Walking through the trees, Yami could be seen looking a little better but still exhausted. Stopping at the edge of the tree line at the leaf village he turned to the toad on his shoulder and said "I just remembered, there's something I still have to do, you go on ahead Pa and I'll meet up later "

Nodding, the toad jumped off his shoulder and began hopping off to the village but before he could get far Yami said: " oh before you go, Jiraiya said not to tell Naruto that he's alive, why I don't know but I suspect with Jiraiyas 'death' he wanted Naruto to follow his own path " the toad looked back and began chuckling and replied," well then I'll keep it to my self but not for too long I will contact Jiraiya to see what's going on, I'll see ya later young man " nodding Yami looked on as the toad continues to the village.

After a moment when the toad was gone"You can come out now," he said seemingly to no one still facing where the toad hopped away, stepping out of the shadows a figure wearing a white cloak with a bird mask said " even with your poor state you still as alert as always"

"Get on with it hawk" he replied impatiently

"Lord Danzo said it's time"

'using the destruction of Konoha to help further your schemes eh Danzo, crafty bastard as always'" let's go then " folding his arms as hawk stepped up to the exhausted shinobi and put his hand shoulder and disappeared with a shunshin.

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Walking through the trees at a slow pace deep in thought just returning from his master's 'grave' he heard someone landing in front of him lifting his head he saw Kakashi with his hands in his pockets wearing an eye smile, smiling back Naruto said: " Kakashi-sensei you ok!" " You really came through, lord Jiraiya would be proud " sheepishly giggling he rubbed under his nose with his forefinger, embarrassingly blushing " come on let's go the village is waiting for you " getting his student's attention they began jumping through the trees to the village. Arriving at the recently destroyed village he saw the whole village waiting and cheering for him.

"WELCOME BACK!!"

"NARUTO!!"

Crawling out of naruto's cloak Katsuyu said "I told everyone in the village how things finally ended"

"What happened to the enemy!"

"Wagh!!"

"You're not hurt are you!"

"H-hey don't push!... Sakura?"

"Why do you always push yourself so hard! ", "ow!" After approaching her teammate she knocked him on his head, hugged him and thanked him for saving the village, as the village cheered Iruka was seen crying tears of joy with a wide smile thinking back to when the third Hokage said that Naruto was supposed to be seen as a hero and not an aim for people animosity.

'Naruto ...you finally the hero you were supposed to be seen as, I'm proud of you '

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"Yami you returned from your mission alive good, it's time for root to make its move, the objective to finally becoming Hokage of Konoha...was your secret mission successful...of gaining Tsunade's favour?" Danzo addresses the kneeling shinobi in front of him.

Lifting his head he directly looked at Danzo with an expressionless face and answered "Yes Lord Danzo, I learnt directly from her after telling her about Natsume, my assassin's knowledge of the body helped greatly with the medical terminology, speeding up the process of the training greatly"

"Good, after my objective is complete I want you to personally assassinate Tsunade"

"Of course lord Danzo," Yami said without a hint of hesitation.

"Now that the jinchuriki has gained favour with the village it will be harder to control him and keep him under my watchful eye"

"To my knowledge, Sai should still be on his team after I suggested it to Tsunade"

"Yes I ordered him to report back to me about the progress of the jinchuriki, but I fear by being so close to Uzumaki will affect his mission"

"Do you want me to trail them, Lord Danzo"

"Rest first I'll need you in top shape, dismissed"

"Right" he disappeared with a shunshin.

'The first Hokage cells are working great with his body, with the reports of his new technique, should he show signs of the Mokuton he will be even stronger than the first Hokage...Sarutobi you may have gotten the jinchuriki but I gained something far better, my time has finally come ...old friend"

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Arriving in the underground bunker Yami opened the grey door to a square room with a futon with grey walls, taking off his shoes he entered the room and sat on the bed releasing a heavy sigh, laying down on it he began resting his body.

'things are going to get hectic soon' he thought as he closed his eyes and rested.

