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Mito was well on her way back to the inn, Jiraiya and her were currently staying, when she felt another presence near her. It didn't seem unfriendly, but she didn't know to who it had belonged. However it dissappeared as soon she had felt it, it was weird, because it felt somehow familiar in a sense she didn't understand, but at same time it felt completely unrecognizable, however that could be the fact that she felt it for just a second and half in between her jumps from on to other branch of the tree. She had looked towards to place she thought that presence should be, but there was nothing. Mito stopped. She tried sensing again, however this time she didn't sense anything, she found that weird, however she couldn't figure it out and she had to return soon, so she just continued her journey back, occasionally looking back at that direction. However she never felt or saw anything.
The other presence, it was Izuna, followed by Black Zetsu. However Black Zetsu just made sure that Izuna would be safely on surface. He was planning for Izuna to slowly adjust to the normal world, and possibly survive without his interventions. He would watch over him, however that would be done with a Zetsu that was in the body of Izuna. Izuna was in this area for few days already. He was learning how to stay hidden and how to fight those dangerous animals that would hunt him during a night. He survival training was getting harder by each day. As he was getting more and more tired. When suddenly one day, he felt his soul vibrate for a second. As a sense of a something familiar had just passed by him. However before he could realize what it was. His body fell through the ground. It didn't stop for few seconds. Until it was suddenly in one of the rooms in the underground cave he and black Zetsu had started to use few days ago. Black Zetsu looked at him, somewhat worried look at his face. He shake as something he listened from another Zetsu a report. It relayed that Mito definitely felt the presence of something, but he wasn't sure how much she knew.
Black Zetsu then spoke harshly :" i suppose that you have passed this test for now, but we are just beginning with these. However we are going to focus on training you on your diplomacy training for a while."
On the other side. Utakata was still thinking through the all the things Mito had said to him, what he found out on his own.
Until je went to sleep.
Mito sighed softly as she finally made it back to inn, it was already past midnight and she knew that Jiraiya had returned prior to her. So she was about to be scolded. Jiraiya began with the typical :" where were you."
Mito answered :" meting a new friend."
Jiraiya shake his head as spoke :" you are becoming to reckless. I don't know what you are doing. But you are acting not like your usual self."
Mito nodded :" of course i am, i feel like i am suddenly behind, all the time i didn't manage to do anything. For god sake i was in Konoha for more than a year, and so many changes happened. Usually i would have things under control, but right now, i don't even know my next move, and not to talk about the next move of my enemy. "
Jiraiya understood that as he asked her :" you haven't received any new prophecies. Is that troubling you. "
Mito looked at him surprised :" yes, i haven't see one in a while. However i was expecting that, as these prophecies that i had were for a future that is yet to come. However there are times, that i had prophecies and they didn't seem to happen, they didn't come in order, i feel like i am missing something. I only know that, as i change things, my fate also changes, something will come to hunt me down, however before it reaches me, i need to prepare everything for a fight. "
Jiraiya was surprised yet again as he asked :" what is hunting you down. "
Mito answered :" black Zetsu, i am sure he has a separate plan for me. As i am the only person that could escape his clutches several times. "
Jiraiya nodded and looked away. Finally getting back to topic they were talking about before. He asked calmly :"are you going to go again. Without telling me."
Mito shake her head :" actually there is no need, as i was thinking about getting back to village. As i have 10 days for this mission. And it is already day 6. I have to 2 days trip back. I think that it is better if i go as soon as possible. "
Jiraiya nodded as he asked :" you are planning on staying on that training ground for a while day. "
Mito nodded :" yes, i have to be sure that everything is perfect. " and with that they ended this scolding or rather intense talk. Mito had walked to her room, she went to sleep tired. She couldn't just fell asleep immediately. Which was weird, something was bugging her. The thing she felt in forrest, she had realized that it was natural for her not to feel something that was previously there. And when she asked Isobu it didn't answer with the answer she wanted. Apparently Isobu hadn't figured it either as it was slightly tired from all the training they had done.
