《Naruto- White Fang Template》


 CH-1

    "Ninjas" A gruff looking person in dark green vest, a leaf symbol adorning his head was speaking to the large crowd surrounding him.


    " a huge battle is coming, the enemy has approached us in great numbers" he continued looking at all of them , " but have we ever yielded, have we ever cowered in the face of an enemy shinobi" his voice bold.


    He shouted at the top of his lungs, " we are shinobi of the leaf, we protect and we kill, or we die trying "


    " yes sir!" a loud shout resounded in every shinobi''s heart, their rhythmic heartbeat a tad bit faster.


    All the shinobi started moving towards their tents, gathering supplies and revising their strategies.


    Among those many shinobis was a genin, with a body around 6 feet 1 inch, muscles decorating his slender physique, mainly defined for speed. A short sword was strapped to his back.


    His long white hair was tied in a ponytail, with few flocks still framing his face, his eyes shined dark grey.


    At sixteen years old, Hatake Kagami, was standing straight with his eyes closed.


    ....


    " What in the flying fuck am I doing here?" the crass words escaped my mouth. the only thing I could make sense of the last fifteen minutes, was that this was the shinobi world.


    With quite the resemblance to the Naruto world.


    However I can''t be sure yet.


    All I know is, I am now Hatake Kagami, a genin of the leaf village and war is in front of me.


    '' atleast I remember the skill set, though I bet I can fumble somewhere...''


    There was only one conclusion I could come up with...


    ''I would die ''


    " Kagami, you fine there, you are barely packing anything" a young man in his early twenties, brown hair framing his face , slicked back to only highlight his strong jawline and cheekbones spoke to me.


    '' Daiki surogiri, a chunin. Being a Ninjutsu specialist and my best friend, we have been together since childhood '' My memories of this life were intact.


    '' Can''t say anything about the previous though ''


    he put his arms on my shoulder, sensing my depressed mood...he spoke, " Oi, don''t you dare think about dying you got that" he pulled me into a bear hug, " you gotta wait till my wedding before you die out you fucker "


    " You are right Daiki," my eyes steeled themselves...no matter what ," I have to survive " .


    " Damn right you are, " he patted my back and said a few more pleasantries before making his way to his tent.


    Chunins lived in a different area of this camp, and Daiki apparently had just come to meet me.


    '' thanks bro''.


    I still didn''t think any differently from before, I was going to die, but well, what else has life to offer than death, and it''s every man''s wish to die in a glorious battle .


    '' let''s just wing this shit '' A faint memory that I couldn''t yet grasp, made me feel experienced with the art of winging it.Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators!


    I looked towards my sword, feeling the texture of the dark blue-ish metal. It had some of the chakra metal, a gift by my family.


    I looked towards the paper bombs and stuffed them in my pocket, kunai and shuriken were next.


    Next thing was to revise my memory of practising every single skill of a ninja.


    '' Atleast as much as I can ''


    Feeling the chakra of my body, I made it flow, move to a certain areas, Some Ninjutsu signs and finnaly some taijutsu.


    I still somewhat had a grasp on the two D- rank lightening jutsu that I had acquired with my life''s effort.


    '' Alright , done revising''


    The enemy was sunagakure, who after the death of Sakumo Hatake, had delusions that Konoha couldn''t do anything against their onslaught.


    Well, with tsunade not in the field, it sure will be difficult.


    I could see a ninja approaching me, " Kagami, we have been called back, " he first bumped me and I followed him.


    Few seconds after reaching the main area of the camp, I could see hundreds of ninjas, most genin, some chunin, and very few jonin.


    ''This doesn''t seem to be a very important base''.


    " Ninjas, I expect all of you went through the strategy,


    now, let''s make sure it happens right" with a small pause, he continued, " advance "


    With that, the final ball was dropped, we arranged ourself in a group of jonin, 5 chunins and 20 genin.


    I myself was in group three, with Daiki being in group two.


    I could see him searching for my group, and as our eyes met, I nodded towards him.


    The battalion soon started moving, jumping throught trees, until only a final flat stretch of land presented us.


    This location was chosen with the fact that the trade lines used to move through this place this it was obvious that this place had to be protected.


    Considering I had all the memories that Kagami had, a soft feeling for the leaf was already in my mind.


    but


    not enough to die over some trade line.


    I could see it, the sunagakure forces, and their camp, just a kilometre away.


    Large walls made of pure wood had been constructed, small spikes placed all around it, there were watch towers placed over the area, to alert of any suprise attack.


    All in all, it was packed with protection.


    The third and second battalion moved in opposite directions.


    The cue was the first battalion attacking through the front gate .


    ninjas over ninjas , rushed in to stop the onslaught of the first battalion.


    however that''s when we striked, Diverting our faces in opposite directions, the plan was simple... Divide and conquer .


    " aah ", a scream resounded as a young child around thirteen years old was killed by my fellow ninja.


    '' hypocrites '' I thought... however I understood my need for survival required me to be one.


    I unsheathed my sword and started pressing my opponent, a genin of around my age.


    His black hair was parted in the middle, with tatoos around his arms, he had standard Shinobi gear...From the look in his eyes, it seemed he had seen his fare share of battle.


    He pulled out his kunai and blocked my sword, only for me to redirect it to his legs.


    he seemed panicked at that, yet retracted his leg at the last second.


    The next moment my sword had already reached his neck, to which he could only haphhazardly draw his kunai.


    the suna ninja jumped back to create distance.


    I started weaving hand signs as he did too.


    ''wind style , wind bullet jutsu ''


    nobody declared it like they did in the anime , but I could tell what it was, I had seen my fare share of what Suna ninjas commonly used.


    '' Thanks memories '' I thought as I smiled.


    The ninja suddenly let go of his gaurd for a moment.


    That''s when my seals were completed.


    '' Getting into a Ninjutsu battle is average custom of a shinobi, but I am no Ninjutsu fighter''


    ''shunshin no jutsu''


    I shun shined diagonally and used it twice n a row , one to escape from the jutsu, second to reap his neck.


    His lowered gaurd had costed him deeply.


    before he could even understand what happened, blood was on my blade and his neck was on the ground.


    '' don''t think, don''t think, this is a battle , survive '', I continued repeating this moto in my head.


    '' I have got to move...I can''t look like an easy target ''


    I focused on my next ninja.


    A black haired puppet master fighting a leaf shinobi, who clearly was struggling.


    ''What can I even do against that '' ...I thought, my mind churning with chaotic thoughts.


    ting


    A clink resounded in my brain, a loading screen appearing in front of my eyes.


    '' wait what? ''


    ( white fang system- 0.05percent )


    ( experience points-5)


    ( experience points to the next percent -20)


    I chuckled for a second , only to focus back on my enemy.


    '' Now this seems like fun, let''s risk it all '' .


    .....


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 Ch-2

    Shing


    My sword descended on the ungaurded back of the puppet master.


    " Urgh" a small scream escaped his mouth.


    A huge cut appeared on the ninja''s back, his shout ringing out. My fellow Shinobi gave me a smile of gratitude.


    " I will kill you !" the suna ninja took his kunai, aiming to slash at me, however all he could reach was air.


    ''shunshin no jutsu''


    ''It''s not easy to use in a fight , but if you know the location, and that said location is safe, it''s quite the useful jutsu, if I say so myself. ''I thought to myself as I stared down his ugly face.


    " argh" , he held his back, his face in a grimace... dying of blood loss was also a thing here.


    " you , tree hugger" his hands suddenly started forming hand seals.


    " yeah, a tree hugger''s fine... better than a desert monkey " I taunted him however his focus refused to budge.


    The person standing beside me  also started casting hand seals, while I waited for the perfect opportunity.


    " A game of mouse and cat, All you have to do is find that chance," I whispered to myself.


    A mere second later, both their jutsu''s were finished.


    ''wind style - wind slash''


    '' earth style - earth wall''


    basic C - rank jutsu,


    however seeing them in the flesh, made my realisation of reality even deeper.


    a huge stone wall made of durt and earth appeared from the ground in front of me, its scales tougher than what I could have ever imagined.


    I doubt I could even punch it and not hurt my hand.


    and at the same time, a huge slash was making its way towards me, It was as if wind itself was making sure of my end.


    '' Memories do not help at all'' I thought as I took refuge behind the wall.


    however, I barely had time to appreciate my neck staying on my shoulders.


    My eyes perked up at the sudden jerk of the suna ninja...it seemed the pain in his back was far greater than expected.


    ''shunshin no jutsu''


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    shing


    and the next moment another head was beside me.


    I panted as I looked towards his body neck...or the lack of it.


    I don''t know his rank...however he felt like a chunin.


    '' Are chunin so easy to kill? '' .


    nope, probably not ,  had it been a one on one , I would died...ten out of ten times, however lady luck was shining towards me.


    '' I have no defensive jutsu, and my chakra is already thinning out due to the continuous use of shunshin. ''


    no wonder I was a genin for so long.


    '' I am talentless as fuck...'' I thought.


    '' Hatake Family and there chakra problems ''


    " Thanks for the help" the leaf ninja quickly withdrew my attention. ," It would have been way more difficult without you." .


    " yeah no problem sir" I spoke back to him.


    Of course my attention was elsewear....


    ( White fang system-0.05)


    ( experience points- 20)


    ( experience points needed - 20)


    He nodded his head towards me as he left to join the battle.


    I on the other hand barely dodged a Kunai from another ninja.


    shing


    " Fuck this shit " , I cursed with frustration as I barely deflected the kunai...it''s force making my wrist weak from the impact.


    " You shouldn''t have killed my friend ",A buff looking suna ninja rushed at me.


    His towering physique was terrifying in its own might, his biceps could very well be the size of my own head.


    On top of that, he had metal gloves on.


    '' a physical type, fuck ''


    I barely had time to think as his fist was already on me.


    I quickly used my sword to deflect it, however the force it carried rattled my bones .


    '' How fucking strong is this guy ''


    He soon started trading another set of punches, this time I had to use both my sword and kunai to block them.


    the chance of counter- attacking was slim.


    I quickly escaped another death strike while thinking, '' this guy is fucking strong'' .


    " Some leaf fuckers...always ruining my mood " he raised his legs and kicked at me.


    '' a chance ''


    The leg hit my body only for wood to burst out in my place.


    His expression turned into one of shock...he hadn''t expected the weak swordsman to use the substitution jutsu so quickly...


    His body and mind were guarded towards any suprise attack...however he thought of his friend that this boy had just killed.


    Miro was not only his friend but his brother in arms...he supported him through the worst times of his life.


    when everybody has given up on him...at times even joking about his bad chakra control, Miro was the one who supported him.


    It was because of him he could turn his life around.


    '' However this fucker, killed him in a sneak attack, a genin no less '' he thought as his expression twisted into one of rage.


    however he should have paid more attention...I  had long since left the place.


    '' Fuck'' , I was running towards the other side of the field , dodging and sneaking through many groups ,'' who the fuck was that guy, a chunin for sure. ''


    '' first let''s get that upgrade'' .


    ( white fang system- 1.05 percent )


    ( Experience points-0)


    ( Experience points needed -30)


    As the percent increased my one , I could feel my chakra growing subtly, my strength increasing just a tiny bit.


    I even felt I got better at sword fighting but that could just probably be an illusion.


    '' Alright, time to grind now, ''


    so


    a genin=5 points


    A chunin= 15 points


    A jonin =???


    I looked towards the battlefield, my senses sharp as I tried to find another person to hunt.


    I found them soon enough.


    Two genins were locked in a deadlock against another two of my own village.


    I soon joined the fray, using shunshin to attack the first enemy genin, decapitating him in one strike before he could even sense a attack.


    " Jiki, Nooo !!! " the left over genin shouted, however , all three of us were onto him the next moment.


    He tried his best to hold on however he too soon died under our onslaught.


    With me getting the final kill, I didn''t even wait for the genins to thank me before moving into my next target.


    Soon I was all around the battlefield, sneak attacking one genin, then another , then another.


    boooommmm


    A large boom followed by a sharp horn sound came from the other side of the camp.


    The very next second , dozens of leaf ninjas  joined our battlefield.


    in another ten minutes, the Sunagakure camp was no more.


    " we won, we won " was the chorus shouting of many of the leaf''s shinobi...


    '' Today I somehow survived ''


    They thought they were dead today, the enemy had more numbers...and even their base was fully structured, All they had was momentum and courage.


    As for me, my arms were injured and my experience points were full, however I stopped myself from using it right now.


    I had to experience more, understand more about this system.


    As I trotted through the field, my steps shaking at the sight of all the dead bodies sorrounding me. I soon came upon a peculiar dead body, with kunai sticking in his heart.


    '' The physical type chunin who attacked me '' .


    I looked towards him and remained blank for a moment.


    '' All I have to do is survive, until I grow strong enough '' That was all I could think...The man who I had ran from was now just a body to burn away...


    Soon all the leaf ninjas , gathered in one place ,the other teams , had a bunch of genins and chunin missing, with one even loosing their jonin.


    I kept searching for that one person that I felt the most familiar with...until I locked eyes with him again.


    " Daiki!!" , I shouted at the top of my lungs.


    " Kagami !!" he too responded, we both met and dabbed.


    " Congratulation for surviving you fucker " he smiled and said ," had you died I would have killed you ya know , you did yourself a favour " .


    " sure sure , you cheeky asshole" I replied back.


    He winked as he proudly said , " you mean handsome asshole " .


    " yeah sure keep living in delusions , " I responded and we both laughed at our silly conversation.

 Ch-3

    That day, we were presented with a feast, I saw the faces of numerous ninja''s...it was apparent they were all being social... to be honest, It was kind of relaxing.


