Part 8- The Summoning
The rest of the council, the two respected village elders and the Hokage along with a few other high rank ninja sat round a table and listened in horror while Iruka related the story of what Sasuke had just witnessed.
"He just suddenly broke and attacked."
The members of the council listened with their mouths half open, they listened their hopes falling, and they listened in dismay and fear. When Iruka finished the silence was dismal and deep.
"We" intoned one of the village elders, "must do what is best for the village… This can't go on for much longer. He is hugely disturbed and his behaviour endangers us all greatly. He cannot be trusted for his actions; we never know when he might attack" – and here the entire council gave a collective shiver of dread.
"Right here we need to agree on what Uzumaki Naruto's fate is to be."
The rest nodded their heads in agreement.
" We have no more choices left, the solution is a simple one, Uzumaki Naruto, container of the Kyuubi must die" The Hokage pounded his fist into the table for order, his eyes shining in sorrow, his whole body gave out waves of depression as he set down the command what he had hoped the fourth had never intended to happen.
"Members I shall cast a vote, those in favour of the safety of Konoha? Raise your hand."
There was a rustling as the rest of the council put up their hands, they didn't want to kill Naruto see, it was written in the fourth's will, but it had to be done.
Silence reigned the room.
The only noise came from Iruka. He was crying. And the council, saddened for Iruka, looked away.
Reader can you imagine the last person who cared for you so much has left you, and said merely nothing in your defence? Who is sending you to your death?
Iruka wept and one of the elders hit the table and said,
"Uzumaki Naruto will appear before the village of Konoha. He will hear of his fate, he will be given a chance to live. If he doesn't accept his destiny, he will be killed. Uzumaki Naruto is hereby called to sit with the Council. Iruka go meet Kakashi, I will address the villagers."
At least Iruka had the decency to weep at his act of deceitfulness. Reader do you know what "deceit" means? I have a feeling you do, based on this little scene that has just unfolded here. But you should look up this word in the dictionary. Just to be sure.