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Shinobi nations were abuzz. Shinobis were going at their activities, either with full excitement or with a bored attitude. Usually, the ones with excitement were the newer ones or the crazy ones, while the bored ones were the experienced or Naras. But, what was worth mentioning, was the hour or the time. It was slightly below 5, in the morning, as indicated by the dull lightning of the horizon. No doubt it was the time when everybody liked to sleep. But, for shinobis, sleep was only, as important as a fuck. If they got one, well better and good but if they don't, just say live moves on. After all, they were assassins. And, for an assassin, work hours started when lights of the nature were switched off. But, this instance paves another viewpoint for the previous statements. Implying, they were not only going but also returning. So, in a nutshell, shinobi nations were awake 24X7.
This also made Vegeta choose the other continent, because he didn't want any interruptions. And, considering the activity, he partook, most of the time, isolation was necessary. The activity - Training, which he was doing, at present.
Several hundred metres high, in the skies, above the clouds, Vegeta was kicking and punching invisible opponents, or simply air, at breakneck speeds. His, moving of his appendices was generating pressurised currents of air, such that, small but visible tornadoes were originating and appearing to be moving as far as normal eye could see. Of course, he didn't like it, in the slightest. After all, it was Kakarot and his brat's training method, and, normally, he wouldn't see let alone do anything related to him. And, his preferred training method was Gravity room, which affected his entire body unlike the current training he was doing. It mostly affected the limbs he was moving. But he couldn't have his GR, here now. And, also, he couldn't afford any lapse in his training, as he needed to get stronger. Otherwise that false God was going to wipe the floor with him. Yeah, he admitted this fact, but only to himself. As, that Kaga was able to match that elder Kai in final battle and the current supreme Kai was only weaker by a fifth part of his own prowess, yet he claimed himself a no match for Kaga. So, Kaga was strong. Hence, he needed to train to get whatever advantage he could. However, despite all this, he wasn't worried, even a bit. The reason, it was only a part of the bigger picture, to him - Kakarot.
When Kakarot announced after Cell Games that he couldn't be wished back due to his punishment for destroying a Kai's planet (A/n: yeah I am going with this.. the real reason was bullshit...as Goku interfered again in Bojack) he nearly believed it, leading to the loss of his will of fighting. And, he had only gone in fight with Bojack due to Trunks. After all, he wasn't able to save his son in Cell games and he didn't want the fate to repeat. However, when he felt Kakarot's presence and later its confirmation by his brat, he came to an interesting development - Kakarot won't stay dead forever. Though, why his resurrection was stopped by Kais, despite the fact that he saved billions, was a mystery. But the fact was, Kakarot would live and he would be stronger than ever, as death hadn't stopped him from training, in the past nor it would, in the future.
So, when Kakarot would come, he would definitely defeat him.
His beliefs were established, more firmly than ever, when Shin introduced himself and his purpose. Then, he knew that Kakarot was preparing for a bigger purpose, either knowingly or unknowingly, which later was revealed as Buu. After all, that clown wasn't suitable for this world but he was. And, Buu was a bigger threat than Kaga. And, Kais, sure, had known about Buu's re-emergence like Kaga's. So, they, surely, would have stopped Kakarot's revival, preparing him for Buu. And, he wouldn't be outdone by him. Not this time.
Finishing his workout, he took a deep breath and blurred out of view. A second later, he appeared, miles below, on the surface of the sea water. The indications, he has dived into the sea, were his wet frame and two equally large fish in both his hands. But, not a second later, slight wisp of steam started rising out of his body, and soon, he was all dry and good. But the latter term couldn't be used for fish. They were completely roasted. KI, too, had its uses. He moved to the shore and quickly cut the fish to several parts, which dropped on the coconut leaves, he had spread before diving in the sea. Though, to an onlooker, it would appear that Vegeta had released the hold on the fish, which stayed in the air for a split second before being cut into several pieces and fell down. After which, he quickly ate his breakfast, and then flew away towards the shinobi lands.
But not before knocking on old man's door, who would later open it and see enough fish for his breakfast.
