" Raito drawled and was immediately met with Inoichi"s glare.
"One evening…the servant went out with the husband to drink late at night. The wife meets with the woman during evening shopping. She was called by the woman to the house where she was fed with foods laced with sleeping drugs. The wife is pa.s.sed out and the man comes in picking the wife taking her to someplace."
"This is some bad story." Raito voiced out with sour face.
The serious face of Inoichi turned bad and bonking Raito continued his bad story.
"But in all this planning the man didn"t think that the servant was a bit of nice person. He told everything to the husband and got punched by him. The husband ran and in time crashed the house. There he saw the woman who he loved but he also noticed his wife"s struggling sound inside the room. Blood rushed into his head, he rushed and grabbed a knife, slamming open the door the husband and man struggled and at the end, the man got stabbed, died within minutes. The woman who saw the entire scene was shocked, struggling. She pulled out the knife and looking at the couple hugging, she killed herself, plunging the knife in the abdomen."
"It"s stupid."
"Yeah but it just doesn"t end there. Seconds later the servant came home and see the woman dying. He took the knife from her hand and-"
"Killed himself?" Raito asked plainly.
"Yeah, Ninjas were involved with the "Village Police" and it was decided that…the husband was not guilty."
"But the penalty code…"
"Although it is not in the penalty code, we think about all the things that are the cause and the reason that has led to the end. Looking at the end, origin and progress is the correct thing to do." Inoichi raised his finger and said sagely.
"Um…I have already answered your question. So, that means…" Raito looked at the couple who were walking towards the graveyard then looked back at Inoichi.
"Yeah, yeah." Inoichi took out a scroll from his jacket and gave it to Raito.
[You cannot learn "Mind Voice Transmission"]
[Requirements - VIT: 90, WIS: 100]
[You cannot learn "Mind Maze"]
[Requirements - INT: 80, WIS: 80, VIT; 80]
"It will be quite a while when you learn that." Inoichi said with a bit of sadness.
"That"s from elder-"
"Yeah, they gave these."
"The jutsu is not for attack then? Maybe more of a support." Raito asked plainly.
Inoichi sighed then facing the flower shop he asked, "You got the inheritance, didn"t you?"
"That"s my next destination." Raito kept the scrolls inside his jacket then stood up.
Facing Inoichi, Raito bowed deeply and said in a very sincere voice, ignoring the crowd behind, "Thank you for everything. Everything that happened for the past year, I will remember it forever."
Inoichi was looking at Raito. He remembered two years back what Raito looked like. He was a mess, a true mess. Locking himself in a single room, ignoring everyone else. And when the room was opened, forcing open the seals in the house, Raito was seen hugging his knees in a small corner in a small room.
Then it was a grueling process of healing and now two years later, Raito was standing in front of him better than ever, more brilliant, shining, dazzling and amazing him.
Reverting to his position, Raito looked at Inoichi and asked to end his curiosity or he hoped, "Inoichi-sensei, why didn"t you help Sasuke?"
Inoichi placed the water can on the stand and sighed as the remembered Sasuke, who he was supposed to help.
At the Hokage Tower
Raito sat in a chair in front of a desk, looking at the woman who was trying to find the specific item.
He groaned, "It"s on the third row, the bottom line."
"Can"t you wait? I think I am getting into it." The woman kept searching the entire section before coming in front with a box in her hand.
The box was plain, not too big with brown color and seal of leaf village on top of it.
Raito looked at the box and one could see his face twitching. "Is this it?"
"Yeah, sign this paper." The woman gave Raito a doc.u.ment and a pen to sign it.
Scanning over the doc.u.ment which took a longer time than needed and the woman was getting bored.
"Please sign it. The doc.u.ment just says-"
"I know what the doc.u.ment says." Raito quickly signed the doc.u.ment.
"Thank you." Sighing she brought out a storage scroll and gave it Raito. "You can use this to store and open them after going home."
Raito looked at the woman, shrugging he grabbed the box and placed it in the inventory. Leaving her behind, Raito left the room. Jōnin and Chūnin from the inventory room to outside. Everyone gave Raito side looks every once a while because Raito was a scene to be seen, he was panting, hard and trembling every once a while.
Raito went into automatic mode and reached the house, quickly, silently and stealthily. Most people didn"t even notice him and a few who noticed him didn"t interrupt him, letting him walk.
Inside his room, Raito took a large breath and exhaled loudly. In front of him, a plain brown box with village seal on top and the side, instructions.
