Well…. I have been gone a while. Lockdown was a b**ch and a half for my mental health and motivation, then so many new games started releasing that I just haven't had time for anything else. Hopefully now I can finally focus on this story.
Until the new god of war comes out….
C Rank Mission- Bandit Hunt
Destroy the bandit camp
Retrieve intel for Donzo
Rewards- Ryo
Bonus Objective- ?
To my surprise, Dragon (Who insisted his real name was Yota) did not force us into a D rank mission, but picked out a C rank for our first official task. When I asked him why, his only response was "Did you really think lord Danzo would invest in your training just to have you watch paint dry?."
The mission parameters were simple. A road leading into Konoha had been attacked by a small group of bandits a few times in the last week and the village council wanted them gone. The ACTUAL mission however was to recover something that they had stolen. Apparently among the jewels and ryo that the men had run off with they had unknowingly stolen a scroll with vital intel, which was hidden in a small gold statue.
"Now kids." Our sensei stopped us at the main doorway of the village. "This mission requires the bandits to be eliminated. You understand what that means don't you?"
I sighed as Shiro and Sakura's eyes widened a bit. "Dra- Yota sensei." I stumbled over the name for a moment. "Did you seriously take a kill mission as our first official job?"
"Why yes, I did. You are all ninja now after all!" The man chuckled. "Oh, that's right! You kiddos haven't actually killed anyone before have you?"
"No. we have." Sakura had a sour frown on her face. "That dosent mean we are happy to go doing it again."
"HA!" Yota gave a hearty full bellied laugh that stunned my two teammates. "Good! Im glad you haven't lost your sense of empathy, but truth be told you HAVENT killed before." He paused, then pointed at me. "Well, you have… but you're a bitch." I had the decency to pretend to look offended as the Jonin continued. "Executing criminals may have adjusted you to the blood, but that's nothing compared to killing someone in real combat." His tone darkened significantly as he finished.
"Yeah!" I added. "Lord Danzo just had us cut some guys heads off, that's nothing compared to the time I ripped a dudes arm off and-"
"NO!" The three shouted in unison, halting my story. They all already knew about it anyway.
When Naruto had been attacked last year, the crowd had fucking scalped him. The moment I saw the blood I slashed the first person I saw in the throat, and the chunin I brutalized just happened to be a one Mizuki, the grand asshole himself. The moment my Kunai pierced his throat I got a notification telling me my stat restrictions were lifted due to 'the forbidden scroll' mission being canceled. Not wasting any time, I invested all my unused stat points to wisdom thinking it would help my mind calm down, but instead I got a massive boost to enhancing my body with chakra. In Anko's words, I would have made Tsunade proud.
Even still, after the short battle Naruto only lived because the Ninetails helped him, and when his scalp grew back his hair grew in red. Now the boy knew about the nine tails, and he truly LOOKED like an Uzumaki. Fortunately, this worlds Kurama dident seem to be as angry as cannon, but Naruto didn't talk much about him so I couldn't be sure.
"Takara." Shiro was the first to speak again. "Maybe you should scout ahead with a shadow clone? It should only take twenty minutes to reach the bandits last known location at your top speed and recon never hurts."
"Ah! Good initiative Shiro!" Yota clapped his hands. "Formation 3 everyone! Sakura in the back, Takara and Shiro on the side's, I will take point! Takara, if you wouldn't mind?"
Without moving at all a shadow clone appeared next to me. "Dispel once you find the camp." The clone nodded, and dashed into the distance as the rest of us began moving at a more moderate pace. We dident move through the front gate, but rather we used a secret path only available to ANBU. we all wore masks to hide our faces, unlike normal ANBU ours were completely blank with no animal face, though I didn't see the point since Shiro wore his family armor and I was practically a clone of my brother.
True to Shiro's prediction, exactly twenty minutes later my clone's memories flowed into my mind. "Sensei." I pulled up closer to him as we dashed across the well-traveled road. "I count 7 bandits in the camp, three of them appear to be capable of wielding chakra." I frowned as I went over the memories. "The leader of the camp might be stronger than the average bandit, chunin level at the most." My frown turned into a scowl as the last of the memories came into focus. The leader of the camp felt like a… "Captain Yota, did the mission parameters mention anything unusual about the bandits?"
The man glanced back at me for a moment, his chakra signature losing the 'bright' sunny feeling it had been giving off. "Unusual how?"
I bit my lip as I scanned over the clone's memories. "The leader's chakra felt really weird, just like the creature from the forest of death."
