Kakashi’s POV
That report took a bit longer than I thought. I hope Kiyoko isn’t waiting for me, she needs to eat and rest. Its been hard on her, I wonder if there is anything I can to do to ease her pain.
“You, young man if you can please help me with my bags. They are too heavy for me to carry on my own,” an elderly woman said not too far from where I walked. She did have quite a few bags to carry. I quickly gather her bags in my hands and follow her. The old lady walked slowly, talking about her grandchildren and how wonderful the village was in her time and still is. I tried to listen but I just wanted to get home to Kiyoko.
“You’re Kakashi, yes?”
“Yes I am.”
“Oh then you must be with that one young lady. Kimiko was her name? She saved us from an attack once. She is great. I feel very safe with ninja like her on our side.”
“Ah yes. Her name is Kiyoko,” I say. It was a little surprising that the elder talked about her rather than me. I must say I am quite famous ninja, but it was great to see that Kiyoko was getting to become well known. The elder smiles and nods. I carry her bags to the far side of town. Why does this old lady have so many bags at this time at night? I tried to push away my suspicion, but something about this lady was different. We walked across the village before she smiled and pointed at her house.
“Thank you very much Kakashi. Here I’ll give you this piece of candy. Its my favorite,” She gave me a round red candy. I put it my pocket and began to leave.
“Wait!” I hear the elder say. I look back and I see a fist inches away from my face. I duck and jump away. The old lady was just a disguise, in front of me was an Anbu. HIs true identity hidden behind the mask and cloak. I immediately knew that this was Danzo’s doing. And than I thought, Kiyoko. He must have sent this ninja to keep me from going home, if he dares to lay a finger on Kiyoko I won’t hold myself back. I don’t care if he is an elder of the Leaf.
“Danzo sent you, didn’t he?” I asked the ninja in front of me. He didn’t respond and sent a few shurikens my way. It was pathetic if he thought that was going to stop me. The Anbu ninja used a fire technique, throwing small spits of fire, but they missed me and instead burned the ground around me. If they were small flame walls I could have easily jumped out of it, but it was a tall wall, and I had to use an earth style technique to travel through the ground instead. By the time I appeared before him, the Anbu Root ninja had disappeared leaving me to extinguish the flames and run home. Danzo is a coward to try to distract me and get to Kiyoko, he’ll pay for it.
Kiyoko’s POV
When I regained my senses I felt nauseous and had a killer headache. I tried to move but I realized I was being kept in the air with chains. They were tied at my wrists and ankles. Danzo made sure I was far from the ground, I tried to yank the bolts from the chain but they were in the walls with a strong grip. I was thirsty and hungry. I curse again, I should have eaten before opening the damn door.
“Don’t try to escape. The chains is reinforced iron and I personally put a jutsu to limit your movements. It will be impossible to escape with my anbu guarding you,” Danzi said from the ground below me. He snickered a little.
“You can’t keep me chained up like an animal. I’ll kill you if you did anything to Kakashi!”
“This is exactly where you belong. In chains and under guard. You’re a jinchuuriki. You’re dangerous and wild. Lady Tsunade is naive to trust you and that nine tailed brat. I’ll convince her somehow this is for the Leaf’s best,” he says and sits on a chair. If I was close I would have made a jutsu to smack that grin off his face but I couldn’t. I tried to create a water whip with my hands but the jutsu made my chakra feel like fire. If I began to manipulate it, my chakra began to burn me from the inside out. It left red marks on my skin, not even Ryuu’s healing abilities were helping now. Somehow Danzo kept his chakra separated from me.
“Why are you doing this? Let me out of here!”
“Quiet down! No one will hear you. If you behave, you’ll get food. There are rules here you will want to follow.”
“I’m not your pet. Danzo you’re foolishly underestimating a power of a hokage and a power of a jinchuuriki. You’ll pay for this, because I can tell you know that I’m not the same as others.”
“Hmm well that is where you are wrong. Because I do not underestimate a jinchuuriki I too great effort to prepare for this. You are simply a tool for us. A weapon, and a weapon must be kept hidden until it is the correct moment to use it. If the weapon doesn’t work you replace it. All jinchuurikis are made for one reason.”
“You’re saying if I don’t bow down to your wishes, you’ll kill me and find another to replace me as the jinchuuriki?”
Danzo nodded.
“I will never let you do that to anyone! I don’t want anyone to go through what I have been through! Before you have a chance to do it, I will kill you! Danzo you won’t live to see another jinchuuriki being made!”
“Even you can’t foretell the future, but you can talk about the past. Your father, you do know of him yes?”
I feel my muscles tense up, why is he bringing that up now. Now that I know the truth, will he notice that too.
“Soichi was a student of mine. He married Yukiko Uchiha. They lived here in the Leaf Village, but they disappeared twenty five years ago. On the day of your birth. Did you know that?”
