Celestial Path Chapter 23

Eleanor's expression was almost dull as she gave me a long stare until she visibly shuddered and spoke as she hurriedly turned away from me. "I... I can't even look at you without my mind going dull. I- I think I need to leave."

Then a bloom of amusement born of being a mischievous kitsune grew within my chest. I stepped forward and Eleanor squeaked as my hands wrapped around her and grabbed her tits as I whispered into her ear.

"Oh, but Eleanor... What if another Anbu or someone else sees me helpless as I sleep? I need you here with me." 

Eleanor's frame shuddered and then she melted against me as I pressed against her backside and nibbled on her ear making her moan.

"Akariiii, you can't do that to me." She whispered back. But her hips didn't lie as she pressed against me and began grinding against me.

I squeezed her large breasts in my hands one last time before I said softly. "Well, come on then, I want you in my bed then. It's cold at night after all."

Yeah... Nights in the Land of Fire was cold, complete bull honkey but she just numbly nodded as I pulled her into my room with her audibly swallowing with her eye's glazing over as I threw off my shirt and she climbed into my bed with me.

And as we laid in my bed, in my new house, with Quelaag's much larger form in the basement being easily heard as she did her own thing. I couldn't help a helpless smile as Eleanor's infatuated eye's just stared up at my face as she lay her face on my chest.

'Yup, this is going to be even more of a nuisance than I thought.' I thought as I realized that Eleanor was more infatuated and just staring at me instead of being lustful, honestly.

The only way I could think about it was her looking at a nude painting and just being lost in the beautiful art itself. Not the nude person being depicted itself.

I then went to sleep as I needed to wake up bright and early. Not only was I supposed to meet Kiyome and Kaori early along with my future Jonin teacher. But I also needed to find a way to hide my appearance.

I awoke several hours later to being the small damned spoon for Eleanor with her face buried into the nape of my neck as she pressed her breasts into my back while hugging me.

"You smell even better... Any Inuzuka's that come around you are also going to be a surprise. Thankfully, none of the other villages use much in the way of scent tracking besides tracking the scent of blood." Eleanor whispered, making my lips twitch as that didn't make sense!

I understood that the Grimoire perk made me too damned beautiful as Helen of Troy was more then a good indication as to what happened when someone was too beautiful. But why did I smell fantastic as well?!

"Hah." I exhaled into my hand with my face pinching as I realized even morning breath didn't even exist and somehow... Smelled like pumpkin to go along with my general vanilla scent???

I then got up with a groan as I said quietly. "Oh joy... I don't want someone to get a scent fetish off me as well."

To which Eleanor just chuckled before she scooted forward to take up my leftover heat while exposing the tops of her ample breasts as she teased. "You are wrong there Akari, the Inazuka as a whole have a scent fetish trained into them basically due to their enhanced senses. Same as the Aburame, even if its more pheromone and hormone-based then scent."

"That is... Lovely knowledge." I grunted brushing my hand across my face to wake myself up further.

Then with a yawn, I gave the lazily starring Eleanor who was just gazing at me listlessly a swat on the ass before I said firmly. "Alright, I got a lot to do today... Wish me luck in not getting assaulted in any alleyways I walk into."

It took Eleanor a good minute to actually quantify what I meant as she coughed and flushed at my words as she somehow probably imagined HER doing the alleyway assaulting.

Going into the bathroom, I quickly threw up some gang handsigns to do the transformation jutsu... Only to learn that no matter what the fuck appearance I took on, due to the perk I would always look the best possible version of whatever appearance I wanted.

So I literally couldn't even transform myself to avoid the beauty and 'perfection' that was myself.

'Well, time to bite the bullet/kunai in this case I guess.' I thought that I at least put on a hoodie to at least somewhat obscure my appearance before I headed out the door.

I was supposed to meet Kiyome and Kaori at the top of the Academy today so thankfully I was able to roof top jump across Konoha to get where I needed to without being stopped. 

"Well I am early... I hope this mystery Jonin isn't going to be a Kakashi who has a dozen pysch issues though." I muttered to myself as I took in the empty roof and just took a seat on a bench to relax for a bit.

I even pulled down the rim of my hood to hide my face a bit more. But a few minutes later, Kiyome and Kaori Uchiha arrived... And as the siblings saw me, I could see that the younger in Kiyome flushed and said hurriedly.

"Put away that weird transformation jutsu Akari!"

