Chapter 55: Enter Kiri
" We need to go! Now! Pack our things Shizune! "
Shizune woke up startled.
Rubbing her eyes, she was trying to get the sleep off her eyes.
" What, What's the matter lady Tsunade? Did the debt collectors come again?! "
Tsunade didn't respond as she was throwing together her stuff quickly into a storage scroll.
Shizune started to quickly help her, assuming she was right in her thoughts.
Tsunade seeing Shizune was up and helping swiftly stopped doing anything herself and started holding her closed fist close to her eyes.
Shizune's lips twitched seeing that, what was she doing, did she catch a glowing bug in her fist or something!
" Tsunade sama, I really hope you didn't wake me up so you can watch your glow in the dark bug?! "
Tsunade didn't feel angry, just smiled happily at Shizune as she opened her fist..
" What.. what is that..? "
Asked Shizune, she could see there was a glowing green crystal in Tsunade sama's palm.
Emanating a soft glow, it was giving a warm comfortable feeling.. It was like that man yesterday?!
" Is it something that man left to you Tsunade sama? "
Asked Shizune, convinced of her theory, she in all her life has never felt that way from anyone but him, it was a special case.
So Tsunade's answer shocked her even more.
" No.. It wasn't given by that man.. It was given by my grandfather.. Hashirama Senju.. "
The clothes Shizune was carrying fell as she exclaimed.
" First Hokage?! That's his? Wait that's the necklace you wear all the time! How is it glowing all of a sudden!? "
Tsunade carefully rubbed the necklace, lovingly she whispered.
" I think, it started glowing from yesterday.. when the man met us, it has started reacting to him, to his soul! "
Shizune didn't understand what Tsunade sama meant by soul, did she mean chakra? Whatever, that wasn't a concern for her now.
Packing things quickly, she and Tsunade started running.
" Which town are we running to this time Tsunade sama? "
The hurrying Tsunade whipped out the necklace again as she stared at it.
" We are going to Konoha! "
Ignoring Shizune's questions Tsunade had only one though in her mind.
' I will find you, whoever you are! '
Before meeting Tsunade, Mizuki had a fight with the snake sage, his clothes had some blood on them, so he had swapped them out for new ones before going to the pub, to look presentable.
But the new clothes he wore were casual clothes bought by Anko, not Konoha flak jacket.
He himself didn't show recognition to her either, she was transformed into her twenties during that time, hiding from debt collectors. Recognising her like that could be problematic.
All these led to Tsunade not knowing who she was dealing with, all she knew was she met a man who cured her with his presence alone, and her grandpa's crystal necklace reacted to that man.
In the original timeline the presence of current Ashura and his words had cured her, but this time Tsunade got lucky and encountered Mizuki much earlier than she would Naruto.
Mizuki didn't have the plot set up of Naruto, but he had his brain, he was aware how close to Hashirama he seemed to the Senju, Tsunade must be feeling that connection with him as well, that coupled with Tsunade's unstable mental health made him choose his plan of action.
His aura was of Hashirama, his face of Dan, his actions of lightly running his hands through her hair her were what Dan would have done, his comforting words as if comforting an injured child was something Hashirama could have done to a young Tsunade, lastly his whispers were but mental cues.
Everything Mizuki did was thought of from the ground up to give the maximum effect, doing a solid strike on her fragile heart.
Mizuki treated her not like a strong Kunoichi, she didn't need to act tough anymore, and so she opened up and Mizuki achieved what he did.
Making a strong mark on her heart.
As for Tsunade, she wanted to find the mystery man, but for that, she will need Konoha's information network.
And so, Tsunade Senju returned to Konoha as Mizuki Senju left from Konoha, both chasing after their own agendas.
Meanwhile, Mizuki was standing infront of the sea, breeze with fishy smell was hitting his body but he didn't mind.
" That's some great view, you don't see that in country of fire.. "
Behind Mizuki, a merchant was rubbing his hands together, as he saw a man looking at the sea, his senses were telling him that man needed to go across the sea, and that means a chance to sell his boat!
" Hello young- "
His voice got caught in his throat as he saw the man slowly walking into the ocean, step by step.
" Hey! Something bothering you son? Don't go further! Hey! Stop! "
The merchant yelled, but the man kept walking, step by step, as his body sank further into the water, the water slowly beginning to climb up to his waist now.
" Hey wait up! You got your whole life ahead of you- "
The merchant stopped, along with a few more people who came because of the shouts.
" Is.. is the water, passing through.. him? "
" Gulp.. yes, the waves, the waves aren't hitting him, it's passing straight through him! "
* Eeeeeiiii *
Screamed the bunch of locals as they ran for their lives.
" It's a sea ghost burial! He is going back to the sea! He'll take you with him! Run!!!! "
Everyone ran as fast as they can, their ships their food, anything they didn't absolutely need, they left and booked it straight out of the now ghost town.
Mizuki certainly wasn't a ghost, he was currently using Kamui, his projection walking under the sea, much easier than boarding a boat, and it will be much more impactful when he reaches Kiri.
But Mizuki's actions weren't only seen by the locals, a curious ice release user happened to see Mizuki too.
" That's.. certainly something. "
Murmered Haku.
Haku had come all the way to this town doing a day's journey at full speed for food, bit it seemed everyone got scared away by the invulnerable Ninja.
" Zabuza sama can't remain hungry.. "
So Haku simply took food materials and kept the money in a drawer nearby.
" That should cover everything. "
Very unusual behaviour for a missing ninja, but Haku wasn't living such a life by choice, everything about Haku was built around circumstances, everything.
Mizuki, while walking through the sea floor found the elite Jonin he had sensed before giving money and leaving, his lips twitched into a smile.
" Haku huh, you truly are faking everything in life, from your purpose to your own self, anything for the sake of survival and loyalty. You have my respects, Haku. Be proud."
Not anyone can gain Mizuki's respect, until this day, only Haku had managed to gain this honour, those who knew Mizuki from his previous life would know, Mizuki's respect was worth more than his research, because one was a general leap in humanity's knowledge and one was a leap in your personal existence.
This small encounter and this one good deed of Haku, would change the course of the story forever.
Mizuki didn't fret over Haku's matter meanwhile, He had reached Kiri.
* Whoosh *
" State your purpose. "
A team of Mist Ninja's had flashed before Mizuki even had to chance to see their front gate, typical Mist.
Giving a wide smile, Mizuki said something completely different than what he had come here for, something he just made plans for on the spot as soon as he understood to situation of mist right now.
" I am here for the coup! "
Mizuki slowly spit out with a smile on his face, amongst the appalled team of Mist Shinobi.
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