Otto looked at himself in the mirror it was time to celebrate he was a chunin the thought of this made him want to cheer. It took him forever to become a genin thanks to his obsessive father, but now in a few months he had become a chunin and he was finally where the average ninja should be at this age. However, that wouldn’t last long to get to the next level he had to get promoted once more then he could wear the symbol he desperately wanted to wear. He took off his coat and looked at the symbol right over his heart; it was the Kirigakure symbol He got it to symbolize where his loyalties where. Just the thought of his village burning almost brought a tear to his eye; almost. He was going to get some new art work and another name was going on his list just as one came off. He looked at a tattoo on his back that he called the list it had was just a line with the word list at the top and under it was names. Names of people he wanted to defeat or kill he hadn’t decided yet, but it was definitely one of the two. The list oddly enough it contained several people who had part in his own story. Including all of team 1 Kenta sarutobi, Jurou Osada, Hikou, and many other names of people that he shouldn’t want to kill at all but for whatever reason Otto was twisted enough to have all of their names on his list. Maybe it was because he looked up to or cared about these people that he had them on his list either way it was going to get some changes a man needed to come off and another needed to go on. He walked to Konoha’s tattoo parlor and told the man what he wanted. Hikou’s name crossed off, and Hao’s name put on. The rouge, the burner of Kirigakure, Hao He took his village his family… he took everything from Otto, but in the sickest of ways he looked up to him. Hao symbolized true strength the power to walk into one’s home kill them then kill anyone they wanted to protect he made Otto want to be stronger. He was going to do it too he was going to get stronger and whether he could kill hao himself or not he would help as much as he possibly could. The tattoo artist chuckled at Otto; Otto smiled realizing he had been thinking aloud he hoped the guy wouldn’t talk too much or he would have to visit again for much less pleasant reasons. He had the Man mark flames on his arms if you don’t know why you probably haven’t been following recent events catch up! He threw his jacket on it was time to have some serious fun he was going to learn some jutsu and beat the hell out of some bandits free of charge.
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He walked to the konoha training grounds He saw the faces over there they were watching him the wanted a show perhaps they wanted to view some kiri moves gather some intel. Not happening the first thing he did was weave together his hand signs creating a thick mist (no I’m not going to subtract this in the bottom of the post this is a training topic I’m a god here.) Alright it’s was time to train the first thin he did was sit down crossed his legs then focused. As a Hozuki he is not only able to liquefy his body but in theory he should be able to control the molecules as well. Speed them up or slow them down, right now he was working for the former to give himself a descent speed boost unfortunately it could lead to a rather violent explosion then again that could be used as well but first things first. He put his hands together in the tiger hand seal this is not required he just likes that seal. And focused first on liquefying his body while still keeping it solid, easier said than done. He continued to liquefy his body failing each time. Getting the ground wet and pulling himself together each time he got more and more angered causing him to lose control even more. He continues to try until he just completely quits this was bull this was impossible. These phrases echoed through his head, He snorted this would never have stopped anyone he looked up to they wouldn’t quit they would never stop simply because something was hard. The thought of Hikou, Jurou and yes sadly Hao. These were the people he looked up to the people he most wanted to emulate and be like. They were the people that he would buy posters of if he was into that sort of thing but rather he dreamed of standing over their defeated corpses this gave him chills(the good kind). Just being next to them made the list itch for that next line and made him want to try harder. He sat back down and focused with everything he had. He could feel his body lose solidity but it stayed together he did it he attempted to stand up and he fell apart again. One step out a time the important thing was that he was making some progress. Within a day He had managed to not only move while doing this, but he was also able to control the amount of solidity he had rather easily he was coming along soon he would be ready for molecular manipulation. But first he was going to try this new hydration ability out before he could only hydrate into liquid now he could get stabed while solid he was getting more powerful there was no doubt. He grabbed his tools and deactivated his mist the people where definitely happy about that no more mist meant that they could finally train.
