Skirmishes! Part-2

{4 days later}

The land of rain was quite small when compared to the rest of the elemental nations. Its whole area was just around 200km. If Hikaru gave it his all he could cover that distance in 5-6 hours, less if his endurance can keep up with his max speed.

The Land of Rain was a battlefield that was quite disadvantageous for Konoha's Fire-natured users, maybe that's why the strongest battalion of Suna was already stationed at the other border on the other side of the Land of Rain.

Normally, he wouldn't have been this deep into enemy territory but Hikaru and Yūna had come to an understanding. He would leave her with the responsibility of dealing with the problems of his clansmen as he volunteered for a scouting mission.

Maybe it would leave a bad impression on the rest of his clan members but it wasn't like he cared all that much about his position within the clan. 

The Sharingan whirled in his eyes as he stared at Suna shinobi in the distance, their names were red like a monster in a video game. 

'Hanzo fought against Konoha during the war didn't he, so did he strike a deal with Suna or was he fighting just about anyone who came close to the Hidden Rain Village.' Hikaru thought. He was hidden behind some rocks with a mud-colored sheet as camouflage as he stared at Sunagakure's base camp. 

His Sharingan was scanning through everyone's faces as he waited to gather more information. At the same time, 3 of his clones were sneaking into the base camp as they kept laying down exploding tags throughout the way. 

'I haven't found anyone noticeable yet according to the bingo book. Maybe it isn't a special force battali-'

~Boom~ ~Boom~ ~Boom~ ~Boom~ ~Boom~ ~Boom~ ~Boom~ ~Boom~~Boom~ ~Boom~ ~Boom~ 

Almost at the same time, 11 Exploding tags blew through the right side of the base camp, Hikaru received a memory of seeing a face that he finally recognized.

'Shit, she was Kage level in the original story wasn't she...' Hikaru thought as he left the rock he was hugging and he used the Body Flicker jutsu to get out of there.

'Shadow Clone Jutsu'

He created another clone that popped itself and another couple of sets of explosions occurred in their base camp. Nobody actually noticed or followed him as Hikaru flickered away from the border and dashed into the Land of Rain's territory again.

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{15 mins later}

Despite how gloomy the atmosphere looked with the constant rain, the buildings were still secure. Hikaru was walking through a small village around 5 km away from their Hidden village when he got the first notification.

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[Killed Yuuto Ichirō Lv 23]

[Gained 2300 Exp]

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[Level up]

[Level up]

[Level up]

[Level up]

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[Level up]

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Hikaru froze as he looked through the barrage of messages, that appeared in front of him and then he opened his status to check.

'Okay I was expecting quick leveling but that was fun!'

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[Name: Hikaru Uchiha]

[Age: 8]

[Lvl: 9 (100/500)]

[Chakra: 4042]

[Pupil Power: 99.998%]

[STR: 72.98][+]

[END: 85.57][+]

[DEX: 83.54][+]

[INT: 76.12][+]

[CP: 80.85]

[Points: 16]

[Current Strength - High-Jonin/Low-Kage]

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Hikaru took a moment to stare at the level-ups but then he looked at the initial level disparity between his level and the unfortunate guy he killed.

'It is such an unexpected thing, even though I have stared at this same screen countless times over the years. It still was pretty amazing to see all those notifications going up at once...' Hikaru thought, he was tempted to head back but he collected himself.

'According to the level, the guy must have been a genin, I think they don't have that many genin in the front lines yet otherwise I would have gotten a few more kills...' Hiakru was mid-thought as another notification arrived along with another couple notifications of level ups.

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[Killed Ichiro Kanata Lv 27]

[Gained 2700 Exp]

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[Level up]

[Level up]

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'Well that was quick, the adrenaline went away pretty quickly huh!' Hiakru thought as he looked at his level and the experience counter next to it.

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[Lvl: 11 (1,300/1500)]

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Still, he had achieved his mission parameters and gathered some intel, now he needed to go back to the command room quickly.

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{5 Hours Later}

Hikaru waited the first hour in anticipation that another notification might arrive, maybe it was because his victims were just names on a screen and a way for him to grow stronger that he didn't feel any remorse.

Or maybe it was because something inside of him was broken, but he waited for another hour before he sighed in disappointment and softly cursed at Suna's medical ninjutsu team.

It took him a while to sneak around the Land of Rain and then come back to the border of the Land of Fire. Their base camp was situated over a small mountain providing extra vision to the normal sentry members those who didn't have telescopes screwed into their eyes.

'It also made it both easy and difficult to target, it was easy to locate but actually difficult to move against. To be honest, Orochimaru selected a perfect spot...' Hikaru thought. He had to adjust because even though he didn't want to work with Orochimaru, the way his eyes were was just too creepy, he had to admit the fact that he was the current leader of their battalion.

Tsunade quickly took over the medic camp for their battalion and Jiraiya was responsible for the scouting ahead, he should be back by now though. 

Hikaru nodded to a couple of Uchiha as he opened the command tent and walked in, Orochimaru and Kiyoshi Nara were hunched over a map of the area discussing something while the rest of the members of the command team were also there.

Hikaru didn't find anyone so he walked up to Orochimaru for the report, "Oh, Hikaru-kun, you're back early..." He asked with a small chuckle.

"Yeah, I got a close look at their base camp and my Shadow clone managed to sneak in," Hikaru started and Orochimaru's smile widened, getting early info might mean that the chances of their victory in the first battle could be a success.

"I was able to identify Chiyo." Hiakru finished.

Orochimaru's smile widened as he nodded he turned to Kiyoshi and spoke, "Chiyo is the leader of the puppetry department of Sunagakure, according to Jiraiya's info there are two battalions station here, one of them must be the puppetry division."

Kiyoshi nodded but then he found, out he started muttering something, and after being stared at by everyone he spoke, "Well, then it might be bad as well, who knows how long it would take to crush their poisons?" 

"And the rain helps them even more, moisture and puddles of water would make it easier if they want to use the environment to spread the poison," Kiyoshi spoke as he began marking the different areas on the map where it would be difficult to fight a puppeteer.

"Hikaru, get Tsunade here, she would know more about the poisons than anybody else," Orochimaru spoke and with a firm nod, Hikaru turned and left.

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AN- It's starting, I'm gonna include POV's from other villages to fully cover the war!

In addition, the number of Pàtreons has exceeded 25 so from chapter 36 the word limit would increase to 1.25k words per chapter. Next increase at 50.

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