Systematic Shinobi - Chapter 10.2 (Patreon)

As tempting as it was, to be a petty little shit and blow Kakashi off, Daiki knew he couldn't act so petulant in another village and make Konoha look bad.

So, he reluctantly did as the man said and left the house he had been sleeping off his exhaustion from yesterday in and was directed to another, larger home, near enough a mansion in comparison to the rest of the homes throughout the village.

Fu led him through, while Kakashi stayed outside, his new friend bringing him through the home to an office space, guarded by two shinobi.

They both eyed Fu and Daiki for a moment, before ignoring them.

Fu ignored them right back and promptly kicked open the door, slamming it into the wall with a loud bang, "Hey Shibuki!" the girl greeted loudly.

Snorting, Daiki followed her inside.

He found Shibuki sitting behind a large oak desk, the man looking up from a large scroll, a bunch more of them spread about his desk, and piles of documents.

'Guess even in a minor village the paperwork is killer.' Daiki mused, and made a vow to never become Hokage.

Shibuki sighed, "…Fu, how many times have I asked you not to just barge in?" he asked, laying the scroll down.

"Dunno, never counted." she shrugged.

He sighed once more, before looking at Daiki, "Thanks for coming to see me before you left," he started, before promptly bowing his head to Daiki, in a rather shocking move that actually surprised the boy, "I wanted to thank you personally for your help. If not for you and your friends kindness and bravery, Waterfall would have fallen yesterday, you in particular went above and beyond, suffering many debilitating injuries from what Fu tells me and then even going on to use the Hero Water yourself, whether you knew or not, the fact remains, you gave up at least a decade of your life force to help us, so please accept my gratitude."

"It…It's fine….we're y'know, allies…" Daiki trailed off, rather shocked and unable to formulate any other reply. Where the hell had the cocky, haughty coward from yesterday went to?

Even the way he spoke, softer, yet at the same time, it carried a much heavier weight than it did yesterday.

It was the voice of a man, and not a cowardly little boy.

It was like he was looking at a completely different person!

"Thank you for your understanding," Shibuki lifted his head and smiled at him, "Still, I've made sure you won't walk away from here empty handed for your efforts."

He reached into his top and procured two scrolls. One, a standard sealing scroll, while the other, was around double the size and on the rim, depicted the image of a large black fish.

Shibuki placed both scrolls on his desk, "This sealing scroll contains the bounty we placed on my former teacher, one million ryo in total," he explained, before pointing to the fish baring scroll, "This though, this is something that was a gift to Suien by my father, due to him being the strongest shinobi in the village beyond my father, it is one of three contract scrolls passed down in my family, for the Fish Clan, this specific scroll is linked to Rainenmaru, one of the boss summons and the personal summon of Suien, we retrieved the scroll from his body, as a gift, I want you to have it."

Huh.

Well wasn't that something.

"Rainenmaru?" Fu spoke up before he could, tapping her chin in thought, "Isn't that one just like your summon? Can't it like transform into a huge dragon?"

"Yes, all the fish bosses are capable of using the Dragon Transformation technique," Shibuki nodded, "Rainenmaru is tied for the strongest of the clan with my own summon, perhaps even stronger nowadays. Though, he is known for his particularly aggressive personality, he may just attack you if summoned, especially considering you killed Suien."

A million ryo and a fish that could turn into a dragon. Neat. He didn't really need a summoning contract though, he already had one. And he didn't know if signing it would cause issues with the Chameleon clan.

"You didn't happen to find the instructions for that Water Armour jutsu of his did you?" He'd happily take that instead. A dragon summon, technically, sounded fucking cool as shit, and if it could fly, that would be hella-useful, and as a fish originally, it probably had access to water jutsu that would pair well with his lightning jutsu.

But that Water Armour would be a safer bet. Because if it turned out the Chameleon's weren't cool with him signing another contract, he wasn't going to, so it would be useless to him.

Better something he could for sure get use out of himself.

Shibuki snorted, "Heh, if only," the leader of Waterfall shook his head, "It was quite the jutsu wasn't it? If I could spread that jutsu through the village, we'd definitely be able to grow stronger overall, but, sadly, no. Knowing my teacher, selfish as he was, he'd probably have destroyed anything remotely instructional on the technique once he learned it himself."

…Well, that sucked.

Still, it wasn't like what he got was a bad haul or anything.

He wondered idly for a moment, if this Rainemaru would be able to teach that Dragon Transformation technique to Shiromari.

He had mentioned he was born of a union between the snake clan and the chameleons, specifically, his father was actually Manda, in an attempt to breed an actual dragon.

Granted, to do that, he would need to summon Shiromari, and he hadn't really gotten around to trying that out yet.

He may have enough chakra to do so, but he couldn't exactly do that in another village, now could he?

'Hmm…' Daiki thought of the best option to go with here.

