Chapter 81 – A Dinner and A Discussion
"Talk"
'Think'
Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto sensei.
Later that night
"There you are Han" said Rōshi as he sat down next to Han who was sitting with his legs crossed.
"Why are we here, Rōshi?" asked Han.
Rōshi looked at him and asked "So, what's bothering you now?"
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"The girl and her team from Konoha want to warn us that Akatsuki is targeting us, jinchūriki" said Han
Rōshi spluttered and said "What?"
"Funny isn't it?" Han thought wryly "People in general avoid us like the plague and here is a team from Konoha wants to warn us. If I didn't know any better, I'd say they are... … …" Han's voice trailed off "Of course they are, at least one of them is, no wonder…" Han stood up and walk off while talking to himself before turned to Rōshi and said "Night, Rōshi"
Rōshi just stared and "Huh?"
After a while, Rōshi smiled and continued drinking, 'I'll know it soon' thought Rōshi to himself.
Following morning, dawn
Noriko was having breakfast with Gaara, Fū, Naruto, Temari, Tenzō and Kakashi when Han sat down next to her and talked in low voice "One of you here is a jinchūriki"
The table immediately gone quiet; Temari was looking at Gaara worriedly, Gaara looked at Fū, Naruto and Noriko, Naruto looked at Noriko and Fū, Noriko looked at Naruto and Fū, Fū looked at Kakashi for a hint, Kakashi want to bang his head on the table because 'It's too early in the morning to have this kind of conversation' while Tenzō prayed in his heart that this will not turn into Jinchūriki Battle Royale since 'I don't have that kind of power to stop even one jinchūriki that goes on rampage'.
Noting the looks, Han whistled slowly and said "Apparently I was wrong, there're at least five jincūriki sitting at this table"
Everyone was puzzled and frowning while thinking 'Did I get my math wrong?' (except Kakashi; Noriko and Naruto didn't know about Gaara whereas only Kakashi and Noriko knew about Han).
Kakashi sighed since he knew that he has to take over "Gaara, Fū, Naruto, Noriko and him" he pointed at Han with his thumb.
"I'm Han, nice to meet you all" said Han "I know this is not the time and place to discuss, so tonight, Rōshi and I will cook dinner for you. Maybe afterwards, the six of us can talk and discuss about Akatsuki" Han grinned (Not that anyone can see).
Later (I'm just having fun here =D)
"Rōshi, we are having guests for dinner" informed Han.
Rōshi spluttered and yelled "What?! Why?!"
Han looked at him and said "I thought that's what people do when other people come and visit your village, you invite them to your home for a meal"
Rōshi's jaw just dropped on the floor "B-but…you hate people!"
"Yeah, I did. But aren't you the one who said not everyone is evil and something like finding good in people. Well, I've found them so I invited them for dinner" Han looked at Rōshi defiantly.
Rōshi just stared at Han with his jaw still on the floor.
That night
After dinner, Gaara, Han, Fū, Kakashi, Naruto, Noriko, Rōshi, Temari and Tenzō sat in a circle and talked.
"Well, all cards on the table…except village secret" said Han before continued talking "My name is Han and I am the Gobi (five tails) jinchūriki. I called for this meeting because I understand that Konoha has information about Akatsuki that has something to do with us, jinchūriki which I think is something we should discussed about". Then he looked at Rōshi.
"My name is Rōshi and I am the Yonbi (four tails) jinchūriki" said Rōshi with a glare at Han. He was half-pleased when Han started to thaw out and wanted to mingle with other people, as well as half-mad as he wondered what Kitsuchi would say about this.
"Me next! Me next!" cried Fū "I'm Fū and I am Nanabi (seven tails) jinchūriki!"
"Gaara. Ichibi (one tail)" said Gaara succinctly.
"Noriko, Kyūbi (nine tails)" said Noriko with a grin at Gaara.
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto and I am Kyūbi jinchūriki too!" said Naruto.
"Wait…what?" "How come two Kyūbi jinchūriki?"
"I'm sorry but that's a village secret" interjected Kakashi.
"Then how about you tell us about Akatsuki and jinchūriki?" asked Temari.
"We have an intel that Akatsuki is targeting jinchūriki" said Kakashi.
"How can you be sure?" asked Temari again.
"Because…Rōshi and I were informed that there are a couple of people wearing black cloaks with red clouds searching for us. When they were told that we've left, they don't look happy" said Han "Later I found out that the Akatsuki thought that Sandaime Tsuchikage has betrayed them, that's why they attacked Iwa"
"What's the connection between Tsuchikage's betrayal and Akatsuki looking for jinchūriki?" asked Gaara.
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Han looked at Kakashi and nodded. Sighing, Kakashi said "Results from the last Chūnin Exam was highly favourable for Konoha but reflected badly on Iwa. So-"
"Sandaime Tsuchikage hired Akatsuki with both of you as payments to hurt Konoha" guessed Temari.
"Something like that" said Kakashi.
"Now we've established that Akatsuki is looking for jinchūriki-" said Han "the question here is, how are we going to deal with it?"
End Chapter 81