Noctis Eternum
Chapter Five: New Beginning's
Author Notes: This chapter is mostly plot development. It will go back to Naruto soon and stay that way for most of the story.
Jiraiya was feeling the worst pain imaginable as he laid on the cold unforgiving ground. After Hiruzen had appeared the old sagely man had simply given him the most cold disproving gaze he could imagine, and somewhere deep inside it had hurt. The old man had taken his teammate away leaving him to bleed out. He was so into his ruminations that he almost missed the crunch of feet hitting the ground. Looking over to the sound of the new arrival he gasped.
Standing in front of Jiraiya was the Yondaime Hokage Minato Namikaze. "Minato" The words came out of Jiraiya's raw throat like a rasp.
Walking closer revealed the Yondaime in his classic outfit with a white cloak and flame design with the Konoha jounin flak jacket.
Meeting Jiraiya's gaze after looking at the toad sannins half naked and bleeding form Minato let out a chuckle. "Hello Jiraiya it seems you had some trouble."
Jiraiya returned the jab with a snarl. "You know Minato you could share some sympathy. I just lost a lot of blood." The man gestured to his bleeding abdomen.
Minato's eyes gleamed darkly "Don't look for sympathy when you let your guard down. Now on to business."
Noticing the seriousness in his voice Jiraiya shakily got to his feet after stemming the bleeding.
Finding that Jiraiya was paying attention he began "As you are aware the Kyuubi jinchuuriki is gone... While I won't accept any excuse his absence is secondary to the current situation at hand. The most important problem we face right now is a rebellion; a rebellion which must be put down brutally!" he all but yelled towards the end.
Noticing his students anger Jiraiya felt total calm even in this dire situation. "Minato calm down.
Minato coughed, "Calm down" Surely you joke.
Jiraiya laughed it off, "The jinchuuriki will be found and the rebellion will be put down just like the Senju and Uchiha clans were when they rebelled against you."
Huffing in anger Minato kicked a nearby rock disregarding Jiraiya's words. "No... I won't take this laying down. My village, MINE! Was attacked and weakened. Now I have to pick the pieces up for Tsunade's failure."
Understanding his students Anger Jiraiya had a brilliant idea, in his mind. "Minato I think I have a brilliant plan to gain more power for the village."
Minato was now interested, while he was angry at the loss of forty percent of his villages forces against a rebel faction he knew his sensei always had a plan. "Alright I'm interested, so what do you have on your mind Jiraiya?"
"I was thinking about using Daimyo's royal army to draft however much of the Land of Fire's population as possible."
Seeing that his idea had literally stunned Minato into silence he continued. "Now while the fire daimyo would normally refuse such an action I can simply slap a mind control seal on him and make him our personal puppet"
Minato was surprised at the cunning and audacity that the plan proposed. He never would have thought that Jiraiya would be so willing to keep Konoha on top by such means.
"I believe the idea sounds perfect. Now we will simply make the Fire Daimyo disappear for an hour or two and have total control of fire Country. While that's being taken care of I will return to Konoha and begin training the Uchiha."
Seeing his sensei's questioning stare Minato explained "I have had the boy watched his entire life. He possess the drive and the ability to become truly powerful. Itachi has been a thorn in my side for too long. It is only fitting that his little brother finish him off."
Jiraiya was reeling. He had not expected that. This was putting a lot of trust into a possible flight risk. He could only trust in his students judgment.
"Yes this will surely boost Konoha to the very top like it always should have been."
III
It was nighttime by the time he and his sensei had finished discussing their plans to manipulate the daimyo. After finalizing the plan he had walked back to his camp nearby that he and his family had set up. Entering camp he received quite a few looks sent his way when he entered.
Kushina was the first to notice. "Hello Minato dear. Why the long face?" she asked sitting by the fire.
After the kyuubi attack Minato and Kushina had disappeared along with a few elite Jounin. Many were confused but Hiruzen, the newly reinstated hokage, had convinced the populace that Minato had been injured in the battle and needed to by away to recover. The truth however was that after the events of the Kyuubi attack Hiruzen had forcefully taken control of the village from Minato, and banished the mortally injured man. Minato seething with hatred had plotted how to take back control of his village.