His eyes flickered briefly to the girl by his side. That, may be a better option actually. If Fu had a boss summon on her own side, she would have a lot more options if Akatsuki ever came calling.

And he doubted Fu would begrudge him signing it later if things worked out with the chameleon's on that front anyway. "So, I can do what I want with this then?" Daiki asked, picking the fish contract scroll up.

"It's yours to do as you please with." Shibuki confirmed.

"Alright then," Daiki nodded, then turned around and held the scroll out to Fu, "Here, you have it Fu?"

"…..Uh….?" Shibuki trailed off in shock.

"Really!?" Fu's eyes widened with excitement.

"Yeah, I already have a summon contract of my own and I don't know if they'll accept me having another clans contract as well," he shrugged, before smiling at her, "Plus, this Rainemaru guy sounds tough, and I'd feel better knowing you have strong back up like that."

"Yahoo!" Fu accepted the scroll and jumped up and down excitedly, "I always wanted a summon of my own!" she then slammed into his side again, wrapping him in a massive hug.

"Wait, wait wait!" Shibuki spluttered, standing up abruptly, so fast his chair tipped over and hit the ground with a clatter, "Are you sure about this? Rainemaru isn't a weak summon Daiki-san! His scales are so hard normal weaponry can't pierce him, he's faster than Suien was and has many water style techniques, on top of that, upon assuming his dragon form, he can use fire style techniques as well."

Rainemaru really was impressive, huh? Really living up to that boss summon title.

"Yeah, I'm sure of it," Daiki nodded, "Though, I hope you don't mind me coming back for a visit now and then to see Fu."

Shibuki shook his head and sighed, picking up his chair and sitting back down, "Feel free, honestly, if it wasn't due to her status, I'd tell her to go with you and vacation in Konoha, keep her out of my hair for a while," he replied dryly, "Sadly, it's not quite that simple, Iwa barely keep to testing our borders as is, simply because it is known she is always stationed here and they fear the wrath of the Nanabi, if they heard she was staying in Konoha now, especially with how much they hate your village, they'd get paranoid and much more aggressive."

Daiki growled at the mention of them, "Fucking rock humpers," he spat in disgust, "They never learn."

…Okay so maybe he had a grudge against Iwa for the way two fucking grown Jonin had targeted him, a mere rookie genin and murdered him just because he was from the Leaf.

Surprisingly, Shibuki nodded in agreement, "Yeah, I'll have to shake the hand of the Yondaime Hokage when the day comes that I die," he half smirked at the thought, "The only good Iwa ninja, is a dead one as far as I'm concerned."

…Oh yeah, didn't Shibuki's father die because he needed to use the Hero Water to hold off Onoki?

Honestly, suddenly Shibuki seemed much more likeable today.

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He left Shibuki's office not long later, sans Fu. It seemed he wanted to, take the time to explain to her that the summoning technique, especially one linked to Rainemaru, was not a toy and she had to be careful with it.

Fu had already half tuned him out as soon as he started, instead focusing on hugging the ever loving daylights out of Daiki and telling him to come back and visit soon and winking at him while wishing him luck on increasing his chakra capacity.

Shibuki had sputtered and went bright red at her words. He thought it was innuendo apparently, and didn't coin on to the real meaning behind her words at all.

"So, ready to go?" he found Kakashi leaning on the wall of the mansion beside the door.

"Are you a clone or the real one?" Daiki asked instead.

"Not a clone," Kakashi shrugged, "I left a few clones to keep an eye on you while I escorted my team back, then rushed back once they were back in the village."

Daiki shrugged and walked on, the older shinobi pushing off the mansion and quickly catching up and walking beside him in a few strides.

"I've got another question." he asked.

"I may have the answer." Kakashi didn't even look up from his book.

"If you were around," the teen began, narrowing his eyes at the man by his side, "Why did you let that guy kick the shit out of us? You could have taken care of him at any point, couldn't you?"

"Actions have consequences," Kakashi shrugged, actually looking up from his book to stare at Daiki seriously, "You and those three other idiot chibi's jumped right into a mission you were never given, you aren't samurai, it isn't your job to defend the innocent, you're a shinobi."

The man stopped walking, forcing Daiki to do the same, "You were never in any real danger, the second he went for a full on killing blow, I would have ripped his head off before he even knew what happened," Kakashi continued, directing his full attention to Daiki, and the boy felt, something akin to a pressure force down upon his shoulders, rooting him to the spot, "But what if I wasn't here? Being a Jonin-sensei isn't about holding your hands, you should be trusted to make your way back to the village. If I wasn't here, and you didn't have that water as a crutch, all of you would have died for your pure ignorance of the situation and utter arrogance in your own ability."

Daiki found he couldn't utter a word to refute the Sharingan wielder, "This is why I told the Hokage I didn't want to bring my team with me," Kakashi sighed, running a hand through his hair and looking away from Daiki, "I knew exactly that Naruto and Sasuke couldn't be trusted to act as they should have, I wasn't sure about you and I knew Sakura would tag along with whatever Sasuke decided." he outright grumbled.

