Naruto and his team of five jounin and two gennin silently skulked through the shadows of the night near the hidden mist village. Kakashi was leading the team through the proper route while Kurenai had placed a strong genjutsu over all of them to keep them hidden, currently, everything was going according to plan. They had slipped past the border guards with little problem along with the troops belonging to the current Mizukage and were near the main headquarters of the remaining seven swordsmen.
Kakashi suddenly had a strange thought occur to him. "Umm…Naruto…who did you leave in charge of the village while we're gone, I remember that Jiraiya wasn't around."
Naruto paused for a moment in his stride before continuing rather quickly. "You need not worry Kakashi, it is being handled accordingly."
Kakashi shrugged not giving it a second thought, if Naruto said it was being handled properly, then it was being handled properly.
Meanwhile back in Konoha.
A certain purple haired Jounin growled low in her throat, her eyes flashing a gold yellow much like her old sensei as she glared at the pile of paperwork infront of her.
Ohhh that fucker was gonna pay for this.
It wasn't long after-wards the Konoha nin could see a Japanese style mansion at the top of some shrine like steps. The shifting shadows and thick mist surrounding the area gave way that several jounin which were adept at the silent killing technique were currently present and on guard around the compound.
Naruto gestured for his subordinates to come closer. "Kurenai, drop your genjutsu, we've arrived. The secrecy was only needed so that the Mizukage would not catch wind of this."
The genjutsu mistress hesitated for a moment before nodding and the genjutsu around them fell. Naruto turned and began making his way up the steps of the shrine. It wasn't long before mist encircled around him and the five individuals behind him. He stopped as he reached the top of the stairs. The mist dissolved and roughly two dozen ninja were now surrounding them.
"What business do six leaf ninja have here in Kiri?" Asked a large man as he stepped forward. He was about 5'11 to six feet, he had a customized chest plate armor with sleeves that were fit more as a priests robes, dark blue in color and baggy Samurai style pants. He had short straight hair and a full beard and mustache. He also had three swords along his back, two crisscrossed and one going straight down along his spinal column.
Naruto allowed his eyes to travel over the group of Kiri nin before he spoke up again. "We have come to speak to the leader of this rebellion." He answered.
The man that had approached them looked them over. "Your names." He demanded.
Naruto glanced back at Kakashi gesturing to the silver haired man. "Hatake Kakashi of Konoha, Copy ninja. He looked to Shibi. "Aburame Shibi and Aburame Shino the clan head and heir of the Aburame clan respectively." He gestured to Kurenai. "Yuuhi Kurenai, the genjutsu mistress." And finally Hinata. "Hyuuga Hinata, the newly appointed clan head of the Hyuuga clan."
Mutters arose at that, whispers reached them not the least of which boiled down to "But she's just a kid."
Throughout the small barrage of mutters and whispered disdain Hinata forced herself to remain apathetic to the world. She would not respond to this simply because that is not how a clan head was supposed to act, taunts can be ignored and you act only when there's no other choice. At least that's what she had been taught.
The commander silenced them all with a harsh shout. "Shut it!" He looked back at Naruto. "And you?"
"Uzumaki Naruto." He paused the words stuck on his tongue for an instant. "Godaime Hokage of Konohagakure."
Tsunade stared at her ex teammate's looming form for several seconds before she was able to fully comprehend just who was standing before her. She glared and roughly pulled her hand away from his grasp, bringing the Sake bottle to her lips she took a huge swig and slammed the rice wine on the table.
"What are you doing here?" She snarled.
Jiraiya ignored her harsh tone and calmly sat down. Serving himself some Sake and drinking. "I just came to talk." He said placating.
"About what? Making me join your little world conquering club too?" She scoffed taking another swing.
Jiraiya paused before he drank some more Sake. "So you've heard have you. I suppose that girl told you eh?" He stated simply.
The slug sannin narrowed her eyes. "You've been spying on us?" It was no real secret what the sannin had specialized in. Tsunade in medical techniques and Taijutsiu. Jiraiya in sealing techniques and summoning techniques that could be used in conjunction with ninjutsu and Orochimaru in Ninjutsu and Kinjutsu.
Out of all of them Orochimaru was the best one in stealth, followed closely by Jiraiya and then Tsunade. So it was not too unbelievable that Jiraiya could remain hidden from her presence if he really wanted to.
Jiraiya nodded to her question. "Yeah I have." He looked at her then. "And as you've guessed I did come here in hopes of you joining us."
Her hand tightened around the bottle and a small crack formed on it as it strained under the pressure. "How dare you." She spat. "I have no real love for the leaf village. But you…you would burn it down…all in the name of this ridiculous notion of peace." Her glare was so intense Jiraiya thought that she would seriously lash out at him. After a moment or two she relaxed if only slightly. "It wont work. And you disappoint me for thinking for a moment that it would. Get out." She turned her head, refusing to even look at him.
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