Chapter : 15 : Discussion In The Hokage Office :
Location : Konohagakure No Sato : Hokage Office :
" And he gave a new profecy . "
At this words the situation in the hokage office immediately became tense and silent .
At first no one's spoke up .
It was not because they didn't want to but because they simply had no idea as what to say .
Those simple words spoken by Naruto had started a storm of thinking in everyone's mind .
And right now multiple questions were coming one after another to the point that they couldn't even figure out what was the real question .
" Naruto... are you sure about this ... I mean did the great toad sage really said that !!! " - at last it was Kakashi spoke up .
His eyes were no longer held the casual laziness anymore and it was replaced by a serious look .
To be honest he really wanted to leave this kind of troublesome matters behind now that he was no longer the hokage .
But unfortunately for him it seems the world doesn't want him to retire yet.
" Sigh ! Kakashi sensei I am afraid I am not lying . " - Naruto said while letting out a troubled sigh .
" Enough with this small talk Naruto and tell us what happened in detail already . " - Tsunade who was getting out of patience quickly asked .
Her situation was not different from Kakashi as she also thought that her job in the hokage office had ended .
And now all she had to do was to drink around her days while going to the gambling station for her continuous losing habit .
In fact she was doing the exact same thing before she got an urgent message telling her come to come to the hokage office for an urgent meeting .
At first she really wanted to scold Naruto for disturbing her but now the situation has turned so rapidly that she can't keep up with the change .
So now all she wanted to do was the understand the situation entirely before making a proper decision .
The rest of the people in the room also shared the same sentiment as her including Iruka sensei .
In fact Iruka sensei was a little puzzled here .
While he was indeed the principal of the shinobi academy and very close to Naruto .
But that does not mean he can get to know all this information which should be first shared among other important members of the village including the elders .
Unless...
' Unless there is a possibility that this new child of prophecy is going to be one of my new students in the Academy or at least perhaps something related to them .'
This put a somewhat sad and worried expression on his face .
He was not sad because he had to teach another child of prophecy in a way .
But he was sad because even after the fourth great shinobi war once again a child was about to be given the weight of a responsibility that he or she should not carry .
He has seen first hand how much the first child of Prophecy had to endure .
He also remembered the mistakes he made at first .
So after thinking for a while he made a firm decision in his heart .
If this time he is given the opportunity to raise another child of prophecy he will not make the same mistakes he made with Naruto before .
But right now everything depended on what Naruto had to say .
" Alright ! everyone listen to me carefully .... " - seeing that everyone was paying full attention Naruto started to speak .
At first he recited the profecy in the same manner as told to him .
" The golden sun set's the old story is told ,
As the ancient green breaks the grip of the mold ,
From his palm the great Timber shall bloom ,
To weave the world's cradle and the evils doom ,
At his feet awakens the five spirits of the old ,
Whose stories were all forgotten and never told ,
First the songs of Earth shall awake from the deep ,
Then the Fortress of Shell wakes from aeons of sleep ,
Then the fangs of the White Bolt arrives ,
As the wings of majestic Amber roars in the skies ,
Last comes the Gale , the great Dragon of wind and light ,
To herald the dawn and end the eternal night . "
Naruto took his time in describing everything from how the sage Fugasaku came to meet him and Shikamaru to what he told about the profecy .
This included everything that the Great toad sage Gamamaru saw and said in his dream .
Each line he spoke made ripples go through everyone's ears as they could barely keep themselves calm .
It toook some six minutes ( which to many felt like 6 hours ) for Naruto explain the entire thing during which no one in the room interrupted him .
Even after he finished speaking no one said anything for a long time because they had truly been shocked speechless right now.
" Naruto !!!! Are you sure that's what the great toad sage told . "
At this moment the one who was most affected in the room was non other than one of the legendary sanin Senju Tsunade .
As the daughter of the proud Senju clan and the granddaughter of non other than the god of shinobi Senju Hashirama when she heard the word wood style obviously she couldn't control herself .
And it's not like that it was vague symbolism that the great toad sage give .
Instead the great toad sage Gamamaru directly told about the wood release .
Everyone knows that the wood release is directly related to the Senju Clan and her grandfather Senju Hashirama .
And she was the last known active , direct and full blooded member of the Senju Clan member .
And now someone was saying that in future there would be another person with that same power as her grandfather - the legacy of the Senju blood .
What does that mean ?
It means quite literally she is not the last member of the Sanju Clan .
While not everyone from the clan disappeared in fact it is a very misunderstanding .
While some of them parished in various complex missions while protecting the village it was not the case for the entire clan .
Many members of the Sanju clan either decided not to use the family name along time ago or married into other families as they were not very concerned about ' Clan Purity ' like the Uchiha's and Hyuga's .
( Author's Note : Hello guys I hope you all are doing well and before continuing any further I would like to clarify somethings .
Many people have popularized a theory that the third hokage and Danzo were responsible for the disappearance of the Sanju clan through various means like sending them in high profile dangerous missions while keeping their own clan safe .
