Chapter 13: More Family!?

Ritsu was on a tree branch just a couple of meters away from the patio of the Fuji's clan head building.

There were ten battered corpses strewn all over and in the middle of it was a figure.

Ryu's clothes were cut everywhere, he lost an arm and was bleeding profusely from there.

He used his katana as support leaning on it.

Seeing such a situation Ritsu was not amazed at all, in fact he expected more.

But what could he expect from a low level clan that he doesn't even remember from the anime.

It's not like they have been long established, had numerous Jonin, or some secret technique.

Even so, Ritsu waited on the branch waiting for Ryu to die from bleeding out.

Ryu had long noticed a child with pink eyes just sitting on the branch.

It wasn't like the child had even attempted to hide himself.

But questions plagued his mind, no matter how he recalled the past scenarios or information he couldn't figure it out.

'Why was a child of the Karatachi Clan here?'

'Why did the Yua Clan charge suicidal just to deal me a fatal blow?'

'Were they not all killed?'

No matter how he thought it didn't concern him no more, he felt it.

His body would last a couple of moments more, so he will at least take one more person with him to the afterlife.

He closed his eyes, as he calmed his breath and gathered his strength, before opening his eyes, unleashing an overpowering aura.

In the split second that he had done all this the child was nowhere to be seen

Suddenly an aura that was equal in strength appeared behind him.

So like any trained shinobi he abandoned his attacking stance, quickly turned around into a defensive stance prepared to block whatever that was coming.

To his dismay there was no one there, but the presence was still there except instead of coming from the original direction, it was coming from all sides.

Ryu's sense were heightened to the highest degree.

It was all for naught, as time passed on and the side sending the oppressive aura didn't make a move causing Ryu's time to run out.

The adrenaline from the sudden aura, and heightened concentration was gone.

His body could not hold any longer.

Ryu dropped his sword, his eyes were going in and out of focus, but it was for mere moments as his body toppled over.

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Ritsu had waited for the old man Ryu to bleed out.

However, as Ryu was already injured and exhausted from fighting the Toru Clan members and the additional Yua Clan members

Ritsu decided to finish this quickly.

Disappearing the moment Ryu's eyes were closing.

He unleash an aura to stun his opponent as he gathered his strength in one strike.

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As a young man who always watched the protagonist go head first into danger, he too wished the same.

But today for the first time, Ritsu had his hairs stand on end, and cold sweat clammed his hands.

At the last second he changed the power he had built in swinging his blade into evading as far as he could before hiding his presence.

While hiding his presence he spread his aura and changed location every second while rattling some wind, leaves, and sticks, to give the notion that he may attack.

Doing this he heightened his concentration to solely focus Ryu's every movement.

After a couple of minutes have passed Ryu finally couldn't hold on for much longer.

He showed a face of regret and frustration before he fell to the ground.

Ritsu threw a couple of kunais that stabbed Ryu's corpse to prove whether he truly is dead.

Ritsu lets out a breath of relief as he calms down his nerves and tries to gather his bearings.

While doing so Ritsu activated his identification on Ryu's Corpse.

[Ryu Toru - Elite Jonin

Age: 36

Affiliation: Toru Clan

Loyalty: Toru Clan 95

Kekkei Genkai: None

Bloodline: 58%

Talent: Swordsmanship SS, Reflex S, Water C, Fire C, Wind D, Instinct C

Summary: Ryu has led the Toru Clan at a rather young age than normally after his eldest and second eldest brother died during the war with the Karatachi Clan. His father died of an illness just a year after the war had subsided. An excellent swordsman, had a certain someone come closer just by a fraction of an inch their head would have been cut off.]

Ritsu reading the description couldn't help but feel his neck as a shiver went down his back.

If he had not reacted on his instinct then his head would have been lopped off.

Recalling the system notification he had received when he was about to deal the final blow, Ritsu took a look at it.

[Danger Notification - If the host does not retreat within the next fraction of the second you will die by beheading.]

Ritsu silently reflected that he should be more restrained in his actions when fighting others.

If he had not reacted sooner to the danger then he would have died, luckily his instinct kicked in before the notification was received.

Hearing the cheers throughout the compound, Ritsu smiled, "I guess the hunts on."

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Nao was fighting against both Toru and the few remaining Fuji clan members

At first he was in doubt when his son said they were to use Toru clan members to help kill the remainder of those who were fighting.

At the beginning of the fight the Yua clan members were apprehensive at killing their former associates but eventually a few between went killing and taking heads.

Doing so caused a chain reaction to the remaining member to start killing and taking the head of the slain.

There were some who figured that since they were able to use their ninjutsu freely that it would be alright if some Karatachi clan members were to be accidentally hurt.

The few that briefly had that thought screamed in pain but in that momentary distraction they were killed by Karatachi clan members or their enemies.

Ritsu had told the clan that if they saw any Yua clan member scream and hold their head then they were having malicious thoughts against a Karatachi clan member.

Those who had those thoughts were to be eliminated as soon as possible.

Although the cursed seal prevents them from acting directly, or punishes them for having those thoughts.

There will always be some exception who can hide their thoughts and indirectly hurt a clan member.

Ever since the first incident the rest of the Yua Clan members put themselves in their place and focused on the task at hand.

Whether it was to survive, free themselves, or someone they loved they had no choice but to kill the enemy.

