5 Chapter 5

The Hokage Tower, at the same time,

Izuna was in the Hokage's robes. He had recently gotten his hair cut. They were short yet unkempt as usual. He was wearing a plain white dress today unlike his normal black clothes. He was sitting behind the desk and thinking about the Uchiha coup de' tat. The rebellious Uchiha group had planned a coup which was giving Izuna a headache because the demands of the rest of the Uchiha were extremely high reason being the fact that their clan head was the Hokage and they were one the founding clans of the village and yet they were not treated well and if he agreed to these terms of the Uchiha, the comman populace would think that he had the Uhiha plan the coup and he himself 'ordered' them to make high demands and agreed to them so that there wouldn't be a civil war and then the common populace would rebel against him themselves and Izuna wouldn't have been able to keep his promise to Minato that he would take care of the village. Izuna might have been the greatest prodigy ever from Konoha but right now he felt he could use the advice of his late parents or his late friend Minato.

Just as he was thinking this, a silver haired Konoha Jonin entered the room with a heck load of paperwork in his hands. He was getting ready to go for a mission. He clearly had five of Jiraiya's latest entries to read on the way. His Jonin vest was cleaner than usual.

(Writer)-Kakshi is very lazy even in this story, but unlike in the canon, Kakashi is a Kage level ninja who can beat the Sandaime Hokage without breaking a sweat in this storyline. He is under Izuna because Izuna way way more powerful. Izuna is stronger than Kaguya or the Juubi. Naruto eventually becomes way stronger.

Izuna had just one question in mind right now, 'Is god trying to kill me?' and as though by God's will Kakashi made an eye-smile and said "Yes."

Izuna lifted his head up said, "Why did you say 'Yes', Kakashi?"

Kakashi answered, "Well, I was thinking whether to include Itacihi and Shisui or Might Guy on my next mission and I decided on Guy."

Izuna sighed and bent his head again. He said, "Kakashi, any info on the Uchiha coup?"

Kakshi kept the paperwork on Izuna's desk and said, "Well, they are still on the same standpoint as they were a week ago."

Izuna looked at the paperwork in front of his face. He frowned at the huge pile of paperwork. He shifted it and put it below his desk and said, "You put that much paperwork on the desk like that, it will break. Anyways, have we tried any more negotiations?"

Kakashi said, "Not since they declined you by insulting you in the Uchiha district of the village."

Izuna flinched at that remark. He said, "What do you think I should do Kakashi?"

Kakashi sighed and said, "Well in your current position, nothing you do can save the village. Basically, you are neutral but everyone thinks that you are on the side of their enemy."

Izuna once again sighed and bent his head and said, "You have any ideas on how to save everyone?"

Kakashi said, "I don't. Have you talked to Shikaku Nara? He can probably help you out here."

Izuna said, "That is something that I can do but Shikaku is not in the village right now. He won't be back until a few more days and if we are unfortunate two weeks before Shikaku is back in the village and this is not something that can be resolved easily. The Uchiha are demanding an entire 25% of the village's revenue and for a bigger part of the village to themselves and they want their image to be elevated in the common people and shinobi alike. I can't possibly agree to these terms and my own clan won't listen to me. I am in a fix right now. I really wish there were others who could do this job for me."

Though Kakashi knew all the details he was still surprised at hearing the 25% of Konoha revenue part, he said, "Well, all we can do is wait. Until we get better options other than letting civil war, or exterminating an entire clan."

Izuna said, "I suppose you are right."

Kakashi looked at the paperwork and said, "Anyways, you have all this paperwork to take care of till then and by the way a bigger shipment of paperwork is coming around in a few hours and good luck at it sensei. I have a mission to complete. Bye."

After Kakashi left Izuna said, "Yup, somebody above wants to exact revenge upon me by giving me a death by headache." He sighed upon this and used shadow clones and started digging through the paperwork hoping that he could at least cause a dent in it by the next hour. Somehow or the other more of it apperared and it seems the paperwork wanted to kill him. Boy was the pile was huge.

Just as he was thinking about this, he saw a huge rain of orange over the Hyuuga compound. His jaw dropped t the floor when he saw that. He was sure that he would be pennyless by the end of the day.