Yamigakure

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Yamigakure No Sato, Chikage Building

'Ohayou gozaimasu, Chikage-sama,' the Chikage's assistant greeted as the red haired Kage walked by her desk.

Stopping just before the office beyond the double doors, the Chikage turned and smiled at her assistant. 'Ohayou, Lula-san,' she responded in kind. 'Are there any appointments for today?'

'Let me check for you,' Lula answered and shuffled through an appointment book just as the Chikage approached her desk and leaned her arms on it in waiting. 'Here we are. You have two appointments scheduled for you today. At two this afternoon, Deika Hao-san would like to talk to you about increasing his profits by setting up his business in other villages. Then at seven tonight you have an Anbu Black Ops meeting to discuss the training of those in the Anbu Division.'

The Chikage sighed lightly. 'Today is not going to be a busy day, again.'

'Demo, Chikage-sama,' Lula said grabbing her attention, 'at least this way we do not have to worry about other villages deciding to unsuspectingly attacking us.'

The Chikage nodded in agreement. 'Yes, however, I would prefer that the rest of the ninja world knew about us. At some point in history, they may have come to know of us as a village bearing nothing but assassins or involved in dark missions, but it would be nice to venture out without fearing we would be captured because they think we are spies for other villages.'

'Would they not think of us if we do that now?' the assistant quizzed with curiosity.

The question startled the Chikage for a moment that she had to think on what to say. 'Not if we prove where we come from.'

'Then we must be prepared in case they decide to take that opportunity to strike at us when we are showing our hospitality to them.'

'You're right. Since our village has become nothing but merely existing in the shadows, it will be hard to trust the outside villages because they very well may intend on attacking us. But we must try something. If Deika Hao-san wishes to set his business up in other villages, to increase his general profit and our village's, then other villages will have to know where he has come from. It must be decided that we are to expose ourselves before Deika-san can open his business in another village.'

She nodded in agreement. 'As always, your logic is undeniable.'

The Chikage smiled. 'Your countermeasures also make things easier. Without them, I'm not sure if we would even consider those kinds of questions or how to solve them.'

'It is no wonder that I am your assistant,' Lula said with a beaming smile. 'I am always glad I can do anything to help.'

'If you need me, or someone else is in need of me, you know where to find me.'

'Of course, Chikage-sama,' Lula said with a bow of her head and watched as the Chikage entered her office and closed the door behind her.

Chikage Office

The Chikage sat at her desk and turned it so she could see out of the window to the rest of her peaceful village. How long as this prosperity been going on for? As far back to the last dated entry of war that involved Yamigakure, which was in the era of the first Chikage. Decades ago. So why did she want something more? Why did she not want this prosperity to continue? Adventure, something else just as dangerous, or was there really no prosperity? Thinking upon it, there really wasn't any at all. Only within the village it can be found. With other villages it does not exist.

Why?

It is because the other villages do not know that they exist.

Sighing, she slouched in her chair and looked up towards the sky. In order to increase businesses, real prosperity and letting the rest of the ninja world to know of Yamigakure's existence, she would have to expose her village. Even to the dangers that may come with it. Before doing so, it is best to alert the village and get their views on this and to see if they are ready for a big change as that.

She knows what to expect the moment she exposes her village and herself. A lot of danger, mistrust, accusations and more… The rest of the villages will look them up in their histories and there they will find that it has been entered that Yamigakure is a dark village full of dark deeds. Yami is a misunderstood village and its time that the other villages come to know this. Who better than the Chikage to do so? None, she knew this too well.

Chikage office 2:00pm

A knock sounded on the door.

'Come in,' the Chikage responded politely and turned around to face the door just as it opened.

Deika Hao entered the room with his idea all on paper neatly piled in his arms. He has brown hair tied back into a low ponytail trailing to his mid-back. His eyes are a warm hazel that was so intelligent as if speaking that he has more plans. A busy man, she observed with a smile. He would profit well from his ideas and would become a great success. If only he knew the dangers he would be facing the moment he tries to get his business out there in the other villages.

'Konbawa, Deika-san,' she greeted. 'You can place your stuff on my desk if it helps.'

He dumped them on the desk but he was quick to sort them out into neat piles. He remembers what goes with what extremely well. He's been planning this extremely well. Proud of him, she smiled and waited patiently as he gathered his nerves together. Despite him being intelligent and a busy business man, he did not have nerves of steel. He was nervous as he stood before her, fumbling with his fingers as if unsure on what to do with them. As if only just realising she had already greeted him, he quickly bowed.

'Konbawa, Chikage-sama!' he said quickly. 'Please forgive me for being rude.'

'Iie,' she said with a shake of her head. 'Don't worry about it, Deika-san. I understand nerves very well.'

