The Gift of Mercy
Chapter 9:Replacement and Conspiracies

Konoha had prospered under naruto's rule corruption was exposed many unsafe businesses were closed crime rates were down the black market was nearly non existant and homelessness was down to nearly 1% the lowest in all the elemental nations. with it inching closer to zero everyday, tourism returned, yet somehow the villagers still hated naruto calling him a demon. the fire daiymo immediately called for naruto's head after receiving the reports from danzo and many demanded he hand over his powerful jutsu he used to create the crater at the lake of the end as it was now called. regardless naruto's ninja council worked with him to better the village and thrust it into its greatest heights since its founding. regardless of the fire daiymo's disapproval and suddenly yanking the villages funding and diverting missions to other villages konoha still prospered becoming the richest village in the elemental nations forging alliances and trade treaties with several other villages including suna,the land of waves and several smaller villages. all thanks to naruto he surprised many as he forged a trade treaty with suna agreeing to deliver precious water to suna in exchange for sand.

many called for his head then, claiming it wasn't screwed on right and should be off his shoulders all together naruto then diverted the tons of sand imported into the abandoned steel factory after a brief remodeling the steel mill was converted into a glass factory helping rebuild the thousands of windows destroyed in the explosion. the glass was found to be very high quality and impact and scratch resistant and now konoha was exporting glass all over the elemental nations, with the formula being regarded as a konoha secret. naruto made several other calls such as this in his trade treaties each time getting something seemingly worthless in return but in the end his ingenuity created jobs and made konoha prosper each time. yet this didnt satisfy the villager's hatred for naruto and his house hold throwing tomatos and rotten items at kin or tayuya calling them demon's whores and the like, when they were out on grocery runs of course only when naruto was not around lest they might lose a hand.

the two women who never left naruto's side were saeko and kyubbi and the villagers were not quiet about their hatred towards them as saeko's uchiha pride got the best of her and she usually wore an elegant blue kimono with the uchiha crest on the back. somehow the villagers spotted it behind her long black hair and demanded she be put to the chopping block for disrespecting the uchiha clan. they were silenced as naruto simply told them all to "fuck off". kyubbi on the other hand was outright hated her red hair and red eyes stuck out like a sore thumb. the villagers felt something off about the woman everywhere she went she seemed to exude power only when she was next to naruto was when the feeling was overshadowed by naruto's aura of power. anyone that dared disrespect his precious people would find themselves thrown into a jail cell or on other occasions losing an hand.

kiyomi somehow seemed to stay out of trouble usually disappearing scaring the ever living hell out of the other 5 in the namikaze house when she would suddenly appear usually in a hyper active mood.

he did everything for the ungrateful villagers deep down hoping he would be accepted but naruto was hated still, nothing seemed to persuade them once his time was up naruto wanted to travel the nations along with diplomatic immunity once he left office would make things easier for him to travel. konoha was in a state better than its ever been in its history and he did his job as hokage properly many among the council asked him to stay as konoha's permanent hokage but his mind was made up. he broke the news to the slaves tayuya and kin , as well as saeko,kiyomi and kyubbi all of them were ecstatic.

naruto currently sat in his office saeko in a corner sofa quietly reading a book with a cup of tea on the small table next to her while kyubbi sat outside as the secretary lazily filing her nails she was perfect as many were intimidated by her aura making her the best choice to stop annoying ex-civilian council members from trying to barge into the office like they did with the 3rd hokage. thinking back he did in fact miss the old man even though the hokage was able to do very little for naruto before his confinement naruto visited the former hokage's grave cursing himself for not being fast enough.

"what? i cant understand you! dammit stop stuttering UGH you know what just go in dammit" kyubbi came through the doors pushing a red faced hinata. "ah hinata did you need somthing?" naruto eyed the girl before him she was frozen in place a stuttering mess and clutching an envelope in her chest. "dont know she froze the second i asked her why she was here jeez its not like shes here to ask you on a date haha" hinata was still frozen trying to speak a word. walking up and grabbing the envelope in her hands naruto tried to get it out but hinata's hands were frozen and had the item in a deathgrip. "who knew she was this strong" naruto failed trying to get the correspondance from her hands a quick but light poke to hinata's side a small "eep!" as the girl's ticklishness made her lose her grip and naruto was able to get the envelope from her.

