born gambler

~mikku~

im walking down the path exiting the leaf village, hashirama sent jin as my escort since hes the only one i trained with over the 3 years thats both alive and in a condition to fight if necessary. hashirama told us our destination and how to get there but nothing more, i imagine even he doesn't know where it is exactly. during training hashirama took note of my intelligence, he says that im a born gambler.

"do you know what this meeting is for" jin asks me, and yes i do know what it is but its confidential and i dont know if im allowed to tell jin so i lie.

"im not exactly sure what it is" jin shrugs at this and doesn't speak again. this is a meeting between the villages ambassadors to see if we can come up with a peace keeping solution to prevent a war. the mist village massacre has raised tensions to the point of almost snapping but the kages have all agreed (some very reluctantly) to have the ambassador from each village discuss a solution. im the youngest ambassador in shinobi history. i have an idea for an ultimatum already but that probably wont be necessary. ive planned for every possible situation, argument, and counter argument that this meeting could have. the fate of not only the leaf village but possibly the ninja world lies in this meetings outcome.

"we should be here but i dont see anything" jin is right, we've arrived at where hashirama said is the meeting spot but theres nothing here. i use my jutsu, it channels chakra into my eyes and lets me see through anything, underneath us i see what looks to be a single room with 8 people total

"looks like we got here last"

"what do you mean where is it?" i point at the ground.

"now we just have to get down there" i scan the area quickly and laugh "they didnt do a very good job at hiding it"

i walk to a nearby tree and knock on it, a voice speaks

"state your business"

"its mikku and jin of the hidden leaf we're here for the ambassadors meeting" the tree trunk opens and its what appears to be an elevator "jin come on"

"oh uh yeah" we go in and descend into the ground, the door opens and we're now in a small room, theres a circular table with one spot open, around the table sits 4 ambassadors and behind them is their escort.

"you must be mikku and jin, please have a seat" an old man says, he looks to be at least 60. i take my seat and the man speaks again.

"now that we're all here we can discuss a way to prevent an inevitable war"