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Well, here's my next chapter! Hope you like it. We're finally moving on with the story! I will admit, I may have been overzealous about the tournament, but it was still fun writing it out.
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"Thank you for seeing us," said Tsunade as she kneeled down in respect. Everybody else did the same... except for Sasuke, who was glaring at the Emperor with his Sharingan active. Sakura would've been screeching about how cool Sasuke was if the silence seal that had been placed from yesterday wasn't still active. It was, however, smoking a bit.
"Uchiha! Show some respect!" shouted Tsunade.
"Hmph. A Uchiha is naturally above everyone. It should be him that should be kneeling to me," stated Sasuke. One of the masked men decided he had enough and tore off his mask. The next second, a man was behind him and forced Sasuke's head down onto the ground. It was Shinka Itachi.
"Show some form of respect, ex-brother," stated Itachi emotionlessly.
"You should be ashamed of yourself! You're the shame to all Uchiha!" shouted Sasuke.
"I am no longer a Uchiha. I go by Shinka, now," replied Itachi.
"Enough!" stated the Naruto. "It's all right, Itachi. I won't hold this against Konoha... for now. Please keep your little shinobi in line, though. Otherwise, this will be a very short meeting."
Tsunade nodded, glaring at Sasuke. Several of the other Konoha shinobi's were also glaring at Sasuke. However, the Emperor's voice sounded familiar, but they couldn't place where they heard it from.
"Your majesty," started Tsunade, "Konoha stands in a war against Oto, Iwa, and Akatsuki, and has no alliances. At this rate, Konoha will perish. However, an alliance with the West could halt the war before it starts. The Konoha council has agreed to let me handle negotiation, and we are willing to pay any price. Your empire can even benefit from this alliance."
"Not to mention, we are the strongest of all shinobi villages at the East. You would have the backings of legendary shinobis, as well as some of our resources," stated Homura with a white lie. What the emperor didn't know, couldn't hurt him. Unfortunately, Naruto already knew the truth but decided to not point it out.
Naruto made an act of thinking about it when Hideki Hyuga decided it was time to speak his voice.
"Whether or not this goes through, the Hyuga demands that Neji Hyuga be turned over to us so he may face punishment for dissertation and be properly educated on what it means to disobey the Main House."
Hiashi looked pissed at the future head of the Hyuga. He didn't even want Hideki as his heir but was outvoted by the elders. Just when he thought it couldn't get worse, Hideki continued, "Furthermore, any offspring of Neji Hyuga must be turned over to us. As well as the bitches Hinata and Hanabi should you have them. This is non-negotiable."
Before any of Konoha knew what had happened, Hideki was sent flying out the door, courtesy of the Empress herself. She calmly walked back towards her seat. As she walked, the single young males couldn't help but admire her grace, her poise, and more importantly, her bust. Sakura and Ino felt jealous. Sasuke was about to try to hit on the Empress in front of the Emperor himself and convince her to bed with him when Shikamaru and Shino stopped that attempt. The former use his Shadow Jutsu to stop him from moving while the latter drained Sasuke's chakra until he barely had any left.
"A beautiful throw from a beautiful woman if I do say so myself," said Ou Ki.
"I'll make sure my men put him in the dungeon for a bit," said Ezio as he motioned his disciple, Shao Jun to take care of it. The Konoha shinobi's heart jumped a bit as they hadn't noticed Shao at all. She nodded and melded into the shadows before disappearing.
Yusuke merely smirked while Ozpin took a sip of his coffee.
"A thousand apologies," stated Hiashi, "My heir is not well-educated in diplomacy. Please, ignore what he just said right now."
Naruto was about to nod when Homura decided it was time to dig Konoha into a deeper hole.
"We also demand that Uzumaki Naruto be returned to us! He was a Konoha shinobi who contains the Kyuubi. Surely you wouldn't want some demon in your ranks. He needs to be returned to us to face trial."
"Yea, where is that idiot? It would be amusing to see his face when he learns that everyone knows that he's a demon," said Kiba.
Tsunade was extremely pissed at what Homura just did and was about to send her adviser's head flying without his body when she heard a chuckle. They all turned to see Yusuke snickering. It was contagious amongst the Westerners, and soon they were all laughing.
