Hizashi's House, Hyuga District
After returning home, Hizashi began to make preparations for the meeting with the Otsutsuki.
In the past few years, although has continued his Gentle Fist training, however, because he is mostly involved in the internal matters of the Hyuga Clan, he rarely participates in actual combat, therefore, he has no doubt become a little dull.
For a shinobi about to engage in life and death, this is very dangerous. Even a little negligence can become the cause of death.
Hizashi understands this very well, so the first thing he did after returning home was to gather his shinobi tools and enter the training hall.
Just as he opened the door, he saw Neji coming out of the training hall, and asked, "Neji, you were training at this hour?"
"Well…" muttered Neji, then he noted the shinobi bag around Hizashi's waist and asked, "Otou-sama, you are…?"
As far as Neji can remember, it's been a few years since his father last used those Shinobi tools, so seeing Hizashi carry the shinobi bag, Neji couldn't help but get curious.
Hizashi noticed Neji's gaze, and explained, "I have to perform an important mission tomorrow, it's nothing too dangerous, but I still need to be very careful, so I am going to train for a while to make sure that I don't mess up. Enough about me… what are doing so late? You should be resting at this hour!"
"Oh, this…" muttered Neji, and explained, "This month's assessment is a Taijutsu battle. I want to sharpen my skills and make sure that I don't mess up this time and lose to Sasuke like last time."
"I see." Nodded Hizashi and encouraged Neji, "I believe you can definitely defeat the Uchiha boy."
Neji smiled, "hehe." Then looked at Hizashi and asked, "Otou-sama, will you come to the academy to watch the assessment? Everyone's parents will be there."
Hizashi asked, "When is the assessment?"
Neji replied, "Next week."
"Next week…?" muttered Hizashi, then answered after a pause, "If the mission goes as expected, then I will definitely be there."
Neji's eyes beamed in joy, and he said, "This time… I going to beat Sasuke and become number one!"
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Early Dawn of the next day
Before the first light of the day could reach Konoha, Hizashi led two guards assigned as his guards by the main family and quietly left the village.
Since this meeting between distant relatives is a secret, so the location of the meeting was not around the village. It's in the east, quite far from Konoha.
While travelling through the forest of the Land of Fire, Hizashi secretly glanced behind and breathed a sigh of relief.
A little far away from the three of them, an elite squad is following. It is the duty of the elite squad to protect the three of them in order to make sure that any information they gain from their meeting with Otsutsuki isn't lost in case of an accident.
After a day of travelling at full speed, the three Hyuga finally could finally see the meeting place, "It seems we are almost there."
Hizashi nodded, "Let's take a rest here and recover before continuing forward."
The two guards nodded, "Yes!"
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Somewhere in Konoha.
With a smile on his face, Deidara walked through the dark passage.
Since the five Kages are unable to reach any conclusion in regard to Danzo and Akatsuki's threat, Deidara–Tsuchikage's guard–is stuck in this underground place.
With his nature, it's obviously impossible for him to continue to stay in such a dark and gloomy place for so long, so after pestering Sandaime Tsuchikage for a long time, he was finally allowed to move freely for a while. Although he can only roam around in Konoha, that's still better than being stuck in a dark and dingy room, right?
With such a mentality, Deidara made his way towards the exit. As he approached the exit of the underground passage, he could almost see the bright sunlight and cheered, "I can finally be free!"
Excited, Deidara's pace increased, and just as he came out of the underground passage he noted two people in Konoha Shinobi gear waiting at the exit.
One of the two Konoha shinobi greeted Deidara, "Nice to meet you once again Deidara-san, this is my friend Sarutobi Asuma. We will be your guide in Konoha. Where would you like to do Deidara-san."
Deidara's smile disappeared, "Guide huh…? And you again? Really troublesome."
Kurenai's smile didn't disappear because of Deidara's deflated expression, and she said, "Please bear with us." Then she suddenly remembered something, and bowed down, "Also, I want to thank you for that time in the Land of Frost."
Dediara was confused, "What are you talking about??"
Seeing that Deidara wanted to play ignorant, Kurenai decided to play along, and said knowingly, "Don't worry, we won't ask you anything about your organization, I just want to thank you… if not for you, me and my comrades would have perished on that day."
