NOTE: To anyone with medical knowledge, yes I know that DNA tests can't be run in the time-frame I have given. Remember that this is fan fiction and given all the other impossible crap going on in the manga. Just please suspend your disbelief okay.
Chapter 2: Well, Damn!
Ibiki appeared beside Sarutobi in the Council chambers to a few grumbles from the civilian members, leaning over he began whispering urgently in Sarutobi's ear. To the irritation of the civilian members doing the most grumbling the Hokage stood abruptly. "This meeting is over." Sarutobi announced as he shunshined away with Ibiki.
Back at the hospital Kakashi was still acting as a bleed-off shunt for Naruto's lightning with Iruka pulling the water out of the air and re-directing it out the window to keep it away from the newly arrived monitoring equipment and medical team. They had already received more bad news, Naruto was developing a fever from the extreme system over-load. They now had one person sponging him off with cool water while another was lightly fanning him. They had found out that no high chakra using medic-ijutsu could be used on him as he seemed to be hyper-sensitive to chakra, and his metabolism was burning the medications out of his system before they had a chance to work. The medics in the room had all they could handle keeping him breathing, treating his lightning burns, keeping him from going into shock, and trying to help assist his body's adjustment to the sudden emergence of his new abilities. The last group was having the worst time because they had to figure out what changes his body was attempting and help with only that one change. They had, unfortunately, discovered that if they tried to make more than one change, or if they tried to make a change out of the order his body wanted his lungs would shut down. This had already happened twice so they were forced to work slowly, one alteration at a time, assisting his body to make the adjustments as swiftly as they dared.
It was into this chaos that Sarutobi and Ibiki appeared. Noticing them, Nakamura called out that he would be with them shortly. When they had Naruto somewhat stabilized again the Head Medic walked to the aged Hokage, bowing politely. "Update me, please." Sarutobi ordered shortly.
Nakamura took a deep breath, then began giving Sarutobi his assessment of Naruto's condition. "He has second degree lightning burns over his right arm, upper chest and back. More worrying is the fact that his body hasn't been allowed to make any of the subtle but very important changes it should have made from his birth to now in order to deal with his dual affinities. His body has developed a fever due to the over-load that occurred earlier, and this fever isn't responding to medications of any kind. We can't use mid to high level medic-ijutsu on him as he seems to be very hyper sensitive to chakra above the lower levels necessary to assist with the most basic bodily adaptations. We can keep a light passive flow only into areas his body is concentrating chakra in already. That's why I have a team working on 'helping' along these changes, the progress is slow however, as they are limited to working on one thing at a time. If they try working on more than one thing, or something his body isn't working on at the time, or try to go too fast he stops breathing." Nakamura stated to forestall the question he could see in both of their eyes as to why they couldn't just make the changes themselves.
"They have to 'see' what his body is trying to do for another reason as well. Simply put, we haven't had an elemental user of his level or with more than one elemental affinity all of near equal strength, and certainly not in his age group, since Senju Tobirama. We don't know what changes to make. The head of that team will be giving me a list later of the changes and the order in which they are made just in case something like this ever happens again. Everything is being made more difficult by the fact that his body's resources are split between making these alterations, healing the current damage and his uncontrolled abilities, chakra suppression tags aren't working properly which is also taking away chakra he needs for healing and draining his reserves. He isn't in danger of exhaustion yet, but we are carefully monitoring this. His temperature is one hundred degrees and slowly climbing, if this continues his organs will start to shut down and he'll die." He finished grimly.
Sarutobi's eyes hardened, "That is not an acceptable outcome! What do you need to save him?" He asked with uncharacteristic impatience.
Nakamura Yojiro visibly steeled himself before uttering a short response. "Tsunade." He looked at Sarutobi, "His best, possibly only chance, is Tsunade."
"Tsunade considers Konoha a deathtrap and won't willingly set foot in it anymore." Sarutobi sighed heavily.
"I may have an incentive to persuade her." Kakashi spoke from Naruto's bedside. "She was fond of Minato, give me a copy of Naruto's birth certificate and a photo of his face taken now. I doubt it if I'm the only one who sees a striking resemblance to more than one Hokage. If we're right about his ancestry we would have to send for her anyway as his closest living relative. Together that should be enough to persuade her to come back here, especially if I go to get her. I won't let Kyuubi get his way, Naruto isn't going to die."
"Can you leave him? Is he stable enough?" Sarutobi asked, worriedly.
"There are others who can do what I've been doing, have them take turns until I get back, even if you have to raid from Danzou's Root Division. He would likely be more than willing to help, he was taught by Tobirama-sama too along with you and the Advisers, if I remember correctly. Hopefully it won't take very long to track her scent down with my Summon's help." Kakashi said, stubbornly determined.
