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Shisui Sat In The Kazekage's Chair, With Kankuro, Baki, and Most Of The Council. He Watched As Captain Yura Presented A Report About The Changes To The Sand's Methods. "As You Can See, Our Change In Tactics Has Been Quite Effective, Our Enhanced Methods and Modified Regimens Have Been Greatly Better By Comparison To Our Original Methods. Our Shinobi Have Made Significant Improvements and Our ANBU Are Of A Higher Caliber Than Ever Before." Says Yura. "What Of The More Inclusive Policy? Much Resistance?" Asks Kankuro. "Some, But The Resistant Ones Know Better Than To Go Against The Kazekage, At Least Openly." Replies Yura. "I Want A List Of Those Now Allowed Into Our Academy, I Have Something They Will Found Useful, Something That Has Been Proven To Take Out More Than Half The Best Of The Hidden Mist's Seven Ninja Swordsman.

"Your Referring To The Taijutsu Used By That Idiot Boy and His Near Identical Sensei?" Asks Baki. "Aye, The Eight Gates Taijutsu Technique, It Has Been Noted By My Grand Uncle Madara To Be The Mark Of One Of The Strongest Taijutsu Users In The World. Madara Was Well-Known and Well-Documented For Rarely Giving Such Praise, So You Can Understand How Much A Technique Like That Could Prove Useful." Says Shisui. "He's Not Wrong, I Watched The Kid Give Gaara Momentary Trouble Through The Technique's First Stages." Says Kankuro. A Messenger Suddenly Enters The Room. "Lord Kazekage, Forgive The Intrusion, But We Have Received A Message From Hidden Leaf Village, Lady Tsunade Of The Sannin Has Been Appointed Fifth Hokage." Says The Messenger.

Shisui Lets Out A Short Laugh. "What Are The Odds Of That? My Own Cousin Appointed Fifth Hokage? And Me The Fifth Kazekage?" Asks Shisui Jokingly. "By All Accounts Tsunade Is Regarded As The Strongest Kunoichi In The World, Which Is Well-Earned By Every Person To Survive Facing Her In Battle." Says Yura. "Do You Expect Less From The First Hokage's Granddaughter? She and I Share A Bloodline, She Has The Uchiha's Strength, and No Uchiha Blood." Muses Shisui. "Shall We Go Ahead With The Treaty?" Asks Baki. "We Have ****, Orochimaru's Impersonation Of Our Lord Fourth and His Attempt On The Hokage's Life Whilst Wearing His Skin, Is A Grievous Insult To Say The Least. As Such, I Want That Bastard At The Top Of Our Bingo Book, and Word Of The Bounty On His Head Spread To Every Major Town and Shady Bounty Post In The Five Great Nations. But On The More Pressing Issue, Every One Of You Will Be Under Review For The Coming Months, I Don't Know How Far The Conspiracy To Destroy The Leaf Spread, But Believe Me, I Wil Find Out." Says Shisui. "Lord Kazekage, Surely...." Begins A Councilor. "Yes, I Do, I Have **** But To Assume The Entire Council Was Complicit In The Conspiracy To Ignite A War With Konoha. Do You Have Any Idea Who Would Have Been Given Ample Support To Become Hokage? Well I Do, and He's The Reason I'm An Orphan." Says Shisui. "Rubbish, There's No Way Itachi Uchiha Woud Be Allowed To Return To The Hidden Leaf, Let Alone To Be Anointed As Hokage." Says The Same Councilor.

Shisui's Sharingan Activates In Frustration. "I Am Talking About Danzo Of The Shimura Clan." Says Shisui. "He's Right, Danzo Is By Far The Most Warmongering Elder In The Leaf, and He Had More Authority and Influence To Order The Uchiha's Extermination Aside From The Lord Third Hokage.'' Says Baki. ''If So, Why Not Seal You Away As An Infant Lord Kazekage?'' Asks Yura. ''He Was My Godfather, My Father Trained Him, Or Perhaps Because I Can't Be Sealed? Take Your Pick.'' Says Shisui Off Handedly. "There's Also The Matter Of Gaara, He's Become Much Less Bloodthirsty and Hostile, But The Village Still Views Him With Suspicion and Fear." Says Kankuro. "You Don't Need Worry About Gaara Kankuro, He's Adapting To My Training Well. I Give Him The End Of The Next Month Till He's Ready To Join The Regular Forces and Prove Himself.'' Says Shisui. ''If You Say So.'' Says Kankuro.

''There's Another Matter, Lord Kazekage?'' Asks Baki. ''Indeed, How Orochimaru Managed To Get Past Lord Rasa's Guards, Kill Him, and Impersonate Him So Effortlessly It Was Only Through Me That We Discovered Orochimaru's Actions. The Fact It Was Even Possible, Never Mind That it Worked, Is A Major Internal Security Concern, This Cannot Be Allowed To Happen Again. From Now Senior ANBU Black Ops Will Shadow Every Active and Retired Member Of The Council When Not On Missions Or Off Duty. We Can't Have A Repeat Of This Breach.'' Says Shisui, As He Dismisses The Councilors. Once They're Gone, Only Kankuro and Baki Remain. ''Shisui, We've Received Word From The Leaf Regarding The Village's Actions Following The Revelation Of My Father's ****, Because We Ultimately Rallied Against The Invasion, The Village Elders Are Willing To Negotiate A Peace Of More Equitable Prosperity.'' Says Kankuro. ''Prepare A Messenger Hawk, Tell Them We'll Agree To The Peace, But I Want Danzo Shimura Removed From The Council, Because The Likelihood Of Him Trying To Recover The Byakugan and Sharingan Is Too High, Inform Them That So Long As No Such Attempts Are Made, They'll Never Be Used Against The Leaf.'' Says Shisui. ''Anything Else?'' Asks Kankuro. ''Tell Danzo I Know Everything, Tell Him I Know All About My Predecessor, About The Clan, About The Deal, and About Itachi.'' Says Shisui Before Teleporting Away.