Hiruzen looked at Shisui who came to him after the Uchiha meeting and told him about what happened.
"Shisui, do you have any idea about what brought this on?. Fugaku isn't usually rash like this."
"I don't know but from the day he came from the hospital after Itachi check up, he seemed to be a little unstable."
The plan came from Jack covered Hiruzen un ability to summon tsunade. When Fugaku told him about asking the Hokage to locate tsunade, he laughed and said it was impossible for him to do that as tsunade semi hate the guy.
So tsunade coming back was a big no, as for allowing him to leave Konoha,this would be a big decision for him so he would try to stall for as long as he can.
Just as Hiruzen heard Shisui, he also thought of his student. Although he doesn't know where she is, he knows the general location. But to tell Fugaku would mean giving him the right to leave Konoha.
He couldn't make that decision alone and told the council that refused and told him to stall for time. Knowing Fugaku nature, he agreed with them until he can come up with another way to bring tsunade back.
But it seems that this was Fugaku revrse scale. Mmmm well what can we do.
Hiruzen called for the council elders and they were stunned but Danzo eyes were glowing as he said.
"See Hiruzen, I told you not be naive and attack Uchiha but you refused. Now they are thinking about rebelling. We should attack before they are allowed to gather their strength."
"No, if Fugaku can see that the civil war will destroy both of us, you should too."
Shisui who wanted to kill Danzo calmed his mind by the Anbu training method and said.
"Elder Danzo, don't worry. I will prevent the patriarch from rebelling even if I have to sacrifice myself."
Hiruzen said.
"Do you have an idea Shisui."
"Yes Hokage sama but it's still not perfect. For now I will try stalling for time and before I take any action , I will inform you first."
Hiruzen said after looking at him for a while then said.
"Good. I will also try to make the situation better. It maybe need sometime though, so keep stalling for a week at least."
"Okay, I will do my best."
Hiruzen looked at Shisui leaving and kept quiet. He felt there's something wrong with Shisui but he couldn't detect it.
Danzo however said after Shisui left.
"Are you going to belive a Uchiha. He might be stalling us for time."
"Danzo, I know you have some spies in the Uchiha, don't make a fuss for nothing. He didn't utter a single lie until now."
Danzo however said.
"They might also be lying. I still think we should attack them first."
Hiruzen looked at his friend and said.
"Danzo, as the Hokage, I'm telling you don't interfere in this matter. You as a council elder can make suggestions but more than that will be received with extreme punishment."
Danzo knew that talking was Hiruzen was going nowhere so he just left saying.
"You will regret it, Hiruzen "
"Danzo, I'm the Hokage "
(As a parting gift for Danzo. Let his soul rot in hell.)
Two days passed and finally Minato and kushina returned. Minato met with Jack at the his hideout. Bring with him two red head Uzumaki clan members.
Hikari Uzumaki and karin Uzumaki. A mother and a child.
"Jack, we are back."
Jack looked at the new faces and smiled.
"It's nice to meet you. I'm Jack."
Hikari answered with a nervous smile.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Hikari and this is my daughter Karin. Say hello karin."
"Hello"
Karin hold on her mother legs not letting go. But spoke with a low voice.
"They have a tragic past. You should be clear about what kind of treatment they had. So excuse them."
"Hahahaha, I'm anything if not understanding. Please take some rest as I have some matters to discuss with Kushina and Minato."
After getting them to rest in the hideout, Jack said.
"We are about to attack Danzo. If you came any later, You would have missed it."
"They were really nervous and afraid especially when Hikari learned we coming to Konoha as their clan leader told them not to go to Konoha as they betrayed them. Kushina lost her mind too and took some time to calm her."
Jack nodded and said.
"Understandable. Danzo really fucked up too much people."
"No, I think this matter isn't his fault. Uzumaki clan was in essence another village and had no effect on his dreams or plans. Mito also gave Konoha all the sealing techniques of Uzumaki. There's no benefits for him to do that."
Jack disagreed.
"Remember the Huyga matter. Danzo shadow was behind it. That guy mind can make him do anything.
Even if he wasn't directly involved, he might have sold the Uzumaki secrets for the right price."
"I also thought of that but don't forget that Madara was also a part from Konoha and could have easily gained access to the sealing techniques ."
"Do you think Uzumaki or Konoha were idiots. With Tobirama nature, the moment Madara defected, he would have asked the Uzumaki to change the sealing setup immediately."
"But Madara also is a sealing master and with Zetsu white or black, he can easily manipulate the matter."
"Well, we will never know. But you seem to be defending him too much."
"..... I don't want to think that such a dark person was in Konoha from that time.
I want to believe his sick dedication to be the darkness of Konoha made him like this."
"What's the difference."
