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In this chapter we will see how the council reacts to Naruto. Danzo will show his motives for calling a meeting, and Narrators fate in the village is decided. As I said before this story deviates from the canon story. Don't expect everything to be the same as in the Anime/manga. If it was there would be point in righting this story. This includes the ages of some of the characters. I will start to include ages after each chapter as I find it relevant. I hope you enjoy the chapter. Let me know what you think.
A Hero's DNA.
Chapter 2: Return to Konoha: The Prodigal Son Arrives.
Danzo sat at the foot of a long table, to his right sat Homura, and Koharu and to his left sat Michio. On Michio's left sat the Shinobi Clan council which was made by the heads of the noble clans of Konoha. They were Chouza Akimichi, Shibi Aburame, Hiashi Hyuga, Tsume Inuzuka, Shikaku Nara, Fugaku, Uchiha, and Inoichi Yamanaka. On Koharu's right sat the Konoha District Council, civilians elected to run each of The Leaf Villages 7 districts. They were Daiki Sato of district 1, Ryota Ito of district 2, Rina Shimizu of district 3, Hiroki Tanaka of district 4, Mibuki Haruno of district 5, Chihiro Ogawa of district 6, and Yusuke Yamada of district 7. All of the council members sat patiently waiting for Hiruzen Sarutobi to enter. They had not had a large meeting of the councils since the death of the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze.
Hiruzen walked into the council room along with Jiraiya and Tsunade, as well as four of his anbu operatives who would sit on each corner of the room. He sat down wearing his red and white robes and took off his hat. Tsunade sat on his left while Jiraiya sat on his right.
"So you all wanted a meeting to be held, here I am. As third Hokage of the Hidden Leaf I hereby start the meeting of councils. Who would like to begin?" Danzo stood up much to Hiruzen's dismay. "Ok Danzo you may begin."
"Thank you Lord Hiruzen. We called this meeting to discuss matter of great importance to the entire village. A matter that you, Hiruzen, neglected to inform any of us about. The return of the Nine Tails Jinchuuriki."
"Sorry to interrupt you Danzo but I do believe that the child has a name. It is Naruto Namikaze, as you are all aware."
"Naruto Namikaze is dead, Lord Hokage, he died along side his mother and father. That is what you told us six years ago." The civilian council member Daiki stated.
"Any at that point that is what I believed to be true. I was wrong, and he has indeed been returned to us today. As I have been made aware, you have all been shown his medical report."
"About that, how can you be sure that this is indeed the same boy? According to the report he has the DNA of several powerful clans. Not just the Fourth, and Kushina." Rina jumped in.
"If you knew anything about medical reports than you would know, yes he has cells from other clans infused within him, but his chromosomes, and genetics indicate that he is indeed, Minato, and Kushina's child." Tsunade interjected.
"You are not a member of this council Tsunade, please be silent unless called upon." Koharu angrily exclaimed.
"As the Last of the Senju, one of the two founding clans, and granddaughter of the first Hokage, not to mention the world's premier specialist in medical ninjustsu, and the one who found the boy in the first place, I do believe she is entitled to speak and vote along with these proceedings Koharu." Michio stated to his fellow advisor.
"I agree with Michio." Hiashi Hyuga stated.
"As do I." Shikaku agreed.
"So be it." Homura finished. "Tsunade you may continue."
"Thank you. As I was saying, I have thoroughly studied the files that you were all given and I can give you my professional opinion that Naruto, is in fact, with one hundred percent certainty, the child of Minato and Kushina."
"I can accept that fact Princess Tsunade." Danzo said. "But is it true that Orochimaru is responsible for the boy's current state?"
"Yes Danzo that is true." Hiruzen admitted.
"Then is it possible that Orochimaru created the boy from the DNA of his parents. He doesn't necessarily have to be their actual child that was born on October 10th six years ago."
"May I speak?" Jiraiya asked the council.
"I don't see why not, go ahead Jiraiya." Homura responded.
"If Minato's child had indeed been killed the chakra of the Nine Tailed Fox would have dissipated and reformed in a decade or two. Considering that it would have been impossible to collect all of the chakra and seal it into a new child at that point, I would say that proves that Naruto is in fact the same Naruto born from Kushina." He explained. "Not to mention, I looked at the seal, and no one else, besides Minato, could have created that seal that was used. The masterwork is beyond even my own level."
