Chapter 62: [Embers!]
"Suna's delegation is here!"
'Huh!'
'...'
'What's that gotta do with me...'
I kept silent and followed him behind as we jump towards the Hokage Residence… I could sense various foreign and some familiar signatures present in a meeting room…
'Baki, Temari, and even Kunkaro are here it must be something special...'
Taichou accelerated his pace seeing me easily keep up with him, "Do you have your ANBU gear?"
"Yes, Taichou!"
"Change into it!"
I nod and duck into a nearby alley and quickly change into my ANBU gear… I come out in a second and Taichou flared his chakra as a signal…
!!!
The team gathered together as Taichou started to pass on instructions, "Shikagi, be sure to snare the head jounin Baki into your shadow if he makes a single aggressive move… he is currently the most dangerous target… Chigiri, keep an eye out for the old lady Chiyo, I never did trust her and with Tsunade-sama out of the village, we don't know if we can cure her poisons… Kagami, be on standby and keep an eye out for people infiltrating the building during the meeting… Tobi, this mission is out of your payscale but upon taking into account that you can sense emotions, the elders have decided that you have to monitor the emotions of all the Suna council members and flare your chakra if you find any deceit… any questions?"
"No Taichou!"
"Good! Let's move! they are already here..."
Each of us vanishes in a Shunshin only to appear in different spots inside the Meeting room… The meeting toom had an oval table with the Konoha delegation sitting on one side and Suna sitting on the other…
'Let's see, I don't know who those 2 are but I see Danzo-sama and Taichou with another ANBU sitting on Konoha's side...'
On the Suna side, there was an old couple with Baki sitting at the table… Temari and Kankuro were standing behind them along with some guards… I started scanning everyone's emotions and almost everyone from the Suna side had rage and regret on their minds…
Kunkaro was sporting two metal limbs and I could feel chakra connecting them to his body… Temari, on the other hand, looked awfully quiet and with no emotions on her face, it seems like she is suppressing her emotions rather hard...
'Can he even use those arms of his for puppetry now?'
"So then, what can you say for yourselves." Danzo-sama was the one to start the interaction from Konoha's side seeking answers…
The old couple exchanged a look before the old lady spoke, "We do not seek any more war… Orochimaru was the cause of this conflict, he killed Kazekage-sama too … we each have been wronged and I know we have been in the wrong so we are here to propose a new alliance..."
Danzo-sama let out a bitter chuckle at her statement, he leaned forward and said, "Do not mock us… you planned to betray us but were foolish to trust Orochimaru… I don't think there will be any alliance here today..."
I felt the old lady rage in her mind before saying, "You know the situation very well Danzo-san, Konoha can't afford to go to war, and neither can Suna…"
'Yeah, but we have Gaara...'
Danzo-sama pressed, "We don't have any need for an alliance that we cannot trust… what we want to know is how Suna would compensate us for breaching the treaty?"
Everyone's face from the Suna delegation turned ugly before they consulted among themselves… The old lady then said, "What about the prisoners of war, when can you release them..."
'Heh! Yup we got you on the ropes on that one...'
Danzo-sama also seemed to enjoy this… He let them fret for a bit before replying… "Well that depends on how much compensation you can provide… you see we took a lot of damages for a war that was not even our fault..."
The Banter went back and forth as both sides refused to back down until Danzo-sama mentioned, "... I heard Jiraya-dono is in town..." The change in expression was quick as the seal master was mentioned and the threat to the life of Gaara became apparent…
"You don't need to use threats Danzo-san, we were just having a lovely banter going on, of course, we will compensate the hidden leaf… what I was more worried about was the alliance, now! Now!"
Upon seeing him about to interrupt she hastily continued… "I know we have slighted you so we offer to bind our alliance in marriage, We offer Temari as the bride the daughter of the fourth Kazekage..."
'...what! That explained the no emotion look on her face...'
Danzo-sama seemed interesting in having the bloodline of the Kazekage integrate into the village so he asked, "And what are your conditions for this alliance, you should know that none of the clans would probably put their heirs up for this marriage..."
The old lady smiled and said, "Don't worry about that Danzo-san we have already everything prepared… The conditions of the alliance are the same as before, we only want a promise for the well-being of Temari-chan here, and as for the groom we may have a suggestion… we would like if the groom is Tobi Shou..."
'... what the fuck do you mean...'
Before I could rage anything further Danzo-sama said, "Tobi-kun step forward, and remove your mask..."
I walk out of the shadows and stand before the council and remove my mask… Danzo-sama then leaned forward and continued… "Tobi Shou is our village's most prized up and coming shinobi, I don't think it would be any good if we bind him to a diplomatic marriage before he manages to fully bloom would we..."
The crazy old lady also leaned forward and said, "And Temari is our village's most prized up and coming wind specialist… we aren't asking much, just that their second born to be enlisted as a Suna shinobi, so that our Kazekage clan has an heir..."
'Ah! So they know about the magnet release!!'
Danzo-sama leaned back on his chair and said, "We will need to think about it… why don't you rest, we can continue the rest of the talks tomorrow..."
They exchanged pleasantries and both parties retreated… I silently followed my team while monitoring the Suna delegation until they get settled in their hotel…
'...'
"Did you know about this Taichou?" I turn toward my team leader and he hesitated before saying…
"The elders predicted this, talks about you using Iron sand to help defeat Orochimaru have already spread among the Jounin ranks so it was assumed that the news could have been leaked to Suna!"
I nod and ask, "Anything else Taichou!"
He shook his head so I shunshin out of the place back to the clearing, in training ground 2…
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