[Remaining Rebirth Count: 456.]
"Hooo! I guess I am too lucky... Not to have some strange bloodline... For me, it's a curse! Not to be a hypocrite or anything, but being praised or ostracized for the bloodline and clan you must have reeked of lousiness... Ah! Let's go to the western desert and find Shukaku..."
After his subsequent death, Yoichi's 34th reincarnation was successfully born, with the orphanage treating and taking care of him for 18 years. In his ramblings, Yoichi disdained such incredible bloodlines as the result of multiple accidents stemming from these Kekkai Genkai.
Furthermore, he hated the power inside the DNA of fascinating blood anomalies, yet his curiosity about heritage made Yoichi feel like a hypocrite in his life.
Regardless, Yoichi embraced his filthy and hidden imperfections without any shame or remorse. In his perspective, it was a way of survival and adaptation that originated from humanity's self-preservation system.
If he had a Uchiha's Sharingan, Yoichi would gladly get rid of it, not despite his powers but because of his illogical abilities and capabilities.
Speaking of clans, Ashura ultimately perished due to old age after having three wives. The main wife was Kanna, the gentlewoman who helped him with his succession mission. Another was a female onmyouji with red hair, who was seemingly outstanding at exorcising ghosts. Lastly, a yandere with white hair and an explosive attitude made Ashura's forehead veins throb in helplessness.
After that, Indra also passed away with numerous regrets in an antagonistic fashion. Earlier, he built the Uchiha Clan with his strange advisor — Black Zetsu. Keeping the bloodline pure was one of his schemes as a path to awakening the Rinnegan with ease, which Indra merely approved of.
Presently, the common people with ambitions are still lying low and preparing to build clans or alliances with the mystical wonders of Ninjutsu.
"Finally, I'm here! Shukaku, where are you?! Oh, wait, you are stuck in the giant tea kettle! How about now? Can you see me?"
Arriving at the secluded shrine, Yoichi glanced at the surroundings and felt the intensity of Chakra around the space-time. Afterward, his spiritual mind went inside the seemingly dark space with a giant tanuki sleeping in the middle of the pillars.
In his mind, if a person has a lot of energy, just like a black hole in its mass, it will make a curvature around the fabrics of spacetime. Just like how he noticed Black Zetsu's mysterious invisibility. Even with covert abilities, the space-time curvature doesn't lie in its sensing capabilities.
"Hmmm? Huh? Who the hell are you?! Mortal, are you another one who seeks my power? Human, die!" A deep yet pitchy tone soared in the psychic plane as Shukaku woke up from his slumber and attacked his intruder with his sandy hands.
'Oh right, this is still the Shukaku who's wary of humans. Looking at this giant Tanuki, it's much more infant-like than the main show's Shukaku. Maybe Chakra assimilation and proper age were necessary?'
Dodging to the side, Yoichi exclaimed, "Calm down, Shukaku. It's me, Yoichi Murakami. Uncle of your Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo!"
Hearing those familiar names, Shukaku stiffened for a moment before becoming further suspicious of the mysterious invader. "I have no recollection of your identity, and you disturbed my esteemed self's sleep; therefore, die!"
Unleashing air bullets from his mouth, Shukaku resumed his attempts to kill the foreigner with a barrage of destructive compressed winds aimed at Yoichi relentlessly.
Based on his speculation, Yoichi proved his conjecture right with the rudimentary use of Chakra displayed by the One-Tailed Beast. Also, the size of his Chakra-attributed monster was still in its infancy, roughly the size of a two-story house.
"Come on, let's go outside and stretch our bodies a little bit..." Therefore, Yoichi unlocked the seal and began to teleport Shukaku into its playing field, the sandy desert, which was a huge advantage for the tailed beast.
"Arrogant human! Die!" Shukaku felt irritated and belittled, using his entire arsenal of magnetism as the sands began to shape into various objects and were propelled in Yoichi's direction.
"Lightning Release: Chakra Mode!"
Intense lightning coursed all over his body. Yoichi dodged the attacks and instantly arrived at Shukaku's position with a devastating punch.
With his automatic defense, Shukaku blocked the punch, yet it pierced through his compressed-density sand like a punching bag, as the One-Tailed Beast was pushed out to the side for several meters.
"This is your end!" Recovering, Shukaku smirked and enveloped Yoichi in a sand grave, densely wrapping and submerging the enemy in the vast, blistering desert.
"Idiot!" In an instant, Yoichi punched Shukaku's head, making the giant Tanuki roll over the sands with incredible strength, packing in his punch.
'What happened?! How is this mortal still alive?!'
"With my speed, how did you know it wasn't my afterimage?" Yoichi read his mind and strode forward, itching for his next attack until... "Wait, I admit defeat! I surrender!"
Shukaku conceded and acknowledged Yoichi's capability. All he wanted was to wait for the prophesized child in the future, as he didn't want to die yet. Recalling Yoichi's words, Shukaku also felt that Yoichi didn't have any animosity, especially since Yoichi was acquaintances with the Sage.
"Are you the one the Sage has been telling us about?" Out of the blue, Shukaku inquired, while Yoichi understood the giant Tanuki's inquisitiveness.
"I am not your future helper... Come on, we are going to visit the other friends... Transform into a smaller figure; having you in this form is pretty scary on our adventure." Yoichi quickly denied the allegation.
What Yoichi enjoyed was testing Hagoromo's will. The guy still couldn't休息 with his children fighting, even in death.
"But..." Shukaku's loyalty to the Sage remained, yet his curiosity for the unknown place flickered in his eyes.
"Just go and follow me. I will put you back into your respective positions once we are finished, and protecting me in your fragile state with my power doesn't make any sense..." Yoichi shook his head and turned away, walking slowly without any remorse about Shukaku's hesitation.
