However, Takeshi gave signal towards Nekomata, and in response, the massive white cat slapped his claws onto the ground, creating a massive hole.
Next, Takeshi shouted, "Orange-haired man, take your hand out in front, don't be sneaky!" Yahiko was forced to bring forth the hand that was forming a seal. 'This cat is quite cunning. As expected of cats, that's why dogs are much better!'
If the cat wasn't strong and Minato being able to teleport, Yahiko might've considered attacking regardless.
Konoha and the Amegakure were not hostile, Rin explained, while her face pale but her courage unbroken. "We came here with the permission of Hanzo-sama, and I think there is no need for us to fight."
She had to solve the trouble in front of her as soon as possible. Although Obito's wound was superficial, the various small hidden weapons of the Ame Ninja had caused a lot of injuries.
The sooner the treatment was done, the safer he would be. For now, Obito was barely holding on.
"Indeed, but my two companions..." Yahiko didn't want to be in conflict with Konoha ninjas. But with safety and well being of Nagato and Konan unsure... For them, he could do anything.
Rin was worried for a moment and could only slowly pull Obito to retreat. Takeshi looked fierce on the surface, but in fact, he was also thinking about how to help them escape.
As for Minato... 'That bastard was late again, for the fastest man alive, he sure is often late!.'
"What about your companions?! I don't care about them! I only knows that my comrade is injured." The Nekomata scratched the ground with his claws, leaving a series of grooves, establishing his gravitas a the king of the Ninja Cat Castle.
However, the next second, he glanced sideways and saw that the enlarged Takeshi beside him had vanished.' Where did he go?' Looking around again, he was in front without anyone beside him.
Takeshi's retreat being discovered, stood frozen for a moment.
Yahiko took a deep breath and said, "As long as my comrades are fine, everything can be discussed. We don't want to be hostile with Konoha."
"Don't worry, your friend is fine. If you don't believe it, you can wait." A flash of light flashed by, and then Minato appeared next to Takeshi, holding a kunai in one hand and Kakashi in the other.
'Say what you want about Minato being late, but when he does appear, he appears in style, he is very imposing, frightening enemies.'
"Minato Namikaze!" Yahiko's breath hitched. Although Minato had not yet been called the "Yellow Flash", it didn't mean he was not famous.
On the contrary, he was definitely at the top of the watchlist of other villages.
"Meow~ You are late again." Takeshi returned to his original size and complained expressionlessly. 'You came after the fight is over, are you here to clean up the place?'
The Nekomata didn't dare to say anything. Although Takeshi had ditched him before, and although Minato just arrived, but... he couldn't afford to offend either of them. 'Forget it; I am the king of ninja cats, I won't confront them.'
"I'm sorry, time passed quickly as I was talking to them. You must be the Yahiko that Konan mentioned, you're quite young, but I want to know if you want your subordinates to be enemies with Konoha?" When Minato said the last sentence, his voice was cold, and his eyes with fierce determination looking extremely intimidating.
As a good guy, he rarely showed such a state, but once the good guy got angry...
"I'm sorry, we have no intention of being enemies with Konoha. In fact, the purpose of our Akatsuki is to pursue peace in the ninja world rather than war. The reason why we attacked the ninjas of your village is that we are really worried that the Iwa Ninjas and the Suna Ninjas will disguise themselves as Konoha ninjas and sneak into the Amegakure."
Yahiko bowed to apologize and expressed his reasons. Takeshi slowly crouched getting ready, and the moment Yahiko bowed, he accelerated and rushed over immediately - before, in order to protect Rin and Obito, he chose to grow bigger and increase the power of attack, but now he needed speed to rush forward and launch sneak attack.
In the blink of an eye, Takeshi had almost reached him and was only couple steps away from Yahiko. Yahiko was about to use the Shunshin jutsu and the substitute jutsu to escape, but he felt someone grabbing his feet and then he was pulled into the ground.
Earth Release Headhunter Jutsu!
"What is happening?" A bunch of Ame ninjas rushed out, but this time Takeshi grew bigger again, and his giant tail wrapped around Yahiko's head, looking at the other Ame ninjas with fierce eyes.
The Ame ninjas might not be afraid of the Kakashi and Takeshi. And while Yahiko was confident that he could get away, but the figure that teleported beside him made them dare not pause.
Minato Namikaze!
"You guys get away, they won't hurt me, I will join you all soon enough." Yahiko said calmly.
