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"!" Devonte's eyes narrowed. 'WHAT THE HELL???' Devonte watched the strange sight and lept down to the gently glowing kanji. "'Volcano'..... what was that?...... a clone?...." he looked around, for some sign of the Hokage... "Damn. this is a job for the Kiri hunter-nins, not me...."

Devonte started at the symbol in the earth, glaring. He pulled out his axe and slammed it into the ash mark in the ground, obliterating the kanji and a small area around it. The guards at the gate had rushed to his side, but he ordered them back to their posts. He slung his axe on his back and made his way back to the Mizukage's office. "Just get out of here, you damn old hag...." he muttered under his breath as he turned.

As they reformed Devonte's face contorted to a crazed, furious look very few people had seen. Using earth-style he made the earth around it crumble, once more destroying the kanji then smoothed a layer of stone over the particles of ash. "Get out...." he growled to the ash under his breath.

Disobey me....

At Kirigakure's gate, hundreds of Mist shinobi stood in and out of the great wall. It looked as if the entire Hidden Mist Village was present. Almost every ninja had some form of strange, frightening weapon on their person. Many of the civillians stood on the edge of the crowd inside the village. Mizuchi sat on one of the roof tops near where the genin who were to remain in the village stood. Sending mere genin into a battle like this would be the equivalent of a suicide mission. So they, with the exception of a few select teams, were to stay behind with several teams of elite shinobi for homeland-security purposes. The Mizukage stood atop the gate where all could see their leader clad in midnight blue and the Mizukage hat sitting proudly on her head. For once, she was wearing shoes! Boots to be exact. Goining into the Land of Snow barefooted would just be begging for hypothermia and all other ailments related to freeing one's a** off!
Lady Mizukage looked out on her troops, grinning with pride. "TODAY WE MOVE OUT TO ATTACK THE TENGU IN SNOW!" she bellowed so everyone could hear. "THE OTHER SHINOBI VILLAGES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE UZUMAKI ALLIANCE WILL BE PRESENT AS WELL! YOU ALL HAVE YOUR MISSIONS! I EXPECT NOTHING BUT THE BEST FROM ALL OF YOU!! WE REPRESENT THE VILLAGE HIDDEN IN THE BLOODY MIST- WE WILL SHOW THOSE BASTARDS WHAT WE GOT AND WE WILL MAKE THAT A NAME TO BE PROUD OF!!" she shouted her commands strongly with utter confidence. "Well, men- ladies.... ARE WE GONNA GIVE 'EM HELL OR WHAT!?!" There was a roar of savage agreement from the shinobi of Kiri. Mizuchi was one of many who raised his fist with a monsterous grin. The difference between his look and all of theirs was his face bore the highest sense of pride. Best of all was the fact that that was his mother up there. Devonte, Shouta, Nyirei and Keizo stood on the wall near the Mizukage.

'Heh. She can even make war sound like a party.' Devonte chuckled to himself.

The Mizukage spotted Mizuchi on one of the tallest buildings in the distance. 'Mizuchi....I love you kiddo.' was her only thought as she turned from her village to the mist covered forest surrounding Kiri. "MOVE OUT!!!" she barked, then took of towards the north with all the troops of Kirigakure following her. The shinobi and civillians who stayed in the village waved a shouted their 'good luck's' to their friends and families as they took off for Snow. Mizuchi stood, saluting as he watched everyone dissapear.

"Kick a** and take names!" he said with a smirk.



The Mizukage



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