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(A/N) AWWWWWW! Chapter 10!
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Well *sniff* Lets not get emotional now, its time to Due-
...sorry...wrong anime...TO THE CHAPTER!
Chapter 10: Kurama's Deal
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.
Hiruzen was, to say the least, furious. He was woken up in the middle of the night to receive news that some civilians trespassed on the grounds of one of his councilman's home with the intent to harm him and his family. He wasn't necessarily angry at Oracle, he was completely within his right to kill the man. He had broken a major law, one that was punishable by immediate death. And he had broken the deal the Hokage had with the youth.
What Hiruzen was most angry about, was that the rest of the civilian council and a few of the shinobi councilmen (Fugaku...) were complaining about the Uzumaki's ill-advised actions towards civilians and demanded immediate punishment. The next day both Hiruzen and the Rinnegan bearer were found between a rock and a hard place.
They were in a meeting and the civilian council was up in arms about Seinaru's actions. "He has no right to kill civilians! He needs to be punished for what he has done!" Said the same councilman that had questioned the Uzumaki about his skills as a shinobi. Hiruzen was completely done with the subject at this point and let his anger at the bickering civilians explode, "HE HAS THE ONLY RIGHT TO DO SO! THEY WERE BOTH TRESPASSING ON A SHINOBI OF KONOHA'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND THEY BROKE THE LAW I HAD PLACED THREE MONTHS AGO! I HAVE HAD ENOUGH WITH THESE COMPLAINTS! IF YOU WANT TO BLAME SOMEONE FOR THE DEATH OF THE CIVILIANS THEN BLAME THE ONES WHO BROKE THE LAWS! NOT A LOYAL SHINOBI OF THIS VILLAGE!"
Hiruzen ended his rant with a angry sigh. He sat back down in his seat and looked at the pale faces of his council. Yamanaka Iniochi stood hesitantly and said, "E-excuse me but I still have a question for Uzumaki-san," he waited for Hiruzen to give the go ahead before continuing. Once he got it he continued, "We preformed a search of the victims minds to see if they actually broke any laws, but...once we entered their minds, they had no memories at all. My question is Uzumaki-san, what exactly did you do to them?"
Cole took into consideration of Iniochi's question and explained, "I used the Human path of the Rinnegan. It allows me to search the memories of anyone I place my hand on the head of, but, after I finish reading through the memories, both the targets soul, and memories are extracted from the body."
The council was silent at his explanation. The man had literally ripped the souls out of a dozen civilians. Fugaku was about to rise and demand that he be punished since they didn't have any proof that the victims broke any laws, but Hiruzen pinned him to his seat with a fearsome glare. "Under new evidence, Seinaru-san, I am going to have to punish you," this got a slight nod of acknowledgment from Cole. Hiruzen continued to doll out his punishment, "I sentence you to three months of house arrest, you are to not leave your property unless there is a meeting, or you have my express permission. And even then you will have an Anbu escort of three agents. You will also house another Agent in your home at all times until the term is over. This meeting is dismissed, Seinaru-san, if you will stay here so I can gather the agents to watch over you."
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Cole made his way home, entourage in-tow. Once he made it home only one of the three went in with him. And he thanked the Hokage for his generosity of giving him one dog masked agent that he knew quite well.
Hatake Kakashi was assigned to watch over the Oracle while he was at home. A job he knew would either be troublesome, or extremely boring. He was about to open a little orange book when the Uzumaki asked, "So, Kakashi-san, you hungry?" Kakashi thought for a moment and shrugged his shoulders and said, "You cook?" Cole returned his shrug and replied, "I dabble. Also, you don't have to hide your face around me, I already know what it looks like." Kakashi was thrown off by this and was about to ask when Cole stopped him before he could, "Do I need to go through my whole introduction again. I'm an Oracle remember, seer of the future."
Kakashi nearly face palmed at this and just went along with it. They had a pretty fantastic lunch of soup and sandwiches. Kakashi even ate without his mask on, revealing a handsome face with a lone freckle next to his mouth.
At first Naruto was uncomfortable around the new person, but, he began to open up to Kakashi. He was that the man didn't mean any harm and didn't have the same eyes as a lot of the people he had seen that day. The infant was a little spooked when the kind old man had raised his voice. So the child was already on edge. But soon enough he was sitting on the ground playing with the calm and collected teen.
