59 Arc 3: Phase 2: Mission Delay

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Arc 3: Phase 2

The wind was stronger than ever in the midst of an atmosphere that was still calming down. The Kyuubi dilema back at Tenchi Bridge was so intense that it damaged a large of portion of the forest and the battle caused a large crater to be formed in the middle of it.

In that very same crater, two individuals stood in the exact middle and a conversation was currently being held at the moment. The two individuals were revealed to be none other than the two white cloaked people from before. One was a tall male, his hood finally removed revealing his full appearance, a young man about his early twenties. He had medium dark brown shaggy hair, dark bluish eyes and a serious look at the moment.

The other one was shorter than the young man, this individual had the curves and feminine facade, indicating that this person was a female. When she finally removed her hood to reveal her full appearance to that of a young lady somewhere around her mid to late teens. She had this silver hair that was bunned up into two pigtails, and a sharp but vivid green eyes.

"I really can't believed you stopped me there!" Yuko exclaimed, her frustration was very visible." I've could've taken care all of them, Tensai!"

The older male kept controlled and gave a sigh, ignoring her complaints" What are you doing here?" He said." You're supposed to be assigned to your task."

There was a bit of quietness from the young lady, She gave a small smirk and flipped her pig tails in a sassy manner." Well, is it a bad thing to take a short break?" She said." Besides, I wanna find out more about these newcomers." She explained with a arrogant grin.

"And I really don't mind on using that little chimera to give their sensei temporal anger management issues. She added, with a snotty chuckle.

There was really no stopping this young lady, ever since she became a member of the organization, she became a bit of a meddler to anyone's business. Considering that a large of number of years had already passed since, she was much better and controlled here.

"But still you disobeyed instructions again." He said as he stood by his belief." Do you know how many times missions like this were put into trouble because of this doings?" He asked, referring to the numerous times on how this events were almost altered, which often involved the young silver haired lady.

Yuko was not even affected, she decided to just play along." Awww, so that means I'm kicked out of the group?" She cooed, her sassiness still there.

Tensai gave a sigh, patience was often the key to handle her." No you're not, I'm just here to remind you to never do this again or else-" He was suddenly cut.

"Or else what!?" Yuko raised her voice, looking directly at him in the eyes. She was also about to add more words when she was beaten to it.

"Or else He might discover all of this and we're all going be going down the drain." Tensai replied back. He only used this as a way for the girl to listened up.

Yuko gave a sigh." Oh the boss." She said." I wonder what's He up to nowadays?" She wondered while slightly looking up towards the sky." I guess He's busy making his constitutional stuff of whatever it is ." She added, showing no interest of that certain subject.

"That's why you need to keep quiet!" Tensai said, scolding her for a little bit." You know that He's doing something suspicious." He added, referring to their boss' goals which was deemed ambitious and could cause destruction.

Yuko then raised an eyebrow and gave him a stern look." Then why did you join the organization in the first place?" She asked." If you're not into his dictatorship goals?" She said, while putting her hands on her hips.

"You're not really thankful that he gave you a second chance to live again."

Tensai kept quiet. He had a reason for joining the group, and that reason was to protect a certain loved one, which was a little sister of his, and he hadn't seen her in many years and had no idea what she already looked like. He still had that guilt of not being there for her.

The organization's main benefactor was indeed the business-minded individual, He recruited these members to his group and in exchange, he will help them fulfill their wishes, goals, and give them second chances. An offer that the young man can't resist just to protect her loved one.

As for Yuko, She just sarcastically shrugged it off." Awww, what a really nice and tragic story." She commented." It's really sad that it ended that way for you but try to looked on the bright side!" She lamely tried to cheer him up.

"Oh and do you really think that this plan of yours is going to work at all?" She added." Like no one is really on your side to be honest." She said.

Tensai gave a sigh yet again." That's why I need time to keep on eye on those three newcomers, they might be the ones that can help." He explained, he had the feeling that these three would be the major changers to the game.

Yuko rolled her eyes as if she wasn't interested about it." Suit yourself." She said, before looking at the blank space with her thoughts working inside her mind.

It was also at this time that the young man continued to speak." Any updates on your mission? He asked." And do you even get along with him?"

Yuko snapped from her thoughts and turned to the older member." So far, it's going fine, I never that I would be in charge on monitoring a guy, from those Akatsuki, and who is obsessed with his stupid Jashin God!" She commented.

