Hokage Doujin - Spring Water Ding Dong

"You want me to bring a new Ninja?!"

This is a new job, so it's no wonder that Quanzhu raised his voice after hearing the news.

"Why, are you reluctant to leave Anbu?"

Sandai put down his pipe and looked up with a slight smile.Seeing the days go by, the person in front of him, in terms of appearance, has not changed in the past few years, but in terms of deeds, he looks more mature and dignified.This kind of change was noticed by the people around, and no one mentioned it. Even if one or two people joked about it, Quanzhu just smiled, saying that he had been an assistant to Hokage, and he did not mention it. I've been working as a Jonin squad leader, so I'm bound to start to understand the rules.

Knowing the rules is good, but in the eyes of those who really care about Quanzhu, they don't know whether this is a happy event or a sad event.

"That's not true..." Quanzhu raised his hand, and gently scratched his temple with his index finger, "Then... Could it be that you have already selected the captain of Anbu's fifth team?"

After Konoha's fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato sacrificed, Izumi Take also resigned from his job as Hokage's assistant, and was transferred to Anbu, which naturally filled the position of captain of Anbu's Fifth Unit, which had been empty for a while. Now if Izumitake leaves Anbu, as the official Jonin leader, I am afraid that Anbu will have to spend some time choosing a suitable team leader.

"You don't need to worry about this." Sandai waved his hand and smiled inscrutablely.

"..." Hearing this, Quan Zhu nodded slightly and remained silent, as if he was guessing.

"Well, speaking of it, Kakashi has made a lot of progress during this period of time, and it is said that he has a high reputation in the Anbu." The third generation seemed to be changing the subject, while lowering his head and knocking his pipe on the table. He raised his eyes to look at Quanzhu who suddenly realized.

"Ah, so that's the case." Quanzhu smiled, and kept nodding his head, "I see, the old man has a good eye!"

"Let's not talk about this, let's take a look at the team you are about to lead—" Said, Sandai picked up a file from the desktop and handed it to Quanzhu, "Speaking of which, you also know these three children .”

"Really." Quan Zhu raised his eyebrows, stretched out his hand to take it, glanced at the three childish faces, and Quan Zhu smiled, "Really. Oh, it's interesting, I'll take this job."

"How dare you not accept it?!" The third generation also smiled and said with a slight threat.

After hearing this, Quanzhu didn't answer, but curled his lips.

"Okay, keep busy, I'm going to meet these three children...by the way, test what they have learned in Endurance School."

After speaking, Quan Zhu turned and left.

==

"Heh." Looking at the pair of calm black eyes in front of him for a long time, Quanzhu suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly, "I really don't know, if I could see the current situation at that time, would I refuse to the third generation?" What about leading your subordinates?"

"Teacher, do you regret it?" the black-haired boy who closed his eyes lightly, who had gotten used to the indifferent expression for some time, asked.

"Regret? I always feel...it's not regret." Quan Zhu turned his face slightly, and put his hand on the handle of the knife.

Seeing Quanzhu's move, the young man only took one look, then looked at Quanzhu calmly.

"Ah... I really can't help it." Sighing deeply, Quanzhu slowly drew out the knife, "But, I really didn't expect you to become like this."

"..."

"I really can't help it. Itachi, you..."

==

"Hey, little ones, your first mission is here!" Holding the first D-level mission so far in her hand, Quanzhu also felt a little funny, it seems that she can finally fill her file book and get a C-level And the D-level task record is blank.

"Oh!" After hearing Quanzhu's words, the 11-year-old girl with purple long hair bounced back, she looked so youthful and cute, "Hayate, did you hear that? From today, we have to act like a real ninja It's a mission!"

"Well, I heard that, Xi Yan." Hearing this, the black-haired boy suffering from a family hereditary disease changed from his usual listless state, and his eyes glowed with excitement.The young man couldn't help reaching out and clenching the Taidao on his back. He imagined that he would soon have the opportunity to draw out this treasured sword passed down from generation to generation in the family and fight on the battlefield, just like...his... Like a hero's father!

"Teacher Bamboo, what level of task is it?" Compared with the two people in front of him, Xin Xiaren, who looked younger and shorter, raised his head, and there was still a trace of unpolished innocence in his dark eyes.

