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Game of Shadows - 123

Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto nor The Gamer. I own nothing, really.

Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 123

[Naruto Uzumaki]

The fight was going nowhere. He knew it, Kurama knew it and the Akatsuki pair knew it. There was literally nothing he could do to stop them, it seemed. It was a matter of time before he just fell.

Despite the impression he’d always had regarding his tenant, Naruto was realizin...

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Game of Monsters - 62

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It’s a New Dawn, It’s a New Day

Kunou frowned in concentration, a bead of sweat forming on her forehead. Her nose wrinkled slightly as the drop fell over it and to the side, but she didn’t let it stop her. Sitting next to her, Joshua watched attentively, at her, at the circle that formed over her hands and, lastly, at the results of her magic. It was a simple light illusion. It wouldn’t even offer ...

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Game of Shadows - 122

Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto nor The Gamer. I own nothing, really.

Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 122

“I have to say,” Nagato’s main puppet started, standing next to Konan. Eiji stared at them, even if he was more focused on the other five bodies. Although, saying that was a bit of an exaggeration. After all, the boy was more focused on one of them in particular. “I don’t know what that is, or why it feel...

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Game of Monsters - 61

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I Would Never Be In Your Masquerade

“This was… a lot easier than I thought it would be,” Joshua mumbled to himself as the last Khaos Brigade member in the base went down. It wasn’t even to an attack, but to the pressure of the wards finally getting the better of her.

“You won’t get away with this,” she muttered where she was, on all fours on the ground. “Our superiors will know someth...

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Game of Shadows - 121

Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto nor The Gamer. I own nothing, really.

Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 121

[Naruto Uzumaki]

Things weren’t going so well, it seemed.

“No shit, what was your first clue?” the Kyuubi drawled from inside his mind, the whole situation bothering it about as much as Naruto expected. Which is to say it didn’t, at all. “Good to know you aren’t a comple...

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Game of Monsters - 60

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You Can Say Whatever, I’ll Fight My Way

“What are you working on, dad?” Kunou asked curiously, peeking at his notes from the side. “Wards?” she hazarded a guess, an accurate one at that. She didn’t know the first thing about how the branch worked, but she’d seen him work enough to know when he worked on wards, illusions or something else. He hadn’t worked much on spatial or communications o...

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Game of Shadows - 120

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Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 120

“You both are absolutely mad,” Kurotsuchi said, looking at Eiji and Tayuya like they had lost their minds. To be perfectly honest though, Eiji didn’t think she was all that wrong, really. She was a little late to the party in that regard, however.

“And you’ve just noticed?” Kabuto asked, raising a...

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Game of Monsters - 59

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I Know What I’m Fighting For

“Best thing about coming here so far,” Joshua commented, picking up a fry from in front of him and taking a bite of it.

“Boys,” Corianna mumbled, rolling her eyes at him as she leaned back and crossed her arms. “If you were going to complain the whole time, you could just have, you know, not come.”

“Yeah, I should have done that, huh?” He ...

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Game of Shadows - 119

Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto nor The Gamer. I own nothing, really.

Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 119

“Are you sure you aren’t a ninja from here?” Tsunade asked, looking around with a rather amused expression. Not that Eiji could blame her. For people that were more familiar with the enmity that the Stone held towards the Leaf, it must have been quite the sight, to see people waving at him and children coming up to gr...

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Game of Monsters - 58

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There’s No Turning Back

Joshua teleported the Khaos Brigade agents to the Hunter’s House basement while doing his best to keep any emotions from his face. He’d decided what to do long ago, he’d made his choices and he was fine with them. Too fine with them, maybe, but that was ok for him. He had people he cared about and Khaos Brigade’s goals put them all directly in danger.

That w...

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Game of Shadows - 118

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Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 118

“Things have been quiet,” Eiji mused out loud, walking leisurely and looking around only half paying attention. “Too quiet, really,” He added, blowing a breath out of his mouth a moment later. He felt tired just thinking about it, really.

“Kinda jinxing us there,” Tayuya said, her genjutsu voice straining....

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Game of Monsters - 57

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Started Down This One Way Track

“Do you think you’ll join the kendo club?” Joshua asked Jeanne as they walked. Sona was still giving them the tour, because apparently she’d decided to show them every club too. She was really doing her best to sell them the idea, which was kinda funny since he’d basically already convinced Jeanne. The look on his sister’s face told him that the decision was all ...

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Game of Shadows - 117

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Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 117

Playing guitar was, as Eiji found out, quite a lot better than drawing. Or, at least, it worked a lot better at calming him down. Drawing was nice and it allowed him the ability to immortalize moments and memories. However, playing was something that happened in the moment. If he was in a bad mood for whatever reason, takin...

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Game of Monsters - 56

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So Lean On Me

[Kunou]

“W-What’d you say?” Joshua asked her, turning to look at her, wideyed. Her mother, for her part, blinked at her, which might as well have been the same reaction as the man, really. Especially because she didn’t answer immediately.

“Can I call you dad?” Kunou asked, the bundle of nerves in her chest growing more chaotic. She’d been ready, prep...

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Game of Shadows - 116

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Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 116

[Tayuya]

She sat with her legs crossed and her flute in her hands, as she usually did. As she played, her head moved slowly from side to side with the song. She always did that when she was particularly relaxed and at peace, a state that had once been rare. Her back rested against Eiji’s, who was si...

