CHAPTER 1
Konoha Gates
"Naruto… Thank you, for everything."
"Don't mention it Sasuke, literally, don't the elders would have a cow if they found out I almost killed you."
Naruto and Sasuke were both approaching the entry gates of the Hidden Leaf Village after the
Sasuke Retrieval Mission. Both had their arms slung over their shoulders respectively holding
each other up from face planting.
Izumo and Kotetsu weren't as bored as they usually were but be damned if they were enjoying gate duty. The eternal chunins didn't bother looking up for a more than half a second while reading different Icha Icha books they received from Jiraiya himself.
"Name and identify- oh my god…" Izumo stopped his repetitive greeting. "You guys are back, Naruto you did it! Izumo contact Lady Fifth and let her know Naruto has returned with Sasuke." Kotetsu said while holding the boys up to prevent them from keeling over.
1 Hour Later Konoha Hospital
"Well both of your tests have gotten back and for two kids who should be dead, blind and paralyzed you two are going to be fine in a week, until then you two will stay here until given clearance to leave." Tsunade said while sending a glare towards Naruto leaving no room for argument.
"Don't worry granny, I don't plan on leaving so soon, I wanna catch up with Sasuke we have some things we need to talk about." Naruto said while giving his famous grin and scratching the back of his head the whole time.
"Yeah, you're not the only one, Sasuke Uchiha, you realize not only did you leave the village but you assaulted two Leaf Ninja?" Tsunade said.
"..."
"Well?"
"The entire time I was leaving the village I couldn't control myself… I couldn't deactivate my
sharingan, I couldn't tell friend from foe, I couldn't even stop running when I was beyond tired."
Sasuke began. Tsunade looked at him curiously enough for him to continue.
"But then I saw Naruto, and something inside me just snapped… It was like I was looking at
him. " Sasuke turned his head from Tsunade hoping she'd leave him be.
"I don't understand, what do you mean you couldn't deactivate your sharingan? When you run
out of chakra it practically does it on its own." Naruto stated looking confused.
"That's why I'm almost blind idi-"
"That's why I'm almost blind Naruto… My body pushed itself past its limit during our fight, if you'd have gone through with your rasengan you'd have ended it there." Sasuke responded, still receiving looks of confusion from his teammate and Kage.
"Well I could nev-"
"Naruto Uzumaki, this scroll is for you…" Stated an ANBU that Tsunade could honestly say she
wasn't familiar with.
"..."
"What is it Naruto?" Inquired Tsunade.
The room remained silent until Tsunade noticed Naruto's eyes were watering.
Sasuke having no idea what was going on due to the bandages over his eyes took this moment
to speak up.
"What's going on? Did you finally get that promotion or something?" Sasuke asked.
"I knew it was too good to be true…"
Tsunade who was done with playing the patient game walked towards Naruto's bedside and grabbed the paper from his lifeless hands while sitting on the edge near him.
"As of today, Naruto Uzumaki is banished from the Hidden Leaf Village… Signed by… Danzo Shimura, Homura Mitakado, and Koharu Utatane." Tsunade read aloud while Sasuke froze.
"Naruto I'll get to the bo"
"Don't granny, read when it was signed." Naruto interrupted.
"... THOSE BASTARDS! " "Naruto stay here, Sasuke keep an ey- listen for his breathing."
Tsunade stated remembering the boy was technically blinded.
"What just happened?" Sasuke asked not believing the words Tsunade said.
"..."
"Naru-"
"Sasuke, thank you, for everything even if it was for just a moment. I know you aren't all too big
on promises and what not, but take care of Sakura and make sure Kakashi-Sensei doesn't beat himself up about th-"
"Quit interrupting me you idiot! Tell me what's going on!" Sasuke demanded.
"I've been banished from the village Sasuke, I have to leave by tomorrow or they'll send ANBU after me and take me in dead or alive. Granny Tsunade won't be able to do anything about since they technically signed and approved it after Grandpa Hokage's death and before Granny
Tsunade's instatement." Naruto explained.
Sasuke got up from his bed to take two steps toward the door only to hiss in pain.
