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Konoha's dungeon entrance – early in the morning

Today was a special day for one Kakashi Hatake, he grabbed his old adventurer armor he rarely used this days and headed for the dungeon. It had been more than 6 months since he had last entered the dungeon, if it was he's choice he would only enter once a year especifically on this day, but he had done a special request to the god Enma so he had entered the dungeon twice this year.

It had been a long time since he had stopped being an active adventurer, Enma-sama had been angry at him in the beginning but after Kakashi explained himself he had let him leave his familia on one condition, he would stay as an adventurer and would come by from time to time to have his stats updated.

"Sorry for being a little late, we don't normally do it this early in the morning" said Kakashi's friend as he arrived at the dungeon's entrance.

"I made poor planning, I have to meet up with Enma-sama early tomorrow and this normally takes us a whole day so I wanted to do this earlier than usual" replied Kakashi.

"Doesn't he know today's the day?" asked Kakashi's friend.

"He does and that's probably why he scheduled it for tomorrow, he likes to annoy me." Kakashi replied with an annoyed look on his eye, he then turned to his friend and said "I hope you don't mind us rushing through this Hiashi."

"Not at all, I also … wanted to make this quick this year, after the last time we talked I have a lot in my mind." replied Hiashi looking to the ground.

"I won't ask" Kakashi said which calmed Hiashi a little bit "Let's get going then."

Inside a tea shop in Konoha

Kurama was sitting in a table currently waiting for Chomei, after their last meeting at the council of the gods Chomei had asked if they could meet again to chat more openly. A room full with other gods wasn't the best place to speak after all, Kurama had agreed seeing no harm in it, they had decided to meet here today.

"I shouldn't have come here so early" Kurama thought as she sat there waiting, still 20 minutes before their agreed meeting time "But I wonder what Chomei wants to talk about."

Chomei was a kind of pacifist amongst all gods, when the first god descended to earth, she quickly understood it and supported its decision, in fact it wasn't long after that Chomei descended herself and not long after all the other gods followed suit.

Amongst all the different gods Kurama would agree that Chomei was the one she had the most positive relationship with, it was mostly because Chomei just gets along with all the other gods.

But even if her relationship with Chomei was positive it didn't meant Chomei agreed with everything Kurama had ever done. No in fact she was the first to tell her to stop doing terrible things to the humans when they both were gods, Chomei always got angry whenever Kurama used her powers to make hurricanes or other natural disasters for fun. Maybe if Kurama had heard her she wouldn't have had such a bad time back when she first descended.

If Kurama remembered correctly the last time she met Chomei was way before she ever met Mito, it was back when Kurama was moving from place to place and hiding from the humans that hated her, Chomei had hid her for about a week before she decided to move somewhere else.

Luckily those days where she had to run and hide were over, everyone had mostly forgotten what she did before she descended and those that didn't just weren't bothered about what she did ages ago, many other gods had done terrible things as well and were forgiven after some time, she hoped she had been included in the bunch of gods that were forgiven.

"Kurama you came, I hope I didn't make you wait long." Chomei said as she arrived breaking Kurama out of here train of thought, Kurama checked the time and saw that it was just a little over their agreed time.

"Nice to see you two Chomei and don't worry I just arrived myself." Kurama said.

"That's wonderful" Chomei said as she took the seat in front of Kurama, they were seated in a back area of the shop away from any occupied table which gave them some privacy "I was hoping to get to talk to you, especially now that I know you have a familia, so tell me how did you manage to find it?"

"It kinda found me, it started when …" Kurama then explain how she started her familia with Naruto "and that's basically how I started my current familia."

"I see, I'm happy you finally could go out and form a familia, I remember as if it was not that long ago when you hide from everyone and had that sad look on your face, but now you have this big smile that I haven't seen in…" Chomei stopped to think about it before she continued "Since never, I think I have actually never seen you smile this way."

"What do you mean I was plenty happy in the past!" Kurama retorted

"Not like this, this is a different kind of happiness; it can be seen in your face. Familias are truly wonderful" Chomei explained.

Kurama thought about Chomei's words, she was right she had never felt like she did now, not even back when she was with Mito, back then she was worried all the time that Mito would figure out what she was doing to actually feel like she was doing her job as a familia god, even back before she descended she had been happy doing all sorts of different stuff but nothing made her feel who she felt like when she thought about Naruto or Hanabi and the fact that they were part of her familia.

