Kakashi, listening to all of this, was becoming more and more confused. What the old man was getting at. But on the plus side. He learned more about the clans.
-Danzo-sama, where are you going with this? -What are you getting at?
Did you know who was the ninetails' jinchuriki after Mito-sama?
-That's classified information!
-That's right, but I'm the one who was privy to those secrets.
-Who was the Kyuubi jinchuriki?
-Kushina Namikaze!
-What? Kushina-san?
-That's right!
-Danzo-san, I don't believe it.
-It's up to you, but it's true!
-But even if it is? How did she survive?
-I'll tell you about that later! Let's get back to politics!
-I don't feel so good!
-I understand, that's the truth. -It's a hell of a story. Drink some water!
-Slurp
-So, Kakashi, what do you think? How can the new Hokage hold on to power?
-But Minato-sensei is a war hero! Thanks to him, the great war ended.
-Have people seen his power?
-What do you mean?
-The people in the village saw the power of Konoha Yellow Lightning?
-No, he fought outside the land of fire!
-That's right, outside the land of fire! People lose faith in leaders when they think he can't do anything. So the Fourth had to show his strength. And what better show of strength than a fight against the nine-tailed man himself?
-You're saying Minato-sensei pulled the nine-tails out of his wife on purpose to put on a show? That's absurd!
-That's almost a good point, but let me tell you what happened! The nine-tails' seal weakens during childbirth.
When Minato's daughter was born, the seal was held in place. But when the second child was on the way, the seal couldn't hold. But they found a way out. Did Uzumaki Kaname tell you everything when you went into the wreckage of Uzushio with her?
-No, I was told Kaname was looking for scrolls to strengthen the barriers in Konoha. -No.
-You see, that's another one of Minato's lies, but that's beside the point. Kaname was looking for scrolls to safely extract biju. She succeeded. And when the birth came up, they planned the whole thing. Minato, Kushina and Kaname wanted to unseal Kyuubi and let him walk around the village. And then, when it was all over, they would seal Kyubey into their newborn child. But he played too much, and Kaname died as a result.
-Wait, but people saw the sharingan in Kyuubi's eyes? And Minato-sensei isn't an Uchiha.
-Fugaku Uchiha.
-What? -Fugaku-san was in cahoots with him too?
-What do you expect from the Uchichi? Madara himself subdued the nine-tailed man with the help of MSH.
-But why would the Uchiha want to do that?
-Since the time of the second Hokage, the Uchiha had been oppressed and settled to the outskirts of the village. He also distrusted the Uchiha like I do.
-Minato-san said his son died! And he had to seal in another child from the same one they found among the newborn orphans born that day.
-That's the only truth he told you!
-It all sounds crazy!
-Well, if you don't believe me, go to the Hokage Archives. In the closet on the left, third shelf from the top. Find the file on Kushina Uzumaki and you'll see for yourself.
-Ms. Danzo, why exactly did you tell me everything?
-Let's just say that Minato and I had a conflict and I told him at the meeting. No one believed me. Now I need to get Minato to come clean.
-Mr. Danzo! If it's not true, I'll turn you in to the Hokage.
-Well, you can try. I already spoke up at the meeting anyway.
-What about the jinchuriki?
-I didn't say anything against the rules about the new jinchuriki.
-What about Mr. Kushina?
-That law was in effect when Kushina was the jinchuriki.
At this point, Kakashi was just walking down the road, thinking about what he had heard. To him, it was like a game of segi in which he was now one of the pieces. And he wouldn't be able to jump off the game until he won or lost.
Danzo was sitting in his office after Kakashi left. And then Striige came up to him.
-Danzo-sama, are you sure we shouldn't follow him?
-Never. If he finds out I'm following him, he might just jump out and kill himself, genes be damned.
-But he might tell Four.
-If he does, Four will spit some fairy tale on him. -If he does. Kakashi may be gullible, but he's not that gullible. And I've got one trump card that's already in play. By the way, did you find this Tobi?
-Not yet, Danzo-sama!
-Damn that Toby. Hurry up and find him.
-Yes, we have!
Hokage Archive 12am.
Kakashi still couldn't believe that his teacher could keep such an important secret from him. He still wanted to believe something his sensei had done wasn't true.
Kakashi snuck into the archives and started looking for his sensei's wife's file there and he found it. But he made a mistake. He didn't notice the signal barrier. Suddenly he heard.
-Kakashi, what do you mean, why do you need Kushina's file?
Kakashi felt uncomfortable and decided to play offense.
-"Minato-sensei, why did you lie to me?
-Explain yourself, Kakashi!
-Why didn't you tell me that the ninetails' jinchuriki was Kushina-san recently, and why did you lie to me about me going to help find scrolls to strengthen Konoha's barriers? And not to unseal that biju?
-Who told you that? Wasn't it Danzo?
-It doesn't matter! -Then answer me.
He pulled out a kunai.
-Open the file!
And when Kakashi opened the file, he saw.
-So it's true?
-Yes, it's true!
-Then why didn't you tell me?
-Read what's at the bottom?
-Top secret!
-That law even applies to the Hokage.
-Not anymore, Kushina-san is no longer a jinchuriki.
-That's why Danzo told us about her.
-Minato-sensei, but that doesn't change the fact that you lied about the scrolls! I thought we didn't have any secrets between us.
-Why would I lie to you? You and Kaname-san did go after the barrier scrolls. See? You didn't even notice the barrier when you snuck in here. But about the unsealing technique. That was an assignment for Kaname-san personally. I can't tell you about it, since it's a state secret. But wait!
Suddenly, Minato realized something! He instantly applied a seal of paralysis and called out to one of the Anbu.
-Falcon!
-Yes, Hokage-sama?
-Call Fugaku, urgently!
-Yes, sir!
-I'm sorry, Kakashi!