"Alright, Sasuke, you can go home. I'll take you to the third floor tomorrow." After the demonstration, Raiki sent Sasuke home.
'I need to speak with my dad,' Raiki thought as he made his way to the hokage tower. A few body flickers later, and he was standing in front of the entrance.
Raiki climbed up the stairs, and no one stopped him. He is the Hokage's son and the captain of his personal guard squad.
*Knock Knock*
"Enter." Hiruzn's aged voice came
Raiki pushed the door open
"Sorry for interrupting, Lord Third," Raiki started as his eyes moved to the people in the room.
Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane, and Danzō Shimura.
They were no strangers to the Hokage's office. They were here daily. And Raiki had seen them countless times. As the hokage's son, or as the captain of the guard squad.
"It seems that I came at a bad time. I'll come back later, Lord Hokage."
As Raiki felt all the eyes in the room locked on him, he turned around to leave. But he felt one stair that held more malice than the others. The same man he hates, Danzō Shimura
'I hate that man. I'm not sure why Dad trusts him so much. Or at least appears to trust him so much.'
Raiki is sitting on a bench outside the Hokage's office
'Danzō adopted too much of the second hokage's skepticism, even though he wasn't part of his team until much later. He believes that everyone is plotting against him. I have to make sure Sasuke is as far away from this man as possible.'
Danzō wasn't part of Team Tobirama. That team was composed of Hiruzen Sarutobi, Homura Mitokado, and Koharu Utatane. When Tobirama became the Hokage, he took on one more team. He added Danzō Shimura, Kagami Uchiha, and Torifu Akimichi to carry out missions as the Second Hokage's elite escort unit.
Some time later, the door swung open, and the three elders walked out. They exchanged simple nods before Raiki entered the office.
After shutting the door, Raiki turned to his father.
"I came to tell you about the results of the test with Sasuke."
"So he passed?" Hiruzen was asked with a surprised look on his face
"How did you know?"
"The test is trivial; you wouldn't come here and even wait all this time just to tell me that Sasuke failed."
"You're right," Raiki said with a small smile on his face. "He passed with flying colors. He used a combination jutsu. Asuma is still working on that, but Sasuke did it at three."
"That's impressive indeed. So you will take him to the third floor?"
"Yes. I just wanted to let you know."
"I see. It's good to hear that our clan will have a powerful shinobi in the future," Hiruzen said with strained happiness. It seems that the meeting he had with the elders wasn't good, Raiki noticed.
Raiki nodded at his father's statement before he said his goodbyes. He made his way home directly after
"I'm home," Raiki announced as he opened the door.
"Welcome home, darling. Are you hungry? Food is ready."
"Yeah, I'm starving."
"Sasuke came back a while ago. He seemed excited about the third floor." Raina was putting dishes on the table.
"Yeah, he's talented. You won't believe it, but he used a combination jutsu. And he's only three!"
"I'm not a shinobi, but I know not even in my clan has anyone done that at three."
(A/N: Combination jutsu is when one person uses two elemental jutsus that synergize together and cause a stronger effect. Collaboration jutsu is when two or more people combine their jutsus to cause a stronger effect. The wording indicates whether one person used it or if two or more people used it.)
"He's crazy talented, but we shouldn't praise him too much. He already thinks he's better than everyone else. We tell him he's talented and he won't shut up about it." Raiki said with an exhausted smile.
Raina giggled, "I'll call him for lunch."
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(Next Day)
Sasuke woke up early in the morning. He went to the kitchen to get something to eat. 'Nano, this is it. I'm sure there is a forbidden section or a forbidden scroll or something. But this is the highest level of knowledge we can gather.'
[Affirmative! Further data will aid in the ongoing simulations.]
"You're up early."
Sasuke turned around to see his dad.
"Of course. I can't wait to see the super secret hidden third floor."
"We should talk before we go there."
"Sure, what's up?"
Raiki didn't answer right away. He turned around and prepped breakfast.
"Let's eat first," He put the food on the table.
Both sat down and started eating their breakfast.
Sasuke couldn't care less about his father's actions. He can tell that it was an act, a way to show how important the third floor is.
'I understand why he's doing that. No one wants their clan techniques and jutsus leaked after all. And I'm only three years old to him, so he needs to make sure I'm not out there sharing jutsus with other people.'
"Before you go to the third floor, you need to make a promise to me."
Sasuke was about to respond, but he paused for a second 'Just to show that I'm taking this seriously'
"What is it, Dad?"
"The Sarutobi clan spent a lot of effort, time, and even money to acquire or develop the techniques that we have today. The second floor contains C-rank jutsus that were either developed by the village or given to us by other clans. Such as the Senju and the Uzumaki clans. Even when the village was founded a long time ago, the Uchiha gave a few fire jutsus to the other clans as a sign of goodwill."
Raiki continued, "Long story short, we are not at a time or a position to share our jutsus. Whatever you read or learn from the third floor is purely for you. I don't want you to talk about it with others, not even to others from our clan. You need to promise me that first."
Sasuke paused for a moment, "I promise, Dad," he said with a serious tone, as serious as a three-year-old can sound.
After studying his son's face for a moment, Raiki smiled, "Good. Finish your food, and I'll take you there after."
After their breakfast, Raina didn't join them. She was still sleeping. Soon after they left their house.
Raiki led Sasuke to the clan headquarters. But they didn't enter through the front door like normal, no. They entered through a hidden entrance at the back of the building.
Sasuke watched his dad weave the hand signs required for the entrance
[Key sequence recorded]
'Good work,' Sasuke didn't even need to tell nano what to do
"The hand signs needed for the entrance are unique; they are not part of the original twelve hand signs; they are modified hand signs. Unless you know what you're doing, you won't be able to enter here at all. I'll take you here myself every day until you learn the key sequence."
"Ok"
After the seal was done, the wall was separated and opened up a passage.
"Follow me," Raiki led the way
It was a long tunnel, one that had a slope to it.
"Are we going underground?"
"Yes. The tunnel will lead to our hidden chamber. It's a room built under the clan compound. The chamber has our highest level jutsus and other information. Usually, only jōnin are allowed to enter. And even then, not all jōnins are allowed here."
"I see. So not everyone gets the test I got?"
'I can guess the answer, but I have to ask anyway.'
"No. It's not even a clan test or anything like that. Actually, I thought you wouldn't pass. This was supposed to be a learning experience for you. I was surprised when you passed. I'm still questioning if I should let you stay here. Knowledge can often be fatal to the weak."
Sasuke didn't say anything. He was talking with nano 'Are there any other entrances you can feel nano?'
[Negative]
'So the forbidden section is elsewhere. Just keep scanning as we walk deeper into the tunnel,' Sasuke turned to his dad.
"Hey, Dad, is there a higher level than the third floor?"
"You haven't even seen the third floor, and you're already thinking about a higher floor?" Raiki paused for a moment 'Should I tell him about the forbidden scroll. If he learns of that, he will want it, no doubt; that is dangerous. But if he learns about the scroll, maybe he will work harder to get it. Should I tell him?'
"Dad?"
"Huh? What?"
"You spaced out. So there is a fourth floor."
"It's not a floor."
"So there is a book or a scroll containing even higher-level jutsus?"
"It's just a scroll. And it's not higher level, it's forbidden. Mostly because of how fatal those techniques are to the user. Also, focus on the third floor, which has fewer books and scrolls, but the knowledge is much deeper and richer. You should focus on what you have in front of you now."
Sasuke didn't argue back. He actually agreed with his dad. He should focus on what is in front of him.
By the time they were done talking, they had reached the end of the tunnel. They reached the secret floor of the Sarutobi clan.