As soon as the organization was mentioned, Deidara realized what the woman in front of him was talking about, his mood irked and his expression changed, "I have already told this several times. I am not Dojin, nor have I joined that damned organization!"
"Yes… yes… I know." Nodded Kurenai with a smile.
"You know nothing! You aren't even listening!" complained Deidara in annoyance, and added, "Humph, if I ever meet those people, I am going to teach them a lesson!"
As soon as Amatsukami was mentioned, Deidara's expression became gloomy. Because of this stupid misunderstanding, the entire Iwagakure suffered from destruction at the hands of the Akatsuki Organization, which made him hate Amatsukami.
Seeing Deidara's reaction at the mention of Amatsukami, Asuma was doubtful, and asked Kurenai, "Are you sure Kurenai? Is he really a member of Amatsukami?"
Kurenai nodded, "As far as the information we have on Deidara and Dojin, he is that person, and as you already know the leaders of all the villages also believe that he is Dojin. Of course, this is just a guess, as long as Deidara doesn't confirm this himself, we can't confirm this."
Asuma nodded, "Hmm."
As Asuma and Kurenai were whispering things with each other, Dediara shook his head, "Forget it, it's useless to explain to you, people." Then he took out some clay from his shinobi bag, and while playing with it in his hand, he muttered to himself, "Now then, where should I go first?" and threw the clay on the ground.
Poof!
The clay produced white smoke and took the form of a giant clay bird.
As the clay bird appeared in front of everyone, Deidara smirked at Kurenai and Asuma, and said, "If the two of you can keep up with me, then I don't mind having the two of you as my guides."
As Deidara was about to fly away, Kurenai took out something from her Shinobi bag and showed it to Deidara, "Do you remember this?"
Seeing the clay figurine in Kurenai's hands, Deidara frowned, "That is?" He immediately appeared beside Kurenai, snatched the clay figurine and while observing it, he asked, "Where did you get this?"
"Well, since you want to play this way, then I will be happy to oblige. It was Dojin who gave this to us in the Land of Frost."
Deidara clicked his tongue in annoyance, "Tch… that fake!"
The clay appears quite similar to the one he uses, and the design is fine too, however, that person has not worked on the finishing. Therefore, Deidara is annoyed. If someone is going to copy him, they should at least put in all the effort, doing half-heartedly just ruins everything.
Of course, Deidara doesn't believe that anyone is capable of copying his art.
Putting that aside, Deidara injected chakra into the clay figurine as he tossed it on the ground.
Poof!
As Kurenai and Asuma stood on the back of this white clay bird, Deidara returned to his clay bird, and while the two birds took to the sky, he asked Kurenai, "You say that Dojin saved you? Tell me what kind of person that guy is."
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Looking at the mountain before them, Hizashi nodded, "This is it." He took a deep breath, and ordered, "Since we are early, map the area, and check the surroundings."
The two guards nodded in unison, "As you command Hizashi-sama." And with a flash, both of them disappeared in different directions.
Hizashi didn't laze around, he too disappeared from his place and rushed to the top of the mountain.
Scouting the terrain, eliminating all the possible traps, and confirming the safety of the surroundings is very important for a Shinobi. A shinobi must ensure in advance that if things turn south, they have a possible retreat.
The location of the meeting is close to the Eastern border of the Land of Fire, the sea is close by. The top of the mountain is a good vintage point, on normal days, if the weather is clear, it is possible to see the sea.
With such intention, Hizashi arrived at the top of the mountain. Just one look and Hizashi was able to clearly observe the surroundings of the mountain. Hizashi has to agree that this is a very good meeting place since there are no enemy nations on this side of the Land of Fire, so the number of Konoha outposts on this border of the Land of Fire is not too many, additionally, there are no villages close by, so there is no way information about this meeting will be leaked.
After making sure that everything was fine, Hizashi disappeared and came to the meeting point.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
It didn't take long for the two Hyuga guards to return as well.
"Hizashi-sama, I didn't find anything unusual on my side." Reported one of the two guards.
"Same on my side. There was nothing unusual." The Hyuga guard gave a similar report.
Hearing the two, Hizashi had a thoughtful expression, 'I didn't find anything unusual either, this can mean two things. Either they have enough confidence in their abilities that they don't need to rely on traps, or, they don't have any ill intentions and they genuinely want to make a connection with us. I just hope that it's the latter.'
