A/N:
Here's the new chapter, i hope you all enjoy. Also, i feel i should point out that i did try to write an actual battle scene in this chapter but after four different attempts i gave up on that idea. I know that at some point i will have to write an actual fight into this story, but for now i'm just gunna keep dodging it.
I would also like to point out that the pairing for Naruto is still up for debate since I've already decided on the pairing for my OC. If anyone has a suggestion on this please review or PM me your thoughts.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or any the characters, or any copies of the Manga, not even any of the anime. I literally don't own anything to do with Naruto in any shape or form.
The Sandaime grumbled quietly as he deactivated his crystal ball jutsu. It was all but useless to try and keep an eye on Naruto and Izo when they fought like this; the amount of chakra that the jinchuuriki pumped out alone was enough to make it difficult to lock onto him, while Izo's mist made it literally impossible to see anything. The Hokage had been looking forward to seeing the shocked expression on Kakashi's face when he got a run for his money.
"I see that the boys are going well," Danzō said suddenly, walking out from the shadows.
"Ah, Danzō, it's good to see you have returned" Hiruzen said casually. "But would it kill you to use the door for once?" he asked dryly.
"I would rather not find out. I have grown quite attached to my life and would prefer to keep it as it is" the elder said calmly.
The Hokage gave his old friend a blank stare. "You could have just said no," he muttered.
The old war hawk ignored that comment and calmly walked up to Sarutobi's desk, removing a small scroll from the improvised sling that his robes formed for his bandaged right arm. He passed to Hiruzen, who quickly opened it and read it with a smile.
"I see that your mission went well," Hiruzen said happily.
"Indeed. It seems that Kirigakure is more than grateful for our assistance in ending the civil war, even if it is still unofficial," Danzō said stoically.
"Unofficial or not, Naruto has already tried to use it as an excuse" Sarutobi said with a sigh. "I don't know what I'm going to do with that boy"
"I take it he wasn't too thrilled about being made a genin?" Danzō asked curiously, getting a slight nod from his rival. "Unfortunately it cannot be helped. The council will complain should the jinchuuriki gain too much authority without proving himself, which they won't take notice of anyway" he said irritably.
'The council are such fools' he thought to himself. 'They would sooner let such a powerful weapon rust away as a civilian than shine it up to serve as a sword' needless to say, Danzō was not a fan of the council. The clan heads he could cope with, being shinobi themselves made them think more logically on the matters at hand; the civilian council though, they were useless.
The civilian council was a joke in the ROOT leaders eyes, all twelve of them. They were only created to represent the civilian population in matters that had a direct effect on them, but they had the nerve to make themselves a part of anything and everything they could. Their pointless arguments about profits and trade routes made it difficult to decide on shinobi specific concerns.
They were all concerned that missions to any of the other countries could ruin any potential trade agreements, and Kami forbid that they couldn't have their special herbal tea imported from who knows where. Danzō would have disbanded them a long time ago if he were in Sarutobi's position, but they were a necessary obstacle…for now that is.
Despite their uselessness, they did serve a purpose. So long as they continued to include themselves in whatever they felt like, they would create a subsequent influx of paperwork; Hiruzen had managed to use this to his advantage, concealing his own unofficial paperwork amongst the sea of unimportant and over glorified complaints that they made.
Danzō had begrudging respect for how his rival had handled the situation; he would never think to hide documents in such a way, but it had proved itself to be more than effective over the past few years. No one ever dared to look through all of that paperwork without being ordered to do it, and those that did never made it very far before giving up.
"So what was the Mizukage's answer? Will she be attending?" Hiruzen asked curiously.
"She all but demanded to come once she heard that Naruto and Izo would be participating" Danzō replied. "They will be participating, right?" he asked seriously.
"I doubt that they would pass up such a chance," the Hokage said casually. "But I do worry about what she might do in response to this" he added worriedly.
