Orochimaru: Yes, Yes, I Did It All

"You were like that just now, no doubt about it, it must be the Heaven Curse Mark that modified your body. It's my fault, I shouldn't have used Genjutsu on you." Kakashi apologized while examining the Orochimaru bite marks on Uchiha Yu's body.

'Even Lady Tsunade's Sealing Technique couldn't completely seal the Cursed Seal?'

Kakashi muttered to himself, and Uchiha Yu saw through Kakashi's thoughts.

It's not that Tsunade's Sealing Technique is ineffective.

They're even changing the race.

This clearly shows that it has absolutely nothing to do with the Heaven Curse Mark.

Kakashi patted Uchiha Yu on the shoulder, "Don't worry, as long as you control this power, you can still serve the village."

"We swear to be loyal to Konoha to the death!"

Kumogakure) belongs to the Land of Lightning, one of the Five Great Nations.

The villagers are all dark-skinned and muscular, and Black culture is prevalent.

To sum it up in one sentence.

This is the Black community with the fewest mentally ill people in the Shinobi World.

Konoha, Sunagakure, Kirigakure, Iwagakure —each of the other Four Great Ninja Villages —provided Akatsuki with powerful Rogue Ninja as Combat Power.

Only the Kumogakure had no Rogue Ninja.

This is because

While Jinchuriki like Naruto Uzumaki and Gaara were still considered freaks by the villagers, Killer B, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of Kumogakure, was holding a concert, and Yugito, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, was already a high-ranking member of the village.

The Kumogakure only cares about how strong you are, not why you are strong.

The treatment of the strong from other ninja villages is worlds apart from that of the strong here.

Even the rebel Kinkaku and Ginkaku, after taking power, strongly advocated the principle that might makes right. The villagers unanimously agreed that they would listen to whoever was stronger and had no other intentions.

Two figures, one tall and one short, walked slowly among the cloud-capped peaks.

Uchiha Yu, who was walking side by side with Kakashi, threw his lunchbox into the bottomless cliff.

Kakashi asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"

"I don't know. I can't eat. I feel like I'm starving to death, but I just can't eat. All I can think about is coffee. Just thinking about the food in my lunchbox makes me want to throw up."

"Is that so?" Kakashi felt ashamed. If he had been strong enough to stop Orochimaru from implanting the Cursed Seal, then Yu wouldn't have become a monster with a tail that couldn't eat.

Thinking of this, Kakashi looked at the walls of the Land of Lightning. "They have the best coffee beans in the world here. Let's get some and take them back with us."

"Thank you, Teacher Kakashi." Uchiha Yu bowed in gratitude.

Sunlight streamed through the gaps in the mountain peaks, casting their shadows onto the rocks and creating dappled patterns of light and shadow.

The two, dressed in casual clothes and without Headband, came into view of the gates of the Land of Lightning.

This is a unique country, composed of numerous towering mountains connected by suspension bridges, forming a natural fortress.

These suspension bridges are not only connecting passages between mountains, but also the main routes in and out of the Land of Lightning.

Uchiha Yu and Kakashi chose a side path and lightly jumped onto a suspension bridge, entering the Land of Lightning with a merchant caravan.

Arriving at a deserted Rooftop, Kakashi changed his mask and turned to Uchiha Yu, saying:

"If there are still people following us, they should be more careful once we get here."

Kakashi, who came from the Anbu, is very cautious in his actions.

After being attacked by Orochimaru, he did not take Uchiha Yu directly back to the village, but continued eastward.

It was on this road that they encountered Tsunade had just been kicked out of the casino.

Now that the two have arrived at the Kumogakure's headquarters, Uchiha Yu can't help but admire Kakashi's brilliant move of using one enemy to devour another.

But it is also very dangerous.

Two people, three Sharingan.

You could easily get hurt here if you're not careful.

People from Konoha are all incredibly brave.

Later, when Team 7 was formed, Kakashi, with the last remaining pair of Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan and the ultimate weapon Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, wandered around outside the village doing missions without fear of being targeted.

Arriving at a mountain peak resembling a marketplace, Uchiha Yu followed the scent and spotted a hunchbacked old woman setting up a stall.

On her stall were three large baskets of small brown particles!

"Grandma, how much are the coffee beans?!"

The old lady casually held up a five, her mind elsewhere.

Uchiha Yu wasn't sure if the price was reasonable, so he turned to look at Kakashi.

Kakashi nodded. "It's not easy to buy 'home' items, so you should get more."

"Is it okay if we have all of them?"

Kakashi broke out in a cold sweat. "It's not impossible."

The two bought three baskets of coffee beans. Kakashi carried two baskets, Uchiha Yu carried one basket on his back, making them look more like businessmen.

After buying coffee beans, Uchiha Yu and Kakashi found a simple inn and decided to stay there temporarily.

The hotel rooms were small but clean enough, and the view from the window of the distant, misty mountain peaks gave a sense of tranquility.

Uchiha Yu carefully placed the three baskets of coffee beans on the ground, scooped out a bowl, and had Kakashi store the rest of the beans using Sealing Scroll.

Uchiha Yu held a coffee bean to his nose, took two deep breaths, and looked very satisfied!

Seeing Uchiha Yu in this state, Kakashi even thought of a drug Orochimaru had created that could control ninjas.

The coffee beans were ground into powder by Uchiha Yu, poured into a cup, and then brewed with hot water.

A rich aroma of coffee immediately filled the entire room, and Kakashi couldn't help but take a deep breath, marveling at the aroma.

Uchiha Yu picked up the coffee pot, blew on it for a while, and drank it while the coffee was still steaming!

I slowly sipped a pot of coffee, as if savoring fine wine!

Ah~

Uchiha Yu put down his coffee with great satisfaction, but this satisfaction did not last long.

As the effects of the coffee wore off, an extreme emptiness appeared on his face, as if the satisfaction he had just felt was merely an illusion.

Kakashi looked at Uchiha Yu with concern and asked, "U, how are you feeling?"

Uchiha Yu shook his head and said with a wry smile, "It's not as good as I imagined, but at least I didn't throw up, which is already quite an achievement." Uchiha Yu tried to smile, although the smile was tinged with bitterness.

Kakashi gently patted Uchiha Yu's shoulder, comforting him, "We'll find a solution!"

"Teacher Kakashi, I have to admit something."

"What?"

"I think, I think I have a very strong desire for humans, I mean."

Kakashi didn't seem shocked at all; instead, he nodded emphatically, clearly understanding. "Orochimaru is really vicious. He's definitely trying to control you with this idea! Don't worry, as long as you don't bite the Konoha Villagers, I don't care about anything else."

Seeing that Uchiha Yu didn't answer, Kakashi asked, "Why aren't you saying anything?"

Uchiha Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "Uh, Teacher Kakashi, you have even less of a bottom line than I imagined."