30 KAGE SUMMIT PART 1

After receiving the treasures of the Sage of the Six Paths, i went over to my guest quarter. At night i went to the Pagoda's 4th floor,the forge. My clones and My 3 Dwarf masters clones are working hard, while the original 3 are drinking. Because of the Shadow Clone Technique, their efficiency and skill in forging increased a lot, so is their drinking habits. But they have calmed down a lot during drinking Mode.

I slowly walked up to them and wished them. After some usual exchanges, i started to show them the Sage of the Six Paths treasures. Like me, they also had no problem in holding them.

"These are quite skillfully made for someone of this world. They are made of Uron metal, that is rare even among High level worlds. The creator must have put his/her soul and heart into creating these. They all contain souls of their own, but still like a baby though. Moreover they are growth type treasures. As for this Shakujo this is made up of a unique mixture of blood and bone, must be a bloodline trait. You can use them as long as you are in this world, but out of this world, you have much better treasures than these. But since they have soul and if you can manage to nourish them well, they will see abnormal growth in their potential, afterall you have unique cultivation technique."- Zwerg

After discussing on some more matters and passing instructions to my clones to make few more special arrows, i went to the 9th floor. I started to cultivate for the whole night in the time chamber, training and nourishing the treasures.

Next day Aito san brought his grandson Akito to my quarters. He is around Sasuke's age, a genin of kumogakure. But a lot more shy and low on confidence. When i scanned his body with Soul sense, i was surprised with his soul and chakra reserves. His soul is one of the purest souls i have seen of someone his age. As for his chakra reserves, they are easily at high jonin levels. This kid is really talented.

"Aito san, are you sure, you want to let your grandson follow me as my Disciple? He is really talented with a lot of untapped potential."- Ichika

Aito san was happy as i praised his grandson, but Akito was more than surprised as to why i am praising him.

"Hmm Hime sama, there is no need to console me. I know i am a black mark on my family, as i can't even perform the basic academy techniques. That's why most of my friends abandoned me, because i am the dead last in class. Now my grandpa is also trying to get rid of me by sending me with you."- Akito

Huh what the hell is this kid trying to say? He clearly has a lot of potential to become a kage level Shinobi in the future. The problem is not with the kid but with this old man.

"Aito san, did you ever consult a sensor ninja to check your Grandson, to identify his problem?"- Ichika

As expected Aito san face became red with embarrassment, as to where i am going with this topic. It looks like he or his clan never thought of thinking about a sensor ninja.

"Ichika san, sorry about that. Our clan members are known for moderate levels of chakra only. So we never thought about using sensor ninja"- Aito san

"Akito kun, the problem, why you always failed in academy class techniques is because of your large chakra reserves. You don't have proper chakra control to pull off these low level techniques. Its like trying to fill a bottle with tanks worth of chakra. I have another student, who has similar problem as you. But he overcame that problem with constant training."- Ichika

Akito Kun still seemed a bit hesitant on what decision to make.

"Anko"- Ichika

Anko appeared outside from my guest quarters

"Yes Hokage sama"- Anko

"Take this kid and teach him Shadow Clone Technique and chakra control exercises, for the next 2 days we are staying. Don't over do it with the training"- Ichika

With that said, Anko dragged away Akito kun to one of the nearest training grounds. While i chatted for few more hours with Aito san.

In the evening A san came to visit me with the village jinchuriki Killer B san. Well he is a pretty interesting guy, except for his nonsense rapping. He readily agreed to train his fellow jinchuriki members. The only thing he requested in return is to train Under Enka ninja music teacher Sabu to hone his rapping skills, much to the horror of A san. But we both declined it.

Two days passed in a flash. Currently we are ready to set off towards Land of Iron. My team consists of Me, Guy, Shisui, Anko and Akito kun, who finally decided to follow me. Raikage A san team consists of Darui, C san and Yugito Nii, the 2 tails jinchuriki. We set of together with the whole village ninjas seeing us off. The journey from Kumogakure to Land of Iron will take 7 days. Since we have 10 days before the Gokage meeting, we went at our own pace. During the day we would travel and at nights i trained both Anko and Akito. Guy and A san exchanged few taijutsu battles. I also advised C san on some sensor techniques. During our journey, we came across 3 to 4 bandit groups and more Bounty Hunters. But we dispatched them all very easily.

Land of Iron is a icy, snow covered country. It is located among 3 mountains called THREE WOLVES. It is militarily remained neutral and never been involved in the ninja wars. The shinobi have a rule since long ago that they would not meddle with the land. Despite this, it is said to have an incredibly strong military which is manned by Samurai , instead of Ninja. The leader of this Samurai nation is General Mifune.