"Oh you mean that lazy dumb brick of a partner?" She said." Well, He's annoying and I really don't like him." She said, while closing her eyes and looking away, hinting a bit of her other side.

Tensai could only shook and scratched his head. By far, Yuko was definitely the sassiest member of the organization. A person, who can be really tough to get along because of her plain rude attitude. Considering her bloody past, eventual death, and resurrection. She had every reason to be the person that she is right now.

"You should probably go back and handle your mission after this." He then said to her." You still have a long way to go." He added.

Yuko gave a devious smile." I know, I will probably go somewhere where I can relax for a bit." She said." I heard that a village with five carved heads is a good place to go to."

"You mean the leaf village?" He clarified, while the other just simply nodded.

"Correct again, Tensai-kun."

Tensai gave a sigh." Alright, but don't try to interact with anyone." He said with a serious look, considering that the young lady had meddled with the two main members of Team seven.

"Don't worry, I wouldn't do that again. Yuko gave a grin, surely she promised to herself that she will behave and be careful this time.

Will that promise be broken already?

(DECISIONS)

The whole Tenchi bidge incident can be considered as a major setback for the team. An incident so sudden that it almost risked the life of a certain pink haired girl, an incident that almost left the team's morale destroyed, and an incident which saw the betrayal of one young member of the team for his own goals.

In a certain area, where a small river was located which separates the old and new stages of the journey, is where the team found themselves currently. Battered and exhausted, they sought to take the available time they have to rest and recharge themselves. The only catch is that there will be no setting up for camp tonight.

"Careful Yamato-sensei." A certain blonde rookie said, as he and his young dad, assisted on helping their still recovering sensei as they placed him carefully on a nearby tree.

Yamato could only groaned as he can still feel the ache in his head and body. He felt drained than ever before as if he was on the verge of losing his consciousness. His vision was a bit blurry as he could only see two recognizable colors of blonde in front of him.

Boruto and Naruto were very much glad to have helped their sensei, they both sighed in relief as it seemed the danger was far behind them. The only the thing that they have to do was to treat their sensei's injuries if he ever sustained one awhile back.

This is where Sarada and Sakura cue comes in, with both having the same medical expertise, they quickly solved the problem in a matter of minutes as they treated their brown haired sensei and made sure that he will be able to rest well without any distractions. Sarada took the reigns of bandaging every wound that the man sustained while Sakura used her healing jutsu to speed up the process.

With that said and done, Yamato's consciousness slowly drifted away as the brown haired man fell asleep right away. The last thing he felt was something soft behind his head, which was revealed to be a small pillow courtesy from the raven haired rookie.

There was silence that followed thereafter as the rest of the members took their respective spots to rest on. There were no discussions or whatsoever, they were all just there dwelling in quietness. With a team captain, who is incapable of leading his own team as of now, the possible of continuing the mission was thrown into doubts.

As for now, The two main members and the two rookies sat down on the grassy ground, the two blondes were nearby the small river while the two teenage girls were at a certain spot, preparing sandwhiches for the rest. They haven't ate anything for hours now.

(REFLECTIONS)

The atmosphere was indeed gloomy. Showtaro observed and wondered if all hope seemed lost. He really wished that not all of it went out of the window in one go. The mission was yet to be accomplished and they can't just cancel it like it was nothing.

"Looks like everybody is in the sad train right now." He thought to himself, before sighing altogether. He understood the fact that the team morale had gone down because of what happened awhile ago, he was just thinking if they were going to abort the mission soon.

Showtaro was no stranger to this kinds of situations, in the years of his existence, he delt in many missions that were more dangerous than this one, mostly missions that concerned the balance of the worlds. He had personally never participate in battles before because he would often found himself in the middle of it to which he survives in one piece.

One of his missions, where he infiltrated the world of Otsutsuki almost left him roasted. His mission there was to investigate and get evidence of corruption that has been going on in their system and he successfully revealed the culprits, who were revealed to be clan members themselves, and their goals of perfoming a coup against the Otsutsuki leaders which also led to their arrest and eventual imprisonment.

Now, here he is in another mission, where he has no idea on where it will take him to.

Showtaro gave yet another sigh before turning to his thoughts for solutions, he was thinking of a possible way for the rest of the team to reach their destination without breaking any sweat. It was a impossible feat to achieve and the so called hideout could be a thousands of miles away.

