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Game of Shadows - 54

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Chapter 54

“That seems… like a bad idea,” The Shade of Orochimaru in my mind mused, a frown on his face as I tried to get him to tell me if what Kabuto had told me after his second stay in my personally created Void was true. This had been Hiruzen’s idea, although I was sure half the reason I was sent to do this was so that I would go away and he could hold his meeting ...

Game of Monsters - 11

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Here I Come

“Hm, Joshua?” Jeanne called out once they were back and Joshua looked away from the fridge, where he had started to set some purchases he had made on the way back. He gave her a nod indicating that he was paying attention. “Who is… Morag?” She asked and he blinked. “You mentioned her in the shopping mall, remember?”

“I did, yeah. Can’t believe I forgot to introduce you t...

Game of Shadows - 53

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Chapter 53

Summoning was kind of weird.

Why, one may wonder. The answer is, because the summoner more often than not doesn’t know who they’ll summon. One could try to call for one specific individual, but it wasn’t a guaranteed thing that the one they wanted would appear.

The Jutsu was, in my opinion, kind of like asking for delivery but much quicker....

Game of Shadows - 52

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Chapter 52

“This is a bad idea, Eiji,” Anko said and I held back an irritated sigh.

I had told her what I planned to do with the Orochimaru Shade in my mind, her and everyone else that needed to know, including Hiruzen, Inoichi and Ibiki. The Hokage and the latter had been all for it once I gave all my reasons and my contingency plans to keep the thing under control. ...

Game of Monsters - 10

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Temporary Bliss

“Eeep!” That was about the reaction Joshua was expecting from Jeanne when he pulled out Nagini from his bag.

“Relax, she is completely harmless.” He groaned out loud when the snake gave a hiss in protest. “You could at least fake it, you know?” He directed at the serpent, who looked away from him. “Anyway, she is harmless to you, because she knows she won’t have food i...

Game of Shadows - 51

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Chapter 51

“I’m regretting all my life choices right now,” I grumbled to myself as I looked between the scrolls and books that laid before me. All of them detailing as much as people could about how to create a Genjutsu that did something specific. From how moving one’s chakra one way or the other with certain hand seals would help with this or that to what illusions co...

Game of Shadows - 50

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Chapter 50

It was a beautiful sight, the one created by my new Jutsu. Maybe it was a bit arrogant of me to say so myself, but I couldn’t care less at that moment. After all, it gave me a similar sensation to the one I felt the first time I used a Jutsu at all. It had that magical touch to it, I guessed.

I watched it for a moment, the amalgamation of lightning moving aro...

Game of Monsters - 09

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Voices

“You know,” Joshua commented idly as he sat at his desk, a cup of coffee to his right and a book between his hands. “When I imagined studying magic, it sounded a lot better than this is turning out to be.”

The only response he got was a hiss from Nagini. The snake was, as was now usual, wrapped around his neck and over his shoulders. It seemed she had taken a liking to that spot, becau...

Game of Shadows - 49

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Chapter 49

It was a half-asleep me that walked into the Forest of Death that day, and it showed. My feet dragged over the ground, my eyes were more closed than open and shoulders were slumped. My lips, however, curled into a very satisfied grin.

“You look like shit,” Anko pointed out, ignoring any sort of manners while doing so. “You also look entirely too smug, bra...

Game of Shadows - 48

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Chapter 48

Not a second after the question left my lips, one of the creatures leaped at me, fangs gleaming threateningly. Although, that might have just been me being hyper aware of them. Those and the metallic blades attached to its front legs. ‘Because of course it has blades. If the toads can have fucking swords why wouldn’t these have blades on their legs?’ I...

Game of Monsters - 08

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Not Alone

“Much better than expected, right?” Joshua asked Cheshire once he took a look around his new apartment.

He had ended up finding a place before either how to distinguish Wardstones or learning the Concealing Ward. Why? Because he had commented to Peter, the manager at the cafe, that he would be looking for a new place soon. Unbeknownst to the developing magician, that had ended up with t...

Game of Shadows - 47

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Chapter 47

[Sasuke Uchiha]

“To test the limits of my abilities,” The memory whispered in his ear as his fist hit the wood of the training dummy. Stinging pain shot through his hand, but he ignored it as his Sharingan glared at the unmoving, unliving target.

How long had it been since he had actually thought about that day besides the oc...

Game of Shadows - 46

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Chapter 46

“Do you think it’ll be as easy as she said it would?” I asked Shikamaru as we saw Ino facing Raijin.

