Naruto: Journey Of The Strongest Teacher - Chapter 95

Back in the Dumping Dynasty, the rest of the pandas appeared.

“Quick, we need him to bring to one of the sealing arrays before he died,” shouted Denku.

“Let me do it.”

Brother Long took the beaten Jiraiya in bride style before sprinting towards the direction of the nearest sealing array.

The others followed closely behind. None of them talked. Not even the always cheerful girl who now had a serious expression. They were given a mission of uttermost importance, and they would do their job. No time for funny comments.

Brother Long appeared at the sealing array before moving to one position. The others arrived and positioned themselves, forming a square around the human.

“You know what we have to do,” spoke Denku, while the others nodded.

“Sage Art: Secret Panda Sealing Technique: Chrono-Stasis.”

Each panda took a handful of dumplings and ate them. Circulating the nature energy, the pandas drew it out of their body. A mixture of black and white engulfed the Sannin before he turned into stone.

In normal cases, the sealing would only work until the nature energy left the pandas, leaving Jiraiya to die, but the sealing arrays were connected to the very land of the Dumpling Dynasty providing unlimited nature energy for the sealing to work.

Seeing that Jiraiya was turned to stone, the pandas walked towards the statue to examine it.

“It has worked. Even in this state, I can feel his chakra circulating through his pathways. It is like he is in a night of eternal sleep,” states Yang Yang, confirming that Jiraiya was alive, somehow.

“And he will be in this state until Sage Ishizu cancels it. The Toad Sage was at death’s door when we put him here. He will be after he cancels the technique. Nobody knows what the person experiences during the time in Chrono sleep, but the sooner he gets out, the better. This is no life,” said brother Long.

The others stayed silent before walking away from the sealing array to find where Sage Po was. Near the throne of the panda Sage, two pandas appeared.

*Now that’s what I call an entrance, right, Tau? Using smoke to mark it before engaging the puppets and block each of them. Why do you think I took all of you? Of course, to match the numbers. I could have easily protected the human, but I made our entrance totally awesome. Do you think I went overboard?* asked Po.

Hearing this, Tau had to resist the urge to roll his eyes and voice out his genuine feeling.

*I doubt it. You showed that boy how strong you are.*

Po chucked.

*You should take a course in lying. You suck. Now, where are the others? Let’s hope they saved him.*

Walking a few meters, the two pandas saw the rest coming to them.

*We have successfully sealed the Toad Sage in the sealing array,* brother Long bowed to Po, who smiled in return.

*Outstanding job as always. Now you can relax as we wait for our beloved human Sage to come back and do his job.*

Back in Ame, Zetsu appeared.

“What happened here?” asked the black half as he saw that every path except the Deva was destroyed.

“Someone knew that Jiraiya of the Sannin wanted to infiltrate. Fearing that he would die, the same person used a Fuinjutsu.

6 pandas came out of it and took injured Jiraiya with them, but I doubt they saved him. The damage done to his body is enough to kill him.

I got a mission from Madara to capture the Nine-Tails, but it seems we have to delay it for a bit,” said Pain as he looked at his paths.

“I will contact Hidan and Kakuzu to stand down and wait for orders while you repair your bodies. I am going to watch a very interesting fight for the time,” said black Zetsu before disappearing.

While underground, black Zetsu didn’t know, but the mentioning of pandas gave him a sense of fear. Something in his very nature feared pandas, and he didn’t know why.

In another place, the original Ishizu appeared before the Uchiha compound as he saw his Wood Clone approaching.

“You have done what I told you to do?” asked Ishizu, his clone.

“We place each gem where it should be. No one, not Itachi, Sasuke, Obito, or even Zetsu, can break through the barrier once we erect it. We will draw attention to the sheer size the barrier will make, but they will all fail to enter,” answered the Clone.

“Perfect. Now I just have to wait for Itachi to arrive. He will wait for Sasuke, thinking his little brother wants revenge, but in truth, he wants answers. He will get it either from his brother or from me. It is time for Sasuke to learn the truth about the Uchiha clan. If he still doesn’t want to accept the truth…”

Here Ishizu took two scrolls out and looked at them.

“Then somebody else will tell him.”

“What about Naruto and the rest of Konoha?” asked the Clone.

“A good question. Originally, Tobi would block the attempt by Konoha to enter the battle of the two Uchiha brothers. Even if Naruto is strong, Kamui is a powerful ability if you don’t know how it works.

But.

The appearance of the Gem barrier will draw Obito’s attention. Zetsu will probably contact Obito, saying he cannot reach the inside of the barrier. Obito’s curiosity will be awake and he will see for himself what is going on. Therefore, leaving Naruto and the rest in peace to continue to the barrier.

And this is where everyone will stay as nothing will penetrate it. No Rasengan, no Gentle First, no Bugs. Nothing. Everyone will patiently wait, wrecking their brains out what might happen inside.”

“What about the fight?” asked the Clone again.

Ishizu shrugged.

“Depends on what Sasuke wants. He will hear the truth either way, but if they will fight or not is up to them. The rest will naturally watch if there is going to be a fight outside of the compound, as the barrier is translucent.

The outcome is obvious. Sasuke won’t kill his brother, for he doesn’t have hatred for him. And the King of Hell will heal Itachi’s illness. I even give them a present when I arrive.”

“I never mentioned it and I believe Danzo was quite furious as I took them before he managed.”

The scroll poofed and two glass containers appeared in Ishizu’s hand with two eyeballs inside.

“Looks creepy to give them their parent’s eyes but I have no use for them so they can do whatever they want with them. Burn them or maybe take them as a memento?”

Ishizu’s words were interrupted as he felt two familiar chakras.

“The two arrived. It seems we have to wait and see what happens now. Let us also hope that Po and the rest saved Jiraiya from Pain.”

With that, the Clone merged with Ishizu, and he disappeared.

At the same time, in the Valley of the End, a masked man was sitting on Madara’s statue.

“So the fight is coming and there was no sign of this Yamamoto near Sasuke. Let’s see who is going to win, Itachi or Sasuke. Either way, I win.”

With Sasuke

“Who was that?” asked Suigetsu as a Shadow Clone got destroyed by Sasuke.

“Nobody of concern. We are almost there. Let’s go,” came the reply of Sasuke.

Kisame waited on the roof before Sasuke arrived when he felt a familiar chakra.

“So you came? I thought your friend Yamamoto would give us a chance to meet. He seems strong and I would want to fight him,” said Kisame as he soon saw Ishizu walking towards him.

“Didn’t I tell you that I am Yamamoto? It was just a name I used to confuse the Akatsuki, and it allowed me to do my business without trouble.”

“Whatever. I just have one question.”

“Ask.”

“What do you intend to do after this? I love fighting, but that doesn’t mean I am dumb. Last time you said you want to create a better world and would tell me, so how are you going to do that?” asked Kisame, his eyes narrowed on Ishizu.

Ishizu looked directly into Kisame’s eyes before a smile appeared on his face.

“By starting a war.”