Chapter 22 : Arrival in Sands

------------Kyudo's pov---------

WHOOSH

WHOOSH.

We travelled through the dense forests to the camp of Konoha, headed by Tsunade Senju. This is the current state of Konoha, where no time can be spared. Back-to-back deaths and missions.

The Rest will be granted only if your waterfront wins.

Hopefully, the sunagakure front will be resolved when the rest of the reinforcements come. The perks of anbu are that you can have a general vision of the entire situation. For example, a mission was given a week back, whose objective was to create and seed false information that a detachment of shinobi corps headed by Shibi Aburame's heading to the Kumo front.

At the same time, I took a root mission to threaten a few merchants selling essential rations to Sunagakure or its allies.

These numerous scattered dots were enough for me to get the whole picture - Konoha is going to send Sunagakure out of the War first.

I could grudgingly accept Danzo's need to keep a secrecy seal on Roots. One root captured and the info extracted is enough to change the fate of a battle.

THUCK

Under the reprimanding gazes of my Anbu teammates, I signalled back my apology for making a sound. I concentrated the chakra properly to completely hide my steps, masking the sound and my jump in emotions.

WHISTLE

The small whistle signalled our arrival in the Konoha war camp. So, we got to the task in the trees until the appointed leader informed the Tsunade.

HOOT

Under the darkness of trees, shielding from the cool moonlight, Anbu hides until we hear the steps of the incoming shinobi.

"I hate that Old bitch. I can't wait to get my hands on her. I mean, this is the 4,821st poison in this month. Maybe she gets her kicks from it?"

"Now, Now Tsunade-Hime. That is rude. What do you think the people will feel about their respected princess having such a foul mouth?"

I recognised the familiar voice; it belonged to the guy who was my intro to Root- Dan Kato-Senpai.

"No matter what they think, they will put on a smile and come crawling to flatter me."

Dan-senpai in response wearily smiled and said, "I think they won't, since people generally don't like being looked down on."

Tsunade stopped.

BONG BONG

I especially mentioned her stopping because I saw two bouncing mountains from the sudden stop. In just a moment gazes gathered on them like a magnet attracts iron. Tsunade just gave a raised eyebrow to the peacock who is right now the target of many jealous gazes.

Peacock/Dan-senpai sighed and replied, "Yeah, you might be right. People will come crawling to you."

Tsunade laughed happily like a girl. A girl. Oh fuck! Where is the mature Tsunade in anime?

A point was lost by Tsunade.

Still, it is both interesting and annoying at the same time, to see the flirting of the most sought-after women in the world.

BOOOOOOOOMMMMM

In a second the Anbu had to whoosh into the light because cracks rapidly spread with the irritated kunoichi's foot as an epicentre.

We heard her voice as she looked down at the kneeling Anbu/Root squads, "Both sets of peepers are here."

I gulped while looking at the cracks that can swallow me whole, I realized anime screwed over my perception a lot.

Dan-san grumbled slightly, "Tsunade." as if to reproach her for calling out Root's existence.

Tsunade only snorted, "What? While their nature of peeping is different. Anbu and root are the extensions of second-Grandpa's peeper students. Besides, the Anbu is like Hiruzen-sensei. No matter how uncomfortable and against he is towards Danzo's methods, he will agree and support him. The same is the case for Anbu, they will gladly take on the blame for any shit caused by Root's blunder. And the root, well it is Danzo's extension- A psychologist's wet dream."

We only heard a single calling as she left, "I am going back to have a drink, the Anbu can fuck off for the night. As for Root, bother Dan.."

Looking at the awkward silence she left behind, I can only feel that it is no wonder she was not chosen for an Anbu or Root.

Some people are just not fit for the darkness.

~_~

WHOOSH

WHOOSH.

I felt my former Anbu teammates leave while giving me a look.

Dan-senpai just gave a short look to everyone and said, "Well, let's go. There are a lot of cleanups to be done in the Camp. I already prepared the list."

Time to kill some leaf shinobi.

---------------A few hours later---------

".....Go for formation B."

"...The Suna assassins killed Yajirobe and Ganki."

"...Stop there you Suna scum. I will fucking kill you."

BAM

I watched as disguised Dan-senpai kicked the Jonin back to the following pursers, stopped for a second and weaved the hand signs in a flash, Ox → Dog → Rat.

"Wind style: Swift wind wall."

WHROOM

Looking at the instant release of the A-rank wind ninjutsu, I started counting his proficiency in nature transformations. He taught me Fire release, as my root initiator. With this, Wind too.

"Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld"

I watched as the A-rank earth swamp of 200 meters kept the following Konoha shinobi trapped. AI, give me his combat profile.

