Chapter 441: Chapter – 435 Wind Nature Clone
'Kimimaro should be one of the last two survivors of the Kaguya Clan.' thought Kuroto as he focused his gaze on Kimimaro.
Because of the information provided to him by Yagura, Kuroto knows more details about the Kaguya Takashi, as such he knows that Takashi is a shinobi of the Kaguya Clan.
But even if that's the case, Kuroto still prefers Kimimaro for extracting the cells of the Kaguya Clan, after all, Kimimaro is extremely talented and almost undefeatable.
In the canon, there are not many records of Kimimaro's battle, putting aside the doubtful battle where he helped Orochimaru in the assassination of Yondaime Kazekage, the mere statements about him make him an extremely strong character.
As a child, Kimimaro was kept imprisoned because the Patriarch of the Kaguya Clan feared him, when released to Kirigakure he was able to continuously kill the shinobi of Kirigakure and still managed to survive whereas the rest of his clan save for Takashi was annihilated.
Trained personally by Orochimaru; Kimimaro's strength further increased by leaps and bounds.
Later he became the leader of Sound Four, and it was stated that he defeated all four of Sound Four alone, the same sound Four who defeated the Konoha Special Mission Platoon; provided that the Konoha Special Mission Platoon was probably tired from their mission, but even then, their strength is nothing to scoff at.
Not to mention, Kimimaro in his terminally ill state, the state where him being able to move alone was considered miraculous, in that very same state; he not only obliterated more than 300 of Naruto's Kyuubi Chakra Enhanced Shadow Clones, but even went on to fight a weakened Rock Lee and the Jinchuriki of Ichibi; Gaara, and in fact, he not only fought them but nearly killed them both before dying of his terminal illness.
He may have had the advantage of being older and more experienced of the three but that advantage can be put aside considering his terminally ill state where he was only a step away from death.
And the next part comes in the Fourth Great Shinobi War, where he without even using his Curse Mark was able to match up to Kyuubi Chakra Mode Naruto's Shadow Clone and still remained undefeated; even the Samurai of the Land of Iron were unable to do anything to him.
Not to mention, he was and is still probably Orochimaru's first choice as a vessel after Uchiha Itachi.
So overall it won't be wrong to assume that Kimimaro is most definitely as talented as Itachi; the same kind of talent if allowed to bloom will put down all; so, it's no wonder that Kishimoto sensei decided to put the bud in the nib before it could bloom into a flower.
"A fine choice indeed." Muttered Kuroto.
At this moment, perhaps it was because Kuroto wasn't trying to be discrete while observing Kimimaro; the kid noticed someone watching him, he raised his face to look in the direction of the watcher, and his expression instantly turned cold.
At the same time, Orochimaru in his disguise also followed Kimimaro's gaze and looked in the direction of Kuroto; looking at Kuroto dressed in his Jonin vest; the corners of Orochimaru's lips quivered; revealing a smile that wasn't really a smile.
Kuroto did not bother to entertain Orochimaru but noticing Kimimaro's look; he muttered, "Very Sharp indeed."
Kuroto may not have been discreet, but this does not mean that he was being explicit, so the fact that Kimimaro noticed him alone speaks volumes about him.
But contrary to Kuroto's attitude towards the disguised Orochimaru; the reaction of his subordinate was completely different.
Kurenai had subconsciously reached out for a Kunai in her shinobi bag, she didn't know the specific reason, but her instincts were screaming at her to be very careful of that Otogakure-nin.
Kuroto immediately put his hand on Kurenai's shoulder and stopped her midway, and said "Otogakure is going to be an ally of Konoha so we can't make any move on him… take a deep breath and calm your nerves, for now; he isn't an enemy, at least, I hope he isn't."
As instructed by Kuroto, Kurenai took a deep breath and let go of the Kunai she had almost drawn out, "I am fine, thanks."
Kuroto nodded and looked back in the direction of Orochimaru, at the same time, Hayate asked; "Captain; that Shinobi of Otogakure is very strong; probably stronger than an Elite Jonin level; we would better keep a watch on him."
Kuroto nodded, "Yugao; inform Inoichi-san about him; also have Shikaku-san instruct someone to keep a watch over him; the watcher need not be hostile towards him; just remain in close proximity to make him understand that he is under surveillance, to keep his actions limited."
"Yes, captain." Yugao nodded and passed Kuroto's instruction to Yamanaka Inoichi.
At this time, Kurenai said, "That kid with grey hair; he also doesn't seem to be ordinary, especially that cold expression towards us."
