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Well that is everyone, i hope that you all enjoy and keep on reading my story :)

And now, without further delay, i give you CHAPTER 13

Historical Bonds

Chapter 13

PRESENT TIME

"What the hell do you want with me Danzo?!" Sasuke asked in anger

"Such hate, such anger, is that all you Uchihas are capable of?" Danzo said with a grin

"I don't care what you think of me. I asked you what the hell do you want with me!?"

"Can't we have a nice conversation as fellow Konoha citizens?" Danzo said with a small laugh

"If it's a nice conversation you want, then let me out of this cage!" Sasuke demanded

"I am here to make you an offer Sasuke, it would be wise of you to accept it" Danzo said seriously

"And you had to lock me up to make this offer?" Sasuke said in a sarcastic tone

"Well, if you were to refuse, I could not allow you to just leave"

"Just get on with it, before I find a way to grab your neck and snap it in two!"

"I am offering you to join ROOTS and work for me" Danzo simply told him

"What? Are you CRAZY or something? Did old age cause you to go senile? Why would I EVER join ROOTS and be forced to follow your every order huh? And why now all of a sudden?"

"Because I must make my move now. With that brat of a Hokage gone I can finally take my rightful place as leader of Konoha"

Sasuke was shocked, however not surprised. He knew from the stories that he had heard of Danzo that he had tried to be Hokage since the forth had died "The people of Konoha would NEVER follow someone like you, Naruto is a hero to this village. They would never betray him! And how do you know about that anyway!?" Sasuke said in anger

"Have you forgotten that Sai is a ROOTS member? Although I admit he is not as productive to me as he once was, he is still loyal to me. It's not like he has a choice anyway. As for that brat, tell me, what would happen if the village were to come under attack and the Hokage is nowhere to be found? What would the people think then?"

"Naruto left orders for the council before he left in the event something like that were to happen!"

"Indeed he did, that in the event of an emergency they are to follow your orders, and that in the event that he never returns that you are to be the seventh Hokage, am I right? Well, what would happen if you also were to disappear? What if you were stuck here?" Danzo said with a grin

"You bastard! You would betray your own village for power?! Naruto should have shut down ROOTS the moment he became Hokage! But he always thought, no matter what, that you had always acted in the best interest of the village, even if your methods were shady"

"I am acting in the best interest of this village! That brat is not fit to be Hokage, he is too young and too naive! It is time that a strong leader rises to take power in Konoha and you are going to help me, whether you are with me, or not!"

"And what exactly would you have me do as part of your ROOTS anyway" Sasuke said with no intentions of joining, but gathering more information

"Well, if I told you then you would not have any choice but to join me" Danzo said with a grin "so tell me, will you join my cause to make a stronger Konoha?" Danzo asked

"Get bent" Sasuke answered "Naruto is the one and only true Hokage, and I will follow him until the day I die" Sasuke answered defiantly

"Although that can be arranged, I have other methods of getting you to obey" Danzo said with a sinister grin as he gave his men a nod

Suddenly they opened the door and entered the cage, they tackled Sasuke pining him down. Sasuke tried to fight back but it was one against five, and without his jutsus he was at their mercy. One of them forced Sasuke's mouth open as Danzo took what looked like a brush full of ink and began to mark something on his tongue, Sasuke tried his best to get his tongue free but it was useless. It would appear that they knew how to keep the tongue from slipping away. Danzo then gave the signal for a fifth Ninja to tear down the seals, once they were all down, Danzo made some hand signs

Sasuke's tongue felt like it was burning, they finally let go of him as he began to scream in pain. Danzo stood and grinned watching Sasuke.

Finally it felt like the pain was going away, Sasuke felt weak however he grinned knowing that the seals were now gone. He forced his body to his feet and stared at Danzo who had ordered his men out of the cage "Aren't you arrogant to think that you can just stand there in front of me without the help of your men" He said with a grin as he powered up his Chidori, however to Sasuke's surprise Danzo was also grinning "He is up to something…" Sasuke thought to himself, but he knew that this could be his only chance to take out Danzo. He had to do it for the village and for Naruto. He ran towards Danzo "CHIDORI!" he screamed out, but as he was about to thrust his Chidori at Danzo, he felt a surge of pain run throughout his entire body, his Chidori suddenly powered down as he fell down to the ground, unable to move or even scream at the current pain he was feeling

