Konoha's Retrieval Team
Chapter 5
I don't own Naruto
Masashi Kishimoto does!
Naruto woke up the next day as he felt a whole lot better now that he was able to get some rest after the Hyuga guard misunderstood the scene he witnessed yesterday. Getting your tenketsu shut down forcefully was not a pretty experience, and afterward, Naruto had to make his way back to his apartment still feeling drained out of energy. He at least felt proud of himself for being able to save a pretty girl from getting bullied and maybe even worse, something he didn't want to think about since everything ended well. What made him happy was the fact that she was thankful to him and it didn't look have a look of dislike or hate in her eyes. Naruto wondered if he would see Hinata at the academy, maybe they would be able to become friends something he was looking forward to.
Naruto got up and grabbed a clean pair of clothes before going into his bathroom and taking a shower. He then heated some water so he would be able to use it for his instant ramen since he had to wait three minutes for it to cook. He went and gathered all the items he was going to be taking back with him to the hideout. But first, he needs to go out to his training area to begin his workouts later he would have to work on his chakra control. That is the key to Naruto's problem since he has more chakra than most Jonin's right now.
It took Naruto about an hour to get to his training ground where he started to do his warm-ups followed up by his workouts. He did this for an hour as he built up his strength and stamina so when he got to the academy he would be ahead of the other kid. Shisui suddenly appeared from a [Shunshin]ready to instruct Naruto by showing him the kata of a special taijutsu style. He wanted his apprentice to learn since it was a unique speed combat style. Shisui had him practice the kata's slowly, so he could get used to the movement of the fighting style.
"Shisui-sensei, once I learn this style am I able to learn more taijutsu styles and incorporate them?" Naruto asked while practicing his kata as he continued moving extremely slowly so his body was able to get used to it.
"To answer your questions, yes it is possible to learn more taijutsu styles other than this one and yes it is possible to mix different taijutsu styles in a battle. You could always master that one taijutsu style, making it as precise and polished as possible depending on how long it would take a person to master it. You could also learn by of parts different taijutsu styles and mix them into something unique with your original one. To become a great ninja you could learn different ones separately at least at a chunin level and learn as you grow in battle what suits you best." Shisui explained to his young apprentice as he watched him go through his kata.
"So when do you think I'll be ready to spar with you Shisui-sensei?" Naruto asked as he slowly repeated his kata, while Shisui exaggeratedly put a think pose.
"Naruto-chan I've already told you once I told you hundred times you are a hundred years too early to face me all be waiting in the next ten years and we will see. But in the meantime keep training since you are only a child and once I think you are ready I will train you like the Anbu members. It will be the most difficult training you will get to go through it is a life-and-death situation it was the fastest way for your fighting instincts to develop. Something that the academy will never come close to or even think about since their motto is no mercy no surrender. This is to get you ready for the real threat that looms in the shadows and outside the village." Shisui explained in his in-prop lesson he was giving the little blond as he continued speaking.
"Naruto-chan, I want to give you a chance to survive any confrontation, so I don't want to hear you complain when the time comes I won't have any sympathy remember," Shisui said with a smirk and an evil gleam in his eyes, as a shiver ran down Naruto spine while getting a bad feeling.
Naruto's training ended him exhausting all his energy for the day, ever since Naruto met Shisui-sensei and began to train him. He started to feel like a normal kid who ran out of energy and needed to take a nap to recuperate. While lying on the grass and looking at the sky he just practiced doing his hand signs so he could build speed to perform ninjutsu. The only ninjutsu Naruto can perform is the [Henge] and [Kawarimi], which are the most useful that any kid will ever need. The third one is the clone jutsu but Shisui-sensei told Naruto that he won't be able to perform it since he has too much chakra properly to do it.
He will need a higher base chakra clone that would be easy for him, but for now, Naruto won't need to worry about that jutsu until the day of his graduation from the academy. Shisui and Naruto began to head back to their hideout since both of them were hungry from the instructing and training. Naruto knew that he would have to take a bath to clean the sweat and grime, before eating his lunch. He would then take a nap so his body could rest for the next day. Shisui on the other hand only could look back on the day Naruto unlocked his chakra and the amount this little kid has.
Flashback
"Today Naruto-chan you are going to unlock your chakra, this is going to be important to be able to perform jutsu. I believe that you would be able to handle this since most children are not able to unlock their chakra, and the reason is they are not strong enough. Or their chakra pathway needs more time to develop, to unlock it, but you on the other hand are ready since I've been checking on you while you slept. I need you to sit down cross-legged and copy what I'm going to do with my hands then I need you to stay still and concentrate and focus on an energy that will come from your belly. You would feel it out until and once you get a hold of it I want you to force it through your chakra pathways until energy flows out." Shisui told Naruto how to accomplish the task that needed to be done and described the feeling he was looking for.
