The Key to Eternity
"Namikaze-sama. The ambassador from Suna is waiting for you," his assistant spoke quietly. Namikaze nodded to the woman signaling to send her in. She bowed slightly, her petite frame doubling over to the blonde man across the room. She shuffled out, and then allowed another to come in.
The woman strode through the door and into the room, where she sat in one of the two chairs set in front of his desk. "Hey Temari," he said, broad smile spread across his face.
"Hello, Hokage-sama."
He frowned, "No need to be so formal, at least call me by my name."
"Yes, Namikaze-sama."
Ah well, good enough, I suppose. He gazed at the woman sitting at the front of his redwood desk. "So Temari, how goes the business in Suna?"
"Well, liaison with Iwa is going well, we sent an ambassador to their land to create a treaty of some kind to help relations, and we need additional human resources to pave the roads for trade. I sent in a form to administration."
"I'll see that it gets approved," he cut in.
"Thank you," she replied, "we are still clearing and stabilizing the area around Oto and Ame. There are still remnants of the forces that once controlled that area. Soon, we could install a new village and leader, maybe set up a joint-village outpost, for inter-continental relations. It would be a wonderful experiment and it has a very central location."
"That's an interesting proposal," the Hokage thought aloud, "is there anything else that you need to report or propose?"
"No sir, everything else, I will say to the joint council tomorrow."
"Alright," he said, standing to shake her hand, "I'll see you tomorrow, then."
"Oh, wait," she said, "There is one other thing."
"What is it?"
"Gaara told me, to ask you about everything on the Gate of Eternity."
Namikaze Naruto sighed. He gestured with his hand toward the seat, which she willingly took. He bent down and pressed the intercom that paged his assistant right outside the door. "Kaori. Free up the rest of my afternoon. Temari-san's also. And, tell Sakura I'll be late for dinner."
There was a pause, "Yes Namikaze-sama."
Naruto turned on his heel, and gazed out the window toward the city. "We'll be here a while, do you need anything to eat?"
"No."
"So, what do you need to learn?"
She paused and sighed, in a surprisingly Naruto-like manner. "I want to hear everything."
Alright kids, I had a brain-surge, and this is what I came up with. This will be around ten chapters, not counting the prologue (this chapter) and the epilogue. I have high hopes for this, as it's my first multi-chapter fic. Thus, go easy please?
Thank you all,
Six-Shot Marker