"Well said Lord Jiraiya." Inoichi said to the Sannin.
"With this information that we have been given, I move that we fix the records of Naruto Namikaze and list him as alive." Tsume Inuzuka spoke up.
"I second that motion." Chouza agreed.
"All in favor?" Hiruzen asked aloud. All of the council leaders in attendance raised their hands in agreement. "Motion has been passed. Now if that is all then I…"
"Not so fast Hiruzen, there are other matters that we must consider." Danzo said aloud.
"What is it now Danzo?"
"I have several questions that have been submitted to me that I would like to ask. The names of the questioners will not be given. First is the Nine-Tailed Fox safely sealed away? We do not want it to escape."
"The answer is yes, the seal is perfect. Naruto's chakra system and the foxes will merge until Naruto has complete control over all of the Foxes chakra. The Fox has no way of taking him over." Jiraiya answered.
"As a well-known seal master I believe that we should listen to Lord Jiraiya." Shibi stated.
"Agreed." Danzo answered. "Second, do you know how the experimentation on the boy will affect him?"
"There is now way to tell at the moment. But negative effects are not likely at this point. He has lived through procedures no one else could have survived. But he could become a powerful asset to the village." Tsunade answered.
"Very good. That brings me to questions three four and five. Where will he live? Who will take care of him? And will he become a shinobi?"
"Is it true that he has Uchiha blood in him?" Fugaku asked.
"Yes." Tsunade answered.
"Then I believe that the Uchiha clan should take him."
"Absolutely not, the Hyuga clan will not allow you to take him, you will just use him for your own power." Hiashi spoke out.
"How dare you accuse me of such a thing?"
"If I may Lord Hokage, the boy also has Senju blood, and Uzumaki blood, am I correct." Shikaku asked.
"Yes, his mother was Kushina Uzumaki, and Orochimaru gave him Senju DNA."
"Then why doesn't Lady Tsunade raise the boy?"
"That is up to her." Hiruzen answered. "Jiraiya has been listed as Naruto's god father as well."
"I believe the best solution would be to leave him in my care Lord Hokage." Danzo announced.
"Absolutely not!" Tsunade shouted back.
"I will raise the boy to be a weapon for our village the likes no one has seen before. Also his blood needs to be researched. If we could give all of our shinobi his potential power, then our village would be unstoppable." The civilian council seemed to agree with the old war hawk.
"Naruto is not a science experiment Danzo nor is he a weapon to be used in such a way. He is the living, breathing, human son of our Fourth Hokage, and will be treated as such!" Tsunade was livid at Danzo's proposal.
"Tsunade, all ninja are weapons for their village." He responded. "I move that Naruto be placed in my care."
"Danzo, do not try this. Not with Minato's child."
"I second that motion Hiruzen." Homura responded.
"Fine." Hiruzen said gritting his teeth. "All in favor." Danzo's hand raised as well as Homura and Koharu's.
Six of the civilian council's hands shot up.
"Mibuki, what are you doing?" Yusuke asked.
"I don't believe that a child who has already lived through six years of hell should live through more."
"All opposed." Everyone else's hands raised into the air. "Motion denied."
"I move that Tsunade Senju should raise the child." Jiraiya spoke out.
"You are not a member of this council Jiraiya." Danzo quickly said.
"Fine then I will make the motion." Michio said.
"Lord Michio?" Fugaku questioned.
"Fugaku, you are a great head of our clan, but what this village needs is balance. The Uchiha cannot take too much power. It is bad for the village as a whole."
Fugaku nodded to his father in law in respect.
"I second the motion." Hiashi Hyuga said aloud earning a few astonished looks.
"All in favor?" All of the shinobi council's hands raised high. Tsunade, Michio, Hiruzen and Mibuki also raised their hands. "Majority rules, motion carried. Tsunade will take care of Naruto."
"Th…thank you sensei." Tsunade said slightly amazed that she now had to care for a child.
"I would like to make a request of you though Tsunade." Hiruzen said.
"What is it sensei."