"Because I can't believe that Hiruzen allowed such person to be part of Konoha all this time when is a great judgment of characters.
If he did then Hiruzen isn't that different from him and Tobirama would likely to know this making the matter extended to Hashirama sama in the end.
If so then I have lived my life for nothing, sacrificing myself, my wife and my child happiness for nothing."
Jack looked at Minato who seemed to have a PTSD and said.
"Although I understand your thinking, your logic is wrong. Maybe they are dark, maybe not. But the relationship you built and the love you felt meant something to you. It should be enough for you.
My meaning isn't an extension of their meaning, my meaning is in how much did I affect the people and the message that I left for the future ."
Minato looked at Jack and smiled.
"As expected from someone who can heal even Kurama."
"Anyway, how much damage did you cause in the grass village?."
Minato turned cold and said.
"I killed most of the upper echelons and shinobi. Kushina was shocked by how her clan members was treated as we found her in the hospital with three men biting her. It was a disgusting feeling. One of them was karin father but we didn't know it at the time as we just killed them.
I almost most sanity for while and thought of leveling it to the ground but kushina said that we should be better than them."
Jack looked at Minato and said.
"I won't judge anyone on your position. There are enough darkness in the ninja world to make anyone lose their sanity every single day.
But kushina is right. If you had destroyed them, then you would lose a piece of yourself. Keep doing it and you might find one day while looking at the mirror that you are no different from Danzo.
If you stare at the abyss, it will stare back. So remember you original goal and your heart. This how Naruto kept going so learn something from your son. Don't let him be ashamed of you"
Minato looked at Jack and nodded.
"You are right. Kurama and Naruto were really exceptional to forgive for such injustice and pain that happened to them."
Jack smiled and said
"Let's go to meet with our friends from the Uchiha."
"Okay, Let's go."
Jack activated a shadow clone as did Minato and then they left to meet with Uchiha.
Fugaku have finished the final meeting and was waiting for Jack to meet him.
Swiiish.
Jack appeared with someone.
Fugaku looked at him and wondered if that was our helper.
"Long time no see Fugaku."
Minato looked at Fugaku while removing the hody covering his face. Usually he wears a mask but now he doesn't need it.
Fugaku took a while before his eyes widened and spoke with a confused eyes.
"Minato?."
"Yeah.good to see you."
"How?. I saw your body, and this feeling I'm getting as if you are dead."
"Edo Tensei. Second Hokage technique."
"What? You are controlled?."
Fugaku immediately took a defensive position against them.
"Calm down. I'm not. I was the one that taught him the technique to summon me. In the first place."
Fugaku asked.
"Who is he?."
"I can't tell you that. All I can tell you is that he means well."
Fugaku looked at them for a while then asked.
"Are you really planning to kill Danzo?."
Minato eyes turned cold and said.
"If you and Shisui hadn't joined the plan to isolate Danzo, I would have faced the entire of Konoha to kill him.
He leaked kushina due date. Do you know how much of pain she is in?.
This fucker leaking it means that he was killing my wife and my son.
I will rip this village bit by bit if I have to just to kill him."
The strong killing intent made Fugaku take a step back.
Minato just came from nearly destroying a village and was now facing his and his wife killer. Making his son life a living hell.
You ask someone like that a stupid question and you would receive a reaction you wouldn't like.
Jack however said.
"Calm down , Minato. We might get exposed. We aren't far away from the Uchiha compound."
Minato took a moment then calmed down.
"Fugaku, are you assured now?."
Jack asked with a hint of displeasure.
Fugaku took a while to calm down. When he felt Minato killing intent, he opened his sharingan and subconsciously looked at what inside his mental space.
It was the kyubi. Because when he entered it immediately repelled him which means he wasn't sealed.
He suddenly realized where Jack confidence came from. Danzo is really as good as dead.
"Yeah. I'm sorry, it's just because you're in an Edo Tensei state. So I was afraid that you are being controlled."
"I understand."
Jack replied while Minato kept silent.
"Okay, where is Shisui .?"
"He is going to meet with the council elders today and then tell them that I asked him to try to infiltrate the Anbu to know how to make false documents to issue orders.
Then when he asked why, he will that because I awakened mangekyo so I feel confident to succeed in the coup. Then he will tell them about his mangekyo and that he plans to control me."
"Good. Minato send a shadow clone to Naruto...."
Jack paused half way.
"Is there something wrong.?"
Minato asked as he noticed Jack pausing mid sentence.
"Mmmm. I think your teacher is here."
"What?."
"Yeah, I feel someone strong spying on Naruto. He is definitely stronger than Hiruzen and if Konoha isn't brain dead, then it can only be jiraya."
Fugaku looked at Minato and said.
"Minato, we can cancel..."
"No need.We will continue."
