There were the lesser nations, which might have ninja but were either not considered an official shinobi nation or fell short of 'Great' in some ways or meaning.
There were tiny kingdoms and nations which were considered gone, lost, or dead. Areas that the three previous Ninja Wars had destroyed.
Gone was the nation known as the Four Hidden Valleys. Oh, there was still a Hidden Valley. It was a single valley, the other three parts of it annexed by other nations. It wasn't allowed any ninja whatsoever. Their main export was salad dressing.
Dead entirely was the Land Of Farms. Some of the richest farmland, most productive farms, flattest land - had become an area where ninja armies had met and exchanged powerful attacks until the land was unusable. Now, if anything, it was the Land Of Graves.
Lost was The Village Hidden In Legend. Originally one of the most powerful of the ninja groups, it had abruptly vanished during the Second Ninja War. Nobody had seen it since and everyone thought it was obliterated. (Though there WERE stories about how the ninja of that village had simply gotten tired of the constant attacks and escalating violence and had worked some powerful jutsu where their village had vanished into the mists and then pulled the mists in after them.)
During one such major battle, the Land of Fire and the Village Hidden In The Forest saw many of their people killed and others crippled. These settled into a forest and carved out a small farming community which took a species of insect and milked their venom sacs in order to produce an ink that was used on explosive seals.
Hipari Patarilo was the name of the founder. Short, very short. Stout. Flamboyant and frequently annoying. Named the Hippie Commune in his honor after his death. (Which involved what some people might dub 'wacky yaoi hijinks' and other people tended to avoid mentioning due to some of the participants swearing blood feud against anyone who DID mention their involvement.)
Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke all listened to the details, with various degrees of attention, as they ran along the path.
"So, if this guy Patarillo died, who's running the place?" asked Naruto eventually.
"A former jonin of the Isle Of Tea," answered Kakashi. "Bancoran, who was known as the 'Bishonen Killer' when he was younger."
"A what killer?" asked Naruto.
"Bishonen. Pretty boys," said Kakashi. "Of course, that was over thirty years ago. It was said that he could seduce a bishonen with just a look from his eyes."
"Oh, some kind of eye jutsu like Hinata's Byakugan," said Naruto.
"Or the Uchiha Sharingan, yes," agreed Kakashi. "Sakura, we're still hours away from the village, you can put your kunai away."
"Oh," said Sakura. "Nothing like that happens any more, right Kakashi-sensei?"
"I wonder," said Kakashi thoughtfully.
"Eeep," said Sakura, picturing the most horrible possibility she could see coming true.
"Hmph," hmphed Sasuke, thinking the entire thing sounded annoying.
"On the other hand, this will be a good opportunity for you to learn some additional jutsu," said Kakashi.
"More jutsu?" asked Naruto. "What do we need to learn more jutsu for? I'm still trying to figure out this 'pactio' stuff!"
"I suspect you will be doing that for a long time to come," agreed Kakashi. "On the other hand, these are things a gennin should learn as soon as possible. Jutsu that have every day practical uses."
"Such as?" prompted Sakura.
"I wonder," said Kakashi as he went up to a tree and casually walked up it.
"Whoa," said Sakura and Naruto simultaneously. Sasuke merely frowned.
Standing there with his feet on the trunk and his body at a right angle to his students, Kakashi shrugged. "Of course, there's something to deal with before we do that."
"What's that?" asked Naruto.
Kakashi Hatake nodded and then explained.
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