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The Raikage huffed as he observed his Shinobi as they set up the tents for the impromptu military camp that their eting was going to take place in.
'This isn't going to be a pretty affair... But I need to get to the bottom of this...'
The Raikage had cald down slightly, all that anger turned into calm. His eyes gained a coldness that they hadn't had in years.
Ever since his own brother had died, the previous B. Also the previous Jinchuriki of the 8th Tails. The man had died because the 8th Tails had managed to break the seal placed on him.
At that ti, the Raikage had almost murdered the Tailed Beast in a fit of rage. Leaving it unconscious in the middle of a lake surrounded by collapsed hills and mountains.
That battle had lasted 3 days and nights, against a being that knew no fatigue... But he won regardless.
He won only because his rage settled in the middle of the fight, his mind clearing in ti for him to salvage things and fight with calculated efficiency, befitting his status.
It was also that mont he had gained the scar on his chest too... Falling on his own 'Hell Spear' as he passed out from fatigue...
Nothing of that sort would have happened had he fought conservatively the entire ti.
Therefore, The Raikage now had a perfect reminder of what letting your anger control you could lead to.
Even if the matter now concerned his son, his own blood, he still couldn't allow his anger to control him...
That was why he wasn't going in alone this ti around...
"Raikage-yo~" B was by his side.
"... B, I am glad you decided to join..." The Raikage nodded to the Jinchuriki.
The death of A had affected him heavily. To the point where he was a lot less upbeat.
His passion for music was still the sa, but he seed to be pulling out his notebook and writing down lyrics less and less...
The Jinchuriki was simply not in the right space to write his lyrics... Not while his brother, A, was dead and his killers road free.
The Raikage didn't force him to join the operation, he wanted the village to at least have a last defence in case he found his end on the very field they stood in.
But B wanted to co regardless... He wanted to be there to help put his brother's killers to rest...
Even so, the two of them understood that their opponents were powerful... They would have to get very creative if they wanted to be able to kill them.
Simply blitzing them wasn't going to cut it. So they needed to prepare the field, and hope that they didn't bring all that many guards with them...
On their side, they had brought quite a few people, but also left a lot of them in the village. Making sure that it was going to be protected regardless of their absence.
They were forced to pull back from all foreign nations that they were invading. It was certainly going to rouse a bit of suspicion, but the Raikage couldn't afford to spread his forces out too thin.
The fact that he and B were both there was bad enough on its own. They needed to make sure that the Cloud Village was defended well.
Failure was simply not an option for them.
"How much do you think it's going to take them to arrive?" The Jinchuriki lost his musical intonation as he looked at the already set up tents in the military camp.
The Raikage looked at the sky and raised his hand, making it into a clenched fist.
B could feel a bit of wind on his face as so dust rose up around them.
The Jinchuriki simply looked at the Raikage's fist, where a rather large bird had landed.
The Raikage held onto its claw and took the ssage that was tied to its leg, before simply letting go of it and allowing it to fly away.
Almost chanically, he looked at the ssage and studied it with those sa cold eyes, narrowing them slightly when he got halfway through it.
"Probably another day or two... More than that and they'd be showing disrespect... A complication has occurred, however..."
B raised an eyebrow at the Raikage's words, his mouth twisted into a scowl.
"Complication?"
"The Mist is also joining this eting... Rather displeased that they weren't invited to begin with..." The Raikage seed to mimic B's scowl.
"... Shit..." B cussed out loud as he looked around their camp once more.
'Can we deal with 3 Kage and their guards just by ourselves?'
The short answer was... Maybe.
Even with the elent of surprise, they had no way of killing all three of them.
There was also the possibility of the Mist retreating when finding out that they had no finger in the pie that was the unfolding situation... But that was also unlikely...
"What do we do, Lord Raikage?" B bit into his fingernail for a few seconds, trying to think of ways the situation could improve.
The fear that his brother wouldn't see justice in that eting was the worst part...
"... Tell the others to send a ssage to the Mist. Tell them to back off, but don't give them any details. If they continue regardless, then they had their minds set from the start..." The Raikage's scowl deepened as he thought of the situation more and more.
Imdiately, the possibility that the Mist was seeking revenge for the death of its swordsn beca a huge possibility.
In light of more recent events, he hadn't bothered to hide the Cloud's involvent in that whole matter all that well. At least not well enough for the Mist, apparently...
'In this case, it might be better to just kill the Mizukage as well...'
The Raikage stroked his white beard as the paper in his other hand burned, scorched by lightning in a split second.
