VI
━━━━━━┓༻❁༺┏━━━━━━
Arc VI Chapter 2
━━━━━━┛༻❁༺┗━━━━━━
Fumihiko despaired. He was surrounded by nothing but incompetent fools. Slowly, but surely, he started sounding like Asami. She was right, Konoha’s military was an undisciplined mob of donkeys led by stupid donkeys and commanded by even stupider donkeys.
Asami didn't exaggerate. Konoha's armed forces were indeed in a deplorable state. No wonder that she dumped him and allowed him to deal with this entire mess. This was the second time Asami outmanoeuvred him, the second time the cute little demon tricked him. The girl was much more evil than her height suggested.
Located in his improvised command post, Fumihiko dealt with Konoha's chaotic command structure. His anger targeted Kazuma. The Hyuga commanded the 2nd Battalion, and he deserved a kick in his arse. Sadly, his glare didn't prove as effective as he hoped for. He didn't possess Asami's quality glare.
Fumihiko drummed his fingers. “Kazuma, I am usually quite a patient person, but even my patience knows limits. I ask you, once again, what you mean by they are gone?”
The arrogant bastard smirked. “Isn’t that obvious? They are gone.”
Fumihiko narrowed his eyes. “Kazuma, I know the definition of they are gone, but explain me, how can five full companies go missing? I doubt they magically disappear. So where are they, Kazuma? I am waiting for an answer.”
Kazuma evaded. He shrugged his shoulders. “No idea.”
Fumihiko fumed. “No idea? NO IDEA?! Leave this place, search for them immediately! Bring me my fucking five companies!”
Kazuma looked surprised. “Now?”
“Yes, NOW, you fucking asshole! Get your stupid ass moving! Bring me my companies!”
Kazuma left the tent, and Fumihiko massaged his temples. The Hyuga cost him many nerves. He hated this job. He really did. “Naritomo, are there any issues with your battalion? Missing companies?”
Naritomo scratched his head. “Nothing serious, just a few absent genin, chunin, and jonin. They ignored the mobilisation order and didn't appear. That's why we are a bit understrength at the moment.”
Understrength? Understrength?! UNDERSTRENGTH?!
Fumihiko dreaded the answer. “How many are missing? About how many are we talking?”
“Not sure, but I estimate around 30%. The majority are simple genin, but the percentage of missing chunin and jonin is considerable. My battalion lacks experienced team and squad leaders”, Naritomo sounded worried.
“And where are they? Where are these fuckers, Naritomo?” Fumihiko deployed a saccharine smile, just like a certain girl. Asami had a bad influence on him. He adopted more and more of her habits.
“Can't tell, but from what I know, many decided to go watching the chunin exams.”
Fumihiko's eyebrow twitched. “Can you please repeat, where are they?”
“Watching the Chunin exams.”
“The Chunin exams?”
Naritomo nodded. “Yes, the Chunin exams.”
Fumihiko clenched his fists. He didn't believe his ears. “And why are they there? Have they got premium cards, or what?”
“I hope they have a good reason, otherwise ...”
“Apparently, the chunin exams offer this year some really good fights. They didn’t want to miss them. Neji, the genius of the Hyuga clan, fights the jinchuuriki of the Kyubi. The last Uchiha fights thes son of the Kazekage. I heard that a rather interesting girl is also participating.”
Fumihiko exploded. Enough was enough. It was time to remind some of Konoha’s loyal ninja of their duty, even if he had to drag every single one of them out of the arena by force. They were going to serve. “Namika, is the 3rd Battalion already mobilised?”
“We are waiting for our promised ANBU company, but otherwise we are ready to go.”
Fumihiko grinned. “Excellent.” He completely forgot, Danzo's ANBU hadn’t arrived yet, but that was an issue for later.
“Namika, you will stay here, while Naritomo and me are going to pay a little visit to the chunin exams. We are going to collect a few stragglers ...”
“Captain!” A chunin entered the tent.
Fumihiko turned. “What's the matter?”
“The ANBU sent a messenger, Captain. He says he has something to discuss with you, something important, direct orders from the Hokage.”
“Then let him in.”
“That's not possible. The orders are highly confidential. You should meet him in private.”
━━━━━━┛༻❁༺┗━━━━━━
Fumihiko wandered into the forest, deeper and deeper. His new ANBU friends accompanied. They followed his steps. But enough was enough.
His voice addressed their leader, an orange haired boy. A white mask concealed his face. “Tell me about these special orders?”
“...” The ANBU responded with their typical icy stare, but Fumihiko remained unfazed. Asami's glares steeled him. They proved way scarier.
The ANBU offered him a scroll. “Captain Fumihiko, you have orders to assist us in arresting Asami if any support should be required. We doubt, though, that will be necessary. As long as Asami has nothing to hide, she has nothing to fear from us. If she doesn’t resist her detention and surrenders peacefully, we won't be forced to take more drastic measures.”
