Pov: Naruto
Phew... and with that the pce is now spotless, didn't think that Kenzo would be coming home today, thought he would be here tomorrow.
...
Speaking of Kenzo, he has been in the shower for forty minutes... should I check on him?
*Knock Knock*
...
*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*
"Kenzo!" I yell out to the bathroom and receive no response at all.
Damnit- I go to my ninja kit and pull out some lockpicks before going to the door, I pick the lock after a minute and enter to see Kenzo on the ground covered in blood... he has horrific scars all over his body and looks even more pale than before.
What...? How did he get those scars?
*Smack!*
I smack my own face and then focus on getting Kenzo out, I turn off the shower and put some clothes on him before pcing him on my back and jumping out our window, I speed on over to the hospital.
...
Haaa- I am going way too slow... be safe Kenzo, please be safe...
I make a shortcut through a few parks and jump up on top of a building before roof hopping my way across Konoha- why do we live so far away from the hospital?
...
*Sm*
I jump from a building and run across the dirt entering into the hospital- I immediately run up to the counter.
"Mam! Please my brother needs help!" I yell to her and she peeks over in panic... she lingers her gaze on me and then at Kenzo.
"What happened?" She asks and starts writing something down.
"He fainted in the shower and when I entered to check on him he was covered in blood from head to toe... he was also much more paler than before" I start to hear his bones snapping and cracking as I carry him.
*Snap!* *Pop!* *Crack!*
"Uhhh- that's new!" I try and hurry the dy up.
She finishes her note and then gestures for me to come with her, I follow her through the halls of the hospital and we eventually arrive in one of the hospital rooms.
"Pce him on the bed, I will be back in a moment" The dy then rushes out of the door and returns a minute ter with three different medical ninja.
"Loss of blood... do you have his blood type?"
"His chakra structure is subtly changing, we need to keep supplying him- we need him on an array!"
"No! We have to remove the tumours growing rapidly on his organs- he needs to be in surgery!"
The doctors all spout three different opinions at once and I watch as my brothers skin bubbles up and shifts across his body, his chest rises but doesn't fall, his teeth sharpen and nails turn into cws... his clothes tear as his body pulses into new shapes constantly.
"Get the kid out- and prep the array, he needs chakra above all else right now" The doctor orders the dy and she takes me away as I struggle against her and watch Kenzo be taken by the three ninja down the halls.
"Wait! Kenzo!" I shout out but the Lady pulls me back.
"Kenzo..." I mumble and stop resisting as two more medical ninja follow the group.
...
---
-One hour ter-
Pov: Danzo
I enter into the hospital and walk my way through the halls, I arrive in what is supposed to be a chamber for medical seals to heal immense injury.
What I see is a room drenched in blood, so much blood I cannot see past it, it dries and drips from the ceiling, it thickens in the middle and forms into what I am certain is a cocoon- multiple cracks and piercings in the wall and floor.
"Was anyone hurt?" I ask Hiruzen who is applying multiple seals with a few Anbu.
"A few, minor injuries and one major injury- not targeted attacks, more restraining Kenzo and getting hit with a tentacle or sudden swipe of the cws" Hiruzen tells me and I close my eyes in thought.
Tentacle? Cws? What monster is Kenzo becoming? Is this his secret? If so... what could one do with his power?
"Don't even think about it Danzo- Kenzo only went wild when they tried removing the tumours, applying seals to his body, giving him more blood and giving him more chakra" Hiruzen tells me and I frown.
He cannot apply seals to his body? Is that why he tried to leave? Saw my seal was attacking him and left suddenly? It expins the sudden leaving he did.
Hmm.... but that doesn't expin the wounds on my root- what exactly is he hiding from Konoha? It is starting to become a problem for even Hiruzen.
...
If Hiruzen cannot do what is necessary than I must, I need to pressure him not only on missions but also in Konoha.
...
A few rumours about Konoha's new monster should be capable of getting to him- especially easy when he is the brother of Konoha's 'demon child'.
I sit and watch as the pulsing bloody cocoon is encased in a steel box that is covered in seals.
