Yami: The Gamer Kage

Five days later:

"Wood Release: Wood Clone!" I cried out ending with the snake hand seal. My body's cells split apart as a wooden mannequin that looked exactly like me stepped away, slowly turning into a more realistic version of myself. Soon the clone looked identical.

Ping!

You gained a new skill!

Wood Release: Wood Clone, B rank

A clone that is created by using chakra to alter the user's own cells into vegetation. They have the ability to travel far from the user and are able to communicate with the original. They don't disappear when hit and takes the damage to a certain degree.

CP- 1,000 per clone

Durability- 500/500

I grinned, "not bad huh Yamato sensei?"

Yamato smiled as he nodded, "very true Yami. You managed to pick it quite easily. In fact, it's almost instantaneous, one could even say you're a prodigy."

I snorted, "please, I'm no such thing, Wood Release: Great forest jutsu!" I called out, turning the wood clone into a large redwood tree that grew until it was thirty feet tall and 5 foot thick around the trunk, "I'm just quick is all."

"But still, your unique chakra control abilities is something of note," Yamato nodded, "to think you can not only perform the Wood Release but also Scorch, just what is your limit Yami?"

I shrugged, "as far as I know? Nothing. But ah, don't tell anyone okay?"

Yamato chuckled, "fine, I promise." Just then we heard shouting in the distance, and a firework light up the sky, "ah, that's right, today is the chunin exam finals is it not?"

I blinked, "it is? Well what are we waiting for? Come on man! We don't have all day!" I took off, leaping through the trees surrounded training field 3 as Yamato and I entered the streets of Konoha.

"Wait up Yami," Yamato chuckled, "not everyone has your speed."

"Hey! It's my fault you're so slow!" I chuckled, "besides, I have a job to do man! I can't afford to wait."

"Humph, I'm your sensei, one would think you would show me some respect."

"Oh please, you've been my sensei for four days," I rolled my eyes as we finally reached the stadium, "come on Yamato sensei! We need to get good seats!"

"Alright already," the now newly commissioned jonin sighed as we ran in, finding out spot with the jounins who stood near the back, overlooking everyone else.

I approached Asama first, "hey Asama, how's things?"

"Oh, Yami, surprised to see you kid," he grinned, "dad said you were training?"

"We finished early," I shrugged.

"As if," Yamato snorted.

Kurenai raised an eyebrow, "what do you mean?"

"I mean I literally have nothing more to teach him," Yamato grumbled, "Yami here is a sponge when it comes to ninjutsu."

I shrugged, "it's not me, you know how it is with Uchiha and ninjutsu," I replied with a shrug.

"Uchiha?" Kurenai blinked in surprise, "what are you talking about?"

I blinked, "she doesn't know?" i asked Asuma.

The man shrugged, "she's the rookie jounin, plus she doesn't like gossip."

"It's useless garbage," Kurenai snorted.

"Oh come now Kurenai, you're a ninja, surely you realise all information is somewhat valuable," I activated my eyes, meeting her matching red pupils causing her to gasp in shock, "if you did, then you wouldn't be surprised."

Asuma chuckled, "he's got you there Kurenai," the woman shot him a glare and looked away, Asuma noticed this and immediately gulped, "shit..ah, sorry."

I chuckled, "you're in the dog house tonight."

"W-what?! Why would you think that?!" Kurenai gasped.

I raised an eyebrow, "what? Is the fact that you two are seeing each other supposed to be a secret or something?"

Kurenai blushed red, Asuma's eyes widening in fear, pink touching his cheek. "W-who told you?!" Kurenai cried out.

I rolled my eyes, "nobody needed to, it was written all over your face," I looked at the arena, "now, who's supposed to coming out first?"

Asuma cleared his throat and began to speak, "the first match is between Sasuke and Tenten."

"Isn't that Kakashi sempai's student? Is he going up against Gai's student?"

Kurenai cleared her throat and nodded, "yes, it should be a decent enough match. By the way, where is Gai?"

"YOUTH!"

I flinched, "why did you have to ask?"

We all turned and there he was, standing at the edge of the area, almost ready to jump down in excitement. He had three flags on his back, one with each of his students' name. "THIS IS THE PROUDEST DAY OF MY LIFE! ALL THREE OF MY FAITHFUL STUDENTS HAVE MADE IT TO THE FINALS! OH HAPPY DAY!"

