Treaty of Getsugakure

Standing on a mountain peak overlooking Getsugakure, Monsūn Ryōken, the wartime leader of the village, pondered the rapidity of change. ''Only three days ago, there was peace. Now there is not only violence, not only a war, but a war that seems as if it shall encompass the earth in blood and flame. So long change has seemed impossible, with life as static as it would seem to be possible. Yet now when change does come, it comes not like the blocked river that it has been up until now, but like a flood of fire that consumes all in its path.'' He bowed his head for a moment, recalling that morning. Having been woken up the previous evening to be called to office, he had received the news of Iwagakure's attack on Konoha in shock. Rousing the entire village, he had worked on preparations through the night to mobilize the army, and that morning had sent for the Konoha-Getsu Treaty Squad, to determine their position in the war, as he had plans to break the alliance with Konoha in favor of Iwagakure's stronger stance, which they had gained with their first strike. Inosawa Yamanaka had immediately attempted to kill him for treason, but Kojimaru Sensōkajiya had restrained him, and Josho Adashino had taken command of the group, ordering Inosawa thrown into a dungeon, and pledged that they would hold allegiance to Getsugakure, abandoning their hometown, having grown used to Getsu in the past few years. In light of that, Monsūn had sent Kojimaru to contact Iwagakure with a request for negotiations. The lad should reach the Iwa army's estimated location soon... Raising his head to look over the village once again, Monsūn swung himself about, gazing over the other side of the mountain. He saw the cliffs beneath him, he saw the pass out of Getsugakure, he saw the valley below. And he saw the army. Gathered below, they looked like ants. They would march before the next sunrise, either against Iwagakure or with it. He wished he knew which, but to know the future would be to become shaper of the world, and that he was not. With a sigh, he descended into the village, to await the arrival of Kojimaru, hopefully with ambassadors from Iwagakure.

Just outside of the Iwagakure war camp, Kojimaru raced along towards his destination, accompanied by Jākunawani Rappa'shu and the father of Hokkō Jiyūkari, a lightweight man with a large kite on his back. The three entered the perimeter of Iwagakure's scouts' vision, and were immediately hailed with a flurry of kunai. Deflecting them with the kite's metal frame, the Jiyūkari Clan head pulled out a smaller kite, throwing it into the wind. On its front was painted the characters for "Truce". The kunai stopped, and a squadron of ninja appeared at great speed, surrounding them, and began to escort them into the camp, hopefully to someone they could negotiate with.