Danzo's Office in the Root Cellars
In this office, flyers were scattered, all the furniture was blown to splinters, and the elements of wind were used on the walls. The perpetrator of this mayhem was sitting on the floor and drilling one spot with his eye. After calming down a bit, he called out to Ferret and Rat.
"The ferret!"
"Yes, Danzo-sama?"
"I ordered you to keep an eye on everything that happens. Why did I only find out at the meeting that that bastard Tobi had been discovered by the Hokage himself?"
"I'm sorry, Danzo-sama, but they were moving so fast I couldn't keep up."
*Snap* and Danzo punctured Ferret's head with a wind fist.
"Rat!"
"Yes, Danzo-sama?"
"Why didn't you warn me that the situation was out of control?"
"You ordered me to stay out of sight."
*Crackle* and break in half with the wind technique.
"Gopher!"
"Danzo, sir?"
"We may be exposed, so don't hang around and sit tight, tell everyone. That Tobi betrayed us, we'll have to hold off on the Uchiha for now. That blond asshole beat me, but that's okay; he won't be Hokage for long. Find me Kakashi, have him come to me and we'll work through him."
"Yes!"
"And, uh, clean up this place."
"I'm listening."
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Kushina's Hospital Room
Kushina sat there with her eyes downcast, thinking of the fact that their beloved Aunt Kaname was gone; she had given her life to protect Konoha. But even such thoughts did not mitigate the bitterness of the loss.
When Minato walked in, the man simply walked up behind her and hugged her. Kushina cried even more from those touches, hugging back. When the tense atmosphere subsided, it was Minato who broke the silence first.
"Kushina, Miroku will stay with the Uchihas for a while longer. So we need to come to our senses as soon as possible."
"Yes, you're right; I'm allowed to go to the cemetery for tomorrow..."
"Kushina, I understand your pain. She was like a mother to me, too. But with her sacrifice, she gave not only us but our children a chance."
"Our baby!"
"What?"
"We only have one child now. How long will it be before this demon warps the mind of our second child? After all, as she said, in Suna, the one-tailed jinchuriki started acting like a monster. So, I've already come to terms with the loss of our son."
"Kushina, but—?" He immediately stammered, for Kushina was right; the child's mind was so elastic that it could be bent at will. But he still had to say what he'd been thinking about for the two hours he'd been sitting in his office.
"Kushina, however, we need to see Naruto one last time."
"Good." Through force, she agreed.
Here they were walking down the hallway, and they saw a bunch of injured people who were down on their luck, and as they went up to the infant room, they looked at their baby, starting to boil a little inside. Kushina was the first one who couldn't stand it; she jabbed at her husband's chest and began to speak angrily.
"Why? Why was he born to us? Why are we being punished like this? If he hadn't been born, all these people would be alive. Kaname-san would still be alive. And now everyone is suffering because of his birth!"
Minato only lowered his gaze at that; he was starting to think about it himself. After all, if it wasn't for his birth, they wouldn't have to go through all of this.
"Kushina, at the meeting, it was decided to put him in a nursery, then an orphanage, and then he'll begin his shinobi path."
"I see..."
Minato decided to get his wife out of there, as she was starting to boil at the sight of her son by the minute.
The next day, they held a funeral for everyone who died that night. The Namikaze family mourned their aunt. The Sarutobi family mourned Biwako's death. And others whose relatives and friends had died.