It took 2 days to get to Whirlpool with Kakashi leading. In that time Miko has been in control of Naruto's body as his other personalities were all still screwed up and in mental pain.
Ino looked worriedly at her boyfriend and thought "I wish dad was here. I don't know enough to try and help him."
As the group got to a hill that overlooked the valley where the village of Whirlpool once stood Kakashi eyes widen and said "Well there's a suprise."
Asuma asked "What."
Kakashi said "The village has been rebuilt and there are people here already. Did you know about this Miko."
Miko frowned as she tried to concentrate and said "Rose has been funding this along with the other black flames who are down there waiting for us....I can't be sure of much else but I do know they will come meet us when we get there."
Kurenai said "I suppose then we should get going then."
Everyone nods and began to take the road down to the village.
When they got there Asuma asked "So any idea who it is we are suppose to meet."
A puff of smoke appeared in the road and a voice said "I am the man who is loved in the north, south, east, and west, the man all men want to be and all woman want to be with. I am the great Jiraiya." as the smoke cleared and Jiraiya was seen standing there shocking everyone.
Sakura said the thought on everyone's mind "What the hell."
Kakashi said "Your who we are suppose to meet Jiraiya-sama."
Jiraiya looked at Miko and frowned and said "Drop the disguise kid."
Miko said "I would if I could but something happened and Ni-san is sort of knocked out mentally right now and we can't figure out how to wake him."
Jiraiya frowned and looked at Kakashi and said "What happened to him Kakashi."
Kakashi said "Well, we ran into this girl here who has a bloodline that allows her to enter peoples minds through eye contact and she's not able to speak so when she tried to send her words to Naruto he sort of screamed out and Miko got control of his body and been in charge ever since."
Jiraiya said "I see....follow me and we will see if Tsunade can help him."
Tenten eyes widen and said "Tsunade-sama also a member of the black flames." as each of the gennins were wide eyed.
Jiraiya turned to her and then glanced around and said "We will discuss that back at the building we have for our base. Follow me." as he began to lead them through the street.
It took 10 minutes to reach what looked like an apartment complex and Jiraiya walked in and as the others did 2 men stepped forward and one said "Halt, who goes there."
Jiraiya said "Crystal Rubies."
The 2 men stepped back and Jiraiya motioned for everyone to follow them. They soon came to a large confrence room with couches, chairs, and tables around it and Tenten said "Tsunade-sama." in awe as she saw Tsunade and Shizune.
Tsunade looked at Jiraiya and said "So now that this group is here what did you drag me here for Jiraiya."
Jiraiya said "First I need you to check the girl here. She's really Naruto Uzumaki and he's suffered a form of mental attack thanks to that girls bloodline and one of his alias have taken over his body and claims the real him is knocked out. Once he recovered we can get down to business."
Tsunade frowned and walked over to Miko and she placed her glowing green hand against Miko head and closed her eyes in concentration and said "Hmm....Kid uses Kagebunshin a lot, doesn't he." as she looked at the others in the room.
Kakashi said "Yes."
Tsunade sighed and said "Idiot. The Kagebunshin no jutsu wasn't classified a kinjutsu because of the chakra danger or the mental backlash problem. It was classified a Kinjutsu because of the fact it causes brain tumors.....do they know about his healing ability."
Sasuke said "If your talking about Kyuubi then we all know."
Tsunade said "I see....yeah, the Kyuubi most likely helped to keep this problem from surfacing by replacing the damaged cells in his brain but his body still had the old tumors still there and when whatever that girls bloodline did it shoved Kyuubi chakra out of those areas and shoved her own into his brain so she's locked Kyuubi out from repairing the damage caused...To fix this he needs to have the tumors removed and Kyuubi chakra released into his body more then usual to repair the damage."
Miko said "Um...that might be a problem. Ni-san basically told Kyuubi to kiss his blond ass and after what happened with the Sanbi I doubt Ni-san would want any of Kyuubi chakra in his system as well...couldn't you just repair the damage yourself like we were just any normal human."
Tsunade frowned and said "I guess I can but there's not as much of a chance the surgery would be successful if I was even willing to do the surgery in the first place."
Jiraiya said "Hime, I'll pay off all of your debts if you do it. We need his help badly."
Tsunade looked at Jiraiya and then at Miko and said "Alright but I expect ALL my debts paid Jiraiya."
Jiraiya nods and Tsunade said "Shizune, take this...person to one of the other rooms and prep for surgery."
Shizune said "Yes Tsunade-sama..Come with me please." as she grabbed Miko hand and lead her away. After they were gone she asked "So what's going on."
Zabuza seeing everyone trying to figure out what to say said "Well...I guess the best place to start would be with what we found out...." as he began to explain what they found out.
