Satsujin: The Birth of a Killer.
Disclaimer: I don't own crap anything except the laptop which I use to type this story. Kishimoto owns Naruto while Type-Moon owns the Nasuverse.
AN: Notes will be in the end of the chapter if this is the second chapter of a back to back update so I suggest reading the previous chapter before this one.
"Bold"= Jutsu/Flash Back
"BOLD +Italics"= Bijuu talking
'Words ' = thoughts
BOLD = screaming
Story Starts:
Chapter 9: The Killer's Heart
Tick tock Tick tock Tick tock….
And so the clock ticks and tocks…..
As time slowly moves forward ….
Counting down to the inevitable….
[9]
Naruto arrived at Konoha early in the morning, scroll already in hand as he walked pass the village's gates. It took him two days to get back to Konoha, he only really needed one but his tenant insisted the he rested. He tried arguing with her but alas he never wins against her. The blonde shook his head as he slowly walked towards the Hokage's office. The boy tried to keep his calm and cold façade but in reality could barely contain his excitement.
He was a few hours away from freedom.
Who wouldn't be excited for that?
Naruto reached the office ignoring the secretary who was scowling at him the teen opened the door and saw the elders Homura and Kohaku behind the Hokage's desk doing paper work.
"Where is Jiraiya?" Homura asked the hint of venom in his voice not missed by the Jinchuuriki.
Naruto didn't reply he just walked towards the table and placed a scroll on top a pile of paper. After doing so the blonde promptly turned around and made his way to exit .
"Where do you think you're going?" Kohaku asked.
"Jiraiya told me to deliver the scroll, I did and now I am going back to my apartment as my mission is done." He looked back at them.
"No one gave you permission to leave this room" Kohaku said as she narrowed her eyes on the boy.
"You two aren't the Hokage" Naruto replied as he left the office leaving behind a fuming Kohaku and Homura.
Seriously by this point the two should have already learned their lesson, Naruto hated them and they hated Naruto. It was as simple as that.
The blonde couldn't really stand being in the same room as the two without the thought of killing them painfully popping in his head every second.
But he won't kill them.
He doesn't need to.
He knows that the foolishness of those two would eventually lead Konoha to its downfall and people themselves would at one point demand for their deaths for doing something retarded like convincing the current Kage to start a war or something.
So he wouldn't kill them.
Despite how tempting it was.
Although as Naruto left he didn't notice the sudden smile on the old hag's face. "Homura, the Damyo is still in the village right?"
"Yes he is still looking over the repairs, why do you ask?"
The old woman just smiled as she spoke.
Soon enough Homura was smiling as well.
[8]
Naruto looked at the calendar as he entered his apartment. There were a few things he needed to collect before he made his way to the Kurama Compound and tried to convince Yakumo to at least consider leaving Konoha with him.
He knew it was a really pointless endeavor and there was a high chance that the girl would say no to his offer but he had to try and ask.
She was the one he considered a friend after all.
Naruto created a few clones not needing to tell them what to do as they all nodded and began placing various explosive tags all over his apartment.
"Leave no evidence behind" he said as some of the other clones began taking out scrolls and sealing certain ordinary books and journals Naruto kept in his room.
"Good" he said as he slowly walked towards his bed. The teen knelt as he moved a loose floor board and pulled out a small box. In it were a few scrolls and more importantly a mask. The white frowning mask the Yakumo gave him.
He smiled as he looked at it "Heh.. Always sad inside huh?" he said as he remembered their conversation when the girl gave him the mask.
"Who knows you might be right" he said as he placed the mask inside the box as be pulled out another scroll.
He opened the scroll and channeled chakra into it as a random assortment of creepy looking masks appeared a set of masks that he found in an old ruin near the outskirts of Konoha.
"Hmm… I wonder which one of these has their souls" he asked as he looked at the masks.
He really should thank Orochimaru for that small piece of information in the future.
"Now if only I knew how to use Edo Tensei" the blonde muttered out as he slowly resealed the masks and placed the scroll inside the box once more before sealing said box inside another scroll. Before standing up and sitting on his bed as he watched his clones.
He only had to wait for them to finish before he left his apartment.
Yawning, the blonde relaxed a bit, he had a few minutes to spare.
Elsewhere
The heiress of the Kurama clan slowly stood up from her bed as she made her way to the washroom. Yakumo opened the door and spent a few minutes looking at her face in the mirror.
