Hi~nee. Welcome back guys to the ninth chapter of The Moonlit Third Eye. I've not had any correct replies for the quotation I passed out last chapter so I'm not going to post the answer or the new quotation until someone does get it right. I'm glad to say that story is making its way on more and more favorite story lists. Please keep it up guys. Thanks.
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The five other kages stared in astonishment at the destruction they were seeing in front of them.
Broken rocks, dust, burnt trees, charred ashes on the ground, four dead bodies lying in different directions.
Kimiko cleared her throat, "I believe I owe all you others an explanation, as you all must have noticed we were all captured in a very large scale and powerful genjutsu which resulted in us actually not moving an inch from the palace. Fortunately I was tipped of about this from a very reliable source and managed to undo it from at least my surroundings" said Kimiko.
"But who are all these people?" asked Tsunade.
"I believe that these people were sent by Sasuke Uchiha to keep us from leaving the land of Iron" said Kimiko.
"To keep us from leaving? But why would that brat want to do that?" asked Onoki.
"It's most probably involving all the powerful jutsu's we posses; He wants all of us huddled in one place. I learnt a very interesting fact from one of these people, Sasuke Uchiha is after my Tsukigan, I believe he is after all the bodies of us Six Kages" said Kimiko.
"But why would he want us?" asked Mei.
" Well firstly with us in his control he has practically the whole of the ninja nation under his control, secondly with us becoming his bodyguards no power from anywhere would be sufficient to rebel against him, thirdly because of any unique feature we posses, like my Tsukigan, Hokage-Sama's healing technique, and the rest of your mixed element techniques" said Kimiko.
"How dare he? Does he think we are some sort of toys he can collect?" yelled A.
"Well good thing we've shown him that he can't bully us with his weak attacks" said Onoki.
" No, the attacks on us are a great source of worry, I for one believe that Sasuke Uchiha does not mean these people he sends after us to succeed, I believe that while we battle, there is someone here who always spies on us and reports our main powers, weaknesses, strengths to him" said Kimiko, her voice shaking with anger.
After a moment of pondering Deidara remembered, "Oh yeah! Her sister's one of those who get used, no wonder she feels furious"
"So if we take what you said now is true, he is trying to root out our weaknesses so that he can attack us taking advantage of that later?" asked Gaara.
"Yes, that is what I think, however there is one simple way of stopping this" said Kimiko.
"Of course, we have to root out that little snitch who's spying on us" said Onoki.
"Correct, now lot of protection has been put on the palace, penetrating it alone and secretly would result in capture, so I think the spy is someone who works inside the palace" said Kimiko.
"You mean Mifune-San or one of his workers?' asked Tsunade.
"I don't think its Mifune-San, but yes it could be one of his workers" said Kimiko.
" Well then what are we waiting for? Let's go root out that spy right now" said A walking back towards the palace.
When they had explained everything to Mifune he had been very swift.
"Assemble all the samurai guards and all the palace workers or anyone who stays at the palace on a daily basis" said Mifune.
"How are we going to interrogate them?" asked Mei.
"We shall first give them a chance to own up" said A.
"Then if that doesn't work, I know the perfect technique to penetrate the mind, it was taught to me by the Leader of Akatsuki" said Kimiko ignoring the look Onoki gave her.
"Very well, as long as it's not too brutal or something, we don't want innocent people to get hurt" said Tsunade.
"And if none of that works we've always got that guy Chikara, he might know someone" said Mei.
"True," said Onoki as all the palace workers trudged in looking scared and nervous.
"We have discovered that amongst you all there lies a spy, someone who takes reports of our battles against various missing-ninjas sent by Sasuke Uchiha and reports it to him, we give you this chance to own up, I promise that if you own up your punishment shall be reduced, however if you are caught red-handed it might not be so painless" said Mifune as everyone began shaking.
"Please utilize this chance, we do not wish to hurt anyone" said Tsunade.
"Own up now, and we will show you lenience" said Mei.
When no one spoke up A sighed and said, "Very well, Tsukikage-Sama, do you want to interrogate them privately or here itself?" he asked.
"Here will do but I need all the lights dimmed" said Kimiko, "Shinsei no Tsukigan"
Everyone gasped as the new Tsukigan revealed itself.
Some of the female servants began to weep.
There were thirty workers and ten guards in all.
Kimiko went over to the first guard who despite all of this was standing stolidly.
Kimiko asked him to sit down on a chair opposite her.
