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-Chapter XXXVI-
After dealing with Danzou and arranging a meeting between the three Kumo shinobi and Momochi Zabuza, all that is left for Tsunade to do is to choose her personal guards and a deputy Hokage to handle the administrative businesses while she is off to the Summit of the Five Kage. At Tsunade's insistence, she ended up taking six shinobi with her instead of the normal two. Along with Temari, who is going as the bodyguard of the Kazekage, and the three Kumo shinobi, who are heading to the meeting to report their findings to the Raikage, Tsunade and her bodyguards Naruto, Yugito, Shizune, Itachi, Sasuke, and Konan meet at the gate to be seen off by a small gathering, led by the deputy Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, Jiraiya, the portion of the rookie twelve who are staying behind, their sensei, and the rest of Naruto and Sasuke's girls.
"Have a safe trip and do try to make it back quickly," Hiruzen says, "I'm much older than you are and can't cheat as much when dealing with the paperwork."
"Just for that, I think I'll be taking a few side trips."
"Tsunade-sama, you shouldn't try to avoid your responsibilities," Shizune complains.
"You're going to be in the presence of some of the most powerful shinobi in the world Naruto, both in terms of strength and political influence," Sakura says, "do try to be on your best behaviors OK?"
"I'll keep my eyes on him," Yugito says, "don't worry so much Sakura."
"You're the reason that I'm even more worried than usual."
"I'll keep an eye on those two whenever I can," Temari says, "but she's right, you two need to behave."
"Fine," Yugito says, pouting, "not like I want A-jiji to be angry at me anyway."
"A-jiji?" Naruto asks.
"That's Raikage-sama," Samui says, "and if you don't want him angry at you Yugito, you can start by stop calling him that."
"Well, he shouldn't have let the council kick me out of the village then."
"We've been through this already," Karui says, "the council did it behind Raikage-sama's back. A council that he disbanded the moment he found out."
"I think Raikage-sama practiced his Lariat on a few of them who tired to complain," Samui says, "it was a pretty cool sight."
"I don't know if it was the Lariat. Their head was still attached to their body," Karui says.
"Unless it's because he's starting to lose his touch. In which case it means that he is getting old, which means that we're going to need a new Raikage. But Raikage-sama is our strongest shinobi, which means that Kumo is getting weaker as a whole. So pretty soon we're going to lose our great ninja village status…"
"What are you mumbling about!" Karui screams, punching Omoi on top of the head.
"All right, settle down you two," Yugito says, "it's a sad state of affairs when I have to be the responsible one."
"Perhaps we should head out before this craziness escalates Hokage-sama."
"You're right Konan," Tsunade says, "all right, we're going. And Jiraiya, spend less time peeping and more time helping Sarutobi-sensei."
"Don't worry Tsu-hime."
After meeting up with Gaara, Matsuri, and Kankurou, the entire group spent one more day on the road before arriving in Tetsu no Kuni, where a group of samurai was waiting at the border to escort them to the meeting place. Samui's team parted with the group once inside the building to report to the Raikage while the rest retired to their rooms to rest up for the meeting the next day.
Entering the meeting chamber the next morning, Naruto can't help but look around the room like a child in a candy store. Despite the simplicity of the hall, there are five banners hanging down from the ceiling stretching all the way to the ground floor of the two storied hall, each symbolizing one of the five villages represented and leading to the chair where each Kage will sit. All the bodyguards are directed to the second floor balcony while the five Kage will take their seat on the ground floor along with Mifune, the leader of Tetsu no Kuni, who will mediate the meeting.
"What's this?" one of the Iwa-nin says, interrupting Naruto's sightseeing, "is Konoha so scared about being attacked that the Hokage needs six bodyguards?"
"Look nii-chan," Naruto says, annoyed, "I bet Tsunade-baa-chan can beat that jiji of a Tsuchikage by herself so why don't you just shut up."
The entire room became silent outside of Kankurou's snickering and the sound of Temari slapping her own forehead, having been too far away to stop Naruto's outburst from her spot behind Gaara. Slowly, the Iwa-nin's attention switches from Tsunade to Naruto, who is looking toward Suna's contingent in confusion.
"What… did you just call me?"
"I said nii-chan…"
With a loud roar, the Iwa-nin leaps out of the balcony and attempts to cross the room to attack Naruto. The entire room watches in amusement as Naruto tries to run away from the enraged Iwa-nin.
"Naruto," Tsunade says, "just hurry up and apologize so we can start this meeting."
