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Later
Hokage's Office
"…and that's what Naruto-kun and Tenten-chan said." Sarutobi finished, "Opinions?"
The three men opposite him exchanged looks before one spoke up.
"Troublesome." Nara Shikaku groused, "Definitely Danzō's little clockwork army. The Uzumaki was pretty sharp to notice all those little things that even an experienced Genin like Higurashi didn't notice."
"The question is did he send them to capture or kill Naruto?" Sarutobi asked, keeping his own opinions to himself.
Akimichi Chōza, seated to Shikaku's right, snorted. "Danzō wouldn't have the balls to have The Uzumaki assassinated. He probably still has wet dreams about controlling him and usurping you, Hokage-sama."
"So capture it is." Sarutobi nodded in agreement, "I suspect this might have something to do with my youngest, Asuma, moving into the Amekage Apartments. Additionally, Asuma was almost injured in a 'mysterious' accident with a runaway cart full of cabbages earlier."
Yamanaka Inoichi raised an eyebrow. "So you think the Warhawk didn't like the idea of Asuma-san living in the same building as our friendly neighbourhood Jinchūriki and orchestrated a plan to both delay Asuma moving in and capture Naruto?"
"I do." Hiruzen confirmed, "As they withdrew as soon as ANBU were spotted, I suspect that part of their secondary objectives in the case they couldn't capture Naruto-kun was to draw out his ANBU watchers and identify them, as well as giving Danzō a proper report on Naruto's combat abilities."
The other three nodded, bowing to the Sandaime's greater knowledge of the inner workings of the mind of Shimura Danzō. Not an honour they would like to have.
"Question; is there any proof of the Nuke-nin being anything other than who they claimed themselves to be aside from the reports of a Genin and an Academy student?" Shikaku asked.
"No." Sarutobi grated, "The one that Naruto-kun killed had his head crushed rather spectacularly, so there isn't any brain for a Yamanaka to probe or any remaining sign of the Juinjutsu that Danzō uses to keep his agents from talking. Just about the only odd thing about the corpse is that it is pale, as if he had not been exposed to sunlight for many years."
"Ne." Shikaku shook his head in disgust, "So what's the plan?"
"Obviously, Naruto-kun will be in danger of further attacks if Danzō thinks he can get away with it. Sadly, I cannot give him a larger detail of ANBU without compromising other missions." Sarutobi said with a sigh, "Asuma will mitigate that somewhat, but he'll be on missions in another month's time, so his aegis shall be limited, especially when he takes a Genin team."
"He requested our kids, I memory serves." Inoichi mused, "You gonna say yes to that?"
"I am tempted to." Sarutobi admitted, "Yet Asuma is probably the only person in Konoha other than Danzō and myself with an extensive knowledge of Fūton Ninjutsu, and Naruto is a Primary Wind Element, with an Earth Sub-Element."
"Weren't you planning on putting The Uzumaki with Hatake?" Shikaku asked.
"Kakashi requested him, along with Uchiha Sasuke, but Naruto-kun broke down the team dynamic of a potential team up with him, Sakura-chan and Sasuke." The Hokage said as he lit his pipe, "Not a pleasant one. He has been working with Sakura-chan to improve her general fitness and taijutsu with success, but Sasuke has a superiority complex, as well as an inferiority complex. Naruto-kun's rapid gain in strength since he started applying himself fully has made the Uchiha throw some unsettling looks at him."
"Troublesome." Chōza commented, earning himself a dirty look from the original user of that phrase.
"Just about the only thing I would suggest, " Shikaku said reluctantly, "would be to have the place full of such politically sensitive people that you would be required to have several teams of ANBU guarding it; Clan Heirs and Heiresses, visiting dignitaries, ambassadors. Those sorts of people. Either them or people who require watching due to suspicious behaviour, but the first would be preferable."
"Obviously." Sarutobi nodded, "But in case you hadn't noticed Shikaku, there isn't exactly a surfeit of Clans who want their Heirs or Heiresses to move into a Jinchūriki's building. Hiashi, just to give a random example, would throw a fit at the suggestion. As for dignitaries and ambassadors, there's already the Golden Leaf Hotel and the dignitaries barracks in the Hokage Tower itself. And I refuse to put Naruto-kun in further danger by entertaining the last suggestion."
"You could have the Genin from the newly graduated class move in there after graduation." Shikaku pointed out lazily, "Give them some guff about learning independence and financial management. With so many in one place, you'd be obliged to make the Amekage Apartments a high-priority watching situation."
"Useful for after graduation, but not so much at the moment." Inoichi pointed out, "There's still several months until then."
"Well Yoshino won't let Shikamaru move out before graduating, I'll tell you that for nothing." The Nara Clan head said firmly, "I can imagine the same would be true for your wives."
Inoichi and Chōza grimaced and nodded in agreement, making Sarutobi chuckle. While not anywhere close to being as intimidating as Nara Yoshino, the wives of the other two members of the original Ino-Shika-Chō were not women to be crossed lightly, if at all.
"I think we should table this until we have more ideas." He said firmly, "For the moment, Naruto-kun is safe and I shall instruct his ANBU guards to maintain a stricter vigil on him while in Training Ground 13 to prevent this sort of incident from happening again. Inoichi, how did the 'interviews' with the former council members go?"
The Yamanaka smiled grimly. "Oh, they were most…illuminating. I'll have the report written up for you by the end of the week."
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