---
Pov: Kenzo
Hmm?
I wake up and open my eyes, I fainted from the pain surging through me... I yawn and see that I am in the orange box.
Right... blessing scroll.
I get up and stretch myself before looking around and finding the scratched message on the wall.
'Keep your form- control your shifting'
Under the sentence is a mirror, I look into it and see that I have bright orange eyes and sharper teeth, cws and a much more feral appearance.
My skin squirms as it tries to break its form.
How do I control this? With chakra? Lightning Mana?
*Scratch* *Scrawl*
'Your blood... your life... higher the regeneration, the more you can change'
I focus on my system status and check it out.
------Titles:
Knowledge Taker: E-rank.
Root Initiate: D-rank.
Genin: C-rank
------
Skills:
Unyielding Stare: E×D×C×B×A×S×K×
Burst Breathing: E×D×C×B×A?S?K?
Word- Truth: E×D×C×B?A?S?K?
Eternal Walk: E×D×C×B×A?S?K?
Genjutsu Snap: E×D×C×B×A?S?K?
Lockpicking: E×D?C?B?A?S?K?
Juggling: E×D?C?B?A?S?K?
Ancient Hearing: E×D×C×B?A?S?K?
Dragons breath: E×D×C×B×A×S?K?
Lightning Wire: E×D×C×B?A?S?K?
_______
Blessings:
Shapeshifting: C?B?A?S?K?
_______
Statistics:
Genjutsu Affinity +6
Strength +2
Hearing +1
Lightning Mana +3
Natural Regeneration +1
------
Challenges:
Three Standard Genin.
Ten bandits.
------
(E) Knowledge Taker: Able to process any mental dilemmas within the orange box, infinite time to solve a simple mental quirk.
(D) Occupied: No one is capable of taking over Kenzo's body or mind.
(D) Root Initiate: Danzo has tested you and you have passed. People are less likely to notice you or your characteristics.
(C) Genin: completing fifty D-rank missions gives you a statistic scroll.
------
Natural Regeneration? So the more I add into that one... the more wild my shifting can be? Alright... I like it, just another hole to dump stat scrolls into.
It also has a higher minimum threshold, starting at C-rank rather than E it seems.
I take a breath and look into the mirror, now how does one control shapeshifting?
I can assume it is uses up my chakra to do something... my blood is soaked in nature chakra due to my lungs infusing the oxygen in it with lightning and the mana being nurtured in it.
So... lets try my mana.
...
---
-two days ter-
Pov: Kurenai
"Where is Kenzo? Why isn't he doing any of this training again?" Kanata groans out in annoyance.
"You haven't heard... my parents told me to watch out for Kenzo yesterday... apparently he is being restrained in the hospital" Katsuko grimaces and tells Kanata.
How did civilians get a hold on that information? That is something that shouldn't be released to the public no matter what.
"Kenzo is in the hospital... but he is just going through some surgery, don't believe any rumours" I tell Katsuko and Kanata makes a questioning 'hm?'
"But- everyone is saying that Kenzo is a monster in disguise..." Katsuko mumbles out.
"Monster? That guy?" Kanata asks in disbelief.
...
"Sensei?" Kanata asks me and I sigh.
I cant say that he is fine... I saw what happened to him and that room isn't what someone would call 'fine' in any manner.
"He will be back soon, for now- you need to keep training, spar again, ninjutsu is allowed" I gesture for the two to fight once more.
They sigh and get back to their starting positions.
...
*Ssh!*
Katsuko sshes forward with her katana and Kanata deflects with a kunai and ducks under her follow-up strike.
Kanata starts to weave hand signs as he dodges backwards and soon sends a bst of wind towards Katsuko who is sent flying backwards- *poof!* she vanishes and turns into a log before emerging from Kanata's side.
*Cng* *Swipe*
Sword and kunai csh as Kanata struggles to find time to create hand signs.
...
They aren't getting anywhere... they both ck motivation to keep training and stay doing the bare minimum.
