Chapitre 113: Chapter 111 : Blood (1)
The Iwa garrison sent to Kiri was five hundred strong, full of some of the most elite shinobi from Tsuchi no Kuni of the generation, and they all marched for the capital village of Mizu no Kuni with one intent in mind.
The Godaime Mizukage would submit, or she would be overthrown, and Kiri would be taken.
Awaiting orders from their commander, the Tsuchikage's own son-in-law, Kitsuchi, the army of deadly ninja prepared for an all-out war with the foreign village.
Kunai were sharpened to its absolute maximum, and shuriken were ready to pierce flesh. They were ready to slaughter everyone, the men, the women; even the children would see no mercy.
They were ordered to erase everyone that did not wear an Iwa hitai-ate from the face of the planet. Orders were orders, and theirs was to commit absolute genocide.
And maybe they would have, had they not been intercepted.
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"We are Hope's Blade…" Uzumaki Naruto spoke. "Let us cut away the misery."
Vanishing in gilded light, Naruto, Sasuke and Itachi left the rest of Hope's Blade to defend Kiri from the men and women who marched, unjustly, on a village that had nothing to do with their ire.
With Naruto – the Second in Command – gone, the commander of Hope's Blade spoke to his shinobi, his family.
And even though he had only spent three years with some of them, they were just as much family to him as those he had known for much longer.
"We will politely ask them to cease their march and turn around." The man who could now challenge the godslayer on equal ground spoke with a commanding voice.
"And if they refuse?" A man whose gentle disposition was the pinnacle of deception asked, a few birds adorning his broad shoulders.
"Then we make them leave." The commander spoke, his words absolute law. "Let us go."
He said before vanishing in a Shunshin (Body Flicker) that had no swirl of leaves or small gust of wind. And in the blink of an eye, the others were gone as well, absolutely no traces of them ever being there, or leaving, present.
They were like ghosts in the wind, true master shinobi.
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The Mizukage's office had never been so silent or tense before. Ever. The presence of Uzumaki Naruto was enough to cause extreme panic.
Kurotsuchi and her father immediately raised their guard, ready to fight their way out of the building, or die trying. The latter was the most likely scenario, but Iwa did not yield.
"N-Nar…" Anko whispered breathlessly, surprised more about his appearance than his presence. The last time the purple-haired jonin had seen the blond, she had been taller than him.
While he had been taller than most his age, Anko still could claim to be taller. But now… now Naruto was significantly taller than both her and Mei. And where his hair had been quite wild, now was a bit more tamed, and shorter, a lot shorter.
His face was more developed, a gentle yet firm look about him. A white cloak with red flames flicking at the bottom – the same as Itachi's and Sasuke's – adorned his body, covering the black shinobi pants and long-sleeved shirt.
In Mitarashi Anko's opinion, Naruto had changed a lot.
And she very much liked it.
With his eyes still ablaze with gold, the Bringer of Hope glanced at the Iwa-nin in the room, making them tense even more in preparation.
Naruto smirked. "Hello, Iwa Shinobi-san." He greeted Kitsuchi. "I don't believe we have ever met. I'm-"
Before Naruto could finish, the kunoichi from Iwa interrupted. "We know who you are. What are you doing here?" Her tone was rather rude and her father was now cursing under his breath.
He had never before been so irritated with how his daughter had seemingly inherited her grandfather's impolite attitude.
Naruto just continued to smile at them, his expression never changing. If he was upset with how the girl was speaking to him, he didn't show it. "Well, you see…" the Kamikage began.
"I came here for a private matter regarding the Mizukage." Here, Naruto pulled the giant sword on his back that no one seemed to notice until then out in the open.
He graced Mei with a bright smile – which made the woman's heart flutter, not that anyone else would ever know – before looking back at the rude kunoichi.
"I've only come to this beautiful island for peaceful conversation. So you can imagine my surprise when I come upon an entire Iwa battalion marching for the very village that I once assisted to liberate."
Mei's good mood instantly disappeared, her narrowed eyes falling on Kyoya. If glares could kill, the "ambassador" would have dropped dead a thousand times over.
The Mizukage could no longer suppress her anger, and the office shook and cracked due to the pressure of Mei's incredible chakra. She was a Kage, an S-ranked shinobi and wielder of two bloodlines.
She may not have been the one to end Yagura's life, but she had held her own against him and that in itself made her a dangerous ninja.
So for these people to so easily dismiss her and her people with this kind of disrespect… it brought out the killer in her.
"You would dare…" Mei spoke. With every word, her chakra increased, making these pests witness why she was made the Godaime Mizukage.
"You would dare come here under the false pretense of an alliance, only to strike at us when we are unprepared?" The tone of the auburn-haired woman's voice was so dark, so terrifying, that Kurotsuchi was now seriously regretting this mission.
"Do not forget about the missive from Tsuchikage-sama." Kyoya said. He was definitely scared at how many powerful, enemy shinobi were now surrounding them, but he fell back on his training, and kept his relaxed, in control façade.
Naruto sighed. He really did not like the way this man was talking to Mei.
"You should really learn how to properly address a Kage of a foreign village. You're being horribly disrespectful, you know."
At this… scolding?... Anko and Mei looked at the man they loved with strange expressions. Blinking almost comically, Mei went to say something, but was stopped by Sasuke.