"What are you doing?" Naruto asked.
"Going to give the council a piece of my mind, now tell me where the door is." Sasuke hissed.
"Calm down Sasuke if the Hokage can't do anything a mere genin couldn't either." Naruto tried defusing the situation.
"Like I care, I refuse to let this happen just when we began to truly acknowledge each other as friends. Now tell me which way to go or shut up so I can listen out for the nurses." Sasuke replied.
Sighing internally, Naruto knew Sasuke was just like him when it came to some things, as stubborn as an overweight mule.
"Four feet to your right, how do you plan on getting all the way to the council's chambers like that?" Naruto inquired.
"Easy… I'll knock everything out of the way until I get there." Sasuke replied then sighed aloud noticing how much of an influence Naruto had on him. Before he even took a step out the door Sasuke bumped into something, or someone, whatever it was he saw it as is first obstacle. Readying his shoulder to ram the object in his path, he noticed he was no longer on his feet but rather back in his assigned bed.
"What are you two brats up to?" Said the new voice.
"Pervy Sage? What are you doing here?" Naruto asked.
"Me! Just checking up on my favorite student! I happened to be in the area doing some research for the finale to my new trilogy and I heard that you my boy completed the mission!" Jiraiya exclaimed while doing an awkward pose with a grin on his face.
Jiraiya stopped smiling when he truly noticed the atmosphere in the room.
"Hey where's Tsunade? She usually bursts out of nowhere when I say the word 'research' or when I yell in the hospital." Jiraiya wondered.
"She's talking to the council." Sasuke replied before Naruto even finished exhaling.
"About..?" Jiraiya asked with a hint of annoyance.
"Naruto has been banished from the Village Hidden in the Leaves " Sasuke spat, with more venom when referring to his village.
" WHAT! "
~Hidden Mist Village Mizukage Tower~
Lying in bed was Yagura, the Fourth Mizukage, whose chest was rising and falling unaware of the shadow peeking through the window.
The shadow moved at a swift speed with an overgrown curved kunai that was used as a sword.
CLANG
"Ha ha ha, you didn't think the Mizukage would be in here without a guard did you brat?" Said
an overgrown man with pale blue skin.
"Ki- Kisame!?" Said the shadow, appalled at the fact a missing ninja of all people was the
Mizukage's bodyguard.
"Ha! I thought you were supposed to be one of the smarter ones, a prodigy amongst a family of
prodigies." Said Kisame as he moved at an inhuman speed and cleaved the body he was facing in two.
Splash
Kisame looked at the puddle with disgust noticing that his attack had produced no harm to his opponent.
"Damned Hozuki" Kisame spat.
The puddle quickly took the form of a 14-year old boy who was pretty tall for his age.
"What are you doing here of all people? You're a traitor, instead of going to help your allies you killed them yourself for the sake of your own mission!" The boy exclaimed waking up Yagura.
"ANBU! Take this traitor to the execution block immediately!" Yagura yelled.
"Hai!" Responded the ANBU but before they could even move Kisame jumped in front of them.
"It's been quite a while since I've had a decent fight, let me see what makes this brat so much of
a prodigy, eh Hangetsu ?" Kisame teased.
"Maybe some other time I'll be back Master Kisame." Replied Hangetsu before opening his mouth wide and a dove flew out before the rest of his body turned into a score of doves and flew out of the window he entered from.
"Hn. Oh well, I hope he lives, he'd be an acceptable opponent given some extra time to hone his skills." Kisame said.
Hangetsu reappeared at a lake where he began to sprint towards the exit of the village.
~Hidden Cloud Village - Training Ground 23~
Panting heavily with one knee on the ground and his hands on the hilt of his blade that was in the ground, he looked into the lazy eyes of his sensei.
"I've got to admit Hidoi, this wasn't dull at all" Darui stated.
"I'd feel better if you actually smiled for once DaruiSensei." Hidoi replied with a deadpanned yet tired look.
Chuckling to himself, Darui walked over to his apprentice and extended his hand to help him up.
