DISCLAIMER!: I DON'T OWN NARUTO! Thought you'd know that by now...
(A/N) HELL YEAH! 20k words! Let's keep this train moving people! ON TO THE CHAPTER!
Chapter 9: Council's Decision
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."
Hiruzen cleared his throat and looked at each member of his council, "Now, if there are no more questions. I'd like to see a show of hands that are against the addition of Seinaru-san." Fugaku rose his hand and sneered at Cole. Cole just kept a calm expression as a few members of the civilian council began to raise their hands out of spite for Naruto. "Well then," Hiruzen said as he took count of the vote. "Looks like only a quarter of the council is against this so the motion carries. Welcome to the council Seinaru-san." Cole nodded his head to the Hokage in response. "Alright then, on to our next topic," Hiruzen said changing the topic. "As we know the Chunin exams are coming up in Kumo. So we are going to hold a Tokubetsu Jonin exam to replace the Jonin sensies that will be in Kumo. Does anyone have any recommendations?"
Some names were thrown out like Shiranui Genma, and Ebisu. Cole got a sudden thought and smiled. "I recommend Mitarashi Anko for the position of Tokubetsu Jonin." This raised a lot more complaint than Cole thought it would. "You can't possibly insist on letting that 'Snake Whore' advance any further in our ranks?" One civilian said. Another questioned his sanity while another rather large man called into question his age and why he even has a say in this matter since he wasn't a Shinobi.
"That's enough!" Hiruzen fumed. "I'll take this into consideration Seinaru-san. As for you on this council who do not know yet, the only reason Uzumaki Seinaru is not a Jonin is because he has only just joined the village." Hiruzen gave a glare to the man who questioned Cole. Fugaku took this chance to make a statement, "In that case, why don't we test Uzumaki-san and see if he is worthy of being a shinobi of Konoha?" This got many nods from civilian and shinobi council members alike. Hiruzen let out a tired sigh and looked over to Cole. Cole shrugged his shoulders and said, "I do not mind showing off a bit," he then let a sly smile appear on his face and looked over to Fugaku. "How I test my self against you Uchiha-san?"
Fugaku looked slightly surprised by the nonchalant challenge he was receiving. Until he was able to find his resolve and smiled right back at Cole, "I would be honored to face you Uzumaki-san." Hiruzen let out a loud sigh and said, "Fine, we will settle this matter at oncewe will meet at training ground 33 in one hour, this meeting is dismissed." With that many of the council members stood and made their way to where training ground 33 was located. The only ones remaining in the chamber were Hiruzen, Cole, and Shikaku.
"Are you sure you want to challenge the Uchiha, Uzumaki-san? It might not be a good idea for you to incur their wrath with them being the head of police here." Shikaku said to cole with a slight smirk on his face. He was looking forward to seeing someone put Fugaku in his place and show him that the Uchiha have grown weak by only relying on the sharingan. Cole picked up on this and smirked back at the Nara, "Don't worry Shikaku-san, the Uchiha will know not to test my patience after today."
Hiruzen was also looking forward to two things. Seeing that pretentious Uchiha put in his place, and to see just how powerful the Oracle was and the extent of his Rinnegan.
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About an hour later the council was at training ground 33 to see their newest member face off against the head of the Uchiha and military police. This spectacle also gathered a large group of civilians and off duty shinobi. Hiruzen offered to hold Naruto. Naruto protested for a few seconds but decided to trust the old man once he saw the warm smile he was giving him.
Cole turned to his opponent and said, "Let's make this quick shall we, I need to put Naru-chan down for a nap." Fugaku frowned at him and got into a stance. "Fine then," he replied. "I will have to finish you quickly and show you the strength of the sharingan."
The two looked at each other for a moment before Cole reached a hand out to his older opponent. "Bansho Tennin," he said lazily. Fugaku was puzzled for a moment before he was forced off his feet and sailed through the air towards his opponent. Once he reached Cole, Cole gripped his neck and slammed the poor Uchiha into the ground with enough force to make it crack.
"Well, you were right about one thing, that was fast." Cole said. but before he was pronounced the winner Fugaku pooffed into smoke and was replaced by a tree branch. Cole let out a impressed 'huh' before he was engulfed in flame. Fugaku walked out from behind a tree and smiled. But it faltered when he saw that his flame jutsu was being absorbed by the younger man. "I have to admit, I'm impressed you escaped my grasp." Cole said with a hint of amusement in his voice. Fugaku growled before he lunged at Cole with a kunai in on hand and his tanto in another. Cole dodged the first couple of strikes before he blocked with a tanto he formed out of thin air. He then countered Fugaku's swing with a kick to the mans chest.
Fugaku slid back a few meter but kept his feet. He activated his sharingan and charged his opponent with a look of fury on his face. He thought how dare some child harm him. He was determined to put the child in his place, but paled as Cole reached out his hand again. "Shinra Tensei." Fugaku was thrown back into a tree and he coughed in pain from the impact. "How couldn't I see what that attack was? I have the sharingan damn it!" He stood back up and was furious. "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" Fugaku roared as he let loose a enormous fire ball.