    Before I could even tell, the day had ended and I was back in my cabin.


    Looking at the screen in front of me,I thought about my future actions...


    '' This system...I need to know how it works ''


    ( White fang system- 1.06)


    ( Experience points-45)


    ( experience points needed-30)


    I mentally focused, commanding it to utilise the excess points.


    ( White fang system- 2.06 percent )


    ( Experience points-15)


    ( Experience points needed-45)


    The moment the percent increased , my Aching pain from the day seized to happen, my muscles felt more stretchy and even my chakra increased a little bit once more.


    I was suddenly reeled with a sharp pain in my head, A mettalic smell assaulted my nose.


    '' I am bleeding '' I analysed the beed of blood now on my hand.


    Suddenly the pain resided and all I was left with was a memory, One foreign to me.


    .....


    A little boy, perhaps fifteen-years old was practising the kata of swordmanship.


    His white hair fluttered in the winds, a smirk plastered on his face, his face lighting up more and more with each swing of the sword.


    " I have finnaly reached it...I have mastered this Kata " he spoke to himself, a proud resignation evident on his face.


    Digging his sword in the ground, he closed his eyes for a few seconds...


    His eyes fluttered open a minute later, his gaze conscious and secure, " I know what to do..." He looked up at the sky, " I will create my own Kata and reach the top".


    The boy was none other than Sakumo Hatake.


    The memory shifted him to trying out different katas to see what fits and what doesn''t.


    Soon , he had a partial style developed.


    Seeing as how his hands were extremely full of fast twitch muscles,


    this kata was made to emphasize the use of them.


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    He kept practising day and night until he understood all his mistake, Pain and sheer will making him go through.


    Of course that was just the start of his journey, One which was written with blood.


    The memory ended once all the knowledge of the Kata was embedded in my brain.


    ....


    " What the fuck " I was bewildered at the sheer act of talent that I had just witnessed.


    Sakumo created a new style for the sword at barely out of ninja academy...


    '' Am I really just talentless '' I thought once again, while yes, Kagami of before didn''t know anything about the world, but genin and barely being able to use chakra were signs I couldn''t ignore.


    ''Well, I really don''t care about that, I will learn this kata now ,and get more experience points to upgrade this system.''


    My thoughts were clear, progress came first.


    I looked at it again,


    ( white fang system- 2.06)


    ( experience points - 15)


    ( experience points needed for next percent - 45)


    '' fuck , that is a lot of points '' .


    ''I have to grow stronger, otherwise I would be crushed in the next fight ''.


    Seeing as to how refreshed I got after the upgrade, I grabbed my sword and went to the practising area.


    '' wait , what was the percent at first. '' I noted a peculiar observation.


    it was 0.05 , however after adding two percent it''s 2.06 ...


    '' is there something else to this system too? '' ...


    however thinking hard about it for the next minute presented me with tons of theories.


    ''All that needs to be checked practically ''


    I needed to experiment and clearly right now I did not have those kinds of resources .


    I unsheathed my sword, as I kept trying to remember the Kata.


    '' Fast kata''


    '' Quick slash'' The first movement of the technique.


    My body moved instinctively as I used the basic principle of unsheathing the sword.


    However, I had to be quick.


    Considering the position of my sword, it was supposed to be a sword drawing skill, that I could do without chakra.


    however a little output of chakra and that quick drawing, becomes '' quick slash'' '' .


    I tried to flow the chakra in my arms and do the move.


    '' Quick slash ''


    boom


    ''ouch ouch ''


    fuck my hand...


    I was holding my right hand feeling irritated at the bump that had appeared on it.


    '' I just got fixed and this shit happened '' .


    When I did the quick slash, by trying to place all my chakra in my hand, I ended up bruising my muscles.


    '' Alright, let''s think this again''


    The memory...I focused my attention on it.


    It showed Sakumo controlling his chakra finely, as if putting too much of it in one place could damage his hand.


    '' of course, that''s common sense ''


    Normally my hand could handle that amount of chakra... but then why did the move fail.


    Wait


    '' when I punch, the chakra flows from shoulder to the fist in a linear fashion. however for a quick draw, chakra first has to flow towards the fist and then towards the triceps, increasing the drawing speed.''


    Of course


    that does make a lot of sense.


    However rather than practising the moves , first would be baby steps.


    ''Fist enhancement''


    I flowed chakra towards my fist , first slowly.


    then stopped, '' once more '' .


    I kept doing it until my speed was on a satisfactory level.


    '' I need to keep practising this '' .


    next is the chakra flow towards triceps.


    I practiced that for another 15 minutes , till I got a hand of doing it.


    a smile broke on my face , " all right ,now I just have to do them in a order ".


    I placed my hand on my back, without holding the sword , '' fist enhancement ''


    the moment my chakra rushed and reached the place , '' tricep enhancement '' , the chakra took a turn and flowed back to triceps.


    shwip


    my arm moved faster than normal and within a second was in front of my face .


    Had my sword been there, it would have cut the enemy in half.


    '' This is fucking good '' I smiled gleefully at my partial success.


    '' alright let''s keep practising this shit ''


    This feeling of growth had me so hooked to it, that I ended up practising till sunrise.


    My face had dark circles etched on it and my chakra channels were exhausted with the continuous manipulation of chakra.


    " One last time "I whispered to myself.


    I placed my hand on my sword.


    my dark grey eyes gleamed with determination , '' quick slash '' .


    shwip


    one moment my hand was on my sword and the next , the sword was already at the end of its trajectory.


    It was fast , so fast that perhaps I could have killed the physical ninja with just this.


    '' Only thing holding me back is my own body and chakra'' .


    and the fact , there were four more kata''s left to learn .


    '' and these are the basics , what the fuck was this guy on...''


    It was at that moment that I grew a slight respect for Sakumo.


    From my memories I had seen the guy one time , walking down the streets with my father, however, he mostly was knee deep in missions before he died to a pathetic suicide.


    " I will pay my respects to you one day "I spoke to the silent ground...perhaps it was my own way for thanking the man.


    My mind however was too tired to think any further , I had to sleep so I went towards my tent and crashed on the bed , before checking my system once more.


    ( white fang system- 2.45)


    ( experience points-15)


    ( experience points needed-45)


    '' wait, how has it grown from 2.06 to 2.45..., is it because I leaned the kata , is it showing me the way forward to growing stronger''.


    However before I could think more, I was already asleep.


    dreaming of eating momos on sea monsters.


    The day had been quite Long.

 Ch-4

    I was awake with a single tap of daiki, my instinct had made me already latch on to my sword, my movements stopping in place at seeing the familiar figure.


    " bro chill, it''s me " the brown haired man responded in kind with a kunai blocking my raised sword.


    I rubbed my eyes, a yawn escaping my lips...how much had I slept ?


    '' I have no freaking Idea''


    " What are you doing in my tent Daiki?" I asked him while putting my sword down, he had long since put his kunai back as well.


    " Well we have a mission, I don''t know much about it , but the order is from higher up"


    I looked at him squinting my eyes, " how high are we talking ? "


    " Hokage kind of high bro " he spoke while slicking back his unkempt hair .


    " What!!!! " I sat upright on my bed " we should hurry " .


    my mind was in turmoil, not one day of actually living in this world and the Hokage had already noticed...


    '' Could it be root '' A small whisper echoed in my mind...


    '' However I am far too insignificant to be a target ...right ?''


    From what I could gather from the memories, the previous Kagami might be talentless...but hardwork was something where he aced.


    From what I could gather,even my mission history was pretty decent.


    however I doubt that mattered...


    '' danzo''... could it be him..


    I was worried, I had just come in this world , fought my first fight, had my first taste of growth...


    '' perhaps, I am worrying too much, let''s first see what the mission is about'' my tensed eyebrows relaxed.


    " hey, give me two minutes to get ready " My lazy voice reached him and with a playful nod he was out.


    '' let''s organise '' I thought, my body moving in rythmic motion.


    I strapped my sword to my back and washed my face...there wasn''t much more I could do in the meager time I had.


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    " let''s go now " I nodded towards him and we both left to reach the camp.


    Entering the area holding the camp, the structure of it left me underwhelmed, green flaps covered the main residence of the heads, tents had been set up with a huge one in the middle.


    Large earth walls had been prepared to focus on security, however most gaurds were genins with few barely being chunin.


    Making our way to the camp door, I was greeted with the sight of two gaurds staring down at us.


    " Entrance slip " he spoke in a deep voice, his hand firmly held the slip that Daiki provided.


    He turned his head upwards and continued, " Badges " .


    We soon showed our identity badge and moved in the camp.


    3 jonins were discussing over a small procto map, perhaps made around our camp.


    one of the jonins looked towards us, He seemed to be a lean man, with a scar on his left check that streched upto his forehead, his hardened eyes bore onto us.


    Around the jonin were two more genins waiting , I soon joined them.


    He turned towards us and spoke, " there is a mission for all for of you, Daiki you will be the squad leader for this mission" .


    Daiki to which nodded and answered, " yes sir " .


    " The mission is as follows , you team has to go for information gathering with Team -7 that graduated this year." he looked towards me and continued, " the mission itself looks like information gathering, but you are not supposed to interfere in their search, your only job is to protect them " .


    " Is that understood "


    " Yes sir " was the collective response.


    " Alright, you may depart in thirty minutes " he put the mission scroll in Daiki''s hands and joined the other jonins.


    .....


    outside the tent I finnaly had chance to talk to my fellow temporary teammates, however he beat me to the chase.


    " hey, you are that guy, " the taller one of the two spoke , " the one who helped us in that fight against the two Suna genins ." .


    The shorter one had a scar on his lip, he spoke" thanks for helping us that day, we perhaps survived thank to you, " he put his hands forward,  " Mezuki Inuzuka, "


    I shook his hand and responded, " Kagami " then I shook the other guys hand to which he told me his name as well.


    Kuro Inuzuka.


    Both part of the Inuzuka clan,brothers perhaps.


    ''It seems I got somewhat capable teammates'' I thought to myself as I observed their guarded stances.


    However there was something odd, they had no dogs with them.


    The taller one , Kuro recognised my question before I had the chance to even speak out loud.


    His voice palpated grief as he said, " we both had our ninkens too once, however during a mission, to save us , they both sacrificed their lives"...


    The shorter one , Mezuki continued , " we still miss them a lot so sorry, this is not a good topic for us so kindly don''t bring it up again.".


    " My condolences " they were already very sad just at the mention of the topic, I felt somewhat responsible to atleast give words of help," it might not help but, I believe this world has a heaven , evey soul, even dogs go there, they will be watching over you all you know ".


    They looked shocked but soon calmed down.


    kuro nodded, and silence set in between us.


    '' I am not heartless ,I don''t want to be ''.I thought once again...in contrast to the countless murders I had done in the battle.


    '' Do I really deserve to be kind...am I not just another murderer now'' a small hint of doubt crept in me.


    But it was small for a reason...I knew what I did and why...because at the end of the day I killed those other ninjas because I had no choice but to survive... becoming heartless and cruel wasn''t something I was keen on becoming.


    Daiki was soon out of the tent, " well what''s with the awkward silence you all, " he put us in a group hug " Kuro , Mezuki and Kagami, we got a mission from the Hokage himself ,if we do really well, we might even get promoted ". He spoke with a excited grin.


    " cmon cheer up a bit " .


    I looked towards him in suprise , " you know them ?".


    Daiki nodded , his head held high, " of course I do, Do you have any idea how popular I am ".


    I could almost feel his nose elongating.


    '' This self complimenting bastard''


    However Kuro responded with a smirk , " only among men though " .


    " you bastard , don''t try to shame me " daiki was already on him, cheering up our moods.


    ..........


    Our meet had ended , and I was already on my way to the destination.


    Gate three of the camp, Daiki had designated the spot as the one where we were supposed to meet.


    So I did what any sane man would do... I strapped my sword to my back while carrying every single supply I could get a hold off.


    Before I could even see the gates , I saw Daiki there standing with Kuro.


    I waved towards them , " where''s Mezuki, "


    " he''s coming, apparently , food last night made him get a bad stomach " .


    " hehe" I could only laugh at that.


    " Quite the fearsome shinobi your brother is " .


    " Oi, are you all talking about me " , Mezuki was already here, panting , " if you didn''t know, I was practicing Jutsu, nothing else , got that ?".


    " yeah sure sure ". We all replied together.


    " Alright you guys, let''s go, we have to reach camp -5 by night fall " .


    That was our cue , and next thing I know, I was jumping trees...in a pronged formation.


    '' I will be meeting Kakashi huh , '' I thought...in the memories of this world, I had never met him before.


    But I knew what he was going to be.


    '' Copy ninja Kakashi''.


    ......

 Ch-5

    The moon was high in the sky by the time we reached the camp.


    the location for said camp was only known to Daiki, hence we were following his lead.


    Upon reaching the camp, my eyes bulged at the sheer scale of the area, it was as if my previous camp barely compared.


    Huge and strong watchtowers sorrounded the area, my eyes widened at the tall and sharp Shinobis watching us like a hawk.


    The Walls that covered the places were reinforced with earth-style jutsu, something that required the help of multiple ninjas...considering how big the camp was.


    I couldn''t see the end of it, however what I could see were shinobi patrolling around the camp.


    from the outside you could barely hear anything, it almost seemed like the camp itself was empty


    The moment we reached the gate , the gaurd ,perhaps a chunin, asked ," identification and mission scroll ".


    Daiki quickly took out the mission scroll, while all of us presented our identification token.


    it was something given to ninjas during war time, as to be sure of their identity.


    " alright, you may go through " , he opened the door for us and we entered the camp.


    the moment I did, the silence was gone , replaced by the chatter of shinobis, I could see huge fireballs in the training area however most of them weren''t practising. this camp was by far almost triple the size of my previous camp.


