(Ishi no Kuni) (7 Days Later)
Lord Daimyo of stone was discussing the trade with his advisers when one of his servants came running
There was a scowl on everyone's face at that time
"HOW DARE YOU DISRUPTING THE MEETING OF LORD DAIMYO", yelled one of the advisors
"Lo-Lord Dai-Daimyo, we have an Emergency"
"What is it?", ask Lord Daimyo
"Sir, Today there is this note sayi-"
"Give it to me", interrupted Lord Daimyo
He looked at the note saying
--Konohagakure has Declared War Against Kumogakure, Tsuchikage joined the hands with Kumo against Konohagakure no Sato, Mess with us and we'll do something worse than kill you, Keep your eyes open, Keep your ears pricked. Keep looking behind you. Because one day I'll find you, and then you'll be crow food.
Try to Kill our Children, And Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there's nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in the Third Shinobi War.
--Ryo of Konoha, General of Konohagakure, Shinobi no Kami
"What do you think?", asked Daimyo, He is not really afraid of this threat letter, he nearly receives it on a daily basis, How can he be a Daimyo if he can't even handle merely a threat
"Sir...from what I have heard, he is on the same level as that of Iwa's General Aashui Haru, some say that he is even stronger", said One of the Advisor
"Yes, even I heard of him...Ryo of Konoha, He is quite famous among villages, they say that his talents are godly and never seen before"
"Very Well, Prepare for Moving; we shall move to Iwagakure, He shall not be able to fight the entire village all by himself"
"YES"
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When the servant who gave the threat letter to Daimyo returns to his quarters, he fell unconscious as a man appeared behind him, apparently, the servant has been in Genjutsu this entire time
"Sorry", was the last thing he muttered before neatly killing the servant with his hidden blade
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(2 weeks later)
A carriage was standing on the main gate of Iwa village with a bunch of samurais, for the protection
Suddenly, one of the samurais probably their leader stepped forward, "What's the meaning of it, Your village daimyo himself came here, and instead of calling your Tsuchikage, you are daring to stop us."
The Station Iwa nin: "Sir, please try to understand, Iwa has declared war on Konohagakure, siding alongside Kumogakre...In a case like this, there is a huge chance, that one of the Konoha assassins will try to do something"
Another Samurai guard came forward: "Are you saying that we are one of the Tree Huggers, are you insulting us?
"Sir, It's not like this, I am just following my orders", now the guard is little intimated
Samurai Leader: "But-"
He was interrupted by yet another guard, "Sir, I am sorry to interrupt but I think they are right, besides it's their duty to protect Tsuchikage and elders, alongside their civilians, and I also think we will be much safer after knowing there is no assassin in the village, using Henge no Jutsu"
Village guard: "Exactly, please follow the procedure and we will be done in no time at all"
Samurai Leader: "You-"
"Leave it, I agree with the point that we will be much safer with no assassination attempt", came the voice inside the carriage clearly of Lord Daimyo
"Yes, Lord Daimyo"
And soon they were done; after confirming nothing is wrong with either of them, they also note their chakra for their sensors, until unless they are inside the village all of them will be in constant watch by their sensors.
Soon, they move inside the village they did not go much far when Tsuchikage with various elders came to greet him
The Daimyō slowly stepped out of the carriage he rode in.
Tsuchikage: "Lord Daimyo, please forgive my intrusion"
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"So you are saying this letter is sent to you, by Ryo of Konoha and that's why you have moved here for protection?", asked Lord Tsuchikage
"Yes, I just hope that this village can protect me", said Lord Daimyo
"Worry not, Lord Daimyo I assure you, you will be absolutely safe here"
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(At unknown Location)
One of the samurais was smiling as he was looking at his arms he made a single hand sign and visual sealing lost its effect revealing two seals put up in his arms (one to manage chakra) (other is the storage seal)
He took out sealing the paper and a brush
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A Bunch of Chunin were patrolling the area and eventually, they reached a relatively abandoned area...
Suddenly the area is covered in pitch black darkness.
