The Path Of A Ninja : Eyes Of Death & Body Of Life

'It seems my eyes have been awakened'

He could see [Lines of Death] everywhere and in everything causing him a mild headache as he was not used to comprehending [Death]. The Headache would go away as he gets used to it.

'I'll test the eyes later. First I need to determine why this Ninja was send here. From his response to my question, it seems The 3rd Great Ninja War is about to begin. Which means it is 10 years prior to the start of the series. The war mainly takes place in the [Land of Grass] with [Leaf] fighting [Rock], then [Cloud] and [Sand] joins the fight. In this war a couple if things happen-

1. A few ninjas get their moniker - Minato as [Yellow Flash] .

Kakashi as [Copy Ninja] and Sasori as [Sasori of the Red Sand].

2. Kakashi gets the sharingan as Obito 'dies'.

3. Rin almost becomes a 3-Tails Jinchuriki and dies from Kakashi's Chidori.

4. 3rd Raikage and 3rd Kazekage dies

5. Ao steals a Byakugan, getting him the moniker [Byakugan Killer]

6. Minato's Team destroying the Kannabi Bridge which brought the war in The [Leaf]'s favour.

7. Akatsuki gets formed by Nagato as Yahiko dies, soon followed by Hanzo.

8.The [Leaf] proposing a peace treaty and asking for no compensation.

In conclusion, EX Luck has finally given me a giant middle finger. Just great.

Sigh* Let's hope the ninja has useful stuff on him. EX Luck, do your magic!'

The boy approached the body and inspected it. He found a Bag and 2 small pouches.

The Bag and pouches had-

1. Quite alot of scrolls (many being storage)

2.Pills

3.Maps and compass

4.Paper?

5.lots of kunai and shurikens

6.Money

"Wao, thats a lot of things. I hope the scrolls have some jutsus and information. "

Collecting everything, he puts on the bag and pouches and was about to leave he realised he couldn't leave the body behind.

"Hm, I should bury him."

So, he got to work.

10 mins later, the body was buried with a grave stone.

The boy closed his eyes and joined his hands in a short prayer.

The rabbit not knowing what to do imitates his actions, making a weird scene of a boy and a rabbit praying. The boy opens his eyes and calls the rabbit to leave. The rabbit hops upon his head and soon they were gone.

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Time: Evening Location:In front of the Tree-house : Flower Bed

The boy was sorting the loot he received from the ninja as the rabbit took its nap on his l.a.p.

'Hm, the loot is more bountiful than expected.'

The boy arranged the scrolls according to its type.

1.Mission scroll, Details about the mission

2. 5 Storage Scrolls

3.That paper was actually the thing which tell one's chakra nature.

4.Jutsu scrolls.

'Let's begin with the Mission scroll.'

The scroll did not give much info. but it was enough to tell him where he lived. Which was.....

" WHY IS MY HOUSE LITERALLY IN A WAR ZONE!!!!????"

Squeak!*

The rabbit jumped up in surprise from its sleep, looking left and right for any danger.When it saw none, it looked at the boy realising it was him who woke it up.

Squeak! Squeak!*

The rabbit complained in anger while hopping, as if it was pouting,

looking very cute in the boy's eyes.

"Oh, sorry Little One I was just shocked with what I just found out. You can continue your sleep."

Squeak*

Though still pouting it closed it's eyes to sleep.

'Huu~ At least it's at the border. So the ninja was from the [Rock], he was not wearing a headband so I didn't knew. Now that he's dead someone might come to investigate nor maybe they might just ignore it as they will be too busy preparing for the war.Depends on my luck, and knowing my luck.....

Lets see the next scroll!'

The Jutsu scrolls contained Earth style jutsu. This will only be useful only if he have it's [Charka Nature] which will be determined by the [Nature Paper] (Named by our MC).

'Next'

One by one he opened the storage scrolls and took all the items out.

Many things puffed out-

1. Bunch of Ninja tools

2. Exploding tags

3. A brush and some sort of Ink

4.Food and water

5. Tent and daily necessities

6. A few Manuals for Fuinjutsu, Taijutsu, and....Cooking?

'Did the guy had cooking as a hobby? Nice, I'll gratefully use this manual to reach the heights of Cooking.'

With all the unboxing done he kept everything back into the scrolls except for a few tools, manuals and [Nature Paper]. He held the paper in his hand and inserted a bit of his chakra into it.

'Hm?....HM!?'

"WHAT?!?!" Squeak!!*

Once again with its sleep interrupted the rabbit cried out in complain. Wondering just what was wrong with the boy since they returned.

His reaction was because the paper...had turned into Wood.

Which could only mean...."I have Wood-Release."

'Damn EX Luck, You've done it now. I take back all my complains about living in a future warzone.'

Squeak!* Seeing the boy ignoring it the rabbit began to pout even more.'fine! I'll ignore you too!'

"So sorry Little One, I promise it won't happen again. Here, a tasty carrot for you."

With the bribe of the carrot the rabbit was happy again. nibble* nibble* once it ate I laid on the field of flowers and slept.

'I feel that was too easy. Good for me I guess.

