Chapter 7: The Abduction
As Toragai remains in the ring struggling to maintain the binding hold he has on the crowd, Maea and Keinea have made their respective moves. Maea runs down the wall of the arena toward the centre of the ring where Neji and the referee remain motionless, unable to prevent any attack that Maea has planned. As she gets closer to the referee, she pulls out four small senbon needles that drip with a strange opaque liquid. She strikes the referee in the side of the neck with one of the needles, which are no longer than two inches long. The referee's eyes begin to glaze over and the referee falls to the ground unconscious.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?! WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ALL THIS?!" Neji screams, as Maea speeds toward him.
"It's just a mild tranquillizer." Maea says to the confused and struggling Neji, "However, when thrust into a pulmonary artery," Maea thrusts a needle into the side of Neji's neck, "it is enough to knock out a horse for an hour."
Neji tries to maintain consciousness, fighting off the poison invading his body. He manages to remain standing long enough for Maea to become concerned. Not wanting to take any chances, Maea strikes him with another needle. Neji fights with all that he has to remain conscious, but it is all to no avail as the brave Leaf genin falls to the ground hard.
"MAEA!" Shouts Keinea, "DON'T WASTE TIME ON THOSE TWO! BESIDES WITH THAT MUCH YOU COULD KILL THE KID! YOU HAVE TARGETS TO HIT, GET IT DONE!"
With that being said, Maea then runs into the stands striking every disguised ANBU guard in the crowd one by one. She then strikes every shinobi above chuunin level that resides in the crowd. As bodies start to fall all over the arena, Keinea makes his own move keeping guard at the top of the arena walls to make sure no one new is entering the arena. Toragai becomes more and more visually fatigued with the daunting task of maintaining such an impressive hold on the entire crowd. Maea then stops just outside of the fighters area where Jiraiya looks on from the sidelines. His presence was not anticipated or accounted for and he is not one of the targets of the group. However, he too is under the binding technique and is left powerless to help his long time friend Tsunade, or anyone else in the crowd.
"Dammit Naruto. Where are you? They aren't attacking any genins. They must not be worried about any of them. We are going to need you if we are going to help the Hokage."
Meanwhile, walking around in the back of the arena unaffected by the binding technique is Naruto. He finds a washroom in the back area of the arena and uses some of the paper towels and water to remove the mud and pool water from his ears. He plugs his nose and blows as hard as he can, sending some water out of both sides of his head and out of his ears.
"FINALLY! I can hear straight again. Man now everything seems kinda loud. Weird. Hmm, why is the arena so quiet? I thought the sound of all the spectators leaving their seats would be a little more noisy. Hmm, I better go meet with Ero-sensei before I start getting ready for the finals. Haha, I can't believe I have a rematch against Neji. Well I know I won't beat him by acting like a groundhog this time. He has gotten too strong to fall for stuff like that. I just hope my training this last year has been enough."
Naruto stops and looks at himself in the mirror and begins to stare in awe at the young man staring back at him. He can barely believe how far he has come since becoming a genin, and even more astounding, is his progress in the year away from the Leaf village.
"Hmpf. It's so weird. To think of all that has happened in this last year, all that I have trained for, all that I have gained. I wonder what Sakura-chan has been doing this last year." The visage of a smiling Sakura appears in Naruto's head. The image is soothing to him as his mind that was once racing a mile a minute, has now slowed to a crawl.
"It's been too long. I wish I could spend more time with Sakura-chan. Show her how I have changed, but for the better. I wanna go home Ero-sensei. I miss my village. I miss my friends."
Scenes fly through Naruto's head like a movie on fast forward. Visions of his days at the academy, of all the time spent with Kakashi-sensei, and his ramen dinners with Iruka. He remembers his friends, Shikamaru, Chouji, Konohamaru, thick brows, Kiba and Akamaru, Neji and Hinata.
"I wonder how they have all been in the last year? Are they ok? Have they learned any new techniques? Are any of them Chuunins yet?! I wanna hear stories, about experiences or pranks. Stories about what they ate for dinner last week, how the new genins are looking and if anyone we know has had any important missions or not. I want to know anything and everything. I just want to see them again . . . all of them."
A dark image fills Naruto's mind. An image of a dark shadow, black as night turned away from him and the symbol of a red fan facing back at him. The shadow looks over his shoulder, and the glare is that of a three-tomoe sharingan. The shadow turns around and the face is that of Uchiha Sasuke, standing in front of the sinister looking Orochimaru.
