Chapter 13: Sage Mode
The village of Konoha was very far from the mountainous region where Kumogakure was situated. Even if the jounin from Kumogakure used unconventional method of transportation, a round trip would still take them around three days, so there are still chances that they are still not that far away.
Fifty kilometers from the outskirts of Konoha, a group of people with a party of six can be seen travelling on top speed. Among the party, one of them was holding a young female that looked about ten to eleven years old.
The young female was shockingly Hinata!
When they arrived deep into the forest, the group stopped and decided to take a rest there before continuing their journey.
Hinata suddenly woke up. She thought back and remembered that as she was walking down an alley when she felt a pain in her head, then she blacked out. Looking around, she realized she was tied onto a tree, unable to move.
Hinata gnashed her teeth and said: "There is no enmity or grievances between us, what exactly are you guys trying to do to me!?"
A bald old man walked in front of Hinata, pushed her with his hands, and said: "Less rubbish or I will slap your damn face!"
"Stop it Kaidou!" A middle aged man with a cross shaped scar on his face suddenly turned around, and coldly said: "Who told you to touch the girl! Whether or not she lives, or die is not up for you to decide. If I ever see a scratch on her, I'll chop your hand off!"
That bald old man was sneering and was about to give Hinata a slap, but upon hearing the words coming out from the middle age man, his entire body suddenly froze. He nodded instantly as he quickly stepped back.
The middle-aged man started walking towards Hinata. "Miss Hyuga heiress. My name is Kenzo. Please forgive my man's action earlier. All of us are rogue shinobi from Kumogakure you see. Some of them did not grow up properly and doesn't know how to treat a lady. Don't worry, we don't have any enmities with you. What we're doing is strictly business."
"What do you want from me? I'm only a small girl and have no value for you. If you want to ask for ransom from my father, then just forget it. I am already disowned by the clan a long time ago." Hinata tried to reason with the man while trying to break the rope that was firmly binding her hand.
"Hahaha. Little lass. Do you think I looked like a fool to you? You were only disowned by your clan, but your father still loves you dearly. I don't give a crap about your clan. What I want is your eyes! Do you know how hard it is to get that damn 'Byakugan' of yours? Your main branch members are heavily guarded all the time. And the side branch members were useless because of the stupid sealing jutsu. But today is finally my lucky day. Who would've thought that I could catch a stray Hyuga lass from the main branch? Hehehe." The middle aged man named Kenzo started laughing creepily.
Hinata paled. She tried to struggle but didn't have any strength. Her two eyes were filled with fear.
The middle-aged man reached out his hand and stroked Hinata's cheeks. "Ah… what a smooth face. I can probably even find a buyer for your body. I'm sure there's a lot of perverted scumbags out there who would pay massive amount of money just to play with a 10-year old Hyuga heiress. You're practically the perfect product for quick money."
Tears slowly dripped down Hinata's cheeks. She closed her eyes, unwilling to watch the disgusting smirk on the face of the middle age man. In her mind, she saw a calm but goofy face, with bright blue eyes, and that characteristic yellow hair. She saw him smiling while looking at her…
'Would he notice that I've been kidnapped? He's a dummy so probably not. I wonder what's he's doing right now? Is he still training? Ah. Sorry. It seems like I couldn't complete my promise to embroider that scarf for you.'
"Naruto kun." Hinata softly whispered.
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Swish!
Naruto opened his eyes. He has been trying to enter sage mode since half an hour ago but there's still no progress whatsoever. The only chance he got to track down Hinata's kidnapper is by using his sage mode to detect Hinata's chakra signature. However Naruto was racing against time because the further they took Hinata away, the harder it would be for Naruto to track her.
Previously Naruto has been delaying his training on 'Senjutsu' because he thought it will be easier to learn it again in Mount Myoboku. Furthermore, he needs the special oil produced in there which allows people to feel the natural energy around them more easily. Learning 'Senjutsu' alone is extremely dangerous since if the person is not perfectly still when becoming one with nature, he will start becoming a toad and eventually turns into stone.
"Arghh damn it! What's wrong with me? Why is it so hard for me to feel the natural energy?" Naruto was desperate. He doesn't have much time. The more time he wasted here, the smaller the chance for him to rescue Hinata.
Naruto suddenly thought of an idea. "What if I try to enter sage mode and absorb the natural energy using the 'Asura Body Art' technique as a medium?"
Naruto then started sitting cross-legged and focused his mind.
BOOM!
A whirlpool of chakra suddenly appeared inside of Naruto. Within that vortex was a pitch-black hole, absorbing natural energy with an extreme speed, bellowing as the surrounding natural energy spun rapidly.
Currently, Naruto's chakra whirlpool are spinning rapidly, absorbing massive amounts of natural energy. The power of the 'Asura Body Art' was pushing his fleshly body inexorably toward the first of the shackles of mortality.
The 'Asura Body Art' are divided into three main layer. The Bone stage, muscle stage and skin stage. Each stage were shackled by a bottleneck. According to the manual, each time someone broken through the shackle, they will lose a part of their mortal body and gained an immortal body. And right now, Naruto was about to break through the first shackle of 'Asura Body Art'.
He had already trained in the 'Asura Body Art' to the point where he finally entered 'Silver Bone Stage' recently. Naruto thought that he at least needs another two or three years to enter the Gold Bone Stage! But now, because of this, he felt like he could break through into the 'Gold Bone Stage' in only a few minutes.
"Wait for me Hinata!" Naruto said while clenching his teeth.
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