We Are Jinchuuriki
Chapter 2: The 4th Law of the Doctrine
by D.G.S - DeathGodSlayer
Isobu stood in front of five screens, each one linked for a video conference for the Gokage. Dressed in his uniform complete with a mask to cover the lower half of his face.
The Gokage, amongst all of the World Leaders, these were the most influential. The Raikage, A, in charge of Kaminari no Kuni, a country with a mountainous regions, its capital being Kumogakure. The Tsuchikage, Ohnoki, leader of Tsuchi no Kuni, with its capital being Iwagakure. The Mizukage, Mei Terumi, from Isobu's own homeland Mizu no Kuni, a series of large islands under one government its capital being Kirigakure. The only one of the 5 major countries with a monarch, who from an early aged had been trained to deal with global politics, Kaze no Kuni, a desert filled country that relied on its gold mines and oasis resorts for income, the current monarch and leader of Kaze no Kuni, the Kazekage, Kibishī. And the newly appointed Hokage, Danzo Shimura, leader of the powerhouse Hi no Kuni.
And currently, despite his calm composure, Isobu was taking a grilling from all five of them. "I apologize Kage-dono, I will see something like this never happens again."
"You say that, but we constantly keep having to come back over the same matters." The Kazekage spoke in a gruff manner. "We can't keep using the media to hide your movements."
"Oh don't be so hard on the representative, they did get rid of a serious problem. Nami no Kuni is a lot safer now without Gato. Plus we didn't need to mobilise any soldiers to deal with him." The Mizukage spoke softly, giving him a warm smile.
"I'm new, but I don't trust the Jinchuuriki." The Hokage spoke, gaining everyone's attention. "How can we, we cannot meet them in person, and he hides his face behind that mask during every conference."
"Forgive me, Hokage-dono. But neither need to meet any of you in person or show any of you my face." Isobu responded, he had always thought the Jinchuuriki were a secretive bunch, but when he joined, they were already in correspondence with the world leaders, and the governments would request tasks of utmost importance from them, missions and tasks that only they could perform, jobs where the world leaders couldn't be seen as scared or mobilising forces to combat them. "You want trust, Hokage-dono? Look at our track record, the current roster alone has completed 217 missions, and not a single failure. Granted the death of Gato's subordinates was unplanned for, but I must stress the fact that the mission itself was a success. You do not need to see our faces, you do not need to meet us, because we are always here, Jinchuuriki was protecting the world long before you were born, and will continue to do so long after you are gone."
The Hokage merely gave off a small grunt before signing out of the conference. "Well it doesn't matter how pretty it was, the job was done. You get a well done from me, Jinchuuriki." The old Tsuchikage gave a smile, before similarly signing off.
Following him were the Kazekage and Mizukage, leaving Isobu alone with the Raikage. "How's B?" The Raikage uttered out after a few moments of silence, the Raikage was the closest ones to them, a strong, wise man, whose brother happened to be a current member of the Jinchuuriki, hence he knew a little more than he should regarding one member of their organisation, but not enough to have him deemed a threat.
"A thorn in my side," Isobu's bright pink pupiless eyes staring back at the hulking Raikage. "Reliable, strong, but a thorn in my side nonetheless."
"Good, I wouldn't have him any other way. Make sure he's stays out of trouble, and tell him to visit more often." The Raikage gave him a courteous nod before finally signing off himself.
With the Gokage gone Isobu finally sighed, pulling down his mask to reveal a face more akin to a child's than an adults, a long stitched scar reaching down his check that had been just barely visible when his mask was up under his left eye, he ran a hand through his light grey hair, before his face turned to one of utter fury. "I'll kill them! Shukaku, Chomei, Kurama, I'll kill them all myself damn it!"
"Wow, look at Hinata go…" Ino stared blatantly at her dark haired friend a distance away, chatting with some mysterious blonde boy, with blue eyes so bright she could see them from where she stood. "There I was thinking she didn't even care about that stuff, who knew Hinata just had such high standards." Ino giggled lecherously to herself.
"What are you talking about, Ino?" Sakura looked towards her platinum blonde friend with confusion. "Looks like they're just talking."
"Yes, but look at him!" Ino retorted back quickly, pointing to the blonde. "I've never seen someone with such bright eye before, and look at his chest! He must seriously have to work out in order to reach perfection like that!"
