Iwa's Rage

Kentaro's eyes slowly opened, he being carried by someone, he felt two hands on his back that where busy healing a wound. When Kentaro looked around, he saw that they were Anbu.

"Lord Tsuchikage, we're relieved to see that you're awake and doing better." the leading Anbu said with visible relieveness in his voice.

"Hashirama, is he dead?" his voice was weak, Kentaro was clearly tired and exhausted since he had close to no chakra.

"When we arrived, we saw Tobirama stabbing your back with a blade. Luckily, we stopped him and tried to kill Hashirama who was unconscious. We didn't manage to do it and decided to retreat." Kentaro nodded his head, his eyes wide and visibly in thoughts.

"Lord Tsuchikage, if Lord Mū had not hurried us to go after you, you would have inadvertently died under Tobirama's underhanded attack." Kentaro coughed a few times, blood came out.

Kentaro was even more thankful to Mū. In addition to that, he had taken upon his assigned role with success. Kentaro had given a scroll to the Assassination Group leader before the fight began.

Kentaro had written many things on it, one of them was that Mū would temporarily be the Tsuchikage while he was absent facing Hashirama and Madara.

The Assassination Squad carried Kentaro through the whole Land of Grass. This place brought lots of memories and they weren't good ones, Kentaro wanted to quickly get out of this land.

The Assassination Squad abided, they made sure to not lay a camp here. At night, they entered the Land of Earth and only then did they stop to take a rest.

Kentaro was placed near a tree to lean on, he looked at the Anbu lighting a big and warm fire. They took pieces of meat out of specific bags and started cooking them.

Meanwhile, Kentaro was thinking deeply about the future to come. There was no doubt, war was only days away. He looked at the Anbu and apologized.

"I failed as a Tsuchikage, the village's safety is only more in danger. Our big family will be involved in a big and deadly war. Everything could have been avoided had I killed Hashirama." all the Anbu turned to look at him.

"Lord Tsuchikage, you've not failed. This battle was a great success. You've made clear to the entire world that Iwa stands strong with your presence. Not anybody can stand toe to toe with the supposed God Of Shinobi, not even Madara Uchiha can." Kentaro looked at the Anbu and nodded blankly.

"What number 7 says is true. Only you, the Man With A Thousand Affinities can. We are proud to have you as our sole leader and please, do never say again that you've failed." the Anbu removed his porcelain mask and walked to Kentaro.

"Let us share this delicious piece of meat in honor of your victory, Lord Tsuchikage." Kentaro looked at the Anbu's tired and scarred face, he cut the meat in two and gave the bigger piece to Kentaro.

"....I've not won yet....but I'll kill this bastard in our next fight and I swear upon my Tsuchikage honor, that I will do it even it means death!" Kentaro gave a confident nod a returned the bigger piece to the Anbu, he took the smaller piece for himself.

"We do not doubt your success, Lord Tsuchikage." the Anbu shyly ate the bigger piece while Kentaro ate the smaller one.

Kentaro was feeling better mentally, he was happy to share a 'meal' with his saviors. He also discovered how he was seen by the Anbu and sure enough, they looked at him highly.

When it was morning, they further traveled in the Land of Earth towards Iwa. Just by looking at it, the fertile and colorful soil warmed and appeased Kentaro's heart.

Two hours later, they stumbled upon the massive mountain range that formed the village's natural defence. One mountain had a tunnel, this was Iwa's entrance. The guards who were at the end of the tunnel looked at the Anbu squad bringing Kentaro in.

"Ring the bells! Come on, Suzo!" one of the guards yelled at the other guard besides him, he rang the bells. This bell was used to notify the whole village of something important.

There was also a bigger bell with another specific sound who would be ringed to notify the people of an attack or intrusion by foreign forces.

A crowd of people walked towards the entrance, the streets were filled with enraged men, women and children. They knew of everything that had happened, Mū had told everything.

"DEATH TO KONOHA!" one of the old men exclaimed in rage. Soon, all the crowd started chanting it.

Some wouldn't chant it and follow Kentaro who was being carried by the Anbu. They would put in a nice and encouraging word and go away.

The crowd stopped in front of the Tsuchikage's residence. Kentaro was brought to his office by the Anbu, he was placed on the ground per his request.

"Lord Tsuchikage, if you didn't posses that mysterious regeneregtion skill, I fear that our medical Ninjutsu wouldn't have been enough to keep you in life." the Anbu looked at Kentaro's back who was tainted with dry blood.

The door of the office opened, Amaterasu was tearing. She looked around the whole office in panic. She held a hand on her belly and got on her knees next to Kentaro.

"Kentaro! I...was so scared, never do this to me again!" Amaterasu placed her head against Kentaro's chest and cried.

With his left hand, Kentaro gently caressed her hair. Her cry was contagious, he let a few tears flow before he wiped them out with his hand.

"Amaterasu, do not cry for I am here. I wasn't meant to leave this world.....for now." the Anbu squad looked at the scene in front of them.

Some of them were feeling awkward because this was a private moment between Kentaro and Amaterasu. As for the majority, it filled their hearts with rage and the idea of revenge, revenge upon Konoha.

"My son, you have fought well. This Senju bastard can put some wood up his ass!" Daitan entered and nodded to the Anbu squad.

"Father, go away. Let my husband rest, don't you see his poor state!?" Daitan could understand how Amaterasu felt, he quietly left the room.

Minutes passed like this, with husband and wife being into each other's embrace. There were things he had to take care of, Kentaro had to stand up.

"Amaterasu, I need to stand up, ok? Go back home and sleep, I can see those dark circles under your eyes. Help me up."

Amaterasu wiped the tears off of her red eyes and stood aside. Two Anbu helped Kentaro up and supported him while he walked to the window.

"DEATH TO KONOHA! DEATH TO KONOHA! DEATH TO KONOHA....!" the muffled sounds of the hateful chants, Kentaro could hear them very clearly.

"I gave a scroll to the group leader of the Assassination group before the fight started. I know that Mū has done what he was asked of, but has the other thing I asked also taken care of?"

"Yes, group leader Zarachi has copied the scroll and gave it to the village's spokesperson. Mū has temporarily been Tsuchikage and the shinobi are preparing for war, I suppose." Kentaro nodded.

"I need some time alone, you guys have done an impeccable job. For you have saved my life, your rewards are three S-class jutsu and twenty-four hours of training in the augmented gravity room." the Anbu squad were only doing their jobs, they had not expected to even receive something from Kentaro.

"Death to Konoha...eh? It seems that we have no choice. The Raikage will come in four days, I will hold Iwa's Great Council before then."

The people were enraged, the thousands of shinobi wanted to reclaim the lost honor and make Konoha pay for what they had inflicted to their Tsuchikage.

War was brewing.