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ITALICS – Thinking

BOLD – demon talk/jutsu

Chapter Three: A Ghost Rises Part Two

Screams of two people, one male and one female are heard in the T&I chambers; who could be going through a grueling torture as of this moment you ask? Homura and Koharu are the answer and it all revolves around the incident in the Hokage Office before Naruto got his mission. Once he reported back, Ibiki told Naruto that he would use the old coots as practice so here we are in the present with Naruto enacting punishment on his targets.

Koharu spits blood onto Naruto's combat boots angering him "You won't get squat…your mask and your glowing demon eyes don't scare me!"

Naruto chuckles, his demonic voice resounding in the chamber "Oh, I beg to differ; we have been at this for an hour now and I grow tired of this pointless bickering back and forth. Tell me, do you know the one thing almost all people fear the most?"

Homura grunts "And what would that be; like I care, you won't get any information from us!"

Naruto grins evilly behind his mask making Kurama chuckle in his mind as he knew what was going to happen next; Naruto nods to Ibiki, Anko, and the Hokage who were watching behind the glass. Ibiki grins and flips the light switch to the room to the off position; it was now completely dark.

Homura and Koharu attempt to see anything in the dark abyss that was their interrogation chamber but no windows allowed light to filter in; what they heard next started to break their psyche little by little.

"Welcome to the darkness, my home, my playground. I want to play a game, 20 questions if you will. For every lie I hear you will acquire an injury; each lie equals a harsher punishment. So, would you like to begin?"

Back outside the Hokage's eyes widen "Damn Ibiki, what did you teach him even I am having a hard time not shitting myself."

Anko and Ibiki stifle a laugh "Nothing, he just took Anko and I's form plus his readings and his own skill set and made his own style which I personally like."

The Hokage shakes his head in amazement and goes back to listening to the interrogation as nothing could be seen. A couple curses from the advisors went out signaling that they did not want to play but Naruto would have none of that.

"First question, what are you views on Naruto Uzumaki?"

"Fucking demon brat!" both angrily spit but soon cries out in pain as they feel kunai pin their hands to the armrests of the chairs they are strapped to.

"Hmm, partly true but the law is still in effect so I would watch yourselves for now on." Naruto paces the dark room and hums "Second Question, why are you worried about the whereabouts of one Naruto Uzumaki?"

Koharu grunts out "He is our weapon and as such we need to keep tabs on him to ensure he is loyal."

Homura finishes "Once he is loyal, we will hand him over to a special person for training."

Naruto places his gloved hands on the advisors heads making them flinch; he breathes into their necks "I find your words truthful so no punishment will be had; next questions. Who is this person you speak of and are you in conjunction with them so that you could assassinate the Hokage?"

"WE WON'T TELL YOU SHIT!" The advisors roar out

"A shame, that's three out of the four questions failed." Naruto's red eyes come from the darkness freaking out the advisors "It seems I have to upgrade to poison."

The advisors feel a prick in their right arms and soon a burning sensation goes throughout their body. Naruto tells them what the poison does but exaggerates a bit to get his desired result.

"I have injected you with a truth serum with an added benefit of my own design. This added benefit will increase your nerves making each touch I make feel like knives rending your flesh from your bones and also liquefy your organs in a matter of, oh I don't know, about five minutes."

"YOU LIE!" both yell out in slight fear, a feeling Naruto basks in.

Naruto grabs both by the throat and leans in close to their ears "Oh no, I am truthful person and usually very nice but sadly for you I can see through your bullshit making me very…temperamental." He releases the advisors and asks the fifth question "What was your reason for speaking with the Hokage about the whereabouts of Naruto Uzumaki?"

The truth serum, the only thing Naruto injected them with, starts to work; Homura and Koharu start to tell what their true intentions were.

Homura tries to fight but grunts out "We…we wanted to know where Naruto was so that we could…could execute him."

Koharu finishes "making Sarutobi weak and in emotional distress so we can then assassinate him as well."

