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The Clan Leaders Gather
In Konohagakure
The clan leaders were meeting in the council room everyone was tired from the battle and many of the clan leaders still had blood and dirt on their clothes. The reason for their assembly was simple the Hokage was not there and the council members were under Suspicion Of treason To Konoha. So who was left to lead the village now?
To answer that very question the clan leaders had gathered. "Well I think maybe we could have one of the council members do it even though they are under arrest." said Shibi. "No, we can't do that said Inoichi, from what Ibiki tells me some of the prisoners we captured have said that the councilors are somehow wrapped up in this fiasco." "Well if not the councillorship we always can appoint him I mean that was the reason Tsunade-sama had asked us about it the other day and she did say that he had accepted the position." said Hiashi.
Tsume looked thoughtful for a minute and said "yes, I agree he is the best choice he is respected within the shinobi community and if nothing else it will make Shizune happy wont it?" She said with a feral grin. Everyone laughed a little and the matter was put to a vote all 7 clan leaders voted and a unanimous decision was reached.
Kakashi entered the council room after being summoned by the Anbu, although he had not needed a visit to the hospital this time but he was still a bit woozy and so he asked the two Anbu agents to help support him if he fell. When he entered the room he noticed that all the shinobi clan leaders and Shizune were present. He immediately he figured out what the reason for summoning him was but he kept quiet and let the clan leaders take the lead.
Hiashi stood and said "hello Kakashi I am sorry to have called you here so soon especially since you seem to still be a bit unsteady on your feet because of the battle but it cannot be helped, before I continue I want to ask you something; has Tsunade Sama ever spoke to you about you being her successor as Hokage?" Kakashi took a deep breath and nodded before speaking "yes Hiashi-san. Tsunade sama has spoken to me about it she asked me that if she were to retire would I be interested in being her successor although at first I was reluctant seeing as I never wanted to be Hokage first, but after thinking about it a bit I realized she was right."
Hiashi nodded and Shibi said "Good because Tsunade-sama also asked each of us who we would like to appoint Hokage after her and we all had given your name for the seat, because we believe you to be honorable and fair. At this moment, the Hokage is not in the village and the Fire Daimyo is not available, on top of that Ibiki reports that The council elders may somehow be wrapped up in this fiasco, so basically the question is do you accept the position of Hokage" asked the Head of the Aburame clan.
"Yes, I do Shibi san I accept the position of Hokage for the time being until Tsunade-sama returns."
"Look Kakashi, things are a bit confusing but for the moment you are Hokage and although the Hokage never formally announced her decision we all know you are the favorite, if only because Naruto isn't old enough to be Hokage yet." Shikaku said with a small smile, "so while it might be a little finicky on the legal side the rules do state the clan leaders can make certain decisions in absence of the Hokage." "All there needs to be is a minimum 4-3 majority and at the moment none of us have any objections so until Tsunade-sama returns and we can sort this mess out you are acting sixth Hokage of Konohagakure do you accept Hatake Kakashi?" Shikaku asked in an official voice. Kakashi stood at attention and said "yes, Shikaku-san I hereby accept the position of Sixth Hokage of Konohagakure."
"My first order as Hokage is this: until the time Tsunade-sama returns to the village, This Village Is Now Under Martial Law. I want all entrances and exits closed and highly guarded. "My next order of business is to secure the prisoners and have the Anbu and Ibiki and Anko question them but make sure they don't go about it the wrong ways seeing as the council elders may be implicated tell Ibiki and Anko to tread softly lest they break something."
Next order of business is: to get the civilians back home, for the moment I want to be ready for anything I only want the most crucial business open such as pharmacies and grocery stores, I don't want too many civilians about the village. He turned to Shizune and said "I leave the hospital under your Executive Authority you may do as you see fit, by the way I heard about Sai how is he recovering?"
Shizune looked downcast and said "I am afraid his chances are very slim he has many injuries most of them fatal and the poison that was injected into his system is very complex and we aren't able to make an antidote yet, he also opened two of his chakra gates while he was injured while he had that poison in his system, which resulted in the poison spreading faster it has also affected his chakra pathways. I am afraid he will not make it this time, although he knows this fact very well he wants us to keep him alive until Naruto comes back. On another matter I have a request of the Inuzuka clan." Shizune said.
