AN: I have gotten many reviews about why Danzo has not been dealt with yet; this chapter will put the final pieces in place to where I can go into his punishment and such. Hope this chapter further answers some questions. Happy reading. Edited
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
ITALICS - Thinking
BOLD - demon talk/jutsu
Chapter Six: Taking Back Control
The sun was beginning to rise in Konoha and people were starting to wake up though one person has been up for a while doing what he hates the most. A tap on the window alerts Hiruzen and breaks him from his paperwork; he glances over and smiles. Sarutobi opens the window to let a man with long white hair and red lines down his face into his office.
"Jiraiya, you made good timing."
"Well, when your letter sounds that urgent I had no choice Sensei; what seems to be the problem?"
Sarutobi sighs and leans back in his chair then sets up a barrier seal "As you know, Sai has become my personal spy in ROOT and tracking Danzo's movements. Up until now, when my old friend Naruto came back, Danzo lied low and only trained his men. A switch seemed to flip in his mind or something seeing a powerful Senju living again and acted, dragging Sasuke into his program."
Jiraiya strokes his long white hair and takes a seat across from Sarutobi "How bad can it be? I know Sasuke holds a lot of hate towards his brother unless Danzo did something I don't know about."
"He did do something worse." Sarutobi takes the two files Sai copied and handed them to his old student "Go through those and see what I mean."
As Jiraiya reads the files he pales then grows angry "Why haven't you acted on this sooner?!"
"Don't you think I know that?!" Sarutobi yells out "Look, Danzo manipulated Sasuke into hating Naruto after he got a beating from said person. I don't know how but he managed to get Hashirama's genes and inject them into Sasuke and not only that, he is molding him into the next Madara. I was scared to act Jiraiya; I didn't know how to go about apprehending Danzo without possibly starting a civil war in Konoha."
"Sasuke possibly becoming the next Madara is scary and all but you're the damn Hokage so become that title that you once were and march in there, kick ass and take names!"
Sarutobi sighs "Look at me Jiraiya, I'm 68 years old and lost most of my power thanks to the Civilan council pulling a fast one as I grew soft. Yes, Naruto and I rectified that but the power I once had is just not up to par like it once was."
Jiraiya sadly smiles "Then let me help you Sensei, I can take a break from my spy network for a while and help you gain that power back you once had. Taking down Danzo is only the first step in a lengthy process."
Sarutobi smiles "If that is what you wish then I will not stop you, any help this old monkey can get would be greatly appreciated…I'm getting too old for this shit. So, about Danzo then; how would you like to go about this?"
Jiraiya smiles "Show the Fire Daimyo the evidence which will give you permission to execute on sight then put his name and abilities in the Bingo Book; if Danzo is like you say he is then if we execute him, who knows if that was the original or not."
Sarutobi nods "But wouldn't that take days to accomplish?"
"Yes, but in those days I can secretly enter ROOT and gather incriminating evidence and other important things while planting explosive tags around the base; that is if you have the layout of the place."
Sarutobi smiles "Hmm, I see what you are doing; shake the man from his territory and once approval comes through we cut the head of the problem off and then finish the job by destroying the base. That might work but what about Sasuke…what do I do with him?"
"Wipe his memories." Jiraiya responds without hesitation "Wipe his memories and seal off his bloodline."
Sarutobi's eyes widen "Isn't that a tad bit extreme?"
Jiraiya shakes his head "No, we will not have another Madara form in this day in age; this is the only solution to that problem Sensei and deep down you know it. Once sealed, we will give him training and guide him down the right path."
Sarutobi picks up his pipe and lights it with a quick fire jutsu then puffs on it "You know me too well my old student. I will give the Fire Daiymo what he needs and," Sarutobi unlocks a hidden compartment in his desk and pulls out a map of the ROOT base and hands it to Jiraiya "That map is not completed and is a rough estimate of what the base is like. Be careful Jiraiya we do not need Danzo knowing our plans."
Said person nods "Thank you Sensei, anything else?"
Sarutobi shakes his head "No, you are dismissed and thank you Jiraiya."
"Anytime Sensei; Tsunade and I will always be here for you."
As Jiraiya walks out the door, Hiruzen looks down upon his village and cannot help but sigh as a feeling of dread washes over him.
