AN: First fic!. haha.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto; Kishimoto does.

Minato sighed as he stamped another paper with the approved seal of the Hokage. It was a warm; humid day in June. He had shed his Trademark white coat earlier in the day; leaving him in the traditional Jounin uniform. He set the stamp down and stood up; turning around to gaze out the window in his office. His gaze trailed over the academy where the students stood in a line awaiting their turn to practice kunai and shuriken throwing.

He finally found himself staring at the Hokage Mountain; where the faces of all the Hokages were carved into history. His ocean blue eyes started at the fare left; the Shodaime Hokage; Senju Hashirama. He smiled softly. Without that man and his brother; Konohagure no Sato (Village Hidden in the Leaves) would have never been founded.

His gaze trailed to the left where Hashirama's brothers' face was carved. Senju Tobirama; the Nidaime Hokage; appeared to be gazing skyward slightly; out over the village. He had once asked his sensei at the academy why the face looked over the village instead of down upon it. At the time he didn't understand the answer; "Because he is looking to the future; what we could have; while the others watch the village viewing what we already have." But now, sitting in this office he finally understands. Instead of looking down at everyone; he looks skyward. Towards the future of the academy graduates and the future of the village.

He wiped a stray bead of sweat from his lightly tanned skin. Watching it fall and splash on the floor. He returned his gaze to the mountain to his predecessor Sandaime Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen; seemed to stare at him; piercing his soul with those cold stone-like eyes. He shivered slightly.

He sighed again; reaching up to unzip his Jounin vest. The pulled one arm out; letting it drop uselessly to his side. He let it slide down his other arm and plop to the floor with a sickening sound. 'Must be all the sweat' he mused as he rolled his shoulders. He turned back around expecting to see his clean, paperwork free desk. His eyes widened as he saw three three-foot-high stacks sitting in his pile to review.

He sniffled lightly; before pouting and sitting back down in his comfortable padded chair; which would soon be slick with his sweat. He sighed for a final time; giving a longing gaze out the window and began to review and stamp papers. He only wished he could leave and be with Kushina-Hime. With her long crimson hair and her forest green eyes. The tanned skin of her neck; leading down to…Minato's eyes widened and he made a choking sound before passing out with a nosebleed and a smile on his desk.

When he awoke he found that the paperwork he had started on was ruined; unfortunately six more stacks had joined it.