Danzo crouched down and grinned "It's not arrogance; I had to teach my new subordinate that there are consequences to betraying me, as a member of ROOTS, you are unable to reveal anything about me or your missions. You are unable to betray me or even attempt to harm me, now do you understand why ROOTS members like Sai are unable to betray me even if they want too? I shall release you from this pain and you shall fallow me, we have much to plan" he said with a sinister laugh

Meanwhile out at sea everyone was still enjoying Yuki's birthday party. Including Konohamaru who had received medical attention from Sakura, it turned out that Yuki had broken his nose and his ribs were fractured from the impact against the wall. Sakura was actually impressed with Yuki's brute strength, with the proper training she could become a powerful ninja. She was going to talk to Naruto about it at a later time

Toshiro was eating a slice of cake when Naruto sat next to him "Enjoying yourself?" He asked him

"Yeah, I guess we needed something to unwind after everything that's happened lately" Toshiro said with a smile

"I need to talk to you about… The nightmares" Naruto said seriously

Toshiro's smile suddenly vanished "Have they returned?" He asked him

"Yeah, although there not bad yet, but they are getting stronger" Naruto told him "are you able to perform that technique to suppress them again?"

"Yes, but its only been five days, it will take a few weeks to reach the night country, and then who knows how long until you complete the training to wield the Zanpakuto, and the more often I use the technique, the greater the risks… I would rather if we waited until they become unbearable for you to sleep, if you could hold out for at least two more days then it would mean that I only need to do it once a week rather than once every five days…" Toshiro answered him

"Yeah, I think I can bare it for another two days… But don't tell Sakura about this" Naruto said as he stared at her laughing and enjoying herself along with everyone else "I don't want her to worry over me…" Naruto added

"Understood Hokage Sama…" Toshiro simply answered

Later that night, everyone had helped clean up and Konohamaru was sitting on the side of the ship staring at the moon's reflection in the water and relaxing after a great night, it was even worth getting hit by Yuki. He suddenly felt someone walking towards him from behind, he turned around and saw Yuki. Suddenly he was afraid that she was coming back to finish what she had started, but to his surprise she sat next to him with a smile

The moon light was shining on Yuki's blonde hair making her look radiant, at least in Konohamaru's eyes. She stared out at the sea for a small moments as neither one of them had said a word, suddenly Yuki turned her head to look at Konohamaru, Konohamaru could now see the light of the moon reflected in Yuki's green eyes as she smiled at him "Konohamaru… I know that I already said this but, I want to say it again. Thank you for everything you did for me today, no one has ever done anything like that for me"

"It was nothing… I mean it wasn't the big sweet sixteen party you had planned back home" Konohamaru said with a blush

"No it wasn't, it was better" Yuki said with a growing smile

"What? But none of your friends were there, it was just a bunch of people you barely know" Konohamaru said confused

Yuki continued to smile at him "Idiot, my best friends were there, and even Naruto Sensei…And Sakura too I guess… And you were there…" Yuki said trying to hide a blush as she looked away from him "And that's all I really wanted" she added

"Me?" Konohamaru asked confused, but Yuki didn't answer. They continued to sit in silence for a few moments before Yuki would break it

"Also, I know that I overreacted about my weapons pouch, it just means so much to me that I was afraid that I had lost it for good… I wanted to thank you for repairing it. It's the best gift anyone could have ever done for me, I was afraid that I would have to stop using it because it was causing so many problems for us during our missions…But you fixed it, I am sorry for hurting you when you were just thinking of making me happy" She told him

"It was alright, seeing you smile afterwards was worth getting hit, plus Sakura Nee-Chan was able to patch me up" He said with a smile as he stared at her, Yuki smiled back, but it was a shy smile that Konohamaru had never seen before

This was it, Konohamaru was going to tell her, he felt that this was the perfect time "Yuki Chan…" Konohamaru began

"Yes Konohamaru?" Yuki answered as she stared directly at Konohamaru's black eyes

But before Konohamaru could say anything a voice came from behind them "Hey guys, so this is where you two were hiding!"

This was enough to surprise both Yuki and Konohamaru who by reflex tried to jump up to their feet, but they were sitting on the side of the railing and there was nothing beneath them as they began to fall, Konohamaru grabbed onto the railing with his hand and barely caught Yuki's hand with his other "Don't let go… I don't know how to swim!" Yuki told Konohamaru who was surprised, how could she not know how to swim?!

