Bleach Shippūden 4:Team Kakashi Deployed, Kankurō's death?
(A/N:Hitsugaya and Rangiku successfully capture the One Tailed Beast after a long fought battle. Hitsugaya barely having time to recover was forced into battle against Gaara's brother Kankurō. Rangiku and Hitsugaya manage to defeat Kankurō with teamwork and successfully arrived back to the Soul Society safe and sound. With Kankurō's Saketsu and Hakusui were shattered in battle, what would become of Kankurō's powers?)
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or Naruto.
Soul Society
Sunday September 9,2001 9:00 A.M. Hitsugaya and Rangiku and arrived at the gate with both of us both badly injured and Rangiku poisoned from Kankurō . The 4th division squad surrounded both of us Rangiku's face was purple from the toxic poison in her body, Hitsugaya is carrying Rangiku on his shoulder while he barely had the energy left to carry both Gaara and Rangiku.
"Are you alright captain ? Get him to the sickbay, he's really banged up." said one of the young officers.
"That won't be necessary." Unohana replied as she appears using Shunpo to get to Hitsugaya and looks at his badly injured arm and cuts on his wrists and head and uses her high-speed healing Kidō to heal Hitsugaya back up in less than 20 seconds.
"Thanks Unohana !" Hitsugaya said showing his gratitude. She then removes the poison from Rangiku with the same ease she did to heal Hitsugaya's wounds.
"You're welcome !" Unohana replied .
"Man i felt like i was going to die before you came here, now i'm a million bucks." Rangiku said to Unohana.
"Don't thank me too much , it's just part of my job ." Unohana responded as Mayuri arrive there to see the job well done
"Great job Hitsugaya, you managed to capture this thing, now we can secure him for research purposes." Mayuri said to the 10th division leaders.
"No problem, you sealing glove came in handy." Hitsugaya replied.
"The seal should last for 12 hours, it's a good thing you manage to get here 3 hours earlier, if he we're to awaken, you would be in worse trouble than you were in the village." Mayuri explained to Hitsugaya as Soifon arrive at the area.
"I barely managed to capture the Bjuu and was almost killed capturing it." Hitsugaya responded.
"You really did it kid ! Now we can find out and crush Aizen's new plan " Soifon said to Hitsugaya as her forces carry Gaara out of the area and into the Maggots nest.
"I'm not a kid!" Hitsugaya replied with an annoyed tone in his voice.
"You're 129 years old, you're still a kid." Soifon responded as she left with her squad to carry the kid to the maggots then appears to annoy me to no end.
"Captain ,we did it, we captured the Bjuu." Rangiku stated cheerfully.
"This isn't time to celebrate! That was just the weakest Bjuu and yet not even a Captain level Shingimai such as myself could beat it even at full power, and given the 7 tails alone decimated the Seireitei and almost destroyed the Gotei 13, there's no telling just how more powerful the Kyuubi could we have a plan, we're done for." Hitsugaya explained to Rangiku.
Konoha Aviary
September 9,2001 9:00 A.M. The carrier bird arrives at the leaf village after a long 9 hour 600 mile travel moving at 66 MPH, it slows down to land at the Konoha bird station.
"It's so 's this one from? This is the hidden village of sands fastest messenger, Takamaru." said a Chūnin ninja as he takes out the scroll from the birds backpack to read it. 3 ninjas surround the letter and look at a young woman with short brown hair appears to get the message.
"A class-1 emergency alert, contact the decoding until immediately." said the young Chūnin man.
Sunagakure
September 9,2001 9:00 A.M. It's been over 9 hours since Baki heard from Kankurō .Baki have been forced to be the acting Kazekage of this village. 20 Genin ninjas try to remove the 200 tons of ice and rock blocking the Main gate.
"The ice is still active, be careful not to touch it!" Baki warned the construction team as the shovel their way through the rocks, the other Genin are carry buckets of rocks from the wreckage.
Around this point 6 arrive at the gate . One of the Ninjas is a young woman within her early 20's who has long brown hair that frames her face, fair skin and light-brown eyes with eyelashes. She keeps her hair in a ponytail with a pink hair-band. She has a Suna crest imprinted on the right side of her white collared and sleeveless outfit with a red violet sash and a brown cord, and wears black shorts and two forehead protectors on both her wrists. She also wears open-toed brown shinobi boots with shoe laces. She's the Jounin leader of the group. With her is a young man in his late teens has messy dark blonde hair and violet eyes. His bangs frame his right eye. He wears a light violet shoulder top with a brown vest over it, which contains a pocket on one side and an attached scroll on the other. The vest also contains his forehead protector on its back. He also wears black gloves, dark blue shorts and long, open-toed black boots and a young man in his 20's with long dark violet hair that hangs over the front of his face in three parts, a short ponytail, brown-coloured slanted eyes, and hollow cheekbones. His outfit consists of a blue scarf, light green shirt and dark green pants. He also wears a dark blue Suna forehead protector.