Asuma chuckled, "he never changes."

"Welcome one and all to the chunin exams!" I looked over and saw Genma standing in the middles of the ring with a mic, "I'm going to be the proctor for this event! So get ready to see the very best that the ninja world has to offer!"

I sighed, "I don't' want to say this, but Kumo did a much better job."

"Their entire country is just one giant stage," Yamato shrugged, "of course things like a tournament would be extremely well done."

"Now! For the first match! Sasuke Uchiha and Tenten Higurashi!" I saw Tenten leap onto stage, closely followed by Sasuke who now wore his black uniform, his level now 40.

"Huh, he's not late," I hummed and turned around to address the recently arrived Kakashi, "I thought he was going to pick up your habits."

"W-hat?! Kakashi sempai! When did you get here?" Yamato asked in shock, which was just a testament to Kakashi's skill in stealth.

Kakashi raised an eyebrow, "chakra sensitives are no fun," he pouted before replying, "and Sasuke insisted that we arrived early, he wanted to impress a certain someone."

I smiled, "always has a chip on his shoulder," I took a deep breath and cried out, "COME SASUKE! KICK HER ASS!" Sasuke looked over and I saw him smirk, giving me a node.

"Woah there!" Asuma yelled, "you can't just tell him to kick her ass!"

I raised an eyebrow, "why not? I it because she's a girl? Isn't that a little sexist Asuma?" Que the glare from Kurenai aimed at a nervous Asuma who gulped in fear.

"YOSH! I WILL CHEER LOUDLY TOO! COME ON MY YOUTHFUL STUDENT! SHOW HIM THE STRENGTH OF YOUTH!" Gai yelled out.

"Shut up Gai sensei!" Tenten roared, "you're embarrassing me!"

"YOUTH!"

I sighed, "this is so going to be a drag."

The match began and we watched as Sasuke took out a kunai and threw it at Tenten. The girl easily dogged, unfurling her sealing scroll and begin her attack, only for the kunai Sasuke threw to suddenly do a 90 degree turn and come at Tenten from the back.

The girl however noticed it, she deflected the kunai and launched a rain of steel on Sasuke from her scrolls. However, instead of moving like any sane person, Sasuke began to go through hand seals, ending with the dog seal to summon a wall of Earth that blocked the weapons. He then ran along hr side and breathed out a fireball that Tenten dodged before they began to fight, each one showing off, which was the main purpose of this exam.

It was kind of boring though, it was obvious Tenten was weaker, Sasuke ended up beating her in five minutes. He just dodged until she she out of weapons in her scroll, and when she reached to get another one, he managed to kick her with a well place hit to the gut.

"Winner! Sasuke Uchiha!" Genma cheered, the Uchiha turned to me and waited. I nodded and gave him a thumbs up, satisfied, he helped Tenten to her feet before the two talked for a while.

I was surprised, "did...did Sasuke just help her up?"

"Why do you sound so surprised?" Kakashi asked.

"Sasuke doesn't help people up," I told him, "he has many good qualities, but he's a bit of a dick when it comes to other people."

"Well...you are a very good influence on him," Kakashi replied.

Asuma nodded, "it's only natural. You're the only remaining family member and he sees how strong you are and how you behave towards others. It's only natural that he want's to be like you."

I was silent as I let that sink in. Did I really make that much difference? Hm...I hope so. And since there's no Orochimaru to tempt him, Sasuke may not end up leaving the village, though it is ironic that I am going to, if not for joining Orochimaru, but to destroy every last trace of him.

The next match came, and it was between Kiba and Zaku, a sound ninja that looked very nervous to be here. Very nervous indeed.

The Sound ninja was smart and skilled, but Kiba and Akamaru were much better, after all two heads were better than one. While Zaku used his own jutsu to mobilise Kiba, Akamaru, which he forgot about, used this distraction to hit him with a Fang Passing Fang jutsu.

Then the next match came up, and it was a tough one. Neji vs Lee.

"GO MY YOUTHFUL STUDENTS!" Gai cheered heartily, seemingly unaffected by the fact his students now faced each other, "SHOW THEM YOUR YOUTH!"

"HI GAI SENSEI!" Lee gave a thumbs up, while Neji just ignored him completely.

