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Green eyes flashed from behind the feline mask as the Head of the Village Hidden in the Leaves’ ANBU Black Ops pulled the white hood of his travelling cloak over his head. His great sword was strapped to his back and rested nicely where it sat as he prepared to once again make his way towards the land of sand, though this time he wouldn’t be returning home when his mission was completed. He looked towards the man who stood beside him and he felt sorrow for a brief second, knowing that his life was forfeit, that by the end of his mission, Mitsuo would have killed that man. Kitsune was another one of the ANBU agents that Mitsuo had personally recruited into Konoha’s ANBU Black Ops and he had proven himself to be quite useful, perhaps one of the most useful of the current roster of Konoha’s ANBU. That was precisely the reason that Mitsuo had brought him along for this little mission, he didn’t want him to reveal anything that had happened to his master the Hokage. Mitsuo had heard the rumours that Takeshi would be replaced as the Hokage, which didn’t overly upset him, but one of the candidates was apparently his best friend Sosuetsu Senju. He didn’t want to have to fight him, but if it came down to it, he would.

The fox mask that adorned his travelling companion’s face glimmered in the sunlight and his black cloak flowed gently in the wind, hand resting beside the haft of an axe that he kept strapped to his waist at all times. Mitsuo had always admired that about him, not a lot of shinobi wielded axes and it really threw a lot of them off when their opponent was charging at them with a greataxe or a hammer. Mitsuo could understand why it might cause some fear, as they were big and imposing weapons, but Mitsuo also knew that his bastard sword was the perfect way to counter a slow weapon like those. He had often sparred with the young Kitsune and defeated him in battle due to his speed. Mitsuo enjoyed personally training the ANBU that he worked with, and he knew that he would certainly miss them, as he was sure they would miss him. He rested his hand on his own weapon, the Seijin no Ken, and felt the familiar grip in his hand, which always managed to make him smile. It was something that could always reassure him.

He looked back at Konoha one last time, the last time he would ever set eyes on the land that he loved as a member of the hidden leaf village. A small tear formed at the corner of his eye but he made no sound, knowing that his fellow ANBU agent would ask him what was wrong and he wouldn’t know what to tell the man. He turned his back on the Village Hidden in the Leaves and stepped out onto the path to the Village Hidden in the Sands, the land of Sunagakure no Sato, where he would cast off his ties to his village, and prepare to wage his personal war on the corruption that resided deep inside of the soul of Konohagakure no Kato. He was resolved to see his mission through to completion and he knew that he would destroy his village if it was the only way to save it. He had hoped it wouldn’t come to that but in the event that it did he was prepared to make some powerful friends, the next stop on his trip after finishing up in Suna being the land of Iwagakure no Sato, where he would meet with the Tsuchikage, a man he kenw was Konoha’s enemy. He was saving the village, that’s what he kept telling himself as he entered the Sand Village…

(643/600 Travel Konohagakure no Kato > Sunagakure no Sato Complete~)