About 20 minutes later, Fugaku himself showed up at the archives.
"Minato, what's the emergency? I have to work tomorrow!"
"Work can wait. You better check my student for genjutsu."
And then Fugaku turned on his sharingan and began to examine him immediately. And after a few minutes, he gave the answer.
"Holy shit, he's got the same genjutsu that Kyuubi had two weeks ago."
"Fugaku, it won't work like last time. If I slap Danzo, I'll be kicked out of Konoha tomorrow. What kind of genjutsu is that?"
"Kotoamatsukami! It's a genjutsu of a word that will sound in his head and follow that word. It's kind of like a mental bookmark. But unlike that, this genjutsu is quicker and more immediate. There's good news!"
"What news?"
"Kakashi's sharingan has begun to counteract this genjutsu, now that's why his head is so messed up. I'll try to weaken it now, but you need to put a seal on the mind defense."
"All right, Fugaku, let's do it!"
Fugaku began to disarm the genjutsu with his sharingan, while Minato folded the seal and touched Kakashi's forehead. When they were done, Fugaku was the first to speak.
"Minato, we have to wait for him to wake up, because if we disturb him, we might mess up his brain."
"Okay. Whose sharingan do you think this Danzo is using?"
"It's probably Kagami Uchiha, since he's the only one who had a mangekyou sharingan before me. And as I remember, he was on the same team as Danzo..."
And then Kakashi woke up and went straight to sleep.
"Minato-sensei? Mr. Fugaku? What are you doing here? And why am I tied up?"
Minato calmed him down with a hand on his shoulder, and then the dialog began. "Kakashi, what do you remember from yesterday?"
"Hmm, let me remember... Oh, I remember! Yesterday, I came to the village and talked to you guys. Then I went to the heroes' pedestal and Danzo came up to me and started telling me about your secret and so on. But when I told him I wasn't interested, my left eye ached sharply and something whispered in my ears."
"What was whispering?"
"Obey Danzo!"
"And then do you remember what happened?"
"It'll be hard, but I'll try."
Half an hour was enough time to tell him everything that had happened and what Danzo had told him. After a long story, Fugaku began to speak.
"That son of a bitch! He decided to strike first! I'll stick that cane in the right place."
"Calm down, Fugaku, we'll have to be more cunning."
"Minato-sensei, can you tell us what really happened?"
And now Minato's true story began, except he left out Naruto.
"So the village was attacked by Danzo."
"Kagami-san once told me that Kotoamatsukami only works once a year. If he used this technique on Kyuubi last time, how could he shorten it by two weeks so he could use it on Kakashi?"
"Oh, I almost forgot, the results from the forensics on that hand I showed you came back tonight. I had to have it analyzed in a neighboring country so Danzo wouldn't find out."
When everyone saw the results.
"The First Hokage's genes? That's how he shortened the time on Kotoamatsukami and was able to control Kyuubi without any problems..."
"Damn, this is bad... Looks like Orochimaru's work. Jiraiya-sensei told me that this Snake is working for Danzo."
"What are we going to do? We can't start a civil war."
"Kakashi makes a good point. If we go openly against Danzo, it'll be seen as a civil war, which he and I don't want, especially after the war and the Kyuubi."
"Let's think of another plan."
"Sensei, why don't I try it?"
"What's that?"
"I'll work for him!"
"Kakashi, are you crazy? He can subjugate you."
"I'm already his subordinate. In his opinion."
"That's a good plan! Kakashi can get dirt on Danzo."
"Fugaku, you too? Heh, okay. But remember Kakashi! If you smell trouble, run. That's an order, okay?"
"Hokage-sama."
"Since I'm no longer needed, I'll be going now. Minato, if there's anything interesting, write or send someone."
"Okay, Fugaku."
When Fugaku left:
"Sensei?"
"Yes? Kakashi?"
The gray-haired man bowed and said:
"I'm sorry for what I said about your wife."
"I don't blame you, you were caught in genjutsu."
"Thank you, Sensei. I'm going to see Danzo tomorrow."
"Good luck, Kakashi!"
Afterwards, everyone went home, except Minato got hit in the head with a frying pan.
"For being late and not telling me when he was leaving."
**Danzo's office**
In his office, Danzo sat reading his reports. There was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
"Ooh! Kakashi Hatake. What are you doing here?"
Kakashi, shivering and shaking his hands a little, said:
"Minato has lied to me all his life, and now he's lying to Konoha. He must be stopped! Danzo-san, let me help you!"
He knelt down on one knee as a sign of obedience. Danzo, on the other hand, was inwardly glad he had someone to manipulate.
"Don't worry, Kakashi, we'll hold Minato accountable."
"Where do we start?"
"Controlling Minato Namikaze's movements."
***
A month later
Since Kakashi had been tasked by Danzo to keep an eye on the Hokage, basically nothing had happened, except for writing in a report about what he was basically doing.
The Namikaze family lived their lives to their hearts' content and did not deny themselves anything.
Hiruzen and Minato hadn't spoken since the fight in the study. And even if they did, it was only for work. Asuma had gone to the fire temple, leaving his brother and father behind in Konoha.