"Hai Shisui-sensei!" Naruto yelled out in excitement at the chance to be able to learn jutsu.
"Alright Naruto-chan show me that you can unlock your chakra go ahead and do it," Shisui said as he sat there and waited to see if the little blond would be able to exceed.
Naruto sat very still as he began to search for his chakra, for the next few hours Naruto followed the pathway to the center of his belly. He found two enormous chakra signatures the only thing was that one was blue and felt normal to him and the red one felt malicious and hateful a true power that normal people would not be able to comprehend. Naruto frightened by the red chose the blue one and started to envelop it as much as he could when he felt that he had a decent amount he was ready to make his dreams come true. Shisui looked up at the sky to gauge the time of the day, when he felt a tiny spark of chakra beginning to slip through Naruto's pathways. He waited patiently for their goal to be completed as Naruto was unlocking his chakra right now. Then out of nowhere a powerful amount of chakra exploded knocking Shisui backward not able to believe the amount of chakra a seven-year-old was releasing. A smile broke out on Shisui's face knowing that Naruto was going to be fine going forward in the future.
"Congratulations Naruto-chan you are now able to use your chakra," Shisui said as he walked over and patted the little blond on his head.
"Thanks, Shisui-sensei this wouldn't have happened this soon if it wasn't for you. I'm just so happy I was able to do it since you believed in me. So sensei what new jutsu you're going to teach me!" Naruto jumped on his feet full of excitement ready to get started.
"[Henge no jutsu!]" is all Shisui said.
Flashback End
"Naruto-chan, are you ready to start the academy?" Shisui asked the little blond as he wondered if he was excited to finally be able to make some friends for the first time.
"Hai, Shisui-sensei I'm so excited to meet new people and to learn as much as possible," Naruto said with a beaming smile knowing for the fact that he was going to be walking the path of a shinobi.
"Alright Naruto, I give you a mission for you to perform and keep your eyes and your ears open for anything. Keep a notebook with you and write down names, subjects, quirks, and keep track of the instructors and watch out they don't try to hurt you either." Shisui explained to him as a serious matter that was brought up so long ago.
"Hai Shisui-sensei." The little blond replied as he began to get up and stand he got near his sensei.
"Naruto-chan you stink!" Shisui said while pinching his nose as he ran away laughing at his apprentice.
"Why you!" The blond said as he chased his sensei back into the hideout.
Uchiha Compound
"Kato-san welcome to the Uchiha compound, I want to send my condolence to you and your family for the death of your husband. After confirming everything was true, I was going over the paperwork as I looked up your husband and found that he had a nice sizable home. I'm hoping you and your family will be able to live comfortably here, I will transfer ownership of the property over to your name. Make sure to avoid answering questions that will implicate you being married to a Uchiha and having his kids until told overwise. Now if anyone has any questions about your living arrangements please feel free to ask." The Uchiha Matriarch said as was telling the small family, as they made their way to their new home.
"Thank you for everything you are doing for us Uchiha-sama we do appreciate the chance to move into my husband's old home," Miyu replied on behalf of the small family who was following the the Uchiha Matriarch.
"No worries, no worries I am glad to be able to help the family of a clan member since we are not many left alive. Just in case anyone begins to poke around for information all you have to tell them is that I offered you a job opportunity required for you to live in the Uchiha compound. It is more convenient in case I need help with any emergency regarding the infants or I require to leave for a few hours for clan matters." Mikoto told this to the mother as a cover story with half-truths while she thought about her youngest son who was still at the hospital.
"I understand Uchiha-sama, and thank you for the opportunity to work for you. I was afraid that I was not going to be able to provide for my two daughters. The last thing I want to do is to go work for one of those establishments just to be able to make a ryo. I will do my best to help you in whatever manner you need me to do." Miyu replied as she gave a small bow of her head as they continued to walk down a road.
They both kept talking as they got to know one another a little bit better until Mikoto saw the home and checked the address she had written down on a piece of paper. Once they reached the place, the Miyu-san was in complete surprise at the size of the place it was bigger than the little place they were staying at. She never thought that her husband had a place like this, then again she never thought their family would ever come to live in the Uchiha compound. Miyu's daughters were also surprised that their father had such a big home they never could have imagined this in their life. The only sad thing was the fact that they would never get a chance to live with their father in his home, which their family had since they built this compound.
"So what do you girls think of the place? I'm sure your tou-san would've been happy that his precious daughters got a chance to see their family's clan house." The Uchiha Matriarch said, giving the girls a warm smile as they began to shed some tears of happiness and sadness.
"It is a very nice-looking home but I wish tou-san was still alive to experience this with his family," Aika replied with a sad smile as the other two there nodded in agreement.