Naruto's look turns from one of reminiscing and happiness, to one of disappointment and sadness. "I will bring you home Sasuke. Whether you like it or not, I made a promise to her, and I will be damned if I let her down a second time."
Naruto's look becomes one of confidence again. As he clenches his fist, he looks one last time in the mirror and turns around. "Now I have to go see Ero-sensei!" Naruto's stomach then begins to grumble, loud enough to shake the mirrors of the rest room. "But first I need something to eat." Naruto then remembers what Sakura had told him earlier.
Sakura: "I found a decent ramen place just down the street!"
"The ramen place!" Naruto the runs out of the rest room at top speed and right out of the arena.
Back in the chaotic arena, Toshida places an additional binding scroll over Tsunade's mouth and Maea arrives at the 2nd balcony, striking the Daimyo's guards and leaving the Daimyo alone and defenceless.
"Maea! Its time, lets move!" Yells Toshida from the balcony below as Maea drops down to his level. "Toragai only has maybe another minute until his technique becomes too strenuous to maintain."
Maea moves along the 1st balcony, tranquillizing the Mizukage and his entire entourage, and then doing the same to the Raikage's guards. She moves along to the leaf post and knocks out Shizune and two ANBU guards. She then stops at Sakura and stares her straight in the eyes as she displays a mocking smile.
"What are you doing with Tsunade-sama? Why are you doing this?" Sakura questions, as she fills with rage and frustration, as she is unable to help her mentor in anyway. "LET HER GO DAMMIT!"
"Hey there little one," Maea says, as she lifts up Sakura's chin, looking the young genin over thoroughly. "You are about my age, and you are also very beautiful. I would hate to have to harm you. So, please, don't get mouthy, or you will be sedated, rather then watch helplessly as your leader is abducted."
Maea's words only fuel Sakura more as she tries desperately to free herself from the binding technique. In the ring Toragai is losing control of the volatile technique, and Sakura finds herself able to move one of her legs. "It feels like my legs weigh a ton each, but at least I am able to move them."
Maea looks on in shock as Sakura shows signs that the technique is wearing off, and their time is running out. Maea readies a needle ready to knock Sakura out, when Toshida hollers with another order.
"Forget it Sukio. We have no more time." Maea responds and proceeds to Tsunade, who also receives a poisoned needle on top of all her bindings and seals, and she falls unconscious and limp. Toshida then crouches down to look at the defenceless Raikage who is still unable to leave his seat. Toshida flashes an arrogant smile as he stares at the leader of the cloud village.
"Well Raikage-sama, I am afraid it is time for us to make an exit. Don't worry though, if everything goes according to plan," Toshida's arrogant smile changes to a solemn look, hopeful, yet one that hides a deep sadness. "You will never have to worry about seeing me again."
Toshida then grabs a needle off of Maea and jabs it into the neck of the Raikage who surrenders to its effect almost instantly.
"Believe it or not or you old fool, this will all work out to your benefit . . . If it succeeds." Toshida turns away from the Raikage and picks up Tsunade, placing her over his shoulder and turning to his brother who remains perched at the top of the arena. "Keinea how are we looking?"
Keinea turns around with a look of distress on his face. "It looks like we have a squad returning from a mission. I think they were hoping to catch the final round. We gotta go brother!"
"Very well then." Toshida says as he rallies the rest of the team. "Toragai, how are you doing?"
"Not good boss." Toragai then loses control of the technique and the binding jutsu is dispelled. "Shit! We gotta go now. I give it 30 seconds and everyone will have full mobility!"
Toshida turns again to his brother, "KEINEA! An exit please."
Keinea then readies his hands in a seal he debuted earlier in his fight with Ino. The seal is that of a horse seal with connected thumbs. Keinea then disappears from the top of the arena and shows up on the 1st balcony with Toshida and Maea. The two follow Keinea with Tsunade as their prisoner into the dark stairwell, where all four of them disappear again.
As the crowd regains the ability to move, many of the spectators run for all the exits as fast as they can in a panic. The remaining genins in the building do what they can to try and see that everyone manages to get out of the building as fast as possible. On the 1st balcony Sakura does what she can to try and revive the tranquillized jounins and kages to no avail. Above her the water daimyo runs for a switch at the back of the balcony. The switch is covered in glass and is a red level with the words "emergency doors" written on the top of it. The daimyo smashes the glass and pulls the lever down.