Without another word, we moved to full speed, reaching the campsite not long after. Sakura you're with me, Shiro wait at the perimeter and give us cover. No bandits leave this clearing alive. Takara you take this." Yota handed me a sealing scroll. "If its what you think We need to capture the creature, that takes priority over this mission."
I nodded, placing the scroll in my inventory.
A moment later we all flew to our assigned positions. Sakura and Yota dove straight into the camp, the former eliminating two of the bandits with a swift kunai strike. Sakura hesitated for a moment, but when she saw one of the bandits preparing to attack her with a club that hesitation vanished and she used her super strength to shatter his ribcage.
Another bandit made a move to attack Sakura from behind, but was instantly impaled by a pillar of black wood. Sakura gave our teammate an appreciative nod as I engaged my own enemy. "YOU BASTARDS!" The tall brutish man screamed as I easily dogged the poorly crafted swords he wielded in both hands. "YOU KILLED MY FRIENDS!"
"Don't worry, you'll see them again soon." I muttered as I delivered an enhanced punch to his chest. As always normal or 'real' people dident have an HP bar, those only appeared for enemy's in dungeons and Oni. That being said, The 2000 damage from my punch HAD to hurt as the brute flew back a few feet coughing up blood.
"FUCK YOU! FIRE STYLE:-"
"Shit." I jumped back as I felt the man's chakra flair.
"Fire Bullet!"
Rho Aias!
Three small balls of fire shot out of the bandits mouth at blinding speed, not wanting to risk the fire hitting the tent behind me as I had no idea where the scroll we were sent to retrieve was I called on the Aias, the purple energy bloomed in front of my outstretched left hand and the fire dissipated as the jutsu collided with the shield.
"Wh…What?" The man gawked at the Aias as it faded away. "How… WHAT KIND OF JUTSU WAS THAT?!"
His jaw fell further as I focused chakra to my legs and disappeared from his vision. "The kind you only see once." I smirked as I drove a kunai through his heart from behind. He collapsed to the ground dead, and I quickly dashed off the regroup with the team.
"Only six." Yota called out as I approached. "Are you sure you sensed that seventh enemy?" I nodded, and the captain scowled. "Keep your senses open, we need to secure that creature. Everyone split up and search these tents for our intel!"
We all dashed off again, tearing apart the bandit's stash looking for the small statue. Shiro was the one to find it, and when we joined him in the largest tent I felt bile in my throat. Among silks, gold, and assorted treasures were two young women. Both looked no older than 20, and they were both very dead. Sakura moved in with the Mystic palm technique coating her hands, but I grabbed her shoulder. "We will take care of them before we leave." I said quietly as she gave a quick nod.
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Immediately after I took my hand off of her shoulder my vision started flashing red, Yota said something to me but I couldn't hear a word.
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The jonin stepped forward and snapped his fingers. "Takara! that was an order."
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Realizing that something was wrong I turned around and walked out of the tent with Sakura hot on my heels. "Takara." She called after me as we stepped around the bandits on the ground. "Damnit just wait a second!"
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I spun back around to face her, killing intent leaking off of me. "Drop it." I spit the words through gritted teeth. I was handling the influx of emotion well all things considered, but without the gamers mind as a buffer I could barely keep myself upright surrounded by the dead. The smell alone was enough to bring me to tears.
"Heheheha." The sound of laughter momentarily drew my attention to the tree line. The commander of the bandits, a large incredibly muscular man with tribal style tattoos across his bare chest. "Y-You. Hehahaha"
"Takara stay here." Sakura began walking towards the man cracking her knuckles. "Ill finish this, then we are getting you back home."
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WARRNING: Oni Chakra detected UwU
Oh, hey I can think clearly aga- wait what?
Right before Sakura was in striking distance of the man I noticed a small syringe in his right hand, but before I could shout a warning the purple liquid inside vanished into his leg. The man exploded into a wave of killing intent that drove Sakura and me to our knees. "LET'S SEE YOU BEAT ME NOW LITTLE GIRLS!"
I looked up with a sigh as a title appeared next to the man's head, along with a new list of Oni 'breeds.'
Sin Oni: Lust Class
Sin: sin Oni are born from people whose souls lean towards one of the seven deadly sin's. Average Threat level: Chunin-Kage
Lust: Lust Oni are fast with natural bladed weapons. Release pheromones to lure prey.
Greed: Greed Oni have more health and can keep fighting even after suffering mortal wounds
Envy: Envy Oni can disguise themselves as humans. More intelligent than the other breeds.
