Igor looked at the dead body in front of him.
"..."
'NOO!!! WHAT DID I DO??!! Wait let's not panic...maybe he is still alive and I can get him to the hospital...'
He inspected the corpse and confirmed that the heart wasn't beating.
'Nope, he is dead like my sex life...BLYAD!!! Maybe the police will believe me when I - no I have a criminal record so I will definitely end up in prison...looks like my only choice is to get rid of the body...'
Next, he tried to look for a sack or something with which he could wrap the corpse around.
But he didn't find anything useful except for a carpet.
He rolled the carpet around the corpse like a sushi, but the carpet wasn't big enough and you could still see the legs hanging out.
"..."
Since Igor didn't have a better alternative, he waited till the night and carried the "Sushi" to his shabby car.
Fortunately, none of his neighbors were awake at this late hour, so he successfully loaded it into his car.
His car was black and was "decorated" with duct tape in the middle, to make it look like an "Adidas car".
Since he was worried to get caught, he took a huge sip out of his hip flask to calm himself before driving off.
It was night, and more importantly deep in the countryside, so the roads were empty.
Igor thought that he was lucky when suddenly a police car appeared and signaled him to pull over.
'BLYAD!! I'm screwed!!'
The two policemen knocked on his glass, while Igor tried his best to appear calm.
He turned the car glass down and said: "Good night, how can I help?"
"Good night? It's fuckin cold and my balls are freezing! Anyway, you drove too fast, so we pulled you over."
"Drove too fast? Sorry, I was in a hurry since I heard my mother got into an accident and -" - Igor froze midsentence when he saw how the other policeman shined his flashlight onto the carpet laying on his backseat.
"What the fuck!" - The policeman swore he could see human legs hanging out of it.
The policeman signaled his older partner to lock at it.
The older policeman looked at it and then looked back at Igor: "A beautiful carpet, huh? I also had one in the same color before my wife burned it down when she found out I cheated...sure brings back some memories..."
"SIR!!!" - the other policeman couldn't believe how his senior partner was so calm and disinterested.
"Hm? Oh right, I forgot. You there, I smell some alcohol! So you not only drove faster, but you also drove under the effects of alcohol! We have to confiscate your alcohol!"
Dumbfoundedly Igor gave the policeman his hip flask.
Then the policeman took a sip out of it: "Hmm, this isn't alcohol, but "medicine" instead. My bad, my bad. Since it's not alcohol, but "medicine", it means you drove faster because of the "medicine". I'm a kindhearted man, so you won't get a ticket, but the "medicine" will be confiscated. Make sure to drive slower and have a good night!"
"SIR!!!"
"What? Why are you so energetic? In this shitty coldness you have to preserve your energy so stop fidgeting around."
"But what if this was a cor-"
"Why would I care about a damn corpse, when we get some vodka to save us from this shitty cold!" - with that the older policeman dragged his partner into their car.
"..."
Igor decided to forget it and continued to drive far into the woods.
There he took out the "Sushi" and a shovel.
He started to dig, and when he was about to finish, he suddenly heard noises around him.
"NOO!! What shitty timing, I was almost finished!'
He looked around and saw that it was the two policemen walking drunkenly around.
"Oh hey my friend, your "medicine" was really good! What are you doing? Hey, let's help him, since moving the body is good against the cold!"
"Yesh, shir!" - the younger policeman
At this point, Igor didn't care anymore and just shrugged his shoulder before throwing the shovel to the policeman.
But then he heard someone else running to them.
'WHAT IS IT THIS TIME?!! JUST ARREST ME FINALLY INSTEAD OF MESSING WITH ME, GOD!!'
It was a half-naked Babuska (elderly woman) chasing a bear, which stole her slippers and tried to run away.
"STOP YOU DAMN BEAR!! GIVE THEM BACK TO ME!!!"
"(Bear sounds)"
"..." - Igor
"Hey, we are finished, my friend. We buried your "contaminated" carpet, so here's your shovel. Anyway, see you around."
After they left, Igor looked at the grave.
The policeman just threw the "Sushi" in like that, so you could still see a few centimeters of the carpet and the legs hanging out.
"Whatever...sorry my friend. At least let me drink for you..."
He took out his other hidden hip flask.
It was a cocktail called "White Lilac" used by hardcore alcoholics to get wasted as much and fast as possible.
Not only was the strongest medical ethanol mixed in it, it even had some Eau the cologne in it.
He planned on sharing it with the exchange student after he tried his homemade vodka, as a "round 2".
But it didn't come to it, so Igor had the whole cocktail for himself.
'Come to think of it, it's also my first time trying White Lilac...I just got the recipe not long ago from an acquaintance...well, let me drink for you...farewell my friend."
With those words, Igor emptied the whole hip flask.
In a classroom, a child who was sleeping suddenly woke up.
The child looked confused around: 'Where am I? And what's up with those weird-looking kids?'
