"An intriguing offer Kurama-san, but upon the end of our Civil War my Sensei Zhuge Liang and myself, help set up a new Ninja Academy and curriculum there and we believe it will work well for us", spoke The Raikage as he gestured over to Zhuge Liang when he mentioned him.
"Then perhaps we could help improve your medical programme and Hospital, as Konoha has the finest medics in all of the Elemental Continent, thanks to the Hokage-sama", spoke Aburame Shibi.
"That would be indeed an interesting proposition", spoke The Raikage, "But unfortunately, we already have an excellent one and we have you to thank for that Hokage-san".
"What do you mean by that?" replied a confused Tsunade.
"Ah….well you see, we already have someone to run our medical programme and hospital and her skill easily rivals yours Hokage-san" replied The Raikage.
"Impossible, who else on earth could rival Tsunade-sama skill as a Medic, the only ones who could possible could, are Shizune-san, Sakura-san and maybe even Hinata-sama", spoke Hojo Akira.
"Her name would be Unohana Retsu", spoke The Raikage with a smile behind his mask as he saw the shocked looked on Tsunade face.
"Impossible!...Retsu never had any interest in joining a Shinobi village", said the shocked Hokage.
"Ah…..well you see Hokage-san….You would find that I can be quite the negotiator when I need to be as I made her several offers that she couldn't refuse. Where in return for joining my village I would make her Head of New Kumo Hospitals and of its Medical-nin unit and I would have no control over it and the duties of her staff and she could run it as she saw fit as well as giving her a few other things. I also allowed her to create her own Combat Medical Ninja unit, which as your Shinobi's can verify from the Battle of Wave they are highly skilled thanks to her training programme. She even adopted your idea of having Medical Ninja's to be assigned to every Ninja squad, which has proven equally effective" spoke The Raikage.
"Hokage-sama who is this Retsu-san", asked Inoichi.
"Retsu was a young girl who I met, who was a highly gifted healer; I met her on my travels with Shizune, when she found out who I was, she pleaded with me to train her, where she followed me for days on end after I refused her until I agreed to which I eventually did. For about three years I trained her in Medical Ninjutsu and only Medical Ninjutsu as she was only interested in healing. After I had trained her in all I could she then left to learn more in Healing Ninjutsu and to help people", spoke Tsunade.
This of course did not settle well with the Council, as New Kumo now had a Healer that rivalled Tsunade.
"Raikage-san, if I may, surely you can see that regardless of what we can offer you in return for joining us in an Alliance, it would benefit your village and the Heavenly Alliance as well. As the Heavenly Alliance that you formed with the other Shinobi nations and non Shinobi nations is a great power. A power that Orochimaru and his coalition would feel threatened, given your advance military technology and weaponry, as well as the number of skilled Shinobi's you have under your command along with your own powers and abilities as well as other things. They would also be especially threatened given the fact that you attacked Kiri forces twice, the first being the attack on the hold and the second being Kiri's invasion of Nami no Kuni", spoke Tsunade. As she hoped that she could reason to The Raikage, and make him see it would be in his villages and the Heavenly Alliance's, best interest to join forces with Konoha and Suna in their War against that Orochimaru and his coalition.
"I do not think that they will attack Hokage-san, as Kumo and Iwa have not waged War with one another since the First Great Shinobi World War and have not fought one another since then, since we never had to. Also as for Kusa and Oto we have never fought them or had any hostilities with them and the Hannya Clan hates your village not mine. As for Kiri they are not a threat to my village or the Heavenly Alliance as the Godaime Mizukage knows his village stands no chance by itself", replied The Raikage.
"But that could very well change quickly as considering your recent event in Nami no Kuni, the Godaime Mizukage could use it as an excuse to get Orochimaru and the other members of his coalition to declare War on you and the Heavenly Alliance", replied Shikaku.
"True….But Doubtful, as the only real thing that is holding this coalition that Orochimaru has created, is the that Iwa and Hannya Clan hate your village and Kiri and Kusa are just eager to increase their own power and influence by destroying your village. Hence two possible events will happen, one is that you, Suna along with the Tsuchigumo Clan will win your War against Orochimaru and his allies, thereby eliminating the suppose threat to my village and the Heavenly Alliance. While the other is that Orochimaru and his allies destroy you and defeat your allies, after which I believe they will then break their alliance with one another. Where they will no doubt start fighting amongst themselves over who takes your place as the top Shinobi village. But even if they keep their alliance together and prepare to attack the Heavenly Alliance it will be many years before they will be able to even try. Since their military strength, will no doubt be severely weakened from destroying your village and defeating your allies, and if they do attack. I and my fellow Shinobi leaders of the Heavenly Alliance along with certain allies will be more than prepared for such an attack by them if it should come", replied The Raikage confidently.
"But Raikage-denka, would it not make more sense to take them down now when you have us to help you and your Alliance and overwhelm them, with our combined strength before they threaten your village and your Alliance. It would benefit your village if you did that", suggested Koharu.
"Don't not make it sound like your trying to do my village or the Heavenly Alliance a favour by trying to have this Alliance, Koharu-san", spoke The Raikage in a annoyed tone as he narrowed his eyes.
"I'm well aware that your village along with Suna are on the verge of losing this War as you are severely outnumbered and are low on funds, supplies and nearly everything else and your Shinobi's morally is low. As they're well aware that chances of Konoha winning this War are low despite the minor victories you have had in the skirmishes with that Orochimaru and his allied forces. You need my village and the Heavenly Alliance far more than we need you, as I can see the desperation on many of your faces", spoke The Raikage which made the Council and Tsunade very worried as to how he knew all this especially the condition of their forces.
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