Chapter 15: Chapter 15: Saving Shisui.
"Let me think of it." replied Zokuto to Kurama. Although he said that, he already planned to visit each of those bijuus out there. While he was talking to Kurama, he received an instant message from his clone.
Yes! An instant message!
Sometime ago while he is training, Zokuto thought of developing a way to instantly send a message from a distance place, like the function of telephone. This thought made him link to the clone function. Whenever a clone disappeared, it's memory would be transferred back to it's original body. Then, what if a clone made a clone and released itself?
With that thought, he did just that. He created a clone and made the clone create another clone. After that he released the first clone. A moment later, he released the second clone. The result of this experiment is both memory from both clone came back to him the instant he released the clone, whether he created his clone, or his clone created another of his clone.
Now, why did he want to go through these experiment? The answer is that when he send a clone away from him, in case the clone need to guard something and need to inform the original body, the clone can create another clone to guard that something, while releasing itself to send an instant message to its original body.
Getting back to Zokuto, he checked the message that he just received. In the memory of his clone, he managed to save Shisui who jumped into the Naka River. However, Shisui condition is very cricital because he lost too much blood whether through his eyes socket, or from the opened wound from the impact of falling on the Nala River. The clone was requesting some medical aid to help Shisui.
'Well, it's time for me to use my newly learned medical jutsu.' thought Zokuto. "Kurama, lets go. It look like my clone needed some help." With that, he brought Kurama and moved toward Konoha's direction.
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Two days later, Zokuto met his second clone who was piggybacking the unconscious Shisui. The clone then put down Shisui, and Zokuto healed his body. Seeing this, Zokuto's clone exhaled a releaved breath, and then disappeared into a wisp of smoke.
After Zokuto made sure that all of Shisui's wound was healed, and his condition is stable, he then created a clone and tasked it to bring Shisui to Tonika Village. He on his own have no did not go back, instead he moved toward Kusagakure.
"So, in the end you are really going to catch the other bijuu huh."
"Yup." nodded Zokuto. "Well, it's time to test the ability of my Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan."
"What is actually the ability of your EMS?" asked Kurama curiously.
"You will know soon."
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While Zokuto was busy with his self-thought mission, the three Genin that he send to recruit the Sabaku sibling are having trouble on accomplishing their mission.
"Those Sabaku are really hard to find. I'm starting to question whether they are still alive or whether they exist or not." complained Kara.
"Calm down Kara. Maybe they are staying secluded in the Sunagakure." said Jun.
"Actually, we already know that the Sabaku siblings run away from the Sunagakure. We also encountered those Suna shinobi who is searching for them." stated Kubo.
"I'm just saying maybe. Who know's, maybe those Suna nin are just acting in order to hide the existance of their Jinchuuriki, who happen to be one of these Sabaku sibling." argued Jun.
"Ahh!! This is really frustrating. Hei Sabakus! Come out and show up yourselves!" shouted Kara.
"I don't think screaming will help you make them come out." said Kubo.
Suddenly, they heard a sound of the ground breaking. Not far away from them, some sand is moving up and dividing, falling to the side. Not long later, a hole was visible at that place. Four kids come out of it.
"Finally we are out of the ground. I can see the sun now." said Temari.
"Nii-san, I'm hungry" said Kankuro.
"Me too." Gaara and Temari.
"Okay, okay. Just hold it for now. We will certainly getting some food. Now, where are we? Did we reach Konoha?" Kroku looked at their surrounding.
'Uh! Does he really know the direction to Konoha? With the sea of sand around, this is definitely still in the land of Sand.' thought the three others, also looking around.
Suddenly, they saw some other kids not far away looking at them intently.
"Nii-san, there are people over there." said Gaara.
"I can see that. Wait here, let me try to ask them. Maybe they got some food to share to us."
Kroku then approached Kara and the gang. "Hei guys, do you have any food? I want to buy some if you have any."
Kara and his team are still in a state of shock. Just now, Kara shouted for the Sabaku sibling to came out, and they really come out of the ground.
"Hello? Can you hear me?"
"Ah. Yeah...we have some food pill with us." replied Kubo. He then took out some food pill from his bag and gave it to Kroku.
"How much?"
"Just take it." said Kara. He then added "By the way, our sensei tasked us to find you, Sabaku Kroku."
Kroku tensed up, and become wary of the other counterpart.