"That women is…concerning" Danzō said quietly. "I wonder how she was elected as Mizukage, but at least she did give me files on the team she wishes to have accompany her," he continued, retrieving three small files from under his robes and placing them on the desk.
The Hokage calmly picked up the files, giving each one a brief overlook. "Hmm, they all seem to fine, if you don't count the obvious that is" he said casually.
"I'm not sure if this is a good idea. Our reports suggest that the Kazekage will be sending his own jinchuuriki, who we have reason to believe is highly unstable. If you take into account that our own jinchuuriki will be attending, problems might arise," the war hawk said, expressing his unease regarding the situation.
"No need to fret, old friend" Hiruzen began with a dismissive wave. "We still have quite some time before we even need to start actually thinking about the chunin exams. For now, why don't you go and pay our dear friend a visit; I'm interested in what information they have for us"
Danzō frowned slightly. "You need to stop using me as your personal messenger Sarutobi. It's demeaning," he said bluntly.
Hiruzen smirked. "Then perhaps you should stop being so good at hiding in the shadows" he countered.
The old war hawk grumbled as he walked back into the shadows in the corner of the office and disappeared. Hiruzen took a deep relaxing breath as he reached under his desk, placing his hand on a small and very well hidden storage seal. With a small pulse of chakra, and an unnoticeable puff of smoke, the contents of the seal were released.
Hiruzen smiled as he leaned back into his chair, stretching his legs and placing them upon his desk. "No matter how many times I read this, it never gets old," he said cheerfully to himself as he opened the small orange book he had gotten from the seal. "And thank you Minato, for installing that storage seal while you were in office," he added with a chuckle.
If only he knew that it was actually Kushina who had put that seal there, albeit for more practical reasons, like snacks.
Kakashi ducked under yet another of Izo's weird short swords. He had learnt very quickly, that despite their size, they were incredibly accurate when thrown. The jonin guessed that the older boy was simply reusing the same two swords over and over, collecting them after each throw. Not a terrible strategy to use in the mist he had created, but not very effective either.
'Still. I can't even fight back while I'm in this mist, so I'll have to wait for them to come to me' he thought to himself.
He had to admit, this was definitely a first for him. Kakashi had never fought anyone who could put him on the defensive simply because he couldn't find them; even his Sharingan, the very thing that made him famous, was next to useless in this fight. He could still use it to predict movements, but that was only if he could actually get one of them in his line of sight.
Since Naruto had somehow turned invisible, and Izo was keeping his distance, Kakashi doubted that he would be able to do any more than hold them back and hope for a chance to counter one of them. Spinning around quickly, he brought up the kunai held tightly in his right hand; with a loud clanging sound, the blade of Naruto's katana was stopped dead.
"Damn, you heard me didn't you?" the blonde asked sheepishly, letting his jutsu drop and showing himself to the jonin.
Kakashi eye smiled. "You are a bit heavy footed, especially for a shinobi," he answered simply, jabbing his left arm forward and stabbing Naruto in the face with another kunai.
The shadow clone popped out of existence as the jonin fell back into his defensive stance. He focussed a small amount of chakra to his ears, using his slightly enhanced hearing to listen out for either of his opponents. Kakashi frowned under his mask as he identified five targets quietly leaping from tree to tree, all of them circling around him in one direction or another.
In an instant, all five Naruto's leapt from the trees and charged him from all sides. Kakashi stood lazily and waited for them to reach him, not even moving to block any of the swords as they stabbed at him. The eyes of every Naruto widened as they stared at the other Naruto that they had all skewered, who had also managed to skewer one of the other attacking Naruto's. With two puffs of smoke, both clones dispelled, leaving the remaining three Naruto's to look at each other in confusion.
"What just happened?" one of them asked calmly.
"I think we just got punked" another one replied with a snicker.
The third Naruto sighed and palmed his face. "Why must my clones be such morons?" he muttered to himself. "He obviously substituted himself with one of us," he explained.
"Ohhh" the two clones said in realisation.
