*BOOOM!*
When Hiruzen Sarutobi clicked the 'Accept' button for the Template he drew, he suddenly exploded with power that he couldn't even fathom. He closed his eyes as he started feeling the changes he was going through, he started seeing things in his mind's eye, like memories that he personally experienced, it was like a film, scenes, experiences and more flashing through his mind as Hiruzen was thrown directly into the life of Yamamoto Genryusai.
Hiruzen saw everything and experienced everything that Yamamoto had done and lived, from Founding the Gotei 13, Founding the Seireitei, The Quincy Massacre, Training Students especially Jushiro Ukitake and Shunsui Kyoraku, and the lifestyle of Shinigami.
He saw the rise and fall of Generations, living thousands of years, and so much more, eventually to Aizen's Betrayal, and even his own death at the hands of an enemy he thought fell under his blade, the King of Quincy's Yhwach…
As Hiruzen was experiencing Yamamoto's life, his physical body in the real world was undergoing earth-shattering changes, first off, his body and physical appearance was aged back to that of his late forties with all his hair returning and growing back on top of that!
Also, the prominence of his wrinkled and aged face had regained a somewhat youthfulness to it, with most of the wrinkles gone from his face and becoming younger. Not only that but his already muscled body became extremely ripped and a lot more robust, with scars from Yamamoto's time carving themselves on Hiruzen's body and face and healing all over again with the scars staying, the process causing no pain to the Hiruzen, he even gained an eight pack as well…
That's not even the ending as his Hokage Uniform that he didn't even get to change out of started undergoing changes from the System's directory, his red robe with a white sash that he used to wear was now changed to that of a customize Shinigami Shihakushō.
The red colour of his robe was swallowed by darkness as it got replaced by black, with the robe becoming loose-fitting and wavy, the bottom of the robe also becoming a tiny bit shorter, just stopping at the ankles, but different from the standard Shihakushō there where dark red flame motifs at the bottom of it and the arm cufflinks of the Shihakushō gaining the flames as well, his legs were covered by white tabi socks, his Shinobi sandals that he was wearing got destroyed and transformed into straw waraji sandals instead.
His scarf that he was wearing vanished and was instead replaced by a white undershirt that was beneath the Shihakushō, his plain white haori transformed with the bottoms of it gaining a line-dot-line pattern around the bottom from left to right and the centre of the haori appeared a horizontal diamond pattern that was outlined with think black ink, in the centre of the diamond three horizontal lines formed with the bottom line being the longest stretching nearly to the end of each side while the middle being the shortest, and the top being a bit longer than the middle but shorter than the bottom (See 3rd Division Captain Haori).
After Hiruzen's clothes on his body transformed, the System also decided to be nice and change all the clothes he owns to that of the current uniform he was wearing and surprisingly the only change to the Hokage Hat on Hiruzen's head was that the red of it became much darker and more pronounced but nothing else.
After a few moments Hiruzen was awoken, having just experienced everything in Yamamoto's life was a very weird experience for even a Shinobi who is supposed to be ready for everything… but it doesn't mean it was not worth it for Hiruzen, no, on the contrary it was absolutely amazing, how everything was, the techniques, the culture, the strength of Shinigami, the battles, Hiruzen couldn't even form words at how unreal it was, but at the same time it felt normal which should disturb Hiruzen… but at the same time, he was Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni the Captain-Commander of the Seireitei and Hiruzen Sarutobi the God of Shinobi… so it wasn't that weird.
After getting his bearings, his attitude changed quite a bit… since he lived over centuries on end and seen the rise and fall of many, his attitude towards many things is now very apathetic and cold… his personality has changed a bit as he is now Yamamoto, and a lot of things won't surprise him anymore as for thousands of years he has experienced many scenes and only in the recent centuries did anything important happen, cause although Aizen's schemes angered Hiruzen to no end, he still was very calm and Aizen was defeated in the end… but...
The only thing that is weighing on Hiruzen's mind was what happened to the Soul Society after the Quincy Invasion, he wonders if they won or if they were defeated and Yhwach succeeded… but the more Hiruzen thought about it the lower it was, as although they lost quite a few people, the one that gave him confidence was Ichigo Kurosaki.
