Road to Hokage
A/N: People please understand that before reading this FF I wrote this story before the Naruto Manga finished. I do not own Naruto all rights go to Masashi Kishimoto. I do, however have the rights to publicly display how I feel Naruto's Road to Hokage is portrayed in a FF. Pairings for this FF are [NaruSaku] and [SasuHina] if you don't like the pairings then I suggest you stop reading this story, as this FF is not for you. Don't leave a review telling me that you are not satisfied with how I shipped the couples. Don't tell me that my story is crap because your own personal desires are not portrayed. If so then write your own FF and be on with your life because i don't have time for your crap. This story will have Naruto and Sasuke portrayed with both functional arms, Tsunade remains Godaime Hokage, she does not pass it down to Kakashi becoming the Rokudaime Hokage. So please read, like, follow, review and enjoy. Thank You.
Chapter 1: 6 Years Later…
(Konoha: Hokage Monument)
It was 7 o'clock in the morning. A new day in Konoha as the sky was changing color from dark blue to light blue. The sun was slowly rising and the village was becoming more visible. Naruto was on the very top of the stone faced carving of his father, Namikaze Minato The Yondaime Hokage. He had his legs crossed sitting Indian-style looking over the village.
"This view never gets old, right Kurama?" Naruto said, in his inner thoughts.
"You come up here every day around this time Naruto. To you it doesn't get old, but it's too early in the day and I'd rather be sleeping." Kurama replied, in a bored tone of voice.
"EHH, not enjoying this view?! You do remember that you're a citizen of Konoha now." Naruto said with a smile plastered on his face.
"Yeah, I know it's just I'd rather be sleeping right now." said the giant fox.
"Fine, I'll talk to you later, geez I wonder if all the other Biju were as lazy as you." Naruto mumbled.
"The others huh? I wonder what they're doing now?" he thought to himself.
All the other Biju he became friends with during the past war. They had all been separated and sealed into different shinobi throughout the ninja world. From the Ichibi: Shukaku to the Nanabi: Chomei. Of course with the exception of Killer Bee who had been and still is the Jinchuriki of the Hachibi: Gyuki.
The reason for the separation of the Biju was to balance out the power that Konoha had gained during the time of war. Naruto of course being so powerful and God-like was too overwhelming. So the Shinobi alliance came to an agreement to split the remaining Biju into different Lands. This was not a problem among the villages but it did cause a stir between faraway Lands with minor shinobi villages.
The 5 Great Nations were still allied together, the Land of Earth had Iwagakure (Hidden Stone). The Land of Lightning had Kumogakuru (Hidden Cloud). The Land of Water had Kirigakure (Hidden Mist), and the Land of Wind was home to Sunagakure (Hidden Sand). But of all the 5 Great Nations in the Shinobi world, the Land of Fire was home to the most powerful village of the five, and that was of course Konahagakure (Hidden Leaf).
The Shinobi alliance held together to this day, but there are some small villages who still oppose them. Plus with the end of The Akatsuki there were still a number of missing- nin from each village who held grudges towards their once called homes.
"Will they pose a threat? Or will they continue to operate in the shadows? Ahhh" complained Naruto.
"Looks like I should be heading there soon. It's almost time" Naruto said, before standing up and stretching.
In 6 years his appearance had changed. He no longer wore that bright orange and black jumpsuit. Instead he had on standard black pants that extended down to his mid-shins with white bandage tape wrapped on his right leg where his kunai &shuriken holster was. There was also tape wrapped from where his pants would stop to the bottom of his ankles, he still had regular black ninja sandals. He wore a standard Jounin vest on his torso. Under that he had on a long sleeved black shirt, with an orange line streaking down the sides from his shoulder on down.
The shirt was folded up to his elbows. The arms of the undershirt had the symbol for the Namikaze clan on his right and on his left was the standard Uzumaki clan symbol. He had on ninja gloves just like his former Team 7 sensei had. The only difference was that engraved on each metal plate were the kanji symbol for 'Oil' to show his affiliation with Mount Myoboku.
His blonde hair grew longer as well. His bangs now extended to his chin but was split to the sides to prevent hiding the leaf symbol of his forehead protector. The back of his hair was long but not too long so he tied it into a ponytail just like his master Jiraiya, to show how much his master had an impact on his life.
(Konoha: Main Road towards Village Entrance)
The streets of Konoha were slowly picking up its pace to start its day. The market started to open and many people, shinobi and civilians were up and active with their morning schedules. Through the not so crowded streets Naruto was walking to the entrance of the village. He knew today at around this time some friends of his were making their way back into the village from a one month long secret mission. As he got to the village gates he noticed nobody has entered yet.
"I must be early" he thought.
He walked up to the two shinobi in charge of the gate and asked. "Oi, Kotetsu-San, Izumo-san what's up?"
The two shinobi in charge of gate watch duties both looked at the much older Naruto.
"Yo, Naruto? You're up early" said Kotetsu.
"Naruto? How have you been?" asked Izumo.
"I'm good just been busy lately, I've got a lot of time on my hands lately since Tsunade-baachan has been keeping at bay" replied Naruto in a tempered manner.
