Isekai Restuarant (Rewrite)

- Tsunade -

Tsunade had her whole life flash in front of her and she was sure many others would be feeling the same.

Was this the punishment for the lives they had taken, the families they had destroyed, the innocence they had ruined all these years?

Was this karma?

The hokage mountain had disappeared. Behind it, the land had also disappeared. What was left was a canyon whose end couldn't be seen no matter how far she looked.

The entire battlefield had gone still as the weapons in the hands of the ninjas dropped one by one to the ground.

Tsunade looked at the girl in the air and couldn't help but ask. "Are you a God?"

No answers came.

The girl wasn't even paying attention to them. Not that she needed to.

One by one, the rest of the ninjas also collapsed to their knees. They had given up all their hopes and accepted the fact that they were going to die today.

It was then that they heard a voice.

"Tohru, Milim… just what in the nine hells is going on here?"

She looked at the figure of a boy standing on the top of a half collapsed building and looking at the two dragons.

Beside him were two others a blonde haired woman, or a dragon as was evident from the horns on her head and a blue haired young girl.

The green dragon looked at the boy and spoke. "Boss!"

Tsunade suddenly felt the entire world spinning around her.

- Silas -

I looked at the scene which wouldn't have looked out of place in an apocalypse in front of my eyes. The destroyed buildings and scattered bodies… and I thought the fight with the crazy magicians and the war with the orcs was bad…

I was totally right to not let Tohru participate in those.

And Milim…

Tohru changed back to her human form and Milim floated to me too.

"Sil, what are you doing here?" Milim asked.

"What do you mean what am I doing here? What exactly are you guys doing? I remember telling you all to not cause any trouble. This… how?…"

"We didn't make the first move, boss. They were the ones who attacked us first." Tohru replied hurriedly.

"Yes yes, Sil, Rimuru. I didn't attack first either. They attacked me with fire and even tried to control my mind and make me his servant. Only after that I attacked. I promise." Milim added.

"They did what?"

"Yes boss. And they even said bad things about Naruto-kun like he was the property of the village and that he was the village's weapon. That's why I was so angry but I didn't attack them even then. I only attacked them after they did first."

I was not the only one frowning at the words. As much as I had wanted to deny it when Gojo-sensei analysed the true motives of the village leaders… now it seems that it was indeed true.

But if that were indeed the case then they would not let Naruto go easily and they might even come and try to cause trouble in my Restaurant which would mean danger to those close to me.

That's simply not something I will allow.

Now… how exactly do I solve this?

I looked at Rimuru. He also seemed to be in thought and I could see that he was pretty annoyed too.

We had been there when Naruto had first come to the Restaurant and had seen the condition of the child and how much he had changed for the better after being adopted.

These people… they didn't deserve a kid like Naruto…

"Boss, did I do something bad?" Tohru asked after seeing me silent for a while.

"Self defence is not wrong. If they attacked you first, then they were in the wrong. But let's stop this war here."

"But boss…"

"Tohru… while I understand your feelings, believe me, I am angry too but, we cannot punish the innocent people of the village for the mistakes of a few."

"Yes. Remember, there are other innocent children the same age as Naruto in this village. If we continue this war, then they will be harmed too…" Rimuru added.

At least more than they are now.

This was enough to shut her up but shutting her up was not the main objective.

I looked around towards the crowd and used magic to amplify my voice. "Who is the leader of the village?"

The people all just stared at us without replying when Tohru stepped forward and roared loudly. "Come out you old monkey or I will raze this village to the ground right now!"

Almost moments later, an old man came out. He had an arm and leg missing. The stumps were wrapped with bandages and he was being supported by a… three headed toadman.

There are beastmen in this world?

Both the people stopped a distance from us and the old man spoke first. "I am Hiruzen Sarutobi, the third Hokage of Konohagakure."

"He is the guy, boss. There was another guy with bandages but he tried to control Milim-sama and was blasted by her. He was also the one who called Naruto-kun a weapon." Tohru pointed towards the old man and added.

"Naruto is not a weapon." The old man spoke but Tohru interrupted him again.

"Oh! Now he isn't a weapon when you have your ass kicked. I didn't see you saying anything when that twelve eyed freak was insulting him. The toad guy was the only one who even tried to speak."

Her words made me look at the toad guy.

"Tohru." I put a hand on her shoulder to calm her down and then looked at the guy. "What happened here is regrettable, but not inseparable from your own actions. But we can both agree that this much is enough so I propose the end of this… war." I said the last word unsurely. "Obviously if anyone still wants to fight, I will be more than happy to accompany them." I added not to appear weak as I released a bit of my power.

