Chapter 133 - Ch133. Nibi
Kumogakure was quite busy this ti of the year. It was the harvest season and that, for a mountain village like Kumo, ant their ninjas run back and forth between bodyguarding, bandit extermination, and supply delivering missions for farrs and various traders going and coming to sell their crops. It didn't help the situation that the Raikage left so days prior to the peace treaty. While the ninjas were grumbling about signing such a worthless piece of paper that eventually ant nothing, the civilians were quite happy. Alas, it was happiness brought by ignorance. Not that the ninjas would enlighten the civilians about it.
If anything, the Raikage wanted nothing more than to storm Kirigakure in revenge for the death of his beloved. To kill every single man and woman from Kiri who was part of the Nagori Isles invasion. To kill Ringo Ayuri who was the commander...
His rage was legendary after that mission. He single-handedly reduced an entire mountain to rubble and cented the public opinion on his position as the Third Raikage's successor. What many didn't know, however, A was also afraid.
Afraid of Rei of Kiri, the monster that man-handled him and Killer B as if they were children.
i, wearing a straw hat and a bit battered old-looking civilian clothes, rrily strolled through the gate to Kumo, not even being stopped by the guards since she was just one of the nurous children of farrs coming and going to help their parents to sell the crops. As long as they couldn't feel chakra from her, everything was just peachy.
Just like that, i infiltrated Kumogakure. Through the front gate, inwardly snickering that Rei's chakra hiding technique and so old clothes were all she needed to get in.
'But really, the Kumogakure is incredibly beautiful.' i looked up the houses built either on the tops or on the sides of the mountain and the bridges connecting them. It was an ethereal sight and she really believed no other village could surpass Kumo when it ca to the natural beauty of the place. 'Not really it has anything on Rei's dinsion though...' i scoffed and turned to enter a side alley.
Apparently, that was not such a bright idea since the second she was far enough, five thugs who obviously followed her into the alley blocked her path. They were about to open their l.u.s.t-fully grinning mouths but... i couldn't really be bothered. Five kunais and five thuds later, she was again on her way, deeper into the alley.
When she decided she was sufficiently out of sight and nobody followed her...
"Boil Release: Steam Clone Jutsu."
The air thickened until a small amount of smoke soundlessly burst out, not unlike when soone creates a shadow clone, but unlike shadow clones, this smoke didn't reveal a body, rather it gathered into a smoke-like figure of i.
"Here," i handed each clone a pouch with a set of hundred spying seals which the clones quickly absorbed into themselves, causing it to sink into the smoke. "put this all over the village. Especially in restricted areas." i ordered and the five figures vanished as if dissipating.
'Ha! Who said I can't be subtle! Take that Konan!' i smirked, rembering Konan's distraught expression when she showed the woman this sneaky use of her Steam Clones. They can dissipate into the air, becoming wisps of barely noticeable chakra, and get wherever they want, capable of squeezing themselves even through the smallest of crevices. The only thing capable of showing them were incredibly strong seals... which ant i's clones were much, much better than Konan's when it ca to sneaking around.
Needless to say, Konan's eyebrow twitched for days on end, much to i's delight, when that little tidbit beca clear. And then... much to i's displeasure, Konan ca with the marvelous idea of... 'let i take care of the spy network!'... and just like that, the tables turned and now it was i who was perpetually scowling and Konan who was smirking like a loon at her suffering.
After all, i hated sneaking around. lting sothing? Easy. Bathing enemies in lava? Sure! Drowning sobody? Fun... But sneaking around? Nu-uh! Having hundreds of clones sit around in a room, shifting through the material on spying? Bleh. Maintaining a spy network? No. Freaking. Way!
Fortunately or unfortunately, Rei intervened, and Konan stayed in charge of the spy network while i beca the person who was tasked to spread the spying seals. Not that it lessened the playfully condescending smirks of Konan that threw into i's face that insufferable ssage of 'I am still more useful to Rei!' Konan liked to subtly portray.
Despite everything, i could only wistfully smile as she really couldn't imagine her life without these small rivalries between herself and her sisters.
Hours passed quickly while i toured the civilian-accessible parts of Kumogakure, trying out the local cuisine, getting to know so people, and just eavesdropping to get so information while she waited for her steam clones to be finished. Finally, three hours later, all five hundred spying seals were installed, no one from Kumo the wiser.
'And now, the last part of my mission.' i nodded to herself and used a SelfWithdrawing seal her clone put near her target.
...
Yugito Nii was a twelve-year-old and already a ninja of Kumo for two years. She was not like Uncle B despite knowing they were the sa. He was a hero while she was mocked. He was the right-hand man of the Raikage while she...