"No! don't!" hinata tried to grab the envolope from naruto."hey whats gotten into you! gah!" hinata was currently on top of naruto trying to grab the envelope from his arm, failing as it seemed like her shyness was completely gone fiercely trying to get the envelope back. kyubbi watching intensely while saeko peeked from her book unable to ignore the lavender eyed girl on top of the current hokage trying to steal back a piece of mail. "this is kinda hot" kyubbi licked her lips saeko giving her a raised eyebrow silently agreeing with the red head. "ENOUGH!" naruto got up dusting himself off from rolling on the floor while hinata was floating behind him still trying to reach for the paper in naruto's hand even going as far as to try and swim through the air. naruto began reading

"Lord Hokage

Hanabi Hyuga has been named heir to the hyuga clan in a couple years time. what does this mean for my eldest daughter? she is no longer eligible to be heir and as such. effective immidiately she will be branded with the caged bird seal of the hyuga clan i managed to send her on an errand and the council will be waiting once she returns to brand her. the council has unearthed some disturbing information on the ledgendary rinnegan doujutsu this information speaks of the byakugan and sharingan sharing a common rinnegan ancestor. and in theory combining it with a sharingan would yield a rinnegan endowed child, why am i telling you this?

contrary to popular belief i love my daughters

the hyuga council has expressed interest in sasuke uchiha marrying hinata you must realize, this would be no marriage. she would no longer be a womand and instead be used to breed the uchiha's children like some kind of animal until she either dies or is no longer able to bear more, at that point she would most likely be disposed of. that is no life, i wouldn't wish that upon my enemies let alone my own daughter.

i took a page out of your book and said "fuck the hyuga council" and went over their heads and signed an marriage agreement unifying hinata hyuga and naruto uzumaki namikaze in marriage.

your father was my friend and he was the one who left a signed copy of the marriage contract to me i simply never signed it,until now. now the hyuga council cannot touch her under marriage law the woman is now the man's property and they would face heavy penalties should they try to touch her. you are perhaps the only person in the elemental nations who no one would dare mess with and hopefully with this i may do right by her. keep her safe

good luck she is your problem now.

-Hiashi Hyuga

P.S i have already sent my daughter's things to the namikaze mansion

P.P.S don't let her know i got this ...emotional.

naruto was a little taken back having no clue how to react to this he did what any man would do if he found out he was suddenly married

Thud naruto hit the floor like a sack of potatos, a couple seconds later hinata face planted the floor as naruto's power faded away along with his conscious.

kyubbi caught the paper before it hit the ground taking a read through it she couldnt help but laugh at the blonde's situation. saeko was next to read the paper her eyebrow twitching in annoyance. this would be a long conversation once naruto woke up.

Midnight

it was the dead of night several hooded figures hurried through the empty streets into a upscale residential area quickly finding the lavish home of their host they undid their hoods to reveal sakura haruno and her mother mebuki haruno head of the allied mothers force and former council member. while technically a kunoichi she was on the civilian council as her and the allied mothers force oversaw general matters regarding children and public spaces. Dress code,nutrition and anything deemed dangerous for kids was her domain as such she was responsible for a village wide ban on manga in schools, deeming them too graphic and rots a child's mind. alot of over protective parents agreed with her and as such alot of books in the library were burned in her quest she managed to burn all works by jiraya the toad sage including his novel, "the gutsy ninja" claiming anything he wrote was trash and should be burned.

the other figure revealed himself to be souichiro mirisuki a low born man coming from another village where he decided to make konoha his permanent home he was a simple man weariing plain clothing and had a small whispy mustache the only hair on his face since he was completely bald save for a small little brown curl on the top of his head. short and plump he was one of the few men in konoha who did not hate the boy in fact a couple days prior he recieved his severance package from the hokage's office. while he heard the others grumbling about their severance packages being forfeited it seems the boy remembered faces very well thinking back how he remained silent for the most part in the council chamber even bringing up some arguments in the boy's favor.

"ill make things clear we are gathered here today for one thing, the death of naruto uzumaki" the council merchant who was taken to ibiki's, his name being Tizen Mura.
the other coucil member's cheered "and here to help us with that plan is our fellow council member having made a recovery after the demon tried to kill him, DANZO SHIMURA!" souchiro watched nervously as he saw the old bandaged man missing an arm.

