The next day came, and I decided it would be best to get Tetroz over to start working on some plans. I woke up earlier than Aida, so I snuck out of the house and went to Tetroz's house.

*Knock* *Knock*

Tetroz: "Yea? Oh, hey Tenzo!"

Me: "Hey, do you mind coming over in about an hour or so to discuss some things?"

Tetroz: "Not at all, see you then!"

He went back inside and I walked back to my house. When I got there, I woke Aida up and told her about the meeting I'm going to hold. She quickly got up and dressed. Once Tetroz was here we all three walked down to the training area.

Me: "Alright, so, this is what we have right now."

I laid out a few papers and a large map of Kusagakure.

Me: "Here are the key spots that Dantako has control in. This includes all of Northwest and parts of Southwest and Northeast Kusagakure. Everyone in these areas are considered hostile."

Aida: "That's the problem though; it is only three of us, and hundreds of them."

Me: "Yes, that is a problem. We need to somehow recruit more shinobi to join our small alliance."

Aida: "Oh! I have a few people in mind! There was this squad of shinobi I accompanied on a mission as their medic, and through it we all became really good friends. There is no doubt that they will want to help us out."

Me: "That is perfect! So you and I can head back to Iwagakure and take the hidden passage back to my old house."

Aida: "Mhm!"

Tetroz: "What about me though? What should I do?"

Me: "I need you to do a special task. I need you to help spread word through Southeast Kusagakure that there is talk of a rebellion. See who all is seriously interested."

Tetroz: "Got it, well I will head out and start talking around now."

Me: "Alright, Aida and I will get ready for our trip back to Iwagakure and head on."

Tetroz left the house while Aida and I got ready to head back to Iwagakure. This was going to be extremely difficult. Not to mention, her having to talk to people she knew when she is technically dead. I'm sure she will figure out something. Now I'm excited. We have an army starting to be built.

Aida and I were out on the road very quickly. Thanks to my previous mission, the ANBU that was standing at the gates didn't check me. Who knew some good would come out of that mission? We were both running fairly fast. We needed to hurry up, get there, get in, and get out. That was the agenda. The sooner we were back in Kusagakure, the sooner we could get prepared for the war.

Aida: "Watch out!"

Aida threw me to the side then jumped out of the way.

*BOOM*

What just happened? Is someone attacking us? I looked over to my side and saw Aida getting back up. As I got back up, a kunai with an explosive tag on it landed right in front of me. I jumped to the side to dodge it.

*BOOM*

We are definitely under attack. But who could be doing this? We both headed up a large tree near us and started scanning around. We couldn't see anyone. I decided to move a little further closer and spotted some kind of mechanism. It was a trap, with the Iwagakure symbol engraved on it.

Me: "Aida, this is real bad."

Aida: "I see, we need to hurry up with our mission before the Iwa-nin spot this trap being set off."

We both started back our run to Iwagakure, but this time faster. We didn't stop to camp out for the night. Too much was at risk to do so. We arrived at the passage to my old house early that next morning. We both quickly ran to the end and I instantly began moving rocks out of the way.

Aida: "So, when we get inside, I will put the cloak on and run to each of the squad member's houses. Then we will report back here and head out."

Me: "Right."

I moved the last big boulder out of the way and we both ran inside. I pulled out my cloak and handed it to her. She then put it on and ran out of the house, making her way towards one of the squad member's house.

I just laid back, and tried to relax a bit while she was off getting her friends. I just began to plan out the war and think about what can and will happen.

*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*

Mysterious Woman: "Hello? Aida! Nice to see you alive!"

Aida: "Wow, you don't sound too relieved Bri."

Bri: "Well, I knew someone like you wouldn't be killed so easily through a mere explosion. So what is up?"

Aida: "Let's head to Yahara's house, I will explain on the way."

Aida and Bri headed on to the next house. Aida was explaining the entire situation, and just as Aida predicted, Bri was willing to help.

*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*

Yahara: "Well, if it isn't Aida, coming back from the dead."

He started laughing.

Aida: "You all had plenty of confidence in me not really being dead."

Aida started laughing.

Bri: "Grab your gear and come with us Yahara. Aida will explain what this is all about."

Yahara, Bri, and Aida soon started walking towards the last house. Aida explained everything once again her best. Yahara laughed at first, but then got very serious. He agreed to help out with the war.

*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*

Umm..

*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*

Mysterious Woman: "Hellooo….? AIDA!"

The girl ran up to Aida, giving her a huge hug while crying.

Mysterious Woman: "I thought you were dead!"

Aida: "Well, at least someone missed me."

Aida started laughing and the girl stepped back and wiped her eyes.

Bri: "Trina, we need to head on. Please grab your gear and let's hurry up. Aida will explain everything."

The group of shinobi then headed back to the old house, Aida explaining everything a last time. When they all arrived, I opened the door.

Me: "Well, hello everyone."

Everyone walked in and we all sat around at a table. I started explaining things in more depth and the three shinobi just listened and agreed to help out. Once everything was explained and set straight, I stood up.

Me: "Now that everything is set straight, let's hurry up and head back to Kusagakure."

We all headed down the path. I sealed off the end once again. Moments later we were at the end of the passage. We then started running towards Kusagakure, just talking about the near future plans.