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Summary: When Naruto's sister got the Kyuubi, he got the memories of a Dark Lord. Follow a Naruto who has to sworn to make the world fear the Slytherin name once more. A Realistic Light Hearted Mokuton, Chakra and Magic Fic. Not Evil Naruto.
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Chapter 7: Guess who's back
Bored. Disappointed.
More Bored. More disappointed.
So FUCKING bored! So Fucking disappointed!
With a minor flick of his hands Naruto swatted away the hairs obscuring his views of the proceedings in the council chamber and focussed magic in his eyes. The mage sight flared into life, spinning lazy and analyzing. Chakra seemed to be almost everywhere in the chambers. From cores of the clan heads to the chakra of nature and even the walls seemed to shimmer and glimmer with seals of profound powers.
"Aren't you a little too young for being a civilian councillor?" It took a load of Occlumency and an overload of sheer willpower to not flinch in surprise. Consequences of having a lifetime of being ambushed in places which killed every single one of your ally but you.
Slowly, so as to not startle the ninja (for the thought of a civilian being capable of sneaking upon him was simply deplorable) Naruto turned to face the man who had hid his presence from him so well.
"Elder Danzo, Greetings of good morning" Naruto greeted politely.
"Not much of a good morning I am afraid, my boy." It was a little surprise that Danzo would be skilled at polite conversation. As the commander of ANBU Black Ops and ANBU Root (rumoured) for over 5 decades, Danzo was a master of making conversations and killing people with words alone.
Knifes may make you bleed but words may burn the world.
"Considering the fact that it was you who invited me to the council, it is I who should be asking you the question, shouldn't I." It was a testament to Danzo's skill (perhaps apathy...?) that Danzo didn't even bother raising an eyebrow at the statement. It was a bit of open secret that Danzo enjoyed loyalty of a great faction of Jounins, Chuunin and most of ANBU.
Danzo was a guy that even the Hokage treaded around carefully; hence it was probably child's play for him to request an invitation being sent Naruto's way. The civilian guild head Masaki Higurashi was smart women, wife to the preeminent blacksmith of Konoha and when Danzo had approached her, despite the fact that it would displease most of the civilian council, she had been forced to send the invite Naruto.
Danzo was part of the ultra elite group that you just didn't say no to. Not without utter loss of economic, social and political status. Danzo was special in the matter since he didn't have to do anything to civilians who displeased him. Despite having actually done nothing to civilians of Konoha in his long career, civilians feared him to the point that the mere thought associating with someone having brought his ire was enough for the person in question to be utterly alienated.
Amazing the fact was that fear was simply so effective. Being feared what you might do despite having done nothing in the past.
"Ah, that I did but don't you think it's a delicate matter to be accepting your invitation?" Danzo acknowledged
Naruto didn't bother replying merely inclining his head at the approaching ninja. Naruto tensed a little knowing without looking that Danzo was tensed as well. This was one of the handful of ninjas in world who had drawn Danzo's ire decades ago yet was still breathing. Another person on the "not-to-be-fucked-with" list.
"Ah, it seems that the council of civilians chose to induct you as them Naruto-kun" The legendary ninja said to him kindly.
"There is much wisdom to be found in Konoha, Sandaime-Sama." Naruto sketched a bow at the veteran after saying the words cryptically.
A glint of humour ignited itself in the man's eyes as the words were decrypted mentally. Naruto had deflected the questions, praising some elements of Konoha while simultaneously implying that the civilian council lacked wisdom. As diplomatic as they come.
"Still agreeing with my friend, isn't it a topic too delicate?" Sandaime questioned good naturedly.
"As far as my opinion is concerned, I think it's more of a foolish charade than anything else." Naruto replied casually.
The Sandaime merely raised an intrigued eyebrow while Danzo continued to look on with his stoic expression. Further talks ceased for a moment as the foreign diplomat bellowed.
"When the diplomat of Konohagakure no Sato came to our village, it was I councilman and councilwomen that was the first to be suspicious of the so called peace treaty. And how shameful it is that I was right to be so! Alas, if only our peace seeking and merciful Raikage wasn't such an avatar of peace itself..."
Needless to say, the diplomat was laying it on thick.
"Not that it matters much with so much of it already being an already a foregone conclusion." Naruto commented out aloud. Danzo merely hummed an agreement while the Sandaime looked on the civilian drama.
It was less of a diplomatic negotiation and more of a formality for purpose of appearance. It was the first time after the Third Shinobi World War; Kumo had bothered to respond to the Konoha's peace treaty formalization. Having sent its Head Ninja to Konoha to sign a peace treaty which in reality was a cover for an attempt to acquire the Byakugan by kidnapping the clan heiress Hinata Hyūga.
However, when the Head Ninja was killed by Hiashi Hyūga in the attempt last night, Kumo is still trying to obtain the Byakugan by threatening war unless Hiashi's body was turned over to make up for the Head Ninja's death. In what is now being called the Hyūga affair, Hiashi's body is to be given to Kumo instead, his Byakugan intact.
However the inner players know the truth. The Hyūga clan elders had decided that Hiashi's twin was to be given to Kumo instead, his Byakugan sealed. Still there would be major loss to Konoha loosing part of its face, Hyūga losing its only prominent ANBU captain and Kumo-Konoha relations are going to be worse than ever.
The Sandaime grimly nodded with Danzo being now the one with an intrigued expression spoke.
"It is a matter of no profound nature." Danzo began, pausing and affirming that he had the attention of his two accomplices before continuing, "But attending this meeting doesn't seem to fit your logical progression."
Naruto raised an eyebrow, acknowledging the statement.
