Small Trip

Three months went by and the Hokage ceremony had ended. Hiruzen had passed the hat to Minato and Minato was now the Yondaime Hokage of Konoha. He has become the youngest Hokage ever.

Kushina, Sakumo, Kakashi, Obito, Rin and of course, Hiroki were together with him on top of the Hokage building applauding Minato for this moment. They were the people he was closest with. On the top of the Hokage building, Rasa and a few major Suns shinobi were also there. The alliance treaty had made both villages become much closer and now. They had become sister villages of each other.

The whole village had come to welcome their new Hokage and they were happy to know that they were in good hands. Minato was young, but powerful and his sense of responsibility is great.

After the presentation was finally over, Kushina had brought their closest friends to the barbecue place in a private celebration. She couldn't be any happier at this moment.

Hiroki stoop up and grabbed a glass of Sake. He wasn't one that drank much, but this was a special occasion.

"I want to congratulate my brother, Minato for becoming Hokage. He is one of the persons responsible for giving me the family and support I have today. Cheers." Hiroki said as he downed the sake in one gulp and everyone cheered with him. He then used chakra to dispel the alcohol from his body.

"Oy, Hiroki-yaro. Aren't you too young to drink?" Obito asked.

"Shut up, Obito. Ever since I became a shinobi, I had become an adult. That was six years ago." Hiroki said a little annoyed. He sometimes forgot he "was" a twelve years old.

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The private celebration went on for a long time until it was one in the morning. Hiroki had gone home to sleep and rest.

When it was nine in the morning, Hiroki woke up. If it were a different time, he would have woken up five in the morning or six at the latest. But right now it was a time of piece and he didn't have any hurries to gain power. His objective was almost completed and he only had Black Zetsu to take care of.

Even though only Black Zetsu was left for now, he didn't slack off. He just took it slower than before.

After taking a shower and eating some egg, rice and meat, Hiroki dressed in his civilian clothes and left his apartment. Hiroki was wearing a dark blue pants, a white t-shirt with a black eagle on the back and black shinobi sandals.

Hiroki had a destination to go to and it was the Uchiha compound. In the past three months, he has given Itachi some pointers and also helped the young Uchiha genius with his taijutsu. His relationship with Fugaku has become better and better. After walking leisurely for eight minutes, he arrived in front of the compound. The guards instantly bowed their heads when they saw him and let him enter the compound without any problems.

"Knock knock"

After two knocks on the door, hurried steps could be heard as they got closer. As the door opened, Itachi saw Hiroki and had a smile on his face.

"Hiroki-sama, tou-San has been waiting for you. Come in." Itachi said.

"Itachi, what did I say about calling me sama. Just Hiroki is fine." Hiroki said.

Itachi lead Hiroki to the tea room as Fugaku was already there, sitting down on a mat, waiting for Hiroki. Hiroki sat down as well and Mikoto then came in with the brewed tea to serve them.

Hiroki looked at Mikoto and felt something different in her. He looked at her and she had a bright smile on her face the entire time. After analyzing her for a few seconds, his eyes opened wide and understood what it was.

He looked at Mikoto and asked her what he had in mind.

"Mikoto, have you told him?"

Mikoto looked at Hiroki in surprise and smiled while she shook her head sideways.

"Itachi, do you want to come with me in a trip. We'll come back later Fugaku, Mikoto." Hiroki said in a hurry as he grabbed Itachi and teleported.

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"Hiroki-san, where is this place?" Itachi asked as he saw a totally different place from his home. He saw a lot of people walking around and there were many merchants and stores.

"This here is a town that someone I have yet to meet is. I'm sorry for dragging you out like that, but your parents had something to talk about. And this is a good moment as any to help you with a small problem that you have." Hiroki said as he looked at the young boy's curious eyes. Itachi understood Hiroki and didn't ask anymore questions.

Hiroki walked around with Itachi for some time around the town. They even had some dango together while they were looking for the person Hiroki had come after.

As he arrived near a small casino, Hiroki could feel the chakra signal he was looking for. If he wanted, he could have done it faster, but he was not in a hurry and wanted to appreciate the time he was having.