...
...
...
“...” Fumihiko blinked, unable to comprehend. Was this just a dream, his imagination, or reality?
He didn’t dream. The ANBU spoke the truth. The scroll ordered him to put Asami under custody. The document even bore the official seal of the Hokage. A golden seal was attached to the scroll. The seal was heavy. The seal was genuine.
“...” Fumihiko looked up. Something was wrong here, very wrong. Nothing made sense.
The ANBU smirked. He enjoyed his position of power. “Five companies have already been transferred to us and will be henceforth put under our direct command.”
Fumihiko narrowed his eyes. “So that is where my men have gone to. You stole them! Without my permission, I might add!” This was the reason everyone hated the ANBU. They were assholes! They appeared out of nowhere and took whatever they wanted:
The ANBU chuckled. “Stolen? Aren’t you a bit exaggerating? They were merely transferred to us. I assure you, the change is only temporary. You will receive them back again after we will have completed our mission.”
Fumihiko scanned the scroll. He analysed every little detail, and something caught his attention. Nowhere was written the reason why Asami should be arrested. The scroll accused her of alleged high treason, but the document provided no reasons, no evidence, no proof. The entire affair smelled fishy. He distrusted his ANBU friends more and more. They weren't telling the whole truth. “On the contrary, I am not exaggerating at all. I don’t care if it's only temporary or whatever, you will return the five companies! Immediately! And why do we need to arrest her? What did Asami even do to be labelled as a traitor?”
Fu chose silence. He didn’t expect this degree of resistance. “That's none of your business, Fumihiko. Such information strictly confidential and only provided on a need to know basis. Don't question the authority of the Hokage.”
Fumihiko’s resolve remained firm. He wouldn’t betray Asami. “You know what, you and your ANBU friends can go fuck yourselves! I won’t follow any of your stupid orders!” He threw the scroll away and left. His time was too precious to be wasted with these idiots.
Fu grinned. “That's unfortunate, Fumihiko, very unfortunate. We hoped that you would be cooperative like Kazuma, but it seems we have underestimated your loyalty.”
Fumihiko turned. “What are you talking about ...”
Fu struck. He rammed his blade through Fumihiko's unprotected stomach. Fumihiko stood no chance. Unable to evade, unable to defend, the sword impaled him. The ANBU leaned closer and whispered into his ears, “Your services are no longer required, Fumihiko. Rest well.”
━━━━━━┛༻❁༺┗━━━━━━
“Stop.
Disrespecting.
Me!!!” Naruto's shadow clones shouted in unison and pressed the assault.
Asami watched and observed. Naruto sent his clones right into their demise. He remained the idiot she knew. Naruto didn't inherit the tactical prowess of his brilliant father, but even he should realise that engaging a Hyuga in close combat bordered on insanity. It was suicidal. The best strategy was to keep your distance and engage them from afar, but what did she know? She was just a girl.
Neji slaughtered Naruto, and Asami enjoyed the sight. Schadenfreude was the greatest joy. Especially, if it came from your heart. She never liked Naruto. She disliked him back at the academy. She disliked him now. Her heart held a deep seated grudge against Naruto.
━━━━━━┛༻❁༺┗━━━━━━
f*ck, good chapter. You keep leaving me wanting more homie but now I've got to wait again. These are indeed desperate times...
Although reading all this and what happened in the past chapter with Danzo trying to... uh, mc muffin murder our lovely mc over here is I wonder what direction you are planning to move the story in. As to be honest the whole "I want to be Hokage" from Asami seemed more like a whim than anything else and in my opinion, doesn't really correlate very well with her shown character as the kage roles seem to be very selfless in nature which doesn't exactly fit Asami very well. Unless you plan to make her change the very nature of what it means to be a leader of a village that is. Always felt like she would fit in more with something like the Akatsuki more than Konoha as she doesn't really have a 'reason' for living she just kind of is because she doesn't want to die, and has never really fostered any real meaningful ties to Konoha as she is an, in general, apathetic and seemingly ready to cut ties with people at any moment should they prove troublesome. (other than her mother which she has already lost) I could feel her having a deep attachment to her home which is in Konoha but I can't see much other than that currently. She also seems to quite enjoy dream world so even if she found out about the real reason behind the Akatsuki I doubt she would mind much until we get meaningful character development with other people who may or may not annoy the sh*t out of her. This could be the route you are going who knows but I felt like her and Itachi out on a mission together would be very adorable. Could also help with her research into the Sharingan.
Another ramble from me I suggest just ignoring me I'm clearly annoying in the early morning.
Curious as to how you are going to make her next power jumps other than making your own original stuff that is, Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan? Rinnegan? who knows...
Anyway sorry about this autism. These are just the ramblings of a man at 3 in the morning. Either way, looking forward to future updates, keep it up.
Big evil wall of text and rambling.
