In an isolated place in the world, an underground hideout is made in a huge crater. There was a very old and tired man connected to white tubes that connected to an ominous statue behind him with a flower in bloom.
"Zetsu."
An obscure being came out of the ground.
"Madara-sama, something strange has happened." Black Zetsu says in a cold voice, "Danzo Shimura, Tobirama's disciple plotted against Cloud Village and stole the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails."
"Danzo? That scared little boy?" Madara remembers a little of the little boy who became part of Tobirama's team, but he didn't have a strong memory of him: "And to think that he would become someone so brave and calculating..."
Madara is silent while appearing to be thoughtful.
"Zetsu, keep an eye out for any information about Danzo. This is also good for us, with the Bijus in his pose, it will be easier to catch later." Madara said: "But, I'm going to move forward a bit with my plans, it's good that White Zetsu is with you, I'll be merging you two now."
Madara thought about how things were happening earlier than planned, even the creation of Black Zetsu was something that happened to him trusting more than using White Zetsu.
He knew he still hadn't perfected the use of Hashirama's cells, it was still incomplete, but his plans had to adapt to the changes.
When did it happen? When did things start to change? Yes, now that he thinks about it, it was exactly like 5 months ago, something seems to be influencing the ninja world, maybe it's Danzo, now that he thinks about it.
He didn't know much about Danzo, although he did know some, as he watched the movements of the Leaf Village from time to time.
But, he could only observe from afar, Mito is still alive, even if White Zetsu was able to hide, he wouldn't be able to infiltrate the Leaf village much, while Black Zetsu was a little better.
'Danzo. I look forward to the day I meet you in person.' Madara closed his eyes as he leaned back against the wooden throne.
Sometime later, Madara says: "Go and keep an eye on what Danzo is doing, and don't forget the boy Nagato, he needs to lose everything in order to follow through with his plans."
"I see, Madara-sama, the little boy is easy to deal with, I just need to direct some ninjas to Nagato's house, soon he will see his parents' death before his eyes, and then..." Black Zetsu said in his cold and cold voice. added, "Looks like there's Danzo's trail going towards the Village Hidden in the Mist, I'll be heading there."
Cloud Village, Raikage's room.
"Is it true that a trace of Danzo was found in the Village Hidden in the Mist?" the Third Raikage asked gravely.
Until now they had no information about Danzo, this was the first clue they had since they were deceived by him, and lost the two Bijus.
"Yes!" The Ninja with a white mask says in a firm tone.
"Okay, everyone gets ready, we'll be heading towards the Land of Water, and we'll keep an eye out for the Village Hidden in the Mist." The Third Raikage said: "We're not going to try to capture Danzo when he appears, we'll wait, maybe we'll get the Bijus from the Village Hidden in the Mist too."
The Third Raikage would never give up on the idea of obtaining as many Bijus as possible, and this would be the perfect chance.
The Third Raikage didn't know what Danzo had prepared for the Village Hidden in the Mist, but if it's well planned as it was against them... The chances are very high that Danzo's plan will succeed.
And if they play it right, they can not only get the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails back, but also the Three-Tails and Six-Tails.
The Third Raikage's followers knew of his ambition, "Yes, we'll do it right now!"
"By the way, does Leaf village also know about this?" the Third Raikage asked.
One of them replied: "I don't think so, we managed to find Danzo's trail by sheer luck, that's when he fought a ninja from the leaf village and killed everyone involved, and we intercepted a messenger bird that managed to escape Danzo's perception, I believe that now we only know about it."
"Okay, it's better that they don't know." The Third Raikage grimly said, "Should the leaf village ninjas approach the Land of Water, we will kill them!"
"Yes!"
'Danzo, don't let me down...' The Third Raikage muttered in his mind.
It's only been three hours since Nawaki and Tsunade left the Hunting Dimension.
For the past three hours, they had spent meditating using red and purple orbs.
The divine arts take a long time to learn, not to mention the Two-Tails' divine arts. Because of that, Nawaki and Tsunade who had something to do in the morning only used the red and purple orbs.
Time flew.
Soon sunlight reflected through the window glass, illuminating the curtain.
Nawaki opened his eyes and stretched.
Tsunade was already waiting for him.
"Let's take a bath," Tsunade says.
"Okay."
Almost an hour later...
Nawaki and Tsunade appeared in the living room.
Breakfast was left in charge of the employees of the Senju clan.
Unlike before, Nawaki could let them handle it, giving them a certain degree of confidence by letting them handle the farm's own rare vegetables and the meat of magical beasts; while they would be rewarded every day with 4 kilos of rabbit meat to eat with meals.
"Nawaki, I feel lonely without you," Hana said dryly with meat in her mouth.
"Chew well before you speak." Nawaki said.
"Okay," Hana says in an extended voice, without the slightest hint of regret, as she responds while still munching on meat.
Nawaki sighs and says, "I'll leave my shadow clone with you as always, don't worry."
"I want the real one, but... Okay, I'll settle for the clone, of course, I will..." Hana says dryly again, but though she looks crestfallen, she's back to normal the second after she's swallowed the meat.
Although she is not expressive, her eyes were honest as they sparkled at the savory taste of lizard meat.
Minutes later, he and Tsunade began to explain about the Two-Tails living in the Senju Clan. Of course, omitting several things.
They were just honest with Mito, not explaining too much but telling them about the most important development.
"Make the Two-Tails a summoned beast on its own?" Mito laughed out loud and continued speaking in a laughing tone: "Hahaha! Interesting! I like that! Okay, I'll supervise it for a while and see if it works."
It was the first time Nawaki saw her laughing like this. Even when Danzo was sealed in the Third Hokage's statue, she didn't laugh like this.
"Thank you, Grandma Mito," Nawaki said gratefully.
With her words, he felt safer.
The same can be said for Tsunade. Although they were going to let shadow clones into the Senju Clan just out of concern, with Mito willing to help, it would be even easier to make it work.
Nawaki had already taken out the special scroll with the Two-Tails sealed inside.
They went to the place where Nawaki used to train with the girls.
Arriving there, Nawaki opened the special scroll on the floor.
Making some hand seals, he cut his finger a little bit and hit it with an open palm.
With a louder sound when a shadow clone is dismantled, a white smokescreen envelops an entire wide perimeter.
Soon after, Matatabi's majestic appearance becomes visible.
When Matatabi saw Nawaki, Tsunade, and... Mito, Matatabi roared softly and shrank in size to approximately 350 cm.
The blue flames that envelop her body disappeared, showing the beautiful blue fur with black stripes scattered across her body.
"Nawaki-sama, Tsunade-sama." Matatabi respectfully said, "Are we carrying out the old deal now?"
"Yes, my grandmother will be here as a spectator, but also as proof of our agreement." Tsunade said, "Fine, right?"
"Okay, Tsunade-sama." Matatabi agreed.
"Matatabi, what a disgrace, accepting to be subjugated by mere humans!" The Nine-Tails' voice echoes telepathically in Matatabi's mind.
"Kurama, don't pretend you didn't notice." Matatabi spoke calmly, but in a dignified tone: "If you continue like this, you will end up in a much worse shape. And, I will definitely be freer than you are currently."
Matatabi knew better than anyone how dangerous this pair of siblings could be. For a moment, she even thought she was going to die for real.
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