"the demon stood over me and ripped my arm off, IT left me for DEAD but,THE WILL OF FIRE WONT BE EXTINGUISHED" many yelled out in approval."the demon must be killed and i have the means to do so allow me to indroduce you to ...Kiba Inuzuka" several murmers were heard as some questioned things as kiba was a genin and confused the members of the meeting."allow me to explain, kiba here has access to the inuzuka veterinary clinic and can get us a certain medicine that is crucial to killing naruto uzumaki" again people murmured as many knew naruto was immune to poisons. "NARUTO CANNOT BE POISONED" a yell came from the back room nearly scaring the hell out of soichiro as it came from next to him

"you are correct, he cannot be poisoned through conventional means" danzo held up a vial "this is Carfentanyl9X or CF9x for short its used in incredibly minute diluted doses for horses down at the veterinary clinic this vial is 100% cf9x enough to kill off a couple hundred herds of elephants this should kill him, kiba here will lure naruto into the town square and once we get a clear shot we will all shoot him using these tranuilizer guns, also joining us will be sasuke uchiha as he will be the one to kill naruto in order to earn him the final sharingan evolution"

"but the uchiha is still under guard and in a coma!" danzo chuckled "the guards are loyal ninja and the sasuke in the hospital is nothing but a clone sasuke is right here" sasuke revealed himself to the small crowd "i will kill this demon as even god wants this abomination dead" his armor appearing in front of everyone including his angel like wings. everyone was in awe as the uchiha glowed in a divine light many cheered showing support for this plan. soichiro inched his way towards the door hoping to slip out unnoticed,

danzo smiled as his plan was coming together offer the uchiha more power and he was already in not to mention his vendetta against the blonde, then all he had to do to get kiba onboard was hinata hyuga who was head over heels over the blonde and was already pretty much in his harem. naruto being out of the picture kiba had no rival and would claim hinata for himself danzo would gain the hokages seat and sasuke would gain the mangakyo sharingan and remain loyal to konoha's place in the world as the top village in the elemental nations.
soichiro was slowly inching towards the door as he had to inform the hokage of this conspiracy to murder him. somehow he made it out unscathed and ran towards the hokages's mansion.

bug flew off of kiba's back and disappeared out a window while the dog ninja chatted away with his fellow co-conspirators, sasuke watched as the people laughed and talked amongst themselves. he hated it here they were planning the blondes assasination and yet they acted like it was no big deal. the blond boasted an immense power that took him by surprise the first time this time he was ready his armor stronger than before and his skill with the sword on a swordmaster's level. nothing would be able to stand in his way once he attained the eternal version of the sharingan and then he would be able to bring itachi to his knees.

Souichiro banged on the doors of the hokage's mansion instantly 3 anbu appeared cirvling him "what business do you have with the hokage?" soichiro was completely out of breath as he managed to get out a couple words "Danger...traitor...danzo...sasuke...kiba ...plotting ... to assassinate ...hokage" souchiro was wheezing at this point he was a civilian for gods sake not exactly in shape. the three anbu shared a look before one sighed "shoulda kept your mouth shut you would have lived longer" driving a short sword through souchiro's gut and letting him collapse to the ground.

"dump his body" one grabbed the body as the other two disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

Morning

"we found tsunade" naruto yawned from behind his chair listening to his clones give a report on tsunade's whereabouts."good ill leave immediately, kyubbi is in charge and saeko while im gone hinata...uh bye" naruto quickly left as he brought out a small scroll already prepared for a 2 weeks journey and sealed it away wearing his normal ninja attire he disappeared in a swirl of leaves and found himself by the gates of the village. the second the guards spotted him they immidiately dropped what they were doing and saluted their leader. "open the gates boys i gotta run and get someone a couple towns over ill be back within 2-3 days" the guards opened the gate and instantly the hokage disappeared into the distance in a blond blur.
"uhm shouldnt he have gone with an escort?" the guard leaning over to his partner

"nah"

Near Tanzaku Town

"3 members for one brat is overkill" diadara was huffed not wanting to have come along."dunno itachi seemed pretty serious when he requested an extra member as backup to leader hes not one to joke around in the first place" kisame replied making sure to quiet the blond in the group. "naruto uzumaki is not to be underestimated..." itachi walked with a slight limp as he used a walking cane as support.

"big deal he got the drop on you used his demon's power and beat you to an inch of your life and made you a cripple it happens itachi remember hes just a kid" daidara smacked into itachi's back. a faraway look took over itachi's eyes almost like he was having another flashback that had plagued him on so many restless nights.

"he...nearly killed me without using an ounce of his tenant's power"

and done another chapter cranked out