"Wow, I pictured the village to look a little better then this." Naruto commented as they entered the Waterfall Village.
It wasn't as if the town itself seemed to be in bad shape, but the depressing mood everyone seemed to be in along with the dampness led to his conclusion as it left him with a bad vibe.
"It has always been like this. We have never been one of the stronger villages and in fact, we happen to be one of the weakest which is why we allied with Konoha as we wouldn't be able to withstand an assault from even one of the average hidden villages. …But as of lately, it has been getting bad with the constant attacks on myself." Fuu responded to Naruto's comment, knowing what he meant.
Jiraiya frowned as he knew what she meant by attacks before Lee spoke. "Attacks? Why would anyone attack such a beauty as you, Lady Fuu?"
Fuu couldn't help but smile softly before she laughed lightly at his words. "You flatter me my dear boy, but it isn't because of my beauty that they attack me. …My village has never liked me very much, but I happen to be the strongest and best suited for the task of leading the village. That led to resentment from the jounin within the village and they've been trying to overthrow me for a while."
"So it is possible that they might be behind the thief of your horn?" Neji stated as if it was a fact from what he had seen from the ninja that they had ran into so far, all of them showing contempt to Fuu.
"It is a possibility, but there are also many groups outside of the Waterfall that want to either kidnap or assassinate Fuu altogether for being a thorn in their side." Jiraiya explained before continued in a much lighter voice. "It is also possible that none of them are involved and this guy just stole the horn as it would cost a pretty penny."
"So wait," Chouji spoke up as he put everything that was said together, "If all of these are possibilities, why is this only a C-rank mission instead of being ranked higher?"
"As I said earlier, I found the thief and I know if he has skills comparable to a ninja, there is a slight chance the ones that trained him would be who he is to rendezvous with. The reason instead of one gennin team being sent to deal with this is that there could be some ninja involved, but nothing more then a few gennin." Jiraiya answered Chouji's question as they arrived at Fuu's office.
Opening the door, Fuu led them in before showing the shattered glass case that formerly held the horn of Shichibi. "This is where it was. Outside of the glass being shattered, there was no evidence of a break in leading me to believe that the thief might have had some help getting in and my request to Konoha."
Activating their Byukugan, both Hinata and Neji scanned the room to see if they noticed anything odd as Naruto and Tenten examined the shattered glass. Neji was the first to notice the window in the far back of the room slightly ajar. "Then window in the back is opened. It looks liked someone had placed a pencil in it to keep it open."
"Um… No, that was me. I threw that pencil at a jounin for disrespecting me and I guess it got stuck there and I never picked it up." Fuu stated with a flush as she realized that she was at fault there by getting overly angry at her own ninja's disobediences.
As Neji gave her a flat stare, Hinata spoke for him. "Well, that explains how he got in so easily. It also seems that he wasn't very stealthy as he knocked over many things along the way to horn. It also seems he went through many papers and drawers to find out what else was here."
"No… This is just how my office always looks. If things aren't a disorganized wreck I can't find anything and I find myself wanting to scream my lungs out." Fuu responded once again with her flush growing, getting annoyed that they kept pointing out her room's flaws.
Hinata quickly joined Neji in staring at Fuu, highly annoyed this wasn't explained before hand. Meanwhile, Tenten was paying not attention as she looked over the shattered glass before motioning Naruto over, knowing he had a keen eye as well. "Naruto, look at the cracks in the glass. It doesn't look like it was broken from the outside but the…"
"Inside… So it means this guy does have at least some ability. He might have used an earth or wind jutsu to crack it open. That would explain why most of the glass shards are outside the case instead of in it" Naruto stated as he gazed at the glass shard Tenten picked up before motioning to the rest of the shards.
Fuu narrowed her eyes as she hadn't noticed that before, but that was never her specialty. Growling to herself, Fuu was ready to leave. "Alright, that's good enough. Now, where to Jiraiya seeing that you've seen him before?"
"I saw him on the border of the Land of Fire and Land of Rice. We best get there quickly otherwise we might have a run in with an old acquaintance of mine…" At the end, Jiraiya's face became bitter at the mere thought of running into that man once again.
Raising her eyes at the bitterness in the Toad Sage's voice, Fuu had a feeling it was someone that Jiraiya knew quite personally and had betrayed his trust. The only person that came to her mind that it could be was…
Frowning as she didn't like the possibility into running into that person either, Fuu exited the door before she began ordering the six gennin. "Neji, you will take point with Jiraiya while Hinata and Naruto will take the rear. Chouji, Lee, both of you will take the flanks and Tenten and I will be in the center."
