Chapter 215: Team Guy's Trap and Crisis

Chapter 215: Team Guy's Trap and Crisis

The Taijutsu master recalled the events of the day.

Guy and his students were walking through the streets of Mother Island. They noticed that the people looked at them with suspicion, fear and even slight anger. The distrust in the air was apparent to the Leaf Ninjas.

Guy looked at the people of the island and his smile dimmed. 'What's going on? It's like they have an inherent distrust towards outsiders.'

The Jonin and his students walked up to a random passerby to ask some questions. "Hello sir. We are with the Leaf village. I'm wondering if I could ask you some questio-"

"We don't need your help. Just leave." The man spoke in a harsh tone and left.

"That was most disrespectful." Lee said as he looked at the man's back.

"Yeah. What's his problem? We're here to help!" Tenten spoke with slight anger in her voice.

Despite the anger his students felt, Guy was calm. 'Something happened here. But what? Does it have anything to do with my mission or is it something else. I need to find out.'

The four ninjas tried to find more information but none of the people would help them or even talk to them. Many even urged them to leave before the night. After a couple hours their luck turned.

'This is definitely strange. They are the ones who hired us and yet they aren't willing to spare a second for us?'

As Guy and his students were sitting under a tree thinking about how to proceed with their mission, a young man in his twenties walked up to them.

"I heard you're looking for information. I'll help ya."

Guy perked up as soon as he heard that. "Yes. Finally! Someone who can help us."

"You're Leaf ninjas right. That means you're strong, ya!?"

At that, Guy gave the man a bright smile, a thumbs up and did a nice Guy pose. "Friend, you are looking at the Mighty Green Beast of the Leaf village. There is no one better to help you."

"Yes. Guy sensei is the best. He is one of the strongest ninjas in the Leaf village." Lee praised his teacher.

The man nodded and smiled. "My name is Ishido Tatsuma. Come with me. We'll talk somewhere else."

The man led the team to the coast of the island where a medium sized ship was docked.

"I heard you're looking for information on the pirates that are roaming these waters."

Guy nodded. "Yes. But no one is willing to help us."

"There is a reason for that." Ishido looked down in sadness and his fists clenched in anger as he thought about their situation. He looked at the ninjas and began to explain the situation on that Island.

"A month ago several pirates invaded our Island. They took several family members hostage and took them to their ships. They wanted us to excavate some minerals from the mines in the heart of this island. Those bastards took people from the surrounding islands too. They were strong. We were told that if we contacted anyone outside for help or if we disobeyed they'd kill our families. The reason the people here won't talk to you is because they're scared."

Guy and his team had a somber expression as they heard the truth of the situation. "If they are in such danger then why are you telling this?" The green spandex wearing Jonin asked the man.

"Because I know that those pirates won't keep their word. They'll kill us when we are of no more use to them. I've seen people like them. They're going to kill everyone after they get what they want. But the people here don't believe that. They have hope. So they won't disobey or rebel against them."

Guy nodded and crossed his arms. 'So we have hostages to rescue. And on top of that we have to find them first without them knowing of our presence.'

At that moment Guy's eyes widened as he thought about their movements throughout the island. "Did those pirates leave anyone to oversee the people here? Do they know about our arrival?"

Ishido shook his head. "No. None of their members are here. They would only come every two or three days to check up on us and take the minerals we mined. And they came here yesterday."

"We need to find them, Guy sensei. And save those people." The determination in Lee's voice was obvious.

"But how, we might need to wait for a day or two to get them." Tenten said.

"Not necessarily. What if instead of them coming to us, we go straight to them." Neji looked at his sensei as he spoke.

Guy looked at his student and immediately understood what the boy was implying. The man looked at the ship near him and smiled. "You want us to be bait huh. Bold plan young Neji. I like it."

He turned towards Ishido. "This ship. Does it belong to you?"

"Yeah. It's mine."

"Do you know the route that would be the one most likely to get their attention and target this ship? If we can draw them out. Then we'll take down the pirates and rescue the people trapped inside." Guy said with a grin.

