Hello my dear Readers. How are you all doing? Welcome to Chapter 3 of this Story

Authors Note: Before begin the story I would like to say and announce a few things.

First of all, thank you again for reading this story, for the positive and motivating rewrites I received and for voting in my Poll. I would also like to thank my Readers Kurogano Yokaze, MiseryWolf97, BlindLight98 and The Sith'ari for writing some Ideas and Tipp's for the Story in their reviews and giving me the permission to use them.

For the first word incident, I'm glad some of you seemingly liked it. I based that on something real that happened to a friend of mine some time ago. He and I were playing a Game at his home in the Living Room with his Mother and Baby Sister being in the same Room, and while we were losing against some opponents, he accidentally cursed and called one of them an ass, and this became his sisters first word. I don't need to tell you that his Mother was less then pleased about this and scolded him really bad (while I nearly fell of the couch from laughing)


Story related Info: I decided to add here a short summary about the period of time when the three Great Shinobi Wars took place, the length of the periods between them, as well as the info about a few important Events during that time:

1) The gap between the Great Shinobi Wars and the duration of the Wars:

-The period between the 1st War and the 2nd War lasted 20 Years

-The period between the 2nd War and the 3rd War lasted 10 Years

-(I don't know how long each of this three Wars lasted, but I think they all lasted around 3-5 years at the most) In this Story, both the 1st War and the 2nd War lasted around 5 years, while the 3rd War lasted a bit more than 2 years.

2) Important Events during that time:

-Hashirama Senju (1st Hokage), A (1st Raikage) (1), Byakuren (1st Mizukage), Reto (1st Kazekage) and Ishikawa (1st Tsuchikage), all of them died years before the beginning of the 1st War

-A few years before the 1st War Tobirama Senju (2nd Hokage) and Z (2nd Raikage) (2) tried to form an Alliance between Konoha and Kumo, but the ceremony was attacked by the KinGin Kyōdai (Gold and Silver Brothers) Ginkaku and Kinkaku. After the fight in which both Kages were seriously injured, the Kingin Kyōdai escaped and the Alliance failed.

-Tobirama Senju (2nd Hokage) died sometime during the 1st War

-Mū (2nd Tsuchikage) and Gengetsu Hōzuki (2nd Mizukage) fought and killed each other sometime during the 1st War

-Shamon (2nd Kazekage) died/was assassinated a few years before the 2nd War

-Kushina was sent to Konoha roughly 1 year before the beginning of the 2nd War

-The destruction of Uzushiogakure by the combined forces of Iwa, Kiri and Kumo was right at the beginning of the 2nd War (the attack was over after 4 days). Z (2nd Raikage) died during this battle.

-After the end of the 2nd War the 3rd Mizukage changes the way how he leads his Village and amongst other things he changed the Academy graduation exam (each Student was forced to fight another Student in a duel to the death until one of them was killed) (3). Because of this Kirigakure gained the nickname Chigiri no Sato (Village of the Bloody Mist).

-Right at the beginning of the 3rd War, Sasori kidnapped and killed the 3rd Kazekage, and this was the final trigger that caused the outbreak of the 3rd War

-The 3rd Mizukage died near the end of the 3rd War and shortly after his death Yagura became the 4th Mizukage

-Sometime before Yagura became the 4th Mizukage, Obito infiltrated Kiri and trapped Yagura in a Genjutsu, effectively taking control of him

-Right after the end of the 3rd War: Minato and Kushina secretly married and Minato became the 4th Hokage

-About 1 year after the end of the 3rd War Obito let Yagura order the beginning of the 'Bloodline-Purge'

-About 2 years after the end of the 3rd War in the night of the 10th October: Naruto was born and Obito triggered the Kyuubi attack. To safe Konoha and his family, Minato sealed the Kyuubi into his son Naruto and to do that he sacrificed his own life and died after he succeeded

(These Infos are related to this Story and not to the original. This means the Infos are partially made-up by myself.)

I added this List, because I'm referring to some of this events during this Chapter, and the canon never really covered how long these events lasted and how many years have passed since then until the canon (actually, the original Story conflicts itself more than once….). Because of that I created my own time-list.


After saying all this, let's continue with the Story


DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto and any of its Characters


Chapter 3: the Hyuuga Incident and freaky Eyes

Kumogakure, Yotsuki-Clan Compound, 3.5 Years after Kyuubi-attack

The Yotsuki Compound was one of the bigger Compounds in Kumo and built into a Mountain near the Raikage Mountain like an aerie. Sitting in the dining room of the House of the Clan leader, Raizen was eating his Breakfast before he again had to go to his office and fight the Papers from Hell. While he was eating, he thought back about how his life had changed in the past two Years.

After the Incident with Naruto learning his first word from Bee, Kushina was extremely angry and went to hunt down Bee. Although Bee tried to hide from her, it didn't really helped him much, because he forgot that Kushina was a Sensor and that he as a Jinchuuriki did have a rather large and distinctive Chakra signature. In the end it didn't took Kushina very long to find him, and then Bee received the beating of his life by the hands of the angry mother. The only thing that saved Bee and everyone else in the Yotsuki Compound from the continued wrath of Kushina was, that when she returned to the Compound after beating Bee, as soon she entered the living room Naruto crawled to her and greeted her with "Kaa-chan". This caused her anger to disappear immediately while she began swoon over the combined cuteness from Naruto and Yugito.

At remembering this Raizen chuckled, because he also remembered that ever since then, Bee feared Kushina to a point where he would avoid to annoy her (too much) at all cost and even decreased his rapping to a point, where he mostly only did it when he was greatly angered, upset, happy, disturbed or sad, much to the relief of A and the Hachibi (Eight-Tails). This effectively made Kushina the third person in Kumo whose orders Bee actually would obey. The other two being Raizen and A.

Soon after that, Rin and Kakashi took an apartment on their own and also soon became respected members of the SHOCK-ANBU division and Kumo's Shinobi Forces. Rin also worked part-time as a Medic at Kumo's Hospital and as well helped to train Genin who were interested to become Iryō-nin (Medic Ninja). Kakashi and Rin also both often visited Kushina, Yugito and Naruto to play with the Children or watch them when Kushina was on a Mission. Because of Rin and Kakashi being so often around Yugito and Naruto, they started to consider them (Rin and Kakashi) as their older Siblings, like they did it with A and Bee, and also started to call them "Nee-chan" and "Nii-san" as soon as they learned the right Words. This caused all four of them, Rin, Kakashi, Bee and even A, to be extremely proud that the two young Jinchuurikis saw them as their Siblings.

Besides that, the life for himself (Raizen) as well as all the other peoples around the two young blonde Jinchuurikis was rather pleasant and enjoyable as well as very interesting for the last two years, because both of them were bundles of joy with nearly endless Stamina. They both grew up really fast to a point, where they were rather large for their Age. Because of their similar appearance, someone who didn't knew them would mistake them as Siblings, maybe even Twins, as the only differences, besides their gender, were their Hair- and Eye colors as Yugito had dirty-blonde Hair and Jade-green Eyes while Naruto had bright, sun-kissed blonde Hair and deep blue Eyes. They still were inseparable and did nearly everything together. They were also very curious and smart as they learned things really fast. They also had a knack for getting into trouble, for example by climbing trees. On one of this occasions they found out, that Yugito would land always on her feet or on all fours like a cat, because she fell out of the tree she was climbing at the moment. This nearly caused Kushina, Raizen, A and Bee who witnessed this, to have a heart attack all together. Yugito has also recently gained some more cat-like features, where her Eyes became like the one of a Cat, which means her Pupils became slitted and she also became able to see in the dark, were her Eyes would also gleam like the ones of a Cat, and her hearing became much more sensitive. While Raizen, Kushina and A became greatly worried about this, Bee reassured them that this was completely normal for a Jinchuuriki to gain some traits of the Bijuu that is sealed inside them. After they found out about Yugito's enhanced senses they tested Naruto's too and found out that he was also beginning to develop an enhanced sense of smell and enhanced hearing, as well as some kind of Night vision.

All in all: Naruto and Yugito both had become the Pride and Joy of the whole Raikage family including Kushina and the Yotsuki Clan, who all greatly loved the two. The two young blondes also had all these people completely wrapped around their fingers, and they knew it. Kushina, A, Raizen and to some extend Bee were also highly protective of our two favorite blondes against anyone who had something against Jinchuurikis, and it soon became an unwritten Law in Kumo to not insult the two in front of Kushina, A, Raizen and Bee because the first three always did beat the crap out everyone while, depending on the insults, sometimes even Bee would made sure that those who were foolish enough to speak their thoughts out loud weren't able to eat solid food for some time.

Lately Yugito and Naruto also both started to develop a rather mischievous and prank loving side, much to everyone's horror except from Kushina, who, after she realized this, cried Tears of Joy and started boasting about how proud she was that both, her son as well as her adopted daughter, took after her and were about to become talented prankster. At this thought Raizen sighed deeply, because he already knew from the stories he heard from Rin and Kakashi about how Kushina seemingly used to be as a Child, that if Yugito and Naruto become only half as bad as her (Kushina), this would mean a lot of extra Paperwork and Headaches for him (Raizen) in the near future.

Raizen then decided to focus on more pleasant thoughts. Soon a large grin formed itself on his face, when he came to think about the most recent developments concerning his oldest son A. Ever since Kushina and Naruto joined Kumo, it became rather obviously for everyone who knew A, that he was developing feelings for the fierce Redhead. A tried to hide it, but didn't really succeed at it. While he, at the moment, achieved to hide it from Kushina, at least Raizen as well as Bee and his former Team Mates Darui and C clearly knew it, but kept it for themselves, for now.

Raizen's grin became rather mischievous, when some examples of the rather obvious indications for A's growing feelings popped up in his mind, and he made a mental note to himself, to tease A about it at the earliest opportunity.

But Raizen couldn't deny how similar he and A were personality wise, because he remembered how lost he was when he fell in love with his late wife.

"We're both some of the strongest Shinobis alive in the whole freakin Elemental Nations. We're Warriors, who would face an entire Army on our own without hesitation, but Kami help us if it comes to Women and how to confess our feeling to them. Because when we're facing this challenge, we become helpless like a Civilian who's facing an angry Bijuu. Well, considering Kushina's fierce Temper, means that A will have it hard in the Future. Poor A. I'm almost tempted to pity him a bit. On the other hand, this promises to be funny to watch." A clearly amused Raizen thought. Then he started to laugh, because he was visualizing the image of his eldest son, who's struggling and suffering in the attempt to court Kushina.

After he stopped laughing, he finished his Breakfast and then used a Rai-Shunshin (Lightning Body Flicker) to reach his office and start another day of work.

Raikage Office, a bit later

Currently Raizen was looking through some files about a political faction in Kumo, which caused him a serious Headache. The most notable Members of this Faction were three Members of the Civilian Council (Arisho Nabara, Otare Asano and Shishi Akihe (all three were Merchants, but not as wealthy and important as they believed they were)), Two Members of the Shinobi Council (Koha Sato and Iba Doji (each was the Head of a minor Clan)) as well as a few active Shinobis.

Lately this Faction strongly tried to put pressure on Raizen, because of how he dealt with the fact (or in their view, he didn't deal with it) that Kumo was known to be the one of the 5 great Shinobi Villages with the fewest Clans and even fewer Kekkei Genkai (Bloodline Limit). While Raizen wasn't against getting new Clans and Kekkei Genkai for Kumo, he was against their Idea how Kumo should achieve that Goal. They actually had the nerve to demand from him, their Raikage, to send out Kumo Shinobis and giving them the Mission to kidnap members, Children if possible to made it easier to brainwash them into loyalty to Kumo, of several Clans from other Villages.

"Fools, don't they realize that if we kidnap Clan-members from other Villages, especially if they have a Kekkei Genkai, we at the best ruin our Village's reputation, which would cause us to lose Clients and Missions, and in the worst case it would start another War?" He thought and scowled at their sheer idiocy. The very thought of kidnapping Children, to make them into nothing more than Slaves and Human Breeding-Machines, caused Raizen to growl and being disgusted with the People who suggested something like this. He was greatly ashamed about the fact that such People were in Kumo's own Council and he was secretly searching for a way to let them disappear, without causing a ruckus. Sadly this turned out to be rather difficult.

They especially caused a Headache for him, because they seemed to be obsessed about gaining the Byakugan (White Eye), the special Dōjutsu (Eye Technique) of the Hyuuga Clan from Konoha, the one Village he didn't want have anything to do with it, partially because he was fearing the possibility of Konoha learning the truth about Naruto and Kushina who he both already sees as Parts of his Family.

While he was cursing about stupid, power hungry fools and tried to find the easiest way to deal with them, suddenly the Office Doors were slammed open and a young woman with two Files in her Hands stormed into the room without knocking or asking for permission to enter. The hidden STORM-ANBU in the Office who acted as the Raikage's Bodyguards, not that Raizen really needed them as he was a living Shinobi-Legend for a Reason, where about to attack the Intruder, but then they recognized the Woman: it was Mabui, a Kunoichi from Kumo and the Raikage's Secretary.

Mabui was a dark-skinned young woman with green eyes. She was about Bee's age. She wore very formal attire consisting of a long-sleeved, high-collared dress shirt and skirt, along with a pair of long earrings and sandals. She wore her light grey hair pulled back into a bun with two bangs that fall on either side of her face.

At recognizing who it was that rudely disturbed him, Raizen scowled and growled, "What is?!"

"Raikage-sama, we have an urgent Situation and big trouble!" Mabui was all but shouting with a worried expression. This alerted Raizen instantly, and told him that whatever Mabui talking about must really be serious, because normally Mabui remained calm even in stressful situations.

"Report already!" Raizen ordered and made a hand sign for her to continue.

"Raikage-sama, received this combined Reports from the FLASH-ANBU Division together with some Info's from BOLT. I believe it's better you read them yourself." Mabui replied and hand over the two Files she carried to Raizen.

-Enter Naruto OST 2 - Raikiri (Thunder Break)-

Raizen immediately started to read them, but the more he was reading, the more his expression turned into one of absolute Rage and he started leaking a rather strong Killing Intent. In his anger he even unconsciously partially activated his Raiton no Yoroi (Lightning Release Armour) which caused small bolts of Lightning starting to sparkle all over him. This was only increasing his already intimidating appearance. When he finished reading, he looked like he was about to explode. He then slammed his right fist onto his desk with such force, he smashed the wood into splinters. While doing this, he started shouting: "RAAAARGH! THIS GODDAMN, ARROGANT, BRAINDEAD, ASSHOLES! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING, DOING SUCH AN IDIOTIC THING! I'M GONNA KILL THEM ALL! I WILL FRY THEM TO A POINT WHERE THEY WILL LOOK LIKE CHARCOAL! I WILL SHOW THEM WHY I'M STILL THE RAIKAGE AND WHY MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T DARE RISKING TO BE THE TARGET OF MY WRATH! WHEN I'M FINISHED WITH THEM, THEY WILL WISH THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN BORN!"

At the sight of their Kage losing his calm and looking like he would start a Rampage every second, Mabui and the STORM-ANBU unconsciously took a step back in fear.

After continuing his Rant for a few minutes, Raizen suddenly turned around to face his STORM-ANBU and shouted: "ANBU, IMMEDIATELY START SEARCHING FOR DODAI, A, KILLER BEE, SHINIGAMI (Death God, Kushina's ANBU Name), KENPACHI ZARAKI, RETSU UNOHANA, DARUI AND C! TELL THEM I WANT THEM IN THIS ROOM IN 30 MINUTES BECAUSE OF AN EMERGENCY! AND ALSO ARREST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS! THE GENIUSES BEHIND THIS ARE THE COUNCILORS ARISHO NABARA, OTARE ASANO, SHISHI AKIHE AND IBA DOJI! GET THEM TO THE T&I-DEPARTMENT! WE NEED THEIR RECORDED CONFESSION AND EVERY DETAIL OF THEIR PLAN TOMORROW AT THE VERY LATEST! GIVE MAYURI KUROTSUCHI THE PERMISSION TO DO WHAT HE SEEMS FITTING AS LONG THIS IDIOTS ARE STILL ALIVE AFTER HE IS FINISHED! MABUI, SEND A COPY OF THIS FILES TO MAYURI SO THAT HE'S INFORMED WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT!"