"Let's move out!"
Naruto was having a very, very difficult time not looking exactly in front of him as they ran. He twitched every time he did as his eyes always seemed to land on either Fuu's or Tenten's rear.
It wasn't helping that he thought both to be exceedingly pretty, but the fact it seemed as if they were both doing it on purpose absolutely killing him. And to make things worse, Hinata could tell were he was looking at and she was giving him an extremely nasty glare each time he did so.
"This isn't my day… And tomorrow isn't looking too good either." Naruto complained to himself as he rubbed his hand over his face as he looked forward once again and Hinata glared a hole into his soul.
Giggling at the way Naruto was cringing, Hinata felt better as it seemed Naruto really didn't want to be caught in the position he was in. Still, she had to watch out for this Tenten. It seemed that she knew Naruto very well and she did not like that on bit that Naruto had the same kind of relationship he had with her, Ino and Sakura.
"We're here!" Jiraiya announced as he jumped down onto a road from the trees.
Everyone followed suite as they noticed the badly concealed camp. Examining its remains, no one could really tell a thing as there wasn't a clue in what direction he was heading.
"Humph. That bastard's scent is heading into the Land of Rice, only a half a day ahead of you if you keep moving at the pace your group is. Now get going and make this mission exciting." Kyuubi suddenly stated within Naruto's mind as she was getting bored with the pitiful tracking and wanted to have a good fight.
"Affirmative. It seems that he has some accomplices with him so be warned." Zagger added on only for Kyuubi to growl loudly.
Frowning as he didn't know how Kyuubi did that, Naruto growled to himself as he had a feeling that she had some sort of control over his senses and he didn't like that at all. Then again, so did Zagger and it was possible that Kyuubi had asked him to have some control.
Shaking his head as it didn't matter at the moment, but he reminded himself to ask them when he was back home, Naruto relayed what he had learned. "His scent is heading into the land of Rice and is about a few hours ahead if we hurry… And it seems that there are a few people with him."
Jiraiya frowned as he heard this, knowing Naruto didn't have the ability to pick up people's scents. And even if he did, he doubted he would have that powerful of a sense of smell. No, this information had come from the fox demon and he wasn't too sure he should believe it.
But then there was the fact that he did have the artificial life form in his head and Kyuubi wouldn't lead Naruto to his death due to the seal. Still, he didn't like the idea that the fox was helping them at all.
Shaking his head of that for now, Jiraiya nodded before gazing into the Land of Rice and cursing to himself. Oh how he hoped he wasn't involved. If he was, things were about to escalate. "Alright, let's be careful. I doubt the others will be that much of a threat but be careful."
And once more, Jiraiya and Neji were in the lead and the formation quickly formed. And Naruto was at the rear, adverting his gaze from the two in front of him, not wanting any more nasty glares from Hinata.
Fuu couldn't help but smirk a little. She knew the boy was interested just as every other male but unlike many others, he at least was trying his best not to not look at them. It also could be that the Hyuuga beside him was glaring at him every time he did look, but something told her that he would be doing the same even if the pervert was beside him.
Shaking her head, she looked over at Tenten before smiling as he knew that at times Naruto's gaze was landing on her. "So, how do you like the blonde, Naruto I believe?"
The question completely caught Tenten off guard and she stumbled a bit before regaining her footing. She thought she head Naruto cursing behind her, but she wasn't sure why he would do that unless he could hear them, but due to how fast they were traveling and how quietly Fuu had spoke, she doubted it.
"Um, by what do you mean?" Tenten asked as a small blush crept onto her face at Fuu's question, hoping it didn't mean what she thought it did.
This caused Fuu's smile to transform into a smirk as she knew the tanned skin girl had some feelings for the blonde. 'Ah, now I get why he said that to me earlier. He was afraid everyone's opinion of him would change if they knew, more importantly the girls. Hm, I wonder how he managed to get them all to like him now.'
"Oh, you know." Fuu chirped in a very suggestive manner making Tenten blush even more.
She could tell what Fuu was trying to do and she turned a little back to see Naruto adverting his eyes in every single direction. Frowning as she had a feeling he was looking at her every now and then, she shook her head. "He's a very good friend that I happen to like a lot. If you are insinuating that I like him that way, I can't say no as I have gone out on a few dates with him."