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Flying through the clouds was always amazing. Not only, it presented a great view but the droplets of moisture, cooled his mind, literally as well as figuratively. He's been doing this for as far as he could remember. And, he could say that, nobody but he holds the record of flying through the clouds of several planets.
After flying leisurely, for a few minutes, he came across the Land of Waters. It was an archipelago, with the biggest island in the centre. On this island, he could see a big palace kind of structure. It was no doubt the Daimyo's palace, considering from the shinobis and samurais that could be felt and seen. Vegeta started focusing on the group of islands below him. After a few seconds he was outright amazed.
The archipelago was strategically located. It was in the exact middle of both the continents, at a distance of nearly a day and a half implying, any activity against them could very well be spotted and stopped at a fair distance. Second, the islands allowed better defensive and offensive maneuvers, at several locations. Though these facts were good but what was amazing, was the presence of shinobis, under water. Yes, he had felt a congregation of chakra under water, below these islands and he was amazed by this. As, it was the same settlement he had felt the day before, implying the shinobi village was under water. Indeed, it was truly a hidden village.
Vegeta's musings were accurate. Kirigakure was one of the most efficient villages in the nations. As stated earlier, its location was perfect. It was the reason, it has never been invaded. Very rarely, any information leaked from here to outer world. Though, it went through a ten year civil war yet managed to maintain its position as the 4th strongest in Elemental nations. And though, It was only after the civil war, that current Mizukage managed to establish the hidden village under water, but doing the task in a year was worth mentioning. Another fact for its efficiency was that the Land of Waters was literally Land of waters, implying the Water Daimyo, in addition to the islands, also held the largest area of sea under his jurisdiction. And, everyone in this world knew, how rich in resources, this area was. After all, the best quality seafood, pearls etc were exported from here. This was the stable source of income for the Land of Waters, even during the civil war.
Coming back to Vegeta, who was now focusing on the sea water. The reason, he had felt chakra mixed in water. After few seconds of intent scrutiny, he deduced that this water was acting as a sensing medium, for anyone who would come in contact with it. The same was said for the moisture, few metres above the water. After few minutes of scrutiny of Land of Waters, he decided to move forward. Nobody saw him of course, as he was suppressing his KI to civilian levels, and his higher altitude gave a vast edge to it. He was able to see all this with his superior eyesight as well as the sensing ability.
The reason, he was scouting the shinobi lands, was two fold. First was, he wanted to check, any hint regarding Kaga. Though, the chances of it were very - very bleak. Because, he couldn't sense Kaga and there wasn't any confirmed location given to him by Shin, except that he was sealed on shinobi continent. The another reason and the major one was that he wanted to get a feel of shinobi nations. Though, he had sensed them, and also had the information by Supreme Kai, but watching with his own eyes was different and reliable too. He was sure that these shinobis wouldn't even be worth a sweat for him let alone Kaga, implying their uselessness in the inevitable battle but they could, atleast, take measures to assure their safety. He knew, though, that he would only be able to give them full details when he involves himself completely in their lifestyle, which, too, was inevitable. But, for now, he wanted to find something using which he could set the plans in motion, something which would alert the shinobis and with their paranoid nature, they wouldn't ignore it.
Few minutes of flying towards the shinobi mainland, he was enroute the Land of Fire. It was, to say, warm to borderline hot. Currently, he could see a large area covered by croplands and to his either side, towards the horizon, by forests. There were shinobis, though. Many were visible but others were concealed in croplands and trees. Few seconds of flying later, he was able to spot the Daimyo's palace. It was, in structure and security, more or less, same to Land of Waters. He mused that it was also well placed. As, behind the palace, were croplands, followed by sea, implying very less chances of attack by another village. Passing over it, he was soon flying over a vast canopy of forests. Land was barely visible. And, along the way, he realised the number of shinobis were increasing. No sooner, he was over the hidden village - Konoha. Its bigass mountain was a dead giveaway, if not the presence of shinobis. But, he wasn't impressed by this village.
"Which part of this village is hidden"? Vegeta asked himself.
