It was about an hour later that Hatsuka came back. Her whole family came over with her too. "Tell them what you told me earlier, Nagisa." Hatsuka said. "About what!?" I asked her. She frowned. "Talk about all the concubine stuff. At least the important stuff." I recounted the benefits of Keisuke having concubines. "That makes sense." her mother said. She then clapped her hands. "Alright. Keisuke-kun is going to take his 2 concubines to inflate our numbers a bit. Yuri. Yamato. You will be getting married soon." "Hiyori-san!?" Keisuke said in shock. She just looked at him and smiled like a predator. "Did I stutter, Keisuke-kun. I have been pushing this for years. Now it is in reach. Kei is on his way to being a chunin. It was a shame about the twins getting ill, but they were able to get their marks." "I am also proud of them, but Hatsuka told me she did not want to have to deal with the children of other women." he tried to weasel out. "I'm no longer bothered. Just put them in a new house. Nagisa brought his concubine's whole family here. You can give them a small house." she said.
Just because of that, I had to speak up. "Keisuke is my friend and not some breeding stud. You guys cannot just lay claim on his dick. Only his wife can do that. Besides, he hasn't even thought of a good surname yet. What will all his concubine's children be called? We've workshopped some like Kiramura and Hoshino, but Keisuke is having trouble with his confidence. As a orphan, leading a new branch of a new clan is a big prospect. You have to give him a bit more time and support." I said. Keisuke cringed when he heard the name Hoshino. Hiyori said "That's fine. I wouldn't be expect an orphan from a village to understand clan ambitions. As for his name. If he wants those kids to be Kiramuras, they can. He can even go get some women from there if he wants to. This is happening now. Even if we have to be a bit more... crass about it." That was a bit scary. Keisuke looked at them and then at me. I did not know what to say to him after that. "I guess I will be glad to have your support." he said, nervous. "Kei and Sora will be joining us for the chunin exams. We'll go after."
6 man teams were needed to compete. Rin, Asahi and Hibiki could team up to bring Yuki and Jiro, Hiroshi and Yamato and Eri and Sachiko. Izayoi had Ibuki and Chihiro had Chiaki. There were other genin that could join them. I knew for a fact that Kuro and Haruo would want to go this year. That made 4. We could easily find 2 more clan members that wanted to get advanced this year. Speaking with Rin, Asahi and Hibiki, they were fine with the arrangement. It was also a stone faced Masaru that came to me. He wanted to take a team. It would look good on his record. I told him that he could take the Akaime Clan hostages as a team. They were genin. If they passed, it would be good for our vassals to be high ranked. If they died, none of the clan members would shed a tear. Honestly, it was a win-win scenario. He nodded his head and went to get permission. He got a tepid response. None of the others wanted the hostages in their houses, so they were fine with them all going. Yuma could escape the abuses of Chihiro for a little while. I made sure they were aware and ready.
Keeping our production of high quality ninja will allow us to get closer to the rank of major clan. That needed us to have 100 active ninja. This new generation was going a good job. 11 became genin. The other 5 would be sent over to the genin exams the next year. Them and the new children that appeared in their clan. And we still could have many more children with our wives and concubines. And the members that were already here could also marry among themselves and have children as well. We had a great base as a minor clan. We just needed to be able to breed our way to success. We had to have at least 100 genin. Still, we would need them all to actually be good if we wanted the rest of the Nabari world to take us seriously. Having a thousand weaklings would not be a good thing. In the weeks leading up to the big chunin exams, both Yuri and Yamato had their engagements announced. Yamato was going to be married to a member in another branch. He was a male, so his line would now contribute to the numbers. Yuri was female. She married a random villager.
