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So, to start, I, the author of this off shoot, have been talking to my Mistress for a while about possible ways that 'For the Good of the Village' could go. Through out the series, I made thoughts and suggesting to Mistress Winowyll and sometimes wrote detailed thoughts and how it should got. On the suggestion from my Mistress, I am putting it into a story. And at her request, I am uploading everything into a file. And instead of just keeping it archived, I thought I would spread it out. So, the following is the first to last. These ideas are not entirely up for grabs, but ask Mistress Winowyll and if she approves then you have my permission to use them if you want to add them to a story you are writing.
Author's Notes from MistressWinowyll: Greetings, everyone. I have had the pleasure of speaking with Foxcomm, the author of this spin off and asked if he would be interested in having others read the ideas he has sent me. He thought it was also a good idea so here we are. I am glad to see my work has inspired him to write his own version of my story, and I am glad to help however I can.
One thing I felt that must be said is this: His story is his story. I have not influenced his writing in any way other than what is currently read in my canon version. What events take place that are outside of my written works are his and his alone. Kind of like how Get What You Deserve is complete different than my Get What You Wanted series.
Thank you for reading.
Your Mistress.
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The first takes place while Naruto is in prison back in 'For the Good of the Village: Transitions Ark', Chapter 1. Naruto is in the cell and an extra person comes down with Jiriaya and Tsunade. Enjoy.
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For The Good of the One
Written by Foxcomm
Prologue
"Hello Mister Uzumaki Naruto, my name is Orochimaru, and I would like to talk to you?"
"Yeah, about what? And why are they all glaring at you worse than me?"
"Ah that, its a long story I may tell you some time. As for about what, its about you and the injustice taking place, here and now. May I continue?" Orochimaru smiled like the devil when Naruto gave him the nod. "Surely you've noticed the injustice that I speak of, correct? That you, a loyal ninja of Konohagakure that was doing only your duty of defending a comrade and trying to stop a traitor, is here, locked in a cage while the victim of this grievous attack, crippled and left barren, is thrown out of her own house, not even allowed to collect her possessions, while the bastard who did this is not only NOT sharing a cell somewhere, he is out there free, in another village, avoiding his greatly deserved punishment. Injustice!"
Naruto growled at how he said it while glancing at Hinata, seeing her downtrodden look. "I know about my situation."
"Of course you do, what they let you know anyway." Orochimaru motioned Naruto closer like he was about to speak something he shouldn't, though the man ignored that Naruto didn't move. "I will secure your release, Naruto, so that you may see to it that justice is done. On one condition. You see, people are very concerned and rightly so that if you are freed, you will just go on your hunt again, maybe even...heh heh, powering up within the village. You agree to stay calm in the village, fox free, and to listen to what I tell you. If you don't, I will discipline you much like a person would a pet dog until the problem has been corrected."
"Then why would I agree?"
"Ah, there is that intellect I knew was somewhere, what do I truly offer. If nothing else, Naruto, your time, heh, behind bars has improved you, made you less trusting of the people of this village. I approve. As for why, the benefit package of course. If you agree, I will do two things for you. First is medical, I am a scientist, Mister Uzumaki, among many things. I know how to clone an individual, its rather easy. In nine months, I can have for your little Hyuuga..."
"Hinata," Naruto growled.
"Hinata," Orochimaru conceded, "a new set of eyes." He was pleased with both their amazed looks. "And not too long after that, a few years when you will be ready for them, Mrs. Hinata, I will have a set of ovaries prepared that I can surgically implant in you. Your own ovaries, your own children." He could see that hopeful look on her face there. "Now before you agree right off the bat, there is that second thing I will give you, and you must realize what this all will mean for you."
"Well get on with it," Naruto nearly shouted, making all his guards frown at how eager he was.
"Kukuku. The second thing, Naruto, is the answer to why. Why did the Yondiame choose you?" The guards all suddenly tensed, making Naruto glance at them. "You see it, don't you? They know something that they don't want you to know."
Kakashi, still reading his book, said, "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Oh, he does, he's the worst offender of this village with this secret, Uzumaki Naruto. Tell me, Naruto, have you ever thought why? Surely you noticed, so many in the village were born at the right time before the Kyuubi attacked. Your friend Uchiha Sasuke, not even half a year older than you, would have been a better choice to contain the Kyuubi than you, a babe stolen from your delivery cradle."