True, per his words, the Hidden Leaf village wasn't hidden, at all. He had, so far, seen Kiri, which was literally hidden in water and sensed Kumo, which, he was sure, was in the mountains, due to its altitude. But the supposed strongest village, was open like a book. As stated earlier, the bigass mountain showing the heads, could easily be seen, miles away. The access to this village was also apparent. As there were four gates and consequently four, as clear as a mirror, roads. The watch on these gates was inefficient, too. As on every gate, the duo of average shinobis was either dozing off or barely paying any attention. Though, he could sense some chakra from the trees, no doubt trees acting as a sensing medium, but it wasn't strong like seawater of Kiri.
These trees were grown by Hashirama, with his Mokuton. But after his death, nobody had the necessary potent chakra to feed these trees. So, slowly their ability as a sensing medium started deteriorating. And, despite Yamato's presence, nothing could solve the issue. Though, Vegeta was unaware of this fact.
As Vegeta was looking over the village and its residents who were blissfully unaware of the impending danger, he suddenly looked towards his west. The reason, an ancient and raw energy, which was brimming with rage and hatred. Quickly, he flew towards the source, while being careful enough, not to draw attention towards him.
Barely a couple seconds later, he appeared above an interesting scenario. An orange clad boy covered in a fox like cloak, crouching on all fours, turning his neck after releasing a shockwave that, not only destroyed the entire bridge but also threw another man, wearing glasses, over several miles, who, on his journey struck and rendered a pink haired girl unconscious.
It was certainly interesting. As, this was the first time he was witnessing a jinchuriki. The information given to him by the Kai, described the existence of jinchuriki - a human sacrifice, how the humans of this world were able to seal a chakra beast inside themselves, thus gaining a power considered as extraordinary even in this world. Where as he could transform into an oozaru due to his heritage, these humans could gain bestial features and prowess by their skills. It certainly put them on a higher level than most humans of his world.
His attention then shifted to the other pale man, who the boy was snarling at. He had the same colour as that tiny emperor in his world. But whereas Chiatzou gave positive vibes, this man's were vile. It felt like Frieza but on a very very lower scale. Moreover, he felt like a snake, and his appearance was only substantiating that. His musings halted, when the fox brat, who was earlier falling down the bridge, produced a red arm, clearly made up of that raging chakra, and after pulling him by the arm, started attacking the pale man. The battle entered in the deeper part of the forests. He saw, the orange clad boy using his chakra arm to attack the other man, only for the latter to dodge. They were sure fighting at good speeds, for humans. It was the same as Gohan's was, on Namek Planet. He saw the pale man dodging the attacks nimbly. However, soon the orange clad kid transformed into a miniature demi fox. His entire body engrossed in bubbling blood red chakra.
So, the boy was showing his more bestial tendencies.
But the pale looking man wasn't concerned at all. He was simply smirking. And, then he attacked...from.. his..mouth. Vegeta was disgusted by this. The man produced thousands if not millions of snakes from his fucking mouth. And, then those snakes further produced fucking swords, again from their fucking mouths. Where the hell was he storing them and since when did snakes with inbuilt swords were available in the market? Though Cell had also absorbed Androids but he was an android but this man was human, despite his snake like tendencies. Seriously, Chakra was versatile.
It was then a shockwave was released when the fox kid destroyed the snakes with a single swing. He erected a weak KI barrier around him, not due to the shockwave but the dust, debris and tree parts which disintegrated into nothing on touching the barrier. He didn't want to get untidy.
He continued to watch the fight for few more minutes. He saw how the snake man stayed true to his appearance when he displayed more snake like abilities by literally shedding his body, with his new body supporting a snake like tail instead of legs, how that was ripped by the beast but again joined when snakes from his torso and lower part started kissing each other and soon, he was whole again.
Kissing sure is rejuvenating.
How the fox kid produced a mini KI like ball and... swallowed it? Yes he did, and then got bloated like a balloon before firing that ball, at great speeds towards the three bigass gates the snakeman produced from nowhere. Of course they were destroyed. He watched all this but soon got bored and after giving a last glance to the battle, flew towards his next destination.
During his flight, his mind was filled with the battle. After all, this was the first serious battle he had seen in this world. But he wasn't impressed. Not a bit.
