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Rise of a Senju
He guys sorry for the wait. If you're wondering why I'm mainly writing this story right now is because I've got a lot of stuff planned and ready for this story right now. Anyways I will still be working on my other stories so don't worry.
Well here's the chapter!
She woke up with a splitting headache. The last thing she remembered was running through the forest after a huge ass panther tore at her leg. She slowly opened her eyes and saw that she was sitting inside a pure white room. 'So I'm either dead and in heaven, or I'm in a hospital room.' She quickly glanced to look out the door of her room. Outside she saw a couple of nurses and doctors. 'Yep I'm definitely in a hospital.' She slowly started to get up when she felt a sharp sting in her leg. Remembering back on what she did in the forest, she was surprised she hadn't died.
(Flashback)
She had just finished a stressful mission on the border of Kiri, and she was dead tired. Normally she would have just gone home and slept until another mission, but something one of the bandits said pissed her off, so she had to take out some stress. The bastard called her a snake bitch. Now he was probably only saying that because she was killing everyone with her snake summons. But still, some of the villagers called her the snake bitch. They had always hated her for being the apprentice of the village's greatest nuke-nin Orochimaru. She knew that they were only using her as a scapegoat, but it still hurt under her tough exterior. So to burn off some steam after the mission, she blindly walked into the forest of death and just started killing everything that passed. By the time she exhausted all of her chakra; two giant Hyo showed up and glared their fangs at her. There was a black Hyo as dark as night, and a brown one that was like the bark of a tree. Pulling out a kunai in both hands she was ready for them to attack. The black one charged in head first and made a bite at her legs. She quickly jumped over its head and landed on its back where she drove her two kunai into the Hyo's spine as deep as she could. The kunai couldn't pierce very far, but they still did the job of staggering the beast long enough for her to drive three more into its head.
The Hyo fell to the ground in a big heap and remained motionless. She looked around carefully, but couldn't see the brown Hyo anywhere. Its fur must have allowed it to blend in with all the trees in the area. Suddenly the Hyo burst out from behind her and slashed its paw across her leg. The claw dug deep into her right thigh. The Hyo was about to bite her as well, but she managed to roll to the side and stab a few kunai into its neck. Staggering back against a tree, she tried to assert the wound she received. The Hyo's claw had cut her femoral artery and she was losing a lot of blood. Knowing that unless she found someone to help she would die, she dragged herself towards the nearest gate and after ten minutes, she passed out.
(End flashback)
Now she was lying in a hospital bed recovering from her stupidity. As she was about to go to sleep, she saw the Hokage walk in the room. She immediately sat up and nodded at him.
Sarutobi nodded back and asked. "Are you feeling alright Anko?"
"I'll feel a lot better soon. But right now I'm alright." She noticed Sarutobi nod while he had a small smile on his face. She was confused why he was smiling though. "Hokage-sama, why are you smiling? Are you glad I'm hurt?"
Sarutobi shook his head while chuckling. "No, not at all Anko. But because of your injuries I now know something isn't true. When you arrived at the hospital you had a piece of cloth wrapped around your leg. According to Tsume, the scent that was on the cloth belongs to someone we believed was dead."
Anko looked confused. "Whose cloth is it?"
Sarutobi looked at her sternly. "What I'm about to tell you is an S-Rank secret."
Her eyes lit up immediately. For this to be such a large secret, it had to be someone who was very important. "I understand Hokage-sama."
"Good. The scent belongs to Uzumaki Naruto, the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune. Just a year ago I declared him dead as he went missing one day and we couldn't find him for a month. Now with you gaining your injuries within the Forest of Death, and the cloth you received. That leads to the assumption that Naruto is still alive and living in the Forest of Death." Anko lost her breath. She remember the Uzumaki kid, he always brightened a lot of the ninja's day. Of course he only brightened up those that didn't think he was the Kyuubi. She remembered all of the pranks that he used to do and how he would outrun a lot of the Chuunins. "Now I don't know how you feel about Naruto, but considering you're the only one besides Tsume and I who know about this. If you reveal this to anyone I will kill you. Do I make myself clear?" Anko dumbly nodded. Never had she seen the Hokage so serious about anything. "Good. Rest up for a few days, but don't get too comfy I'll have a mission for you when you get out of the hospital." Sarutobi walked out of the room, and she was alone in her little hospital room. She lay back on her pillow and tried to go to sleep even with all this information running around him in her mind.
It was late at night, and once again he was doing paperwork. He finally finished the stack of paperwork after twenty minutes when he noticed another pile at the edge of his desk. 'KAMI NOOOOOOO!' Deciding he'd finish it in the morning, he went to home and went to sleep since the paperwork was too troublesome.
