Returning to Kirigakure

When Yuuma, Yui and Daisuke arrived in the port city of Water Nation, "I will be leaving" Shinomi muttered as she cancelled her clone. It did not take long for the real Shinomi to arrive with two more girls wearing civilian clothes following behind her orderly, "Welcome back Young master" Shinomi welcomes Yuuma back politely before turning towards the two girls behind her, "You two can guide Mrs Yui and Mr Daisuke to the Village, make sure they arrive safely understood?" The two girls nodded as they escorted Yui and Daisuke.

Yuuma could see that Yui had things to tell him but right now he had to first ensure Kirigakure will live another day with the storm that was brewing, "How is the situation?" Yuuma asked as the two of them head towards the East to Kirigakure, "Right now the situation is in a stalemate, we tried to shake some cages but no one took the bait" Shinomi answered Yuuma's question to her reluctance.

"No need to beat yourself over it, if we could catch them so soon then I would have not been worried about them. For now, keep an eye in the village and notify me immediately" Shinomi nodded at Yuuma's orders before disappearing from his side. Yuuma entered the Mizukage office building, "Welcome back No Name, the Mizukage has been expecting your arrival" The Receptionist welcomed Yuuma as she gestured from him to take the stairs.

Yuuma nodded as he was currently wearing his blank mask to prevent his Joker Mask from revealing itself here, he knew the village called him the Joker but never gave him such a mask. Because of the sudden rise of assassination order on the Joker, Mizukage ordered for the rumours of Yuuma being called the Joker to be suppressed and changed to Blank or No Name.

Yuuma knocked on the door "Come in!" Mei called out as Yuuma walked in he was surprised as Mei pulled him in a tight embrace pressing his face into her cleavage, Yuuma did not move as he could hear Mei was crying "What happened?" Yuuma asked but Mei did not answer, however, he could guess it was probably the boyfriend who left her for the sake of his own safety. Yuuma sighed as he embraced Mei tightly, "Stop looking around, You have me don't you?"

Hearing Yuuma's stern voice Mei shivered, her crying came to a complete halt as she was too surprised to say anything. She could not see Yuuma's voice but she felt something snapped open within her mind, it caused Mei to groan a bit before she fainted in Yuuma's arms. Yuuma misunderstood the reason behind his sister's fainting thinking she was too emotionally hurt, "Come out!" Yuuma roared as an Anbu appeared next to him, "Where is he?"

The Anbu did not need to ask who, "He is currently on his way to the port city" Yuuma nodded "Whoever kills him will get triple the salary" Regardless of who it as, money moved the world and the Anbu were loyal to the Mizukage. But hearing their team leader giving them an order along with a reward-motivated the men as they moved at full speed to complete the orders. Yuuma placed Mei gently on the couch as he held her hand while sitting on his knees beside her, he was not sure how long he sat but Mei's eyes quivered a moment before she glances at Yuuma.

"M-Masaru...?" Mei whispered before she shook her head, she closed her eyes again to rearrange her memories of her past life as Roygun Belphegor. She opened her eyes again feeling the connection she shared with Yuuma and knew he was Masaru's reincarnation but from the looks of it, he did not regain all of his memories. "Who is this Masaru?" Yuuma asked feeling quite surprised that Mei would utter another man's name, it made him feel a bit jealous for some reason.

"Yuuma, did you ever have a dream about living another life?" Mei asked Yuuma with a serious face, if it was anyone else Yuuma would lie and say no but this was his big sister who looked out for him who knows how many times. "I have dreams of how I run a company, it did many things including what we do now as shinobis" Yuuma answered which cause Mei to feel surprised as it was Hiei.

"Anything else?" Mei felt hopeful asking more hoping that Yuuma would discover she, Roygun, was in front of him. But Yuuma shook his head "Nothing else" Yuuma answered feeling confused why she was so interested in talking about previous lives, 'Could it be she like who lived a different life and regain memories? But from the looks of it, hers is more complete compared to mine' Yuuma thought

Mei sighed feeling a bit depressed but the thought she was next to him was enough to cheer herself up again with a bright smile, "So you came back from your mission?" Yuuma nodded "I did not kill the Kiri Missing Nin, Danzo did" Hearing Yuuma's words Mei was shocked but she did not interrupt him as Yuuma starts to tell how his journey went, naturally he included his actions against Kurama clan to save someone he believes is his biological mother.

'He haven't changed one bit' Mei thought as she smiled warmly at Yuuma who reported, once he was complete Mei hugged him again as she whispered near his ear "You said I already have you, so you have to take responsibility for my heart" Yuuma felt an electric surge run down his spine as he smiled wryly, although he said it out of an impulse he would naturally not take back his words as he nodded silently.

