22 AKATSUKI STRIKES

Its been 2 months since i started training Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura. They showed very good improvements. Sasuke and Naruto Managed to hit all the 361 pressure points accurately after 3 weeks in time. While Sakura finished in 2 weeks time. She is very good at chakra control. For the last month, i increased the intensity of physical training and chakra training. Our current campsite is on the largest cliff in Naha state which is 5000 meters above sea level. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura are to climb to the top of cliff, with just one hand. They can use their feet with chakra only for taking a breather. This Training will put pressure on the complete body of the climber and improves their chakra control. They were able to complete this training in 3 weeks time. So i asked them to carry a huge boulder while walking on the cliff, this will increase their center of gravity.

There is also another training which i started to increase their speed, chakra control and decision making. The top of the cliff has a track field with circumference of 4000 meters. The track field is laid in such a way, that it borders the edges of the cliff. It is completely filled with sand, mud, dirt, clay etc. They have to run on the track field with a parachute tied to their waist. After the parachute picks up air, it will resist them from moving forwards, at the same time the surface of the track filled is slippery because of sand etc. So they have to use chakra on their feet to stick to the track and keep adjusting their chakra according to where they are taking their next step, because it takes different amount of chakra to stick to sand, mud, dirt and clay. Even if they are a millisecond late in making the proper adjustment to their chakra while running on the track field, they will be carried off the top of the cliff by the parachute. So every time they go down the cliff, they have to climb it up again with a boulder and repeat the process again.

As for the leaf manipulation, tree walking and water surface walking exercises, they all finished with 361 leaves covering all their tenketsu points. I also taught Sakura Shadow Clone technique to Sakura, after seeing Sasuke and Naruto doing it. Naruto can make close to 1000 clones easily, but because of the harsh nature of training, i limited him to make only 300 clones. Sasuke can make easily around 40 clones. Sakura started showing improvements in her chakra reserves and can make 5 clones for the moment. I allowed them to use their clones during training but prohibited from using them during missions. I also picked up missions, where it will help them perform physical tasks. They all have surpassed the level of average genin a long time ago.

Now they all started to use some of their clones to further refine their chakra control by doing sand splitting and levitating exercises. While a single clone of each of them is going through the notes that are related to their auxiliary ability training.

Sasuke genjutsu training started recently. To perform genjutsu you must have perfect chakra control. He recently started on basics of genjutsu, like showing illusions, changing the landscape etc.

Naruto is a absolute genius when it comes to fuinjutsu. He memorised all the 3600 ancient words and started to write them perfectly onto paper or items. He can create basic ninja pouches, storage scrolls, explosion tags, a simple barrier that can reduce the physical impact by 30% and can place a basic illusion barrier with few formation flags.

Sakura finished her theoretical knowledge about medical jutsu. She started healing animals, fish without killing them. I will let her work in the village hospital by letting her treat bruises and small injuries starting next week.

As i was thinking on what to cook for lunch, 3 ANBU along with Asuma Sarutobi came to the campsite. As soon as they all saw, they bowed to me.

"Hime Sama, it sure is a tough place to find you. Sorry, to interrupt your training sessions, but orders from Fire Daimyo and Konoha Council, we are to escort you to the Village safely and immediately. There is an another squad of ANBU waiting at the bottom of the cliff. So please get ready to move on Hime Sama."- Asuma

"Do you know, what this is about Asuma san?"- Ichika

"No idea Hime Sama. I was told by my father to bring you to the village and the orders are from Daimyo sama himself."-Asuma

"Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura. Come to me quickly"- Ichika.

After few minutes, all three of them are in front of me, standing nervously as there a lot of ANBU around.

"Alright, you all. We are heading down the cliff, pack our belongings and going to Konoha."-Ichika

With that we all quickly reached my home in 20 minutes. I have nothing to pack, as they are always with me in my ninja pouch. After around, 20 minutes Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura came out with their belongings. As soon as they are ready, i summoned Thunderbird. Asuma san and the ANBU were surprised at first, but we all mounted the thunderbird. It took just 30 minutes for us to reach Konoha. We immediately signed the papers at the entrance and moved towards Konoha Council.