"Did you forget that you guys saw demons living here peacefully?" asked Yusuke. Homura blushed deeply, forgetting about that. There goes one of his charges.
"Not only that, but young Naruto is seen as a hero in the West. I know how Konoha treats their people, but here in the West, we do not execute a hero while praising a traitor," stated Ozpin, sending a stab at their pride.
"Hmph. Regardless, Uzumaki Naruto should be relinquished to Konoha. I'm sure you will do fine without that feeble person.," said Homura. Tsunade was regretting taking Homura with her every second.
"It's not like he has a family here. I bet his parents abandoned him or were stupid and died, tripping and stabbing themselves. Who would want such an idiot?" said Kiba.
Clack. Clack. Clack.
Suddenly, all the Konoha entourage felt like something was pulling them down to the ground and collapsed to the ground. The air became heavy, and they all had a hard time to breath. They couldn't move, they couldn't speak at all.
Clack. Clack. Clack.
Someone wearing wooden sandals was walking in the throne room. He walked passed all of Konoha's entourage.
Clack. Clack. Clack
It was a man with red hair. When he turned around to face them, they saw that he had three scars across his left eye, though he could see perfectly. He wore a black coat over his body, and loose brown trousers. He had a red sash covered his stomach and a white shirt that was only buttoned up half way. He had a fancy looking sword on his right hip, but what was most noticeable was the man was missing his left arm. That and the source of this deadly aura was coming from him.
The older generation of shinobi that was part of Konoha knew who this man was. They had all learned about him, and he was taught in shinobi academy when Uzu was still part of the curriculum. Unfortunately, the younger generation never learned about them due to the fact the history of Uzu was thrown out by the civilian council and elders who had control of what the academy taught, stating they didn't need to waste time on a small village filled with bastards and whores, forgetting Uzu was the reason why Konoha even existed.
He was THE elder of the Uzumaki clan. He was thought to have died during the invasion of Uzu. The man who could silence even the bravest men with a stare. He may have lost his left arm, but he was still as deadly as before. He advised the previous Kage of Uzu before the fall. Assassins were sent after him only to return back to their homes... in pieces, with horror in their face. He was Uzumaki Shanks, a legendary figure who was also considered the most powerful. He didn't take the title of Kage because he didn't want to and his carefree attitude sometimes wasn't suited for such a role.
'We're FUCKED!' thought Asuma. Within Uzumaki rules, they took family seriously, as shown by Uzumaki Erza a few days earlier. He was only thankful that Kurenai had decided to stay behind with Yugao. He wasn't sure his child could survive this.
"Care to repeat that?" asked Shanks as he stooped down to eye level with Kiba. "Did you just insult my family? Do you know how much Uzumaki care about family? Shall I show you?"
Kiba was shaking like crazy. While everyone felt the man's aura, Kiba was the main target. Kiba felt his face slowly rise up, being forced by Shanks with his hands. Kiba looked into Shank's eyes.. and relieved himself. He swore he could see a thousand ways to die in this man's eyes. Even with just one arm, this man's aura was making Kiba's instinct scream, telling him to do whatever he can to live, even if it meant humiliating himself.
"That's enough, elder Shanks," said Naruto, still in disguise. Shanks merely nodded, and soon, the oppressive aura was lifted, allowing them to breathe again.
"So, allow me to get this straight," said Ozpin, acting if nothing had happened, "You want a form of political and military alliance with us. In return, you want our technology, our medicine, our knowledge, our people, and our Emperor and Empress? That doesn't exactly sound fair."
Tsunade was sweating. When put that way, it sounded, no it was extremely one-sided. She didn't expect the West to be this advanced. The West had nothing to benefit from this at all. Then, Tsunade was confused at the very last part of Ozpin's sentence.
"We don't want your Emperor and Empress," said Tsunade.
"Ah, but your adviser Homura and shinobi Hideki Hyuga did make demands for Uzumaki Naruto and Hyuga Hinata, did he not?" replied Ozpin.
Everyone froze. It couldn't be? It can't be! It shouldn't be!? (Last thoughts came from Sasuke)
"Allow me to introduce them properly," chuckled Ou Ki. "Please welcome Emperor Uzumaki Naruto and his wife, Uzumaki-Hyuga Hinata."
