Capítulo 13: 012: Life continues.
Sora woke up early in the morning, went to the bathroom and felt a little scent of iron. ´Blood, not much. It seems I won't be having a little sibling soon´ and went on with his day.
He went down to the kitchen, made breakfast for the family. Onigiri filled with cabbages and seaweed for Itachi, and a full course meal for Mikoto and Fugaku including 3 Liters of lemonade. For him though, tea would be enough and some scones that were prepared two days ago. And, to fulfill his promise, he started baking an apple pie for Itachi. He tries to hide it, but he has a sweet tooth, Sora doesn´t. In that way Sora can ask for sweets and "ask Itachi for some help to eat the remaining sweets".
Tap-Tap-Tap
Footsteps sound were heard going downstairs.
´Someone is awake´ Sora thought. ´It seems that Itachi is awake´.
But why Itachi, well, Fugaku and Mikoto are so well trained that they don't make any sound when walking. A useful "ninja trait" or so they explained.
They of course had another kind of cues to make their presence distinguished in their home and their village. Because being completely sneaky in their own home against each other, could easily translate into someone getting stabbed. And that would not be a good outcome for either of them or anyone in the village.
"Nii-san, Good morning" said a groggy Itachi. He is so cute, he tries to be serious, but it is good that he lets his guard down around Sora.
"Good morning Itachi. I made your favorite, You can dig in, tou-san and kaa-san will be down later" explained Sora.
Itachi only nodded and started to eat his breakfast.
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Hokage tower
Hiruzen Office.
"What do you think about all this Shikaku" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked, while smoking.
"It is a bluff Hokage-sama. We all knew that war was coming when there were skirmishes in different strategic points. If I had to guess, Amegakure is just a distraction for us to send ninjas and leave the border with Kusagakure unchecked" said Nara, but he knew that his Hokage already knew that so he continued.
"Iwakure is trying to create chaos all around us, Ame is a plausible trap. If left unchecked, he can ally with Hanzo to bite a piece of the land of fire. But, that would be way into the future. Hanzo is not stupid so we still have some time to prepare"
Silence permeated the room
"So, what do you suggest?" asked Hiruzen with a grave expression.
"Delay. An attrition war hokage. Iwa doesn´t have enough resources to be in a long war. Afterall, their Daimyo would not allow it." said a dispirited Shikaku.
Konoha is in a bad position. After the destruction of Uzushiogakure in the land of whirlpools, they don´t have them as a buffer and ally against Kirigakure.
Tsunade was out of commission after the second war but they could use her image to boost the moral of their army. Something like she was developing a new healing jutsu for the troops and sending her protegee to heal some low risk battlefields. That could work but he would need Hokage to use his prestige as a teacher to make her participate as "willingly as possible".
Jiraiya was a good option, specially after knowing how he was in his prime and able to deal with bijuus. But, on the worst of cases, when all the hidden villages turn their fangs against Konoha, he can only defend against a village at most.
Orochimaru was a really good resource, smart, and willing to make hard choices. The last one was an excellent quality to have, because as a commander, sometimes he had to sacrifice a group to save the rest. Unfortunately, Shikaku knew that they could use him at the first and middle stage of war, but not at the end.
Their Hokage was getting older and after this war someone needed to replace him. He could always feel the attitude of the Hokage with Orochimaru, he wanted Orochimaru to shine, but not so much, Hiruzen wanted a successor, someone who can be like him and take similar decision as him. He didn´t want a replacement or new and "untested ideas".
Oh well, politics, what a drag. But he had to take responsibility. If not for him, for his clan and their own allies.
The Hokage´s voice interrupted Shikaku's mind monologue.
"It seems that we don´t have much of a choice. Shikaku, order a clan´s meeting to allocate resources. And also spread the rumors that I am getting old and will soon be outclassed by the new generations, that maybe I will try to choose a new Hokge from the newest generations. Make it known to the clans but not civilians, we need a high morale if we want to survive this war" said Hiruzen. As a Hokage he needed to have a broad mind and be the first to get sacrificed. It doesn't matter if he loses some prestige, but the village must survive at all costs, even him.
´Ruthless´ thought Shikaku ´But effective´
"Yes sir"
"You are dismissed" said Hiruzen.
Shikaku walked out of the room and went to accomplish his mission.
When Hiruzen was finally alone, he wrote in a parchment, added his firm and ordered to the air.
"Bear, send this scroll to Danzo. High priority"
"Yes Hokage-sama" An A.N.B.U. appeared grabbed the scroll and went to find Danzo.
"Old friend, you need to buy me some time"
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In a cave full of candles, a one eyed man was reading the scroll sent by the Hokage.
´Hiruzen, no problem but he needs to give me something in exchange´
"Ro, Your mission. We need a distraction in Iwa´s palace. Kill whoever interfers in your way and make a double distraction. First Kumo and then Kiri. Make them believe that Kiri is the responsible of all this" said the one eyed man, while he read the rest of his scrolls.
"Yes Danzo-sama" Ro saluted and went to complete his mission.
Silence was back in the room.
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So yeah, hello and I am back. College took my full attention. I am sorry for making the r+18 chapter. I wrote it but I never read it again. It feels so cringy. And I guess i won´t be doing something like that anymore. Kudos to the people who earn their living with NSFW works, I respect you from the bottom of my heart. For me, it felt weird and cringy.
I also read a review about how i am mixing a bunch of asian terms (chinese and japanese) and how I am also mixing british and u.s.a. expressions…
AND THEY ARE RIGHT.
I read a lot of asian novels, when I learned english part of it was british english, and frome my teenage years until now I learned U.S.A. english ( I refuse to say american english)
So I reread from day one and I committed a bunch of misspelling and horrible mistakes… but, that is okay. I made a mistake and I can correct it. Part of me writing this was just that, try to get better at my english.
And I will keep on writing, and when I feel like I don´t want to keep writing, I will leave my ideas for the plot so that at least you can leave knowing what happened with the story.
Oh and, the " I wont be having a little sibling" is because Mikoto period came in an unexpected (plot purpouse, sue me) way.
Llego andres el que viene una vez al mes (Spanish expression that means that the period comes each month)
SO yeah, that, and have a nice day
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