"HAI, Raikage-sama!" the ANBU and Mabui replied and then disappeared to carry out their Orders and get some distance between them and their angry Leader.

-End Naruto OST 2 - Raikiri (Thunder Break)-

After everyone left, Raizen tried to calm himself down to a Point where he's able to think clear again in order to find a solution to solve this mess the easiest way possible.

After he sat down into his large Office Chair, he looked at the remains of what used to be his Desk once. He then sighed deeply and started massage his Temples, as he developed a nasty Headache already because of this whole mess.

"That's just what I need… More Trouble. As if it wasn't difficult enough already, this Idiots did have to try to kidnap the Hyuuga Heiress and injure the Clan Heads Wife and Brother in the process. And as if that's not bad enough already, they did have to get caught and now make this even worse. Do they not realize that even if they would've been successful, it most likely would end in a War? Do they really think the Byakugan is worth another War?"

For the first Time in his Life since he became the Raikage after his predecessor, the Nidaime Raikage (2nd Lightning Shadow), died in the joined attack of Iwa, Kiri and Kumo against Uzushiogakure together with more than 90% of the invasive forces at the very beginning of the second great Shinobi War, Raizen felt old, because of the fact they could have planned and executed the Hyuuga Incident without anyone noticing it until it was too late.

He then shook his head while growling: "Enough of this self-pitying crap! I've no time for this now. I have to find a way out of this mess without causing a new War!"

Raizen sighed again, because he could already tell that this was easier said than done, and then started to develop Plans to get his Village out of this mess before everything went down the drain, while he waited for the arrival of the People whose presence he ordered.

30 minutes later

On the Order of their Raikage, 8 People were entering the Office while wondering why they all together have been ordered to appear in their Leader's Office at once. Immediately after entering the Office, every one of them noticed the destroyed Desk. It seems that whatever the reason for this meeting was, it was urgent.

After the last of them entered and closed the Door behind himself, they stood in a Line before the Raikage. When he saw that all of the People he requested were present, Raizen looked at them while recalling why he asked specifically for them. From the left to the right they were: Dodai, A, Killer Bee, Shinigami (Kushina), Darui, C, Kenpachi Zaraki and Retsu Unohana.

Dodai's and A's appearance hadn't changed over the last few Years. Bee also looked almost the same as before with the only exception He grew himself a Goatee.

Kushina on the other hand was impossible to recognize because she was in her ANBU Outfit. She wore a Black Shirt, a Dark-Grey ANBU-Armor over it and Black Gloves with Metal Arm Protectors over them that covered her Hands and Forearms, Black Shinobi-Pants, Shinobi-Sandals of the same Color and the standard Kumo Shin guards but instead of being White with Red stripes, hers were Black with Dark-Grey stripes. Over her Face she wore a Crimson Red mask with thin, slitted eye-holes and the Kanjis for "Death God" (死神,Shinigami) in place of the mouth, and the Kumogakure Symbol on the Forehead (it looks like a completely Red Kiri-Oinin Mask with the described changes) and she wore her fiery Red Hair bound into a waist length braid. She also wore a long Crimson Red, sleeveless Coat with decorated black lightning-like motifs on the edges. It looked like a red Version of Minato Namikazes Coat only with lightning-like motifs instead of flame-like motifs. On the back of her Coat were also written the Kanji's for "Death God". The Symbols were blocked by a Nodachi that was slung on her back with a black leather belt. This was Kushinas new Sword Tensa Zangetsu (Heaven Chain slaying Moon). The Swords length was around 140cm and it was complete black: scabbard, blade, cross guard, hilt and even the Chain that was attached at the end of the hilt, everything was Black. The cross guard had four prongs and bent out to a curved and jagged form in the shape of the manji (卍), while the Blade became curved as it nears the tip, with three protrusions along the blunt end of the sword close to its tip.

While looking at Kushina, Raizen thought: "Good. When she wears this Outfit, not even one of the Persons who were her friends when she was living in Konoha would recognize her." He then continued and looked at his former Student Darui and Darui's Partner C.

Darui was a fairly tall, dark-skinned man with a slightly bulbous nose, black eyes that usually looked bored, and shaggy, white hair which covered his left eye. He wore a high-collared, sleeveless uniform with loose fitting pants, bandages on his wrists and the one-strap-over-one-shoulder flak jacket of a Kumogakure shinobi. Darui also had stylized characters for water (水,Mizu) and lightning (雷, Kaminari) tattooed on his right and left shoulders respectively, denoting his chakra's nature affinities, Suiton (Water Release) and Raiton (Lightning Release), as well as the fact that he had a kekkei genkai, the Ranton (Storm Release). The tattoo on his left arm also signified that he had inherited the Third Raikage's black lightning. He carried a broad, foldable, cleaver-like sword, strapped to his back.

C was a young man with short, blond hair and dark eyes. He wore a sleeveless black shirt with a one-strap-over-one-shoulder white flak jacket, black forehead protector, characteristic black, elbow-length arm-guards, and the red and white Kumogakure shin-guards along with a pair of sandals.

Raizens gaze was now on the last two Members of the Group Kenpachi Zaraki and Retsu Unohana.

Kenpachi Zaraki was a very tall (almost 2.10m), muscular man with a wild and aggressive appearance, which fits his personality. He had a long face with pronounced cheekbones, and pronounced, hairless eyebrow ridges. He had green eyes and long, stringy black hair that wents past his shoulders. A noticeable trait in his appearance was a long, thin scar runned down the left side of his face. He wore an Eye Patch over his right Eye. He wore a black robe, ragged black pants and Straw sandals. He wore a white sleeveless Haori which had a ragged look on it with the Kanjis for "Kenpachi" (剣八) written on it. Around his hip, he wore a Sash which had a Metal Plate embed in the center of its front, like the buckle of a belt, with the Kumo symbol on it. On his left side, carried in his sash, he wore a Nodachi that had a guard which extends inward from its center, similar to a shinai. The hilt was white, though most of it was wrapped in bandages, as was his sword's sheath. All in all he looked more like a thug than a Shinobi, but it would be a fatal mistake to believe this, because he was one of Kumo's strongest and deadliest Shinobis in the Art of Kenjutsu.

Retsu Unohana had the appearance of a slender and very youthful woman with a kind and gentle expression, blue eyes and long black hair worn as a large braid down the front of her body. She wore her Kumo Hitai-ate as a Necklace. She wore a white shitagi (shirt like under clothing) and a black Kosode (Japanese robe) over it, black Hakama, a white Obi (sash) around her waist and white Tabi (traditional Japanese socks) and Waraji (Straw sandals) at her feet. She also wore a white Haori with black lightning-like motifs on the edges and the Kanjis for "Bloody Death" (血まみれの死, Chimamire no Shi) on the back. The way she carried her Sword was rather unique: she had a large string attached to the sheath of her Sword and carried it over her shoulder. Her Sword was a Tachi with a strongly curved blade, while the tsuba had an oval shape, and the handle was red.

After looking at any of them, Raizen cleared his throat and said: "Thank you all for appearing this fast. Does any of you already have heard why I called you?"

All of them denied, so Raizen continued: "Good, then I will give you a brief summary. As some of you may know, there is a political faction in Kumogakure whose members are displeased about the well-known fact that Kumo has the fewest amount of Shinobi Clans and even fewer Clans whose members possess a Kekkei Genkai among the five Great Hidden Villages, despite the fact that during the past 17 Years, since the end of the second Great Shinobi War, four Shinobi Clans joined Kumo, namely the Kimuunkuru Clan (4), the Yukitora Clan (5), the Kariudo Clan (6) and the Shiroi Ōkami Clan (7). This faction recently gained more influence and power and started to become an annoyance and a risk for Kumo's safety."

"May I ask a question?" Kushina suddenly interrupted, "How exactly did a Bunch of Councilors, who can do little more than kick up a racket, suddenly become a risk for Kumo's safety? I thought, in Kumo the Council have, unlike in Konoha, not more Power than their Position as mere advisors for the Raikage allow them to have? And what's with this four Clans? I believe I've heard from the Shiroi Ōkami Clan during the time before I came to Kumo, but I've never heard from the other three before."

"Sorry, I have probably forgotten to tell you about them." Raizen admitted a bit embarrassed that he forgot to inform her about something that important, "You see, next to Narutos and your existence, the fact that four new Clans joined Kumo is one of our most guarded secrets, because ever since the founding of the Hidden Villages, there was no Village that managed to get a new Clan additional to its founding Clans. The Info that Kumo got four new Clans, two of them with a Kekkei Genkai, would cause the other Villages to panic. And that could have some rather unpleasant results."

"Yes, I know that much too, thank you. I'm neither a Genin who's still wet behind the ears, nor stupid or retarded. I've asked where they did suddenly come from, why I haven't heard from three of this Clans, and what are this Kekkei Genkai you talked about?" Kushina replied in an annoyed tone of voice, because Raizen barely told her more than common knowledge that she already knew and she didn't liked it if someone talked with her, as if she was a Genin rookie and not the seasoned Shinobi she actually was.

Her reaction amused most of the other Peoples in the Room, because once again her temper (which all Uzumakis, especially the women, were famed and feared for) caused her, much to her own embarrassment after she realized it, to talk faster than to think.

When she realized what she said just now and seeing the amusement on everyone's faces, she blushed (what her Mask thankfully hid) and mumbled an embarrassed, "Sorry. I meant no offence. Please Continue."

Raizen shook his head and grinned, obviously amused, at seeing how Kushina's temper, once again, did get the better out of her. He lets her disrespectfulness towards him slide, because one of the first things he learned when Kushina and Naruto started to live with him and his sons was, that many if not all rumors and stories about the Uzumaki Clan mostly were true, especially those about their rather unique personalities, their explosive tempers and above all their terrible wrath. He also somewhat enjoyed her straight and honest manner, because she wasn't afraid to contradict him just because he was the Raikage.

"I was about to answer your questions before you interrupted", a still smirking Raizen replied to Kushina, "And I know very well you're not a Genin nor stupid. If you do not mind, I will continue now with my explanation in order to get to a point."

Kushina nodded sheepishly and Raizen continued, "Well, the reason why you never heard from them out of legends is, because they lived hidden and isolated in order to have their peace from the Hidden Villages. Because of that everyone thought they were extinct or being nothing more than a myth. About the Clans, where they were from and why they came to Kumo: The Kimuunkuru Clan used to live in the Mountains and Rainforests of Mori no Kuni (Land of Forests). They possess the Kekkei Genkai Dōbutsu no henkan (Animal transformation) which allow anyone who possesses it to transform into a specific Animal that matches the User's character and soul. They're able to use three forms: a partial transformation which changes only specific Parts of the Body, a complete Transformation which allows them to change completely into an Animal and a Transformation which looks more like an Animal with a few Human characteristics. I guess that this Clan is the source for many of the tales about creatures like werewolves, centaurs, mermaids, etc.… They're easily recognizable by their clan's traditional tattoos which show which Animal they can transform into and their Hairstyle. The most common Hair color is ash-gray and they often have long Hair with beads weaved into it and the color of the beads display their position. The Kariudo Clan used to live in the Mountains of Tori no Kuni (Land of Birds). They have no Kekkei Genkai, but they have giant Eagles as companions which are big enough to carry up to three peoples over long distances. The Kariudo Clan also have proverbial Eagle Eyes and because of that they are skilled marksman. They prefer to fight with Bow and Arrows over long distances but are skilled with Knives for close combat too. Because of their famous sight and their companions they're acting as Scouts and Border security while they're staying unseen up in the sky. They're recognizable by their Eyes which are pupil-less and the Women's are silver while the Men's are golden, and they also have Feathers weaved into their Hair to display their connection with their companions. The Yukitora Clan used to live in the isolation of the Mountains of Yuki no Kuni (Land of Snow). Like the Kariudo Clan they bond themselves with Animals, but the Yukitora Clan have giant white Tigers as companions which can have a Shoulder height up to 2.20 meters. The Yukitora Clan members have increased senses and reflexes like the Inuzuka Clan from Konoha. They prefer close combat together with their Tiger companions and use weapons like clawed gauntlets, swords and spears. They keep the way they forge their Weapons a strict secret, and rarely made a Weapon for someone outside their Clan. They're recognizable by their rather exotic looking weapons, the Tattoos around the Eyes and on the Cheeks which are always modeled after the facial marks of the companion of a Clan member and lastly by their Eyes, because the sclera isn't white as usual, but has always the same color as the iris and the only known eye colors are different shades of blue and green and they have slitted pupils. And lastly the Shiroi Ōkami Clan from Kiba no Kuni (Land of Fangs). They possess the Kekkei Genkai Ryōshigan (Hunter Eye), a Dōjutsu, which when it is activated increases the eyesight immensely, allow them to see in the dark by using Infra-vision to see the infrared spectrum what even allows them to track someone down based on the trail the body temperature leaves on surfaces for some time and allows them to see through Genjutsus and distinguish Clones created by elemental and non-elemental Bunshinjutsus (Clone Techniques). They're skilled Swordfighters and always carry two Longswords on their backs. One of the sword is made from normal Iron and is used to fight Thugs, Bandits and Animals, basically opponents that aren't a real challenge, while the other Sword is made from a secret Chakra-Metal alloy, which is only known by the Shiroi Ōkami Clan and this Sword is used to fight other Shinobis and is the Base for many of their Clan Techniques. Creating their own Swords is something like a maturity ritual in this Clan: only if they are able to create a simple Iron Sword and a more difficult Chakra-Metal Sword and reinforce them with several Seals then they are allowed to wear a special Necklace and are seen and treated as an adult. This Clan also is also skilled in brewing many different Potions for healing or cure something or to enhance the Body. They're recognizable by their eyes which have amber Irises which are glowing if they have their Dōjutsu activated and slitted Pupils and their chalk-white Hair, as well as the silver Necklace, that all members who are viewed as adults are wearing, that looks like the head of a Wolf with red eyes that is baring his teeth. And the reason why they left their Homelands and eventually joined Kumo were the following: during the second Great Shinobi War Sora no Kuni (Land of the Sky) invaded Mori no Kuni (Land of Forests) and Tori no Kuni (Land of Birds) and forced both, the Kimuunkuru Clan and the Kariudo Clan, to flee from their respective Homes. After both Clans met each other they formed an Alliance and came to Kumo, because they were confident that Kumo wouldn't want to miss the chance to get two new Clans and they were right. About five Years after the end of the second Great Shinobi War the Yukitora Clan left Yuki no Kuni (Land of Snow), because their Clan had become too numerous so the Land couldn't feed them anymore. And because family, unity and loyalty stands above everything else for the Yukitora Clan, they would rather search for a new Home than split up the Clan. The Clan Heads also knew that the Clan now had to join a Hidden Village to ensure the safety and survival of their Clan and to guarantee its supply with everything they need, because as soon their existence would become known by the Hidden Villages they would be after them in the hope to gain a new Clan or to annihilate a possible threat. So they left and came to Kumo because its natural surroundings with the Mountains, Forests and cold climate are the most similar to their former Home compared to the other Lands with Hidden Villages and therefore the most suitable Place for their Tigers. Lastly the Shiroi ōkami Clan: during the third Great Shinobi War their Homeland Kiba no Kuni (Land of Fangs) became the Battlefield for many skirmishes between Iwagakure and Sunagakure. The Shiroi Ōkami Clan has been repeatedly been accidentally drawn into this Battles and suffered from the destruction of their Home and the deaths of many Clan members. After an exceptionally bad Battle, they decided to leave Kiba no Kuni (Land of Fangs) and because I and the former Clan Head have met each other in the past and became friends, they came to Kumo and asked for sanctuary. That's the whole Story behind it."