All of Konoha's representative froze at this news. Naruto and Hinata saw no point in hiding this and removed their hat and face mask. There, clear as day, was Naruto and Hinata, sitting as the Emperor and Empress of the West.
'Troublesome. We're screwed,' thought Shikamaru.
"What trickery is this? There's no way that dobe is the Emperor!" shouted Sasuke.
"This is no trick, foolish one. Naruto, along with Yusuke and several others, united the West to what it is today," said Ezio.
Homura was sweating now. Originally, he thought he could convince the Emperor to at least turn Naruto over to them. There, they would flush out everything Naruto knew about the West to help Konoha return to power. Then, Naruto would be turned over to Danzo for ROOT training, to mold him into a weapon that he should have been if it wasn't for Sarutobi's actions. Now, he saw this plan completely crumbling apart.
"Konoha has come to ask for aid while treacherously plotting to backstab us, as usual," said Naruto slowly. "My people has seen enough war, and we do not need another one. It is simple. What I see are some are a group of people who wants me to waste my empire's resources and military on a war that doesn't concern my people at all. My answer to your plea for an alliance is... NO! Konoha can burn for all I care."
"But, it's your home!" cried out Ino. "Please, Naruto! Hinata! Save Konoha from destruction! You have to defend it! Remember all the good times you had with it?"
That was the wrong question to ask.
"Defend it from what?" asked Naruto icily, "A bunch of backstabbers who would praise a traitor and banish a loyal person? A bunch of people who do not know the meaning of loyalty? A mass of child beaters who have no idea between the difference of a human and a demon? What good times? All I remember was pain and suffering for something I had no control over! My wife and my brother-in-law are the same! No, my answer is the same. The Imperial West will not come to Konoha's aid!"
"You fucking traitor!" yelled Kiba, forgetting about his earlier situation.
Before he could move, a dozen kunais flew towards him and pinned him to a pillar. The last one just missed him barely, 1 centimeter off... from chopping his manhood off. Kiba fainted from this near castration. Everyone looked to see that Neji had taken his mask off, and beside him was Tenten, who had thrown all those kunais.
Before Gai or Lee could do anything, Hinata spoke out loud, "I've had enough of the disrespect. Originally, the plan was to allow you all to explore what the West had to offer for a day before sending you back home, but now I see if we allowed Konoha such freedom, they would abuse it. Send them into the dungeon to allow them to think about their action! Make sure the other Konoha visitors that didn't come are also arrested."
"Wait! But my chil-!" shouted Asuma. He didn't want his child to endure such horror.
"Don't worry. We'll put your wife and child in a special room, but the rest of you gets to visit our dungeon," said Naruto.
"Heh, you can't do that to me dobe! I'm an elite! I'm above you!" shouted Sasuke. Naruto was getting tired of this and decided to silence him. He gently tossed a kunai up into the air. Everyone watched it go up in an arc and fall slowly towards the ground in front of Sasuke. Then, in a flash, Naruto was behind Sasuke, holding a kunai right at his throat. Sasuke's eyes bulged, as did almost everybody else. Nobody could even see when he moved at all!
'Was that the Hiraishin!' thought Ebisu.
'Troublesome. Naruto somehow figured out the Yondaime's signature Jutsu. Granted he does look like him, with the blonde hair and blue eyes and...OH SHIT WE BANISHED HIS SON!' thought Shikamaru, the very last thought being totally out of character. Sakura was fuming, but still silent due to the seal, although it looked like it would break soon.
'It looks like he was able to fulfill his legacy,' smirked Hiashi. However, he wished he could somehow meet his children one last time before leaving.
Under protest, they were all marched into the dungeon while every other village had a chance to explore the Imperial West one last time.
When Konoha's brigade left, Naruto sighed as he sat down. It was hard to keep such an act in front of some of them. He knew that some people still loved him for who he was, but he would not save Konoha. It just wasn't worth it.
"You okay, gaki?"
Naruto looked up to see Jiraiya walking in with Kakashi and Koyuki. Naruto merely nodded in reply. It had hurt to see Tsunade, Shizune, and Iruka look at him in hurt when he had said no to the alliance, but it had to be done.
"Kit, I might have a plan for you," whispered Kuruma from within. They had made peace with each other during their time in the West a long time ago.