With Team 7 and Kakashi
Kakashi and his team jumped from tree to tree heading out to do their side mission; eliminate Gato and his followers. The plan was simple, go in just as Zabuza, Haku, and most of Gato's forces left to raze Wave and clear the building of all hostiles and then Gato himself. Tazuna, however, added to that plan and decided to stage an actual rebellion instead of the faux one that was originally used to entice Gato into action; he would do this as Kakashi and his Team took care of their end. He knew the dangers but decided that freedom is well worth dying for; Tsunami and Inari felt the same way and decided to join.
Team 7 stops on a branch overlooking the mansion and courtyard of Gato's domain; all were waiting for Kakashi to give the order though Sasuke was having a hard time controlling himself and just wanted to make it rain red.
"Kakashi-sensei, look there's Zabuza and Haku dragging out Naruto's clone of Tazuna." Sakura points in said direction
Kakashi nods "Yes, and I see Gato wanted to boost morale before having his troops head out…I still wonder where Naruto's clone went though, I lost him when we left Tazuna's home."
All look on as they see a short, rotund man come out to greet his troops and make a speech before they headed out.
In the courtyard Gato walks up past his troops and looks at Tazuna who is down on his knees in an execution stance then slaps his face a couple times.
"Wakey, wakey Tazuna, I wish I could let you see your precious bridge, village, and all that you hold dear to perish by my hands. Alas, I have wanted you dead for so long and loathe the thought of allowing you to draw one more breath; you may say any last words though nobody would care to hear them anyway."
Clone Tazuna, who now looks mentally drained, his clothes in shreds, and his gray hair unruly and unkempt, looks up at Gato and spits in his face. "See you in hell you son of a bitch!"
Gato pulls a hankerchief from his coat pocket and wipes his face then backhands Tazuna in the face with a growl making blood trickle from a broken lip.
"Zabuza, be a kind gentlemen and execute this bastard before me…wadda you say men?"
Chants of 'kill, kill, kill' are heard from the crowd as Zabuza takes his Zanbatou and puts it under Tazuna's chin while his foot rests on his back. Gato gives the universial sign of decapitation making Zabuza nod; he pushes with his foot while pulling the blade towards him making a clean slice. Tazuna's head rolls and hits Gato's foot who stomps on it, crushing it into paste; he is so excited that he doesn't see the lack of blood.
"To arms men, TAKE WAVE DOWN!"
Cheers are heard as three fourths of Gato's force rushes onward with Zabuza and Haku trailing behind; they see Kakashi and Team 7's location and signal discreetly that their up which Kakashi signals back the confirmation. They jumped from their spot just as they saw Gato head inside and Clone Tazuna turn into wood and disappear underground.
Wave Country
The village was peaceful at the moment as the Uzu ANBU were handing out much needed supplies to the populace like food, water, and clothing as well as medical support to those who needed it. The ANBU also noticed that the healthy villagers were all on guard like they knew something was going to happen that they didn't; it made them slightly uneasy though the question as to why this was answered thanks to Tazuna.
As Tazuna passes by the ANBU and waves to some of the villagers, his family behind him, he eventually gets to the center of town and clears his throat.
"People of Wave, I have called upon you to take up arms and go against Gato, the man who has destroyed our lives for these past many months. In time, he will be sending his men here to raze our village to the ground; well, what do you think about this? Will we let that happen?"
At the start of the speech the villagers were starting to congregate around Tazuna and his family with pitchforks, axes, and anything that could be used as a weapon. When Tazuna paused to hear an answer to his question there was an instantaneous chorus of:
"NO!"
"Raise you weapons high my people, the enemy approaches! We may die this day, but it is a great honor to die for our freedom. What say you?"
"SO SAY I!" the villager's chorus making the ANBU watching the whole ordeal smile behind their masks in awe.
A war cry is heard in the distance and the ground slightly shakes, the trees ruffle as hordes of Gato's thugs approaches Wave; it's a force about 300 strong. The ANBU get ready and unsheathe their issued ninja-to and get in formation. The massive force, all dressed in black and carrying different versions of a katana, are seen bursting from the woods; a massive war cry goes out from the villagers and they rush forward leaving the ANBU stunned for a moment then they too join in on the fight.
Swords clash against various weaponry and screams go out of those who are dying; the street soon runs red with the blood of the enemy and some of the villagers. The fight was just getting started and yet so much blood was to be had. Inari, who came to the town center with his father's crossbow and quiver filled with bolts, managed to climb on top of a roof and ready a bolt. He looks over the chaos no child should ever witness but the image of Kaiza, his father, was forefront in Inari's mind so what he was about to do would be done without hesitation, without emotion.
