DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto, simple and clean.
I realized that my chapters contained a lot of dialogue. I wonder whether that is good.
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"Good Morning, Hokage-sama!" Shizune called, shaking the still asleep Tsunade, trying to wake her up from her slumber. After a few tries, the hokage finally woke up, slightly grouchy and irritable.
"What is it?"
"Well, it's nine already. You should start working..."
Tsunade rubbed her eyes slightly, then she looked at her assistant. "... I guess."
"Anyway, the ambassador from Sunagakure is here."
Tsunade's eyes widened, and she felt slightly tense. "What's he here for?"
"Peace discussions, and a slight request."
"What request?"
"You ask him yourself, hokage-sama."
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The hospital, of all places, he had to be staying in the hospital for a few days, and Nara Shikamaru, the legendary lazy bum, frowned. He wanted to look at the clouds, but the window could not grant him such a view. Again he frowned, and it was followed with a sigh to express his disappointment. Chouji, as he was told, had to train, and therefore was unable to accompany him. Train? Since when? Although it was slightly out of character for his big boned friend, he was also happy for him. Perhaps soon, Chouji will join him as a Chuunin.
But now, he was bored. Really bored. Isn't being bored too troublesome?
So, he decided to entertain himself by looking at the village outside of the window. But after a while, he tried to sleep, and he was about to succeed, until Ino just barged through the door, creating a loud bang that snapped him back.
"Ino?"
"...What happened to you?"
"Me? Nothing really."
"Tell me!" Ino, speaking in her usual whiny self.
"Too troublesome."
"I'm forcing you."
Shikamaru frowned, "... I suppose..."
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The wind gushed threw the gaps between the trees, rustling the leaves slightly, and Neji's hair floated with it. The sun's dimmed light crept pass the wall of leaves, giving small amounts of light to allow for vision. Neji took a glance around, and he realized it was pleasantly silent. He was a person who enjoyed to be reserved, and often, he found that there were others too. Sasuke and Shino are both slightly reserved ninjas, but after some observations, Sasuke was much more talkative with Naruto, and now he had abandoned Konoha. Even if his body is still here, in his mind, he had abandoned the place, the ideals of the Konoha.
Shino on the other hand... 'Come to think of it, where is Shino? Haven't seen him for at least a month already.' A part of him wanted to pursue the matter, but he decided to let it go. He continued to train, practicing his techniques over and over, while trying to build up his body physique. In the past month, he had went to quite a lot of C class missions, but that was all. C class missions do not involve combat most of the time, therefore he did not have the oppurtunity to hone his technique. But then, he felt someone was nearby, and he activated his byakugan to take a look. A smile crept up to his face.
"Kakashi-sensei, may I request a duel?" Neji asked with utmost formality.
The silver-haired jounin was slightly surprised, "Battle?"
"Exactly. All the jutsus won't help much without the proper real-life application."
"Very well, but I suppose I'll be playing soft?"
"... I would have not wanted you to play soft, but for now, I would not be of any match for you. So.... ye..sss." Neji squeezed the words out, some part of himself hating that he asked his opponent to give chance.
"I see, until you are capable of challenging me, then?"
"True.... I want you to... compare me to Sasuke after the battle and judge who would be stronger." He forced those words out, again because he did not like to compare, but still...
"...Ah, I see. Come then."
The two ninjas entered combat quickly, but Kakashi did not attack as much as he could, or go as fast as he could, and he refrained from using Sharingan.
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Naruto and Sena wandered in the jungles, a task given by their senseis to test their abilities to survive in the woods without aid. Naruto looked at his meagre supplies, and curses automaticly went out of his mouth. Not that he could help it, and the brunette chuckled when he realized his teammate's little antics. They were ordered to live in the woods for two weeks, hunting animals with bows, kunais and shurikens and surviving the possible attacks of large beasts that live here.
In a way, it was comparable to the Forest of Death, after all, they already fought a few giant tigers just two days into the woods.
"So, what else is here?" Naruto asked.
"Well, for starters, there is giant snakes, giant beetles, giant bees, giant..."
"I suppose that's why they call it the forest of giant's then?" Naruto's eyes caught sight of a beautiful red flower, and he felt like plucking it.
"Yeah. Anyway, don't touch that flower. It's causes headaches."
