All that was left was Danzo .
As every pair of Eyes fell onto Danzo , he felt the pressure . As he gritted his teeth , he got up and left the room.
Not even giving the daimo any face , as the Root was about to follow out Danzo .
Jiraya' s word made them freeze .
" Those who follow Danzo , will also be forced to retire and if you guys resist ... Youll be facing me "
Jiraya smiling face made every root member freeze and give up even the thought of resistance .
After discussing financial matters and the mission to bring back Tsunade , Jiraya escorted the Daimo to the gate .
The anbu on the other hand , Surrounded the Root operatives and apprehended every single one of them .
Jiraya returned and gave the order , To every Jonin present to take a team of ten chunins alonge with them and destroy the root bases , gather all the supplies and information .
The Yamanaka clan was given complete freedom over the root operatives to get the information one way or the other .
As for Danzo , he was left alone .
Free to do as he wished .
Once the meeting ended , and Everyone left , a small ladybug dispersed into white smoke .
...
Back at his apartment, Naruto was dunbfounded by everything that has taken place .
" Looks like my presence has changed the future big time now !!! "
....
Far from the village , inside a casino a women with a diamond tattoo on her forehead was drinking and places bets after bets . By her side was another girl holding onto a pig and begging her to stop .
" Tsunade sama ...please ..this is our money for rent !!! ..i cannot spend another night on the streets !! " " Atleast think about Tonton !! "
Oink oink !!
But despite everything, The Lady didnt listen as in her drunken state , she bet all her money and lost .
Shizune eyes were filled with tears and soo were tonton .
' My bed '
' Oink oink ( my food) '
" DAMMIT !! " Tsunade in her anger , punched at the table .
Baam !!!
The table and the floor beneath shattered leaving the other players shocked .
The staff stunned and red in anger as Tsunade quickly picked up Shizune in her arms and ran away .
" GET HER !!!!! "
" She is a shinobi !!!! "
" I dont care hire other Ninja and get me her head !!! "
Angry shouts and threats echoed into the night as Tsunade with Shizune and tonton had already left the village.
When all of a sudden , Tsunades expression changed and she bit her thumb and slammed it onto the ground .
A beautiful white snail appeared from the puff of smoke .
" Lady Tsunade "
" Katsuyu what happened? "
Tsunade asked .
Shizune bowed as she greeted Katsuyu .
" The message came from mount myoboku "
" Jiraya ? ...what does he want ? "
" Uh.... The Third was killed by Orochimaru "
As Katsuyu relaid the message , Tsunades eyes widened as she immediately sobered up !!
" WHAT !!! "
Tsunade shouted as she stood up and shouted .
Katsuyu knew , no matter how indifferent and cold tsunade has become towards konoha ...she still cares for it .
And hearing that her sensei was murdered !! Her face darkened as her body started to radiat killing intent soo much that Shizune was forced into having trouble breathing .
" WHAT WAS THAT IDIOT JIRAYA DOING !!"
" AND OROCHIMARU!!! ... "
.....
Jiraya had decided to stay back in the village instead of going out looking for Tsunade , instead he asked help from mount myoboku to relay the message .
He knew , it make take some time for tsunade to return but she will ... On her own to pay respect to sensei .
But what he failed to account for was that Orochimaru was also looking for her .
....
Back in the Konoha hospital , Rock lee and Sasuke both were lying in beds next to each other , while Sasukes injuries were not that serious.
Rock lee on the other hand , had forced himself to open the fifth gate when he was defended the village from sunagakures attack .
He fought three jonins and their summons all alone and managed to kill two .
But in doing so , he pushed his body beyond the limit and now he was critical injured with low probability of full recovery .
Tenten and neji were sittinh by his side and Sakura was by Sasuke .
The after effect of using the Cursed mark was serious but not deathly , but sasukes muscles had been torn and needed time and medical attention.
Naruto visited Sasuke a few times , but honestly he has been spending most of his time with Hinata and Ino .
After the talk with Hiashi , Hinata was allowed to go out as she pleased , Hiashi for the first time ever stood up for his daughters and even challenged the elders of his clan .
Hinata and Naruto went on a date , which made Ino feel that she was being left behind and she immediately found naruto and apologised for her behaviour.
Naruto naturally forgave her and took her out on a date as well , eventually he made Hinata and Ino meet and become friends .
' One step at a time ...i guess '
As he was enjoying the 'double date ' ... He suddenly looked towards konohas entrance .
' Finally here ... itachi uchiha '
But he knew the real reason Itachi came back to the village .
Naruto thought should be meet Itachi and kisame ... The timeline had changed drastically .
He was not on soeaking terms with Jiraya , Danzo no longer had any power , the root were disbanded and Naruto he was still in the village .
' Will kakashi and itachi meet ? '
Naruto excused himself as he didnt want to miss anything and decided to spread his clones all around konoha .
He will act as the plot progresses , now that he was in the onlivion as to what may happen next .