However there is no canon evidence from the story that gives ground to this theory .
Hence both as a true fan of Naruto and as a writer I am not going to write something that is not true .
And I will say it again - this story is not about Hiruzen and Sakura bashing ( although a little Danzo Bashing is alright ) .
Yes there are many points where I would criticize Sarutobi Hiruzen but I will not just randomly put every problem that the village faced on his shoulder .
While I am not a Hiruzen fan but still he fought for the village till his last and I believe if we can criticize him for his mistakes then we should give him the respect and phrase he deserve for his good things .
And this means certainly not blaming him for everything .
So if you after reading this and feel like you do not agree then I strongly advise you to stop reading the fanfiction .
I hope you will understand my point . )
" Granny ! I understand how you feel but please Right now you need to stay calm . " - Naruto said .
" Calm down? You want me to calm down after hearing that they are might be someone who has direct blood link to my clan and this person might even possess my grandfather's legacy ! "
" How am I supposed to stay calm . "
Tsunade right now was absolutely enraged and directly smashed the wood furniture that was unfortunate enough to be by at her side at this moment .
However no one in the room truly minded her actions .
After everyone understood how she felt .
" Master ! please let's think this through - anger will not solve this situation . " - at this moment Sakura came forward and placed a gentle hand on Tsunade's shoulder .
" Exactly I agree with her . " - this was followed by Shizune who also shocked like everyone else was still in a relatively better position .
Her only worry right now was absolutely lady Tsunade .
Hearing both of her student's plea finally the Senju princess calm down a bit .
" So let's get it straight , according to what you said there is another child of profecy in our hand and more than that there is a threat coming our way one again . "
Kakashi stepped forward and asked .
" And if it's true then what does all those five creatures mean - a ground dragon , a huge sea turtle , a lightening tiger , a fire phoenix and a strom dragon . "
Hearing this question everyone turned to Naruto and shikamaru waiting for their answer .
" Sigh ! I am afraid I don't know what that means Kakashi sensei . "
" I did not find any description of such creatures in our village scrolls . "
" I even double checked the information collected and send by Sasuke . " - hearing this everyone in the room looked disappointed at another dead end .
Sakura also had a little sad emotion in her eyes after hearing her husband's name .
Sasuke had been out of the village for such a long time that Sakura can't even properly remember when was the last time they had spend quality family time together .
While she could take it herself she was more sad for her daughter who really was affected by her father's absence .
' Maybe I should send a letter to Sasuke and ask if he can come home for some time . ' - she thought to herself when suddenly the a voice from aside pulled her back to the conversation in the room .
" Wait ! Naruto is that all the Great toad sage Gamamaru said ? " -this time it was Iruka sensei who spoke up attraction everyone's attention .
" I mean the Great toad sage Gamamaru is alive from the time of the Great sage of six paths . "
" So if those 5 creatures are some kind of ancient being then certainly he should know about them . "
This was a logical reasoning afterall with the old sage's experience certainly he has seen all kinds of beings .
However hearing this however Shikamaru shook his head .
" No even the Great toad sage Gamamaru said that apparently he did not know anything about those creatures as well . "
This greatly shocked everyone but what came next was even more shocking .
" But he did say that had an ancient aura of power and it was even more ancient than him . "
Hearing this for Nth number of times their eyes opened wide in shock .
Even more ancient than the great toad sage Gamamaru .
Who was the great toad sage Gamamaru .
He is a being who has alive since the time of the great Sage Of Six Path .
And if these creatures were even more ancient than him .
Doesn't that mean that this creatures could be even before Kaguya came .
Now the situation has taken an entirely different turn.
Because it was no longer about future enemy or a child of prophecy now there were mythical forces that were perhaps even beyond the sage of the 6 path involved in it .
" So what is our plan now? I mean what should we do . " - Sakura asked .
After all knowing the situation was one thing but how to handle it was another matter entirely .
And as for how they would respond to this new situation had to be decided by the current hokage himself .
" For that I and Shikamaru have decided on a plan that we would like to discuss with you all . " - with that Naruto promptly looked at Shikamaru and signalled him to continue .
And being an experienced advisor to the hokage office Shikamaru only let out a troublesome sigh .
Originally it was decided that Naruto would be the one to explain the plan but now it seems that just like his predecessor Kakashi , he was planning to put all the information details related work on him .
' Teacher and student - both of them are really similar in many aspects . '
At this moment Shikamaru felt that he should have really taken a day off today .
But then thinking about the fact that staying at home would not earn him any extra peaceful sleeping time because of his beautiful wife who might just go crazy because of his laziness .
It made Shikamaru feel like he was struck between a deep canyon on one side and a volcano on the other side .
But thinking about it won't help him anymore so Shikamaru quickly put on a serious face and started to explain his plan .
" Alright listen to me very carefully I have made a basic plan for now . "
To Be Continued .