[Izumi POV]
Yuki thought it was the end for her… cut in half and not even a shred of her remained due to the last technique she used, turning her entire body into a weapon. A freaking black hole.
She thought it was it. Part of a journey is an end, and Yuki…
She's been on the path for a long time. Perhaps it was time to reach the end. However, that didn't how it worked.
Suddenly, she found herself gasping for breath, her mind clouded with fog and then bombarded with knowledge of some random girl in a world where ninja have superpowers.
It could have been one of the most awesomest afterlife dreams ever, if not for everything being real. She could tell by the freaking hole in her chest.
Though she only knew that after she felt the pain, like life—which wasn't even hers—leaking away slowly in the pool of her own blood.
But in reality, her body was colder than it had any right to be while her being alive.
She was one of the few blessed ones who could actually use the reverse curse technique. Almost a prerequisite to become a special grade. A true mark of the strong.
Unconsciously, her body and mind acted to prolong her life, a constant flow of reverse curse energy generated inside her. Not enough to completely heal her, but enough to keep her alive. She only actually healed herself when she regained her consciousness. Before that, it was like drifting in darkness forever, like a long, unending useless dream.
She learned two new things upon when she first healed herself completely. First, she could actually use her curse energy, and second, that she didn't have eyes until this point.
As soon as her new eyes grew out, she learned she was in some sort of forensic lab. She was as naked as she was cold. All sorts of equipment were lying around, which either gave her some sort of horror movie setting vibe with cannibalism or a mad scientist lair.
Neither was a good outcome. And she very much wished to get out of there, preferably with warm clothing.
Unfortunately, someone caught her before she even moved an inch.
"Ehaaaaaa…. Ghost."
That reaction didn't seem like something that would come from a ruthless wild cannibalist or a mad scientist.
By the time more people showed up, Yuki's body was warmed up enough, blood circulating once again in those dead vessels to bring it back to life. And she also went through the memories which were stuffed into her brain for some reason.
Turns out, she did die. This wasn't some cliché, 'I survived even after literally turning into a black hole,' plot.
But she was here alive, and in someone else's body. Izumi Uchiha's, to be exact.
The journey from there on was rather peculiar, tons of tests and interrogations. Those memories were a lifesaver at times like this.
She happened to wake up in a military village where ninjas are trained. Many have superpowers, and even those fancy eyes like that Gojo clan kid. She herself was one of those fancy eye owners.
Or at least the original owner of this body was. That, and then literally finding her body with eyes gouged out, explained how important those things could be.
But… if honest, she couldn't understand this logic. Are those eyes or bulbs? That easy to plug and play?
What the hell was that murderer thinking?
Yuki did check out whether she retained those fancy eyes, because one of those eyes had the power to make a real black hole… the same thing she died creating the last time.
Needless to say, they are bloody strong.
Unfortunately, she doesn't have those eyes, at least the stronger version called Mangekyo. She happened to unlock the normal Sharingan almost immediately when she opened her eyes, actually.
Makes sense, seeing those eyes are called the curse eyes since they only unlock in those Uchiha clan members who have lost something and have strong negativity. At this point, any half-decent Jujutsu Sorcerer could open them.
They were only first tomoe, something she might as well train and unlock fully if she was planning to stay in this world. Which she actually was.
There was no obvious way back home that she knew, and even running away from this village would label her a rogue, meaning half of the secret ninja police chasing her down.
'No thank you… I'd rather not do that.'
So she tried to mix in as much as possible. She suffered through all those interrogations, and that old hag who somehow still looked like she was in her twenties, for some reason still wasn't sagging like deflated balloons, had those massive God knows which cups they were hanging out on her, and that while being able to punch just as hard as Yuki with her technique.
If Yuki didn't know, courtesy of all of Izumi Uchiha's memories, that the woman called Tsunade was as old as her grandmother if she had one, she might as well have considered her only in her twenties. Such a scam…
How is that even possible?
