Chapter 6 - Mission of the Hokage.

Hokage's office.

Looking at Yusuke Uchiha, Sarutobi Hiruzen thought deeply. He had originally planned for Yuusuke to be the captain on the escort mission, but yesterday, after hearing from his son about the battle at the tea house, he had to change his original plans.

According to Asuma, Uchiha Yusuke is currently stronger than the brilliant son of the legendary White Fang, Hatake Kakashi. But most importantly, after a little investigation, Hiruzen was able to find out that he did not have a strong attachment to the clan like the rest of its members. And this, in turn, will greatly facilitate his task if he wants to lure him over to his side.

The Third Shinobi World War has just ended, and the village of Hidden Leaf is now at its peak since the death of the First Hokage. They have the powerful Uchiha clan along with the rest, the reputation of Konoha's Yellow Lightning is skyrocketing, and although Tsunade left the village due to the death of her lover and younger brother, Orochimaru and Jiraiya are still here. They are a formidable force and an excellent deterrent.

And although now the village is not as powerful as in the days of Hashirama Senju. At least three of the four great villages will have to unite if they want to destroy Konoha. Therefore, now in Konoha there was a hidden war between factions, there was no threat from the outside, and all the great families wanted to snatch as much power as possible.

Naturally, in such times, it is talented people who are most valued. And of course, you can't rush things like this. Therefore, although Hiruzen admired Yusuke's talent, he was in no hurry to recruit him, he must first check him out.

Putting his smoking pipe aside, Hiruzen slowly spoke, "Uchiha Yusuke, this time you have a very important mission to complete. As a victorious nation, we must collect some compensation from the defeated nation and at the same time provide them with some assistance. This time, Danzō will be in charge of making an agreement with Hidden Rain Village. You will be my representative and you will go to the meeting with Danzo. I need you to carefully observe everything and report back to me all the details of their agreement with Hanzo, is everything clear to you?

After finishing speaking, Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up his smoking pipe again and took a puff, giving Yuusuke a deep look. This mission has been occupying Hiruzen's head for more than a day, the thing is that Danzo is an extremely domineering and ruthless person, with whom even he finds it difficult to deal with.

It's not that he doesn't try, it's just that every shinobi he sends to watch over Danzō is bound to die for one reason or another. And he did not want to lose even more of his subordinates, but, earlier, he simply had no choice. And now that Yuusuke, who was not from his faction, had appeared, he was glad to make the most of it, and whether Yusuke succeeded or not, he had nothing to lose.

Another important point is the conflict between Danzo and the Uchiha clan. Since the Second Hokage's death, as one of his students, Danzō has developed a prejudice towards the Uchiha. Naturally, in response, the Uchiha clan also did not have good feelings for this person. And if Yuusuke can put pressure on Danzō, then they will keep each other in check, which is exactly the result Hiruzen Sarutobi wants to achieve.

While reading the contents of the mission, Yuusuke, having knowledge of this world, very quickly guessed the true goals of the old man. He is not one of those shinobi who naively believe in the so-called "Will of Fire" and was not very surprised by this attitude of the Third Hokage.

"When will the mission start?" Yusuke asked in a calm voice.

"In three days, I will send someone to inform you," Hiruzen replied with narrowed eyes, not noticing any reaction from Yuusuke.

"Understood. If that's all, I'll go." Yusuke nodded in response and turned around to leave the office.

"Danzo is a dangerous person, be careful during this mission." After thinking for a bit, Hiruzen decided to warn Yuusuke before he left his office. This, in his opinion, should increase the chances of success of the mission. In response, Yusuke stopped and simply nodded before walking out of the office.

When Yusuke left the Hokage's residence, the sun was already high in the sky. Walking through the busy streets, Yusuke lost himself in his thoughts. This mission will take a very long time, so he needs to figure out what to do with Kabuto during his absence. Unfortunately, he has yet to meet with the head of the clan and find out what he wants from him before he can return and mind his own business.

Residence of the Uchiha clan.

"Fire Element - Fireball" - a little boy stood on the shore of a small lake, he quickly folded his hand seals and exhaled sharply, taking a deep breath. A strong stream of flame escaped from his mouth, which quickly took the form of a large fireball. The shape of the fireball and the heat it emitted were perfect, proving the correctness of the ninjutsu performed.

The fireball lasted for about five more seconds, after which the boy stopped using chakra and dispelled the jutsu. The middle-aged man next to him laughed out loud, satisfied and proud of his son's success. Captured by emotion, he put his hand on his son's head and patted it, not forgetting to praise it.

