Naruto: Legacy Undone

Chapter 85: Chapter 85



Absolutely everything was carefully sealed away and other memories were implanted to fill in the breach to cause as little trauma as possible.

Its a drastic action because, there was a sixty percent chance of there being permanent brain damage.

Hence why its only used on criminals or very high risk missions.

"Are you out of your mind!?" He flatly asks.

"His psyche might very well be breaking under the stress."

"And so you want to add more stress to it?"

"Its either take the risk now and save him or run the risk of him becoming completely non functional down the road as the damage continues to erode his stability.

"He's six years old. If we were to seal up all the false memories he gained two years ago you might just seal away the real ones too. That's one third of his life Orochimaru. And his first two years he probably can't remember either. You'd be regressing him down to the state of a two year old or worse."

"The Yamanaka clan can fill in the ga-"

"I won't authorize it. And even if I by some momentary delusion I somehow did, do you think Tsunade would approve? She's the head doctor all these things have to pass through her desk as well. She may not be able to overrule me but she can make the job nearly impossible with her influence on the staff.

The Sannin's frown deepened. "At the very least he must be placed under a psychological ward."

"He will be given an evaluation but I am not going to just lock him in a padded room. He seemed fine just-"

"Yes he always seems fine until those moments where he's simply not. Something happens. Itachi described a similar event months ago. Its going to happen again. He has to be observed in a controlled, measured environment. Away from as much familiar stimulus as possible until we can isolate what exactly is causing these episodes of his."

Sarutobi once more leaned back in his chair. "He does." The man agreed, lacing his hands together. Then, he looked at him and pointed. "But not by you."

The tilt of the Sannin's head was very much like that of a serpent observing a rather uppity rodent. "Come again?"

"You're far too close to this." The old monkey explained. "You've known Naruto since he was born and at nearly any mention of Jiraiya you and Tsunade are quick to fly off the handle. You both act first and ask questions never."

"I'm not nearly as volatile as Hime"

"If by that you mean we won't find a body, then yes. You're absolutely right. We tend to find any one of her victims in several places." The older man stood glaring at him. "As of right now your team is benched for two months time."

"On what grounds!" The pale ninja hissed.

"On the grounds that they just completed a chuunin exam, ran the equivalent of two A rank missions, one an escort and another a package delivery, collaborated and participated in the capture of Iwagakure's Bijuu and deserve some time off. During this time I will be assigning someone to observe and evaluate Naruto's psychological welfare. I will get an unbiased report from him or her and decide how to proceed from there."

Orochimaru opened his mouth to speak and the Sandaime held up his hand, stopping him.

"You try to go over my head on this like you did to get your nomination I'll see you locked in a cell for these two months if not longer!"

The man's mouth snapped shut though the growl reverberating through his chest indicated his displeasure.

The silence between the two men was a pregnant thing before Sarutobi sat back down. "You are not the one that can dictate the course here. Even without the Kyuubi, Naruto is still clearly a valuable asset to this village; One with immense potential if we were to just take in the three chakra affinities alone. His skill at being able to stall a Jounin and help the Daimyo escape another clearly shows that the boy will be immensely powerful when he's older. Your fear of these memories while certainly justifiable, does not change the fact that, if it lets him pull off a dead technique like the Rasengan and its more perfected version...this...anomaly might very well be an enormous treasure trove of techniques or skills that could make him more useful to us now than he ever was as a Jinchuuriki with no knowledge on how to utilize his Bijuu. No matter what the risks to his psychological health are, I have to take full stock of what we stand to gain here and right now leaving the situation be is what's best for the village. The only reason I'm even giving him the evaluation is more to see if there's even a chance for the 'just incase I'm wrong' scenario."

He took a deep breath blowing out smoke from his nostrils. "But I doubt very much that the evaluation will uncover something drastic enough that will merit a different course of action other than just letting it be and letting it run its course. The potential boon for the village more than warrants the risk involved for him."

Orochimaru tilted his head. "And here you always claim he's like a grandson to you."

Sarutobi closed his eyes, then when he opened them again, he was glaring at the pale ninja. "He is. Would you like to trade places?"

Through clenched jaw and glaring eyes after several moments the sannin tried to change the subject. No doubt hoping to revisit this later.

"What will you do with the Bijuu?"

"Seal it." Saru answered frankly. "Secretly."

"In Naruto?"

"No. We lost the Kyuubi somehow. On the off chance it was some kind of fault in the seal or something other than an infiltrator we run the risk of losing the Yonbi as well. Also it might somehow interfere with the three elements he's developed. The Yonbi uses fire and earth. Naruto has earth, he does not have fire. It could just as easily develop in him as it could damage him by trying to change his chakra coils too drastically at this late stage of his coil development. And its never wise to place all one's eggs in a single basket."

.

.

.

‼️If you want to access to more than 400 advanced chapters, wait no more and subscribe to my Ko-Fi, where you can buy books in completely downloadable PDF format.‼️

☕️ko-fi.com/skyarc☕️


Tip: You can use left, right, A and D keyboard keys to browse between chapters.