Naruto walks around the dark room and hums "I see, I see, but I feel you are hiding something. Tell me, who ordered the attacks on Naruto Uzumaki and what was your ulterior motive for the assassination for the Hokage and the demon brat as you so put it?"

Koharu sighs "We felt that Sarutobi was catching onto our dirty dealings with clan heads and Konoha itself."

Homura finishes "With Sarutobi and Naruto out of the picture nobody would put focus onto our stealing monetary funds from clans and Konoha."

"And the attacks on Naruto Uzumaki?"

Homura gulps "Danzo, the civilian council, and us met in secret and organized the attacks hoping that the brat would become weak and beg us for help to become stronger."

Naruto smirks under his mask and unseals two senbon out of his glove then sticks them in the center of the back of the neck. He explains what he is doing.

"What you have done warrants execution so I will gladly do as such in accordance with Konoha law. What I have done is placed senbon on the main blood vein which sends the life substance your body needs to all your major organs to your brains; once I release this the blood that has now pooled in your head will rush downwards out your mouth, nose, ears, and eyes; a quick but painful death."

Ibiki, Anko, and the Hokage close their eyes knowing that the deed needed to be done but having a ten year old do this was disheartening which all three did not like one bit.

"Final question, is Danzo this person whom you spoke of?"

"Yes and we don't feel one shred of remorse for what we have done!" Koharu speaks for her friend Homura with an angry tone.

Naruto chuckles "Well then, I have no further questions and I thank you for playing…goodbye advisors may the Shinigami enjoy your soul."

With that, Naruto pulls out the senbon dropping them to the floor with a metallic clink sounding as they hit; he calmly walks out of the room hearing the ex-advisors choking on their own blood.

Outside the Room

The door opens making Anko, Ibiki, and the Hokage look at Naruto with grim expressions on their faces. Sarutobi walks up to him and puts his hands on his shoulders then sighs.

"I wish that no 10 year old had to do what you just did but I thank you for getting the necessary information; you and I will be keeping closer tabs on Danzo however."

Naruto takes off his mask showing his icy blue eyes and whiskerless face but smiles "I have been trained by the best and can shut off my emotions when need be so don't worry about me becoming an emotionless weapon for your gain. Anyway, I suggest you gather Tsunade and Jiraiya for the new advisors as they know what the Shinobi lifestyle is like."

Sarutobi smiles and ruffles Naruto's short brown hair "I think you are right and I have just the thing to get both to come back."

Naruto nods and replaces his mask "If you'll excuse me Hokage-sama, I have to go train then eat lunch though you can summon me if something comes up."

Naruto walks into the nearest shadow, teleporting to the T&I training ground. Ibiki and Anko just shake their head knowing that the harsh training has turned an innocent child into a deadly force and seasoned Shinobi too soon for his time. Hiruzen sighs but smiles back at Ibiki and Anko then Shunshins to his office to send out letters to both his students; they would arrive back two months later. It was then that they met Oni; well Tsuande did as Jiraiya taught him all there was to know about sealing.

Hokage Tower- Office

A knock is heard on the door which the Sandaime tells whomever to enter in his calming ancient voice which was filled with wisdom. He smiles as he sees the two people he sent for two months prior; Tsuande and Jiraiya.

"Hey Sensei!" They proclaim happily but then see the stern look on his face; Jiraiya quickly closes the door and sets up seals for privacy.

"Thank you Jiraiya, now we can begin but first, please take a seat my old students."

Both do with a slightly confused look on their faces; Sarutobi sighs at this and packs his pipe with fresh tobacco then lit it. After a few puffs, he began.

"Two months ago my old advisors were interrogated then executed on the spot after they admitted to wanting to kill Naruto Uzuamki and I so that it would put the village's mind elsewhere then their stealing monies from Konoha and the Clans we have. Also, they were working with Danzo whom I believe you have heard about already."