"I agree with my nee-san it would have been nice for tou-san to have been able to train us to become some strong kunoichi," Rin replied while she was looking around the yard as her mother and sister did the same thing.
"I went to see the Hokage the other day I will be getting the help of your Genin team and of the other Genin that survived the massacre since she was away on a mission. I will be hiring both teams to move your belongings to your new place it will take maybe the whole day. Miyu-san, you will start work with me tomorrow at my home, we are going to need to put a list of things together for a shopping trip. We will be spending a lot of time together we should figure out our strengths and weaknesses in the upcoming months. But also as a reminder, there are going to be days I won't be able to help watch the children you might need to ask for help just sign up for a "D" rank mission the Hokage already knows what to do from there. Let me know if you need time off for yourself which is also important for your mind and health I'll see you tomorrow then Miyu-san." The Uchiha Matriarch said as she turned and began to walk back to her home while the Kato family looked around the property.
"O-O-Okay thank you, Uchiha-sama. Our family is most grateful." Everyone in the Kato family gave a small bow of respect while she gave a bow in return as she continued on her way home.
As they watched the Uchiha Matriarch walk away, the kato family slowly walked to the doorstep and opened the door. When they entered the home they were surprised at how nice the house looked. All three females went their separate ways in search of something interesting in the house. It was going to become a really busy day tomorrow, where two genin teams are going to be needed to make the move a lot faster. By the end of the day, the little family had a lot to talk about during dinner, and after dinner, Rin pulled out a seal scroll with three extra futons for them to sleep on for the night.
Council Meeting
The Hokage sat in front of the council waiting, for the rest of the member to make their way to their seats on time. He thought about what would be like to be retired during his golden years since he was getting tired of all the politics and the secrets. The Hokage wanted to spend more time with his grandson Konohamaru and teach him how to be a ninja and to be a good man. Unfortunately, he is not able to since he has so many responsibilities for now is occupation of Kage is not as easy as they say. For example, this council meeting has the future of two children from the same clan future.
He was about to rock the ship in a council meeting and ruffle the feathers of the civilian council and shinobi council. All because team Ro was returning from a mission and in the process they went to investigate the commotion. To find an Uzumaki family trying hard to survive, only for a tragedy to happen. Now we have a Uzumaki orphan in the village, but lucky for her, she is not alone. Konoha has its own Uzumaki orphan, but he is looked down upon with disdain. But when I bring up the chance to have the Uzumaki clan reinstated.
And show proof that Naruto is half Uzumaki on the side of his mother no one will be able to take his heritage away from him. Uzumaki Kushina's [Will] was something that no one knew existed but for what reason this was being brought up now and not eight years ago. Since Jiraiya of the Sannin is his godfather who will be here as a witness as well, he will give his testimony to the council if further proof is needed. No one will be able to harm little Naruto anymore once the truth of his heritage is revealed. Knowing this the whole council is going to be in an uproar and many are going to try to discredit this and at the same time make an effort to keep control of Naruto.
Once the Sandaime felt his old student join the council meeting he felt it was time to kick things off. Why wait when you're going to give a good show to some of these ignorant people here? Too bad he forgot to have someone take a picture of the crowd to remember the great shock of surprise on the people's faces. He is going to make an effort to find the next Hokage since he knows he is out of his prime, and the village needs a new face to lead them. He needs to make some changes to the village as well before he can pass the hat.
"Everyone please be seated so we can get started with the council meeting today. I have called everyone today to discuss something that I should have done long ago. But for many other reasons, the ninja council knows what I'm about to talk about. Two days ago I received a message from one of our Anbu squads that had stumbled upon a situation that happened near the borders of Kusagakure and Takigakure. In the report, it said that there was a battle that was happening and was getting closer to our borders."
"The team leader decided to investigate during the battle, a civilian family was trying to run to safety, but both mother and daughter got caught in the paper bomb explosion. The daughter was able to survive but the mother got hit with some shrapnel and was fatally injured. So when the Anbu arrived at the scene they performed first aid to the little girl, while someone else was performing on the mother, surprisingly she was still alive. In her last moment was able to say goodbye to her daughter and was able to tell the Anbu they were from a clan that was destroyed during the second shinobi war. Does anyone want to give it a guess what clan it is?" The Sandaime explained as he paused and waited as he looked around the entire room to see if anyone would answer but no one answered as the elderly decided to speak.
"It was the Uzumaki clan, our village's greatest ally that was destroyed during the "Second Shinobi War." They were Konoha's greatest failure to our allies that came to our aid in our greatest need. But we were not able to show the same courtesy since we were stuck on the front lines battling Kumo and Iwa. By the time we were able to send reinforcements, it was too late. We were not able to find any other living Uzumaki during that time."
