NLS205-210

Chapter 205

After I was done we all gathered in the war room again, this time the

conversation became about what to do with Yukiko.

"What do I care about some stray you pick up," Wagyu snorted, "do

whatever you wish with her."

"You might not want to say that Wagyu," Zabuza snorted.

"And why not?" a chunin asked.

"Because she's a Karei, I'm guessing, the last one," cme the

swordsman cool reply.

"W-what?!" Wagyu eyes winded, "how?!"

"We found her being kidnapped by a squad of Kiri ninjas," 1 admitted,

"she's safe and sound."

"We must see her!" Wagyu said, "where is she?!"

"On our boat," 8 replied.

"We'll take you," 1 nodded as we all took off, the resistance fighters

rushing towards the boat as fast as they could. I saw them leap onto

the deck with 1 and Zabuza leading the charge.

"Stand down 2.1, 2.2," I heared 1 order, "they're are just here to see

the Karei girl."

"Where Is she?! I demand to see her!"

I stepped on the boat I immediately spotted Yukiko's fearful face turn to

me, running to behind me as she clutched my back, scared.

I sighed as I turned to Wagyu, "you're scaring her, stop it."

The man blinked, "she's a Karei! One of the greatest clans of Kiri! She

has nothing to fear from us!"

I sighed, "yeah, well the last Kiri ninja she saw tried to kidnap her," I

turned around to her and smiled, "are you alright?"

Yukiko nodded slowly , "y-yes. I'm sorry...are you okay? Did you get

hurt?"

5 chuckled, "him? Hurt? Please. You should be worried about everyone

else girl."

I shot the man a glare before turning to Yukiko and smiling, "I'm fine

Yuki, I didn't get a scratch on me."

Yukiko nodded, "g-good."

"Is this fearful girl really a Karei?" Wagyu asked, "she has no strength

to her, and her hair...surely by now it should have changed?"

"She's not a ninja, she's a civilian," I told them with a glare, "she's been

raised as an orphan, unaware of her history. And whose fault is that I

wonder."

"What are you insinuating boy?" a chunin growled.

"I'm sayin you have no right to demand anything of her when you

morons are the reason the blood war got as bad as it did. Her family

paid the price, so you have no right to expect her to be anything but

what you allowed her to become."

The older ninjas looked away ashamed, my words struck true. But the

younger ones, they looked pissed off.

"But is she really a Karei?" a younger ninja asked, "she doesn't look

like it."

I narrowed my eyes, I was about to speak when Yukiko beat me to it,

"a-and if I was a Karei, what will you do to me?"

"What?" the ninja asked, blinking in surprise.

"I-if I am a Karei, what will you do to me?" she voice soudning harder,

"will you do what Kiri wants to do? Use me to bare you fighters?"

"W-what?! No! We would never do such a thing!" Wagyu protested, "if

you were indeed a Karei we would help you get back your ancestral

seat! We would ask for your help in fighting back the Mizukage! We

would not lay a hand on you!"

"S-so you wish to use me? As a weapon?"

"No! As a symbol! Kiri was is the birthright of a Karei! As such you

could be the new face of the rebellion! Help our leader gain over more

people to our side!"

"So not a weapon, b-but a symbol," Yukiko glared at them from behind,

"I never want to made to do something I don't like!"

"Then what do you want kid?" Zabuza asked in an amused tone.

"I...I," she looked at me and then 2.1 and 2.2, "I want to be free! I don't

want to be in this land anymore! I hate it! I want to go the the Leaf with

Yami and the others! I want to see the Hokage monument and it's

many faces! I want to eat ramen and I-and I want to see the world!"

"You bastards," Wagyu growled, "you brainwashed her! You're trying to

steal the blood of a founding member of Kiri?! Unacceptable! I'll have

your heads for this!"

"Hey now, don't go making an bold claims," 6 replied as everyone,

myself included, spiked out Killing Intent at the resistance fighters.

"How about this," Zabuza spoke up, "even if the girl wants to go to

Konoha, she can't without the rest of them, and the team can't leave

until the mission is over. So how about she stays, with us, until Kiri gets

liberated. You have until tell to convince her to stay, and by the time the

war is over, if we lose or win, the choice will be out of our hands.