Once he was done Jiraiya said "So Orochimaru has got Suna to join him in planning to attack Konoha and the kids got bloodline refugees coming here using slave traders to get them here....damn kid, this is going to cost me a fortune."
Kakashi asked "What exactly is going on Jiraiya-sama. Naruto wasn't very informative afraid that we maybe spied on."
Jiraiya looked at Sasuke and said "I'm sure the kids meantioned some of it but could you tell me what you know about Madara Uchiha and Akatasuki."
As Jiraiya heard the info they knew about Akatasuki and Madara Uchiha he whistled and said "Damn gaki. I knew you had a lot of info but not that much. Some of the things even I hadn't gotten proof of yet...but you all got enough info to find out about what's going on. What we have gathered is Madara Uchiha is trying to orchestrate the 4th great Shinobi war and he plans to use the Bijuu in place of his armies. From what we know Madara has been trying to systematically weaken each of the hidden villages for the last 50 years from the bloodline civil war in the mist, to the disapperance of the Sandaime Kazekage, funding of the Hidden Sound village, the Kyuubi attack on Konoha, as well as half a dozen other events that either caused unrest between each of the nations or weakening them. All the people you saw walking outside are in fact spies in my spy network I called here though there is a chance that some of them may or may not have been comprimised which is why I am so thankful to the idea of an alternative to make this place look like a normal village. What we are basically doing is starting our own village with the soul purpose of eliminating threats to Konoha while targetting Madara Uchiha and the Akatasuki. Officially this will be the hidden Whirlpool village but unofficially the Black flames will use this as our headquarters and the Rasenkage is in fact nothing more then a political puppet who answers to us directly keeping us hidden from the public eye as best as possible. All of you I assume realise that as of this moment that you are most likely going to be classified as traitors and criminals to Konoha. Do you all understand that."
Kiba said "Yeah, Naruto basically told us that what we were doing couldn't be linked back to Konoha and we were totally black ops and gave us the option of backing out."
Jiraiya said "Good...then you each need to train hard because even though you are all officially ranked Gennin you will most likely be fighting Jounin or higher ranked enemies soon. Officially I'm not here. I have no connection to you...but Tsunade....you and Shizune will both have to become traitors to Konoha..unofficially you will be the leader of the Black flames as your way of trying to get revenge on Konoha for the deaths and betrayel of your family."
Tsunade frowned and asked "Why should I do that and what do you mean unofficially."
Jiraiya said "The black flames are the criminal organization that is replacing Crystal Fingers Rose operation. Naruto is her chosen successor and basically the one most of the criminal contacts as well as those in this room will follow because they either been order to or he has earned their trust. You are unofficial as you have the experience and skills to help him when there comes situation he isn't able to handle himself as well as being a heavy hitter should they need it. I have spoken with the toads and they have agreed to lie and claim they chose to honor the Yondaime and offered Naruto a contract with them behind my back and if I am forced to summon them they will declare they will follow his orders before they will follow mine because Konoha lost their respect for the way they treated him. Naruto will still have to prove himself to Gambunta though. If any of you have summoning contracts then you should contact them and informed them. Speaking of...how many of you actually do have contracts."
Asuma said "I have monkeys."
Hinata said "Falcons." surprising everyone and Neji asked "How. I thought that we were not allowed to sign contracts."
Hinata said "It belong to my mother."
Gai said "Turtles."
Kakashi said "Dogs."
Sasuke frowned and said "I have ravens since Itachi dead and I can get another but.....I won't be able to sign it since I want ravens."
Jiraiya asked "What is it."
Sasuke said "Cats."
Ino frowned and said "Can anyone sign that contract or does it have to be an Uchiha."
Sasuke said "I don't really know. I would have to ask the cat lady at the old Uchiha city."
Tsunade said "The one your clan had durring the clan wars."
Sasuke nods and Tsunade said "I see. I'm surprised that nobody tried to get that one yet."
Anko said "Well I got Snakes."
Kurenai sighed and said "This sucks. I'm the only Jounin here who doesn't have a contract."
Jiraiya said "Not yet."
Kurenai asked "What do you mean not yet."
Jiraiya pulled out a scroll and unsealed several other scrolls and said "These are list of known contracts and who has them as well as which ones currently doesn't have summoners. When the kid is able I am going to get him to have those that are free...liberated from where ever they are."
A voice from behind them said "No, were going to have my men steal them for us." causing everyone to turn and see Naruto standing there but he looked weak and Shizune next to him and Tsunade said "That was to quick. What happened."
Shizune looked at Naruto and said "The girls chakra was the problem. As soon as I removed it from his brain to sedate him he reverted back to normal."
Naruto frowned and said "Almost normal. I'm afraid my brain sort of fused my other personalities together so I am sort of the Doctor and my other personality as well as myself."