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Otto walked to the outskirts of konoha he was cruising for trouble all he brought were his katana and his clothes no armor and no tools for that matter. He was going to have serious fun he brandished his swords on his shoulders and kicked open the door of an obvious hideout how these guy avoided the konoha police for so long he didn’t know they were counting their loot. At least 40 men this was gonna be a piece of cake with his new powers. He walked up behind the first man he wouldn’t kill these men unless he was sure on the table there were several wallets and to Otto’s surprise and unconscious girl tied and gagged. “Bingo” Otto said aloud before stabbing both of his blades into one of the bandits right in the lungs, “does that hurt Otto said with a half-smile. Then with no warning a bandit stabbed Otto in the back it tickled his new power worked perfectly. Otto fell to the ground and the man though his blade worked until he looked at it and saw not blood, his last sight. Otto sword swung hard and fast taking off the man’s head and hand poor guy didn’t stand a chance. Otto kips up onto both legs and grabs a man’s color easily throwing him into a wall which had horns post at the top the man died impaled on a hunting trophy how fitting. He then stabbed a few guys, dismembered some fatally maimed others. It was a blur of blood and screams that he was sure a lot of people would hear tonight. He approached the last five they were cowering in a corner praying to their god hoping for mercy. These were false hopes nothing would save them from the demon that dwelled in the room with them… nothing. Otto ungagged the girl and untied her she thanked him. And he brought he home another score for our “Hero” (read into it what you like if anyone is in fact reading this… either way) Otto came back to his apartment revitalized just what he needed he had let out almost all of his bundling stress. He was ready to perfect his new jutsu tomorrow and eventually train to make it explosive and as deadly as possible. He smiled extremely happy with what he had accomplished today he threw off all of his clothes and slept ready for tomorrow. He woke up in the morning on the top of the world he showered cleaned the small apartment to the point that it would put most if not all house keepers to shame.(when he’s happy he cleans) He had organized everything if someone claimed his work they would get a promotion then would get fired because they would not be able to reproduce it. He grabbed all of his tools it was time to train once again he would be ready and he would defeat everyone on his list no matter what it took.
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Part 2
Otto had found out a few days ago that he had been promoted to Special jonin ranking. He looked at his new coat with a blank expression he was so happy he couldn’t register what was going on. He was Otto Hozuki, just the thought confused him he never thought that he would get to this point the point that he was free. He was a Hozuki hell he might even be the head. The thought of all this actually rendered the Special jonin speechless. What now, what should he do; He looked at the Kirigakure symbol and he knew. It was time to truly prepare his body and mind he would find every rouge that sided with Hao and every rouge who was just too scared and weak to come home, and he would kill them. Then once he got rid of those roaches he would find and kill Hao, and although this mission was all but suicide he knew that he was not alone. There were two people that he always knew he could rely on in any situation. Sero Osada, and Hiragana Kisame they were the only people he trusted and although they had issues he truly trusted them with his life. Otto looked at the clouds from the top of the hokage monument he was going to get strong enough to protect everyone he would not be helpless again. Otto closed his eyes and focused on the sounds around him. He didn’t just need to feel and here he needed to be one with the earth to know what it was thinking; he needed it to become an extension of his soul. He listened he could hear the hustle and bustle of the town underneath him. He could feel the slight chill of a damp breeze passing through. He could smell the faint smell of ramen that these people always seemed to smell of as if they ate nothing else. He could taste the water in the breeze; weater an element the he of all people felt connected with. Water was like his parents he could feel the ocean soft caress while swimming he could hear the waves as if it was singing his own personal lullaby. He always felt as if iut were cradling him… soothing him. Even if his own parents couldn’t calm him down or stop the pain the water would. It protected him made him strong and kept himn certain and secure, but only three fourth of the world was water, and as much as he loved the ocean the way he lived required power without water the ability to stand on one wn two feet the strength to be the deadliest thing around, Was Otto a demon of the mist as many of his predecessors have been called. It was a distinct possibility, but Otto would live past their reputations he didn’t want to be known as a demon he wanted to be known as the thing that went bump in the night.; the thing that scared the bravest of men; the one thing that could not be escaped at all. Otto wanted to be death Otto wanted to be the Reaper of Kirigakure.