[Dan Kato

Physique: Jonin

Chakra: 700,000

Chakra control : S-rank

Taijutsu-A rank

Genjutsu- A rank

Ninjutsu - A rank [Fire, Wind, Earth, Yin-Yang]

The guy is a talent without a doubt, especially his creation- Spirit Transformation Jutsu.

[ Spirit Transformation Jutsu: [Root info pack]

This highly versatile technique allows the user's spirit to leave their body. By taking possession of a target, the spirit can suppress and collapse the victim's spirit, killing them, or freely manipulating their actions. This technique can also be used to communicate information or transfer chakra.

This technique will always reach the intended target, even when their whereabouts are unknown to the user. Having become a living ghost, the spirit has no substance and cannot be affected by enemy attacks.

Known countermeasure: Extreme will/ Yamanaka to counter possession, Fuin Barriers, Pure Yin-release jutsu]

That's right, three fucking weaknesses. All three are rare as fuck because even the Yamanaka who can counter him can be counted on one hand.

WHOOSH

WHOOSH.

Just like that, we are in the clearing, with our mission accomplished.

[Root mission Objective to 94: Follow Peacock to clear out Konoha traitors, Rapists and corrupted fearmongers.

"A shinobi shall have enough control to follow the mission commands."]

If the leaf mission code states that- no raping the civilians or any enemy shinobi. Then be a good boy. Danzo's problem is not that the shinobi committed such atrocities but the fact they disobeyed the rules and regulations of a Konoha shinobi. Especially when they are useless genin and chunin that can be easily replaced.

I watched as the peacock mask left his face and Dan-senpai declared, "Disperse."

I rose to my feet as the rest of the Root dispersed to become the sleeper cells in the Shinobi Corps or Anbu, waiting for their next mission.

Fuck, I am in a terrorist organisation.

WHOOSH

WHOOSH.

Dan-san smiled lightly while saying, "How are you doing, little Kyudo?"

I answered the truth, "Currently, cursing my Root initiator and mentor-Dan Kato."

He clutched his heart as if I stabbed it. I want to do it, considering his girlfriend will put him back in a minute. Still, I asked him something that had been bothering me for some time, "Senpai, I just have a doubt. Why do you and Minato-senpai have such an interest in me? Sure, I may have been a genius but so were Fuu, boar and others."

Dan-san wearily smiled, "Aren't you a humble one?"

I just shrugged. Saying otherwise is just plain hypocrisy.

He answered we sat on the tree, "Frankly, you were just assigned to me by Hokage-sama and Danzo-sama. You were just that, an assignment. My interest rose when you didn't completely follow Danzo-sama's teaching. The man despite his cruel disregard for emotions, is quite logical and inspires a sort of safety in the darkness. I am sure you felt it. The safety of your abilities being hidden, knowing the true inner workings of the world, the lifestyle that gives a feeling of greater purpose."

I get him. It is an addictive feeling, like Drugs. Considering, my first experience with drugs, you can see how dangerous it is.

I felt him pointing at me as he said, "You took all of that into you and formed your own opinion. According to Hokage-sama, you seem to have some level of empathic nature and value emotions too."

I bluntly said, "So, you like that I am not an emotionless weapon. So, you take me under your wing to be a shared agent of Hokage and Danzo, who rather than ask each other about their activities, simply spy on each other using us."

All I got in response, was a thumbs up.

ヾ (≧▽≦*) o

It's fine in the End. By joining Root I got multiple resources, info, and a form of safety to grow strong from this deal.

Dan-san continued the original topic by asking again, "How are you doing? We have gotten off track from the original question."

I sighed and said, "Well, I fucked up a country by being an assistant to Fuu and others. I encountered an S-rank Nukenin, Kakuzu and saw a one-sided annihilation."

"Well, shit. The undying monster is still alive. How old is he now, 95 or something right? If we consider that he attacked Hashirama-sama then he would..."

And there he goes into the world of history. Another reason we mesh well. History is a smart guy's pattern.

AI, help me here.

[Kakuzu, based on the first issue of Bingo book: 105 years currently]

Fucking monsters.

Speaking of monsters, I looked towards the elite Jonin beside me, who frankly speaking, scares away S-rank shinobi and go pokes Jinchuriki daily. The sheer amount of people he killed is unbelievable.

It takes some messed up view or resolve to create a jutsu that can rip your soul out of your body and use it as a weapon.

A surefire sign of a monster.

It's just now, I remembered something- a bet we made. I immediately said to him, "Pay up. You owe me a favour."

"HUH!"

Looking at his puzzled face, I answered him, "We made a bet about him 3 months back. You bet that he died from injuries, but I said to you that he is still due to those ninjutsu threads."

Threads that I sample from for a week before they dissolved. I can say for sure that it is a Yin-Yang jutsu, whose aim is to imitate the sage's weapons and tools.

