"So what are we doing again?" Naruto asked. It had now been 3 weeks since I had entered the world of the superkillers. Currently, I was taking Naruto to a place I had been putting off for the past few weeks. Today was the day I was going to stop being lazy
"Just wait and see naruto. I promise that this won't be a waste of time" I told my friend. Now I had to not tell Naruto where I was taking him otherwise he would probably run away. Didn't want that to happen again.
"The last time you said that you tried to get rid of the orange," Naruto said, squinting his eyes at me. "Are you trying to get rid of the orange again?" Naruto asked. I had long since given up that venture. It was like getting a cat out of its favorite box.
"Nope. I've long since given that up! We are going to the-" I was cut off by the blond.
"THE LIBRARY... Oh, hell no kukui you're not taking me there" Naruto said as soon as the building came into sight. I grabbed onto the collar of the blond's jacket before he could run away. I had long since learned my lesson. A very time-consuming lesson
"Naruto I know you hate this place deeply but we are here for a reason. We need to learn something new or get an idea of what we want to learn later" I told the blond. Truth be told I was here to look for ways to increase my stats easier and to look for a book on medical jutsu. Or the very start of it as I elected to learn it after much debate. It would be a useful thing to learn and I could use it to heal myself and I could train without worrying about stopping. My stats would increase a lot. Speaking of stats.
'Stats' I called mentally.
Kukui tanku
Title: Academy student
Energy points 150/150
chakra points 50/50
Strength: 4
Dexterity: 6
Constitution: 10
Chakra: 5
Chakra control. C]
I wasn't proud of my unbalanced stats but I would be able to keep up with Kiba and Naruto soon. I didn't know about Sasuke yet. as he was far ahead of even kiba but one day I'd beat the speed demon. My strength of four just sucked. It just sucked to level that up. Dexterity wasn't my best stat but it would be useful later on. Constitution was something I was proud of as it was in the double digits. I also finally got my energy points to go up!
Chakra was five which was half of my highest stat. Constitution. That seemed to be how my chakra was calculated. Then nothing else changed. Well, nothing else besides chakra control could be changed at the moment. I couldn't level that up yet sadly.
"But it's the library. Why can't we go do something fun like pranking the old man or sensei?" Naruto asked. Ah yes, the Hokage. I had yet to meet Hiruzen and I dreaded the day I inevitably would. I wanted to get onto his good side and remain there. Although the idea of pranking the leader of an entire village sounded nice. I had been pranking people with Naruto for a while now. The stealth skill that I got went up like crazy.
"We can do that some other time. For now, we need to find something to learn" I told the blond as I began dragging him into the library with me.
"HELP I'M BEING TAKEN HOSTAGE TO THE LIBRARY" Naruto shouted hoping someone would help. Alas nobody would arrive to help the blond as I dragged him into the building. He put up a good fight though. I quickly got library cards for both me and naruto. The librarian was shooting a nasty glare at naruto. She couldn't do anything thankfully as I was there. 'Note to self. Paint entire librarians neon vomit green and neon orange later' I thought.
Stealth: Level 7(active)
Increases stealth in accordance to the people around you
Cost: 7 energy points)
It was one of my favorite skills
I released naruto. "Go find something you are interested in. If you leave here I will triple your training" I told the blond who recoiled. My training was very strenuous. Three times that would make even naruto drop dead tired. He looked at me and tried to give me puppy dog eyes.
"It's no use naruto. Accept your fate and read a book" I said smirking. This wasn't my revenge for the push-ups. I hadn't thought of anything yet but I would one day.
"Fine. I will get ya back soon though. Mark my words" Naruto whined. He really hated reading, didn't he? If he read a book he might actually get smarter. I still needed to trick him into studying. I wanted him to be better than canon and I'd be damned if he was still an idiot by graduation.
I grinned. "You can try but it won't be easy," I said before walking away. I went straight into the academy area. There were sections for everything. 'Let's see' I looked for the iyrojutsu section. There were books on how to get started. I sighed it would be a lot of work sadly but I needed to do it.
Grabbing one of each beginner's book I then walked up to another section. I grabbed every book on history I could find. I then went to a desk and sat down with every book I had. Thirteen of them. I elected to begin iryojutsu instead of history. I would be learning some of it in class anyways so this took priority
It would take a while to get through each book but I had time.
I was finally done with the first book. It had taken me five hours but I was finished. I learned about the human body, poisons, and first aid. I now needed to find naruto. Actually, where was the blond? "I sincerely hope you didn't leave Naruto," I muttered to myself. I got up and quickly picked up all my books, quickly putting the first one back. They were all heavy but I could do it.