Wrath: Wrath Oni are much stronger than the other breeds, naturally skilled in hand-to-hand combat.
Gluttony: Gluttony Oni are massive and can consume virtually anything. They smell horrible.
Sloth: Sloth Oni embody Apathy. Their presence alone can steal away your will to live. Incredibly fast.
Pride: WARRNING- do not engage a Pride class Oni until level 300 or higher. Kage level minimum.
Holy SHIT I didn't even want to know what a Pride looked like. But I suppose this was good, after all this guy wasn't a ninja before, so hopefully he wasn't that powerful now. As the smoke cleared my hopes of an easy fight were partially dashed as the former man stepped forward. His skin and eyes were sickly and pale, not to mention his muscles all bulged at weird mismatched angles. On top of everything his fingertips had claws that looked like broken glass, and WHY DID HE HAVE A MASSIVE-
My internal dialog halted as the monster disappeared, reappearing inches away from me with its arm drawn back in a wild haymaker. The creature swung, but luckily for me I had become very skilled at dogging over the last year avoiding Sakura's backhands.
Piccolo would be so proud.
I weaved around his attacks as chakra flowed through my body, the speed and strength boost I received from that was more than enough to allow me to mitigate the creatures' wild blows. "Sakura!" I called out as the pinkett's Shuriken bounced off its hide without leaving a scratch. "Use the seal! We have to take it down now!"
With a nod Sakura's hands clasped together and her chakra exploded in a wave of pure energy, before drawing back into her with a layer of nature energy mixed in.
That was how Orochimaru's now officially named Divine Root Seal functioned. Jugos Chakra acted as a buffer to help the body process nature chakra, and the seal made sure that the wielder never took in too much of the volatile energy. That, and it also transformed the wielder.
Sakura's transformation, which she now sported, gave her attributes of a large wild cat. Her skin turned a shade darker, her pink hair turned dark red, a feline tail(also red) swished back and fourth behind her while razor sharp claws and fangs now occupied her fingers and mouth respectively.
Before the newly created Oni could truly focus on its new opponent Sakura was on it in a flash of red. With a cry of "SHARANO!" The beast was sent flying across the clearing and through multiple tents.
Weakness Discovered! Oni take heavy damage from Nature Chakra
Before either of us could re-engage Shiro and Yota appeared next to us. "Sakura why the hell is your seal active?" Shiro questioned. "And why did that guy have a massive-"
The boy was cut off as an unnatural roar ripped through the clearing. "You can ogle its third leg later Shiro." I shouted over the monster's cry, causing the Armor-clad Ninja to face vault. "Sensei I was right! This is just like the creature we found in the forest of death. Its chakra feels exactly the same!"
"Damn." The Jonin muttered as he weaved through hand signs at blinding speed. "Alright kids listen up! Draw that monster to me, I'm going to try and seal it. Capturing one of these freaks alive is a top priority mission!"
"Sir, dident you want me to seal it?" I took out and waved the scroll he had handed me earlier.
"Until I figure out what happened in that tent you're in time out." The man growled, earning a sigh from me. "Now give me that and go back up your team."
With a nod we all scattered, rushing the source of the demonic roar from different angles. Shiro struck first, a dragon made of wood curling around him then snapping forward like a whip, slashing across the Oni's jaw both silencing him sending him spinning to the right. As the Oni managed to find its balance my shadow clone appeared before it, Shoving a ball of explosive tags into its mouth. A second later both the Oni and my clone were thrown backwards, dispelling my clone and more importantly sending the beast straight towards Sakura, who promptly planted a fist deep into its gut, sending it flying once again in Yota's direction.
With a puff of smoke in the distance the unnatural killing intent disappeared, and the three of us knew that our improvised plan had worked. I tossed the ball of tags in my hand a few times before letting it fall back into my inventory. The best part about shadow clones? If I was holding something, like a homemade grenade, they could use it WITHOUT wasting the item. I desperately wanted to learn the Shuriken shadow clone to see what bullshit I could accomplish, but sadly I had been denied so far.
"Takara, did you SERIOUSLY shove a bomb into its mouth? You could have killed it!" Sakura Scolded me as her transformation wore off.
"But I dident!" I pouted, stomping my foot. "My clone did!"
Both of my teammates face vaulted as we began walking back towards our sensei. "Great work kiddos!" he called out to us as he met us in the middle of the camp. "Now I know this has been a bit more stressful than we bargained for, but let's get back to the village double time! Shiro, do you have the statue with the intel?"
