Chapter 102

"I'm glad I listened to your advice, it's such a cold climate compared to the Land of Fire." Minato said as he was wearing his usual Hokage attire but swallowed a pill that was made to keep your body warm without spending chakra or being overclothed

"And I'm glad Tsunade created these pills after hearing me rant for hours about how much I despised cold countries." I replied as I took a deep breath and enjoyed being clothed like usual without feeling the discomfort of being in the middle of a snowstorm

We were casually walking to the entrance of the city where the Five Kage Summit would take place, and when our figure became visible to the dozen guards standing at the entrance, one of them came to us and said "It is a pleasure to see you, Hokage-sama. I am Jinzō, I will accompany you to the place of the meeting, please follow me." as he politely bowed, though I noticed him looking at me even if it was for a brief instant

"Who else arrived before me?" Minato asked as we walked down the main road of the city which was voided on any citizen as guards were stationed on each side of the road

"The Fourth Tsuchikage arrived thirty minutes ago. You are the second to come, Hokage-sama." The samurai said which wasn't that surprising since the Land of Earth was the closest to this country

We then entered the building where the Five Kage Meeting was going to take place and after climbing a few sets of stairs, we were welcomed by a man seemingly in his early fifties with dark grey hair, black eyes, and a wonderful goatee of the same color as his hair

"Greetings, Hokage-sama... And Yuichi-dono, I am Mifune, the General of the Land of Iron as well as the mediator during this meeting." the man said, politely despite his status as the General but it was just how he was

'Mifune uh? He doesn't have his mustache yet' I thought as I saw him glance at my sheathed sword which made me wonder if he recognized it while Minato replied "The pleasure is mine, Mifune-sama."

"Please enter, Tsuchikage-sama is already inside." Mifune said as he opened the door to let us go past him

And as I walked past him, Mifune asked in a low voice "I sincerely hope we could talk later, Yuichi-dono, I'm interested in your sword and would love to know more about it. Maybe we could exchange a few moves too?" with a smile which prompted me to reply "Sure, it's not every day that one can face the General of the Land of Iron."

I could understand his need to exchange moves considering the reputation my sword has gotten, being better than the swords of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, capable of splitting mountains, killing thousands of men with a single slash, or growing in length to an absurd size... All without ever getting a single dent on the blade.

I was glad that the old General was no longer here since I pretty much stole the sword from his secret cache, I just hope Mifune won't realize that this sword was the one they once called Kusanagi...

While our interaction was happening, Minato greeted the Fourth Tsuchikage, Michiko, who looked like a kind and small grandma of seventy years old, despite actually being over a hundred, while behind her was the complete opposite with a young, bald, bulky, and tall woman I recognized as someone who was able to use Steel Release, just like Michiko, though the latter could use Explosive Release as well.

Talking about Michiko, her look made her pass for an ordinary grandma you could see giving some grains to birds in a park, I guess it correlated with her being the older sister of the Second Tsuchikage, Mū... Just a different way of being unnoticeable, her chakra being extremely well hidden.

It's hard to believe that this woman decimated entire Clans alone back in the Warring States Period...

"Hm? Look at who we have here, I didn't know the current Hokage needed his predecessor as a bodyguard to feel safe." the old hag whose eyes were closed said as I stood behind Minato once he sat down

But Minato didn't fall for the provocation and instead took out two cups of tea from a scroll while I followed by taking out a steamy teapot, filled the two cups, and then took one of them before both of us sipped our drink without caring about the Tsuchikage and her bodyguard in front of us.

"You dar-" the bulky woman who was Michiko's bodyguard began to say but was stopped by the old woman with a single movement from her hand before saying "It's fine, I was the one being impolite first, I apologize for that."

Minato then put down his cup before looking at Michiko while saying "Would you like a cup as well?"