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Otto’s eyes had been closed for 24 hours he hadn’t moved at all he was listening to the sounds and feelings of the earth. Who was he was he a swordsman a dragon a reaper, or was he just a young kid trying to prove he was strong. Otto was surprised that those thoughs flew into his mind never before had he doubted himself in this way. He tried to open his eye but they wouldn’t suddenly he felt a pull he was being sucked into his own mind. He crashed to the ground of a dark room and looked up it was just pure darkness; he felt the ground it was water… what the hell was going on. Suddenly, he heard a voice. “Yeah that’s right you’re just a child trying to prove strength you’re a weakling, a wannabe if you prefer. Like all the boys before you; you think that you have what it takes to be a demon, and yet you’re scared of the hell you say has embraced you.” Otto growled in anger and said aloud, “You want to say that to my face.” Otto heard a chuckle then the slight drip of footsteps on water, “Yeah I do,” As soon as he could see the man Otto’s frown dissappapeared. He walked at a slow pace as if he did not have a care in the world. He smiled with a smooth smile that can melt all but the hardest hearts. His had ruby eyes that pull people in and easily distinguishable facial features. He wass muscled enough for it to be noticed but not enough to be intimidating. He has neat chin length ginger hair that he keeps extremely clean. He wore a black ninja shirt and pants combo with a black Kirigakura vest without the shoulder pads; over all of this he wore a custom Navy blue overcoat on his back was the family sword. It was him The young dragon identical to him yet different His eyes had an evil spark in them rather than an unintentionally kind one, “Who… what… how.” The ninja didn’t stop he just continued his approach and said to Otto in his face, “you don’t have the balls to step into hell you’re just a winey wannabe baby who couldn’t even save his village but thinks he is worthy for the title of the reaper.” The time for talk was over Otto sent his fist flying into the face of… himself then drew his sword. The other Otto crashed to the ground then kipped up. He drew his sword with a smile and said”, ah swords the weapon of a gentle man… if you cross blades with me boy you will lose unless you find your true strength.” Otto scoffed, “True strength huh I don’t need my true strength to beat the shit out of you, I’ll end you here then will never have to worry about some bs epiphany appearing again.” The other Otto laughed, “ I’m not a fucking epiphany I’m just here to kill a young coward before he get us killed.
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The two identical ninja charged at each other each swinging their swords with practiced speed and precision with each swing you could hear the whisper of the blade missing. With them both using Otto’s batto style most shots were dodged the countered and dodged again. The two of them felt the same way they felt the love of the clash the love of the sword and in many ways they were the same person. However, Toot(The other Otto) had a more sinister feel as if he only cared about the power the blade produced he cared nothing for the honor Otto had adopted in his travels; He cared nothing for the emotions that had grown in Otto since he let his defences down so long ago. He knew that Otto had lost his way and instead of becoming a ruthless all powerful killer Otto had become a soldier loyal to his state and kage. Otto was soft in his opinion he was a fool who had let emotions cloud his judgment, and if Toot could take over now they would fulfill the fate that Otto’s father had bestowed on him so long ago. As their blades cashed for the first time they pressed them together producing sparks and anger between the two of them. “You’re weak Otto... You think that the world is a nice place filled with hope and the chance to make dreams come true; think of kiri to beat a demon you must be willing to go just as far as one are you willing to set fire to a village and kill anyone who is not slow enough to get away? No you wouldn’t you would make sure all the people were safe wouldn’t you?” Otto looked in Toots eyes and said, “ my goals maybe cloudy and I may in fact be weak, but the way you treat people does not constitute strength true strength is determined by the ability to fight and defeat someone equal to you not innocents. You’re me and I’m you we may have different opinions but I know why you are here. You embrace the search of power I long gave up on the willingness to do anything is gone from me... I pride myself on living by a code of honor that allows me to look in the mirror everyday and know that I may have taken several heads today but I have not stooped to their level I am still Otto hozuki and no one can change that!” When Otto shouts the word “That” He spins on his toes and launches a savage strike at Toots neck severing it instantly. He is suddenly pulled out of his own mind and thrown back into his body. Panting as if he had trained for days he sits up and grabs his headband out of his ninja pouch and puts it over his eyes. He could feel the world around him perfectly the wind the sounds the smells had he succeeded; no but he was on the right path.
