alright before we begin allow me to apologize for letting this story sit for so long, but in all honesty i've had a hard time finding the drive to write at all recently.
had computer issues i apologise for the extreme delay on my stories but i intend to fix that.
but that's all for now let's return to the action
AAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDD BEGIN!
all around konoha man, woman and child, shinobi and civilian, stood in awe as their hokage stood beside one who was considered to be royalty within konoha, his own wayward student, and gave his message,
"i've been the hokage longer than i ever intended and far longer than i should have been but today my successor arrived, allow me to pass my hat on. tsunade senju of the sannin, will you protect this village?"
"with every ounce of my ability."
"will you lead these shinobi and care for these civilians."
"with every fiber of my being."
"then rise and take your place as the godaime hokage, leader and defender of konohagakure no sato. people of konoha your new hokage."
as the hat was passed from sensei to student i couldn't help but grin at the old man, as the silence strecthed on i stepped forth from the crowd, allowing my arm the burn through i raised it forth to the sky and spoke clearly as i was amplified by my chakra, "as long as the will of fire burns within the leaf village i shall defend it and it's hokage, tsunade-sama."
after i finish the shinobi on all sides cry out in affirmative, "tsunade-sama...tsunade-sama."
the chant was carried throughout the whole crowd, as i turn and allow skin to shimmer onto my arm, much quicker than kurama's prefered method but less intimidating.
i weave my way through the crowd as i walk toward my intended destination, unfortunatly it wasn't where i wanted to be right now, but my pressence was required at konoha's council meetings now as i am a chunin i legally hold an honorable seat for the uzumaki clan though what was left of the clan is all but scattered.
"ugh they dragged you into these two naruto?"
i look over to find sasuke in the chamber, sitting in the uchiha seat, next to my own.
"unfortunatly, and apparently they have measure to keep us from using clones to come to these. atleast baa-chan will kick some serious ass."
"how did you manage to convince her to return anyway."
"drinking contest, when i won she demanded a duel, which i won. so here she is, that's the official story want the real one find me later and i'll fill you in."
"fair enough i suppose, wonder what this meeting is for?"
"hell if i know, probably just gonna be a change of advisors."
our conversation was ended as a few of the clan heads arrived, inochi chouzo and shikaku. the original ino-shika-cho trio, certainly not pushovers but not the most lethal if shit hits the fan, and if a divide happens after today they are also some of the most likely to side with us and tsunade.
"hey there boys ready for your first council meeting?" chouzo asks with a kind smile on his face.
"this isn't my first of these meeting tubby-san surely you can recall the times i've "stood trial" during these meetings."
"well yes but now you can sit down while the civilians yell at you atleast."
"haha, true enough, kami knows they'll always find new ways to hate me. even after i help safe the village and the old man they still think i'm evil incarnate."
"your seat is only honorary naruto you could just go home to your not-so-troublesome wife."
"yeah like that would work tsunade would send the entire anbu forces after me for the simple reason of if she has to sit through this so will i. what a drag... wonder what atsuma is doing right about now."
"knowing that knuclehead he is probably training harder in an attempt to become jounin by tommorrow. he was always such a weird kid, ino said he was immune to her clan techniques... i wonder."
"in all honesty i think atsuma kinda breaks the laws of reality more often than naruto here."
just then hiashi and tsume come in mid discussion on how to repair the damage done to the vilage walls.
"... only a few thanks to the pup and his perverted sensei, if a few of our clan memebers work together we could make them serviceable by mid day to keep appearances of strength up."
"true but who would dare attempt an attack on us now that the sand and mist have publically allied themselves with us. much better to have our clansmen fix the walls correctly than quickly."
"excellent point hiashi-san, but if you would allow me to create an equal amount of clones as your clansmen we could fix the walls correctly while shortening the time required by 3/4 of what could be done without them."
both of them seemed to think on what i said before nodding and coming to the agreement to bring it up during the meeting, thus politics are done, without having seen him i hear the pleased buzz from shibi's hive.
"your growth continues to impress naruto-san, i'm glad you have grow smarter as well as stronger, the logic and confidance behind your words as well as the way you swayed the crowed to accept lady tsunade's position was inspirational."