As the morning sun rose high enough that reached the room Mito was sleeping in. She was already packing her things, she looked at the doors as they were opened by Jiraiya, who was leaving to another inn, to meet with another spy. Mito and he spoke their goodbyes. Mito would leave after the breakfast while Jiraiya had asked previous night for an early breakfast. Mito finally got on her legs after eating the breakfast, ready to go to the training ground. Her journey to training grounds was easy and peaceful. however Mito wanted to be more observant and she concentrated on everything around her. However she never noticed anything wrong. She got some sleep yesterday but not as much as she had expected. So her traveling speed was slower.
Utakata woke up, in his small cave that he had been living for few days, months, even he doesn't really know. He then sighed as he finally, during the night, though about everything, he processed most things. But he wanted to hear what, Saiken had to say. Even though he didn't like talking with the biju he didn't have a choice.
He finally entered the mindscape on his own free will, usually he was dragged here by Saiken. So it felt different. Like he was the one in power, at least this time.
Saiken spoke first :" i have been expecting you. How can i hlep you."
Utakata looked at the beast, then spoke :" will you answer my question, truthfully."
Saiken answer :" i don't get anything from lying to you."
Utakata, thought about that for a second until he smirked and asked :" then i will go with a thing a know the answer to."
Saiken nodded :" that is fair. "
Utakata then spoke :" Mito - san, she is a jinchuriki."
Saiken asnwerd :" yes, she is, jinchuriki of three tails. A biju that belonged to Kiri. However i dont know how she became one. "
Utakata nodded as he then asked :" You said that, she was father's blessed child. What does that mean. "
Saiken thought how to answer that, but he didn't know the best way to say thay so he answered with :" it means that she was blessed and chosen by my father to carry a heavy burden on her shoulders, the burden of whole world. "
Utakata was semi satisfied with thay answer he then asked :" who is that father you speak about."
This time Saiken answered without hesitanting, or thinking about the answer :" the sage of six paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki. "
Utakata was surprised by the answer, he asked :" how is he your father."
Saiken answered :" the story goes long ago, but i will tell you a short version. There was a being, that was to powerful to be controlled. Even the sage of sic paths had troubles with controlling it, so he divided it to 9 different beings. Each with different number of tails. I was the one with 6 tails, we all considered him to be our father or rather our creator, however it wasn't just that he created us, but rather he cared for us and prepared a role in the world for us. We are supposed to be gourdiams, however humans were greedy, and they managed to taint our hearts too, eventually all of us were driven to madness. Some had a less trouble with dealing with that madness, some weren't that lucky. "
Utakata understood, so he asked :" how was Mito chosen. And why. "
Saiken shake his head :" i don't know those informations. As i wasn't there when he made this decision. This happened recently, i don't know when but it is quite possible that i was already in you."
Utakata nodded as he asked another question :" was the thing she talked about my master the truth. "
Saiken nodded :" yes every word of it was true. "
Utakata then had a worried look on his face as he asked :" how does she know it then. "
Saiken answered:" it is quite possible to do with a gift she received from Sage. However i am not certain. She also might have had a good information source. However that isn't likely. Considering that nobody knew that."
Utakata nodded, finally asking :" so what do you think about her advice. "
Saiken answered :" i think ww should follow it. "
Utakata looked to his left, as he was thinking about it, he then asked :" do you know, why are those people after the jinchuriki."
Saiken answered :" Isobu did share that information when you had already left. However i don't know if that was their suspection or if they had any evidence for the theory, but apparently that organization is being used form shadows and to a cause of rebirth of tje creature that we were made of. Sort to speak end of the world. "
Utakata was looking at the biju confused, maybe there was something in that story, it was quite possible, however would it actually happen m he didn't know, but maybe, just maybe he should listen to her advice, and slowly go to Kiri. Maybe he will finally fit in there. However how he would describe his masters passing, he didn't know he had to thought about something.
Soon, after three days, he had finally reached the village hidden in mist. He was greated by the gourds that were shielding or gourding the entrance. He was immediately called to Mizukage. He hadn't expected that. But it seemed that Mizukage was somewhat troubled by his coming. Yagura and he usually didn't get along. But that was different from yhe expression thay was on Yaguras face now. As the Mizukage asked :" why have you returned."