Sounds fair?"

Ping!

Quest Alert!

Bring Yukiko to Konoha!

Rewards:

?

2,000 EXP!

Failure:

-20 REP with Yukiko

Do you accept?

Y/N?

I sighed, it was a decent enough mission sure, but I wasn't interested in

forcing her to come to Konoha, it would cause to much problems is Kiri

thought I was manipulating her. So I declined the mission.

Yukiko nodded, "I won't change my mind! So you can try whatever you

want!"

Wagyu growled, "I'll speak to Mei about this, she'll know what to do.

Until then," he glared at me, "keep her safe."

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And with that the resistance fighters vanished in a burst of mist.

Zabuza sighed scratching his hair as he turned to Yukiko, "you're one

big pain in my ass princess."

Yukiko looked down ashamed, "s-sorry."

Zabuza clicked his teeth, "it's fine. Just...make sure you accept the

choice you decide to make. You don't want second thoughts with things

like this."

Yukiko nodded, "r-right!" she latched onto my arm tightly, "I'm going

with Yami no matter what!"

"Oh great, young love," 8 sighed as she ruffled my hair and walked

away, "don't go making my babies you here?"

"S-shut up!" I growled causing everyone else to laugh and Yukiko

looking confused, guess she wasn' old enough to understand what was

happening.

They all set out for be, leaving me and Yukiko alone. I took this chance

and turned to her and asked, "Yukiko...why me?"

She looked confused, "what do you mean?"

"Why are you coming with me?" I asked her.

"Because...you're the first person who asked me what my name was,

my real name. Not a family name I didn't know I had until a few days

ago," she smiled, "you're the only one who wanted Yukiko, not lady

Karei...whoever that's supposed to be."

I smiled, "is that so...fine, but I'm warning you, Naruto snores, so you're

going to have to sleep with earplugs on." Yukiko chuckled as we spent

the rest of the night talking about Konoha and all the things she could

do once she came there.

Soon she got sleepy and went to bed, leaving me alone in the night.

Alone...with nothing but the thought of all the people I was forced into

killing.

A week later:

"Sky island is just up ahead," 1 informed us as we sailed behind a large

brigade of boats, "we'll be arriving in ten minutes! Everyone get ready!"

I nodded as I turned to Yukiko, who looked unsure about everything

happening. I squeezed her hand, "hey, it's going to be fine. I promise."

Yuki turned to me and smiled, "r-right! Thanks Yami."

I nodded as I turned around, walking below deck into my room. I

gathered all my gear and weapons, arming myself for the meeting with

Mei Terumi, the future fifth Mizukage.

It had been a week since we reached Sunny island and in that week

the rebels managed to pack up everything they had on hand and

skipped town, it wasn't profitable to defend that place anymore.

So while Sunny island wasn't owned by the Rebels, Kiri asl didn't have

a foothold in it, thanks to the fact that I had all their forces on the island

currently in my inventory.

When I came out the coast line was visible from the horizon. No one

said a thing as we watched the island's coast come closer. And there

hidden between two cliff sides was a harbour with ninjas on the docks,

armed and ready.

The head boat of the resistance fighters docked first. I used my 8.0

Eyesight to and zoomed in on the far away bay, seeing Wagyu come

out of the boat and be greeted with cheers by the ninjas on the dock.

Slowly the small armed group parted as a woman walked out. She was

dressed in a blue kimono that exposed her legs and gave an ample

view of her breasts. She had bright red hair, kind of sexy really, and

bangs that covered one half of her face.

They talked, I couldn't hear what they were saying, but I saw the

woman look over at our ship. We were then given the signal to com

forward, in the way of a red firework being launched into the sky.

We sailed towards the dock, the ninjas looked nervous as we dropped

down on the docks. I looked over, the busty red head smiled at us, she

had green eyes similar to Sakura's and a body any woman would kill

for.

Mei Terumi, Resistance Leader

Lv- 84

REP- 10

Zabuza got off the boat first with Haku by his side. He looked up at Mei,

the woman's stare turned cold. "Mie," Zabuza nodded.

"Momoshi," Mie replied frostily, "it is….good to see a Swordsman of the

Mist return."