"Dates? Oh, are you two going out?" Fuu suddenly struck as her smirk grew from ear to ear.
Tenten blushed furiously before quickly shaking her head before Hinata suddenly spoke, trying to defend Naruto as he was blushing as bad as Tenten being able to hear the conversation now. "No, he just happens to like taking all of us out. Ino and Sakura would say the same if they were hear now."
Grinning even more, Fuu looked back as she gazed at Naruto. "Oh, so you're indecisive is that it? No wonder why you came onto me yesterday."
Feeling the glares of Hinata and Tenten trying to burn holes through his skull, Naruto blushed feverishly before growling lightly. "Look, I did not come onto yesterday. And just to set the record straight, yes I take them on dates but I also take my friends out to eat daily too."
"Yes, but I bet it isn't as romantic." Fuu grinned as she tried to keep herself from snickering at the look on the blonde's face and at that matter, both Hinata's and Tenten's.
None of them said a thing as both Hinata and Naruto trailed behind a little while Tenten instantly turned his vision in front, not wanting to talk any more.
Fuu only snapped her fingers, no longer having an opportunity to jab at them a little longer to burn some time before they neared their target. 'Oh well, at least I got a little about him. Hm, I wonder if the Hokage expected me to fall for this 'charm' he seems to have.'
In front, Jiraiya could only shake his head as he heard the entire thing. 'Damn lucky brat… What I wouldn't do to put myself in his shoes…'
A few hours later, they were closing in on their target as Neji and Hinata had spotted them. They hadn't moved since they did as Jiraiya had ordered them to stop and told both the Hyuuga's to scout the area as he had a bad feeling about this.
This was way too close to one of his old teammate's bases. He had a really, really bad feeling that Orochimaru was involved in this and that was the last thing he wanted. To make things even worse, both Hinata and Neji were finished scanning the area.
"There indeed is three other people with the thief and they seem to be ninja, but nothing more then gennin. It seems that they are camping for the night and have set up some traps. Nothing that we can't avoid or disarm, but it looks like they are going to use a shift." Neji stated as he watched the camp through his Byukugan.
"The man is carrying the horn in his pack, not even keeping it in a scroll so it will be no problem to pick pocket it from him. Problem is; if we startle them we could start a fight." Hinata added on in a timid tone as she shivered, thinking of everything bad that could happen.
Taking all of this in, Jiraiya closed his eyes as the thought of a plan to use. However, there was one critical detail that kept bugging him. "What is the insignia on their headband?"
"It is strange," Neji stated as he took a look at the headband with his Byukugan, "I've never seen one like it before. Either it is from a new village or one that I do not know about. It looks like a musical note. I, however, am not sure what type as I've never really studied music before."
Sighing as he heard this, Jiraiya knew his old comrade was involved in this somehow as that emblem was definitely one of his village. Still, with no signs of him in the area it meant his intervention was very low meaning this still was a C-rank mission and capable of being completed by the six before him.
"Alright, that's all I need. Hinata, I want you to lead your team around the traps and into the camp first from the east. Neji, I want you to do the same except from the west and have your team to stand by in order to assist. Both Lady Fuu and I will stand guard as I still have a bad feeling about this. Be warned, these gennin are from the sound village and we are unsure what their specialties are so take caution." Jiraiya commanded as he began to scan the area himself.
This didn't escape any of them, making Fuu frown as she began scanning the area herself. If this was indeed a trap to capture her, she was glad the pervert was among them. Even if he was an unscrupulous pervert, he was a well respect shinobi and one that not very many wanted to take a chance against.
Nodding at what they had to do, Hinata activated her Byukugan once more as she led them closer to the camp, avoiding each of the traps. Neji did the same for his team, just in the opposite direction.
As they were sneaking through, Jiraiya crept closer with Fuu to the south. His eyes were pealed opened, looking for anything he could see that was suspicious. This didn't look like a trap the Akatsuki would set up, especially as Orochimaru's ninja were involved. But then again, the snake could still be working for them for all he knew.
"I don't like this." Fuu started as she gazed the area, believing this to be a trap as well. "This all seems out of place. Even sending only two gennin teams doesn't make any sense if they are involved…"
"Lady Fuu, I doubt they are. These ninja are apart of a newly developed village, one created by an old friend of mine. My old, traitorous teammate. As of now, the Akatsuki don't want anything from him except his head so I doubt they would be working together." Jiraiya quietly stated as they were nearing the camp to keep a look out on the gennin and for anything out of the ordinary.
