Gurēsu no Hozon

[Insidious Apparatus]

Sunahagakure

A soft patter was the only noise the rain made as it hit the earth, yet the sound was a constant and didn't let up for more than a few seconds. Water however continued to pore from the sky around the Village Hidden in the Sands, adding to the already wet and damaged desert area. When Isobu had attacked the villages and the ninja council hadn't been expecting that type of damage and had been wholly unprepared for the flooding of the village. It was such a serious issue that the Kazekage called in water specialists to help clear excess water out of Suna that had yet to drain out into the desert. A foreboding atmosphere had been erected over the people of not just Suna but also the other villages.

Who was to be certain why this had happened and what might come next?? After Isobu had gone near immediately the rain had started to fall, coming down in torrential downpours that didn't show any sign of ceasing or even letting up for that matter. It was now raining in places where rainfall was scarce and making crossing the deserts and plains more difficult.

"It has already begun. I'm hoping that all of you know this now as the times are ready for change and that means that none of us can stay idle and do absolutely nothing. Every beast is active in some way as you and the world have all seen thus far and there is surely more to come. This attack on Sunahagakure has made there be even more unrest about what those in charge are hiding from the people and just why they're doing it. Isobu flooding such a large area of the village and then vanishing plays an important role in what will happen next. As you all can see, the landscape itself has changed from the power of this three-tailed beast alone. Make haste to get to your destinations on time. Proceed with caution."

A breeze picked up and blew about some wet sand that lay about within the endless looking wet desert and a scoff sounded, one of several figures muttering to himself under his mask. "Heh..."

Iwagakure

The normal weather was now gone, more than two weeks had passed since all of the random rain had come across this part of the lands, but yet still every day it had rained on a constant. Even now it was raining. Each drop of water pounded down in a symphony of splashes that saturated the earth and dripped off the rocks that were in the village.

The time for the chuunin exams was over. Investigation of the source of the tailed beast activity was important and continued to become more and more dire as the days passed and no answers were gained. Since the war had ended twelve years ago, things had been different and were before Iwa had little favor, now their village had expanded and even after Daaku Raito had stepped down from being the Tsuchikage; Iwagakure had continued to grow and flourish, training their ninja to be better than other villages.

Such a rock hard attitude for what needed to be done, this had stuck with a certain girl her entire life and rain or shine, she was willing to do whatever it took to be the best Kunoichi Iwa had ever produced. She’d held fast to this way of thinking and now was currently the Tsuchikage.
This crimson haired woman sat cross legged on a bench inside the training room 5 of the Tsuchikage Palace, which was a spot that had always been her favorite, even after intense training sessions with her brother Daaku.

"Tomie?? Are you listening to me?? I said I’m going to be leaving for Konoha soon with Normatsu, there are a few things that need to be taken care of before this tailed beast situation gets out of hand and there start to be casualties.”

She looked up and sighed, "Yes brother, I get it. These issues are serious but first and foremost we need to keep our own affairs in check and also make sure that the teams being used to investigate get the right leads...", Tomie trailed off, finishing the rest of what needed to be said in her own thoughts before standing up. "To be honest, right now I feel like the Kissui Tensai needs to be looked into at a much closer angle than the group is now.”

Daaku rubbed his temples and snickered, waving his pinky in the air. His day had been nothing more than a complex and arduous study of a meterotite stone base that he’s been mining in the mountains to create weapons with. It had a denser nature than any of the stone Daaku had used by itself before then. He’d forged several weapons already, including the sword that Tomie currently used as her own. “Just keep up the good work Tomie, you’re the first female Tsuchikage and people look up to your descions and how you react to problems that affect us all.”

The Tsuchikage yawned, "Whatever brother, lets go get something to eat and then get this over with. I want to see you and Normatsu off as soon as possible."

[Hillan]

Soru Deshuga & Liaru Doruton

Soru was walking on the road, sipping on a bottle of water, his left hand in his pocket, the right one holding the bottle, the sun was blazing down at him. He was just outside the border of the land of water. He had a mission here, an A-ranked Missing-Nin had been causing some trouble, taking some hostages and had apparently killed two Jounin and mortally wounded an anbu. Call it sentimentality, but Soru felt like he should help. He had, after all, been the captain of the Anbu here just two years ago. The man, an ex Jounin, who had served the mist back in the day, was actually fairly famous. He wielded two short-swords, and had a very unique fighting style, he was known as "Twin Strike Haro"

"Such a lame name" Soru had noted in his head, as he was approaching the little village where Haro was supposed to be hiding, he was hiding in a factory building, like a school. Soru could feel the presence of battle here. There was still smoke seeking it's way up to the sky. It had been about 9 hours since they had gotten the reports, so odds were that the Anbu was dead, and that Haro was hiding here somewhere, as the Kirigakure Soldiers had been scouting the local area, but they did not want to risk sending in more men to meet Haro.

