Illumination – A Naruto Fantasy

WHACK!!!

"Argh!" (Sekiei)

"Sekiei-sama!" (Mikage & Hiroshi)

Sekiei was kicked right into his allies as they all tumbled to the ground

"Ugh. Bastard!" (Hiroshi)

"My parents were married when they had me thank you very much" (Rei)

{In this life, and my last one for that matter} (Rei)

"Why?" (Suzu)

"Why what?" (Rei)

"Why are you helping me?" (Suzu)

"..." (Rei)

"It serves no advantage for you..." (Suzu)

"Suzu. Are you hearing impaired?" (Rei)

"Wha?!" (Suzu)

"I just told you that I'm NOT helping you. You think I don't know what benefits me and what doesn't? Me owning these idiots is simply to ensure my partner doesn't do something stupid and cause me to fail this test. He easily offended you see" (Rei)

{Your partner?} (Suzu)

"And it'd be going a lot smoother with some help. So! With that in mind..." (Rei)

"?" (Suzu)

"How about you get off your ass and start showing some appreciation for my timely rescue. You've got your own reasons for passing this exam right?" (Rei)

"...Yes" (Suzu)

"Then should you really be sitting here?" (Rei)

"No..." (Suzu)

"It's none of my business and I don't really care why the words of these guys can bother you {And Tai for that matter}, but I didn't think you were the type to give a shit about the opinions of idiots" (Rei)

WHOOSH! Rei dashed at the trio intent on attacking them again. Suzu stood back up

"...Humph. Like I need any help to deal with the likes of them!" (Suzu)

 

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"Ooof!" (Mikage)

"Ugh! Damn it! Stay still!" (Sekiei)

"Ngh! 'Kato-! Gough!!!" (Hiroshi)

"Sorry, but I've already seen how destructive your combo attacks can be. I don't have the patience to deal with them today" (Rei)

Thanks to training with Mabui, Rei's Taijutsu was better than any other student in the school. He preferred close-range combat

Plus, Sekiei and his team mainly focused on more mid-to-long range attacks and combinations. With Rei's speed, they were at a clear disadvantage after he closed the distance between them

Charging at them once more, Sekiei was overcome with rage. Having enough, he decided to use what remained of his chakra!

"I'M ENDING THIS NOW!!!" (Sekiei)

"Here he comes again!" (Hiroshi)

"We can't deal with his speed!" (Mikage)

"We don't have to! 'Doton: Doryūha'!¹Earth Style: Earth Flow Wave" (Sekiei)

"Hm?!" (Rei)

The terrain around them began to shift violently

"Sekiei-sama?! That jutsu will use up all of your chakra!" (Mikage)

"Doesn't matter! We're at a disadvantage!" (Hiroshi)

"Right! As long as we bring him down, taking the zone from Suzu should be easy!" (Sekiei)

As they became desperate, Rei pondered

{A jutsu that shifts the ground and gives you limited control of the terrain. Tricky, I can't move very well...} (Rei)

"So you DO have a brain after all" (Rei)

"Yeah that's right! Keep talking while I skewer you! 'Retsudo Tenshin'!²Violent Heavenly Earth Needle" (Sekiei)

Controlling the altered terrain, Sekiei formed a large stone needle 

{Well I've certainly earned his ire...not that getting under his skin is difficult. Hm, Is that?} (Rei)

"It's over for you!" (Sekiei)

"...Hmmm. No, not really..." (Rei)

"Have you gone stupid? We already knew you were a close-range fighter!" (Hiroshi)

"With the ground under his control, don't think you'll be able move like you did before. And with us backing Sekiei-sama up..." (Mikage)

"You don't stand a chance!" (Sekiei)

{Well SOMEBODY doesn't, but I don't think it's me} (Rei)

"...You done with your 'break' yet?" (Rei)

"...Yeah" (???)

"Huh?" (Sekiei)

BOOM! An invisible force blew Sekiei away

"WHOA?!" (Sekiei)

Landing in front of Rei

"...They're mine" (???)

