The Further Arrangements

In the middle of a vast forest stood a relatively small and modest village.

Just a week ago it looked even smaller and way poorer.

The village houses that were made out of plain timber before were now made up of a robust stone, taken from the nearby hill instead. And, there were more of them in number now,

The stone was undoubtedly a more durable, strong, weather-resistant, and long-lasting material. It also looked very aesthetically pleasing.

Instead of the previous bare dirt and mud, the village pathways were now also covered in stone.

The nearby trees surrounding it were also cut down a bit. The fields of essential wheat and other crops now took their place.

Some kind of black seals were also strangely enveloping and supplementing them as well.

But, they were not the only seals of that size currently near the village. Another kind of big, but more hidden seal was also enveloping the whole village protectively. And, all of these striking changes happened just because of one man recently,

Yoshi Uzumaki, the new leader, Hoshikage, of that village called Hoshigakure!

Right in the center of that village stood the largest building of that whole village, the Hoshikage's building, as well as the immortal Uzumaki clan's new headquarters in the world!

It was also made out of simple stone, but it looked way grander than all the other peasant houses there in the village. And, right on top of it was a giant red swirling-like clan symbol.

Inside the building, in the main office, Yoshi sat on a large leather chair while looking at the kneeling subordinate in front of him.

This room was also made out of stone like every other here, and there was a giant Uzumaki clan symbol picture behind Yoshi on the wall.

"How do you like the developments so far, Akahoshi?" Yoshi suddenly asked the man in front of him lightly. He had very light eyes and lilac-colored hair.

"Of course, thank you for everything you've done for us already, Lord Hoshikage!" Akahoshi exclaimed very sincerely in his reply.

He could finally see some true hope rising for this small and extremely obscure shinobi village!

Maybe their dream of finally becoming one of the great ninja villages wasn't that impossible anymore with Yoshi Uzumaki and his great clan relocating here later.

Yoshi smiled in satisfaction after hearing him.

Even though this village was still called the Hoshigakure formally, Yoshi now made it mandatory so that every future Hoshikage must come from his Uzumaki clan, the now self-explanatory ruling clan.

But, that was not his only tactic in getting the hearts of shinobi of this village,

After spending many months researching and deeply immersing into the Hyuga Main Branch's curse mark secrets - he's achieved a significant mastery of juinjutsu skills on his own!

So he recently devised a completely new and astonishing curse mark technique on his own!

It was similar to Hyuga's one in the sense that it was also placed on a person's forehead. However, it was an Uzumaki clan's main symbol instead of a swastika,

And, it glows bright red instead of light green when activated.

Every currently active shinobi of the Hoshigakure's forces had this seal on right now, as well.

"Alright, you're free to go now, Akahoshi..."

'Akahoshi has the potential to become my strongest regular subordinate and the left hand.'

After Akahoshi finally left, Yoshi started thinking about something else.

He already deduced a couple of things about that meteorite and the Mysterious Peacock Method from those two corpses already.

But, how exactly to get those things was a completely different story.

'Takumi should come sometime later, and then the second part of my plan regarding Konoha will start!'

'After that, I should finally be able to go and look for my wandering clansmen and bring them all here to safety with me...'

Yoshi suddenly thought, feeling a bit nostalgic.

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Later during the afternoon, Yoshi was sitting in the same office, together with Anko this time.

"You'll really not take me with you?" Anko suddenly asked the same thing she already asked many times before today.

She already got pretty used to this renovated village, as well as, spending twenty-four hours of a day constantly with Yoshi.

"I'm really sorry Anko, but this for your own good!" Yoshi just replied straightforwardly once again.

"But, I can fight too!" She was apparently still not very convinced. She was always a little brash and too confident. This developed through many years of Yoshi's constant love and care towards her.

His constant showering of praises and his over-protectiveness towards her before also didn't help.

"Can you fight against the Third Hokage?" Yoshi surprisingly asked seriously all of sudden.

Seeing her struggling to open her mouth now, Yoshi continued.

"But, don't worry too much! After this is all over, I'll find a way to infuse you with that strange chakra meteorite we found to make you immensely stronger!"

Anko opened her eyes wide in shock after hearing him.

"In a safe way, of course, I wouldn't want to hurt my future wife at all!" Yoshi finally turned playful once again.

He knows that if he gets too stronger than Anko, then maybe a small rift could unwittingly form in their relationship, and he doesn't want that.

Furthermore, he currently really lacks such loyal and powerful forces!

"You're the best, Yoshi!" Anko unexpectedly lunged at Yoshi across the table, all of a sudden, hugging him closely and kissing him passionately without stopping.