"Naruto I the son of Minato and Kushina and as such I would like hi to be raised within village walls. I want you to come back for good."
"I'll see how the village acts first sensei."
"Understandable, though I was also hoping that you would open up a medical ninjustsu academy, as you wanted to before. We are no longer in a war so we have the resources to do this. And there is no one better to run such a thing than you. Also you, my student are the last living heir of the Senju clan. If not for your grandfather this village would not exist. Therefore I hereby grant you a seat on the Shinobi Clan council."
"Are you serious sensei?"
"Very serious, the Senju clan more than deserves it. Does any member of the Shinobi Clan Council disagree with this decision?"
They all shook their heads no to answer the Hokage.
"Then it is decided, the Senju clan will have their seat once again.
"I will do it." She said with a large smile.
"I am glad to hear it Tsunade. Welcome back to the village. It has been too long. Dan, Nawaki, and your grandfather would be proud of you."
Danzo was getting angry while watching the scene before him. Hiruzen continued to make the village weak in his eyes.
"I move for a vote of no confidence in Hiruzen Sarutobi as Hokage of our village!"
Everyone's heads turned on that note.
"Excuse me Danzo?"
"Hiruzen you are no longer fit to wear that hat. I will not allow to weaken this village anymore. We should be the most powerful of any nation, but it cannot happen if you are Hokage."
"How dare you?" Hiruzen asked pissed off.
"I second this motion." Yusuke said aloud.
"If that is what you wish then the motion will be voted on. All in favor?"
Danzo raised his hand as did Yusuke, Chihiro, Daiki, and Hiroki. But they were alone in that regard.
"What is this?!" Danzo yelled.
"Danzo, Hiruzen has led this village well for many years, and while he may make decisions that we do not agree with some times we would never want him to step down unless there was a truly viable candidate." Homura said to him.
"And you are most certainly not it." Koharu agreed.
"Danzo your motion is denied. How has it come to this my friend?"
"You are a weak old fool Hiruzen. This village has the potential to be unstoppable. The will of fire is lost to you."
"The will of fire lives in all of us so long as we are prepared to lay down our lives for the safety of others. You Danzo have betrayed me greatly on this day. You call a meeting behind my back, try to steal power for your own benefits and goals, and attempted to overthrow me out of this position. I think that you have forgotten something my friend. This is not a democracy. This is a dictatorship and I have the last say as to what happens within these walls. This council was created for the purpose of distributing power and helping the Hokage run the village, not to run the village themselves. I am sorry my friend but I hereby remove you from your position as advisor to the Hokage. I remove all rank and association to the shinobi of this village. You will live your days as a civilian, and if I find out that you have taken any action against this villages safety or order, then you will face the consequences of those actions. And they will be severe let me promise you that my old friend."
"You can't do that Hiruzen. You need the council's approval."
"NO my friend, I do not. Anbu remove Danzo from this room please."
"Damn you Hiruzen!" Danzo said as an anbu used the body flicker technique to teleport him from the room.
"Now is there anything else?"
"Hiruzen, who will take Danzo's place? Koharu asked.
"Jiraiya I would be honored if you would do this."
"Sensei I cannot stay in the village."
"I understand but I still want you as my advisor."
"If that is your wish then yes, when I am in the village I will be one of your advisors."
"Then I declare this meeting over."
Everyone stood to leave the room. Many of the civilian council members were highly upset at the outcomes of the meeting.
"Congratulations Tsunade." Jiraiya said as they left the room.
"Lady Tsunade!" Shizune ran up to her with Naruto following. "What happened?"
Tsunade bent down to speak with Naruto.
"Naruto, do you want to stay in the village?"
"Yes, I do."
"Then you will stay."
The blonde suddenly looked scared.
"But who will I stay with, what if Orochimaru comes for me?"
"Naruto you will be staying with me. And I will not let that snake lay a finger on you."
"Lady Tsunade are you serious, we are staying in Konoha." Shizune asked with a wide smile upon her face.
"Yes Shizune we are staying."
"Tsunade, if I'm staying with you, does that make you my mom?"
Tsunade started to tear up at the idea of being a mother. She had thought that with Dan dead her time for that would never come.
"Yes Naruto I will be your mom."