However he didn't have a good grip on her hand as it began to slip, the person who had startled them ran to the railing to help out, it was Hanabi. She grabbed Konohamaru's hand and helped him by pulling him up, however it was too late. As they fell back onto the ship, he had lost his grip on Yuki's hand and she let out a scream as she fell into the water. Hanabi quickly looked around for a rope to throw in the water as Konohamaru got back up to his feet, to his horror he couldn't see Yuki anymore "Could she have begun to sink so quickly?" He thought to himself, so without even a second thought he dove into the water to save her

Naruto and Sakura who had heard Yuki's scream came running out to find out what had happened "What's going on?" Naruto asked Hanabi

"Yuki fell overboard and Konohamaru dove in after her, neither one of them has come back to the surface…" Hanabi explained to them, feeling responsible for everything

"What?!" Naruto said fearing the worst for his team, he took off his orange jacket and got ready to dive in after them, but suddenly they saw Konohamaru come back to the surface holding onto an unconscious Yuki. He used his chakra to stay above the water with Yuki in his arms as he ran up the side of the ship until he finally jumped onto the deck

Both of them were soaked, but it was the furthest thing on Konohamaru's mind right now, he laid Yuki down ignoring everything around him, because the only thing he knew right now was that Yuki wasn't breathing. Sakura ran towards them, she was going to begin treating Yuki, but found that Konohamaru had already started using CPR as he pushed on her chest and gave her oxygen, suddenly Yuki began to cough out some water and started to breath again. Konohamaru was relieved to see that she would be alright, he held her tightly as she began to regain consciousness. He had tears running down his cheeks "Konohamaru?" Yuki said in a weak voice "Why are you crying?"

"I thought I had lost you Yuki, when I looked over the side of the ship and I couldn't see you, I felt a sharp pain…" Konohamaru told her

"Did you dive in after me?" Yuki asked as she was feeling her strength return to her and sat up on her own power, however Konohamaru refused to let go. He was too emotional to answer her question verbally and only gave her a nod, Yuki gave him a warm smile, the moonlight was now shining on them both as Konohamaru returned her smile "Thank you…Konohamaru Kun"

"Did she just call me Konohamaru Kun?" Konohamaru wondered, not really ready to believe what he had just heard. Suddenly Yuki gave him kiss on the cheek causing him to blush "Yuki chan… There is something I need to tell you, it's been on my mind for a long time now and I haven't been able to get the courage to say it…" Konohamaru began to say again nervously, Yuki was curious to find out more and didn't say a word allowing Konohamaru to continue "Yuki Chan… I…" he began but he couldn't seem to complete the sentence "I…" he tried again but he was unable to "What if she rejects me?" he kept on thinking, Yuki had heard enough, it was obvious that he wasn't going to be able to say it, so she decided to do something about it

Yuki suddenly kissed Konohamaru, but unlike before it wasn't on the cheek or the forehead, it was a real kiss, and she put her passion into it shocking everyone, including Konohamaru himself. When their lips parted she began to speak "I think I may be in love with you Konohamaru Kun…" she said blushing wildly

Naruto grinned "To be young and in love again" he said with a smirk to Sakura

"Idiot, we are only twenty, we are young, and in love" she said with a smirk back "Now let's give these two sometime alone" she said pulling Naruto away while Hanabi agreed and fallowed them

IN THE PAST

Everyone had gathered to find out the results, Madara was feeling confident as the council came out with the ballots "Everyone has voted and we have just finished the count. It was a tight race, we didn't expect these two to be so close to each other" One of the council members began to say

Madara smiled "So Masaki almost beat me huh? I knew that he was going to be my biggest threat" He thought to himself as he waited for them to announce him as the new leader

"So let us begin with the third place, we have Senju Tobirama" Tobirama stepped down "The runner up is Namikaze Masaki" Masaki stepped down and stood by Tobirama who was shocked to see Masaki lose

"Crap, if you lost…Then that means that Madara…" Tobirama whispered to his friend

"Your brother still could have won, let's have faith" Masaki said with a warm smile

"And finally, the winner, who won only by 4" The council continued, Madara grinned, knowing that there was no way Hashirama could have won over him "Is Senju Hashirama!" Everyone cheered as both Masaki and Tobirama shouted there congratulations at Hashirama