Hidoi, being the selfproclaimed 'vicious' ninja he is saw this as an opening. "Got ya!" He exclaimed.
Keeping his lazy expression on his face, Darui flashed through hand signs that were superior to everyone in the Hidden Cloud.
" Water Style: Water Wall Jutsu"
"Aah!" Hidoi exclaimed having his ambush countered by an ambush from behind.
Getting off the ground Hidoi turned around to see two Daruis looking at him with aloof expressions.
"Wha- but when did yhow, aargh!" Hidoi exclaimed with frustration.
"Gotta be more vicious than that if you don't wanna be so dull." Darui stated.
"One of these days I'll catch you off guard just watch DaruiSensei." Hidoi stated with conviction.
"Let's go grab something to eat before we head back to the boss's office."
"You're paying!" Hidoi exclaimed before running off.
"How dull…" Darui said with a smirk.
~5 Minutes Later - Utsubasho Wagyu Restaurant~
"Welcome to Utsubasho Wagyu, you may have a seat anywhere available Mr. Darui. The hostess stated while fluttering her eyes at Darui's chest the entire time.
Looking to his left Darui noticed a familiar platinum blonde, before he could even look at his apprentice he noticed he already ran off in the direction of the group of kunoichi.
"Mom!" Exclaimed Hidoi still running towards the table where 4 kunoichi sat. Tackling his adoptive mother into a hug Hidoi gave her a gigawatt smile while on the floor with her.
"Really Hidoi? You see her everyday, in all honesty I don't think you two ever go 5 hours without seeing each other unless you go off on a mission." Stated Yugito.
"Yeah but every time I see her she's always busy or dead tired and asleep. I rarely catch her when she's free." Replied Hidoi while helping his mother off the ground without loosening the grip of the hug.
"I don't know Yugito, I think it's pretty cool the kid likes his mama so much." Samui stated while pinching the side of Hidoi's face. Ignoring Samui who was still pinching his face with a slight grin on her own, Hidoi froze like a green genin when he saw Karui.
"Uh, hey Karui, how has your day been?" Hidoi asked his crush.
"Could've been better, waiting on Yugito-Sensei or Samui to take me training so I don't have to deal Master-Killer B or Omoi today." Karui responded while looking out the window with folded arms, completely oblivious to the blushing Hidoi.
"Well maymaybewe can go train together, or maybe we- I mean if you want to, we could just hang out and watch the lightning flashes together or something." Hidoi said.
While Karui still had yet to unfold her arms or turn her attention to him everyone else at the table had the same thought.
'How the hell does Karui do that to him?'
Everyone at the table knew of Hidoi's crush on Karui except Karui herself. She was far too oblivious to notice, most of the time she'd catch Hidoi looking at her with that blank expression and pink tinted face she thought he was purposely trying to get her upset.
"I'm not all too fond of watching the lightning flashes at night, but I guess we can train later on." Karui stated with not much enthusiasm.
Noticing her adoptive son was slightly disappointed at having another one of his attempts of taking Karui out shot down Mabui decided to lift his spirits.
"Well Hidoi-Baby I can go out to the watch the lightning flashes with you tonight if you want." Mabui said with a smile.
"Yeah then I can show you that I'm getting my new technique d" Hidoi was interrupted by Darui slapping his hand over his apprentice's mouth.
"Darui… What exactly are you teaching my son again?" Mabui asked with a cute yet deadly smile.
'Ah man this is so dull. Be a good sensei C said, it'll all be worth it C said.' Darui thought. "Well… Hidoi here is kind of combining two techniques at the same time, practically giving him a perfect offensive attack, although the technique itself is quite harmful to those around him including himself he's very adamant on getting it down." Darui explained.
"Why does Darui get credit for something I came up with? I mean sure I haven't finished it yet but when I do I'll be invincible and even stronger than Lord Third Raikage!" Hidoi stated.
"Well indulge us then Hidoi, explain this new technique of yours." Said Samui with a curious tone.
"Well you all know that Lord Third taught Darui the black lightning fighting style right?" Getting a few nods and Karui's undivided attention he continued. "Well Lord Third also had a the technique where he could shroud himself with a coat of lightning chakra. I simply plan on combining those two techniques and making into my own." Hidoi finished.
