AN: Hey people! So since Naruto is officially done *Tear* I am starting this! A massive multi Arc Fan Fiction that picks up right where the series ends. Hope you all like chapter one, please leave a review if you do or if you don't all feed back is welcome.
"All right!" The Seventh Hokage shouted enthusiastically, causing his advisor Shikamaru Nara to sigh quietly. Clearly Nara was used to this overly enthusiastic attitude from the Hokage, even when matters where serious. "Let's get this Five Kage Summit Started!"
"Would you just sit down already?!" The Tisuchikage groaned. "We've already wasted time with you being late."
"Lady Tisuchikage is right." The Mizukage said nervously "With matters such as this who knows what can happen even with our efforts. Delaying does not seem like a wise thing to do."
"Right down to business then." Naruto nods, setting his Hokage hat down on the table as he takes his seat, Shikamaru coming to stand behind him.
"Have you had any progress with making contact?" The Kazekage asked calmly as the eyes of the other three Kage fell on Naruto.
"No." Naruto sighed as he stared past the Raikage and out the window with a sad worried expression. "I haven't heard a word from any of them since their initial call for help. Even that lacked any useful details on how to go about finding them."
"Turtle Island has been searched completely." The Raikage answers. "I'm sorry but they aren't there."
Naruto nods before looking to Shikamaru who steps forward and lays out a map on the table. "Using the information provide by each nation we've been able to locate the most likely places for the Tail Beast to be. Including old Akatsuki hideouts, sacred sites and locations that are rumored to have been connected to the Sage of the Six Paths."
"Searching all these is going to take years!" The Tisuchikage complains. "We need to narrow it down more or we'll really run out of time."
"We don't even know what will be facing when we do find them." The Mizukage mumbled. "Anyone capable of capturing seven Tailed Beasts is a dangerous adversary as we already know. What if we are not capable of handling them?"
"By pooling resources and splitting up the sites we can search the sites more effectively." Gaara states easily. "With the five great nations at peace we'll be able to better focus on the problem than we were three years ago when the tailed beasts first disappeared."
"Agreed" The Raikage nods. "The world was still shaky after the war, we'd have been fools to rush into the search at that time."
"And because of that decision we're now racing the clock and we can't even see what time it is." The Tisuchikage groaned. "We've been lucky so far, whoever has them hasn't used them yet but who knows when that luck will run out. "
"Agreed." Naruto nods. "We need to get moving."
"The lets begin deciding how we shall divide up the search." Gaara says, getting a nod from the other Kage except Naruto who still seemed focused on the horizon out the window. Gaara knew the disappearance of the Tailed Beasts had been hard of Naruto, he had felt it as well when he found out Sukaku had been taken from his freedom. Of course Gaara and Sukaku had never been friends, not like how Naruto and all the Tailed Beasts had bonded.We'll find them Naruto, I swear Gaara thought to himself. As if he'd heard Gaara's words Naruto turned his head and nodded to his old friend in silent agreement.
Hinata was checking over the preparations for the dinner her and Naruto would host that night for the visiting Kage. Everything seemed to be in order, except for odd pieces of paper placed on several of the plates.
"Excuse me." Hinata says politely to catch the attention of one of the servers who had just recently finished setting the table.
"Yes Lady Hinata?" The server closest to her ask looking up from their work.
"Do you know where these came from?" Hinata asked holding up the piece of paper, noticing it had colours scribbles on it that seemed to depict mountains.
"No m'lady." The server shakes their head. "I have no idea how they could have gotten there. Shall I remove them then?"
"NO!" A small voice cried out from under the table.
"Himawari?" Hinata frowned before nodding to the server that they could go. "Himawari come out of there." She says gently, moments later Himawari Uzumaki crawled out and looked up at her mother in guilt. "I assume you drew these then?" Hinata says kindly as she sets the picture down.
"Yes mama" Himawari mumbled as she looked down at her feet.
"Why were you putting your pretty drawings on the plates sweetheart? They could have been wrecked or lost then you wouldn't have them anymore." Hinata smile down at her daughter to show the girl wasn't in any trouble.
"They aren't for me." Himawari shakes her head. "They're for the Kage."
"For the Kage?" Hinata raised an eyebrow in mild shock.
"Yes. I thought they might be home sick, being so far from their villages, so I drew them picture of what you said the villages are like." Himawari explained. "Then they can be less home sick."
Hinata smiled brightly as she knelt down next to her daughter and hugged her gently. "That was very sweet of you darling, but you need to ask before doing things like this alright?"
"Yes Mama." Himawari nods. "So they can't have my drawings?"
"I'll talk to your father about it alright?" Hinata assured her.
"Alright!" Himawari cheers.
Hinata chuckled as she stands to take her daughters hand to go home. "Come along, Aunt Hanabi is waiting a home to watch you and your brother."
With the Kage summit conclude for the day Naruto now stood on the roof of the Hokage tower watching his son finish cleaning paint off the great stone faces.
"Funny how much our kids tend to turn out like us." The Raikage says as he walks up next to Naruto who sighed.
"I was crying out for attention, any attention. Boruto, well he's only crying out for one person's attention." Naruto says sadly. "Balancing fatherhood and my duties as Hokage are turning into a challenge to say the least. How do you do it?" Of the Kage the Raikage was the only one besides Naruto to have had children or marry so far. Of course both had married and had their first child before taking the title of Kage which they agreed was what separated them from the other Kage.
"I force myself to make the time for each of my children." Darui answered. "Some of the things my daughter wants to do can be dull but in the end I know she and her brothers are worth it. So I pull an all-nighter now and then so I can take the next afternoon off to spend with them. Make sure I get home for at least four dinner's a week or if I can't I have them come and eat dinner with me in my office as I work."
"Seems you've got it all figured out." Naruto grumbled slightly.
"Yeah you'd think so but I'm still figuring out the balance too." Darui sighed. "We have a different challenge than other shinobi with family that's for sure."
Naruto nods in agreement. "Children seem to understand better when they can't see someone because they're away on a mission. They just don't get it when you're right there in the village but they're told you're too busy and that they have to wait to see you all the time."
"There's one thing you can do right there." Darui says. "Let your son come and visit you in the office when he wants. Even if its just him sitting by your desk telling you about school while you work it will probably help."
"Yeah, I think I will." Naruto grin as he watched Boruto start to head home for the night. "Thanks for the advice man. You're a great help."
"Anytime. We father's need to stick together. I'm just sorry I couldn't help more." Darui shrugged be for turning to leave. "Go walk your son home. I'll see you at dinner."
Naruto laughed before jumping off of the roof to go catch up with his son.