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Chapter 23: Negotiation

(Meeting Room)

"So you captured Team Gai and Asuma, but Team Kakashi still missing?" Naruto questioned Chiron. After he received news about Tsunade coming here, he decided to check on Chiron about the other leaf shinobi by IM.

In response to Naruto's question, Chiron nodded. "From what Cally had gathered, they went into the Labyrinth and try to follow Annabeth's team." Naruto sighed.

"Yeah, that what I gather from the prisoners here as well." Naruto told him. "Ask Hermes to bring them here please. I have plans for them."

Chiron nodded, and with that, the IM disappeared. Naruto took a deep breath, calming himself down right now. Chiron also told him that they tried to kidnap the campers back home, and that made his temper rise up. But he needs to be calm right now for the negotiation.

After calming down, he walked out of the bathroom (He used the sink for IMing), and back into the meeting room, where Reyna, Anko, Jason, and Thalia are waiting. "Well?" Reyna questioned.

"The other prisoners will arrive soon." Naruto informed them. "Did you tell your guards to bring the leaf shinobis here?" Reyna nodded.

"They will arrive soon." Reyna told him. Naruto nodded.

"Good."

Just as he said that, the door suddenly opened, with Piper popping her head in the building. "The Leaf is here." Piper informed. "Should we let them in now?"

The group took their seats before Naruto nodded to her. "Yes, let them in." Piper nodded before getting out. A couple of seconds later, Tsunade and those with her enter into the room, with Leo and Piper watching them.

With Tsunade is the Leaf's strategize and one of the council members, Shikaku Nara. The next person is the Leaf's infamous war hawk, Danzo. Homura and Koharu, elders of the shinobi council, are here as well, and the rest are two ANBU Black Ops.

"Hello Fifth Hokage." Naruto greeted formally. Tsunade nodded towards him as she and others stood opposite of him and his group. "Do you mind taking a seat?"

"No, I don't mind. Thank you." Tsunade stated, sitting down. The others soon followed, with the two ANBU sitting behind her. "If you don't mind, can we do this a bit informally?"

Naruto cocked an eyebrow and smirked. "Do you really miss me calling you Baa-chan?"

"As much as the name infuriate me." Tsunade stated, a small tick mark on her head. "I do miss it a little. Better than you calling me the Fifth. I admit, never thought you would address someone so formally Naruto."

"Well, this is a meeting. And plus, I've been gone for nearly eleven years Tsunade." Naruto pointed out. "People can change at around those time."

Tsunade sighed. "True." Then she smiled. "Still, even after everything that happened, it's nice to see you well brat."

"I can say the same Tsunade." Naruto told her, also giving her a smile. "Despite what you've been doing, I can't really hate you. You're still one of the few back at the Leaf Village who sees me as a human being, rather than a weapon or demon."

Before any more exchanges could be brought between them, Danzo interrupted. "Can we move on to why we are here?" He asked irritably.

"I have to agree." Reyna stated. "This is not a social gathering." Naruto chuckled sheepishly at this.

"Sorry about that." Naruto cleared his throat before getting serious. "I assume you got my message?"

Tsunade sighed at this, but nodded. "Yes, I did. I assume you have my shinobi around here?"

As if answering her question, a bright light shined behind Naruto and the other demigods, causing the Leaf ninjas to turn away. Once it died back, they looked back to see Team Gai and Team Asuma. All of them look shaken up.

"I assume that answers your question?"

"What on earth happened to them?" Homura demanded, ignoring Naruto's rhetorical question. "What kind of torture did you put on our ninjas?"

Naruto smirked. "Trust me, you really don't want to know."

"H-He's right." Shikamaru stated, one of the few who isn't shaking like a leaf. The others are Asuma, Gai, and Neji. Though all four of them has a look that says how much they've been through. "I would rather faced physical torture than what those girls put us through."

Naruto didn't say anything about the 'girls' part. He already been told from Chiron that Bianca had a 'small chat' with the ninjas for trying to kidnap her brother. A daughter of Hades indeed.