"What makes this technique so dangerous to himself and everyone around?" Karui asked.
Stunned in silence at making eye contact with Karui, Darui took this as a signal to explain to everyone. "Lightning chakra is hard to shape, black lightning is difficult to hold for a period of time. However, if one were able to perfect a black lightning chakra cloak they'd practically be invincible to any and all defenses. But they could also be a ticking time bomb if their control isn't at its peak." Darui explained.
"And you're just going to let him try and use a jutsu like that now! Do you want him to kill himself?!" Yugito exclaimed surprising everyone at the table if not the restaurant.
Everyone at the table sat with wide eyes except Hidoi who was going to calm the situation. "Ah don't worry about it Yugito-Sens-"
"Shut it brat! Darui! We're going to Lord Raikage now!" Yugito was leaking killing intent and even some of her tailed beast chakra.
~LATER AT TRAINING GROUND 16~
"What was that all about?" Karui asked Hidoi who was just as lost as her. He began to explain to her that was the first time he saw her upset let alone even yell at him.
"Do you think this'll have an effect on our missions? I don't wanna be the reason that she can't focus and we're left in the open like sitting ducks." Hidoi stated nervously.
"Don't worry about it maybe she just needs time to calm down, this is Yugito-Sensei we're talking about." Karui said.
Still not believing this'd be the last he heard of it Hidoi decided to just agree for the moment. Later on in the day Hidoi found himself walking around aimlessly trying to think why his sensei reacted to his training like that. Mabui was worried due to the fact he decided he wouldn't join her on her day off which was as rare as a day without clouds. Passing by a building that led underground he noticed the entrance was destroyed as if it had been hit by a jutsu. Taking a closer glance at the entrance he noticed it had been burnt after it was destroyed.
"Fire style… But who woul-" his out loud thinking was interrupted at the sound of a woman screaming, not in pain but more like rage. Looking for a weak spot in the closed off entrance he turned on his lightning chakra cloak and dove through quick enough for the debris to not collapse on him.
"Argh! I swear on it you two won't get out of here alive!" Yelled Yugito looking at two men in black cloaks with red clouds stitched onto them. One had on a mask with the only thing visible being his green eyes in front of the red sclera. The other had a scythe in his hand with with slicked back silver hair and purple eyes that stared at her as if she was a piece of meat.
Hidoi was dumbfounded wondering how to missing ninja not only infiltrated their village but the amount of damage they caused his sensei. Steeling himself, he noticed the one with the scythe left all sorts of openings in his defense, he readied himself to take the man down with one blow.
As the two men began running towards Yugito she got back in her stance getting ready to fire off her favorite jutsu.
" Fire Style: Rodent Hairball" Yugito fired off a score of rat shaped fireballs that forced the men to evade them, however they didn't notice the green chunin waiting for his moment.
Reactivating his lightning cloak, Hidoi disappeared at a high speed ending up right above the defenseless Akatsuki member with the scythe. " Lightning Style: Lariat!" Hidoi exclaimed before connecting his jutsu perfectly feeling that he decapitated his opponent.
Looking over to his now headless teammate, the masked Akatsuki member narrowed his eyes towards the new addition to the fight. "Damn it Hidan, I told you to not let your guard down you idiot."
Landing on the ground before the separated body and head, Hidoi sped off and ran at the other member member with a frontal attack. Seeing how big of a mistake he was making Yugito cut him off by grabbing him and jumping out of distance.
"What are you doing here? Go get help or something, you shouldn't be down here." Yugito chided the boy who came to her 'rescue'.
"Wow sensei is that really the way you greet someone who just helped you out? We can totally take this guy two on"
SLAP
Hidoi grabbed the side of his face that was stinging and burning due to the cat claws sliding off of it. Turning his head towards Yugito he saw her face that clearly told him not to question her methods.
"What the hell is wrong wi-"
"Oww! Dammit! Kakuzu help me out over here that bastard brat is gonna get it." Said Hidan with malice in his voice.
