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  It was 1hr past midnight and the mission that was assigo The two man Genin team was pleted without any problems.

  Kakashi and Daichi's shadow es picked up the bandits and followed their creators. They made their way to the Daimyo mansion and hahe unscious bandits to the guards. Oheir task was pleted the shadow es dispelled themselves.

  The Daimyo's men took the restrained men and locked them behind bars until their fate was decided.

  "It looks like we were able to get this done much soohan I thought." Daichi said as he looked at his teacher.

  "True. So it seems we'll be ba the Leaf vilge by m."

  "Do you think the Daimyo will see us at this hour? It's the middle of the night after all." The Genin asked his teacher.

  "He did tell us that we should see him as soon as the mission was done. So I don't see any problems." The Jonin just shrugged and waited for their t.

  Daichi didn't ask anything more and looked at the unscious ninja on the ground.

  'Observe'

  [LV.51] [Yamaha Toshigak

  Age: 30

  HP: 5358 CP: 4691

  [Yamaha Toshigaki is a former ninja of the Vilge Hidden in Hot Water and a former citizen of the Land of Hot Water. He became a Genin at 11 and in at the age of 16. He is a friendly man who used to love his vilge. During his st mission his teammate betrayed him and Yamaha took the bme for a crime he didn't it. He was sidered a traitor by most and became hated by the people of the vilge. The Vilge Leader and the Daimyo ter made the decision to exile him from their nd.

  STR - 91

  AGI - 83

  INT - 48

  The physical stats may be subjected to ge if chakra or teique is applied.]

  Daichi's eyes slightly softened as he read the description. 'Betrayed by a teammate and had to go on the run huh. Just bad luck. Based on my info, it seems this guy has morals... But why did the Vilge leader and Daimyo exile him instead of clearing his name?'

  Daichi slightly shook his head and thought about the two academy students who were temporarily his teammates. 'This exact situation is what I want to avoid. A stab in the back by someone you trust when you least expect. If I had bee teammates with them, then it wouldn't have been smooth sailing for me. Still, I wonder what they're doing now?'

  As several thoughts were running through the Genin's mind the Tea Daimyo came to them with two guards by his side. The two Leaf ninja stood in attention and gave a small short bow of respect.

  The Daimyo looked at the ninja on the floor and smiled as he turned his attention back to the two Leaf shinobis. "Well done. I didn't think you'd plete this mission so quickly. Were there any problems?"

  "No sir. Everythi smoothly. This is the one behind the whole bandit troubles."

  The Daimyo nodded. "Please wake him up. There are some things I o ask him."

  Daiodded and pressed a pressure point uhe downed man's ned in a few seds the man's eyes suddenly opened wide and he came to sciousness. He coughed a few times and took several deep breaths of air. He felt the ninja wire restraining his body and looked around. Seeing that there was no ce of escape he stopped struggling and stopped his resistance. Daichi's hands were on his shoulders to subdue him, in case he decided to attack.

  The Daimyo looked at the man with a stoic expression. After several seds of silence he began the versation. "It seems you know the position you're in. Good. Now. I'm going to ask you some questions and I would appreciate it if you could answer me holy."

  The tied up ninja looked at the Daimyo with a tired look and just nodded his head.

  Seeing the man's pliahe Tea Daimyo begaioning him. "What's your name?"

  "Yamaha Toshigaki."

  "Where are you from, Yamaha Toshigaki?"

  "I'm from… I was from the Land of Hot Water."

  The tea Daimyo slightly narrowed his eyes. "Was from? Are you a missing ninja?"

  "No. I'm just exiled from there." The man shook his head and replied.

  "That's a surprise. When ninjas gue, they are decred a missing nin. But you're saying that is not the case… I'm sure there's a story behind that. I'm curious to hear it."

  The man just looked at the Daimyo of the small try with slight anger on his face. "Why does it matter to you? I attacked the people of this nd. I got caught. Just put me in a dungeet it over with."

  The ruler of the Land of Tea was silent as he looked at the man. A few moments ter he replied. "It's true you did bring a bandit group and attacked my people. But they didn't cause any serious damages to the properties or fatally injure anyone. And I'm guessing they were told not to by you. I want to know why? And I want to know what's your reason for taking over the Toujin fortress. I'm giving you a ce to expin yourself. So start from the beginning."

