[During the council meeting, flashback]
Naruto stood in front of the stunned and shocked council members as they watched him in slight awe. None of them had expected to see the demon brat return let alone be this strong and, above all else, alive. Back then, when the anbu couldn't find him or track him down, some of the more bold civilians decided to hire hunter nin to find and kill the boy. When those hunter nin returned empty handed over a year and a half later, the civilians had decided that the boy must've died. That didn't sit all too well with Danzo. He needed that boy to make his ultimate weapon and at the time sent his Root anbu out only to receive the same results. Now, here was the boy standing in front of them all with a big smile and not a care in the world asking for his two ninja friends for asylum. That could only mean one thing.
"OUTRAGEOUS!"
"TAKE THIS DEMON OUT OF HERE!"
"HOKAGE-SAMA, DO YOU REALIZE WHAT THIS MONSTER IS ASKING US?!"
"I SAY WE JUST EXECUTE HIM FOR LEAVING THE VILLAGE!"
One of the more vocal clan heads, a woman with dog like features, shouted out.
"I AGREE!"
Another clan head, a Hyuuga, shouted out in agreement along with many other civilians.
"YOU CAN'T REALLY BE CONSIDERING BRINGING THE DEMON BACK INTO OUR HOME HOKAGE-SAMA!"
A pink haired civilian screamed out, causing both Yori and Emi to cringe as their sensitive ears reacted to her.
Hiruzen cleaned the wax from his ears and answered with a burst of killer intent to shut everyone up.
"I'm not just considering it, Haruno. I'm allowing it."
This got the intentional reaction of more shouts and threats from both sides. The only ones not involved were the three original members of Ino-Shika-Cho, and the Aburame clan head.
Hiruzen once again flared his KI and shut everyone up again. That was when one of the elders, the female one, noticed the smile on the blond boys face and seethed.
"And what exactly are you smiling about demon?"
She hissed that last part with a bit of venom in her tone.
Naruto just chuckled as he tried his hardest not to burst out in laughter.
"Is it kinda funny that I missed hearing all of you scream like a bunch of dummies?"
Naruto asked them with that same smile. Before anyone could rebuttal, Naruto continued.
"Now now, before someone like Inuzuka-san pops a blood vessel, let me just inform all of you of something that I discovered during my travels."
At the mention of her clan name, Tsume smelled the scent of an Alpha and shut herself up.
Hiruzen leaned forward in his chair in anticipation. He knew Naruto was hiding something when he explained himself earlier, now he could get some information.
The council, aside from Ino-Shika-Cho and the Aburame clan head, didn't look amused by the demon brat's interruption or whatever he would explain to them. They didn't care about his travels. All they cared about was how to get rid of him like last time, only this time ensuring that he dies. Danzo didn't care about what this boys travels were either. He was just coming up with a plan to ensure he had his weapon, but the next words to come from Naruto would change everything, forever.
Naruto smiled again and started to explain.
"During my time outside of the village, I discovered many things about myself."
This caught everyone's attention.
"One, I'm actually a very good hunter. Two, I can match many of the great swordsmen and women in the elemental nations. Three, I didn't know easy it was to farm your own food before."
By this time the council was getting annoyed by trivial things the demon was saying, yet Hiruzen just had a feeling that this was heading somewhere. Boy was he in for a shock.
"And four, I didn't know that the Yondaime sealed the Kyuubi no Kitsune inside of me until I left the village."
This caught them all by surprise as they were about to go into another uproar about the demon influencing him. Hiruzen was partially like this, as he too thought the Kyuubi was influencing him, yet something wasn't right. Naruto seemed very calm and confident that this was going to go his way. Why? If he know knows the Kyuubi was sealed inside of him, then what else did he know and who told him this?
Naruto continued before they could shout some more at him.
"Before any of you ask, or demand more like, the one that told me this information is actually not that hard to think about."
This confused them all as Naruto continued after a quick chuckle.
"Think about it. Who would willingly help me literally after I leave the village and tell me about the Kyuubi sealed inside of me?"
The council were drawing a blank as they were now thinking of multiple suspects now. Who could it have been? That was when Naruto decided to answer in spectacular fashion. Biting his thumb, he went through a certain string of hand seals that was familiar to the shinobi but foreign to the civilians. He raised his hand in the air and brought it down while speaking out.
"Kuchiyose no Juutsu: Kyuubi no Youkai."
