So, after a month, and taking the opportunity on working this out, this chapter is good to go. Nothing important to say or to announce, so everyone, please enjoy.
Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.
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A good couple of months have passed by, and the three were coming along quiet well in the academy. Naruto was getting a better hand and better mind with his lessons and the help of the two girls he's paired up with, Sakura was becoming even stronger in Taijutsu and learning some of the basics in Iryojutsu, and Shika wasn't being as lazy as she would prefer to be.
Of course, Naruto was still getting taught some of the false information about wars and the Taijutsu stances, but luckily Kaka helped with fixing those and proceeded to enter during their classes to assist with the training with Iruka. Mizuki glared at the two, messing with his chance to ruin the 'Kyuubi in Carnage' for life. Of course, there was the other 'sisters' that the civilians google at, though they learned to not piss them off.
One day, one of the boys tried to get a feel of Anko's ass, who ended up causing the boy to suffer a nasty rash on his hands, while a group of them tried to gang up on her. That ended up with all kinds of nasty holes on their asses, making it extremely uncomfortable to sit down for even a minute. The girls were in wonder by how their bodies were how they were, and, of course, Obita went over all kinds of random reasonings of how they're bodies were how they were.
Another day, one of the teachers were found hanging upside down by their pinkie toes with a gag in their mouth. A sign was hanging from their neck that said 'Fear the Love' with a red heart, with a swirl inside of it. One of which, Sakura was happily whistling in her seat, sneaking a bag of Akamichi BBQ chips from the hidden sack that Choji has for his personal supply. With a happy nibble of the chips, the Akamichi was looking around trying to find the source of the chips being nom'd on, completely missing the pink-haired girl looking down at his confusion.
Shika was shaking her head at the thought of Sakura stealing Choji's treats, while Naruto, stuck sitting next to Sasuke, had a grin on his face, knowing Sakura's true crush. He couldn't really blame her, considering that Choji had always offered other some of his food, even though he didn't have that much at times, especially girls that tried to do a diet. Sasuke rolled his eyes, ignoring the display of the pink-haired kunochi-monk, and watched the teacher swing side to side gently, as Iruka was staring at the other teacher trying to figure out how it happened.
Shaking his head, and a throw of a kunai, the teacher landed on their back, groaning a bit. Untying the hands, the teacher quickly removed the gag, coughing a bit, and trying to clean their tongue of the taste the ball had. There was a mental high-five for the Arnold Palmer duo, knowing that the ball was soaking in rotten fish oils and eggs.
Soon the day was over, so they made their way to their normal training grounds, meeting up with Team 9. Sakura was sparing off with Rock Lee, the two of them using their basic taijutsu, Tenten was with Naruto, working on his bojutsu and getting Naruto started with kinjutsu with a shortsword that Naruto brought, this left Neji getting utterly crushed by the genius girl that is Shika in multiple rounds of Shogi as well as got him hanging upside down in one of her shadows when they tried to spar.
With a bow from Rock Lee, the three of them went home for the night, as the weekend came along for the academy trio to rest up.
"You know you're not getting any rest, right?" the voice of Keeper says, as the trio nodded. "Just wanted to point that out. Anyway, gift or dungeon?"
"Dungeon," the three immediately says, as they turn around.
"Wow, I thought you'd want gifts. So sad, but true. Dungeon time!"
With that, the large sewer gate grew out of the ground, and open the doors. The three enters the sewer, prepared for the next part they'll be doing. Naruto quickly summoned his [Orange Slime] partner, and they split up again. Sakura and Shika for some girl time, while Naruto was off with Manque in separate halls as normal.
-Naruto-
Naruto was looking around, not seeing any rats that normally scurry around the place like normal, as Manque was spinning around a bit. Walking into one of the rooms, it was normal room, a couple of crates in the corner with a barrel or two, and a chest.
"Manque," Naruto says, as the slime girl rolled over. "Are you feeling anything in here that is odd?"
'Nope~' Manque says, letting Naruto walk in without any fear then.
Walking around the room, opening up each of the containers with the sword, and grabbing the contents of food. He noticed a tail swinging a bit in the corner behind the crates, making him take out the bo staff on his back. Swinging at the crate, making a loud cracking sound, forcing a giant rat humanoid out of the hiding place, rolling over to the side.
