Unforgiving

Rated M

Summary: Cold hard truth came out the night of forbidden scroll incident. Naruto learned more than he bargains for changing his views. With new powers he will do whatever it takes to reach the top. Dark and somewhat evil Naruto. Main pairing NarutoXHinata, NarutoXharem. Dracohalo117 challenge.

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CHAPTER 19

Naruto walked up to the nearest Hospital and dropped Sasuke off right at the front desk. The nurse tried to ask him what happened, but he looked at her before leaving and said "I stopped a couple of Sound Ninjas with some help of my own, he got hurt and I brought him here." He left the hospital. As soon as he left the hospital, he heard someone calling his name. "Naruto-kun!"

Naruto looked to his right and he saw Hinata and Tenten running towards him. As soon as they got a couple feet towards him, his expression changed from bland to grim. "Hinata-chan… I do not know how to tell you this, but your father was killed." Although she and her father were not speaking to each other that was still her father no matter what problems they were having. The news hit her hard and she tried her best to hold back her tears, but she couldn't. "How do you…know this?" She said to him while her voice began to break up when she spoke.

"On my way past the village gate, a couple of Jonin trying to treat injured Jonins mentioned the return of the Yellow Flash—"

Tenten interrupted him, "The Fourth's alive!"

"Yes… (He gets angry) except I heard he was helping Orochimaru since the time of his so called death! It was a set up from the start!" Naruto, pretending to be angry, said to both girls, Hinata as a Hyuuga would have been able to tell if that was a fake emotion, but she was too upset to focus fully. "No, that cannot be right!"

"No it's true…I saw him with my own eyes!" Shino said appearing behind Tenten, Tenten jumped a little being frightened of his sudden appearance. "Did you see what happened to my father?" Hinata asked Shino with no emotion in her voice.

"Yes..." He replies back to her.

"Wh-Why…didn't you do anything?" She questioned him and looked him straight in the eyes even though he wearing his sunglasses.

"Because the Fourth was too fast for me to try and stop him, he was moving so fast that you could only see a yellow flash. He killed a couple of Jonins including your father, even Maito Gai is among the deceased or so it seem..it was too hard to tell with everything happening so fast. He was going to kill his wife and daughter but Jiraiya was able to stop him, except his appearance was different—"

"Sorry to cut you off but how different?" Naruto asked him.

"He looked like a …Toad. He even had the eyes for it and two small talking toads on his shoulders. Although his appearance was strange, his abilities and skills were greatly improved. He was able to keep up with the Fourth Hokage, until for some unknown reason the Fourth retreated. Jiraiya could not go after him because they may have been equal in strength, he took too much damage from the fight. By then I was able to defeat the sand genin called Kankuro, but the damage was already done. The Fourth not only killed our village shinobi but some civilians also…so he said. I know it's hard to believe this…but my bugs even told me this was no mistake and that was the real deal."

"…" Hinata said nothing but her fists tighten.

"No this has to be a mistake." Tenten said to them while still not trying to believe what she just heard. "ACCEPT IT, NOT ALL OUR HEROES FROM THIS VILLAGE WERE CONSIDERED HEROES! MADARA, OROCHIMARU, AND ITACHI ARE PRIME EXAMPLES OF THAT!" Hinata blew off on Tenten.

"…I'm sorry Hinata…and you're right." Tenten said to the poor girl before her.

"Oh this is just perfect…Now things will run smoothly for now on, and all I need to do is tie up one loose end…and that will be you Danzo. I will not keep pretending to be one of your lapdogs, you may have been an amazing shinobi during your time, but things change and the old times must be let go. It is the law of survival, the strong shall live and the weak shall die—"Naruto-kun you were right…and now I-I must do what needs to be done!"

"Ok…I take it that we'll be heading over to the Hyuuga's clan house. (She nods her head in response) What about you guys?" Naruto asks both Tenten and Shino.