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Part 3
Otto mourned the death of teammate more than he had the death of his parents. He thought that Hira was strong and could help him protect and avenge Kirigakure, but in the end it turned out that the only people he could rely on was the kage and Sero. Then again if it ever came down to a fight between them and the rouge he would prefer a teammate with much cooler head. In the end Hira would have been used as bait more than anything. Death for Otto was an unusual thing it didn’t sadden him and although he would mourn he wouldn’t cry. In a short time period he lost his mother to a disease his father and kiri to the flame and a friend to some stupid Kumo ninja. In all honesty Otto had thought on hunting the ninja, but unless the kage asked there was no point in starting a war over a weakling who died easily. Now he had more trying things to attend to sword training jutsu training, and all those interesting things. in all honesty he was training extremely hard to be granted one of the swords that he had dreamed of wielding his entire life. Hell, the only thing he hadn’t done was sharpened his teeth but he like his teeth the way they were. He walked to the training grounds of konoha again and this time sat on a nearby bench watching the genn train. Life had been so simple then almost easy. All he had to worry about was Kenpachi’s psychotic tendencies and Sero’s messed up emotions. Throw in some awesime training sessions and a few missions, and you had a fun time. Honestly, being added to team one was probably a low light they had more responsibilities more pressure and less fun. Time went on though and they began to enjoy their spots as the Mizukages primary team. They went to the chunin exams and all that changed. Upon hearing of Kirigakure destruction things got real for him he no longer had a family he no longer had his home. All he had was a head band and a team. They passed the chunin exams rather easily, and although they were now journeyman ninja they were still vulnerable and without a home. Team 1 all got promoted again possibly due to the hard times ahead, but despite their new stations Hira still managed to get himself murdered in cold blood, and maybe if the Raikage didn’t hav such a fearsome reputation he may have been avenged, but honestly Otto had never believed hype maybe he would one day be proved wrong but until then every “fearsome” ninja was killable until proved immortal Including the mizukage. Otto had always been a loyal ninja he trusted his superiors in the way a soldier is supposed to. and although he had a slight dislike for authority he always listened and this new kage was no different. He was young and from what his sources said he was perfect for th position. In fact, supposedly he was better than Hikou for the job; Otto had seen his ees he definately looked the part but talk was talk only his actions would prve if he was a worthy kage or fodder like Hikou.
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He had mastered partial hydration and was finally ready for the next step. As far as he knew no Hozuki had ever done what he was going to do no Hozuki had ever learned to manipulate their body in this way. Otto loved to think of himself as a visionary but in all honesty he was just using the tools he had already been granted. Otto stretched limbering himself up for the exercise ahead it was dangerous and volatile a single mess up could kill every genin here. in fact, depending on the caliber of the mess up every person in this building could die well everyone but him thanks to his physical composition. Kind of hard to die when one is made of water he activated the mist once more and liquified himself retaining his solid appearance yet staying solid enough to attack was now second nature for him. He had used it so much since mastering it that he was virtually indestructable through regular means. He took a deep breath and slowly started to activate his theory. A microwave cooks food by speeding up the water molecules within the foods it cooks this is why microwaves don’t get hot but the food does. When one heats water itself in impure water the particles within the water have the energy partially transmitted into them thus getting rid of excess energy. Within pure water such as the purified variety if heated will superheat. The movement is still all there but the energy has nowhere to go and thus the water stays still. Using this knowledge Otto has made a theory that if water had a way to travel it would move much faster than normal depending on the speed of the molecules the faster the water could travel. After making this theory Otto guessed that his liquified body would contain similar properties to that of purified water unless he was somehow corrupted. The theory also has another test that can be applied. Once the user corrupts the water source with even the smallest bit of... for the sake of simplicity sugar the water would react violently leading into a dangerously boiling explosion. In theory if he can increase his speed with molecular manipulation he could also cause his body to violently explode causing a deadly surprise for the unaware enemy. If this works Otto could put it into even more offensive tactics creating kamikaze clones that could and would be a big problem on any battlefield. In fact his clones could even be manipulated by the hydration theory. He could potentially manipulate outside water sources with his hydration abilities creating shapes and concussive attacks. In conclusion, by using all of these theories together Otto plans on creating a strategy that could catch even the wisest, and strongest of ninja off guard. A strategy the he has named simply “Boom!”