Soon after, Team Kurenai as well as Hana, her hounds, and Yugao came into the room, being led by two Roman guards with their hands tied up. Or in the dogs' cases, in leashes and muzzles. Hinata's eyes widen she saw the state of the other teams, as well Tsunade and some of the shinobi council. "What happened to all of you?" She asked her friends in concern.

Tenten shivered. "Y-Y-You and your teammates, g-got lucky Hinata." Tenten stated, still shaking. "T-T-The memories of Cally's special treatment is still f-f-fresh in my head." She then noticed someone missing. "W-W-Where's Kiba?"

At the mention of their canine friends, Team Kurenai gain a depress while Cana clenched her fist in grief and anger. "He died in the battle." Shino told him.

That brought the other teams out of their terrified state. "Are you serious? Kiba's….dead?" Choji question in shocked. "But….how?"

"Despite being outmatched, he tried to attack one of the people here one last time." Kurenai said quietly. "Naruto killed him to save his comrade."

All eyes went to Naruto, who gain an emotionless look in his eyes. Before anything else could be said from the prisoners, Tsunade spoke up. "So Naruto, what is you want?" She asked her.

Naruto clasped his hands together. "The Leaf Village been trying to get me back for over half a year." Naruto began. "Several times I ended up sending my capturers back sleeping, injured, or in a body bag. The last straw was when you try to kidnap my precious people, to try and blackmail me."

"I should gather my people and come over to the Leaf." Naruto continued, closing his eyes. "Show you not to mess with me or my family." Tsunade clenched her fist nervously while those around her tense. Naruto then sigh before opening his eyes. "But despite it all, I care for some of the people in my village. Not the village itself, definitely not most of the civilians, but those who sees me as a person. Even if they participated in trying to capture me."

Several of them winced at this, more than a few guilty looks coming on their faces. Even Tsunade couldn't hold a small wince. Danzo, however, is growing irritated. "Get to the point Uzumaki. What is it that you're proposing?"

Naruto smirked. "I'm proposing this." He began. "I'll convince the countries and villages you were previously allied with to be allies with you again. I'll help calm down the younger generation, and give you back the the leaf shinobis I have right here."

Tsunade's eyes widen at this. That's very generous of Naruto. It's way more than she could ask him. However, that devious tells her that there's a catch to this.

"And what do you want in return?" Shikaku asked, also noticing the smirk.

"I want you to leave me and every camper alone." Naruto told them, his eyes getting hard. "You aren't allowed to come over here for any missions given by other people, and you aren't allowed to attack the Half-Blood or Jupiter campers. Furthermore, you will leave us former jinchuurikis and the Tailed Beasts alone. You are not to try and capture us, or you'll face major consequences. Finally, you can't come near the camp unless me and these camps' leaders give you permission. Break any of these wars, and your allies will be lost. It will be seen as treason against us."

Tsunade thought about the deal he's giving her. He's giving a good offer, and his request are very reasonable. He could've very well left them to rot or even find ways to destroy the village, and she wouldn't blame him.

Unfortunately, some of the council with her doesn't agree. "Those are unreasonable demands!" Homura protested. "Your camp is filled with powerful people, threats to our village! And you can't expect us to ignore this place completely!"

"Not to mention the threat Tailed Beasts poses us if left unchecked!" Koharu joined in. "They could destroy our village if they desire to do so!"

This time, Reyna spoke up. "We had every right to attack your villages before. We could've done so now, after you sent ninjas into our home, but we haven't!"

"This is our meeting little girl! Stay out of this!"

Reyna scowled, but before she could speak up, Naruto did. "I brought her here in this meeting, and she's one of the leaders of this camp." Naruto informed Homura coldly. "She has more of a right to talk than you did, and her words are correct. The Leaf have shown to be threats of both Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter, and we had every right to go in battle with you. A battle that all of us know that you aren't in the position to win."

