Chapter #1
The Arranged Marriage
It's been 2 Months since Pein attacked the Hidden Leaf Village and Lady Tsunade still hasn't awoken from her Coma Hinata is also in a Coma but it's time to elect a new Hokage and Danzo has his sight set on the title "Are you all fools!" Danzo shouts first Minato died then Hiruzen and then Jiriya and now possibly Tsunade do you really want another fool of the same traditions as weak as the last ones to succeed Princess Tsunade I mean if Pein hadn't had a change of heart and restored everyone who died in the attack Kakashi would be dead!" The feudal Lord nods "you are correct Danzo so who would you suggest" Danzo smiles "I would fit the role perfectly I care about the village and I am stronger than Kakashi I…" Danzo continues to give reasons why he would make a perfect match
Shikaku gets nervous and thinks *If I don't do something Danzo will become the next Hokage! Oh, what do I do what do I do? Wait I know!* he suddenly gets an idea The feudal Lord is about to accept Danzo, Danzo smiles *this is it* he thinks then Shikaku shouts "Wait! My Lord I have an idea!" The feudal Lord smiles "yes what is it?" Shikaku takes a breath "as I'm sure you're all aware of since the attack on the Leaf all those years ago our Alliance between the Sand & Us has been held together by a thin thread that thread is Naruto" The feudal Lord nods "yes this is true we need to figure out a way to strengthen our bond between them does your idea have something to do with that?"
Shikaku smiles and looks at Danzo who is glaring at him "it does my lord you see the Kazekage has a Young Sister at the proper age to be married off and Naruto is also at that age he is also the one who defeated Pein and if Pein had continued to fight instead of changing his heart Naruto would have killed him I mean he destroyed all of his doubles that were stronger than any Village Army I propose that Naruto take over as Hokage it's been his dream since he was a kid so he would jump at the chance but we give him the condition that he has to Marry Temari of the Sand" The Feudal Lord thinks for a moment then smiles and nods "yes I like this idea it will strengthen our bonds between the Villages and Naruto is one of the Strongest if not the absolutely strongest Shinobi in the village so he can be trusted not to fall before he chooses his successor summon the Kazekage at once after all we need to get his blessing to move forward with this"
XXX With The Kazekage XXX
Gaara is having fun with his Brother and Sister sliding on a Sand Board in a Sand Storm all laughing when 2 Guards appear in front of them Gaara sighs "sorry guys but duty calls you know" both smile and nod Kankuro smiles "he's come a long way since the Killing machine back in the day we owe Naruto a lot" Temari shrugs "yeah I guess" Kankuro looks at her and frowns "What is it?" she shakes her head "it's nothing really I'm grateful to him for everything that he's done it's just" Kankuro nods "you don't think very highly of him because he's silly all the time eats nothing but Ramen and just wants to have fun ect. ect. Am I right?" Temari nods "yeah he's strong and all but if there's one guy I'm never going to marry he is at the top of the list" Kankuro looks confused "Marry?" Temari nods "Well yeah I am at that age you know I do need to start thinking about starting a family and everything you should start thinking about it as well Gaara and Matsuri seem to hang around each other more often than not" Kankuro looks shocked "You don't think…" Temari giggles "Uh-Huh" they both look up at Gaara as he looks shocked "What the hell!"