Inari takes a deep breath as he puts the butt plate in the soft spot of his shoulder blade, aims at a thug coming towards his mother, holds that breathe, and fires. He watches as the thug stopped his deadly descent of his sword and fell backwards with the eyes rolled in the back of his head; the bolt pierced the forehead, dead center. The thug was dead before he hit the ground. Inari waves to his mother and cocks another bolt and does the same, this time however it grazes one thug's neck severing his jugular sending a massive torrent of blood outward getting over any who was surrounding said man. The bolt continues onward and lodges itself in the Adam's apple into a thug farther back, severing his brain stem; he never knew what hit him.
Tazuna lost his weapon soon after the battle started and picked up a katana of a fallen thug and tested it out.
"Naruto used one of these and I don't see how hard it is to use it, all you do is swing away…I think."
Tazuna ducks under a slash from a nearby thug but sees the same one follow up with a downward slash too quick for him to dodge; as he closes his eyes in defeat he suddenly hears a clang and looks up to see and ANBU holding the blade at bay.
"You seem to be having a little trouble here Tazuna-san." The ANBU states and was about to behead the thug when Tazuna acted on the distraction
Said man lunged forward and plunged the katana deep into the thug's stomach then pushed downward gutting the man; the ANBU was shocked at the ferocity and seemingly emotionless kill that this old man just took.
Tazuna smiles as he sees the guts of his enemy fall to the ground followed by his body; he does not mind the blood that is over him though he does notice that the ANBU was standing there with his head titled slightly.
"Is there a problem ANBU-san? Cause I see no problem in front of me, all I see is freedom….FOR WAVE!" He yells as he rushes forward while other villager's chorus as well
The ANBU chuckles and shakes his head "Remind me to never disrespect my elders." He mumbles then gets back to work.
The battle was far from over but slowly but surely the thugs were being pushed back and freedom would soon be at hand.
With Kakashi and Team 7
Kakashi and his team just entered the mansion and was going through room by room killing off anyone inside them whether they were sleeping or not; for Kakashi this was everyday business, for Sasuke this was a field day, Sai had ROOT to thank for his first kill, Sakura however was taking it the worst. She managed her first kill after much trepidation but seemed to break down almost mentally from that point on; Sai comforted her as much as possible which helped but still didn't alleviate her fears.
There were a few large scuffles but all in all there was not many thugs left in the whole building. After an hour, all the rooms were checked except one; it had double doors and a man could be heard humming to himself inside. Everyone knew that it would be Gato but just as they were about to burst inside and take him out a scuffle is heard with some screaming then all goes silent. Footsteps are heard coming toward the door and the handle is jiggled making Kakashi and his Team be at the ready; the door opens to show a smiling Naruto who waved at them.
"Hi everyone, sorry I decided to take the silent and unseen approach."
Kakashi shakes his head "You have to stop using that melding thing, it really freaks me out."
Naruto shrugs "Well, come inside, I already got Gato wrapped up for yah and he has graciously given us his bank account numbers as well as the combo to his safe underneath his desk."
Kakashi and Team 7 get in the office and sure enough, bound by tree roots to his desk chair, was Gato struggling to get free.
"When I get out of here I am going to kick all y'all asses…YOU HERE ME! I WILL KILL EVERYONE OF YOU!"
"Shouldn't we kill him? I see no use for a weak fool like him." Sasuke states
Naruto shakes his head "No, we will let Tazuna and the villagers of Wave deal with that matter. Now, all we have to do is round up this money and disperse it to Wave, some to Konoha, and the rest to Uzu; spoils of war."
Kakashi nods his head and orders his team "Well, let's get to it, after Naruto opens up the safe take as much as you can so that we can deliver it."
"Hey! That's my money…get away from my stash you dirty bastards!" Gato screams as Naruto bends down to unlock the safe.
Naruto scoffs at Gato then kicks the chair he is tied to which falls over backwards and landing on the floor furthering his struggling.
"GRAHH! YOU INSOLENT BRAT WHEN I…"
"CHA! SHUT UP!" Sakura yells and punches Gato in the head knocking him out "Jeez was I really like that at one point, a screaming banshee?"
Sai laughs "Yes, yes you were."
He regrets saying that as Sakura cracks her knuckles and gives a predatory grin towards Sai and in a sickly sweet voice responds to his comment.