The opportunity had presented itself when Orochimaru launched an assault against the peace loving village, giving Minato the chance to plant Tsunade in his place. The woman resisted of course, but that was nothing when her cute little apprentice was used as leverage.
Smiling at his wife he dropped down next to the fire without a care. "Tsunade fucked up and let the jinchuuriki get away." He replied like it was an everyday thing.
"Well damn. I never expected Tsunade to be so incompetent. She might have ruined everything" Kushina groaned in anger.
"She has sought refuge with Hiruzen and those damn rebels." Minato scoffed.
Looking up from the scroll she was writing on she her lips curled, "That just means more people I can kill." The red haired woman giggled, Mmmm I can't wait bathe myself in her cute apprentices blood and watch her despair."
Minato bore his teeth menacingly and laughed, "All in due time. First we get the village in proper order."
Noticing the noise the occupants of the other tents starting coming out to see what the commotion was about. The first two ones to come out were children looking about twelve years of age.
The girl had her crimson red hair falling freely to her back and wore a black mesh shirt with dark pants and a faded red cloak falling to her knees with blue swirls emblazoned on the back and sides. She wore the classic Jounin flak jacket that konoha was famous for and sported deep blue eyes. The girls name was Naruko Namikaze.
The boy was the spitting image of Minato, wearing exactly what he did in his Jounin days except he did not wear the cloak his father did. He was wearing a konoha Jonin flak jacket with black anbu style pants and had his blonde hair spiky and untamed. The boys name was Akira Namikaze
Seeing his children were coming to greet him he smiled, "Naruko, Akira, I see you two look prepared to arrive in Konoha tomorrow."
Nodding at their fathers statement they seemed confused as to why he was so upset.
Minato looked into the burning campfire, "Kids it seems our dear Tsunade has failed us. Once you two have finished your training I wish for you both to hunt her down," Minato explained with a fatherly tone.
Understanding her father's logic and that the woman had failed her father Naruko licked her lips in bloodlust. Naruko had been raised in a Spartan fashion and would crush her families enemies.
Akira however seemed almost hesitant, "Isn't that one of the legendary Sannin. Can we really take her on?"
Minato was about to laugh the boys concerns off when he paused, "Hm...She is accompanied by Hiruzen and his posse. I suppose I might send some back up." Akira smirked knowing his father had a plan and walked back into his tent.
Kushina yawned feeling bored, "Naruko your father and I need to discuss our plans, off to bed with you."
Feeling quite irritable Naruko huffed, "Whatever"
Finally they were alone, and so he told her the plan.
The Land of waves was a peaceful and prospering country ever since their hero had saved them from Gato's tyranny. The citizens were no longer living on the streets with malnourished bodies. After Gato died they finally had not only their homes back but their lives as well. They were finally getting their economy back in control and children no longer needed to walk the streets in poverty. After Gato's death Tazuna had been made the unofficial Daimyo of wave since the real Daimyo threatened Tazuna if he ever tried to usurp him.
With Gato dead the people of wave were free, but Tazuna knew Gato was only part of the problem, after all he never could have taken over the country so easily unless the Daimyo himself was somehow involved.
Recently however Tazuna had been approached by several konoha Shinobi. When he went to greet them they rebuffed him saying they were rebels. They offered to ally themselves with him in taking down Nami's corrupt Daimyo in exchange for letting their forces build a village in nami no kuni. The results of said partnership had shaken the country to its core.
Flashback
Right now Tazuna was feeling quite happy. Why you might ask? Because he had gotten a meeting with the leader of the rebellion who had quite the offer for him.
Walking through the door of his modest home was none other than Hiruzen Sarutobi the man who proclaims himself the 'Hope' of Fire Country. Walking inside the Sandaime greeted the bridge builder and his family.
He entered the house and sat down on a chair, "Hello Tazuna, I am Hiruzen Sarutobi and I'm here to make you the offer of a lifetime."
Tazuna was listening with rapt attention while he and Tsunami sat at the table. Tsunami smiled, "We're glad to see you Hiruzen. We were afraid that it was a hoax."
He chuckled, "I would never dream of it."
Taking a deep breath he went over his well rehearsed speech, "What I'm here to offer you is the chance for your country to gain a Shinobi village."
