Chapter 2
The large bear of a man had introduced himself as Ibiki Morino before taking a seat in the only other piece of furniture in the room other than the table, that had been an hour ago. The man knew his stuff I'll give him that, he was using the silence between us to get to me. The way it
worked was that the prisoner,that's me, would sit in silence waiting for Ibiki to start talking all the while a stream of thoughts would flow into their minds getting worse and worse with every passing moment, with every shift of Ibiki's body. It was a simple yet very effective way to get one's prisoner to quiver in his boots, or sandals in my case.
The thing is I can honestly say that if I didn't have, let's say "previous" experience with this exact method, I would be reacting just like every other shinobi in this situation.
"You gonna ask your questions little bear or are you just going to sit there making goo goo eyes at me", I spoke the words in the very same voice I first greeted him with, kinda like tobi when he's acting like a dumbass. Just like before he had no reaction aside from flicking his eyes up to me and then back down to the documents he had been reading this entire time, well that or he's doodling but I doubt that.
It took another minute or two for the man to set the papers down and turn his attention to me. "Why did you attack one of our jonin." I sighed, guess things weren't going to change.
"Why does any ninja do what they do Ibiki? I got paid to do it, so I tracked his ass down and set my sights on him." Ibiki nodded as if he had expected nothing less, "And what village hired you to do so?" a simple question with a simple answer. I uttered the Iwa's name in a apathetic tone, the village meant nothing to me. The man nodded once more before rising from his seat,"thank you for your time". I gave a curt nod, the only response required, as the man left. Once the door sealed itself I rose as well and went to the upper right of the room where the rock was smoother and slept. I would need to conserve my energy, as little as I used in this hole anyway.
It was the voices that I awoke to. The words were garbled and unintelligible as the sound couldn't get through the wall very well but as the seconds crawled by my mind started to make sense of only took me another few to recognize the Third hokage's voice along with Ibiki from earlier when the door swung open to allow the powerful old man into my "humble abode".
I flinched slightly as his chakra washed over me, in all my time in this world I had never come across one with so much of it, to be honest that was a good thing, if I had I would probably be dead.
The old man,Hiruzen I recalled, smiled at me while extending his hand."You must be Will nice to meet you i'm the third hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi". I had risen when he entered as I didn't want to disrespect him, he was wise after all, this world didn't have too many people like him, in my opinion they needed as many as they could get. People like Jiraiya, ignoring his perverted tendencies he was actually an alright guy.
"The pleasure is mine", I reply after shaking his hand, the guy had a strong grip for his age. Hiruzen sat in one of the chairs then motioned for me to take a seat. It was a few moments later that he spoke, "I'm going to cut to the chase Will, I would like to have you as a part of my village". His words actually caught me off guard for a moment, even after trying to kill one of his men he still wanted me in his village, this was a new one. "Alright deal, what do I have to sign", normally I would refuse such an offer but konoha was the best village to align myself with seeing as the others weren't doing to hot, mist being the most obvious example. The hokage seemed slightly surprised with how quickly I agreed but he regained his composure just as quickly.
It took me three hours to get through all the official shit before I could see my little girl. Hiruzen had been kind enough to keep people off of her, whatever seal users this village had didn't get a chance to pry her open for study, not that they would have understood any of it, from what I knew Jiraiya was the only person with any actual understanding of the art that allowed my baby to do the things she did. She was a masterpiece, and everyone should know that. Hiruzen chuckled when he watched me shove people away to grab her, "You show a level of fondness for your weapon that many would their wife". "Your not the first to say that lord third" after those brief words I ignored him, what was really important was that my baby was unharmed. There was something that bothered me, the hokage, I understand why he acted the way he did around me, I couldn't touch him we both knew it, but he showed no hesitation in allowing me to interact with other ninja. The whole reason I was in this situation was because I tried to kill one of his men after all.
I shook my head, it didn't matter, it's not like I was going to try anything anyway. "Chunin huh", I muttered to catch the old goats attention. "Indeed, I will admit that you are at your most dangerous from a distance but if the enemy can get in close your skills are sorely lacking, as you've recently experienced", he stated with a casual smile on his face. Most would think he was mocking them but I kept silent, I'd always known that I didn't do too hot in close quarters but as he said, it had never been a problem until now. After a minute of silence Hiruzen spoke up,"I have assigned you to a squad to further your own skills. Hopefully before the year is up you will be jonin material." I had nothing to say to this, it was just something I needed to accept. To keep the conversation going and to get the info needed I asked,"Who am I training with and where will I meet them". Once I got my answer I rented an apartment ate some food and slept on a couch that had a broken leg. I woke up when the sun rose and made my way to training ground fourteen where I was met with a hyperactive blond a yelling pink haired girl and a boy who seemed indifferent to it all. Great, Hiruzen saddled me with his worst ninja.