In the rest of the arena, huge stone doors begin to come down all over the place, blocking off all of the exits and major corridors and stairwells. Toshida and company, are running through one of the corridors when their path becomes blocked by one of the thick stone doors.
"Well this was unexpected." Says Keinea who is leading the group.
Back on the 2nd balcony, the daimyo begins to survey the crowd, which is still in a panic with many of the shinobi being overwhelming by the amount of people. None of the subdued shinobi has regained consciousness, despite many efforts all around the building.
"Those doors were put in during the construction to prevent anyone from leaving this arena in the event of a terrorist act. Our country is on the uprise, and we will not give in to threats." The daimyo says to himself as he looks at the efforts of some of the leaf genin trying to help out the situation.
Chouji tries to hold back a crowd of people trying to make it to the last remaining stairwell by one of the emergency exits. Chouji can see that it is blocked off at the bottom, but the hysterical crowd would end up crushing and killing one another just trying to make it down the stairwell. He tries as hard as he can to hold the crowd back, but many people are starting to trickle through, and force becomes too much to deal with. Chouji slaps his hands together in the proper hand seal just as he reaches the entry way of the stairwell.
"BAIKA NO JUTSU!" (Multi Size Technique) Chouji then inflates to the size of an elephant blocking off the stair well completely and preventing anyone from passing by.
"Now all of you people better CALM DOWN!" Chouji screams as the crowd begins to focus on the enormous leaf shinobi. "I will do what I can to protect you all but I need you all to cooperate with me. IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?"
The crowd nods in agreement, not willing to anger the portly ninja. Chouji breathes a sigh of relief just as a black swamp appears underneath almost the entire crowd paralysing the majority of them up to the waist with the exception of almost all of the shinobi including those who are incapacitated.
"Yomi No Shoutaku" (Underworld Swamp) Jiraiya stands at the epicentre of the technique controlling just how much of the arena is covered and who is not incapacitated by the technique.
"Sorry folks, but you are all getting a little out of hand."
Back in one of the arenas corridors, the four sin shinobi try and figure out how to get past the massive stone doors. Toragai tries striking it with his fist but it has no effect. Keinea uses his wind shuriken technique, once again to no avail.
"Here, take her." Toshida hands Tsunade off to Toragai as he makes a hand seal. His pinky and ring fingers are interlocked and his thumbs touch the tips of his ring fingers. His index and middle fingers touch tips straight up. The seal in the end resembles the seal of the tiger. Toshida then places his left hand on the thick stone wall.
"Hmpf. Limestone." Toshida then turns his head as the wall explodes outward as if hit with a high-powered explosive. The arena reverberates with tremors as the blast ripped through more then two feet of solid rock. Toshida and company then run around the corridor and into yet another dead end.
"Who would have known that they would put in such a good security system?" Says Maea, addressing Toshida.
Toshida does not reply as he readies his hand in the same hand seal. He then runs his hand along the right wall, as the team members give a little bit of distance between them and their leader. Toshida is running head on toward the wall, well suddenly chakra seems to rip from the wall and swirl into Toshida's hand as he drags it along, leaving one long drag crater in his wake. He removes his hand from the wall holding what appears to be a green ball of chakra, he then readies his arm back ready for a heavy throw.
Back in the spectators area Jiraiya tires to maintain his hold on the crowd, to keep them from injuring one another. "What was that rumbling sound?" Before Jiraiya can ponder any further, a second and even stronger explosion rips through the building. "What in the world was that?!" Jiraiya turns to the direction of the explosions and can see black smoke rising up from outside the arena.
Still at the ramen stand just down the street from the arena, Naruto looks on in disbelief as smoke starts pillowing out of the arena. "WHAT?! THE HELL WAS THAT?!"
"Sir your ramen is ready." Says the ramen stand's owner.
"YOSHA! RAMEN! RAMEN! RAMEN!" Naruto for a second, forgets about what is happening at the arena. As he is just about to down the entire ramen bowl, he comes to his senses. He shakes his head and then runs toward the arena as fast as he can.
Jiraiya turns to the genins that are helping to regain control of the crowd. "YOU TWO!" The sannin yells, as he gets the attention of Ino and Chouji. "Follow those shinobi! They might still be in the arena. Head to the south end, that's where the explosions came from."