Kanata just wants to earn money and will probably get a desk job as soon as he gets a chance at promotion... Katsuko is barely keeping it together as a ninja and might just remain a genin for the rest of her life, or get a non ninja reted job.
Haaa- they need something to make them motivated, they need a goal to strive for.
No matter how much I talk to Katsuko she always believes Neji Hyuga's words on her talent above my own, and Kanata has this insane obsession with money and music that I cant get a grasp on.
I would say Kenzo takes stuff off my pte if I didn't have to deal with his 'odd' behaviours that his report and recent events show me.
...
I wont put them in the mid year chunin exams if this is what they are like a couple months in, I will have to bet on the next ones at the end of the year if I want to have Hinata on my team.
I should not have taken over this team, especially when Hinata needs me to help her become a great ninja and have someone in her life that treats her as a person and not the next head of her cn.
...
---
Pov: Kenzo
So... its not natural chakra or normal chakra... its the yang energy inside of me, my physical energy that controls what I can do- and I have a lot more of that than either lightning mana and chakra as both of those are potent and powerful mixtures that don't use up all my actual yin and yang energy.
Its not the resources cking that brings my chakra down, its the factories making it that worsen my chakra amount.
Now my yang chakra can morph my body to do multiple new things- what I am trying to do is contain that yang chakra so it doesn't attempt to branch out and twist my body into different shapes and change my appearance.
I have focused on one limb at a time starting with my head and slowly going downwards... and finally I have reached the legs that twist and warp in bone like spikes.
I cant shift my flesh into metal or anything else, but I can make my skin be bone or morph my fingers into bone cws which is nice... maybe I can learn to use different materials ter on.
The reason why more regeneration means bigger and better shifting is because a higher regeneration amount can produce more yang chakra for me to use up and make my body shift with.
...
For now though I should just try to wrap up my control of raw yang energy.
-One day ter-
...
Done? I check every part of me in the mirror and I confirm that I can control my yang energy... alright that was easier than I thought it would be.
*Scratch* *Scrawl*
'Inducing immense pain and discomfort- please hold yourself together in order for it to stop'
...
What?
---
Pov: Hiruzen Sarutobi
"AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
"What's happening!? Why is he screaming!?" I ask the Anbu on guard as I approach the sealed box we pced him in.
"We don't know- our array will be capable of scanning his injuries in a moments time" A medical ninja assures me it will be solved and goes back to work.
I listen to the muffled screams as they emit from the steel box around Kenzo's new blood cocoon.
Maybe Danzo is right, we cannot treat Kenzo like a normal civilian, perhaps it is better if he tells us these things before they happen.
I take a deep breath and think about all my options.
If he returns to normal I will have him promoted to Chunin as fast as possible, I need him to take a job somewhere easily monitored and safe to ensure he doesn't injure anybody.
...
But the report on his teammates suggest they are not capable at all... in fact I know the team isn't ready for the next exam even if they cram C-rank and B-rank missions for the few months they have before the next one.
They are barely a team and Kenzo is far too secretive, I need to have him tied to Konoha so we can help him with his problems.
Unfortunately Kenzo doesn't trust Konoha- he said so himself, he admitted to hiding this thing that's happening to him and his kekkai genkai is getting out of control, but the more control I try to put over him the less I have.
A very troublesome scenario indeed.
"No good, the body is doing it to itself- sending constant signals without warning to the brain" the medical ninja tells me.
...
Kurenai.
Lets see if Kurenai can make them into fine ninja under a limited amount of time, if not I will have to resort to some of Danzo's schemes... every time I have a good reason to strip Danzo of power... every time he somehow worms out of it and is in the right somehow.
I will give a warning to Kenzo.
But that is all I can do to prepare him.
...
*Silence*
The screams stop and the box starts to wiggle slightly.
...
"(Muffled) hello...?" Kenzo speaks from the box and I lower my gaze before ordering my Anbu to unseal the box.
*Creak*
The lid to the box is shifted off as a blood covered Kenzo crawls off and leaps from the box.
"Where am I? What happened?" Kenzo asks and looks around at his own destruction.