"What's wrong?" Kankuro asks Gaara shrugs "I don't know yet but I've been summoned to the Land of Fire to a meeting with The Feudal Lords" Temari looks nervous "is it anything serious? Do we need to come?" Gaara shakes his head "No I'll get 2 Shinobi on duty to accompany me I need you two to look after the Village after all the Akatsuki is still out there their numbers may be small but remember just one of them took me down a managed to steal Shikaku out of me I hope to reclaim him one day but until then…" he shakes his head "nevermind I shouldn't be long if anything the longest I'll be away is a month look after the Village for me" both nod and watch as Gaara changes into his Kazekage cloths and walks out of the village with 2 Guards following him "For some reason I have a bad feeling about this" Temari says "Funny cause I have a great feeling about this" Temari shrugs and walks away
XXX In The Land of Fire XXX
Gaara's jaw drops "could you please repeat that" all the Feudal Lords on screens nod and the Land of Fire's one says "We want to Marry your Sister off to Naruto to strengthen our Villages bond but we need your blessing to do so what do you say?" Shikaku taps on his back "I'm sorry but we really need you to do this otherwise Danzo will seize control of the Village he doesn't care about Naruto if anything he will make things worse possibly even start a war if he thought it was best for the village and I know you don't care about our village and it's not your problem or anything but…" Gaara looks at him confused "Not my problem? I don't care about the village? Naruto is like my brother so of course I care it's just Temari I'm worried about" he sighs "okay you got yourself a blessing you tell Naruto the good news I will return to my village and have Temari pack you get the papers in order for her to move here Oh and you'll also need to make sure that Naruto and Temari have the best living estate in the village I'm trusting your village with my sister after all"
The Feudal Lord nods "Oh I have the perfect house in mind a brand new mansion I had built inside the Village I was going to move into it myself so you know it's good but I can just get another one built Gaara smiles and walks away Shikaku goes to leave "I'll go tell Naruto the good news" everyone smiles as the screens shut off Shikaku smiles "I can't believe it worked"
XXX With Naruto XXX
Naruto is sitting by Hinata's bedside in the Hyuuga estate with the best Doctors in the Land of Fire Naruto sighs he looks up at Hiashi "I'm sorry sir. It was my fault she got hurt I should have tried harder to protect her" he bows his head which was surprising because Naruto never ever bowed to anyone he was the most disrespectful guy out there not intentionally mind you it was just how he is Hiashi puts his hand on Naruto's shoulder "raise your head young man I do not blame you I should thank you" Naruto looked up confused "it was your courage and bravery that saved everyone even those who died were able to come back thanks to whatever you did" Naruto shrugged "I didn't do anything special except show determination in my resolve I need to find a way to bring peace to this world but like the Pervy Sage I got no idea how to go about it"
Hiashi smiles and laughs "you can't be expected to come up with an answer over night plus your still young trust me you'll thik of something when the time comes and if not you your children or your children's children will come up with the answer your will of fire as well as your fathers and Masters will live forever I can just feel it" Naruto nods and smiles "Thanks sir" Hiashi nods "now why don't you have some lunch with us it's the least we can do for you" Naruto shrugs "I was just going to have some Ramen" Hiashi shakes his head "Nonsense! Besides Neji asked me to invite you he wants to thank you properly" Naruto shrugs "Well how can I refuse" Hiashi laughs "you can't now follow me" Hiashi leads Naruto down the hall into the dining area that is as long and large as a football field as soon as he walked in he felt uncomfortable everyone stared at him then suddenly bowed "What's going on?" he asked
Naruto turns to Hiashi who is bowing then the room erupted with apologies "Naruto Uzumaki Please Forgive us allow us to give you our most sincerest apology!" Naruto was taken aback "For what?" Hiashi stood up "I should apologize most of all we all judged you for having the nine-tails inside of you and so we kept Hinata for being around you and worse some of us even attacked you when you were younger" Naruto frowned "OH yes, well that's all in the past now" he laughs it off then sighs Neji bows in front of Naruto "Forgive me Naruto I had no idea what pain you had to endure as a child in the Chunin exams I told you, you had no idea what the pain was of having a mark and people judging you for it but really all along it was I who had no idea"