Now, I have [Wood Style] so along with it [Water] and Earth] chakra nature and my eyes are unlocked. Both needs to be experimented in great detail. I remember Danzo giving the Manual for [Wood-Style] to Yamato, so right now it should be with him or with the Hokage. So I need to meet Minato in the war and form a relationship of some sort.'

At its simplest, Wood Release allows the user to create wood, essentially converting their chakra into a source of life before, at it greatest, becoming mighty trees of various size and shape. The vegetation can sprout from the user's body or grow from the surroundings; Hashirama created a forest that served as a foundation for Konohagakure, contributing to his selection as First Hokage. Wooden constructs can also be created, ranging in complexity from cages to complete houses. It is not necessary that the created wood take any identifiable form, allowing users to focus on its inherent pliability to ensnare targets or its durability for brute force attacks.

Wood Release can produce very detailed, ornate constructs. Wood Release: Transformation essentially creates a costume around the user, allowing them to convincingly pass as another person. By using senjutsu, Hashirama could create a gigantic, many-armed wooden statue that he fully controlled; its barrage of punches were chiefly responsible for the Valley of the End's formation. Wood Release's most versatile application is the Wood Clone Technique, which makes a fully-functional duplicate of the user that is indistinguishable from the original and is even capable of performing other jutsu.

The Wood Release was also equally famous for its power to manipulate, suppress, and/or absorb a targets chakra. Hashirama's mastery of this ability earning him recognition as one of the few people able to fully control a tailed beast. This would be done by ensnaring a target with the Wood Release and upon such physical contact would then control the chakra until they were finally too weak to escape. Hashirama's usage of this skill let him subdue many of the tailed beasts, keeping them under his control and allowed him to distribute several to the early hidden villages.

"In Conclusion, Its OP."

'But For me to reach that level I need the Manual and More Chakra reserves. A shortcut would be to become a Jinchuriki. The only one available as the 3-tails but my skill with wood-style won't be good enough to suppress a Tailed Beast and I doubt I'll master Fuinjutsu that easily....and 9-Tails is a lot more cooler and I have a plan as to how to get it as well as plenty of time to master my skills. And who knows, Minato and Kushina might actually live. As for the war, I'll support the [Leaf] , save a few lives , get some experience and most Importantly.....Get Famous! I need to get enough fame so that the other Villages would hesitate to mess with me. War takes time to prepare so I should have 6 months max to prepare unless Danzo speeds it up. My top 3 Priorities are

1.Improve Chakra Control to attempt Sage Mode. Since [Nature Energy] is actually quite easy to control. when my chakra control the necessary level i'll be able to control and balance the two energies.

2 Master [Wood-Style] . At least better than Yamato.

3.Figure out how to unlock my sword style.

Actually I'll just do that now since I feel I've made the least progress in it.'

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The boy stood with a wooden katana in hand on a field of flowers. His eyes closed as he tries to feels what he is wrong. He held the katana in his right hand, leaving his left empty.

'This feels wrong, I need to hold something with my left. Another sword? Possible. '

So he got another sword from the house and tried again in the field.

'Now it feels better, but something is still missing. What could it be? hm, the way of the sword, a sword, a tool to take a life or to protect one. One needs a strong Will and a Genuine dedication towards it.'

Then it clicked.

"Wait, Genuine, as in Real, no wonder I didn't Unlock it till now. I need Real/Genuine Swords! Stupid Conditions."

With that, he quickly took the Storage scroll and summoned two real katanas.

He took the swords and returned to the field and held them in each hand.

The wind blew, the flowers swayed with the wind as the sun set.

The boy closed his eyes. Words appeared in his mind along with knowledge of the sword-style.

[Niten Ichi-ryu]&[The Book of Five Rings]

Niten Ichi-ryū, which can be loosely translated as "the school of the strategy of two heavens as one", is a koryū, transmitting a style of classical Japanese swordsmanship conceived by the warrior Miyamoto Musashi also known as the greatest swordsman of japan who attained the realm of [Nothingness],The highest order a swordsman can attain.

The ultimate mental state-'One is nothing, thus invincible'. Only a swordsman who has reached the infinite mental state can perceive this.

[The Book of Five Rings]

Right before death, Musashi compiled the mental state he attained during his lifetime, his cultivated techniques, into one book.

Divided into the five volumes of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Void, this book was the culmination of the human being called "Musashi".

The Book of Five Rings gives an outline of the Niten Ichi-ryu and explains its ideology as an art of war in the Book of Earth, explains concrete techniques on the Book of Water, talks about the art of war in the dimensions of tactics and strategy on the Book of Fire, and - just like the above-mentioned - explains the fundamental understanding of the Niten Ichi-ryu by means of a repudiation of other schools on the Book of Wind.

Finally, it has been said that Musashi's own understanding about "emptiness", as well as the above-mentioned technique of "confrontation", has been written down on the Book of Void.

'Hm, I see. This is the Heart of The Sword.'

He began to swing his swords and soon entered a trance, the knowledge started to become one with him. His crude actions started to become more polished and more graceful as time went on and as hours passed his swings and movement became as if is he practiced them for years. Upon the field of flowers at Twilight, in the long span of history, finally a second person arrived at the threshold of [Nothingness].