But then Kaori spoke with a weird expression as she stared at me with her active Sharingan. "He doesn't have a transformation around himself. He doesn't have the chakra shell someone with a transformation active would have. What happened to you Akari?"

To which I just shrugged and said tiredly. "I hit puberty... I have no damned clue honestly." 

Both of the girls Sharingan's faded with them both sharing a look before Kiyome said a bit quieter and unsurely. "Uhm, does your appearance have any changes with your chakra hugs?" 

I just gave the Uchiha a dull look before I said flatly. "I smell better, apparently. That's the only thing that would actually change, I suppose."

I shook my head and pulled my hood down lower as I could feel the young woman's hungry gaze raking over my form, and I felt... Just so objectified! I was so offended!

Kaori coughed to clear the now awkward silence and said curiously. "So Akari, did Lord Fourth provide any information about our Jonin teacher at all? What time to expect them beyond around now or anything."

My face pinched at the realization that the derpy Uzumaki Hokage most assuredly did not give me that information. 'Kushina may not have been taught by Jiraiya, but she most assuredly did get some of his unreliable nature.' I thought with a wry smile.

"Sadly not... I am completely in the dark frankly." I sighed before I pinged out with my chakra to see if I could see if I would be able to find said jonin like... Hiding on the side of the academy hiding from us or something.

But no dice, there weren't any jonin-sized chakra signatures beyond the much smaller chunin-level chakra levels of teachers arriving early to the academy.

Kaori and Kiyome, who had taken their seats next to me shifted, and I smiled knowingly as I knew they wanted my hugs almost as much as Eleanor did. 'I wonder if Uchiha's curse of hatred and extreme emotions will make them even more addicted to my soul-deep hugs?' I mused to myself.

But knowing the pride of the two girls, I didn't let them explode at me for not getting their unspoken message. And as I wrapped an arm around their waists to pull them against me. I could literally hear them both sigh in relief at the same time as they sagged against me.

Then my face twitched, Kiyome said in confusion. "Were you at a candy store or something? I smell strawberries and honey?" 

With Kaori cutting her off and saying in deeper confusion. "What do you even mean Kiyome, he clearly smells exactly like the lotus flowers from the Naraka River, and a sharp mint?"

I coughed and then said with a small smile. "My scent is different for everyone, I guess." Actually as a ninja that was pretty useful as any teams of trackers that may go after my scent would be confused as fuck at the different scents they would report.

We quickly switched topics beyond my changes though I could most definitely tell that both girls were far more infatuated in their minor crushes and our flirting became more physical.

As both girls leaned against me to enjoy the soul-deep hug, and out of the other sisters sight, they both gently rubbed my back, unaware of the other's actions.

Then, before anything else could happen a crackle of displaced air rang out as someone came out of a Shunshin atop the school building, and as I took in their appearance. I most fucking certainly recognized her!

'Yoruichi Shihoin?' I thought incredulously as a loud chuckle left the dark skinned beauty who was wearing the Konoha vest over her orange shirt and tight black yoga pants that clung... Deliciously to her long legs.

"Well well? At least I don't have to worry about the team members being estranged from one another... But really, as siblings you two are willing to share haha?" Yoruichi laughed as both Kiyome and Kaori flushed and pulled away from me.

But then I spoke, and everyone's face twitched at my words. "If Madara and Izuna Uchiha were both girls. They would happily have shared Hashirama... But then imagine how strong their kids would have been, actually."

The top of the tower was quiet before Yoruichi blinked and then she threw me a thumbs up and said firmly. "Damn kid that's some undefeatable logic honestly. Now!"

She clapped her hands together and continued with a bright grin. "As you already know, I have been assigned to be Akari's jonin teacher with you two little Uchiha being baggage to fill up Akari's team so he can smash the Chunin Exams."

Both Uchiha stiffened at the disrespectful address, but before they could retor,t Yoruichi continued with that same grin. "Although you two are baggage who will likely cap out at peak Chunin if not Tokubetsu Jonin at best. I will make sure you two can still stomp this little Chunin exams coming up!"

I coughed and then said somewhat curiously. "What will you be teaching us then?"

To which Yoruichi paused and shifted her hips a bit before she said casually. "Well, the three of you will be taught specifically how to fight together, tracking and interrogation tactics. Oh, and specifically for you Akari, I am here to get your speed up to snuff."

"Will we be receiving any specialized teaching as well, then at all?" Kiyome asked rather bluntly, with Yoruichi nodding calmly before she replied.

