Episode 33: Mystery

There was a group of intelligence officers, sitting around a table.

"So what would be his motive?" Asked one of them.

The woman that interrogated Ice looked up. "Well... If the Kinkage died, who'd be the first person that people would want to become the Second Kinkage?"

"Would the lust for power be strong enough to kill someone that he used to rust?" Asked the first guy.

"I've seen people kill for less." Said the man who interrogated Grime.

"The one who hired them could have used a Transformation Jutsu and turned into Tadashi. It wouldn't be that difficult." Said a third man.

"Even so," Said the guy who interrogated Grime. "We should still keep an eye on him and make sure that he's not evil."

"I'll go." Said the last guy, who'd been silent the whole time.

"Are you sure?" Asked the woman.

"Yeah. I gotta spread my wings eventually." He was a teenager, easily the youngest person there. He had black hair, and silver eyes. He was wearing a white T-shirt, and a pair of blue jeans. He was wearing large black combat boots. His appearance didn't make him look like a ninja.

He nodded to them, right before he teleported away.


All of the terrorists had been taken into custody, and they all told them the same thing. They only forwarded the possible reality that Tadashi Fujino was a traitor. All they really needed now was some proof.


Kenpachi decided to go after the Toichi Clan, along with Tatsuzo's squad and Rinji's Genin. But Kenpachi took Ikkaku, Yumichika, and Yachiru with him.

They weren't too much trouble. But none of them really knew where they were going, so they just had to guess.


The large group finally made it to the compound where they were keeping Rinji. They walked in, seeing that there were countless dead bodies everywhere.

"Oh, damn..." Yozo mumbled.

"I'm surprised you haven't said something about your manga in a while..." Replied Hiro.

"I'm being serious right now." Yozo told him. "But I have been getting inspired, I just haven't been saying it because of these... dark circumstances..."

"Silence." Tatsuzo said.

They large group darted through the halls, trying to find Rinji, and after a while they eventually found him.

Rinji's blood was all over the walls and floor, and he was fighting against a man with a large axe.

Rinji took the axe to the shoulder, then grabbed the man by the throat, and hurled him against the wall. He yanked the axe from his shoulder, and he smashed it down into his enemies head. Then Rinji passed out.

"It seems that all of the enemies have been taken care of by Rinji." Said his father.

Tatsuzo walked over, and he healed Rinji. He then picked him up, and carried him out. As they were walking out, they encountered a large group of enemies.

"We cannot allow you to take Rinji Toichi away." One of them said. "You will die if you fight back."

Tatsuzo set Rinji on the ground. "You six Genin. Protect Rinji, and don't leave his side."

"Right!" The six surrounded them.

Tatsuzo and the Toichi clan charged into battle.


As they were going back to the Metal Village, they encountered Squad Eleven.

"Hey, Kenpachi. It's already been taken care of." Said Tatsuzo.

"Damn. I was hoping I'd be able to fight somebody."

"Oh, don't lie, Kenny!" Said Yachiru. "You were worried about Rini*!"

"Shut up, Yachiru. I was not."

"Were too!"

"It doesn't matter." Tatsuzo said. "Can you carry him back? My arms are getting tired."

Kenpachi grabbed Rinji by the collar, and swung him onto his back. He then turned, and the large group went back to the Steel.


Tadashi was sitting with the group. All of my terrorists have been taken out. I cannot allow this to be where this coup ends. He thought, as he stood up. "I must go interrogate the terrorists."

"The intelligence agency is already doing that." Said the other Jonin.

"One can never too careful." He then left. He walked into Ice's room, and saw that his binds were loosened. He made sure no one was watching, and he loosened them even more.

"Boss..." Ice mumbled.

"Now beat me up and free your friends. You have a mission to complete."

"Alright." Ice punched him in the face, and knocked him down.


All of the terrorists, aside from Outsider, were running down a hallway. They all had their weapons back.

They raced through the hall, taking out any ninja that got in their way. They then finally made it to the Squad that was guarding the Kinkage.

Ice slashed down at the Jonin, and then Three shot everyone else down with his arrows. The Jonin blocked Ice's attack, and then kicked him backwards. Yellow then punched him in the face and threw him backwards against the wall. He went to get back up, but then Grime turned the ground to sand beneath him, and then made a different hand sign and turned it back to earth so he couldn't get out or move.

The group burst into the room, and Kiyoshi slashed down across the sleeping Kinkage's chest.


The large group made it into the Village Hidden in the Steel.

A man meant them at the gate. "Everyone... the Kinkage is dead... the terrorists escaped and assassinated him. They've all been apprehended, but we're still searching for a new Kinkage."


An intelligence officer was sitting across from Tadashi, who was now covered in bruises.

"I find it hard to believe that you were beaten in a fair fight."

"It wasn't fair at all. It was six against one and they got me by surprise."

"How?"

"Because you idiots didn't do your job, and one of them got free and then freed the rest of them!"

"Those doors don't open from the inside unless you have the Steel headband."

"Maybe one of them teleported through the door, and then freed the rest of them. I don't know."

"How many of them were there?"

"Six."

"Can you describe each of them?"

"A man with a sword and black armor. A man with a weird sword and a kimono. A man in green. A cat man. A woman with orange hair. And a guy with a bow."

"Strange." Said a voice behind him. "Because it looked to me like you freed Ice and then let him beat up you." Tadashi turned around to see the boy who was supposed to be watching him.

"You're too young. You must have imagined it."

"It's also strange that you said a woman with orange hair attacked you. Because she died when Kenpachi fought her."

"Well, I swore I saw her. I could have been wrong."

"Then you wouldn't mind us to use the Back to the Past Jutsu?" Asked the kid.

Instantly Tadashi was on his feet, and he kicked the boy across the face, then he punched his interrogator against a wall.

He went to attack him again, but a kunai pressed up against his back. An ANBU stood there. "We found the Kinkage's will. He said that he didn't want you to become the next Kinkage anyway."

Tadashi bit his lip. That damned old man! He thought.

"Would you like to tell me what you want with the Toichi Clan's Kekkei Genkai?"

"I don't know what you're talking about."


The intelligence comity got information from each of the terrorists and Tadashi and they figured out that the Akatsuki wanted Rinji's Kekkei Genkai, not Tadashi.

And the one who the Kinkage wanted to become the new one was a man who had been a vagabond who hadn't been in the Land of Metal for some time. He'd been traveling around the great nations for some time. And now he was in the Land of Fire. So they need to ally with the Leaf so they could get him.

Notes: *I'm not quite sure how to spell that but she's pronouncing it re-knee. I'm using the word knee as an example, she didn't pronounce it like knee is spelled, just to clarify.

Also, I wrote a Bleach Insert OC story. It's called Devil Flame. I think it's got an interesting concept, and if you guys could check it out it'd be awesome.