"And die from poisoning? I don't think so." Michiko replied as her bodyguard recovered from her outburst

"Pft, who do you take me for? A Kazekage? If I wanted to kill you, I would do it in a flashy manner." I exclaimed as her previous words were directed at me since I was the one taking out the tea

"It would go against the purpose of our meeting, Tsuchikage-sama." Minato politely added which made the old woman release a short sigh before replying "...Alright."

"But Tsuchikage-sama, it could be dangerous!" her annoying bodyguard exclaimed while Minato took out another cup that I filled before bringing it to Michiko by using the wooden table as a conveyor belt

"Don't worry Tooka." Michiko said to her bodyguard before looking at the cup, taking it with both hands, and sipping its content which quickly made her surprised as she put it back down and exclaimed "It's delicious, where did you get this?"

"My wife made it, it helps relax your mind and keep you clear-headed." I explained but thought 'The wonderful taste wasn't intended since it was supposed to be a medicine though'

And so the four of us began to drink while waiting for the rest, her bodyguard finally willing to take a cup as well.

A few minutes later, the door was opened again and a young man with auburn hair and dark eyes entered the room followed by an old woman with the same black eyes but with grey hair due to her age.

It was none other than Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage, accompanied by Chiyo, Sasori's grandmother.

Rada looked around and, the moment he saw me behind Minato and locked eyes with me, I could sense that he became nervous, despite showing no expression whatsoever, so, as the gentleman I was, I let out "Want some tea?"

Rasa has his eyes wide open at my words and looked around, noticing that the Tsuchikage was also drinking with us while knowing fully how the relationship between Konoha and Iwa was bad, so, he sat down on our left and said "Alright, give us two."

And so once again, Minato took out two cups that I filled and moved in front of him by using the table, though Rasa didn't try it first and instead looked at Chiyo who took one cup and dipped a hollow needle inside before tasting one drop from it.

After a few seconds, she nodded and put down the cup in front of Rasa, whispering to him that it wasn't poisoned before taking the other cup for herself.

The two of them then joined us and drank their tea, everyone peacefully doing so which didn't make it an awkward silence but one that would prevent some unneeded verbal conflicts.

And again, after a few minutes, someone else entered and this time it was a young woman with extremely long red hair, green eyes, and fair skin, while she was followed by a man with black hair and a mask, his stature making it hard to know if he was actually a woman.

"It is a pleasure to see you, Tsuchikage-sama, Kazekage-sama, Hokage-sama." the Mizukage, or should I say the young Terumi Mei, exclaimed as she sat down to our right, passing behind us to do so and I noticed her looked at me with a flirtatious smile before sitting down

"You are as handsome as I remembered, Yuichi-sama." Mei exclaimed which made the others look at me suspiciously so, as I massaged my temples, I replied "Could you please avoid confusing everyone else? We only met when you were just a child."

"You can't blame me for trying, right? After all, I heard that you had two wives... Or was it three?" She added as she tapped her cheek with her fingers, her eyes looking up

"And it will stay like this." I replied before taking out another teapot since the first was empty while Minato coughed before suggesting "Do you want some tea?" to which she simply nodded.

The relationship between Kiri and Konoha was the best out of all five great shinobi villages, in fact, I interacted a lot with them, well, a clone of mine did, and mostly with Hirotaka the Third Mizukage and Terumi Mei's father, Teika, who was his assistant.

Thus, Mei was most of the time with them, she was interested in the role of Mizukage since she met me for the first time during the cleanup I did after the Uzumaki disaster, and so she learned early on what a Kage had to do, aside from being supposedly the most powerful shinobi of your village.

However, while we usually had to wait, the door was once again opened, quite brutally, as a voice yelled "I'M HERE!" and revealed two peculiar-looking men

'I knew about it from the information I got but I can't believe that he became so... Different' I thought as the Sixth Raikage, called A like four of his predecessors, was sick and thus always looked frail, tired, skinny, and basically looking like someone you could accidentally kill by pushing him down

But the man in front of me was the complete opposite, being a large tanned muscular man with a jawline making me think of a gigachad, though his hair had two colors, half of it being green while the other was blond.