“No,” He shook his head decisively. “But she has her tricks. She’ll be fine,” He reassured with a shrug and I nodded.

“Bold, that guy,” Anko said, drawing a frown from both of us. We had seen Kiri nin speak, but he had done so in a norm...

Game of Monsters - 07

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Back to Life

“I don’t think I can do this, girl,” Joshua mumbled as he sat stiffly on the driver’s seat of the Hunter’s car. Cheshire, meanwhile, had taken her place on the passenger’s seat because the young man knew he wouldn’t be able to drive without a calming presence. Evidently, he was right, since he couldn’t bring himself to drive with one.

With a groan, he le...

Game of Shadows - 45

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Chapter 45

“Good luck, buddy,” I said, patting him on the back. Before, I would have doubted Chouji’s chances against the elder Suna brother. Now though? With the surprises that my friends seemed to be pulling out of nowhere? I didn’t know. It wasn’t a bad thing when I wasn’t fearing for their lives. Not that Kankuro was precisely a safe opponent to have, b...

Game of Shadows - 44

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Chapter 44

“Have I ever told you that you are a monster, kiddo?” Anko asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Besides everyday?” I shot back with a grin. A flash of the Grinning Man’s face appeared in my mind though. ‘She’s not talking about that,’ I told myself.

“But that was close, be more aware, brat,” She chided, but I had thought about someth...

Game of Monsters - 06

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Broken Glass

The discovery of the map stuck to Joshua’s mind as the young man stared at it for a long while, his eyes darting between the black marked places. He wasn’t sure if his hunch that it was something he remembered was right, but it was worth keeping in mind. ‘I need to keep this… Wish I had my phone with me,’ He thought with a grimace, absently placing his hands over his pockets...

Game of Shadows - 43

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Chapter 43

“Eiji? You ok?” Ino asked worriedly when I just stood there looking at the two names.

“Yeah… Yeah, I’m fine,” I replied slowly. I could feel the blood leaving my face. I had prepared, I had studied and I had planned for a situation like this. But… actually being in it made me feel like I hadn’t done nearly enough to feel safe.

“Kiddo?”...

Game of Shadows - 42

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Chapter 42

“She is a weapons specialist, as far as I know. Must have pretty good Taijutsu too,” I told Sasuke as he passed besides me on his way down the balcony. “And don’t forget what I told you.”

He nodded without replying, but his expression remained serious. I took solace on the fact that he didn’t seem to have grown annoyed at my advice and reminder. I k...

Game of Monsters - 05

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This Ain't the End of Me

Joshua didn’t even know what he was about to say when he saw the Hunter appeared to be back, but his open mouth clicked shut when he noticed that it wasn’t the man that had walked through the door. In his place, a cat jumped in, falling a few steps down the stairs of the basement. A white cat with black splashes of color over its fur. A very familiar cat, actually.

“Che...

Game of Shadows - 41

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Chapter 41

‘Come on,’ I thought to myself, impatiently tapping my foot against the ground. ‘Come on!’

After my talk with Sasuke, I went out and chatted with Naruto and Sakura. I was very relieved that, at least, Orochimaru hadn’t gotten to mess with my brother’s seal. Small mercies and all that. That meant that they were mostly fine, even if,...

Game of Shadows - 40

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Chapter 40

My first night in the tower in the middle of the Forest of Death was… not the best, if I was being honest.

I spent around half of it meditating and working on my mindscape. I didn’t change much though… on the surface, at least. But I did improve it as much as I possibly could. Since I now knew that the trick was in adding details to make it harde...

Game of Monsters - 04

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This Is It

Sunday was a new day of experiments for Joshua and also one that felt pretty productive too, if someone were to ask him. Through it, he found that the Storage Seal could, indeed, hold containers. Both the water bottle and a box of things were easily put inside the pocket dimension. The young man found it interesting that they still occupied only one square though.

That meant that he could ...

Game of Shadows - 39

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Chapter 39

Anko led me right into a room with Hiruzen and, surprise surprise, a Yamanaka. The actual unexpected fact was that it was Ino’s father, of all people, the one that was there. Ibiki stood to the side of the room, staring at me like he wanted to know all my secrets, which was probably exactly what was on the man’s mind.

“So, let’s see this solution of you...

Game of Shadows - 38

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Chapter 38

“I-What-Why?!” Kurotsuchi asked, looking around clearly very confused and trying to make some sense of the situation she was now in.

Me, for my part, was cursing inside my mind. Of all the things to come across as we moved through the Forest, we just had to find the Iwa equivalent of a Princess being chased by Gaara of all people. ‘Just my lu...