He couldn't understand the situation and muttered: "Blyad..."
"?" - Deku
Hokage? Sorry, but I'm not interested. Furthermore, don't you think there are better choices than me?"
"Hmph, you are mistaken if you think you have a choice."
"So, what's your reason then?"
"You will be a Puppet-Hokage for me, who does as I tell."
When he heard that, Eiji's couldn't help but show a mocking smile: "Wow, that's pretty honest. Just out of curiosity, what would happen if I decline?"
"You have parents, right?"
"YOU FUCKIN ASS!!" - Eiji instantly realized how he was threatened and couldn't hold his rage back.
But because he was tied to the chair, his charge was too slow and he was stopped by one of the Root members beside him.
He couldn't do anything except to glare at Danzo like a beast.
Unfaced Danzo continued with his usual cold face: "Good that you understand. I thought at first that you aren't too bright and I would need to explain everything to you...anyway, for now, we are finished here. In the next days, you should be officially appointed and after that, you will receive your next orders. And also just so you know, you will be watched and every one of your moves will be known by me, so don't try anything funny."
Then Danzo nodded towards the Root members and with one blow to the neck from one of them, Eiji lost consciousness.
"What's the meaning of this, Danzo?" - Homura and Koharu looked at the paper Danzo gave them.
There, it was written how the two Anbu, who watched Hiruzen's last battle, allegedly heard Hiruzen's last words.
He allegedly appointed Eiji as the next Hokage with his last breath.
"As you can see, Sarutobi wanted Nakamura Eiji to be the next Hokage, instead of Tsunade."
"You think your "evidence" is enough to change the decision of the Daimyo and the Konoha Council, which I have to remind you, you aren't part of anymore after Sarutobi removed you?" - Koharu
"Why are you questioning it? Didn't you know that Sarutobi and Nakamura Eiji were pretty close? Why else would a child like him try to fight Orochimaru just to save him? Furthermore, the villagers recognize him for his efforts in the battle and his skills are exceptional for his age. So there shouldn't be a problem, or do want to disrespect Sarutobi's last wish?"
'Problem? The problem is you!' - Homura
Both of them had tremendous experiences in politics, and with knowing Danzo's personality, they instantly could see through his farce and that he wanted Eiji to be his Puppet-Hokage.
"This is ridiculous, Danzo. Tsunade already agreed and is on her way back. The Daimyo also accepted already, so why are you disputing now? You should have done it earlier." - Homura
Danzo didn't respond, but instead just connected the screen in the office with the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
Homura and Koharu didn't waste their breath on berating Danzo for suddenly calling the Daimyo, since they knew he wouldn't do something like that without a reason.
"Greetings...it's good to see that you are all healthy and well. Anyway, let's get straight to business: I thought about your words Danzo, and I concluded that your words make more sense. Konoha was always way too passive because the previous Hokage were too soft. And since you said you will train and advise this promising young boy, I'm confident views on expanding the military and being more active. That's why I decided to appoint Naka- was it Nakamura? Well anyways, I appoint this kid instead."
After that, the Daimyo bid his farewell and the screen went black.
"You both should know, that in case of uncertainty, the final decision lays in the Daimyo. So with that, there shouldn't be any problem, right?"
"...are you out of your mind? Do you really think that this child is cut out to be Hokage?" -Koharu
"Is it his young age you are concerned with?"
"It's not about age: at the age of 12 Itachi was an Anbu Captain, but it wasn't only because of his skills, but his contributions as well. Compared to that, Eiji has no experience at all. And even worse, he only graduated a few months ago. No matter how strong he is compared to an ordinary Genin his age, he is absolutely not cut out to be Hokage! Even if you exclude Tsunade and Jiraiya, there are a handful of better choices like Kakashi for example."
"Don't worry about that. I will teach and guide him personally, and with his potential, he would become a splendid Hokage in the future."
"You are talking about potential and future...but this is the biggest problem! Do you think the other villages won't notice that he is your puppet and try to get rid of him before he grows and gets stronger? Let me remind you of your vile reputation...the other Kage won't look away if they know that you are the puppetmaster and will try to wager war..."
"Hmph, you think I would let them? Enough with the talks, the Daimyo already made his decision, right?"
"You...I really hope Konoha won't fall because of your greed and ambitions..."
"Danzo, we will only accept this, if Tsunade is allowed to join the council. Considering the situation, this would be only fair to her..."
'Hmph! You know that since I control Eiji, that I will be able to join the council in a few days. You just want to keep a balance, with Tsunade joining your faction!' - Danzo didn't show his thoughts on his face and left after saying: "She may join."
"Welcome back, Lady Tsunade and Lord Jiraiya..." - Homura and Koharu greeted them on the roof on top of the Hokage office, where you could see the Hokage faces carved in stone.