"Really? I'm surprised you're happy, last I remember you were trying to

melt my face off," he snorted.

Mie smiled turned cruel, "the next time don't cheat on me with some

skank."

1 stepped off next, he motioned me to join him as we both took the

lead, the others following behind closely with Yukiko in the back,

flanked by 5 and 6.

Mei looked at us and smiled, "and you must be the forces Konoha sent

to aide us," he gave a short bow, "on behalf of the resistance, I thank

you."

1 and I matched the bow, "we're happy to be of assistance," 1 replied.

Mie nodded and turned to me, "oh, aren't you a cute one. What's your

name cutie?"

I smiled, "Yami."

"Ah, the infamous second flash of Konoha," Mie nodded, "well, I'm glad

to see the Hokage sent me his best. I heard you were responsible for

saving the lives of my men on Sunny island, you have my thanks."

I nodded, "you're welcome ma'am."

"I also heard you had a member of my Land's founding clan members

in your company," she said smiling.

1 nodded, "yes, that is true," he turned around and motioned them to

bring Yukiko forward. The konoha ninjas moved aside, allowing the girl

to come forward.

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She looked at 1 with a glare before turning to me, looking scared. I

smiled back and extended my hand, which she took, moving forward to

face Mie, who's smile hadn't faltered one bit.

"So, what's your name?" Mie asked with a pleasant enough smile.

"K-Karei," Yukiko replied, knowing that's what Mie want to know.

"No, I know that silly," she chuckled, "I meant your real name, mines

Mie."

Yukiko's eyes widened, "I-I'm Yukiko."

Mie smiled, "that's better. So, I hear you can change your hair, is that

true?"

Yuki nodded, "y-yes."

"Cool! Could you show me?"

I rolled my eyes, she was talking down to her like she was a kid. Did

she really expect- "s-sure," Yukiko nodded as she closed her eyes and

allowed chakra to flow out, changing her hair snow white.

I blinked and sighed as I rubbed my nose, 'right, she's a twelve year

old civilian, I forgot.'

"That's so cool!" Mie said with a bright smile, "you know, I have a

special power too!"

"Really? What?" Yukiko asked with quietly held back interest.

"I can spit out magam! Here watch!" Mie moved through several hand

seals slowly and turned to the sea, spitting out a gob of magma that

hissed as it sank into the water, turning into stone as steam came

pouring out.

I snorted, "guess you really are the hottest woman in Kiri," I couldn't

resist.

Mei raised an eyebrow, "did you just try to hit on me?"

"Did I succeed?"

Ping!

+5 REP!

Mie smiled, "cute, come, I'll show you to our base," she motioned us to

follow as she made her way through the crowd of gathered ninjas.

We walked into a giant valley that was hidden by a thick fog. I could

barely see through the air, but from what I could see it was a pretty

small village. Not even worth mentioning, unless you counted the

hundreds of ninjas I found campin around.

Mie led us to a town hall in the middle of the village. The inside was a

military camp, a giant table and on it maps and other valuable data that

was quickly cleared out and taken away from our sight.

Mie sat down at the table, Wagyu and several other jonin commanders

sitting down next to her while Zabuza and 1 stand before her, being our

representatives.

Mie smiled and turned to Yukiko, "please Yuki, sit."

"T-thank you," she nodded as she sat down in the seat before me,

sending everyone gathered a worried look.

"Now," Mie smiled, "shall we begin?"

"Before we do, I have something to say," Zabuza spoke up as he

turned to me, "kid, the sword."

I glared at him, "the Hokage was clear, Kiri only gains the sword after

you're war ends, not a moment before."

"This isn't the time brat," Zabuza growled, "we need every advantage

we can get, give it, now!"

I rolled my eyes, "sorry, but I have my orders."

"What is going on here Zabuza? Explain," Mei frowned.

The demon huffed, "the kid managed to steal Samehada from Kisame,

he currently has it in his position."

"Y-you have one of the legendary swords?!" Wagyu cried out.

1 turned to me, "why wasn't I told of this?"

I grumbled, "the Hokage didn't want this information getting out,

obviously Zabuza disagreed."

"He isn't my Hokage," the man shrugged.

"The Samehada is the treasure of Kiri Yami," Mei spoke up, her voice

sounding pleading, "it belongs with us."