"I'm not used to being called a teacher all of a sudden... But, I really didn't expect, Itachi, you graduated from ninja school so early." Quanzhu smiled, bent down slightly, and rubbed the ninja with his hands. He rubbed the long black hair of the little ninja in front of him.It's been a long time since I saw Uchiha Itachi today, compared to a few years ago, the change is really big, "As for the task level--hehe, of course you have to come step by step-your first task is D-level : Help the family at the east end of the village remove the weeds in the field.”

"Huh?! Why is it D-rank?" It seems that the little girl Uzuki Xiyan is not very satisfied with this news.

"Ah, what's the matter, can't you still want to do S-level missions?" Seeing Xiyan's "buried" conceited appearance, Quanzhu couldn't help laughing, and suddenly remembered the original self, and the smile was mixed with melancholy for a moment, That taste is very subtle.

"We are just new ninjas who have just graduated from school. It is reasonable to start with D-level tasks." Although Moonlight Gale is still young, he has been suffering from incurable diseases all year round. In addition, he lost his parents at a young age, and his mind is stronger than his peers. People need to be mature, and they should act more prudently. At this time, I heard that the task I was about to do was the lowest D-level, and I was naturally a little disappointed. To appease Xi Yan, who was originally a childhood sweetheart and is now a group of companions.

"... Well, since Haifeng said so..." Xiyan pouted after hearing Haifeng's words, although she was still not happy, she had no choice but to nod, and then hugged Haifeng with a smile on her face arm, said: "Well! I listen to you!"

"Uh..." Seeing this, Gaifeng blushed, then just shook his head, and walked forward with Xiyan.

Quanzhu saw everything in his eyes, half of it was ridiculous, half of it was envy, he didn't say anything for a while, just about to step up to follow, but suddenly found a pair of eyes staring at him, looking sideways, it turned out to be Itachi with a smile on his face. Looking at himself with concern.

Quanzhu's heart warmed, and his face softened, then he raised his hand to caress Fu Itachi's head, and took Itachi to catch up with Gaifeng and Xiyan who were walking in front, and rushed to the location of the task entruster together.

==

"It's been a long time." Quanzhu raised the knife parallel to his eyes, and gently stroked the blade with the other hand, "Let me, the teacher, check how much progress you have made now! Come to think of it, you can become a wanted list." It's not an easy task for an S-rank rebel."

"Teacher Bamboo..." Itachi slowly raised his eyes, and after a quick glance, he could see the scarlet in his eyes.

"Don't use illusions to deal with me." Quanzhu curled his lips, and saw Itachi's movements froze as soon as he finished speaking, "Don't look at my age, my memory is still good-I remember clearly, when I taught When you three little devils, you mainly taught physical skills and weapons, and I took it out to teach you the ability to master chakra, and pay more attention to the speed of ninjutsu seals...Of course, I did teach you a few times in private. An illusion class——but, I’m already tired of playing illusions, so it’s more to my liking to have an upright game.”

"Upright..." Itachi lowered his eyes, "However, ninjas cannot be considered with common sense..."

"Ah, and also, I don't like Xueji the most, you'd better use less pupil technique...don't bother me to temporarily disable your sharingan ability for the convenience of battle!" It seems that there is no such thing as Hearing Itachi's words was ordinary, Quanzhu continued.

"You completely ignored my words... Teacher Zhu." When he raised his eyes again, his pupils had already returned to pitch black.

"The teacher has no reason to be humble to his disciples, because in a real battle, the enemy will not be humble." Quan Zhu once again ignored Itachi's words, but pointed the tip of the knife at the person opposite, and said something Itachi was very familiar with .

==

"Cough, cough cough..." The black-haired boy with a sick face stopped, supported the big tree beside him with one hand, and covered his mouth with the other, as if he wanted to cough out the disease that had tortured him for a long time and would continue to torture him in the future .Under the shade of the tree, with his pale skin, he obviously looked very weak, but his brows and eyes revealed unwillingness and challenge.

"Really! Teacher Zhu is too much! Haifeng is just a ninja!" The purple-haired girl Xi Yan who had been watching the battle carefully ran over immediately, looking at Haifeng with concern, while accusing others of dissatisfaction. In the distance, holding a slender wooden stick, standing in the sun is a girl in black.

