"Being shackled does not mean you're

freedom was taken away."

Forest Of Death (Gate 12)

Naruto sneezed into the air and wiped his nose sniffing, shivering at the thought of someone talking about him behind his back, how dare they. "I sense a disturbance in the force…and it smells nice."

"What? You mean me?"

"Of course not! It means the SUPER JUMBO PORK RAMEN is ready!"

Naruto was sitting in a small wooden shack several meters away from the large electrified fence. He took off the lid of his cup noodle and lusciously sniff in the wondrous aroma. He wasn't alone though.

"I swear, whenever you do that openly it makes me wonder if you ever do that in private." Ino Yamanaka questioned as she as well took off the lid of her own cup before picking up the chopsticks.

Naruto broke apart his chopsticks whilst grinning at her. "Would you like to know? We're in private after all."

Without facing him, she broke it apart and glanced at him with a small suggestive smile. "You cheeky dog. Unfortunately, I'm no exhibitionist, we'll save that for another time."

He laughed it off with a light chuckle and dip his chopsticks into his cup, stirring the noodles. "I promise you, you're really missing out."

"Is that so?" She shuffled to his side till their shoulders touched causing Naruto to abruptly turn his head, fully facing her by only an inch apart. "I'll be the judge of that." She slowly leaned in and Naruto closed his eyes awaiting for his lips to be pressed by her warmth.

Shiwwssswwipschiwwsssswwwwsp

Nothing

He opened his eyes and looked down at her pony tail to only realize she was eating from his cup!

"Hey!" He recoiled in shock and swiped his cup away before shoving her off of him. He quickly investigated the crime scene and gawked in horror. "Where's my pork?!"

He snapped his head at her as she innocently chew before swallowing it whole. She then stick her tongue out like a mischievous cat. "If you want to tease me, you're going have to do way better than that~!"

"Why you…" He slumped his shoulders in defeat and begrudgingly eat his porkless ramen.

The silence of nature dawn over as she sipped on her noodle, gazing at the metal gate for a moment before averting her eyes to the fellow blonde. "Say Naruto…"

"Hm?" He hummed through his food, gazing at the gate as well.

The bleached blonde put down her cup onto her lap and shifted her hands slightly. "Thanks for accepting the mission as soon as I posted it. The Medical department was quite in a hurry getting them."

He waved it off with an shrug. "Don't mention it. I was coincidentally looking for a local C-Rank mission for Tayuya."

"It wasn't a surprise for me when I edged Shikamaru to tell me about her." Ino recalled as he snickered then gave him a neutral look. "This isn't your first time converting someone, you think she'd remain loyal?"

He slurped on his noodle to give himself time to ponder. "It's more of changing her mind than a question of loyalty. But as long as I'm in her supervision, she'd be more than willing to cooperate."

Ino curtly nodded and stared back at the fence as she resumed eating. "You think she'll be alright in there?"

"She was part of The Sound Four for several reasons. I have a clone in there just in case." Tayuya never confronted him ever about being constantly monitored. Anyone would be agitated or anxious but she seemed indifferent even when he made it obvious.

"Didn't mean to pry but have she made any attempts to run away?"

He shook his head. "There were moments when she just stared at the forest when we ventured outside the walls. I may have pushed my luck several times when I left her on her own but so far, none. I hope that answered your question."

"Partly." She replied with a roll of her eyes. "...what if she did?"

Naruto put down his cup and fixed his eyes at the gate. "Then she is prepared to cut her ties and be hunted down. Aside from me, she's not bounded by anything. I'm sure she may thought of it a couple of times but it's not my place to say." He resumed eating and from the corner of his eyes, he saw a sly look. "What?"

"How'd you do it?"

She inched closer as he raised his brow. "Do what?"

She giggled inwardly, resting on her chin gazing longingly at him which didn't help his increasing confusion. "Let me give you a hypothetical scenario. Let say I was kidnapped and sold at a premium price to some bigshot. He starts doing it without consent day by day. Slowly turning me into an obedient, always loyal, always faithful, sex slave. What would you do?"

Stoned, he slurped on his remaining noodle giving her a suspicious look. "Is this some kind of a test?"

"I said it's hypothetical. Come on," She laid her elbows on his thigh looking up suggestively at him. "...what's your answer?"

He felt his blood running on certain places though understandably when she pressured his thigh, her face mere inches from him. He tried to look away but was pulled in by her captivating gaze. "I'd...uh...rescue you?"

