ANBU boot camp

Chapter 24

Chief led, followed by Jiraiya Naruto, Hinata, and Shikamaru. The group moved through the treetops at amazing speeds even with the gravity seals,

"Naruto?" Shika called. "Where is she?"

"Bout thirty yards behind us, it is strange, but I have real trouble tracking her." the blonde replied.

Just then Mai was up moving beside Shika and she just waved.

"She was trained by the best, what did you suspect?" Chief called back and motioned for them to slow and hit the ground below.

"How did you know she was with us?" Jiraiya asked the Nara.

"Mai tends to be where ever she is needed, seeing how we are about to commit, if caught, several crimes...It was logical that she was around."

"So... since the clones are doing the homework for us...what is the plan for the next two days?" Naruto asked.

"Murder," Chief replied calmly. "First degree premeditated no point murder."

The kids stared at him for a moment, Mai just walked with the Chief as Jiraiya hanged back.

"And who is going to commit this murder?" Naruto asked.

"Your father did," Chief replied as he led them down the road.

The three kids and the Sage all stopped. Never had anyone IN THE VILLAGE ever said something like that about the Yondaime.

"Thus, begins our lesson for this day," Shikamaru spoke and his eyes and brain were locked on the Chiefs back as he continued to walk down the road.

"In Leaf, he is hailed as a great hero, loved by all. Almost worshipped as a God by some, hated by damn few." Chief started his lecture. "But in IWA, he is the villain, the butcher of over a thousand Shinobi. His yellow flash is legendary in both Villages, a gift of the gods for the leaf and a walking nightmare for Stone."

"It was war," Jiraiya defended his student.

"And in war, every side commented atrocities that most look to forget," Chief finished. "I am not talking logic here. This is pure emotion, hate anger despair, the things that lead to more war and death. But also push us to the best we can be."

"So Iwa hates the Yondaime for what he did during the war?" Hinata asked as she followed along.

"No," Chief replied. "Most of the things he did have already been forgotten, oh he still has the flee on sight order. But most don't really recall why. No, their hate comes from the one day that he, in their mind, Murdered over a thousand Shinobi in just seconds."

"The battle that won us the war?" Shikamaru asked and when Chief nodded.

"Are they just poor losers?" Naruto asked...his voice and face were not sarcastic he really wanted an answer.

"No, seven-hundred of them were fresh Genin straight out of their Academy or with maybe a few months training," Chief replied and stopped walking.

"We were losing," Jiraiya spoke up. "True Uzu cost them more than they could afford, but when the war really got going Iwa took what they had left and went all in, along with Kumo and Kiri. Kusa had been beaten all to hell by all sides, Ami was a nightmare. All we really had was Suna and a few minor Villages."