Dark Phoenix of Konoha by White Angel of Auralon

Part 15 - Revealing the Uchiha Treachery

"Normally they should hold about ten to fifteen uses. They are a prototype. I'm working on having them hold for twenty uses. Longer is impossible as the chakra conductive properties of the ink can't take more. As these seals constantly give and take a high amount of chakra by their nature, the wear makes them less effective over time." Naruto answered.

"Still, that's remarkable. I see your fuinjutsu mastery was well-earned. Okay, Kakashi, get to work. We need to find out the whole dimension of this conspiracy. Dark Phoenix, Jiraiya, come with me to my office, we need to discuss something." The Hokage ordered.

"Yes, Hokage Sama." Kakashi and Naruto said while Jiraiya answered: "Yes, sensei."

Kakashi placed the first seal on himself and felt incredible about the amount of chakra he had available. He made the ten shadow clones easily and then placed the chakra storage seals from Naruto on them. He and the shadow clones took off with the intention of searching the village for the parasitic seals.

The Hokage sent his ANBU out of his office and Jiraiya set up his strongest privacy seals. Once that was done, Naruto took off his hood and the mask on his lower face. He had a suspicion what this conversation would be about.

"Okay, Naruto. I would like to know how you could identify the seal so easily." The Hokage asked.

"Okay. Well, it was twofold. The basis of the seal was described in some of the scrolls and books I found at my parents' house. As you know the Uzumaki clan was famous for their skills in fuinjutsu. The seal was originally used to contain prisoners in Uzushio. I guess that's the reason the Uchiha had that seal. After all they were in charge of the military police. The intention is to keep prisoners weak to control them easier. You have one seal that leeches the chakra off a prisoner and one receiver. The stored chakra was mostly used to power the electric system of the village. The Uchiha seal though has been modified. First they made it that only the master receiver seal could be seen by everybody. Second, the sub receiver seals don't power buildings, they power people.

"Meaning, if they had gone through with their coup, they could have just leeched off all the chakra from the ninjas and civilians in the village and added it to their own reserves temporarily. But with the probable use of jutsus, that would have been easy to balance out. The reason nobody ever thought off using the receiver seals that way is that it would overcharge the system and damage the chakra network of a person. They have made the sub receiver locations similar to a device that powers up batteries. With the Uchiha being the batteries. You can imagine what would have happened if the seals had been activated. The rest of the village would have been too weak to resist and the Uchiha could just have recharged their reserves in their district." Naruto explained.

"Okay, that indeed it very troubling. But you didn't explain your second source of information. I know a bit about the Uzumaki seals from Kushina, that's why I called you all in. I recognized a similarity in the style. But how could you identify the other parts?" Jiraiya asked.

Naruto sighed. That much for keeping his knowledge a secret. But this was a matter of village security. If anybody used the seals in against them it would be catastrophic.

"In the night after the Uchiha massacre, when all the ninjas were chasing Itachi, I sneaked into the Uchiha compound and collected as many scrolls as I could. I also took some weaponry which I could carry in a big sack. Two of the scrolls I found described the seal." Naruto said.

"And you didn't tell me that before why?" The Hokage asked sternly.

"Because I thought that it was my damn right to take reparation for what those bastards did to me until Itachi killed them all. When I heard the Uchiha were massacred, I felt like throwing a party instead of the overall mourning the village did. Out of hundred attacks on me ninety eight were done by those bastard Uchihas. In my opinion Itachi is a hero, with what we found out today I am only supported in that. If Itachi hadn't killed his clan, which can't have been easy for him, the village would have fallen into the hands of the Uchiha and I would either be dead, have found a way to run away or be a mindless weapon under their command." Naruto answered glaring at them, daring them to contradict him.