"No!" The toad man said hurriedly. "We… accept."

I nodded. "Good. In that case, we only have one condition. Naruto Furinji… or the one you call Naruto Uzumaki, will stay with us. This point is not negotiable. Aside from that we don't care what you do with your village."

"Naruto Uzumaki is the son of Minato Namikaze. He is a part of this village." The old man said.

I noticed that the man's proclamation surprised many people, even other ninjas.

"Oh… and what exactly is his role here? A chew toy for people's anger or a weapon?"

"That's not it!" The toad man protested.

"Then how exactly is it?" I questioned back. "You say he is the son of the former leader of this village and yet, he was living in an orphanage and was thrown out of one at the age of six. He has been living alone since the age of six, being scorned and hated by everyone. The kid didn't even know his parent's names."

"We did that… to protect him." The old man gritted out. "Minato had many enemies who would have gone after him had they known about his identity."

"And? You run an entire village of trained assassins. Are you unable to protect the child of your former leader? Someone who sacrificed his life and endangered the life of his child to save your hides? Did Minato Namikaze have no close friends? Tell me, you are also the leader of this village, did your children and grandchildren also grow up in an orphanage, were they scorned by the entire village? Or are you just a useless nobody with no enemies that your children are so safe?"

He didn't speak but I could see the anger in his eyes.

But I wasn't done yet.

"And even if we assume that what you did was to save him from then what about the information of him containing the fox? He was discriminated against and abused mentally because of that."

"Minato wanted his son to be recognised as a hero." He replied.

"Oh. I was under the impression that Heroes were treated well by the people, like you know… heroes. Is it different in this village where the standard treatment of heroes is abuse?"

"Jinchuriki are always feared by people because of the danger they contain. The villagers couldn't look past their fears…" He started to explain but I was stuck on something else.

"Jinchuriki… human… sacrifice… You… call him a sacrifice." I gritted my teeth, feeling my rage bubble after a long time. Was it what he was for everyone? A sacrifice?

Beside me, Tohru was also enraged and was also half transformed ready to blast the old man to smithereens and for once I wouldn't have minded it either.

"I think that's the term for someone who has a monster sealed inside them." Rimuru's voice sounded in my head.

Telepathy.

The old man continued to blabber some nonsense but I just raised my hand.

"So, why didn't you do something about it? They were being dumb so you just let them. You, as the leader of this village, could have taken steps to solve this problem, explained things to them and yet you didn't do anything? Why?"

"I did whatever I could. I forbid the spreading of the information to give him a chance to make friends his age."

"And yet it was not enough. Obviously. The children will always follow the lead of their parents. I mean sure they couldn't speak of that particular thing but they could still prevent their children from associating with him, effectively isolating him. If that was your goal then Do you know the first time I met him, he was surprised that a restaurant would actually offer him services."

I observed a look of sadness on the face of the toad man. Did he actually care?

"But then again, if isolating him was your goal from the get go, then everything is understandable."

"What are you trying to say?" The man asked, anger tinting his voice but he kept his tone in check.

I remembered the theories Gojo-sensei and even Shoko-san had come up with after learning about Naruto's situation.

"Why, swooping in as his saviour when he is rejected by everyone, making him believe that you are the only person who cares. Isn't that a sure fire way to gain his trust, make him loyal to you, and gain the power of the so-called weapon of the village?" The frown on his face deepened.

"I do not… I have never treated Naruto like a weapon."

"You are the leader of a village of liars, thieves and trained killers. Do you think your words have any credibility? Moreover, didn't you say that you were the third hokage? Then why did you come back again? Why didn't you find a new leader? I mean sure it could have been an emergency then but years have passed and you are still the leader. Are you so reluctant to let go of the power? With such a personality, pulling something like that does seem something someone like you could do."

"Everything I have done till now is to protect him… Naruto is the son of my successor. This is his home…" His words stopped as he looked behind me with wide eyes. The rest had similar looks and it made me look behind me and my eyes widened as well.

From the trench created by Milim's attack, a huge wave, a mini tsunami of sorts was approaching us, about to flood the entire village.

Almost on instinct, I raised my hand and my Demonic Power came to life.

I used my Unique Skill: Flood to control and shape the water and then the Unique Skill: Frost to freeze everything. I pushed my power in and the tsunami as well as the water in the trench froze .

Just where the fuck did that come from?

Was someone attacking this village?

"Let me check." Rimuru said as his wings popped out of his back and he took to the skies till we couldn't even see him anymore.

He came down almost five minutes later and looked at Milim."Oi, Milim… just how much power did you put in that blast? That trench… it's connected to the ocean."

…

What?!