Both nod and stay silent as they knew that when Sensei was talking this calmly, yet with a stern tone and his pipe in his mouth, it was a serious matter. Sarutobi chuckled slightly at how Tsuande and Jiraiya reacted but he happily puffed on his pipe and continued.

"As of right now we have enough evidence to execute the bastard but I believe he is hiding something but that is where my special ANBU comes in. Before we get to that, there is a reason I called you back; you will become my advisors. This is not a choice, you will do so or I will strip you of your title and label you a missing-nin."

"Hai Sensei." Tsuande and Jiraiya agree with a sigh at the end.

Sarutobi nods "Good. Now on top of being advisors I have other jobs for you. Tsunade, I am giving you S-rank pay to revamp the hospital and get our doctors and nurses up to the proper training. Jiraiya, you are to keep you spy system up and running but make this as you base of operations and also set up a system inside Konoha as well. Any questions?"

Both Sannin shake their head which makes the Hokage smile and motions for Oni to come out. Tsunade has a mini heart attack seeing what looked to be a 10 year old kid meld out of the shadow near the Hokage's desk; seeing this made Jiraiya and Sarutobi smirk.

"You called Hokage-sama?"

"Yes Oni, I am sure you heard what was going on so to the point. You will help Jiraiya set up his spy network inside Konoha as well as anything else you deem necessary. Also, I wish to speak with you after my new advisors are dismissed."

Oni nods "Hai Hokage-sama and I believe that security needs a revamp; I have memorized the patterns of all security, even your barrier team and the gate guards. Their performance is severely lacking and there are holes everywhere; the gate guards sleep and play Go Fish, the ANBU don't follow their route, and your barrier team just jokes around while letting the barrier fall for two hours without realizing it."

Sarutobi blasts the area with KI making Tsuande and Jiraiya sweat while Oni just stands there unfazed as Kurama blasted Naruto with his as he slept; it was effective. In the process of doing this, Hiruzen crushed his pipe into tiny pieces.

"I was notified that the guards were doing their jobs not…THIS!"

Oni clears his throat "It seems that someone has been able to access confidential and top secret files from your office and I have a hunch as to who but we will discuss that after your advisors leave."

Sarutobi nods and motions for Tsuande and Jiraiya to get to work; the silencing seals drop but get put back up as the two leave. Once they are back up, the Sandaime opens a secret compartment in his desk and pulls out a manila folder filled with documents. Oni looks at the folder and points signaling a 'may I' which Sarutobi gives the go ahead. For the next three hours Oni goes over the files as Sarutobi does his paperwork, eventually Oni starts to speak again.

"Hmm, I see that you and the Yondaime spent a lot of time trying to put Danzo in his place. Sadly, the only thing I found interesting is a person called Sai, no surname, no background, no family, nothing. He seems to be loyal to Danzo's cause and would like to question him if able."

The Hokage smiles and drops the seals while Oni slides into the shadows; using the intercom, Sarutobi tells his secretary to have an ANBU fetch Sai and bring him into the Hokage Office. She signals back a confirmation and within 10 minutes the ANBU arrives with Sai in tow.

"Sorry Hokage-sama, he was a little difficult to find but nonetheless, Sai is here at your request."

"Thank you ANBU-san, you are dismissed."

The ANBU bows and shunshins out while Oni uses the shadows to get behind Sai then pinch a nerve on his neck knocking him out before Sai could speak. He nods to the Hokage and heads back to T&I, package in tow.

T&I Interrogation Chamber

Ibiki was walking down the corridors of T&I when he suddenly saw the shadow to his right form into two humanoid shapes; he sighs and waits for Naruto and whomever to appear. Ibiki looks at the pale faced boy then at Naruto and smirks.

"Got another one I see." Oni nods "No need to ask, you can use the room five feet to your left. Oh and have fun." Ibiki cheerfully adds at the end making Naruto smirk underneath his mask while he led Sai to the room and strapped him in a chair.

"Hey dickless, did I do something?"

