Kapitel 255: Ch255. Emergency Council Meeting 4
"Sensei, you and your advisors," Tsunade glanced at Koharu and Homura, "have a day to vacate your offices."
Hiruzen just resignedly nodded whereas both Homura and Koharu widened their eyes in astonishment at being dismissed like this. The lifetime of service was not worth even a polite dismissal? That rubbed both of them the wrong way.
And while Homura was the calmer of the two and stayed silent, only observing the happenings while thinking what to do to salvage his situation, Koharu had a bit of a temper.
"What!? Why!? You can't just kick us out without a proper reason!" She screamed while involuntarily standing up without even realizing it until her bones protested with a dull ache.
Tsunade looked funnily at Koharu, her look relaying exactly what her thoughts about the old woman's intelligence were. "I can and I just did. Every Hokage can appoint and dismiss the advisors at his leisure. Hiruzen's dismissal from the Hokage seat automatically means your own dismissal. Your lifelong appointment to the position was only because of Hiruzen's relationship with you. I find it funny you actually fought so much against him on so many issues and yet he didn't use his right to outright dismiss you. After all, you two were supposed to be his greatest allies. That's what the Hokage advisors are there for. To support the Hokage. You must have forgotten that bit in your old age." She snarked. "You two grew far too complacent in your seats. You think you can do whatever and nobody would give a shit. Well, think again!"
It was obvious Tsunade was not amused by Koharu's attitude. After she delivered her verbal bashing unto the old woman, she calmed down and decided to completely nail their careers to the ground without any chance to save them.
"And if you want a proper reason..." Tsunade momentarily halted, causing Homura to stiffen as the old man knew nothing good would be said next if Tsunade's tone was any indication. "I know well it is impossible to properly falsify a mission order... like the one for the Uchiha massacre without you two knowing about it. You not only betrayed your Hokage and went behind his back. You conspired to end an entire clan, from elderly to toddlers, and as such, you were part of what most of us would call high treason. Shouldn't you be happy to not be thrown into prison straight away? Where the heck do you get the balls to argue against your dismissal I will never know..." She amusedly shook her head at the two old people who looked as if they sucked a moldy lemon.
The clan heads now looked at them with a mix of disgust, wariness, and hostility. Sure, most of the time, they were at each other's throats. There was also the fact that nobody really liked the arrogant Uchihas. But they were clans and could sympathize. They could easily imagine themselves in the position of the Uchiha clan.
It was far too easy to imagine the Yamanaka clan as a threat with their mind Jutsus.
It was far too easy to imagine the Nara clan as a threat with their inborn smarts and shadow Jutsus.
It was far too easy to imagine the Hyuuga clan as a threat because of their Byakugan abilities.
In short, every clan had something that made them dangerous and different. They all had to have a measure of trust between themselves to cohabitate a single village. Every clan had their secrets, their own ways they could endanger the village at any given moment. But that was how Konoha was always supposed to work. The entire premise of the village upon its founding was based on building at least basic trust between clans and making them work together for a common goal. These political spats in the council room were just that. Momentary spats that faded from the mind the second the clan heads left the council room.
Frankly, the biggest dispute between clans could be said to be the past Hyuuga-Uchiha hatred... and even then the Uchihas and Hyuugas could seamlessly work together to accomplish missions without a single complaint. They simply preferred not to interact and usually stood on the different sides of many issues. But that was it.
Konoha depended on trust between clans and the government. The second the Uchiha clan was pushed to the outskirts the village broke a very vital requirement for the coexistence between the clan and the village.
Tsunade felt ashamed for her sensei when she heard he could not appease the Uchihas. She couldn't really comprehend how hard it would be to let them back to their previous compound in the center of the clan district? That was all he needed to do. Let them go back home and leave them a free hand to do what they wished like any other clan. As for the Uchiha becoming too ambitious after getting the said free hand... the other clans would simply hammer their ego down whenever they tried to stick out. That's how Konoha worked for almost fifty years. The clans kept each other in check.
As for Danzo... he was still reveling at the fact Tsunade did not mention him. He was not an Elder of the Advisory Council. He was now in the Konoha Council in one of the elected civilian seats. Danzo refused to believe Tsunade didn't know it was him who forged Itachi's orders. Narrowing his eye, he wondered what she was playing at.
"Now... I could become the new Hokage." Tsunade started, "But I already am an equivalent of Daimyo for Konoha. Hence, the new Hokage will be Shikaku Nara." She offhandedly said, causing a loud bang to resound from Shikaku's direction, followed by a painful groan of the man whose head just impacted the table due to his almost heart-stopping shock.