Tazuna was floored. He never expected that. Finally finding his voice he spoke, "I'm willing to hear out your proposal but don't you think this is something you should have gone to the Daimyo about?"
Hiruzen understood the man's confusion and shook his head "While I admire your honesty what I plan to do is create a village here in your country. I want to use it as a staging point to wage war against fire country. Once I have established the village we will immediately conquer any nearby nations whether they be neutral or allies to gain supremacy over Konoha." He declared with a professional demeanor.
Dazed by the absurd proclamation Tazuna was not sure what to say at first. "Wait... if that's true then why did you come to me first?" he blurted out.
"That's simple. I think you are one of waves most respected individuals and I certainly prefer you over the current Daimyo."
Tazuna could understand his sentiment. The current Daimyo was a fat bastard who usually kept to himself and was implicated in the Gato disaster.
Warily Eyeing him Tazuna made a decision that would change the fate of the land of waves forever, "Ok I'll take you up on your offer but remember that my people are still recovering after Gato was here, so building housing will take awhile, possibly up to a year.
With that they both shook hands and cemented their partnership.
Orochimaru was Pleased. One might think that with the failure of Sasuke's defection that the man would be raving mad. True, he had been angry at first. He had slaughtered the Ninja that had informed the irritated Sanin of the bad news.
Orochimaru had been pissed in no uncertain terms. So in desperation he had conducted an experiment that even he had deemed too dangerous. Cloning. He had never expected how wildly successful his endeavor would be.
He finally had success with his cloning operations. Deep inside his labs In rice country he was busily experimenting with Stolen uzumaki, Senju, and Uchiha DNA. He had stolen the samples before his defection from Konoha. After many years of trial and error he was finally having his first success in his experimentation.
Lying in a giant tank of glass before him filled with various fluids was the Cloned body of Naruto Uzumaki. Only this version of Naruto was quite different from the normal Naruto. Normally Naruto would have Bright yellow hair with blue eyes. This one had black hair with yellow streaks and also sported a Sharingan with three tomoe. Looking at the rest of his body revealed startling changes. Not only was his skin pale as Orochimaru's own but his pupil was also similar to a snakes.
"Yes, yes, I can finally feel success at my door." Once his experiment was matured he would use his Soul possession Jutsu to take the clones body as his own. Not only would he have a near invincible body but it would be strong enough to let him live forever without the need to switch to another one. He would never age or even die thanks to his skin shedding Jutsu and a bit of tweaking he did to the clones DNA.
He examined the clone with hungry eyes, imagining the possibilities of what he would do with such a body. Images of Konoha burning and ruling the world filled his mind before he banished such a thought. "First I need to make sure the second stage of the plan bears fruit" He thought with glee.
With success so close he reminisced the days when he was fighting for Konoha "Ha the good fight they called it; more like systematic murder" he snorted. He had fought in both the second and third shinobi wars earning a reputation for himself as a shrewd tactician and a brilliant scientist.
After the third war was over he had expected to be given the hokage title, but it was given to a mere brat all because Orochimaru was more interested in science then killing rebelling Senju or breeding the next generation of a clan.
"Ha those hypocrites and their holier than thou attitudes," Remembering the massacre of the Senju a few years before he left. He let out a chuckle at Konoha's so called 'Righteousness'.
"The only thing that they did right was rebelling against themselves" Orochimaru laughed.
Thinking of his Sensei he frowned. The man was a complete fool, of that he was certain. He had let his hubris blind him to the possibility that Minato had been pulling the strings behind all of that era's misfortunes. The Yondaime had ended the violent Senju rebellion and took the Hokage reins shortly after. Very few knew there was never any rebellion in the first place. Minato had simply massacred the Senju and made a cover story.
Now what was even more startling was the fact the Yondaime was reported alive. Rumor had it the man was returning to Konoha within the week. Orochimaru had hoped the man died in the Kyuubi attack.
Orochimaru cackled, "Well, well, Yondaime I'm Impressed that you managed to survive the Kyuubi, but I can only imagine your surprised face when you learned of the Kyuubi boys escape, or Hiruzens rebellion."