"Long time no see...what's with your faces, you two?" - the happy and excited Tsunade turned serious after seeing their unusual hesitation.
"That's...things got complicated and something unexpected happened..." - Homura
"How long are you gonna beat around the bush, just spit out what you want to say." - Jiraijya
"Lady Tsunade, someone else was chosen as the Fith Hokage instead..." - Koharu
"What?! Is this a joke or something?" - a vein was bulging on Tsunade's forehead, and she exuded an aura of wanting to beat someone up.
"Please calm down, Lady Tsunade...let's listen first..." - Shizune
"Hmm, that's weird. It was you two who wanted either me or Tsunade to be the next Hokage, so I assume it wasn't your doing, right?" - Jiraiya
"Yes...it was Danzo. He unexpectedly moved suddenly. He fabricated some "evidence" of Sarutobi's last words and somehow convinced the Daimyo to get a puppet of his to be the next Hokage..." - Koharu
"So it was Danzo, huh...if this hardliner is in charge it will probably mean war..." - Jiraiya
"Unfortunately with the Daimyo agreeing, we didn't have a choice other than to accept. At least we could make Danzo agree on letting Lady Tsunade join the Konoha Council...we are truly sorry...Lady Tsunade...we know you returned to Konoha to be the next Hokage, but we ask you to stay and be in the Council, or else if we can't reduce Danzo's influence, there is no telling what he might do..." - Koharu
With every mention of the name Danzo, Tsunade's and Shizune's faces turned sourer.
"Hey, Pervy Sage, who is this Danzo guy?" - Naruto
"It's better for you to not know...by the way, who even is the next Hokage?" - Jiraiya
"A child, Nakamura Eiji." - Koharu
"WHAT?!!" - Naruto shouted in disbelieve.
"Hmm, this name sounds a bit familiar but I can't recall..." - Jiraiya
"It's the naked sword kid who ran away from a giant snake when we trained..." - Naruto
"..."
"Fuck!" - Eiji slammed his fist against a wall.
The surrounding people looked at him with strange gazes but decided it would be better to ignore him.
After waking up in a backstreet, he remembered everything that happened.
For the first time in this life, he felt true despair.
Up to this point, he always relied on his future knowledge for his safety.
Even facing scary opponents like Orochimaru wasn't that big of a deal in his eyes, because of that.
But now he was truly lost.
Something like that wasn't supposed to happen.
Furthermore, he knew how strong Danzo was and since he was trashed badly by Orochimaru, he knew how it would end if he tried to fight him.
But often strength isn't all in a fight between shinobis.
Information gathering and exploiting weaknesses such as family are often way more effective.
This kind of shinobi fight was completely new to as well Eiji., which made the situation even worse.
He knew one mistake and his parents might die.
It was like he was playing chess with a huge handicap, where just one wrong move would mean instant checkmate.
But all that wasn't even the worst thing in Eiji's eyes.
The biggest problem was Kotoamatsukami.
Since Danzo wants him to be his puppet, the best way would be to use Kotoamatsukami on him.
Eiji didn't know if the reason Danzo didn't use it, was because of Danzo underestimating Eiji and not wanting to waste it on him, or if it's because he can't use it right now.
Unfortunately, both options were bad for Eiji.
If Danzo underestimates him, it would mean that if Eiji makes any suspicious move, Danzo wouldn't hesitate to use it instantly, and if it's the second, it would mean that he needs to deal with Danzo as fast as possible!
And Eiji certainly wasn't keen on being under the control of Kotoamatsuukami, so playing Danzo's loyal dog wasn't an option.
So the only way was to either run away and abandon his parents, or killing Danzo.
Of course, he couldn't abandon his parents, so he started to think about how to kill Danzo.
The most logical choice was to get the help of someone strong.
Not only because he was currently significantly weaker than Danzo, but in the scenario that Danzo underestimates him and is able to use Kotoamatsukami when fighting, having someone next to him to disrupt it is a must.
Should he ask the elders Koharu and Homura?
No, since Danzo said that Eiji would be the next Hokage, it means they accepted it.
Those two wouldn't want to risk an internal war in Konoha and would just tell him that he is a shinobi and shouldn't do something which puts the village at risk.
Jiraiya and Tsunade?
If it was for Naruto they probably would, but Eiji wasn't close with either of them and they as well wouldn't want to risk an internal war for him, who they barely knew.
The same was the case for Kakashi or Guy.
In short, he was fucked.
But in his despair, a crazy idea suddenly emerged in him.
After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly smiled amused while thinking: "Hehehe, with this I would fuck up the future pretty hard, wouldn't I?"
Tsunade looked at the "5th Hokage".
Since she agreed to join the Konoha Council (although only after Jiraiya, Homura and Koharu repeatedly did their best to convince her), she was now at the Hokage Office with Homura and Koharu to help Eiji with the formalities of the upcoming inauguration.
Of course like a shadow, Danzo stood next to Eiji.
