Chapter 24.1- One Thousand Hands

We were late. I could see it the moment we arrived. Granduncle Tobirama had made three clones and drawn a giant seal beneath our feet to use the flying thunder god jutsu to teleport us to the clan head’s house. The first sign that we were late was the fact that I could see the Night sky without even activating my doujutsu. I’d learned my lesson from the Kuchiyose and didn’t think while teleporting into an active war zone was the right time to check what I could or couldn’t see. I activated it immediately after and paled at the scale of the destruction my eyes showed me.

“Three Bijuu. The eight, six, and three tails are all within the village proper. Both the eight and six tails are fully transformed. The three tails remains at the beast cloak level,” Uncle Hiroshi relayed the pressing facts to Granduncle Tobirama in a clipped tone.

“Lots of casualties. At least hundreds. Organised resistance at both East, West, and South. Northwards resistance is falling apart under the onslaught of the transformed Seven tails. Hostiles recognised as the Mizukage and Raikage are both present. Latter is to the North, former is to the South….” He continued to relay even more and more information as I tried to keep track of everything in my head. When he finished, Tobirama squatted and pressed two fingers against the ground. He was both thinking and sensing, I knew.

“Myself, Kagami, and Shorirama will go North. Saru, you and your team should head South. Danzo, lead a team of six and mop up the aggression to the West. Hiroshi, I will entrust you with another team of six. Head East and work with the resistance there in disabling the Three tails. May the Will of Fire guide our paths” He said next, and everyone nodded before moving out at rapid speeds.

I nodded at Tsunade to get going when it seemed like she was going to disobey orders and drag me along with her. I could understand her worry though. North was the major battlefront it seemed. It was slightly insane that Granduncle Tobirama had gone from not wanting me on the field at all to wanting to have me right in the thick of things.

“Keep up” He told us as he disappeared in a shunshin once everyone had left. We did the same, matching his speed.

“The Eight tails is rampaging out of control. It is tearing holes in the Uzu lines and allowing the Raikage and his men to move without contest. I will engage it with my water release once we arrive. I chose the both of you because you have the best chances of being able to react to and comprehend the Raikage’s speed. While I deal with the Eight Tails, your job will be keeping him busy” He said, and I nodded at his words while trying to ignore the feeling of my heart dropping to share space with my stomach. First real fight in almost a year and it was against the Raikage of all people.