Strength went up a level
'Hey, that's nice!' I thought looking at the screen.
Now I had to go find Naruto. Either here or at ichiraku ramen. One of the two. If I found him at the latter though he would be enjoying a nice workout later. Although if he did listen I wonder what he picked out? I quickly elected to put back my history books. I put back 7 of my 12 books. Yes, seven history books. Five is much more manageable to me.
I began walking toward the ninjutsu section. I had a feeling that's where naruto would be. He really loved cool ninjutsu too much. I looked up from my books and saw ino... great.
"Hey kukui what are you doing here? I didn't take you for the type to read well anything" Ino asked. It didn't sound like she was mocking me or anything.
"Im reading up on iryojutsu, I was actually about to go find naruto and see what he picked out" I replied. I had nothing against ino but I didn't want to talk to her for a while. But my luck really just sucks doesn't it?
"You got Naruto to come here? How did you do it anyway?" Ino asked, surprised. I might be stuck for a while
"Trickery and threatening him. It works like a charm for a lot of things really" I smiled. Last time someone tried to scam Naruto I may or may not have threatened them. I made sure to run for the hills. It was hard to keep my face concealed though. Maybe I should get a mask?
"Again I didn't take you of all people for the type to do that" Ino said. "What happened anyways?" She added on last second.
"Head injuries really change people," I said cryptically. I then began walking again.
"Hey, where are you going!" Ino almost shouted as I started walking away. I looked back and smiled
"Need to find the idiot before he gets into trouble. Sorry but we can talk later" I said waving goodbye. I hummed happily as I walked
"Your hiding something aren't you?" I heard ino mutter. "Wait I'm not done talking yet you can't walk away from me," The platinum blond said. Troublesome blond.
Elsewhere a certain nara sneezed "troublesome" he said lazily before drifting back to sleep
"Fine but please don't argue with Naruto once we find him," I said. I didn't want to hear the two argue about naruto's orange again. The number of times I've seen it in class wasn't even funny anymore.
"Okay but that jacket will always remain ugly. I don't get how you can look at it every day" Ino shivered remembering the thing. It was as bad as fanfiction made it out to be. Neon orange wasn't a pleasant color to look at. At all.
"Patience is key" I had to be patient enough to let my eyes stop hating me for looking at it. We made it halfway through the ninjutsu section. I saw Naruto's jacket. Bingo.
"Patience? You must be the most patient person in the world besides sasuke-kun then" Ino said, sounding happier at the mention of the uchiha's name.
"And there it is. I was wondering when you were going to mention sasuke" I said. I felt bad for sasuke and the fangirls he had. Sasuke didn't deserve to be bothered and the fangirls ranged from needing help to needing professional help
"Hey, Sasuke-kun is the best. Of course, I'm going to mention him" Ino argued. Again I felt bad. I should help them both at some point. Maybe I could start now
"You know if you keep bothering him he won't ever like you," I said bluntly. Ino looked confused for a second
"What do you mean?" Ino asked skeptically. I sighed and looked at her. She really didn't get it didn't she?
"If you keep bothering sasuke he will never reciprocate your feelings. How would you feel if over a dozen people try to ruin their careers to make you interested in them?" I asked the blond. I learned in the book that dieting will fuck over a shinobi's body to the extreme
"Oh... I still need to make myself look good for when he likes me back then" Ino said, determined to make sasuke like her.
"If I could slap you I would' I muttered before speaking up "Sasuke wouldn't care about you if you tried to make yourself weaker aka not training seriously because of him. He would want someone strong to marry. I read in one of these books how much dieting could screw you over" I explained. I had no idea if anything I said would break through but it was worth a shot.
"Well what should I do then?" Ino asked. It seriously was that easy... well then that's good to know
"For one-stop dieting. Before you complain about how you'd get fat I can assure you you won't. Shinobi train every day to be the best they can be so we have to eat a lot to sustain our bodies" I really liked how smart I sounded at the moment. Ino nodded and hummed. "Also you can take an extracurricular thing to learn like I am now" I finished as we reached naruto.
"I understand. I heard you and naruto were training after school. Could I join you?" ino asked fire clear in her voice
'Manipulation may be a little too easy' I handed her the book I finished reading. "Sure, I'm sure Naruto won't mind too much. Read that to learn what you have been doing to your body and begin a proper diet. Try not to argue with Naruto too much and we will be good.
"Alright. But if naruto bothers me about my love for Sasuke I'm not taking that laying down"
"Fair enough," I replied.
"Naruto did you find anything yet?" I asked Naruto looked at me and ino with bloodshot eyes and a smile.