    '' there must be atleast 8 jonin here ''. While in the anime, Jonin''s could be called as fodder, in the present time, they were nuclear options,ones that rendered the victor of the battlefield


    ''This has to be a very important camp'' I thought


    I turned back, my gaze focusing the slim gaurd that assured our entrance, " Where is the commanders tent, sir?"


    " right that, way, you see that big barracks, just beside that " He pointed towards one of the larger building in the area.


    '' good that it isn''t that far ''


    I thanked the guy and made my way to the camp, the three of my teammates following me.


    soon we were before the commander''s tent.


    it was huge, One that could facilitate atleast twenty people inside.


    for a tent, it was humongous.


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    " reasons for entering ?" Another gaurd there asked .


    daiki once again took out the mission scroll and showed it to him.


    " alright , come inside", His fierce posture now melting to a calm one.


    the inside of the tent was the same , except with five jonin hanging out. however the different among the Jonin''s was stark.


    the jonin at my previous camp were close to retiring, looked cold hearted and sharp, There bodies could be old however their instincts and experience barely betrayed them.


    these on the other hand were quite young, atleast by my standards, they would be around thirty years of age.


    however one among them stood out, a flock of yellow hair and a youthful face, he seemed just a few years older than me...nineteen perhaps.


    he was busy chatting with a shinobi of the Nara clan .


    I nudged Daiki and pointed us towards him.


    He seemed nervous at the sight of the man, however soon stood up and made his towards him.


    I nudged hum harder this time and whispered," he is the leader of team 7 stupid, Minato- Namikaze , you read that while yourself."


    He soon stood at a distance of a metre from the esteemed jonin, seeing Daiki just there standing like a ghost,


    the yellow flash turned his head towards him, " yes ? " .


    " yes sir " , daiki shouted out of nervousness and tried taking out the scroll however his hands betrayed him and he fumbled...the slipped scroll barely left his hand before it was snatched by Minato.


    '' I could barely even see his hand '' I thought incredulously at the superhuman act.


    how fast was this guy...


    " oh, you have a mission with my team " he smiled at us , and turned towards the Nara, " Shikaku, give me a few minutes, let me show them around "


    The Nara nodded and he motioned for us to follow him out of the tent.


    the next few minutes was filled with explaining us the nook and cranies of this camp, it was essential for a ninja to know.


    However the most entertaining part of this was how my best friend was reacting.


    me and Kuro both noticed the sheer excitement of Daiki.


    '' he is a fan isn''t he '' Kuro mouthed.


    I silently nodded towards him.


    Soon we reached a peacefull area of the camp, Aside from three tents, only trees and a small pond sorrounded it, making it wonderful for training.


    " Kakashi, Obito, rin , come along I want you all to meet some people " Minato spoke aloud towards the trees.


    soon, All three of them exited from the dense vegetation.


    The first person to catch my eye was a short boy, his white spiky hair was eye catching enough, and his mask just added more to the mystery.


    A small sword was strapped to his back...courtesy of his father, while his face remained expressionless.


    However that couldn''t be said for his teammates.


    followed him was Uchiha Obtio, black spiky hair and goggles, he looked quite funny and in no way a ninja of any calibre.


    '' I used to be his fan when I watched the show '' My memories were Hazy, but I just had a feeling that I liked this guy.


    and finnaly the link of the team , Nohara rin. A small girl with stripe tatoos on her face.


    " Team -7, this is your support team, they will be helping you so treat them fairly " .he continued , " now you all meet and get to know each other , I will have to take my leave " .


    with that in a flash , he was no longer beside us .


    Obito was the first one to break the silence, he ran up close to me and shouted excitedly, " This is the first time I saw someone young with Kakashi''s hair, Are you both related ?".


    " yes I am " I spoke calmly to the child, " And might you be ? ".


    It seemed as if he was waiting for his introduction, he puffed up his chest and spoke," nice question uncle , my name is Obito Uchiha, the rival of Kakashi and the future hokage " .


    Daiki laughed at that introduction, " That''s a wonderful dream Future Hokage, but you got to work hard for it" He then turned towards me, and I caught a glint in his eyes.


    '' He only does that when he wants to prank me'' I thought while tensing my muscles.


    he continued looking at Obito, " You see, Kagami also wants to become Hokage" .


    '' what''


    I have never said that,


    " what, no way, then you are my rival too from now on ". the boy had already fallen for Daiki''s lies.


    " stupid Uchiha " Kakashi muttered from the side.


    " who are you calling stupid , idiot Kakashi " He replied in fashion.


    " I apologize for my dumb teammate, he is quite slow in the head " Kakashi looked towards me and said, his tone turning serious, " our mission will start in two hours, I hope you all will be ready by then " .


    It seemed he didn''t want to further our conversation.


    '' we just got here after four hours of jumping around and you are asking to go to a mission ''.


    Daiki painfully smiled ," sure then, we will be resting until then, nice to meet you all ".


    we soon departed into our respective tents.


    '' hah, Why is everyday so exhausting in this place ''


    I should get some sleep...


    the moment I crashed on the bed , I was already asleep, the sword still strapped to my back.


    .......


    ( White fang system- 2.45 )


    ( experience point-15)


    ( Experience points needed -45)


    after one and half hour of sleeping , my body forced itself awake.


    '' I need to improve, I am still stuck at just two percent'' I thought while looking at the screen.


    Thinking back on the next move of the Kata...


    '' Quick parry ''.


    it had some what the same principles of flow of chakra.


    theoretically since I had leaned quick slash , doing quick parry should be easy.


    however I clearly didn''t have any time.


    '' half an hour, I should start getting ready, ''


    ''it''s just a search mission, I doubt I would be facing any ninjas ...''

 Ch-6

    the winds were blowing on our faces, it had been ten minutes since we had started our mission.


    Kakashi and Daiki had been discussing about the routes and strategy.


    The mission itself was a simple search mission, one where we had to search the potential trade route and find out whether it is really one or not.


    Apparently Suna and the land of hot water had some aggreement, and this was one of the suspected trade routes.


    there are many such trade routes suspected however very few come to actually be one, hence the mission.


    However, currently I was just repeatedly jumping from tree to tree, the activity had become so boring that I was barely paying any attention...letting my body do the work.


    " How far do we have to go Daiki " I asked him in a exhausted tone.


    the tiredness had caught up to me and clearly two hours of sleep didn''t help much.


    " sorry Kagami, We will probably reach by sunset " .


    he looked apologetic as he spoke.


    as a chunin, his physicality was better than mine, and while he was tired, it wasn''t essentially as bad as mine was.


    Team -7 was just beside us,seeing how exhausted we looked.. they looked apologetic however one look from Kakashi and it was all silenced.


    '' they say never meet your heroes and they were damn right '' . I thought while looking at the hardened Hatake.


    we continued in silence.


    Daiki was atleast right about the timing, It was sunset by the time we reached the place. Ethereal red glow of the sun had spread throughout the dese jungle.


    the scene would have been peaceful if I didn''t feel like a zombie.


    Kakashi stopped and turned towards us , " we will take fifteen minutes of rest before, scouting the area " he looked at me and continued, " seeing how tired all of you are , we will search for tracks at nightfall " .


    '' God, finnaly, I need to rest'' I thought as I dragged my tired body around.


    it was these moments where I hoped I had enough experience points for an upgrade.


    It took us fifteen minutes more to set up camp, My heart told me I needed to rest however orders came first...so I soon took up to scout any potential ninja tracks with everybody.


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    After a rendezvous at our small camp, Kakashi spoke,"  Let''s rest till nightfall, then we continue" .


    I barely even considered anything before I shunshined to my tent and was out before I knew it.


    ........


    Night had arrived, and with it the haunting darkness


    ...The moon shined in all its glory above us, we had stacked up together discussing the future plan.


    " let''s start searching everyone" Daiki took the lead , explaining the plan, " my team will be searching in the north of the tracks, any footprints, kunai marks or anything resembling of a code, you will report to me" .


    Kuro and Mezuki responded, " yes sir " .


    " for now, I am the proc-to leader of team-7 so Obito, you and rin, follow my orders , and don''t do something stupid " . the smaller Hatake ordered his team, " rendezvous in thirty minutes, if I don''t see any of you , I will assume a enemy has taken you out , understood " .  his voice dead serious...


    daiki nodded to that as I steeled my body for whatever future outcome may come.


    '' this world is full of dangers, heck if we find a jonin, even a single one, all of us are dead, ''...


    atleast unless Kakashi used the yellow flash kunai...If he even has one to begin with.


    we went our seperate ways, and I started searching.


    usually the items are hid using a normal merchant caravan as a front , therefore tracks were something that were always present.


    however, the jungle told a whole another story.


    Essentially, From my memories, trees are used as a sign indicator for a possible trade route, Any unusual marks or such has to be thoroughly studied.


    '' Let''s see what I find ''.


    chirp


    " mhmm? " I looked towards the tiny squirrel which had made its way to me.


    " whats up little guy ", my hands reached out to pet it, it looked towards me with his big eyes, pointing at the nut at the top of tree.


    ''that''s not really a problem''


    I started walking horizontally on the tree , and brought him a bundle of nuts.


    chirp


    Another female squirrel came out of the hiding, both of them struggling to carry all the nuts home.


    '' well that was wholesome, time to focus on the mission '' .


    I soon went off, searching for anything , any clue.


    Twenty-five minutes had passed as of now, and it was clear that this was no trade route for goods.


    No marks, no unusual signs, Nothing to propose that this was a trade route.


    I took off running, hurriedly reaching the spot in a few minutes.


    everyone was already there, Daiki had a apprehensive look.


    '' He is worried for me '' he face lighted up at the sight of me.


    " you are exactly on time, did you find something " the smaller Hatake asked.


    I shook my head, the words escaping my mouth," no , nothing , this is just a normal trade route" .


    he nodded to my answer, as if expecting it.


    " It was the same on my side, there is nothing indicating that it''s the trade route we are searching for " .


    everyone nodded, while Daiki continued, " alright then, we will rest for the night, search one more time in the morning then head back to the camp".


    " cool "


    " yupp "


    " alright "


    " finnaly more rest "


    '' it''s been a while since I checked my system''.


    (white fang system-2.45 )


    (experience points -15)


    ( experience points needed-45)


    it was still the same, '' I am stagnating ''.


    I could feel it, after the sudden rise in points in that battle , I had yet to experience any fights.


    '' I am far too tired right now, first rest, then from tomorrow, I will continue practising all the Katas''.


    another minute later, I was back again, sleeping.


    .......


    A hand covered my mouth.


    my instincts urged me to pull out my blade however one look at the person and I stopped.


    " shushh", daiki looked worried ," don''t shout, I am sensing something , a group of ninjas are coming " .


    '' what '' , I mouthed.


    Daiki had to stop with the constant infiltration when I am sleeping.


    '' where are the others'' I mouthed once more.


    he handed me my kunai pack and continued, '' I told Kakashi, everyone is getting ready ''.


    '' was this the trade route then? '' I thought.


    but there weren''t any signs, we all clearly checked.


    I soon came out to meet with the others, our camp was pretty far from the route itself so it shouldn''t be noticable.


    " is this the right trade route then ?" I asked Kakashi.


    he didn''t say anything for a second, then continued, " something isn''t right here, we need to get close to check out ".


    he turned towards daiki, " Tell everyone the numbers you sensed" .


    daiki was a sensor, a very good one at that, " there were three chunin and six genins with them. " .


    " we are outnumbered then ? , " I asked looking at Kakashi, " do you really think it''s wise to check it out" .


    we had already gotten the information we needed.


    I clearly couldn''t betray the team leader''s order so I waited.


    he looked at Daiki, who turned his gaze on me ," listen , we will stay pretty far, I too think something isn''t right with this , if we really do end up finding something, it might turn into a big promotion"..


    '' a chance to go home ''...


    I knew what it meant for him..


    he was supposed to get married before he was drafted in the war.


    Sighing I looked towards him and nodded.


    '' just for you daiki, I am doing this just for you''.

 Ch-7

    I could see the caravan , it wasn''t huge but quite enough to transport without carrying a ruckus.


    All the ninjas had disguised themselves as merchants, which was technically common practice among them. Simply said, it was one of the oldest tricks in the book...however it works.


    The chances of there being no sensor in the group were always high after all.


    Fortunately for us, we had Daiki.


    I could see one of them, a chunin, with a cap made of dark blue cloth on his head, His body seemed flexible and completely on gaurd. His hands inched towards the tree beside him...sneakily putting a mark on it.


    '' It''s their first time using the route '' .


    '' This was good information, we could just report this back and we would be good '' .


    Of course what goods they are transporting matter as well, but that is out of my paygrade.


    However suddenly all of them stopped. the same chunin with the blue cap suddenly started knitting hand signs for a large scale jutsu.


    ''Wind style, wallower of blades''


    A B-rank jutsu that sends small wind slashes with razor sharp edges...getting hit with it means simple fatality.


    However the scale of it depends on the chakra outputted by the user.


    '' Fuck, we have been found out'' .I thought as my hand slowly moved towards my sword.


    The jutsu itself would not have been so dangerous had it not cut the hoard of trees sorrounding us.


    " It''s unnecessary to hide yourselves" he looked towards us as he spoke, " Come out Shinobis".


    '' Dangerous ''


    Since none of us made a move to come out, Their supposed captain ordered his ninjas to search for us, Their formation making any suprise attack difficult to execute.


    " sir , there, I see white hair " One of them quickly spoke.


    '' Fuck you Kakashi''


    Seeing as our leader had been found out, we made our way out of hiding.


