Re: Akimichi

"Nice, you keep your words."

"Of course we are, I hope you're not playing any cheap trick on us."

"Rest assured, I'm not."

"Well, Orochimaru-sama would be pleased with this trade."

Inside a ruined place, two peoples were having a conversation. One of them was holding a scroll with the size of an arm of an a.d.u.l.t man, while the other was holding a glass vial filled with dense chakras.

'With this Kyuubi's chakra sample, the zero tail would be stronger...'

'With this, Orochimaru-sama would be able to Improve his technique...'

Two peoples, each with their own agenda. One young and one old people was jovially observing the item on their own hand.

"Well then, I'll take my leave. Let's do it again soon..." One of them was packing his things and walk out of the place.

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"...And we're here for a mission issued by the village chief."

Shikamaru said with a polite tone while secretly observing the elder in front of him.

"If I'm to guess, it's about the beasts, no?" Shinno said with an amicable smile hung on his lips.

"Yes, maybe after our friend -Ino- fully recovered we'll rest for a moment before we go to the chief's house." Shikamaru replied with a smile of his own.

"Well then, who am I to stall you for so long? I'm the doctor, I hope our little miss here not infected with anything serious." Shinno walked in and readily approached Ino, he then performed several checks on her.

"Nothing serious here, her nerves are just partially paralyzed temporary. The harmful substances are all already extracted, it's Amaru's doing I presume?"

"Y-yes sensei!" With a slight blush on her face, Amaru replied albeit with a little stutter.

"Good girl, you're getting better." A proud smile bloomed on Shinno's face, he patted Amaru's head lightly with his hand.

'Sensei is praising me, hehe...'

"As I said, our little miss here has nothing serious. Just give her water, a lot of them for her to drink, I bet her throat already dry like a desert. Also, let her rest for the night. She ought to be able move normally in the morning." Ending his examination, Shinno gave Ino several advice regarding poison and venom handling.

"Well then, we'll take her with us. Thank you for your help, Shinno-sensei. This is our little token of gratitude..." With a bow, Shikamaru took an envelope out from his pocket.

"...It's not much, but please accept it." He raised his head, and placed the envelope on Shinno's hand.

"Well... thank you. I need this to be honest, the price of the daily necessities are sky high now due to the beasts attack." Shinno sheepishly said.

Shikamaru just let out his business smile, then he opened his mouth. "With this, we excuse ourselves. Good night Shinno-sensei."

Chouji took Ino on his back, together with Shikamaru, they went to an Inn on the middle of the village. After they lay Ino down, both Chouji and Shikamaru took a seat and wait for their Sensei.

...

The sun has long set, darkness illuminated the land. The moon was hidden by the dark clouds as the wind blew hard. Slowly, the drizzle started and rain began to wash the earth from its filth.

*creak*

"Yo! How's Ino?" Asuma went into the room. Contrary to the rain outside, his attires were perfectly dry.

"Ino is fine, she just need to rest. And behold, rest now she is." Shikamaru yawned while replying to his sensei.

"Sensei, did you scout the forest?" Chouji asked, he still pondering about a certain thing.

"I did, it's better for us to not begin our hunt tonight or whenever the light is dim. The number of poisonous and venomous creatures inside the forest is no joke." frown was apparent on Asuma's face, his eyebrows creased and his contenance darken.

"We found something amiss, earlier we met this doctor. His name is Shinno, apparently he was a shinobi..." Shikamaru looking at his Sensei, waiting for his words to be discerned by him.

"...But, that's not the problem. The thing is, Chouji felt an ominous chakra exuding from him. Yes it was faint, even almost non-existent, and only for a brief second."

Asuma walked to the side and leaned his body to the wall near the window, he opened it and lit his cigarette to began smoking. "Continue..."

"So I briefly looked at Shikamaru to make sure whether I was the only one that felt it, and unfortunately that's the case." Chouji added, he was able to sense the faint fluctuation of chakra as a side benefit because of certain hell-mode training regiment from his dad per his request.

"To make thing certain, I asked Ino to check with her clan technique, just to be sure." Although Ino was paralyzed, it was only true from waist down. Her chakra still able to function normally, so did her upper body.

"Yes, Chouji asked me about it. And check out what I found..." Ino performed her clan's technique to share her experience earlier to her Sensei and teammates.

"This..."

Asuma scrunched his face up, this is clearly the chakra signature of the Kyuubi. He would never forget this malevolent chakra full of malice. As for the trio, they knew what it was because of their interaction with Naruto.

"Yes, Sensei. Our conjecture is this is Kyuubi's chakra, because of its implications, we don't dare to act rashly so we're waiting for you to make decisions." Ino finished her part, she sighed as the importance of this information was quite big.

Any information, experiment, and things regarding the Bijuu was a big deal. Everything pertaining it was a secret that kept close by every hidden village. So, knowing the possibility of an experiment or information regarding the Kyuubi was leaking out, is a must to report to the Hokage.

Asuma then took a blank scroll from his pouch and write a brief report. He then make a hand seal before a puff of smokes appear in front of him. After the smoke receded, a small brown-colored chimp appeared before him.

"Chim-chan, please give this to my old man. And here's a potato for you." Asuma gave the scroll to the little chimp and took a steamed potato on the table for it.

The little chimp happily took the scroll with his right hand and the potato with his left.

"Chim chim~" He happily ate the potato before disappeared with another puff of smokes together with the scroll.

"Pretty convenient..." Shikamaru stared at it unblinking.

"It's cute..." stars could be seen inside Ino's eyes, she fond of cute things as usual.

"Is it strong?" Chouji asked, he was intrigued at another possibilities of its utilities.

"Ckck~ It's a summoned creat-"

"We know!" Asuma was not able to finish his smugness before he was interrupted by his students.

"It's special, unlike another summoned creatures, Chim-chan come from the monkey kingdom. They're one of few civilized creatures, and they're one of even fewer group that know how to be a sage and have their own sage." Asuma smirked, he feels great seeing his all knowing student Shikamaru showing a baffled face.

"So, can I continue my explanation?" Smugness showed fully on Asuma's face.

'This is the power of experience~'