Blood puppet POV

I was in shock when the head of the Solkvore kingdom mentioned this marriages between the people I am very familiar with.

I was literally beside all of them, but they didn't even know I was there. It's thanks to my sneaking skill that I am able to hear this conversation.

But I acted normal to try not to give away my position.

I would be lying if I said that I wasn't angry at this, but I need to look at the bigger picture. I would also like to see how this turns out.

“May I ask, why these four kids specifically?” (Tsunade) said.

She knows that Luna and Chris are in a relationship, as she saw them kiss after Chris finished his fight with Gaara.

But why these other kids as well? They are all from prestigious families. The fact that he mentioned Luna and the others isn't a mere coincidence.

“Like I said, my kids chose them, not me. Even I don't know why they chose those four, but I will get them what they want.” (Head of Solkvore) said.

He and the fire Daimyo had yet to realize that Sasuke had left not too long ago.

“I am afraid that I can't do that.” (Tsunade) said as she crossed her arms over her chest.

Even if she is the Hokage, she has no right to force others to marriage. She believes that one should find love by finding the right one, not by marrying some stranger to gain some power.

She believes this because she also had a boyfriend, but died. It would be like she never loved him if she does acknowledge forced marriages.

“I can take care of that.” (Fire Daimyo) said as he continued to wave his fan lightly on his face.

“What do you mean?” (Tsunade) said a bit confused.

“A few years ago, the third Hokage convinced me to not put Luna and Sasuke Uchiha on the CRA program. And now, as my rank of the fire Daimyo, I demand for Luna Uchiha, and Sasuke Uchiha to be assigned to the CRA program as soon as possible.” (Fire Daimyo)

I on the other hand, was getting my teeth and clenched my fists so hard out of rage. Even if Luna wasn't my girlfriend, I would hate it if people would be treated as nothing but a reproductive machine.

I think that the fire Daimyo must have been bribed by the other guy, or he would have never proposed this stupid plan again.

Looks like I need to move out of the village sooner than I thought.

Before Tsunade could talk back, the fire Daimyo kept talking.

“You have just been appointed as the Hokage not too long ago, so your experience as a leader is not good enough. I suggest you to leave it to me from now on.” (Fire Daimyo) added.

*SMASH* Tsunade broke the table in front of them in two pieces.

“So what if I was just appointed as the Hokage?! My sensei just died on the hands of a bastard, and you expect me to go down just because of some rich idiot from a kingdom is stretching his hand to us. I still carry the might of the Hokage, and I do not acknowledge this at all!” (Tsunade)

Tsunade carried a strong aura that made the fire Daimyo and the head of the Solkvore kingdom shudder a bit. Even Shizune and TonTon were scared. It's pretty rare for Tsunade to get pissed off like this.

She was already in a terrible mood from the results of the battle, and these two had to add fuel to the fire.

“If I may add.” (Head of the Solkvore kingdom) said

“As long as the chosen people to marry my children have indeed married into my family, then I am willing to share my resources to aid the leaf village.” (Head of Solkvore kingdom)

Although he was a proud and arrogant man, he was actually a pussy whenever he confronted strong foes like Tsunade. He didn't even dare raise his voice at all.

Tsunade hesitated at first to say something. The village has suffered a lot these past few years, and their economy is also getting worse and worse. It's already a blessing that they made it this far.

If they don't have the budget to keep up with the other nations, then their strengths will diminish as well. If it wasn't because of this problem, then they wouldn't need to worry about Kumo raiding their village at all.

Not only that, but they had also lost a significant amount of troops. Like the Uchihas, Danzo and the ROOT, several high Chunin and Jonin ninjas.

Their strength is probably the weakest it has ever been right now.

Seeing as how Tsunade hesitated, the fire Daimyo took this to his advantage to add something as well.

“Even if you are the Hokage, Tsunade, you still need to think about the other council members. This will be decided on a democratic vote.” (Fire Daimyo) said.

Tsunade had a deep frown on her face. She absolutely despises forced marriages and the CRA program, but she also needs to think about the advantages it would bring to her village.

If she were to side with the kids, she would possibly lose the battle with Kumo. Or she can choose to ruin the kids lives, but have the upper hand in the battle.

She was indeed stuck between a rock and a hard place.

The head of the Solkvore kingdom couldn't help but add.

“I can understand if you don't want to. So I'll just have to take my wealth elsewhere, for example… Kumogakure.” (Head of Solkvore kingdom) said in a cocky tone.

He wasn't stupid, he had intentionally sent a few of his man to Konoha in advanced to gather information so that he could use it against the Hokage.

One of his man stumbled into a very useful piece of information that he will use against the Hokage, and that is the possible war with Kumo.

He had intentionally mentioned Kumo, to drive her deeper to the edge.

The hidden message he said, is that if she doesn't agree to let his children marry their candidates, then he will become their enemy.

And everybody knows that Konoha can't afford to have another powerful enemy.

The Solkvore kingdom might not have the strongest people, but they make it up with numbers, and resources.

