[Whoever reads this and doesn't comment a meme is Gae.
Also, Give me STONES please. Next week, I want to be at least in the top 10. Mtl and all that AI slope get hundreds of stones but not this? Help out my man.]
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The training ground stretched out in a serene, open field, where the morning dew sparkled on the grass under the gentle sunlight. Scattered throughout were sturdy wooden posts, scarred from kunai and shuriken strikes. Huge trees bordered the area, their branches perfect for practicing parkour. The wide space was dotted with logs and wooden dummies.
"YOU DON'T KNOW ME 98!!"
"YOU DON'T KNOW ME 99!!"
"YOU DON'T KNOW ME 100!!"
And that's one hundred push ups for you.
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"Who said 100 is ENOUGH?!"
"ONE HUNDRED AND ONE AWWF!"
"ONE HUNDRED AND TWO YEAHHHH BABYYY!!"
"ONE HUNDRED AND THREE BITCHES!!"
"LET'S GOOOOOOOO!!! 104"
"130 AWWWFFF!!"
"WHO IS GONNA CARRY THE BOATS 131 AWFF!!"
"Huff huff THE LOGS 150!!"
"YEAHHHH BUDDDYYY 151!!"
"WOOOOOOWWWWW!!! WHO IS EM?! 180 !!"
"I..AM 200!!"
Let me tell you something...
My ass is on fire and imma about to pass out.
But
I can't stop
Not here
Not NOW!
If my arms and body breaks doing push ups, I will start running 500 laps around the compound.
"YOU DON'T KNOW ME SON!! 201!!"
It has been hours since the sunrise, and he had been going nuts in the training grounds.
"TURBOOOO!!! 220!!"
Looking at the wide training grounds exclusive only to the Hatake clan which means he can have all this space to himself without anyone disturbing him.
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The new memories in his head of OG Garou goes till OG Garou starts the basic of basics in Bang's dojo which is all about INHUMAN stretching and training the body to get firmer muscles and build foundation, and nothing more than that. No martial arts training like water stream rock smashing fist or anything else in that regard.
"LIGHT WEIGHT BABBYYYYYY!!! 225"
And this went on and on until evening. Only resting between meals where he inhaled food in replacement to oxygen much to the shock of his mom.
Now all that remains is to do it Every Single Day!
"Ahhh, I broke my back!"
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Next Day/
"So why am I here again?" I asked my mom who was measuring two tomatoes to choose which one is better.
Damn my body is so sore from yesterday's training, and I am already itching to go another round, but today is my moma's day, so here I am.
"You ask too much questions, if you are this bored then why did you come?" Ayaka said while going through some vegetables to buy.
"If I remember correctly, I didn't have much choice." I replied with my back hunched and my hands in my pockets with a bored expression while looking at the bustling streets of Konoha with many vendors selling various goods and items to people.
What was different from usual was how the atmosphere was slightly tense with people wearing worried looks.
The war was getting to its climax. First Hokage is dead and the second is on the frontlines fighting right now. Few elite ninjas are present in the village, most of them are from Uchiha clan to defend the village in case something happened.
The only reason the village was still thriving was because of Tobirama pulling some smart shit and the Damiyo sending money to help in the war that was slightly affecting the land of fire as a whole, which made the Samurais in the capital a little restless, and that was not good news if they got involved in the war of ninjas.
"You always sit on the couch reading history books or newspapers like an old man, so I brought you here to take a fresh breath and see what other human specimen like you look like. We don't want to raise a caveman now, do we? Amm excuse me! How much for these?" Ayaka said and asked the price of the things she picked.
"150 Ryo ma'am"
"Why so expensive? Last time I bought these much groceries for 60 Ryo." Ayaka said in surprise.
"It's because of the war ma'am. The supply chain is getting disrupted and suppliers have a hard time reaching Konoha without being ambushed by bandits and the likes." The man explained and Ayaka nodded in understanding.
"Last time I came across a new person outside my house, I learnt some few things from a weird a old man who was obsessed about cursing every guy with multiple wives, and now I am pretty convinced that a sane person doesn't exist in this village... except the Naras... and you though." I said while following my mom around the stalls while she went through goods then receive a glare but smiled sweetly at what I said in the latter part.
