'Thoughts' "Speaking" Author's Notes "Bijuu Speaking" "Telepathic Talking"
I don't know what I was thinking. A war? This early on? I'll fix this... someday...
=Chapter 2: Interrogation=
"I'm sorry Danzo-sama, but they escaped again!" a ROOT ANBU cried out in fear in front of their Hokage. The old war hawk said nothing except put the ANBU under a torture genjutsu, killing the ANBU from the inside.
"Failures are not allowed to live in this village." A knock at the door. "Enter!"
Another ANBU walked in. "Sir, some scrolls have been stolen from the vault! All guards are knocked out and no traces of evidence!"
"What. Did. You. Just. Say? I'm going over there myself to check the missing scrolls out." 'Oh please, please tell me it wasn't that pesky group of ninjas again. They've literally been causing confusing and chaos among the nations and every nation thinks it's us!' The old man walked down the quiet streets of the new Konoha, pondering stole the scrolls and what scrolls they were. '-no those are not something thieves like this would get. Not those and definet-'
"Danzo-sama, we're here." A guard's voice cut his pondering off as they approached the Konoha vault. The great steel doors swung open and he was greeted by Inoichi. He led the way down the extremely long hallway and handed Danzo an incomplete list of missing scrolls. Danzo just snatched the list and looked at it.
The old war hawk scanned the paper and his eyes widened. This wasn't any scroll grab. Not any random scroll grab. Uzumaki and Namikaze scrolls, forbidden jutsu scrolls, and sealing scrolls were all gone! Right from his very nose! Oh he was gonna kill those guards for failing at their job.
"Where are the guards that were supposed to be watching the scrolls?" He asked politely, smile widening in his mind.
"They're at T&I to get their memories checked after I'm done here. Why?" Inoichi knew what was coming. Same old routine. After he would check the victims' memories, Danzo would order his goonies to slice them in half. 'This guy never learns. I can't believe the Fire Lord doesn't know about this happening.'
The old man was half-listening as he was still looking through the stolen scrolls list. The ANBU could only sigh under their masks as they watched their master do his doings.
=Unknown Location=
"I take it the scroll grab was successful?"
"Yes, even though erasing their memories was taxing." The speaker clutched his head in pain.
"Good job anyways, these will make our plan for peace complete. Now, I believe it's time we made another appearance."
"Ooh!" a girlish voice squealed. "Are we going to Kumo to get rid of some guys or raid Kiri for fun?"
"Shut up. Leader-sama will decide for us," another voice called out.
"I will tell of our mission when everyone arrives here. Until then you have your time to yourselves."
"Hai, leader-sama." The figures disappeared leaving two of them next to each other.
"You won't give me one hint of our next mission?"
"Nope. None. But i'll spar you though, pure taijutsu only, k?"
"I accept. I needed to stretch myself anyways." The figure let down their hood and let their black hair spring back to life.
=Konohagakure - Two Days Later - Hokage's Office=
Danzo was still trying to find out who stole the scrolls. He thought it was the group he had been following for the previous year except they just seemed to be a bunch of sneaky thieves, they could have no way of sneaking in like that. Akatsuki? No, they've been extremely quiet over the last couple of years. He sighed and his head perked up as he heard the tell-tale stomping of a certain blonde woman. He could do nothing but release killer intent as Tsunade broke his office door.
Again.
Admittedly, it was quite big but a rich man has to have his tastes.
"Tsunade. How many times did I tell you not to brake down my office door? Anyways, that matter aside, I assume you're here to report on the two my guards found earlier?"
"Hai. It's confirmed they are ANBU from Iwa but how they ended up in our forest remains unclear." She was still unhappy that Danzo became Hokage and that no one even told her before she found out!
She couldn't complain as Konoha and grown extremely prosperous and had become the strongest out of the Hidden Villages. She just mentally frowned at herself for being a bad Hokage. She just remembered something. "Oh yeah, I remember. They found something in their memories about that new group of ninjas. Orange something of the sun or something like that. Weird they didn't straight up kill the Kiri ninjas."
"You are dismissed." He shooed Tsunade away before calling a guard. "Get somebody to fix this door and get Tsunade to pay the costs."
The ANBU only nodded before disappearing.
=Time Skip: One day, Unknown Location=
The two were panting. They had more rematches through the previous days and the surrounding area was getting more and more beat up. Both had lasted against each other each receiving more blows as the battle went on. They stared each other down, watching who would continue attacking. Their leader just charged at the black-haired boy who bought up his arms in defence.
He withstood the blow and returned a punch to the face in favour. Their battle continued through the afternoon, no one giving up until they both collapsed in exhaustion.
"I win. I lasted a few more seconds longer than you."