When Tsunade heard this, a bunch of chakra and anger escaped from her body. She was really pissed.

“Is that a threat?!” (Tsunade) said in a very angry tone.

“It's a promise.” (Head of Solkvore kingdom) said. He had the upper hand here, so this time he didn't show fear at all.

The fire Daimyo didn't know what to say. Even he doesn't know whether he is bluffing or telling the truth. But if he didn't know that Tsunade was in a tight spot, then he would have sided with Tsunade instead.

Tsunade was very pissed at them. But regardless, she halted her rage and took a deep breath. She was in a deep thought on what to do.

I on the other hand knew what Tsunade was thinking. Even without using my mind reading ability, she is mad at herself for not being strong enough.

Power spoke the loudest. If she were to have the strength of Madara Uchiha, then she wouldn't have been in such a situation.

She hated herself for not having enough power. If she did, then she wouldn't need to worry at all.

My opinion of Tsunade increased. When she smashed the table, and when she blamed herself for not having strength. I may not have been a huge Tsunade fan in my past life, but I am starting to admire her.

If I was on her shoes, then I would definitely understand. Too bad she isn't me, or she would have solved this matter quick.

Just curious, but are you gonna destroy the Solkvore kingdom?

Not yet blue screen.

Burn those fuckers to the… wait what?!

Were you expecting a different answer?

I did actually. Knowing you, you would have probably tortured them slowly only to feed them to Planty in the end.

Am I really the kind of person to do something like that? Cause that sounds pretty dark.

Let me see. You killed Koharu after she tried to give Naruto a stomach ache, you made Hinata beat up her dad in front of a huge crowd, you fed those Kumo people to Planty when they kidnapped Hanabi, you sent Kiba to prison after he tried to hit on Luna. What part of you isn't dark?

I uh… was just doing the right thing.

Of course you were… NOT!

Well I am not gonna burn them to the ground, yet. If anything, I am grateful to them for bringing this up.

It has been now confirmed, that you are indeed bipolar.

What I mean is that I now have a good excuse to bring out my friends from the leaf village.

What do you mean?

What I mean is, that I couldn't think of a way to bring Luna and the others outside of the village.

After the attack from the alien, I needed a safer place to stay. Even if I could find a safer place then Konoha, there was still the problem of convincing the others to join me.

They are all too attached to this place, so it will be hard to convince them to follow me. But now if my friends/students are to hear that they are gonna marry some spoiled bastards, then it will be much easier to convince everyone to join me.

Hmm… and then after you're done, what happens next.

I will burn those assholes to the ground, and feed them to Planty.

Aha! Let there be carnage! ↑_(ΦwΦ)Ψ

(I am sure that this is now a famous quote from the movie “Venom” definitely one of the best movies I have ever seen.)

Okay… moving on.

After thinking about it for a while, Tsunade had to make a choice. She then asked Shizune to bring the council members over here.

Shizune gave a firm bow, before leaving hastily to collect the council members.

Tsunade turned to the bastard dou.

“There is something you two need to know first. Sasuke Uchiha is no longer with us.” (Tsunade) said with a hint of anger in her words. She will forever hate those two.

“Oh my. Did he die?” (Head of Solkvore kingdom) said a bit surprised and troubled as well.

He only had one daughter, and she chose Sasuke as her husband. But if he's gone, he is gonna have a hard time dealing with his daughter crying all day because she didn't get what she wanted.

And he actually managed to make his children choose those four other kids, because they all had some powerful background and come from a very strong lineage

Luna was gonna marry his second oldest son. She is one of the last Uchihas alive. And if she were to marry into the Solkvore clan, their reputation will increase by many fold.

Hinata and Hanabi Hyuuga are rarely seen talents even amongst the Hyuugas. That is why he convinced his oldest son and his youngest son to marry those two specifically.

If it weren't for him, then they would have married TenTen and Ino, all because they said that they were the best looking girls they had ever seen.

He doesn't disagree with his sons statements m, but he needs to have grandchildren that will become strong in the future. That is why he convinced his sons to marry someone with a strong Kekkei Genkai.

Although his two sons were pissed that they weren't gonna Ino and TenTen, he told them that he could make them into their concubines.

As long as his sons wanted something, he would give it to them no matter the cost.

*CRACK*

They heard a small crack, and turned to find the source of the noise. But they saw no one.

They didn't suspect anything from that cracking noise, as most of the buildings that were damaged from the battle were making weird noises as well.

What that cracking noise was, it was Chris cracking his wooden hands.

When he read the Solkvore head’s mind, he was truly pissed. It's one thing for them to force his friends into marriage, but to actually dare think to make TenTen a concubine. Ohohoho, now that is pushing me over the edge.

I teleported out of there before I was found out.

Please kill them. Seriously, they won't be missed.

You read my mind blue screen, but not yet. It's like what they say, good things come to those who wait. And I cannot wait to burn that kingdom to the ground.

I was able to once again enter the room without anyone noticing me.

Tsunade told them what had just happened with Sasuke, that he has betrayed the village to side with Orochimaru.