"I will relay your orders further..." B bowed slightly and ran off to do as he said.
The Raikage knew that the Jinchuriki was still worried, but his mind was becoming calr and calr by the minute...
'The Third Mizukage is coming in person, alongside whatever other guards he can bring..'
While he was not as strong as the Second Mizukage, the Third was still very powerful.
A user of Lava Release and also Soot Release, he was an extrely troubleso opponent. And could put cogs in the wheels of their plans.
The Raikage knew he was stronger than the Mist Kage, but he knew that defeating him alongside the Tsuchikage and the Kage of the Waterfall was going to be almost impossible...
The Tsuchikage alone was going to need the Raikage's full attention, his dust release was the most dangerous out of all the people that were going to be present there...
'... We might need outside help...'
The Raikage didn't like the idea of asking for help regarding his son's murder. It felt like he simply wasn't strong enough to take it on his own...
But if he missed the chance he had created right now, he would lose the elent of surprise...
The Tsuchikage wasn't stupid, he and the Jinchuriki of the Waterfall both knew their guilt, and it was highly likely that they suspected sothing bad was happening...
The Raikage himself knew that he wouldn't be able to find it in himself to act all friendly with the killer of his son, so he knew that the friendly facade would fall flat rather quickly.
'Things are bound to get colder within our alliance if I don't act tonight... Another opportunity like this will not show up again... We need to grasp it.'
So, he now had to choose...
Try their luck as they are right now. With a high possibility of losing the fight and being forced to retreat.
Or call for help from any allies...
But who could he even call?
Imdiately, his mind went to the nearby Lands, those that could hopefully make it in ti for the eting...
For a second, he considered reaching out to the Leaf but decided against it... They couldn't be trusted not to take advantage of the situation if the Raikage or B were left weakened after their fights.
There were also so smaller lands nearby, but they were all enemies of the Cloud, so they also couldn't be relied upon...
So that left him with only one reliable party to call for aid... One that could still be nearby...
'The Dark Brotherhood...'
They had delivered a ssage to him rather quickly. It was fair to say they would be able to make it in ti as well.
He knew the Red Dot was extrely fast, so if anyone in the world would make it in ti, then it was him...
'I need to contact him, now...'
"Contact the agents in the Land of Iron! Send a ssage to the Dark Brotherhood! Urgently!"
The Raikage's shout reverberated throughout the camp. A masked figure nodded and turned into a blur, vanishing into the distance to contact the others and relay the orders.
anwhile, the Raikage went and personally started writing up the ssage, while his n prepared the ans of transportation.
'Let's hope for the best...'
--------- Around a Day Later ---------
"..." Ken sat on his chair, listening to the wind outside his tent while his legs were crossed and rested on the table in front of him.
Breaking up the alliance of the Cloud, Rock, Waterfall and Mist was a rather simple task in his lack of eyes.
It was sothing he wanted to do regardless of his deal with the Hokage. The reason was rather simple as well. He had the ans to do it, and it was sothing he felt was the right thing to do...
He hoped that it would put a stop to the Third Shinobi War, or at least reduce its scale in a aningful enough way.
The fact that he could also use this to not have to pay the Leaf anything for their help in reaching Mt. Myboku
"So... You're telling the Raikage wants to pay in order to help avenge his son... Who I killed?"
The Unmasked Assassin scratched his chin as he listened to Tosho read out the ssage.
"Well, essentially... At least this is what one of Saburo's clones intercepted from a carrier hawk...
He sent it to us imdiately, the turtles are still a reliable mode of transporting information, thankfully..."
Tosho responded with a slight nod, the Sahada on his back seed to wriggle in amusent for a few seconds before settling down when the First Blade slapped its hilt.
"Well... I can't refuse an offer that good... Being there in person might also help against their attempts to reject the Raikage's accusations."
The Blind Monster slowly stood up, putting his mask on, covering the large smile that was currently spreading on his lips.
"I suggest you wait another day to make your way there, wouldn't want to arouse suspicion by getting there too soon..."
Ken humd a bit when hearing Tosho's suggestion, considering it for a mont before shrugging his shoulders and laughing a bit.
"Oh, I say we just head there now... Just claim we were hunting down so random rouge in a nearby Land. You're coming with, by the way." Ken patted the First Blade on the shoulder and started slowly walking out of the tent.
Tosho blinked a few tis and turned around to watch Ken's back as he left the tent.
The living blade on his back wriggled a bit, Tosho assud it did its equivalent of a shrug.
'I will never be able to fully guess what is on Lord Ken's mind...'
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