"I don't think Sai would like you saying those things or looking at other guys, Ino." Sakura responded casually, helping her friend paint a picture of her pale skinned, chestnut brown haired boyfriend.
"Oh please, lighten up Sakura, Sasuke isn't around you know?" Ino retorted, similarly making her pink haired friend think of her own sour tempered, black haired boyfriend. "It's not like I'm gonna go over there and maul him or something!"
"W-What are you two speaking of?" Both girls jumped out of their skin when then they heard Hinata's small voice speak up from directly next to them.
"So… who was that guy you were with just now, Hinata?" Ino regained her composure first, leaning into the raven haired girl with a sneaky smile.
"I-I don't know, I almost lost my hat but he got it for me. Aside from that, I don't know him, I-I even forgot to ask his name so I could thank him properly." A red blush descended on the girl's face, had she really been so mesmerised that she forgot even common courtesy.
"What are you three yapping about this time?" They all turned when they heard Shikamaru's lazy voice call out.
"The blonde boy over there, Hinata has finally found her soul mate. Its love at first sight you see." Ino answered for the three of them.
"I-I-Ino, don't be silly. I-I'm not in love with him, I don't even know who he is." Hinata blushed furiously, denying Ino's proclamation with verve.
Shikamaru however wasn't paying attention, he stared at the boy in question calculatedly. As if on cue they boy turned for a second, as if he could feel their eyes on him. Shikamaru's eyes widened for a fraction of a second when he saw his face. "Say, give me a minute." He responded coolly, before he began to walk in the direction of the blonde.
"Where's he going?" The girls said in near unison, watching curiously as the lazy friend departed towards the blonde boy.
"Stop worrying Gaara, so they're a little late, it's not as if Fū is torturing Shion or anything." Naruto patted his red haired friend on the shoulder in a comforting manner, despite the red haired boy not showing any outward signs of worry or fret.
"I don't trust her." Gaara answered bluntly, his dislike of Fū was quite well known to the blonde, Gaara was the type of person who needed impressing before anything else, and Fu had not impressed him in the slightest. Fū's own contempt for the red haired boy was similarly known, they had to put up with each other simply due to their current situation.
"Naruto?" They heard a voice behind them call curiously, turning they saw the boy from their earlier conversation standing there, hands in his pockets with an eyebrow raised.
"Well if it isn't Shikamaru." Naruto beamed widely, playing the part of being oblivious to his presence previously. "It's been a really long time!"
"Yeah about eight years." Shikamaru smiled warmly towards the blonde. "It was strange, one minute you were there all loud and annoying and getting us into all kinds of trouble, next minute you were gone, things just weren't the same."
"I'm sure you enjoyed it really, you would finally be able to sleep all day!" Naruto laughed even louder, putting his hands behind his head. "What are you doing here in Taiyō no Machi anyway? Konoha is seriously far away?"
"On vacation. Got through my first year of University. It's troublesome, but I was pressured into coming." The black haired boy sighed heavily, scowling towards the clear blue sea. "What are you doing here? I didn't think I'd actually be seeing you again."
"We're on vacation as well." Naruto grinned, pointing to the red haired boy behind him. "This is Gaara, I work with him. Gaara, this is Shikamaru Nara, I used to go to school with him when I was ten."
The two nodded at each other quickly, before Shikamaru moved to continue speaking. "So is it just you two on holiday?"
"Nah, we're here with Gaara's girlfriend and another friend as well, we're waiting for them now actually. What about you, Shikamaru, whoever made you come here must have some serious sway on you!" Naruto laughed out loud once more, if Shikamaru was anything like he remembered, and judging by his demeanour he was, a vacation would be far too troublesome for him.
"Tch don't be ridiculous, I'm here with those three girls back there," He pointed his thumb behind him to three girls who were staring at them. "The blonde one's is my dad's old friend, I've known her longer than I've known you, but she went to an all-girls school, I re-met her in University, she threatened to tell my mom I was being unruly and unsociable and slept through half my classes if I didn't go on holiday with her and her friends. Kiba and Choji are here with us as well, you remember them right?"
"Of course!" Naruto answered eagerly, picturing two small boys, one with dark brown spiky hair and a grin as mischievous as his own, and a small chubby boy with mousy brown hair, forever munching on a pack of chips. Naruto looked over to the girls in the far back. "Looks like they're about to come over."
"I figured as much, Ino's far too troublesome to keep quiet." Shikamaru sighed dejectedly once again, things were about to get far too loud for his liking.