With one gaze, Tsunade could see many details: 'They sure didn't lie when they called him a puppet...'
She sighed internally.
Not long ago, she told Naruto that the title of Hokage is a joke and only an idiot would want to be Hokage.
But Naruto made her change her opinion, which made her decide to become the 5th Hokage.
Ironically when they fought Orochimaru, Orochimaru said the same words: That the title of Hokage is a joke.
At that point, she already changed her opinion and disagreed, but now seeing a "Puppet Hokage" was practically a slap in her face.
It was a huge insult to the legacy of all the previous Hokage.
For that reason, she held a huge grudge against Danzo.
Before coming here, she was briefed on Eiji's profile, but seeing him in person, she could only think: 'Even though learning Sage Mode at this age is impressive, other than that there is nothing noteworthy which would make him qualified to be Hokage...'
In her eyes, he was only outstanding compared to his peers, but compared to true geniuses like Itachi or Minato, he didn't even come close.
From what she could see, other than Eiji having battle strength, his other aspects like intelligence were mediocre.
So when someone becomes Hokage, just because he makes a good puppet, she couldn't help to leak some disdain through her gaze.
But funnily enough, even though she looked down on him, she felt an indescribable feeling of uneasiness looking at Eiji
'No...I'm probably still tired from all that happened and just imagining things...' - with that her mind started to wander off, thinking about how she treated Kakashi and Sasuke, the situation of Lee and other things since the "meeting" was really unproductive.
It was mostly Eiji bitching about all kinds of things and Danzo sending him glares of death.
"...do I really have to give a speech to the whole village? You know, I hate giving speeches in public and to not mess up I would need some beer...oh right I'm not old enough, techee" - Eiji made a pose like a cheeky schoolgirl when he said that.
"..."
Danzo would love to remind Eiji that his parent's lives were in his hands, but because currently, they weren't alone, he needed to bear with his antics.
When he decided that Eiji would be his puppet, he would never have dreamed how annoying a child can be!
And Homura and Koharu didn't say anything, but it was clearly written on their faces how much they enjoyed that his "puppet" was messing with him.
Normally no sane person in Eiji's situation would dare to something like that, but Eiji had his reasons.
The most obvious reason was, that he wanted to probe if Danzo is considering using Kotoamatsukami on him.
Danzo's reaction could tell a lot, but unfortunately, Danzo was an old experienced schemer with a perfect poker-face and didn't show anything.
But Eiji believed that everyone has a limit and he was certain that if someone is able to break Danzo, it would be him.
Of course, doing this is a double-edged sword and could end up pretty badly for him or his parents, but in his eyes, they were in danger anyway even if he was the completely obedient puppet, and doing that, the potential reward was higher than the risk.
"Sigh, okay fine...stop bothering me. As the new Hokage I hereby declare Shimura Danzo to be part of the Konoha Council...are you happy now?" - Eiji looked with a grumpy face at Danzo while saying that.
"...you heard him, so now to the next topi-" Danzo was interrupted by someone blasting the door open while the guards tried their best to not let him enter.
"I-I'm sorry, we couldn't hold this crazy...-"
"EIJI!!!!" - Eiji's father was shouting with bloodshot eyes at him.
"Oh, what's up, Dad?"
"EIJI, STOP THIS NONSENSE!! AS YOUR FATHER I KNOW YOU AREN'T FIT TO BE HOKAGE!!! YOU NEED TO BE SMART FOR THAT LIKE ME, BUT YOU TOOK AFTER YOUR MOTHER...SO PLEASE RECONSIDER!!"
Currently, it still wasn't made public that Eiji would the next Hokage, so only a handful of people knew, but as his parents of course they were told about it.
His mother sensed that there was something wrong and that it makes no sense to choose Eiji, so she tried to convince Eiji to decline.
But after seeing his face, she knew he had his reasons to not decline and that he carries some sort of burden he can't share, so she had no choice but to let him.
And his father...well.
"Sorry, but it was already decided, and declining now would be awkward..." - Eiji
"I-I understand. But at least take those brain-enhancement pills!!" - he suddenly pulled a huge amount of pills out.
"..."
Tsunade looked at Danzo with a look that said: 'Our village is doomed because of you!'
Sasuke was currently trashed by the Sound Four - well, now it was only three of them, but Sound Three doesn't sound as cool!
"What's your purpose? You gonna live in this worthless village with your friends? Keep licking each other's wounds? Trying to forget Itachi Uchiha? Don't forget your purpose..." - Tayuya, who was now the leader since Sakon ended up getting his soul sucked out and Ukon being held in Konoha's prison, said that with her usual grumpy face.
After that, she left with the other two, leaving Sasuke alone.
Thinking of Itachi, he was filled with rage.
But a tiny white snake hiding in a nearby tree, which no one noticed, suddenly transformed.