Naruto, withdrew his fingers that instant. "What else should I know?'
"Well, I'll tell you when I see something we should stay away from..." Then, a large snake appeared out of the bush beside him. "Well, that is one of the things we should stay away from. It's poison can kill in six minutes, and if the bite is anyway near the chest or head, it can kill in ten seconds if no aid is given." Sena jumped backwards when the snake lunged to bite him.
Naruto created three clones, and the clones jumped to wrestle the snake, but the snake was a little bit too large and the clones were destroyed. "Too strong for clones..."
The blonde withdrew a kunai, and he waited for the snake to come at him. The snake was lunged to bite, but instead, it bit a large log, allowing Naruto to throw a few kunais at it.
The kunais were stuck at the skin, but no blood.
Sena called out that moment, "It has thick skin."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" The snake attacked Naruto again, but it bit another log instead.
"I wanted to, but I thought you had a plan." Sena jumped next to Naruto.
Then, the snake came at them, swiping it's tail, which the two avoided by going airborne.
'Katon Goukakyuu no jutsu.' The fire burned parts of the snake, but the snake was still alive.
The snake lunged at them again, and the battle became a game of dodge instead . They jumped, sidestepped and avoided all the attacks one way or another.
Then, the snake came at Naruto again, and he said softly. 'Hopes this works.' His fingers flickered to create seals for the jutsu.
'Bomb kawamiri no jutsu.'
The snake bit a log with exploding tags covered all over it, and it exploded, breaking the forest's rhythm with a loud boom, while blowing the snake's head to smitherins, thus sending blood to all places, and the remains of the body collapsed to the floor, lifeless.
"What took you so long to use that?" Sena asked.
"Just thought of it, I guess. Come to think of it, why didn't you use that?" Naruto replied, and Sena just grinned mischievously.
They walked closer to the body to inspect it, and they covered their mouthes and noses when the thick disgusting smell of blood began to mix with the damp forest air. Knowing the smell of blood always attracts unwanted attention, they left for another place in the woods.
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The hyuga mansion seemed extremely cold today, in fact, the whole of Konoha seemed slightly lifeless today. Although many others do not feel it, but Hinata felt so. There was nothing to anticipate, nothing to look forward to. Even the evening glow of the sun lacked the lustre Hinata craved, and the cheery blue sky only saddened her. True, she had a crush on him, a strong crush. Is this what a crush could do? Trying to stop feeling sad, she went for a walk, hoping to divert her attention on something else.
Her eyes kept wandering, from place to place and yet there was no hook, no anchor to tie her attention to, so all her thoughts went back to the blue eyed ninja named Naruto. But after a while, she started to wonder again. How much did she know about him? She never actually talked to him longer than ten minutes, she never actually went out with him, so when she rationally thought about it, her actions were rather silly. But not that it would change anything anyway, because she lacked confidence to do almost anything. All the thoughts, but she lacked the guts, the confidence to make them true.
If she did not have the confidence, how'd she actually have a relationship? Then, she mustered all the shards of confidence and determination in her to go and train, and build her confidence from there. Maybe that confidence will carry forward to her personality, then she might...
Her eyes then looked at a Nike signboard. (imported from real life.)
"Just do it." She smiled to herself, and she was off to train.
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Sena looked around with leisurely swiftness, checking the surroundings for any sign for beasts that might lurk in the darkness of the night. After a moment, he closed his eyes to take a short nap. But he was a light sleeper, because he was fully aware that even in the utmost silence, the enemy lurks. He also had a finger on a shuriken, and he seemed ready to throw it at the slightest provocation.
Naruto on the other hand, was sound asleep.
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"Hey, kid." Kyubi's distinctive voice crushed the silence.
"What is it?"
"I accept your proposal, on one condition."
"Huh?"
"You will not whine or complain when I ask you to train."
"... Seems fair."
"Good. But you must give me one day of full control."
"No."
"Why not?"
"Cause a free Kyubi is a dangerous Kyubi."
"It's not like I am going to do anything with your useless body."
"What do you want that day for?"
"You are an idiot in every bloody way. You are a human. I am a fox. See the difference?"
"No."
"I need to see what the limits of a human is before I can start training you. I, as a fox, am fully uneducated at the limits of the human body and mind. Therefore, a full day is needed for me to test your body's limits."
