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The Fire Dynamo was not in a good mood, his cousin Minato Namizaki just sacrificed himself to seal away the nine tailed fox after he escaped from his seal under mysterious circumstances. And who did Minato seal the great fox into? His recently born son Naruto
And somehow the people already know of the fox being sealed into Naruto and are calling for his death, not knowing who his parents are. This wasn't going to stand, Naruto was family after all and he wasn't going to let family be mistreated
All this was going on in the Fire Dynamo's head while the shinobi and civilian counsel argued about Naruto's fate. Hiruzen had shot down Danzo's offer to take the child in to raise him as a weapon right away, sighting the fact that Minato wanted Naruto to be seen as a hero and grow to love the village. However there were still members of the counsel arguing for Naruto to be given over to Danzo
The dynamo however noticed that Hiruzen was tired and figured that the man really did not want to take the hat back, but there wasn't anyone who could take the hat currently. The people who were qualified to take the hat either had died in the kyuubi attack or didn't want the hat in the first place, or would lead the village into darkness
Eventually the man had enough and coughed to bring the attention to himself as the conversation wasn't going in Naruto's favor
"What is dynamo-sama?" asked one of the elders
"As the ruler of Fire Country I have decided what will become of young Naruto" replied the man
"I take it that you agree that the child is best taken care of by me?" asked Danzo who was thinking everything he could do with such a weapon under his direct control
"Hell no" snapped the dynamo "Naruto is to stay as far away from you and your illegal ROOT"
Everyone was alarmed by the Fire Dynamo's reaction as they didn't expect him to do so
"Dynamo-sama care to tell us what you wish to become of young Naruto" asked Hiashi Hyuga
"I want what Minato wished to be up held" answered the dynamo
"Why? He's the kyuubi reincarnate" demanded the head of the Uchiha clan
"I will not let my cousin's son be called or treated as a monster" snapped the dynamo angrily as he stood to his feet
"W-w-w-wha-what are you talking about?" asked one of civilian counselors in disbelief
"You heard me right, Minato was my cousin on my mother's side" explained the dynamo "And I know for a fact that Minato married Kushina Uzumaki, seeing how I was the one who married them in secret with only Jiraiya being present to their wedding"
"Where is Jiraiya anyway?" asked Hiruzen "I sent word for him to get here as fast as he could, and that was three days ago"
"I'm right here sensei" said Jiraiya who looked rather haggered "I got here not long ago, but I had to check up on my godson and the seal on him before I reported to you"
"And how is the seal?" asked Hiruzen
"It's perfectly fine, it's one of Uzumaki origin" answered Jiraiya "It's not going to break anytime soon"
"Is the kyuubi a threat to his psyche?" asked Hiashi
"Na, given what I know about the fox he's not going to bring harm to Naruto" answered Jiraiya
"Care to explain Lord Jiraiya?" asked Hiashi in confusion "It almost sounds like you've spoken to the fox before"
"Not personally, but both Minato and Kushina had spoken to the fox numerous times before" answered Jiraiya "Which makes the fox's actions the other day very confusing"
"Confusing? How?" asked Danzo suspiciously
"While the fox is indeed filled with hate and anger, the flack it had the village had been mostly dealt with by Minato and Kushina" explained Jiraiya "The fox according to them liked the philosophy behind the Will of Fire, and under normal circumstances would not attack the village if he somehow managed to escape his seal"
"That's preposterous!" yelled the Uchiha head "You're just trying to defend the demon brat!"
"Guards off with his head now!" yelled the dynamo in anger as he stood
The Uchiha head suddenly found himself headless before he knew what happened, with the dynamo's guards retreating back into the shadows
"If I hear Naruto being referred to as a demon that person will be killed on the spot" warned the dynamo as he glared at the other people in the room
"I agree to that wholeheartedly" said Hiruzen
"Good to know" said the dynamo "And for your information I can confirm Jiraiya's claim as I have met the kyuubi personally thanks to Minato and Kushina's help, and the kyuubi indeed said that he wouldn't attack Kohona if he could help it"
"If that's true... then why did the fox attack?" asked one of the civilians
"Someone had taken over the kyuubi's mind, it's the only explanation" answered the dynamo
"Who could do that?" asked Tsume Inuzuka
"As far as I know only person known to control the kyuubi was Madra Uchiha, but he died years ago" answered the dynamo
"So one of the Uchihas are responsible for what happened?" asked Hiashi
"It is possible that some of them know what went on behind the scene, but for most or all of them being in on it is highly unlikely" answered Jiraiya "I'm going to look into it as soon as I can, but at the moment finding Orochimaru and threats from the other villages is more important right now"
"I'll launch an investigation into it" said the dynamo
"Good to know, but now lets move on to what is to be done with Naruto" said Hiruzen
"If needed I'll take Naruto to the capital to grow up there" said the dynamo "But I'm going to respect Minato's last wish and let him grow up here in his parent's home"
"But if people know who his parents are, his parent's enemies are going to come after him" said Hiruzen
"I own a apartment complex nearby where Naruto can safely grow up" said Jiraiya
"I also want Kakashi Hakate to watch over him, I know there are people who are going to try to take their anger on Naruto no matter what we say" said the dynamo "But I want to know what are you going to do for Naruto Jiraiya, you are his godfather after all"
"As much as I'd like to take care of him, I'm terrible with young kids and babies" answered Jiraiya "I'll send him some money each month separate from the orphan's allowance he'll get until he become a ninja, after that I'll teach him what Minato would have taught him"
"And how much is that again?" asked the daimyo "For some reason the amount of money orphans get has gone down for some odd reason from what my men have told me"
"I wasn't aware it had gone down, how much has it dropped daimyo-sama?" asked Hiruzen
"By over forty percent" answered the daimyo angerly "And I can imagine where a good number of those orphans wind up going, am I right DANZO"
"I don't know what you're talking about" said Danzo
"Don't lie to me, I'm aware of Root and it's illegal activities Danzo and I am ordering you to stop whatever plans you might have and shut Root down immediately or I will have you and your men killed for high treason"
Danzo knew he was done for as the daimyo had more resources and men than he did and could easily take out him and his Root with little trouble. So he bowed his head and backed out of the room
"Now that is taken care of
