Compromise

In a hall, an eerie silence was present, currently two people were holding the main position of this hall.

Mizuki was standing behind Tsunade while she herself sat on the main seat.

" What is the meaning of this?! "

Rasa banged the table before him, as his forehead had nerves popping up, he looked at Tsunade and Mizuki as if he was going to eat them alive.

His yell broke the eerie silence.

To that, Tsunade narrowed her eyes as she banged the table with double force, breaking it into little pieces on the impact point.

Looking at Rasa with a warlike attitude, she questioned him on the face.

" Exactly, what is the meaning of this?! If sand dosen't give an explanation immediately, Konoha would consider this a declaration of war. "

Tsunade huffed as Rasa flinched back, Chiyo glared at Tsunade with a bad look to her face.

Yagura was sitting at another position while Mei was standing behind him.

The leader of waterfall village and other smaller leaders decided to keep quiet, it wasn't their part to speak when great Ninja village's are arguing.

" I think we should stop wasting time, Kazekage, your army has been apprehended by Konoha's blue spectre, it's clear what your intentions are. "

Yagura interjected, he was here as Mizukage and he owed spectre a debt. Being allies he had to speak up for Konoha.

Chiyo saw that the situation was not good, so she began speaking instead of Rasa.

" Mizukage, Konoha has no right to attack Kazekage's son on the grounds of suspicion alone, if Konoha doesn't give an apology, sand dosen't mind going to war. "

To this Tsunade scoffed.

" Son? You mean your jinchuriki? The village's war weapon. "

Chiyo didn't budge at all.

" No matter his position, it's sand Shinobi's business, not something Konoha should intervene in. "

Mizuki laughed out loud at that as he wiped a tear.

" I think you are misunderstanding something here. "

In response to his interruption, Chiyo looked at Mizuki with hatred, his white hair and sheer confidence was reminding her of White Fang, so she rebuked him harshly.

" You are in no position to speak, you are not the Hokage kid. "

To which Mizuki smiled as he looked at her pityingly.

" Neither are you. "

" Hag. "

Chiyo's forehead popped nerves as she gritted her teeth at the disrespect she was receiving.

Mizuki didn't let out though.

" You speak only empty words, bringing a jinchuriki to a village without informing? That's enough to sentence him to death. "

Tsunade nodded to this showing her support.

" Mizuki is right, from this moment Konoha would take full custody of one tail jinchuriki. Gaara. "

Rasa boiled immediately, his decades of work can't go down the drain.

" No! You can't do that! You will regret it! "

Gold dust started gathering around Rasa as everyone on the table stood up, this might devolve to a very ugly situation.

" Sit down clown. "

Mizuki tilted his head as his rampant contempt showed itself in the form of a chakra burst.

The whole hall began shaking as he recreated the scene of Hokage's chakra pressure against Orochimaru.

And from the looks of the fine sweat forming on both Rasa and Chiyo's faces, they got exactly what Orochimaru felt facing the first and second Hokage.

Utter fear.

" You got no business jumping around here in Konoha, you are not only the murderer of your wife, you also made your own son's life miserable. "

Mizuki spoke high sounding words, not only will this give them enough of a moral high ground, this will make their takeover of Sand Shinobi valid.

" What do you know?! I had to sacrifice them for the village! You sit here on a mountain of gold so you speak high words, try spending a day in sand, before pointing fingers. "

Rasa got over his fear of Mizuki through sheer hatred.

But Mizuki surprisingly nodded to that.

" I understand, while everything is true, you made a tiny mistake. "

Giving him a look filled with absolute mockery, Mizuki said.

" Who are you to sacrifice someone's else's life for the village?? Want to help the village you say, then why don't you sacrifice your own life first eeh? "

Rasa visibly twitched, and Mizuki laughed

" Face it, you don't have the guts to do what it takes, that's why you use your family, the only ones who go with your unreasonable demands. "

Rasa had stopped speaking as he realised he cannot beat Mizuki, not only was he not about to back down in a fight, he would also not move an inch in talk.

Rasa might have gotten emotional, but he was still a kage, he was also testing the wild card of Konoha.

And his test showed spectre had a lot of hatred for him.

" ... I see. If that's your thought process, I have nothing to say. "

Mizuki shook his head.

" It's a fact Kazekage sama, and you still do have something to say, your precious words agreeing to one tails ownership. "

Rasa closed his eyes, he had lost completely, but so what, all he would need to do is sacrifice Gaara.

He wanted to kill Gaara anyway, that kid might be his son, but Rasa cared for Gaara as much as he cared for good parenting.

Zero.

" Konoha can have one tails for the lifespan of Gaara or until a ninja war breaks out. If these terms aren't agreeable, we have nothing to discuss. "

Now that Mizuki had taken in the role of aggressor, Tsunade can safely play the role of peacemaker.

They had this play set up before hand, that's why Mizuki had to act so arrogantly all the time, his job was to counter Chiyo and Rasa's unreasonable demands.

And he did that beautifully.

" Konoha wouldn't make any unreasonable demands of sand. We would like to continue our alliance, but terms need to change. "

Pointing towards Mizuki, Tsunade said.

" He would be the one going to Suna, the terms would be sent with him. "

Rasa visibly turned ashen at that, this was a naked threat, a man who can teleport in an out of anywhere, and he was someone who could fight for three days and nights.

Sending him to the village was absolutely intended as a threat.

But Rasa can do nothing but agree to it, Chiyo decided to not speak anymore, what's done is done, they are losers, now what they need to do is minimize the loss.

* Clap *

Yagura was the center of attention all at once as his clap resounded through the hall.

" Now that this is done, we should start the first round of the Chunin exams. We have postponed it for a day because of this mess Kazekage caused. "

Rasa twitched his lips at that, Mist was awfully close to Konoha, another bad news for Sand.

" Yes, we shall start it immediately, we have set up a new setup, too many villages have participated. But we will keep it absolutely fair. "

Tsunade spoke on behalf of Konoha as she passed the new Chunin exams rules to the leaders present.

Mizuki too took on a sheet as he went through the rules, wondering how funny the world works, so many things change from little ripples.

Even the Chunin exams have changed, and there was one more person present who was very interesting.

Fu, she had also come for the Chunin exams, and Mizuki was quite curious how she would bounce off Naruto.