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Our Truths	By : Strailo Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 12541 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Title: Our Truth
Fandom: Naruto
Part: 31
Characters: Crow, Naruto, Kankuro, Temari, Gaara, Tsunade,
Word count: 1,789
Warnings: Nothing really.
AN: I am tired, but I've been dealing with fluctuating weather and figuring things out. I've figured out what I'm doing with Walk the Edge, which is my long Bleach/Naruto that I'm working on so that makes me quite happy.

I'll be chatting about that on my livejournal page for my fanfiction so if you want to check it out, just ask and I'll figure out how to send you a link to it.

For now I hope you guys enjoy.

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Looking at the wall clock, Naruto sighed as he placed the rinsed off dishes into the dishwasher, closing it and turning to the Sand siblings. “I need to head on back to the office you guys. I take it that you want to go into more depth about the transfer program with Tsunade right?” he asked, Gaara nodding in agreement. “Well, you can come with me. I don’t think that she would mind having you distract her. She can also fill you all in on a few of the more sensitive going ons that I couldn’t.”

“What kind of sensitive projects?” Kankuro asked, his eyebrows furrowing as they walked to the door to slip on their shoes.

“It’s got to do with some clearing of the various files. Tsunade has been going over every single file, not in just the Archives, but with the Hokage’s Archives. Those hold all of the same information but they also hold the laws. We’re going through them, from now to way before the Yondimines time. And of course, no one knows that we’ve started this undertaking,” Naruto said, warning clear in his voice even as he opened the door and found Crow standing there. “Did Rat take off?” he asked.

“He got word that his wife went into labor and is demanding his hands to crush,” Crow stated. He was using a delicate code, telling Naruto that the other ANBU was following someone who was suspicious, or doing something that they shouldn’t be doing.

Looking over at the three that stood watching, Naruto decided that they could be trusted with the information. “Who was it?” he asked bluntly. “And what were they doing?”

Crow stood up straight as he sighed. “It was Haruno. And it looked as if she was trying to gain access to your lands by testing your wardings on the wall,” he said. Naruto’s lips thinned at that information. “She didn’t set off any of the defenses, but she did apparently make some notes. Rat is watching her to see just what she was up to,” he continued.

“Tell Rat to keep an on her for the moment. I’ll be able to talk with the Lady Hokage in a moment,” Naruto instructed. “And see if you can’t get someone to watch the gate for the next few days at least. I also would like to see if we can’t get someone to test the seals for me. I know them but I’m not quite that good, and I do want to find out just what she was trying to do.”

“Of course, Uzumaki-san,” Crow responded, bowing before he left with a bit of displaced air. Naruto sighed and nodded to his guests before he lead them out of his clan’s compound. He took a minute to look over the markings before they continued onto the Hokage’s Tower, scowling the entire way.

“Tell me why I ever had a crush on Haruno? And why I call her a friend?” he asked with a growl once they had arrived at the office, Tsunade looking up from her paperwork with raised eyebrows.
“Okay, what happened this time?” she asked, crossing her arms under her chest as she sat back in her chair.

“She tried to do something to my seals earlier,” Naruto sneered, Temari flopping down onto the couch while her brothers joined her, watching the two. “I’m going to see if an ANBU who knows the seals can go over them while Rat and Crow keep an eye on her. I have no doubt that one of them will snatch her notes when he can,” he continued, moving to make some fresh tea.
Or to steal some of Tsunade’s sake from her stash. He wasn’t quite sure at the moment.

Tsunade scowled at that, shoving her chair back as she stood and started to pace. “I think that you three know that whatever you hear here is to be kept secret right?” she asked, getting nods. “Good. I’m sure that Naruto did hint at the fact that we’re shifting through the files and information that go back to Sarutobi’s time, but to be really truthful, we’re going back to the first Hokage. We need to know the base laws that had been set down for our village before we can fix or get rid of laws that have been passed now.”

“I take it that there are many laws and bills that are not what any Kage would want for their villages?” Gaara asked her.