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Shikaku looked on as the crowd began throwing Naruto up into the air as they cheer when a figure appeared behind him.

"What is it," he asked

The Anbu figure that appeared behind him answered" An emergency meeting. The Daimyo has requested your presence as a ranking jonin Lord Shikaku"

"Already huh..."

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The scene changes to three figures walking through the trees, looking closely their headband showed a cloud symbol on it indicating that they are from the hidden cloud village.

"HAAAGH...what would be the best way ..." Frustrated the male figure said

"Now what "annoyed the one female said

"I'm just worried... there're so many hot chicks in the leaf ...what if they all start falling head over heels for me ?" He asked deep in thought

"Ooh that's rough I guess you'll just have to date em all, first come first serve right?" She said sarcastically

"Yeah, but eventually we'd have to leave and they might be so in love with me at that point that they wouldn't be able to let me go...I'm scared they'll drag me into a double suicide or something." He replied

"God damn, does this stupid idea excite you or scare you?! pick one! ...we not even there yet how far ahead are you thinking " getting fed up with his overthinking she growled out

"What about you, Karui? An attractive leaf villager of the male persuasion might fall for you-" he was cut off by her outburst

"Just say 'a guy' like a normal person!...then again you have a point, I might catch the eye of some tall dark handsome shinobi, " The female named Karui said in a coy tone with the last line

"Nah now you're just over thinking, that'll neeeeever happen" he shrugged nonchalantly

"Raaagh, Like you one to talk you, bastard!"

Picking up a stone the female figure threw it at the male figure but he dodged to the left while saying another one of his overthinking scenarios, the three-figure were one male and two females, Karui the one that threw the rock wears a long, short-sleeved dress with frilly edges complete with the Kumogakure flak jacket, two simple yellow earrings, fishnet stockings, thigh-high boots with white soles and a forehead protector which she wears like a bandanna. She also carries a long sword on her back. Omoi the male figure wears a dark outfit consisting of an overlong shirt with a hood, red bandage hand guards, Kumogakure shin guards, and a black forehead protector along with a Kumogakure flak jacket. He is always seen with a thoughtful expression, as though always in deep contemplation and sucking on a lollipop. He also carries a long sword on his back. Samui the third figure being the coolest and calm about the situation wears a very low-cut outfit which displays her sizeable cleavage, with mesh armour underneath, a short skirt and red hand guards, high boots, and what appears to be modified Kumogakure flak jacket that covers her stomach only, similar to a girdle. She also carries a tantō strapped horizontally to her lower back.

"The hell is wrong with you if that rock hits a boulder and cracks it, it'll start crumbling and knocking down bigger boulders...and before you know it the whole leaf village will be buried in a rock slide," Omoi said panicking

"AND YOU SAY I OVERTHINK THINGS"

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After seeing the state of the village Karui started panicking "HOLY SHIT I DIDN'T MEAN IT I DIDN'T THINK THAT LITTLE ROCK WOULD HIT SO HARD!" Omoi not making it any easier for her said "K-Karui what have you done..." " It wasn't you, you cretin, let's just try and find some people," said Samui still as calm and collected as always.

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Having used most of her energy through Katsuyu to protect the village Tsunade could be seen laying down without her technique to keep her young and beautiful, showing her real age.

"She hasn't woken up since, "Shizune said looking worried

"I really don't know when she'll come out of it," said Sakura

"Granny Tsunade..." Naruto said

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"Our allies will continue to aid us in defending against Akatsuki." Said Homura to one of the advisors

"Still can't believe what happened...of course, the country will throw all its resources towards rebuilding the village... we'll have a budget first, then seek aid from the other nations-" the Daimyo advisor was cut by Danzo saying" I am more concerned with selecting a new Hokage first " Shikaku narrowed his eyes at him while the Daimyo said " why can't we wait for Tsunade to wake up "

"Daimyo Tsunade is in a very deep coma, with the village in such a dangerous state, we need a leader when we don't know when or if she will recover in addition she is responsible for what happened today," Koharu said with no remorse