"Hey." Quanzhu, who has long been accustomed to being scolded by his lovely disciples, smiled slyly and shook the wooden stick in his hand, "The teacher has no reason to be humble to the disciples, because in real battles, the enemy will not be humble of."

"That's what I said..." Xiyan pouted, unable to find any words to deal with the unscrupulous (innocent?!) instructor Jonin who was smiling in front of her.

"And I haven't drawn the knife yet." Quan Zhu glanced at Gai Feng, who was panting flushed and flushed behind the violent cough, grinned, and said lightly what hit Gai Feng.

"Teacher..." Upon hearing this, Xiyan opened her mouth to say something else, but was blocked by Gale.

"I'm fine, Xiyan." Withdrawing the index finger covering Xiyan's lips, Gaifeng leaned on the knife in his hand and stood up, "Teacher, please continue."

"Okay!" Quanzhu smiled brightly, and then added a sentence very viciously: "Hey, Haifeng, be careful that the ancestral knife of the Yueguang family is cut off by my twig! ——It is said that the knife of the Yueguang family is very It's valuable."

"Heh, I don't need to worry about this, Teacher." Gai Feng smiled instead of anger, and his words were still so gentle and polite, "Anyway, just paying for the money used for this knife will make Teacher you last for more than ten years at most. It’s just that they don’t have enough food and clothing—but this doesn’t include the historical value of the knife—but I think even if it is added, the teacher just needs to become a seller and live on the street.”

"Hey, the more you talk about it, the more I need to worry about it, okay..." Quanzhu froze when he heard the words, and then frowned in doubt, "Even if it's valuable, it won't reach this level..."

"Well, it's actually not that exaggerated." Gaifeng smiled as warmly as a spring breeze, "Of course, teacher, you don't have to care about my father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-grandfather who have turned into ghosts. Ask for the destroyed knife in my dream!"

"...Cough, that, or else it's like this—— Haifeng, you should use my sword for the time being." Saying that, Quanzhu bowed his head and was about to untie the Zanpakudao tied around his waist.At the same time, Quanzhu always felt that when the sun became so cold... It's strange, she Xiaoyemu Quanzhu is obviously a soul, why is she afraid of the string of ghosts in the mouth of the blast?

"No need." Gaifeng waved his hands gracefully, with a warm smile, "If I use the teacher's knife, I'm afraid that the ancestors of the Yueguang family will accuse me of casually touching broken copper and iron of unknown origin."

"..." Quanzhu pursed her lips, unable to find an excuse, who told her to provoke others first? !

"Then, teacher, let's continue." Haifeng still smiled like that, without any flaws.

"...Mmm." In fact, you must be the scariest person in the Yueguang family—this is what Quan Zhu thought.

==

"Of course, disciples don't have to be humble to the teacher." Quanzhu added, and just as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a gust of wind hit the facade.

Thus began the master-disciple battle.I really don't know what kind of mood to make the move.

For a moment, only the similar long black hair fluttered leisurely in the sun, like a kind of irony——

Look, the person who has always tried his best to protect his disciples and the person who has always cherished the rare care are facing each other.

==

However, the young boy who has just entered puberty stands quietly outside the courtyard door, his jet-black hair blocks the sunlight that wants to get close to his face. In the shadow, his delicate face is calm and tranquil, only his black pupils are flickering, and the light is complicated. .

There were arguing sounds from the courtyard behind them, all familiar voices.

"You sent Itachi to school early and let him graduate early, I won't say anything, after all, he has such a genius. And I was not his teacher at that time, so I don't care." The female voice was very excited, full of Angry, "But you want him to take the Chunin exam at the age of nine?! Do you know how difficult the Chunin exam is now? Do you know the casualty rate of the exam?! You want to send him to die?!"

"Hmph." The cold male voice made the young man outside the door tremble.I only heard the man say: "Advanced? As far as I know, Kakashi graduated from ninja school at the age of five, right? He was promoted to Chunin at the age of six? Besides, since Itachi has such a genius, why couldn't he participate in it earlier? The Chunin Exam? He has been a Genin for two years, and he opened Sharingan last year, I believe he has such strength."

Hearing this, the boy raised his head slightly again.Yes, he'd always wanted his father's approval, and now he finally heard it, but... it didn't seem to matter that much...