Over on the east side of the camp, just staying out of eye sight, team eight was currently going over their options, keeping their voices extremely low.
"Okay, let's bust in there and get that horn back." Naruto quietly spoke as his eyes gazed at the man he knew to have the horn.
"I don't think that is a good idea. If we could just get in quickly…" Hinata tried to explain before Chouji shook his head.
"No, we don't have anyone that fast. Even if Naruto were to use his pull to try and bring the horn to us, we will be spotted." Chouji cut Hinata off as he kept one of his eyes firmly on the camp, watching to see if any of the gennin were going to make a move.
Nodding in agreement, Naruto gazed over towards the camp. "I agree. We aren't made to be stealth and tracking team. We are a quick hitting assault team that is meant to leave the enemy dazed and disoriented."
Sighing to herself, as her teammates did have a point, Hinata knew she had to give in. She just couldn't help but think something bad was going to happen. It was just then a small ring caught her attention before Naruto suddenly collapsed, grabbing his ear.
"AH! FUCK! THEY KNOW WE'RE HERE!" Naruto yelled out as blood slowly began to drip out of his ear as his entire body shook as the sound resonated throughout his body.
One of the opposing gennin merely chuckled as he stood up quickly followed by the others, while the robber looked at them in confusion. "Good one, Dosu. They didn't even see it coming."
Both Chouji and Hinata were both on the defensive as they noticed all three gennin were approaching them. For now, they knew Naruto would be immobilized as whatever that attack was had severely crippled him.
Dosu, the gennin whose face was covered with strips of bandages, smirked before he struck the ground in front of both Chouji and Hinata. "Hmp, you three should learn not to speak in a stealth mission. I heard you long before you even got here."
Hearing the ringing that busted his ear once more, Naruto wasn't sure what it was until Zagger began screaming in his head. "SHIT! IT IS A SOUND WAVE ATTACK DESIGNED TO DISRUPT AND POSSIBLY EVEN MOBILIZE AN OPPONENT THAT HE CAN CONTROL WITH HIS CHAKRA!"
This was all Naruto needed to hear before he yelled out, despite his condition. "Keep moving! He's using sound waves!"
In an instant, both Hinata and Chouji jumped away, leaving Dosu without a target other then the blonde. So instead, he used his only other visible target and in an instant Naruto was screaming again as his other eardrum had busted as he was still immobile from the previous attack.
"Oh, we have a smart one. Guess we should keep this one disoriented so he can't figure out what's going on, right guys?" The girl stated before throwing dozens of senbon with bells and strings attacked to them around Naruto.
Even if he could have used Shinra Tensei to reflect them, none of them were aimed at him making Naruto wonder what she was planning. Then he realized what she had done as everything began to become a blur and he swore he was seeing double if not triple over everything.
'Shit, this isn't my day. Not only can I not hear, but I can't see either.' Naruto complained to himself. as he was basically out of this fight from the start.
"This doesn't look good; however, I've found a flaw with her attack. It isn't affecting you to its full effect because of the damage to your ears. If someone were to get rid of them…" Zagger analyzed through what he had seen through his host's eyes.
'Or if I was able to recover myself enough I could blast them away with Shinra Tensei.' Naruto got the idea as he began trying to regain control of his body, despite the obvious issues at hand.
"That is the jist of it. However, at this rate you will have to wait nearly ten minutes as that sound wave is causing chaos in your body making it hard for Kyuubi to heal any of the damage." The AI stated as he was checking to see if there was any way around this as Naruto's teammates needed his help.
Outside, Dosu stood tall as both his team had surrounded Chouji and Hinata. "Well, now that we've got you cornered it is time to finish this. Kin, Zaku, take them out."
"KONOHA DAISENPU!" Lee suddenly yelled out a split second before a green blur appeared before Dosu and kicked across the chest followed by a second lighting fast kick to his lower stomach, nearly the groin.
Dosu literally skipped off the ground a few times before skidding to a stop, tearing the ground away as Lee stopped where the Sound Gennin. This had caught both Kin and Zaku off guard, so they were barely able to avoid the attacks Chouji and Hinata were setting up as Tenten cut the lines and bells that were keeping Naruto pinned.
"Are you okay?!" She asked worriedly as she hadn't seen Naruto like this before.
