[It's a new week, give me STONES and get an extra chapter if we reach 300 stones bruh.]
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A day later/
Somewhere in a hospital;
The hospital room was clean and bright, with fluorescent lights overhead. The bed was comfortable, covered in white sheets and soft pillows.
Machines beeped and monitored the patient's vital signs. Wires and tubes connected the patient to the equipment, helping them heal.
A big window let in sunlight, and the curtains swayed gently. The room smelled clean, like soap.
Garou woke up in the hospital with a splitting headache "Arghh, my head! What happened?" He winced at the pain in his head and looked around.
At that moment, the door opened and his mom entered the room with visible tear stains on her face.
She looked up and met Garou's tired eyes then in a burst of speed she hugged him tightly "MY BABY!"
"My baby, I thought you will die!" She said as tears streamed down her eyes.
Garou smiled and hugged her back tightly "There there, I am alright as you can see you don't need to worry mom." he said while patting her mother's back gently.
But...
*Bam!*
To his annoyance, his father entered with a bang, interrupting his wholesome moment with his mom.
"Yo zombie, what's up!" Gintoki said and gave Garou a high five with an innocent smile.
"Not good" Garou replied indifferently with some tick marks on his head.
"Hah? But I just heard you say you are good to your mom! Why the double standard? I am hurt!" Gintoki said dramatically with a hand on his heart just to receive an indifferent gaze.
Garou ignored his dad and closed his eyes with his mother still hugging and concentrated to see what went wrong with his chakra because he knew he did everything perfectly but suddenly he lost control over it and everything exploded.
After a few seconds of concentration he came to a realization.
"Huh? I can't feel my chakra" He muttered as he tried and tried again but to no veil, he couldn't even feel a speck of chakra inside his body.
"That explosion was kinda something zombie, I didn't know you were a genius to that extent that you could immediately create a jutsu of your own right of the bat! We need a great name for a great jutsu! Right?!" Gintoki said with enthusiasm rivaling Rengoku.
"You are weird." Garou blurted but Gintoki shrugged it off.
"Ahm, Sooooo, Self-detonation no jutsu is quite a fitting name! Do you like it?!" Gintoki said with an exaggerated voice and posed after saying each word like a power ranger.
"..."
"No?! Then maybe suicide no jutsu?!"
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"Jump no jutsu seems good, yeah?"
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"Ammm...my life doesn't matter no jutsu?"
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"See you at the other side no jutsu?"
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"Sacrificial lamb no juts-"
"Stop acting magical and just tell me the terrible news you have." Garou said gloomily with his mother still hugging him and shedding silent tears, which made Gintoki scratch his head and make a sad expression that looked genuine for once.
"Ammm, since you will know anyway then there is no need to hide this from you. So, my zombie..."
'Caugh caugh' He coughed a few times and with a voice carrying the weight of experience and love, with his eyes closed, adding for the dramatic effect, Gintoki started:
"I see the yearning to become a shinobi, a guardian of peace, and a protector of our village. I can see your passion for the shinobi arts burns within you like a fierce fire!" He cried with a grin plastered on his stupid face which made Garou just deadpan at his nonsense.
'This guy can never become seriously serious for once!' Garou thought with a dead expression.
"But zombie..." Gintoki continued with his eyes still closed.
"I want you to understand that the path of a shinobi is not the only path to greatness. This world is a realm of honor, sacrifice and valor BUT it is not THE SOLE DOMAIN OF FULFILLMENT AND PURPOSE!" He opened his eyes suddenly raising his fists and excitedly shouted with his teeth shining brightly.
He paused, his eyes scanning the horizon outside the window, where the mountains stood tall and the rivers flowed, a tear running down one of his cheek, adding more drama to his bullshit.
"Finished?" Garou asked.
"Yeah" Gintoki replied with a proud smirk.
"Stop fooling around and just tell him Gin!" Ayaka said in annoyance which Garou really appreciated.
"Sighhh, you have an unprecedented type of of chakra disruption disease. It means that you aren't able to do any kind of ninjutsu, and it means again that you are not qualified to become a ninja!" Gintoki said with a sad face this time and mother started to cry again.
"I can't use chakra? and what's up with the 'zombie?'" Garou asked him with narrowed eyes, demanding an answer, this shit is serious; he thought.
"Well, as I said earlier that you can NOT absolutely use chakra in any possible way. As a matter of fact, you don't even have chakra now in the first place, which is weird. You should have seen how those doctors were freaking out like chickens, Surprised at how you were even alive!" My dad Gintoki replied.
"Wow" I uttered and and just looked at my hands in disappointment.
