Asa's Oppurtunity

It was a bright and early morning in Hoshi. It had been quite a while since the recent attack on the village and there seemed to be a new sense of alertness in the village. Nobody wanted to suffer from another attack. Hoshi did what any militant country would do and put itself in a high state of alertness and readiness. This involved not only requiring more training for all shinobi but also more preemptive measures for later attacks. Plus the village was in even direr need for a leader. The role of Kage had been empty for quite sometime now. At the moment Asa sat in the Kage’s office. The morning sunlight gleamed through the room on one of the village elder's back as he faced Asa, who was only able to see the large man’s intimidating silhouette. His large hands slid something across his desk to Asa. “Asa…” he said before clearing his throat. “First off, I am sorry to hear about the loss of your parents...your father did good things for this village during his time with us.” He said as he stood up and looked out the window, overlooking the village. Asa kept a straight face as he looked at the man’s large frame. “You’re a child and losing someone that close to you must be hard, however you a still a shinobi and the needs of the village must come first.” He said with a louder tone. “You are genin, correct?” He said turning to face the boy. Asa awkwardly nodded as he twiddled his thumbs a bit. “Well then you’re a genin who’s about to receive an important task. Ever since Shin Uzumaki’s disappearance the village has been lacking in the department of fuinjutsu. You're a smart kid so I'm sure you can understand why this village would need sealing techniques...Being that Shin is gone. You are now the head of the Uzumaki clan. Also being that a Uzumaki clan member’s chakra is remarkable for fuinjutsu I have no choice but to make you head of that division for now.” Asa took a deep sigh as he started to speak up “I mean I’m only a genin...I don't really think I’m the best candidate.” The elder held up his hand to interrupt him. “I've seen your test scores and heard about your work ethic. On that paper is the location of Shin’s old home. Also it should show the main concerns fuinjutsu wise. You'll find Located there is his books and scrolls on fuinjutsu and summonings. Take what you need or just make the house your own I don't really care anymore.” He sat down back in front of Asa as the boy slowly read the paper. There weren't many fuinjutsu priorities but the main one was of course the jinchuuriki of the village, Kaiiaki. The man watched Asa read over the paper for a bit “Shin created a scroll strong enough to hold down and contain the Nine-tails. I'm not sure if you can operate something like that but if you want to look at it I sent it back to Shin’s home just before he left.” Asa’s smiled turned into a grin before returning to his usual face and nodding at the elder “I’ll do my best…” he said awkwardly before standing up and walking out of the door.

Hours later Asa sat at a desk, papers and scrolls scattered all over the floor of Shin’s home. His head rested on his hands as he looked down at the paper in front of him. “Reaper Death Seal...Hiraishin...Five Pronged Seal...this Shin guy had some powerful seals in his arsenal.” He said softly as he stood up and looked around at the scattered papers. He stretched his back a bit before looking out the window. “Wow..this late already?”. The boy had been studying for hours, trying to find where Shin left off. The boy had found the scroll the Elder spoke off with ease and even the unfinished jutsu Shin had began creating. Although it didn’t show, Asa himself was rather happy and excited to explore his new wealth of knowledge. The only sad part to this was that even though he had the scrolls for these powerful jutsu he was nowhere near the skill level needed for most of them, but that just gave him a goal to work for. The young genin began to walk out of the door, rubbing his eyes as he slowly opened it. He closed the door behind him, leaving the place a mess as he locked the door and headed home. He had a lot of work ahead of him.