"Hello, there...how you doin? Lovely eveni-"
"Somehow so many random people pop out all of a sudden today...I'm telling you I'm really not in the mood to talk right now, so screw off or I'll kill you!" - Sasuke said that with his Sharingan activated.
"Wow, that's brutal. Though, I would advise you not to try that, since killing a Hokage would make you a criminal..."
"Hokage? What bullshit! Looks like you really want to do d-"
Hearing that Eiji sighed and through a document to Sasuke.
Sasuke caught it and started to read: 'It doesn't look to be fake, but having someone like him be the next Hokage, doesn't make any sense at all...'
"Well, I know you probably question it, but honestly you are right. The truth is, I'm only a weak Puppet-Hokage while someone else is pulling all the strings."
"Hmph, so what does a puppet want from me then?"
"Well, since I'm a Hokage now, I have access to much information right now and found something interesting..."
It was a shameless lie!
With Danzo always being next to him, he doesn't want to risk looking at high-class information...
"Just spit it out already!" - Sasuke was in a bad mood (like most of the time, but this time even more), so he didn't want to deal with Eiji and his nonchalant way of speaking and his fake smile.
"You see, apparently Itachi was ordered my one of Konoha's higher-ups to slaughter his whole cl-" - before Eiji could finish, Sasuke charged at him and grabbed him by his collar.
"You...what did you just say?! If it's just a joke, I will kill you no matter if you are the Hokage!"
'Damn, he is really starting to piss me off...with Sage Mode I could easily defeat the current Sasuke, but It would be stupid to make a scene here and I need him for the plan...'
"It's not a joke. I mean, you probably must have thought that things are a bit too fishy yourself, right? No matter how capable Itachi is, he couldn't possibly kill the whole Clan by himself?" - Eiji shamelessly took the question Sasuke would ask Itachi in the future for himself.
"!" - Sasuke still didn't believe him fully, so he asked: "If it's all true, why would the village order it? And what do you gain from telling me all this?"
"To the first question, the Uchiha Clan attempted a coup to overthrow the Konoha leadership, but while the Third Hokage wanted to try to find a peaceful resolution, one member of the Konoha Council called Danzo wanted to eliminate the Uchiha Clan at all cost, so he schemed behind the Hokage's back and managed to manipulate Itachi into slaughtering his whole clan. To your second question, coincidentally, my puppeteer is the same Danzo guy and I want you to help me kill him."
Memories, Sasuke neglected started to surface of the peculiar atmosphere in the last months before the Clan perished and other things he couldn't explain back then, and like pieces clicking together, everything suddenly made sense now.
The revelation was such a shock for Sasuke, that he fell unconscious.
Eiji looked at his unconscious body and thought: 'Sorry for ignoring your feelings, Itachi, but I'm a bit in a pinch. Anyway, with that I should have changed the future significantly...let's just hope he awakens the Mangekyo Sharingan when he wakes up, or else I'm really screwed...'
Then he wanted to drop the unconscious Sasuke in his home, but Eiji remembered that he didn't know where Sasuke was living.
"..."
"Sigh, to think the first one who will sleep in my bed instead of me, would be an emo boy instead of a cute girl..."
"...it looks like he won't come..." - Jirobo
"I can see it myself, you disgusting fatso!" - Tayuya
"So, looks like we have to take him by force then?" - Kidomaru
"Of course, you dipshit!" - Tayuya
The Sound Four decided to kidnap Sasuke, so they moved towards his home.
Sasuke woke up in a room, he didn't recognize.
After the usual short confusion after waking up, he remembered what happened yesterday.
"So, what's your answer? You helping me kill that Danzo?"
Eiji's clone was leaning against the wall while yawning.
"My answer? I will kill him myself, so don't but in!"
"Is that so? This guy is pretty strong, you know...so you sure you can do that? Isn't that the reason you wanted to join that slimy snake bastard Orochimaru?"
"!"
"Calm down, I'm just joking, the current you should be able to defeat him since you awakened the true power of an Uchiha, which is stronger than everything Orochimaru could give you..."
"What are you talking about?"
Eiji's clone smiled and handed him a hand mirror.
There Sasuke could see a new form of Sharingan.
He successfully awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan!
"This..."
"Yeah, it's the Mangekyo Sharingan."
Sasuke's face turned hostile towards him: "How do you know about it?"
"I'm Hokage, so I have access to a lot of information (again a shameless lie)...anyway since you agreed, leave my house stealthily since this Danzo has some people keeping an eye on my home at all times.Though they aren't able to do a good job since they're keeping a good distance to not get noticed, so you shouldn't have any difficulties."
"You...tell me first where I can findhim!"
"We will meet at midnight in the woods nearthe waterfall."
"You lure him out there for me to kill him or what?"
Eiji's clone had an amused smile: "No, I will train you, so that you are able to use your Mangekyo Sharingan ."
With those words, the shadow clone dispelled.