On the otherside with A fairly tall young man with a rather fit physique. He has light skin, and spiky taupe grey hair, combed backwards except for two bangs. He has a number of scars on both body and face (for which he may seem look older), including one running vertically across his throat, and he also have what appears to be a tattoo of a blue coloured dragon on his right shoulder. His attire consists of a long sleeveless, dark green shirt which he ties with a light green sash, grey pants and black arm braces. His forehead protector is attached to the bottom of his shirt and he wears bandages on his right biceps. Shira also sports a small amber magatama necklace. Alongside him is a 10-year-old girl with brown hair tied in two ponytails that curl the further it reaches the ends. Like most shinobi, she wears her forehead protector around her forehead. She has two blushes on each side of her face and orange eyes with black pupils. She wears sleeveless mesh armour under a tan overall top with grey elbow protectors. She also wears light blue shorts with purple leg warmers and black shinobi sandals. She's with a 16-17 year old girl with brown eyes with black pupils and sandy-brown hair tied in a ponytail with two strands of hair positioned on each side of her face and two braided strands. Like most shinobi, she wears her forehead protector across her head. She wears a mesh armour body suit under a red tube dress with a blue purple belt, fingerless gloves, shin guards, and black shinobi sandals. She also carries two small white fans with fur on them.
"So it appears that Team Temari and Team Kankuro have reappeared here." Baki said the group.
"We heard the village was attacked." said the young man with the scars.
"We rushed back here as fast as we can " said the 16 something girl with the two white fans.
"What happened ?" the little girl asked.
"The Kazekage was kidnapped by the Akatsuki !" Baki answered.
"Impossible, the Kazekage is very powerful." said the brown-haired woman.
"There's no way anyone can be strong enough to take on a Kage within a fight." said the blonde hair man.
"He wasn't alone, another Akatsuki was there as well Koji." Baki stated to the blonde haired man.
"Let's not forget the Akatsuki are S Class mages , the Akatsuki were strong enough to capture Fu, one of the strongest Shinobi of this generation who was also a Jinicuriki of the 7 Tails Ameno. Still to think that Gaara senpai could be captured." the scarred man stated to the brown haried Shinobi.
"Still Shria, we've all seen Gaara's power. Considering he's both a Kage and a Jincrhiuki, he shouldn't of lost so easily." Ameno replied.
"It wasn't power that defeated Gaara, the enemy was much weaker than Gaara despite having a Charka level near the level of a Kage." Baki said the Chunin.
"It was two against 1, considering how strong the numbers were i can see how a Kage would have trouble." said the purple haired Shinobi
"No, the other Akatsuki was far weaker than an average Jounin, her Charka level was only that of a Special Jounin Sen." Temari replied.
"Then how could someone so weak help capture Gaara who can easily defeat all of us combined ?" the little girl asked.
"It wasn't power that beat Gaara, the enemy had outsmarted Gaara and intentionally used a blast that could've destroyed a good chunk of Sunakagure to force Gaara into defending the city, during that time, the enemy planted a sealing Jutsu on Gaara which disabled his Charka and weakened him into unleashing his Shukaku. It's likely that the Special Jounin level Akatsuki member was someone who processed Jounin level Fūinjutsu (封印術, Sealing Techniques), that's the one way two people below the class of Kage could have beaten a Kage like Gaara." Baki explained the group explaining the events he saw.
"Considering how us Special Jounins specialize within a specialized skill set for one trait, it's not surprising someone with low Charka level can process Jounin level skills within one area. I'm one of the best Taijutsu users within the village, however while my speed and power might match a Jounin in power, it pales in comparison to the overall skills of a Jounin." Shira explained to the group.
"Same here with me, i was trained by Lady Chiyo in the art of medical ninjutsu and inherited my masters skills in healing and has shape manipulation and elemental control of my Chakra Nature but my strength and power is below that required to be a Jounin." Ameno stated explaining her shortcomings.
"You two are the only ones to become Special Jounins out of all of us here , me and sister Yome are not Speical Jounins even though we deserve that rank too." Sen complained to the Speical Jounins.
"Hey don't complain that you two failed to impress the judges, both your abliites had shortcomings that prevented you from becoming Special Jounin level, besides Sen, you lost the match against Konoha's Tenten back in the exams whereas i was able to defeat Tsunade's student and win the entire tournament myself 6 months ago." Ameno explained to the blonde hair woman.
"Don't be too hard of them, Team Gai was very powerful. Even someone as strong as myself couldn't match the Taijutsu of Rock Lee and Neji of the Huygga Clan helped foiled the attempt against the Kazekage's life back 6 months ago, it seems whoever is behind the Kazekage's kidnapping would be too tough for anyone of us to take on,especially since they're likely going to regroup with more members." Shira explains to the group.
"Which is precisely why you must avoid combat for now. If you encounter the enemy, avoid combat! We would not pursue the enemy until Temari returns from Konoha and reinforcements from Konoha arrive into Sunakagure. Ameno, since your team leader Temari is gone, you would lead the team and help my team find Kankurō immediately. Shira, given your leader Gaara is missing , you're to assist us in finding your leader." Baki explained to the new recruits.
"Yes sir!" replied the young ninjas.
"You're only objective is to find the location of the enemy's find it, i will send reinforcements to retrieve Gaara. You will return with information . Now go!" Baki commanded.
"Yes sir !" said all the 6 young recruits.
"As team leader,you're going to follow my commands in the search for the Kazekage." Baki replied only for his team to appear as well which consist of Masturi and two other Shinobi coming from the village.
