Naruto: Uchiha's Genjutsu Demon Part 2

UGD: Task for the clan heads

"Huh? Shikaku what do you mean? Our kids would come back to us." Inoichi asked. He didn't understand why his friend would say something like this when this is the only way to get their kids back.

Shikaku turned toward Inoichi and said "I understand what you feel right now Inoichi but we cannot be narrow-minded about this. Having all the Kages come to the village and face to face with a criminal organization is nothing less than a disaster. On one hand, we have leaders of villages who have their own pride and wouldn't let go of it and do you think that they would give up their biggest weapon?"

"By their biggest weapon do you mean the Tailed beasts?" Hiashi Hyuga asked.

Shikaku nodded and said "Yes...the tailed beasts. The only thing we know about the Akatsuki right now is that they want all the tailed beasts. They already have about 4 of them right now and the rest 5 are with us villages. Which of those villages will give away their tailed beast along with the Jinchuriki?"

Shikaku then turned toward Tsunade and asked "Tsunade-sama, would you hand over Naruto to the Akatsuki knowing that extracting the beast will kill him?"

Tsunade looked a little shaken at this question. Shikaku was right and she would never hand over Naruto to the Akatsuki even if the two shinobi squads' life hangs in balance.

Shikaku continued and said "We don't even know what their end game is. Their leader has also never shown up his face or his strength to the shinobi world. If a person without causing any ripples in the shinobi world can create an organization of S-ranked criminals, how strong will he himself be? Is he able to control the tailed beasts? What happens when all these variables come at our doorstep next month?"

"What the Nara clan head is saying is indeed scary. Our village might end up becoming a battle zone. Do you have anything that can help us with these problems Shikaku?" the elder asked. As the advisor of the previous Hokage, Shikaku's opinion did matter a lot.

"I think the first thing we need to do is keep the meeting away from the hidden leaf. In the vicinity of the hidden leaf. We don't want the villagers to bear the brunt of someone's anger. But we need to do it in such a place that the Akatsuki or the other villages don't think of this as a trap. As for the exchange of the hostages, we must make it happen before the Kages speak a single word with the Akatsuki." Shikaku suggested.

Tsunade nodded and said "Yes...that would be the best course of action. Even though it carries its own set of risks, this is a middle ground I think everyone can reach."

Shikaku turned toward Tsunade and asked "Have you thought of any way to get the Kages here? I mean will they even agree to come?"

"I do actually...all the villages have one way or the other suffered due to the Akatsuki and will continue to do so if we remain divided. The Kazekage and Mizukage won't be a problem since they are our allies but the Tsuchikage and Raikage will have to think for their villages and come here." Tsunade said with confidence.

Seeing that the Hokage was sure of getting it done, the elders and clan leaders also had some amount of hope.

They discussed a few more things at the meeting including the fact that the incident of Kidnapping will be kept a secret for now so as to not cause any kind of chaos. After the meeting was over, everyone started to leave. Tsunade signaled Shikaku and Hiashi to stay back as she had something different to talk to them about.

"Is there something you wanted to talk about Lady Tsunade?" Hiashi asked to which Tsunade nodded and said "Yes...recently you both must have heard that Yami had fought with the Akatsuki members at the hidden sand and he revealed something truly shocking."

"Nothing is normal when it comes to Yami. I might need you to be a little more specific." Hiashi said. He had an inkling as to what Tsunade was talking about but he didn't want to be the first one to say it.