Assassin arts: hidden night...is the name of this technique, in the right hand at the right place and at the right time, this thing is lethal, this genjutsu was created by Ryo, and he becomes the technique's only user, of course with Shshui and Itachi being his disciples, they learned it as well
When the darkness ascended from the surroundings, and there is light in the surrounding again
One injured Iwa Chunin looked afraid, the only thing that is visible to him near surrounding were dead bodies of the patrol squad chunins
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In a room, the sensors were watching and sensing everyone's chakra, when they suddenly lost the chakra of the squad patrolling the village, they were in a frenzy and flustered state but still didn't lose their cool, and they send the ANBU to immediately inform Lord Tsuchikage
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The Old man was fuming when he heard, that his team of patroling chunin was gone, when suddenly an Injured Chunin appeared before him, asking for help
Tsuchikage eyes widened seeing one of the patrolling squad, "How the hell, did you reach here?"
"Sir?", the injured Chunin was confused
"The sensors are monitoring everything, how the hell did you reach here without alerting our sensors?", at that Tsuchikage eyes widened "No...the right question is, how the hell did you survive"
"I-I", the Injured Chunin wanted to retort to that but there is nothing to retort to that, that's right how the hell did he survive
"RUN", Immediately yelled Tsuchikage once he saw the stunned state of his chunin
As soon as he yelled, the injured Chunin head was blown and there was a poison gas in the entire Tsuchikage office.
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(Meanwhile)
A lady was playing with her daughter in front of Kage tower when she saw Lord Tsuchikage and bunch of ANBU guards immediately appeared out of nowhere, she seemed to be afraid as she took her daughter's hand and ran out of there
As soon she reached out of their sight...with a poof!! of smoke the daughter disappeared and mother turned into Ryo...
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The Sensors that were monitoring the situation, couldn't sense that a shadow appeared behind them
Tiger → Boar → Ram
"Sanzengarasu no Jutsu" (Scattering Crow Swarm Technique)
As soon as they heard the voice, they react with un-natural reaction only for all to be put inside Illusion
The flock of Crows appeared in an instant, with each crow cloning itself faster and faster, the crows kill, eat the flesh of the living human, this Jutsu is pure torture
"It's a Genjutsu, GET OUT NOW", yelled One of the sensors
"Kai...Kai...Kai"
Nothing Happened
This is no Genjutsu, this is fuinjutsu, this is illusion...there is no breaking out of it until unless the chakra of the user is feeding the illusion, the illusion is impossible to break even for Sharingan and Byakugan users...and the only user of this Jutsu, Ryo of Konoha, well, he has an enormous amount of limitless chakra
And soon all 13 sensors of Iwagakure lost their lives, without making a single noise
Sensors are necessary for any village survival, without a Sensor The village is just basically asking for its death, In presence of a sensor any use of chakra will have every guard on full alert, and that's not an exaggeration, those sensors will react quickly to any techniques used. Hell, even using the tree climbing exercise might bring them running.
It was just their bad luck the one they were facing was Ryo of Konoha, whose talents are being bestowed by heavens itself, there is nothing he can't do, there is nothing he doesn't excel at; heck even if Hokage came here, he still won't be able to hide this well
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The entire Village has been alerted by now, Tsuchikage and his family alongside Aashui clan, the royal family of Iwa and the elders all moved towards the safe house
'Haru Aashui' the mighty General of Iwagakure, patrols the village, on his watch, he even assigned every single Iwa shinobi to their designated post
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(1:45 AM) (Somewhere in Iwagakure)
There was a clear night sky over Iwa, the stars twinkling brightly, the crescent moon smiling down at the earth, and the cool breeze drifting through the air. However, on this strand of air, came the scent of foreboding, as a dark figure could be seen leaping across the village rooftops towards the very edge of the village. His form silhouetted the sky, but nobody took notice. Even for those walking around the streets thought it was just a bird.
The shadow stopped and looked at the house, the supposedly safe house of Iwagakure
It was being guarded by dozens of Iwa shinobis
Looking around where he was crouched, perched on the very edge of the roof, he began taking closer looks at the perimeter defenses and building. He saw from where he sat perched about 500 yards out, that the fence was tagged with paper, indicating that the fence was rigged to detect anyone to set foot across it, and rigged to sound off alarms. He also noticed that the electric wires running into the building had tags hanging from them, as were the poles, and from closer inspection, a lot of the high points that could gain access to the roof of the building were rigged too.
After studying the perimeter fencing, he then began to analyze the guards patrolling the area. After watching for a few minutes, he knew exactly how the schedule would run, and where the holes were.
This is the level that none in this generation has any chance of reaching, well none except Uchiha Itachi that boy is his flesh and blood, he also inherited the same level of talents as well, not to mention his disciple Uchiha Shishui is not bad either
Knowing that this was his only chance to enter the vicinity and escape perfectly without anybody catching him, he knew he couldn't miss this opportunity. After all, this was a particularly important night.