Anyway, let´s say your observations are indeed interesting and some of them might or might not lead into a certain direction that could be potentially theoretically considered to be the right one under a variety of circumstances that can occur in the near future. But you didn't get that from me.
This was the second time Asami outmanoeuvred him, the second time the cute little demon tricked him. Asami was much more evil than her height suggested.
He's oddly affectionate towards Asami, but truthfully, she was good to him aside from sticking him with the most arduous work.
Fu struck. He rammed his blade impaled through Fumihiko's unprotected stomach. Fumihiko stood no chance. Unable to evade, unable to defend, the sword impaled him.
... --- You actually managed to make me like this guy and maybe he's now dead. I wonder how much Asami will cry after learning about this.
Neji slaughtered Naruto and Asami enjoyed the sight. Schadenfreude was the greatest joy. Especially if it came from your heart.
...
It's true that it was entertaining to watch Naruto bounce off whatever he sent his clones against and again, it was annoying to see how he willy-nilly zerged his enemies in a lot of situations.
Asami never liked Naruto. She disliked him back at the academy. She disliked him now. Her heart held a deep-seated grudge against Naruto.
This sudden dislike seems a bit misplaced, all things considered. What's Asami so jealous about? His luck? Why begrudge him for any reason?
Oh uh~ Asamiis gonna spill lots of blooooood~ Inocent stupid fodder~! And traitors~!
She should reeeeaally kill them infront of a crowd cuz i dont think she’ll be as ret*rded as itachi
To be so f*ckin blind! Asami might even thank danzo before killing him cuz he’s hanging himself right now
It would be like madara vs the shinobi forces all over again.....although all of them would be naive fodder with sprinkles of anbu (who are also scared of her)
"Asami never liked Naruto."
Yorda never liked Naurto.
@Assurbanipal_II
That Naru.nope always grated on my sense of aesthetics. If I hear him say friendship or hokage one more time I might explode.
@Yorda
nice.
Sushi!!!
*champ* *champ* *champ*
Wow, did not expect she would dispose of someone in an exam as easily as that. I had somewhat expected that from the Rock Lee fight, but had become relaxed by this point ^^. Asami had been to nice and cuddly the last few chapters, so it made me feel people around her were safe.
As usual, they aren't
.
Also it was a bit unclear to me in text, but is she speaking loud enough that everyone can hear her when she speaks to Naruto? Didn't know if she was arguing with him for her own sake or if she's literally speaking to him while in the arena...
Because if she does... is Dosu's death kind of on Naruto's hands?
Oh, and
But Asami didn't want to hear the truth because the truth hurt.
Dosu gets a completely different treatment than Rock Lee! Does Asami have a soft spot for Rock Lee? Seriously! Is he the male love interest of her dreams or something?
I'm just thinking about all the times she tried to get Lee to surrender in their match before roasting him more. She was making a good effort to only use the necessary amount of force to defeat him, even though he was unnaturally stupid and wouldn't stay down by unnaturally strong willpower. There really was no need for her to go so far out of her way unless she actually liked him somewhat.
Also, there was that one time he got in her way and actually told her to not beat herself up about how her team died. Normally Asami allows nobody to get in her way, but at that time she seemed almost unsure of how to deal with him. She normally never lacks confidence or arrogance and all her words are usually sarcastic or acidic. She bothered to give him the time of day and then brushed him aside gently.
Yeah, she likes Brocco Li.
I didn't think about it before, but Asami does have plenty of nice parts to her. However, she is the type that is hard to get along with. Like a really bad tsundere/kuudere, where the dere part is nearly non-existent (it does exist though).
She isn't always that way, sometimes she indeed shows her nicer side when her mood is good enough.
But you are right Lee got a different treatment. However, not because of him being a love interest. It was primarily a choice of necessity and utility. Dosu is from outside and therefore disposable in her eyes, while Lee is from Konoha and beating him up that way could have caused unwanted consequences. Imagine, what would have happened if she had killed Lee? And more importantly, what would she have gained from showing the same merciless behaviour in front of fellow Konoha shinobi?
Anyway, you will what I mean in the chapter. Shikamaru will also be treated more nicely for the same reasons and not like cannon fodder.
I don't think she likes Rock Lee at all I think it is more of respect towards him more than anything else. Even for her, she is surprised by his large amount of willpower to the point where it goes to sheer stupidity. I can't see her eyeing him as a love interest at all.
@Assurbanipal_II That makes a lot of sense. I wasn't that serious about it, but it would have been funny.
Asami X Broccoli (Most unexpected love of the century)
@Tayosei You're right. Did you have to kill the romance magic? =D
We could'a rolled with it for a while.
@Yorda You make a fair point if nothing else it would certainly be funny.
@Yorda Before that happens, I will give you Asami x Madara. That would be a lovely couple.
Btw, you are right, she has certainly a Tsundere/Kuundere streak. But don't tell anyone. Asami is hard, and she surely doesn't have a soft heart. Except for Oka-san.