"Your right Familias sure are wonderful" Kurama said smiling at Chomei who returned her smile twice over.

"They sure are" Chomei added a little bit later as she thought about her own familia, but as she thought about her familia she remembered the reason she had wanted to speak to Kurama in the first place "Speaking of familias, I wanted to ask you a favor Kurama."

"A favor? Sure, for you anything Chomei" Kurama said before she quickly added "But if it is about money I don't have much right now."

"No, nothing like that" Chomei said calming Kurama down "You see one of my familia members is not really happy about being in my familia"

"How so?" asked Kurama.

"Well she is a blacksmith, my familia has several blacksmiths, not as many as Gyuki or Son Goku not by a long shot, we just have a few but since my familia doesn't focuses on combat or exploration, new weapons, armors or repairs aren't needed that often and when they are they are dealt swiftly by most of the other blacksmiths, so she doesn't end up doing much most of the time, at least that's how she feel about it." Chomei explained "So I was wondering if you would accept her into your familia?"

"Into my familia!? Why not the Gyuki or Son Goku familias, she would certainly be happier there." Kurama said surprised by Chomei's request.

"That's what I suggested at the beginning, but she refused" Chomei answered "She doesn't want to be in a familia as big as the Gyuki familia, and she said she didn't wanted to be in the Son Goku familia so I was thinking in maybe asking other smaller familias to see if they would take her in, but when I learned you had a familia now and what's more one of your familia members leveled up I thought maybe she would be happier in your familia."

"But my familia is not just small, it's probably the smallest familia out there, I only have 2 members I don't think she would be happy about being in such a familia" Kurama said.

"I know her, she would be really happy about being in your familia" Chomei said "You don't have to accept right now, you can meet her first maybe let her go into the dungeon with your familia members to see how they get along first."

Kurama didn't really know how she should feel about Chomei's request, on one hand she wanted to grow her familia but she didn't know if taking members from other god's familias was the way she wanted to go about it. She had already done it with Hanabi but this was a different situation altogether.

"She's already level 3 so she wouldn't be a bother for your familia members while they go through the dungeon, give it some though" Chomei added.

Kurama sighted "Fine, I guess it doesn't hurt to at least meet her. But are you really sure, it would mean losing one of your familia members." Kurama said.

"Oh don't worry about that, as long as she's happy I'm happy that's how I feel with all my familia members, even those that have left." Chomei explained "In any case I'll contact you later after I've spoken with her to let you know when you can meet her."

"So what's her name anyways, I should at least know that before I meet her" Kurama said.

"Oh right, her name is Tenten Jiang" Chomei said clapping her hands.

The streets of Konoha

Naruto had just finished changing the crystals he had gotten last time he went into the dungeon at the guild, he made sure to separate his part of the money from Kabuto's and Hanabi's since he didn't wanted to spend it by mistake.

Since he was alone for the day because Hanabi had to go somewhere with Hinata and Kabuto had other things to do he decided not to go into the dungeon for the day instead he was going to go around and replenish his supplies of potions and other stuff, he was considering getting better armor since the one he had was not that good anymore, it had been great in earlier floors but against the hellhounds and other enemies in the deeper floors it wasn't that good.

But getting new armor would have to wait since he didn't had that much money to spend at the time and besides the last time he had looked at armor he hadn't seen anything else that caught his eyes apart from what he already had, maybe he should look into the name he that was written in his armor to see if that blacksmith could make him a new one, he would need to check his armor when he got back home to see the name since he had forgotten for now.

He was also given a lot of thought to the expedition Haku mentioned, he knew the Isobu and Enma familias weren't accepting volunteers but if he just happened to be there when they passed through the dungeon he could at least see how an expedition worked, he might had not studied that much into the dungeon in the past but he had read about expeditions before and ever since he did he had wanted to go into one. Expeditions are made to learn more about the dungeon even floors that are believed to be fully explored had revealed new areas or mysteries during expeditions and Naruto wanted to be the one to discover and maybe solve some of those mysteries.

Maybe he could ask Kiba if he could just accompany them up to the second level floors to learn about expeditions, but he didn't even knew if Kiba was part of the expedition team. It seem his only chance of seeing an expedition first hand was to trail the real one or go into the dungeon before them and wait for them to pass through.

