Chapter 9: Procedure

A week passed, and no sign of reinforcement.

That was what Takahisa said to his son the day before, it was probably because of an ambush against the messenger.

Again, reinforcing the theory about there being a mole in their lines.

But as he love to repeat it to Izaku, 'It is none of your business.'

And so he tried to focus on different things, like training, eating and sleeping, well the boring stuff.

Izaku had it rough, being home alone, without his mom made it suffocating.

His mother always spoiled him, giving him everything, hugging him every time, until he became a mama boy.

But sadly, it was all over now, and he needed to move on...

He couldn't.

He needed some distraction.

He then decided that checking upon his teammate, was better than coming back to that suffocating place that he once called 'home, sweet home'.

As he finished his usual training routine that his brother advised to follow in his absence, he showered then got ready.

As he walked down the street to the CSA, he noticed how everyone on the street looked either mad, sad, or worried.

He understood them, really, since being a civilian that never once in his life casted a Jutsu, in a clan that never knew war since the warring state period, to being told that they are at war that were probably loosing, it was nerve wrecking.

As he got to the CSA, in his usual attire, he observed the place.

Everything was ruined, no guards, no building, no life.

As he walked, he walked down the stairs taking to the bunker, as it was recently cleared of all remains.

He then entered the bunker, obviously knocking and waiting for a response before doing so.

As he entered, he saw the secretary of Gokoku-san, he was a fairly skinned men, with wild short black hair, he wore the usual Service uniform without the mask on, he asked "What is the purpose of your visit?"

Izaku gathered his though, then spoke "May I know the place where my teammate lives?"

He hummed, "Yes you can, however you need to give specific information."

"Obviously," as he said that, he approached the secretary, he continued, "Team 'Overwatch Team 02, Code name Kuma."

He nodded, "Wait a second," he then stood up, and walked to a document shelf, then started to search for a specific file, "wait a second~ there!" he just then returned to his place and sat in his chair.

"Koishi Utsukame, residence number 69, son of the outsider Kei Utsukame who died at birth, Masuyo Utsukame who died in service, and adopted by Kazuhiko Utsukame, given 2 weeks vacation, 3 days remaining, and recommended for the procedure." as he finished, he got up to return the paper to it's place.

At that, Izaku raised an eyebrow, and stood silent.

The secretary gave him a confused look, then asked, "Are you alright?"

Just as Izaku snapped out of his though, he said in a hurry, "Y-yeah, sorry about that, just got a bit confused about something. And by the way, what procedure are you talking about? and an outsider?"

At that, the secretary glanced at him from his document shelf, he tilted his head, "Aren't you a shinobi of the clan?"

"Well, I am, but..."

"Wait, aren't you the one graduating in just 2 weeks?" Asked the secretary in surprise.

"Yes sir I am, why does it matter with that?"

"That's why huh? that was a bit dumb of them to graduate you without getting the ins and out of the Agency," as he finished and returned to his desk, he asked, "Tell me, what do you know about the agency."

Izaku remained silent, trying to think of an answer, he then looked at him, "The Central Shinobi Agency is the backbone of all outside operations and responsible of all def-"

Before he finished, he was interrupted, "No, that's not what I meant, I was speaking about rules, procedures and ranks of the agency."

Izaku nodded, "Well, I already know of the Tier ranks, Tier 0 being for those who are being evaluated, Tier 1 is the shinobi in training, Tier 2 is the same as Tier 1 but does mission on the compound and around it, while the Tier 3 to 4 are just the same just that Tier 4 get more dangerous mission, and finally Tier 5 are the highest of those, as they are commanders, and clan heads."

"Good, You might know the rules, so I will not dwell on it much, but please do tell me about different kind of procedures." Demanded the secretary.

At that, Izaku found himself quite beaten, he didn't know, he actually didn't know the foundation of the agency he was working in, it was never heard of, it was dumb.

The secretary sighed, "Tier 2 Izaku Utsukame, I suggest returning to class that you skipped and learn the fundamentals of the Agency," he face palmed, "Swear to god, what passed through the head of Gokoku-sama.."

After a moment of silence, he spoke again, "I suggest to speak with him about it rather than me, as it concern you teammates, the deceased one as well as the living one."

The young Shinobi nodded, as he was to excuse himself, out of embarrassment, he then stopped as he heard him speak again, "Ah yes, outsiders, they are peoples married to the spy's while they were on mission, as we were low on numbers and didn't need inbreeds."

"Yes I do know about that, but why call them outsiders?" Asked Izaku.

"Aren't they?" Retorted the Secretary.

Izaku then sighed, as he walked out, "Thank you, mister..."

"Michi, Michi Utsukame." He replied with a polite smile.

---Later---

As he was walking down the street, he search for the door marking the number 69, '69... 69.... 69... Here you are!'

Just as he spotted the number he was searching, he got in front of it and knocked.

As he wait, he though, 'Still, of all the numbers...' His thoughts were interrupted as the door opened.

What he saw made him freeze, there was an hold men, long blond hair to the neck, growing beard, ragged cloth, and was stinking alcohol.

"What do you want?" asked the men with his hoarse voice in a demanding manner.

"Is... Kioshi Utsukame here? a friend wants to see him." Replied Izaku.

The men eyed him curiously, for a moment, Izaku though that he was about to slam the door, but he got surprised instead, "Kioshi having a friend?" he snorted, "That's new, anyway, he is in the backyard."

"Thank you." Bowed Izaku as he got around the house searching for his teammate.

As he got there, he saw the scarred, burned to the crisp ground, with multiple craters and destroyed target plaques.

He then spotted the boy he was seeking, Kioshi was sitting in a tree trunk, looking to the sky.

As Kioshi was enjoying his peace, he felt a swoop of wind, "Kioshi? quite a name for someone like you."

He then glanced at the annoying pest that broke his peaceful state, he snorted, "Piss off if you please my lord, I might be trying to enter a enjoy the vacation brought to us that requires the inexistence of a someone that pisses you off."

"Good to see you again, Kuma."

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Some review?

Anyway, sorry for the drop of quality, I am trying to finish this arc as fast as possible because it is tiring, I literally forced myself to do it.

So, thanks for reading. 1200 Words!