On the clouds, a figure invisible to the world was floating around while immersed in deep thoughts about something or rather...someone.
He was a tall and pale-skinned man, who had deep wrinkles and a strong jawline and was in his elderly age. He had spiky, shoulder-length, pale brown hair, with a chin-length, braided lock hanging in front of his left ear. He also sported a goatee, which tapered down to his waist. Hr also had a pair of horn-like protrusions extending from either side of his forehead and a red Rinnegan-like marking in the centre of his forehead.
He wore a white, full-length kimono with a pattern of six black magatama around a high collar, beneath which, he wore a necklace which was also made up of six black magatama. On the back of his kimono was a larger, black Rinnegan marking with a pattern of nine magatama arranged in three rows of three beneath it.
This was Sage of the six paths himself, Otsutsuki Hagoromo.
He was wondering about the boy called Uzumaki Naruto, the boy Gamamaru had prophesied to bring peace to shinobi world.
While doing his mundane job as the guardian of the shinobi world, he had found that his son's reincarnation was acting extremely weird.
Ashura's reincarnation was acting more and more like Indra's reincarnation.
He decided to investigate the case but found nothing at all...
First he was confused about it.
Did someone intentionally mess up Ashura's chakra? Was Ashura's chakra dying so it only had the strength and not the will?
So many questions unanswered but he wanted to find answers to them.
So he stalked the blonde haired boy, ignoring the rest of the world for the moment. He was his son's incarnation, after all.
Ashura was important to deal with Indra, otherwise Indra's reincarnation will only create chaos in shinobi world.
But what he observed was...strange.
Sometimes the boy acted like a child with unlimited energy and ran around everywhere, just acting like Ashura in his childhood but in private and under no one's sight....his demeanor changed completely and he acted extremely calmly and was extremely logical, doing everything with precision to the point, as if he was Indra.
Suddenly one day, the boy was under danger.
Nothing special was going on but while the boy was sleeping, his other son, Kurama started acting up and tried coming out of the seal.
This was bad as the prophecy clearly told that the blue eyed blonde boy will bring peace to the world and unite the tailed beast.
His demeanor was extremely erratic but he showed all the characteristics in a leader. Being unfazed even in this situation not showing any weakness at all, extreme confidence and methodological approach to nearly everything, planning each and every action, amazing charisma...
So, Hagoromo was forced to act.
For the peace of the world as well as his own's son's incarnation's life, he resealed the Kyuubi.
He kept on watching what would happen after that...
After a few years, the boy had become a shinobi and left for doing a mission, in land of waves.
Hagoromo was keeping a watch on him at the time.
His strength to overpowering his enemies while planning intricately was amazing to watch. An extremely rare talent he saw in previous generation's Indra, though the method of fighting was different altogether.
But he witnessed something extremely unsettling after that...
That boy, went ahead and killed the enemy ninja by hiding on his body through a shadow clone on henge... That was fine...
These sorts of conflicts cannot be solved with words.
But he...he manipulated that man's student into thinking he was his father, using an extremely hidden jutsu that would transfer his soul into the blonde's body.
Hagoromo knew this was entirely bullsh*t and but somehow the student accepted him, without any hidden malice at all, his intentions and thinking as pure and untainted as a snow...
He asked that student (Haku) to hunt down a man while he left was going to take care of other things...
But the boy went ahead and poisoned his own teacher to harvest the mangekyo sharingan out of his body.
This was extremely unsettling for Hagoromo. He never thought that someone like this would bring peace to the world but he kept quiet for now. He was a staunch believer that his ways were ultimately correct, that went through proper verifications through the course of history as well...
But then that boy used some undecipherable fuinjutsu to enslave people in land of waves.
This enraged Hagoromo even more but he was a peaceful fellow who didn't interfere with the world, so he went to Gamamaru to consult him on this topic but it was the same answer he got every time he went to him.
"The future changes constantly but only thing constant is that boy bringing peace."
He was still suspicious and decided to act if this wasn't creating any peace and brought destruction only...he will wipe him away from the face of this world.
Hours turned into days, Days turned into months and land of waves was now flourishing.
No children were sleeping on the street and starving, everyone was working happily, the elderly being taken care of as well...
Everyone was happy.
It was the status he achieved through the course of years in his prime but that boy had done it in a few days.
Added to that, everyone was receiving proper healthcare and education as well, something he couldn't do in his own era.
Hagoromo was now going through an existential crisis.
His beliefs and method of doing things was shaken a lot and he began to question himself...
He first thought that it was related to the fuinjutsu but after deciphering it for a lot of time, he concluded it was some form of obedience seal that would force someone to believe something, nothing more. It cannot create emotions like happiness, joy or anything.
Was he right or was the boy right?
Whose methods were better?
He arrived at the conclusion that both methods were valid however, regardless of anything, that boy's method were undoubtedly twisted yet extremely efficient.
He decided to keep mum for now...He believed that that blonde boy with blue eyes will bring peace and his success, albeit at a smaller level, was a testament to his abilities.
He will just watch for now.
It looked like the torch of peace keeping must be passed on to the next generation and some trust is required.
Even he cannot be there for the peace forever.
His chakra will eventually run out as well.
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(A/N: 🎵I only call you when it's half past five🎵
🎵The only time that I'll be by your side🎵-
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After sneaking in Kirigakure, I started talking to several civilian people that were there. It was hard to do but I managed to pull off by some nudging and talking about the outside world.
The situation in Kirigakure was not looking good according to everything.
Mei and The Mizukage were fighting each other nearly constantly and the two factions were also not peaceful.
