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  Hokage Residence

  In a private chamber in the Hokage residency, Hiruzen Sarutobi and his three advisors were having a meeting. Homura Mitokado, a former member of Team Tobirama sat to his right while Koharu Utatane positioned on Hiruzen's left. And directly across from him is his friend/rival and the ander of the root forces, Danzo Shimura. The meeting had a slightly temosphere due to the topic of their discussion.

  "The Uchiha are getting more and more restless with each day. It won't be long before they unch the coup d'etat. We o hahem before anything happens." Danzo's voice was stern and it showed no hint of merbsp;

  "The Uchiha are formidable. It won't be easy to do something like that. And besides they are one of the founding s of the vilge. We 't just attack them out of nowhere. It would destabilize the vilge." Hiruzen tered.

  Hearing Hiruzen's words, cilor Have his thoughts oter. "I uand your points and s Hiruzen. But if Fugaku uhe coup d'etat, then there will be severe casualties. And the vilge will bee destabilized heless and the other nations will take that opportunity to attack us."

  Hiruzen grunted hearing him. He knew Homura was right but it didn't sit right with him to attack the out of nowhere like that.

  "Both Danzo and Hiruzen make good points. But both of those pns have demerits to them as well…" Koharu said. The rest turo her. "If we unch a preemptive attad kill the spirators then we stop the coup before it even starts. But it would lead to rese from the Uchiha's that remain alive. And they could plot another coup again. And also, the other s would bee wary of us. This would build a rift within the vilge and any outsider would be able to take advantage of it." Koharu stopped for a moment and looked at them. She tinued after a few seds.

  "Oher hand if they successfully unch the coup d'etat then there will be deaths on both sides. The vilge and the will suffer casualties and it would weaken the vilge and the Fire nation as a whole. The Tsuchikage and Raikage are currently looking for any weaknesses we might present. They would definitely attack us and it would start another war." She stopped and sighed. "Both options have their merits and demerits. So we o proceed carefully."

  Hiruzen and Danzo became quiet after hearing her words. They knew she was right. This was a delicate matter that had to be dealt with carefully.

  "Whatever decisions we make we have to do it quickly. Time is running out. We o e up with a pn." Homura crossed his arms and leaned ba his chair. "Has Itachi given any updates?"

  "Yes. They haven't yet decided when to unch the coup. But Itachi tells me they are gathering resources like battle gears and ons and preparing themselves. But it's a slow process sihey don't want t attention to themselves." Hiruzen replied with a downcast expression.

  "Tobirama sensei warned us of the Uchiha. We should have kept a much closer eye on them. If we had we wouldn't have suffered an attad lost a Hokage." It was a slight jab at Hiruzen from Danzo. The third Hokage reduced some restris pced on the Uchiha during his reign before the ails attack. He believed the Uchiha would beore fortable and ie more with the vilge with time.

  Hiruzen didn't rise to the bait and stayed quiet.

  "This is no time for your old rivalry Danzo. We o stick together and figure out a pn." Koharu slightly rebuked the one eyed root leader.

  "Right now we have Itachi w undercover and he'll inform us if they decide to try anything. So for the mome's try to settle this diplomatically. The Uchiha hasn’t attacked us yet. So there is still time fotiations." Homura remarked and they all sat in silenbsp;

  "What a truly troubling time." Hiruzen mumbled but the other three heard it. Hiruzen looked at his advisors. "I had hoped Itachi would have been able to persuade Fugaku from this course of a but with each day it seems more and more unlikely. Still… You're right Homura. They haven't done any damage so far. I'll try to e up with a viable pn ale this peacefully."

  He sighed and got up from his seat. "Let's adjourn for now. I still have much work to plete back at the office." The Hokage was about to leave when Danzo stopped him.

  Danzo looked his friend in the eyes and had a serious expression. "Hiruzen. The Uchiha is an important military for the vilge. If anything happens to them we will be severely weakened. I uand that. But… If they decide to move forward with this ridiculous pn of theirs, then they will force my hand…"

  "Danzo…" Hiruzen saw his resolute fad knew he wouldn't be able to ge his mind.

  "If anything happens… I will move to protect the vilge. No matter the cost…" Danzo stared at Hiruzen for a few more seds after saying those words and then slowly left.

  "He's more extreme than usual…" Koharu muttered looking at the retreating back of their fellow advisor.

  "Let's just hope everythis settled peacefully." Homura added and both of them left. Hiruzen stood there with a heavy heart.

  'I should be enjoying my retirement right now. Spending time with my family and smoking myself to death. But instead I'm here trying to stop what might bee the lin to the freat war… I 't believe I'm resenting you for dying, Minato..' The Hokage the his residend made his way to his offibsp;

  Hiruzen stamped the dots piled up after going through them. He assigned missions to the teams ahrough the budget of the vilge. He looked over the various papers and after several hours he was almost do that moment a in walked in with his schedule for the day and a message.

  "Lord Hokage. Daikoku Funeno is here to see you." She informed him.

  "Send him in." Hiruzen motiohe i and shortly afterwards the academy instructor came in.

  "Lord Hokage." Daikoku sensei greeted his leader.

  "I take it the academy exams have been pleted." Hiruzen asked him.

  "Yes sir. They went without any problems." The css instructor nodded.

  "So what's this about?" The Hokage asked him.

  "I came mainly for two reasons. Both of them are in my css." Daikoku started.

  "Go on."

  "The first is regarding a student named Daichi Hekima. He's at the top of the css and I've gohrough his exams papers shortly before ing here. He'll retain his top spot in the css for the sed year as well.."

