Alternative Title: Becoming Part of Team 8
Just as Zaydas expected, he was welcomed as the hero who saved the Kazekage. And after the display of strength and how far Gaara was willing to go for them, their loyalty to Gaara grew. Thus, indirectly, they became even more grateful to Zaydas.
With his enhanced vision, now able to even see through walls, he could see Sasori.
It shouldn't take long for him to realize that something strange had happened and even choose to flee on his own. Honestly, Zaydas doesn't believe there is strong loyalty between them, so if he notices something unusual, the chances are very high that he will run because of it…
"Thank you." Gaara stood up with Kankuro's help.
Zaydas retracted his wings and gave a simple smile: "It's all right. Like I said, I was just passing through, and it was easy to defeat him because you had already worn him out."
"Even so, you have my gratitude!" Gaara was quite serious, extending his hand to him.
Zaydas extended his own hand, shaking Gaara's.
Then he said: "Okay, I need to go now. As for the invitation to stay and be welcomed into your village, sorry, but I can't accept it this time. I have urgent matters to attend to."
"I understand," Gaara said. "Next time we meet..."
"Mm, we'll be friends," Zaydas completed. "I'm leaving now, see you later."
He stepped back a little, then opened a pair of red-feathered wings under the admiring gazes of many. He simply vanished before their eyes.
"So fast!" Kankuro was the first to react.
…
Sasori murmured: "I can no longer sense Deidara's chakra. Did he lose?"
When he heard the shouts that sounded like celebration, it became even clearer to him... Although it was unthinkable, it wasn't impossible.
Seriously, did Deidara really lose to a kid who became Kazekage so recently?
But if so, it seems they underestimated this current Kazekage a little too much...
'Looks like the plan failed.'
He turned to leave alone.
However, he suddenly stopped moving as his mind became clouded. And then, he looked up at the sky, not reacting as he saw a man with red wings flying.
…
Zaydas, who had just used 'Loki' on Sasori, smiled as he descended and stood before him.
Controlling his mind, Zaydas began to analyze all his jutsus.
Sasori's voice was modified to sound deep and sinister as he said: "This is the scroll that contains the Third Kazekage puppet."
"Open it," Zaydas commanded.
"Yes."
When he opened it, the puppet resembling the Third Kazekage fell to the ground. Zaydas made a rune appear beneath the puppet and stored it away.
With that done, he clasped his hands together and murmured: "Shadow Clone."
In the next instant, his chakra was split in two, and an identical clone of him was created.
However, the clone only inherited chakra, not magicules or demonic power.
"I'm not able to use most abilities," the clone revealed.
Honestly, he had already expected something like this.
Canceling the clone, he used [Thought Acceleration] with [Analysis] and began modifying the jutsu.
It took almost 5 minutes in thoughts accelerated nearly a million times for him to successfully modify the jutsu to be capable of using the aspects of his [Body Double] ability.
Forming a hand seal, but this time adding three seals before it, when he murmured 'Shadow Clone,' an identical clone of him was created, and this time, he could feel the magicules and demonic power within the clone.
"Not bad," said the clone. "I feel as if I were my true body, just weakened."
"Very well, you know what to do," Zaydas said, and his clone entered Sasori's shadow.
When his clone merged with Sasori's shadow, it became difficult even for Zaydas to sense him.
Placing his hand on 'Sasori's' shoulder, he said: "Go back and say that the mission failed—that the Kazekage was far more powerful than you all thought."
"Yes."
As soon as Sasori confirmed, Zaydas simply teleported Sasori to a more distant location.
Then, he concealed his presence and began flying again.
At the same time, Sand Village ninjas arrived and saw the various bodies of their village's ninjas who had been killed by Deidara and Sasori.
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Zaydas teleported to the Leaf Village.
High in the sky, he made several red runes appear, and before they could be surprised, he used his ability to create an identity as a ninja of the village.
He made it seem as though he was a Chūnin of the Leaf Village, an orphan of the Gremory Clan—a powerful clan from the Warring States Period, but he had become the sole survivor of this clan.