Sarutobi turned to the Head Medic, after sending one of his trusted ANBU to his office for Minato's scroll, as well as Naruto's birth certificate. "Do you have a camera we can use, as well as a list of Naruto's current problems for Inu-san to show her as well?"
Nakamura nodded. "An instant camera at that, we use it for abuse and suspected abuse cases, no need to wait for developing." He sent the same Nurse from before to get the camera. "Get her back here as fast as you can. The faster she starts treatment the better his chances are."
"I will have Enma send a messenger to Jiraiya, then I will go re-convene the Council. Everyone felt that blast of Youki and they started to panic, I will also be informing the Elders as well as the Clan Heads of the suspected ancestry of Naruto. Nakamura-san, I will require several more photos and copies of his current medical status as well, to fend off the council. I also need you to expedite a pair of DNA tests, the first Senju Tobirama and Namikaze Minato, both left samples in the hospital with preservation seals in the high security vault that only you and I have access to, the second is for Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Naruto. These need to be done quietly and quickly so no one can taint the results." Then Sarutobi gave a wry chuckle, before turning to Kakashi. "Just before he left Jiraiya said the most recent sighting of Tsunade was in Tanzaku Gai at a large poker tournament. The tournament is still going on, look for her there first. As soon as the information and mission scrolls are finished you may go."
Sarutobi began writing the mission details on a blank scroll he kept on him for emergency use, adding an empty storage seal to hold the medical file and picture. The nurse arrived with the camera just before he finished stamping it with the Hokage's official seal, she handed the camera to Yojiro then when he requested the copies of Naruto's file, enough for Inu, the Hokage and Council. Sarutobi added the scroll Minato had left and Naruto's birth certificate with orders that both items were to be returned as soon as the copies were made, she bowed again then set about getting what they needed.
Yojiro bowed respectfully to the Hokage. "I will run the tests myself, Hokage-sama and bring you the results even if you are still with the Council." As he began to turn to take the needed pictures, Sarutobi cleared his throat.
"Very well, I will leave word with the ANBU at the doors to allow you entry. I will also be assigning ANBU to guard young Naruto-kun in the hospital as I don't trust everyone to remain level headed. I will give you fair warning, my orders will be that if anyone, be they shinobi or civilian attacks Naruto-kun they will lose their head. No exceptions!" Sarutobi warned sternly, a flinty no-nonsense look to his eyes. Yojiro nodded in understanding and waded in closer to the bed in order to get a good frontal shot and started taking the pictures that the Hokage and Inu-san would need to accomplish their tasks. A few minutes later the Hokage had the scroll and certificate back, the first photos had finished developing, the very first picture attached to a medical file and sealed into the mission scroll then given to Kakashi so he could leave immediately, the rest were paired up with the files the Hokage needed. As Hiruzen exited the room he looked at a spot on the wall, "Root, present yourself." He commanded. The Root agent that revealed themselves was of medium height, brown haired and had hazel eyes. "You will go tell Danzou I wish to speak with him here immediately." When that Root agent had left he turned to another blank spot and stated, "You and the rest will guard the patient in this room. Any who attempt to harm him are to be treated as traitors to Konoha and executed. Deploy yourselves accordingly. Dismissed."
Fifteen minutes later Danzou arrived, "Apologies for my lateness, Hiruzen. I was attempting to talk some sense into Homura and Koharu. Those two are at it again, with that strong burst of youki they are attempting to say the child should be killed for the safety of the village. They refuse to understand that young Naruto-kun is the one keeping all of us safe with every breath he takes, and that he is merely the container and not the Demon itself. You will have to deal with them in some manner soon I suspect, Hiruzen." The only sign of his long time friends inner turmoil at this last statement is the slight tightening of his hands on the head of his cane.
"We will need to re-convene the Council, Clan Heads, civilians and all." Hiruzen sighed, handing over one of the new files. "Read that." He used ANBU sign-language for one of his personal guard to get others and gather the Council, as Danzou read the file. When Danzou got to the picture at the back his hands tightened on the file, creasing the papers slightly and Hiruzen smiled coldly. "My old team-mates will change their tune or I will change it for them. I will not allow them to hurt our sensei's only remaining direct family, and the son of Namikaze Minato. I have taken the liberty of ordering Root to guard Naruto-kun, and to treat any attacks on him as an act of treason. No exceptions, no appeals." He told his old friend with a hard uncompromising look on his face.
Danzou nodded approvingly. "All entrances, exits and the ceiling?"