He lifted his head from where he was still bowed. 'You do?' he asked surprised.

'Hai,' she said with a little smile. 'Before I was Chikage I was a right wreck of nerves. Always shy, nervous and always hiding away so no one would notice me. Now as Chikage I have to face that all and keep my nerves steeled as I don't relay it onto my people.'

'How do you handle it?' he asked straightening.

'I pretend I am in front of friends and just keep it business-like with them. I don't need to pretend anymore when everyone is my friend.'

'Good advice, Chikage-sama. I shall take it up as well.'

She smiled. 'Glad to help. Now, what can I do for you today?'

Konohagakure No Sato, Hokage Office

Tsunade looked at the pieces of paper that had been delivered to her. The team that had provided with the information were already out in the field going deeper to discover more. Already they had provided with enough information to do what they need to do to bring them in. However, the more they discover the better. If they make this public, everyone will see that they had apprehended them and will have given them a chance to dish out punishment to them. With this information, it will not be enough to go public. Tsunade wanted it to go public. She wanted her village to see that she values their opinions and is willing to listen to them.

'Tsunade-sama,' her assistant spoke, 'is it enough to go public?'

'No, Shizune, it's not. We shall receive some more information about this soon enough. Kakashi is very capable of providing us with that, as are Sakura, Naruto and Sai.'

'What are the other teams doing?'

'Just some simple missions for now,' she replied. 'There are not many challenging missions for the most of them now that they are progressed into Chunins and above. Is there any word from the other Kages?'

'Not a single thing. It seems that they are also busy preparing themselves for war. With this threat going on, I think they must be taking this to the extreme in order to protect their villages. I gather that we will receive something from them soon enough. I am told that the Kazekage will personally appear in Konoha soon enough with a good amount of ninja prepared for the war.'

Tsunade nodded. 'Very good,' she said approvingly. 'Expect word from the other three Kages. If none has been sent, send one out right away.'

'Hai, Tsunade-sama.'

Sunagakure No Sato, Kazekage Office

'Gaara, is that the report from Kakashi and his team?' Temari asked her little brother who has been the Kazekage for over a year.

He nodded but would not take his eyes off the report in front of him. He read every last word before handing it over to his sister so that she may have a read. She and Kankuro, their brother, had become his assists ever since he had been granted the title. Glad for their assistance and help, he knew he could nothing within them there for him. He just could not believe that he had not seen this before when he was younger. Thanks to Naruto, he was able to see the things he had not seen before.

Word has been that Kakashi and his team are currently spying on the threat surrounding the Five Great Nations. They are going to investigate deeper and provide the information back to the Five Nations so that they are updated on what is going on. So far they have done exactly that. What the Kages want is a public sentence done where the villagers are decided what is going to be done with them. That is what the Five Kages have decided when they got together a few weeks ago. All they need is more information so that it can be done. Once they have it, Kakashi and his team can capture them and bring them in. To ensure that nothing goes wrong, the Five Kages had provided them with a backup team from each village.

'Our enemy is well equipped if they have all that equipment ready to take us down,' Temari spoke after placing the paper on the desk. 'Does this mean that we have to look for their suppliers so that it can be stopped?'

'Hai,' Gaara replied. 'It may take a while. Once they have been apprehended their suppliers may pack up and run. The other Kages may have realised that and may soon bring word about what is to be done. I will send word and what I think should be done about the suppliers. Until we have more information, we just need to prepare.'

'I shall let Kankuro know to keep the others ready.' At his nod of approval, she left the room in search of her brother.

Yamigakure No Sato, Chikage Office

The Chikage stood behind her desk. It was way past seven and what needed to be discussed has been done. However, her Anbu have remained in the office and reported to her and incident that she did not like one bit. An unusual activity has started quite close to their village. Something dangerous is about to waken and the village might be plunged into danger because of it. Is some of her village rebelling and have decided to take root their own plans? If so, she will have to fix to ensure that nothing goes wrong and to ensure that the village is kept safe from danger.

If it truly is her people planning a riot against her or the village, she will kill them if it is called.

She will not allow one person or a group of people to threaten her village. She will not stand aside and allowed such things to transgress.

'What information have you gathered?' she asked her Anbu.

'They have used our weapon suppliers to equip themselves for war. If they are warring themselves against us, Chikage-sama, then I will have to execute them for doing so. If it is against the other villages, again I will kill them so they do not cause disruption in our village. I do not want the other villages to turning against us for one misunderstanding.'

'Find out more about them and I will act on what information I have been given. I want a full report in as minimum detail as possible. I want the name of the suppliers given and find out if they are involved in this activity or not. I want this stopped before something happens to our village.'

'Hai, Chikage-sama!' the Anbu announced and bowed before they vanished.