"You mean Arata-san? Sighhh, I just hope you didn't pick up his bad habit of cursing." Ayaka said in a tired voice.
"I hope so too. But although weird, he still kinda made sense, and you know how hard it's to find people who make sense nowadays... by the way, I feel embarrassed following you around like a duck, can I go back home? It's not like you need my presence here anyways." I said tiredly at the end.
"Mmmmmm... no, you can't." Ayaka replied much to my annoyance.
"You still doubt my intelligence? You know how mature I am compared to the other kids, right? I won't cause any trouble when I get home..." I said with hands in my pocket.
"And I am afraid of exactly that. Sometimes too much intelligence and awareness prevents one to be happy and satisfied with what they have. As a matter of fact, you are too boring for your own good cupcake that I fear no girl will like to stay with you if this goes on." My mom said and at the end, it slightly hit where it hurt.
"Me being boring? Why does that even matter? The world is big and the bigger its the more insignificant we become. If a girl can't stand me because of my personality then let's just change her to a girl who could? Because of wars, we don't lack any desperate young girls anyways. They say orphans are the best because that desperation to belong somewhere and posses something are what creates a perfect wife. They will love you unconditionally, because they know you are what they all have." I answered to my mom who was busy picking spices, looking like she didn't hear me.
Just look at that poor bastard... Naruto. Bro was dying for a little bit of attention. And people like Naruto weren't rare at all but quite the opposite.
There are soooo many orphans that 5 out of 10 people had no parents. So, it was easy to find a loyal wife.
But the matter is worthiness.
In this world that worshipped bloodlines, orphans were treated worse than garbage. Because for garbage still had its freedom, but orphans most of the time were sold to slavery and a lifetime of brutality.
"Feeling smart today, aren't we?" Ayaka replied a little after.
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"Also, don't take take me for an ignorant. Do you think I don't know that you have malicious plans to groom the Senju princess? That creepy laugh you give and recite 106...106...106 then call Tsunade multiple times under your breath... don't think that I am not aware of your perverted tendencies young man. They say fear the silent or the smart ones because most of the time, they are creeps, seems its true." My mom said with a smirk that made me slightly embarrassed.
The word grooming is wrong. It's just a long term investment, and when the time is right later, reap the benefits of my hard work.
Seriously though, who gonna pass that future one of the best of the best women this world could offer? Probably not a sane individual who always think about strength, immortality, and Rumble-Rumble devil fruit like those Chinese dudes... but not me.
Tsunade may be a kid right now, I respect that, but not when she is 20 though. It's all about perfect timing, and I am early, which is an advantage.
Business is war and sacrifices my boy.
Sacrifices I am willing to make.
As long as there are boundaries then it's absolutely fine. When women become mature mentally, physically and emotionally then it doesn't matter if she is 16 or 50, all is same. Especially Naruto women who are practically on steroids it seems.
Also, he is already thinking he should straight up confess again the next time he meets Tsunade when she is 10 or something, because that's how the girls like it here.
He will go tell Mito for Tsunade's hand in marriage and ultimately follow the traditions of how things worked at these times when girlfriend and boyfriend kinda concept doesn't exist and you just go and tell who is responsible for the girl to ask for her hand.
One more advantage is, he is a clan heir and Senjus will take these matters seriously because of this and won't immediately dismiss it him.
Last time at Tsunade's birthday we were just 'clueless' kids, so the confession doesn't count.
As for Tsunade's feelings? girls go through puberty earlier here and this means amplified love emotions and all that nonsense which means it's easy to make her feel love, especially with how healthy and an absurd of a physique Tsunade has, which defines abnormal levels of emotions.
The healthier you are mentally and physically, the easier desire and love manifest. And Tsunade is just beyond healthy.
He also doesn't want that femboy Kato Dan to approach her before him and that's that too.
He is not like those maniac enunch MCs who can live without romance.
A Yang isn't complete without Yin.