After a while Mei calmed down as she went over to the desk, she was still rearranging her memories but most of it already integrated with her current memories. She came to understand that the trigger for the memory was probably Yuuma who called out for her. 'I wonder if the rest of my sisters regained their as well' Mei thought as Yuuma stood before her watching her documenting his report.

Originally she would have wanted to spent time with Yuuma hoping she could stimulate him to remember, but her memories as Mei Terumi made her aware how precarious their current situation was. "Yuuma, we will have to give you a different code name. Konoha has placed a large bounty for your head under the name of Joker, luckily you did not give your true identity away so changing your mask will be the best option"

Yuuma nodded as he saw her pulling out a white mask with black stripes and ears, for some reason his body twitched at the sight of cat ears "Your new code name will be Byakko" Mei presents the mast to Yuuma, seeing his complicated gaze at the ears she smiled thinking he did not remember his past, but his habit of feeling complicated about having cat ears on himself was still present which confirmed her belief.

"Also your promotion have been approved" Mei smiled happily as she leans back on her chair looking at Yuuma, Yuuma smiled wryly as he picks up the tiger mask looking at it for a while before he turned his eyes to Mei "Have you found anything about the Coup?" Mei shook her head at Yuuma question "None, so far they have hidden themselves quite well. So Yuuma you have to protect Big sis with all your strength okay?" Mei winked to which Yuuma smiled as he nodded.

'So Masaru did not regain his memories' Shinomi who remembered her past life as Sakura Tsukuba listened on the conversation between Mei Terumi and Yuuma, it was because Yuuma and Mei trusted her that they did not expose her habit of eave dropping on them. Shinomi glances at the couch Yuuma was sitting with a complicated gaze, she too wanted to help Yuuma regain his memories but forcing it will be detrimental.

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Few months have passed by, Yuuma finally reached the age of Eight. During his stay he saved two girls during his one of his missions to kill Missing Nins, the first girl's name was Aira Yuki of the Yuki Clan, age 7, she had long black hair with baby blue eyes. The other girl also had black hair but she had purple eyes her name was Aiji Hinata, she was the same age as Yuuma at 8, it could be said she was showing signs of developing earlier than average girls.

The two girls came under Shinomi and became close friends to Yuuma's surprised as he would have never guessed that Aiji and Aira were Akeno and Ingvild in their past lives, when Shinomi became aware of this she tested them at first but after knowing who they were she pulled the two of them close to her command so the three of them could work together again. Yuuma did not have qualms about it since he found Aira's ice and Aiji's Explosion Kekkai Genkai to be useful for Hiei.

Because of his constant movement of doing missions around the Water Nation Yuuma did not have that much chance to do training, but thanks to his constant killing and battles he gained a decent amount of battle experience under his belt which cemented his rank as Jonin. The biggest change was the fact Hiei became an organisation linked with Kirigakure as a Anbu department, but it was different as Yuuma could withdraw it at any given time if he senses he would be betrayed.

It was not that he was expecting them to, but he knew that even Mei had limited control when she was up against the Daimyo who now had the protection of the Samurai. Because of this Yuuma had Hiei join Kirigakure under the condition it was pull back its cooperation at any time, should he withdraw he will naturally pull Mei together with him as he will not allow her to fall in danger.

Other than that Chojuro was selected as the team leader of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, although Yuuma was exempt from his command since Yuuma was a member of the Kage Protection squad. The name Byakko resounded throughout the Water Nation and even the other nations caught wind of this information, but they would never expect that the Joker they have been searching for months was this infamous White Tiger.

"Master, how are you feeling?" Aiji was currently massaging Yuuma shoulders although he did not have stiff shoulders, Yuuma allowed her to massage his shoulders as he could feel something from her. He had been ignoring it for a while now, but he saved Aira and Aiji during his mission because of this unfamiliar feeling he felt towards the two girls. The strange thing was the fact he felt it towards Mei and Shinomi as well, he simply did not mention it as he thought it was his puberty.

"It feels good, thank you Aiji, how is the training under Shinomi?" Yuuma asked as he places down the piece of paper that hinted at the date the coup was scheduled to happen, "It is going well, we have been able to rotate the water in the water balloon without bursting it as Master taught us" Aiji smiled warmly causing Yuuma to feel his heart was beating slightly faster although he could not understand why, so he feigned ignorance to his own feelings

Aiji continued "Shinomi started to train us in Kenjutsu, although Aira appears to be more suited for Healing Ninjutsu and I am more skilled with a whip" hearing this Yuuma chuckled as he could not imagine the sight of a shinobi using whips, but a whip with sharp spikes might just be a good killing weapon. Suddenly the door opens as Aira walks in "Master, there is a mission for us."

"What is the details for it?" Yuuma asked as Aira opens the enveloped reading the contents, "Assassination of Aiko Inuzuka, age 20. Reason: Attempted Murder on Water Daimyo guard" Yuuma who heard this smile 'If only he succeeded... What a drag, now I have to kill a good man' He thought