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  Daichi followed Kakashi to the top floor baly of the small mansion. There was a guard who stood by the rge door who was keeping a vigint watch. But despite his alertness he wasn't able to sehe two ninjas who got behind him.

  With a quick well pced jab Kakashi khe man unscious and without drawing any attention. Daichi had used 'Observe' on the man and had gotten his basic details and quickly created a shadow e who transformed into the now sleeping guard.

  The door leading into the house was locked from the i Daichi quickly picked the lock. The two ninjas quietly ehe house and they could sehat they were alone in the room.

  "You remember what we were looking for don't you?" Kakashi asked his student in a low voice.

  Daichi simply nodded his head in affirmation.

  "I have the yout of the building. We'll o sweep the house quickly and without alerting them of our presence. Let's split up."

  Daichi agreed and parted ways from his sensei. Both of them picked a room and quietly slipped inside and the search for the stolen items began.

  —-

  Daichi quickly aiculously searched through the rooms he entered. He looked at the small safe and frowned. 'I doubt he'd keep stolen items with his own money. So he must have pced it somewhere else. But on the off ce that I'm wrong…'

  Daichi created multiple shadow es and had them quietly move through the shadows of the house. He began w on the safe while his es searched the rest.

  One e entered a room that looked more like an office. As he looked around Daioticed that there were several papers with letters and numbers with most crossed out and some circled.

  'Strange… He was trying to decipher some kind of code. But there doesn't seem to be anythihat's written in code. Maybe…' He looked around and finding nothing else among the many papers, Daichi opehe locked drawer uhe desk. His stealth skill was leveling up.

  'Jackpot.'

  Ihe desk was the book the t wanted retrieved aroyed. Daichi took the book and ied it. It was a simple leather bound book with a brown cover. He was tempted to open it but decided against it.

  'So this book must have been encoded. He was trying to figure out the code. What's in it? Some busiactics or something else?' Daichi looked at the papers and then shook his head. Figuring out the secret of the book was not part of the mission.

  The young Genied a shadow e and quickly dispelled it, reying the o the real Daichi and everyone else. 'I o find a jutsu that rey messages without creating and dispelling a shadow e.'

  Daichi secured the book ahe room. As he looked around he suddenly heard some otion ing from outside. 'Looks like they found out about that e.'

  The were sounds of people fighting and yelling for a few seds before everythi quiet. 'Did my e take care of them or…'

  Just as this thought passed through Daichi, the memories of the shadow e disguised as the guard came to him. 'So the guy I was impersonating was a lefty and since I was using my right hand one of the guys figured it out. And even though I quickly knocked him down a few others saw me and made the otion… Oh well…'

  At that moment Kakashi appeared in front of his student. "I found the t's jewels. Did you get the book?"

  Daiodded.

  "Well then, our work here is done. Let's vanish."

  Both ninjas vanished in a pile of leaves the sed and moments ter the small vil was crawling with thugs looking to impress their boss.

  Butsuba woke up from his sleep due to all the screaming of his men and quickly switched the lights on in the house. 'Damn it. Did someo in here?'

  He quickly went to his safe and found all his valuables there but when he looked for the stolen items he hid in his secret stash he found them missing.

  'Damn. Ayama sent someone here. I didn't think he'd find out so soon. That thief must have screwed up and got caught.'

  The man quickly rushed to his offid found the book missing and cursed. "Find the intruders. I want them found now." He screamed at his men.

  The guards searched every inch of the house but sadly they couldn't find even a hint of Daichi or Kakashi.

  —-

  "Here are the stolen items. The Jewels and the book." Kakashi gave the items to Denjima and the first thing he ied was the book. He carefully exami and a mier he was satisfied and vihat it was ihe real book and not some copy.

  He then slightly narrowed his eyes and looked at the two. "You didn't look ihis did you?"

  Daichi had a small frown hearing that question but Kakashi was nont. "Not at all. We're professionals and we know how to handle sensitive dots." The Jonin replied in a smooth tone.

  Denjima looked at the two for a few moments and nodded his head as if he was satisfied. "Your work is done and you did it splendidly. Thank you. I knew I could t on you leaf ninjas."

  Denjima gave a polite smile to the two Leaf Shinobi and gave them the mission pletion slip. Daichi and Kakashi quickly left the Inn and made their way back to the leaf vilge.

  As the gamer ninja jumped through the trees he had a question in the back of his mind. 'Why didn't the system issue me an option of opening the book and finding its secrets when it gave me the mission. When I heard what they wanted I thought for sure the system would issue something like open the book and find its secrets or not… I probably would have refused uhe rewards were great but still. The fact that it didn't even show up… It must have been some munda info. Well, mundane from my perspective. When I used 'observe' on the book it showed that it was Nebuma Jido who wrote the book and the information was in code. It said the information could destroy his family if it came to light but nothing more… Must be some sex sdal or business corruption or something. Well, not my .'

  Daichi didn't give it any more thought and the two ninjas silently made their way back to the vilge.