Without romance life doesn't have a meaning no matter what anyone says. If Adam didn't have Eve then who would be there later on to give a definition to life?
Beauty and complexity of life doesn't exist if we with intelligence don't exist. Also, humans by nature are social creatures and even more so for him with amplified monster senses and emotions. His needs for love and sexual desire will be much more than normal humans.
One way or another, he will become a god like being standing at the top that even his sneeze is enough to blow off the candle of the so called Otsutsuki gods once and for all... though in case they existed because he doesn't know if this is an AU world or not.
Sooooo, take that Nirvana, selfless, and no desire bullshit outta ma facking face, I am built to crack!
Yin and Yang.
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At that time, how nice will it be looking at the universe and spending some time with the love of your life? Maybe even have children and grandchildren...
He doesn't plan for anything grandeur like conquering the world, or any other nonsense that isn't possible at all unless you had the army of Sung jin woo or mind controlled everybody, which is a drag.
He doesn't want a nice harem as that nonsense also isn't possible at all... nice life and girls living in harmony while sharing the same man doesn't exist unless the IQ of those involved in that shit is in hell!
People of power have harem here yes, but it's not like those girls had any choice left most of the time. Some are very poor girls who want money, some are forced, some just follow what traditions and culture tell them to without asking too much questions, they accept sharing but deep down most hate it.
Well except for Tengen Uzui. That fucker knows how to play his game.
Though he understands how the circumstances of the people of this era looks like, specially for women who by no means can live without the support of a man because outside this village of barely a hundred and fifty thousand of population where a man and woman could be said to be slightly equal in terms of potential, there exists hundreds of millions of very ordinary and humble people living out there, and most of them struggle to even eat a full meal in months.
Without the support of a man, women become really miserable. So that's why women approach a man who has multiple wives without much complaint because the women know either accept that or live a life worse than slavery.
Most people are illiterate, Women are treated as luxurious items and men as useful slaves to work until their bones broke for the ones in power. There are many poor families out there with fatherless children that almost always lead the mothers into prostitution to provide.
Yakuza, mafia groups in some countries, regular thugs, and bandits everywhere that make life of everyone harder... and etc.
Funnily, the only saving grace for these people aren't the ninjas as depicted in the anime show, but Samurais and local army or foot soldiers who act like the police, but mostly the Samurais whom are the saving grace.
Ninjas have bad reputation for being more arrogant than even the nobles... thieves of the highest calibre, genocidal maniacs, cold blooded killers that even children aren't spared most of the time when they go killer mode, which is the only mode they have by the way.
The hidden village Kages these ignorant people of this village and brain washed ninjas revered are psychopathic scums to the point of making those Yakuza and Mafia that exist here look like saints.
Whatever disgusting thing a human with a little bit of conscience can think of, these ninjas have done it, and much much worse even.
So, that's why Samurais exist, to control these literal walking devils and their likes.
Well, that's how it was supposed to be before the previous Shogun of the land of iron who worked hard for this suddenly died and a new Shogun came to be, which is his son whom for some reason looks like Kim Jong Un but on steroids because it's said that he is as strong as a kage.
He was sure after Tobirama whom is very powerful and has immense authority... died, then ninjas will become nothing more than a tool for the Damiyos and the Shogun of the land of Iron to play with.
Ninjas are greedy and a little bit of money and they will go to war for you instantly. Money which the Damiyo and Shogun has in billions like it's pocket money.
In the waring state period, there didn't exist Damiyos in these lands, only land lords. After Hashirama stabilized these lands the Shogun of the land of Iron took this opportunity and assigned many people to become Damiyos of these lands which ultimately lead these lands to become a proxy to the land of Iron.
The Shogun of that time sent thousands upon thousands of Samurais to these lands to protect it and prevent the ninjas from claiming more lands outside their villages.
With this happening, the elemental nations got in the hands of Damiyos. But there still existed a huge problem...
Hashirama and Madara.
Though, the Shogun of that time was a smart man and didn't antagonize the two. And when he created the Damiyo system he quickly helped these two and gave them job opportunities and sent money to 'help' create these villages.