Cole just looked at it unimpressed and just absorbed the jutsu again, much to his opponents annoyance. "Is this all the Uchiha clan can do?" He asked with a bored tone. Fugaku looked pale and asked, "H-how, how did you do that!?" Cole just yawned and said, "It would be the Preta path of the Rinnegan. What I pushed and pulled you with would be the Deva path. And this, is the Animal path." Cole went through the needed hand signs and slammed his hand into the ground, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" From the resulting cloud of smoke came a loud roar.
"This, is one of my summons, the Manticore!" the Uzumaki's voice rang out from the smoke and it cleared revealing a massive lion, three times the size of its tall master, with a tail of sharp and jagged spikes. It's eyes were the same as the Uzumaki and it had strange piercings that lined its muzzle and ears. And Fugaku was completely terrified. In his many years as a Konoha shinobi, he had never met such a beast. Its eyes pierced his soul and he began to shake in utter fear.
"I-I-I," Fugaku began to stutter and fell to his knees. Cole smirked and released his summons. "I believe I have shown enough of my abilities." He then casually walked over to Hiruzen and nodded in thanks as he took the half asleep Naruto from the old man. As he left he continued to smirk, leaving behind a speechless crowd and went home.
The Hokage was speechless. He knew that the Oracle would defeat the Uchiha, but he did not expect such a one sided fight. And his summons. The Professor of Shinobi had never even heard of the creature. It was fearsome indeed, but he didn't even know what it could do. But he figured, if looks could kill, that beast would be a kin to the plague. He desperately need to know if what the Oracle said was true. That he would never harm Konoha. Because at that moment, the Sandaime Hokage of Konohagakure did not even know if he stood a chance against the young man.
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When Cole got home he fed, changed, and then put his adopted child down for a nap. Cole sighed as he flopped down on the couch in the living room. He was exhausted. Using the Rinnegan's abilities at rapid fire like that was a heavy tole on his reserves. Especially using the Animal path since he had yet to master it. Cole got to thinking of what he could do while Naruto was napping. He decided to put up the barrier around the estate walls, but that only took twenty minutes to complete and he was bored out of his mind.
After a few moments of boredom he nearly gave himself a concussion from how hard he smacked his head. He had forgotten that he had an entire vault of unlearned ninjutsu and fuinjutsu at his disposal. He got up and found himself a few fuinjutsu scrolls and got to work.
By the time he heard Naruto wake up from his nap he had a complete mastery of basic storage seals. With the help of the Rinnegan, fuinjutsu was an extremely easy concept. It was like the seal would just unravel itself before his eyes and show all of its secrets to him. He decided that he would continue to work on fuinjutsu until he was satisfied that if he came across any of the Hiraishin kunai, he would be able to unravel the secrets of Minato's fearsome technique and use it for himself.
But for know he had a hyper infant to take care of. When Cole walked into the nursery he noticed that Naruto was sitting up on his own. "Well look at you little guy, you learn quick..." he muttered. He knew that babies would learn to sit up and crawl and possibly walk before their first birthday, but he was only three and a half months old! Cole picked up the happy child and brought him outside to the back yard. Cole set him down among a clutter of toys that he found in the nursery. And Cole sat next to him with another fuinjutsu scroll in hand.
As the infant happily gurgled and played with his plethora of toys, Cole began to learn weight and gravity seals. After a few hours, Naruto got hungry again and Cole brought him inside to eat.
All around, the rest of the day was uneventful. All until that night. As Cole laid down with Naruto to go to sleep, the newly formed barrier was breached. Cole instantly got up and went to the front door, still carrying Naruto in his arms. When he looked outside he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
There were well over a dozen civilians in his yard, all armed with knives or bats, a few even hand torches. Cole looked at them at first with disbelief, and then with a cold and unrelenting rage. "So, would you mind telling me what this little mob is all about before I just gut you all on the presumption you mean harm to me and my son?"
What looked to be the leader of the mob walked a few feet forward and yelled angrily at him, "We don't want you! Just give us the demon! We will rid whatever hold it has over you and you'll be safe from it!" Cole just let his killing intent spike as the civilian finished his piece. He didn't let the intent loose based on what the man said. But on the reaction Naruto gave the man. As soon as the man stepped up Naruto began shack a cry in his arms. The infant had such a strong grip on his shirt he thought he would tear it.
Once the civilians felt the intent they paled. Cole took one step towards them and said, "And what makes you think I need saving from my own son? Now if you would remove your sorry assess off my property before I kill every last one of you, it will greatly ease Naru-chan's mood." Every word Cole said had a thick layer of ice to it. However the lead villager just kept up with his rant and said, "Not without the demon, we won't leave until y-" The man never finished his question. Cole was in front of him in a heartbeat, with one of his hands on the top of the mans head. Cole looked him in the eyes and coldly said, "Die you scum." With that he continued to use the Human path to tear the mans soul from his body.
When the other villagers saw this they ran as fast as they could not even once looking back to see if the terrifying youth was following them. After that night, rumors of a soul eating monster spread, and the new Uzumaki Clan head was a terrifying man that made a deal with the Kyuubi to gain power. Cole became one of the most feared men of the village that night. And the Hokage disliked the news of his new councilman from his village.
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(A/N) Annnddd there! chapter 9 is now complete!
Now I know I said this in chapter 8 but I would like to repeat, there will be a short time skip after chapter 10. It will center around a small three chapter ark about the Hyuuga clan as well :)
So until next time, remember to review! I'll see ya next time!