She was pale strangely pale and worn out and in under no condition could someone say that she was looking healthy. But that won't stop her from leaving today.
It was a special day after all.
The girl left the washroom after washing up and made her way back to the room. She took off her clothes and changed into a beautifully woven black kimono with red lilies decorated along its sleeves. The girl slowly walked to her desk as she looked at a small white mask.
She stared at the object for what seemed like an eternity before she took it and placed it within her kimono.
Yakumo then turned towards the door and left the compound.
[7]
Inside a prestigious office within the Hokage Tower sat various people of all different age and stature but all held respective powers on their own fields. It was a sudden meeting and no one really knew the agenda, the only thing they knew that this meeting was of the utmost importance.
Sitting on one side of a long rectangular table was a man wearing elegant robes befitting his status as one of the most powerful and influential men around the Elemental Nations. Behind the man stood two guards ever vigilant as they were prepared to strike down anyone that dare to go against their liege. This man was the current Daimyo of the Land of Fire and he was now confused about the meeting like most others in the room barring one. Across from the Daimyo sat an older version of Nara Shikamaru, the boy's father Nara Shikaku the Jonin commander of Konoha, who was looking as lazy as ever as he sat in between the Anbu commander and the one and only Shimura Danzo.
Placing a scroll on the table Danzo started the meeting "We have received grave news from Jiraiya of the Sannin." He said catching everyone's immediate attention; even the normally lazy Shikaku was already sitting straight and looking intently at Danzo. "Senju Tsunade and her apprentice Kato Shizune were attacked by Orochimaru before Jiraiya and his companion arrived in the scene. The report says that Shizune was kidnapped by Orochimaru and was planned to be used as a bargaining chip to coerce Tsunade-hime to join his side." Danzo added as he passed the school around the room to confirm the information. "Eventually a battle ensued which resulted in the death of Kato Shizune which sadly brought the last Senju spiralling down into deeper depression the likes of when her brother and lover were killed. Jiraiya decided to stay with her for a while to help her get back on her feet. " he said as he paused for a moment to take a deep breath.
Shikaku frowned he did not like where this conversation was going. If Tsunade and Jiraiya were out of the picture there was only one person left who was qualified for the position of Hokage. 'If only Kakashi was a bit older and had more experience' Shikaku thought as he desperately tried to think of other possible Hokage candidates.
"I was under the impression the Senju Tsunade was to become the next Hokage." The daimyo asked as he looked at the shinobis. "Then who is to become the next Hokage?"
Danzo smirked "I nominate myself as a candidate to become the Godaime of Konoha" he declared as a red-eye beneath his bandaged eye began influencing the thoughts of the Daimyo.
Things were going smoothly.
Just as planned.
[6]
Naruto looked up in the sky and saw the dark clouds slowly surrounding Konoha. "Looks like it's going to rain" he said as he kept walking through a forested path as he reached his destination, the compound belonging to Yakumo's clan.
He stopped just a few steps in front of the compound as he started talking with one of the guards stationed out there. "I'd like to meet Yakumo. I need to talk to her about a mission that we were assigned to" he lied.
"Would you mind waiting for a second" the guard asked.
"No problems, take your time" Naruto casually responded as the guard ran inside the compound.
Naruto waited patiently for about twenty minutes before the sane man came running out of the compound.
"I am sorry" the guard started with that as Naruto raised an eye brow and tapped his foot on the ground "I have checked her room and any other room she often stays in but she was not there." The man said as he breathed heavily trying to catch his breath.
"One of the maids did tell me that she left earlier and went to the village" the guard said "I'm sorry if I was not much of a help" the man said as Naruto shook his head.
"No you've helped enough" Naruto replied as he turned and left the compound
"Where the hell is she?" the blonde thought as he calmly walked away from the compound.
[5]
Standing in the midst of a sea of trees in front of a small yet well-kept shrine was Yakumo. She left the compound earlier and made her way here.
Today was a special day for her.
The girl looked closely at the shrine as he traced her soft and gentle digits along the names engraved along the shrine.
"Oto-san, Okaa-san" she said as she pulled her hand away from it.
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry…" she cried out "I'm sorry for forgetting…" she said as she felt her vision growing blurry as the murderous thoughts slowly filled her head once more. "I promise… I'll…ki-" the girl shook her head.
No she didn't want it to sway her thoughts.
It was still trying to tell her to kill as she desperately tried to contain it.