"thank you for the compliments shibi-san but i merely speak, others react in ways i have always found intriguing."
he merely nods his head at this before taking his seat. then came the seemingly endless march of useless civilians, alright maybe they had their purpose but they are to busy trying to leech power to aid in stabilizing economy.
and finally the third's advisors, homura and koharu, as well as the war hawk danzo.
after all were seated a side door opens to allow tsunade and jiriya in, as well jiji.
"alright let's get done to business," tsunade cuts right to the chase, "first order of business i appoint jiriya and sarutobi-sensei as my advisors, in the case of jiriya's spy network interfering with his duties as advisor, than shibi aburame will be his replacement. any questions?"
a brave civilian who apperently was never told of tsunade's temper stood, "tsunade i demand you allow sasuke-san be an advisor instead so that he may..." whatever else he may have said was interupted by the roar of a golden tiger.
"sit down fool, and learn how to properly address your leader before daring to speak for me, my apologies for this man's foolishnes hokage-sama." sasuke says before bowing low to tsunade, the returning to his seat, syna lays down beside him.
"thank you sasuke, i supose i'll let him off easy this time since you asked so kindly. anbu escort that man from the chamber, he can return when we are no longer discussing important matters."
i chuckle at how baa-chan kindly removed someone from the civilian council without impeding upon their rights. fool should have stayed out of shinobi matters, "i don't believe there will be any further objections to your dicision hokage-sama."
"who let the demon in here?" cries out one of the civilians. one of the anbu appear behind him but backs down at my signal.
"did you forget councilman, i am the only living uzumaki in konoha and the uzumaki's have an honorary seat on this council so legally you cannot bar me access to any meeting any longer. neko please stop toying with your sword you might hurt someone."
neko actually laughs at that before snaping to attention with a "hai taicho" before dissappearing from sight again.
"next time you wish to insult me it would be wise not to do so while surrounded by several of my friends. so shall we continue?"
after that small incident the civilians were much more pleasent, go figure. discussions about village repair and academy curiculum came next. with no suprise tsume and hiashi's plan for the walls as well as my clone add on passed with no resistance, where the headache came from was the curiculum of the academy.
"would any present wish to volunteer for duty at the academy for next semester atleast?"
"i don't mind helping the next generation grow." sasuke says and no one bares him from it.
"anyone else?"
"ahh i might as well do my duty, go ahead and write me down hokage-sama." i say as i run a hand through my spiky locks.
"absolutely not, hokage-sama you musn't allow that 'man' near any children." yells out a civilian council member, not one i recognize, short brown hair, soft green eyes, pale complexion...
"and why not, he is one of konoha's finest shinobi, practically raised within the anbu black ops unit, he is easily on par with myself and jiriya. sensei admits that if not for naruto intervention he very likely would have died in the invasion. what reason do you have for naruto to be kept from this position?"
"do you not know what that arm has done my lady? it's been touched by hell, it's a death sentance for certain with but a touch."
"really? naruto would you kindly come here?"
i rise and walk over next to tsunade. i wasn't quite certain what she wanted me to do.
"good, now please touch sensei with your magical death arm." shouts of terror and outrage came from all, well not the shinobi they were all intrigued, "silence or i'll have you thrown out. naruto... do it."
i nod then grin over at the old man, who returns my smile. i reach out and place my right arm palm down on his forehead.
"now deactivate your genjutsu." i look over at her and raise my eyebrow, what the hell baa-chan knows the genjutsu doesn't control the arm kurama and i do... unless, aww ignorant civilians are impressed by flashy things.
i look back at jiji, the ignite my skin upon my arm, it slowly peels back before lifting off and burning to ash to reavel what atsuma dubbed my "gauntlet" eyes around the room widen as the third simply whistles and then speaks, "that is quite the intimidating concealing technique naruto-kun."
"ha, thanks jiji, got the idea from the pervert actually. well, hokage-sama was that all?"
"yes naruto you may return to your seat."
i nod as i remove my hand from jiji's head, but before i can walk a ni anbu launches from the shadows at me. i simply grasp his throat and rip the chakra from his body in a quick and brutal fashion. leaving behind a dried and crispy body.
turning to look directly at danzo, "i did not lose the ability to use my arm danzo, i merely mastered it. as you can see it can now be as harmless as a fly or more deadly than any fire ninjutsu in the book. i hope he wasn't one of your favorites..."
i lazily walk back to my seat as skin begins to knit along my arm to hide my gauntlet from sight.