Her lips widened in response. "Due to my trauma and the heinous acts upon me, I am unable to return to my normal life and therapy is useless. I am no longer who you knew and I'm compelled to return to my master."

Oh, something finally got through his thick skull. He should have realized it sooner. Naruto sighed inwardly and put up an alpha male visage. He grabbed her shoulders and felt her muscles tensed. He looked seriously into her and leaned down onto her ear through her bangs. "I grabbed you from behind and declare you my servant as I am your master. I'd tear your clothes off and start plundering your loose cunt. I'll pound you for days, turning your womb into the shape of my cock. I'll wipe the memories of your previous master and refuse to let you cum till you declare your rightful owner. I'll reward you with my cum, cleansing your mind with only me and my cock."

The Yamanaka was shivering underneath his touch. Her body weakened and she grabbed his shoulders for support, pressing her head against his chest as she continued to tremble. "What the heck?" Naruto baffled, feeling deep breaths through his vest and the sweat emitting off her skin. He ran his hand down her arm and felt the goosebumps as she tensed once again. His head clicked again. "Did she just-"

"You just made me came." Ino whispered huskily and he felt his heart sank, mouth agaped.

"HOW THE HECK DID I PULL THAT OFF?! THAT WAS MEANT TO BE SOME CHEESY ASS BULLSHIT OUT OF ERO-SENNIN'S BOOK AND I WAS EXPECTING HER TO HIT ME ALL TO HELL!"

"Let me return the favour, Master." She let go off him and slowly brought her head down to his tent.

"You shall do as you please." He boldly replied, whilst his mind reached mach 3. 'AS MUCH AS WANT IT, THIS IS A BAD IDEA! TAYUYA'S GOING TO BE BACK SOON!' He then felt her hands running up his tent as he sweat bullets. She then rubbed the tip in a swirling motion before pressing her cheek against the fabric, continuing rubbing his shaft in a thrusting motion.

"I can feel your hardness, Naruto-sama." She whimpered, licking the tent as her cheeks flushed in red. Naruto was wide eyed, gawking in disbelief as she quell in his Johnson. He never knew she was into this type of kink. "I shall service you at the best of my abilities."

"Please do." PLEASE DON'T

"Thank you, Naruto-sama." She slowly undid his zipper and Naruto lost all the blood on his head due to the fact that his productive organ seemingly had a mind of its own, thus, gaining control over his system. His rational, disparage.

The alarm on the gate buzzed and the automated gates opened making way for Tayuya to dash through. She stood over them, her messy hair caught in vines and leaves whilst part of her clothing covered in grimes of mud. Overall, she was a mess. She folded her arms and spark a feisty grin. "I'm back bitches! With all the things in the list crossed out!" She bellowed but her head tilt when she saw the state Naruto was in. Dishevelled and utterly motionless with his fellow blonde wiping elegantly the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief. "What in tarnation is wrong with him?"

"Don't mind him, he's simply resting." Ino pleasantly stated, putting away the cloth and brought her hands together in delight. "I assumed you've completed your task?"

"You betcha!" She placed the sack down then laid it out flat to reveal various species of plants and herbs separated in their own respective containers.

Ino kneeled down and inspect the contents cross-referencing with the list before giving an approving nod. "All accounted for and you retrieved almost twice as much than we requested. This will last us for months!"

Tayuya pointed her thumb up flashing a grin. "Put those points into my reputation bar and I'll unlocked more missions!"

"Shit…" A groan they heard as look to the waking blonde, pressing his temples. "What the heck happened?" He sat up, eyes squinted from the rays of the Sun. "Why do I feel so uplifted yet, grounded in a grave?" He realized the wrongs in his uniform, crumpled and dishevelled. "…and messy?"

Ino smiled softly and turned to him. "You were training rigorously and decided to spar against your sennin-mode clone. Afterwards, your Rasengans collided and it blew you away head first against a tree, knocking you out. I healed your wounds as soon as I could."

The spiky haired longingly gave her a dazed look, seemingly accepted her answer before nodding. "That does happen a lot whenever I feel pent up. Thanks for taking care of me."

She returned her sweet smile. "Don't mention it. It's what I do best."

Naruto cleaned himself up as evryone settled down. Hheld up a cup of steaming ramen in front Tayuya and she blew into a grin. "Is that for me?!"

"Warm and ready."