One of them is a young man with short, brown, spiky hair and wears black, round glasses. He wears his forehead protector across his head and wearing a light yellow and dark blue zipped jacket and blue and light grey pants with black shinobi sandals. He also has a light violet sash wrapped over his right shoulder and black fingerless gloves. The woman next to him is a fair-skinned girl with long, dark hair and large, brown eyes framed by noticeable eyelashes. She wears a grey midriff vest over a short plain shirt, revealing her bare stomach. She already wore her arm-guards and the skirt. Additionally, she's wearing a black stockings and a Sunagakure forehead protector.
"Yuktaka, Miskoshi,Masturi, you're all here." Baki said to the group.
"We rushed as fast as possible, we're ready to help rescue Gaara however we can." Yukata said to her master.
"Team Baki is going to help get back our Kazekage." Mikoshi stated.
"Let's not waste anymore time." Masturi replied.
Meanwhile in the Leaf Village
Naruto, Kakashi and Sakura walk down the hallway of the Kage palace.
"It's been so long since i went on a mission! I'm so psyched!" Naruto said to his teammates with a happy tone to his voice.
"Naruto, don't you dare complain about the mission, no matter what it is!" Sakura warned him.
"Yeah , yeah, i will !" Naruto stated .
"If only that were true..." Kakashi replied.
Suddenly a young woman with short hair and a gray skirt and shirt runs pass them nearly hitting them.
"Move it! Out of the way!" said the woman looking as if she was running for her life.
"That was rude, be more careful !" Naruto stated shouting at the woman.
"They sent for a decoder means that meesnager bird earlier was ...a level 1 emergency." Kakashi said to himself.
Back at Konoha Aviary
"A class 1 emergency alert ? Are you sure ?" said the young woman.
"Yes it's right here Yurika." said a random Ninja as the young woman walks towards the message scroll.
"This is from the Sand.." said Yurika who uses a hand seal release the note and goes to read it.
"Something has happened in the Sand." said a random Ninja.
"I got it i'll decode this immediately!" Yurika replied.
200 miles northeast of Sunagakure
Gin walks to were Kankurō is lying on the floor of ice covering the desert.
"My my looks like little Toshrio did a number on this guy." Gin said to himself then he gets a call from Aizen.
"So Gin did you find a suitable host for our project ?" Aizen asked Gin.
"Yes i have, i have found someone of Jōunin level strength to use it on." Gin answered as he walks towards Kankurō. Kankurō meanwhile tries to get back up.
"It seems like this is it for me, strangely it doesn't hurt...Oh damn am i finally going to die ? I must be this close to death and losing my sense of pain or anything else...Come to think of it, a minute ago my body was so cold and i was feeling pain not it's kinda warm .. and painless." Kankurō said to himself as he tries to open his eyes and move his body but it's hardly useful, then he sees footsteps in the sand but he doesn't see anyone walking there
"You see, Ordinarily humans can't see us, you no longer have powers, i bet you can barely see me at this point." Gin said to Kankurō who can barely see him. To him , Gin was almost transparent and he could barely hear them then he uses a needle to inject some chemicals into his chest.
"I'm guessing that Soul Reaper came to finish the job on me..." Kankurō stated to himself as he can't even see Gin anymore.
"My my, looks like Toshiro didn't show this guy much mercy did he ? Given he can't see me anymore he's close to death." Gin said to himself as he opens up a Garganta to return to Hueco Mundo.
Hokage Residence
September 9,2001 10:00 A.M. Sakura, Naruto and Kakashi arrive at the is in her office giving Naruto as C-rank mission and typical Naruto is rejecting the mission because it's too easy.
"A C-rank mission, convoy transport escort ?" Naruto shouted not happy with the mission.
"What ? you got a problem with that ?" Tsunade asked glaring at Naruto with a violent look.
"It's only C-rank ! I'm going to say no thanks to that mission! That's below my power." Naruto arrogantly stated annoying both Sakura and Tsunade.
"I thought you said wouldn't complain." Sakura thought to herself.
"Come on, me and Jriaya Sensei did several high rank missions during the 2 1/2 years we were gone. Me and prevy sage just one month ago prevented
"So that was you guys who prevented the conflict ? I heard rumors about a Coup De Dat foiled within the Land of Demons over a month ago, i was orginally intending to send Neji, Sakura ,Rock Lee,Kakashi and yourself when you returned to the village." Tsunade explained to the group.
"It wasn't easy, i had a tough time, it's a good thing Jraiya Sensei and Shion were there to help me otherwise i would've died." Naruto stated.
"You two were quite busy during your training, according to Jriaya, you token a good amount of missions under his wing ad part of your training to make yourself stronger. You took 61 C rank missions, 19 B rank missions and 3 A rank Missions which includes the rescuing of the Genjutsu Tree Village from a Amekagure backed dictator who was the right hand man of Hanzo, the and the foiling of the Coup De Dat within the the Land of Demons and the Black Shadow hunt mission,a demon that terrorized the Land of Trees for hunderds of years." Tsunade explained to Naruto.
"3 A rank missions ? I've yet to get a A Rank mission, you shouldn't complain about not getting enough missions Naruto. I only had 6 B -Rank missions under my belt currently and those were hard enough."Sakura complained.
"Which is all the more reason i want a A rank mission, a C rank mission is too easy." Naruto stated.
"That's not how Ninja Missions work!There's no notable A rank missions available, besides you're not even a Chunin yet, you were only allowed in A Rank missions because of Jiraiya." Tsunade replied explaining Naruto.
"Clam down Naruto! Please don't be so selfish, because i'm the one who has to take the heat if you don't." Kakashi stated calmly.