"So I have to drop blood and with a Rat hand-seal send chakra to it."
Raito immediately followed the instructions and opened the box. And inside there was a scroll, a small one, though.
[Inheritance Storage Scroll]
Raito quickly went through the inheritance, one after another. The more he looked, the more confusion appeared on his face.
There were weapons at one side and jutsu scrolls on another. Notes on jutsu and new techniques on another, and lastly there were two forehead protectors in front of Raito.
"Why?" With a frown on his face, Raito opened the scrolls one after another, hoping that a letter or a note left in between them.
Crossing his arms, in frustration, Raito closed his eyes. After searching the house and now the inheritance, he still didn"t find even a letter, the last words, advice or anything.
Raito used "Observe" on each of the items before grabbing the forehead protector
[Michio"s. .h.i.tai-ate]
ID no. ####VA4411920
[Akeno"s. .h.i.tai-ate]
ID no. ####VB4411999
After using the skill Raito found a small mechanism, where after pressing, the Hitai-ate split into two, revealing a s.p.a.ce inside with a paper note. Doing the same to another Hitai-ate, Raito found another s.p.a.ce with a paper inside.
With trembling hands, Raito opened the paper and read the message. A tear trickled down his face, wetting the paper.
"Hey! Raito!" Naruto"s shout reverberated in the house making Raito panic a little.
He quickly cleaned everything, including himself. Walking out, he let out a big, warm smile and reaching Naruto, he gave him a big hug.
Naruto feeling confused, ignored his confusion and accepted the hug. "What"s the occasion?"
"I got a bunch of jutsus and weapons." Raito answered half truth.
"Jutsu?" Naruto jumped.
"Yeah."
"Wanna look?" Raito asked.
"Of course."
That night Raito and Naruto, woke up the entire night, reading through the jutsu and started learning a bit of everything.
Sitting on the sofa with scrolls scattered everywhere, Raito and Naruto had smiles on their faces.
"These jutsus are suitable for Hinata." Raito placed a couple of scrolls to the side for Hinata.
Naruto was a bit frustrated looking at the pile of scrolls, "Why aren"t there more of wind jutsus?"
Raito shrugged, "My mom and dad, none had wind affinity. Papa had earth while mama had water."
"I now have a lot of high-rank jutsu for me." Raito boasted.
"I only have two C rank." Naruto pouted.
"Just try to do those "Camping Jutsu" first. Mari-nee did say those jutsu are used to build affinity with elements." Raito took out the camping jutsu scroll and gave it to Naruto.
Naruto took the scroll but still looked dispirited.
"How about we get a lot of wind jutsu from jiji"s library?" Raito suggested.
"Really!? But…" Naruto wanted to agree but by doing that he would be taking all the benefits.
"Don"t worry, Naruto. Don"t you remember? I am a genius who can do all element jutsu from the camping jutsu." Raito boasted mildly.
"Boaster." Naruto pouted but soon remembered something very important that he jumped and ran to his room in a hurry.
Raito tilted in confusion then looked at the jutsu scrolls. There were more than twenty jutsu of earth and water combined in front of him but there were less than ten if he wanted to learn using his gamer power.
[Would you like to learn "Earth Clone"?]
[Would you like to learn "Stone Spikes"?]
[You cannot learn "Earth Fissure".]
[You cannot learn "Swamp of Underworld".]
[Would you like to learn "Gun Shot"?]
[Would you like to learn "Water Trumpet"?]
[You cannot learn "Moon Water Mirror".]
[You cannot learn "Weight of Ocean".]
"So many." Raito quickly separated the ones he could learn right now and the ones he couldn"t learn now.
"Raito, look." Naruto came down running with a katana in his hand waving it freely.
"I brought a sword with the money I saved." Naruto showed the sword which had orange braid on the handle and sharp blade.
[Golden Wave] (Rare)
"Wow, it looks so great." Raito commented as he watched his hazy reflection in the sword.
"I spent a lot on this." Naruto added.
Taking out a few wooden swords from his inventory, Raito gave them to Naruto. "We are going to train with the wooden sword first then we will use the real one."
Grabbing the bunch of wooden sword, Naruto burst into joy thanking Raito heartfully.
The moon was sky high and it was already midnight. Raito and Naruto promised and went to sleep. They had a lot to do the next morning.
Morning came by and Hinata joined them soon. Kakashi, although he was late for missions, he was never late for training his Genins. Training included; physical, mental and even spiritual.