"Proper respect is important if you yourself wish to be respected." The younger of the Uchiha brothers added onto Naruto's explanation, nodding his head sagely.
Anko was now worried that these people were not Naruto and Sasuke. They were acting too out of character…
"And if one does not wish to be respected, then they cannot complain if they are disrespected…" Naruto continued.
"And I was so hoping that we could have a nice, respectful conversation…" He shook his head in false disappointment. "Ah well," he started again after seeing the glares of the Iwa-nin, "have it your way…"
That's when the Naruto everyone knew showed his fangs.
Kitsuchi and his daughter had thought Mei's demonstration of raw chakra was impressive, so much so that the two – who were talented, skilled jonin – had actually begun to sweat.
Her chakra was enormous and had a distinct heat about it. It was truly the chakra of a Kage, a shinobi befitting her position as the most powerful ninja in her village.
That, however, was almost nothing compared to what came upon everyone in the office now.
Chakra so warm it could take the sun's place and heat the planet brushed up against everyone, giving those present different feelings entirely.
When Naruto's chakra came to life in the office, Anko felt like strong, yet gentle arms embraced her, declaring to the world that she belonged to them.
It was like nothing she had ever felt before, the feeling of complete safety, of absolute possession, of protection. The chakra that could warm the world held her, caressed her, whispered to her that she was wanted and missed.
Everything and everyone was gone. Anko was lost in the feeling of bright possession, and she had never felt so at peace and in harmony with the world before in her entire life.
Sasuke just smirked when he felt the so very familiar touch of his shishou's chakra. He was quite possibly the most familiar with this feeling – though, as his brother, that was warranted.
The strength and confidence Naruto's chakra always brought him was present, and words like "invincible" and "unassailable" were the only ones that could possibly describe it.
Itachi just closed his eyes and inhaled, feeling Naruto's chakra – which had more life energy flowing through it than entire nations of people combined – practically rejuvenate him.
Things like sleep and rest were all but obsolete when this chakra was flowing freely. It was absolute synergy.
Mei was much in the same boat as Anko. The warm, powerful chakra engulfed her, washing over her with a tender gentleness she had not expected to feel from another human being.
Naruto was the embodiment of carnage and destruction, but at this moment, with his chakra drowning the office, she had never felt anything so soft and beautiful in her entire life.
Every inch of her was his at that moment, every pore was being drenched in life, and she could feel him holding her, devouring her in a way that made it hard to breathe, but in a good way.
The others were not so lucky.
Kyoya, the foolish man who thought he could treat one of the Godslayer's women – even though he did not know of such relations – with such disrespect, almost lost control of his bladder.
The weight and intensity of the chakra that fell on his head was literally almost able to kill him. He couldn't move, he couldn't blink, and he couldn't breathe. Sheer terror was a term he had never experienced, until now. He was so terrified that he couldn't even shake.
He felt as if he even twitched, he'd be slain. The nephew of the Earth Daimyo could absolutely not believe that Naruto was human. The chakra that was literally drowning him was otherworldly.
It couldn't have come from anything but a god – or a devil… The latter sounded the most appropriate. Uzumaki Naruto was a devil dressed as a man, Kyoya was sure of that now.
Kurotsuchi was a jonin, and even though she was one of the younger of the prestigious rank, she definitely earned her position. Being the granddaughter of the Tsuchikage had nothing to do with her promotion.
She had a powerful bloodline and skills that outshined most seasoned shinobi. She had been confident in her own power, and she had never been scared to face anyone.
She wasn't afraid of anyone, and she had made sure to have as strong a bite as her bark. But now, with this… was this even chakra…? Whatever it was, with it pushing down on her like she was nothing but an insect, she actually felt fear. She was terrified of this man, of Uzumaki Naruto. Was that why her knees were shaking…?
And finally, Kitsuchi, a seasoned, powerful jonin of Iwagakure no Sato, could now understand why his father-in-law was so obsessed with ending the "absolute threat" that was Uzumaki Naruto.
"Godlike" was a term the aged jonin had only associated with people like Sarutobi Hiruzen or the Shodai Hokage… but right now, in the room that felt like it would explode with the incredibly powerful chakra that flooded it, another shinobi earned the right to be feared.
Absolute authority… the boy had absolute authority of them all. All control was his. It almost felt like the right to breathe was his alone, and Kitsuchi did not have permission to breathe… Was that why he was holding his breath…?
The voice of a man who could destroy all living life on the planet spoke, his tone deep and his words sharp enough to cut through armor. "I will only say this once." Naruto stated.
"Iwagakure and all of Tsuchi no Kuni will cease its idiotic attempts of waging war on Konohagakure and her allies. There's a much bigger threat out there, and you people want to act like children?" The blond shook his head.
"I haven't the time or motivation to save you from your own asinine ideals. If you continue to provoke us, we will end you. There will be no mercy, not for the men, women, or children.
I will personally obliterate your entire country if that is what it takes to stop you." If they could, the Iwa-born present would gulp or whimper, but as it was, they were paralyzed, absolutely unable to do anything but stare at the "god-boy" who held them prisoner with nothing but his presence.
"Congratulations," Naruto met the eyes of Kitsuchi, gilded, slit orbs meeting charcoal black. "You've got my attention." He then looked at Kurotsuchi.
"Now flee from my sight before I really get upset."
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État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
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