"I don't even know what I said wrong," Naruto says, jumping away from kunai swipes, "all I said was nii-chan…"
The Iwa-nin roars again and chases Naruto with renewed strength. Seeing that he has to do something drastic to end this chase, Naruto suddenly jumps backward into the Iwa-nin, arms in front shielding himself. Surprised by the blonde bullet, the Iwa-nin took the full blunt of the charge. Landing on top of the Iwa-nin, Naruto finally realizes his mistake as while his right forearm is pressed against the Iwa-nin's neck, his left forearm is pressed just a bit lower.
"Eh!" Naruto screams jumping backward and scrambling away from the Iwa-nin, "you're a woman!"
"Yes, and she happens to be my granddaughter Kurotsuchi," the Tsuchikage says.
"So, Oonoki-jii, even your granddaughter is all grown up now. Still won't admit you're getting up there in age?" Tsunade says.
"At least I'm not hiding behind a ridiculous henge like you Senjuu Tsunade."
"I doubt you'll manage to pull it off at your age anyway," A says.
"Well, unfortunately, not all of us can be quite as youthful as Kazekage-sama," the Mizukage says, ignoring the shudder running through the Konoha and Suna contingent at the word youthful.
"It's not like you're old either Mizukage-nee-chan," Naruto says.
"My, aren't you the little flatterer," the Mizukage says, "I probably should introduce myself. My name is Terumi Mei, the Godaime Mizukage. So what's your name?"
"My name is Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto."
"Nami… kaze," Kurotsuchi growls, "so not only did you just grope me, you are the son of that cursed Konoha-nin."
"Hey you take that back!" Naruto screams.
"I agree."
"What? But jiji…" Kurotsuchi says, looking toward Oonoki.
"Yes, what Namikaze Minato did to Iwa in the last war was terrible, but it was a time of war and things like that were not uncommon," Oonoki says, "I'm sure if Iwa had abilities like he did, the same would happen to the forces of Konoha. The fact that he possessed such prowess that Iwa lacked should be respected. It's fine to hold grudges, but we aren't here to settle old scores."
"But what about the part that he…"
"Unless you wish for him to take responsibility for you, there really isn't much I can do about it," Oonoki says.
"T… take responsibility?" Kurotsuchi stutters, "what… what are you talking about jiji!"
"If the rumors I have heard about Namikaze-san is accurate, he has been seen with female companions from various shinobi villages," Oonoki says, "Konoha of course, Suna with Kazekage's older sister, Kumo's Jinchuuriki there up on the balcony, Kiri with Zabuza's apprentice, even smaller villages and countries like Oto, Umi, and Ta. Seems like he's missing someone from Iwa."
"Don't you dare talk about them like that!" Naruto yells, "they aren't some trophies that I'm collecting!"
"Of course they aren't," A mutters sarcastically.
"Despite the absurdity of the statement, if you get to know Naruto personally, you will realizes that he speaks the truth," Gaara says, "a refreshing breath of fresh air in a world of lies and deception."
"Signs of naivety, as expected from one so young," Oonoki says, "heed my words, the faster you lose that weakness, the better off your village will be."
"So you rather have a lack of faith in humanity instead," Gaara says, "a tactic that cost us six Jinchuuriki, eight if not for the very same naïve child in Konoha that you seem pleased to belittle."
Tsunade and Mei smirk at the young Kazekage's victory in his battle of words against two veteran shinobi like A and Oonoki. Clearing his throat, Mifune tries to gather everyone's attention to start the meeting. With a wave of his hand, Oonoki sends Kurotsuchi back to the balcony with Tsunade doing the same to Naruto after bashing him on the head for causing such a commotion.
"Since Raikage-sama is the one who called this meeting, perhaps he should begin," Mifune says.
"As most of you know, the shinobi world is enshrouded by the threat of Akatsuki," A says, "by our intelligence, they have already infiltrated at least four of our villages and was successful in capturing our Jinchuuriki in three. Added to that, the Shichibi from Taki was taken as well as the two Bijuu formerly from Kiri. We are lucky that the Kazekage managed to escape from Akatsuki's grasp after being captured…"
"Thanks to Namikaze Naruto's interference," Gaara says.
"With their ability to infiltrate our villages at will and attack at any time, I believe it's time to formulate a strategy in defeating them," A says, ignoring Gaara's words, "it's a matter that requires the cooperation of all five great villages."
"In other words, you want the five villages to join forces and deal with Akatsuki together," Oonoki says.