The real Naruto face palmed again. "I really hate myself sometimes"
"Bit of advice for you," Kakashi said casually, appearing behind the real Naruto with a kunai to his throat. "If you're planning to use clones to distract your opponent, don't inform them of which one is the real you" he said with an eye smile, making the two clones step back with disturbed looks.
Naruto smirked. "Thanks for the tip. But I'd like to give you some advice as well" he said as calmly as one could with a knife at their throat.
Kakashi hummed thoughtfully. "What might that be?" he asked curiously.
"Don't make bold assumptions," the blonde said simply, quickly putting his hands into a seal. "Boom!" he yelled with a grin.
Kakashi's eyes widened as Naruto exploded violently, sending the jonin flying backwards and into a tree. He barely had time to regain his bearings before two katana sliced into his neck, removing his head cleanly from his shoulders. The two remaining Naruto's looked down just in time to see the decapitated body disappear in a puff of smoke and revealing itself as a cleanly sliced log.
"Dammit!" one of the blondes exclaimed angrily.
"Who would have thought he would have the blessing of the log" the other one said in surprise.
"Don't you dare start that crap again. I already had to put up with you lot praising that Kami forsaken log for an entire month; I refuse to let it begin again" the real Naruto said irritably.
The clone grabbed at its chest in mock shock. "But sir, the log is always there for us, the log is loving, the log is…" it tried to argue before Naruto cut it off by cutting its head off.
"That was…odd" Kakashi said from the tree he was standing in.
Naruto sighed irritably. "You don't know the half of it. I'm like my own worst enemy sometimes" he replied. "Now are we going to get back to fighting, or are you gunna play treehouse?"
Kakashi shrugged before leaping at Naruto, followed closely by ten clones. The blonde's eyes widened slightly as he was forced to start dodging the small army of Kakashi's. He might have been good, but Kakashi was definitely better, and Naruto knew that he couldn't match the silver haired jonin without going extremely overboard. If he was lucky, Izo would take this opportunity to join in.
Naruto narrowly dodged another slash from a kunai; he quickly lashed out with his katana and severed the clone's legs. He smirked triumphantly before bringing up his sword to block four kunai from two Kakashi's. He grit his teeth as he struggled to force back the two copies, taking notice of the other eight that were watching lazily.
'He's playing with me? Seriously? This is so uncool' he thought angrily as he was forced back a little further by the two clones. Naruto hated being in a deadlock like this, but it at least gave him some time to think. 'Izo better be on his way'
Kakashi watched lazily from amongst his clones. He was very unimpressed by Naruto's skill with a sword, and even more so by the lack of teamwork between him and Izo. He had expected the two to work together throughout the entire test, not just set up the battlefield and then separate. Kakashi was really going to have his work cut out for him with this team.
'I still can't sense Izo though, so perhaps there is still hope' he thought with a shrug.
Izo watched as Naruto struggled to hold back the two clones he was deadlocked with. He almost felt the desire to interfere, to save his little brother from the ass kicking he was sure to receive, but he decided to let that thought die. It was not his reasonability to protect the blonde from absolutely everything, especially when it interfered with his relaxing time.
He sighed quietly before biting into an apple. He had not been aware that there were apple trees in Konoha, but he certainly wasn't going to complain about them. "Your clone sucks" he muttered, taking another bite from the apple.
"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realise that my clones had to be omnipotent in order to be up to your standards," Naruto said in annoyance, crossing his arms with a huff.
Izo turned to look at his brother who was now sitting next to him on a tree branch. "They don't have to be omnipotent, they just have to be on the same level as the real you," he said calmly.
"You already know that it doesn't work that way. The shadow clone jutsu only copies me; after the changes you made to my seal, it won't even register anything to do with the Kyuubi as a part of me, hence the weaker clones" Naruto explained with a light glare.
"I already said I'm sorry, jeez. It's not even that big of a deal, you don't need your clones having access to that stuff anyway; imagine the chaos should more than one of you lose control" Izo reasoned.
