Ch. 36

--Tsunade POV--

After I kissed Zach and he locked himself into the safe room, it was time to talk to Naruto. He hadn't come out of his room since he went in yesterday, and we've given him enough time to think about all that's happened. With that, I made my way to his room and knocked on the door.

Tsunade: "Naruto."

No response, so I knocked again.

Tsunade: "Naruto, sweety, open the door."

After a minute Naruto cracked the door and left it like that, opening the door, I could see him skulking back to his bed and climbing upon it. I followed and sat next to him and ran my fingers through his hair.

Tsunade: "You want to talk about it?"

He stayed quiet for another minute as I was running my hand through his hair.

Naruto: "Why did they all have to die?"

Tsunade: "Because they were bad people."

Naruto: "But why? They could have changed!"

Tsunade: "Sweety, they would not change. Think of it this way, Konoha is a giant tree and they are termites that gorge themselves on it, killing it from the inside. Then let's say a giant wind blows and since the termites have eaten away a lot of the structure of the tree, it would cause the tree to fall. I had them killed because many things are coming that you don't know about, Naruto. Our tree will not fall to the great wind, and will come out on top."

Naruto: "I can understand that, I just don't like it!"

Tsunade: "You don't have to like it, I don't like it. But we have to do what we have to do. For the village, we both love, for our families and memories of our families. You know, you're a lot like my little brother, he wanted to be Hokage just like you. He was as headstrong as you too ya know?"

That got Naruto to laugh and lighten the mood. As I continued to run my hand through his hair, I thought for a second before removing my hand and grabbing my grandfather's necklace. With that, I looked at him, and he questioningly looked back to me, then I placed the necklace on him.

Tsunade: "This was my grandfather, the First Hokage's necklace, it was given to him by his wife Mito Uzumaki. I had given it to my little brother once he told me he wanted to be the Hokage just like our grandfather, wear it proudly, Naruto."

With that Naruto got a fiery look in his eyes and nodded, he held onto the necklace with one hand and looked me directly in the eyes.

Naruto: "I'll make you proud, Tsunade-sama!"

???: "Ho-ho, how splendid."

That voice made me freeze from familiarity, it's been years since I heard her voice. But how is it possible that grandma Mito is alive? I saw her die!

Tsunade: "G-g-granny Mito?"

A ghostly visage of Mito appeared next to Naruto on the bed, causing us to jump in surprise while she started laughing. After a minute I calmed down enough to get my thoughts together, but Naruto was stiff as a board seeing a ghost.

Mito: "Let me tell you, Tsunade, your husband is quite the catch!"

That made me blush.

Tsunade: "Yes, he is."

Mito: "All that energy that you two created while… Yeah, anyways, that interesting energy helped stabilize my soul piece in the necklace that your grandfather left you. Then, when you put the necklace on this young boy, who looks surprisingly like Minato, the energy from the Kyuubi mixed, and I was able to manifest myself."

That left me speechless for a couple of minutes and my jaw hanging open. Her ethereal hand reached over and tried to shut my jaw, but it just passed through me. Mito laughed at her blunder, and it brought me out of my daze.

Tsunade: "How long can you stay like that?"

Mito: "Not too sure myself, but I'm not feeling any strain, so possibly a long time. When I'm in the necklace, I'm not losing anything."

Tsunade: "That's great to hear! We've got so much to catch up on! Oh right, you said he looked like Minato, and you are correct! Bet you can't guess who his mother was!"

Mito laughed at that and then rubbed her chin in thought, staring at the still frightened little boy. As he saw her staring back to him, he started to back up, and I just placed my hand on his back, reassuring him. Scratching his back to get his attention, he looked up at me.

Tsunade: "Naruto, I'd like you to meet the person who took care of and taught your mother. In everything but blood, she is your grandmother, Mito Uzumaki."

Mito and Naruto's eyes were filled with shock and curiosity for each other.

Tsunade: "So, with that, I'm going to leave you two to get to know each other. I've got to set up some stuff and people to talk to."

With that, I left the two to talk about at least one thing they had in common. Closing the door behind me, I spotted Shizune waiting for me like she always does. I need to find her a man one of these days.

Tsunade: "Shizune, I need you to go and fetch Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Shikaku Nara. Bring them here immediately and keep it secret. If Shikaku tries to say it will be too troublesome, tell him that I will tell his wife about the time I caught him napping in the women's sauna. They will be here for multiple days and should pack accordingly, no one will be leaving till it's over."

Shizune gave an evil grin with the blackmail portion of it and darted off to gather the participants. With that, I got started and collected Zach's laptop and brought it to the dining room. The first to arrive was Jiraiya, I believe he started to stay at the Wandering Inn with it being the most happening place in Konoha.

Jiraiya: "I take it we're planning for the fallout of what we did."

Tsunade: "Partially, I'm going to open the eyes of you and the other two coming. You and Kakashi already know of the atrocities that Danzo has done, but we're bringing Shikaku into the fold for his brilliant mind. After he gets the rundown on Danzo, I'm going to blow your minds."

Jiraiya just nodded and sat down on the couch facing the TV that I had Zach's laptop connected to, and waited for the other two. Shikaku arrived shortly after grumbling about troublesome matters and I just stared him down. Kakashi showed up 30 minutes late, but it's something to be expected. As they all settled down, I had the Danzo page of the fandom up for Shikaku to get on the same page as the other two.

Tsunade: "Ok, so, Shikaku, read what is on the screen and tell me when to move down so you can continue."

He gave a lazily nod and started reading, as he read more and more he started to get interested. Motioning me to scroll down, I complied and could see from his body language that he was getting more and more agitated at the information he was reading. By the end of the page, no one could hide their anger at what Danzo had done and will do.

Shikaku: "Is all of this true?"

Kakashi just nodded his head.

Kakashi: "The stuff that I was involved in I know for a fact is true. Which only leads me to believe that the rest is true, I don't know about the future stuff, but It seems to follow his logic."

Tsunade: "I want to break in right there. What I'm about to tell you is a beyond S-Rank secret."

I stared into each of their eyes, and they nodded.

Tsunade: "My husband is not from this world. He's from a world where a person created a story about ours. The author might have some highly advanced prophetic visions in order to do it. I didn't think they were accurate until it was confirmed with the invasion during the chunin exams. During these couple days, I will show you the story and answer questions as best as I can, Shizune will be on hand to answer questions too."

With that, another binging of the Naruto anime and manga happened. This time with some of the brightest minds in Konoha. The winds of war are starting to pick up, and we will be prepared for the storm.