"Yup, as I said before. I can't let you both be deadweight for Akari... It would be very awkward for Konoha to have their rebirth of the first Hokage fail out of the Chunin exams if the rest of their team washes out during the first test."

To that, Yoruichi's face turned hard with her taking in both Kiyome. Kaori and even myself before she said seriously.

"That wasn't something idly said as well, you two. Should you both ruin Akari's entry to the third test in the tournament section, that many nobles will come to see. You all will face consequences back in Konoha, as we have a lot riding on this upcoming Chunin exams to drum up funds for the upcoming great war."

I then cleared the air as I moved the topic back over. "So we have a good month before the Chunin Exams, should we just get started training then?"

Yoruichi grinned and said with that grin that promised broken bones in my future. "Akari you just read my mind. Are you a Yamanaka in disguise?"

Then she paused as I threw back my hood and retorted. "No, if anything I would be a bastard of the Uzumaki with my hair woudn't I?"

And it was now with my hood thrown back did Yoruichi get the full picture and she visibly blanked for a moment before she pulsed her chakra and I saw her face twitch as she said blankly.

"The hell kind of henge do you have on you?"

To which I just smiled mischeviously and retorted. "What? Have you never seen a handsome man before?" 

And her face twitched again as she chuckled darkly and said as she cracked her knuckles audibly. "Yeah... Me and you are going to get along just fine."

She then looked at the other two Uchiha's and said while taking the three of us in. "Well let's get going to training ground four. I need to see what the heck I am working with at this point and see how much I need to unfuck you three."

Then Yoruichi flickered and she zipped off in another Shushin leaving me and the Uchiha's alone for a moment before Kaori said with a sigh. "Well. Let's go get our first beating out of the way so she can establish her prestige."

We then left the school building as we headed on over to the fourth training ground with a series of roof hopping and then running through the light forest within Konoha's walls.

Once we got to the main clearing of training ground four, I saw Yoruichi sitting on a large post that was knocked into the ground with her kicking off the post to land on the ground with amuesment clear as day as she said teasingly. "Wow you three are as slow as newbie genin."

To which I just said flatly. "We ran through Konoha at a normal speed. Not as though we were facing an emergancy, it would be rather awkward if Anbu or the Uchiha police stopped us, thinking we were running away from something we did." 

Yoruichi just grinned and my face twitched as she retorted. "Yeah... Sounds like the issue of someone too slow to evade the anbu and police honestly."

I could literally feel the Uchiha pride burning in the two next to me before Yoruichi clapped her hands together and her voice moved from teasing to a more serious tone as she spoke.

"Now! Normally I woudn't give genin brats the time of day. I would bounce out any team thrown at me into the genin corps harder then Kakashi would flee a positive pregnacy test even, but Akari has the higher ups twisted around his finger... And I want good paying missions in the future, so I am stuck with you three!"

She put her hands to her waist and then with a cocky grin she held up a hand with one finger extended as she said. "Just... Touch me, one finger and you pass kiddos. If you don't manage to touch me, then you get sent straight back to the academy!"

There was a heavy pause as Kiyome tensed as she had only just graduated from the academy in question. So she was obviously worried about being sent back seeing as she graduated early.

Though thankfully Kaori already being stuck in the Genin corps was an old hand at this and knew she was bullshitting and had no problem calling her out on it.

"That threat won't work on us Yoruichi, even if you could get my sister back into the academy seeing as she graduated early. I have already been in the genin corps for a year... And you literally cannot put Akari back into the academy. He needs to get missions under his belt before he can join the chunin exams." 

There was a more awkward of a pause now before Yoruichi actually sagged in place and muttered all to clearly for our ears. "Damn... This brats are just no damned fun at all."

With a heavy sigh... Yoruichi looked at us with dull eye's before she cracked her neck to the side and said with clear resignation. "Well seeing as our little Genin are so smart, we just gotta get straight to things. You three better work together, I will be trying to capture you three."

'Uh? Why capture us?' I thought before Yoruichi flickered and my instincts screamed at me to move so I ducked as a chocolate skinned leg whizzed over my head and with dull thumps, said leg smashed into Kiyome and Kaori knocking them back.

"Huh you dodged a special jonin speed kick. Not bad, I guess Jiraiya did some good work with you." Yoruichi said with clear amuesment as she hopped in place.

Both of the Uchiha's were coughing as they tried to get their air back into their lungs but I just smiled... And I saw Yoruichi's grin fade as my chakra exploded off of me and I said quietly for all to hear.