"Hey ino, kukui! Kukui I found something amazing!" Naruto showed me a book on traps and how to use ninjutsu for traps. I smiled. Of course, Naruto would find something like this. "Wait why is ino here?" He asked after a second.
Before I could speak up ino began to talk. "I want to join you and kukui and train with you guys," Ino said to her fellow blond who just smiled and nodded.
" Okay! Well c'mon let's get going then I want to test out some of these new traps against you guys" Naruto said excitedly. Ino looked surprised
"Yep, that simple. Just don't be an asshole and he won't care at all" I answered the unasked question before we both realized something.
"Wait testing those on us!"
A week later
"Alright, today is the day," I said. Today was the day I would pass Kiba.
My stats were okay enough to at least tie with Hinata without running. Top 5 was what I was aiming for today but top 3 was the goal. Naruto finally passed kiba so before I could beat Naruto I needed to beat Kiba. Then I needed to make sure I was strong enough to not get Fodderized by kiba
'Stats'
Kukui tanku
Title: Academy student
Energy points 150/150
chakra points 50/50
Strength: 6
Dexterity: 7
Constitution: 11
Chakra: 5
Chakra control. C]
Physical conditioning had been doing its job nicely so my strength has been increasing. Constitution has only gone up by one but I had my ace. Running.
Running level 8(Active)
When activated this skill increases running speed by 50%
Cost: 8 energy points per second)
My running was a good enough level and I could use running for roughly 18 seconds total. But Kiba had been improving as well. I couldn't underestimate him. I needed to time everything right and make sure I was safely in front of kiba before I could deactivate running. The timing was key.
"Ready to lose, loser" Kiba mocked. I smirked
"You took the words out of my mouth asshole," I told the mutt. Today was the day I would embarrass him. I just had to believe in myself and kill my legs and I would be hearing kiba bitch about how I passed him in no time at all
"Haha good one. Try not to eat too much of my dust. You might choke" Kiba said with a laugh and a cocky smile. Oh, how I wanted to wipe the floor with that. One day I would though. One day.
"Will you two troublesome idiots please shut up?" Shikamaru asked from beside kiba. He sounded annoyed. "You two have been arguing for a month. Just stop" The lazy boy finished
"Not until Kukui admits I'm better than him," Kiba said, pointing his thumb at his chest. He sounded annoyed as well. Good, I'd capitalize off of that. His superiority complex would help me greatly in that department.
"Never. I'm not feeding your superiority complex and your massive ego. Today is the day I will show you who's the better of us two" I told the mutt. He turned red with anger.
"I don't have a superiority complex!" Kiba shouted in protest.
"Sure you don't," I said sarcastically.
"Alright enough, banter everyone. Go to the starting line and wait for me" Iruka said.
Kiba smirked. "Well it looks like you still have some time left before you lose. Savor it" Kiba advised. I smiled. I would for sure kick his smug ass in the lap today. I was nervous about when the laps would increase though. Then I'd have more trouble. I'd need to really focus on my training more then.
"You really are a fool aren't you," I asked rhetorically.
"We'll see soon"
Iruka arrived. "Alright everyone its time to start in three, two, one, GO," Iruka said after arriving
Kiba smirked and ran past me in an instant. I expected that as his constitution must be at least 15. I ran past the other civilian kids in a few seconds. Sakura shook her hand out at me as I went past her. I then strained my legs some more. I waved at Ino, Chouji, and Shikamaru as I passed them all, not in that order. Chouji waved back, Shikamaru didn't and Ino just smiled. She had been working hard to try and get Sasuke's attention. She even stopped fawning over him all the time. Although sakura rejoiced at Ino "giving up"
I then tried to pass Hinata. We were tied. 'Alright 18 seconds and that's all' I thought, activating running. I sped past Hinata in a mere second. This didn't shock the girl though as I had done it before. I then proceeded to get past Shino after roughly 5 more seconds. '12 left to go' I thought. I began running even faster. Pushing my legs to the limit. Pain consumed my legs quickly. I was used to the pain though through many hours of this very feeling during training
I sped towards kiba with gusto. Victory was in sight. 10, 9, 8, I was getting closer to the mutt, 7, 6, 5, I reached my arm out. I could almost touch his jacket, 4, 3, 2 I was right behind Kiba, 1, 0. I began to slow down and shino eventually passed me
I wanted to at least get top 5 today. I had to. I pushed my legs to their absolute limits. Hinata was right behind me. I wouldn't let her past me. I saw the finish line. I passed it. I fell down immediately after passing the finish line. I had a smile plastered on my face. A giant one. Even though I hadn't beaten kiba yet, I still beat Hinata. "I finally fucking did it" I gasped out after regaining the air in my lungs
Naruto and Ino came up to me. Naruto had a smile on his face too. "Kukui you did it! You beat Hinata!" Naruto exclaimed in joy. He was happy that I finally reached the top five.
