Nara: cries
Kakashi: whispering to Iruka what's her problem?
Iruka: She only got one review on her other fic, and thought up a new idea that she hopes everyone likes…
Kakashi: Are they tears of joy then?
Iruka: I actually… have no clue…
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, why in the halibut would I be writing a fanfiction? Wouldn't I be drawing instead? Jeesh…
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It's been a grand total of sixteen years since Sasuke left Konoha, and there haven't been any leads on his position in all this time. Orochimaru hasn't made any advances on Konoha as well.
Our Jounin and our ANBU have many new and talented members. The senior Jounin refuse to back down, which I find very troublesome. So far, I only need one more on my council, and Konohamaru probably wont stop nagging me until I choose another.
However, the current members don't say a thing about that one empty seat at my left. Perhaps they know why it remains so?
We're very well balanced in my council, more so than in Tsunade's. Ha! The old hag…
My current members that are in the ANBU are only Neji and Kakashi, but that's just fine. With only one Chunin on the council, nothings out of place.
Shikamaru sits to my right, Sakura next to him, and Kakashi finishes that row. On the other side are the empty seat, Neji, and Iruka. I sit at the head.
Many wondered why I chose Iruka as a member of my council, but I soon silenced them as our first decision came to us. Iruka-sensei (as I still call him… it makes him rather embarrassed) gave his input into the decision as to how it would affect the Academy and the younger Genin. It completely changed our vote for the better of the village.
Ah, that's how our complete alliance with Sunagakure was signed.
Still, that empty seat seems to grow dustier, and lonelier as the days go by. Our council is now starting to agree with the elders and Konohamaru as to getting it filled. However, I shall remain stubborn and wait for the impossible.
I want him… I need him to come back.
Sasuke…
Damn that teme!
Chronicles of the Rokudaime
Prologue: Ten years ago
It was a fine day in Konoha. The grass was green, the birds were singing, and Sakura was screaming. Yup, just a normal day…
"Sakura-chaan!" Naruto whined as the pink haired monster grabbed him by the ear. "I just wanted to pick up that thing!"
"That thing was a priceless glass vase!" Sakura seethed, making the blonde flinch.
"How was I supposed to know that I set it down wrong? You were yelling at me, you know. Its very hard to pay attention like that," Naruto finished with a sense of finality.
Sakura sighed and let go of the taller blonde's ear.
"And how old are you, baka?" she asked, hands on hips.
"A mere eighteen years, madam," Naruto said, flicking his hair out of his eyes and flashing a smile.
I decided to intervene right there.
"Enough flirting you two," I said, appearing in a puff of smoke, a hand up in a sign of hello. The two Jounin didn't even flinch, just glared at me.
"This is all your fault you know," Sakura informed me.
"My fault?" hands up in sign of innocence, eye wide in defense…
"If you were on time, this wench wouldn't be yelling at me!" Naruto yelled, eyes flashing red in warning.
"Me? You're blaming this on me?"
"No, I'm blaming it on Shikamaru. OF COURSE I'M BLAMING IT ON YOU!"
"QUIET!" I yelled, running a hand over my partially masked face. "Honestly, I come to tell you something important and you get in a fight… again…"
"Important?" Naruto piped up, face bright.
"What is it?" Sakura asked, elbowing Naruto in the ribs.
"Tsunade needs to see us in the meeting hall. You didn't get the bird?" I asked.
Sakura and Naruto looked up into the sky, faced skewed up in concentration. Suddenly, their faces lit up, and then fell. I knew then that they had just ignored the bird. Honestly, they're so predictable!
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"Is everyone here?" Tsunade asked the assembled Jounin and ANBU in the conference chamber. "Good, then we can start.
"As you know, I am currently using a genjutsu to maintain my appearance of a thirty year old. Due to my full body healing jutsu, I look much older than I am. However, with the recent battle with mist, I must say that I lost too much of my time and regenerated my cells too much. I currently have about twenty years left to live."
There was much muttering at this statement, some of it was frantic.
"I have conversed with the elders and we have come to a decision. Today, I will name one of you as the Rokudaime of Konoha. You will immediately take my place as a fighting Hokage and I will be of use only in paperwork, decision making, and in dire situations in a fight."
There was even more muttering at this, and suddenly Naruto was at the edge of his seat, listening with anticipation.
"And, the one who will succeed me is…"
Honestly, all that woman needed was a drum roll…
"Hatake Kakashi."
Ah, here I go to congratulate the… wait… what?
I just sat there blinking as whispering erupted around the room. There was polite clapping, mainly from my friends in the Jounin and ANBU. However, I wasn't really a popular choice.
"Tsunade-san," I said standing up humbly. "I'm afraid that I cannon accept your request. My time in the ANBU has showed me that I cannot accept such responsibility."
"Do you have a notion as to who your runner up shall be?" Tsunade asked, folding her hands and looking me calmly in the eye.
Ah, so she had planned this! There was no way that her actual choice would be approved of the elders, and they trusted my judgment as one of the best fighters in Konoha.
"Actually, I would like to appoint one of my own students as Hokage," I said, winking quickly at Tsunade. "Uzumaki Naruto has progressed rapidly in his training and I believe that with the right council he shall be a fair and wise Hokage."
Dead… silence…
It was eerie really, everyone seemed shocked, even Naruto.
"I second that," Neji said, standing up on the other side of the room.
"Me too," Sakura said, standing with crossed arms, staring down the elders.
"And me," came a bored drawl from behind us. "It proves to be interesting."
From all over the room, the former Genin teams of Konoha stood up. First Lee, then Ten Ten, Chouji, Kiba, Hinata, Shino, Gai, Jiraiya, Shizune, Ino, Kurenai, Yamato… everyone that had been helped, and helped Naruto before. Honestly, I myself was almost moved to tears by the display of trust and honor the others had for Naruto.
Suddenly, Naruto stood up. He was my height by now, and his shaggy blonde hair was tied back in a ponytail. He held up his hand, thumb up, to the elders and gave his goofball grin.
"I won't let this village down! I'll be an even better Hokage than Yondaime!"
Koharu sighed and stood up.
"Come forward, Naruto, and take your place next to Tsunade, as the Sixth Hokage of Konohagakure."
Kakashi: HA! Your name was only said what, twice?
Iruka: Three…
Kakashi: And mine was said how may times?
Iruka: Three…
Kakashi: blinks wait, what?
