"Believe it." - Normal talk
"Believe it "- DemonTalking
"Believe it "- Thought
"Believe it " - Demon Thought
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu" -Techniques/skills
() Authors voice / usual use for brackets That I Can not Be Bothered to describe
Now Without Further ado, I hope you enjoy this first chapter. May I write more, Depending on the insight That You May all give me. Please give me constructive Criticism, AND NOT flames.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. All I own is Some of the OC's that May Appear in this fic. The Naruto series Belongs to Masashi Kishimoto But if it did belong to me. Sasuke Would Have Been Into more girls and Itachi Would Have Been a lot more badass.
Naruto is not a demigod or a super invincible and powerful. In the long run he will be better than the Yondaime but will not start to defeat S-Rank shinobi immediately. Will gain power quickly but not divine intervention or anything like that. Naruto train and train and train almost 24 / 7 before starting to kick ass for the fic to make any sense
Danzo, Homura and Koharu, together with most of the civil council, could not be any happier. Thanks to the statement that was sent to Feudal they managed to get a full session of the Council of Konoha to attempt to once and for all get rid of Sarutobi and then make Naruto a weapon for Konoha, something Danzo wanted for years.
What they did not know is that the Hokage, the Feudal, and the Ninja council present knew what they had planned and just acted as if they were ignorant of their claims.
'After all the art of war is based on deception,' Sarutobi said in a secret meeting that took place earlier in the morning to avoid any suspicion.
The Feudal turned just wanting to see the faces of traitors when they were discovered in the session. After reading the large amount of crimes that Sarutobi showed that Danzo committed against Konoha and the Fire Country, he was angry and told Sarutobi to do whatever he wanted with each of the traitors, as long as they were executed publicly for their crimes.
What really left him furious was the story of the young Naruto.
The Feudal could not believe that most people of Konoha treated Minato's son so awful. Sarutobi calmed him down a bit by saying that most clans of Konoha and ANBU were ordered to protect Naruto. Although he calmed down a little after what he said Sarutobi, the Feudal declare martial law in Konoha alleging that he kept a hidden village of shinobi to be operated by shinobi, not civilians.
Sarutobi was surprised by the feudal order but later thanked him greatly and that only in times of war that martial law could be declare and since the dust settled after the end of the third great shinobi war and the attack of Kyuubi the strength village's military was reduced. They even had to lower their standards considerably shinobi but miraculously held the title of the strongest shinobi village elementary nations.
One by one members of the council and audience of the session began to enter the Konoha Council Chamber and took their seats.
Naruto, who was a little nervous, looked at the civil council members and the three elders trying not to show nervousness. The two ANBU, who were on both sides of the blonde had told him not to worry. Even still Naruto could not help feeling that something would go wrong. A sixth sense told him that something bad would happen and the looks they got from civil council members told him that fools try something there.
Fortunately the room was filled with various ANBU and Jounin who remained camouflaged. The young blond looked at the Sandaime and then to the Feudal receiving a slight smile from both of them, and that was enough to raise his spirits even if it was ever so slight.
The council had taken their seats, the civilian council on the left and the shinobi on the right, while the Daimyo sat at the podium before them with the Hokage on his right and his childhood friend and his most trusted advisor, Akura Niimura, stood on his left. There were also jounin seated in the back to watch this session and finally Naruto sat before them with Neko-san and Usagi-san standing on his left and right respectively.
All waited in silence the start of the session. Then finally, the Daimyo stood.
"Thank you all for coming" said the Feudal. "I have received disturbing information about the state of Konoha and their leader so we ask that you make known your views today so I can decide what to do about it."
The shinobi, clan leaders and a few civilian board members pretend to be concerned and surprised at the statement of the Feudal Lord but none of them decided to speak. Homura and Koharu, acting on behalf of those who filed complaints to the Feudal Lord, got up and walked to the center of the room to speak.
"Daimyo-dono" stated Homura. "It is for the sake of Konoha and the Fire Country that we have Sarutobi Hiruzen removed as Hokage of Konoha because of his incompetence to deal with more serious issues. The board believes that Hiruzen is not in perfect mental state to continue practicing as Hokage."