She didn't want to kill.
But it told her deep down that's what she wanted.
She didn't want to kill.
It told her that killing is justified.
She didn't want to kill.
It told her that person was responsible for everything that happened to her life.
She didn't want to kill.
It began replaying the memories inside her, of that night in the fire, of her parent's death. Of the culprit's admission on who is to blame.
She didn't want to kill.
It told her that the person tricked her and lied to her. That the person was laughing at her. Laughing like everyone else.
Laughing at her weakness.
Laughing at her failures.
The sounds of laughter echoed in her head along with the words telling her to kill.
Cracks slowly began appearing in her resolve.
She didn't want to….
More cracks started appearing.
She didn't want to…..
The persons smiling face appeared in front of her….
The cracks kept appearing.
Yakumo's eyes lost their focus as she placed a hand within her kimono as she slowly pulled out a simple mask.
A mask of an eternal smiling face.
The mask comedy.
She smiled as she wore the mask.
It was a mask befitting her life.
[4]
Danzo smirked one more as he sat down on the chair behind his new desk a few minutes ago the old war hawk was instated as the Godaime Hokage. This was the day that he longed for the most. He would've smiled and jumped out in joy like he was feeling internally but alas the man had an image to keep.
The old war hawk tilted his head to the side as he looked at four pictures that were displayed on the wall. The four previous Kages and deep inside Danzo promised himself that he would surpass all of them by leading Konoha into greater heights than any of the could even hope to imagine.
He first looked at the Shodaime Hokage with a sour look on his face. That man was strong and a Shinobi without match except by Madara, at one point the man had all the tailed beasts and all of them belonged to Konoha. If he wished he could have conquered the entire nation but he was stupid enough to give away the beasts to other nations.
He then looked at the Yondaime. He personally liked Minato, the boy was a genius cut throat and was willing to do the very best for the village. During the war the man showed strength that even managed to gain the respect of the old war hawk. Hell anyone who could single headedly slaughter an entire army was fine in his books. But… -there's always a but, the man was too kind hearted like the first and that in itself showed weakness.
Since a shinobi should be emotionless.
He then looked at the picture of Tobirama. The only Hokage he actually respected. He was the ideal ninja in Danzo's eyes. Strong, calm, rational, manipulative, and the man did not by in all means let his emotions get in the way of his judgement.
"Tobirama-sensei, I will show you why you should have chosen me as Hokage instead of Hiruzen long ago" the man said as his eyes trailed to the third Kage. "Saru my friend, I will build on your mistakes and lead Konoha into a better future…" the man said as he finally broke his gaze over the photos and looked at a bunch of folders stacked in front of his desk.
Those were high priority folders.
People that he needed to be dealt with the moment he became Hokage.
The man looked at the first few folders and smiled as he snapped his fingers summoning his Anbu and Root Anbus to his side.
"My first order as Godaime Hokage ….."
[3]
Naruto was walking in the village ignoring the glares that he was getting as he thought of where Yakumo could be. He really didn't care about the villagers anymore hopefully this was going to be the last day that he has to deal with them.
*Grumble*
"Huh…" he muttered out as he looked down on his grumbling stomach.
"Might as well grab something to eat first" the blonde though as he walked towards the nearest establishment, a Dango shop often visited by both Yakumo and Anko.
His eyes then widened as he suddenly stopped walking.
He remembered looking at the calendar this morning.
He remembered that date.
It was a date he later discovered was important to her, cursing the blonde immediately channeled chakra into his legs as he ran back towards the forested area of Konoha.
His destination? a small shrine in the midst of the forest.
[2]
Naruto continued running ignoring his hunger as he made suddenly made an abrupt stop as he reached the small shrine. Lo and behold standing in front of the shrine, her back facing him was none other than person he was looking for.
"Yakumo" the blonde called out in between his deep breaths as he noticed the girl's body suddenly tensed up.
The girl slowly turned around and faced Naruto, only this time it wasn't her face that met the blonde, but rather the smiling face of the mask she brought for herself.
A perpetual smiling mask.
"Uzumaki-san" Yakumo replied with a rather cold and chilling voice that sent shivers down the Jinchuuriki's spine. He never heard that tone before.
Not from Yakumo at least.
"I just got back" he told her "I remembered what day today is and came here" he explained as the girl slowly nodded.
