We arrived at the gate post of the Konoha village as Naruto said "Its been one heck of a mission....wasn't it???"
"Yeah i agree with you on that Naruto....we weren't able to uncover the true reason behind Kazekage's kidnap and we also lost a great person like Grandma Chiyo ,we also encountered four S-rank missing Nin during our mission." said Kakashi while nodding towards Naruto.
"HAHAHAHAHA.....Even for someone like me who is always filled with vigor and YOUTHHH... this was a little to much for our team.....it was our luck we had the Great-Elder accompanying us on this mission otherwise fighting 4-missing Nin of S-rank with a group of Chunins and two Elite Jonin was really a suicide attempt." laughed Guy as he received Glares from his team.
"Off course that's only because you guys do not have enough experience and was are not yet strong enough to fight them is the reason for our loss if Ichizu-san wasn't there ,if given enough time and if you 3 train hard you will surely be able to become Elite Jonin at the very least if not Beginner kage-level." quickly added Guy as the glares he received visibly lessened but was still there....he could only sigh ruefully at seeing their expressions.
Neji ,Tenten and Lee, all three of them are extremely had working and strong will-ed individuals who don't give up and always push themselves to their limits and surpassing it. So after witnessing the power of the opposition & what they were capable of and felt frustrated due to their insignificant power making them unable to interfere.
They understood that if Ichizu wouldn't have had engaged with the 4 missing S-rank Nin and force them to retreat ,killing two of them in the process then even if their Sensei's would engage in a battle with them they would still be able to escape but if they also tagged along with them then they would have to protect their team and fight against the enemies at the same time ,even they wouldn't make it out alive if that were to happen.
(A/N:-They have no idea about Guy's and Kakashi's real strength.....Guy can probably defeat every single one of Akatsuki's members except Pain and maybe some others while Kakashi with his Powered M.S and the chakra equal to that of one-tails is strong enough to defeat EVERY SINGLE ONE of the Akatsuki members but that when he uses his M.S ability with his over 1000-Copied jutsu.)
After entering the village Ichizu received a *Soul message* from the 3rd informing him about Sai progress.
>Hmm....i will consider giving him some pointers when i am free plus in a week or two he will be required to join Team 7 as an substitute. What about Yamato???? ....i want him to substitute me in the upcoming mission< said Ichizu while thinking about how Naruto will loss control while fighting Orochimaru, though Nikasu has fed Naruto a medicine that would protect his vitality when the 9-tails chakra would burn Naruto's skin and then rapidly heal it resulting in decrease in his over all life span.
>Ohh.... i almost forgot about that, assassinate the person named Akahoshi and give them the vaccine that i give you. It contains the cell-formula to make them immune from the Star-radiation will still being able to utilize their Star-chakra, give them the manual as it contains a perfect way to cultivate him star-chakra and also tell them that Konohagakure regards them as a nation of equal standing and would like to become alive with them on the condition that we will help them in the months of beast tide and protect them from other village attacks while they would have to assist Konoha if we were to go to war. I think with so lose conditions they would surely accept.< said Ichizu.
After disconnecting soul-link he told the team to rest as they would get increased pay as the rank of this mission would be updated from rank-A to rank-SS. After that Ichizu entered Tsunade's office and walked inside without knocking.
Inside he could sense the presence of another person other than Tsunade which felt awfully familiar to him. Curiosity got the better of him as he twisted the door knob and finally opening it to enter.
Inside Tsunade could be seen seated on the Hokage seat while chatting to someone who had large brownish-spiky hair like Madara ,wore blue long dress and Mizukage's hat on top of her head. Though he couldn't see her face as her back was facing him as the figure continued to chat with Tsunade who still had not noticed Ichizu's presence as he thought of giving her a surprise. Just as he was about to come out of the shadows he heard Mei saying in a fearless tone "Don't worry Big-sister Tsunade i won't allow Ichizu to bully you if he doesn't then i will teach him a lesson.!!!!!"
Just as Tsunade was about to thank Mei for saying so she suddenly froze as she saw a familiar silhouette emerging out of the dark corner of the room. She sighed at Mei's bad luck and casted a glance full of pity towards her as she prayed to let her soul rest in peace.
"What happened Big-sister Tsunade why do i feel pity coming out of your eyes for me???" asked Mei visibly confused as she heard Tsunade sigh.
"You were saying something my beautiful soon-to-be wife hehehehehehe..." chuckles Ichizu sinisterly as he places his hand on her shoulder and felt her body froze.
.............../AND THE WAS THE MOMENT MEI KNEW SHE F*CKED UP./.......................
"NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..................."
(A/N:-This doesn't mean Mei is afraid of Ichizu or something like that ,i only wrote it in a manner considering humor so don't think that M.C is cruel or some other bullshit.)