First Time Meeting

It had been over one month since Danzo's death was announce to the public. The other hidden villages thought that it would be one more person they didn't need to worry about dealing. As for the battle camp near the border of Kiri, the shinobi didn't feel any sympathy for the man as they learned the truth.

At this moment, Hiruzen was in his office while reading reports that were sent from the camp that Minato was in. He scratched his head and then brought out a kunai from a drawer in his desk. He then threw it on the floor. He waited for some a minute until a person appeared in front of him.

"You called, Hokage-sama. What is happening?" Hiroki asked.

"Hiroki, as you know, Konoha is now facing against Kiri in war. It had only been some skirmishes, but now they are sending the heavy guns out for battle and the real war is about to start. I want you to go help Minato and Sakumo with the future battles." Hiruzen said.

'I knew this was bound to happen sooner or later. One month and a half of rest is good enough.' Hiroki thought.

"Alright. I guess I'm to leave as soon as possible right?" Hiroki asked.

"Yes. As soon as you can. Protect Konoha and it's future along with everyone else." Hiruzen said as he dismissed Hiroki.

Hiroki then Hiraishined to his apartment to prepare. Hiroki's apartment was intact from the explosion that happened in front of it. Hiroki had written many layers of protective seals on all the walls of his apartment.

As he was preparing his bag, memories of a clone came back to him. It was one of the clones he had sent to go over to the other hidden villages and place Hiraishin marks on important places. The clone that dispelled was one that went to Ame. It had found Alatsuki's hideout. It left a mark on a tree right next to the entrance of the hideout. Hiroki smirked as he got back the memories. He remembered that Onoki hadn't sent the agreement between Iwa and Konoha not to use Amegakure as a battle ground. He took his bag and then teleported.

———

In Iwagakure...

Onoki was reading reports of the ongoing battles all over the elemental nations. He saw that Kiri was making a move against Konoha and Kumo was also starting to move against Iwa.

"That's good to know." A voice said from behind Onoki.

"Whaaaaa" Onoki blurted as he jumped in surprise from his chair. He then looked at the person and saw a eleven year old boy smiling at him.

"How did you get here?"

"Haven't you forgot something old man? As for how I got here, there's no need for you to know." Hiroki said, maintaining the innocent smile.

"I..I... I haven't. I was about to send a messenger bird to Konoha and send you the agreement." Onoki said a little embarrassed. He wanted to make Hiroki wait. He was too proud and didn't want to believe the threat from a young boy, but when said boy was in front of him, he lost all his pride. Even though Hiroki was smiling at him, Onoki could feel the murderous aura coming from the boy.

Onoki then went behind his desk and opened a drawer, taking out a rolled paper from it.

"Here it is." Onoki said as he handed it to Hiroki.

"Thank you. I hope you take care of yourself and that back of yours. Goodbye." Hiroki said as he disappeared from his spot.

Onoki just looked at what happened in front of him in disbelief.

'And I thought I had seen everything.' Onoki thought to himself.

———

In Amegakure...

Hiroki had appeared just in front of the tree that clone had left a mark. He saw the entrance towards the hideout, but didn't go in. He didn't want to start things with akatsuki with the wrong foot. He then raised his chakra level to the maximum so that the members would feel it and then lowered it back to normal. He knew that they would come out to check out what was happening.

After a few seconds three people came out from the entrance. They noticed a young boy in front of them looking the opposite way while showing his back to them. They didn't feel any threat from him, but were still on their guards. When Hiroki turned towards them, the first thing they saw was his headband. They took out a kunai and stayed on the defensive.

"No need to be wary. I come in peace." Hiroki said as he raised both hands. The trio still didn't lower their weapons.

"My name is Hiroki, as you can see from my hitai-ate, I'm a shinobi from Konoha. You must be Yahiko, Nagato and Konan if I'm not wrong." Hiroki introduced himself to them.

They had surprised looks on their face since a stranger they had never seen knew their name.

"What do you want? We have no enmity with Konoha and you either." Konan asked.

"Right. We don't have any enmity. I came here because I know of your organization, Akatsuki and it's purpose. I believe we share the same objective, peace. As you know, right now the great elemental nations are in a war against each other." Hiroki said, but didn't continue as he saw Yahiko wanted to say something.

"How do you know about us? Are you a spy sent to gather intel about us?" Yahiko asked.

"Oh, no. I'm not a spy and I'm not here to gather intel about you three. We know a person in common and for that reason along with others, I wanted to meet you. But right now, I'm here for something else. As I was saying, there is war. Iwa declared war against Konoha and that would involve Amegakure. Many people from this village would die as Ame is between both Iwa and Konoha. As I don't want this to happen, I got a present for you. You can decide what to do with it later." Hiroki said as he brought out a rolled paper from his kunai pouch and extended his hand towards them.