Hidoi's heart dropped at hearing the man's voice, with eyes the size of coasters he slowly turned around to see the man's head looking directly at him with a twisted grin on his face. Taking a closer look at his headless body Hidoi began to realize the man had quite a few wounds to fatal areas that should've killed him well before he even showed up.
"Wh- What the hell is he?" Hidoi stated not even aware he was speaking aloud.
Kakuzu approached his teammate's body and picked the corpse up and jumped in the air, landing near the head he began to shoot what appeared to be tendrils of very thick stitching through the neck of his teammate where it connected back to his body.
"Ow! Go easy on me damn it! Just because I can't die doesn't mean I can't feel pain you know!" Hidan yelled.
"Maybe if you weren't so careless you wouldn't be getting your head knocked off by a brat." Hidan replied with an annoyed tone.
With the stitching finished Hidan stood up and bent his neck to each side causing loud cracking sounds. "Aah, good as new. You brat," Hidan said pointing his scythe in Hidoi's direction, "I'm going to make sure you feel enough pain before I even consider you worthy of giving to Lord Jashin." Hidan said with a crazed grin.
The two Akatsuki members began running in the direction of the cloud ninjas, beginning a second (fourth for Yugito) battle with Hidoi fighting Hidan and Kakuzu fighting Yugito. After 10 minutes of dodging and connecting a few fatal blows to Hidan, Hidoi was on the verge of collapsing as a result of strenuously reactivating his lightning cloak repeatedly.
Yugito noticing Hidoi's predicament attempted to stop the attack only to be cut by Hidan's scythe herself while moving Hidoi away from his battle. Panting and wondering how'd they get out alive, Yugito decided it was time to go into her tailed beast state although she never noticed the ritual Hidan was performing.
"The ritual is complete now it's time to give Lord Jashin a sacrifice, brat I'll give you credit of surviving for this long but now is your last hour amongst the living!" Hidan began laughing maniacally. "Take this!" Exclaimed Hidan while throwing his scythe in Hidoi's direction.
Yugito grabbed Hidoi and jumped above the scythe, landing back on the ground she began to fire off another volley of rat shaped fireballs. Watching more than half of the flames connect to her target Yugito began to feel a burning sensation all over her body. Gripping her shoulder with one hand and her stomach with the other she fell to her knees in pain.
Looking on in a stupor, Hidoi realized the scythe Hidan threw was retracting back toward him with Yugito in its path he reacted as quickly as possible and tackled her out of the way, the next thing he saw he could've never prepared for. Laying on top of Yugito who had a smile on her face and a glossy look in her eyes, Hidoi noticed blood began to run out of her mouth. Hidoi then heard Hidan's laughing and saw his scythe pierced through his heart and out his back.
"Hi- Hidoi…" Yugito struggled out.
"Yugito-Sensei don't worry I'll get us out of here and you'll be okay in no time" Hidoi quickly cut her off. Before he managed to get off the ground he felt a rather strong grip on the sleeve of his hoodie, painfully looking Yugito in the eyes again he noticed she was now crying.
"No… No Hidoi just listen to me, thank you for coming to save me…" Yugito began hacking up a bit of blood from laying down, "Thank you for aiding me in my last fight… Thank you for allowing me to teach you the ways of being a ninja…" Yugito paused seeing Hidoi was going to interrupt her she placed her finger over his lips, shushing him. Hidoi now began crying thinking he knew where this conversation was going only to be surprised at her next words. "... And most importantly Hidoi… Thank you for being my son, making me a mother… I can never thank you enough for that." Yugito said with a genuine yet bloody smile on her face.
Hidoi stared at her with wide eyes before questioning her. "Moth- Mother? What are you talking about Yugito-Sensei? I'm an orph-" Hidoi stopped mid speech as he felt Yugito rubbing his cheek where his tattoo was located.
"I was s- so upset when B let you do that to your face. Then again, I guess I was a tad jealous you went with the eight tails' horns instead of a cat scratch or two." Yugito began chuckling weakly.