"Ah, I'm sure Tsunade-sama has her reasons for that" said a curious Kotetsu.
"Hmpp...It's like she doesn't want me to-"
Naruto was cut off by the presence of someone he was far too fond of.
"Anyways see you guys later" the blonde Jonin said with a wide grin on his face.
*Poof*
He disappeared in an instant leaving the two shinobi guards confused.
"What the hell was that all about?" said Izumo, as he shook his head.
"I don't know man…it's just like Naruto. He still is the number one unpredictable ninja in the village." replied Kotetsu.
(Land of Fire: Outer perimeters of Konoha)
A couple hundred yards away from the village gates two ANBU shinobi from Konoha were making their way back. Jumping from tree branch to tree branch they were moving pretty fast until out of nowhere.
*whizz-whizz*
Two shuriken went by passing the first ANBU with silver hair.
"Sigh….we're not even past the village gates and yet it's already begun" he was then interrupted by the sound of metal clashing.
*clink clink*
The two shuriken were easily deflected by the other ANBU's Kusanagi sword.
"Hmpp…couldn't wait huh dobe?!" said the raven-haired ANBU.
"Fine let's do this! I've been itching to settle this score for a month."
"BRING IT ON! TEME!" yelled Naruto as he jumped out of a tree charging straight towards his life-long rival.
"Well…I guess it can't be helped, boys will be boys…" said Kakashi as he took a seat on a near bye rock.
"We still have time before we can report to Tsunade-Sama"
He pulled out a purple book from the new Icha Icha series that was written by Naruto. It was quite good actually. Naruto had found a hobby after the war and picked up the slack where Jiraiya had left off.
Naruto came charging at Sasuke about to land a right punch on Sasuke's face but he easily slipped it with a head dodge. He then grabbed Naruto's right arm and attempted to wrap it around his back, but Naruto twisted his body to position himself out of a very gruesome submission.
A smirk came from Sasuke beneath his ANBU mask as he was about to meet Naruto's back with a kick. But Naruto quickly countered with a knee that stopped Sasuke's leg. Both men leaped back and were about to charge each other with their respective jutsus' a Rasengean and Chidori but Kakashi intervened as things were about to get serious.
"Okay that's enough, you two obviously want to get your heads bashed in by Tsunade-sama." he said in a calm demeanor.
"If you two connected with those jutsus there would be a giant crater on the ground near the main road in front of our village." the silver-haired jounin then gave the two a brief trip down memory lane.
-Start of Flashback no justu-
"ARE YOU TWO COMPLETELY OUT OF YOUR MINDS?" yelled an angry Tsunade.
Both Naruto and Sasuke were on their knees begging for forgiveness. Both had huge bumps on top of their heads as Tsunade had gave them lumps of pain.
"The next time I find you two both 'sparring' to that magnitude of rearranging the landscape inside, or anywhere near the village I will KILL YOU!" she explained.
"Uhh…umm..." Naruto couldn't find the words to explain just what the hell he and Sasuke were going to defend their stories with.
"Yes mam…." said Sasuke in his calm and collected voice.
-End of Flashback no jutsu-
"Fine" said Naruto.
"As long as we don't rearrange the landscape we're good right?" a smile came upon the blonde Jonin's face.
"Doesn't matter with me dobe, anytime, anyplace, anywhere I'm good to go" said Sasuke.
"How about we go back to the village first, let's report to Tsunade-sama of our mission and get something to eat" said Kakashi.
"Tch...fine" agreed Sasuke
"Oi, let's get some ramen Kaka-"said Naruto before he was interrupted by Kakashi.
"You know that I'm in the ANBU and we do not reveal names, have you forgotten?" said a Kakashi in a dark tone.
"C'mon we're near our village gates, and it's clear as day that your you." Replied Naruto with his hands behind his head as he usually was when he was a kid.
"Anybody could be listening wherever we are….it doesn't matter. You're still that same carefree idiot as always" said Sasuke as he started walking towards the village gates.
"What are we at now dobe?" asked Sasuke.
"Heh, 31 and 31 with 14 draws" Smiled Naruto.
"Hmm..." Sasuke smirked before disappearing.
"Hmmm…" Naruto said mimicking Sasuke's tone.
"Anyways I'll see you in the village later Naruto" said Kakashi before disappearing as well.
"Okay, well that was a short reunion, I wonder what Sakura-chan is up too."
And with that Naruto disappeared.
(Konoha: Hokage Mansion, Hokage's Office)
Back at the Hokage Mansion Tsunade was going about her regular morning. A stack of paper work on her desk and it was only 7:30.
"Can my day please start with something more interesting?" she thought to herself when she heard a knock on her door.
"Come, in"
The door opened up and it was Kakashi and Sasuke
"Ahhh just the two I've been expecting, I take it you two have some good news?" she said in her usual strong and affirmative voice.
Both ANBU got on one knee each to address their Hokage.
"Everything seems to be just like we've suspected, the missing-nin from all 5 major countries are starting to form an alliance on a secluded island in about 20 miles off shore from the Land of Waves." Kakashi reported.
"Hmm...So the rebels are started to make a move?" asked Tsunade.