" Now I want you to look into my eyes and speak, let me warn you I know whether you are looking at me or not and I will not hesitate to impale you if you don't, you won't have any trouble looking at me because Shinsei no Tsukigan glows in the dark, now look at me" ordered Kimiko.
"Now answer me, "said Kimiko doing some hand signs in the dark and forming a chakra bind between her and the guard.
"Do you know Sasuke Uchiha?"
"No"
"Have you been formulating plans with him?"
"No"
"What have you been trained in?"
"Kenjutsu, sealing Jutsu's, guard duty"
"Do you know what will happen to you if you lie to me?"
"Yes"
"Are you a spy for Sasuke Uchiha?'
"No"
"Very well, please turn on the lights"
When the lights went on Kimiko walked up to the man.
"Stick out your tongue" she ordered which he obeyed.
But to everyone surprise the tongue went longer and longer.
Kimiko carefully looked at the tongue for a minute and then called, "He speaks the truth, call on the next one"
Like this Kimiko interrogated all of them for two hours.
"Whew so which of them do you think was lieing?'Asked Deidara.
"Out of these forty, six of them lied to all the answers I asked, 12 of them lied thrice and 20 of them lied once, now whether these lies are actually lies or honest mistakes is something I don't know" said Kimiko.
"So our guess will be on one of the top six won't it?" asked Onoki.
"Yep, to confirm that I think we'll need the assistance of Chikara-San" said Kimiko.
In five minutes the sullen faced, young man was brought in by Kakashi and Akatsuchi.
"Chikara-San we require your assistance in identifying one of these six as a spy for Sasuke Uchiha" said Kimiko.
"And please don't bother lieing because we have our means of finding the truth out of people" said Mei.
Chikara stared at the six who were before him.
Three were maids, one was a cook and the remaining two were simple hall porters.
Chikara stared at them for a long time. Finally Onoki got impatient and asked, "Well young man? Can you identify them or not?'
Chikara said, "This woman and that man" pointing towards one of the maids and the cook.
"He's lieing, I'm not a spy, I'm really not a spy" cried the woman.
The cook gave her a disgusted look, " Hey Bitch, skip it, it's over, we're done for" and saying so he took out a kunai and almost cut his neck of when Kimiko used her own kunai to knock it out of his hand.
Immediately, Kurotsuchi, Shikaku, C, Ichijo, Temari and Ao surrounded him while Akatsuchi, Kakashi, Darui, Deidara, Kankurou and Chojuro surrounded the woman.
They were marched to the special interrogation room.
"Now speak, since when have you been working for Sasuke Uchiha?"Asked Kimiko pointing a poison dripped kunai at them.
"I'm not telling" said the man.
"Five years" blurted the woman.
"Why are you spying for him?" asked Tsunade.
"I'm not telling" said the man again.
"He promised us lots and lots of gold" said the woman.
"What reports do you hand over to him?" asked Gaara.
"I'm not telling"
"Reports about the fights we see you doing, all your statistics and weaknesses"
"For god sakes woman will you keep your mouth shut?" yelled the man as Onoki pressed a seal to his mouth.
"Why does he want to know our statistics?" asked A.
"I really don't know, please believe me sir" said the woman shaking.
"How many other people are involved in this plan?" asked Mei.
"A number of people, some important officials from all the villages, some noticeable missing-ninjas from random places, any powerful warrior in which they have interest in" said the woman.
"I see do you know what he is planning?' asked Kimiko.
"No I don't he doesn't discuss his plans with anybody, in fact he doesn't even disclose anything but orders"
"Do you know where he's hiding?' asked Mifune.
"I don't know the exact location but it's an underground cavern somewhere between Land of Sea and the Land of Rice Fields" said the woman.
"Very well, Ao, will you please take down the names of all the members she can name in this ring?" asked Mei.
"Kakashi, meanwhile you try to interrogate the other guy over there, it's possible he may know something she doesn't" ordered Tsunade.
In a dark underground cavern Sasuke sat with his teeth gritted as Karin shuffled nervously beside him and Suigetsu looked the other way.
"So Jigochu is dead?" asked Karin.
" Yes, his female companions have been burnt and his male companions are nowhere to be found, on top of that our ties inside the palace have stopped sending reports, there is a possibility they are in the danger of being caught" said Sensou.
"Probably that idiot Jigochu let slip about something, I knew anyone brought by Karin could not be trusted.
"Shut the hell up Suigetsu, those idiots you brought along to help him weren't any good either" cried Karin.
