Kentaro's Return

It was nighttime, the moonlight shone on the stony area. Right now, Kentaro and the five kunoichi were resting in the land of stone.

The land of stone was not well-known, it was at the south of the land of earth. Here, dispute and war between clans were few.

Kentaro had created a little campfire for them to rest around. In the meantime, he had talked with the five Kunoichi.

The most skilled one was Sakuya, a twenty year old medical ninja and a talented one at that.

"Sir Kentaro, what do you need us for?" Kentaro had not told them yet.

"I have eyes in my possession, I need you to transplant one of them into my cousin. Will you do that for me?"

even though Kentaro asked if she could do it, he implied that she would do it no matter what. And this, Sakuya clearly understood.

"This will not be a problem, when we get there, I will immediately get to work."

"No, if you do everything quickly, there will maybe be chances that you fail transplanting it." Kentaro wasn't willing to take risks.

"I have practiced and done all sorts of surgeries. Do not worry, I will not fail." Sakuya used a reassuring tone while talking.

"Worry, why should I worry? Worry does not exist in the mind of a sage. You will do what I say! When we get there, you shall rest for one complete day. After that, you have green light to proceed with the surgery."

"So be it." Sakuya calmy nodded, she didn't understand the part when Kentaro talked about the mind of a sage.

The five of them fell asleep one by one. Kentaro looked at the starry sky, thinking about life.

'I shouldn't think too much right now. There is nothing better than rest, I should get some sleep.' Kentaro who was sitting cross-legged lyed down.

His eyes slowly turned heavy, Kentaro fell asleep. Tomorrow, he would finally be home.

Nine hours passed like a few seconds, this was the feeling that Kentaro had when he opened his eyes.

The cold morning temperature welcomed them with open arms, Kentaro stood up and woke the five kunoichi.

"Stand up, girls. It is time to go." waking up like this was hard, they struggled to stand up.

Kentaro immediately began running, he adjusted his pace for the kunoichi to be able to follow him.

They panted, they had to run at their fastest speed to be able to keep up with Kentaro. They were visibly not so well-trained for battle.

'Tch...even if they are medical ninja, they should at least be physical. Avoiding this in the hidden stone will be imperative!'

Kentaro did not stop once. They were at the verge of collapsing, but Kentaro didn't care. Home was just two kilometers away.

The smell of the environment, the dry soil, the Rocky paths, Kentaro missed it all. Suddenly, one of the kunoichi fell face first to the ground.

"Sir Kentaro! We must heal her, she bleeds from the forehead." Kentaro walked to the fallen kunoichi and looked at the little cut.

"This is merely a little cut, stand up girl. We cannot waste our time for such trivial matters." the kunoichi stood up, the others comforted her.

Kentaro resumed his run, they were forced to follow suit. Kentaro came to a stop when he was on top of a rocky hill.

He overlooked over the whole area, it was beautiful. From up the rocky hill, he could see the hundreds of pillars.

"Dear ancestors, my brethren, I am finally back!" Kentaro formed hand seals, thick mud came out of Kentaro's body and coiled around the kunoichi.

He jumped down from up the rocky hill, he took the kunoichi with him like that. They landed safely.

Kentaro dropped them and walked further. They entered the forest of pillars and made their way to the village.

The guards that were standing guard could not believe their eyes, Kentaro was back. He had left without notifying anyone, but his family, the Elders and Wanda.

Information spreads like a traveling gust of wind, the clansmen soon got to know that he left and why he left.

"Kentaro! Welcome back!" the guards bowed their heads down, Kentaro did not know why they were so respectful towards him.

He entered inside and every clansmen bowed when he passed before them. Kentaro was feeling a bit uncomfortable, he couldn't get used to it.

From the clan leader's building, six figures hurriedly came out. The five Elders and Wanda hurriedly walked towards Kentaro.

"Kentaro! Hahaha! You have come much faster than expected! Come.. Come!"

Wanda shook Kentaro's hand and gave him a big rough hug. The news had spread through the whole village in a matter of minutes.

They all came to greet him and show him their respect, he had created bonds with many clans, consolidating the weakened Fujimoto clan.

The clansmen knew about that, the younger ones looked at Kentaro with great awe and respect.

"Let Kentaro breath! Please! Kentaro follow us inside." one of the Elders led Kentaro inside of the clan leader's building.

The five kunoichi followed Kentaro in, they let them in since they came with Kentaro.

Wanda sat down on his chair, the Elders stood behind him. Kentaro also sat down and the five kunoichi placed themselves behind him.

"Wanda, we have much to discuss. First of all, I would like to give a home to those five brave kunoichi." Wanda looked at them, he nodded his head.

Kentaro opened his cloth bag and placed the yellow pot on the table. This pot picked everyone's curiosity.

"You all wonder what is in there, right? What if I told you that the One-tailed beast lies within that pot." Kentaro was excited to see their reaction.

"You mean that you have sealed him inside!? With what jutsu? Don't tell me that you have mastered the sealing jutsu of the first clan leader." the Elder was at the verge of having a stroke.

"You guessed it right, Elder. I have mastered them and subjugated Shukaku. This information shall be kept secret, whoever leaks it, I will kill them myself." Kentaro sharply gazed at them.

At this exact moment, the Elders, Wanda, they saw how much Kentaro changed in seven months. If it was him of seven months ago, he would have never dared to threaten them so bluntly.

They felt the power and authority behind his voice, they all nodded their heads.

"Now that this topic has been talked about, let's talk about my position as clan leader."

Serious talk was about to take place.