"I knew he would react like that. Just as i thought, nothing has changed." Tsunade said to herself while Shizune is grining.
"Guess she was right." Shizune stated to herself grinning and the stupidity of Naruto.
"You made have become stronger but your still immature." Iruka stated faceplaming himself.
"That's bullshit ! Who says i want an easier mission? I have 3 A rank missions under my belt, i should get a A rank mission." Naruto arrogantly asked annoying both Sakura and Tsunade, Sakura then grabs Naruto into a headlock.
"I'm so sorry my lady ! Let me talk to him for a second, i'm sure i can bring him around." Sakura replied while smiling at her .
"You idiot, you have no idea how ferocious lady Tsunade can be !Damn it are you this insanely stupid ? Cha."said Sakura's inner self.
"The details of your mission are here." Tsunade said to Kakashi as Kakashi walks over to accept the papers and read the mission beliefs while Naruto is still trapped in my headlock.
"I missed the 3rd Hokage, that old man was smart, he knew what he was doing, he was also more understanding too." Naruto stupidly stated.
"Huh what did you say?" Tsunade asked with a pissed off look on her face.
"Just shut the fuck up will you!" Sakura shouted at the dimwitted moron tightening her grip on her headlock on Naruto.
Suddenly the random woman walks right in and gives Tsunade the news.
"Lady Tsunade, terrible news!" stated the messenger woman.
"Now what is it Yurika?" Tsunade asked the young messenger woman.
"An emergency dispatch from the Sunakagure." Yurika replied.
"Sunagakure ?" Naruto asked.
"Where is this dispatch?" Tsunade questioned the messenger.
"I deciphered it as quickly as i could." Yurika answered as she gave Tsunade the Intel paper.
"What the hell?" Tsunade replied as she reads the paper.
200 miles northeast of Sunagakure
September 9,2001 10:00 A.M. Baki leads 20 Genin, 10 Chunin which includes the 7 Chunin in Team Baki, Team Temari and Team Gaara, 5 ANBU members and 2 Special Jounins which are Ameno and Shira. They all used Shunshin to cross the path at a far faster rate, when they arrived at the scene they see a frozen wasteland over a mile in of the Genin was the first to notice.
"What the hell ?There's ice in the middle of the desert!" Ittetsu asked shocked to see Ice in the middle of the desert.
"How is this even possible?" Shira asked.
"Not since the great Kirikagure warrior Yoko Yuki of the Yuki Clan has anyone preformed Ice Style Jutsu on this scale"
"Yoko Yuki ?" Ameno asked.
"One of the most powerful Ice Style uses to exist. The daughter of the Third Mizukage, the founder of the Yuki Clan. I barely survived my battle with her 17 years ago during the battle of the Land of Rice Paddles which was Ground Zero for bloodshed amongst all the Shinobi Nations. Only someone of her caliber would produce Ice on this level , which makes no sense how a child was able to produce the level of power that would take even the most talented Yuki clan member over 16 years of experience and training to produce." Baki explained to the group about his past.
"You think the Akatsuki that attacked was her child ?" Masturi asked.
"Unlikely, Yoko was said to have only one child and that was the child slain by Sharrigan Kakashi 3 years ago . The Mist ninja known as Haku was the only survivor of the Yuki Clan massarce." Baki explained to the group.
"Still the ice style used by the kid is very slimair to the Ice Style nature used by the clan, besides there is no way anyone can use Ice Style without being related to a bloodline." Sen explained to the group.
"It's possible to use Kekkai Genkai if using Ninja Tools to channel your Chakra along the foreign Charka. The Land of Snow rouge Ninjas used a variation called Snow Style using Charka Armors and the Shitenshōnin used special swords. It seems like the Shinobi that attacked had a weapon more slimair to the Shitenshōnin than anything else." Baki explained to the group.
"We should be more focused on finding Kankurō and save the details for later."Sen stated.
"Ittetsu ,Masturi , do you see Kankurō anywhere around here ?" Baki asked.
"No Captain Baki." Masturi answered .
"That kid who fought the Kazekage. Everyone look for Kankurō." Baki commanded as the troops to search for Kankurō however Yome with her vision spots Kankurō.
"He's over there on the ground !" Yome said to the team as they find Kankurō on the ground.
"What the hell happened here?" Sen asked looking at their fallen Jounin leader.
"Kankurō Senpai !" Shria shouted as he rushes towards
"I warned that idiot not to engage in battle !" Baki stated to himself.
"All his puppets have been destroyed !" Masturi said to Baki.
" Kankurō, shit i knew this would happen . Why did you try to fight them ? " Baki asked him but Kankurō isn't responding. The other teams retrieved his wrecked puppets.
"The mighty Sanshōuo was shattered." Masturi answered.
"Impossible, nothing should be strong enough to shatter Sanshōuo, not even my Iryō Suiton: Mizukamakiri (医療水遁・ミズカマキリMedical Water Style: Water Praying Mantis) should be strong enough to damage it and it can contend against Tsunade's student's raw strength."Ameno stated.
"It could withstand the force of 2 Kilotons of TNT, enough to level 16 city Blocks." Baki replied.
"Going for what i see here, this ice here is the cause of all the problems. The opponent didn't merely overpower the defense. He froze the Charka threads connecting the puppet and struck at the main connecting joint of the puppet. Normally even a direct attack against Sanshōuo shouldn't have any effect, even a seasoned Jounin Veteran like Baki can't easily damage Sanshōuo ." Shishio explained to the group.