"[Observe]" Naruto cried out, getting information about the rat.
[Rat Scavenger]
[Due to a mutation within the rat population, these rats ended up growing to the size of a young adult. Still getting used to their new size, they are rather clumsy and hard to balance themselves properly.]
"You're going to be a tougher opponent, aren't you," Naruto muttered, as the rat was trying to get back onto their feet. 'I got bad news girls.'
'What kind of bad news?' Shika asks, with some actual curiosity.
'We got [Rat Scavengers],' Naruto replied, hearing a groan from Sakura. 'You won't like this ether. Their bigger, like, a lot bigger. Maybe Iruka-sensei sized on their hind legs.'
'Be careful,' Sakura states, making Naruto roll his eyes. 'I know you rolled your eyes, you don't have a healer next to you, so be careful.'
'I will.'
Naruto eyed the rat, who was now on their feet, and hunched over a bit, rubbing their hands. It stared at Naruto for a second, before rubbing its head a bit baring their teeth towards the blonde.
"Yeah, you'll be tough," Naruto muttered, before it tried walking towards Naruto, swaying side to side.
Shoving it with the end of his staff, Naruto tipped the [Scavenger] over, making it groan a bit. Chuckling, Naruto put his staff back, and drew his sword, sighing gently. Walking over the tipped over rat, Naruto poised the blade over the heart of the [Rat Scavenger], before sinking it in, forcing a cry from the rat as it started to seizure a bit, before falling faint.
Pulling the blade out of the rat, Naruto saw the blood drip off the blade, making breath a bit. Using the rat's fur, Naruto cleaned the short sword while breathing slowly, and sheathed his sword. Naruto stared at the body before it starts slowly fading into ashes, making his head tilt a bit. Leaving behind, was some larger rat leather as well as a necklace with some teeth around it.
"[Observe]" Naruto mutters, looking at the necklace.
[Scavengers Trinket]
[A necklace with some rat's teeth tied around it. At least the teeth are sanitized somehow.]
[+1 Perception]
"That may help me out a bit," Naruto says, putting the necklace around his neck. "At least I can observe stuff better."
[Big Rat Leather]
[Leather from Ratmen, they produce more leather for construction on leather equipment or crafting your own hilts for blades.]
"Yeah, a lot better," Naruto snickers, before putting his stuff into the backpack. "This'll help me understand more on what's going on with Mizuki's hatred to be and Iruka-sensei."
'You speak of this 'Iruka' a lot,' Manque says, as Naruto looks at her. 'Does he mean a lot to you?'
"Yeah," Naruto says, hopping onto the crates. "Iruka-sensei is one of the first few that accepted me for who I am. Even though I do end up skipping a lot of the Academy, he's one of the few that does honestly try to teach me on how to be a shinobi, besides my nee-sans and Sakura."
-Sakura/Shika-
"Do you think he'll be alright with the [Rat Scavengers]?" Sakura asks Shika, who shrugged her shoulders.
"He should be fine," Shika stated, looking around. "Though it does seem to be lacking in the rat populace right now."
"Do you think we'll just be scavenging today?"
"It'll be troublesome if it isn't. Let's just stay alert for now."
Sakura nodded her head as they entered an empty room, not even any crates are exposed. Taking this moment, Shika quickly summoned her slime contract, revealing dark purple slime on her back. Rolling her eyes, she quickly sat down, and closed her eyes. Shadows surrounded her, as she surveyed the sewers from the darkness.
She saw Naruto shove his short sword into a rather large rat, making her understand on how he could assume the height could equivalate to Iruka-sensei's. She then saw him talk with the slime, but not able to hear him, before moving on from the moment, not seeing any other rats around them. There was a stairway that would take them down to deeper level, something they'd probably want to have Naruto join them for. There was a nearby room they wanted to check out, so they walked on over, just to see if they'll come across the same rat beings as Naruto has.
Resting in the center of the room, was a similar looking rat being that Shika had seen, before opening her [Observation] on it.
[Rat Scavenger]
[Level 2]
[HP: 40/200]
[CP: 20/20]
[The Rat Scavenger slowly starts learning to walk on their hind legs, due to a mutation within their bodies.]