"Oh Sai, dare to repeat what you just said; I might have heard wrong."
Sai throws up his hands in defeat and steps back as fast as possible "N-no Sakura-chan I said nothing…silly me."
Sakura smiles and hears the click of an open safe and starts taking things out of it so that the monies could be distributed accordingly.
Back in Wave Country
The village was in an eerie silence as the survivors of the epic battle look on and now just realize what they did. In front of them lay dismembered corpses of Gato's Thug army mixed with the occasional villager; The ANBU saw the shocked look in the villagers' eyes and knew that counseling would be needed done for some, it would be a while until they returned back to Uzu.
Zabuza and Haku, who were hacking away at the flank of the army, sat underneath a tree taking a break with a smile on their face.
"I haven't had that much fun since I graduated from the academy!" Zabuza cackles
Haku gags a little "I swear that moniker goes to your head as you definitely showed that today."
Zabuza shrugs "Meh, so what it's what us Shinobi, missing nin or not do for a living."
Five minutes pass without talk as both watched the ANBU start to clean up the mess from the past battle that lasted for what seemed an hour. The streets and some buildings were stained red with blood and the stench of death was in the air; it wasn't pleasant but inside the villagers knew they were finally free. Zabuza and Haku look to their right as they heard something coming than laughed as they saw a tied up Gato over Naruto's shoulders with Team 7 and Kakashi coming from behind.
"Well, I see you made quite a mess here…ugh, reminds me of the era I lived in." Naruto remarks
"Hey, at least the villagers will be happy to see that you left Gato to get what he deserves." Haku replied
Naruto nods as Kakashi orders his team "Team 7, with me, we will be heading back to Tazuna's home to cook lunch for them and get cleaned up."
"Hai Sensei!" They chorus and head off
Naruto smiles and motions for Zabuza and Haku to follow him into the center of town which they comply with; as he enters town some of the villager's frowns of their past events turned into a big smile once again as they saw the form of Gato knocked out and tied up. Naruto throws Gato to the ground waking him up with a groan then looks around and pales at what he sees.
"MY MEN! YOU BASTARDS DESTROYED MY MEN!
The villagers surround Gato and the ANBU back off knowing this was personal; cracks of knuckles are heard and sinister laughter fills the air.
"Many months of abuse…" A villager cries out
"You killed my son and husband!" Another cries out
"You left us to rot then beat us while we were down!"
"YOU MUST PAY FOR YOUR SINS!" the villagers' proclaim and proceed to beat Gato into a bloody pulp; Wave was finally free.
With Jiraiya – After Leaving the Hokage Office (ROOT Base)
Getting into the base was relatively easy as he found out Sai decided to deactivate the henge and genjutsu detector seals permanently without Danzo or anyone else noticing; now he was sticking to the shadows of the base hoping to find something down here that would shed even more bad light on Danzo. Jiraiya looks at the map and sees that if he went right he would eventually arrive at a lab of some sorts and knew that any important genes used would be there; he hoped to grab any that could be used against Konoha in the future.
As Jiraiya avoided patrols and having to knock some unconscious and drag them into a dark corner so that they wouldn't be noticed; he put a memory wipe seal on them so that they would not report that an intruder was here. He soon reaches the lab and quickly rummages around sealing anything important; he found plans for some sort of chemical or poison, as well as notes on experimental enhancements, and finally on a shelf, all by its lonesome was what he was looking for. He looks around again and quickly flees the scene.
As he was on his way out, somehow Jiraiya managed a wrong turn and instantly knew as such when he heard two men talking in an office which was in front of him; using the Hiding with Camouflage Technique to blend in with his surroundings, he places a recording seal on the door in hopes of capturing the conversation.
Office
"How have things come with your new weapon Danzo?"
"If you mean Sasuke, then yes, his training is going quite well. I expect him to activate his Mangekyo Sharingan soon with what I have planned and will up his training soon and manipulate him further so that I can get the next Madara under my thumb."
"Fu, Fu, Fu, excellent, and the plans we have set for the Chunin exams are all in place as well I take it."
"Yes, Sasuke by then will be completely under my control and will help me finally get what I always wanted in the first place; Sarutobi won't know what hit him…such a weak minded fool he is. Naruto Senju will become a pest in which I will have to deal with soon but that is my job not yours Orochimaru."
"Ku, ku, ku, you always were one to plan two steps ahead."