"And I'll give it to you," I nodded, "but not until Kiri gains freedom and a

suitable replacement has been found. The sword is attached to

Kisame, and it is sentient, the moment I take it out it'll try to escape. So

you'll need a way to control it and a new owner."

Mei and the others frowned, the woman nodded, "we have few

candidates in mind and a seal method to contain the sword until they

are ready. If you give us the blade we can begin training them, and

eventually we will have three of seven blades on our side."

"Three? Which one do you have?" Zabuza asked.

"Hiramekarei, it's now owned by a chunin named Chojuro,

he's….competent," Mei sighed before turning to me, "but if we had

Samehada, then it could mean an advantage in our favour."

I took a deep breath and let it out, "I'm sorry, but my Kage gave me

orders to keep the sword until you all win. And, if you need some stupid

ancient sword to gain freedom, then you haven't earned it at all. You

wish to gain equality for all? Then you can't do that with a relique that's

famous for creating a world where that's not possible. Fight for the new

world, show me you're worthy of it, and I'll give it to you on a fucking

red pillow cover the moment you win. How's that for a deal?"

"Who the hell are you to decide that?!" a jonin cried out, "you aren't a

member of our Land! You're a foreigner who has no right-"

"-Enough!" Mei snapped, "sit down, shut up, or I'll kill you." the man

gulped at her gallery apologizing before sitting down, the others

snickering at him.

Mei turned to me, and for a moment I feared she was going to try an

attack, but then, she smiled. She nodded, "you are correct. We lost the

sword, we lost the right to use it. Having a foreigner just give it back to

us is insulting. What's next? Have them fight for us? Have them earn

our freedom for us? No, we will earn it. Very well Yami of Konoha, keep

the blade, but swear to return it on the eve of our freedom, is that

something I can ask you to do?"

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I nodded, "yes madam Mei, those are my orders, I'll gladly give it to you

then."

"Good," she smiled, "now, without further interruptions, let's continue

onto the war plans. Yes?"

Zabuza nodded, "lets. What's the plan?"

"We have in our control only two islands," Mie explained, "after you left

Sunny island though Kiri sent more ninjas to take i over, which honestly

is for the best, this way they spread themselves out thin, giving us a leg

up on the battlefield."

Mei displayed the map on the table. The center Island, Kiri, was

covered with ten blue flags, each with a hundred number on it,

meaning the main island had a thousand ninjas in it.

Sunny, the island closest to Kiri, hence when Kiri wanted to reclaim it

so badly, had five flags, around five hundred ninjas in it. Lighting, which

was just East of Sunny island, had five flags in it and Mist, which was

East of Lightning, had five flags as well, reasonably well guarded.

There were 30 red flags on Sunny island, which meant the rebels had

three thousand people on this island, and twenty flags were spread out

on the Storm island, which was North of Kiri, surrounded by the two

neutral islands.

"How is Ao doing on getting Rain island and Cloud island to join us?"

Mike asked one of her lieutenants.

"He's not making any progress to change their minds," the man to her

right sighed, "he claims they don't believe we can win, and choose to

remain neutral to side with the winner."

"Can't we do anything to convince them otherwise?" Wagyu asked.

"Well….I suppose if we can show the tides of war is turning to our

favour that could convince them," the man hummed.

Mie looked at the map and hummed, "we can launch an attack on

Lightning island and Sunny island, reclaiming the latter and bringing

down the Kiri in the former."

"If you're going to just reclaim it why didn't' you just stay there?" 8

asked with a snort, "it seems like a waste of energy and manpower

now."

"You would be well to watch your tough tree hugger," Mike's right hand

man snarled, his name was Reigo, "we are aware how to fight wars,

we don't need you to teach us."

8 snarled but said nothing. Zabuza then spoke up, "he isn't wrong. Why

did you draw back? This seems like just a waste now. We had the fort,

we captured most of tier men, now it just seems like a waste."

"Our own men were injured," Mei spoke, "I wasn't going to risk their

lives for a pile of rocks. Besides, if we land on Sunny once more we

don't have to attack them, the moment hears of us, they will coming

running right for us."

