The Hokage and the Charming Knight
by Masked Lover
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I just write bad fanfics.
The limits of this World
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After the Happy Ending of Naruto Series, Naruto rose up to his rightful place in the world: to rule in his high tower, with his crystal ball and live happily as one Hokage could.
Throughout the Naruto Series, Naruto Uzumaki grew stronger, learned new techniques, created new moves and won the hearts of the populace in a brush with near death. Orochimaru, Akatsuki, Itachi, and finally Sasuke were all brought to justice, and then our hero could finally settle down to live in the flourishing Fire Country, that seemed to prosper even more with him at it's hearth.
Everything was beautiful, the birth rate was climbing, ninjas were getting married left and right. Everyone was learning to fall in love.
Within his third year he had new branches to the Konoha Main Hospital built, restructured the finances to better utilise the money coming in and out of the country and at the same time help orphaned children and their needs. He was the very vision of a hero. Everyone noticed the effort, and showered him with more accolades than he had ever dreamed of. His name had spread through the country, even to other villages and many young boys aspired to be him. Konoha's splendour was growing immense by his handiwork and prospering.
Naruto had indeed become the face of generosity and in seeing his face, his once friend Sasuke had become terrified.
Where was that clumsy fool who couldn't tell Sakura his feelings, where was the boy who ran around shouting pipe dreams that became curving dragons.
Sasuke's visage had become the face of greed. He wallowed in his jealously, shutting out his friends, Sakura and Naruto. He grew envious of Naruto, grew jealous of his fame and his kindness and his forgiving heart unable to share him with anyone and began to sink into the swampy darkness that stank from his body. He plotted for a long time, milking opportunities to rip the smile from Naruto's face. When he was engaging in business he came across the head of the Hyuuga and lay his plan into motion.
While Naruto was preoccupied in an out of country dispute, Sasuke snatched away Hinata away with permission of the elders and the Hyuuga and made her his Uchiha bride. One would wonder what effect that would have on Naruto, but upon his return Naruto was a zombie. That day of his return, he barely pulled himself upright, stumbled about his office in a daze, lost and confused.
He often stayed in the tower, watching the world in his bubble and being fairly ditzy. Alone, he could cry into the long hours of the night and pain like a smile ear to ear. He put on his Hokage robes and became a clown, or would straighten up and would become a diplomat but after Sasuke's marriage Naruto became more and more of a entertainer, making others happy while burning himself out.
The heartbroken, but handsome Hokage stood tall and kept the population in his heart and making many attempts to unite the divided at times families, pouring his energy and youth until he was twenty-seven years old bachelor and very, horribly single.
Once, long ago, Naruto Uzumaki wanted to be Hokage.
Now, once or twice he might want to.
Maybe.
Naruto Uzumaki is the Hokage of Konohagakure. A kind figure that lives in a tall tower by the mountain, overlooked by his predecessors and overlooking the whole town. The tower is tall and treacherous, and many choose not to enter because the steps are steep. The children are afraid of it, believing there is an ogre inside the building, but there is only the elderly, paperwork and Naruto.
He is twenty-seven years old.
Everyone loves him.
Some are in love with him, but they keep it to themselves. Admiring pictures, or his back from far away.
His eyes are still blue and livid after all these years but vacant when no one watches. He doesn't cut his hair, leaving it wild like a hippy or a revolutionary hair, blonde until it touches the floor and gets stuff like paper clips stuck in it.
Naruto rules kindly with a smile. He is a floozy with smiles, grinning on display. Wide and open. He even smiles to Sasuke, who hates him the most and wishes Naruto was dead.
But even still Naruto is not Naruto if he's not smiling from the bottom of his heart.
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