"I cannot I have to check on a few people and see if they are alright, but I do send my regards and I am sorry that I couldn't do anything to—"

Hinata interrupted him. "It's alright Shino…I'm sorry for questioning you, and I am sorry for snapping on you Tenten…it's just—"

Tenten now interrupedt Hinata, "It's alright I understand, it's just that I take the whole heroes of this land a little too far, I'm still finding it hard to believe that Minato Namikaze has been alive this whole time, and he's been working for Orochimaru the whole time. Naruto, now I can fully understand why you feel that way about your former family."

"Noted, and I must admit that even I did not know he was a traitor, but then again he did ruin my life so far." Naruto lied to Tenten but nobody picked it up. "I don't know what use I'll be, but I will accompany you two to the Hyuuga's manor just incase." Tenten said to Naruto and Hinata.

"Good, and before we go…Naruto-kun how fast can you remove the caged bird seal on the branch members." Hinata asked Naruto. "In about a hour or two…depending how many branch members there is, it might take me a little bit longer to remove all the seals. Remember I'm not fully skilled to remove a couple of seals."

"Then let's get over to my clan's manor before we get interrupted by someone." Hinata said.

KONOHA'S COUNCIL ROOM

"This makes no sense!" One unnamed Council man said. "I refuse to believe our greatest hero, Minato Namikaze is alive and caused all this chaos…it must be a trick, no it has to be a trick!"

"Well believe it!" Tsume sneered at the unnamed Council man.

"I did not want to believe it myself, but then he appeared before my team and used the Flying Thunder God jutsu. Inoichi and Choza are dead…my concern is for their family and for you…Tsume." Shikaku said with concern in his voice. Tsume started to shed some tears, she tried to wipe them away with her hands, but her tears kept pouring out.

"I understand how most of you feel, but I was there at the arena myself. That was the real Minato, he revealed facts that only people who know him would know, Jiraiya can vouch for Minato being real and Kushina would have if she didn't lose her mind. Hiashi Hyuuga was also killed by Minato, Kurenai was wounded but will live along with Jiraiya who battled against him, we also lost Ibiki along with Choza, Inoichi, a hand full of Chunin, and one genin…Kiba Inuzuka. Right now we're at our weakest and any other Hidden Village can strike us anytime." Homura said to councilmen around him.

"Which is why we must have the funeral for all our following fallen shinobi and Hokage…Hiruzen gave up his life to seal away Orochimaru's arms, for now he won't bother us, but Minato is still out there." Koharu said to the councilmen.

"We will also need a new Hokage to lead us out these dark times; we need one that can easily bring Konoha's strength back to the way it was. I elect myself." Danzo said to councilmen.

"I disagree Danzo, you will only bring this village down if you elected as our Hokage…perhaps Konoha's White Fang son, Kakashi, will be the right choice." Gen Aburame said to Danzo, which he sneered back at Gen for disagreeing with him.

"I want to agree with you, Gen, but Kakashi did nothing when Minato attacked except freeze up when he was needed. I vote for Jiraiya." Shikaku said.

"I agree…from what I was told Jiraiya chased that bastard away and as acting head of the Yamanaka's clan, I Yamanaka Sheena agree to Jiraiya becoming our new Hokage." Sheena, wife of Inoichi, agreed to Shikaku's idea.

"I Inuzuka Tsume, also agree having Jiraiya becoming our fifth Hokage or maybe the true Fourth Hokage!"

The two other unnamed councilmen agreed with Jiraiya becoming Hokage, but then Danzo slammed his good arm into the table. "Have you people lost your minds? It's because of the peaceful teaching of the Third Hokage that Konoha nearly got destroy! Jiraiya is the same as the other Hokages who believe in co-peace, except one was pretending to be good but was working for Orochimaru all this time. We need a Hokage that's more militant!"

"Silence!" Koharu said to everyone in the room.

"…You all have good ideas, but it cannot be accepted." Homura said, while everyone began to look among each others. "Koharu and I have approached Jiraiya about the title of Hokage, and he rejected the title. However, he did bring up somebody that he believes will be perfect for it, but I have my doubts."

"I have an idea who you're talking about." Shikaku said to Homura.

"Same here, but I don't think she'll want to be in this village anymore on the count of what has happened to her over the years." Gen said to Homura.

