It had been a long, hard journey back to Kumogakure from the North. Without the benefit of chakra, his age was apparent, and his bones creaked and joints ached. The chill had not yet completely left his body, and it would be months before he learned to feel warm again. The frozen gulag of Naraka just kept on giving, after all. Moro, Ayumu, and that little red riding hood girl, Kahako, had gone on ahead to enter at a different time – to conceal their involvement in Masao and Kitsune’s escape and flight back home. Technically, their entire mission had been illegal and under no one’s authority. Masao and Kitsune were in fact taking a big gamble that the Raikage would not simply extradite them both back to Bear. Shin was an honorable man – honorable to a fault, sometimes. As he approached the gate, he was greeted by a familiar sight.
[Secretary? Really?!]“Onii-chan!!” squealed his white-haired secretary as she glomped him. Masao patted her on the back, gently. For a demon hellspawn creature, she could be kawaii…sometimes. He noticed that she carried a bag full of office supplies – why did she have to leave the village to get those? Unless they were demonic office supplies – better not to think too much on it. “Where were you, you baka?!” she demanded.
“Nyaruko-chan, I’ll explain later. For now, I’m going to the hospital with Kitsune-chan. You will need to deliver quite a few messages for me in the meantime. Let the Raikage know I’m back, and ask him not to toss me out just yet for being an escaped criminal. Tell Donuts he’s going to have to do my job for a while longer. Until I can get this chakra seal off of me I’m not a shinobi, just a guy with a bolter and an agenda,” he smirked. “I also want Donuts, Ambassador Tanaka, and Chuunin Kichida ready to give their full intel reports to me. I hear Bear and Marsh are at war and I want to know where Enishi is and what we’re doing to track him down and kill him. Captain Ishikawa is to increase the guard and bring us to condition red. Did I forget anything… Oh yes, Tama-chin. Tell the Hand to meet me in the office or I’m really going to give her drillhair this time,” he said, as the secretary jotted down notes with supernatural speed.
“Oh, and tell my wife I wish to see Takayama’s body to pay my respects. If the Sileo won’t honor his body, I will do so,” he said.
“Now, will someone please let us in?!”
[Secretary? Really?!]
“Nyaruko-chan, I’ll explain later. For now, I’m going to the hospital with Kitsune-chan. You will need to deliver quite a few messages for me in the meantime. Let the Raikage know I’m back, and ask him not to toss me out just yet for being an escaped criminal. Tell Donuts he’s going to have to do my job for a while longer. Until I can get this chakra seal off of me I’m not a shinobi, just a guy with a bolter and an agenda,” he smirked. “I also want Donuts, Ambassador Tanaka, and Chuunin Kichida ready to give their full intel reports to me. I hear Bear and Marsh are at war and I want to know where Enishi is and what we’re doing to track him down and kill him. Captain Ishikawa is to increase the guard and bring us to condition red. Did I forget anything… Oh yes, Tama-chin. Tell the Hand to meet me in the office or I’m really going to give her drillhair this time,” he said, as the secretary jotted down notes with supernatural speed.
“Oh, and tell my wife I wish to see Takayama’s body to pay my respects. If the Sileo won’t honor his body, I will do so,” he said.
“Now, will someone please let us in?!”