Naruto hid within the shadows of the council room, waiting for the Hokage to address the council.
A door opened on the far right of the room and in strode the Hokage himself, followed by his council which was made up of all the Clan Heads as well as three individuals that seemed to be civilians.
The Hokage waited for his council too take their seats before he began and once they did, he eagerly dived into the purpose he called them all here. "Good evening everyone. I have called this meeting to discuss a proposal that was brought to me. There is a Clan that would like to ally itself with us and as the leading branch of our village we need to discuss it." The Hokage informed his council.
Upon hearing the news, Naruto could hear gasps of excitement echo throughout the room.
As they talked amongst themselves, Naruto thought back to this morning.
Flashback
With the week since Naruto's return to the Leaf Village, he has been to many meetings with the Hokage and only the Hokage. Naruto has yet to see either his mother or little brother, which was staring to worry him.
During most of these meetings his father and he discussed what his Clan was as well as what he now was.
Too say that his father was shocked would have been an understatement. The first time that he revealed himself to the Hokage his screams brought an army of Anbu, it took the Hokage explaining the situation to the Captain for them to leave without beheading Naruto.
"Can all of the people within this Clan do this?" Asked the Hokage.
Naruto knew that his father would ask this as any leader would wish to know the power that a potential ally had. With this knowledge, Naruto was able to quickly find his response to the question. "Yes, they can, at first I was not able to though as time went on I was eventually able to take on a Demon form. Though the only reason I was able to take on a full form was from having Kurama sealed inside me since I was born." Naruto explained to his father.
The Hokage looked at his son with excitement bubbling through his veins. "Well I would very much like to meet with this Clan. Can you contact them for me?" The Hokage questioned.
"I am in charge of forming this alliance. So, Minato-San you will have to deal with me until I am certain that this alliance is going to be formed." Naruto retorted back, and before Minato was able to reply Naruto vanished in his signature way.
Back to the Present
Naruto shook himself out of his thoughts on his morning, hoping that the council had made some decision to meet with him or not. Though all he saw was a heated debate.
"Well this is not going to do...looks like I am going to have to intervene." Naruto concluded as he jumped from his hiding spot.
As Naruto dropped towards the ground, he shifted into his hybrid form which would allow everyone within the room to guess his true nature.
Those at the table could recognize the Demonic Chakra that Naruto possessed.
Upon seeing Naruto, some of the council which included all three civilian members as well as two of the Clan heads jumped from their seats.
"Kill the beast!" The civilians screamed towards their Ninja allies.
As weapons were pulled from their sheathes, Naruto started to reach for his own weapons when suddenly Minato flung a dagger into the middle of the council table which pulled the blond Hokage along with it.
"If any of you even think about attacking my son, I will have you executed for treason!" Minato roared with such fury that the council chambers began to vibrate.
That statement got the reaction that the Hokage as well as Naruto wanted because soon those who were just screaming for the Demons death dropped back into their seats.
One Clan head that was not apart of the group that was calling for Naruto's demise stood up from his seat. "Hokage, what will be the terms of this alliance?" Questioned the Clan Head.
"Shikaku we were just about to get to that, so why don't we all just take our seats and will we get started." Minato answered the other man.
With the Hokage's order everyone within the room took their seats. After ensuring that no violence would take place, Minato also took his seat. Seeing his father at ease, Naruto shifted back into his human form as he followed his father towards the head of the council table.
Now that everyone was once again seated, Naruto dived into the reason he had come back to the Leaf. "My Clan and I wish to have an ally that we could call upon if the need arises..." Naruto explained to the council.
A raven haired boy that looked to be around Naruto's age abruptly stood from his seat. "...and what will we get from an alliance with your people?" The male spoke out with a voice that was shrouded in arrogance.
"For the moment my students and I will be joining your village as Ninja. To ensure that this alliance goes well, your Hokage has agreed to give me the rank of Jonin as well have two of your Genin join my team so we can learn from each other." Naruto informed the arrogant male, though his explanation recieved pleased expressions from all involved.
Assuming that this was the end of the council meeting, Naruto stood from his seat which caused him to receive strange looks from those around him.
"The Hokage has not ended this meeting, so where do you think you are going?" One of the civilian council members spoke out.
Naruto didn't like the tone that this civilian was using with him and once again started to shift his features into his hybrid state. Though before he could complete the transition, he felt a hand lay upon his shoulder.
"Watch how you speak to my son. If he wishes to leave the meeting than he can." Minato growled and though he was glaring at the civilian who dared to raise her voice to his son, everyone within the room knew that his words applied to them all.
Though Naruto didn't like that his father was trying to fight his battles, he decided to ignore it for the more concerning thoughts that were rolling around his mind.
"If you must know, since my team and I are going to be staying within this village I am headed out to find a home while we are here." Naruto countered, though it wasn't moments later that he was vanishing with a puff of crimson smoke.
From past experience, Naruto knew that buying a house could be expensive but even the cheapest home within the Leaf was way out of his price range.
Naruto knew that his plan wasn't going to work and as he turned away from the last house on his list, he had a look of defeat etched on his face. "What are we going to do Rai? I need to find a place for our team to live and everything is way to expensive." Naruto cried as he slumped on a nearby bench.
The blond Demon has always put faith in Rai so he was expecting him to come up with the perfect plan after his had failed.
As Naruto was watching his oldest friend, he could see from the facial expressions that Rai was making that his mind was busy formulating something that Naruto hoped would be useful. Then suddenly Rai started to speak.
"From everything that I have read about this world, most villages have empty homes for Clans that wish to join them. Since we have become members of the Leaf while this alliance is in place that should make us eligible for one of those homes." Rai suggested to his blond friend.
Hearing this caused Naruto to jump from the seat that he was using to wallow in his defeat. "Rai, you are a genius! That should definitely work." Naruto roared out and once those words were fluttering throughout the wind, Naruto was running towards the Hokage's Tower to speak with his father.
Author's notes: Thank you to anyone who has decided to read this chapter. Your continued support is what causes me to continue working on these stories. As always please review with your likes, dislikes and other general comments.