    " Attack!!!" the leading chunin shouted.


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    With that, a hoard of ninja , rushed straight at us.


    my feet had already taken off and came in front of my first opponent.


    Looked a bit younger than me, with a gaurd uniform, his grip firm on his kunai, " today I will show you the might of suna yo-" .


    '' Quick slash ''


    A fight was no place for words...my sword descended on the genin, his reaction a bit slow.


    " fucking bitch " I muttered, all I wanted right now was to rest in the safety of the camp, yet I had to fight.


    " Aaahhh" A scream rang out, His lack of focus and my suprisingly fast initiative lead him to loose his dominant hand.


    ''Had he not brought it in the way, I would have got his neck '' I thought with a sigh.


    However he didn''t have much time left.


    My sword descended once again to which he responded haphazardly with his left hand.


    I could feel the impact I was making, because another simple parry later my sword was in his throat.


    " Ugh", he could barely make a sound as his blood gurgled out, his eyes wide open in a shocked manner.


    ( White fang system-2.46)


    ( Experience points -20)


    ( Experience points needed-45)


    I looked towards my teammates , seeing which one of them needed my help.


    Kakashi and Daiki were fighting against the three chunin.


    obito and rin against two short genins while Inuzuka brothers against another three.


    ''Shun shin no jutsu''


    I quickly flickered right behind the genin that rin was fighting.


    '' Quick slash '' .


    Before, he could even respond his head has already been decapitated.


    '' The ability to be aware of one''s environment is far too important in a group battle ''.


    Had I not been as fast and unpredictable as I was, he could have blocked my stride.


    ( White Fang System-2.46)


    ( experience points-25)


    ( Experience points required-45)


    The other genin was busy fighting Obito, who was clearly struggling for life so I joined the fight with another quick slash.


    This time though, he dodged the slash with a quick step back.


    " you, How are you here?... " , his eyes looked livid at the realisation of the loss of his teammate.


    '' Seen it too many times, however, Once the numbers shift, it''s very difficult to change the tide of the battle.''


    I responded with another quick slash, which he again dodged... I started pressing on the guy with sword strikes, parrying his blows and mounting pressure.


    '' He is keeping up ''


    He looked to be around thirteen years old , and with this sort of physicality, it was clear he was talented.


    Obito had understood the situation at this point and went to join the Inuzuka brother''s fight.


    " You are the strongest genin here, aren''t you ?" he questioned me while trying to strike his kunai in my heart.


    " Regardless " he changed its course with a parry which was expected on his part, without the added back kick of course which pushed me back a metre...my ribs ached.


    " You will be dead today fucker ".  he suddenly started knitting hand signs.


    " Fuck " escaped my lips as I quickly shun shined backwards.


    ''wind style ,wind cutter . ''


    A C rank singular slashing jutsu.


    I quickly crouched down and let the jutsu pass however the next second a kick descent on the flat side of my blade.


    '' That kick was dangerous '' .


    " You think, you are the only one who knows chakra flow ". he added, " yours isn''t bad ,however mine is just better ".


    " You talk too much ".


    I quickly approached him with another quick slash that he dodged, seeing a kick approaching me, I slashed at it only for it to change into a liver kick.


    " Fuck " saliva escaped my mouth as another back descended on my solar plexus.


    I could see his smirking face and steeled my eyes.


    " Your f-fucked " I spoke through shaky breaths.


    In reality , I was fucked, and I knew that, I basically just learned quick slash. quick parry on the other hand is something that I haven''t even got a feel for.


    Sakumo''s sword Kata consisted of 5 skills.


    Quick slash - the one that I have learned.


    Quick parry- another chakra flow technique


    Fast jab - it''s supposed to be paired with parry and strike as a jab with the sword.


    Fast strike - it''s supposed to make the sword sharper by a bit and faster at slashing.


    The last was a special technique though.


    In all of this, clearly I had learned nothing that could defeat this guy.


    I could see him approaching, but the pain in my liver had me fixed to the root.


    " That''s the problem with you leaf shinobi, you think you are superior" he continued after another chakra enhanced front kick that I barely blocked. ," that is until you meet me ".


    " Huff Huff" I was panting, and my hand was shaking.


    I probably had a hairline fracture in my ribs.


    He took his kunai in his hand , his face morphing into a disgusting glee full look.


    '' Fuck this, ''


    ''Quick parry ''


    I remembered the technique that Sakumo kept doing...my chakra flowed through the channels, rushing like the flow of river. it reached my fist, then quickly climbed up to my biceps.


    What it produced was a parry so quick and powerful, it knocked the kunai out of his hand.


    " Argh " my muscles were probably stretched , " fuck you ".


    '' Fast jab ''


    The chakra flowed once more through my channels , tearing through many of them , flowing outwards coating my sword in a crude way.


    However it worked, before he could raise his leg, my sword was in his heart.


    ( White fang system- 3.75)


    ( experience points -30)


    (experience points needed -45)

 Ch-8

    " Huff Huff " I could feel it all...with the extra percent increased, my torn channels that reaked pain all across my creaking bones.


    Even my muscles and fatigue were healed.


    '' This is a whole fucking ability in itself '' .


    Fortunately my Injuries were internal and not external, otherwise everyone else might have seen the healing process.


    I got to be carefull with this thing.


    '' Alright , system '' .


    ( white fang system-3.75)


    ( experience points -30)


    ( experience points needed -55)


    fuck, now I need, twenty five more points to get to the next percent... and even more to get so to the next one.


    '' It seems like everything has its pros and cons.''


    "Arghh" I hear a loud grunt to my side and see Obito flying out with a kick.


    " Fuck , "


    The genin that Obito had been fighting had roughed him up quite good. he was leaking blood from multiple places , and it seems his bones were cracked at the forearm.


    " You stay down Obito, let me handle this one " .


    My chakra had already been filled up to the top, so with no hesitation I jumped on the genin.


    '' Quick slash '' .


    My sword barely met a mettalic resistance. it seems he was quite strong considering he could handle my quick slash from my Kunai without Shaking.


    " I defeat one and another one comes along ,fucking great " he tries to spit on my face but I dodge .


    " I could say the same" a smirk adorned my face, " you should be more aware about your teammates".


    That brought a nice reaction out of him, considering he saw the dead body of the genins I just killed.


    " You fucker, you will regret it " he immediately attacked me with his kunai which I blocked.


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    I slashed and hacked, trying to find opportunities where I can deal damage , but his defence was optimal.


    Regardless, I did not get discouraged. after all, when the percentage increased, so did the proficiency of my quick slash and parry.


    I could see him trying to slash at my chest .


    Now.


    '' Quick parry '' .


    With a lightening past parry to his attack, I continued with a normal slash aimed at his neck.


    " Fuck " he was bleeding from the arm now, the slash that was meant to Kill did a huge cut on his forearm.


    I didn''t give him time to rest as I pressed on. finding opportunities with feints and sharp attacks.


    '' Fear is a great tool '' . the tide of the battle had since turned from the cut.


    Now he was on the defensive, letting me cut him up, piece by piece.


    By the time the minute even ended, he had lost enough blood to be a corpse.


    " You, " he barely could stand straight yet tried to slash at me.


    '' Quick parry ''


    slash


    thud


    His head fell to the ground. his eyes open in shock.


    '' You should have chosen your opponent wisely'' .


    " Kagami, help Mezuki quick.". my head turned to see Kuro shouting at me to help his brother.


    Mezuki wasn''t in a good state, with a kunai stuck in his stomach.


    He was already on his last stand.


    " Rin" I shouted towards the shocked girl, " help Mezuki, I will handle the enemy".


    I quickly shunshined in between the strike aimed at mezuki''s neck.


    Ting


    my sword and his Kunai clashed.


    " Go Mezuki, to rin, run " I quickly muttered to my friend.


    his kunai had already retracted, his hands quickly shaping different hand signs.


    '' Fuck '' .


    Mezuki who was running away had barely taken a step so I quickly held his shoulder.


    shun shin no jutsu.


    If there was a proficiency for this jutsu ,mine would be around eighty for sure.


    Before the wind slash would even touch us , we were metres away, in front of rin.


    I looked in her eyes, " save him ".


    and before she could respond, was already on my opponent .


    '' quick slash '' . my sword was barely dodged by the genin. who quickly started knitting hand signs once again


    " no , you do not " I quickly started pressing him, barely letting. him make the distance he desperately needed.


    I could not let him use jutsus, yes shun shin would help me evade focused jutsu but there is a clear solution to bypass that.


    A wide area jutsu, would injure me badly.


    Our game of cat and mouse continued. where he kept trying to make distance and me trying to not let him.


    '' One mistake '' .


    Just one mistake, but it seemed lady luck was not on my side. he used a substitution jutsu to evade me when my gaurd was down .


    '' No, fuck ''.


    ''Think something Kagami, I can''t die like this''


    I knew I was late and wouldn''t reach him in time.


    ''system''


    ( white fang system-3.80)


    ( experience points -35)


    ( points needed-55)


    Fuck, this wouldn''t help me either.


    ''I will die like this''


    '' Wait, I remember something from the show.''.


    Seeing him knit hand signs, I quickly used clone jutsu to rush at him.


    Jig jazzing to confuse who the real close was before making all of them throw illusionary kunai.


    However the kunai''s thrown were all at the head.


    Seeing him crouch to avoid it filled my heart with relief.


    '' now ''.


    one of the kunai''s which I had transformed into quickly burst up in smoke.


    " Caught " I shouted at his shocked and ungaurded face.


    my sword slashed vertically straight through his body.


    " Huff Huff" I panted at the end of the fast paced battle.


    His body had already been bisected in two parts.


    " I win you fucker".


    However now was no time to rest, I quickly surveyed the battlefield.


    Kakashi and Daiki''s battle was on its last legs.


    '' They are winning ''...


    The thirteen year old brat, defeated two chunins by himself...


    '' He is stronger than me...that too by a lot ''.


    Kuro on the other hand just got done with his battle right when I was done.


    He looked at me, clutching his hand, his eyes held gratitude.


    '' No problem'' I mouthed.


    I quickly joined up with him, " took you long enough to kill him " .


    He chuckled at my question, " Not everyone is a sword genius like you Kagami ".


    " Sure sure , me a genius, I am sixteen and a genin Kuro ". well technically I wasn''t really aware of myself till the age of sixteen...I could even be zero years old.


    " Be proud of yourself " he suddenly brought me in a bear hug, " thanks for Mezuki , Kagami, from now on, whenever you need any sort of help, you will have me ".


    I returned the hug, " alright then, I will take u up on that ".


    I nodded at him and helped him walk.


    The reason we didn''t join the chunin fight was that clearly we weren''t capable enough.


    No


    t even me..


    No defense , strength, reaction, speed all less or untrained.


    and bad at jutsu.


    '' I need to grow even stronger '' .


    I have a long journey ahead of me.


    ....

 Ch-9

    Soon the Chunin fight was over.


    Kakashi and Daiki made their way to us. The white haired Hatake looked more or less unharmed while Daiki had a huge cut on his back.


    '' That would make a scar '' .


    I looked towards my right where Obito was resting after rin healed him .


    His head turned towards me, " thanks mr, I don''t know your name but thank you so much for saving me ".


    I ruffled his head, " no problem kid, that was my mission anyways"


    Rin was busy healing the critical Injuries on Mezuki while Kuro was waiting for his chance to heal.


    The poor girl looked exhausted but that was her duty as a medic nin.


    Mezuki on the other hand, was clearly far from the critical position he was during the fight.


    The spiky haired short kid however has another scar to add to his list, if his lip one wasn''t cool enough, now he had one across his eye.


    He wasn''t blind, thats why it looked cool.


    '' Otherwise that would be pitiful ''.


    Obito had already gone back to resting, he was clearly too tired to speak.


    " Its good all of you survived" Kakashi looked across the group, clearly involved in his own fight, he wouldnt even have known had something happened to us.


    " It was all thanks to Kagami, stupid Kakashi " Obito grumbled from my side.


    " Hahahaha " I laughed. These kids were really something. one strong enough to battle two chunin''s at his age and another that will battle kages in a few years.


    " Of course after all I taught Kagami all the things you know " Daiki added from his side.


    He tried to hold his head high but the pain in his back made him grunt.


    " Pfft , you mean, '' how to get rejected by girls '' " I retorted back.Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site.


    seeing him lack retort had me satisfied.


    how did he even bag his girl was something I could not comprehend. the man was hopeless.


    " I have never been rejected by a girl, you liar " . he spoke back.


    " Oh is that the case, should I tell this to haru " I smirked.


    His face was one to take a picture of.


    " Uh what, who got never rejected by girl, not me , let''s just chill okay Kagami, don''t get me killed after I barely survived this ".


    I waved my hand and layed back on the ground.


    Another half an hour and a lot of bickering later, we all grouped up to see whats in the caravan.


    " Would it be gold " asked Obito.


    " No Obito, it could be food, I heard they transport it a lot during wartime ". rin added from the side.


    " It could be paper bombs , heard they are super expensive around the globe ". Kuro pondered his own idea.


    " It''s probably Bananas" I said, to which they all looked at my funny...I could tell this was a joke however I couldn''t remember the context...Not that it stopped me from saying it. " what, you won''t understand , let''s just check okay ".


    We slowly went to the caravan, where Kakashi first stopped us and checked for explosives.


    " There''s none, we can proceed " he nodded towards us and slowly opponed its doors.


    Lights reflected off the shiny items in the caravan. black in color and pristine as if made by the highest quality metal.


    " It''s kunai''s " Mezuki shouted.


    I nodded , not just kunais.


    '' lots of Kunai''s ''.


    The caravan was filled to the brim with Kunai, too many for me to even count.