"No. Not now. Sena will kill me."
"... Fine. Later then. When this camping trip is over."
"It's not a camping trip."
"Yes it is."
"No it's not."
"Shut up. I say it is a camping trip. Go to sleep!"
"It's not a camping trip."
"Just get out of here, I am getting sick of your foul human stench."
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Neji inspected his battered body, and he smiled slightly. "I'm no match for a jounin, but I believe I put up a good fight."
Kakashi, with his sharingan eyes activated. "You never needed me to give you chance. The way I see it, you are as good as a chuunin already."
"Still, how would I match up against Sasuke?"
"... You are probably better, if he did not activate the curse seal."
Neji paused, silent. "Well. What can I do to catch up?"
"Speed. You'd also need to learn other type of taijutsus. The hyuga's jyuken has weaknesses, you know that. More jutsus would also serve you well. Stamina also needs help. That's the four things I'd outline for improvement."
"I see."
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She stepped closer to the maps, inspecting them closely with her platinum colored eyes. Her frail body revealed only weaknesses, but she seemed to radiate a very unique aura of confidence and intelligence. She took another step, but she was heading towards the books this time around. She flipped the pages quickly, her eyes scanning every page for something, and after all the books were finished, she gave a small sigh.
But she stood up again, and she went through more books in the cabinet. Her eyes moved with great agility, and pages flickered in her hands. Then, she gave another sigh. She returned all the books back to their respective cabinets, and she went towards the scrolls, opening them one by one.
The small libary was immensely dry, a measure taken to prevent the books from decaying, and the dry air ticked her skin off. As uncomfortable for her as it is, she continued anyway. She moved swiftly, her dark platinum hair floats when she cuts through the air.
"Looking for something?" A voice broke the near silence of the library. "I thought you were dead already."
Her platinum eyes met a pair of red mangekyou sharingan eyes, and she frowned.
"You won't stop until you kill me, isn't it?" Her soft, soothing voice replied. "Why the rush to kill me anyway? You know I am going to die of this cancer not long from now."
Itachi walked closer towards her, and he said with a sinister smile, "True. But I do want to see you suffer before that."
"Well, kill me then."
"Not now. I will kill you after I find a suitable way to make torment you."
"...Well, I'm not afraid of pain or death."
Itachi remained silent for a moment. "That's why I want to make you feel it, and fear it."
"Good luck." She answered, and she was back to the bookshelves, scouring and rummaging through every page.
Itachi took a look at her pleasant figure, then he went out of the door.
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The Tsuchikage was contemplating the situation in the ninja world, and he kept had an uneasy feeling inside him. Intuition wasn't exactly the word for it, but then, paranoid wasn't it either. He knew the world was at a moment of temporary peace, forged by Orochimaru's weakened state, but he felt there might be something more to it than just Orochimaru. Somehow, he felt that there is something that will effect the world more than a crazy but powerful freak. Something that doesn't need followers to release it's untold fury.
He kept remembering that the seer had spoken of a great war, but so far, nothing has happened. Was the seer wrong? Maybe. But then again, the seer had been right about the death of the hokage, and the sand assault. How could he be wrong now?
The world, as he knows it, relies greatly on the decisions of Orochimaru, and Akatsuki. Powerful forces that can easily change the tides., and perhaps bring the fall of the strongest village of his time, Konoha. But the seer spoke of a third force...
"I wonder who the third force is..."
Then, the silence was broken. "Not who, but what..."
The tsuchikage turned to face the seer, a blind man in his forties. "...What?"
"The third force might not necessarily consists of people. It might be something else..."
"What, then?"
"I see a blank field.... In short, we have yet to see that force. Or maybe, it has yet to descend to the world."
"Huh?"
"My sincerest apologizes, tsuchikage-sama. But my vision brings no news, save the blank field."
The tsuchikage remained silent, so he shifted his gaze towards the rising pinnacles of limestone, diverting his attention to the beauty of the pillars. "You may leave, then. Until your vision gets clearer."
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Well, here I am at the end of the chapter. But I am currently facing a slight lack of ideas to develop my stories, so I would appreciate any ideas. But I will surely appreciate good criticism.
Criticize me constructively, it would be the best. Thanks in advance.
