Hi! I'm writing this starting at 12 midnight so I'll do my best to write a quality chapter, however I'd like not to go to sleep too late hahaha. I guess we shall see how this goes! You know it's bad when you open smarties and they are the chocolate kind and not the candy kind L
Pein and Konan both entered the dark room. They hated coming here, especially Pein. He was the leader of the akatsuki yet he was still forced to report to Madara.
"Madara-sama…"
"Don't say another word Pein."*
Konan looked at Nagato sadly, knowing all well that they were about to face Madara's fury.
"You bring together a powerful group of shinobi, outlaws and yet you still haven't produced any new jinchuriki yet."
"We are still receiving intelligence Madara-sama. We are finding their locations and sending out squads, just you wait; we shall have them coming in quite quickly."
"Don't you dare tell me what to do Pein; you know the consequences of that."
Konan winced; she knew the way Nagato had worded that would only result in more harsh words from Madara. She did not want to test his power.
Pein did not reply to Madara.
"This new boy, Frederick has great potential. We shall use him to our advantage. If at any point you see that advantage slipping; you are to end him."
Konan was surprised at this; she had not expected such a response from Madara…was this boy actually special?
Pein merely glared at Madara.
"Why is that? Do you fear that his power could potentially challenge yours?"
With that statement the tension of the room was unbearably thick; it was as if a young child at admitted guilty to destroying the party to their younger brother due to jealousy. Konan didn't know what would happen next. Madara did not put off with this type of disrespect; on normal occasions the person who had spoken to Madara would be destroyed; mentally and physically. This however, was not one of those situations.
Madara signed. That shocked not only Konan but Nagato as well. His challenge had been neglected…how was that possible?
"This boy, I do not know of his roots but his pure natural power is something to be aware of. He could completely alter the reality of all if he is not held in check…of our world and of others."
Nagato and Konan exchanged glances at each other, confused but aware that Madara had just admitted to them a potential weakness.
"Get those jinchuriki before he has any effect on us…Dismissed."
And with that Nagato and Konan walked out of the room, careful not to say anything however the looks on their faces confirmed what they both knew. They had to help this child develop in their favor.*
Tsunade looked at Jiraiya with a solemn face. She didn't know what to make completely from what Jiraiya had just finished telling her, but she knew that if there was any time she needed her hokage wisdom to activate, it would be now.
Tsunade as hokage received reports on numerous things every day, from the amount of missions completed to the numbers of threats on the horizon. She knew just how dangerous this new organization, akatsuki could be however so far whenever she tried to dig up information on them she was rewarded with nothing.
She made a mental note to assign even more anbu to find any information. If there was one thing she knew, it was that these ruthless rogues's were after the jinchuriki. Naruto was one of them; she remembered how close they had gotten when he and Jiraiya attempted to recruit her for the hokage position. His bravery and overall confidence had given her the push she needed to reach out and claim the position. Naruto though needed to train, for if he was weak when the village needed him most then he would fail everyone.
"Jiraiya, take naruto and finish up your training. Leave Frederick and the Akatsuki up to me."
Jiraiya merely looked at Tsunade in surprise.
"What? No! Frederick is essential to the future of the leaf village! If he stays in enemy hands he could completely blindside us!"
Tsunade signed.
"That's why I need you to continue your training of Naruto…if worst comes to worst then we will at least have him. If you search yourself there is no guarantee you will find him. Leave it to me Jiraiya. I have a plan."
Jiraiya couldn't believe his ears, she had a plan? Her? Jiraiya signed and reluctantly agreed. She was right; he only hoped this plan of her was something formidable and not just a put off technique.
"Tell Naruto I said hello, but keep it at that and no, I won't see him."
Tsunade smiled as Jiraiya smiled back.
"See you in a year."
With that Jiraiya walked out leaving Tsunade alone at her desk.
In a quick swooping motion Tsunade pulled out a pen and wrote on the nearest paper available her plan. Tonight however, she was going to get her girl's night off even if it killed her.*
As Jiraiya walked down the steps of the hokage building he could hear Naruto from outside.
"And you better believe that Kakashi-sensei! Just you wait! I'm going to be the best hokage the village has ever seen!"
Jiraiya smiled; hearing the voice of that little rascal always made him think of himself when he was younger.
"How can you become hokage when you have so much trouble just mastering the rasengan?"
Naruto turned to look at the voice only to point his thumb towards Jiraiya.
"Oh jeez Pervy Sage what took you so long in there? I'm starving!"
Kakashi simply did one of his famous eye smiles he was so incredibly famous for as Naruto pouted while grabbing at his stomach. (^-/)
"Let's go get some ramen then.
Jiraiya simply laughed as the three of them set off for ramen at Naruto's favorite spot.
"Yay! Ichiraku's Ramen always tastes the best!"*
Woohooo! Short chapter but its 1 am haha, I'll do some higher quality chapters tomorrow! Maybe, I'm not sure honestly, everyday is like a new fantastic adventure! I'll update though don't worry!