Soru smirked, as he heard the tapping of footsteps behind him, how someone landed behind him. He turned around, and smiled. "What's up, Bitch?" He said, with his usually arrogant and foul-mouthed tone. The black haired man in the suit gave a slight nod. "I've scouted the area, I've found nothing. He must be in there somewhere. Our intel was good. He have a 140,000 Ryo Bounty. That should last you a while." The Liaru said, as Soru laughed.

"Shit, I'm buying enough hookers to last me for days!" He said, still laughing a little. "I'll fuck that retard up, let's go!" Soru said, as he raised his fist. Liaru cleared his throat. As he followed the younger man into the school. Once they entered the school, Soru's smile grew wider, but Liaru vanished. Soru began visteling. "Oh, Honey, I'm hooomeeee!" He exclaimed, hoping to lure Haro out, it worked like a charm, it always did. Two kunai came flying at him in the dark room. Soru grabbed his kunai to deflect both of them ,one of them had a tag on it, and it blew up right in his face, sending him flying out through the wall off the room. Haro jumping out after him.

Soru slid on the ground, smirking. "Like on order, you're just one nasty little slut, aren't ya?" Soru shouted, as he chuckled. " I know who you are, Soru. You're just as much of a deserter as I am. We should bound toge- Haro's words was cut short, by his left arm being grabbed by wires from up in the hole in the wall. " I am afraid that master Deshuga already has a partner in crime." Liaru said, his voice was a collected as ever, the wires from his left hand holding Haro's arm in place.

[Taka Uchiha]

Konohagakure

The sun shined bright. Brighter then it had in so long within Konohagakure. Some attributed the hot weather to the season but, many knew why the weather had been so weird. The notion of the tailed beasts activity was well known due to the recent attack upon Sungakure from the Three Tailed Shark Isobu. Whilst Konoha would have love to send aid, it was already facing it's own problems and needed forces just in case anything decided to attack. There had been reported activities throughout the forests and the landscape in general whilst there had been info that even Kumo was reporting sounds within the mountains. For now Konoha would have to worry about itself and Minato was sure to make a speech later. And with him during that time would be his little sister-in-law, Uzumaki Eureka.

Eureka sat within the Uzumaki household. As usual she was in the living room, sitting at the table with Kushina and her nephews' Naruto and Arashi. Both boys were arguing about their fathers and the like. "It's nice to have the boys around." Kushina commented as she brought in two cups of tea. Eureka nodded in acceptance, grabbing a cup of the tea. Eureka would be full and talking with massive levels of energy but, today just wasn't the best day for her. Instead she watched the boys talk, with a smile small on her face.

"What's wrong baby sis? I know that look. Missing him?" Kushina's voice was sincere and loving.

"Yeah. Let's just say this was the date that was got "closer". Something i'll always remember." Eureka spoke in a soft voice, sadness able to be felt from her.

"Cheer up. You know he'll be back. I understand though. Minato makes me feel the same way." Kushina gave a wink and stuck her tongue out, showing tom-boyish attitude as usual, "Besides. Your mind needs to be on the current ongoing of the village. Besides your "Aka-chan" better come back to you. No one makes my baby sister sad."

Kushina was always the best person as cheering up Eureka. They had a bond stronger then almost anyone alive. That was family for you.

Iwagakure

Normatsu's white hair was so recognizable that just about everyone was speaking to him. It was widely known that Normatsu held a high position in Iwagakure. A well known shinobi that showed up only ten years ago with the last Tsuchikage, Daaku Raito. What truly made him known to the people of Iwagakure and the world as a whole was his ability to use Yin and Yang Release. He couldn't mix the releases like the legendary Rikudo Sannin but, Normatsu did a good job with what had at the moment. Not many ninja could say they survived conflict with him and it would glady stay that way. He wasn't so much into violent conflict but, would willing set someone straight within moments. But for right now, the white haired shinobi needed to meet with Daaku and Tomie with the training room of the Tsuchikage Palace.