"Oh, this one's going to be fun Kit."

"I can't maim Sai as he holds vital information and I caught glimpse of a seal on his tongue when talking; those documents that Sarutobi gave me said that was a possible loyalty seal."

Kurama's ears fold against his scalp in a sad manner then pouts "Aw, I wanted to see some action. Can you at least bleed him a little?"

"NO! And to help you with your bloodlust, here is a Madara chew toy."

A chibi Madara appears in the mindscape which Kurama sees and smirks "Thanks Kit…Come here LUNCH!"

As Kurama chases his toy Naruto gets to work; before Sai can speak Naruto puts senbon into either side of his neck putting him in a death like state. He opens Sai's mouth, pulls out his tongue to look at the seal and hums in thought. He pulls out his brush from one of his pouches and starts to go to work.

"A little stroke here, a mark there, add chakra," Naruto puts his brush away and puts his middle and pointer finger from his right hand onto the seal and adds chakra; it burns away. "And now to wake up our target to see what happens."

Naruto takes out the senbon carefully then slaps Sai across the face to wake him up.

"Wakey, Wakey!"

Sai looks around with a confused look on his face which Naruto notices "Where am I, did you save me from that evil man?"

Naruto was surprised at Sai's behavior but replied quickly "You mean Danzo correct, the man with all the bandages on his face?"

Sai nods "Yah, that's his name and…GACK!"

Naruto notices something glowing on his chest and quickly rips off Sai's shirt to find a forbidden chakra network destroyer seal. "SHIT!" Naruto quickly takes out his scroll of sealing utensils, bites his thumb and draws it across the scroll after unraveling it. He quickly grabs parchment and his stylus which he dips in ink; acting fast he scribbles a negation seal on the paper then slams it on Sai's chest while adding chakra.

"SEAL!"

The seal stops glowing making Naruto sigh in relief then looks at Sai's scared and frightened eyes.

"P…please, no more pain." Sai whimpers.

"Are there any other seals you know of that Danzo applied to you?" Sai shakes his head making Naruto sigh "Stay right here."

"Don't leave me!"

Naruto was about to leave until he heard this, although he was supposed to be professional in this attire Naruto couldn't help but see those eyes, those sad and depressed, lonely eyes that were like his many years ago. Naruto makes a clone and sends it off to find Jiraiya while he questions Sai further.

"Sai, I need to know what Danzo is planning if you can remember."

Sai thinks but then winces in slight pain "I'm trying but something's…blocking it."

"Great, a mind lock seal; Jiraiya better get here to undo that and any others or my hopes of using Sai as a means to get information on the base is doomed."

Call for the devil and he shall appear as the saying goes; sure enough Jiraiya came with Naruto's clone in tow which poofs away.

"What do you need Oni?" Jiraiya cautiously says as to not give away Naruto's identity.

"I took off the seal on the tongue of Sai here where his attitude did a complete 180. He went from stubborn and loyal to what I was as a child. That and when I asked about Danzo…" Naruto just pointed at Sai's chest making Jiraiya's eyes widen "I need for you to check for any other seals especially a mind-blocker."

The Toad Sage nods and spends the next 10 minutes going around and scanning for seals; he finds and destroys a total of four. It was the chakra network destroyer seal, mind-blocker, memory seal, and a kill switch. Naruto thanks Jiraiya and the man smiles and nods then poofs away going to do the task he was originally assigned to. Naruto looked as Sai was holding his head with his eyes closed; he was reliving locked away memories. Soon though Sai recovered and gave Naruto a sincere smile, then in a calm voice spoke out.

"Thank you whoever you are, with the seals gone I have relieved my life ever since I was kidnapped to what Danzo had me do. Call a council meeting with the Hokage, Itachi, Shisui, the advisors, and us of course. There is something that Danzo has planned for a while and there is a chance to stop it before it happens."

Naruto's eyes widen behind his mask and quickly nod; he unties Sai then shunshins them to the Hokage Office to set everything up.