"That's enough," Ibiki tried to interrupt but Orochimaru kept going.
"He would have had a family to protect and support him, to teach him of his origins and how to use that fox to his benefit! Why then a nameless orphan no one but one little girl wanted anything to do with?"
"I said..." Ibiki tried to grab him but snakes only fell from Orochimaru's sleeves and tried to bind the group around them.
"The truth is, Naruto, you aren't a nameless orphan! These peons should be thanking you every day for the sacrifice you and your family has made! Then why do you think they make you believe you are nothing?" Naruto blinked, entralled and believing him. "Because as long as you don't know..."
"Don't listen to him," Kakashi tried to warn.
"...the truth, as long as you think that, they can control you. Your, kukuku, sensei, Kakashi, he not only knew your father, he admired him. And yet when the time came to step up and support his son, he...went back to his house and read pornagraphy while leaving you to defend yourself against the very heart of winter. You have a godfather and he is...not here. You have a name, Uzumaki, and it is one to be proud of! They wear your clan's symbol on their jacket and...you know nothing of them." Naruto looked at the man that was supposed to teach him yet he didn't meet his eyes. "The secret, Naruto, is your life, and not this psuedo existence they have forced you to live."
"...Who," Naruto started to say but shook his head. "Who decided to do this to me? To keep it hidden."
"No, no, no, you're too intelligent to lie to yourself, Naruto, I know it. You know it too, the Sandiame Hokage, who was always there when you could barely stand it. When you just wanted to scream in rage, he would make time and keep you together. Be a father and gentle, to make you admire him, to bond with him, to...put you completely under the control of the village, and never even let you think of leaving and finding somewhere that would accept you for who you are."
"No, he wouldn't," Hinata tried to deny.
"Oh? You think he's just a kind old man? When I was in a team with him, he destroyed a village during a war. He chose how, poisoned water supply. Things that village had more than ninja, men, women, and little children. But enough about this, don't want to give away too much. Now, the consequences."
"...How can I trust you," Naruto asked, seeing Orochimaru grin at that, once again approving.
"Because Naruto, I'm not a normal ninja like these here. I'll be up front about it, I want to use you for my own ends. But I will give you things in return, unlike them. You will always know where you stand with me and why. What I listed, that is just the beginning of the rewards I would shower you should you serve me well. These...people, they hate me, Naruto, because I dare defy them. But if you serve me, Naruto, they will hate you as well. Even greater than they already do. You could one day have the strength to be the greatest hokage there could ever be but they would deny you the title just to spite us. They did me, they will you. So, one outcast to another..." The devil put his hand through the bars in offer, temptingly waiting. "...Do we have a deal?"
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The following sections will also take place in Transitions. They too will focus on Orochimaru.
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Naruto looked to the offered hand and hesitated. "I do hope you agree Naruto-kun, and let me help Hinata. It would be the greatest of slights against the Hyuuga house."
"How so?"
"Why, it would render their judgement of her impotent. They kicked her from their house because they view her as worthless and yet, in just three years, I could have her quite fit for all things. Ku ku ku. It would burn their sides that they don't control her. And tied to you, tied to me, they would never reach her. Why, I could think of only one thing better, hope I would get justice in your place."
"How will you help me with that?"
"Oh, we could do to him what he did to her, let him leave after that. No ninja village would bother with him as anything he knows would be worthless about, and physically he couldn't do anything but beg for help. We could bring him back here to the village for trial. Or my personal favorite, use him to get justice on the ones that caused all this. You know it, Naruto, Neji would have been the start. It is Hyuuga Hiashi that truly is the cause of all this pain. He threw Hinata out, he pushed Neji into finally snapping. You know Neji only did this to spit in the face of Hiashi, to cripple a member of the main family and then to escape to another village to avoid punishment from them. And to give the Byakugan to another village, despite their best efforts to ensure that never happens. Give him back, you do the Hyuuga's work for them. But if you were to wait a few years... Why that would be more than enough time for Suna to start their own Hyuuga clan in their village, free of the constraint and rules of the elders of the clan. Why, I dare even say that the Hyuuga might just be counting on you to capture or possibly kill him. It keeps their nose clean and offers you as the sacrifice if someone wishes to make something of it. Letting him live there, that is what I would do to spite them."
"I will not forgive him."
