Capítulo 50: Chapter 49: Ashes to ashes
Naruto stood in the archway where the hallway opened up from its narrow passage onto a slightly more open part of the hallway that had the exit/entrance to the eastern courtyard and another entrance/exit to the Hyuuga's private gardens. Blocking his passage were the five heads of Konoha's most renowned clans.
"Uzumaki." Tsume breathed out as her loyal companion, Kudomaru growled and snarled at the boy in red.
Naruto looked at them with an intensely disinterested gaze before he spoke. "Akimichi, Nara, Yamanaka, Inuzuka. The four of you need not die here. You need only to swear loyalty to me, and my cause, and you will be allowed safe passage away from this compound. Should you prove yourselves trustworthy then I will allow you to once again take the position of clan heads of your respective houses."
"And Hiashi?" Shikato asked narrowing his eyes slightly.
Nauto's gaze flickered to the pale eyed clan head. "He is too dangerous to be left alive." Was his simple answer.
Shikato mentally cursed. Hiashi was indeed the only true threat to the blond. Not in raw power, he doubted anyone short of one or both of the remaining sannin, or Uchiha Itachi had any real hope of defeating this monstrosity that they had created.
Hiashi's threat was in the political realm, Shikato knew, that no mater how much pull or influence he had in certain circles of Shinobi, that no one had the kind of political pull like Hiashi.
Where the blond held his force together by grudging respect, fear, or people who were indebted to him, Hihashi held his force together by three things, one, the natural prestige he possessed as the Hyuuga clan head, diminished as they may be. Two, his calculative mind. And third the fact that many believed him to be the last hope of defeating the blond before he starts yet another Great War.
Shikato knew also, that should they submit to him, that he would limit, or downright remove all of their political power, meaning that the chances of one of them coming close to organizing a revolt, would be nigh impossible.
So…in reality, this was it, this was a make it or break it effort to keep their children from having to suffer the horrors of war.
He weighed his options, should they fail or surrender, then Naruto would no doubt pursue his ambition, and eventually fail when two of the villages united against his now diminished one which would lead to the destruction of the hidden leaf and all of its inhabitants, including their children.
Or they could make a stand, have the possibility of failing but also have the possibility of winning where then they could name a new Kage, unite the village again and work on undoing the damage that this short, but nonetheless destructive, civil war had caused.
Hihashi spoke up narrowing his pale eyes to a fearsome glare. "Fool boy. You cannot hope to defeat us here, we are five of Konoha's strongest Shinobi, you are strong, true, remarkably so but even you have no chance of defeating all of five of us."
Tsume spoke up next. Not only that, but our clan techniques complement eachother, The Hyuuga and Inuzuka have been paired in teams practically since the founding of our clans and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio is legendary."
Naruto spoke, his voice a drawl of simple facts.
"Inuzuka clan techniques, are based around close range combat, weaknesses are mid to long range techniques. Usually earth type manipulators. Hyuuga, also focuses on close range techniques, weaknesses, a blind spot just along the base of the neck.
Akimichi, also close range fighters, weaknesses, techniques use up great amounts of chakra and are extremely slow.
Yamanaka clan techniques, involving the mind mid to close range techniques, weaknesses is that the caster will either fall unconscious, or must remain perfectly still while the Jutsu is being cast, the jutsu moves very slowly as well. And finally the Nara the clan strengths are the unusually high IQ's as well as the ability to paralyze an opponent using shadows, weaknesses, are that they have naturally low chakra capacities and the paralysis uses greater amounts of chakra the stronger the opponent. Did I leave anything?
The five clan heads facial expressions visibly tightened.
When they had created him, trained him. They had given him everything, they had laid out all of Konoha's knowledge, all of its techniques. The techniques of the clans and their weaknesses. In the hopes of creating the perfect weapon one that could help any of the clans, or who could destroy any that might have gone rouge.
But in the process they forgot one thing…
When handling any weapon there was always a risk, of gaining serious injuries.
Hiashi growled and spat out his next words. "You still do not have a chance, your theories are good but lets see you put them into practice."
Naruto spoke again, his voice hollow and dead even as his red eyes gleamed beneath his hood. "While it is true, that I would have no chance at defeating you if I was a normal Shinobi…we all know that I…am far from normal."
The five clan heads tensed as the red chakra grew in intensity. The bloodlust and rage rolling off of the beast's power was almost suffocating.
Naruto spoke again, his red eyes flashing beneath his hood and glowing with an eerie light.
"The will of the Shadow guides me."
"The strength of the Demon, empowers me…you…"
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