Second Chances

Chapter 33

"That weak, stupid, vile, condescending, narcissistic and immoral Dan Katō! That inconsiderate piece of shit left us behind after I so graciously offered him a ride on my one of a kind ship. How can someone like him, one who can't even decide whether he is a beta, omega or alpha seriously call himself a leader? He's so weak that even his own subordinates don't respect him. Sometimes I wonder what the elders were thinking when they made him the leader of the Land of Flowers. Even the name of their village screams weakness! I don't know why we are still allied with such a weak village. I say we just take over that weak village and burn that infernal forest down. Then we hunt down those feral wolves for sport!"

"How long has he been at it?" Chieko asked.

"Three freaking days!" Bunko replied as his eye kept twitching.

"Bunko, you should really get that checked," Chieko said as he pointed at Bunko's eye.

"Why? What's wrong with my eye?" Bunko asked.

"Never mind," Chieko said when he saw how deranged his friend looked.

While Chieko and Bunko were speaking, Agari Kaisen (the Leader of the Land of Waves) continued his ranting. He had been yelling profanities and cursing Dan for three days straight. Most of his group were hoping for him to pass out from lack of oxygen or dehydration. His anger only grew when he found out that the four shinobi, who had been following him, were Dan's personal guards. This just gave him more reasons to complain because to him, this meant that Dan thought he was so weak that he had to leave all four of his guards behind to watch over him.

"I can't believe that bastard left us behind all because we took a break. Who does that? If the elders can't control their omega and can't raise proper alpha can they even be considered alpha? They should just come to me. I'll show them how it's done. I'll even do them a favour and start with Dan. Now that's an omega who needs an alpha's touch," Agari said.

"My lord, you shouldn't say such things," said Victor (Agari's personal attendant).

"Why not? It's the truth. Look me in the eye and tell me that you think Dan is an alpha," Agari said making Victor look away. "Well? Tell me!"

"You see, it's true. I'm telling you, that guy is an omega. All he needs is a strong alpha to knot him and put him in his place. And me being the generous alpha that I am, graciously offer my services. If I can just bend him over my--"

When Agari suddenly paused, all eyes turned to him. Everyone thought he had finally passed out but they were surprised to find him scenting the air. Agari began scenting the air then his eyes turned red. He took out a kunai laced with snake venom and slowly started following the scent. This greatly confused everyone in their party but they all followed his lead.

"My lord, what's--"

"Quiet! I sense a strong alpha nearby. It might be marking its territory so we need to be quiet. I don't know how strong it is, if it lands a single scratch on me, you take the genin straight to the Leaf. Am I clear?" Agari asked looking at Victor who nodded in agreement.

'If this alpha is strong enough to defeat my Lord then we won't stand a chance,' Victor thought.

Agari followed the scent until it led him to a small clearing. As he entered the clearing, the scent suddenly disappeared leaving him confused.

"Oh, you finally caught up," Dan said startling everyone as he appeared out of nowhere.

"Botan, Bunko, Chiasa and Chieko carry those five. We'll be able to interrogate them properly in the Leaf."

"What's going on?" Agari asked a bit confused.

"Oh! I didn't tell you did I?" Dan asked when he saw the confused look on Agari's face.

"No wait. I'm quite sure I told Ai to tell you," Dan said with a frown.

"You see those gentlemen over there?" Dan said as he pointed at the unconscious men on the ground to which Agari nodded, "They snuck aboard our ship and have been following us ever since. I didn't kill them immediately because they are wearing shinobi headbands from your village, but then they attacked me."

"What?!" Agari exclaimed.

"I know. I'm as confused as you are. What's worse, is that they are not even in the Bingo Book, meaning they are still registered shinobi working on behalf of the Land of Waves," Dan said a bit confused.

"Lord Dan, I assure you, these shinobi are not working for me," Agari said.

"I know that. Why would they be working for you? Your land and mine are allies, are they not?" Dan asked.

"They are," Agari replied.

"Exactly. Since we both know you're not trying to assassinate me, I expect a full and through investigation to be done. They are impersonating shinobi from your land, therefore you'll head up the investigation. I want to know who would want to end an alliance that has existed since the founding of the Land of Flowers."

"The investigation will commence immediately. Victor will have a report ready for you the second we get to the Leaf," Agari said.

"Thank you," Dan said with a smile that made Agari blush.

"Good. Let's get going," Dan said.

Before Agari could protest Dan was already gone.

"You heard the man, let's get going!" Agari yelled as he ran after Dan.

His subordinates followed him although they were completely confused by what had just happened.

By the time the group from the Land of Waves caught up with Dan, he was already waiting for them with the rest of their party from the Land of Flowers at the Hidden Leaf's gates.

The guards at said gates were completely bewildered by the sight before them.

In front of them stood the most beautiful omega they had ever seen (Dan), four distinctly familiar kids (the quads), eight other kids who looked like they wanted to kill someone (the rest of the genin from the Land of Flowers), an alpha who looked like he just lost something (Agari), thirteen other people who looked as bewildered as them (Victor and the genin from the Land of Waves) and four other shinobi who, for some reason, were carrying unconscious bodies (Dan's personal guards) so these guards did the first thing that came to mind.

'Call Shikaku,' they thought.