Calm Before The Storm (2)

"From what I can tell it is fine. Despite how bad it looked their injuries were specifically made to be painful instead of fatal. Of course, you healing them dealt with most of the issues." Haku stood up from the side of the bed where Fuyumi, Ren, and Seiki were all resting. Although they each had their own separate rooms Rei decided to let them rest in his for now.

Standing off to the side Rei nodded to Haku before talking about a separate matter. "Haku you seemed pretty well versed in everything despite how young you are." Haku glanced over to Rei and nodded his head. "Of course I take every opportunity I can to learn and study so I can be useful." Hearing that Rei gestured to the door as both of them left the room silently.

"Good, then you can come with me to the Library. While I'm away I have a task for you." Haku nodded his head as he followed behind Rei. "Of course I'm at your service. But if I may ask what do you need help with?" Rei turned at the end of the hallway leading them to a set of doors near the center of the building.

Opening those doors the two of them were greeted by the sight of a large room. With different studying stations littered across the floor, there were soft lights floating in the air providing a luminescent feel to the room. Lining the wall's of course were bookshelves and scroll holder's which while a majority were empty some weren't.

What was there were a multitude of scrolls taken from Danzo's base along with a few books. Following that were thing's both Rei and Ren put there themselves. In a restricted area of course but nonetheless, they had a list of Kido spells, Techniques, Concepts, and future creations. All kinds of things related to Shinigami that Rei intended to stay confidential and teaching purposes.

"I built this place a few days after the building was made. Knowledge is power and at this point, I don't have nearly enough of it. I want you to write down everything of interest and everything you know. Jutsu, Maps, Locations, History, and profiles. I want it all written down and stored here." Hearing him Haku looked back at all the open shelves and slots.

"I see…" Understanding what Rei wanted him to do Haku replied cheerfully. "Of course! I'll get on it right away." With Haku agreeing, Rei snapped his fingers as the Reishi in the air gathered and began to form different things. On the desk in the center of the library empty books, scrolls and paper fell down with a plop. Following that tools did as well such as pens and whatnot.

"Get started whenever you're ready." Rei barely had to say anything before Haku walked over to the desk and began sorting through the books and scrolls. 'Looks like I don't need to do anything else.' Walking out of the Library Rei left Haku to it as he walked over to the restricted area of the library. It was in a corner and had a barrier placed on it blocking access to anyone he didn't want looking around.

Walking through the barrier no issue Rei looked for two messager scrolls in particular. Pulling them off the shelves Rei's eyes narrowed. Putting them away into his clothes Rei looked around one more time. 'I guess there is nothing else I'll need before I leave.' Walking out of the restricted area in the Library Rei saw Haku had begun writing out the corner of his eye.

'I have Zabuza guarding the area as a whole while Shisui focuses on protecting this place. All that's left is to pay Danzo a visit…' Not wanting to waste another moment Rei planned on attacking Danzo as soon as possible with zero time to prepare. Making his way to the front gate he directed himself towards the Leaf.

Maxing out his speed Rei took advantage of something he did earlier. He didn't know how but apparently Flash Step or at least its method was still applicable while off the ground. He used it when he rushed to find Seiki and the others and that time on the cliff. With it, he could travel a lot farther while barely touching the ground. In a sense, it was like gliding or hovering for long periods of time.

Maneuvering through the buildings in the residential area Rei began moving towards his destination. And with Danzo none the wiser of him even being alive he had his thoughts focused on 'Kabuto' and how to deal with Sasuke. A day passed and then another with a mix of traveling and short break's Rei barely had any issues reaching the Hidden Leaf.

And this time he wasn't going to play as nice as before. Being only a few hundred meters away from the Leaf's front gate Rei ignored the two Jonin guards as he sped up. "Hey what is that?" One of the Leaf Jonin moved from their post as they saw a large cloud of dust moving towards them. "Hmm?"

The other Jonin looked as well and right in front of their eyes, the cloud of dust disappeared as a shadow took quickly to observe launched itself into the air. It all happened quickly as Rei jumped into the air and landed on top of the Leaf Village's gate archway. Having an almost perfect view of the entire Rei stood there as he looked over the village.

'Now then.' Bending down slightly Rei used his thumb to draw a four-quadrant mark onto the platform with something that looked like black powder. "Heart of the south, the eye of the north, the finger of the west, foot of the east, arrive with the wind and depart with the rain." Placing both hands onto the mark it began to glow a bright blue.

"Bakudo #58: Kakushitsuijaku." The blue light began to display multiple symbol's which in turn Rei could read. Having a target in mind with his appearance and general location locked the symbols showed Rei exactly where his target was. Moving his head accordingly Rei's eyes locked onto a tall building near the corner of the Leaf Village.

'Found you.' Narrowing his eyes, Rei saw Jonin's the same ones guarding the Gate appear on both sides of him. "We're going to have to ask you to stop right there. We've deemed you and your actions to be very suspicious so we ask you to come with us." Rei didn't say anything as he glanced at both Jonin.

An invisible force pressed down on the two ninjas as they broke out into a cold sweat. "What…" The force only increased as Rei let loose a barrage of Spiritual Pressure and intent. With no real defense, the two Jonins couldn't hold out as they collapsed and their eyes rolled back. At the same time in his office, Danzo had a complicated look on his face.

