I closed my eyes aended my sehrough the natural energy until I found the disturbance created by my lizard and the girl.

  "Follow me." I said and started heading that way with my sensei and Shizune following me.

  Soon we reached a couple miles away and approached an inspicuous looking tree that didn't stand out at all. "Enemies are gone you reappear now." I said and my lizard began to slowly bee visible again.

  "Who are you?" the girl asked in fusion as she looked at me while dismounting my lizards back.

  It wasn't hard to figure out why either as Mizuhe was on my shoulder and Ren and Akasha were leisurely making their way here as well. In the shinobi world someone like me with su easily identifiable feature like my mas should not be a secret to the other vilges at my strength. As a result this girl who was the younger sister of the leader of the bloodliance fa in the hidden mist should know all the worth knowing names of the other vilges. The trick here however was that I retty much a total secret beyond my tutege under my sensei.-

  The other vilges only khat I was learning mediinjutsu from my sensei and was det at it but as far as everything else worth knowing was ed they were in the dark. In a manner of speaking I was seen as aension of my sensei like Shizune was rather than a batant in truth. Sure the information that I was learning under my sensei was valuable to know for the other vilges but it also served as a red herring to distract them from my other sides. This was something my sensei had long expined.-

  "Nobody worth remembering Miss Terumi." I said politely as I desummoned all my beasts other than Ren.

  This olitical matter at this point so I nning to treat it as such. Like I was taught in the academy I wasn't going to expose shit nor was I going to volunteer information unless specifically told to. I may as well be a tree for all the good speaking to me would aplish. The girls seemed to pick this up and pouted a bit befn me and turning to my sensei.

  "I am sure my will reward you well if you would be so kind as to ese back to the nd of water." the girl said calmly and like a noble would.

  "I will o send a message to the Hokage about this matter but otherwise that won't be a problem." Tsunade said with a friendly smile.

  "I imagihat you will protect me until an answer could be had from the lord Hokage yes?" the girl asked and my sensei nodded. "Than please by all means go ahead, I would very much like to get bay as soon as possible." The girl added easily enough.

  My sensei wasted no time at all writing doort on a spare scroll before using the summoning jutsu herself which made me flinch slightly. Thankfully what she summoned wasn't a sage beast like her slug summon but rather an older looking monkey in shinobi gear.

  "Hmm? Tsunade? If you are summoning me like this you must have something urgent to report to Hiruzen. Hand it over so I go bay nap already." the monkey said with a yawn as it outreached it's arm.

  "I am sorry for disturbing your nap Enma but this is urgent." Tsunade said as she handed over the scroll.

  Enma just waved it's hand dismissively before sparing me a gnd looking puzzled before shrugging and vanishing in a puff of smoke. Monkey king Enma, the personal summon of the third Hokage and also the fastest method of each of the mans disciples getting information to him but only when it is truly urgent. I was surprised that he wasn't a sage beast sidering all three of the third Hokages disciples had summons from the three mysterious sage regions publicly known to exist. His fusion at myself was uandable though since as far as I know to beasts I seem like a sort of ruler regardless of what type it is. -

  "Noait for the response. In the meantime i offer you in any food or water?" Tsunade asked and the girl shook her head.

  Seeing as this had rapidly devolved into an awkward silence as we waited for the respoook out a brush I had and started busying myself with brushing out the sand trapped between Rens carapace segments. It always got some stuck there when it burried itself and took a while to get rid of it without help.-

  A horse hair wide faced brush worked wonders fetting the stuff unstud as a bonus Ren seemed to enjoy the feeling. The girl was the most surprised at how docile Ren seemed while I worked but didn't do anything beyond watch. Once I was done I smiled and flopped down to take a nap uhe speechless and helpless looks of everyone else present. We were in a rare bit of chilly weather at the moment with plenty of clouds to block out the sun so I wasn't going to waste such a perfectly good oppurtunity for a nap.-

  About two hours ter there was another puff of smoke and Enma reappeared whie up.

  "Good d, you get it." the monkey king said givihumbs up before handing my sensei a response scroll and vanishing in another puff of smoke.

  My sensei quickly read through the tents of the scroll before sealing it and putting it away. "Make room Kenzo we are going to the nd of water." she said and I did as told.

  "Get on the scorpion so we set off Miss Terumi." my sensei said to the girl who looked very relut but did as told.

  "It's warm?" she muttered in surprise after sitting cross legged in the ter of Rens back.

  My sensei and Shizuh mounted Ren as well and the scorpio off in the dire specified at full speed which was not as fast as we could run but still much faster than by normal carriage. Unlike a horse that did best on ft terrain Rens legs let it run over uerrain without any issue at all and as a in level chakra beast it retty fast as well.

  It took about two days to reach the nd of water with us stopping only to rest and give Ren a break. At one point I collected fish from a river to feed Ren a us eat as well as I roasted them over a fire release teique. Nothing crazy just a simple fire without the smoke that would give away our position and some of a seasoning blend that a mert we treated gave us as a gift. Ironically it opur in the nd of water acc to the girl who was surprised to find us using it.