Tsunade asked "The Doctor." looking confused."
Anko said "It's the personality he had that took over when he had to do torture and interrigations. I'm damn proud of him."
Naruto rubbed his head and said "So did I miss anything. I assume were in Whirlpool."
Ino said "Yeah, we are."
Jiraiya said "It's good to see you again Naruto."
Naruto said "Good to see you also Ero-sannin." causing the older nins to snicker and the gennin to look shock.
Jiraiya said "You ever going to stop calling me that."
Naruto said "Are you ever going to quit peeking on wemon....thought so. So did the toads agree."
Jiraiya said "Yes but Gambunta wants to test you to make sure you are worthy."
Naruto nods as he walked over and sat down and asked "Anything else I should know about."
Kakashi said "Tsunade will be the unofficial leader of the black flames so she can help you when you need someone with more experience."
Naruto looked at her and said "Plus if we need a medic since we won't be able to go to most places for help as well as the fact she's a heavy hitter..right. Especially since we will be fighting Orochimaru and Madara Uchiha at some point." as he looked at Jiraiya.
Jiraiya said "Yeah."
Naruto asked "I assume you are OK with this situation or are we still discussing terms." as he turned to Tsunade.
Tsunade said "I haven't agreed to anything."
Naruto smirked and said "I assumed as much...here." as he pulled out a scroll and held it up.
Tsunade looked at the scroll and asked "What's that."
Naruto said "Your aware that Orochimaru was doing experiments on the Shodaime bloodline from what I am told. Are you aware of how he got a sample of it."
Tsunade frowned as she took the scroll and began to read it and her eyes widen and said "That bastard....I'll kill him."
Jiraiya asked "What's wrong Hime...what's in the scroll."
Tsunade handed Jiraiya the scroll and his eyes widen at what he read and said "Impossible...why didn't sensei ever inform us about this."
Naruto said "Jiji was holding it incase there ever came a time when he had no choice but to call Tsunade back to active duty. He didn't want her to feel pain and suffering over what happened anymore then she already had so he kept it quite until now."
Ino being the currious one she is asked "What is it."
Tsunade closed her eyes and said "While I didn't have my grandfathers bloodline I did carry the genes for it....a few months after my fiance death I found out I was pregnant.....I miscarried though....Orochimaru....he...he got the sample from....I...I can't say it."
Naruto said "I think we all know what your saying Tsunade. I know this is low of me to use this info like this but we need your help desperately. Even if it is only long enough to deal with Orochimaru. He's got an entire village and an ally with Suna to protect himself if you tried to go after him yourself and while you are very strong and skilled, eventually the numbers would overwelm you and Orochimaru could finish you off or you would be killed before you even got to him." as he got up and placed his hand on her shoulder.
Tsunade who was glaring at the scroll said "I want him myself...I'll help as long as I get to be the one who takes him out."
Naruto frowned and said "Only if you allow Anko to be your backup. She's been hurt by him as much as you have and deserves a chance to take a limb or 2."
Tsunade frowned and said "Fine...what do you need me to do."
Naruto smirked and said "I want you to train us all to be at least good enough to be field medics and should any of us excell in the area of medicine you take those for additional training. Likewise I want Anko to verse each of us on poisons and counters, Kurenai will help make sure we can at least detect and dispell any genjutsu we encounter and Gai will work with us on our Taijutsu to make sure we each have a good enough skill set with Taijutsu to take down Chunnin at least. Kakashi-sensei will work with us on our elemental affinities giving us several offensive and defensive jutsu and Asuma will work on strategy and Zabuza will be kenjutsu. I know your not going to be here much Ero-sannin but I want you to at least write us up some scrolls on seals where we can each make exploding tags, storage seals, blood seals, and privacy seals....I also want any you have on chakra surpression seals, especially if you have any dealing with Bijuu or Jinchuuriki. If we have to, to stop Madara we will hunt down and kill ALL the Jinchuuriki's." making everyone wide eyed.
Jiraiya frowned and said "When you say all...."
Naruto said "I mean even myself. I want you to teach the others how to take me down should the need ever arises. I won't follow the same path Mirai did. While this is all going on I will be getting in contact with a few of my contacts and have them setting us up with supply lines to equiptment and intel as well as funding. Zabuza, I need to know if you have any contacts in the underworld or any favors out there that might be useful. We have a little less then 2 months to get ready before we make our first move."
Anko asked "And what exactly is our first move Gaki."
Naruto said "The 3 Suna nins will not make it to Konoha for the Chunnin exams. Were going to stop them from reaching Konoha and we will make it appear as if Akatasuki is involved in their either kidnapping or assassination depending on if we can capture them alive."
Kiba said "Man, I know that were suppose to be criminals and were trying to protect Konoha but why are we targetting them."
