Chapt. 26- In With the New; Out With the Old
(Shigure's P.O.V)
I was finally back after quite the journey. I couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy returning to the village though. I still had the feeling I was unwanted, but it still felt like my home. I didn't bother going through the main gate, and I just snuck passed all the guards while making my way to the hokage tower. Tsunade said I was supposed to finish about a month ago so leaving her waiting any longer would be bad news for me.
I made my way quickly to the kage on the cloudy day, and walked inside. I looked at the receptionist and smiled at her. She glanced at me quickly and waived me on the Tsunade's office. I nodded in compliance and walked up the stairs to the place. Once I was outside the door I could hear voices inside debating something. I decided I wasn't going to wait for them to wrap it up, and just go in there.
I swung the door open and walked to the center of the room to see Tsunade talking with Sakura about something while Shizune just watched them. They stopped their conversation immediately and focused their attention on me. Sakura looked a little older from what I remembered, while Tsunade looked sleep deprived as ever, and Shizune still looked like some worried mother.
" About time you showed up!" Barked Tsunade as I flinched at the sudden anger.
" Sorry, but you asked a lot from me. It's lucky I got back alive with the info." I sneered.
" Don't give me an attitude or I'll break all your bones, fix you then do it over again!" Tsunade roared. Who got on her bad side today?
" Fine cranky. Just lemme get the scrolls out of my bag." I said as I searched my travel bag for the mapping and treaty scrolls.
The three of them eyed me with extreme curiosity, and once I had a few small scrolls and one larger one in my arms, Tsunade smirked.
" So you actually were able to make friends with others? That's something new." Tsunade sarcastically said.
" Well here they are." I replied as I dropped the load of scrolls on her desk and continued to say, " Ok so the big one is the new map of the southern hemisphere that I traveled through. It still isn't perfect but it's better than what you had before. Next are the alliance scrolls. Now I met many countries, but only a few would comply with me. I was able to make positive relations with the Jungle, Hill and Volcano villages."
Tsunade gave me a quizzical look and said," Better than I expected from somebody like you. Sakura, take these down to the intel center."
"Yes Tsunade-sama." Sakura responded as she gathered all of the scrolls and left the office briskly.
Once Sakura was out of sight I looked back to Tsunade and asked, " So is Naruto back from his trip with Jiraiya?"
No, but he should be back in about a month or two according to what Jiraiya's last message said." Tsunade replied.
" Sounds good. I'll be on my way now." I said with a bow.
" Fair enough. I'll give you some time to relax before your next mission." Tsunade huffed before retuning her attention to the stack of papers in front of her.
Once I left the tower I decided the next stop should be the Hyuga complex to talk with Anko and Hiashi. Both would like to know I was back, and would be equally interesting conversations. It took about a half hour to reach the estate, and the Hyuga guards silently nodded and let me into the place. It was good to command such a powerful presence.
I walked up to the door and one of the Hyuga members opened the door and said, " I assume you are looking for Master Hiashi?"
" Yeah, just point me in the right direction." I blabbed. I had only been back for a little while, and was already tired of talking to people.
I waited about five minutes until Hiashi descended from the main staircase to meet me in the entrance and say, " Welcome back Shigure-san. We hope your mission was successful."
" It was indeed. I'll be able to help out around here for a bit before my next mission, but first I need to speak with Anko." I dryly replied.
" Of course. I must alert you that she moved out shortly after you left though. I can give you the address if you want." Hiashi stated.
" Sounds great to me." I happily replied.
It took about 10 minutes to dig up the information on Anko's new residence, but I got it nonetheless. As I was about to leave the mansion looked back at Hiashi.
" Ah, and I didn't forget about our deal. I can begin with it tomorrow." I said as I opened the front door.
" I wouldn't think you would forget. Well talk it over in greater detail tomorrow morning." Hiashi responded as he headed back up the upstairs foyer.
I left the Hyuga compound quickly to downtown Konoha to find Anko's new apartment (since we destroyed the last one). I wasn't shocked she left, since few could handle the arrogant and dull Hyuga clan, let alone live with them. I made it to her place fast by traveling by rooftop and landed above what should be her apartment complex. It was nearing dinnertime so I should be able to find her inside. I jumped down to street level and walked up to the door of the apartment complex.
I knocked on the door firmly and got a muffled reply on the other side that said, " Who's there?" that was obviously Anko.
" Just open the damn door." I yelled in a playful tone.
I heard the lock unlatch and Anko stood there with a skeptical look across her face and said, " So what are you doing here? Last I heard of you was over a year ago."
She was obviously quite pissed about the whole ordeal. I took a deep breath and replied, " Well I had to leave pretty quickly, and we just got over a fight so I didn't feel like talking to you right there in person."
" What the fuck! Your social skills are worse than mine you asshole! Do you expect me to just welcome you back after disappearing over a damn year?" Anko angrily screamed at me. I could see her fists were shaking ever so slightly.
" No I don't, but I am apologizing. Please just accept it." I said as I gritted my teeth.
" Fuck you. You can't handle other people's feelings properly, and shouldn't of tried. I had fun with you, but you have to many problems so get the hell out of here." Anko continued to rant. I don't remember the last time somebody talked to me like this, and I was really getting pissed at the outbreak.
" Fine. But don't you dare talk to me like I'm lower than you. You have your right to be angry, but don't push your luck." I darkly warned.
" Whatever. I don't care, just leave already." Anko said as her voice faltered slightly. Even with all her training in interrogation she was having trouble hiding her emotions.
" Ok, but if you want to actually talk, you know where to find me." I stated as I left to walk back down the street, and Anko slammed the door as she marched back inside.
I knew I wasn't going to have a nice reunion with Anko, but she could have been a bit less childish about the whole damn thing. Sure I sucked at communicating with people, but what do you expect.
I strolled down the sunset stricken streets of Konoha looking for a good bar to go to for the night, but I still had some sadness sake wouldn't probably fix.
" Guess I gotta go find me some opium or something." I mumbled to myself as I made my way towards the slums of Konoha.
I quickly found a hook up once I arrived, and left with a bag of relaxation. I would have to do it in the ally, because if the Hyuga caught me with this I would probably get kicked out.
" Well here's to my first day back." I said out loud to myself as I lit myself up a blunt I just rolled. Hopefully it would get better when Naruto got back.
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