Naruto: Chronicles of A Fire Ninja

"What do you mean we had to run away? He was just a single boy, same age as me. You think he would have been a threat to 100 ninja along with you, me, and two others with the same power level as us? If you were so afraid, you could have just told me—I would have handled him myself," Deidara shouted at Kitsuchi.

"That was the reason he didn't tell you, Deidara. You wouldn't have listened to his commands otherwise. You're still stuck on your loss in the Chunin exam; it's about time you leave that behind. For a ninja, anger is the worst issue they could have, and not knowing your own power level along with your enemies' is even worse," Onoki said, coming from behind.

"So you want to say he is more powerful than me?" Deidara asked.

"Yes, and I'm not saying, I'm telling you," Onoki said, like it was not an assumption but a fact.

"What the hell did he do that I couldn't do? Just killing 10 ninjas? I can kill 10 ninja in one attack as well—just give me a chance," Deidara said.

"There is no doubt you can; even an elite Jonin can do that, and you are almost leaving that territory," Onoki said.

"Then why do you think he is more powerful than me?" Deidara asked.

"Because the enemy you will kill will only see you as a powerful shinobi, that's it. But the one who came back from his attack didn't say that—he presented him as a god. That... power difference means that there was not even a chance for someone weaker in the first place to go against that person. I have only seen two persons whom I felt the same feeling from. Considering I was already Kage level at that time, those two and he couldn't be compared, but the estimation could be made.

He is already in an area where an elite Jonin will not have any chance against him at all, alone that is. But for now, you are no match against him. Practice some more and maybe you will be in the future," Onoki said, remembering how a single man barged into Iwagakure, and all of Iwagakure with him and his sensei, the Second Tsuchikage of Iwa, couldn't do anything rather than kneel. If that monster was not stopped by another monster of the same level, then the whole Ninja world would have been under Konoha for who knows how long.

"Tch." Without any reply, Deidara left the room.

"He is still young. Once he matures, he will understand how the world works," Onoki said.

"Sir, what should we do now? Are we going to keep increasing the security of the border like planned earlier?" Kitsuchi was not part of the meeting that took place some time before, but he was important enough to know what was the decision of the higher-ups of Iwagakure.

"Yes... as there is nothing else we can do. Konoha is going to guard their new S-rank thoroughly for now, and they will retaliate for sure. They already were close to recovering their strength; now that they have one more S-rank, there is no way they will take this attack lying down. Make sure that all of our borders are highly secured. I don't want to lose a single outpost and give them satisfaction of revenge."

Even though it may seem like a big thing, the number of ninja lost was not significant for any major village. To be practical, they lost more ninja during missions if they went wrong. What mattered was pride.

Kumo and Iwa were not damaging Konoha with the attack—they were showing Konoha that it was not strongest anymore and there would be consequences if they still believed that.

And they knew when it would be Konoha's turn, it would show them that it is still the strongest village. If that happened, it would either be war or taking a blow to reputation and keeping silence. Since they couldn't start a war for now, the only other option they had was to make sure Konoha would not be able to retaliate.

Even though someone suggested attacking one more outpost, the idea was rejected without a second thought. If Konoha had one thing, it was numbers. The talent-rich Konoha didn't have any shortage of ninja to increase the security of their borders. Even though they would have to reduce some missions for now, the security of each outpost was now almost double. There was no way to get the same result without a force twice the previous size, and that too would not be a surety since Konoha would now be alert.

So only defense was the remaining option. Kitsuchi nodded and went to follow the order, while Onoki remained behind, his eyes focused outside while his mind focused on an old memory—a memory in which he was kneeling in front of an enemy who could have easily killed the most powerful ninja of his village without breaking a sweat. And now someone of the same bloodline wanted to become like him; Onoki didn't have a nice feeling about this.

...

With all the ninja world moving, days passed—one, two, three... but the boy in a cave on Mount Myoboku didn't show a sign of awakening at all. He kept floating in green liquid, continued to be supplied with very, very little amounts of nature chakra which was not increasing his already large chakra reserves but was absorbed by his body to make a perfect vessel for the boy.

As days passed, his chakra expansion slowly decreased in speed, finally stopping at the end of the third day, at the same time when Fukasaku called Jiraiya.

"Is he going to regain consciousness?" Jiraiya asked, standing in front of Mount Myoboku.

"I hope so. There is nothing wrong with his body now, so he should be awake soon, most likely when he will be out of this tank. That's why I brought you here, so that he will not panic the moment he wakes up. I would not want to blow up a cave for a boy, you know," Fukasaku said as one toad opened the tank and brought Kaida out of it while removing the mask from his face.

As soon as he was laid on the ground, Kaida slowly opened his eyes, which cautiously scanned the surroundings the moment he became conscious.

"You are safe, Kaida," Jiraiya said.

"Where is the storage scroll I was carrying?" The first question Kaida asked—not how he was there, what happened, but that.

"It is safe and sound. We will provide it to you whenever you want," this time it was Fukasaku who said that. Kaida nodded and stood up, looking toward his own body in astonishment. It was like he was in someone else's body; if he was correct, then he was a few centimeters taller, and his body was now filled with more muscles than even his previous body, which was the result of rigorous exercise. And all of those muscles were now full of power.

The thing that would have made others happy failed to attract Kaida's attention for more than a second before he looked for his clothes.

"Here, how are you feeling?" Jiraiya asked, giving Kaida his clothes.

"I am fine, sensei, but why am I here?" Kaida asked, finally registering that he was on Mount Myoboku from the presence of toads as well as Nature energy in the surroundings, which he could feel for some reason.

"Due to your unique bloodline, when you awakened Mangekyo, your body was trying to adapt to it too much, and the chance of it destroying itself in the process was too high. So to save you, we had to bring you here. The toads did their best to save you," Jiraiya said, pointing toward a glass tube behind Kaida.

"You have been in there for three days, cared for by toads all the time."

"Thank you. I am in your debt," Kaida said, bowing toward Fukasaku.

"No worry, boy. For now, focus on yourself," Fukasaku said, after which he and other toads left the cave, leaving Jiraiya and Kaida alone.

"Why don't we have a walk, Kaida?" Jiraiya asked.

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