"Kakashi…you will be the Sixth Hokage"
Obito's voice keeps on repeating those words in the depth of his mind. Kakashi truly did not like the job since his self-loathing habits were still in the way. How can a person like him be a leader to such a beautiful place? But for his village, for Naruto, and for Obito's request, he endures the pressures and takes the position. Despite some hesitation, after the mission in the aircraft, he was determined, more than ever, to step up and takes his responsibility and becomes the leader of the village that he loves so dearly. He wanted to protect what he loves, just like how Kakashi always is.
However, life wasn't a fairytale. Just because everything is settled, doesn't mean the outcome will satisfy everyone. Within the shadows of the village, more obstacles are waiting for the Sixth Hokage to face.
"Kakashi-sensei, are you not awake still!?" A certain blonde hair male peeks inside the windows and calls out for his silver-haired teacher "Even when you are already a Hokage, you really can't fix that problem with being tardy, honestly" Naruto, once again, quickly glance around Kakashi's new house. This is something that Naruto always do when he came to Kakashi's resident. Of course, a Hokage must lives in a good place with tight securities (especially when Kakashi is living alone after the time of war) and not in some shabby apartment that Kakashi used to have before the village was destroyed. But Naruto cannot help it but feel a bit jealousy at the nice bed and luxury pieces of furniture. Kakashi always said it was average to his standards, but Kakashi's definition of "average" might be slightly different from what Naruto imagines.
"I already am awake…" The Sixth Hokage was already up and enjoyed the sunlight passing through his large windows. Seeing that the Icha Icha book on his hand earns a frown from Naruto, Kakashi cannot help it but chuckles in amusement. "Good morning, Naruto. Do you need anything?" He asked gently at his older student, who is now nineteen years of age, trying to grab onto the branch of the tree with his prosthetic arm "It seems like you are getting used to that arm already, aren't you?" Kakashi gives him a famous eye-smile as Naruto nods.
Kakashi cannot describe how proud he was when he looks at his Sensei's son. He himself cannot believe that he was able to become a teacher of a hero that saves the entire world. It makes him feel…somewhat undeserving of the title, Naruto's Sensei, especially after everything that he has done. The cause of this Fourth Shinobi War was partially his fault, after all. Only if he wasn't stupid and ignorant, Obito wouldn't have fallen under that rock and be found by Madara. Even if Obito was saved by Madara, if he found another way to stop Rin from jumping in front of his Chidori, Obito wouldn't turn out like the way he is. Kakashi doesn't care if Madara had placed a seal on them and planned things to be this way, Kakashi firmly believes that everything happens like the way it is…was because of him.
"Shizune-neechan is complaining already" Naruto waves his arm in front of Kakashi's pale face that caused by overworking and not get enough food inside his stomach. Naruto tried to get his teacher out of his daydream state when he saw Kakashi stares at him without blinking. It was as if the Sixth Hokage was thinking about some matters very deeply that he was lost in his own universe. "She is saying how dare you leaving her to a pile of paperwork early in the morning, Kakashi-sensei?"
"Ah…well" Kakashi sweat-drops a bit as he looks down at his blanket. And soon, he looks up at Naruto with his left eye closed again by habits "I had to leave because I was too tired yesterday. I didn't imagine that inheriting the position also means receiving the ex-Hokage's works as well" He jokes around slight and gives Naruto a light chuckle, but he does know what to expect when he sat on that chair of the highest position of all ninja in the village. Kakashi was pretty sure that no one can deny this fact: the amount of work that Tsunade gave him was enormous. It was understandable, however. After all, Tsunade handed him the position just right after the war ended. Still, it was strange to Kakashi that Shizune was complaining about him not working enough, but even Shizune herself had complained about it from time to time. Kakashi can only guess that maybe is because he was lazier and chiller than Shizune. "Tell her that I am coming in an hour to help her out"
Naruto nods as he smiles "How about we get some Ichiraku ramen for breakfast?" He invited his teacher as he can somehow see the exhaustion within Kakashi's eyes. And with that warm invitation, Kakashi accepted.