Minato interrupted Fugaku without a second of thought.
"Good. We have too much to lose.Minato send a shadow clone to Naruto and stay hidden. We have to cover our basis. Another for Uchiha clan too."
"Good."
Meanwhile Jiraya was looking at Naruto playing with his friends from a far. The reason he came back is that Hiruzen called him.
Hiruzen feeling that the Uchiha was restless send a message to Jiraya to come and talk with Fugaku to take Itachi and go to tsunade to check him up.
Jiraya wanted to refuse but Hiruzen told him that the Uchiha might rebel.
So he can't allow Fugaku to leave but Itachi leaving with you might be a welcoming offer.
So he returned as he happened to be close to Konoha.
Jack didn't sense him as Jiraya was a master of espionage and didn't want to be detected by Konoha's sensory team.
So he hid his chakra and as Jack wasn't focused on feeling the village, he didn't notice him until he was sensing Naruto location that he was being watch by a powerful hidden chakra.
But Jiraya is now very angry that Hiruzen hid so many things from him. Living alone, refining chakra because he entered the mental space. ..Etch
So he is now thinking of talking Naruto with him but when he saw him playing with his friends, he shook his head and understood his teacher mind.
Jiraya wouldn't hesitate to take him if he was lonely, but seeing him playing with friends made him hesitate if he has the right to rob him his childhood by making him traveling with him.
Jiraya shook his head then turned and left going to Hiruzen in the Hokage tower.
On his way he saw Shisui going with a root ninja to somewhere. Although He didn't know Shisui personally,when he saw him, he felt his chakra was similar to the Uchiha. He didn't care and kept going the Hokage building.
After entering through the window , he saw Hiruzen sitting in the office while holding a pipe and smoking.
"Jiraya, you came. It's good to see you."
"I wish I could say the same. Is that how you take care of Naruto?"
Hiruzen looked at him for a while then said.
"I won't deny someof my selfish reasons but he is now living happily."
"Because of you, you caused him to live in misery that he got connected to the kyubi too early. If you have, none of this would have happened."
"I'm not going to give excuses, I just thought that he needed to face darkness and overcome it so that he control the kyubi chakra."
"At three years old?really?."
Hiruzen looked away and changed the subject.
"Did you see him?."
"Yeah, he looks like his father but his temper is mostly kushina."
"Yeah."
"Anyway. Take care of Naruto otherwise I will come to take him with me. He is now old enough to travel. I will go to Uchiha now."
"No, wait until the morning then go."
Jiraya frowned and asked.
"Why? isn't the situation urgent?."
"Uchiha Fugaku awakened mangekyo so he might refuse you."
"Then why the morning. Is he going to change his mind on one night."
"Uchiha Shisui also awakened mangekyo and has the ability to control mind and change their will. So in the morning, he would most likely change his rebellious thoughts."
"Shisui, the genius of Uchiha clan?. Oh right I saw a root ninja taking a Uchiha and moving in that direction. I wonder if he...
"Wait, you said saw a Uchiha and a root? Describe the Uchiha for me"
He described him and Hiruzen stood up and began running say.
"Come with me. Which direction."
Jiraya pointed while following Hiruzen.
Hiruzen turned to the right and said.
Bring back up and avoid those with root background."
The Anbu nodded and said.
"Understood."
Then they kept moving toward Danzo and Shisui location.
Meanwhile.
Danzo and Shisui met.
Danzo said
"Shisui Uchiha... You intend to use Kotoamatsukami on Fugaku?"
"Yeah. This will calm the rebellious thoughts that he have."
Danzo said
"Do you truly believe Hiruzen's naïve diplomacy will save Konoha? His hesitation invites chaos. The Uchiha must be eliminated."
Shisui said
"I can end this without bloodshed! My Kotoamatsukami can make Fugaku abandon the coup. Please, trust Lord Third's vision "
Danzo
"Fool! Your eyes are Konoha's property... not tools for half-measures. Hand them over. I will ensure the Uchiha threat is erased."
SHISUI
"I refuse! This power exists to protect the village, not fuel your darkness!"
"Darkness? It is you Uchiha who breed it. Your clan's cursed eyes will only bring war. If you truly love Konoha... surrender them willingly."
As Danzo saw this he tried to snatch his eyes but Shisui used genjitsu while saying.
"This is a simple genjitsu you will wake up after a while."
Then he turned but Danzo suddenly appeared in front him and punched but he was shocked because after the punch he saw the body disappear.
"A SHADOW CLONE? I got fooled and wasted my sharingan. Fuck"
"It's too early to feel angry Danzo."
Danzo looked at where the voice came from and saw Shisui. He felt happy again.
"You should have..."
Suddenly four people appeared behind Shisui. Danzo knew that move .
"Flying thunder god technique?."