He entered rather quickly, eyes placed on Tomie first. By far she was one of the most beautiful woman out of all the five villages. It was no secret between the three people in this room that Normatsu and Tomie had something way before she was married to Sano. Normatsu was too humble about it so, you would never know to begin with. Next was Daaku, the man had taken in Normatsu, even helping him meet his sons again and the woman that gave birth to at least the youngest while the other woman had passed away many years ago. Daaku was completely family to Normatsu after all this time and the only person Normatsu knew he could trust with all his heart.

"I see you have been having fun. Welp it's about time to leave for Konoha." Normatsu said before turning his attention to Tomie, "I'm sure the lovable Tsuchikage
can handle things without us." Normatsu meant no harm in his words as they were only in jest.

[Hillan]

Part II

Haro turned his head around in disbelief, as he saw Liaru's shape from behind him. The well-clad butler stood on the scorched wooden floor, his hand out stretched. His face was emotionless, as it always was when he was fighting. "What the hell is this?!" Haro cried out, as Soru laughed even more. "This is the power of me, Soru!. With a little help off my personal bitch, Liaru". Soru said, still laughing in between his sentences. Liaru pulled on the iron wires, and the sickening sound of the limbs being dislocated was heard, Soru didn't mind, of course. The arm, was eventually about to come off, as Liaru pulled the wires even harder. but just as the limb got thorn off, the blood spewed out, but so did water.

It exploded into a blast of water, Soru had done a backflip to get out of blast-range. " I fucking called it! What a sneaky fuckin' cunt!" Soru shouted, with a smirk. Suddenly, from the peaks of the threes, three Haro's came down, their double swords all drawn at Soru. Whom, in a blink of his eyes, activated his Sharingan, and dropped a pellet of smoke. The sound of metal clashing once was heard from within the smoke. After a couple of seconds, the smoke had cleared, and Soru stood on his left hand, his legs in the throats of the two clones on his left, and his right hand was burried in the clone to the rights chest. Soru had dodged the blades with surgical precision, as there was blades inbetween his fingers and along his legs.

The clones fell down into pools of water, as Soru rolled down onto the ground, and then stood back up again. "See that, I fucked up your face, three times, even! Come out and play now, you little cunt!" Soru taunted. Liaru was caught in blast of torreted water, that shot him flying out of Soru's eyesight. Soru wasn't worried, he never was.

Suddenly, from behind him, he heard steps, and he smiled. Turning around, he delivered a kick up towards the face-area of Haro behind him. Haro blocked, using his armguards. He was strong, He had deflected Soru's kick without much trouble at all. He drew his blades, and charged at Soru, whom just smiled at him. Dodging the two blades coming at him, delivering a one-inch-punch to the chest area, cracking a rib, with his second strike, he delivered an elbow smacking down into Haro's shoulder, splitting his collar-bone like a twig. As to finish the combination off, Soru swiped Haro's legs, and as he fell forward, Soru grabbed him by the ankle mid-air, and spun him around, throwing him up over the roof.

Soru used Body-Flicker to arrive at the room suposebly just as Haro hit it. The man was shocked, but also grumbling in pain, yet, he managed to stand up, only using one arm as he readied his sword. Soru had to give him phrase, the man was at least not a total pussy. Soru chuckled as he took up the sprint again, sprinting towards Haro, whom swung his sword to no avail, Soru had dodged the blade with ease, sliding under it. He delivered a punch to Haro's chest area that made the man lose his footing, following it with three more punches that knocked Haro further up into the air, and he then finished it by Kicking him in the upper-chest area, sending him off the edge of the high school building. Soru leaped after him, locking his arms with his legs, his legs in under Haro's biceps, as well as holding Haro's legs with his arms, and spinning Haro down towards the ground.

"FALCON DROP, MOTHERFUCKER!" Soru shouted, as he let go off the spinning ninja, and leaped up on the wall, where he stood and watched as Haro's head got burried into the ground, and his body was knocked unconcious, or dead. It didn't really matter to Soru, Liaru was carrying the loot, after all.

Soru smiled, as he hopped down onto the ground, as Liaru came walking, putting the suit jacket back on. What took you so long, you little fucker?" Soru asked him, as bluntly as ever. Liaru smirked. "Clones, and henchmen. Lots, and lots of henchmen." Liaru reported.
Soru laughed.