I groaned, it was a smart plan but poorly executed. If it was me I would

have sent a boat of fresh men to replace the injured on the island and

have the people there defend it until that time. That way one could

replace the people without losing their footing. But then again Mei

didn't really seem like a general, more like a paragon if nothing else.

"So is that our next move? Reclaim Sunny and fight in Lightning?"

Wagyu asked curiously.

Mei nodded, "yes, it is. A thousand men will go to Lighting, five hundred

to Sunny and another five hundred will travel to Kiri, to begin taking out

the edges of Kiri's forces, gaining a foothold in the land."

"Where do we fit in all this?" 1 asked.

Mei smiled as she pointed at Sunny, "I would like you all to help

recapture Sunny and then come to Kiri, hopefully by then the team

there will have gained a foothold for you all."

1 nodded, "sounds good."

They spent the rest of the day talking about the particulars and what

they had to accomplish. I stayed silent and listened, keeping an eye on

all the people gathered. And then when everything was done we broke

for the night, with us Konoha ninjas given a large tent near the edge of

the town while Mei invited Yukiko to stay with her.

The girl wanted to stay with me, but after I encouraged her to try and

make new friends she readily agreed.

A Month Later:

Unfortunately, I couldn't just charge in and disarm everyone, literally

and figuratively. This wasn't just about killing the enemy, it was about

showing them that the resistance was powerful, and would win the

heart and soul of Kiri.

And a Konoha ninja couldn't be seen helping out and fixing everything.

So instead we were set up as support, mostly just making sure no one

escaped, captured prisoner, and as for me in particular, I had the duty

of storing away all the captured ninjas in my inventory.

1 and everyone else got super curious about this power of mine, but I

refused to speak of it, telling them it was my jutsu, and they can go

jump. The clan members were a little more understanding, while

everyone else was just pissed off.

1 actually wrote to the Hokage to make him tell everyone how I did it,

but Sarutobi was on my side as he refused stating that I had a unique

bloodline that would allow me to form my own clan, eventually.

1 was a little pissed, but he accepted it as a fact. Hopefully.

Right now I have over 600 captured ninjas in my inventory. Yeah, that's

a lot, I know. But i just grew over time and I never realised it.

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Over the past month I did get training in from time to time;

Chakara thread, Lv- 40 (MAX)

A concentrated thread of chakra that can be attached to

manipulate certain objects.

CP cost- 3 CP per minute per 1 feet

Max length- 350 feet

Chakra enhanced strength, Lv- 16 (0%)

Channel chakra into different parts of your body and unleash it

with pinpoint accuracy to cause a large amount of damage.

CP cost- 80 per minute

DMG: 16 X STR

Disturbance style, Lv- 50 (90%)

Akin to a warrior's dance performance, a user of this style is able

to rapidly and relentlessly bombard their target with precision, at

various angles and locations. This style, comprised of sheer

unpredictable movements, can easily catch his opponents off-

guard.

DMG- +195 + STR + DEX

Speed- 76% faster

Flirting, Lv- 18 (80%)

Your ability to charm your target to drop their gaurd, confuse

them or getting them to like you.

45% chance of it working (+40% from Ladies man) (+30% from

nobel)

+5 REP bonus if works

Kunai techniques, Lv- 30 (MAX)

Your ability to handle a kunai accurately.

Aquaracy- 100%

Bonus- 60% to DMG (+500% from Weapon's Master Perk)

Lying, Lv- 25 (35%)

You ability to lie to people without getting caught.

50% chance of success (+30 from nobel)

-20% if the lie is too unbelievable

Lying, Lv- 25 (35%)

You ability to lie to people without getting caught.

50% chance of success (+30 from Nobel's Tongue perc)

-20% if the lie is too unbelievable

Medical knowledge, Lv- 15 (33%)

Your knowledge about the human body.

Chance of success- 56%

Medical ninjutsu, Lv- 12 (28%)

Your ability to heal wounds using chakra.

Success rate- 42% + chance of success from medical knowledge

Limit- C rank Poisons, bleeding, C rank level injuries.

Shuriken techniques, Lv- 30 (MAX)

Your ability to handle a kunai accurately.

Aquaracy- 100%

Bonus- 60% to DMG (+500% from Weapon's Master perk)

Stealth, Lv- 32 (0%)

Your ability to hide in plain sight is crucial for being a ninja.

