The Next Move
"Wakaru, what are you doing!?" Homura barged in to his office arguing what he has ordered to all the Konoha Military personnel in getting ready for battle. "You are not permitted to do such…"
Wakaru threw a scroll unto his face, "Here, first, read this message, from the Hidden Cloud!" Homura was startled, and hastily opened the scroll and was shocked to see the message hidden within the scroll.
"What is this!? It can't be!" he exclaimed. "The Hidden Cloud is…"
"Is going to attack us, if we don't issue a declaration stating we praise them of their power!" Wakaru continued. "Our next move is quiet questionable Lord Homura; the scent of another bloody battle to be held is all over the place."
Homura was further shocked to hear this. "And what shall we do!?" he asked in a frightened voice. "The hidden Cloud is far more powerful than us, you can't expect us to defeat them!? Wakaru, quickly issue a…"
"No!" Wakaru slammed his table refusing him to issue a declaration of praise to the Hidden Cloud. "We shall not be underdogs! We have our own dignity! Since the dissolve of the Great Alliance, they were gathering such feared Jutsu to be ever known by man!"
"So, what should we do?" Homura asked.
"Hmm, I suppose, we shall engage in war!"
Homura's eyes gloomed unto his face in the starry night of the village. "So, if we were to engage in war, are your plans, items, medicines, food and equipment ready?" asked Homura curiously.
Wakaru looked at him with grave eyes and said, "Don't you worry, we've been planning this since I was installed here!"
"If that's so, then, I have no more points in clearing something with you. I'll be off, and see to it Wakaru, our village will pass through this harsh time. I put my faith in you!"
With his last remarks, he left in great determination that the Leaf Village will not fall down again. It was a matter of time when the Hidden Cloud has stationed over twenty thousand troops over the northern border for a large scale assault!
Luna's scouting team has reported a large scale stationed ninja troops ready to attack anytime. With Wakaru calling a large scale push in the northern border, over thirty thousand ninja troops are being stationed in three different places all defending the border and are to be commanded by Konmetsu himself. Luna was appointed as the deputy captain for all the three battalions. An expected war was to be held in the northern border, with the Hidden grass as the battlefield.
Countless shipments of food, medicine, war supplies and pills were shipped to the incoming battlefront. With a favorable advantage of the army, besides the thirty thousand troops gathered, another twenty thousand ninja troops were to be reinforced for the battlefield.
With that much of army, the Hidden Cloud wasn't aware of it. And so, the unruly 6th Raikage, Roushi pushed on for a prepared and planned assault.
Meanwhile, morning came to the village, but this time, it was a quiet morning. Few came to the streets to buy and sell, and few also wandered around hoping to see the beautiful sunshine overcoming the village.
Wakaru was in the veranda overlooking the quiet village grasping and breathing for a nice misty morning fresh air. When suddenly, Ishimaru barged in and reported, "Hokage-sama, we are ready to move. The three battalions you have organized are now stationed and are now commanded by Konmetsu. What do you want next?"
"Hmm, Ishimaru, I want you to plan strategies and tactics in the upcoming war," he said. "Call for Maimi's father, Shoichi shall be in charge in the Intel division, and Suiren's father, Takumi shall be in charge of the sensory division. Let them know now, and assemble them in the council's room. And lastly, convene the War Council, we shall prepare for this!"
"As you wish, Hokage-sama," with his orders, Ishimaru left to fulfill them. The scent of war begins to crowd the area as in the northern border, miles away from where the stationed Konoha Military is, there was the Hidden Cloud army.
Tokiko came in his office and reported, "Hokage-sama, the supplies were successfully delivered, and the Hidden Sand has successfully won the battle in the Hidden rain against the Hidden Cloud. It seems the Hidden Cloud will halt their assault on us."
"Huh, you think!?" Wakaru replied. "So, is Taki already here?"
"Oh!? You mean that creepy bounty hunter, Luna's sister?" he replied frightened about her. "She's weird you know that Hokage-sama?"
"Weird or not, she's useful to us. Call her here now; I want her to send in a mission."
Tokiko left immediately seemingly scared about Taki.
Meanwhile, Asashi's large scale training continued tirelessly until now. Lord Fukasaku was determined, at such a young age; he could master Senjutsu about a year or so. His passion for the boy to excel from his former students was unprecedented.
Asashi trained endlessly during the day without any complaints or whatsoever.
"So, Asashi, do you want to rest now?" Fukasaku asked to Asashi during their training in the highest point of Mt. Myouboku. There, Asashi trained the whole day just to master how to meditate calmly without any distractions of the natural surroundings.
"No, master, I want to continue. Let me be for a while," he replied focusing on his training.
Fukasaku smiled and said to himself, "This boy, maybe the person what the Great lord Elder was talking about. But, I must not take advantage of this!"
"Hokage-sama! The Hidden Cloud has been spotted just a mile away from our border!" Ishimaru suddenly came in bearing ill-news. "What should we do!?"
"Hmm, this calls for drastic measures! Prepare for battle!" Wakaru then wore his Hokage hat and went to the council's room. There a number of shinobi were calculating, reporting, writing down all of what's happened and all of the reports numbers to be needed in the battle. With his signal to prepare, the war council has taken extra measures about the upcoming battle to be held.
Then, unexpectedly, Homura and Hotaru came in bringing books and scrolls bearing the old tactics, plans and reports of the previous two wars.
"What are you doing here, my Lord and Lady?" Ishimaru asked curiously.
"It seems that the unruly Hidden Cloud wants war with us, so, let's get ready!" replied Hotaru. The morale of the headquarters seemed to be high enough to lift up their spirits and make them work excellent in their respective divisions.
With Wakaru in the center desk, Homura and Hotaru on his sides, the Intel division in the center, tactical division in the left, and sensory division in the right, the Headquarters was ready for some tough action.
"Okay, everyone, let's do this!" declared Ishimaru to all of them.
"Yeah!" everyone shouted in great determination for support.
The war between the Hidden Cloud and Hidden Leaf was about to begin with both sides ready. Wakaru made sure that all Genin and Chunin that are in the village be prohibited in entering the war as they were not permitted by him.
With every second that counts in the time of war, the tireless and never-ending history repasts again one more time!