Chouji and Ino respond at the same time "RIGHT!" The two then run to nearest stairwell and make their best efforts to try and open the stone doors to no avail.
Jiraiya looks to the 1st balcony where he can see Sakura. "Sakura! Tell the Water Daimyo to open the doors!" Sakura nods in approval as she climbs quickly to the 2nd balcony where the Daimyo is surprised to see the genin.
Sakura bows before the daimyo and asks, "Daimyo-sama, please open the doors, so that we may pursue the attackers." The daimyo still unsure of what to do decides that it would be wise to listen to the trustworthy looking Sakura. As he pulls the level back up, all of the stone doors begin to open and Ino and Chouji make their way to the location of the explosions. "Arigato Daimyo-sama!"
Sakura then stands back on the railing of the 2nd balcony and backflips back down to the 1st. She then runs as fast as she can down the steps to meet up with Ino and Chouji. After running down a series of corridors and hallways she can see Ino and Chouji staring blankly down another hallway. As she arrives beside them, she passes a large amount of debris that used to be one of the stone walls in place. She then finds what they were staring at, a hole in the side of the very wall of the arena almost two 20 metres' high and wide. The hole is still smoking with heat and a small amount of flames.
"Now, what do you think did that?" A confused Chouji says, pointing to the enormous hole in the wall.
"I don't know. But we have to follow in pursuit. We will not let the Hokage be kidnapped." The genins all agree with Sakura, and the follow the trail left by the Sin Shinobi.
Further into the forested area of the wave country, the four sin shinobi make their way toward the fire country. Toragai looks over to Toshida who is second behind only Keinea in the formation.
"I don't know what that technique was Toshida, but don't you think that was a little excessive?"
Keinea turns and responds to the question while Toshida remains focussed, ignoring Toragai. "That was just a taste of brother's power. You haven't been with this team for very long Toragai, but rest assured, if the technique was used, it was needed. Brother does not show off. You should know that by now. If he shows off than he risks waking it up."
"That's enough Keinea." Toshida responds before Keinea can say anymore. Keinea looks on in confusion at his brothers determined yet very stoic look.
"Something is bothering him. But what? Is he worried about back at the stadium? Or did using that technique take too much out of him? Maybe the seal is wearing off!" Numerous thoughts shoot through Keinea's head making him even more agitated.
"Don't worry brother, I will be fine." Toshida says.
"Wh-what do you mean?"
"I know that look of yours brother, you're worried. I am telling you that you shouldn't be. Stay focused and lets get back on schedule."
"R-right brother."
Meanwhile, Naruto finally makes it back to the arena, to find only chaos throughout. He runs toward Jiraiya who is using numerous toads to gather up all of the unconscious shinobi. As he makes his way across the ring floor, he notices a large blue toad carrying Neji on its back.
"NEJI!" Naruto runs to the aid of his friend. He shakes Neji gently and does all that he can to try and wake him, once again to no avail.
"Naruto! He will be ok. He is just heavily sedated," Jiraiya yells from the spectators area.
"Ero-sensei! What happened here?"
"The shinobi from the cloud village did it. They were all in disguise. They knocked out Neji and most of the jounins in the area using trickery and special devices."
"Dammit, I should have pounded the guy I faced even more."
"Naruto! They kidnapped Tsunade!"
"WHAT?!!"
"Sakura, Ino and Chouji are following them through the forest!"
"Which way did they go?!"
"They are heading northeast toward the Fire country. You and I spent a lot of time in that area this past year Naruto. You should be able to catch up with them rather quickly. Now hurry up and move! I will take care over everyone here."
Naruto takes one last look at the unconscious Neji, and then makes his way out of the arena and follows the rest of the rescue party.
Ino, Chouji and Sakura are all following the shinobi from the sin village, hoping through trees and running along the ground. They are roughly two minutes behind the sin shinobi who are becoming aware of their pursuers.
Toshida looks back behind and sees only Toragai and Maea. As he squints a little harder, he gets the feeling that they are being followed.
"We are going to have company."
Keinea looks to his brother in confusion, "What are you talking about, I can't see anyone behind us. We took out all of the risks before we left the arena."
"Don't underestimate the leaf genins Keinea. There are three of them following us."
Toragai interrupts, "Well it doesn't matter, we have their Hokage. They aren't going to try any counter attack while we have a hostage."
Keinea replies, "Quiet! We will not use the Hokage as a shield. She will not be harmed in any way, and we are not cowards. We do not need her as incentive anyway. We can kill them on our own." As Keinea readies his kunai, Toshida stops his brother.