Simply, the Shogun ass licked Madara and Hashirama so they would forget the notions of expanding and taking control of the world which was a success because of that dumbass Hashirama, which was another reason for discord between him and Madara who didn't agree for these arrangements.
After this, the Shogun waited like a good leader he was... until finally, the two freaks died.
The Shogun also died for some reason later on but that was not important. What was important was the point where ninjas of every village started to become dogs of the Damiyos and the new Shogun right now.
Ninjas can't in anyway do shit against this anymore because they simply don't hold that kind of power after the death of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara.
In a slight leak of causing trouble for a Damiyo, all it takes for the Damiyo to solve this is to call the other Damiyos to feed their ninja dogs with some money and then a joint attack will immediately go on against that specific village which tried to be funny, and it's not like other hidden villages aren't glad for something like this to happen.
And even if that was not a choice, there still existed an independent force working for the Damiyos... the Samurais.
No one wants to catch the eerie of the Samurais even if that force aren't as strong as ninjas because there are simply too many of them, numbering in millions, most are chunin level and some above.
And let's not forget the Samurai Hatamotos who are generals said to be as strong as Elite jonins or maybe more, stationed in various cities, especially capitals.
The Samurais take orders from the Shogun of the land of Iron and all of them treat the land of Iron as a holy land. Even Damiyos don't have complete control over Samurais except for the Shogun.
The good part about Samurais are, they are much better than ninjas in terms of ethics and morals... not innocent of course but at least better.
The ninja villages are built upon the idea of importance of self survival and sacrifices for the continuity of the village only by any possible matter.
But the Samurais philosophy centered on Bushido (the Way of the Warrior), a code emphasizing loyalty, honor, duty, self-sacrifice, mastery of martial arts, and acceptance of death.
The Samurais philosophy is not bound to a specific group of people but the whole world.
Wherever they go, they must always embrace their honor with zeal.
And wherever there is honor, there is ethics and respect for life.
Though, honor is not something every Samurai has.
If we go by my previous life's Samurais, then I hope the Samurais of this world won't be pedophiles whom like young boys like the Greek Philosophers or Spartan.
Anyways, between those two grooming philosophies, it's clear which one creates a better state of being and which one creates genocidal fascists if followed to the letter.
As a matter of fact, the only reason ninjas are not annihilated till now after the Shogun unified the elemental nations is... the Tailed Beasts.
Just look at those ninja villages who don't have Tailed Beasts, they literally live and are treated like slaves and dogs. That's why so many of the rogue ninjas are from weak ninja villages, and that's why ninjas from the five great villages are arrogant as hell and do whatever they want.
So yeah simply, the political side of this world is as intense as it can get. At this point, you can actually understand why Danzo did his Danzo activities. One wrong political move and Konoha can kiss goodbye, this is actually is more true after Mito and Tobirama's death. The only problem is that Danzo was too extreme and his dream of becoming Hokage got in his way too much, that's all.
If Danzo didn't have that dream, then everything he did can actually be treated as contributions and greater good of the village even though immoral and sick.
Someone else in his shoes may have succeeded in taking control of some of the elemental nations if he played it a little smarter with less blood involved and focused more on the business side of the world just like the Illuminati or better say, the space Juice in his previous life.
Anyways... right now, everyone wants Tobirama's death sooner than later so that they could have a little more freedom.
Tobirama's reputation doesn't come entirely from his strength, but mind.
No one really wants to find out how a seemingly ordinary morning suddenly starts with a chaotic global economic crash just because Tobirama became a little pissed off.
No one likes to be poor you see, and uncle TOPbi knows how to fuck a whole nation up financially in the most efficient way.
A knock-off Trump you could say but with brains.
And all these recent political developments have happened in a matter of only 3 to 4 years. Who knows what will happen to us after TOPbirama dies.
(A/N: all this rant was for you to understand that in this ff the ninjas won't be the only ones who will get attention. The historical background of the Naruto world is not detailed that much as you know so I pulled this info dump to make this more interesting and personally think that the Samurais are underrated.)