Ino had more worry on her face. "For someone who preaches about health and safety when training you sure push yourself too much. Are your legs feeling fine?" Ino asked. After reading the book she became obsessed with learning more about poisons, the body, and iyrojutsu. She had finished every book already and was starting on the intermediate ones.
I heard a ping
Quest completed
Finish top five in the laps
Rewards: +2 to constitution +2 to running
Skill maxed: running
New skill unlocked Sprinting(Active)
Increases speed by 50%, Jumping by 25%, attack speed by 10%
Cost: 30 energy points per second)
I grinned like an idiot. This saved so much time whilst grinding. Running maxed out at only level 10 though sadly. And sprinting. I smiled looking at that. It looked so overpowered the cost sucked though. I had five seconds of use and then I was out of energy. Also, I now knew I had quests. good to know but sadly I couldn't see them. Still, this opened up so much for me. Anything could be a quest. Anything could be a reward. I wonder what I could even get. "Thanks for asking. I feel great. My legs are killing me at the moment" I said and naruto hoisted my arm over his shoulder. "Thanks, Naruto," I said tiredly. Ino's worried expression went away. I looked over to see kiba laughing and pointing at me with some of his friends
"No problem! Let's make sure you're fine for shuriken jutsu practice. You'll beat Kiba in that for sure!" Naruto said. I smiled.
"Yeah you better. After all of the work you put into here today you have to at least tie with kiba in shurikenjutsu," Ino said as we reached the spot we claimed as our own in the outside area. It was hilarious seeing the faces of people when ino joined us last week. I would never forget their faces
"I damn will. I can't let that mutt keep calling me a loser" I said with determination. At first, it wasn't a goal to beat kiba but as time went on and he kept being an asshole I elected to fodderize him one day. That day would be soon but not today.
"You will kukui. That mutt won't know what hit him when you beat his ass in shurikenjutsu" Naruto said
"And you two are going to make him look bad too" I grinned and my friends smiled. Life was good.
Shurikenjutsu level 5
Increases the accuracy of shuriken/kunai thrown at stationary targets by 50%
Whilst it wasn't perfect I still had a guaranteed 10 hits unlike everyone else.
"Right!" They both said at once. Over the week me and naruto had become good friends with ino. Particularly over our shared love of gardening. Who knew?
"Alright everyone, now that you are all rested we can move on to shurikenjutsu," Iruka said. He then began calling up names. Everyone had remained the same pretty much other than ino improving and getting 15/20. Now it was the mutts turn
As kiba walked up to the targets he grinned like he did the first day. "Watch me, everyone. ten out of ten guaranteed" Kiba boasted in a way that said I'm better than all of you. He also looked at me and his grin turned into a smirk.
12 thunks were heard. Kiba's face was the exact same one as the one I saw on the first day. He had the exact same score
"10 out of 10 you said" I mocked.
"Shut up kukui. You still can't do better than me, loser" Kiba retorted.
"Good luck kukui," I heard Naruto say from behind me. I sent a thumbs-up his way. I just wanted a win today and I was getting it. I walked up to the targets and saw Kiba glare at me. I smiled and waved back. I grabbed my kunai and shuriken. 3. 2. 1. I counted down as I threw my kunai and shuriken 13 thunks were heard. I smiled. 1 better than Kiba was still better. I smiled at Kiba and waved in a really over-the-top manner and I saw him fume as I made my way back to my friends
"Alright! You did it!" Naruto said, grabbing me with one arm as I went back to him and ino.
"Damn right I did" I smiled I hadn't been hugged in years
"Well now you still need to catch up to me" Ino smiled as well but it turned into a smirk
"Don't worry I will," I said. "Now let's watch the others" I finished breaking away from naruto
We watched as some people failed to get a single hit, Sasuke getting 10 out of 10 and everyone else ranging from average to above average and naruto scored 14 out of 20. All in all, this was a good day.
So then we finished up physical conditioning quickly. Iruka had an announcement.
"Alright, class. Now that we have finished the exercises for the day I have an important announcement before everyone leaves. Next week sparring between students starts and starting tomorrow you will all be learning the basic leaf academy style to prepare. You are all free to go now" Iruka said." I saw Kiba smirk cockily at me and Naruto.
I'm screwed