Well, aren't you just the light of the fuckin' party. I beat his fuckin' ass before he could even say ' I suck big fat dicks' " Liaru shrugged at Soru's remark. "Soru, please, mind your language, think of what your mother, Lady Deshuga would say.. Liaru pleaded half-heartadly. Soru looked at him breifly. " Why would i think of mom, I ain't fuckin' jerkin' off right now! Get to carrying this dead ass motherfucker already, I want bitches and booze!" Soru shouted, Liaru never could figure out if Soru was kidding or not.

using steel wires, he dragged Haro's half-dead body along with them, it was a couple of hours walk to the nearest office to deliver the bounty.

[yoshua171]

Antare, Keisotsu - Asahi no Tenzuru
Kumogakure

Keisotsu had been restrained in his office, those darned jounin had been very resolute in doing so. They'd even had to place a coating of chakra over the metal walls so that Keisotsu couldn't melt his way out of the place. He was at his desk, the one he disliked being at, the one with all the work. He was leaning his face against a fist while his elbow was on the desk's surface.

"Well this sucks" he pouted, a bored look in his eyes. Glancing about he wondered where Koki was, with that thought he stood and walked over to the balcony, which had been closed off as escape by way of a barrier. He frowned and looked out at the village, realizing that it was raining anways. 'This sucks major...something that is sucked...uuuhhhh,' "ICECREAM!!" 'yeah that's it...icecream.' Nodding his head he heard a sound and decided not to glance back but instead to wreath his hand in fire and act as if he'd been attempting to break the barrier.

"Raikage-sama NO!!!" all three of them foolishly rushed at the kage from behind and for the briefest moment they'd feel a foreboding and be frozen half way in their way across the room. Then they'd realize that the image they'd seen was an afterimage. Flames flickered above them and then they looked back to see a streak of fire disappearing out the open door. "Catcha later guyz!!" Keisotsu called back and the door slammed and the barrier fully resumed, trapping them within.

"That oughta keep 'em for a while hehe" he was looking at the closed door now, both jounin guards had been immobilized till further notice and then he looked down the hall and then at the walls. His flames extinguished entirely and he placed his hand on the wall softly. In a mere moment the earth and metal parted before him making a way out. As he stepped in with a broad smile, it closed behind him as he ran through with merry glee, today would be great despite the annoying rain!
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On the other side of things it seemed that Kumogakure was in a difficult position as though they'd dealt with the attacks fairly well, the rain was very troubling to the general morale. They were used to being above most clouds, not below and within tumultuous rainstorms. Regardless things were going rather well, though one'd have to ask Koki to get any real details as Keisotsu tended to leave those things to him.

[Insidious Apparatus]

With the sun shining in the sky brighter than the day before, Minato sat and mused about what he wanted to say to the people. The feelings he had on the tailed beasts were here and there. Supposedly the Kissui Tensai had something to do with what had been happening but blame should never be placed so easily on one group or another; especially when the proper evidence hadn’t been obtained.

None of that even really mattered at this point to Minato. Sure he was the Hokage of Konohagakure but he also had other issues to deal with. The struggle between both his sons had been really bogging down his mood. Naruto continued to slack off, while his other son Arashi was becoming an over achiever. “Not that its really a bad thing I suppose,” his words faded out in the noises from the busy street ashe perched on the side of a ledge. Over thinking what would happen to his two boys didn’t help either. It was a bother to have your thoughts so rattled by different things and keep everything and everybody in check.

It was around the time that Daaku and Normatsu should have been arriving for lunch before address to the village. Daaku was a good man and so was Normatsu, both men striving to make sure their village and the other villages remained safe and running smoothly. A smile returned to Minato’s glowing face as the sun’s rays passed it. “Fabulous I wonder what those two are gonna want to chow down on?? Maybe some beef will do me a great deal of good. I haven’t had good barbecue in awhile either.” There was a new BBQ place that had just opened the week before, if the three men went there it would be simple to get stuffed full of anything they were craving.

“But first," He hopped down off the ledge and vanished. “I admit that this jutsu has come in quite handy for anything that I need it to." Minato sighed, not even speaking to the masked man that stood against a wall about three feet away from where the Hokage had transported himself.