The boy nodded, and after praising us on a job well done once more the Jonin directed us to start moving, assuring us that a hunter squad was already on the way to pick up the sealed creature, as well as the two victims. Just like the first trip, it took only about twenty minutes to reach Konoha, and this time we dashed straight through the main door. When I asked Yota why we didn't check in, he said that it wasn't necessary for ANBU thanks to a special seal in our masks.
"Alright my sweet genin." Yota said with no small hint of sarcasm as we reached the Hokage tower. "This mission has been far more... taxing than I first assumed, so why don't you all head home and rest up for today? We will reconvene for training tomorrow." Without leaving room for argument the man vanished, leaving the three of us alone.
"Well." Shiro muttered. "I think I need to be alone for a bit… ill see you tomorrow." With that he too disappeared, not with the teleportation jutsu, but by substituting himself it a log.
"Alright then." I slapped my thigh and began walking away.
"Wait." Sakura grabbed my wrist, turning me back around to face her as she removed her mask. "Takara, back in the camp, you really didn't look so good. Ive never seen you like that before."
I noted the concern in her eyes as I waved her off. "Its no big deal, really. Im fine now." I gestured in the direction of my housing. "Besides, I can always use Naruto as my emotional support pillow."
That earned a soft laugh from the pinkett. While not as close as me, Tadashi, and the Uchiha's, Sakura and Shiro had begun joining me for training after our official lessons. The two of them knew Naruto well now, especially after the October tenth incident.
"Naruto and the others are all out on a fieldtrip for the week, nobody is going to be home except Shiro." The girl pointed out, reminding me of the trip Sasuke and Naruto had both been talking about for weeks. Survival training was evidently very fun for ninja. "Why dont you come with me, id feel a lot better if I knew you weren't alone right now."
While I really didn't need any kind of emotional support, I could tell that she was truly concerned about me, so I gave in and began following her. After a few steps a new message appeared.
C Rank Mission- Bandit Hunt [Complete]
Destroy the bandit camp+
Retrieve intel for Donzo+
Rewards-
Ryo- 10 thousand
Bonus Objective- Capture The Oni Alive!
Rewards-
S rank mission on record!
1 million ryo
1 Soul Core[Lust]
'Ah, beautiful broken money system, how I love you so.' I thought to myself. Honestly with the amount of ryo I had now I could single handedly inflate its worth and destroy the economy.
Truth be told I was much more interested in the soul core. I only had one or two of them from the dungeon and those were pretty much tutorial item's compared to this. As Sakura and I dashed over the rooftops, avoiding being seen in our uniforms as our status as shinobi was technically secret, I opened my menu and clicked on the transposing kiln icon.
Souls avalible-1
Would you like to begin Transposing?
Yes/No
I selected yes, and as the two options for what I could get out of it my eyes bulged and I nearly slipped off the roof.
Option 1- Chokudo(Common): similar to the blade used by Sasuke Uchiha in Shippuden. This blade has no special qualities.
Option 2- Harem Totem(Epic): A small gold statue of a well-endowed woman. This item will allow you to use. [Ninja Art:Harem Jutsu] Once a day for no chakra cost.
I clicked on the jutsu to clarify its purpose, and much like it appeared the technique was the mass shadow clone version of Naruto's sexy jutsu, which he had still invented in this world after an encounter with Jiraiya much to my amusement/dismay. 'What the hell is this item?' I wondered as Sakura and I landed on the roof of her family home.
Query- "What the hell is this item?"
Answer- Soul core's from Sin Oni will always have 1 item related to their sin of origin. In this case, lust.
I blinked at the clear-cut answer from my normally cryptic power and sighed as I selected the totem. If nothing else being able to use a free mass shadow clone was still useful, even if they were all naked. And any epic item was good to me at this point. The item rating system went common, uncommon, rare, epic, legendary, and then legacy.
Legacy items were named weapons/tools, something like the seven swords of the mist or the totsuka blade would fall under that category. I REALLY wanted to get my hands on one of those bad boys, Especially the Totsuka blade. Its not like Itachi was using it after all.
Shoving my wandering thoughts to the side I followed Sakura to her balcony and slipped into her bedroom window. "My dads probably home so I'm going to go tell him we're here." Sakura mumbled to me. "You go take a shower." She pointed at me with a knowing scowl. "I don't want you stinking up my house with that sweaty armor."
"One time damn it" I muttered. "Sure you don't want to take one first? Pretty sure you have blood on you." I called out softly as she walked towards the door.