The match was...quick to say the least. Lee took off his weights before he even entered the ring. He unlocked the first gate from the get go and attacked Neji with everything h had. But the Hyuga played it smart.

Le was faster and possibly stronger, but Neji was a genius for a reason. He showed off his skills by revealing he knew the juken, surprising the Hyuuga head, who sat just a few rows below.

Lee's attacks were useless against him after that. In the ten minute mark Neji managed to get a strike at Lee's left knee, locking it in place. At the twelve minute mark his left hand and at the twenty minute mark Lee was knocked unconscious, though Neji looked much worse for ware.

Gai however didn't seem sad, he was proud, he congratulated Neji, who ignored him, and took Lee to the medical wing where healers quickly began their work.

The next match was the one I was excited for. Naruto vs Temari. The sand kunoichi and NAruto walked into the arena, Naruto looking excited while the girl looked bored.

"You should just give up now organe boy," Temari snorted, "there's no way you're going to win."

"Why you little," Naruto growled.

"Hey Naruto!" I cried out.

"What?!" Naruto cried back.

"Reverse the sexyness!" I cried back.

Naruto blinked, "that's brilliant! Thanks Yami!"

"Hey! No helping!" Gemma cried out.

"Get bent Genma! We're ninjas! You want fair and square talk to the Samurai!"

This caused a great deal of the people to laugh, Genma looked at the Kage box where Sarutobi and the real Kazekage, Rasa, sat and watched. The Hokage waved it off, chuckling a bit, Genma sighed, "fine! Begin!"

"You're dead beat!" Temari cried out as she took out her fan and spread it out, "I'll blow you away!"

"Reverse Harem jutsu!" Naruto cried out as he exploded in a poff of smoke.

"What kind of jutsu is that?" Temari snorted as she waved her fan, blowing the smoke away, "you can't just make up a jutsu you useless brat. That's-HOLY SHIT!"

"~Hey beautiful," came the chorus of ten beautiful full grown naked men, each handsome and perfect in everyway. They were ripped and covered in baby oil, and at the lead was a figure that kind of looked a lot like me, only much older.

"WHAT KIND OF JUTSU IS THAT?!" Kurenai cried out.

"The ultimate jutsu!" I cheered, "feast your eyes on the S rank kinjutsu! Reverse harem jutsu!"

"GOD DAMN THAT'S HOT!" I heard Sakura cheer out.

"W-what is going on?" Temari's face turned red as her eyes pulled down to the whips of smoke around the doppelgangers' wangs, "w-woah..."

"Chance!" my doople ganger cried out as he charge the still stunned Temari and punched her in the gut. The others then dropped their hinges and dog piled the Suna ninja, throwing her fan away and grabbed every limb and pulling them apart.

"Give up!" Naruto cried out as his clones held Temari apart, her hands unable to form a single hand seal and her weapon far away. And for good measure Naruto had a kunai against her throat.

"Damnit! I can't believe I feel for that!" Temari cried out, "fine! I give up!"

"W-winner, Naruto Uzumaki," Genma said blinking in disbelief, "did that really just happen?"

"Hell yeah!" Naruto cried out as he let go of Temari and dismissed his clones, "that's the way to do it! Thanks Yami!"

I gave him a thumbs up, "anytime little bro!"

"Hey! I'm older than you!" Naruto cried out, but let it go as he went back to wherever the contestants were waiting.

"And now for the final round of the first stage! Gaara and Kankuro!"

"I forfeit" Kankaro cried out, much to the people's boos. But I understood, if I had to fight Gaara at level 37 I would be scared too.

"What?" Genma sighed, "fine. Then we move on to the next round! Since we have an odd number of people Gaara automatically moves to the finals. The next match will be between Sasuke Uchiha and Kiba Inuzuka!"

The two boys came into the arena and began their fight. It was somewhat flashy, but Sasuke managed to beat him by stabbing Kiba in the foot with a kunai and paralysing Akamaru. Smart and efficient.

Then came the canon match of Naruto and Neji, and it went exactly like canon. Neji went on and on about destiny and fate, honestly it began to get a little borning.

Naruto even got his ass kick the same way, being shoved into the ground with all his tenketsu points closed. "Oh for god's sake Naruto!" I cried out, "please do us all a favour as shut this bastard's mouth up about this destiny crap! Destiny can kiss my ass!"

