Ch. 2: Return to Konoha

The next morning Ino woke up to one of the best smells you can wake up to in the morning. That smell was a well-cooked breakfast. She proceeded to get out of the bed she had fallen asleep on the previous night and make her way into the other room where she was greeted with the sight of a full meal that was prepared. Jeon sat by the fire with his cooking supplies still sitting on the ground beside him. He had cooked eggs and pancakes for breakfast over a fire. The frying pan that he had was currently sitting beside an open sealing scroll on the ground. Jeon could only smile as he saw the drool linking from Ino's mouth at getting a good home cooked meal. Ino quickly grabbed her plate of food and started to devour her food as Jeon started to repack his cooking supplies into his scroll. After he was done cleaning up he proceeded to eat his food with a smirk on his face. Ino had just finished her meal and had a content smile on her face. She looked at Jeon and noticed him moving closer to herself. She stared at him as he extended a hand toward her face. She had a look of confusion on her face and was debating on whether or not she should stop him from doing whatever he was trying to do or not. She was so caught up in the confusion of not knowing what to do that she was to late to decide. He took his hand and touched the edge of her lips where some egg was still sitting and scoped it up on his finger before putting it in his mouth and giving her a bright smile. "Best not to waste it." She was caught in a heavy blush. Here her attractive savior had just an act that most romantic couples would do. He must have not noticed her blush for he just went back to eating his food.

After breakfast was done Jeon decided that he should put the fire out. He looked to Ino, "are you ready to head to Konoha?" Ino looked to him before replying, "I've never been more ready in my life." He proceeded to lead Ino to the exit of the house they were currently in. The house though was in fact not a house. It seemed that the place they were staying was more of an underground bunker or shelter. They were currently in the middle of the woods in what she guessed was fire country. She took a deep breath as Jeon spoke to her, "Do you require my company on your return to Konoha?" Ino huffed at his statement acting as if she was a weak and frail civilian. "I can take care of myself. I am a more then capable kunoichi that does not need to be protected like a mere civilian." Jeon held his impassive look on his face but he showed a little hurt in his eyes, "well if that is all you need then I shall be on my way please call on me if you need my assistance or when you meet with your hokage for I wish to speak with him." With that before she could could say anything he was gone in a poof of black smoke.

Ino took in her surroundings and summarized her situation. She was still not at full strength but she was close. A part of her wished that she had not told Jeon to leave. She did not believe that she needed his protection however his company would have been greatly appreciated. He had a soothing presence about him and when he was there she admitted she felt a little be stronger herself and more confident. As soon as he had left she had felt what seemed like a drain on her system. He seemed to empower her as if they were linked when they were together. But still she wrote this off to just being her fears getting to her. I mean she was almost a rape victim. She took off at a speed only a kunoichi can go through the trees after she got her bearings toward her home and Konoha. However as she took off she held one hope that she had not offended Jeon.

The trip back to Konoha had been rather uneventful. She had no trouble on the way home. She was only 6 hours from Konoha when she had started. Apparently her captors had taken her closer to the city. She must have been in a bunker that even Konoha didn't know about. When she arrived at the front gate she proceeded to do the proper check in with the guards before heading to the hokage tower. However her trip there was impeded on by her best friend Sakura. As she was walking lost in thought about the recent events Sakura had stopped Ino. "Where have you been the hokage said she got the letter from the village elder that the bandits you were sent to take out had been taken out 3 days ago." Ino huffed before replying, "Well some things happened that I need to tell to the hokage before I let the rest of the world know." Sakura huffed as Ino started to walk away before she grabbed Ino's Arm and stopped her. "What's with the tattoo on the back of your hand? That wasn't there when you left." Ino looked at her dumbstruck. "What are you talking about forehead? I havn't gotten any tattoos." Sakura took the hand of the arm she had grabbed and showed her the back of her hand. In red letters surrounded by red dragon wings was the name Jeon. "Who is Jeon or what does it mean?" Sakura inquired. Ino shook her head and said, "I can't say at this point until the lady hokage gives me permission to discuss it." With that said she shook a shocked Sakura from her grasp and proceeded down the road to the hokages tower.

