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Chapter 3:

They stayed another week and a half as the bridge was finished, narrowly avoiding Kakashi's suspicion about Izuna. They didn't want anyone to know until Sarutobi found out. Of course, the time was spent sparring. Naruto was glad to finally have someone his level to fight, though they could only do it when it was Kakashi's turn to guard the bridge, but that was okay with them.

The real problem was Sakura. Izuna had absolutely despised fangirls and she was pushing the limits of his patience. He was very close to just throttling her, but Naruto kept him calm, just barely, but calm.

Finally they were on their way back to Konoha, much to Izuna's relief as he could use patrols with Naruto to escape Sakura. They arrived at Konoha and headed to the Hokage's office to report on their mission.

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Sarutobi was angry, not overwhelmingly so, but angry. He was mad that the client had lied about the mission difficulty, but he was also relieved that Naruto had been on the mission or all of Team Seven might not have returned.

When Kakashi was finally done talking to the Hokage, Naruto and Izuna stayed behind while everyone else left the room. Sarutobi looked at Naruto in curiosity, "What is it, sensei? Something to add perhaps?"

"Indeed there is. I think you'll be quite...shocked and you might be slightly horrified, like you were with me."

Sarutobi eyed him warily, "What's going to be my heart attack for the day?"

Naruto chuckled and pulled Izuna forward, "Did you ever think that Sasuke looked a lot like Izuna Uchiha?"

Sarutobi studied Izuna and then nodded, "I did. Why? Is Sasuke a direct descendant?"

"I have no idea. What I do know is that now he looks even more like my old best friend."

"And why might that be?"

"Because Sasuke almost died on the mission. In fact, he awoke some old memories."

Sarutobi paled, "Oh God, please no. One apocalypse is enough."

"Oh, is there a problem?"

Sarutobi spoke in a high voice, "No, none. I can assume though, that young Sasuke is actually Izuna Uchiha?"

Naruto smiled brightly, "How ever did you guess?!"

Sarutobi paled further, before he cleared his throat, "Ahem, I see."

Izuna chuckled, "He looks shocked, Naruto. You might have killed your Hokage and student."

"Nah, he'll be good."

Sarutobi cut in, "I'll be good. Anyway, what do you want to do about your name? Change it or keep it? Naruto already officially changed his to Senju, but he hasn't told anyone."

Izuna frowned and then gained a thoughtful face, "I guess...hmm, I'll change it to Izuna, but keep Sasuke as a second middle name in honor of my second parents."

Sarutobi nodded, "What will you tell your friends, or rather teammates, seeing as Sasuke doesn't have any friends but Naruto?"

"That I've been going by my middle name, but I recently found out that I was named after my great grandfather, Izuna Uchiha, so I decided to go by my real name. Kakashi will probably guess on his own, so we'll tell him, but everyone else will get the cover story."

Sarutobi nodded and wrote it down on his paper, "I'll get that sorted out by the time I leave tonight. Is that all?"

Naruto thought a moment, then, "Yeah, that's it."

The Hokage nodded, "Before you go, Naruto, I'd like to inform you that you've been named the Fifth Hokage and that there will be a council meeting tomorrow that I need you to attend. I will be explaining your position there."

Naruto nodded, "I'll be there. Oh, by the way, there's a seal on your desk that sends information to a secret base beneath Hokage Mountain. I overrode it for our private meeting. It's on the upper right corner, underneath the edge."

Sarutobi's face grew shocked and then angry, "Danzo. Thank you, Naruto. I will solve it."

"Good day, Saru-chan."

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Izuna watched Naruto as he dressed in more formal clothes, "Are you sure you want to go? This civilian council sounds hateful."

Naruto chuckled at his friend's worry, "I'll be fine, 'Zu."

Izuna sighed, "Alright, but be careful. They already tried putting me in CRA when I was just Sasuke and I rejected it. They'll try with you too."

Naruto waved his hand, "Bah, they can go suck a dick. I'll be fine."

