Both girls bolted out of their chairs and looked towards outside the store where the shout came from. From the window they saw a bunch of Naruto's fighting an Anbu in the street. One of them knocked on the door. "Ino? You there? I need to see your father! Now!"
Sakura reacted first and opened the door. "Naruto? What's going on?"
"Some crazy shit's going on and the Anbu are turning against the Hokage. I'm trying to find all the ones who aren't and all the clan heads too. Where's Yamanaka-san?"
"He's out with my mom." Ino answered, still processing all this.
"Where? The sooner I find him, the better." Naruto asked.
"I think they're either at the theater or at the Akimichi restaurant." Ino told him.
"Thanks." Naruto said before turning around and heading back out, avoid the Anbu who now gave chase.
Ino was wide-eyed. "The Anbu are rebeling? Why?"
"I don't know, but that's not all. I don't know how to explain it, but I could swear Naruto had a tail." Sakura stated.
Hinata was about to get ready for a bath then bed when she heard something at her window. Immediately worried, she instinctively activated her byakugan and saw Naruto perched on her windowsill. "Naruto-kun?" She asked as she opened the window. "What's wrong?"
"Hinata-chan, I can't stay long. Please get your father and tell him the Anbu are rebelling and the Hokage needs his help immediately to keep them from succeeding. Can you do this?"
Hinata silently gasped then nodded. "Of course I will Naruto-kun."
"Thanks. I better get going before anyone dispels me. Just promise me you'll stay safe." Naruto said before giving her a light kiss then leaving, without waiting for her to respond.
'Naruto-kun, good luck, and please stay safe too.' She told herself before heading towards her father.
Tsunade did the best diagnostic scan she knew over Shinju, only to find the results everyone feared were true. "I'm sorry, but she's gone." Moegi broke out in tears, and Tsunade had a night duty nurse take the body to the morgue. She then looked at Naruto. "Naruto, I need to get to the hokage tower to get control of this situation. Please get this girl somewhere safe then get to the tower right away. And while you're at it, try to hide that tail. It's likely to only create more problems in the ninja and that's the last thing we need."
Naruto nodded and tucked his new tail under his orange top as best he could before lifting Moegi onto his back. This put a lot of weight on his tail which ached but he ignored it. 'Where should I take her? Her place might be a target now, and my place is even unsafer under the circumstances. How about Konohamaru's? That might work.'
The whiskered blonde immediately took off to the youngest Sarutobi's house.
Tsunade at the same time headed towards the hokage tower. 'Who's behind this. That Anbu talked like he was enjoying this, but I don't believe he was doing this uncoursed. Someone put him up to this, someone who wanted me and Naruto out of the picture. And since they're acting now, that can only mean this is connected to the Uchiha's betrayal. In that case, this must mean someone on the civilian council does not like my ruling and is willing to break the law to get what they want, and even a good portion of the shinobi are on their side. Bunch of egotistical fuckers.'
Along the way one of Naruto's clones came up to her. "Baa-chan, I think you may want to see this. It's what made me come to you right away tonight." The clone held out the letter that Shinju had given Naruto earlier and was left behind in the training field, until a clone went to retrieve it.
"Thanks Naruto, now get back out there and find help." Tsunade told the clone who quickly departed. She read the letter, and saw red.
Naruto Uzumaki, you are hereby stripped of your status as genin and effectively banned from ever having a claim to ninja title, rank, status, or property including equipment from this day forth per orders of the council. Reasons for this, which we are only giving because we're legally required to, not that an abomination such as yourself deserves such courtesy, are because you have proven yourself a threat in our eyes to our more competent and valuable shinobi and you are influencing the younger generation in a bad way as well as controlling the hokage somehow. Do not bother having your puppet hokage get you out of this as she is effective immediately removed from office too and we will decide an appropriate replacement while she suffers for her crimes.
It was signed 'Council of Konoha', but there was only the civilian seal on it. The shinobi seal was completely absent. 'Oh I'm going to tear these assholes a new one. And then I'm going to get started on the serious beating.' Suddenly, she stopped. 'Or maybe... I could make this work to my advantage.'
"Tsunade-sama?" Shizune asked, seeing her mentor stop walking.
"Shizune, how long does it take to mend a broken body?" Tsunade asked casually, resuming her walk.
Shizune and Tonton were immediately confused. "Umm... it depends on the extent of the damage and the effectiveness of the treatment given."
"True. And how long does it take to mend a broken ego?" The slug sannin added.
The brunette and pig were even more confused now. "That... cannot be treated by anything less than time and acceptance of the situation that bruised it. Tsunade-sama, what are you getting at? We're in a serious situation here."
"I know. Which is why I'm asking this. Tell me Shizune, what's crueler to do to someone with a superiority complex? Break some bones, or break their prides?"
"M'lady, speak stop speaking in riddles."
"Alright, but I'll have to tell you the rest later when we get to the office."
Thanks to Naruto's clones, all the clan heads and some of the Anbu were brought to Tsunade's office. "Ok everyone, we've got a crisis here. Not more than thirty minutes ago I was attacked in my own home by our own Anbu, led by the current head of the department. He declared me removed from office and under arrest and quarantine as if he had the authority to do such as thing. Naruto got warning of this and came to help me out, and under my orders gathered you all here."
"Any idea who is behind this Hokage-sama?" Shikaku asked.