As they entered the Land of Rain, Takeshi couldn't help but feel a sense of dread. The rainy days were depressing, and his body would become aggravated after getting soaked in water.
When he ran, his limbs felt as heavy like he was wearing weights, and he wasn't as fast and carefree as usual, with water clinging to his fur adding more weight.
The rain would also wash away the scent, affecting his tracking and reconnaissance, making him feel less safe than usual.
So, after entering the Land of Rain, Takeshi hid in Rin's raincoat. Not because he liked the color of raincoat, but because Rin's body was small and the inside of her raincoat was a little loose.
Obito's raincoat would be abit too tight for him, leaving no room for movement. Rin also had some space within her medical kit. After entering the Land of Rain, they didn't encounter any trouble along the way. All the way to the border area, everyone slowed down.
"Sensei, what should we do next?" Kakashi looked at Minato. Further ahead was a hill without rain, which was the junction of the Three Villages.
There would definitely be many ninjas lurking, and among them, there must also be sensor ninjas who were good at reconnaissance.
"You have summoning dogs right? You can summon them all, and then I will mark them one by one, and then you and Takeshi will lead the team stealthily there. Remember, safety of the team is most important," Minato said solemnly.
"Understood," Kakashi nodded, and then looked at Takeshi, who was hiding in Rin's raincoat.
"Meow~ Minato-sensei, if there is an enemy, don't be too slow. If Kakashi and I are sliced up and you come late, we will haunt you."
Takeshi jumped under Kakashi's raincoat, trying not to let his fur get wet, and couldn't help but complain when he saw Minato.
Obito and Rin both wiped sweatdropped after hearing this. They are fortunate Minato-sensei is good tempered, but a Jonin with a bad temper would have probably beaten this damn cat into pieces after hearing this.
"Uh... wait, Kakashi, take this kunai too." After hearing this, Minato took out a special kunai from his pouch.
"Let's go." Kakashi took it and quickly headed towards the edge of the Land of Rain.
After the raindrops on his head decreased, Takeshi jumped out of the raincoat, while Kakashi summoned the two small ninja dogs, Pakkun and Bisuke.
Bisuke was also a small dog and could speak human language. His reconnaissance ability was probably worse than Pakkun's, but his strength was much higher.
Kakashi was about to give orders when... "Meow~meow...meow?"
"Woof!"
Takeshi meowed a couple times, and then the two dogs nodded fiercely to show their understanding.
'Dogs can understand cats meowing? what kind of logic is this...' Confusing Kakashi
Then, Takeshi used the transformation jutsu to change the color of his fur into a camouflage color suitable for forest terrain.
After the two dogs took a look, they ran in front of Kakashi and wagged their tails. Although he didn't say anything, the meaning was self-evident.
Kakashi was stunned for a moment, and then used hand seal to control their chakra to use the transformation jutsu for them, and then he also used the jutsu to change his whole body into the same color as Takeshi.
The camouflaged cat nodded solemnly, then ran into the forest and headed towards the mountain through the forest.
"Kakashi is becoming more and more like a normal ninja," Minato sighed slightly. When he first saw Kakashi's profile, he felt that he was a problem child. Although he had good talent, he was often a fatal link to the team.
He thought this team would be difficult to teach, but after forming the team, it turned out to be surprisingly reliable, completely beyond his expectation.
"That's because of Takeshi. Kakashi found that his talent was not as good as that of a cat. He was occasionally rescued by this cat and us, so he was not so arrogant as he was in beginning." Obito tilted his head and curled his lips, expressing his reaction to Kakashi's change very disdainfully.
Minato and Rin laughed at the same time after hearing this. Then Minato looked forward and made a gesture to follow.
Kakashi and the others had already walked some distance away. "Further ahead will be the Land of Rain."
"Meow~" Takeshi responded to Kakashi, and then cautiously moved forward. After the Land of Rain is the territory of the Land of Wind and Land of Earth.
Surveillance zone.
1 cat and 2 dogs can sneak through the forest, with Kakashi following behind.
It was a calm journey all the way here. However, not long afterward, Takeshi and the other two dogs stopped at the same time. Human scent!
"Three." Pakkun sniffed carefully, then raised his paw. "Can they be tracked?"
"The directions are different." Takeshi explained that although the scent was very light, judging from scents and directions it is being received from, the people have gone in 2 separate directions, which was not conducive to tracking as they are now, they cannot afford to split off.
Kakashi knelt down and felt worried for a moment. It is more efficient to work separately, but there is only one Minato.
If both sides encounter problems, they cannot be saved. He thought for a minute and then started ordering and said: "I will go here, and you will go over there. If you encounter danger..."
"Pa!" The cat's paw was slapped directly on his head, making both Pakkun and Bisuke stunned, 'This cat dared to hit Kakashi like this! How brave!'
Takeshi glanced and sniffed again on both scents, then pointed to the side with the stronger scent and said, "Why put ourselves in danger unnecessarily? We all will go this way."
"But..." Kakashi wanted to retort, but saw Takeshi's eyes staring at him. He kept silent and finally nodded.
There is no way to retaliate, his abilities were restrained, he really can't beat Takeshi. Strength decides everything, if there is battle Takeshi might play vital role.