"Who are you two talking about?" Both Tsume and Sheena said at the same time.

"We're talking about Senju Tsunade." Koharu said to Tsume and Sheena.

Danzo got up and grabbed his cane, heading for the door, he looked back with his good eye and said "you can all vote for Tsunade but do not come crying to me when she gets this village destroyed or worse." He left the room with a blank look on his face but on the inside he wass fuming.

"Well that take care of him…hmm but now as I think about it maybe she won't be up for the task." Shikaku said while giving more thought.

"Jiraiya disagreed and believes he can convince her to rejoin Konoha as Hokage. He took Namikaze Kari with him, since some civilians and our very own ninjas began to attack her!" Koharu looked toward Tsume. "As far as I know the whole Namikaze's clan except for Naruto, is apart of Minato and Orochimaru's scheme. Minato proudly admitted that he sealed the demon away in his son just so he could get a weapon and that the Third saw through that. Oh and let's not forget that he wanted more heirs to Namikaze's clan, Naruto must have known this. That's why he turned against the Namikaze's clan and created his own clan!" Tsume said while slamming her fists on the table.

"But if that is true then why didn't he say anything," the other councilman asked his peers.

"So troublesome…you don't get it?" Shikaku said.

"Get what?" He asked him.

Gen took the moment to answer the man, "Every spiteful thing done to Naruto has made him not trust a lot of people, he saw it as that those who punish him shall be punished in the end. If I would guess the term you reap what you sow would best describe what we all got."

"Kushina and Kari will not have a blessed life in this village anymore." Shikaku got interrupted by Tsume.

"They don't fucking need it…not anymore!" Sheena nodded her head to that statement.

Shikaku rubbed his head in defeat before changing the subject, "And now there's the matter with the Hyuuga's clan. They're going to need a new clan-head along with a representative on this council."

"I spoke with the elders of the Hyuuga's clan, they said we'll have our answer in a week or two," Gen said to his fellow councilmen.

"Right now, we need to discuss the matter of missions to give out the false pretense to other nations that we're not at our weakest." Homura said.

HYUUGA'S MANOR

"This is madness! I will not stand for this even if you're my granddaughter!" The Elder Hyuuga said to Hinata.

"You do not have a choice anymore; all I'm offering is for our clan to become one. The old ways do not work anymore, instead all it proved was how weak our clan truly is." Hinata said with a stoic look.

"How dare you come into the chamber of the Elders and demand for us to throw away the tradition of the cage-bird seal, you may be Hiashi's eldest daughter, but you have no right as an heir!" An elder said while activating his Byakugan in anger.

Tenten did not like the action that was being displayed before her very eyes. Each of the elders began to activate their Byakugan out of anger. She placed her hands in her poach just in case of an attack. Hinata rested her hands on Tenten's shoulders, Tenten relaxed a little and took her hands off her poach.

"You're no longer heir to the Hyuuga's clan, instead your sister, Hanabi, is destined to become heir in your place. You are destined to become a member of the branch family, fail to follow our will, and then you shall be punished by force of death!" The man who is her grandfather said with his byakugan activated.

"Grandfather you're a fool to think you can brand me but you can try, but I promise you…the elders will be punished for their attempt." Hinata said with stoic tone in her voice.

"…Guards!" the main elder called out, in a mere second twenty guards entered the room at the elders' side, Tenten looked around and expected a fight to break out, even Neji was among the guards. "Arrest this traitor and prepare her for the branding!" He ordered the guards, but none of them made a move. The elders looked among the guards and repeated what the former clan-head now Elder said, and still the guards did not obey. Hinata's Grandfather had enough and looks at Neji before shouting, "DO AS I SAY, OR ELSE SUFFER UNDER THE SEAL OF THE CAGED BIRD!" Hinata nodded her head towards Neji, he took off his headband and to the elders' shock…there was no seal on his forehead. The rest of the guards did the same and revealed they also had no seals on their forehead; Hinata took the time to speak and what came out her mouth gave away the fear that the elders hoped would not be true.

