39.Leaf Politics

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At the time i was in the grass village, Danzo who was cowardly hiding came out with his plans thinking that I would not come back as three years had passed and I didn't take any actions against him. He had already made sure to blame the Uchihas on the Ninetails attack.

Danzo was in his underground base planning when Hiruzen called him. He went to the Hokage's office and knocked. Hearing a "come in", he entered. As soon as Hiruzen saw Danzo, he spoke "Danzo, I know that you are the one who spread rumours about the fourths son. I told you not to be rash. What will happen if Jiraya or Kakashi come to know if it?"

Danzo snorted "Hmph! Hiruzen, I had nothing to do in this matter. I asked you to give him to me, but you refused scared of that Kakashi boy who hasn't shown up in three years. Who knows if he's still alive. You forbid me from tracking him. Also Jiraya wouldn't care about the kid. He didn't even come back to see him".

Hiruzen shook his head and handed Danzo a bingo book. Danzo took the book and his face started losing colour. He said "Hiruzen, it must be exaggerated". Hiruzen replied "You and I know quite well that it's not an exaggeration as he has mastered that jutsu and also has a sharingan".

Danzo threw the book on the table "It's all your fault Hiruzen. You let him go and now he's gotten stronger, maybe stronger than Minato". He then dashed back to his base slamming the door. Hiruzen just sighed 'I hope you don't end up in trouble my friend. I cannot help you on this one'.

Danzo went straight to the underground base. He was now afraid. He thought Kakashi wouldn't return and proceeded with his plan to get the Jinchuriki. But after seeing the bingo book entry, he was scared. So he went into hiding again.

At the same time, Kumo delegates had come to the village to sign a peace treaty and the date coincided with the Hyuga clan heiress Hinata's third birthday. The same night, the Kumo ninjas kidnapped Hinata and Hiashi Hyuga, Hinata's father killed the kidnapper.

This caused an uproar in the village. The Raikage blamed the leaf village for killing a Kumo Shinobi and wouldn't hear anything more and declared war on the leaf village if they don't surrender the killer to Kumo.

Hiruzen had a huge headache and he started thinking. He wanted to solve the problem without a war and he very well knew that the Raikage is just a brute and would really wage war if his demands are not met.

Also at this time, the Uchiha clan were condemned and sent to the outskirts of the village and he knew that they will not help if a war were to happen. Also the village had lost a lot of Shinobi and the fourth Hokage during the Ninetails attack three years ago and not yet recovered.

Even the Jinchuriki of the village was just a kid who is not even a Shinobi where as Kumo had two Jinchurikis where one had full control over the tailed beast. As they fought in the third Shinobi war.

Hiruzen then contacted his advisors Homura, Koharu and Danzo to get a solution on the matter. Koharu said "What do we do? We can't fight another war. Just let the Hyuga clan handle the matter on its own." Hiruzen replied "That's not possible. The Raikage is blaming the village in the matter. Not the Hyuga clan".

Homura this time spoke "Yes. If we let the Hyuga clan handle the matter, they will never succumb to the demand and knowing the Raikage, a war will be imminent. Also we will lose the support of many clans if we were to do this."

Danzo now spoke "we have control over all the clans in the village. We forced the Uchiha clan to move outskirts as we couldn't control them and the Uchiha might revolt in the future. The Hyuga clan is now growing strong. Perhaps this can bring their arrogance down a notch and we can control them".

After hearing Danzo's words, Koharu said "Yes Danzo is right. We will ask them to surrender the killer to Kumo". Hiruzen shook his head "But the problem here is that the one who killed the Kumo Shinobi is the clan head Hiashi Hyuga. If it was anyone else, we could have forced them to hand the person over".

All three of them started thinking for a while and Homura spoke "I have a solution. Just arrange a clan meeting and tell the Hyuga clan in front of everyone that if we don't surrender the killer, the Raikage has declared war.

Nobody wants war at this time and the Hyuga clan head will be forced to make a choice or they would get the same fate as the Uchiha and will be singled out by everyone for starting a war. So I think the Hyuga clan will make a wise choice."

Listening to Homura's plan, all three of them thought that it might work out. Hiruzen said "But...." he was interrupted by Danzo "Now Hiruzen, I agree with Homura. This is the only way out of the problem. It will also bring the Hyuga clan down a notch".

All three advisors nodded and Hiruzen had to accept as there was no other way around the matter. He thought 'Yes. everything if for the sake of the village.' And finally nodded accepting the plan.

At this time in between the issues, Hiruzen didn't have time to care about Naruto's matter. So he let him be. That was a huge mistake on his part which he will find out soon.

As this was going on, a three year old kid with blonde hair was roaming the streets with sadness apparent in his face. He walked for a while while everyone saw him with contempt and anger. As he was just a kid, he started getting tired after a short while.

He sat under a shade to get some rest, but at this time, he smelled something delicious and went in that direction. He saw a small shop where the smell was coming from and peeked inside.

Teuchi just finished cooking some Ramen and came to the counter only to see a blonde kid peaking into his restaurant. At this time, the kid's stomach growled. Teuchi hearing the growl, laughed and said "Who are you kid?"

The kid stoped hiding and came into the shop and introduced himself "I'm Naruto Uzumaki". Teuchi now saw the kid clearly and remembered my words thre years back 'If you see a blonde kid with whiskers, feed him anything he wants.'

Teuchi remembered the kids parents and a small tear escaped his eye. He wiped the tear and spoke with a smile "Looks like you are hungry kid. Come have some Ramen. It's on the house." Naruto hearing this happily sat down at the counter.

Teuchi gave him some Ramen and Naruto started eating. At this time, Teuchi asked "Where are you living Naruto? I'll send someone to get you back home". Naruto hearing this made a sad face and said "I was living in the Orphanage, but they kicked me out in the morning saying that I was a monster".

Teuchi opened his eyes wide and gritted his teeth and yelled "The nerve of these fools".