"Ah shit"
Lumian did not expect to meet the literal Hokage the first day he arrived in this world.
After all the story would usually progress so that they would end up meeting at the entrance ceremony for the Ninja academy.
But considering Lumian's unique situation that ended up with him as the lone survivor, it wasn't exactly out of character for the Hokage to meet up with him like this.
Another figure entered the room after the hokage.
The Nurse who had treated him looked at him, and quickly yelled:
"It isn't good for you to be standing up right now!" Approaching him with quick steps, the Nurse grabbed him and led him towards the bed. After helping him, the Nurse hurriedly returned to the right side of the Hokage.
The Hokage, amused by the scene in front of him, coughed into his hand and spoke:
"I heard that you've recovered well. Apologies if I forgot to introduce myself, but I assume that you already recognized me based on your expression upon seeing me?"
Lumian, although still shocked upon seeing the Hokage, curled his lips into a smile and said:
"Yes Lord Hokage. As you can see, it seems that I have survived."
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Lumian recognized this character. Hiruzen Sarutobi. The 3rd Hokage, also known as the Professor or his title as the presumed "God of Shinobi." He was known within the Shinobi world to have unparalleled prowess and contributions under his name.
However, viewers of the Naruto series also view him as the individual who promised Minato and Kushina to take care of Naruto and proceeded to do that by giving Naruto a shabby apartment, and visited him every week to throw money at his face saying: "Here's your money, now scram." (He didn't actually do this but you can say he basically did lol)
He was also known for failing to stop his student Orochimaru, which led to his death.
Even more importantly every Naruto fanfiction user knew his unparalled crush with Danzo, and turned a blind eye to literally everything evil Danzo ever did. Their interactions usually went like this:
"Danzo, I'm the Hokage!"
"Hiruzen, you'll regret this!"
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Hiruzen nodded solemnly at Lumian.
"Although I'm relieved to see you alive and well, I must offer my deepest apologies," the Hokage said, his voice gentle but weighed with gravity. "It must have been a terrible burden to witness their deaths. If you need a moment to grieve, I will not rush you. Take the time you need."
Hearing this, Lumian pretended to put on a pained expression, and stared at his feet. Lumian said nothing at first. Instead, he dropped his gaze to the floor, letting silence stretch between them.
After a moment, he put on a resigned expression and turned to face the Hokage.
"I'm just glad that I survived... they killed my Mother and Father and slaughtered my companions. I won't ever forget what they did." With this he said quietly. "I will hunt them down, and kill them for daring to murder my people....."
Lumian maintained his act of anger as he internally thought, "Thats an acceptable response right? I never attended Drama class but I think this is what an anime character would say...." Lumian felt no feelings of revenge. The truth was, he barely felt anything. Most of them were strangers, and the pain he should have felt was nonexistent since he wasn't the original owner of this body...
After all, he barely knew who those people were. He would only try to hunt his perpetrators for giving him a heart attack for almost killing him at the fire.
Hiruzen nodded, without changing his expression. "I see that you have come to accept their deaths. The Hidden Leaf Village will not stand by and let their deaths go to waste. They were our major allies to the Village and our dear companions. They will be avenged."
With this Hiruzen turned to the Nurse next to him.
"When will he be discharged?"
The Nurse jumped and said quickly:
"Ab- About Tomorrow in the evening at the- earli-earliest." she stammered.
Hiruzen nodded and turned to Lumian.
"When you can, you can visit me in my office. Its the big red building near the mountain with the fire kanji inscribed at its center."
"Its hard to miss," Hiruzen said with a chuckle.
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Then he put on a serious expression.
"I will give you money that will allow you to live comfortably and reestablish your families merchant guild."
"Or..." he added.
"You can join the Hidden Leaf's Ninja Academy and train to be a Shinobi. Seeing how you have resolve to avenge your family, I suggest you take this choice to train to one day find your perpetrators."
Hearing this, Lumian tried to say something, but Hiruzen stopped him.
"There's no rush. Rest well and recover your body's condition. You should have plenty of time to consider your choices before you decide to meet up with me."
Lumian looked at the Hokage, and after a while he said, "Yes Lord Hokage."
With these words, Hiruzen took one last look at him, and as he walked away, Nurse hurriedly bowed at him as he exited the room.
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Hiruzen paused outside as he closed the door.
"Should I keep watch of him?" ???? said.
A figure dressed with a grey vest and animal mask appeared and knelt before the Hokage.
"No Need," Hiruzen said. "He's only a victim to what happened. There are no surrounding suspicions regarding him."
The figure knelt silently and said, "And what should be of Root?"
"Keep them under watch," Hiruzen responded. "We have no evidence it was indeed Danzo. With the following tensions and rising signs of war, it could have been anyone to cause this massacre."
"Yes Lord Hokage." The figure vanished, and then Hiruzen walked away.
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In the room, a feeling of relieved sighing was heard. The Nurse had been tense in the presence of the Hokage, and only after he left did she finally exhale in relief.
She turned to the boy who turned his gaze to her.
"I can't believe that you were so calm to the Hokage. I would have struggled to even put up a sentence when he spoke to me!" she said.
The boy lips stayed curving up. His eyes had a mischievous demeanor to it, but his face gave off no other emotions. She looked at him for a while and said:
"My name is Audrey. Audrey Yamanaka."
The boy's eyes widened, but only a fraction of a centimeter. A slight detail that Audrey failed to notice.
"My name is Amon. Amon Tsuchi."
With that they gazed at each other with a smile.
.....
*Knock* *Knock*
The sound of the door knocking was heard.
"Come in" Hiruzen said as he looked up from his desk.
Lumian entered and walked up to the Hokage desk.
He had changed from his hospital garments to a blue shirt, and grey pants that Audrey had provided him.
His bandages still stayed on, but he seemed to no longer be in pain.
He stopped in front of the Hokage
Lumian stared at Hiruzen and said,
"I want to be a shinobi."
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Wow her name's Audrey???? What a coincidence!
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