Chapter 32
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Tsunade and Naruto just kept their heads down as Neji and Sasuke stood in shock, more Sasuke than Neji as his girlfriend had just died.
"Naruto… we came to warn you and Tsunade, she is going to have several attempts on her life soon. Me and Sasuke were present at the meeting but we were summoned there without being told why." Said Neji to Naruto
This caused him to look up shocked at Neji. Tears filled his eyes as he realized that the council didn't want her for her skills or her abilites. Just her legacy as the granddaughter of the Shodaime.
"This is bad Naruto…. We need to find a way to stop them." Said Sasuke
"I know….. please Tsunade, what are the laws on disobeying a direct order?" asked Naruto
"It is only possible if the person who gave the order is deceased, seeing as the council gave the order, the entire council would have to die. That's a group of 12 of the greatest ninja in the village." Said Tsunade looking up with tears still in her eyes
"Well then we'll just kill them" said Naruto looking very uninterested
"Did he just say what I thought he said?" asked Neji looking somewhat confused
"I think he did" said Sasuke
"How do you intend to do that?" said Tsunade
"Well, use Fuzzy-kun and my summons" said Naruto shrugging
"Fuzzy-kun?" questioned Neji
"Oh yeh, the Kyuubi" said Naruto
Neji got even whiter panic eyes while Tsunade and Sasuke just sweatdropped.
"Didn't you wonder how I got so much chakra?" asked Naruto as if it was nothing
Neji just nodded in response.
"But now we have several Ninja after us that will take a lot of our skills, and we have friends that are their siblings." Said Neji
"No worries, we have Samurai and the other guys to help us. Tell the others to meet us at the Samurai grounds, that will be our base of operations in this mission where we will discuss tactics and roles. Now split up into pairs and make our way there." Said Naruto "I'll go with Tsunade as she will have more people after her life. You two have more clearance than we do so retrieve the others."
"IKU ZE!" yelled Tsunade as she and Naruto jumped off towards the Samurai grounds while Sasuke and Neji made their way to the homes of their surviving friends.
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While this was happening
Homura walked into the tall council chambers silently and sat at his place at the head of the table.
"This, members of the council, is Tsunade's last day on this earth. I have set some of our best ninja as well as several groups of ANBU onto her. Even all the Samurai she has to help her, she cannot hope to stand against these ninja."
"But what about the Kyuubi kid, he has the ability to draw on its power to such an extent he single-handedly rescued this village from the hidden rock village and he also killed the entire sound village not 8 years ago." Said Chouza Akimichi
"Don't tell me you're backing out Chouza?" asked Hiashi Hyuuga
"My son died defending this village in the name of Tsunade, I cannot be the one responsible for her death" said Chouza standing up and walking out
"I'm with Chouza, even my lazy-ass of a son would die for this village and I'm not destroying its Hokage" said Shikaku
"Me either," said Inoichi following Shikaku out of the door
"We shall kill them later, now we can see how fast some our ninja move." Said Homura indicating the window and walking over to it.
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In a cave not too far from the village
"We have recovered 8 of the Biju, the only one remaining now is the 9-tails" came a deep husky voice
"That is the leader's Biju, we all have the power of ours in these" said another one showing their hand to the other with a ring on its thumb.
"Then shall we move to attack?" asked a lighter voice
"Not yet" came a slightly robotic voice "We must wait until the village is weak"
"How long Un?" asked yet another
"I will give the signal, I'm a good boy, inform artist of weakness I will" came a slightly hyper voice
"Oh shut up, I haven't shaved anything in a while and he's getting restless" came a polite-ish voice.
"We shall wait then, I already ridded of the apprentice and the fatass"
"Do not get cocky Itachi, if I know Tsunade, she will give him a reward that he cannot refuse even his wildest dreams. He will take it very seriously from then on" came a cold voice
"Leader…"
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Back with Tsunade and Naruto
They had arrived just recently and had announced a meeting in the hall of the compound. Several of the students were extremely pissed off because they hadn't been allowed to go on missions yet. Sasuke and Neji were busy quelling these students with threats of Chidori, Jyuuken and Raijin Kanchos from Naruto. The rest of the surviving group were assembled in the hall as well.