"What is it Shizune-chan?" Tsume asked her, "well Tsume-sama some of your clansmen have been injured in the battle and although we are doing the best we can it seems some of them are suffering the after effects of some of their clan jutsu so could you please send someone to the hospital who can explain us the medical effects of your clan jutsu and I assure you that whatever you tell us will be considered doctor-patient privilege." Tsume looked thoughtful for a moment and said "ok, fine I trust you Shizune ill have Hana and Izumi go to the hospital and rendezvous with you. If you want I can send some others as well we don't have many of our shinobi canines injured so we can send some of our vets as well, to help with patient care."
Shibi also volunteered help and said "I can send you 15 of my clansmen who are experts in poison and its use along with many of the members of The Arigawa tribe to help you out at the hospital with the patients who have been infected by poison, they can also help with making antidotes for poisons and our insects can remove the poison from their systems and they also have many other uses such as helping patients affected by burns." Shizune nodded and said "Thank you Shibi-sama, your help is greatly appreciated."
She then turned to Hiashi and said "Hiashi sama I am also in need of the Byakugan can you please send me some members of your clan to help me with my patients who have their chakra pathways blocked and with the Byakugan, they will be able to help us by making sure the patients internal systems are working properly this will cut down on having to use electronic systems."
"Although I do not mind Shizune-san I am afraid not many of us Hyuuga are doctors unlike those of the Aburame and Inuzuka clan nor are we researchers of medical antidotes and such."
"That is true Hiashi san but any Hyuuga shinobi has as much knowledge of human anatomy as any medical ninja and with your Byakugan we will be able to effectively treat more patients using less chakra." Shizune said calmly. "Very well than I shall send you a few of my clansmen, how is Neji doing by the way how is he recovering?" He asked the raven haired medical ninja.
"He is doing fine sir he is suffering from chakra exhaustion and a few injuries and although he will have some battle scars he will recover fully, although some of his other injuries will also keep him down for a while however and I stress this I Do Not Want him to take part in any strenuous activity of any kind." Hiashi was a bit surprised and said "I assure you doctor Neji will have complete rest until you say otherwise, but tell me why you said that?"
"Well... it seemed that while Neji was sleeping in the hospital he was having a rather pleasant dream which caused some of his hormones to react in real life and unfortunately his body reacted in kind and unfortunately for him Sakura was checking on his injuries when she noticed and Neji chose at this exact moment to reach out with his hands and he accidently grabbed Sakura's breasts and started to fondle them which in turn caused Sakura to become embarrassed and she unfortunately lost her temper and using her medical ability and strength added to his injuries. However she quickly repaired the damage when she regained her composure, Neji also apologized to her many times."
"Everyone had a laugh at Neji's cost including Hiashi have no worries doctor I will personally make sure Neji gets his rest, Don't be too hard on him Hiashi san he is teenage boy after all" said Inoichi with a laugh. Worry not my friend I won't be too hard on him but I think he has spent a bit too much time with a certain Inuzuka" the Hyuuga lord said with a smile. "Hey, don't go blaming this on my son Hiashi" Tsume said with a smirk. "Alright enough of this lets get back to work" Kakashi said "Inoichi I would like you and your clansmen to help Ibiki and Anko with the prisoner interrogation, as for the Nara and Akimichi clan I want your shinobi to patrol the streets and keep order around here."
He then asked the Anbu to call for Yamato, Kurenai and Gai, when they arrived Kakashi told them of the situation and said "for now I need some good back up players whom I can trust and you three are my closest friends whom I would trust with my life, so I ask that you accept my offer of being council advisors, but this is a request not an order" he told his three friends. While they all looked thoughtful Gai answered for all three of them and said "we accept Kakashi we will help you bring order back to the village." Gai said in a serious tone all of his bravado and fires of youth speech nonexistent.
Kakashi looked back at the council and said "do you agree with my choice?" They all nodded and agreed with him. "Good, now the last thing I want to say is that although you are all clan heads and have your own way of doing things I urge you to think of the village first, let us put aside our differences for the moment and work together to bring this village back under control."