"I heard rumors that they scattered all over the Elemental Nations but during that time the Daimyo was also there Kage sent his beloved daughter to our village on a S-rank mission. During that time we were at war, and that was when the attack began on Uzushiogakure. It took an entire month of fighting till finally the coalition of Kiri, Kumo, and Iwa, were able to destroy Uzushiogakure. But Konoha had the last royal heir of Uzushiogakure but she decided to become a ninja instead of a princess of her station. It was kept secret from the entire village at her request not to say anything during your time as academy students but your former classmate Uzumaki Kushina was a princess. She was asked if she wanted to live her life in the royal capital with the Daimyo's family, but she refused because I quote.
"I want to be the strongest kunoichi in the Elemental Nation so I can protect my new home, not like what happened to Uzushiogakure. And to serve justice to all the perverts, child abusers, and rapists and string them up from their intestines to let the whole world watch them die in scrutiny unquote."
"She was a very feared kunoichi during her time and could have been on par with or surpass Senju Tsunade with the only difference being that she loved to spill the blood of her enemies. During the last few years, I noticed how they stopped teaching the history of the Uzumaki clan in the academy. And now that I think about it, I don't understand why I let that happen. It was as if someone was compelling me not to look into it." The Sandaime theorized his thoughts out loud on this matter with the council.
While a certain old war hawk began to feel a little nervous inside realizing that his subtle manipulation could get him caught now, he put on his best stoic mask. And acted as if nothing was wrong since he figured for today he would not use the special eye he was able to get from his former operative. Then the Hokage continued to speak.
"Most people either forgot this piece of information or chose not to speak on it but our Shodai Hokage was married to an Uzumaki. Her name was Uzumaki Mito, she was the older sister of the Uzukage of Uzushiogakure. Lady Mito is the grandmother of Lady Senju Tsunade, and since Kushina is the daughter of the Uzukage that makes Kushina and Tsunade cousins. Now the reason I'm giving everyone this history lesson has to do with the young girl they managed to save a few days ago. I have asked the doctor to run a blood test against Kushina and Naruto's blood work.
"To prove that she is from the Uzumaki clan, and I'm sure she has some special ability that will be useful for the village in the future. Now this leads me to bring up the next topic of discussion of Uzumaki Naruto to be recognized as the Uzumaki clan heir." The Sandaime announced to the entire room when the room blew up in an uproar.
All you heard around the room were derogatory comments like "Kill the demon, the demon trying to take over the village, through the Hokage." A pair of council members yelled out. "Lock it up and throw away the key." Another person screams out in protest. "Our beloved village can't become that monster's playground." A female council member yelled out "Our beloved Yondaime would roll in his grave for this insult." A few more made their feelings known not caring about the Hokage or the ninja council thoughts. Again and again, this shows how most people were so ignorant of ninja matters.
And how their feelings could show so much hatred for a little boy trying to survive in this life. To use Naruto as the village scapegoat and for him not to know why he is being hated. It could drive a child into insanity without the proper guidance something he notices he has not done. He began to feel somewhat confused as to why he never gave Naruto more support. Now to put these people in their place, since they're getting out of line, and they think they could do whatever they want. The Sandaime Hokage shot his killer intent at the entire room to silence everyone. So he could explain this simple matter to most of these idiots.
"Silence!" The Hokage yelled, "Now then let me explain." The Hokage said as he gave a quick look around the room. "The reason why Uzumaki Naruto is the Heir of the clan. Maybe you could even call him a prince because his mother is no other than Uzumaki Kushina." The elderly leader told them, shocking the entire room, some had stupefied faces not able to comprehend what they just heard. "And if you require proof I have it right here in my hand with her "will". I will pass it to the ninja council so they can see that I'm not lying about this." The Sandaime explained it to everybody in the council who nodded as they took a moment to examine the scroll to see the Uzumaki clan insignia. Looked at by all the clan heads before it was passed back to the Hokage. He raised his hand to silence everyone.
"I will open the "will" of Uzumaki Kushina in front of everyone and I will read it so there will be no lies in front of you all." The Sandaime said but was interrupted by the elder council members.
"Hokage-sama, you can not do this I thought we agreed to tell the boy when he became a chunin or of age Hokage-sama," Koharu told the Hokage hoping that he would listen to logic.
"Yes Koharu, I did agree at the time but circumstances let me decide on a different direction. And I took both your and Homura's advice till this happened. Now remember you three, you're nothing more but an advisor's nothing more, nothing less do you understand." The Sandaime told them in a commanding voice glaring at his former teammates.
"So where was I? Yes! Kushina "will" I'm sure it's going to be interesting to read." The Sandaime thought "Maybe I should let someone else read it. So that the council won't think I forge this "will." As he pondered this, who his guest reader was going to be? When he looked over Shikaku who was sleeping peacefully during all this he gave the Nara clan head a deadpan look. The Sandaime feeling vindictive only smirked when he called for Shikaku.