Everyone's attention turns toward the balcony where the Konoha contingent is standing. Naruto snorted at Oonoki's words but was then silenced by five hands slapping onto his mouth. Temari, meanwhile, is lightly banging her head against the railing muttering about idiotic husbands.
"And what did you find so amusing Namikaze-hentai," Kurotsuchi says with a sneer.
At this Yugito and Temari snort as Naruto glares at Yugito while everyone else looks on in complete confusion. Drumming her fingers on the table, Terumi Mei asks the question on everyone's mind.
"Perhaps you would all like to share what you find so amusing."
"Kurotsuchi is it?" Temari asks to which said girl nods, "I don't know if you want to be calling Naruto-kun that, considering all the girls who called him that before are dating him now."
Tsunade, Shizune, Mei, and Konan's eyebrows raised at Temari's words, the Hokage and her assistant from finding out that little fact, while the other two are even more confused than before. The irony of the event is not lost on everyone else as Kurotsuchi stutters indignantly.
"Why would those girls be willing to date someone they consider a pervert?" Mei asks as Konan extracts her hand from the pile on top of Naruto's mouth.
"Well, we found that perception isn't necessarily reality," Yugito says, "his wife practically had to rape him to get him to consummate their marriage."
"Hey! You weren't supposed to tell anyone that!" Temari says blushing.
"As amusing as that exchange is," Oonoki says, "I believe Namikaze-san has yet to answer my granddaughter's question. What did you find so amusing about the five villages working together."
Waving her hand, Tsunade gestures for the others to release Naruto. Looking toward the blonde male wearily, Yugito, Sasuke, Itachi, and Shizune step back, allowing Naruto to answer the Tsuchikage, knowing that whatever he is about to say is going to cause trouble.
"I'm not laughing at the idea of the five villages working together. I'm laughing at the fact that now you're starting to care about what Akatsuki is doing. Konoha is the only village that defeated any Akatsuki member," Naruto says, "at least Suna put up a fight when Gaara was captured, what did your villages do when your Jinchuuriki were taken?"
"I suppose you do have a point Naruto-san," Mei says, "although at the time my forces removed Yagura from power, Kiri was in no position to worry about what happened to his Sanbi and by the time we have recovered enough to retrieve Utataka and the Rokubi, we discovered that we were too late."
"Our Jinchuuriki do not reside in the village and they rarely visit. By the time we check on them, they were already gone," Oonoki says.
Mifune and the four Kage look toward A, who has an annoyed look on his face. After all, Nibi's Jinchuuriki was exiled by his village and his very brother, the Hachibi Jinchuuriki, was taken right from under his nose. If there was anyone who could've done anything against Akatsuki besides Konoha and Suna, it was his village, but they have done nothing to deter the organization. Glancing around the room, letting his eyes stay on Yugito for a split second longer than the others, A takes a deep breath to collect himself and formulate what he wants to say, a feat that surprised everyone that actually knows him.
"We are not here to discuss what happened in the past," A says, unwilling to admit his mistakes like Oonoki and Mei, "I will only say that I don't exactly trust any of you here, alliance or not. From what we know, everyone of your villages were represented in Akatsuki. Akasuna Sasori was from Suna, Deidara was from Iwa, Hoshigaki Kisame and Houzuki Suigetsu were from Kiri, Orochimaru and Uchiha Itachi were from Konoha. Though by the fact that he's here as one of your bodyguards, he's probably one of you spies, which would explain why you have had so much success against Akatsuki."
"Did you say Suigetsu?" Mei asks, "I thought Kisame was the only one in Akatsuki."
"From all the traces of battle we gathered at the scene, we concluded that either Mangetsu or Suigetsu was present when Kisame attacked the Hachibi Jinchuuriki," A says, "considering Mangetsu is dead, it has to be Suigetsu."
"I would like to add one name to the list," Tsunade says, "based on information we received, we believe Uchiha Madara is the real leader of Akatsuki."
Pandemonium erupts in the meeting chamber courtesy of the Suna, Iwa, Kiri, and Kumo contingent as soon as the words left Tsunade's mouth.
"How could that possibly be," Oonoki says, "I'm one of the few old enough to have fought against him in the past. There is no way he could still be alive."
"I can't quite explain it either," Tsunade says, "but that is what we have concluded after gathering all the information."
Feeling a slight pull in his naval, Naruto takes a seat on the floor of the balcony and closes his eyes, tuning out the conversations going on downstairs and entering his mind scape to see what his father and the Kyuubi wants with him. Yugito, realizing what's going on, moves in front of Naruto and gestures for the others to form a circle around Naruto to shield him from everyone's line of sight.