"There's Shikamaru's genius for you!" Ino watched her lazy black haired friend talking casually to the two unknown boys. "He's created an opening in the battle for love!"
"What are you talking about, Ino?" Sakura looked over at her platinum blond haired friend, did all three of them have a problem, Shikamaru was chronically lazy, Choji couldn't stop eating, and Ino thought of love as a war to be waged.
"This is the battle for Hinata's heart, so icy and alone, this boy might be the one to melt the barrier and rekindle her fires of love!" Ino responded with ecstatic glee, looking towards Hinata, who blushed furiously.
"P-Please, Ino you're being silly. I don't feel lonely at all." Hinata commented, looking towards the floor. It was a partial truth, she didn't feel lonely as she had many friends who cared about her, but on the other hand, Ino had Sai, Sakura had Sasuke, Tenten had her cousin Neji, she would have liked someone to call hers as well. Usually it wouldn't bother someone, however the blue haired girl did suffer from a slightly lower than normal self-esteem, to her, it felt like it was just another thing she was left behind in.
She suddenly felt a hand wrap itself around her wrist, she saw Ino grinning at her deviously. "Come on, let's go meet him!" She quickly pulled her two friend towards where the boys were stood. "Shikamaru! Who are you talking to!?" She acted out, playing her part of a curious friend well enough.
"Ugh… things are about to get troublesome…" Shikamaru sighed out, seeing Ino almost sprinting at them with Sakura and Hinata pulled behind her.
"Ah, if it isn't Hat-Girl." The blonde haired boy beamed as his eyes focused on Hinata, who blushed terribly and hid behind Ino as they approached.
"This is good, Hinata, he's already got a pet name for you!" Ino whispered to the flustered raven haired girl, accompanied by a wink.
"Naruto, Gaara this is Ino, Sakura and Hinata." Shikamaru pointed to the blonde, pink haired and raven haired girls respectively. "Girls, this is Naruto, and his friend Gaara, me and Naruto go some way back, I haven't seen him since I was ten."
"Well, Naruto, Hinata has something important to say to you!" Ino grinned, pushed Hinata into the centre spotlight.
The poor raven haired girl fidgeted on the spot with a flustered look. "Well, the thing is… I wanted to thank you properly for getting my hat for me, b-but I didn't catch your name earlier…" She eventually made out is a meek, almost whisper like voice.
"Ah don't worry about it!" The blonde boy, to her knowledge now named Naruto beamed at her, placing his hands behind his head.
"So how long will you be here in the city? We're here on holiday ourselves." Ino interjected with an unhidden enthusiasm for the subject.
"Couple of weeks, maybe three at most, we're on vacation ourselves." The blonde boy replied with an almost contemplative look.
"That's good! It means you and Shikamaru have a few weeks to catch up! So we'll probably be seeing you more as well!" Ino grinned, before giving the raven haired girl at her side a nudge to the arm with her elbow, she leaned in close to her with a playful, mischievous grin. "And more opportunities for a date for you, Hinata." She whispered quietly, causing the raven haired girl to blush furiously.
"Naruto." The red haired spoke up, as Naruto turned he nodded to the space behind him. When the blonde turned he saw just the people he was waiting for. One, dressed in a lilac biking top and a cloth wrapped round her waist, with long pale blond hair tied back and vibrant purple eyes. The other in a green tank top and short denim shorts, with olive skin and peppermint green hair tied back into a short ponytail.
"Naruto!" The peppermint girl sped over, wrapped both her arms around his one left arm. The other girl calmly walked behind them, reaching Gaara and entwining her hand with his.
"Guess more introductions are needed." Naruto chuckled sheepishly, trying to free his arm from the girls grip. "This is Fū, and that is Gaara's girlfriend Shion. Fū, Shion, this is Shikamaru, I knew him back in school a long time ago, and these are his friends Sakura, Ino and Hinata."
Fū did not acknowledge them, instead remaining focused on Naruto. "Where were you two? We've been waiting for ages!"
"Fū, are you crazy!? Me and Gaara have been waiting for you two to show up for an hour now, this was a meeting spot!" Naruto retorted back with anger.
"Ah well whatever, we're here now. Come on, me and Shion have find this old temple that's really worth a visit. They say great heroes have been buried there!" Fū responded back eagerly with excitement.
"Yes, the temple does seem very interesting, you'd enjoy it Gaara-kun." Shion added to Fū's comment, her voice was sweet and calm, almost serene like.