"That is what Naruto fought," Shika says, as the rat's attention is caught.
"And it's our turn now," Sakura says, standing in front of Shika. "Start working on that spell Keeper left you."
Shika nodded her head, and close her eyes, feeling her energy flowing around her. As she does that, Sakura charged the [Rat Scavenger] as it started to scurry onto its feet, barely dodging a flying punch that Sakura threw at it. Before knowing what happened, it looked over towards Shika, with a slight dark aura around her, and it released a painful cry. Looking into its chest, was a large black tendril through its chest, gripping onto it, hidden.
"Now," Shika says, her eyes widening. "[Burn]!"
With that, the [Rat Scavenger] released a horrific cry, before turning into the ashes. The two of them looked at the pile, as it flew away, leaving behind a bunch of [Rat Teeth] and cooked [Rat Meat] which the packed into their backpacks. Soon enough, the three of them meat back up with each other, in which Naruto rubbed the back of his head, while Shika was a bit closer than normal and Sakura was smiling at the two.
"Want to dive a bit lower?" Sakura asks, as the two look at her. "There is a path down our path, I honestly want to see what we'll be up against if we dive a bit."
The two nodded, they all made their way down the path they came from, and down the steps of stairs. Before them was a larger door with a small lock before the, silently golden shine within the shadows, making them look closer. There was a tap behind them, making them jump, only to see the Keeper behind them.
"Are you sure you're ready for this?" Keeper asks them, as they look at each other. "If I were to unlock that door, you have to defeat the boss that awaits behind the door. I hope you were paying attention to what is happening on these hunts I have you go through."
"So we're against some stronger rats then?" Naruto asks, as Keeper nodded.
"Specifically, you'll be going against a [Rat Guard] stronger and better then their standard [Rat Scavengers] due to the age of them. It'll only be one, but it'll be stronger, though I have been meaning to make sure you're all up to level for this. Just stand still."
With that, the Keeper ran his hands in front of each of their faces, and a heavenly golden light glow around them, as they all felt better and stronger. Looking at each other, they felt like they were stronger, and a bit more sharpen with their perception. Naruto quickly pulled up his stats, shocked by the sudden changed in them.
[Naruto Uzumaki]
[Level 5]
[HP: 7,500/7,5000]
[CP: 25,000/25,000]
[STG: 25]
[DEX: 28]
[AGI: 50]
[WIS: 20]
[INT: 30]
[LUK: 5]
[Perks: Uzumaki Bloodline, ? Bloodline, Jinchuuriki]
"Guys check your stats," Naruto says, staring at his. "They've been super boosted!"
Shika pulled up her stats while Sakura has done the same, both of their jaws drop a bit, more for Sakura then for Shika.
[Sakura Haruno]
[Level: 4]
[HP: 4,000/4,000]
[CP: 1,000/1,000]
[STG: 18]
[DEX: 25]
[AGI: 20]
[INT: 30]
[WIS: 50]
[LUK: 5]
[Perks: Merchant's Daughter]
[Shika Nara]
[Level: 2]
[HP: 2,500/2,500]
[CP: 1,000/1,000]
[STG: 10]
[DEX: 20]
[AGI: 20]
[INT: 30]
[WIS:75]
[LUK: 5]
[Perks: Nara's IQ]
[Debuff: Lazy]
"How the hell did your HP and CP increase nearly twentyfold?!" Sakura cried out, as Naruto showed her his.
"My status as a Jinchuuriki, of course," Naruto says, making the pinkette nod. "Anyway, with this sudden boost, I have no doubt we can beat this [Rat Guard]."
The three of them nodded their heads, before Keeper sighs, opening the door for them. The three of them walk into the path, seeing that the room was different then what they were used to. The whole room was looking more like a large bridge, and before them was the [Rat Guard] garbed in its attire.
With a makeshift set of crap armor, it had a wooden bucket on its head with the handle working underneath its chin. With a chipped blade in its hands and a wooden barrel lid, the rat looked far more experienced with walking on its hind legs over the other's they've fought. The three of them immediately stared at each other, suddenly feeling like taking this challenge may be a bit more then they'd expected it to be.
