The Meeting

Thirty minutes before the first half of Kentaro was successfuly escorted by the second assassination squad.

In the Hokage's residence, a table had been placed in the Hokage's office. Ay the Raikage and Hashirama the Hokage were sitting around the table.

He was the only one who had answered to Konoha's Invitation, or so it seemed. The air was tense, Hashirama tried to put him at ease.

"I am honored to have you here, Lord Raikage. Unfortunately, the other three Kages have not answered my calling." Ay was accompanied by B, his fellow clansmen and bodyguard.

"Konoha only wants peace between the different nations, we are sure that if we can cooperate, we could achieve much." Tobirama, who was behind Tobirama had his arms crossed and listened closely to what was said.

"We understand what you say Lord Hokage. But, the history of my people is strongly entangled with the clans of Konoha. The Hyuga clan being one of the greatest enemies of one of the noble clans of Kumo." the Senko clan never forgets grudges.

"Do you really think that we will kindly become your allies, Lord Hokage? I have come here today to show you that Kumo is open to negotiations! so, what do you propose?" Ay didn't want to waste his time with Hashirama's beautiful talk, he wanted proposals and benefits.

"At the moment, I don't know what I could do to maintain peace in the world. I will come with a solution if tensions only get stronger. What I can promise you is an alliance with Konoha, we will try to work together and work the grudges out between the clans that represent our respective villages." Ay shook his head.

"I think you don't understand. I just told you that my people doesn't forget grudges. If you want to convince us, how about you drop a few million Ryos for Kumo?" Tobirama was dissatisfied with how Ay was behaving.

"Lord Raikage! Have you come here to discuss and negotiate or to impose a price? Konoha does not buy allies, put that into your head." B looked at Tobirama with a furious look, it looked like he could attack at any moment.

"Tch! What are you gonna do?" Tobirama wasn't scared a bit, he knew that he was above B in terms of power.

Hashirama stood up and tried to diffuse the situation by motioning them to calm down, he didn't want a fight to erupt.

"Knock knock!" everyone looked at the door, there was someone who had just knocked. The door opened, Kentaro was led by shinobi of Konoha.

"I've had a little inconvenience. Lord Raikage, Lord Hokage." Kentaro gave each of them a little nod and sat down around the table.

Tobirama couldn't help but look away, his heart was beating faster. Hashirama was surprised to see Kentaro here, he hadn't expected him to come.

"Lord Tsuchikage what a surprise to have you here. I'm more than happy to have you in the meeting, I've already discussed with Lord Raikage about forming an alliance. How abou-" Kentaro cut Hashirama and talked.

"Iwa doesn't ally with hidden villages who can't control their own men." Hashirama knew that Kentaro was talking about Konoha.

"What do you mean?" Kentaro gazed intently at Hashirama, he tried to figure out if he had ordered Madara to kill him.

"I will explain everything when my second half comes back. Then, we shall discuss about Konoha's fate." Ay knew much about Kentaro.

He knew that he had nearly annihilated the Senko clan all by himself with the use of the vapor style.

"I see that only Lord Raikage has come, I hope that he wasn't intercepted by a powerful Konoha shinobi." Ay shook his head, Hashirama was confused by those words.

"Lord Tsuchikage, I see that you are as powerful as you are described. It's my great honor to meet you in person, where is your bodyguard?" Kentaro looked seriously at Ay.

"I don't need a bodyguard. Lord Raikage, I've had a....complicated relationship with the Senko clan. But, Iwa is determined to form an alliance with Kumo." Ay had big smile on his face.

To have a powerful ally such as Iwa was his villages great blessing. Hashirama was looking silently from the side.

"Lord Raikage, how about you leave Konoha now? I invite you to come to Iwa in five days to discuss further about our alliance." Ay stood up and shook Kentaro's hand, B gave Kentaro a nod.

The two of them left the room, Hashirama could not believe it. Because of Kentaro, Ay had left and Hashirama didn't appreciate it.

"What have you done, Kentaro!?" Hashirama had his blood boiling. Kentaro was surprised to see Hashirama act like that.

"For you, it's Lord Tsuchikage. If I were you, I would quietly sit down." the door of the office opened, Kentaro's other half entered.

The sixteen Anbu stormed inside, Tobirama stood on his guard. He could sense that they were not common shinobi.

"This is the fission jutsu, I can split my body in two with it. As you can see, look at my other half, it's all wounded." both Hashirama and Tobirama understood what Kentaro implied.

"I didn't lure you out! I only have good intentions, I swear Ke- Lord Tsuchikage!" the other half placed his hand on the half who was sitting.

Kentaro became one again, his full power had returned to him. Kentaro started forming circles on the table with his finger.

"Listen closely. am not as lenient as you, Hashirama. Madara attacked one of my halves while it was coming for the meeting. I will give you two choices! Take care of Madara as a Kage should or.....FACE KONOHA'S DESTRUCTION!"