Naruto let out a deep breath. "Yeah, I guess you're right. How long do you think that clone will last?" he asked curiously.
"Well, it is using quite a bit of chakra just to hold its own out there, so I'd guess another two or three minutes" the blindfolded boy said, taking another bite from his apple.
Naruto's eye twitched slightly. He wasn't exactly a big fan of apples, or any fruit for that matter. After Izo tied him to a tree for a week with nothing but healthy food, Naruto had developed a distinct dislike for anything that didn't have the word ramen in its name. Since then, Izo had made a habit of eating apples when around him. He never did it too often, but he did it just enough to get on the blondes nerves.
"I wonder how the Uchiha is coping" Izo said thoughtfully. "Didn't Kakashi burry him?"
"Yep" Naruto answered with a smile.
Sasuke glared hatefully at the insignificant ant that somehow had the audacity to stand before him and stare at him. He vowed to crush the creature as soon as he was free from his earth prison, which was proving itself to be a bit of a bitch. He couldn't even scratch his nose and he had long since lost all feeling in his right leg; the young Uchiha couldn't see this day getting any worse.
"Sasuke-Kun!" Sakura squealed as she ran towards him.
The boys onyx eyes widened in fear. 'I stand corrected' he mentally growled to himself. Sasuke closed his eyes tightly and prayed that the girl wouldn't try to use his situation to do anything inappropriate to him. He wasn't sure if he would be able to live with himself if that happened.
"Sasuke-Kun, what happened? Why are you only a head?" the pink haired girl asked frantically.
'She cannot possibly be that stupid' he thought with a blank stare. "I'm just buried, so hurry up and dig me out" he said with a mental groan. He was never going to live this down, ever. Thankfully, despite her uselessness, Sakura managed to dig him out rather quickly.
"Where are the others?" he asked quickly.
"Um, I think I saw Kakashi go into the forest, but there's really thick mist in there" Sakura replied, pointing in the direction of the mist shrouded trees.
Sasuke didn't even wait for her to finish before he took off towards the trees, making sure to step on the ant as he went. He still had time to get a bell, even if he had to take one from the Uzumaki's.
Naruto's clone growled angrily as he was pushed back even further by Kakashi's clones. Without access to the Kyuubi's chakra, he didn't stand a chance at matching the physical strength of an adult jonin, let alone two clones of one. He could feel his chakra reserves getting dangerously low, and he was more than aware that he was only supposed to be a distraction, but that didn't make the next part any less annoying.
He dropped the scowl he had plastered on his face, replacing it with a wide toothy grin. The clone let go of his katana and closed his eyes as Kakashi's clones slashed through him with their kunai, excessive amounts of blood pouring from the wounds and all over the clones. He reopened his bright blue eyes just in time to see the wide, fearful eyes of every Kakashi before putting his hands into a single seal.
"Boom" he breathed out before exploding into a ridiculous amount of blood.
Kakashi was actually surprised. He and all of his clones shared the exact same confused look as the blood showered down on all of them, staining their silver hair a dull crimson. This was not something he would expect from any opponent, ever; he wasn't even aware that there was such a thing as a clone that could do that.
The popping sounds that accompanied two of his clones dispelling broke Kakashi out of his musings. He dropped back into a defensive stance, followed quickly by the remaining seven clones as they all formed a small back to back circle around him…or at least that's what it looked like. Kakashi had switched places with one of his clones, letting him play the part of expendable defence.
As soon as one of the Uzumaki brothers attempted to go for the 'real' Kakashi, all of the surrounding clones, along with the original, would simply capture them and use them as a hostage against whichever of the boys was left. It wasn't a full proof plan, but it would do the job. So long as something ridiculous didn't happen, such as Sasuke appearing, it would be fine.
"Hey, Kakashi, guess what?" the 'real' Kakashi said, making the original's eyes widen to comical proportions. "Boom" the clone yelled.