"Um There might be a problem with that. Remember what that ferryman told us? That there were multiple pirate ships. What if the hostages are in one of them? What if the ship attacking us doesn't have the people taken from here." Tenten posed the question and Guy was silent as he thought about that scenario.

"It doesn't matter. We'll defeat them. And our primary goal was complete. We saved the people you kidnapped."

The pirate captain had a smirk on his face as he heard that. "How wrong you are. Their blood will be on your hands. The other captains will know about this. And those two And they'll kill you The lighting twins won't spare any of your lives." With those words the man coughed up more blood and fell unconscious.

Guy had a strange look on his face as he heard what the man said. He turned to his student and spoke. "Get the people back to our ship. Then Neji and Tenten, I want you two to return here. We'll inspect this ship and take anything of importance. Lee, you'll be guarding the other ship in the meantime."

The Genin nodded and they quickly got to work. Ishido ran up to the Genins and looked at the hostages they brought. His eyes widened and he panicked.

"Where are the others?" He asked the Leaf ninja team.

"What are you talking about? Aside from the crew they were the only ones on that ship." Neji replied and his eyes slightly narrowed.

Ishido shook his head. "No. There were more people taken from my Island. This isn't everyone."

"What?" Tenten and Lee was shocked.

"It it's true. There's more." The tired voice came from one of the hostages the team saved.

"They split us. There are more on the other ships."

The Genins were shocked. Neji and Tenten quickly returned to their teacher and informed him of the situation. Guy sighed and his face turned serious. 'So that's what he meant. It seems this mission is a lot more complicated than I thought.'

Might Guy and his two students searched the pirate ship and took anything they could use. Log books, route maps, money and other valuables. Tenten sealed everything she and Neji got from their ship. The pirate captain was captured and locked up. Once everyone was clear Guy opened his 3rd Gate.

"Gate of Life. OPEN!"

Chakra flooded the man's body. He jumped high and sent a fast powerful punch aimed at the ship. In seconds the large wooden vessel was destroyed leaving only chunks of wood floating in the water.

Guy closed the gate and got to the ship. He looked at the people his students saved and frowned. 'They are in a much worse condition than I thought. They need a medic.'

"It'll take hours to get back to Mother Island. That's too long. What's the island nearest here?" Guy asked Ishido.

"Jiro island."

The Jonin nodded. "Then we're going to Jiro island."

"What? Wait. You have to save the others! This isn't everyone. We have to find the other ships and save them too." Ishido was desperate and the Team could see that.

Guy looked at the young man and sighed. 'He must have someone he cares about in one of the other ships. But'

"Listen. I understand your frustrations. And we will save them. But not at the cost of the people here. They are already in very bad shape." Guy replied as he pointed to the people brought by his team.

Ishido looked at the state of the hostages rescued and he sighed. He reluctantly nodded his head and spoke. "I will take us to Jiro Island. But I'm not sure if they have a doctor there."

Guy nodded. "Guess I have no choice." The Jonin bit his thumb and went through several hand seals.

"Summoning jutsu."

Poof. Out of the smoke came a small turtle.

"I need you to get to Kakashi and get help. He is somewhere in the Land of Tea. If he is finished with his mission, then tell his team I need their assistance. As quickly as they can."

"Turtle turtle." The small summon rocketed out of there spinning and quickly vanished from their view.

"You're calling for Daichi's help aren't you sensei." Lee asked his teacher.

"Yes. He's the best medic we know and he's the one closest to us. But that's only one problem. If I'm right, then there is a much larger fight and far stronger enemies waiting for us." The seriousness in their teacher's voice was seldom seen by his students and they became much more cautious.

The ship sailed and soon reached Jiro Island. They hid the ship and took the people to one of the larger homes nearest to them. Luckily the people inside understood their situation and helped them.

"Neji. Keep a lookout but conserve your chakra The best thing we can do now is wait for Kakashi and Daichi."

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Author's Note.

I didn't want to drag the flashback to another chapter so this is somewhat of a bigger chapter

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