"And just what is my logical progression, Lord Danzo?" Contrary to his wording was the amused tone in which the words were spoken. Danzo's lips almost twitched in humour.
"Why but anything in accordance with you agenda?" This threw Naruto for a loop. The Sandaime was seemingly in the same boat as him as he too looked surprised.
"My Agenda?" Naruto questioned.
"Your village leader has trained you well. Spying capability at your age is rather..." The words next to be spoken were stopped as brief but heavy Killer Intent flashed along the Sandaime's eyes. Before the enraged veteran could say anything, Naruto spoke.
"That is an interesting spy detection method, you have there." Naruto spoke simply.
"Oh?"
"For an ANBU program anyways." Naruto mused before continuing "As for your query, No Danzo-sama, I am not spy. My life is complicated enough as it is."
The Sandaime looked to be in control once more interjected,"While it is nice to hear, I hope you realize that it doesn't absolve you of all suspicions for a reason."
"Though it may be hard to explain that to Kushina without being castrated." Danzo said even as he grimaced.
Naruto stifled an amused snort. Professionalism.
"I am but a simple merchant, elders. Procurer of services that no one provides. As all the worth of Konoha is concentrated here, I am doing nothing but advertisement." Naruto stated.
"And just what are the services that are being offered?" Danzo inquired as the Sandaime looked on, intrigued.
For the first time since either of them had seen him, Naruto smiled.
"Why but the Kumo ANBU commander committing seppuku?"
"The Noble Beast of Lightning?!" Sandaime exclaimed as a moment of silence was taken to digest the information.
Danzo was quicker on uptake as he added on.
"What will be the price of the assassination?" Danzo inquired, not unlike how housewives inquired about prices of onion.
Before Naruto could quote the price, Sandaime interrupted.
"Asking a child of assassination of a S-rank shinobi, have you truly left of all the senses Danzo?!" Sandaime asked furious.
Seeing Danzo about to retort, Naruto decided that enough was enough and it was time to move onto the main event. Prologue was stretching too far.
"And who said anything about assassination?"
Naruto started to explain his plan, even as the eyebrows of both the elder kept rising till it disappeared in the hairline.
Mokoto Kotomine was on a roll. Of course even she knew that what she was doing was morally wrong but a decade in shinobi politics was more than enough to strip even a rookie of her morality and Mokoto was a veteran.
So even as she weaved lies and seeded half-truth she knew nobody would dare interrupt..
"Would you stop your irritating monologue crap?" A high pitched voice in the back made itself known.
What?
Kurou turned to look at who would dare interrupt her, even as the crowd parted to allow the council focus on the speaker.
There. In midst of Sandaime and Danzo stood a runt. She made eye contact with him, unknowingly sealing her fate as her mind was now his to read.
A FUCKING RUNT!
Oh, anybody who is somebody knew who the boy was. The bastard child of Minato Namikaze though who exactly the mother was of question. And considering how snake like and feminine one of the Sannin was...
Mokoto stopped herself. She shouldn't have read Kushina Uzumaki's Icha-Icha: Yellow Snake Trilogy. Curse her Yaoi addiction!
"Pardon?" Mokoto forced herself to act politely. Surely the boy wouldn't be so impolite so as to...
"You are not pardoned, you stupid blint!" And there goes the bloody politeness down the drain. Mokoto felt more than saw the shock resounding in the council. Why she ought to bend and spank the rude bastard straight!
"Blah-blah, Blah-blah! Is there any end to your pointlessly stupid shit spewing crap?"
Not that it mattered now. She ought to murder the blondey!
"How dare you!"
"How dare I, the question is how dare you commit the atrocity you did?" That stopped her in the track as well as the council. Taking a moment to collect herself, Mokoto spoke.
"And pray tell child, just what did I do."
"Ordering the assassination of Hyuuga Clan Head in middle of Treaty of Peace sounds a lot like atrocity."
And then there was a moment of silence before everything was chaos.
Naruto watched with baited breath as lots of meaningless words were spoken, shouted and all together forgotten in the mist of chaos.
But it is in the midst of this chaos that Lord Voldemort truly excelled. With wide eyes, Mokoto was looking at him. Her mind wide open to his Legimency first due to her rage and then shock.
"Empty words." Mokoto whispered as few people stopped to listen to her.
"EMPTY WORDS I SAY! MEANINGLESS!" Mokoto shouted at top of her lungs as order was finally restored.
Knowing the momentum was his, Naruto threw a scroll. Conjured a moment before, in middle of chaos with aid of memory he drew from her mind.
"If my words are empty then pray tell."
"Pray tell the council why ANBU orders for assassination signed by the Raikage lies before me."
Even if the trap was near perfect, Naruto knew that Mokoto was too much a consummate professional to be more than momentarily stunned.
"Konoha infiltrated Kumo ANBU?!" Mokoto said after checking the scroll to what seemed to be genuine article. She knew the Raikage's seal by heart.
"Hmm, bit of prophylactic measure considering that it was justified by you just now indirectly confirming that the orders are genuine."
Oh God.
The horror dawned upon Motoko of what she had done by indirectly admitting that Raikage had ordered an assassination during the treaty formalization.
And as she looked back at the runt(THAT FUCKER!), all she could see was his back where a green snake looked at her with silver eyes before Danzo Shimura stepped forward.
She remained stunned through rest of negotiations that Konoha had all but won when she had blundered.
Author's Note:
Guess who is back! Unfortunately not permanently as medical college is still kicking my ass.
Anyways, check out my new story, it is a Fate X stay and High School Dxd Xover.