Once she arrived at the hokages tower she was relieved for some reason. The thought of the tattoo had plagued her all the way there and she didn't know why. Jeon had not told her of a tattoo appearing on her hand. She shook her head and proceeded up the stairs to the hokages office to give her report and report her discoveries. Once she entered the office she could only smile at the face of the hokage. The hokage, Tsunade, was sitting there with a red mark on her forehead where u could tell she had fallen asleep. Once she realized it was Ino though she shot up. "Ino what took you so long are you alright? I received word of your mission completion days ago and now you are here in my office. What happened?" The hokage took a face of concern. Ino could not tell if the face was a face of concern for her well being or rather it was a concern for her having miss orderly conduct. Ino took a deep breath before she proceeded to tell her about the mission and its completion. Then she moved on to her deeds after the mission which led to her capture by the rogue ninja and almost rape. She told her how she had tried to escape and failed. She told the hokage how they had came in and she had assumed all hope was lost. "Lady hokage right before I was about to be used as a toy I felt a great power. I was to scared at the time to open my eyes, but when I did after I felt a piece of cloth put over me I saw a young man named Jeon. He told me to rest and my tired body complied. This guy is actually a summons." The lady hokage looked at her as if she had been told a fairy tale. "So Miss Yamanaka you expect me to believe that there is a human summons?" Ino held her stern face, "No lady Hokage, he is a member of the dragon summons and he asked me to summon him to speak with you when I arrived back here." "Very well then let me see this human summon from the dragon summons." Ino got a little tick mark on her head as she thought of Jeon and asked him to come to her. The tattoo on her hand glowed a little and Ino felt a enjoyable sensation on her hand as smoke appeared in the room and out stepped Ino's savior, Jeon.

Jeon still held his positive and cool demeanor like he had the last time that Ino had seen him. Even though he had just arrived his mere arrival was enough to make her feel increasingly safe in her village. It was nice that she had him around now to protect her. She looked to the lady hokage, Tsunade of the Sannin. She looked at the man with a bit of surprise and was looking at Jeon as if to try to gain as much information about the young man in front of her as she could. Jeon gave a courteous bow to Tsunade and then one to me. "Lady Hokage and Ino, I thank you for bringing me to talk with you." Tsunade nodded her head and then spoke, "So Jeon is it?" Jeon nodded. "I hear that you are from the dragon summoning contract, but you do not look to be of dragon descent to me." Jeon gave a brief sigh, "with all do respect the dragon summoning clan is in part effected by its summoners and the dragons themselves. If they dragons accept you into there clan as a summoner then you in there clan laws have the chance to earn into their family. I am one of those such candidates that earned that right and was imbued with the power to become a half dragon." Tsunade looked at him quizzically, "What do you mean by a half dragon?" "I mean just as it says mam. I have the ability to use dragon powers along with become a dragon at will for a period of time. Currently I can only hold my dragon form for 30 minutes, but I can use dragon abilities while not in dragon form as well. However I am not allowed to state my abilities to anyone other then my summoner dear lady hokage." Tsunade gave a bored sigh, "So does that mean that Ino is now under the protection of the lost dragon summons?" "Yes Lady Hokage." Tsunade rubbed the sides of her forehead, "Stop calling me Lady Hokage. It makes me feel old. But back to business here does that mean Konoha has the support of the dragon clan as well?"

Jeon shook his head. "The dragon summon clan is a proud clan. If they deem that Konoha is worth protecting and has not become corrupted then if it is Lady Ino's will I am the rest of the summons will help at Lady Ino's call. However at the moment she can only call upon me. Until the rest of the clan feels her worthy of summoning them." Ino gained a look of disappointment. "Does that mean the dragon clan does not acknowledge me as strong?" "No lady Ino in fact they see a great potential in you. However, the dragon clan values one thing over strength and that is the pureness of your heart. If you prove to myself and the other dragons that you are pure of heart and do not contain only selfish interests then you will be able to summon our entire clan if need be." Ino gave Jeon a look of defeat. "Please just call me Ino. I know you are from a respectful summoning clan, but I do not want to be called anything other than Ino, but what do you mean by pure of heart." Jeon gave a slight chuckle, "It is simply the hardest thing for humans to achieve. The ability to see the good in everyone and give everyone a chance, but that is not all. To be pure of heart you must be selfless and willing to put others before yourself just as I did back in my time as a human." Ino looked confused, "what do you mean by your time?" Jeon looked annoyed. "I mean it just as it sounds I was born before the great ninja villages. Back before any kage. When everyone was just clans trying to survive. I am one of the last of my clan. A clan that was killed by their own wicked hearts. A clan that the dragons deemed no longer fit…" Jeon stopped at that. Ino looked scared at this point. Ino finally realized the harshness of the situation of everything that could happen. This new contract could bound either way. She could become a power to rival all others or she could simply become a person who would died from her heart growing dark with selfishness.

"Ino one last thing before I return back to my summoning world. Do not feel despair. Yes it would seem from our time talking that you are confident and high strung, but know this. I have faith in you that you can become so much more. I will stand by you till the time comes and help you fight your battles, all I ask is that you strive to put your faith in others and work to bring peace to the world. I made a gamble on you and for both our sakes I hope you can make it a good one. Tsunade, Ino. Farewell for now." Before Ino could ask him what he meant he disappeared. He left in the same black cloud of smoke that he had arrived in. Ino looked confused. Being a yamanaka a lack of information was always seen as a lack in ones own ability. So her not knowing what Jeon meant was eating away at her. She put it in the back of her mind to solve this riddle as soon as she could. Ino looked to Tsunade and was dismissed.