"Normal speech"

"Echo/duel/special speech"

'Normal thoughts'

"Demon/Summon/high Digimon speech"

'Demon/Summon/high Digimon thoughts'

"Attack/jutsu name"

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flashback/memory

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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Digimon

Chapter 19: Planning their next move

"This is unacceptable!"

"If it weren't for our prince, Parrotmon would have destroyed the leaf!"

"We should not allow this! We must make our point known!"

"The daimyo is a foo to even consider this!"

"Why would his father go along with this! He would abandon his son on orders from his superior…."

"ENOUGH!"

All the Digimon stopped their arguing to look at Leomon as he had slammed his fist into the ground and shouted for them to stop

Leomon took a breath to compose himself "I do not believe Minato was fully in his right mind. During the meeting, he had been feeling dread as to where the conversation was going. And although he is a seasoned warrior, the fact that it was his son that was the subject, had caused him to crack. He was panicking and as such he could not think clearly."

The Digimon all calmed down as they saw the sense in what Leomon was saying. Minato in panic wasn't thinking of counter-arguments, he was feeling fear for his son.

Wizardmon spoke up after this thought "what can we do?"

Leomon looked to Piximon "Piximon, I need you to follow Danzo. The man obviously has some plan revolving our prince. We must know what it is and how we can avoid it."

Piximon nodded "very well. I would have suggested Renamon for this task as she is better at stealth than I am but…."

Sorcermon picked up the where he left off "yes, she as well as Ranamon, and Lunamon are with our prince. And in my opinion, they should stay there."

Everyone nodded in agreement before Centaurmon looked to Leomon "regardless if we cannot stop this injustice, what will be our next course of action?"

Candlemon jump up at this "isn't it obvious? We go where our prince goes!"

Frigimon shook his head "I would agree but may of us Digimon have already established roots here. Shops, services, and homes. Not to mention the eggs."

Monzaemon followed up "and my Toy Town has finally been finished. The children love that and it disheartens me that I must leave so soon."

Everyone was quiet as they were now deep in thought until Leomon spoke up "not everyone shall leave." everyone in the room looked at him as he continued "I feel that some should remain in the village as it is like you have said. Roots have been placed and it would cause problems not only for us but our human companions as well." Leomon took a deep breath at this next part "the eggs shall remain as well."

At this everyone, besides Piximon, shouted in indignation as none of them agreed.

Leomon lifted his hand to stop them "I am not fons of this either but they cannot be move. The eggs are a major target and we cannot afford to lose any of them. The daycare has already been established as a returning beacon for any Digimon and no new eggs have formed yet. If they are to be moved, then it must be to a location that we know for certain will be safe for them."

Wizardmon asked "then where shall we go?"

Leomon shook his head "I am not sure but we must deal with our current crisis. Piximon, please try your best to find anything during your search."

Piximon nodded

Biyomon looked up at Leomon "what will we do about the Hokage?"

Leomon stood from his sitting position "I shall inform him of my thoughts on the man Danzo. I pray to the sovereigns that he is more in his right mind when he hears about my suspicions. For now, go about your business and prepare."

At this everyone nodded and got up to leave.

~Konoha streets~

It was a peaceful afternoon in Konoha as everyone continued on with their day to day activities.

Suddenly someone was thrown through a wall onto the streets, causing everyone to stop and look to see what had happened. The citizens were shocked to see that the one that was thrown was their Hokage.

A team of Anbu dropped down to stand by him as one of them, wearing a sparrow mask helped him up "sir, are you alright? Where's the enemy?!"

Minato stood back up on wobbly feet as he raised his hand "stand down Anbu. it's not an enemy."

They were confused at what he meant until they looked at where he came from. It was his own house that now had a massive hole in the wall. They at first assumed that someone had found a way into the house and attacked but from within the smoke in the house, they saw an outline of a two-tailed fox. Every one of the Anbu tensed as they knew what this meant and they would need to subdue the boy.

Minato saw this and spoke up in a commanding tone "Anbu! Stand down now!" seeing that they lowered their guards a bit he continued "whatever happens, do not interfere or attack her."

The Neko who was one of the Anbu looked at him in confusion "'her'?" she as well as the others had assumed that the one they saw was Menma as he was the one most likely to unleash the Kyuubi's chakra in anger but once they took another look they saw that it wasn't Menma….it was Kasumi and she looked furious.

Kasumi got down on all fours and launched herself at her father.