With the help of Kakashi"s crazy training routine, Naruto, Raito, and Hinata grew steadily. Especially Hinata who was thought to be the weakest by Naruto and Raito, sadly they were wrong, very wrong. As the days pa.s.sed by Hinata was able to barely keep up with Naruto"s stamina and against Raito, she was able to force him to use more power, along with "Chakra Sense". The battle of Byakugan and Chakra Sense were nearly equal.
Raito didn"t want to admit it but Hinata was getting stronger. He brought Hinata and Naruto to the dungeons to fight against zombies and goblins. They were successful every single time and now they no longer needed to use tricks to defeat the monsters.
Soon a month had pa.s.sed by and the group was stronger than before. Raito was already level twenty and Hinata and Naruto were only steps away from level twenty. Though their level didn"t matter or correspond their strength.
Name: Hyuga Hinata Lv 18
t.i.tle: Genin (+50 Increase Reputation with Konoha Alliance)
HP: 3,200
CP: 2,150
STR: 34
VIT: 34
DEX: 55
INT: 43
WIS: 56
LUK: 26
Hinata is a very kind but very shy young girl who comes from one of Konoha"s four n.o.ble clans. Trained in the art of the Gentle Fist at a young age, a renowned and deadly Taijutsu. Currently the member of team seven along with Hinata, Raito and Kakashi. Her love for cinnamon rolls is said to rival Uzumaki Naruto"s love for ramen.
Hyuga main family member: +75 HP per level, Increased affinity to Gentle Fist Style, 40% Increased Taijutsu learning speed, +2 DEX per level and +2 WIS per level.
Byakugan: Byakugan is the Dojutsu kekkei Genkai of the Hyuga Clan giving the user a near 360º diameter field of vision; penetrate through any solid objects or obstructions.
Hinata"s drastic increase in her stats had made Raito confuse and jealous for a full day. But later looking at his stats, he left it for another day.
Name: Yoshizawa Raito Lvl 20
t.i.tle: Genin (+50 Increase Reputation with Konoha Alliance)
HP: 3,800
CP: 4,800
STR: 49
VIT: 64
DEX: 47
INT: 71
WIS: 48
LUK: 40
Stat points: 64
Yoshizawa Raito, son of Yoshizawa Michio and Yoshizawa Akeno, aiming to the top of the food chain, is in group seven along with Naruto, Hinata, and Kakashi. He aims to be stronger, strong enough to take revenge and protect.
Yoshizawa household member: Additional +50 HP per level +2 INT & +3 VIT per level.
Holder of the lucky star (Bound Equipment): additional +1 LUK per level.
Raito was a couple of stat points from gaining new powers. So, nowadays, he was focusing on strength, dexterity, and wisdom. And as for luck, he could only hope to level up his level slowly. With various chakra control skills, body conditioning techniques and nutritious cooking skills, his HP and CP was much more than average.
But the biggest development was neither Raito nor Hinata, it was Naruto. Naruto with good food and G.o.dly techniques had a great increase in his stats. His health had skyrocketed and as for his chakra crossed the moon.
Name: Uzumaki Naruto Lvl 17
t.i.tle: Genin (+50 Increase Reputation with Konoha Alliance)
HP: 6,600
CP: 12,000
STR: 37
VIT: 53
DEX: 42
INT: 50
WIS: 33
LUK: ??
Uzumaki household member: Additional +300 HP per level, additional +300 CP per level +2 INT & +3 VIT per level. Higher affinity towards yang techniques, decrease CP cost for yang techniques. Increase HP regen, 40% learning speed while learning Fuinjutsu
Jinchūriki: Increase HP regen, +500 CP per level, -40% chakra control(increase CP Cost) Stage 0 (Increase by age)
Prankster king: Increase experience gain to stealth and trap making, decrease reputation gain
Uzumaki Naruto is the son of Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina. Currently the member of team seven along with Hinata, Raito and Kakashi. He loves ramen and friends. And he aims to be strong enough to protect the one he holds dear and be the Hokage of the village.
Raito harvested the carrots grown in his garden. The carrot was about nine inches long and three fingers thick. The beautiful orange color had grains of soil on the surface. Grabbing the carrot, Raito swiped it giving superficial cleaning then washing it with the water inside the tub, the carrot gave a slight alluring smell.
After cleaning the carrots, he kept them inside the inventory. Moving to the next field, he harvested tomato, bell paper, and other food items.
