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"Get them out of here!” Mitsuda yelled, throwing his hand outward, as he commanded the Hokage’s clones. He had no quarrels rushing a close. One might argue that being a direct split of Hokage himself, Mitsuda was stepping out of line, but with no disrespect, he gritted his teeth. It equated to little more than a firm slap on a horse’s tail to get it to move faster. Keisuke was an experienced young man, but Mitsuda could tell from years of experience with poisons that whatever was running through their veins could cause their hearts to stop any second. They could easily be at death’s door if the clones took too long to help them escape from the tunnels.
With the antidotes administered and the girls well on their way to the hospital in the clones’ care, the three shinobi could now fight full force and the man before him would tremble, his impaled body trembling.
Mitsuda would disappear and in a flash, he would reappear before the man, one hand at his throat and the other pinning the man’s wrist against the wall. His eyes would notice a tattoo on his wrist, something he had seen before…a very…very long time ago.
"You…” There was wonder in Mitsuda’s eyes. How did he know the meaning behind this? The shape of an owl was tattooed on the man’s wrist, its talons open clawing at a diamond.
The Sage clicked his tongue.
"They will be fine. You, on the other hand…” Mitsuda performed a quick but powerful strike to the man’s jaw which was enough force to knock him out given the condition he was already in. He turned to Keisuke and then to Shigure.
"Trust me. You want him alive.” He gave little context but dropped the man to the ground with a thud.
He then went over to the scroll which rested in the corner, taking hold of it carefully. A small but angry snake uncoiled itself, glaring up at Mitsuda.
"Don’t give me that look, Yakuni,” Mitsuda glared. Yakuni coiled back into his spot quietly.
The Sage let out a loud sigh,
"Well…this turned out better than I thought it would,” he admitted. The man himself wasn’t particularly strong at all, though what could he have really done against the Hokage, a Sage, and a perfected Byakugan?
"There is a lot of death in these tunnels, Lord Keisuke...the stench...is unbearable. Even for me." --as a man who had seen much death.
Uzumaki Keisuke Hyūga Shigure