"The branch members are no longer slaves to the main family, as of today they are free and are part of the main family. For too long these traditions where we enslaved our own kin have been practiced and as of today…no more. No more will we treat our own kin like slaves, no more will we place this terrible burden on their forehead just to get them to obey, and no more will we decide their fate."

"YOU LITTLE BITCH! YOU'VE DOOMED THIS FAMILY, NOW THE SECRET OF OUR KEKKEI GENKAI CAN EASY GET OUT."

Hinata interrupted her grandfather for interrupting her speech. "That's already going to happen, because I'm engaged with Hakkyou Naruto and as for the secret of the Byakugan…maybe it's time we stop worrying about certain trivial things, these days people can get around the byakugan, I am proof of that because I not only rely on my byakugan, but I can do other jutsu that our family forbid because it doesn't meet the hyuuga's standards. But enough talk, those who are free from the seal, takescare of the other elders. My Grandfather and I have to exchange some words." She said while glancing at him and in return he glances back with hatred.

WITH NARUTO

Naruto and another army of former branch members were marching toward the branch members' manor. The sound of explosions and screams that were coming from the main house is what made him stop in front of the branch members' house. "I want forty of you to gather up those who still have the seals and bring them to me: women, children, men, and elderly, while the other half shall join with Lady Hinata. She's going to need the back-up especially with that noise we're hearing, we don't want any brainwashed main branch members coming to the aid." They nod at him and took off with their orders in mind. Naruto stood by himself and smiled.

"Oh I am promising you guys' freedom but at a cost, if only they knew that I improved the seals in freeing them from the cage bird jutsu. I added another seal that is invisible. This new seal will allow me to give the influence of my will, whatever I say you guys must follow, but it only becomes active when one of you disobey me or try to run away from the village. It also has a safeguard in place, in case of one you guys fall in battle, the seal will activated its other function and destroy the kekkei genkai within. Truly I would love to place that new seal on the main branch members, but right now it would look too suspicious. At least at the moment everything is falling into place, and once I'm done here, around ten pm I must report in with root and do some mission for them. I hate pretending to be his lap-dog but it's all for a good cause; I already placed some of my seals on some of the other members and I'm already influencing Sai and Terra. And Danzo before you know it you'll be dead and out of my way, but do not worry I have plans for your anbu black ops…big plans."

WITH ANKO AND HER TEAM

"This sucks, and you're not doing anything sensei, we're the ones doing all the work!" Renji yelled at Anko in the tree while he helped some of the workers move some rubble. "Renji's right Sensei stop being lazy, get down here and help us out!" Sachie yelled at Anko also while moving broken glass and signs.

"But I have this injury I got from the invasion, I need some rest!" She pretended to pout.

"LIAR! YOU ONLY GOT A CUT ON YOUR RIGHT ARM AND IT'S BARELY NOTICABLE!" both Renji and Sachie yell at her at the same time. Kira shook his head at his teammates' antics and Sasame turned to his direction with a puzzled look on her face. "Are they always like this?" She asked him.

"No…sometimes they're worse, and I am the one who gets to see a fight break out…look see what I mean!" he pointed toward his teammates. Sasame looked back at Sachie and Renji, only to see Anko had both of them in a headlock and on the ground. Both Renji and Sachie were screaming out for help, but none of the workers or Jonin present wanted to involve themselves against Anko and her wrath.

"Shouldn't we help them?" Sasame asked Kira.

"I wouldn't if you want to lived, don't worry they'll ask for Anko-sensei's forgiveness and she'll let them go. These routines always happen. But what about you, what will you do?" He asked her.

"Sigh…I guess I have to leave, that man Orochimaru knows the whereabouts of my cousin, Arashi. I love being with you guys but Arashi is my cousin." She was interrupted by Anko with Renji looking worried.

"You should give up on your cousin!" Anko said to Sasame. "What! But sensei that's her cousin, I don't want her to leave either but shouldn't we help her?" Renji said while his teammates agreed by nodding. "No there's no need because he's most likely dead." Sasame interrupted Anko. "YOU DON'T KNOW THAT!"