She jumped towards him and was about to swipe it right off his hand until her face met his palm, her ramen at twice an arms length. "Shithead! What gives?!" She cried out, reaching out frantically for her reward.

He simply waved out his index finger. "Not until you at least wash your hands. What happened? Did you dive in a pit of mud or something?"

"A fucking giant hog slammed me like a freight train and drag my body around like a fucking ragdoll. I pummeled that piece of shit to death! Wished I could have skin the smelly fuck alive and roast his limbs right in front of him." She palmed her knuckles, letting out an insane giggle as her background turned into bloodbath and Naruto sweat-dropped.

"So it was a cakewalk to you, huh." Naruto mused, remembering the kinds of nightmarish creatures that lurks within and how the forest itself messes with the mind if one were to roam around for too long. He wandered how she stayed sane being how she went solo.

"Like gutting someone in his sleep."

Maybe that answered his question.

Ino sealed the contents into a scroll before stashing it away into her pouch. "The job is done." She then hand over a blue trimmed scroll to Naruto whom was pumping a pipe for Tayuya washing her hands. "Here's the acknowledgment that the mission has been completed and the recipient to be awarded plus bonuses."

"Thanks." Naruto, Tayuya's supervisor, accepted it and put it into his pouch as the redhead rushed to her food in the shack leaving the two alone. He turned to Ino and noticed she seemed a bit spaced out. "Ino-chan, you're okay?"

Ino glanced at him from the corner of her eyes and simply smiled. "I'm good but we should finish our food before it gets cold."

"Oh yeah." He promptly turned around to join Tayuya as Ino stood by herself. 'Huh…I thought I finished it…'

Once he was out of earshot, she sighed wistfully and followed suit.

Konoha's Wet Market (One Hour Later)

"What the hell ojii-san? Why are they suddenly cost twice as much?" Naruto exclaimed at the Fishmonger who then try to calm him down.

"Sorry lad, my supplier refused sell me the usual quantity and I've tried to get another contact, but they all said the same thing." The elderly man stated, gesturing at his formerly packed stock reduced by half with a hefty price tag on its side. "It's been getting harder and harder to stock up during the past few weeks and you'd be lucky to find someone who's willing to sell at a reasonable price." He gestured at the stalls around him, customers complaining at their usual Fishmonger and apprehensive buyers trying to negotiate with the price.

Naruto dejected his shoulders and whined. "Come on, Ojii-san. I've been your loyal customer for over a year now, cut me some slack why won't cha."

He grunted in annoyance. "I understand you saved the village and whatnot but even I have to refuse my ten-year customer. I have to feed my family somehow as well, you know."

"Maybe you just suck at haggling and pandering…" Tayuya snarkily commented over the blonde's shoulder causing the man to frown.

"Wha-? Who the heck do you think you are, little lady." He folded his exposed arms and tilted up his chin at the redhead.

"Hm." Tayuya flipped her bangs off her face and stepped in front of Naruto to boldly faced the old man behind the counter. "It doesn't matter who I am. What's important is that you're gonna faze out by the end of the month if you don't start selling."

"I HAVE sold a DOZENS! DOZENS!" Shouted the Fishmonger before his face downcast in disappointment. "Though I haven't hit half of my sales target for a while…"

"EXACTLY!" She pointed at his chubby nose. "The reason your business is till running by a half-wit like you because THE Naruto, I mean THE NARUTO buys from you and that's when milfs and cunts start swarming your stall! Isn't that right?!"

He glanced away, tapping fingers at the counter. "UmmUhhh…"

She palmed her fist, startling him. "Straighten up that upper lip you old geezer! So what its gonna be?! You're gonna cut that price in half or I'll do it myself?!" A demonic aura engulfed the redhead as the man whimpered and fell to his knees.

"W-what are you s-saying?!"

"You know what I fucking mean…"

"NA-NARUTO-SAN HELP ME!" He frantically looked around for the blond only to find his back facing him whilst talking to a competitor's stall. A crimson aura loomed over as his expression doomed in a crack of a knuckle.

Later (Streets)

"You're very persuasive, Tay-chan." Naruto complimented dryly to his companion whom cheekily smirked in response. Their bags rewarded by a compliment of various sea critters such as a five kilo tuna and a collection of prawns.

"Heh! You think so? I should to this more often."

"Please don't." He flatly stated. "I'd rather not deal with that kind of trouble. I think I should stop being around you, then again, you'd get into more trouble without my supervision, thus, getting my privileges revoked. Sigh. And everything will go full circle."