"anyone else want to try to kill one of my shinobi?" asked a very irrate tsunade. "no... good this meeting is ajurned, naruto...sasuke, report to the academy tommorrow to find out which classes you shall be teaching for the next three months."
"hai hokage-sama," was our unified response.
we turn to leave side by side, but it felt strange, surreal almost. tomorrow sasuke and i would be off active duty roster and stuck in the same place where we learned to be ninja, teaching others the basics for survival.
maybe it was just me but i kinda liked the thought, makes me want to become a jounin faster and have a team of brats as aniki would put it.
ATSUMA'S POV
after all the hubub about tsunade-sama becoming hokage, i went to train. man, training that's all i've been doing since temari and her brothers left a few days ago. i didn't even have a real reason to train this much or this intensely, but i would always find myself here at the same training ground where we became a team.
where we fought against kakashi-sensei for the first time, and as sasuke would put it, we truly met each other. we were all promoted for our amazing preformance in the chunin exams and our deeds during the very short lived invasion of konoha.
but it wasn't good enough, at this rate i'll eventually plateau and that was unacceptable. i had to be better than everyone else my age or naruto and sasuke would leave me behind. so here i was in our training ground, attempting to recreate kakashi's signiture move the raikari... with no success.
severe chakra burns cover both of my hands. i could create the lightning properly but anytime i tried to move it would go haywire, so far i had been lucky and the worst of it was directed out into the surrounding trees and ground.
it was infuriating i normally never had any issue recreating things i had seen others do it was what had set me apart in academy made me unique so to say, where as sasuke could copy anything he saw with his sharingan. i merely recreated actions and jutsu by instinct and trial and error, but even when i made heavens descending rampage it had only taken three days, i had been trying to get this damn thing down for weeks now.
"this is fucking impossible." i scream out in frustration.
"i would usually expect that kind of language from naruto, seems my ototo may be rubbing off on you atsuma." comes a voice from the tree behind me, "would you like some helpful tips?"
"sure if you've got any."
"imagine you put on a glove then coat the chakra around your "glove" that should make it a little easier to control, atleast until you get better at it."
"thanks sensei i'll try." i say before immiediatly diving back into it, so distracted with my training i don't hear sensei's next words.
"should i tell him he has half a year before naruto and sasuke return to active to train... nah let em get a bigger leap." he turns to leave before tossing several scrolls over his shoulder. "or three."
NARUTO'S POV
and yet again i was bared from returning home to my hime, dammit why did i have to be such a dedicated shinobi of the leaf. an anbu code name rat had told me one of the oto prisoners was asking for me specifically.
so here i am walking through the anbu holding cells, led by rat down to a secluded section. he stops at a random door, "she is just through here taicho."
"thanks rat, i wont be long." i say before opening the door, and walking inside.
i am met with the sight of a redhead girl siting loyus on a cot. she stares ahead directly at me, "your the fuck face that killed orochimaru right? good i wanted to thank you for that."
"wait you want to thank me for killing your kage?" i ask and she nods, "why, did he not earn your loyalty?"
"no that fucker may have picked me up off the streets and gave me a bed but he also experimented on my and let his flukies do whatever i had to murder men just to keep from being raped anytime of day. in oto only strength is respected, so i became strong, strong enough to be a member of orochimaru's elite guard."
"well he sounds like such a lovely guy, i hope the shinigami gives anal nice and dry every night for eternity." i then look at her, "what's your name?"
"tayuya uzumaki."
"no shit, two cousins in only a matter of days, aww these reunions are always so sweet."
"your an uzumaki?"
"yep on my mother's side, why didn't your files say that?"
"no they only had you down as naruto namikaze and the code name pheonix."
"huh guess that's kinda my fault, i usually only use one last name at a time. alternating between the two." i then scratch the back of my head as an idea comes to mind, "oi tayuya you wana get outta here."
"hell yes what do i have to do?"
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AN: this is the next chapter to devil arm, thank you all for being patient with me i really apprieciate it. next chapter will have some action i swear, i just needed to set he political side of my story down and give a bit more time with my characters "softer sides".
anyway thanks for reading and i'll atch you all later DATHYPPIE IS OUT PEACE!