This was indeed a misunderstanding, and he could understand Konoha's intention to capture him. No matter what, he had injured the Uchiha child. In such a situation, no one could easily let go of their prejudices.
The other Ame ninjas looked at each other in bewilderment, but finally bowed their heads to accept the order: "Yes."
"Can you put your tail away? It's itchy!"
"Meow~ I'll let you go, don't try anything funny."
Takeshi slowly let go of his tail, then turned back to his original form, closed the Gate of Opening of Eight Inner Gates, and panted slightly on the side.
But he didn't want to miss this opportunity present in front of him... Yahiko tried to move around, but with only his head outside, and he had no ability to resist as he wasn't experienced with Earth Release either, so he could only stare at the tail expressionlessly.
The Nekomata thought Takeshi was asking for trouble, and tails are quite sensitive. 'What if the orange haired kid got angry and bit the tail... No wait, this cat has a jutsu that turns his hair into like Needles, and if this kid really bites it, the unlucky one will be the orange-haired Ame ninja.'
He was really unfortunate to end up messing with Takeshi, and sometimes hornets nest is disguised among juicy fruits.
'A cat's life is tough, and it seems that human life is tough too.' Nekomata muttered mentally on the side.
But soon, Minato pulled Yahiko from the soil. He didn't really want to hurt Yahiko or take him hostage.
He just wanted to take the opportunity to force the Akatsuki ninjas to retreat so that he could discuss some things that were not suitable to be discussed in front of them.
On the side, Rin used medical ninjutsu to treat Obito's injuries, while Kakashi and the cat stood guard. Only Takeshi, Minato, and Yahiko were left here. "I heard from Konan that you are also disciples of Jiraiya-sensei?"
"Yes."
Yahiko paused for a moment before answering. Although the other person was his senpai, he did not lose to his senpai, but lost to a cat and a little kid's combined sneak attack...'What would Jiraiya-sensei say if he came to know about this?'
With such a mood, he felt particularly heartbroken when he looked at the cat, looking back at him with smug expression, 'this cat must be despising me, it must be!'
Yahiko was not able to say these words out loud, they were just thoughts in his head, then pondered for a moment and asked: "Your mission this time should be to monitor the situation in the Sunagakure and the Iwagakure , right?"
"That's right." Takeshi was lightly kicked by Minato, and seeing Minato's smiling face, he immediately retreated to the back speechlessly.
But he took a look by the way. The points just increased by nearly 1,100, which was a good harvest.
Sure enough, group battles are the right way to earn points. Although the rest except Yahiko didn't provide much, he still got a lot of points together... 'If I had known earlier, I would have packed up all these Akatsuki members, they are all moving points!'
"We have information about the movements of the two villages. They met in the area ahead three days ago."
"Who was involved in that meeting?" Minato immediately became nervous. The Sunagakure and the Iwagakure had really been in contact.
And it's been three days, so it is possible that the Sunagakure had been in contact with the Iwagakure and then issued a ambush plan to the border yesterday.
"The one on the Iwagakure side is Onoki's son Kitsuchi, and the one on the Sunagakure side is a red-haired young man, who might be the Sunagakure's Jonin Rasa. We don't know exactly what they talked about." Yahiko paused as he tried hard to recall the event as much as he could, so he continued after a few seconds, "In addition, although nothing new has happened yet, according to the information sent back by the ambushers from the Land of Wind, the Sunagakure will launch serious offensive soon."
"Very good, we can definitely cooperate." A sincere smile appeared on Minato's face. This was the best news he had heard recently - there was an organization in the Amegakure that wanted to stop the cooperation between the Sunagakure and Iwagakure just like them, and the leader of this organization was the Sensei's disciple.
Whoosh~
After a sound, Konan and Nagato landed on the thick branch of a nearby tree. Seeing that there was no bloodshed and everyone was calm, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. They were also worried that something might have happened to Yahiko.
"Since you are also the Sensei's student, why don't you come with us to the place where the Sensei taught us? It's not far from here, and although the kid has been treated, he needs a little time to rest." Yahiko knew how to further strengthen the relationship.
Since Minato was also Jiraiya's disciple, then Jiraiya was the link between them. His idea was very simple. Akatsuki was very weak compared to the Amegakure, let alone the five major villages. If they wanted to achieve the path of peace, like-minded allies were indispensable.
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