Eiji was looking at all the papers in front of him, then at Danzo who sat beside him.
It was finally decided that today in the afternoon it would be made public, that Eiji is the next Hokage.
At least he wouldn't need to give a speech in front of the whole village since it was decided that because many lives were lost from the attack not long ago, it would be inappropriateto make a celebration out of his inauguration.
Still, he already needed to do his duty as Hokage and do all kinds of paperwork.
"Is it really so interesting for you to watch a child suffer from forced child labor? I know you don't trust me and want to remind me that I'm under your control, but it's just boring paperwork..." - Eiji
"Hmph!" - Danzo
"Right, right...at least let me take a break..." - Eiji leaned his face on the desk with dead fish eyes.
But suddenly his eyes turned lively.
His shadow clone which told Sasuke yesterday everything and kept guard while he slept in Eiji's bed, was dispelled.
'Hmm, looks like everything went like planned...'
But after seeing the mountain of papers in front of him, his eyes turned into dead fish eyes again.
"What do we do now? We searched the whole village for him, but it looks like he disappeared..." - Jirobo
"Tsk, shut up you damn pig! Don't tell what I already know!" - Tayuya
"But he is right, what are we gonna do now? If he contacted Konoha's higher-ups and is hiding somewhere, we have a huge problem..." -Kidomaru
"With his personality, there is no chance that he wouldn't keep his mouth shut. He is probably still deciding, so we'll wait a bit longer!"
Theofficial inauguration which happened this afternoonwasn'ta big event.
Most of the Joningathered and greeted Eiji as the new Hokage, while therest of the village was informed through newspapers and such.
Having such a young Hokage, the reactions of people were mixed.
Some who heard of Eiji's "noble" fight to try to save Hiruzen, were glad that such a young and promising child would lead them.
But most of the Jonin were sharp enough to notice the peculiarity of it.
Not only that, they noticed that theatmosphere changed and that Konoha started to issuemore "aggressive" missions, which could be considered straight-up hostile by theother villages if they were to learn of it.
This was something, someone whograduated not too long ago, wouldn't simply do, so many Jonin quickly understood that there was someone behind Eiji who held the power.
Because of that, even though they showed respect to Eiji and followed his orders, in their hearts they didn't acknowledge him as the next Hokage.
Then there was Anko who spat out blood and fell unconscious, though Tsunade treated here pretty fast.
With the "inauguration" over, Eiji had to resume with the diabolical paperwork...
"HEY!! I HAD ENOUGH!! IF YOU ARE HERE WATCHING ME ALL THE TIME, YOU MIGHT AS WELL START HELPING!!" - Eiji
"Hmph, because of Sarutobi's foolishness this village's younger generations have no backbone at all...I don't care if you had enough. Continue or you know what will happen!"
'ARGHH!! I'm gonna go mad before I'm able to kill this ass!!' - for Eiji, the hours went by like years.
"So, those are the basics of the Susanoo and Amaterasu. Furthermore, each userhas an extra special ability, like casting special genjutsu or teleporting things into other dimensions. Now try to use Susaano and Amaterasu at the same time, so that we might get a clue on what your specialty is..." - Eiji's shadow clone was currently training Sasuke in the forest at night.
"You seem to know more about the Sharingan than me, an Uchiha..."
"Don't underestimate the Hokage'sintel! Now, do as I say and start calling me sensei!"
"Hell no." - still Sasuke activated his Mangekyo Sharingan to unleash his Susanno.
A demonic-looking big purple skeleton started to appear around Sasuke.
Next, he used Amaterasu on a tree.
Black flames instantly engulfed thetree.
"So? Nothing different from before when I used them individually..." - Sasuke
Eiji's clone made an expression like he was seriously contemplating, which came off as fake to Sasuke.
"I think I got an idea...the flames looked a bit differently so my conclusion is that you can shape the normally unmanipulatableAmaterasu!" - Eiji
"...but the flames were exactly the same...ifyou don't stop fooling around I'll find this Danzo myself and kill him without you!" - Sasuke
"Oh man, just trust me. You use your left eye to cast Amaterasu, right? So use your right eye to try to shape them!"
'This bastard is so annoying, but he probablyknows where I can find this Danzo,so let's just try...though it's not like it will work anyway...' Sasuke looked at another tree and it started to burn with black flames.
Next, he concentrated with his right eye, tomake the flames grow wider.
"HAHAHA!! AREN'T I A GENIUS?! WILL YOU START CALLING ME SENSEI NOW?"
"..."
"Oh shit, use your Mangekyo toextinguish all of the Amaterasu before the whole forest gets burned down!"