These father and son were none other than Fugaku Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha. At first, Fugaku wanted to teach Itachi a couple of ninjutsu before he entered shinobi school. But, now he had other plans and he began to train his son diligently. However, the more Fugaku taught Itachi, the more he marveled at his incredible talent. He had high hopes for it.

"Fugaku-sama, Yuusuke Uchiha came saying you wanted to see him" At that moment Fugaku's subordinate approached them and reported.

"Bring him here," Fugaku quickly replied, and his face returned to its usual serious expression, after which he turned to his son and saw that he was preparing to leave, adding, "Itachi stay and watch carefully."

Itachi nodded and obediently stood aside. Some time later, a subordinate sent by Fugaku returned along with Yuusuke. Seeing his son next to Fugaku, Yusuke was slightly surprised. He thought that the head of the clan was going to talk to him in private to instill in him the right thoughts about the values ​​of the clan, get him to participate more in clan meetings, and so on.

In Yuusuke's eyes, Uchiha Fugaku was a good and kind head of the clan, as well as a loving father to his children. It is a pity that his control over the clan is too weak and due to his nature, he is not able to contain the arrogance of his clan members. Moreover, the most disappointing thing is that in the future, he was unable to convince the two genius members of the clan, Itachi and Shisui, to be on his side. Eventually, this led to the clan being destroyed by his eldest son, the traitor of the Obito clan and the village.

When his subordinate left, Fugaku looked at Yusuke and said in a stern voice, "Yusuke, I was informed that not only did you make up a reason for not coming to the meeting, but you unfairly beat and injured your clan members who caught you in the tea house. What can you say about this?

Hearing Fugaku's words, Yusuke frowned slightly, he thought that the head of the clan called him here for some serious business or to take the opportunity to win him over to his side. After all, for the head of a clan that lacks influence, attracting talented people should be a top priority. And in Yusuke's opinion with Fugaku's intelligence, he shouldn't act as stupid as he is now.

"Fugaku-sama, I am very sorry that I was unable to attend the clan meeting. At that time, I really had an important matter, but something unexpected happened and the matter was resolved very quickly, - at this moment, Yusuke paused for a moment and continued. "As for those people who provoked me, I only slightly punished them for being rude and I don't see anything wrong with that."

His conscience was clear, and if so, Yusuke would never bow his head for the mistakes of others, no matter who stood before him, be it the head of the clan or the Hokage himself.

"Hmm, you don't have to be insolent," Fugaku said with a grin, after which he added. "They say you are the greatest genius on a par with the son of the White Fang. Then, I hope you don't mind a little check, but Fire Swordsman?"

"I'll be honored, Fugaku-sama," Yuusuke replied calmly, however, Fugaku's actions exceeded his expectations. He never thought that the head of the clan would want to fight him, but knowing the nature of the other side, Yusuke could tell that this was only a small lesson. If Fugaku wanted to deal with him, he wouldn't let Itachi be here.

After Yusuke agreed, Fugaku asked Itachi to stay away from them. For a while, both looked at each other, and realizing that Yuusuke was not going to attack, Fugaku decided to take the initiative into his own hands. Right after that, his pure black pupils turned red with three tomoe.

As soon as the Sharingan was activated, Fugaku began to quickly fold his hand seals. From the order of the hand seals, Yusuke immediately understood what kind of ninjutsu his opponent was going to use and quickly repeated after him.

"Fire Release - Fireball" - both voices sounded at the same time and immediately after that, the air was distorted due to a sharp increase in temperature.

Fireball Technique Fire Release is the clan's unique ninjutsu. In the Uchiha clan, this technique must be mastered by every youth as a rite of passage to the adult category, which is why it has become one of the most common and favorite techniques among them.

However, in combat, this technique is used only to test the opponent's abilities or as a distraction.

Fugaku Uchiha was surprised at the speed at which Yuusuke was folding hand seals. Even though he started later than him, he still managed to release the jutsu at the same time as him. But this was not more surprising, Fugaku was well aware that the amount of chakra he poured in was slightly larger than that of his opponent, but it seemed that the flame of the opposite side was more powerful than his own, although there was less chakra. To overcome it, he needs to infuse even more chakra, this was the first time in his memory.

"Is he still able to stack seals?!" In the next moment, Fugaku's eyes widened in surprise as he noticed that Yusuke continued to release flames, began to form hand seals again and completed it in the blink of an eye.