She waited for Sasame to calm down a little before speaking again, "Actually kid, I would know because I used to be his apprentice." This earned not only the team's attention but also Sasame's attention as well. Anko noticed their looks and continued on, "back when I was your age, Orochimaru meant the world to me, until he gave me this curse mark on my neck and had me hide out with him in his secret labs hidden in the land of sea, I have seen terrible things he's done to innocent people and people who wish to serve him, and trust me when I say this…it's not worth it. I doubt you'll find your cousin at all let alone whether he's alive or not. But if he is alive then he is not the same as you remember him, because Orochimaru would have him already brainwashed to his will. But if you still want to look for him and if he is with Orochimaru, then you will be killed when you find them."

"I…I…I must, he's my cousin." She said with her head down. Renji's heart sunk when he saw the hurt look on her face. Anko sighed and then mouthed a 'you owe me' toward Renji. "Alright, alright…we'll help you." Sasame looked up at her to see if it was a joke, even her team looked shock. "What?" Sasame said to Anko still not sure if she heard correctly. "I said we'll help you out, but first help us fix up Konoha, and from there we'll request a mission to find your cousin but we have to leave out the part where he's hand and hand with Orochimaru."

"Sensei what about the mission money, wouldn't Sasame need to put up a reward?" Sachie asked Anko, but before she could answer, Kira decide to throw his two cents in. "I have to agree with Sachie, and this sounds like a B-rank mission close to a A-rank and last I remember B-rank and up are for Chunin level ninjas or Jonin, and we're not either of those ranks except for Shikamaru who is now Chunin."

"Grrr…I can get my family to put up some money for this mission and that should solve our problem." Renji said to his teammates, sensei and girlfriend.

"Nope your family's income won't be enough, don't worry I'll use half of my saving for this mission. Sasame when the time comes I'll I give you the money and you file it as a mission for team nine. You may be asked a lot of questions on why us, but do your best to deceive them." She said low enough for only Sasame and team nine to hear.

"Anko we need to talk." The voice of Kurenai came from behind her.

"Is it man problems because I saw you earlier with Asuma. Kurenai you can do much better than him." She said to Kurenai, but Kurenai was not in an amused mood. "Look it's important so can you please not bring that up and walk with me for a second!" Anko noticed the tone in her voice, she turned to her team and Sasame, "Listen up I'll be back, for now continue with the help." She walked away with Kurenai right next to her.

"Ok, what went up your ass today?" Anko said to Kurenai.

"I'll get to the point…Did you train Hinata?" Anko looked at her a moment before smiling, "Yes I have."

Kurenai interrupted Anko, "How could you? She is my student and not yours. She's my responsibility."

Anko interrupted Kurenai, "First off don't play that whole I am her sensei shit with me! Second from what she told me, you took Hiashi's offer in kidnapping her away from Naruto, last I remember that it's a clan issue and you're not part of the Hyuuga's clan. Yes I trained Hinata only for the chunin exams and I know it was not my place to do so, but that girl was frightened of you, and she loss her trust in you, especially when she overheard you and Hiashi from what she told me." Anko said with some truth in her words.

"I had no choice…somehow Hisahi found out about my relationship with Asuma, and I don't know how he found out." Anko cut her off, "You don't know how he found out? Newsflash honey, he's a guy, and like all guys…he bragged to all other male jonins about you and him, I saw him do that stunt two months ago. And if I saw that then it was only a matter of time before people like Hiashi would find out. So what that he found out and made some threats to you, he isn't the Hokage and last I remember…nobody on the council can decide a shinobi's fate unless it affects a clan-member, and I hardly see how your so called relationship with Asuma can cause trouble for Hinata or the Hyuuga clan." Anko said with her hands on her hips like a mother scorning a child.

"So called relationship? What are you trying to say?" Kurenai said while taking that comment as an insult.