(Dream-world/mindscape)
He'd had this dream many times over; it was when he was younger, before he became Hokage. When he was the student of Hashirama and Tobirama Senju. However this time the dream was different. He wasn't his usual child self, he was the same age he was now. Also Minato was standing next to Tobirama and Hashirama with some green haired woman. They all had frowns on their face. Before he could even speak, he saw a yellow flash and felt a searing pain in his stomach.
He was blasted up into the sky where Minato once again used the Hiraishin and slammed a rasengan into his stomach sending him spiraling into the ground. When he opened his eyes he looked out of the seven foot crater he was in and stared at Minato glaring at you. He could only watch as Minato lifted him up by the collar and stared daggers at him.
"Why are you so weak?" Minato said then spat in his face. "You've lost your spine old man; the will of fire has already died in you." Sarutobi tried to kick Minato, but got knead in the stomach by him. "You did NOTHING to help my son while he was in the village. I trusted you old man, and you let me down. You are no longer considered my friend anymore Sarutobi." He started to release a few tears. "My last request while I was alive was to have my son known as a hero not a demon that needs to be eradicated. You and this village have stomped on my legacy and I am disappointed in everyone."
"Minato-kun I did everything I could to help Naruto." Sarutobi tried to explain.
"No you did nothing to help my son. You are no longer the wise man that I once admired. You are like the scum of the world. You see everything happen and yet do nothing to stop it." Minato said and threw Sarutobi into the ground while he went to stand back with Hashirama.
Standing at the edge of the crater he was in stood Tobirama and Hashirama. "I'm disappointed in you Monkey. You truly have lost your will of fire. To allow such things to happen to a child is shocking. Especially to allow that to happen to a hero child," Hashirama said. "I truly have to wonder if the village had known my wife Mito was the Kyuubi's first Jinchuriki would she have been hated." Sarutobi looked aghast, everyone in the village had loved Mito, the people could never hate her. He started to speak but Tobirama cut him off.
"You are not the Hiruzen Sarutobi that I taught. You've lost control of the entire village. You allow the civilian council to walk all over you and you do nothing about it. Konoha is a military dictatorship. Your word is law, and yet your own ninja disregard your laws. I may have been drunk the night I decided to establish the civilian council, but they are only supposed to deal with the civilian aspects of the village. They have no say at all in the dealings of shinobi."
Each word uttered was like a knife to the heart, and each one more painful than the last. Were he not lying in the crater, he'd have collapsed long ago. Tears were running down his cheeks as he looked into Minato's hurt filled eyes. He finally choked out. "What can I do?"
This time Hashirama blew up on him. "DO YOUR FUCKING JOB! Become the Kami no Shinobi once again who could turn the tide of any battle at just the mention of your name. Rekindle your will of fire and take back our village!" Sarutobi nodded and looked back at them, and after wiping the tears from his face he had a fire in his eyes that had not been seen for many years.
Behind the circle of Hokage's, Hogasha smiled at them. With a snap of her fingers, Hashirama, Tobirama, and Minato vanished in smoke.
Sarutobi looked around trying to find them again when his eyes fell upon the green haired woman. "Who are you?" He asked.
Hogasha smiled and looked at him. "My name is Hogasha and I am the spirit of Konoha, or as you would know. I am the Will of Fire." Sarutobi didn't look quite convinced, but let her continue. "I was the one who allowed you to speak to your predecessors and your deceased successor. Konoha needs the Kami no Shinobi again, or she will fall. You must become strong again Hiruzen Sarutobi. Now I know you want to send young Mitarashi to find Naruto-kun, but I recommend you don't. It will only be a waste of time. "
Sarutobi became silent very fast at that. He was leaking KI that could rival that of a Bijuu's. "How do you know about that?"
Hogasha laughed. "I already told you Hiruzen. I am the spirit of Konoha, and I have taken an interest in Naruto unlike you." Sarutobi glared at her. "Oh don't give me that Hiruzen, now only at the end do you finally try and protect Naruto. He has the brightest flame I have ever seen in Konoha. Even after everything that has happened to him, it hasn't driven him insane yet, and I am thoroughly surprised at that. Unfortunately Naruto Uzumaki has died."
When she said this Sarutobi's KI spiked even greater than the Kyuubi's and actually caused her to take a step back. Clenching his fist he growled out. "What did you do to him?"