"It seems they've also been recruiting a bunch of mercenary samurai from a country far below our geography map. We don't know the extent of their abilities but we do believe they are an extremely dangerous bunch who have an outmost hatred brewing in their hearts for shinobi from the 5 Great Countries." explained Sasuke.
"That's interesting since the samurai from the Land of Iron don't really meddle with shinobi affairs, the most they've helped out with was during the war 6 years ago. Ever since then it has been a strict code not to cross paths, but then again these samurai are from a different county down below we don't know their affiliation to the samurai in the land of iron" Tsunade mentioned.
"Ahem….anyways, Uchiha Sasuke it has come to my attention you have served your 6 years of disciplinary sentence of careful watch under my direct ANBU. This was the punishment for the sins you have caused in the past, becoming missing-nin, and even killing Danzo an elder of the Leaf... Your actions are what lead you to becoming a level of S-Ranked Criminal in the Bingo Book. Although you did play a big part in the defeat of Uchiha Madara and did manage to become one of the two Shinobi Heroes of the world. The council was wary of your actions and sought out your punishment. You have completed your sentence and you are now free from the ANBU and can now continue your career as a shinobi of the Leaf."
Tsunade stood up from her seat and pointed one finger towards the Uchiha.
"I will appoint you the Rank of Jonin due to your high skill in Taijustu, Ninjustu and Genjutsu. You do share the leadership qualities in becoming a Jonin Sensei. I highly refer you to become a sensei to three Genin fresh out of The Academy. What is your answer?"
"I Uchiha Sasuke, am very grateful for the second opportunity given to me by you Hokage-sama but I must respectfully decline your offer" replied Sasuke.
"Hmmm interesting." thought Kakashi.
"Very well, the offer will still stand for another week" said Tsunade.
"You are dismissed you can now take off your mask."
Sasuke stood up and took his mask off.
"Thank your Tsunade-sama" he then disappeared.
"Kakashi, you too you are relieved of your duties in the ANBU again. You can go back to your regular duties. I only had you back in the ANBU to keep close watch of Sasuke." Tsunade explained before she turned around to face the window.
"Summon Naruto, there's something I need to tell him."
Kakashi took off his ANBU mask and replied "Hai, Tsunade-sama."
(Konoha: Leaf Village Hospital)
It was very slow day at the office for Sakura who had just finished making her morning rounds in The Village Hospital. Now sitting at her desk she was about to get up and go to the break room to go make her some coffee. She'd been working a lot of hectic hours and today was no exception.
Even though her day seemed to be going slow her job was far from being easy. She was appointed to 2nd in command in the Hospital directly under the chief of medicine. She earned this position after the war and it wasn't a surprise due to the fact that she was one of the three disciples of the Three Legendary Sannin the other two being Naruto and Sasuke.
Because of her very skillful arts in Medical-Ninjustu she was a top candidate. After displaying her skills during the last war it was a no brainer, yet she was tired. She hardly had time to catch up with her friends and when she did they were either too busy on missions or training.
"I wonder what Naruto is up too" she said as she was coming back from the break room of the hospital.
She sat down on her desk and looked at the picture she had of Team 7. She still had the original picture of her team when they were still Genin. Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi and her were a team and also her second family.
She couldn't help but giggle as she looked at the face Naruto and Sasuke were both making in the photo.
"Those were the days" she thought.
"Reminiscing, I see" said Naruto who happened to appear out of nowhere.
"Naruto!" a surprised Sakura said.
"Yo? Whatcha been up too?" he asked in a calm but steady voice.
"Geez, you know would it kill you to knock on my door or at least make an appointment to see me" she explained.
"Ever since your learned how to do the Hiraishin you've been disappearing and reappearing everywhere" a ticked off Sakura explained.
"OH come on Sakura-chan, it took me years to figure out how to do the formula for this I actually took the time to study and read about my dad's jutsu isn't it cool?" he said with a smile on his face.
Although she's been very busy in the hospital lately, she was very amused with the thought of hearing an explanation to the flashy jutsu.
"Ok I have to admit it's pretty cool, anyways how does it work?" she asked.
"It's simple really, first I make sure I know the technique formula and..." said Naruto as he looked around for something he could throw.
"Ahhh Sakura-chan can I borrow your shuriken?" he asked.
"Sure I don't see why you need it, since you have some already" she pink-haired Kunoichi said with a puzzled look on her face.
"Okay now I just do this."
Naruto palmed the flat side of the shuriken and gave it back to Sakura.
"Ok now throw it" he told her.
"EHH, what do you mean throw It.?" She continued.
"How about I toss it out the window as far as I can then." she said in playful tone.
"Fine by me" smiled Naruto.
Sakura opened her window which was one the 4th floor of the Hospital and threw the Kunai as far as she could. As soon as she did that Naruto disappeared and flashed straight to the shuriken she had thrown out the window about 30 yards away.
He then caught the shuriken and teleported back to her desk.
"WOW, that was amazing Naruto." she said in pure astonishment.
"Yeah it's one of my favorite techniques to do. Now I can see why my dad was known for being Konoha's Yellow Flash." he grinned.