"Dad, what's going on?" Naruto asks.
"I had to talk to you when Tsunade-baa-chan said that Uchiha Madara was involved," Minato says, "both me and furry back there in the cage encountered him before."
"Call me that one more time human, and I'll make your next recharge extra fun," Kyuubi says.
"Kyuubi's been around forever, so I can understand how he might have faced against Madara, but how did you manage to fight him dad?"
"Your mom was Kyuubi's previous Jinchuuriki, and Hashirama-sama's wife was the one before your mom," Minato says, "when a female Jinchuuriki gives birth, the seal holding the Bijuu is at its weakest, so I was there to stabilize the seal. Someone with abilities similar to that of Madara interrupted the process and released the Kyuubi on the village."
"Wait, mom was Kyuubi's Jinchuuriki? And Shoudaime's wife was the one before her?" Naruto asks before turning toward Kyuubi, "I thought you said you attacked the village looking for Orochimaru. How would you even know about him."
"Technically, in this life time, I was indeed looking for Orochimaru," Kyuubi says, "though it no longer matter, since your friend already killed that damned snake."
"I still don't get it."
"What I was targeting was the Yamata no Orochi, whom the one known as Orochimaru possesses," Kyuubi says, "I can assure you that most of the Bijuu crossed path with that snake at some point in their life."
"I'm sure you've led an interesting life Kyuubi," Minato says, "but perhaps we should get back to the issue with Madara?"
"Right, of course," Kyuubi says, "the reason I was sealed in the one you call Uzumaki Mito was because Madara summoned me in his battle against Senjuu Hashirama. After Madara was defeated, I was sealed into the Senjuu's wife to prevent me from attacking Konoha again."
"Tell me everything you know about Madara, Kyuubi," Naruto says, face completely serious, "and please tell me everything about his Madara-like person you fought against dad."
Back in the meeting chamber, Tsunade steals glances toward the Konoha contingent every few moment, having noticed that Naruto has gotten quiet all of a sudden, especially during talks about how to safeguard the remaining Jinchuuriki that caused Yugito to almost crush the railing on the balcony and Gaara's sand to swarm about the table. Oonoki, A, and Mei are still arguing about how to deal with the remaining Jinchuuriki and Gaara is trying to calm himself down before he unleashes his long abandoned sadistic side and kill Oonoki and A for even suggesting permanently sending the three away to keep Akatsuki from capturing them and extracting the Bijuu.
Suddenly, Naruto leaps up from his spot and lands on the railing next to Yugito. Focusing chakra to his feet, Naruto propels himself from the railing and crash lands to the open spot on the floor surrounded by the Kage's seats, punching a hole and burying his arm elbow deep into the ground. In response to Naruto's sudden action, Iwa, Kiri, and Kumo's shinobi leaps in front of the Kage to protect them from any potential attacks. When it became clear that Naruto is not going to follow up his sudden action with any subsequent attacks, the three Kage gestures for their bodyguards to step down just as Naruto extracts his right arm from the ground, revealing his hand tightly wrapping around the throat of someone wearing Akatsuki cloak.
"Zetsu, the ultimate spy of the Akatsuki," Naruto mutters, tightening his fingers around said person's neck, "do you really think that, with all the different shinobi here, no one would be able to sense you?"
"Akatsuki have some nerve infiltrating this meeting," A says.
"Don't you worry Jinchuuriki," Zetsu growls out, "you still have some time left in this world. Tobi is merely here to deal with the traitors."
A black swirl appears above the Konoha contingent on the balcony as soon as Zetsu finishes. However, another blond shoots through the crowd and punches toward the person emerging from the swirl, forcing him to jump away to an open balcony.
"Did you really think that I couldn't sense everyone's presence?" Naruto says, staring at Tobi.
"Senjutsu, Kage Bunshin," Tobi says, noticing the marks around the eyes of Naruto as well as the Kage Bunshin holding Zetsu on the ground level, "chakra level of the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki as well as your heritage, you are really becoming an annoyance."
"Don't forget the knowledge of the one you unleashed on both the Shoudaime and the Yondaime Hokage," Naruto screams.
"As I said, an annoyance," Tobi says, "but an annoyance that will be removed soon enough, just like what Kisame is about to do to the Hachibi."
"Hachibi is still free?" A says, "that little punk ran away again, just wait till I get my hands on him."