Hidoi was lost and overheard Kakuzu scolding his teammate for killing the jinchūriki instead of capturing it and began to make their leave. Before he began to pursue them he was then gripped by another hand. Looking back at his sens- mother who had a pleading look in her eyes.
"Pl- Please Hidoi-Baby j- just let me have this one last moment with my baby. They'll be leaving since they know they can't extract the two tails from me anymore, I plan on telling you the truth and nothing but it, damn what A has to say."
Hidoi was surprised at Yugito calling the Raikage by his name instead of his title. "Th- The truth? What truth?" Hidoi asked.
"I was forced to give you up after birth due to the fact that the village didn't know how to respond to a jinchūriki having a child, as you know A told you your parents were of the Yotsuki clan. He also told you your mother died due to childbirth and you were adopted by Mabui because she was good friends with your mother. B- But the truth is I'm your mother Hidoi, you're the reason I'm still going strong baby. I didn't want you to find out like this but unfortunately I can't determine these things, your father and I love you greatly, we'd have never given you up if we had to. You're the reason I remained a jonin sensei for so long." Yugito explained to the now shell shocked Hidoi.
Hidoi was falling apart, here he was meeting his mother, a woman he's known for years as an overprotective and shrewd sensei. But all this time she was his mother, and now she was slowly passing on to the next world. Feeling the need to have his questions answered, Hidoi pushed through the tears and questioned his mother.
"You said you and dad loved me… Who's my father? Who else knew about you having to give me up? WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITHOUT YOU!?" Hidoi exclaimed the last part at the top of his lungs.
Looking at her son sadly Yugito answered, "Your father is an idiot, but he's our idiot, our rapping idiot ," Yugito began, noticing Hidoi put the pieces together she continued, "The only ones who know about this are myself, A, B, and a few of the elders, it was made to appear as if I had a miscarriage so the villagers wouldn't freak out to two jinchūriki having a child together. It was easily believable that I had a miscarriage due to the fact of giving birth to the child of two jinchūriki really does put a drain on you." Yugito began hacking up more blood, noticing her time was coming to an end she finished giving Hidoi the answers he so rightfully deserved. "Hidoi you should live your life and do what makes you happy, you aren't a jinchūriki, but the child of two jinchūriki, do what you please, whatever decision you make…" Yugito sat up fighting off the pain in her chest, "I'll always love and support you…" She finished kissing him on the forehead before collapsing in his arms.
"Mom? Mom wait I never got to tell you I love you… Mom just give me another minute, I shouldn't have been asking you questions… I should've been thanking you…" Hidoi's voice began to crack "I should've been thanking you for being hard on me, I should've been thanking you for being there for me, I should've been thanking you for teaching me the way of the ninja…" Hidoi stopped as he felt her body get slightly heavier, signalling she was no longer living. "But most importantly, I should've been thanking you for being my mother, and for making the ultimate sacrifice for me… I love you mom." Hidoi said with pain in his voice while the endless amount of tears kept rolling down his face.
~1 Hour Later Raikage's Office~
"I'm announcing my defection from the village hidden in the clouds…" Hidoi said with a tearstained face looking slightly towards the ground.
Everyone in the room was silent, not understanding where this was coming from. They were aware that two Akatsuki members were able to infiltrate the village and killed Yugito but only one man knew why it impacted the young ninja so greatly.
In the office stood the Raikage, Mabui, Darui, C, Samui and Atsui. Mabui was shocked at what her adoptive son just uttered, thinking it was another one of his jokes at first she could feel from the energy he was giving off it was no laughing matter.
"Baby…" Mabui noticed Hidoi stiffen up at her calling yet she continued, "Baby if you feel what happened to your sensei is your fault I'm sure we can talk about it at home."
"I'm sorry… But I'm not going home." Hidoi then turned his attention to the village's leader, "So they don't know, at least somebody told me the truth ." Hidoi spat with venom towards the Raikage.
Everyone in the room was lost and secretly wanted Hidoi to continue his explanation. Although before he could continue the Raikage began to speak.