It was after a few moments later, when he then looked up at the sky and saw a flock of birds flying towards a certain direction. He then glanced back at the still resting Team seven and then turned back towards the sky.

"Oh I see." Showtaro simply said and nodded while scratching his chin.

He finally had an idea.

(MEANWHILE)

"So do you think it's finally over?"

Those were the words that first came out from Naruto himself. The blonde was staring at the stream of the river and wondering if there was still hope on continuing the mission. He had no idea on what to do now, since their brown haired sensei was still on the sidelines.

Who was going to be captain this time?

Boruto, on the other hand, was in his thoughts, brainstorming for any solutions on how they will continue from here. It was tough, there were ideas that came into his mind but none of them seemed to have the bigger chance to work.

"I'm not really sure, Naruto" The teenage blonde muttered back, as he adjusted his sitting position." But, if you asked me, I won't believed that this mission will be aborted anytime soon." He said.

Naruto gave a slight chuckle." I guess we have the same outlook in life." He said, while picking up a few small stones on the ground and started throwing each of them at the river.

Boruto gave a small smile while looking back at the river. "So what makes you think that this mission will continue?" He asked, wanting to know his young dad's explanation and reason.

Naruto gave a shrugged." To be honest, I'm not really sure." He said." But I always get this feeling that somehow if you believed on what you believed in, then it may come true in the end." He smiled.

"I guess that's what you told me."

He would then began to explained that during the early years of Team seven, they would be put in a situation where they were forced to put their differences aside and worked together to take on the challenge. He just can't count number of times that they were put into that challenge.

Boruto simply nodded as he took the time to listen to his young dad. He picked up anything that he could learn, improve, and overall recover that motivation and drive to continue on to which he did.

"By the way, there's something that I would like to ask you about."

Boruto snapped back from his thoughts and he saw the other blonde looking at him." Yeah go ahead man." He replied back.

"Well, have you ever fallen in love with a girl before" Naruto finally asked his question, wanting to know if the rookie had feelings for a girl.

Boruto gave chuckle." No, why do you ask?" He said.

Naruto gave the rookie a smile as he beckoned him to looked to a certain direction to which he did and he saw his raven haired teammate, who was preparing sanwhiches with the other girl.

"Well, I just noticed that whenever you and Sarada-san talk or something, that it almost looks as if you two are more than friends." Naruto explained." A couple to be exact."

There was a slight blushed from Boruto that the other didn't noticed. He knew he had to keep it together and still he doesn't quite know on does falling in love feels like.

"You know Naruto, I'm not quite certain." He said." Although, I always treat her as a part of the family already, much like my little sister." Boruto explained." She and Hima are the only ones that I have left since."

"Oh I see." Naruto replied while he nodded in understanding." I would always forget that part." He said." You three are really one big happy family."

"It's alright, sticking together is really important nowadays." Boruto said." But I guess that's why you guys never give up and keep finding ways to bring your friend back." He added.

Naruto gave a small smile." Yeah, Me, Sakura-chan, and Kakashi-sensei, swore to ourselves that we will never stop no matter what happens." He explained." All of us knew that there is still good in him and someday he might realize that power and revenge is not the answer."

Boruto gave a smile." I see, now I know the reason why this mission wouldn't not be aborted." He said, while the other gave a nod.

It was at this time that a certain familiar voice then heard calling the two blondes from behind.

"Hey guys!"

The voice was revealed to be from that of Showtaro's. As the two blondes turned around at the same time, they both saw an exhausted but excited duck, who looks as if he seemed to have finally found a solution.

Naruto raised both eyebrows in surprised." I-Is that a talking duck!?" He asked, as he was very much startled.

"Showtaro? Are you alright? Is there something the matter?" Boruto asked. What could have happened right now?

As Showtaro finally recovered his breath, he then gave a look towards the two blondes as he raised up his feather-like hand in the form of a number one sign.

"Gather the rest of them, I finally have an idea on how to get your destination fast."

(GIRLS TALK)

Preparing sandwiches had to be easiest task so far in this mission. At least for a certain raven haired girl. Sarada watched and observed her own hands as she used the plastic knife to spread out the peanut butter filling on a piece of bread intended for her blonde teammate.

As she finish the rest of her work, she took a quick glanced at their brown haired sensei, who was still in his slumber. It was at this time that her thoughts, in the form of worry, began to mingle with her yet again.