"Shikaku, may you please read the "will" for everyone to hear." The Sandaime asked as he handed the will to one of his trusted Anbu to give it to the lazy jonin commander. The only thing everyone could hear was the word "troublesome!." As he got up he let out a sigh of annoyance and walked to the front of the Hokage, grabbed the "will" broke the seal, and unrolled it.
Kushina's Will
If you're opening this will then that means I died in the Kyuubi attack. And if you're opening up my "will" in front of the Konoha council. Please tell the elder advisors what is written on it word for word. If you refuse, it will activate a seal since you are the poor unfortunate individual who's reading my "will." A drawing of Kushina snigger and a happy face victory sign is drawn at the end of this message.
"Troublesome woman even in death!" Shikaku could only slump in defeat before he began to read out loud for everyone to hear.
"Hey you old farts, I hope you died in the Kyubbi attack if not I hope you die soon enough. I wrote this "will" just in case you won't give my child a hard time or maybe try to hold him back like you did with me. I don't understand how the Hokage ji-chan can put up with you old fossils while calling yourself so-called advisors. Since I'm dead already, here is some good advice for you all. Retire for Kami's sake! Get a life, go on a vacation. You deserve it since you are old veterans of all three of the "Shinobi Wars." Or it might seem that all three of you are masochistic when doing paperwork. I thought the Hokage-ji-chan was the only one." haha winking and a victory sign was drawn.
"Danzo, you mummy bastard. You better keep your Root Forces away from my son. He is no tool, or going to be an emotionless pawn. So please if you can die a very painful and torturous death thank you very much. There was a drawing with a happy face and thumbs up."
P.S. Slice your throat for good measure. A winking smiley face was drawn.
There was a different reaction to what was just read. You had people look dumbfounded, you had others trying to hold their laughter, while others just busted out laughing at the expense of the elders of Konoha. And you had the elders who were furious and not able to believe all that was said in front of their peers and colleagues. The Sandaime could only sweat drop at the absurd situation. While Shikaku wanted the freak show to end so he could go back to his napping.
"I, Uzumaki Kushina, will be leaving all my possessions and assets to my only Son and heir of the Uzumaki clan, Uzumaki Naruto. All my account numbers and currency will immediately go to him once this "will" is red. Konoha will pay the Uzumaki clan a percentage and interest for the use of all Uzumaki fuinjutsu. Failure to do so will lead the Uzumaki clan to take legal action. If Konoha refuses to compensate, then the Uzumaki clan will have an audience with the Daimyo and get compensation from him.
"If by any chance Uzumaki Naruto's father isn't alive then the guardianship will go to his godfather. If he is not around because of a mission. Then Uzumaki Naruto would go to his godmother Senju Tsunade. If Tsunade is still not back and still having her pity party I have a seal on the scroll with a letter for her. Hokage-ji-chan sends someone to find that old hag. The other godmother I chose for an emergency, only if she is in front of the council. My best friend in the whole world since I came to the village. Uchiha Mikoto would be the next person to take care of my son.
P.S. Miko-chan Don't let them old fart bullie your family. And please don't let Fugaku, miss treat my beloved son. And from the trust funds, you will receive one million ryo a year for Uzumaki Naruto.
There were sealed letters for Naruto, Sarutobi, Miko-chan, Tsunade, and Kakashi giving them last-minute instructions to everyone she was able to trust. Shikaku noticed this as he folded up the scroll and handed it back to the Hokage who looked amused and shocked at what was written in Kushina's "will." He never would have expected her to call out Konoha's elders to retire and for Danzo to die, this was her last and final prank on Konoha elders. Nara's clan head gave his village leader a death glare, who just ignored it, not fazed by Nara's intimidation tactics. In the meanwhile the conference room was in complete shock over the revelations that were heard just a moment ago, even the Jiraya who was hidden under his [Toton no jutsu] was in shock with some of the things that Kushina revealed to all.
Meanwhile, the clan heads of each ninja clan were going over the documents proving Uzumaki Naruto's parentage with his mother Uzumaki Kushina. Many of them realized who Naruto's father was since there was only one man she was always around during their time over the years. The fact that it was kept a secret some also figure that his father's enemies may try to assassinate him extinguishing the man's legacy. Once everyone was done going over the proof of the child's heritage, they were passed to the civilian council so they could see for themselves. Many were not happy to see that Uzumaki Kushina was an extraordinary kunoichi with a highly decorated background and was in the Anbu before taking her leave because she became pregnant. The documents were passed back to the Hokage before silencing the room but were interrupted by Nara Shikaku.