Neji glared, but Naruto heard me, as they began the fight once again, this time again, some of Kurama's red chakra came pouring out, allowing Naruto to beat Neji and obtain victory.

We then gained a twenty minute break, during this time I decided to pay the contestants a little visit.

I found Naruto and Sasuke at the break room, standing next to a vending machine and glaring at each other.

"I'm going to beat you Naruto," Sasuke swore, "and when I do, I'll be one step closer to being Yami's equal."

"Tough luck," Naruto glared right back, "if anyone's going to bet Yami, it's me. I'm going to get stronger than him and when I do I'll be Hokage!"

Sasuke smirked, "we'll see about that."

"Well this is a little creepy," I spoke up alerting them both to my preakness, "I for one would have prefered I was being discussed between two hot young busty redheads rather than thirteen year old boys, but oh well, can't win them all."

Sasuke looked over and glared, "I meant what I said. As of right now I have two dreams Yami. Killing Itachi and defeating you."

I smiled, "okay..but remember, how you get there is far more important than just getting there."

"Hey! That's no fair! I'm going to get stronger than you too!" Naruto cried out.

I smirked, "alright, that's fine by me kiddo. Now, make sure you put on a good show today you two, I'll be sure to keep an eye on you both," I then left them, leaving both boys determined.

At the end of the break I saw Naruto and Sasuke walk onto the arena. I turned to Kakashi, "who do you think is going to win?"

"Honestly? If you had asked me two months ago I would say it was Sasuke, but now...it's a toss up. You?"

I smiled, "I think it doesn't matter. Because right now, those two are going to give it all they got."

"Begin!"

Naruto and Sasuke charged at each other. It was a brutal battle, Naruto used his clones to charge at Sasuke from all sides, using the Disturbance style, the taijutsu style I taught him to overwhelm Sasuke from sheer numbers alone.

Sasuke threw off fireballs after fire balls, forcing Naruto back. It was only when Sasuke took breaks that Naruto was able to use his wind jutsu to fight back, since fire cancels out wind.

The match lasted for half an hour, half an hour of blood, sweat and growls. Sasuke however managed to gain the upper hand in the very last moment. He beat off Naruto's clones and hit Naruto up the head with enough force to knock him unconscious, though Sasuke looked ready to drop down dead, he was that depleted from chakra and low on stamina.

"I'll be right back," Kakashi explained as he went down and grabbed an unconscious Naruto who was taken to the sick bay. Sasuke quickly took a solder pill and sighed as his energy came back to him.

He then looked at the stands and his eyes landed on me. I smirked, "not bad, little cousin."

Sasuke snorted, "I'm older than you."

"Cosin?" Kakashi asked, now back to his position next to me.

"Didn't you hear?" Asuma chuckled, "Yami here is an Uchiha."

"What?" Kakashi raised an eyebrow.

"Yup," I activated my eyes and looked at Kakashi who gasped in surprise.

"But how?"

I shrugged, "I was an orphan remember? Parents probably died during the Kyuubi attack."

"Why didn't you tell anyone?"

"Lord Hokage ordered it a state secret."

"Sasuke knows?" Kakashi asked.

I nodded, "yup."

"...Good," Kakashi replied, looking back to the arena, though I knew his thoughts were about me.

"And now the final round for the chunin exams!" Genma announced, "Sasuke Uchiha and Gaara of the Desert!"

Gaara calmly walked into the arena, an air of death following behind him, "I'll kill you to prove my existence."

"Bring it," Sasuke smirked as he readied himself.

"Is he ready for Gaara?" I asked Kakashi.

"Yes, if he's smart about it," Kakashi replied.

"I highly doubt a chunin is ready to fight a jinchuriki," I snorted.

"What?!" Kurenai snapped, "that Gaara boy is a jinchuriki?!"

I nodded, "yeah, the one tailed racoon," I snorted, "the weakest one, but still, very dangerous."

"Protector!" Kakashi called out leaping onto the arena, "my student hereby forfeit this match!"

"What?! What the hell are you doing Kakashi?!" Sasuke roared.

"Saving your life," Kakashi replied.

"No! You will not ruin this for me! I need to prove myself!" Sasuke roared.