The head of the Solkvore kingdom had a gloomy expression. He is gonna have a hard time handling his daughter once she hears this.

After 10-15 minutes of waiting, the other council members had finally appeared. They would have been here sooner, but they are all too busy that they couldn't come here earlier.

They all sat beside one another. The room wasn’t very spacious, so they had to be shoulder by shoulder to sit comfortably.

Unlike the other council meetings, today was very quiet. It must be because of the Solkvore head and the fire Daimyo that are attending this meeting as well.

“Where's Koharu?!” (Tsunade) said. After waiting for a while, Shizune had come back with a tired face. She just ran a lot to gather these people.

“I don't know Tsunade. I couldn't find her.” (Shizune) said. She thinks that it's her weak abilities that couldn't let her find Koharu in such a short amount of time.

It's not her to blame, it's me. Koharu’s body has been decomposed and is now is Planty’s belly. They will never find her body.

“I believe we can start with just one council member missing. Hokage, do you want to tell them why we are all here?" (Head of Solkvore kingdom)

Everyone in the room looked at Tsunade. It must be something very important if it involves two powerful figures attending this meeting as well.

Tsunade sighed a by reluctant to tell them this news, especially to Hiashi. But it doesn't matter, they were all here to vote.

“The Solkvore kingdom is willing to aid us with our economy and resources.” (Tsunade) said.

The others were shocked and happy at the same time to hear this. If they could gain a powerful ally like the Solkvore kingdom, then their prowess will rise indefinitely.

“What's the catch?” (Shukaku)

He knew that there isn't a thing as a free lunch in this world. Meaning that there must be a special reason for the Solkvore kingdom to lend Konoha a hand.

Once again, everyone had their ears perked waiting for Tsunade to respond.

“The Solkvore head-” (Tsunade) would have continued, but she was interrupted.

“It's Sheldon!” (Head of Solkvore kingdom)

“What?” (Tsunade) answered confusedly. What did he mean by that?

“My name is Sheldon Solkvore. I just don't like it when you call me the head of Solkvore kingdom.” (Sheldon)

The other council members almost failed to contain their laughter. He is a very powerful man, but his name is Sheldon.

Tsunade, Shizune and I almost failed to contain our laughters. Sheldon is such a funny name.

(No offence to those who are named Sheldon. I once had a teacher named Sheldon, that is why I am putting his name in his story, because I don’t like him at all.)

“Ahem!” (Tsunade) cleared her throat so that she doesn't laugh at him.

The other council members also cleared their throats. Before acting composed again.

“Mr. Sheldon… is willing to help us only if we do something for him in return.” (Tsunade)

Once again, they almost failed to hold in their laughter when Tsunade said his name.

“What is the deal?” (Hiashi) said. He doesn't laugh much, so the word ‘Sheldon’ had little to no effect on him.

“He wants his children to marry somebody from our side. That is his condition.” (Tsunade)

“Who are-” (Shukaku)

He was gonna ask who the unlucky kids are, but the fire Daimyo interrupted him.

“What do you think of this, Hiashi Hyuuga.” (Fire Daimyo) said quickly.

When Tsunade heard this, she knew what the fire Daimyo was plotting. Before she could say anything, Hiashi was quick to add.

“I don't see the problem.” (Hiashi) answered casually.

He had no idea what he had just done.

Tsunade just smacked herself on the face. Hiashi doesn't know that the kids who are gonna marry are his daughters.

Even if he were to lose in a democratic vote, Hiashi has the last say whether if Hanabi and Hinata are gonna marry into the Solkvore kingdom.

But now that he said ‘I don't see the problem’ it's gonna be hard to go back on his word.

If Hiashi had known in advanced that his two daughters were chosen, then he would have declined no matter what.

Even I had to admit that it was a cheap move on their part. But the only one to blame here is Tsunade. Why didn't she mention Hinata and Hanabi in one sentence, instead of stopping halfway?

“Splendid! I am sure that your daughters will be very happy to hear the news.” (Fire Daimyo) said delighted.

It was never about a democratic vote. It was about tricking Hiashi all along. The fire Daimyo came up with this cheap plan on his way to Konoha.

Luna doesn’t have a legal guardian anymore, so it will be much easier to force her into a marriage than Hanabi and Hinata.

Hiashi took a long time to process what he just said. His face went pale, he couldn't help but yank his hair out.

What has he done to Hanabi.

Hinata is not a legal member of the Hyuuga anymore, as she had won her rights when she fought him. But the same couldn't be said about Hanabi.

Even with the protection of her strong aunt, he has the final say in anything. But now that he actually said ‘yes’ by accident, he was angry. How can someone with such a high rank could go as low as doing something like tricking him.

The other council members also couldn't help but frown. That was way too low. Even if Hiashi were to say ‘no’ right now, it would be a bit catastrophic in this situation.

It’s like if a leader were to say that ‘No one will never have to pay taxes again.’ But then changed his mind the very next day. Wouldn’t that lead to a riot?

I wonder how this will turn out.