During Raizens explanation, Kushina was really impressed about the things she learned about those four Clans. Suddenly a question popped up in her Head and promptly blurted out with it: "Wait a sec. If I've understood correctly you were saying that, even though four powerful Shinobi Clans have joined Kumo, there are still some idiots who're thinking that Kumo still has to obtain more Clans? And let me guess, they want you to send Shinobis to kidnap members from Clans of other Hidden Villages?"

Raizen was quite impressed that Kushina after gaining this much new Info's in the past few minutes, connected the dots this quickly.

After they heard Kushina's Question, everyone looked at Raizen and waited for his answer.

"That's correct. You got even the kidnap-part. They want to kidnap Children if possible to make it easier to brainwash them." Raizen replied, and suddenly everyone's expression turned into one of disgust, anger or both. Raizen then continued with barely suppressed anger, "And this is where we get to the Part about how, to Quote Kushina's fitting comment, 'a Bunch of Councilors, who can do little more than kick up a racket', suddenly become a risk for Kumo's safety. Barely an hour ago, I've received a report from FLASH about how the former mentioned faction planned to get a new Kekkei Genkai. To say the truth, they already tried it and failed. And this is what happened: under the disguise of negotiating an Alliance between our Villages, a group of them including Koha Sato, entered Konoha and tried to kidnap Hinata Hyuuga, Daughter of Hiashi Hyuuga and Hitomi Hyuuga and Hei-…"

All of a sudden Raizen was interrupted by a blast of Killing Intent and a furious yell.

"WHAT!"

Everyone looked at the source and saw something, most would describe as a Demon, standing amongst them.

Kushina was beside herself with anger. Even though she has left Konoha and was considering herself a Kumo-nin now, Hitomi Hyuuga was still one of her best friends. She snarled in a voice that demanded for answers, and she wanted them now, "WHAT DID THEY DO TO HITOMI-CHAN AND LITTLE HINATA-CHAN?! ANSWER ME RAIZEN, NOW!"

Raizen knew it would be smart to answer her before she completely lost it, and so he continued: "As I said, they tried to kidnap the Heiress of the Hyuuga Clan. At night, Koha Sato sneaked into the Hyuuga Compound, and into the Bedroom of the girl. However, before he could disappear again, he was suddenly surprised by the Girls Mother, Hitomi Hyuuga, and after a short fight he managed to injure here as well as Hizashi Hyuuga who rushed to her aid. He managed to get out of the Compound with the Girl, but there he was caught by Hiashi Hyuuga who killed Koha in no time. But now comes the bad Part, as Koha was supposedly under the protection for being an ambassador, his cronies demand the Head of Hiashi Hyuuga as compensation for Koga's death. I've already ordered to arrest the remaining known People behind this, who stayed here in Kumo, to find out every last of their Plans and also who else is a Part of them. These arrested also are the known Masterminds of this idiocy. They are the now former Councilors Arisho Nabara, Otare Asano, Shishi Akihe and Iba Doji, and they were directly sent to Mayuri Kurotsuchi and the T&I-Department to obtain their avowal. And now why I've called for you: I intend to go to Konoha as soon we have the proof for them, that this whole mess wasn't planned by Kumo, but instead was an act of some Idiots, in order to prevent the outbreak of a new War. And I want all of you to accompany me."

After he finished, Raizen looked at the eight People in the Room who all looked furious. Suddenly a deep and rough voice could be heard, "Raizen, not that I want to complain. But if you want to prevent another War, then why the Hell do you want me accompanying you too? You know very well that I'm not the one for peace-negotiation-chit-chat, but for cutting down opponents cheaper by the Dozen."

This voice belonged to Kenpachi Zaraki, one of the strongest Swordfighters of Kumo and something like the Kumo-Version of Kisame Hoshigaki, in terms of pure strength and Chakra Reserves.

"I know that fact very well Kenpachi, but I need you and Retsu Unohana due to special circumstances." Raizen replied to Kenpachi, "While I'm going there with the intention to stop the shit from hitting the Fan, I know very well, that there's a big chance that Konoha attacks me on sight or that some Idiots try to take revenge on their own. That's why I want you, all of you, with me, incase everything goes wrong and we have to fight. Because you are some of the strongest Shinobis of Kumo and every one of you is able to take on several Enemies alone and as a group we should be able to fight a way out of Konoha and escape." As soon Kenpachi heard this, a bloodthirsty smirk appeared on his Face.

"And you Retsu Unohana have to come with me, because you are Kumos best Iryō-nin (Medic Ninja), and from what I gathered Hitomi Hyuuga and Hizashi Hyuuga were poisoned by Koha Sato's attacks and Konoha has no one who can help them." Raizen explained, "I don't want that they have to die such an unnecessary death by the hand of this Idiot, only because I didn't realize this shit earlier. If you're able to cure them from this poison, it maybe also cool down the anger and make this easier to finish all this without an escalation. I will give you the part of the report which is a list of everything that maybe could be useful for you to identify the poison Koha has used, or at least narrow it down."

"I understand, Raikage-sama. I will try my best." Retsu Unohana replied. After she received the mentioned report and finished to read every single detail, she spoke again, "Raikage-sama, I would like to ask you for the permission, that Kushina-san comes with me."

"Why me? I'm not an Iryō-nin (Medic Ninja)" asked Kushina as surprised as everyone else.

"Why not you? It may be true that Medical Ninjutsu isn't your forte but it's still above average, because you were once a Student of Tsunade Senju, who is rumored to be the best Iryō-nin (Medic Ninja) alive, and I'm sure she did train you at least the basics. Besides that, right now Konoha will be very tense towards us, because of that I would prefer to have someone with me that watches my back, just in case some Shinobis let their hate decide their actions. And because of the current distrust it's more likely that they will allow us to help the injured, if only we two Women will go there. And lastly it's because you know Konoha, its Citizens and Shinobis and even the Hyuuga Clan so there is the chance that you may notice things the rest of us doesn't realize, and you're may be able to detect if Konoha is plotting something." Retsu Unohana explained her Idea.

After he thought about it for a moment, Raizen nodded and ordered Kushina to do as Retsu Unohana had suggested it and Kushina nodded to show that she has understood.

"So when are we going? We have to save Hitomi-chan and I want to kick the ass of these Idiots who planned all this." Kushina urged, because she wanted to help Hitomi as soon as possible, because Hitomi and her Family were some of the few people who actually saw Naruto as the Hero he was and tried to help Kushina and him.

"We will leave for Konoha as soon as Mayuri gets every Info which may be useful for Kumo out of them, and we have enough to prove that this was planned solely by them and that this isn't just an excuse from us. We will also take this four with us to Konoha, where they together with this so-called 'ambassador', will be executed by us for treason in attendance of Konoha's Council, to show them that Kumogakure and I as the Raikage doesn't tolerate treason. Normally I would allow Konoha to do this, as well as interrogate them to prove everything beforehand, as a satisfaction, but unfortunately this asses know some things about Kumo which Konoha isn't allowed to find out." Raizen replied.

Just when he had finished talking someone knocked on the Door. After a shouted, "Is Open!" from Raizen, the Door was opened and a Man who already looked very eccentric was entering the Office.

His appearance had a skeletal-like look to it with a skull-like face-paint. His face was painted entirely white with the inner portion of his face painted black with the exception of his nose. His eyes were a golden color and he constantly bared his teeth, what was giving the appearance of him constantly grinning. His whole body, at least every visible part like his face and hands, had been painted black and white. Both his ears were seemingly replaced with stubbed golden cones. His fingernails were blue and, with the exception of the fingernail on his right middle finger, were all short. The one long fingernail was as long as the finger itself. He also wore a white hat with two ends that pointed to his right, and a large purple scarf around his neck. His blue Hair was styled into a short Mohican and almost covered by his hat. He wore a black shirt, black Hakamas and a white sash tied around his waist with his Sword, which was in a leather-sheath that hung directly in front of him, attached to it. The Sword's guard was wrapped in cloth, and had several spiky protrusions sticking out right below the blade, which appeared to resemble leaves. The hilt was pink. He also wore a white Lab Coat.

This Man was Mayuri Kurotsuchi, Head of Kumo's T&I-Department and vice Head of the Department for Research and Development as well.

"Ah, Mayuri Kurotsuchi. Basing on your presence I conclude you're finished with these Traitors and got everything I asked for?" Raizen asked the strange Man.

"Yes Raikage-sama. I was able to 'persuade' them to tell me everything you want to know from them really fast. In fact, they were singing like canaries before I could even properly get started. Here is your Report with any Infos, and in the small Scroll are the video recordings of their confessions sealed, while the Persons are sealed in the bigger Scroll. Still living, like you asked." Mayuri said with a voice that sounded slightly insane. At his mention of him 'persuading' the Traitors, all others shivered slightly and were almost pitying the poor fools, because Mayuri Kurotsuchi's Torture Ideas and Methods were famed and feared to the same extend as how cruel and painful they were. And he was a Master at breaking Peoples resistance by using mental or physical Pain.

"If that's everything, I will take my leave. I still have so many things to do…." Mayuri said, and after a nod from Raizen, he left.

Raizen was reading the Info's they gathered from this Traitor's, and suddenly a small grin formed itself on his Face, "Well, this is rather surprising. And good News for us too."

He then looked at the Group in his Office and ordered "Everyone, get now any supplies you may need and be back here in one hour at the latest. We'll leave to Konoha immediately after you're all here again. We will travel at maximum speed, then we maybe manage to get there before more damage is done. Do you understand?" Raizen asked.

"UNDERSTAND, RAIKAGE-SAMA!" they were shouting all together.

"Well then, DISMISSED." Raizen snarled, and all left to start preparations for this Mission.

Konoha, Hokage Tower, Council Chamber, 4 days later

The Sandaime Hokage Hiruzen felt very old right now. He had led Konoha through the second and the third of the Great Shinobi Wars, after his predecessor and Sensei (Teacher), the Nidaime Hokage Tobirama Senju appointed him as the Sandaime during a mission in the first Great Shinobi War and then sacrificed himself to enable his Comrades to withdraw.

But right now he felt as if ever since the Night of the Kyuubi-Attack all luck had left Konoha, because there weren't many good events in the past years. Especially after the death of Naruto, Kushina, Rin and Kakashi. Yes, due to his many Years as a Shinobi the Sandaime Hokage had lost almost every hope to see Naruto, Kushina, Rin and Kakashi ever again. They were missed since more than 2 Years without even the slightest hint or life sign. The chance of them being still alive were almost zero from the beginning. He knew he had told Jiraiya they may be still alive, but the truth was, there were no reports about people who were seen leaving before the explosion. He lied to his Student, out of good intentions, but he still lied. He only gave this Report to Jiraiya, so that Jiraiya still had something to live and hope for, because Sarutobi was sure about one Thing: if Jiraiya ever should lose that small amount of Hope he still had left, it would either cause him to rampage throughout Konoha or do the same thing like Tsunade: disappear and most likely drinking himself to death. Sarutobi was sure that Jiraiya had recognized the lie immediately and knew the reasons too, but decided to ignore it. Jiraiya wasn't Konoha's Spy-Master without a reason. He, like Sarutobi, knew exactly, that the attackers that night only could have been Shinobis from Konoha, because only people from Konoha would have a reason to attack Naruto.

"First the deaths of Naruto, Kushina, Rin and Kakashi, then Tsunade and her Apprentice Shizune left and most likely will never return, and Jiraiya's love for Konoha was the only thing that held him back from Summoning the Toads to give some People what they deserve or from leaving Konoha too. A bit later Mikoto Uchiha nearly started a massacre after she learned the truth about how her Husband Fugaku Uchiha and many other Peoples made the life of her best Friend Kushina Uzumaki and her son Naruto a hell on earth. Since then Mikoto never spoke more than a few words with her Husband. And now this mess with Kumo. Hitomi and Hizashi are poisoned by something none of our Medics are able to cure, and Kumo demanded to hand over Hiashi because he killed their 'Ambassador'…. Did the Heavens curse Konoha for disrespecting your last wish and for what they did to Kushina and Naruto. Or is it you, Minato, that cursed Konoha for how they treated your wife, your son and your students, from where ever you are now?"

The Sandaime Hokage sighed and started to focus again, and listened to the endless shouts, demands and insults that were screamed across the Room. Then his gaze met the new Ambassador from Kumo who grinned triumphantly about how he possibly gets what he and Kumo demanded very soon. The Sandaime Hokage did have to restrain himself to not simply kill this Bastard and be done with it.
During the past four Days, the Council Chamber became all but a Battlefield, because Hiashi Hyuuga was willing to agree to Kumos demands in order to save his wife Hitomi and his younger brother Hizashi from death. That splitted the Council in two factions, the first that didn't try to prevent Hiashi from saving his wife and brother, namely Tsume Inuzuka, the quick-tempered Inuzuka Clan Matriarch, the Members of the famed InoShikaCho-Trio Inoichi Yamanaka, Clan Head of the Yamanaka Clan, Shikaku Nara, Clan Head of the Nara Clan and Chōza Akimichi, Clan Head of the Akimichi Clan. The other faction consisted of nearly everyone else in the Room besides a few that stayed neutral, like Shibi Aburame, Clan Head of the Aburame Clan, and the Sandaime Hokage, who personally was on Hiashi's side but as the Hokage he was forced to think about Konoha first.

Sarutobi started to lose his patience, again, so he decided to end this.

Suddenly everyone's voice fell silent, because they were hit with Killing Intent that caused even the seasoned Shinobi to shiver, and then the Sandaime punched the Table with enough force to nearly break it apart, and shouted, downright furious: "SHUT UP! ALL OF YOU! YOU, KUMO-AMBASSASSADOR, IF YOU DON'T WIPE THAT SMIRK OF YOUR FACE IN THE NEXT THREE SECONDS, I WILL KILL YOU AND DON'T CARE ABOUT POSSIBLE CONSEQUENZES, UNDERSTAND?!"

This outburst surprised everyone, and suddenly reminded them all that the Sandaime Hokage still was one of the strongest Shinobis alive, and wasn't called the Shinobi no Kami (God of Shinobi) for Fun. He may looked like a gentle grandfather-figure and loved peace, but he was a man who fought and survived all three great Shinobi Wars. The fact that he reached his old age as a Shinobi was a proof for his strength too.

"Jeez, it seems that if someone annoys him enough, this old Geezer is almost as bad as the Sandaime Raikage, that incompetent, mindless muscle man." The Ambassador thought with a sneer, but still stopped grinning immediately, because he didn't want to strain his luck, "If this Konoha Fools would realize that the Raikage didn't order this and that my threats are nothing but bluffs, then my life would be over for sure. But there is no way they will ever find out."

"Well done, Hokage-Sama. To shut everyone up this easily; maybe I should try that too during a meeting with this annoying Clan Elders…." Thought an impressed Hiashi.

"It seems that you still had some of your former fighting spirit left, Sarutobi." Danzo remarked in his Mind.

"YOU SHOULD ALL BE ASHAMED TO ACT LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN AND NEARLY BEGIN TO BEAT EACH OTHER, ONLY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T AGREE WITH EACH OTHER! YOU ARE A DISCRACE TO KONOHA!" The Sandaime continued shouting and some Councilors at least got the decency to be ashamed.

Suddenly an ANBU appeared in a Shunshin (Body Flicker) and instantly became the Target of the old Hokage's anger for his interruption, "WHAT IS NOW?!"

"Hokage-sama, intruders have entered the Tower, and they are skilled enough, to enter Konoha and reach the Hokage Tower without triggering an alarm." The ANBU reported

The Sandaime Hokage was about to reply something, when suddenly the whole Tower was shaken by a loud bang.

Konoha, Main Gates, 10 Minutes earlier

It was a nice evening, with a gentle breeze coming from the west and not a single Cloud in the Sky after a beautiful sunset.

At the Main Gate entrance were two Konoha Chunin. Both were relaxing and enjoying the remaining warmth by leaning back on the two rear legs of their chairs and resting their legs on the desk of the entrance toll, while they were watching the sight of the clear Night Sky.

"Ah! This is the life, isn't it?" said one of the Chunin.

"Yeah, nothing to do but relax, enjoy the nice weather, and let life pass you by slowly." Said the other.

