Akari

Seeing the strange situation, Hajime did not know what to say about it, there were never such hostage-taking, let alone in a ninja world in the middle of a battle.

"You're finally here, Hajime"

Watching a Hajime land at the place Izumi approaches him.

"What happened?"

"When we were in the middle of the battle the lady of the Uzumaki clan appeared, as the village is a great ally of her clan and because we could not go in their support when they asked for it, the Hokage ordered that we should not fight any Uzumaki and we must negotiate with them, when this happened she took Hana hostage, at first just some ninja who handles speed like Shisui-san or others would stop him but it looks like they forced her to do that, Hana decided to stay so they could figure out the reason but before they could speak, ninjas came from both sides and surrounded Hana and Mrs. Uzumaki and could no longer speak, luckily Kakashi-san had captured the high command of the group otherwise things would be worse"

"I Just separate from you for a few minutes and this happens, so what are you going to do"

"Tsume-san and Shinku-san are talking to solve this"

As they spoke Karin could see her mother, but before she could talk to her, Hajime asks her to remain silent for now so as not to complicate matters any further.

Walking slowly towards Tsume, Hajime hides Karin.

"Hello, you already have the 10 million and the helicopter"

"Shut up! my daughter has a kunai around her neck"

Although they didn't know it was a helicopter, the simple tone with which Hajime spoke was enough to get anger Tsume.

"We're seeing how to solve this"

"Mmm, I have a question, whom of those around Hana and Uzumaki can I kill?"

"Mmmm"

Listening to Hajime's question, everyone turns to see Kusa no Hana member looking for answers without questioning Hajime's question.

"Everyone around them is the worst thing in the village so I see no problem for you to kill them even some of their team would be happy"

"Ok with that's enough for me"

Receiving the answer Hajime begins to make his preparations, the plan was as follows: Tsume took Karin who was involved so that they would not recognize her, they would stand apart from everyone and Karin yells at her mother to get everyone's attention and they could take care of themselves in that little span.

As Tsume quietly walked away from others, Hajime stands next to Kakashi to inform him of the plan and wait for the signal.

"MOM!"

With a loud cry from Karin, all the ninjas turn to see her.

Seeing her daughter safe, the kunai held by her mother is released, at that very moment an explosion is heard on Konoha's side, the very moment the explosion was heard a shadow was already standing next to the two women.

Without even letting react, Hajime cut everyone cleanly with his katana, when everyone reacted they could only see how the bodies began to split in two.

Only those with greater perception were able to see a little of Hajime's cut, while the others did not know it had just happened.

Without waiting for someone to react Hana takes the lady and returns to Konoha's side while the other ninjas quickly surround Kusa's ninjas.

With morale destroyed it was easy to defeat them.

With all settled new information arrives from the central base, All Iwa members retreated to the base, Konoha's attack had strongly rebuked Iwa but Roshi the jinchuriki of the four-tailed beast appeared, after a brief fight between the two sides, they withdrew from the battlefield, thus being ordered to leave the facilities of Kusa no Jitsu and concentrate on the base of Kusa no Hana as they did not have enough people to care for both places.

With the order received, everyone starts packing the most important thing from the base such as weapons, information, food, etc. While they were taking care of Karin and her mother, they went to their house to pick up all their things after having apologized to Hana and Tsume for what happened.

It was a lot of fun to see the mother and daughter couples apologizing and chatting, Hajime accompanied them to pack their things, as they walk discovered the name of the lady, it was Akari Uzumaki.

Arriving at the house the first thing that greets them is the huge hole in the wall making Hajime feel a little embarrassed by the view, without paying attention to the hole Akari and Karin enter to pack all their belongings, after half an hour both leave the house with two small suitcases ready to leave the place, yet prepared they begin to travel back to the provisional base from which they came.

Several ninjas could be seen loading important boxes and documents so the trip was slower, Hajime loaded Akari's bags while Karin was loading to travel.

After a long time, they finally arrive at the base, although it had some changes such as cut trees, parts of the ground destroyed but what stands out most is a group of Iwa ninjas tied up and hung upside down.

"It was a good idea to ask him to stay and take care of the place".

Seeing the strange view Shinku is the first to speak and with it receives acceptance from others, even more so from the members of Kusa no Hana who had their families on-site, while everyone unloaded their things various ninjas went to deal with Iwa members, Hajime went straight to his improvised home where he could smell the smell of food.

Entering the place Aino was cooking while Kushina prepared the table for lunch.

"At last you arrive Hajime, you do not know the problems that---"

As she looked up Kushina spoke to Hajime with a tone of annoyance, but when she saw the people accompanying her the words she was going to say below, they stopped in her throat.

Seeing Akari enter the house Kushina turns to her hugging her tightly, knocking her in the process, Hajime, seeing this, I only take Karin in her arms and slowly walk to the kitchen to help.

"Kushina-chan!"

"Yes!, it's been a long time Akari"

With the fall, the robe covering Kushina falls revealing her face causing Akari to scream surprised, causing her to ignore the fall altogether.

Both women continued to hug and cry for a long time until Karin's stomach began to protest causing them to sit down and eat.

"And they're going to tell us their story."

Seeing Karin's curious look moving between her mom and Kushina, Aino asks both of them.

"Haa... I'm sorry, she's my cousin Akari when we were kids, we played a lot so we were very close, but after they brought me Konoha I didn't know more about her"

"When I asked about Kushina they didn't tell me anything, so when we managed to escape the war I didn't know where to go, with the effort I was able to get asylum in this village to raise Karin"

Heard the talk of both as they ate the afternoon passed quietly.

"Then you are my aunt"

"Yes, I am your young and beautiful aunt, I also have a son about your age so you also have a cousin"

"Yeiiii!"

As an excited Karin screamed and ran out of emotion, Hajime would leave the house letting them talk about their things.

"And that we have information"

Entering the small room Hajime can see how Shinku and Tsume argue with the other members of the place about the information obtained.

"Only bad news, apparently the Tsuchikage Onoki arrived at the base of Iwa and together with Roshi the jinchuriki are going to be a strong enemy, Jiraiya asks that tomorrow we all be at the base to prepare for the last battle"

"And we who we have apart fromIraiya"

"Your wife"

"..."

Many things changed in the third war, Sakumo had passed away, Orochimaru was exiled for his experiments, Tsunade left the battle, Danzo would never participate and Hiruzen was in the village to protect her.

Also, many of Konoha's strongest ninjas are still children and the older ones only have the Jounin level.

"Then the next fight is going to be difficult"

"You what do you think"