60. Game

Saiken was teaching the three how to milk cows when someone came there.

"SAINT SAIKEN! LET'S GO! The feast is ready, people have come. And you won't believe it, dragons have come." A messenger ran into Saiken's huge milk farm. The bulls there were very protective and the man seemed he had not very good encounters with them.

"DRAGON? OH... IS IT KUROSAKI?" Saiken exclaimed.

He held everyone in his tiny arms and went away. Everyone had understood by now that Saiken was probably the most clingy person in the village, he loved to hug people. However, nobody complained about it as all loved Saiken.

...

In the Sea,

"No no, you are wrong, you don't catch that kind of fish with that bait, they like sweet stuff, so lure them with that." Isobu taught some old fishermen how to catch some exotic fish. The big ship has anchored a distance from Dama Country's shoreline, Isobu's fish farm was also there, it was very easy to make for him.

Now, he was sure to produce at least 5 Matric Tonnes of fish every year. This was however much more than the consumption of Dama Country. So, after talking to Jin, a new state-owned fish trading company was started, it was named Isobu's Fishworld.

Of course, he was the owner of the company as well as the mascot. However, since he didn't want the money he sent all of the earnings to the country's treasury. But the trading routes are still expanding and soon even the dry and desert Wind Country will have an ample supply of fish.

"Saint Isobu, what about this fish? What's this called?" A man suddenly asked as he had caught a strange-looking fish with a cat-like face. "Oh, that's Lion Fish, different from Catfish, this one really has the face of a cat. I never ate it, its face makes me feel bad." Isobu explained.

"Really? Then I will not eat either." The fisherman also threw it away.

*WOOSH*

"Saint Isobu, please come to the central plaza, the festival is about to start and Lord Dama has returned with some guests." an Uzumaki shinobi came to call him.

"THEN LET'S GOO!" Isobu dragged the fishing ship with him so fast it scared the men on it, but soon after they started screaming in excitement.

...

"Grandpa, this place is so pretty." Kuronosuke was in awe when he arrived at the decorated city.

Indeed, even Kurosaki was looking at everything in amazement, this was his first time seeing such a marvel. He looked at the many lights illuminating the city and wondered, ~When did the humans advance so fast? How are they creating so many lights?~

[A/N: Kishimoto had said that the tech level of the world is nearly the same as ours, however things like air travel, cars, missiles and guns do not exist. At the moment, they have cameras, electricity, televisions and some basic household stuff in the world.]

There were small manmade waterways throughout the city where smaller boats could travel, they were used by all, tourists, commuters and also businesses that were not near the port. These waterways were also decorated and looked magnificent.

Then there were the buildings, tall but beautiful. The whole city was a perfect piece of art.

"This place is... beautiful, Shiroken." Kurosaki praised him.

Shiroken proudly agreed, "Of course, it is the capital of Dama Country, the richest country in the world. Come, I will take you to meet Saiken and Isobu."

He brought the dragon family to the main city plaza, it was a huge empty square with a fountain in the middle. Since tailed beasts were there, the decorations there were made to be on the sides.

"SAIKEN! ISOBU! Come here," he shouted as he saw the two already playing and talking with the people.

Saiken however recognised the dragon immediately, he excitedly wobbled to Kurosaki, "OLD KUROSAKI! You're still alive... hehe... I want a piggyback fly ride again... LET'S GOOO!"

Kurosaki flew back a metre, "SAIKEN! You are not little anymore, you are as big as me, how can I fly with you?"

Saiken got sad, "Aw... I thought you came here to give me piggyback."

"I came here for my grandson's birthday. Shiroken invited us." Kurosaki explained. He had met the beasts when they were young and naive, he had given them piggyback rides to cheer them up back then when the humans hurt them.

Shiroken patted Saiken's head after flying to him, "Don't worry, I am very strong, I will take you to fly with me."

"REALLY?! That would be awesome. Then, let's go and play now." Saiken was again excited.

They all gathered around the plaza, ate, and played various games. But then Monari came to him, "Shiro, there is this game called Tug of War, do you want to play?"

Shiroken agreed immediately, "Sure, I will participate too."

"But then nobody will win," Monari argued.

To this, laughingly Shiroken said, "Then it will be me against the entire Dama City.

