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The Hidden Eddy Village was without a doubt a force to be feared by many shinobi villages. Their sealing jutsu was the main reason for that. The villages with tailed beasts were especially wary of them, since they could use their sealing jutsu to extract their tailed beasts from the jinchuriki. And there was also the fact they had deep connections to the Hidden Leaf.
Knowing full well the power that they could have if they could put their hands on some of those sealing jutsu, the Hidden Cloud craved to infiltrate it and steal some of their secrets. However, their shinobi were truly strong, especially those belonging to the Uzumaki clan, their most prominent one, and the Third Raikage and his forces were having trouble in infiltrating the village. However, that would change...
According to his spies that he had strategically placed around the other big shinobi villages, there has been a great commotion, especially on the Stone and smaller villages around it, having to do with intel regarding the possibility of the Hidden Eddy to attack them by surprise and take that opportunity to capture any of the Stone’s jinchuriki to extract their tailed beasts and seal them away to then give them to the Leaf in order to prevent the war that was clearly building up between the two great villages.
The Raikage didn’t know if that intel was real or even if the Leaf knew what the Eddy Village was potentially planning. However, that didn’t matter. What mattered was that the Stone Village and other lesser villages were planning to attack the Eddy Village before it could attack them first. That was the opportunity that he was waiting for. The moment the village was attacked, they would be vulnerable, and he and his forces would be able to infiltrate and take the secret jutsu much easier.
After having confirmation of the day and time the attack would happen, the Raikage gathered a team led by himself. This was an important mission to be led by another that was not himself. With him, he had Dodai, between a handful of other Cloud shinobi. They waited in a strategic place, based on the intel of the place where the attack would hit.
“Wait until the attack starts” the Third Raikage said to his men. “As soon they are focused on them, we advance. We go directly to our objective. Don’t disperse formation for anything until we secure the jutsu.”
“Yes, Lord Raikage!” the men answered promptly.
It didn’t take long for a big explosion to happen and then a great commotion to initiated.
“Okay, this is it” the Raikage said. “Let’s be quick and precise. Remember: no straying away and eliminate anyone that stands in the way.”
“Yes, sir!” his men replied.
And so the Cloud ninja advanced to infiltrate the Eddy village and advanced towards the place where they had their secret jutsu. As the Raikage had predicted, the size of the attack had forced the Eddy village to mobolize most of its forces to deal with the invaders, leaving the vault with the secret jutsu less protected. After taking care of the guards, the Cloud ninja got holder of some of the secret jutsu there and, as soon they were done, they mobilized to escape the village, before they were too much caught up in the crossfire.
As they walked on the rooftops, some enemies would come after them. Most of them were ninja from the Eddy village, but others were from the attackers, especially Stone ninja. However, with the Third Raikage with them, leading the way, they would just take them ou as they passed, since the Raikage’s Cloak of Lightning would just deflect any attacker, while the others would take care of the rear. It was then that one of them, the sensory shinobi of the group, stopped, saying:
“Wait...”
“What is it?” Raikage asked. “Do you feel a powerful enemy coming our way?”
“I... don’t know exactly, my lord” he replied. “I feel a small, but powerful chakra nearby. I don’t feel it to be dangerous, but... It’s a chakra like any other.”
The Third Raikage got intrigued. He knew he and his team were on the clock, but the fact his personal sensory shinobi got impressed by a chakra was enough to pick his interest.
“Dodai, you and the others go ahead” Raikage said, as he delivered to him the bag with the secret jutsu. “I’ll get to you later.”
“Are you sure, Lord Raikage?” Dodai asked. “As he said, it doesn’t appear to be dangerous.”
“I will do a quick peek” the Third Raikage said. “But for that, I need you to ensure the mission. Go now and I will get there soon enough.”
“Yes, sir” Dodai replied, as he and the others continued their way.
Meanwhile, the Third Raikage went at the direction his sensory shinobi told him and so he found a scene that was curious. While landing on a rooftop, he saw as a young kunoichi (who seemed to be around ten or eleven years old) fighting a Stone shinobi. The girl had a distinctive red hair, while using her Eddy village headband. The Raikage got impressed by the tenacity of the girl, as she actually managed to knock out her adversary, despite looking to be still a genin.
But her luck seemed to have run out when two other Stone shinobi came around and effortless tossed her back against the floor, taking their kunai to kill her. Raikage sighed, as he felt bad for the little girl who seemed to have a lot of potential. But before he could leave, something happened that completely caught him off guard.
As the girl found himself cornered and about to be killed, her fear activated something in her, as she screamed and chains made of chakra came out of her and pierced through one of the two shinobi. Seeing that, the Raikage got very surprised. He had heard about that type of jutsu that was quite rare, something that only a very rare and powerful type of chakra could summon. That girl really was especial... and it would be a terrible waste if he would come to allow her to die at that moment.
The other Stone shinobi had been able to dodge the chains, which, due to Kushina’s unexperience, were not as powerful as they should be. Realizing the danger that the girl represented, he knew he had to get rid of her. However, before he could do anything, he felt an immense sudden pain trespassing his chest. When he looked down, he saw a hand charged with lightning aura. The Third Raikage had used his Thrust of Hell on the Stone shinobi who had a terrified look, before coughing blood and fall on the ground after the Raikage removed his hand from his chest.
After that, he turned to the girl, who was filled with terror, despite her initial courageous demeanor. One thing that perhaps contributed to that was that sudden powerful jutsu that came out from her when she felt threatened. Raikage and the girl switched a few looks, while the chakra chains started to retreat, coming out of the Stone shinobi’s body and into her. After the chains went completely into her, the girl simply passed out.
The leader of the Hidden Cloud approached her and went to check on her and saw that she was still alive. Besides that, all she had were minor injuries. Judging for the amount of sweat, the irregularity of her breathing and her accelerated heartbeat, she had just passed out on exhaustion... both physically and emotionally. But the Raikage couldn’t help but be impressed by what that girl just performed. He had already heard about that jutsu and, after watching the girl carefully, he realized how luck he was that he decided to follow his curiosity.
He then heard movement approaching. He needed to get out of there as soon as possible, before he was caught in the crossfire between the Eddy Village and its attackers. And so, he picked the girl up, putting her over his shoulder and jumped to the rooftops and moved away.
Dodai and the rest of team arrived to their base camp and, not long after, the Third Raikage arrived as well, transporting Kushina. Noticing the girl, Dodai asked:
“Lord Raikage, who is that?”
“The source of the chakra” he replied, as he put down the girl, placing her. “This girl possesses a great power inside her. I’ve seen it with my own eyes. It took me a few moments, but now I get it. The powerful chakra, that red hair and the jutsu I saw... She must be part of the Uzumaki clan.”
“So... what will we do with the girl, my lord?” Dodai asked.
“We’ll take her with us” the Raikage said. “We can’t let this much potential go to waste. Besides, as of tonight, this girl will no longer have a village to return to. Her family is possible either dead, captured or lost. She has no one to turn to. We’ll turn her into an asset to our village.”
Dodai and the others nother. And so, after they dismantled their camp, the Raikage put the girl back on his shoulder and they started to move away from the Hidden Eddy Village, which was now falling into its own end.