Nodding, Ryo held his right hand up to his mouth, and from his thumb he bit down on it, drawing blood. Padding his fingertips with it, coating them in red, he placed it on the roof space in front of him, and with a puff of smoke, a crow appeared. The summoned animal, quiet, looked around at its summoner and bowed to him. An exchange of silent words engaged them, with the figure reaching into his pouch behind him and pulled out a paper tag. Slapping it onto the stomach of the crow, he then bid it on its way, knowing the summoned crow knows what to do.
The crow bowed and then took off, taking flight over the establishment. It swooped right over the fence, seeing that it didn't set off any alarms, before taking flight higher into the sky. Hovering near the most foliated areas, it let out a quick screech.
'Caw'
The young male waiting on the rooftops nodded and, forming a hand-sign, disappeared with a puff of smoke. A split second later, another puff of smoke appeared, not on the roof, but under the very seal that was placed on the airborne falcon. The Konoha assassin appeared out of the smoke, free falling and performing a few flips, before diving straight into the waiting bushes below.
A pair of guards close the entrance of the gate caught wind of the rustling in the bushes to their left and glanced at each other.
"Go check that out," one of the masked Iwa guards said. His partner nodded and walked over, drawing his sword from his sheath behind him.
The dispatched guard disappeared into the darkness of the edge of the garden, stepping out of the light of the lamps and out of his partner's sight. Reaching the source of the supposed rustling, the Iwa ninja then began to probe the bushes one after the other. He forced aside vines and cut away at the branches obscuring his view, looking around through the dark and thick undergrowth for any signs of life. It was then, just as he was leaning in to take a closer look at a 'peculiar' looking flower, it suddenly shot out at him with a hand, striking at his neck and pulling him in sharply and soundlessly. The only sound was the rustling of more bushes.
The guard's comrade standing at the gate looked over when he heard the sudden sharp rustle of bushes and stepped forward. Unable to see anything, the guard then called for back-up. Three more showed up, and he pointed towards the bushes and trees.
"Go find Eagle! We might have a situation."
The guards nodded and drew their swords, rushing into the bushes. The guard watched from the sidelines through the dark, listening and watching for any signs of life. It was then, out of the darkness, he heard a light clang of a blade and suddenly a grunt, signaling trouble. The guard stepped back and drew his sword out
"Blast it…" But before he could do anything else, a shuriken shot out of nowhere, He grunted in shock and was about to shout out for help, but was silenced. All that was heard was a thud and his vision go blurry
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The Iwa guard was running at high speed to find Eagle, when suddenly a figure jumped on him, killing him with a hidden blade, the guard was silenced without even making a single noise
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That day he killed 5 elders, before making the noise...he was watching the disruption from afar, coldly
"Oji-chan, where is my father?"
!!!
"Oji chan?"
He looked at the 3-5-year-old child, he knows that he needs to kill the child, but he was no demon he can't do that
He grinded his teeth looked at the side and preparing to bring out the kunai to kill the little child
"Is it because you don't know my father? he name is Kiri, he is quite famous as one of the rare natural born sensor", said the little girl with stars in her eyes like she figured out why the person in front of him was quiet for so long
"You are the daughter of one of the sensor? and besides why are you outside this late"
"I am searching for father mother said she is in pain and the baby is coming out...Hee Hee and so should You know even I am a natural born sensor"
A tear fell from his eyes and he began shivering
"Oji chan", the little girl looked at him with big bright black eyes that radiate nothing but innocence
He just hugged the little girl
"Oji...Chan, it's alright if you don't know whe-"
"Please listen to me...An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind just as death only leads to more death. The curse of hatred, the cycle of revenge, an eye for an eye, leaves the world with nothing but hatred and desire to revenge"
"If you wish for revenge, I will wait for you and I will welcome you with my hands open...I just hope that you know that Innocence dies, innocents die- this is what happens in a war.....I just hope that your Generation can bring true peace to this world."
With this said he put the girl into Genjutsu...and bring her to one of the abandoned houses, he just hopes that the girl can get past her revenge, even if she can not, he will always wait for her
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He jumped from side to side found the home of the little girl, there he found a pregnant mother going labor pain...despite the risk he entered and performed the delivery on her, saving the baby and mother...