"You're so right. But shouldn't we stay on guard a bit more? You know, because of this Hyuuga-incident-whatever that happened nearly a week before?" asked the first Chunin.

"Why. Do you believe Kumo tries something like this again?" countered the second Chunin.

"Well, I've heard it's not over yet. I've even heard someone talking about Kumo threats to start a war with us, if they don't receive what they demands." replied the first.

"War? Nonsense, Konoha is the strongest and biggest of the Hidden Villages. Kumo wouldn't dare to declare war on Konoha on their own, because they wouldn't stand a chance." grinned the second Chunin.

"How can you be so sure about that?" asked the first Chunin.

"Because Konoha won all three Great Shinobi Wars in the past. If we were able to win the wars in the past, we will be able to win wars in the future. Our guard duty today, as well as our future guard duties, will be as peaceful as our past ones. If the Hyuuga incident proves something, then that Kumo fears Konoha. Why else would they try something like that" The second Chunin said.

"True… But I would give a lot for something interesting to happen at least once during our shift." Replied the first Chunin.

"You know the old saying, 'Be careful what you wish for, because you might ge…'" started the second Chunin but stopped when he felt something strange.

They suddenly began to feel uncomfortable, but they couldn't say why. But then they were looking down the road and saw something that made them pale and nearly freeze with fear; a group of 9 people was running towards them and all of them seemed to be Kumo-nin. Now both guards realized they've felt the Killing Intent of this group. Especially the Shinobi that was running at the front made both Chunins tremble with fear, because he not only leaked the strongest Killing Intent, but also was the biggest and most intimidating of the whole group and they swore they could see a black aura around him that spoke of slow, agonizing pain and death. But the things that freaked the two Chunin out the most were the small Lightnings, which were occasionally sparkling over this man's body, and the fact that this wrathful giant was now towering over the two of them.

"St-Stop. W-What d-d-do y-you w-w-want he-here in K-Ko-Konoha?" demanded/stuttered one of the Chunins and tried to act as tough as someone can while he was stuttering and trembling in fear.

The giant man raised an eyebrow after he heard this pathetic attempt to sound intimidating, but then he replied, "I'm Raizen Youtsuki, Sandaime Raikage of Kumogakure and I'm here because I have to talk with your Hokage. Immediately!"

After they heard that, both Chunins became pale as ghosts, but suddenly one of them realized something he believed to be an evidence that Raizen was lying, "If you really are the Raikage, then why aren't you wearing the traditional hat and robes of the Kages? And even if you are the Raikage, after Kumo's treacherous actions against Konoha, people from your Village aren't welcomed here anymore. Now piss off, before I..."

The only thing the Chunin achieved with his brave but stupid rant was that Raizen finally completely lost his patience and before the first Chunin could finish his sentence, with a movement as if he was trying to drive away an insect, Raizen backhanded the Chunin in the face and sent him flying until he was hitting a wall, knocking him out cold in the process. Before the second Chunin even realized what happened, he joined his friend in dreamland.

"Now since this problem is out of the way, let's go to the Hokage Tower. I would like to stay unnoticed until we enter the Tower, understand?" Raizen growled.

"Hai, Raikage-sama." His escort replied.

"Then let's go."

Hokage Tower, Council Chamber

After the bang that shook the whole tower, the Council was about to descend into complete Chaos. The Shinobis in the room were preparing themselves for battle, while the Civilians started to panic. Suddenly there could be heard someone's laugh and everyone was looking at the man who was laughing as if all of this was a giant joke: It was the Ambassador who was still sitting on his chair while he was holding his Stomach and writhing with laughter.

-Enter Naruto Shippuden OST - Anger (Ikari)-

Sarutobi was about to jump at the man and start to wring his neck, but before he could do so, loud noises coming from the other side of the double doors to the Chamber could be heard.

"I DON'T CARE IF HE WAS IN A MEETING WITH KAMI OR THE RIKUDŌ SENNIN (Sage of the Six Paths) HIMSELF! I'M GOING IN THERE AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME!" shouted an angry male voice that was familiar to at least two persons in the room.

Sarutobi immediately recognized who this voice belonged to. To everyone's surprise, as soon as the Ambassador heard the voice, he choked on his laugh while he started sweating bullets and became sickly pale. If Sarutobi would have to describe it, the Ambassador looked as if he had seen a ghost.

After the shouting, everyone in the Council Chamber could hear various noises coming from behind the doors. There were the sounds of scuffling, things breaking, bones breaking, some people screaming in pain or abject horror.

"HALT! You're not allowed to enter this room. Leave right know or we will use lethal force", this voice belonged to one of the two ANBU-guards who were guarding the entrance.

"YO, get outta my space, or I'll plant my foot on yer face!" replied the voice of a young man. Barely 5 seconds later, the double doors were knocked open, as one of the ANBU guards from outside flew into the room. On his mask was a clearly visible sole imprint.

At the same time as the ANBU flew into the room a lout shout could be heard.

"WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

All eyes turned to the now open door and the persons which were now visible in the doorway.

On the right side stood a very tall young man (around 2.20m), that seemed to be the one who shouted after he sent the ANBU flying. He had his right arm stretched into the air in a strange pose, with the index finger and pinkie of his right fist outstretched. He had dark skin, combed back blonde hair and a goatee and wore a rather standard Kumo Shinobi outfit besides oval shaped sunglasses, a long white scarf around his neck, a long red rope tied around his waist and he carried seven Swords on his back. He also had the kanji for "Iron" (鉄, Tetsu) tattooed on his right shoulder and on his left cheek he had a tattoo that looked like a two horns.

On the left side stood a man that was even bigger (around 2.40m) and seemed to be a few years older than the first one. He had his arms crossed what was emphasizing his burly appearance and the muscles of his arms even more. He had dark skin, combed back blond hair and a beard and wore a purple high-collared outfit with ragged sleeves and matching (also ragged) pants, golden bangle bracelets on each wrist, a golden belt around his waist with a boar's face engraved in the center and the standard white Kumo flak jacket, Hitai-ate and shin guards. He had black Fūma Shuriken tattoos on both shoulders.

In the middle between this two men stood a masked woman who looked rather small and petite (around 1.65m) next to them. She had her Red Hair bound into a waist length braid, and she wore what looked like a customized ANBU outfit which's color entirely consists of the colors dark-grey, black and crimson red, with a crimson red ANBU mask with the Kanjis for "Death God" (死神,Shinigami) written on it and the Kumo symbol engraved on the forehead and an entirely crimson red, sleeve less coat as well. She carried a black Sword which was almost as long as her height on her back.

At the realization that these people were Kumo-nin, every Konoha-nin prepared himself for a fight, but because the three Kumo Shinobis did nothing but stand there, almost all from the Konoha side refocused their attention from these three to whatever was behind them.

Behind the three stood a giant (around 2.60m), dark-skinned man with a largely muscular and well-defined build, who was bigger than any other present person. He had long blonde hair which flowed into his back along with a long beard and unusual eyes with green irides, dark sclerae and no pupils and he also had the kanji for "Lightning" (雷, Kaminari) tattooed on his right shoulder. He wore a black Kumo Hitai-ate that he wore like a bandanna and a thick red rope tied around his waist. He also wore ragged dark blue sweat pants and the standard white Kumo flak jacket and shin guards.

As soon they raised their heads and looked at this giant man, they were greeted with a sight that would have put the Shinigami to shame; a vengeful looking Raizen Yotsuki with fires of unholy rage burning around his form and licking away at the ceiling.

Behind the giant man stood five more Kumo-nin, while the hall outside the Council Chamber looked as if a bomb had gone off, with cracks, dents, and holes on the floor, ceiling and walls. Lying on the ground and some even sticking out of the walls and the ceiling, were the unlucky Shinobi who tried to stop this group of Kumo Shinobis. Especially one of the ANBU which was currently lying on the floor and groaning in pain was quite an eye-catcher, because he looked like a human-sized pretzel with his arms and legs clearly being broken and bent in a position that were simply not natural for any person to be in.

Suddenly the big man's gaze found the Ambassador, while the Ambassadors expression showed that he would like to be anywhere but in this room. This confused Sarutobi, because he couldn't understand why the man was this afraid.

"THERE YOU ARE, YOU LITTLE BASTARD! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU, I'M GOING TO RIP YOU APART WITH MY BARE HANDS!" while he was snarling this, the giant man charged into the Chamber, not even bother to duck while passing the doorway (which was about 10cm smaller than him) but instead smashing through the upper door frame as if it wasn't even there, and grabbed the 'Ambassador' who was much smaller than he (Raizen) was by his collar and lifted him from the ground with only one hand and started shaking the small man like a rag doll.

Some Konoha-nin were about to attack the angry giant, not to save the Ambassador but because they intended to show this Kumo-nin what happened if they messed with Konoha. But before they made two steps, they were stopped by the voice of the Sandaime Hokage.

"STOP! EVERYONE! DO NOT ATTACK! THIS IS AN ORDER!" Sarutobi shouted.

"But Hokage-sama, they violently broke into this room. After all, who are this Kumo-nin and why should we let them get away with this?" Fugaku Uchiha contradicted.

"I say it once again: DO NOT ATTACK! Or you will die." After the council heard this from their Leader they backed down. Sarutobi then continued, "The big man who is about to strangle this 'ambassador' is no one else than Raizen Yotsuki, the Sandaime Raikage."

This revelation caused the Konoha side to gasp and stare at this giant man who still hold the 'Ambassador' at the neck like a young Puppy.

"Old man, I think it would be useful if you would calming down yourself and explain this peoples why we're here." the man that stood on the left side of the doorway, and who looked very similar like Raizen, said.

"You're right A." Raizen replied and took a few deep breaths to calm himself down.

-End Naruto Shippuden OST - Anger (Ikari)-

"Well, would you please explain why you're here, who your escort is, and why you caused such a ruckus?" Sarutobi asked while his left eye started to twitch as a sign of his anger.

"You're right Sarutobi. I should have already introduced them to you. COME IN!" Raizen bellowed in the direction of the Door. On his command the remaining five entered and were lining up behind Raizen, who sat down on a chair across from Sarutobi, and passed the 'Ambassador' down to the men on his right side and said, "Bee. Hold this for a moment."

"Well, these two are my sons A and Killer Bee, the woman with the crimson mask between them is the Shinku Shinigami no Kumo (crimson Death God of Kumo) or simply Shinigami, the one with the eye-patch with the kanji for "Lightning" (雷, Kaminari) on it is Dodai and the other one with an Eye-Patch is Kenpachi Zaraki, the other woman is Retsu Unohana, the one with the lazy look is Darui and the one at his side is C." Raizen introduced his escort to Sarutobi and the Konoha Council.

After he heard this names, the ANBU Commander tensed slightly. After a Questioning look from the Sandaime Hokage, he explained, "I was tensing, because I recognized some of the names here from the Bingo Book as well as their Ranks."

"Could you please tell us what you remembered?" Danzo asked, but on the inside he was greatly disturbed, because he too remembered a few of their Names from the Bingo Book, and he was sure that his former Teammate Sarutobi knew them too.

"Well, it seems as if the group around Raikage-sama has one SS-Ranked Shinobi and at least four S-Ranked Shinobi amongst them." The ANBU Commander explained, "First there is Raikage-sama who is SS-Ranked, then there are his two sons A and Killer Bee who are both S-Ranked, like the woman with the mask who is called the Shinku Shinigami no Kumo. She's a Kunoichi who appeared quite recently in the Bingo Book, and she also became S-Ranked by only using Kenjutsu. Lastly there is Dodai who is the Tag Team Partner of Raikage-sama, what makes him S-Ranked too."

After the ANBU Commander finished his explanation, many of the Konoha side became rather anxious.

"Troublesome Hokage. You knew this, didn't you? That's why you ordered anyone not to attack." Asked Shikaku Nara the Sandaime Hokage.

"Yes, I knew some of this Shinobis. The truth is, even if I was back in my prime it would be very difficult for me to fight the Sandaime Raikage to a draw, not to mention defeating him, because he is so powerful that he stands on the same Level as my Senseis, the Shodai-sama Hashirama Senju and the Nidaime-sama Tobirama Senju as well as Madara Uchiha. You should also know that his son A is the only person who fought the Yondaime Hokage and was able to react to the Yondaime's famed Hiraishin no Jutsu (Flying Thunder God Technique) and barely dodge it, what makes him now after the Yondaimes Death the fastest Shinobi alive." The Sandaime Hokage answered.

His answer was rather shocking for Konoha, because not only their powerful Leader admitted that he would most likely loose in a fight with the Sandaime Raikage, the Sandaime Hokage also told them that the Raikage was as powerful as three of the strongest Shinobis that ever lived. But especially the last part, about A being able to dodge the Hiraishin no Jutsu (Flying Thunder God Technique), disturbed the Konoha-nin the most, because said Jutsu had the reputation to be impossible to avoid.

"You have a rather impressive escort, Raikage-dono, but you still have to explain why you were causing such a ruckus, and why you have come to Konoha. I assume it has something to do with this 'Ambassador', but what exactly?" the Sandaime Hokage went back to his original question, before this news caused some of his Shinobis to do something stupid.

"Why we caused such a ruckus is easy to explain: you're Guards tried to prevent me from speaking with you, and they even tried to attack us. That's why we knocked them out." Raizen explained.

"And to answer your question why I've came to Konoha: it has indeed something to do with this so-called Ambassador. I came personally to Konoha, to clarify that Kumo wasn't behind this so-called Hyuuga Incident, and that the people who planned it, like this 'Ambassador', did this without my knowledge and approval", Raizen continued and as soon he said this, the Civilians were starting to shout again.

"Lies!"

"You really think we believe your lame excuses?!"

"Ha, now you're trying to blame others!"

"SILENCE! I WASN'T FINISHED YET, SO JUST SHUT THE HELL UP UNTIL I'M FINISHED!" Raizen roared and was shooting evil looks at the Civilians.

"Raikage-dono, would you please continue to explain?" Sarutobi asked, because he wanted some answers.

"Hmph, alright. You see, this whole mess was the Plan of some fanatics in our Village, to gain more Kekkei Genkais for Kumo. And before you ask, I'm able to verify my Words. But let me ask you something first: has none of you asked yourself how Koha Sato was able to walk around in your Village, avoiding all patrols and finally entering the Hyuuga Compound unnoticed?" Raizen asked and looked around, "Judging the expressions on your faces, I conclude most of you haven't…"

"What are you indicating, Raikage-sama?" asked Hiashi Hyuuga, as he was quite determined to discover how this man was able to enter his Clan's Compound without anyone noticing.

"Oh, you don't already know?" asked Raizen feigning surprise, "It seems that Konoha's ANBU and ROOT divisions aren't doing their job very well in keeping Konoha secure and safe."

At hearing this, Danzo narrowed his one visible eye at Raizen's jab at him and his ROOT division.

"To put it simply, Konoha has a leak", said Raizen simply.

"That's a lie", stated Danzo, as if there was a leak in Konoha he would know about it and would have sent his ROOT to deal with it.

"Oh really", said Raizen with a smile, "Then tell me Sarutobi: isn't the Council missing one of the Councilors?"

Suddenly Sarutobi frowned, because the Civilian Councilor Atai Heisa really didn't appear to this meeting.

"As some of you may have noticed by now, is that Atai Heisa of Konoha's Civilian Council is absent", Raizen said and grinned at the reactions of Konoha's Council

"Are you implying, that the Councilor Atai Heisa is a mole? Do you have any proofs for that?" asked Inoichi Yamanaka.

"Yes, that's what I intended to say: that one of your Councilors betrayed your Village for money and virtually sold the heiress of the Hyuuga Clan. After everything went down the drain and the kidnapping failed, he fled to Kaminari no Kuni (Lightning Country) because the traitors from my Village apparently guaranteed Atai Heisa a place in Kumo should his involvement in this plot become known and he has to flee. Unfortunately for him we discovered this plot shortly before, and I and my escort were already on the way to Konoha when we seized him. I decided to take him with us, together with the four masterminds from Kumo who were behind this plan, for you to interrogate him and verify my words and proofing that this whole shit was planned by some traitors and not Kumo itself. Normally I would allow you to interrogate the Idiots behind this too, but sadly they knew a few things which are classified as Village secrets. Because of that I cannot allow you to interrogate them, but this traitorous Councilor of yours should know enough to prevent another War", Raizen explained to Sarutobi and the Konoha Council.