"I had hoped to pick Jiraiya if this happened again I always liked him...but he's left us too...very well who should we elect," The Daimyo said waving a hand fan in front of his face

"I formally submit mys-

"I nominate Hatake Kakashi" cutting off Danzo shikaku said not wanting him to gain any ground

"Hohoooh the white fangs son, eh an excellent nominee you opinion gentleman," said the Daimyo

"He's famous strong capable... " Advisor #1

"Isn't he a bit too young?" Advisor #3

"I'm positive Minato was even younger when he became the fourth..." Advisor #2

"Who was Hatake Kakashi's teacher?" Advisor #4

"The fourth Hokage." Homura answeres

"The fourth was Jiraiyas pupil, Jiraiya was the third..." Advisor #5

"Continuing the lineage is acceptable to me, very well" the Daimyo started

"The thirds teachings have brought the village to the brink of ruin!...the Akatsuki leader who devastated the village today was also one of Jiraiyas pupils, this was our reward for aiding foreign nations

It's soft!

It's weak!

Let's not forget the weakness of the third lead to the sand's betrayal and Orochimaru's attempt to crush the leaf!... Akatsuki aggression...and the defection of the Uchiha, now a rogue ninja plotting who knows what!...ask yourselves what do we need in a Hokage now, a man who can pull us back from the edge of collapse and restore law and order to the shinobi world

That man is me!" Standing up from his seat he delivered his passionate speech to the Daimyo

"What say we let Danzo handle the situation lord Daimyo" advisor #1

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"Such a rigid close-minded extremist attitude is not what-" Shikaku said trying to prevent the Daimyo from making a bad mistake but was cut off by the Daimyo speaking.

"I've made my decision...

...Danzou. I hereby name you the sixth Hokage!.."

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Waking to feel a lot better he yawned sitting up stretching out his arms, stopping he rub his eye and went to clean himself up. After he finished he began feeling his condition ' ...not 100 yet but close eh good enough man I haven't had such a battle since that swordsman last year ehehe good thing I learned the armour in time '

