(Powerstones Please)
"Hmm, I don't really want to ask if something is wrong with Konoha, as that would be hypocritical coming from our village of all places," Mangetsu sighed.
He had been sighing too much since he entered this room.
"So, what are your goals, Nee-chan?" Sora looked at Mei.
"Well, I want to marry a strong, handsome man," Mei said.
"Hmm, I meant your goal in terms of what you want from the village," Sora deadpanned.
"Well, I guess Kakashi-sensei is good-looking under his mask, and I suppose he's strong," Sora glanced at Kakashi.
"Wait, you know what he looks like under the mask?" Sasuke stared at Sora in shock.
Kakashi's face was one of the biggest mysteries in all of Konoha.
Very few had seen it.
Nobody who had seen it was alive—well, except for Sora.
"Yeah, I somehow stumbled upon it accidentally, I guess," Sora rubbed his head.
"Is he really as handsome as you claim?" Mei placed both hands on Sora's shoulders and shook him.
"Yeah, I haven't seen anyone prettier than him. Maybe Sasuke when he grows up, but I guess that would be personal preference."
Mei stopped shaking him and looked at Kakashi with a glint Kakashi didn't like.
He was reminded of Guy, but instead of asking for challenges, it seemed he now had to reject people multiple times.
"Say, will you—"
"No," Kakashi replied simply.
"I'll keep haunting you until you say yes."
"No, I'll convince you that I'm not ideal husband material," Kakashi decided it was time to nip this in the bud before it grew into a giant tree.
"Oh, please?"
"I love annoying people."
"I like playing mind games, so I'm in."
"I like reading porn in public."
"I don't mind doing it in public," Sasuke had already covered Sora's ears, stood in front of him, and used chakra to prevent Sora from hearing, lip-reading, or somehow using chakra to eavesdrop.
"I wanted to hear what she was going to say."
"Don't mind them. They're just a bunch of perverts," Sasuke ignored the back-and-forth conversation.
After a few minutes...
Kakashi seemed annoyed.
Mei wore a smirk.
The former was glaring at Sora.
Kakashi was regretting his life choices.
"Hmm, I don't know what you guys talked about, but, Nee-chan, would you become the Hok—Mizukage after the current one dies?" Sora was also annoyed that he had missed something interesting while they were talking.
He was really curious why everyone in the room, except for those two, seemed to be blushing.
Even Sasuke had a red tint.
What did they hear?
"Yeah, probably. Do you want to become the Mizukage?" Mei looked at Mangetsu.
"No."
"Then it seems I'll become the Mizukage."
"Why did nobody ask me?" Zabuza protested.
How childish of him.
"Shut up, or I'll kill you." Mei's glare shut Zabuza up.
The latter's mouth twitched.
"Hmm, then I don't think you guys would be able to become a couple," Sora commented.
"Why?" Kakashi looked at Sora expectantly.
"Well, because Kakashi-sensei is most likely going to become the next Hokage, so I don't think marriage between two Kages is possible politically." Sora's words made everyone pause in the room.
They weren't really surprised about Kakashi becoming the next Hokage, as he was a famous ninja worldwide.
After all, he was the unofficial ambassador of *Icha-Icha*.
The first female Kage the world had seen was Tsunade, who became Kage three months ago.
So, nobody had really considered the possibility of two Kages marrying.
'It seems I have to become Hokage. It will also free me from Guy—two birds with one kunai,' Kakashi internally praised Sora.
It seemed that red-haired menace still cared about him.
"But, maybe you guys would be the first."
Or not, Kakashi cursed Sora in his heart.
Mei smiled at Sora.
It seemed the red-haired kid was rational after all.
"So, are we gonna make our move tonight?" Sasuke changed the topic.
As much as he liked seeing Kakashi suffer, he didn't want to hear any more of the conversation between the two.
It was a good thing he hadn't been facing them while they were talking, or else he would've remembered the whole conversation due to his Sharingan.
But even without that, it seemed it would be hard for anyone in the room who had heard it to forget this conversation.
"Yeah, tonight we're going to usurp power," Mei declared.
"Tell me honestly, you always wanted to say that, right?" Kakashi deadpanned.