"Oh no, Naruto-kun, never that. Hurt Hyuuga Neji in some unforgettable way, take an eye or a hand and foot and say you are giving it to Hinata, but don't do the Hyuuga's work for them. Maybe even sabotage their efforts to get him back."
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"Ah, Uchiha Sasuke, so nice to finally meet you," Orochimaru stated, walking into his recovery room with that smile on his face, the same the made Naruto's skin crawl.
"Do I know you?"
"No."
"Then why are you here?"
"I just came to talk, after all, you are teammates of Uzumaki Naruto," his grinned grew when he saw Sasuke visibly flinch, "and the little brother of the great Uchiha Slayer, Uchiha Itachi." Another flinch, a bigger smile. Sasuke clearly had never been used to find out about others more important than him.
"Get out."
"No, I don't think so," Orochimaru replied, taking a seat. When Sasuke glanced around, he said, "Oh don't worry, no pesky ANBU will interrupt our conversation."
"...You killed them?"
"No, better. I scare them." Now, Sasuke looked intrigued. "So, I wanted to know something. As the Code Black pardoned him of his crimes, it looks like Itachi is to be welcomed back with open arms."
"WHAT!?"
"Oh, I guess you weren't going to be told that," Orochimaru muttered. "Yes, he is. You see, when you teammate went on his rampage, ou pushing and prodding the whole way, the Hokage felt that it was too dangerous to continue things as normal. Good reason too, I'm fairly certain that had he not been stopped, Uzumaki Naruto would have torn the Hyuuga boy apart and then possibly look for others."
"...No, that dobe wouldn't lose control like that."
"Except at the bridge," Orochimaru encouraged. "Yes, I know all about your little adventure in Nami no Kuni, dozens dead, their bodies crushed and destroyed. Uzumaki has a rather...vicious streak in him when angered. Why, anyone that ever even pushed the girl might have been endangered." Orochimaru watched Sasuke closely, judging each shift, turn of the head, how he strained at his restraints. "Did you know that the Hyuuga girl was abused? Oh yes, and she has been sharing her pain with Uzumaki. The destruction he would have done if unleashed to his fullest...spectacular."
"Talking about the deaths of innocent people is spectacular?"
"Innocent? Let me tell you how innocent they are? Did you know that the elders regularly torture branch members? The ceremony to christen the a new heir has them using a seal to cause such intense pain until no less than three pass out from it? Three years ago, the Hyuuga did a mission for that very despot you help dispose to find a few individuals and make them have accidents that killed them, individuals that were going to close down parts of his drug trade and production. This was done under the table as it would look bad if the village was doing such missions."
"Why are you talking to me?"
"Just wondering what you are planning."
"What I plan doesn't matter."
"You're right! Plans put into actions do, until then they are worthless. Everyone has plans. The Hokage has a plan somewhere that will lead to the complete destruction of the Daimyo line, making him the ruler of Hi no Kuni. Course the Daimyo has plans to eliminate Konohagakure at a moment's notice as well."
Sasuke grew thoughtful here, not just about the change of direction. "...You don't really care, do you?"
"Oh?"
"You are after something else, not the dobe, not itachi, you are looking at me, and how I respond."
Raising his hands, Orochimaru gave a slow clap. "Kukuku, was I so obvious?"
"Its the only thing that made sense. The varied subjects, pushing topics, refusing to back down, how you watch me."
"...I have an issue, Sasuke, with individuals in this village and outside it. I am always on the look out for those that could aid me. I won't lie, I will be using you for my own purpose but I will reward you for that service. No, no, no, no questions at this time. We shall talk more. Just remember something in the coming hours. You are never being told the full truth. Even by the people you trust." Orochimaru stood up and walked out the room.
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This is an alternate version of Orochimaru tempting Naruto. He introduced himself to Naruto and would slowly talk to him, seeing him while he is imprisoned.
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"Just how would you help Hinata, exactly?"
Orochimaru grinned while moving a marble on his side of the board. "That is rather simple, Mr. Uzumaki, much like this game is."
"I know how to play," Naruto almost growled.
"Do you? You need a partner to play it, something I understand is in short supply for you growing up. Halma, or chinese checkers, has you moving pieces by having them hopping over each other. If you 'leap frog' an enemy token, you remove it. Like so." Orochimaru moved another piece several spaces, nearly putting it where it needed to be, making Naruto grumble. "How did you get this game in your cell? I don't think your little Hyuuga..."
"Hinata," Naruto corrected again.
