Dan Kato's Death & Ambitions

"Let's escape with Dan's body, since the enemy is looking for his body he shouldn't have any way to kill him just trap him." said another leaf shinobi

"That would be the same as sacrificing one of us as that person would be slower with the extra weight, so who wants to carry his body?" asked the final ninja

"..."

The question was met with silence, nobody wanted to sacrifice themself for Dan, they had just been put together for this mission and had no other encounter with each other therefore they had no attachment to Dan.

"We need to leave, the enemy is getting closer to this place." said the Hyuga

"We need to go, Dan was captured easily in his spirit form do any of you think we stand a chance, we came to the rock to collect information, we need to alert the village that the rock has a new powerful ninja."

"With Dan captured, I am in charge, we will leave since the enemy hasn't found us yet he or she is most likely not a sensor so let's go, Dan had instructed us to leave if he hadn't returned anyway."

Having decided what to do the group of leaf ninja no longer hesitated as they fled out o the cave they were in at top speed heading back to the land of fire, of course, every move they had made was seen by Ren but he had no reason to stop them as they hadn't gotten any information that could damage the rock village and since Onoki wanted the leaf to know Dan was killed by the rock village to send a message he had no reason to capture them.

Seeing the leaf ninjas finally leaving, Ren headed to the cave they had just left as he spoke.

"Kinda sad they would just abandon you like that isn't it?" asked Ren

"it's what I told them to do, I have accepted whT to come."

" It seems that is the only way, you don't seem like someone who would betray your village, so death is the only alternative, or am I wrong?"

"you are right I won't betray the leaf."

Getting the answer he expected Ren just walked into the cave with the cage floating behind him, after walking deep into the cave Ren came upon an open space where Dan's body was sitting motionless.

The thought of stopping Dan spirit from going to the pure land passed through Ren's mind but, if Dan wasn't a threat to him now he wouldn't be one year later when the fourth ninja war happens and he is brought back, and as for the threat he would be to rock ninja in that war Ren didn't think much of it, as when the time for the fourth ninja war comes the rock village will have no need to participate, with how strong he will be at that time.

Walking towards the body Ren pulled a kunai out of his pouch and priced Dan's neck in one fluid move, blood sprayed from his neck slashing into the ground and walls of the cave, as his physical body is now dead Ren still didn't completely undo his Jutsu as he remembers Dan could still control his spirit for a while before being forced to the pure lands, so ren weakens the Jutsu enough so the pure lands could summon his spirit but Dan couldn't escape before.

Resigned to his fate as he couldn't even try taking Ren with him as Ren didn't undo his Jutsu after killing his physical body Dan's spirit starts to be pulled into the sky against his will, knowing he could do nothing he turns to Ren.

"You are one cautious and powerful ninja I have a feeling I haven't seen anything you can really do and with how young you look you will become a powerful ninja maybe even more powerful than the current Kages, with my death I can't protect the hidden leaf anymore, I know it's Weird an enemy asking a favor but please if you can have mercy on the leaf village," says Dan as he disappears into the sky.

With Dan finally dead, Ren is left standing there as he seals up the body and then looks to the sky.

"Even in death, he thinks about his village first, I should try to teach some of the younger generations to see if I can develop such loyalty and devotion for the village in them, as for mercy on the leaf I have no plans on completely destroying any of the great villages this can already be seen as a form of mercy, but I have every intention of taking advantage of every foolish mistake the Hokage and Danzo will make if everything goes to plan the leaf will lose one of it's major clans to the rock village, the Sharingan will come to the rock, there is even a chance to get the Hyuga clan but it less likely to work out, but one will be enough," says Ren as he disappears back to the village leaving behind a blood-soaked cave.