Shikaku couldn't believe his ears. He lifted his head from the hard wooden table, completely ignoring the bruise right in the middle of his forehead. Whipping his tired body up, he leaned forward with a frantic expression. "You can't do that to me!" He shouted almost hysterically, getting weirded-out gazes from most of the clan heads while Inoichi and Choza simply mirthfully chuckled. Only Shibi was as stoic as ever but even his amusement could be deciphered from the buzz of his bugs.
"Ah, lucky you!" Choza boomed and patted Shikaku's back, laughing his ass off at the misfortune of his friend. He knew how much the Nara men despised any notion of becoming the Hokage.
"Yoshino will be pleased." Inoichi joined the teasing, making Shikaku's face scrunch in a grimace.
"Eh, don't worry, Shikaku." Tsunade grinned. "I only need you to do the paperwork and tend to the council. I am sure you will enjoy the fulfilling experience. I already sent a job offer to Yoshino for the spot of your secretary! Aren't I thoughtful?"
Shikaku could just flop back into his seat as despair started to claim his soul.
'This is just a nightmare. Yes... I will wake up in the morning and the world will be a lot less insane. I am sure of it. Becoming Hokage? Having my nagging wife as my secretary? God! All that paperwork! All that nagging! All that nagging during the paperwork! All that nagging to do the paperwork! Yes... simply a nightmare.' He thought as he started to close his eyes in hope to wake up.
"Just imagine Yoshino's reaction when she finds out you are the new Hokage and she is your secretary." Tsunade slyly said, causing Choza and Inoichi to snort, knowing well Yoshino's personality.
'Hmm, all that nagging to do Yoshino instead of the paperwork? Maybe Tsunade is right and this isn't such a bad idea? ... Oh, who am I kidding! She is just trying to manipulate me! Such a drag...' Shikaku wearily sighed in defeat. It was far too troublesome to argue his case.
Kapitel 256: Ch256. The best man for the job.
"Troublesome blonde!"
Yoshino heard a frustrated scream from the Hokage office and briefly stopped organizing the appointments before mirthfully chuckling and continuing her job.
'I will have to send Tsunade chocolate or something. Now that Shikamaru is mostly in the academy, I was getting bored at home.' She hummed.
Inside the Hokage office, Shikaku was frantically reviewing papers, signing off on some of them while discarding others into the trashcan while mentally cursing the inefficiency of Konoha's administration system.
Alas, fate is a bitch. Once upon a time, he spent innumerable working hours in his capacity as the Jonin Commander laughing his ass off at Hiruzen's suffering, knowing nobody in their right mind would ever choose him to be the Hokage, and yet... here he was.
Life sucked.
"What do you want?" Shikaku gruffly asked, not even deeming it important to look at Tsunade who came for a sudden unannounced visit. His Daimyo or not... he was not happy with her right about now. He didn't see a proper bed for over twenty-four hours and that's considering the Emergency meeting was just two days ago. He could already imagine his bleak future...
"Nothing. Can't I visit my third favorite Hokage in my free time?" Tsunade jested, emphasizing the word 'free', causing Shikaku to spontaneously snap his pen in half.
He slowly lifted his fed-up and unamused gaze towards her, "You did this on purpose, didn't you?"
Tsunade, from her position on the couch, shrugged in indifference, "Yeah... Do you even have to ask?" She lifted her eyebrow at him, "We both know you had enough time to put the facts together and analyze your situation from every possible angle imaginable during your paperwork time. Entertain me. What did you come up with? Why did I make you the Hokage instead of taking the hat myself?" She was really interested in the conclusion Shikaku's mind would deliver.
He threw the stacks of paper a vindictive look before sighing and rubbing the bridge of his nose. "Well, I guess I could take a bit of a break." Looking back at Tsunade, Shikaku gained a thoughtful look. "The only thing I came up with is my experience in administration from my tenure as the Jonin Commander. That is really the only thing I can offer to the village in this position." He reasoned.
Jonin Commander was a bit misleading term. It was not the person sent on the most dangerous missions as one would believe. No... Jonin Commander was a full-time desk job. Shikaku was not away from Konoha even once since he became the Jonin Commander. His duties primarily laid in deciding which team would be sent on which high-rank mission, reviewing missions to make sure there is nothing immediately fishy-sounding in them that could get their ninjas killed, and then he had to deal with paperwork consisting of things like finished mission reports and the like. It was a job that required incredible analytical capabilities coupled with heaps of practical experiences in the field.
The only time a Jonin Commander played an active combat role in the village would be during a war, where he was supposed to be one of the main tacticians. Hence, it is a position held only by Nara.
And it was also a good job where you got paid for slacking the day off during peacetime, hence the Nara clan made the deal with the First Hokage to be 'prioritized' for it.