I realized that my chapters contained a lot of dialogue. I wonder whether that is good.
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"Good Morning, Hokage-sama!" Shizune called, shaking the still asleep Tsunade, trying to wake her up from her slumber. After a few tries, the hokage finally woke up, slightly grouchy and irritable.
"What is it?"
"Well, it's nine already. You should start working..."
Tsunade rubbed her eyes slightly, then she looked at her assistant. "... I guess."
"Anyway, the ambassador from Sunagakure is here."
Tsunade's eyes widened, and she felt slightly tense. "What's he here for?"
"Peace discussions, and a slight request."
"What request?"
"You ask him yourself, hokage-sama."
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The hospital, of all places, he had to be staying in the hospital for a few days, and Nara Shikamaru, the legendary lazy bum, frowned. He wanted to look at the clouds, but the window could not grant him such a view. Again he frowned, and it was followed with a sigh to express his disappointment. Chouji, as he was told, had to train, and therefore was unable to accompany him. Train? Since when? Although it was slightly out of character for his big boned friend, he was also happy for him. Perhaps soon, Chouji will join him as a Chuunin.
But now, he was bored. Really bored. Isn't being bored too troublesome?
So, he decided to entertain himself by looking at the village outside of the window. But after a while, he tried to sleep, and he was about to succeed, until Ino just barged through the door, creating a loud bang that snapped him back.
"Ino?"
"...What happened to you?"
"Me? Nothing really."
"Tell me!" Ino, speaking in her usual whiny self.
"Too troublesome."
"I'm forcing you."
Shikamaru frowned, "... I suppose..."
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The wind gushed threw the gaps between the trees, rustling the leaves slightly, and Neji's hair floated with it. The sun's dimmed light crept pass the wall of leaves, giving small amounts of light to allow for vision. Neji took a glance around, and he realized it was pleasantly silent. He was a person who enjoyed to be reserved, and often, he found that there were others too. Sasuke and Shino are both slightly reserved ninjas, but after some observations, Sasuke was much more talkative with Naruto, and now he had abandoned Konoha. Even if his body is still here, in his mind, he had abandoned the place, the ideals of the Konoha.
Shino on the other hand... 'Come to think of it, where is Shino? Haven't seen him for at least a month already.' A part of him wanted to pursue the matter, but he decided to let it go. He continued to train, practicing his techniques over and over, while trying to build up his body physique. In the past month, he had went to quite a lot of C class missions, but that was all. C class missions do not involve combat most of the time, therefore he did not have the oppurtunity to hone his technique. But then, he felt someone was nearby, and he activated his byakugan to take a look. A smile crept up to his face.
"Kakashi-sensei, may I request a duel?" Neji asked with utmost formality.
The silver-haired jounin was slightly surprised, "Battle?"
"Exactly. All the jutsus won't help much without the proper real-life application."
"Very well, but I suppose I'll be playing soft?"
"... I would have not wanted you to play soft, but for now, I would not be of any match for you. So.... ye..sss." Neji squeezed the words out, some part of himself hating that he asked his opponent to give chance.
"I see, until you are capable of challenging me, then?"
"True.... I want you to... compare me to Sasuke after the battle and judge who would be stronger." He forced those words out, again because he did not like to compare, but still...
"...Ah, I see. Come then."
The two ninjas entered combat quickly, but Kakashi did not attack as much as he could, or go as fast as he could, and he refrained from using Sharingan.
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Naruto and Sena wandered in the jungles, a task given by their senseis to test their abilities to survive in the woods without aid. Naruto looked at his meagre supplies, and curses automaticly went out of his mouth. Not that he could help it, and the brunette chuckled when he realized his teammate's little antics. They were ordered to live in the woods for two weeks, hunting animals with bows, kunais and shurikens and surviving the possible attacks of large beasts that live here.
In a way, it was comparable to the Forest of Death, after all, they already fought a few giant tigers just two days into the woods.
"So, what else is here?" Naruto asked.
"Well, for starters, there is giant snakes, giant beetles, giant bees, giant..."
"I suppose that's why they call it the forest of giant's then?" Naruto's eyes caught sight of a beautiful red flower, and he felt like plucking it.
"Yeah. Anyway, don't touch that flower. It's causes headaches."
