Chapter 25, on to more with the crazy kids. Also I'll be talking about Obito's start as Hokage of course. A little Anko and Iruka stuff thrown in there as well, cause you guys really seem to like that. Oh, and does anyone know why my average number a views a day and the number of people favoriting went down, is the story getting bad or something? Thanks for reading and please review.

Obito sat on top of the Hokages building, his whole body just buzzing with excitement. He never thought in a million years that he would be the Hokage. The whole time he sat there and wondered if his sensei had been this nervous when he got took the position. Everything that he heard his sensei and Sarutobi talk about was starting to make sense to him. That feeling, the pressure of having almost everyone looking at you for guidance and you not always having the the answer, it wasn't easy.

Finally he was shaken out of his thoughts when Sarutobi came up to him, "Obito, it's time."

Obito got up and looked at Sarutobi, he had his hat in his hands ready to be handed off to Obito, "Right, let's do this."

Obito gave a small gulp as looked out of the crowd. Sarutobi turned to him and began his speech, "People of the hidden Leaf, I'm pleased to once again be able to give this hat to a worthy successor. It pained the Leaf to watch my first successor sacrifice himself to save this village, me more so than anyone. However he left us one amazing thing, a student who thought only of others before himself. A man who I can truly trust with the safety of this village. Ladies and gentlemen, your new Hokage, Obito Uchiha!"

Sarutobi handed Obito the hat and shook his hand. Obito took a deep breath and began to speak, "Thank you all for this great honor you've entrusted me with. I can't say that I saw this coming, but I promise to do everything I can to protect you. I'm a man of few words, so I'll only say one more thing. I'll protect this village to my dying breath, that much you can count on."

The village cheered and Obito gave one last bow to the village. It appeared they approved of their new Hokage.

Obito wasn't the only one with major changes in his life, Anko was finding her life turning upside down as well. She really hadn't expected anything to come from her relationship Iruka, she just figured they would have run with one another for a while, shake hands, then move on. Much to her surprise however, she actually started to like him. They had been dating for the past six months now. Their most recent date had a pretty big surprise in it.

Anko was having a great time with Iruka at her favorite dango stand, it was where they went to the most on their dates as it was one of the only places they really agreed on. Anko and Iruka seemed to be one of those couples that work so well together because they were exact opposites. Anko was loud, brash, and overall just a very lively person, while Iruka was calm, laid back and just an all around simple guy. Something about the two just worked perfectly together. Iruka found that Anko brought out his fun side and got him to loosen up a bit, and Anko found that he was good a helping her know when to control her emotions. They were really a good match.

Iruka was currently on the ground laughing from one of Anko's stories, "You really dozens of snakes into the Hokage's building just because they wouldn't let you integrate one of Orochimaru's men?"

Anko shrugged, "None of them were poisonous, I just had to work out my frustrations, that's all."

Iruka finally got himself to stop laughing and shook his head, "You and your frustrations, they'll get you into trouble one of these days."

Anko smiled sweetily, "Yeah, but you'll be there to bail me out won't you?"

Iruka gave her little kiss on the cheek, "Of course sweetie. You know I love all your little quirks. You wouldn't be you without them."

Anko blurted out without thinking, "And that's why I love you."

Iruka went wide eyed, "What did you just say?"

Anko wasn't sure how to respond, "I um...said I love you."

Anko was terrified at what Iruka would say next, until he finally said, "I love you too.

Anko shuffled nervously, "So now what?"

Iruka didn't really know either, "Well, I guess we just keep going like we have been for now. I mean what else are we gonna do?"

Anko gave a small suggestion, "You could move in with all of us at the Senju eastes or I could move in with you, which ever one you think is better."

Iruka thought about it, "I don't know about living with that many people and I'd hate to take you away from the kids."

Anko had an idea, "Why don't you just try staying over for a week, I know you'd love it you tried it. Not to mention you'd get to be with me every night," She finished with a seductive simile.

Iruka shuddered at that smile, it was always followed with something good, "Alright, we'll give it shot. I'll go grab some stuff from my place and be over in about an hour."

Anko gave Iruka a kiss goodbye and watched him walk out. She really didn't expect this, but she had to admit she was really liking it.

Tsunade shrugged, "Sure, he can stay here awhile. We'd could use one more person to watch the kids anyway."

Anko was a little nervous at that, "Well, it might be a little different since he's their teacher."

Tsunade smirked, "I know Anko, you haven't shut up about him for the past five months."

Anko blushed, "What, I haven't been talking that much?!"

Rin decided to speak up, "Yes you have, in fact you've practically told us his life story."