Kuroto smiled and didn't say anything, because Kuroto understands that Kimimaro is someone fiercely loyal to Orochimaru, and values Orochimaru's interest above everything; even himself.
It didn't take long for Kuroto's instructions to be followed and the village sent someone to not only keep a watch over him but also act as a guide for the Otogakure shinobi.
Coincidentally enough, the one who came was none other than Mitarashi Anko; and Kuroto can't help but sigh upon looking at her, 'Of course, it had to be Anko of all.'
After a brief greeting to the Otogakure team, Anko led them in the direction of the Hokage Building.
Of course, Anko is not that bad of a choice, she might have been chosen for the task while keeping in mind that she can keep a watch over them; at the same time not make them feel uncomfortable because of her carefree attitude.
Obviously, with the passage of time, Anko has gradually walked out of Orochimaru's shadow, and these days the girl has become almost similar to what she was in the Canon; loud, stubborn, and prone to acting without thinking.
While leading the Otogakure team, she even went on to boast about Konoha's power to the disguised Orochimaru; in an attempt to give them a good understanding of 'who's the boss here.'
But everything she is talking about is quite useless because the one listening to her is none other than Orochimaru who had a mocking expression as he paid great interest in Anko's boasting.
At this time, Kimimaro also stopped looking at Kuroto and he seemed to have reached some sort of determination.
Looking at Kimimaro; Kuroto also remembers a piece of information that he learned about the Kaguya Clan from the confidential archives in Kirigakure, the document states that all the members of the Kaguya Clan; without any exception have Wind Nature as their main Chakra attribute.
This fact is quite similar to the Uchiha Clan, as all the members of the Uchiha Clan have Fire Chakra as their primary Chakra Nature.
This fact also shows that Kaguya Clan; quite similar to the Uchiha Clan; is not only a very powerful Shinobi Clan; but also has a stable bloodline.
'If the Kaguya Clan are really descendants of Hamura, then using Kimimaro's genes for creating the Wind Clone is a very viable option.' Thought Kuroto.
And if Kuroto creates the Wind Clone using Kimimaro's cell, then that would mean; his main body has the eyes of Hamura, and Wind Clone has the body of Hamura.
Additionally, the Fire Clone has the genes of the Uchiha Clone, which is equivalent to possessing the eyes of the Sage; and then the Yang Clone he will create in the future will inevitably be chosen from either the Uzumaki descent or the Senju Descent; so the Yang Clone will have the body of Sage.
In this way, when these four clones are fused together using the Chimera Jutsu; they will gather the body and eyes of both Hamura and Hagoromo, and when thinking of such a thing, Kuroto can't help but wonder, "If this is achieved in the final fusion, wouldn't it mean that I will be the closest to Otsutsuki Kaguya in terms of bloodline?"
"What are you mumbling Kuroto-san?" Kurenai asked from the side.
However, Kuroto was too busy to listen to Kurenai's question and didn't reply.
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At a secret training field in Konoha.
"Haah… haah…" Kakashi was breathing heavily as he wiped off the sweat from his forehead.
"I wonder how long has it been since I trained so fervently." Muttered Kakashi as he remembered the past month during which he has been training almost sleepless, without any care for the food or rest.
When he was young; because of his talent and desire to prove certain things, Kakashi graduated early from the Academy without much effort, later as the years progressed, he soon became a chunin from a genin and then a Jonin by the age of 11 or 12, even managed to develop a Class-A Lightning Ninjutsu: Chidori.
Kakashi's talent has always been superior to those of the same generation; even those of four noble Clone couldn't compare to him, Sarutobi Asuma, Hyuga Kuroto, and Uchiha Obito were no exception.
However, after experiencing several tragedies one after another which included the suicide of his father Sakumo, the sacrifice of his friend Obito, the death of his other friend Rin at his own hand; then finally the death of his Sensei Minato and Kushina whom Kakashi was supposed to protect as per the mission assigned to him, Kakashi lost all motivation he once had and became to grow darker and gloomier.
The companionship from Guy, Kuroto, and Shisui indeed helped him in the past few years but he is still far from overcoming it.
But even so, the dark and decadent him was still the best; at least until some time ago, gradually Kakashi noticed that whether Guy, Kuroto, or Shisui, all three of them seems to have surpassed him.
Kakashi too became strong but those three were stronger than him, but he never felt any urgency, even if he knew that the target of Akatsuki and Amatsukami was Uzumaki Naruto; the son of his Sensei whom he has to protect because Kakashi never truly believed that these two organizations would be able to overpower entire Konoha.
