Shibuki, however, ignored Naruto's antics. His mind was still consumed by the condition Kakashi had proposed— sending Fuu with him to Konoha. Fuu, meanwhile, had smiled at Naruto and Sakura, but a flicker of sadness crossed her face for moment before she quickly replaced it with her usual cheerful grin.
Kakashi, having noticed the subtle change of her, was reminded of how much Fuu desired friends in the anime. He turned back to Shibuki, who flinched slightly before straightening his posture and meeting Kakashi's gaze.
Kakashi addressed the Genin, "You three, and Fuu, can you go out of the office for a moment? I want to talk to Shibuki about something."
The Genin exchanged glances, then nodded. Sasuke stood from his seat and walked out of the room. Fuu, seeing that Sasuke had left, and Sakura, Naruto also started to move, but herself didn't move.
Sakura nudged her gently. "Hey, let's go out. Didn't you hear that they want to have a private conversation?"
Fuu then looked at Shibuki, who nodded, signaling her to wait outside.
Fuu pouted. "But I want to play with you, Shibuki! I've been in that cramped basement for an hour, it was quite boring."
Shibuki sighed, unsure of how to explain the situation, but Kakashi spoke up immediately. "Then you can play and chat with my students. They are all your age anyway, you can be friends with them too."
Hearing Kakashi's words, Fuu beamed, her eyes lighting up with excitement. "Really!" she exclaimed, glancing at Sakura and Naruto, as Sasuke was already gone. Both Sakura and Naruto smiled and nodded at her.
"Yay!" Fuu jumped. "So that means you are going to be my friends? I don't have friends... m-my age. I would really like it if you became my friends. But, will you...?"
Naruto immediately responded aloud, taking his hand forward with a wide cat-like smile, "Yup! Sure!"
Sakura also shrugged. "Of course we can, but we should go out and give them some space."
Fuu cheered, "Yay! I made my first friends today!"
Hearing her words, both Sakura and Naruto exchanged glances, slightly surprised by what she meant, but they didn't ask right away. All three of them walked out of the office as well.
Once the room was empty save for Shibuki and Kakashi, Shibuki asked, "So, what is it that you want to say? I really can't agree to sending Fuu with you. I could even agree to give you the Hero Water, but not Fuu. It's not about her being a Jinchūriki; I really don't want any harm to come to her."
"Hero Water?" Kakashi chimed in. "I heard about it from your former sensei, Suien. Hero Water is just a temporary chakra boost; I don't need it." As he said this, Kakashi summoned his Status Panel internally and glanced over his current stats.
[Host: Kakashi Hatake]
[Chakra Pool: 118,255/1,360,639 (Divided with Shadow Clones)]
[Chakra Control: 92/100]
[Chakra Level: Peak-Kage (Jōnin)]
[Chakra Affinity: All]
[Chakra Growth: +50,000 per day]
Kakashi nodded internally, 'Ten times my current chakra would be 13 million. What level would I have at that time? I'm curious, but not that much. My chakra reserves are more than enough right now and will increase a lot more anyway.'
He was truly not interested in the Hero Water, especially since he had a system. Unless the Hero Water gave a boost similar to Sage Mode, he wouldn't need it.
A simple chakra boost?
No thanks!
Even with several Shadow Clones training in his Inventory Seal, he still had more than enough chakra to easily defeat Suien and his gang. He had even created one more Shadow Clone to support Shibuki on the other side of the village.
He knew he can't able to overpower Suien like he did with Zabuza... another reason why he have a normal ninjas Kenjutsu battle with him, 'cause he was training his clones this time around unlike against Zabuza, but he could still easily defeat them all without shedding a drop of sweat.
"Listen, Shibuki, I don't want to take Fuu with me to Konoha permanently, and secondly, not right now," Kakashi said. "There's a one-eyed pirate in our village but not as handsome as me, who might target Fuu if he hears there's another Jinchūriki in Konoha. That's why I want to take her with me later, maybe in 3 or 4 months from now."
Shibuki visibly calmed down after hearing Kakashi this time, as if a huge mountain had been lifted from his shoulders. He was aware that taking Fuu wasn't Konoha's official request but Kakashi's personal one.
Had the Takingakure not been attacked by Suien, Kakashi and his team would most likely returned back after escorting him, and a discussion about Fuu would never likely had happened— since Konoha could not openly make such a request. However, Kakashi's new terms made him curious as well.
"Then what is your purpose? Do you really want to train Fuu?" Shibuki asked, his eyes fixed on Kakashi, waiting for an answer.
"Yeah, that too, but first, tell me one thing— how much do you know about Kakuzu? Do you know what your even older missing-nin from Takigakure is up to these days?" Kakashi asked, changing the subject abruptly.
Shibuki was taken aback but answered anyway. "Kakuzu? I know about him. Decades ago, he stole two of the village's Forbidden Jutsu, Earth Grudge Fear and False Darkness. Both go hand in hand, he defected after Killing all Elders of village that time, stolen their hearts, that was a significant event of Takigakure... Still!"
Shibuki paused, thinking, before adding, "From the information I have, which I got from my father and now village's informant, Kakuzu is supposed to be dead, but... he actually is alive, I know that. He obviously should be over 90 years old... easily. I also heard that his name is famous in the Hunter-nin black market, and the Kakuzu they speak of is indeed the same person, using the Earth Grudge Fear Jutsu."
Shibuki then asked, "But I don't know what he is up to exactly. Does he have something to do with why you want to take Fuu with you?"
Kakashi nodded. "He has joined a criminal organization from Amegakure called the Akatsuki. It mostly consists of S-rank Missing-nin, and their purpose is to collect all the Tailed-Beasts. That means they will, sooner or later, come after Fuu, who is the Jinchūriki of the Seven-Tails."
