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Summary
At Forward Base Seven, the claim system is simple: the strong own the weak.
When fifteen-year-old Tenzou arrives unclaimed and vulnerable, he catches the attention of Commander Gekkou a man whose "preferences" are an open secret. Hatake Kakashi faces an impossible choice: stand by and do nothing, or claim the boy himself.
He chooses the latter.
Now bound by a permanent seal, Tenzou must navigate a reality where his protector is also his owner, where survival means perfect obedience, and where the lines between safety and captivity blur. Kakashi meant to save him. But as the performance becomes increasingly brutal, both begin to wonder: Is protective ownership still ownership?
When they're recalled to Konoha, they discover that leaving the base doesn't mean leaving the system behind. The seal is permanent. The claim is legal. And now they must figure out how to exist in a relationship built on ownership while desperately trying to make it something else.
Book 1/4 of the Claim Protocol
Series
- Part 1 of The Claim Protocol