An Orchestrated Coup [Exemplary]

[Minato Namikaze]

The trio stepped through the large double doors, Minato in the lead, into a large hallway that lined the circumference of the building. The way it had been built reminded him of Konoha's architecture. Tsunade had definitely made sure that this place felt like home, no matter how different it looked. 

'Ah! Finally!' A female's voice rung out above the murmur of voices that had filled the room. She sounded rather displeased and that worried Minato. 'We've been waiting thirty minutes for you to get here!' The woman scowled as Minato turned to face her. 

The woman was large, not overly large, but she was definitely lugging around some extra pounds. She wore a purple Kimono and had her hair up in a bun. She looked odd though, something about her posture and look just didn't seem right. But Tsunade did warn him that some of these families would seem strange to him, so he should have expected this. 

'Come! come come come come come come! We've go lot's of things to discuss!' The woman said, almost frantically, as she turned away from him and dashed back to the two men that she had been standing with prior to her waltzing over to the three. 

Minato crossed his arms and gave a confused look as he turned to look at Kakashi. The silver haired man just shrugged and returned his mentor's look of confusion with one of his own. Minato sighed and then turned to Kito, who seemed to be examining the people in the room.

'Kito?' the blonde questioned. The man's voice broke the boy's concentration, and he turned to Minato. 

'What?' The youth asked. 

'Who are these people?' The jounin queried, concluding the second half of his question. Kito sighed as he looked back to the families that had segregated themselves from each other. Each of the families seemed to be ignoring the others, for as long as they could at least. 

'Well… the lady that addressed us when we entered is part of the Makhel family.' the boy began. 'Tsunade told me that they showed up pretty early after the village construction began.' Kito finished as he pointed to another trio of people. 

'Those three belong to the Miu family. They are a quiet family, and don't really like fighting with the other families.' The young shinobi spoke as his voice trailed off. 'They usually have their daughter with them… But she's not here.' he mumbled, as if something about this situation seemed off. Minato glanced away from the family and back to his new student, giving him a nudge to break the disruption in his train of thought and return his attention to the original question.

Kito turned and pointed at one of the families that had been sitting closer to them, their strange – pointy – ears caught Minato's attention. Kito thought for a second, as he lowered his arm, and then spoke up. 

'They are Elves. I haven't had much interaction with their people, but I do see them around the village.' the young ninja explained. 'I think their family name is Windforge, but that is about all I know about them.'

The yellow haired shinobi examined the trio of elves. They seemed familiar to him, their pointy ears felt familiar to him. Minato remembered back to that woman he had briefly encountered while in the forest, she had ears similar to these three. His train of thought was only broken by Kakashi's elbow jabbing itself into his ribs. 

'Minato, pay attention.' Kakashi whispered, a frustrated tone in his voice. Minato nodded and looked back at Kito, who was looking at the last trio of representatives. His face was strained, and it seemed as if he had been thinking intensely. Kito scratched his head, turned to his two seniors and shrugged. 

'Those three, I've never seen before.' the boy spoke.

Minato and Kakashi nodded as a shrill call echoed through the room, it was time for the summit to start. They watched as all four families, one after another, began heading up a stairway towards the top of the building. 

'Up there?' Minato questioned. Kito nodded and headed towards the stairs, Minato and Kakashi following behind him.