    I looked towards Daiki and smiled at him.


    This would be reason enough to get us a holiday.


    he smiled back at me.


    "You know that we have to carry it back to camp right, " Kakashi''s Monotone voice rang out.


    " What , no, this is too heavy ".


    " I am too tired for this shit ".


    " I miss my girl friend ".


    " I think our commander is the strongest then he should lift this ".


    " yes , stupid Kakashi should carry this "


    " so you mean I am the strongest "


    " No of course not , I meant uh -uh ".


    " since you believe you are so strong why don''t you carry this ".


    " Obito , don''t do this, you will hurt yourself "


    " you know what ,I will carry this".


    and that''s how , Obito had to carry the cart back to the camp.


    by the time we reached camp, his face was already ashen.


    '' What people do for love ''.


    ........


    " Your team did an amazing job in the mission... due to finding out the numerous kunai''s, it was a great help to the village " Minato looked at us and continued , " be proud shinobi''s " .


    Daiki infact did look proud.


    " due to your exemplary action,you have been awarded a leave for exactly two months " .


    He smiled and shook each of our hand, " All of you have earned it" .


    With that out of the way, I bid goodbye to team-7 mostly to Obito while giving a thanks to rin and a nod to Kakashi.


    " Alright daiki, Kuro and Mezuki, it''s time we went home ".


    '' I have seen it in memories of Kagami, but this would be my first time seeing it''.


    Put into this world without warning, I had barely survived with the memories of Kagami Hatake.


    However, it''s everybody''s dream to see Konoha with their own eyes.


    ''System ''


    ( white fangs system -3.85)


    ( experience points -40)


    ( Experience points needed-55)


    '' It''s time to grind, by the time this break will be over, I would be a master at what I know.''.


    Ten percent ,


    That''s my goal, let''s see how far I reach.


    " Alright guys, let''s start moving now ". I looked towards them and rushed at the tree jumping.


    " hahah haha " my best friend started laughing , " Finnaly home "


    " Let''s see who can run the fastest " Kuro said from the side.


    " Your on, winner gets five thousand Ryo" I responded and we all quickly rushed up.


    ......


    Apparently stuff was not exactly how we had predicted.


    It had been three fucking days, the race had already been disbanded, we were hungry and the hope of reaching home quicker was already eating us alive.


    " There, I see something ," Mezuki pointed at the large gate a kilo metre away from us .


    we all rushed out and a huge gate entered our vision .


    " We are finnaly here " tears almost leaked my eyes.


    Running for so long was even more boring that fighting. the fact that I could not even train in these days made my heart ache.


    Two shinobi were sitting at the entrance of the gate.


    "Name and identification. " Both of them spoke in unison, their bored voices reflecting their faces.


    We quickly gave him our badges,and a quick confirmation later, we entered through the smaller gate beside the big one.


    .........

 CH-10

    Entering Konoha was a surreal experience through and through.


    Kuro and Mezuki had already parted ways to inform their clan of their arrival.


    Meanwhile, Daiki and I were walking through the streets.


    " You hear it too, right Kagami " daiki whispered in my ears, he was clearly homesick.


    But he was right, the chatter I could hear in the camp stood no chance against the sound of this place.


    The stalls lined up with people, some buying groceries, some books .


    I could smell the fresh aroma of dumplings and meat. The Yakiniku restaurant was open with multiple families eating peacefully.


    " These are the people we protect friend " he spoke quietly.


    " Yes, daiki, these are the people you protect " I spoke back, held his shoulder and spoke," now stop with the Sappy chatting, let''s go eat something ".


    He immediately looked happy at that, " yes , I want meat "


    I pointed towards the Yakiniku restaurant, " I heard they make amazing food, that too at a reasonable price".


    " Alright, let''s go " .


    I followed him to the place and a waiter came to us ," sir ninjas , are you here to take out or eat here ".


    I spoke " we are planning on eating here, thank you ".


    He nodded and pointed us at a table that was just being cleaned, " sir, there, you can have a table there, I am coming with the menu in a second ".


    I pushed Daiki towards the table and sat opposite my friend.


    The menu came soon, "one plate of these " I pointed towards the meat barbeque.


    The waiter nodded and soon out feast was in front of my eyes.


    " Dig in, you fucker, let''s celebrate" I spoke to daiki and rushed at my food.


    The meal was soon empty, our stomach''s full and our wallet a little less.


    " Kagami, what will you be doing now friend". he looked me in my eyes. Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions.


    '' What will I be doing?''.


    " Training"


    to which he had a flabbergasted face.


    " We just came from fighting and you want to train?" he looked at me suspiciously," are you a secret Masochist Kagami ?".


    " What no, I just feel like recently I have been having easier time learning things ". of course I wasn''t a masochist, having a system just makes training so much more fun.


    He nodded though still suspiciously, " well you do you, I will be spending time with haru, if you find my wedding card you better come you fucker ".


    I caught him in a bear hug, " I would come without it, now go, have some rest".


    He hugged me back and I bid him farewell.


    With Daiki gone, the special feeling of being back at home was duller.


    Making my way to the Hatake compound, what I saw was a dilapidated house.


    '' It was my father''s ''


    My father was a strong ninja, a jonin, this was his place... built like a small villa with huge trees sorrounding it.


    A huge house of two stories and acre of garden and even a training ground.


    The reason it was dilapidated was...


    '' With me being the only one left in the family, a genin''s salary could not even maintain this place''.


    I entered through jumping over the main gate.


    My house was unlocked, since there wasn''t anything valuable there in the first place.


    '' Buying a lock is unnecessary ''.


    Regardless, opening the doors brought a wave of dust at me .


    " Cough cough " of course this place wasn''t even cleaned.


    '' Now I know the first thing to do ''.


    Taking a mop and water, I started working on cleaning the house.


    From room to even the washroom that I use. I didn''t leave any spot uncleaned.


    After around ten minutes I was done.


    " Huf huf " I panted, " that was a excerisize in itself " .


    Considering I wanted to do everything quicker, it sure took a dip from my stamina.


    I opened my bathroom to take a bath.


    " home sweet home "


    Coming out of the bath, I didn''t even put on clothes and fell on the bed asleep.


    '' a man''s sleep is his most precious thing ''.


    .........


    The morning sun shown over my face ,making my eyes flutter.


    " ugh, how long did I sleep " the sun was already up shining brightly in the sky.


    '' let''s start the day ''.


    waking up, first thing I realised was to put on clothes.


    I looked in the mirror to a see a handsome face looking back at me, dark grey eyes and white hair reaching to my shoulders . six pack abs adorning my stomach and broad shoulders on my frame.


    " damn I look good ".


    seeing my morning wood I realised," the Hatake genes are crazy ".


    after doing my morning routine. I picked up my sword and went to the training area.


    '' System''


    ( white fang system- 3.85)


    ( experience points-40)


    ( Experience points needed-55)


    After stretching up a bit I started my training.


    '' First let''s practice the basic Sword Kata for 20 minutes ''.


    In front of a piece of wood, I kept slashing, hack and jabbing, imaging a opponent responding to my attacks.


    The minutes kept ticking, my sweat was already glistening all over.


    '' Low slash '' I crouched a bit ,imagining a sword aimed at my head and slashed at his knees.


    ''Pull back'', I took a step back and continued with the offense.


    Jab, slash , parry, dodge .


    It was a continuous cycle of movements meant to make my muscles remember them even in critical movements.


    Twenty minutes was soon over. I wiped my sweat off with my shirt, " Huff,that wasn''t bad"


    ''However, I should begin Sakumo''s fast kata''


    '' Alright, what I know is quick slash and quick parry''.


    So then I started repeating the move, until my chakra was exhausted.


    By the time I was done, the wood had already reduced to a piece of thin bark.


    " This is always so heavy on my channels ". I held my arm in pain, my channels were exhausted doing the set of movements.


    " This is not the way to go ". I quickly realised I hadn''t gotten even a bit faster doing these movement and was now even immobilized.


    '' What exactly is the core principles behind this move ?''.


    I pondered to myself while looking at the clouds.


    '' Chakra flow '' .


    Both quick parry and slash had the same chakra flow principles.


    While fast jab and slash were different, but at the end of the day, they were all chakra flow techniques.


    '' Of course, chakra manipulation training...that will give me a drastic change .


    Tree walking, water walking and one more thing...


    For the next few days I will focus on them.

 Ch-11

    The next day was quite busy for me.


    Tree walking was something that I had done a lot as a young genin hence that didn''t require very much work.


    '' Water walking'' was a tad bit more difficult than tree walking but honestly.


    When I was thirteen years old, maybe then would these excersizes would have posed any difficulty to me.


    The current me had long since surpassed this level of chakra control.


    The next thing that I did was just buy multiple baloons and filling them with water Manually.


    '' Now how was I supposed to do this again ''.


    Yes I had started learning the rasengan, remembering the show...the only knowledge that I have, this was a very important jutsu, one that had the sole potential to transform a ninja.


    '' My chakra won''t be able to put enough output ''.


    I knew the limitations that I was currently facing.


    '' I can''t use it in the open ''


    Using it in the open without a probable reason to cover it...would just create a death sentence.


    '' I am not that dumb ''


    Well, I am basically using it to train my chakra control, even getting through the third step of the process will be difficult due to my chakra level.


    '' Alright let''s do it ''.


    In the show, One was supposed to rotate the water inside the balloons in multiple directions.


    I tried it as well.


    " Fuck, how did a thirteen year old do this ". my hand was already shaking just by three different directions.


    To put it into perspective, my chakra flow technique use two directions. and using that for long is already taxing on my meridians.


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    '' There are truly no shortcuts in life ''.


    " Let''s try this again ". I slowly started rotating my chakra, one direction at a time.


    '' Alright , one direction, slow and steady ''.


    Seeing the water rotating in the ball peacefully made me sigh.


    '' Next, another rotation, ''.


    Putting an anti clock-wise direction to the order, the water started swirling chaotically.


    '' Alright, slowly let''s add another one ''.


    I flowed my chakra out of my hand once again, slowly making another direction for the water to flow through.


    I could see tiny pokes in the ballon, that was a sign that it was working .


    However , three chakra directions were incredibly taxing for my hand meridians.


    Another minute without adding any direction to the fray, the water ball quickly left my hand and burst on the ground .


    " Urgh" I was clutching my hurting hand, " This is seriously difficult for me, however the once I am able to do it, I will automatically be able to learn the rest kata ".


    Like they say, '' pain in temporary, progress in eternal ''.


    I quickly sat down letting my hand rest. meridians after all were quite the soft topic and I know enough to not over work myself.


    '' System ''.


    ( white fang system-3. 87)


    ( experience points -40)


    ( Experience points needed -55).


    There was a little increase in the percent ..which meant this was working, that''s good.


    " Alright, enough rest time for the next hand ".


    I continued the process with my other hand, adding directions after directions ,until I stopped at the third as well.


    The same time duration later, the ballon fell out of my hand as well.


    '' Training my left hand seems pointless as a sword user, but I need that chakra control''.


    My left hand won''t let me use my fast Kata however, in future I would require to use jutsu''s as well.


    I quickly sat down for another minute or two, resting.


    '' My hand is too tired for any chakra excersize, I have practiced my sword enough and jutsu is out of question ''. I swept my falling hair.


    '' Alright , I can now focus on physical excersizes''.


    Cardio and body weight excersizes would be the best for my situation.


    '' I can''t rely on the system too much after all ''.


    I wasn''t Sakumo Hatake, my name is Kagami. I will use the system to reach great heights however I will do anything but let it set my limits.


    I will reach the top and I will do it my own way.


    '' Now, enough monologue, time for running ''.


    Running with my sword was practice for me as a swordman. With my sword strapped to my back I ran towards the Hokage mountains.


    The Point of the excerisize was to run up and down the mountain top.


    '' As long as I am tired enough ''.


    Knowing my body''s limit was the first step as a Shinobi .


    " Let''s do this" I hyped myself and continued on my run.


    Reaching the mountain base was a mere matter of minutes.


    yes Konoha was a big Village, heck it was too big to be called a village but when I can run over houses, taking a direct route is quite easy.


    The mountain was carved with three faces that all of Konoha could see.


    '' Hashirama Senju ''


    '' Tobirama Senju''


    '' Hiruzenn Sarutobi ''


    my thoughts about Hiruzen were quite complicated. I had no personal feud with the man however considering I am learning Sakumo''s skill, it was a student''s grace to make sure his teacher''s murderers died.


    '' However ,I am but a genin right now, I will think about this when I can atleast fight a jonin on equal grounds ''.


    " Time for the grind ".


    I quickly starting climbing the mountain, intentionally taking the harder route.


    My training continued till the sun had already reached close to setting.


    Reddish light spread across the streets.


    With my excersize done, I made my way to my home.


    The fresh aroma of sizzling food, sweet pastries and good smelling flowers made their way to me.


    '' I can treat myself a little bit '' I thought to myself.


    Dumpling was something that I could eat easily without hampering with my training.


    full of meat and tasty.


    I quickly sat down and ordered some for myself.


    The benches were a little full and soon a young kid joined the bench opposite to mine.


    Seeing from his black spiky hair and a narrow face, he could grow up to be quite handsome.


    well there was a little bit more that I noticed.


    '' The Uchiha emblem ''.


    So this guy was a Uchiha... well not that I care much anyways.


    My meal came quickly and I started digging in after a refreshing meal.


    When I was almost done and about the get up, a voice resounded .


    " Mister , Are you ninja of the same clan as Kakashi ?".

 Ch-12

    " yes kid, I am a ninja of the Hatake clan " I looked half smiling and responded to the kid''s question.


    the kid looked embarassed," Sorry sir I didn''t mean to say it like that " .


