26 Princess Reiko

after we reached Keishi, we went straight to the daimyo palace..we met daimyo..for one thing he was very happy especially to meet me..he got a huge deal out of lightning country a few days ago..it's already evening..so he told that we can rest in the palace tonight..we slept and the next day..we were introduced to Miura Reiko, princess of the waterfall country..she's around 19 years old..and not to mention very beautiful.. there's no kingship here in this elemental nations..so she wasn't princess exactly..but due to being very beautiful and daughter of daimyo..people began to call her princess..eventually it became her title..

for shinobi of konoha..being a senju isn't much..almost they'll give face to the clan name..but the commoners of the village and shinobi of other villages..being a senju means something else..after all..first hokage was through out famous all over the world..so..naturally..I was given a little bit more respect than our team by the princess..

there isn't much danger as the capital city of waterfall country is almost near to the border of fire country...from here to there..there's onlyone stop that is konoha..seriously..we began our journey...princess Reiko wasn't much of talker or may be she don't see us as worthy to talk to..who knows..anyway it took 2 days to reach konoha..we didn't stayed longer than a night...actually Hana asked her to stay here for a few days..but Reiko replied in straightforward that she didn't like a shinobi village...I can see a bit of anger whenever she was reply to us..our situation is OK..but sensei, konan and Esumi san are another matter..she was completely cold towards them..

we didn't talked much minded our own business through out the journey..after travelling for another 2 days..we safely reached the border..but just then we saw a smoke from the distance..when we reached near..our faces completely paled...and Reiko completely shivering..Hana then "what, what's happened here"..the capital city completely fallen..there were fire everywhere..buildings are all destroyed..nagato then "team 6 and the cloud, you stay here with the princess..me andesumi san will check out"..he turned his head "konan, no don't come with us..stay here..protect them"...she nodded..and they went inside the city..

meanwhile at the border..Reiko collapsed from shivering and shaking her legs..she cried "what happened to my home?"I made a clone..and konan looked at me..I replied "I'm going after sensei"...before she says anything I continued "don't worry only my clone will go"....my clone then went after them..this is worse than kyuubi incident..the buildings were destroyed everywhere..there are many bodies lied on the ground..many samurai..I sensed nagato 'it seems he's fighting someone..or something?..the chakra sure flows but feels like not a human?'.. how's that possible..then I suddenly realised..puppet?..then I dashed towards them..and a while later I found there's a hunchback man, who had some type of tail like Scorpion..who doesn't know him..one of the akatsuki members in the anime..Sasori of the red sand..he's controlling a puppet to fight sensei..well..it doesn't stand a chance against him though..but after the puppet gets destroyed he immediately mobilizes another one..

he found me..before he attacks me..I just ran away from there and didn't interrupt their battle..well.. although I'm confident that I can fight him but I don't want any target on my head..I already have one from iwa..then I sensed esumi san, he was alone though but he seems to be slept?..what..then a few seconds..I got a confirmation that he was done for and was struggling to move.. I quickly ran up there...and see him..his face was bluish..probably poison..damn.i don't know any medical ninjutsu..and I can't use my forbidden justu on him..as it have its limitation that after using it once..it can only be used again after two to three weeks..

I carried him and began to run towards my original body direction..minute later...I sensed many chakras in a group..in West direction.for now my mission is to bring him back to the team..I gave information to my original when I reached near..

meanwhile at my original body, Reiko sitting on the ground and crying and seems Hana is consoling her..suddenly I got information my clone..and my face turned black..Dario observed it and asked "what happened?"..I replied "my clone just found something..seems there is a fighting..and esumi san was found unconscious somewhere...and sensei is still fighting some puppeteer and..."

itachi asked "did something happened to esumi san?"..I replied "his face was blue..I think it's poison..my clone is currently carrying him on the way..and I found many chakras in a group..I think either they are enemies or they are bodyguards of daimyo..Reiko who was still on ground..suddenly stood up and asked "my father, he's alive isn't he"..I replied "I'm not sure about that..we have to see for ourselves..konan san, two of us will go and check there..you go and help sensei and team cloud will stay here and protect the princess and their sensei.."she nodded..I turned and said to others.."OK, itachi..we should go now..

Reiko then "stop, I'll come with you..I need to see whether my father is alive or not"...Itachi coldly replied "no, you are a civilian..If we go there..and if there's a fight.. you'll be in the way"..I frowned "itachi, don't be mean."I turned towards her and said "don't worry, please stay here..my clone will be you..me and my clone have telepathic connection..so..my clone will give you update information..OK."..she nodded..

Hana narrowed her eyes "Diran, don't tell me you guys going to abandon me again..and go to face risk by yourselves"..I sighed "no, it's not that..."..she interrupted "don't try to convince me I'll come with you"..Itachi replied "it's OK, I'll stay here with these guys and Hana you go with diran"..I nodded "come, we have to move fast"..we move fast in the direction of those chakra signatures coming from..shirou, one of Hana's dog barked..Hana frowned and said "it seems there's something evil you there..and very dangerous"...I nodded and we continued and reached the destination..many samurai were killed..there were many dead bodies..in front of them..we saw there's a man who's very tall probably he's taller than raikage..heavily armoured..with a furnace on the back which is emiting steam..light brown eyes, is eyebrowless and his armour extends all the way to the bottom half of his face, covering it up. Underneath the armour covering the bottom half of his face, he wears a white cloth which also covers both sides of his face and the top of his head. Aside from his red armour, he also wears a red kasa (conical straw hat) over the white cloth and it seems to be composed of the same material of his armour and furnace. He wears his Iwagakure forehead protector on a black cloth..

after seeing him, I nearly cursed out loud "f**k, we are doomed this time"