"Nope. I swear it was me."
"I'm ready to go again if you want?"
"Nah. I'm starving. Let's go meet up with the rest of the group."
"Hai, leader-sama."
The black-haired put his cloak back on and reflexively shot his head up.
"Again. More ROOT ANBU, three o'clock about 10 miles."
"That's more than enough time to get away from here." The leader bit his thumb. "Reverse Summoning Jutsu!"
A cloud of smoke enveloped the two and no trace was left, save a few broken trees and smashed rocks.
=Hokage's Office=
'My ANBU should hopefully be reaching that spot now. Maybe we'll be able to get more intel on them.'
A knock at the door and an ANBU entered. "Sir, the Jonin exams are coming up. Suna has sent a form, allowing access into the Land of Wind."
Danzo took the form and looked down it. At the bottom, printed was a few words: "Any trouble and we will declare war on you." He smirked. Did Suna think they could really invade Konoha? He recalled some intel from the ANBU and remembered that Suna was getting increasingly strong and had allied with Kumo, a long enemy of Konoha. 'They have no chance if they try to invade us. Our forces are too strong, they would most likely be wiped out in an instant.' "ANBU. Get the latest scroll on the Akatsuki. I need to run over something."
The ANBU disappeared in a sunshin leaving a pondering Danzo. 'If they have their bijuu back, we're in big trouble. Better start upgrading our defences,' thought Danzo before going back to paperwork.
=Kazekage's Office=
"The invite is sent?"
"Hai. An ANBU was waiting at our gates to collect the scroll."
"You may leave."
"Hai, Kazekage-sama. ANBU you are also dismissed."
The ANBU flickered away while some smoke poofed in the office.
"I'm not late am I Gaara?" The leader brought up his hands in the sign of Ram and seal patterns spread across the room.
"Nope. You arrived at just the right time. I should tell you that the Jonin exams are coming up. Konoha's coming too. This is our chance to get rid of Danzo."
"I don't believe it will be that easy. Even with Shukaku back, their defences are still insane, literally! Ten overlapping seals! I'm amazing at seals and I've analysed those sensor seals alright."
"Let me guess... they're not any casual ones as well."
"They're a cross between Namikaze and Uzumaki seals. Our inside spy also tells us they have someone powerful in their walls as well."
"This is exactly why I sent an ally request to Kumo, just in case of war. They have the Nibi back and they have complete control over the Hachibi. We will declare war on Konoha eventually."
"They have names too y'know just like Shukaku. It's Matatabi and Gyuki, respectively. Anyways, back to the Jonin exams. It's about a month from now isn't it? Is Danzo coming to watch the exams?"
"Yes and yes, I believe you'll be doing something to blame on Danzo. Also, you'll be taking part as a Suna ninja right?"
"I'll have some of my partners work with me, all of us under a transformation."
"That's fine as well. Well, see you there then."
"Reverse Summoning Jutsu!"
=Another Unknown Location=
A poof of smoke and their leader appeared. "We're in the exams. I'll be taking Dragon and Bird with me but the rest of you are allowed to watch from the shadows."
"Leader-sama, not to bother you but I sense some chakra signatures coming this way. They're masking themselves well and I can't define the exact number of them. I believe they're Konoha nin, not ANBU," Horse whispered.
"Dragon, Bird and Hare, you will stay with me. The rest of you can go."
The rest of the group flickered or jumped away from the spot leaving the four of them there.
"Let us wait for them. We can interrogate them for intel on Danzo."
=Konoha Group=
"There's only four of them left and their chakra is insane!"
"Have they sensed us though, Neji?"
"Well, it's pretty obvious. There's only four of them left!"
"Ino, get your Mind Control Ready. I'll get my Shadows ready too."
"We'll get them this time! Byakugan!"
=With the group=
"There's six of them. Two with the Byakugan, Ino-Shika-Cho and Tsunade's apprentice," Dragon reported.
"That's all? I wanted a challenge!" Hare was hopping around, itching to fight.
"Get ready, Bird. These people are known to be extremely strong."
Their leader wove a few hand signs and seals spread through the area.
"1 mile and closing in."
=Konoha Group=
"Seals?" Neji had a shocked look on his face.
"This person is extremely skilled whoever they are. Maybe they're behind the vault theft?"
"It's possible Hinata but learning seals takes ages to learn! Jiraiya-sama was a seal master but he took years to master seals." Sakura was deep in thought. "There's no one else in the shinobi world that I know of that is skilled at seals."
"This is more a reason to capture and interrogate them. Focus, we're almost there."
"You guys do realise if they're skilled at seals this makes the job much harder?" Choji went back to eating his potato chips. "Alright! I'm ready!"
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