He turned to Yamato and said "Yamato I want you to organize the Anbu into groups and patrol the village make sure the perimeters are secure." Yamato nodded. Gai I need you to help Iruka with the civilians and after that I want you to help the other chunin look for fallen and injured shinobi, take a medical corps with you and administer to their health. If they are enemy ninja take them to Anbu HQ if they are leaf ninja take them to the hospital make sure you have some Hyuuga and Inuzuka ninja with you to verify the identities of the various ninja." "Kurenai since Shizune is busy with the hospital "I need you to help me with the paper work and help with the organizing of the village's forces and this way you will be able to keep an eye on little Zuko as well."
Turning to the heads of the clans he said "you are all my colleagues and friends and I trust your judgment on and off the battlefield so I ask of all of you to help me out during this time of crisis."
"My doors are always open when you need or want to offer some advice or for whatever reason, he then turned to the Anbu agents and said " Tiger, Cobra I need you guys to head to the crypto unit and send a message to the Hokage telling her of what happened here and make sure it reaches her and only her."
The Anbu agents nodded and left the room while another Anbu squad formed up on Kakashi and Kurenai. Kurenai turned to Eagle and said "hey I have to go home real quick to get some things and collect little Zuko from the safe house will you come with me?" Eagle nodded and left with Kurenai, and just like that Konoha began to repair itself once again. However war in Konoha had ended the war in Kumo still continued.
In Kumo
In the Kage Box the three Kages were fighting it was truly a battle of skill and strength. Gaara was fighting Misora Hibari. A was battling Matsushita Tomoyasu, and Tsunade was fighting Hokumara Hakudoshi and it was truly a battle of shinobi in the fact that it was violent, fast and short as most shinobi battles usually go, although at first they had began fighting in the kage box the three earth nin had suddenly used some sort of teleportation jutsu and suddenly they were no longer in the kage box but in the main arena where the Genin had been fighting recently. (A/N: to make things simple I will feature one kage at a time fighting. Meaning in this chapter there will only be mention of one kage fighting.)
The battle had begun between the three kages. Gaara was fighting Misora Hibari an expert user of water and lightning elements. she started by doing a quick series of hand signs and said: "Suiton: Daisuisen" (Water Release: Great Water Drill") all of a sudden the arena was flooded and soaked with water the Dry earth soaked up all the water thirstily. The sand and earth beneath Gaara's feet was now wet preventing Gaara from wielding the sand. "Heh now that I have soaked the field with water you can't use the surrounding sand for your jutsu. Now the only thing remaining is to bathe the battle field in your blood and with you no longer in possession of Shukaku, you are not as powerful as you used to be and as a result you will die by hand today."
Going through a series of hand signs she said "Raiton: Yoarashi Aranami" ("Lightning Element: Waves Of Thunder") and slapped her hands on the ground, suddenly lightning erupted from her hands and travelled into the wet sand and hit Gaara's sand shield, and hit Gaara head on... but did no damage, Misora was impressed, "I see you infused your sand so tightly that the lightning had to slow down and by the time it reached you it had mostly diminished."
"Very good I see you are observant that should make the fight more interesting." Gaara said expressing pure pleasure on his face at the thought of a challenging, for the first time since the battle started Gaara's gourd opened and his sand was revealed. "Now then let's see how fast you are." Stretching his hands in front of him he manipulated the sand and said "Suna Shuriken" ("Sand Shuriken") suddenly the sand started to transform from a formless wave of sand into hardened sand particles taking the shape of fuma shurikens and flew towards Misora Hibari who dodged most of them and used a quick lightning jutsu to break apart the sand shurikens but she was surprised when instead of disintegrating back into loose particles of sand they had somehow absorbed the lightning and started to come at her even faster cutting her a few times, until she realized what was happening and threw an exploding kunai towards the oncoming shuriken effectively blasting them out of the air.
When the smoke cleared Gaara was nowhere to be seen until a huge hand made of sand appeared around her neck and tapped her on her shoulder, looking up she saw Gaara sitting on a cloud of sand with his legs crossed "looking for me?"
He said "I see so you can use the sand to fly as well eh?" "Impressive now then how about we get serious" she said "Ishi Kasui Yajirushi" ("Earth Element: Stone Spike Arrows") all of a sudden the earth around her feet began to change and transform into stone arrows and they flew at Gaara at such high-speed that Gaara's sand shield was unable to stop their charge and they hit Gaara head on.
Gaara dropped to the ground and said "well then that is a very good job I must say that you are one of three people who have actually been able to injure me one is dead and the other two are my friends, now then it seems my preparations are complete let us begin the show."