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"Cupcake, I don't know what or where you read to be this full of nonsense to be honest with you. Although partially right, but you seem to ignore your position as a heir to a clan. Life for you my cupcake is a little harder and your position can't let you be boring or out of place. You have people to lead and a good character is essential for your political and social life. These kinds of passive philosophies are useless in a world where swords speak better than words, though I doubt a couch potato like you even cares about what I said sighhh." Ayaka answered tiredly and slowly but finally, she was becoming satisfied with the things she bought.
"Good point, though you are wrong about me leading people as there ain't many of them left... ammm, by the way, I started my training as you know, so as a jonin, I think you have enough experience to teach me a thing or two, can you help me out a little bit?" I asked as we finally made way to our home while helping my mom carry the groceries.
"Everything for you my little cupcake." Ayaka replied with a warm smile while ruffling my V shaped hair much to my annoyance.
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"And can you please stop calling me cupcake? I feel like I am a beta MC with white hair and red or blue eyes with a disgustingly cute face that doesn't have a single speck of how a real man should look like, tch."
"You don't make sense again little cupcake."
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"Can I cook today for us? I wanna make something called shawarma..." I said.
"How do you always come up with these unheard of dishes cupcake?!" Ayaka said in surprise.
"Good question... I don't know mom. Sometimes my genius even frightens me." I arrogantly replied with a smirk.
"Hmm hmm ok~ teach me how to prepare it later."
"Sure."
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Next day on the Hatake training ground/
"Ok, since you have no chakra, there will not be many things I could teach except for Taijutsu, Shuriken jutsu, and Kenjutsu. I have brought some scrolls with me and I will demonstrate the moves for yo-"
"Can you continue being a lovable mom and believe in me once more and try something with me?" I interrupted my mom nonchalantly who made an annoyed face.
"Let this be a lesson among the upcoming lessons, don't interrupt your elders when they are speaking, but for now... speak, what do you have in mind?" Ayaka said with a frown while inwardly thinking about her son.
She was not stupid and clearly knew how much of a genius Garou was. From cooking, cleaning, calculating math problems to other complex things, her son came out on top every time after a little bit of trying, especially in things related to combat. Garou himself may have not realized but the way he walked with that posture right now slightly resembled a seasoned ninja which he picked up from her and Gintoki it seemed.
This meant that he had some kind of copying abilities like the Sharingan. Not as good as the Sharingan obviously but it was still something.
And it didn't take a genius to realise how different Garou was. She and Gintoki as jonins normally realized these anomalies since his birth which for a slight moment, it might create rumors that I might have cheated on Gintoki, which is nonsense!
No one has ever touched her except for Gintoki and she loves her family with all her being to even think about something as disgusting as adultery.
By the way, her teacher Tobirama also said something about this.
Garou's unique physique immediately got noticed by her and Gintoki when he exuded a very weird but faint dark air around him if you concentrated enough very close to him, it was not sinister but still unsettling, which was why she was worried that something they didn't know about was going on with him, but seeing him act normal and weirdly like the Nara kids, they shrugged at it.
It sounds irresponsible but they at the same time don't want to freak out and make the whole village understand. They will go with the flow and see what's up when something changes with their son.
Nature takes some and gives some in return most of the time and Garou not having chakra maybe may not cause that much of a problem and hopefully nature gave him something as a compensation; she thought.
If only she knew.
"Well you see, I think me and you fighting will bear more fruits, so let's get more practical, shall we?" I replied to my mom who was thinking with a hand on her chin.
"If you say so cupcake~" She agreed without much thought and I just went into a clumsy boxing stance which made mom raise an eyebrow at.
I tiptoed and punched the air with a smirk "Auss auss, pew pew, auss. Here I come!" My mom was looking at me as if I were an idiot, then I ran towards her to deliver a punch to her stomach, but all I saw was her raising her hand and with a karate chop, she hit the top of my head.
*Bam!*
Then I went eating dirt the next second.
The End.
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(A/N: Boruto won't exist in this FF. Just treat Kaguya as the top dog even among Otsutsukis just like the days of past. Even Ishikii is a big IF in this ff. )