DISCLAIMER!: I DON'T OWN NARUTO! Thought you'd know by now...
(A/N) WOOT WOOT Chapter 8! From here on we will be seeing what happens now that Cole is a official member of Konoha
P.S. there will be a time skip at Chapter 10! Won't be that long of a skip though. And holy crap Fallout 4!
Now! As always! ON TO THE CHAPTER!
Chapter 8: Problematic
He looked at Naruto who somehow found his way on top of Cole's chest. "So this is what it feels like to be a parent," he said to himself. "I could get used to this." Cole quickly into sleep.
Cole found himself in Naruto's mindscape again that night. He looked around and found Kurama with a bored looked on his face. "Why hello again Kurama-chan." Kurama sneered at the suffix he used, "Fuck you flesh bag." The demon continued to sigh and say, "We need to talk."
"I'm all ears," Cole replied with a small smile on his face. Kurama's eyes looked down and then back up to Coles face. He growled lightly to himself before saying, "I-I, I'm sorry for blowing up at you like that. I was surprised to meet someone with the old mans chakra and who knew my name after all these centuries." Kurama gave another appraising look at Cole before continuing. "What exactly did the old man tell you?"
Cole looked at the demon. He wasn't able to miss the hint of sadness in his eyes. "He told me to lead." Kurama took a second to mull over the meaning of the simple statement. He looked at Cole and thought for a long moment. He let out a apprehensive sigh and closed his eyes. "Then I will follow, if only to help the old man. Now, be out of my sight."
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Cole woke up when light came through the window of the room. He yawned a bit and looked to where Naruto was still sleeping. Cole thought to himself, "Welp, looks like I finally have a good excuse to not get up early." He chuckled in his head and laid hes head back down. After a few seconds there was a knock at the gate. Cole grumbled and woke up Naruto so he could get up. Naruto let out a light yawn and rubbed the sleep out of his little eyes. "Alright Naru-chan, lets see who wants to see us so early in the morning. He got up and placed his blind fold on. He used his Truth Seeking Balls guide him through the house till he got to front door and dispelled them.
"Yes, yes hello what can I do you for." Cole said as he opened his door. He didn't recognize the chakra signatures and he had to ask, "Who might you two be, and why have you come to my door this fine morning?" The two elderly strangers looked at the eye covered man for only a brief moment before they took their time to sneer at the child in the teens arms. Cole noticed this when Naruto whimpered and held onto Cole tighter. "I'd kindly ask you to not stare at my son, but since you too just ruined my good mood by frightening him. I'm going to tell you to stop looking at him and tell me who you are before I remove you both from my property." Cole warned the two while leaking a small amount of killing intent. The elderly duo instantly stopped looking at the child and their eyes became trained on the mans face.
"My name is Homura," said a masculine voice. "And I am Koharu," said a feminine voice. The male voice answered his second question, "We came here to welcome you into the council and inform you that there will be a meeting today at noon that will introduce you to the rest of the council and discus other village matters." Koharu continued where Homura left off, "Will you need someone to guide you to the conference room Seinaru-san?"
Cole took his time to memorize their chakra signatures knowing that they will need to be watched almost as much as Danzo needed to be. After a brief pause Cole replied, "No, I actually have a meeting with Hokage-sama before the meeting and I will just g with him to the chamber." Homura and Koharu looked at each other, not knowing Cole could see every one of their movements. Homura said, "Alright then, it has been...intriguing, meeting you. But we must be going now. We wil see you then Seinaru-san." With that before Cole could respond they turned and left. Cole just sighed and looked down to the now more relaxed Naruto and said, "How about some breakfast?" Naruto smiled and spouted happy gibberish to his guardian. "Haha, OK. Breakfast time!"
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After they were finished with their food Cole changed and got Naruto ready for the trip to see Hiruzen. On his way out of his estate he caught a glimpse of a shadow pull back into a ally. "I might need to put those barriers up..." Cole thought to himself. He had been reading about simple Fuinjutsu barriers the night before. He had read that there was a barrier that he could put up over a large area and make it so it warns him of any foreign chakra signatures crossing the boundary.
