Naruto uchiha

chapter 16

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Takigakure no Sato

Shibuki, the current leader of Takigakure no Sato was sitting in his office with a grim look on his face. Despite the somewhat quiet period in the past two years, he was still worried about his home coming under an invasion by their neighboring village, Iwagakure no Sato. Kuma no Kuni, Tori no Kuni and Kusagakure had already been merged into the territory of Tsuchi no Kuni after their leaders were successfully taken down in an assassination by Iwagakure Anbu. The fact that the Tsuchikage did not even attempt to hide his involvement in those assassinations early on felt a little strange to him, alas, he had more gruesome matters to worry about.

Unlike the great five nations, the military strength of his village was not that commendable. He barely had a little over two thousand battle ready shinobi. And even among those, a third of them did not have experience in a real war. Although they possessed the Nanabi, their jinchuriki wasn't entirely proficient in utilizing the bijuu's chakra. Even so, the shinobi of his village would rather let Fu fight the enemy alone than fight alongside her. It saddened him greatly to see Fu get treated with such disdain because of the bijuu sealed in her. Even after so many years, none of the villagers had come to accept her as one of them. And he was ashamed that he couldn't do anything personally to make her life easier. At times, the damn politics within the village infuriated him, that it left him unable to help a mere child.

Right now, his only solace was his village's treaty with Konoha. It was their last resort, but it was an option on which he could depend upon. The Yondaime Hokage was a reputable man who was known for his kindness towards his allies and his ruthlessness towards his enemies.

"What a mess…" sighed Shibuki as he eyed all the documents on his desk once again.

"There isn't any point in overthinking about the matter Shibuki. Right now, all we can do is prepare our shinobi for is to come. Based on their actions, it is inevitable that the village may very well fall under invasion. You're the leader. You are the person, who must stay calm and strong at all times." came the strong voice of Senji, sitting on the other side of desk, going through some of the documents. He was the former village head of Takigakure and now an aid to Shibuki. He was an old man with a craggy face, and long white hair.

"I hear what you say, Senji-sama. But, I still can't help but worry…" Shibuki replied. Suddenly the door to his office busted open and in came a chunin with a horrified look on his face.

"Shibuki-sama! There are three shinobi outside who have forcefully broken through the waterfall and are currently heading inside the village. The shinobi guarding the waterfall were killed but managed to confirm that one of them is Orochimaru of the Sannin while the identity of the other two in unknown!" reported the chunin hastily. Both Shibuki and Senji had stupefied looks on their faces upon hearing the news. The waterfall provided a natural barrier to Takigakure and wasn't an easy one to breakthrough.

"Are you sure, it's just three shinobi?" Shibuki questioned as he got up from his seat.

"Hai, Shibuki-sama. It's just the three of them. Our border patrol is scouting around the village for more enemy but so far, it looks like just those three. Three more squads of jounin have gone to apprehend the three of them but we haven't gotten any reply from them yet." The chunin replied.

"Get back to your post and ask all the jounins to assemble near the entrance immediately. I will be out there in a few minutes." Stated Shibuki. Thereafter, the chunin quickly left to carry out the given orders.