These were shinobis - trained assassins but they didn't display any kind of disposition towards that. Weren't the shinobis supposed to be silent, trained and stealthy? The fox kid didn't have any of these abilities. He was simply a brawler. And later it was clear the beast inside him had mind fucked him greatly, as it was the one doing the fighting. He didn't have any control over his emotions. He knew emotions played a major role in this. After all, he was able to control his oozaru only by controlling his emotions. And regarding the other man, he, though disgusting, was a lot better. And, it didn't matter if he was stealthy or not, as he was evil and the evil ones didn't care about that.
Shaking his head, he cleared the thoughts and soon he was flying over arid lands which slowly paved the way to a very big and long desert. He sensed his destination and it was only a few hundred miles away. Flying for a few seconds, he was able to make a large settlement, indicating the village here. The Daimyo's location was felt by him, towards his east. It was a huge congregation of Chakras, not different from the village.
However, before he could fly near the village, he reached a sandstorm. Though, it was a few miles below him, but the sand particles were easily reaching him. It was then, a slight tingle at his senses made him add another mile to his altitude. But this time maintaining his tidiness was a secondary issue.
When a single sand particle, followed by many others reached him, his senses tingled. Time slowed down for him and the sandstorm, too. The particles about to reach him, suddenly started moving at a very low pace. This was a usual scenario whenever he focused his vision. And, now he was doing that on the sand particles nearing him. He had felt a chakra in the particle which was connected by a string of same chakra to the sandstorm below. Quickly deducing that this sandstorm was acting as a sensing medium for the shinobis down there, he raised his altitude.
This was again one of the other impressive deeds he had seen on this world. The shinobis were truly able to blend with the nature like no one else. Using the elements of nature as their extension was nothing but amazing. KI wasn't this versatile, despite its potency. Further reflecting at the sandstorm along with his thoughts for a few moments, he flew towards the village.
The village, truly, was a hidden village. It was completely blended with the desert, due to its structures constructed of sand. It was also divided into few divisions, implying it wasn't a single village rather several parts with a couple of miles gap within each, formed the village. And, every single part was well concealed within several large mushroom rocks.
Vegeta stayed floating above the village for a few minutes watching the lifestyle, the village structure and any other abnormal or extraordinary activity, that could help him in his mission. But when nothing came, he simply moved towards the adjoining Country to this one.
It was the same in Earth country as well, with slight differences. The land was rocky and barren. The village was similar to Suna, the only difference was structural. The buildings were made up of earth, but were concealed in the same mushroom rocks and some average length plateaus. However it was a single village. But what was different, was the presence of thousands of shinobis, underground, directly below the village. The results were the same, he didn't find anything usable, which prompted him to leave towards the country of his appearance.
But, he ascertained one thing, shinobis, no matter the village, were greedy and unreliable. Their aura practically screamed that. They would stab you, the moment you turn your back.
During the flight to Kumo, he flew over some small villages. But the activity was very limited there. Nothing could be gained from them.
However, before he could reach the hidden village, having long entered the Land of Lightning which was a mountainous area, he felt another large energy. It was similar to that fox kid, but the potency was weaker. He could have ignored this if it wasn't along his route.
However, he would soon know that this battle would mark the beginning of his plans.
A few seconds later, he reached the ground zero, and witnessed another jinchuriki which was a huge cat and a two tailed one. It was in a battle with a blond haired and single armed man, who was flying on a weird looking bird. The man was wearing a black cloak with red clouds on it, which looked like poop. Though, the man was flying but a lot below him, closer to the cat. And, him, being concealed inside the clouds, was reducing his noticeability. But, he knew these clouds, a few miles away from him, towards the village were also acting as a sensing medium. But, here they were ordinary clouds.
He saw the cat sprouted a horde of blue flames from its mouth, which, though, were nimbly dodged by the blond man. And, in return, he threw several white balls towards the cat, some of which entered its mouth. There were several room sized explosions, which nearly covered the cat. The cat was already worn out when he had appeared, but this explosions made it worse. This continued for several minutes. But overall it was a stalemate.
