Chapter 100: Kensei's Hate

Chapter 100: Kensei's Hate

Hokage Tower - Hiruzen's Office.

Jiraiya sat with his arms crossed across from his old sensei. He was still digesting the information he just learned.

"So Danzo and Orochimaru are working together huh! Orochimaru isn't the kind of person who would do something for someone without gaining anything in return. Danzo is the same." Jiraiya wondered what their goals were. "I'm sure neither of them trust each other So what would they gain from this partnership?"

Hiruzen let out a puff of smoke. "It doesn't matter what! The fact is they are working together. And my tolerance for Danzo has reached its limit."

Jiraiya looked at his sensei. He saw anger on that face but he also saw the feeling of betrayal that his former sensei tried to hide. He let out a sigh and asked.

"So what now sensei? I'll dig into Danzo's contacts and see if I can find something to use as leverage."

Hiruzen shook his head. "No. I need you to handle the missions you currently have. We're in a very delicate situation. I need you to stay the course I already have a few agents looking into Root and Danzo. And I'll have someone else handle Danzo's contacts at the Daimyo court."

Jiraiya was puzzled. "So if you don't want my help with Danzo then what do you need? I know you wouldn't have summoned me here for nothing."

"Yes. I do need your help. Not with Danzo. But with Tsunade."

Jiraiya's eyes widened. "Are you recalling her to the village? Sensei, she won't agree to that. In fact I'm pretty sure she'll demolish the whole place if you force her."

"I'm well aware of her temperament, Jiraiya. And you have it backwards. I don't need her to return to the village. I want to send someone to her."

"Who?"

"A very talented child who I believe would make an excellent student. He's currently in his fourth year at the academy."

The toad sage was astonished. He couldn't believe his sensei wanted Tsunade to take on another student. He was skeptical that his old teammate would take the Hokage up on that.

"Tsunade already looks after Shizune. Do you think she'll take on another brat?"

"She will if I insist. I'm Hokage of the village. If I make it an order then she'll have no choice. And besides I have a feeling she'll want him as a student after she sees his talent for herself."

"You sure do have a high opinion of him. This kid must be quite special." Jiraiya said in a nonchalant tone.

Hiruzen knew Jiraiya had no idea of the magnitude of Daichi's talents. He looked at this student and spoke.

"Jiraiya This child completely mastered the Rasengan in 8 days."

The smirk on the toad sage's face vanished. He was silent for a couple seconds and then suddenly started laughing.

"That's a good one old man. I see you haven't lost your sense of humor." He laughed for a few seconds but his laughter died down as he saw his sensei's serious expression.

"You're serious?"

"Deadly. And it's not just the Rasengan. He mastered the first two steps of change in chakra nature of earth and fire as well." Hiruzen elaborated.

Jiraiya's eyes widened and his jaw dropped. "Oi oi! Seriously? You better not be pulling my leg."

Hiruzen knew he piqued Jiraiya's interest. "I'm serious Jiraiya. He showed me the Rasengan and his grandfather told me he completed the nature training for earth and fire."

Jiraiya got serious. "Sensei. Please tell me everything about this kid."

"His name is Daichi Hekima." The Hokage then explained how he met the child on top of the Hokage monument, the kid's talents displayed at the academy. His fight with the enemy spies and the display of Rasengan. And finally about Kensei.

Jiraiya leaned back in his chair and was immersed in his thoughts. 'This kid's talents There is a possibility he is even more of a genius than Minato.'

Jiraiya then looked at the Hokage. "If he's this talented then why haven't you let him graduate? Having him stay at the academy seems like a waste to me."

Hiruzen answered "A week after the incident with Hotaru, Kensei came to me and told me the whole ambush was a set up from Danzo but he couldn't find proof."

"What?"

"Yes. Kensei followed the trail of the attackers and came to this conclusion. But he didn't have solid proof of Danzo's involvement. But he did discover something else during his investigation. The three ninjas Hotaru had on his team were selling secrets to enemy spies. They were turned."

When Jiraiya heard that, he came to a realization. "What a minute! So due to that ambush, three traitors of the village were taken care of and Danzo got a talented Jonin as a subordinate? That's one hell of a coincidence."

Hiruzen nodded. "Yes."

"So in one move the threats to the village were gone and Danzo had another talented root ninja. And there was no evidence connecting him to the whole thing?... Yeah. If you ask me, that sounds like Danzo's work." Jiraiya gave his thoughts.

"I didn't believe it at the time. Or I didn't want to believe it... And Kensei went to Danzo and confronted him. I don't know what happened between them but Hotaru sided with Danzo for whatever reason After that Kensei's dislike of Danzo turned into hate and he also blames me for not helping him. Kensei and his son drifted apart after that and years went by and before Kensei could reconcile with his child, Hotaru, along with his wife died in the nine tails attack. During the attack Danzo ordered some of his root forces to attack the beast. Hotaru was one of them. Kensei blames Danzo for everything that happened to his son. And to a lesser degree he blames me as well."

"What a mess! What about now? Will he really help you if he still blames you?" Jiraiya asked.

"I'm well aware that Kensei doesn't like me. But his hatred for Danzo is far greater. He's kept it buried but it's still there. And you and I both know, hate can be a very potent stimulus He'll help me But I need to convince him that Daichi will be safe."

Jiraiya nodded as he understood the situation. "So I take it that's another reason you're sending that kid to Tsunade? Keeping him out of the village and away from Danzo's grasp"

Hiruzen nodded in agreement.

"Does the situation with Isen also have anything to do with this?" Jiraiya asked unsure if his sensei will answer him or not.

"Yes Kensei was Adamant about rescuing him." Hiruzen answered after a few seconds of silence.

Jiraiya sighed. He thought about the whole thing and came to a conclusion. "A prisoner can be released if the leader of their village sends an official request. But since you can't bring him back through official channels you're planning on breaking him out I see So that's why you need a corpse. You need a double to fake his death."

"Indeed. I suppose there was no point in hiding it from you."

"How are you going to do it?"

"I've come up with a plan. I'll speak to Kensei about it in the coming week and finalize it. In the meantime I need you to track down Tsunade and tell her everything. Have her come to the Silverstone safe house at the Capital in exactly a month from today. I'll have Kensei meet her there. Jiraiya, make sure she understands how important this is."

The toad sage nodded. "I'll handle it."

Both of them sat in silence for a while after that.

"How is Naruto doing?" Jiraiya asked.

"It's been difficult for him But he's made some good friends recently. He's a lot happier these days."

Jiraiya had a sad smile when he heard that. "Minato and Kushina trusted me with their son They made me the godfather. And I've let them down."

"No. I know how much you care for the boy. I know it pains you deeply to not be here for him I'm the one who let them down. I'm to blame for his situation. I don't know how the information about him holding the nine tails got out to the public but It is my responsibility."

Jiraiya said nothing. He knew it wasn't his sensei's fault but he couldn't bring himself to say the words out loud.

They spend a few hours catching up and Jiraiya apprized the hokage of the current situations throughout the great nations. And sometime later Jiraiya left the village as quietly as he came.

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