Although Hizashi hopes that it's the latter, however, he can't shake the feeling that something is off here.
Although distant relatives, the two sides haven't been in contact for several centuries. And now all of a sudden, they want to make contact with the Hyuga Clan? No matter how you think about it, this is odd.
Hizashi shook his head and took a deep breath, as he muttered, 'Now is not the time to think these things.'
Time passed minute by minute, and before they knew it, the sun had set and it was night.
Several hours passed and there was no sign of anyone showing up.
One of the two guards couldn't help but ask, "Hizashi-sama, no one has come till now. Are they really coming?"
Before Hizashi could answer, suddenly, the other guard pointed at the bright moon in the sky and exclaimed, "Hizashi-sama… look there… someone… someone is floating in front of the moon!"
As Hizashi and the other guard looked at the moon, their eyes widened in surprise as they a person hovering in the sky. The three people were beyond shocked.
In Konoha… scratch that… in the entire Shinobi World, there are very few people who have the ability to fly in the sky. As far as Hizashi knows, except for the Sandaime Tsuchikage, only the leader of the Akatsuki Organization and the leader of the Amatsukami Organization have this ability, so seeing another person with the ability to fly really shocked the three Hyuga.
The person floating hovering in the sky looked at the three Hyuga people indifferently, then asked lightly, "Who among the three of you is the current Patriarch of the Hyuga Clan?"
The words spoken by the person were very light, but without any problem, they reached the three Hyuga.
Although the person seemed to be a young man in his early teens, however, his demeanor didn't allow Hizashi and the others to underestimate the young man.
In response to the young man's question, Hizashi took a deep breath to calm his nerves, then took a step forward as he spoke, "I am the current Patriarch of the Hyuga Clan, Hyuga Hiashi."
The young man looked at Hizashi in disappointment as he muttered to himself, "Is the strength of the Patriarch of the Hyuga Clan only at this level? What a pity… it seems that living in the Shinobi World didn't prove to be fruitful for these people. Although we share the same ancestor, these people seem to have degenerated."
Hizashi frowned upon hearing the young man's mutter, however, he wasn't offended and asked, "May I ask your name and your identity?"
The young man replied, "I am Otsutsuki Toneri, the leader of the Otsutsuki Clan."
'Otsutsuki Toneri.' Thought Hizashi, then asked the young man, "Otsutsuki Toneri-san, what purpose do you have in making contact with us?"
Toneri's expression became cold as he ordered, "Return the Tenseigan, degenerates like you are neither worthy of possessing that treasure nor can you people ever hope to control it."
"The Tenseigan?" muttered the three Hyuga in dismay. This is the first time he has heard the term Tenseigan.
Toneri was displeased upon noting the expression of the three Hyuga. He felt that they were trying to play ignorant, and spoke, "Don't try to act ignorant, I have already met your servant once."
Hizashi couldn't understand what the young man was talking about. He felt that the leader of the Otsutsuki Clan was misunderstanding something and spoke, "I am sorry, I don't know what is Tenseigan, can you elaborate?"
"So that's how you want to play around? Well, this isn't out of my expectations." Muttered Toneri as he sighed in disappointment, and added, "The elders were right, reasoning with you people is useless."
Hearing the young man's words, Hizashi felt a chill in his heart.
From the very start, the attitude shown by the young man doesn't seem to express any intention of cooperation. He was looking down on the entire Hyuga Clan and asking to return something. But Hizashi is ignorant of what that something is.
Hizashi tried to reason with the young man… however, it didn't seem that Toneri had any intention of listening.
The two Hyuga guards on the side realized that talk wasn't possible now, and only a battle was awaiting them, so they rushed towards the young man as they said to Hizashi, "Hizashi-sama, let's go."
In response to the two Hyuga guards coming towards him, Toneri raised his hand, and muttered, "That's as far as you come."
As a result of Toneri's move, before the two guards could get any closer to him, both of them were suspended in mid-air and were unable to move.
Immediately after that, Toneri clenched his fist.
"Ahhhh….!" With a painful cry, the bodies of the two guards were crushed.
What Hizashi worried most has happened, and now there is only one thing he can do. Distract the young long enough so that the team following them from a distance has the opportunity to retreat and pass the news to the clan.
With this goal in mind, Hizashi ran, but his direction wasn't toward Konoha.
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