Time passed on quick and the awaited fay arrived.
Today the village was decorated and there was a lot more activities taking places than it would normally.
The village was preparing for a welcoming party of the guest that was coming today as they were told by the Uzukage two days ago.
After a lot of preparation, the village now looked like it up for some kind of festival.
The delegation was coming today. As for me I was the outskirts of the village as I was on a mission. I left early in the morning after a lot of preparation.
The delegation officially arrived at the breakfast time.
They were tired from the journey so they had to take rest in a prepared mansions that was already emptied for them before they came here.
I was observing from the moment they arrived. But I was not putting them under constant surveillance because that would be exhausting for me and they would not try to do some suspicious things of the bat as they arrived.
Soon afternoon arrived and they went to the Uzukage's office.
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In the Uzukage's office there was a meeting that was taking place between the Hokage and Uzukage with some elders.
On the Uzukage's side of the desk there was the first and Second elder who looked not much older than the hokage.
On the Hokage's side of the desk there was only one elder and she looked like a middle aged woman but on the older side.
After greetings and formalities was over the real meeting started.
The Hokage said " Uzukage, I hope you are aware of Mito Uzumaki's situation, she has not been doing great nowadays and it has been increasingly difficult for her to suppress the Nine Tails. Her age is not able to keep up with the beasts insane chakra and unpredictable nature. To top it off she has been sort of depressed mentally " others looked thoughtfully.
He continued " it is not hard for her to control and suppress the beast but she has been tired and can't keep up with the beast's unpredictable nature " the others had sympathy for her.
He continued " so I have come here on behalf of my village konoha and for the sake of her in respect of our villages strong and unwavering alliance to request for one that can suppress and control the Nine Tailed beast's chakra and corruption nature and intent " he looked sincerely and there was no hesitation when pleading with the Uzukage and the elders.
They looked hooked and their expressions softened.
The Uzukage was amazed by the courage and integrity of the Hokage.
He doubted wether the letter he got prior was even sent by this guy.
The Hokage was so immersed in his request to the point the he bowed his head in gesture of pleading and request.
The elders thought that what they had believed in the Hokage so far was almost a lies.
He looked passionate and really caring for his village and the well being of the others to the point of disregarding his pride.
The Uzukage was puzzled and didn't know what to answer to the Hokage. He expected the Hokage to play cunning games and arrogance on his side of the story so that he may have a cool and upper hand in the conversations but this is completely different from his expectations.
He knew the Hokage and met with him on several occasions in the past and this attitude was not new to him but he got my point of view and he knows that the Hokage can be deceiving and that was proven in the recent Senju incident.
So now he knows that the Hokage is acting extremely and he doesn't what to do in this situation. He even wants to believe that the Hokage is not acting right now.
The Uzukage sighed and thought for a moment then replied " Hokage sama, I know that your situation is hard and aunt Mito is enduring the corrosion of the tailed beasts chakra. I even want to help her if possible. I even want ease her problem but this is heavy responsibility and i can't do anything about it" he looked like grieving.
The Hokage was taken back and thought he poked a wrong switch and played with Uzukage's feeling but said nothing and let the Uzukage continue his speech.
The Uzukage continued saying " the situation is hard for us and there are not much I can do about. There aren't many talented people who can take on Aunt Mito's Legacy and suppress a tailed beast on the caliber of the Nine Tails beast " he looked sad.
The Hokage and the elder from Konoha frowned hearing this. The sole reason they came here for is being said to not be here.
He continued " The youth of our clan is not much talented even though they have the Uzumaki features, they don't have enough stimuli to awaken their talent and a reason for motivation thus they slacked in their training and are not dreaming of becoming great ninjas " when he said this the elders looked at him absentmindedly and the Konoha delegation looked seriously.
He continued " so even if there is talented youth, they are not taking advantage of it and they just slack and play around the village " others were surprised but the Hokage didn't look convinced.
The Uzukage continued " There is one that is talented in the village but he is not available right now, he is on a mission. He is very genius for age and is more mature than the others his age. He is my nephew, ever since my sister died he was training very hard and he is a high chunin at age of nine now but I don't know if he can get in your eyes " the elders looked at him unconvinced and the delegation did not look like they were interested in him.
After a lot of discussion and assessment of the young talents of the Uzumaki clan the meeting ended.
The Uzukage said " Hokage sama please stay in the village and look around our village until we finalise the meeting in the next few days. There is a mansion that was prepared for you in the next few blocks from here. All your needs will be taken care of and you can visit the village as you wish " after that the meeting was concluded for further discussions in the next few days.
After meeting ended and all the others left the office the Uzukage sighted and was tired so he went home afterwards.