"You said, you took Atai Heisa and the four traitors with you, but I can't see them. Where are they?" asked a Civilian.

"Shinigami, unseal them", Raizen ordered the masked woman, who took out a sealing Scroll, kneeled on the ground before Raizen and unraveled the Scroll. Inside the Scroll were five sealing arrays visible and each displayed the kanjis for "traitor" (売国奴, Baikokudo). She made a few hand signs and then put her hand on a Seal that was connected with the five sealing arrays, and in a puff of smoke five men appeared. They all looked rather beaten. Especially Atai Heisa looked as if he was run down by a stampede, and as Sarutobi knows Raizen that is likely to be very close to the truth.

After the men appeared, the masked woman grabbed Atai Heisa by the neck and threw him towards two ANBU's and said, "Here. This one is for Konoha. Do with him as you please."

"ANBU, take this man to the T&I-department. Inoichi, I want you to interrogate him and find out if he has been selling Konoha out, right know", the Sandaime Hokage ordered, after which Inoichi Yamanaka nodded and accompanied the ANBU's to the T&I-department.

After they left, everyone's attention was focused on Raizen again.

"Excuse me Raikage-sama. If you allow the question, why exactly have you brought the four men, who you said had planned all this, with you, if you cannot allow Konoha to interrogate them to prove your words?" asked Hiashi Hyuuga.

"For proofing my words, in this Scroll are the video recordings of their confessions sealed", Raizen explained and then tossed the Scroll to Sarutobi who catched it with ease.

"And I brought this bastards to Konoha, to have them executed in your presence, to show you that neither Kumo nor I as the Raikage tolerate treason and how we deal with traitors", Raizen continued to speak and after he was finished, he snapped with his fingers. On this Signal three of his Guards were acting immediately: Bee slit the throat of the false Ambassador in front of him with one of his Swords, the woman called Shinigami drew her Sword and decapitated two of the traitors in a flash with a single slash, and A simply grabbed the remaining two traitors by their necks and snapped them like toothpicks. The whole execution didn't last much longer than five seconds.

The Konoha-nin were mostly unaffected by it, while the Civilians, which were unaccustomed to such events, were quite shocked about it.

"W-Was t-this r-really ne-necessary?" asked a blonde Councilwoman.

"What's your name?" Raizen asked the woman.

"M-Mebuki Ha-Haruno", the Councilwoman stuttered.

"Well Mebuki Haruno as you certainly know, a Hidden Village is a Dictatorship. And this is what normally happens to traitors in a Shinobi Village. They undermined my authority, and they got what they deserved. They were endangering my Villages safety, so I had to deal with them. Because a Kage ever has to ensure his Villages safety", Raizen explained to the woman.

After Raizen had ended, the second woman in his escort, Retsu Unohana, stepped beside him and spoke, "Raikage-sama we should not forget the second reason for our presence here in Konoha."

"You're right Retsu. Thank you for reminding me", Raizen replied and then looked in the direction of Hiashi Hyuuga, "You there, Hyuuga Clan Head. How is your wife and your brother?"

"What?" came the simple response of Hiashi Hyuuga, because of all questions he anticipated for was this the last, but very fast he put his 'Hyuuga image' back in place, "Why are you asking? It doesn't concern you."

"That's where you're wrong. Because they were seriously injured by a Kumo-nin, it concerns me a lot", Raizen growled at the seemingly arrogant response of the Hyuuga, "From what I've heard your wife and your brother were both poisoned by Koha Sato's attacks, and no medic of Konoha was able to help them."

"Come to a point. What are your intentions?" asked the Sandaime Hokage.

"I take this as the answer that they still suffer from this poison", Raizen replied and after a short glance at the angry Hiashi he continued to explain, "Because I expected that your medics would be unable to cure Hitomi Hyuuga and Hizashi Hyuuga I ordered Retsu Unohana to accompany me and if you're allowing it, she and Shinigami are going with you to your Clan's Compound and try to heal your wife and your brother. They are both some of Kumos best Iryō-nin (Medic Ninja). Unohana is also called the Chiyu no Megami (Goddess of Healing) back in Kumo, and it is said that she is nearly as talented as Tsunade Senju as a medic."

"Why should you offer this?" asked Hiashi with a skeptic expression.

"Raikage-sama is offering this to you, because he tries to prevent the beginning of a new War, and because he would hate it if the actions of this fool Sato would cause even more grief than it already has. Hyuuga-san, if you have nothing against it, then please allow me and Shinigami-san to help already. We may still are able to safe your wife and your brother." Unohana replied with a smile that was all too sweet, while having a dark menacing aura around her that scared the Hyuuga Clan Head shitless.

Hiashi wasn't the only one that was intimated by the dark aura around her, as most of the Konoha-nin and Council members were intimated by her, and they all began to wonder how this woman could seem so kind and friendly, yet so terrifying at the same time.

"Follow me. I will take you to my wife and my brother", Hiashi said to the two women after he calmed himself down and received the permission from the Sandaime Hokage by a nod, and then left the Chamber with them.

Hyuuga Compound

A Shunshin later, Hiashi and the two Kumo Kunoichi were approaching the entrance of the Hyuuga Compound.

"Hiashi-san, it might be useful if you would make it sure, that no one of your Clan tries to attack Shinigami-san and me while we're treating your wife and your brother, because this might would causing us to make a mistake, what could end bad for these two", Unohana said, again with her all too sweet smile.

This scared Hiashi again, but he still replied in a typical 'Hyuuga-manner', "Is that a threat?"

"No. Retsu simply stated the truth, because we're running out of time to safe them even without someone attacking us", Kushina answered.

"You have a point. But it still feels a bit weird to me to lay the life of my wife and my brother in the hands of Shinobis from the same Village as the man who attacked them in the first place", Hiashi said.

"You mostly have to thank Raizen for this, because he is a honorable man and hates such underhanded tactics. But I can assure you that everyone in his escort thinks the same, especially Retsu and I are detesting the Idea of kidnapping a young Girl to use her as a breeding machine, because we're women too. And because I'm a mother myself, if I had something to say in this matter, I would have tortured this bastards until they would beg for death, because they tried to kidnap a Child!" Kushina snarled as a reply.

While Hiashi was raising an eyebrow about in what a familiar manner this woman was referring to the Raikage, he also made a mental note to avoid becoming the target of her wrath at all cost.

"I will ensure that every one of my Clan will leave alone", he reassured the two Kunoichis.

A few minutes later and after Hiashi shouted orders to a group of Hyuugas, not to attack the two Kunoichis, while he targeted them with a strong Killing Intent in order to clarify his position, the three of them were approaching the room where Hitomi and Hizashi Hyuuga were laying in their sickbeds. When they entered the room they saw immediately that Hitomi and Hizashi were closer to death than life. They both were really pale, their faces were rather haggard and they breathed erratically.

"Shinigami-san, you run a diagnostic Jutsu on Hitomi-san to check how far advanced the poisoning is, while I do the same with Hizashi-san because he's in a worse state than her", Unohana ordered.

Kushina nodded and they both went to the side of the respective patient, and started to check them. After a couple minutes, Unohana frowned and stopped the Jutsu. She walked over to Kushina and talked shortly with her. She then turned around and faced Hiashi.

"I'm sorry. While we will be able to safe Hitomi-san, we can't do anything for Hizashi-san", Unohana said with a sad expression.

"How is that possible? Why aren't you able to safe Hizashi too? They were poisoned nearly at the same time. Hell, Hizashi was poisoned a few minutes after Hitomi", Hiashi replied with a pained voice.

"That's because of the special Poison this bastard used. It was not a natural Poison, but a synthetically one. You have to understand that this Poison, while it in less than a minute after it is injected causes the victim extreme Pain and paralyze it, actually spreads quite slowly through the Body, but if it reaches vital organs like the heart, the lung or the brain it begins to destroy them. The problem we have is that your wife was injured at the forearm, while your brother was injured at the chest. Because of this in the case of your wife the Poison first had to reach the vital organs and only could cause minor damage to them until now, while in your brother's case the Poison already had caused lethal damage to his lungs and his heart", Unohana explained.

"I think I understand. How much time has my brother left?" Hiashi asked.

"It's unlikely that he will survive the night. The damage which was caused to his lungs and heart is too severe for me to heal it. He will be suffocated by his own blood. All I can do for him is to make it as painless as possible to him", Unohana offered to Hiashi.

"Could you please do that? I don't want that he has to suffer", Hiashi replied with a pleading voice.

Unohana nodded and pulled a syringe out of somewhere and injected its content into Hizashi. She then faced Hiashi, "This will let him feel no Pain and also let him gain consciousness for one last time, because I'm sure you want to talk with your brother for a last time."

Soon after she finished her explanation, Hizashi coughed a few times and opened his eyes. He looked around and when he saw his brother at his bedside he smiled weakly, but when he saw the two Kumo Kunoichi a look of concern and confusion appeared on his face

"Brother, it's nice to see you. I already thought I would never wake up again. But why I'm seeing two Kumo Shinobis in this room? Or are they just my hallucinations? What happened after I blacked out?" He asked with a weak voice.

"It's nice to see you conscious too. I will tell you the short version of what happened: After you and Hitomi were both injured by this Kumo-Scum, he tried to flee with Hinata but I was able to stop and kill him. After that they were demanding my head as compensation for me killing their 'Ambassador'. Today, four days after you were injured, suddenly the Raikage himself appeared in Konoha and revealed that this whole thing was plotted by some traitors from Kumo and a traitor from Konoha. This two are Unohana-san and Shinigami-san. They are part of the Raikages escort and apparently some of Kumo's best Iryō-nin (Medic Ninja). They've come here to try to heal you and Hitomi from the Poison this bastard used", Hiashi was explaining to Hizashi.

"Well, I guess I have to thank them", Hizashi chuckled weakly.

This caused Hiashi's expression to become depressed and he explained, "I have to tell you something. While they're able to safe Hitomi-chan, they cannot safe you, because of this thrice-be-damned Poison your lungs are too damaged for every healing Jutsu."

This answer caused Hizashi's expression to turn into one of shock. After getting a hold of himself, he asked with a blank face, "Tell me Brother, how much time have I left?"

"Unohana-san said you will not survive the night. Because of an injection from her you're feeling no Pain, but aside from that she could do nothing for you", Hiashi replied with tears in his eyes.

This shocking news made Hizashi lose himself, but at the sight of Hiashi, his strong Brother and Clan Head, who cried (something Hizashi hasn't seen since their childhood) about the news he told him (Hizashi), Hizashi got a hold of himself and tried to make it not harder for his Brother as it already was.

"Don't grieve over it too much, Brother. It was always my fate to die someday while protecting the Main Family. I'm happy I could partially choose my own death and that I'm dying while protecting some of the people I consider as my Family", Hizashi smiled, but suddenly he was shaken by a coughing fit and a trickle of blood appeared from his mouth, "It seems I'm running out of time. Does any of you has an empty Scroll, a Brush and Ink?"

Kushina nodded and unsealed the requested Items and handed them over to Hizashi, while asking him, "What do you need that for?"

"I wish to write a farewell letter to my son Neji", Hizashi replied with a smile and started to write in a remarkable nice handwriting, considering his shaking hands. After he finished writing, he closed the Scroll and gave it to Hiashi.

"Brother, please promise me to protect Neji. Give him this Scroll when you think he will be ready for it, as I'm sure that for some time after my death he would not believe what I wrote into the Scroll, even if you would give it to him and because of his hate and grieve he would he would only think of it as an prevarication of the Main Family. Please make sure that he will understand it one day that I died not because of something like fate or someone forcing me to protect Hitomi and Hinata, even if you have to beat him to a pulp in order to gain this realization. Please also promise me to try to change our Clan's barbaric and stuck up ways. And you, Unohana-san and Shinigami-san, please safe my brother's wife and let me be the only casualty of this Incident", Hizashi asked them all with a dwindling voice. After Hiashi, Unohana and Kushina voiced their promises to him, Hizashi once again had a coughing fit, and shortly after it, Hizashi died with a small smile on his face.

After they saw the life disappeared from his eyes, Hiashi had tears streaming down his face, while Unohana looked sad. But the most surprising reaction for Hiashi was the one of the masked woman who was called Shinigami, because she stepped next to his dead Brother's Body, closed Hizashi's still opened eyes with her hands and after touching the spot on his forehead where, before it disappeared after he died, once was the Hyuuga Sōke no Juinjutsu (Hyuuga Main Family's Cursed Seal Technique) or as it commonly was called the Kago no Tori no Juin (Caged Bird Curse Seal), while holding her hands in a small prayer she quietly said with sadness in her voice, "May your soul rest in peace, Hizashi Hyuuga, and may you get in the afterlife the freedom that was denied to you during your life."

Once she finished her small prayer, she covered the dead Body of Hizashi with a white blanket.

After one minute's silence, Unohana spoke, "Hiashi-san we will now begin to cure Hitomi-san by extracting the Poison from her Body, but it will be difficult."

"Whatever you need Unohana-san please tell me and I shall get it", spoke Hiashi

"I need you to get several large bowls of hot water and bring them here", ordered Unohana as she was going into her Healer mode, where she got Kushina and Hiashi to help her get everything needed to help Hitomi Hyuuga.

Soon enough Hiashi had servants bring over around two dozen bowls of hot water to the room. Unohana then had him and a servant help restrain Hitomi, when she extracted the Poison from the Hyuuga Clan Head's Wife's body.

Once Hiashi and the servant had restrained Hitomi and were holding onto her, to make sure that she stayed still, Unohana then used her Chakura no Mesu (Chakra Scalpel) to make an incision into one of the affected parts of the Hyuuga Clan Head's Wife's body, after which she used the Saikan Chūshutsu no Jutsu (Delicate Illness Extraction Technique), where she extracted the Toxin from the Hyuuga Clan Head's Wife's body, while at the same time Kushina used the Shōsen Jutsu (Mystical Palm Technique) to heal the damage that was already made by the Poison. It was a slow process and was quite painfully for Hitomi, because even though she was unconscious her body struggled in pain.

After about an hour of slow and painful extraction, Unohana finally extracted the last bit of the Poison out of the Hyuuga Clan Head's Wife's body.

"It's done, virtually all the Poison is out of her body now", sighed Unohana as she wiped the sweat off her brow and after saying this, she mixed something together with herbs she took out of one of her pouches and a bit of the extracted Poison and injected the gained Liquid with a Syringe into Hitomi Hyuuga.

"Then will Hitomi-chan recover?" asked Hiashi hopefully.

"She should, because I have used some of the extracted Poison to help make a Medicine that will take care of the remainder of the Poison in her Body and help her Body recover more quickly. She will regain consciousness in two days at the latest, but she has to stay in the Bed for another week and do nothing that put a strain to her Body for two months, since she is in a fragile state right now."

"Thank you Unohana-san, Shinigami-san. I cannot thank you enough for saving my wife. I'm forever in your dept", said Hiashi as he was kneeing on the floor with his head down in gratitude to the two Kunoichis.

"You owe us nothing, because it's our fault your wife and brother were injured in the first place. But thank you for being so thankful and not hold any grudge against us because of the idiocy of a few people", Shinigami (Kushina) answered.

Suddenly the door was opened and a young girl, which appeared to be around 3 years old and had dark blue hair and was dressed in a white nightgown entered the room. At seeing the two unknown women she hid behind Hiashi with a loud, "Eeeep!"

"Hinata, why are you still awake and wandering around? You should sleep already", Hiashi said to his daughter and frowned.

"B-B-B-But I c-c-co-couldn't sle-sleep, b-b-bec-because I'm wo-worried a-about O-Ok-Okaa-san (Okaa-san or Kaa-san means mother (Kaa-chan is another less formal way to say mother))", stuttered Hinata, and then glanced at the two Women she didn't knew, pointed at them and asked, "O-Ot-Otou-san (Otou-san or Tou-san means father (Tou-chan is another less formal way to say father)), who a-are the-they?"

