Game of Shadows by Adrian King1

Chapter 120

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Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 120

"You both are absolutely mad," Kurotsuchi said, looking at Eiji and Tayuya like they had lost their minds. To be perfectly honest though, Eiji didn't think she was all that wrong, really. She was a little late to the party in that regard, however.

"And you've just noticed?" Kabuto asked, raising a disappointed eyebrow at the Iwa nin. "Tch tch tch, I thought we'd taught you better, Princess."

"All that effort," Jirobo started, shaking his head. "And she's still like that. We'll need to try harder, it seems."

As for Fu, the girl just giggled like Kurotsuchi was particularly silly.

Needless to say, the girl in question was not amused. She started looking all around at the squad as if they'd all grown a second head. She seemed to be unable to understand how everyone was ok with things, even after she'd spent the last however many minutes explaining how the Summit had gone. Or, at least, the parts that Eiji and Tayuya had been involved in, at least.

After all, the meeting was hardly just that. There was a lot of talking nonsense and politicking that neither of them cared much about. So, they settled on actually doing their jobs and standing there as guards as opposed to participating. Eiji truly pitied Tsunade for having to deal with all that nonsense.

"Why is everyone ok with this?!" Kurotsuchi demanded to know, evidently running out of her already quite low patience. "They... The way they talked, and behaved! They could have been killed for less!"

"Oh you sweet summer child," Tayuya mocked with a shake of her head. "At most we'd have been told to shut our traps."

"Why are you so sure?!" Kurotsuchi asked then, looking a step away from going hysterical.

"Because we are too important," Eiji answered that time, drawing the attention of the Iwa nin towards him. He noticed her eyes moving towards his new protector. The rest of the Squad looked at it too, occasionally, but they'd all already known about it since shortly after the spiders had deemed him worthy of it not so long ago. The only one that hadn't known was Kurotsuchi, really.

"What do you mean?" She asked, visibly calming herself down now that it seemed her questions wouldn't be mocked or ignored. She'd have to work on that, he supposed, if she was to be a Kage in the future. As it was, she had time to get better.

"The Squad's main mission is dealing with Akatsuki, a very dangerous group that is a danger to every big Nation. All of them have Jinchuriki that are being targeted. All of them have something to lose. So..." Eiji explained slowly, finishing with a wave of his hand as he signaled for her to finish the thought.

"So, they can't afford to do anything to you until you are done," Kurotsuchi finished, eyes wide. "They need you, so you are safe."

"She can be taught, after all!" Tayuya exclaimed in mock relief.

"You know what, Princess, I think we need to add non-combat classes to your "course", Kabuto, can you take care of that?" Eiji decided, making the girl pale. As for the medic and second in command, he simply regarded her with narrowed eyes for a moment.

"I guess that should be doable," He agreed reluctantly. "It'll be a break from all the training, if nothing else."

"That's the spirit," Eiji said before sighing and leaning back where he sat, resting on the palms of his hands. "There'll be a bunch of meetings while the Kages decide what to do and how to do it, so Tayuya and I will probably be going there for the foreseeable future. Although," He paused then, giving his girlfriend a look. "I guess she can stay out of it sometimes and I can bring Kabuto. I don't think there's that much risk of everyone starting a fight, honestly."