Naruto, withdrew his fingers that instant. "What else should I know?'
"Well, I'll tell you when I see something we should stay away from..." Then, a large snake appeared out of the bush beside him. "Well, that is one of the things we should stay away from. It's poison can kill in six minutes, and if the bite is anyway near the chest or head, it can kill in ten seconds if no aid is given." Sena jumped backwards when the snake lunged to bite him.
Naruto created three clones, and the clones jumped to wrestle the snake, but the snake was a little bit too large and the clones were destroyed. "Too strong for clones..."
The blonde withdrew a kunai, and he waited for the snake to come at him. The snake was lunged to bite, but instead, it bit a large log, allowing Naruto to throw a few kunais at it.
The kunais were stuck at the skin, but no blood.
Sena called out that moment, "It has thick skin."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" The snake attacked Naruto again, but it bit another log instead.
"I wanted to, but I thought you had a plan." Sena jumped next to Naruto.
Then, the snake came at them, swiping it's tail, which the two avoided by going airborne.
'Katon Goukakyuu no jutsu.' The fire burned parts of the snake, but the snake was still alive.
The snake lunged at them again, and the battle became a game of dodge instead . They jumped, sidestepped and avoided all the attacks one way or another.
Then, the snake came at Naruto again, and he said softly. 'Hopes this works.' His fingers flickered to create seals for the jutsu.
'Bomb kawamiri no jutsu.'
The snake bit a log with exploding tags covered all over it, and it exploded, breaking the forest's rhythm with a loud boom, while blowing the snake's head to smitherins, thus sending blood to all places, and the remains of the body collapsed to the floor, lifeless.
"What took you so long to use that?" Sena asked.
"Just thought of it, I guess. Come to think of it, why didn't you use that?" Naruto replied, and Sena just grinned mischievously.
They walked closer to the body to inspect it, and they covered their mouthes and noses when the thick disgusting smell of blood began to mix with the damp forest air. Knowing the smell of blood always attracts unwanted attention, they left for another place in the woods.
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The hyuga mansion seemed extremely cold today, in fact, the whole of Konoha seemed slightly lifeless today. Although many others do not feel it, but Hinata felt so. There was nothing to anticipate, nothing to look forward to. Even the evening glow of the sun lacked the lustre Hinata craved, and the cheery blue sky only saddened her. True, she had a crush on him, a strong crush. Is this what a crush could do? Trying to stop feeling sad, she went for a walk, hoping to divert her attention on something else.
Her eyes kept wandering, from place to place and yet there was no hook, no anchor to tie her attention to, so all her thoughts went back to the blue eyed ninja named Naruto. But after a while, she started to wonder again. How much did she know about him? She never actually talked to him longer than ten minutes, she never actually went out with him, so when she rationally thought about it, her actions were rather silly. But not that it would change anything anyway, because she lacked confidence to do almost anything. All the thoughts, but she lacked the guts, the confidence to make them true.
If she did not have the confidence, how'd she actually have a relationship? Then, she mustered all the shards of confidence and determination in her to go and train, and build her confidence from there. Maybe that confidence will carry forward to her personality, then she might...
Her eyes then looked at a Nike signboard. (imported from real life.)
"Just do it." She smiled to herself, and she was off to train.
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Sena looked around with leisurely swiftness, checking the surroundings for any sign for beasts that might lurk in the darkness of the night. After a moment, he closed his eyes to take a short nap. But he was a light sleeper, because he was fully aware that even in the utmost silence, the enemy lurks. He also had a finger on a shuriken, and he seemed ready to throw it at the slightest provocation.
Naruto on the other hand, was sound asleep.
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"Hey, kid." Kyubi's distinctive voice crushed the silence.
"What is it?"
"I accept your proposal, on one condition."
"Huh?"
"You will not whine or complain when I ask you to train."
"... Seems fair."
"Good. But you must give me one day of full control."
"No."
"Why not?"
"Cause a free Kyubi is a dangerous Kyubi."
"It's not like I am going to do anything with your useless body."
"What do you want that day for?"
"You are an idiot in every bloody way. You are a human. I am a fox. See the difference?"
"No."
"I need to see what the limits of a human is before I can start training you. I, as a fox, am fully uneducated at the limits of the human body and mind. Therefore, a full day is needed for me to test your body's limits."