  —-

  Back at the Inn the smile on Denjima's face vanished as soon as the two shinobi were out of his sight. He quickly made his way to the upper floor where his master resided.

  The door quickly opened after just a couple of knocks. Ayama Jido was nervous about the whole ordeal but when he saw his faithful servant bring him his book he let out a breath of relief.

  "The book has been recovered. But my Lord, what is so important i that yoing to destroy it?" Denjima politely asked his master.

  Ayama gave a tired smile at that. "Some secrets are best left buried my friend."

  Denjima bowed his head and didn't ask anymore. He gave the book to his master ahe room.

  Ayama took a lighter ahe edge of the book alight. He walked to the nearby trash and threw the burning book inside. As he saw the fmes eat away the pages of the book he recalled a certain memory. It was a versation he had with his te father.

  Fshback.

  Nebuma Jido, father of Ayama Jido, was lying in his bed sick. He was at the end of his life and he k. As he was ing to terms with his life in his final moments his son came into his room.

  "What is this?" Ayama asked his dying father in anger as he held a brown book. "I was going through the files and found this a few days ago, hiddeh the scrolls. I couldn't uand this si was written in code. At first I thought this was some business deals you wao keep secret-"

  "Then why did…(cough) did you look.. through them…" Ayama's father asked in a tired sigh.

  "I had to know… I know the code used in this book. You taught it to me when I was little afterall. So it wasn't that hard to decipher the book. I was expeg some information about our mining operations but this… Tell me it isn't true…" The man's voice slightly cracked at the end.

  Nebuma looked down, uo form words or even look at his son. His silence made Ayama drop the book in disbelief. "I 't believe you… You're a monster."

  "It was war time. (Cough cough). I did…(cough) what I had to do to survive." Nebuma took several wheezing breaths and replied.

  "And if they ever find out what you did… Even if you're dead… They will e for me and my family…"

  The dying man shook his head. "They… won't find… out. That book is… the only proof that exists…"

  He looked at shocked Ayama and spoke in a low voice. "I'm sorry… I wasn't… the man you(cough) thought.. I was…" With those st words he took his st breath and life left his eyes.

  "Father!" Ayama rushed to his father's bedside but there was nothing he could do.

  Fshbad.

  Ayama looked at the st few burning embers of the book. 'I should have destroyed this thing that night… If the Leaf vilge or the Hokage had ever found out that my father helped other vilges facilitate the kidnapping of Leaf ninjas during the war, my family and I would have been killed. It was a risk giving this mission to the Leaf shinobi but if I had given it to anyone else and they had bee suspicious, then I could have been in big trouble. But my gamble paid off. The past and the sins of my father won't haunt my family anymore.'

  —-

  Hokage office.

  "Mission pleted without a problem. Here are the missios." Kakashi hahe files to his kage and stepped back.

  Daichi got the mission pletion reward which was 7000 Exp and it's 15% bonus of 1050 Exp.

  "Well done you two." The Hokage replied and then he focused his attention on the Genin in the room.

  "Daichi, Kakashi will be unavaible for a few weeks so there won't be any k missions for a while. But you're more than wele to plete the D Rank missions on your own. And I would also like to see how far you've e with the third step in ge in Chakra Nature of Water at the end of this month."

  The young Genin was fused. "If I may ask Lord Hokage, is there any particur reason you wish to see my progress?"

  "The scroll I gave you was written by the Sed Hokage. The information it tains is quite valuable and I wish to know if you have grasped the cepts in it or if it's simply beyond your reach. That is all… Mastering the Third step is a very difficult agenda…"

  The Genin nodded his head. "I uand Lord Hokage. I'll work on the ge in chakra nature and plete a few D Rank missions iween till sensei is free again."

  "Good. You're dismissed." Daichi left and Kakashi stood behind.

  Ohe door to his office closed, Hiruzen became serious.

  "What's going on sir?"

  The kage took a scroll and tossed it to the Jonin who swiftly caught it. "Kakashi, that scroll has all of Minato's notes on his teleportation jutsu. I need you to study it."

  "But sir, I've already tried it years ago. Sensei's teleportation jutsu. The plexity of it. I uood most of its aspects but I just 't use it."

  "That variation might be impossible for you to learn but I'm developing a simplified version of the Teleportation jutsu. I will give you the modified teique in a few days. I need you to study this scroll and prepare wheime es."

  The silver haired Jonin was surprised to hear that. "I didn't realize that you had knowledge of space time ninjutsu arts… No offense sir…"

  "aken. And it's not me who's modifying the jutsu but someone else. He is much more versed in the sealing arts…" The kage replied with a chuckle.

  'Someone who's good with sealing arts…' "Is it Lord Jiraiya?" The Jonin asked.

  "No. I'm afraid I 't divulge his identity."

  "I uand sir. I'll prepare."

  The old kage nodded and soon dismissed the Jonin. He leaned ba his chair and thought about the move. 'I need a few trusted and capable Jonin to learn this jutsu. And Kakashi is a good start. If he gets the hang of it I'll give it to the rest of the didates.'