Council Chambers – 10 minutes later

The Hokage, Itachi, Shisui, Sai, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Oni were all sitting around the table inside a sealed council room ready to begin what Sai was to discuss though Sarutobi had to get one thing off his chest first.

"Thank you all for coming but before we begin, this meeting is a SS-rank secret as Oni is in attendance. He is a special ANBU and that is all that I am giving you for information; want more then too bad. Sai, you can report."

Sai stands and nods "Thank you Hokage-sama. I want to first bring up that if not for Oni, I would have never gotten back to the way I was before Danzo kidnapped me; speaking of the mummy, he is the sole reason of this meeting." Sai looks at Shisui and Itachi "Tell me Uchiha-sans, have you heard about a potential coup that your clan is planning?"

Itachi's eyes go wide while Shisui sighs and nods "Yes, I overheard Fugaku talk about it about six months ago but he went from a kind and caring man to bitter and evil a year ago."

Itachi hums in thought "You know, now that you mention it, my father has been acting strange lately."

Sarutobi looked worried and motioned for Sai to continue "If you would explain please?"

Sai nods and frowns, his voice growing stern "I'm not going to sugarcoat it or go into explanation but Danzo has your father under a genjutsu as well as others in the clan; disrupt Fugaku's genjutsu and your clan should be free."

Tsuande finally speaks up "Why am I sensing a 'but' here?"

Sai quips "Do you want a prize?"

Everyone chuckles as Tsunade flips Sai off muttering 'smartass' under her breath; Sai continues in a somber tone.

"Yes, I fear that Danzo will realize this happening and send his agents after you though that gives me an opportunity to sneak in the base and grab the documents needed to bring the mummy down."

Oni speaks with his demonic voice "We already have the evidence to kill him, after I am done in the Uchiha district I will personally hunt down Danzo and finish him off once and for all. And soon, my second phase will commence." He thinks at the end.

The Hokage sighs "If you wish to do so Oni, then go ahead and do so as I will forward the evidence to the Daimyo as to why we executed him."

Oni nods as does Tsuande and Jiraiya in acceptance.

Itachi turns to Shisui "Can you disrupt my father's genjutsu; you have the Mangekyou Sharingan after all."

Shisui smirks "And? You have one as well buddy." He playfully hits Itachi on the shoulder making everyone bear witness to one of Itachi's rare smiles.

"Yah, but you have had yours longer then me plus I don't think I can live with attacking my own father." Itachi sighs at the end which Shisui silently nods accepting his task.

Jiraiya speaks up for the first time and asks a serious question to Sai "How can Danzo put Fugaku under a genjutsu that strong and for that long?"

Sai drops his head in shame and puts a teary eyed gaze toward the two Uchiha "Itachi, Shisui I am sorry to say this but the reason he wanted this coup to be set up is so that he can inform the Hokage about it then get you to kill your clan. After that was done he would steal 10 sharingan eyes and implant them in his bandaged arm that supposedly contains Hashirama's genes."

"WHAT!" Everyone blurts out, not believing what they are hearing.

"And that's not the worst part, underneath that bandage on his face is a Sharingan eye; at first he was going to kill you, Shisui, to get it but instead used one from a clan member that stumbled into his base by accident."

The Sandaime puts his hands over his face and drags them down with a heavy sigh; in a sad and depressed tone, one which shocked all to see the Hokage use, he slowly barked out orders.

"Itachi, Shisui Oni, head to the Uchiha district and disrupt the genjutsu and take out any ROOT if they show up. Sai, you are to help Oni into the ROOT base once fighting stops. Tsuande, Jiraiya you are to standby while I gather the Shinobi side of the council to discuss plans to rid of Danzo once and for all."

Oni snaps his head over to his superior "Hokage-sama, please tell me you aren't going to do what I think you are doing."

