while the other four occupants of the room were still reeling from my previous declaration, I asked Mr. Noburu a vital question "where is the r21-6 ninja service release form ." I then turn to Tazuna and Daisuke who straighten up with Daisuke assuming attention I quickly tell Daisuke to be at ease. Before I inquire "now in Konoha, we use H41-p form for the change of power between the old and new Hokage. do you have the required form I would need to assume the mantel of Daimyo." Tazuna looks a little confused, but Daisuke quickly came forward while bitting his thumb he quickly smeared his bloody thumb upon the paper seal. Which burst into light blue flames showing the chest had no built-in locking mechanism just another seal the samurai pushed a small amount of chakra opening the chest with a little puff of smoke. Revealing a small ring and a small stack of paper.
"here you go, my lord, this is the h41-p form." while Tazuna produced a small silver pin and clipboard after signing the form it was notarized by Tazuna, Daisuke and Noburu. Daisuke kneeled before me with Tazuna humbly stating "My lord this ring is the ring of Waves this is your first symbol of authority."
by this point, Tsunade and Kakashi had recovered Kakashi had lost his eye smile questioning me "are you sure that you want to do this what about your dream of becoming Hokage of Konoha if you do this you will never become the Hokage." I chuckled a little drawing the attention of the Hokage and Kakashi "with everything I have done for the village bringing Tsunade-Baaba to beating Gaara. I think the only thing that will earn the respect of the people is to save the world from an insane goddess and even then just barely. so tell me Hatake how likely do you think I will ever be a Hokage." I could see the uncertain look on his face, and I lightly scoffed. turning my attention to Mr. Noburu "do you have the r21-6 form." Kenji seemed to look through his manila folder and pulled out a golden-lined paper that he then took to Tsunade whos face already looked a little pale, became much paler than before.
*Tsunade's POV*
"this is an imperial order from the daimyo to release Naruto from ninja service without applying memory or chakra seals. but, also the transfer of twenty Chunin level ROOT ANBU and one Jonin operative from one Shimura Danzo and their loyalty seals transferred to lord Naruto Uzumaki to ensure the solidification of his rule over Wave country." Tsunade thought to herself. But wasn't ROOT disbanded by Sarutobi? I turn to Kakashi, Sakura, and Sasuke to give my orders "team seven excluding naruto leave my office. Take the day off." once I see them leave the room I sent a small chakra pulse to summon my ANBU guards.
Four Anbu operatives shortly appeared before their master. "lady Hokage you summoned my team and I." a masked dragon operative questioned? since I had no time for formalities, I quickly commanded the ANBU squad "bring me Danzo, Homura, and Koharu to me immediately I do not care if they are eating breakfast or taking their medicine."
the ANBU team quickly left while confirming their task I then turned my attention to Naruto and his retainers. "Naruto you are hereby relieved of any and all obligations to the Konoha ninja force. you will continue to receive a stipend for your service to the village for six months or until your coronation." by the time I had finished releasing naruto from his duty to the village Danzo, Koharu and Homura entered my office, they seemed to quickly notice Mr. Noburu as the three elders promptly bowed to him in respect.
the three elders turned to naruto Homura voicing their thoughts "Lady Tsunade, why is he here, if this is a matter of importance to the village would it not be better if this young genin was not present in case we need to discuss issues of village stability or matters of political relations with other nations."
Daisuke turned to the three elders and declared "lord Naruto Uzumaki is the Daimyo of Wave country, you will give him the proper respect he deserves." the elder council was shocked but quickly schooled their faces. Before Koharu could voice her and the rest of the elder disapproval, Noburu spoke up " the power you and your village had over Lord Naruto has waned, the Daimyo of the land of fire, Jiro Hiroshi has given Naruto his full support."