That boy had almost a bottomless pit of potential and Hiruzen could see the Soul Society winning with his help, so he doesn't have to worry about a thing. He hopes that Shunsui is a good leader though, otherwise he will punish that lazy student of his! It doesn't matter if he is in another body or not, he will find a way out of this world and come and discipline that boy if he doesn't do well!
After Hiruzen's mental tirade he noticed his attire and was a bit surprised that the System decided to change his attire as well, but he was pleased as he has been using this uniform for over thousands of years, to him it would be extremely weird to go back to what he was wearing ages ago, well, it as ages ago to Hiruzen himself, no one else… after looking over his attire, he found two things strange to him and frowned a bit, one was that his Captain's Haori, which he thought would have the insignia of his First Division on it, surprisingly though it had the insignia for the Third Division instead… bear in mind that the Third Division's duties generally were scouting, reconnaissance, intelligence gathering, surveillance, etc…
Hiruzen doesn't understand why he got the Third Division Haori instead of the First Division which was his Command Division, the one he personally led for millennium's, but he really won't complain much as he can see that it is a sort of tribute to his status as the Third Hokage and being a Shinobi instead of who he used to be…
Hiruzen was also a bit weirded about the flames that were around the arm cufflinks and bottom of his Shihakushō as that isn't the standard for the uniform and he really doesn't understand what this was supposed to symbolise… as the only things that he can think of is that he is in the Land of Fire, he is the Fire Shadow, and Ryujin Jakka… wait…
WHERE IS RYUJIN JAKKA?!
Hiruzen started to looking around frantically and started to panic, as he couldn't find his Zanpakuto anywhere… and as he was panicking, he figured out how to mentally summon the System Panel in front of him and he once again noticed that the screen changed.
[Name: Hiruzen Sarutobi (Third Hokage)]
[Character: Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni]
[Age: 68 Years]
[Gender: Male]
[Abilities:
[Kido: Hado #1 – Hado #40, Bakudo #1 – Bakudo #40, Kaido (Beginner) (Unlocked)] [Zanjutsu: Onibi (Unlocked), Hitotsume: Nadegiri (Locked)] [Hakuda: Ikkotsu (Locked), Sōkotsu (Locked)] [Hoho: Shunpo (Intermediate) (Unlocked)]
[Props:
[Zanpakuto: Ryujin Jakka – Shikai (Locked), Bankai (Locked)] [*EXTRACT*]
[Character Progression: 20%]
[Daily Mission: Swing Ryujin Jakka 5000 times a Day – Reward: +0.10% Character Progression (Replenishable Task)]
[Main Mission: NONE (Currently)]
As Hiruzen red through his panel, his heart calmed down for a moment, but when he started reading through his panel more he was stunned. WHY DIDN'T HE HAVE ALL OF HIS STRENGTH!? Hiruzen nearly had another heart attack, but he calmed dawn after a second and started thinking this through… for starters, this is his original body, meaning it isn't as strong as his body in his previous life… not only that the centuries of combat, experience and more are not instilled in this body either compared to his millenniums of existence as Yamamoto…
*Sigh*
Hiruzen took a deep breath… It seems that he is going to have to train his body to get back to par as he isn't satisfied one bit with his current level, even though at one point he was proud of his strength as Hiruzen, after living several millenniums and experiencing everything in the Soul Society… Hiruzen honestly felt that the battles here are like a bunch of children fighting each other than actual warriors, and the only ones that he felt were actually decently good were the battles between Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha… but this is just his opinion as a two thousand year old senior, nothing more…
He after gathering his bearings looked back at the panel and noticed the 'Extract' button next to Ryujin Jakka's section and became a little excited that he would be able to gain his trusted friend once more… he excitedly moves his finger over and clicked the 'Extract' button…
*Click*
*FWOOOM*
Hiruzen became alert somewhat as he gazes at the suddenly aggressive and growing fireplace in his home, he also noticed that the flames have become erratic and alive in the sense… Hiruzen suddenly realises what's happening and relaxes his stance and just watches the flames, the flames themselves shot out of the fireplace and started floating in the air in front of him as he watches them twist, turn and compress themselves together until he saw the unmistakable form of his Zanpakuto, Ryujin Jakka, scabbard and all calmly floating in the air with the flames surrounding the blade providing the room and Hiruzen himself with a warmth that was both comforting and warning for those unworthy… suddenly Hiruzen sees his Zanpakuto being covered by wood, growing along the entirety of the scabbard and all the way past the hilt and way past the tip of the blade, forming the unmistakable shape of his cane that he used in the later years of his life.