Naruto hugged on to Tsunade as tightly as possible as he began to cry. He had never been this happy before, and for the first time in his life he felt like he had a family. But then a thought came to his mind, a thought of an old friend that he missed.
"Mom, so you found me when I got away from Orochimaru right."
"Yes, why Naruto?"
"Did you find any of the other kids he had?"
"No I didn't, sensei?"
"Naruto, when we raided Orochimaru's underground labs all of the kids we found were dead. Well except one but he was in a severe coma."
"Was it my brother?" Naruto asked with hope in his eyes.
"Your brother?"
"Lord Hokage!" A nurse came running down the hall way. "Lord Hokage you need to come quickly."
"What is it?"
"You just need to see this."
"Tsunade please we might need your medical expertise at the hospital." Hiruzen said to his student.
Tsunade picked up Naruto as she and ran with the Hokage to the hospital. Thy heard aloud crash as they approached the building and saw a tree burst through the wall.
"What in Kami's name is that?" Tsunade asked.
"Let's hurry."
As they entered the hospital another nurse came up to them.
"Sir, it's that boy that your anbu brought in. He awoke from his coma and he just freaked out."
"What room?"
"Second floor room 221."
"Tsunade lets go."
They ran up the staircase and came up to his room. As they looked through the door they couldn't believe what they were seeing. Tree branches and leaves began to elongate and twist all around the room as the teen cried out on his bed in fear. They could see his chakra becoming visible as the tree on his nigh stand reacted.
"This is impossible. I've never seen something like this since…" Hiruzen couldn't finish his sentence.
"Grandfather!" Tsunade said to herself in shock at the power of wood release she was witnessing.
Naruto jumped out of her arms and ran to the teen on the bed. He jumped up next to the boy and threw his arms around him.
"Brother, stop it. Don't be scared. Please."
"Bother" both Hiruzen and Tsunade thought at the same time.
The teen opened his eyes and looked at Naruto and his chakra stopped flaring. The tree began to slowly shrink away and went back to its normal size. A large gaping hole remained I the side of the Hospital wall. Tsunade took a good look at the boy on the bed. He had short spiky brown hair and large eyes. But the thing was that they had a strange green glow to them, until the tree went back to normal then they were black as black could be.
"583, I that you?"
"Yeah, it's me brother, don't be afraid anymore, I don't like it."
"I'm sorry little brother."
"Excuse me Naruto ho is this? I didn't know that you had a brother." Tsunade said to the blonde.
"This is experiment 575. He looked out for me when Orochimaru had us, but now we are both free."
Tsunade approached the boy.
"Do you know who you are or what has been done to you?"
"I don't…I don't remember my real name. It's been so long. But I do know that Lord Orochimaru said he was trying to inject Hashirama Senju's cells into our bodies. Everyone else died though. I'm so glad that 583 here Is safe though."
"My name is Naruto now brother." Naruto said.
"Tsunade this boy's name is Tenzo. He went missing when he was eight, five years ago. He was a Chunin at seven which is probably why Orochimaru wanted him.
"Who were his parents?"
"He was an orphan before that."
Tsunade walked to the bed. Naruto still hugging his brother looked over to her.
"Can he live with us please? I don't want to lose him again."
"Of course he can, that is if he wants too."
"Yes, I don't want to leave my brother alone."
"Ok then Tenzo, you will live with me and Naruto."
Naruto ran up and hugged Tsunade tight. "Thanks mom."
Tsunade started to cry as she heard Naruto call her mom.
"Excuse me, you called me Tenzo?"
"Yes that was your name before Orochimaru took you." Tsunade explained
"And I didn't have a family before that?" he asked her.
"No I' afraid not."
"Then I want to change my name."
"What would you like to be called?" Tsunade asked him.
He thought for a few minutes and then looked up to her. "Then my name will be Yamato, for that is what I will strive for, Harmony."
"Sensei, I would like to adopt both Naruto and Yamato."
Hiruzen smiled at his student.
"So be it Tsunade. Your compound is still available if you would like to move in."
"Thank you sensei. Come on you too, it's time to be a family."
Naruto looked to Tsunade and Yamato and smiled. "Family huh, that sounds great!" he thought to himself.
"Congratulations, Naruto." A voice rang inside his head.
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