Chapter 22

Shiro, Yukimura sensei, and the Invisible Red hair Ghost were out into international water by midnight

The boat rocked gently across the calm seas as they sailed for over a week.

Kiri was a faraway group of islands just off the coast and the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning, as such it rarely ever was much of a country that was involved with any major wars or rivalry. It was far removed, which was both good and bad.

The boat stopped a kilometer away from land as they hopped off and ran the rest of the way to land, water walking as quietly as they could.

The boat then sailed away, intent for a trading port nearby to trade its goods, a boat coming all the way out here only to turn back would have been just too obvious.

They hid in the shadows of the forest

"So, What's the plan Sensei?", Shiro asked

"We sneak around a bit, right now, Kiri rebellion forces are fighting against Mizukage's Forces... we will go with the flow, both forces are bound to force out their leaders."

"Then what's the point of us coming here"

"What"

"We have to take the risk... let's improvise sensei, Let's meet the rebellion leader and create the alliance"

"I am against it, you are not ready for this, this is a Direct A-rank which can easily crossover to an S-rank mission"

Shiro looked him in the eyes, "Sensei, I am ready... trust me, please"

"Shiro"

"The entire reason both of us are here is to identify the reason for Mizukage's insanity... we don't have the reason to find it out, Yet we are doing it because we are looking for an Alliance... Alliance with one of the Five great Villages... we don't have to take the risk, and if we fail, it means that both of us will die... but if we succeed it's Kiri sensei, Kiri, one of the five Great Nation"

"Yes, but we won't be hurt if we do not make the alliance"

"Yes, but we won't be profiting either... I am ready for this"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Sensei?"

"We might die in these waters, no one will be able to find us"

"I don't have anyone behind me sensei, No one will mourn me, Few might cry, but they will move on"

"... Me too, I don't have anyone to mourn for me either"

Shiro smiled, "So we are going for it?"

"Tch, let's leave everything to fate then, we will take the risk to make the alliance"

Shiro grinned

"You are manipulating your own sensei now", The Red hair Ghost finally spoke.

"I have never said anything wrong", Shiro retorted

"When did I say you said anything wrong?", asked Yukimura sensei

"I am not talking to you, Sensei"

"Then who else do you think is here, are you talking to yourself again... you truly have gone insane"

The Ghost started moving towards the water surface.

"Where are you going now"

"I am right here"

"Sensei, Please... let me speak to... to... myself... like an Idiot, God what am I saying"

"... Shiro, maybe we should see Inoichi san after this"

"When did the scars over your heart, become your hidin' place?"

"..."

"You remember the stars we watched while laughing... when did those stars become so dark that you couldn't find your way?"

"Shiro, what's happening, why are you so quiet right now, It's unsettling", Yukimura sensei said

But no one heeds any attention to it.

"All you do is lie, Lie, Lie, never caring who you are manipulating anymore, My father always told me to never lie to someone who trusts you, and never trust someone who lies to you... those who turn their hands against comrades, are sure to die a terrible death."

Shiro turned back, "I don't need friends"

"What... what are you saying so suddenly?"

"Sensei. Please... I am an Important conversation right now"

"But with who?"

"Sensei. Please"

"..."

"The two of us aren't so different. My whole life I've trusted only one person, only to be betrayed... I felt bitter, I felt angry and I closed off my heart. And a heart that lets nothing in, will become empty before you realize it."

"..."

"My heart is already empty... Perhaps you have forgotten so let me remind you, I don't have a Heart, In the name of it all I have is a block of Ice"

"what the heck are you saying"

"Sensei, If you are going to interrupt go and face the wall"

"..."

"You have a Heart, that Ice Block inside your chest is your Heart, It thumps with Life, who cares if it's any different, when will you understand Shiro, those who live in the past can not live in the present and they certainly can not see the future... If you can't even understand this... then you are not worthy of my stone and inheritance"

!!!

Shiro looked here and there, but the Red hair just disappeared... with the stone that engraved the memory seal.

'Did he just say... my stone? Does that mean the memory seal on that stone is his'

"Uh... can we.. you know--

"Sensei"

"Y-yes"

"Let's go, he can come back if he wants to"

"But who"

"NO ONE"

[Poor Sensei, Your Disciple have gone insane]

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They stand at the top of the trees watching a Bunch of Shinobis guiding a wagon

"Look Like someone Important is in there"

Shiro grinned, "Then let the party begins"

Yukimura sensei nodded and disappeared from his place.

He contracted his palm, curling it with Ice vapor surrounding it, "Gentle floor creation"

He shot his contracted palm forward, and in a Cone Shape, the entire Ground froze without a single warning or signal... His chakra is covered in Icy cold vapors, thus, his chakra is impossible to be felt as well.

!!!

"What the---

Many slipped, and at the same time, spikes came out of the ground, piercing them all in various places, head, eyes, back

Few who jumped tried to search for the attackers... Shiro who was hidden and can't be felt smirked.

"Gentle Wave", He whispered

By surrounding his palm with his Ice chakra and blowing into it, Shiro freezes the water molecules in the air into sharp crystals and the Ice crystals moved like the bullets.

First-person in the air closest to Shiro tried to slash the crystal with his sword... but the moment sword touched Icy Crystals, the man froze and Blasted into fragments.

"Water Style: Water Bullet"

Six different bullets were fired and the Icy Crystals were destroyed.

A Shadow appeared behind them... Only for the six Kiri Shinobis to be cut down in half below their waist.

With the Blood on his face, Yukimura sensei dropped on the land... as he hurriedly moved towards the wagon.

Shiro appeared beside him and moved towards Wagon in a hurried manner.

"Good job, when did you learn, how to do that", asked Yukimura sensei as he kept moving

"During Wave mission", answered Shiro while moving

"Ready", Yukimura sensei asked as he held the curtain of the wagon

Shiro nodded and raised his arm with a cold vapor surrounding it.

And they lift the curtain of the wagon... Only to see a little girl that looks around 2 or 3 years old.

She was in ragged clothes with blood all over her body...

"Hey, are you alright

She looked at them with crystal clear blue eyes and shifted in the corner, hidden with a deep fear of being killed.

"Shiro, you looking at her hair?"

"Yeah?"

"It's the symbol of some kind of Kekkai Genkai, although I can't say which though"

"Does not matter, as long as we have our Leverage to meet the rebellion Leader"

Yukimura sensei nodded, "Then Let's find some rebels... Come on girl we are here to save you"

The little Toddler girl looked up to them, "W-who are you", she asked in a childish tone with some blush.

"I am Groot"