Chapter 17

"THIRD POV"

After returning from the school. Kyoshi started his preparation to go on a long journey. He picked up the money he has collected during his escapades, that should be enough for a long time. He connected two scrolls one with chakra transferring seal while on other he made chakra receiving as well as chakra storage seal. with this he won't have to worry about his clone and his training for a while. This time he was also going to spread his hirashin seal all over the world or atleast the places he is going to visit.

Finally getting his preparation completed, he said his parents good bye. As he has already told them some part of his secret, he can make sure his identity can be kept safe from outsiders. He also showed his fully matured sharingan when they expressed their worries. convinced kyoko and koshiro asked his purpose for his visit.

Kyoshi explained to them his concern of the war. he told them his doubts he got from reading kushina's letter. He felt the uzu will be attacked soon in the future and so he was going to investigate the situation.

Kyoko hearing his reason teared and asked him," But why kyoshi? why do you need to take such risks? you can live in konoha peacefully? please don't risk your life,"

Kyoshi consoled his mother. He could understand her wish but cannot abide by it. so after she somewhat calmed down, kyoshi explained."Don't worry mom! I want to explore the situation brewing in various countries. I'm not really worried about current war but the ones that may happen in the future. I know konoha will win this one easily but if the enemies destroy uzushiogakure or damage our relation with it, we may not survive the future ones." kyoshi then smiled, " anyway I'm not going to risk my life at all. I don't think there are lot of people in this world who can kill or even harm me? I'm very strong now. if you so wish I can take control of this entire world and lay it on your feet. so don't cry for me. smile and believe in your son. I will return safe."

kyoko smiled hearing his assurance. she felt he was telling tall tales to console her but what she didn't know was kyoshi could literally do that. the people in entire elemental nations who could defeat him can be counted in one hand. that was only in direct fight. if kyoshi employed his genjutsu prowess even those would not fair well.

Koshiro who was silent throughout the conversation stepped forward and patted his son's shoulders and said," alright son. we will believe in you this time. so you must return safely to us. otherwise your mother is going to revive you and ground you for life."

The family of three laughed together at that joke. Kyoshi then disappeared from their vision after saying goodbye. the mother and father duo stood at the spot for few minutes in silence.

The silence was broken by koshiro,"kyoko don't cry, kyoshi wont be harmed and return safe back to his home. No need to be sad. I heard that can cause wrinkles early, you don't want that do you?"

kyoko sighed but accepted his reasoning. she sighed and then turned toward koshiro and said wryly" don't tell me that you old man. you should be following your own words before advising others."

"what do you mean by that I'm not sad at all." well what can you expect from a tsundere.

"yeah you are right, then why don't you explain those tearmarks on your cheek." kyoko teased on.

wha- what tear mark? I don't have any tearmarks?" koshiro turned away from his wife and wiped his face with his sleeves.

"kyoko sighed again and shook her head seeing the antics of her husband. He was quite troublesome sometimes.

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Kyoshi on the other hand was teleported to the edge of the forest surrounding konoha. He reappeared in the village of the girl he rescued. The both of them have been meeting for a long time and became good friends in the time passed. The girl named Kanami kame was a pretty good looking lady with a likeable personality. She eventhough was a daughter of village leader didn't shy away from hardwork. Kanami was very helpful to the fellow villagers and so was admired for her charms. She mostly looked after the family business as her father was mostly away from the village. she was quite intelligent as shown by the progress shown by her implementation methods. The prosperity of her family could be attributed as her achievement as well.

Kyoshi lost in his thoughts was greeted by the subject of his thoughts.

"Hello Kanami, didn't see you there? what's up? how are you doing?"

He replied to her.

"of course you didn't. you were so lost in thoughts, you didn't see me standing In front of you for a few minutes."

Kanami did not take any offence to his behaviour but still teased him.

"So what are you doing here? you don't walk in here unless you have something to ask me, do you?"

"Right! Kanami, from now on act like you don't know me when I'm wearing this mask ok. I'm going to become infamous soon so you need to hide your connection to me. I'll henge into something else so you can talk to me then." kyoshi warned her and then henge'd into a average looking man with no memorable features just an average Joe wearing a plain yukata.

"Why Shikyo?[AN:: Real attempt at making up a fake name] what are you going to do that you need to hide your fake identity as well?" Kanami was quite surprised. she didn't quite understand why he needed to go through such a long process to hide his mask wearing persona.

"oh silly girl! didnt you hear? it could be linked up to you, you need to distance from this persona. the spynetwork of the ninja villages are wide and hidden. they will definitely find out about you. so remember your only contact with me is that I rescued you ok" kyoshi chided Kanami.

Understanding the situation, Kanami nodded donning a serious expression. kyoshi smiled seeing her seriousness" No need to be wary. we can be ourselves when alone just when we are in public we need to act with caution."

"As for why I'm here today, I'm going to uzushio. I have some suspicion that the uzushio is being targeted. If it becomes the truth, this war is going to be disastrous for all of us. so I'm going to try and minimize the damage."

Kanami was surprised. she didn't know kyoshi was a person with heroic streak. 'well he did save me I suppose. but I didn't know he would fight against major countries to keep this peace.'

After some conversation, they both went around the village having fun. The day eventually ended, so kyoshi bid farewell in the evening and shunshined away. after he got away from prying eyes, he released his transformation and wore his mask. He applied light rock jutsu and flew straight to wave country which was between fire country and whirlpool.