Homura and Koharu gritted their teeth, not being able to deny this. This time, Shikaku spoke up. "His demands are reasonable, despite what you elders say. Besides, it's not like we can't visit this world, so long as we don't attack any of the people here."

"And with you want unreasonable demands, how about this one?" Thalia piped in. "We could've made you for the camps, have you fight for us. Is that unreasonable enough?"

All of the Leaf shinobis, including those tied up, tensed at the thought. Tsunade shook her head. "There's no need for that." Tsunade said to her. She thought about the deal for a moment, trying to think of any cons, but anything she can think of is nothing compared to the poverty their suffering. "Very well. We accept-"

"Hold it!" All eyes turned to Danzo when he spoke. For most of the meeting he stayed silent, but now, he chose to speak up.

Tsunade narrowed her eyes. "Danzo, what is it?" She hissed at him.

Danzo ignored her, staring directly at him. "Do you really expect us to ignore you, to leave you to own being after all this time?" Danzo questioned him, scowling. "You are a Leaf shinobi, furthermore, you're our jinchuuriki! You belonged to us, not to these camps you insist on staying on! You have a duty to uphold to our village, and you should do so with no demands!"

Tsunade's eyes widen while Reyna's, Jason's, Anko's, and Thalia's eyes burned with anger. "Danzo, be quiet right n-"

"No Tsunade! I'm not about to bow down to our weapon like you're so eager to do!" Danzo interrupted harshly. "We should not listen to demands that can still endanger our home! This boy is too valuable to leave behind!"

"He's not your weapon you bastard!" Thalia growled, slamming her hands on the table.

"And you expect to listen to you, after everything your village have done?" Jason spoke up, scowling in anger. "Do you want to retract our deal?"

"You're asking to die speaking like this!" Reyna stated in anger.

"If I were you Danzo, I would shut up right now!" Anko hissed like an angry snake. "I've seen the state of the village, so I know you need those allies as well as the young generation calming down!"

Danzo did not back down. "I will not let the Leaf be ordered around by a bunch of children!" The 'children' scowled angrily at him. "And I don't want to hear what the state of the village is from a traitor to our cause! You should be punished for letting our target look down at us like this!

Tsunade gritted her teeth. She need to stop this before it gets out of hand! Before she could say anything, however, everyone went silent when Naruto started chuckling, his head down. It was a chuckle of amusement, the dark kind of amusement.

"You know, this is funny." Naruto said to him, his eyes covered up while he's smiling. "You think you can just boss me around, like I'm just a low genin that do several D-Ranks. That's very amusing you bandaged freak. But do you want to know the truth?"

He then look up, his eyes literally burning red in fiery anger. "I do not belong to you!" Naruto roared. "I am no longer the Leaf Village's jinchuriki! I'm not your demon, your weapon, your toy, or your slave! I'm not the same little brat who had to pull pranks so people would know I existed or the kid who had to practically beg for his next meal! I will not go back to the place that was the cause me misery in my childhood, I will not be the whipping boy the civilians' love to use!"

"Do you want to know who I am?" Naruto rhetorically asked. "I am Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, adopted son of Anko Mitarashi! The Guardian of Camp Half-Blood and Jupiter! And I swear on the Styx, that this will remain that way until my dying breath!"

As he said that, thunder rolled down on the Earth. Several of the ninjas jolted at that, looking up at the sky. That was definitely wasn't a coincidence. Tsunade narrowed her eyes at him. "What did you do Naruto?"

"Trust me, you wouldn't believe if I told you." Naruto replied curtly. "Just know that this promise is something that is now impossible for me to break."

Silence reign in the building, his former allies digesting what had happened. Thalia, Reyna, and Jason stared at Naruto in awe at his speech while Anko grinned proudly at her son. She's not gonna deny that her heart swell just a little at Naruto proclaiming to be her adopted son. Not a whole lot. Nope.

The teams, plus Yugao and Hana, are staring in awe at Naruto's passionate speech. And they have to admit, all of them felt at least a little guilt for trying to bring him back to a place that cause him so much misery. Even Hana, who had calmed down enough to start thinking rationally, and especially Hinata and Yugao, the two of them seeing first-hand what he had suffered.