Jiraiya rips off the seal knowing he had enough information to bring Danzo and his ROOT down with this recording. He looks around, deactivates his jutsu, and pulls out the map trying to find his way out; after a certain distance he pauses and leans against a wall to check the map again but falls backwards into another room, one that reeked of defecation, and death. Jiraiya groans as he picks himself up from the floor and looks around gasping at what he saw; 8 naked and severely malnourished bodies of what looked like young kids no older than 10 or 12 years of age shackled by the hands and hanging against the wall. He knew that they had not long to live so he cuts his hand and lets it bleed out producing 8 similar looking blood clones to take the place of the kids.
Although light-headed, Jiraiya closes the hidden wall so that it looks like nobody entered and started to unshackle the kids, when he got to the last one, a hoarse voice spoke up.
"Thank…you…evil man…so hungry."
Jiraiya sheds tears and lays the last child on the cold cement floor then clenches his fists "Damn you Danzo! I don't want to know what goes though that mind of yours…no matter, your reign will end soon enough."
Jiraiya puts his clones up against the wall and shackles them like the kids he just resuced then turns and creates seven shadow clones to take one kid each; he hoped that Danzo did not put any seals to alert a use of a Shunshin but he had to take that risk. In eight poofs of smoke, Jiraiya and his clones with the kids in tow all head to the hospital hoping that they can all be saved.
Hospital – Waiting Room
Eight poofs of smoke alert those waiting to an incoming Shinobi and all gasp at what they see in the Toad Sanin's arms, some even tear up seeing a child in such a state.
"MEDIC!" the eight Jiraiya's proclaims and luckily Tsunade got their first gasping at the sight
"Oh shit..." she whispers and looks towards the doctors and nurses behind her and barks out orders "I want eight IC Units open for business this instant, we have no time to lose; we got eight severely malnourished children that need medical attention ASAP…GO!"
Shuffling is heard as nurses and doctors scramble to do as told as Tsunade motions for the Jiraiya's to follow in a hurried manner. Soon, all the children are set down on respective beds and hooked up to IV's and liquid foods as nurses run their diagnostic scans; each of their prognoses is not good. Jiraiya, who dismissed his clones, was huddling on the floor by one of the IC rooms covering his face with his hands and silently crying to himself banging his head against the wall from time to time. Tsunade, who just walked out of one of the IC rooms sees Jiraiya and rushes over to him.
"Jiraiya, please tell me who could do such a thing and are you going to be alright?"
"Does it look like I will be alright?! Look what Danzo did to those kids; they were so malnourished I couldn't even identify their sex…why Tsuande…why." Jiraiya yells out slightly scaring Tsunade
Tsuande growls and was about to give Danzo a piece of her mind when Jiraiya grabs her leg "Don't, it would only jeopardize what Sensei and I are planning to bring Danzo down so that he could get his power back…can…can you comfort me; I feel so lost and hopeless."
Tsunade does as asked as Jiraiya starts to cry again to the point where Tsunade does as well, all the while she thought about Sensei's old friend.
"I hope you get what's coming to you Danzo, and Sensei…Jiraiya and I will stand by you not matter what. If I have to take up the reigns someday then so be it, I will follow in your footsteps grandfather, granduncle; and if you become Hokage someday Naruto then I will support you fully as will all of Konoha."
Following Day – Daimyo Palace
As the Daimyo were in his office doing paperwork, his secretary comes in with a letter in her hand.
"An important message from the Sandaime, Daimyo-dono." She bows
"Thank you Keiko, you are dismissed." The Daimyo orders after taking the letter.
After Keiko leaves he opens it up and starts to read then unseals the documents on the bottom of the page and starts to shuffle through them; twenty minutes later his face is as red as a tomato in anger.
"KEIKO GET YOUR ASS IN HERE!"
The door bursts opens as said person scrambles inside and hurriedly bows "Yes Daimyo-dono?"
"Get my guard ready, I am heading to Konoha to help Sandaime-dono get rid of a cockroach problem." He sneers
"Hai, at once Daimyo-dono!" Keiko hurriedly leaves the room and does as told
"Thank you for bringing this up Sarutobi-dono, and from what you described in your letter I see why you were scared to act. No matter, this situation will be dealt with once and for all. Hmm, I wonder what Jiraiya managed to find evidence wise...only time will tell I guess."
Keiko comes in three minutes later "Your carriage awaits Daimyo-dono and your guard is all set."
