"You guys ready?" I ask my team as we were going to leave the forest of death. It's been a few hours since the preliminary round with everyone starting to pack up and leave the place.
The third round will be held in the huge stadium near the academy where a lot of important people will be spectating.
So more popularity!
I would know, because I've watched a few Chunin exams before as Danzo has brought me to a few. The people who go to these events are usually merchants, daimyos, clan members and of course citizens.
Unknown to almost everyone though for some reason, your grading in becoming a Chunin half depends on the merchants ratings on if they would want to hire you.
Which is surprising but it makes sense.
If you did well and showed your power, of course, a merchant would want you to protect them in an escort mission. This in turn would help the village earn more money and missions.
So the more you impress, the more of a chance you get the village money.
Simple right?
"We've already packed up Shimura-sama." They both reply.
'I wonder how they're doing right now.' I think to myself as its been a few days.
…
Making it back to the house with a weird look on my face, I start to head to the backyard.
*Crash*
'What is going on?' I thought to myself with a confused look. Quickly putting all my things away like my storage gloves in my room, I make my way outside.
Opening the door, I was greeted by the sight of Guren holding Karin in a headlock which was diabolical.
'Holy fuck.' My eyes widened, confusion deepening.
"Stop!" I order with a stern tone.
The two looking at me both had way different reactions. Karin had a relieved look with tears in her eyes, while Guren looked extremely happy seeing me. The contrast was comical but I can't have infighting.
"Master you're back!." She happily calls out leaving the poor Uzumaki girl on the floor. But she stopped in her tracks seeing my expression. "Ara~ In our spar Karin grabbed my hair, I only paid back in kind."
She mutters in a cold tone, one hand cupping her cheek.
'Yeah, that's not my problem.' I thought to myself.
Goosebumps went down my spine seeing her expression. She cared deeply about her looks and that it was a little too far for a spar. But that still doesn't make it right.
"It's a simple spar, please don't go to far you two." I eventually say softening my tone.
Getting the two to hug, they reluctantly reconciled as the energetic Karin wasn't there. She was more quiet silently looking at Guren like she was a monster. This made it even more awkward as they slept in the same room with Karin's mum.
Oh well.
...
"Ugh." I groan. Rubbing my eyes I start to look around to a familiar scene of my ceiling.
How great.
It's been a few days since I've come back from the forest of death and I've been spending most of my time relaxing and bonding with my subordinates.
Guren has been making heaps of progress with her bloodline.
Remembering some of the moves Guren used in the anime, I gave her some tips on how to improve her abilities.
Moves like [Crystal Armour] are extremely useful and depending on how much chakra is used can harden it. This move was seen to also be used the most for gauntlets for taijutsu. [Crystal Release: Shuriken Wild Dance] and [Crystal Release: Tearing Crystal Falling Dragon] are another two things I've told Guren, but it will be a while till she can use these moves.
The first one is literally spawning hundreds of shuriken and controlling them to your will and the second one is spawning a big crystal dragon which you can use as an attack and transport mid air.
Honestly, in the filler episode where she beats the hell out of Kakashi, it was scary.
Lazily getting up, I do my morning routine.
I'm not really worried about the Chunin exams right now as my strongest opponent is a mid Chunin which is usually something I would struggle with if I lost my speed. I've got plans today that don't include training at all as I don't really need to prepare for the Chunin exams anyways.
"Morning Master." I hear Kabuto say quietly as I exit my room.
"Morning." I return the greeting with a nod. Kabuto was going to be my "bodyguard", or in other words just there to look pretty.
He has been conditioning his body a lot lately and is starting to branch into physical conditioning more.
In the anime and manga, he was directly compared to Kakashi. So his early talents aren't short of extraordinary of an anbu captain of a major village. Making him focus on solely medical ninjutsu is a waste.
While Kabuto won't become a taijutsu monster, his path will differ more.
Ignoring that...
Today I'm going to be opening a pizza restaurant called Golden Crown.
Why you ask? Well I'm not the one who named it, Danzo was. I mean he's the business man not me, so I don't mind what ever little tweaks he does to my store. Right now I'm making my way into the side buildings of the Shimura clan with Asashi to visit a very familiar man.
Looking through a stone path with weird but lively trees on the side, I made my way to a decently big house with three stories.
Knocking on the door, it only took a few seconds before someone heard it.
*Tap tap tap*
Multiple footsteps could be heard heading towards the front door.
*Creak*
The sight of a woman with Brown hair and purple eyes in her mid-20s opens the door. Looking at her I realise who it is.