Briefly the man thought of how disappointed the Sandaime was in his perverted student. Orochimaru remembered how depraved Jiraiya had become prior to his defection. Jiraiya had attached seals to Orochimaru and made him the way he was. It angered him at first, but then he realized it was a blessing in disguise. Orochimaru absolutely loved the way he was now. Pure and free of foolish human emotions.
He thought about what frustration his teammate must be going through, 'Oh I wish I could see his face as his village lay in ruin." He thought.
Going back to his original train of thought, after he had left konoha he had been approached by an organization known as the Akatsuki. A group of S-class ninja much like himself. But Orochimaru wasn't interested in the organizations goals, no he was interested in some of their abilities. Their abilities had the answers he was seeking for such a long time.
The leader, Pein, had the fabled Rinnegan. When Orochimaru had first laid eyes on it he was incredibly shocked numb, not only was the brat that his idiot teammate trained so long ago the leader but he had the legendary Rinnegan. Salivating at the thought of it he held himself back and decided to gather some samples later. It wasn't easy, well it was impossible but as he found out the man was controlling corpses through the black rods he had embedded in the bodies. He found this out when he witnessed one of the bodies die while Pein was training with Konan. After the battle he had retrieved one of the black rods that he had left behind. Imagine his surprise when he found out the Rod was made of Pein's chakra and could possibly be replicated if he was careful.
The next on his list was Peins partner Konan. Getting her DNA had been just as difficult but when she left some of the paper she made from her own body laying near Pein's training ground he got it.
Next on his list was the immortal duo Kakuzu and Hidan. With Kakuzu he waited until he was assigned a mission with him. On the mission they encountered an A-ranked nuke nin who kakuzu easily skewered with his threads, though he never noticed Orochimaru carefully taking the remaining threads still inside the corpse. Hidan Had been rather easy. The man usually stabbed himself in a strange ritual to kill his target and bled everywhere, so getting his DNA was easy.
Kisame was a tough one but he got his DNA and a few scales from his sword too. He had invited the swordsman to a bout to test his skill, and though the man was suspicious he couldn't turn down a challenge to clash with the legendary Kusanagi. Once the battle was over, which he had lost since the Samehada absorbed everything he threw at the swordsman. The sword somehow healed Kisame and he lost the battle of stamina. He had gathered the blood on the ground and a few scales that were laying around after the bout.
Zetsu had been tough but Orochimaru had his ways. On a casual walk in the Akatsuki base Orochimaru had been walking by zetsu and had accidently nicked him with his ring. Zetsu had been wary of course but Orochimaru insisted that he had accidently swiped his ring finger when he was passing.
He had gotten Deidara's DNA when the man had gotten wounded during a joint mission. Deidara had blown up a S-ranked nin for a bounty and the resulting explosion had sent shrapnel into his right shoulder. He of course had volunteered to heal the blonde.
Now Itachi, Itachi had been the most wary of them all. He never let himself near the Sannin and always had an eye on him. Orochimaru finally had gotten impatient and attacked the Boy. Although he was quickly outmatched he still gained his prize having nicked the boy with his kunai even if the boy took his hand as a price. The inside of the Kunai was hollow and stored the collected blood.
The only member's DNA he had failed to acquire was Sasori's. For some reason whenever he tried to discreetly collect DNA, even dead skin cells, He could not find any. He had broken into the man's bedroom and he still found nothing.
Getting back to the present he looked around his lab and noticed something. Looking at the monitors at the other end of the room showed the entire base. The security camera's covered every angle in the base. Looking at one in particular he noticed that Kabuto was having slight trouble with Subject 0779.
Subject 0779 was relatively new, having been brought in just a few days ago during the massive upheaval in Konoha. The subject responded surprisingly well to the experiments that had been administered thus far, though only time would tell if it was worth the more costly ones to implement.
Looking at the screen revealed that Kabuto was administering his newest experiment called the "Artificial Birth Jutsu" The Jutsu was designed to allow kabuto to implant carefully constructed DNA into a subject and grow them inside the subject at a super accelerated rate. This would usually terminate the life of the subject, however Orochimaru was aware of this and had the subjects subjected to several experiments beforehand to increase their regeneration and survival rate by an extraordinary amount.
Right now subject 0779 was thrashing about while strapped to a lab table. Kabuto was carefully looking over the Subject to make sure that the subject did not die or experience any unwanted afflictions while the birth jutsu was being tested.