"I told you when we agreed to take on this mission. There will be no killing this day. If we are to conflict against these pursuers, NO ONE will use excessive force. I want no body count today, GOT IT?!"
The other three shinobi nod in approval, and in fear of retaliation. Keinea looks onto his brother with the same concerned look he had a short while ago.
"Why is he so uptight? I know that something is wrong with him. Why won't he just talk to me?"
Over an hour passes by as the pursuit is still on. The sin shinobi are thundering toward the border of the wave country at high speed. However, the pursuing Leaf genin are not far behind. Meanwhile Naruto is almost twenty minutes behind the rest of his friends, trying to make up for lost time.
In the pursuit, The sin Shinobi are travelling fast toward the border of wave country with the pursuing leaf genin close behind and closing in fast. Naruto at the back of the pack is closing even faster, due to his superior knowledge of the countryside.
Naruto thinks to himself, "Oh man, how far ahead of me are they? I should have caught up to at least Chouji by now."
Meanwhile, Toshida slows down in the middle of the group. Maea notices and questions the leader of the Sin.
"Toshida-sama, what's wrong? Why are you slowing down?"
"I-I don't know what's wrong, I am feeling faint. I think the seal is starting to wear off. And I am not sure, but I think we have another pursuer, but this one has been alongside us "
Keinea looks back to his brother in a panic, "What do you mean? Already? The seal should last for almost another day, there is no way that it is weakening."
Before Toshida can respond, Keinea stops dead in his tracks. He finds himself paralysed and unable to move at all.
Toragai in confusion yells back to Keinea, "What's wrong? Why have you stopped?"
Maea and Toshida look to Keinea's right side, as they can see why he has stopped. They see a mysterious shinobi hiding in the shadows. His ponytail sticking straight up and back with his head lowered. The mysterious shinobi is holding the seal of the rat, directly in front of his green chuunin vest. The shinobi is also wearing a leaf village head protector that is tied around his arm. With the shinobi's shadow connected to Keinea's, the mysterious ninja walks out of the shadows and Keinea walks toward him as well. As the young boy's face leaves the shadows he shows a confident smile on his face as he looks to the Hokages kidnappers.
"Hmpf, Kagemane No Jutsu (Shadow Copy) was a success." Says a confident and determined Shikamaru.
Toshida grimaces, as an additional guest was not anticipated or desired. "Oh great, another leaf insect has scurried out in the open. So I suppose you are the one that the bug tamer was trying to get in contact with."
Shikamaru is surprised by the dark nins knowledge of the situation. "What have you done with Shino? And why have you kidnapped the Hokage?"
"Your bug friend will be fine. He should be waking up anytime now. But if I were you I wouldn't try to startle him, he may be a little sensitive for a while. Send my apologies to him if there is any permanent damage. As for the Hokage, that is not for you to know. I do not want to have to fight you, but if you do not let go of my little brother, I will have to harm you."
"I am a shinobi of Konoha, and I will not just stand by and let you take our leader. In fact I am amazed that only four of you were able to, get past her security, capture her, and then leave the building. You guys must be far out of my league."
Toragai responds, "You are right about that leaf trash! It is four on one, and just one of us is enough for you."
"Very true," responds Shikamaru, "but one thing that you aren't understanding is, I was just waiting for it to become equal numbers."
With that being said, Sakura, Ino and Chouji arrive at the scene with kunai drawn, and ready to fight.
Toshida sighs in frustration, "Well then, I suppose there is no other option."
Shikamaru then forms the seal of a half ram with two fingers extended. "Kage Kubishibari No Jutsu" (Shadow Neck Bind) after that is said, a hand forms in the shadows and begins to clutch around Keinea's neck.
"I want you to relinquish the Hokage immediately, or your brother will be killed."
Toragai hands off Tsunade to Toshida and readies himself to attack. Shikamaru tightens the grip around Keinea's throat trying to dissuade the shinobi from attacking.
"I am serious about this. I will kill this man if you do not relinquish the Hokage."
Toshida looks to his brother and as the two make eye contact, Keinea nods to his brother. Toshida nods and turns his back to the rest of the shinobi and continues on the original path the shinobi were taking, leaving his brother and his other teammates behind and moving away at high a very high speed.
"Wh-what? Where are you going? I said I will kill this man, there is no way he can escape, he is trapped in my jutsu." Responds a baffled Shikamaru.
