The Hokage and the Charming Knight
by Masked Lover

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I just write bad fanfics.

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One day, the Princess, er, Hokage was gone.

The knight stood at the gate, wondering what he should do.

In his eyes, he saw that the world needed him.

In his heart, he knew the world needed Naruto.


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But if a song were to play just for us for a moment

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"What a waste," Sasuke muttered.

Hinata's heart sped up as she covered her face from the falling glass. "Iyyyaaaaaaaa!!!" Someone screamed in the room and the entire world fell apart, Sakura arms with pieces of glass in it. The pregnant Uchiha relatively safe, but was in the danger zone.

The glass had shattered before hitting Sasuke, his judging finger sliding across the room. "Who threw that?"

"I wish I had," Iruka shifted. His wife tugging at his sleeve, begging him to shut up.

"STOP IT, SASUKE!!! Hinata was shouting at her husband, breathing deeply and clutching her baby. Sakura had tried to pull Uchiha lady away from the drama before her, but it was spreading to them. Shino rushing forward, his bugs crawling up his arm in a swarm to protect the pair,his mind thinking of strategies to be the best offence he could be against the Head Uchiha.

Lee back flipped through the air, clutching his black eye. He landed on his feet and surveyed the scene. Many of the Jounin were moving in from to restrain the Uchiha forcibly.

Sasuke's fist missed Iruka's cheek, the pair never seemed to get along since Sasuke's marriage. Iruka was lucky, being pulled back by Genma and Shikamaru stopping Sasuke with his shadow.

"Darling no," Shizune held onto her husband, pressing her cheek to his, Iruka's face seemed to calm with Shizune holding onto him. He murmured something like, I'm sorry, kissing her hands and wiping her falling tears.

"You're all a bunch of idiots!" The book Tsunade threw at the at the ceiling had cut through the tension. Before it fell, Chouji caught it in his hand. She was huffing and breathing, Naruto left for one day and this happened the next day.

"What type of adults are you! Fighting like this." She couldn't imagine what would happen if Naruto didn't come back, and who would want to come back to this. Naruto was really a strong leader, unlike her, and it was increasingly tough to be a ruler in a time of peace as well.

Especially with his old rival Sasuke Uchiha throwing his weight around, pushing people to do what he wanted. At first it was a harmless vacation, some peace and romance for the world loving Hokage.

Sasuke was up to something. Something no good.

"Sasuke, even if you are the acclaimed Uchiha leader, your behaviour is atrocious. Look at your wife," Hinata seemed to be sweating bullets. Shikamaru broke the jutsu so that Sasuke could rush to her side. He looked sincerely concerned, but she hid from his embrace. Avoided his apologises, Hinata Uchiha looked torn and weary, she was breathing heavily. It was not that she had gone into labour but it was a lot of stress for her now frail body to deal with. She was in tears, repeatedly asking Sakura she if could go home and be with her children.

What was a world without Naruto?

Shikamaru looked around the room, even all the make-up techniques couldn't hide Tsunade's age.

Sakura rose and stood beside Lee who thanked Shino for protecting his wife from the raging Sasuke, Sakura looked at his injury from fighting Sasuke and wanted to touch him but Hinata clung to her, as if using her as a wall between Sakura and Sasuke. The surveyed the stressed faces of the room, Konohamaru was crying. Iruka was comforting his crying wife.

"I don't care," Shikamaru... Shikamaru looked at an angered Sasuke, who held onto his wife. "I don't care." His father tried to stop him from leaving the meeting and Konoha.

He would bring Naruto back, even though everyone was...

Why did it have to rain?

Why did it have to rain now when Naruto was gone, Shikamaru hesitated... And dashed into the thick rain, passing by a bewildered Kiba who with his dogs under a shelter.

"Hey, how was the meeting?" Kiba asked, not realising what the fellow Jounin was holding in.

"Shitty," Shikamaru called back in the distance.

