An: I apologize for the delay. I was too busy with school work and graduation, i will try to update faster. i would like to know how you guys or girls like my story. Give me some good criticism that i can use to improve my writing. I know it's short and everything but i hope the content makes up for the shortness.

Konoha Usurped

Chapter 3

Danzo's anger grew as he reread the report that squads two and six handed in concerning their mission to kill the jinchuuriki. Their failure wasn't really what had upset him, it was the casualties that happened during the mission. He had lost three great men in this and he wanted someone to pay. Luckily his spy within the palace destroyed the bodies before anyone could examine them. Thank Kami that he had thought to put a spy there or he would have been found out and it would be his head on a stick.

He was interrupted from his thoughts as he heard a knock on the door. "What is it?" He called out, still contemplating on away of achieving his goals of dethroning the Sandaime and placing him as Godaime.

"Sir the Hokage has called a mandatory meeting in front of the Tower, he has demanded that everyone has to be there."

Danzo got up and hobbled over to the door to open it. He stared at the Root agent with his one eye, "Nezumi, I want all missions to proceed when I'm gone. Nobody and I mean nobody is to leave unless I give the order and if anybody says otherwise, kill them. If they are not out on a mission then they are suppose to be in the training hall. Double the guards at the door, I don't want anyone to come in or out while I'm gone. Those who are coming back from missions, they know where to go. If anybody tries to come through take them to cell 47."

Danzo proceeded to walk down the corridor and then stopped. He pushed the door that was leading to the outside world and stepped into the fading sunlight. As he stepped out he could see shinobi and kunoichi running towards the Tower like their lives depended on it. "Huh, look at them running just because some decrepit fool wants to call a town meeting. Now if I was Hokage I would put some use to the power that comes with the position like showing the other Great Villages that Konoha is not affected by the Kyuubi disaster." But Danzo kept his mutterings to himself as he reached the Tower.


NARuTO

The Sandaime sat back with a weary sigh as he just got back from telling the angry and still sadden villagers that they would not be able to leave for a six month period. It was a good thing that in a ninja village houses and other buildings do not take long to rebuild.

A knock on the door interrupted his thoughts with a sigh he commanded the intruder of his thoughts to come in. Koharu and Homura walked in with a grim expression on their face. As Koharu handed Hiruzen a sheet of paper Homura spoke, "this isn't good news Hiruzen. The Clans want to enact the Military Clause number 4."

The Kami no Shinobi sat up straighter in his chair as he heard what his Advisor said. "Who could instigate such a thing? I thought that they would be complacent since we just had a great catastrophe happen just this morning. Tell me who came up with this?" He asked as he started to read the paper in front of him.

Military Clause number 4 is a dictator-type-Hokage's nightmare. It states that if a Hokage has overstepped his boundaries concerning the village then the Clans of Konoha may take away some of the Hokage's power, namely his decision making power. And that's just what Hiruzen did. By disbanding the council, who govern over the civilians, he enervated the connection between the council and civilians that is needed to help maintain the structure of the village. After all the people make the village not the leader.

Hiruzen cursed softly to himself for making that clause, which has now turned against him. He never thought that it would be used against him. "It looks like it was Danzo who drew this up and convinced all of the clans to sign the paper. When he did it I haven't a guess. But the gist of it is that the council will be reformed but with more power. Now you can't just make a decision concerning the village now you have to consult with the Shinobi and Civilian Clans first." Koharu paused as she looked at old teammate looking as weary as he felt.

She looked to Homura to continue and with a grunt he said, "the only good news out of this is that they will honor your wishes and keep the village under lock-down until the six months has passed. The council will resume in one month to carry out the day-to-day things that involve the village."

The Sandaime just rubbed his face and spoke with his head still down in tiredness, "at least they did not call for my resignation already. I really have to find a new successor before all this shit with politics consumes me and turns me into a nutcase."


NAGmTO

Danzo sat in chamber laughing madly at his brilliant idea to put a leash on the retched baboon. "I told you that you may have won the battle but you will not win the war. Now it's your move old monkey."

Five Years Later

Calamity filled the room as two powerful men stared each other down. The Sandaime Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Hyuuga Clan Head Hiashi stared at each other as one tried to convince the other on a decision that may change Konoha again.

See not just a few hours ago Hiashi found his brother on the ground with blood pooling around him, still alive but dying quickly. Hiashi ran to his twin brother and put his head in his lap as he tried to see if he was still alive. When he found that he was breathing he hurriedly asked him who had done this to him. What his brother Hizashi told him made his heart skip a couple of beats.

He called a guard over and ordered them to take Hizashi to the hospital while he go speak with the Hokage and to inform him if anything happens. Hiashi rushed toward the Hokage Tower and barged in the office where he found the Sandaime still doing paper work even at this time of night.

"Hokage-sama something terrible has happened. I found Hizashi almost dead outside of the compound. When I asked him what happened he said that the Kumo ambassador took Hinata. He said that he would have killed him if not for the political implications and that he was holding Hinata as a hostage." He looked at the Hokage gauging his reaction towards all of this. What he really wanted to do is chase after that filthy ingrate who took his daughter, but he knew that he had to inform the Hokage first. And also the bastard had gotten an hour head-start already and was probably closing in on the border between countries.

Hiruzen lifted his hand and a team of ANBU with an Inuzuka and her dog. "I want you to find Hinata Hyuuga and the Kumo ambassador and bring them back…alive."

Sarutobi rubbed the bridge of his nose as the team left and contemplated on how to go about the political ramifications that has just been brought to his position as leader. He was thinking about how to go about this without endangering the well-being of his shinobi when he was interrupted by Hiashi. "Hokage-sama we can't leave this unpunished. We have to go to war with Kumogakure." Hiashi looked with conviction.

The Sandaime gave him a hard gaze and pronounced a very hard 'no' and went back to his paperwork. Drawing up a new letter containing the events that had happened today to the Raikage. Hiashi once again interrupted him proclaiming in a very calm but angered tone, "Hokage-sama, Kumogakure mostly likely sent him here to kidnap a Hyuuga that does not have the Juin Jutsu knowing that we could not do anything because the ambassador has diplomatic immunity. Those barbarians kidnapped a clan heiress and disrespected the treaty that we were going to form, we must go to war!" He exclaimed at the end, breathing hard, face flushed with anger.

Hiruzen just looked at him with out even pausing in his writing, "I'm not going to say this again the answer is still no. I will deal with this matter as I see fit. I will not endanger my military force over this issue, however Kumo will be punished but not with a war. End of discussion." He proclaimed as he finished writing and attacked the letter to a messenger hawk.

The Hyuuga Clan Head got control of his temper and calmly walked towards the door, but stopped just as he was stepping out. "Fine then if you won't see reason then I have no choice in going to the council and see what side they will be on, mine or yours." And he walked out silently closing the door behind him.

Sarutobi Hiruzen let out a tired breath while thinking, 'I'm too old for this shit'


NARuTO

In a room barely lit by candle light a small figure lifted its hand and pointed to the mass of people in front of itself and gave a command that rang strong in the dark chamber. "Get ready, we are going to war."

Tbc…