"SUZU! YOU BITCH!" (Sekiei)

"By all means, but Suzu..." (Rei)

"...What?" (Suzu)

"Make sure you're exactly where you need to be when it matters" (Rei)

"...!" (Suzu)

"?" (Mikage & Hiroshi)

Understanding what Rei was hinting at, Suzu nodded her head before Rei sat down away from them 

"They're all yours, I'm just going to enjoy the show" (Rei) 

"ENJOY THE SHOW?! ARROGANT SON OF A...GAH!" (Sekiei)

Not even letting him finish, Suzu kicked him away and he was once again blown towards his allies

"No!" (Mikage)

"Sekiei-sama! You little..!" (Hiroshi)

"I'll pay you all back in full" (Suzu)

 

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"Grr...'Katon: Homura'!³Fire Style: Blaze" (Hiroshi)

"Can't you do anything else? 'Doton: Doryūheki'!⁴Earth Style: Mud Wall" (Suzu)

Blocking the fire blast with a wall of stone, Suzu emerged from the side to close the distance between them

"Damn it! Mikage! Back me up! My 'Katon'⁵Fire Style isn't at it's best without your 'Fūton'⁶Wind Style!" (Hiroshi)

"Because of the fighting with Rei, my chakra hasn't recovered yet! HAH!" (Mikage)

Without enough chakra, the two couldn't perform their powerful combo attacks. Mikage threw shuriken at Suzu to stop her from getting too close

"Ah!" (Suzu)

"Got her!" (Mikage)

The shuriken went right through as her figure vanished

"Damn! It was a clone! Where is she?!" (Sekiei)

"I don't see her, she's not behind the earth wall she made!" (Mikage)

"Then where could she-" (Hiroshi)

Rumble

"Huh?" (Hiroshi)

POW!!

"GAH!" (Hiroshi)

"Hiroshi?!" (Sekiei & Mikage)

"Damn. That looked like it hurt" (Rei)

Suzu emerged from underneath the ground behind Hiroshi and knocked him out

"No!" (Sekiei)

"One down. And now you're next!" (Suzu)

"S-stay away from me!" (Mikage)

Panicking, Mikage began throwing kunai with paper bombs tied to them

"Heh! Moron! 'Futon: Reppūshō'!⁷Wind Style: Gale Palm" (Suzu)

"What?!" (Mikage)

"Two elements?!" (Sekiei)

Unable to react in time, Mikage was blown away by the explosions of the paper bombs Suzu blew back at him

"Ugh..." (Mikage)

"Damn!" (Sekiei)

"And then there was one" (Suzu)

Suzu walked slowly towards Sekiei, who himself struggled to get up after wasting away at his chakra earlier

 

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"Well, that was interesting..." (Rei)

[Yup, didn't think there'd be a student around your age that could use TWO elements]

"Yeah, I wanted talk to you about that. Didn't you say after I 'remade' myself I could gain an elemental affinity if I trained hard? Well, before today, I was training my ass off and nothing happened. So Notitia...the f*ck?]

[That's where you're wrong Jackass. I said you could grow infinitely with your new body. But no one just automatically gains an affinity...well...unless they have the "Rinnegan".]

"But you told me the 3rd Hokage/Hiruzen Sarutobi had access to five elements" (Rei)

[Weren't you paying attention? I never said he had an affinity towards them, just that he could use them. "Affinity" means that you're naturally gifted with said element. Even if you don't have an affinity with an element, that doesn't mean you can't use it. It's just that you have to spend a ridiculous amount of time training it up until it's usable, not to mention trying to gain ALL five elements]

"...So that's why most people say learning the five elements is 'impossible'. Shinobi don't typically live long lives with this line of work" (Rei)

[Hiruzen lived to ripe old age of sixty-nine before he died in the original story. He had plenty of time to practice and study the elements. Hell, his nickname was "The Professor" if I recall]

"...Do you think I could learn them at a faster rate?" (Rei)

[Who knows? I'm not in "Support Mode" right now so I can't give you an accurate guess. Isshiki Ōtsutsuki served as the foundation for your new body and the only element he demonstrated was "Inton"⁸Yin/Shadow Style with that high level "Genjutsu Tsūshin"⁹Genjutsu Transmission technique. But your Neo-Ōtsutsuki body could have some surprises...]

"Only time can tell huh..." (Rei)

[Yup]

"Not the answer I was hoping for" (Rei)

[Well it's the answer you got. If you don't like it, use a Lifeline. If not, quit your bitchin']

"...Up yours" (Rei)

{Enough chatting with this stupid thing. This "show" I'm watching is about to reach it's climax}

 

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"Fine! If that's how it's gonna be, I don't care what it takes! I'm bringing you down!" (Sekiei)

"Put up, or shut up you nitwit" (Suzu)

No longer caring about his chakra reserves, Sekiei let loose with his attacks

"How about this! 'Doton: Doryūdan!'¹⁰Earth Style: Earth Dragon Bullet" (Sekiei)