The Hokage nods making everyone else look at him in wonder "Yes, as of now Konoha is under Marshall Law, nobody goes in and nobody goes out. If anyone disrespects my authority and/or orders I will kill them myself as I have no tolerance for excuses. As of this moment I declare Konoha to be at Civil War. You have your tasks…dismissed!"

"Hai Hokage-sama!" everyone else choruses and head off to do their tasks while Oni smirks beneath his mask.

"Martial law, complete lockdown, oh this makes my job so much easier."

"Indeed Kit, I look forward to helping you. Are you still working on that seal by any chance?"

"Yes, but it is far from completion; once it is completed though nobody will stand a chance against my might."

Uchiha District – 5 minutes later

Oni looks at Itachi and Shisui and nods then melds into the shadows given the mental note that I will always be watching. The two Uchiha smirk and head to Fugaku's home to get the deed done once and for all; both knew that with these events a new Uchiha clan would rise. They eventually get to the door and knock; they hear someone grumbling and heading to the door making Shisui hide for a moment and ready to strike. The door opens and once Fugaku lays eyes on Itachi, his eldest son, he growls.

"Where have you been boy, you need to keep away from those ANBU duties of yours as they make you weak and attached to this pathetic village."

Itachi levels a glare with his father then to the surprise of Fugaku, Shisui, Oni, whom was hiding in the shadows nearby, and Mikoto who just walked by to see what the commotion was about, slapped him across the face.

"You bastard! How dare you disrespect the village that our ancestor Madara helped build; he may have left our clan but he still gave Konoha life!"

Itachi grabs Fugaku by the throat and slams him against the wall then knees him in the stomach…hard. The man splutters and Mikoto screams telling Itachi to stop it with tears coming out of her eyes. She tried to run up and stop it but a shadow stopped her movement a whisper of Shadow Imitation Technique is heard but where it came from was impossible to detect. At this point Shisui walks through the door and towards Fugaku; Itachi keeps a hold on his father's neck but steps aside to allow his friend to do the task. Sasuke came running in at this point but he too was halted by the same technique Mikoto was in.

Shisui turns his eyes into the MS and whispers to Fugaku "Look into my eyes."

The man attempted to turn away but Itachi used his free hand to make it so his father did. Fugaku gasped as he took site of the MS but then began to scream in pain as Shisui said one word to bring their clan back to the way it once was: "Release!" Itachi let go of his father who wobbled on his feet and collapsed to the ground.

Oni let Mikoto and Sasuke go making them instantly run up to Fugaku, who was currently on the floor in the fetal position sobbing, to comfort him. A soft hand is felt on his cheek which he looks up to see Mikoto's black eyes.

"I'm so sorry Mikoto…I'm sorry…so sorry." Fugaku mumbled out, now crying harder than ever.

Mikoto was about to ask what Itachi and Fugaku did but an explosion ripped through the northern quadrant of the Uchiha district followed by the sounds of fighting. Itachi and Shisui knew what to do; they told Mikoto and Sasuke to stay put and shunshined away to support the battle that just started; the civil war had begun.

The fighting was going on for 30 minutes and the enemy seemed relentless but for every near fatal blow the ROOT would do, the Uchiha would watch their foe be engulfed in their own shadow then fall to the ground in bloody chunks. A whisper on the wind, which couldn't be pinpointed, eerily stated Consuming Apparition. The Uchiha that witnessed this were scared out of their minds but soon noticed the voice that came with the attacks never harmed them; they realized whatever this entity was it meant to help not hurt. Rumors after today would speak of a ghost in the Uchiha district that protected them from evil-doers and thus the mystery or legend of the Ghost of Konoha was born.

Itachi blocked a sword strike from a ROOT then turned his eyes into the MS and whispered Amaterasu; the black flames incinerated the person who never had the chance to scream. Itachi dodged a decapitating slash from another ROOT ANBU then kicked back hoping to hit the person in the knees but the ROOT member jumped back and was about to strike when a hand rose from the shadows with a kunai in it and slit their Achilles' tendon making them fall to the ground screaming in pain. Itachi thanked Oni and stabbed his opponent in the head.