Sandaime feigned surprise and would have objected but the hand of the Feudal Lord silenced him. Sarutobi played his part and appeared to look shocked; reflecting a face full of betrayal but the laughter in his head could not be stronger since everything was going well so far.
"What are the specific reasons for the removal of Sarutobi who has been a splendid Hokage for years?" Stated Akira who began to speak on behalf of the Daimyo.
"Sarutobi was undoubtedly a great Hokage during his prime and no one can deny that," replied Koharu. "However since the attack of Kyuubi Sarutobi Hiruzen has been forced to return to the position of Hokage. Ever since then he has been making horrible decisions without considering the opinions of the Civil Councils and especially his very own advisors. In particular his decisions regarding the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi have been those that have brought the concern of the council."
"Could you be more specific?" Akira questioned for the Daimyo once more.
"After our great hero Namikaze Minato the Yondaime Hokage, which died sealing the Kyuubi into this orphan boy. The council ordered the execution of Jinchuriki to prevent the devil from taking over the infant and completely destroying Konoha. Sarutobi flatly refused saying that the work of Yondaime was perfect and there was no chance that the demon could control the infant or escape. While he was fortunate a situation of such never occured but there was always and still the chane for something to go wrong and the demon could become free. Then what? No one here has such a mastery of seals and it is doubtful Kyuubi would be sealed a second time by a weaker attempt."
"However Jiraiya-sama is a Fuinjutsu master who also helped train Yondaime-sama" Shikaku defended on the Third's behalf. "If you do not remember Jiraiya-sama personally verified the seal control and said that there was no way for the Kyuubi to escape."
"Even though Jiraiya or Yondaime-sama was geniuses could they have not made a mistake? Everyone make errors, Shikaku." Koharu questioned in response.
"Your accusation is unfounded nonetheless," replied Shikaku. "You yourself just said that Yondaime-sama was a genius in Fuinjutsu like no other so why wouldn't he seal have the ability to hold the Kyuubi?"
"The Kyuubi is the strongest of all the Bijuu," objected Homura. "There was no certainty whether the seal could fully contain its power. Sarutobi made his decision on luck and hope that the seal could withstand it. A Hokage cannot make such important decisions like that on chance alone especially with the safety of Konoha on the line."
"Quite true I agree with you, sir Homura" Akira said, nodding to continue.
Danzo smirked ever so lightly since it seemed everything was going as planned. Unfortunately Naruto on the other hand clenched fist to hear the elders speak so well of his father but talking about him like he was simply a piece of trash. Neko put her hand on Naruto's arm and squeezed it gently to calm him down.
"Thank you, Akira-san" Homura responded. "After the refusal to execute the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi the council proposed that the Jinchuriki was trained as a weapon for Konoha. By doing this we could makehim loyal to Konoha and send him on mission no others could complete. And by doing this with Uzumaki Konoha would be on par with the other nations who have known Jinchuuriki that are used in a similiar manner."
"Danzo, a renowned shinobi of Konoha, offered to train Naruto like the others but once more Sarutobi refused on the grounds that Konoha would not act like all the other shinobi villages and thus made us weaker in terms of power compared to Kumo or even Suna. That error of judgement has also and still is endangering the security and tranquility of the population from how Uzumaki has acted as he's grown."
"He has caused chaos in the village resulting in several villagers being injured including some members of the same council going to the hospital because of Uzumaki, who was only accused by Sarutobi and did not receive any punishment for such actions."
"Uzumaki-san only performed harmless jokes because of the ill-treatment he received by the people who, foolishly I might add, believed that he was the reincarnation of Kyuubi," Shibi refuted. "Anyways the property damage was minimal and the population was never hurt. That accusation is unfounded and utterly ridiculous."
"It is a ridiculous accusation, Shibi" yelled Homura. "What if a shinobi or a villager died because of the Jinchuriki?"
"Shinobi and villagers who have tried to hurt Uzumaki-san broke the law imposed by Hokage-sama" said Shibi as he adjusted his glasses, "Fortunately there has not been a great loss for Konoha. If they cannot obey the laws of our land who is to say they are not traitors?"
"People have died because of these laws! How can you say that? Homura said losing his cool completely.
"They are people who disobeyed the orders of the leader of the village. In other words, they are traitors to not onlyto the Hokage but the village itself." Shibi said quietly allowing Homura to fume over his words.
