Ch 9

The sound of steel clashing against steel echoed through the area and a river of blood had formed from the many dead bodies that littered the ground. Kazeryu Chinsei ducked as a giant shuriken sailed over his head. It was inched away from beheading him. 'That was too close.' He jumped and spun kicked a large rouge ninja in the head. Sending him crashing to the ground with a broken noise and footprint printed onto his face. The man was 53 year old, yet his skills were incredible he make look old, but he was a well known and respected ANBU captain in his home village of Suna he was even the one of the 3rd Kazekage's personal bodyguards, but at the age of 48 he decided to retire from his work as ANBU and asked permission to leave Suna to live in the Sea country. He was getting too old and wanted to settle down in Sea country for its beautiful view of the ocean. Now here he was living the life of a ninja again in search of the missing twin brother of Kurotsuki Tensho; Tsukimaru Tensho. The first of the twin's he met was Kurotsuki. He met her brother during the Sea country rebellion. That happened 1 year ago. But now wasn't the time to think of the past, now he needed to focus on the battle at hand. He swung his left arm impaling his knife into the neck of a kunoichi, who was trying to get behind him. He pulled the knife out of his dead opponent's neck and continued to cut down his enemies. 'I hope the others are having better luck then I am?'

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Ikkakumo snuck up to the guard and quickly slit his throat before he could react. Ones done he moved the corpse into a small closet, and advanced through the hall's quietly. It was suppose to be simple; find the hostage and rescue her, but how was he going to find her. So far he was in on the third floor of the mansion and killed every guard he found. 'Why don't I just capture one and ask where she'd being kept? Nah they won't tell.' He continued through the hall's he passed a window and notice the battle going one. 'Damn for an old man Kazeryu can put up a fight.' He continued walking. Suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps quickly he walked down the next hallway, only to run into a group of rogue ninja. Nobody moved, or spoke Ikkakumo and the rouge's looked at each other. Quickly Ikkakumo threw six shuriken infused with lighting. All six hit their targets in the head. 'Headshot's.' he smirked continued his search. Ikkakumo Shiro was a famous Kumo ninja who was said to be the fastest weapon's throw in all of Kumo who would always infused lighting into every weapon he would throw, which was why he was given the name "The lighting thrower". He leaf Kumo to travel to the other nation's during his travel to the sea country he meet and befriended the retired ANBU Suna captain Kazeryu. The two had defended the sea country from a group S rank pirates that Kiri was trying the capture. Lighting and Wind were powerful forces when combined together. Ikkakumo had meet the twin's when he was staying in a village, which was being attacked by bandits. He had spotted the twin's fighting the bandits and decided to give a hand. From that day the twin's and Ikkakumo became friends. He decided escort them back to the Tensho village, during the travel he and the twin's got to know each other better. The Kumo ninja decided to stay at the Tensho village to learn some sword skill's during his stay there he helped the twin's complete mission's, the twin's looked up to Ikkakumo as an older brother. He was willing to find Tsukimaru and reunite him with his sister. He had faith that Tsukimaru was still alive and hopefully he would find him soon. But this recue thing was a waste of time. 'Sometimes I wonder why I listen to that old man.'

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The Konoha shinobi speed through the forest toward the mansion, they had found some bodies but didn't know who killed them. They weren't the only ones here, whoever else was they would either rescue or kill the Daimyo's daughter. Tsukimaru wasn't going to let anyone go wrong on this mission. He ordered the group to pick up the pace so they could get to the mansion before whoever else was here. Suddenly he smelt something, something that anyone could recognize; blood. The smell of blood filled his nostrils as well as Kiba and Akamaru's. "You smell it two, don't you?"

"Yeah it looks like someone beat us to the mansion." Kiba said frowning.

They continued until they heard the sound of battle going on. The four ninja hid behind some bushes and approached the battle quietly. Tsukimaru nodded to Hinata to check it out. The Hygua activated her Byakugan. "So what do you see?" he asked.