"What makes you think I'd just let you leave this village, you know far too many secrets and could become our greatest enemy if we allow you to escape." A threatened Hidoi with a bluff. A had come to qualms with doing quite a few things for his village but one of them wasn't harming his nephew in anyway shape or form.
Quickly calling his bluff, Hidoi took off his headband and stuffed it into his hoodie. "Quit it Lord Raikage, or should I call you Uncle A ?" Hidoi said which made all the eyes in the room widen. Not paying anyone else but A attention, Hidoi continued, "Where's my father? Don't tell me he's strong enough to hold back the eight tails but isn't strong enough to see and acknowledge his own son after 12 years." Hidoi finished not even noticing everyone in the room was holding their breath.
A, seeing where this was going, determined he had to put a stop to it before the child had an outburst, if he was anything like his mother he'd run the risk of seriously harming someone. "So I see she told you the truth, none of us wanted you to fig-"
"That's the damn problem! None of you wanted me to figure out like this yet you all bullshitted year after year when you could've told me my own sensei was my mother!" Hidoi snapped, but was nowhere near done. "I truly thought my father died as a hero, and my mother died during childbirth… No, that was the truth…" Hidoi said appearing to calm down, once again keeping everyone on their toes. "My mother did die during childbirth, she died the minute you all snatched me away from her, and my fath- that man who doesn't even have the guts to come face me now died to me the second he had shown his true colors. I truly am an orphan, but that's no longer all I truly am anymore… Now I'm truly vicious and more importantly, now I'm truly my own man because starting from today I'm leaving the cloud." Hidoi finished before using the Body Flicker Jutsu to leave the room.
Everyone present was appalled at what had just transpired, Mabui who seemed to be rooted to the ground began to run towards the only gate that was left open at night hoping she'd catch Hidoi before he left.
~Kumo Gates~
Karui didn't know what was exactly going on but she wasn't clueless either. She was informed that the village was infiltrated earlier by two ninja looking to apprehend her sensei, she also had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach as she began leaving the restaurant. She hasn't seen her sensei or anyone else of interest for the day besides B who was at his meditating spot just looking at the waterfall in front of him. As Karui began to make her way home she felt a familiar chakra signature make its way toward her direction. 'Hidoi, finally someone I can talk to.' Karui thought but what she saw wasn't Hidoi, at least it was physically but not mentally or emotionally.
Hidoi looked up from the ground to see Karui staring at him, he wished he had run into anyone else besides her, he knew he needed to leave but this was making much harder for him to. Steeling himself, he simply put his head back down and naïvely hoped he could just walk past her.
Karui confused at his action began to get upset before she noticed he wasn't wearing a headband, determined to find out what was wrong she grabbed him by the shoulder before questioning him. "Where are you going Hidoi? Where's your headband at and what happened today? First you flake out after asking me if I want to train you now you're acting all weird." Karui asked with both a tone of concern in annoyance.
"Karui… Thank you" Hidoi began walking again only to have his shoulder grabbed again but more aggressively. Gnashing her teeth and forcing him to look her in the eyes Karui, in a very un-Karui like manner gasped when she noticed he was crying. Looking even deeper she noticed he had tear stains on his face from crying earlier, she then noticed he had dried up blood under his fingernails.
"Hidoi, what's going on? Just tell me something…"
"You're gonna have to ask Lord Raikage, Darui, or even Mabui…"
Karui was taken by surprise when her teammate referred to his mother by her first name but she was in even greater shock at what he did next. Closing the distance between them, Hidoi took a step right into Karui's personal space with his chest pressing against her own. He began talking to her in a low voice to where only they could hear each other. "Karui… Thank you for keeping me grounded, thank you for being my teammate, and most importantly…" He trailed off noticing that Karui was heavily blushing from their proximity. Karui couldn't believe what was going on, she'd never felt like this and now all of a sudden to her own teammate, with every word that he spoke she felt his breath running against her lips. Karui then noticed he stopped talking and looked at him with the most innocent face he'd ever seen. Hidoi leaned closer to Karui and kissed her on her forehead, making eye contact with her he placed his thumb underneath her chin, turning her head to the side he kissed her on the cheek which lasted a tad longer than the previous one. Turning Karui back in his direction he finished speaking to her, "Thank you for being my light Karui… I love you." He said before kissing her on the lips.