The explosion knocked Kakashi off his feet and dispelled all of his clones, while at the same time drenching the area in even more blood. The jonin noticed, with some concern, that the clone had exploded into pieces, pieces that were still lying on the ground. This fight was quickly climbing the ranks in Kakashi's book of weird shit that happened to him; the top spot belonged to that one time that he had seen Might Guy in a speedo.
Kakashi shuddered at that memory. 'So much for sleeping tonight' he mumbled mentally.
A gasp rung out through the small clearing that Kakashi only just realised he was in; it seemed that the mist was thinning slightly. He turned and stared blankly at Sasuke, who was looking around at the blood covered clearing, the bloody body parts, and the blood covered Kakashi. The jonin guessed that he must have looked quite terrifying through the eyes of a mentally scared thirteen year old.
He wasn't surprised when the boy dropped the kunai he was holding and fell to his knees, vomiting in a mixture of fear and disgust. The scene he walked into must have reminded him in some way of the Uchiha massacre so Kakashi couldn't hold this kind of reaction against him. The silver haired man raised an eyebrow when Sasuke tried to stumble out of the clearing, only to pass out and fall flat on his face.
'That part was unexpected' he thought to himself. Sasuke never seemed like the kind of person to pass out just from seeing an apparent dead body, even one that was blown to pieces and lying all over the place.
"Alright, to be completely honest, I think that one was entirely my fault" Izo said sheepishly.
"You don't say?" Naruto asked, his words dripping with sarcasm.
Kakashi turned to the brothers, pulling his forehead protector back down over his Sharingan as he did. He let out a quiet sigh. "The test is over, none of you got a bell and none of you figured out the real meaning behind that test," he said tiredly.
"Uh, isn't it teamwork?" Naruto asked dumbly.
"Yeah, that's what I thought" Izo agreed.
"It was teamwork, yes. However, none of you worked together" Kakashi stated calmly.
"What the hell are you talking about? Me and Naruto worked together just fine, and I'm pretty damn sure that the Uchiha didn't dig himself out of the ground" Izo said, pointing to the unconscious boy.
"How exactly did you two work together? I only remember Naruto actually attacking me, you just threw those swords at me a few times," the jonin said with a question look.
"Of course Naruto was the only one attacking you, he was the distraction!" Izo exclaimed. "Did you really think that your clone just decided to blow up into pieces all by itself? I switched it with one of my clones as soon as you made that stupid circle formation; turned out great too 'cause I managed to grab these," he explained, holding up two bells as he grinned viciously.
Kakashi actively ignored the fact that the boys grin made him uneasy; he could definitely see why some shinobi from Kirigakure prided themselves on their pointed teeth, it truly was an intimidating look. "I also assume that Sasuke passing out is your fault because of the bloody body pieces scattered around" he said dryly.
"Nope, I've had a wide range genjutsu worked into the mist. You had your Sharingan active the whole time so it didn't do jack shit to you, but I left it in place in case either of the other two tried to interfere" Izo explained casually before scratching his head curiously. "It wasn't a very powerful genjutsu either. At most, it should have just made things look scarier than they normally would, maybe make him see something he's scared of. I don't see why he freaked out like that though"
Kakashi felt the need to face palm himself as hard as he could. "He just saw me, with my Sharingan, surrounded by blood and body parts. He probably just had a flashback of the Uchiha massacre," the jonin said.
"Ohhh" both boys said in realisation.
"You're both idiots," Kakashi said with a blank stare. "Let's go get Sakura, you all pass no matter what I say so there's no point to stay out here," he grumbled.
"We already know. The old man suspected that the council would make you pass whatever team the Uchiha was on" Naruto replied with his idiotic grin already back on his face.
"I'm going to pretend that you didn't say that. There are going to be enough problems with this team as it is, I don't need you two knowing more than I do, or rather I don't need to know that you know more than me" the jonin said as he walked over and picked Sasuke up.
