Chapter 3
I stood up from my spot on the couch and began to walk to the desk after having explained to Zetsu the full extent of our situation. Rummaging through the mess of an organization system I had I found two leather cuffs each of them having sealing formulas on them, along with two fingerless gloves with sealing formulas on them, as well as a leather belt adorned with five spots for sealing.
Though these can’t hold much they should be enough to hold my essential gear. Its practically death for me to be walking around without an equalizer against super powers. First, I load up the belt with the kamui style shuriken which littered my work bench. Next, I went to my shelves and pulled out three sealing scrolls each labeled in English with what they held; “fan”, “executioners’ blade”, and “fūma shuriken”.
Placing the scrolls on the table I began unsealing them starting with the sword I had battled Zabuza for, and honestly, I was annoyed when I realized that I could barely keep the handle up let alone hold the blade for a fight. So, with an aggravated sigh I resealed the blade and moved onto the gunbai fan. Which I was pleased when I discovered that I could still hold and swing around, quickly I sealed it into my left glove as I put it on.
Unsealing several windmill looking fūma shuriken I was once again happy to discover that I could comfortably hold them, though I’d have to use some chakra if I meant for them to pack any real punch in a figth. picking two of them I sealed one into my left cuff and one into my right cuff. Finally, I was left to decide what I would put into my right glove and I laugh at how perfect it is that I chose the kamui style sword.
“what’s so funny?” white Zetsu asked from the couch—okay it looks really weird to see him and black Zetsu lounging on my couch. “Oh, its nothing really just all the little things piling up. I mean I’m in a new world, I’ve got my family back, and I have no clue what’s going on.” I said letting out a content sigh.
Even if I have no clue about the history or future of this world, I’m oddly comforted by the fact that it makes me just like all the other highschoolers I’ve met today. “I still don’t see how that’s funny. Sounds to me like it’s more of an irony thing than a funny thing” white Zetsu said as the fusion being on my couch decided to get up. Okay admittedly he may have a point about it only being funny to me because of irony but I will go down swinging on this one. “that’s not what irony is.” Black Zetsu said annoyed.
“Well then what is it?” white Zetsu questioned “okay you two as much as I would love to watch a live performance of the thing splitting a head I have to get to lunch, and ya’ll have to get to a mission I have for you.” I said as I began to pack up the rest of my stuff that I didn’t seal and that I would need for school. “Ooh a new mission?! What’ll it be?” white Zetsu asked with a not insignificant amount of glee at being chosen for a mission.
“Well as I’ve made it apparently clear that I have no clue what the deal is when it comes to this new world, I need the two of you to start gathering intel on everyone within the city. I doubt that I’d come back and end up in a place where nothing happens especially considering my track record.” I said as I put my hand on the plant man’s shoulder. “But there are two people who I’d specifically like you to keep an eye on, I don’t have their names but I’ll show you what they look like.” Activating my sharingan I projected the image of the leader of the bullies as well as the girl who was a part of the group who tried to rob me.
“I understand. Is there any particular reason you want us to keep tabs on these two?” Black Zetsu asked as he readied himself to exit the kamui dimension. “Well, my instincts were screaming at me to kill them both so I’d say that’s a good enough reason.” I said activating my mangekyō. Suddenly I felt a sucking force surround my right eye, and just as soon as it appeared it vanished just as we did into the boys’ restroom.
“You have your mission now scram.” I said to Zetsu as he melted into the floor disappearing from sight.
Well that at least solves the problem that I have with the lack of information…I mean eventually it will…if Zetsu doesn’t somehow get himself into trouble…shit. Well with that disturbingly luke warm outlook on my state of affairs I should go get lunch, hey maybe in this universe school lunch will taste good. Exiting the restroom, I came too an entirely new information related problem I have no clue where the cafeteria is, and I kind of don’t want to waste even more of my lunch time looking for it. Hmm maybe I can get the location from someone’s memories, especially since I now know that the sharingan won’t just randomly kill me from chakra drain.
Meh I know I’m thoroughly in the morally grey but maybe diving into someone’s memories just to find the cafeteria is a step to far…maybe. Oh, look stairs…wait does that mean that the cafeteria could be on one of the different levels? Diving into someone’s memories is looking pretty good right about now.
Oh, hey look a falling person.