Well, she knew how. It's called Ninjutsu. She tried using it now that she was in this body. Couldn't do a single one for some reason. She still got access to her curse technique and CE, so that was a good sign.
After what felt like a lifetime, she finally couldn't take it anymore, just getting rotted away in that hospital room, and decided to take matters into her own hands.
And got the biggest surprise she could have asked for.
She wasn't alone.
Kiyomi Uchiha—she knew that girl by Izumi's memories. Only now she realized why Kiyomi couldn't use chakra after meeting him. She was also a curse user.
It was only a good thing that in this world, these ninjas can't sense or differentiate between both chakra and CE.
However, that didn't matter. She didn't know who this Kiyomi person was, what kind of technique she had, and she didn't care much about her either outside the lingering familiarity toward her she had due to Izumi's memories.
What she really cared about was the other person who was with Kiyomi Uchiha.
Sukuna…
That name all but paused her breathing for a second. The moment that boy entered into the Hokage's office, she could feel it. Overwhelming curse energy. Just like Okkotsu, but this curse energy was different.
It was dark, sharp, and strangely warm. It's already rare for curse energy to have characteristics and nature, let alone one sorcerer having this many.
Needless to say, his presence was the only one which really put Yuki on guard.
And there was so much in her mind—Kiyomi Uchiha awakening the Mangekyo. The Hokage assigned Kiyomi and Sukuna's squad as Jonin Sensei. What was she supposed to teach them, even?
There was also the masked man who killed the original Izumi Uchiha.
What was she supposed to do?
"Alright, let's start with basic hand-to-hand. Let's see what we're working with here?" Yuki said, glancing at the pink and redhead, completely ignoring her, while the brunette was still giving her the death glare.
"Tsk..." Kiyomi clicked her tongue in irritation. Even though after knowing that the person had nothing to do with the current situation, she wasn't happy.
"Don't try to get familiar, you'll never be Izumi, you're just happened to be in her body. Nothing else." She retorted.
'Yup... this is gonna be troublesome.' Yuki chuckled at her own condition, like when it wasn't troublesome for her.
—-<>—-
[Some Unknown Place]
In a dark unknown place, a shadowy figure looked up to a man hidden similarly in the shadows.
"Do those eyes work for you?" A raspy voice asked, deep and ominous.
The other man grunted, his hand slowly trailing down toward his own eyes, feeling them up, and then said,
"They are good enough; however, they're not mine. They feel foreign."
"You're even lucky there was another pair of Mangekyo beside Itachi out there. Taking them from Itachi would have been a risk."
The man only nodded. "Still, I want my eyes back. Without them, I can't do much. You too know it, right?
Did you find them, who took it and attacked me."
"NO... I searched entirely of Konoha, no one had those eyes. And the possibility that they are hiding from me is impossible," the shadowy figure replied.
"I need those eyes, Zetsu..."
"I'm doing my utmost; however, finding them after this many years, our chances are not much. You really can't remember anything? Who attacked you back then, who he looked like. Nothing!" The newly named Zetsu asked.
"No... most of my memories are hazy. If not for you, I would have had a hard time even recalling what my name was..."
"Such a pain... so now that you have that female Uchiha's Mangekyo, what do you intend to do now? Should we start with Jinchuriki hunting? We should make contact with Nagato soon. It's been a long time; he's becoming more and more lawless without any deterrent."
"Not yet. These eyes are strong, but they are no match for the Rinnegan as you said. First, find my Mangekyo..."
Zetsu looked unconvinced and only looked at the man with a contemplative look, but he reluctantly agreed.
"By the way, have those white Zetsu find any possible news related to ghosts or spirits in the elemental nations. Do tell me if you find anything..."
"Spirits? Ghosts? Why do you need to know that."
"Just a recent fascination of mine. Do it in your free time."
"Tsk... fine."
"And what's with those stitched markings on your head?"
"Oh, this... they are nothing. Ignore them." The man only smiled.
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