Minato bent his knees and got ready "remember do not interfere!" he jumped back in time to avoid Kasumi's punch the hit the ground causing the earth to shatter. As he was in mid-flight he was hit in the back of his head sending back to the ground. Looking back he saw that it was Menma, who's eyes were crimson and slitted. He didn't have time to think as Kasumi appeared in his face and punched him, sending him into the wall of a building at the end of the street. Pulling himself from the wall he tried to calm them down "Kasumi, Menma, you need to calm down!"

Kasumi wasn't frustrated, she wasn't angry, she was livid. "'CALM DOWN'! YOU WANT US TO CALM DOWN AFTER WHAT YOU DID!" Kasumi slashed at Minato who jumped to the side only to be hit by Menma.

Menma kick Minato in the ribs and send him down another street "HE'S YOUR SON!" he gave Minato a hard Uppercut.

Kasumi appeared above Minato as he flew up and brought her fist together and slammed him down at an angle "HE'S OUR BROTHER!"

Menma jumped in the air and grabbed Minato by the shirt before throwing him to the side into a fence, breaking it. He landed on the ground as Kasumi landed next to him "how could you do this to him?!/ how could you do this to him?!"

Minato picked himself up from the wooden planks that were on him as he wiped the blood from his lip "I didn't have a choice." he was brought up as Menma grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and pulled him up to be eye at eye level.

"Like hell, you didn't! You could have refuted what he ordered! You had the entire council on your side and all of you could have argued with the daimyo, telling him that if it wasn't for Naruto, the village wouldn't be standing here!"

Minato grimaced at the volume his son was using but made sure it didn't show "the daimyo ordered this. If there was a way around this then I would do it but his order was clear and concise."

Kasumi grabbed the back of Minato's shirt, pulling him out of Menma's grasp, and threw him over her shoulder "to hell with that!"

Minato was sent flying and grunted when he hit something hard. Falling from what he hit, he felt himself be caught by someone. Looking up he saw that he was caught by Leomon.

Leomon had caught Minato when the man slammed into him and he now held the man in one of his hands. Putting the man down he spoke in a firm tone "we must talk."

~Hospital~

Kushina was sitting in a chair as she watched her son sleep. She had told everyone that had visited him what was decided and safe to say none of them liked the idea. The Digimon were furious when they heard this.

After a small discussion, the rookies and Digidestined chose to leave with their partners, to do their own thing, leaving Kushina, Naruto, and his Digimon partners alone.

Renamon, who was leaning against the wall, looked to Ksuhina "is there nothing that we can do to change his decision?"

Kushina shook her head as she sighed sadly "I'm not sure as I am not really one for negotiations. But from what Minato said, he seemed adamant on this order."

Renamon gained a look of concentration as she thought back to the last time she had seen the daimyo. 'He did not seem the type to issue an order like this. At least, not the type to go to this extreme. I can understand being wary of my prince being a beacon to them but ...outright banishment? Never to see his family or friends again. And yes Parrotmon was after Prince Naruto but no one but those of us that were there should have realized that. And no one there would feel the need to blame Naruto about it.' Renamon was brought out of her thoughts when she heard a sigh come from the bed. She looked to see that it was Lunamon, who had a sad look on her face. "What is it Lunamon?"

Lunamon gave a sad smile at Renamon "I'm just thinking about how I am going to say goodbye to my students."

Kushina looked startled at this "Lunamon why would you do that?"

Lunamon moved to be by Naruto's head as she looked at him "although I enjoy teaching at the academy, my first priority shall be the protection of our prince. If he is to leave the village than I shall journey with him."

"That goes for the rest of us," said Ranamon who was sitting at the side of the bed "when we first learned that our prince had returned, we all had a sense of relief. But after getting to know the boy, most f us will follow him towards our own deletion if it would make him happy. The fact that he would rather die for any one of us just makes us cherish him even more."

Mikemon and Meicoomon gave a determined look as they nodded in agreement.

Kushina knew she shouldn't be surprised by this but she could help but feel shocked at the conviction she saw in all of the Digimon there. She knew that if she asked any Digimon in the village that they would say the same...even Ogremon, although he would most likely try to play it off. "Thank you for being there for my son." she said as she got up and bowed to them.

~Hokage Office~

Minato was pacing back and forth, with his arms crossed, in front of Leomon, Menma, Coronamon, Kasumi, and Betamon. Leomon had finished giving Minato the details that he had found. Menma and Kasumi followed as this had concerned their unconscious brother. Coronamon and Betamon followed as they are going to stick with their partners. The siblings were still angry but now their anger was focused on someone else.