"Don't you get it yet? 'Doton: Doryūdan!'" (Suzu)

"The same jutsu?!" (Sekiei)

Their jutsu collided with one another, cancelling out

"Wha-? How?!" (Sekiei)

"It's called 'Counterbalancing' smart guy!" Rei yelled from far away

"Huh? Counter-what?" (Sekiei)

"Haaah...that's the problem with privilege. You get to be stupid, yet hold the power in society" (Suzu)

"Huff...Huff...You...!" (Sekiei)

"All elements are stronger & weaker than one other element. But it's also possible to cancel out an elemental jutsu by unleashing a jutsu of the same element at it. Even if you have a superior element, if there's a massive power difference between you and your opponent, you won't always come out on top. (Suzu)

"Like if you use 'Suiton' against an opponent's 'Katon', but they're 'Katon' is just so powerful it overwhelms your attack despite the advantage with the elemental differences" (Rei)

[Hiruzen did the same thing during the "4th Shinobi World War" to cancel out an attack that was far stronger than what he could manage]

"It's a nice way to counter someone who has stronger chakra and/or attacks than you. This is known as 'Counterbalancing', a subject our sensei went over in class that you clearly didn't pay any attention to" (Suzu)

"Kuh! You dirt-blooded parasite!" (Sekiei)

"There you go again, using my ancestry to hurt me. But you know what...I don't care what you say. We don't get to choose where were born. You get your spot in life, and all you can do make the most of it" (Suzu)

SMACK!!! Suzu slapped an exhausted Sekiei who was too tired to even move

"Buh! Ah! You bitch!" (Sekiei)

"In my case, I received the short end of the stick yet look where I stand now...in victory. You received a privileged one and here you are, getting slapped by a girl. The only bitch here is you" (Suzu)

SMACK!!! She slapped him again

"ARGH! F*CKING!" (Sekiei)

"The only 'filthy' thing here is that mouth of yours" (Suzu)

SMACK!!! His lips started to bleed

"G-gaaaah...!" (Sekiei)

"I am DONE paying for their mistakes. No one decides who I am, or what I'm going to be!" (Suzu)

POW!! She punched him this time

"Ah! My eye!" (Sekiei)

"Least of all, some stupid, spoiled little brat like you!" (Suzu)

BOMP!!! She punched him in the face with all of her strength, knocking him to the ground

Lips bleeding, teeth missing, and a black eye. Plus his jaw was slightly dislocated

"You don't hate me because of my family. You hate me, because you're not me" (Suzu)

"W-wah ar yu-?!" (Sekiei)

"I come from the worst background, but I'm far stronger than you, who comes from the best. To you, I'm a living reminder of what a colossal failure you are" (Suzu)

Suzu got closer, seemingly about to strike him again

"Kuh! Hic...Ah. Ahhhh!" (Sekiei) Tears formed in his eyes

"Humph! Not even worth my time" (Suzu)

She jumped passed him and entered her zone. Still sitting down, he was clueless to her intent

"H-huh?" (Sekiei)

"There's so much more I could say...but when you argue with a fool, you end up making two" (Suzu)

She sat down in her zone and turned her back to him.

Still sitting, he breathed a sigh of relief that he was not gonna be hit again

"Well that was a good show! It's literally been years since I've enjoyed myself that much! But Sekiei, even if she doesn't have anything else to say...it doesn't mean I don't" (Rei)

"?!" (Sekiei)

Before he even realized it, Rei was standing in front of him. His mouth in terrible condition, he could barely form words

"Aaaieeee!!!" (Sekiei)

"Hahaha! Come now, I don't think I look that scary! Relax, I'm not gonna hit you. I just wanna tell you something..." (Rei)

"W-w-w-wah?" (Sekiei)

"I just wanna say..." (Rei)

BZZZZZZZZZ

The intercom sounded off

"...enjoy your time at school...Repeater-san" (Rei)

POOF!! Rei disappeared in a cloud of smoke

{What?!} (Sekiei)

"ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS!!!!"

 

"I-I-It...wah a sha-ow cone...da whol time?" (Sekiei)

Looking over towards the lake area, he saw Rei standing in his zone next Tai. Waving with a devious smile on his face

Sekiei thought back to Rei's earlier words for Suzu

{"Make sure you're exactly where you need to be when it matters" was what he said earlier...} (Sekiei)

"No way...yu men...he wah...stallin ah a long?" (Sekiei)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"THE FINAL EXAM IS OVER!! THOSE WHO HAVE NOT CLAIMED A ZONE HAVE FAILED!!!"