    '' It''s fine ''.


    right now, after all, People remembered the Hatake clan due to Kakashi only.


    I looked towards the young Uchiha, " and who might you be ?".


    " the names Shisui Uchiha sir ". he sat up straight and spoke.


    '' so you are Shisui''.


    the mighty shun shin no shisui was but a kid right now, he infact didn''t look a day older than seven to me.


    " well, it was nice to meet you mr shisui, any other questions you want to ask?".


    I think I was embarrassing the kid a little too much.


    he looked hesitant for a minute before saying, " well, I have just graduated from the Academy and I wanted to test myself my skills on a ninja ?" .


    '' So you want to fight me ''.


    " I am not as strong as I look kid, I am just a genin ".


    I almost laughed at my own statement.


    '' my age makes other feel that I am pretty strong''.


    However not long until I actually become strong.


    "Well, I can do that, meet me at training ground 42 tomorrow at noon alright ?".


    he nodded to that, and I stood up from the table.


    I practised like hell today, perhaps four to six hours.


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    ''I get to sleep now''


    the motivation to sleep made me rush quickly to my house.


    It had been just a day in my two month long Holiday.


    '' I will be strong for sure one day ''.


    With that thought, I shut the light off by flicking the Kunai by the blunt end and quickly fell asleep.


    ........


    The soft rays of the sun peeked through my curtains. my room mildly lit by the outside brightness made my eyes flutter.


    " Next day, here I come " getting a good night''s sleep, my fatigue had more or less healed.


    '' I am excited about my day ''.


    excited to get strong, working hard in the process just was something I came along to love.


    I did my morning routine and after admiring my abs and hard toned muscles. I clamped down on my breakfast.


    a simple toast with eggs.


    Most things that I knew how to make were non-veg, but I was learning.


    the breakfast was simple but filling.


    With my sword strapped to my back I made my way to my training ground.


    " Sword Kata, here I come ".


    I am practicing this kata daily not only to engrave this on my muscles, it''s a excersize that is not to taxing on me and awakens all the muscles that I would need to learn the fast Kata.


    '' in short it''s a warmup''.


    Getting done with the Kata, I soon moved to fast Kata.


    Practising quick slash and Parry until I was a little close to being completely fatigued.


    resting another ten minutes and Letting my chakra fill up.


    I filled up two balloons full of water, this time focusing on having three rotations on both hands simultaneously.


    '' This is difficult ''.


    Having three rotations on one hand was in itself a pretty focus driven task. with another hand added to the mix, the part becomes even more dangerous for me.


    '' However, when have I stopped trying ''.


    at first, my chakra kept failing me, at times, I even failed doing two rotations at a time.


    however when I stopped and focused.


    '' Slow and steady, feel as if it''s an extension of me, because it is''.


    Dark blue chakra flowed out my hands, onto the balloons, I slowly started rotating both of them in clockwise direction.


    " next rotation, slowly Kagami " I hyped myself.


    putting an anti clockwise direction to the mix, slowly , my chakra stabilised.


    I could see the ballons, water flowing in opposite directions creating. small chaos.


    '' Now or never ''.


    The third direction was always the tricky part. splitting my focus on two was already difficult.


    I flowed chakra through my veins, slowly encircling the water, making it flow in yet another direction.


    it worked, for a minute, however soon my chakra destabilized and the ballons slipped out of my hand.


    " what am I doing wrong now...". I got a bit sad. Knowing Naruto, the deadlast did this in three weeks made me feel talentless.


    I quickly shut myself off of that state ," Naruto had crazy talents stupid, stop comparing and get to working".


    Focusing my attention back to the problem, I started remembering where I did the mistake.


    '' it flowed for a minute, but the moment they touched each other it crashed''.


    they are not supposed to touch each other.


    of course, how did I even end up missing that.


    '' I know why ''.


    chakra wasn''t visible when I flowed the water, it was only the directions of the water that I could see. Subconsciously it''s very easy to mix the chakra up.


    " let''s do this again, slowly ".


    I quickly poured my chakra, stabilizing direction after direction until i was at the third.


    '' don''t let them touch, don''t let them touch ''.


    A minute passed by, with the water flowing chaotically, poking through the balloon.


    soon another minute passed.


    '' I did this ''.


    Three rotations on both of my hands.


    I could feel my meridians getting stronger.


    " yes , let''s go ". I was quite happy, I continued flowing my chakra for another minute, until I could feel my meridians fatiguing.


    making the balloons slip my hand, I once more sat on the ground.


    Time to see my progress .


    '' system ''.


    ( white fang system-3.92)


    ( experience points -40)


    ( points needed -55)


    ''it increased by .5 percent.''


    '' not bad , not bad at all ''.


    It also means I am ready for my fast jab and slash now.


    " My meridians are quite tired to start working on them today now ". I whispered to myself.


    seeing the sun standing proudly in the sky, I slowly stood up, " Time to go to training ground -42".


    I slowly muttered to myself ," how strong would that kid be now ".

 Ch-13

    entering the training ground, the first thing I saw was a young kid, with typical Uchiha attire.


    Black half T-shirt with a Uchiha logo pasted on it.


    I could see his ninja tools. they were packed to the brim however carefully enough so they don''t fall out in between a fight.


    " That''s a good quality to have Shisui ". the young kid looked suprised as I shun shined in the middle of training ground.


    " hello there mister and what do you mean ". I could see his muscles first contracting then relaxing after identifying me as a friend.


    " The way you handle your weapons is what separates clumsiness with carefull-ness" I pointed at his ninja pack to be direct.


    I smiled looking at him and said ," well, I think, I am ready for our spar".


    he nodded at that and I continued, " the rules are simple, none for you, you can come at me with all you got " I paused and after a second continued, " me on the other hand, will limit myself to sword skills".


    " of course no killing or maiming ".


    he looked serious, " yes sir ".


    " so let''s start? ". I asked Shisui.


    he suddenly started fidgeting a bit," mister , actually , before we fight, I haven''t asked for your name yet".


    I half smiled, " Kagami Hatake ".


    I could see him muttering Something before speaking up ," Kagami was my grandfather sir ".


    I nodded at him," I have heard of him, disciple of the second Hokage, He was one of the strongest ninjas of his time ".


    he looked at me seriously and said, " I will take this spar seriously now mr Kagami".


    I nodded and unsheathed my sword.


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    '' A Taijutsu spar ''.


    I could see his intentions from a mile away.


    Shing


    metals clashed and soon four sets of slashes came at me from different directions.


    however a simple parry and step back was enough to dodge them.


    The moment of stepping back, Shisui threw his Kunai''s at me and started knitting hand signs.


    the very next a huge fireball started making its way towards me.


    '' Impressive ''.


    I quickly shun shined out of the way...I saw him standing ungaurded and shunshined behind him.


    '' maybe I expected too much from a academy graduate ''.


    seeing his exposed back, I stopped my sword at his neck.


    however next second I realised it''s a clone and stopped a kunai aimed at my neck.


    '' Such impressive clone jutsu, he even made the shadow ''.


    shisui was good, with a little bit of experience and chakra flow technique, he could very well reach my level of power pretty quickly.


    '' however for this instance, he is too weak ''.


    our weapons clashed and my display of strength was clear.


    I was almost a decade older than him, naturally, he could barely handle the weight I pushed behind my sword.


    seeing his Kunai coming at me, I quickly parried it and back kicked him into a tree.


    " urgh " saliva spew out of his mouth and I could see him barely standing.


    '' I went too hard ''.


    he however stood up through the pain and started knitting hand signs at me and I let him.


    Fire style phoenix flame jutsu.


    A c-ranked jutsu that acted as small fire bullets covering a large area.


    '' Good, I can only shunshin back right now ''.


    he was buying himself some time, however measly fire such as this could barely stop me.


    instead of moving backwards,I ran forwards.


    slipping below the fireball, I slipped through the open surface.


    Shisui looked panicked for the first time in our fight.


    shun shin no jutsu .


    I could see him making signs for the substitution jutsu.


    '' too late ''.


    my sword was already at his neck by the time he even brought his hands upwards.


    " I lost " he looked dejected for a second, " However, thank you for the spar mr Kagami ".


    I put my sword back and ruffled his hair, " Your so young kid, barely look a day over seven , you have a lot of time to grow ".


    he nodded and visibly relaxed, " how do you use shun shin in a fight like that?".


    '' Already curious about the shun shin , aren''t you ''.


    I sat down beside him and patted the ground next to me ,signalling him to sit as well.


    " well, I started learning Shun shin jutsu just like everybody does, for a quick movement however everybody told me, it had no place in a fight".


    I paused for a second and continued, " However if you increase your control over the shun shin, you can control where you land "


    I looked at him pointed with my hands , " so when a fire ball comes at me, rather than making a earth wall and spend chakra, I just dodge the damn thing ".


    " what doesn''t hit me , doesn''t affect me, plus most genins relax after casting their jutsu subconsciously, that''s when I attack ".


    " but isn''t it dangerous mister, if the opponent can predict your destination, you will die ".


    I nodded at him," It''s risky, however it''s not the jutsu it''s the caster, I usually land in unusual places ".


    he smiled at that.


    I stood up and told him , " if you ever have any doubts about swordmanship or infact anything, you can come up to me, My house is pretty conspicuous in the Hatake land ".


    " I will do my physical excerisizes now, want to join me ?".


    " sure, I am free right now ".


    we both slowly stood up, and I took the kid to the Hokage mountain.


    " Up and down till we tired, got that ".


    he nodded excited, " winner gets to eat extra dumplings ". I added.


    Soon we started climbing the mountain, seeing me take the harder route he also followed me.


    the evening was a fun one, of course I won, but I still let Shisui eat the extra dumplings.


    right now ,I was in my bed, " Tomorrow I will learn the other two moves of my Kata".


    '' system ''.


    ( white fang system-3.93)


    ( experience points -40)


    ( points needed-55)


    ''Another day another percent to gather ''

 CH-14

    " huff Huff " I was panting after my warmup. The next day had already came and I just got done with my normal sword Kata .


    Today I learn the other moves.


    '' It''s time ''.


    first of all, fast jab .


    the move had the same principles of the boxing jab,however add a sword and chakra in the mix and special move was created.


    To be more specific, it had three chakra rotation, first chakra flowed from the foot to my back, from there was a circular motion of chakra in my muscles.


    the last step was the easiest, the chakra was supposed to flow faster than ever to my fist , coat the sword and if master enough, then coat the tip, and it became fast jab.


    '' sounds easy, however let''s see if I can do it ''.


    first flow chakra from bottom to back.


    The dark blue chakra flowed like a river, instead of forcing,I created a path for it.


    soon as it reached my back, I flowed it in a circular motion.


    '' now the last step ''. the moment the chakra reached my shoulder, I urged it flow faster.


    all the rushing chakra flowed through my fist to my sword.


    '' fast jab ''.


    before my eyes could even follow, my sword of already in the wooden block.


    suddenly my muscles started growing stronger, with my chakra capacity increased a bit more.


    my proficiency in fast jab also increased.


    '' it''s the system ''.


    ( white fang system -4.50)


    ( experience points -40)


    ( points needed -65)


    the points just keep on increasing...I need to do something about it.


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    however I clearly was too overjoyed with the succes of my new move.


    " next the fast slash ". the move had the same principles , however the chakra was flowed through the triceps and biceps.


    " let''s do this too ".


    I flowed chakra once again from bottom to top, now instead of rushing it into the fist, I flowed it quickly though my biceps and triceps.


    the next moment a slash rang out and the wooden black was already in two different pieces.


    " so this is the fast slash, this is over powered as hell " I was smiling, " I can spam this move due to its low chakra usage and now my meridians can even handle it to some extent ".


    I was stronger once again.


    '' system ''.


    ( white fang system-5.69)


    ( experience points -40)


    ( points needed -75)


    " I broke the system " I burst out laughing seeing my increase in points.


    two days of practising like hell and the percentage barely increased, however doing two certain moves upped it by two percent in one go.


    '' however the points needed bleed my heart''.


    the system only cared about results and the not the effort put in the process.


    " I understand this more and more ".


    I quickly grabbed my sword and started practising my new moves again.


    '' fast jab ''


    '' fast slash ''.


    '' fast jab ''


    '' fast slash ''.


    the training continued as such, after which the ballon training happened.


    Another direction was a tad bit too difficult for my meridians so I continued training with three.


    .......


    I was walking through the city to the Hokage building, the streets had been lined up with a plethora of vendors selling their goods.


    I soon made my way to the building entrance where a mean looking shinobi stood gaurd.


    " identification and reason for entering ".


    I quickly took out my shinobi identification card, " Want to take on a mission ".


    he looked deeply at my card and then nodded , stepping aside to make way for me.


    " thanks " I muttered and went inside.


    walking my way through the hoard of citizens and ninjas , I made my way to the mission hall.


    A line had been made infront of the counter. I quickly took my place among them until my time came.


    " name , Rank and type of mission ". the lady spoke disinterested.


    " Kagami Hatake , rank genin and a extermination type mission ".


    she looked at me and started flipping pages," does a week long mission work for you ?".


    " yes it does " I nodded at the lady and she quickly showed me the mission and asked me to sign it.


    while the war was going on, mission were still given to villages, the whole economy of this place depended on that.


    I quickly read through the fine print.


    ( A group of rogue ninjas have taken over a small village near the town of satou.


    extermination of all bandits is requested.)


    ( please do not let harm come to the villagers)


    ( B-rank).


    A B-rank mission would have been too much to give to genins , however It was reported to be full of genins or bandits and my track record showed capable.


    I quickly left the line with my mission slip.


    '' time to reap some points''. I thought and made my way to the village exit door.