Tsunade nodded sharply as she narrowed her eyes at her window. “We’ve discovered at least three that would push us into a civil war, much less push our allies and the treaties with them to the breaking point. We’re taking care of those as we speak, working on destroying or overturning them as we find them. I’m going to return Konohagakure back to what it was meant to be,” she stated. “We are not a democracy, no matter what the Civilian council may think, much less the rest of the populace. The Kage is chosen by the last Kage and trained by them to be leaders. The ones who rule. End of discussion. I’ve discovered that the council needs often reminders of this fact. Thus we are slowly stripping them of their power that they tried to take from the position of the Hokage. They’re going to learn very soon that I am not one to be fucked around with. I am not a tired man who wanted to retire and enjoy the end of my years.”

“What is it you mean by that?” Temari asked her, smirking. She had a feeling as to just what the woman was talking about but wanted to hear the words herself.

“She was raised to watch her grandfather and her great-uncle both run this village. She knows what needs to be done and what she shouldn’t be doing. Her grandmother, Mito-sama, who was indeed one of my cousins through my mother, taught her some of the more hidden aspects of the village. This included that she needs to work closely with and listen to the career Chunin who are the Archival workers,” Naruto said. It looked as if he had decided to go with the sake, carrying two bottles of it along with snacks and cups on a tray. “She knew all about the way the power structure is supposed to be, but she forgot about it on purpose. At least until I chewed her out before I left and demanded that she get off her lazy ass to make this village awesome again.”

Tsunade smirked and nodded. “The people keep forgetting that my so called ‘pet Chunins’ get the special treatment that they do because they know what I need to know and how the village is to be run. They train long and hard, being chosen by the fact that they will make it through that training without any problems,” she said as she moved to grab her chair, flopping down onto it with a huff. “My Chunins were all chosen because they showed that they were willing to stay in their village, and spy on their own people for the sake of all of the village, not just one person.”

“The thing is, and this is important, we know everything that there is to know about the village so that we can make sure that any weak links are strengthened. People see us doing it but they ignore it as a figment of their imagination,” Naruto told them as he poured the sake, handing out the cups. “We’re easily ignored. Unassuming in our duties. And we like it that way. But as you learned, something changed in the last month or so. Unfortunately, it’s not a good change seeing as we gained attention that we really don’t need due to what we’re working on right now,” he sighed.

“It’s making their job that much harder to do, and makes the likelihood of their work being compromised that much more,” Tsunade said. She shifted in her chair, crossing her legs as she tipped her cup back and forth. “So, having Sakura, who doesn’t know anything but has probably heard the damn rumors, trying to fuck around with the seals that protect his family's lands means that she just broke a few laws regarding the privacy of clans. So she’s now going to be watched.” She pressed her lips into a thin line before speaking again. “For now. At least until Rat can get his hands on her notes. I have to wait to do anything with her until then. Either way, she’s starting to piss me off. She’s been digging around to find out what is going on and she knows she doesn’t have the clearance.”

“I thought that all of your nins knew what has happened, no exception right now,” Kankuro said before he tasted the sake, finding that it was sweet.

Naruto shook his head with a chuckle. “No, most of the nins know to watch the Tower closely for any who don’t belong there, but only those who have gotten past the tests to be a guard know the full story. Of course, there’s also you three, Crow, Rat, a couple of older ANBU and Ibiki who know the details. Like I said, the rest know that we’re being watched and guarded over right now because of some idiot who attacked us and got into the Archives,” he explained. He drained half of his sake with a shiver and a wrinkle of his nose. “We don’t want all of the information to come out, that wouldn’t be a good thing. As it is, we’re stared at right now, people wondering if we’re somehow run like the ANBU or the Hunter Nin of the village. We’re not by the way.”

“Oh yes, you’re all so much nicer usually,” Temari snorted as she poked around on the tray, finding some cookies and eating with a smirk.

“Exactly.” Naruto chuckled before he stood and started to dig around on Tsunade’s desk. “Now, shall I let you guys move onto the real reason to why you’re all here? The transfer I believe. Who were you thinking about having come here?” he asked, finding the files that they needed before settling in to sift through the new pile of paperwork to shift out things that weren’t supposed to be there.

Gaara and his siblings were all amazed at just what they had learned but decided to let it rest for the moment until they could really think about it. They had other things to deal with after all.
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