First Mission: Protection Duty - 1

[1 Year Later]

MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.....HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....I have Done it. I HAVE FINALLY DONE. I HAVE FINALLY FUCKING DONE IT.

A child could be heard loudly laughing maniacally while looking towards the sky. Hearing his voice his attendant comes running.

Yoshinori: Kouske-sama how many times have I told you to control yourself. Your reputation is already taking a hit in the clan. You are being called the "Maniac Prodigy". As I am your attendant, my reputation is also not good and when people look at me they whisper. People have started to believe that I am unstable as well. Please, how many times have I told you not to do this? I know you are not unstable or crazy so why do you do this? Just why?

Kouske looked at his attendant, who was crying while looking at him. He can not tell him what the future holds, as he knows how grim it is. So when he succeeds in any of his goals he can not help but laugh without stopping out loud. He does not care what others think of him.

Kouske: Yoshinori-san, I have told you so many times. I am a genius. So do not judge based on your standards. Just consider this a disadvantage of me being a genius.

Yoshinori: Then at least tell me what you have finally done. You alway scream like that but whenever I ask you never reply.

Kouske: Yoshinori-san knowing would do you no good. Just know that I FFFFFUUUUUCKKKKKKKKKINGGGGGGG Won another round against fate. Fate can eat SSSSHHHHH*******TTTTTT. I am gonna shove my fist, elbow and whole arm in fate's ass. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Yoshinori: YYYYOUUUUUNGGGGG MMMMMAAAASSSSTTTTERRRR, How many times have I told you not to cuss. I am the one being scolded. Also, even if you want to laugh like a maniac, do it where people can not hear you. Everybody hears you and some are even afraid of you. You already know, you doing all this have already given trouble to your parents and even the clan head has scolded you several times. He says even though you are a prodigy, he can not bring you to important meetings or introduce you to important people who hire us or know us as It would tarnish our reputation when someone sees you like this.

Kouske: Yoshinori-san you already know I have talked with my parents and even the clan head so there is no problem. Just let me have this moment. LEAVE, THAT IS AN ORDER. MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH...Take this fate, take this. I am one step closer in r*ping you.

Yoshinori: Young master, what the FUCK are you saying...

Kouske: Aha, You also cussed Yoshinori-san. You can not admonish me and then cuss.

Yoshinori: hu hu hu hu....

Yoshinori was trying to hold his anger and breathing heavily. Over the last year, his young master sometimes behaves like a crazy person. When he asks he does not get any answer. He reported to clan head and clan head then had a talk with his young master. After that he was told to try to keep his young master's outbursts as less noisy as possible. The clan head said his young master is a never before seen genius in the clan and would bring our clan to higher heights so just support him and not ask any question.

While they were bickering, another attendant came running.

[Other attendant]: Kouske-sama you have been summoned by the clan head and the elder council. Also, the clan head has told me to tell you and I quote "Behave when you are in this meeting as this one is specially important. If you do not then I will refuse any future requests you might have".

Both Kouske and Yoshinori stopped bickering. Kouske motioned for the attendant to leave and turned towards his old attendant.

Kouske: Why do you think they called me?

Yoshinori: young master, please do not joke. I think you already know. Especially, because you are six years old and just 2 weeks before you passed with flying colors in all the exams conducted for your batch. Moreover, you defeated the other top candidates in one-on-one shinobi combat. Word is going around that the people who witnessed your battles said your battles were the most amazing they have seen in decades. 

2 weeks ago, there was an exam for the batch Kouske was part of. Tournament style one-on-one battle with other candidates. Kouske came out first and showed his mastery of ninjutsu, taijutsu, swordsman-ship. Even shuriken and kunai throwing techniques as well. This test was to see who is ready for the battlefield. It was the same as the taijutsu battle he had before but this time weapons like swords, shurikens, kunai and even ninjutus were allowed. In this battle, Airi and Naohiro teamed up in the final round of his group. But he still came out on top.

Kouske: hah, as if beating other children is that amazing. Airi and Naohiro, although good, could not even do substitution without hand signs. All it took from me was to engage them in taijutsu using hand-hand combat and my swordsman-ship. The only jutsus I used were Fireball Jutsu, Substitution jutsu and normal clone jutsu.

Yoshinori: That is why people are saying that you are truly a prodigy. Using seal-less substitution jutsu to confuse them. Your swordsman-ship and your taijutsu were amazing as well. Lastly, they say your Fireball Jutsu is already at the level of fully mastered. I was not there but I heard the fireball was big enough to have a diameter of 5 meters. Its destructive power was also amazing.

Kouske: Well, enough praising me. Now back to the topic, What do you think, I just want your opinion.

Yoshinori: I think you are being sent on some mission.

Kouske: You think so as well huh. I knew this was coming as I passed with flying colors but isn't this too early. I thought I would still have a month.

Yoshinori: Who knows, I am just an attendant young master. Now, you should change clothes and get ready. If this meeting is important then you can not go with the way you look.

Yoshinori pointed towards Kouske who was dripping with sweat and even his clothes were wet with it. He was happy that even though his young master was hailed as a prodigy, he worked hard. But he wishes his young master would change some of the habits he has developed in the last year.

…

During this war torn era, there is no one diamyo of the Land of Fire. The wars are happening because all the different diamyo would be, want to become the sole ruler. To do this, they hire shinobi clans to fight on their behalf. To secure strategic locations, sabotage the other diamyos sources of income etc. My clan is above average but for some missions, we have created a name for ourselves. For example, being good body guards. As we are good sensors, we are somewhat good enough to protect transports, VIPs etc. Although, of course sometimes we do go to war with other clans and sometimes we are hired by a diamyo who is already having a war and realises that the clan he hired does not have proficient sensor ninjas. So now I am in a big hall. All the big shots of the clans are sitting here. There is big rectangular table and at the position in which normally a chairman would sit is the current clan head. He is in his mid-thirties. In this war torn period, average life time of shinobi is quite low so him being in his thirties mean that he is already in the numbers who are above average. Now normally, both sides of the table would have elders and then elites of the clan. But today no elders are sitting on one side and there are people I have not seen before sitting there. But based on their attire, I can say they are rich. Probably rich merchants or some diamyo. Meaning they are our clients and because I was called that means this is my first mission.

Clan head-Mitsuhide: Kouske Shiru, you are being assigned on protection duty.