Her throat hitched as she rembered her unpleasant mories and the slashes of her sword beca faster, more ferocious, scarring the poor wooden dummy on the empty training ground far away from the village.
She wanted to run. Slash. She wanted to prove herself being useful. Slash. She wanted to gain respect. Slash. She wanted to be treated normally. Slash. She wanted to get stronger. Slash. She wanted her suffering to stop. Slash. She wanted many things but...
That was when an amused snort woke her from her anger-induced rampage. "You really love slashing things up, don't you? You would get along well with our resident sword loon." A feminine voice alerted Yugito to the presence of sobody unknown to her.
Her body instantly tensed as she quickly turned around only to blink when she spotted a bit older auburn-haired girl in civilian clothes. Worse yet, the girl didn't seem like a ninja. Her posture was far too relaxed and lazy. She didn't give off that tense feeling other ninjas do. She was a perfect picture of a harmless civilian.
"Who are you and how did you get here? This place is off-limits." Yugito evenly warned only to get a pointed and piercing look from the girl. Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click #.-nibi_51312350178896419 for visiting.
"Oh~, is that so? Fine," The girl uncaringly shrugged. "I am i, by the way." She sat down into the grass and Yugito barely prevented herself from gaping. The civilian girl just completely ignored her warning! "If you don't introduce yourself I will call you Grrr-chan, ya know? Since you were growling at the poor wooden dummy."
That pulled Yugito out of her reverie. "I am Nii Yugito, genin of Kumogakure." She nodded but totally ignored the girl when she patted the patch of grass next to her, signaling Yugito to sit. Yugito just stood a few feet in front of the girl, prepared for a fight.
"You can call i. I ca here because I am interested in you." i stated with a hum in her tone, causing Yugito to flinch and almost take a step back due to how intensely i's eyes trialed over her body. "I see you were trained on what it ans to be a kunoichi from an early age." i lightly said, a bit of... a feeling Yugito couldn't quite put her finger on... in her tone.
"Yes, I have trained since I beca six years old." Yugito nodded. It was not like the entrance age to Kumo Academy was a secret.
i only snorted derisively at that. "I am not talking about that." She shot Yugito a knowing look that made Yugito's breath hitch, and her body tense. She took a step back while taking a stance with her sword, preparing to pounce at i at any indication of hostility. The girl might look, seem, sll, even feel like a civilian but Yugito now knew the girl was certainly NOT just a civilian.
"I have no idea what you are talking about." Yugito stated and i raised an eyebrow at her.
"Why are you taking a battle stance, then?" She asked with apparent amus.e.m.e.nt, causing Yugito to scold herself. "You really are only a kid..." i chuckled, making Yugito irritated at being called a kid. "But tell ... how long are they raping you?"
As if a bucket of cold water was poured over Yugito. "I... I ha-... no idea..." She sputtered, her mind a complete ss while she tried to make herself appear small as her body uncontrollably shook. That was sothing she desperately tried to hide and not even her teammates knew about.
i just gave the poor girl a pitying look. 'Female jinchuuriki... I should have expected this, shouldn't I?' i wistfully lanted. She thought Kumo would treat the girl properly due to Killer B but, apparently not. 'And here I wanted to just co here, grab so of Nibi's chakra and be on my rry way...' She sighed in irritation.
"Stop!" i's firm voice rang through the training ground, stopping the distraught Nibi Jinchuuriki in her tracks as she fearfully looked at i. "I was spat on, stepped on, beaten, starved, cursed, had rocks thrown at , and the only thing that saved from being r.a.p.ed is my master. Quite honestly, I thought you would avoid that fate since Killer B is so famous and seen as a protector of the village." i tilted her head in a pondering manner and Yugito could only listen, unable to tear her eyes away from her. "Hmm... I see, it was the war, wasn't it?" Yugito flinched, "Neither Killer B nor A could watch over you so the people who didn't like you had easy access and a free hand to do whatever they wanted with you. Typical... If I had to guess, it was Kumo Counciln who love to abuse you, no? That's why you have to keep your mouth shut or face the consequences." i slowly guessed what exactly happened to Yugito.
Yugito started shaking again and tightly closed her eyes only to feel herself being gently hugged, sothing she never felt before. It didn't take even a second for i to feel Yugito lting into the embrace, creating a sour taste in i's mood. "I am i of Kiri," Yugito's eyes shot wide at that, "I can protect you and give you a ho where you will be appreciated. The question is... Do you want to be protected?"
i reached her hand towards the crying Yugito in a silent offer.
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