"[Observe]," Shika says, staring at the [Rat Guard]
[Rat Guard]
[Level: 7]
[HP: 2,000/2,000]
[CP: 100/100]
"That doesn't look too bad," Naruto says, seeing the same thing. "But that metal armor its wearing may be a bit more annoying."
"I agree," Sakura and Shika, raising their hands in agreement.
Naruto and Sakura stood in front of Shika, who was working on setting up her little spell. Even though she was the smartest being in the whole country, this intelligence of her family doesn't help with casting spells out faster. Which kind of pissed her off a bit, but she kept her eye up for the two in front of her.
The three all nodded, in which Naruto charged up first with Sakura following behind. The [Rat Guard] saw the incoming attack and prepared itself for the incoming shots. Releasing a loud cry, it produced a shield from its back, which was rather large, and connected with the swing that came from Naruto. Immediately, the staff that Naruto used shattered into, forcing the blonde to bounce off of the shield.
Flying backwards a bit, Naruto landed on his two feet, before getting body slammed by a flying Sakura. She tried to use her {Blooming Lotus} upon the shield, leaving a nice little crack in the wooden shield, before the rat used the shield and slammed her with enough force to make her fly away. Shika took this opportunity to shoot the {Flare Burst} she was conjuring, and sent it flying towards the [Rat Guard] who returned to using the shield.
It flared all around the Ratman, surrounding it with a large ball of fire, but no cries of pain. Instead, there was an almost shriek of victory, as the ball disappeared, and the Rat was merely steaming with smoke, letting the shield break apart. Raising it spear, the [Rat Man] released another cry, as some [Rat Scavengers] dropped from the rafters above them. Naruto got onto his feet, drawing his blade, and got close to Shika, while Sakura flipped onto her feet, a glare of murder in her eyes.
"At least we don't have to deal with the shield anymore," Naruto says, as Shika and Sakura nodded their heads. "But that rat is far stronger than what we've been led to believe."
The [Rat Guard] cried out, as the ones it has called started to get onto their feet, raising its spear outwards, in the motion of attack. They all started to run at the three, Naruto drawing out his sword, and Shika was already working on her next spell. Sakura took the initiative and started to release her rage against the incoming [Rat Scavengers] breaking some of the bones in them, while a couple do end up escaping her rage by crawling over the corpses of its allies. It doesn't make it far, as Naruto started to cut into the bodies of each one, he kills, as the corpses pill to the sides.
Once when all the reinforcements that the [Rat Guard] called out, Sakura went in for another charge, as a second bloom came, surrounding her with Sakura lotus, letting her slam her fist into the metal guarded. This caused the chest piece it wore to shatter into pieces and left a nasty fist imprint in the chest of the [Rat Guard]. It released a nasty cry out of its mouth, and a dark energy started to flow around it, and the current around it sent the pinkette flying away.
Naruto quickly ran over, catching Sakura, before slamming his back into the side of the bridge they stood upon. Shika took this chance, and sent another {Flame Burst} towards the [Rat Guard], in which it tries to protect itself by grabbing a down [Rat Scavenger] and used it as a human, or in his case, a rat, shield. It collided with the creature, making both cry out in pain, as Shika quickly ran over to her friends.
"That should have done some decent damage," Shika says, as Sakura was quickly healing Naruto with her [Healing Mist] technique.
"Keeper was right," Sakura says, a conflict of worry in her eyes. "This is a lot tougher than what I, maybe even we, had first thought."
"Then let's have our Jutsus in play then," Naruto says, with a smirk, while Shika quickly ran the figures in her head.
"Use the [Kage Bushin] then, Naruto," Shika says, making Sakura's eyes widen.
Naruto got onto his feet, and proceeded with his hand signs, as the [Rat Guard] watched on, curious of what is about to come. Soon enough, in a puff of smoke, lead to a horde of twenty Narutos, most drawing their blades, while a couple also pulled out some Kunai. Naruto smiled at the sight, as they all charged towards the Ratman, making the creature surprise in awe.
It cried out for its comrades again, as another group of [Rat Scavengers] dropped onto the bridge. These forces all collided with each other, while the Naruto Horde cutting into the group, as some snuck around behind the forces, taking on the [Rat Guard]. Taking this opportunity, Sakura finished up with healing Naruto, while Shika took the advantage of using her clan technique, and grabbed a hold of one of the creatures, and had her slime hid within the shadow.