Most likely original aim must have been the black orbs wielded by ten-tailed jinchuriki and Rinnegan users. But you got immortal threads.

Dan-san thought for a few seconds before his face changed with the realization, he immediately pointed out, "We weren't being serious back then."

I replied in a second, "You weren't serious. I was damn serious. Especially when betting my virginity to Butterfly. Sure, she may be hot but that woman fucked everything. According to the seduction reviews, she has an all-time no.2 rank, just below one".

He only sighed when I reminded him of his former sex friend. He rubbed his head and said, "Fine. What do you want from this favour?"

Since it was just a favour, I without doubt asked him, "Introduce me to your girlfriend."

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

I only got a laugh in response along with him saying, "You haven't yet hit puberty Kyudo. Don't tell me, you are finally having a crush. "

I simply said, "No."

The laugh ended rather fast with the sheer blunt tone of my voice. Dan-san asked me, "So why? Let me tell you beforehand, unlike Orochimaru-san, Tsunade-hime hates people approaching her favours. She had that all her life."

I answered him, "Boo Boo, she was born with insane talent in an insanely powerful family. So frustrating that People want to associate with her. I am sorry for your expectations but that's exactly what I want from her. Specifically, her help in getting my chakra control up. I need it for my new form of training. You remember my Medic-Nin-assisted Muscle training?"

He grew serious considering the topic, "Yes. I do. It is something that combat medics use to get themselves competent enough when compared to their peers who have too much time. Quite a good method if it wasn't for the requirement of mind-numbing medical jargon. I mean it even helps build up muscle memory with the least injuries. Overall, Efficient progress in the least amount of time."

I said to him, "Well the progress is not sufficient. You know, I don't want to stay in the root all my life right."

"Yes."

"To join normal shinobi corps, at the least prefer to have at least a Jonin strength. Until then, I will have the support and safety of highly efficient killer Root teammates. Considering staying back in Konoha in peace is not an option due to Danzo. I want to grow strong, especially after experiencing my previous mission. I am far too weak."

Dan-san snorted as he said, "I can count on one hand, the kids who are as skilled as you.."

I pointed out the fact, "Skilled, Yes. My Konoha taijutsu, due to the green monsters is completely mastered. An A-rank skill it may be but my body is a chunin at best. My chakra is barely Chunin. I need to grow strong. "

With a deep breath, I continued explaining my view, "So, It is time to implement my new training idea, crush my body with Eight Gates and re-build it with Medic-Ninjutsu. However, to achieve such whole-scale healing, I either need a freaky healer like your GF or a team of Medic Jonin, considering my body can reject such a vast amount of chakra intrusion. Since they can't leave their tasks every day. I must do it alone since my body won't reject my chakra. I have no problem in the knowledge department, but I have one flaw- Chakra control, the kind enough to heal every cell. I --"

"-----want to train your chakra control enough to move it according to your will," Dan said while lifting his palm out.

I watched with a throbbing head as his thick chakra came out to form various words and shapes. Pure chakra control. A point at which he can easily do Rasengan. The apex of Chakra shaping. Freak.

I wish I could do the same, but Rasengan is too chakra-intensive. It needs Jonin reserves to train that. A jonin reserves which is my original aim. Circled back to the start.

I would have asked him to help, but his chakra control is a completely natural talent. It is easy for me to imagine him to be the Root version of male sakura.

Tsunade on the other hand, has managed to train her chakra to perfect control. Most importantly she is the best medic in the world. Her advice and help will make the training succuss to shoot up to the sky.

Dan-san thought about the idea and said, "There is a limit to which body can be pushed. If it goes further, you will die early."

I said in a monotone voice, "I prefer to live past this war and worry about dying at early 75 or 85 instead of 100."

Besides, this training at best can be used to reach Jonin level. After that, the lost life span for the minimal progress is not worth it. Might as well use it now when I have the capability and opportunity.

SIGH

I finally got the reply I wanted as Dan-san said, "Fine. I will inform Tsunade-hime but don't get your hopes up. It depends on her mood and whether she will help you. Requests like this are far too common for her. "

I rolled my eyes and did my best to show the proper body language to sync with my words, "You can always give her your famous Kato kiss or any other nightly games you play. Show her, what it means to be the best seducer and fuckboy of Root."

(*￣3￣)╭

God. I lost my apprehension about my joining root because I had this guy as an intro. Fuck, what kind of intro ends with showing a post-mission orgy? I mean, I didn't even hit puberty, what was he even expecting?

I threw my hand over his shoulder and said, "Come on buddy. Whisper about my request in your pillow talk."

(〃￣︶￣)人(￣︶￣〃)

I was expecting a shy smile or irritation. Kami, I was looking forward to pride but not resignation. Looking at him and his troubled situation, I joked while internally hoping it was just a joke, not the truth, "Don't tell me that you didn't have sex till now?"