"There are hundreds of rouge ninja and are all fighting an old man." The Hyuga said.

Tsukimaru was curious about hearing this. He crawled closer and peeked out of the bushes. Hinata was right, there fighting a hundred ninja was an old man. Seeing the destruction and weapon's the old man was holding he was definitely a ninja, but from which country? He watched as the old man inhaled some air and released it into a powerful blast of wind that took the shape of a Dragon's head and body. 'Well he known's wind style but that doesn't tell me which country he's form. Could he be from Suna?' he scooted back to the other and looked eyes with them. "Ok I don't know what's going on but I not letting that old man die." He turned to Sakura "Sakura go and give him support. Do everything you can to help him."

The medic nodded and pulled on her gloves.

"Hinata, Kiba, Akamaru, go and find Mizuhime. With your eyes and Kiba's scent you should be able to find her with ease. I'll will kill Kaz and end this war. Kiba contact me when you've rescued Mizuhime. Let's go!" the four ninja sprain into action.

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Kazeryu was running low on chakra but he still had skills in Taijutsu and Kenjutsu. But it wasn't going to be enough to hold off all these ninja. Suddenly a loud war cry was heard followed up with the ground being destroyed. Quickly he jumped high into the air, and blew some wind out of his mouth to shoot him higher to keep out of range of this unknown attacker. The smoked cleared to show the ground half destroyed and corpses everywhere, and the cause of it all was a beautiful pink haired girl. The old man smirked 'So this is Tsunade's apprentice.' He turned his body mid fall and blew wind out of his mouth again directed himself to land on his feet. He's black eyes locked with Sakura's. "Well don't just stand there aren't you goanna give this old man a hand?" he called to the pink haired medic.

Sakura tightened her fist and charged forward ready to help him. 'I don't see how he needs help. His skills are incredible.' she threw her left fist and broke a large man's arm she followed up with a knee to his chin breaking it. She rolled over his back and sent an arm sweep breaking a kunoichi's jaw bone, but she didn't stop there. A sword was aimed for her head; quickly she ducked and kicked both his legs in breaking them in an instant. The sound of a blade cutting through air caught her attention. She spun and caught the blade with her hands and sent a karate chop to his neck cutting off his circulation. She took his weapon and used it to block an incoming shuriken. She charged forward and used the sword and ran it through the ninja's chest.

Kazeryu dodged a barrage of kunai aimed for his head. This was getting really tiring. He was low on chakra and old age was catching up. He looked to Sakura "Hey girl you might want to move!" he called. And put away his weapons and jumped high in the air. His hands did hand seals at blinding speed and finished with the Dragon seal. "Wind Style: Raging Cyclone of the Wind Dragon!" He sucked in a large amount of air once his mouth was full of air he clapped his hands together and blew the wind out of his mouth. The powerful of the wind from his hand clapping together and blown out of his mouth created a powerful cyclone blast of wind created out of a dragon's head. The wind was so powerful that it kicked up dust and cut through everything it hit.

Sakura was running for cover form the dust cloud and wind blast. She ducked into the mansion and covered her head. The door's and window's form the room she was in were shattered to pieces form the blast. 'How powerful is this old man?'

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Hinata and Kiba had been looking around for any sigh for scent for Mizuhime, but so far nothing, they had searched two of the levels in the mansion.

"The wall's are chakra proof I cants see anything through them. What about you Kiba?" the Hyuga heiress asked.

Kiba sniffed the air and shook his head "Nothing I can't get her scent. The Sakuzawa are well planned out when hiding someone."

Suddenly the sound of battle was heard a hall away then the sound of lighting was heard then silent's.

"What happened?" the Hyuga asked a litter frightened. Her answer was a body being thrown into a wall, and then a young man appeared and grabbed the ninja holding a knife to his throat.

"Tell me where the Daimyo's daughter is? Answer me!" he said shaking the man.

"Why do you care?" he asked.

Kiba looked at Hinata and nodded. Whoever this guy they could follow him and then find Mizuhime.