"I see thank you for that Uzumaki-san" she said as she slowly tilted her head to the side and placed one finger in the smile of the eerie mask.
"Do you know what happened this day Uzumaki-san?"
"The day we met… and theday…"
"The day my parent's died" the girl finished for him.
"Do you know why they died Uzumaki-san?" the girl asked as Naruto's eyes slowly widened as he slowly figured something out.
"You told me they died in a fire"
"Sadly that was what they made me think, Kurenai-san, Sandaime-san, and my uncle all implanted false memories in me that hid the truth" she tilted her head to the other side.
"Do you know the truth Uzumaki-san?" she asked.
Naruto gulped but didn't respond.
"They were killed Uzumaki-san, killed in front of me… I saw them killed Otou-san, they sliced him limb from limb and cauterized the wounds laughing as they left him limbless and defenseless while they raped my mother in front of him" she said as she started laughing out loudly as she looked up towards the dark and cloudy sky.
"You know why they were killed?"
Naruto closed his eyes "Yes. I know why they we're killed"
"And why was that Uzumaki-san?"
"Because during a council meeting to decide the fate of the demon your father voted to let the demon live."
The girl started laughing out "Thank you for being honest with me Uzumaki-san" she said as she looked at him.
"Now who was the demon?"
Naruto didn't dare reply as he looked at her; she was only about ten steps away from him.
"Neh Uzumaki-san" she said with an almost playful and childish tone.
"Would you kindly die for me?"
[1]
"Arrrgggghhhhhhh" Naruto screamed out as he felt his body getting torn apart it felt as if all his muscles were getting pulled out of his body one at time. It wasn't a pleasant feeling at all and since he was already stuck inside one of her genjutsus things did not bode well for him.
'Ei-nee' he called out.
'Hai Naru-kun' his tenant replied as she began channeling her chakra into his system as it slowly over powered the Genjutsu.
He felt as if the entire world shattered as he broke out of the Genjutsu, for a brief moment he saw Yakumo standing still in front of the Shrine.
He took two steps forward, before he found himself stuck in another genjutsu. In this one he was thrown into a pit full of swords and was repeatedly stabbed all over his body. It was painful but, it was something he already felt long throughout his child hood.
"I'm sorry" he said as he felt himself getting stabbed by swords before it was shortly dispelled for him again by his tenant.
"Yakumo I'm-"
"Uzumaki-san it's too late for apologize…. I want to kill you"
"Sorry" he said as he once again trapped in another genjutsu. This one had him standing kneeling in front of the village as each and every person in Konoha began throwing rocks at him.
"I'm sorry for not telling you" he told her the genjutsu dispelled again as he took a few more steps towards her.
"You Lied to me!" she shouted back as the blonde once again felt the he was trapped within one of her genjutsus. This time he was within a dark cave. He couldn't see, hear, or smell, anything. It was frightening as the only thing he felt was the pain coming from the invisible beasts that dwelled within the cave.
'Naru-kun it's getting harder and harder to dispel these, you better deal with her soon' his tenant warned as the illusion dispelled once more.
He was only six steps away from her.
"I hate you!" the girl cried out as he swore he could see tears streaming down the mask "I hate you so much Uzumaki!"
"I deserve every moment of it…"
"You do…" she said as Naruto was once again stuck within an illusion this one putting him threw him into the sun itself as it felt like his body was slowly getting roasted and peeled away. It didn't really help that in this illusion his wounds were healing as they burned.
"Arrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh !" he screamed out as he dispelled the illusion he was already breathing hard, he was already exhausted but he had to take a few more steps. Just a few more steps, this always worked when she was mad at him.
It worked when they were kids; he just hoped it'll still work.
"How long have you known?" the masked girl asked me as I took one more step towards her. "How long have you lied to me, how long have you been laughing at my back knowing that you were responsible for all the crap that I suffered for in my life…."
"Since a few years ago…."
"Why did you lie to me?"
"I didn't want this to happen… I didn't want you to suffer like this…."
"You should have told me" the girl said as she stomped her feet in the ground. "You should have been honest with me… you were my friend…." She cried out as she clutched her head.
"Yakumo!" Naruto extended his arm towards her as he took a closed the distance between the two of them.
"Don't touch me!" she screeched out and backed away from the blonde, as Naruto suddenly felt his body assaulted by hundred if not thousands of lightning bolts.
It felt like that near death experience he felt as a child.
It hurt like hell.
He wanted to cry out in pain.