"Let's be honest," Shikaku lazily continued with a measure of amusement in his tone, "If we measure one's worth by his rank and abilities, I am solid three. I am an Elite Jonin who, depending on their prowess and Jutsu repertoire, could comfortably fight three other average Jonins. On that same scale, Sarutobi is a solid twenty-five, which is quite impressive in itself when one considers an additional opponent means the combat prowess has to rise exponentially to cope with the increase. That's most likely why the Second Hokage chose him instead of Danzo as his successor. Danzo was better at plotting while Hiruzen had more immediate combat potential. They were at war and such a choice was a no-brainer."
Tsunade snorted, "Sensei always told us he was chosen because his Will of Fire was the strongest. Allegedly, that is really how my uncle justified his choice." She started, beaming with mirth. "When I was a kid, I found it fascinating. Now? I think that my uncle pulled the most available and cheesiest bullshit to quickly justify his choice before he went on a suicide mission that, in the end, won us the first war. It's sad that sensei took his words as gospel and became almost fanatical about the Will of Fire." Tsunade sighed. "I am sure Sensei's retirement will be a bittersweet thing for him. His own punishment of sorts where he can only watch how his beloved village changes from what he thinks is best for the Will of Fire while he is unable to intervene." Shikaku was looking at her weirdly but wisely kept quiet as she monologued. Noticing herself rambling, Tsunade looked back at the man behind the Hokage desk, "But back to you."
Shikaku slowly nodded, his mind processing what she just told him. "Back to me... there are high tens of Jonins who are more or less on the same level as me in the village. And that is not even counting those who mastered elemental Jutsu that naturally counter to my Shadow Manipulation. " He distractedly mused. "I may be smart but that is not necessarily a necessity to become a Hokage either. It is heavily assumed that somebody who got so far as to be considered for the Hokage position is actually smart. But what is most important is the combat capability, or rather, his war deterrent value to the village. Hence the entire administration mess I have to deal with now. Maaan~, couldn't Sarutobi at least try to make it less troublesome? He was in the office for the last forty years. What the heck was he doing!?" He petulantly complained while wearily rubbing his forehead.
'So he figured it out, eh?' Tsunade chuckled, her eyes sparkling with mirth as Shikaku gave her a deadpan gaze.
"You simply chose me to be the poor sod who has to rehaul the administration system of the village." He concluded, causing Tsunade to smirk.
"I stand by what I said in the past. I did it to reward the Nara clan for their continuous and loyal service to the Senju clan. It is high time that your clan's standing increased." She said smugly.
"Bullshit." Shikaku muttered.
"Plus..." Tsunade wryly continued, ignoring Shikaku's cursing, "You are far better paper-pusher than me." She had to duck under the flying paperweight.
Shikaku's eyebrow was twitching in annoyance while the corner of his lips twitched in amusement. He was indeed not the best candidate... no, scratch that, he was not even one of the considered people for the position. But he could also understand what Tsunade did.
Now that she was back in the village, there was no need to have a strong combatant as a Hokage. The village still had Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and now Tsunade available. The overall war deterrent of the village soared despite the Hokage being a 'weakling' as Kumo would undoubtedly dub him. Instead, Tsunade put Shikaku, someone good at administration, into the position of Hokage, something that has to do most of the time with administration.
If this was Shogi, Shikaku would praise her resourcefulness and willingness to say 'fuck you' to traditions. From the reports, Shikaku knew that Suna had massive economical problems because their Kazekage, while strong on the battlefield, was shit at administration and diplomacy. To a lesser degree, the same could be said about Iwagakure, a village that was far too militaristic to work properly, Kumogakure, a place that was mostly stagnant, hence their drive to obtain bloodlines, or Kirigakure, which was just a few months prior a right mess.
The Kages were all strong people with strong beliefs and convictions but the important thing was what they were not. They were not the best people for the job. They were not administrators. They were fighters, killers, assassins. Their mindset was not primarily set to build and develop their villages but to destroy their enemies. It was a ninja thing, honestly.
"Haaa~. Just tell me what you want with me so I can get back to my paperwork. God forbid Yoshino finds out I took a break..." He tiredly said, making Tsunade smile at him.
The dynamics of Yoshino's and Shikaku's relationship may seem unhealthy at first glance but the Nara men knew what they needed in life and the two get on shockingly well under all that Yoshino's nagging and Shikaku's 'troublesome' complaints. Tsunade knew they were happy and Yoshino was always able to verbally kick Shikaku's lazy ass back to work. Frankly, that was the reason why she made the woman his secretary.
"Who said I am here for you?" Tsunade remarked, making Shikaku raise an eyebrow at her. "No, I am here for the guy who is heading this way." She elaborated.
"And who is that supposed to be?" Shikaku asked but was interrupted as the door opened, revealing a sheepish Yoshino.
"Er... Danzo Shimura is here to see you, Shikaku. Should I let him in?"
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