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Searching:
Sarutobi Hiruzen sat at his desk. The events of the week weighed heavily on his mind. To say that this week was a disaster was an understatement; three babies had been stolen, three important babies. For starters, two of those infants were clan heirs, well one was a spare if anyone wanted to get technical about it and the other was the village's jinchuriki and the Fourth Hokage's legacy.
It was an outrage! Kidnappings were not supposed to happen in places like Konoha, the strongest village in the world. If the other villages got wind of this security breach, attacks and more kidnappings were bound to happen, and he wasn't the only one that thought so. When the daimyo had gotten wind of what happened, he had stormed into Hiruzen's office and chewed him out for a full two hours. Hiruzen flinched thinking about it.
Flashback:
Hiruzen was sitting at his desk trying to keep his mind off of what was happening in the village; currently, he had three regular and six Anbu teams out searching for the three missing infants. So far, things weren't looking good.
The sound of pounding footsteps marching through the building broke him from his concentration. He was about to go see who it was when his door suddenly swung open, revealing the Fire Daimyo who looked like he was about to burst a blood vessel.
Hiruzen quickly stood and bowed, showing his respect for the man; however, the man wasn't in the mood to play around, "Sarutobi! What's this I hear about the village having a security breach and our jinchuriki stolen?!" he said.
Hiruzen's shoulder's sagged, he had been hoping to hold off from telling the man. It was apparent that it was too late for that. Holding his head up, he looked at the daimyo, "It's true, sir, the nine-tails jinchuriki was stolen along with the Nara and Uchiha heirs." he said.
The daimyo's face turned red, "Why wasn't anyone watching the jinchuriki?! Surely you had a team of Anbu watching her," he said. Hiruzen's face reddened," Well, Sir. The Kyubi attack left us low on manpower. I've assigned all available shinobi to guard the border or to help rebuild," he said.
The daimyo's eyes flashed red, "So you're telling me you left not only the village's weapon but the daughter of the late Fourth Hokage unprotected? Is that what you're telling me, Sarutobi? Because if that's the best explanation you have, it's falling short," he said.
Hiruzen tried to hide his frustration as he answered the man, "Please try to understand, sir. I had her hid in the orphanage, I didn't expect anyone to track her so soon," he said. The daimyo looked like he was about to strike him, "Why was the daughter of the Fourth doing in the orphanage? I thought you told me she was being cared for by you," he said.
The old Hokage's shoulder's sagged, "I thought putting her in the orphanage was the best place for her. I was just going to drop in on her every once in a while," he said. If the daimyo hadn't looked ready to kill before he sure did now, "Oh my God, Hiruzen, how could you be so incompetent?! I expected better from you, especially in regards to the jinchuriki, the village's weapon and best hope for staying on top." he said.
Hiruzen straightened his shoulders, "I'm doing everything in my power to correct the situation," he said. The Daimyo nodded, "See that you do," he said taking a seat, "In the meantime, you can explain what your plan was for the jinchuriki,"
The third gulped.
End of Flashback:
The third rubbed his temples. The daimyo had been furious to learn that he hadn't been planning on giving Naru any special training and that he hadn't signed her over to Kakashi Hatake or her godmother Lady Tsunade.
Hiruzen hadn't had a suitable answer for him, and the daimyo had accused him of sabotaging Naru as some form of revenge against the nine-tails, which was ridiculous. He was smart enough to tell a scroll from a kunai.
In the end, to get the daimyo off his back, he had promised that when he found Naru he would assign Tsunade as her guardian and allow Kakashi access to her. His promise pleased the daimyo, and the man had left with the promise to check-in.
Hiruzen sighed, reminding himself that it was over and that he needed to focus on finding those kids and correcting his mistakes. The sooner he found those kids, the sooner he could work on repairing his reputation with the daimyo. Easier said than done.
The Inuzuka clan and Kakashi Hatake along with their ninken had failed to pick up even the slightest hint of a scent from the children. Tsume Inuzuka had revealed the perps had used citrus to mask their scents; apparently, dogs hate citrus. Pakkun, Kakashi's ninken had later confirmed this.
If that wasn't bad enough, there was more bad news. The sensor's Hiruzen had sent to help search had come back empty-handed; apparently, none of them had picked up the children's chakra. Hiruzen suspected the perps had used seals to mask their chakra signatures.
Hiruzen turned and looked out the window. If things didn't turn around soon, he might have to face that all three children were gone, forever.
In his underground compound located outside of the village, Danzo Shimura sat in his office sipping his tea. If anyone were to walk in on him, it would shock them to see he was smiling.
Why was he smiling? The answer was simple, Hiruzen had fallen from the daimyo's grace. That alone made helping Koharu with her crazy plan worth it.
Danzo sighed in content. He was pleased with the way things were going, and his Anbu had done a fantastic job in covering their tracks. It helped of course to have an Inuzuka in his squad that wasn't afraid to spill how to outsmart his clan.
Who knew the scent of citrus repelled dogs? Danzo smiled, and of course, it wasn't too difficult to use a masking seal to cover the children's chakra. Koharu owed him for going to so much trouble to help her, and she would repay him by making sure her team succeeds.
He wouldn't accept failure, especially after all he'd put out to help her. In the meantime, he would monitor the daimyo situation, since Hiruzen was in hot water with the daimyo maybe this was his chance to grab the Hokage title. Now wouldn't that be something?
Author's note: So here's chapter three of the Black Widow of the Leaf. I hope this chapter explained a few things for everyone, and as always thank you, for reading. Nerdzone6.