"Sasuke!" I called out gaining his attention, "you can't beat him!"

The boy's eyes widened in shock, he growled and turned and walked away, "fine!"

"No," Gaara replied simply as sand exploded out of his gourd and rushed at Sasuke, moving around Kakashi to grab Sasuke's ankle in a lock.

"Stop this!"Gemma cried out, "they forfeited the match!"

"No," Gaara growled, "this will not end until I have your blood!" He squeezed the sand around Sasuke's ankle.

"ARGH!" Sasuke cried out, only instead of blood, it burst into water, as 'Sasuke's' entire body splashed away.

"W-what?!" Gaara cried out.

"Yoohoo!" I cheered, gaining everyone's attention to Sasuke and I standing on a wall, far away from Gaara, "that wasn't very nice! You could have killed someone kid!"

"You," Gaara growled.

"That's enough," Kakashi stepped in as Gaara took back his sand, "we already forfeited this match. Genma."

"Right, winner by forfeit, Gaara!" Genma announced.

"But mother craved for his blood!" Gaara roared, "I must have it!"

"Gaara!" there came a new shout louder than the rest. We turned and saw the Kazekage looked down in disgust, "that's enough boy. Stop making a fool of yourself."

"I...yes father," Gaara vanished in a swirl of sand, leaving a confused crowd.

"You didn't have to save me," Sasuke said immediately, "I could have handled myself."

"I'm sure you could have," I replied, "but that was about more than just you Sasuke. If Gaara had succeeded in hurting a leaf ninja, it could mean war between our villages. And that's something we really don't need right now."

Sasuke grunted, but took off, obviously he needed to let off a little steam. Just then Naruto came charging out of the stadium, "ah man! Did I miss it?! Dammit! Who won?! Was it Sasuke?!"

That night:

"It's not fair! I was so close to beating Sasuke!" Naruto grumbled as he kicked a stone.

"Relax, I'm sure you'll get him next time," I shrugged, "besides, what you have to focus on now is making sure you get stronger."

"Yeah...yeah that's right! Just you watch Yami! Next time I'll kick his ass!" Naruto grinned.

"Good, I look forward to it...hey listen, there's something I needed to talk to you about Naruto," I motioned to a seat on the park bench, we sat down.

"What's up Yami? You sound serious."

I nodded "I am...you see, I recently got a very high rank mission."

"Sweet! A mission?! What is it?! An A rank?!"

I smirked, "actually, it's an S rank."

"So cool! What's it about?!"

"Sorry Naruto, but I can't say," I shrugged, "classified. But...I can tell you that I will be gone for a while because of this mission."

"How long?" Naruto asked, his voice now lower.

"Three years."

"Three years?!" Naruto gasped, "b-but that's crazy!"

I shrugged, "I know, but that's just how the world is Naruto. If I don't go under if not thousands of people are going to get hurt."

Naruto looked down, "so...you're going to be gone a long time huh?"

I nodded, "yeah..but hey, think of it like this, now you'll have time to train and impress me, so that next time we meet, you show me what you really got."

Naruto smiled, "yeah….hell yeah! Believe it! I'll be a kick ass ninja Yami! Just you wait!"

I grinned, "good, now let's get some ramen, you may not have won, but you still deserve a treat!"

"Hell yeah!"

A few minutes later:

"I thought I would find you here," I smiled at Sasuke.

"What do you want?" he asked as he looked out at the village from ontop the Hokage tower's roof.

"To talk," I replied as I sat down next to him, "this place really is beautiful at night isn't it?"

"Yes...it is," Sasuke nodded.

"I'm sorry I didn't let you fight Gaara Sasuke, but you aren't ready to fight someone like him, hell, if I'm not careful, even I would have died immediately."

"Was he really that powerful?" Sasuke asked.

I sighed, "yes...he is. He has a power inside him, not unlike our eyes, that makes him much more powerful that anyone else we know. You know off the Kyuubi yes?"

Sasuke nodded, "yes."

"Well, in this world there are eight other beasts just like it, each with a certain number of tails to denote how powerful they are. Gaara has the power of the one tailed racoon, the weakest of them all, but still strong enough to kill hundreds of jonin without much effort."

Sasuke felt fear, "h-he has a demon inside him?"

I nodded, "yes, so you understand why I didn't think you could win yes?"