As they walked from the clearing, the blood and body parts all vanished in a large puff of smoke while the mist simply thinned until it was gone. Kakashi was annoyed to find that the blood that covered him was still there but neither of the boys seemed to notice or care.
"What kind of clones were those, if you don't mind me asking?" Kakashi inquired curiously.
"Naruto used a combination of shadow clones, and that exploding blood clone; I used my own variation of the blood clone that I combine with my earth affinity to give it a body that will remain for a while even after dismemberment or other forms of extensive damage" Izo explained, giving the jonin another unnerving toothy grin.
"Hmm, that sounds useful. Perhaps you could teach me this blood clone jutsu," the Cyclops suggested hopefully.
"No can do, sensei. That jutsu is one of the few techniques that we have personally put into the scroll of seals, meaning that we can't just teach 'em to whomever we want. Feel free to ask the old man though, I'm sure he wouldn't mind" Naruto replied.
"That old geezer doesn't care about anything that doesn't have a double D cup size. I'm amazed he manages to run a village that has female shinobi; I would have expected them to skin him alive by now," Izo said with a chuckle.
"Actually, lord Sandaime has a jutsu that allows him to spy on the female side of the hot springs from the safety of his office" Kakashi said casually, not taking the time to actually think about what he was saying.
"That wrinkled dick bastard! I'm going to skin him, burn him, then I'll chuck him in the female side of the hot springs just so he can understand what true suffering is" the blindfolded boy growled hatefully.
"You do realise that threatening the Hokage is a crime, don't you?" the silver haired man asked curiously.
"Yeah, yeah, trivial legalities, useless boring political bullshit; I already read enough books on law to cover the basics" Izo answered irritably.
Kakashi decided not to push the subject, he too wasn't particularly happy with the Sandaime keeping that jutsu all to himself, but that didn't mean he was going to complain about it. Aggravating the man known as the Kami of shinobi was not the most pleasant of suicide methods. Kakashi would much rather be killed by Anko Mitarashi than Hiruzen Sarutobi, and that was saying something considering he was a guy.
It didn't take very long for the small group to make it back to the open field of the training ground. They all immediately took notice of Sakura, well…everyone but Sasuke that is. The Uchiha was still unconscious and slung over Kakashi's shoulder, something that could either save the boy from the fan girl or condemn him in some horrifying way.
The pink haired girl was sitting on the grass leaning against one of the three wooden posts, taking very little notice of her surroundings as she filed her nails. Sakura didn't even notice as the rest of team seven walked up to her until their shadows blocked the sun. The girl looked up angrily, obviously intending to shout at whoever was standing over her, but the words died in her throat as her eyes widened.
"Sasuke-Kun!" she screamed in horror, jumping to her feet and moving to check on the unconscious boy.
Sakura quickly stopped halfway as she stared at Kakashi fearfully, only having just noticed that the silver haired man was drenched in blood. Her bright green eyes darted from the now crimson haired man to Sasuke, who was also covered in quite a lot of blood. She looked to Naruto, only to find that the blonde boy was grinning like an idiot, before she looked to Izo. Her eyes widened further as she realised that his scarf was pulled down, giving her a clear view at his filed down teeth.
"Y-y-y…you…k-killed…S-Sasuke-Kun" she stuttered pitifully before finally passing out.
"That…took far longer than I expected" Izo said with a frown.
Kakashi tried to muster up the energy to glare at the boy, but failed miserably. "You planned this didn't you?" he asked lazily.
"Yes, yes I did. But since I'm such a nice guy, me and Naruto will take these two to…wait, where should we take them?" he asked.
The jonin sighed. He was going to kill the Hokage for resigning him from ANBU, then he would slaughter the council for…well everything in general; those guys were assholes. "Just take them to the hospital for now; I'll sort everything else out somehow. I'll send you two a message on where to meet up tomorrow," he said lazily, putting his hands into a seal and disappearing in a Shunshin.
