Chapter 43

Outside the Uchiha compound there was a training field. It was used by the Uchiha for sparring and higher destruction jutsu practice.

Right now there was a small six-year-old boy practising his shuriken throw. People of his clan knew him as a natural-born genius. He was fighting for the attention of someone that rarely gave it to him.

The practise field was surrounded by a small forest. And right now Dragon was standing on a branch observing the boy. He was waiting for Ryu to finish with the meeting and come to meet him.

'He really was a totally different boy before the massacre happened. The one i see down there wouldn't hurt a fly. Tragic events really change someone all the way to their core.'

Dragon used to ruin a lot of lives in his last life, but he never stuck around to see the consequences it caused or how it changed the people involved. He found it fascinating in the sense that both happy and sad events would cause two different changes.

'I wonder what kind of person Naruto will grow up to now that he has someone that loves and cares for him. And i wonder what Sylvia will think when she finds out she has more then one son. Hope she doesn't die from shock.' Dragon laughed to himself thinking about what kind of face she would make when he introduced the rest of the family to her.

"Master. I have returned." A portal opened up on the branch and Ryu floated up from it and stepped onto the branch. He immediately went down on one knee like the anbu did for the Hokage.

"So, what did they say?" Dragon said while observing the young Uchiha hit 5 out of 6 targets in the bullseye.

"Most are very skeptical and wary of you, master. I would guess that some of them are thinking that Danzo or Hiruzen is behind this. But they have agreed to wait and trust that we take care of the attack and Danzo himself." Ryu brought exactly what Dragon wanted to hear. This is the answer he hoped for.

"Good job. Keep monitoring Danzo and the root. Also slowly over the course of this week, eliminate all the spies he has within the Uchiha."

"Yes, master!" Ryu jumped back into the portal and then it closed again, and silence returned to this area.

'Oh, here comes the other one,' Dragon saw a slightly taller version of the 6 year old walk into the practice area. He noticed the eyes of the young boy light up immediately.

Dragon watched the two boys interact with each other and then go on to practice shuriken throws together. He was very interested to see what would happen to these two boys now that their clan will be safe from the massacre.

'I will talk more with those two later. For now, i guess i have to go and deal with Danzo. Better do it now so that I'm not late for dinner.' Dragon disappeared in a burst of speed.

Inside the Hokage office two men were having a meeting and it wasn't going so well. These two used to be on the same time, but that was a long time ago now. Now they both represented one part of the village, the darkness and the light.

"Why are you so stubborn Hiruzen? You read Itachi's report, it's time to act now." Danzo was almost yelling in the face of the Hokage.

"The last time i checked, i was the one sitting in this seat and not you, Danzo." Hiruzen said with a tired and annoyed expression.

"He's right. You are not the Hokage Danzo. And you never will be." Dragon had appeared from nowhere and now sat on the sofa and stared at them both.

"Dragon what are you doing here today?" Hiruzen looked a little relieved now that Dragon had arrived.

"This meeting is classified, you are not allowed to be here, Dragon." Danzo said with visible scorn in his eyes.

"You should be careful to how you address me, boy." Dragon looked at Danzo who became visibly agitated at Dragon's comment.

"calm down Danzo, and Dragon. What might be the nature of your visit?" Hiruzen knew Danzo's personality, and he knew this could end badly very fast.

"Hiruzen, since you are so oblivious to what's going on, i just thought i should inform you. Danzo has ordered the massacre of the Uchiha, and he's having Itachi do it." Hiruzen's jaw dropped and Danzo's eyes turned round and he stared at Dragon with pure hatred in his eyes.

"Liar. I have done no such thing." Danzo said in a determined tone. Dragon had to give it to him, Danzo was very good at keeping up that poker face even in this situation.

"DANZO! I ordered you to stand down!" Hiruzen was a life long friend of Danzo's but he still respected and trusted Dragon more because of how old he is and the fact that he knew the first and second Hokage's personally.

"Hiruzen, SIT DOWN! I have been saving a conversation with you about Naruto's treatment before i arrived in the village. So you're up next."

An incredible domineering aura exploded out and stopped the Hokage from moving. In fact, no ninja in the room could move a single muscle.

"Danzo, why the calm look on your face?" Dragon was walking over until he stood right next to Danzo.