Sasuke looked away, he looked tired but sighed and nodded, "yes...I don't blame you. I'm sorry if I snapped."

"It's fine...listen, there's something we have to talk about...I'm going to be going away for sometime, there's a mission," I began.

"How long?" Sasuke asked.

"Three years," I replied with a sigh.

"Three years?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "what's the mission?"

"Classified," I snorted, "anyway...I just wanted to tell you that before I left, didn't want you to make a fuss later on."

"I don't fuss," Sasuke smirked before his smile slowly dropped, "but...three years...it's such a long time."

"Yeah, I know. But...the lives of countless people are at stake, so I can't just ignore it."

"I suppose…."

"Hey listen Sasuke, do me a favour will you? Keep an eye on this village for me," I sighed looking out at the buildings, "it's kind of fragile, those walls can't hold back everything and...people are not as powerful as they would like to believe."

"I promise. The village won't fall before you return," he nodded.

"Thanks, I knew I-"

"-Yami," I turned to see Yamato looking at me with a serious look, "the Hokage summons you."

I sighed, "right," I turned to Sasuke, "another time yeah?"

"Right...good luck cousin, don't die," Sasuke got up and hopped away, roof-hoping back home.

"Right then," I jumped over the roof edge and climbed down the walls, appear before the Hokage's wind, "you wanted to see me?"

"Get it," the Hokage motioned as I entered. I saw a masked figure standing before me, he had a black cloak and a hood up and a blue oni mask. I looked up at his name and blinked.

Yagura Karatachi, Fourth Mizukage

Lv- 89

REP- 75

"Yagura?" I asked in surprise.

"I read you were a chakra sensor, it would seem my skills at chakra suppressions require polishing," Yagura sighed as he removed his mask revealing his face.

"I find Yami always the exception to many rules lord Mizukage," Hiruzen chuckled.

"What's he doing here?" I asked, the underlying question of his state of mind went by unspoken.

"Yagura has been freed from the genjutsu he was placed under," Hiruzen informed, "and as for what he is doing here, well, I did say you would have a team yes?"

I blinked, "he's my new partner?"

"It'll be a pleasure working with you Uchiha," Yagura bowed, "I understand I have you to thank for sparing my life and saving my people. I am forever indebted to you."

"I'm sorry, but why exactly are you helping us?" I asked with a raised eyebrow, "because ah...not to be rude, but you don't have a dog in this race."

"I am merely repaying the favour you have done for me and my people," the jinchuuriki explained, "by stopping me you freed my people, and by sparing my life you gave me the chance to correct the errors I have made...that I was made to do. I hope by helping you all now, I will pay off some of that debt and absolve myself from some of that sin."

I sighed, "it's not your fault you know...whoever put you under that genjutsus, they were to blame."

"Yes...and who was that individual?" Hiruzen asked, "he was an Uchiha, Yami confirmed that. But besides him and Sasuke, who would be too young at the time, I can only think of one other person."

"It was not Itachi," Yagura replied simply, "it was a man in an orange mask...he called himself Uchiha Madara."

"W-what?" Hiruzen's eyes widened, "a-are you certain?"

"As certain as I can be," the man nodded, "he was accompanied by a woman with blue hair and orange eyes and a man with orange hair and purple eyes, though I didn't get too close a look. But, they all wore the same robes, black with red clouds on it."

"Red clouds? That Akatsuki?" I blinked, "the group Itachi joined? So this Madara character and Itachi are related?"

"It could be,"Hiruzen smoked his pipe and sighed, "but until we can know for sure keep this information between us. We need more information, this person who is apparently strong enough to control a jinchuriki is someone of note."

"Great, just great," I sighed, "fine, I'll keep an eye out for a hundred year old walking corpse, a blue haired chick and some guy with orange hair."

"Good, now, let me introduce you to the rest of your team, Yagura, the mask," the Hokage ordered, Yagura quickly hide his face, "other than you Yami, the leader of this team, no one else is permitted to know Yagura's real identity, do you understand? You will refer to him only as Turtle, do you understand?"

I nodded, "yes sir."

"Good. Come in!"

The door opened as Anko and another woman, she wore the common jonin garb but had her hair braided and coming down till her lower back. Her hair was sandy blonde with black streaks running through it. Her eyes were bright green and while she didn't have Anko's curves, she did have wide hips and by the way her tights stretched out her thighs they were nothing to scoff at.

