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Breathe Chapter 28: Dichotomy

A Nevermore let out a loud screech as it flew through the darkened skies. On the ground below, Goliaths roamed unhindered. Black pools of a tar like substance bubbled as a newly born Beowolf slowly crawled out, coated in Grimm essence.

The Dark Continent was absolutely filled with Grimm. To venture inland was certain death for even the most skilled Huntsman, not that anyone would want to do that to begin with. The Grimm pools eroded the ground, poisoning the land and eroding any potenti...

Pushing Through the Limit Chapter 47: The Depths We Go

I slowly walked through the destroyed clearing, taking in each mark that the Genin teams had left. Funnily enough, the Genin who had the most potential to destroy the clearing had been Tenten of all people.

That final weapon of hers was something else in terms of sheer destructive capability.

The air rippled as Tsunade appeared in the clearing, followed by Gai, Asuma and finally Kurenai.

“So, you finally decided to come out?” I hummed.

“Naruto,” Gai began boist...

Breathe Chapter 27: State of Mind

A steaming cup of hot coco warmed Ozpin’s hands as he poured over the numerous laws of Remnant, many of which he had written himself. Finding the law in question, the one that Coal had informed him about, he let out a sigh. It was just as Jacques Schnee had said.

Coal Calavera now legally owned a portion of Anima.

It was likely that Jacques Schnee wasn’t the only one to realize Coal’s new status… He was simply close enough to inform him and offer a deal that would benefit ...

Pushing Through the Limit Chapter 46: The Chunin Trials

The sound of paper being shuffled around and an occasional thud sounded through the office as Tsunade silently regarded the trio of Jonin standing in front of her desk.

“Relations with Suna are fragile as it stands, disregarding the threat of the Akatsuki,” Tsunade hummed, locking her fingers together. “These next Chunin exams are going to be more dangerous than usual. If you wish to withdraw your teams, I won’t fault you.”

“The possibility of Suna turning on us once m...

Breathe Chapter 26: Evening Offer

A loud clang of metal striking metal sounded through the training room as I blocked Pyrrha’s blow. With a shove, I pushed her spear back, only for her to rapidly spin around, her weapon morphing back into its sword form as she attempted to land a strike on the other side of my body.

Stepping back, I casually avoided Pyrrha’s sword.

Using the Transparent world, I could observe how her lungs expanded, the flow of blood throughout her body and even the tiniest of muscle twitches ...

Pushing Through the Limit Chapter 45: Here and There

I sat with my arms across my chest and my eyes narrowed in concentration as my attention was spread out across in nine different directions. Taking a slow deep breath, I reached forward and grabbed a cup of tea that had been placed in front of me.

“Don’t you think you’re going a little too far?” Samui asked simply. “Even this might be a little too much for you.”

“I’ve…” I began, but was interrupted by several loud thumps that shook the ground.

My concentr...

Breathe Chapter 25: Reunion

“As it stands, Robyn Hill and her merry band of Huntresses are currently being held in custody, pending an investigation into their past actions,” Lisa Lavender announced. “Mister Calavera…”

And I immediately began tuning out the news report. It wasn’t anything I hadn’t heard before, at this point they were mainly speculating on what would happen next, ranging from Robyn Hill being let off to her losing her Huntress license and everything in between.

The worst part w...

Pushing Through the Limit Chapter 44: Inner Darkness Outer Peace

I sat, cross legged on a stone slab that was balanced precariously on one of the Genbu’s spikes. Samui stood on an adjacent spike, not looking very impressed with me. In my defense, I was bored and there wasn’t much to do on the Island.

I couldn’t practice using some of my more destructive Jutsu for fear of hurting Genbu. My physical training came to a halt as the weights were left at Bee’s hangout back in Kumo and while I could technically go and fetch them in less than a secon...

Breathe Chapter 24: Down Below

“Lien for your thoughts?” Ozpin asked, lightly tapping his cane on the ground. “You’ve got the look that I’ve seen many times throughout my life. The look of someone torn between doing something great or terrible.”

Ironwood sighed while leaning his elbow on his desk, slumping forward. “Is it that obvious?”

“It’s not your appearance, but how you appear to be coping with the current situation,” Ozpin replied. “The difference between doing something great and ...

Pushing Through the Limit Chapter 43: Genbu

I let out a grunt as I clutched the extremely heavy dumbbells to my chest. Squatting down, my muscles burned and my legs shook with exertion as I stood back up again.

“W…what number am I on?” I breathed heavily.

“You’ve got two more squats to go,” Samui replied easily.

Nodding, I completed two more squats before letting out a relieved sigh and moved to drop the weights.