Anko was stuttering, "I, well-ll, I ju-ust."

Rin laughed, "You love the guy, nothing wrong with that."

Anko pouted, "Fine, just don't go spreading it around. I've got a reputation to uphold."

Rin looked at Anko and rolled her eyes, "You really need to learn that you can show emotion sometimes."

Anko finally gave up on keeping her pride in this situation and just went to go make her room more suitable for two people. Who knew love was so damn complicated.

Iruka was worried that staying with Anko and teaching the kids would lead to some problems, but it turned out that it was actually kind of helpful. He found out things about them that made teaching them much easier.

He discovered Kakashi was some kind of genius, which didn't make sense considering his written tests. Iruka found it out one day when he was at the table doing some math in his head about some bills he had to pay. At the time he was mumbling to himself quietly, "Let's see, 24 times 58 divided by 4..."

Kakashi, who was eating lunch at the table, suddenly blurted out, "348."

Iruka jumped a little at his sudden answer, but found he was right after he did the math, "Kakashi, how did you know that?"

Kakashi shrugged, "Kakashi just did the math in his head."

Iruka wanted to see if it was just math that he knew about, "Who were the founding clans of the village?"

He didn't answer that question on the test, so Iruka was surprised when he said, "The Senju and the Uchiha."

Iruka frowned slightly, "Kakashi, you didn't answer that final half of the questions on your test, but you're clearly smart enough to have finished it. Why didn't you?"

Kakashi didn't seem to understand what Iruka was confused about, "I got bored with it, so me and Shikamaru played Shogi."

Iruka didn't remember them doing that, "I saw you still taking the test before the clock ran out, how could you've played Shogi with Shikamaru?"

Kakashi got up and put his plate in the sink, "We played on paper and handed it back and forth. Shikamaru likes playing with me because he says I'm almost as smart as he is. I even beat him every once in awhile."

Iruka couldn't believe it, those two weren't even trying on the academic stuff. At first he was going to protest, but in the end he decided not to look a gift horse in the mouth, "Alright, you and Shikamaru can play Shogi on paper in class, as long as you promise not to tell anyone I'm letting you and you actually finish the next test, you can play Shogi after you're done."

Kakashi smiled under his mask, "Okay, I'm gonna go train with my snakes with Mito and Naruto, see you later."

He also found out Mito was a surprisingly mature girl for her age. If he had to guess, he'd say that it was because she had worked in the hospital with her mother from the age of four. Mito more or less had come peace with the concept of death.

This little fact was discovered when he was reading a report about an old friend of his that had died recently on a mission. He was sitting down reading the scroll and was so invested in it that he didn't notice Mito was right behind him reading it.

Mito frowned, "Neurotoxin, that's a bad one. The people at the hospital were really in pain when they got hit with that stuff."

Iruka nearly passed out from fright at her appearing out of nowhere. Rin was right, those kids needed bells, "Um, you really shouldn't be reading this."

Mito frowned, "Why, I go to the Hospital with Mom and Aunt Rin all the time? I know people die, it's just part of life. That's what Mom always told me anyway."

Iruka blinked a few times in surprise, "You're lucky to know that so young, most ninjas have to learn that in the field."

Rin shrugged, "No use being all scared of it, we just gotta enjoy what time we've got. I'm gonna go over to Hinata's and play, can you tell mom for me?"

Iruka nodded and watch the small girl run away, these kids were something else.

Next, he learned that Naruto didn't seem to have any hard feelings about all of the stuff with the Kyuubi, which shocked him greatly.

Naruto had been reading a book with about his Dad, he read very well for an eight year old, and looking very hard at the what the contents were. Iruka had walked up to him, "Reading about your dad huh, he was a really great hero."

Naruto grinned, "Yeah, he so awesome he even stopped the Kyuubi!"

Iruka wasn't sure why he was happy when he said that, "You're not even a little made at him about that?"

Naruto shook his head, "No way, Uncle Jiraiya says I'm the only one Dad trusted enough to give the Kyuubi. That's awesome!"

Iruka had to admit, that was a good way to look at it, "Glad you feel that way, a lot of people would be angry."

Naruto smiled "Well not me. I think it's cool!"

Iruka also learned a little bit about Sasuke, although he wasn't nearly as forthcoming. To be honest the only thing he learned for sure about Sasuke was that he trust his brother more than anyone. He looked up to Itachi as his hero, he was what Sasuke strived to be.

Iruka had to say, he was really starting to like it here. Anko wasn't kidding at all when she said that this was just one giant family. He decided that he would stay here with Anko, it just felt like the right place for him to be. He'd tell Anko in the morning.