Daiki found himself releasing a huge breath he hadn't known he'd been holding when the man looked away, "…Tch…" it grated him, that every single word the man said, struck true.

They had been arrogant. He'd been especially arrogant because of his own knowledge. He thought after fighting those first Rain scrubs, that they could handle it, even knowing there was a Jonin-class enemy running the show.

Clearly, he needed to grind more than just his muscle and chakra power.

"Well, whatever," Kakashi shrugged his shoulders, "Treat this is as a learning experience."

"I will." Daiki promised.

He clearly didn't have the strength yet to act as he pleased.

They resumed walking, and not long later arrived at the shore of the lake, where to Daiki's slight surprise, a familiar figure was waiting.

A small, cute little girl, who positively lit up when she saw them, "Daiki-nii!" Shizuku shouted and quickly rushed over to him.

Slamming into his stomach and wrapping her thin arms around his waist, "You're okay, I'm so glad!"

Daiki was touched by her worry for him, "I'm fine," he pat her on the head and assured her, "Besides I told you didn't I? That I'd kick all those guys asses."

"Mmm!" Shizuku nodded against his stomach, "You were super cool."

Damn right he was.

He kneeled down after a moment when she pulled back and smiled at her, "It's time for me to head back home, but I'll come back and visit sometime," he promised her, "So until then, you be a good girl and look after your mom okay?"

"Mmm, I will!" she nodded, then surprised him by leaning forward and kissing him on the cheek, "I love you Daiki-nii!" she declared, as she bid him goodbye.

She ran off a moment later, waving him goodbye as she went, to which he returned as he stood up, right up until she disappeared behind a few houses.

"My, aren't you quite the ladies man?" Kakashi giggled, "I wonder how the cute little Hyuga Heiress will feel about you attracting Fu and little Shizuku."

Daiki rolled his eyes, "Stuff it up your ass." he retorted.

"Not my kink kid," Kakashi shrugged, "Oh, by the way, here." suddenly, there was a scroll in his hand and he tossed it at him.

Daiki caught it and raised his eyebrow at the man, "And this is?" he asked. It was a sealing scroll, he could tell that much, but not what was in it.

"Mission pay, for a B-rank, divided four ways between you Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura," he explained, "Oh, and the bounty for that Rain kunoichi you killed and a little extra I found on her body that I'm sure you'll like."

"…It better not be her underwear." Daiki deadpanned.

Kakashi scoffed, "As if a kid like you could appreciate the underwear of a mature, sexy lady."

"I don't want to hear that from an obvious virgin who turned to smut cuz he can't pull a girl." Daiki shot back.

And that was how the return trip went back to Konoha.

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"Quite the spiral of events I see." The Sandaime mused, leaning back in his chair.

"I'm beginning to think my team are cursed to be honest," Kakashi shrugged, "Our missions tend to spiral like this a lot, don't they?"

"It's only been twice." Sarutobi deadpanned at the younger man.

"That's practically a dozen," Kakashi shrugged, "But yes, you don't need to worry about the girl, she seems perfectly stable, honestly, it's a wonder she's so upbeat with her situation."

"And the seal?" the older man pressed.

"Seems to be holding strong," the copy ninja replied, "Though, you'd be better asking Daiki, seems he has an interest in sealing quite a bit, he caught on that she was a jinchuuriki at some point during the mission and got her to show him her seal, from what I gather, he copied it down to study."

Sarutobi chortled, shaking his head in amusement, "He sounds like another promising young man I once knew," he said, "The similarities are quite astounding really, the innate talent they both have with the sealing arts, coming to the rescue of a female jinchuuriki, even studying their seals."

"I suppose he resembles Minato-sensei a bit," Kakashi nodded in agreement, "Though the attitude is all wrong, he's like some weird horrifying cross of Minato-sensei, Jiraiya-sama and Gai."

Honestly, it sounded like some form of horrifying monster to Kakashi. He wondered how he was at writing smut?

The chortle turned into a full bellied laugh at the comparison.

"Hopefully though, they learn a bit from this," Kakashi sighed, scratching the back of his head, "It won't be long now before they start doing missions without me, they need to understand just how wrong things can go if you don't consider things properly."

"Mmm, they are young still, but some perspective is always good to have," the Hokage pointed out, "Still, it's not like you don't approve of what they did in the end."

Kakashi didn't refute the older mans words, because he was right, he wouldn't have written down the instructions for that lightning jutsu for the kid and pretended he looted it from that chicks body otherwise. But, he stood by his decision in the end to let things play out as they did. Tough love like this, was better than them dying.

At least here, he could give them that experience with an opponent in a controlled environment, where he could have ended things in an instant if they got truly dangerous.