"Hokage-sama since Uzumaki Naruto's godfather is not around or Senju Tsunade that means that Uchiha Mikoto will be his new guardian under Konoha's law stated by her "will," Shikaku asked he hoped the child of his friend would have a better life.
"I oppose Uchiha Mikoto to have guardianship over our village jinchuriki, that is giving far more power than a clan deserves in my opinion. I have been telling you since all those years ago to let me have the jinchuriki and I would be able to train him into our village ultimatum weapon." Danzo requested once again in hopes of being able to get more secrets from the Uzumaki clan.
"Requested is rejected I would never hand over Uzumaki Naruto to you my old friend you might cause more harm than good around the Elemental Nations. Now I'm requesting the reinstatement of the Uzumaki clan to be put through a vote of the council. The Sandaime announced catching many off guard with the turn of events.
"Hizruzen!" Danzo shouted it when he got hit with a blast of killing intended by the Hokage stopping the bandage man in his track by getting out of line.
"If you have forgotten the Uchiha clan right now is a shadow of itself compared to before it's going to take many generations for them to get back to becoming a big clan once again. So by giving her legal custody of both Uzumaki's, they would be able to help the Uchiha clan out as an extra pair of hands. But we will talk about a situation later with you in private since I'm sure we have much to discuss would you say." The Sandaime said as the old warhawk nodded in agreement while looking displeased at the turn of events.
"Now we are going to start the voting to reinstate the Uzumaki clan back into Konoha. Here are the fourteen pieces of paper yes or no for the ninja clans and civilian council to make their votes. Once you make your vote please stay quiet and wait for me to walk by and place your vote in this clear jar. If they more for yes then the Uzumaki clan gets reinstated. If the same is for then the Uzumaki clan won't be reinstated and could partition for another chance in four years. If they're a draw then we could flip a coin as the final decision." The Sandaime explained readily to get this vote started since there are more village issues to discuss.
The vote took a total of eight minutes as the Hokage got up and began to walk around collecting votes. He believed that this was going to be a close vote depending on the civilian who was willing to extend their vote to the Uzumaki clan. The only ninja clan that is going to vote against the Uzumaki clan will be the Shimura clan because if the Uzumaki can be reinstated Danzo would lose his chance to get a hold of Naruto. The Hokage wished the Tsunade was here to be able to help out with the votes when he finished collecting the votes he went to the front of the room and started counting the votes before announcing.
"Everyone quiet down I have the total tallie of the vote fifteen voted yes and twelve voted no. The decision is made the Uzumaki clan will be reinstated and will be on the watchful eyes of the new clan head of the Uchiha clan. Hatake Kakashi here is the scroll that was left to you, and make sure to inform me in case tell you anything important that I should know. Mikoto here is the scroll Kushina left you as well if anything important that is relevant please don't hesitate to come to me. I'll be transferring the million ryo from the Uzumaki account for every year Uzumaki Naruto lives with you and becomes a genin." The Sandaime said as he grabbed his scroll before going back to his spot to continue the meeting.
"Thank you, Hokage-sama I'll make sure to keep the Uzumaki children healthy and safe. I'll be sure to let you know if anything important happens," Mikoto responded as she gave a small bow to the elderly Sandaime.
"Now on another important topic, we had an investigation on the Uchiha massacre there was evidence that Uchiha Itachi was not the only person that killed the clan. The section that Itachi battles was done with less damage compared to the other sections. Plus the other two battlefields most of the Uchiha's eyes were taken from their corpses. This is a serious problem if our enemies manage to get a hold of the [Sharingan] they will be able to use it against Konoha and that can't be allowed. If you ever see a non-Uchiha with the [Sharingan] kill and retrieve the eye or eyes." The Sandaime commands as if he was placing none Konoha Uchihas with a bounty on their heads.
"Hokage-sama I request all eyes be returned to the Uchiha clan to be placed in a safe location where no one can steal them. And do you have any idea who else was involved with the stealing of the eyes?" The Uchiha Matriarch asked as she gave a serious look to the Sandaime to tell him to give a clear answer.
"At this moment I am not able to say since the investigation is still ongoing and I would have to talk to you about that matter in private. So many things have happened that I have to take one thing at a time as long as nothing else happens. The village should be alright till our next generation of strong ninjas rises and makes their mark on the Elemental Nations." The Sandaime explained so everyone would stay calm in case they began to panic about an invasion.
"Now that the military police was dissolved do you have any plans for the security of the village?" Kohaku Aoi asked the question that most people in the council were wondering.
"For now I need to get a total account of our ninja forces and depending on the amounts of missions we receive I would have a better idea of how to distribute the rest of the forces." The Sandaime replied to appease most of the council mainly the civilian side, while the bigger clans didn't seem so convinced.