"Your love life stinks; I have seen better plot on those trashy soap opera shows you always are watching. Look I wasn't saying that to hurt you, it's the truth on what I'm saying about you and Asuma. You can do so much better then him." Anko said while placing both her hands on Kurenai's shoulder, Kurenai looks her in the eyes before looking down at the ground toward her feet. "But I think this time he realizes he is sorry and wants to start over with our relationship—" Anko cut her off by squeezing her shoulders. "Talk to Hinata."

"What does talking with my student have to do with my relationship with Asuma?" Kurenai asked Anko, in return Anko let go of her shoulders and turned around with her back toward her friend. "Who knows but one thing I do know is that you'll be able to fix what is broken between you two." With that said she shunshin away from her friend, leaving her deep in thought. She was so deep in thought that she did not notice the very man calling her name while he approached her.

WITH KUSHINA

The once famed "Red Death of Konoha" was nothing more than a former shell of herself. She spent her days now in a mental home. Her mind broke because of the invasion incident, the man she once loved turned out to be a crook. She never knew that was also a plot by her son, Naruto, so the man impersonating her late husband turned out to be special type of clone her son created. But no one knew that, and the reason why is because the clone had all of Minato's memories, fighting styles, and his jutsus. So the surviving victims of Minato, no longer see him as the hero he was supposed to be. Instead they felt used and betrayed, all the people cared about was revenge. Some citizens even demanded that they take down his face from the Hokages' mountain; the councils disagreed with the citizens' demands. There was even a small rumor of rebellion against the councilmen for disagreeing to remove Minato's face from the mountains.

Kakashi never came to visit Kushina, instead he spent all his time at heroes gravesite stone. She had one visitor today and that was from Jiraiya. He promised her that he will save what's left of her, and that he was sorry for Minato's true self. He even told her that he still found it hard to believe it was really him; he made a mental note to ask the elder toad sage if that was really Minato. The last thing he said to her was that he was given a mission to look for his former teammate, Senju Tsunade, and bring her back to Konoha as their new Hokage. He also said he would be taking Kari with him in his search, in order to protect her from the danger from within the village because everybody alive was blaming the Namikaze's clan [minus Naruto]. He left her with two human size toads in armor, their jobs were to protect her from any danger. Too bad some of the doctors that tried to harm her did not know about the toads in the room. Although they were in the room, Kushina kept to herself, lying on the floor. She did not talk or move much because in her mind she created a fantasy to escape her harsh reality. A fantasy where she was with her late husband and kids living a wonderful life. Namikaze Uzumaki Kushina, was finally broken.

ATOP THE DAMAGED WALL THAT SURROUNDS KONOHA

Two shadowy figures with straw hats covering their faces were seen looking down at what was left of the village. A tall man with a sword wrapped up in bandages and a short guy with his hands hidden in his sleeves. "The once proud village of Konoha, a village where geniuses are born, where teamwork is the standard principle and must be followed. It will be years before they can recover from what Orochimaru unleashed here." The short man said to his partner.

"You sound like you still care for this village." The tall man said to his partner with amusement in his voice.

"…" The short man said nothing and kept his back toward his partner.

The tall man gave up and changed the subject, "Nevertheless Orochimaru barely pulled this off, this is worse than any carnage I've ever seen during my time as a mist ninja. It's almost like he had good resources on the security layout or he had one hell of an army by his side."

"…Let us go," the short man said before turning around to walk away. "Are we after the Kyuubi's kid?" The tall man asked his partner.

"Yes…but first we need to do some recon on how Orochimaru was able to nearly destroy a powerful village, if he's proving to be too powerful then the Akatsuki must come together again to deal with him quickly." The short man said.

BACK AT THE COUNCIL MEETING

Two hours went by and the council finally made a decision regarding the new Hokage. Only the two advisors did not appear to be pleased with the idea of who the council voted for.

"It would seem we have no choice but to elect Tsunade as our new Hokage." Koharu said to the council men.

