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"What do you mean, if he's a missing-nin why did he kill the other A-Level Missing-nin, it doesn't make any sense!" This girl trusts her instincts quite well, but I cannot tell them, it is not my place…Kaiten noticed Reikaze's sigh and her eyes narrowed, she wasn't one to let a question be unanswered, not even if it was a Kage who was asked. "If this missing-nin is an A-Level, Konohagakure must know why!"
"Do not blame okasan, Hotaru is from Kotetsugakure's strongest clan, please," Ignoring Kaiten's furious glare, Hitokaze stared at her with his eyes still in their unusual form and she sighed before nodding. His eyes returned to their original form before he sat down, Strange, his body shows almost no decrease in energy or chakra, Tsunade noted as Kaiten folded her arms in defeat. "Once the Kotetsukage is here, I'm sure he will be able to answer your-"
"Hey Obaa-chan, OBAA-CHAN!!!" Naruto had been waiting by the door try to listen but he fell asleep half way through the boring words and woke up as soon right when they were talking about the missing-nin. Two and a half years had made him forget about Tsunade when she got ticked off at him, most of all when he called her obaa-chan. Within a second of his shouting a single fist came flying through the door and sent him soaring into the wall behind him followed by the door as Tsunade brushed off her knuckles leaving Kajina and Reikaze to snicker. So this is the famous Naruto of Konoha, quite a energetic kid, Reikaze smiled to herself, remembering the reports of some of the stronger genin of Konoha, most of them about the one who had been seen with the Sannin a lot, Naruto. "Kuso that hurt Obaa-chan!"
"Hey Sakura, why does he call her Obaa-chan, is it her age?" As Naruto managed to get himself out of the wall, Kaiten flew right back into the door and Naruto let out a yelp of pain as Kaiten tried to get up but found Tsunade glaring at the two of them ready to crush them flat with just her palm. "Uh, just kidding Obaa-chan."
Hitokaze just stood there in surprise as Tsunade took the door and broke it over Kaiten's head before she noticed Naruto and then slammed the rest over it over his head and she admired her punishment before walking back into the room. I must be in the land of demons, he thought to himself while Kaiten popped her neck and jumped up to her feet brushing off the word and rubbing her sore head. Naruto on the other hand, was busy trying to walk straight but ended up falling flat on his face mumbling about the stars flying around his head.
"Sorry about that, I believe I was about to ask you about some of the more interesting parts of the treaty, the main concern is having some of your shinobi enroll into here as shinobi of Konoha," I thought she would, this might be a problem to try and figure out later on, and as it is we have some of our own problems to worry about… Reikaze stood up and walked over to the windows, looking out the buildings and trees.
"I understand Hokage, and I have been worried about it myself, we of Sensogakure are not rich, although we thrive it is because of our friendship with Kotetsugakure. We depend on their weapons, their armor, and their trade treaty with us, and they are dependent on our ports to trade their goods, import them food and send them half of the profits…" Unlike before, the mood had changed from joking and calm to serious and concern, Reikaze bit her lip as she sighed and looked out at the villagers walking around going from place to place. "As it is, we are not as strong as you are, we manage to survive thanks to our skills and warfare tactics, and the fact that we are independent is what has hindered our progress, every so often some Daimyo comes to our village hoping to take over our country and we have to prevent that at all costs.
They are independent, a whole village and country that is independent from a daimyo, even the village…Sakura shook her head, it wasn't possible. No one would want to contract shinobi from a land without a Daimyo, what was the point? Surprising everyone Kajina stepped forward, the entire time having spent in deep thought and she was aroused just by Reikaze's words.
"We have no Daimyo, we have a council made of shinobi and civilians, allowing both communities to coexist in peace. The civilians fish and help trade allowing us to gain funds we need for armor, equipment and food, and as shinobi, we protect them from attacks and armies, and most of all, we are the wind that protects the land, it is our duty to kill those who would invade on their peace." Ne, what is up with this lady, she had her eye covered like Kakashi, but her voice, kuso, what is with that voice? Naruto's own question was running through their minds. A ice age was paradise and a vacation rolled into one compared to the level of seriousness and chilling emotion that came out of this shinobi. "Sensei, I will go review the reports from the courier and I will come back if there is word of Kotetsukage's arrival, as you ordered, I already have the Southern Wind with his patrol at the border ready to escort them here."
Tsunade raised an eyebrow at the word Southern Wind but Reikaze smiled, Best to save that for later, I cannot reveal all of Senogakure's secrets to them yet… she made a mental note to talk with Tsunade later. Before anyone could say a word, Naruto exploded with impatience almost waking the dead themselves.
"OBAA-CHAN, who are these people, what are they talking about…." Within a instant of the explosion Tsunade had lifted Naruto up with one finger and glared at him with a…unusual smile on her face. Shivers went down even Hitokaze's own spine as Naruto gulped, even he knew when Tsunade had a surprise planned for him.
"Naruto, you are to help Sakura show the son of our new allies, Hitokaze, around Konoha, I trust you won't go too crazy on the questions?"
"H-h-h-hai O-o-obaa-chan-n," Naruto was almost shivering in fear at Tsunade's eyes, Leave to my vessel to get himself in deep shit… Naruto glared at the fox demon inside of himself before returning to reality. Kajina watched Naruto as he walked outside with Hitokaze behind him and Kaiten grabbed Sakura by the arm before rushing outside being fed up with all the talking. Reikaze noticed Kajina's stare and she sighed before shaking her head and Kajina bit her lip but then sat down, Kajina, your sense of duty hinders your judgment, you cannot expect to continue on with the Tadoragan acting up like this.