"Should we have warned him that my blood clones are mixed with red hair dye?" Naruto asked worriedly.
"Nah, he'll be fine, I think, maybe, so long as we play innocent" Izo replied dismissively.
"Alright, now let's drag these two to the hospital" the blonde said cheerfully, receiving a punch to the back of his head.
"No, you idiot, we will not drag them. You will do that stupid teleporting thing and take them there," the older boy ordered in annoyance.
"You do realise that the only reason you hate the Hiraishin is because you can't use it, right?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow.
Izo glared at his little brother. "Do you want me to make Kana give you the talk again?" he asked dangerously.
"No"
"Good. Now hurry up and teleport the emo and his tumour!" the ash haired boy yelled.
"I don't like you anymore" Naruto muttered.
"You've never liked me," Izo countered before disappearing in a purple leaf Shunshin.
Kakashi was surprised, for the umpteenth Kami damn time today, as he stared at both the Sandaime and an odd ANBU woman. Having been ANBU captain for a while meant that Kakashi knew all of the mask types that were used by them, all resembling some form of animal for the most part. So the fact that this woman was wearing a mask that didn't match any that he knew off, struck him as odd.
It also didn't help that the mask she was wearing reminded him of one of his old teammates, with two purple rectangular markings where her cheeks would be. Thankfully, that was the only resemblance he could find; he didn't know what he would do if he started seeing a constant reminder of Rin around the village.
"Ah, Kakashi, good to see you. I trust that you are here to ask about your genin team, who I am sure passed with flying colours," Hiruzen said cheerfully, making sure to add a good amount of sarcasm to the last part.
"Yes, I'm here for some well-deserved answers and perhaps a shower too" the Cycloptic jonin said lazily, gesturing to the blood that was quickly drying on him. "But first things first, I think your guest might need to leave"
"Oh don't worry about her. If you're here to ask about Naruto and Izo, then she is probably the best person to ask anyway," the Hokage said with a smile. "And for the record, Naruto's blood clones are mixed with a very high powered hair dye. You couldn't wash it out even if you tried"
"And how long does it last?" the crimson haired man asked emotionlessly.
"About seven months, give or take a few weeks," Sarutobi answered.
"Can we get back to the more important matters? I wanna know how my boys did in the test" Kana whined childishly.
"Your boys?" Kakashi asked curiously.
"Oh, right, you haven't met. Kakashi, allow me to introduce Kana Uzumaki, Naruto and Izo's adopted mother of sorts" Hiruzen said happily.
Kakashi didn't even blink. Instead, he turned and walked to the door. "I will come back tomorrow when I feel that I can cope with this catastrophic fuckup of a day," he said, closing the door as he left.
"He's even worse than I remember" Kana said with a light giggle.
"Unfortunately, you are correct. Now, what did you come in here for?" Hiruzen asked.
"Oh, right" Kana said before pulling a scroll from a pouch on her belt and putting it on the desk. "The Tsuchikage has sent a message asking for a potential truce between our villages, but he asks that me and the boys be the ones to go and discuss the issue," she explained.
"It's definitely a trap. Ōnoki is probably aware of our jinchuuriki being an Uzumaki, hence why he has requested all of you. I'd rather not find out how he would react should he discover what Izo is" the Hokage said tiredly.
"So what should we do?" Kana asked calmly.
"I'm afraid that team seven will have to wait a little while before it can begin work. I'll be sending you and the boys to the meeting; if it's a trap you can handle yourselves, if not, then a truce between Konoha and Iwa will be beneficial. Where is the meeting being held?" he asked.
"Grass country" she answered simply.
"Inform the boys, I'll create an alibi," he said lazily. 'Those two are going to turn this into a major shit storm, I can just feel it' he thought to himself as Kana left the office. On the plus side, he wouldn't have to worry about Kakashi having a mental breakdown anytime soon.
The Sandaime sighed exhaustedly. What was he going to do with those boys?
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