"Pretty sure that my dad has seen worse." She smirked
I let out a quite 'touche' as she left the room. Sometimes I really did forget that Sakura's dad, or at least this worlds version of him, was a former ninja. A really good one if what I had heard was true.
Walking into Sakura's bathroom I used my inventory to remove all of my gear and climbed straight into the standing shower, letting cold water flow through my hair and down my body. After a few minutes, rather than make the effort to shower I just used my game command and suddenly all the dirt and grime from the day was gone, and I smelled like lavender.
"Ah, once again the perks of being a gamer shine." I mutter as I equip my armor again, this time changing its appearance to my preset 'lounge wear' cosmetics. Even though I was in gear meant for war I looked and felt as though I were wearing nothing but t-shirt and grey sweatpants. And my new mask of course, I was practically Kakashi's twin with it and I enjoyed that fact. After getting out of the bathroom it was evident that Sakura had taken her own shower in the house's other bathroom, as she was also clean and now wore her own casual clothes, the same dress she wore in cannon.
"So." Sakura said as she lay on her bed gazing at the ceiling. "You want to talk about it?"
"Talk about what?" I tilted my head.
"Don't play that game with me." She sat up and looked me in the eyes. "You almost lost it back there."
I waved her off and yawned. "Don't worry about it, that was just-" I was cut of by a wave of ki, and as I looked into Sakura's eyes I saw a mixture of concern and anger as she furrowed her brow.
"Takara." She said. "I said don't play around, this is serious! What if that monster attacked while your guard was down!?"
I cringed as she did have a point, while the gamers mind was deactivated, I could still fight but I wouldn't have been anywhere near as competent as I was with it helping me.
"Your right." I mumbled as I looked away. "I know. I just got lost in thought, I promise you that I have it under control." I bit my lip as she remained silent for a moment, but she soon sighed and cleared the tension.
"Please don't make a habit of that." She groaned as she tossed a pillow at me. "Sensei is probably going to report it to Donzo and you KNOW how the old man gets." The pinkett laughed as the visible part of my face paled.
"As long as he doesn't make me train poison resistance again him and I are good." I scowled as I remembered my first three months of training under the elderly Shimura.
He had forced me to work with poisons and even had me take some periodically to build a resistance. While I did appreciate the new resistance skills I earned, the things I FELT at the time were far from gratitude. I have ONE weakness and the guy shoves it in my face for three MONTHS.
We just sat and talked like this for a while, keeping each other company while we wandered in our own thoughts. Then, as with all things, our baser instincts took hold. "Im starving." Sakura whined.
"*Sigh* You want me to make some pizza?" I glanced over to the girl who seemed to be salivating at the thought. I had made a pizza months ago, after learning pizza dident exist in this world. Somehow rumor spread, and now the Akimichi clan was harassing me for the recipe.
It was honestly kind of amusing.
"Alright, you have the dough I made for you in the freezer?" After receiving a rapid nod from the pink haired ninja I got off the bed and yawned. "Alright, let's get cooking."
Hokages office, shortly after Yota's report
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked over the report in his hands with a weary look on his face. Danzo, Orochimau, Jiraiya, Yota, and the two village elders sat around his desk in silent trepidation. "You say that one of the bandits TRANSFORMED into one of the demons?"
Yota stepped forward, nodding in confirmation. "I recovered the vial used to trigger the transformation. My experimental unit was able to disable and contain the creature rather easily, the employment of senjutsu appeared to weaken it significantly."
"Yes." Orochimaru spoke up. "While I have only had access to corpses before now, Nature chakra does seem to have a corrosive effect on the creatures unique physiology."
"Hmm." The Hokage read through the papers further. "And Danzo, this seal we used to capture the creature was of your design?"
The one-eyed man stood from his chair and nodded. "Yes, a special cursed seal was required to accommodate the corrosive nature of the corrupt chakra."
Homura huffed, looking to Danzo with a raised brow. "And what of the girl? Yota you claimed in your report that her abilities were equally effective?"
Yota coughed into his hand and looked away, earning a few raised brows. "Takara's abilities are still largely unknown, but her unique chakra seems to work against them better than most of what we have tried."
Koharu spoke up next, a confused look on his face. "Hold on I thought that the Hatake girl only had a healing ability? Why would that cause damage to a creature capable of trampling our jonin?'"
"We don't truly know the exact scope of her powers old friend." Hiruzen muttered. "But if what we have seen so far from her is anything to go off her powers might not be a bloodline at all."
