It isn't about the amount of chakra, it's about the different types. Each person's chakra is unique, even identical twins still have drastically different chakra. I can only successfully balance five unique types of chakra at once. If there were more our body would start to decay as each type fought against the others for dominance.
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"How did you lose a heart?" Tsunade pulls me back into the conversation I should be paying attention to. The Jiongu can wait, not like it's going anywhere. "You're no slouch when it comes to defending yourself. I've seen your redirection move and that sphere defense."
"You spied on me training? What the hell lady not okay!"
She gives me stern look and points to the hanging Hokage hat.
"Whatever, you're the Hokage I suppose it is okay for you to know what I am capable of. I lost my heart to the person who cut my head off."
"You've had your head cut off?" Tsunade interrupts me mid explanation. "You lived? That's how you got that scar on your neck. Honestly I'm surprised you don't cover that up. Most nin hate their scars, yet you wear that one like a badge of honor. I can only imagine the stares you must get."
"That's because it was given to me by Kisame Hoshigaki while he was wielding Samehada, Kiri's most powerful of the seven legendary swords." I smirk at Tsunade's open mouth. "Yes, he cut my head off and stabbed my heart but I still walked away. It's proof that even a S-rank missing nin with a legendary blade didn't kill me. That is why I display it to the world. I want people to ask me about this scar."
"Squirt you've met too many S-rank enemies. Anyone else you want to add to the list?" She sarcastically asks.
"Itachi Uchiha was there while I fought Kisame. Does that count?" I don't think she expected me to have a answer to that if her hanging jaw is anything to go by.
"How are you even alive? Orochimaru, Kisame and Itachi? Don't answer that. We've gotten sidetracked."
"You're right, we have." We were talking about a bet before. "Basically if I take over an hour to catch Tora I remain a gennin until the exams in Lightning to send a message to the Raikage. During the year you'll put me through ANBU training. If I get Tora in under an hour then you'll let me execute a convicted criminal and take his heart. Sound right?"
"Sounds right to me. Shizune, you witnessed- oh. She's gone? When did she leave?" What do you know, Tsunade is right. Shizune left.
"Maybe when we started talking about my hearts? I have no idea."
"Whatever." Tsunade moves on, I doubt it is the first time Shizune has done something like this. "Agreed. You'll have one hour from now."
"Great! Hey, isn't there a record of the quickest time Tora has been caught?" I say. This will be hilarious, I want to see her face once she realizes she's been had.
"Yeah. Some upstarts called Team Seven have the record by hours. They're at six minutes I think."
"Five minutes and forty seven seconds to be exact." I correct her.
Tsunade pales drastically.
"No." She's in denial. Oh this is great!
"Yes." I take a sweeping bow. "Alvarcus Mar, Host of the Jiongu, Konoha's Heart Thief, student of Kakashi Hatake of the Sharingan and member of gennin Team Seven at your service."
"You played dirty." She correctly accuses me. "You knew."
"Yes, as a matter of fact I did." I cheekily grin at her. "You know what they say, if you aren't cheating you aren't trying. I am a shinobi." Totally worth it.
Tsunade gets an evil grin. "If you aren't cheating you aren't trying? Cat!"
Instantly an ANBU operative is kneeling before Tsunade. Damn that was fast.
"Yes, Hokage-sama?" ANBU Cat drones out in the classic ANBU voice. They really need to lighten up, being serious all the time has to get boring.
"Your bodyguard mission is hereby suspended." She locks eyes with me. "Your new mission is to prevent Alvarcus here from getting Tora. Do you accept?"
"Oh come on!" I point at Tsunade accusingly. "That's not right! I just withheld information, you're assigning ANBU to stop me?"
"I accept." Cat says. He -she? I can't tell- turns to me. "Will you peacefully surrender and wait here for an hour, or should I restrain you?" He pulls out wire and chakra suppression tags. Not good, he's serious.
"I should start running now. If you'll excuse me, bye!" I dive out the window. Doors are for when I'm not being chased by ANBU.
"ANBU Cat, whatever methods necessary are approved. Only lethal force is forbidden. I take it you heard he can reattach his head? He can do the same with his limbs."
"OH HELL NO! You did not just tell the ANBU it is okay to dismember me!"
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A Game of Cat and Mouse
"Not good. This is not good at all." I say to myself as I'm perched on the edge of a roof. "Okay Alvarcus, let's go find a cat while avoiding Cat. This is going to be a long mission."
"I think it will be rather short actually." Oh great, Cat is behind me already.
"Hey Cat." I turn around to the masked nin.
"Hello Mouse." Cat says.
"You're getting some sick form of enjoyment out of this aren't you?"
"I have no idea what you mean, my Kage gave me a mission and it is my duty to complete it." Cat draws his standard ANBU tanto. "My personal enjoyment is irrelevant."
"Okay, let's set some ground rules here. I'm going to use whatever force you use against me. Even if I can reattach a limb does not mean it doesn't hurt. Basically I'll let you set the mood for this... scuffle? Battle doesn't sound right." I still can't believe Tsunade did this to me.
