Yuuma hunts for Raiga

"So why have you tried to cast illusions on that ninja?" Yuuma asked Ranmaru after confirming he managed to dispel the genjutsu on himself while using the moment Ranmaru was careless to place him on a far more dangerous Genjutsu of his own. Right about now Ranmaru should be thinking he was talking with Raiga although Yuuma would not know of this since he was not yet proficient in mind control, "Since I wanted to make sure your safe Raiga-neesan"

Hearing this Yuuma's eyes squinted 'Could it really be Raiga Kurosuki?' Yuuma thought for a moment before smirking, "Ranmaru, I forgot the location of our hideout. Silly me is getting old?" Yuuma spoke as he noticed Ranmaru shook for a moment but he began to giggle "You are so silly Raiga, our hideout is near the village of Katabami Gold Mine" Ranmaru by then Yuuma undid the genjutsu causing Ranmaru's face to become abnormally pale from fear, seeing this Yuuma sighed.

Sansho came out of the kitchen to see Ranmaru was pale, but before she could step forward to help Yuuma point his open palm towards her. "Ranmaru, you should know using genjutsu on a shinobi will get you killed," Yuuma told this to the pale-faced Ranmaru, Sansho who heard this scrambled towards Yuuma kowtowing but Yuuma helped her up "Hold on Grandma, I have not finished my words yet" Yuuma spoke kindly to the elderly lady as he could see that she was simply too kind.

"I want you to take me to meet Raiga" Yuuma spoke towards Ranmaru, "His existence will keep endangering the people around him while he carries the two swords that belong to Kiri" Hearing this Ranmaru was stuck in a dilemma as he was loyal to the absolute to Raiga but he did not want to implicate Karashi and Sansho in these matters.

"Will you let us go after you got the swords?" Ranmaru asked timidly, Yuuma glances at the young boy with a stoic face "It depends since it is my mission to have him die for betraying the village and stealing something that belongs to the village as well" Hearing Yuuma's words Ranmaru shook his head not wanting to tell Yuuma, seeing this Yuuma turned to Sansho "Grandma, I hope you can forgive me but this boy has a relationship with a dangerous man that I need to capture"

"But he is just a boy... Will you promise me you will not harm him?" Sansho asked Yuuma looked into the elder ladies eyes. "It depends, I can't judge the boy but if he offended others along his path then he is bound to have enemies" Yuuma answered the elder ladies question instead of promising as he could smell a faint trace of blood lingering around that boy's body which meant this boy was not entirely innocent.

'The world of the Shinobi is not kind after all' Yuuma thought while looking at Ranmaru who turned to run only to get caught by the hem of his shirt, holding Ranmaru firmly Yuuma pulled the boy to take a seat next to him. "Be good or I will kill you, You don't want to see Raiga sad do you?" Hearing Yuuma's question Ranmaru shivered before sitting obediently, later Karashi came out with Curry with no idea what transpired right now, even Sansho did not mention anything as she deemed her own son to be more important.

After having his meal, Yuuma took Ranmaru with him as he returned to the town where Ao and Chojuro were already waiting for his arrival. "Who is this boy?" Ao asked as he did not think of Yuuma being one to kidnap kids, "This is Ranmaru and his good friends with Raiga" Yuuma answered causing both Chojuro and Ao to sternly looked at the shivering Ranmaru, Yuuma sighed as he lightly tap the back of Ranmaru "Hold back the serious faces, right now we can't have him faint from fear can we?"

When the two heard what Yuuma said their expressions became softer although Ao adapted a stoic expression to hide his emotions, so Yuuma began to explain the location where Raiga was at causing Ranmaru to feel shocked but when he remembered the time he felt talking with Raiga felt strange 'He--- He had me under a genjutsu!?' Ranmaru thought while looking at Yuuma feeling scared, he was always the stronger one when it came to genjutsu thanks to his eyes but in front of Yuuma he felt inferior but in truth part of the reason was because Ranmaru was still inexperienced.

"From what I collected it appears that Raiga is considering to start the Kurosuki Family by brining in lackeys and training them himself, it is still in the beginner stages" Ao explained what he found along the way from the villages that were tormented, "Also there is a rumour of people being buried alive" Hearing what Ao said, Ranmaru shiver became more prominent which caught the attention of the three who realized that rumour was true. "Let us go to the village of Katabami Gold Mine then" Ao concluded as the three of them moved back in the direction Yuuma came from while Ranmaru was tied against Ao's back.

When they reached the village it was still lively with people carrying their crops and people just coming back home after working for a day in the gold mine, looking at the surroundings Yuuma could see that their terrorizing has not yet started here. 'Could it be Raiga wants to build his forces first?' Yuuma thought while Ao untied Ranmaru, "H-Help!" Ranmaru screamed out but none of the villagers came to help him after they saw the ninja head protectors on the three Kiri ninja's heads.

Yuuma turned to glance at Ranmaru causing the latter to shiver from fear, normally he had Raiga who would kill those who threaten him but now that he was alone, he was naturally afraid of Yuuma. "Be a good boy okay?" Ranmaru nodded at Ao's order as the three of them went to meet the village chief to ask for a room to stay for the night.