"Your kekkai genkai. It evolved once more, is it the eyes again? Your chakra network? Muscles?" I ask him in a serious tone.
"Gramps-" He starts to speak but I cut him off.
"No- I am the Hokage and this isn't a game Kenzo, four people have been injured in your test change. I want an expnation for what is happening to you- now" I command him and frown.
"... Lord Hokage... my yang chakra went out of control when I was showering, I tried my best to contain it but it kept pushing an pushing against myself... I didn't mean to harm anyone" He says a tone more respectful.
"Kenzo- don't lie to me, is that everything you know of the situation" I ask.
"Yes-" he begins to say and I cut him off again.
"Kenzo! I asked you not to lie" I warn him one st time.
...
"Lord Hokage, why do you think I could ever trust you? You let both your student and friend torture me- one of which still operates in Konoha. I keep my secrets for my own safety, sure it doesn't do much when you want to get violent... but will you ever? Why would you? I told you everything that could help you keep others safe and I am absolutely certain that you need not a drop more information from me" Kenzo responds a tone deeper and more quick, he is getting angry and hasty.
Annoyed.
"Did you wish to have your forehead protector taken away? You are not in the right here Kenzo, I am the Hokage before anything else and you have far too many mysteries surrounding you to be allowed the things I have allowed" I ask him sincerely.
He fidgets with his hands and looks around at all the ninja here... seems Danzo has arrived as well.
"If I tell the truth than you would call me insane- I keep my secrets for my safety, please understand that" Kenzo pleads with me.
It seems all those little problems have piled up into an impasse, I cannot risk others safety and he cannot risk his own.
What will he decide?
"I wish to speak with you alone" Kenzo says and I nod my head.
"Then I am sure everyone can leave" I turn to the ninja and silently tell Danzo to keep his mouth closed and leave silently.
...
*Sm*
The door closes shut and I ensure no one is listening before I turn to Kenzo.
"Speak. Now" I insist.
"Where should I start then... I have the ability to train certain skills within another dimension" Kenzo starts off and I furrow my brows.
"Expin"
"Every now and then I get a sudden feeling of power or surge of possibility... I then tap into that power and find an orange box- in that orange box time outside moves extremely slowly... I spend years upon years in the box honing very specific skills such as staring- I don't know why but sometimes my body gets an upgrade from learning something... the potential energy I tap into always changes me- making me more suited for genjutsu, or even making me stronger- I do have to train for that power however, just in another dimension separate from this one..." I listen to his expnation with my eyes closed.
His meditating, that's where he is going- his kekkai genkai wasn't extreme evolution, it was training for so long that his body follows through and adapts to what he spends years training.
"How old are you now?" I ask.
"...I don't know, I have spent unfathomable amounts of time in that box, but every time except for one instance when I leave I still feel 'fresh' like I never left this world" Kenzo says.
So he is both ages old and young at the same time, expins his immense maturity, and a few other quirks he has.
"You know nothing about this box? That power in you?" I ask and study him to see if he lies.
"No- well, I know it gives me stuff... but I don't know much about it" He replies honestly.
"Why do you think revealing that information would have you killed or worse?" I ask.
"Training in another dimension until my body follows...? I am sure that your friend and student would love to push that to its limits... I go through enough pain in that box on its own- I don't need extra training on top of it" He responds with a frown.
That's all I need to know... I wont push further, for now that is. In due time I will get my answers, but pushing for more now will not favour me in any scenario.
"Next time you feel that sudden potential? Don't do it without going to me first understood? I don't want you having another giant reaction... speaking of, what training did you do for this to happen" I gesture to all the blood.
Its a miracle he isn't dead, only reason he is alive is because of that box I bet.
"I... wanted to change my form, so I trained to manipute my raw yang energy and make my body change... I didn't expect this at all" He replies.
...
"I will have this cleaned up- go wake up Naruto, he is sleeping in the lobby" I command and sigh.
He nods his head before walking away and I follow after him to stop Danzo from doing anything drastic outside.
The first set of answers I have gotten from him... I need to monitor him more, keep a very close eye on Kenzo.
Thanks for reading :)