"Hokage-sama, I recommend that we send out some Anbu teams and chunin teams at the border in case someone tries to invade us in our time of weakness. The Uchiha clan almost came close to being snuffed out of existence it would be a matter of time before the other villages hear of this and try to prob our defense." Nara Shikaku said as he guided the council towards his main plan of helping the village and by extension the Sandaime.
"What are you trying to imply?" A council men asked who his commercial business owner was not like what he was about to hear next.
"Troublesome! Let me make it clear for everyone now Konoha is weak right now and the only way I could see us improve this problem is to reform the academy and the way the teams are put together. So what I mean is instead of placing the best boy and girl with the worst boy or girl teammate in my opinion only holds back the teams. The children should be able to get along and complement each genin fighting style like the Ino-Shika-Cho as an example. It would get better graduation results and for the ones that ended up failing, they would go back one or two years of remedial academy to get the proper training making them mentally mature and ready for the ninja life." Shikaku told the council surprised that the Nara of all people would say such a thing, while the most experienced ninjas nodded at the man's logic.
"Shikaku you know that it has been a long-standing tradition for how the teams have been assigned. It has never led us wrong as some of our greatest ninjas grow up that way." The Sandaime responded feeling sort of offended that the jonin commander would even say such a thing.
"I'm sorry Hokage-sama but I disagree with you there, it might be okay with you and the masses about the academy but if we hadn't lost the Uchiha clan to keep the same system but now that we do have the same amount of ninjas as before we need a change and this is the perfect time to make new changes to the academy with all the clan heirs are in the incoming batch in a few days," Shikaku said as murmurs were heard all around the conference room while catching the eye of the Warhawk who gave a silent nod of approval.
"Shikaku let me say you are right do you have a copy of the modified ninja program for everyone to see before the new academy year starts? Are there changes you would like to bring up in front of the council?" The Sandaime asked as he was curious why was the Nara clan putting so much effort now.
"I don't Hokage-sama but if you give me two days or less I could put something together. As for the other changes I would like to have last year's students of each class do D-rank missions with the supervision of retired ninjas who are past their prime or severely injured on a mission and were forced to retire they would volunteer and help speed up the next generation in their training. And by assigning a different combination to each mission we would determine the most appropriate team when they graduated. The genins would continue doing D-ranks as well since the academy does take time off to keep the continued flow of mission. We would be able to use our genins as security and are less likely to be corrupted by the civilians and would teach them to be more vigilant. Once they completed a certain amount of D-rank missions we would be able to assign them to C-rank missions that would also free up are chunins for the harder missions like guarding our borders. In no time the village would be at one hundred percent from the losses of the Kyubbi attack and the Uchiha massacre." Shikaku replied getting a nod of approval from the ninja council but was interrupted by and civilian when he spoke up.
"If I heard correctly are you saying the academy is going to go through some reforms? This means you are going to increase the difficulty of graduating from the academy am I correct?" the middle-aged councilman said as the rest of the council went into an uproar.
"Yes that is correct why is there a problem with that," Shikaku asked knowing what was going to happen next.
"You have no right to change the curriculum of the academy. We the civilian council won't allow it without our say so." The middle-aged councilman screamed in his rage that this ninja would do such a thing, while most of the civilians agreed with him.
"Let me remind you lowly civilians this is a ninja village, not a civilian one, and if I remember correctly the Nidaime Hokage was the person to create the Ninja Academy. It has nothing to do with the civilians and if you not going to like the changes that going to happen then be my guest and move out of Konoha it is not like we need you or your family and business here." Kohaku Aoi said agreeing with the jonin commander about the decline of the ninja academy.
"Let us put it to a vote then because I have to agree with Shikaku-donno with his assessment of the academy. The students are just getting water-down lessons because of the low standards of the academy." Hyuga Hiashi commented as he agreed with the Nara clan head with his analysis of everything that has been brought up.
"Thank you Hiashi-donno for taking my side in this matter but we won't need to vote under Konoha laws code 101.7 Matters of the Ninja Academy is strictly under the Hokage rule as Konohagakure no Soto is a military dictatorship. During times of military decline, the Hokage has full authority to make all necessary changes for the greater good of Konoha. Anyone who goes against it or tries to impose their views on the Hokage will be regarded as a traitor and immediately executed without question. So if you allow me Hokage-sama just tell the council to stay out of ninja matters and everything will be fine." Shikaku said as he finally closed his eyes and took care of that problem, everyone in the room was in shock at the fact that he of all people gave the Hokage the power to let him do what he needed to do.
