Chapter 18
Living Cave
Team Crimson knew that they had to hurry up to stop Madara, but they had to tell him that his mother would not want him to find revenge.
"Danzo, listen. I know you hate Tina, but that's no reason for you to kill her for revenge after you saved her life," Mirai explained.
"Mirai's right, darling. None of this was her fault. It was Madara who used her to make us find him," agreed Haruka.
Danzo was still angry, but after hearing his friends' words reach out to him, he knew that it was time to move on with the mission without any anger corrupting his soul. Together they raced through the now Youma infested corridors of the dark temple, fighting any youma that dared to slow their progress.
Meanwhile, at a small port town in Osaka, Asuka and her friends had managed to board a yacht that would lead them to Samoa Island with Rin and Daidouji at the helm.
"Everyone hang on!" Rin called down to the other Kunoichi.
She started the engine and carefully guided them across the ocean to where Danzo and Team Crimson were located. Katsuragi looked out at the ocean, the sea breeze blowing into her hair.
"Don't worry Katsu, we'll find them. Then you and Hikage can have a couple more sparring matches with each other," Hibari assured her.
"Yeah, thanks Hibari," Katsuragi said, her hand now resting on the pinkett's shoulder.
The yacht now moved slowly but calmly through the water. Yagyuu climbed up to the bridge of the yacht and asked why they were now trying to reach Danzo.
"Hanzo told us everything about the legend of Sato. In his youth, he saw the man with his own two eyes after he stopped a mass invasion from destroying our world. Even Kurokage had to acknowledge Sato as the hero that saved our world from destruction. It was before any of us had been born. We also know that Hanzo and Kurokage were present at the wedding of Sato and Emika," explained Daidouji.
All four teams from Hanzo, the Shinobi Masters tournament, Gessen and the Mikagura shrine were listening intently about the past, when Sato was still alive.
"Danzo needs us more than we know," Yumi said.
"I just hope we're not too late to be with Danzo again," Gekko murmured.
Danzo and Team Crimson knew that they had little time to spare as they fought the youma and killed them off one by one. Finally they had managed to reach the gateway and restart the heart to break the seal to Madara's throne room.
"Let's hurry, Madara's waiting for us," Danzo said to his friends.
They went through the door as they knew there was no turning back from the fight that awaited them.