"Wait! Please, wait for me!" Ultimately, Shukaku agreed, his little voice ringing in the desert.
"Hahaha, you are too cute with this appearance! Let's go with the others on the way!" Looking at the adorable appearance of Shukaku, Yoichi pinched the little Tanuki and hoisted him onto his shoulder, going to the other Tailed Beasts' lairs.
"HAHAHA, we will see you soon! I will visit all of you with my friend here!" In the psychic plane, Shukaku contacted the Tailed Beasts with an air of excitement and agitation.
"What do you mean?" All of them looked at Shukaku with pure interest.
"Heh, you'll see!" Shukaku vanished gradually, leaving them incensed and in a frenzy.
"Do you have any understanding of Shukaku's words?" the ox head, Gyuki, glanced at their confused expressions while Kurama scoffed.
"As expected of the weakest member! Hah! Maybe having his little strength made him crazy!" With a proud expression, Kurama wagged his nine tails at the other beasts while the rest glanced at Kurama with contempt, leaving him all alone in the psychic plane.
"Bastards! I will beat you up again once we meet, I swear!" As his raging roars echoed through the isolated plane, Kurama angrily left with resentment on his face.
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"Look at Matatabi, she's much more tame than you, Shukaku... Maybe work on your attitude a little bit..."
After going into the Falls of Truth, Yoichi unsealed the Two-Tailed Beast, Matatabi, a new member of the adventurous party. "I thank you for your time to unseal my brethren, Yoichi-kun."
In terms of amazing speed, Matatabi was one of the fastest Tailed Beasts in the group. However, his raw power was left unsatisfied due to having only Fire Release and Healing properties, which all of the Tailed Beasts harbor.
"Why are you collecting us? What's your purpose?"
Later, Yoichi met Gyuki near the Falls of Truth as the Eight-Tailed Beast asked him. Although Gyuki was the second strongest Tailed Beast, his analytical skills and caution became a benchmark, particularly for the acquaintance of their creator.
"Me? I am just enjoying my life with you all. Don't worry, I am not some type of clown to take over your powers in my hands. Come on, let's go! I don't want to destroy this wonderful landscape..." Hearing his words, Gyuki paused for a bit until coming alongside Yoichi and his comrades.
There's no point in pondering things over. As long as Yoichi doesn't have any shady plans, the rest of them don't have to make a move against him.
Therefore, Yoichi and the Tailed Beast Gang visited their relatives. First was Isobu, the 3-tailed Beast with a lazy attitude, followed by Saiken, the 6-tailed Beast with an energetic demeanor from his bipedal slug form. The next one was Son Goku, who had a prideful mindset, yet Yoichi curbed his cockiness in a beat alongside Kokuō, the polite beast. Then, Chomei — the 7-Tailed Beast with a mischievous air in beetle form.
"Hahaha! All of you are caught by a mortal? What a joke! Let me see how strong you are, Yoichi Murakami!" Lastly, the proud and wicked Kurama, with contempt, yet the Tailed Beast Gang also followed up with their mocking looks at him.
"Is that all you can do? Dodge all my attacks? Looks like all of them were beaten by a pesky mortal! HAHAHAHA!" Kurama ridiculed Yoichi while attacking the troublesome human in relentless assaults with his fox hands and tails.
"Yoichi! Beat that arrogant prick! I have had enough of his conceitedness!"
"Yeah! If there's a chance, break some of those tails into fewer numbers!"
"Hehehe... Use my paralyzing powder, Yoichi! It's potent to the max and we could butcher that smelly fox!"
"What an excuse! You all lost against this bothersome mortal! Hah, take this!" Hearing the protests, Kurama scoffed at his fellow buddies and aimed his attacks even more ruthlessly at Yoichi.
"Yin-Yang Release: Buddha's Palm!"
Shaking his head, Yoichi unleashed a gigantic palm in the air like the benevolent hand of Buddha as it struck through Kurama's enormous fox form, ending the fight in an instant with one sure hit.
If Hashirama had Several True Thousand Hands, Yoichi's Buddha Palm incorporated the use of heavenly powers cultivated in his thousand years of adventure and experience around the world.
"Welcome to the group, Kurama! Please, revert to something smaller for our journey." With his smile, the others instinctively gulped their saliva and glanced at Kurama's battered figure in the hand crater.
"So Yoichi wasn't even serious in our fights! Heck, we don't even know if it's his full power or not... Do not trigger this nonchalant individual in the future!"
The Tailed Beast Gang exchanged glances and nodded, aware of each other's fear and trepidation for Yoichi's laid-back perspective.
"Hahaha! Smelly fox, what did I say? Yoichi defeated you in one go like an ant in the streets!" On the side, Shukaku swaggered around Kurama as if he had beaten the 9-Tailed Beast in his hands.
"Heh! Dusty Tanuki, you never won against me! Don't trouble me with your paltry skills." Recovered slightly, Kurama sneered at Shukaku's tiny figure and transformed his adorable appearance.
Although Kurama couldn't beat Yoichi, that doesn't mean he would take his pal's mockery in the slightest terms. Furthermore, Yoichi established his dominance against them in an extraordinary and casual display of his capabilities.
"What did you say?! Do you want to fight?!"
"I will be the better beast here, so shoo, get away from me! I don't want to be infected by your weakness!"
"That's enough; let's go." Looking at the batting heads, Yoichi shook his head as the rest followed him, leaving Kurama and Shukaku with stiffened bodies until they eventually pursued the group.
(A/N: Sorry guys, can't be able to write this much. My uncle died and still couldn't write that much due to disbelief. For now, I will upload 1 per day and then back again 2 chaps... As for the story, the Warring States Period is next and I want to polish the story so stay tuned. Thanks for reading XDD)