What I hadn't expected however was that Danzo would triple down on huntier he was basically told he was going to die in short order. I'm not talking about for medical treatment in hopes of surviving but because he had apparently decided that if he was going to keel over he should take me with him. It was very annoying to say the least, especially when some of his Root shinobi got pretty close to finding my homes new location. The forest of death ositively swarming with these shinobi over the wo weeks which meant it was getting rather difficult to keep my home hidden.-

  My only saving grace was that I hadn't put my home at the top of one of the trees like st time but rather UNDER one of them. Directly bellow the trunk of one very wide and tall tree was a hollow area that I expanded before stuffing my home in it and c the entrahe massive amount of natural energy my coed caterpilr drew in made that st part easy as I just artificially had one of the trees roots grow to cover the opening for the most part.-

  There was still a bit of a gap but not enough to make anyone suspicious that it held a whole house behind it.

  "This Danzo person seems rather obsessed with you." Karin said when I pined about the situation.

  "I could uand it when he had plenty of time left to live but this is absurd! He's going to die soon enough anyways so the least he do is leave me be!" I said highly a the situation.

  "You said your sensei was going to be the Hokage right? couldn't she fix this issue with Danzo?" Karin asked and I nodded.

  "That is might hope though what I said is she was most likely going to be the Hokage, theres no guarantee. Knowing Naruto she'll probably get the position anyways, that guy is very good at persuading people for some reason." I said holy with a chuckle at the end.

  "You seem close." she ented.

  "Yeah we grew up together. A bigger pair of oddballs you've never seen before I guara. The genius and the fool, opposites in so many ways but perfectly happy with that. He's a kind and g persoe how he grew up, hated by most of the vilge but he never lost that spark of light." I said with a smile.

  "Sounds too good to be true." she said disbelievingly.

  "Don't mistake me the guys not perfect, FAR from it. He's a pra heart and kinda an idiot sometimes but if there was anyone I'd want watg my back it's him. He's loyal to a fault and will very much die to protect those he cares about if it came to that. Plus I believe that one day he may be able to stao me as an equal." I said with a smile.

  At the end of the two weeks a ge came over the vilge as Jiraiya and Naruto returned with my sensei and Shizune. Everyone was excited to see my sensei as they hoped that with her at the held Konoha might flourish as it did uhe st Senju Hokages. She was even the granddaughter of the first so expectations were high. She summoned me to the vilge almost immediately after arriving.-

  "What gives brat? I came to the vilge expeg my student to give me a warm wele only to learn you've been all but absent sihe old mans passing?" She questioernly.

  "Bme Danzo, the old bastard has been huntihis whole time and I had to hole up sialiating would have ended poorly for me. Matter of fact that's one of his over there, no doubt to make sure I don't escape." I pined while casually outing the Root shinobi nearby who quickly fled after I poihem out.

  "HE DARES!?" she roared angrily.

  "Whoa there! Chill chill, you know me better than that, you know I'm not the sort to take things ying down. I have evidehat will ruin him and his reputation in the vilge but you o take office first." I said seriously while stopping her from doing something impulsive.

  "How sure are you about that?" she asked with narrowed eyes.

  "Absolutely certain, the Third himself entrusted me with the evide told me to only give it to the Hokage and ONLY them. It was his st wish and I've kept it to myself until now." I said holy.

  "I heard you were there for his final moments but I never would have thought he'd leave such a burden to you of all people." she said with an apologetic look.

  I shook my head "It's fihe situation was about as messed up as possible so the fact he was able to pass this evidence off before he died is a good fortune. You'll uand further when you read the evidence yourself, it's so damning in nature that Orochimaru looks ." I said seriously.

  "That bad!? But if it was so bad why didn't the old man take care of Danzo himself then?" she asked fused.

  I remained silent at that question as I wasn't totally sure and didn't want to bad mouth the dead but I had a VERY good idea why. More likely than not it was because the old man was plicit ihings whether due to ina or because he had helped in some way. He literally couldn't bring Danzo to justice without damning himself in the process. It was mutual destru and likely the reason Danzo had started pressurier the old man died. He held baly long enough to make sure that the old man hadn't left a trap for him after his death and then stopped holding back.-

  The funny part was that the old man DID leave a trap for the bastard but it had a dey put on it until a new Hokage took office. After all there was no reason to bother about mutual destru after he died since he was dead. The worst anyone could do it on the old mans legacy but why should he care about that when he was ued by it? If anything he'd be hailed as an eveer hero as even with his dying breath he thought of the good of the vilge.-

  My sensei ended up having me move into the Senju pound temporarily while we awaited her inauguration. She also situated Karin there as well since I obviously wasn't going to leave the girl in my home by herself for who knows how long. Due to that I had e about her to my sensei who ughed a lot and praised me to heaven and back before personally going to retrieve the fused Uzumaki.