"Anbu please go retrieve the Konoha law book on my bookshelf and come back immediately" Sandaime requested as the Anbu vanished in a [Shunshin] for a few minutes before he returned once again this time with the Konoha laws
The civilian council became nervous that if that law did exist then they would not be able to do anything about it. And the fact that they were able to get away with it on a vote tricking the ninja council was something they could be proud of these last few years. The ones that were involved during that time during the vote and the people that wanted to gain more power within the village just hoped not to get executed for it. Once the law is discovered those people will stop fighting the changes that were going to happen at the Ninja Academy. The Hokage went through the thick book until he reached the page he was looking for when he began to read it. After a few minutes, he asked for his advisor and the clan head to look over the page, and when they were done reading all nodded in agreement as the ninja council was happy with this new find. While the civilian council lost one of the edges over the Hokage and the control of the Ninja Academy.
"Now that we read the undeniable facts of that law that Nara Shikaku found since he was the one to bring it up I will leave him to put together the curriculum. And have it done in the next three days for the new academy year? The second through fourth-year students will be given a chance to graduate with the new standards. If not they will go back to the academy and won't count against them and then they will see the difference in the school system. The fourth-year students will have a chance to do D-rank missions as an introduction to the ninja life to get them ready for the harder ranks." The Sandaime explained a summarized version of the jonin commander's explanation as everyone in the room listened carefully until someone brought up another subject.
"If the Uzumaki clan is being reinstated to Konoha then we should place Uzumaki Naruto on the Clan Restoration Act. As the soul Uzumaki male he must restore the clan so it won't die out when he becomes old enough. That law is also in the Konoha law written by our sensei And he placed it there just in case any of the major clans needed to be rebuilt right away." Shimura Danzo explained as you heard many groans and gasps in the room, as the Warhawk smirked internally to himself at his old friend for giving him and headache to deal with.
"Yes Danzo I know that law very well and we will be able to discuss this at a later date since the child is still too to young have children. If no one has anything else to say I will reschedule for another meeting in three days. Shikaku have presentation ready, otherwise everyone may leave now." The Sandaime said as he saw a look of disgust on the Uchiha matriarch that anyone would do that to a child, so she stayed behind to have some words with her village leader.
"Hokage-sama I don't approve of the matter of the C.R.A being placed on Naruto-kun. If Kushina was still alive I'm pretty sure she would have killed most of the civilian council without a second thought. She also specifically called out Danzo as a person who shouldn't be trusted with anything that has to do with Naruto-kun either. And just to let you know Hokage-sama I know who the child's father is since it doesn't take a genius to know who Kushina was married to since it was kept secret from the public." Mikoto said as she showed her displeasure with the Sandaime who sighed in resignation knowing that some of the clan heads might know who Naruto's father was as well.
"Unfortunately it is an actual law mostly to help the Senju clan to keep producing more children but over the years they have died out. So I'm sure he saw this as a chance to keep the Uzumaki clan alive for a little longer. And I have to agree with you if Kushina was still alive she would have killed these civilians without a second thought and she wouldn't have been punished for it since she is royalty. As for knowing the Naruto's father, it's an S-class secret so be sure you keep it to yourself since it is punishable by death." The Sandaime said giving the Uchiha matriarch a hard stare with some killing intent.
"I understand Hokage-sama I'll be sure not to tell him who his father is or anyone else as asked. I'll be taking my leave then Hokage-sama" Mikoto said as she gave a small bow as she slowly stood up and left the room, making the village leader sigh as he walked back towards his office.
Slowly everyone began to leave the council meeting room while many of the people were having hushed conversation with everything that was said. The civilians are not happy that the demon child was actually from a clan and after to find out that he is royalty which is a big shock to everyone in the room. Since the Uzumaki child is the last known member of the royal clan the Hokage advisor suggested that he be placed on the Clan Restoration Act to help in the future build his clan to an acceptable number. The biggest surprise was the jonin commander requesting to reform the Ninja Academy and for the last year, students to begin doing D-rank missions with the current genins.
To many, this seems to be a great idea since it was in a way helping the village to free up more chunins to go on need missions compared to the genins who are still growing up and learning. This was the easiest way the Jonin commander saw how to use and spread their forces in a much simpler way, without weakening Konoha and at the same time giving the new generation of ninjas the experience they need as they develop and get older. Many of the clan heads were surprised that Nara Shikaku of all people decided to get involved in such a troublesome situation. But nobody knew the reason for this since the man kept all his strategy to himself so that nobody could come up with a counter-argument leaving all the cards in his hands. For the next three days, he was going to be busy putting together the new academy curriculum that would benefit the children and the future of Konoha.
A/N: Hello my fellow readers and writers I actually kinda forgot about this chapter since Fanfiction was having problems so I didn't load the chapter and moved to the next one to do my rewrite it. Since I've been working on my own light novel I put a hold on these stories till I noticed that fanfiction fixed their glitch. So I'm posting some of the stories I've been working on I hope everyone enjoys them.