"Y-Yes, I've heard the temple in the forest has a very r-romantic scenery, the temple itself has survived for centuries." Hinata squeaked up, trying to be more involved in the conversation. Truth be told she enjoyed the more historical tourist part of a vacation, visiting landmarks and beautiful scenery, she wasn't a fan of alcohol and the parties she was dragged to regularly by Ino, she felt like a mouse in a horde of elephants every time she walked through the doors to a club.
The peppermint girl focused on her, staring intently at her face. "Your eyes, I've seen them somewhere before…" Her face scrunched up slightly with contemplation, before her min clicked. "You're a Hyuuga, from the Hyuuga Security Systems Company, yes?"
"Y-Yes, I am." Hinata responded weakly, cursing her luck that her family owned a multi-billion security system company with many other side ventures. It wouldn't be so bad, except her entire family had the same white featureless eyes, only differentiating by tints of colour to them. It made her and her wallet very recognisable to others.
"Wow..." The girl, Fū looked stunned, before her face changed to one of almost apathy. "No offence, but I gotta say that your Security systems aren't that good. I've had to go through five different models personally, they're a little crap."
"Fū!" Naruto barked at her quickly, startling the group by the sudden increase of his voice's volume.
"What?" The girl shrugged her shoulders in response. Hinata smiled briefly, she was so used to people telling her how great her family's products were. Here family was well respected and powerful, no customers had ever made a complaint before. Inwardly she was happy that someone didn't like her family's products instead of just saying how fantastic they were.
"Maybe we should go." Naruto eventually spoke aloud, his stomach growling with agreement. He blushed madly, "Guess I'm getting hungry, I'll see you around Shikamaru hopefully." He waved as the four began to move away.
After they reached a fair distance Ino let out a disappointed sigh. "Of course, they would both have girlfriends…" She let out disheartened as she watched the foursome leave.
Hinata watched the four walk away as well, Shion and Gaara were definitely a couple, yet Fū and Naruto, she watched them playfully shoulder barge each other, which cultivated in Naruto barging the girl a little too hard, she fell over into the sand to Naruto's uproarious laughter.
"Idiot!" She heard the girl scream, watching her jumping onto the blondes back, entrapping him in a strangling headlock and begin smacking him in the head. She giggled at the antics of the two in front of her, they were more like close friends than an item.
Or so, deep down in an undiscovered part of her heart, she hoped they were.
Gaara stopped the rental car outside a small fast food restaurant, Shion had volunteered kindly to go in and get orders, and after all she made them stop so she could go to the bathroom. Naruto and Gaara agreed with a shrug, and as soon as she entered the establishment Naruto and Gaara both turned to Fū now sat alone in the back, staring sternly at her.
"What?" She asked slightly ticked off, catching their stares after spending the entire car ride staring out the window.
"You have to be more careful Fū. You could have blown our cover." Naruto responded sternly, catching the look of confusion on her face he quickly added. "With that Hyuuga girl."
"Oh please, it's not like I said, 'And by going through five models of your family's security systems I meant I've literally had to get through them to reach my target for a mission. You guys are too paranoid." The peppermint haired girl responded with an extra tut for emphasis.
"Our organisation has survived on its secrecy, paranoia is what keeps us afloat. One slip up Fū, heard by the wrong ears can unravel everything." Gaara retorted with a usual dull tone, but his face held nothing but anger.
"What Gaara means is that there is a reason why we use codenames, why we don't blurt out our presence to the world. To keep the Jinchuuriki alive, secrecy is the uttermost importance." Naruto added on in a less scolding tone to his red haired companion.
"Like you're both ones to talk!" Fū snapped back angrily at the both of them. "How did that pervy writer find out about us, huh Naruto? It seems every message he leaves for us can only be decoded by you! Seems like you told him about us?"
"He knew about Jinchuuriki long before I was born, and it's not like he has ever told anyone." Naruto responded with complete innocence. "He knows the importance of secrecy, he runs a massive spy network while travelling as an author for Pete's sake!"
"Fine!" Fū huffed in defeat, before turning her attention to Gaara scowling even more than before. "What about you huh? How much have you told your precious girlfriend, Shion?"
Naruto's eyebrow rose, looking at Gaara as well, who notices his change of attention. "That's a good question. I've also wondered how much Shion might actually know."
"What is the fourth law of our Doctrine, Naruto?" Gaara answered, as blunt as ever.