"Don't be so rude Hinata. These are Retsu Unohana-san and the woman with the mask is Shinigami-san. They are here to help your mother", Hiashi replied.

"D-Do-Does that mean Okaa-san will get better and awake soon?" asked little Hinata as she dared to hope.

Hiashi just nodded to her that it was true. This caused Hinata quickly to forget her usual shyness and she ran over to the two Kunoichis and hugged both of them tightly and started to cry tears of joy, while saying, "Thank you", over and over again.

Unohana smiled at the little Girl, while Kushina's mask hid her smile. She then kneeled down on the floor and looked at the small Girl before her and said, "Listen Hinata. I know some idiots from my Village did wrong things to you and your family, but don't use them as an example to judge all of us as the same. Because you seem to be a friendly and nice girl, I will give you an advice: As nice as it is to be friendly, a woman, especially in our world, must be strong to defend the ones she loves, or she risks to lose everything and everyone she loves. I can also tell you, that most will try to order you how you have to act and how you have to behave yourself. Don't listen to them too much and don't try to make everything right for everyone, because that's impossible to do and you would only ruin yourself if you try to do it. As long as your Family and your precious people are happy with you and how you are you can ignore safely most of the others. And if you ever try to accomplish something on the traditional way and can't reach your goal, don't be afraid to search your own way. Because sometimes traditions are nothing but a hindrance, especially if they handicap you in some way. Do you understand?"

Hinata shook her head, so Kushina tried to explain it to the little Girl on an easier way, "Ok, as a figurative example: you are on the way from one Village to another one. Suddenly there is a deep ravine in your way and no bridge over it. Now you can try to climb down on one side of the ravine and climbing up on the other side, but if you cannot do this you can simply search a way around the ravine. Do you understand now?"

At seeing an imaginary question-mark floating over the little Girl's head, Kushina sighed and said, "It's not troubling if you don't understand it yet. Just remember what I said to you and someday you will understand it, or your parents will explain it to you."

"I w-will re-remember it a-and I'll try t-to understand it too. And I w-will become st-strong like m-my Okaa-san and m-my Otou-san in the f-future to p-protect my family, so t-that they ne-never will be hurt b-by evil people again", Hinata stated and smiled at the masked woman in front of her. This caused Kushina to chuckle while she was stroking over the girl's hair.

Hiashi was flabbergasted. First his daughter ignore her usual shyness and hugged Unohana and the woman called Shinigami. Then because the latter gave his daughter a few encouraging words and some advices for the future which would be useful for Hinata, his daughter showed a confident side of herself which he has never seen her showing before, and his daughter talked with her (Shinigami) as if she (Hinata) knew her for a long time. This caused Hiashi to show a small smile and silently thank this woman, because she encouraged Hinata to do the same thing as his wife Hitomi: to search for her own way and branch away from the Clan's traditions if they should hinder her in her progress. And be thorn in the Eyes of the Clan Elders.

Unohana enjoyed watching the interaction between Kushina and this little Girl too. But as much she enjoyed to watch them, they had no time for this. Because of that she cleared her throat and spoke, "As much as I enjoy this conversation, I think we have other things to do and it's past bedtime for Hinata-san too."

"You're right Unohana-san. Hinata, it's time for you to go back to your bedroom and go to sleep", Hiashi said

"B-But Otou-san, I w-would like to s-sleep here w-with Okaa-san and w-wait for her to wake up", Hinata begged while she tried to break her father's resistance with the famous puppy dog eyes look.

"I'm sorry Hinata-san, but that's not possible because your mother needs to rest at the moment. But she should awake tomorrow or the day after tomorrow and as soon as she's awake you can see her", Unohana replied with a serious expression which showed she will not budge about it.

"Unohana-san is right Hinata. I will ask one of the Clan members to bring you to your bedroom, because I have accompany Unohana-san and Shinigami-san back to the Council", Hiashi replied.

This caused Hinata to pout, but when Hiashi ordered a female servant to take Hinata to her bedroom, the little girl obeyed and after she said goodbye to the two Kumo Kunoichi, Hinata went with the servant.

As soon as Hinata had left Hiashi ordered a few other servants to move the dead Body of his Brother to another room until they could prepare Hizashi's funeral.

Once he ordered a few Hyuugas to guard his wife and daughter, Hiashi and the two women went back to the Council Chamber. After they walked quietly for a few minutes, Hiashi suddenly faced the masked woman and spoke, "You know Shinigami-san, you remind me about a woman which I once knew."

"How comes? And who was this woman?" asked the masked woman.

"She was the best friend of my wife and you reminds me about her, because like her you have a fierce temper and there is something else on you I can't describe as well. She also wouldn't politely address even the Hokage and only call him old man", Hiashi replied with a laugh.

"This must be an amazing woman I would like to meet. Who and where is she?"

At this question Hiashi's expression became sad and he replied, "Her name was Kushina Uzumaki and she died, together with her son and any family she still had left, more than 2 years ago."

"I'm sorry to hear this. You sound as if you were very close to her?"

"As I said, she was my wife's best friend and one of the greatest persons I've ever met. Sadly because of some of this Village's Citizens foolishness and petty hatred, she and her son suffered greatly. Her death nearly destroyed my wife and I wish I could've done more", Hiashi said and let his head hung.

"This is really a sad Story. It seems that Konoha has as much problems on the inside as Kumo", Unohana said and Hiashi and Shinigami nodded in agreement.

"But I shouldn't bother you with this Village's own problems. Besides, we should hurry and return to the Council, before anything else happens", Hiashi finished the conversation, and the three of them disappeared in a Shunshin.

Hokage Tower, Council Chamber

In the moment Hiashi Hyuuga left the Council Chamber together with Retsu Unohana and Shinigami the Sandaime Hokage could see the back of Unohana's Haori and once he read what was written there, he remembered something. He faced Raizen and asked, "Raikage-dono if you allow the question: is the writing on Unohana-san's Haori her moniker?"

Immediately everyone payed attention, because the Sandaime Hokage wouldn't ask such a question without a reason.

"Yes, it is her moniker indeed", Raizen replied with a grin, because he knew exactly why Sarutobi asked this.

"Why should it matter if this is her moniker Hokage-sama?" asked Fugaku Uchiha in an arrogant voice, because he didn't understand why the Sandaime Hokage looked so worried at the Raikage's confirmation.

"It matters, because this woman is an S-Ranked Shinobi too. And not one from Kumo", Sarutobi replied with a frown, effectively shocking the Konoha-nin and Council, and the he continued to explain, "I've heard about her in the past. She was one of three Shinobis who made Yugakure no Sato (the Village Hidden in the Hot Springs) famous at the time it was still a Shinobi Village. These three were: a Kunoichi called Retsu who possessed great skill's as a medic and even greater skills in Kenjutsu. Because of her love for fighting and because she grants her opponents a bloody and cruel death she gained the moniker Chimamire no Shi (Bloody Death). The second one was Tenjirō Kirinji who was also known as Sentōki (Hot Spring Demon). He was the teacher of Retsu and also created a secret Jutsu which he could use equally for healing and attacking and his skills as an Iryō-nin (Medic Ninja) are almost as famed as Tsunade Senju's own medical skills. The last one was a man called Hidan who became mostly known after Yugakure stopped being a Hidden Village and became a Hot Spring resort, because in his anger about this he killed many of the former Shinobi. It seems that the woman Retsu Unohana of the Raikage's escort and the one from former Yugakure are the same person."

"You're right Sarutobi. Retsu Unohana was a Yugakure-nin before she joined Kumo. A few months after Yugakure stopped being a Hidden Village and started to call itself Ikusa o Wasureta Sato (the Village that has forgotten Wars), my sons A and Bee met Retsu, who was traveling around as a wandering healer back then, during one of their missions and they managed to convince her to join Kumo", Raizen explained to Sarutobi and the Konoha Council, and at the same time he enjoyed himself while watching the flabbergasted expressions of Sarutobi and the Konoha Council. It was clearly visible to him that most Shinobis were asking themselves why such a mighty Kunoichi would join Kumo and what they offered her to persuade her.

Danzo stayed cool on the outside, but inside his thoughts were racing. He was greatly worried that Kumo had so many famous Shinobis without him knowing and he searched for ways to get them on his side or eliminate them so that they can't become a threat to him and his plans in the future.

Raizen saw the gears turning inside Danzo's head and for anyone who knew anything about the man who was called the Shinobi no Yami (The Darkness of the Shinobi) it wasn't really hard to guess what he was thinking about, because of this Raizen gave Danzo a 'don't you dare'-look.

After this nobody spoke anymore and there was nothing but uncomfortable and tensed silence until Inoichi Yamanaka returned.

The Sandaime Hokage's face lit up at the return of the Yamanaka Clan Head because the mood in the chamber felt like it would escalate any minute, so he hoped Inoichi would bring some good news to cool everyone down.

"Ah, Inoichi. What news do you have for us?" he asked the Yamanaka Patriarch.

"Well, I entered the mind of this traitorous fool and found every word of Raikage-sama verified. It seems this was really the plan of a small group from the beginning, because the contact person of Atai Heisa made repeatedly clear to him that if Kumo and the Raikage found out about this, they would all die. And yes, Heisa sold Konoha out for money", Inoichi told them.

After he heard this, a small smile appeared on the Sandaime Hokage's face. Then he looked Raizen in the Eyes and said, "I'm glad that everything you said was true. Now that everything is confirmed and the danger of war is prevented we may can continue the talk about an Alliance between Kumo and Konoha."

The answer to this was a snort and Raizen looked at the Sandaime Hokage as if this have lost his mind. At seeing the Sandaime's baffled face, Raizen said, "Look Sarutobi. I don't know if this whole Alliance-stuff was an idea of the traitors to get into Konoha and they sent you a message, or if you sent a message to Kumo and they intercepted it before I could get it, but it doesn't matter what of this happened, because I never had the intention to form an Alliance with Konoha."

"Raikage-dono, what do you mean….", the Sandaime tried to ask, but he was interrupted by Raizen.

"Tell me Sarutobi: why should I and my Village form an Alliance with a Village which has fallen as low as Konoha did?"

As soon as Raizen said this, the Council Chamber erupted in shouts of rage.

"HOW DARE YOU TO SAY THAT ABOUT KONOHA!", came a particular loud shout and was clearly audible over the whole noise.

"With the greatest of ease", Raizen replied with an amused expression. This caused the Kumo-nin to smirk and a few of them even had to hold back their laughter. On the Konoha Group, especially the Civilians, Raizen's answer had an entire different effect: they were speechless, at least for a few moments.

When they were about to start shouting once more, before the situation could get out of control again, the Sandaime silenced the Council with blasts of Killing Intent. Just this moment Hiashi Hyuuga, Retsu Unohana and Shinigami returned. While the two Kunoichi joined the Kumo group again, Hiashi returned to his seat among the other Clanheads.

"Hiashi, how's your wife and your brother?", the Sandaime Hokage asked, thankful for the diversion.

"Thanks to Unohana-san and Shinigami-san my wife will recover soon, but sadly for my brother was every help too late; he died not an hour ago", Hiashi replied in the usual stoic 'Hyuuga-manner'.

"I'm sorry to hear this about your brother", the Hokage replied sadly, "but Raikage-dono, could you please explain how you came to say the things you said about Konoha?"

"That's easy to explain. While it's true the Konoha is the oldest of all Hidden Villages and also was most likely the strongest in the past too, you people grew arrogant and take the fact for granted that you are the biggest, strongest, best and whatever else. I mean, I and my escort could approach Konoha without anyone noticing us and at the Gate were only two Chunin who thought they could make demands of a bigger Group of Shinobis although any of its members is alone by far stronger than those two combined and after we knocked them out we entered Konoha and the Hokage Tower without anyone notice or hinder us. If this isn't enough, this Village was founded by Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha and Tobirama Senju in order to bring peace to the Elemental Nations and until today you like Konoha to be seen as 'the noblest of the great five' and a kind and caring Village. Yet most of Konoha's citizens, Civilians and Shinobis alike, spit on the dying wish of Minato Namikaze your Yondaime Hokage, a man who is hailed as a hero by your Village and even is respected by myself, my sons and many Kumo-nins as well, and against the wish of the Yondaime who wanted that the Boy was seen as a Hero, they scream for the death of a baby because the Boy was the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi!", Raizen ranted and it was clearly visible that he got angrier with every word he said. At the sight of the shocked faces of Sarutobi and some of the Konoha-nin Raizen continued with an expression which was a mix of anger and spitefulness, "Yes, Sarutobi. I know everything about the Incident of this Boy and that in the end he was killed together with his mother two years ago. I even know that some of your Villagers still celebrate the day he died. And I also know why it is so disgusting they called for the baby's death and the same time call Namikaze a Hero, as if it wouldn't be disgusting enough to call for the PUBLIC EXECUTION OF A FUCKING BABY!"

At the end Raizen shouted on the top of his voice and looked furious, like many of his escort who looked at least disgusted. The Sandaime Hokage looked very depressed now as well as some of the Shinobis, but on the inside the Sandaime was nearly panicking, "He knows it. Kumo or at least Raizen knows that Naruto was not only the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi, but also Minato's son. This is bad, because it's not a secret that Raizen and his two sons A and Killer Bee respected Minato. I also know that Killer Bee is the Jinchuuriki of the Hachibi, and Raizen is highly protective of his family. Now it makes even more sense that he has such a low opinion of Konoha."

Raizen then continued with a furious expression, "If some of you still haven't realized why I detest Konohagakure so much then listen: Why should I form an Alliance with a Village which screams for the death of a Baby because of something that was beyond its control. And why should we form an Alliance with a Village that hates Jinchuurikis with a passion and even killed their own Jinchuuriki, when it is well known that my son Bee also is a Jinchuuriki, Hmm?"

Again, as soon as Raizen finished, the shouting started.

"HOW DARE YOU TO CRITICIZE US FOR DEALING WITH THE DEMON-BRAT?!"

"WAIT, HOW DARE YOU BRINGING ONE OF THIS ABOMINATIONS HERE?!"

Immediately after the second shout was heard, the whole Chamber fell dead silent, and the Councilwomen who said it instinctively knew she was fucked sideways.

Instantly most of the Kumo escort held back the two roaring Leviathans known as Raizen and A, while the Konoha-nin watched, not really sure if they should act or not.

But they all forgot the woman with the red mask, Shinigami. Suddenly she appeared before the Councilwomen with the loud mouth and before anyone of the Kumo-nin or the Konoha-nin could react, Shinigami kicked the Councilwoman into the air, then suddenly appeared besides the woman and shouted "Shinigami Chop!" Then she made a vicious chop at the Councilwoman while both were still airborne. To everyone's (from Konoha) surprise, as soon the hit made contact with the Councilwoman's Body, she (the Councilwoman) was sent flying to the ground with incredible speed. After an impact that shocked the whole Tower again and with enough force to nearly brake the seal reinforced floor of the Chamber, the broken Body of the now dead woman could be seen in the crater.

"This unnatural strength reminds me about Tsunade. This Shinigami-woman has to have used the same principle like my former Student and has created her own version of this technique. This means she has to have almost perfect Chakra control. It's almost scary to see another seemingly hot tempered woman with this strength", the Sandaime Hokage thought with shocked amazement

"This is bad! That someone managed to recreate Tsunade Senju's superhuman strength, while no one of my subordinates was successful. Unacceptable! Now have Kumo of all places access to this technique! Kumo has become a serious threat to my plans and Konoha!", Danzo was rambling in his head.

"Dear Kami, what a strength!", were the thoughts of the equally flabbergasted Hiashi Hyuuga, Inoichi Yamanaka and Chōza Akimichi.