Soon, they were all discussing what to do. Konoha might be corrupt, but there were still some people they wanted to help escape. Obviously, the main ones were the shinobi clans that didn't vote for banishment. Everyone else could rot in hell. Soon, a plan was hammered out. However, they would need to be able to convince the Fire Daimyo for this.
In the dungeons
"Anko are you all right?" asked Yugao. She had been brought into the dungeon too. However, when they were about to throw Anko in, one of them noticed the Cursed Seal on her neck and placed something on it. Then, with a loud rip, they tore it off. However, it caused Anko indescribable pain that she fell down, clutching her neck.
"Yea, I'm feeling a bit better now after what those bastards did to me. Actually... I'm feeling better than I ever did. What's going on?" said Anko as she finally removed her hand from her neck to stretch. Yugao's eyes opened wide, staring at her neck.
"Anko! The seal! It's gone!" shouted Yugao. Anko quickly rushed towards a mirror to see. When they had been thrown in the dungeon, they were stripped of everything except for clothes. She looked at the mirror, staring at where the Cursed Seal used to be. It was truly gone, and only flesh was there. She teared up and started to cry, thanking the West that it was gone.
The group was separated into several cells. Sasuke, Kiba, Sakura, Hideki, Sai, and Homura took one cell. Lee, Gai, Chouji, Shino, Ebisu, Tenzo and 2 jounin participants took another. Yugao, Hana, Ino, Shino took the third cell. The last cell had Tsunade, Shizune, Hiashi, Asuma, and Iruka took the last one. Kurenai and her child were given a room inside the palace with guards outside their doors.
"We're screwed," commented Shikamaru. Everyone had to agree with him except the ones placed in cell 1.
"WE DON'T NEED THAT BAKA!"shouted Sakura. Everyone winced at her voice. They took off the silencing seal, but they wished they were being tortured instead of hearing Sakura talk.
"Hmph. I don't know how that brat stole the Yondaime's Jutsu, but we should put him in the Bingo Books for stealing a Konoha Jutsu," said Hideki.
"Idiots," replied Shikamaru. Everyone who didn't know the truth looked at him in confusion. "Care to guess who Naruto's father is? I'll give you a hint, who else had blonde hair and blue eyes?"
Asuma scratched his sideburns a bit, "Well, there's only the Senju, Yamanaka, and Namikaze. We know Tsunade's the only Senju, Naruto's not a Yamanaka, and only the Minato wa..." he trailed off. Then, he quickly whirled to Tsunade.
"Is he who I think he is?" asked Asuma, his face starting to fall.
"What is it sensei?" asked Chouji.
"Minato Namikaze was the Yondaime Hokage," explained Ebisu. "However, that doesn't make sense unless Naruto is h... Impossible!" Ebisu started to shake.
"Don't stop like that, tell us!" said Ino.
Iruka started to shake too as he suddenly recalled when he taught about the Hokages. He compared the photo of the Yondaime he had seen so many times to Naruto, and found their similarities to be too great to be a coincident
"Think about it, Ino," said Shikamaru. "Why does Naruto look so much like the Yondaime?"
A light bulb suddenly went off everyone's head who didn't know the secret. Kiba's, however, remained dark.
"Grr just tell us already!' shouted Kiba. Hana facepalmed at her younger brother's mental capacity.
"You're telling me the dobe's father is the Yondaime!?" shouted Sasuke.
"Certainly fits it, doesn't it?" said Shikamaru. Tsunade saw there was no longer in hiding the truth.
"It's true. Naruto is the son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. In the council's wisdom, they banished the son of our favorite hero for …. a Uchiha."
Everybody except cell 1 and the ones that already knew the truth were shaken by the truth and had to sit down. Sasuke and Hideki didn't care, Sakura and Kiba were denying it, Sai was considering reporting it to Danzo, and Homura just huffed.
Hours passed, and soon, for some inexplicable reason, everyone in the dungeon fell asleep. The truth was released some demonic sleeping gas inside. Then, a cell opened, containing where Tsunade's party was. They were woken up and blindfolded before being taken to a room. When they were finally allowed to take their blindfolds and saw what their hearts desired.
Naruto, Hinata, Hanabi, Neji, Tenten, and Maru were all in the room, looking healthy. Jiraiya decided to join in and stood next to Naruto. Itachi and Kisame felt it was better if they were somewhere else, tough. Surprisingly, Kurenai and her child were with them, too.
