[b]Zaikan[/b]

Zaikan smiled at his friend and replied, "while I may have been angered at your abandonment of your duties as a samurai of the Land of Iron, I still consider you my friend. the reason I am here has nothing to do with the jinchuuriki and their mission to spy on Konoha, I am here on mission to stop you from joining the Leaf Village by any means necessary. the leaders of the Land of Iron believe that you are too skilled of a warrior and know too much information on our nation to be allowed to join an enemy of the republic, they suspected that you might turn up here since Konoha is the only major power outside of the republic. if you did not agree to leave Konoha then I would have been forced to kill you, but seeing as you have just made yourself the enemy of the Hokage by rescuing the jinchuuriki that you now are carrying, you are now an enemy of the the Leaf Village and because of that I will assist you in whatever way I can."

he then looked back towards the scene with Tesla, Marashi and the Hokage. "it seems like your comrade back there is in serious trouble and could use our assistance."