"Uchiha Sasuke isn't at home again..." - Jirobo
"I can see it myself, you braindead fatass!" - Tayuya
"Is he perhaps out on a mission without us realizing?" - Kidomaru
"Did staying in this village for a few days erode your brain to the same level as Jirobo, Kidomaru? His teammates are here in thevillage and tried cant find him themselves! So there is no way he is on a mission." - Tayuya
"What are we gonna do then?" - Kidomaru
"We will continue to search for him, he can'thide forever!" - Tayuya
Eiji told Sasuke to stay hidden as much as possible and do not interact with anyone unless necessary, not because of the Sound Four (he was sure that now that he awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, they couldn't even becalled opponents for him), but to make sure that Danzo didn't notice Sasuke awaking his Mangekyo, which might triggerDanzo's Uchiha paranoia.
Of course, Naruto and Sakura were concerned about Sasuke, because of the fight between Sasuke and Naruto on the roof of thehospitalnot too long ago and tried to search for him, but he was never at home.
Though Sakura believedhe wasstillsomewherein the village since she was alwayswatching the only path leading out of the village and not seeing him leave.
Kakashi was on a mission currently and wasn't able to ease Naruto's and Sakura's worriesabout Sasuke.
Sasuke didn't hide because Eijitold him to, but rather because he was focused solely on his revenge and since gaining the Mangekyo Sharingan he wasn't envious of Naruto'ssudden growth anymore and couldn't care less about his teammates right now.
"Hmm, looks like you got used to your Mangekyo Sharingan, so before we go over our plan, I will share information about all of Danzo's jutsus and techniques." - Eiji's shadow clone smiled while standing in adevastatedarea in the forest and seeing the first glimmers of the sun rising, announcing the start of a new day.
"WHAT?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN, PERVY SAGE?!" - Naruto
"As I said, you are now officially my apprentice. Within three years, I'll make you a full-fledged ninja...when I was researching Orochimaru's art of immortality, my sources brought to my attention some reliable information regarding the Akatsuki." - Jiraiya
"Information?"
"They won't be back for you for three or four more years."
"I understand, but..."
"If you're worrying about Sasuke, you don't have to...considering what happened with Itachi he probably just needs some time alone."
"..."
"Come one, that face is unusual of you. I will teach you some amazing moves in those three years!"
"REALLY?! ALRIGHT THEN!!"
"Sakura, I'm leaving for some super-duper training, so I entrust Sasuke to you, alright?" - while Naruto said that, with a huge smile he gave thumbs up to her.
"O-of course! You don't have to worry about him, just concentrate on your training!" - Sakura
"Hihihi..." - Naruto
"What are you giggling about, let's go already Naruto..." - Jiraiya
'You'll see Konoha, how much I will grow in these three years...' - Naruto raised his fist towards the stone faces of the Hokage (since it takes usually some time to carve the faces of the new Hokage, Eiji's face wasn't there...)
"What're you doing?! Come one, Naruto!" - Jiraiya
"OKAY, COMING NOW!!"
"Hey, just a thought, but since we are waiting anyway, why don't we kill this traitor Ukon?" - Kidomaru
"I agree...I'm really bored...let's have some fun..." - Jirobo
"Sasuke is our priority and I don't want the village to be full-on alert when we kill him, so get this idea out of your dumb heads!" - Tayuya
"...then how about we eat somewhere then? Even though this village is stupid and weak, I heard they have a good ramen-restaurant..." - Kidomaru
"...alright." - Tayuya
With that, they transformed and went to Ichiruka's.
'ARRRGHHH!!! I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE!!! THIS AMOUNT OF PAPERWORK IS JUST SLAVERY!!!' - Eiji had an expression like he was poisoned and held his head with his hands.
"Our village is in a dangerous state right now and these important missions need to be issued as fast as possible! So sacrifice your health for the village!" - Danzo
"I'm gonna sacrifice your mom to the devil if you don't give me a break already!"
"Hmph, this rude way of speaking to the elde-" - Danzo stopped his sentence since a Root member suddenly appeared and whispered something in his ear.
After the Root member was finished, Danzo noded shortly towards him.
"Something important came up, so I'll leave. But this one will keep an eye on you, so don't try anything funny. Also if you don't finish those papers until tomorrow, one of your parents will get into an "accident".
"Something important? Do you have diarrhea? If so, you should look for granny Tsunade..."
Danzo ignored Eiji's usual remarks and with his crane in his hand, he left the Root member and Eiji alone.
"Hey, nice to meet you! Wanna help me?" - Eiji asked the Root member with glittering eyes.
"..."
"Not really talkative, huh?"
'Well, it doesn't matter, the show is about to start!" - Eiji concealed his smile while glancing at the Root member.
The important thing which came up for Danzo was Orochimaru wanting to propose a deal with him.
In the letter it was written, that it's sensitive information and it couldn't be written in a letter, so a subordinate of Orochimaru would meet Danzo somewhere outside the village.
Of course, this latter wasn't from Orochimaru, but Eiji's doing.