"So the attacker froze the main weakpoint of Sanshōuo and the puppet crumbled ? Either this kid is a genius or he's a puppetmaster on par with Lady Chiyo." Ameno stated.
"The guy must've of known the main weakness of the puppets. After all, the Second Kazekage Shamon Chikamatsu was one of the strongest puppetmasters to exist with almost unparalleled offensive capabilities only surpassed by his brother Monzaemon Chikamatsu. He was known as the man of 100 puppets with the puppets individuality being on the level of a Jounin . He was almost undefeated in the Second Shinobi World War for no one can get close enough to him, not even the Legendary Sanin, however he was killed in one move by the White Fang mainly because of his vulnerability without the puppets. To be able to take out someone as skilled as Kankuro, a top student of Lady Chiyo so easily, it just shows how tough the Akatsuki are." Baki explained to the group noting the skills of the Shinigami.
Meanwhile Masturi goes to check his wounds and tries to heal them with Medical Ninjustu.
"They got him good, his heart was pierced by a sword, his Tenketsu (点穴; Pressure points)was also shattered and he's lost all his powers." Masturi said to Baki.
"What ?" Baki asked with shock on his face.
"Worse yet his body is slowly breaking down from his Chakra. It's unlike anything we have seen before." Masturi stated.
"Is there anything you can do?" Baki asked her.
"No i can't heal him , this level of injury is beyond my power . The most i can do is stop the bleeding!" Masturi answered.
"Matsuri became Genin shortly after the attack of the Shitenshōnin(四天象人Four Celestials) 2 1/2 years ago, due to her dislike for combat she became a healer within the Sunakaurge medical corp and has plenty of potential as a healer. and now since the recent Chunin Exams became a Chunin within the medical division. Only Ameno can heal Kankurō for she's the student of Lady Chiyo who inherited her masters skills." Baki explained to the group as Ameno rushes to heal Kankurō.
"Leave it to me then."Ameno said to Baki.
"We're going to see Ameno's healing in action here guys ."Koji said to the team.
"How good is she ?" Masturi asked.
"Ameno has healed us countless times from poisons and injuries. She's only below a Medical Jounin with regards to healing. If anyone can save our sensei, it's Ameno." Shria said to his team.
Ameno goes to heal Kankurō using her Jutsu using a Tiger handseal.
"Iryō Suiton: Suika ( 医療水遁・水蚊Medical Water Style: Water Mosquito)" Ameno chanted as she forms her right hand into a giant water proboscis and injects it into Kankurō's chest to extract the poison out of Kankurō.
"ARRGH!" Kankurō shouted as he screams in pain but she sees the poison grow stronger.
"It's not working, the Charkra itself is poisoned. It's beyond even my healing ability. My ablities are meant to counter most poisons, however this poisoning is attacking the Charka network itself. He needs to be token to the hospital." Ameno explained to the group.
"Damn it, take Kankurō to the hospital, the rest of you scout where the Akatsuki are hiding. Do not engage in battle with them, if they can take out Kage and Jounin level foes, they can easily do the same to you guys." Baki explained to the young ninjas.
"What about Gaara ? We can't fight these Akatsuki ourselves we need your help Captain Baki." Matsuri questioned her sensei.
"I'm no match for the Akatsuki alone, if they defeated Gaara and Kankurō, i would barely be any better. Just report their position, i would be back with backup." Baki answered.
"This sucks, i couldn't do anything to help out." Matsuri stated.
"Don't blame yourself, not even the Kazekage could do anything to help us now and he's the most powerful Ninja in Sunakagure." Baki replied.
"Had we came earlier away from our mission, we could've helped prevented the abduction of the Kazekage."Shria stated with a pissed off ook on his face.
"Why did he held back?" Masturi asked Baki with a rhetorical question .
"What are you talking about ?" Baki answered with a question.
"If he fought this guy outside the village, he wouldn't have to worry about harming the citizens ." Masturi stated .
"So you were aware that he was holding back for the sake of not damaging the village ?" Baki asked.
"I just want the Kazekage back!" Masturi answered as she starts to cry "KAZEKAGE !" Masturi stated while breaking down to cry on the sand. Baki comes to grab her and hug her.
"Don't worry Masturi we will get him back soon !" Baki said to her.
"So what's the orders ?" Shira asked.
"You and your team would search throughout the Land of Wind for the base of operations of the Akatsuki. Yome's unique eyesight would be useful for spotting things from a distance, Sen's Genjutsus can give excellent cover to escape capture or battle and Shria's Tajiutsu can fend off the threat if they had no choice for combat. Take this if trouble brews." Baki said to team Shira as they go to do their mission and gives them a special scroll.
"We won't let you down!" Shira replied as his team leaves to search for the Akatsuki.
"Ameno, take Kankurō to the hospital and help the doctors keep him stabilized. Shisio and Koji, search the borders between the Land of Canyons and Sunkagure. Masturi, you're team would search for Gaara at Land of River and Land of Wind alongside the ANBU teams." Baki commanded.
"What about Team Saya ?The group Kankuro leads ?" Ameno asked.
"They're busy doing a mission within Iwakagure with another Jounin leader. Kankuro deiced to skip out on this one given he was working on his puppets, send out the message that it's an emergency and they're needed as fast as possible to Sunakagure." Baki answered.
