He awoke in his hospital quarters, fully regenerated but feeling extremely sore. In nowhere but his leg. He had wondered why it was sore, but then he remembered that he injected himself with that serum. He moved the covers off of him to reveal his leg to no longer be smooth, but mixed with the blood he had gotten from his brother, somewhat rough and cracked, as if there had been bark forming with his skin.
“Well… that’s interesting…” he said. He attempted to stand on it, and it seemed to work normally… there was just a tangy feeling. He could even feel it coursing through his veins. He felt… more powerful. He had to let this power settle before he could truly use it. Meanwhile, he walked back to the main hall where the scroll and Shukaku had both been.
“Shukaku…” he said.
‘Damn this fucking human. Again… he’s almost worse than Garaa…’
“What was that? You mind saying that again?”
“I didn’t say anything…” he said. ‘But, I was thinking it…’
‘How come…’ he began to think…
‘Why do I hear your thoughts…’ Shukaku thought. ‘You’re no Jinnchuriki…’
‘No… not yet anyway.’
“And what’s that supposed to mean!” Shukaku said.
“Relax, my friend. You will not be sealed in anybody unless it’s of a dire importance. Anyway… it seems maybe the blood of Yamanaka that Heise gave me manifested a power to be telepathic… I didn’t expect these powers from blood but… anyway…” Shadow began to push out his chakra to the scroll once again, and allowed Shukaku to transfer chakra to him. He limped off to the resting quarters once again…
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