Rinji Uzumaki's decision

Aihara thought that they are entering Takumi village to rest for the night.

But, she didn't expect to be welcomed by a Konoha ninja, and a familiar one at that.

Rinji Uzumaki shook hands with the ninja, "Aoba-san."

"Uzumaki-san, sorry to bother you like this. But, we are under emergency and you happened to be closest to our location." The Jonin escorted the group to the house of a resident where they saw seven ninjas in bandages.

As the girls were taken aback by the scene, the jonin started explaining the story.

Apparently, bijuus were once again missing all around the world. So far, four of them were captured by unknown enemies.

However, during the investigation of missing Hachibi, the Kumo nin happened to encounter someone who just looks like Killer Bee, who died long ago.

The kumo nin chased after the fake killer bee only to realize that it is a trap laid to capture Chino of the chinoike clan.

After the war, Chino ended up in Kumogakure as a prisoner due to her past actions. Due to the loss of the village's strength in the war, the raikage gave her the opportunity to redeem herself.

One thing led to another and she became a part of Raikage's personal bodyguards when Darui became the raikage.

The kumo nin don't know whether this organization was after ketsuryugan or the intel but the news was quite grave.

Meanwhile, Aoba and his group were tracking down an outer circle member of Kara under Naruto's instructions and coincidentally ended up seeing them attack. They joined to help the allies.

Perhaps, the enemies were more focused on capture than leaving behind the witnesses. They only left with their target.

14-year-old Sumire started panicking, Mirai Sarutobi looked calm, and Aihara fell into deep thoughts as Aoba went on to explain everything he knows about Kara.

Rinji Uzumaki observed his teammates for a few seconds and asked their opinions, "Girls, what do you think?"

"Iwa cannot be trusted as of now. Konoha and Kumo are far away too. So, it is best we carry them to Sunagakure," replied Mirai before adding, "Once they were healed, we can join them to save Chino-san. In the process, if we can capture one or two members of Kara, it will be even better."

As Sumire agreed with Mirai's suggestion, Rinji turned toward Aihara. The latter stayed silent and didn't speak anything for a while.

After a few seconds of staring, Rinji asked her, "Ai-chan. Ai-chan…"

Aihara came out of her thoughts and said, "I don't agree."

"What do you mean?" Rinji asked.

Aihara answered with clarification, "Both of their missions have nothing to do with us, uncle. We can help them with healing on the grounds of friendship but our responsibilities end there. Unless we get an official request from Kumo's raikage office or a direct order from Hokage for a joint mission, we shouldn't involve.

Since they were fine at the moment and the enemies wouldn't likely attack based on what Aoba-san told us earlier. So, there's no need for us to waste our time. Our priority should be placed on completing our mission."

Aoba's face turned dark upon hearing her words, "Ootsutsuki-sama, but they are…"

Aihara looked at him coldly and interrupted him, "Am I wrong?"

"No, you are right but you cannot just…" As Aoba tried to convince her to help him out, Aihara once again interrupted him with a statement, "Our captain asked my opinion and I gave mine. He is the one who will decide the actions of our team. And I will follow his order whether I like it or not. So, you don't need to worry about my opinion, Aoba-san."

Aoba didn't know what else to speak to the ootsutsuki moon clan's heir and turned his head toward Rinji. The latter didn't waste any time to speak his decision.

He said to everyone, "We cannot help it if we aren't in a situation to help but when we could help the allies, we should do it. Mirai and Sumire, both of you will tag along with Aoba-san and board the train to Sunagakure with the injured shinobi.

I'll send a message to Hokage-sama (Naruto) and Shogun-sama (Shuichi) for backup. Kara isn't just a problem for Konoha or Kumo. They are the world's headache. We are pursuing the enemies and rescuing Chino-san from them while capturing their members if we can."

Rinji then turned toward Aihara and further said, "Until the backup arrives at this village, both of us will accomplish our mission and return here."

Aihara nodded in understanding, "Yes, Sir."

A few minutes later;

At Hokage's office, Konohagakure;

Naruto was feeling extremely tired of the paperwork. It was almost 11 in the evening and he wanted to go home and sleep but couldn't do it because of the complaints from farmers regarding various issues.

"Ugh… I promised to take Hima-chan outside, tomorrow. It looks like I…"

While he was in the middle of lamenting about the paperwork, all of a sudden, a toad suddenly appeared on the table. "Eh? Gamachikura?" He was taken aback.

The toad looked at naruto and waved its hand. "Yo, Naruto. It's been a while. Rinji sent a message for you."

Rinji, Jiraya, and Naruto share the same summoning, and hence, they don't need to wait for hours or days to receive the other's reply.

As Naruto read the letter, his face turned serious. "Ketsuryugan, huh? Sasuke once told me about it. Is Kara after her dojutsu? It doesn't make sense as according to Pervy sage, they were modified by science. Ugh… Shikamaru has gone home.

Anyways, saving her should be our priority. And also, we should protect Yang Kurama too. It's been a while since he went on a mission."

"What's there to worry about, Naruto? My counterpart would do just fine. He is currently sleeping." A voice was heard in his head. It belonged to Yin Kurama.

This Kurama is the one his dad transferred to him during the war.

As for the one he lost, it was given a new life by Shuichi after the war just like he had given to the other beasts, retaining only 5-10% of its original strength.

Since Naruto already had one, the Yang Kurama refused to merge with the Yin Kurama and instead opted for a human body to live the free life he desired.

While he works for Konoha as a shinobi, he majorly travels around the world like Jiraya. The difference between them is that the yang Kurama always be on an official mission.

Thankfully, both of those Kyuubis were telepathically linked and can converse with each other from long distances without any problem.

Putting away his worries about Yang Kurama, Naruto went on to make successive calls to the offices of Raikage and Kazekage to discuss this matter.

In the end, a team of three was sent by both of the hidden villages in the middle of the night. Naruto, on the other hand, didn't assign any team for the mission. Instead, he left his office and made his way toward the Hyuga clan with a team of anbu following him in darkness as security.