"Well no point in thinking about that now" Naruto said to himself as he continue walking towards his destination, Ichiraku pub, he figure he could stop there to eat before he went and bought all his supplies, but when he got there he found a big surprise, a sign in the door that read "close for the day".

Why on this day that didn't had much to do, why was the place that sells his favorite food in the whole city had to close on this day was the thought going through Naruto's mind as he stood in front of the door, but no matter how much he stare at it the sign still read "close for the day".

"Is that you Naruto?" asked the voice of Teuchi who was standing on the alley besides the pub holding a bag that was probably trash that he was throwing out.

The question brought Naruto out of his thoughts as he looked towards Teuchi "You closed for the day?" Naruto asked slumping a little.

"Oh that yeah, but if you want I made a little too much ramen for lunch by habit I could give you a bowl" Teuchi said.

"Really?" Naruto asked hopeful.

"I would just end up throwing the excess away anyways so you would be doing me a favor" Teuchi answered.

And after a really quick walk into the pub through the back door with a really excited Naruto Teuchi was serving two bowls of ramen one for him and another for Naruto.

"So what brought you here this early? You normally come here later on the day if you decide to stop by" Teuchi asked as he placed the bowl in front of Naruto "And by the way only the first one is free, this is a business after all."

Naruto deflated a little bit as he heard that he would have to pay if he wanted a second bowl but he answered Teuchi's question anyways "Hanabi said she needed the day off so I'm alone today and going to the early floors of the dungeon by myself doesn't sound that exciting."

"That explains it" Teuchi said as he heard Naruto's explanation.

"And what about you, why did you closed today?" Naruto asked "I think Hinata was going with Hanabi to wherever they were going but you still could have opened the pub."

"If it was only Hinata yes I could have opened without trouble but Kakashi also asked for a day off" Teuchi explained "and Ayame wanted to go shopping since forever so I decided to just take a day off today."

"Kakashi also took a day off today?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah actually, he takes days off from time to time because of other matters he has to attend" Teuchi explained "So if you don't see him some days don't be alarmed."

"Other matters?" Naruto asked curious.

"Sorry I can't tell you, is his personal life he'll tell you if he wants to" Teuchi said.

"I understand" Naruto said.

They continued eating in silence for a little while, after bringing Naruto's second bowl Teuchi broke the silence.

"So Naruto what do you think about Hinata?" Teuchi asked out of the blue.

Naruto almost choked on his ramen as he was caught off guard with that question "What do you mean?" Naruto asked confused.

"You see I work with her everyday and I constantly see her staring in the direction of the dungeon all day." Teuchi said.

"She's probably just worried about Hanabi" Naruto said giving a possible explanation.

"No she doesn't look worried, the look I see on her eyes is different" Teuchi continued.

"The look … on her eyes?" Naruto asked confused about what Teuchi was talking about.

"You see Naruto I've worked in this pub for a long time, I've met all kinds of people, adventurers or not, and I've seen a lot of different looks on people eyes what I see in Hinata's eyes is something similar to what I've seen in many rookie adventurers or people that stop here on their look for a familia to join." Teuchi continued.

"So you're saying Hinata is like a person trying to become an adventurer?" Naruto asked trying to see if he had understood.

"Correct, but I can also see a lot of doubt and confusion when she looks towards the dungeon, is like she wants to go and see something in there but she fear finding the answer." Teuchi continued.

"Hinata's father used to tell her and Hanabi stories about the dungeon when they were little. If I remember correctly what I heard the day I brought Hanabi here" Naruto said as he started understanding what Teuchi was trying to say "but then he forbade both her and Hanabi from becoming adventurers because it was dangerous. Hanabi said that was the reason she became an adventurer to see if she could find what her father loved about the dungeon." Naruto explained.

"I had heard a little bit about that when Hinata explained that she was looking for her sister back when she started working here" Teuchi said "but I think now I understand, Hinata also wants to become an adventurer probably for the same reasons as Hanabi. But she's probably scared since she was probably older when her father changed and she understands the danger of the dungeon."

"Why are you telling me all this anyways?" Naruto asked curious as to why Teuchi had brought up this topic.

"As I told you before I've worked here for a long time now" Teuchi started "and I've seen all sort of people, including people who have given up on their dreams, the look on Hinata's eyes has started to look like the look on those types of persons and I don't want her to give up on her dreams."

"And what would you want to do about her then?" Naruto asked.