"Because I'm going to rescue her, now tell me where she is and I'll spare you." The man answered. The rouge ninja didn't answer the man holding him sighed "As you wish." He said and slit his throat. He cleaned the blood off. "Stupid, if this keeps up I'll never find her and this rescue will be for nothing." He then noticed the two teens and the dog. The Konoha symbol shinned on their forehead protectors. 'So Konoha was sent to help after all.' He chuckled "I suppose you're her to rescue the Daimyo's daughter too?"

This question took the two teens by surprise "Well yeah." Kiba spoke up. "I guess that old man is with you too?"

"Kazeryu? Yep he's got everything under control out there." The young man said.

"Actually Sakura's helping him as we speak." The dog owner said.

Again the man chuckled "That won't be necessary."

"Why?" Hinata asked. Her answer was a powerful blast of wind that shatter the window's in the hall they stood and dust flew in. The poor girl cough as dust entered her lungs. She waved her hand to clear her vision.

"That's why. Kazeryu isn't a former ANBU for no reason. But where are my manners I'm Ikkakumo Shiro Jonin of Kumo, and know as "The lighting thrower".

"Lighting thrower?" Kiba asked "Why?"

"I'll show you right now." And in lighting speed Ikkakumo rushed pass and threw three shuriken fused with lighting at an enemy ninja hitting the man in the chest. He turned and saw their expressions. There were shocked and in awe as his speed. "That's why I'm known as the "Lighting Thrower" now seeing as where on the same side. We should try and fine the Daimyo's daughter."

"Good idea will have a better chance at finding her and dealing any rouge ninja that come our way. Oh and Ikkakumo the Daimyo's daughter is named Mizuhime, and also I'm Kiba Inuzuka and my partner Akamaru and we both hail from the Inuzuka clan."

"And I, I'm Hinata Hyuga form the Hyuga clan." the dark blue haired heiress of the eye seeing clan said in her soft spoken voice.

"A pleasure to meet you both, but now is not the time let us hurry and find Mizuhime." The Kumo ninja said taking leading and running down a hall with the two Konoha ninja and dog following.

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Kaz was watching the battle outside from his room he was safe in. The room had been chakra proof and multiple trap seal's were placed on the door and windows. No one could get in but if they did they'd have to deal with the seven A rank rouge ninja that where his personal bodyguards, but even if they failed he could take down the intruders himself. After all he was a former Hunter-nin squad captain, and he was still skilled enough to take down these intruders even if it was only an old man, a youthful man, and a teenager. Just then a rouge ninja entered.

"What is it?" Kaz asked.

"Konoha ninja have arrived sir!" the man informed.

This caught the Crime lord's attention. Konoha ninja had arrived to try and rescue Mizuhime. "How many are there?"

"There are only four sir; also my blending ability helped me see that they are nothing but teenagers." The Iwa rouge ninja said he had used is invisibility jutsu to spy on the intruders.

Kaz laughed was that all Konoha had to offer? Teenagers, pathetic they must been running low on real ninja, what with Konoha being invaded by Orochimaru during the Chunin exams two years ago. Kaz had heard about the invasion as well as Tsunade becoming the fifth Hokage, and the mysteries organization Akastsuki making its move. 'Wonder why Tsunade didn't send the famous "Sharingan Kakashi" to try and rescue Mizuhime? Aw it doesn't matter even if she sent him the mission would end in failure for then there's no way they can take on an army of ten thousand rouge ninja.'

Suddenly the room shook violently. Wondering what happened, he rushed to the widow to see a powerful wind attack being using by the old man. The former hunter-nin gritted his teeth in anger. So this old man did have skills, he wasn't expecting this. He turned to the Iwa ninja "Sent out all of our troopers even the weak ones!"

"Huh but sir will they be able to kill him sir?" the Iwa ninja asked.

"Of course, not they'll tire him out and then you kill him. Now sent out all our troopers!"

"Yes sir." The Iwa ninja left to inform the troopers of the situation.