Tayuya sweatdropped at the depressed blonde. "You could've put it more bluntly."

As the both of them make their way back, Tayuya noticed an elderly pair watching them with keen eyes coming from their direction. As they got close, Naruto stopped and lightly bowed to them then gave some space to walk past him through the crowded street. They nodded their heads as they passed but their eyes were intent especially at her. The pair continued walking and Tayuya scowled at their backs.

"What the hell's their problem?" She exclaimed as they began walking home.

"They're the elders of the Konoha Council, otherwise known as Homura and Koharu." Naruto calmly stated as she looked over her shoulder.

"Those two beanbags don't look like they can hold a gram. Why were they staring at me?"

"You're like Konan in their eyes, someone who shouldn't ever set foot in this village."

She gave him a skeptical look, indulging on that matter. "What kind of trouble did those dinosaurs gave you?"

He scratched the back of his head looking sheepish. "It's suppose to be the other way around but it took a lot of convincing with baa-chan to have her on my side. I was prepared to stand on my own against the Council but at the end of the day, she took all the flak for me in order to protect a person she hardly knew who might as well be her enemy."

Tayuya snorted. "I could imagine the nightmare, it's like eating a cake baked in raisins."

"Eww, hard to imagine that. Which reminds me, during your stay in the hospital did they in anyway, interrogated you?"

She folded her arms looking at the sky in a contemplative manner. "Let's see, my memory's a bit fuzzy but I believed there were a couple of guys and a women…I think. One guy had a couple of scars across his face and the other had long blonde hair."

Naruto nodded, knowing the specialists right for the job. "Ibiki Morino and Inoichi Yamanaka. They standing right next to your bed the moment you woke up, didn't they?"

She clicked her tongue in disgust. "I'd rip them apart if I could move."

"Shackled, huh? They really came prepared. What sort of questions did they tell you?"

She frowned then kicked a pebble off the road and stomped her foot. "That's what I'm so pissed off about. I couldn't remember a single thing aside from their faces. They must have mindfucked me or something!"

There was a limit on how far the mind can be read before it became obscured to the viewer. So, Procedure 1-10 Montauk was introduced. First step would be introducing the individual with several answers and at the end of the session, their memories of the interrogation would be intricately wiped. They wait for a day giving a moment for the mind to recover then proceed with the process once again and compare the answers previously given. They used different techniques and questions at each session to produce different results, based on the state of the individual and their understanding. They reform the procedure repeatedly following the same steps whilst keeping the mind intact and seemingly untouched until proven with satisfactory results. Naruto mentioned this to her, he thought she at least had the right to know.

Tayuya was speechless, her heart felt heavy and her mind in complete shambles as if a locomotive ran her across a railway. How could they do her? What did they do to her? What kinds of things they done to her? She wouldn't know. They tore her right, her very own memory, out of her mind.

Naruto knew she would react this way. He dropped his bag and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder which she harshly slapped away. People around them were staring and Naruto promptly grabbed her wrist as they disappear into a secluded alley. She shakily pulled her hand back and wrapped her arms around herself before leaning against the wall into a fetal position.

She was at a loss. Her skin crawled at the unknown that was done to her mind, and possibly her body. Naruto could only look down to her in pity as she tremble uncontrollably, whispering unintelligible words to herself with her face masked in horror. "I should've known, I probably deserve it, didn't I? For the things I did, right? I shouldn't have lived at all. I shouldn't have woken up. You should've left me there to burn."

Naruto sat down beside her sighing, running his fingers through his hair and stared at the wall. "When the old man died, I was very angry. I thought of killing the people who took part in it. I think of it over and over and wasted no time training until I killed someone, a simple thief who robs from the innocent. Tracked him down and murdered him in his own home. I should've realized it sooner but I got the reward nonetheless. I returned to his house a week later, I didn't know exactly why…maybe because it was the first life I ever took and it was weighing down on me." He then took in a long deep breath and lightly hit the back of his head against the wall. "Say, have you ever smell something so putrid that it turns your stomach inside out? I found his wife hanged and their kid rotting in a bed of maggots. I should've known. A hero? I laughed to myself whenever someone calls me that." His chuckle was hollow.

Tayuya stopped shaking a long time ago and heard everything. "You...considered yourself to be a monster then?" Whispered the redhead, her voice no longer whimper.