  "Hmmm… Daichi huh. I'm aware of the boy. I know he's talented. But you wouldn't be here if it was just that, would you? So what is it?" Hiruzen asked him. He was curious as to what the teacher wanted.

  "I've been keeping an eye on his progress throughout the year. And during his test Taijutsu fight with Sasuke Uchiha I noticed that he was holding back by a wide margin. He is far above the current grade. He won't learn anything from css if he stays with the current year students. So I believe it would be best for him to skip a year and jump ahead…" Daikoku stopped and looked at the Hokage.

  Hiruze over the information he had on the boy. After reading the reports from Anbu on Daichi's skills from the Yota i, he was ined to believe and agree with the academy instructor. "So he's grown to such a point huh. If you're telling me he's ready to jump ahead then I believe you. I'll take your words into sideration. I'll talk with Daichi and see if he's ied in skipping ahead…"

  "Thank you sir… He has great potential. It would be a waste if he stayed in the academy any lohan he had to." Daikoku said with a smile. He was always happy to spot talents ahem.

  "Now what's the sed thing you wanted.?"

  At this question Daikoku's face became somewhat serious. "The matter is somewhat more difficult to address…"

  Seeing Daikoku's face Hiruzen had an idea as to what it might me. "Does this have anything to do with Naruto.?" He asked in a ral tone.

  Daikoku seook a short breath and answered. "Yes sir."

  Hiruzen sighed hearing the answer. He khe boy was a troublemaker. 'It seems the boy's antics are getting to the teachers.'

  "What did he do?" Hiruzen asked the in ninja.

  "Well….." Daikoku khat the Hokage looked out for the boy. So he chose his words carefully and began his expnation.

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  Somewhere in the Uchiha distribsp;

  Ren Uchiha was walking down the road with a solemn gaze. He had just left another secret meeting in the Naka Shrihe agendas put forward in the meeting were weighing down on him. Before long he reached his home and was embraced by his beloved wife.

  "You look… afraid. What's wrong?" Kimiko asked him.

  "It's the s' decisions. They're going to gh with the coup. They're preparing." Ren said with a tired voibsp;

  "How long… ?" Kimiko knew what would happen if the ched an atta the vilge.

  "There isn't much time left. 1 or 2 months at most. They're gathering ons and other utilities to fight… It's going to be a bloodbath." Ren was loyal to the Uchiha but he was also someone who deeply cared about the vilge. He couldn't go against the but he was determio not attack the vilge.

  Kimiko held her husband tightly. "I still don't uand why Fugaku would gh with something like this…"

  "It's not just Fugaku. Yashiro is providing him with some top secret information. I have no idea where he's getting them from… But he was able to vince a lot of members that this is the only way. And Inabi and Tekka are also bag Yashiro with this pn."

  "So they were able to vince everyone.?"

  "Most… Some still disagree and think that ung a coup is extreme but… Those numbers are dwindling with each day." Ren saw that his friends and co-workers were getting swayed to the other side as each day passed.

  "I uand their frustration and anger." Kimiko's words shocked Ren.

  "What? So you agree with them?"

  "No I don't agree with the coup d'etat pn… But sidering how the vilge treats us these days… I uand their anger. I'm not siding with them. But I get where their rese es from." Kimiko replied.

  Ren knew what she was talking about. Ever sihat night 7 years ago, everything ged. "Nobody trusts our after the ails attack. They think we had something to do with it. And now… Everything is spiraling out of trol."

  It was at that moment they heard the cries of their daughter. Kimiko went to her crib and picked her up.

  "If the attacks the vilge, one of two things will happen. We win but suffer mahs and weaken the . It will lead to other s or other vilges taking advantage of the situation and it will only create more chaos."

  "Two… We all die. Or even if the leaf decides to be merciful and spare those of us whainst the idea, the vilgers would look at us as traitors for the rest of our lives." Kimiko then looked at the baby in her arms.

  "They would look at our little girl as if she was a criminal. Treat her like a traitor. Like they're doing to that Naruto boy… Even if she had nothing to do with this… The people would still bme her and take their anger out on her."

  Hearing his wife's words Ren closed his eyes as if he was in pain.

  Kimiko looked at her sleeping daughter. After a few moments she made a choice. "I don't want that…"

  Ren looked at his wife. Kimiko looked at Ren and spoke of an idea she just had. "I don't want our daughter to grow up areated like a criminal…Let's… Lets leave the vilge?"

  "What?" Ren had wide eyes as he heard his wife.

  "When the ches the coup, we leave the vilge. Both the d the vilge will be fighting each other. That will be our opportunity to escape. Once we leave, we don't look back. We'll find somepce far away... I 't go against the but I won't support their decisioher. This is the only solution I think of." Kimiko expined.

  "Kimiko. If we do this… we'll be leaving everything and everyone behind. And where would we even go?" Ren asked her.

  "I'm sure we find some pce. Don't fet. I do have some training in infiltration and espionage. I'm sure we find somepce safe and survive. What do you say?"

  Ren thought about the pn. After thinking about it for a while he wao make sure this was what she wanted.

  "Are you sure about this Kimiko?"

  "Yes. For our daughter." Kimiko nodded.

  Ren hugged his wife and child. "For our daughter… It's decided. The night the Uchiha ches the coup, we escape the vilge. And we don't look back."

  In the ing weeks they would make preparations to leave ued. Ren memorized an escape route that would have the least resistahey slowly liquidated their assets without attrag attention. They would gh the pn everyday to make sure they covered everything.

  But what they didn't know was that they would never get the ce to enact that pn.

  Author’s Note:

  Just Read One Piece 1051. SUPERB!!!! Who else thought Momonosuke turned into a handsome adult.?

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