Chances of not getting spotted- 61% (+20% from ANBU stealth

perk)

For stronger opponents, -2% for each level they surpass you

Yeah, I've had a productive month, since there's been nothing to do but

fight and rest.

And thanks to the constant fighting I also gained another level;

Yami, Protector of Hono

Level- 50 (1,000/82,900)

HP- 12,350/12,350 (+20)

SP- 6,150/6,150

CP- 10,825/10,825

CONTROL- 100%

FIRE- 100% WIND- 100% LIGHTNING- 100% WATER- 100% EARTH-

100%

SCORCH- 100% SWIFT- 100% WOOD- 100%

POWER- 100%

Allegiance- Konoha

STR- 165 (+5)

VIT- 110

DEX- 110

INT- 110 (+2)

CHA- 330

CC- 250

LUC- 102 (+5)

Points- 0

Which of course unlocked another element for me, this time I chose

Lava, since I could probably ask Mei to teach me as a favour.

And since I was ten levels higher now, I gained a new ability thanks to

my 'Hero Maker' perk;

Hero maker- Every 10 levels, randomly obtain a power from one of

the heroes you have fictions heroes you have made.

And the power I gained was….wait for it….

Underwater breathing- The ability to breath underwater

Yeah...I got a power from Aquaman, which sucks. But...it was the ability

to breath underwater! That was perfect power for this place! Just to test

the powers out I took a swim underwater and stayed there for two

hours, two freaking hours!

I haven't had a moment when this could be tactfully useful, but I swear

I'll think of something! Either way, hopefully next time I'll get x-ray vision

or something like that.

Since a month had passed I also gained my monthly lottery spin;

Monthly lottery!- Gain a chance to spin a prize wheel every month!

Gain a valuable prize!

This time I got something useful;

+10 Skill scroll!

Useful, but for now I kept it away to use later, don't know when you

might need it.

I also however did a little cheating. While in battle I actually grew bored

at certain points, so bored in fact I wasn't even paying attention when I

faced someone who was five levels weaker than me. So instead I

decided to focus on other things, like jutsu stealing.

I wore my tinted goggles all the time now, it was odd for certain people,

but I just gave the same lie about being able to track chakra

movements and they believed me, thank God there wasn't a Hyuga

among them to confirm my story.

Anyway, I used the goggles all the time now to hide the fact that I had

my sharingan on to watch and steal the jutsus of other people. I

managed to gain a plethora of new jutsus this way!

Water Release: Water Palm Wave, D rank

Water Release: Great Water Drill, C rank

Water Release: Hiding in Water, C rank

Water Release: Surging Sea, C rank

Water Release: Rampaging water, C rank

Water Release: Surfing Strike, B rank

Water Release: Running Water Spear, B rank

Water Release: Rising Water Slicer, B rank

Water Release: Water Fang Bullet, B rank

Water Release: Water Severing Wave, A rank

Water Release: Water Blade, A rank

Water Release: Torrent Bullet, A rank

Water Release: Water Dragon Whilrpool, A rank

Unfortunately I couldn't get any other elements, though people did use

fire and earth release jutsus. I wasn't that relaxed. I got what I could,

usually it was some moron that tried to act high and might, lording his

great jutsu over me and how I would die. Moron.

I stole their jutsu, watching them do it in expert detail, and then goaded

them into showing me more. And then finally when I got bored, I kicked

their ass.

Most of the others were too exhausted from the civil war, but thanks to

Gamer's body I was unaffected and thanks to Gamer's Mind I was

mentally unharmed, unlike the ninjas I was with who were slowly

starting to show signs of stress from the constant battles.

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Yukiko stayed with Mei, after politely asking me if it was alright. I

honestly didn't care, plus if she stayed with her it would be much safer.

Last I heard from her she was training to use her family's kekkai

genkai, which was nice.

As the month came to a close, the Sunny island was once again in the

hands of the Resistance, with all 500 of the enemy ninjas either dead,

dying or inside my inventory. Tada!

Which is exactly why we were all on a boat sailing to the main island,

where the resistance had gained a strong foothold in the South East

side, 300 Km away from Kiri itself. They had set up a main battle front

and even a base camp, so far things have been steady, hopefully now

that everyone else is coming to that place, things can finally start to get

interesting again.

