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Konoha
"Master Danzo," One of the root ninja kneeled in front of Danzo. "We have lost contact with the team sent to capture Akashi."
Crack
"What did you say?" Danzo growled, his cane cracking the floor, "Damn it. useless fool, it could have made all the difference for me and Konoha,"
'With him in my hands, my path toward becoming Hokage was assured,"
"Send another team to the village of hot water, investigate their business, and look for any clues that could lead to them, and report to me. Immediately,"
"Yes!"
Whoosh
The root ninja disappeared, leaving Danzo to silently rage in his caves.
***
In the land of water
"The environment here seems to have worsened," Karin, standing on a hill with Akashi, Naoya, Meguru, and the elders of the Kinoe clan, exclaimed.
"It's only natural, the environment here is already toxic, and after we started the extraction of the metal ore, it could only worsen."
The old patriarch said, looking at the workers wearing the purifier mask as they work to extract the precious metal from the ground.
"I'm still impressed that you managed to survive here for so long in that environment. You are really resilient,"
"Hahaha, true, I also have to thank you, due to the care of your clansmen, everyone is recovering, even my old bone feels better," the old patriarch was genuinely happy about the situation of his clansmen, who were slowly getting better and better under the care of the Uzumaki.
"Well, we can't have our allies being sickly, right, hahaha," Naoya laughed heartily
"Shut up, idiot."
"It's fine, he is right," Meguru said
"How is the extraction progressing?" Akashi asked
"Very well, the ground is full of metal. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a lot of chakra metal in there. I can't believe we missed that for so long," Meguru responded with a sigh
"Meow,"
While they were discussing, a white ninja cat appeared on Akashi's shoulder.
"How have you been, White?" Akashi asked his ninja
"I'm as good as a cat can be in this stinky hellhole. How could you leave me here? My precious truffle is damaged now," The cat complained as it patted its truffle with its paw
"You shouldn't speak like that about people's homes. This is very disrespectful." Akashi flicked the cat's head in reprimand, but neither the cat nor the elder seemed to mind
"That's fine, we have a new home now."
"So, White, what did Gramps and Nekobaa say?" Akashi asked the White
"Huh, she is very interested, but she wants to have a meeting with the two old men to discuss the details of the weapons distribution."
"Huh, it's... yeah, I guess I should have expected that,"
Akashi intends to use his Uchiha background to have the old Nekobaa, which is already the supplier of the Uchiha, and has a network already established, selling the weapons he will produce from the steel of the valley of hell.
"I count on you to bring gramps there day of the meeting."
White knew that the gramps he was talking to was his paternal grandfather, Uchiha.....
"Alright, it's not like I have any choice in the matter."
"Stop complaining, it will compensate you with a can of fish."
"Ten minimum, do you have any idea how much chakra it takes to transport a person? I don't have your chakra reserve, you monster,"
"Smack,"
"Disrespectful cat,"
Akashi said before smacking White on the head
"Alright, everyone, patriarch Megumi, this is the time for us to go," Akashi said, facing the ancient of the Kinoe clan as he said his goodbye.
"Alright, have a safe trip," the old man said before turning to his son, Meguru,
"Serve lord Akashi well, and don't neglect your training. You will learn a lot from them, and most importantly, take care of the other for us old folk; the future of our clan is in your hands."
"Yes, father, we will see you soon. Take care of yourself."
After that, he turned to the other old men and women of the clan to said his goodbye.
The young members of the Kinoe clan had already left the valley of hell; the only ones present were the old and a few young ones who had volunteered to help manage the workers of the mines of metal.
All of them that had been procured through the underworld channel and brought here unconscious, none of them knew exactly where they were or how they arrived here. They will live and work here for a year before they are replaced.
Some could think that the conditions were harsh, but they didn't really differ from what happened in other mines. In fact, due to Akashi's kindness, their living conditions were better than in most mines where the workers were treated like slaves.
After traveling a few kilometers out of the valley of hell, Akashi noticed that Meguru was looking.
"You don't have to be so alert; there is no danger nearby."
"Ah, due to our situation and the endless warnings of the elders, I rarely leave the valley, so every time I leave, I tend to get nervous. I apologize if I offended you."
Meguru said, bowing his head
"We are in the same situation, no need to apologize or to be so nervous around me,"
He replied that he understood that Meguru was also nervous because of him. It was understandable after all, he was the hope of his clan, the one who gave them a new hope, it was normal to be nervous and respectful, he liked to be respected, but he didn't like too much grovelling.