"It would take at least 3 days before they get back from Iwakagure." Sen stated.
"Which is a good thing, once Team Saya unites with us and reinforcements from Konoha arrive, we can crush the Akatsuki threat." Baki replied.
Back at Konoha
After reading the letter from Sunagakure, the room was full of silence and shocked looks on our Kazekage was kidnapped by the Akatsuki.
"What the ?" Shizune asked with a shocked look on her face.
"It can't be !" Iruka shouted with the same shock look on his face.
"No way !" Tsunade stated in shock for what she read.
"What happened ?" Naruto asked.
"It's the Kazekage of the sand, it seems the Akatsuki's kidnapped him." Tsunade answered.
"Gaara.. So there back again !" Naruto replied as he pictures Kisame and Itachi in his head.
"We have been studying them, we know about the Aktasuki more than any other village thanks to Jirarya's constanting searching for the Akatsuki . That's why the Sunakagure has asked us to help them." Tsunade explained to the group.
"Tsunade, you're not suggesting that you're planing to send Team Kakashi ?" Shizune questioned the Hokage with disapproval.
"This is urgent, we don't have the time to form another squad, besides we have someone capable of fighting the Akatsuki." Tsunade replied.
"Yes then but even so.." Shizune stated nervously.
"Team Kakashi i'm assigning you to a new mission, gather information of the sand village and of what occurred in that village, you're to remain there and to follow orders." Tsuande commanded them as they left to their mission.
Kaze no Kuni Kawa no Kuni Kokkyō(風の国国境国境Land of Wind/ Land of Rivers border)
11:00 A.M. An hour has passed since Team Masturi was at the area,they weren't able to find a single trace of Gaara within the border between Land of Wind and Land of geography at the border was a canyon way , on the one side is a semi arid desert and the other is some grass and a more parrie looking area.
"We can't find any trace of Gaara." said an unnamed Genin.
"Keep looking, we can't give up." Masturi replied.
"My sensors are not picking up any trial within the area." Shisio said to the team.
"How is it possible that the trial just disappears like that ? "Koji asked him.
" I'll try to see if i can find any trace. Sensing Hexagram Seal " Shisio chanted as he puts up a sensing barrier but can't find anything.
"Any luck ?" Yuktaka asked.
"No, nothing ,my sensors can't sense them. It's almost as if they just vanished " Shisio repiled.
"I can't believe what happened back at the Sand village, our Kazekage was just kidnapped by the Akatsuki using swords similar to the ones the Shitenshōnin(四天象人Four Celestials)Used against us back 3 years ago, i remember the first day i met Gaara." Masturi said to herself as she thinks about the frist time she met Gaara.
31 months ago
Masturi's pov
I was a student of Suna's new Ninja Academy year on Thursday February 18,1999. At the beginning of the weapon-handling lesson i asked a question to my teacher.
"Um..must we chose ?" i asked.
"What do you mean ?" Kankurō answered with a question .
"We'll harm others if we used weapons. We may even kill them." i said to them. I always hated weapons and i disliked combat in general. I witnessed my parents' murders in the past.
"A weapon is ..." Gaara stated as everyone including his siblings looks at him but he gets back to teaching the class " No, it's nothing " Gaara finished his sentence.
"Missions aren't child's play." Temari stated.
"You get yourself killed if you enter the battlefield with that kind of attitude." Kankurō replied.
"P-Pardon me!" i stated apologizing.
"You angered Gaara because you asked stupid you done it." said a girl with blonde hair and a pink banada.
Everyone avoided him because he was the One Tailed host but i went to him because he wanted to tell me something.
"Umm..please." i stated because i was very shy back then.
"Are you sure ?" Gaara asked me.
"Please!" i replied back to him.
All the other kids were picking up axes, swords and mases but those weren't my kind of anything i hated he showed me the Jōhyō.
"This is the Jōhyō." he stated while picking it up.
"Jōhyō ?" i asked.
He used shunshin to appear 20 feet away from me and demonstrated the weapon for me.
"The teeth on the end of the string are not so much for attacking, as they are to prevent the opponent from getting too close. And then with the rope... Render them unable to attack, practice it until it becomes part of you." Gaara stated and that's what i did. Gaara tried to tell me that weapons can be used to protect comrades, but i didn't understand him at first.
Then they came to abduct me , the Shitenshōnin used me to lure him out, capture him, and steal Shukaku's Chakra stored within him. Gaara, his siblings, and the Konoha 11 came to her aid, and fought her by one the captors felt to the power of the powerful Ninja. Then i was saved by the kid known as Naruto then while i was hiding behind the rock, i learned the purpose of my true powers.
"Don't fuck around with me! We won't give our powers to the like of you! I won't let you steal anymore Chakra from Gaara! Got it!" Naruto stated, it was amazing he was heavily exhausted and wounded yet he could still maintain the willpower and energy to fight for what he believed in .
"Brat, why try so hard ? What is the Sunakagure's monster to you ?" Semiei asked Naruto.
"Gaara is..Gaara is my precious comrade!" Naruto answered wiping the blood off his mouth. It was that moment i realized what Gaara meant and finally understood what he said to me.
The guy was about to kill Naruto but i was able to save him but using my Jōhyō to bind his Garian Sword.
"Little Girl, what are you doing ?" Semiei asked me.