A plume of smoke spread around where Naruto was and both Zabuza and Haku stepped back. They had no idea what Naruto was up to at all. The council looked on in confusion as the smoke started to swirl around and only when the saw a large red tail that they realized what Naruto had said earlier. Suddenly, eight other large tails appeared and swirled around to the ceiling. The council were up on their feet as the tails came back down and brushed the smoke away. There stood the demon itself, the Kyuubi no Kitsune.
Only something was different. It was smaller. The size of a horse actually and standing on all fours next to Naruto. It stretched a bit and yawned as it stood there with the boy in the center of the room, its nine tails shrinking to normal like size. It opened its red eyes and the council shuddered in fear, but those eyes held no malice or anger. The Kyuubi just looked around the room, ignoring the fearful stares from everyone aside from his host and huffed.
"So this is the council chambers huh?"
He said in a voice that wasn't booming but rather casual like.
"Hmm. Kinda thought it would look a little more impressive. Guess it's downgraded since Hashirama-san and Tobirama-san."
The mere mention of those names caused Hiruzen to raise an eyebrow to the demon fox.
"You knew the Shodaime and Nidaime hokage?"
Kyuubi looked to Hiruzen with a smirk and answered him.
"Of course I did Hiruzen Sarutobi. I knew all the hokage's."
Inoichi decided to ask an all to important question all the while ignoring that bad smell from the civilian council.
"How exactly are you here? Did you manipulate Naruto-kun in any way?"
His voice may have had resolve, but his mind and body were shaking in terror right now.
Kyuubi looked straight towards Inoichi and gave him a toothy grin that sent shivers down the shinobi sides spines.
"Nope. I just talked to him and explained what I was and how I was sealed within him. Nothing more."
Kyuubi looked to Naruto who nodded to him, almost like he was confirming something to the large fox.
"Another few things I told and showed Naruto-kun was his heritage."
At the sound of that, Hiruzen paled as he looked straight towards Naruto, who was giving him a sly grin. The council was at a loss as they had no clue what the infamous Kyuubi was talking about. That was when Tsume once again ran her mouth the wrong way.
"Impossible! This demonic pup is an orphan! He has no family!"
Kyuubi looked straight at her and hardened his eyes for a moment, causing the woman to freeze in place.
"I suggest you watch who you're talking to bitch. I wouldn't mind mounting that loud mouth of yours and taming you in the roughest of ways possible, so shut your mouth unless spoken to. Understood?"
Tsume shuddered and practically shrunk in her seat. The scent that was initially coming off the boy was not even in the Kyuubi's league.
"Now then. Hiruzen-san, you know exactly what I mean. So why don't you stop being a coward a tell them. Tell them all just who the boy's parents are, and then accept what we offer."
All eyes were on Hiruzen who just sighed. It was times like this that just made him feel too old for this shit.
"What the Kyuubi says is true. Naruto-kun does indeed have a heritage and an inheritance that he seems to want now."
"And what heritage is that Hokage-sama?"
Hiashi practically demanded.
"Simple Hiashi-san."
Hiruzen sighed deeply before answering.
"Naruto Uzumaki's parents were Kushina Uzumaki and the Yondaime himself, Minato Namikaze."
The words struck through everyone in a multitude of different ways. Some a little less than others.
The Ino-Shika-Cho were stunned to know that Naruto was Minato's son. The similarities were right there, they just hadn't bothered to look at them out of grief. They were old friends of Minato and would have gladly adopted Naruto into either of their families if they knew the truth.
Tsume went wide eyed at this. She was a close friend to Kushina back in their academy days. Tsume had made a promise to the woman that whenever she decides to have a pup of her own, that she would be their for him or her. To know now that the demon brat that her clan used to torture and hunt down to hurt all those years ago was Kushina's son. She felt like Kushina was ready to come back from Kami's embrace just to beat the hell out of her for hurting her son.
Hiashi couldn't believe it. Naruto was the son of the Yondaime? Impossible. When the elders hear of this, who knew what would happen to the clan. A thought occurred to him that just might quell the elders though.
Shibi Aburame simply sat there, indifferent. Yes he was shocked, but he didn't let it show since he didn't really know the forth or his wife all too well.
The civilian side along with the elders were in absolute disbelief. This is the worst news that they could have heard. The civilians because now they couldn't get rid of the last Uzumaki and Namikaze, it would make their village look horrible to the other villages. Danzo knew that mow his plans were completely done. Not only has Naruto revealed that he has the ability to summon the Kyuubi no Kitsune at will, but now he has a heritage of being the Yondaime's son. He would need a new plan. One that would heavily involve that snake even moreso than before.
"So."
Naruto started with that same smile on his face once more.
