AN: Alright! Seeing so many followers encouraged me to start writing a bit earlier than I intended to! I can't say that I'm not excited to start writing this though :3 I always had my own idea of how the council meeting would go in my head! Well, without further ado, let's get into it!

Chapter 2: The Council Meeting

Hiruzen POV

There was so much to do now, tonight, almost too much. I sighed as I entered the council room, knowing that all the clan heads would be there already, as well as the elders and the Minato's children. The shinobi that saw the Sealing were told both children's parentage was an SS-Rank secret, and shortly after, them being Jinchuuriki was an S-Rank secret. Unfortunately, it seemed word got out before that could be called, and now the whole village knew the so-called secret.

Sitting down, I noticed there were no pointless bickering, no idle chit chat today. Everyone was serious, wanting to know the fate of the children in the room. Knowing what was to come, I took a deep breath before stating "This meeting is now in session."

Menma POV

Right now, I was interested in the meeting. The show or manga never showed this, and I was wondering how it would go. I knew the end result, obviously, but now I got to witness it firsthand.

"Well, an important detail to start with is who will pick up duty as the Hokage now, with the Yondaime dead?" Danzo questioned, and I knew what he was getting at. Even now, he wanted to become Hokage. I looked at Naruto sleeping beside me. So innocent looking.

I was brought out of my musings by the Sandaime saying firmly "I will pick up the duty as Hokage once more, until I see someone I deem fit for my successor. Are there any arguments with that?"

Danza muttered something under his breath, before telling the Sandaime he thought that was a good idea.

"But," Danza started "that still leaves the question of what to do with the 2 Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi we now have in our possession. I request they be given to me so I may train them, so that they may be of use to Konoha."

Looking around, I noticed that for now, the clan heads were letting Danzo and the Sandaime talk, but I knew they would speak up soon- or I at least assumed so.

"No." The Sandaime denied firmly. "Your training methods are a bit... unconventional, and I'm sure that the Jinchuuriki will not grow up to be their best under that kind of training."

"But then..." Danzo spoke carefully "what exactly are you going to do with them? You must know the civilians want their heads, not understand how Fuinjutsu works. I assume that's the exact reason you didn't invite the civilian council to this meeting."

"Yes, Danzo, that is indeed the reason why. Does anyone have any idea where we should put the two children?"

"Well..." Mikoto Uchiha spoke suddenly "With all due respect, Hokage-Sama, I... am these children's godmother- I thought that I would raise them."

"Absolutely not!" Danzo cried out "Having 2 Jinchuuriki is too much power for 1 clan to have! On top of that, there have been reports of the Kyuubi having the Sharingan tomoe in its eyes... a hint of it being controlled by an Uchiha."

"That's ridiculous!" Mikoto cried in outrage "No one in my clan would ever do that!"

"Mikoto-sama, if I may." interjected the Aburame clan head, whose name I couldn't quite recall (IRONY!). "Where exactly is Fugaku-sama, at this moment. Shouldn't he be here, at this meeting?"

"I'm… not sure, exactly. Wait- you couldn't be suggesting that he would- he would never attack the village!"

"I'm not saying that, Mikoto-sama, I am simply pointing out facts."

Inoichi sighed. "Couldn't we simply split the two boys up? One to the Hyuuga and one to the Uchiha?"

Hiashi seemed to ponder on this. "Yes… that could indeed be the perfect fix to this little situation."

"Unfortunately," the Sandaime interjected, "I am not willing to split the two twins up. As you all know, these are the children of Minato and Kushina, and only the clan heads and the Hokage's advisors know this. It is an SS-Rank secret for a reason, after all. But that being said, I do not think it is a good idea to split the two children into different clans. I am going to keep them together."

Shikaku decided to speak up then. "Hokage-sama, while I agree with the idea that we must keep them together, where would we put them, if that is the case?"

"Well, I was thinking that I would put them in the orphanage until they reach the age of 5. The people working there would probably try to mistreat them, but I would keep an ANBU guard stationed to watch them at all times. When they reach 5, I will give them their own apartment, as well as keep the ANBU on their positions watching them. Any questions or disputes?"

Shikaku sighed. "Not the perfect solution, but probably the best one we have right now. I vote to carry out this idea."

Most of the council voted with the motion, with the exception of Danzo and the elders.

"Well then, if we are in agreement, then I shall get some ANBU to deliver them to the orphanage soon. As for the meeting, I think we can call it a night, after some more minor things that must be discussed."

After that, they started talking about some small issues and funding for repairing the village, I'm not really sure. I stopped paying attention to what was going on, in all honesty. It got pretty damn boring. Eventually, I fell asleep.

When I woke back up again, the council meeting was over, and the only people left in the room were Jiraiya and the Sandaime. Wait... Jiraiya? He wasn't here earlier! But anyways, they were talking urgently, in slightly quieter than usual voices, but I could still make out what they were saying.

"Dammit, Sarutobi-Sensei, I'm their godfather for crying out loud! Even more, I don't have any clan affiliations, so that can't hold me back! I owe it to Minato and Kushina to take care of their children! I owe it to the children dammit! You have to let me do this! I won't let them grow up as orphans, like I did, and like Minato did!"

"I'm sorry Jiraiya, but the council has already voted on what would happen to them. The motion has been passed, and I can't do anything else about it. Besides, other than that, you have your spy network to run. We need that, Jiraiya. Without that, we would have no knowledge of foreign affairs."

"Sensei, I don't care about the goddamn spy network! I care about these two brats, I care about Menma and Naruto! If you don't let me take care of them, I may end up going down the same path as Tsunade." Said Jiraiya, and I was surprised to hear how serious he sounded. Was he ever this serious?

"Jiraiya, I know you won't do that. You care about Konoha too much for that. But the motion has already been passed, and I can't let you take care of them. Think about what Iwa or Kiri would say, or worse, do if they saw you taking care of a blond baby, and a red-haired baby, both looking startlingly like Minato directly after the Kyuubi attack and the death of Minato. They would be in grave danger. However, if it makes you feel any better, I will allow you to teach both of them in their first Chuunin Exams that they take part it."

I could tell Jiraiya wasn't satisfied, but I could also tell that he knew arguing wouldn't get him any farther. "Fine, Sensei, I'll be leaving now." And with that, Jiraiya turned and left, and I could have sworn I saw tears in his eyes, but maybe it was just a trick of the light. Maybe, I won't ever know.

But… It was good to know that Jiraiya didn't simply abandon Naruto for the first twelve years of his life. He simply wasn't able to take care of him. That was nice, because that was always something I wondered about. Just didn't seem in Jiraiya's nature.

Suddenly, the ANBU came in, and with that, me and Naruto were off, going towards the orphanage and who the hell else knows what.

AN: Whoooo! I didn't think I would get this chapter finished today! But I was really excited to write about this, and about Jiraiya and Hiruzen's talk. Well, that is good! But I wouldn't expect another chapter for about a week, maybe a little but sooner than that if I can find the time!

The next chapter will be a time skip, and so will the next few chapters.

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