"You can't kill me. I will not die, ever." Danzo said and stared into Dragon's eyes with fury and hatred.

"Oh, so you think this little experiment will help you, huh?" Dragon said and pinched Danzo's right arm that was wrapped in bandages.

"How did you know?" Danzo's eyes darted from Dragon's to Hiruzen's and he knew that this time he had to leave for good. There was no way that Hiruzen would excuse this one.

"I know everything." Dragon said and smiled.

Danzo suddenly pulled out a kunai and made a quick thrust towards Dragon's throat. Dragon tilted his head to the side and grabbed Danzo by the throat and held him up in the air.

"You were never in control here, Danzo. I know every location of every root member at all times. I know all assassination attempts on Naruto's life. Did you think that you're god or something?" Dragon looked at the man struggling in his grip.

"Dragon, let him down. I will deal with him." Hiruzen said from the side with a semi pleading look. Before he could say anything more, Dragon's crazy powerful killing intent attacked him head-on again.

"Hiruzen, this man should have died years ago. Didn't you know that Danzo and your former student is behind the mass kidnapping of the village civilians? What a sorry excuse for a leader." Dragon said and not sparing on the harsh words. He was always gonna deal with these two, he just waited for the right moment.

"Sebastien. Here is someone you might find interesting." Dragon threw Danzo behind him and Dragon's own shadow rose up and caught Danzo in it's grasp.

"Interesting, master. He is quite the wicked human." The shadow itself grew a mouth that morphed into a sadistic smile. Danzo had tried everything at this point. No jutsu worked, he couldn't even call upon his chakra.

"HIRUZEN! SAVE ME! YOU NEED ME, THE VILLAGE NEEDS ME! THERE CAN'T BE LIGHT WITHOUT DARKNESS!!!" Danzo was panicking and a facial expression Hiruzen had never seen before made it's way onto Danzo's face.

"Here is where you have to choose, boy." Dragon looked at the Hokage.

"Will you save this pig from slaughter and become someone not worthy of carrying that hat. Or will you abandon this current path your treading and work hard to earn the respect of that position."

"Walk with me onto the path of light and be the person Naruto thinks you are. He looks up to the Hokage as the best and brightest star. He dreams of surpassing you. What side will you show him?" Dragon said and released all the pressure he put on Hiruzen.

The Hokage fell down on his knees in tears. Thousands of pictures of missing civilians and ninjas alike appeared in his mind. His shame and guilt grew and his tears kept falling. What would his teacher say if he saw what he allowed the village to become.

"Hiruzen. It's time to choose." Dragon said.

"Danzo. For too long have i allowed you to destroy what the first Hokage built. For too long i have allowed you trample on his dream, and the will of fire that he believed in." Hiruzen said with an ice-cold expression on his face. He had stopped crying and he walked up to Danzo that helplessly was trapped in Dragon's shadow.

"Mr Sebastien, make sure he suffers. For all the people he has brought suffering to in his lifetime." The Hokage said without any mercy in his voice.

"Of course, now if that's all, i will go and work on this little guy." A shadow that acted like a tentacle spiraled it's way around Danzo's body and dragged him down into the shadow.

"Master, I'll see you later. Please call on me if there is something else you need." Sebastien said and Dragon's shadow returned to normal again.

"Good work." Dragon said and his shadow rose and formed a single thumbs up and then went back to normal again.

"Naruto is done at the academy so i can't stay. Hiruzen, i have great expectation of you now that you chose to walk down a different path. I will take care of the attack on the Uchiha."

"Thank you Master Dragon. Someday you have to explain to me what you and your students are, because that was not ninjutsu that Sebastien used." Hiruzen said.

"If you earn the right to know, then i will gladly tell you." Dragon took a dramatic paused and then continued and said.

"You're going to have to work hard and i will be here watching you, and if you mess up this big again, i will give you to Sebastien to experiment on." Dragon showed a smug smile.

"Also, for your paperwork use your shadow clones." Dragon said and disappeared from the room.

*BOOM*

The Hokage desk got smashed into pieces and Hiruzen stood there with a crazy look in his eyes.

"SO. MANY. YEARS!!"

"SHADOW CLONES!!! OF COURSE!!"

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