He was fitting of his newfound title, 'The Tempest' which was in concordance with his Typhoon Release... I still wonder how he was able to not only change so radically after living like a civilian for more than fifty years but be capable of using his ability as if he trained for ages.

As for his bodyguard, I would've never recognized him if not for the Eight-Tails chakra leaking out from his body.

'That's... Killer B? It seems like my actions caused one big butterfly effect' I thought as Killer B doesn't wear sunglasses and instead had two lenses of different colors, one purple and one black, his medium-length hair was dyed black, kind of hiding his face from the side, he had piercings on his ears, nose, and mouth, and he had a purple tattoo of a thunder crossing his purple eyes

He was also using makeup, his lips being black while one of his eyes was as well, the other keeping the purple from the tattoo.

His clothes were completely the style of an 'emo' as well, combining the same black and purple color, with loose black pants, and spiky black boots, and while he was still wearing an armor fitting of a shinobi, the kanji for 'Despair' was written on it.

Nevertheless, he then took his seat while everyone else was enjoying their cup of tea, heck, even Mifune and his bodyguards who joined us now that everyone was here had their own.

Without a word, the Raikage sat down, silently took the cup of tea I moved in front of him, and drank it all at once before slamming the cup on the wooden table as he shouted "Why the hell are we drinking tea for?! I thought you planned this meeting to talk about a common threat more important than our enmities!" while looking at Minato since he was the one calling for the Five Kage Summit

He then looked toward me and added "At first, I thought that the Fourth Hokage had gone berserk, but seeing him here... You're telling me there's somethin' scarier?"

'To be honest, I think it would be worse if I were to go berserk but let's not say that' I thought as I knew that using all my strength would allow me to easily erase whole continents or destroy the Moon...

"I wouldn't say 'scarier' but more dangerous, in fact, it would cause all life on our planet to die." I dropped the bomb as I created a wooden chair and sat down near Mifune, something that was definitely disrespectful since I was a 'bodyguard' but it's not like I cared about it

"Before anyone feels outraged, I want to make it clear that I was the one who planned for this meeting, the Fifth Hokage merely accepted to participate after discovering what was going on from me." I said as I saw the Sixth Raikage's serious gaze locked on me

Mifune coughed and, as the leader he was, asked "Could you tell us what this threat is about? If what you evoked is true then it means that the Land of Iron won't be spared." since he cared about his people, which made Mei as well as Minato nod to his words

"You're right... I know it might sound weird, but do any of you know the history of the shinobi world well?" I asked to which Mei replied "Do you mean the history of our respective villages? Or the Warring States Period before it? If so then I believe all of us know about it."

"Unfortunately, I'm not talking about something so 'recent'... I'm talking about the beginning of the shinobi world which is equivalent to the birth of chakra." I said which made Michiko frown and reply "Do you mean the Sage of Six Paths? This is merely a legend, from what we know..." though the way she trailed made me think that she knew more about it than she let on

Closing my eyes, I decided to change the way they saw my eyes to that of the Rinnegan since I hid their true appearance to make them think I had simple blue eyes, and when I opened them back, I said "And this Dōjutsu is also only a 'legend'?"

Everyone in the room except Minato and Killer B was surprised when they saw this, after all, they all knew the legends around this Dōjutsu.

"While it is surprising, it doesn't prove the existence of the Sage of Six Paths." Rasa let out so I looked at Killer B and said "You there, since you're Gyūki's Jinchūriki, tell him to come out and talk about Hagoromo since he was the one who created him."

Killer B looked at the Raikage and only when the latter nodded did he close his eyes, manifesting the Eight-Tails chakra before opening them with an even more peculiar appearance, his teeth being straight, his eyes becoming pink, and his face gaining some weird lines.