The two elders gasped and the rest of the room shared knowing glances. "Not a bloodline? I have seen the girl training Hiruzen what else could those ability's be?"
The snake sanin interjected. "Her powers are unique. In some cases, they don't even appear to use chakra. Orochimaru pulled out a scroll from the sleeve of his robe. "You all recall last year when the heads of our major contracts all held a council in the forest outside the village?"
Danzo scowled at that. "Of course, but what of it? They did not allow any shinobi to observe that meeting." The sanin handed Danzo the scroll, and as the older man read through its contents his scowl rose into a look of surprise. "How long have you had this?"
"Manda reverse summoned me this morning." Orochimaru answered with a knowing smirk.
"Well then?" The Hokage muttered. "Do you intend to fill the rest of us in?"
"According to this, summoning creatures across the continent have been meeting together gathering information on the 'Oni.'" Danzo Paused. "Even the contracts held by enemy villages have been cooperating, they seem to believe that this crisis is only just starting."
"As incredible as it is to know the summons are actually cooperating with each other." Jiraiya mumbled. "What does this have to do with Takara?"
Orochimaru nodded to the papers in Danzos hands. "Read the last paragraph. I believe you will find it… curious."
Donzo raised his visible brow, but complied and skipped to the end. "This…" his gaze shot back to the pale man as a bewildered expression crossed his face. "Are you certain that ALL of them saw the same thing?"
The other occupants of the room only became more exasperated as the old hawk and the snake seemed to be having a silent conversation. "Who saw what exactly?" Yota grumbled.
"According to this, the elders of every major contract had the same vision, at the same time, on the same day." Orochimaru answered, pointing at Jiraiya. "You can head to if you wish to verify, the elder toad sage should have had the vision as well."
"Yes but what was the vision Orochimaru? Homura rubbed her temples as the conversation seemed to drag on.
Danzo read through the line again, reading it out loud this time. "A man shrouded in darkness, surrounded by demons, is defeated by a warrior with silver hair wielding a sword of light." His eyes widened as he read on. "According to this ALL of the elder sages have agreed that the warrior in their visions was blessed with-"
"Divine power." Orochimaru finished. "It is not unheard of. the sage of six paths, the Shinigami, the tailed beasts, even that strange cult from the hidden hot springs. But as to how Takara managed to obtain that level of power, we can only guess."
"But if that is the case." Homura spoke up. "Why hasent she mentioned it? She clearly knows more about her power than she lets on I have only met her once and I could see that. Can we even trust her?" The old woman looked between Danzo and Hiruzen as she asked this. "How do we know she is loyal to this village?"
Danzo smirked at that and allowed a quick laugh escape his lips, unnerving most of the room. "If there is one thing I know for certain in these confusing times its that Takara Hatake couldn't give a rats ass about Konoha." Every Jaw in the room hit the floor as the old man shook his head with a smile. "No, she dosent care for this village, but she loves the PEOPLE, and a wise man taught me years ago that there is no greater loyalty."
After a minute of bug eyed stares Jiraiya broke the silence. "You're going senile, aren't you?"
An air of hope filled the room as laughter roared out into the hall, making the guards outside jump. "Danzo, Yota, I want the experimental unit to take on the mission on our border with the cloud."
"The large cluster of Oni terrorizing our patrols, you want them eliminated? Are you sure the kids are ready?" Yota tilted his head questioningly.
"You will not be alone." The elderly Kage retrieved a scroll from his robe. "This morning Lord A sent us this request to deploy Leaf jonin to help purge the threat at our shared boarder with the land of lightning, both of our Daimyo have already given consent for a joint mission."
Yota scratched at his chin while he thought the situation over. "When do we leave?"
Hiruzen smiled and tossed the elite jonin the scroll describing the mission parameters. "An emissary from the cloud will be here in three days, you will follow them back to the cloud where lord raikage will handle strategy. I do not need to explain how important this joint operation could be to the future of our relationship with the land of lightning."
"Hehehe yeah." Jiraiya chipped in. "Don't mess this up mittens"
The Inuzuka bore his teeth at the demeaning nickname as the hokage chuckled, drawing attention back to himself. "How nice of you to volunteer to join them Jiraiya my boy, I am sure Lord A will be happy to have your assistance."
"Bu- Hold on i- AWWW BUT MY RESEARCH!" Jiraiya called as everyone began filing out of the room.
ANNNND finally done. Should be back to a bi-weekly upload schedule now.
