In the last few months Charlotte Faith was not the only one effected by her decisions, Christian Fate had his own hands full of things to deal with since her disappearance from the Iron Fist Kingdom on his watch nonetheless, which only added to the already mounting pressure he was under in order to find The Dark Cloaked Lady before the Iron-Fist King had his head mounted on the Castle's wall.
We find Christian along with four of his Knights riding atop their trusty steeds heading for Konohagakure/Konoha or as it is better known as the Hidden Leaf Village as they made their way throughout The Five Great Shinobi Countries after getting word that Charlotte Faith was in fact in the hands of an unknown Ninja.
Christian stopped his horse and hold out his arm just short of the large gate surrounding the Hidden Leaf, his men came to a stop behind him for that was their signal then they all then hopped off the horses. Christian Fate left behind two of his Knights to watch over the steeds and the remaining two Knights were to tag along with him. The three of them made their way inside of the large gates and explaining to the two guards on duty why they were there along with showing them the official document from the Iron-Fist King himself and demanding to be taken to the Hokage immediately.
Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane the guards simply shrugged their shoulders and since they didn't really have any other choice but to allow the small group to pass, they decided to do so only with an escort because after all these were outsiders here to see their leader Lady Tsunade and they had to be very cautious for it wasn't that long ago that the Leaf lost the great Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi and they didn't want history to repeat itself on this day.
Anyways the Knights didn't have to wait for long because here came their escorts now, Kakashi Hatake and Naruto Uzumaki.
Naruto lead Christian's party to the Hokage Tower with Kakashi taking up the rear. Once inside Naruto moved closer to the Hokage giving them some room to speak with the surprised looking Lady Tsunade because she had not been briefed on what was happening yet.
Kakashi on the otherhand faded into the background watching the Knights with extreme caution for he did not trust ether one of them as far as he could throw them. There was just something off about these men that the Jonin couldn't quite put his finger on just yet but he could sense red flags from the moment he laid his one visible eye on them and that was enough for him to distrust the so called Royal Knights.
"Naruto, Kakashi; What is the meaning of this...Who are these strange men you brought into my office? Someone explain to me just what the hell is going on here!" Tsunade practically shouted at both Ninja. However it was Christian Fate who took up the challenge of answering her as he quickly give her an apologetic bow before speaking:
"My apologizes my good Lady Hokage for the sudden intrusion, However the business we have at hand is at the utmost urgent I assure you...My name is Christian Fate and I am the head of the Land of Steel's Royal Knights...His highness King Steel has issued a warrant for the arrest of a certain young Maiden whom we believe to be in cahoots with Shinobi such as yourselves and therefore we were ordered to track this Maiden down at any cost...So my follow Knights and I will be traveling through all Shinobi Territories until we manage to track her down and our King has requested that all countries allow our search to take hold."
Christian want to hand photos of Charlotte Faith, along with the Warrant and Official Proclamation to Tsunade only to find her assistant Shizune jumping over the desk in front of him with a kunai in one of her hands pointed at Christian's face and she used the other hand to snatch the papers away while Tonton the pig oinked up a storm at his feet causing the Knight to take a step back.
" Do NOT come any closer to Lady Tsunade, If you have anything to give our Hokage kindly hand it to me or one of the other Ninja in the room!" stated Shizune in a kind yet protectively stern like tone of voice before she turned around handing Tsunade the documents and lowering her weapon but not sheathing it.
The fifth sat there reading over the document for some time and studying the photographs both cloaked and not cloaked versions of the young woman before she finally responded to Christian: " I see, So this young lady has been charged with not only thrift of Royal artifacts but for murder of the former head of Knights as well...Those are some pretty serious offensives, It's no wonder the Iron-Fist Kingdom wants this girl's head on a silver platter...I will permit, Your search to continue in our Village and will aid you in any way necessary...However, I am no fool and I am well aware of the views the Land of Steel takes on us Shinobi especially that of the Iron-Fist Kingdom and therefore should any of you lay one finger on any of my kind, Our treaty will be off and we will treat you as hostel enemies...Do I make myself clear ?"
"Perfectly clear Lady Hokage...We thank you for your cooperation, Now if you will excuse us, We will get our search underway so that we do not take up to much of your time for we have many more places to visit."
The Royal Knights took their leave and as soon as they did Tsunade summoned the hidden ANBU members to her side where she ordered that to keep close watch on all actives the Knights took while in Konoha and report it back to only her in secret.
Once the ANBU left, Kakashi cleared his throat and spoke up for the first time since coming in contact with the outsiders: " With all due respect Lady Tsunade, Are you sure you made the right decision just now? Surly I am not the only one who has noticed that something is just not right about those Knights."
"No Kakashi, You were not the only one to notice that...However, as the Hokage my hands were tied and I had no real choice but to allow them their search or face a possible war among nations...So that is why I have the ANBU watching their every move, Those Knights will not be able to take a piss without me knowing."
Naruto had been looking over the documents, The pictures in particular captured his interests: "Hey Granny, I can tell you already that those Knights are not gonna find this girl because I know for a fact she ain't here...This is the same lady who took control of the Nine Tails when we finally found Sasuke a few months back...She's where ever the hell that snake Bastard Orochimaru is right now."
"Are you absolutely sure of that Naruto?" asked Kakashi Hatake while taking the photos from Naruto so that he could have a look to since he wasn't involved in that failed mission.
"Look at her Kakashi Sensei, How can you forget someone with a face like hers, especially that creepy eye!" Naruto shuddered as he remembered seeing Faith's eye in reality. " Wait a minute, Kakashi Sensei if we find her before those dumb Knights we might be able to find Sasuke as well and drag his ass back to the Village where he belongs."
No one said anything to that as they all set around pondering what to do next but enough of the Hidden Leaf Village for now, Charlotte Faith is about to embark on a journey that will indeed be tied to all that has happened here for Naruto's words does have some truth behind them just not in the way any of them think.