"Maybe~. Are you interested in knowing more about me?" Mei winked at him.
"No, I'm good," Kakashi took some steps back as Mei took some steps forward.
"Are you guys going to play chase or something?" Sora looked at them as if he was watching children playing.
That was quite ironic in this case.
However, with great power comes great shamelessness.
The two didn't even bat an eye.
"Anyway, if we're helping you guys kill your Kage, why don't you lend us your legendary swords to fight that guy?" Sasuke suggested.
The people of the Mist present in the room looked at each other uncertainly.
Mangetsu and Mei looked at Zabuza.
The latter nodded.
"Fine, we don't have all of them, but you guys can choose. Here," Mangetsu revealed a scroll, and four swords emerged from it.
"Hmm, mister, why are you carrying four of these?" Sora looked suspiciously at Mangetsu, then glanced at Zabuza's sword.
"Well, I know how to use all seven swords, and I'm sort of safeguarding them until I find worthy users."
"Hmm, I see."
It seemed Chojuro hadn't gotten Hiramekarei yet.
Or maybe, due to the upcoming rebellion, it had been taken from him so that if he fell, nobody from the opposition could take it.
"I want this one," Sora immediately said while placing his hands on one.
Kakashi had also approached the swords and crouched.
"First of all, you're not a swordsman, so no." Kakashi grabbed Sora's hand.
He was afraid that Sora might steal the sword.
He could end up leading everyone in Kiri—Mizukage faction or rebellion faction, both—to hunt them down.
Even though that sounded kind of fun to Kakashi, he didn't really want to test it.
He might have done it if he was only with Sasuke and Sora.
But unfortunately, Ino-Shika-Cho were with them too.
"But I could still use it somehow. I'll let my shadow clone use it."
"No. We're going to fight an S-rank. Your shadow clone, wielding a sword he can't properly use, would just be a burden. The sword will fall into the wrong hands."
"But, uhhh, this sword... it's like calling to me."
"Can you even lift the sword?" Kakashi deadpanned at Sora, who tried to lift the sword but couldn't.
"Look, I can!" Sora said while finally lifting the sword.
"No, your chakra enhancement isn't refined enough to avoid wasting chakra." Kakashi took the sword away from Sora, who looked like he might cry any second.
The people present sweat-dropped at that.
However, Kakashi remained undisturbed. He was the kind of guy who enjoyed stealing candy from babies.
So, this was nothing.
"Which sword is this?" Sasuke asked Mangetsu.
He hadn't seen the pictures of each sword, so he didn't know which one it was.
"It's Shibuki."
"Oh, that makes sense," Sasuke muttered to himself.
He could already imagine Konoha being terrorized by a red-haired person using explosions everywhere and talking about art.
'Wait, why would Sora say something about art?' Sasuke questioned himself.
"It does?" Mangetsu looked at Sasuke in confusion.
"It's better if you don't know, but if you're unlucky, time will make you find out."
"That sounds morbid for some reason," Mangetsu said, still looking confused.
"Hmm, which one is Kiba?"
"We don't have that one currently. One of our rogues has it."
"Tch, such a waste," Sasuke muttered as he looked at all the swords and picked up Hiramekarei.
"This should be able to change shapes, right?"
"Yeah, it seems you really are knowledgeable about our swords."
"Recently got into swordsmanship, so yeah. Which one are you choosing, Kakashi?"
"I'm going to take Nuibari. It should be able to conduct electricity and block the tailed beast's chakra that the Mizukage might use." Kakashi handed Shibuki back to Mangetsu, who was having a hard time deciding whether to give that sword to Sora, who was now using his lethal Puppy Eye Jutsu.
"Wait, the Mizukage is a Jinchuriki?" Sora stopped using the forbidden jutsu, which had been created by the Yondaime.
Mangetsu sighed in relief.
That genjutsu seemed strangely effective against him for some reason.
"Yeah, we're up against a Jinchuriki. You do know what a Jinchuriki is, right?"
"Yeah, obviously I know. I'm a seal master, duh."
"Wait, what?" Everyone in the room from the Mist was shocked.
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