"Hinata brought it down for you."
"...The Old Man had it put here to play with me. I told him to shove off."
Orochimaru nodded and waited for his turn to speak again. "Did you know that there is a cell that can do anything within a fetus?" At Naruto's look, Orochimaru smirked once more. "Oh yes, you don't know biology. It is called a stem cell, Mr. Uzumaki. I assume you have heard some interesting details about me, have you not?"
"...The Old Man said that you betrayed Konoha for immortality."
"Ah, that is a matter of perspective on who betrayed who. Semantics, really. But immortality, yes, that was and still is a means for my goal. I want knowledge, Mr. Uzumaki, and as knowledge continues to grow, I must be around to know it all. Really, if it wasn't for the how I go about it, I'm quite charismatic. Now, one of the means I thought about for immortality is stem cells."
"I don't see how that will heal Hinata, she doesn't want to live forever."
"You are correct in that context. And I have found that stem cells cannot aid me in living so. Instead I have found the potential to create thee elixer. The fabled curative that will heal any wound." Orochimaru chuckled as Naruto suddenly took several of his pieces. "I took a heart, Mr. Uzumaki, from a rat dead for three days, cleaned it of dead cells and decomposition, and then injected stem cells into it. In less than an hour, the heart was regenerated and usable. I have altered my body in a way that allows me to produce these cells in massive numbers in a healing jutsu. Most find it disturbing how I do but it is better than the alternative." Orochimaru moved his next piece.
And Naruto didn't move his. "Could these cells heal Hinata?"
"...Yes and no." Orochimaru folded his hands, taking a slow, deep breathe. "The eye is sensitive and complicated, a Hyuuga eye especially, but not beyond the recovery of these cells. The ovaries though..."
"What?"
"...Imagine this board as the ovarie of a woman at birth. At her first period, she releases an egg." Orochimaru removed a marble. "Then her next." Another marble. "And the following and so on. Have you seen me put any marbles back?"
"No."
"Because a woman never produces more. Her ovaries hold as many as she will get in her life from birth."
"So Hinata can't... Wait, you said that stem cells can replace ANY cell!"
Orochimaru began to smile again. "I truly don't see why any of your teachers thought you an idiot, I believe you to be quite observant. Yes, it could be possible to convert stem cells into eggs, the question though is how. Inject stem cells into your l...Hinata's ovaries would only heal the damage. If her eggs were destroyed," Orochimaru shrugged. "It could be possible to encourage them to repair the eggs as well. We shall see."
Naruto was quite as he replaced the pieces on the board. "Why isn't this more commonly used?"
"Kukukuku. Because it is morally questionable," Orochimaru told him happily. "Human's don't produce stem cells normally...but fertilized eggs do. And in extracting these cells, you destroy the fetus. Tsunade-chan, she developed a technique that shortens her life to heal any wound, i developed one that destroys a cell before its a life. And she receives the praise. Even if it can't do something like let a blind girl see again. Have a good day Mr. Uzumaki. Oh, and by the way, Tsunade knew about this too.
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Kabuto went over everything he knew and he still came up with nothing. "Lord Orochimaru, if I may ask you something?" Waiting until he nodded, Kabuto said, "You spoke to and offer both Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke almost the same thing in the end. Rewards for servitude to you. Yet my understanding of the two is that it is very unlikely that Sasuke would join if the Naruto already has." Again Orochimaru nodded, that smirk still in place. "So if you are after Sasuke, why try and claim both?"
"Always the good questions, my favored. Yes, Sasuke and his sharigan is the prize I desire. I sincerely doubt that he will accept my offer because no doubt, someone told him all about me within the hour."
"Then you want something else with Naruto."
"Correct, Kabuto. I didn't even lose time by doing this, no matter how this plays out, I only gain."
"...You seeded doubt and distrust," Kabuto realized.
"Yes. No matter what that is to follow, Konoha has lost something very important to them. This village, it has always held the Kyuubi. The other bijuu, they trade hands every few decades, either through being captured or desertion, but Konoha has held the strongest and the loyalty of it's Jinchuuriki."
"But if Naruto doesn't have any desire to fight for them," Kabuto led.
"Then they will have to force him to," Orochimaru said, the grin widening. "Otherwise, it would be no different than if Uzumaki abandoned this village. His little Hyuuga, like it or not, she is now drawn into this game of manipulation. They will use her, promises or threats, against him."