Naruto smiled "Hey it's okay I wanted to keep it a secret for a long time I only told Sakura a few Years ago when I first got back from my 3 Year Training Trip and stuff I suspected she would tell Ino and so she would tell Shikamaru and Choji but I didn't expect anyone else would know until I told them if I told them" Neji smiles well I didn't until I heard about what happened when me and Guy and Tenten and Lee got back from our Mission suddenly there was knock on the door and Shikaku walked in "Naruto a surprise to find you here but doesn't matter I have some good news for you" Naruto looked confused Shikaku smiled then frowned "There's a condition to what I'm about to say so please listen all the way through" Naruto nodded Shikaku continued "as you know Lady Tsunade has been in a Coma for about 2 Months" Naruto nods "Well we can't leave the Hokage seat empty forever so me and a few of the Villages Council Members along with the Feudal Lord himself have agreed the Hokage seat needs to be filled and we have all agreed the best man for the job is you" Naruto's eyes widen with excitement "But like I said there's a condition to this" Naruto looked p and sighed "Of course well?" Shikaku continued "you have to…"
XXX In The Hidden Sand Village XXX
Temari is throwing her stuff at Gaara "How Dare You! This is my life I'm not doing it!" Gaara sighed "it's not up for debate tomorrow we leave for the Hidden Leaf Village weather you like it or not you are going to marry Naruto and that's final!" Temari glares at Gaara with tears welling up in her eyes "you're worse than Dad!" she shouts and slams the door in Gaara's face Kankuro looked at Gaara "Bro you okay?" Gaara didn't even think he just stated "yeah! Well that went better than I thought" Kankuro looked surprised "Really? Anyway you seriously going through with it?" Gaara sighed "yeah I have to I signed the Treaty with my blessing if I break it we could end up going to war with the Hidden Leaf and the rest of the Villages as much as I wish I could fix this Naruto and Temari are just going to have to deal with the hand fate dealt them" Kankuro nods as they both walk away
In Temari's room she has thrown pretty much every single thing she owns around she jumps on her bed and she starts crying "I hate this why did I have to be Gaara's sister I don't want to move to the Hidden Leaf and I don't want to be forced to Marry that idiot! This Sucks!" She screams and cries herself to sleep
XXX With Naruto XXX
"Marry Temari?" Shikaku nods "yes I'm sorry but if you don't marry her then we can't accept you as an adult and then the mantle Hokage will be passed on to someone who is because the Hokage's job isn't just to protect the village it's also to provide an heir so that if you're ever missing we can put him or her in charge as long as she or he is old enough obviously" Naruto nods "that's understandable but is there really no other way?" Shikaku shakes his head "I hate to rush you but I need to leave here with an answer I should also point out that you will be moved into a Mansion on top of the Hokage Hill after the weeding it if you accept it will take place 3 Months from now enough time to get Temari accustomed to our beliefs and traditions well enough of them for a weeding anyway" Naruto sighs and nods "Well I've always wanted to be Hokage if I turn my nose up at it now there's no guarantee I'll be offered another chance so yes okay I'll become Hokage and Marry Temari of the Sand"
Shikaku smiles and shakes his hand "Congratulations Lord 6th" Naruto smiles Hiashi then pats Naruto on the back "Let's hear it for Naruto the 6th Hokage!" The entire hall erupts with applause and cheers Naruto is sat down next to Neji and Hiashi who were happier than Naruto for his succession to Hokage after the party and celebrations were over Naruto left and wandered down to the Training Ground where he remembered The Bell Test "Back then things were so much more simpler" he sighed "Naruto?" Sakura called out "Huh? Oh Sakura what's up?" Sakura smiled "What are you doing here?" she asked Naruto sighed "I needed to clear my head have you heard?" Sakura looks confused "Heard what?" Naruto smiles "guess not then well since Lady Tsunade is still in a coma I have been chosen to succeed her"
Naruto sighs Sakura looks excited "Naruto! This Is Wonderful! I Mean Wow!" Naruto frowns "yeah it's be great if that was all but there was a condition to me becoming Hokage I have to Marry Temari Gaara's sister" Sakura looks shocked "you accepted?" Naruto sighs "yeah I mean I know I would regret it if I had of declined but I can't stop feeling bad I feel like I'm taking away Temari's freedom and her life Gaara is already like my brother so it's not like I mind marrying his Sister that way we'll be even closer Kankuro as well but Temari she after the weeding I'm going to have to…" he looks at Sakura for help she nods "you are going to have to mate with her to produce an heir when you don't even love each other" Naruto nods