Stumbling as he attempted to stand up, Naruto shook his head as he took deep breathes. He almost hadn't heard her, but thanks to Zagger's presence he was able to catch what she had said and answered her. "I still need a few minutes… That guy's attack is still affecting my nervous system."
Glad that Naruto was able to hear her, somehow despite both of his ears flowing with blood, Tenten nodded before standing in front of him. "Fine, I'll protect you till you can stand on your own. Neji's chasing down the thief with Lady Fuu and Jiraiya, so this should be over fast."
Getting up from Lee's devastating attack, Dosu grimaced as his entire body felt numb from just his two blows. Shaking that off as he had dealt with worse, Dosu slammed his arm against a nearby tree before gazing towards his new opponents. "Reinforcements, eh? Fine, we'll take you as well. Or leader wants that horn and I'll be damned if we fail him again."
"Lee, move! He uses sound…" Hinata tried to yell at Lee but was picked up as a sudden burst of powerful wind knocked her back and sent her flying along with Chouji as Zaku raised his palms towards them.
"Oh, no! I'm not going to let you reveal our secrets to these guys too! Zanhuka!" Zaku yelled before unleashing yet another blaster of powerful and cutting wind towards them.
Even though he was unable to decipher fully what Hinata had said, Lee jumped to the side before suddenly charging Dosu. He had noticed that something invisible had knocked Naruto out of the fight so he knew something was up with this gennin and wasn't going to give him the time to attack him.
Cursing, Dosu was on the wrong end of the barrage as Lee delivered punch after punch and kick after kick without slowing. The green wearing fighter was a menace and he had to get out of close range otherwise this fight would be over quickly.
However, he was saved the trouble when Lee hit his music arm. Controlling the pitch with his chakra, he focused it to the green beast ear forcing Lee to stop from the sudden pain, making him drop to his knees. With one kick, he sent him sliding before Kin suddenly pinned him with the same trick she had inflicted onto Naruto.
"Zaku, finish him!" Both yelled out, seeing the boy was dazed but still wasn't out. They obviously had deemed him a threat and if he got free trouble would be quick to follow.
Seeing the green beast stagger, Zaku knew what he had to do so with one blast, he knocked moved Hinata and Chouji besides him before smirking as he molded as much chakra as he could to his arms, wanting to end this battle once and for all. "Say nighty, night!"
Tenten attempted to intercept him, but Kin was ready and tackled the girl before she could move to save them, turning it into a brawl. While Tenten was sure she could win, it would take a few moments and there wasn't any time for that as Zaku screamed out. "Zankukyokuha!"
"NO!" Naruto yelled out and in an instant, he regained control of his body despite all his muscle and organs protesting the movement.
It caused him great pain, but he suddenly appeared in front of his teammates and Lee with his palms out stretched. Never before had he felt this focused. It was as if he had tunnel vision as he focused purely on his opponent before him and the attack he had unleashed.
Mustering as much chakra as he could, Naruto's Rinnegan began to glow bright red as Kyuubi's chakra began mixing with his. "Shinra… TENSEI!"
The next moment had literally made everyone stop what they were doing, including Neji, Jiraiya and Fuu as they had just recovered the horn form the thief.
At first, it seemed nothing had happened. Then it happened in a blink. The powerful slicing wind Zaku had summoned to put down the three Konoha shinobi was suddenly battling with and invisible force, trying to gain position. However, that only lasted for a second.
It was completely overwhelmed as the ground itself was torn away as the power of Naruto's attack was just too strong. The trees around were ripped out of the ground, roots and all as every single leaf was stripped from the branches before they snapped off. Then time seemingly sped up as the three gennin were suddenly enveloped by the blast, Tenten being spared the attack by a red and white blur.
As the dust settled, there wasn't even a clearing left. All there was left was an extending crater from where Naruto had used his gravity push to save his teammates. There was no sign of any of the three gennin, either they had been obliterated or were driven deep into the ground from the blast.
No one could believe what they had just saw, even Lee as the force of the attack had broken all of the bells and needles keeping his vision doubled. The amount of destruction caused scared him a little, but what he was impressed by was the fact that Naruto seemingly summoned this power just for their protection. That alone earned his trust.
Neji was stunned as he had thought to have narrowed the gap between the blonde and himself. This only proved the gap was so much further then he had ever thought and he wasn't sure if he could ever gain if this was how strong the blonde truly was. To be honest, he didn't really want to be on his bad side any longer as he couldn't afford to have an enemy like this.