"Alright, alright, Anko... Takumi will come soon..."

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In the evening, on the only steep hill near the Hoshikagure, in the middle of the giant forest, stood two very distinguishing and resolute-looking men.

The one with the black hair and damaged forehead protector had a very excited and somewhat emotional look in his two completely white eyes.

"C-Can you really do it, Yoshi?" Takumi asked his only friend who was now standing in front of him, emotionally and a bit nervously. Yoshi currently had an unusually serious expression on his face.

"Yes, but it won't be easy, and I'll have to seal your seal itself if it makes any sense..." Yoshi sighed and attempted to explain a little, "Moreover, your seal, or better-said curse mark, was one of the most complicated things I've ever seen before..."

'The Hyuga clan ancestor, or whoever else made that peculiar curse mark, was really an expert in the art of juinjutsu, way ahead of the current me...'

'He was also a great expert in human brain anatomy...'

"What do you mean, Yoshi?" Takumi asked uncertainly.

"In simple terms, it means, that If I tried to remove the seal, in any way, you would instantly die!"

Yoshi exclaimed soberly, all of sudden.

"It's that serious...?" Takumi asked nervously, turning a bit apprehensive after hearing it.

"Yes, the curse mark is closely connected to your brain, and it was made so that your whole brain explodes if someone tries to remove it..."

Yoshi replied humorlessly, marveling at its ingeniousness again.

"But, don't worry! I have found a way to effectively seal it away!"

"Then, let's start, I'm ready!" Takumi suddenly said hurriedly, he can't even begin to explain how long he waited for this exact moment! He was impatient to finally be set free!

"Alright, Takumi, sit over there..." Yoshi said while pointing on the ground, then continuing somewhat somberly, "This will be a very long and painful process for you!"

"I'm ready Yoshi, even If I die now, I won't regret it!" Takumi replied firmly.

He'd rather be dead than continue to be a trapped slave for the rest of his life!

"I'll have to shave your head first, Takumi..."

"I'll also have to immobilize your whole body from moving, just in case!"

Takumi took a deep sigh and then just nodded resolutely.

His eyes showing a fierce determination to fight the upcoming pain,

In contrast to his once very hopeless and desperate self.

'Sigh, Takumi do you not understand that you're laying your whole life in my hands right now!'

'Your current determination is boundless...'

'I was truly right at that time for betting on you...

'You didn't let me down at all!'

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The operation was successful in the end!

Yoshi managed to seal and suppress Takumi's green curse mark, but his whole head was now engraved in different fluorescent symbols invisible to the naked eye instead.

That was just one of Yoshi's latest inventions in the fuinjutsu domain!

So tomorrow, Takumi went on his way somewhere to recover and prepare for the upcoming surprise attack on the Konohagakure.

At this point, it was either his death, or the death of the Hyuga clan's main branch!

Yoshi Uzumaki also had his own enemies inside that village!

Even though he previously promised Sakumo not to harm any ordinary civilians, that doesn't mean that he will forget Konoha's high-level former deadly betrayal,

He still remembered it quite vividly, even though many years already passed!

But, that aside, Yoshi was currently running expeditiously towards somewhere through a forest.

He left his base in a hurry after sensing something or better said someone, extremely important to him, currently away from his home village, Konohagakure.

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Shisui Uchiha was currently running through a dense forest, alongside his shinobi subordinates, after they performed a top-secret mission in one of the Konoha's nearby small hidden villages.

Shisui also had short, unkempt, dark-colored hair, black eyes, and a relatively broad nose and well-defined eyelashes, that were turned upwards at each end.

He wore the standard attire of the Uchiha clan which includes a high-collared, dark-colored outfit along with a tanto strapped to the right side of the back of his shoulder.

He also wore what appeared to be a harness for his tanto which ran across his chest and fastened over both his shoulders. Shisui also donned the standard Konoha-nin uniform.

Even by Uchiha standards, Shisui was noted to be one of the most talented members the famed clan ever had. His abilities allowed him to rise to the rank of jonin four years into being a shinobi and eventually a captain of his own squad.

Shisui earned the nickname "Shisui of the Body Flicker" from his great mastery of the Body Flicker Jutsu. Being his signature skill, he could use it to fade out of sight, leaving no trace of either his presence or indication of his destination.

Shisui abruptly and covertly gestured his whole shinobi squad to stop running any further, all of a sudden, unease written all over his face.

'Catastrophic Clone Bombing!'

And unexpectedly, before he managed to do anything else, a barrage of red-haired clones suddenly erupted right from the ground up, while exploding fiercely and unrelentingly.