"Your personal life and role as a Jinchuuriki must never intertwine, lest more innocents be put at harm." Naruto answered like he was reading it from a textbook.
Gaara nodded in return. "That's your answer. That's how much Shion knows."
Naruto sighed loudly, before smiling at the red head. "I should have guessed." He quickly turned back to the peppermint haired girl in the back. "There is something you need to learn, Fū if you're going to survive in this organisation; no one can ever know who and what you are."
"I don't understand why I couldn't share a room with Shion?" Gaara asked blankly as he exited their hotel room's bathroom. Dressed in nothing but full length pyjama pants, he looked over to the blonde, who was already tucked in a single bed, staring intently at a laptop on his lap.
"It's not that you couldn't share a room with Shion," Naruto responded, his eyes not averting from the laptop screen. "It's more that you can't leave Fū in a room with me."
"So she has a crush, what's wrong with it? You've already told her no in the past, maybe she just needs another talking to." Gaara replied, crawling into the second single bed.
"What's the fourth law of our Doctrine, Gaara?" Naruto finally looked away from the screen, staring at the red haired boy. "Your personal life and role as a Jinchuuriki must never intertwine, lest more innocents be put at harm. That has a multitude of interpretations, one I've discovered is that a relationship cannot be made between two members of Jinchuuriki, if one were to die the other would be distraught, their performance would drop, they would become reckless, and innocents would be put at harm due to that recklessness, Fū needs to learn that nothing is going to happen. To be honest Gaara sometimes I think our friendship is borderline breaking the fourth law."
Gaara nodded in understanding. "But Fū is childish, and like a child she needs a firm talking to."
"She's not that bad, remember what we were like when we first joined?" Naruto chuckled, remember the small blond version of himself, reckless, impulsive, brazen… aimless.
"And look what we became, with the proper instruction." The red haired responded, staring at the ceiling, he himself lost in a sense of memory. That small boy he was years ago, alone, frightened, with a deep fixation on hatred towards the rest of the world. "We are not ready for the responsibility of training new members, we ourselves are not complete. I don't see why we were stuck with this task of teaching Fu."
"Who else is going to do it?" Naruto shrugged his shoulders casually. "Isobu is the representative and the leader, he can't waste time with these things. Matatabi is too focused on having the most missions under her belt out of all of us, she won't slow down for anything. Saiken is closer to our age and would make a good choice considering he's been here for so long, but his skills are constantly needed, so he can't take time to watch over her."
"What about our teachers, Gyuki and Kokuo? You would figure they would be prime choices, if not, why not Son Goku?" Gaara returned, determined to get his point across despite his calm, apathetic tone and body language.
"Gyuki and Kokuo are the main stars, y'know. They take the hardest missions, the ones taking the longest periods of time. Yeah they were great mentors, but they are needed elsewhere. Son… well he's the most experienced, he's trained everyone apart from you, me and Fū. But he's not going to be around forever as much as we would like him to be. I think Isobu and Son are testing our ability to mentor the next generation, that's why we were picked to mentor Fū, so they can see if we can keep the teachings of the Doctrine and the Way of the Jinchuuriki alive."
Gaara sighed heavily, tasting the bitter sting of defeat from their little back and forth. "I guess we're stuck with her then…"
"Until she is deemed independent. Don't worry, she'll grow on you, Gaara. Just keep thinking on how we were and how we became, Fū will reach that too!" Naruto beamed widely, giving the red haired boy a big thumbs up. "Now I'd recommend getting some sleep. I have an eerie feeling Isobu is going to tear us a new one sooner rather than later after that last mission."
A/N: Hey There! D.G.S Here! We;; chapter 2, I can understand if Chapter 1 didn't get many people interested, I was pleased enough to post it, but I understand if it left a sour taste in the mouth, hopefully this chapter adds a bit more sweetness.
This is still in the developing stages, and in the next couple of chapters the Jinchuuriki themselves in a more prominent role, the first couple are chapters have been simply setting up the world around them.
The Jinchuuriki do have a doctrine, with many guidelines that have been past down through generations, these laws will be explained in future chapters when the Jinchuuriki's back story are revealed.
Still playing with pairings.
To the reviewer of the last chapter Mezzo Mix is a soft drink, think cherry coke but orange coke, it's slogan last time I had it was Orange kissed cola, or cola kissed orange, i forget which way it was.
D.G.S