Walking over to the intercom he pressed a button. "Kabuto how is the subject responding so far?"
Kabuto's attention to the subject never wavered as he replied. "The subject is responding surprisingly well and it looks like the child is maturing at an astonishing rate. If my calculations are correct the baby will be born in one weeks time."
Orochimaru was pleased; not only was his latest experiment coming along quite good but if it was a success he could start large scale operations. Now the only issue would be finding a large number of subjects to become breeding machines for these new warriors, his personal clone army.
He glanced back at the Special clone he had in a tank of glass. The clone was a culmination of all the Akatsuki samples. He drooled at what he could accomplish with those powers.
All in all Orochimaru was going to love when he could have revenge on Konohagakure with his new body.
Walking into Konoha a week ago one would think that it seemed like a war torn battlefield, but today it was completely different. The village had been quickly repaired by the various Ninjutsu users and the civilians seemed to be throwing a parade.
The parade was to welcome the recovered Yondaime Hokage back to Konoha. "Their messiah as most called him had returned to deliver them an era of peace and punish the wicked who had deserted them" were the thoughts of most of the population.
The civilians had hired a band with an orchestra and set aside a long stretch of land to accommodate the tens of thousands of civilians and samurai who would be watching their hero arrive.
The guards at the gate noticed the Yondaime and his family approaching in the distance and sounded a large bell that alerted the parade to begin laying their music. The loud ceremonial Music starting playing as the Yondaime in all his glory starting walking inside.
Greeting him were the faces of the Elders, Shinobi Council, and the remaining civilian council all wearing smiles and cheering for their leader.
Minato looked like a divine being. He shined in the sunlight as the tens of thousands of fans cheered him on. Women threw flowers at him and people were begging on hands and knees as they prayed to the man who had defied death itself.
Minato walked by the crowd literally shining. Golden light radiated off him. All the work of his "Shining No Jutsu"
The civilians were even more supportive yelling and screaming praise for their revered and heroic leader. "Yondaime we love you, please bear my children!", "Yondaime, please accept this gift, it's the deed to my house!" were some of the more extreme yells.
He soaked up all the attention like a professional public figure and walked down the roadway shaking hands with the Nobles and nodding to the high ranking Shinobi. Walking down with him were his wife and kids.
Going down the road they arrived at the refurbished Hokage tower. Though now it would be more appropriate to call it the Hokage Fortress. Where once stood a wooden tower now stood a dark stone fortress that stood as high as the Hokage mountain and incredibly imposing. The fortress itself had many patrolling Ninja that specialized in long range ninjutsu along the ramparts while barrier ninja specialists guarded the front gate.
Minato jumped on top of each rampart until he stood at the peak of the fortress. The crowds gazed at him like he was an angel. He grinned and channeled chakra to amplify his voice. "Dear citizens of Konohagakure, I have returned!"
The screams and hoots were deafening. The village shook as the collective roar resounded. Minato smirked, "Today I have returned from the land of the dead. I have defeated the Shinigami. Death itself cannot stop me." He roared
The crowds went wild. "I stand here as a testament to my invincibility. None can stand against my might. I have transcended mortality and gained divinity. God himself has visited me and given me power! This is mandated by heaven itself!"
The Shinobi Council below were gaping in disbelief at what Minato was saying. Kushina had a feral grin while Minato's children cheered him on.
The crowd went silent in awe. Their Hokage had been mandated by heaven itself. Most of them were weeping in joy. The civilians bought whatever he said like candy. Most of the Shinobi left after the invasion were skeptical but believed him.
Minato waved his hands, "When I vanquished the Kyuubi I laid on death's door. I died."
The crowds gasped. "When I died I met Kami. He returned me to the living so I could carry out his divine work. I am in essence Kami's divine judgment on the Elemental Nations."
He kept up his facade, "With my divine judgment I find this world lacking. Immoral sinners plague Kami's kingdom and I must be his Sheppard. I will herd the immoral sheep of this world to salvation!"
Power exploded around Minato and he exerted his chakra to the straining point. Dark golden chakra poured from his being and turned the sky over Konoha a golden hue. The crowds whispered to each other and all bowed at once. "All Hail Minato, All hail Kami!" They yelled.