Hiruzen watched as Ryujin Jakka's flames disappeared back into the now calm and ordinary fireplace, with the cane floating slowly and calmly over to Hiruzen who reached out his hand and grasped the now transformed version of Ryujin Jakka and started carefully looking over it, making sure that nothing was wrong with his partner and that it was still the same as it had been when he was Yamamoto.
After a minute of checking, Hiruzen was satisfied and noticing that the time was becoming late decided that it was best to go to bed as he has had a lot of ups and downs for both lifetimes… he chuckled to himself at that but didn't dwell on it and decided to test something out.
'Shunpo!' thought Hiruzen as he utilised the Shinigami's high-speed movement technique, and he suddenly vanished from his place at extreme speeds that couldn't even be followed, leaving barely a blur in his place. With Hiruzen instantly appearing in his bedroom a second later, and he started looking around and thought to himself:
'Passable…' glumly thought Hiruzen, as he had to use more steps than he usually would when traversing those speeds, especially he would be hundreds of times faster than that even with less effort…
'Huhh, I have a lot of work to do don't I…' sighed Hiruzen, and he calmly started changing into his sleepwear when he finally noticed his appearance, and this time he smiled a bit looking at his physic, but he was a bit surprised that his scars actually came over to his original body… he frowned slightly as he would have to think of a way to hide the scars as he can't just walk around Konoha and have everyone wondering why earlier today he was fine and now he is looking like even more of a veteran warrior than he used to…
Henge won't work, cause that would only work usually on civilians and some Chunin, but not Jonin or above… heck he doesn't even know if his Shinobi techniques work with his Reiryoku at all! After all Chakra and Reiryoku are two energies barely similar to each other at all, as while Reiryoku is powerful and many times stronger than Chakra, it isn't as flexible and adaptive as Chakra is…
He shook his head and noticed than his facial appearance became a lot more youthful, and a lot of his prominent wrinkles and sagging skin is gone, he looks like he is fifty all over again… in fact he looks a bit younger than that, maybe even in his late forties than in his late sixties. He smiled at how he is back to being a lot younger now, but he frowned once more at how this will be even more difficult to hide or explain than his scars, because everyone, even his former teammates now advisers, would be wondering how he suddenly became so much younger with even all of his hair that he lost due to age growing back and becoming as lustrous as it was before the Third Shinobi World War!
Hiruzen started rubbing his temples at these sudden realisations, as while he did become strong, very strong in fact, with the possibility of surpassing his strength in his previous life in the future, it also caused him some short to probably mid-term length problems that will take ages for others to blow over. Though as these thoughts came flooding in, his mind subconsciously brought something back to the forefront of it…
'Wait a minute… why should I fear what some civilians, and what some Shinobi with influence think or demand of me… I AM THE GOD DAMN GOD OF SHINOBI AND THE CAPTAIN-COMMANDER OF THE SOUL SOCIETY!! I FEAR NO ONE, EVEN IN THE FACE OF DEATH… I. FEAR. NO. ONE...' suddenly these negative thoughts were mercilessly crushed by Hiruzen's conviction and determination… he will no longer be stepped on or undermined by those who think have power but do not… ohh he will let them learn the hard way if they must, but let's wait till the stage is set for that…
Then as if responding to Hiruzen's determination and will, Ryujin Jakka that was standing quietly upright in the middle of the room suddenly started glowing with tongues of flames flickering around its form like it was showing its support and approval to Hiruzen's change in character and becoming more like he used to be… and of course Hiruzen noticed the reaction of his partner and calmly walked over to them, picked them up and started calmly stroking it, as if he was giving a silent thank you to the reflection of his soul and decided that it would be better if he put Ryujin Jakka next to his bed instead of somewhere else.
After a second of finding a spot for the staff, he calmly placed it near him and finished changing into his bedwear, deciding that it was time to retire from this very chaotic night, he slipped under the covers for the comfortable bed, Hiruzen snuffed out the candles next to him and closed his eyes to let his mind rest for the night…