Well, that used to be the case until the War of Summit.
His entire perception of strength and power was broken at Amegakure.
After witnessing the level of power of the leaders of the two organizations; Kakashi realized just how wrong he was, and how insignificant and powerless he is, at the same time, he understood that with the way he is, he would never be able to protect the village and Naruto, and then a long-lost desire to grow stronger burned in his heart, he was determined to work harder than ever, this is why when given the offer by Sandaime to join the Special Tactical Team, Kakashi didn't refuse and readily accepted.
Looking at the broken tree in front of him, then at his hand, Kakashi muttered, "I have still too much to learn to match up to Minato sensei."
Kakashi sighed and put the Kunai in his shinobi bag, "If I am not wrong then today is supposed to be the Alliance Ceremony, let's see if I can find something interesting there." Muttered Kakashi while stretching his tired body and left the training field.
He was going to go home, take a bath, then walk around the village for a while, at least that was the plan, but for some reason that Kakashi himself didn't understand, he was on the outskirts of Konoha; more specifically at the Konoha Cemetery, "Why did I come here?" muttered Kakashi in wonder, as he looked at the bouquet of flowers in his hand that he unknowingly bought at the Yamanaka flower shop, but Kakashi didn't really care too much and proceeded ahead.
Kakashi spends much of his free time either at Konoha Cemetery or at Memorial Stone, and he would often stay here for as much as a whole day telling all kinds of things to Obito, and Rin.
Sighing slightly, Kakashi slowly walked in front of Rin's Tombstone and habitually prepared to clean up the growing weeds, burn incense and add a few flowers and talk about his life but when he arrived here, he found that her tombstone was already cleaned and even a bouquet of fresh flowers; similar to his, that Rin particularly liked was also present here.
Kakashi looked around but noticed no one in the immediate vicinity, he couldn't help but wonder, "Who came to visit Rin, not to mention they even knew about Rin's preference when it comes to flowers?"
Kakashi's question was a valid one, because Rin was an orphan just like him, as such it is hard to imagine someone other than him coming to visit Rin, at the same time being aware of her likes.
"Perhaps it was just some coincidence, and perhaps someone else also remembered Rin. I guess I should try to find who that person is." Muttered Kakashi as he too lit incense and put the flower on Rin's tombstone, then proceeded to tell her all that has been happening in the village and the shinobi world for the past few months, along with the things he has been doing all this while, and at the same time apologize for not being able to come more often.
While Kakashi was busy talking to Rin; he did not notice the figure of a swirled masked individual sitting on the trunk of a tree and silently watching him from the distant forest.
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Chapter 442: Chapter – 436 Kakashi’s new Jutsu
The one watching Kakashi from the Woods was none other than Tobi Junior.
He was sitting on the tree trunk; his figure hidden in the shadow of the tree and looking at Kakashi with an indifferent expression as if what he is looking at is nothing more than a dead body.
Suddenly, his black eye turned scarlet with three black tomoe spinning in them.
This is not the first time that the two are in this situation, Kakashi sitting by the grave of Rin, and Tobi watching Kakashi from the dark, but this time it's different from the past, this time Tobi sneaked into the village not only to pay Rin a visit but also to get back something that was his but given to Kakashi as a present, his left eye.
Tobi doesn't care what the state of his left eye is, whether it is in two tomoe, or three tomoe, it doesn't matter to him at all. Because he knows that once he kills Kakashi after retrieving his left eye, it too would turn into Mangekyou Sharingan.
"Let's start." Muttered Tobi as he disappeared in a swirling whirl.
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In front of Rin's tombstone.
Kakashi sat still talking about various things, but for some reason, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine, as an unknown fear swept him. Kakashi felt that he was being stared at by someone, and most of all, his left eye which is covered by his forehead protector was acting inexplicably restless.
Such a situation has happened only twice before, one was at the moment when Rin died at his hands, and the other moment was at the valley of the Land of Lightning when the Mangekyou Sharingan unknowingly activated without him even realizing it.
As an experienced shinobi, Kakashi never neglects his intuition and muttered with a sullen expression, "Today is the alliance ceremony held by the village, is something bad going to happen today?"
If the village was to face some sort of predicament, then he can't stay here for much longer, bidding goodbye to Rin, Kakashi was about to get up, but then from the corner of his right eye, Kakashi noticed that his shadow on the ground was abruptly longer.
Kakashi then looked in the direction of the Sun and based on the position of the Sun, he estimated how long his shadow should have been, and it didn't take him too long for him to realize that something was amiss.