It was like this for many of the Uchiha but Naruto knew that the enemy all had to come from somewhere and quickly sped off to where the explosion happened; here he found the remains of a building an the steel door that once covered the covert entrance of the ROOT base; the seals were incinerated in the blast. Acting fast as he heard more people coming, he reached into his right pouch on his leg and grabbed four of his homemade high-explosive (HE) tags and threw them into the hole. He melded with one of the nearby Uchiha's shadows then whispered 'Boom' and four muffled blasts followed by screams were heard followed by a small plume of dust rising from the now blocked hole. There were only 40 ROOT ANBU left so Naruto decided to have some fun.

Creating shadow blades that coated both his forearms, he used Shadow Step on the shadows of each person whom was standing and fighting and popped up and slit the ROOT ANBU's throat then jumped again. The speed was too fast for anyone to get a lock on what the person who did this looked like. This continued for one minute and soon all 40 were gone, all with their necks slit by an unknown foe. The only thing that signaled someone was there was a whisper; the attack name chilled everyone to the core.

Death's Embrace

Everything goes quiet for a while and then cheers ring out around the Uchiha district as they realized that their enemy was gone. Back at the Fugaku household, the man smiled and thought to himself one thing.

"I may have failed before but I'll be damned if I fail again. Itachi, Shisui, thank you for releasing me from my prison and giving me the second chance to make this clan proud. The Curse of Hatred will no longer live on; a new day in age has come for the Uchiha."

Council Chambers – Shortly After the Battle

"So, are we all in an agreement of what must be done then?"

The clan heads nod and they all stand up one by one after hearing what was going on and what was to be done for the 45 minutes; they each made their decree.

"The Hyuga will fight to bring Danzo to justice." Hiashi proclaims with anger laced in his voice.

"The Inuzuka will gladly help to bring this bastard to the hell he belongs in!" Tsume snarls

"The Akimichi will assist in this endeavor." Choza proudly states.

"Troublesome, the Nara will also commit the necessary resources." Shikaku lazily drawls.

"The Yamanka will also help as I wish to help any ROOT captured return to a normal life." Inoichi sternly vows.

Fixing his glasses, Shibi goes next in his usual monotone voice "It is only logical that we assist you Hokage-sama; the Aburame agrees."

Before the Hokage can finish the door opens making everyone see a smiling Fugaku with red, puffy, tear-stained eyes. "The Uchiha also agree and I have to thank my son and Shisui for getting me out of the genjutsu Danzo had me in to control my actions. We fight to bring down this bastard so that all of us can come together to make Konoha stronger and show those who dare challenge us why we have survived through so many wars. My clan is not the only one that will change because of the actions we will take but Konoha will as well."

Sarutobi, Tsunade, Jirayia, and the clan heads all smile and raise their fists in the air and scream "FOR KONOHA, FOR THE WILL OF FIRE!"

Soon after, the meeting was dismissed but the Hokage stayed behind as Sai had yet to report on the entrances to the ROOT base; he didn't have to wait long as five minutes after the meeting Sai arrived.

"Sir, Oni has infiltrated the base and will map it out before striking Danzo down; are the clans ready for attacking tomorrow as I have a scroll detailing all the entrances. I disabled the henge detection, chakra detection, and any other seals around them."

Hiruzen nods and smiles as he takes the scroll Sai pulled out of his vest "Yes, and I have no doubt Oni will get the job done. You are dismissed."

"Hai Hokage-sama." Sai states then leaves the room making the old Hokage sigh.

"Naruto, you have grown so much since the start of the training but I have yet to find the real reason why your cold demeanor changed suddenly to a bright and happy one after you first met Kyuubi. What are you hiding Naruto? I must talk to him when this situation is over."

AN: So, how do you like it so far; please give me tips along the way to help with the story as it will be on hold until Mori no Shugo Sha gets done.