Warning: I do not own RWBY, that belongs to Oum & Rooster Teeth. Nor Naruto that is shonen and his creator.


The entire council was silent from Ozma's declaration

"Uz—Senju! You go to far now! Do you even know what you are even saying, that the hokage is unfit for the role!?" Hormua exclaimed. The shinobi side looked shocked with quite a few agreeing, however, the nobles and daimyo did not seem perplexed save for a few.

Before anyone could continue the daimyo raised his hand silencing everyone.

"... Naruto Senju, what are your reasons for requesting such a bold claim" the man asked. He ignored the shocked looks the shinobi side

"Simple my lord, after much thought I have come to the conclusion that the Hiruzen Sarutobi is not worthy of his role. My first reasoning can go to the mastermind of the attack, Orochimaru. I have strong beliefs that the man knew of his wayward student arrival back at the forest of death, where I was forced to fight him off to protect my teammates" Naruto explained.

"I find it hard that the man would even continue the exams, my battle with the sannin should have rang warning bells. But for some reason the man moved the exam forward. Had he stop the exam and explained his reasoning to you Konoha would not be the situation that it is in" Naruto finished.

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"Sarutobi, is it true that you knew of Orochimaru's involvement in the chunin exam" the daimyo narrowed his eyes at the hokage's silence "Hiruzen, explain"

"Yes my lord. One of our jonin had fought against my wayward student, however, we did not know that genin Senju had fought him. That I find quite odd my lord—"

"—But you knew that Orochimaru was in the exam and you let him go without doing anything or even informing me" the man asked dangerously.

"No my lord. Please understand that Orochimaru is a crafty and cowardly man. We have barely found anything about his whereabouts since he left. This was the first time we saw him become so active, I had discussed heavily with my council and we had decided that letting him go was the best idea. Our belief was that should we let him go on we could figure out more of his plans and why he was here" Sarutobi explained.

"And you failed to inform the daimyo of it" one of the nobles added.

"We had no idea that Orochimaru would pull such a brazen move in the arena. To bring in Suna's Jinchūriki and have the boy release his tail beast, only few times has that ever happened and those were during the wars" Koharu spoke "I admit we must thank genin senju for that."

"Yes and your gamble has put Konoha in jeopardy as well destroyed our alliance with the sand" one of the noble grumbled.

"An alliance that was based on lies and false peace" Homura argued "None of use would've thought suna would stab us in the back in the open. It is clear that village never wanted to uphold the treaty and merely bidded their time. They even brought gaara who was already unstable to begin with. That alone should have alerted us all. None of us could have expected what happened next."

"But that you allowed such a person into the exam is concerning if not worrying. Surely Konoha would have known the boy's burden, is that not why we have lord Jiraiya or even the Hyuga clan?" Naruto added. Some of the nobles grumbled in agreement.

"If we were to bar the boy under the pretense of his status our relations with suna would have been heavily damaged at that time, on top of that the boy was the son of the kazekage we could not deny if we wanted to avoid a international incident. Besides, that is one of the reasons why we recalled Jiraiya back, if anyone can contain the boy it would be him" Sarutobi explained.

Many of the lords were about to argue when the daimyo raised his hand "Enough, I will not let my court fall to petty talks. Senju, what is the other reason that Sarutobi is not responsible for the role of being hokage."

"My second reason is closely related with the first, the hokage once had the chance of killing Orochimaru long before any of this happened ... but he decided to give mercy and let him flee. How are we able to put our trust in a man that failed to take the chance to end a monsters life, it is because of that mercy that allowed the events of today to transpire" Ozma spoke.

Everyone in the room griminced. Unlike that first reasoning the second was all to well known among the higher ups, the hokage himself looked regretful and his shoulders sagged. It was one of his most questionable acts in the village's history.

"This my daimyo is another critical reason why the man is no longer worthy of being hokage. This man knew his waywards student was a threat and yet did not nothing. How can any of us sleep when our own leader is too weak to put down his enemies?" The immortal declared.

"That is not as easy as you say Naruto" Hiruzen spoke "Orochimaru was more then my student, he was like a second son to me. I raised him along with his teammates and they had become a family to me, I forged bonds with them, to be forced to kill a man you considered a son that is not something that can be easily done. Could you kill someone you considered family?"

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"If you asked me that question thousands of years before it would have been different" Ozma thought. "Yes, I would kill those close to me if they were a threat to everyone. Long ago I chose duty over love."

The man was shocked by the boys question as some whispered around the room.

"I would put the duty of protect konoha above all else. Give me the world lord Daimyo and I will end all those that even so much as displease you, I long abandoned the idea of family the moment I was born. As a Jinchūriki I was born with the duty of protecting the fire nation, to say the least the role of being kage should be given to me due to my burden." Naruto explained.

"But these are not the only reason that the man is not worthy. My last and final reasoning comes to myself and my burden" Ozma explained "The day I was born I was chosen to become the fire nation's greatest weapon to protect it. By all accounts I should have had the best teachers and access to various jutsus to utilize my powers.