"I fail to see how we can conclude the votes; the Hyuuga clan-head has yet to provided." Just as Homura finished saying that, the door to the room opened up. Three former branch members stepped in; one of them is Neji, who no longer wore the headband around his head. Besides realizing that he did not have the mark of the cage bird seal across his forehead they noticed the blood he was covered in. Before anyone could ask them what happened, Hinata came into the room wearing a traditional white kimono with a green vest attached to her shoulder like a cape, her hair was done in a ponytail, and finally she carried with her a fan with her clan symbol on it. She walked up to her late father's chair and took her seat. The three Hyuuga former branch members stood by her side as personal bodyguards. Shikaku got over his shock and decided to ask what was going on.

"What is the meaning of this?" Shikaku asked Hinata.

"What do you mean? If you are referring to why I'm dress as a clan-head, and then allow me to say this…I am the new clan-head, the old traditions of the Hyuuga clan have been discarded along with the followers of those traditions. What you're looking at is the new Hyuuga's clan, and as the new clan-head I decree that the branch members are now the main family. As for my vote…the Hyuugas would be pleased if Senju Tsunade is the new Hokage." Hinata said all that without a hint of nervousness or shyness.

An anbu ninja with a woodpecker mask came into the room.

"This better be important for interrupting this meeting." Koharu said to bowing anbu ninja.

"It is…Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame were spotted near the training grounds, Jonin Asuma, Kakashi, and Kurenai are engaging them as we speak. Maito Gai is on his way for assistance and he requests for the council to dispatch the anbu black ops against them."

"Itachi!" Shikaku said out loud making sure he heard that.

"And he is with Hoshigaki Kisame, the scourge of the mist, but why would he return here back to this village after everything he's done against his own clan?" Gen said to the other councilmen.

"For that matter…why are we also letting Hinata sit here in her father's chair? She just took out her clan in a revolt and claims the title of clan-head by force. She partially pulled the same stunt as Itachi, how do we know they're not in the same league?" Shanna said while eying Hinata.

"How dare you!" Neji was stopped by Hinata. "Yamanaka Shanna was it? Unlike Itachi I did not run away from the village while an active shinobi, that's the difference between me and Itachi. But I am curious how all these years the anbu black ops have failed to capture someone that belonged to their forces." She finish saying while Koharu and Homura just looked at each other not saying a word.

"Enough this argument between us isn't getting us anywhere, let's just send the anbu black ops to assist the Jonin. We do not need any more deaths of than we already have." Tsume said while slamming her fists on the table.

"Fine…all in favor to send the anbu black ops against those two missing rogue nins." Homura said.

"Aye." All the councilmen said at the same time.

"Woodpecker, dispatch the anbu black ops to that location to assist the four jonins." Koharu said to the masked anbu.

"It shall be done." He finish saying while shunshining away.

WITH THE NOW REVEALED ITACHI AND KISAME

"Bring on all you got; I do not care if you send a whole army against us!" Kisame said while pointing his Samehada at Maito Gai, Kurenai with her eyes closed and Asuma who also had his eyes closed. Kakashi was seen on the ground with his eyes closed, he appeared not to be moving. Itachi deactivated his sharingan eyes before turning around. "Let us leave Kisame."

"What! They promised us a fight and we just walk away!" Kisame shouts in protest.

"As tempting as it may sound to have an all out war, remember why we are here. Also what Kakashi has said to us does bring up a lot of questions. For now we need to regroup." Itachi said while vanishing in a swirl of black birds.

"This isn't over you green suited bastard!" He burst into water.

"Such vulgar words from that one, he's clearly not in touch with his youth." Gai said to himself.

"Do we give chase?" Asuma asked Gai.

"No…we must attend to Kakashi first then look for Naruto." Gai said to Asuma, walking over to Kakashi and picking him up in his arms.

"I-I think I know the person who can find Naruto a lot quicker." But before Gai or Asuma could say anything, Kurenai took off in search of Hinata.

WITH JIRAIYA AND KARI

"So let me get this straight, you want me to go with you to find some woman." Kari said annoyed behind Jiraiya's so called request.

"Not just any woman, but a woman with great beauty, expertise to medicines, the queen of slugs and." He got cut off by Kari.

"Get on with it already!"

"Geez so impatient, just like your mother and Tsunade, must be through the female side of the Uzumaki's bloodline." He said while shaking his head.