Naruto said "Gaara suppose to be the trump card to use durring the exams. Without him Suna will spend the time they have trying to locate their weapon instead of preparing to attack Konoha. Of coarse Suna will try to claim that Konoha was involved which means we have to either take out the Jounin enough where he can report it was Akatasuki or kill the Jounin and leave one of the other gennins so they can report the attackers were wearing black cloaks with red clouds on them which will draw attention to Madara, but either case Gaara has to be stopped from reaching the village."
Jiraiya said "I like it...except what are you going to do with him when you capture him."
Naruto looked at Zabuza and said "Mirai island."
Zabuza said "Should work. He had demon supression seals all over the island to weaken Sanbi so holding him there should be no problem and there are plenty of food and water for him."
Naruto said "And it's isolated enough to make discovering him hard."
Jiraiya said "I'll find out when they are coming to Konoha so you can set up an ambush as well as any information I can on him and his teammates."
Ino asked "What about after that...what are we going to do."
Naruto thought a moment and said "If I can get my contacts to in the black market I would like to make things hostile between Sound and some of the other villages around Rice Field Country so that way the leaders of those villages will want to send a message to them. If we can frame them for some attacks on their villages we can get them to maybe eliminate the Sound team in the exams. It's to risky for Jiji to do it since there maybe spies in Konoha."
Kiba said "Man, how the hell are you coming up with this crap. I mean most of us can see where your going with them but I never thought I would hear this kind of things coming from you."
Naruto said "I just think of it like my pranks back in the village. Divert village security one way while I go another, set up traps to slow down the guys chasing me so I can go down a manhole in the alley a block up. I've been doing this kind of planning for years. Just now instead of pranking I'm trying to remove power and support from our enemies like I would village security."
Shikamaru who had assumed a thinking pose asked "Is there anyway to get a copy of Orochimaru handwriting."
Tsunade said "Yeah, just getting some of his old mission files...why."
Shikamaru said "Dad told me about how the Sharingan can allow a sharingan user to copy and write just like someone else. I was thinking if we got Sasuke a copy of Orochimaru handwritting we could have him ask for a meeting between him and the leaders of some of the minor countries that might be willing to join him and then set a trap for them. Possibly send one of Naruto Kagebunshin disguised as a Sound nin to meet the Tsuchikage or Raikage with a letter from Orochimaru ordering them to aid in attacking Konoha while being disrespectful and then when they refuse have the clone ignite exploding tags on it...or have Ino take possession of a Sound nin and place the tags on the guys body where when Ino releases her jutsu there is a short delay before he explodes. Attempting to kill the leader of another country would really make trouble for him in gaining allies in the future."
Naruto thought and said "Or....we could frame Orochimaru for the kidnapping of Gaara...or the attempted kidnapping of Gaara. If Sound nins were to attack the Suna nins on their way to Suna perhaps we could make it where they found a scroll with Orochimaru orders to kill them and capture the Ichibi. That would be easier then framing Akatasuki. Hmm....maybe make it where the great Jiraiya showed up and the sound nins ran after the first battle. I could use my kagebunshin to appear as sound nins and they could run or shushin away when Jiraiya appears and Jiraiya along with a couple of ANBU ninja from Konoha could have knock the body of a dead sound nin into the area who appears to be the Jounin in charge of the operation so after the other fled he could search the body and as the 'ANBU searched for them and bring back a couple other bodies who look like the kagebunshin who fled. Say you were on your way to Suna because you had recieved intel that Orochimaru was going to assassinate the Kazekage. With you intel and the scroll you found giving orders to capture Gaara then you could dismiss the 'ANBU' and ask to escort the Suna nins back to Suna to inform them of the attempt to kidnap Gaara as well as the info you recieved on Orochimaru plans to assassinate the Kazekage. The Jounin sensei would most likely think it better to return to the safety of their village with this information then continue to Konoha. If that fails then we go with the back up plan of framing the Akatasuki and make it sound like they had joined forces with Orochimaru to capture the Ichibi."
Shikamaru said "There are still a few ideas we would have to work out like who would impersinate the 'ANBU' and who would be members of Akatasuki..but that does seem like the best idea."
Naruto said "I agree...think you can fake some intel to make it look like Orochimaru plans to kill the Kazekage."
Jiraiya said "If you can find out when they plan to meet for the final discussion about the invasion then I should have no problem."
Naruto nods and said "Well if that is all I think we should get some rest and start first thing in the morning with our training. Anyone else have anything to say."
Nobody said anything and Naruto said "Dismissed."
Kakashi said "I almost feel like I was back in the Yondaimes office."
Jiraiya said "You weren't the only one Kakashi, you weren't the only one." as he glanced at Tsunade who was watching Naruto as he left the room.