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"Lord Raiga we have an emergency!" One of the lackeys under Raiga's command came rushing into a Manor that was built hidden within the valley a short distance away from the village where Yuuma and the rest were currently resting in, "What is it?" Raiga asked the lackey who entered at the moment he was currently drawing up plans to take over the town, "Young master Ranmaru has been kidnapped by Kiri Ninjas!"

"WHAT!? I thought I asked you to watch over him at the restaurant since he wanted to learn how to cook!?" Raiga roared in anger as he flipped the desk he was working on while standing up to confront the shivering lackey, "The one who caught Ranmaru is a young boy and has a powerful genjutsu ability so I did not try my luck and wanted to notify you because I feared I would have fallen for the genjutsu myself and not be able to notify you lord Raiga"

Raiga snorted since he could find no faults in this reasoning but Ranmaru was still captured, "Gather the men! We are going to rescue Ranmaru this instant!" Hearing Raiga's order the lackey nodded as he began to run frantically out of the room calling the mean to gather outside, by the time Raiga exit the mansion wearing a dark-brown sleeveless vest falling to his knees where the inside was purple, light brown belt around his waist to prevent his a light grey pants from coming loose while most of his body was covered in bandages.

"Let's move" Raiga muttered as he led the way towards the village with several lackeys equipped with three metal claw gauntlets, all of them were smiling sadistically as they normally don't get the chance to use these claws because Raiga have a tendency to bury people alive instead. Just as they arrived in the village they got the information of Ranmaru's current position, "two will stay guard at the exit, rest of you follow me"

When Raiga arrived at the house he had he men surround the house first before he stormed inside, when the door was kicked open all he saw was Ranmaru tied up firmly and no one else around. Raiga did not immediately move forward in fear there was a trap so he had one of the lackeys enter the room, when the lack stopped right in front of Ranmaru he inspected the surroundings before nodding at Raiga.

Raiga stormed in hugging Ranmaru "Ranmaru! Ranmaru!!" Hearing Raigai's loud voice Ranmaru slowly awaken as he glances at Raiga who was crying while holding him firmly, but suddenly Raiga pushed Ranmaru away dodging the spiral chakra attack of Ranmaru just barely thanks his experience as a Jonin. The figure of Ranmaru being tied up dispersed revealing Yuuma standing, "Who are you!? Where is Ranmaru!?" Raiga demanded an answer from Yuuma, he was almost tricked by Yuuma as he was too concerned about Ranmaru he almost forgotten the basic skills of a shinobi.

"He is save for now... But the both of you have been killing innocents quite wantonly Raiga, have you forgotten that once you take the swords you will forever be bounded by the Kiri?" Yuuma spoke with a solemn voice, Raiga snorted "I already left Kirigakure and is no longer their shinobi" Yuuma chuckled hearing Raiga "Your swords do" Hearing this Raiga's eyes squinted "I see, so you are my inheritor?" Yuuma shook his head "No, I am the one who will surpass you as I am not a sicko like you"

"We will see about that" Raiga pulled out his swords as he began to call lightning despite still being in the house but Yuuma used body flicker while pulling out his sword, the sound of swords clashing against one another while Yuuma blasts Raiga out of the house interrupting his lightning summons, the two of them continued their sword exchanges as Yuuma keeps directing Raiga towards the exit of the village to which Raiga realized with a smirk as he suddenly channels his chakra into the swords causing it to be cloaked with lightning sparking from the swords each time their swords clashes.

Yuuma could feel the lightning was trying to numb his nerves so he too used lightning nature transformation to cover his fists in lightning to cancel out the lightning of Raiga's sword trying to numb his hands, "Ranmaru is outside the village" Yuuma spoke with a smile as he used body flicker to disappear to the entrance of the village running with great strides since Yuuma was his only lead Raiga ran after him.

Stopping in the middle of an open plains Yuuma turned to face Raiga who stopped not too far away from him, "You brought me here so our fights will not harm the village!? You should know a Kiri Ninja does not care for such things" Yuuma chuckled as he heard Raiga words, "That was in the past, we have a new Mizukage now but... At least I am not a hypocrite like you who buries living people while crying as if they already died" Hearing this Raiga's face cramped up, but Yuuma continued "Since there is no one around us, there is no need to hold back"

Suddenly Raiga raised both his swords into the skies summoning a large number of clouds to gather above him, meanwhile, Yuuma weaved his hands before slamming his palm into the ground "Earth Release: Rock Pillar Prison Technique" Suddenly several pillars began to erupt from the ground forming a jail around Raiga causing the lightning which he summoned to slam against the pillars instead giving Yuuma ample time to rush towards him.

"To think a Kiri ninja would have such a strong earth control when most ninjas would choose water" Raiga muttered as he channels his chakra into his swords to unleash a massive sword wave made entirely up of Lightning chakra flying towards Yuuma, "Earth Release: Earth Military Movement Technique"

Yuuma disappeared before the wave could touch him into the ground as he erupts behind Raiga slashing towards him, the aftershock of their two sword strikes was enough to cause a small crater to form beneath Raiga's feet followed by a gale of wind which blown away the ground in their immediate vicinity.