"The person I'm looking for is inside. Stick close to me Itachi. This person has a little bit of a bad temper. You are smart so I don't need to say more." Hiroki said as he walked inside the casino. When he arrived, he went straight to where that person was. As he got closer, he could he a tall woman with blonde hair and a curved body throwing some dice in a gambling table. She had a tick mark on her had as she had rolled the dice and lost her bet. 'Tsunade' Hiroki thought as he walked over the table and decided to put his plan in motion.

"I want to play. Get me some dices please." Hiroki said as an attendant came hurriedly to him. He then looked at the woman and said: "Hey lady. Do you want to bet with me that I'll roll a seven?"

"Huh? What is in it for me? You wouldn't pay my debt if you were to lose, would you?" She asked.

"How about this. If I win, you will do me a favor and if I lose I'll pay your debt and I'll also give you an extra million ryo." Hiroki said. He knew that Tsunade would take the bait.

"You're on brat." She said as she grabbed a cup os sake and downed it while slamming the cup on the table. Hiroki had a normal face on the outside, but inside he was grinning happily.

He grabbed the dices and shook them on his hand and then threw the dices on the table. The dices rolled all the way to the end of the table, hit the table's wall and flipped back to the beginning. One dice had landed on number six while the other one was still spinning. As the dice finished spinning and landed on one, Hiroki smiled at Tsunade. On the other hand, she had a look of disbelief on her face.

"I guess you own me a favor." Hiroki said. Tsunade only stared at him and didn't say a word. She only thought: 'There goes my plan to pay my debt.

Hiroki had placed one million ryo on the result that both dices would land on six. He had multiplied his bet by ten as the odds were against him and everyone around the table had also placed their bets against him.

Hiroki then went to Tsunade.

"So, what is it that you want?" She asked.

Hiroki took a look at her from head to toes and he was really surprised. Tsunade was really a gorgeous woman, but what he didn't like was he attitude and her drinking and gambling habits. If he was older and she had a different attitude, he might have tried capturing her.

"Let's go somewhere more private. You don't need to worry, I don't want anything that you are thinking of. I have a kid here with me." Hiroki said as he saw Tsunade clenching her chest.

Hiroki had arrived in a restaurant and with him was Itachi and Tsunade was following behind them. They sat down and a waitress came to their table.

"What do you want to order?"

"I'll have the best course you guys have on your menu. Bring a bottle of juice for little Itachi here. I'll have some lemonade. What do you want, Tsunade?" Hiroki asked the Senju princess. She heard him calling her by her name and was instantly startled. She hasn't told him her name before.

"I'll have some sake." She said as she looked Hiroki in his eyes. Hiroki only smiled at her.

"Say it brat. What do you want and how do you know me? It doesn't look like you are a shinobi from enemy villages and if you were, it would be stupid coming after me. I'm a..."

Tsunade was interrupted by Hiroki before she could continue.

"Yes, yes. We all know. You are part of the sannin."

The waitress had already come back with their drinks. She handed Itachi his juice, Hiroki his lemonade and Tsunade her sake.

"Little Itachi here has a very tiny problem with his lungs. You are the finest medic nin and I want you to cure him in the early stages of his disease." Hiroki said.

"I can't do any treatments. I'm sorry to disappoint you." Tsunade said as she started drinking her sake.

"You can do it and you will. Remember that you lost the bet. I'm sure you'll be able to treat him without having to see any blood." Hiroki said.

"Tch. You are quite annoying kid. I don't like that confident look of yours. Give me a reason I should help you? I could just knock you out and run away before you know it." She said with a smirk on her face.

"For once, you lost a bet and we are fellow shinobi. Oh, I almost forgot. Even if you were to use every ounce of your power, you wouldn't be able to come even close to scratching me." Hiroki said with a extremely serious face.

As Tsunade saw his look, she felt great amount of pressure on her.

'How? Why am I feeling this kind of pressure coming from him? I don't feel any genjutsu on him. Is it possible for Konoha to have produced a shinobi so young and powerful?' Tsunade thought to herself.

As the waitress came back with their food, Hiroki retracted his pressure and smiled at her.

"Let's finish our food. After we are done eating, we'll talk more." Hiroki said as he and Itachi started eating.