"I'm sorry about that Sensokage, Naruto can be quite the handful at times,"
"Don't worry about, and please, we don't have to address each by titles Tsunade, I have three kids of my own, Hitokaze is the eldest of them, and even though he doesn't show it he never stops trying." Both of them understood the other, for Tsunade, Naruto was almost like a younger brother to her, and Reikaze had her son Hitokaze and her own children too. "I thank you for agreeing to help Kajina, the surgery to implant the Tadoragan wasn't under the best conditions and I was wondering when it was going to start affecting her health."
"Sensei, I'm fine…it's just harder than I thought to use the Tadoragan than before…" Her fake smile was cast aside when a sudden pain throbbed through her head and Reikaze helped Kajina lay down while Tsunade ripped the armor off over her eye and she looked at the chakra pathways. Her body is rejecting the Tadoragan's chakra pathways, it's worse than she thought, the work was rushed and provided a temporary fix…We'll have to work fast to save the eye, Tsunade looked at Reikaze who nodded before thrusting her thumb hard between Kajina's neck muscles and she slumped over unconscious as Reikaze closed her eyes returning them to normal. While Shizune and a few other medical ninja were busy in surgery Tsunade was in her office looking over all the paperwork as Reikaze returned carrying a small five year old child in her arms, almost pale grey hair color and lighter tone of skin than Reikaze.
"Thank you again Tsunade, Kajina is the daughter of my teammates, they both sacrificed their lives to protect the village and in return I promised to take care of her as my own, as my own daughter." Even if she is a mother, her strength is more than just maternal instincts, if we had drawn that fight out…Tsunade shivered with a odd sensation, it wasn't fear but it wasn't pride or confidence…It would have still been a draw, and she must be at least thirty to still have so much power in her. Reikaze put her youngest daughter onto the couch and brushed a few strands out of her face, she took off her vest and placed it over her bringing a smile to her face.
"Reikaze, I've been wondering, what is the reason for waiting for the Kotetsukage before you explain about the Missing-nin?" The smile that was across her face changed into a serious frown and her eyes grew cold as she pulled out a small scroll and then placed it on Tsunade's desk. Regular missing-nin A Level, but according to this…impossible, how? Tsunade looked up from the scroll to stare at Reikaze but she did nothing more than nod in confirmation. "Even if he is a genius there is no way that he could have…"
"There is a saying in Kotetsugakure, '…when the heart cries and bleeds, the body will release the restraints, and let the dragon howl in rage…"…….He witness the death of his uncles, aunts, his own father and mother…but what is worse is…he has killed at least twenty five of the killers, and that was as just five years ago…" Twenty five shinobi, each one a renegade and most of them D-Level, but even so, to be able to kill a D-level at the age of… six, what is that boy like now?
Konohagakure Forest, Outskirts
"Go now, protect the other children!"
"But father, you can't take them all on, please don't!!!" Tears streamed down his eyes as the man bent down to his son, his left arm was just a bloody stump and no longer did his mother have her awe inspiring beauty, two busted lips and half her hand remaining but she smiled at him while lifting the pain throbbing limbs up to split a man in half. "I don't want you to die!"
"Swear this to me son, do not hunt these men out of anger, do not kill in anger, never take another person's life for nothing, never do it on a whim….remeber this son and repeat after me the creed of the Hotaru…"
"I…will never take the life of an innocent…nor a life in blind fury…I will only kill…to protect…my family…my love…and my village…I will father, don't die!"
"FATHER!" The young man bolted up out of his makeshift bed, leaves scattered around him in a organized mess, a dying fire surrounded by rocks and lower than the ground level. Beside him on one side was a tachi style blade but only two in a half feet long, the handle was longer to compensate for the blade, and he sighed and got up while unsheathing the chiskatana. Unlike any normal katana, the chisakatana was an obvious shiho-zume-gitae due to the somewhat dull black core suggesting a soft inner core while the edges were sharp, the air cried whenever the blade was even nudged. Light balance, sharp edge, perfect angle, father….Tears threatened to dirty the boy's face as he closed his eyes and clutched the chisakatana tight, remembering the memories of practice with his father. "Tsumeshiroi, please, help me,"
"SCREECH" A small falcon landed on his shoulder before screeching in his ear again bringing a small smile to his face as he nodded and kicked the rocks around the fire in killing the small embers. Wasting no time in deep thought he picked up his mat and rolled it up while the falcon cleaned her feathers, even taking the time to do her own tail feathers as the boy pulled the worn and tattered vest over his arms, taking care not to cut himself on the armor over the shoulders. Picking up two shrukien holders he tied one to his left leg and the other to his back without interfering with his movements, a small case of strange red edged knives were then strapped beside the shrukien on his back as he picked lifted up a red headband and tied it around his forehead. Looking down at the blade and a strange chain tied around a leather arm cover he closed his eyes before saying a quick prayer and he picked both of the weapons up. The armor and chain went over his arm clean and snug, even the blade Tusmeshiroi strapped over his back matched him like a glove, almost as if made for him.
"Today's the day Mother, I have followed your words father, and soon, you can rest knowing I have obeyed your words, and after ten years……I will have protected the Hotaru clan at last." The falcon jumped up and landed on his shoulder as he shoved his hands into the pockets of his vest, Today, I will be able to come back home…..