Shibi smiled seeing that it was working, and was thankful for his jacket covering his face, before looked towards Akira and the Daimyo. "Akira-san, the testimony and prosecution of Homura is influenced because of the three children that died. All three were Chuunin who organized an assassination attempt against Uzumaki Naruto but they were executed on the spot by the ANBU squad which guards Uzumaki-san twenty-four seven to enforce any infractions against the Sandaime's law."
The Feudal lord simply nodded knowing what happened.
"Thanks for the information, Aburame-san." Akira-san said. "Anyways regarding the accusation of alleged attacks on the young Uzumaki Naruto I see nothing wrong. After all Uzumaki was only a child."
"Akira-san," mused Koharu. "Despite being a child Uzumaki was aware of the damage that occurred."
"What would you say what were the actions of Uzumaki? Akira said.
"Pranks. He always seems to be full of them and they all in the end in a chase with our shinobi trying to capture which can take up to several hours," explained Shikaku. "These jokes range from planting all kinds of joke bombs and paint in various parts of the village to get back at the stores that refused to sell their products to Uzumaki to defacing the Hokage Monument, in broad daylight I might add, after skipping classes!"
"I am aware of that incident," Akira said with a nod. "It is pretty amazing for a single student at the Academy to perform such an act of vandalism in the full light of day in a shinobi village and no one was able to catch him. This suggests two different scenarios. Uzumaki Naruto is either a genius or Konoha shinobi are nowhere as strong as we once thought and are negligent in overseeing their own village."
"A bit of both actually," Shikaku responded. "I have personally seen the creativity and intelligence that Uzumaki possesses and I can say that if he had wanted to destroy Konoha... He might not have a problem doing it."
The sayings of Shikaku caught the attention of those present. It especially caught the Feudal Lord's as he mumbled something into the ear of Akira.
Naruto arched an eyebrow. He was not expected like that to be said by Shikamaru's father.
Danzo remained calm despite the fact that things were not going as I wanted and they were straying from the topic at hand.
"Could you elaborate this statement Nara-san?"
"Uzumaki Naruto planned every joke to perfection. He could infiltrate places which for many shinobi is hard to do without being caught and carried out the joke of the day. Imagine if instead of paint bombs, stink bombs or smoke bombs were instead rigged traps with kunai, shuriken and explosive notes. One event in partcular stands out was on a few months ago when several places were affected by these joke bombs simultaneously and shows he's capable of striking anywhere at any time in a coordinated manner. That's why I say that if Uzumaki Naruto had wanted to destroy Konoha he maybe be able to do it or at least leave the village in a state of chaos with a large amount of civilian and shinobi casualities and a massive amount of property damage."
Akira nodded and before he could say something was broken.
"We have strayed from the subject at hand," demanded Danzo standing up. "This is a session to determine to see if Sarutobi Hiruzen is still capable of running Konoha as the Hokage, not the boy's vandalism and supposed skill."
He had originally suggested putting Naruto's pranks as evidence of the negligence of Sarutobi, Shibi and Shikaku put up an excelent opposition. Even he had to admit that what Shikaku said about if Naruto used weapons instead of paints and other nonsensicale items would be a disaster waiting to happen. The jinchuriki was much cleverer than he appeared and if all went well he would have a very powerful weapon with little time wasted.
Danzo's pawns on the board were confused with their leader's action but just by looking at the face understood that what he did was necessary.
One of the ANBU carefully camouflaged near Danzo carefully pushed a button on his right hand, sending a Morse code signal through static electricty to the other ANBU located with the room.
'Therewas no use of the Sharingan, I repeat, there was no use of the Sharingan, the traitors are not being controlled by Danzo,' Was the message that the ANBU, a Hyuuga clan member, sent to all other ANBU in the room.
Thanks to research on Danzo they were able to know that he could manipulate others through the use of his Sharingan, So being able to determine that Danzo was not using his Sharingan the ANBU knew each of the traitors acted voluntarily.
