"Please Tsuchikage-Sama!" Onato Kazuchi pleaded with the old Kage, "the son of that man is alive! This is our chance for revenge, at least let me take a small task force to kill him!"
Onato Kazuchi was a tall man standing at a height of 6'4" with scraggly black hair and green eyes; he was wearing the standard Jonin garb of Iwa. After Onato had graduated the academy he had pushed himself harder than all of his peers, rising to the rank of Jonin with in just a few years. Onato had been nothing more than a child during the Third Great Shinobi War when one Minato Namikaze had decimated their ninja forces. However both his parents and older brother had been in the war and were in that battle where Minato used the Hiraishin and killed them. Because of that Onato had grown bitter and vengeful; often complaining about how it was too bad the flash was dead so he couldn't kill the man himself. Upon learning that theKiroii Senkou had a son who was still alive he had immediately went to the Tsuchikage.
However the Sandaime Tsuchikage had not only refused his request to have the son that man killed, but had also told him not to go looking for trouble.
The Tsuchikage a man who went by the name Lnoki was an old man with a triangular shaped beard and a mustache, he had a large red nose and thick eyebrows, and the top of his head was bald, although he had a small patch of hair on the sides of his head which were pulled back into a knot. Lnoki was an extremely old man with a great deal of pride and a stubborn streak to boot, many people in Iwa described him as the stubborn old man. However while he was proud and hated the Yondaime Hokage as much as the next person in Iwa he was also smart, he had been one of the few people to ever fight Madara and live and had not been the Tsuchikage through several Wars for being stupid.
"We've already been over this," Lnoki grumbled irritably as he looked at Onato, "we do not have the strength to deal with this man. If we send our men out to kill this 'Naruto Namikaze' we will be sending them to their deaths, or have you already forgotten the rumors that came from Kiri. Not only that, but he is with Jiraiya of the Sennin, who will no doubt be protecting the boy making it even harder to kill him."
What he did not tell Onato was that even if they killed the son of Minato it would most likely end up being the catalyst that started the Fourth Great War and destroyed their village. Lnoki had been hearing rumors about a 'Naruto Uzumaki' long before the incident in Kiri that made his heritage known; the boy was considered a hero to several countries in the elemental nations. Not only that but the old Tsuchikage had received information that A, the Yondaime Raikage had come to respect the boy. If Iwagakure were to even make an attempt on the boy's life they would have to deal not only with Konoha and Suna, but also Kiri, Kumo, Takigakure, Yukigakure and several other nations.
"But Tsuchikage-Sama!"
"I said enough," Lnoki said not even deigning to look up from his paperwork, "to even make an attempt would not only end in failure but also end in Iwagakure's destruction. Seriously, young ones these days…"
Onato stared at the Tsuchikage for a moment, squeezing his hands so hard they began to bleed as his nails dug into his palm. He made a quick bow before leaving, stomping down the hallway of the Tsuchikage's tower. He narrowed his eyes in anger at the old man's cowardice, they had to strike now, not only for revenge but to kill the boy before he got too powerful. If the Tsuchikage would not do it, then he would have to take matters into his own hands and kill this Naruto Namikaze himself…
In a large cavernous room there was a large grotesque statue, with nine eyes that were currently closed as it held out its hands. On the fingers of those hands were nine holographic figures who were currently having a meeting, not much could be seen about these figures accept for their general outline and eyes.
"You say you have gotten information about the nine tails?" asked one figure that had spiky hair and odd gray eyes with a purple ripple pattern in them.
"Yes it seems he was in Kiri, the people there have started calling him a hero," said a person who looked like a man that was eaten by a giant venous fly trap and managed to get his head part way out.
"A hero huh?" smirked one of the other figures, this one with a shark like eyes and a large sword strapped to his back.
"Yes apparently he saved the country and stopped the bloodline civil war," the plant man said, "information has come out that he destroyed an entire army with a single Jutsu and fought and killed the Jinchurikki Kage Yagura afterwards."