However, what I ended up was a living by myself, no teachers to help me, and everyone knowing of my burden. That is a critical issue, how am I an important asset of the village known to everyone in the village? Anyone could have taken my at the dead of night or sent assassins at me, one stab into the heart and kyuubi would have been released. You Sarutobi put konoha at risk for revealing everyone of my burden, is that what a hokage should do?" Ozma declared.

"Naruto, you know the fourth hokage wanted to see you as a hero. I was following the last request of one of konoha's heros, what village would we be if we failed to honored our heros?" said Sarutobi.

"A hokage that was on death's door and most likely delirious on top of it" Naruto noticed when the Jiraiya tightened his fist "You should have known that following his last request would put the biggest target on my back, I am honestly surprised I have not been captured by another village or killed yet."

"Yeah and you thank me for that brat, even if they knew of you the other villages knew I was protecting you, plus sensei placed ANBU guards when you were younger" Jiraiya spoke up "Minato wanted you to live a normal happy life kid, that you weren't being kidnapped or killed should tell you how far we went to protect you."

Ozma was about to retort when a the daimyo raised his hand again.

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"Naruto Senju makes strong points. There are some questionable acts you have done during your tenure before you retired and after you were reinstated. However, I do not know what you would do different senju. While you have may good points you have not explained what you would do if I gave you the title?"

Naruto began explaining his various plans to the village as the council listened to them. All of them were shocked a young boy had come up with rather well thought out plans and multiple projects that would strengthen the village. All them from ranging form increases to academy to new infrastructure plans.

Nearly and hour passed as naruto gave his plans to konoha in detail.

The daimyo rolled back his chair as he took a deep breath. "... You certainly know how to make something interesting naruto senju. You accusations carry merit, your plans are well thought out and your history proves you have the strength to being Hokage. However, never before has the Daimyo declared a Hokage, since its creation it has been a internal issue. While it is within my power ... I will not declare you Hokage"

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"Instead, Konoha shall decided it's hokage" Everyone looked up to him "Four months, in four months Konoha will hold a vote to see who will be Hokage. Every Shinobi from genin to jonin will have on vote, the one with the majority will win and be declared Hokage. That was what was used to find the the first Hokage and shall be used again. This court is dismissed"

xxx

"What on the world have you done" said Jiraiya, the man looked at minato's son as the nobles and daimyo had left. The only ones here was the elders, himself, sensei, & naruto with his teammates.

"What I have done is what is needed for Konoha" said Naruto.

"What Konoha needs!? Boy do you not understand what you have done? We should be united and showing a strong front against our enemies after the invasion, but now you have have thrown that all out with your selfish desires" said Koharu. "Are you that greedy for the hat that you would risk Konoha's standing?"

"What konoha need is strength, but what you offer is not what is needs" said Ozma as sipped his coffee "What Konoha needs is a revolution, one that will bring it to even greater heights and something that you cannot do."

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"Naruto, I do not know your reasoning but I implore you to consider your action. Like my teammate says what konoha needs is a united front ... I am willing to compromise, if we can unite I am willing to make you a possible candidate for being hokage. In a few years you could grow your power and fame to even greater heights, I am willing to hand the hat to you then" said Hiruzen.

"We can press the daimyo to forgo the election, I am also willingly to offer you chunin as well possibly apprenticeship too. Please Naruto, let us not be enemies" the hokage pressed.

The immortal shook his head "You make a good offer Sarutobi, anyone else would have taken it ... but I will not."

"I see, then be prepared. I will not give up the hokage seat so easily" the hokage sighed.

xxx Hokage Office xxx

"So what do we do now Hiruzen?" Homaru asked "We cannot force him to stop, not when the daimyo will be announcing everything tomorrow. Who knows how it could affect the perception of our shinobi. Senju is a very popular figure right now."

"We can't let someone like him get the hat either, surely we could order the shinobi to vote for you Hiruzen. They would never disobey a direct order from the kage" Homaru urged.

"No way we're doing that" Jiraiya objected "we do that and not even the clans will support us. If we use our force it could be seen as an attempt to usurp the daimyo and that is something we can never afford. We have to play by the rules the daimyo laid out. Look, right now we most likely have the majority of shinobi on our side, as long as we can keep them it does not matter what naruto does. We just need to be able to counter whatever he may throw."

"I agree with Jiraiya, doing anything to stifle the election will only make us look bad in front of the nobles and daimyo. No, if anything we need to reaffirm our shinobi loyalties. See if we can persuade the clans to vote for us it will assure we will get the vote. Jiraiya, I need you to bring Tsunade to the village, tell her of naruto if you need to but we need her back" said Sarutobi.

"I agree, Tsunade still is considered a role model for almost every kunoichi here. If we can get her that will get more people on our side" Homaru agreed.

"I would caution against thinking Naruto Senju would take this down. The boy has shown he has the willpower and strength to see through this, we must act carefully around him ... ~sigh~ I am honestly surprised to see such a young boy even having such a detailed plan for konoha. How can any child be like that, not even Itachi was like that" Koharu spoke.

"Yeah, something is certainly off" Jiraiya agreed.

"You think he is controlled by someone?" asked Homaru.