“My father’s name is Michio Tsukino, and my mother was Akira Kimura. I was born in the Moon Village and I was recovered one year ago in the forest not too far from the Leaf Village. Kakashi’s team brought me to the village. There is nothing unusual about me,” I say.
“I do not understand why you are pretending to not know who they truly were. I don’t know why you lie about yourself as well. You know what you are and I know what you are, so drop the absurd act and lets have a meaningful conversation,” Danzo said as a pair of Anbu ninja stood besides him. Soon a platform of earth carried him in front of me, where he sat on a chair and spoke his mind.
“I was once a sensei to genin, and one of them was your father, Soichi. From the first sight I knew he was special, and soon I found out that he was gifted with wood style. I also knew his father was a wood user as well. I tried to grab him while he was still young, but his parents put up a fight. They-”
“You killed them!” I burst. I curse, I should have kept my mouth shut. I couldn’t believe that Danzo tried to abuse my father’s powers when he was young.
“Yes.I ordered for their demise. They were too influential in this village. Your father’s parents were powerful and if they would have lived they would ruin my plans for the future. That night I was going to obtain that great power of Senju cells, but your mother showed up. Yukiko stood beside your father since then, and if it wasn’t for her I would have had your father.”
I swallowed my nerves and anger. Sitting right in front of me, this devil, I thought I hated my father, but this man. I hate him more than anything in this world. He drove my father into despair.
“After that, I was fortunate enough to have him under my guidance. I couldn’t continue forward with my plans because he was never left alone. One may think that after your parents die you may be left to fend for yourself, but Soichi never experienced that. His grandmother taught him jutsus, and Yukiko began to grow fond of him. I couldn’t get him to join the Root. When he became a jounin, he and I separated ways. I thought I lost my chance. He was powerful and Yukiko was even more. I knew all there was about her. An Uchiha born with rare eyes, and rare amount of chakra. She had a strong body, and mind. Yukiko was known for completing missions in half the time to be expected. She never failed in any of them either. And when she was the captain of the team, she never had any casualties around her. Enemies grew to fear her name.”
I closed my eyes. I couldn’t stand hearing this from him. I was shaking, I don’t know why.
“They married, and a bright future was their path. And it was a peaceful time for the village. It was bit boring for me though. I always had tabs on Soichi and Yukiko, and I discovered one day that there was a powerful chakra coming for their house. I found out that it was a thing, something was under their house. I instantly knew what it was. A tailed beast.
I soon found out that Yukiko was pregnant, and I knew then I had another chance. You were going to be a child even more extraordinary than your parents. And looking at you now, I know I am right. I waited patiently for your arrival, nothing was going to stop me from having you under my control. I didn’t know that your birth came early, so when I felt a release of chakra transfer to someone I knew they put the tailed beast inside the newborn. Soichi and Yukiko put it inside you, and I couldn’t be more excited for your retrieval. I was about to send ninja for you that winter night, but for some reason Yukiko’s siblings attacked that cave that night. I soon saw the cave cave in and then I remember nothing. For fourteen years I have forgotten who Soichi and Yukiko were, but looking upon your face my memories have been restored. I wonder why I remember your parent’s but others do not. Yukiko must have cast a strong genjutsu to do this,” Danzo said with curiosity.
“You remember because of that Sharingan you possess. Where did you get it?” I ask him. Danzo rose his eyebrows. Got him.
“You stole that eye from an Uchiha didn’t you. Who was it? Why do you have it?”
Danzo let out a hearty chuckle. He grabbed his cane gave me a hard thump on the head.
“My, you are spectacular. I will tame you Kiyoko. You will come under my command and become part of the Root. Then I will tell you a few of my secrets. Until then you will stay here,” he said as he began to move down to the ground. I tried to break the chains hold again, but they stayed. I had to get out of here. I had to! I was not going to belong to anyone again. My father had that control on me once, and I will never let anyone do that to me ever again.
My head hurt from the whack he gave me. Once I get out of these chains I’ll return it to him.
Kakashi’s POV
“He’s stepping out of line,” Tsunade said as I finished telling her of the situation.
“We have to go get her. Who knows what he will do to her.”
“Yes, but we can’t go in there without a strategy. I don’t even know what kind of ninja are under his command. Shizune call Yamato, Neji, Sakura, and Sai . I’ll need them for this rescue mission.Hopefully Sai stays faithful to the team. With Neji’s byakugan, Yamato’s wood style and Sakura’s strength I believe you’ll be able to get through to Kiyoko. And if this does not work, I will personally go and retrieve her myself. I can’t have an elder run things in this village, especially not Danzo. What the hell does he think he is?”