I looked out into the sea and activated my 8.0 eyesight again, "the land

is coming up," I called out from the bow of the ship.

"You have pretty good eyes kid," 8 grumbled. As we came up on the

coat everyone was silent, we were nervous for the new fight ahead. We

got off onto the docks and took off, I took the lead and kept a lookout

for enemies as we made our way to the camp site.

We arrived late at night, the camp was made on top of a hill, looking

down over a large flat plain that was covered with water, fire with it's

core topography altered to an almost unrecognizable extent. I saw a

few chunks of lava near the enemy side, I'm guessing Mei's already

here.

We came into camp, got our identifications in order and then brought

into our tents where the others rested while 1, 8, Zabuza and I were

summoned to the main tent.

We entered and once again found Mei surrounded by her men pouring

over a map of the Land o Water.

"...With Sunny and Lighting islands now ours we only have to finish up

the rebellion in Mist, that would force Kiri to retreat into itself," Mei said

with a bregrudeing smile.

"Reports have come in that the Mizukage has become nervous, he's

planning a full front attack on us, we don't know when, but apparently

he's gathering around a thousand chunins, two hundred jounins as well

as coming himself," reported Wagyu, who was looking through several

reports.

"How credible are these reports?" one jonin asked.

"Very," Zabuza spoke up alerting them to our preakness, "we captured

a couple of ninjas a few days ago, they said the Mizukage was

planning something big. It can happen very soon."

"The full moon," Mei spoke up, "it's in three days and Yagura always

said an attack during the night was ideal for a ninja. He would do it

then."

"Are you sure he won't attack earlier?" a concerned jonin asked.

Mei snorted, "he would have to be an idiot to do so. His men also got

hurt in the last conflict, he'll be putting them all at risk is he attacks

again so soon."

"So we have three days to prepare?" Poshu asked, an elderly jonin

with a long beard.

"Yes, three days," Mei's eyes narrowed at the map, "but we can't wait

that long. This town," she pointed at a town twenty kilometers away

from our base, "it's called Shinshu, it has over five hundred civilians in

it. So far the war has never spilled over, but I suspect if Yagura himself

in coming for this then we'll be putting on a big fight. We need to

evacuate it. That should be our priority."

"We can't spare any men," Wagyu sighed, "everyone is still tired from

the last fight three days ago, even the ninas from Sunny, Lighting, Sky

and Mist are tired."

"It wouldn't be too many people," Mei insisted, "just around ten ninjas

to get everyone out."

"Mie, if you truly wish to be the Mizukage after all of this, you can't be

such a bleeding heart," Zabuza snorted, "spending ninjas to save a

bunch of civilians is a waste of chakra."

Mei glared, "and that is exactly why I'll never let you gain that hat

Zabuza. These are our people, it's time we stop seeing them as

disposable but rather as they truly are. Our responsibility."

"I'll go," I stepped forward.

"Yami?" 1 asked.

I shrugged, "I'm not tired, and I can probably get there faster than

anyone else. Plus, if I have to, I can be here in a Flash," I tossed 1 a

fanged dagger. The man nodded and quickly put it away, guess he

accepted my reasoning.

"I'm glad you're willing to help Yami," Mei smiled at me, "I'll have some

more people volunteer, you can start tonight. For now rest, this will be

a long journey."

Ping!

Quest Alert!

Save the people of Shinshu!

Reards:

?

?

300,000 EXP

Failure:

Death

Do you accept?

Y/N?

I pressed yes, "alright, but please limit the number of partners, I'm

honestly faster on my own."

Mei nodded, "right. Good luck."

And with that I left, going back to my tent to sleep for four hours. You

see while I may not need the sleep, I did need to keep up appearances

that I was still human. Or else people will start to suspect something,

and since I'm surrounded by ninjas, I need to be doubly careful.

That night I went to the main tent and this time met with two other

ninjas, a chunin level ninja named Koro and a Kiri Hunter called Krill,

though her real name was Senchu Fabara.

We were explained the mission by Mei herself, I was placed in charge,

which seemed to bother Krill, but she didn't say anything about it.