"Akatsuki has completely deviated from Nagato's visions," Konan says, "it's obvious that you are only taking advantage of Nagato and have him collect the Bijuu for you. Why are you so determined to capture all the Bijuu?"
"Foolish girl, I was the one that founded the Akatsuki. Nagato merely served as my puppet," Tobi says, "speaking of which, you have something that belongs to me. Where are the Rinnegan?"
"The Rinnegan belongs to Nagato, they aren't yours!"
"Silly little girl, I was the one who gave him the Rinnegan, just like I was the one that gave him the reins to Akatsuki," Tobi says, "he can't even accomplish as simple a task as capture all the Bijuu. I suppose if you want something done right you have to do it yourself."
Taking advantage that Tobi is focusing all his attention on Konan and Naruto, A charges up and punches Tobi, only to go right through him. The follow up attacks by both Mei and Oonoki pass right through Tobi much like the initial strike from A.
"It won't work," Naruto says, not taking his eyes off Tobi despite the attacks thrown about, "he's a master at Jikuukan Ninjutsu. Even my father, someone who can use the Hiranshin no Jutsu, can barely land any hits on him."
"And how would know about that I wonder," Tobi says, "even the Kyuubi wasn't present at that time."
"He warned me about you when he fixed my seal when I went eight tails against Pein," Naruto says, before appearing behind Tobi, "which mean that I can fight against you just as well as my father even though he is gone."
Instead of answering, Tobi simply disappears before reappearing on an empty balcony. The entire room, including Tobi even though is covered by his mask, was shocked to see Naruto turn his head toward the balcony before Tobi even reappeared. To those that knew him, they can spot a coldness in Naruto's eyes that they have never seen before.
"You have yet to answer Konan-nee-chan's question," Naruto says, "why are you so hell bent on capturing all the Bijuu."
"This is all merely a part of my Tsuki no Me Keikaku," Tobi says.
"And what exactly is this Tsuki no Me Keikaku?" Oonoki asks.
"This goes back to the story of the Rikudou Sennin…" Tobi says, "the Rikudou Sennin fought against the Juubi and became the first and only Jinchuuriki of the Juubi. When he was about to die, he sealed the body of the Juubi onto the moon and divided the Juubi's chakra into the nine Bijuu you know today."
"The history lesson is nice and all, but what does it have to do with your plan?" Tsunade says.
"Yes, a Senjuu like you would know about that story wouldn't you," Tobi says, "by gathering the nine Bijuu, I intend to recreate the Juubi and become its second Jinchuuriki, then I would use its power to project my Mugen Tsukiyomi from the moon, putting the entire world in an everlasting Genjutsu. So you see Konan, what Nagato was doing was actually helping the world move toward true peace."
"Like hell it is. That kind of peace is as fake as can be!" A says, "and there is no chance in hell that we will let you get away with it!"
"You'll have to deal with my little friend beforehand, and by the time you are done with them, Hachibi would already be in our grasp," Tobi says, "since you are so determined to hold onto your Bijuu, I guess I have no choice but to declare Daiyonji Ninkai Taisen officially open."
Suddenly, Zetsu clones sprout from the bodies of everyone in the meeting room just as Tobi disappears, shocking everyone in the room except Naruto, who has already killed the first Zetsu as well as the one that clung onto him. Using their Bijuu's powers, Gaara and Yugito are soon rid of the Zetsu clone as well. Next, Itachi and Sasuke dealt with their Zetsu clone with the fire based Ninjutsu that is the staple of the Uchiha clan's offensive techniques. Mei, Oonoki, A, and Gaara quickly dealt with the group of Zetsu clone that zeroed in on their village's contingent while the freed Konoha-nin dealt with the ones still attached to their comrades. Mifune, who is just retaking his seat, has already cleaved apart the Zetsu clone attacking him amidst the confusion.
"Now that the interruption is over…" Mifune starts.
"Not yet," Naruto says, looking toward the doors, "there are two more sources of hostile chakra, different from Tobi and Zetsu though."
"Are they coming this way?" Tsunade asks.
"Definitely. One of them almost feels like the curse mark that used to be on your neck Sasuke," Naruto says, "the other, how should I put this, feels kind of watery."
"Watery?" everyone in the room asks.
"Yeah, I can't quite describe it, but it almost feels like it's flowing smoothly and chaotic at the same time."
"Could it be?" one of Mei's bodyguards asks.
"Houzuki Suigetsu," Mei mutters.
"The other must be one of the two Orochimaru's minion turned Akatsuki members that attacked Killer Bee if he has anything to do with his curse mark," A says.