"I finally understood what Gaara sensei taught me, weapons took my mother and father's lives! But they can also protect people important to you !" i stated holding the ropes .
"Foolish!" the cold heart villain replied as he swung me across with his strength effortlessly tossing me around and violently hitting me to the ground after holding me 50 feet from the out cold for a while then i woke up to see Gaara out of the cage, the villain comes after me trying to take me hostage with those mechanical tentacles but Gaara uses his sand to block the hit, the guy tries absorbing his Chakra but Gaara uses a weapon to defeat him.
"Saikō Zettai Kōgeki: Shukaku no Hoko (最硬絶対攻撃・守鶴の矛 Extreme Tempered Ultimate Attack: Shukaku's Pike )" Gaara chanted as he impales the villain
"Why ?" Semeiei asked .
"Someone like you , who only sees people as weapons wouldn't understand." Gaara answered.
Present Day
3rd person pov
"Since that day i swore to serve under master Gaara and do whatever it take to protect the village and the people in this village don't worry Gaara we will find you." Masturi said to herself.
Meanwhile at Karakura Town
Rukia and Renji assembled Ikkau, Orihime, Yumchikia and Chad search for Ichigo throughout the city. Renji is at Karakura Community Park ,Chad is at the Hirohyaku Supermarket, Rukia is at the Old Karakura train station. Yumichikia and Ikkaku are within the Karakura shopping district and Orihime is within the Karasu river were all in Gigals if they bump into one of Ichigo's friends so we can ask about his whereabouts.
"We didn't find him Rukia . He's not at the Karakura Community Park." Renji said to Rukia.
"Well keep looking !" Rukia demanded.
"Wait a second, i'm the Vice Captain, you can't just order me around like that." Renji protested.
"Well if you don't want Baykuya finding out who was the one who broke his vase during Zanpakutō training you should listen to me." Rukia stated.
"Okay okay..." Renji replied and he hanged up the phone. Rukia then calls Ikkaku to see what he was doing but before she can do that, Yumichikia called.
"Hey Rukia, come here quick." Yumichikia said to Rukia.
"Okay , i'll be right there." Rukia replied as she quickly rushes to the shopping district but once she arrived she just sees a gay moron who is too concerned with his looks wearing a pink shirt and really tight leather pants .
"Don't i look beautiful?" Yumichika asked only to suddenly get punched in the nose by Rukia and sent flying into the glass of the shop.
"IDIOT, DO YOU THINK I CAME HERE TO WATCH YOU PLAY DRESS UP?WHERES ICHIGO ?" Rukia shouted which terrifies Yumichika into submission as she grab his neck .
"I...I don't know !" Yumchikia answered with a frightened look on his face.
"You're wasting my time!" Rukia shouted
"You ruined my nose, now i can never be a model !" Yumichika replied with an annoying response.
"Where's Ikkaku ?" Rukia demanded.
"He's in some fight club ! Seriously i wouldn't want to hang out in that homely place." Yumchikia replied as Rukia drops Yumchika and looks for Ikkaku.
Rukia walks around to see Ikkaku fighting a bunch of mail cops within an underground fight club underneath the mail ran by the Yazuka, being the typical muscle-bound brute, he kicks one mail cop in the head and dodges a nightstick with a somersault and kicks the second mail cop in the face.
"You guys are ruining the fun." Ikkaku shouted with a menacing tone.
"You're under arrest for underground mail fighting." said one cop.
"You will need to take me out to get me." Ikkaku shouted only to get punched into a car by Rukia. Rukia then uses a memory eraser against the cops and grabs Ikkaku.
"This is no time for clowning around, besides you could of killed these cops with your kicks." Rukia said scolding him.
I was bored and besides those were weak kicks." Ikkaku stated.
"This is what you can do with a weak punch/" Rukia replied as she punches the concrete pillar to prove the fact Gigai's don't completely remove all spiritual power .
"Whoa, have you been working out?" Ikkaku asked.
"This is what a weak punch could do." Rukia shouted at him putting a 2 inch hole in the wall.
"I had no idea Gigals still keep that power." Ikkaku stated .
"Of course you idiot, it's done so we can kick back low-level Hollows without breaking our Gigals." Rukia replied as she goes to heal the injured cops with healing Kidō .
"What weaklings , time to find some real fighters." Ikkaku said to Rukia only to be stopped by her.
"Look for Ichigo or i'll tell Yachiru on you." Rukia threatened him.
"Ok...okay okay, geez man, whatever these guys sucked at fighting anyways, i thought i could get a decent fight in a fight club." Ikkaku replied as he walks away while Rukia heals the injured people in the area. Rukia then calls Chad to see if he found anything.
"Chad , did you find Ichigo ?" Rukia asked.
"Not yet. I'm still looking ." Chad answered.
"Seriously the guy rarely ever talks, he needs to lighten up a bit." Ikkaku stated.
"Get your ass going now!" Rukia replied.
"Fine, fine !" Ikkaku responded as he leaves the area.
Rukia calls Orihime to see if she has seen Ichigo .
"Have you found Ichigo yet?" Rukia asked Orihime.
"Not yet Rukia!" Orihime answered looking for him.
"Good luck looking for Ichigo." Rukia stated.
"I'll find him!" Orihime replied as she leaves to find Ichigo.
Konoha
September 9,2001 12:00 P.M. Jiraiya was having a dream that i was in an orgy with a bunch of hot girls happen to be Kuneari, Shizune, Temari and Tsunade. The girls are kissing each other in the hot springs with Tsunade and Kunreai making out with Temari.