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Otto slowly began to attempting speed up the molecules in his body at first there was virtually no difference, but Otto had come prepare to make sure the theory was working he pulled out a typical garden variety thermometer. With each passing second he focused on the control necessary to manipulate his own physical structure the thermometer stayed stubbornly still. He dropped the thermometer, and thought because this was a theory it was possible he was wasting his time and although his theory was sound he began to doubt exactly how flawless it was if there was a single mistake in any of the math h could potentially waste a week standing here trying to heat himself up. As I said before this was not guaranteed and getting discouraged was possible, but as Otto looked at the deep mist he knew that it was possible and he was going to make it happen He stood back up with renewed vigor and put the thermometer in his mouth and focused hard. He stayed this way for an hour if his hypothesis was correct he should be heated up at least above normal human capacity(106). He looked at the thermometer; 107 he was on his way and he was going to succeed, and now he had proof it could work.
.Day 1- 107

The next day he brought his thermometer to the field and looked at his chart in one day he had achieved proof that it was possible to achieve heightened temperatures with focus. Unfortunately he had a long way to go he had to get to 705 degrees to cause his body to explode violently. He began to focus hard again for several hours this time he checke the thermometer and he realied that he had finally achieved his first mile stone. Now he was able to heat his body to boiling in the same amount of time as it took him to achieve ascended human the day before. at this rate he could potentially reach his goal in 4 days maybe quicker. However even after that he would have to train to activate it instantly. If something couldn’t be used right away it was useless in most battles and would have to be given up on. However, for now he could be content with the fact that he was growing extremely fast and at this point he was literally too hot to touch. With each passing day if he could keep up this growth he would get more and more dangerous until it was literally impossible to fight him with normal means at this point however he was content with a few hours for boiling temperatures tomorrow though he would settle for no less than 500 degrees. No matter how impossible it sounded Otto’s goal was to reach critical temperatures in 4 days and he would. The fifth day and sixth days would be strictly used to speed up the time consuming process.
Day 2- 216
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Otto walked to the grounds with a smile he was going to achieve his goal soon 2 more days and he would be ready for the next experiment: exploding. He activated the mist then stood still in the center focusing harder than he had ever before the thermometer in his mouth steadily increased heat the thermometer went all the way to 500 degrees before it began to shake in Otto’s mouth. After a few seconds the thermometer’s end exploded splashing on the floor Otto looked at the mess then ran to his bag and grabbed a stronger thermometer. It maxed out at 750 degrees he had underestimated his speed in learning the technique he had surpassed what he thought he could achieve easily, but the job was not done he had a few more things to attempt to complete, but first he needed to test out the extent of his new abilities. He began to sprint surpassing his normal speed easily. His own reactions and movement speed had increased dramatically as well but he could feel the constant drain on his chakra he had not perfected this form yet it was causing substantial drain on him physically. He couldn’t hold this form for long.
Day 3- Superheat achieved 3 hours

Otto approached the grounds for the final time today he was going to shorten the time substantially he began the focusing process he felt the water in him begin to boil, and very soon Otto could feel the power he had achieved yesterday build up within him. It was easier today he could do it faster and feel the drain drop slightly. As he used this technique he realized he would gradually master it. He kept the technique ative and began to sprint around the area. He realized t hat his current temperature even firing his finger canon increase heavily in power. The heat of Otto’s body in this form mixed with the strength of his canon was a dangerous combination. He liked the thought of that in was very interesting. After a few laps Otto left early to the woods where he set up a test field for the second part of his ability if he could manage to cause the violent explosion maybe this imperfect technique would be worth using. he set up several plates that would test the death radius of the explosion and depending on how violent the explosion was he would drop the technique and start from scratch. Otto stood in the middle of the plates and activated the technique at this point the change was almost immediate. Then suddenly a huge boom is heard as he activates the second part of the technique. The world is silent for several seconds as several droplets of water begin to move toward each other eventually forming a large mass and finally Otto is revealed. He checks the damage radius with a smile The damage radius was about 20 ft. far exceeding what he expected again. This technique was trained and ready to be added to his large arsenal. Otto returned to the training ground for the last time to test the limits to his abilities he had to know what his hydration could do if pushed to the highest level so using a technique he found which came easy to him. He created a large pool of water this would be suitable for this session. Otto then looked around no need for hidden mist the place was empty. Otto Hydrated then molded his body Into the shape of a shark using the water around him Otto was surprised at what he had done with more training he would be ready for anything. Finally Norahike took a deep breath and focused his chakra several clones formed they all looked just like him, and to be honest they were all just as vain as he was. Otto looked at the clones fondly as they dispersed. Otto yawned loudly he was tired he could train no more.
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