For a long moment silence reigned as the implications sunk in, when it did the people in the room had several different reactions. The one with the ripple eyes got a somewhat troubled look while the one next to him, a female with amber colored eyes remained impassive. The one who looked like a shark had his eyes widen before a smirk adorned his face. One who had a pair of blood red eyes with three tomoe in them had widened in shock before going back to their passive look. A figure that had a hunchback remained impassive, while a figure with blond hair that covered one eye looked surprised and a partially scared. Another figure with slick backed white hair didn't seem to care, while a figure with black eyes had no visible reaction.
"This is troubling," said the figure with the ripple eyes.
"That's not all," the one who looked like he had been eaten by a Venus flytrap said, "apparently the claim is that the Kyuubi Jinchurikki is the son of the Kiroii Senkou and used the infamous Hiraishin to destroy the army."
That caused an even larger ripple of worry to move through the entire room, everyone knew about the man who was considered to be one of the most powerful shinobi to grace the elemental nations. If the Kyuubi Jinchurikki was the son of that man and able to use such a powerful technique it could be trouble.
"While this information is unwelcome our plans remain unchanged," the one with the ripple eyes said at last. "We will continue gathering information on the other Jinchurikki and Bijuu; we will save the Kyuubi for last."
The other image's nodded at their apparent leader's words and phased out of existence, as they did a lone shadow appeared on one of the fingers. So the Kyuubi Jinchurikki is the son of that man, and to think he was able to beat my puppet… I should have realized this. He may become a problem in the future… the shadow soon disappeared as well, leaving the area to appear as if it was untouched.
Naruto closed his eyes and took a deep breath as he stood on the bow of the ship he and Ero-sensei were on known as the lady luck, enjoying the feel of the ocean breeze against his skin. He and Ero-sensei were on their way to Haru No Kuni, the place he had saved with team 7 before he had left on his training trip. He was intrigued and curious about the reason they could be heading their but like always his sensei would just smirk and say he had some business to take care of there. Still he couldn't complain and was looking forward to seeing his friend Koyuki Kazahana again; he absently wondered how she was doing with her double career as both a Daimyo and actress. It would be good to see how she was doing.
"Do you need something sensei?" asked Naruto not even bothering to turn around.
Jiraiya shook his head and grinned at his student, the boy had come a long way in the last two and a half years; going from a loud mouth braggart to a man with the calm of a seasoned shinobi. The Toad Sennin was proud to see how strong and mature his godson was becoming, though he still seemed to keep a playful attitude and penchant for pranks; as evidenced by the time Jiraiya had found himself hanging over the woman's side of a hot spring naked with the words Super Pervert written in big bold letters on his ass. Of course he had made a comment asking Naruto how it was to sleep with that hot blond woman Yugito, so he supposed it was sort of his fault. Walking up beside his prized pupil and godson Jiraiya looked out over the water, sharing a comfortable silence between the two.
"We'll be entering port sometime tomorrow," Jiraiya finally said as he turned to look at Naruto.
Naruto nodded having already known this, "so what will I be learning during our time here?"
"Now that we have worked on gaining experience, your physical capabilities, elemental manipulation and trump card I'm going to be teaching you how to better work with the toads." Naruto looked at Jiraiya as he began to explain what he meant, "I am sure you've seen some of the jutsu I can create when in conjunction with the toads as well as specific summoning techniques that do more than just summon a toad to battle."
Naruto nodded, "you mean like that Kuchiyose: Gamaguchi Shibari (Summoning Jutsu: Toad Mouth Bind) jutsu you used when we had our run in with Itachi and Kisame?"
Jiraiya grinned, "yep! These techniques are very powerful and something that only we can do because of our contract with the toads, as we travel to the Haru capital I'm going to have you summon the different toads and get to know them and their abilities better. After that we'll do some sparring with toad partners so you can get a feel for what's its like working with toads other then Gamabunta, Gamachichi and Gamatatsu. Then we'll begin working on the specialized Toad ninjutsu."
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