A frightening face was displayed on the mask, it had a ghoulish appearance that Ichigo knew bothered people each time they looked upon it as he went about business. Of course, that was the point of the mask. “You’re late Mr. Hokage, what’s with that?? I thought you were always supposed to be on time and not let people down right??” About eighty percent of what Ichigo said had been just a joke but Minato didn’t seem to like the sound of it.

“Sorry, I was caught up in something Ichigo-chan. I assumed you wouldn’t mind if I were a few minutes late. There are still many things I have to get done this week and I’m already starting to fall behind on some of the more important tasks,” Minato sighed. “Anyway, you wanted to see me??”

Ichigo motioned across the top of his head and the mask faded away, “Yes that’s correct. I’d have come by the mansion to see you as others do but I didn’t want to cause problems. Honestly I don’t give two shits about what people might think of me or my organization. I do respect you and Kushina however and wish to keep necessary peace between us all. I came because of the attack on Sunagakure and the rumors about us causing it.”

Minato began to laugh at this, his smile almost as big as the one that Ichigo seemed to always be wearing, all of the time come to think of it. “Umm you can stop and not be so formal. Without that mask on you’re just Ichigo to me. Not HoReiji or some rebel group member. I don’t care much for rumors and nothing has been proven just yet.”

“Fine then. I just wanted to tell you myself that it really wasn’t us.”

“I believe you,” Minato snorted, “I’m sure that you’re parter can say the same as well right??”

Ichigo rubbed his face, “The hell?? Flora we know you’re here.”

[Altered Tundra]

Suna

By looking at the Hidden Sand Village, one wouldn’t think that the Three-Tails would be capable of such destruction. Also by looking at it, one wouldn’t think the three-tails, or any of the tailed beasts, would even show their face, even now. It was despite this, the group of individuals that overlooked the carnage would see to it that no more of the tailed beasts will even attempt to wreck any more villages.

Kohona

As they all looked on, time passed, and soon everyone left to their own things. Whatever kind of things they were to do was their business. For Flora and Ichigo, they stayed together, they were siblings, after all. Even if they argue from time-to-time, they still were brother and sister, but most of all, they were partners. Just as they were, Flora and Ichigo had chosen to go to Kohona, to follow up on leads. Or not, who knows that for sure.

Flora was kind of hanging in the shadows as she probably didn’t want people to get the wrong idea that the Kissui Tensai, the rebel group of Shinobi, were in the Hidden Leaf Village. Truth be told, even if Flora wasn’t apart of the Kissui Tensai, she’d still hate being around people. She clearly just wasn’t a people person, at least not to people who are bubbly and shit like that.

Out of nowhere, some blonde male appeared right in front of Ichigo, where it seemed like they knew each other. Flora didn’t know nor cared about who he was or how he knew her brother. She did, however, listen to what they were saying. She spaced out on the general hellos. It really didn’t interest her that Ichigo was once again talking to some random nobody, though he was pretty cute…for a blondie, that is.

They continued talking for several more minutes until the mentioning of Flora from the blonde dude came up, and that pretty much ruined her plan to just let the boys talk. As she stepped out of the shadow, the first noticeable thing is her mask, which is much like a masquerade mask, but coated with purple, green, black, white, and a lot other shit that is otherwise insignificant. Also noticeable are her tits. While not excessively large, they still are nice and plump. Furthermore, her hair, black, grey, and silver, is put in a nice high ponytail.

Flora didn’t like the idea of her brother trying to force her into shit like this. “You little shit.” Flora commented as she stepped closer to where the three of them(Flora, Minato, and Ichigo) were kind of in a little triangle if one were to view them from above, but kind of against the wall. She analyzed the blondie. “Let’s get one thing strait.” Flora said as she poked Minato quite hard on the chest.“You don’t have ANY full grabs, you get me, blondie?” Flora then grabbed her boobs, which were squeezable. “And these." Flora briefly said referring to her boobs as she so pointed it by squeezing them in a very tease-like fashion." You can only dream of getting.” After she got all that off her chest, she kind of calmed down.