A FALLING PERSON!
I quickly outstretch my arms as I collide with the velocity challenged student as we both tumble to the ground.
Carefully I sit up making sure I didn’t break anything luckily, I didn’t, and with myself settled I looked to the victim of the stairs only to find my new friend Taylor. Giving her a once over with my eyes I’m not satisfied so I activate my sharingan to see if I can spot any subtle tells that a bone is broken or out of place. Satisfied that she is in mostly good condition save for a cut and pulled seam in her sweater I deactivate my sharingan.
“Hey Taylor you all-right? You didn’t just go humpty dumpty on me, did you?” I ask jokingly as I lifted the dazed girl to her feet. “You know not that I don’t mind helping damsels in distress but it wouldn’t hurt if we got you to the nurses office.” She nodded her head as we began walking towards the front of the school, and man do I hope that were following her because I have no idea where I’m going.
“Thanks. For you know.” She said as we came to a stop at the front. “Yeah, well unless I missed an E-blast people don’t just you know fall down stairs.” Okay that sounded a lot better and less stupid in my head.
“it’s nothing.” She said as she avoided making eye contact with me—okay used to opponents doing that, not so much teen girls. “Hey I was thinking, I’m new in town, and you know you’re not. so maybe you can show me around the local mall?” I asked trying to get a look at her only for her head to turn in the other direction. “Okay I’m no expert in teen girl problems so I’m going to go out on a limb here and say one of those girls said something stupid and you’re taking it to heart. So, if you decide that you’re not going to listen to them I’ll be waiting for you at whatever the local mall is after school. I’ll probably be in the food court because I’ve almost certainly missed lunch.” I said doing my best to be reassuring—I’m pretty sure I failed.
“Look just think about it?” I said as I walked away. Those girls probably said something to her about…okay I don’t know what but she’s internalizing it, and speaking from personal experience that’s not good for the self-esteem in any sense of the word.
“pssst”
Huh. I looked around to find were that was coming from finding nothing but the empty hallway I was walking through.
“psssssst!”
I activated my sharingan looking through the hallway more-
“Oh, for Kaguya’s sake up hear”
I turned my head up to be greeted by the site of Zetsu’s head sticking out of the ceiling.
“What the hell are you doing?!” I whisper shouted at the duo “I thought the stay out of sight part of your mission was kind of obvious!”
“Oh, you shouldn’t be so worried civilians hardly look up.” White Zetsu said “and apparently you don’t look up either.” black Zetsu said and I can’t be sure but I swear he’s smirking. “yeah the difference with me is that I was known as Obito the untouchable for a reason. Now why the hell are you here?” I asked annoyedly and quite frankly remembering why I had forgotten those two inside of kamui.
“Well, that’s why we’re here because we figured out why you wanted to kill that girl.” White Zetsu said with a pleased smile on his face. He knows he has my attention because it’s one thing to see an enemy shinobi as a threat it’s an entirely different thing to see civilian teens as the enemy, though I thought it would take at least a chapter or something for him to figure it out. “Okay so what exactly is the deal with her?” I asked hoping that it was something I could deal with.
“She essentially has a kind of chakra flowing through her.” Black Zetsu said.
Chakra? Chakra is what’s been setting off my instincts?
“Well not exactly” white Zetsu said “wait I said that out loud? doesn’t matter what do you mean not exactly?” I asked. “We would be wrong to call what is in her system chakra, but it is the most basic terms the opposite of chakra.” Black Zetsu said as the two of them began to emerge from the ceiling. “Wait what do you mean by the opposite of chakra? Like matter and anti-matter?” I asked starting to get worried that things could get messy. “No no its like if chakra was a radio wave than what she has is a different frequency. I told you it was going to be hard to explain.” White Zetsu amended.
“Well then which is it? Chakra on a different frequency or anti chakra?” I asked because what happens if I touch her do we explode or does she look at me weird? “Look can we save this till after school, and after I’m done at the mall? Hopefully by then you can manage to explain it to me in a way that doesn’t make me think ill blow up if I brush up against her in the halls. Now get out of here before someone sees you and loses their shit about the biracial plant man in the hall.” I say as I start walking off to the cafeteria again.
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Shit I never found out where the cafeteria is.
Oh look a student whose memories I can look through to find the cafeteria.