Making a quick hand sign Gaara said "Sunaarashi!" ("Sand Storm!") suddenly the earth around the arena began to dry and soon disintegrated into sand Gaara made two hand signs and said "Ninpou: Sabaku No Kaze!" (Desert Winds!) Without warning a great wind erupted and with the sand created a huge desert sandstorm.
However Misora was ready and going through a series of hand signs and said: Suiton: Hahonryū ("Water Release: Tearing Torrent") all of a sudden water came out of the ground and started erupting like a geyser dousing the sand in water and causing it to fall she then threw a handful of exploding kunai into the approaching storm causing a huge explosion and causing Gaara's jutsu to backfire and before Gaara could dodge the engulfing flames powered by the wind engulfed him totally Misora then took her chance and said "Raiton: Ikazuchi Kyoudan" ("Lightning Element Thunder Bullets") slowly the lightning began to take shape into bullets and then using her chakra she guided them into the flames further injuring the Kazekage.
When the debris had settled she saw that Gaara was breathing heavily and was on one knee, Misora was shocked "how can you still be alive after all that you should be dead?" After regaining his composure Gaara nodded and with a sadistic grin on his face said "yes, you're right however I survived do you want to know how? Well then I will show you." He made a quick hand sign and his appearance changed completely.
What Misora saw truly shocked her "h-h-how is that even possible no, it can't be possible it has to be some sort of genjutsu putting her hands together she stopped her chakra flow and said "kai"("release") however when she opened her eyes the image before her did not change, no, it has to be a trick she took a kunai from her pouch and cut her finger letting the blood flow when she looked up the image had disappeared she started to smile and said " I knew it was impossible there is no way you could have been able to have access to that form."
Gaara simply smiled and said in a false innocent voice "oh you mean this form." he made a quick hand sign and once again accessed this earlier form. He could not help but laugh at the horror apparent on his opponent's face. The reason his enemies were left in shock was because Gaara had transformed into a life-sized form of none other than the One-tailed beast Shukaku and not only that he seemed to control it at will and dismiss its powers with a mere hand sign.
"You see during the war when the statue holding the tailed beasts broke the 7 tailed beasts escaped and while most of them changed into masses of chakra and disappeared back to the 5 elements to lay dormant for millennia." "However when Shukaku who was mostly Intact stayed behind when he sensed me during the battle and seeing as it took him only a year to recover and renew his strength he decided to take his revenge upon me for being forced to be sealed within me by attacking Suna but thankfully with a little help from the ninja of Suna we were able to once again seal it within a container.
After he was sealed the question remained what to do with the tailed beast, finally the decision was made by me to once again resume my job as the jailer for the one tailed beast." "I still however needed to control Shukaku's power and so with a little help from Kumo and Konoha I was able to subdue Shukaku and its power, and so now I too have become a perfect jinchuuriki like Naruto and Bee."
"All the powers and abilities of the tailed beast within me are mine to command without the normal side effects such as insomnia, and although I mostly rely on my own abilities I only use Shukaku's power when I am in a life or death situation."
"Now that the explanation is finished let us get back to battle Gaara crossed his arm and clenched his fists, suddenly Misora started to cough up blood from her mouth. She fell to the ground "what is happening I can't move." Ah it seems like the sand has taken effect." Gaara said " you see in the beginning of the battle when you soaked the field in water you prevented me from using the surrounding terrain for my sand but only for a short while " you see all I had to do was go underground and turn the minerals and rocks into sand and then mix in the water soaked earth into it, but unfortunately this all takes a little while.""That is the reason that I was never actively attacking you but that doesn't mean to say my attacks had no effect for you see I have a very great control over my sand I realized instead of wasting chakra, sand and time by trying to defeat strong opponents I simply disperse the sand into fine particles into the air."
"This causes my opponents to breathe in the sand each time they breathe." "While it usually takes a while I have found it is a very effective and useful technique." Once again moving his arms he manipulated the sand so that it covered Misora's arms and legs he closed his fists and just like that every bone in Misora Hibari's arms and legs turned into small tiny fragments making her incapable of using any type of jutsu or attack.
"Now then why don't we wait until the others finish their fight" Gaara said calmly, "in the meanwhile let's have what I like to call a Q and A session" and started his interrogation of his opponent.
A/N: Well what do you think guys and gals? Read and Review.