    .........


    confirming my mission slip, the gaurds let me pass through.


    I thanked them and made my way outside of Konoha.


    the chatter suddenly went still the moment I stepped outside.


    " This is the difference after all, Konoha is too safe a place for me to grow properly ".


    remembering my mission slip, I quickly made my way north, the village was a day travel away.


    Jumping through trees, I thought about things.


    '' with the way a B-rank mission was assigned to me , it clear the village knows my capabilities have reached somewhere close to chunin ''.


    so I just need to prove it, that''s the point of the mission, if I don''t die and complete it my promotion might not be very far.


    "I am not that far from you now daiki " I laughed and continued hopping on the trees.


    the moon had already made its way towards the night sky when I reached the outskirts of the village.


    '' transformation jutsu ''.


    transforming myself into a small rabbit, I entered the desolate village.


    broken huts lined the wall, I could see multiple scared faces through the windows, however they quickly pulled the curtain.


    the road was barely made and lonely, not a single soul was anywhere close.


    I kept hopping until I reached what would the village leaders house.


    I could hear loud music booming in my ear, slowly hiding myself over another houses roof ,I undid my transformation and looked at the suspicious house .


    " Are they literally partying, " I murmured to myself.


    '' one needs to be a different breed of stupid to attempt this in the land of fire ''.


    my eyes sharpened and I made up my mind, '' time to reap some souls, it''s been long after all ''.

 ch-15

    It wasn''t long before the music stopped, That''s when they came out of the house, perhaps fourteen years old at most, a group of boys dressed in a shinobi attire walked outside.


    '' Drunk ''.


    however that was not all, another group of bandits came out this time, being somewhere close to the number fifteen.


    '' there are a lot of people''.


    I quickly surveyed through the house, '' and the bandits are just a front ''.


    this was beyond stupid, '' even if you did want to use the bandits as a front ,can''t you be less obvious about it ''.


    regardless fixing stupid wasn''t my duty, mine was to only behead them.


    they made their way into the neighbouring houses to sleep and I made my way in the main house.


    sneaking through one of the windows , I saw bottles of beer thrown around the place, a group of women is barely any clothing huddled in a group, crying.


    '' seeing their state of lingerie, they weren''t raped, made to dance or something ''.


    however that doesn''t excuse anything.


    Perhaps soon these people would rape them as well.


    '' disgusting and dumb, just the right combination ''.


    I left the girls unbothered, It wasn''t my job to console them, atleast not until I kill their assaulters.


    checking through the other room, they were mostly empty.


    '' it''s just been a few days since they took control of this place, that''s why most crimes haven''t been commited ''.


    it was good, for me and for the people.


    Making my way onto another room, I saw a old couple tied up, with their two ten year old girls crying beside them.


    '' the village head''s family ''.


    They were old and has clearly been not given food.


    '' they would die like this ''.


    I made my way into the room, the two girls turned towards me, and I brought my fingers to my lips .


    the old man turned towards me and seeing my forehead protector relaxed.


    I took out a kunai and cut their bindings.


    finding water in the house wasn''t difficult, and neither were a few slices of bread.


    giving the old couple their small meal, I saw the four of them crying and eating, both in silence, as if afraid to alert the other ninjas.


    " mr leaf ninja , thank you so much for coming here," his voice was hoarse however he didn''t stop thanking me.


    " it''s okay sir, don''t worry for now, just please tell me are there any other ninjas here other than the five genins and the bandits ?".


    it''s always imperative to ask the natives about these questions, the chance of someone capable enough of hiding is always there.


    " no sir, I don''t think , they just barged suddenly into our village and enslaved us here ".he suddenly held my hand , " sir please save us from them, they have tortured us villagers and even stolen our wife''s , daughters and belonging ".


    I nodded at him and pointed towards the bed, " sleep for the night, the morning will be different for all of you ".


    I saw the man thank me once again, before taking his family and hugging them.


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    I sneaked out of there, not before i saw the man break out crying in front of his children.


    anger rise through me as I saw the site of this village.


    however , anger didn''t bother me, it just made me more focused.


    Making my way into one of the houses of bandits.


    I saw five sleeping bandits.


    my eyes shined in the dark, looking at the sleeping men.


    one of the men was snoring, however suddenly a hand crept up on his mouth.


    his eyes opened to see my face, expressionless, the next moment my kunai went through his eyes and stabbed his brain.


    puchi


    seeing his companion sleeping peacefully , I pulled out my kunai and stabbed another one in his skull.


    seeing the last three sleeping people, I was done playing. I quickly hit my foot hard on the woodent floors.


    thump.


    " huh ?" one of them woke up and alerted his other friends.


    " did you all hear a sound, a loud thump ".


    " of course dumbass, just go to sleep ".


    the other one nodded while I was sticking to the ceiling just above the guy.


    he soon entered into sleep quickly.


    The friend who told him that''s it''s nothing suddenly woke up to pee, making his way to the washroom, he started peeing.


    thump


    " who? , who is there?" his voice panicked as he said, however next second I was infront of him, before he could even shout ,my sword beheaded him.


    Making my way onto the other friend, I woke him up only to stab my sword through his heart.


    '' now ''.


    thump


    a loud thump rang out as the man woke up again, " guys wake up, I keep hearing the sound ".


    seeing his friends continue sleeping, he lights a light.


    " now I can see better finnally "


    he pushed his fire towards his friends.


    " bro wake up ". he slaps him, only to find his head rolling away from his body.


    before his scream, he sees his other friend covered in his own blood.


    thump


    this time the sound comes from awake ,he slowly looks upwards only to see my sticking on the roof.


    I undo my chakra my chakra before falling on him.


    " aah-".


    thup


    my sword went through his open mouth, his scream stuck.


    '' dead , and like you deserved''.


    .............


    I made my way to the other bandit houses,before killing all of them in similar fashion.


    their screams never reaching out of their little huts.


    '' now just the last one left ''.


    seeing the final house where the genins resided,I made my way close to them.


    only to see four of them sleeping peacefully.


    '' where is the last one ?''.


    I quickly searched around the house as sneakily as I could.


    '' he''s not here ''.


    '' the genin''s have to wait, I can''t leave loose ends , I need to find him first ''.


    making my way outside the place, I finnaly end up spotting the genin making his way to the first bandit house where I killed all of them .


    '' that''s just perfect now isn''t it ''.


    ...........

 CH-16

    Making my way to the bandit house, I could see the genin was almost close to the door.


    He was walking while clutching his head; his green clothes clung to his skin, and he reeked of booze even from here.


    He made his way to the house; he opened the door and went in. The place itself had no light, and thus he had trouble seeing.


    Seeing all his bandit friends sleeping peacefully, he shouted, "Oi Haraki, do you have some lemon? This headache is killing me.".


    He waited for a few seconds before asking again, "Haraki, wake up, fucker. ".


    He went to the light switch and switched it on.


    "What the fuck?" Seeing all his friends in a pool of their blood and even one''s head fallen to the ground was a scene straight out of hell.


    He quickly turned behind to run; however, I was there, my sword ready.


    ''fast jab. ''.


    Chakra flowed through my body, and my sword rushed at his neck.


    He barely blocked the blow with his kunai, my sword sticking in his shoulder.


    Using my sword, I disarmed his kunai and hit the blunt end of the blade on his jaw. The next second, I punched his face, and holding him by his hair, I kneed him right on his nose.


    Seeing blood spew out of his face, I kept punching the motherfucker.


    "Who¡ªwho are you?". He spoke with a few teeth remaining in his mouth.


    I looked at him straight in his eyes, "vengeance.".


    ''fast slash.''.


    The next moment his head joined his friend in death.


    "Batman had a point after all.". I murmured to myself and started making my way once again to the genin''s house.


    Seeing the four of them sleeping so peacefully, I decided to take no risk.


    The one with his belly sticking out was my first target; he seemed pretty deep in his intoxicated state; his sleep must also be deep.


    He also had forgotten his ninja pack on the table; the rest of them, however, slept with it.


    Sneaking close to him, I saw him breathe; wasting no time, I stabbed my kunai in his brain.


    puchi


    The sound was loud enough for a ninja to hear; I could see the two closest to him waking up.


    ''Now''s the time, Kagami. ''. I quickly made my way to the unguarded one.


    ''fast slash.''.


    " what wh-". Before he could even mutter a word, my sword slashed through his neck.


    However, the very next second, shurikens were launched at my back.


    shun shin no jutsu


    I quickly shun shined out of the house; the remaining genins panicking went out following.


    The taller one among them shouted at me, "Do you even know what mess you landed yourself in, fucker?".


    The shorter one added, "We have fifteen fucking bandits. You shouldn''t have done that to Michi. ".


    ''So that''s the fat one''s name, whatever. ''.


    Wasting no time on words, I quickly slashed at the taller one; his kunai blocked my sword in a masterful display of weapon mastery.


    ''He is good. ''.


    The other genin shouted to attract his friends, but the response he got was dead silence.


    I spoke in a hoarse voice, "No one''s coming to save you.".


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    ''quick slash.''.


    I quickly slashed my sword at his waist, which the man haphazardly blocked.


    He stepped back, clutching his wrist.


    ''One injured.''.


    Both of them suddenly teamed up and started knitting hand signs.


    However, when did I let my opponents decide the flow of the battle?


    I quickly shunshined diagonally to the injured one.


    Seeing he''s almost done with his jutsu, I shunshined once more behind him.


    His other friend, seeing me behind his mate, couldn''t release his jutsu at us.


    That gave me the opportunity to shut the taller one''s mouth.


    ''It''s a fireball jutsu, isn''t it? ''.


    Seeing him squirm to get my grip off of his mouth, the shorter one launched at me.


    "I will kill you!" he shouted at me.


    Raising his kunai, he came at me.


    ''Too slow, you weren''t even a priority.''.


    ''quick parry''


    With a fast motion to parry his kunai, I quickly launched a fast jab at his throat.


    my sword made its way inside, his last moment were spent gurgling on his own blood.


    "Cough cough, aahhhhhhh!!!" My gaze was now on the taller one, who had his mouth burnt from the inside.


    "You are in pain," I spoke to him.


    He looked at me in tears; however, no mercy was there.


    My grey eyes were cold. "You deserve it.".


    The next moment, another head rolled on the ground.


    I stood there for a few moments before recollecting my thoughts.


    ''I am stronger than a genin rank for sure.''.


    ''system''


    (white fang system-5.80)


    (Experience points¡ª95)


    (points needed to next percent -75).


    ''That does make sense, twenty-five for the five genins and thirty for the fifteen bandits.''.


    bandits¡ª2 points


    genins¡ª5 points


    Chunin-15 points


    Jonin?


    Looking towards the sky, I could tell sunrise wasn''t very far.


    I ran throughout the whole village, checking if any other ninja was left alive, and when finding none, made my way once more to the village chief.


    step


    step


    Making my way into the room, I saw the family of four sleeping, hugging one another.


    I smiled at that sight, ''I saved these people.''.


    ''This feels good. ''.


    choosing not to wake up the chief, I left a small note, telling that all the assaulters have been killed and my mission is done.


    Making my way to the hall area, the girls who were also sleeping.


    I wrapped blankets around all of them before leaving the house.


    ''System use the points-


    (White Fang system¡ª6.80)


    (Experience points¡ª20)


    (points needed¡ª90).


    Feeling the rush of strength in my body, my meridians had gotten even stronger.


    However, I didn''t stop and kept hopping from tree to tree.


    ''She said the mission might take a week, but I did it in a day. ''.


    I was feeling proud... however, I also understood my weak points.


    ''I have to either get a defensive jutsu or master shun shin even more.''.


    Also, I needed to learn the last move of the fast kata.


    ''Maybe that is the answer.''.


    ......

 CH-17

    Looking back at the huge tree in my backyard, I pondered over the most important issue now.


    ''My strength had reached chunnin levels.''.


    However, that doesn''t mean that I have fixed my weaknesses.


    ''defensive jutsu.''.


    I do have trust in my shun shin; however, I know that there will be situations where shun shin doesn''t work.


    ''I need more, a contingency.''.


    that contingency being earth-style jutsu.


    ''jutsu library''


    the only place where I can use my merit points to buy that.


    ''But is it worth wasting my points over?''.


    Maybe I should learn Lightning Release; I already have two Lightning Release jutsus.


    D-rank Lightning arc


    D-rank light web


    And as the name suggests, they are pretty weak jutsus.


    ''My talent in Ninjutsu isn''t good; I will have to wait on the system to better that.''


    Looking at my sword, I thought of another plan: ''Let''s focus on the last move of the fast kata.''.


    After all, that would more or less solve many of my problems.


    The last move was a pretty popular technique, "chakra sword.".


    A technique, widespread in the land of iron, almost every samurai that is strong uses that technique.


    ''With enough chakra density, one can even cut jutsus.''


    "First, let''s keep practicing what I know.". I put my sword back in the sheath.


    ''quick slash.''.


    My sword drew at wondrous velocity...


    ''quick parry''


    It moved through the air like a serpentine creature.


    ''fast jab''


    Like a needle, it jabbed.


    ''fast slash.''.


    a sword slash that was made to slaughter.


    Doing all the moves together made me come to the fact that this style was amazing, and the fact that a young Sakumo created it makes it even more extraordinary.


    ''However, what about the chakra sword?''.


    It had the principle of chakra shape, flowing chakra over the sword, sharpening it, and bolstering it.


    ''However, the problem lies in the stability. ''.


    Just like maintaining a Rasengan was impossible for Naruto when he was young, similarly, I would require a lot of mastery over this move to be able to master it.


    Holding my sword over my head, I flowed chakra through my veins. The dark blue-looking substance covered my sword.


