An Orchestrated Coup [Exemplary]

[Minato Namikaze]

Minato's question was answered by the rather loud, rather haughty, throat clearing of the Miu family's male representative. He looked directly at the blonde man, then to his wife, then back to shinobi.

'We… of the Miu family… would like to set up an official village Police force. The Idea had been floating around this summit for a couple of months now, but we'd really like to push this into action.' The man spoke, his tone trying to find assurance as the words left his mouth. Minato nodded as he jotted down the important dot points of the conversation.

'If possible, we'd like to set this up within the next few weeks.' the man finished, never breaking his focus on the former Kage, even if the latter wasn't looking at him. 'Well, I'll bring it to Tsunade's attention. That is all I can do.' Minato smiled as he raised his head.

'Now, now now now. It's our turn!' the big boned woman chimed. Minato turned his head to the lady as she placed her index finger on her chin and began to think. The two men with her stayed silent, as if they were only here to escort her. Their stern looks gave the Ninja a rather large amount of discomfort. 'We want to place one of our own under Tsunade's tutelage.' Minato paused his hand, and looked up at the woman.

'We'd like to help in managing the village. After all… Tsunade is only one woman.' The lady spoke, a slight hint of disrespect in her voice. The other Families started to speak amongst themselves, obviously this was a touchy subject. The slight murmur began transforming into quiet conversations. It wasn't long until the entire room erupted into yelling competitions and heated debates.

Objections here and there, rigorous yelling and shouting competitions echoed across the room. Minato finished his last, understandable note and then stood. He turned to Kakashi and Kito, who had become as equally annoyed as he had, and gave them a look. They nodded and stepped aside, allowing him to step away from the table. He walked to the edge of the room, picking up one of the spare chairs, and then turned back to the table. He tossed the chair into the air, then followed it with a jump.

'Rasengan!' The man exclaimed as he thrust the swirling ball of chakra into the chair. It made a large cracking noise before exploding into little pieces of wood and saw dust. The room went silent as the blonde man landed at the center of the table. He adjusted his Haori and turned to his empty seat. 'Now, I'll bring it up with Tsunade, I'm sure she'll come to a compromise.' He spoke calmly as he returned to his seat.

The next half hour consisted of many discussions that centered around the village. How they should spend their money, what they should do about restoring run down buildings, Which trade partners they should take on or let go. It was basically just short discussions on topics such as these. He wouldn't lie to himself, Minato was definitely bored out of his mind but, on top of his respect for Lady Tsunade, and always taking his missions seriously, he didn't want to come across as disrespectful. So he stuck it out and jotted down any important or necessary dot points that he felt he needed to relay to Tsunade.

'With that last finalization, this Meeting comes to a close!' The woman from the Makhel family exclaimed. Her enthusiasm left a seed of discomfort in the blonde ninja's gut. He didn't know why, but it just did. He leaned back in his chair, ushering Kito and Kakashi to lean in towards him before letting out the faintest whisper. 'I never want to do this again.' His two companions nodded in agreement as they watched the family representatives talk amongst themselves.

'Minato-Sensei' Kito spoke quietly. Not in a whisper, but he was definitely trying to keep his voice below the current mixture of the other voices in the room.

'I would like to trail the Miu Family. I've worked with them before, and I think something is wrong.' the youth spoke. His hushed tone conveying a sense of urgency and worry. Minato placed his hand on his chin and thought for a moment.

'Okay, if you think it's important. Besides, Kakashi and I can report back to Tsunade.' The senior shinobi nodded as Kito headed off on his new mission.

'Well, we better get going as well. We have to report back to Tsunade.' Kakashi suggested as his former teacher stood up, grasped the pieces of paper that he'd written on, and then nodded. 'Yeah, she'll be expecting us.'

'Excuse me… But could I speak with you two for a moment?' A familiar woman's voice spoke out.