Finding a Bit of Trust

Title: Finding a Bit of Trust

Chapter: 21

Fandom: Naruto

Characters: Many

Word Count: 1,340

AN: And finally, the meeting! Enjoy you guys. Remember, reviews are responded to at a decent time. Just not this weekend. I have a date with a boyfriend to keep.

Smint45: Here is it. :3

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Everyone stared at everyone else, eyes occasionally shifting towards Naruto who just looked up from under his hood and smiled slightly as the clan heads settled in. Asuma was to his left, grumbling about being there, already knowing what was going on as it was while Tsunade was on his right, Itachi to her right, looking rather amused by it all.

 

“So, wanna tell us what’s going on?” Inoichi asked, sitting back in his chair with a smile dancing on his lips, reminding Naruto of Ino quite a bit.

 

“Okay, so about 2 days before I called this meeting, Sakura went rouge on us,” Naruto said, leaning his elbows on the table, fingers lacing together as he frowned lightly. “She asked me to help test a new way to unseal chakra points when they get stuck mid-transformation. What I didn’t know what that the shot that she gave me wasn’t supposed to be given. The reason why is because it made my chakra fluctuate while I was shifting between forms. From what I understand, Kyuubi activated the chakra that was mixed with mine by using the chakra that is being added to save my life and well…”

 

“The results are adorable,” Tsunade finished for him, smirking at the scowl on Narutos lips as he stood up and pulled the hood down. The group stared at the ears that twitched amongst the blond locks as he pulled the jacket off all the way, freeing his blond tail.

 

“Well, no wonder Neji just smirked at me this morning,” Hiashi said finally, trying to keep his voice under control at the sight. Neji had been humming and smiling for the entire week since he had come over from Ibikis home, making Hiashi wonder just what he had seen while there. From what was before him, he knew now that it was because of just how Naruto looked.

 

He had been on the track to being handsome with a softer look about him then his father, but now, he was downright androgynous. It was an amazing sight. And caused many of the men, married or not, to wonder if there was anything else about the sweet fox that had changed before they quickly squashed the idea.

 

“So…the chakra was used to save your life while your system went off, right?” Itachi asked, well use to seeing the blond with his appendages from his job guarding him.

”Yeah. The chakra that was pumping through my body was stopping and then rushing to fast for my coils to handle, than it would stop again. I don’t remember much beyond that and from what I can remember it hurt a lot. Growing the ears and tail no so much,” Naruto replied, sitting down again, looking down at his papers.

 

“Can you remove them?” Shibi asked curiously, getting a shake of Narutos head as his answer. “Why not?”

 

“Because they’re physical manifestations of my chakra and if I cut them off, they’ll just grow back and I’ll lose a bit of my chakra,” Naruto explained. “I really don’t want to lose any of my chakra because even losing a tiny bit would throw my entire system off for a while. As it is, I’m having to retrain myself with the added appendages,” he continued, sitting back and crossing his legs.

 

“When I found out what she had done, I had ordered her to go visit Ibiki and she was placed in a cell,” Tsunade started, looking down at her own notes before frowning heavily. “Somehow, someone got in to see her, knocking out several of our ANBU, who had been watching her and Anko-san to. We later found out that there had been seals placed on the walls and the ceiling that when activated let out a potent sleep agent. It was just strong enough to make the ANBU easily placed under a genjutsu that clouded their minds and hid the persons appearance from them.

 

“A few days ago, she was discovered gone from her cell. Apparently who ever wanted her, knew enough about the cells to get her out,” she continued, looking up with a serious expression on her face. “Without leaving a trace of chakra, scent, hair, nothing. There was nothing in that cell that could tell us who was there and there was nothing in it to suggest that it once held my ex-student.”

 

“Are you telling me someone from inside the village has turned traitor and is still operating within our walls?” Hiashi asked, eyebrows drawing low as a scowl formed on his face.

 

“Unfortunately, yes, that is what I’m telling you. Naruto may be in danger, along with Sasukes fiancé and Sasuke himself. She’s obsessed with Sasuke and if Kimi-san is seen as in her way, she may go after her and try to kill her. Itachi,” Tsunade stated, turning to him with a dark look, “tell your brother that he’s going to be working with me as my assistant at the hospital. He’ll be assigned to where Kimi-san works, seeing as they’re starting to be able to put files into a computer system. Due to that, she’s one of the few working with the files and doing a lot of typing. Sasuke is going to do a lot of hefting, scanning and watching until we fix this.”

 

“Yes, Hokage-same,” Itachi said, nodding sharply as he sat straight and firm.

 

“Naruto will be watched over by an ANBU whenever he is not with me, Ibiki-san, Itachi-san or Sasuke-san,” Tsunade told the council, giving each man a long look. “Tell your children to be on high alert but keep it quiet. There is no reason to cause panic if we can help it. Hopefully, we’ll be able to figure this out and soon.”

 

With a final “Yes, Hokage-sama” the council broke off, Hiashi, Hana and Shibi staying behind to talk with Naruto. The young blond was putting together his papers with a worried frown.

 

“Naruto-kun, where have you been staying since this happened?” Hana asked, poking gently at one ear with a delicate claw, watching the ear flick quickly before twisting towards her.

 

“Ibiki-kuns home actually. That place is so covered in traps, wards and warnings that it’s nearly impossible to get through without using chakra if you don’t want to end up in a lot of pain,” Naruto admitted, smiling at her before nodding to the two clan heads. “Actually, he’s planning on courting me, which was a surprise, let me tell you.”

 

“Ibiki Morino? Courting you? I never would have thought I would see the day of that man courting someone, much less finding someone willing to accept the courtship,” Hiashi drawled, getting a narrowed eyed look as he smiled softly. “I’m glad that he was finally able to find that in you. I do hope that things go well for you two in the long run and remember, if it does not work out, I do have two daughters that would be interesting in marrying you, if not several male family members,” he said, getting a huff and a pout.

 

“I’m happy with my scarred interrogator, thank you, Hiashi-san. After all, he went to Iruka to get his approval for the courtship,” Naruto sang before he smiled and waved at the three, leaving the room and smiling bright at Ibiki, who was looking a bit worried about something. “What’s up?” Naruto asked, getting a soft smile.

 

“Let’s go to my office,” Ibiki hummed, drawing Naruto away. Shibi smirked and shook his head at his friends.

 

“Looks like the man is possessive,” he mused, Hana smirking and nodding.

 

“Poor little Kiba is going to be so pouty when he finds out about this,” she drawled before leaving with a happy, bouncy goodbye.

 

“And people wonder why I’m glad my wife isn’t bouncy,” Shibi snorted before he left, leaving Hiashi to his thoughts.

 

“I wonder if I should just go for a male lover myself. They seemed less bouncy and bright,” he muttered, finally leaving the room with a shake of his head.