He was tempted to do so but he had to stay strong.
He walked towards her as he was assaulted by pain.
There was no more need to keep appearances; there was no more need to lie.
If he were to tell anyone of his actual feelings it would only be to her or Eiko.
"I hate you!, I want to kill you! I want to kill you so badly! You ruined my life! You were the root of everything… you ruined my life…." She screamed out as her illusion kept sending bolt upon bolt of lightning at the teen.
He gritted his teeth as he endured every one of them.
"Why don't you just die?" she shouted again as another bolt of lightning landed on the blonde.
Yet he continued walking shrugging each and every bolt she sent at her.
"Stay away!" she cried out as a large bolt of lightning lashed on the blonde before hundreds if not thousands of bolts hit him from all sides.
The stimulation by itself would have been enough to kill any normal person.
Too bad, he was far from normal.
Naruto kept walking towards her and before long he was in front of Yakumo.
"Nooo!" she screamed out as another bolt of lightning struck Naruto. By that point his senses were already numbed and he couldn't feel it anymore. The blonde looked at Yakumo before he placed his arms around her and enveloped her in a warm hug.
"Get off me!" she cried out as she struggled from his hug.
"I'm sorry… Yakumo" he said as she continued struggling "I know you have every right to hate me… but I just want you to know I'm sorry…. I'm absolutely sorry…." Naruto replied his usual tone of coldness gone as it was replaced by one of pure sincerity as kept whispering at her apologizing for his sins.
Yakumo kept struggling.
He kept apologizing.
"Why?"
He still kept apologizing.
"Why are you still apologizing?" she asked as she kept struggling.
"Because I… I… hate myself….." he answered "I hate myself for causing pain to you of all people… I hated it… every waking moment I wanted to tell you the truth and apologize but I was scared… I was so scared that you were going to hate me when I told you" he said as he tightened his hug.
"I was scared of losing a friend" he admitted "I was afraid that you of all people would hate me. I didn't want you to hate me."
"Why?" she silently whispered as tears fell from her mask. "Why… why… can't I just hate… you… why…." She said as the thought in her head were slowly drowned away as it was replaced by various memories that she cherished the most.
'Ano.. are you alright?'
"Why?"
'There…. There… let it all out….'
"Why can't I hate you?"
"Are you okay?"
"I want to kill you"
'Just remember you're not a monster for killing, we're ninjas we kill for a living.'
"I'm supposed to hate you… I'm supposed to despise you!.."
'You don't have any friends? Then I'll be your friend!'
"Why" she cried out as tear kept flowing from her eyes.
"You could have killed me any time I was stuck in one of your Illusions… why didn't you kill me?" he asked her.
"I can't kill you…" she whispered to him. "Despite what it told me…" she said as she looked at him closely "despite what the voices in my head was saying… despite all those words… I couldn't come to hate you… I couldn't kill you…" she replied as she placed a hand on her face and took of her mask. Revealing her blood-shot eyes that kept pouring down tears on her deathly pale face.
"Despite how much I wanted to…. You were always there for me… you helped me out…. even if you're the one who cause me so much pain…. You were also the one who comforted me…."
The girl shook her head as she cried "I couldn't kill you because you were my first friend..." she said as she placed her hand on Naruto's face. "You are my best friend" she added "My team-mate" she then looked away. "My crush…" she admitted as Naruto's eyes widened in surprise before they quickly returned to normal as he smiled warmly at her "Kumo" she covered his mouth with a finger. "Let me finish" she said as she looked directly as his eyes.
"I couldn't help it, you were nice to me when no one else was, even though you often acted cold I knew you cared about me, you even helped me make friends despite not making some for yourself." She smiled sadly "I just couldn't help it" she said as she closed her eyes and pulled herself closer to him, slowly approaching the boy as she kissed him in the lips. Naruto 's mind froze when he felt her lips brush against his, and it took a few seconds for him to actually process what was happening before he decided to close his eyes and kissed back feeling his lips brush against hers.
It was a small an innocent act that made the blonde happy.
It was the first time that someone aside from his tenant showed him that they actually loved him.
[0]
Play Hear Our Prayer- Yuki Kajiura [repeat until the end]
Naruto suddenly opened his eyes as when he suddenly felt a warm feeling around his stomach. He looked at Yakumo and noticed that her eyes were open as well.
The two broke their kiss.
The crimson ichor that is blood slowly spilled out of her mouth.