"Kakashi-sama, you need to stop leaving me so much stuff to do" Shizune whimpers like a child as she glances at Kakashi with reliefs when he slowly walks in the office. As usual, Kakashi was wearing his traditional Hokage outfit. Despite many people said it looks like he was covering himself in a blanket, Kakashi does find the clothes to be pretty comfortable to his tastes. Shizune continues "I get that you are too tired, that's why I ask you to eat more and drink more water, take proper rest and stop reading that Icha Icha book! Only if you can focus a bit more- "
"I know I know…and can you drop the -sama part please?" Kakashi mumbles under his breath but loud enough for Shizune to hear from his distance. He hated that formality, it makes him feel too arrogant and superior. Kakashi doesn't want to be above anyone in here, he wants to be their comrade. After all, he has been their friends and they had been addressing each other normally even before when he was a Hokage. It was just…weird for him when others called him -sama, as if he was the King of the village. "I am working now, so you can take a rest if you want"
Shizune sighs as she places the pen down and let Kakashi do the rest of his works. Kakashi gently puts his Hokage hat down with care and averts his eyes at the pile of paper, already feeling exhausted. "Man…this is going to be another long day for me" And with that, he started to work. The sooner he started, the faster he will be done with this and return to his Icha Icha, despite the resentment that he receives.
After a while of working, he brings his hand up and rubs his scarred left eye as it was starting to itch. Maybe some specks of dust, or maybe he was getting a bit sleepy. After all, the poor Hokage didn't give himself a chance to procrastinate or relax as he was dead focus on his works. It is indeed strange for Kakashi to have the freedom to touch his left eye like a normal person because it was only several months ago when his Sharingan was still in that eye socket and was carefully covered by the familiar Leaf headband. But now, everyone can see the scar of his past and his normal, beautiful grey eye. It was the eye that he was born with that eventually filled with sadness as it turned dull day by day, but Naruto miraculously recovered for him after Madara cruelly stole the Sharingan from him. Kakashi was unsure to whether he should be grateful that Madara had taken it away or not. He lost his strongest power that helped him formed the Raikiri and other superpowers that were given to him in which no one can compete. But at the same time, he regains his stamina and his chakra was no longer being eaten by the hungry Sharingan. Kakashi can physically feel his life force returning to him day by day. Sometimes, he was debating if he can keep up with all of his Hokage works like this if he still owned the red eye.
Kakashi was wondering if he can still be called the "Copy-Ninja" without that Sharingan. He knew for the fact that some people still calling him that way because that was his nickname for a long time. Of course, he would much prefer to be called "the Copy-Ninja" rather than being called "Friend-Killer" but ironically, the second name fits him more, at least to his opinion. No one would imagine Kakashi to be insecure about himself, but the man was human as well, he does have some doubts about his own abilities. If he wasn't strong enough like before, how can he protect this village? Without the Sharingan, what is his worth? Kakashi realized that he might have been dependent on the Sharingan too much, just like the way Naruto used to depend on the Kyuubi's chakra back then when he was sixteen. He encouraged his student to find his own powers and strength so that Naruto can stop relying on the demonic chakra, but Kakashi himself didn't do the same thing that he taught Naruto.
"What a hypocrite." Kakashi thought to himself, thinking that if he can only recognize his situation sooner, he would find a way to deal with his lack of powers so he won't be in doubt about his own abilities. Of course, he had attempted to learn and somewhat created a new Jutsu called "Purple Electricity", but no matter how much the Sixth tried to convince himself that it would replace the Raikiri, it doesn't. It wasn't enough for Kakashi. The man knew there was no way to replace the powerful Sharingan with some regular Jutsu, unless if the Jutsu is an S-rank or A-rank or something that could create chaos. However, Kakashi doesn't aim for those destructive powers as he wasn't greedy. The man just wanted to be strong enough to protect this village and the people that he loves. Maybe Kakashi should train more in his spare time? Maybe created new Jutsu? There are so many questions that the Sixth Hokage asked himself every day beside politics.
Leaning back against the chair to relax a bit, Kakashi looks up at the white ceiling and listen to the sound of the wind outside of the village. It was rather a beautiful windy day today. He can imagine many families are going out to the park and have a fun weekend picnic. Meanwhile, he had to stay inside, away from the sunlight. "They should at least let me have some Vitamin D" Kakashi grumbles like a child, wanting to go out and play. "Oh well…it's not like I can really do anything outside"
He eventually stopped whining and returns back to work without fail.
"Do you think this will makes him appear to stop it?"
"Yes, let's test him"
"Let see if his power is enough to stop this"
"If he is not strong enough, we will fix him"
The mysterious voices speak in a hidden place as they nod together in harmony. After a few seconds later, an explosion happens with many unknown Shinobi attacks the West side of the village, the place that they had not yet finish constructing it, leaving many citizens to run away and evacuate the area in fear for their lives.
AN: Thanks for reading! This is not my first, but hopefully, I can stick to this one until completion!
