Fugaku listened to the elders of the Uchiha clan talk amongst themselves, he was fully aware that most of them weren't happy with the current situation.
Yet at the same time, they couldn't argue about the treatment they were having at the moment.
Tsunade's party had gone off without any problems and to his surprise, both himself and the rest of his clan were treated fairly, there weren't any real signs of any friendly gestures but there weren't any cold glares from any of the other gur=ests.
At least none that the other clans bothered to publicly display anyway.
Ever since Tsunades return to the leaf David had released himself of any of the responsibilities he had and returned to acting as another kid, meaning that he spent most of his time now either training with his team or helping his recently adopted members to learn to use whatever Jutsu he knew.
The elders had decided to see just how much they could test the Ambus patience and by extent, the councils' patience by regularly entering the Senjus territory and staying at one of the houses one of their relatives were living in.
To everyone's surprise, however, Tsunade didn't voice her disapproval, she simply said that if the elders wanted to keep doing this they needed to provide her with something in exchange.
Normally everyone would have argued, but they were reminded by Tsunade that the only ones permitted to live in her territory were the ones that helped rebuild it.
Reluctantly the elders either gave up a fair amount of money to pay for their extended stay or gave a low-level scroll that anyone could get their hands on as payment.
Up until now, the three kids had been safe considering that they honestly couldn't go anywhere except their territory and as a result, they were surrounded by multiple members of his clan that were more than willing to put their lives on the line to keep their only allies safe.
Now, however, that was no longer the case.
For a brief moment Fugaku wondered if things had changed at all, the Uchiha had been able to move closer to the village and now had a say in the ongoings of everyday life, but that had all been possible because of the Senju clans power.
Politically and socially speaking, it looked as if the newly revived Senju clan favored the Uchiha clan more than their previous allies the Hyuga clan.
Yet in the celebration that was held the eldest of the Hyuga clan's daughters sat next to David.
It could be said that she had been taken in by the boy as his mistress, after all, it was no mystery to anyone that Hinata had been removed as the new head of the Hyuga clan after being deemed too weak for the position.
Fugaku knew that he didn't have to worry about Tsunade becoming the next Hokage anytime soon for she had her hands full at the moment.
She now had to deal with the work both David and Mark had been doing while she was done, not to mention arguing with the council over the Jichuriki.
It was as if a spring had been pressed until it couldn't be pressed anymore and the result after shot back up, would be felt for years to come.
The room fell silent as Tsunade walked in, next to her was her assistant and the piglet that served as her familiar.
'Welcome Tsunade' Fugaku said to her and he received a bow from her as she walked in
"So for what do we owe the honor," Fugaku said to her as Tsunade stood in front of him
'I'm here to accept your wives offer on behalf of my husband" Tsunade answered Fugaku
Fugaku understood that Tsunade was here for more than one reason after all Mark had been the one Miko had personally trained.
"You have to admit that I'm confused, as I understand Mark falls under your husbands' control as he has served him and only him since before David married you" Fugaku pointed out the obvious to Tsunade
"Mark is David's eyes and we both know that Ana serves as his ears, meaning that while they train with Mikoto your clan will be the ones in charge of molding the two of them" Tsunade answered him
Fugaku could feel his irritation grow and judging by the looks that the elders had in their eyes, he wasn't the only one that felt that way.
"What are you implying?' he asked Tsunade who just waved at her assistant who took out several bottles of wine and began to hand them out.
'I'm not implying anything, I'm just here to say thank you" Tsunade said to him
'You know the Senju clan doesn't have a lot of funds at the moment so I hope this small show of good faith can bring us a little bit closer" Tsunade said to Fugaku as Mikoto received the bottle of wine from Shizune
Fugaku noticed as the mood in the room began to change and despite not allowing her to both Tsunade and Shizune sat in front of him and Mikoto.
'What do you want?' Fugaku said to her
"I want you to put both Mark and David in a Genjutsu" Tsunade said to him with a voice that was lacking any emotion
"The elementals would never allow it," Fugaku said to her but Tsunades pig simply oinked in response
'they will if I ask them to" Tsunade answered Fugaku
"Why should I?" Fugaku said to Tsunade, he didn't have any reason to deny her request but more than one person in the room felt as if he had already done more than enough for the Senju
"The two of them are mature and talented for their age, but unlike anyone else in the academy they haven't been put in a situation that they couldn't overcome or was completely out of their control"
Tsunade said to Fugaku and as she spoke she locked eyes with Mikoto who made the memory of when she had taken the girls with her and when David had wed himself to her flashed before their eyes.
"I wouldn't say that," Mikoto said to Tsunade
"Still, you are right about them being far behind most if not everyone else," Mikoto said to Tsunadeas she placed more than one picture in front of Tsunade
Tsunade felt a vein grow as she looked at the evidence of not only David but Mark as well as they tried to peek at several women in the clothing stores that had been opened in her territory.