Sakura smiles "well is it too late to change your decision?" Naruto looks confused "I haven't changed my mind I just feel like I made the wrong decision not even that I feel like gah! It's hard to explain" Sakura nods "let me try and see if I understand you want to be Hokage and your glad that you chose to become the Hokage even with the condition of Marrying Temari and it's not that you don't like her because she is quite the looker but you feel like you've betrayed her in some way because you've taken the journey of falling in love and then getting married instead now she has to marry you and learn to love you. That about right?" Naruto nods "yeah that just about sums it up" Sakura smiles "Well if Sasuke was here I know he'd agree with me and say something like "you made your decision now you need to accept that it's done and suffer the consequences good and bad" okay?" Naruto nods "yeah except he'd probably insult me a bit more" both laugh "thanks Sakura I hope I'll be able to see you at the weeding" Sakura giggles "are you kidding I wouldn't miss the weeding of my best friend for the world" Naruto smiles nods and walks away Sakura falls into a weeping pile of mess "Naruto is marrying Temari!" She begins to cry even harder "Why? Why am I crying so much I'm happy for him so why, why is there this pain inside"
Sai appears "Maybe I could answer that?" Sakura looks surprised "Sai?!" Sai smiles "Naruto may be Marrying Temari to become Hokage but he doesn't love her, no how could he when he still loves you" Sakura looks shocked what do you mean?" Sai smiles "I'll let Naruto tell you if he is ever able to but the pain your feeling inside is probably that you feel the same for him not sure when it happened but somewhere along the way you have fallen in love with Naruto" Sakura clenches her hear "That can't be" Sai looks at her very closely "But listen to me Sakura don't go after him you may love him and he may love you but if you stop him and tell him how you feel he won't be able to stop himself he will marry you instead he'd give up the world for you and if he does give up on being Hokage Danzo will take on the Mantle Hokage and everything will go down hill I can't say what because of this Curse Mark" he sticks out his tongue to reveal the Curse Mark "this stops me from telling you anything about Danzo even his birthday but I can say this with Danzo as Hokage the Leaf village would surly die" Sakura nods "Sai smiles "it may hurt but you gotta deal with it and push through it" Sakura nods "okay thanks Sai" Sai nods as they walk away with someone watching in the shadows
XXX A Few Weeks Later XXX
Naruto has moved into his new house/mansion and Temari has been staying somewhere else to train and learn everything about the Hidden Leaf Customs enough for her to get married and not insult anyone today is the weeding day
Naruto wakes up and sighs then he looks at a picture of the Original Team #7 Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura & Kakashi Sensei "Wish you were here Sasuke wish you could be my best man but maybe one day I can be yours" he smiles he sits up and heads to the shower he thinks of the past and how he hops he was doing the right thing not just for Temari but for the Village what if he could do more as a regular Ninja than Hokage but it was too late to change his mind now he took a deep breath and hopped into the shower
Temari looks up as she sees a picture of her and her 2 brothers who along with a few other people from the Hidden Sand had traveled to the Leaf to celebrate the Union between Naruto and her she had only gotten glimpses of Naruto since she got to the Village partly because he was getting ready to ascend Hinata and Tsunade has woken up and Tsunade agreed that she was getting too old to be Hokage this gave her a chance to rest for a bit but Temari was worried for some reason she was scared she'd never get to see Naruto and she had no idea why she shook her feelings off "Today's the day I say goodbye to being single forever" she walked to the bathroom and stripped down then got into a nice hot bath"
Naruto got out of the shower and got dressed in his Tuxedo when he heard a knock on his door that's when Kiba and Shikamaru walked in Choji tried to walk in when Naruto stopped him "you can come in but your food cannot I just had Nako clean yesterday I don't want to overwork her" Choji laughs "I'm not joking" Choji frowns then puts his chips down "where's Shino" Naruto asks Shikamaru shrugs "I don't know think he said something about meeting us at the church" he sighs "sorry" Naruto says as he bows his head Shikamaru looks confused "What for?" Naruto looks down "you and Temari had a thing for each other didn't you?" Shikamaru laughs "yeah but women are more trouble than they're worth I'll probably end up with someone less troublesome anyway" Kiba looking around screams "Wow! Dude you're loaded just look at this place!" Naruto smiles "Well in the next few weeks I'm going to become the Hokage they just wanted to make sure I had the house to go with the title I guess" everyone laughs "Let's go I don't want to be late" Shikamaru smiles "dude, The weddings not for another 4 Hours" Naruto nods "I know but I want to make sure everything is perfect I may not be the perfect guy to get married to but I want to make sure Temari has the best Weeding possible"