"'Sob sob' can't you really do something about this Gin?!" My mom said between sobs which made Garou frown, blaming himself for making her cry, but Garou also looked at his dad too waiting for his answer, hoping for some cure.
"Sighh, as I have said, there is nothing that we can do, I even asked a Hyuga doctor to check on him but he said that Garou doesn't even have tenketsus in his body to feel and control his chakra anymore, it's like that explosion erased his tenketsus without magically hurting him that much. So there is no chance at all! His chakra pathways don't exist anymore so there's no point for chakra being there too. Him being alive in itself is a miracle!" He replied.
"Doesn't that mean that I was born with no chakra" I asked him as that doesn't make any sense, I was sure I had pathways and chakra.
"You had chakra. But now, it's no more, even I am confused!" He replied with a shake of his head.
"Sighh, a pity." Garou said with a disappointed sigh.
"You don't need to be sad little zomb, we are a rich family and we really don't need ninjas right now. The Hatake clan's living expenses depends on some farms and weapon shops, and not ninjas to live. Even though there are not many of us left alive but our money will last for a long time. And if you really want to, you can just pick up a hammer and become a blacksmith or something else to your liking. The world is big and life is not all about ninjas you know. I can even send you to one of my friends in the capital and turn you into a proper Samurai. You glaze Samurais so much, maybe you want to be one too." Gintoki said while approaching Garou and patted his back with a smile.
"You failed to teach me properly to refine chakra and now you want me to live a mundane life?" Garou said with a roll of his eyes.
"No, actually, that means you simply failed to pay attention to my flawless teaching!" Gintoki replied with a disappointed look.
*paw*
Gintoki winced a little as Ayaka lightly punched him with a frown on her face then smiled back at Garou "He is right cupcake, there are many other things you can do in this. Although the world is dangerous, you don't need to be worried as we will always protect you, and the village is safe. Even though we are in war but thanks to Tobirama sensei and his ninjas, we will always be safe." She said with emotion while her hand went through his hair.
Looking at their reassuring smiles for a moment made Garou touched and he was quite thankful they didn't outright abandon him because he right now is like someone akin to something that's considered worse than a failure, especially to someone from a ninja clan, and a future heir to the same clan nonetheless.
He was sure that if he was an Uchiha, Hyuga or any other clan, he would have become an outcast immediately or worse, to not tarnish the reputation of the supposed clan, they would have killed him on the spot, quietly.
And true to what his father said... his clan lacked young blood, all the ones who are alive are oldies who are barely breathing with all their descendants dead or soon to be dead except for maybe Sakumo and him.
But Hatake clan members don't really care about who is the clan head unlike other clans. The problem is as the son of the clan head, he is already considered a heir and him being a chakra-less person will probably raise questions among other clans, then slowly but surely, the village council will strip the Hatake clan from any political authority and finally, the clan will turn to an ordinary declining family with a glorious past.
Though, that doesn't mean Garou was concerned at all. He wasn't, because only he knew what he can achieve with his monster body.
The talent and abilities he holds is no joke even in the stronger worlds like DBZ or any Cultivation world, now let alone the Naruto world.
"You guys don't need to worry that much. I am not sad, just disappointed, that's all" Garou said calmly and shrugged.
'Having chakra would have been an extra boon for me to be stronger in this initial part of my life but it doesn't really matter that much. As long as I train then it will just be a matter of time before I will have literal Nukes in my palms to unleash whenever I wanted.' Garou thought.
"Soooo, what you gonna do now?" Gintoki said as he looked at his confident zombie.
"I never wanted to be a ninja in the first place, it is just you and mother's own assuming that I will be devastated just because of this. Even if I had chakra, I would still choose another path than what you two do." Garou said and his parents looked at each other for moments before looking back at Garou in confusion.
"Well, you see, I was really interested in body arts lately more than ninjutsu and stuff, so I thought, maybe I will turn the world upside down with just this body of mine. Interesting isn't it?" Garou said with an excited expression that looked dumb as fuck in Gintoki's eyes and cute in his mother's.
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"Are you sure about that?" Ayaka asked with concern as she touched Garou's forhead to check if he was okay.
"Sighhh. Zombie, need me to call the doc?" Gintoki said tiredly while rubbing his neck with his palm.
"You don't believe in me huh?" Garou asked rhetorically with his eye twitching.
"Because that's just stupid! What are you even planning to do? How are you going to achieve what you want exactly?" Gintoki asked with a frown.
"Sighhh, well, I am planning to go through a similar path to the Samurais but without katanas! A path of perfecting the body and finding true self I guess." Garou said in a wise tone while going through that tiny bit of memory he got from OG Garou who stepped inside Bang's dojo for the first time and his first lesson from Bang being the philosophy behind Martial Arts.