"What a power. I like her. She acts without hesitation and shows those arrogant men that we Kunoichi are as deadly as they are, if not deadlier", this were the thoughts of Tsume Inuzuka who watched the whole thing with a slightly amused expression. The Inuzuka matriarch was barely able to restrain herself from jumping at Shinigami and made the masked woman her new best friend and to hug her for silencing those annoying banshee of a councilwoman. Besides herself (Tsume), Mebuki Haruno (as ok as a Civilian woman could be in Tsume's opinion and one of the few Civilian Councilors who would think with her brain and not with the wallet) and Koharu Utatane (one of the three powerhungry fossils (Elders)), the now deceased Councilwoman was one of the only four female Councilmembers, but because of her habit to shout Tsume never really liked her, because she caused her and her companion Kuromaru earaches on a regular base.

"Troublesome. It seems as if this woman has recreated Tsunade-sama's superhuman strength, at least partially", came the observation of Shikaku Nara who somehow managed to rest his head with the face down on his arms, but still observe everything and also say it as if it was the most boring thing he ever saw.

"Assuming this would be the most logical thing, because it's the most logical reason why such a simple attack had this illogical high strength behind it. Why the strength would be illogical if it's not from Tsunade-sama's superhuman strength or a technique based on the same principle? Because Shinigami-san was the air while she attacked and she did not use the power of her movement because she moved upward while attacking downward and she also took almost no swing before she hit. And because my Hive did only register her using a small amount of Chakra, it can be nothing different technique to get such destruction with only such a small amount of Chakra", Shibi Aburame threw in his two cents.

"Troublesome woman and troublesome superhuman strength", came the silent mutter of Shikaku Nara.

Because most of the Konoha-nin were this surprised, only a few of them saw what happened next coming, but were unable to react in any way.

Right after Shinigami landed on the floor, two ANBUs rushed in her direction while they draw their Swords. The only reaction of masked woman consisted in her gripping the hilt of her own Sword with her right hand.

Suddenly two people stepped in the way of the two attacking ANBU.

The ANBU on the right side suddenly faced Kenpachi Zaraki who stepped in front of Shinigami. Because he didn't expected this and he moved so fast the ANBU was unable to react and his Sword hit Zarakis chest right in the center. To the surprise of everyone from Konoha the Sword didn't pierce the skin of the large man and the ANBU was stopped dead in his tracks. He felt as if he tried to pierce a brick wall.

While he still tried to understand what was going on, a loud scream of pure agony caused everyone to look at the ANBU on the left side.

The ANBU on the left side was not as lucky as his partner, because the person who appeared in front of him was only visible to him for an instant, then she disappeared again. The next thing he knew was that his whole body was hurting in a pain like he never felt before.

-Enter Naruto Unreleased Soundtrack Dark Chakra-

The reason for this was no one else than Retsu Unohana. In an instant she did appear in front of the ANBU, and a second later she reappeared behind the ANBU with her Sword drawn. When the People in the room laid their eyes on her and the ANBU many shocked gasps could be heard, and some Civilians even threw up at the sight. What they saw was a prime example how Unohana gained her moniker Chimamire no Shi (Bloody Death): the Body of the pitiable ANBU was now covered in deep cuts and blood covered everything around him. In the same instant she had passed him Unohana had managed to cut the poor ANBU at least 40 times. But what shocked the bystanders wasn't only the brutality and cruelty of Unohana's attack, but the fatal change her appearance had made: her Hair wasn't bound in a braid down her front anymore, but was open and waved behind her as if a slight wind was moving it. Because of this a scar had become visible which started on the top of her chest and went down between her breasts. But the scariest change was her face: while she before always had a gentle expression and smiled often, now her expression showed nothing but cruelty, bloodlust and not the slightest amount of mercy, and her gentle smile had become a bloodthirsty smirk. She then moved to the still screaming ANBU and before someone could act she drove her Sword into his skull, killing him instantly.

The right ANBU wanted to avenge his fallen comrade, but when he tried to rush at Unohana he realized that he couldn't move his Sword and when he looked why his blade didn't move, he saw that Kenpachi had gripped it as if the Blade wasn't even sharp.

Kenpachi looked at the ANBU in front of him and said with a bored expression and said, "Hey, you've tried to cut me down, haven't you? Come on, not with this dull thing. I really don't have time to be bothered with someone like you; you're not at my level."

While he was talking to the ANBU, Kenpachi increased the strength of his grip and broke the ANBU's Blade with his bare hand and while everyone, including the ANBU, was still stunned Kenpachi drew his own Sword and with the drawing movement he bisected the ANBU with a cut from the right hip to the left collarbone.

As the Konoha-group saw this and then saw Kenpachi's Blade, everyone thought the same thing, "How the hell was he able to cut anything with his Blade?"

They thought this, because the blade looked like a chipped and seemingly worn-down blade and looked more like a saw than a Sword. Logically it shouldn't be sharp enough to cut a human in half, but Kenpachi did it as if it was nothing.

Kenpachi and Unohana then faced the Konoha-nin and everyone was hit by their combined Killing Intent and Bloodlust with such a force that all of them had short Illusion from their deaths by the Blades of these two. The Civilian Council was lying on the ground, out cold because of the pressure, while the Konoha-nin including the Sandaime Hokage were struggling to resist.

Kenpachi then said with a bloodthirsty grin, "So, who wants to meet the Blade of my Nozarashi (Weather-Beaten One) next?"

It looked as if Unohana and Kenpachi were about to attack the Konoha-nin, when the loud voice of Raizen could be heard.

"Retsu! Kenpachi! Enough, stand down!"

-End Naruto Unreleased Soundtrack Dark Chakra-

Immediately the pressure disappeared and an instant later Retsu Unohana and Kenpachi Zaraki stood back there where they were standing before, with their Swords sheathed and Unohana surprisingly with her hair back in a braid down her front again. She even had her gentle expression back and if the Konoha-nin hadn't see her killing the ANBU the way she did, none of them would have believed that her moniker fits her.

Raizen faced the still shocked Konoha-group and said, "You have to excuse Shinigami. She is a bit touchy if someone insults me or my family. But as Bee is my son and this foolish Councilor of yours was stupid enough to insult him and me, it was her right to execute her on the spot. You know that in the past Wars have started for less than insulting the family of a Kage or the Kage himself. But you really have become old, Sarutobi. To think that you were once a man I respected and now you aren't even able to control your subordinates anymore and let the Civilians and the Elders undermine your authority is really sad. I think with this we're finished because I have nothing to say anymore."

Raizen rose from his chair and was about to leave the Chamber when he suddenly reminded something. He turned around once more and faced Danzo.

"Before I forget it. If you even think about sending your mindless drones after any of my Shinobi or into Kumo, consider this as my only warning for you: Should I catch only one more of your goddamn ROOTs I will personally come to Konoha TO GET YOUR HEAD AND PLACE IT ON A PIKE IN MY GARDEN, UNDERSTAND?!", Raizen shouted into Danzo's face, and while he did this he pulled out a Scroll and unsealed a dozen heads, some still with featureless ANBU masks over their faces.

"If you look at their tongues you will find a cursed seal imprinted on the back of it, and the only one who use this method or specific seal is your ROOT", Raizen continued while glaring at Danzo.

The heavily bandaged, black-haired man who was seemingly missing his right arm and eye, had a cross shaped scar on his chin and was bundled up in a large Haori didn't even flinch or show any other visible reaction at the threat, but on the inside he was furious.

"Damn those Kumo bastards. These are all of my subordinates I've sent to Kumo and they were some of the best in espionage and infiltration I had at my disposal. No wonder there were no reports for quite some time now. How could they capture all of them without the rest of us recognizing it? And how does he know about ROOT?"

"Damn you Danzo. As if our relationship with Kumo wasn't bad enough… I'm starting to think these ROOT are a potential boomerang for Konoha, especially as long as they are under the command of Danzo", the Sandaime was thinking while he glared at his former team-mate and friend.

"Well that's everything from my side. I will take my leave now, because I have several important things to do back in Kumo. Oh, and again I'm very sorry for the grief of your family, Hiashi Hyuuga", Raizen said and before someone could answer, he and his escort had left the Chamber. They also had taken the bodies of the executed traitors from Kumo with them.

For some time after they left, there was silence until suddenly Tsume Inuzuka spoke.

"Is it only me, or has someone else felt something back when the ANBU's were killed? I ask, because my and Kuromaru's instincts went crazy because of these two, especially this man Kenpachi."

"What do you mean Inuzuka-san? Every one of us has felt the immense pressure…", replied a Civilian.

"No, that's not what she means. I have felt it too. Those two were about to attack us, especially this Kenpachi and only the presence of the Raikage prevented him from doing so. I say this because I'm sure that if another person in this room than the Raikage ordered Kenpachi not to attack, he would've still done it. And there is something else about him. He seems to be someone who loves fighting and killing to a point where he practically lives for it", replied the Sandaime with a tired voice.

"I have felt something too", Inoichi Yamanaka said, gaining everyone's attention, "I'm not really talented as a sensor, but even I could tell that this man Kenpachi has Chakra reserves beyond everything what I call normal. The only people in this room who were around his level or even surpassed him were the Raikage, his two sons, this Shinigami woman and you Hokage-sama."

Suddenly one of the Elders, Homura Mitokado, spoke, "Hiruzen, we have to do something. We can't allow Kumo to let us look weak."

"Yes, if the other Nations, especially Iwa, find out how easy they walked into Konoha… That would be a disaster", Koharu Utatane continued.

"They are right Sarutobi. We cannot allow Kumo to become too strong. We have to act before they become a threat, if they aren't one already", came the comment from Danzo.

"And what are you suggesting? Kill them? Don't be a fool Danzo, you know Raizen as well as I do and like I you have faced him in battle and you know how strong he is", the Sandaime answered angry.

Danzo had to suppress a shudder. Yes, he remembered the fight with Raizen and it was a fight he only barely survived and which did cost him his right arm. Even now, after all those years, he could remember every second of this fight as if it happened yesterday and the anger, shock and fear he felt when none of his attacks, even his strongest Jutsus, were barely able to inflict something else than a few scratches on Raizen.

"And you also know how strong Kumo is, because they have many splendid Shinobi despite the fact that they have the fewest Clans of the major Hidden Villages, or have I to remind you about your encounter with Ginrei Kuchiki, the Clan Head of the Kuchiki Clan, which had cost you your right eye?", the Sandaime continued with a slight grin when he saw that this got a small reaction out of the stoic Danzo in form of a small frown and some twitching facial muscles. This was because the loss of his eye was a reminder for Danzo because he lost it in a moment of stupidity and arrogance in his youth when he underestimated his opponent.

One of the Civilian Councilors saw the necessity to voice his thoughts.

"But Hokage-sama, if we don't do anything, will the other nations not see this as a weakness and…"

"YOU IDIOT! I tell you what will happen if we do anything against Kumo: If one of Raizen's Shinobi, or even worse one of his family, will die or disappear in the near future under 'mysterious circumstances' he will declare War on Konoha without the slightest hesitation and this will most likely end in the total destruction of Konoha. I don't think I have to remind any of you about how destructive a Bijuudama (Tailed Beast Ball) is?", the Sandaime roared and many Councilors paled as they remembered the destruction the Kyuubi caused with said Technique.

"I think there is not much we can do for now, besides increase the Village security. I order also that none of you try anything against Kumo without my approval. I also think it would be the best to end this meeting for now. Because it seems that all of us could need some sleep. If none of you has anything to say anymore, then this meeting is postponed until tomorrow", the Sandaime said and when nobody said anything, he signaled them to leave.

Hokage Office, 15 minutes later

After everyone left, the Sandaime sat alone in his Office and was in deep thoughts.

"How did Raizen managed to get so many inside infos about Konoha? Does this mean Kumo has Spies here in positions that could even get their hands on infos about some of our greatest secrets without us noticing it?"

Then he thought about some of the Raikage's words.

"Was he right? Did I really become this old and weak? Now that I think about it he was right. I let the Elders and the Council undermine my authority and also didn't stop the catastrophe about Naruto when I was still able to do it… I'm sorry Hashirama-sensei, Tobirama-sensei, Minato-kun, Kushina-chan, Naruto-kun… I truly have failed you all many times. But I swear here and now that I will, at least for the short rest of the time I have, again become the Hokage I once was. Maybe I will gain with this the right to meet you in the afterlife and ask you for apology once I die."

"I have to watch Danzo closely in the future. I have the feeling he's planning something. I may also should try to contact Jiraiya-kun. Yes, that's a good idea. I will send him a message right now."

He took an empty Scroll and wrote his message for Jiraiya into it. He then sealed the scroll and after he bit his right thumb he put his right hand on his desk and said "Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)".

With a small puff and a cloud of smoke a little monkey with a Konoha forehead protector appeared on the desk and saluted once it saw the Sandaime, "Greetings, Sarutobi-sama. What task can I do for you?"

The Sandaime pointed at the Scroll between them, "The reason I summoned you was because I need you to deliver this Scroll to Jiraiya as fast as possible."

"No problem, Sarutobi-sama", the little monkey replied, "But it will take me some time to track down Jiraiya-san."

"I'm aware that you will first have to find Jiraiya but I'm trusting you to find him as fast as possible. Once you've found him, give him this message and inform him that this is important and that I need an answer", the Sandaime said with an urgent voice.

The little monkey nodded and took the Scroll before he faced his Summoner again.

"Understand. I will give my best to find Jiraiya-san quickly and return the moment I got an answer from Jiraiya-san", he said before he saluted again and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"I hope Jiraiya gets my message soon. Hopefully it will convince him to return to Konoha. I need his opinion about Kumo and the Hyuuga incident", the Sandaime thought while he looked at a small clock that stood on his desk and realized it was almost midnight already. He sighed and stretched his arms before he decided to finally call it a day too and left his office.

Unknown Location

In a large room with no windows stood a single chair. Sitting on this chair was a tall figure. Due to the bad light in the room it was impossible to see any distinguishing features of the person.

Soon a door opened and a cloaked figure entered the room. When the cloaked figure reached the person on the chair, they went down on one knee and lowered their head.

"Report", came the order from the person on the chair, who was apparently male.

"Master, as you already know we've lost our contacts in the Council because of their own stupidity. But apparently because they died so fast, nothing about your plans was revealed."

"Good. Their deaths even could be useful by giving us the support of their families and others close to them", replied the sitting man, before he went into a thinking pose and thought, "Maybe I should still order my underlings to keep a low profile for a bit, just to be safe. The Raikage has a surprisingly sharp instinct. Better be safe than sorry."

"We have to keep a low profile for some time, just in case our enemy stays on alert. But this will not have any effects on the plan. We will continue as planned. Sent this message to every one of our allies with the note, they should prevent to draw unnecessary attention and keep a low profile until I order something different", he ordered the kneeling figure in front of him.

"Yes, master", the cloaked figure said, stood up, bowed and left.

Another Unknown Location

In a clearing somewhere in a forest was burning a small fire. Next to the fire sat Jiraiya and he was deep in thoughts. Suddenly a small cloud of smoke appeared near the edge of the clearing out of nowhere, interrupted Jiraiya's thinking and he prepared himself for a possible attack. He relaxed once the smoke dissipated and revealed a small monkey with a Konoha forehead protector.

"Why has sensei sent you to search for me?"

"Greetings Jiraiya-san. Why did you knew who sent me to search you? It took me six days to find you. Please tell me what you did to get this info before my arrival", the small monkey asked in a mix of awe and childish curiosity.

Jiraiya had to smile about this question because the small monkey had in his awe overlooked the obvious answer and revealed Jiraiya that it was a very young summon, maybe still a child.

"I knew sensei sent you, because the only Monkey Summoning Contract I knew belongs to the Sarutobi Clan and the only one of them who would contact me is sensei. You see it's very obvious", Jiraiya answered and laughed when he saw the little monkey face palming.

"I was sent to deliver this Scroll to you. It's from Sarutobi-sama and he ordered me to inform you that this message is really important and right after you finish reading it he wants you to give me your answer", the little monkey said and handed the Scroll over to Jiraiya.

