Hey everybody thanks for the reviews on the last chapter. I'm happy that you guys took so well to Kaori. I sort of based her a little bit off Retsu Unohana. Without further to do, here is the next chapter. - Arson Uzumaki.
2 hours earlier at the Hokage's office:
Among many buildings sat the Hokage tower stood tall and proud in Konoha as a symbol of the most powerful shinobi village to ever go through all three Shinobi Wars. Inside the tower the staff was hard at work. One would imagine that the third hokage was working hard as well.
People would think that he would be in his office signing paperwork. That's what most people would think. In actually Sarutobi Hiruzen was having a nap. His body was slumped over his desk. His snores penetrated the silence of the room. His body twitched twice then he became awake. The old Kage opened his eyes and took in the sight of his office. The room itself has an oval shape to it. It has four windows and plenty of space. The reason it has lots of space is because the Hokage tower itself has rooms to store a lot of the things the village leader collects in his office.
The only things in the office were the four photos of the Hokage and a small table in the corner that held a cracked crystal ball. Sarutobi's eyes focused and became hardened. Looking at the broken orb brought back memories of a few weeks ago, when a certain demon destroyed his office. The blast had not only destroyed his orb's connection with all parts of the village and his best tool for spying on his enemies, it also set back most of his schemes.
Oh did he forget to mention that the energy had somehow been sent to his office and charred his walls? Thankfully he was alone at the tower, with silencing seals on his door, so he didn't have to explain why his workplace was burned. It had taken him most of the night to clean the room and get rid of the nasty smell.
'Damn that bitch. How the hell did Beelzebub, who should be locked up, get past the seal and inside of Naruto!?' Sarutobi thought with rage. Anymore thoughts on the subject were interrupted by a knock at the door.
"Come in" he commanded with a powerful voice.
The door opened and in walked Kakashi Hatake. The Jounin's looks had not been changed much. Her muscled male body became a slightly less muscled female body. Her hair no longer defied gravity but fell to the left and sat over her left eye. She wore her standard uniform, including her icha-icha book which she had taken to hiding because a certain feminist would slay her if she saw it in her hands. She had also, reluctantly, taken off her facemask which she wore constantly.
'Kunoichi should show off their beautiful look instead of hiding them, after all that is our greatest weapon' Kurenai had told her, every word dripping with support of female superiority and smugness. The Yuhi woman had also suggested and spearheaded the program for reeducating shinobi turned into kunoichi, a job which she took sadistic joy in.
If Kakashi hadn't hated her before she did now. Kakashi frowned.
Sarutobi coughed to get Kakashi's attention and to convince himself that he didn't see a depressed aura line over her head that said: "Icha-Icha Withdrawal", which reminded him of Maito Guy's sunset illusion.
"What brings you here Kakashi? Your team is not due here for a long while." the hokage said with complete knowledge of the sharingan user's time habits.
"Well I just came to turn in my teams report on their teamwork but you already know how that is. I also wanted to inquire as to whether lady Jiraya has returned or not because SOMEONE BROKE INTO MY HOUSE AND BURNED ALL OF MY PRECIOUS BOOKS!" the woman screamed with rage.
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A female with long white hair, bathing and observing in a female bathhouse sneezed before resuming her perverse giggling. (AN: I wonder who this could be? Lol.)
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"Oh I also came to ask you about some rumors that are floating around." She said trying to control her rage.
Sarutobi was trying not to cringe as he was nearly scared to death. He did raise an eyebrow at her second statement. 'I thought I had Danzo's little rumor mill silenced, unless it's Jade Haruno trying to stir up trouble' he thought
"Well Jiraya hasn't spoken of returning yet, but I could ask her to return around the time of the Chunin exams." He said hoping it would appease her. She nodded. He sighed with relief; his jewels would still be attached to him for another day.
"Now what is the nature of these rumors? If those rumors are about Naruto being a demon I don't want to hear it." Sarutobi stated with annoyance.
"Of course not Hokage-sama you want the people's hate to make him your emotionless weapon. Although it's a shame Minato –sensei chose some orphan boy to seal the Kyubi in, he would have probably been a real ladies man. Anyway the rumor is that you have taken an interest in the head nurse Kaori. All I want to know is if Kaori-san is a threat" Kakashi spoke with apathy.
Unbeknownst to Kakashi the words she had spoken about the Kyubi attack was untrue. The "truth" that the third had spread was that the Fourth Hokage and his pregnant wife had died in the kyubi attack. The fourth had used another child for the sealing, his own dying in fire. It was an orphan he had found in the streets. However after the sealing a spy planted in konoha used a ninjutsu to alter the child's looks to that of the fourth's, so that later the boy could possibly inherit Minato's will. This would help the spy's nation gain more power later on as the other country might get the Hirashin technique if they managed to convince the boy to change sides by the time he was a teenager. Of course the whole plot was stopped by "The Professor" who had seen the agent and had him taken and tortured discretely. The agent had died taking with him the secrets of his mysterious country and anything else related to the plot.
Despite this being a fabricated truth most accepted it as true because of the fading tension and high paranoia that was around after the third war ended. A few people besides Sarutobi knew the truth but wanted to keep the truth to themselves for different reasons. Not one of these people felt it necessary to tell Kakashi the truth
-I hate having to cut it short but I'm at school and my next period is coming soon. Expect the next chapter sometime next week. So before I go let's review what happened. We have started to see sarutobi's dark side and Kakashi is unaware of the truth. Who burned kakashi's book!? What is the perverted Jirai ya up to? How does Sarutobi know of Bell? Find out next time my friends.- Arson Uzumaki.
