"What the hell?"
Kiyosuke jumped in surprise and said, "Why is the world ending again? Didn’t I just save it not long ago?"
i Terumī sighed helplessly.
"The moon is getting closer and closer to Earth. At this rate, within one cycle, it’ll collide with the planet and finally..."
The ending didn’t need to be spoken aloud.
Kiyosuke said, "No way am I letting my little baby be born into a world that’s already gone. Whoever caused this deserves to die. I’m leaving the baby in your care. I’m guessing this has sothing to do with what’s happening in Konoha."
"Mm, I’ll leave it to you then."
"Little Yuka, Daddy’s going to save the world again. Be good and listen to Mommy at ho, okay?"
He kissed his daughter’s soft, rosy cheek, then left with Obito toward Konoha.
Holding her daughter in her arms, i watched her husband’s back disappear into the distance and whispered softly, "Good luck, my dear... Save the world one more ti."
...
Konoha — Hokage’s Office
Kakashi was organizing the mission roster. When he saw Obito and Kiyosuke return, he let out a sigh of relief.
"Sorry for making you co all the way here."
"It’s fine. What does the enemy look like?"
"Here."
Kakashi took out a portrait. It was a strange-looking man with bandages wrapped around his face, revealing only his eyes — the eyes of a Byakugan.
"Byakugan?"
"Yeah. But those were just puppets. The ones who actually kidnapped Hanabi and Hinata were soone else. We didn’t get a clear look at him, only that he had white hair." Kakashi said grimly,
"And given what’s happening with the moon, I suspect it’s connected to that man."
"I think so too. My gut tells this isn’t simple. Where’s Naruto?"
"He’s not back yet."
Just as Kakashi said that, the door to the Hokage’s office burst open.
"Sensei Kakashi! Kiyosuke-san! What the hell is going on?" Naruto demanded.
Kakashi explained everything from start to finish.
"Neji was injured trying to save Hinata and Hanabi. He’s in the hospital now, but it’s nothing life-threatening. Clan Head Hiashi and Hizashi-san went out and still haven’t returned."
It was safe to say that the entire Hyūga clan had been blindsided. Only Neji had been left to defend, and it was a miracle he survived at all.
"Damn it!"
Naruto punched the wall, leaving a hole in it.
"Calm down, Naruto. Hinata and Hanabi will be fine," Kiyosuke said, though even he could only offer words of comfort.
"Let’s head out right away. I’ll try sensing Hinata’s chakra."
Kiyosuke entered Sage Mode and began to sense her location.
"I’ll help too!"
Naruto followed, entering Sage Mode himself. After a while, both opened their eyes at the sa ti.
Kiyosuke frowned. "What’s going on? I can’t sense Hinata’s chakra anywhere on this continent."
" neither," Naruto said, confused. "Even with Kurama’s help, I expanded my range overseas — still nothing."
"How can that be?" Kakashi muttered.
"Hokage-sama!"
A figure appeared in the office.
"I chased the ones who kidnapped Lady Hinata for quite a while, but they vanished into so strange place. I had no choice but to return and report."
The newcor had pale skin and a handso face. Naruto’s eyes widened. "Sai?"
"Naruto-kun, long ti no see." Sai nodded politely.
The two had t during the Fourth Great Ninja War, though Sai had mostly interacted with Naruto’s shadow clone, helping seal the Edo Tensei resurrected shinobi.
"Oh, Sai, huh."
After Kiyosuke killed Danzō, Root was disbanded. The reliable mbers were absorbed into the ANBU, and Sai was among them. During the war, he’d been part of the surprise attack division and later joined Kiyosuke’s sealing team to seal away Edo Tensei shinobi.
He had gone out that evening to sketch Konoha’s lively winter night, but by chance, ran into those suspicious figures and followed them.
"Nice work. Take a break for now. We’ll head out tomorrow!" Kakashi said with relief.
But Kiyosuke shook his head. "Kakashi, now’s not the ti to rest. Every hour we delay, Hinata’s in more danger."
"...Alright, then. What do you plan to do?"
"I’ve got two more helpers ready."
He pulled out two test tubes, each containing a lock of hair.
"Wait, those are Mom and Dad’s hair! Kiyosuke-san, don’t tell you’re planning to—"
"Exactly. I originally ant to use it when you and Hinata got married, so your parents could see you with their own eyes. But now... it’s the perfect ti."
"That’s fine by ," Kakashi said. "We still have plenty of White Zetsu specins in Konoha."
White Zetsu’s body and abilities were invaluable for research — especially for studying Hashirama’s cells. During the war, many were captured by the major villages and used as lab material. None could escape; all they could do was watch helplessly as they were dissected.
Kakashi had two of them brought in.
Kiyosuke imdiately perford the Edo Tensei, summoning Minato and Kushina back to life.
"Eh? Kiyosuke, you brought us back so soon — don’t tell Naruto’s getting married already?" Kushina asked.
"No. It’s sothing much more serious. While Konoha’s defenses were weakened, soone kidnapped Hinata."
"What?! Who’s got that kind of death wish?!" Kushina’s fiery red hair flared and floated behind her, glowing with rage.
Minato quickly placed a hand on her shoulder to calm her down.
"What exactly happened?"
Kakashi repeated the details. Minato lowered his head in thought, then said,
"In that case, our only option is to go search that place ourselves."
"Right. I’ll be counting on you, sensei."
"Don’t ntion it."
"Please, let co too!"
The door burst open again. Neji stood there, his body wrapped in bandages.
He was panting. "Lady Hinata and Lady Hanabi were kidnapped. As a branch mber, failing to protect the main family is already my greatest sha. Please, Hokage-sama, let join this mission!"
"You’re too injured. You should rest first," Naruto said.
But Kakashi shook his head.
"No, let him go. Naruto, with your sensei and Kiyosuke there, nothing will go wrong. Sai, prepare the team. You four will depart imdiately. Also—Kiyosuke, take this."
He ford a hand seal, and a glowing compass appeared on Kiyosuke’s palm. It had markings from ’Rat’ to ’Boar,’ with a small Earth in the center. Only ’Rat’ and ’Ox’ were lit up, while ’Tiger’ was fading.
"What is this?"
"It shows how much ti Earth has left. When all the lights go out, the moon will collide with it."
"I understand. I’ll bring them back before that happens."
----------------
Fanfic is finished on Patreon (536 Chapters in total.)
Patreon(.)com/Jixo (for only $4.50, read this entire fanfic)
Reviews
All reviews (0)