Sarutobi nodded, as he ran through hand signs and slapped both hands on the floor. "Summoning jutsu: Monkey King Enma." A plume of smoke hid the appearance of the Monkey Summon's leader. Sarutobi handed another file to Enma, "When you have finished reading this I need you to have your fastest messenger get that to Jiraiya and Orochimaru. They should be on their way back to the Village and travelling at their fastest speed, I will then need the messenger to return to me so they can take DNA test results to Inu-san, whom I have sent for Tsunade." Enma's eyes made their way through the file, widening at the photo. "Yes Enma, he is related to the person you are thinking. The Fox has caused no little trouble with his last bit of spite, and to live the boy needs his cousin. I have sent Inu-san for her with orders not to accept a refusal, and he may use any means of blackmail he deems necessary to get her to return." Hiruzen took a deep bracing breath. "I am about to inform the Council of what has happened. Have the messenger instruct Jiraiya and Orochimaru to get here as quickly as they can. Some of the Council will be difficult, I expect."
Enma narrowed his eyes at his Summoner. "Do you need me to return to you Hiruzen? I can't say I would mind a decent fight, it's been a while since we've had a good one. Or even to just put idiotic people in their place." He gave Hiruzen a toothy grin.
"Of course old friend, just to be on the safe side." Sarutobi gave Enma a bland look that surprised a snicker from Danzou as well as the Boss Summon.
"I will send my youngest grandson Kage with this, a day out you said? Which direction?" Enma asked.
"West and slightly to the north, they were going to meet up with one of Jiraiya's more reclusive contacts." Was his intentionally vague reply. This may be an emergency but he still had to protect the Village's spies from discovery, the looks on his companion's faces showed they understood his caution in giving an exact location. "I will see you shortly Enma. Danzou, if you would walk with me." Hiruzen asked as Enma returned to the Summon's relm to send the file so he could return to his friend in case of trouble or, hopefully, permission to kick the hind parts of those who deserved it the most.
Message sent, Enma returned to Sarutobi's side just as he sat in his chair at the rounded end of the elongated 'u' that was the Council chamber, with Danzou taking the seat beside him as long-standing tradition between the four of them was that whichever of his remaining friends got to the chairs flanking his first usually got to see more information. Needless to say he had long ago taken to calling Danzou first to insure he had someone level-headed on at least one side and had begun to hope that the more moderate Koharu arrived second instead of Homura, who had an unreasoning hatred of Naruto, his ANBU had taken note of this and tended to make sure he was called last. With the Hokage seated the ANBU at the door allowed the rest of the Council to enter and find seats. As everyone seated themselves and settled to listen to the reason for the interruption of the first meeting all eyes turned to the Hokage.
Sarutobi stood, handing a stack of files to Koharu on one side and Danzou on the other, he instructed her to take one and pass the rest down, as Danzou had his already he simply passed them down. When everyone had one he began. "Everyone felt the surge of youki earlier, I'm sure. If you will open the files in front of you, you will find a copy of the scroll left for me by Minato which opened earlier today. If you would take a moment to read it." Hiruzen paused for a few minutes for them to read the letter, but not long enough for the denser people to attempt to deny the contents with some half-baked protest. "The birth certificate of Naruto-kun that was sealed in the scroll is just under the letter if you care to look at it. I believe this should sufficiently explain the youki felt earlier when the Kyuubi was returned to Makai. We now have a new problem caused by the Fox. I call your attention to the medical report of young Naruto as of earlier this evening, for those who aren't familiar with medical jargon it states that the Fox prevented all of the needed delicate physical adjustments that most who handle large amounts of chakra and elemental chakra need to use it safely. Earlier, immediately after the Fox's banishing in fact, Naruto's body began producing lightning and water chakra at nearly unheard of levels. This has resulted in second degree lightning burns over his right arm, upper chest and back. That is just the beginning of the problems that have made it necessary for me to send one of my ANBU for Tsunade, in order to save the boy."
A wave of disgruntled grumbling began but just as it started to really get ugly a member of the Merchant's Guild stood. "Why go to this much trouble for one boy? Not that anyone would mind having Tsunade back, mind you. But even with as much as we loved the Fourth he had no Bloodline that we know of and his jutsu are just that, jutsu that any others could learn. So why? What do you know that we don't?" He looked at the Hokage for the answer to his question, but was startled when Fugaku answered instead.
"There is a photo under the medical file, I suggest you look at it." The Uchiha Clan Head looked at the Hokage. "Does this picture mean what I think it does, Hokage-sama?"
Just as Hiruzen was about to answer one of the ANBU that was stationed outside opened the door to let the Head Medic in. Yojiro bowed to the Hokage as he reached him. "The results, Hokage-sama. They are as we believed they would be."
"So Uzumaki Naruto is the Fourth's son?" Sarutobi asked.
"Yes, Hokage-sama, and the Fourth was the Grandson of the Second, Senju Tobirama." He bowed once more. "I must return to my patient." With the dropping of that explosive bit of news the Head Medic left the scene with all the haste of a hunted man. Much to the Hokage and Danzou's amusement.