Karui was surprised at how this conversation had gone, but she surprised herself even more by reacting to the kiss passionately, as if it were supposed to have happened, like it felt right. Taking it up a notch, she wrapped her arms around the back of his neck and began kissing him deeper, showing no sign of letting up anytime soon. Feeling his arms going around her waist and his hands resting on her lower back, Karui felt another shock going through her body as he pulled her even deeper into the kiss.
Unbeknownst to Karui, Hidoi was slowly pumping chakra into her spine which would force her to fall into a slumber for around an hour. He pulled away from the kiss which left a string of saliva between the two ninja and looked his crush in the eyes before whispering an almost silent 'sorry' in her ears. Hidoi felt Karui begin to get heavier and knew she was on her way to a deep sleep and carried her over to a bench where he laid her sleeping form down before leaving the village through the gates.
5 minutes later Mabui finally showed up to the gates and noticed Karui on the bench laying down clutching onto something while softly moaning Hidoi's name over and over. Mabui reaching down at Karui's hands felt the girl tense in her sleeping state and call out for Hidoi one more time before relinquishing what she had in her hands, Hidoi's wooden necklace with the pendant of the eight tails' head. Releasing a gasp, Mabui saw she was too late from stopping Hidoi from leaving and began to carry Karui to her house where she would explain what all transpired.
Making the most of his time, Hidoi was already quite a distance from his village, stopping his sprint he turned around towards the direction of the village and mouthed 'I'll be back' before disappearing in a flash of lightning.
~SUNA GATES~
Leaving the village hidden in the sand wasn't an easy decision for Shinki, he was receiving individual lessons with Lady Chiyo and that was rare for anyone in the sand given the woman hasn't worked with anyone since her grandson Sasori Akasuna left the village. Shinki had been framed by two corrupt members of the council who happened to be subordinates of Sasori's.
Although he was leaving Shinki decided to have a little fun and attacked one of the two council members before fleeing the village, Chiyo was horrified at the action she saw her student commit, he reminded her so much of her grandson, save for his red hair and soft features.
Shinki had dark blue hair that had a certain shine to it, his looks were more like a ninja's due to the war paint he wore. Shinki's most distinctive feature of his appearance was the longsleeved cloak made of iron sand he often kept on over his natural shinobi attire. Shinki rarely ever talked, only speaking when spoken to or whenever he truly deemed it necessary. But he had a smile that radiated pure innocence and a heart of gold whenever he was happy.
After killing one of the corrupt councilman, he began to store his body in a scroll and fled from the village, the same village that named his grandfather the Third Kazekage. Not knowing which way he'd go he just ran off towards the hidden leaf village, knowing he could hide out there for at least a few days before finding a new home.
As soon as he got into Fire Country he was greeted by a few rogue ninja from the Hidden Waterfall, knowing they weren't going to let him pass without trying to kill him he decided to handle it fast. "Magnet Style: Iron Sand Prison." Shinki started as iron sand wrapped around the three ninja and put them inside of a giant sphere on sand. "I can't destroy those bodies of yours', they'd be perfect in my collection" Shinki explained while pulling the same storage scroll that concealed the deceased councilman. "Given that I don't want to crush you I'll simply force you to choke to death painfully…" Shinki trailed off before closing the open hand he held up until only his index and middle fingers were pointing in the direction of his sand orb.
Inside the sand orb the three rogue ninja were experiencing one of the most painful death alive, with the iron sand scraping up their throats and esophagus causing internal bleeding, the iron sand would then make its way back up the ninja, the process continued for another 3 minutes until they were all dead.
Opening the scroll and standing over the dead bodies, Shinki began to seal them inside before making his way around the hidden leaf village while staying in fire country.
Pulling out a map Shinki looked around for a place that would be deserted, upon finding a place that wasn't too far from where he was located he smirked to himself.
"Ah, this is perfect." Claimed Shinki before heading in the direction of the Village Hidden in the Eddies.