“You’ve still got one more squat left.”

Looking up, I stared directly at Sam...

Breathe Chapter 23: Tuning in

I sat leaned forward, holding the half skull mask that Maria gifted me on the day of the Mistral tournament. The world pulsed and I briefly peered through the metal, seeing the inner workings of my hands before my vision returned to normal.

“You seem to find that mask interesting,” Ozpin noted. “I admit, I too find it interesting. That mask resembles one that a Huntress that’s no doubt long since past used to wear.”

“Well you’re no spring chicken yourself,” Maria m...

Pushing Through the Limit Chapter 42: Quid Pro Quo

I awoke with a jolt. My eyes darted around the room and I began to prepare myself for an attack before relaxing. I was still getting used to my surroundings.

“Right,” I muttered to myself. “I’m in Kumo.”

Staying in Kumo had been different from what I was used to. I’d already ventured out into the village a few times with Mabui as my escort, the civilians regarded me with interest. The Shinobi on the other hand were more wary of my presence, knowing that I am a foreign ...

Breathe Chapter 22: Perspectives

Ash from the now dead ancient Grimm and smoke from a few small fires blotted out the sky surrounding the now broken dam, making it harder for the pilots of a military Bullhead to see.

Circling around the still decaying carcass of the Grimm, the pilots caught sight of their objective and brought the Bullhead down, landing it with a soft thump.

Nearly a dozen soldiers poured out forming a small perimeter around the area while a pair of soldiers hastily made their way towards their t...

Pushing Through the Limit Chapter 41: Hello Kumo

“Well,” Jiraiya began. “It seems that this is as far as I can go.”

I stopped in my tracks and turned back to him. The fog had grown so thick on the mountain that, if I was to take a few more steps forward, I wouldn’t have been able to see him. “Weren’t you supposed to escort me into Kumo?”

“Just to the gate,” Jiraiya replied.

The gate? I turned back around and found that there indeed was a small gate on the side of the mountain path with an outpost built ...

Breathe Chapter 21: Terminal Breath

The dam groaned loudly as it began to slowly break apart. Numerous cracks began to form with high pressured jets of water spraying out, helping speed up the rate at which it broke apart. A large chunk of debris broke free and hit the ground with a loud thump as a wave of water followed it.

I silently stood nearby, watching it all happen. My fight with Tyrian and Hazel was over, I should leave and report the attack, but I didn’t.

There was something here, something… big behind ...

Pushing Through the Limit Chapter 40: Final days in Konoha

“What’s that over there?” Fu asked excitedly as she dragged me to a new store. “Oh, it’s just flowers… how about that one?”

“It’s a civilian office supply store,” I replied.

Fu buzzed with enthusiasm as she bounced from store to store, shooting the briefest of glances in before she rushed to the next one. It had been like this ever since she had been released from the hospital.

Every day, Fu would somehow find me, regardless of if I had been in a training...

Breathe Chapter 20: Dammed if You Do

The train station was packed with people rushing off to the various platforms. There was only one set of train tracks that led into Argus, but, from my understanding, that track branched off into several different sets at some point outside of the city.

Trains had a very strict schedule for when they left and when they arrived to avoid any accidental collisions. The only time there would ever be a delay was if either the track had been damaged or a train had somehow derailed and was the...

Pushing Through the Limit Chapter 39: Removing the Rot

“We’re not just going to let them walk through Konoha unattended, are we, Gai-sensei?” Tenten asked in a worried tone.

“We are here on official business,” the disguised Kakashi explained. “If we weren’t, we wouldn’t have been let past the…”

“And we’re supposed to take you at your word?” Neji cut in. “Which is less than worthless.”

I let out a sigh as I made my way towards the group. I’d forgotten that Neji was quite the asshole prior to gettin...

Breathe Chapter 19: Preparation

I took a slow deep breath as I aimed my sword at a tree. An Alpha Beowolf growled to my side, having caught sight of me. I chose to ignore it and rushed forward, rapidly slashing directly through the tree.

“Sun Breathing: Dance”
-500 AP

“Sun Breathing: Clear Blue Sky”
-300AP

“Sun Breathing: Raging Sun”
-200 AP

My strikes began to move faster as I continued to cut through the tree, aiming to complet...

Pushing Through the Limit Chapter 38: Bait

I slowly opened my eyes and found myself staring up at the ceiling. Judging by the lack of light that filtered in through the curtains, it was fairly early. Sadly that didn’t mean that I would be able to get any more sleep in.

It wouldn’t be much longer before I would leave for Kumo and I still had a lot to do. I needed to check up on Sasuke and make sure he didn’t exhaust his Chakra again, my clones were still working on placing a Hiraishin marker with a single touch and Fu was b...