This slightly surprised his parents, especially Gintoki.
'A Samurai huh? He really is my son. Maybe we should visit Date in the capital and introduce Garou to him. He will surely like Garou.' Gintoki thought with a small smile.
They saw how clear Garou's eyes was as if not burdened of being a cripple at all and this made Gintoki to just glance at his wife which she reciprocated as a sign to just ignore this matter for now.
"Hadada badada! that's cool and whatever, But for now, let me bring forth another problem" Gintoki said as his face became more detailed and serious which made Garou get curious about what he'll say.
"Soon the new year of the academy will start, we should register your name!" He said and eye smiled at Garou.
"I refuse"
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"Baby, it will be fun! You will meet new kids your age and have some friends you know!" His mom said.
"I hate kids my age, I have no chakra, I will become a laughing stock until I beat them up to shut them up which right now isn't possible with all those clan kids already being prepared for war. And I don't wish bullying upon myself as I can't stand that and usually go ballistic as you two by now should now better!" Garou replied back which made them nod and shudder at the end, getting flash backs to those sleepless nights Garou shrieked because of Gintoki till morning.
Not cried, shrieked!
"Sighh, zombie, I know you are stubborn and all but can't you listen to us for once?" Gintoki said tiredly while rubbing his forhead.
"This is non-negotiable, so please can you guys just leave me alone for around 5 to 6 years and maybe when I am 10 or 11 I will consider going. I want to diligently train without interruption. Stupid stuff like the academy, which you two know by now that it will just be a waste of my time at this point." Garou said with a frown.
"I don't even plan to be a Ninja. Some businessman, sure, but not a Ninja." Garou added.
"But baby, you don't have any friends, you are always laying on the couch sleeping or reading some history books like some old man, it's not healthy!" Ayaka said in sadness, almost pleading him.
Garou looked at his mother then father for some time, contemplating about going or not.
He has finished university and became an IT engineer and worked in that dreadful company in his previous life, so it's really hard for him to start over again from scratch.
He has seen enough fanfictions that this elementary period is just about Will of bullshit and whatnot so he prefers not going.
Well, maybe more than will of fire because of war or maybe because it's not Hiruzen whom is a Hokage yet, but still...
As for meeting the canon people? well, there is a whole lifetime opportunity to do that, so it's really not that necessary and they are lousy and annoying kids right now so... yeah, he is not going.
Garou just shaked his head "Maybe later dear mother but not now. As you can see, I am weak. Do you really want your son to be bullied by some snot nosed brat?" He asked.
"Sighh, I will have to ask Tobirama sensei first. He is not currently in Konoha and I don't think he will mind that much if he knew of your condition, probably wouldn't even care." Gintoki replied tiredly and annoyed about the extra work.
Garou just smiled and tiredly said "Now can I go back to sleep? I am really tired."
"Well, the doc said you should stay here for two days or so, have a good rest zombie!" Gintoki said and Garou just nodded then put the white blanket over himself.
"I will come back with some cookies sweety, rest until I return." My mom added with a sweet voice, which made Garou smile and slept.
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Outside the hospital/
"Should we really give up and let him do what he pleases?" Ayaka asked her husband.
"Don't worry that much. You and me know better than anyone else that, that kid is by no means normal! As a matter of fact, it's actually better that he doesn't want to become a ninja. Less danger and blood." Gintoki replied calmly.
"And about what sensei told us, shouldn't we consider visit someone powerful like Mito-sama to thoroughly check his body and see if there is anything out of place going on with our son?" Ayaka asked again in concern.
Ever since Garou was born, they couldn't shake of this uneasy feeling when they were near him as their senses always warned them of the danger, but they shrugged it off and just contributed this to him being a genius or having a special physique or maybe Kekki Genkai, so they just waited to see him grow up.
Even now, the uneasy feeling was even stronger than when he had chakra.
And much to their expectations, Garou turned out quite different than any kid they had ever seen, but this made them quite concerned because the difference sometimes felt uncanny.
Though, that didn't mean that they were scared of the kid, they raised him so they know what kind of person he was... they were just concerned.
They once even checked if Garou was someone else possessing their child's body without Garou himself knowing that, but the results said that he was normal and fine.
*pat*
"No need to worry, I know the kid too well and he will be just fine. Hopefully, his special physique or whatever its that makes him special helps him out in whatever he is trying to do. Just believe in him for the moment, he needs it." Gintoki said with a smile as he patted his wife's head who slightly blushed much to the amusement of the people around.
The End.