Naruto: Chronicles of a Fire Ninja-Chapter 370 - 365: Youth

"So it is final, we are not going to pursue this any longer. The family of any ninja who gave their life for the village during this attack will be properly compensated. The details will be finalized later. As for our retaliation, we will start that project in one month."

"And complete it in this one month as well," Hiruzen completed Shikaku's report and looked toward everyone present in the room. After one hour of continuous meeting, they had reached this conclusion. His eyes scanned the room for any dissatisfaction, pausing at his student who was sleeping with his eyes open—a technique he himself had taught him. Sighing in his heart, he continued.

"The meeting is completed. You may leave, and I don't think I have to mention that everything we discussed here is confidential," Hiruzen said. Everyone nodded, bowed to Hiruzen one last time before they left for their destination.

"Not you Jiraiya, I have something I want to discuss with you," Hiruzen said, stopping Jiraiya who was trying to sneak out with the crowd.

After everyone left, Hiruzen activated the seal of the room once again.

"..."

"When are you going to start?" Hiruzen asked, seeing his student just sit back after that order.

sigh

"Kaida knew, I mean had an assumption about the attack because the toad sage had given him a warning about something. I didn't know what at that time since he didn't tell me full details. So when they were sent to different outposts, Kaida kept sending shadow clones to keep a close eye on his family and friends, to be sure they were safe. Due to that, he knew about the attack as soon as it happened, went to protect them, but the distance of 150+ kilometers couldn't be crossed fast enough to save everyone.

He was late and his friend died, and from what I can guess, not much before he reached there. The pain must have been too much," Jiraiya said. Hiruzen and Shikaku's expressions were grim now, understanding what was happening and having an idea of what was about to happen.

"As you guys have guessed, he awakened Mangekyo Sharingan, killed 11-12 ninjas, but for some reason let one run away. Now he is unconscious as he is a special case. His body is not behaving like a normal Uchiha's would, and is at risk of being broken. Permanent damage for life will be the best option, and death being the worst, if Fukasaku-san hadn't helped him in time. Now he is on Mount Myoboku getting treatment. I wanted to confirm that the Uchiha didn't have something better for this scenario."

"Wait a minute, why did he let one of them go?" Shikaku asked, now deep in thought about the whole thing as everything was much more complicated.

"How sure are you that person was left by Kaida and didn't actually come after to check the team before him?"

"By the dead bodies still on ground, hundred percent," Jiraiya said.

"Sigh Youth," Hiruzen sighed. Even though Shikaku was really intelligent, Hiruzen had decades of experience on his shoulders; it was not hard for him to figure out what had happened.

"Surely not," Shikaku said with a face like it was the most absurd thing he would ever hear.

"Yeah, it was mostly out of anger. He must have left him to deliver his threat to the main culprit behind his friend's death," Hiruzen said.

"But that would leak info about his power. Since he had just awakened it, it could have been a trump card we could use anytime," Shikaku said.

"Yes, but in times of anger, it is difficult to make the right decision, especially for someone so young. But that is not important right now—all this is just speculation. For now, let's wait for Kaida to recover so that we will know the complete truth," Hiruzen said and then looked toward Jiraiya.

"How long will he stay at Mount Myoboku?"

"I don't know. It could be few days, weeks, or maybe even months. All I know is that he will stay there till he is perfectly fine," Jiraiya said, at which Hiruzen and Shikaku nodded their heads.

Next morning, Jiraiya also told Kaida's family about his condition, about how he is in a difficult situation and is getting treated somewhere safe; he will come back when he is fine.

...

(Kumogakure)

Many elders and clan heads were sitting in the meeting hall of Kumogakure. There were two pieces of news in front of them—one was very good which should have brought joy to their faces: their attack was successful. They eliminated all of Konoha's forces on the outpost; the complete outpost was demolished.

It was everything they wanted to achieve, but it was the second report that was a big problem for them.

"We lost 2 Jonin, 4 Special Jonin, and 3 Chunin, while Iwa lost 5 Special Jonin and 4 Chunin, all to nothing because of one person," C said, explaining the scenario.

"I can understand this; accidents happen. Even though we had some loss, Konoha had much worse, so those are not the worst factors. The worst thing is the second part of the report. C, are you really sure that Chunin is not under any genjutsu?" one of the elders asked.

"No, he has been checked multiple times, and from what we know from other testimony, it matches completely. Kaida Uchiha's clone was trying to protect three children, most likely his friends, and then when he really appeared on the battlefield, there should have been death of some of them, if not all. It may have been the reason for his Sharingan to evolve, since it is not a mystery that that happens—we all have seen that in wars," C said.

"So an 11-year-old brat thinks that he can erase my village out of existence just because he had awakened some power? Looks like my reputation has grown weak—now even a child can think he can speak anything in front of me?" A said, anger evident in his voice. But others didn't share the same anger because if the first part of the report was true, then that means the second part may be true as well.

In the second part, there was the description of power the Chunin felt, and from what he had described, it was like he was in the presence of a god. Without his permission, they couldn't even breathe there. When asked for details, the Chunin shuddered and fainted. After many medicines and rest was he able to give complete details which were now in front of the council, and unlike A, they couldn't take it lightly.

"Aside from his attitude, it is not a hidden fact that Konoha has now gained one more S-rank in their ever-increasing arsenal, and that too an Uchiha who are a pain in the ass even as Jonin," one of the most senior elders said. He was an elite Jonin even at the time of the Third Raikage and his trusted aide as well, so his words had weight in the council even now.

"Yes, Masaki-sama, and now it looks like it was us who faced more loss than Konoha. They had lost 37 ninjas but got an S-rank way more valuable than the number. As for us, we only lost without gaining anything," another elder said.

"For now, let's focus on Konoha's retaliation. This boy can wait since there is no way Hiruzen would let that boy leave the village for months, at least not until everything settles down. But the attack from Konoha will come back soon, and most likely in the same format," Masaki said.

"We already planned for this and will go with the same plan. Both Iwa and us will increase the security at the border outpost and increase the number of spies in the Fire Country."

"The same thing Konoha did and still lost an outpost."

"No, they only strengthened their outpost near our borders, and if we had attacked them, a force at least twice the one we used would have been required. But we will not make the same mistake and will strengthen all borders even if we have to stop taking some missions for now. That will not matter much in the long run," A said.

"If you think this is enough, then do it," Masaki said, and everyone agreed with him as well.

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