Strings Of Destiny

Give Them Hell

Welcome back to the chapter number 178 of "Strings Of Destiny".

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

"Demonic Voice"

"Flashback"

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With Nimato

Nimato glared at the moon as he sat on a branch of a large tree located just outside of the grounds of Konoha. He was angry at the fact he had been lied to all of his life he had been led to believe that Naruto was his enemy...led to believe he had no family there to look out for him when in fact he had family that had been looking after him. His own brother Naruto had sacrificed everything for him...his life, his dreams...his family.

"Ero-Sennin...Jiji you all knew didn't you?" Nimato said to himself clenching his fist in anger.

Thinking about the entire situation Nimato wondered if this was how Sasuke had felt when he had found out his sister had been protecting him all along. Was Sasuke also feeling this anger, this feeling of resentment and pain over how much he had missed out on.

"I was wondering where you would have gone" Nimato turned his head to see Shikamaru standing below the branch he was sat on.

"Shikamaru...what do you want?" Nimato asked he didn't mean to sound rude however he wasn't really in the mood to talk to anyone at the moment.

"I just wanted to talk I mean...after everything that's happened today I just wanted to thank you personally for saving the village today" Shikamaru said as he climbed up the tree to sit down next to Nimato who just scratched the back of his head.

"...No problem besides it seems that no matter how many battles we go through there always seems to be one just around the corner" Nimato stated narrowing his eyes at the thought.

"Enduring is what we shinobi are good at...especially you Nimato no one has endured as much as you have...true battles are everywhere but that's just how life is whether it's fighting a powerful opponent or battling with someone on where you can sleep, battles are everywhere we just have to get through them and hope they make us wiser and stronger" Shikamaru replied pulling out a cigarette before lighting it.

"...I suppose" Nimato responded what Shikamaru said did help a little but the thought of all this hatred and conflict throughout the world made him feel uneasy.

"Don't let something like this take you down...besides when your brother comes back he wouldn't want to see you like this not after all the trouble he has gone through to try see you happy" Shikamaru stated trying to console his friend.

Nimato sighed at Shikamaru's words his brother had sacrificed so much and him moping now would not respect what Naruto had done for him besides when he saw his brother he would make sure to punch Naruto for carrying this heavy burden all on his own.

"Shikamaru...thank you" Nimato said causing the shadow user to smirk before blowing out smoke from his cigarette.

"No need to do everything alone...everyone's here for you if you ever need support...even your cool brother" Shikamaru replied back leaning on the tree watching Nimato stare up at the moon.

With Tsunade

Tsunade sighed as she got ready for the emergency meeting she had been dreading. The emergency meeting consisted of the most powerful and smartest men and women of all of Hi No Kuni. This meeting had only ever been called three times since the founding of the hidden villages and those meetings had been called for the last great shinobi wars.