Hiashi towards his family, breaking his usual stoic visage to hug them. Shizune and Iruka rushed to Naruto. Asuma ran to hug his nephew. Finally, Tsunade hugged both Naruto and Jiraiya.
"Thank heavens you're all right," cried out Tsunade, tears flowing down her cheek.
Hiashi spent his time hugging each one of his family members, taking comfort that they were all right. Shizune and Iruka hugged Naruto tightly, almost breaking his ribs, but they didn't care. The person they were so worried about was safe.
"It's Maru, now Uncle Asuma," said Maru, explaining to Asuma why he changed his name. Maru was having too much fun being an uncle now, and playing with his niece, whose name was Mirai.
When Hiashi found out that he was going to have grandchildren, he showed his family just how Hinata and sometimes Hanabi inherited their tendency to faint when embarrassed and fainted.
While everybody else was congratulating them, Tsunade snuck up to Jiraiya and tapped him on the shoulder. Turning around, Jiraiya turned around and was confused seeing Tsunade not joining in.
SLAP
Everyone became silent as they heard it and turned to the source. They saw a red hand print on Jiraiya's face and Tsunade's hand still in the air.
"That's for not telling me that you knew Naruto was all right earlier!"
She then lifted her hand to Jiraiya's face, cupping his face before pulling him forward for a passionate kiss. Soon, she finally broke it off, with Jiraiya still Lala land.
"And that's for everything else," smirked Tsunade.
As the hours passed, they all discussed what was happening. Hiashi took Maru to give him... some warnings. He couldn't do so with Naruto or Tenten, as they were already married, but he had to do it at least once, and it was just unfortunate the Maru was the only target available.
"So you're still set on not saving Konoha?" asked Iruka.
Naruto nodded, "Yea. That village has been corrupted beyond belief."
Tsunade sighed but couldn't help but agree. However, there was just so much in Konoha that her grandfather, grand uncle, and sensei put in. It didn't feel right to just abandon it. However, the next sentence caught her attention. Soon, she was filled in on what they had been planning. Only Tsunade was allowed to know, as this was top-secret. Soon, they were sadly separated and put back to their cell to avoid suspicion. Hiashi gave his daughters and nephew one last hug before surprising everyone and giving Naruto, Tenten, and Maru a hug. They were blindfolded and lead back to the cell, and nobody knew they were gone at all.
The next day rolled by quickly, and everyone was sent back to the Land of Spring by airship without an incident. As they landed back onto their lands, each village went their separate ways. Before they left, Orochimaru managed to slip a note to Sasuke, telling him when would be the best time to run. Sasuke naturally grinned at this. Soon, Itachi and everybody else who disrespected him would be crushed under his feet, and he would take his rightful throne as the Emperor. Perhaps his first act would be to rape Hinata. Show her what it means to sleep with an elite.
Samui was sad to part with Yugito, but their agreement with the West would allow Yugito to visit soon. Gaara was happy that his brother-in-bond was doing well, and looked forward to trading with his Empire. Mei wanted to lure Sanji home, but he politely declined, saying that he was needed at the kitchens. He did, however, promise to visit, which made Mei swoon a little.
Back at Konoha, a day after landing
The council was quickly reconvened after Tsunade and everybody else made it back. The heirs of the clan were also asked to attend to give more information.
"So Lady Tsunade. I presume the West has agreed on an alliance?" asked a pompous councilman. The civilian council had all their grubby hands ready to sink their hands on what the West had. They dreamed of soaking up all they had before throwing them out to fend for themselves. However, Tsunade's answer halted their dream.
"No."
Silence reigned inside the council room for a bit before everyone started to shout. Tsunade had to slam her fist onto her desk for silence.
"Tsunade-sama, surely you could have convinced the Emperor for an alliance?" asked Inoichi.
"The problem lays on who the Emperor is," replied Homura stiffly.
"Who dares defies us?" shouted Asano
'I should've gone with them. I could have used my Kotoamatsukami to bend the Emperor to my will,' thought Danzo.
"The Emperor of the Imperial West used to be one of us. We were the ones who drove him away. The Emperor's name is... Uzumaki Naruto," said Asuma.