The session continued with Homura and Koharu making accusations against Sarutobi who was wuivkly defended by either Shibi or Shikaku, who were responsible to dispute any charge. The elders contiued to list Sarutobi's faults until they came to the negligence of leaving Orochimaru to escape and not send hunter-nin unit out after him for capture or elimination. Before they could move on to another subject a board member from the Civil Council who favors the Third, who Danzo hates from the depths of his being, and was diehard fan of the Uchiha Clan, stood.
"What about the traitor Uchiha Itachi?" Asked a board member civil. "Why have we not sent a hunter-nin to capture Itachi and bring him to trial?"
Akira looked surprised at the subject and dropped the bomb without knowing it.
"Itachi is officially in the Book Bingo for killing his clan but not pursued by the shinobi of Konoha after the amnesty granted by the Feudal Lord to prevent a coup attempt," said Akira thinking that all the board members knew. "Itachi was ordered by the Hokage to eliminate the Uchiha Clan, who tried to betray Konoha and the Feudal Lord to make a coup against Sandaime. Itachi is officially a madman who murdered his entire clan for unknown reasons and the hunter-nin knows that Itachi is extremely strong. Unofficially Itachi is a hero to avoid a coup and is a spy for the Hokage and the Daimyo."
Each of those present did not know that information, which is all everyone outside Sarutobi, Homura, Koharu, and Danzo, Akira looked stunned. Shibi, being always the fastest out of print, looked at Sarutobi.
"Hokage-sama, Is that true?" Asked the leader of the Aburame Clan.
Sarutobi sighed and wished that Akira had not opened his mouth and wanted nothing more then for a smoke to clear his head. He needed nicotine to calm down. The Feudal Lord glanced at his advisor and with a slight growl aimed at him; he let Akira know he had just screwed them over massively. Akira whispered a nervous apology.
"It is the unfortunate truth, Shibi" Hiruzen answered. "The Uchiha clan indeed attempted a coup and according the information Itachi had gathered as a double agent they would have seeked to over throw our rule. It was a necessity to stop them before they could attempt such an act of treason. All the shinobi and adults in the Uchiha clan were in on the coup. All except for Itachi."
"The Uchiha Clan's plans were to kill me and kill the clan leaders then learn the secrets of each clan. The first objective was me and then the Hyuuga clan in order to learn about the Hyuuga Souke Juinjutsu. They would then put the seal on each of the Konoha shinobi and residents to make them into nothing more than slaves to the Uchiha Clan."
Chaos gripped the room. Many council members were aiming questions to the Hokage while others refuted that the Uchiha clan would never be able to do such a thing. The shinobi talked among themselves about the betrayal, anger noticable in their voice directed towards the Uchiha clan which until now were considered victims of a psychopath.
Naruto was surprised to find out what really happened and just looked at Sarutobi. He would have never thought that his Jiji could order someone to slaughter an entire clan even though they had deserved it for turning against the village.
The clan leaders were talking among themselves about the new revelation. Shikaku, who was acting as representative of the clan stood up and raised his hand to silence those who were asking the Hokage about what happened. Seeing that they did not shut up, Tsume, being the loudest of all, shouted "SHUT UP!" with such vigor that everyone quickly did as she said.
"Hokage-sama," Shikaku said, "There is no need to question your decision, which was certainly adequate, but was it necessary to kill almost every one of the Uchiha Clan except for Sasuke, who instead was left with a severe trauma caused by Itachi and his Tsukuyomi."
"I do not know why Itachi killed the innocent and his brother left traumatized." Sarutobi said "But I did give the order to eliminate the Uchiha clan. It was an easy decision to make. We had been negotiating with them but my advisors convinced me it was better to eliminate the problem immediately due to their unreasonable demands. Itachi was the one who we reported that the intention of the coup offered to remedy the matter and in his own words Saving the Uchiha Clan from losing their honor."
Shikaku nodded and sat down before he rested his elbows on the table and laced his fingers to support the front and then close his eyes. Inoichi and Chouza saw their friend in one of his 'analytical poses' and nodded for they knew he decipher all the information and discover why Sasuke was the only survivor.
Seeing the opportunity Danzo looked at Homura who nodded. Despite the discovery of the truth of what happened to the Uchiha Clan, which they tried to cover up for years in order to leave Sasuke content so they could control him and thus control the new Uchiha clan, the fact that he had said Sarutobi preferred to seek through diplomatic channels, as it happened with the incident with Kumo, was an opportunity that he could not pass up.