The trio were wary of the paper. Specially after everything Hiroki said. They looked at each other for a while. Yahiko then nodded his head. Konan extended her index finger as a piece of paper peeled off from it and flew towards the paper on Hiroki's hand and brought it to her. She opened up the paper and the three of them read it.

"What is the meaning of this?" Yahiko asked.

"It is as it says. Iwa and Konoha will not battle anywhere in Ame. It is a neutral ground and no battles will happen here. I also have something else for you. Here." Hiroki said as he opened his palm as a kunai was on it.

"Don't worry guys, I'm not going to attack you. I can leave it on the ground and step away from it if you want." Hiroki said and was about to do that, but stopped as he saw Yahiko coming towards him. Yahiko grabbed the Kunai from Hiroki's hand.

"What am I supposed to do with this?" He asked Hiroki.

"If you are in need to talk to me or in dire situations, you can pulse some chakra into it and I'll show up in no time. Take care of it and don't let anyone other than you three take it." Hiroki said as he then disappeared, leaving Yahiko, Konan and Nagato staring where he was dumbly.

"Oh, I forgot." Hiroki said as he appeared in front of them once again.

"I'll let Jiraiya-san know that you three are doing well. I'll bring him the next time I come." Hiroki said as he disappeared once more.

"What the hell was that? He can appear and disappear just like that." Konan said.

"He knows sensei. From what he said before, sensei is someone he knows in a personal level." Nagato said.

Yahiko looked at the kunai for a while and then placed it inside his kunai pouch.

"I guess we had found a new ally. And from what it seems, he is more powerful than he looks." Yahiko mumbled the last part.

———

In the battle camp in Kiri...

Hiroki had appeared just outside of the battle camp, startling the two shinobi guarding the entrance.

"Sorry guys. You'll get used to it. Are Minato-ni and Sakumo-san here?" Hiroki asked.

"Ahem, yes, they are. You can go inside. They are in the main tent." The guard said as he pointed to the largest tent.

Hiroki then walked towards the tent. He then walked inside and saw Minato and Sakumo studying the battlefield.

"Got some work there huh?" Hiroki asked as he was behind them.

"Ah, Hiroki. You have arrived just in time. We are studying the battlefield and the advantageous grounds we can use to help us in the future battles." Minato said as he opened enough space for Hiroki to study the map as well.

"The Mizukage is sending their troops full on this time. We want to take the better grounds to help us fight against the enemy shinobi. We found intel that the seven swordsmen will be sent to battle as well. We will need to be careful on how we strategize our shinobi." Sakumo said.

"The Mizukage will probably send out the seven swordsmen when the battles hit a critical point. I think we should be more worried about the clans that have kekkei genkai. Yuki clan are known for their Ice, and having water source when fighting them is suicide. Same thing for Hozuki clan, they can turn their bodies into liquid. We would need to make a strategy to use shinobi that knows fire and lightening jutsu to fight against them." Hiroki said.

After one hour of talking, they came up with many strategies that were the most efficient according to each enemy they faced. This is war and any mistake would cost lives and each life was important.

Hiroki asked Minato and Sakumo if they had any free tents and they showed him one that they had already prepared for him. It was one that was close to Minato's and his team. Hiroki then went inside and placed his bag inside. After some time, Minato called out to Hiroki and he went to see him.

"Kushina had told me what happened. I always knew Danzo was dirty, but I never found any proof to get him punished. How was the fight against him?" Minato asked.

"To tell you the truth, I thought it would be harder. He just kept running most of the time and Hiraishin just makes things easier." Hiroki said as he grinned.

"Hiraishin? I heard that he was burnt. I was going to ask what jutsu you used to make him burn into a crisp." Minato said.

"He was burnt. What I meant was that Hiraishin made it easier to deal with him since he kept running away most of the time. As for the jutsu, it's this." Hiroki said as he made a rasengan and then added fire chakra into it, making the spiral ball become red in color and flames cover it. Minato had his eyes glued to it.

"You are a monster. I had just finished trying to add element chakra into the rasengan and you had already done it with a second element." Minato said.

"Well, fire element is easier to manipulate than wind. Wind is wild and fire is calm. I believe you have been trying to make a generic rasenshuriken since you haven't learned sage mode perfectly yet. Am I right?" Hiroki asked.

"Haha. You are too wise. I've tried creating a different type of wind rasengan, but it is as you said, wind is a hard element to control and is too wild. Maybe I will have an easier time with fire." Minato said.

"Why don't you do both? Make some clones and divide them to have half do fire while the other half do wind. You will have a better time this way." Hiroki said.

"Why is it that you can think of things to make your life easier? I know of these things, but it never came to me." Minato said.

"Hehe, it's just that I'm lazy, Minato-ni." Hiroki said.

They kept talking for a few hours until Hiroki went back to his tent and went rest.