Tenten was utterly shocked as she was almost caught in that blast and was barely saved by the toad sannin. While she knew he hadn't meant to do this amount of damage, it was quite frightening that she was nearly a splat in the ground from his attack.
Hinata couldn't believe what she had seen. She had seen that attack before as he had been working on it, but never did she believe that he was telling the truth that it had the capacity to destroy an entire forest or village. But now… She only shivered. He was telling the truth.
Chouji's jaw was slacked. He had seen him use that jutsu many times over yet never with this outcome. Sure, he had caused some extreme damage before and had sent himself to the hospital on a few occasions, but this was ridiculous. Was this truly the power of the Rinnegan? If it was… Naruto very well could see his dreams unfold.
Jiraiya wasn't too horribly stunned as he knew this was possible. But still, to see the amount of devastation… He really had his work cut out for him if he was going to try and teach this kid anything.
The most stunned out of all of them was Fuu. While she had sensed that the fox's chakra had mixed with his, it was barely anything compared to what it truly could give him. If that attack was focused with just two tails, the damage that could be caused baffled her. This boy… really could be the perfect vessel if he could use the demon's chakra that efficiently.
However, everyone's attention was suddenly brought to someone clapping as Naruto fell to his knees, drained from his attack. "My, that was a show. I am so glad sensei sent out the boy. I was so looking forward to see what the newest Rinnegan user could do and I wasn't disappointed."
In an instant, Jiraiya was in front of Naruto, ready to battle as he knew who the voice belong to all too well. "OROCHIMARU! Show yourself!"
Just as Jiraiya commanded, dozens of snakes slithered together and formed into the snake sannin, smirking as he looked over at his teammate. "Ah, it is good to see you again Jiraiya. Pity you had to be sent here too. I was really looking forward to claiming a trump card over the Akatsuki."
Holding his ground and not saying a word, Jiraiya simply kept his eyes on the snake before the other sannin pulled his three gennin out of the dirt, all looking like they were rolled over by a five ton elephant. "Ah, well. These three served their purpose for today. I guess I'll be seeing you later, my old friend."
"I doubt that snake because today it will be all over for you." Jiraiya countered as he was ready to unleash his full power to combat his old teammate.
This only made Orochimaru cackle before he wiped a tear from his eye. "Oh, I doubt it. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't know half of what you do about the Akatsuki."
"What?!" Jiraiya suddenly stopped in surprise as he heard this, not sure how to take it.
Orochimaru only cackled even louder before his snake eyes gazed over Fuu then Naruto before they finally landed back to him. "Honestly, were do you think your spies get their information on the Akatsuki from? Like it or not, we have a common enemy. So it is better we work with each other for now. After all, we can always kill each other later."
Before Jiraiya could even utter another syllable the snake disappeared with his three injured gennin, leaving everyone quite confused at what just happened.
Clutching his hands tightly, Jiraiya refrained from cursing out. How could he have not known that Orochimaru had been giving him information on the Akatsuki? He had more information on them then anyone else and the information he was getting was far too accurate to be gathered by people outside the organization.
Hearing Naruto collapsed behind him, the blonde having over exerted himself, Jiraiya sighed before he lifted the blonde onto his back before motioned to everyone to get back into formation. "We're heading back to the Waterfall on the double. I rather not stick around and see who else was watching this."
No one argued as they did as they were ordered and started marching back to Fuu's village. The said village leader, however, was gazing at the unconscious blonde with more curiosity then ever.
'Really old man, what are you thinking? Are you trying to show off or something or is this something more? …Hm… Or is it that you want to show me that there is at least another like myself that I could get along with?'
On top of one of the tallest trees in the area, one individual watched the entire scene. No one could be sure what the person was thinking as his face was covered by an orange mask.
However, by his amused chuckled one could tell that he was highly amused. "So it seems the other with the Rinnegan is a vessel. Very interesting… This could play out to my favor. I just need to make sure everything goes according to plan. But first, it is nearly time for her to be captured. Best call in Pein for this one."
And just like that, the man was gone only leaving behind an orange swirl that seemed eerily similar to the mask that he had been wearing.
A/N: Sorry for the late update, I just have been having a hard time writing over the holidays. There should be some updates coming up after this on some of my other stories, but we'll see. The pairing really hasn't been determined, but I do have a clear cut goal for it but we'll see if that happens.
If there is anything you don't understand or you just want to say hi, drop me a review. Peace Out.