General Mifune personally received us. Mifune is a 62 year old master swordsman and statesman. He has long. Grey hair, which almost reaches down to his waist, with bandages wrapped around his head. He is dressed in a purple kimono like outfit. Since only 3 members are allowed for the meeting, Akito is taken to military barracks for the duration of the meeting. We followed Mifune inside towards the hall where the meeting is held. All the other kages are present including their guards. We are the last to arrive. Its also the first time iam seeing Kirigakure Mizukage in person. She is strong. Old man Onoki has smug look on his face, may be because he came faster than us.

The guards of Onoki are Kitsuchi, Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi.

The guards of Rasa are Baki, Gaara and Lady Chiyo

The guards of Mizukage are Chojuro, Ao and Utakata

Gaara and Kurotsuchi looked like they want to jump on me, but controlled themselves as it is a formal meeting.

"Today all the 5 kages of the great hidden villages have been gathered on the request of 5th Hokage, Ichika Uchiha Hime. I, General Mifune will be your moderator. During the meeting fights are absolutely prohibited. Now the second Gokage meeting since the warring states period is to be officially commenced."- Mifune

"Ichika Hime, what is this sudden meeting about, that you have to drag my old bones back here from so far away."- Onoki

"Yes, Ichika san, i also have to leave my village from isolation. If it isn't for a Kage meeting, i wouldn't even be here."- Mei Terumi

"Is it about Kumogakure Joining the alliance, Ichika Hime, then this doesn't warrant such a meeting"- Rasa

"First of all i want to thank you all for coming to this meeting. I will assume, that all the people present here are all your trusted comrades. Whatever i am going to tell, will make some of you question your common sense. But i trust you are ready for it. But before that i want to formally invite Kirigakure into the coalition. Terumi san, all the other 4 great hidden villages already joined the coalition. As one of the 5 great hidden villages, you will have enough voice and voting rights in the coalition council. This will help your village recover quickly."- Ichika

"Ichika san, 10 years ago we want to join the coalition, but we can't because, we didn't come to proper agreements. Even if our village is in isolation,, we are observing the growth of other villages. So i will thank you for this offer and formally announce as Mizukage of Kirigakure, that we will join the coalition."- Mei Terumi.

"Before i mention the goal of this meeting, let me tell you all about a bit of geography of this world. I also swear on my Honour as Hokage, that everything i will be saying is truth.

This world is called Kaguya world, named after the Mother of Chakra Kaguya Otsutsuki. There are 3 continents in this world, separated by a mighty ocean. They are Barbarian continent, Monster Continent and Shinobi continent.

Shinobi continent is where we are all currently residing. It is the second largest but weakest of all the continents.

Monster continent, as it name implies, is full of monsters and is the strongest but smallest of all the continents.

Barbarian continent is the largest and more populated continents of all. Be it the soldiers quantity or the quality, they easily out number us by 1:50. It is a completely controlled by a Militaristic war king.

Currently, the Barbarian continent sent its Vanguard forces to explore the mighty ocean and find new lands. They have set out 2 years ago and started to occupy each and every island on their way, destroying them completely. There is a team of accomplished sealing masters with this vanguard. Who open up portals to their homeland from these occupied places to replenish their resources and control these occupied lands. With the pace and direction, they are moving, they will reach our continent in 4 to 5 years. Just the vanguard forces are strong enough to wipe us all, not to forget their forces back home.

As to how i know about them, i am a strong sensor, if i focus fully, i can sense anything that is happening in this world. At first i thought we can negotiate a trade and financial agreements between both the continents when they reached here, but i realised it is just a dream on how they are bringing disasters to the original residents of the occupied lands. They don't want friends, only slaves. So every now and then i kept on monitoring their movements. But everytime seeing the display of their strength, i have to say our chances of survival are decreasing. But we are shinobi, we will rather die than let our loved ones killed by some outsiders. So i want to fight, even if there is a 1% chance of survival i will fight. But this is a similar threat to all of you too. We can only improve our chances of survival if we stand as one and confront this impending danger."- Ichika

After that i sat down, to let them digest the information. But i can see almost all of their faces including the guards are ugly at the moment. They are also shocked by my sensor abilities. It was Terumi san, who broke the silence.

"Ichika san, any idea where these vanguard forces will come into contact with our continent?"- Terumi

"Yes. They are coming from the eastern side of our continent. They will hit eastern Kumogakure and Kirigakure if they want a stable foot hold to attack the entire continent. I already discussed with the Daimyo of Land of Lightning, we are going to build a alliance headquarters in kumogakure. We also are planning on building a fort on the eastern borders of Kumogakure. Also Terumi san, we need to build one in Kirigakure too. "- Ichika

"Ichika san, tell them about Akatsuki too. We have to tackle both the problems."- A san

With that i started explaining them about Akatsuki, their goals, their strength, about each and every known Akatsuki member and my deal with Zetsu for the next 3 and half years. It took me almost till noon time before i finished telling them all the details. Yet everyone seems to have lost their appetite with each and every news iam disclosing. It was General Mifune, who ordered for a quick lunch break.