However, Danzo wasn't suspicious of it, since he already made some deals with Orochimaru in the past and more importantly: there was no possible way in which Eiji could know of their relationship - not even Hiruzen knew, so how could Eiji?
Still, Danzo wouldn't go there alone like an idiot, so would have Root members follow him since he was paranoid and even though they dealt in the past with each other, Danzo didn't trust Orochimaru at all.
Eiji pretended to yawn and close his eyes.
The Root member was ordered to make sure Eiji would work, so he closed on him trying to wake him up.
"!" - he was about to touch Eiji when his head fell off.
"Hmm, some blood splashed on a few papers...well, who cares? Anyway, let's leave here before someone comes and sees the corpse..."
With that, Eiji disappeared.
"We as the Hokage Guard Platoon have the glorious duty of watching over the Hokage's parents...just because he was concerned, that foreign shinobi would kidnap them...isn't that laughable, Genma?" - Raido made a grumpy expression while watching Eiji's home from afar.
"Can't help it. Normally the Hokage is supposed to be the strongest shinobi in our village, so normally no one would be dumb enough to try to kidnap the Hokage's family, but..." - Genma
"But why only for one day then? It's just too bizarre..." - Raido
"Since he is Hokage, maybe he knows something we don't?" - Genma
Some time ago, Eiji's shadow clone appeared in front of them and gave them the order, to specifically protect his parents only for today (so that Danzo won't notice)
"Well, at least it's only for one day..." Raido said that while sighing, thinking about how it was a waste for Jonin like them to do such a mission.
Danzo was currently walking through the forest outside of Konoha with two Root members next to him.
Those two weren't Torune and Fu, since these two were the most skilled in Root and Danzo thought that it would be smarter for them to guard the Root headquarters.
In Danzo's eyes, if this was a trap, in the worst-case scenario, he wouldn't have to face Orochimaru personally, since reports stated that Orochimaru's arms were sealed and that's why he searched for Tsunade in the first place.
As far as he was concerned, he believed none of Orochimaru's henchman were a threat to him.
But what on the nearly impossible off chance that someone other learned of their connection and used it to bait him?
Even then, the other villages have only a handful of people who could fight him, but sending them here would be a dumb move from them and could threaten their village, so it was unlikely.
Eiji?
He could easily deal with him and more importantly, he was sure that if Eiji would try to do something, the only thing he could do is to try to order a bunch of Konoha's most skilled shinobi's to help him, which he would easily notice.
And that was only if you neglect the fact that those shinobi would most likely decline, since murdering a village elder isn't really good for the career, to put it mildly.
So in his eyes, this was even more unlikely.
But did he need to go personally?
No, but Danzo is paranoid and doesn't trust Orochimaru, so if something seems odd in this deal which could backfire later, he would want to notice it instantly.
Still, he took two Guards with him, since his paranoia can't be underestimated and he rightfully didn't trust Orochimaru
After some time, he noticed a figure in a cloak standing at the meeting point.
This figure noticed them approaching and nodded.
Danzo nodded in return and came closer.
But suddenly the figure looked at one of Danzo's guard and black flames started to engulf him completely.
"ARGHH!!!" - crying pitifully was the only thing the guard could do.
"!"
'Amaterasu? What is happening here?!' - Danzo was completely disbelieving, but someone as capable as Danzo could easily suppress his shock and forced himself to move out of sight.
But the other guard didn't know about Amaterasu and with Danzo having no time to tell him what to do, he was burned by a newly appearing Amaterasu.
"So you are Danzo?" - Sasuke took his hood off and exposed his identity to Danzo.
"Uchiha Sasuke...haven't seen Amaterasu in a while...you are indeed Itachi's brother..." - Danzo saw Sasuke's Mangekyo Sharingan and started to unseal his arm, while he was hiding behind a tree.
"I only have one question to ask you...is it true that you were to one who ordered Itachi to kill the whole Uchiha Clan?" - Sasuke
Danzo didn't answer and continued to unseal his arm.
Meanwhile, Eiji was watching from afar, thinking: 'Stopping him from unsealing his arm would save a lot of trouble, but Sasuke wouldn't believe me without seeing it, so...and besides, it would hinder his growth which might be bad in the future...'
"I ASKED YOU IF IT'S TRUE!!!" - Sasuke couldn't hold his anger back and was about to launch an attack when instead Danzo rushed at him with an amazing speed having unsealed his arm.
'What...?' - Danzo's fist didn't reach Sasuke, because a purple giant bone appeared in front of Sasuke.
Then Danzo was grabbed by the giant arm of Sasuke's Susanoo.
"So this is Susanoo, is it...?" - Danzo while being grabbed by a giant arm, looked unfaced at it and analyzed calmy.
"This arm..." - Sasuke remembered how after Eiji told all this seemingly unbelievable stuff, he asked him if he had any proof for this unbelievable stuff.
Eiji smiled amused at him and said:" When you fight him and see his arm, you will have your proof..."