"Fine, let me organise." Monari went away in an instant. Shiroken's eye twitched, ~I was just kidding,~

The big plaza was emptied and a big, Jin's biceps size, thick rope was brought in. It was used at the harbour to hold the ships during the storms. It was long enough too.

"EVERYONE! Come here, this game will be the whole Dama city versus Shiro. Whoever loses will have to wear their opposite gender clothes." Monari shouted from the middle of the plaza.

Shiroken choked on air, "She... This was her plan to see me in girl's clothes again all along? GOD! She already has too many pictures of me from the past."

The era when Monari used to play with him by dressing him up and making him a princess was the darkest time of his life.

~I MUST PROTECT MY HONOR~ He firmly decided.

Soon, the people of the village happily came to pull the rope. All the people from Nidama and Uzumaki clans were there. On the other side was Shiroken, but he had also taken some helpers, but they were just there for fun. They were Haku, Shirajin, who sat on Shiroken's shoulders, holding his head with his tiny chubby arms. Kuronosuke was also there, but he was a dragon hovering in the air, he'd go whichever side the rope would be pulled, but he was going to try his best anyway.

Shiroken prepared himself and picked up the rope. A red cloth was tied to the middle and white lines were drawn on the ground.

"ONE... TWO... THREE... START!" From the side, a normal human whistled and started the competition.

"HAAAAA... PULL! PULL! WE SHALL WIN!" The city side was putting all their powers into it.

At the same time, on the other side, Shiro stood calmly, only holding the rope in one arm. He yawned, *Yawn* "Come on, use more strength, you're not even making me try."

Everyone cursed themselves under their breath and some marvelled at Shiroken's power. After all, more than three thousand people were pulling the rope. Not to mention there was Monari and Jin too.

"WE WON'T LOSE!" Monari tried to cheer people up, she turned and saw Shisui and Izumi had not joined. So she called them, "HEY! Come here quick,"

The two joined quickly. Shisui stood in front of Monari. So Monari had a plan, "Shisui-chan,"

Shisui's eye twitched, ~Chan? with my name?" *Sigh* He felt his self-respect hurt a little. ~But, all people in Nidama castle are walking calamities, and she is old enough to be my grandma or something,~

Shisui again sighed, ~I'll allow it if it's her.~

"Yes?"

Monari smilingly replied, "Use your Susanoo, I will too."

"WHAT?"

Before he could say anything, a silver-white armour appeared around Monari and started pulling the rope. Shisui followed her soon after.

Meanwhile, on the other side, *TAP! TAP! TAP!*

It was Shirajin, he was sitting on Shiroken's back and excitedly tapping his arms on his head as if drums.

"Let's beat them, brother Shiro." Haku was excited and his face was red from using all his strength.

"YES! We can win." Kuronosuke was also feeling firm.

"AH!" Just then he felt the force increase, Shiroken firmed his grip, but still used only one arm.

"HAHA! You can't win." He started demoralising them. Then suddenly he used more strength and pulled the rope a little, then let it go. He repeated it many times, making the opponent disoriented.

"SAINT SAIKEN AND SAINT ISOBU! DRAGON GRANDPA! HELP US!" Monari asked for the big guns to enter.

Of course, they joined. "ONE STEP BACK! TWO STEPS BACK!" They started a coordinated song to pull with synchronisation.

Shiroken felt a good pull coming now since the tailed beasts had joined. He smiled widely, "Let's end this. Haku, Kuro... Put all your power into this."

"AYA OO!" Shirajin protested immediately for not being counted.

Shiroken ruffled Shirajin's head with one arm, "Of course, you will be our motivator. Here, use my head like a drum to your heart's content."

The other side was already putting their all, even Saiken was putting all his strength, he was also too tall and due to that, the people behind and in the front were hanging on the rope.

Haku and Kuronosuke had a burning desire to win in their eyes now.

"All ready?" Shiroken asked for the last time.

"YES, BROTHER!" Haku breathed.

"ROOOAR!" Kuronosuke replied in his mother tongue.

"PAT TAP TAP," Shirajin tapped on his head.

"GOOD! HERE WE GOOOOOO!"

In one big pull, Shiroken smoothly dragged the rope back, a bit too hard actually. The amount of force was so strong the ground below his feet cracked and started caving in, creating a crater there.

*BOOM*

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