Chapter 12

A week had past and Hyto was now standing at the gates of the village along with his new team he calls the, Majin, a throwback to one of his favorite characters on Dragon Ball Z. There were 5 members of Majin, including Hyto.

The members were Amagi, Nono, Ayumi, and a young man from the clan who showed a lot of improvement and had a good head on his shoulders, Nikoda. Nikoda had a twin sister named Nikola, but she preferred to study under Midori than to become a shinobi.

The reason that Hyto chose to bring Amagi, Nono, and even Ayumi with him was because in one way or another, he cared about each of them and couldn't live with himself if they were raped or killed in the war when he could've done something about it. Plus, due to being close to Hyto for so many years, they each had a decent skill level with the bow, which meant he didn't have to train new people from scratch.

Hyto wasn't the most powerful shinobi out there, but he was fairly confident in taking on most jounin at this point. He'd even consider himself one at this point if it was based purely on skill, but he wasn't that confident with the thought of leading hundreds of shinobi at once. And he knew he definitely wasn't ready to face anyone on Kage level and would do everything he could to run as fast as he could if he ran into one.

Since this was essentially a separate new division of military, like the Anbu or Root, Hyto thought it would be cool if his team had their own uniform as well. So, he commissioned a tailor to make an expedited order for armored hooded cloaks that they would wear. The cloaks were all black and perfectly concealed the new bows that Hyto also had made for the crew, each bow made perfectly for each archer.

Lastly, Hyto had half masks in the image of a snarling tiger made for each archer. A full mask could impair their vision, but the mask could still help conceal their identity. They came blank and each Majin could customize their own mask. Hyto even made one of his own and made the base paint in black and the secondary color as gold. The designs were exquisite and looked both regal and intimidating.

On top of all that, Hyto was now very skilled in Fuinjutsu after practicing it for many years, so he added many seals to each item, making each one very valuable. Like adding the same identity hiding seal that the Anbu masks have onto the Majin masks, as well as adding some protection seals to make it very durable.

He added many storage seals to the cloak so they could hold their arrows, bows, and anything else they needed in there without being impeded. He also added a repair seal to help mend the cloak should it get damaged, tons of protection seals, and most importantly was a seal that he invented, a camouflage seal. The camo seal only helps hiding the shinobi's presence by blending them in with the environment. A sensor or someone with heightened senses could still find them.

And lastly, he added repairing and protection seals to each bow. But, since each bow was special for each person, he made a seal so that only the Majin it was made for could hold and use the bow. Kind of like when only people with certain blood can open special scrolls or seals. He also had the bright idea to add summoning seals to it, so that they could always summon their bow when they need it. Kind of like how Tenten summons all of her weapons.

With all of this gear together, against the other shinobi standing at the gate, they cut an impressive image, making many of the other shinobi jealous.

"Hyto! These uniforms are so cool!" Amagi said excitedly as she twirled around her new hooded cloak that covered all of her person. Even with her new green and silver Majin mask, you could still tell she was smiling happily.

It was obvious that Amagi loved Hyto very much, as she told him very often. But what was once a childhood crush has evolved into a love one would have for their big brother, so she always tried her hardest to try and impress Hyto. She was happy she finally had a chance to fight by Hyto's side, as she swore she'd never let Hyto almost die again like he nearly did against Chiyo.

"I agree, you really outdid yourself this time, Hyto!" Nono said shyly, as even with her dark grey and orange Majin mask, you could still see her blushing heavily when she looked at Hyto.

"Pshh, they're okay, I guess. I wouldn't expect any less from my rival!" Said Ayumi in her typical Tsundere fashion. Her Majin mark was black and red, which went well against her snow-white skin, long black hair and dark eyes.

"Ayumi, it's okay to say that you like the uniform. Nobody will judge you for being nice to Hyto for once." Nikoda said after a heavy sigh. Nikoda, or as Hyto likes to call him, Koda, was always the voice of reason.

Koda had russet brown hair and black square-rimmed glasses that sat over his grey-colored eyes. Koda's Majin mask was white with blue accents, which Hyto felt fit his noble personality the same as the other masks fit their wearers as well.

"Thanks, Koda. You're always the voice of reason amongst this rabble. I know y'all like the uniforms, but they're made for your protection. Shit is going to be crazy out there, especially for us, since we're essentially a long-range strike team. Make sure to always stay vigilant and to dip when I tell you to. We aren't infantry and we aren't close-quarters fighters. Our aim is to strike quick and leave the scene before anyone even knows what happened. Do you hear me?" Hyto asked with an authoritative voice that made them all straighten their backs, as they're used to Hyto being more laidback and silly.

Hyto then felt some strong, yet slender arms wrap around his neck from behind, along with a soft, heavenly sensation pressed against his back, and he immediately knew it was his play big sister, Tsunade. Turning around, Hyto was surprised to see Jiraiya, Orochimaru and even Sakumo along with her.

"Hyto, I've got to say, even I'm a little jealous of your new uniforms! You have to make your big sis one too!" Tsunade said a she playfully started to squeeze harder on Hyto's neck.

"Tsuna, if you keep pressing that big chest up against me like that, your going to get more than a new uniform." Hyto joked, earning chuckles from everyone until Tsunade smacked him on the back of the head, making everyone laugh even harder.

"Geez, Jiraiya, I think this kid may have you beat! With your personalities so similar, I'm surprised he wasn't paired with you instead." Sakumo said as he patted Jiraiya on the back.

"Exactly! But Tsunade used her womanly charms on that old man and snatch him from me!" Jiraiya complained, earning a punch from Tsunade as tick marks appeared on their forehead.

