Naruto: The Hidden Protector

14: How does it feel to die once

~ Timeskip 3 years ~

A lot has changed in these three years in the ninja world. Most Hidden villages managed to recover most of the resources they lost in the ninja war. Which led most of them to make some moves. Especially Kumogakure.

Kumogakure launched an attack on Konoha in the disguise of peace talks. They aimed to kidnap the Hyuga princess and bring the Hyuga bloodline into Kumogakure. This way they could also have the Byakugan in Kumogakure. But unfortunately, the kidnappers were stopped by the Hyuga patriarch. In his rage, he killed the enemy ninjas giving the Hidden Cloud a reason to start the war. They demanded Konoha to give them the killer of their ninjas. They were hoping this would give them a valid reason to start the war, after all, no village wanted to be branded the bad guy. But to their utter disappointment, The Third Hokage agreed to hand over the killer.

This action of the third Hokage put the Hyuga clan in a difficult spot. Although most of the Hyuga clan elders would like to let Hiashi take the blame, they cannot allow the clan to be humiliated and let the byakugan spread to other ninja villages. So they decided to select a scapegoat for them. And that scapegoat became Hizashi Hyuga the younger brother of Hiashi and the leader of the branch family.

Hiashi argued with elders for hours to save his brother's life, to him his brother's life is worth more than a clan that wanted to cripple their own people. But he was finally stopped by Hizashi.

Hizashi then sacrificed himself to Kumo ninjas to save his elder brother. But unlike the cannon, he didn't kill himself in the clan compound but he went on a suicide mission. After he was brought away from Konoha he broke through his restraints and killed more than 20 elite Kumo ninjas. The reports say that just when they were about to come near a Kumo hideout he went on this rampage.

His body was not retrieved due to the fact that he killed himself with the last remaining elite ninja with an explosion tag. Due to this explosion both the elite ninja and Hizashi's bodies were turned into ash. If not for the eyewitnesses from the reinforcement team Kumo would have believed that Konoha secretly rescued Hizashi.

And weirdly enough Kumo didn't pursue this matter again. Normally they would demand Konoha to pay more compensation with excuses like ' you ordered Hizashi to kill our ninjas '. But this time they couldn't do that. In the investigation, they found that the explosion tag that was used in the battle was from a Kumo ninja who was found dead in battle.

Unlike the standard Explosion tag, this one was brought from the underworld making it quite valuable. Reports say that he purchased this explosion tag to kill his girlfriend who was cheating with a weapon merchant. He planned to kill both of them in an explosion making it look like an accident. He was about to kill both of them after coming back from the mission. He planned so that no one would suspect him as he just got back from a mission.

The Hidden concluded that Hizashi on his way to Kumo spotted the explosion tag so he decided to do a last mission to the village. As they say, a dead man has very little loose after all.

Since Kumogakure didn't come for more trouble Konoha once again returned into an era of peace. But the unity clans had to the village was completely strained. The Uchiha were somehow blamed for not protecting the village enough, Clans like the Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka completely stopped supporting the third Hokage and the council. They didn't like what the village did to the Hyuga clan. The Hyuga clan completely changed. Hiashi stopped being passive. He aggressively started to suppress every elder who aided the village in sacrificing his brother.

The smaller clans also began to distance themselves from the village. Except for the Anbu, no one wanted to help in the village's urgent quests. This made the situation quite awkward for the Hokage faction. Without ninjas who willingly took any urgent missions, they were slowly losing their source of income.

One must know that to issue an urgent mission one must pay twice the price that is normally required. So the village usually earns a huge profit by completing these missions. These missions are quite special as there is a high risk in these tasks. It wouldn't be surprising if the C-rank mission suddenly turned B-rank.

This wouldn't happen in normal missions as the village would investigate the mission first. This way they wouldn't have to sacrifice their precious ninjas needlessly for missions that turned from C to A.

And of course, the village takes the necessary costs from the mission fee. Normally no one would notice this as the standard prices are already made after adding the investigation fee. The anbu would mostly take the investigation tasks of A to S rank. And if they are able to finish the mission they would also do it and submit it. So this way they would earn twice the money as they were completing two quests at once.

And in urgent missions, no investigation team would so the village cannot order the ninjas to complete them. This would make them look like the villains and if many ninjas rebel from the village because of this decision the village would only suffer. And they couldn't just order the anbu to do all of these tasks since there are way more important matters they are needed.

So they would be in a dilemma until a certain someone comes to the village. Whether her visit would be a blessing or a curse is uncertain. After all, long-lived beings rarely tend to follow common sense. And the said being is now chatting happily with a person who should be dead.

In one of the guest rooms in Japan, both Izanami and Hizashi were sipping their tea with a serene expression. The room looked like it was from the Hyuga clan due to their similar designs. And on the floor, tatami mats were making it a perfect Japanese traditional house.

This room was made to accommodate people who would be called traditional. And like this room, there are countless other rooms specially made for different themes. If your guest is a youth who is barely in his twenties they would be escorted to a room where most furniture and decorations are modern.

This is mainly to make the other party relax and make it easier to do the negotiations. Of course, this knowledge came from Izanami who once saw it in one of her favorite anime.

" So Hizashi, how does it feel to die once? " Izanmai asked after she finished her cup of tea.

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