Utakata calmly answered :" i couldn't complete my training as my master had died. I was hesitant to come back. But on my continued journey i met a ref head girl, who called herself Uzumaki Mito." he paused to see if the name had rang a bell, to Yagura. And he noticed that it certainly did. Yagura nodded to continue. Utakata did as he was told :" she told me, to return as a danger awaits for me outside of village. "
Yagura nodded :" and you listened to her, just like that."
Utakata asnwerd :" no, i was convinced by Saiken, and i wanted to ask about her. Seeing that she obviously had some connections here. "
Yagura asked :" what makes you thinks so. "
Utakata answered :" the fact she found me so easily, the fact she knew who i was immediately and then there is also another thing, something she stole from Kiri, i learned from Saiken. "
Yagura face darkened :" yes, you are right, she had connections to this place. However there wasn't any reason for her to be able to find you and know who you are. Those were mostly her own abilities and not somebody helping her. "
Utakata was surprised as he asked :" what does that mean. "
Yagura shake his head :" she is great Ninja, who has many skills that i can't even describe. As i don't understand them either. However i can explain how she managed to trick us to get Isobu. "
Utakata nodded as he spoke:" please do"
He was surprised how Yagura didn't seem bothered by his curiosity about the girl. What was more it seemed like they could get along, somewhat.
Yagura began :" the girl, had appeared around 6 years ago, she was spotted near the border with fire Nation. She fought hard when she was discovered. She managed to defeat a whole group of more than 10 people, as she tried to escape. However she was eventually caught by Kisame and Fuguki, the late one, they managed to grab her and bring her to third Mizukage. The plan immediately formed, to make her a jinchuriki. She was perfect for it after all, an Uzumaki. However they never predicted that she had let herself be caught on purpose, and the purpose was to steal the Isobu from us, by becoming a jinchuriki. She patiently waited for 6 months, until the ceremony, she did made few friends she called. However o the very day she was sealed, she successfully escaped, before the secomd sealing that our seal master had prepared. A seal that would make her unable to defy a Mizukage. However she knew about that seal too. As she was a seal master. She prepared for every scenario. As she actually predrawn a seal on her stomach that allowed the sealing of Isobu to go smoothly. However we didn't know that at that time. Well i was out of village, so i found out much later. However what that girl made on her exit was, pure chaos, as she managed to defeat many of our shinobi. Not even the third Mizukage had any chance. Even though it was obvious that she still didn't know anything about using biju, she managed to use everything that she found out while she was making friends to her advantage. She broke free amd then dissappeared into water, sje wasn't seen on the island after that. However Fuguki and Kisame were again chasing her. This time Fuguki was found dead. And we later found out, that Mito was taken by Konoha Ninja that were in area. We thought that this all was their plan, however we learned later when Mito came to negotiate a peace with us that, she accidentally bumped into them, and that if she had managed to stay conscious after fighting Fuguki she would have tried to escape. However she was too tired form escaping and too tired after fighting Fuguki, so she just fell down. A man that took her in, he is currently, Hokage. "
Utakata was slowly following the story, so to say that he was impressed would be a understatement , as he was amazed, the girl wasn't even 10 at that time and she managed to outsmart everyone. Utakata asked :" why do you look troubled by my return. "
Yagura sighed :" because now i have to worry about your safety. I had it easy as all of my biju were not in village and with no way to contact, i didn't know why those summons never returned with response so i thought that you two went rogue but i haven't had any evidence. So I let you go. Amd i had other things to attend to. But seeing how they attacked Konoha who has two jinchuriki, i am afraid what they will do to us as we only have you. There are most likely something that led to attack on Konoha, and the reason why the Konoha was in such crisis for few weeks, but we don't know. And i don't want to learn about it hard way. So that was reason that you were unwanted, but seeing you are already here, and that there was no one to protect you, we must accept you back and give you most warming welcome, however you are to stay low. We don't know if enemy has spies. "
Utakata understand, as he bowed to Yagura, they seemed to understand each other and they seemed to forget about their past.