Chapter 125: Chapter no.124
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Naruto stared at the contract spread out on the table blankly. He had been in a good mood earlier because Satsuki, Hana, Haku, and him had spent the entire morning together, but right now he was beginning to lose his patience.
"...No." That single word was Naruto's reply after staying silent for a few moments.
There were a few grans from a few people in the room, namely Obito, Tsunade, and Natsuki. This was just another version of the conversation that Minato and Naruto always had. Minato offering things like training, jutsu, and summoning contracts, while Naruto continually refused because they were trying to force him into a life he didn't want to live.
"I see this is just one of you're usual attempts to force Naruto back into your lives, so I'm leaving. I have patients to attend to." Was Tsunade's irritated statement before she gave Naruto a pitying glance, though the reason for it was unknown to him, and Shunshined out of the room, presumably back to the hospital. There really was no reason for her to be here. Minato had selfishly summoned her here in hopes that she would help to persuade his son, forcing her away from tending to the wounded at the hospital.
A few people in the room gave the spot where she was previously standing a glance before turning their heads back to the scene that was unfolding before them.
Minato and Jiraiya had not even noticed that Tsunade had left, as they were staring on in shock at Naruto's blatant refusal to sign Konoha's most renowned summoning contract. They had thought he would be ecstatic at the prospect of signing the same contract that some of the most prominent shinobi in Konoha held. It would be foolish to deny something that could increase your strength and skill tenfold, just because you weren't the biggest fans of some of the other holders.
"...What do you mean 'no'?" Minato asked panicked, he had not fully recovered yet from Naruto's sudden rejection.
"Do you know how many people would sign this contract in a heartbeat if given the chance. It's easily one of the most powerful summoning contracts in the world, it's likely you'll never come across one as strong as this in your lifetime ever again! If you don't take this opportunity now, then you'll end up regretting it the rest of your life!" Of course it was Jiraiya who ran to the aid of his summoning contract and defended it relentlessly.
Naruto sighed inwardly. This conversation would clearly be continuing in a repetitious cycle, so it would be best to break out of it as soon as humanly possible. Perhaps even faster.
"I believe I said it quite clearly...you want me to sign this contract to further your dreams of peace...that's quite selfish in my opinion. The both of you are trying to force your own ideals and ambitions upon me because you can't do it yourself." Naruto rolled the summoning contract back up and threw it towards the offended Jiraiya.
"Wait that's not true at all! You-" Jiraiya was cut off as Naruto brought his hand up to to signal him to stop talking.
"Jiraiya...I believe you always said that 'someday the the day would come when people could truly understand one another', yet you've done nothing to further you dreams of peace, besides handing out prophecies and pushing the duty off onto other people." Naruto then turned to Minato, he wasn't finished yet, not by a long-shot. "You're no better Minato. You easily accept this man's beliefs, so easily that your dream now is to find peace. Yet, you have done to turn that dream into a reality. You've been the Hokage for over sixteen years now and yet, you have not made a single step towards bringing about peace."
The room was silent for a moment as they took in Naruto's words. Oddly enough, none of them could recall either of these men actually doing anything about their dreams besides push them onto other people or preach their ideals to the younger generations. Even Kushina's eyes widened when she realized this.
"Naruto, you have to understand-"
This time it was Minato who was cut off as he was trying to explain to his wayward son how difficult it was to bring this world together.
"I don't need to hear any excuses, if fact there are none to use." Naruto said as he sat back in the chair and crossed his arms over his chest. "Things have only gotten worse since you had taken over as Hokage, the recent invasion is proof of that...actually, now that we're on that subject, I'm actually rather disappointed that you are talking about peace only a week after our village was invaded."
Minato and Jiraiya both flinched at the tone of his voice. Was it a mistake to tell him about the prophecy so soon after the invasion?
"I will tell you this here and now...Do not try to force your beliefs of peace on me. I've already seen just how far you will go to keep the peace within Konoha. World peace...that kind of belief is a little too naïve for someone like me. Find someone else to push this onto." With those final words said, Naruto got out of his chair and walked out of the room, leaving behind a room of stunned shinobi.
Minato's, Jiraiya's, and Obito's eyes widened at the indirect reference to the Uchiha Massacre, as that could be the only thing he was referring to when he mentioned keeping the peace within Konoha's walls.
As an eerie silence filled every corner of the Hokage's Office, Minato stood completely still. After a minute of silence, when he looked around the room, he realized that everyone was either purposefully looking away from him while whistling or had their faces planted in their hands. A despondent, sheepish expression made its way onto his face as he rubbed the back of his head. "Um...Did I mess up again or something...?"
Much to the surprise of everyone in the room, it was Obito who finally answered after a moment of silence. "...I wouldn't go as far as to say that...You're completely justified in what you believe, Sensei, but you haven't considered how other people feel about your ideals or beliefs...You automatically assumed that he would jump aboard and you'd have the perfect family once again."
Minato's features turned hostile as a low growl leaked out of his throat. Obito may have been his student, but what right did he have to tell him how he should handle his own child? "Well what should I have done...!? You heard what the prophecy said! The path that he takes will determine the future of the entire world! You want me to-"
Before Minato could continue his rant any further, Obito held his hands up in the same fashion that Naruto had used to cut off the man earlier. "Naruto...is a special case. You can't deal with him the same way you do normal people, I've learned that first hand since I became his sensei...He doesn't believe in living his life for some greater cause...World peace, something like that doesn't matter to him. No matter how selfish it may seem to you, he lives his life the way that he wants and for the people he cares about. You can't decide what someone else should do with their life...One day your going to have to allow him to make his own decisions..."
With those final words said, Obito warped out of the room, leaving the people behind with much to think about.
Though, those words were mainly to Minato and Kushina as it was clear they would not stop pestering him anytime soon. Jiraiya didn't seem fazed in the least by Obito's proclamation. Though he did seem a little hurt from Naruto's words about how he had been living his life up until now, but that didn't last for to long. In his mind, what he had been doing was right, he wasn't meant to bring peace, but he would make sure to find the one who was.
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