"Daimyo-dono, Akira-san," Homura said. "According to the Sarutobi, who said he preferred to negotiate with the Uchiha Clan, we believe that is why he is unfit to be Hokage. If we had gone to the negotiations with the Clan and had lost a lot and the Uchiha Clan had gained more power and then carried out their plans anyways. If it were not for Koharu and I, who decided on their execution, who knows what would have happened?"
"There are times when diplomatic channels do not work and it is in times like these are when you need to use force. We are a shinobi village, a military organization and the things you have to make militarily."
Many of the shinobi and clan leaders in the room could not help but agree with the old counselor, despite knowing that he is a damn traitor no better than the Uchiha.
"In this case I cannot help but agreeing with Homura, Hokage-sama," said Shikaku. "The shinobi council should have been informed of the situation regarding the Uchiha Clanm so we could prepare for an attack on Konoha and to both complexes of each clan. Fortunately Itachi solved the problem but some Uchiha Clan members who died were innocent and we lost a great shinobi in Itachi."
"I know I made a mistake in that regard and I admit it," Sarutobi agreed. "However, if we had prepared our forces for an attack of the Uchiha clan, would it not have had raised the suspicions and we would had been involved in a civil war. The Sharingan can control people and Uchiha Clan leaders have controlled some clans to fight for them. The situation was discussed in secret to avoid greater conflict in Konoha."
The shinobi board members agreed. They left the Uchiha Clan theme aside, Homura and Koharu continued discussing some facts against Sarutobi, to satisfy every time Danzo felt safer place to be victorious and perhaps, if he played his cards right, he could succeed the man and become Godaime Hokage of Konoha.
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While the Konoha Council meeting unfolded, the Jounin and ANBU invaded the Ne barracks, killing any enemy they found in their path.
The attack was developed to perfection, taking only three forces because some of the Ne shinobi were not to be taken lightly. The Hokage forces attacked with precision to the Ne shinobi were overwhelmed by the sudden attack and they quickly fell.
The ANBU showed why they were the best shinobi of Konoha. They attacked precisely and without wasting much energy. Running to the closest enemy, remove with a flick of katana and attack the next enemy in line. No flashy jutsus, no energy to spend needlessly. They attacked quickly, with excelent corrdination and used every oppurtunity that opened to them.
There was no regards to whether the enemy was man, woman and child, it did not matter in the eyes of the ANBU. Within this place everyone was the enemy for they all were traitor to Konoha. They were threats and they would be removed.
The Hokage's orders were clear. To eliminate every last one for only those faithful to his word, his law, would leave the Ne headquarters. The Jounin and ANBU repeated the last words the Hokage gave to them before they were sent here to dispose of the traitors.
"Let no traitor live."
Four words, those four words sealed the fate of nearly two hundred shinobi that had been overwhelmed by a force of no more than eighty a force much smaller in quantity, but vastly superior in quality.
Less than an hour later in Kakonwotatsu, the operation carried out and the Hokage's forces were victorious. Of the eighty shinobi sent by the Hokage, five fell in battle and six others were in critical condition due to injuries from kunai to vital organs. Of the nearly two hundred Ne shinobi, only ten were left alive. Ten children that were no older then the age of five had survived, hiding in the closets when the battle had started.
When the fight was over silence reigned and the nearly inaudible sobs caught the attention of the shinobi who investigated and found ten children hugging and shaking from fear. Yuuhi Kurenai, one of the Jounin, who was charged with supporting the shinobi with her Genjutsu, approached the ten terrified children and used a light illusion to put them to sleep and yet another to make them believe that everything they had seen was nothing more the a nightmare.
"Training children to be murderers," Kurenai said for seeing these children greatly upset her. In her eyes no child should ever had to see what the life of a ninja was. "And I'm sure they have already been trained to kill..."
"This is what that bastard Danzo does." said one of the ANBU, "He doesn't care how old you or even what you are. The only thing that matters is your usefulness. He coached his son since he could walk to be an emotionless shinobi. A simple gun to his ambitions."
"We must get these children here and take them to the barracks," Ibiki ordered. "Inoichi can fix anything that Danzo may have done to their psyche."