Chapter 107 - 107. Follow Your Heart

Tsunade was satisfied with Shiroken's answers. After Monari left, they continued their discussion.

"Well, Konoha might get attacked in a few days. I don't know who will attack but there is going to be something for sure." Shiroken revealed.

Tsunade was taken aback, she had come to just talk to him about the future, but her decision turned out to be better than she had thought. "What do you mean? Why would it be attacked?"

"Because someone is trying to lure me out of this village by purposefully telling me the location of the four tailed beast, Son Goku." He disclosed.

She understood what he meant, "And you are going to go?"

He nodded, "Yes, I must. But do not worry, I have not even used 10 per cent of my full strength yet and the world already fears me. Whoever the enemy is, they underestimate me and my speed. This time, I am going to go all out and instantly kill them."

"So can I count on you?" She asked with worry. She'd rather not have her village attacked in the first week of her Hokage-ship.

Shiroken smiled and stretched his hand to shake, "Only if you promise me one thing."

She stared at his hand, thinking hard about what he might ask. But unable to guess, she questioned clearly, "What is it?"

"Complete control over the finances of the village. I am ready to sign a contract that I shall never try to harm Konoha's monetary interest as long as it abides by the contract Hiruzen signed before." He informed his conditions.

She thought about it, ~I will have to discuss it with the others... but, if I don't say something then he will think I'm a very weak Hokage.~

"Fine, but only after you sign the contract. Also, it will only be signed after you have helped us save the village. I need to be able to trust you, there are not many strong shinobi left in the village." She said.

Shiroken agreed, she didn't seem to be dumb enough to go back on her words. But he laughed, "Monari and my assistant..."

~WAIT... What was Shisui's made-up name?~ Shiroken suddenly stopped and started to wonder.

"My assistant, Kawasaki Suzuki, will stay here and help." He said, though he was not sure if Shisui's new last name was Suzuki or Honda... or maybe Toyota?

She got up and respectfully requested. "Then I shall leave. Too much work at the office. Please tell me before you leave the village so I can prepare."

Should she have been angry at him? Well, it was her choice. But, it was also understandable that she was not angry, since she didn't see her village getting stepped on into dust. She didn't see her grandfather humiliated. By the time she returned, the village was also getting reconstructed pretty fast. Hence, she couldn't recreate that hate.

He followed her till she was out of the house. Then he slammed his door shut and looked for Monari. In the end, he found her hiding behind the kitchen counter.

"WHAT THE HELL, why did you do that? It was so embarrassing," he complained.

She innocently smiled and tried to show her big eyes. Shiroken just scoffed, "Huh, it won't work on me. You're not Shirajin."

She cursed, "Dammit... well, I was just being your nice old wing-woman."

"I don't need one. And what makes you think I would date her? She is a Senju, I thought you'd understand that better than anybody else." He clarified.

Monari held his hand in hers, "Shiro, I saw it, you are attracted to her, and I saw the same thing in hers too."

"Pfft... don't joke around." He scoffed.

But she persisted, "I'm not lying. Trust me, I know it. She has the same look that Jin once had. And about her being a Senju. I thought you had gotten your revenge. Why still hate them? I used to hate them too, but come on, she's the last Senju remaining, if anything her situation is pitiful."

Shiroken took a seat, "Even so... you may be very forgiving, but what about the Nidama Clan? If I forget about the past, won't I be betraying them?"

Shiroken was being very honest in his worries. To him, the Nidama clan was his family and their happiness was much more important to him than his own. As he was the clan head, this was his duty.

"Well, it was the Uchiha clan that destroyed their village in the first place. Yet they love me and accept me. What makes you think they will hate her? And, you need to understand, your happiness is what keeps them happy too. So, just follow your heart, don't think about the little things. Anyway... tell me, how did you fall for her?" She asked, hitting him with her elbow.

He rolled his eyes, "Who said I fell for her. I just feel attracted, that's it."

"Really? Or maybe it was something else... something big on her chest?" She winked at him with a funny face.

*Cough* "Are you crazy? I'm not a pervert. I'm going out. Then I will leave for the Sound Village to get Son Goku." He blushingly left the house.

Monari chuckled seeing him like this, "Hehe... I am loving this. It's like little Shiro is back again."

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Shiroken roamed around the village, greeting people and helping them with a few things. Then he went to the construction site and helped them with making roads. He single-handedly laid 5 kilometres in an hour.

After that, he went to Ichiraku Ramen for lunch, where he found Naruto and Minato also eating happily. There was also a boy named Sasuke with them.

When he was eating, one after another, shinobi from various clans came to invite him to the quarters of their clan head to have lunch with the lord. Shiroken denied them, saying he had some important work to do.

After that, he went to the nearest bathhouse. There he soaked in hot water for an hour. But when he was heading out he saw Jiraiya peeking into the women's side through a hole in the wall.

Shiroken used wood release and made the wooden wall protrude out a wooden finger and poke in Jiraiya's eyes. The white-haired sage cried and fell, "AH MY EYES!"

"Huh, treats you right. Who told you to do such things in my presence? I am an elder of this village, you know." Shiroken reprimanded him.

Jiraiya barked, "AND I'M AN ELDER TOO."

Shiroken spat at that, "Huh, then it's a lot more shameful. You will bring disgrace to Konoha, the Hokage and yourself."

As they were bickering, they came out of the bathhouse. That was when Shiroken remembered something. Jiraiya was supposed to be the spymaster of the village. This meant that he should know a lot of things.

"Jiraiya, can you tell me what this tattoo means?" Shiroken asked him and handed him the tongue of the man who attacked Tsunade in that restaurant.

Jiraiya was disgusted by the soggy thing, "What the hell is this, a tongue?"

"Yes, it is. It belongs to one of the men who attacked Tsunade. This is the only clue I could find about their identity." He revealed.

Knowing this was related to Tsunade's security, Jiraiya turned serious, "Hmm... I have seen this tattoo before. It's a seal, and Root used to apply it on its members to prevent them from revealing secrets. It was a secret division of Anbu. But, Lord Third had banned this division a long time ago."

Shiroken shook his head in disappointment, "Well, I guess it wasn't closed then. Your village is seriously too problematic. Tell me, who was the overseer of this?"

"Lord Danzo was the one who formed it and ran it. It was supposed to do things that Lord Hokage could not do publicly as they were pretty dark things. He reported directly to Lord Third. He later committed some mistakes and Root was disbanded. But... it seems it's still alive and kicking." Jiraiya was already contemplating the reasons behind all this.

One reason was that these were Root ninjas who went rogue. Another reason was that Lord Third allowed Root to exist, but then, the attempted assassination of Tsunade didn't make sense. The third was that Danzo was illegally running Root in secret. But, it was impossible that Lord Third didn't know about this.

~It seems I need to have a talk with Lord Third.~ Jiraiya concluded.

Shiroken mockingly said, "I'm giving you all one month, fix all this mess."

"What will happen after one month?" Jiraiya couldn't help but ask.

Shiroken started walking away as he answered, "Simple, I'll start blasting."

...

Shiroken later that night left the village after informing Tsunade about it. He didn't see her face to face and just told her assistant.

However, as he left, a certain man in a red clouded patterned cloak appeared. His red eyes with strange patterns were shining bright in the moonlight. As he surveyed the village, he realised that Shiroken had already made a mess of it.

But, for some reason, as he surveyed, he didn't find any hate in the villagers towards him. That made him interested and he decided to do some scouting for their eventual mission.

However, what he didn't know was that soon he'd meet someone that would change his life forever.

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