Chapter 25: Preparing for the Summit

Madara stood at his throne room, practicing with his zanbato. Then Pein walked into the room and bowed to his master. Madara sheathed his weapon and sat down on his throne. He poured a glass of wine and said," Any news from Konoha?"

Pein stood up and said," The Namikaze has returned. And it seems he has mastered the four Sacred Beasts. I do not know how powerful he truly is, my Lord. I also found out that the Kage's are going to have a summit in the Whirlpool Country, to discuss what action they should do about us."

Madara drank his wine and said," Do not fear Pein. I have agents among the Kages. They will inform me of any problem that we will face."

Pein was about to walk away, but then he turned around and said," If you will allow it, my I be free to speak?"

Madara looked at the emotionless man and said," What else do you want to tell me?"

Pein said," I fell that you are waisting our time. We must take action against the Kages. We already have eight biju in our possesstion, with that power we could conqure them with no problem. Instead you are focusing all of your time on some boy that will probably lead to our destruction. What you you have to say for yourself."

Then in a blink of an eye, Madara appeared only inches away from Pein, with a dagger at his throat. Madara looked at him and said," You are forgetting your place Nagato. Remember I was the one who gave you the power of the Sage of the Six Realms, remember that I can also take that power away just as quick. You forget that my word is law. Everything that is going on is all according to my plans. As soon as we obtain the Kyuubi, I will unleash a power that has not been seen for 2500 years. An evil so great, that it strikes fear in hearts of the gods. And remember the boy must not be harmed in anyway until the task is done. Now go."

Pein then walked out of the room, afraid of what the leader of Akatsuki would do to him. Madara walked towards the box with the images of the biju and said," I will not have my plans jeopardized because one human forgets their place. Soon we be one. I will have my revenge."

Naruto yawned as he got up from his bed and began to start the day. As he was getting changed, wearing the outfit he gained when he returned from the Spirit World, he saw the sunlight hitting Sakura's naked body.

Sakura winced as the sunlight hit her face and said," Naruto, could you please close the blinds?"

Naruto walked over to the blinds and closed them. He then turned to Sakura and said," Sakura, you have to get up. Grandma Tsunade said we have to have a meeting with her at 10:30 am. It's 9:25 am now." Sakura shrugged at Naruto and slowly got out of bed and got dressed.

Naruto looked at his wife and said," Are you feeling alright? You've been really tired all week. You've hardly eatten. And we only had sex twice this week. Is there something wrong?"

Sakura looked flushed and said," Naruto, there is nothing wrong with me."

Naruto glared at her and said," Don't lie to me. A person's spirit aura is different when they are lying. So tell me, what's wrong?"

Sakura rubbed her hand over her stomach and said," Naruto, I'm pregnant."

Naruto became speechless. After a long silence, Naruto smiled and said," I can't believe it," then Naruto ran up to Sakura and lifted her up and ground, smiling and laughing," We're going to be parents! I'm gonna be a dad." Then he stopped spining Sakura around and then gave her a kiss.

Sakura broke the kiss and said," Wow! That wasn't the reaction I thought you were going to have."

Naruto gave the pinkette a stupid look and said," What do you mean?"

Sakura looked down and said," I was scared that you would be mad at me or something? I don't know. All the stuff that's been going on, I didn't want to upset you."

Naruto cupped her face and said," Sakura, this is the happiest moment of my life. When did you find out?"

Sakura said," Two weeks ago. Lady Tsunade saw that I was a little ill, so she ran some tests. She told me that I was pregnant. But I was scared to tell you. But now I know that you feel exactly how I felt when I heard the news."

Naruto began smiling immensely," I still can't believe we're going to have a baby. This is great. Man we have a lot of stuff to do, buy a crib, tell our friends, think of baby names, and.." Sakura stopped Naruto from talking by giving him a long, passionate kiss.

Sakura broke the kiss and said," Come on, we'll talk about this later."

Tsunade sat in her office with Gaara, Kakashi, Shikamaru, Sakura, and Naruto. Tsunade opened up a map of the world and said," In two days time, myself and Lord Gaara will have to go to a summit to have a meeting with the other Kage's about Akatsuki. I brought all of you here because you are the most powerful and most reliable shinobi in the village. Does anyone have any ideas?"

Shikamaru sat up straight and said," There are two possibilities. One, that Akatsuki sent a letter like this to all the Kages. So when they got to the Hidden Whirlpool Village, there would be an ambush and both Kages and their bodyguards would be killed, leaving them with an easier way to get Naruto and the Kyuubi. Or that they are planing to team up to attack you directly and kill Naruto. We all know that during the Third Shinobi War, Naruto's father made plenty of enemies and most likely try to kill Naruto as a sign of revenge."

Naruto turned to Shikamaru and said," You're forgetting another possibility."

Shikamaru said," What's that?"

Naruto said," That they really are trying to find a way to prevent Akatsuki from taking over the world. I mean, it's okay to see this as a trap because of the tension between the villages. But I think we should really put those differences aside fro the time being. Akatsuki is becoming more powerful each day. And if you don't do something, everything will be lost."

Tsunade was moved by the Namikaze's speech. In her mind, it would be something Minato would say. Tsunade got up and said," That's settled then. Here will be the teams: protecting me will be Lord Naruto Namikaze, Lady Sakura Namikaze, Kakashi Hatake, and Ino Yamanaka. Protecting Gaara will be Shikamaru Nara, Temari, Asuma Sarutobi, and Kurenai Sarutobi. This will be classified as a SSS-ranked mission. The highest rank for a mission. Your mission is to protect the Hokage and Kazekage from any dangers. That includes bandits, Akatsuki, and god forbid, enemy Kage. There will be a boat leaving for the Whirlpool Country at 7:00 am. Don't be late. You are all dismissed."

As soon as everyone was about to leave the room, Tsunade said," Naruto, Sakura, can I talk to you for a moment."

Naruto and Sakura stopped in their tracks and sat back down. Naruto looked at the aging Hokage and said," What do you want to talk about Grandma?"

Sakura then slapped Naruto in the back of the head and said," Don't be rude. Like it or not, she is still the Hokage."

Tsunade laughed and said," Jiraiya was right. You two are exactly like Minato and Kushina. But it's alright Sakura. This is exactly what I wanted to talk about. After this mission, I will be retiring."

Both Naruto and Sakura were speechless. Naruto looked at her and said," Why?!"

Tsunade said," I'm getting too old. I may not look it, but I feel it in my heart. Naruto you are going to be very happy about what I am going to say. After we come back from this mission, I will be handing over my title as Hokage to you."

Naruto was so surprised, he fell out of his seat. He jumped back up and said," Please tell me this is not some crule joke."

Tsunade just shook her head," It's not a joke Naruto. I already set everything in order. All you have to do is sign a few papers and you will become the Sixth Hokage."

Naruto began smiling with glee. Today he found out two of the greatest things that could possibly happen to him just did. Sakura, his beloved wife and love of his life was pregnant with his child and his dream of becoming Hokage is on it's way to becoming a reality.

So all of Naruto's dreams are coming true. The next chapter will begin the Kage Summit arc, which will have tons of action, drama, and Naruto will show off his fighting skills that he learned from the Sacred Beasts. See ya later and keep on reviewing.