"We are here," Noaya said as he saw a wooden shack
Tap
"Huh!?"
Naoya looked puzzled when they walked into the house. It looks like an ordinary house to him
"Excuse me, what are we doing here?"
"We are going to New Uzushio from here," Karin said, putting her hands on the wall.
Clank clank clank
Her adamantine chains left her palm before surrounding the shack.
Nothing or noone could see, hear, or feel inside once she was done.
"No need to be so tense Meguru, we aren't going to kill you, not to be disrespectful but you aren't worth so much trouble, it's a precaution, there are many strange technique in the ninja world we don't want that any individue see the new technique of our clan and alert the other great village, we have already enough trouble like that."
Hearing Naoya's explanation, Meguru's nervous expression relaxed as he breathed a sigh of relief
"I-I see, sorry for my lack of trust,"
"Any ninja worth his while will react like you did in such a situation."
Akashi repied while weaving a series of handseals, from his feet, his own adamantine chains emerged before forming a circle around them.
A white platform appeared at their feet.
"Let's go," Akashi said, activating his sharingan, and as he looked at the platform, three tomoe sharingan appeared on the platform, and in an instant, all of them disappeared from the shack. It will take hours before the chains on the shack will disappear, allowing the outside world to see it again.
Wing
Hundreds of kilometers away on an unknown and mysterious island, Akashi and the other appeared in an instant, having been teleported by his technique.
"The spatial gate,"
As Sharingan disappeared, so did the platform and the chains Akashi had created.
"Welcome to Shima Island." Karin said, walking forward behind Akashi, who was already walking forward toward the settlement, "This island is where we found refuge; it was one of the clan's old properties. Don't move away from us, or you will regret it."
The island had a massive volcano in its center
(The island is inspired by one of the filler and turtle islands of Kumogakure, if Kumo can have an island like that full of creatures for summons, the Uzumaki, who are known for their sealing techniques, also should have their own.)
"Yeah, the island is full of deadly summoning creatures. This is the Uzumaki equivalent of the three sage regions. Of course, there isn't sage art here, but this is where we Uzumaki place the creatures that we capture or seal; the entire island is full of deadly creatures of size comparable to the creatures of the sage regions, the islands are also full of seals to hide, protect, and sometimes stop them from going out." Naoya explained
"Who is them?"
As soon as Meguru finished his sentence, a rustling came from all around them, the massive trees of the luxurious vegetation the island parted to reveal the hordes of creatures, spiders, gorillas, snakes, scorpions, lions, tigers, and other creatures who looked like they had been made in a lab by a mad scientist.
Some of them were, and others were just ancients or forgotten.
"What the fuck!!" Meguru nearly choked at the scene in front of him before quickly hiding between Naoya and Karin. He was certain that each of those creatures could kill him.
"Don't be afraid, they won't eat you," Karin reassured him
As they arrived in front of the massive tiger, it spoke
"Welcome home, master, everyone."
"Thank you, Tora,"
"pleasure to be home,"
"Hello, Tora!"
"Hello to you, white. How was the travel?"
"Like usual, this guy made me work like a dog."
Under the stunned eyes of Meguru, the tiger not only salutated them the little white cat started a conversation with the creature that was so big that it should be able to register the cat.
Everyone seemed to have a good relationship with the tiger as they made small talk on the way.
"Oh, by the way, this is Meguru. He is part of the Kinoe clan, warn the others not to eat him by mistake," Akashi warned
"understood,"
After a few minutes of walking, they arrived at a massive Iron gate with a whirlpool pattern on it.
"Here we are, this is the new Uzushiogakure," Naoya introduced as they walked in.
The house was big and beautiful enough to accommodate a big family.
"Impressive," Meguru muttered
"You can just choose one empty house to live in."
"Most of them are anyway! Or maybe you prefer to live with a clansman or woman."
In the center of the village was a massive palace with the Uzumaki symbol on top, with a few Uchiha symbols adorning it.
"This palace is Akashi's home. Uselessly big. so massive that you could lose yourself there if you're not careful,"
"Master Akashi, you're back, here take a few fruits for your meal."
"Young master Akashi, welcome back,"
"Thank you, aunt Lia,"
As they walked forward, they saw the people of New Uzushio, red-haired, black haired, blonde, and people of different appearances, showing that they weren't all Uzumaki, appeared bowing and greeting Akashi as he walked pass.
Meguru also recognized a few of his clansmen mingling with others.
"Our home is slowly taking shape," Akashi said walking toward his castle
"Welcome to New Uzushiogakure,"