7.Retire

After I travelled for almost two days, I reached the leaf village. As soon as I entered the village, an Anbu flickered in front of me "The Hokage wishes to see you". I nodded and left straight to his office.

Hiruzen was doing the usual paperwork and asked "Are you all right Kakashi?" I nodded and he let out a sigh of relief and asked "Report". I then started telling him "Orochimaru has left and made his base in rice country."

Hiruzen hearing this replied "Very good. You may leave" but I continued "Hokage Sama, as I was tracking Orochimaru, I was attacked by Shinobi who came for my sharingan." Hiruzen frowned and asked "What happened?"

I told him everything that happened excluding that I met Orochimaru and he took the ninjas. I told him that I killed them in an ambush and presented the masks. Hiruzen's frown grew more hearing what I said then replied after thinking "You can leave now Kakashi".

I didn't listen to him and standing there I asked "What are you going to do about Danzo Hokage sama? I mean he sent Shinobi to attack me, a fellow leaf Shinobi." Hiruzen looked like he just swallowed a fly speechless.

He then answered "You can go Kakashi. I'll punish him." I shook my head "And what would be that punishment?" Hiruzen frowned hearing me "I'll take care of the matter now Kakashi. I'll declare it an S rank secret and punish him accordingly."

I shook my head and said "So you are not going to expose Danzo right?" Hiruzen narrowed his eyebrows and said "He is an elder of the village and he might have done a mistake now, but he has done a lot of merits for the village. So this matter must not be exposed or there will be panic among the civilians and people will lose trust."

I nodded "I understand Hokage Sama. Everything is for the village." Hiruzen nodded and smiled "Glad you understand Kakashi. I promise you that I'll punish him accordingly."

I nodded and continued "I'll leave the matter to you Hokage Sama, and I also want to request retirement from being a Shinobi from now on". Hiruzen shocked dropped his pipe from his mouth and yelled "What? What do you mean you want to retire Kakashi?"

I calmly answered "I lost everyone Hokage Sama. My friends, family, and finally my sensei. So I was planning on taking a break to get my mind right, but this attack from Danzo made me fear. I'm afraid if I'm a Shinobi, I'll have to not only look out for enemies, but also fellow Shinobi who might attack me inside the village. I can't trust anyone anymore."

Hiruzen rubbed his forehead hearing me and said "Take a break Kakashi. Don't loose hope. You are a ninja and a future pillar of the village." I smirked inwardly thinking 'Yeah right, future pillar which you destroyed. Go suck Danzo's Dick'.

Then I shook my head replying "No, lord Hokage. I don't want to live this life anymore. I'll live like a civilian and start some business around the world. I also have sensei's signed consent in the letter which allowed me to retire if I wanted. So let me go Hokage Sama".

I then handed the consent form sighed by the forth Hokage to him. I had found some empty papers signed by Minato while I ransacked his house. I filled it up with what I want relieving me of Shinobi duties. That came to be useful now.

Hiruzen's face was ugly as hell. He looked at the form and verified it and spoke "I'll respect yours and Minato's decision, but think about it one more time Kakashi. It would be very good if you could stay a Ninja with your talent, you could definitely make the village better."

I also made a thinking pose and replied "I'll stick to my decision Hokage Sama. So relieve me of my duties. I'll retire. But if the village is in trouble, you can count on me anytime. I am ready to die for the village....". I spewed some bullshit about the will of fire and village coming first.

Hiruzen then smiled happily and said "I'll relieve you now Kakashi, but you are welcome to come back and return to being a Shinobi anytime. Hope you get out of your sadness Kakashi". I nodded and left, but before closing the door, said "Hokage Sama, I hope you take care of Sensei's child well."

I heard a hum as I left the Hokage's office and made my way to find Gai. I found him and told him everything that happened. Gai cried tears after hearing that I retired. Shouting "WHY...WHY...MY ETERNL RIVAL". I just laughed and left to my house to pack up things.

At the Root base, a Shinobi appeared in front of Danzo and kneeled "Danzo Sama, Kakashi hatake returned today". Danzo was surprised and also angry. He did not know what happened to his Shinobi.

Especially the wood user that he had gained after so much trouble and sacrificing so many orphans and also dedicating the dead corpses. He wanted to know what happened. So he made his way to Hokage's office.

As he entered Hiruzen's office, he asked "Where is that Hatake kid Hiruzen?" Hiruzen was also angry at Danzo for letting him loose a Jonin and one that young as Kakashi. So he replied "He's retired being a Shinobi. All thanks to you Danzo. Why did you attack him without speaking with me first about your reasons?"

Danzo shook his head "What happened to my shinobies? I've sent so many teams in search of them never to be found". Hiruzen put five masks on the table and said "Kakashi killed five root shinobies in self defence. These are all that remains. That's what he told me".

Danzo was furious as he slammed his cane to the ground and spoke "Impossible! That kid cannot take on 5 Jonin and a chunin at the same time. He must be lying. Call him Hiruzen. I'll interrogate him".

Hiruzen frowned and spoke "I just relieved him of his Shinobi duties. I cannot let you interrogate him now." Danzo let out a breath and calmed down asking "Why did you relieve him? He doesn't have enough merits to quit after the village has done so much to train him". Hiruzen just handed the paper signed by Minato.

Danzo took the paper and reading it's contents nodded. Hiruzen then spoke "We cannot do anything as it was signed by the forth Hokage in relieving him. He is no longer a Shinobi. Be patient and don't do anything stupid. Think of the loss of five Shinobi as your own mistake."

Danzo nodded and exited the office and made his way to the root to make further preparations. He would not let go as Hiruzen said. He cannot let go without knowing what happened to his precious wood user.

He entered the underground root headquarters and sat on his thrown thinking for some time an dB called "Ise". A masked Shinobi came and knelt down in front of him "Yes Danzo Sama". Danzo spoke "call back every team who went to search. Prepare everyone who is left tonight." The Shinobi left saying "As you wish Danzo Sama".

He then thought 'I am getting the sharingan and going to make the boy speak about what happened to my Shinobi and that wood user kid. He's too valuable for me to let go without knowing what happened. I can feel that they are not dead due to the curse mark I planted on them which notifies me if their death'.