"Do you believe in his strength?! Do you really know him?! I'm his mentor, alright!" The female voice raised another scale, obviously unable to restrain her anger, "Kakashi is that In the war years, the general trend is just the trend! Besides, once he leaves school, Minato will always guide and protect him. Even if he is promoted to Chunin, his father will take care of him! And as Itachi’s instructor, I am comparable to Minato and Sakumo in terms of strength. They're all short of it!"

The woman was still speaking impassionedly, at this moment, a figure smaller than the boy ran out from the door, and staggered into the boy's arms.

"Brother, who is that auntie? She looks so fierce..." The second son of the Uchiha family, the four-year-old Sasuke was so frightened by the aura of the two people in the yard, his mouth shriveled and his eyes widened. The pearls are shining.

"Good boy Sasuke, don't be afraid." When he saw his cute and clingy younger brother, Itachi's expression softened a lot, and he couldn't help raising his hand to stroke the little man's furry head, "That's my teacher, called Sayoki Izumitake, She is a very gentle person. She used to come to our house, have you forgotten?"

At this time, the angry female voice in the courtyard sounded again.

"Besides, the system was not so standardized at that time. After Kakashi was promoted to the Chunin, he did not have the authority to lead the team because of his young age; now it is required that once the Chunin is promoted, he must be the captain-this is common sense! Common sense you always It should be! You can be stupid, but you can't be ignorant! You can't be shameless!" Quan Zhu was already furious, and roaring was not enough, she wanted to pull out the knife to cut open the head of the person opposite, to see what was inside. Basalt is still lumpy elm wood, if the material is good, I might as well use it as a coffin board for him!

"That's enough. I'm Itachi's guardian. You have no right to tell me what to do." Fuyue was also very angry. If it wasn't for Izumitake's current strength and position in Konoha, he really wanted to see off the guest directly, " It stands to reason that Itachi, as the eldest son of the Uchiha family, should have been trained by the family. For the sake of Naruto-sama, I handed him over to you. What? After two years of training, you are not enough to let him take the Zhongnin exam ?"

"I... Anyway, after Itachi's 12th birthday, I will sign him and recommend him to take the Chunin Exam!"

"It's useless to talk too much. As the eldest son, Itachi has the obligation and responsibility to live up to the family's expectations, and to win honor for the Uchiha family!"

Outside the door, Sasuke, who was standing with his elder brother, heard the two people coming and going in the yard, and poked his head out to look in the door, and then remembered.

"Oh, it's Aunt Zhuzi who gave me the yukata at the previous sacrificial ceremony." Sasuke nodded, suddenly realizing.

"Well, she also took you to eat takoyaki. You ate tomato sauce all over your face, and she wiped it for you." Thinking of his younger brother's funny appearance and the teacher's gentle and patient appearance, Itachi couldn't help laughing, warm Like sunshine.

"I don't have it! My brother hates it!" Xiao Sasuke was defensive, clenched his fists, and his face was flushed.

The figures of the two brothers melted into the sunshine, and the quarrel in the yard was not enough to disturb the warmth between the brothers.

At this time, the two quarrelsome people in the courtyard came to an agreement for some reason, and they became quiet at this moment. They both walked out of the door with stiff faces, and stared at the young man who was the center of the topic.

"Father, Teacher Zhu." Itachi stood upright with a respectful expression.

Sasuke had never seen such a battle before, he hid behind Itachi long ago, grabbed the corner of his brother's clothes, revealing a pair of black and bright big eyes, circling up and down, observing his brother's teacher... Brother is so good, what should he do? Only a good teacher can teach it?

However, the two adults had no time to take care of the little one.Quanzhu stepped forward first, softened his expression slightly, and spoke.

"Itachi, your father means to let you take part in the Chunin exams this year... and I hope to wait until you are 12 years old to take part - Hayate and Yugao will only take part when they are about this age Yes, you know that too." After that, Quan Zhu paused, looking at his disciple expectantly, "So, what's your opinion?"

Itachi was speechless, silent, looking at Quanzhu.In the pair of cat eyes in front of him, there is clearly unreserved concern.Seeing this, Itachi was inevitably moved, and looked at Quanzhu gratefully.