I got a shake of his head.

"Are you serious? The legendary Seducer. You are that legend, the guy who fucked an entire generation of Root ninjas."

Dan only said, "Forget about sex. We didn't even kiss."

"HUHH"

Now, I am surprised. While this world is no ero world, shinobi are always on the fast track to finding romance early in life, most even do it in Academy. It has to do with the fact that shinobi is a profession that dies young, and the academy is the stage they remember fondly because of their innocence and pure mindset back then.

"Hmm, now that is some serious relationship problem. So, the legendary sucker only means a sucker in gambling. I was expecting some other shit, just like we search the beneath in everything." I shook my head in mock exasperation while saying, "So, why is she not fucking you?"

Correction, I tried to shake my head but couldn't. I felt a voice from behind me, "I am not fucking him because he fucks everything. That the so-called legend of fucking of entire generation involves both men and women, also the in-between."

According to Danzo, the true seducer wouldn't care about gender but focuses on the info he can extract. This is the reason I didn't give the seduction training a single glance.

Poor Dan-san has the most beautiful and powerful woman in the world as a girlfriend but can't progress past the handholding stage. Well, Shinobi has a lot of trust issues. Especially the kind that watched all her family get killed as she grew up.

I felt the air being squeezed out of me as Tsunade Senju said, "Other than his manwhore past, the main point that irritates me is that he is a S-rank seducer and the mediator between my sensei and his friend. So, I am sorry I am troubled and disgusted by his past exploits. I am sorry that I have trust issues due to the chance it might be a mission for me. So, I am sorry for not spreading legs, so that the trash which surrounds me can get some satisfaction from degrading me."

I felt her hand turn me like a doll to face her.

Before the next series of events happened, I am sure I saw a glimpse of a punch heading towards me, coated in such potent chakra that it was visible to the naked eye.

[Chakra Reserves: 12000

6000

4000

BAM BAM

BOOOM

Even as got sent through the numerous boulders, while my chakra reserves are depleting like a poked ballon, I can see my body breaking through trees and the land of wind's sand hit me like a bitch.

THUCK THUCK

WHROOM

Chakra reserves: 2000]

"There is an intruder. Get back, kids."

"Fuck, A second attack in a single night. Are these fuckers thinking we are a joke or something?"

"Daddy, Be careful."

I felt myself being plucked from a crater as the voice said, "It's fine, my dear daughter. This is a regular occurrence. Since the body didn't become a flesh paste, it means he is our shinobi. I wonder how he mouthed off about the princess."

I heard another voice, probably another Jonin, who joked with my rescuer, "Hey! How about a bet? How did he piss off Tsunade-sama? Insult her or make a lewd joke of her."

The first voice, the guy who pulled me out said, "I bet on insult. It has been years since I saw another fool like Jiraiya-sama. I sometimes wonder if he grew strong from taking her punches every day. Still, this guy has some fancy armour."

COUGH

COUGH.

"Ok, this guy woke up."

I could two blurred people. The one who was holding me, my rescuer, had red eyes. I answered him, "I am sorry to say but you lost the bet."

The red-eyed guy with black hair said, "I guess you lost control. While it has been some time, it used to be quite common in the past. Especially while seeing her for the first time."

I lit up my mystic palm, using my last reserves to heal myself up while I could hear in the background someone screaming out that they knew my voice.

"No, I asked Dan-san if he fucked her. Tsunade-sama who happened to be behind me, gave a resounding no."

"Well kid, you have some shitty luck."

I could only say, "Tell me about it."

"Let me through, that's my dad at the crater. Besides, I think I know that voice," I heard a familiar voice coming towards and looking at her, I could only curse my shitty luck.

Might as well get this over with, I sat up and said, "Hey, Kurenai, Nice to meet you. It has been a while."

"KYUDO-TEME, what are doing here? Is that an Anbu mask on your waist?" Hearing Asuma's loud voice that announced my name and status, I felt the strength leave me.

"Hey, Asuma. Nice to meet you too. I missed taking out my frustration on you."

It used to feel good to be the powerful one. Unlike my current situation in the last few days.

THUD

I fell back on the ground and gave a half-hearted glance around the place. Konoha's war camp at Suna waterfront. A place I cleared from the infested traitors and rapists a few hours ago. I am thankful for Transformation Jutsu and Root anti-tracking, otherwise, I would have been fucked.

All because Tsunade Senju can't handle some gossip or joke. I just had my identity exposed and put on display to an unknown number of shinobi from her half-assed punch.

Seeing this kinda situation in fictional media is nice. Frankly, it is hilarious to see some spy being exposed due to some stupid antic. Experiencing it is some next level fucked up shit.

"HAHAAAHAAAAHHAAAAAAAAAAA"

"""Kyudo"'"

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