"Come on inside the tub Jiraiya honey." Tsunade said to Jiraiya as he nosebleeds . Shizune then grabs his zipper and unzips it with her mouth and Temari put her hand on Jiraiya's crotch.
"You got such a big cock Master Jiraiya." Temari stated as she kissed him in the mouth, Shizune licks Jiraiya's neck.
"Maybe we can do some things with you Jiraiya." Shizune replied.
"Come on, join us!" Kuneari stated dragging him into the bathtub and Tsunade puts her boobs on his face.
"Put that big thing between these melons." Tsunade said to me.
However Jiraiya is awakened by a frog stepping on his ruining his orgy dream before it got to the good parts. Then he sees the frog had a letter on it's back.
"That scroll..You fool! Hurry up and give that to me!" Jiraiya shouted at the frog as he takes the scroll and read it "What's this ? Sunakagure's Kazekage has been...kidnapped ,i don't have time to lie around sleeping ! " Jrairya said to himself as he put on his clothes and used Shunshin to head to the gate to meet Naruto who was heading off to the mission.
"Oh,going on a mission, Naruto ?"Jrairya asked him.
"Yes !" Naruto replied as Jrairya walks towards Tsunade to talk to her.
"Tsunade,i have information from Sunakagure. The Kakzkage has been- "Jrairya stated but was cut off by Tsunade.
"Yeah i Know, i'm about to send them to Sunakagure." Tsunade replied as he turns his head to see Naruto, Kakashi and Sakura.
"You know about Akatsuki and Naruto, don't you ? " Jrairya asked whispering to her hear.
" It's was the best decision i could make!" Tsunade answered as Jiraiya goes to talk to Naruto.
"Listen up, don't be reckless if you go up against Akatsuki." Jiraiya told him as a warning.
"They're after me! So this time, i'm gonna take the fight to them!" Naruto replied.
"I'll admit, you've gotten if you loose your cool, you'll only make things short temper is your worst habit . I know you know this, but, don't use that power." Jiraiya stated warning Naruto.
"I know!" Naruto replied as Jiraiya walks towards Kakashi and talkd to him.
"Kakashi, keep eye on Naruto and make sure he doesn't do anything stupid i'm counting on you." Jiraiya said to the leader of Team 7.
"Okay!" Kakashi replied .
"Kakashi sensei! Sakura-chan! Let's get moving !" Naruto stated moving out.
"Hey,wait up." Sakura runs out to catch up with him.
"We're off !" Kakashi said to Jiraiya.
"Kids.. " Jiraiya replied as he watches them head out to the sunset.
Iruka and Tsunade look on from a distance in the gate.
"Are your worried about him ?" Tsunade asked Iruka.
"Naruto is grown up now." Iruka answered.
Meanwhile at the Soul Society
Hitsugaya arrives within the Captains' Assembly Hall where all the captains have assembled at the room.
"Good job Captain Hitsugaya . Bringing the One Tailed Demon here would help us greatly." Yamamoto stated.
"We need to talk about the 9 Tailed Fox, Naruto Uzumaki!" Hitsugaya replied.
To be continued…
Omake 4:Kurotsuchi University
"Today were going to discuss the difference between a Human and a shinobi." Mayuri states as he points at the chalkboard of a drawing of Mizurio
"Humans in the world of the living can't see spiritual beings like Shingimai or hollows and the majority of Humans are completely oblivious to the dangers they are exposed to from Hollows and other evil spirits." he points at a picture of a human not noticing a soul reaper jumping around killing hollows.
"The reason why Humans can't see them is because they process very little spiritual energy." Mayuri points at a chart of spiritual energy of a human.
"The Shinbois are a vast exception to this rule. Similar to the Bounts and Quicnies,they manipulate Chakra to create and use Jutsu." Mayuri points at a ninja using Justu.
"What we know about Ninja's so far is that their energy source is an impure Reaistu called is a mixture of the physical energy present in every cell of the body and the spiritual energy within the mind and soul gained from exercise and experience." Mayuri points at the chart.
"I hope you found this entertaining and a learning experience ,when we get more intel of the Ninjas we will tell you more about them." Mayuri stated as he stops the tape.
(A/N: Like it so far? Rukia and her friends search for Ichigo and Kankurō has been found at near death while Hitsugaya and Rangiku successfully brought Gaara to the Soul Society ,will Team Kakashi be able to save Gaara and how would they be able to get to the Soul society? .Review, Fave and Subscribe
Update 4/1/2016: After watching the Naruto Footsteps Arc, i decided to retcon some of the characters from the arc that stood out, mainly Ameno ,Saya and Shria given they seem to be interesting characters who would make for some decent characters to use for battles and development within the future. I also gave Baki a bit more development and Haku's mother some implied badassery and made the Third Mizukage the founder of the Yuki Clan and the Second Kazekage Shamon Chikamatsu was a puppetmaster and brother of the original puppetmaster Monzaemon Chikamatsu , Chiyo's father. Expect some heavy retconing in the Chiyo flashback. I also made the original story of Naruto Shippūden:Ultimate Ninja 4 canon to the fan fic, the Frist Naruto Shippūden movie canon but happen a month before the return to Konoha and foiled by Jiraiya and Naruto and the First Naruto movie canon as well. )