Shibuki gasped, shocked by the gravity of this information, which Kakashi had spoken so casually. Kakashi was not surprised by Shibuki's reaction.
He thought for a moment before adding, "But that's just a speculation for now. We don't know everything about the Akatsuki organization. Konoha has even sent out the best team of one ninja for this task, gathering information about the Akatsuki."
Kakashi's voice grew deeper. "But what if collecting all the Bijuu is their real objective? You just said you weren't sure,if you could defeat Suien and his goons, even with the help of the Hero Water. Akatsuki mostly consists of S-rank ninjas; Suien himself was, at most, an A-rank. What would you do against even one Akatsuki member?"
Shibuki sat in silence for a few minutes before he spoke. "You said Konoha doesn't have correct information about their objective, right?"
Kakashi shrugged. "Yeah, maybe their real objective is something else or really about collecting all the Bijuu, but one thing is for sure— they are not a simple criminal organization, and Kakuzu from your village and Itachi Uchiha from Konoha are part of that organization."
Kakashi then looked at Shibuki intensely.
Under Kakashi's sharp gaze, Shibuki once again fell into a silent contemplation.
Thinking~
"So, you want to take Fuu with you for training, so that she can protect herself if the Akatsuki really comes after her, for the Bijuu, right?" Shibuki asked. "But what would they even do with the Bijuu? Why would anyone want to collect all the Bijuu to make an enemy out of all the great nations?"
Kakashi stared at Shibuki for a full minute as if he were an idiot before speaking. "Bijuu are powerful enough to destroy a village. Think about what would happen if all nine Bijuu were together."
Hearing Kakashi's explanation, Shibuki gulped. Even though he himself had never seen what a Tailed-Beast was capable of, he knew of their destructive power.
"I... I see!" Shibuki said before asking, "But what kind of training do you want to give Fuu once you take her with you to Konoha? You said 4 months from now, right?"
"I will make her a Perfect Jinchūriki," Kakashi answered immediately, nonchalantly.
However hearing Kakashi's nonchalant response, Shibuki... was not as calm. He exclaimed, "HUH! W-WHAT? P-PERFECT JINCHŪRIKI???"
Shibuki stood up from his seat, slamming his hand on the table as he looked at Kakashi in complete bewilderment.
Seeing he over-reacted, though this really was disbelieving, he then settled back into his seat and took a deep breath.
But...
The Perfect Jinchūriki?
Are you Joking?
Is it that simple?!
Then he asked, "What exactly— no, can you really do that? If that's really the case, is that blond Jinchūriki from Konoha also a... a Perfect Jinchūriki? I don't think so. How do you plan to do that?"
"You don't need to know, and about Naruto, he will soon also become a Perfect Jinchūriki," Kakashi immediately replied.
He then added, "I have my ways. I can persuade the Tailed-Beasts, and if that doesn't work, I have one more way to get them to agree, but you don't need to know everything. So, tell me, do you agree to the price?"
Shibuki sighed with a dry chuckle. "Well, I agree. You can come anytime you see fit. I trust that Fuu will be okay when she trains with you later."
Kakashi assured him. "Don't worry about that. There's still something I need to do for Naruto and Fuu together while I am here anyways."
Shibuki, curious, asked, "...What's that?"
Kakashi eyed him with a hint of disinterest but replied anyway. "I want to have them meet with their Tailed-Beasts and tell them what they truly are. That would help in the future, and if things go right, maybe..."
Kakashi didn't complete his sentence, leaving the words hanging in the air. Shibuki did not press further and asked, "And when are you going to do that?"
"It's afternoon right now. Just after lunch. We are going to stay here today anyway," Kakashi answered. "You have no problem with that, right?"
Shibuki immediately shook his head. "No, no, I have no problem. In fact, I was going to offer you to stay in Takigakure for today."
Kakashi nodded, then stretched out his left hand, palm open. In a corner of the office, he piled up the four lifeless bodies of Suien and the three Amegakure missing-nin, thrown out from his Inventory Seal.
He said, "You can have them. Any bounty money and such, I don't need. In fact, I'd prefer that we keep this attack on your village as if it never happened during our escort mission but later."
Shibuki was stunned. "But why?" he asked.
Kakashi casually shrugged. "Nothing much. Just less of a headache for me."
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Later, they all, including Kakashi, Shibuki, Genin of Team 7 and Fuu as well, had lunch at Shibuki's place.
Fuu excitedly told everyone how she had made friends, which surprised Team 7, as they realized how isolated she had been. Naruto, understanding her situation better, chatted with her constantly.
And as Kakashi had planned, he called Naruto and Fuu to the open, small garden behind Shibuki's house after lunch.
"What is it, Kakashi-sensei? You wanted to talk to both of us only?" Naruto asked, curious. Fuu was equally curious, their deep-blue and orange eyes respectively gazing at Kakashi.
Kakashi then asked, "Do you two know why you have both been separated from others in the village until now? Fuu, you might still be alone most of the time, despite becoming a Genin, right?"
Fuu's expression suddenly turned sad at Kakashi's question. She nodded. "Shibuki didn't let me be part of a Genin team, saying it was for my safety."
Naruto also had a sad look on his face, but he instantly recovered and said, "I don't know why the villagers think I'm a demon fox, but I'll prove them wrong when I become Hokage."
Kakashi rolled his eyes and sighed, then pointed his hands at them, palm opened and said, "Just come closer. I'll show you the actual reason you have been treated like that. And..."
"Let's have a Meeting with Giant Godzillas~!"
Naruto and Fuu exchanged glances...
What Godzillas?
But still moved forward, without questions. Kakashi then placed his hands on both of their foreheads, and suddenly a white light engulfed their vision.