"Wood style... Nativity of a World of Trees." The earth rumbled with Yoruichi leaping into the air as several tree's blasted out of their ground with thick wooden tendrils trying to grab and crush her. 

"Trying to capture us. I think you should be more worried about me in general!" I called back before I said quietly with the sound of violently growing tree's covering my voice. "Use the clone jutsu and hide." 

Both Kaori and Kiyome nodded in understanding as they created a dozen normal clones which were intangible and coudn't do much beyond being decoys. But within the deep growth of my twisting trees I was creating.

It was more then enough to buy time as Yoruichi coudn't use her true speed with how she had to constantly dodge literally hundreds if not thousands of branches and thick tree's from grabbing and crushing her.

Then with a crackle of lightning she zippied through a tree with the tree exploding as she seemingly used an lightning enhanced shunshin to teleport next to me with her throwing a powerful punch at me.

Bracing my arm up I took the shot to the shoulder with her giving me another kick to the side that made my liver scream in pain... But I was well used to pain, breaking open and keeping several of the Eight Gate's permanantly on had made me more than rather fucking immune to pain honestly.

I took the blows in order to retaliate as she bounced off using the force of her kick to get away from my own punch. But even though she was entirely a different style of fighter then Jiraiya who relied on brutal power.

She still had to pay lip service to cause and effect so as she flew back, she still had to dodge several grasping tree roots as I held up two fingers to control my chakra as I came in with a spin kick, she easily dodged.

"You are supposed to be running away and working together Akari! This isn't cute at all haha!" Yoruichi laughed as she created a knife hand that crackled with lightning that cut through the branch that managed to grab her around the waist.

"I was beaten into the ground for several hours a day. Every fucking day by a Sage. I don't do running away and hiding!" I yelled before I took a deep breath, and with a dozen hand signs, I held up my hands to channel my breath as a massive plume of flames blasted forward as I used the fire style Great Annihilation jutsu.

The 'small' sea of flames washed over my thick conjured forest with Yoruichi loudly cursing as she zipped away in another lightning Shunshin that was followed by the clatter of metal as she met Kaori and Kiyome who had split up and hid.

But when Yoruichi found them... They both instantly unsealed a scroll filled with several hundred throwing stars that blasted towards them like the world's most petty claymore.

"You kids aren't any fun at all!" Yoruichi complained before she zipped behind Kaori and knocked her out with a punch to the side of her head that made me frown as the dark skinned beauty held up Kaori, making me stop the reaching branches for her.

Kiyome and I paused as the forest around us continued to burn loudly, even with the mokuton wood's enhanced durability. We both stopped as Yoruichi was obviously using the now unconscious form of Kaori as a 'hostage' now.

"This is why I said you needed to make sure I couldn't capture one of you guys... Now with her in my grasp, what can you do now?" Yoruichi said with an easy grin but I said rather coldly.

"I use the First Hokage's Advent of a World of Flowering Trees jutsu to create a cage of tree's a mile wide that will release toxic spores that will knock you unconscious." 

Yoruichi's face twitched with her looking down at Kaori and saying with a wry smile. "You know... You are supposed to be super torn up about this, I have your teammates life in my hand after all in this situation."

To which I smiled and said with clear ice in my tone. "Exactly, I can't negotiate her release, I can't forcefully save her. Hence, I am going to knock you out, and if you do manage to kill my friend. I would spend the next several weeks, carefully torturing you with horrific plant-based poisons while using my wood style to keep you alive as I do so."

I stepped forward with my chakra, a wreath of deadly intent around me as I continued. "I wouldn't do it for the information you a jonin would have of your village. No, it would be purely for my own and her sister's satisfaction... So, enemy ninja are you sure you want to take my friend prisoner?" 

"That was hot." I heard Kiyome whisper from behind me which made my lips twitch but I kept my eye's locked onto the now cold face of Yoruichi who finally just shook her head and said with a soft sigh.

"You already have grown up huh? You realize that with a teammate taken prisoner, the best course of action is to kill the enemy before they can kill your own. As you never... Never let an enemy escape with a teammate as a hostage." 

She took a deep breath and said with some annoyance in her voice.

"Alright, alright, whatever, you three pass my little test. Not like I can truly give you a genin test with a little monster like you having a Jonin's level of casual destruction... Now fix up the damned forest you fire buy!" She yelled out before she carefully jumped down from the tree's to put Kiyome down.