While witnessing the battle, out of nowhere, a stray thought entered his mind. Could his Oozaru form match a fully transformed jinchuriki? But even before he could reflect on this stray thought, he felt a sensation of strong displeasure in his mind. His eyes widened and he hastily looked over his shoulder. There it was. His tail, in all its glory, waving back at him. But when did it grow? He was sure it wasn't there in the morning, though the tingling sensation was. Nevertheless, he welcomed it, quite happily too. The grin on his visage was proving that. After all, a Saiyan, no matter how strong, wasn't complete without his tail. And, he was the Prince of Saiyans, implying that went double for him. Though, one thing was sure, his Oozaru would easily crush any jinchuriki. His answer - a satisfied sensation. This was the ability possessed by those Saiyans who were in harmony with their Oozarus.
However, he was brought out of his thoughts, when another man wearing the same cloak and an orange spiral mask, appeared in sight. The man started waving his arms in a comical manner while shouting at the cat in a childish manner. Though Vegeta wasn't fooled by this. After all, he could feel the aura of the man. It was dark and twisted. And, the possessor of such energy couldn't be an incompetent. His beliefs were proved true when the man during his childish tendencies managed to get the attention of the beast, which, barely a second later, fell down and reverted to her human form. Nobody knew what happened.
Only Vegeta saw her eyes flash red and black for a moment.
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Tobi deactivated his sharingan after using genjutsu on Nibi. He was watching Deidara's fight with her. Though, his attacks were definitely working but it was taking too much time, and time, they didn't have. He knew that with the level of chakra being released, shinobis from Kumo wouldn't take long, to come here. And, that would be problematic. They didn't want any battle with the actual strongest village. Yes, Konoha had long lost its title at the top. Now it belonged to Kumo, with Iwa next to it. And, a battle could very well lead to Deidara's death, which he couldn't afford. He knew very well how big the loss, they had suffered from Sasori's death.
So, he decided to take the matters in his own hands. Using his sharingan, he incapacitated Nibi and started walking towards her prone form. Deidara soon joined him, implying he had to put his act.
"Wooww, Deidara senpai, you were waayy too amazing".
Deidara, on the other hand, was surprised by all this. He didn't know how it happened. One second, Nibi was standing and next, it was down. Of course, he quickly chalked it up to the awesomeness of his art and Nibi's weakness.
"I know, hn".
"Soooo... could you teach me that...pleeasse"?
"You are too idiot to learn that".
"Hey If I am two idiot then that makes you first idiot. So we both are idiots...yaayyy".
"You Fool, I said t-o-o and not t-w-o".
"Huh...but it's sam…" Tobi halted before his world got washed in yellow color.
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He survived. When he was about to reply to Deidara, his shinobi instincts went haywire. And, these instincts have never been wrong, implying danger. He quickly activated his intangibility. Barely, a split second later, a huge explosion tore down the area around him, with him, standing inside it. He felt and saw the entire 20 seconds ordeal, which led the development of a frown on his face. The reason, the energy was different. He was no sensor, but he had the basics in his grasp. It meant something or rather someone was there who didn't want them to take the Nibi. And, whether this unknown element was present before or arrived at the moment, didn't matter at all. As, he wasn't the one to delve into unknown territories. So, when only the smoke, after the explosion died, remained, he activated his teleportation jutsu and appeared at a safe distance but in the vicinity.
Nibi would survive for few more days.
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Vegeta raised an eyebrow when the man with mask seemingly vanished, within his explosion. He was watching when the duo started walking towards the prone form of jinchuriki. Realising, he couldn't get any better set up, he conjured a strong KI ball and with a flick tossed it towards the duo. The ball paved the way for a huge explosion. Of course he had done it on purpose.
The main motive of scouting, he was doing today, was to find something, using which he could, at least, begin his plans. Something which would alert the shinobis. But so far he hadn't found anything. Earlier he had thought that he could use that battle of Fox kid and snake like man but that was simply a waste of time. Moreover, a couple of parties were present in the proximity implying he couldn't act without alerting them. But here, it was a good chance. When he had seen the girl becoming unconscious and the duo of men walking towards her, he had decided to act. He didn't need to ask anybody who was the evil in both the parties. So, he had conjured a stronger KI ball because he had sensed the shinobis, from Kumo's direction, approaching the location, hastily. And, judging from the distance, they were bound to reach in fifteen minutes. A bigger KI ball would only prompt them to increase their efforts. It would also get rid of the two menaces down there.
