A Mother's Knight

Part 35

Unknown Location

Obito looked down at the army of white Zetsu clones with one thought in his mind, getting the Bijuus to continue with the plan. He needed to continue with the plan for his own sake and happiness. This fake world could not continue to be a problem to the real world he wanted to bring, a world of happiness and a world that had Rin.

Nagato turning against him was a problem and he couldn't attack the man head on as things stood. Obito trusted his abilities but Konan and Nagato were two people he didn't want to fight now and when they were not separated. He would rather pick on them one by one before getting the Rinnegan.

"Are you thinking of taking the Elemental nations to war?" Zetsu asked. "At this point, it is the only thing that can get all Bijuus to be gathered at one place. If that happens, we can work on separating Nagato from Konan and get the Rinnegan."

"This is a possibility. I cannot wait anymore without doing something about Nagato's actions. This isn't what I had in mind but there is no way of avoiding it..." Obito said. "It will be difficult trying to get the Elemental Nations to fight against me, even if I do announce myself as Madara Uchiha."

Well, he could always plant the seeds of doubts and manipulate things in the shadows to drive this world into war. Wars were started over simple things and it wouldn't take much to start another one again, and should that happen, it would make things easy for him.

Perhaps even Nagato will realize that he has to gather Bijuus for the sake of peace. He will no doubt wish he had his weapon to end the war once it does start. Maybe then, he would betray Naruto and turn to him again. Anything was possible in this world of shinobi.

He just had to find the right people to manipulate and control.

Kirigakure

Looking at the response from the Sandaime Tsuchikage, Mei wondered whether she should really go to the Earth country for a meeting with the old geezer. But she didn't have to refuse the meeting because it would mean she wasn't serious in trying to strike an alliance or a trade deal with the Hidden Rock. Her problem was the old man's insistence that they meet in Iwa and he was rather firm about it in the letter, Mei didn't need to read it twice to get it.

She would have to go but things would change for Naruto. The only reason she had even bothered writing to the Tsuchikage was because of him and if the old man wanted the meeting to take place in Iwa, he would not get his chance to ambush the Tsuchikage's granddaughter or the old man himself. If he was going to get that chance, she would have to find a way to take him with her to the Hidden Rock.

Thinking of it, she could simply take him as a hired personal guard. It might raise some tensions before they even talk because she understood that his father hadn't been a famous person in the Hidden Rock. But there was no way around it. If the Tsuchikage couldn't get over things from the past and wanted to take revenge on Naruto for what his father did during war, then he wasn't the kind of person she wanted to ally herself with.

With that in mind, the Godaime Mizukage summoned Ao to her office.

The man was quickly brought in; looking at the seal on his left eye socket, Mei couldn't help but frown once more. If she took this man to Konoha, it might raise problems given that he has the Byakugan. The Hyuga were very protective of their doujutsu and would not look at him fondly upon seeing him. But she had no way to avoid this, did she?

At least Ao didn't get it through means of capturing a Hyuga clan member just for the Byakugan.

"In two days..." Mei started in a slow, yet firm tone. "We will be heading to the Hidden Leaf. I want you to prepare for our departure in terms of security for us and the village in my absence."