"What do you want me to say? That Hagoromo is our creator? That he existed? If so then indeed, that's the truth." 'Killer B' said with a voice that was not his own

"Of course, I don't expect all of you to believe the words of what you believe to be a 'monster', but let me continue since Hagoromo is not the source of the problem nor chakra... All he did was to spread chakra, and show humans how to use it, to transform it." I said as I saw the skeptical faces of Rasa and Michiko

"The person that brought chakra to our world was none other than Hagoromo's mother, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, the Ōtsutsuki being a Clan that lives far away from our planet... And also a Clan that seeks planet like ours, with living beings but also filled with Natural Energy." I first explained as everyone listened to me carefully, the tea definitely helping with alleviating the Raikage's temper

"Thousands of years ago, two members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan came to our planet to grow what they call a 'God Tree' a tree that nourishes itself of the Natural Energy of the planet it is growing on, killing all life around it but also requiring the sacrifice of one of the two Ōtsutsuki to give birth to a chakra fruit and greatly strengthen themselves..." I continued and caused a little when I saw that Mei wanted to ask something

"If that happened... Why are we here today? And with chakra nonetheless." Mei asked and made the others curious about the answer so I continued to mix lies and truth in what I said

"Because this plan didn't bear fruit." I shortly replied, no pun intended, before adding "See, the Ōtsutsuki that was supposed to be sacrificed betrayed the other and used half of his body to grow the tree, and so, a chakra fruit was created, the one who was to be sacrificed, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, ate it and gave birth to two children, Hamura and Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, the first two beings on our planet born with chakra since their father was like us, an earthling."

"Then our enemy would be Hagoromo's... Mother?" Rasa asked as he realized that an enemy like this was definitely powerful and dangerous

"No, in fact, she's siding with us... The one we have to face is the other Ōtsutsuki, Isshiki, who has been slowly recovering and plotting his return since the day he was left for 'dead'." I said before getting up as the Raikage asked "And how are you so sure that she's 'friendly'?"

Keeping to myself that she was my second wife for a while now, I lied a bit and said "Firstly because I can discern lies through the Natural Energy surrounding us, and secondly..." but trailed out as I snapped my fingers and a portal appeared in front of me as I looked away from the table

From the portal appeared Kaguya with her true appearance and her Rinne Sharingan being in full display.

"Because I've got to know her for quite some time now." I added as her sheer presence made all the Kage in the room nervous, feeling the difference in power between themselves and her, the pressure she exhibited being too much to bear for some of the bodyguards

"W-What's with this chakra... It's at least a dozen times more than the Nine-Tails'!" Michiko let out as she was the most nervous out of everyone in the room

"Oh? Do you realize only now that you choose the wrong side?" I first said which made everyone gaze at me again as the Raikage exclaimed "What do you mean by that!" urging me to clarify as he got up and slammed the table "I'm just saying that our dear Fourth Tsuchikage knows Isshiki Ōtsutsuki personally... Or maybe I should say, a man named Jigen? Does it ring any bell, Michiko?"

Michiko was obviously nervous, something I easily noticed, after all, the moment she made eye contact with me allowed me to know everything she knew, her thoughts and memories being in the palm of my hand.

"I don't know what you are talking about, but that's some serious accusation you are doing here, Yuichi Senju." Michiko replied before coughing blood as Kaguya looked at her with her eyes shining and exclaimed "It's a lie."

Her bodyguard then tried to move but I snapped my fingers and immobilized her with roots coming from the floor.

At this point, even Minato was nervous that things wouldn't go our way, after all, I just 'attacked' the Fourth Tsuchikage, and while all bodyguards were ready to draw their weapons the moment something else goes wrong, I added "You can't lie, Michiko, not to her, nor me."

All Kage and Mifune were also on guard, but the display of power from Kaguya as well as their curiosity was still holding them back... The tea helped as well, to be honest.

"Now I wonder... What did he offer you in exchange for your work? Money? You don't need it. Power? While you could become more powerful, you've long since stopped training. Youth? You already found a way to live longer yourself... Oh! I know." I exclaimed as I looked down at her since, despite being on the opposite side of the table, I was standing and she was still sitting, my eyes dangerously shining as well

"He promised you to bring back your husband and son to life, right?" I declared which popped many veins on her face as she looked at me with a deadly glare and replied "Don't you DARE talk about them!"

