Naruto: ROOT Symbiote

"So, we not only failed to capture one-tails, but also lost both Sasori and Deidara huh?"

Pain muttered in disappointment.

"And my sword too..."

Kisame sighed, the betrayal of his sword still fresh in his mind.

"For now, we need to lay low, and gather more members. You are dismissed."

After Hinata, Itachi and Kisame left the base, along with the projections of other members, 'Madara' appeared along with Zetsu.

"I will be joining soon. But first, I will take care of that girl. Meanwhile Zetsu will look for more members."

Obito said, and disappeared in a swirl.

With Kamui, and after killing Minato, he felt invincible. Afterall, countering Space-Time ability is too difficult.

But now, a person has appeared with Flying Thunder God. So he needs to get rid of her as soon as possible. But, he needs to be cautious.

On the other hand, Zetsu was disappointed.

If Nagato was the original wielder of Rinnegan and could use it without drawbacks, there would be no need for Akatsuki in the first place.

The tailed beasts must be sealed in order. And since Shiori has marked Gaara, extracting one-tails now may expose the location of Gedo Mazo.

They only managed to get a little of One-tail's chakra.

He wanted to revive Madara. But having seen Orochimaru revive Hashirama with less than 1% of his real strength, and the possibility of Madara getting revived as an old man with one foot in grave, with too less strength, it will be useless.

Rinnegan can restore vitality by absorbing chakra, but can't restore the affects of aging.

Thinking about Orochimaru, he started going towards Hinata.

Hinata has some history with Orochimaru. And her Byakugan is strong enough to even spot him and other Zetsus.

With such a strong Byakugan, such immense chakra, it is possible that she can awaken Tenseigan.

After this failure, Black Zetsu decided to start preparing a back-up way to revive his mother.

Black Zetsu doesn't know much about Tenseigan as he does about Rinnegan. He only knows that Hamura awakened it near his deathbed, and it is powering the living conditions in the dark side of the moon.

But, Tenseigan should also have the power to control Ten-tails. Afterall, his mother could control it with her Byakugan alone and merge with it while dominating it. Her Rinne-Sharingan is directly connected to Ten-tails, so it couldn't be used.

He has already waited for more than a thousand year, so even if Hinata awakens Tenseigan on her deathbed, which should take almost 70-80 years, he wouldn't mind.

Because he knew exactly how dangerous Flying Thunder God is. If Minato was alive, he could have killed the entire Akatsuki even if they attacked together.

Afterall, Minato doesn't need to expand as much chakra as Tobirama for that jutsu. He is just too efficient and too fast. That's why he suggested to Obito that Minato is responsible for not arriving on time to save Rin. And that bastard agreed on the first suggestion and killed his father and mother figures.

Obito isn't smart, so preparing a back-up is necessary.

He knocked on the door of Hinata's house in the land of rain. After she had spotted him sneaking inside once and killed his White-Zetsu, he has learnt his lesson.

"Come in."

He entered the house, and Hinata was looking at him without any feeling.

"Umm, I actually discovered something related to Byakugan. I think you should take a look."

He took out an ancient stone which he had stolen from Hyuga clan ages ago.

It described that one of the grandson of Hamura was banished from the moon after he tried to put a 'Caged Bird Seal' on the rest of the clan when he was about to become the clan head.

So, he established the Hyuga clan on the earth.

Black Zetsu has added about Tenseigan, but the Hyuga clan was too inept compared to the Uchiha. They have not had a single person comparable to Indra and Asura who could destroy the clan on the Moon alone, and take Hamura's Tenseigan.

As Hinata read the carvings of the stone, in which it was changed to the founder of Hyuga clan being banished due to not taking Hamura's eyes, and the location of the the teleporter to moon, she sent all the information to Shiori.

'I will contact you in a month and half. Keep an eye on Zetsu.'

Shiori said, and Hinata sealed the stone in a scroll and put it inside her house.

"I will think about it later."

Although Hinata said it, she couldn't contain her excitement. Afterall, her sole purpose has been awakening Tenseigan. And now she had a lead.

Black Zetsu, who is an expert in reading poker faces, saw through Hinata's excitement. He was successful.

"Alright. If you need my help, just ask me. Though I am not good at combat, I am good in gathering information."

With that, Zetsu disappeared, now deciding to investigate Shiori.