"You asked me if I was ready to carry on. In all honesty, I am not sure of myself. But there is something that must be done now. And I will do it. "~Noragami
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"You're blackmailing me?!!" The girl smirked in response to Tsunade's outrage. Which only served to fuel her rage further, who did she think she was? Blackmailing the Hokage.
So these were her true colors then. No respect, blatant disregard for others, absolute narcissism. It had been right there the whole time, but none of them no one had ever noticed. She's hid behind her quiet withdrawn act well.
To think she was being backed into a wall by this brat. How disgraceful. And yet… she had no other choice. Uzumaki Mitomi wasn't lying about this. That was clear.
The girl had no problem becoming a traitor if it meant protecting Naruto. She has no care of her own life, of the consequences. Everything she did would always be for the best of her brother. That was something Tsunade could relate too…
Her poor innocent baby brother. With dreams to big. Dying young before he ever passed genin. Tsunade would have done anything for it to be different.
She hated herself for what happened. Hated that she understood where the Uzumaki girl was coming from.
Tsunade drew in a breath, glancing between Shikaku and Inoichi. The two hadn't left her office for long. They still were trying to decide what to do with this new information when Mitomi returned.
The first words out of her mouth had been directed at Shikaku, something about playing dirty before she turned her attention solely on Tsunade. She's handed the women three scrolls before stepping back and holding her hands behind her back waiting patiently for Tsunade to read them.
Everything that had, had not, might, and might not because of her existence in this life. The details were infallible. She couldn't even argue the variables of these documents. Mitomi knew what she was doing, knew exactly what she wanted.
A dangerous combo.
Tsunade folded her hands together, resting her elbows on the desk. She let her chin sit on her joined hands. Very well then.
If she was going to sign off on this, the Godaime wanted something in return.
"It will take time. A few months at least, regardless of the evidence you have provided we still need proof. Until then you will be under house arrest, any missions you are requested for you will be required to go with an escort. When you are in the village every move you make, everything you do will be under watch. And furthermore you cannot tell anyone else about this, as far as the rest of this world is concerned you are simply Uzumaki Mitomi jonin of Konohagakure. You will report once a week for mental screening to Inoichi, and once a week to me. Understood." Mitomi quirked her brow.
"A few months is two long. I'll give you a month to get it taken care of before I follow through with my own plans. As for the house arrest, seems nothing has really changed. Despite what ANBU thinks they aren't as sneaky as they could be, I've been under watch my entire life. And for your information I had no intention of sharing what I know with anyone else. But let me be frank with you Godaime, if I wanted too there wouldn't be enough power in hell to stop me from doing or saying anything. Since I've already blackmailed you into what I want let me go ahead an add this threat, I am perfectly sane and anything I do I do because I want too. Anyone who gets in the way of my wants, gets in the way of my whims, they are dispensable. Half of the Kyubis chakra lives in me, you should probably be more considerate to the only person keeping it from rampaging through this village. One month." And then without a by your leave the red head was gone again, and so were her scrolls.
Tsunade has only one thought. She ran her hands over her face muttering. "We've created a monster." Because no one was to blame for the actions of the female jinchuuriki but the village.
They'd done nothing but treat her terribly, so she became the monster they treated her as.
"She's not lying Hokage-sama, Uzumaki Mitomi is perfectly sane despite the instability of her mind. Everything she's ever done has been calculated and concise. Insane people cannot formulate plans to the caliber that she does." Inoichi warns and Tsunade sighed.
There was nothing they could currently do to her. She'd just threatened and blackmailed the Hokage, committed treason while doing so, but there were no actions they could take against her.
No one in the village would be able to stop the Kyubi if she released it. No one was strong enough. Not even Tsunade, and she was one of the legendary sannin.
Fear as it turns out was a powerful motivator.
"Shikaku, we need a strategy going forward." Danzo's days had just become sparse.
….
Yes… I am indeed a bitch. But this was Naruto's life, his happiness at stake here. Danzo couldn't be allowed to keep breathing. He murdered our parents, he tried to kill Hiruzen. So no he couldn't keep existing. I didn't care what it would mean for me, I didn't care that it was treasonous.
None of that matters.
All I care about is keeping my brother safe. How many more times would I have reiterated this before they got it? Before they realize I wasn't kidding.
I know I am not a good person. I know I am a monster. Truth was I'd always been one, they didn't help but they weren't really responsible for what id become.
The only person responsible for my actions was me. And you know what… I am perfectly okay with that. I completely understand the path I'd chosen, I knew deep down that this is the only way.
In order to change anything, sacrifices had to be made.
I realize that now. No one could save us. I was the only one who could truly protect my brother.
Everything and everyone else they were all just hypocrites. Annoyances with little understanding. And if I had to choose between us and then. I'd choose us every single time.
There was no power in hell that would change my mind. Stop me.
I did mean for this to happen. I knew all along that this is where we'd end up. That this was the path we'd take. All roads lead to here. They always had.
I was deceitful. I was selfish.
I am the monster everyone feared I'd become.
I had to be. There was no other way.
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