Flashback

Getting the mission details straight from Danzo it was business as usual but a much bigger target this time, such as one of the seven swords man ' eh good thing I already said good bye to Natsume might not make it out this time ehehe' dressed in the leaf anbu uniform he jumped through the trees in an impressive speed ' according to the mission details him and his group of chunin missing nin are camping out right on the borders in-between the leaf and the village of the Hidden Rice patties, attacking any merchants that comes by making it hard for konoha to receive them, the force is already stretch so thin enough that the Hokage have to keep the more powerful jonin close enough to village to prevent anyone from attacking, ugh damn bandits anyway I'm getting close better wait for night fall to get this done' after waiting for nightfall to spread through the area he ready his weapons and made some hand signs ' LIGHTNING STYLE: MAGNETIC FIELD' in his mind and put his hand on the ground to sense the vibration through it, sensing 4 heart beats close by he figure out all their blind spots, taking out his tanto he began cutting them down one by one. The first and second by slicing their necks in the trees taking out the bird's eye view he took out the other 2 on the ground, just as he got done taking out the last one, he didn't notice one of the missing-nin woke up and went to use the bathroom, seeing a hidden leaf Anbu killing his comrade began shouting in the night alerting the rest of the crew that woke up " YOU SON OF A BITCH WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, ILL KILL YOU- " before he could move he had a kunai struck him in the back of the head from the leaf Anbu, " well well well, I was wondering when they going send a shinobi to take us out ehehe" the male figure that talked was very thin and tall in stature, giving him a gangly appearance. He had long, shaggy, straw-blond hair and his face was concealed by a white, porcelain Anbu mask, with a green-coloured triangle on its lower half, slits for eye holes and Kirigakure's symbol etched into the top. His attire consisted of a sleeveless black shirt, and matching pants, complete with a waistguard, and Kirigakure's striped wrist and leg guards. He also wore bandages around his neck like the other members of his generation of the Seven Swordsmen. 'Kuriarare Kushimaru, the seventh strongest member of the seven swordsman of the bloody mist...(sighs) fuck my life', "You, no name ,go and kill hi-" before he could finish the missing chunin was already taken out with kunai in the throat " That was rude... aaah fuck it " they disappeared from their spots and clashed their weapons against one another Yami's tanto against Kushimarus long sword Nuibari, they traded blows trying to feel out the other with Sparks flying between them each time the weapons clashed and clang, jumping back the missing mist min chuckled and said " to be honest I was expecting Kakashi hatake but I guess the sand village betrayal went much better than the hiddan leaf shows ehehe " he began making making hands signs and said " SOUNDLESS MURDER TECHNIQUE" mist was began to cover the area around them making it harder for Yami to see in front of him that was nothing but a grey cloud "Do you know the silent killing technique boy , cz this will be the last technique you will ever witness " Yami was immediately even more on guard when his enemy's voice came from everywhere giving of a very heavy malevolent feeling " argh" he grunted when he got three senbons in his right arm, taking them out he threw them on the floor in front of him not to long he got 2 in his thigh, again he took them out finally having enough of struggling he waved the hand signs for his magnetic field technique and what he saw shocked him to core, he was surrounded by wire all around him making it hard for him to escape when the image bounced of Kushimaru with his hands still holding onto it. The missing-nin pull back his hand and the wires moved to catch each of Yami's limbs and put him in a crucifying hold, as the mist cleared up a little as Yami finally saw his opponent standing there holding with the wire in his left hand "That was easy, you shouldn't have stepped in the den of the lion kid cause tonight you die ...' LONGSWORD NINJA ART: MASSACRE METHOD FORMATION" tying up the end of the wire to a kunai he stabs it into the ground and stepped up to Yami with his long sword and stabbed the Anbu in his heart, *POOF* a puff sound went off indicating he stabbed a shadow clone " FIRE STYLE: GRAND FIREBALL JUTSU!" Yami came down from the trees while shooting of a big fire ball to the ground *BOOM* clearing up the area little more , dodging the technique just in time by jumping to a tree he blocked a blow of Yami ,from above and kicked him away *POOF* another shadow clone, jumping away from the kunais hitting the spot he was just on to another tree , he turned around and blocked a kicked with his forearm " The silent technique is my thing brat " he tried to stab the leaf shinobi with his sword but the anbu back flipped of the missing nin, throwing the longsword to his enemy, Yami hit it away after landing and rushed to kushimaru, closing in on him ,he had to jump away when the long sword suddenly return trying to stab him , retracting it the swordsman could be seen holding an amount of rolled up wire that was connected to the blade after he caught it ' this just got harder ' Yami thought taking out a kunai twirling it by the ring on his forefinger and held it in reverse, holding his tanto in reverse , he crossed his arms and disappeared with a burst of speed to the right using the trees as skipping stones he circled the missing nin, eyeing the moving anbu, kushimaru threw his longsword to left, by sending chakra through the wire he could control where the blade was going and it followed Yami's path, jumping through the trees trying to get a away from the incoming piercing sword he tried to jump to another tree and slide around with his hands sticking to the tree using chakra but it proved unfruitful as the sword pierced right through the tree making him tumble down on the tree using his chakra to stick to the tree to prevent him from falling he stopped his tumbling and stuck to the tree and waited for the blade to come down. Following them kushimaru landed on the ground underneath and controlled the blade to speed down and stab Yami, crouching he hit the blade away with his kunai and tanto and began dancing with the blade each time hitting it away when it came close to stabbing him. Back flipping when the blade came through the tree again he fell down to the ground ' I gotcha now ' the missing mist nin thought with a grin under his mask and sent his blade down, seeing the incoming blade Yami maneuvered his body and twirled his body with the blade in mid air, sending lightning through his tanto he cut through the wire holding the blade releasing it from the wire, still in the momentum he turned and heel kicked the butt of the longsword into the ground stuck standing up straight and landed on it with his one foot pushing the blade deeper into the ground staring straight into the missing nins eyes with a cold calculating look as blood dripped down his body, dripping from the numerous cuts he gained from the razor sharp wires, without looking down he knew razor sharp wires were a inch and half of the ground was waiting for him to cut off his feet weaving handsigns he shot a fireball at kushimaru making him jump away, thinking he was safe he didn't notice a shadow clone from above him coming down and got stab through both shoulders "argh" he grunted and crash with the clone on him on the ground breaking the fall for the clone, stepping of the down shinobi to free his boss by cutting the wires infront of Yami he turn to look at the down missing mist nin and saw him panting on his knees with his mask off having cracked and broken from the fall, stepping down from the sword he ripped it out of the ground and approach the kneeling shinobi "Any last words before I kill you with your own sword" Yami asked the bloody grinning shark like teeth mist nin " ehehehe ...always plan ahead kid" using all his willpower he took a kunai out hidden in his leg gaurds and threw it at Yami, side stepping he dodge it and heard a wire snapping behind him, setting of the traps as wires emerge from everywhere around him, his clone dispelling by it, trying to slice him into pieces he acted quickly and slapped his hands together and screamed using that last of his chakra reserves and pushed out the Lightning armour with a big flash and a crackle snapping the wires, disappearing and reappeared by stabbing Kushimaru through the heart with the Nuibari ..."argh" Kushimaru cough out blood through his teeth after moment of silence, grinning he said "Good fight..." and collapsed. Collapsing next to the dead shinobi, huffing and panting in exhaustion but also glad knowing it was over.