"Fair enough." With those words Cat lunges at me. I casually let myself fall of the side of the roof we were on and land on the ground. I sprint away from my pursuer.
I need to find Tora. Better yet, I need to lose Cat. How can I do that? First thing is first I need eyes on him. I use my one and only genjutsu, Eyes of the Damned, to have eyes in the back of my head. I stumble for a few steps until I get used to the new visual input. I've never tried to use this in battle before.
Cat draws a kunai and throws it at my right leg. Going to slow me down and then restrain me no doubt about that.
"So, now we're using live weapons?" I call over my shoulder as I redirect the kunai back to its owner. "How fun!"
In response to my cockiness Cat just throws more kunai at me. I send them all back or into the ground. Gotta remember that I am still in the village, we don't want to accidentally hurt someone. Well, anyone who isn't participating.
"Oi! Cat, I'm going to head to the Forest of Death. Follow me if you dare!"
This person is good. No matter how I try to lose them they stay right with me. Maybe Cat is a sensor?
"Hey Cat, are you a sensor? Because you are really good at following me."
"No." Is Cats short reply.
Cat also replied with some shuriken, but that doesn't matter. Once we get into the training ground areas Cat steps up the game.
The world twists and turns, up is down, left is right, greens become purples, everything changes.
~The host will not be ensnared!~
Pain! The Jiongu freed me from Cat's illusion. Really glad I have that going for me otherwise I would have been caught right there.
"So now I can use genjutsu. Great!" It isn't at all. I only have one genjutsu, but there is no need for Cat to know that.
Everything becomes dark.
Pain!
"Really? Trying to remove my sight? Lame. I know gennin who can do better than that!"
Pain!
"Okay, I don't even know what that one was. I'm going to hazard a guess and say it was your last Friday night. There was blood everywhere."
Pain!
"Come on! Did you not see me in the Final Tournament? Did you really think a tentacle monster was going to scare me of all people? Although I've got to give you some credit, I thought I was the only person to think of something like that. And the attention to detail was simply outstanding! Cat... I have to ask. That wasn't some weird fetish genjutsu you just used on me was it? Cuz that is so wrong!"
Pain!
"Seriously dude, genjutsu isn't going to work. Try something else already. I'm running out of creative quips to piss you off."
"Fine!" Finally, I got Cat to react with emotion. Every other time they spoke it has been in a monotonous business voice. ANBU really need to lighten up. "Earth Release: Four Walls!"
Four walls of earth raise up around me. If I was any less aware I would have run straight into one.
"Finally! Ninjutsu! This farce is over now."
I create twenty illusionary clones with orders to run away in different directions. To make things even better I add in a water clone and an earth clone, this way two of the clones will affect the environment and hopefully Cat will chase it thinking one of them is me. My small clone army leaps out of the box and scatters in every direction.
I don't leave the box, I'm waiting for my water or earth clone to draw Cat a sufficient distance away. Another ten seconds pass and I jump out.
"Ha-ha! Take that! Finally lost you. I thought ANBU members would be better than that. Getting tricked with basic clones. Shameful."
A hand falls on my shoulder. "We are." Crap. "Now, tell me why you were running from ANBU Cat."
"Wait what?" I turn to look at the owner of the hand on my shoulder. They look almost exactly like Cat, there is only one difference. They are wearing a Monkey mask.
"Oh. You'll probably not believe me." The hand squeezes tighter. "Fine, calm down. Basically I pissed off the Hokage because I sorta maybe cheated on a bet we made and my punishment is to catch Tora while Cat tries to stop me. I'm not actually in trouble."
"He is not lying Monkey." Oh come on I lost my chance to escape! Cat is back and is wet. He got my water clone. I'm half tempted to make a wet pussy joke. "If you would be so kind as to hand him over to me, I would greatly appreciate it."
"Interesting. You're using teamwork against me? Guess that means I can respond in kind." I grin evilly at Cat. "Just remember, you brought this on yourself. Oh by the way, I'm a clone too. An exploding clone. Boom."
Monkey immediately releases my shoulder and leaps away with Cat.
"Kidding!" Misdirection is one hell of a tool.
I use the replacement technique on a nearby log and scamper towards the Uchiha Compound. I don't bother to knock, I barge right inside. Sasuke is reading a book. Wow, never thought I would see that.
"Sasuke I need your help. No time to explain we have to catch Tora while ANBU tries to stop us. You in?"
He snaps his book shut.
"What's off limits?" He starts grabbing mission gear, weapons and the like.
"Whatever they use we can use too. So far, thrown projectiles, genjutsu, ninjutsu and teamwork." I quickly explain. The ANBU should have been here by now.
"Teamwork huh? How many people do you want to involve?" He walks over to me ready to go.
"I figure I'll match their number. So far Cat is the ringleader and has recruited Monkey for assistance. They're trying to restrain us so we can't get Tora. I figure they win if I'm presented to the Hokage in chains, and we win if we get Tora to the Hokage. Simple enough really."
"Why haven't they slapped a chakra suppression seal on you yet? That would make it child's play."
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