Shizune runs out the office with tonton in tow.I paced the office and waited for the rest to show up. Even though its been only a few minutes since I arrived, it felt like years. When I ran to the apartment and saw the fight scene in front of our door I knew they had succeeded in grabbing her. I nearly went to get her myself, but I would have lost that fight on my own. I need help retrieving her. God, if only I had gone with her, this wouldn’t have happened. Damn Danzo, for a while now he has been on her case, but this has gone too far.
Lady Tsunade and I waited for the others to arrive, and I began to talk about a plan to get inside the Root headquarters. Once in my early years I have entered and became a spy for Danzo. i have never been more ashamed of myself for that. The rest arrived, looking ready for the mission.
“What has happened my Lady?” Sakura asks.
“Alright this mission is a retrieval mission.”
“For who?” Sai asks.
“For Kiyoko,” I said. I saw Sakura turn my way.
“Danzo has kidnapped her and we have to get her back. The thing is I don’t know where she is. Her chakra isn’t in the village anymore. They must have taken her somewhere else,” I said. I have already sent my ninja dogs to track her scent down. They moved quickly and cleanly it was going to be hard to get a scent.
“Sai do you know anywhere they might have taken her?” Lady Tsunade said.
“No, I don’t know. I can’t say the location myself because of the curse mark I have, but there are placed they might have taken her. I will lead the team there,” He said.
“Sai, if you can’t stay faithful to the team tell us now. We can’t have you coming along and confusing us further,” Yamato said.
“I will help the team. Kiyoko is a teammate of mine as well. We must have her back safely,” Sai said with certainty. I believed him.
“What is the reason for her kidnap? What’s the course of action?” Neji asked. He has recently been promoted to jounin.
“We are going to find where they are keeping her. Kakashi is leading the team for this mission. Anything he says go. Do whatever must be done to get her back, but come back with your lives. I will handle all consequences,” Lady Tsunade said. We all understood what was expected. I led the team out of the village after our dismissal.
“If he has done anything to Kiyoko. I’m going to punch the lights out of that Danzo,” I hears Sakura say from behind me. Sai runs besides me, instructing me the way to go. I agreed with Sakura, if he has done anything to her I’ll kill him.
Kiyoko’s POV
“Brat, what are you going to do to get yourself out of this mess?” Ryuu said as I tried to think of a plan.
“I’m trying to think of one.”
“I won’t be able to help you get out of here. I still can’t transfer any chakra to you. If I try it burns both of us, and if you try its the same result. I think we’ll be spending the rest of your days here. Not that much time compared to the amount of time I was sealed inside a damn jar that’s for sure,” Ryuu said.
“If your going to talk to much than think of a plan, otherwise let me think.”
“Jeez, alright.”
“Do you know if we are still in the village?”
“They’ve taken us somewhere outside the village. It hasn’t been too long since the assault so its not too far from the Leaf. I think the only way to get out here is if they come and get you. I bet that Kakashi boy will come soon. I feel a few chakras not too far from here. I think they’ll arrive in about half an hour at the rate they are moving,” Ryuu said.
Half an hour, I sigh, they’ll come soon. I’ll have to be ready to fight when the release this jutsu on me. Being still for so long was beginning to make my ankles and wrist hurt. I hope Kakashi and everyone else are coming are careful. In the short amount of time I have been here i have analyzed the ninja’s movements and chakras. They were skilled and deadly. I don’t want lives to be weighed for mine, even if I was a jinchuuriki.
“If you are planning to fight you will need to eat some food. I can’t provide the extra chakra anymore,” Ryuu said. He was right, I have little chakra after everything they have done. And I have only regained a small portion after waking from the short slumber. I should ask for food. I was about to yell for food, when I hear someone talk from below.
“Did you secure the barrier?”
“yes I did. The squad even tested it to make sure it worked. Who ever touched it without the correct chakra code will be tagged with an explosive. It is an impenetrable barrier. No one will be able to come for the beast.”
Two Anbu ninja spoke between themselves. My heart sank, no, please no. I felt the tears form in my eyes. I pray someone with barrier experience and byakugan are on the team heading this way. If they run into the barrier blindly then-. I can’t even think about it. All of my appetite has washed away. I thought I was going to vomit. I closed my eyes and took a few deep breaths. I opened them again and saw Tomoko silently flapping her wings in front of me.
“Tomoko! You have to go and warn Kakashi about the barrier. Right now! If they come in contact with it, they’ll be tagged with an explosive.”
“Kiyoko. I can get you out of here. Just give me a few minutes,” She said and perched on my head.
“Forget it. I can last a few minutes, now go and warn them. Please!” I beg. Tomoko flew for a few meters and came across the connecting joint of my chain and wall.
“Tomoko now!” I said a bit louder. She sighed but nodded. I watched as she disappeared in a cloud of smoke and left. I sighed in relief. Everything will be okay. I just know it, they’ll be okay. I just have to wait a bit longer.
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