Minato smirked and hid the pain from chakra exhaustion setting in. Even with Sage mode that took a lot out of him. Chakra exhaustion kicked in and he bit his tongue. The crowds below worshipped him. 'Step one complete. The sheep bought it. I am their Sheppard after all' He thought.
Minato Hiraishined in front of the fortress where he sensed his wife and children. Kushina kissed him on the cheek and his children hugged him. Minato looked at Kushina cheekily, "And you didn't think I could pull it off."
Kushina chuckled, "I guess I underestimated how ignorant our people are, again."
Minato smirked, "I'm always right. It's always been that way, honey."
Danzo and the council approached Minato and waited for him to acknowledge them. The civilian council looked somewhat frightful of Danzo while the Shinobi looked happy their leader had returned.
Minato bowed for Kushina, "Welcome Kushina-Dono. If you would find a place for the children. I will take care of this." Kushina nodded and left with the children.
Appraising the fortress Minato nodded. "I'm very impressed with the fortress" he said to one Shimura Danzo who was smirking at him.
"It was quite easy to procure the funds when I have so much dirt on the remaining civilian council. I simply showed them evidence of their embezzling and they had no trouble funding whatever I desired." Danzo explained with a smug look.
Minato grinned. "Show me inside. I have quite the plan to tell you regarding our next actions, including your instatement as Hokage."
Danzo's eye widened and he motioned for Minato and the Council who was standing off to the side to follow him.
Everyone walked through the hallways until they found themselves in front of ten foot high double doors decorated with gold and jewels.
Opening the door Danzo led Minato, the council, and Kushina in while the Anbu stayed with his children.
Once everyone settled down and settled Danzo began, "We the esteemed Council would like to welcome Minato Namikaze, our Yondaime back" he said respectfully.
The civilians and Shinobi cheered while Tsume Inuzuka and the civilian woman looked at him lustfully.
"I am glad to be back esteemed council and I will begin today's matters with the rebellion and the high level prison break that occurred last week." Minato said. With that the good mood in the room was gone and replaced with a tense and nervous one.
A civilian council member spoke up, "Yondaime-Sama surely we mustn't ruin such a glorious day with such tal..." he was saying before Minato interrupted the nameless civilian with a Rasengan. It ground against his face sending blood and brain matter spraying against the wall.
The civilians looked Frightened while the Shinobi found it hilarious, though most hid it behind a stony facade. An Anbu walked in and dragged the corpse out leaving a bloody trail on the floor.
"Now unless someone else wants to interrupt me I will continue" he said with a cheery voice. No one dared speak.
"Now continuing where I left off there will be rule changes around here." Seeing that he had everyone's attention he continued, "Now while I'm sure my predecessors had the right idea in their time I've come to realize that the council will no longer be needed. You see, after contemplating it I have decided that you are all fools and that handing you any power will only serve to weaken konoha in the long run, so Starting today I will be the New Emperor of Fire country and anyone who disagrees... well you can find out." he explained.
The Shinobi and civilians both were shocked. They had not been expecting something like this. Shibi Aburame was one of the most shocked "Hokage-Sama I cannot see the logic in such a decision, but I see that none of us has the power to stop you" Shibi explained with a dead tone.
Most of the civilians thought about voicing their dissent but a quick look at the blood spatter on the wall quickly dissuaded them of such a notion.
Hiashi Hyuuga along with Shikaku , Choza, and Inoichi stood up, "We will not let you take away our clans authority Minato" Hiashi said threateningly while the other three looked unsure of themselves and tried to look defiant.
Danzo appeared shocked at the sudden boldness Minato displayed but wisely kept his mouth shut and decided to just watch events play out. 'Such an action is unprecedented. I must revaluate Minato' He thought with caution.
Minato looked at Hiashi with a mask of indifference then disappeared in a yellow flash. Hiashi never knew what happened, because one second Minato was standing in front of him and the next The table in front of him shattered. Shaking Hiashi fell on his rear trembling. Minato lowered his fist and made the message clear.
"Defy me and I end you."
Minato looked at the shaking forms of the four defiant clan heads, "I would advise that you sit down before I'm forced to put you down permanently." he said with deadly intent.