Temari gets out of the shower and into her wedding dress that she had tailor made she sighs then spins around in the mirror and giggles "I guess this isn't so bad the up side to this is that I look absolutely gorgeous in this" "You got that right" says Ino "Ino?" Temari looks surprised Ino walks in "so how are you feeling bride to be" Temari smiles slightly the frowns and a gloomy aura is sensed around her Ino smiles trying to cheer her up "Hey don't worry about it! Sure Naruto isn't the most intelligent person in the world but he's way less immature than he used to be I mean you should have seen what he did to defeat Pein I mean it was amazing I even thought about seducing him she jokingly giggles Temari looks surprised "Really?" she asks Ino shrugs "But if you don't believe me here watch this she pulls out a DVD that she puts on "We were only able to put this together thanks to the sadelights and the contribution of the Byakugan that the Hyuuga let us use" she turns it on and shows Temari the Fight between Naruto and Pein
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Temari looks amazed "That's Naruto?" Temari asks Ino nods "everyone thought the same thing when it was released I mean we all knew he defeat Pein but the way he did it was just amazing of course none of those were the real Pein Naruto faced him but managed to appeal to his better nature and Pein revived everyone he killed but died in the process but it's nice to know that Pein wasn't a demon who was unreasonable Naruto was able to have a heart to heart and show Pein a better way you should see Naruto now every day all day he thinks of ways to bring people closer together to understand one another he believes that he can achieve true peace a world with no hatred and I support him fully and completely if he can achieve true peace where there are no wars I'll help him anyway I can" Temari smiles then nods Ino turns to leave "Well I'll leave you to get ready and I'll see you at the wedding" Temari smiles and nods
XXX A Few Hours Later XXX
Naruto looks at the Priest "I do" the Priest looks at Temari "and do you Temari of the Sand take Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze to be your lawfully wedded Husband to have and to hold in sickness and in health till death do you part" Temari hesitates but as she looks at Naruto she smiles as she imagines him during his fight with Pein "I do" the Priest looks at them both "Then Naruto you may kiss the bride" Naruto kisses her on the lips and they head to the Mansion Naruto carries her Bridal style inside and puts her down on the floor "listen I know that you didn't ask for any of this but let's make the best out of this situation this house has 20 Rooms 15 Bathrooms 6 Kitchens a Spar and a Pool and 15 House Maids 20 Chiefs they all live somewhere else out of the house though obviously so just ask me for anything and I doubt you'll want to sleep with me on the first night even if the Village expects it so just settle in and find me if you need anything I'll be upstairs in my study okay" Temari nods but before Naruto leaves she grabs his sleeve "wait look I know you don't love me but the only way you're going to become Hokage is if you knock me up the quicker you do the better and we're going to need to act like a happy Husband and Wife in public so what better practise than at home so I'll sleep with you I just ask that you be gentle with me tonight after all it is my first time"
Naruto nods clicks his fingers as a young woman about 35 appears "yes my lord" Naruto smiles "this is my wife Temari if she needs anything get it for her okay?" she bows "of course my lord" Naruto smiles and leaves "thank you Nako" Nako bows again then turns to Temari "my lady is there anything I can do for you?" Temari shakes her head "no I'm just tired could you please direct me to Naruto's room I'd like to set up and just lie down" Nako smiles and nods "Of course Lady Temari this way" she leads Temari upstairs when they pass a black door with a no entry sign on it "what's that?" Temari asks "Classified" Nako says "no one is allowed in there except for Lord Naruto not even you it's a place he goes to once a month there are rumors that he's actually a werewolf and he transforms there but some say it's where he goes to cry but he hates showing his soft and emotional side to us servants anyway here we are I'll be around if you need me if not there are a dozen other members of the house that will be happy to help you" Temari nods "okay thank you" Nako smiles, nods and bows "not a problem Mrs. Uzumaki or is it Namikaze?" Temari shocked it finally hit her she was no longer Temari of the Sand she was Temari Uzumaki Namikaze she shuts the door behind her and lies down on the bed "so this is married life to Naruto I have more servants than I know what to do with and a mysterious room that even I'm not allowed to enter" she slowly falls asleep without even noticing and didn't wake up until the next morning
