Jiraiya licked his dry lips as Naruto snapped his eyes to meet him. Jiraiya could see them glowing faintly beneath the hood, flashing from blue to faint purple as the gold bracers on his wrist hissed and glowed with the seals as they struggled to hold back the chakra within him. The blond visibly reined in his temper before he continued. "I want an explanation Jiraiya."
The toad hermit sighed, half in relief that the blond had calmed down and half to prepare himself for the upcoming explanation.
He searched in his Kabuki robes and removed an old brown book, the pages worn with age. "This is sensei's diary. He explained here, that; When your father sealed the demon into you, he also sealed it into Akina, or more specifically, your twin sister…"
He paused as he saw Naruto's shoulder tense and a small growl reached his ears. "He obviously needed to explain how Arashi defeated the Kyuubi. Many in the council were seasoned shinobi, all familiar with the legends of the Bijuu. They would never believe that any jutsu used by just one man other than a sealing technique could have stopped him. However, since he knew that there was a very real possibility that they would not follow Arashi's last wish, he decided, that since you were the first born, as well as the one who held the majority of Kyuubi's power and also the one that most had seen, that he would present you as the sole container for the demon. When he realized that they would indeed ignore Arashi's last wish he sent her away with two of his most trusted ninja, programmed a new identity and date of birth five days after the Kyuubi attack, along with a new social security, birth records, everything. He made sure that absolutely no one but himself and the two ninja he assigned as her parents would ever know about her being the second container. Her adopted parents trained her, she graduated at nine, as you saw in the profile, and was placed on the reserve list since no team could take her in without throwing the balance off. She attempted her first chuunin exam just six months before you, Hinata and Sasuke took yours and apparently made it to the finals. She was going to pass but Sarutobi pulled it back at the last minute, not wanting her to have to take on chuunin level missions before she was absolutely ready. Her sensei didn't nominate her for the next chuunin exam so she did not take it with you and your team. Well…you already know the rest." He finished
A heavy silence filled the room and the toad sage could practically hear the cogs in Naruto's mind clicking into place.
Finally, he saw the blond straighten and school his features, obscured by the mask as they were. Though Jiraiya could still see the seals on his wristbands glowing faintly, indicating that he was still very much angry.
The toad hermit stared straight into Naruto's eyes. "What will you do?" He asked somewhat nervously.
"This changes nothing. She dies." He spoke simply as he walked around the toad hermit and began leaving the office.
"You…would kill her? Even now after you know who she truly is?" The toad hermit questioned waver in his voice as he hesitated.
Naruto paused before he passed through the door and looked back over his shoulder at the white haired ninja. "Jiraiya…" He spoke slowly. "I have not come this far by bowing down to the whims of conscience…I suggest you get used to that." He said before he turned and walked out of the office, the wooden door closing shut behind him.
Sunagakure: Council chamber.
The council chamber of Sunagakure could only be described by one word at this moment:
Chaos.
Various yells and shouts of nearly two hundred councilmen created an orchestra just right for a migraine and sore throat.
As expected, news of Kiri's apparent conquest had caught everyone off guard and most in Suna's shinobi council had been thrown into panic. There was a division between three. Attack, an alliance, and neutrality...
Many in the council who favored to take down Konoha's Jinchuriki immediately, made valid points. That they could defeat him now while he was still within military, economic and their tactically sound field was the main and most important point.
Of course things were never that simple., that course of action was very risky. If they did attack now, after their recent loss in the short Oto/Suna/Konoha war, then there was a definite, almost certain chance that they would loose if Iwa or Kumo did not attack with them.
Privately, Gaara himself was hesitant to attack the Konoha jinchuriki.
He had spared his life after all…there was a debt between them.
And he had little doubt as to who would loose in that fight as well.
Konoha's Demon was simply beyond his skill right now.
The other option, an alliance, was foolish, because then Naruto would take advantage of that alliance and request their assistance in his wars, thus weakening them and in the long run, if he defeated Kumo and Iwa, would be able to seize Suna as well. And if he was beaten by Kumo and Iwa, Suna would be on the loosing side.
A loose loose situation no matter what.
The final option, neutrality, was meant to wait and see if both Kumo and Iwa attacked Konoha, that way, with Suna's involvement the leaf would loose for certain.
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