章 22: Family is forever (2)

Grandfather, please forgive me. I'm not sure how I tamed the seven-tailed beasts, but it must have had something to do with the seal Lord Hashirama placed on the box.

His grandfather shook his head and then said "I already told you I lived through the warring era, do you think I'd believe what you said just now?"

"forget it, you don't need to tell me"

Mizuna's grandfather looked at the family altar his wrinkled face creased further as he pondered the weight of his thoughts. His eyes now seemed to hold a deep concern, as if the burdens of the past had etched themselves into his very soul

"Mizuna, let me tell you a story"

His hands clenched into fists. The air around him seemed heavy with the weight of unspoken secrets, and the silence was palpable

"When the Senjus were creating this village, Hashirama Senju promised my father, my uncle, and my brothers that they would create a village where we can live peacefully, see the village prosper and one day a Hyuga might become Konohagakure's leader through voting by the leaders of the clans"

"but do you know what happened?" His grandfather asked seemingly to no one in particular "They died not long after Konohagakure was created, and we the Hyugas became mere servants of the Senjus"

"Go to this place" "Scout this area" "Locate this enemy! " "Track this person!" "Guard this place!" "infiltrate this village!"

*crack*

Mizuna's grandfather stepped on the wooden floor and cracked it

"Mizuna my grandchild, we became slaves of the Hokage that can only follow his command"

"We were forced to select branch members not to use them to protect the main house but in reality, they are the sacrifice we offer to Kohonogakure"

*crack*

Mizuna's grandfather stepped on the wooden floor and cracked it

"So many Hyugas died from the missions Tobirama Senju sent them to"

"Now a mere 20-year-old child became a Hokage without the approval of the other clans of Konohagakure how laughable was that?"

"Grandfather, why are you saying all of this to me?" Mizuna is very surprised to hear all those words from his stern and expressionless grandfather

"I do not know what you are planning to do, but what I know is you returned here with the branch members of our clan that are now completely loyal to you"

"Y-you grandfather what did you do to them?.. "

Mizuna's grandfather raised his hand signalling Mizuna to stop talking and said "Do not worry memory reading did not work on them, instead the member of the Yamanaka clan we captured suffered a backlash and died"

"as for the members of the branch family, all of them are fine and I along with the elders won't ask how you removed the effect of the cursed mark"

"I know you are planning to do something. Tell me, what do you need for your plan to succeed?"

Mizuna ponders the complexity of the question, weighing the pros and cons of each possible response. He gulped

"I need powerful shinobis grandfather and Ryo"

His grandfather looked intensely at Mizuna, seemingly trying to decipher the expression on his face "Is that all you need?" Mizuna nodded

"You know Mizuna, I am already old and I'll be honest with you, your uncle is too weak and too soft to lead the Hyuga. I didn't have a choice back then but now" he paused for a few seconds then continued

"I'll give you Ryo, and half of my Jonin protectors but promise me one thing"

His grandfather looked at Mizuna with a serious expression

"I don't care how you do it, nor do I care how much blood flows on the streets. I only want two things. You must protect our clan and become the Hokage to free us from this cycle of their enslavement"

Mizuna smiled and said "I understand grandfather, thankyou" he then bowed and added "Grandfather please send your jonin protectors to Tanzaku Quarters along with the branch members"

"Do you have a mission assigned by that kid?"

"Yes grandfather, we will head out to the land of Rivers then continue till we reach the village Hidden by Sands"

"What!? That's too dangerous!" His brow furrowed in concern "That kid is doing what his predecessor did to the Hyugas again!"

*crack*

Mizuna's grandfather stepped on the wooden floor and cracked it

Mizuna bowed slightly and said "Don't forget what I am capable of doing grandfather. Please put your trust in me"

"*sigh* I hope you know what you are doing" His grandfather relaxed his gaze at Mizuna

*clap* His grandfather clapped and then a door opened behind him, 30 Jonin wearing a black mask walked into the room. Their presence radiated an aura of deadly intent that brought shivers down one's spine

"You heard everything right?"

The 30 Jonins kneeled on one knee and said "We obey your command, Elder"

Mizuna's grandfather looked at the 30 masked Hyugas "Thank you all for serving this old man, now you must follow Mizuna and protect him from the shadows, settle in Tanzaku Quarters near his residence and blend in with the branch members.

"You will now take your orders from him, I hope you will be loyal to my grandson like how you are to me"

"Yes clan elder" "Thank you for taking care of us all these years, elder"

"You all can leave now"

Mizuna walked outside the wooden house and headed in the direction of His mother's residence. His eyes were lost in thought, and his mind was consumed by secrets he uncovered

'Living during the 1st shinobi war is more complicated than I thought'

'I do not know if I can fully trust my grandfather but as long as I enslave the 30 Jonins he put under my command, their threat disappear'

"Why do you look so worried little twerp, what are you thinking about? "

Mizuna looked towards where the voice came from, unknowingly he reached his mother's residence and saw Kimi looking out the window seemingly waiting for him to return

The moon cast its glow illuminating the contours of her feature

Mizuna smiled at her " It's nothing, Aunt Kimi, let's rest. We have a lot to do tomorrow"

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章 23: To the Land of Wind

The sun was just starting to peek through the trees as the group of Shinobi made their way silently through the forest. The mist that clung to the forest floor cast an eerie gloom over the scene

About 1000km West of Kohonogakure and 600km west of Tanzaku Quarters Mizuna, Hiyori, Kimi, Asami, and Hirabi are travelling at the Land of Rivers and behind them is a squad of Anbu with five members wearing black coats and white masks.