'Someone is present behind me, but how and when did they appear behind?' Kakashi immediately realized that the extra length of shadow was not his but of someone present behind him, and much to Kakashi's horror, this someone appeared behind him without him even realizing this.
He may not be a full-time sensor-nin, but Kakashi's perception is extraordinary; most of all, his nose should have detected the extra scent but it didn't and the opposite party is still standing behind him must mean that they are extraordinarily strong and extraordinarily fast.
Understanding this, Kakashi chose not to look back as that would alert the enemy; instead, he maintained his ignorant attitude and put his hand in his pocket, in his pocket lies a Kunai.
At the same moment he put his hand in the pocket, Kakashi felt a numb feeling from his left shoulder; this numb feeling gave him an inexplicable horror; at the same time an inexplicable familiarity.
'It has to be him, Tobi!' thought Kakashi, but he was not panicked, instead, he took a deep breath and calmed his nerves.
For the past month or so, Kakashi has been training with all but one purpose in mind, intending to deal with Tobi, as such, Kakashi has stimulated countless battle situations between him and Tobi.
In fact, not only has he stimulated countless battles but has even started learning a new Jutsu under the orders of Hokage-sama.
'Only Space-time Jutsu can deal with Space-time Jutsu.' Thought Kakashi; as he instantly turned around and stabbed the Kunai in Tobi's shoulder and at the same time sensed the presence of the few markings, he has left all over the village.
Flash…
And instantly, with a silver flash, Kakashi's figure disappeared into thin air.
Tobi who was almost certain of being able to deal with Kakashi was taken aback by the abrupt attack and disappearance of Kakashi, his expression stagnated for a second when looking at the Kunai piercing his shoulder, then soon realized just what exactly happened, "Was that what I think it was?"
Tobi removed the Kunai from his shoulder, threw it on the ground, and disappeared in a spiraling whirl with a chuckle, "Maa, this only makes things interesting, show me Hatake Kakashi, how much do you compare to Konoha's Yellow Flash?"
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At the Secret Training Field.
Flash… Plop…
With a Silver Flash, Kakashi appeared at the secret training field; and touched the Formula on the ground that he marked a few days ago. The reason for marking the formula here on the ground was so that he can directly teleport here from his house to avoid the sight of any and all when he comes here to train, so as to keep the information about him learning this new Jutsu a secret.
Hokage-sama did not want even a single soul to be aware of him learning this Jutsu because only then would this Jutsu be able to take Tobi by surprise. This is also the reason, why Kakashi did not inform even a single soul; not even the former members of his Anbu Team-11 about what he has been learning for the past month or so.
'Akatsuki's retaliation came too suddenly, I haven't yet mastered it completely!' thought Kakashi as he watched his surroundings vigilantly and took out a Signal Flare from his Shinobi Bag.
Kakashi knows that with his incomplete familiarity with this Jutsu, he may not be able to kill Tobi, so he must send out the Signal Flare to alert the village of Akatsuki's incoming attack.
Kakashi didn't even think of the possibility that he was the target of the enemy; according to him, it is very likely that the entire Akatsuki Organization plans to take advantage of the Alliance Ceremony and launch a full-scale attack on Konoha as an act of revenge for what happened at Amegakure.
So, him being targeted a few moments ago was just a prelude to a full-scale attack.
Just as Kakashi held the Signal flare high and was about to fire it, his wrist was grasped and the whole body was turned over.
Shot… whissssstttllleeeee...
The signal flare that was supposed to have been shot into the sky was fired towards the ground because Kakashi's body was turned over.
The shining signal flare bounced and jumped on the ground, and finally hit a tree not far away; instantly igniting it.
"Crap!" Kakashi cursed when he glanced at the burning tree in the distance, he was not worried about the tree, he was worried about the village.
He is currently at the Secret Training Field, and this Secret Training Field has already been registered on the Sensory Team as a special Zone. Which is to say, even if Sensor-nin were to sense intense Chakra Fluctuations from here; or even if they sense high-intensity fires, they would ignore it unless the degree of damage is extraordinary.
Which is to say, no help is coming for him.
And no one in the village would be prepared for an incoming retaliation from Akatsuki, that is why Kakashi was worried, 'Sigh, I must calm myself, Hokage-sama must have taken measures, in which case I must do my part too, even if I can not kill him; I must not allow him to go to the village, else that would be devastatingly damaging considering his abilities' Thought Kakashi and steeled himself for the toughest fight of his life.
Kakashi understands that only someone who has mastery over Space-Time Jutsu will be able to match up to Tobi, this is also one of the reasons why he teleported here, to make sure that Tobi remains occupied here.