"Seeing as though I have that heritage, I would like to have the Namikaze estate and all assets of both my parents transferred to me. I would also like for both Zabuza Momochi and Haku under the protection of the Namikaze name and for them to have citizenship within Konoha."
Naruto watched the civilian side cringe at hearing these demands and chuckled under his breath. He then looked to the shinobi side, more specifically to Tsume, and thought to himself that it was time for a little payback.
"And I would like a fine to be paid to me by the following clans that attacked me as a child. The Inuzuka, Hyuuga, and Akamichi clans."
At hearing this, Hiashi jumped to his feet in rage.
"You dare accuse my clan of attacking you demon?!"
He received a sly grin from both Naruto and Kyuubi and seethed.
"I will not agree to pay a single ryo to you!"
"Oh no. Money isn't the fine for you Hyuuga."
Naruto smirked as he saw the confused faces of the three clan heads in question.
"The Akamichi clan once tried to poison me back then, so what I want from them is a simple apology for caving to threats from outside forces that won't be named."
Choza stood up immediately and said to Naruto.
"You have my word that you'll receive more than just that Naruto-kun. From all three of us."
Naruto raised a brow as Inoichi and Shikaku stood up as well.
"The three of us knew your father from back then, and we all want to deeply apologize for not knowing this news sooner."
The three men bowed and Kyuubi nodded to Naruto to confirm that they were being completely genuine and sincere. Naruto nodded and accepted the apology, but then he turned to Hiashi and that smirk appeared once again.
"From you and the Hyuuga clan, I wish to take one member of your main family for when I know the civilian council will enact the CRA on me."
Naruto saw the pale eyes of the man widen as he his plans went through a snag now. The elders would probably try and get a certain Hyuuga to follow through with this and marry the brat when the CRA hits him. That would at least grant them more power in the village. The brat just made a grave mistake according to Hiashi's thoughts, but those thoughts were quickly shattered at Naruto's next words.
"I remember there was this one girl from your clan who was genuinely nice to me. If memory serves me right, I think her name was Hinata. I'll have her from your clan Hiashi."
Hiashi seethed as he knew there was no way that his daughter, with her foolish ideas of uniting both main and branch families, would ever agree to anything the elders would tell her. Oh well, guess that meant he would have to brand her with the caged bird seal. That thought had him now looking face to face with a rather annoyed looking Kyuubi.
"You place that seal on her, and I'll ensure that your clan knows the true meaning of fear."
Hiashi tried to keep his composure, but wound up shaking and nodding hesitantly instead.
Naruto chuckled and then turned his attention to Tsume. The woman shuddered at that sly smirk on his face and trembled even harder when she saw Kyuubi looking right at her, daring her to speak out again.
"And from you Tsume Inuzuka."
Naruto started at her, enjoying the once terrifying woman that gave so many orders to her dogs an clans to attack him, shake at the sound of his voice.
"I want three ninken directly from your kennel."
Tsume went wide eyed and couldn't form coherent sentences or words. This pup, one with a dominating scent and a clear Alpha presence, had basically ordered her to give him three of their own precious ninken. What could she do? She couldn't just ignore or reject him for fear of what the Kyuubi would do. She couldn't deny him anymore because of her guilty conscious anymore at realizing that this boy was Kushina's pup. All she could do was nodded her head slowly and accept these terms, though she would have a lot to answer for in the future. She knew that much for sure.
[End flashback]
Sasuke stood there, jaw dropped at what he just heard. Not only is Naruto the son of the Yondaime and had just basically demanded his birthright among other things, he was also like him in a sense. The last of a clan. Now Sasuke felt as if he really wasn't alone.
That's when everything else just clicked in his head. Naruto had the Kyuubi no Kitsune sealed within him? That explains a lot really, like how he's so strong and sometimes seen 'talking' to both Emi and Yori.
"Alright then."
Naruto started, breaking Sasuke out of his stupor.
"I'm heading towards the Inuzuka compound to get those three ninken. You wanna come with Sasuke?"
"I would, but I should get home since it's so late."
Sasuke answered him while scratching the back of his head.
"It's cool."
Naruto said to him with a smile.
"Since you just got back from the Wave mission, how about this. Come by the Namikaze estate at around seven in the morning. I have just the right method to teach you kenjuutsu now that you have your sharingan."
Sasuke gave him a smirk and nodded before heading out, excited for training for the first time in years.
So that's basically what happened during the meeting. Hope you guys enjoyed that.
The next chapter will have Naruto training Sasuke.
Bye-bye.