"Naruto is still alive, however Naruto Uzumaki as you proclaimed is dead. Naruto Senju is alive. As soon as I speak with him that is, he will be a Senju. I blessed the Senju clan and I have done this to Naruto as well. So he could be a Senju in that regard. However if he wishes to go by his father's name he may."
"You can't tell him that." Sarutobi told her.
"Like hell I can't. He already knows of the Kyuubi, and besides he has a right to know who his parents were." Sarutobi tried to argue with her, but came up with nothing. "Goodbye Hiruzen, we'll be in touch sooner or later. I'll be looking forward to your return to power."
(Real World)
He woke up drenched in sweat and could feel a small amount of blood on his mouth. In the coming hours to morning, Konoha would be changed forever.
(Morning)
The civilian and Shinobi council had all gathered in the council chambers and were waiting for Sarutobi to arrive. Within five minutes Sarutobi walked in the room in his kage robes smoking his black wood pipe.
One of the civilian council members asked. "Why have you called us here?"
Sarutobi's KI filled the room and the civilians started to sweat. "I called you here and that is it. You come when I call and if you don't you will be kicked from this council." The civilian closed his mouth quickly and looked down at the floor. Taking a puff of his pipe, Sarutobi started again. "Now then the civilian council will leave the council room. We have shinobi business to discuss."
One Mio Haruno stood up and screeched. "You cannot do that the civilian council has been here since the time of the Nidaime."
Sarutobi glared at her. "The civilian council deals with civilian matters like our trading. You have no idea what the life of a shinobi entails so you have no say at all in shinobi business. Now get the fuck out of here before I decide to have my Anbu escort you all to Ibiki for insubordination."
The civilians even though not ninja's; knew of Ibiki and all rushed out the room as quick as they could. Tsume Inuzuka smirked. "So the Kami no Shinobi has come out of retirement. It's about time."
Sarutobi looked at Tsume and smiled. "Let's just say I have had a revelation of sorts and decided to get back to my old self." He then turned over to Danzo who was sitting next to Koharu and Homura. "Danzo when your Root-nin returns from Kumo would you please inform me as quickly as possible." Danzo looked absolutely shocked. There was no way the old fool could have known about that mission he ordered. He shouldn't have even known root was still active. "Yes Danzo I have known all along you never disbanded root even when I told you to, but I just overlooked it. Now however I want you to fully reactivate your root program."
Danzo looked at him quizzically. "That will take time and cost money, what is the budget that you are giving me?"
"Oh I assume the five million ryo you have been siphoning off of our village funds for the past ten years will be more than enough." Danzo paled, he was hoping Sarutobi didn't know about that. "The only thing I require for the reactivation of root is that you inform me of everything you do. All missions you send my shinobi on must go through me for approval. The missions that your root-nin will go on will be high A to high S-rank missions. You will also have to stop using your curse seal on your ninja, and every-nin you have must have the curse seal removed from the back of their tongue."
This was greater than Danzo could have imagined possible. He would be able to keep his control over Ne, even though he had to go through Sarutobi for everything. "It will be done Hokage-sama, and arigato."
Nara Shikaku was wondering why Sarutobi was doing all of this. He decided not to ask though, it was all so troublesome.
The next thing Sarutobi said really shocked the council. "Fugaku I have to inform you the Uchiha are now disbanded from being the main police force of Konoha."
Fugaku stood up immediately and shouted at Sarutobi. "The Uchiha have been Konoha's police force since the founding of the village. You cannot disband us."
Sarutobi just shook his head. "Fugaku the reason I'm disbanding the Uchiha police force is not because I believe you to be incompetent. It's because I have other plans for the Uchiha. Some Uchiha may stay with the police force and you may stay in command of the police force, but I also want the Hyuuga, Inuzuka, and Aburame to help with the force."
Hiashi Hyuuga nodded. "The Hyuuga family can do that. We will have some of our branch members go into the police force. I assume this is because our Byakugan can see through walls?"
"Yes Hiashi that is one of the reasons. Now Tsume, Shibi do you agree to allow members of your clan part of the police force. Even though I can order you to, I would like for you to agree." Sarutobi asked. Shibi and Tsume both nodded. It was a fine idea.
"Good now the men and women you choose to go into the police force will not stay there permanently. Each clan will switch out members every three months. That way no one will get lazy and not train for missions. Also the police force can offer a break for your family members after constant missions all the time. Fugaku The reason I am spliting the police force with many different clans is because the Uchiha have not been doing many missions. It has been a long time since we have had any Uchiha as a jounin sensei or a platoon of Uchiha Chuunin. Your clan has become too arrogant and lazier than the Nara clan men. You all believe the Sharingan makes you gods, but it is only a tool. Your clansmen are only allowed to copy techniques from people if you gain their permission first. It is not fair to those who have spent blood sweat and tears working to create these jutsu's just for you to come in and copy them. On the battlefield if you fight an enemy shinobi please copy the jutsu that way we can share it with the entire village. Are you alright with this Fugaku?"
