Alright, I hope you enjoy this chapter. It was written at 2 in the morning, when I couldn't sleep. I have returned to my longer chapters. . . but broke it up more, and stopped describing so much.

Discliamer I do not own any of this.

While dealing with clan heads, it is always good to remember the basic influences to any decision. Over all communication is key, on what you want and how much you want it. Next is the open options. Finally, there is carrying your actions though. Asuma had been taught these ruls as a kid, and no doubt Shino, Chomaru and Tsume were familiar with them as well.

The room seemed to hold still for Gai, there was a muted thickness to the air to him. Although the Hyuuga didn't seem to sense it at all. They continued to eat and drink as though nothing was said.

"What," Tsumi finally asked.

"He's just like his father in that regard," The Old Lady waved her food at them.

"You train him, surely you know how unsettling he can be," The Young Lady said, smiling sweetly at them. "He lies and is a very disturbed child. I'm sure we can all agree."

"So you attacked him during our training this morning?" Gai exploded furiously.

"If there was an attack on that boy, it was nothing he didn't deserve. You need to remember this isn't a person we are talking about. He is a servant." The other old Lady told them.

"Please," the Head Lady seemed to sense the tension, "I made some wonderful soup Lord Akimishi. Please help yourself."

A servant handed the first bowl to him, while the lady described what was in it.

"You see," Chomaru finished his own bowl of soup. " You see, clan alliances are like this soup," He signalled the old ladies quiet as he took their bowls. "They need firm celery, fresh carrots. . ." Four. Five. Six, as he continued, "Now if you make a mistake like today, where you have ended up with soft celery, you can run it under cold water and still have great soup to share at the end of it." Chomaru took the bowl of soup from beside himself.

"We have great soup-" The head lady said, catching the metaphor. Chomaru took her bowl next.

"Yes, we supply much for your clan and the village," The Young Lord pulled his bowl of soup more securely to himself.

"Yes you do," Chomaru said, signalling he wanted the last bowl, "and I might I say that this is great soup. But in the end, the suppliers of the celary, carrots, meat, potatoes and fresh water can only salvage so much to make your bowl of soup. In the end, you can only be forgiven for so many mistakes."

"You speak for one clan, about a single member of our clan," The Young Lord spat indignantly.

"I can assure you that I speak for not only my clan, but the Yamanaka and Nara clans as well. If this continues, you will never be safe in the dark again. We will all step in."

"If what continues?" The Old Lady spoke again, "We have the right to punish our own as we see fit."

"So if I slap my servant, you'll send out shadows to kill me? Where is the Hokage?" The old lord spoke up too.

"Silence already!" Asuma ordered, lighting up another cigarette. "It's not like that."

"But you cannot attack Neji directly anymore."

The Young Lord threw his hands up, "I knew it! Neji's conspiring to throw us over. I've been telling you all for years!"

"We should get rid of him!" The Old Lady exclaimed, as though this were a very old argument.

While the other ninja began arguing again, Kakashi realized that this was getting them no where, the Hyuuga just weren't listening. He quietly told Asuma this. It might have worked if they had a great speaker like Naruto or the third, but this wasn't going to help at all. What ever Asuma was going to say was cut off.

Gai and Lee moved faster than he had ever seen them before. Lee stood pinning the Old Lady to the wall while Gai stood ready to haul anyone else up at a seconds notice. The quiet chatter of boredom that had not stopped since they first entered finnaly silenced.

"Did you attack my friend?" Lee yelled in her ear.

"I went out for a walk," The Old Lady admitted.

"First thing tomorrow we will behead the little-" Tenten silenced the man with her knife.

"You will do no such thing!" Gai roared.

"One moment please," Kakashi said, taking Lee's place. "We need to see if any other ninja are in danger."

Knowing what he was about to do Gai turned Lee around to face the room again.

"Were you going to attack-" "Or punish" Kurenai cut in. "-Any other ninja?"

The Lords and Ladies looked to one another. "Not to my knowledge," The head lady spoke.

"Well," A young child lady whispered.

"What?" Tsume ordered, not letting them lose this attention they finally had.

"Lady Hinata will be receiving the curse mark tomorrow. It is not so much of a punishment-" (1)

"That changes now," Kurenai ordered. "I will not allow it."

"Kurenai, go take Hinata away from here. We will be fine," Lord Shibi assured her. Kurenai was gone a second later.

"I need to put Lady Hanabi to bed," The young lady told them. "Lady Hana will accompany me."

Kakashi let go of the Old Lady. Gai nodded that she could go.

"It doesn't matter. You can't kill us. The only thing you've accomplished here is losing your jobs and getting Neji dead!" The Old Lady laughed right inside the door. "I was a ninja at one time too. I know how this works."

"That is your second time threatening to kill my pupil," Gai warned her.

"Let us settle this ourselves, with my grandmother on the ground. We should just go down there are visit Neji," A lady with a pointy hair style told them.

The Hyuuga all smiled indulgently, "Of course, but where will the servant sleep?"

"No, you will have no contact with Neji until he is fully healed," Tsume told them.

"That is none of your concern," Shibi told them.

"You are a lord, you must understand," The Young Lord reached out to him, "You keep insects as servants!"

"When you attack a ninja, you attack all ninja, especially in these circumstances," Kakashi told them.

"I was talking to Lord Shibi!"

"I can assure you, as much as you may fear the shadows, you can fear the bugs and insects. I can see this house infested with them within a few months."

"We're going to have to take this a notch up," Kakashi informed them.

"Lee, Tenten, go out and ensure that Kurenai had no trouble taking Hinata away," Gai ordered, his students didn't hesitate to follow the strange orders.

Chomaru made sure to shut the door after them.

A Genin's chakra flared to let them know that someone was coming.

"Just in time," Asuma said, standing up.

"Now you remember what we said, I don't want to have to come back," Chomaru warned the room.

Tsume cracked her back, stretching out her sore muscles. "Think we should keep that guard up over at the hospital?"

"I'll head over there now," Gai told them.

"I'll accompany you," Shibi offered.

Using Tsume's nose, they were out of the house in record time. The Genine dispersed before they were even clear of the room. The Jounin nearly made it over the wall before getting caught.

"I thought I saw something in my house," Lord Hiashi called out.

"There was a problem, we dealt with it," Tsume growled.

"I can imagine. I just recieved a long talk from the Hokage. Still, I did not expect to find so many visitors this early in the morning," Hiashi nodded good night and headed into his home.

Ha, how many people thought I over did her stuttering! I am really surprised at you. After all my work to keep them in character too!

Alright the two most hated ladies left the room, should they be dealt with, or should they try another attack. It is truly the only thing I can't decide right now.

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