Kaz wasn't happy this old man had whipped out the main guard force. But he noticed a girl with pink hair before the dust could block his view of her. Perhaps she had helped since he saw a large created in the ground. Whatever the case was they would be killed either way. He strode over to a door and opened it to show a tired and starved girl with long black hair and emerald eyes. She had barley anything on and she shivered form the cold air. "It seems you have some rescuer's Mizuhime, but like all the other rescues they will fail." He started at her frail form. He had starved her after kidnapping her and violated her body for the first whole week. He loved the power he held. Just looking at her defenseless form started to make him advance on her and "Play with her" But stopped and stepped back, right now he needed to concentrate on the battle that was happening at the moment. Once the intruders where dealt with he would "play" with her again. He closed the door and locked it.

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'One, two, three!' in a quick movement the four guards dropped dead. Kurotsuki had been killing every rouge ninja that she encountered either they were male or female she killed them all showing no mercy to then. All these rouge's needed to die but why? Why did she want to kill them? That was because she saw them all as traitors and murderous to their country all of them had to die for their crimes. But what they were doing right now was a waste of time, rescuing the Daimyo's daughter. How could she have gotten herself into this mess she could be looking for her brother right now, but instead she is searching this mansion for the Sakuzawa's leader Kaz, but the old man did promise that they would continue looking for her brother after this little rescue mission. 'Stupid Kazeryu always dragging us into this mission's. When I'm done with this I'm going to." But she was interrupted by the sound of steel hitting against steel. She grabbed her sword and rushed to the sound of battle; she turned the corner and found five rouge ninja dead. Whoever killed then was in a hurry she notice a trailed of blood leading down the next hallway quickly she followed the blood trailed till it stopped. Then she heard the sound of battle again then silent's. Then it happened again and again. 'What the hell is going on? Who else is here?' suddenly notice an Iwa ninja jump down a trap door from the ceiling, and rushed past her taking no notice of her. She drew a kunai and prepared to throw it at him but stopped realizing where he just came from. 'I'll let you go.' She attached a tag to the knife and threw it to the exact area where the secret door was and set off the bomb attached to it. When the smoke cleared it revealed a hidden passageway. 'Pretty tricky.' She smirked and jumped into hole she created.

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Sakura was in awe at the destruction of the jutsu that the old man used. 'Who is this guy?' her thoughts where cut short as the old man called to her. She didn't trust him but he did tell her to move so he probably wasn't going to harm her. She cautiously walked toward him in case he tired to attack her.

"Thanks for the help young lady." He said.

That was unexpected this old man thanked her but she did help him. She bowed in respect "Your welcome Mr.?

"Chinsei. Kazeryu Chinsei and you must be Tsuande's apprentice am I correct?"

The pink haired medic was surprise to know that this old man knew about her being Tsunade's apprentice. "How do you know?"

"The way you used your strength and the aurora you gave off. How do I know about Tsunade well who doesn't know about the world most beautiful women." Kazeryu gave a chuckle

"You've met her?"

"Yes played a game of cards and won." He gave another chuckle. Suddenly he stopped and his face became serious. "Will take later. Right now we need to focus on the next wave."

This confused Sakura until she heard the sound of yelling and weapon's being drawn. She turned to see a second wave of rouge ninja charging forward. "Damn it."

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'Damn it, where are you Kaz?' Tsukiamru cursed. He had been looking through the whole mansion for him and there was no sign of him or his chakra. If he didn't find him he'd have to call of the mission. Suddenly he heard an explosion a corridor away from where he was. Quickly he rushed to the area, to found a hole in the ceiling leading to a secret hallway. 'So that's where you're hiding.' He jumped into the passage and rushed down it until he reached a door. He could hear the sound of battle on the other side. He drew his sword and cut to door down. He rushed in to see four dead men, a man in his 30's and two beautiful girls. One of which looked exactly like him only as a girl and with emerald eyes. The girl spoke the words he was not expecting to hear. "Tsukimaru?"