But, that wasn't the case. Though the blonde man was obliterated to dust, the masked one wasn't. His energy seemingly vanished, a blink before the ball could explode. The explosion lasted for nearly 20 seconds, and when smoke replaced it, his energy again reappeared, though only for a blink and then again vanished but this time appearing several metres away towards the west.
'Interesting' Vegeta mused. He knew what the man had done. After all he was familiar with it. Kakarot had used the technique for years. The only way the energy could disappear and reappear in an instant was Teleportation. So, the man was a capable one. And, it seemed he was one of the few, who had grasped the concepts of shinobi. However, Vegeta's further analysis was interrupted when he registered the Chakra of a couple of shinobis, approaching them, suddenly increase, with the one in the lead, having tripled. He would reach in five minutes.
True, per his observations, a huge buff man appeared on the location, in exact five minutes. After checking the girl and supporting her frame on a nearby rock, he moved towards the crater and actively watched it for a few minutes. It was then, another shinobis started appearing.
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Ai was informed of the chakra of Nibi at the base of mountains, marking the beginning of Kumo's exclusive territory, who had quickly rushed towards the location, never minding a bit, the wall he broke in office. He and Darui also accompanied him along with a team of Storm - their version of Anbu. On the way they saw a huge explosion and increased their speeds. Obviously, Ai reached the location first. When he and Darui landed, Raikage was already analysing the crater, no doubt from the explosion.
"C, come here" roared the Raikage.
Well, he obliged, "Raikage Sama".
"What do you make of this crater"?
After inspecting it for a few moments, he answered, "It's certainly different. The explosion that caused it, I mean. The lingering energy, though has the same foundation as Chakra, but that's it. Apart from the basic similarity, it is totally different from Chakra. A new jutsu, perhaps"?
"Or a new kind of energy. It is hardly surprising considering the world we live in".
The duo went silent after this, for a few seconds before Raikage boomed, "Secure the area and keep checking it. I want regular reports".
There was a chorus of affirmation after which Raikage and Darui left, with the latter supporting Yugito on her shoulder.
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Vegeta clearly heard the last words of Railage. He wasn't expecting anything else. These shinobis were nothing but paranoid. He just needed to jumpstart the process, and the rest would be done by them. With his work done he left towards his interim home. He simply ignored the masked man, because it wasn't his job to take care of every single trouble he encountered. To him, the masked man might end up in destroying this world, and he won't even bait an eye.
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SUNAGAKURE - KAZEKAGE'S OFFICE
Gaara, as usual, was engaged in a duel with the bane of all Kages - paperwork. No matter how fast he tried, how early he woke up, the paperwork always had the same quantum. Hence, he always welcomed any kind of interruption in it. So, when Temari entered, he gladly allowed the relief that flooded his being. But her words quickly killed that relief.
"Gaara, we need to do something about the tremors. Today, they were felt at the entrance of the village". Her tone was barely concealing the worry.
Though, her worry was well founded. The tremors have been a cause of concern even before the village was founded. Back when, most of the current clans of Suna were nomads, one of these clans lived at the Sleeping Winds valley. And, they had reported the happening of the tremors since then. Slowly, the distance, at which they were felt, augmented. Every Kage, till him, had listed these tremors. But, all of them had ignored the phenomenon as a natural occurrence. But he won't. After all, natural occurence or not, they were surely strange, as instead of diminishing, they had grown. So, it couldn't be overlooked anymore. Deciding the course of action, he replied, "Very well, I will prepare a team of Khamseen and have them depart in two days".
Few other words were exchanged after which Temari left, leaving Gaara to his paperwork.
The team would depart in two days, unaware of the impending doom.
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Khamseen - The hot and dry wind in Egypt. It's the word for 50. The wind is said to blow for 50 days. So, I used the name for Suna's Anbu.
And yeah I know, even this chapter was mostly Vegeta orienting with the new world. It was necessary though.
Next chapter - Kaga strikes.
