Chapter 26
Inauguration
The whole of Konoha stood before Hokage tower as Tsunade of the Sannin stood before them all wearing her traditional coat with the kanji for luck on it, the third Hokage's hat in her hand. "People Of Konoha, I hereby accept the responsibilities and duties of the title of Hokage and swear upon the name of my predecessor and my late Sensei, I will respect and uphold the Ideals and constitution of the Leaf village shinobi to the end of my days bearing this title." She declared proudly.
"And I'm sure you will." said Naruto as he stood by Sakura and Kakashi on his right side. And Hinata on his left in a wheelchair, apparently Neji had done some severe Damage to her Body so that she was reduced to using it. Apparently, that was until Tsunade came back.
Flashback
"Hmm…" said Tsunade as she examined Hinata with Her Chakra. "Yes, I can heal it, and if things go well, You will be able to return to your duties as a Ninja, however the treatments will take at least six treatments spread out over three months to fully work, after the second treatment, You should be able to return to training lightly, and after the fifth, You'll be able to take easy missions." She said.
"I'll take it." Said Hinata ready to do whatever it takes to return to becoming a ninja.
"Very Well, Hinata, the Treatment will begin Next week." Said Tsunade as she walked out.
End Flashback
She had had the first treatment two weeks ago; her father was delighted at the news. However Rock Lee was a sadder case, if surgery was to be done, there was a risk of death. But Even in the face of death, Rock Lee was still determined to become a Taijutsu Master and agreed to take the surgery, he was scheduled for Next Month, where she could find a slot in her currently busy schedule.
"Well, Well I never thought I'd actually see Lady Tsunade in person." Said Kiba, Hinata's new Boyfriend and they were crazy about each other. Heck, even Hisashi Voiced his approval, The boy was Talented, Loyal and Finally learned proper Hygiene since becoming a ninja, so he no longer smelled like crap, and he now had a civil tongue in his mouth.
"Kiba, She's our Hokage Not a Beauty pageant Winner, Besides, she's Jiraiya's age!" said Sakura which made Kiba shut up.
As they walked out of central Konoha to their respective homes or other places in town, an anbu came up to Naruto. "Hayabusa Naruto, Lady Hokage Wishes to see you."
"Understood." Said Naruto and Leaped off to Hokage tower.
Once he entered he saw Jirya leaning against the wall and Tsunade was looking serious. "Ah, Thanks for coming, Naruto, please, sit." Naruto sat
"Okay, Why did you call me here?" asked Naruto
"What I'm about to tell you is secret information that should not be spoken of outside this room, Understood?" said Tsunade. Naruto Nodded
"First off, You should know that there is an evil organization known as the Akatsuki that is after you, the reason they want you is because of the Kyubii's chakra, it seems that they want control of all the Biju, You already met Garra and his One tail beast, however there are seven other beasts, all are wanted by the Akatsuki, and you are on the top of their list because yours is the most powerful, all members of the Akatsuki are S-ranked missing Ninjas, one of them is was a shinobi of Konoha known as Itachi Uchiha."
"Figures he would join up with creeps like those after what he pulled." Replied Naruto.
"Actually, there is more to that than you think." Said Jirya. "You see, the founder of the Uchiha clan a man by the name of Madara Uchiha, wanted to be Hokage, but lost out for the title when he had an epic fight with the first in the final valley where you and Sauske had your fight too, Madara Lost and was presumed dead. It seemed he founded the Akatsuki; all the while the Uchiha clan was plotting to prepare to overthrow the Hokage and take over the village. Sarutobi had to do something so he told Itachi to wipe out the clan."
Naruto's mask moved as his jaw dropped. "But Sauske is still alive!" he said, "Did he escape?"
"No, Itachi let him live, he asked The Hokage to let him let Sauske live. "Itachi loved his little brother and didn't want him dead, he couldn't tell him this because it was filed as S-rank Top Secret."
Jiraiya finished by saying. "He joined my intelligence network and by order of the third Hokage, went undercover in the Akatsuki group and has been secretly compiling intelligence of them ever since." Explained Jiraiya "That is how we found out about them trying to gather the Biju, so I've decided to take you on a training tour of the shinobi lands. For the next two years we will train, gather intelligence, and if the chance comes nail an Akatsuki member or two." Naruto's face grew sad, he wanted to be with sakura some more, he never loved a woman like her, and to not see her for three years would poison his heart. Jiraiya noticed this and made an amendment to the plan. "Naruto, I'll tell you what, the Holidays are not far off and snow is starting to hit the ground, so We'll wait until after the 12 days of Christmas are over and we'll head out then, so you can spend Christmas with your girl, Deal?" offered Jiraiya
Naruto Nodded "I would at least like to spend Christmas with the girl I love." He replied
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There you have it, that's the end of the Main fic, I have coming up next a holiday special as a holiday present to all my readers I hope you like it!