The instant Asuma said that everyone in the council room was shouting. It ranged from 'kill the demon ' to 'that's impossible'. Soon, everyone finally managed to calm down when Tsunade punched her desk again.
"It's no illusion. Naruto revealed himself to us as the Emperor of the West. What's more is that we have confirmation that Hinata and Neji are alive, with Hinata as Naruto's wife," said Ino.
Everybody just slumped in defeat. There was no way Naruto would send aid. They were lucky that he didn't ally with Oto.
"There's more," said Hiashi, catching everyone's attention. "The survivors of Uzushiogakure still live in the West, and they aren't pleased that one of their own was abused. Uzumaki Shanks and Uzumaki Kenshin still live." At that, everyone that was part of the Shinobi council froze. Danzo and Koharu started to sweat heavily. They were the ones who had lied to Kenshin, and now the truth was coming back into their face. They would be lucky to even be living. Danzo wasn't even sure with all his Sharingans he would come out top against an enraged Kenshin, and he really didn't want to even think about Shanks.
"Pfft. Who cares about a bunch of talent-less people. Just a bunch of people made up of bastards and whores," commented a naive civilian councilman, his fellow councilmen laughing with him. He soon had no more worries, for Tsunade had snapped and punched his head clean off. They had forgotten that Tsunade was also Uzumaki by blood. The council was further thrown into chaos when it was revealed that Naruto was the son of Minato Namikaze and Kushiuna Uzumaki, son of two beloved heroes. The civilians denied this to be true and plotted on how to bring Naruto to 'justice'. With nobody agreeing on anything, it was clear that this meeting was over, and that Konoha was doomed to stand against their enemies alone.
Meanwhile, At Akatsuki meeting
Pain was not pleased. He sent his men to the West to gather information and earn more funding just to find out they had been humiliated and came back without a single ryo. What's worst was that Zetsu, their best intelligence gatherer, had somehow been killed.
"Explain this to me now, Orochimaru! Otherwise... you may not live another day," said Pain.
"How is it possible that Zetsu was discovered so easily?" asked Konan.
Seeing no choice, Orochimaru gave a detailed account of what had happened, including all fights relevant to them. After the discussion was done, Pain mused in thought for awhile.
"Wish I had gone," said Sasori, "Seems to be a lot of people I could have used as puppets."
"Tobi thinks he should have gone too!" said Tobi. Inside Obito's mind, he was fuming. He was mad that his plans were delayed. He was furious that Kakashi seemed to have moved on from Rin! He would have to visit Koyuki some time and remind Kakashi what misery meant.
"Leave the West alone for now," said Pain, "I will deal with them myself. No matter how powerful they are, they can not oppose a god. Instead, we will focus on getting the one-tailed Biju first. Have your forces ready, Orochimaru. We invade soon."
As he left to muse in his thoughts, Konan approached him.
"Do you not wish to meet your family members, Nagato? They're Uzumaki's, like you," asked Konan.
Pain shook his head, "I was once Nagato Uzumaki. However, I am now Pain, a god. Familiar ties mean nothing to me."
Fire Daimyo's palace, 3 days later
"Welcome! Welcome, Emperor Naruto! What can I do for you?" said the Fire Daimyo.
Truthfully, he was sweating buckets. He had no idea what Naruto wanted and was terribly frightened of him. And he had good reasons to be frightened. Military power, political power, economic power, Naruto had all those in spades.
Naruto decided to just be blunt for this part, no need for round-about diplomacy. "Konoha has grown corrupt and should burn. A new village can arise from the ashes, purifying its essence."
The Fire Daimyo wasn't pleased to hear this, but after showing proof after proof they had gathered, he found himself agreeing. The final nail in the bucket when Naruto and 2 other Uzumakis told him that they were rescinding Konoha's right to their own symbol. Uzushiogakure was the main reason why Konoha existed in the first place, and Konoha's spiral on their leaf was to honor them, Now all the Uzumakis knew that Konoha had absolutely no respect for them anymore, so there was no reason to allow them to continue using the symbol. Seeing no choice, the Fire Daimyo agreed to their terms and plans.
It was only a week later after returning from the West when Tsunade received news that would send her blood pressure skyrocketing.
"Hokage-sama! Sasuke Uchiha has defected from Konoha! Our reports say that during his patrol, he killed his teammates and ran off. We received word that he was last seen headed towards Oto!"