"Hello my name is Raiden Shimura and the guy next to me is Kabuto. I'm here to speak to Toki-san" I cheerfully tell her while noticing that she seems to be pregnant.
"Ara~ Hello Raiden-sama, I'll call my husband right over. While I do that, makes yourselves at home." She tells us as she opens the door, letting us inside.
…
"So this is the place!" I call out in with an excited grin. Looking at the building that is already all prepare and set up, I couldn't hide my excitement.
We were currently in one of the most populated areas of Konoha which was where Danzo bought me this plot of land to start off my restaurant.
I've already trained some people prior to me going to the Chunin exams on how to make a pizza and how we are going to open in a few days.
"You like it." Toki says with a grin. He was the one who helped me the most with getting the building built in the first place.
"Of course," I reply giving him a fist bump. The restaurant is opening in a few days, but tonight I invited a few clan heads and some friends over.
These includes my subordinates, Kakashi, Ino-Shika-Cho clan heads with their families, Hinata's family, Shino's Family, the Hokage, Elders and Danzo.
Quite a hefty amount of people, but it should be pretty doable.
Looking down at the paper in my hand, I started to see if I missed out on anything.
After a bit and finding out that everything was in order, I headed inside of the building with some staff I hired already here. I started to prepare for tonight as it's a pretty important not to mess up.
…
"This way Hokage-sama." I can hear one of my servers say while guiding the Hokage to his reserved table. His seat was next to Danzo who was already sitting at his spot with Homura and Koharu.
The Aburame clan and Hyuga were sitting on the same table conversing quite happily as they were unofficial "allies" so to speak.
The Ino-Shika-Cho families were at a table together as expected, while my subordinates were sitting with Kakashi.
Everything was going pretty well as we got all the pizzas to their tables with a lot of drinks. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves a lot.
—Third Person's POV—
"Shikamaru you've gotta try to pepperoni slices!" Choji says in joy as he scoffs down two slices at once like a burger. Choji has eaten quite a lot of pizza by now which also includes his father who has eaten two times his amount.
"I can't because you've already eaten all of it, you idiot." Shikamaru later grumbles out having to resort to taking a few slices from Ino.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing!"
*Slap*
Shikamaru getting caught in the act, gets slapped on the back of head by Ino who was enjoying her food.
"It was Choji's fault. He ate all the pepperoni pizza." Shikamaru told Ino making her look at Choji with an invigorating look.
"But I want moar." Choji pitifully cries out. The adults on the table started to laugh at their children's antics.
On another table could be seen Kakashi and Sumiko having a chat. While Guren while Karin was pestering Kabuto.
"You want some more?" Kabuto kindly asks leaving his plate in front. Karin who saw this got stars in her eyes.
"Yes please!." Karin says while reaching over to Kabuto's plate. Sumiko and Kakashi not minding the two trouble makers calmly eat their food while having a "normal" chat.
While this was happening thought Kakashi quickly handed something to the poor girl...
"Guren here," Kakashi says in a whisper to Guren. Guren looking down sees Kakashi handing her a book.
"What's this?" She questions. Kakashi getting a wide grin that is hidden by his mask starts to tell her about how it's a romance book.
"Read the the rest of the books afterwards okay? This is part one, if you need the others just tell me." Kakashi cheekily tells her. Guren still not sure about this, stashes the Icha-Icha One Book. "You can use the tricks in the book on Raiden in the future. You would have to wait till the third book to see the really good stuff though." Kakashi tells her in an amused voice. Guren hearing Kakashi blushes in embarrassment.
Sumiko who saw this just squinted her eyes.
But that was none of her business.
Kakashi now with the smile of a villain can't be stopped as his emotions are being masked by a mask.
Only god knows what will fall upon Raiden in the future.
--POV Raiden—
Making my way to the Hyuga and Aburame's table I see both Danzo and Hiruzen conversing while playing a chess match. After a quick pit stop to give the elders a bow which pleased them greatly, there were others to talk to.
Taking a seat in between Hinata and Shino I started to talk to them.
"You guys like the pizza so far?" I ask the both of them, which Hinata ended up answering first surprisingly.
"The pizza is amazing, the sausage pizza is the best though." She says a bit embarrassed, covering her mouth with her hand. Hearing this I started to smile and looked over to Shino which made him squirm around a little.
"I think the plain pizza with extra cheese is nice." He says in a near whisper after a little bit.
"I can make another one if you want." I tell him as there wasn't anymore plain pizza with extra cheese.
Shino hearing this gets stars in his eyes and cutely nods his small head.
'Today was a good day.' I think to myself in a joyous mood. After a bit, I went back to the back of the restaurant to make Shino's pizza.