Naruto: Chronicles of a Fire Ninja-Chapter 373 - 368: Promise (Part 2)

After they ate, an ANBU ninja came to Kaida's house.

"Lord Third has sent a summons. Please report to the Hokage office at 10 AM," the ANBU ninja said, getting a nod in return before he disappeared again.

"I will come back soon," Kaida said. Since it was already 9:30, he decided to go and check what the Hokage had to say to him before doing something which was very important for him, but at the same time was something he was dreading to do.

...

"Sir, Kaida Uchiha is here," an ANBU ninja reported. Since the time given to him was 10 AM, and there were still 15 minutes remaining, Kaida decided to wait in the lobby.

"Send him in," Hiruzen said, storing away the file from the table.

After a minute, a knock came from the door.

"Come in."

"Good morning, Lord Third," Kaida said, entering the office.

"Good morning, child. Come, take a seat," Hiruzen said like he was talking to his grandchild.

"I came to know about the events you had been through recently. I know it is hard for you, but I am happy to find out that you are moving forward," Hiruzen said, at which Kaida nodded his head, not in a mood to continue the grandfather-grandchild play. Understanding the situation, Hiruzen sighed and said,

"We are going to retaliate against Kumo and Iwa. Both of them will lose one of their outposts. We are going to take revenge for our ninja, so don't worry about that."

"That will not be true revenge. Those ninja at the outpost are not responsible for the death of my friend. Those responsible for it will be sitting in their offices, counting the wins and losses by the amount of lives they took or lost with a decision," Kaida said.

Hiruzen was stunned by Kaida's reply. He didn't expect to be given such a blow to his face, but Kaida had no intention of doing that—he was speaking his mind, as his mind didn't want to indulge in any formalities for now.

After a moment, Hiruzen sighed. "But we can't do anything against them, Kaida. Otherwise, a war will start and many more lives will be lost. For now, we can only retaliate so that no such event happens again," Hiruzen said, trying to present logic to the young boy who didn't know that the world was not only black and white.

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This time it was Kaida who sighed, after which his eyes became extremely focused and sharp. Even though he had not activated Sharingan, the effect was similar as he started speaking.

"I hope you know that I let a ninja run away when I killed his full group," Kaida asked. Hiruzen nodded his head, letting Kaida complete.

"He didn't run away out of mercy—he ran away because he was carrying my message to the higher-ups of Kumo and Iwa, the message which I had promised my friend: There will be only three ninja villages in the future," Kaida said as he stopped suppressing and hiding his chakra, showing the true extent he had grown in just three days.

Hiruzen's eyes went wide for both reasons. The boy in front of him had more chakra than anyone in Konoha at the moment; even Jiraiya would not be able to stand against the boy in terms of chakra reserves unless he went into sage mode.

With the chakra came the pressure. Even though it didn't affect Hiruzen in the slightest, because he had faced two monsters who had much more chakra than the boy in front of him—so much that it would be an insult to even compare—but the fact that shocked him was the age of the boy. He was just 10 years old.

Not something that could even be considered teen and was still powerful enough that few individuals in Konoha would be able to stop him if he decided to move against them. And with this came the weight behind his words; no matter how ridiculous they sounded, for a moment Hiruzen couldn't shake off a feeling that it may become true in the future. But being a Hokage, he quickly dismissed his shock and calmed down.

"Kaida, it is easy to let strength get to your head when you get so much in such a short amount of time, but let me tell you—the strength you have, even though it must have felt like invincible, is not enough to go against a major village on your own," Hiruzen said.

"I know, Lord Third. I know that I am not strong enough to do anything against those giants on my own. I know that I couldn't even put up a fight against you if you decided to go all out—I would lose in a minute. But this is not going to stop me from achieving my goals. If not now, then in the future, but I will achieve them for sure," Kaida said.

Hiruzen could only sigh after hearing that. It was nice to know that the boy in front of him was not drunk on power and thinking himself on top of the world, as such people are the ones who die first. He also put the talk about destruction of two major villages as something resulting from anger.

He couldn't even remember how many times he had either thought or heard such bold words in his lifetime. Even though the boy in front of him had maximum conviction he had seen until now behind those words, at the end they were still words. Once he would find how big of a difference reality and dreams had, he would come back to reality. So he sighed and said,

"Take some rest, Kaida. For now, there is no need to take any mission. We will have a funeral for every deceased ninja from the attack in two days," Hiruzen said and dismissed the boy.

...

Kaida came out of the office, his eyes looking toward the sky. He had shared his goal with two people until now, and the result was something similar to pity in their eyes, like they were looking at a boy who was saying he would shatter the moon one day, not knowing reality. And even he himself knew how big of a claim he was making.

He couldn't even eradicate the attack force behind the attack even when he had the chance, and he was to do it for a village that is multiple times more powerful than them.

But he had already made a promise. Now the question was no longer whether, but when. After a long time, he removed his eyes from the sky and looked toward a direction he was dreading to go.

...

In a dark cave, a figure emerged from a room that was too out of place in the environment, covered in so many seals that even if many fuinjutsu grandmasters along with Byakugan users were told of its location, they would still not be able to find it.

"I was waiting for you to come out for so long. I have something very interesting to tell you," Zetsu said, his face still having a wide smirk even though he was going to give bad news.

"Did something happen in such a short time?" Tobi asked. He had been training for the past month by himself. Even after being trained by THE Uchiha Madara himself, he was still not at a level where he could put all of his plans in motion at all. That's why he was training to reach that level as soon as he could.

"Yes, something very interesting. Kumo and Iwa joined forces to attack Konoha. They destroyed one of their border outposts completely," Zetsu said and then looked toward Tobi for his expression, which was covered with a mask as always, but he could still see an eye which was looking toward him emotionlessly.

"I am sure this is not the interesting thing you wanted to talk about," Tobi asked, not wanting to follow up with Zetsu's play.

Hearing that, Zetsu's face grew wider as he said...

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