Not many have died after all the shinobi who they were fighting had just been fighting each other.

They were simply picking off the remnants of the weakened shinobis.

The Fuji despaired at the thought of more enemies.

The Toru clan was in high morale after almost defeating the Fuji clan, but then they were attacked by two clans, one who was supposedly an ally.

At first the fighting was on even grounds, but as time passed the Toru clan members who were already had been exhausted physically and in chakra reserves started to fall one by one quicker than they could kill the Karatachi and Yua Shinobi.

As a result of the massive losses on their side caused morale to start to fall and without any words from their clan head they were even more at a loss at what to do.

Within minutes they had lost almost half their forces.

At that point deserters had started to appear and the word for retreat had spread amongst the Toru Clan shinobi which only hastened their death as it turned from a fight to a hunt for prey.

Seeing the Toru Clan disperse Nao gave the command, "Don't let a single one of them escape, capture if possible if not kill them all."

Hearing the Clan Head command, the Karatachi Clan members cheered.

Not willing to wait around, Nao merges into a squad chasing after the enemy shinobi.

Time passed and the bright rays of dawn illuminated the sky as the shinobi were rounded up or killed.

Hearing familiar light steps he turns to see his son covered in blood clearly not his own but rather enemy shinobi's yet there seemed to be a lack of emotion on his son's face.

Nao could still not get over how quick his son has matured.

Even so, Nao can't help but praise his son, as everything that was accomplished was due to his son's achievements and judgments.

The cursed seal, teleportation, storage scroll, timing, strategy, and his fighting capability.

'He is fit to lead the clan, father, if only you could see your grandson.'

"Ritsu tell me what should we do now, we have gotten revenge on our enemies now I feel at peace. In my mind there was only getting revenge; however, now that has been accomplished your father is at loss at what we should do."

"Well for one why don't we take over the Fuji Clan compound, it's close to the town, Torogawa." Ritsu paused as he saw from the corner of his eyes his father's dark expression.

Continuing, Ritsu ignored his father's expression, "We need to move into the Fuji Clan compound.

One reason is that all the buildings are simply better than what we currently have.

Second, they have a lot of wealth, and materials that would be a hassle to transfer, it would be easier to transfer our wealth.

Finally, since it's close to Torogawa we will have more control over the city and since the three overlords of Torogawa have been eliminated we can enjoy the full benefits of enjoying the entire town to ourselves.

I understand that it's beneath Shinobi Clan to get into the matter of civilians. But at this moment we are very little, in this war we had a little over a hundred clansmen, but the majority of able bodied clansmen is few.

Ritsu paused, allowing his father time to understand the words said.

"Which brings me to my next reason. I plan on marrying the clansmen amongst the cursed seal prisoners and civilians."

At those words, his father's aura leaked more and more as the darker his expression went.

Nao was shocked, and disgusted at the idea of marrying out of the clan.

He hoped that his aura would show Ritsu how against he was towards the idea, however when he looked he found Ritsu unfazed by his aura.

His eyes simple stared back at his.

"The Clansmen won't agree with the idea. They will oppose it."

"I know father, that's why you will lead by example. I believe that if the Fuji Clan head could have concubines, and the daimyos do it, then why can't you father?"

Nao's head short circuited at his son's proposal trying to think of a way to reject, "Your mother won't agree."

"I'm sure you'll find a way to convince her after all this is for the greater good of the clan.

We must not be obstinate in our old ways.

Remember my words father, I do not aim to be the Clan Head of the Karatachi Clan for the rest of my life."

Nao sighed he remembered his son's words earlier in the year that he was not satisfied as the heir, the Karatachi had nothing to their name, their golden age was just memories of the past and Nao too thought that their rise was nowhere near, but his son saw differently.

'The future I see is a future where we will have numerous clans at our beck and call.

A day where no one will dare insult the Karatachi Clan.

However I must know that the clan has my back no matter how wrong or right I may appear in the eyes of the world.

If not, it may be best for me to leave the clan as it's not worth the trouble to fish in troubled water.'

Nao sighed as he thought of the countless nights that he will have to sleep on the couch all because of his son.

'But if it helps the clan grow then I must lead by examples just as my son says'

"Very well, I will talk to your mother about it, and I will take onl–"

Ritsu interjected, "That's great, I need you to take in two wives, one from the cursed prisoners and a civilian. Now you will go talk to mother, and I will take charge of things here, while looking for candidates. Also make sure they gather all the items we have by around noon, so I can teleport them over at once. Okay? Bye!! Goodluck"

Ritsu quickly said his words, gave his father a sweet smile while in the last three words he stuck a tag on him teleporting him from the Fuji Clan compound directly in the middle of Karatachi Clan.

Nao was stunned and bewildered; he didn't even manage to refuse.

He stood there stunned by what happened until he heard a voice which he hoped he wouldn't meet so soon.

"Honey, is there something wrong?" his wife Tamami had approached him with a look of concern.

"O-of course. H-honey th-theres nothing wRonG?"

Hearing the words of her husband Tamami's woman instinct kicked in as she sensed something was wrong.

Seeing the displeased face of his wife, Nao knew he couldn't hide it.

He wondered if Ritsu had deliberately teleported him in front of his wife, he didn't have any time to prepare himself.

"Well you see honey…."