Menma gritted his teeth as his eyes shifted back and forth between blue and red "I'm going to kill him."

Minato kept pacing "no you will not. Neither of you will do anything."

Menma and Kasumi did not like this answer as Kasumi spoke up "I'm sorry father but we WILL do something! With or without your permission."

Minato paused his pacing when he heard this. As a Hokage, he didn't like to hear that a couple of his ninja would abandon their village for someone, even though a small part of that Hokage smiled at the comradery they had. The FATHER in him could not be any prouder of his kids and how far they will go for the one they care about the most. He kept his cool and continued to pace. "I cannot allow that." he continued, not giving his kids a chance to speak "if what Leomon told me is true then, if you two do something rash, that gives Danzo an opportunity at getting his hands on you and right now I am in no mood to play nice."

Leomon crossed his arms as he looked to the Hokage "than what do you have in mind?"

Minato continued to pace for a minute longer before he moved to his desk and sat in his chair. He looked at the three before speaking "Neko! Weasel! Badger!" from out of nowhere, three Anbu, one male, two females, dropped down in between Minato and the three in a kneeling position. "You three have heard the whole thing and I have an important mission for each of you."

All three nodded as they stood up and ready to hear their orders

Minato looked at them "remove your masks. You are not doing this as my personal Anbu, you are doing this as my allies."

The three had taken off their masks. And now there was a pair of angry brown eyes, one pair of Sharingan, and one pair of Mangekyo Sharingan.

Minato looked at all three before he gave their individual missions "Itachi, I need you to follow the daimyo. Analyze his behavior and if anything odd about it shows itself I want you to find out what it is and if possible remove it. I don't want anyone to know you're there."

Itachi nodded, accepting his orders

Minato looked to the woman that had taken off the Neko mask "Yugao, I want you on protection detail. You are to stay with Menma and Kasumi. Anyone tries anything, then you are to put them down."

Yugao nodded as she walked back to stand by Menma and Kasumi and their Digimon.

Minato looked at the last one "Izumi, you are to stick with Naruto. I know that Danzo plans on doing something and I am not taking any chances with my son. Stay with him, protect him and terminate anyone that comes after him."

Izumi nodded as her anger shown by the slight spin of her Sharingan.

Minato looked to Leomon "Leomon, I know I have no real authority over you but I must ask for your cooperation."

Leomon nodded "this is for my prince. I shall give my life to see him safe."

Minato smiled "I must know if there is anyone you can assign to protect Naruto."

Leomon smiled as he spoke "he is already in the safest hands, Hokage. Renamon is by far the most skilled fighter we have. Although she is not the most powerful, she makes up for it in speed and stealth, as you are well aware of."

Minato nodded as he knew that Renamon was the best stealth user in a village of ninja. "And you are obviously going with him. Be on alert protect him and all the Digimon you can. They may not be officially under my jurisdiction, I consider them citizens of the leaf and as such I want them to be safe." Minato thought about what else he could do until a thought came to mind. Pressing the button on his intercom he called his secretary "Aoi, do you know if Rasa is still in the village?"

{I believe so Lord Hokage}

Minato smiled "good, please send for him as I have a favor I wish to ask him." he sat back down before he turned to look out the window "Danzo has made his move….now it's my turn."

~Unknown~

"Your slave failed!"

"Hmph didn't think there was anyone strong enough to take him down. Ack!"

"Send in another one!"

"Ugh fine!"

"...good"

End of chapter

This one was agonizingly short but I felt that this needed to be brought up

I'm glad to see that no one has left after what I did in the last chapter. I wanted to make you guys hate Danzo for his mani[ulative ways but I don't know if I made you readers hate Danzo for what he did or me for writing it.

Also, no one said anything about the whole history I did for the spirit in Kari and Calumon's origins. either you guys were more focused on the whole banishment and forgot about it or you guys were ok with it

Izumi is not an Oc and if you know who it is then you know that pairing already. Felt like adding her since she got little to no screen time and I haven't found a fic that had her in it yet

To clarify: in Danzo's eyes, Naruto has control of an army of creatures that can become more powerful and grow in size. Useful weapons, that's why he is doing what he can to achieve it. In essence, Naruto and his siblings are shining new weapons that have been dangling in front of him for some time and he wants them. The whole even just gave him a chance to get one of them.

It's a game of chess. Danzo made his move, now it's Minato's turn. This isn't a game of two. There are many players in this game and some have yet to make a noticeable move

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