Kiba continued on petting his dogs, not caring that he had missed out on what he guessed was a shitty fight between Sasuke and the others. "Shitty deal," was all head said in response.

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OBeaches of the Wave CountryO

Naruto was the sun.

Unavoidable.

Loud.

Careless.

Vital.

How someone as big as the Hokage could get lost in a little tourist beach like this was besides the point, but Kakashi said he had spoken to the hokage somewhere on the beach and then just continued on eating his ice cream.

It was a stroke of luck meeting both Jiraya and Kakashi at an Inn the Wave Country while he was catching a meal, both seemed more interested in tagging along for fun than Hokage retrieval. Shikamaru would have agreed with the others in just letting him be, but Sasuke was a big jerk and had to mess everything up.

The sun was so intense on the beach and hot Shikamaru was soaking in sweat inside his black clothes.

A big breasted trotted by ice cream in her hand, her bikini was hot electric pink. She looked at the Konoha ninja with increased interest, licking the ice cream off her bubble gum lips. "Hey, you look hot."

"Thanks," he waved, and she merely went on walking not caring too much that he had blown her off. He hadn't changed his clothes since he left.

Shikamaru wasn't in the mood to deal with all the sexy blonde women that were eyeing him. He needed to secure another blonde idiot and then he would definitely come back to this beach next year. Although for some reason they were coming from the direction of his supposed target.

The directions that Kakashi gave him were stupid, but so far true.

"Walk down the white wooden road, stay on the white road..."

There had been a path created by the locals by the white trees they had come across. There were many tourists and he could understand why Kakashi had warned him to stay on the white path. The other paths were coloured and led to hotels, entertainment and other things.

"Pass the Sushi house, Okonomiyaki house and the Sake house. When you come to the Sake house, turn left."

There were literally no other buildings, just palm trees, sand and the occasional white house that Kakashi had stated.

"When you get to the Ice Cream vendor, order a special #5 and wait."

Where was Naruto Uzumaki? The beach was crowded with women, mostly women.

They all seemed to flock to this area of the beach for a certain, bachelor Hokage.

Word of the missing Hokage seemed to travel fast, making Shikamaru loose sleep.

Most of the women Shikamaru had 'met' at meetings when he had stalked Naruto on missions, they were the daughters of high officials, merchants, daughters and women of high fame, power and money. Who didn't want to marry Uzumaki Naruto, with a body that could literally kill. But everyone seemed to forget why they were there, and everyone on the beach strip seemed to be having fun.

There was a woman bustling about the small shop, and a teenaged boy beside a tall man who was barely dressed in clothes. The cooks would pass by the crepe maker slapping his back playfully and dropping cubes of ice down his white wife beater, causing him to rip into kind laughter.

The teenage boy was the most daring, darting here and there. His hand moved fast and Naruto so busy entertaining guest allowed him to drop a ice cube into Naruto's swimming trunks. He looked at Naruto, who was still unfazed, his fun spoiled. "Doesn't your ass ever get cold?"

Naruto wiped his forehead his his arm, his skin was shiny from the sweat, his braid hanging down his back. The ice cube fell down Naruto's leg with a shake, making the boy sigh. His effort wasted.

"No, my ass is invincible." He shouted, dropping some ice down the front of the teenager's shirt. The teenager yelped and fishing it out, tossing it in Naruto's face.

The Hokage's spatula folded the crepe and put it in the wrap, the giggling teenage brunette, fan girl accepted the food and bit into it. Her eyes widened, covering her mouth because it she was still eating. "It's delicious," she said with a blush.

"I'm glad you like it," he said... He looked into the distance...

"AH!" The whole beach seemed to freeze.

Shikamaru looked like he had crawled out of the sea.

He had gained a stubble on his chin, he looked really rugged, as if he had been on a journey all this time. His clothes were in shreds. And he never looked more like he cared than right now, his eyes focused on the bachelor of the month.

"!!!!!!" Naruto felt his time start counting down.

