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Chapter 7
The Ultimate Aim of all Human actions
Is Happiness-Rojin
Recap
Yes, that had to be it, his greatness was getting to her.
Satsuki's thoughts at the same time
'Why was that idiot looking over here, is he grinning at me. I have to hide somewhere' Satsuki panicked and ducked behind the rock in front of her.
"You shall be hence forth be called as tsuri dansa" Hanzo continued with a flourish. Yahiko was shocked "TREE DANCER, that is not cool sounding. Use some imagination masky ..." he was prevented from causing further damage by Tsunade who covered his mouth by her hand. "Thank you Hanzo-sama we are indebted to you "Orochimaru said with a fake smile.
"Then become stronger the next time you face me and teach him some skills" Hanzo said pointing at Yahiko.
The defeated ninja made their way of the battle ground their hearts heavy with the thoughts of deaths of their teammates. "GOOD BYE TREE DANCER" Naruto yelled at the retreating figures.
"Now that you have seen the extent of the power of the shinobi from the other villages, you shall undergo more severe training from now on" Hanzo turned to his prized students.
The four nervously gulped.
Somewhere in the country surrounding Ame
Six years later
"Naruto, hold still you idiot" Konan yelled at her teammate, Konan was tired and frustrated. They supposed to help in rebuilding the building which had caved in during the last rains. The country had been ravaged and destroyed by the war in which they had no part.
People had been slaughtered just to gain advantage in the battle field. All around them the effects could still be felt, of that disaster which happened six years ago. Which meant that in order to rebuild their economy, everybody had to contribute. They had to do whatever missions they got, which themselves were rarer now that the major hidden villages had proved their ninja's power. 'They don't know the pain caused by the wars 'Nagato mused as he built the wall.
Naruto walked towards Nagato balancing his huge load bricks in his trolley. "Watch out the mud is wet there, Dobe" Satsuki shouted but it was too late by then. He slipped and the trolley went straight at him, bricks and everything. 'This is going hurt' these were the last words Nagato thought before the world went black.
To say the least they completed the mission and headed home with an unconscious Nagato in tow.
Konoha
Danzo was relying more and more on his informant. Everything that he said was accurate. He took a deep breath; Hanzo was proving to be more resilient than he gave him credit for. His village was already building itself back faster than the others.
The strike force he had sent had become utterly routed; out of the fifty only three came back and they brought with them a kid. 'Pity, an emotion a shinobi shouldn't have' Hanzo thought as got up from his seat.
Sarutobi was overseeing the repairs of the village which left gave Danzo more freedom to move his pieces around. 'That fool is not worthy of being Hokage. If was, then he would have noticed this small village's strength and crushed it immediately. Sooner or later this could become a problem for Konoha' he mused, " Moru" he called out and a mole masked ROOT ANBU stepped out of the shadows. Danzo looked at the kneeling figure" Give me a report of Amegurke's strengths, layout, public relations and techniques within a year". "Hai, Danzo sama" the figure replied and jumped back into the shadows.
'While I may not be allowed to fight directly, who says I can't help a village tear itself down' he thought as he walked out of the building.
That night
Kushina was panicking, they had kidnapped her. The Iwa shinobi had paralysed her using some technique she wasn't aware of and her only hope was that sissy in front of her. 'Maybe he wasn't that much of a sissy' she thought.
"Get lost runt we don't time to play with you" the shinobi said in a menacing tone. Minato grimaced, this wasn't a fight he could fight only on pure strength, he had to outsmart them. That's where the traps he laid earlier came in.
"Release her" he replied trying to sound powerful, "Why are you bothering so much for her is she your girlfriend?" the other shinobi asked. Minato blushed, Kushina was puzzled ' this idiot likes me, I thought they all hated me and ignored me'.
Without any warning the ninja threw a kunai at him, "wind style-ten blades" the other ninja said as he released his attack at the place Minato landed. Minato barely managed to dodge the first couple of blades but the later ones sliced through his leg making it useless for the battle.
He bit his lip to ignore the pain, "What is it kid, wanna cry" the ninja mocked as he walked towards him. Minato threw a shuriken, the ninja dodged it. "You won't get time to work on your aim, kid" ninja rushed at him grinning like a maniac.
"Kaaa, Kaaaa" , "What on earth is that?" the ninja paused and turned." I don't miss "Minato grinned as he tied an explosion tag to his kunai. The shuriken had hit the nest of a bird and now they were creating uproar. Soon other birds followed the suite thinking that they were going to be attacked.
"Koishi, get the jinkurichi out of here, I will handle him" the ninja said to his colleague." Too late" Minato yelled at the top of his voice and threw the kunai at a tree. The tree erupted into flames "shit, this place will now be teeming with ninja. Run, Kidomo." Kiyoshi said as he jumped into the tree behind him "Ahhhh ..." the ninja screamed as he was pierced by kunais.
"Are you trying to kill me Minato" Kushina shouted after she removed the kunai embedded in her arm using her mouth. "So you know my name" Minato said relieved, at least the girl of his dreams knows his name.
Kidomo growled and punched Minato in the face knocking him down, things started to get blurry for him. As he lay on the ground he could make out that someone was screaming his name, he watched as Kidomo raised his kunai over him to kill him.
Everything seemed to slow down for Minato, Kidomo's hand slowly descended heading straight for his head. Minato closed his eyes waiting for his end but it never came. Kidomo collapsed as a kunai lodged itself in his head.
Sakumo had on duty, when he heard a huge explosion and rushed to the scene. He found an academy kid trying to fight against two iwa shinobi. So he did what any ANBU worth his salt would do, he killed them on the spot.
Minato opened his eyes to find a dead Kidomo and Kiyoshi lying infront of him. He smiled at the Kushina and passed out. The last thing that he heard was somebody calling out his name.
Ame a few days later
Hanzo was not happy with the pace of the rebuilding process, it was too slow. They were wide open to attacks by other nations. It was too risky for them, but they had to send genin to missions meant for Jonin rank shinobi.
He didn't like sending kids to their deaths but they had no choice because of the lack of funds. In order for their village to survive they had to ask support from one of the major villages.
"Sado-Sensei, we are back "Naruto screamed as he and his crew entered the room. "Shut up Naruto" Nagato hissed as he was still not yet over his little accident. "Hey don't get mad it was just an accident" Naruto said as he moved a little back just to be sure. Satsuki moved in between them to diffuse the situation.
Hanzo looked at them fondly they had become almost like his children, each with their own gifts.
He had to do something to ensure their survival,'maybe it is time to take the bitter pill' he mused. Hanzo raised his hand, a shinobi dropped out of the shadow and kneeled in front of him.
"Go to Konoha with a treaty for peace" Hanzo said in his deep and commanding voice.
A Zetsu body smirked in the distance ' the prey has walked up to the predator'
Sorry about the delay I have Just shifted to my university it took me some days to settle down.
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