Fugaku stayed silent for a good few minutes debating in his mind. This would give the Uchiha a more active role in the village, and allow them to elevate the glory of the clan. To tell the truth he had thought his clan had gotten lazy. He had seen how whenever they copied a jutsu it was always significantly weaker than others. He couldn't even remember the last time he had seen one of his clansmen train. Save for his son Itachi, no Uchiha ever did anything but use their Sharingan. "I feel like this is the best course of action and I thoroughly agree Hokage-sama. It may take time to convince the Uchiha elders of this though."
Sarutobi smiled "That is fine Fugaku, as soon as you get that sorted out with your clan report back to me." He then turned to Shikaku. "Now then Shikaku I want you to start planning new patrol routes, a completely new code system, and evacuation routes."
"And why would we need to do this Hokage-sama?" Shikaku asked politely.
"Because Shikaku Konoha has become too lax and has become arrogant. We have emerged victorious and on top in all three Great Shinobi Wars, and in this time of peace we have become lazy. The Kyuubi attack should have opened our eyes about our laziness but it did not." Sarutobi stopped for a moment to gather his breath and let the information sink in. "Now I am having Tsunade return to the village to do her part for the village. Jiraiya has been doing his job magnificently so he does not have to return, however Tsunade has not been doing her job. It is time I finally put my foot down and make her return. Koharu, Homura do we have enough funds to establish a medical ninja program?" Sarutobi asked.
Koharu and Homura looked at each other and pulled out ten scrolls. "Now while they're finding that out for me, does anyone have any questions?"
Nobody said anything. Truly they liked this more forceful Sarutobi than the kind one. Konoha would be better off with all of these changes and they loved it. "Good. I want all of you back here in two weeks after everything has been assembled and ready. Dismissed."
The council then left the room save for Homura and Koharu who were still going through the village financial records. Ten minutes later, Homura looked up and told Sarutobi. "We have plenty of ryo to support a medic-nin program and even to bolster our current medical facilities."
Koharu had stopped looking at the scrolls and asked Sarutobi. "How do you plan on bringing Tsunade-san back to the village? She has already declared she will never return back to the village after what she lost here."
"Tsunade-chan is a shinobi of Konoha. Many of our ninja have lost family and friends on missions and they have gotten over it. For too long have I let Tsunade wallow in her own grief. She will either return to Konoha or I will be forced to make her into a Nuke-nin. Hopefully Jiraiya or my Anbu will find her and bring her back before I am forced to do that though. If she has not been found within five years I will send the Hunter-nin after her and force her back to the village. If they can't restrain her in time however I will give the team sent after her a scroll of some information on a surviving relative."
Koharu and Homura's eyes widened. They had believed Tsunade to be the last Senju. To learn that there was another was simply shocking. "Who is this person Sarutobi? Why have we not been told of this till now?"
"To tell you the truth i had not known myself until last night. He has been living in Konoha for years right under our nose and we never knew." When Sarutobi said the Senju was a male, they immediately thought of getting him to repopulate the Senju clan in Konoha. With this mystery man, the Senju would return to Konoha.
"Who is this Senju and where is he?"
Sarutobi sighed. "I am not exactly sure where he is. However I have the inclination to believe he has been living in the Forest of Death for at least a year."
"We have to send search parties to find him then!" Koharu said.
"You still have not told us who this Senju is Sarutobi." Homura pointed out.
"No I have not, and until he returns from the Forest of Death, I won't tell you his name. This is all we will speak on this matter. I'm going to hopefully finish my paperwork, and then spend time with my grandson."
Well that's the chapter. Hope you all enjoyed it. Dont forget to review!
Also I've posted up a poll on my profile where you all can vote on what pairing you want in this story for Naruto. There are already choices on poll, however if i get messages from you all about anyone else you want in the poll then I'll put them in so more people can vote for them. The poll will close on 3/14/12 so make sure you vote.
poll result so far!
Yugito- 5
Mei- 3
Kurenai- 2
Yuagao- 1
Anko- 2
female haku- 1
Ino- 1
Also the next chapter will begin with a time skip so be excited for Naruto back in the Willage. (yes willage, no it's not a real word but i like it.) If you dont like that word, well thats your problem.
Ja Ne!