He subtly shrugged. "Committing monstrous acts then justifying them doesn't make you less of a one. You can brush away the guilt but you can never rid of it. I just do my job and save the philosophizing for the shrink."

She glanced at him momentarily and saw the disdain in his eyes. She faced away snorting and Naruto raised his brow. "It's not like you to hold yourself back on me. If you have something to say, spit it."

He looked at her from the corner of his eyes. "You won't like it."

She gritted her teeth before glowering at him. "Just let it all out now so I won't have to suffer for it later."

What she saw was his gaze shadowed in melancholy for a moment before boring his eyes at her own. "Procedure 1-10 Montauk is meant to abstain from physical torture. It is mainly used on individuals known to be unwilling and defiant. Learning through understanding. Mistakes forgotten but only known to the learner. Repetitive yet, effective."

"Get to the point." She snapped, disgruntled at his approach.

He breathed in, gazing low. "I created it."

"What?" She sputtered.

"You heard it right." He affirmed, glancing blankly at her distressed expression.

She felt her blood ran cold, confused, jumbled, unsettled at the truth. She could only stare at the ground hugging her knees. She felt betrayed, lost and unsure. She was unable to feel his usual warmth due to the cold reality succumbing her mind. She wanted to pull herself together, face the cruel world of how she did before. Did she became soft? Moisturizing her dry tongue, she collected all her courage to allow herself to speak.

"Tell me..." She muttered. "...were you present?"

He shook his head, though a bit surprised she did not blow up at him. "Unfortunately, no..." There was a tinge of guilt in his voice. Even if it was his idea, there were things that exclude his authority. "but..." He paused with a lifted voice. "...someone I trust was there. She even led the supervision on it to prevent things from going off the rails."

"Who?"

"The Hokage's personal assistant, Shizune." He affirmed as her ears perked at the name. "You mentioned there was a woman present. That's her."

"Shizune?" She remember seeing a black-haired woman around the Hokage when they were summoned into the office as well as her during her commemoration. She never official talked to her or felt compelled to, only seeing her in the background.

"If you want all the nitty gritty details, you can ask her. She may help you, just say it in my name. Though, the topic may remain confidential." He finally sighed but felt a little bad that he had to push part of the blame. If he considered it.

Tayuya rest her back against the wall and stared at the sky. "If you think I'd forgive you, you're shit out of luck. But I understand what had to be done. We're Shinobis, after all. Shit's unavoidable." She mirrored his wistful sigh and he felt his shoulders feeling a little lighter. "It was weird to me when I wondered why I wasn't interrogated and chained up in front of a one way mirror." She trailed off with a hollow snicker.

Naruto snickered in return. "If I asked for forgiveness to all the people I've doomed, I'd be a mile-in in a grave." With his mind partially cleared, he sniffed and caught the scent of their recent purchase. Standing up, "Come on, let's go home, before the maggots spawn." He said, giving out his hand.

She took it without hesitation and she was back on her feet. "Just to be clear, I'm in no place to have anything against you. It's just my trust got rattled and I fuckin hate you for it."

"I can live with that." He replied acceptingly, pulling her along. "There are still people who'd rather throw you to the wolves. I know very well you can take care yourself but don't go running off into the night over a grudge." Like someone he knew. "Especially, the elders."

"That figures. Well whatever, I'm used to contempt. If they're gonna look at me like that all the time then I should print out a couple pictures of myself."

Naruto raised his brow and smiled expectantly at her. "So you can pin them in their coffins? Facing straight down?"

She jabbed his side and laughed. "HAHAHA! Exactly what I thought!"

Hokage's Office

"What is the meaning of this, Lady-Hokage?" Homura of the Konoha Council asked gravely to the village leader in her office. "Why were we no informed of a former Oto-nin within our forces?"

Koharu stood beside him, nodding curtly underneath her wrinkled chin. "You set it up while we were on a diplomatic mission? That's absurd but not comparatively worse as letting the very person who took part on the death of the Third."

Tsunade whom was facing the window, rolled her eyes as she spun around in her chair and faced the village elders. "I take it you disapproved of my decision, that's understandable. However, if you were to request for her immediate disbarment, I refused."

They narrowed their wrinkled eyes at her and Homura lowered his chin to combat her stoic expression. "She may pose a problem for us in the future, as such her current rash behavior towards the villagers."