The anbus were ordered by Koharu Utatane to Infiltrate the Land of Wind together with Mizuna and his group

"I can't believe we need to follow this group for the duration of our mission"

"They were the ones that discovered what the land of wind shinobis are doing inside the land of rivers, don't treat them like the other amateur squads, I'm sure they know what you're doing"

"*tsk* why do I have to join you in this mission? I still can't understand why Lady Koharu assigned me to join you in this suicidal mission, I was doing my job perfectly fine at the Jonin headquarters"

"Do you think I volunteered to go with you?, seems like Lady Koharu picked all of us because we were stationed at the Jonin headquarters"

"Shut up all of you!" The Jonin leading the Anbu squad ordered, "We are short on Jonins to deploy, and this is an important mission, do you think they can assign this to just anyone?"

"Don't forget why we came here" The anbu leading the group looked at his companions seemingly trying to convey some words he couldn't speak out loud

Kimi who's leading Mizuna and his group stopped and said "Let's stop at that village and rest, we are now near the border of the Land of Rivers and Land of Wind we might need to fight once we enter the Land of Wind territory"

The Anbus looked at each other and nodded. And decided to separate themselves from Kimi and her group and look around the different houses to investigate

As they settled into the abandoned village, the group of Anbu couldn't help but feel a sense of unease.

The once-thriving town was now a ghostly reminder of the destruction the land of wind shinobis had done. The air was thick with the scent of decay and neglect, and the only sounds were the creaks and groans of the old wooden structures. Despite the sense of foreboding, the group knew they had to make this place their new home, at least for a while.

The Anbus entered one of the abandoned houses

"Hey something feels off about them"

"Yeah, I agree with her" They then looked at the Anbu squad leader and asked "Should one of us keep an eye out for them"

The leader shook his head left and right and said "Don't make our mission too obvious"

"*tsk* are we just gonna follow the-.. ?"

*Boom!*

Before Anbu finished what he was about to say the house they were staying at suddenly got hit by a massive fireball engulfing the structure in flames. The intense heat and light from the explosion ripped through the air, causing the wood to crackle and splinter, sending sparks flying in all directions.

The once-peaceful home was now a scene of utter devastation, with charred remains and smouldering embers scattered everywhere, leaving behind a trail of destruction

"Aurgh!" "My leg!"

The Anbus were sent flying towards different directions and standing on top of one of the houses was Mizuna, covered with blood-red chakra and seven tails could be seen behind his back

"what the hell? A jinjuriki!?"

"Seven tails!"

"Call Kimi and her squad! how did that thing manage to enter this village?"

"No look at that Jinjuriki's face! It's that kid from the Hyuga!"

"Fuck!" The Anbu squad leader looked at his men, one was gravely wounded and the other one was unconscious he then looked back at Mizuna

"Hey you two listen, go to different directions while I hold this thing off, report this to Lady Koharu and Lord Hokage tell them what happened here"

"Sharingan"

Mizuna's white eyes changed to blood red with pinwheels, the leader and one other who was staring at him froze in an instant

But the last one managed to look away before the Sharingan took effect "Fuck!" he then disappeared after saying it, seemingly to head back to Konohagakure

The sound of fighting and explosions from the distance echoes inside the abandoned village

"Eight trigrams 64 palms" "Eight trigrams 64 palms"

Asami and Hirabi appear beside Mizuna and started sealing the chakra points of the 4 Anbus. The other one who was severely injured tried to resist "You traitors!" but his injuries were too severe to struggle and just lay on the ground

"Don't worry, this won't hurt" Mizuna said while smiling "Asami and Hirabi, guard our surroundings and make sure no one sees us"

Not long after Hiyori, Kimi, Miss Jonin and Pakira arrived dragging a badly wounded anbu along with them

"Damn this anbu moves fast, it was hard to catch him"

"Mistress Hirabi, two of the anbu have red hairs, looks like they are from the Uzumaki clan," Miss Jonin said while looking at the 5 Anbu

Hiyori nodded while looking at her son who's currently enslaving the Jonins "You're right, Mizuna tasked Koharu Utatane to specifically pick Jonins close to Mito Uzumaki to accompany us on this mission"

"I'm glad you and Pakira managed to stay safe near the border while we were inside Kohonogakure" she added

"Thank you, mistress, only Hyugas can see through her mask, it wasn't that hard of a task," Miss Jonin stated while gently bowing, before proceeding to heal the Anbus enslaved by Mizuna.

[Status]

[Title: The Slaver]

[Health: 100%]

[Chakra: 100%]

[Position: Chunin]

[Chakra Amount: 17 (+6.6) years]

[Rank: Middle B rank] [Slave: 119]

[Daily Health and Chakra reset 1/1]

Mizuna looked at the group after enslaving the 5 Anbu "Thank you all for capturing the last one" While smiling he then looked at Pakira " Now Pakira, tell me how can we enter the land of wind without fighting our way through it?" he asked

Pakira smiled and said "I know a path only Shinobis with special mission use"