Cole smiled at the interactions between Kakashi and his sensie's son. He sat on the couch going through a few more fuinjutsu scrolls. Kakashi was a little intrigued by the fact the power house of an Oracle would be reading basic fuinjutsu scrolls, but he didn't bother asking. He just continued to humor the hyper infant in front of him. As Naruto gurgled and laughed on the floor, there was a knock at the door. Cole got up to answer and found a rather exhausted Anko at his front door.
"Oh, hey Anko, I wasn't expecting you back from you mission for a few days. Come on in, I'd like to hear all about it." Cole invited her in and she gladly accepted. But once she saw Kakashi playing with Naruto she was completely confused. "Um, why is there a Anbu captain playing with your son?"
Cole hesitated for a moment before shakily saying, "I-I'm kinda under house arrest for three months..." This. This did not get a good reaction. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO YOU IDIOT!" Kakshi's quiet hello was drowned out by Anko's rage. He put his hands over the infants ears so it didn't have to suffer from Anko's screams.
Cole shakily laughed as he explained the events of the last few days. Anko was surprised by the part of him recommending her to be a Tokubetsu Jonin, but she was even more surprised by the fact he beat the Uchiha clan head in a completely one sided fashion. "Wow, that's kinda hard to believe...but...you did beat those ROOT agents so, I guess it's possible. But why are you under house arrest?"
"Well," Cole explained. "That night some civilians tried to attack the estate. And, I killed all but one of them. Effectively making the civilian council enraged and terrified by the fact I ripped their souls out." That caused Anko and Kakashi's eyes to widen. "You did what!" they question in perfect harmony. "I used the Human path of the Rinnegan, it lets me rip the souls out of the living and take their memories." They continued to question him until he said he needed to get dinner ready.
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After they had some food he saw Anko out and started to go back inside when someone else showed up at his door. "Hey, there Uzumaki-sama!" Tanzo the blacksmith said as he stood in front of Cole's gate with Tenten in his arms. Cole smiled and let the man in, "How have you been Tanzo-san?" He asked. "Oh, I've been great! That sword I bought from you sold for double of what I gave you by the way. So I'm all for that little deal of ours. And I also finished the sheath for you sword," He said as he pulled out a sealing scroll and handed it to Cole. Cole invited the man in and they sat on the couch. "So, this is the little Uzumaki everyone talks about, he doesn't seem all that dangerous to me." Tanzo said as he let Tenten down to play with Naruto under kakashi's supervision. "So, house arrest, that's rough my friend."
Cole just shook his head and said, "It could have been a lot worse, but hey. So about our deal, if you come by tomorrow I can have some more swords ready for sale, as well as some other pieces of equipment." Tanzo laughed and said, "Then I'll see you tomorrow then!" They continued to talk about unimportant things until it got late and the children needed to be put down for sleep. When Tanzo left Cole picked Naruto up and got him ready for bed. "Looks like someone made a few friends today." He got a happy yawn from the boy. Once they were ready he wished Kakashi a good night and head off to bed.
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"Hello again Kurama-san." Cole said as he awoke in Naruto's mindscape. "What, no 'chan' this time?" Kurama asked a little annoyed. "Well, even I could see that you were annoyed by that," Cole said. "So, what can I do ya for?"
Kurama leaned his head towards the youth and let out a sigh, "I want to make a deal with you." Cole tilted his head in curiosity, "I'm listening?"
"I want you to be my container, not this brat." Kurama said. Cole just let out a sigh, "Sorry Kurama, but I can't do that. First, it would kill him. And second, he is the one who is destined to hold you, not me. He is the Child of Prophecy. Don't worry Kurama-san, in due time, you'll learn to love this kid." Kurama growled loudly, "HOW COULD I LOVE SOMETHING! ALL I KNOW IS HATE! I. AM. HATE!"
"I understand your standing on the human race Kurama-san," Cole said. "I'm not asking you to get rid of your hate, it's what makes you you. But, there is nothing wrong with learning to love. No one is one or the other. Everything is formed by the combination of love and hate. Just try to let this work, trust me, as someone who knows how this all plays out. At the end of all of this, you finally find happiness."
Kurama just sighed and accepted his fate, "Fine, but I do want one thing, a promise from you. I want you to promise to try and find the rest of my kin. We shouldn't be separated while there is a Rikkudou Sennin in the world." Cole smiled at the demon, "I can hold up to that promise. But, in return, when the time comes, I want you to help Naruto. I'm not telling you to give him power for free, I want him to earn it. But, just, don't shoot the kid down. Deal?"
"Deal." And with that, the deal was struck. And Cole drifted beck into sleep.
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(A/N) And that's it for chapter 10!
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