Izuna chuckled, "I should've remembered your attitude. Nevermind, you'll be fine. Just flood them with killer intent and they'll piss their pants, especially Danzo, Koharu, and Homura." He snickered, "They'll have heart attacks when they find out who you really are."

Naruto got an evil smile and cackled, "This'll be fun."

Izuna backed away from his friend's mad laughter, what monster had he unleashed?

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Sarutobi sat down in his chair in the council room and everyone else sat as well. This was a meeting of everyone that he had called to re-introduce their new hel-hm, hm, he meant Naruto, not Hell, definitely not Hell. Naruto was outside waiting to be announced.

Once everyone was seated, he started, "I called this meeting to announce that I have chosen a new Hokage. There will be no argument on this matter. This person was named the next Hokage by Tobirama Senju himself many years ago. I have simply been holding his hat in my opinion."

His old teammates leaned forward with excited glints, thinking it was one of them. He would be glad to disappoint them. He gained an evil smirk, "Many of you know him. I hope you believe in reincarnation." He saw his old teammates come to a horrible conclusion and he smirked, "You may come in, Sensei!"

The door opened with an ominous creak and Danzo, Homura, and Koharu turned to it with rising horror as they felt a very familiar chakra. Footsteps sounded and then a tall figure with long blonde hair stepped in and looked around. He found Sarutobi's old teammates and he gave an evil smile that they all paled at, before he turned to Sarutobi, "You called, Saru-chan?"

That was the final straw. He saw the three looking at him all pale further and gain fearful faces. Sarutobi smiled, "Yes, Naruto, I did. You see, I have announced that you will be taking your rightful place as the Hokage. It has waited for fifty years for you to take the hat. It was meant for you. My old teammates were just getting over their shock at your return to the world of the living."

One of the lesser civilians grew angry, "The kyuubi brat! No! I will not follow a demon!"

There was a blur and then a sudden spray of blood and Naruto withdrew Shirayuki from the civilian's corpse, wiping the blood on their clothes, "Mentioning the demon is punishable by death and I will be happy to comply."

Sarutobi sighed, "Did you have to make a mess?"

"No, but it has more...meaning, no? If you break the law under my eye, you will be disposed of in a quick and messy way."

Sarutobi nodded and waved, "ANBU, remove the body please."

"Hai, Hokage-sama." Three ANBU came down and took the body with them, leaving only the blood. Naruto walked over to his old seat next to the Hokage's chair and sat down, crossing his legs and watching the room with his mainly red eyes.

Sarutobi looked around the room, "Anyone else?"

One of the civilians jumped up, "I call for death for killing a council member! He's just a demon!"

There was a flash of brown and then a spray of red and the widening of the civilian's eyes, before Naruto drew back his root he'd impaled the man with and the body fell to the ground.

Sarutobi groaned, "ANBU! This one as well!" The same three ANBU removed the body and Sarutobi looked around, "Anyone else or was two enough?" There was nothing else and he sighed in relief, "Good, I don't want to have to replace anyone else, though if they were fool enough to anger Naruto, they deserved death. They're lucky he made it quick."

Danzo finally stood, "Are you really Naruto Senju? The son of Tobirama Senju?"

"Yes I am, Dan-chan. Why? Doubts?" At this, his eyes glowed dangerously.

Danzo shook his head, "No, no doubts, Sensei." Before he sat back down.

Naruto nodded, "Good, now that that's over with, we can continue."

Sarutobi nodded, "Yes, we can. I plan on making Naruto Hokage as of right now, but hiding the fact until after the chunin exams. My old sensei named Naruto the next Hokage, but he was tragically ambushed and killed by a man seeking power. He woke his memories when he was attacked some time ago. He's got all of his former prowess back as well and I hold no doubt he could beat me if we fought. He's also been trained in politics by Hashirama-sama and Tobirama-sensei. He is completely capable and trained to be Hokage and therefore…" He took off his hat and placed it on Naruto's head, "...Naruto Senju is now the Godaime Hokage."