"Bingo! Seems like touching a sensible cord was the right answer... But were you at least aware that he planned to kill the entire population regardless? You would simply be a tool he uses to achieve his goal, surely reviving them until the moment he kills everyone and leaves our lifeless planet to seek another one." I declared which made her flinch and back down a little, thinking about the pros and the cons

I then closed my eyes and stopped intimidating her as I declared "It's not too late for you to change sides, however." before moving a bit further and summoning both Hashirama and Tobirama while being carefully watched by everyone

"I-Impossible..." Mifune let out as he couldn't help but shiver when he saw the two well-known faces appear near me, and he wasn't the only one astonished by their presence

"You're joking! There is no way they are alive, you're just using that horrible technique, aren't you?" the Raikage exclaimed but Tobirama let out some of his chakra and angrily replied "Idiot! Can't you see our skin condition? Our eyes? Our hearts beating and our blood flowing in our bodies? Our-" but was stopped by Hashirama who put his hand on his shoulder and said "We're here to make an Alliance, not to make enemies, don't make it more difficult for Yuichi."

Tobirama looked at his brother and sighed before calming himself while mumbling "Impure World Reincarnation isn't a horrible technique..."

Nevertheless, he still spoke the truth during his outburst, making all leaders aside from Minato check if it was true, and obviously it was the case, before the Raikage asked "You can truly bring back the dead? And they seem to be younger ..." as he still looked from time to time towards Kaguya just in case she did something

Well, Kaguya simply stayed calm during this time, heck, she even took my cup of tea and was drinking it peacefully as she sat on my chair, making Mifune who was right next to her the most nervous around the table, though he still carefully listened.

Still, Michiko was definitely the most shocked out of everyone, after all, she had in front of her the two living proofs that the dead could be brought back to life.

"So." I shortly said, looking at Michiko again before asking "Care to tell us the truth?"

She looked at everyone present in the room and, while she cleaned the blood she had on her, she revealed "I... I did encounter a man named Jigen during my travel, and his strength, it was just... Overwhelming."

She took a deep breath and continued "After effortlessly beating me, he gave me a choice: to join his organization and help him spread his influence in the shinobi world while promising to fulfill any of my wishes, or be killed." before seeing the terrifying gaze of Mei, Minato, Hashirama, and Mifune, she added "I-I didn't know what his true objective was! I didn't know that he wanted to erase all life, I swear on my own!"

Everyone looked towards Kaguya to know if she did lie or not, and when they saw that she didn't react, I asked "What's the name of this organization of his?"

"I... It's called 'Kara', and all members, the 'Inners' are extremely powerful shinobi, each of them at least capable of dealing with two Kage alone." Michiko revealed without hiding her fear of them, proving that she truly believed they could take on two Kage at once

"Wait, you weren't one of these 'Inners'?" Rasa asked as he understood the hidden meaning of her words and the danger they signified

"You're right, while there are six 'Inners' counting Jigen, there are twice as many 'Outers', and I am- I was one of them." Michiko revealed as she was still nervous after revealing this, still, she added "Kara has spread around the shinobi world, they have control over many Daimyō and even Kage from other lands..."

'He's even more active than I thought... But this information is definitely useful' I thought as I also received the information from a clone of mine in Iwa who picked up the remains of Michiko's husband and son so I could revive them

It was also soon time for the fake attack we planned along with Madara, now I just need to make sure that they all agree to the Alliance, and I do have the means to fulfill their wishes.

Nearing the table again, I put my hands on it and asked "So, what do you think about my Alliance now?"

Mei was the first to speak and declared "Kiri will join Konoha, I can't be selfish when the safety of my people is at stake."

"Suna as well, there would be no reason for us to refuse, though we are missing our greatest strength..." Rasa said as he still wanted to do business with me, mostly hoping to get the One-Tails back since they were the weakest out of the Five Great Shinobi Villages without him

Nodding, I said "Don't worry, I intended to give you back Shukaku, however, I will be the one sealing him inside whoever you want, that was his request, and trust me, doing so will allow his Jinchūriki to reach an ever greater strength."