Cole continued to the Hokage Tower keeping his eyes peeled for anything suspicious. He caught a few more shadows. But other than that he didn't notice anything other than the glare here or there. The quickly averted gaze. The muttered insult.
When a citizen spat in front of Cole and nearly hit his boot, Cole looked dead in the mans eyes and let loose a focused Killer Intent that could put a Jonin on edge. Safe to say the civilian ran away like a little bitch. "That'll teach em'," he muttered. The rest of the way to the Hokage Tower continued like this until he saw a familiar girl with purple hair and a brown trench coat. "Hey Anko-chan, you on your way to that mission?"
"Oh, hey Seinaru. Ya I was just waiting on the client so we could head off. It's just a simple escort mission," Anko said to her friend. She had been dreading the mission all day. So far all she knew was that the client was some Know-it-all scholar that need a bodyguard to Kawa no Kuni so that he could record the rivers and make some maps. She figured that he would be some nerdy weakling that would be afraid of everything. So the sudden appearance of one of her best friends and his adopted son made her day a lot better. She smiled and waved to Naruto, "Hey squirt!" Naruto giggled and shook a little hand at her making both of the teens laugh. "Ah, excuse me..." came a slightly hesitate voice from behind them. They turned to see a pale and skinny man wearing thick glasses. Anko visibly deflated as she mumbled, "called it..." She looked to her client and said, "Hey I'm Mitarshi Anko and I'll be escorting you today, if you'll give me just a moment we'll be off." Before the pale man could reply Anko turned back to Cole, "So, after I get back, would it be okay if I came back over for dinner?" Cole smiled and said, "Of course, I told you that your welcome any time. I shouldn't be keeping you, I'll see you when you get back Anko-chan." Cole walked off and Anko called out to him with a wide smile on her face, "I'll see you in a week! You better make somthing good Seinaru!"
Cole waved without looking back and continued into the tower.
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When Cole got into the Hokage's office he let out a tired sigh. "Ah, Seinaru-san. It's good to see have made yourself at home," Hiruzen said as Cole took a seat in front of the man. Hiruzen looked at him for a second and questioned, "You aren't going to bring Naruto-kun with you to the meeting, are you?" Cole gave another tired sigh and replied, "Yeah, what I am I supposed to do? I don't trust anyone in this Village other than Anko-chan, but she just left for a mission. So, yeah, I'm bringing Naru-chan with me. Anyone who tells me otherwise is in for a ruff time though." He gave a somewhat challenging look at the Hokage and Hiruzen just gave a light hearted laugh. "Well then those people will have to look out now won't they?" They chuckled for a few moments at the idea of Cole showing actual wrath, instead of passive aggressive challenges.
"So," Cole started. "What's on the agenda for today?" Hiruzen cleared his throat and began. "Well first things first, the meeting later. There is going to be some distrust to you based on you coming out of nowhere. But we can handle that." Cole nodded and let the Hokage continue. "But, here's the hard bit. Once you show the Rinnegan you're going to have a few people wanting answers on how it works, are you willing to tell them?"
Cole mulled this over for a moment before he replied, "I would gladly show them what could do, but I would have to warn them that most of the abilities are very deadly." Cole finished with a sly smile. He adjusted the wiggling Naruto in his arms and said, "So, is there going to be anything else on the agenda I should know about?" Hiruzen shook his head in the negative, "No, just some village matters and other clan disputes. You should be able to pick up on what we are doing quickly." He paused for a brief second before adding, "You'll want to make a good first impression, especially since you'll be the youngest council member we have ever had. So be prepared for some words to be had about you."
"Don't worry Hokage-sama," Cole replied with a slightly sly edge to his voice. "They will learn fast not to look down on me because of my age."