"Calm down we mean no harm to you. Here, a letter from sensei." together with the food pill, Kubo brought a letter and gave it to Kroku. Kroku was silence for a moment, but decided to still take the food and letter.
Temari, Kankuro and Gaara also approached them. While Kroku opened the letter, Kara and his team stayed to the side, giving a space for the Sabaku sibling to comprehend Zokuto's letter.
"Hei Kubo, why do you have a letter from sensei?" asked Kara, wondering why Zokuto did not gave him any such letter.
"Sensei is afraid that you might forget his letter. So, he gave it to me."
"Is that really the case? I thought you are the type to not really listen to sensei. The possibility of you throwing the letter away is higher than Kara forgeting the letter." refuted Jun.
"Do you think I would do that?"
"Yes!" Kara and Jun. Kubo almost dropped to the ground. 'So, my team is thinking so low of me.' thought Kubo, feeling dejected.
"Sigh. Actually, sensei promised to teach me a jutsu if I managed to give the letter to Kroku."
"Which jutsu?"
"I don't know."
"This is not fair. As the leader, I should be the one receiving that jutsu lesson." complained Kara while pursing her lips.
"Is not it bringing letter? How did it turned into receiving jutsu lesson?"
"Shut up. Anyway, what is in the letter? Why is it needed to be sent to Sabaku Kroku?"
"Who knows. I only brought those letter. I you want to know it, ask sensei." said Kubo.
Sometimes later, Kroku and his sibling finished read the letter.
"Sorry for the wait. By the way, how should I address you three?"
"Ah, we forget to introduce ourselves. I'm Kara. These two are my team mate, Kubo and Jun. Nice to meet you." Kara made a simple introduction for her team.
"Nice to meet you too. You already know me. These are my sibling, Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara." introduced Kroku. "In my understanding, Uzumaki Zokuto is your sensei right?"
"A biased sensei."
"Hei Kara, stop complaining." said Jun.
"Hmph!" Kara just looked away.
"Yes. He is our sensei. admitted Kubo.
"On the letter he want to recruit us into your village. So, we agreed to follow you guys to Tonika Village." said Kroku.
"Huh!? That easy?" blurted Kara.
'What kind of magical jutsu did sensei put in the letter that managed to recruit these guy easily?' thought the three Genin.
"In that case, our first mission is complete. Our next mission would be to escort you guy, and to make sure you guys are safe along the way back to Tonika village." informed Kara.
"Uh, can we eat first? Also, do you have any water? I kin'da feel thirsty." asked Kankuro.
"Alright. Tell us whenever you are ready to move out. Kubo, give your water to them."
"Why me?"
"You already gave them food and LETTER. Just be generous and share your water to them."
'She haven't let it go yet about the letter.' thought Kubo and Jun. Kubo sighed, and proceeded to share his water.
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In Kumogakure.
"Raikage-sama, the one that we send to Iwagakure to discuss about a war coalition has just returned. He is waiting outside." said Darui.
"Let him in."
A man in his forty came in. "Lord A, the Iwagakure has refused to get involved in the coalition attack toward Konoha." said the man.
"Well, it is as you have predicted, Mabui. After he got the egg of an eight tailed bijuu, Onoki is no longer interested in joining in the war. He might backstab us when we really go into war with Konoha." said A.
"I think, we no longer need to attack Konoha." said Mabui. "We already got a report from a spy that we send to Konoha. He said that, all of the Jinchuuriki of Konoha already left the village, and the Konohas are still searching for their whereabout."
"That's good. This mean, Konoha will lost in term of bijuu power." saidA, smiling.
"We also received an intel on Suna. Rasa, the Sunagakure's current Kazekage lost the Jinchuuriki of one tailed beast."
"Did something happen in Sunagakure?"
"Apparently, the oldest son of Rasa, Sabaku Kroku brought his sibling and escaped from Sunagakure." explained Mabui.
"Hmm, this is interesting." A contemplated on the news for a moment.
"What about the Kusagakure?"
"They are not in a state to join any war as they are in the middle of internal power struggle." said Mabui.
"I see." A nodded. "Okay then, we will not go into war for the time being. Send some ninja to track down the whereabout of those Jinchuurikis of Konoha and of Suna."
"Alright, Raikage-sama." Mabui then left to arrange someone for these task.
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