Breathe Chapter 18: Meetings

“I still think that you should have stayed in the hospital for a bit longer,” Maria said.

“I’m fine,” I hummed. “All I really needed there was some medication to ensure I wouldn’t get an infection. My Aura’s already taken care of everything else already.”

“Stubborn brat.”

“Well, I am a Calavera,” I shot back.

Nearly two days had passed since the little excursion had gone wrong and Raven attacked alongside her bandits. While some Sanctum Academ...

Pushing Through the Limit Chapter 37: Recovery

A full day had passed since the Akatsuki’s involvement in Taki. Tsunade hadn’t exactly been pleased to hear that Shibuki had aided the Akatsuki, even though he had been under duress.

The original deal with Taki was that Konoha would keep Fu safe until such a time that she was no longer at risk, but after the betrayal, Tsunade had declared that Taki would not be getting her back.

I idly scratched my arm as I sat in my hospital bed. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t need to spend too muc...

Breathe Chapter 17: Migration

“Is this what it felt like when you first started training me?” I asked.

“Eh, kind of,” Maria hummed next to me. “You were a lot weaker when you started fighting Grimm, but you weren’t as nervous as some of them. Hell, after the first day you began to like fighting a bit too much.”

I let out a short laugh. That was probably true. I might occasionally go overboard when I fight Grimm, especially those that don’t die instantly.

Maria and I watched the Sanctum Ac...

Pushing Through the Limit Chapter 36: Big Trouble in Little Taki

Traveling to Taki had been a mostly quite trip… that was until we passed the Land of Waterfalls boarder. The country truly lived up to its namesake, containing large bodies of water, lakes, rivers and waterfalls.

I’d initially wondered why the nation wasn’t called the Land of rivers as there were so many, but that name had been taken by a neighboring country had access to several of the rivers that branched through it.

The sound of all that running water hadn’t been the no...

Breathe Chapter 16: Nichirin

I took a slow breath in as I focused all my attention inwards. Blood pumped through my veins, my muscles tensed and relaxed, my heart beat at a steady pace, my lungs slowly expanded. Everything functioned without me having to pay any attention.

However, now that I was paying attention, I could influence how my body worked. I could make my heart beat faster, move individual muscles and maybe even…

“Um… what are you doing?” Pyrrha asked slowly.

Feeling my attention sli...

Pushing Through the Limit Chapter 35: A Step Forward

A few days had passed since we returned to Konoha and with the announcement of the alliance between Konoha and Kumo, things had pretty much returned to normal. The village became more relaxed now that it was official that we weren’t going to war.

There were some that felt Kumo was trying to pull a repeat of the Hyuga incident. The elders had tried to argue against the alliance, but were quickly dismissed. The Hyuga clan did voice their concerns, but Tsunade reassured them that they wo...

Update July 4th

Hey everyone, I’m just giving a heads up on some news that may or may not be important.

Firstly, let me just say that the next chapters for PTL and Breathe are coming along nicely, so there’s nothing to worry about on that front, they’ll be posted on Friday and Monday as usual.

I’m going to be traveling from this coming Monday … I’m actually pretty nervous about it. It’s not only going to be my first time on a plane, but also my first trip out of my country.

No...

Breathe Chapter 15: A Day in Argus

I sat in the back seat of a car, idly watching as the scenery passed me by. I was feeling a little excited and at the same time a little nervous. A few days had passed I’d won the Mistral regional Tournament and it was the first time that I was able to leave the apartment.

Beating Pyrrha and winning the tournament, as it turned out drew a lot more attention my way than I’d initially thought it would. After a short ceremony, I had been surrounded by various cameras with reporters sho...

Pushing Through the Limit Chapter 34: The Start of Something New

I sat outside on a small bench under a roof, idly watching as the snow slowly began to pile up. Ordinarily, the freezing temperatures would force me to wear warmer clothing. Instead, it gave me the opportunity to practice keeping myself warm with Fire Style Chakra.

A day had passed since the Akatsuki’s ambush. Tsunade had worked overtime in order to manually remove the poison from Bee and myself, once enough poison had been removed, our bodies began to naturally heal at their accelera...

Breathe Chapter 14: The Invincible Girl

Pyrrha tightened her guard, bringing her shield closer to her body and held her spear, ready to lunge as she waited for her opponent. She heard the sound of roller skates long before she saw her opponent and that was enough.

Bringing her shield up, she blocked a strike from a nunchuck and lashed out with her spear, just barely missing her opponent who zoomed away.

“Man, that was a close one,” Her opponent, a girl by the name of Neon Katt called out as she skated away at high s...