Smiling, her shadow spread across the battlefield, and went further past, grabbing ahold of the [Rat Guard], freezing it in place. Naruto smiled, and swapped with one of his clones close to it and appeared before the creature. The rat's eyes widen even further, as the sword that Naruto had drawn, connected with its neck, and before they all knew it, the [Rat Guard] has been decapitated.
The [Rat Scavengers] were horrified of what happened, and ran away, the remaining few that lived took the chances and ran passed the blonde, while those that knew wouldn't live, ran off of the bridge, falling into the dark void down below. Naruto cleaned off his blade, before picking up the speak that the [Rat Guard] had, examining it.
[Rat Spear]
[Armed by the Rat Guards that is apart of the Rat Army, these spears are made of mostly junk and scrap metal, crudely made but strong and sturdy.]
"I guess I got my replacement," Naruto says, standing up. "Let's go ahead and gather up the materials we got from this attack; it should be a great payout."
The other two nodded, before they started to gather up each of the killed [Rat Scavengers] and the [Rat Guard] taking off whatever scrap armor that the creature wore, and started to gather up the pelts, putting them into their hungry backpacks. Shika looked over at Naruto, who was messing around with the spear he got, something clearly bothering him. Shika left Sakura to finish up with skinning the rats, and collecting whatever disappears after it happens, making her way to Naruto.
"You alright?" Shika asks, as Naruto looks over at her. "You seem to be a bit spaced out."
"Just wondering why Keeper told us that we wouldn't feel any kind of negative emotion while we're in here," Naruto says, looking down. "I mean, I should feel sadness, pity, something when I killed the [Rat Guard] but I don't feel a thing. I kind of freaks me out."
"It was prepared to kill us," Shika says, crouching close to Naruto. "I think what we did was the lesser of two evils, killing it and not worry, or knock it out and worry about seeing it again, stronger. Maybe this'll also go along with how our lives as Shinobi may be like, since it'll also be in our jobs to take life and shed blood."
Naruto nodded his head, knowing what she meant by it, and couldn't really agree with the statement. Once Sakura was done, Shika and Naruto got up from their spots, and made their way from the bridge, and came across the metal bars. The whole door opened, and they walked out, revealing both the Hokage as well as Danzo, while they were surrounded by ANBU. Sakura started to sweat, looking around while Shika took the opportunity to assist their situation, while Naruto blinked a couple of times.
"Hey Hokage-jiji," Naruto says, with a smile, as the man returned the smile with a nod. "How long have we been gone?"
"All night," Hiruzen states, making all three of them drop jaws. "Yes, and your father, Shika, was rather worried that you didn't return home as usual. When we discovered that this gate was here, we assumed that this was an entrance for a possible kidnapping, but all three of you returned, tired at the least I can tell."
"It's a long story," Naruto says, figuring that they'll have to spill the beans to the Hokage. "At the very least, could we rest up first? Being down there all night has made us rather tired, and hungry."
As if on cue, all three of their stomachs growled in agreement, making the three preteens chuckle. The elderly men let them on by, while Danzo released a breath and looked back at the gate, seeing it slowly sink into the ground.
"That is the cause of chakra rising and disappearing," the man says, as the Hokage nodded. "Hiruzen, I'd recommend that whatever story the come up with, that you should take it with a grain of salt, in case it's too bizarre to believe."
"I know Danzo," the man says, turning to look at him. "Considering that we have summoning of literal talking amphibians, reptiles, and mammals itself, whatever story they could come up with may rather be tame.
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There we go, chapter six of this story with just little over 4k words besides these notes, I was able to get an extra few months-worth of the story taken care of. Hiruzen has pulled a small Danzo with the academy, making it more Shinobi-like over the one we are aware of, and the trio taken the opportunity to actually prank the teachers, showing off their stealth and trap making skills, all thanks to their Jonin teachers during the summer.
Now, considering I haven't posted the states table for the group, I had to make it transparent that it was suddenly boosted to where they're at and take in consideration of some skills they got. Even though I never posted this in any of the chapters, I do want to put this out that the Chakra Control Technique does both boost the restoration of Chakra as well as lessen the usage of certain Jutsus as well.