  Kakashi was also curious to hear the backstory of the man. He khe ninja gave strict orders not to harm the people of this vilge. Some may have caused small injuries but nothing that couldn't be healed. So the Jonin was also curious about the nature of the man and his true purpose here in the Land of Tea.

  Yamaha was silent for a short time pting his options. After a while he decided to just tell the truth.

  "As I said earlier, I was born in the Land of Hot water. I was a ninja there. A few months back, during a mission, my teammate and I were sent on a mission to guard a wealthy t. He was moving a lot of money and he asked for our protey teammate got greedy and killed him. He took the money and fled and I went after him. During ht he actally got killed but that's when aeam from the vilge found us. I took the bme for his crimes and they called me a traitor. The Vilge Leader is an old friend of mine. He was the only one who believed me. He was able to vihe Daimyo of my innoce but no one else would believe me. The pressure to imprison me was increasing so he made a decision to exile me."

  Kakashi gave a small sigh as he heard the story. 'His voice, tone and body nguage tells me that he's telling the truth… What an unfortuurn of events for him. Such is the life of a ninja. Sometimes we don't know who our real enemy is…'

  The Tea Daimyo looked at the two Leaf ninjas. "Is he telling the truth? you tell?"

  Daiodded his head. "Yes. I've been keeping an eye on his vitals. He hasn't lied so far."

  The Daimyo nodded and his face slightly softened as he turo the man. "I'm sorry for what you went through. But the people here were not responsible for anything that happeo you. So why did you attack us?"

  "I just wao buy some time. It wasn't my iion to harm anyone here. I knew you would hire ninjas to get rid of the bandits and I khey would returolen moo your people but I didn't think you'd do it so soon." Yamaha said with a tired sigh.

  "You were ting on us ing? But you obviously had no iion of surrendering at first. So that means you were pnning on abandoning them and esg from the start weren't you?" The Jonin asked as he looked at the man.

  "Yes." The tied up ninja nodded.

  "You said you wao buy time. What were you looking for ioujin Fortress?" The tea Daimyo asked.

  Yamaha was silent and looked down. 'I already told them this muo point in keeping quiet now.'

  "I remembered the stories my grandfather used to tell. How he helped in building that fortress almost a tury ago. He told me that during its creation, he and a couple others were secretly told to build a small escape tunnel from the building. He also remembered hearing rumors of a chamber that was secretly being built in the fortress. I knew a chamber like that would be filled with money or something really valuable. So I subdued a group of low-life scums who rob travelers and made them rob you. My pn was to find the secret room, then take the money and leave through the tunnel without anyone knowing."

  Hearing that, the Daimyo's eyes widened. He sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose as he thought about that debacle.

  Kakashi, looking at the daimyo's rea, sighed. 'So it seems this guy is telling the truth.'

  "The Daimyo who ruled before my predecessor was somewhat of a tyrant. It was his father who gave the order to build the fortress. He put heavy taxes on people and made a lot of wealth. Aored all that money in his secret room. The man was also afraid of a coup from the people of the vilge s the creation of the fortress he had a secret exit built into the fortress that wasn't even shown on the blueprints."

  "Is it still there? That money?" Daichi asked with curiosity.

  The Daimyo shook his head. "No. My predecessor was a good man. After he took the position he gave the stoleh back to the people of this nd. That chamber is empty."

  Yamaha was shocked to hear that. "N-no. Th-that 't be. You're telling me I did all this for nothing."

  "Yes." Came the short reply from the ruler.

  Yamaha Toshigaki looked down and it seemed as if his spirit had left him. Kakashi g the tied up ninja and knew he had no more fight left in him. The Joni slightly bad for the man.

  It was at this moment, the Tea Daimyo spoke again. "Hypothetically, if you got the money what would you do?"

  "What's the point in askihat?"

  "Humor me."

  Yamaha shook his head and a short while ter replied. "I would find some remote pce to spend the rest of my life in peace… But why does that matter now? Are you gonna give me the money?" He asked sarcastically.

  "Watch your tohe guard standing behind the Daimyo gred at the man for his rudeness.

  The Daimyo chuckled when he heard that question. "No. I'm not gonna give you any money. What I will give you is a sed ce."