Just as that numbing feeling again started to come, this time from his hand, Kakashi again disappeared with a silver flash and appeared a little distance away from Tobi.
Tobi looked at his left hand that held Kakashi's wrist only a moment ago, and muttered, "As I thought… Flying Raijin Jutsu, huh?"
At this time, the panting Kakashi stood up, looking at Tobi before him, then asked, "Akatsuki Organization intends to ruin the Alliance Ceremony held by the Village?"
Tobi did not speak in his usual cheerful voice, but spoke in a heavy Madara tone, "Who knows? Does it really matter? One Shinobi Village? Two Shinobi Villages? Or all the Shinobi Villages? At the end of the day, it's all one and the same…"
Kakashi frowned, 'What's that supposed to mean? Does he mean that, even if the entire Shinobi Race stands up against Akatsuki, it would make no difference? This means they don't care about Konoha's alliance at all, so why attack us? No, he is using wordplay, and trying to divert my attention.' Thought Kakashi as he lifted his forehead protector covering his left eye.
Staring at the tree tomoe spinning in Kakashi's eyes, Tobi nodded to himself, 'As I thought, it's a three tomoe Sharingan.'
At this time, Kakashi asked again, "What is your true purpose for sneaking inside Konoha? Is it the Kyuubi?"
Tobi chuckled, "Defeat me, and I shall answer all your questions."
Chiiirrrrpppppp…
Dazzling thunder shone in Kakashi's right hand, as he dashed forward, "Konoha is not your playground that you can come and go as you please!"
Tobi chuckled again as Kakashi phased right through him, "Entire Shinobi World is my playground, I can come and go as I please; what makes Konoha so special?"
Then Tobi turned around instantly and attempted to use Kamui on Kakashi's back, but just at the moment when Kakashi was about to be sucked, he again disappeared with a silver flash and appeared right behind Tobi, 'Flying Raijin: Chidori!'
"Futile." Muttered Tobi as Kakashi's carefully planned Chidori phased right through Tobi again, "Why struggle for this accursed world? After the kind of life, you have lived, after the kind of suffering you have endured; isn't death a relief for you, Hatake Kakashi? Fear not, Hatake Kakashi, I shall give you a painless death."
'The way he speaks, he seems to know quite a lot about me? Is he… is he here specifically targeting me?' thought Kakashi, as he tried to find the hidden meaning behind Tobi's words.
Tobi's words distracted Kakashi a little, and Tobi did not miss that opportunity; he weaved his hands together, and in an instant, trees rose from the ground at an extremely high speed and entangled around Kakashi; absorbing his Chakra.
Because of the absorption of his Chakra, even the lightning of Chidori disappeared from his right hand.
After making sure that Kakashi could not weave hand signs, Tobi walked toward Kakashi step by step.
Kakashi who was completely restrained by the trees shouted, "Just who the hell are you, why do you know so much about me? Why do you hold enmity towards Konoha? Why do you want to harm Konoha?"
Tobi only muttered, "For the peace of the Shinobi World." then without any hesitation, he stretched out his right hand towards Kakashi's left eyes and said lightly, "I shall take this eye for myself."
But the moment, Tobi's right hand touched Kakashi's left eye, another Kakashi broke out of the ground and fiercely waved his lightning-covered right hand to stab through Tobi's heart, all while saying, "A shinobi must always endure, no matter how much suffering, he must endure, we live to endure this pain, death is nothing but an escape!"
Boom…!
It's just that the right hand did not do what it was intended for, it passed right through Tobi just like all the previous attacks.
Now Tobi stretched out his hand at Kakashi's back again with the intention of using Kamui on him.
The sneak attack failed, Kakashi did not give Tobi any chance to take advantage, he again disappeared in a Silver Flash, and at the same time, the Kakashi who was bounded by the tree turned into Lightning and exploded on Tobi, paralyzing him for a moment.
On the other hand, the real Kakashi who appeared a little distance away from the Tobi did not let the opportunity go to waste and instantly threw three Kunai at the momentarily paralyzed Tobi.
The Kunai however did not do anything and just phased right through Tobi similar to all the previous attacks.
"As I stated earlier, your attacks are futile, even if you have learned Flying Raijin Jutsu of Nidaime Hokage; you are not fast enough, and nowhere near as fast as the Yellow Flash." Said Tobi in an indifferently amused tone.
Without paying attention to Tobi's words, Kakashi questioned, "Your goal… it's the Sharingan in my eye?"
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