Madara was speechless "How… How could I have lost? That's impossible, with the Uchiha clan behind me I should have at least come in second place" He thought to himself "How could I have lost so badly! I demand to know my score!" He said to the council

"I am sorry Madara Sama; you only got 17 votes…" The council answered him

Madara was furious, how was that even possible? Unless… "They betrayed me… MY OWN CLAN BETRAYED ME!" He thought to himself in anger, he turned his attention to the Uchiha Council members and stared at them with pure hatred "My best friend and even my own brother died for these people, HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN! I don't care that I lost the elections, it's the fact that they betrayed me!" he continued to think to himself as his anger began to boil "What did they die for? WHAT DID THEY DIE FOR?! MY OWN BROTHER IS GONE NOW! ALL FOR NOTHING!" a red aura began to form around Madara as began to scream "ARHHHHHHG!" causing everyone to stop celebrating and look at him

Hashirama went to his side "Madara, please calm down, you are still important as the head of the Uchiha clan…" But he was cut off by the Uchiha council elder

"Actually, there was a vote in the council to remove Madara as clan leader. We have reason to believe that a few years ago he killed a young clan member to gain power and only last night we have a witness that says he killed his own brother to steal his eyes. We cannot have a man like this leading our clan, perhaps in the past this would have been acceptable, but times are changing and we must change with them. We are sorry Madara, but it was the choice of the council" with that being said two Uchiha bearing the emblem of the newly formed Konoha Police Squad grabbed Madara

"Until we are done our investigation of your brother's death, you will have to come with us" they told him

Madara suddenly snapped, the outburst of energy was enough to send both men flying as the red aura around his body intensified "I DID NOT KILL EITHER ONE OF THEM! TO THINK THAT MY OWN PEOPLE COULD TURN AND BETRAY ME LIKE THIS, I CURSE YOU ALL, I CURSE ALL OF YOU AND YOUR DAMN VILLAGE! ONE DAY, I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE! AND THE UCHIHA WILL SUFFER MOST OF ALL" Madara said before he disappeared, leaving everyone speechless, especially the Uchiha council members

The next day Hashirama was sitting in his brand new office, the words from Madara still on his mind. Tobirama walked in with a huge grin "Hey Bro, congrats, you deserve it" He said with a smile

"I don't know about that..." Hashirama answered

"Of course you do, so what do we call you from now on? Great and Grand Leader of Konoha?" Tobirama said with a grin

"What about...Hokage?" A voice came from behind Tobirama; he turned around to see Masaki walking in

"Hokage huh?" Hashirama said showing interest in the name

"After all, our nations name is of Fire" Masaki added

"Yeah, that's actually a good name" Tobirama said giving it his seal of approval

"I agree, so the leader of Konoha shall be known as the Hokage from now on" Hashirama said with a smile, however it didn't last long "Have either one of you been able to find where Madara went too?"

"Sorry bro, my team and i haven't been able to find any trace of him"

"I found evidence that points he was heading north, we lost track of him though" Masaki answered

"You must find him at all cost, he is a very dangerous man" a man said as he entered the room, he was one of the Uchiha council members

"He is only one man, I say we leave him alone" Masaki stated

"He is in the possession of the Demon fox scroll, it could be used one day to attack the village, do not underestimate him" The Elder told them

"I will take a team to search for him, perhaps I can talk some sense into him" Hashirama said as he got up from his desk

"We are coming with you" Masaki said as Tobirama agreed

"No, the village needs you both right now, Masaki, if anything happens to me, as runner up you are to take my place"

"But..." Masaki tried showing his disagreement

"Those are my first orders as Hokage, please respect them"

Both Masaki and Tobirama reluctantly agreed

PRESENT TIME

Kakashi was walking towards the Hokage mansion, he had just returned from his mission and wanted to check up on Naruto since the last time he saw him he wasn't looking too good. He arrived to see the door left wide open "What the?" He quickly ran into the mansion "Hokage Sama? Lady Sakura?" He shouted out, but he got no answer. The house was silent, he ran over to Naoto's room and found the crib empty "What happened here...I have to warn the council!"

End Chapter 13

Well that's an other chapter done, so seems like Danzo is up to his old tricks, what will happen to Sasuke now that he has been forced into ROOTS? For what matter, what about Sai? what kind of Orders had Danzo given him? Will Hashirama be able to stop Madara? and where did Naoto go?!