Love never dies

Chapter 26

Naruto and the rest of her shinobi stood in the room in front of the council as Tsunade tried to contain her smug smile while she sat at her seat. "Why have you called us for Tsunade?" Koharu, one of the village elders, asked. Tsunade twitched at the rudeness. Naruto shifted to adjusted her hood subconsciously as the shinobi side of the council eyed their every movement with suspicion. "Its Tsunade-sama to you all." Tsunade snapped, making the council flinch. She cleared her throat and continued. "I have called all of you to tell you that the yondaime hokage's child, heir to the Namikaze clan has come to claim her inheritance." Exclamations burst through the room as everyone tried to talk over one another. Tsuande slammed her hand onto the table to silence them all. "I have prove that this child is the Namikaze clan heir and that you people kept me in the dark. You spent all of the Namikaze clan's money and I have found all the records of the spendings so whoever that has used the money will have to pay up with your own money." This time the civilian side of the council shouted their protest, proving they have used the money. Naruto felt Itachi squeeze her hand and she realised she had clenched her fist so hard it was hurting Itachi.
"Who is the heir may I ask, Tsunade-sama?" Hiashi asked when the council was silent by a wave of killing intent from the shortest mysterious shinobi in the room.
"You guys already exiled her. There is no point in asking that silly question." Naruto said, her voice cold and emotionless. Everyone shivered slightly at how calm and cold her voice sounds. "And you are?" A pink haired council member sneered rudely, twirling his moustache subconsciously. Ah. Haruno. Naruto thought as she eyed them all under her hood. "I am Namikaze-Uzumaki Naruto, Uzukage of the new Uzushiogakure." Naruto announced, pulling her hood back to reveal her face. The council started screaming and shouting at Naruto to be arrested.
"The demon took over the body!"
"We must kill it!"
"Bring it to Ibiki for interrogation!"
"It is still alive?!"
"It has poisoned the minds of the Uzushiogakure! This monster killed the real Uzukage!"
Naruto took a deep breath to calm herself. Naruto's bodyguards and Sasuke could feel her anger and some other emotions battling in her, creating a fury of emotions that was so overwhelming they were surprise she hadn't lashed out yet. They took a little step closer, not away, to protect her. Not from herself but from the others and to show that they still supported her. A feral smirk started spreading across her features, her little canine teeth elongated and her whiskers marks became slightly more pronounced. Fox-like ears appeared on her head. Her friends in the room stiffened. They have never seen her like this before. They can't even tell what she was feeling.
"You pathetic little humans, the kyuubi didn't take over. " Naruto said in amusement, studying her nails. Tails fanned out behind her, swaying around randomly. She had known that she had inherited some of the kyuubi's features but she could hide them, this show of features were to induce fear onto them all, sure she could use the tails and the fangs in a fight but not now. Naruto flicked her hand and her bodyguards broke the circular formation so she could pass. She strolled slowly, the councils watching with wide fearful eyes as she walked towards the table and started circling it. She has said nothing but she just watched them with her blue-red-purple eyes that screamed danger. "The day I was exiled, your villagers beat me close to the brink of death. I was then brought out of the village and left for dead. Akatsuki found me." The councils was about to break out into exclamations when a look from Naruto silenced them all. "I begged them to take the kyuubi, but they didn't. I was dying anyways and the only way for kyuubi to help me was to merge with me: hence the features now. The akatsuki chose to help me and I helped them. They are no longer missing nins." Naruto said, throwing a book onto the table: the bingo book. "The Akatsuki as you hear disbanded but they now reside in MY country, they are my shinobi. If the kyuubi have actually taken over, don't you think you'll all be dead?" Naruto asked, appearing on the other side of the room in a flash as a show of her speed. "I would have killed all of you pathetic beings without any hesitation. You made my life a living hell! You threw insults at me and told me to kill myself. You think I haven't tried? You guys tried, that's for certain. Let's see how many times... Hmmm..." Naruto said as she pulled out a worn-out black leather bound book and started flipping through the pages. They could see specks of blood on the book as she paced around the table slowly. "Ah. A total of 1950 times, there are more but those are small incidents. Sometimes on a daily basis but those are just the ones that have been attempted to look like an accident, like trying to drop a flower pot on a 4 year old child's head. Even if I hadn't died from that, I would have probably lost a few brain cells and became a useless person - cannot eat and cannot talk, basically unable to function on my own. However I survived all the time and you guys were not happy. You sent me on B-ranked and A-ranked missions back to back." Tsunade's head snapped to them angrily.
"You send my shinobi on mission without asking me? How dare you send a genin on such missions?!" Tsunade shouted.
"Relax Tsunade-dono, I am not finished. You have banished me, I have changed my name. The name Uzumaki Naruto had always been an alias that would be destroyed once I have taken up my real name. Therefore I am allowed into this country. Try to kill me, mind you I am a kage now, and you'll be faced with war. I have many powerful shinobi and powerful allies by my side, we can and we will win the war." Naruto said calmly. Danzo growled to himself quietly. His plan had backfired on him. Now it was attacking him and there was almost no way he could tip it back into his advantage.