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It was time for the meeting and Hiruzen guided Cole to the Council Room. Cole had switched his mask out for a blindfold and acted to be blind. They went inside and took their seats. Cole was three seats to the left of Hiruzen of the circular table. A few minutes passed and council members from both the civilian council and shinobi council filled the chamber. Once they were all in their respective places Hiruzen began the meeting, "Alright is everyone here?" Nara Shikaku rose from his seat and said, "Iniochi is on a mission, so he is absent for the day. Everyone else is accounted for." He sat back down in his seat and looked with a calculating eye a the newest addition of the council.
"Very well then," Hiruzen started. "I'd like to start off this meeting today by welcoming Uzumaki Seinaru to the council-" He was interrupted by a member of the civilian council, "Hokage-sama, are you positive this child is an Uzumaki? We were lead to believe the Uzumaki's were extinct." The large man took back his seat after saying his piece. Hiruzen looked at the man and said, "Do you doubt the judgment of your Hokage? If I say he is a Uzumaki then he is a Uzumaki. Seinaru-san here is another survivor from Uzu and found his way to Konoha after hearing there was others of his clan here in Konoha." Another man who was seated next to the other man who told his piece stood and cdecided to cross a very thin line with Cole, "Hokage-sama, that also calls in the issue of why he has brought 'that' child with him." Cole looked at the man, even behind the blindfold the man could feel the eyes on him. "Excuse me for my rudeness but," Cole replied. "Based on the condition I found him in when I arrived in Konoha, I hardly trust the welfare of my new son to anyone in this village, so excuse me for being a caring father to one of the very few survivors of my clan." The ice and utter contempt in Cole's words towards the man made him seat himself without another word. "Now, are there other questions for our newest member?" Hiruzen asked his council. Hyuuga Hiashi stood from his seat and turned to Cole, "Uzumaki-san, could you tell us why you blind yourself? Your eyes show no sign of damage and you are quite too young to have gone blind." Cole looked towards Hiashi's direction and sighed. He removed his blindfold but kept his eyes closed. "Well Hyuuga-san, I am very protective of my eyes." Cole finished and opened his eyes startling Hiashi with the odd design. Cole stood and began to explain his eyes, "I am a bearer of the ultimate doujutsu, the Rinnegan. If any of you have any questions to ask then please, ask."
Instantly Uchiha Fugaku stood from his seat and said, "Really? The ultimate doujutsu? I take offense Uzumaki-san, there are no doujutsu in the world greater than the sharingan." Cole looked to the Uchiha and said, "Even if the sharingan is, and pardon my language, a bastardized form of the Rinnegan?" Fugagku fumed and said, "What do you mean, 'bastardized'?" Cole took a breath in and explained, "The Rinnegan are the eyes of the Rikkudou Sennin himself. The sharingan were born from the Sages son, Indra. The eyes held half of the formula to the Rinnegan. The byakugan is also a child of the Rinnegan." Shikaku stood and decided to ask the question everyone wanted to hear before Hiashi and Fugaku exploded at the younger male, "Uzumaki-san, would you mind telling us what the Rinnegan is capable of?" Cole looked at Shikaku and eased his look. "Sure, there are six different traits to the Rinnegan. They are also known as paths. Here I will give an example of one of the paths called the Asura path," Cole said as a black chakra receiving rod formed in his hand. "What we have here is the Asura paths creation of all things. With this path, I can form anything I wish with my imagination. I would show the rest of my abilities, but they would be very destructive and dangerous around the civilians of the council." Cole sat back down and shifted the nervous Naruto in his arms.
Naruto was not having a good time. He was in a room filled with strangers and many of their eyes were like the other one he saw. A mixture of hate and fear. The infant didn't like the looks and buried his face into Cole's chest and began to whimper. Cole noticed the child's discomfort and rubbed his hand on the child's back and held him lightly saying, "shhuuushh, little one, I know there are a lot of scary people. But don't worry I'm here." He continued to rub the infants back until he calmed down. Cole let a warm smile come to his face as the other council members looked at his display. He thought to himself, "Don't worry Naru-chan. Someday no one will ever look at you like this again. And until that day I'll be here for you."
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(A/N) *huff* *puff* a god! Writing political type stuff is HARD! But hey, I'm still having fun! Sorry about today's late release!
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