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He ran... He has completed his given mission Iwagakure is severely crippled and is in no state to help Kumo, it's time to join Lord Hokage and the war with Kumo
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(The Day Ryo of Konoha, went to Iwagakure)
Hiruzen was satisfied with the results of his clone's visit. He had hoped not to use Shizune that way but Tsunade had left him no choice. They were arriving at the border.
"When the battle begins do not involve yourselves. Retreat back and defend only."
Hiashi wanted to protest but a look silenced him.
As they crossed the border they saw the Kumogakure delegation ahead. Hiruzen did not have an inborn gift of being a sensor shinobi however his long life filled with battle and experience had given him sensor like abilities. There were four teams ahead. He sensed four jōnin level shinobi and twelve chūnin. This had to do with chakra and not necessarily skill however given that there were exactly sixteen shinobi it was the most likely configuration of one jōnin and three chūnin per squad.
As they neared the Kumo shinobi stirred. They were confused, their mission was to take a body and escort it back to their village. Why was the Hokage appearing before them? The leader looked wary as the five shinobi of Konoha approached.
"What is the meaning of this?"
Hiruzen puffed on his pipe. "You are here to take Hyūga Hiashi's body, yes? Well, I've delivered him here."
The jōnin looked even more concerned. "He's still alive! What is this?"
Hiruzen focused on his senses and knew that this was all Kumo had brought. He could sense other shinobi watching from the distance with Yugakure headbands.
'Perfect, a neutral audience is needed.'
"Hmm please illuminate me. It is my understanding that your Raikage sent your 'head ninja' under a false banner of peace to kidnap this man's daughter. When he did what any father would do and kill the cowardly excuse for a shinobi your village leader protests and demands his head? And you expected that I should comply?"
The entire situation was completely unforeseen and as the jōnin tried to figure out what he was supposed to do Hiruzen acted.
A massive wave of killing intent roared out from the Hokage. Fear gripped them as the Sandaime blazed forward with a speed that could barely be followed. He struck one of the chūnin with a merciless palm strike to the stomach and then threw her into the arms of her comrade. The man known as the Professor had read the body language and knew they cared for each other as soon as they had come within sight. Instead of dodging the human projectile he caught her. The two met their demise in a fiery explosion as Hiruzen triggered the overcharged explosive seal that he had attached to her with his initial strike.
He threw a single shuriken and instantly used Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique). That single shuriken multiplied into a thousand and rained down on the enemy. Two more chūnin were killed outright in the barrage while another three were injured to varying degrees. The lead jōnin let out a battle cry as he drew his katana and charged the Hokage.
Hiruzen was already in motion and had used Kawarimi to displace himself next to one of the other jōnin. The man had quick reflexes and slashed out with his kunai as Sarutobi appeared. His attack was stopped, as the living legend caught his arm and twisted it sharply, breaking it. The Hokage used his other hand to smash his own kunai right through the heart.
Next, he used a Shunshin to appear in front of one of the shinobi attempting to flee the terror caused by his killing intent. A quick grasp of the head and a sharp twist broke his neck. Hiruzen flashed through the hand seals and unleashed Futon: Daitoppa (Wind Release: Great Breakthrough). The powerful wind pushed the enemy back. The jutsu by itself wasn't a lethal attack. It wasn't lethal until he used a single hand seal to use Katon: Gōenka (Fire Release: Great Flame Flower). A dozen fireballs exploded into the existing Futon jutsu and tripled in size as they bombarded the enemy. The sudden ferocity of the attack incinerated several of the enemies. Some tried to get away with their own Kawarimi but the area was too large and they only managed to get incinerated at another spot.
Before the smoke even cleared, Hiruzen stormed into the flaming field finishing off the few who had survived. And then there was but one jōnin remaining who had managed to survive the attack by using his Doton affinity to raise a mud wall in the nick of time.
"Why?" He rasped, eyes leaking fluid from the choking smoke.
Hiruzen owed him no answer as he sped forward. The jōnin sped through the hand seals for a powerful Raiton Jutsu however the Hokage's speed was simply too great. Before he could get to the last hand seal his chest was smashed in by a powerful punch.
There was one last task to complete on the battlefield. He used a Shunshin and his own natural speed to appear before the Yugakure shinobi. They were justifiably frightened but he had not come to harm them.
"Tell your leaders Konoha has no quarrel with them. However, if you attempt to bar our path toward Kumogakure…" He looked back at the destruction he had wrought on four elite squads. That spoke more loudly than any mere words.