Chapter 49 - Caught [3]

[Note: As much as I completely hate ending an arc with the ending of it being [3], an odd number, it had to be done so that the Chuunin Exams starts at chapter 50, anyway, I hope you all enjoy it!]

''I see, so there was a traitor within the Fire Daimyo's assistants, hm? This is intriguing, the Fire Daimyo sent me a Messager Hawk regarding the rating and payment, it'll be evenly split in 2, the original payment was the maximum possible for an A-Rank mission, 1,000,000 Ryo, as such, the leader of both Teams will receive 500,000 Ryo and divide between the members.'' Hiruzen said while reading a scroll that the Fire Daimyo had sent to him.

This happens in order for the Team Leader to distribute according to their contribution, this is so that it is fair and so that all Team members do the mission assigned with more ''passion'', you work correctly and you receive according to it.

Team Gai nodded before they left, Team Kakashi remained in the Hokage's Office, Hiruzen eyebrows were slightly raised ''Do any of you still have anything to say?'' he asked.

''Yes, one of the enemies were able to escape, you probably know that because of the report, however, the report didn't include the weakness of the enemy's Kekkei Genkai, he can't absorb anything whose Chakra Shape and Nature Transformation are higher than his own.'' Kakashi said while looking towards Hiruzen, that furrowed his brows slightly.

Then, the white-haired man continued ''The fact that he escaped is worrying, his strength had improved too much over just a month, my guess is that they had just awakened their Kekkei Genkai and then got slowly accustomed to it, it's possible that his strength grows even more if he's not killed early.''

Hiruzen's eyes narrowed because he could feel the danger as Kakashi himself said it would be dangerous, even if the white-haired man hid his strength, the old man, even if soft-hearted and ''dumb'', he was keen on seeing others strength, after letting go his past ghosts, Kakashi strength increased enormously, to a point where he was more than qualified to become his successor.

''If you say so, I want you to relate that to our Intelligence Jounins, describing the man appearance and everything you can think that can remind anyone of him, even if this seems dirty, I'll put up a bounty over him, it's a fact that he'll hold grudges against our Village due to Naruto killing his twin brother, drastic actions are needed.'' Hiruzen said, his words may sound slightly exaggerated but with someone that could be just so dangerous in the future, he took such actions.

The members of the Team didn't say anything as they just silently observed the conversation between Kakashi and Hiruzen, after it ended, they left, Haku, Kakashi and Naruto went to the Senju state while Sasuke and Sakura went to their respective homes.

''Nii-san, Haku, I'll go to the Seventh Training Ground, I have some new ideas for Jutsu, I'll be back by the dinner.'' In the middle of their way, Naruto said to Kakashi and Haku, both of them nodded as Naruto disappeared from his spot.

Looking over Haku, the white-haired man sighed slightly ''Naruto has been acting strange ever since the fight against in that small Village, what do you think it is?''

Over the month, Naruto and Kakashi had gotten familiar with Haku, as such, they didn't act like strange like the first few days, the long-haired youngster said with his usual expressionless face ''He had stopped for a few seconds when he summoned everyone to the small Village, maybe Naruto-san had a sudden idea there?''

Kakashi nodded, no longer thinking about it.

In the Seventh Training Ground, Naruto stood there while looking at the thin, pitch black-colored lines that were just stopped in the middle of the air motionlessly, he felt incredibly connected to them, he 'grasped' one that was just near him and instantly, he felt it was attached to many others, they were connected to other pitch black-colored lines, their path covered everything and anything.

Naruto couldn't explain exactly what he felt but it was as if he could simply move it, like he's the line and the line is him, like an extension of his body 'This is so strange...' he thought to himself.

Then, the blue-eyed teenager tried to do something else, since it was like an extension of his body, he 'willed' something as his body appeared just above the line, a bit of his Chakra was consumed to realize that action 'Teleport without the need to use Hiraishin no Jutsu, this is amazing... If my control over this can increase, the Chakra required will be minimal, I'm certain I can teleport everywhere, not just to these lines but with my current understanding of it, this is the limit.' Naruto thought, analyzing his situation.

He felt strange by the fact he could do that actions without any further action, Naruto guessed that because he was blessed by Space-Time itself, he could do so.

Just as he closed his eyes and was about to test something, a voice entered his ears ''Naruto-nii-san, you're back! How was your mission? Jiji said that it was dangerous but that because of you, everyone was safe!''

Turning his head slightly to the side, Naruto said ''Oh, it's you, Konohamaru. It was nice but not that enjoying, the one I fought was defeated too easily, I guess he didn't had enough experience and underestimated me.''

Konohamaru's eyes shined slightly over the fact that Naruto's enemy was defeated too easily 'Naruto-nii-san is even stronger than what I expected, amazing!' he thought.

Then, he said with pleading eyes ''Nee nee, Naruto-nii-san, can't you teach me cool jutsus? I've already mastered the Oiroke no Jutsu but it doesn't have actual offensive powers!''

Even if Naruto just thought of Konohamaru as a tool to get influence in the future, an ally for the time he goes to Uzugakure, over the month, he stopped thinking like that, one of the reasons being that he thought that thinking of such a good-hearted boy like a tool is just inhumane, a thing he hates and the other being that he got slightly attached to the boy.

Shaking his head slightly, he said ''I'm sorry, Konohamaru, I'm busy with training because I had new ideas but as soon as I figure what I want, I'll teach you a good one, what do you think?''

Feeling sad but happy that Naruto will teach him a Jutsu in the future, Konohamaru nodded, he didn't want to interfere with Naruto's training.

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