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*Tap* *tap* *tap*

The sounds of footsteps echoed throughout the surrounding forested area.

If one was took look closely at the forest they could see four blurry figures jumping from tree to tree almost to quick for the eye to follow.

—

"How much longer until we get to this area Torune?" Fū questioned.

"…..We should be about 20 meters away from what seems like a opening, If my insects are correct this seems to be a hidden village of sorts." Torune responded while jumping from tree to tree.

"A hidden village? I don't remember any village surrounded by a forest besides The Land of woods." Fū said.

"Aren't those the same people that attacked you, Torune and Lord Danzo?" Tori asked

"Yes the Anbu of that land tried to ambush us on the way to the Kage summit." Torune said.

"So if this is The Land of Woods' village then it's safe to say we wouldn't be treated as friendly." Rhya said as he stopped on a tree branch.

"Tori can you use the Byakugan to check our surroundings before we get any closer." Rhya ordered.

Nodding his head Tori activated his Byakugan looking around for any sort of ambush traps or people.

….

….

….

"….what the hell is that?" Tori whispered but everyone heard him.

"What do you mean?" Fū said in a stern tone while the others readied themselves for combat.

"A…..Puppet or golem but it's floating in the air so I can't say for sure." Tori said concerned about what he was seeing.

"A puppet or a golem and it's flying…..Puppets can be controlled to fly so I'm guessing it could be a Puppeteer controlling it." Fū mumbled.

"So it seems Suna has made a move invading other territory's." Fū said after some thinking.

"But couldn't it just be any other Puppeteer controlling the puppet?" Torune asked

"While that could be the case I believe he is right because it's not just one puppet I've count around five and they all keep moving around." Tori suddenly said.

"So if it is Suna then It could be a Puppeteering squad with extra nin?" Rhya asked

"Normally Suna would send a Puppeteer unit along with a few extra guards and a sensor nin." Fū said.

"I see so can you see any Chakra Threads connecting the puppet with a puppeteer?" Torune asked

Shaking his head Tori said something that made everyone go into thought.

"While I can't see anything connecting with the puppet, It seems some sort of energy is inside of it."

"It's not Chakra?" Fū asked

"No, i take back what I said, The energy isn't inside of it. It seems to be made of this energy." Tori said keeping his Byakugan actives while staring at the puppet.

"...Could it be Sage Chakra?" Rhya asked.

(A/N: Ik it's called Nature Energy but since he doesn't know a lot about it he won't call it like normal.)

The others looked in his direction seemingly confused.

"Sage Chakra?" Torune asked

Nodding his head Rhya explained. "When I was training under Orochimaru he gave me vague details on it, It's pretty much using Natures Chakra which not just anyone could hold. He explained to me that he only knows of two people other then himself being able to hold it one being Minato and the last being Jiraiya."

"Nature Chakra?" Tori asked

"That I do not know much about as he never really went into more details." Rhya responded

"I see, So this 'Puppet' could be made out of this so called Sage Chakra?" Fū asked

"I do not know from what I've seen is it can be added to Jutsu and to ones body." Rhya said while shifting his position on the branch.

"We cant be sure, These puppets don't exactly look like normal, They are made out of mud with leafs on top." Tori said

"Hmm any suggestions on what we should do?" Fū asked.

"I say we continue on with the mission and try avoiding the puppets while staying hidden." Torune said.

"If we can take one of these Shinobi we can interrogate them to get information." Tori suggested.

"I agree with Tori acting friendly when multiple different villages nin are in the area is dangerous." Rhya said.

"Very well we will capture a Shinobi for answers, Tori make sure we aren't going to get ambushed, Torune send out some of your insects to gather information, and Rhya and myself will use our sensory abilities as backup." Fū ordered.

And with that they continued moving towards the 'village' as a small black crow flew into the air and vanished.

——Witch Queen Throne Room——

Sitting on her throne the queen of all witches had curiosity gleaming in her eyes while a small frown etched her face.

'Shinobi, What is that? Puppets? Do they know about my puppets blood spell? Sage Chakra? Too many unknowns and they mentioned something about interrogation do they want to capture someone for the sake of figuring out where they are? No! They probably have already figured out I'm watching them and are making up a story, I'll wait a little longer til they make their move then I shall make mine.'

———

"Ten meters out." Tori whispered.

"My insects have told me that a large amount of people are around all of them being females and non possessing chakra but that strange energy." Torune said

"What?!" Fū said confused

"It's hard to believe myself but we have no idea what's going on I say we just continue with the plan." Torune said

"I agree Fū it's too late to turn back now." Rhya expressed

".....Very we shall proceed with the plan." Fū said after a few minutes of contemplating.

With that they all set off towards the 'village'.

—

Reaching the clearing the group stuck with the trees looking out into the clearing but they were stunned.

They saw multiple different kinds of house melded with the forest almost looking natural.

But what really caught the eye of the group was many different types women floating on what seemed to be a broom.

"Um...…are you sure this is The Land of Woods." Tori spoke while watching a women in a dark green dress with her witch hat floating around with a few other women leisurely talking.

"I do not know we have never been to the village but for this many Kunoichi to be around." Fū spoke in a confused tone.

"Let's not worry about the details for now let's just finish the mission." Rhya said

Looking around they searched around looking for anyone who was far enough away from the rest.

"I see a good individual." Torune whispered

Looking at where he was looking the group saw a women with dark purple almost black hair she was wearing a blue witches hat with a white bow and pink flowers on the brim, She had a blue dress on that showed off her collar bones with a black belt around her waist. She was flying her broom slowly towards a two story house embedded within a tree.

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