Ch 69.
3.pov
Mito tried to attack as much as possible while she had biju chakra. She wondered what would happen if the chakra touched white part of Zetsu. Maybe it would turn into a tree who knows. However she never managed to get that close to Zetsu. Zetsu was attacking firecly with wood release. The wood seemed to become faster and faster, but that wasn't true, in fact it was Mito who was getting slower. She decided to seal Samehada and possibly prolong the time she had with biju chakra. It seemed to work. However it only prolonged it for 15 minutes. Mito was left without biju chakra, Zetsu smirked with half of his face and said :" it was nice to play with you, but now I will be finishing the game."
Mito stood her ground and said:" Are you sure that you can take me."
Zetsu smirked :" definitely, you are weeker now and I stayed just as strong as I was."
Mito knew that but she needed to buy as much time as she could, she couldn't allow him to catch her. She spoke:" if I may know, are you after me because Isobu. "
Zetsu grinned :" No, i am after you because you are trouble, but I can't kill you because you hold Isobu."
Mito said :" I see, that is good for me too. I just need to stay alive and your plans will be difficult to achieve. "
Zetsu lunged at her his wood style following him. Mito dodge it with minimal scratches. Mito carefully counted time she still had until Minato would arrive .
Minato could hear someone coming and at high speed, he was on high alert. But relaxed when Kakashi jumped in front of him. However he was worried by frantic look on Kakashi face. He didn't know where rest of team was.
Kakashi spoke quickly :" Sensei don't worry about Rin and Obito, they are coming, but Mito needs you to come and pick her up, please listen, she said to use Hiraishin to get her and use it to get here as quickly as possible, she said to not engage in fight with that thing. Do you understand. "
Minato didn't understand but he nodded his head, he could see Rin and Obito jump down next to Kakashi. Minato couldn't overthink this he will just follow what Mito said. He stabbed one of his special kunai at the ground and stopped :" does she have a kunai."
Kakashi said :" She took mine." and with that Minato was gone.
Mito was on the ground hevaly bruised and with almost all of her body covered with scratches, cuts. She still stood up, she was barely able to stand up, but she knew that Minato was coming for her she could sense somebodys chakra traveling at high speed. She felt relief. However Zetsu too could feel Minato so he used his attack one last time hoping to kill Minato as soon as he appeared. However Mito saw that and she unsealed the sword Genma gave her she poured earth chakra into it and the sword become harder and sharper she cuted half of the roots and branches that had sprung to kill Minato as soon as he appeared. Minato appeared behind Mito he could see how weak she looked. However he was more surprised by the site he saw the trees were everywhere and branches were moving in the middle of the wildness was a plant like thing with one black and one white side it smirked when he saw it.
Zetsu said :" Did you like the gift I gave you few days ago, Mito. To think I could reach you when you were sleeping was quite surprise, I wonder why I could do that. "
Mito paled she looked like she was going to throw out.
Zetsu continued :" However it is unpleasant that I couldn't see your ultimate fear. " one of the branches shot from the behind of both Mito and Minato. And it hit Minato. luckly it was on the right shoulder. However it was enough for Mito to wake up from her previous stupor and she yelled at Minato :" Hurry up and use it again before he kills you."
Minato painfully used last of his control over his chakra and used Hiraishin.
They appeared in front of team Kakashi. Mito immediately throwed up, she couldn't handle dizziness from using Hiraishin. Rin was already checking the state of wound on Minato. The branch was still in his shoulder. Mito quickly became aware of it and pulled it out. Minato cursed from the pain and Rin yelled at Mito :" why did you take it out, he will now have much more damage and he will lose more blood."
Mito said :" I know that, but the enemy could use it against us, he could track us with it or he could possibly use it for killing Minato."
Minato nodded and asked :" Did you know that thing. Before. "
Mito answered :" personally no, Hagoromo told me about how dangerous he was, Hagoromo research everything about Zetsu. However now isn't time to talk about it. I need you to be able to make Hiraishin to Konoha. I saw you put Hiraishin kunai at the gate. Can you do it."
Minato shaked his head:" I am sorry, I can't the pain make it harder. And besides I need to have full concentration for traveling of 5 people "
Mito sighed and came closer her hands started to glow orange. She poured it directly in his wound. He could feel his pain go away and he could feel his skin reattach. Mito said:" this is the best I can do for now. " she fell uncouncious, but Kakashi caughed her before she hited the ground. Rin check her. She immediately knew what it was. :" Chakra exhaustion. However she seems to be fine, her chakra is all ready replenishing itself. "
Minato nodded his head and started to gather enough chakra to take all of them to Konoha. He said to his students :" form a circle and hold your hands. Kakashi put Mito in the middle and all of you flow your chakra towards her. "
Zetsu was pissed he was following that branch. He could not let them escape. He moved as fast as he could he was going to reach them no matter what. He suddenly felt that branch being pouled out completely from Minato. He immediately know that he should have killed Minato. However he could feel from that branch that they still didn't move from that position. He could feel Mito chakra rapidly going down like she was using very tiring technique. He soon felt her chakra drop in uncouncious state, and he could feel that Minato chakra pathway was unblocked of the pain. In the next few seconds he didn't feel anything new. He was getting closer to them and quickly he could taste them, he could smell them. He could see them, they were done for, he smirked., however only one second later he couldn't neither see, smell nor feel them. They were gone he cursed, he failed and now he possibly exposed himself. Luckily nobody knew who he was. He returned to the ground and went to report to Madara.