Jiraiya took the Scroll, opened it and started reading it. Once he finished reading he had a deep frown on his face. After a few silent minutes he looked the monkey in front of him into the eyes and said, "I have my answer for sensei. You can say him that I will return to Konoha and meet him, but I will only stay temporary and I will continue to search for hints about Naruto and Kushina. I will return to Konoha as fast as I can, but it will take some time because right now I'm following a hot trail."

"I will deliver Sarutobi-sama your answer. Good luck with your search", the little monkey said before he disappeared in another cloud of smoke, leaving Jiraiya alone with his thoughts again.

Kumogakure

It took Raizen and his escort a bit more than a week until they arrived back in Kumo again, because they travelled on a slower pace. Once they reached Kumo Raizen dismissed all of them and ordered them to get some rest, but he asked Kushina and A to stay because he wanted something to discuss with them.

Once they reached the Raikage Office, Raizen ordered Mabui to inform the Shinobi Council (which consisted of the Clan Heads and several important Kumo-nin, amongst them the Jonin commander and the respective leaders of all four ANBU units) that there will be a meeting later that day, before he sat down into his chair behind his (new) desk and said Kushina and A to take a seat too.

"Raizen you better have something important you want to discuss with me, because I actually wanted go home, see Naruto-kun and Yugito-chan and then get some long overdue rest", Kushina said with visible annoyance.

"I wanted to ask you something", Raizen replied, "Since you've told me what happened on the day Naruto was born I'm worried. I'm especially concerned about what you've told me about the attacker's Jutsu where he appear out of nowhere and is not noticeable until it is too late. With this Jutsu he could easily sneak into Kumo and we would not know it. I wanted to ask you if there is a Seal against something like this?"

Kushina thought a few minutes about Raizens question until suddenly her face light up in recognition but immediately after it a deep frown appeared on her face.

"There exists a Seal which makes it impossible to enter via Jutsus meant for stealth, this would include the Hiraishin no Jutsu (Flying Thunder God Technique), Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique) or the strange Jutsu Obito used, or entering while being under a Genjutsu (Illusionary Technique) or a Henge no Jutsu (Transformation Technique). Basically the Seal stops any of the former Jutsus, even Jikūkan Ninjutsu (Space–Time Ninjutsu), from entering anything surrounded by this Seal. The weakness is if someone enters with walking, once he crossed the Seal and is inside any of the Jutsus the Seal blocks can be used again", Kushina explained to Raizen and A.

"But that's great, with this no-….", A started but Kushina interrupted him with a serious expression.

"There is a problem."

"What problem?", Raizen asked.

"I don't know how to make this Seal", Kushina sighed while Raizen and A made long faces, "This Seal protected Uzushiogakure and because of this was one of the most guarded Seals of the Uzumakis. It was only known by one person: the secret keeper of the Uzumaki Clan."

"What's a secret keeper?", asked A with a confused expression.

"As you may know, the Uzumaki Clan is one of the oldest Clans in this world. Because they knew the possible destruction Seals can cause if used for it, they decided to do something to in order to prevent that the wrong people get their hands on the more possibly harmful Seals or Artifacts. The secret keeper guarded these Seals and Artifacts and if someone showed himself worthy he teaches this person the specific seal or give him or her the specific artifact. He also guarded everything which involves the Village security", Kushina explained, "The secret keeper of the Uzumaki Clan was the only person who knew every single Seal or Jutsu of the whole Uzumaki Clan, while I as the Clan Head am only in the possession of ca. 70% of the Scrolls. For an example: I only know the incomplete version of the Seal to create swords like mine or Kenpachis, while the complete version was only known to the secret keeper and the Uzumakis who were creating such special weapons."

"That's an interesting and effective way to protect a Clans secrets. I assume that these more 'tricky' things the keeper guarded are only accessible by him?", Raizen asked and Kushina nodded.

"What happened to the secret keeper?", A asked.

Kushina's expression turned sad before she answered, "I don't know for sure, but I believe he died during the destruction of Uzushiogakure."

"That's unfortunate. In this case we have to search for another way to prevent this Obito from sneaking in. Do you think you're able to reverse engineer this Seal or create a similar one?"

"I'm not sure. This Seal was a true masterpiece and was improved over many generations. I may be able to create a similar one but it will take me some time", Kushina answered to Raizen.

"But now I have to ask you something that is in my mind ever since you've told me about this four Clans which joined Kumo", Kushina said and Raizen gestured her to continue, "If you want new Clans for Kumo, why haven't you sent some of your ANBUs to search the Elemental Nations for new Clans? I'm sure the Kimuunkuru Clan, the Yukitora Clan, the Kariudo Clan and the Shiroi Ōkami Clan aren't the only Clans who hid themselves from the public-eye. And I'm sure there are several who suffered in the Bloodline purge in Kirigakure for having a Kekkei Genkai themselves, being related to someone who have one or for helping someone with a Kekkei Genkai. I bet if you would now go and offer them sanctuary, there are many Shinobis, Civilians, children and maybe even whole Clans who didn't want to fight in the civil war and would jump for the chance to live in a place where they would be praised and not cursed for their abilities."

As soon Kushina said this the sound of a double face palm could be heard in the room and Raizen and A looked at each other, both with a red handprint on their faces.

"Wow how did we not think of that before, pops?", A asked and both Raizen and A couldn't help but feel embarrassed for having never thought about that before.

"That's it. Kushina, you had the perfect idea. I will immediately send Shinobis to Mizu no Kuni (Land of Water) and let them inform any person with a Kekkei Genkai they find, that Kumo offers them a new home. I will also order BOLT and FLASH to search the Nations for infos about unknown and/or unaffiliated Clans and the Clans themselves", Raizen nearly shouted in excitement before he mumbled something about 'finally found a way to shut up the annoying Council', much to the amusement of every other person in the room.

"If that's everything, I want to go home", Kushina said and on Raizens gesture she said goodbye and left.

After Kushina left the Office, for about 5 minutes nobody said a word, until suddenly Raizen said to A, "You love her, don't you?"

This question caused A to turn into a fidgeting mess. With a panicked expression and voice he replied, "I don't know what you're talking about, old man."

"Don't try to deny it. Anyone who knows you can see it as clear as day", Raizen said with a stern voice.

"Does she…?"

"No she don't. You have to thank Bee for not telling her."

After he heard that, A sighed and said somewhat depressed, "You're right, old men. At first I only found her beautiful, but recently I'm falling more and more for her. But how can I confess that to her, as she has lost her Husband not even 4 years ago?"

"I can't help you with that. The only piece of advice I can give you is, wait until the time is right but don't wait until it's too late and then regret it", Raizen replied sagely.

"Thanks old man."

"Now get out. I have tons of work to do before the Council meeting this evening", Raizen growled and A stood up and left while laughing at his father's misery.

"Just wait until you take the hat. That day the laughing one will be me…", Raizen thought while A outside the door suddenly had a feeling of uneasiness.

Kumogakure, 4 Years after Kyuubi-attack

It was the 10th October and Naruto had a nice day. After waking up he went down for Breakfast and was greeted by his whole family and the loud cheer "HAPPY BIRTHDAY NARUTO!" and he received many nice presents. In the afternoon he and Yugito were mostly playing with their friends Sekkachi (8) and Kinagana (9) (Twins, girls with personalities as opposing as their names), Kibin (10) (a boy who is on foot as fast as with his mind; very fast) and Tsuyoi (11) (a boy who is already very strong for his age, but with a friendly personality and not the best thinker). These four kids were the only Kids in the Yotsuki Clan who were around Narutos and Yugitos age.

Now in the evening Naruto and Yugito were together running through the streets of Kumo, preoccupied playing tag with each other.

"You have to be faster if you want to catch me, Naruto-kun", Yugito who was running ahead laughed.

"You will not outrun me Yugito-chan", Naruto replied in a tone that showed he had as much fun as Yugito.

The two of them were so absorbed into their game that they didn't noticed the sun vanished behind the horizon and the night started. At the same time they entered a less populated area of Kumo without noticing it. When Naruto finally catches Yugito it was already dark and they were in a dark and deserted alley.

"Where are we?", Naruto asked Yugito.

"I don't know. I have never seen this place before", Yugito answered before she started to walk into the direction they came from and said, "Come, we have to go home. It's already dark and if we don't hurry Kaa-chan and Tou-san (Yugito calls Kushina Kaa-chan and Raizen Tou-san because she can't remember her parents) will be worried and scold us again."

"You're right. We better hurry", Naruto replied and tried to catch up with Yugito. Suddenly a sharp pain exploded in the back of his head and the ground suddenly seemed to come closer and closer. The last thing Naruto heard before everything turned black was a horrified scream.

"NARUTO-KUN!"


The first thing Naruto felt was a mind numbing headache like he never felt one before.

"Oooww, that hurts. I wonder if Bee-Nii-san feels like that every time A-Nii-san punishes him with the Iron Claw…", Naruto thought with some gallows humor, but then he started to panic, "Wait, why does I even have such a headache? What happened? The last thing I remember is how I tried to catch up with Yugito-chan and then everything went Black… No, the last thing I remember is Yugito-chan screaming my name."

Suddenly he was able to hear voices, but he still couldn't see a thing.

"You sure you didn't kill the brat?", asked person one, a man with an oily voice.

"Of course I'm sure. I only slightly patted him on the head. Why do you even care?", said person two, a man with a nagging voice.

"Because this brat is the son of the Raikage you idiot", answered person three with a voice as cold as steel.

"What? Then why did we even attack them?", asked person four with a voice which sounded as if he was extremely dense.

"Because of the girl, you retard", steely voice snapped.

"I didn't knew you swing this way", oily voice chuckled.

"Have you lost the rest of your brain? We're here to kill this Demon brat once and for all", steely voice annoyed reply could be heard.

"Kill Yugito-chan? I have to do something. But why did he call her a Demon?", Narutos thoughts were racing as he tried to see something instead of black.

"Why haven't you said that earlier?", asked dense voise.

"He did. More than once", oily voice replied.

Finally Naruto was able to see something. He saw four men in typical Kumo-nin garb and one of them hold a gagged and sobbing Yugito who had a terrified expression. He was about to slit her throat open with a kunai but he was stopped by a voice.

"LEAVE HER ALONE!", Naruto shouted and surprised the four men.

"I thought you knocked him out?", oily voice who held Yugito snapped at one of the men.

"How is he even alive? I was sure I killed him", nagging voice said with visible surprise.

"I think we have to talk about obeying orders. But now the kid have seen us, we can't let him alive. Kill him", steely voice ordered the man who stood next to Naruto.

"Okay", dense voice replied and took out a kunai while he walked in the direction of a now shaking and visibly scared Naruto. Once he reached Naruto he raised his kunai and said, "Time to die kid."

Naruto was about to pass out from fear when he suddenly felt strange.

The four men were surprised when they felt a pulse of chakra coming from the boy


Inside Naruto's Seal the Kyuubi suddenly opened both eyes in surprise.

"Impossible. This can't be what I think it is. Maybe I should have a closer look to be sure. This brat may be worth my time. But if it's correct what I believe I felt, this boy will have the potential to change or destroy everything",the Kyuubi thought in something he haven't felt for a very, very long time: surprise.

"Don't disappoint me and die here brat, or you will regret it!", the Kyuubi roared and for the first time he tried to be heard by his host.


Naruto was very confused. First he felt something strange, then he heard a voice in his head and now suddenly everything moved in slow motion. The man who tried to drive a kunai into his (Narutos) throat moved so slow, Naruto had all the time he needed to avoid. He instinctively dodged and picked up a stone which was distantly shaped like a long arrowhead and before the man who tried to kill him overcome his confusion that the boy dodged, Naruto jumped in the air and hammered the stone in his hand right on the temple of his wannabe-killers with enough force to drive the stone into the man's brain with a wet squelch. The man's eyes rolled into his head and he fell over like a bag of potatoes.

"I said, let Yugito-chan go", Naruto said with a strange emotionless voice and raised his fists as if to fight.

"He killed him and now he think he can order us around because he suddenly got some freaky eyes!", the man with the nagging voice ranted.

"He had freaky eyes before if you ask me", steely voice replied and then said to the man with the oily voice, "Kill the Demon. We will kill the other brat and then we have to leave as fast as possible."

After he said that, Yugito helplessly had to watch the two men racing toward Naruto while the man who held her was about to kill her.

"If I only wasn't so helpless then I could do something instead from being scared", Yugito thought with tears in her eyes.

"Do you want to save this boy?", Yugito suddenly could hear a female voice ask her.

"Yes", Yugito replied loud, surprising the man behind her slightly who thought the girl lost her mind.

"Then I will help you doing it. On good future partnership, Yugito-chan", the voice replied in a purr and suddenly Yugito's green eyes turned yellow like sulfur and she felt an unknown strength.

The two man who were about to attack Naruto suddenly felt something powerful behind them. Then they heard their accomplice scream, but his scream suddenly ended in a gurgling noise. They immediately turned around to see what happened without recognizing the blonde blur which passed them.

They saw their accomplice lying on the ground while he clutched his throat which was ripped open. Yugito was nowhere to be seen.

When they turned again to face Naruto they saw Yugito standing next to Naruto, her fingernails had turned into long sharp claws and were covered in blood and her body was surrounded by a red aura which distantly remembered a cat.

"You will not touch him!", Yugito growled at the two men in front of her and her voice didn't sound human anymore. Naruto was looking at her in a mix of awe and fear, but clearly awe was the dominant feeling.

"You goddamn Demon lovers. I'm gonna bleed you like a stuck pig!", steely voice snarled at the children in front of him.

But before he could do a single step, a pitch black blade pierced through his chest and Kushina appeared behind him while she said with a voice cold enough to freeze hell, "Not if I'm stick you first!"

"SHIT!", the man with the nagging voice shouted once he saw the death of steely voice and he realized that he was alone. He tried to flee and jumped on the roof of the house next to him.

As soon he stood on top of said roof, he felt two approaching presences. The last thing he heard was the twin-shout "DOUBLE LARIAT!"

Down in the street Kushina grinned when she heard that A and Bee took care of the last man. Then she kneeled in front of her two children, who've started hugging each other for comfort, and wanted to console them. But the moment she looked into Naruto's eyes which were wide open, a surprised gasp escaped her. After a second look she mumbled, "That's impossible."

She then shouted in the direction of the rooftop, "A! Bee! I think you should come down and look at this, because I'm not sure if I see correct!"

The thing Kushina surprised when she looked into Naruto's eyes was, that they weren't blue but red with slitted pupils and a single tomoe in every eye. She was looking into her son's Sharingan.


Whew, I've finally finished this chapter.

I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and how I solved the Hyuuga Incident (it hurt me to write it, but Hizashi had to die… It makes the Chunin exams easier to write if Neji is a fate loving prick… I hope you like how I wrote his death…). I probably have not much time to write because I've got a lot to do, so it can take a while until my next chapter.

I'm searching for a Beta-reader.

1: in this Story the 1st Raikage's name was A and he was part of the Shihoin Clan

2: in this Story the 2nd Raikage's name was Z and he was part of the Kuchiki Clan

3: I can't see Yagura as the cruel man he was said to be in canon, because in his short appereance he seemed many things but not cruel to me, so I blame the 3rd Mizukage for the graduation exam (Yes Obito caused many things Yagura did, but in canon Yagura was Mizukage for some time before Obito took control of him…)

4: as far as I know a Kimuunkuru is some kind of forest spirit in the Japanese mythology. On my profile you can find the link of the picture which inspired me to create this Clan.

5: Yukitora means Snowtiger

6: Kariudo means Hunter

7: Shiroi Ōkami Clan means Clan of the white Wolf

8: Sekkachi means impatient

9: Kinagana means patient

10: Kibin means smart/quick

11: Tsuyoi means strong (I couldn't resist making a strong and loyal but not so bright character XD)

I'm curious if some of you can name the role models/inspirations of my four OC-Clans… I will make a special of those who can name one correct.

I'm creating a list of all Kumo Clan's and I will upload it as soon it's finished and doesn't spoiler anymore.

The next Chapter will include Naruto's and Yugito's first meeting with their Bijuus and will have the title 'Shocking Re(ve)lations'.

Please Review if you liked the Chapter.

Ilireanwri over and out.