Chapter 31: The disrupted Leaf

The sun raised to the sky as its rays fell on the village hidden in the leaves.

The village mourned as less than 2 days ago a man came and massacred hundreds and hundreds of leaf shinobi, and destroyed the leaf's Hokage monument.

The village was in shambles and the Third Hokage's death was just salt on the wounds. But then just like the morning rays, a new hope shined upon the people of Koha, Tsunade Senju also known as slug princess has taken the role of the 5th Hokage.

All of the Konoha's clan heads and the civilian council have gathered. All of them in their personal choice of the garment were sitting in their respective seats.

The room's door was opened and out came a woman, the fifth Hokage Tsunade Senju.

Tsunade is a fair-skinned woman with brown eyes and straight blonde hair that parts above her forehead. Her hair has shoulder-length bangs that frame her face and the rest reaches her lower back

She took the sea towards the middle of the room, as all the council members glanced towards her.

"Why have you gathered us today? Tsunade-sama, " one of the people from the civilian council asked.

"As many of you may know that just 2 days ago the hidden leaf was attacked by the village hidden in sound and the village hidden in the sand. But the most damage was not even done by the hidden sand, nor by the hidden sound, it was done by a single man, a single man who killed at least 2000 Shinobi combined of the hidden sound, sand, and leaf within a few hours. " Tsunade said as the rest of the council waited for her to continue.

"After some research done by Jiraiya's spy network, it has come to my attention that this attack was done by a mercenary now an SS-rank criminal Mugiwara, whose real name is Sanemi Yukimura!" Tsunade exclaimed.

"But Tsunade-sama the one who attacked does not follow the appearance of either Mugiwara or Sanemi-dono. " One of the councilmen tried to refute. They cannot just publically attack such a famous merchant out of nowhere if proven wrong this could lead to severe backlash.

"The information was provided by Jiraiya- The gallant himself, with some proof as the documents are present in front of you all, Sanemi has repeatedly threatened the lives of our Jinchuriki, Naruto Uzumaki, and many other Jinchurikis. It is to be believed that he is now part of the group called Akatsuki, a group of S-rank criminals who are trying to capture all the Jinchurikis. " Tsunade finished as she passed down the papers to everyone in the room.

"Tsunade-sama are you 100% sure you want to do this? in case it fails, in case the Fire Daimyo takes the side of the Yukimura business, it will eventually lead to the collapse of Leaf's economy. " Danzo asked as he calmly sipped his tea.

"Are you stating that Jiraiya's lying or that he is incorrect?" Tsunade asked as she narrowed her eyes.

"Neither, I am asking about is that are you really sure you want to pass this information, in case this information is true he will be declared an SS-rank criminal for Konoha as well, and officially become one of the few of the people who have run on sight, Not only that but this would worsen the relations between the sand and the leaf and we will have to adjust the peace treaty after all Sanemi was escorted and is the civilian of the sand," Danzo said as the rest of the civilian council agreed.

'This Sanemi or Mugiwara is becoming a problem, I should let the other villages deal with him first and then send in some ROOT shinobi to finish the job' Danzo thought as he calmly sipped the tea.

"That is correct but we cannot have anyone roaming around openly after so much destruction, we need to bring him to justice for our fallen leaf shinobi those who are in acceptance raise your hands. " Tsunade said and raised her hand.

Following her, almost everyone raised their hand with the exception of Danzo and some of the civilian council.

"The vote is in agreement, very well from now on Sanemi Yukimura, otherwise also known as Mugiwara is now declared an SS-rank Criminal and has run on sight from anyone below the rank of Jonin and having less than 4 team members. " Tsunade declared.

"Now on to the civilian side of the topics..."

The meeting went on for hours but from then on Sanemi was assigned the bounty for 504,600,000 Ryo and an officially declared SS-rank criminal status. He also now has a run on sight for anyone below Jonin rank and has less than 3 team members.

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A/N: Timeline: About 2-3 days after the fight with Urashiki.

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