Immediate Consequences

Konoha

It has been two months since Uzumaki Naruto has been banished. The overall sphere in the village hidden in the leafs was festive but the Hokage and members of the shinobi council were far from pleased. First of all the people from the village hidden in the Sand had sent a diplomatic envoy asking why Naruto was banished. When the council did answered that Naruto was a jinchuriki that was out of control and the envoy saw the festive atmosphere they concluded that Naruto had been banished just for being a jinchuriki, while Konoha turned a blind eye to the betrayal committed by Sasuke. The banishment of a jinchuriki that had yet to kill anyone did not sit entirely well for the people of Suna because they had experience with a jinchuriki that was out of control. Suna also did not like that the traitor Sasuke got away unscathed. After all Suna risked some shinobi to prevent him from falling into the hands of Orochimaru and Konoha did not even doubt him. In fact, he was worshiped even more. After the group had returned to Suna and explained to the council that Konoha was not a trustworthy ally the alliance was voided. When the Wind daimyo caught wind of it and demanded an explanation, the council of the village hidden in the sand was happy to explain to him that a place that banished people for doing their job and awarded people that committed treason was a recipe for disaster. Upon hearing the explanation the Wind daimyo declared that Konoha ninja were no longer welcome in his country.

It became even worse for the village when word of Naruto's banishment reached Spring Country. To say their daimyo was pissed was an understatement. The princess declared to cancel their trade agreement and that all their missions would go elsewhere. She even declared Konoha ninja to be unwelcome in Spring and the Spring country film crew for the 'Princess Gale' movies flat out refused to take any film scenes in the land of Fire. At around the same time word reached Wave country and they decided to cancel their treaty as well after paying of the last of their dept. Then Konoha was declared unwelcome.

The worst part about the loss of their treaties was not the fact that the treaties were lost but that the everyone outside of the hidden leaf could understand why they were lost but the people inside had made their own conclusions. The civilian part of the council just kept moaning and complaining that the demon brat cost them all of their alliances even after he got banished. But the worst thing that was what had happened during that meeting. Just when everyone thought that they could not hate the demon brat more.


Leaf council room, 6 weeks earlier

Today was the day some members of the council looked forward to. They were just starting the long awaited meeting to have the jinchuriki placed in the bingo book. The two week delay was mostly because Tsunade always found something better to discuss during the meetings. After all the village was in ruins after Orochimaru's surprise attack and Sasuke was starting to recover from his injuries. Also on the agenda during the last weeks was the increasingly difficult attitude of some of the hidden leafs allies. Little did the council know that that meeting would get an interesting twist.

"I say we put him in the Bingo Book with a A rank bounty on his head with kill on sight order." yelled a civilian council member. Just then the doors flew open. "Who dares interfere with this closed council meeting?" demanded Hiashi. "I dare Hyuuga" bellowed the Fire Daimyo. Hiashi flinched at hearing the words and tone of the Fire daimyo. "Now then, I heard from a reliable source that you banished a boy for the sole reason of being the container of the Nine-tailed Fox and wanted to add him to the Bingo Book." continued the Fire daimyo.

"You must have heard incorrectly. While that is a very good reason it is not the only reason." started Hiashi.

"And what other reasons are there then?" demanded the Fire daimyo. Hiashi did not answer so the daimyo continued. "He hurt the Uchiha" a civilian council member informed the Fire daimyo. The Fire daimyo was not having it however and stated that that was only after the Uchiha went rogue.

"Okay these are my orders. The boy, Uzumaki Naruto, will not be added to the Bingo Book. This is for four reasons. First you banished him, because of that his ninja license has been revoked. As a consequence he is not a ninja and thus can not be a missing nin. Second, he did not commit any crimes, so I see no reason to add him to the Bingo Book. The last reason is strictly political. He was born the son of Kushina Uzumaki, and consequently was born as an allied daimyo to my nation. On top of that he has ties and friendships with a few other daimyo and in some nations he is even considered a hero. My own political influence would decrease if he were to be added to the Bingo Book and we would be breaking a lot of peace treaties. I also need to inform you that your decision to banish him from the Fire country is already lifted for the same reasons. You will also stop sending hunter nin after him." instructed the Fire daimyo with a very authoritative voice.

"But my lord, he is a danger to our village. He might come back for revenge. you can't just do something like that." interjected Danzo.

"And whose fault is that? Besides last time I checked, I was the daimyo, not you Danzo." countered the Fire daimyo.

The civilian council decided to voice their protests but a sharp glare from their lord shut them up. The daimyo took a deep breath anticipating the reaction he would get from the council on the next subject. "That brings us to the second point of coming here. It has come to my attention that this council decided not to punish the Uchiha for defecting." started the Fire daimyo. A civilian council member immediately expanded on that in hope that the Fire daimyo would not do anything. "Of course we did not punish him. He was under the influence of the curse mark. Councillor Utatane said so herself." "That may be but would Naruto not go unpunished for the same reason because he was influenced as well. Additionally, counselor Utatane is not a seal master and thus cannot make such statements with any kind of authority. Lastly, I heard that the curse mark was sealed so Sasuke could not fall under its influence. This all leads to the conclusion that you let him get away with treason because he is your precious Uchiha. My orders are as follows: Sasuke Uchiha will be under house arrest for 4 years and have his ninja license revoked."

The civilian council was outraged about this and tried to convince the daimyo by stating that doing that will weaken the village. The Fire daimyo glared at them to shut them up to continue his speech.

"During his house arrest he will not be taught any ninja skills. Should I find Naruto in the Bingo Book for any reason without my approval in advance, you continue to send hunter nin of any kind after him or you lift Sasuke's punishment, I will execute all of you for treason against the land of fire and I will change Sasuke's punishment into execution as well.". That made all the council members protests die in their throats. They now knew that the Fire daimyo was serious. "Worse still, your actions put the land of fire in a bad daylight and our external trade has reduced slightly. So I will take the missing part of our finance from the villages cut of my budget." stated the daimyo.