9 An important meeting

Sitting in a room that appeared to be a meeting room, we could locate Daiko next to the table accompanied by other noble-looking people and other ninjas who were part of the group that aims to defend the village's territories from bandits.

While everyone at the table waited in silence, a man approximately 50 years of age stood up, drawing the attention of everyone in the room.

"As you all know some clans in recent years are starting to move making deals with each other to obtain allies or trade pacts, as reported by the traveling traders, in their latest report they said that skirmishes between rival clans are rapidly increasing and a possible announcement of war could happen at any moment," says the man seriously causing some people to break out in a cold sweat with the possibility of a war breaking out again.

"Due to the threat of a possible war between clans residing nearby, I as patriarch and elder of this council suggest that we should ally ourselves with a more powerful clan for protection," says the man seriously, as a young nobleman gently raises his hand seeking protection. your authorization to speak at this meeting to the alleged patriarch who grants you the right to speak.

"For the grace of everyone here I come to suggest that we should ally ourselves with the Hagoromo clan they have extremely strong ninjas and recently the eldest son of the patriarch has awakened a particularly new Kekkei Genkai never seen before due to this occurrence that became relatively famous after the information leaked they became close to the Sharingan Uchihas. I particularly have a friend who can get in touch so we can strike a promising deal between us and the Hagoromo clan" says the man showing a bit of enthusiasm when the patriarch waves his hand for the young man to sit down.

"Thanks for the information, this can make it easier in the process of our decision on who to support when times of war begin and a clan with a powerful Kekkei Genkai supporting us behind the scenes would make some clans fearful of conflict" says the patriarch analyzing the benefits of a possible alliance between the Hagoromo clan and their village.

Suddenly the sound of an eagle is heard outside one of the windows when at a later moment as everyone looks towards the source of the sound as a bird slowly lands and shows its paw which has a small scroll.

"A message ?" asks the patriarch who signals to a guard next to the door to retrieve the content that, when handing it over to the patriarch, immediately begins to read.

"Hmmmm interesting…" whispers the patriarch.

"What happened ?" asks a member of the meeting.

"We received a proposal from the Senju clan, they sent one of their representatives directly to formalize an alliance," says the anxious village patriarch.

"An alliance?" surprised another member of the meeting.

"Why would a clan that rivals the Uchiha in power try to gain an alliance with us?" asks another member when Daiko then raises her hand asking to be able to speak and express her view on the matter.

"Apparently, the Senju clan that is avowedly enemy of the Uchiha clan that is currently allied with the HAGOROMO CLAN" says Daiko, emphasizing this last detail "They want to use us as an outpost to monitor the actions of a clan that has recently allied with the Uchiha clan, such as everyone is already aware that a possible war could happen again at any moment for the Senju clan to avoid a possible surprise enemy attack, they turn our village into an important asset to monitor their moves" says my father calmly.

"What do you suggest?" asks the patriarch.

"I suggest that we hold this meeting to assess the benefits the Senju have to offer us, if it is good enough to get direct support from a renowned clan like the Senju it would benefit us with security, influence and some commercial deals due to the Senju clan fame for being more peaceful than the Uchiha" says my father, making some excited about the possible benefits and others not so much.

"But if we ally ourselves with the Senju clan, we would become enemies of the Uchiha clan that has the Hagoromo clan as its ally, we would suffer severe retaliation if the Senju clan is not willing enough for our safety" reflects another individual expressing the possible consequences.

"Even if the Senju clan doesn't have much manpower to contribute to the security of the village, it would still be very beneficial because they have great allied clans like the Hyuga that are located in the West, the Hatake in the Northeast, with their biggest ally in the South East the Uzumaki clan. Making a conflict with the Uchiha clan and the Hagoromo clan less likely at least for now... Unless of course someone contribute to an enemy clan infiltrating" says my father looking at the Hagoromo clan enthusiast who was extremely offended and gives a mighty slap on the table.

"What are you implying? I would never betray the village for selfish reasons!" he yells looking at my Daiko who doesn't care and doesn't feel threatened as he stands up and looks straight into his eyes with a menacing look.

"I didn't mean to offend you, I was just saying that if these clans you support became our enemies and managed to attack us with outside help... You and your friend would become the main suspects nothing more" says Daiko cynically making everyone at the table starting to gap at such an accusation without measuring any scruples.

"Oh, you..." says the man who tries to attack Daiko but is stopped by him when he places a kunai over his throat in a few seconds with a quick movement.

"Stop you two! Daiko, put yourself in your place, you are extremely important to our village, but that doesn't give you the right to act as you want!" says the patriarch who raised his voice to put order in the meeting, causing Daiko to slowly walk away.

"You will pay for this!" says the man who is then silenced by the patriarch.

After some discussions about who to ally with, the patriarch decides to agree to have a meeting with the Senju representative, writing a reply to the Senju representative's letter, he gives it to the bird that flies towards the village limits and dismisses all the members of the meeting except one ninjas group.

"Find the Senju clan representative and accompany him to me to discuss this agreement" says the patriarch calmly when some ninjas start to leave "Daiko..." says the patriarch making him stay.

"Why did you decide to attack that man you know how much trouble you got yourself into? If we become allies of the Hagoromo clan, he will have great influence in the village and this could lead to his family being murdered later!" says the patriarch seriously.

"The clear reason for this, first of all, there's no way for us to ally ourselves with the Hagoromo clan or any ally of the Uchiha, most of us have suffered because of them in the past..." says Daiko who pauses briefly remembering something " how do you think the villagers would react to such news, the Hagoromo drove us from our land and killed many of our comrades causing us to become nomads without a place to reside?" asks my father making the patriarch relive some memories of the past.

"We cannot plan the village's future based in the past Daiko" says the patriarch

"Don't lie to yourself, you suffered as much as I did or you've already forgotten about..." Daiko said until he was interrupted by the patriarch who had a sad expression on his face when Daiko turns around "We don't need to plan our future based in the past, but we must learn from the past, so we can build a better future... Starting with not allying with those who have already killed our families and expelled us from our lands for a temporary benefit, how long would they use us?" says Daiko who leaves the meeting room leaving the patriarch having a reflecting time.

*I'm in doubt about this dialogue, and I'm thinking about changing some things, any tips I'm available*