Of Cats and Dogs (Kakashi x Male OC)

Chapter 6

Fuck yes, I'm done with training for today! That means I can finally go out and get myself something tasty to eat! Well, after taking a nice, long shower and changing my clothes. Wouldn't wanna go to the BBQ place all covered in dust and sweat, now would I. With that in mind, I enter my bathroom and start taking off my clothes. Then I step in front of my mirror and take in the obvious changes that I've undergone ever since the Hokage got me my own place to live in. It's been, what, about six or seven-ish years since then, and to be honest, I've come a long way. I could still remember just how incredibly thin I used to be. Like, even thinner than those runway models you see during Fashion Week. Now, however, I've managed to fill out pretty nicely. I even have an ever so slightly visible sixpack. I'm still lean though since my fighting style is more speed-oriented. I mean, could you imagine a bulky, muscle-packed guy with a somewhat feminine, cat-like face? Urgh, I just pictured a really buff Inosuke from Demon Slayer with cat ears going "Nya~" at me... I'll never be able to unsee that. Be cursed, mind of mine!

Anyway, I digress. Other than training my body and speed, I've also spent some time trying to figure out what other talents I might have. After all, I didn't meet whoever had decided to reincarnate me here in the world of Naruto and as such, I have none of those fabled cheats that other protagonists tend to receive in my situation. I also have no real knowledge to take advantage of since I've never finished watching the anime. And my memory in regards to such things has never been good, to begin with. I may roughly know which major events would take place eventually, but I wouldn't be able to tell you when exactly or what would happen there. Unlike a few certain people who are so crazy about this anime that they are capable of reciting and performing every single fucking jutsu by heart. Like, why? Just why? Needless to say, I have to actually use my brains to gather information and figure shit out by myself. And since, thanks to my cat-like physique, my Taijutsu capabilities are rather decent, I've been focusing mostly on anything chakra-related. As such, after years of trial and error, I've found out the following:

For one, I'm really good at manipulating my chakra to either enhance myself physically or make myself nearly undetectable by retracting all of my chakra into one spot inside myself and masking its presence so that others wouldn't be able to sense it. Which is just perfect considering my occupation as a Shinobi. Other than that, I'm actually pretty decent at casting Genjutsu. Though, since I've yet to get any access to jutsu scrolls, my repertoire consists of nothing but little sense- and perception-altering jutsu to distract or annoy my opponents. Still, I can use them without any hand signs, so that's neat. Surprisingly, I'm also able to manipulate and control shadows, though I'm not yet particularly good at it. It takes too much chakra and concentration to pull off. Maybe I'll be able to do some cool stuff later on. However, until then I'm stuck with only being able to create shadow spikes to impale my enemies. I can also make shadow chains to bind people with. That's it. This whole thing also begs the question if one of my nonexistent parents was a Nara. The Nara are the clan that could control shadows, right? And if so, then I'd be technically related to the lazy cloud watcher, Shikamaru. That would be kinda weird, not gonna lie. But that's something for future-me to worry about.

Oh, and I also seem to have an affinity for lightning release. Same problem as with the Genjutsu, though. So I've been forced to improvise. My results so far? Pretty meager actually. I'm able to coat my kunai with lightning-infused chakra to speed them up and deal more damage. I can do the same to parts of my body, mainly my arms and legs, though I'm still not able to do so for my entire body. Oh, oh, oh! And I managed to create my own, personal move! I call it Lightning Claws because, well, that's what it is. I gather my lightning chakra in my fingertips around my own claws and elongate them by about four times their original length. These lightning claws are scarily sharp and cauterize any wound they inflict. It hurts like a bitch, I tell you, since idiot that I am, I tried them out on myself. They also shock the target pretty badly. I can imagine them stunning my opponent for a few seconds, which would be enough for me to get one or two more attacks in.