Naruto grabbed the brim of the hat and tipped it, showing one multi-colored eye and a smile, "I accept."

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Naruto looked at Sarutobi as he did paperwork, crossing his arms and leaning back. Sarutobi looked up, "What do you need? You should be helping."

"Ever try shadow clones?"

Sarutobi froze in place and then face vaulted, "No, but I will now. Thank you for that."

"No problem. Say, can I borrow the Senju scroll? I want to see any new jutsus my father created after my death."

"Yeah, sure. Let me get it out of the vault." He stood up and started opening the vault and Naruto eyed a small glowing seal on the desk. This one was in a new spot, so the first had been gotten rid of and a second placed in its spot. He stood while the Hokage got the scroll and pressed his finger to the mark, pulsing chakra through it and destroying it completely. He sat back down and Sarutobi came back over, "Here you go. Chunin exams are in a month. Are you competing with your team?"

"Yes. It has to be a team effort, as you know, and it would be rude to make them get a new teammate now, especially since Izuna is my close friend."

"What are you going to tell them about your lovely new hat?"

"Izuna and Kakashi will be told, but Sakura is a blabbermouth. I'd love to tell my whole team, but if she's told, it would destroy any secrecy we want to keep on the subject, as much as I want to see her face. She will not find out until the chunin finals with everyone else."

Sarutobi nodded, "The warning you gave the council should keep them quiet and if it doesn't, they get executed, as I said to them at the meeting." Naruto nodded, taking the scroll and standing. Sarutobi also handed him his new hat, "This is your Fifth Hokage hat. It's yours to hold as proof in any unplanned for situations."

Naruto nodded and took it, sealing it into a sealing scroll, "Thank you. I hear that Jiraiya of the Sannin, who is also my godfather, is coming to visit. Do you know when?"

"The month between the second and third part of the exams. He's been planning to come train you during that time, though I doubt you need it with that scroll in your hands. It's also got your second father's techniques in it and he was planning on teaching you the Rasengan."

Naruto nodded, "Alright. Thank you, but I should probably get going. I'm grabbing some food and I want to look at this before I go to bed."

Sarutobi nodded, "Goodbye, Godaime Hokage."

Naruto nodded with a smile and then he was gone in a blur of shunshin.

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He arrived home, or rather the Uchiha Compound, and smirked as he drew his hat out and put it on his head. He shunshin'd to the main house, where Izuna was living, and stepped inside to hear humming in the kitchen. He wandered until he got there and he saw Izuna cooking with Sasuke's apron on.

He chuckled, like he did whenever he saw that apron, and Izuna didn't even look as he kneaded some dough for dumplings, "Hello, 'Ruto. You're home late."

"I was at the council meeting dealing with pompous pricks and killing people. I'm sorry I took so long. I do hope you'll still feed me."

Izuna chuckled, "Killing people?"

"They mentioned Kurama in an unsavory manner so I killed them."

"There was no other reason?"

"I was proving that I wasn't a pushover and I wanted to stab something."

"I see. Just to stab something. Then I...guess I'll make enough for you."

"Thanks 'Zu. You know, the chunin exams are in a month. I planned on entering with you guys. Sakura's useless, but I have a niggling suspicion, if the files I stole from Danzo are telling the truth, that Orochimaru is going to sneak into the exams and attempt to mark you, or rather Sasuke, with a curse mark and try to kill Saru."

Izuna thought a moment and then nodded, "Makes sense. I've heard that Orochimaru was a pedophile that liked the bodies of little boys."

Naruto shuddered, "I'd heard that too, but I won't let him touch you."

"I think I can handle myself."

"Ah, but what are best friends for?"

He saw a smile on the part of Izuna's face that he could see in the light, "I don't know…"

Naruto 'hmmph'd' and Izuna chuckled again, "No, but seriously, I'm glad that you're here too. You're the only person I know in this timeline and you're the only good sparring partner."