"If Uzumaki Naruto doesn't want to fight."
"Correct. But there is more. Even if Uzumaki isn't shaken, the village is. By now, the Hokage knows that Uzumaki knows he has been lied to, he will have to start making plans, control must be maintained."
"And eventually as they try to tighten around him..."
"They will push him away. And finally, there is just the third option. Against the odds of it, Uzumaki just might accept even knowing the strings that will be attached."
That made Kabuto frown. "Sasuke is clearly the better choice, he is stronger, smarter, better in every way."
"Ah, but he isn't in EVERY way. Under the constant burdens that the two has suffered under, Sasuke has given himself to it, would rather be buried than strive to overcome. He has surrendered while Uzumaki... He lives by the example of the Shodai."
"The First Hokage? How is that fool anything like him?"
"Ah yes, I nearly forgot. That statue might have you believe the man was always collected, stoic, focused, but the truth is, Senju Hashirama was a complete fool and weakling growing up. Far inferior to his brother Tobirama. But Uzumaki and Hashirama, men like these two fall only to get back up stronger than before. I believe that when Uzumaki grows into his true potential, he will be a force unto his own. Also wouldn't hurt to have the Kyuubi jinchuuriki on my side. As for this effecting my obtaining of Sasuke, I believe that when the boy learns the truth about the destruction of his clan, he isn't going to take it very well. At the very least, if I do gain Uzumaki and Sasuke doesn't want anything to do with him, he will also not want anything to do Konoha either. Maybe even take his father's belief within him, believe that the Uchiha clan truly deserved the be Hokage." Orochimaru laughed at that.
"Orochimaru-sama, you don't approve?"
"Fugaku was weak and arrogant, his clan not much better. Itachi...he is an exemplary but the rest... Too reliant on a tool." Kabuto linked in surprise, never having seen this part of his master before. "Kukuku, surprised? Despite knowing that I grew to be who I am without any such tools to aid me? That is all a kekkei genkai is, a tool. Look how weak the Hyuuga clan has become. They were once feared throughout the Elemental Continent as some of the greatest of ninja and yet now, you would be hard pressed to find any with expertise outside their taijutsu style. That is why, Kabuto, I am very careful about the bodies I choose. Those that has become dependent to something can never be truly fit for one such as I. By last count, how many kekkei genkai users are there in Oto or those that specialize in a single powerful field?"
"...Your Sound Five, Guren and her team... Far too many to list actually."
"And yet, I have always chosen away from them, haven't I? Circumstances different, I might have tried to mold Uzumaki into a body for me, the power that I would gain... Alas, with the Kyuubi, that would be a poor decision on my part. Akatsuki is mad enough at me. Regardless, Sasuke-kun. If he does abandon then I can claim him at my leisure while being given ample time to shape Uzumaki into a powerful tool. Should I gain both... Kukukuku. The rivalry these two share will always have them trying to out do the other. Expand one into a new area just a little, the other would strive to surpass them. I dare say that it would be easier to control and empower them if they both join."
"Would the Curse Seal work with Uzumaki?"
"Maybe, but I am actually more interested in seeing something else." Orochimaru had a very calculating look in his eye as he thought of something. "Would I even need to implant part of my chakra and soul?"
"Is that not how you control the barer through the seal?"
"Yes, that is the secondary purpose, but the seal was meant to draw in nature chakra and use my chakra to corrupt it into something usable for more normal individuals. Yet Uzumaki's chakra is already corrupted by the Kyuubi. Hmmm... So tempting to try it just to see what would happen. Never tried it with a jinchuuriki before."
"A curious thought, to be sure. What are the chances, if Uzumaki did join you, that you would be able to help the girl?"
Orochimaru snorted but not for what Kabuto thought. "I am a man of my word, it would be easy. The human eyes never change size, they are the same from birth to grave. Nine months to grow the eyes, three eyes to mature the ovaries to the correct stage. Hmmm."
"More thoughts and plans?"
"Just a way to get Uzumaki to my side on a less permament basis. I could use the organs as payment. Yes, Have Uzumaki do things for me and in return said organs. I gain the power of a jinchuuriki while avoiding Akatsuki's wrath while Uzumaki's little Hyuuga still gets her eyes and ovaries. Kukuku, do I ever stop planning?"