"Who would try to charm that old man! Sensei paired him with me, because he didn't want you corrupting him with you pervy ways! Sure, he's a little perverted already, but at least he doesn't get caught sneaking into the woman's bath, sniffing their panties!" Tsunade retorted, which made all eyes fall to Jiraiya with disgusted looks.

"What?! I was a young and curious man with a love for beautiful women! No man here can judge me! Isn't that right, Sakumo? I heard you're going to be a father soon. Congrats!" Jiraiya said as he expertly changed the subject and pushed the focus on Sakumo who now had a bashful look and was sweating slightly.

'And this is the man I have to leave Minato and Naruto's fate to? Geez, what a twisted world. Still, it seems Kakashi will be born soon! Which means theres only a few years until Sakumo fails a mission and gets shunned by the village. I need to stop that so Sakumo doesn't kill himself. It's still weird to me that a powerful and decorated Shinobi like him would off himself over failing one mission...' Hyto thought to himself as he started thinking of future plans.

Shortly after that, the Saanin, Sakumo and Hyto had a strategy meeting to go over the plan what the next step will be. As Hyto already knew, a majority of this war would be in Amegakure between Konoha, Suna, Iwa, and Ame. But, what the show doesn't go over, is that this is a "world" war, meaning the other villages like Kumo and Kiri were involved as well. The only thing is, they just aren't making as much of an effort, as they are both still recovering from the previous war and skirmishes.

Still, given their supposedly undesirable land and how hard it is to traverse, Kumo made a deal with Hyto's homeland, Shimogakure to allow them passage, allowing them to plow through the Land of Hot Springs and start attacking Konoha's north eastern borders. They also split their attention to attack Kiri, which was a blessing for Konoha as it gave them some necessary breathing room.

Kiri on the other hand besides being besieged by Kumo, was sieging Konoha's southeastern borders through the Land of Woods.

All in all, Konoha was getting fucked from all sides, yet they all blame Konoha for being "To greedy" and taking too much land and resources after winning the last war.

When he heard all of this in the briefing, Hyto was starting to get a headache, as trying to keep up with all the moving pieces in this war was a lot, but luckily the veterans had things covered and he just needed to nod his head and listen for the parts that pertain to him.

Hyto had some big goals for this war, but the biggest was probably boosting his clan numbers by finding the scattered and missing Uzumaki clan members. It was already proven that all of the Uzumaki's weren't killed off, Nagato and his mom in Ame are perfect examples of that. Karin is another perfect example, as she looked to be almost pure Uzumaki.

There was also a fan theory that one of Orochimaru's future subordinates, Tayuya, was an Uzumaki as well, which would make sense. Orochimaru only bothered with people if they were useful in some way or strong, and Tayuya wasn't anything to scream home about strength-wise.

The point is, they are out there, and Hyto wants them to join his clan to get some of that precious Uzumaki chakra for the Rasugi. Hyto also wanted the Senju and Uchiha genes in his clan as well, but that was far in the future, as at the moment, there were still plenty of Senju and Uchiha running around. Uzumaki was definitely the priority.

Another goal Hyto had was to start expanding his resources and influence outside of the village. He still had all of the deeds from lands and businesses that the Rasugi clan owned, but it has been at least 11 years at this point since they could've been managed, and there was no telling what the situation was like with these lands now.

His biggest prospects were a lot of land they owned in the Land of Woods and a few small islands they owned just below the Land of Frost. With his Avater abilities, even if the islands are small and horrible, he could use Earthbending to fix them or annex new land just like Kiyoshi did for her island, only on a major scale. Hyto was willing to terra-form this whole world if he needed to.

As Hyto was visualizing his future plans, he heard his name being mentioned and listened back in.

"Now on to Hyto's, Majin. They're are a brand new group never before seen in the shinobi world, so I'm not quite sure the best way we can use them. At the moment, I'm think of having them support the frontline by laying down suppressive arrows." said Sakumo looking at the map as he took a thinking pose.

Hearing his team about to get the bitch position, Hyto decided now was the best time to speak up.

"For normal archers, that would be a great plan, but for a team like the Majin, I think it would be a huge waste. Every member of Majin is at chunin to high-chunin level and have been trained by me personally in the way of the bow and the jutsu to go along with it. I plan on having Majin becoming a powerful strike team. Headhunters specifically." Hyto said as he crossed his arms and looked down at the map.

"Headhunters? What does that mean?" asked Jiraiya, as everyone else seemed to have the same question.

"Majin will use their advanced gear and tactics to scour the battlefield and assassinate all of the leaders, breaking down the enemy's morale as well as their chain of command. If they have no one to lead them, they will become unorganized and easy to dispatch with a few well-timed strategies. Also, with the bow and arrow, it doesn't matter how strong the enemy is or how weak the archer is in comparison. Even a Kage will go down with a well-placed arrow." Hyto said confidently.

Even when he just got out of the academy, he still managed to get off a potentially killing blow on Tsunade when she was testing him.

Hearing this, the four jounin looked at each other having a silent conversation, nodding.

"It seems like a crazy and dangerous mission, but if you're able to pull it off, it would help tremendously in the war effort. The Hokage gave you automity over Majin, so at the end it was always your decision anyways. Still, just be careful out there." said Sakumo as he gave Hyto a curt nod, and like that, the meeting was over and they were on their way to war.

Hyto decided to follow them to Ame first as this was his best chance to bag himself an Uzumaki, given he already knows where at and who to look for. Fuso and Nagato Uzumaki.