Danzo Hokage

A Different Choice

Chapter 1: A Different Choice.

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Updated on 2-24-2020.

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AN: This story was put on hold until I had time to really plan out how I want the story to go. I have made a few edits here and there so anybody who has read this before may wish to do so again in case the edits are more to your liking.

AN2: This idea was born out of the idea that in the canon timeline he had more time (A few added seconds) and as such had time to really make the choice. In this timeline, however, he simply doesn't and must make a choice and so picks the one he feels would be the one best suited to fare in a war-torn era. Danzo thus becomes the next Hokage.

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Second Great Ninja War.

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In the latter days of the second great ninja world war, Tobirama Senju made a choice. A choice that would have far-reaching implications for the ninja world as a whole. A choice that in a parallel universe would have set the world down a path of eventual peace. All won by a happy-go-lucky boy in a sickeningly orange jumpsuit. A universe that would have seen levels of cooperation unlike anything ever seen before. However, in this universe, he would send the world down a far darker path. One that would ensure that the way of the ninja would not only continue but also grow. Both in number and in its very necessity.

In the end, he really only had two choices. Hiruzen Sarutobi or Danzo Shimura. Both men were highly skilled ninja in their own right. Both had killed in the name of their village. Both had bled for the village and would undoubtedly do so again if necessary. However, in the end, he also knew that neither of them had the skills necessary to hold the enemy forces at bay for long. He would have to be the one to do it and so needed to name his successor. Worst yet he didn't have much time at all to make it. He would need to use his instincts, His gut feeling on what to do.

Thinking about the two possible new Hokages carefully he eyed the two men long and hard. This choice would fundamentally alter the very course of human history. As Hokage this may very well be the most important decision in his life. On one hand Hiruzen embraced his brother's ideals of peaceful cooperation. That could be useful should cooler heads prevail after the war. On the other hand, Danzo embraced a mindset much more aligned to his own. Danzo understood that while the ideals Hiruzen held would be nice and in many ways more preferable. The way of the world made such views very naive. That could also be useful and likely to be the one best suited to the geopolitical situation of the times. So, in the end, he picked Danzo and in so doing changed the course of the ninja world forever.

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Hidden Leaf Academy Classroom 7.

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In the many years that followed that dark day, the academy's curriculum was made even harder to ensure that only the very best would become genin. This, however, did lower there forces a fair bit, but at the same time, it had also kept them on top of the many other ninja villages that had started showing up. Villages such as the Hidden village of Iwagakure, Kumogakure, Kirigakure, Sunagakure, and their own village of Konohagakure

Iruka Umino was giving the very last lecture of the school year. Iruka was like many who had been an academy student under Danzo's multi-decade-long rule. He was a rather indifferent man who accepted nothing but excellence from all of his students. He was nevertheless a fair man to all and was overall efficient in his teachings. His most notable feature was his left eye which was covered in a thin eyepatch. An injury from a long-forgotten mission in the Land Of Mist back in his genin days. But this year would be different from most. As most of the big-name clans had their future clan heads in attendance.