[Insidious Apparatus]

It was crazy to think about how many years had passed in between the time that the war had started and ended. In that short time the face of the entire world had changed and Daaku had witnessed every bit of it. Alongside him had been Minato and on the opposite side of things there was Normatsu. For some reason after the end of the war an additinal two years had passed and Daaku had once again stumbled upon Normatsu whom was a man that had been changed. Iwagakure had been graced with Daaku as its Tsuchikage and then the progression had started. "It was simply amazing to watch the world rebuilt, don't you agree Normatsu??" The former Tsuchikage smiled at his friend. Nearly the entire time the two had been traveling to Konohagakure memories had been shared. The other part had been spent talking of the progression of the set of techniques the two were creating.


"I feel like today is a good day and we LOVE good days ya know. Maybe when we go and see good'ol Minato he'll have a better place to take us out to than the last time. I think it was sushi and chicken or some other terrible combination. Sano got sick and both Ms. and Mrs. Uzamaki got bloated," Daaku laughed as he turned to see Normatsu's body blurring in an out as they ran and had a discussion. "Even worse, Minato let Naruto and Arashi throw a party in the mansion..." It seemed like a waste of time to have even traveled to Konoha on foot but both Daaku and Normatsu's reasoning made sense. They had scouted the lands on the way from The Rock Village and assessed the damage from Isobu in the process.


The two men came up along the Village Hidden in the Leaves' furthest reaches where the Hokage faces were located. Daaku floated in the air and gestured for Normatsu to do nothing, a hidden path revealed itself so the two gentlemen could walk up. "This is where Minato requested we meet. I dunno why, sometimes he's kind of weird Doesn't really matter to me. Not only is he sexy and has a lovely wife, that man is one of the greatest ninja to ever exist. I mean just look at..."


A loud female voice cut off Daaku as he came out of the passage. She looked like a killer from Daaku's perspective but she seemed even more foul than Daaku often acted around others. This was obvious by the way she exposed and played with her breasts in public and smoke to men in such a manner.


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When Daaku walked into the room Ichigo nearly started to drool on himself. Any concerns he had about Flora's mouth were gone, becoming obscured by what he saw in front of him. It was Daaku Raito...


"Oh shit!!! I only met you one time before during that contest where the winner got to learn the Senhappa, I still use it today. I still use it today." Ichigo's excitement.

Minato sighed, "Oh boy..."

[Altered Tundra]

Coursing through his normal routine, Cerden had ran a few errands that he needed to do as a result of being one of the top Jounin. As odd as it sounds, Cerden is quite busy nowadays, especially considering his family history. Furthermore, he’s probably considered the strongest of Iwagakure’s Shinobi right behind Tomei, Daaku, and Normatsu. Granted that Cerden has some strengths neither of them have, but in brute strength, he’s still the weakest out of the four. The errands that Cerden did run was just some of the standard paperwork delivery, and some other shit that really didn’t need a special noting.

After he did do all that crap, Cerden found himself back at the Tsuchikage mansion. Lazily, Cerden yawned, and placed his hands in his pockets. He went up the stairs knowing full well what he was there for.

Knocking on the Tomei’s door about three times. After waiting, and getting no response, Cerden took it upon himself to go on right in. So, he did just that, and opened the door. There, in his view, was the wonderful Tomei. For being the Tsuchikag,e, she really didn’t cover up her wonderful titties that much, which was a plus for Cerden. Granted, he’s a bit older, but nowadays, everyone is hooking up with people that is either ten years their junior or ten years their senior.

“Hello wonderful.” Cerden obviously referring to Tomei.

Cerden looked around, and noticed something odd. “Where’s Daaku? Did he and Normatsu already leave?”

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There really wasn’t much for Kairo to do today. He had been given the day off he’s been asking for, but now that it has came, he doesn’t know what to do. It’s true he’d rather sleep, but today felt different. Today, Kairo really wanted to do something. He knew that the attacks in Suna would be something to talk about, but it’s kind of odd that he wasn’t given any type of mission by Minato. Perhaps that’s what he is going to do.

“It’s worth a shot.” Kairo said as he continued down the road he was on. Luckily for him, the Hokage Mansion wasn’t too far off, and it would be only a mere ten minutes in walking distance.

As he continued down, he passed a few random shops, some food joints. He wasn’t really hungry or feeling buying anything. He just gazed at the shops out of the corner of his eye. Kairo took a shortcut by turning a sharp right. Proceeding that, a few more rights, and lefts would make him at the front of the Hokage Mansion. For some reason, Kairo had a slight feeling that there wasn't any reason he would need to go there. So, instead of going inside the Hokage Mansion, Kairo took it upon himself to travel to the Stone Hokage Faces, which proved to be beneificial to him as he would hear a rather loud female's voice, and he would just go and check it out.