Garumo Holo, ANBU

Lv- 73

REP- 75

I blinked, "wait...Puma?"

"Hey kid," Guarumo waved, "long time huh? How have you been?"

I grinned, "I've been good Puma, and you."

"Can't complain, oh and while not in mask, call me Holo, that's my preferred name."

"Oh, cool," I smiled before noticing Anko, "hey Anko, nice to see another familiar face around, glad to have you on board."

"Ah, sure, but what exactly am I on board for?" Anko asked.

I blinked and turned Hiruzen, "you haven't' told them yet?"

"No, not yet," the man puffed his pipe, "Anko, Holo, the mission I have for you will be a difficult one...I understand if you do not wish to participate..."

After explaining the mission both Holo and Anko agreed without hesitation. Anko said that she needed to get even with her old master somehow, and since he was already dead, she could just burn down everything he built. Holo just agreed because it was her duty, plus she found the idea of helping victims of a monster that came from Konoha as karmic justice.

We got one week to prepare, and prepare I would.

I had the Rinnegan down, at least as far as I could go without having human test subjects. So now it was all a matter of leveling myself up and getting stronger. And the only way to do that was by grinding in some natural dungeons.

I arrived at the park, it was dark now, no one was around, so I could just sit down at a park bench and check my stats in peace. First thing I did was use the 15 points I saved up for my stats. Putting five in VIT, DEX and STR;

STR- 170 (+5)

VIT- 120

DEX- 120

I then opened up my perk list to see what new perks I managed to get, if any, and I was blow away;

Rinnegan ability: Amenotejikara- Grants the Rinnegan user the power of Amenotejikara. (Conditions to unlock- over 80 REP with Sasuke Uchiha) Cost- 100

Rinnegan ability: Kotonaru sekai-mon- Grants the Rinnegan user the power to form portals to travel to between worlds. (Conditions to unlock- over 90 REP with Sasuke Uchiha) Cost- 200

Holy shit! These were the two abilities Sasuke's own Rinnegan granted him! I'm so going to buy them!

And when I did, I immediately gained two new abilities;

Ping!

Amenotejikara, S rank

The user instantly shifts the location of themselves, others, and objects, within a certain range. This range can be increased if they swaps themselves with an object.

CP- 5,000

Limit- 50 feet (+50 if using an object)

So what? It's like a fancier version of the Flying Thunder God jutsu? Not bad, but not Earth shattering.

Ping!

Kotonaru sekai-mon, SS rank

Allows the user to open a portal between worlds.

CP cost- 500,000

Words known:

Naruto- Canon

Naruto- Yami Gamer

Random

Wait...canon? As in a world where this game wasn't going on? Where Yami never existed? Hm, should be interesting to visit, but the chakra price is way too steep, it's actually impossible. I would need to be fifty times stronger than I am now to use it properly...which is what I guess I'll have to be.

I closed the menus and walked up to the fire stone statue, touching the natural dungeon number nine, I suddenly found myself on the beach with the open sea before me, and a Blasterious of all things standing before me.

I grinned, "alright then, time to get to work," I took out my Gunbai and charged.

A week later:

It was midnight, tomorrow morning I would be leaving for the mission to Oto.

I spent almost all my time in the natural dungeons grinding,not just myself, but also my various pokemons. The six I originally caught and the ten others I caught, never know when I could use some extra help.

I managed to level up several times over;

Yami, Protector of Hono

Level- 62 (600/189,000)

HP- 20,000/20,000 (+20)

SP- 9,775/9,775

CP- 21,475/21,475

CONTROL- 100%

FIRE- 100% WIND- 100% LIGHTNING- 100% WATER- 100% EARTH- 100%

SCORCH- 100% SWIFT- 100% WOOD- 100% LAVA- 100% BOIL- 100% MAGNET- 100%

ICE- 100% STORM- 60%

POWER- 100% LIFE- 100%

Allegiance- Konoha

STR- 200 (+5)

VIT- 130

DEX- 145

INT- 120 (+2)

CHA- 340

CC- 250

LUC- 103 (+5)

Points- 0

Perk Points- 27

It took long hours, even days of grinding, b