Chapter 52.6- One Thousand Hands

“You dare?”

“I dare, Danzo. You intended to use me as bait to accomplish your other war ends, and now our men are dead. Those men did not die because I failed them. They died because you did not care enough to stop yourself from playing with their lives” I said, stepping forward.

“Watch yourself, Shorirama Senju”

“I prefer to go by Uzumaki these days” I lied, seeing the fury rise in his eyes. Danzo was an oh so predictable piece of shit, and that made it easy to piss him off. Saying that I would favour a foreign name to that of Konoha’s founding clan was guaranteed to piss him off, even if he did not truly care much about the clans themselves.

“Get out” He said.

“Excuse you?”

“I said get out, boy. Have you gone deaf as well as stupid?” I took a step forward, and smiled when I felt the hidden presences in the room drop down around me. Five Anbu members.

“None of you would even last a second against me” I said with a threatening edge to my tone. It turned out that just as I could piss off Danzo at will, his very voice and bearing could do the same to me. He sat there, so smug and grand, in my Grandfather’s chair and gave orders as if he spoke with the man’s voice. Tobirama would be disgusted at the sight.

“Be that as it may, you will not attack them or me, because you know the full might of Konohagakure no Sato will fall upon your head” He practically gloated from his seat and I seethed.

“Enjoy your day in the sun, Danzo. When the Kage returns, you will find yourself shunted to the shadows where you belong.” I said with menace and turned to return to the Clan Building. I was done here.

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The Uzumaki Clan Household was a work in progress in many ways, but a finished work in some others. The mud houses built with my kekkei genkai and hardened to clay with fire release that Uzume had been all too happy to provide when she’d returned from the Kusa front— I’d done it with a clone before she came back, but was happy for the help. She only needed one jutsu to accomplish what often took three from me.

“Back already, Shori?” Kaito called at me from his position seated on the front porch of his house.

“Yeah, Iwa ended up putting less of a fight than expected” I said.

“Ha ha-“ Whatever he would have said died in his throat as we both felt the outflow of chakra. So much chakra. It was easily more chakra than I had, and more than even Granduncle had had. That wasn’t the most notable thing about it. It was what the chakra smelled of that caught the eye. Fear. Grief and fear. Kaito rose to his feet, but I was already gone by the time he decided what to do next.

“Grandma” I said apprearing next to the chakra source.

“It’s Tsu-chan” She said, pointing at a seal on the wall of her bedroom that was pulsing a bright red.