Stream of past

Smoke Through Fingers

(A\N: Happy New Year everyone! I hope you had wonderful holidays, here's the first 2025 Stream of Past chapter to celebrate.)

Tsunade felt her blood boil and her chakra performed a feat similar to a volcanic eruption the more she read. Shizune, who was helping her sort through the mountains of evidence, inched away from the Sannin.

"Ts-Tsunade-sama..." started Shizune.

"I'm going to kill him...I. Am. Going. To. Kill him. I will perform such fucked up tortured methods on his foot in the grave body that even Orochimaru will call me insane. When I get my hands on him, I will slowly break his pride, his trust, his faith and his bones, nothing will be left of his body. And if there is, I will feed it to the Inuzuka dogs, I will scatter his remains across fire country, I will personally make sure he gets no funeral rites so that his soul may never reach the Pure Lands. May he turn into a wraith and forever haunt the lands, may he go insane as he is denied escape, may he feel eternal torment as I ruin his work, may he suffer as the living thrive. I swear on my grandfather's grave, Shizune, this man will not live for much longer." said Tsunade as she took a gulp of tea for once. The Sannin needed her mind sharp, she had to cross all her ts and dot all her is if she wanted to bring him down. So that there will be no chance of escaping. Therefore no alcohol for her.

Shizune nodded meekly. "I understand, I also want him to face justice for his crimes."

"This isn't even about justice anymore. I don't even want to give him a trial to be honest...I know I have to but...This man...This abomination masquerading as a human does not deserve even the smallest bit of sympathy. He will face death one way or another and I cannot wait for the look on his face as he realizes he's done for."

Without another word, Tsunade picked up her file and continued reading. Shizune, knowing better than to push her shishō when she was like this, returned to reading Danzo's journals and taking notes.

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...The Uchiha had been meeting in secret under the Naka Shrine for quite some time, I have sent Rat and and Lizard to spy on them and they confirmed my suspicions, they are going to revolt. This has only been further corroborated by Shisui Uchiha, when he informed the Hokage. I sense an opportunity in this. An opportunity in getting rid of the scum benefiting from our village and in getting further material for my research... 

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The Uchiha massacre was not orchestrated by Hiruzen-sensei. Tsunade didn't know whether to feel surprised or stupid for not piecing it together sooner. I mean sure, her sensei had basically ignored all of Naruto's suffering and let him starve in his own apartment, but he wasn't cruel enough to slaughter an entire clan for being mad at the conditions they were thrown in. No...But Danzo sure was.

He always seemed to have a fascination with the Sharingan, from what Shizune had pieced together from his journals. It dated back to his genin days and it's origin was his teammate, Kagami Uchiha. If she didn't know the man was incapable of love, she would have thought Danzo had a crush on him. He spoke in long and flowery language about Kagami's strength in battle and his almost impenetrable genjutsu prowess. He described his eyes in detail and had even done a few sketches. Thank the Sage his body was never recovered or Danzo would have stolen his eyes too.

As time passed, Danzo's obsession with the Sharingan continued. He would add Uchihas to his squad in order to observe them in battle. He noted down every characteristic of the Sharingan he could deduce. He knew each significance of each tomoe, each different ability of each Mangekyō he encountered, how to get an EMS, everything he saw he wrote down as his obsession grew.