Danzo's Twisted Will Chapter 10, a naruto fanfic

-Note.- hey guys, its me joey again, and sadly, due to the large amount of homework that was assigned mercilessly to me, jongygy wrote a huge chunk of this chapter for me. I'm sure our millions of loyal fans are crying right now, because we aren't putting another chapter out until January 7th, be assured that chapter 11 will be utterly awesome, or utterly whacked, either of which should improve our ratings. Anyways, have a merry Christmas, and a happy new year!

Disclaimer- I don't own Naruto, or Sasuke, or, well, anyone else!

Chapter 10.

The fifth Hokage waited untill silence had filled the scantily lit room, and then spoke.

"Shimura Danzo, elder of Konoha and supreme commander of ANBU division "Root" has called for an official meeting of the council.

This man has called the meeting, and as such, I expect each one of us to give him our complete attention."

She emphasized the two words "complete attention" looking directly at the lazy leader of team seven. Kakashi gave a weak smile towards Tsunade, at the same time hiding his perverted book underneath the long council table.

Danzo smiled and stood, snaking his way towards the center of the room.

He waited for the right moment to speak, this was going to be a tricky council, and a single word had the potential to make or break his plans.

The room was filled with silence.

The bandaged man began.

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"Saaaaske-kun!"

The high pitched holler was heard across Konoha, but seemed to echo in the raven haired genin's ears.

"What do you want, woman?" Sasuke called out his window, after throwing on a random shirt. Romeo, he was not.

"Well, I don't want to intrude... I mean if you're availa... If you have room... "Sakura struggled to form a proper sentence, blushing at the thought of sleeping anywhere near Sasuke.

Sure, she had been near his sleepig form plenty on missions, but alone like this, who knew what could happen?

Sasuke sighed deeply, and climbed out of the window, dropping smoothly onto his toes.

"Sakura." the boy exhaled. "What is your problem?" The dark genin's tone was harsh and bitter, he planned to set Sakura straight right now. "I'm only going to say this once, so you had better be listening."

"As you all know from the reports detailing the grounds of this council, we are gathered to review the actions of several Konoha shinobi, based on a series of events that transpired recently."

Nods and murmurs of recognition where heard throughout the room.

"Recently, a certain team of... great value to Konoha, was dispatched into a very dangerous situation, where they were outnumbered greatly, against trained Akatsuki members. Leading the pack of rogues, was none other than Konoha's own Uchiha genius, Uchiha Itachi."

Here, Kakashi butted in. "As the leader of team seven, the team under examination, I can vouch for my students, they were never in danger. Danzo-sama's claim on the skill level for such opponents as the ones faced on the outskirts of Konoha have been gravely exaggerated. we were outnumbered greatly, and yet a three man genin cell crushed the entire force, while i dealt with 'Itachi.' "

Kakashi used the name fluidly, he had fought against the man on several occasions, and this time was different. Perhaps anyone would have brushed it off, but Kakashi was the fourth's student.

Sasuke chimed in. "Two man cell. Sakura and Naruto fought the troops, I was forced to duel Manda."

The room took a collective gasp, all recognizing the name of Orochimaru's reptile friend.

Danzo brushed this off.

"Who was responsible for sending these incompetent imbeciles to almost certain death? None other than our precious hokage, Senju Tsunade."

Certain members of council - the older and more experianced - saw this coming. Danzo had been after the title since the beginning, this was one of his tricks.

The younger generation, however, saw Danzo as a relic of the past, and only knew that he commanded utter respect. Like the third, whatever he said went.

Sasuke, on the other hand, was not impressed with this bullshit, and from the look of it, neither was Kakashi.

Sasuke had more time to train with Kakashi than any of his teammates, Because of the month long period training to do chidori. Because of this, he had seen a few more emotions then any one, and Sasuke could tell when his sensei was peeved.

The older man didn't change an inch in his posture, and Sasuke wouldn't have noticed anything out of place, but the jounin's one visible eye was ecstatic. Kakashi was furious.

Sasuke patiently waited for the Hokage to retort to Danzo's foolish criticizing. He got his wish, not soon after Danzo finished criticizing lady hokage's authority, and the buzz in the room had once again become silent, she stood up quickly, and marched over to Danzo's seat at the long table.

The woman spoke calmly but firmly and said, "Danzo, if I'm a dishonest and foolish Hokage, then tell me, what are you?" "You are a senile old fool, using these backstabbing and heartless tactics to try to gain the title of hokage. Why? to reform our nation, crushing the will of fire and destroying the hope this village has."

Danzo took these insults in stride, but most of the novice council members had been taken back by Tsunade's harsh words.

"So tell me, Danzo? How exactly did you have a sharingan eye, without taking it from a surviving Uchiha?" After a few seconds of silence she added with a smirk, "don't be dishonest, now."

Sasuke's interest was aroused as he looked at the black ops leader for an explanation. Danzo kept a straight face throughout the entire speech, not revealing any emotion. Sasuke couldn't tell what Danzo was thinking, and it bothered him. It was almost the same pose and look his brother gave him often.

Danzo finally spoke. "I'll tell you the truth."

Sasuke and Sakura sat alone, at one of the stone benches near Konoha's exit. They had walked there slowly, and in silence, Niether genin bothering to say anything to the other.

"Sakura." Sasuke broke the ice with the single word.

"Stop chasing me. I don't love you, that will never change." He exhaled. There was some explaining to do. "Sakura, you are in the middle of your youth, and you can't waste it on something so trivial as a crush."

"But Sasuke, I love..." Sakura began, but was cut off.

"Don't give me that garbage! You don't even know me! I never say more than a word to you, and when I do speak, it's to reject some new confession!"

Sakura remained silent.

"There's people in this village that could help you train, to make something out for your career as a kunoichi! There is a boy, a boy that would do anything for you! You are letting your life slip by, Sakura, and I won't be held responsible just because of a stupid crush."

"I... I..." the pinkette didn't quite know how to reply, but between her own mind and inner Sakura's pestering, she knew he was write. On that day, Haruno Sakura vowed to love Sasuke no longer.

"Alright. I'll let you get back to sleep then. sorry for the trouble." said the pinkette, with a small wave and smile.

As Sasuke slipped back into the Uchiha residence, his eye reflected a yellow slit in the moonlight.

Note- I dont usually put a note down here, but there is a perfectly good reason why theres two Sasuke's. Merry Christmas!