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With the large amount of chakra that suddenly came and went, Konoha's ninjas were quickly able to locate Kushina.
And they saw her standing before Minato's corpse, shaking in fear.
Jiraiya was shocked to see, and quickly came down, examining Minato.
"H-he's dead!?"
Obviously. Minato was missing his heart, and face.
A full Kurama in 5 tailed cloak can easily do that to a brat.
Kushina struggled as she saw Jiraiya's helpless and crying face, and then the glare directed at her.
'Say that I took control, and you barely managed to supress me.'
"...I took control..."
Kurama facepalmed. What kind of idiot she is!?
'Just repeat after me! Back from Kyuubi.'
"Back from Kyuubi..."
'Don't say anything else! You will just mess things up.'
They can atleast piece together what happened themselves.
The moment Kushina lost control, the village lost its most promising ninja ever. A student of Sanin.
Seeing Kushina's scared face, Jiraiya looked away.
'So that's what being a Jinchuriki is.'
Jiraiya thought regretfully, took Minato, and ran towards the hospital. He knew that it was impossible, but he needed Tsunade to be able to heal his student.
Other ninjas on the otherhand, were not so thoughtful.
Most of them didn't even know that Kushina is the Jinchuriki of Kyuubi.
To them, the outsider who became Konoha's ninja, who disappeared and the whole village was mobilised in search for her, murdered the new generation's best ninja. The disciple of Jiraiya, one of the Sanin.
With unjust brutality. There was blood everywhere. And there were holes straight through his heart and head.
They started seeing her as a monster.
Hiruzen arrived on the scene, his heart heavy.
He had thought that Kushina was a good jinchuriki. Kyuubi was never able to cause any trouble despite Kushina being just a kid. Contrary to Mito-sama's expectations of it being difficult for Kushina.
Yet just now, she lost control. It was only for a few seconds, and she managed to control it herself. But, just those few seconds costed Konoha its future pillar. Hiruzen had never seen anyone as talented as Minato aside from Orochimaru.
Hiruzen thought that after Orochimaru becomes the Fourth Hokage, Minato might become the Fifth.
But... Minato was dead.
Still, he needed to keep his emotions in check and comfort Kushina. The Jinchuriki needed to be stable.
He ordered everyone to disperse with a sign, and went to pat Kushina.
But Kushina slapped away his hand.
'Don't shout anything. Don't reveal that you know what he is playing. You don't have the strength yet.'
She gulped, and said, "Sorry!"
And then, she ran back to her house, with ANBU following her back.
Hiruzen didn't say anything and sighed.
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Back at the Hokage Office, Hiruzen, Danzo, and the other two irrelevant elders sat in a meeting, discussing the event.
Danzo shouted, "Hiruzen! Why wasn't there enough security for the Jinchuriki!? And why did you even agree to let Kumo ninjas inside the village for a flimsy promise of alliance!?
Kumo dared to touch Konoha's Jinchuriki. So, the only way is to teach them a lesson!"
The other two agreed with Danzo.
And Hiruzen nodded.
"I will formally ask Kumo and the Daimyo of Land of Lightning for an explanation."
Danzo scoffed.
"Do you really think that Lightning Daimyo will apply any pressure on Raikage? He has huge ambitions for Land of Fire's lands and resources.
Since they dared to touch Konoha's Jinchuriki, it means they want war, and are ready for it.
Send Orochimaru to kill their Jinchuriki. If it rampages and flattens their village, that's even better."
Hiruzen nodded, "Alright."
Hiruzen was soft, but not as much as during his second term after Kyuubi attack.
He was also very angry. He saw Jiraiya holding Minato's corpse and crying as Tsunade shook her head, saying that she can't do anything.
He doesn't want a war, but would not let Kumo get away with this scot-free.
Now, the topic of the meeting shifted towards Kushina and Kyuubi.
"Kyuubi could only take control for a few seconds, but Kushina managed to contain it. Perhaps the kidnapping led her vulnerable."
Danzo scoffed, "It all happened because you gave her too much freedom. She isn't Mito-sama. She is a weapon. Give her to ROOT. I will teach her to have control over her emotions—"
"No. There will be more protection for her. But she won't ever enter a dark path like ANBU, much less ROOT."
Danzo didn't really expect Hiruzen to agree to hand over the Jinchuriki to him, but not saying it was not Danzo's nature.
Hiruzen stood up and said, "I am going to give her access to all the fuinjutsu we have. So that such accidents don't happen ever again."
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Kushina was on her bed, staring at the ceiling fan.
She just killed someone today.
'He was a puppet of Konoha, to manipulate you.'
'I know! But... he wasn't a bad guy...'
'Konoha will still try to use such pawns to control you. Control us.'
'Yeah...'
Kurama grinned on the inside. It seems like his manipulation is working.
Soon, Kushina will become his perfect vessel, and he will be finally free!
And the biggest obstacle, Minato is removed!