Naruto looked down and saw a two katanas, one piercing her on the chest as it was stabbed downwards to his stomach. The other was piercing him on the chest on going down through her stomach.
He felt someone pull the blades out.
It hurt but he didn't care about it right now.
His eyes were focused on her body slowly falling towards the ground.
He quickly grabbed her to prevent so from happening as he gently placed her down one the ground.
Naruto ignored the pain as he looked down on her "Yakumo!" he shouted out as he looked at her "Hang on!" the blonde said as he desperately try to think of any healing jutsu that he knew of.
"Uzumaki Naruto" the teen heard as his eyes quickly landed on a five Anbus that were surrounding him and Yakumo.
His blood started boiling as one of them continued to talk "By decree of the Godaime Hokage. Shimura Danzo. You and Kurama Yakumo have been deemed as threats to the safety of the people of Konoha" the man then directed his gaze at Yakumo "By his decree Kurama Yakumo is sentenced to execution while Uzumaki Naruto is to be brought in and imprisoned"
He wasn't listening.
He was already looking back at Yakumo as he looked at her now dying body as the heavens roared out and droplet of rain began falling upon all those in the area. He stared at her as small droplets of rain fell down upon her. Gone was the warmness in her body, paleness replacing her normal complexion.
'Eiko-nee is there anything you could do?'
'Naruto….it's…..' his tenant didn't finish as Naruto shook his head and looked at the girl who was slowly closing her eyes, smiling as she tried so hard to tell him something.
He looked at her as she coughed out blood.
He watched as the girl with all her remaining strength place her now bloodied hand on his cheek "I love you Naruto" she told him.
The boy's eyes widened as he was as for a couple of seconds he was at a loss of words.
"Yakumo!" he shouted out as she closed her eyes.
It was the first time someone actually told him that they loved him and he failed to answer back. He stayed beside her in shock as a torrent of emotions that he didn't know he had already threatened to erupt from inside of him.
It was already too late.
She couldn't hear him anymore even if he said it.
She had already passed away.
Kurama Yakumo died with a smile on her face in the hands of the one she loved.
Naruto just stared at her body as he slowly regretted not being able to answer back in time.
Not being able to say four simple words back at her when it mattered.
The only leaf that mattered among the pile of withered leafs.
His first real friend.
His trusted companion.
He just wanted her to hear his reply.
Those four simple words.
"I love you too." He whispered out as it fell on deaf ear while the pouring of the rain began to get harder, drenching his body in cold droplets or rain.
One of the surrounding Anbus thought it was time to restraint the blonde and tried to approach him to place a chakra seal on him.
It was then that time suddenly slowed down and before the Anbu even knew what hit them all of them were sliced into pieces.
The last thing they saw; were an unnatural pair of blue eyes with a magenta ring in the middle glaring at them.
And like a flash Naruto was back beside Yakumo, cradling her body in his hands as if he didn't even move as he heard loud thuds behind him.
The sound of falling flesh hitting the ground.
Yet he didn't care about them.
He didn't gave a damn.
For the first time in years Naruto felt an emotion that he had long forgotten, something that he thought he had escaped. Something he never wanted to experience again.
Pain and Sadness.
And so the boy looked up in the heaves and cursed, as tears that he thought he lost long ago were once again pouring from his eyes as he kept cursing the world and god for their cruelty as he held on to Yakumo's now lifeless body.
In the village of the hidden leaves.
Amidst the sea of trees.
Beneath the crying skies.
With the lifeless body of his loved one in his arms.
The teen cried.
It was at that very moment.
That the killer was truly born.
-Satsujin End-
AN: :(
ANN: This was actually going to be the first chapter or the pilot chapter but I decided to change it, meaning the plans for this chapter was made even before the story started. If anyone noticed it from my previous posts I always said that chapter 9 was already done before hand and this is why. I expect people to rage but as one reviewer already predicted this was to be the triggers. Since at this point in the story Naruto's wish is to just leave Konoha with Yakumo not really prioritizing it's destruction. He was still planning on it bt he seriously just wanted to gtfo there fast. Adding her death in the equation well let's just say they'll be lucky if there was any rubble left behind after he's done with them.
Kurama was deemed as a threat because of the ID that exists within her, something that Kurenai reported to Sarutobi. Which was sadly one of the folders on top of Danzo's desk.
Read and Review or Rage either way this decision is final sorry.