The received news apparently surprised everyone but my self and Mr. Noburu before further arguments could take place I explained to the occupants of the room " lord Hiroshi gave me this imperial order to release Naruto from the ninja service without the seals we would typically give someone being discharged from service. Interesting enough the fire Daimyo also ordered the transfer of twenty-one ROOT ANBU ninja twenty of them being Chunin level and one Jounin level operative. What I am trying to understand is how you even have your little private army I thought that Sarutobi had disbanded ROOT? then I get an imperial order for you to transfer the "disbanded" ROOT to Naruto?"
Danzo looked to Noburu with slight surprise but before he could begin to make any form of excuses Noburu once again saved another from my wrath "Danzo was pardoned by the daimyo and allowed to continue training his private army. Both when the Sandaime was in power and when you are in power. Here are the imperial orders to prove it." while he was giving his explanation he was looking through his folder and pulled out three items two of them were two pieces of parchment, the other was a letter which he handed directly to Danzo. As Danzo read the letter, he regained a normal facial color. I will need to look into his ties to the Daimyo.
I notice as Danzo turns himself and bow as deeply as his crippled body would allow towards Naruto before straightening himself. " lord Naruto you find no other ninja better trained to defend your throne then my ROOT operatives soon to be your root operatives. I will need two days to give you five of the twenty-one ninja you have been promised." said calmy much to the surprise of my self and the two elders. It seems that I am not the only one that Danzo has been hiding important secrets from.
****Naruto POV****
To say I was surprised that Hiroshi Jiro, had gifted me such a sizable ninja force especially when Wave is little more than a city-state at the least. I turned to Noburu "what is the catch what does Hiroshi want from me in return?" I questioned Noburu, he seemed to chuckle lightly and replied "that will be explained when you meet the fire Daimyo you have been invited to his court to discuss your respective countries relations. In two weeks " he calmly explained to me.
Why would Hiroshi want to supply my island nation with such valuable military assets this smells funny, and I know what they say where there's smoke there's fire. Though this makes me worried why would the fire Daimyo want to meet me an up incoming newly established Daimyo of a small country like Wave?
I turned to Daisuke and discreetly whispered a question to the samurai general "did the previous Daimyos of Wave country have any form of close ties to the Daimyos of fire country?" he thought for a moment and shook his head in a negatory. Hm, fascinating what could Hiroshi want I fear my nation will be made into a satellite nation, if this is the case I will fight tooth and nail to prevent my people from being enslaved to another man like Gato.
I hear Tsunade call my name bringing me out of my thoughts "lord Naruto this meeting between Konoha and the newly reestablished Wave government is over I have alerted an ANBU operative to escort you to a tempory place of residence with your procession." I noticed the same dragon masked ninja from before he makes a small bow and motions Tazuna, Daisuke and me out of the office.
As I am being escorted to my hotel room, I notice the samurai squad from before they are talking amongst themselves. There are twelve in total now that I look over them it appears the Samurai comprises of nine foot soldiers, or Ashiguru wore armor that was traditional Kiko a hardened leather cuirass with small Iron hexagonal plates embedded into the hardened leather, I could also see conical helmets lined with iron and leather. Seven were carrying yari long spears along with yumi bows, while the other four had naginata as well as yumi, they all had short swords fastened to their side.
the last was an ashiguru captain who happened to be a samurai was wearing the same type of armor that Daisuke was wearing but much less ornate than the general, and he is equipped with two katana, the main tachi the katana and the Wakazashi a blade of much shorter length.
When he saw me, he also noticed the ring proudly on display on my hand. he motioned his squad to bow as well as himself I told him and the soldiers to rise. "ashiguru fall into a defensive formation around our Lord." Daisuke quickly commanded, they promptly complied as we walk through the town people are more stunned by the procession then scared of me.
it is a nice feeling, I hear Tazuna giving a command to one of the yari welding ashiguru." go and buy our lord a kimono-." I interrupt him to clarify " I would like a plain silk kimono. I would much rather have someone in wave make my actual robes." the foot soldier bows and quickly runs off to complete his task.
