I'll be the bait!

Danzo breathed heavily. This is the first fight for him and he has been literally on the verge of death several times.

He was bursting with feelings. Fatigue, pain and contempt for his own weakness.

"I'm too weak..."

Suddenly, a figure flashed by nearby.

And before Danzo could react, a hail of shurikens and kunai immediately flew at him, with explosive seals attached.

Danzo barely dodged them, but he was still within the blast wave's range.

"I'm finished!"

When Danzo was about to take the blow from the explosion, he was suddenly picked up by someone and carried away at high speed.

- Are you alive, Danzo? - Hiruzen asked him.

Danzo removed Hiruzen's hands from himself, continuing the "flight" on Shunshin on his own. He was about to snap back in the usual manner for the past Danzo, but he was suddenly covered by the duty.

"It's the same... Yes, it's exactly that moment from the anime! Tobirama's battle with Kinkaku is only a little bit left..."

Having tempered his ardor, Danzo belatedly said:

- Thank you, Hiruzen.

For a moment, Hiruzen stared at Danzo in surprise, not expecting such words from him.

- What are you talking about? How could I let my comrade die? Hiruzen said, regaining his composure.

Danzo looked at the two silhouettes flying ahead.

- Are you okay? Kagami? Torif?

Torifu answered immediately.

- Yes, more or less.

And Kagami only added.

- There are too many of them, what are we going to do, Hiruzen?

- I think, for a start... We need to connect with the Second One! Hiruzen answered him and rushed forward.

After a while, Danzo's group met with Tobirama's group, consisting of himself, Homura Mitokado and Kohara Utatane.

Asking everyone to be quiet, Tobirama pressed two fingers to the ground and used his own sensory technique.

- We're surrounded... The enemy... 20 people... Judging by the manner of surveillance, they are from a Hidden Cloud. Most likely, this is the Kinkaku squad.

- There are seven of us, including you, Second. We don't have a chance. - Homura gave his opinion.

Koharu was very indignant at Homura's words.

- Homura, don't panic! Koharu said, looking at Homura, and then shifted her gaze to Tobirama. - The enemy still does not know our exact location, we need to sit back and wait for the right moment to break through!

- It won't help, Koharu. One of us has to distract them. - Kagami chimed in.

Torifu averted his gaze.

- Bait... This is certain death! We need a volunteer.

There was a deathly silence.

"This is my chance!"

Knowing that Tobirama would choose himself as a volunteer anyway, Danzo decided to put himself in the best light and said without fear:

- I'll be the bait! My father and grandfather died in battle, as befits warriors. Self-sacrifice is a Shinobi's duty.