Naruto smiled, "Why thank you. That means a lot."

The Uchiha put the dumplings in the pan and then finally turned to him, only for his eyes to widen in shock, "Did you...steal the Hokage's hat?"

"Hey! I'm not a thief! Okay, I am, but I didn't steal it. He gave it to me. See the kanji for five on it? I'm the new Hokage as of tonight, though we're not telling anybody until the chunin finals, and oh! I plan on making you the Sixth once the time comes! Isn't it great?!"

Izuna stared at him a moment, "You're the new Hokage?"

"Yup! And you're the next one! So no dying allowed!"

Izuna shook his shock away and then smiled, "I'll try not to die again in that case. An Uchiha as Hokage. That'll be an experience."

Naruto smiled, "Yup! Oh, you're food's burning!"

"Shit!" He quickly stirred the food and Naruto leaned back, crossing his arms and watching as his best friend made food in amusement. It was funny to watch him rush around, but Naruto had never learned how to cook well, so he didn't want to mess the Uchiha up.

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The three of Team Seven sat waiting for Kakashi for training. Naruto got bored and pulled out the Senju scroll, unrolling it and looking it over. He'd looked at it the night before and he'd been hit with a feeling of sadness as he read through the jutsus.

He'd reached the Edo Tensei jutsu and there had been a note that had made his heart twinge.

Edo Tensei was created by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju. He made it on hopes of summoning his deceased son's soul from the pure world, but in the end decided that he wanted to let his son rest in peace and never used the Edo Tensei for its original purpose. It summons a soul from the dead, but requires a living sacrifice and some of the summoned soul's DNA.

He had then decided to look over this jutsu more thoroughly. If he'd heard right, Orochimaru had no morals and if the snake sannin had seen this scroll, he would have learned the Edo Tensei. He wanted to make a counter seal that would free the soul from the fake body that was created. He also hoped to go a step further and make a way for the soul to stay in the world of the living, which meant a lot of work on seals. He also wanted to learn his second father's personal jutsus, the Rasengan and the Hiraishin, which was based off of his first father's teleportation jutsu, but perfected.

Right now, he was looking over the formula for Hiraishin. Izuna stood and came over to him, "Is that what I think it is?"

"Yes, would you like a look?"

"Sure, seems interesting." And so they both sat to read, while Sakura just turned her nose up at Naruto and fawned over Izuna, just staring at his face creepily and making him unnerved.

Finally Kakashi arrived with his trusty book and Naruto rolled up the scroll and walked over to him. He looked at Izuna, "I have something I need to tell Kakashi. Will you keep any interruption away, 'Zu?"

"Yeah, sure. I'll watch."

Naruto nodded and pulled Kakashi to a small hidden cave, "Have you heard of the new Hokage yet, Kakashi?"

Kakashi looked up from his book in interest, "No I haven't. You have?"

"You could say that." He looked around and then put up a barrier and unsealed his hat, placing it on his head.

Kakashi's eye widened in shock and his book dropped to the ground, "Is that…?"

"I'm the new Hokage as of yesterday. It's a secret though, so don't tell anyone. The only ones who know are Sasuke, because I trust him with my life, Sarutobi, the council, and now you. We're not announcing it until the finals of the chunin exams, which I am participating in with my team. There is also one more thing that is a secret only me, Sasuke, and the Hokage know."

Kakashi, who had been in a state of shock over his new title, snapped out of it, "What is it?"

"Have you heard of Izuna Uchiha? Madara Uchiha's younger brother?"

"I have."

"It's Sasuke. He's like me."

Kakashi's jaw dropped, "I...I see. That's why he knows you're the Hokage, isn't it?"

"It is."

"Well, I shall keep this a secret. Thank you for telling me and I understand why Sakura can't know."

Naruto nodded and slipped the hat away, "Thank you. Now, let's go back. 'Zu's probably wondering what's taking so long."