"No!" Shisui suddenly yelled in shock as he saw the various body parts of his former life-and-death companions flying around and their blood raining down as well.

That's the magic Yoshi's convenient explosive clones. They truly work best in an ambush!

And, who is Yoshi?

Thanks to his superior sensing ability, he could wait for days, in an ambush, just for you, preparing you a warm welcome of his explosive clones when you pass by,

This technique was tailor-made for Yoshi in essence!

Even if you randomly change your routes along the way, Yoshi could just follow you and adjust accordingly.

Erasing his presence completely, by sealing his Tenketsu chakra points.

Even worse for Shisui presently, was that one of the 'clones' rising from the ground, wasn't really a clone - but Yoshi himself, now coated in his Uzumaki Armour Technique!

He just smiled greedily while looking at running Shisui, who managed to save only two of his teammates in time with his wondrous Body Flicker Jutsu, in the distance.

He clicked his fingers, and numerous Adamantine Sealing Chains already sprung from his back.

Despondent and infuriated Shisui already recognized their attacker while dodging Yoshi's chains efficiently, thanks to his amazing mastery of the inherently plain particular movement jutsu.

Yoshi Uzumaki, the Crimson Blast, an S-class missing-nin from the Bingo Book!

Also, the man with the highest bounty in the world!

One of the chains present was a bit different from the rest!

It was apparently coated in wind chakra! Yoshi was also beginning to grasp the basics of the wind chakra's nature and shape transformations, as well, recently!

That managed to catch Shisui completely off guard. The chain's speed truly rivaled his own, making him subconsciously put his two subordinates in front of himself as the shield, killing them as well.

"Yoshi Uzumaki, you traitor!!"

And, after the previous heavy explosions of Yoshi's clones finished, Shisui finally landed on the nearby towering tree.

His whole body and face were bloody and unrecognizable.

This was his most enraged moment in this life.

For the first time, he felt like he seriously wanted to harm someone really badly now.

His eyes already changing into the Mangekyo Sharingan's pattern,

He suddenly held his short sword up and charged at Yoshi directly using his masterful Body Flicker.

Yoshi just smiled playfully, directly looking him into the eyes confidently, quickly parrying Shisui's short sword with his even shorter kunai.

'A true swordsman doesn't even need a sword!'

That was just one of many insightful teachings he received from his kenjutsu master, Sakumo Hatake, before.

Their gazes interlocked, and Shisui's red eyes attempted to cast some type of a genjutsu on him.

But it was a very foolish move, as no type of genjutsu can ever be successfully pulled on Yoshi,

Yoshi's control of his own chakra aura system is supreme and unquestionable!

Shisui looked very surprised as Yoshi both flicked his sword away and resisted his genjutsu attack.

'Wind Release: Body Flicker!'

Shisui now turned extremely shocked as Yoshi suddenly disappeared from his previous position, now appearing right behind him in the speed equal to his own.

Barely managing to dodge it, they got some distance in between them again.

"I already know what are you doing!"

"You're gradually attempting to subtly influence my chakra aura with your special genjutsu..."

"But, I assure you that it won't work on me!"

Shisui opened his Mangekyo eyes wide after hearing him.

'This man is way more dangerous than we all previously thought!'

'And Konoha has to deal with such an enemy in the future!?'

"I advise you to use your Susanoo right away, to make this at least a bit interesting for me..."

Yoshi just smiled playfully and said.

"You're not at least a little surprised after seeing my current eyes...?"

"Does that mean that you knew about them before?"

"Of course, why do you think I even came here for then?"

Yoshi already learned how to sense and distinguish a person with an awakened Mangeyko Sharingan ability, thanks to his frequent interactions with Kosuke and Fugaku before.

Shisui opened his eyes wide again in realization,

But, remembering his previously brutally slaughtered comrades, he turned very fierce once again.

"You asked for it, you traitor!" 'Susanoo!!'

A giant humanoid-like and fiendish Susanoo suddenly manifested in front of Yoshi. It was wholly green in color and had a red tomoe symbol on its chest area.

'Susanoo: Tsukumo!'

The Susanoo suddenly opened its ribcage and exposed its chest before launching a barrage of large, green-colored chakra needles at an incredible speed towards Yoshi, 'Die!'

"Haha... Come!"

Yoshi immediately jumped into the air to dodge the upcoming attack with his wind body flicker, summoning the entirety of his chain arsenal from his back now as well.

'I'll just melt and slowly drain your Susanoo's chakra flesh away, kid!'

'Your eyes will become my ticket to trading with Orochimaru in the future!'

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