He reached wave country after few hours. He landed on the edge of the village. it was a island country with fishing based economy so most of the village beach were littered with harbours and fishing ports. Kyoshi saw the people of the village transporting many kinds of sea foods. it was a prosperous village most of the villagers unaware of the situation it will go through. laughter of children permeated the village while adults worked cheerfully. it made one wonder how such a village was compromised to the extent it was in anime. Gato made a work of this village that's for sure but one business man influenced it to such poverty.

Kyoshi wondered if the destruction of uzu had some part in this. the island of whirlpool as of namesake was surrounded with big and small whirlpools that seem to spontaneously appear randomly making the sea around whirlpool difficult to navigate. The voyage to whirlpool was commandeered in presence of uzumaki jonin who somehow stopped the whirlpools. wave was closest land of whirlpool so most of the trade routes to uzu passed through wave. kyoshi could see heavy presence of uzu shinobi in wave. They seem like relaxedly collecting supplies and loading them up their ships but kyoshi could see the underlying tension in them.

Kyoshi began to wonder how he should go through his plan of informing them of the invasion. when he saw one lone jonin detaching from the group, he followed quietly behind him. the jonin was walking toward port to harbour office when he bumped against a masked stranger. he looked at the face of stranger, but suddenly he felt his surrounding change.

He looked around to see the crowd had disappeared but him and the masked stranger. He quickly tried to break the genjutsu but couldn't. no matter how hard he tried it didn't. Kyoshi just stood there quietly waiting for the jonin to calm down. eventually the jonin seeing his attempt yielding no result stopped and looked at him.the stranger stood silently not doing anything. not feeling any killing intent he faced kyoshi and calmly asked, "Who are you? what is your reason to put me in this genjutsu?"

"you don't need to know Who I am. I'm just a guy with Intel you are looking for?" kyoshi answered in thick voice. kyoshi laced his voice with chakra which made it sound like a man and woman speaking at the same time. This way they won't know his real voice if they ever meet.'i doubt that though but precautions and all that.' kyoshi thought.[AN::this is going to be relevant to the future he just doesn't know it yet]

"we are not searching for any intel. so release me immediately and surrender yourself. my friends are still around me, they will be suspicious if they see me standing here for a long time next to you. so

don't make this harder for yourself." the jonin probed and waited for response. what he didn't expect was the stranger to laugh.

Kyoshi was amazed by the jonin's attempt to capture him. it was quite funny.

"Ha Ha Ha. don't worry about that. and for the intel are you sure? I heard uzu is quite pressed by movement of enemy forces around here? I know the reason for it but if you don't want it then forget it."

kyoshi replied nonchalantly and turned around.

"WAIT" the jonin was shocked few outside of uzushio knew about this situation. so learning the intel about it is available he now knew he had to get that anyhow." how do you know this?"

"it doesnot concern you how I know this. tell me do you want it?" kyoshi's voice was like that of devil alluring the jonin with the offer.

"what's the catch?" jonin was cautious. he knew that there is no free lunch in this world.

"No catch, well except one. I will take something from your treasury after this is over so that could be a catch." kyoshi informed the jonin. he wanted to see what kind of challenge uzu will put knowing someone is going to invade it.

"if your intel is helpful we will give you the key ourself. now tell me the info." the jonin now serious knowing the severity of the situation.

"The intel is that the uzu is soon going to be invaded by three major nations hidden Cloud, sand and mist and ruined completely in three days. let's see how you will survive, shall we? Ku Ku Ku" well he attempted to do a evil laugh.

"impossible there is no way. you must be lying. those countries are also in war against each other. they will never join forces against uzu which is a minor country." jonin shouted in disbelief. He could not imagine them revolting against a minor country with such force.

"why do you think it is not possible. Just think what does uzushio has that may threaten the nations so that they will band together. what could it be ? maybe the generations of collected knowledge or the durable shinobi population of the dangers of fuinjutsu or it could be the relation with strongest hidden village konoha maybe something else? who know but this is the truth uzu will be invaded. BUT I can help you, do you want me?"

"when is it going to happen?" the Jonin was desperate. It concerned his country, his friends and family, his everything. He would give up his life for this intel.

"Hmm let's say soon. go and find your kage. tell him my offer and my condition. I will meet you in a week right here. maybe I will tell you the exact date then. farewell jonin san, let's meet again.

Then kyoshi released the genjutsu. the Jonin found himself standing on the road. He checked his watch only to find only few seconds past.

'Did I imagine this? there is no way in few second all that happened right?' As he was pondering he found a paper sticking out of his clenched hand which he didnot have before. he opened the piece which said."Did you think you dreamed that? Now you know what I can do, what will you do jonin san! the clock is ticking for your village."

The jonin felt the world spinning. His legs lost the strength and he sat down on the ground. unable to think, not even being able to move. The tragedy that was about to befall on his village.

Remembering the situation, he hardened his will and got up. Now he knew what he had to do.

Even at the cost of his life, he was going to get to uzu so that he can inform his village.

No matter the cost uzu will survive this calamity.

"Whatever It Takes"

AN:: so finished chapter. how is this? nice or meh?

so in the next arc, meeting with the kage. look forward to it. and you guys thanks for the support as always. I don't really say it but I do read the comments. so say something you like.It may happen if it is needed.

so try to make up random scenes.

Anyways, I do need the attacking kage of the respective village so I need made up names for the kage. all second ones for each unnamed kage. if there was a list of them in wiki it would have helped but no luck. most I could find was roleplay of Naruto world. so work hard alright.

"ALL YOU NEED IS IMAGINATION"