What was the worry? The state of the mission itself.

Sarada then took a deep breath before looking at her pink haired teen counterpart." Uhmmm, Sakura I don't mind asking, but are we really taking our time here to rest? She asked." I mean the enemy could've deserted the hideout once we get there." She added.

Sakura just kept silent and took a deep breath. In truth, she too was having the same thoughts as the raven haired rookie, but she wasn't showing her emotions about it. She immediately thought of her silver haired sensei, who was the main source for keeping her in a calm state.

She then finally gave the rookie a look and small smile, which told the latter to calm down." Well, I really don't know how to say this but, I think we're doing right thing." She said.

Sarada raised an eyebrow as she gave a confused look, although she was able to quickly realized the current state of the team and by just looking at theie brown haired sensei, who was still unconscious.

Sakura continued." Well if Kakashi-sensei was with us, He would've done the same thing as of now." She said. She would then go on to explained remind that the silver haired men was known as the "Zen Guy." The most calmest instructor that she had ever met and, even in times of struggle, he would always stay calm.

Sarada simply nodded. She was beginning to understand the lesson behind the topic. She was seeing the reason on how the team itself remained determined and strong despite the setbacks that plague them. Patience was the key.

(INTERVIEW)

"I was really surprised and amazed on how the team was handling this situation. You can see that there were no panics, no worries, and they were all focus on getting back together and preparing for the next stage."

"If you asked me, it kind of reminded me of how Konohamaru-sensei would handle it and how he would always keep things cool. It made me realized that things can't be rushed all the time."

-Sarada

"Sarada was being understandable and I kind of appreciate on how she accepting this. It might frustrate everybody but this was the right to do for now.

"We believed in possiblities, and we don't exactly looked for them all the time but, they often looked for us."

-Sakura

(SURPRISED)

"Sarada-chan!"

"Sakura-chan!"

It was at this time that a familiar voice called out to them and both girls stopped what they're doing and looked up to see the two certain blondes with both having the same excited faces.

Both Sarada and Sakura were just staring at the the two blondes as they raised both their eyebrows in confusion, wondering if something happened just now." Is something the matter?" Sakura was the first one to speak and asked.

Naruto, who was the most energetic one finally spoke." Yeah, there is something alright!" He replied, his eyes beaming with hope and determination.

"You won't believed this but we know how to get to our destination fast!" He added." We're not gonna walk or run but fly through there dattebayo!"

"Huh?" Sakura raised an eyebrow of skepticism. Instead of understanding the whole thing, she became even more confused.

Exactly, how they're gonna fly from here? There's no such thing as jutsus or abilities that can make a person capable of flight!

Boruto could only just gave his little chuckle as he began to scratched his head. His expressions was also noticed by his raven haired teammate who called him out.

"Boruto, what's the fuss about?" Sarada finally spoke and asked, giving that Uchiha look.

Boruto continued to scratch his head as beckoned the girl to look towards a certain direction." Well, I think you'll have to talk to Showtaro on this one." He simply said while giving a grin.

Sarada was even more confused. She understood what he mean't about Showtaro but she didn't understood on how a single duck could help them get to their destination.

(EASY TICKET)

When the rest of the team had finally gathered in a certain spot, they eagerly listened to what their new companion's plan or idea was all about. Curiousity was the main thing in the atmosphere right now.

Naruto and Sakura were in an unbelievable state as they were seeing and hearing a talking intelligent duck in front of them. They really had no idea what was happening at the moment but they deduced that the duck was some kind of summon or a companion to the two rookies.

Boruto and Sarada were just trying their best calm the the two. When the questions started to land on them, they did their best to answer them in the most simplistic way as possible. Although, the two rookies were careful on not revealing to many details such as the whole Pure Land dilema.

As for Showtaro, He didn't mind and continued to explain his plan. The idea was about going to the location of hideout by flight and not by foot. It sounded so absurd at first but it may work. He knew that he was going to make some extra effort here. The details of the plan revolve around the duck himself as he was the main focal point here.

Showtaro would volunteer himself as the main transportation of the group by transforming into a big version of himself, enough for a handful of people to ride through him and then summoned a clone if the baggages exceeds the capacity. The only thing that he would need is more energy or chakra in order to perform this well.

"So what do you think guys?"

There was silence that took over between the rest of team, they all gave glances at each other before looking back at the duck.

