71 Chapter 71:

With Doto now dead and the land of snow-free from it's a dictatorship. The hidden leaf and hidden mist had worked together to help princess Koyuki reclaim her rightful place on the throne.

Kaga had also made a full recovery, with only his pride being hurt. Haku, Koyuki and Kimimaro had also made it out unscathed, proving themselves on a difficult mission and earning some well deserved time off.

Fuyōna had done more than his part to ensure princess Koyuki was placed back into power, even offering shinobi to help support her claim to power, something that had not gone unnoticed by the hidden leaf higher-ups.

It had made things more difficult due to the princess being taken back to the land of fire by Kakashi, but he had made do, having Sandayu on his side helping things massively.

All was well in the world for now, and the hidden mist was beginning to thrive for the first time in a long time, under his leadership which no one now questioned.

Thanks to the hidden Mist and hidden leaf cooperating with the land of snow incident. The Hokage had offered Fuyōna an invitation to join the chunin exams this year around, hoping he could finally meet the new Mizukage who he had heard so much about.

Although the elders and advisers had disagreed, saying that Fuyōna should turn down his invertation, that it could be a trap.

Nevertheless, Fuyōna had accepted the Hokages invitation, thinking it would be a great idea for his villages genin to take part in a mixed village chunin exam to gain more experience.

Now the hidden leaf, hidden grass, hidden rain, hidden waterfall and now the hidden mist would be taking part in the exam, meaning all sorts of young shinobi would be taking part.

Fuyōna was excited, wondering what kind of exams they would use and if it would be similar to the manga and anime.

He had already placed three teams who were ready this time around for the exam. Of course, the first was team Kaga, consisting of Haku, Kimimaro and Koyuki.

The next was a team of genin that consisted of one Kujira Hoshigaki. (This is a fan character for Logan lewis, a big shout out for his support of my work!)

He was a member of the Hoshigaki clan and one to watch out for. His team consisted of another member of the Hōzuki clan and another genin who had scored highly on the exams.

Finally was another team of mist genin who were from no clans, but had good potential and were ready for the exam.

Fuyōna was also looking forwards to seeing the hidden leaf village for himself, as well as meeting the third Hokage in person, this time when he wasn't trying to kill him, he thought as he chuckled to himself.

A few months had passed now and Fuyōna had allowed Haku and Kimimaro to rest, while also spending time with Mei and Suiren and his two children.

His son who had been named Shōto Yuki was Mei's son. He was a broad baby with black hair that had small hits of red in it. His eyes were ice blue like Fuyōna's and he always smiled once he picked him up.

Suiren's daughter, who had been named Asami Yuki, had blond hair just like her mother, but blue eyes like her father, although her hair was starting to grow a little darker as she got older. She also bore the Kaguya markings on her forehead and around her eyes.

Both of them were now crawling around and proving to be difficult to manage as they could somehow move faster than Fuyōna could track, which was strange considering how quick he could move.

"My, my Fuyōna, you might be able to teleport between your ice mirrors, but you can't keep track of your own children," Mei said laughing as she watched him chase the two of them around the living room.

"I've got you now!" Fuyōna said as he cornered Asami, getting a nervous giggle from her as she tried to get away from her father, crawling at the speed of a moving bullet towards the wall.

Fuyōna grabbed her and lifted her into the air, letting her little legs dangle as she kicked and screamed in joy.

"Got you!" Fuyōna cheered, getting a laugh from her.

Suddenly the child sneezed and two bones shot out of her back and hit the wall behind her, alreting everyone.

Everyone was shocked as they looked at the small bones stuck in the brick, turning to look back at the baby who was still giggling as if she found it funny.

"My goodness what happened?" Suiren said as she ran over to take a look.

Fuyōna was very surprised and handed her to Suiren.

"It would seem she has inherited my shikotsumyaku ability," Fuyōna said looking a little concerned.

"But she's so young." Mei added, thinking it strange that should would display her abilities at only 8 months of age.

"I'll have to keep an eye on her, it's a dangerous ability after all," Fuyōna said, turning to look at Shōto who was sitting down with a smile as he played with some blocks.

"I'll be keeping an eye on both of them as they grow." He then thought, wondering about the abilities each of them could have.

Not only did Fuyōna have to worry about the abilities his children might have gained from him, he also had to worry about Kimimaro's training as a new jinchuriki.

He had heard about what happened during his battle against Rōga of the hidden snow. Hopefully, the three tails would be kinder than most and be willing to help him as Saiken had for himself.

The boys had been given a small amount of time off to relax away from missions, but Fuyōna had still had then keep up their basic training, something he didn't have to enforce all too much as they both wanted to continue to grow stronger.

Haku had even been asking for him to show him some new jutsu, edger to improve so he could keep up with Kimimaro.

The days were passing fast and soon the day of the chunin exams would be upon them.

Fuyōna had summoned the three squads who he would be sending to his office, wanting to give them a final breife before he sent them off.

Kaga, stood with Haku, Kimimaro and Koyuki in the middle. To the left was a jonin by the name of Toboto, a young jonin but an experienced one, who he had trusted to look after both a Hoshigaki and Hōzuki clan member, speaking in no way little of his ability as a shinobi.

Next was a female jonin, by the name of Tami. She was like most old school mist ninja, being a little older than Fuyōna and someone he had worked with on missions before.

Her team consisted of the three genin who had scored some of the highest points in the academy, and Fuyōna was excited to see how they would fare in the exams to come.

"Welcome all," Fuyōna said as the others all bowed showing their respect.

"I hope you are all excited, as you already know you have been selected to attend the chunin exams in the hidden leaf. However, please remember you will be representing the hidden mist, as well as myself. Therefore I want you all to do your best." Fuyōna said as he sat down in his seat.

"And please try not to cause any trouble," Fuyōna said looking at all of them with a serious glare before smiling again.

Everyone gulped but nodded.

"Yes sir!"

"Alright, I won't take up anymore of your time. Make sure you prepare your mind and body for what is to come, and you will do fine. Good luck." Fuyōna then said, allowing all of them to leave feeling excited.

He had already briefed the jonin instructors on the instructions he had been given by the Hokage on their accommodation and rules of the village. Meaning he shouldn't have to worry as long as they kept an eye on the students they would be fine.

All that was left now was to assemble his own escort of Anbu, he was only allowed to bring two bodyguards with him, not that he felt like he needed them, however, it would be good experience for them too.

Now it was time to head to the hidden leaf himself, where he would finally meet the Hokage in person, something he was both excited and a little nervous about at the same time.

"We are ready sir." A voice said from behind.

Fuyōna nodded as he turned on his chair to look at the two Anbu he had chosen for the job.

"Alright, it's time to head out then."

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