Fugaku paced around the medical bay while waiting for the news. Jiro had been brought back to the village as soon as possible and he was immediately put into the hospital. The Yamanaka most skilled in the treatment of mental trauma was also brought in by the request of Junichiro and Akane after Fugaku told them that Jiro seemed to have been suffering minor memory loss.Inside the hospital room, Jiro lay unconscious while Junichiro and Akane were talking to each other. The Yamanaka had entered into the mindscape of Jiro. Aiko found herself wandering the long, winding halls of the library. She finally came to the center where Jiro was staring at the library from a distance while sitting on top of a table that contained a map. Aiko could sense an unusual presence coming from the map, but she didn"t give any signs of noticing it.
She wasn"t sure about the state of Jiro"s mind, but seeing the library in minor disarray as well as missing just a couple books gave her some suspicions. Seeing the ma.s.sive scale of the library was impressive as even adults might not have as much knowledge stored. Aiko finally walked in front of Jiro who had stopped staring at the library.
Aiko decided to go with simple questions and make sure Jiro knew where he was.
"Jiro, do you know where you are?"
"Yeah, I"m in my own mindscape currently. I started to panic after realizing that I couldn"t remember some things so I knocked myself out by choking myself into unconsciousness. I can guess that we are finally at the village right?"
"Yes, you arrived and were immediately taken to the hospital. Would it be alright with you if we bring you into consciousness?"
"No. I"ll stay here a while. I"m going to change this place a bit. I don"t like how it is currently."
The Yamanaka slowly got up in the real world. She found herself to be on the receiving end of a pair of glares coming from Junichiro and Akane.
"Is our son alright?"
"Not to worry. Your son is fine. However, he said that he was going to stay in his mind for a bit to change it because he didn"t like how it looked."
Aiko waved an Anbu over and pa.s.sed over a message through her Mind-Body Switch Jutsu. Junichiro and Akane exchanged glances, but stayed where they were. Within moments, the room was surrounded from the outside by Anbu and Fugaku along with his friends were shooed away from the room. Tsunade also happened to want to stop by, but she was not allowed into the room as well.
Sarutobi stepped into the room and directly confronted the Yamanaka.
"You think that Jiro has two souls?"
"Hokage-sama, when I looked in his mindscape, I could feel that another presence was inside the mindscape. There is a difference between having another mind inside the mindscape and having another presence. It would also explain the damage that his mindscape sustained. If two souls fight, there is a clash over control. That clash would result in damage to the mindscape of both souls."
Akane and Junichiro reacted to the news as well. Their foremost concern was the safety of their son.
"Is Jiro in danger?"
"No. Jiro beat the other soul or they came to an agreement. He was the one in control while the other soul was suppressed."
"Let"s bring the other soul out. Ask Jiro to let the other soul take control. If he refuses then we won"t force him."
The Yamanaka lay down a chair to enter into the mind of Jiro. As soon as she entered, a whole new mindscape awaited her. Gone was the library and map. In it"s place was a small room. In the room were a bunch of cabinets, a chair, and a desk. There also happened to be an Apple tree sitting in the corner of the room. Despite her shock and awe towards the total transformation, she sat down on the chair provided.
"Can you temporarily lend control to the other soul?"
"Sure. However, his goal is completely different from our goals. He wants to go back to his world. One more thing. In my body, he could probably kill you all."
"What?!"
As she began to get rejected from Jiro"s mind, Aiko could only shout her question.
"What do you mean?! Hokage-sama is present with us as well."
"Exactly."
Aiko got up from the chair she was laying on and slumped onto it. Everyone in the room noticed her complete change in att.i.tude and were waiting for an explanation, but Aiko was stupefied. She had never witnessed someone change the composition of their mind so quickly. Furthermore, the message she was given by Jiro was something else. A couple taps on her shoulder from Sarutobi reminded her of the temporary mission she was given.
After a moment to formulate her chaotic thoughts, Aiko gave the basic run-down information.
"Jiro completely changed his mindscape. It changed from a ma.s.sive library to a small room. He is alright with letting the other soul out. Jiro also warned us that the other soul would be able to kill us when in control of Jiro"s body."
At that moment, everyone except Sarutobi shivered. An intense presence made of Killing Intent temporarily filled the room before exploding outward to engulf the whole village and other parts of the outside. The surrounding air began to reek of blood. The sounds of chirping from animals went silent. Other ninja sensitive to Killing Intent immediately went alert. The whole village was in emergency mode. The Anbu from outside immediately burst in and the Anbu inside were in position with their weapons drawn. Others had their hand on their weapons.
Fugaku activated his Sharingan as well and was one edge. Teuchi and Duy had both also pulled out their own kunai and Tsunade who happened to be near them was also on alert. Other Anbu also began to close in on the hospital. The Police Force, formerly known as the Uchiha Police Force were already beginning to guide civilians into the bunkers.
Groups of ninja were guiding citizens or arranging groups to head to the Hospital, but the group of ninja in charge of watching over the strange tree growing in the Forest of Death still stayed. The gates for entering and exiting the village were all closed.
Junichiro and Akane both had their Sharingan activated. Enma was already at Sarutobi"s side with a grave expression upon his face. Aiko rushed away from Jiro"s body and also formed several hand seal, ready to unleash her Mind-Body Switch Jutsu if necessary to try and stop whoever was in control of Jiro"s body.
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Jiro walked in front of the Apple tree in his room.
"Hey Ezekiel, you want to leave my body and go to your world right? Well, I"ve got you a chance. Take control of my body and you can talk to the person in charge of the village. He probably has one of the highest chances of helping you."
"You weren"t a douche and followed our agreement so I"ll give you a helpful hint. The village is all about benefiting the village. If you want help from them, you"re going to have to prove yourself."
In the silence of Jiro"s mindscape, the Apple tree shuddered as a shadowy figure walked out from it.
"Ok."
After a brief silence, Ezekiel followed up with, "Thanks."
As Ezekiel began to fade away in order to control his body, Jiro grinned. He was going to enjoy the following show. He would also be able to gauge the strength of Sarutobi, other elite ninja, and Ezekiel.
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Everyone let out a silent gasp when Jiro"s body got up. In his eyes were a pair of eyes that Uchiha would kill for. The infamous, Manegkyo Sharingan.