Flashback over

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Releasing the Nuibari blade from the seal Yami reflected on his many battles he had over the years, but the hardest one was always Natsume's death. Clenching his hand around the blade he briefly let his rage, hatred and hurt flow as a heavy atmosphere flooded the hallway making any pass byers felt as though death was gripping them by their very hearts with cold dry talons, hallucinating that a black and red figured with white eys demon was standing behind them, reaching over their shoulders to their necks and slowly dragging a razor sharp claw through it. Calming his emotions and gaining control of it, the heavy atmosphere disappeared and he continued his walk resealing the blade away, not knowing that that very same demon was infact Yami himself.

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After asking a nearby leaf shinobi on what happened to the Hidden leaf village and hearing about how it was Akatsuki and setting Karui at ease that it wasn't her that caused this massive destruction. They requested an audience with the Hokage, following the leaf shinobi to the tent where Tsunade was resting they went in and saw that the Hokage was still in her deep coma but seem to have regain her youth like looking technique, meaning she's getting better.

"She's unconscious?" Samui asked confused not really expecting Tsunade to be unconscious

"I'll take the letter I'm her aid"

"If you don't know when she'll wake up let me speak to the person in charge in the meanwhile,I need an answer right now, it's urgent"

"But"

"That woman is no longer Hokage!"

Surprised at the sudden outburst from someone, the kunoichis turned to the opening of the tent and saw Danzo with anbu at the sides of him.

"I am the new Hokage, I'll take that letter."

"Danzou...no way" shizune thought with bewildered expression

Handing over the letter to the bandaged elder he read the letter concerned about the missing-nin Sasuke Uchiha.

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Arriving on his dog Kiba addresses the three members of team Kakashi standing on the side,it being Naruto sakura and Kakashi.

"There you are!"

"Kiba! what is it?" asked Sakura

"Listen ...just calm down and listen, Tsunade has been dismissed as Hokage!" exclaimed Kiba

"What!"

"Huh!"

"The sixth Hokage is some guy named Danzo" he continued

"Danzo!" said sakura

"Danzo...!" said Naruto

"I have a bad feeling about this... That's not the only thing, the new Hokage...

...has given permission to dispose of Sasuke as a missing-nin"

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AN): Sorry for only uploading so late was busy with work so I couldn't find free time * sheepishly laughs while rubbing head* but I'll try to upload more frequently from now on