I turn to the dragon masked ANBU "I am quite hungry I had a very light breakfast would you like to join my men and me for some food before you finish escorting us?" I inquire. The ANBU seems to think for a moment and agrees. I take the lead and guide the group to my favorite restaurant... Ichiraku ramen
I was greeted by Teuchi " naruto my boy how have you been I was worried you had not been here in three days I was almost worried you had died. But, you still probably would come to haunt my restaurant." the ramen chef chuckled he then noticed the samurai guard and turned his head back to me almost to inquire who these were. As I sat down with on the bar stool the other five being sat on by Daisuke, Tazuna, the captain of the ashiguru and his lieutenant and finally the Anbu operative.
The other six lower ranked ashiguru stood outside the of the ramen stand as if to stand guard we all gave our orders for what ramen we would like " well remember how I helped to save Wave country from Gato." he nodded while making the ramen. I continued " well I apparently left a major impression on the people as they supported me to become the next Daimyo of their land." with surprise, I noticed Teuchi almost added to much salt to the broth. I inwardly chuckled it is not often you see Teuchi almost mess up his ramen.
" WOW! naruto I am so happy for you it is not every day your favorite customer becomes a daimyo!" his voice takes on a sad tone as he continues "I guess this will be the last time we see you here to eat regularly?" I realized with a jolt that I would not be able to see the faces of my friends or eat at Ichiraku again. The thought made me tear up a little I would be losing a significant part of my life.
Tazuna who noticed our disappointment " you know you could move your ramen stand to Wave country. Your business would probably go up; lord naruto is seen as a hero you would probably receive customers just because naruto would eat their frequently." he said trying to sell the idea of Wave country to Teuchi.
Teuchi seemed to think about it he finally said " well naruto is already one-third of the income of the ramen stand, as is most don't like to shop here so, I will need to talk to my daughter about this proposition. But, you do make a strong argument." this did bring a fox-like grin to my face. By the time Tazuna finished talking to Teuchi he had placed our ramen in front of us, we all had either beef for Daisuke and the other two Samurai or pork for the ANBU operative and Tazuna. while I had ordered the naruto special with extra meat.
While we were eating, we could hear one of the ashiguru start talking he was too far to make out what he was saying. But, shortly after he came through the entrance of the ramen stand, he quickly kneeled behind me " my lord forgive me for interrupting your meal, but there is a man by the name of Jiraiya, he says he is your ninja teacher?" he informed me.
"let him come see me he is probably concerned, "I ordered with a wave of my hand. The ashiguru stood up and put his fist on his chest over his heart and bowed lightly, he turned around and walked out of the stand. I continued eating until I heard the flaps of the stand rustle, I turned around to greet the Sannin " Hey Pervy-Sage how are you?" I questioned taking great joy of how he seemed to deflate a little at his nickname I noticed his face gained a serious disposition rather quickly
" Naruto you do know the dangerous game you are playing. There is a high chance the Daimyo is using your ascension to the throne of Wave, to gain a new satellite nation to help buffer his land from Lightning and water country. Also, I summoned Gamabuta and explained your situation you will still be allowed to summon the toads in battle or other tasks, but, you cannot use toads in battle against Konoha or me they will not respond. Though I am proud, you have a place that will accept you." he said as he patted me on the shoulder and then shook my hand while leaving a small wet feeling on my side. After he had gone, I looked at the palm of my hand and noticed a small storage seal on my right-hand hand.
After I left Tazuna paid Teuchi his due and a helpful tip on the side the dragon masked ANBU led us to the Five leaf hotel in the commercial district. He purchased our rooms after he had a hushed conversation with the property manager and the general manager of the staff. When the property manager noticed me and started to scowl at me while saying " why is he her-." the ANBU captain interrupted "remember what we talked about he is the Daimyo that our Lord wished to be treated as an honored guest." the property manager quickly became pale he promptly apologized and summoned an attendant to escort us. The ANBU left after he had confirmed that we were being escorted to our Hokage suit. When we came in and started relaxing, we heard a small knock. Opening the door revealed the Ashiguru I had sent to purchase the kimono I had ordered. With a bow, he left the room