The Daimyo stands and brushes the dust of his robes "Thank you Keiko-san, you can do whatever you want for the rest of the day and am sorry for yelling at you earlier."
"No problem Daimyo-dono, I am quite used to it by now."
Said person chuckles and ruffles her hair then walks out of the office ready to give a certain mummy a piece of his mind.
Konoha – The following day: Hokage Office
The letter confirming that the Fire Daimyo was going to arrive came yesterday, hours after Sarutobi sent his letter. Today would be the day that Danzo would get his just deserts but for Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Tsunade this would be a day long remembered. All the pieces were in place and the evidence collected; the council was already in session waiting on the Daimyo, Sarutobi and Danzo to arrive. A knock on the door is heard, it was time.
"Enter!"
The door opens and a clack of a cane hitting the wooden floor was heard and the mismatched steps of a person stumbling in "You called for me Sarutobi-sama?"
Danzo looks at Sarutobi who is sitting behind his desk in a calm manner then over to his left where Tsunade stood and to his right where Jiraiya stood; something was amiss and Danzo felt it.
Sarutobi smiles "Yes, I did my old friend would you care to take a seat as we have much to discuss."
He motions to the seat in front of him in which Danzo hesitates for a moment trying to figure out what was going on; hesitantly, he soon walks forward toward the chair but that's when everything went according to plan. Jiraiya runs through hand signs putting up a multi-layered barrier so Danzo could not escape while Tsunade tackles said man into the ground. At this point two ANBU dropped from the ceiling and slapped chakra cuffs on the dazed Danzo as well as multiple seals; one to halt his use of chakra, one that temporarily shut his bloodlines down, and one to shut down his muscles so that he could not move an inch.
Danzo soon gets out of his daze and roars "WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!"
Sarutobi finally stands from his chair and nods to Jiraiya who lowers the barrier; a knock is heard on the door and one of the ANBU open it letting the Fire Daimyo in which made Danzo pale slightly.
"Oh, it seems you already collected the cockroach Sandaime-dono; very well, shall we commence the trial though I really doubt one is needed."
"LET ME GO, I HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG!"
Sarutobi bends low and gets in Danzo's face as Tsunade stands "You thought me as a weak minded fool when in fact I held the cards all along. Look at you my old friend, chakra cut off, all those Sharingan you collected unusable at the moment, and you can't move a muscle; such a weak minded fool you are."
Danzo blinks wondering how this was all possible then growls "SAI, WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU….GRAHH!"
"ANBU, let's take this traitor to the council and present the evidence; it shouldn't take long." Sarutobi orders and turns toward the Fire Daimyo "Shall we go Daimyo-dono?"
Said person nods and the ANBU lift up Danzo, they trail behind their Hokage and Daimyo while Tsunade and Jiraiya stand guard in the Hokage office; many ANBU and off duty Shinobi were all on guard around the village just incase.
Council Chambers
The door opens making the advisors and Shinobi council see the Sandaime and Fire Daimyo walk side by side and behind them two ANBU holding an incapacitated Danzo; everyone smirks at seeing the old coot finally being put in his place. Sarutobi sits in-between his advisors while the Daimyo sits across the table from him; the trial was about to take place.
"By the order of the Sandaime Hokage and me, you Danzo Shimura are charged with fraternizing with the enemy, child abuse, undermining a Hokage's rule, genocide, and multiple other minor infractions; how do you plead." The Fire Daimyo speaks
"Fuck you!"
"I will take that as a not guilty then; Sandaime-dono if you would?"
Sarutobi nods and takes out a scroll from his robe and puts it on the table and unseals the contents; there is a thick folder filled with incriminating evidence, one for each clan head and advisor as well as the Daimyo himself. He signals to the ANBU to help pass them out which he does.
"In those folders you will find all the evidence I and my spy collected over the months, this trial would have happened sooner but I was scared to act and am glad I held off as what Jiraiya collected in the past three days has been quite damming. You may read those at your leisure."
A silent and tense filled 30 minutes takes place as everyone goes over the evidence methodically and soon everyone stares at Danzo with the intent to kill; what was about to take place next would seal Danzo's fate.
Hiashi stands up "You kidnapped some of my clan members and inducted them into your program…stealing a doujutsu or bloodline from any clan warrants immediate death. That said I vote for public execution!"
Tsume was next "Luckily none of my clan members fell into your program but what I read in front of me is damming to say the least, I hope you enjoy your stay in hell…EXECUTION I SAY!"