They followed this direction, and because they were well hidden, no one noticed them on the path. However, after tracking the person through their scent, Takeshi felt a chill in his heart.
There are two people in front. Their number wasn't issue. The issue is that one of them has red hair and the other has blue hair.
Although he didn't see his face, Takeshi could already feel a threat from them with a sinking feeling in his gut.
'Nagato, Konan! There's no way a certain black and white Zetsu is hiding somewhere and peeking, right? Though, the Zetsu is currently hiding, so not likely to be threat at the moment, but Nagato has the Rinnegan and had the blood of the Uzumaki clan, so his Sensory ability was definitely not bad.'
'We are definitely found out!' Takeshi didn't dare to speak, so he turned around and ran away first.
Kakashi was stunned for a moment, and just about to follow him, Bisuke beside him suddenly ran away too... The next second, the two people standing over there turned into a pile of paper and flew towards them.
'Paper clones.' At this moment, Kakashi understood instantly, they were exposed.
Thump!
Kakashi kicked the ground hard as he retreated as well, then quickly canceled the summoning of Bisuke and Pakkun, and then directly activated the lightning chakra to boost his muscles to escape.
With enemy being airborne it'll be difficult to capture them.
But the next second, the pile of paper flew in front of them. Before Kakashi understood what was going on, he saw Takeshi immediately change direction and run to the other side.
Fortunately, at this time, Minato arrived. The papers overlapped and merged one by one, and finally turned into a blue-haired woman.
On the other side, Nagato with long hair appeared from behind a big tree not far away. "A ninja from Konoha?" Konan frowned and stopped attacking.
They had learned many ninjutsu under Jiraiya's tutelage, and Konoha was in alliance with Amegakure Village, so they naturally had some feelings for Konoha at the moment.
While Takeshi was happy to see Minato at first, he hurriedly said : "There is one more."
"Where?" Minato's expression changed, and Takeshi disappeared from his eyes in the next second. Summoning!
On the other side. When Takeshi was summoned, he saw that Nekomata had already defeated away several Amegakure ninjas.
Rin had just finished using the Summon jutsu and was about to use the Needle Jizo jutsu to help Obito and Nekomata.
Obito was in worse situation right now. He faced off against the opponent's leader. After a short confrontation, he was already wounded. The opponent was Akatsuki's leader Yahiko!
"Meow!" Takeshi screamed angrily, and his body suddenly grew larger, and the hair on his body extended one by one, with a faint green light on the tips of the hair.
This is a combined jutsu of the Wild Lion's Mane Jutsu and the Needle Jizo Jutsu, enhanced by Wind Release.
At the same time, Rin's hair was mixed along with Takeshi's hair and quietly swept towards Yahiko's direction.
"Retreat!" Seeing this jutsu, Yahiko's expression suddenly changed. After a loud shout, a group of ninjas quickly retreated.
After taking couple steps back, a wall made of water blocked Obito's attack. Fire Release and Rin's hair. But Takeshi's hair attacks was not blocked.
With piercing effect of the Wind Release allowed it to pass through the Water Release Water Formation Wall without any hindrance.
The rain ninjas quickly blocked it with weaponized umbrella, but in this encounter, all the umbrellas were pierced.
At this time, Takeshi pushing further, released a huge water column wrapped in the wind Release chakra used Wind Release: Toad Gun and blasting towards them instantly.
The bunch of rain ninjas scattered, Yahiko was the first to bear the brunt and almost failed to dodge. After a fight, both sides understood each other's strength, and what surprised Yahiko the most was Rin's ninjutsu that made her hair grow and bound the enemy.
This was Jiraiya's secret jutsu that not even the three of them had used. "What is your relationship with Jiraiya Sensei?"
'Jiraiya Sensei?' A flash of surprise flashed in Rin's eyes, and she immediately grabbed Obito, who was about to cooperate with Takeshi to continue the attack.
After thinking about it carefully, she felt that she could not let her guard down. Jiraiya-sama is well-known in the ninja world, and there are many people who recognize his signature ninjutsu.
This could likely be a deception to make them drop their vigilance and sneak attack.
She couldn't take any chances, so she pulled Obito and retreated slowly. Takeshi and Nekomata were guarding them, one on the left and the other on the right. With these two big beasts here, Yahiko didn't dare to let the rain ninja under him pursue them.
For the time being, the situation is deadlocked. After retreating to a safer position, Rin answered the question: "My Sensei is Jiraiya-sama's disciple."
"I see, what are you doing here?" Yahiko thought of Nagato and Konan being sent by him to scout out the situation in Sunagakure, but it seemed that Konoha's Jonin and another boy hadn't returned yet, so he frowned slightly and couldn't help but feel worried.
He wasn't worried about Nagato, but Konan... Yahiko clenched his fists, and then put his hands behind his back, as if he wanted to chat with Rin and Obito casually, but actually was making hand seals secretly from behind.
Regardless of whether the opponent is friend or foe, in order to ensure the safety of his teammates, one or two must be captured first so that hostages can be exchanged later.
Although Takeshi and Nekomata are difficult to deal with, there is no problem in getting around them and grabbing the injured Obito.
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