"Still no sign of Kabuto and that brat Sasuke Uchiha is being difficult." It both gave him peace of mind and a looming threat. Being forced into such a position made Danzo quite irritated. 'If I can get an anonymous report sent to that woman Tsunade I may be able to use her to deal with Kabuto.'

Gritting his teeth Danzo let out a heavy sigh. "This is a very bad situation… If only-" Danzo's dialogue was interrupted when he suddenly heard a voice coming from behind him. "If only I didn't mess up everything?" Spinning his chair Danzo turned his head but remained seated. The large window behind his desk and chair was cut clean in half.

Walking through that now broken window Rei didn't act immediately but instead casually strolled into the office around Danzo's desk. "You… Impossible! You should be dead Kabuto-" Rei cut him off as he spoke calmly. "Kabuto along with everyone else you two sent are dead. They didn't put up much of a fight either."

Making a cutting motion with his hand Rei stared directly into Danzo's eyes. "One attack was all it took…" Danzo's blood ran cold for a moment as he realized where he went wrong. 'He… He did kill them. All of them are dead. I can see it in his eyes.' Being as experienced as he had lived through war and he could see how Rei had changed since their last encounter.

"Before… You do anything foolish I suggest you think. No matter what I'm still a part of the Hidden Leaf and if you kill me then you'll be hunted down." Hearing Danzo scrambling to logic Rei gave off a glare. "We're way beyond the point of talking Danzo. The moment you attacked you sealed your own fate. I let you go once and I won't be doing that again."

Danzo tightened his grip on his chair's armrest as Rei's head twitched slightly. In a flash of movement, he drew Ryujin Jakka from its sheath and slashed at the space behind him. The sound of something being cut and blood splattering on the hardwood floors came soon after. The ROOT ninja who was sneaking up behind Rei had their neck sliced clean open.

Falling to the ground Rei turned back around and pointed the tip of his blade at Danzo. "No one is saving you." Danzo's gaze turned dark as he prepared to make his move. "Don't… Underestimate me, boy!" Weaving four different hand signs Rei's eyes opened slightly as a volley of wind was released from Danzo's position.

In the second's the peaceful air of the village was disrupted as Danzo's building exploded in its entirety. Gusts of wind rushed over the entire neighborhood around the building as pedestrians and nearby ninja alike seemed dumbstruck. "What's going on!" One of the people on the street saw as chunks of debris rained down onto them and the buildings nearby.

"Everyone move!"

"Run!"

"Is it an attack?"

Amongst the chaos, two figure's seemingly flew into the air. On one side Danzo had pulled out a Kunai and lifted it to his mouth. Releasing wind-based Chakra from his mouth the Kunai was enveloped and became what looked to be a sword made of pure wind. On the other hand, Rei who had avoided getting damaged thought back about what Shisui said.

'I guess he really is as strong as Shisui said… But that's fine I didn't want to end this quickly anyway.' As the two of them began to fall due back to the ground Rei used Flash Step mid-air giving him a boost in speed. Rushing straight towards Danzo the two of them clashed as their blades grinded against one another.

'His speed even in the air doesn't even require hand signs.' Grunting Danzo pushed Rei away from him before throwing his wind-infused Kunai at him. Deflecting the Kunai mid-air Rei saw Danzo use a separate Jutsu. "Wind Style: Vacuum Serial Wave!" Taking a deep breath in Danzo proceeded to let loose a blade of wind from his mouth.

The blade immediately cut through any rock's falling with them from Danzo's destroyed building. Having to dodge mid-air Rei was like a spring bouncing and dodging in the air as Danzo used his head to chase Rei. In the aftermath of their mid-air battle, multiple buildings were being cut in half and destroyed.

"Your slow Danzo." Getting in close Rei avoided the wind blade as it almost scraped against his chest. Being wide open Danzo didn't have time to react as Rei raised his leg and enforced it with Reiatsu. In one swift movement, he kicked downward onto Danzo's head knocking into the roof of the building below them.

A massive cloud of dust erupted from the building rooftop as Rei landed on the roof as well.

It was in the smoke that Rei heard the sound of metal clanging onto the ground. Followed by another clang, Rei heard Danzo's voice. "You're strong… However, as long as I have these. You're fighting a losing battle."

Jumping into the air and onto a secondary roof away from Rei, Danzo revealed something that even disturbed Rei. The arm itself looked inhuman as multiple eyes were implanted into it. As the eyes moved Rei took a deep breath composing himself. "Am I supposed to be afraid of your freak show of an arm?" Rei glared as Danzo smiled in return.

"If you knew about the power of these eyes I'm sure you would be." The two of them stared each other down before movement began again. As the two of them continued to battle with Rei still holding the edge of course attention was drawn to them. "What the hell is going on over there!" A patrolling ninja standing on a tower a ways away looked ahead in awe.

There were series of explosions as multiple high-ranking Jutsu was used accompanied by attacks that he couldn't explain. The entire top right portion of the village had already been ravaged thanks to the chaos. Meanwhile walking in the streets near the center of the village the rising smoke had caught a group's attention.

"Guy Sensei, look!" Pointing at the smoke in the distance a bushy brown young man with a strange bald cut-like hairstyle spoke to an older ninja who looked as if they could be related. "Hmm?" The group looked in the distance and spotted what he was pointing at. "What in the world?" A pale-eyed boy with long brown hair seemed shocked as well.

"What the hell is going on over there?"