Chapter 24 - twenty four

Akemi was dying with great regret, but jiyuu just didn't care. Just before the guy was going to give up the ghost, jiyuu moved and he inserted chakra into the guys mouth and made some hand signs. This was a special seal that system has come up with to deal with the cursed seal that was embedded in every root ninja's tongue, if the seal disappears after Akemi's death and Danzo notice, then jiyuu would have been in big trouble. Jiyuu took out a scroll then sealed the body in it along with other evidences and left the facility without alarming anyone.

The next day the root was in an uproar, one of their elite ninjas had disappeared into thin air, the most probable conclusion that they came up with was that , Akemi either left with his own free will or he defected to some one else. The probability of some one finding out there secret base and kidnapping Akemi from under their nose was close to nil. But for some reason when Danzo heard this news the first thing that came into his mind was jiyuu's smile. Danzo ordered a complete investigation and to keep an eye on jiyuu's movement.

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Three days passed by , today was a celebratory day at jiyuu's house. The reason being he has graduated from the academy, this was under the special circumstances. Jiyuu didn't want any celebrations but Kazumi and Hanari insisted, jiyuu also later felt it would be good for both of them, if there was some hustle bustle. Duy, jiraya and Sakumo Hatake were invited along with the staff's of the shop, Jiraya was infatuated by Kazumi's beauty but stopped drooling after knowing she was an elite jonin. The party was small and concluded even faster.

The next day jiyuu was called to the Hokages office, as he entered he saw three familiar faces, they were the members of team Hiruzen. Jiraya gave him a hand wave, Tsunade had a little blush on her face and Orochimaru didn't show any emotion.

Jiyuu had this weird feeling that he was going to become the sasuke and jiraya the naruto if this keeps on going, so he avoided any further eye contact with Tsunade.

Hokage " welcome jiyuu... they are your new team members, I believe you are already acquainted with them, I won't be leading team Hiruzen anymore, the work load I have to deal with as the Hokage is troublesome enough... they are already experienced genin's and Orochimaru will be your new team leader.... your team will be called team 9 from now on "

Jiraya " What ... Why should Orochimaru be the team leader when i am here..."

bang... and there was a small mountain on jirayas head.

Tsunade " shut up jiraya.... hah ... what do you think jiyuu kun..."

Jiyuu " I think it is better if Orochimaru is the team leader..."

Jiraya "you .. you ...support him over your good brother...."

jiyuu gave a special look towards jiraya, jiraya as if getting the Que kept silent. So it was decided that team 9 would be led by Orochimaru. The first mission of team 9 was to clear some bandits who were pestering the travelers and near by normal villages.

As they were walking towards the ground, jiraya closed the distance between him and jiyuu and whispered.

Jiraya " so, what is the plan...."

jiyuu " If you become the team leader, do you think you can focus on your main mission..."

jiyuu looked in the direction of Tsunade...

Jiraya " how can i forget something so important, those growing bȯȯbs are more important than any team leader position ..."

jiraya was easy to fool, but jiyuu had no idea how to deal with this situation and he was starting to get little headaches....