"Itachi, when do you want to be promoted to Chunin?" Fugaku, who was on the side, also spoke, with obvious expectations in his majestic tone.

As a son, as a disciple, Itachi remained silent, with a calm expression, but he was still thinking.

After a while, he raised his head.

"Father, I agree to take the Chunin Exam earlier." After a short pause, as if afraid of someone showing a disappointed expression, Itachi immediately continued, "However, I just opened Sharingan last year, and I haven't developed it yet, so... …So I want to ask Mr. Take to help me practice—after all, the teacher has helped Kakashi-senpai, she will have experience—and then I will take the Chunin exam next year. In this way, there will be a better chance of passing the exam, It will... embarrass the family."

"..."

Speechless for a while, Fuyue was touched and was thinking about it; while Quanzhu stared at Itachi, his lips parted slightly, and the left corner of his mouth was slightly raised. I don't know if it was surprise, or she wanted to say something but couldn't say it.

"Okay." Before Quanzhu thought of what to say, Fuyue had already nodded, "This arrangement is also appropriate... I don't know what Master Xiao Yemu thinks?" The latter sentence seemed to have a bit of irony - said To be honest, the parents of the Uchiha family rarely have such... lively... moments.

But Quanzhu, who was expected to be furious, was very calm, without squinting, just looked at his disciple, and slowly opened his lips, "Itachi, if this is your choice, I will support it." He paused and ignored it Fuyue looked strangely in his eyes, but he said again, "But, from today on, your life will be difficult--I will increase the strength and measure of your practice."

"I understand, Teacher Zhu. Thank you." Itachi nodded, apologetically.Quanzhu raised his hand, pressed Itachi lightly on the head, sighed, and didn't say anything more about this topic.

"Go, bring little Sasuke into the house. It's already noon, he must be hungry." Quan Zhu smiled, and finally noticed Sasuke behind Itachi, then bent down and gently pinched the little fur boy's tender face, Attracts the child to dodge shyly and awkwardly.

"Yes." Itachi obediently agreed, dragged Sasuke into the courtyard, walked along the path to the corridor, and gradually walked away.

Watching two figures, one big and one small, walk into the room, Quanzhu said quietly: "Are family interests and family glory really that important? More important than relatives?"

Fu Yue was startled slightly, but still turned his face, and said coldly: "Itachi is from the Uchiha family."

"Heh." Is this telling her to ignore other people's housework? "But if it were me, I would protect him as much as possible instead of..."

instead of what?Instead of forcing him?

"He cannot be protected by others forever." Only wind and rain can make people grow faster.

"Then let him drive away from the safe haven as steadily as possible." Quanzhu also turned his head and looked at Fuyue steadily, "He should be like this. This age allows him to grow slower and grow up according to his own wishes." big."

After speaking, without waiting for the other party's answer, Quanzhu turned around and left.Fu Yue stared sideways at the thin figure and frowned slightly.

==

"Cough, cough." The grown-up boy sat on the ground in some embarrassment, leaning against the blood-stained tree trunk behind him.

There was a creaking sound of the soles of the shoes stepping on the stones, and a shining sword appeared in Itachi's sight.

Seeing this, Itachi pursed his lips and smiled, looking natural and docile, but he had no intention of resisting, and completely lost the strength to resist.

"What are you laughing at?" A crisp female voice sounded above her head.

"If I would die under the knife of the teacher, I don't think I will have any complaints." Itachi raised his head, smiled gently against the sun, and relieved all the pressure in front of Quanzhu.

"..." Izumi Zhu, who was standing in the backlight, couldn't see her expression clearly. She slowly raised her pen and raised her Zanpakuto, watching her former apprentice slowly close her eyes, like a docile lamb.

But Quanzhu just slowly raised his hand and inserted the Zanpakuto back into the scabbard, then turned around.

Itachi didn't feel any pain after waiting for a long time, so he opened his eyes again, but only saw a figure going away, shaking a bit due to serious injuries.

A word floated in the wind, the voice was still so indifferent, with almost inaudible distress and tenderness: "You are no longer responsible."

Itachi was stunned, staring blankly at the shrinking back, seeing the black hair being blown by the wind, watching the white belt entangled with the black slender waist flying.

The eyes are a little hot, but not hot at all, but very warm.