Tsunade groaned at this. She had predicted this would have happened and wanted to place a tagging seal on him to forbid him going to places he wasn't allowed. However, she was overruled, saying that such restrictions would have made the last loyal Uchiha be more prone to defecting. She spat on that loyal Uchiha part. Itachi was the loyal one, not Sasuke. Soon, a council meeting was quickly held to decide what to do.
"This can't be!" moaned a civilian councilman.
"Hokage-sama! You should have allowed Uchiha-sama to take any woman he wanted! It would have cemented his loyalty as well as bring about more Sharingan users!" screeched Asano Haruno.
The Shinobi Clan heads shook their heads at this. It was obvious that even with that, Sasuke would have defected, and none of them wanted to have their child bearing a traitor's child. Suddenly, the doors burst open, and samurais flooded in.
"Who dares interrupt this meeting!" shouted Danzo.
"I do," said the Fire Daimyo as he entered. Danzo immediately paled and clamped up.
"Daimyo-sama! What can we do for you?" asked Tsunade.
"I've heard rumor and reports that Sasuke Uchiha has gone rogue again. Is this true?"
"Umm.. well.. It might be," stuttered Homura.
The Fire Daimyo gave Homura an evil glare before asking Tsunade the truth.
"I see," after he learned the truth, "Then I declare Sasuke Uchiha to be a traitor of the Leaf. His will be classified as an S-class Missing-Nin."
"My lord! You can't do that! Such action would drive the Sharingan further from us! He must remain content!" shouted Koharu.
"Are you questioning my authority and shouting at me?" asked the Fire Daimyo icily at Koharu, who shut up.
"I see no point in letting this fool go on living like he deserves everything on a silver platter. It's time he learned the consequences of his action. As of today, he is to be killed on sight! No exceptions! The Leaf needs to move on or it will spiral into chaos."
As he left, Tsunade picked up on the hidden message that the Fire Daimyo left. The keyword was move and spiral. That meant Naruto had met with the Fire Daimyo and they agreed to it! Now it was her turn to plan out how she was going to get those who were not corrupted by this village out.
At Oto
"Kukuku. Welcome, Sasuke. I knew you would come. Just come through this door, and all you wishes will come true," said Orochimaru. "But first, get rid of your headband. It irritates my eyes."
Sasuke smiled as he threw away his Konoha headband. He would learn everything this place had to offered to kill everyone who stood in his path to greatness. As Orochimaru opened a door, ladies of all ages were laid naked in front of him.
"Come Sasuke-sama. We're all waiting for you with our legs spread for you to bless us with your holy seed," purred one of the lady
He smiled as he went forward to 'bless' them with his seeds.
A few weeks had passed after Sasuke Uchiha's betrayal. Konoha was even more unpopular thanks to this and was on the verge of bankruptcy. The plan was to liquidate all of the Uchiha's money for the village, only to find out that Sasuke had managed to spend all of his money early on, and had been living off people's generosity and credit. All that money spent on a traitor was coming to bite them in the ass. Danzo was fuming at the civilian's stupidity on letting Sasuke have free meals at their expense. What was worse was that Tenzo, their Mokuten shinobi, had suddenly gone missing. Tsunade suspected that Akatsuki kidnapped him during a patrol mission, but was unable to gain proof. Tsunade was stuck trying to budget everything and was on the verge of just quitting. Suddenly, the doors opened, and a messenger shinobi rushed in.
"Hokage-sama! Our scouts report that Iwa has invaded the West!"
Tsunade stood up at this. Was Iwa crazy or were they stupid to think they could win after being shown such overwhelming firepower?
Suddenly, another messenger came in.
"We have a report that Amegakure is amassing a large force to attack Suna! Orochimaru is leading the charge, and it seems like he's used the Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei to amass an army of undead! Sasori and Deidara seem to be accompanying them.
Then, a third messenger came forth.
"Oto has sent an invasion force to attack Kirigakure! They can be seen on the shores, ready to load onto boats to invade! Sasuke Uchiha remains nowhere to be seen, though. It is most likely he is still in Oto, taking command of the village. Hidan and Kakuza have gone with them!"
Tsunade could only gape. This was an all-out war. They were planning to strike and completely isolate Konoha if this invasion succeeded.