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Game of Monsters - 55

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Lies Get Tossed and Truth Is Spoken

“And you are saying this would only activate whenever another of the defenses triggers?” Yasaka asked, looking around even if there was nothing to see. Well, nothing but the library of his house in Kyoto.

Joshua could safely say that Serafall had outdone herself with the place’s changes. It was much bigger than it had been before, with bedrooms to spare, a de...

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Game of Shadows - 115

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Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 115

The Squad followed the Kumo nin and Eiji couldn’t shake off the feeling of wrongness with the situation. That wasn’t so strange though. After all, they had spent a good chunk of their time preparing to battle the Cloud’s agents. Instead, there they were, on their way to helping them.

The team leader did...

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Game of Monsters - 54

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There’ll Be Peace When You Are Done

“Don’t think I don’t know what you are doing, young man,” Azazel told him one day when they were both, once again, trading notes. He’d just given him another report on his readings regarding Divine Dividing and its Balance Breaker after he’d made modifications to his Detection and Monitoring wards. Joshua simply gave the man a smirk.

“Oh?” He excl...

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Game of Shadows - 114

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Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 114

Eiji watched through his Web Sense as a team of Kumo nin made their way past the Iwa’s border. He looked at them with his artificial sense and had to wonder what they thought. Did they think they would succeed? Or was this like a suicidal attempt? They had to know that their chances were slim at best. There was no way the...

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Game of Monsters - 53

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So Ring the Bells and Celebrate

Joshua sat on his couch staring at his palm. Or, more accurately, at the open locket that rested on it, the rest of the necklace wrapped around his fingers. He’d gotten two pictures to place inside the accessory, replacing the old ones that had disappeared who knew where. On the right side sat a photo of Jeanne and on the other one of all his familiars.

He idly trace...

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Game of Shadows - 113

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Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 113

“Thank you,” Onoki said.

“Wow, that looked like it hurt, old man,” Eiji shot back with a slight smirk that only grew wider as the man huffed. “Don’t mention it though.”

“That said…” The Tsuchikage muttered as he leaned back against his chair looking just as tired as Hiruzen used to those days...

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Game of Monsters - 52

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But Still We Laugh

Joshua sat on a couch, his elbows resting on his knees as he fidgeted with a card in his hand. It was something he’d gotten from his latest deal with Sairaorg, on top of a few other things. In exchange, he’d be adding a few Averting and Shield wards, “to add a little more variety and unpredictability,” he’d said. Joshua had been quite interested in the man’s idea to ...

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Game of Shadows - 112

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Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 112

“I don’t think I have to remind you to be careful, do I?” Hiruzen said then, taking a drag from his pipe. Like usual, he looked entirely too tired. Eiji could certainly sympathize. The boy wondered how many things the old man was trying to do at once.

Judging by the fact that he’d barely seen any of the Jounin...

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Game of Monsters - 51

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So Far From Home

“Woah!” Serafall exclaimed exaggeratedly as she circled Cheshire in her tiger form. Joshua was pretty sure the Satan had probably seen much more impressive stuff in her life, or weirder, or both but he appreciated it nevertheless. He’d admit that he was still in awe of it himself, honestly. “What are you feeding your familiars, Joshua?”

“Lots and lots of food,” He answe...

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Game of Shadows - 111

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Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 111

Usually, Eiji didn’t much enjoy the bitter taste of coffee… but he’d gladly put up with that. It was a god awful hour to be awake, really, much less work on all the stuff he had to. On the ground in front of him were laid several files and notebooks and loose paper sheets. It would’ve been a mess if he weren’t abl...

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Game of Monsters - 50

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Take A Long Look Around

“Your magic’s gotten better,” Sairaorg commented, drinking from a water bottle. Meanwhile, the rest of his peerage laid on the ground around the training area with Jeanne and Joshua included. “You’ve been slacking off on your physical training though.”

“I mean,” Joshua breathed out, trying to recover. “I didn’t exactly have the time for that. Between the jo...

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Game of Shadows - 110

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Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 110

[Tayuya]

“I’m sure you would like it,” Eiji commented, pointing at her with his chopsticks, an amused smile on his face as he turned his attention back to his food for a moment. “I mean, you like Yuki, don’t you?”

“One mutt is enough for me, thank you very much,” She replied with...

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Game of Monsters - 49

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Like I Didn’t Care

“God, there’s two of them,” Jeanne commented, dismayed.

“I know, right?” Kunou asked, much more enthusiastic. “Azazel is weird though,” She added. She seemed to find it supremely amusing to say that every chance she got.

“You sure you should be saying that?” Jeanne pointed out hesitantly as she looked between the little girl and the Fallen Angel Governor.<...

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Game of Shadows - 109

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Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 109

Eiji walked, barely managing to keep his mood between calm and absolutely furious. At least then and there he was alone, thankfully. There was no escort, and he could move at his own pace through the streets of Konoha.

He’d sent a clone to his team with instructions to train and talk with Temari. There was new infor...

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Game of Monsters - 48

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Funny How Things Never Change

“This was a great idea,” Kunou decided, smiling as the story progressed the more cards she placed next to each other. Joshua, for his part, was reluctant to agree. Mainly because they’d ended up with a lot of option cards to “tell” the story, as it were. The stories, since things were getting out of hand really fast, ended up being really short. However, wit...

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