"Tsunade! We're looking for Lady Tsunade, why didn't you say so?" Kari said with a smile on her face.

"You wouldn't let me, and besides we need to hurry because judging by my sources, she is the type to skip town when her bills start piling up. Time is of the essence so hurry up, get packed, and meet me right back here at the village gate." He said to her.

"Ok." she said but stopped the moment she saw his face become serious-looking. "Kari…please be careful and do not harm any civilians for they do not understand." He saw Kari body tense. "Sensei…do you think my father's really a criminal?"

"…I don't know what to believe anymore… (She felt saddened by his words) But I will find out the hidden truth. However, if that was really Minato, then Konoha will be going through some dark times." He said before grabbing the wound on his chest.

"Maybe we should delay going after Tsunade, you're still hurt." Kari said with concern in her voice.

"No I am fine, everybody is doing their part to show the world Konoha is not weak, and I must do my part. I know a few medic jutsu to subside the pain. Just hurry up and get ready before we miss Tsunade." He ordered her to hurry.

WITH ANKO

After the ordeal with Kurenai, Anko went to her favorite dango's shop to ease her nerves before looking for her team. She was sitting there, quietly eating her dango, sipping her tea. Until she heard two jonin talking about two rogue ninjas within the village, she leaned forward to hear what they had to say.

"I'm telling you man, Itachi has returned to Konoha with the scourge of the mist, Hoshigaki Kisame." The bald man said to the freckle-looking guy.

"What! What the hell for?" He asked the bald-headed man.

"Rumor is that they are apart of a group that hunt down those who have demons sealed inside of a person. My guess is that they're here for Hakkyou Naruto because he has the Kyuubi sealed away inside of him." He whispered the last part but Anko still heard him, she grabbed the guy by his throat. "Where are they? And how did you find this info out?" she questions the guy.

"Ack…ack…Ao told me, he said that they're near the training grounds…Maito Gai, Kurenai, Asuma, and Kakashi engaged them already and chased them away." He said while being let go of his chokehold.

"YOU FUCKING IDIOT! YOU THINK THEY WERE ABLE TO CHASE AWAY ONE WHO KILLED HIS WHOLE CLAN AND ANOTHER WHO IS A FORMER SEVEN SWORDSMEN OF THE MIST? FUCKING IDIOTS….I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR THIS SHIT!" She quickly paid for her meal and dashed right out the shop. "Please Kami let me find Naruto-kun in time before they do!" Was the only thought going through her head.

WITH ITACHI AND KISAME

"…Kisame look alive we are not alone." Itachi said to Kisame, out from the brushes came Naruto with his arms folded looking only at Kisame. "I have my sources but I heard that you two are looking for me, oh wait let me get to the point…you want the Kyuubi."

"Come with us Naruto, do not ask for a fight because you cannot win." Itachi said with a stoic tone.

"Uchiha Itachi, the man who murdered his own clan except for his little brother, you are such a weakling." Naruto said while still looking at Kisame.

"…It seems you know what I can do because you refuse to look at me." Itachi replied to Naruto.

"You're right I do know about that ability to catch people in a genjutsu, what was it called again… Tsukuyomi. Yes I know a lot about you and what those eyes can do, I was well informed." Naruto said.

"Danzo…" Itachi said the name.

"Enough with this chit chat, hey Itachi, would it be alright if I cut off a leg or two, or perhaps even an arm." Kisame said looking amuse.

"So Zabuza's shadow thinks he can take me?" Naruto said in a taunt.

"What did you say you little shit?" Kisame said with an edge in his voice.

"You heard me, you'll always be Zabuza's shadow because you're a weakling. That is why you could never been leader in the Seven Swordsmen ops, how did a pussy face fish."

"YOU LITTLE SHIT!" Kisame charged at him with his weapon in hand. "KISAME WAIT!" Itachi tried to stop him but couldn't reach him. Naruto closed his eyes for a second and when he opened them Kisame saw the eyes turn a different color.

END CHAPTER

NEXT CHAPTER: NARUTO VS KISAME…NUFF SAID!