Shibi, a usually stoic and calm hearted man, was royally pissed as everyone could hear his hive buzzing about. He stands and as he does a massive amount of kikaichū explodes from his body scaring everyone even the Fire Daimyo. In a cold, dark, and chilling voice, Shibi rants.
"I am usually a calm man Danzo, but you have pushed me to a point nobody has managed to do. Do you know why we Aburame are always calm, it's because our hive reacts to our emotions and right now I am having a hell of a time restraining them to eat the flesh from you bones. Fuck you Danzo, go to hell where you belong."
Shibi takes a deep breath and calms himself slightly making his hive recede back into his body making everyone else take a sigh of relief. Inoichi was next.
"I would enter your mind just so I could fuck it up so bad, that you would have spent the rest of your life in a padded room…execute the bastard!"
Shikaku glares at Danzo "You are a very troublesome man; just execute him already so I can get back to my nap."
Choza is so enraged that he couldn't think of what to say so he kept it simple "I call for execution."
"As clan head of the Sarutobi clan I vote for execution." Sarutobi states
The advisors chorus together "Execution!"
The Fire Daimyo nods "Well Danzo, it seems your life is at an end; everyone here agrees that you are to be executed and I cannot deny such a request after reading what is in front of me. Danzo Shimura, by the power invested in me, you will be publicly executed an hour from now. Sandaime-dono you may announce this to everyone, I deem this trial officially over."
Danzo just snarls and the ANBU escort him out of the room, when he was gone Sarutobi turns to everyone and smiles.
"Before we blow his base to where it cannot be used, I will be happy to let you know that we have successfully gathered all of Danzo's forces and they are now going through a program to where they can get back to some sort of normal life. Now, we might be having a small earthquake right about…now." Sarutobi states and sure enough a shaking is felt making everyone smile and chuckle. "Once the process is done, I will be happy to reunite you with lost family members. Like Daimyo-dono stated, we are dismissed."
One Hour Later – Town Center
Danzo was tied to a post, the seals and chakra cuffs still on him; everyone was gathered around as they heard about the rumors of what Danzo did but never believed it. Now that a trial was done, everyone now knew those rumors were actually fact.
The Sandaime walks up and clears his throat "Thank you all for coming out to see this traitor before you to be executed for his multiple lists of crimes which I stated an hour ago. Now Danzo, any last words before you will be beheaded and your ashes sent out to sea?"
Danzo starts to laugh "You think this is the last you'll see of me…HA! I've always been two steps ahead of you Sarutobi; I will return…mark my words, I WILL RETURN!"
Sarutobi signals the ANBU nearest the post to cease Danzo incessant laughter and he does so with his ninja-to; blood spurts from the neck hole as the head rolls on the ground, Danzo's face forever etched in a creepy smile. The ANBU does a quick fire jutsu turning his body into ash; the village cheers and Sarutobi sighs in relief.
"Soon, I will have my power back and Naruto's dream for this village to rise to what it once was will come to fruition."
One Week Later – Island in Water Country
Naruto stood on an island overlooking Kiri and wondered where Mei would be at; Kushina told him that it would be one of the islands but there was so many to choose from. Speaking of Kushina, after their date things seemed to go downhill. Three days after the date Kushina told Naruto that even though a connection was felt, she wasn't sure if having the relationship going any further was a good idea. Naruto understood as she still clung to the love that Minato gave and he knew that in time Kushina would be ready; only time would tell if Kushina would come back into Naruto's life.
He was broken out of these thoughts by someone yelling at him from a distance; Naruto turns toward the voice to see a slender woman in her thirties. She has green eyes, and ankle-length, auburn hair styled into a herringbone pattern at the back, a top-knot tied with a dark blue band, and with four bangs at the front. Two bangs are short, with one covering her right eye, and two are long, crossing each other on her bust, just below her chin. She also wears a long-sleeved, dark blue dress that falls just below the knees.
Naruto smiles and jogs up the lady "You must be Mei, Kushina told me a lot about you. I am Naruto Senju by the way."
Mei taps her chin trying to figure out where she heard that name before then gasps as the light bulb brightens "YOU SHOULD BE 68 YEARS OLD!"
Naruto laughs "Some things are better left unsaid Mei; would you be a dear and escort me to where you and the rebellion is stationed?"
Mei nods "Well, while we are there I guess we will discuss battle plans then; welcome aboard the rebellion Senju-sama, with you at our side this war will soon be over."