  Yamaha was fused at that. "Based on the information I looked over, the bandits caught today were the ones causing minor issues to loravelers in the border of my try. It was the Leaf ninjas who caught them, but it also be said that you had a hand in their capture. Since you were the one who set them up in the first pce. And since all the moolen is returned and no one is seriously harmed I am willing to let things slide. "

  "You're willing to let me go?" The sho Yamaha's face wasn't a surprise since everyone else in the room aside from the Daimyo felt the same.

  "Oain ditions, yes. And you're ly in a position to iate." The ruler of the Land of Tea said with an authoritative tone.

  The exiled ninja narrowed his eyes and looked at the man. "What's the catch?"

  The Daimyo had a serious look as he spoke. "I'll give you your freedom, but you bee a ninja under me, bound to this nd. Since you're exiled and not a missing ninja, it won't be a problem. You'll escort and protect the merts and travelers to nearby vilges for two years without any pay. I'll give you food and shelter for the two years but that's it. After that you're free to go or you stay here. You even tinue as you were but you will be paid for your work. Your crimes will be fiven and you get a sed ce at a normal life... Or you be locked up with the rest of your men. And if you think about betraying the trust, I'll make sure you're marked as a missing nin. So what will it be?"

  Kakashi and Daichi were surprised at the turn of events. 'sidering the situation I know what I would do… Still, I didn't see that ing.' Daichi thought as he looked at the man.

  "Why are you showing mere?" The bound shinobi asked the Daimyo in a small voice.

  "Hmm… I'm someone who believes in sed ces. I don't think you're a terrible person. I think you're just someone looking to survive."

  'I heard rumors that the Tea Daimyo is a kind man but I didn't think he would have given me another ce.' Yamaha thought about his choices and a few moments ter he made his decision. "I accept… My Lord." The tied ninja bowed to the Daimyo and then raised his head to look at the man.

  Tea Daimyo nodded and looked at the two Leaf ninjas. "Release him."

  Daichi looked at Kakashi and the Jonin just shrugged his shoulders. The Genin released the ninja wire and the man slowly stood up. There were a few tense seds at first but then the man gave a deep bow to the Daimyo and the guards and the Tea Daimyo rexed.

  "Take him to the quarters. I'll be along shortly." The order was given and the guards escorted the man out of the room.

  The Daimyo looked at the Leaf ninjas and smiled. "Thank you for your hard work. You two pleted the assig perfectly."

  "Thank you."

  "Now, here's your mission slip. Have a safe journey back to the vilge."

  Daichi looked at the quest pletion box while Kakashi secured the mission pletion slip in his pocket.

  [Quest 'Retake the Fortress' pleted.]

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  [Rewards:]

  [15000 Exp.]

  [2250 Exp.]

  [+1 Dignity Stat]

  [Reputation increases with the t.]

  [Reputation increases with people in Tea try.]

  'Just 8000 exp more and I'll get to level 55.'

  "Alright Daichi, time to head home." The two ninja left the Tea Daimyo's house and were about to head back when Daichi sensed a fast ining projectile.

  'Behind.' The Genin swiftly tilted his head to the side and saw a small object pass by at great speed. It hit a nearby rod went flying straight at Kakashi. The Jonin tracked its movements and easily caught the moving object.

  "What the hell is that?" Daichi was fused and used chakra sense on his surroundings. He couldn't sense any enemies and then looked at his sensei.

  Kakashi looked at the moving obje his hand and was surprised. Daichi's eyes widened as he id eyes on it as well. 'Wait a mihat's…'

  "This is Guy's ninja turtle. He only uses it for emergencies." The Jonin said as he looked at the turtle smaller than a palm. There was a glowing SOS on its shell.

  "Turtle… turtle… Guy needs help."

  Hearing that, Daichi sighed and gave his sehe stink eye. "You just had to jinx us didn't you!?"

  Author's Note:

  The arc will be a long arc like the treasure hunt and Jedayu's revenge arcs but there will be no iigation or any such things. This arc is gonna be a straight up battle arc.

  And one more thing. Don't think this ing arc is gonna be a filler ohis mission and the events taking pce will be crucial to Daichi and his pns for the future. You'll uand once you read the whole arc. See ya...