Naruto: Rokudaime Arising
Author: Darkider82
Beta: Winged Seer Wolf
"Bijuu"
"Talking and jutsu"
"Italics and flashbacks"
VII
Naruto turned around and his jaw dropped. Tsunade was awake! She was hobbling about which was a bad thing but considering she was in a coma before he left for the Gokage Summit, her on crutches was a lot more promising to the morale of the Shinobi corps.
"Tsunade-sama-obaachan…Glad to see you're awake. Before you hit me, I have somebody who possibly deserves it more…Ero-sennin get out here, I know you feel like crap be a man and get this over with." Naruto called and slowly but surely Jiraiya made his way out of the crowd.
Tsunade's eyes widened at her old team mate "Jiraiya-kun?" She questioned as she dispelled any possible genjutsu.
"It's me hime…I'm sorry I didn't make it back straight away…Anyway I need some assistance…He held out a scroll that said 'Missing arm'.
"It's a clean separation which is a good thing…The bleeding stopped due to you being pushed through the water…I know the look of prolonged existence in the water Jiraiya…I had to treat Orochimaru when he was being interrogated by those rogue Iwa-nin who were highly proficient in water jutsu.
Jiraiya snorted "That was funny…"
Tsunade growled at him to be quiet "Sakura, Shizune get four medical nin and prep an operation room. Naruto, Kakashi, Gai, Shikaku, Neko with me." She instructed and the two kage with two guards a piece headed towards the hospital.
"What have I missed Hokage-gaki-kun?"
"Gokage summit…Mizu tried to start a war with us in Land of Iron…Lots of insults thrown at each other. Sasuke attacked the summit and is now a missing-nin my first order. We fought Sasuke with Raikage's assistance and he lost his arm. Met someone calling himself Uchiha Madara said 'Hand over the jinchuriki or we go to war'. Five kage denied his request and as of now we are at war and I'm going into hiding reluctantly. Raikage is overall commander, Darui no Kuro Raiton and no Ranton is 1st division commander, Kitsuchi of Iwa the third Tsuchikage's son in law is commander of the 2nd. I put Kakashi forward for 3rd; Gaara is regimental commander of all of them and doubles as 4th commander with Mifune-Sama as 5th commander. Kurosuna no Kankuro is captain of the surprise attack division…We were also nominated unanimously from the other four Kages to lead the logistics/intelligence division and the medical division…Plus I need a stand in Kage whilst I'm in hiding." Naruto explained getting looks of surprise from everyone but Kakashi.
"Rokudaime-sama do you have any idea on what the specialities of the divisions are going to be?" Questioned Shikaku curiously his mind already getting into gear for the inevitable war ahead, he was sighing he knew something big was going to happen but not this…the Third Shinobi War had been bad enough.
"No idea Shikaku-sama…No idea at all…In fact I have no idea what I'm supposed to do in a war…I'm beginning to question the Daimyo's idea of nominating me as Hokage for this."
"Rokudaime, I'm sorry for this." Kakashi murmured before clipping him sharply over the head.
"Naruto-sama, I've trained you albeit badly but I know you…You don't give up, you carry on going. I understand that you're concerned for your people in a war. The first thing is we are shinobi, we are going to lose people no matter how much you try not to want it to happen. We'll follow your commands, heck you have some of the best minds in the elemental nations when it comes to combat on your side the Nara-clan…You once said to have faith in you when it comes to a hard choice on a mission…Have faith in us."
Naruto nodded, he had said a lot of crass and brash things when he was a kid and they had all paid off eventually "Thanks sensei."
The jonin commander, two Hokage's, the ANBU captain and two jonin quietly discussed the war and what was at stake as they saw Shizune and Sakura attach Jiraiya's arm. Reattaching limbs wasn't so hard providing it wasn't too badly damaged and in this case it was fine.
Jiraiya was busy sleeping off the operation. Naruto summoned the shinobi council "I have some bad news...Uchiha Sasuke attacked the Gokage Summit, I fought him and I took him down with a powerful combination of futon jutsu. I'll go into detail of them later on because this is important anyway I believed Sasuke dead but a masked man that we have been having trouble with appeared and called himself Uchiha Madara. His demands were the surrender of the Haichibi jinchuriki and myself or war. The Raikage well..."
"...let his temper get the best of him...Now who's in charge of the army and the subcommanders and the specialist divisions?" Asked Chouza curiously.
"Hatake Kakashi is commander of the third regiment we also have medic, intelligence and logistics." Naruto replied at a drop of a hat getting smirks and grins from all around.
"Have you elected who was going to lead in your place Hokage-sama I mean you are a target after all." Said Tsume her partner rested his head on her sandals fixed the young kage with his remaining eye.
"You'll report back to Godaime-Sama until I enter the battlefield...Now I need to spread the word." Naruto said pinching his nose.
"What's wrong Hokage-sama?" Asked Aburame Shibi curiously.
"Now I know why Tsunade drinks so often."
The council let out snorts of laughter when Kotetsu barged in "Hokage-sama, Kazekage-sama is at the gates..."
"Let him in...Kotetsu assemble Konoha's forces...We are going to war."
The shinobi assembled in the square in genin teams or clan as the Kazekage entered with his crack squad of ANBU the 'Desert Snakes' and his two siblings.
"Roukdaime-Sama, Godaime-Sama it is good to see you both in good health. I'm the appointed commander of the entire force with the Raikage as overall commander. Since I need to oversee the entire force I'm appointing my sister as one of the two proxy commanders and I need another."
The two Hokage's nodded they had a feeling they knew who the Kazekage wanted and decided to let him make the choice on his other proxy commander "Who do you need?"
"Nara Shikamaru."
Naruto and Tsunade grinned "Done."
Gaara turned to Naruto concern evident in his eyes "Are you ready Naruto? Is Konoha prepared?"
Naruto nodded "I am and we are. Gaara, I ask as a friend TRY and keep my classmates alive."
Kankuro grinned "Gaara will do his best and nothing more. Rokudaime-sama you concentrate on remaining safe."
Naruto snorted and turned to Tsunade "What have we done in terms of Konoha's actual defences?"
"Academy is set up for war time training 95% practical 5% theory, all the fuuinjutsu barriers are up and running. Nothing short of a bijuu should be possible to break/enter the town. ANBU forces have mobilised the Root are under control and are either serving as Jonin or Regular ANBU...Jiraiya is resting and should be mobilised within the next seventy two hours or so...Depending on him and knowing him he'll be joining the war within twenty four to thirty hours."
Naruto nodded and turned to the two kage's "Let's announce this together…Showing unity and what lies ahead of us as part of the alliance."