"I would like to get yours and Hanabi's help; I want you two to motivate her to become an adventurer." Teuchi said.

"But wouldn't you be losing a worker then?" Naruto asked.

"It's ok, Ayame and me can take care of this place by ourselves, I just closed today because Ayame needed the day off even though she would never asked for it herself" Teuchi explained.

"So what should I do then?" Naruto asked accepting Teuchi's request.

Deep inside the Konoha dungeon

Kakashi relaxed a little bit as a few lighting like flashes died in his hand as he had just attacked a particularly big monster with one of his strongest jutsus. Hiashi appeared besides him lowering his spear and checking on Kakashi's conditions.

"This isn't as easy as I remember" Hiashii said as the monster behind then started to turn around towards them but suddenly stopped and exploded leaving a particularly big crystal behind.

"We were just a little sloppy this time" Kakashi said as he completely relaxed and started looking around for the stairs to the next floor.

"We should remember that for the next time, maybe we should get together a few days before and practice a little next time just to make it easier on us" Hiashi suggested.

"Maybe, but who knows what we'll be doing by this time next year" Kakashi said to Hiashi's confusion "Anyways lets hurry, we don't want it coming back before we have to pass through here again."

"Oh yeah we only have a few hours before he reappears" Hiashi remembered "Let's make this quick then."

Kakashi and Hiashi continued into the next floor of the dungeon heading directly to their destination, they paid little mind to the few buildings in the distance that made a small village inside the dungeon and headed the opposite direction into the woods of the current floor they were in and soon enough they found their destination.

They arrived a secluded part of the forest with a small clearing and in the clearing there was a small stone monument with a few names written on it.

Hiashi was the first one to approach the monument, he kneeled down in front of it and placed a hand on top of it, Kakashi stood a little behind him just looking at the monument.

After a few moments had past Kakashi was the one break the silence.

"You know your daughters were going to go see the other one back in the surface" Kakashi said "They would have probably appreciated their father being there with them."

"I…. I can't bring myself to see them yet" Hiashi said standing back up and turning towards Kakashi "I still don't know if I made the right choice."

Kakashi sighted softly and looked up at Hiashi "You'll never find out like this, the only way to find out if it was the right choice is talking with them, seeing if they are happy like they are now."

Hiashi looked down at the ground in thought and then back at Kakashi "Why are you so concern about me all of a sudden?" Hiashi asked "I've known you since forever, and you've never been like this."

Kakashi turned around away from Hiashi and looked up at a crystal in the ceiling that was providing all the light in this floor of the dungeon before he answered.

"I think it was your daughter, ever since I started working with her back at the pub I've seen her go through a lot" Kakashi explained "I don't want her to end like you or me"

"And that's why I did what I did!" Hiashi exclaimed "I don't want to end death in the dungeon"

"The dungeon" Kakashi said looking around "I sometimes, wonder why I ever wanted to come in here, do you ever wonder that?"

Hiashi was taken aback by the sudden change of subject by Kakashi but he had to admit he hadn't given much thought to his original reason to becoming an adventurer since they placed that monument that was behind them.

"No I can't say I do" Hiashi answered honestly.

"I have recently started thinking a lot about it and I remember what I felt back then, it's the same feeling your daughter is trying so hard to repress inside her." Kakashi explained "Why don't you try it. Try thinking to before you became an adventurer."

Hiashi looked confused at Kakashi but he did as he was told he closed his eyes and thought about those days he had long forgotten.

After a little while Kakashi spoke again "So what did you see?"

Hiashi sighted and opened his eyes "I saw a young boy full of dreams and ambitions, and then I saw her. You're right I need to speak with them to reach a final answer."

"Good, then let's get going or our friend boss monster will be back blocking the path" Kakashi said as he started moving back the way they had gotten there.

Somewhere else

Hinata and Hanabi where kneeling in front of a grave together, Hinata reached down and placed some flowers in front of it and then turned to Hanabi and said "It's been a while since we did this together."

"I'm glad we came here together, I don't know if I could have come on my own" Hanabi said.

"I know" Hinata said as she got closer to her sister and grabbed her in a hug with her right hand.

Decided to end it there, tell me what you thought.

This one was hard to write, especially that Naruto scene with Teuchi I was never happy with it, I'm not completely happy with what I ended with but it was the best I could do.

Hopefully the next chapter will not take as long as this one.