And, until then, he had been an ANBU ninja, which was why few knew about his true combat power. However, he made it so that Kiba joined Naruto's team while he took Kiba's place in Kurenai's Team.
The runes in the sky disappeared, and they continued their lives as if nothing had happened.
This level of manipulation was something that not even someone at Hokage level would be able to detect. His ability was far beyond their powers.
As for the reason he manipulated events to become part of Kurenai's team, it was simple. He wanted to see if Hinata would be as interesting a girl as described in the manga. And it would be interesting to pretend to be a ninja for a while while doing so.
Perhaps he was taking all of this lightly, but considering that he easily manipulated the minds of everyone in the village—and even though they were initially suspicious because of the runes in the sky, he manipulated them to the point of forgetting about it—it worked.
By the way, he noticed that the village's 'elders' were planning something and wanted to place someone else on Naruto's team, but he manipulated that too and made them believe it was a good idea.
Honestly, part of him wanted to kill all three of them for what he saw in the manga. Some might say that only Danzo was the root of the problem, but he didn't like the other two at all.
'Should I just kill them?'
His eyes narrowed slightly, but soon he gave up on the idea.
By the way, Kurenai's team had just arrived in the village.
Zaydas went to meet them.
"You're here, Zaydas." Kiba saw him arrive while riding his dog, Akamaru.
"Yes," Zaydas said. "It looks like I'll be taking your place."
"Tsk, how annoying, being on the same team as Naruto? Seriously, what are they thinking?" Kiba grumbled.
"Zaydas, it's been a while," Shino said.
"Yes, since graduation." Zaydas smiled slightly.
"Zaydas-kun, good evening," Hinata said in her sweet voice.
"Yo! Hinata, good evening to you too," Zaydas said with a smile. "I see you've become a very beautiful woman."
Smiling a little shyly, she politely said, "Thank you."
"Zaydas." Kurenai looked at him. "I honestly can't understand the intentions of the leaders or even the Hokage for making this kind of change, but as ninjas, we still need to follow their arrangements. So, even though this bothers me, I will accept you into our team."
"Thank you." Zaydas bowed toward her.
Meanwhile, he conducted a complete analysis of her and realized that not only was she not pregnant, but she was also still a virgin.
'I kind of really hate Asuma Sarutobi...' he thought.
It wasn't like Asuma had done anything for him to hate him so much, but he simply did. It was strange, but he had the same urge to kill him as he had toward Danzo.
'Why do I feel like killing so many people since I arrived in this dimension?'
He didn't feel like he was under the influence of anything or anyone, but he simply started thinking about certain people he wanted to kill in this dimension. One of them being Obito...
'No, no. I have something even better planned for him.'
Zaydas restrained himself from the idea.
In an instant, he went with them to a barbecue restaurant.
"The smell is as good as ever," Kiba said. "Sigh, if it weren't for the idea of being on the same team as Naruto, my mood would be excellent right now."
"Kiba-kun..." Hinata seemed like she wanted to say something but held back.
"It's okay, Hinata. I understand that I can't do anything about it either. After all, I'm not a kid anymore, and I'm a Chūnin." He said, "I can't just disagree and throw a tantrum, but I still can't stop myself from being upset about all this."
"Kiba, we will always be friends," Shino said.
"Of course!" Kiba said loudly. "Okay, enough of that, let's eat, eat!"
While they ate, Zaydas noticed something. Hinata really ate a lot.
She ate enough for three people and still made it seem like she had just started.
'She would do really well in a world like One Piece,' he thought.
That is... If she didn't end up in an unpleasant situation encountering some disgusting pirate or noble...
"Zaydas." Kurenai looked at him. "In three days, we will go on a mission. Until then, we will try to integrate you into the team."
"I appreciate that," Zaydas said with a small smile.
"And Kiba." She looked at him. "Honestly, I wish you would stay, but since there's no way around it, try to get along with your new teammates."
"Woof!"
"You got it!" he said firmly, and Akamaru barked.