Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-24937485-20161030193941/@comment-30271674-20161030225926

There was a sort of understanding that Ieyasu held regarding the leading of his new team. After all, these past few years had been rough on the Leaf and with so many people having died in the Suna Massacre: Measures like these only seemed necessary for the time being until Konoha could replenish the forces it had lost since then and now since the Fūma incident.

To be entrusted with all these things at once, shock had begun to settle onto Ieyasu as he wasn't sure whether to cry of happiness or not. He was worth something finally... maybe the things that happened back in the mission really were just a bit of a bump in the road of life. Perhaps it was just the confidence from this and Keldran's earlier words and the Hokage's blessing of this day: Ieyasu started to believe he really could become powerful enough to protect this village.

Quickly, he picked himself up from the ground and bowed once again as he heard of the new moniker the Hokage had given him. Something about it didn't necessarily seem imposing, but somehow there was something about it that seemed righteous and appropriate for the young man who was trying to turn into a hero for the Leaf.

Ikeru was right, there was so much to do now. Ieyasu needed to train, fight, and prepare for the coming battles.

"Thank you for all of this, Hokage-sama. I won't disappoint you or anyone else in this village, I promise."

Ieyasu gave a small wave goodbye before leaving Ikeru on his own. The day was still young, and this Giant was ready to start training with not just himself, but the friends he had begun to make on his journies and the rest of his squad that he would lead for now on.