"Muster our forces! Send reinforcements to Suna!" shouted Tsunade. She wanted to also send reinforcements to Kiri but knew it would be impossible to reach in time.
"Don't bother," said Danzo as he walked in, "We have no use for weaklings. Let them fend for themselves."
"If this invasion succeeds, then we'll be assaulted by all sides!" shouted Tsunade. "As of now, I'm declaring a state of emergency! All powers of the council will be suspended!"
Danzo gritted his teeth and obeyed. It was true what she said, but he didn't like it. Still, he would do everything in his power to delay them. Soon, though, he would have enough power to knock Tsunade off her throne and become Hokage, and lead Konoha to a golden age. He had already sent a few ROOT members to the west in disguise to assassinate Naruto. He believed they would succeed.
Akatsuki
Orochimaru chuckled as he had Kabuto use Edo Tensei to guide the troops. Thanks to kidnapping Yamamoto and reviving Ginkaku and Kinkaku, they had the ingredients needed to mass produce Zetsus. The Mokuten blood allowed them to form the bodies, and the Kyuubi chakra from the two brothers allowed them to give it life. It was not as much as they wanted, but they supplied chakra to the statue that was creating the Zetsu. Each member of Akatsuki, as well as Oto-nin and Iwa-nins, gave a good amount of chakra to produce Zetsus.
At the Empire
"Your majesty! We receive word that Suna, Kirigakure, and our front are being invaded!" reported a messenger. "Our spies state that Akatsuki had planned for only Suna and Kiri, but Iwa has decided to act out on its own, and they are capitalizing on it. They have also sent reinforcements with Iwa!"
"So it begins," mused Ozpin.
"Ryozanpaku has already gone to the front lines to help with the evacuation. Your orders?" asked Ou Ki.
Naruto closed his eyes. So it had begun. He opened them again.
"Have Luffy lead the naval forces to Kiri. With our ship speed, they should be able to reach Kiri in time. Have Soldier troops accompany them. Ou Ki, you take our army and storm the front. Ezio, get me Cid and have him prep up our airships. I want our Shinigami soldiers along with Uzumaki clan members there. They'll be heading off to Suna to aid them, lead by Uzumaki Kenshin. Yusuke, I want you to take some of your Demon Brigade to head off to Spring. I can't shake a feeling they might try something there, too. All leaders carry a Hiraishin Kunai to summon me in case I'm needed. I will also be on the front lines to help fight Iwa."
"Yes, Sir!" shouted all of them who received orders.
"One last thing. Send in the Riders at the front first. Let them take first blood."
If I don't get to you, it means I've already replied or just missed it. Thanks for all the reviews!
UnsanMusho: Because I can!
Frankieu: She's way too loud
Wyrtha: I had more plans for Sasuke :)
Sexy Fox Girl: I have plans on how he dies, and It's gonna be fun.
Yamimao: Yep! She's sticking with them!
: Eh perhaps you're right. Still like my tomatoe one though.
Gold Testament: Glad you liked my omakes
King Cairo: Hmm Shomei no Rasengan. I like it. I'll go change it when I get the chance.
AlphaMike369: Haha traumatizing experience, ya? No SSJ srry. It's too op. Glad you like my idea. Look forward to seeing it in your work.
Danny le fou: Lol. He want's pretty little boys, though. Not sure Sasuke qualifies for that. Also ANGEL STYLE: ANGEL THRUSTS!
Endless Chains: Glad you like my fight description.
Zyiare Hellsing: Yep. Was aiming for that gag.
dusk5261: Glad you like my responses.
dragonball256: But of course.
Guest: Interesting. Surprised to see the troller exposed, but whatever. It looks like the troll is mainly doing it on Sasu/Saku bash stories, prob doesn't like those types.
Banshee-024: MMM Ramen... oops sorry daydreaming.
Guest: Eh, not too familiar with Tekken or Soul Calibur.
StraightEdgeWingZero: Your journey to the dark side... is complete!
Lezaroth: Glad you liked it.
Jiongu-naruto: I have plans for that eye.
Daking Undisputed: Sorry you didn't like it :(
WildWufChild: Just respecting the original name for his ship.
For the rest, Thanks for reviewing and reading! Hope you've enjoyed this chapter and will continue this trend!