"'Zu?"

"Izuna's nickname he only let's me call him. If anyone else tries, he kills them. Remember that."

Kakashi nodded and they went back to the others.

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They walked up to the third floor of the academy, ignoring the genjutsu, and heading towards Room 301. The past month had been uneventful. They had trained under Kakashi, learning a few new jutsus, including the Pseudo-Sharingan user's assassination technique, the chidori.

Naruto had learned the Rasengan in about two weeks and learned the Hiraishin in the other two weeks. He'd been exhilarated to be able to go so fast he was only a flash. He was faster than both of his dads now. It was nice. He'd learned the basics from Tobirama and he'd mastered it with Minato's notes and kunai. He'd also made a seal to neutralize the Edo Tensei, but he was still working on making it able to hold the soul in the living world. He was confident he'd get there before the finals, which was when he suspected Orochimaru would attack.

Some new information had said that Suna, Sound, and Iwa were all allying to attack during the finals, but that was from Danzo's spy network that Naruto had hacked his way into. He didn't know how accurate it was, but he was a paranoid ninja, so he was planning for if it did happen. Just in case, he'd placed a hidden Hiraishin seal on Sarutobi's battle armor, which he knew the man would be wearing.

Izuna had learned chidori and raikiri, as well as some new fire jutsus. Naruto had learned the chidori too, but he didn't plan on using it very often because he preferred the Rasengan, thanks to one of his father's creating it from scratch. Izuna had also been practicing with his Mangekyou and found, to his shock, that he wasn't feeling any side effects from it, like he should be. His eyes should start bleeding when he used them and his eyesight should be going dimmer, but it wasn't. It was perfectly fine. It was assumed by both of them that being reborn had given him virtually a new set of eyes. Sasuke's had merged with Izuna's and given him the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, which pleased him to no end. He didn't want to go blind.

Sakura hadn't learned anything except that Izuna liked tomatoes.

Now they were here for the chunin exams. They reached the right room and found Kakashi standing there waiting for them. He took their papers with a smile, "Good luck. I was just here to make sure you came as a team."

Naruto nodded and they stepped inside to immediately be met with killing intent. Naruto picked at his nails, "Me or you 'Zu?"

"I'll do it. You'll give them heart attacks."

"Go ahead."

Izuna nodded and the room was immediately flooded with an insane killer intent that overpowered the others so much that it was like a speck of dust to a landslide. Everyone paled and a few fell to their knees. Izuna looked at Naruto and spoke in a bored voice, "They're all weaklings. No worries, 'Ruto. They won't prove a threat to us. If they're afraid of me, you'll absolutely terrify them."

Naruto nodded and looked around, "Pity. I wanted a real dance."

Izuna chuckled, "You stole my brother's line, but yes, there will be no good dances here except maybe that grass kunoichi over there that reeks of deceit and power."

The grass nin stiffened and Naruto focused on her to sense snake. Orochimaru. He'd been right. He'd leave the sannin for now and if he caused trouble, fight and hopefully kill him. Naruto nodded, "A pain. I wanted to kill some people. I guess I'll just go for slaughter."

A few people paled, but still under Izuna's KI, they were unable to move. Izuna looked, "Oops, I forgot you're all weak. This kind of killer intent is really low for me. I'll remove it if you're having trouble."

It lifted and several teams left, muttering about not fighting monsters. Naruto watched them with a critical eye, "So weak that it's painful to watch. They'd all die anyway though. I do love ending pathetic things."

Izuna rolled his eyes, "You and your bloodthirst, it'll be the death of me."

Naruto gave a fake pout, "I don't hurt my team, okay rescind that, my friends."

Izuna chuckled, "Yeah, yeah, let's sit down."

They sat down and a silver haired boy that also smelled of snakes looked like he was going to approach them when there was a puff of smoke at the front of the room, "SIT DOWN MAGGOTS! LET'S GET STARTED!"

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