Rumors and reports were circulating through whispers and gossips around the village community of the animosity displayed towards her and thereof. Tsunade was having none of that. "Making a scapegoat out of someone to vent their own misery, as is tradition." She stood up from her chair to reinstate her authority over them. "And yet, this citizen have contributed a fair amount of her services to the orphanages, hospitals, shelters etc. To which they have voiced their genuine gratitude." She took out a handful of letters and displayed it on her table, all addressed by their respective establishments.

Koharu refrained from sneering as she only took a glance at the words of appraisal. "That's because the presence of Naruto made an influence over their opinions in that matter. Our foundation is founded by trust and she has not earned it."

The Hokage leaned onto her table. "My trust in her was as much as non-existent to a common bandit. By your definition, Naruto certainly have a positive influence over her. That I can attest to."

Homura grunted as he collected himself after reading one of the letters. "I have no objection to his rather confounded methods and I have not forgotten his significant contributions, considering a former Akatsuki continues to live amongst us. In spite all that, we remain sceptical of his judgments, especially yours."

Her stoic expression remained unbroken as Koharu decide to chime in. "You may be the face of this village but it is our responsibility to advice and question you to ensure the harmony of the status quo."

"While I welcome all your humble opinions," Tsunade folded her arms and they felt her cold gaze growing in shivering intensity, reminding them of the eyes of the Second. "...Two years may have passed but I have not forgotten of the decision that could have ended catastrophically to the future of our generation, as well as the downfall of my trust in the both of you."

"What are you implying?"

"Electing Danzou Shimura as Hokage? A widely known authoritarian and war advocate planning for an immediate conscription of young and old men and women before even considering the recovery of the structure. No, he sought to reform it. Mold it in his hands by using their desperation as one of his many tools. To think it was you two who conspired to commemorate him in my absence, leaving a bad taste in my mouth to which I continue to choke in every time you walk into my office." The office turned silent as a graveyard and the atmosphere, suffocating. "On my orders, I could have my shadows cut you down this very instant and have a double ready to replace." They stiffened, a bead of sweat trailing down their foreheads as their senses felt the killing intent hidden amongst the shadows. "But that's what he would do. I'm better than that. We are better than that. The both of you can continue to live out your lives as my advisors and abide by it. For I too acknowledge your deeds, no matter how elusive they may be." They felt the menace in the air beginning to disperse and their shoulders lighter but they wouldn't hold their breath to it. "Now leave me be, I have pressing matters to attend to."

Shizune whom was in the background during the meeting, opened the door and gestured them off. They bowed and left in silence with grim expressions as the doors closed behind them. The short-haired raven turned around to face the exhausted buxom beauty. "That went surprisingly well, you really showed it to them."

She fell into her seat, leaning against her cheek with an exasperated sigh. "I'd get wrinkles if I keep it in for too long, glad I put them in their place."

Shizune stood in front of her desk and nodded. "Certainly, but I doubt they'll halt their little conspiracy just because you gave them a good tongue-lashing."

"They already know they're in a middle of a minefield, it's up to them to make the right decision. But I won't worry too much about it, I have an extra ear on them. If anything comes up, I'll be the first to know."

"That's reassuring." She held up her clipboard and hand over the aforementioned matters. "This just came in this morning by a messenger from a fishing village called Yureru." Tsunade read the detailed document of the request and curb her brow. "To keep it brief, the abundance of the local sealife had a noticeble sharp decrease for a few weeks and seemingly dissapeared entirely as of last week. They figured it was due to overfishing but other coastal villages had reported the same thing happening to them as well."

"This may lead to famine."

"Exactly. They had to reduce the amount they are willing to trade in order to keep themselves fed and there seemed to be a price hike here as well." She stated intently and handed another document. "Get this, they measured their coast and it dropped by three meters."

Tsunade was appalled by the claim as she read them over, growing increasingly worried by what might have occured at their own borders. Ships stranded on beaches to fishes abandoning their natural habitat. She then rolled out a map of The Land Of Fire extending outwards of the nearby villages and landed her finger at the village Yureu, located at the south-east of the country as well as the neighbour of the former Uzushiogakure, otherwise located and known as The Land Of Whirpools.

Her heart made a steep plunge as she narrowed her eyes at the island seperated only by a narrow sea. "This is quite a mystery indeed, and we know the most obvious person who will take an interest in this."

They nodded firmly to each other as they began preparation for the deployment of a specialized team.

Hey everyone, thanks for reading and I apologize for the late update. I had to put in more thought than usual and I hope you're looking forward for the next chapter. See ya!