Kairo followed the voice of the female, and he found himself walking in on Minato, and a few other gentlemen. He recognized one of them. It was Daaku Raito, but the one next to him escaped his mind. Kairo continued, and popped up behind the wall of which they were leaning against, well sort of. As he did that, Kairo heard the female talk about something that could only be described as her tits, and how Minato couldn’t get any of “that”.

Not even waiting for anything else to be said, Kairo popped up. “What the fuck is going on here, Minato?” As he said that, Kairo noticed one of his former students. “Ichigo? What in the hell are you doing here!?”

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As Flora attempted to tear Minato a new one, she noticed two others appearing onto the scene. She didn’t know the white-haired dude, but she knew the one next to him. That was Daaku Raito. Flora knew him, and knew him well. Not personally, of course, but rather in the sense of his reputation. She wasn’t impressed. Just like with Minato’s rep, she didn’t give a damn nor will she ever any time soon. And quite frankly, if it wasn’t for the fact that all these men had such wonderful, chiseled muscles, she would have ditched them all a long time ago.

Flora’s mouth shut up for now. She then turned around to see some stranger mention something of her brother. Flora knew who this guy was. It was Kairo Suroku, one of Kohona’s strongest, despite his lazy attitude towards things. Flora just shrugged his appearance off as she turned to Daaku, and whitey.

“Whitey. What name does your dumb ass go by?”

[Taka Uchiha]

~Normatsu~

The journey to Konoha had been an entertaining trip. Normatsu and Daaku had made sure to check things across the countryside. The damage that had been dealt by the Isobu was quite grand. He had never seen something that could wrought such destruction and hoped that he would never see such a thing. Normatsu was not naive though as in the back in his mind, he knew that they would have to deal with these things. It had only been ten years since he garner some form of memory back so, dying to a beast that could rupture countries was not ideal to him. Gladly Daaku changed the subject and instead expanded upon the history between the two. Konoha was close by the time their talk was over.

Konoha. The village hidden in the leaves. It was a grand a village and a place that resonated strongly within Normatsu's heart. The last time he was there, he learned of a son that he had left behind and a wife that had moved on. Twenty years passed so quickly and it was saddening that he couldn't even remember them. He wished to meet with the boy again, hoping his son was still there. It was too late to be the father that the boy had lacked all his life but, Normatsu was willing to try and be the man he should have been. For now though, there was business to take care of. Normatsu and Daaku were to meet with Minato within some secret passage within the hokage heads.

As they entered, Normatsu heard the sounds a woman. Her words vulgar in tone and very un-ladylike in Normatsu's eyes. He would have said something but, Ichigo's love of Daaku interupted him. Or more so Ichigo's admiration. It didn't matter to Normatsu though as Cerden had now entered. "Oh dear lord. I see we're having a party here. Sigh." Normatsu spoke, turning his head to Minato. "So? What's the word?"

~Kumogakure~

A storm had been constantly growing the village of Kumo. See many would not notice it but, it had a strange color to it. It was ominous to see such a thing since most clouds didn't have the colors of dark red, and blue surging through out. From the distance, sounds of an animal could be heard from the direction of the Kumogakure mountain. It grew louder and louder as if it was getting closer to the village. Anyone could hear it and it only lasted for what seemed to be five minutes. There was no signal for what would happen next. Literally half of the Kumo mountain erupted in a mass explosion, shattering it's foundation, and rock flying toward Kumo. From the explosion, the five-tailed Wolf made it's appearance, her ominous physical shape and she roared with such force that the entire village shock.

The storm above began to rain down bolts of lightning, and fire erratically. Houses were torn apart from the sheer force of the storm. People screamed out all over Kumo, jounin confused on what to do. The beast leapt from he throne that was the Kumo mountain and landed point blank in front of the Kumo gate. It's five tails composed of each element waved around before slamming into a few structures and then digging into the ground. Force of the tails could be felt almost miles from the village, alerting any who weren't there. From her tails, spawned physical copies of herself but, each copy was composed of a singular element. Many spawned from the tails, each as strong as an average jounin from Kumo.

The day had gotten much worse for the village and would need their Raikage in this time of need. Kumo was in a dire emergency and who knew if they could survive an attack from a beast that was so powerful.