Once There Had Been Peace

[harajuku_kage]

Who: EVERYOOOOOOONE. SRSLY. ZAIKA WANTS YOU RIGHT HURR.
What: Backlog. The story of how peace between the groups deteriorated, and the Yakuza became a whole lot more dangerous
When: Four months prior to the start of the rest of the roleplay. Think of it as where Shippuden begins.
Where: Harajuku's Den Aquaroom
Warnings: I-I don't even know

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[lotushero]

How Lee had somehow managed to land a spot in accompanying Naruto(-kun) to the meeting between all the gumi, the big-eyed taijutsu master had no idea. He just knew that he was there, they were trying to work out an agreement, and that a room full of yakuza was prone to house quite a bit of violence, so he had no choice but to be alert and prepared, just in case.

Amidst the gentle sounds gurgling of water, Lee watched as golden, silver, blue, green, purple, every color fish darted in their tanks, as if even they knew what was going to happen. This is not going to end well, they were saying. This is a disaster waiting to happen.

But Lee was optimistic. He wasn’t a fool and knew perfectly well that things might not go too smoothly (since when did things with anything mafia-related go smoothly?), but he still hoped. Maybe they’d reach an agreement. Maybe they’d come to terms with agreeing to disagree. Maybe things would take a turn for the better.

Maybe, maybe, maybe.

Though he stood a few feet away from Hinata, he flashed her a reassuring smile he hoped didn’t scare her away (he was pretty sure he’d done that quite a few times already).

There was no need to be nervous. Not yet, anyway.

[undid]

Naruto was not really a nervous person, regardless. It wasn't in his nature to be cautious, and caution tended to go hand-in-hand with nervousness, and so, for all that he had been nervous in times prior (times when a knife was being held to his face perhaps? But Naruto didn't know if that could be called nervousness, even, especially since the whisker-like scars were still visible on his cheeks) he was not nervous now in the least, and it had nothing to do with the fact of that whole "safety in numbers" thing.

Of course, the Konohagumi were the largest gang in attendance - they were the largest gang period, well populated and with a very wide scope of influence in the city. They were not the most violent (which perhaps put them at a slight disadvantage) but if overpower the enemy was a matter only of sheer numbers, the Konohagumi had the rest of Tokyo outweighted by a relatively good margin. What with their allegiance with the Hyuuga family, and the enduring youth of the majority of their leaders, they were resilient in their way, and similarly composed of resilient, difficult-to-be-rid-of people.

Naruto was a perfect example of such.

(And so it made sense for them to be allied with Suna, who was currently in shambles. They had the power and the strength of voice to be able to do so. Like a weed, Konohagumi stubbornly crept into plenty of matters that had initially had little to do with them and squeezed them into a different, more benefactory shape, and said-)

"Perfect."

Naruto didn't know why the word came out bitter, but didn't retract it, didn't urge it back between his teeth simply for the sake of making sense. ("Not everything has to make sense, you know.")

He looked between Rock Lee and Hyuuga Hinata.

"Hey."

Flicked a yen coin from his pocket.

"Both of you."

Grinned widely.

"Call it in the air."