"I guess it could work then." Naruto was the first one to speak and gave a smile followed by the others nodding in unison.

Showtaro then nodded before bringing up one more problem." Alright then, but what about your sensei over there?" He asked." Is he going to be alright?"

Quietness then took over again, the rest of the team's hopes were put into a temporal setback with the mentioned of their unconscious sensei. How are they gonna make this plan work with the presence of a sideline captain?

(INTERVIEW)

"When everything was going downhill once again, an idea popped into my head. The idea itself is kind of a bit ridiculous but something tells me that its finally going to solve the last problem that we had.

What's the idea all about? Well, it's simply about a certain scroll."

-Boruto

(THE SCROLL)

"Are you really sure about this, Bolt?"

The question was finally asked by Naruto himself as He and the rookie both assisted a still unconscious Yamato on a certain spot where a big opened scroll was placed on the grassy ground. The scroll itself stretched all the way as it was big enough for any human being to fit in.

Boruto just gave a confident smile." Don't worry, this is pretty much the most possible way and safest thing to do, if we wanna reach our destination as quick as possible." He said and assured his blonde counterpart.

Naruto then chuckled." Man, I didn't know Yamato-sensei is this heavy." He commented." I mean what does he eat dattebayo!?" He asked.

"Well, we'll have to ask him that." Boruto replied." But I guess he has all the trees inside of him so maybe that's why he's this heavy." He added." No offense, Yamato-sensei."

Naruto gave another chuckle." Oh man, I hope this will work out." He said as the two blondes then carefully placed their sleeping sensei on the scroll, fitting him in there.

Boruto simply nodded. He knew that this was going to work because the scroll actually has that ability to house a human being inside and it was designed by none other than an old friend, a scientist by the name Katasuke, who also gave him a copy of the scroll before life turned upside down.

As for Naruto, he was a bit clueless yet interested. He had never scene a scroll that worked this way, most of the scrolls that he was aware of, were all ordinary scrolls than could accomadate weapons and other valuable but a human being? That would be a straight "No."

As their brown haired sensei lied there in sleeping fashion, the scroll started glowing brightly as it was finally activated much like a machine, moments later, the light died down and a puff of smoke took over and it when it cleared, the sleeping Yamato was nowhere to be in sight.

With that, Boruto proceeded to closed the scroll and put it inside his back pack for safe keeping." This will keep him safe for throughout the journey." He said.

"Man, that's some cool scroll technology thing there dattebayo!" An amazed Naruto commented." Do you have an extra for that, because I might need one for the future hehe." He added.

Boruto sighed but smiled. He just shook his head as he could only give his dad a little laugh. Of course, he also thought about the advancement and innovations of technology back in the future, on how he appreciated its capability to help solve a problem with ease.

The rookie then turned his eyes towards the two girls who were busy packing up some of their things. He then took a deep breath as he also prepared himself for the next journey ahead.

(DEPARTURE)

"So this is a Chakra Pill? Interesting!"

Showtaro said as the duck observed a small round greenish pill on his feather-like hand. He was very much observant and examined the small thing.

"Yup, it may look small but it will surely give you the enough chakra that you need!" Sarada explained, it was the most fastest and easiest way for her duck companion to gain chakra that he needed so far.

Showtaro simply nodded in understanding. For years he had been into the human world and was aware the physics of chakra that the Otsutsuki clan introduced. Although, the only problem that he had was that he had little chakra in him and back in the Pure Land, it was mostly the spirit energy that everyone depends on. So with the help of the Chakra Pill, this will boost his own chakra energy.

As the everyone gathered at the main departure spot, the rest watched and observed as Showtaro took the pill and swallowed it.

"Wow, this taste like candy!" He commented, this was his first time taking a chakra pill.

There was silence for several seconds, Boruto, Sarada, Naruto and Sakura were holding their own breaths as if their life depended on it. There were little doubts left inside of them as they thought if this plan was ever going to work actually. Although, they always kept believing that anything is possible.

As for Showtaro, he gave them each a smile as he could feel the energy inside him building up and a few moments later he was then enveloped by a puff of smoke that suddenly appeared and surrounded him.

The rest of the team was a bit startled when the smoke puffed in front of them. Sarada slightly neared towards her blonde teammate and grabbed his arm like how a normal girl would do when she's startled.

