ok, so this is my first naruto fic, and i think its looking good, so far. but don't let me be the judge! review and tell me what you think! okay, we start in the old Ramen shop, twenty years in the future, and Iruka sensei is just telling Naruto how to become Hokage.
"There's more to it than that, Naruto. Don't think your Hokage just because your respected. There's one last step, one thing you haven't yet known of, the thing that makes the true Hokage. I know what it is, but-- I don't know if you're ready for me to tell you." Naruto sat in the old ramen shop, talking to his old master, the only one he still called sensei: the old retired ninja Iruka. Iruka Sensei was the only one Naruto felt he could count on (apart from his beloved Sakura, of course.). No matter how powerful a ninja he was, he always came off learning something new after his experiences with his old sensei, and this time, he was sure, would be no different.
"Oh yeah? Tell me, I'm ready for anything you can throw at me! come on, bring it! what do I have to do?"
Iruka sighed. This was going to be even harder than he thought. "It's not that you won't try, Naruto. I believe you will do everything in your power to become the next Hokage. The question is, will it be enough?"
"Sensei-" Naruto hated the tone of his master's voice when he got like this: It meant his next quest was near impossible. then again, when wasn't it? thus far, he had done everything that was necessary to become Hokage: He gained respect and honor in the battle of the lightning leaves. He destroyed every ninja, except those of his own village, who had ever bested him in single combat. He had even defeated the trials of the last Hokage, just to prove to himself he was worthy of the title. Naruto steeled himself. He had to be ready for whatever Iruka sensei told him. "I'm ready sensei. You keep forgetting I'm not the kid you trained back then. this is 20 years from way back then, and I'm stronger now than any believed I could become. Please, Iruka sensei, I am ready."
"Alright, Naruto. I believe you." Iruka sighed. He had hoped Naruto would have mastered his impulses a bit more: He would have to in order to combat his own demons. "I will tell you. But first, you must understand. There is a reason for all of this, There always has been. Why I stood by you for years, training you over and over again, why I helped you learn all those advanced jutsus, led you to the scroll of forbidden jutsus: It was all because of the demon."
"The- The demon? You- You mean the nine tailed fox, don't you?"
Another sigh from Iruka. " I wouldn't speak with you of any other, my old friend. The fox demon lives on; You think you destroyed it in the battle of the lightning leavbes, but you're wrong. The demon's chakra and most of its power were destroyed, that is true, but its spirit lives on in you. The soul has been inside of you all the time, Naruto, waiting, growing, losing its mind in wait for the day when you would finally be put under enoguh stress for the demon to be unleashed from inside you. It is not the power of the demon we feared of you, Naruto, but it's soul. Its soul is the essence of pure evil, and if it took over the body of something of such power as your own, having stolen most of the power from the nine-tailed fox itself, along with your own massive chakra, it would be unstoppable. The world would collapse under its might. The spirit is inside you, Naruto, and the stress of what you are about to do will drain you- physicaly, mentally, or emotionally- the stress may find a way to destroy your very soul. and if that happens, well- lets just say it wouldn't be pretty. Now then, are you so sure now that you are ready for the Hokage's final challenge?"
This revelation shook Naruto to his very core. He had no idea so much could rest on his shoulders- The demon would always be a small part of him, he had known that, had dealt with that ever since the battle of the lightning leaves- but to stop him from becoming Hokage? No. Naruto would not let that happen. "I... I... I am ready sensei. please, tell me. I will not dissapoint you."
"Very well, But know that if the nine-tailed fox does come into control -even for a second- I will not hesitate to kill you. It will take a few seconds for the fox to acclimate to your human body, and thats all I'll need for one good, clean shot. So may whatever God you worship be with you as you complete your final mission, Naruto Uzimaki, of the village hidden in the leaves. Your mission is this: You must kill the current Hokage."
This shocked Naruto as well. It seemed the whole world was against him: to be so cruel as to make him kill someone like that. "You- You mean that I- I have to kill-- kill SASUKE!
well, that's this chapter. I'm going to make a prequel once i finish this fic, detailing the battle of the lightning leaves, and where Sakura is, in addition to how Saske became Hokage. It will all be a 1st person POV, shifting from character to character. I've already got this written down, and i post new chapters on demand, so long as demand is high enough! so tell your friends, and review like the wind!