It was then the Raikage who spoke and said "Kumo will also join the Alliance, and..." but paused as he glanced at Killer B before adding "I know it might sound selfish but could you please revive my nephew? Death B has been truly affected by his brother's death, and I believe it hinders his capabilities as a Jinchūriki."

'Death B?' I shortly thought before replying "Sure. But not now, it's been some time since he died so I can't do it instantly."

Everyone then turned toward Michiko, waiting for her answer while still being suspicious of her.

"I... I first want to say that none of Iwa's inhabitants are guilty, it was all my own decision, so please, do not resent them... Also, since I am still the Tsuchikage at the time of this meeting, I declare Iwa to be part of the Alliance, and I won't ask for anything else but to give me the chance to repent for my sins..." Michiko said, not even greedily asking for her family to be brought back despite knowing that I could do it, something that inwardly made me smile

'Well, I can give her a chance now, though I will still subtly brainwash her' I thought as the moment she made eye contact with me again, she fell for my Genjutsu without anyone else noticing it

Then, Mifune who listened to everything since the beginning coughed and declared "I can't stand by and do nothing after discovering that such a threat exist! I hereby declare that the Land of Iron will join the Alliance, if you allow it, Yuichi-sama."

"Of course I agree, but why would you ask me and not someone else?" I asked which made him chuckle and reply "I think we can all agree to make you the Supreme Leader of the Alliance, after all, you are the one who told us about this threat, and you are definitely the most powerful shinobi in the room, well, if Tobirama-sama, Hashirama-sama, and... Kaguya-sama are following you it speaks of your capabilities."

The other leaders began to nod at his words, something that put a smile on my face, only then did I exclaim "Oh right, there's something else I have to tell you then."

"See, I've been working with someone else and his group to find Isshiki's whereabouts and eventually get rid of him, and that's none other than Mad-" but before I could finish, Kaguya and myself noticed something wrong in the room and at the same time, a samurai slammed open the door and shouted "Taishō-sama, we have a problem! A massive creature appeared in the west mountains! It already destroy-"

Unfortunately, the man couldn't finish his words as a small girly boy with blond hair, pink eyes, and the roman number 'V' tattooed just under his neck appeared and impaled the man's heart with his clawed hand while saying "You're in the way~"

Without wasting any seconds, I unsheathed my sword and slashed him in two, cutting his body in half as blood began to splatter, however, his 'body' instantly disappeared and the same voice as before came from behind Michiko and said "You betrayed us, Michiko, the boss wan-" but was stopped by Kaguya who impaled him with her All-Killing Ash Bones, petrifying him

But once again, his body instantly disappeared and everyone saw him floating upside down on the other side of the window while saying "I failed~ The old white hag is too annoying for me, but it doesn't matter, it's not like Michiko will be a problem anyway~" before disappearing once again

While I was sure that I couldn't feel his presence anymore, I saw how everyone was on edge while Mifune was angry and moved toward his subordinate's body.

'I was barely able to sense him, Kaguya as well but it seems as if no one else could' I thought before Michiko let out "H-He was one of the Inners..."

"Who could have guessed?!" Mifune replied sarcastically before adding "There is a monster ravaging my country and killing my citizen! We need to go now!"

Mifune was right, and while this wasn't what I planned, I knew that Madara and his group already noticed the problem and moved the Ancor Vantian toward the west.

If my guess was right, the creature ransacking the Land of Iron was the Ten-Tails, after all, I could sense its chakra the moment I no longer sensed the intruder...

But then I was curious... How did Isshiki get his hands on the Ten-Tails if Kaguya was in front of me?

'It can't be... There were two..?' I thought before clearing my head as I slammed the table again to make everyone in the room look at me

It was time for war, and as the Supreme Leader, I will make sure that everyone listen to my orders.