"No, if it was genjutsu the hyuga ANBU would have found that out, all genjutsu disrupts a victims chakra with their own and a hyuga would spot it immediately. If it was a seal Jiraiya would have stopped the meeting" said Sarutobi.

"Maybe it is the Kyuubi?" Homaru offered.

"No way, the seal would not let that happen. I still have the key to the seal and checked it myself during our training session, the kyuubi could not have talked to him without his expressed permission" said Jiraiya "However, nothing is saying the fox could be manipulating naruto, words have a way of doing that ..."

"Could it really be the fox? Jiraiya should you not check the seal again if not re-tightened it?" said Koharu.

"I'll check later, still it could be the fox or something else" the sannin rubbed his head "We got no knowledge on what naruto is doing, dammit all, this was not how it was suppose to go. I should be preparing to take him on a training trip, not stop him from being hokage."

"Life tends to be disappointing my student. Still, go ... bring back tsunade" Sarutobi ordered.

xxx Uchiha Compound xxx

"Dear god, you want us to force the third hokage out of office?" Sakura gaped, both she and sasuke were told by ozpin to meet with him. Then they had entered into the meeting as he took the stage. Only after they left did she finally question the man.

"I do, do note that it is not out of any malicious reasoning. Merely I need the resources of the hokage it is imperative that we find a way back to remnant and find out the situation there with Salem. We have no idea how long Salem had since my arrival here, I can't keep wasting precious time like this" Ozma explained.

"Oz ... is this the best way, we have no idea where this may go or even if we get the hat. The third hokage is a beloved figure in the village, even with your popularity it won't be easy" sakura warned.

"It will be, but I can't stop now, I have already made my choice and I will bear it" Ozma declared.

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"So than what's your plan, you already have the senju clan and uchiha" said sasuke "You know where I stand"

"Thank you sasuke. But to answer your question sakura, we need to capitalize on this and fast, speed will be our aid. Every shinobi will be eligible to vote and most likely it will be mandatory as well. At the moment we may have the chance of getting the genin forces on our side, a lot of them saw the attack and many will want blood or answers. We merely need to tell our truth" the immortal explained.

"Our truth?" sakura asked.

"Where the hokage is casted in bad light and us as the noble protectors of konoha. Which is where you two will play in, both of you have gained new found clout being the teammates of the last mokuton user and if we play our cards right the son of the fourth hokage" Naruto had asked the kyuubi on that part and was somewhat surprised when he checked the records.

"However, they are not the biggest issue. The biggest issue will be the chunin forces and the clans, both represent a large majority of the shinobi forces and courting them will be critical. The chunin forces can be swayed either way, many of the newer ones have never fought or died with the current elite and only have heard their legends, we merely need to twist those tales to our aid. For the older ones it may be more difficult but we need to get the right jonin on our side for them to come to us. Our sensei, Gai, and a few others" Naruto explained.

"But will that work, we all grew up on the their legends and many will find it though to get rid of that image we have been fed" sasuke spoke. Old memories rose back up as he shook himself.

"It will sasuke, but like I said, no time to waste" he stepped out of the house before crossing his hands. His eyes glowed red as hundreds of earth clones came up, all of them raced out to the village with messages. "That will take care of that, my clones will focus on creating rumors and planting doubt into the hokages men, soon all of Konoha will know what has happened."

"Now our only worry is making sure we get the clans on our side. Sasuke, do you have any ideas?" he motioned to the uchiha. Out of all of them sasuke was the only one actually taught about dealing with other clans. The Uchiha rubbed his chin as he thought, father rarely taught him outside of knowing the major clans, mother was the one who did most of the education.

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"Inuzuka Clan, mother always told me that they were one of the more hot blooded clans. They won't accept the attack lying down and will want revenge. Tsume Inuzuka is their head and a terrifying women from what I heard, mother told me the head of their clan head needed to be strong willed and have the strength to put down any disnenteiers. Their blood made them wild and made it difficult to control their emotions.

The next clan would be Aburame. Father told me that they were a reclusive group, but they did favor cold logic over emotions, something about their chakra insects I believe. They may be harder but if you can show your plans and explain it in a very factual way I think it may work" Sasuke explained.

"Wait, what about Ino or her family they're a powerful shinobi clan too" Sakura added.

Sasuke shook his head at that "I doubt that, Shikamaru's father is the jonin commander and is extremely loyal to the current hokage. The Akimichi and Yamanaka are close allies to the old man as well. On top of that their children are students under the hokage's son, no way they will aid us."

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"What about the Hyuga?" she asked. That was something Sasuke was not sure of, he knew his clan always had a rivalry against the hyuga, something about their bloodlines. Not that he cared much about it, they were the strongest clan in konoha at the moment and seemed to have no real disposition to either.

"I don't know, they could go either way. Father told me they were an ambioutus clan, who knows which side they are on" Sasuke replied.

"I see ... so then Inuzuka, Aburame, & Hyuga are our best shot for the clans. As for the jonin, I think I have some we can get on our side, it is a little risky ... but I think it work on our favor" The immortal said.

"And what would that be?"

"My parents, Minato Namikaze & Kushina Uzumaki"