They were basically glorified bandits at this point.
Well, this is indeed good for me.
After some more tracking around, I finally found one of the council members' house.
This council was responsible for collecting funds and getting weapons for the state. Basically the ones that deal with the current Mizukage's sh*t and provide him with weapons.
If they don't do that, they are 'replaced'.
At least, that's what I could gather from the information I had going on with me.
I sneaked inside and quickly knocked out the council member.
After that, I created a shadow clone and asked him to quickly carve the slave seal on him while I dealt with the ninja guards near him.
My chakra and aura suppression were extremely effective so they didn't find me but the council member made some noise, so I could only deal with the consequences.
I paralyzed them by sticking a few senbon inside their necks and carved a slave seal on them as well.
It was quite easy to do as they couldn't detect me.
If they could react, then it would've been an another story. I might've been under a lot of danger.
After the seal was made and done, I started talking to the council member, peacefully.
"So how are you, council member-kun? Are you alright?" I asked with a smile.
"WHO A-" He tried to say loudly but I quickly cut him off.
"Talk a bit more respectfully, sir. You called me here for a weapon's deal." I said as I punched him in the stomach and quickly silenced him.
I didn't want to gather any sort of attention before everything is set in stone.
"Now, let's begin talking. You will shut up about me totally and arrange a meeting with current Mizukage and me. You will say I am a weapon seller, looking to supply. Here is the list of the weapons I have. Go to him, right now. Don't come back tilll you've arranged the meeting or I will be making sure you suffer for an eternity." I said as I released a bit of Kyuubi's killing intent.
The list of weapons I gave him was a fake one that only had half the supplies I had with me.
He was extremely scared now, whimpering around like a mad dog but quickly composed himself.
Looks like Mizukage is a little threatening, ain't he?
I untied him and he quickly went away.
I created another shadow clone and ordered it to follow him, while using the suppressing skill.
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(Council member POV)
My name is Kirimaru, no surname.
I was born in Kirigakure as a civilian and even worse, an orphan.
I was surrounded by these freaks of nature called ninjas....That could bend the rules of everything with chakra.
After my results of underdeveloped chakra coils came in, I was immediately kicked out of orphanage and was left on the streets.
It was lonely.
It was harsh.
All this misery enraged me. I was jealous...of everything.
Why do those children get to eat food while I starve for days? Why do they get to sleep on comfortable beds while I sleep in this wet mud.
I had no way to surpass ninjas with power but I could at least beat them in intelligence.
So...I worked hard while staying in Kiri because if I get out of the village, the ninja will kill me because I may release some information.
Endless days and nights of toiling hard to get educated.
I got my first job when I was 5 years old.
I killed 3 other people who were looking for the job as well.
Slowly...I started getting into business by winning the trust of the retired ninja grandma and killing her in her sleep so I could take on her assets.
With a lot of deception as well as hard work, I finally reached to the top.
The position of council members that work for Mizukage, the top dog of the village.
I was over the heaven, when I got this news.
I had my own ninja bodyguards now. I could work under him and order around anyone, as long as I didn't offend Mizukage somehow, I was fine.
I even killed that ninja kid that teased me for being a civilian. He was just a chunnin and I had command of a few tokubetsu jonins under me.
I was living in my dreams. I made those very ninjas crawl on my foot so that I can allow them to live.
I still feel that amazing feeling, tingling my hearts so much.
But today...
That reality...became an illusion...
I was once again brought to my knees....by that black haired stranger....
This brought the true reality to my eyes...
I was still a civilian...
but now, I simply gave up...
I was now under an enemy's control.
I cannot even move in a different direction out of my own will.
I entered into Mizukage-sama office.
While he was extremely strict, he gave me and other council members some leverage as we were important.
I cannot describe how much I wanted to tell him that I am under someone's control but I couldn't...
All that came out of my mouth was my usual flowery words I use to deceive everyone.
"Mizukage-sama! I have found a weapon dealer, a quite big one at that who is willing to sell us a lot of weapons and of high quality! I've verified him according to my sources as well, so he is a trustable figure." I said.
I couldn't even control my body language to indicate something suspicious was going on.
"Is that so? And where is this dealer you talk about? Why didn't you bring him here?" He said in a strict tone as he glared at me while wearing his reading glasses.
It immediately sent a chill down my spine. I still remember the day he killed a council member for acting to disrespectful in front of him.
"N-No Mizukage-sama! He is at my house, temporarily staying there! I will call him right away if you want me to! I just wanted to show you the list of items he has in stock for us." I said as I passed him the scroll that boy gave me.
He checked the scroll and his eyes widened a bit, showing some shock and suspicion but he quickly returned to his stoic face.
"Call him now. I will be directly discussing the terms with him." He said as he sat down on his chair again and started reading a document.
"Yes sir!" I said as I ran towards my home again.
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(Yagura POV)
This is extremely suspicious.
A trader comes into existence out of nowhere, when we need it the most?
This must be some sort of scheme from other villages.
"KIRI." I said and immediately a few ninjas came towards me.
These were the ninjas that supported the Mizukage from the shadows.
(A/N: Kirigakure's version of ANBU.)
"Verify this man's profile and keep a watch on him for now. Kill him if you spot anything that may prove him to be another village's spy. Otherwise, treat him as a honorable guest. He is quite important for the village." I said as I signaled them to go out.
They immediately left without a sound.
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(A/N: 🎵I'm looking for a long ride (Looking for a long ride)🎵
🎵She just want a test drive (She just want a test drive)🎵-
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