Naruto: Chronicles of A Fire Ninja

He once again simply made his way toward them, when he was in front of them, a shadow clone appeared next to him, which without wasting a second transformed into a jagged blade, Kaida took in his hand, looking towards limbs of two Ninja in front of him, in one strike four palm fell on the ground, cut clear from the wrist holding them before, and before they could have come out of the genjutsu they were in, another strike passed and Their ankles were cleanly cut as well.

They cries which were in there mind till now, was now roaming in full desert, but the person in front of them were standing  motionless, without a shread of emotion visible on his face,

The blade in Kaida's hand was now rotating enchantingly, looking so beautiful that a person wouldn't be able to help but take a second glance, but the only people present there were writhing on the ground because of the pain they were experiencing.

"So Kumo and Iwa want to teach Konoha a lesson, huh? And you thought killing my friends would be the best way to do it?" Kaida said, his blade moving seamlessly as one of the two screams sounding in the desert stopped. In the memories of the two, Kaida found out how Fumio was just following orders and how he tried to kill Ryota without pain and even ended his suffering. Kaida decided to repay the favor.

Before dying, a voice rang in Fumio's mind: 'Don't worry, I will not kill your child if I come across him. This is my repayment for your act of last mercy toward my brother.'

Even though it was diabolical—if Fumio had not killed Ryota for just a few more seconds, Kaida could have saved him—but Fumio didn't know that. For him, there were only two options: one was to see the boy die slowly and painfully, the other a painless death, and he chose the second one. Kaida understood that.

Hearing that last sentence, Fumio released a sigh of relief, his thoughts transforming from 'My village is going to face a monster' to 'at least my son will survive,' as at the end of the day, the loyalty for the village is always—almost always—less than the love for family.

So in his last moment, Fumio was not in desperation anymore. A fraction of second's peace returned to his face in the midst of pain he was experiencing from the burns and cuts on his hands and legs, before his head was cleanly sliced off from his shoulders.

With the last person still screaming because of the pain, Kaida left him like that as he sat on the ground, his eyes focused ahead.

...

"What do you mean there is a signal for reinforcement? We have already spent 20 minutes, we only have 10 more minutes remaining, and from the report, they went against some chunins, right? Why the hell would a team of 5 special jonin and 2 chunin need reinforcement for 3 chunin?" one of the jonin responsible for leading the mission shouted in front, his tone laced with anger.

This was an important mission for him, and he had already lost a special jonin because of some shadow clone. If that wasn't enough, some of the ninja who should be here by now after eliminating some chunins were requesting reinforcement.

"What happened?"

"Kitsuchi-sama, why are you here?" the jonin asked, though his words and tone didn't match as his tone wasn't carrying the same amount of respect.

Kitsuchi, even though he was an elite jonin level ninja, didn't mind that. Expecting respect from a ninja of another village was not something someone as experienced as him was going to do.

"Answer me."

"About that..."

The jonin told everything to Kitsuchi, because respect or not, Kitsuchi was still the commander of their army for this mission. Not following the leader's orders in such cases was enough reason for his death.

"Something is not right..." Kitsuchi said.

"Should we go and check it out?" Deidara's expectant voice came from behind.

"No, one of the legendary Sannin, Jiraiya himself, is coming toward us. If we make a move now, there is a very high chance he will be able to identify us. If he makes us his target, it will be us who will be facing losses here rather than Konoha. So no, we are going to retreat now," Kitsuchi said, as the jonin finally saw that not only Kitsuchi but all four top fighting forces of the army were here. Darui and C nodded their heads at Kitsuchi's orders, while Deidara just huffed.

"Why the hell did you even bring me here? A chance to grow my art wasted," Deidara said as he went back. Kitsuchi could only shake his head at the youngster's antics. He turned to the jonin.

"Send a team of 2 jonin, 3 special jonin, and 5 chunin for the reinforcement. One of them should be a sensor. Ask them to remain vigilant at all times, and if they find something they have no confidence in handling in a minute or two, they have to retreat. We will leave in 7 minutes."

"Yes sir," the jonin said and created a team.

The team ran at full speed toward the direction the reinforcement request had arrived. Their sensor had been constantly monitoring the surroundings for any ambushes, but before he could be of any use to the team, the location of the ninja who had asked for reinforcement became clear to the whole team in the form of screams—screams filled with pain, a lot of it.

"What was that?"

"It's Fumio-sensei's voice! He was my sensei. Let's hurry, whoever is behind this is not far away," one of the Kumo chunin said.

"No, wait for him to check the surroundings first," the jonin leader said, pointing toward the sensor. The sensor ninja nodded his head and increased his chakra field in that direction.

But he was still not able to sense the location.

"The next kilometer is safe, but they are present out of my range. We have to move forward for me to get any clear readings," the sensor ninja replied.

"Let's move, keep your chakra—" The jonin leader was saying when suddenly one of the two screams sounding in the desert went silent.

"Fumio-sensei!" the chunin said, his voice filled with pain and accusation.

"Keep your emotions in check, otherwise you'll lose your life before you know it," the jonin leader said. Even he was sad about the loss, but the orders were clear: maintain constant vigilance at all times.

So they swiftly but alertly made their way toward the last sound coming to them.

Just when they were 800 meters away from the location of the incident, the sensor stopped.

"What is it?" the jonin leader asked. He knew the news wasn't good from the sensor's face.

"Sir, I can sense two chakra signatures. One of them belongs to Arata, a special jonin from Kumo, but the second one is foreign and it's massive... really massive." Every sensor ninja in the team was asked to memorize the chakra signatures of their allies as a prevention against transformation jutsu, so the sensor knew Arata's chakra, but the second chakra was the cause of his worry.

"How large?"

"All of us here combined don't have even half, not even one-third of his chakra," the sensor said.

"We are going to retreat. There is no use in fighting here," the jonin said. Even though leaving an ally in such a state was heart-wrenching for most of them, they knew the orders must be followed.

Also, they knew he was most likely bait to lure them in, so the most logical thing in this scenario was to go back and regroup. Just when they were about to turn, the sensor ninja went stiff.

"Everyone, prepare yourself, he is—"

"Here," a cold voice completed the sensor's sentence, at which all ten of the ninja drew out their weapons, all pointed toward the voice.

"How heartless of you, leaving your friend behind in such a state," a young boy said. Even though everyone was astonished how such a young boy was giving off this much oppressive feeling, that astonishment was diminished because of the eyes of the boy—the eyes which were glowing in the dark, with a beautiful pattern inside them. Normally they would have been in a genjutsu by now, but Kaida didn't want that because there was no need. He wanted them to feel the same thing Ryota felt in his last moments—hopelessness.

Before the jonin leader of the team could decide anything, the boy in front of them placed his hand in front of his right eye and said:

"Takamagahara."

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