Tsunade coughed. "I have assigned an ANBU member to grab someone I wish to speak to you about." Tsunade's eyes glittered. Shizune lifted Tonton and ducked her head to hide her own malicious grin.
This council was going to see what would happen if they messed with Tsunade of the Sannin.
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Yamato escorted Naruto quickly through the village, jumping on rooftops. He inwardly snickered at the thought of the civilians getting annoyed at the ninja foot traffic, but then, this was a ninja village.
Naruto easily kept pace with him, and they were at the Hokage Tower within minutes.
Yamato showed her to the council room, then vanished to hide in the shadows to protect the Hokage.
This would be fun.
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Tsunade waited until the doors opened to move. She stood and smirked as Naruto entered hesitantly.
"You wanted to see me, Tsunade-sama?" she said, her wide blue eyes innocent.
Tsunade just gave her a wider smirk, then turned to the council, who were all staring at Tsunade in horror.
"You can't be serious, Hokage-sama! The demon brat should die for what he's put us through!" A brunette civilian who owned a clothing store by the name of Kenji Konoko shouted
"I agree!" yelled another civilian who owned a large food store, by the name of Kaziko Kai.
"I don't," Ichiraku Teuchi said plainly. "The kid is human and should live." Tsunade felt a flash of appreciation for the ramen maker, who was only a part of the council because of Minato and Kushina.
Tsunade suspected it was Kushina's idea. All Uzumakis claimed ramen was holy food.
"You only say that because he's your best customer!" Haruno Mebuki growled. Her hair was a brighter pink than her daughter's. And she was twice as annoying. She had been a ninja, but apparently turned her hitai-ate in after she broke her ankle after becoming a jounin after Minato had died.
She coveted power.
"I think Uzumaki Naruto would make a valuable weapon, if used correctly," Danzou said smoothly.
"You ain't using a member of my clan, warhawk," Tsume growled.
"And neither will you use the child of my late brother," Aburame Shibi said in his usual monotone.
"Troublesome, but Yoshino would kick my ass if I said nothing, even if you know where I stand," Shikaku said. "No future daughter-in-law of mine will be used as an emotionless, logical tool. No offense, Shibi."
Shibi simply inclined his head.
"I'm not sure using the jinchuuriki-" began Yamanaka Inoichi, but he was cut off by Naruto, who slammed her hands on the table, having darted up there at the beginning of Inoichi's sentence faster than Tsunade or the ANBU could stop her.
"Don't you dare use that word!" Naruto growled at them. Her eyes were filled with an unusual amount of anger. "You don't get to use that word!"
"Excuse me, child, this discussion is-" Danzou began, but Naruto growled. Not like the Kyuubi, but like an Inuzuka.
(Tsume looked proud, in the corner of Tsunade's eyes. Tsunade was, too.)
"Shut up!" she yelled. "First of all, I'm female. Second of all, I am the human sacrifice used to house the Kyuubi. I know that. But using the word 'jinchuuriki' makes it sound like we aren't human-we are. We are human! Stop using that word and address us as a human!"
Her passionate speech made everyone stare.
"My apologies," Inoichi said, recovering quickly. "I was going to say using the girl is an unwise decision."
Akimichi Chouza only shrugged. "She eats, so she shouldn't be used."
Simple, direct…and Tsunade wasn't the only one to sweatdrop at the Akimichi's statement.
He was eating even then, the crunch of chips audible in the quiet room.
"Er…yes, but that isn't what I was going to say at all," Tsunade said, everyone turning to look at their Hokage. "What happens when someone tries to kill Sarutobi Asuma or Sarutobi Konohamaru?"
"The person is executed, usually," Mebuki replied, flicking her pink-colored nails. "Mostly because Asuma-san is a jounin and Konohamaru is a child and the grandson of the Sandaime and is to be treated with high honor, just like we would treat the descendants of the Senju brothers."
Tsunade smirked viciously. "And what if there was someone who had a claim to being the Senju brothers' descendant and two other Kages' descendant?"
"That person should be given as much honor as the Honorable Grandson of the Sandaime," replied Teuchi slowly. "Perhaps even more."
Tsunade quashed her victorious look, keeping it mental. "And what if nobody knew? Should they be pardoned?"
"Whether they knew or not, it's a criminal offense," said Shikaku. "In this village, at least."
Tsunade smirked. "That's good news." Tsunade stared at the table full of people. "I must announce this to you at large: when I was in Iwa during an S-RANK infiltration mission, I was raped and stabbed." Tsunade heard the expected shifting. "I was shocked to later find that I was pregnant. As I was just a teenager then, I knew I could not take care of the child, so I gave it to an orphanage and gave the blonde baby a name: Namikaze Minato."
There was a pause as everyone just stared at the woman.
Tsunade yanked Naruto in front of her. "And his daughter is Uzumaki Naruto. Uzumaki Naruto is the daughter of Namikaze Minato, who was the son of me, Senju Tsunade, who is the granddaughter of Senju Hashirama and great niece of Senju Tobirama. Also, she's the new Head of the Uzumaki clan. Her mother was Uzumaki Kushina, the late heiress of the royal Uzumakis."
A pin could've been heard dropping.
"Uzumaki Kushina is related, through much research on my part, to Senju Tobirama through his daughter, Senju Korra, who married into the royal line. Now, I ask you this: Should Uzumaki Naruto be killed for something my son did to her?"
A tinkling sound was heard five silent minutes later.
Tsume looked at the pin in apparent amazement. "Wow, you really can hear a pin drop."
Tsunade looked around the council, ignoring Tsume's impatient pin drop.
"So is everyone in agreement that we're not planning on killing Uzumaki Naruto?" Everyone nodded rather quickly.
Tsunade then turned to Naruto.
"Let's go into my office. We'll hammer out the details of your clan compound, and the members of your clan."
Naruto nodded, and she was firmly escorted out.
Ichiraku Teuchi snickered at the other faces, including a pale Haruno Mebuki who just realized that she'd pretty much lost all chances of robbing the Legendary Sucker of more money.
The law was the law, after all.