Finally, Shikaku spoke. "We don't have any other choice but to accept his offer. Anyone else disagree?"

He turned to Homura and Koharu at that. Neither of them seem to happy, but they stayed silent.

"Then it settled." Tsunade sighed, looking at Naruto. "We accept your deal Naruto. We'll leave you, your allies, the former jinchuurikis, and the Tailed Beasts alone. And we won't take any missions against your people."

Naruto stared at her, trying to see if there's any type of deceit. When he saw none, he smiled. "Alright then. I'm glad we can end this peacefully."

Throughout all this time, Danzo was silent once again. He can't allow this to happen. Naruto Uzumaki has high value, possessing both Uzumaki and the Fourth's blood, as well as the information on the Tailed Beasts. If they let him go, not only would they lose a valuable shinobi, but the Leaf risked being endangered by the Tailed Beast themselves. He cannot allow that to happen! They lost too much to give up now!

But he'll need to wait. He's not foolish to try and capture Naruto in front of Tsunade, Shikaku, and Uzumaki's eyes, with the exit from this camp between hundreds of young but powerful soldiers. No, he'll wait to capture Uzumaki and made sure Tsunade doesn't protest this.

Naruto and Tsunade slowly walk up to each other before shaking one another's hand. "I'll write up the document for the agreement and send it to you." Naruto told her. "You can take Team Gai, Team Kurenai, Team Asuma, Hana, and Yugao back with you now. Just keep them tied up until you're out of camp. It'll make the campers here feel more relax as you leave."

"But what about Anko Mitarashi?" Koharu questioned, getting up. "Her actions should rank her a missing nin. Shouldn't we apprehend her?"

Anko tensed, as did Thalia, Jason, and Reyna. Yugao, Hana, and Kurenai also tensed, not wanting to see their friend punished. Naruto merely narrowed his eyes at Tsunade, wondering what she'll do.

Fortunately, Tsunade manage to think of something quickly. "We settled a truce with Naruto and his people. Her actions can be excused right now." Before Koharu could disagree, Tsunade continued. "And besides, if we push the issue, I doubt Naruto wouldn't take kindly to that."

"No, I wouldn't." He agreed. He'll be damned before he let anyone take his surrogate mother away from him.

Anko let out a breath of relief at that while those that had also tensed relax. Before anything else could be said, an explosion was heard outside of the building, startling everyone.

"What the hell was that?" Thalia demanded. Just as she said that, Leo burst into the room.

"We got big trouble." Leo said in distress. "Those cloud and rock ninjas, they escaped! They're outside right now, fighting the Romans!"

Naruto's eyes widen, as did Reyna, Jason, Anko, and Thalia. The leaf nins were shock as well. "How did they escaped?!" Reyna questioned fiercely. "There chakra was sealed!"

"Somebody must've snuck in and release them when we brought these guys here." One of the guards behind the shinobi suggested. "Someone from our camp maybe. Terminus wouldn't let any spies pass him, and if one of the people here broke out, someone would've seen it."

Reyna clenched her fist. "Whoever done this is facing execution for this!" She set her eyes on the guards. "Go out and apprehend them. Fight to kill, but make sure none of our soldiers die." The two guards nodded and left to assist as Reyna turn to Naruto. "Are you ready to fight Naruto?"

Naruto nodded, his eyes fiery red once again. If any of the romans die, he's not going to show mercy to those rock or cloud nin. And once they find the traitor, he will execute them himself.

Cause if there's one thing he hates more than anything, it's traitor. They are worse than trash.

And that's the end. I hope you all liked the chapter. I know that some of you would've love for the Leaf Village to just rot away or even destroyed by Naruto and his friends, but for me, I would think that Naruto would use peacefuls to help both the people he care about in his former home and the people he's with now. After all, Naruto can way too forgiving. A fatal flaw of his.

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