"They aren't too good at hiding," Mikoto said to her as she smirked
Tsunade knew the woman didn't mean anything by showing her this, she just wanted to tease Tsunade about Davids past actions
"Let's say we take your request what do you offer in return?" Fugaku said to Tsunade
'i'm opening a school to train the new additions to my clan"
'it's a school for training medical-nin, they won't be trained in combat but in healing and handling things like pregnancies and people that were poisoned"
"Normally training people from another clan wouldn't be possible, but if my husband and I were to owe you and your wife payment for things we owe you separately," Tsunade said to Fugaku
'I'll need some time to think about this" Fugaku said to Tsunade and Tsnade excused herself before leaving
The entire room fell into a heavy silence, on one hand, Fugaku had just been asked to attack both David and Mark, on the other hand, Tsunade a master of healing was offering to train the members of his clan in her clan's healing skills.
The implications of this were many and soon the entire room was filled with murmurs that quickly became shouting matches between the elders.
Some wanted to take the offer others didn't, Fugaku was honestly surprised that those that once argued about keeping their distance from the boy were nowhere to be seen.
It was them that wanted to accept Tsunades offer.
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The air had become eerily calm as the two of them looked at one another, the smooth blade of Davids's sword somehow reflected both the sky and the ground beneath it all the while it showed the many cracks Mikoto had been unable to fix when she repaired it.
David gasped as he tried to breathe, it had taken everything he had just to be able to last as long as he did, he had taken more than one hit and despite being completely unarmed Hana didn't have a scratch on her.
He had been forced to use every trick that knew both from his old life and new one and yet the woman in front of him was completely unaffected.
Hana used her eyes to either find the weaknesses of his creatures and beat them into submission with hardly any effort.
Innocentius had tried to help him but Hana forced his elemental to stay out of the fight.
Sweat dripped from his forehead and judging by how it had become increasingly difficult to hold onto his sword, his hands were covered with it.
David smirked he knew what the Hyugas eyes could do and so he had prepared for them, he had developed a skill that allowed him and him alone to be able to see the area around him perfectly.
he wouldn't be able to see anything with his eyes, but he would be able to sense a person where ever they went, and by doing so he removed the need for the use of his eyes.
His trick had caught Hana by surprise, but she quickly recovered and resumed her attack.
The embers he had spread through the area didn't burn or affect anything, not yet at least, but they served their purpose, they were keeping him alive.
Innocentius wrapped himself around David's hand before firing a concentrated blast of pure molten lava at Hana, and yet the woman somehow managed to grave that same hand and force the attack back at David.
Innocentius intercepted the attack and left David completely exposed.
Everyone that was watching visibly flinched at the sound that Hana's fist made when it made contact with David's chest.
However Hanana wasn't going to end her attack there no, she kept on attacking until she was certain neither David nor Innocentius had any fight left in them
"You lost David," Hana said to David as Innocentius wrapped himself around David and began to heal him
"No, I didn't" David struggled to say as his eyes were locked on an opened area where Hanas Kimono was opened.
For a moment Hana felt the need t run away, no one was supposed to see her undergarments except her husband, but then she realized that David wasn't looking up at her clothes he was looking past her.
She quickly jumped out of the way as Lili used the last of its strength to grave ahold of her, while Mini wrapped chains around or.
Hana would have praised her student's efforts but, she wouldn't, their attack failed and she knocked all three of them out and placed them next to Mark and the rest of Mikoto's team.
The sound of clapping reached her ears as the onlookers showed their praise for the show she had just given them.
As things stood, the Senju clan didn't have a proper training ground and so David- Mark, and Ana had been training with everyone.
So now that Hana had started to train them again she continued their public training.
her guards had advised against it, but she was using this excuse to be able to pass time with Hinata before and after she beat the instincts into the kids.
Hana placed a hand on Hinatas head and enjoyed her daughter's head as she leaned on her.
She had taken advantage of David when he was still vulnerable to keep Hinata safe and her plan worked, but now her daughter was somewhere she couldn't reach her under any other circumstances.
Hana sat with Hinata and enjoyed her daughter's stories, she heard about her days in the academy and how the boys worked every day, then the two of them would sin silently just enjoying each other's company.
Hana watched as Tsunade walked back home and to her surprise, Tsunade was once again wearing clothes that were a little too provocative.
Every wrinkle either served to emphasize Tsunades breast or the curves on the woman's body and the way Tsunade walked seemed to have an extra skip than she did before.
Hana had seen Tsunade before and after she had been affected by the war and neither time did she, no that wasn't true.
There was a time Tsunade was happy Hana paid close attention to the saint smile Tsunade hid from everyone and she nearly let out a gasp.
Tsunade was smiling.
"Why?" Hana thought to herself and then she remembered
The Senju clan had been destroyed when Tsunade left the village, then when she returned she had found not one but three people that survived.
Then after a brief incident, Tsunade left, and when she returned she found herself looking at her clan slowly coming back to life, like a field that was once dead but now had grass growing in it.
Hana watched as Tsunade was greeted by Naruto and when Naruto ran off with the other children she noticed how the woman's eyes hardened when she found David body laying unconscious