"I hope you've said you prayers lately," Shikamaru scowled, rolling up his sleeve. "Because I know you've been skipping out on it!"

Naruto tried to run, but Shikamaru was not fast, but smart.

The teenager dropped a large slab of ice down the front of Naruto's trunks controlled by Shikamaru, who would have never sunk so low if he wasn't so desperately mad.

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OShikamaru's Dilapidated Inn RoomO

"Thanks for the new clothes Naruto," Shikamaru didn't know how he felt about the Hawaiian Print and neon orange shorts, but he was grateful. His Konoha clothes burned for secrecy's sake, he would be left with just this to wear while walking home for a while. When he had calmed down, Naruto was in tears from the cold ice in his pants. Naruto was given the rest of the day off, which made his pretty upset because it was his last day. "We need to go home."

"But we'll miss the festival."

Shikamaru didn't bother looking at Naruto, "Sasuke is--"

"Messing things up as usual," Shikamaru filled Naruto's Sake and then his. Naruto had tears in his eyes, "do you want some Okonomiyaki?"

"I like my sushi."

There was an awkward pause.

He had wished that Kakashi and Jiraya had remained, but they said something about hunting women and enjoying life for it's troubles. They sure were eating a lot of his money, but he was sure to bill Naruto for the mission being thus far a success. The inn room was shabby and he was glad that those two came back only to spread false information as there was only one futon due to Shikamaru's destitute state.

Shikamaru was going to age to fifty with Naruto by his side, but that's what the sun did. He remembered when he was lying out on a sunny day and Naruto had come and poured sunscreen on his face saving it from being severely burned... Why did he remember that now, good sake. He looked at the long, red label bottle.

Shikamaru looked lazily at the weeping blonde, "what a bad drinker you are..."

Naruto wiped his snot on a napkin. "I asked a girl to marry me, but she said I was too late."

The Hokage picked at the food before putting a small piece in his mouth, still dripping half-fake, half-real tears.

"She said, I came 80 years too late."

Shikamaru looked at the teary eyed Naruto, "Obaachan was too mature for you, Great Hokage-sama." He burst into laughter at his own words.

Naruto looked at Shikamaru's face.

He wasn't have bad looking, he could see why a lot of girls like him and he was a good Hokage's aide... He was the best Hokage's aide.

"What is it, Naruto?" Shikamaru ate the last of the sushi elegantly.

"Nee... Shikamaru..." He wobbled, his once strong legs making Shikamaru tense.

"Hey, are you going to throw up?! I told you not to buy oko---" The Hokage stumbled, falling on the half-eaten food, knocking over the sake and falling on Shikamaru.

Naruto pushed the shadow master down the the floor, the blondes erection pressing against the twitching thigh of the victim of his affections.

"Shikamaru, let's get together."

Shikamaru sighed.

"You're drunk."

"Are you not gay?" Naruto blundered, "I thought you didn't like girls."

Shikamaru felt the Hokage's hands roam his body, drunkenly. "Don't throw up on me."

"I like you."

Shikamaru couldn't stop laughing and in the laughter Naruto's eyes widened...

Shikamaru smile was a rare, delicate smile and Naruto caught the image with his blue eyes and stored it away in the back of his mind. "Ask me when you're sober..."

Naruto hugged Shikamaru, "fine."

He would ask him the first thing tomorrow again.

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TBC

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Author's note:

LOL, I forgot Kakashi was travelling and also that he was there for the meeting for Naruto's vacation. Oh dear. So I changed it so that some days had past before the Ino's Inn Event. I apologise for the inconsistency.

And I apologize for making Sasuke evil, there is a reason to his madness, he's a good guy. He's meant to be the (the following was edited to be made into a doujinshi.) They're all good guys! HORRAY!!!!

Thank you to my awesome two reviewers (PirateCaptainBo & Shinigami) and my seven(?) awesome subscribers, if I were to describe awesome it would be a review of First of the North Star and Beer and you all who read. AWESOME!