Fire Daimyo Tora Madoka P.O.V

I arrived at Konoha a month ago as the representative of Coalition forces as the current Hokage is going to meet Raikage at Yugakure in 3 days time. It was to inform Minato of the terms, if Raikage wishes to join the coalition too. I am also going to hand him some important documents signed by our coalition members. We all agreed to let, Kumogakure join the coalition, with the same status as us, as it will bring peace to this entire shinobi world. Apart from few minor hidden villages and countries, almost everybody will be on the coalition side. I intend to stay in Konoha till i find out the full details of the meeting between both the kages.

Hokage Minato Namikaze, for his safety selected 4 of his best members from the Hokage Guard Platoon. Raido Namiashi, Genma Shiranui, Iwashi Tatami and Itachi Uchiha. They just left for Yugakure in the morning. Just the name Uchiha, reminds me of the girl Ichika, who is the center of all this.

She was the one who helped me clean up all the corrupt officials in the country and my own family. It took some time to catch the big fishes after the war, but we were able to execute them all in public, by releasing all the evidences of their atrocities to the public. Then the Third Shinobi World war, just thinking about, what would have happened to the Land of Fire and Konoha, if Sunagakure and Iwagakure were successful in defeating us, gives me nightmares. But we were again successful because of Ichika Uchiha, who not only defeated them all, but captured even their Kages. Just before she negotiated with the Daimyo's of Wind and Earth, she sent a letter to me on how she is going to form an alliance with the three countries, why our country needed the alliance and how it will help us, if we take the initiative to offer the alliance. I have no objections to her reasons, so sent her my permission to carry her negotiations.

I met the Daimyo's of Earth and Wind in Land of Iron, and finalised our alliance details. Being the mediator for the 3 of us, General Mifune also wanted to let Land of Iron join the alliance. We were happy and soon came to some financial, trade and military agreements and soon released the news to the public. In just a month, other countries and Hidden villages also joined us. Now our Coalition is a huge Behemoth. We all started to help each other and improved our economy and strength tremendously. Just the taxes generated from the trade alone is now 3 times what it used to be in the past.

As for Naha state, i have no words to say. The place is just a below average state in the past. But now it is the most prosperous state in the country. The people are rich, happy, literates and hard working. The officials are always on their toes and performed their duties honestly. The air here is so rich compared to the capital, i decided to make it my summer capital. The taxes generated from the Naha state alone contributes to 18% of country total taxes. Lets not talk about the University of Fire. It propelled the fame of Land of Fire to new heights.

When she proposed the idea of University , i felt the idea new and revolutionalizing which will help create better officials. But it exceeded my expectations, it only strengthened the bonds of our coalition members, every student that is graduated from the university, can be placed as a high ranking official, can become a top businessman, doctor, legal advisor, engineer, Architect and Teachers etc. It totally became the knowledge center of the world. Now there is literally a competition of sorts to get into the university.

Just yesterday night, i received shocking news, that the Hokage Minato and his retinue are attacked by Akatsuki at the Yugakure borders. They were attacked by "Blood Demon" Kiragi and "Thousand Monster" Chihiro. They were only able to survive the ambush because of the talisman tags provided by Ichika Uchiha and Mass transportation of Minato, risking his life by using Flying Thunder God technique. According to the doctors, the conditions of Genma and Iwashi are serious physical injuries and can be cured in time. Itachi suffered severe injuries, chakra exhaustion and is in coma. But for Minato, he suffered injuries to his soul as he used a long range mass transportation Flying thunder god jutsu. After a quick council meeting with the shinobi family heads and the previous Hokage, we sent for Ichika Uchiha. Only she or Tsunade can heal Minato. We were unable to find any information on tsunade whereabouts, so we are betting on Ichika for now. Just to be safe from any ambushes, we also sent 2 ANBU squads for her safety.