[Tilting Lvl 5]
[Planting Lvl 5]
[Watering Lvl 10]
[Harvesting Lvl 5]
Taking off the gloves, Raito stretched and gave a lazy yawn. "Gardening is a good habit. Will I have strong bones doing this?"
"Raito! look my flowers they are so big and so colorful." Naruto watered his flower plants happily.
Hinata who had a small field for herself had also grown a variety of flower, more colorful than a rainbow and more fragrant than honey. Birds and b.u.t.terfly gathered around her field of flowers making it look like a holy land.
Whether it was Hinata or Naruto or Raito they knew it was all because of the spring water made by the jutsus "Water condensation" and "Water purification".
Kakashi who sat on the branch of the tree had already made a report about these techniques but still, there was little progress. But his three students were far beyond the researchers in the village in this matter. Even the Hokage had permitted for more rest day for the sake of research.
It felt like countless D-rank like cleaning the park, delivering letter and packages, painting the house or fences and on and on. Kakashi also felt like being stuck in the village for two months doing nothing but enjoying life was making him feel old.
Gathering team seven decided to go to Hokage tower to take the mission of the day.
"Ne, Hinata what type of mission do you think we should take?"
"Naruto-kun…how about…ano-Ah, where is Raito-san." Hinata who was thinking hard thought of asking Raito about it but when she turned around she found that Raito had disappeared.
Naruto who hadn"t notice turned around and cried in anger, "Argh, he..even now. Kakashi-sensei we-"
Naruto wanted to say further but when he turned around he found that Kakashi was no longer in front.
Hinata who had already activated her Byakugan and found Kakashi and Raito at the graveyard. She told Naruto about that which made him mad, "Raito and that Kakashi-sensei, they…argh."
Naruto gnashed his teeth and Hinata consoled him, slowly. She was rather happy that Naruto and Kakashi had left them alone. Her slightly red face made Naruto lose his anger, sighing he dragged Hinata to Ichiraku for some ramen. Hinata was more than happy to accept the offer.
"Say Kakashi-sensei, why did my parents want their bodies to be burned, unlike others?" Raito who was looking at the stone slate asked.
"…I don"t know." Kakashi answered. He was also present when their body was burned. At that time, Kakashi felt like going against their words and bury them just like everyone else.
"I don"t know but I felt like coming here." Raito said in a rather heavy voice.
Another Kakashi, specifically his clone was at the Hokage tower reporting to Hiruzen.
"Let him be." Hiruzen sighed. The lingering faint smoke today was much more compared to any other day, making Kakashi feel slight unease.
Naruto and Hinata walked in a roundabout way going to the western bakery to the eastern Ichiraku. Moving the flap Naruto couldn"t help but jump in shock, "You? Raito!"
"Yo" I was hungry." Raito lied and finished another bowl. "One more."
"Raito, that"s your fifth bowl." Teuchi let out a laugh and continued his work.
"Ahh, Teuchi-san, you have improved once again. The more I come, the more I have to come." Kakashi sitting by Raito"s side praised Teuchi"s skills.
"Old man, five bowls of miso for me." Naruto announced grabbing a seat for himself, still glaring at Raito.
"My favorite costumer, Naruto, finally here." Teuchi just like Naruto for who he was.
"Me too, one chicken bowl." Hinata took a seat with grace.
At the Hokage tower, Hiruzen sat along with Kota and Iruka in the mission room. Hiruzen had elbows resting on the mission desk and chin resting on his knuckles. The darkness slowly covering his face. Iruka and Kota on the side were gulping nervously, cursing many times over to team seven mainly Kakashi.
"Kakashi." Hiruzen called out and Kakashi along with his team of Genin flickered in the room.
Kakashi was nervously rubbing the back of his head, with some fear.
"Why are you late, Kakashi?" Hiruzen asked with a glint.
The seemingly nervous Kakashi straightened his back and made a salute. "I, Hatake Kakashi, of team seven would like to request for C-Rank mission."
There was a deadly silence in the room as Hiruzen watched Kakashi still the same as ever. Iruka and Kota looked at Kakashi with disbelief, not wanting to believe what Kakashi had just said. His Genins looked at him with disbelief and some expectation in their eyes.
Naruto quickly raised his hand and shouted, "Yea, we can. We want a C-Rank."
Raito looked weirdly at Kakashi and then at Hiruzen. He felt like this was a play, which was long-planned.