INCARNATE OF OBITO UCHIHA

Chapter 6: The Crimson Assassin

"Hiruzen, is there any reason why you called me here?" Sayuri asked in a calm tone as she stared boringly at the Hokage and his three advisors- Homura, Koharu and Danzo that sat next to him in the council room. She may seem calm from outside, but inside she was seething. Right now she should be at the hospital, for her granddaughter's surgery, instead she was here with these bastards for god knows why.

Before Hiruzen could sugarcoat his words, Danzo beat him to it as he said in an accusatory tone "I heard your granddaughter was present when Itachi murdered almost the entire Uchiha Clan." Hiruzen shot him a look, but he ignored him.

"Your point?" She asked coolly, in a detached tone.

"What a coincidence that she happened to be in the Uchiha compound at the exact time when Itachi killed his Clan members, isn't it?" He said calmly.

"Are you trying to accuse my granddaughter of something?" Sayuri asked with a raised brow, her green eyes filled with dark amusement as she watched the war hawk discreetly put all the blame of the Uchiha Massacre on her. 'So typical of you, Danzo'. She mused wryly. If she hadn't been used to his antics, she'd have sorely upset by his not-so-discreet accusations.

He was just trying to pull all the blame on her, so that if anyone even have a hint of doubt on him being behind this massacre, he'll just have to nudge him towards her, and no one would doubt at her being behind all this. And if someone even know the bad blood between her and the Uchiha clan, people won't even need a reason to not doubt her, and add to the fact that her own granddaughter had been found on the crime scene, people would surely start thinking the worst, and she'd be blamed for the Uchiha Massacre.

Typical.

"Not her, you." He said in his usual emotionless tone.

Hiruzen wanted badly to butt in the conversation and try to placate the tension that was building between the two of them, but a sharp glance for Koharu made him bite his lip. Apparently, this matter is between two former teammates, so he should let them sort it out.

Sayuri chuckled darkly, which did nothing to ease the tension in the room and said in a mocking tone. "Oh that's strange, considering the fact that you were the ones who ordered him to murder his own Clan. Am I right or not, O' Honourable Council-members?"

The four of them tensed.

"You shouldn't speak of such matters carelessly." Homura said sharply.

"Oh, did I hit a nerve now?" Sayuri said with an innocent face, but her dark green eyes told them that she was enjoying riling them up.

"You should know your place, Sayuri." Koharu said with a glare.

Sayuri returned her glare with full force and said "I'm not the one who needs to be reminded of their place, Koharu." She then clenched her fists and said "You three are the members of the Council, you should start acting like one. You are not the Hokage, you have no right to order around the shinobi of this village as if they are your pawns, that right is of the Fire Shadow alone." She death glared at Koharu, Homura and Danzo and continued her rant "How desperate are you to cover up for your mishaps, that you are trying to accuse an eight year old for your crimes?! Have you three gone senile?"

"So you do not deny the fact that you had an ulterior motive in sending your granddaughter to the Uchiha Compound at the night of the Massacre." Danzo accused her, coolly.

She laughed harshly and said "Do you even hear what you're saying? Your words sound so ludicrous!" She then said with an eye roll "Sure, I knew that was going to happen sooner or later, but I didn't know that Sakura would choose that time to act on her obsession with Sasuke and stalk -er, I meant follow- him into the Uchiha compound." She lied easily. After all, it was true though, sort of. Sakura had been a major Fangirl of Sasuke, until lately when even the name of the said boy brought a scowl on her face. She still wondered what the hell happened to change her mind pretty quickly. Well, it's not like it mattered to her anyways. As long as Sakura took her training seriously, she'd overlook her eccentric quirks.