"Alright this smoke is apparently taking its time." Boruto commented, with a slight of sarcastic annoyance in his tone of voice.

When the smoke finally cleared, the rest of the team was in for a shock as they found themselves staring at Showtaro, who is now triple the times his size as he became bigger and wider.

"You've got to be kidding me." Boruto muttered. He was seeing something unexpected and surprising yet shocking.

"No way." Naruto muttered, his jaw almost dropped.

"This is weird." Both Sarada and Sakura muttered to themselves. They had never seen this kind of scenario before but in the end, it's gonna be a major help for them.

Showtaro could only laugh as he then formed a familiar hand sign. Moments later, another smoke puffed out revealing a clone of him which he summoned.

"What are you guys waiting for?" He asked." Hop in!" He said, encounraging the rest to stop standing there and board in.

For a few moments the rest just stood there and stared at the now giant duck before proceeding on boarding him and the clone. Boruto and Naruto chose to board on the clone while the two girls boarded the original one.

"Showtaro, this is really cool!" Boruto commented." Is this your first time doing this?" He asked.

Showtaro simply but secretly nodded. It was his first time, and this was also the first time that multiple people would be flying along with him. This was going to be a tough and wobbly ride.

So with that, he prepared himself as he stretched out his wings and began to flapped." Are you guys all ready?" He asked once more.

"Yup we're ready!" Sarada replied as she gave the go signal.

Showtaro gave a confident smile as he finally readied himself for the big lift.

"Hold on tight, this is going to be one heck of a ride!"

(INTERVIEW)

"When I ate that Chakra Pill and got literally bigger, it suddenly came into my mind yet again that this was my first time, and that I'm fully responsible for everything if something goes wrong during the journey, So I really hope that things would turned out well."

-Showtaro

(HIDEOUT)

Gloomy and Menacing: Those were the words that the young root member would describe the whole hideout. The hostility was overwhelming since he arrived at the entrance and even now while he was walking through the dim-litted dark corridors.

His two official guides were none other than Orochimaru and Kabuto himself. They were in the midst of a conversation about their next plans and an occasional topic about the two rookies that the silver haired man relied the information to him.

Being Arrogant was one of the main characteristics of the snake sannin, when he learned of these new rookies, he quickly shrugged the idea of them being a threat, assuming that Kabuto just doesn't know on how to deal with kids.

Sai secretly shook his head and smiled. Somehow, he really enjoyed seeing the silver haired man getting denied everytime. He also felt sorry for him at the same time, although that wasn't his main goal here, it was something more than that.

Along the way, the two men began to converse with the young root, they began telling him more about Sasuke, and that he should really meet the person because of the simple reason that he was also a Konoha Shinobi himself. Sai kept quiet, he didn't quite believed that the guy himself would want to see a person from the leaf village, but in truth, he would only treat it as a kind of insult.

"Don't worry about Sasuke, He's not that bad." Orochimaru said." In fact, he'd just recovered from his injuries." He added.

Sai widened his eyes in surprised." Injuries?" He asked.

Kabuto sighed and nodded." It was not too long ago when during a training session with Lord Orochimaru that he suddenly collapse and fell unconscious." He explained." He was in coma for several days before fully recovering."

"Oh I see." Sai replied." What was the reason?"

Kabuto adjusted his glasses as he continued." It's simple, He overused his Sharingan." He said." That's what he gets for being too reckless." He then gave a slight laugh.

"Just be careful that you don't provoke him." The snake sannin then added.

"Hmmm, interesting." Sai thought to himself." I'll take note of it."

(A LITTLE LATER)

It was not too long that the three guys had finally reached their destination. A huge chamber room which acted as the training/sparring place for a certain raven haired teen.

Sai stopped his tracks as his eyes was greeted by a human figure sitting on a certain step from a distance away. A little later had passed, that he immediately realized the person that he was staring in front of him right now.

"Is it really him?" He thought and asked himself.

The two men beside him were just evilly smiling. They finally brought him a present, and coincidentally, that present came from the leaf village.

Sai could feel the atmosphere getting tense, he observed and surveyed his surroundings looking for any signs of other threats but so far, there weren't any except for the person in front of him, who was finally revealed to be the raven haired missing- nin himself.

Not too long, Sai could finally see the guy opening his eyes, revealing the infamous blood red Sharingan and followed by hearing the first words which directly came from the Uchiha himself.

"You're Late"

(CHAPTER END)