"What do you need us all for Enigma?" asked one of the more mature students
"I have called you all here because Tsunade is in grave danger. Roughly 2 dozen jounin and an unspecified number of ANBU are after her life. I want Shotai's 1 to 4 to guard the perimeter of the compound, only let through myself, Sasuke, Neji, Jiraiya, Hinata, Ino, Shikamaru, Lee, Tenten or Shino through unless I say otherwise. Shotai's 5-8, you will be guarding the compound in case someone breaches the perimeter. Shotai 9 will be Tsunade's personal guard and will follow her every order. Shotai 10 will be patrolling the streets and retrieving information on the ninja who are after Tsunade so we can launch a pre-emptive strike if the need arises."
'He has a perfect military mind, he just divided them into a complete defence for his charge and has thought of counter attacks to resolve the issue as well as ways of gaining information to further help his cause.' Thought Tsunade while listening to this
"NOW GO!" yelled Naruto as the Samurai ran to their positions and he turned to his classmates "I need you guys to find out as much information as you can about the council and whom it is composed of. That way I can launch a strike when I know where to strike."
They did just that.
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1 month after this. 3:00am
The samurai and ninja had done an excellent job of collecting information, they had found out that the Ino-Shika-Cho adults were not part of the council anymore so there were only 4 of them remaining due to various deaths. There was Shibi Aburame, Hiashi Hyuuga, Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatune. These ninja were too proud or stubborn to leave the council but were still probably the 4 most respected and feared ninja in the village now. They were now meeting in the chambers of the council with only one thing on the agenda.
"Tsunade must die today" said Homura "It has already been a month since we sent the ninja on their mission and they have so far failed. It appears that she is holing up inside the samurai compound and has a personal squad of 15 guards around her. We will be infiltrating it today and killing her"
"I assume it will just be us 4?" asked Koharu getting her chakra reserves refilled
"Of course, 4 is the optimum number for completing missions quickly, you know to 'practise what you preach'" said Shibi
"Let's go, they should still be asleep which gives us a greater chance of succeeding" said Hiashi jumping out the window.
The others soon followed suit and they were soon on their way to the compound. They slipped by the guards fairly easily but then they had to actually find Tsunade. The small group made its way slowly but silently towards the furthest way room there is, the dojo. They entered but were greeted by a strange sight. 15 Samurai with drawn weapons, a frog hermit with battle toad ready, a pissed off Hokage and right in the middle of this motley crew was the one they feared the most. Naruto Kazama, grinning in such a way, it seemed he was almost saying what his instincts wanted to do immediately, Kill.
"I should of known you'd come for Tsunade eventually, I can't believe you're trying to kill someone only a few years your junior. She is nearly 70 and you expect her to be able to fight off 4 highly trained ninja, even the third couldn't do that against 3 people" said Naruto through his demonic grin. "Do you fancy taking on someone who can take on you four?"
"Bring it on, Demon boy" said Hiashi Hyuuga in a rage "I still haven't forgiven you for taking my daughters virginity"
He then launched himself into a Jyuuken attack at the man, but was blocked by a metal arm. The group surrounding him backed off and let their sensei get to work.
"You people disgust me, but I'll give you a chance. Attack all at once and I may have a challenge on my hands. Don't hold back because you will regret it more than I will, I'm not holding back so you may as well enjoy your last fight." Said Naruto darkly as his body turned slightly purple while he released his gravity seals, the Shukungan, Ikazuchi and his own self control almost simultaneously.
"Lets do this"
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A/N: sorry about the 2 month delay but I've been really stuck for ideas. I'm cured now though and should update once a fortnight at least now. I hope you enjoy this but it will be ending before chapter 50, sorry guys but I will give it a good ending worthy of my fic.