    I could see the sword struggling to take all of it; however, I had to continue.


    Sweat was pouring like a waterfall; I kept changing the shape of chakra.


    sharper


    sharper


    sharper


    For a second, I could see it, the mighty chakra sword.


    It was sharp, so sharp I almost thought it would cut me from just the pressure.


    ''If I ever am able to add lightning to it, how sharp would my sword become? ''.


    However, before I could even swing it, my chakra destabilized. My eyes glazed over my now chakra-less blade, its dark blue edges showing thin cracks.


    ''My sword doesn''t have enough of the chakra metal to handle this.''.


    "I have to do something about this.". I spoke out loud.


    "About what, Kagami?". Daiki spoke from the entrance of my villa.


    I turned towards him, "Well, I have been practicing something; however, my sword can''t handle it without more chakra metal.".


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    He walked towards me and nodded, "Yeah, and that shit is costly.". He looked towards me incredulously.


    "Yeah, I know; I can''t afford it.". I dabbed him and pulled him in for a hug. "How are the days treating you?".


    He laughed and said, "Well, I have been spending time with her; we decided to get married by next month, so I have been over the moon. ".


    I pulled out from the hug, Congratulations," fucker, that calls for a celebration.".


    "Let''s go eat something, treats on me," I said to my brown-haired friend.


    He looked elated at that. "You know I never say no to free food. ".


    We both made our way across Konoha, talking about recent things in our lives. I recapped my mission to him, to which he responded, "You must have scared them to death, literally. ".


    Yes, Daiki and his bad jokes, well, whatever works for the man.


    Making our way to a traditional restaurant, I ordered almost all the things on the menu.


    ''There isn''t a lot to begin with.''.


    With the food soon landing in front of us, we dug in.


    Finishing the food barely took us any time.


    "Daiki, what do you think I should do now?".


    He sat across from me, "Honestly, is the move that big of a deal?".


    I pondered over that, but the answer came quickly, "It is; it will bolster all my other moves.".


    He nodded at that, "Well, there is a way, but it is pretty difficult. ". He looked unsure and added, "Maybe even impossible for you.".


    I did not take hurt to that; there being a way was enough for me. I nudged him to go on.


    "Well, Land of Iron has this championship.".


    I asked, "Like a ''who is the best samurai'' kind of thing?".


    He replied, "Well, more like, ''Who is the most talented among the young ones?''." He continued, "The age limit is eighteen.".


    I questioned, "And the rewards must be.".


    "Chakra metal," he looked serious as he spoke with concern, "but Kagami, being a samurai and ninja are two different things; their techniques might baffle you.".


    "I have heard there are some talented samurai who have reached the level of chunin just by swordsmanship," he added slowly, "and they are participating this year.".


    I nodded at him; his concern was pretty obvious. He did not want his friend to die in some samurai battle after just returning from war.


    "It''s important to me, Daiki," my curiosity took hold. "Why do you know so much about this competition?".


    Knowing Daiki, he was the laziest bunch, so it puzzled me how he was aware of this.


    "Well, my best friend uses swords; it''s my job as your bro to know about these things.".


    ''Thanks, brother.''.


    I smiled at that, "Damn right you do, thanks bro.".


    I dabbed him and pulled him off his seat, "Time to go home; otherwise, Haku will beat your ass.".


    He sighed, "I know, I know.".


    Leaving him at his doorstep, I started making my way back.


    Not until I came across Shisui.


    He was practicing fire release against the lake.


    While looking at him blowing a large fireball, I thought ...


    ''There is a real possibility of dying... Should I?

 CH-18

    Seeing Shisui, I walked towards him.


    "You seem to be progressing at quite the fast speed." I smiled towards him.


    "Thanks, Kagami," he replied.


    Since being called mister made me feel way too old for my age, I just asked him to call me by my name.


    Seeing how he wasn''t even aware of how strong he is for his age, I continued, "You know that releasing the fireball jutsu at such quick speeds for your age is an extraordinary feat.".


    He scratched his head in embarrassment, "I guess so.". He soon changed the topic, "What are you doing here, though? This place is very close to the Uchiha compound.".


    I leaned against the tree and told him a little about my situation.


    "Well, I had something on my mind and just ended up here.".


    He looked at me and spoke after a second, "Can you tell me what it is?".


    I nodded and told him, "You know the technique of the samurai, right?" to which he nodded, "I plan on learning that.".


    "That''s wonderful, Kagami. I heard from my sensei that that technique, while very difficult, is quite powerful.".


    I waved my hand and signaled at him, "It''s pretty powerful, but it is very chakra intensive.".


    "That does make sense; every technique has its own pros and cons.".


    "However, with me not having chakra metal, I would soon be participating in the contest they will be having in the Land of Iron.". I added, "That''s basically it.".


    Shisui''s face scrunched for a second; he was thinking of something; however, I didn''t have to think for long as he spoke.


    "Are you worried about dying right? ". He looked at me seriously. "Well, Kagami, my sensei has always said that being a ninja comes with the responsibility of taking risks.". His black spiky hair fluttered in the wind. "If the chakra metal is so important to you, you did have to take risks; there are no easy ways out. ".


    My hand lightly scratched the tree as I thought about what Shisui said, ''Why am I so scared of dying?''.


    I could die in the war anytime; I am just a genin at that. If a Jonin ever comes at me, I could die anytime.


    ''If I don''t take that chakra metal, then I would be giving up on the opportunity. ''.


    Sakumo''s Kata,


    I believe in that; it''s strong, and other than the body flicker, I don''t even use ninjutsu when I fight.


    I may be a ninja, but I fight like a samurai...


    ''I have to risk it; fuck dying; I would rather regret not trying.''.


    I looked towards the young Uchiha, "You are right, Shisui," my hand reached to ruffle his hair, "You are quite wise for your age; anyone told you?".


    ''I have made my decision.''.


    shisui looked embarassed as being treated like a kid and getting complimented at the same time.


    He quickly got out of my hand and spoke, "I have another thing to add, Kagami.".


    He once again had his serious face on and asked, "I could ask my sensei and come to the Land of Iron with you, Kagami.".


    ''Why would you do that?''.


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    Why would someone join something this dangerous for someone else?


    "Why?". I asked the little eight-year-old kid.


    to which he looked at me like I was dumb, "I am your friend? So why would I leave you alone on such a dangerous mission...isn''t that what the will of fire is all about "?


    My heart filled with this foreign feeling, the same I had with Daiki.


    ''Is this little kid using talk no jutsu on me?''...


    ''Because he sure is succeeding. ''.


    He looked at me expectantly... I shook my head and answered, "No.".


    "Why? I could help, and I can hopefully learn a bit of chakra sword myself ". He asked me.


    I shook my head once more. "This is dangerous, Shisui, and you are just, what, ten years old? I won''t let you go on something this dangerous with me.".


    ''I don''t have the ability to protect the both of us.''.


    I am still too weak...


    "He can go."


    A loud, booming voice resounded from my west.


    Both mine and Shisui''s heads snapped at that sound.


    Sensei," " Shisui spoke to what I recognized as his sensei.


    looking towards the man dressed in a navy blue and black outfit.


    His black hair radiated this feeling of strength; his eyes spun with crimson three tomoe sharingan.


    I could tell by the way he was walking.


    ''Close to Minato.''.


    That''s how strong this man was.


    ''His aura is intimidating as hell.''.


    Fugaku Uchiha


    He was known by another name in the fields.


    ''Wicked Eye Fukagu.''.


    Seeing him in the show was different apart from seeing him in reality.


    ''He is no pushover, unlike in the show.''.


    "Sensei, does that mean I can join Kagami?". Shisui spoke to Fugaku.


    He nodded at that and looked towards me, "Risks are a part of a ninja''s life; let Shisui accompany you.".


    I slowly nodded at the man.


    ''I don''t have any other choice.''.


    while he didn''t show, but the man wasn''t asking...


    "Good, Shisui," he turned towards his disciple, "pack up and leave by tonight; I will inform the Hokage council on your part.".


    Shisui nodded and looked towards me.


    "Let''s go then, Shisui.".


    I turned towards Shisui and started following, getting out of the training ground.


    I looked back one last time; a thought struck in my head.


    ''How did a man like you let yourself die at Itachi''s hand?''.


    However, knowing these answers didn''t matter; I can find them all once I am strong enough.


    Following behind Shisui, we soon reached the open market.


    "I guess that makes it done then; let''s meet up in another half an hour, alright?".


    He smiled and said, "Yes, Kagami, let''s rush now.".


    I nodded and made my way to my house, ready to pack up all that I need to.


    ''Explosives, swords, kunai, and shurikens.''.


    Land of Iron was dangerous... while it showed that it was a peaceful area... that''s precisely why it was dangerous.


    For peace to come, blood must have been shed...


    ''I just have to make sure it''s not my blood.''.

 CH-19

    "So Fugaku is your teacher, Shisui?" I asked my friend.


    Fugaku is an amazing ninja; I could tell by his aura when I saw him.


    "Yes, Kagami, he is my sensei," he nodded towards me.


    I jumped once more to another tree. "You know his nickname on the fields.".


    Shisui shook his head.


    I signaled him to come closer, "Wicked Eye Fugaku." I continued, "He is said to be so deadly, slaying dozens of men. ".


    "By the look on your face, you didn''t know too much about your sensei, did you?" I asked my friend, who had this incredulous look on his face.


    "No wonder he always beat me," he muttered quietly, but I still heard it.


    We both then continued our journey towards the land of Iron.


    the land of the samurai.


    We continued our journey north.


    Konoha is quite huge; hence, it was expected for me and Shisui to make multiple stops along the way.


    As we continued hopping, I could visibly see the weather change, from one of hot summery temperature to one that was pleasant to the body.


    "We are closing on a town, Kagami.".


    Shisui was beside me reading a map while running on trees.


    "Here," he pointed his fingers on one of the towns among many in the Land of Fire," Sakura Town." ".


    I nodded to that, "At least we are in the right direction. ".


    I could smell the difference in the air at this point. After all, it was the north side of the land of fire; in comparison to most, this was more peaceful than most places in the world.


    '' It''s surrounded by the sea, the land of Iron, and other nations.


    All in all, this was quite peaceful.


    "I can see it, Shisui." I looked towards him and pointed at the huge line of Sakura trees filled with pink petals.


    Jumping for another few minutes, we soon reached in front of a hustling, bustling town gate.


    Huge and numerous Sakura trees surrounded the town; there was a clear path cut in between for the merchants to access.


    More to say, the path had been a success with the clear line of people at the entry gate.


    I nudged Shisui to join the line and I myself went to enjoy the scenery of the environment.


    ''It''s my first time seeing it.''.


    Apparently it was very common here; however, I have neither seen it in this life nor my last.


    ''Had I been a Japanese in my last life, then perhaps I would have known about these.''.


    They were pretty, cold, hard bark with numerous holes here and there, pinky petals adorning the top as a crown sitting on a throne; each leaf was interjoined from the one in the next tree.


    ''The trees have grown so much that they are locking against each other.''.


    No wonder they call this town Sakura town.


    the sun was almost set, and the red and pink were mixing among one another.


    ''Now this is worth traveling.''.


    However, my happiness was cut short by the yell of my fellow comrade.


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    "Kishi, it''s our turn now; come quick.".


    " coming " I spoke and in the next few seconds I was there.


    "Name and identification.". The plain-looking man had to inch his head upwards, looking at me.


    ''I am quite tall after all.''.


    "We are fellow travelers who had heard about this town, sir. My name''s Haruko, and this is my friend Kishi.".


    I looked towards Shisui; no wonder the boy had told me to take off my forehead protector.


    "You are quite small to be a traveler, aren''t you?" The plain-looking man looked down at Shisui.


    I laughed and spoke, "Well, he had almost made his mother cry with his stubbornness to travel." I waved my hands in Oscar-level theatrics, "So as his friend, I told him he could join me in my mine. ".


    He nodded and spoke, "Well, take care of him. War is currently ongoing, and this world isn''t safe for kids, young boy.".


    ''I know, however, trust me, in here we are not the ones in danger. ''.


    "I understand; I will be aware, sir.". I spoke with a pleasant smile on my face and then entered the town.


    Making our way on the streets, Shisui spoke, "I guess I forgot my age would give it away." He looked embarrassed, "Thanks, Kagami.".


    ''No matter how talented, still a novice genin.''.


    "No worries, brat.". I spoke and continued my pace.


    This time the boy spoke with a meager voice, "Why is everybody treating me like a kid?"


    ''Because you are one. ''.


    "Let a few years pass; you will understand.". I spoke.


    Turning my attention on my surroundings, I could tell this town was a haven for traders, while not close to the capital... I could see multiple caravans of different goods being sold.


    Building made out of cement and painted as if barely a day old.


    ''The people here are quite rich, or the town mayor had connections.''.


    I looked towards the people in front of the small establishment, asking people to try out their shop.


    The streets were crowded with people, and if I was not tall enough, even seeing ahead would have been a problem.


    ''I mean, Shisui is having a problem.''.


    thud


    While walking, some guy bumped hard into me. Turning to look at the aggressor, he had already taken off running through the chaos.


    '' a pick pocketer''


    I didn''t increase my pace any further. While my cloak would have still protected me from most stealing, I still interfered myself, letting the man take the wallet full of candies.


    Shisui turned towards me, looking at the thing in my hand. "How did you suddenly get that bundle of cash?".


    I could already imagine the thief running away and taking out my wallet before remembering he just lost his.


    "Don''t worry about this; let''s just find a very good hotel for us.". I winked towards him.


    "What about that one?" he pointed to the tallest hotel in the town.


    "We are rich for right now, so why not?"


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