"No. Not now. Sena will kill me."
"... Fine. Later then. When this camping trip is over."
"It's not a camping trip."
"Yes it is."
"No it's not."
"Shut up. I say it is a camping trip. Go to sleep!"
"It's not a camping trip."
"Just get out of here, I am getting sick of your foul human stench."
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Neji inspected his battered body, and he smiled slightly. "I'm no match for a jounin, but I believe I put up a good fight."
Kakashi, with his sharingan eyes activated. "You never needed me to give you chance. The way I see it, you are as good as a chuunin already."
"Still, how would I match up against Sasuke?"
"... You are probably better, if he did not activate the curse seal."
Neji paused, silent. "Well. What can I do to catch up?"
"Speed. You'd also need to learn other type of taijutsus. The hyuga's jyuken has weaknesses, you know that. More jutsus would also serve you well. Stamina also needs help. That's the four things I'd outline for improvement."
"I see."
------
She stepped closer to the maps, inspecting them closely with her platinum colored eyes. Her frail body revealed only weaknesses, but she seemed to radiate a very unique aura of confidence and intelligence. She took another step, but she was heading towards the books this time around. She flipped the pages quickly, her eyes scanning every page for something, and after all the books were finished, she gave a small sigh.
But she stood up again, and she went through more books in the cabinet. Her eyes moved with great agility, and pages flickered in her hands. Then, she gave another sigh. She returned all the books back to their respective cabinets, and she went towards the scrolls, opening them one by one.
The small libary was immensely dry, a measure taken to prevent the books from decaying, and the dry air ticked her skin off. As uncomfortable for her as it is, she continued anyway. She moved swiftly, her dark platinum hair floats when she cuts through the air.
"Looking for something?" A voice broke the near silence of the library. "I thought you were dead already."
Her platinum eyes met a pair of red mangekyou sharingan eyes, and she frowned.
"You won't stop until you kill me, isn't it?" Her soft, soothing voice replied. "Why the rush to kill me anyway? You know I am going to die of this cancer not long from now."
Itachi walked closer towards her, and he said with a sinister smile, "True. But I do want to see you suffer before that."
"Well, kill me then."
"Not now. I will kill you after I find a suitable way to make torment you."
"...Well, I'm not afraid of pain or death."
Itachi remained silent for a moment. "That's why I want to make you feel it, and fear it."
"Good luck." She answered, and she was back to the bookshelves, scouring and rummaging through every page.
Itachi took a look at her pleasant figure, then he went out of the door.
-------
The Tsuchikage was contemplating the situation in the ninja world, and he kept had an uneasy feeling inside him. Intuition wasn't exactly the word for it, but then, paranoid wasn't it either. He knew the world was at a moment of temporary peace, forged by Orochimaru's weakened state, but he felt there might be something more to it than just Orochimaru. Somehow, he felt that there is something that will effect the world more than a crazy but powerful freak. Something that doesn't need followers to release it's untold fury.
He kept remembering that the seer had spoken of a great war, but so far, nothing has happened. Was the seer wrong? Maybe. But then again, the seer had been right about the death of the hokage, and the sand assault. How could he be wrong now?
The world, as he knows it, relies greatly on the decisions of Orochimaru, and Akatsuki. Powerful forces that can easily change the tides., and perhaps bring the fall of the strongest village of his time, Konoha. But the seer spoke of a third force...
"I wonder who the third force is..."
Then, the silence was broken. "Not who, but what..."
The tsuchikage turned to face the seer, a blind man in his forties. "...What?"
"The third force might not necessarily consists of people. It might be something else..."
"What, then?"
"I see a blank field.... In short, we have yet to see that force. Or maybe, it has yet to descend to the world."
"Huh?"
"My sincerest apologizes, tsuchikage-sama. But my vision brings no news, save the blank field."
The tsuchikage remained silent, so he shifted his gaze towards the rising pinnacles of limestone, diverting his attention to the beauty of the pillars. "You may leave, then. Until your vision gets clearer."
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Well, here I am at the end of the chapter. But I am currently facing a slight lack of ideas to develop my stories, so I would appreciate any ideas. But I will surely appreciate good criticism.
Criticize me constructively, it would be the best. Thanks in advance.