Join Me!
Join Me!
He crashed on top of a tree, the birds flew away from fright. Kentaro slowly stood up and jumped down.
"I'm finally here, I hope Mū is doing all right on his side." the staff fell down on Kentaro's head when he finished his sentence.
He grabbed it and it returned to its normal size. Kentaro placed the one meter long staff on his back.
He walked until he saw the Hyuga's encampment. He saw ten Hyuga coming out and looking at him from far away.
'I forgot that they could see through anything and as far as an eagle.' Kentaro approached them with a big smile.
The ten Hyuga recognized him, they had seen him in action against the Senko clan.
"What brings you here, honorable guest?" Kentaro was taken aback when he heard how they called him.
"I have come to meet the clan leader, I have a proposition." the Hyuga nodded and led Kentaro in the encampment.
Kentaro saw how hard they trained, the execution of their palm strikes were close to perfect.
The Hyuga entered a large tent and Kentaro followed suit. Inside, the clan leader of the Hyuga clan was analyzing a map.
"Hiro Hyuga, won't you greet me?" Hiro looked up towards the voice and saw Kentaro accompanied by one of his clansmen.
He immediately placed the map on the table in front of him. He stood up from his chair and respectfully greeted Kentaro by shaking his hand.
"Honorable guest, it is my honor to have you here. Sit down please, I will bring some tea and little biscuits for you to enjoy."
Hiro left the tent and Kentaro sat down, he was not scared of getting poisoned or attacked in surprise.
Since the sage mode was permanently activated, Kentaro could literally see anything that was happening around him.
Poison present in food or weapons he could smell with his greatly enhanced sense of smell.
'The way of the monkey sure is powerful.'
A few minutes later, Kentaro sensed numerous people coming towards him. Ten men entered the tent, among them was Hiro.
They placed tea and tea cups on the table and sat down to participate in the discussion.
"Honorable guest, with all due respect, may I ask, for your name?" Hiro asked while sitting down.
Kentaro took a cup and filled it with tea, he took a little sip and looked at all the men present in the room.
Some of them might look it like arrogance, but to Hiro this was a sign of power. He knew that Kentaro did not feel pressured here because he could kill them easily.
"I have met with all of you on the battlefield, it seems that your clan has enmity with the Senko clan."
"Yes, they have come to the land of fire numerous times with the mission of snatching the Byakugan." Hiro did not mind if Kentaro didn't want to share his name.
"I have met with the Chinoike clan, the poor children of their clan have to fight for their survival. The Senko clan has greatly weakened them."
Hiro filled his cup and drank a little bit, he grabbed a little biscuit from the wooden plate.
"Honorable guest, do you see this biscuit? It looks tasteful and attractive, now look." Hiro broke the biscuit in two pieces.
"The Chinoike clan is like this biscuit, they have been broken and are only waiting to be eaten. My duty is to do everything in my power so that my clan does not finish like them."
Kentaro understood what Hiro tried to say. To take a biscuit as a mean to explain things was...original.
"When this biscuit is broken in two, it doesn't look that tasteful and attractive to me. My clan will not risk anything because of an alliance with a broken and unattractive clan that has nothing to offer."
Kentaro nodded to Hiro's words.
"I understand what you're saying, but I came here not to ask you to ally the Chinoike clan. I came here to try and recruit you, Join me."
Hiro realized that he had not understood Kentaro's intention to come here, he had not expected Kentaro to make them this proposal.
"Become your ally? Recruit us? Honorable guest, you must further elaborate for us to understand."
"Very good, my name is Kentaro Fujimoto. I am in a mission, to ally and recruit clans from the Shinobi world. In a few years, times will change. When it happens, we shall all unite as one!"
Hiro could see and hear Kentaro's excitation when he talked about all of this.
"Kentaro, the land of earth is not our home. We have lived in the land of fire for as long as our ancestors could remember."
Hiro sipped on his tea and continued.
"As for the...change you are talking about, what can tell me that you are not saying nonsense? Me, particularly our clan is touched by your proposal, but we must decline."
The other Hyuga who where sitting around the table nodded their heads in acceptance to Hiro's words.
"You...decline?" Kentaro did expect it, but hearing it from Hiro's mouth pained him.
"Yes, we must decline. We already have our home, we are good where we're at."
Kentaro could not change their minds, they all seemed to have the same opinion. Kentaro drank the whole cup down and stood up.
When he was leaving the tent, Kentaro turned towards all of them.
"My proposal will always stand. If one day your clan changes its mind, the land of earth will welcome you with open arms."
Hiro highly appreciated what Kentaro said, he smiled and gave a little nod.
"We will never forget it. May you have a safe way back home." the others also bed farewell to Kentaro.
Kentaro left the Hyuga encampment with great deception, at least he had tried.
He traveled towards where Mū's chakra was the most present.