" Both of you shut up right now, Sensou, begin the plans for the five Daimyo's right now, make sure they are in our clutches by next week, take Miko along with you, I don't want a failure again" said Sasuke.
"Whatever you wish" said Sensou moving out.
"Do you really think this will work? Won't it be better to just attack them with our troops all together while they're unprotected?' asked Suigetsu.
" That would be foolish, even if we succeed, the five great ninja nations won't stick around and sit there, they'll unite and declare war on us and then where would we be?" asked Karin.
"But what's the guarantee of this plan succeeding?' asked Suigetsu.
"This plan will succeed, because I am going to carry it out myself" said Sasuke getting up.
"Oh but Sasuke, why? You have us at your beck and call, you don't need to descend the battle yourself" said Karin.
"Karin, come with me to my room, I wish to formulate some plans which only you should know, Suigetsu, drop by after an hour for your private assignments" said Sasuke as Karin jumped for joy at the thought of being alone with Sasuke in his room.
"Formulate plans yeah right, I know he just wants to fuck her, and she couldn't be more willing, little slut" thought Suigetsu.
Then his voice acquired a more serious tone.
"Kimiko Tsukiga, I can never forgive her for destroying my sword but, I don't know why I'm getting a strange feeling of respect for her" thought Suigetsu.
"Always respect your opponents unless they prove otherwise" his old teacher had once said to him.
"Am I supposed to respect her? Well one thing she deserves credit for is getting Sasuke into such a state and blowing away Karin's weak 'subordinates' every time she sends them" thought Suigetsu grinning.
"I guess I should go and try to hook up with one of the chicks, I've got an hour anyways" he thought getting up.
In an inn near the Land of Iron sat Naruto, Sakura, Sai and Yamato.
"They didn't even give me a second thought, not even Tsunade baa-Chan or Gaara, the only one who even understood slightly was Kimiko" said Naruto telling what had happened to his newly arrived teammates.
"That's just what we knew would happen, that's why we told you to not go there" said Sakura.
"Poor dickless can't go to sleep without thinking about Sasuke can he?' said Sai in a surprisingly malicious tone.
"What is with you, you bastard, all this time you've been getting better and becoming a nice guy when all of a sudden you become a spiteful snake" cried Naruto.
"Sai, we're your teammates, if there's something wrong then you can always share it with us" said Yamato.
"I don't seem to be much of a teammate for you all" said Sai.
"What is your problem? If you don't tell us we can never help you" said Sakura.
" Oh nothing, I'm sure in a few months Naruto will get Sasuke back and you all can welcome him happily back in your team with open arms and just kick me out, and Tsunade-Sama will not hesitate because she distrusts me, so I'm just a mere replacement for Sasuke Uchiha right? No reason to bother your heads about" said Sai.
"I don't believe this you ungrateful beast, we've been trying our best to bear you and..." Naruto was cut of when Sai got up.
"Exactly what I'm saying Naruto, why do you have to try so hard? I've heard Sasuke was as much as introvert as I was. And I always look out for you all, on top of that Sasuke has knowingly betrayed you all, and yet I still rate second to him, well anyways, I'm going back to Konoha, do let me know when dear Sasuke makes his grand return, if he doesn't kill you first" said Sai walking out of the room.
"Sai, wait" cried Sakura trying to stop him but it was too late.
"Let him go Sakura, he's very frustrated" said Yamato.
"Can you believe that guy?" yelled Naruto.
" What I can't believe is that Sai is feeling jealous, I mean come on, it's like Hinata becoming a flirt or like Neji becoming humble" said Sakura.
" I wouldn't blame him, you two and myself and maybe Kakashi are the ones he considers as his closest friends because we made him open up from his little world, now that you're trying to hard to get Sasuke back Sai feels threatened, he feels after Sasuke returns you'll have no time left for him" said Yamato.
"That'll never happen" said Sakura but inwardly she wasn't so sure.
"Would I forget Sai when Sasuke came back? No, I couldn't I wouldn't" thought Sakura.
"Well that's no reason for him to sulk" complained Naruto.
" Anyways, Naruto, don't stress on all that right now, think about what you're going to do about the kages, protection has been redoubled around the palace so you can't bust in again like you did last time" said Yamato.
"Oh don't worry about that. I've got a perfect plan to get past all that" said Naruto grinning and showing thumbs up.
"Why am I not convinced?" Thought Sakura.
Well that's all for now guys. See you next time. Do try to answer the quote. You are trying aren't you? Please review. Bye~nee!