Pakura Of The Scorch Release

(A/N: This is an extra chapter as I promised, I'll post a chapter for every 5 reviews I get)

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At the same time, in Sakumo's tent, several Hyuga Ninjas delivered their latest intelligence reports to Sakumo and Jiraya. Their faced changed drastically after hearing them. "Sakumo san, do you want to summon anyone else to discuss this?" The shinobi asked. "Ryu should come. He's also one of the commanders in this battlefield."answered Sakumo and he used the special Kunai. After I reached the tent, Sakumo told him about the Hyuga's report.

"Ryu, today, our Hyuga Ninjas found out that two Sand Shinobis have arrived to the Sand camp. After further investigation, they determined that they were both Quasi-Kage level. One of them is the personal guard of the 3rd Kazekage, and the other is Pakura of the Scorch Release." Hearing him, I asked again "Sakumo San, are we going to battle once again?" He nodded and answered "Yes, the war is about to be resumed."

"Ryu Senju? Kazekage Sama, you've summoned Shalun and myself from the village just to deal with him?" In the Sand camp, in Rasa's tent, an 18-year-old girl and the 4th kazekage were discussing the matter of Ryo. "Yes, Pakura, the Kazegake has summoned you two, so that you take care of Ryu Senju in the upcoming battle. Shukaku is already captured by them." Said Chiyo. "Chiyo Ba-San, is this Ryu Senju strong?" asked the tall man who had been silent, Shalun.

"He suppressed Shukaku in the desert alone in just minutes and took my arm. He also summoned a Golem which attacked and injured thousands of our shinobi. Take a look for yourself". Chiyo said handing over the bingo book to Shalun. As soon as he saw the page, he was fixated on a single jutsu "Wood Release" he mumbled. They both knew well how powerful Shukaku was, especially in the desert, and that it's practically immortal there. Even together, they were no opponent for it. However, this Ryu Senju could suppress it, meaning that he's actually even more powerful. This mission started sounding more like death to both of them.

He then asked "Chiyo Ba-San isn't it going to end badly if we continue to fight them? Chiyo angrily shouted "The Konoha ninja have taken so many lives of our shinobi and you will let them go so easily? Especially that Sakumo Hatake. I've to kill him with my own hands". Chiyo was bent on taking her revenge for her Son and Daughter in law's deaths. Both of them shook their heads and prepared.

Actually, the arrival of these two gave the whole camp a lot of confidence. In the previous battle, they couldn't be victorious over Konoha's Ninjas despite the fact that they isolated their strongest fighters. In the 1st battle, they lost to Konoha because of the sudden appearance of Ryu Senju amongst their Ranks. Now with two more Quasi-Kage fighters joining their ranks, their victory during the upcoming battle was guaranteed.

In the following days, the two camps were in a state of full alert and nervousness. Konoha was in a disadvantageous position, and they would never opt to take the initiative to attack. But it wasn't obvious why the Sand didn't attack just yet. Ryu and Jiraya were invited to Sakumo's tent, and they found Aburame and Hyuga ninjas waiting there. They had already informed Sakumo of the intelligence they gathered and now they told the two about it as well.

The Aburame's bugs could sometimes be even more useful than the Byakugan. Just now, one of them found out that the Sand were transporting something out of the Byakugan's range. When the Aburame's informed the Hyuga Ninjas about this, they advanced and found out that what the Sand were transporting secretly was puppets! When he learned that the Sand were transporting puppets, Sakumo immediately realized that it wasn't that they didn't want to fight, it was that they were waiting for a weapon that should prove really problematic for Konoha.

The Sand Puppet division has always been scary for others villages. A puppet when controlled by a masterful puppeteer can use several of its organs as weapons and can use several extremely poisonous drugs. Even though Konoha had an excellent medical Ninja system, they still weren't able to stop the puppet division's damage. "How many puppets are they transporting?" Asked Jiraya. "I don't know how many are there in total, but we've detected about a 1000 already." The Hyuga answered Jiraya after thinking.

"A 1000 puppets? Sakumo san, I'll go! The batch must be dealt with. I'm going to…" Jiraya volunteered. "Uncle Jiraya and Uncle Sakumo, neither of you should go. If the Sand discover that one of you has left the camp they would certainly launch an all out attack. The Sand are transporting the puppets at this time to force you to make a compromise." I interrupted Jiraya.

"What Ryu is saying makes sense, since indeed neither of us can leave the camp." Sakumo agreed with me."Who is the strongest on the carriage escort team?" I asked the aburame ninja. "My bug told me that it feared only one person, that should mean that there's only one Jonin there." "What he's saying is correct, I've only detected one with my Byakugan, and it was Pakura of the Scorch Release." Said the Hyuga. "Oh!, then it isn't an issue. I'll deal with them. I also want to meet this Pakura".

Hearing me Sakumo frowned, but Jiraya teased "Going after girls in battle.." Sakumo interrupted and asked "Why do you want to meet her Ryu?" I smiled and replied "I'm interested in the scorch release and want to see if I can pull her to the leaf village" Sakumo stood up shocked and yelled "You will what?" I raised my arm and said "I'll see what I can do and then disappeared with a yellow flash".

After some time I arrived at the spot told by the Tracker ninjas. They weren't many enemies, just over 50. There were 2 Chunins in front and behind the team, with Pakura in the middle. "Captain, what should we do? It's Ryu Senju. This way, we have no shot at winning!" Said the sensor shinobi of the sand. Pakura replied "Let's just see what this Ryu Senju is capable of".