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Naruto just stared and listened to Sarutobi as he recanted what his advisors had said in regards to Naruto and what he had learned from Tsunade and Jiriaya. "Now, Naruto, I have to ask you questions so that I can make a decision on a fourth option." Naruto remained silent, glancing at the three Sannin waiting outside his cell, particularly the smirking one standing alone. Orochimaru just raised his hand, as if to say he told him so. "Naruto?"
"...I finally understand what he meant."
Hiruzen followed his gaze and looked at Orochimaru. "What he meant?"
"Yes. Orochimaru said that 'it was a matter of perspective on who betrayed who'. I understand what he meant."
"Naruto, Orochimaru is..."
"I know who he is," Naruto interrupted. "He is the ONLY person that has ever told me the truth. Kinda sad, really, that of the people here, the great doctor, the brilliant spy master, the 'honorable' Hokage and the murderous traitor, the one that has held nothing back is the one I shouldn't trust. I know there is a law, that you made, that hides not just what I am but also WHO I am. And now you come to me with this, death at the hands of Hyuuga Hiashi. Heh, can't say I'm surprised on that one. Turned into a heartless, soulless weapon by this Danzou guy. Or locked in a cell for the rest of my unnatural life, only to be taken out when needed and then be shoved back into it once the danger is over. Like I said, I understand what he meant."
Sarutobi Hiruzen remained silent, offering a weak glare at Orochimaru who only smiled in return. "...Yes, Naruto, I lied. Had the truth been revealed, you would have been in unspeakable danger. I doubt you would be alive by now if I hadn't. I am sorry if you feel betrayed by that."
"Betrayed, by that? Oh, no, no, no, Honorable Hokage, this goes FAR beyond being a little betrayed over not being told who I am. I tried to defend Hinata while everyone else was just going to let that bastard go and I'm the one in trouble." Naruto paused for a moment, licking his lips to find the right words here. "Were it not for Hinata, I would deny all of you and kill myself in the way of my choosing. No public execution by the Hyuuga, no weapon for 'Danzou', no tool to be pulled out when needed for everyone else, and no Kyuubi to be shoved into some other innocent child!" Naruto took a deep breath to calm himself, noticing Orochimaru almost looked proud at his proclamation. "But there is Hinata, and I love her more than I would deny you. So fine. Just stop lying to me and we can talk. For once in both our lives, tell the truth."
"...You are the son of Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina, the Fourth Hokage and his wife. You were chosen by your father to be a jinchuuriki because it is tradition that all jinchuuriki to choose a relative a one of the five Kages to prevent them from abandoning their village."
"...And how well does that work, out of curiosity?"
"Not very well, four out of nine Jinchuuriki has abandoned their village," Orochimaru stated. "I'm certain lucky number seven would have as well if her village didn't have something forcing her obedience."
"...Well, that sounds about right," Naruto grumbled. "How many in this village knows not only the law but the details?"
Sarutobi hesitated in answering, he did not want to say this. "Everyone in this room, Kakashi, my advisors, many of the clan heads, my most trusted ANBU. Anyone that knows the tradition about Jinchuuriki and knows you are. I imagine that means all of Suna by now. I expect it will be widely known by the end of the month."
"So...this secret was really only a secret from me, huh, that actually hurts less than I thought it was going to." Naruto's face pinched in thought and asked, "Does Hiashi know?"
"Hiashi? Why do you want to know about him in particular?"
"Because he is the one that calls for my death, because he is the one that has hurt Hinata the most. Does he know and just not care? If he didn't know, would he have jumped to have some connection between him and all the power that comes from the Yondiame's name. Could all of this have been avoided?" Now, Orochimaru was really grinning. The man really thought his short time in prison was doing the boy wonders.
"...I honestly can't say if it would have..." He stopped when Naruto's face twisted into a scowl.
"No, no more lying, you do know."
"...Hiashi was looking for any reason to remove Hinata from his clan. If the chance came up that it would also connect him to your father," Naruto glared at that, "he would have taken it, yes."
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Now, there is more to these chains of thoughts but the remains shall be part of the plot of 'For the Good of the One.' This story shall be the same until the time spent out of the village preparing for Akatsuki. The important parts of it is that periodically while away, the members of the team will change their appearance to avoid notice, and that while away, Konoha will have orders for them as in feild agents, acting on Konoha's behalf. So while some things that happened in Naruto didn't happen, others will. And others things that weren't suppose to happen did. Side note for later, Naruto has met Terumi Mei.