The four clan heads rushed to get into their seats seeing they stood no chance and that the rest of the council seemed to be obedient. Moving back to his seat Minato sat down, "Now that there is no dissension I will begin with the next phase of the plan, but first any civilians will excuse themselves now or face death" he said seriously.
The civilians ran out of the room and shut the doors behind them but not before you could hear the sounds of the Anbu slicing them to death the second they stepped outside. Can't have any rumors flying about.
Seeing that the room had gone deathly silent Minato began to explain his plan, "Now that the civilians are out of the way I will begin explaining my plan since most of you will be leading my forces to victory. Now the first step begins with me replacing the Daimyo and becoming the ruler of Fire Country," Seeing the former councils shocked faces he let out a chuckle and continued, "The next step Konoha will use the Daimyo's royal army to conscript a roughly one male for everyone family of four or larger. Around two years time we will have speed trained a good number of genin and chunin and launch an attack on Hotsprings country."
The former Shinobi council was shocked again and somewhat bitter over having their powers stripped. Seeing the dejected looks on the Shinobi's faces he was thrilled, "That's the look I was waiting for" he thought excited.
Continuing where he left off, he coughed to get the Shinobi's attention since many of them were still coming to grips with what happened, "Now since most of you will be commanding my troops I will let you in on some secrets that only me and kushina are aware of."
Looking interested now they listened carefully Minato grinned, "I'm sure most of you have heard how I valiantly managed to defy death and seal the Kyuubi. What you don't know is I never needed to seal the kyuubi in the first place. " he said with a sneer having forgone all pretense of a kind and caring man.
The Shinobi let out gasps. Feeling absolute pleasure at seeing his Shinobi's terrified faces he continued, "Yes I never needed to seal the kyuubi into Naruto. I could have simply summoned the Shinigami and got it to devour the beast, but that would be a terrible waste."
Moving into a more shadowed section of the room he looked sinister with the shadows framing his face and blood splatters all over him.
Grinning darkly he smiled showing his white and polished teeth, "The real reason I sealed the Kyuubi into Naruto was because I needed a powerful pawn to use later on. And no, I won't reveal why I need him or the Kyuubi. Minato explained with a murderous glint in his eyes as he emphasized the part about them not questioning him.
He licked his lips slowly at the former council whom most were shaking quite badly at this point, "I'm going to let you live but if you try to resist me or my plans I will kill you and your entire family. I won't spare anyone, so remember that." he said with complete seriousness."
The Shinobi nodded and walked out of the room with a brisk pace, trying to stay collected, except Danzo, who stayed behind.
Seeing Danzo still here he smirked, "Well Danzo, it seems you're going to become the new Hokage. Soon I will ascend, so you can keep your meager title of Hokage while I rule the entire nation."
Danzo looked miffed that Minato talked down on the Hokage title but held his tong lest he lose it, "I understand Minato-Sama, though from what I understand of your explanation you still need the Kyuubi for this mysterious plan of yours. How do you plan to get the Kyuubi now?" Danzo asked carefully as to not seem rude.
Seeing that Danzo was loyal to konoha and would never turn against him he had no problem letting him in on the plan, "Considering you will be the Hokage I see no reason why not to let you in on some of my plan, some. I will need quite a large amount of chakra to create a weapon. Something that would obey only me. I thought I needed the Kyuubi but now I don't believe so. I thought of everything possible before I realized it never had to be one sacrifice. I simply need a large amount of chakra." he explained.
Danzo's eyes widened when he realized where this was going, "you mean that you're intending to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of people to get chakra equal to the Kyuubi" he asked incredulously.
"Yes. I intend to create a new Bijuu"
Danzo shook his head in shock, "So that's what you need the chakra for?"
Minato nodded, "I've thought about all the places we could use and It struck me that the village hidden in the Hot Springs would have around half the population required to create the bijuu. The other half would need to be a major village or city to properly make the Bijuu."
Seeing the fiendish logic Danzo was awed at Minato's scheme, "you truly are a genius Minato. I severely underestimated you." he said with respect as he bowed.
Nodding he gestured to the door, "Good now get out" he gestured to the door. Danzo started walking out when he motioned for an Anbu to follow him. Once the doors had closed silence resumed.