With that being said, the Sin shinobi charge against the four leaf shinobi. Maea engages against Chouji immediately and the two then exchange strikes with their kunai. Meanwhile, Toragai exchanges his own kunai strikes against Sakura.
"I'll follow them!" Ino says as she follows in pursuit of Toshida, leaving each shinobi paired off against another.
As Toshida makes his way further from the combat, he notices that Tsunade has started to stir. "She is waking up already? She must be stronger then our reconnaissance originally stated."
Toshida stops and places the Hokage up against a large rock. He moves to a nearby stream and gathers some water in a pouch from his equipment. He throws the water on the Hokage's face. Tsunade then begins to wake up and opens her eyes looking at her kidnapper for the first time in almost an hour.
"Wake up Hokage-sama." As Tsunade regains full consciousness, she looks around her vicinity and then notices her bindings. "I am quite surprised with you Hokage-sama. Just how strong are you exactly? ." Toshida kneels over and removes the binding strip from the Hokage's mouth.
"Who are you, and why have you abducted me?" Questions Tsunade.
Before Toshida can respond, Ino arrives at their location. "Let her go immediately or I will make you pay for it."
Toshida rises to his feet and moves away from the Hokage. "I know you think you are being brave here little one, but trust me, I do not wish to fight you, and I certainly don't wish to harm you. So turn around and head back the other way."
Ino raises he hands in the hand seal for her patented Shintenshin no jutsu technique. "This is your last chance, either you let her go immediately, or I will make you let her go."
"Shintenshin no jutsu, a technique unique to her clan in which, she projects her own spiritual energy into her opponent. The user and the victim become linked with the user being in full control of all of the victim's actions. She is planning on entering my mind and making me release the . . . she is planning on enter my mind? OH NO!" Toshida starts to wave his hands frantically trying to convince Ino to discontinue her plan of action. "GIRL, I WOULDN'T DO THAT IF I WERE YOU!"
"Well you aren't me!" Ino screams "Shintenshin no jutsu!" (Mind body switch) Ino's spiritual energy travels from her to Toshida, dropping Ino's body to her knees and causing Toshida to go limp.
As Tsunade looks on curious as to whether or not the technique worked, her curious look turns to one of confusion as Toshida begins shaking. With a blank and almost lifeless expression on his face, Toshida's eyes begin to roll into the back of his head and his hands begin to sweat. His hands then form together with both hands straight and his fingers placed in between one another. He then moves slowly and aims at Ino's body.
"KAI!" (Release) Ino's spirit returns to her body where she immediately begins screaming in a blood curdling tone, so loud that even Tsunade finds herself trying to somehow cover her ears. Ino screams in an inhuman way as she clutches her head, with her eyes bulging out of her head with a look of intense fear across her face. Several seconds later, Ino cannot stand the mental anguish anymore and she collapses to the ground, her eyes still open and in an almost vegetative state.
"INO!!" Tsunade screams, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER YOU BASTARD?!"
Toshida, still weary from the technique shakes his head and looks over to Ino's limp figure. "Dammit girl, I warned you didn't I. I didn't want this to happen."
"ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME? WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!" Tsunade continues to demand.
Toshida turns to the Hokage, "I warned her. She entered my head, and she saw things she was not ready to see. And unfortunately, she is paying for it. Believe me when I say I am sorry."
"Remember when you asked just how strong I was." Tsunade says, as Toshida looks on with a confused look on his face. Tsunade then struggles very little and breaks both the bindings on her hands and the ones around her ankles. Toshida backs away from the now free Hokage, with an astonished look on his face. "Well to answer your question, about that strong."
"Amazing, she broke through the binding and through the seals. Simply remarkable, those restraints could have held back an entire team of shinobi."
Tsunade then stares Toshida in the eyes as she still stands roughly ten metres away, her Hokage's cape and trademark green jacket still blowing in the wind. "Now I will ask you again, why have you kidnapped me."
Tsunade looks on in confusion as Toshida lowers to his knees and bows before the Hokage. "Because Hokage-sama," he says as he raises his head just enough to look up at Tsunade, and make eye contact with her. "I beg of you." Toshida then rises up until he is just kneeling and at the Hokage's mercy, if she wants to harm him, now is the perfect time.
Toshida looks the Hokage right in the eyes and says, "Please Tsunade-sama . . . Help Me."