"Do you wish to take them on together or do you two want to deal with the problem on your own Raikage, Mizukage?" Oonoki asks.
Instead of giving him an answer, A charges through the doors looking for the one responsible for attacking his brother. Mei soon follows, looking to take on the nuke-nin from her village. Both are soon joined by their respective bodyguards. Charging up his nature chakra again, Naruto creates two Kage Bunshin and sends them off after A and Mei to help them locate their target. Naruto himself decides to remain in the room in case Tobi decides to strike when he is out of the room.
"Shall we continue the meeting while we wait for them to return?" Mifune asks.
"I don't see why not," Oonoki says.
"Shouldn't we go and help them? They might get injured in the fight," Kankurou says.
"If they can't even deal with those nuke-nin, then their villages are better off finding a new Kage," Oonoki says, "let's just proceed with the meeting. They'll catch up on what we talked about when they get back."
"But…"
"Be quiet Kankurou," Gaara says in the cold tone he used during much of his childhood, "do you realize that your question is an insult to the Mizukage and the Raikage."
"So… sorry Gaara."
Those in the room who was not familiar with what Gaara was like prior to the Suna-Oto invasion all turn their attention Gaara, shocked that someone who in such a civil tone before can sound so cold and distance all of a sudden.
"Why the look of surprise Oonoki-jii," Tsunade says, smirking, "surely you didn't think of Kazekage-sama as a mere child who doesn't know the horror of the world. He is the Jinchuuriki of the Ichibi after all."
"He is indeed Tsunade," Oonoki says, not taking his eye off Gaara, "he is indeed."
"So now that we are supposedly in the midst of Daiyonji Ninkai Taisen, how are we going to go about this," Tsunade says.
"If what that man said is his actual plan, then his is declaring war against the entire world," Mifune says, "if I might make a suggestion, I believe it would make more sense for all the powers of the world to form an alliance to combat this threat."
"It would definitely make more sense for each of us to fight alone and allow him to pick us off one by one like the Akatsuki have been doing to our Jinchuuriki," Tsunade says.
"Suna is already allied with Konoha," Gaara says, "if Hokage-sama decides to partake in this larger alliance, Suna will also enter the alliance."
"From her views earlier, I believe Mizukage would not object to this proposal," Mifune says, "so all that remains are you and Raikaga-sama, Tsuchikage-sama. After all, you two are the ones that view your village as independent properties from the rest of the world."
"I's time to adapt to the new age Oonoki-jii," Tsunade says, "the world is no longer like the ones my grandfather lived in. Even Raikage agreed that we needed to cooperate before we were interrupted."
"Che, just because you are so willing to forsake your pride and faith in your village, doesn't mean I have to do the same."
"So is that a no from the Tsuchikage?" Mifune says.
"I never said that either," Oonoki says, "it might be interesting to see just how you kids fight in a war in this so called new age. Fine, I'll agree for now. But once the war is over, then all bets are off."
"Then all that remains is an actual confirmation from the Mizukage and the Raikage," Mifune says.
"We still need to discuss what are we going to do with the remaining Jinchuuriki," Oonoki says.
"In order to do that, we first need to figure out how many Jinchuuriki we actually have," Tsunade says, "there is still a chance that we will have four Jinchuuriki on our side."
"So we are waiting for the Raikage again," Gaara says.
"He's not coming back," Naruto says, "they already defeated the two intruders, but while Mizukage-nee-chan is coming back to the meeting chamber, Raikage-sama took my clone and left the building back toward Kaminari no Kuni."
"Probably wanting to use your clone's ability to track down Killer Bee-sensei," Yugito says, "he always does this!"
"Samui-san's squad is still waiting outside," Naruto says, "perhaps we can continue with this meeting and have them relay the message back to Raikage-sama."
"That's the best we can hope to do for now," Tsunade says, "if the Mizukage is willing to partake in this alliance, I call for the meeting to adjourn and we return to our village to discuss this with our Daimyo."
"I agree. We will meet again after securing the Daimyo's approval to discuss how we will handle the Jinchuuriki situation," Oonoki says.
"So, what did I miss?" Mei says, entering the room and retaking her seat.
After filling Mei in on what was discussed and what the other three Kage agreed upon, the alliance secured another member in Kirigakure no Kuni. Calling Samui's squad into the chamber and alerting them of the situation, the first meeting of the Summit of the Five Kage officially concludes and all parties return to their own village to discuss the plan with the respective Daimyo.
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